Albuquerque reported disc saucer observation — April 1949

On or during April 1949, at or near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, the source reports the following sequence: 16-688473 ebw --- The right side has several classification stamps and text --- K(?) 443.601(1-2) 1-1 thru 1/4/49 RETURN TO: Director Aerospace Studies Inst ATTN: Archives Branch Maxwell AFB, Alabama The rest of the text, primarily classification markers and tracking information, is largely illegible in the scan provided. --- IA-DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE FLYING SAUCERS ARE BACK! --THIS TIME IN PHOTOGRAPHS. A CIVILIAN AVIATION OFFICIAL, CONVINCED THAT THE FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL AND PILOTED BY INTELLIGENT BEINGS FROM ANOTHER WORLD, HAS TURNED OVER TO PROJECT "BLUE BOOK" AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO, FIVE COLOR MOVIES OF THE FLYING SAUCERS AND STILL COLOR SLIDES OF THE CRAFT, ESTIMATED TO BE MADE BY FIGHTERS SHOWED THE FLYING SAUCERS TRAVELING IN FORMATION AT SPEED OF ABOVE ------- IN THEIR TRAVELS. AND IN NEW YORK, A UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER, OF THE DESTROYER ENRICO, SAYS HE BELIEVED THE FLYING SAUCERS ARE VISITORS FROM ANOTHER PLANET. -------- SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER THE GUIDED MISSILES PROVING GROUNDS *********, NEW MEXICO. COLONEL ******* SAID HE SAW ONE HIMSELF IN MAY 1948, AND SHORTLY BEFORE ******** FIVE TRAINED OBSERVERS, USING PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, WATCHED A SPHERICAL OBJECT IN THE SKY AVERAGING ABOUT 165 FEET IN DIAMETER. HE SAID HE WAS CONVINCED THE FLYING SAUCER SITES WERE OF "OUTSIDE" OR INTELLIGENT ORIGINS. THE CLASSMATE, COMMANDER ********, SAID HE WAS INCLINED "TO ACCEPT THE AIR FORCE'S OFFICIAL EXPLANATION THAT THE FLYING SAUCERS WERE SKYHOOK BALLOONS USED BY THE AIR FORCES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR COSMIC RESEARCH".