Memphis, Tenn, April 1952April 1952

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Summary

On April 15, 1952, near Memphis, Tennessee, two U.S. Navy pilots reported an unidentified flying object. The sighting happened at 1334 (1:34 p.m.) while the pilots were flying over the Naval Air Station range station.

The pilots described one object shaped like an inverted bowl with slots running from top to bottom. They estimated it was about 3 feet long and 1 foot high. It was bright in color, moved at a rapid pace, and had a red, glowing exhaust trail. The object made no maneuvers and no sound was heard. It was on a heading of about 200 degrees at roughly 2,000 feet.

The object passed about 100 yards from the aircraft and stayed in view for 45 to 60 seconds. The weather was reported as overcast at about 4,200 feet with 15 miles visibility. On the Air Force record card, the case was marked Unknown.

Reported location

Memphis, Tenn, April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD R%
JERR SC RN ; (| concuusions Fe |
15 Apr 52 Memphis, Tenn 0 Was Bolloon
i ai li A Si tt QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP "TT TYPE OF OBSERVATION WTR" wo
’ ’ 1 ; 0 Wos Aircraf
Local pe C37 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador a Probably Aircrofy
. BMY. 4 2434 fi gl, CG Air Vi suol O Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft
S$. PHOTOS f 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
 OVYes 0 Probobly Astronomical
% No 2 Naval aviators O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE phy OW ORERNMLERGARY Io
> i 0 Insufficient Dota for Eveluation
45-60 seconds : 1 1 Unknown
EE cn er i OO toto oo]
Bright color. Inverted Wowl w/vertical slots. Weather: 4,200' overcast,
Straight and level maneuvers. Pilots observed object passing near -
: d their aircraft while they were over
i ah the NAS Range Station,
: | Bi Object had red glowing exhaust
: . » trail. :
¢ hl Pp
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) boi /

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941330