Adventure Pulp Magazine Cover, March 1950

This document is not a magazine issue but an official U.S. Air Force investigative record from 1950 concerning an alleged unidentified flying object sighting. The central report describes a March 15, 1950 incident at Guatemala City Airport, where TACA airline pilot Captain Hall interviewed three crew members—a pilot, co-pilot, and engineer, all from New Orleans—who claimed to have witnessed "flying saucers" passing directly over the runway. The objects were silver, oval-shaped, larger than a DC-4, flying at an estimated 25,000 feet in horizontal formation with no exhaust or noise. Witnesses estimated speeds of 1,000-1,500 mph. The objects executed a 130-degree turn near Ravinal, displaying apparent intelligence in formation changes. The document includes subsequent 1952 correspondence regarding Associated Press requests for information about the incident and military sensitivity surrounding its public release.