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Pulp Magazine Adventure Cover, 1952
This document is not a pulp magazine but rather official U.S. Air Force Project 10073 (Blue Book) UFO investigation files from September 1952. The materials comprise witness statements, questionnaires, and military reports documenting an unidentified aerial object sighting near Greensboro and Lumberton, North Carolina on September 12, 1952. Multiple witnesses—including military personnel and aircraft crew—reported observing a luminous, ball-shaped object traveling southeast to northwest at high speed, producing a trailing stream of light described variously as white, blue, or reddish. The object appeared approximately automobile-sized, remained visible for roughly five seconds, and made no audible sound. Military officials cross-referenced the sighting with local newspaper reports of a possible meteor observed at the same time and location. The file includes standardized observation questionnaires, weather data sheets, and official correspondence between Air Force intelligence centers coordinating the investigation.