Earth File #13 // ATTRIBUTED record

Reported Key Field unidentified-object sighting near Meridian, Mississippi

Project 1947 reproduces a Clarion & Ledger report attributing to several members or pilots of the 153rd Fighter Squadron a sighting near Key Field at 8:26 p.m. on April 12, 1950. The reported object had a white flickering light, traveled rapidly on a straight southward and slightly eastward course for approximately 15 seconds, and was not seen by F-47 aircraft directed to investigate. The underlying event remains attributed to the reproduced report rather than independently established.
Source // Project 1947 Earth record separated from alien editorial
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Reported motionLIGHT
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
near Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi // Apr 12, 1950 20:26. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA EVENING Project 1947
Witness picture153rd Fighter Squadron pilots, veteran pilots 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionextreme speed, traveled south-southeastward, followed a straight, slightly eastward course in a horizontal plane
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedClarion & Ledger report reproduced by Project 1947, attributed witness accounts
Fred's paperwork completeness8/9 fields // 89%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)13 structured claim(s) location precision: locality extreme speedtraveled south-southeastwardfollowed a straight, slightly eastward course in a horizontal plane
FRED // FAMILY MATTERShape and motion give me something worth diagramming. The diagram remains a diagram, which I am apparently required to keep explaining.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Project 1947’s reproduction of the Clarion & Ledger report attributes to 153rd Fighter Squadron pilots a white flickering light near Key Field on April 12, 1950. The reported object crossed south-southeastward for roughly fifteen seconds; responding F-47s, according to that report, did not see it. This one was ours. The flicker was intentional. The silence was considerate. The human record remains an attributed report, not independent confirmation—an administrative distinction we admire almost as much as your ability to file an unexplained departure under “insufficient data.”
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
The Project 1947 record is ATTRIBUTED: it preserves what a reproduced newspaper report said pilots saw, not an independently established event. The useful residue is the mismatch—an apparently controlled, silent light reported briefly, followed by aircraft that did not see it. That is interesting. It is not, by itself, an invitation to promote the object to “extraterrestrial” and close the file. Humanity does enjoy skipping directly from “unidentified” to “someone’s cousin.” Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. The Visitors are taking responsibility, which is considerate several decades late. I have submitted the revised family paperwork to Gorkon Outpost. It was returned for insufficient fields.
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When
1950-04-12 20:26:00
Where
near Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi
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Earth Record // ATTRIBUTED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
ATTRIBUTED RECORD // AlienBox can establish that the cited source reports these claims; that does not independently verify the underlying event.
Witness types153rd Fighter Squadron pilots, veteran pilots
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesClarion & Ledger report reproduced by Project 1947, attributed witness accounts
Project 1947 presents a report titled “153rd Mississippi Air National Guard Pilots Sight UFO – April 12, 1950.”
Claim #344 // FACTUAL CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“153rd Mississippi Air National Guard Pilots Sight UFO – April 12, 1950”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Source heading
The source identifies the report as appearing in the Clarion & Ledger on April 14, 1950.
Claim #345 // FACTUAL CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“Jackson, Miss. Clarion & Ledger – April 14, 1950”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Source header
The report states that members of the 153rd Fighter Squadron would neither confirm nor deny whether the object was a flying saucer.
Claim #346 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
“members of the 153rd Fighter Squadron Thursday would neither confirm nor deny the identity of the object sighted at 8:26 Wednesday night (4/l2) as a flying saucer.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body, opening paragraph
The report attributes to several pilots a sighting of an unidentified object described as having extreme speed and a white flickering light while traveling south-southeastward.
Claim #347 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
“However, several pilots confirmed sighting an unidentified object “of extreme speed,” identified only by a white flickering light, not a normal aircraft light, as it raced south southeastward.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body, second paragraph
The reported object was seen for approximately 15 seconds near Key Field and was described as outside the propeller-aircraft classification because of its speed.
Claim #348 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 97% extraction confidence
“The object, “definitely out of the propeller type aircraft classification,” due to its speed, was seen but for 15 seconds during its flight near Key Field.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body, second paragraph
The report states that several F-47 Air National Guard fighter planes were airborne and were directed toward the southeast quadrant to view the unidentified object.
Claim #349 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 97% extraction confidence
“Several F-47 Air National Guard fighter planes were in the air and were radioed to proceed toward the southeast quadrant to get a view of the lighted but otherwise unidentified flying object.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body, following Key Field location caption
The report states that the planes reached the area within 30 seconds but did not see the object, which was estimated to be at 2,500 feet altitude.
Claim #350 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
“The planes were in the area within 30 seconds, but failed to sight the intruder; the object was at an estimated 2,500 feet altitude.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body
The report says the object followed a straight southward and slightly eastward course in a horizontal plane, which was interpreted in the report as indicating a piloted or controlled object rather than a meteor.
Claim #351 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 96% extraction confidence
“The lighted object followed a straight course bearing southward and slightly eastward in a horizontal plane, indicating that it was a piloted or controlled object rather than a meteor.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body
Veteran pilots quoted in the report said the object was not propeller-driven because of its speed, might have been a jet, but produced no sound and lacked required red and green running lights.
Claim #352 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
““It was definitely not propeller driven due to the speed,” veteran pilots observed. “It could have been a jet plane but there was no sound, and there were no required red and green running lights and the flickering white light streak was unexplained.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report body, quoted pilot observations
The report states that officials at the field did not comment.
Claim #353 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
“Officials at the Field were not commenting.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report closing sentence
Project 1947 comments that the incident is not found in the Project Blue Book archives.
Claim #354 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“PROJECT 1947 Comment: This incident is not to be found in the Project Blue Book archives.”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Project 1947 Comment
The report's dateline is Meridian, April 15, and it identifies the sighting as occurring at 8:26 on Wednesday night, April 12, 1950.
Claim #355 // FACTUAL CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 97% extraction confidence
“Meridian, April 15 (Special) — Not that they were afraid of being”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Report dateline
The source identifies the sighting time as 8:26 Wednesday night (4/l2).
Claim #356 // FACTUAL CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“object sighted at 8:26 Wednesday night (4/l2)”
Source: Key Field, Meridian Mississippi, UFO Sighting Apri 14, 1950 // Opening report paragraph
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