[News Script: F-111] Page: 1 of 2
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F-111
AIR FORCE OFFICIALS AT CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE.r'..SAY THEY ARE NOW TRYING
TO TRACE NEW LEADS...ON THAT MISSING F.111.
AN AIR FORCE SPOKESMAN...HAS R; TESTED ANY H PORTS OF POSSIBLE Ut&
SIGHTINGS OF THE Nel MISSING CRAFT...IN THE AREA OF LGUISIANA...SOUTHERN
:h SISSIPPI....OR EAST TEXAS. THE PLANE WHICH TOOK OFF FROM
CARSWELL...IN FORT WORTH FRIDAY MORNING...WAS APPARENTLY SIGHTED IN THE
HOUSTON AREA...SHORTLY BEFORE IX ITS DISAPPEARANCE.
MEANWHILE...THE SEARCH IS CONTINUING...IN WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS FOR THE
DOWNED CRAFT. AIR FORCE RECONASSAINC: PHOTOS MADE M'NDAY...SHOW WHAT
APPEARS TO BE XXXNEXRK A FUSILAGE...SIMILAR TO THAT OF TI AN f-111.
A SEARCH PARTY WAS FORCED TO TURN BACK LATE YESTERDAY...pBOUT i-MILE
SHORT OF THE POSSIBLE WRECKAGE. THE SEARCH WAS HALTED BY DARKNESS AND
HEAVY FOG. FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF LUPER SAYS THE SEARCH WAS PICKED
IP AGAIN THIS MORNING...AND THE PARTY SHOULD REACH THE POSSIBLE XI
CRASH SCENE...LATE THIS MORNING.1-13 aU 1030
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: F-111], script, January 13, 1971, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1268455/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.