'b iL CD ro co co co CD o 0) tn tn O CD W Q *: w D m o co «B MI o m C O KJ 03 C O Ci o (/) o sr co X m o o X o 0) o m m 70 _ ^ ^pWiEP JO R 1 JAN 191878 ;.■■ mrnt nf Susfirr O V ED FRO M O R ADDED TO THIS Fl Fi Declassification au th ority derived from FB I Au tomatic Declassification Gu ide, issu ed May 2 4, 2 007. & < x> u i A a F ILE - DO NO T MAR 2 W* JY of 1 ro 4^ co COPIED F CO P IED/FO R AP R 13 W' B Y USE C ARE IN H ANDLING. TH IS Transfer-C all UB S STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 TO FROM SUBJECT: P U RP OSE NATU RE OF P HENOM ENA Be Irani c’c. aoo: the sam e tim e Since 1948 H Be 1948 3 M eteors 1 Green fireballs D iscs SU M M ARY C AERIAL M ISC ELLANEOU S - INFORM ATION C ONC ERNING To advise that: New M exico study of the unexplained phenom ena UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN/T August 2DATE: Office M em or D . M . Ladd^ P HENOM ENA IN NEY M EX IC O (1) OSI has expressed concern in connection with the continued appearance of unexplained phenim en described as green f ireballs discs and m eteors of sensitive installations in New M exico Expert of the U niversity of New M exico does not appear to be of m eteoric 'origin with Land-Air Inc Alam ogordo in the vicinity£/ (2 ) D r. Lapaz, M eteor reported that the phenom ena (3) OSI has contracted to m ake scientific Observations of aerial phenom ena occurring within the vicinity of sensitive installations have been recorded by the Air Force since D ecem ber The phenom ena have been classified into 3 general types which are identified as follows: in shapes resem bling half m oons objects m oving at high speed green light circles and discs em itting round flat shaped objects or phenom ena m oving at fast velocity and em itting a brilliant white light or reflected light. aerial phenom ena resem bling m eteoric ' m aterial m oving at high velocity and varying in color The above phenom ena have been reported to vary in color from brilliant white to am ber red and green approxim ately 150 observations of aerial phenom ena referred to above have been recorded in the vicinity of installations in New M exico. been reported by different reliable A num ber of observations have individuals at approxim ately KYD /m p W RECORDED - ? f lj^^^ ^^ INDEX ED ■ 2 w RESU LTS OF AN INQU IRY BY P ROFESSOR LINC OLN LA P AZ D r, LaP as, D irector, Institute of M eteoritics, U niversity of New M exico, subm itted an analysis of the various observations on M ay 2 3, 1950, He concluded, as a result of his investigation, that approxim ately half of the phenom ena recorded were of m eteoric origin, The other phenom ena com m only referred to as green fireballs or discs he believed to be U .S. guided m issiles being tested in the neighborhood of the installations. D r, Lapaz pointed out that if he were wrong in interpreting the phenom ena as originating with U .S, guided m issiles that a system atic investigation of the obser­ vations should be m ade im m ediately. D r. Lapaz pointed out that m issiles m oving with the veloc ities of the order of those found for the green fireballs and discs could travel from the U ral region of the U SSR to New M exico in less than 15 m inutes. He suggested that the observations m ight be of guided m issiles launched from bases in the U rals. On the basis of the investigations m ade by D r. Lapaz and the Air Force, it was concluded that the occurrence of the unexplained phenom ena in the vicinity of sensitive installations was a cause for concern. The Air Force entered into a contract I with Land-Air, Incorporated, Alam ogordo, New M exico, for the purpose of m aking sc ientific studies of the green fireballs and discs. It was pointed out in the sum m ary furnished by 031 on July 19, 1950, that the unexplained green fireballs and discs are still observed in the vicinity of sensitive m ilitary and Governm ent installations, RESU LTS OF AIR FORC E INVESTIGATION The Air Force together with Land-Air, Incorporated, have established a num ber of observation posts in the vicinity of Vaughn, New M exico, for the purpose of photographing and determ ining the speed, height and nature of the unusual phenom ena referred to as green fireballs and discs, On M ay 24, 1950, personnel of Land-Air, Incorporated, sighted 3 to 10 objects of aerial phenom ena. A 2 4-^our day watch is being m aintained and has been designated'^Rro jecfTwfrfkl^.n - 2 - C ONC LU SIONS The Albuquerque Office, in a letter dated August 10, 1950, advised that there have been no new developm ents in connection with the efforts to ascertain the identity of the strange aerial phenom ena referred to as green fireballs and discs. The Albuquerque Office advised that D r. Anthony 0. M irarchi, P roject Engineer, had been inform ed of the Bureau^ jurisdiction relative to espionage and sabotage and arrangem ents have been m ade so that the Bureau will be prom ptly advised in the event additional inform ation relative to this project indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the Bureau. AC TION None. - 3 - September 8, 1950 To: From: Subject: Director of Special Investigations The Inspector General Department of the Air Force The Pentagon W ashington* D. C. John Edgar Hoover - Director* Federal Bureau of Investigation FLY ING SAUCERS There is attached hereto for your consideration and attention a copy of a self-explanatory letter dated August 29* 1950, received by this Bureau from Mr. W alter D, Jones, of 36 King Street East, Toronto* Ontario, Canada. For your information* the letter from Mr. Jones has been acknowledged by this Bureau, and he has been informed his communication has been referred to your Department. appropriate agencies AN D F IELD O F F ICES AD VISED BI R CVTIBp SLIP(S) O F O B 'S 5 STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 TO ^fl^/ll'/n UNITED STATES GO : FROM M H. A MH L. LaU GH H. BELM ONT date: Septem ber 27 , 1950 SUBJECT: FLYING SA U C EHS > LAC C ornelius of P hiladelphia today and stated that yesterday evening the P hiladeIphia P olice D epartm ent were called at 10:45 A.M . while two officers of cruising in their scout car they saw through the windshield an object descending Tolson Ladd_______ Clegg______ G lavln N ichola H osen Tracy H arbo Belmont M ohr_______ Tele. H oorn N ease G andy| slowly to the earth which appeared at first glance to parachute• be a />t When the officers first noticed the objectit was at diam eter /tree-top level and was described as being six feet in ________ . It landed in a field near-by and the officers, upon exam ining it, noted that it gave out a purplish glow which was alm ost a m ist. jf The off leers sum m oned two other police officers. After looking at the object for som e tim e they attem pted to pick it up. The object broke, leaving a slight odorless residue. Over a period of about 25 m inutes which the officers spent watching the object it com pletely disintegrated. The officers further com m ented thai the object was so light that when it hit even bend the weeds or the grass it fell the field, it did not on. R EC O R D ED . 84 I ^^^ called the local offiee whom he spoke there sai concerning the would bring it this m atter a letter to ■» C ornelius desired to know what further action shoul h im . he knew nothing about them and was not aware that his office was looking into reports of this type. . M r be taken by < told M r. C ornelius that he was correct in referring to the local office of OSl and that he should direct the Bureau incorporating all available inform ation M r. C ornelius said that he has of the Air force but the individual with m atter and that we here, upon its receipt, in turn to the attention of OSI Headquarters. LLL :m er Hon. J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Washington 25, D. 0. /, z ' Dear Mr. Hoover: The inclosed letter, subject: 11 Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft, ” is forwarded for your information ^nd_ any cooperation youmay be able to extend. As indicated in the letter it is desired to place this subject in its proper perspective as part of the normal USAF "requirement for information of air technical intelligence ■interest. Respectfully yours, 1 Incl: a/ s ^105 0. toff 0. P. C Major General Director of Inti This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 793 and 794. Its Uaix^a^un or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an urcu-h;.2' , orison is prohibited by !--^U-»——-—»- Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 from OSI headquarters that the investigations of these aerial phenomena are being handled by OSI, bright Field, Ohio. Their investigation of these phenomena fails to indicate that the sittings involved space sl ips or missiles from any other planet or country. According to 0 1, the complaints received by them ave failed to indicate any definite pattern of activity. 0 1 further advised they are closely following the investigation of the captioned ratters, and they will advise this Bureau of any ratters of interest. ACTION Bone. Tie above in for - our information. - 2 - STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 Office M ^em orandum • united states government DIRECTOR, FBI date: October 2, 1950TO SAC, PHILADELPHIA ATTENTION: MR. LEO LAUGHLIN FLY ING DISC REPORTED AT PHILADELPHIA ON 9/26/50 During the late evening hours of September 26, 1950, two Phila­ delphia police officers observed a peculiar phenomenon on Vare Boulevard near 26th Street when they saw a round object about six feet in circumference slowly float down to the ground. The object had the appearance of a parachute and landed in a field it being so light it did not even depress the weeds in the field. The object was lavender in color, described by the officers as dewy, sort of like soap suds, and evaporating within fifteen or twenty minutes after it landed. W hen touched by the officers, the substance composing the object disappeared, leaving nothing but a slight sticky substance. 98-0 This matter was reported to this office by the Philadelphia Police and for that matter, was subsequently carried in the Philadelphia press as “Flying Saucer Just Dissolves”. FMK/mmd Mr. LAUGHLIN of the Bureau was telephonically advised of the above by this office and issued instructions that the matter should be referred to Air Force Intelligence for handling and any investigation. Accordingly, Major W ATTS of the Philadelphia Office of OSI was telephonically advised of the above and no further action was taken by this office. 5 5 O CT IMO Oct 5 313^ nEC'O BF.lMON i iif.PL OF JUSTICE RECEIVED Oct 8 12 25 PM’50 Vt/r f NONAGE U.S DEC’.•in JUSTICE 1 ?i.i S’ III S' : ddt S I 8 3 03M333H OS.H^b ll^O 53N 0f M H FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UN«D STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CC-150 To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. OCTOBER 13, 1950 URGENT Transmit the following message to: SAC, LOS ANGELES ^FLY ING SAUCERS. Y OU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DISCREETLY W ETHER DETERHINE PPROPRIATE RELIABLE SOURCES OF Y OUR OFFICE CULLY , AUTHOR OF THE BOOK Q UOTE BI THE FLY ING SAUCERS UNQ UOTE IS IDENTICAL TO THE FRANK SCULLY W O HAS BERN ACTIVELY ENGAGED TN COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES SINCE THE LATE NINETEEN THIRTIES IN THE TERRITORY CF Y OTO OFFICE HOOTER EHMtgmu M r. Tolson M r. Clegg” M r. G lavln” M r. Ladd ” M r. N ichols" M r. R osen M r. Tracy” M T. Egan M r. G urnea M r. H arbo " M r. M ohr " M r. PennTn M r. Q uinn Tele. R oon M r. N ease M ise G andy COPIES 1 ^^ 2 7 0 NOV 2 3 1964 ^4^7/7 4^3 Per a b- ^f^'^ CHAKO ZD TO -^~h7^—— This image contains all th e information on th e document. DE PARTME NT OF TH E AIR F ORC E H EAD Q UAR TER S UN ITED STATES AIR F O R CE W ASH INGTON DECLASSIFIED Au th ority: NND 90986 DR/ms File Not (24-8)-28 2 5 May 1950 SUBJECT: Summary of Observations oi\Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 * May 1950 TO; Brigadier General Joseph F, Carroll Director of Special Investigations Headquarters USAF W ashington 25, D. C# 1> In a liaison mooting with other military and government intel­ ligence and investigative agencies in December 1948, it was determined that the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an organized plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken. The organization and physical location of units of this Dis­ trict were most suitable for collecting these data, therefore, since December 1948, this District has assumed the responsibility for collect­ ing and reporting basic information with respect to aerial phenomena occurring in this general area. These reports have been distributed to the Air Materiel Command, USAF, in accordance with Air Intelligence Requirements No* 4, and to other interested military and government agencies* 2* There is attached, as a part of this summary, a compilation of aerial phenomena sightings that have occurred mostly in the New Mexico area and have been reported by this District Office subsequent to December 1948 This compilation of sightings is not a complete record of all reported observations, but includes only those in which sufficient information was available to justify their inclusion. The observers of these phenomena include scientists, Special Agents of the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF, airline pilots, military pilots, Los Alamos Security Inspectors, military personnel, and many other persons of various occupations whose reliability is not questioned. This com­ pilation sets forth the most important characteristics with respect to each observation and evaluates each sighting into one of three classifi- \ cations, (1) green fireball phenomenon, (2) disc or variation, and (3) robably meteoric 3. There is also atindex ed •87 •torched an ana. occurrences in this area made by Dr s' ™iySIs of the green fireball Lincoln LaPaz. Dr. LaPaz is tho O - CONriDENTlAfe File No: (24-8)-28 Subj: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950 Director of the Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico. He was Re­ search Mathematician at the New Mexico Proving Grounds under an OSRD appointment in 1943 and 1944, and Technical Director of the Operations Analysis Section, Headquarters, Second Air Force, 1944-45. Since 1943, Dr* LaPaz has served on a voluntary basis as consultant for this Dis­ trict in connection with the green fireball investigations. 4, On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949, conferences were held at Los Alamos, New Mexico, for tho purpose of discussing the green fireball phenomena. Representatives of the following organizations were present at these meetings: Fourth Army, Armed Forces Special W ea­ pons Project, University of New Mexico, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S, Atomic Energy Commission, University of California, U. S# Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Geophysical Research Division Air Materiel Command USAF, and the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF. A logical explanation was not proffered with respect to the origin of the green fireballs. It was, however, generally concluded that tho pheno­ mena existed and that they should be studied scientifically until these occurrences have been satisfactorily explained. Further, that the continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations is cause for concern. 5. The Geophysical Research Division, Air Materiel Command, Cambridge, 'Massachusetts, lias recently let a contract to Land-Air, Inc., Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico, for a limited scientific study of green fireballs. The results of this scientific approach to the problem will undoubtedly be of great value in determining the origin of these phenomena. 6. This summary of observations of aerial phenomena has been prepared for the purpose of re-emphasizing and reiterating the fact that phenomena have continuously occurred in the New Mexico skies during the past 18 months and arc continuing to occur, and, secondly, that these phenomena are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive mili­ tary and government installations. 4 Incls 1. Summary of Sightings 2. Photo of Sighting No. 175 w/comments 3. Ltr fr Dr. LaPaz to Lt Col Rees, dtd 23 May 50 4. Graph indicating maximums DOY LE/REES Lt Colonel, USAF District Commander 2 CONriDENTIAb CONFIDENTIAL File No: (24-8)-28 Subj: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the Nev/ Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950 DISTRIBUTION: £ cys, Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF 1 ev-,-GG7 Air-Materiel Cow.and, Vfr ight-Pattereon-AFB ^ Ohio AT-TN?—Director of Technical Intelligence 1 cy, CG, Special W eapons Command, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 1 cy, CG, Armed Services Special W eapons Project, Sandia Base, New Mexico. ATTN: J-2 1—ey, _Q G, -Headquarters-,- Fourth Army , Ft. Sam-Ecuston ,- Texas. ATBH—AG of G ^2- 1 cy, CO, Holloman AFB, New Mexico 1 cy-, -CG-,—Air-Feroe -Cambr idge Research Laborator ias, C ambridge , Mas a. 1 cy, Director, Security Division, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Los Alamos, New Mexico. ATTN: Mr. B. 0. W ells 1 cy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso, Texas 1 cy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 ej^--Adr^orce Scientif ie Adv isory Boar d, -Pentc- gon - Bui Idi-ng g, Executive Dlrcctor,- Committee on 1 cy, File CONFIDENTIAL IN STITUTE O F M ETEO R ITICS TH E UN IVER SITY O F N EW M EX ICO ALBUQ UER Q UE May 23, 1950 To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer 17th District, 0. S. I. From: Lincoln LaPaz, Director Institute of Meteoritics Subject: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) 1. In the second report of this series, dated 1948, December 20, the writer listed ten significant differences between the bright green horizon­ tally-moving fireballs observed in the interval 1948, December 5-20, and typical meteors. These differences were the following: (1) The horizontal nature of the paths of most of the December fireballs is most unusual. Genuine meteors are rarely observed to move in horizontal paths. (2) Again the very low height of the December fireball discussed in section 2 above sets it off in sharp contrast from the genuine meteors for which heights of the order of 40 or more miles are nor­ mally observed. (3) The velocity determined for the fireball of December 12 is much less than the velocities determined from typical meteors (and yet is considerably greater than the speeds of the V-2 Rockets or jet planes or of conventional flares). (4) In the case of meteorites that penetrate to as low levels as that determined for the fireball of December 12, the observed lu­ minous phenomena are always accompanied by very violent noises. No noises whatever have been observed in connection with the various December fireballs so far investigated. (Note added on 1950, May 23s Possible exceptions to the noiselessness of green fireballs are the incidents of 1949, January 30, and 1949, December 4.) (0) Genuine meteors normally show remarkable variations in brightness, beginning as Tine thin hair lines, which are scarcely visible to the observer, and then brightening up to flash out near the end of their paths. In the case of the December fireballs most of the observers have reported that the green balls appeared almost instantly at their full brightness. CQ NriDENTtAt- .A -fcOiirW fflAh । I To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 2 Subj: Anomalous Luminous 1'henomena (seventh Report) -^y 23, 1950 (6) In the case of genuine meteors the paths are directed to- ward all points of the compass with equal frequency* On the contrary in the case of the green fireballs, plots of admissible approach, sec­ tors show that there is a very pronounced tendency for the paths to come in from the north half of the s?y. ( 7) The throe groups of anomalous reenish luminous phenomena show a curious association with well krown meteor showers, although none of these meteor showers normally produce extremely bright green fireballs, such as these recently observed. For example, the obser­ vation mentioned by Hr. Honnig appeared near the maximum of the Q uadrant!d shower of early January, ’r. I-cCullough’s observation of August was near the time of the Pers id shower and the December observations all fell in the interval covered by the Gominid shower. This relationship mi~ht indicate an attempt bo render the green fire­ balls less conspicuous by causing them to appear only when there is considerable meteoric activity. (8) As noted in an earlier communication, the remarkably vivid green color reported for most of the December fireballs is rarely observed in the case of gen”tic meteors. By laboratory test this peculiar color seems to bo identical with that given off by copper salts in the blowpipe flame. If this identification is correctj the wave length of the radiation from the green fireballs is near A. -5218& . (9) The duration estimates of between 2 and 3 seconds reported for the green fireballs arc considerably longer than those (0.4 - 0.5 seconds) for the ordinary visual rotcors, but shorter than the duration estimates invariably reported in the case of a genuine meteorite fall (5 to 30 seconds or even longer). (10) For none of the green fireballs has a train of sparks or a dust cloud been reported. This contrasts sharply with the be­ havior noted in case of meteoric fireballs—particularly those that penetrate to the very low levels where the green fireball of December 12 was observed. 2. In the year and a half since this list was prepared, many ad­ ditional observations have been made, the total number of objects new accented as belonging in the green fireball category being 72. (Al­ though this number constitutes nearly 50/* of the incidents listed in the accompanying ^uBrnarp, it constitutes less than 5% of the total number of 12i§£££2J12^. observations reported to the writer.) Critical analysis of all green fireball reports now available shows that only cnc of the statements in the list given in paragraph 1 needs to be modified, namely, item (1). W ithin the last year, a considerable number of the green fireballs have appeared to fall vertically downward rather than CnNFIDENTIM- CONFIDENT! Ab To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 3 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 to move horizontally. However, a strictly vertical infall is also very rarely observed in the case of genuine meteor falls. 3. An analysis just completed of the time distribution of the green fireballs so far observed permits us to add an 11th item to the list of differences given in paragraph 1 above. The graph of frequency versus local time which accompanies the present report shows that the maximum frequency of sighting of green fireballs (occurring at approximately 2030) coincides in time with neither the frequency maximum for ordinary meteors (occurring at approximately 0300; nor the frequency maximum for meteorite falls (occurring at approximately 1600). 4. Inspection of the graph referred to in paragraph 3 also will show that most of the green fireballs have been sighted in a time inter­ val extending from about 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. (MST). This concentration might be even more pronounced if it were possible bo screen out of the secondary maximum, around 2 a.m. (MS?), all ordinary meteors which have been mistakenly identified as green fireballs. That such misidentifica­ tion has occurred is strongly suggested, by the near coincidence in time of the secondary maximum of the green fireballs and the well established early morning maximum of the ordinary meteors. 5. Some significance may attach to the fact that the tine interval alluded to in paragraph 4 extends from about 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ural region of tho USSR. Since missiles moving with velocities of the order of those found for the green fireballs for which real path determinations have been possible would travel from the southern Urals to Hew Mexico in less than 15 minutes, a possible interpretation of the concentration of sightings referred to in paragraph 4 is that the green fireballs result from guided missiles launched from basos in the Urals in the morning hours before cloudiness duo to convection or blinding afternoon dust storms car. interfere with non—radar tracking, such as has been used by the Optical Trajectory Section at W hite Sands Proving Ground. 6. There is also a pronounced concentration of green fireball incidents on the four days, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, almost all of the most widely observed incidents having occurred on Saturday or Sunday. 7. It is a curious and fairly well-established fact that there has been a distinct decline in the number of green fireball sightings during the last two months, within which the number of so-called "fly­ ing saucer" incidents in this region has attained an all-time high. 8. Although I have recently received from Dr. Joseph Kaplan of the Scientific Advisory Board a letter containing the statement "Frankly, I don’t know of any U. S. experiments that would result in the appearance of those unconventional objects, and neither docs Von Karman". I still CONFIDZNTl.^ OONEIDENTIAL tf To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 4 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) ‘Say 23, 1950 consider the most probable explanation of the green fireballs to he the one given in the first of the three para ;ra' hs below which are quoted from my letter of 1950, February 20, to Dr. P. H. /yckoff, Chief atmos­ pheric Physics Laboratory, Base Directorate for Geophysical Research. The last two paragraphs quoted below well summarize my recommendations concerning the green fireball problem: ”As a preliminary to setting down the project recommendations which you requested, I have very carefully reviewed all available fireball data (observers’ reports, transit measurements, calculated real paths, etc.) covering incidents from those of December 5, 1948 to the extraordinary incident of February 7, 1950, which has been under intensive investigation for the last two weeks. As a result of this comprehensive review, particularly as it relates to the in­ cident of February 7, 1950, I feol compelled to write you in some­ what different terms concerning my ov/n part in the proposed fireball project than I had in mind when we last discussed this matter. In brief, I have come to the conclusion that, on the basis of the evidence now available to mo, I would not he justified in recommend­ ing a fireball project. In my opinion, this evidence proves conclu­ sively that the fireballs reported on fall into one of two categories: Those of the first category (the majority) are meteorite falls of unusual, but certainly not of impossible, magnitude, frequency and other characteristics; those of the second category (the minority) are U. S. guided missiles undergoing tests in the neighborhoods of the sensitive installations they arc designed to defend. This interpretation of the latter category is the one that I proposed in ansv/er to a question raised by Dr. Teller at the first Los Alejos conference on February 17, 1949. It was not taken seriously then and I doubt that it will be taken seriously at the present time. However, even if my interpretation of the unconventional fireballs is the correct one, it is obvious that those in position to confirm it should refuse to do so.” "Only one ether point need be stressed, namely, that if I am wrong in interpretin'* the guided missiles as of U. S. origin, then certainly intensive, systematic investigation of those objects should not be delayed until the termina cion of the present academic year. Recent international developments compel one to sense the imperative necessity of immediate investigation of the unconvention­ al green fireballs, in case you are in possession of infcreation proving that they are not U. S. missiles.” ”If such an immediate investigation were to bo undertaker, I would recommend that Dr. Fred L. Chippie, of harvard College Obser­ vatory, be placed in charge of the photographic phase of the inves­ tigation; that Dr. Peter h. Milman, of the Dominion Observatory, he placed in charge of the spectrographic phase of the investigation; CONFIDENTIAL ray 23, 1950 To: Lt* Colonel Doyle Rees - Pa3c 5 Sub j: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) that Dr# L# A. Planning, of Stanford, and Dr. Dillman be placed in. charge of the radar investigation; and, finally, that Dr. fill icon Crozier, of the New Mexico School of Dines, be placed in charge of dust collection and identification. On the basis of many intensive field surveys, I do not anticipate that ground search will load to any recoveries, but in ease such ground search is to be attempted, it should be carried out on the scale stressed in my conversations with you and Major Oder last month.” 9. Although the above paragraphs were written some months ago, the recommendations contained in them arc the ones I would urge you to con­ sider at the present time. In conclusion, I should like to repeat the offer made at the end of my letter of February 20 to Dr. W yckoff, namely to serve, if needed, as consultant on the green fireball project as suggested in Major Oder’s letter to me under date of November 29, 1949, with the stipulation, however, that my service be on a voluntary basis rather than on tbs (40 per day contract specified in Major Oder’s letter. Lincoln LaPaz, Director Institute of Ibtcoritic University of Mow Mexico CONblDENTIAl $ * 8 o It TH E F RE DE RIC K ROST C O V» 0 16 20X20 F E R INC H 18 2 10 12 TIMEOFSIGHTINGS Sighting No. 175 Photograph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at Datil, New Mexico by Cpl Lertis E. Stanfield, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on 24 and 25 Feb 1950. An analysis of the above photograph was made by Dr. Lincoln LaFaz, Head of the Institute of ifeteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, who reached the following con- clusions: a. The angular diameter of the perfectly round luminous object Stanfield observed was approx­ imately 1/4 of a degree. b. The angular velocity of the object in the sky was greater than half a degree per minute. Dr. LaPaz stated that on the basis of the results (a) and (b) above, the object seen by Stanfield was not the moon (for the angular diameter is too small), it was not Venus or any other planet (for the angular diameter was too large), and it was not a bright fixed star slightly out of focus (for the observed rate of motion is double that due to the diurnal rotation of the earth). Th is image contains all th e information on th e docu ment. — 1 the 17 Mexico • .•th” Force base, LotJ Of ice 5 —* o -p 'H W o fl © fl > O fl 6 P fl •H © fl rQ O Cj 13 C h * o ® o rH < < 4 Q d O fl fl fl o d C j C ? o O fl O o < a £ -H GO C -P t! % O rH d o fa P . fl Cu-H < w < o -p c . 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J one Compare w/nlanet Venus on unusually clear • 2 latter rart 1947 APP- 2000 1 IL Vaughn, Kev/ !‘.exi- cc 400 ’ - 5001 - 'escond- iiv slow­ ly ir vertical manner r ‘ Lone Round .Larger than basketball Descending slowly . ^lodell 3 1948 2'7 Jul 00 o5 0845 1 R Albuquer­ que , Hot Eexico Dura*- lumi- nura reflec­ ted light Lone Flat and round stationary at times 4 4 Aug C200 & 0300 2 Unk North Pow­ der ^Oregon iff to 3E 5500’ Horizontal lino Green Softball - 720 mph Extingui­ shed LI G^TD: ♦reliability of Observers: R - Reliable Uni: - Unknown ♦♦Evaluation: (1) "Green Fireball Phenomena" (2) "Disk" or Variation (3) Probable eteor CONFIDENTIAL Pa^ geNFIDENTIAL © LJzL ci ce : o ^ ■ to o i r> ,o S W i -P ’- : ‘H Q H 1 > ; ’H i O j d co ’ 9 ' jfl Q-! } * o 1 8 fl CrH O W • o co ; j goo 1 o k o j O .^ o 1 5m *H < □ O O .H i ^ O rd i d , P < r! Q4 < £4 O -P o W $M JO cj -P Pmr 7 rH ri J 5 -ri © O W N Q t '^ > GO O Q ? -P c f: i ° o 1 ° * c 4 £ o c ; 5 4 -P o.5 © ^ r^ o o Pm ‘ P j <4 co c v6 O : co < ' 5 hjzc >24 GetAlight F .. . j 1 Unk 1 j -Voeniz, > Arizona 2 to - dr eon f------- 75 j ^-car very slow Became verj^ bright and fell arart [ 8 or 4 Kov App 2200 j i i R Vaur.bn, Mexico 4001 - 500’ !descending ; jlowly in vertical naanrer Bright ‘•kite rore Round i Larger t_'.an cas- ; kctball Descending slowlv ~::--lodcd i t--------- 7 TO :ov APP 2200 1 R V aughn, lien Mexico 400’ - 500’ Descending si owl’’ in vertical manner Bright white Lone Round Larger than has- ketbcll Doscending slowly -rrlod. 8 5 Dec 2135 2 R Las Vegas, Hen Mexico A to - Slightly above 9,000’ Horizontal slightly descending Vhitish orange F ew secs ...............—.................... Disappeared 1 5 Pec App 2200 2 R Albuquer­ que, Ten Ho move­ ment noted 19,500’ Parabolic curve Green fes 2 secs Kone Round Faded out # • 10 0 Dec 2255 1 Unk Sandia Base,New Mexico E to IT Slight falling arch Groen fes ’ 2—3 secs j None Round 1/3 dia- meter of moon Rapid Vanished 11 8 Dec 2 : VR Las vegas, j New I exico -----------------_L LEE to NSW 113,500’ horizontal * i Bright green 1 fes 2 sees « IT one Larger than a flare j Rapid rate ; of speed ’ Faded out s Unknown Aerial 17th I © 1 aS *< H CO • o r < Cl) to •H rQ *’ O o h (.-• e cd O 5 -4 GO cG £ y o o < o -pox : £ -H to 0 4-' *H £ O rH 04-H < 1 Q O $« 45 P 4-P P -tH -P T » £ -P 0) 0 £ MN© 7 ’H > 0 0 7. 0^0 0 0 0 0 •H ’.H Ci G 7. £ fn rn 6 d £ t d © g O co Q Q4 s G 74 d 0 74 N P . -H 45 GJ O rC 0 $ £ J C p4 ■ 12 j1948 11 I5ec 1930 . Unk Hood liver, Oregon j Blue & ; white Flash Flash .//tf like thaw? ! 1s 12 Dec 2102 5 15 rilles south of las Vegas, ifew Mexico 2 to - j - 10 miles Horizontal Very c r i g n i» green 2.1- 2 *3 secs h one Dall kasnitude -4' Broke into or 4 small fragments & disappeared 114 20 Doc 12051 4 R I.os Alamos Jew -Texico VI to A ................. Great height descend­ ing 20° to the horizon Laie • •reen or bluish white Y es 1-1/2 secs N one Dall Basketball ______ ____ high speed Disappeared behind mountain 15 23 Doc 0431 1 - Los Alamos, new Hezico N to 3 Descend­ ed from hi^h alt to 6000’ Descending in verti­ cal path. w..ite oev. secs Lone r □tar slower uaan falling star Disappcaredj w/greenish! flash. 1 16 1943 6 Jan 1750 1 Unk Albuquerque Lew Mexico S3 to ITT 1500’ - 2000’ Horizontal Bright white None Dia­ mond App. 2’ ..long. Much faster than a jet Disappeared 17 6 Jan 0310 1 R Los A.lews. New Mexico E to VI 3 to 5° Aron ob­ server Horizontal Brilli­ ant green 2 secs None high speed Disappeared behind mountainous horizon 18 .30 Jan;1754 i t App 200 link SI Paso, Texas Nil to 32 3° - 5° above horizon horizontal Green 11 one Ball Broke into pieces CONFIDENTIAL ■ mmry ONFIDENTIAE Pa^e 4 1 i O r 19 i 19-19 30 Jan 2 ^•i w O o £ /J O S Q o 200 O r-l > •H * 6 n •H „O rd O 0 r i C h •X xk o o d o o d P M 0 o 0 Jh o o o Roswell, Kev/ Mexico -P O 4*1 ’H tO 0 -H f« O rH d 0 P » Sa P .-H Q.< < n o U to B o fl 'O 20001 rH d d O -P © o b CQ t4 Q 5a *H J> o 8 c Horizontal r’: 0 o h ™.x... blue- green Green o ^ h ‘ch n o o r- -? O co i-H > '-P e d 0 !h CO fcX nJ $ ; DO!;^;:= ;HonC 1 ° 3 Q N Pa ^ co i -p 0 Q P 4 £ Hoving slowly t ° J fisappearX to sone. Disintegra­ ted into shov/er of smaller lighted fragment s \ 1 20 30 JailApo 1300 App 200 Unk & R Alamogordo, Hew Mexico L to J Angle of ClOVe 15c-30° from 03- sorv r • Gentle descent 15 secs Hone Jail fizz ed to 1c oujdjw i 21 30 Jan1354 1900 10 Unk ft. 'Torth. Toxas IT to S 13" above horizon 30° down­ ward from horizon Green • trail- Ing sparks Fes V sues if one 1/3 size of full moon Disk tion i 22 14 Feb 1840 2 Unk Canado, row Mexico X Some­ what above horizon Stationary then fell in slight curve to VI bril­ liant white slight­ ly green color res Jone Stationary then fell in slight curve to CO NFIDENTIAL nummary o: 1? Ln ' : fflDENTIAE one t one cl c CO I not I meteor val ithan nctoo appeal • abruptly Round J. lunar shift- hia~ctcr in 3 to I ellipse; . o 23 24 25 26 27 23 x o p d Q F- •JI in C -• co O JL. o £ ,o o § W ■ • o . K- - y.y P Mi L p u c^ to Mi r' o ’ r^ C m * o . ........................................... o o ch o d O P P ^ O d P £O O O p o O O a p pox: £ -H CO O P -H 5h O rH p.i -H C h < Q o P o p P d -h P . P P ^rH d o O O k W N O -H > O O O G r-1 O ° i r h •H -H C$ 05 Sh Sm EH E-i 1949 iTTob 1300 1 — IM:Grants, Hew Mexico Southward Vortical climb t. on : leveled off ' Gradual ascent L-.itc Y es 17 ?cb 100 VI Albuquerque, Hot : crico "T to E Bril- 1 iant vmitc shift­ in'- to noach color 27 Feb 1905 1 R Los Ala.os, Nev/ Mexico II to E Parallel to earth Grocn- whi tc 2 liar 0010 1 p X L Los Alamos, NqxJIcxIqo N to S "Low in sky” Horizontal Light ; 3 liar _____ -j 015 9 1 Lo s --la. .io s, How Mexico Straight dov/n Straight down fright 6 Mar 2100 2 Unk Camp Mood, Texas ?ron H 74° W N 81° W -rom 6° 45 f above horizon Blue- i white [ light ‘ ics j : sees • 2 sees Lisappoarod Hone 1 GONHBENTfAE Very fast [Disappeared l (1) I behind trees ’ (o. None’ Oblcng by I1 i Not known [Disappeared (1 kP^riar^ : -P ? O c: I 2 f ° P ? P4-H C h , 2<-i ; o O o O < H P ‘ O r . j—< . • m t t o • 1 ;. •i ; .ad 2 S' nc49 !6 lfe.r •2G20 125 J. -.... (Unk iCai op Hood, ’Texas li 40° E j 5 9° ab ovci Bluc- • ho r i z on » :wh it o pone (Ball ilike flash • Basketball ............... "Fixed (flash" 50 / .‘ ar 2045 i1 1 (Unk ’Camp hood, । Texas Prom S 810 w to S 60° W From 21° j =Light Y es i above j ‘coloredi (horizon ’ plead (to 6°31’ | 1 orange !above * i brail b i one t i Hound head with trail j^bcut 10 in length . 31 7 - ar 0115 1 Unk Camp Hood, T exas N 40° E 63° 15’ ' pril- above j jliant * horizon * jbluc- j (None Like flash blub Flash bulk 32 7 Mar i0130 1 Unk Carp Hood, T exas N 16° IT 27° 30’ i ! Bright i above i jcluo- horizon iwhite , None Like flash bulb Basketball"Fixed flash" 53 7 Liar 0133 0200 2 Unk Camp Hood, T exas S 20° 51 26° i ।Bluish i above i wee horizon ’ 1 •none pall i 5 like (flash Flash bulb (3) 34 7 liar 0145 1 Unk Camp Hood, Texas N 60° E propped | Orange 5 •vertically • i‘to ground £ i 2 sees Hone 1 Tear­ drop 2’ by 1’ Disappeared i behind trees i (31 — Sumriarv o B Co o o o > J-1 Q w £ •i i to cm * o o d o ^ to aS to eS o p o d to P .-H < 4« -p G e ri p e < p rM o o to u 3 ri o o O ' i d o •O s o ri o 6 ri C ri ri p ri » to ri ? 2 O .ri p d to P ,-M < 02 '3 : O ^ rd d to P t O G. CU < 3 73 I c.; J-. o d to $-4 O x to d to ri w o d ’H ri ./. Q © 194 F" 7 Par 1810'1 Unk Hindov/ Rock, Arizona N '40 - 45° to hori­ zon ,.ea (fire) in cen­ ter s • lading to blue at edge Y es 6-8 secs None fall rcund- spher- ical 3 ’ in meter dia-2G0-300 mph Disintegra­ ted 36 8 Kar 1836 n J.os Alarms, sew Mexico S toIT 12,900* to 18,000' Horizontal Bright white with green­ ish tint 1-2 secs Nene App 800 mph Dither went cut or dis- aDneared bc- hind cloud 37 8 liar 1835 1 R Los Alamos, Nev? Mexico 3 to ...... N 4,000 above terrain Descending at 45° angle Intense white 1 ight alumi­ num colored Very short none ellipt­ ical pointec at ends Slower than twin-en­ gined plane _____________ Disappeared1 behind trees 38 o :kr 0103 ------— 1 Enk 1 Camp Hood, Texas from S 58c GO S 54° E E From 58° above horizon to 54° above Traveled in arc Pale white light Y es Hone Round- ish headA w/nazy smoke trail — villi’. Ci ! O Si ! f C? : ; O h : 1 ^ rP ! ST cZ" ! T L ■ : O ' ’ ci c : • C m < H ' X- c o o i rd C h 0 0$ o Si Si Si ; O d £ O O O Si o Si P -P o ! -P O i O -P -H O X i h o rd ; S^ -Pi 3 o fr S -h ! fr Si i j fr • i fr £, r-! • < i P l O • < x ci d o • -H *\J ‘ o c % 0J ^ O Si ‘^ ^ 1 C Q O : o • -p Uni c Si c £ o Si a c g o co rQ £ o Uhl I 39 1~9<9" “:—-r— ........... 0103 i 13 dar 1 ; 1i I 14 ‘ar.00- 00- 162 1 | 42 • 27 Far 1800 1805 1 !45 t i 27 Kar 1800 n X Unk Camp Hood Texas {Fron 'From 15° p M 56 v/ I at ove in 6^^ IT : 1 orizon ’ 1 raveled in pale [ ,rc {reddish: Inose j •whitish j irod Unk i A lb1.?c ue re uc , j / 2 to SV" {New Hoxieo { or I S7f to UE '20° iaheve ihorizon Pose ending is lightly ^Bluish ’Y es । or •green- • tish 1 one 2-4 Nene ' 9 Ui ». .omen ;-w/tail o j Length f^- diameter itwice i dia- i mete r ? of ’ball racon d P i cd ci o a $ d to 0) tJ Disappes Airplane enroute fr Honolulu to Can bon Is lucumcari, Hew '.cxico boya> Lew hcxico + E to W i6°-12° jabove 000 {Horizontal IHigh in | sly -app 130$ above {horizon {About 75°i {above 10 riCHC bul­ let {Amber Lone {25 lints i. one Long & narrow •7- •‘Grange I Kone j flame I 10 i-ts None Long & {Length- narrow {about 1/6 {lunar dia- k/idth-aboutj ..-.dLcLiSH^^ .ONnDENTW 05 secs Faded out in distance Faded cut in --------------------------------------------------- umary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (contd) Page 10 © K • i = ° Lei w o> w $ 'W : -P fc •H O iS 2 ; 'H rO : rd O 5 0 C h = * O o h ch o aS o ^ ^ ~ © © P £ © O © Sh o ! -P C ^ i a -h to Q -p -H Sh O r-4 Cj © ! & -H 4 h < a o -p © ^ -P -P Q O ^. -H o o o >4 d O 45 O > o -p 1 o ! r-i o I ° i ! »H *H • erf erf • i £ r ■ ................ i ^ £ 0 o •H erf o P eO Q O HO § O j erf ©erf 1 « CO I d © Ph O C m C m *3 CO O erf I © ^ P ; © 04 d erf © p w o 51 Ma<* 1949 12 Apr •1930 1 k& k A lb v rue roue, i evj evico se to in20° above horizon I Tillite Pone 8 secs Lone hound l/S size of noon 15° in 8 secs Extinguished (1) 52 15 Apr 1330 — 1 Unk Pl Paso, Texas Straight up About 3CP Gray­ ish — Y es 15 mts 1 one Thin smoke trail Very thin Dissipated (2) 18 Apr 0148 2 R flagstaff & ’’Jillians, Arizona W A?p 12,000’ to one. 75 - 100 miles to other observer Green­ ish blue 1-2 secs i: one Ball like 100 watt light bulb Disappeared । behind obstacle 54 22 Apr 0905 ..■••/fUK^ .... 1 Anh Cliff, Hew Mexico 71 to E 20° drop­ ping slowly Alum­ inum hone 2 Hits None Round, flat thin, disc­ shape Over 15’ in dia­ meter Disappeared behind mountains (2) 55 24 Apr : 1033 5 VR ..’kite Sands, Hew Mexico ii 25-29° ’Trite light i ..yeiip^. J 60 secs 17 one Ellip­ soid Tremendous rate of speed Disappeared due to distance (2) 53 i ii 25 Api’0C30 2 | Un]: Springer, Kev; Mexico 2 groups going u 2 groups going 2 'Tell above 30,000’ Silver/ white ' None 4 grps tot­ aling about; 20 sec Y es Round Very snail Very fast well above speed of sound Disappeared from view Th Ill Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District CSI (cont) Page 11 j 58 Tucson, Arizona cd Q i ■jaiztf.'H sr Ah co O 5m O 5m > © 5m £ ° § M HB m -P 5m •rd © rd > •H 5m ,O O C d W •H ^ r-d O o « Ah * o — 1949 28 Apr APP 1745 3 Unk £ H ^ o -p o ,^ £ -H to cd c 5< O -P -H 5k 5 4 ^ O H ©dp erf © doo Pm 5m © 5m O 0-H £ rd -p 5m o •rd -rd cd o cd cd 0 W o 5- 5m o n o Silver None (12 IM Hone (Cigar •or sa« Albuquerque Nev/ Mexico Nev; Mexico Los Alamos Nev/ Mexico Los Alamos Herz -ezico E to H S to N 'S to ISE to |59° above Jhoirijzc^ I10° - 15° above .... Moxiizon _ 10° - 15° above horizon 10° - 15° above horizon © cd o Q a m 04 -rd From D-29 to a city .(usage (block ishare I i ^ 5m -p o d 0 © O 5m 04 Jk nJ © 04 d O erf O 04 © 2 w O 04 04 •h d < CO 1 S Q cd 300 - 600 mph Faded from view Hone (Blue green H one 2 secs (2° Bright 10 white secs light Thite 3 - secs each time Hone Large - similar to size of air­ plane landing lights 2123- white 2140- red 5 secNone 2 sec 2nd 2126-base< ball dia­ mond lights. 2140- slightly larger than firebox lights Hone pound (Tenth of (moon 2 seconds 2 decrees "lent. out (1) Very fast up to 1,000 mph Very fast ] ending Seme speed (1) as aircraft (3) Summary of Sightings of unlmown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Page ±5 1 fl J Q o &4 c_t tn O fl o fl > o h o >: W -p fl •H © •H £-* erf w • A r-d O O f^ ^ * O 0 0 rd C fl © erf O fl 5 erf coo 0^ 0 a 4 1 0 •P O rfl £ -H to © -p -H A O rH oj cd fl pq*H ^ <4 Q O -P Q C D fl 4 0 C rf «H c c rd « erf 0 p -p ® 0 a W Nl Q 000 0 -p fl e O a0 fl rH •H -H erf erf fl fl E d E d c.d a 0 0 O erf •rd }> "P ^ erf O fl W 8 0 0 0 fl erf 0 -rd fl ^ \ erf Q \ P-. O f 04 ' 1 0-1 fl O erf 0 fl cu O p.4 fl erf © 3 O erf * * 2-21$ 6 HavV 2040 2130 1 R Camp Hood, T exas Vf and fl App 1200' dropping to 440' Alterna­ ting pinkish to green Hone50 mts N one Round >; dollar diminish­ ing to short quarter size Very slow r?aded from sight (2) (1) 3 6 May 0105 1 R Los Alamos, Nev/ Mexico II to s 5° above horizon Tas going dorm at an angle of 30 '- 35° Green Frac­ tion of a sec hone ..——————— Round APP 1/8 size of full moon Very high rate of speed Disappeared west of Jerne z Lfts. (1)1 7 Hay 2025 2105 4 R Camp Hood, Texas SE 1300’ I Green-* white L’ one40 mts il one j Dia­ mond shape 3 mils width Covered 15 mils in 40 mins, horiz. Dimmed and went out (2j (lj 7 Hay 1940 1 R Camp Hood, Texas N and E 1000’ Reddish greenish white 11 one57 sec None Dia­ mond shape 3 mils width Covered 20 mils in 57 secs horiz. Dimmed and went out (2: 66 8 May 2008 2017 1 R Camp Hood, Texas N and 2 1600’ Reddish greenish white Rone? mts — none Dia­ mond 2 mils j width 10 mils in 9 mts Dimmed and went ouf u: (2; 167 8 W 0930 1100 4 Unk Tucson, Arizona VI, 90° turn to the N 4000 to 20,000 Horizontal then rapid climb at 45° angle Rhite Hone10-20 mts Hone Metal­ lic circu­ lar 40-75’ in in dia­ meter Lotionless to faster than jet Climbed at 45° angle until out of sight (2: CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unlmown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) h o ® -O ri Q © I 0 u 1949 4 68 69 70 71 72 74 9 hay & pp 11450 12 Hay 12115 16 Mav A op ' 11700 2 Jun 11 Jun 20 Jun 0040 2057 2010 20 Jun 12010 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Page 13 w L © > L Q) w 5 -P H •ri 0) 5 S ri W •H «O H O © * o © r-l C h O ri O £ o d L £ © © O £ O o < o 1 -p © r£ £ -H 60 © -P «H U O rH ri © ^ •H 0.0 0 o ~ -p o o o : ° £ r-i •H 'H ri ri ^ £ r-i E-i o o O ri •H > P ^ ri Q ? j cO P r© Q o nd g o CD Ph co •P © ri © P ^-H -< CO -p o £ Tj 0$ © 0. 0 Ph CL, ^d £ o ri © £ P U © £ ri © c w © q S * R Tucson, Arizona SH to KE Silvery IT one6-10 □ CCS lone Round & flat 251 in diameter 750-1000 nph faded from view (2) I VR Alamogordo, Nev/ Mexico 3° or 4° above horizon ’Thite with green­ ish tinge Lone mins a. one 2 fuz zv stars Y diameter of full moon Vanished Unk Tucson, Arizona E to W 5000’ Horizontal Black Lone8-10 secs H one Round solid flat 3 - 4’ in diameter 300-1000 1IPH Behind air­ craft hangar ^1 R Los Alamos, lcv: Mexico E to N 7000' - 10,000’ Descending Green Y es 1 sec w one Dall of light > R Los Alamos, $J to KE 25c above horizon Green then red at end of flight Y es 4 - 5 secs None Size of star (1) 1 R Los Alamos, Nev; Mexico '• to E Green turned orange red be­ fore va­ nishing None3 secs Nene Round Extinguished (1) R Los Alamos, Lev: Mexico fr to e Directly overhead Blue green L one1-1/2 sees Lono 1 Vanished as tho e:ting’d* (1) Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Page 14 i j ri • O ri ’ C rH : ri riO :ri ri ° ^ H M ri 0 0 •ri ri -P 0 ri •H ^ -P ri ri 0 ri co ri ,0 9-9- *0 g 0 <9 i s-f V u r—1 P O ^i «H ^ ©’ JD © P < ri CO -p ri ri 0 ft N Pm -H -p © ri ri © © C h r i 0 ri W ri 04 © Pm 0 ri © rd ^ h © ri o ri ri ri © ri CO O o ri o O < 1 O -p O 1 f -P -ri C I 4 3 ri i © j 6 1 -P ! ri ri W Ori © 8 L: O ^: -H i ©i r4 O « E w © ri O rH * h P | W N © ri O r i -h : r i -h > s cd Q pi -i-i C m ci rri < q o • ^ < 000 0 W 0^ O: * O 75 1949 24 Jun1545 1630 1 2 iUnk Desa, Arizona .1 to SE 2 to E 3 to KE 4 vortical 5 to E 4 horizon­ tal 1 Vertical •j tee 1 gray 4 at 30 mts 1 at 25 secs None Disc u/2 flanges Max of 400 mph Faded from 1 view 76 27 Jun0138 1 Albuquerque, Kev; Mexico 1 ’T to E i3O0 to ;90° . ^bove ’horizon Similar to star Slightly more orange Y es 2 mts Jone Round Slightly larger than brightest star 140° in 2 mts. Kent behind building IS) 77 29 Jun2010 1 Unk Flagstaff, Arizona e to vr 30° from vertical Y ellow in front Red be­ hind Kone N one Bullet shaped 2 size of small air­ plane Relatively slow Over a hill (1) (2) ► 30 Jun1630 1 R Seligman, Arizona N 30° above horizon Dull grey Hone8 secs None CircleAppeared 1J" dia­ meter at 10,000’ altitude 2,000 mph or faster Disappeared in distance (2) 79 LJ 11 Jul 2110 1 ---■— Unk Camp Hood, Texas W by ®' 30° above horizon Pale red Hone2 secs 1 one Ball - but not a per­ fect circle Twice as large as evening star ! Such as turning off flashlight (3) CO\nDENTIA& Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 15 0 .1 Xi 0) •P Q ch w o £ o £ > o £ £ 2 LH.° F ^ W P £ •H © H > cd tn •H p P O © * o o a rH Ch O cd O £ ^ £ © cd £ poo © P O pox: £ -H W © p -h £ O rH cd © P h £ Qj «h Ch < Q O P 0) £ P cd -H P P p < < rd (rf cd O P -H £ -P © O £ MN© 3 ' O O O O ~ P £ c o o o £ ^ •H *H cd cd £ £ ° 2 £ P O cd •H > P ^ cd © £ w 3 p q ° § 0 co cd r—< CQ p cd © P i N P -r: p C £ d cd © P i £ < co i o cd © £ P i | © P £ cd © £ © o g q cd 80 1949 28 Jul 2045 ; Unk Killeen Base, Texas E to S 300 above horizon Uhite w/tint of blue Y es 3-5 secs Hone Bound w/tail Size of evening star Unable to estimate Faded out green 81 28 Jul 2259 1 Unk Killeen, Texas S to E 30° above horizon 2 pre- domin- ately white• 1 had Y es ?1 at 2-3 secs 7,-2 at 10 - Hone Hound ■•//tail Tennis ball Faded out orange 12 glow to tail secs 82 28 Jul 2253 1 Unk r Killeen, Texas N to Nil 30° above Initial­ ly blue Kone15 - 20 Hone Round 3 times size even- Vent out like light horizon r turning white secs ing star 83 30 Jul2135 1 a Camp Hood, Texas SE tc NJ 35° to horizon Climbed in arc Slue- white Y es 2 - oA *2 secs None Like rocket tail 2 - 2^ secs to cover arc of about 15° Faded out 84 30 Jul. 1 2204 1 Unk J Camp Hood, Texas SE to SJ App 30° above horizon Straight flight los- ing alti­ tude Predom­ inate ly white w/blue tint Y es 2 - 3 secs None Round v//tail Evening star or planet Very fast Gradually faded out (1) (3) GNFIDENTIAL Page 16Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) normal falling star ssass^s^.* 1 1 © ^4 co O ^ © Sh > © ^ >> W -P L. •H © r-H > •H L ,o o erf w •H /J rH O © * o © rH C h O d O ?_< ^ © (rf 3 P ioo © ^ O o o 4^ O © -P -H ^•H o 0 O o M -p o rH o o o £ rH •H ’H erf erf *4 $4 'H H ................. ^ S 0 o M -p O erf •H > •P $4 Crf © $4 w 3 Q o § o 72 85 .— 6 Aug 2000 1 Unk Las Cruces, Nev; Mexico E to If bluish green Y es 1-2 secs None Round j | 86 6 Aug 2000 1 Un?z Las Cruces, Lev.’ Mexico E to 17 3°28 M to 9°4Ou above horizon Curve going up then fell in almost vertical direction Reddish blue & green Y es 4-5 secs None Round J 87 6 Aug 2000 1 Alamogordo, New Mexico Vertical 2°20" to 7°35" above horizon Straight vertical flight bright white slight reddish cast Non? 3 secs Kone Round > i 88 * 6 Aug 2000 2005 1 Uhl Alamogordo, New Mexico E to W 204" to 12° 7" above horizon 10° off vertical W hite 2 secs None 89 6 Aug 2015 1 Unk Alamogordo, New Mexico sw Straight flight app 20° verti­ cal dec­ line W hitish yellow ( red trail) Y es 1 secE one Round Large as auto spot light at arm’s i^PS^k ^ size of moon ;App 6” in ! diameter © O a d -p I •P o S © o © *4 "J © &. G> O erf © P - © < 72 S Q -jigger than failing star i [Disappeared I ( Jbehind ^sl^.^ES____I ^Disappeared {gradually [Exploded {then pieces Uied out bis appeared [behind [building Twice size .Extremely jfast - •twice as jfast as {falling 'star disappeared jbehind meun- jtain GNFlDENTlAk 1(1) (1) (1) Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aorial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (c ont) Pare 17 1 c 0 P P d o i«P W ■;O £ o ^ > o £ = P Q is W As" •H O •H £ P O d w •H p M O £ C h * o o M C»H 0 d O £ £ $4 O d £ 3 0 0 O £ O O £ p p o 3d £ ’H to 0 P -H d o ^ P l £ P vH cp < O o P o £ -P Ci ‘H < < M d 03 O P -H £ P O O £ 0 bl 0 ^ £ ° o o o £ M •H H Gl d i ^ fH £ O O £ £ O 05 •H > ;P £ d Q £ W 3 P O *0 § o co Q 04 d 72 £ O £ d o -H < w £ o £ T5 d O P i O Oh P4 < CQ o d 0 £ Qi £ d 0 £ w u h so 1949 6 Aug 2030 1 Unk Alamogordo, New Mexico N Constant slight curve earthward ’lliite (bluish) Y es 1 sec • J.-------- N one Rcund App small­ er than clenched fist Similar to falling star Vfent out SI 6 Aug 2020 Unk Albuquerque, Hew Mezzico Descend­ ing to earth verti- .Q .^.i.ly. 15° above horizon Descending to earth vertically Green U one1 - -2 secs None Round to pear shape 500 watt bulb about 1/5 mile away 10° in 1J secs at 2 miles Dissipated 92 6 Aug 2000 1 Unk Vfhite Sands, New Mexico 40° above horizon Straight line to earth Obser­ ver color blind None1 secKono Round Ralf size of finger­ nail at arm’s length Slightly faster than ordinary falling star Disappeared behind sand dune (1) 93 6 Aug 2000 1 R Alamogordo, New Mexico 200° 30° ab ove horizon Long slow curve to earth Bluish green Y es 1 secNone Round T ip of thumb at arm’s length Burnod out (1) 94 10 Aug 0010 2 Unk Killeen Base, Texas E to W 30° ang­ le headed down 30° angle headed donw Blue Y es 3-4 secs ITone Oval Head size Sudden disappearance ancc (3)1 95 10 Aug 2030 1 Unk Killeen Base, Texas N to S 30° above horizon f/hito Y es 5 secs Nono Simi­ lar to comet Disappeared (cl Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Pa~e 18 © ® aJ o o o = >5 © : -P fl • -H O © 021 r-i > o fl; -H fl fl -P o ^4 © Kq o r-! ^ O >• ri © ri O fl © -P -h fl; -H p fl fl fl O rH ©I rd O © ri fl ri ©02! o fl © Q fl P 4 Ch © fl o P .-H Qh O | * o o < o < Q o N to S•R fl © fl d o 'O fl © W o ri 96 97 98 99 100 1949 10 Aug 10 Aus 10 Aw 2035 1 2035 H 2207? 2220 2240 2040 10 Aug 10 Aug 1 lUnk Unk 2100 1 Uni Camp Hood T exas Camp Hood Texas Camp Hood T exas Killeen Base, Texas Camp Hood Texas iW to 2 N to S S Level flight .2 o 0$ o 0) fl I o f ° o .5 fl ri ri fl fl £-4 ^ M fl o o •H fl -P o ri •H > ■P fl ri © fl w fl Q O ,................. [Y ellow Y es L - o co to orange 2 None }secs I fl © fl nJ ri © Cu © © CL £ 65 fl © fl ri © Cut cutLike head­ light of old car 60° in 2 secs © e 4 ri © cu ri w Q o § p0° - 45° I above ihorizon 30° above horizon 30° above horizon Level flight Hhite Y es [3-4 = secs None tRound Large flare Greater speed than plane Burned out Horizontal arc Continued Orange tail Bright climbing at. orange 30° angle j until dis- j appearance j Y es Y es 3-5 secs 5 secs one Kone Rocket 20 mm# tracer ammo* Very great similar to falling s tar Light grad­ ually diminished (s) 2100 2120 2215 2250 1 R 40° - 70° above horizon il, 3 & 4 almost hor­ izontal ^■2 almost vertical Vhite with orange Y es il sec | for i each j one None Redd­ ish ball with long f irey tail Round with trail Head size Disappeared (3) Large star {Great speed•"ent out like a light — Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) £ 1 •rd H < H W o £ O £ t> O £ £2 •H O H > •H £ d w •H P rd O O tf < H * O s £ rd £ £ O Q O O ~ P £ 0 c o £ O £ rd •rd ’rd d d £ £ Ed Ed < H 5 1 o o •id o d •H > P £ d o £ tQ nJ o CO w £ d Q Ph N O k -H < co £ £ nJ 1 d < D Ph © Ph Ph < 4 CO ■"I ij49 10 Aug 2200 2230 1 Unk Camp Hood, Texas S to N 30° above horizon Level flight W hite w/yellow trail Y es 1-2 secs LoneOval Size of shooting star 300 mph or faster ?ade\- 2 10 Aug 2240 1 Unk Camp Hood, Texas M to S 8,000’ or more Straight flight with gradual incline Light red di­ minish­ ing to light yellow Y es 2-3 secs N oneRound v’/ jag­ ged trail Much larger than evening star Burned up^^ disintegrated d 103 11 Aug 2030 2045 2052 2105 0010 Scv Unk Camp Hood, Texas 11 to S 45 - 60° above horizon Generally a level flight W hite Y es 3-5 sees N onePlash like a rocket or train­ ing flare Star size Faster than any plane observed W ent out like a light (s) 12 Aug 0010 2 Unk Killeen Base, Texas Due U in arc 45° above horizon Straight & level flight vj/ascent descent describ­ ing arc Bluish white Y es 10 secs NoneBroken circle resem­ bling signal flare Hoad size Sudden dis­ appearance (30 CONriDENTlAE Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Page 20 5 -4 O f o Q o •H G4r—-—"-— i co o 0 O 0 > o 0h o ° g w >: to -P 0 •H O H > •H 0 rf to 2 3 o « Qh * o o o £ rd Q-< Q d o 0 O d Coo o c o CJ < ^ o ^-:\":--------^rr—: -P O 42 £ -H LD O -p -H C O rH d o *H <"h Q o -P o o 2 a .p rd cd o -P -H C -P O C 0 to to O 0 -H > o o o O -P o o O •H *H cd cd 0 0 5 £ • o o a -p O cd•H £ -P 0 d e ^ to ^ 5 o o co -p 0 d o -P c o "d 4 O 04 O 1 o d W o C 04 O 04 C d O W 0 to o W :1949 105 Q 2 Aug 1 0445 1 Unk Killeen Base, Texas SE to W 30° above horizon headed .down Headed down • Reddish Y es 2-3 secs Y es Trail of flame Fairly long streak of flame Faded av/ay “ ^ 106-14 Aug 2135 1 R Alamogordo, Hew Mexico Appeared 25° Dis­ appeared at 12° 10 - 15° off vertical Reddish orange Y es 2 secs honeRound Larger than. V enus Disappeared (3) 107 20 Aug 2130 2 Unk Douglas, Arizona N to S 8,000’ - 10,000’ Flat trajectory K one6-10 secs honeRound to ob­ long like in­ verted saucer About size of single engine airplane 3500 to 4500 mph Disappeared in distance C2 ) 1 < 108 21 Aug 2115 2150 5 Unk Nogales, Arizona 45° at low level 90° at high level L'orizontal tc earth’s surface Dull orange Hone10 secs none ............. Zafer App size of volley hall ........................ 10 times speed of jet planes Disappeared in space m 109 26 Aug 1345 1 R Davis- I Ion than AFE, Arizona SE to KV APP< 50,000 horizontal at 50,000’ brown­ ish hazy color Nene60 secs 3 ini- lar to tri- angle with round edges Est. to be app 4 °£ inch when observed a*c 3 ft • Terrifio rate o* speed 1 Faded from vj.ew (2 ) ONUDENTM Summery of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 21 < •......—~~ i i ' © 11 t—^ i। i © r-..... © j< U co • o P ; ° ; ^ > ? © p |cO © o ; >> w I -P N : *H © j H > ; -H ^ ; /□ © i cd w No j © :« ^ iJLJL o rH < H S d o ^ ^ © cd 3 P © O © p o i o o £ 40 -P o ^ i £ -h bO • Q -p «H! P C r~i i cd © £< j P < P Pm -H C h < Q c p 43 cd «H ’ Pm -p Pm T d 0 -p -H O c UNO P *H J> 2 P 0,0 0 0 w -p ! I 0 £ rH •H -H ci cd ^ P JH E-< 1 °.s •H > ■P 5h ci © P to ^3 1 1 0 co j i S j to ; © P cd © eq < w P Td © •^ oo 1 «. ^ PC c3 M j © P Pm M © Pm W P cd © \ . f w © 0 ■ ^ ^ s Wi -Ai Q cd ’ ? 1949 1 30 Aug 2300k Los Alamos, Lew I Mexico Almost straight fall 90° over- overhead Almost straight fall Bright green w/red- iish ‘tail Y es 1-2 secs Nonei Much larger than meteor Burned cut 1 111 15 Sep0025 i Unk Albuquerque, Mew Mexico 30° above horizon ........ Y ellow red 6 secs IT on eRound Size of baseball Burst & ap­ peared to disintegrate i L 112 16 Sep0230 1 — R Les Alamos, New Mexico •7 to E 3,000' Horizontal Orange ‘one15 secs ToneBall shape Larger than falling star Faster than airplane slower than falling star Dimmed then disappeared completely (3) 1 3 18 Sep 2015 1 ■ .......-> Unk Sandia Base, Her; Mexico IT to S 45° above horizon Dark ye 11 or; hone3 - 4 secs NoneRound Size of basecall Unknown (1) 114 19 Seo j 0900 2 IUnk Tucson, Ariana_____ N •••• .■••••••• ... .......... ...» App 40001 Grayish white None2 mts None 2 to 3 ft ! across 600 mph Faded from view "(Si 115 ; 27 Sop ; i 0300 ::i Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico 1 From SE 45° above horizon Travelin5 tangent to earth Bright blue to white None4 secs N oneRound About size j of softball I at 30’0 yds# I 45° in 4 secs. Obscured by building (3) 116 ■ 27 Sep J0300 i 1 i 1 i • Unk Sandia Base,? IT er j Texico i To the N 10° above h0r.i2.Q X l... Y ellow Y es 3-4 secs N oneRound Size of j baseball at 25 yds. j Same rate as shoot- j ing star Died out 1 •«•... M*««>MM .... ... . • •.. w*«. .. (3)1 CONFIDENTIAL S user ary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 22 © 0) -p Q .9 C h co O $-4 *-. > © ^ 1» fFE" •H © •H rD © cd co •H ° « CH * C o a r—I C h © < x5 O Jm ^ £4 © < rf 3 a © 0 © ^ 0 0 < 0 n— — .pox: C -H bp © .p .h S-« 0 «—1 H © ^ O u C k-h q-, < Q O -p © © 3 5 ^ CO -H Pm-P r-4 d cd 0 -P -H £ -P © O ^ W N © 000 Oh 40 0 0 £ H d ri' ^ J-< 0 0 O 0 -p ^ © © 0 co © P 4 co e cd © P 4 w Pm’H ■< co © © & Pm < 5 co 0 © ■ 0 w ©Pm 1 g 1 C w O ©•HP ^ 117 1949 27 Sep0300 1 Unk Sand?a Base, 17 ew Mexico ------------— SE to UTT 15°- 20° above horizon Traveling in arc to- ward earth Bright green IT one2 secs NoneRound Same size as pertee­ ter fence light at distance of about 200 yds. 45° in 2 secs ♦ Brighten®! then wont L 118 27 Sep0130 1 .... J Ute Sandia Base, Hew Mexico S to E 200 above horizon Made a gen­ tle arc tow ar d earth Dark blue Y es 2 secs NoneConi-, ic le w/tail twice its dia­ meter Looked like a sky rocket 50° in 2 sees • Burnt out (3) (1) i 119 kJ 27 Sep0130 1 Unk Sandia Base, IToy/ Hoxie 0 45° ab ovc horizon Hoving tangent to earth Groen 17 one1 sec HoneRound F i st at arm’s length 200 in 1 sec Burnt out (3) (1) r 120 30 Sop 2257 Unk Sandia Base, Nov; Mexico S to W 55° to horizon Y ellow orange None2-3 secs None Slightly larger than shooting star 200 - 300 mph (1) 121 : ____4 2 Oct 2110 1 R Los Alamos, Hew Mexico 20,000 - 30,900’ V/ont up & then down Bright green Y es 3 secs (1) 122 6 Oct 1715 1 Unk Mescalero, How Mexico 154° above horizon^ Descended in slight arc Dark green Tone30 secs HoneRound Big ball Disappeared behind hills (1) . MDENTIAL \/j.d-iDEX TiAL Page 23Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) i 0> p d Q 1 0> rH < H 0) d O ft ft ft Q d p Soo o ft o o o -P O ^ S -H b0 0) -P -H ft O rH ft Ph-H < M ^.^ O 04 ft o d Yo \ o co L P d o 1 -H O rH cd d o -P Q -p -H op 1 < D O ft P tH W; iH > O tZ -H Jh ’ Q s O >; d co : O SJ -H 0) 5 ,0 O : rH O •H i 5 ^ C m EH jS O : * O •H ^ t P -P • o : o d : ’H P | S r~H -P ft 1 T1 ,r? • d (D 5 11 0 P U d CO o 5 -E o do J do CU-P « P ft : HP- r- 1 j O o o I O< < o ^ -P : o s CO GJ : M u J _ > j ft ft: P ^ 1 O EH e h | P t O • CO mj C m < CO P t o < 4 co H w o \ ,d -h p Oa Q d J : 123 1949 6 Oct 1800 1845 |1 i' |unk Mescalero, New Mexico 18° ; ferecn above horizon i lone 57-9 Is CCS HoneRound | size of thumb at arm’s len­ gth Moving slowly Jisappeared behind a hill F 124 6 Oct 1758 |1 LR 1 Alamogordo, New Mexico E to W jStraight 1 angular 1 descent Bluish white possi- ---------------i—-------------- Hone ;4 isecs 4 HoneCircu­ lar 3 times the size of Jupiter or 5° per sec« (V bly It. green tinge Venus 125 6 Oct 1800 1 Unk Alamogordo, New Mexico 4°20’ tc 7C5' Green if one5-6 secs NoneRound Size of baseball at arm’s len­ gth (1) 126 6 Oct 1750 1 R Albuquerque, New Mexico E to W Curved des­ cent ap­ proaching vertical Green­ ish white 1 one1 sec NoneSimi­ lar to very flare | size of thumb at arm’s len­ gth Abrupt Ci) 127 6 Oct ' ; 1750 1 R Mag on Mound, New Mexico E to vr Horizontal Green­ ish white Hone3-4 secs NoneRound 1^’ - 2” in diame­ ter App# that of meteor 'Tent out like like elec­ tric light (1) 128 6 Oct 1758 1 Unk Albuquerque, New Mexico NE to S"; At tail end of its course it arched over and fell Brilli­ ant green H one10 secs NoneTear drop Seemed to burn out (1) —-— CO?'JFIDENTIA& Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) fl © -P Q O fl X © IS s o >5 W -P A H £ •H fl 0 Q3 C m * o o rH G-q © d o fl © cd fl fl © o © fl o o < o P O X fl -H L0 © X -H A O rd d © fl -H C h fl A O O O Q X -P A o o o a o fl rd •H »rH cd cd fl fl H H Qh fl o O fl -p O cd -p ^ cd © fl w fl X Q O 129 1949 7 Oct 2120 1 Unk Albuquerque, New Mexico Straight vertical drop 35° above horizon Y ellow to green Kone1 sec 130 10 Oct 0406 1 R ... Los Alamos, New Mexico ■ ______ . . . SB to KE 3,000’ above observa­ tion pt. Parallel to surface of earth brill­ iant white Y es 4-5 secs 131 10 Oct 0107 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico W to E 45° above horizon Bluish green Y es 15 secs 132 10 Oct 0107 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico sn to NE 45° above horizon Executed dives Green­ ish. blue w/red sparks trail­ ing Y es 4 secs 133 10 Oct 0107 ........... 1 Unk Sandia Base, New liexico N to NE 45° above horizon Green None15 secs 134 11 Oct! 2010 1 6 Unk Roswell, New liexico Appeared moving to N & angl­ ing sligh­ tly to E 1'aneuvered up & down Light green turned orange Y es 45 mts Hone Hone N one None Hone None Round a o fl cd © < w Half a moon propped 15c Jin 1 sec fl © fl 'O . cd © Pm © Pm C m < CO Q C fl © © o fl 3 cd © P -. P m cd Page 24 behind Sandi fountains Small Appeared to le slower than a Disap reared/ meteor arm’s len- ound Size of blow Died out fistat Round Round Round Size of fist at arm’s len- gth Size- of fist at arm’s len- _______ Size of baseball Slow aded out (1) turned out CD 1 ---------------------------------------- Summary of 3flirtings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Page 25 © 1 -P CO Q Vh © O $4 © o ^ •ri © H > •H ^ © d w •rd ^O r-i CD O * o 0) o rd CH © d o 2 g © o 0^0 . ° ° 3 p o ^ £ -ri L0 © -p -H O H dot. CU -H < H < Q O -P © © 2 $4 -P d -H 4^ P -4 1—1 r-i d d O •P -H © O ^ ©NO o o o o « -P o o o .....—■ o -S ^ d d ^ r. H EH o O •ri £ -P o d -H > -P Sh d © k w § o co 0 co © d © P -4 *3 O .-H < 02 d © P -4 O < 5 CO 1< H Jh V Cd W o 1 ^ ex op-4 1 P d © q w o gg g 135 1349 1045 1100 1115 2 Unk Alamogordo, N ev; ilex ic o KT to SE If size of B-29 appeared to be 150,000’ J“hite Hone10-15 secs N oneRound dish shape 2" in dia­ meter at arn^s length Very fast compared ■///falling star Faded from view 12 det 136 ............. 12 Oct 3 Unk Roswell, Now Mexico S to KE 3,500' Smooth arc ’Thite ( sil­ ver) Kone45-60 secs IT oneRound proba­ bly ellip­ tical Faster than jet air­ craft Jent beyond range of vis ion 1 ' 237 — Ils 12 Oct 1115 3 Unk • Alamogordo, New Mexico Appeared from S & veered off to ME If size of 3-29 appeared to be 35,000’ Smooth arc ' rhite or al- uminum IT one45-60 secs NoneRound ball 35,000’ 4” in diameter 1,500 mph Faded from view (2) 12 Oct 1340 4 r Tucson, Arizona From NE to SW 30,000' Horizontal fbite cr sil­ ver None15 secs IT oneRound 50 - 10C1 in diameter 1,000 mph Faded from view Cz) 13S 14 Oct 1420 3 R Los Alamos, New Mexico W to B 20,000’ Level flight just above horizon Green­ ish blue- white trail Y es 2 secs NoneRound Appeared as a 12" disc Burned out (1) CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aorial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cent) Page 26 14 Oct 1202112 i o .a EH o "i ©! £ > © £ 3 rO £5 O 1949 ...... . ■• 140 w+ >' £ r4 •H O •—i d o £ -P d O•H £ ! -p o „£ -p o *•*T rH £{ O £ *H to £ -d £ -Pd w d O £ © -p -H O £ © O £ •H ^ £ £ £ O rd £ -P O N© ^ O odd d © q5 -rl £ -H > © £ O o P - £ P : -P £ £ « Qh O £ Q Pm t 1 C ,h 0,0 0 * o e < o ^ q o < : < 1 O ; < -P ?Albuquerque I Nev/ Mexico Horizontal £ i ° • -H j d d o -p d a d F £ © W Q O 02 © 3 CO £ © d e P < N &«H < CO £ aS © P -i O O 5m g w M; o p fl •H O rd > •H 5m o erf co •H 5 rd O 0) 04 O rd ^ Q 0$ O fl fl fl (D erf fl fl o o (DAO O < O fl P P O P £ -H h D O P *H fl O rd G5 O Ph Ph fl P < -ri < + d < G o P Q fl 'fl O fl fl P Cd -rd Ph P < < rd cd cd O fl P < D O A C O N fl A o o c O P fl o o o O 'erf 'cd A A C d cd 5 o o •H ? fl p 1 o erf i •ri > : P fl ; Co (D • fl co 147 '1S49~' 19 ifov 2152 ...—• 1 R Los Alamos, Vortical Green 2 secs j Kone [ o co Mow Mexico G) O - ch i -P p Oh fl 0 cd fl 0 0 fl Ph ! A. A O Pm erf O : N Pm (D S W Ph -rd Ph Pm d «H | < CO < cQ o o § 143 125 Nov ^OCO? 5 Los Alamos Nov/ Moxieo ! E to IT 15° - 10° above horizon jDownward ’10° from I the hori- •zontal polios i ish jgreen 2 secs hone i Disappeared behind mt* 149 J 27 Nov 1800? 1 •Unk ‘McIntosh, plow Mexico । Vertical iLess I than j2,000» ^Vertical idescent ar con Kono 1 sec Hone iShaped jlike a if lare Sane as a signal flarc 150 27 Nov 1730; 1 Unk 'Tin slow Arizona E to VI 130° ?above |horizon 51 27 Nov 1749 1 ! P Albuquerque, Nev/ Mexico s to t 13° - 5° Iabovo |horizon ploping idescent 152 ;27 Nov 1749 1 Socorro, Nev/ Mexico e to vr Koc -40°’Arc j above jhorizon • Egg held at arm1s len- th --------------------------- Bright blue- white Y es 3 - 4 secs None i Egg shape Blue- white K one1-2 secs NoneRound Pale green 'to pale 1 b lue Y es 5 secs N oneRound Pencil ser at arm1 s length Same as falling signal flare 3-4 secs to cover 15° - 20° of horizon era- 5° - 70 in 1 or 2 secs CONFIDENTIAL dome as signal flare Dwindled out (1) (1) .Tent out then on then out again (1) large(Slower than imeteor Faded out gradually COEODENTIAfc of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Pase 28 fl ©11 © Q 1 i 1 ^ w 1 O fl| fl >1 0 fl 1 “ £ o >£ i •H O • rH > ‘ •H G r£> © i d © : •H rO : rd O | © * O : O i rd ^ O d O fl fl o cj 5 Soo j O SO er «4 o -P o 2 © -P -H S U rd d o P i fl a -H ch < Q O -p o © 2 fl -P P n-P < < rd d cd O -P -rd fl -P ©O S W t4 O G *H b> i j o o o o fl -P o o o fl rd : •H t4 ; d d • fl fl P P Qd fl ! o o •H o d •H > -P fl : d © I fl m •fl P I Q O § o co © Ph C Q fl o fl ; d © P i n Ph -ri <4 co "fl © fl rd d © © Ph < CO < d fl o d © fl O .I © Ph fl d © GMQ :5 g S 1949 "3 Tec 1805 1 — R Alamogordo, liew Mexico E to IT In an arc downward Green fringe of orange light Hone2 secs NoneCircu­ lar Somewhat larger than Venns Disappeared behind building (3 i 154 1 4 Dec 1935 1 Unk Albuquerque, New I exico E to W Nearly horizontal Green IT one2-3 secs N oneRound Marble at arm’s len- Vl^nt out like a candle ( ( 155 -------—i 4 Dec — 1-935 ...——-5 2 Unk Los Alamos, New Mexico E to EE Sloping descent Green 1/5 sec .Y es Round Disappeared behind mt* 156 5 Dec 1930 1945 3 Unk Carrizozo, New Mexico 40° above horizon In dive Blue- green IT oneT ear­ drop Very slow ........................ Disappeared (1) (3) 5 Dec 2240 1 -------H Unk Tularosa, New Mexico E to IT Smooth arc downward Blue w/yel- lowish red toward tail Y es 1 sec NoneStr oak of light Appeared little long- longer than length of lead pencil atAL-i----------------- Appeared tc hit ground near Tularosa, New Mexico (1) (3) 158 9 Dec 1330 H.... 1 1 Unk Farmington, New Mexico propping ; vertical- ly 1i 500 ft* Vertically : down I honeChar­ red para­ chute or cargo net Disappeared (2) CONFIDENTIAL- — Sunman; of Sightings of Unimown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 29 o o ch w O P O ^ > o P ^ o s » ■p p •H O rD © 3 w □ « ch o rl P Q d O p ^ P O CD 3 P P u O P O o < o £ -p £ -H bO O -P t H P O rH p4 ^ p^-nq < Q O -P o £ nJ O 3 P -P d -h CP -P d o P H £ -P O O P w to O P -rH ^» d P o o o O W -P p o o o p o £ rd •H «H d d P P Eh ^ Ch d o O $ O d •H > P P d o P w Q o o co o co 4* d o p d o P m N -H -^ CO d o P nJ d o P l o P m P i -=4 Ch P o d © P O Ch g d o n © o Q § 159 1949 13 Dec 2005 3 R Alamogordo, New Mexico Station- arv then ------------ 5,000’ • Alite amber None i S nts 1 NoneCircu­ lar ................—...... 1 - 12- tines size o° a- Object took on br_Ilian ( n began to move downward slowly and to right red green verage st. light at a distance of 8 miles green color picked up | speed and faded fron view .....- 1 160 1950 6 Jan 2230 7 R Alamogordo, Nev/ Mexico E to W Up & down and horizontal Unite changed to green & rod None45 Pits 11 oneStar like Slightly larger than planet Venus Moved app. 15° to 20° from E to J during 45 mins it was ob­ served Stopped observation ( ( V Ir 161 ► 7 Jan 2215 2 Unk Corona, Nev/ Mexico From SU to SE • Descending Y ellow­ ish white orange b lue gr. Y es 10 secs LoneHound ball shape dame as cup 6U in dia­ meter at arm1 s length Compared w/fast jet fighter Disappeared behind nt# range (1. 162 9 Jan 2225 1 R Los Alamos, Pew Mexico 30°- 40° above horizon Horizontal Incan­ des­ cent green Y es 2 sees NoneOval with trail -disappeared •ehind trees (1) €ONHDENTlAfc CONrW iTLM; Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Pare 30 p o 1 -p •H s !< P W •0 P o p > Q P '2 c 3 ° irH > M P Q d w tt c^ * .S o o H P O d o p P p o d 3 coo o p c o< o -P o C -H b-C O -P -H C O fP P ^ P O .-H < P -P o 0 ^ O 0 5 43 cd -H r-4 erf o P -r4 0 P O O P co n O o o o O M P P o o o r............. P o 0 rd < 3 erf P P H ? ^ £ o o •H 0 P O d •H > P P erf u P co P rQ o co o Pm ' d co © p d q Pm N Pi ’H < co P : 0 P nd : d 0 Ch Q • Pm Pm i < p p o d o P Pm Q Pm g d Q n w q § 01 o I •h * « 1 * 4* I cl5 I960 2220 i 1 R Les Alamos, Hot Mexico Due VI 60° above horizon Straight course Bluish white Y es 2 sees ' IonePoint- ed Appeared as a point 10° per second Luminosity stopped suddenly (1)S Jan 164 9 Jan 2225 1 n Los Alamos, How Lexico 75° - 80° above horizon Straight line Green­ ish white • one3 secs 11 oneRound -4 to -5 compared to Jupiter 25° nor second Behind horizon A)] 165 12 Jan — 1900 ------- 3 Unk Holloman, Hew Loxico To IT ' Changed altitude orratic- ally • • ill CO changed to green & red N one5 mts l'i oneStar 1 ike About sane size of V onus Discontinued watching (i) (2) 166 13 Jan0605 3 Unk Holloman AFB, Hot E to U Erratic­ ally up & down hito changed to green & rod HoneShort time IT oneStar like About same size as Vonus Disappeared w/d aylight (3) 167 27 Jan1715 1 Unk Scullville, How Jersey in • Ascending at about 60° angle Vlhite stroak 30 mts •g that of | a fireworks rocket at close rar p*c faded gradually (2) 168 7 Feb 1950 2015 1 2 j Albuquerque, Hot 1 cxico SSE to E j 40° - 45° above horizon Horizontal 1 Reddish green Y es i 4-6 secs HoneRound elon­ gated i trail ? Twice size of evening star About same as falling stai Faded out in atmosphere (Di -eoNDDD'rnAii Summary of Sigh-tings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cent) Page 31 $4 © 1 -P Q O EH io L io co 5 -4 o > 5 -4 O w p h •H O H > •H h P 0 d w ^ « Cm * ° © o r—1 < 4-4 O d O ^ i 5-1 5 -4 O d 3 doo O 0 O . £ 43 P o^ 0 -h © P ’H 5 - O rH d o 04 $H 04-H < M n o P o 0 ^ O 2 d P d ’H 0 P rd d d o P -H o 0 P w O 5 -4 ^ S) O 3 -H > O M O O O W P 1 o o o o 0 rH •H ‘H d d ^ 5 . EH EH ch O 0 O 0 -H O P •H d P > d 5-4 $-4 Q 0 w O o co 1----------- ! © 55' p 0 d © 0 to <3 co — p 0 o5 ^d O 04 © 0. 0. co I kA o d © ^4 04 © 0: 0o$© 0 W O < 3 ’H £ Q d o @ •H ■ 1950 ..................................—• . 169 L 7 Feb 1945 2000 2 R Between Tucumcari & Kirtland AFB, Nev/ Hex ic o Flat Trajectory F ire- ball white Y es 2-4 secs Hone Over 1,000 mph Faded out suddenly | 170 +----_n 15 Feb 1530 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Hoxieo From NW to W downward above horizon r.. ,,... .. . .. . „ Appear­ ed red & green Y es 30 K oneRound That of a normal marble Like shooting star trail Faded out (1^ (3)1 i i7i 18 Feb 0510 5 R Koi lo man AFB, New Mexico 01 imbed W hite and orange Hone1 hr 44 mts H oneRound to cone shape Size of coffee cup at arm’s length Stopped observation (2) | 172 20 Fob 0530 2 Unk Holloman AbB, New Mexico Station- 1,000’ above 9,000’ Hit • Stationary W hite Hone5 mts honeRound App size of A- dollar held at arm’s length StationaryV Disappeared from view behind cloud (2) 173 24 Fob 1335 1 1 R Albuquerque, New Mexico To W or SU 20° to 230 above horizon Straight flight W hite Honen mts HoneRound Compared in size to up­ per dark portion of ................... l|r mts. to cover 2C --------------...... UJ .................... moon as it rises in E CONFIDENTIAL €0NfWffiAt- Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District CSI (cent) Pape 32 o 1 174 1 o p d P ... .............. o — ch v) ° t o £ £ 0 s o P u •H P O d w •H p P O © ^ C h * O c o rH C m Q d O ^ 2 3 doo © Sn o e < o -p o X q »h bo O P -H Jh O r-1 d o -H C h p 5 d d o d k P d -n tUP 04 r—i rH d d o P -H d p O O d w « O o o o o w -P o o o o Id d d cP cn d o o •H d p o d •H > p d d o A co 2 o o S o d o N Pm ’H r/\ Is o P nJ d o Ph O P -4 Pm < P P O d O ^ Pm O P d d o d n o mJ * * * 1950 24 Feb 1400 1 ......... AIbuqueroue, how Mexico E by SE About 20° above horizon Bright v/hito Hone20-30 secs KoneRound ............. Compared v?/size of weather balloon as it disap­ peared in distance.- Very si or.’ Faded out of sight 175 - *** 24 Feb 1930 R Datil, Hew Mexico NVT W hite chang­ ing to red & green Y es 2 hrs 30 mts IT oneRound < 1° per 2 mts • Disappeared (1) (2) 176 24 Fob 1345 1 Unk Los Alamos, Nov; Mexico 2 then turned W 25,000- 30,000’ Straight UP •Lute, kept flash- ir-G like mirror in ’sun • one20 mts f one Very fast font strai­ ght up out of sight 177 24 Feb 1340 1 Unk Los alamos, Nev/ Mexico E to VI W to E then st* up 30,000’ Straight up Silvery white None N one 20 mts None W ont strai­ ght up out of sight (2) 178 24 Feb 1315 i 1 R Los Alamos, Now Mexico Erratic generally NE 20,000- 30,000' 15 mts NonoSaucer shaped 100T across if at 20,000- 30,000’ As fast or faster than s ound Disappeared (J attached photograph, ' - F’DENTIAL - P are 33 ©NHBENW i Stannary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena 1 o o o •Q -< M o O ^:P 3 t^ o ^ 5° • p p Gh 0 i^d > ?-H J-, :.O © d w•H X > irH OO * O 0 rd 4^ ©doh odd doo o^o0^0 a p i p o z; j £ -h to0 -P -H ^ O rd d • rd <+q n ° 0) 2 d p d ’H Pm P Pm rd rd d d oP -H£ -P (D O ^ W N Q > P -H > O Q OO P 0 o o fl rd•rd «idd dU Sm Ed E m : O O •rd 0 ^ ! P £ d © k w nd § o co 1 O Pm 2co 1 s d © -H 1 O O O O j Oo W *P : O cd © | £ £ w P1 O 1950 1545 Lone 0 ircu- lar About size of 50/ piece at its height Very fast Disappeared into glare of sun (3)25 Feb 1 R iLos Alamos, iNew Mexico • N to sirs Very high Jill be to silver secs rr xi one 185 1 25 Feb — 1550 1 R Los Alamos, Hew Mexico S or SV I 12,000’ Metal­ lic LonePew secs Hone Ab large or larger than average plane Rust Faded from view > (2) 186 25 Feb 1545 1555 14 R Mos Alamos, jllew Mexico 5 NE to SIT Overhead at from 4 to 10 miles Traveled w/a flut­ tering motion Silver lone secs to 2 ats i oneRo .aid Vary from. 4. to small a i .'plane Very fast 500 - 1500 mph (2) 187 25 Feb 1655 .———! 1 Los Alamos, Hew Mexico E to IT 40,000- 50,000’ Shiny s tlv- 10-15 secs N oneRound About size cf P-25 fjs 31age Slow speed Disappeared behind tree (2) 188 10 Mar 1800 1850 6 Phoenix, Arizona SE Moved up­ ward at 60? angle Alums - nun or yuick sliver Y es 10 mts None jOval jor ob- j long Sire of •rvo: 1 Extremely hi gh Disappeared (2) : 189 j 5 Mar 1 1135 1300 1 4 i R 1 Vaughn, New Mexico Traveled 195° Straight flight Lrh Ite N cne1 hr 25 mts None jRound 4 Ping pong ball at arm’s len- 15 th 180 to 200 mph Ceased observation (2) eGNFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of UnImown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District CSl (cont) Page 35 0) r—< © p d Q 0) 0100 0 £ P © § W s O sw=re;x:. >o W P £ ■rl © H > •H P /J 0) aS w •H p H O « C m * O © o rH

P £ d © £ co 2 a q a 1o co Pm d p d © Pm N Pm P < 1 CO d © © Pm < CO ch ^ o d © £ Pm O Pm Cd© £ w O ot i * J 19?0 1 R Holloman ’AFB, Hot App 2 70°About 30° a- bove horizon Straight flight Changed 'None from j light J oranre i 5 mts N one?ing pong ball ring pong ball held at arm’s length Disappeared 3 from view 11 Mar at dis- ; tance of! 50 miles 1 t to blood red to timber to light green 1 i 191 16 Lar HOC 10 Unk F armington, Nev; Mexico 1J to NE Turned on Bright their axis lumin- & maneu- , ous as vered up & .tin down •foil 1 one3-5 Hits iv oneFlat spher- iodic -----——.....— . 1 to 6" Faster than convention­ al aircraft «~....«w.....~MMM»Mm.>..1 Discontinued observation K2) 16 Mar 100C Unk Farmington, Hot Mexico NE Over 20,000’ Skyward at ’Bright at 60°-80° .alumi- None30 mts N oneOval & ob­ long 1/16” - i" held at arm’s length Faster than convention­ al aircraft Gradually lisappeared (2) ____ L—_| tu n 193 17 Mar 031C 1 1 R R Los Alamos, Hew Mexico Los Alamos, New Mexico T award earth Toward earth Reddish then .green .^ None1 sec None Appeared to fall to earth (3) 194 17 Mar 030C 1IE Level flight Green­ ish 3£®ii2SL N one: 3 secs 1 NoneRound 1 -^ size of full moon Moderate Like light going cut (3) —-HHW ? Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District 031 (cont) ; Bremondou;hone : 196 |17 Lar 10445? 1 4 - 17 liar ^0310! 11197 iione5 secs L one ;Spher I -ical ’one 15 secs C onejRound IQ uito small!Free fall ri © cu © OU 0U © ?M ^ O 1=^ ■H 0 M > •H R O d w •H 4J rd O O « *-4 * o h ™™ o rd ^ O d O ri ri ri © ri ri o o O ri Q 0^0 ri 4> O 44 ri ‘H to © -p -ri ri O rd ri © Oh r i CU-H < ri •p © ri ri -p GS -H P . -P rd Ct5 ri O ri -p ©O ri ©to © k ‘H > 3 ri O o o O - -P ri o rd o o ................. ri o C rd •id T-i ri cd ri ri Fd Ed h ==: i o o • •rd i o ri ! -P ri : rd ri © • ri w 5 3 : O no co O CO a ri © P .-H -^ CO Page 36 r ri o •rd i ri< ri -P o ri ri o ri P m O fX S aS < D | ri w o 1 .$8 5 * -: 50307 1 !R ?Los Alamos Lew Mexico ’Straight •down Straight down Orange ?Y es & croon I ,2-24 isecs Explosion o * impact with j earth or di :integration 4 ;17 Lar! 0307 1 P I 'Y es jLos Alamos, MeV; ’ •©•■ico Formed an arc Formed an arc Green sLos Alamos, plow - czico Seemed to change color, start down A disap­ pear Green turn­ ing to yellow jLos Alamos, plow Acxico | 1 Earthward 1 Earthward 1 17ell toward !earth f^ size of । Moderate .’Suddenly rmoon i i 3 secs■N one • Ro void ------------------------------4 -------------------------- 4 size of iExtremely full moon • fast j Plunged to । earth & 2 J explosions |were noted ;prior to :disappear- ' ance 199 |20 Lar 10115: 1 Unk I Clovis, Now jErom LiF.7 {Above ! IMexico ! 112,000’ j hfhite | Y es !w/light; ■ blue ^HB ENTfAE jl - 2 {sees EoneLSpher ’ ical i 2,000 mph • Disappeared i ( 3) । from view nary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OS I (cont) Pare 37 ft o 1 -p ^4 W o ft © ft > o ft -2 ° ft o -P h •H O rH > •H ft P O d co •H rQ rH O © * O o o rH < H O d 0 ft ft ft o d coo O ft o o < o c -p •P O X £ -H to O p «H ft O < H Cd © |X4 Pa ft Pm-H C h < Q O P a P Pa rH r—i Cd d o p -H ft P ©oft W N Q o o o O M P ft o rH o o 0 ft rH cd cd ft ft EH EH r.............. < w c ; O O ft P o cd•H > P ft cd o ft w ft P Q O t ft ft O 05 o Pm $ CO p ft ft d o Pm N Pm-H < < O D p ft © ft TO cd O P u © Pm P U < 3 CO ft • o aS © ft Pm © Pa ft aS © ft w o * $ id S -a n cd 200 2 950 21 -hr 1320 1 Unk Sandia Base, Nev; Mexico e to sir App 45° above horizon 2 ob­ jects silver Kone10 mts K oneRound App size of dime at arm’s len­ gth Excessive to jet flight Gradually faded from view 201 21 liar 1300 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico NE to SE 40,000- 60,000' Varied from shiny silver to shady gray Nono 30 Hits noneRound Size of end of thumb at arm’s len­ gth About same as jet air­ craft Disappeared (2} 202 21 lir1315 1 Unk Sandia Base, Now Mexico E 75° above horizon W hite Kone5 nits IT oneRound Smaller than fist at arm ’ s length App. 600 - 700 mph Disappeared from range of vision <2) k°3 21 Jar 1300 1330 4 Unk Kirtland AFB, Hew SE to S 40° - 50° ab ove horizon Zig-zag mot ion up & down Bright silver None1 mt NoneRound Size of dime at arm’s length About same as fast jet aircraft .......—-------------j Disappeared from range of vision ------- (2) 204 22 I'ar 1100 11 Uni: Kirtland APB, 17 gw Mexico NIT chang­ ing to N 25,000 to 30,000’ Horizontal Tan to brown N one5-o secs NoneR ly ing wing About size of golf ball held nt arm’s -iUl^L____ Extremely j high speed ! Disappeared eNHDENTIAl Page 38Summary of fightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cent) o 1 j--------------- i O H._ __ I : fa w O ^ £O fa t' * w S-. o > o C Q O fa o O O rd fa O dos-, fa fa O dd doo O ^o si i □ PI L. O > d o i fa ^ fa -H ^ pi fa fa o •p o d o 2 p -p rH d d o o 6 C O tsi Q h *H b* c o o W o o o o •H ‘H C H fa j fa £ 1 o o i *H: 3 P O d•H > -P k d o h W Q O o CO o cu s to -j------------ ——— P £ o d o fa N fa fa < ^ 5 nd J o o fa < 05 ------------------------^.^ fa £ O aS ^ fa O fa £60 eno .$ ’^ 3 1950 1 -------—---- ..—..— -------.......... — —1205 22 W ar 0010 3 Unk Sandia Base, Nov/ Mexico SB to Erl Line para­ llel w/linc tangent to the earth Blue center with orange exter­ ior Pone^ - 3 secs HoneRound like ball from roman candle 1J sees 30° azimuth Burned out 206 1 Apr 0420 1 R Los Alamos, New L-oxico S toN 75° above ■horizon. "W hite light Mono 1 see or 1& 1S KoneRound Disappeared behind build in -* 2C7 17 Apr 1530 10 R Los Alamos, Hot; Mexico 2,000’ above horizon Januevered up & dorm & from side to side Light green bright as tin foil none20-30 secs Nono 1/16" at arm’s length Gradually went out of sight (1) 20 Apr 1530 1 R Los Alamos, Not/ Mexico • »(«•*•••#•«•••■•..> •••.... ^••••..•a. Maneuvered up & down Bright metal­ lic Hone15-30 mts NoneRough- iy circu­ lar Est. 9T in diameter faster than convention­ al aircraft Lost sight of object — (2' 209 •I 1 1 ^^y : 1510 : ;i 2 j1 Unk ! I Kirtland APB, Low S’7 toNE Appare­ ntly a few thou­ sand feet Mas angl­ ing down­ ward Silver lucid metal­ lic object noneHot quite a sec NoneCylin­ drical j i !1 Tremendous Flash of brilliant white light 0 CONFIDENTIAL AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE sass 10/18/50URGENT SUTEL IMMEDIATELY RESULTS OF Y OUR INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY FRANK Q UOTE BEHIND THE FLY ING SAUCERS UNQ UOTE HOOVER 4S IMS To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. CC-150 195 0 _ M Per Transmit the following message to: SAC, LOS ANGELES FLY ING SAUCERS. REBUTELS OCTOBER THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN LAST —-SCULLY , AUTHOR OF . Toleon • C}’M _ . G lavln . Ladd “ . N ichols' . R osen ' . Tracy • Egan . uurnsa . H arbo • “ohr. Pennington . Q uinn Tam__ Tele. R oon vr. N ease vise G andy EHM:Jo 52 N O VI SENT VIA________ COPIES destroyed 2 7 0 NOV 23 1964 Director, FBI SAC, Knoxville RADAR DBTHCTIOB' GF IBIDSIT1FI2D OBJECTS OVER OAK RUMS, October 12, x5, 16>195OPROT0CTIOE' OP VITAL IMBTAIXATICW S Remytel October 13, 1950. O ctober 18, 1950 Bier® ie being submitted herewith a copy of two reports aads by District Representative of the 061, 8th District, U. B. Air Force, with regard to the detection, of unidentified object© by the mans of radar, as set forth in referenced teletype, reports continue to set forth additional reports conce unidentified objects in the air space area over Oak Ri which to date have not been explained. Vo investigation is being conducted by the Knoxville in this natter, but any further information received from frost CID representatives will be forwarded lisnsdiately. Air M ail CO M : Jaw 65^75 Enc. >ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CORRELATION & LI N,SECTION Date , 1950 -Director -Mr. Tolson ____ Room_yi6 < -Mr. Ladd ___ Mr. Ammarell _Mr. Belmont ___ Mr. Bates _Mr. Laughlin ___ Mr. Blair Mr. D. M. Brown .Mr. Keay Mr. J. W. Brown Mr. Bartlett ___ Mr. Cole ____Mr. Connell Mr. Baumgardner —Mr. Conroy .Mr. Stanley Mr. DeLoach Mr. Hennrich ___ Mr. Dinsmore Mr. Ellis Miss ____Mr. Ferris Room___________ ___ Mr. Fipp .Mrs. Abel / * ___ Mr. Flaherty .Miss Cuddy _7xZC ^^ Mr. Foley .Miss Reddy Z ___ Mr. Gotschall Mrs. Schwab ___ Mr. Harrington .Miss Wielkiewicz J ___ Mr. Kuhrtz ___ Mr. Bromwell '" Identification Division /-^ ___ Miss Harrington, Room 7229 ___ Mail Room, Room 5533 Reading Room, Room 5531 Records Routing Section Unit .Send file, up to date Send reference See Me .Phone Me Please Handle _Mr. _Mr. ..Mr. .Mr. _Mr. _Mr. _Mr. _Mr. .Mr. .Mr. _Mr. _Mr. -Mr. _Mr. _Mr. _Mr. Landis Lawrence Lynch Mansfield Martin Millard Moynihan Noone Ohenshain Ormond Reynolds Roach Sanders Secord Sullivan Torrillo Q ^ &K IDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS U.S. ATOL^C ENERGY SECURITY SERVICE LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEX ICO DATE _______________________ 195 (Day) (Month) 1. Name of Observer Last First Station assigned Section Home Address Telephone Names of other known observers 2. Time and date of sighting________hours_________________________195 Day Month 3. Point of observation_________________________________________ 4. Direction of object from observer 5. Distance of object from observer 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Angle of elevation from horizon degrees Direction of flight of object Time in sight Number of objects Shape of object Projections and/or indentations B C^ NOT RECORDED ------------- report ^Unidentified aerial objects (c^hd)- 12. Apparent construction____________________________ 13. Apparent means of support and/or propulsion 14. Size of object_______________________________________________________ 15. Luminosity of object______ _________________________________________ (Bright, very bright, glaring, etc.) 16. Color of object_____________________________________________________ 17. Sound_______________________________________________________________ 18. Odor_________________________________________________________________ 19. Speed_______________ ____________________________ 20. Evidence of trail or exhaust__________________________________ ____ 21. Effect on cloud s_____________________________________________________ 22. Tactics or maneuvers________________ _______________________________ 23. Manner of disappearance 24. W hat attracted attention to object 25. Additional Remarks of observer -2- REPORT UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS Obse rve r ’ s signature Ti tie_____________________ 26. Additional remarks of investigator Investigator's signature Title 1'LY I G SAUCERS. REBUTEL Y O’ R INQ UIRY TO IDENTIFY EHMsMH October 17, 1950 SAC LOS ANGELES OCTOBER THIRTEEN LAST FRANK SCULLY HOOVER URGENT SUTEL RESULTS OF Ison dd egg__ win ihols ten COPIES DESTROY ED 270 NOV 23 1964 VsLtSS^W lN ^SriG niC^n^ RWM-’S (SAUCER) --------* , -----_ DENVER—A CONSTRUCTION W ORKER AT LO ALAMOS, N.'< HA REPORTED THAT A STRANGE -BLINKING OBJECT* SOARED OVER A HIGHLY RESTRICTED AREA OF TIE LEE A COPY AEC. THE AERIAL THE ATOMIC EIGHT I : BIG ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER. : ROBINSON OF THE ARMEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SENT THE DENVER POST OF A MIMEOGRAPHED FORM W HICH HE USED TO REPORT THE OBJECT TO THE FORMS ARE PREPARED ^Y TTfEAECTORJ^EPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED? ' , OBJECTS AT LOS ALAMORT -------------------------------- 7—— ORIGINAL THREE-PAGE REPORT, ROBINSON SAID. W AS SUBMITTED TO THE ENERGY SECURITY SERVICE SEPT. 12., THE DAY ROBINSON AND OTHER EMPLOY EES OF THE ARMEX COMPANY SAY THEY SAV THE O BJECT. ROHINI ON SAID HE AND THE OTHERS W ERE EATING LUNCH W HEN THE - ’ UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT PASSED OVER. HE SAID IT "VAS NOT A ALLOON OR A CONVENTIONAL TY PE OF AIRCRAFT.- ROBINSON SAID THE OBJECT APPEARED TO DE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 20.00 FEET. IT ALTERNATELY FLASHED BRIGHT AND BLACK AT INTERVALS OF ' IVO SECONDS. HE SAID, AND W AS VISIBLE FOR THREE MINUTES AMD AO SECONDS. THE SPECIALLY MIMEOGRAPHED FORMS INDICATED THE AEC IS W IGHLY CONCERNED W ITH UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS OVER THE PROJECT. THE FORMS CONTAIN SPACES FOR INFORMANTS TO REPORT ON LUMINOSITY OF OBJECT, ; TT ' ' or SUPPORT AN PROPULSION AND -ODOR- OF THE OBJECT. 10/Y —El OOSA NOT RECORDED 5 OCT 23 1950 5 5 NO V 14195 0 STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO LADD FROM SUBJECT: FLY ING SAUCERS RECOM END ATI ON: ESS:ilw A H. BELMONT DATE la etc. , be furnished to the Bureau. Tracy Belmont V ;.;• Tele. R oom____ Neese Tandy Jlev : October 19, 1950^- Tolson The matter of flying saucers was discussed by Special Agent Edward S. Sanders with Major General Joseph F. Carroll of OSI on October 16, 1950, at which time General Carroll advised that insofar as he has been ableto determine the Air Force is not working on any type of "flying saucer” or "flying disk”. General Carroll stated that the Air Force is working on high altitude rockets and jet aircraft He stated these experiments may account for some of the reports coneerning flying saucers but that the Air Force is not apparently working on anything which is the cause of the many flying saucers reports. He stated that the Air Force program for investigating reports concerning flying saucers, has been reinstituted at W right Field and that any perti­ nent information of interest coming to his attention will The foregoing is for your information. RECORDED - 38 OCT jW u ’550 RECElvED-LAOl FBI S DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 19 4 02 PH *50 ,,^mcl ATION-LIAISON ^£0'0 BELMON ^ V ■»'? f- B. i. . ^yi^PT.OF^M^CE iJLl>i-9r JUSr!',. ’^ 2^ 711 PM ’50Oct 20 10 51 AH’50 RECEIVED-TOLSON F B I li S.DEPT or jusTirf To Novem ber 24, 1350 D irector of Special Investigations The Inspector General son From Subject D epartm ent of the Air Force The P entagon Washington, D ,C , — Hdgar Hoover, D irector, Federal bureau of Investigation FLTID Hr, Aaron L, Hitchens, C hem ical engineer in charge of the C hem ical and P hysical Laboratories of the winchester Repeating Aras C om pany, 2 7 5 Winchester Avenue, Hew Haven, advised the Hew Haven Office of this Bureau that on Friday, October 2 0, I960, he, his wife, and daughter, who reside at 495 Ldgewood Avenue, Hew Haven, went out of their hom e into the back yard at approxim ately 6:15 p,n, His young daughter called his at ent ion to a star which was m oving, and M r, Hitchens noted a sphere-like object directly overhead that ga-C a steady golden-orange glow. He stated that this object was very high, being between ten to twenty thousand feet high, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady, not blinking, and the whole sphere itself glowed in about the sane consistency. He witnessed this object for approxim ately twenty seconds, during which tim e it traveled in a westerly direction toward M ew York C ity, It then veered in a southerly direction, as if crossing Long Island possibly in such a direction that it m ight have been traveling over Long Island He lost sight of this object as it disappeared behind trees. He a ’-vised the sixe of the object was approxim ately ten tim es the diam eter of Venus, which was shining very brightly that night. He' stated it o^ a very clear night and that all the stars in the sky were twinkling, as com pared to the steadiness of the glow giv^n off by thiq object, He advised that the object did not appear io dim tnishA'in site as it traveled farther away, but appeared to M ountain about the sane size as when he first ani­ lols m U HM : eas 7. noticed it directly overhead. The sam e steady orange glow persisted during the entire tim e that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually cut from his sight by nearby trees, U r. Hitchens stated that it was so far away at that tim e that he probably would have lost sight of it very shortly. The object m ade no sound whatsoever, and there seem ed to be no attachm ents or projections of any kind. Hr. Hitchens stated the object was a com plete circular ball. He had no idea as to the m ethod of propulsion, but advised that at the tim e it seem ed to change directions, probably over New York C ity, and that it seem ed to back up and go forward, possibly two or three tim es, in order to execute a change of direction. There were no clouds in the sky which interfered with his vision, and he could not com m ent as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind, and Hr. Hitchens m athem atically calculated its speed at between 400 and 7 00 m iles per hour, depending on the height, which he stated he could not accurately com pute. He advised that he could not recall any odors and had no idea as to the c onstructton of the object. To U r. Hitchens' knowledge, the only other persons in this area to have witnessed the object were his wife and daughter. Im m ediately upon sighting the object, U rs. Hitchens ran to the door of neighbors occupying the sam e house as the Hitchens to bring them to the yard. However, these neighbors did not witness the object, since it disappeared before they got outside. U r. Hitchens stated that he is a C hem ical Engineer and has fifteen years of experience in research and developm ent. He is not a pilot, but has done considerable flying, and has also done considerable reading, including technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands from reading the above m atters that the star Venus is often m istaken by observers for flying saucers, and he pointed out that he feels that he is fam iliar with astronom y and did not confuse the object he saw with Venus, since he also recalled seeing Venus in the sky on that particular evening, and com pared the siae of this object as being ten tim es Venus' diam eter. He also stated that he com puted the speed at which this object was traveling by using points in his area, such as roof tops and tree tops, together with the distance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight. - 2 - U pon receiving the above*i^form at ion rm ^r. Kitchens, he was avised that this ^>—^ inform ation over to another Governm ent a^Thfro, ^r. ..lichens indicated his approval of this action, but specific-Ill' requested that no public announcem ent or consent be given to the fact that he had reported seeing the above object. The above inform ation has been furnished to your office for your confidential inform ation and assistance tn connection with the captioned natter. It is requested that no dissem ination be wade of this inform ation. Office M -em ovcm dum • united states government DIRECTOR, FBI datb: November 9, 1950 from : SAC, NEW HAVEN SUBJECT: FLY IN3- DISCS’ AARON LX ffiTCHENS, INFORMANT The following is being brought to the attention of the Bureau so that it may be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with instructions set forth in SAC Letter No, 33, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949. Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical and Physical Laboratories of the W inchester Repeating Anns Co., 275 W inchester Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business and furnished the following information: He advised'‘that on Friday, October 20, 1950, he and his wife and daughter, who reside at 495 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back door of their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. His little daughter called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Mr. HITCHENS noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange glow. He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand feet, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady and not blinking and the whole sphere itself glowed in about the same consistency. He witnessed this object for approximately twenty seconds during which time it traveled in a westerly direction toward New Y ork City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed that possibly it was near or over New Y ork City, it then veered in a souther­ ly direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it might have been traveling over Long Island. A He lost sight of this object as it disappeared behind trees in his vicinity.' He advised that as to the size of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which was shining very brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night and that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadi­ ness of the glow given off by this object. He advised that the object did not appear to diminish in size as it traveled farther away from him but appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it directly overhead. The same steady orange glow persisted during the entire time that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually cut from his sight by nearby trees, Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him any way that he probably would have lost sight of it very shortly due to distance had the trees not intervened. The object made no sound whatsoever RECOiiucU - iUZ- INDDCD '11 MHF:FGM 3JIIMII JQ 1UJU i ff 18 J ^ ^ *S‘HW M3sivmiNi Letter to the 11/9/50 and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just a complete circular ball. He had no idea as to the method of propulsion but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over New Y ork City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object and he could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum­ vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind and Mr. HITCHENS mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred and seven hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors and had no idea as to its construction. To his knowledge the only other persons in this area to have witnessed this object were his wife and daughter. Immediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door of neighbors occupying the same house^as the HITCHENS to bring them to the yard. However, these neighbors haa not witnessed^ the object'^s*ty the time they got outside the object had disappeared. Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years of experience in research and development. He is not a pilot but has done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ­ ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands from reading the above matters that the star Venus is often mistaken by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening and compared the size of this object as being ten times Venus’ diameter. He also states that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis­ tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight. Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval. He specifically requested that no public announcement or comment be given to the fact that he had reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con­ siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci­ dent. DIRECTOR, FBI November 9, 1950 SAC, NEW HAVEN nmc discs AARON L. HITCHENS, INFORMANT The following is being brought to the attention of the Bureau so that it may be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with instructions set forth in SAC letter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949. Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical and Physical Laboratories of the W inchester Repeating Arms Co,, 275 W inchester Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business and furnished the following information: He advised that on Friday, October 20, 1950, he and his wife and daughter, who reside at 495 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back door of their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. His little daughter called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Mr. HITCHENS noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange glow. He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand feet, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady and not blinking and the whole sphere itself glowed in about the same consistency. He witnessed this object for approximately twenty seconds during which time it traveled in a westerly direction toward New Y ork City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed that possibly it was near or over New Y ork City, it then veered in a souther­ ly direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it might have been traveling over Long Island. He lost sight of this object as it disappeared behind trees in his vicinity. He advised that as to the size of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which was shining very brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night and that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadi­ ness of the glow given off by this object. He advised that the object did not appear to diminish in size as it traveled farther away from him but appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it directly overhead. The same steady orange glow persisted during the entire time that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually cut from his sight by nearby trees, Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him any way that he probably would have lost sight of it very shortly due to distance had the trees not intervened. The object made no sound whatsoever MHF:FGM Letter to the Director 11/9/50 and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just a complete circular ball* He had no idea as to the method of propulsion but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over New Y ork City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object and he could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum­ vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind and Mr. HITCHENS mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred and seven hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors and had no idea as to its construction. To his knowledge the only other persons in this area to have witnessed this object were his wife and daughter. Imnediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door of neighbors occupying the same house as the HITCHENS to bring them to the yard. However, these neighbors had not witnessed the object as by the time they got outside the object had disappeared. Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years of experience in research and development. He is not a pilot but has done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ­ ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands from reading the above matters that the star Venus is often mistaken by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening and compared the size of this object as being ten times Venus' diameter. He also states that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis­ tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight. Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval. He specifically requested that no public announcement or coment be given to the fact that he had reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con­ siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci­ dent. oopyjbw DERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA .S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION SAC, KNOX VILLE OCT 13 1950 TELETY PE 10-13-50 8-26 PM JY C DIRECTOR, FBI RADAR DETECTION OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE OCTOBER TW ELVE URGENT NINETEEN FIFTY , PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. USAF RADAR INSTALL­ ATION AT KNOXVILLE AT ELEVEN TW ENTY FIVE PM, EST, OCTOBER TW ELVE, PICKED UP INDICATIONS OF ELEVEN OBJECTS AND PERHAPS MOuE TRAVELING ACROSS CONTROLLED AREA OF ATOMIC ENERGY INSTALLATION AT OAK RIDGE. ALTITUDE OF OBJECTS VARIED FROM ONE THOUSAND TO FIVE THOUSAND FEET, COURSES FROM SOUTH SOUTH EAST TO SOUTHEAST, AND DENSITY FROM READING MADE BY LIGHT AIRCRAFT TO AIRCRAFT EQ UAL IN SIZE TO C FORTY SEVEN, SPEED FROM ONE HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED TW ENTY FIVE MILES PER HOUR. FIGHTER PLANE ATTEMPTED TO INTERCEPT IN FEW MINUTES AND RADAR SCREEN REFLECTED CONTACT, BUT PLANE REPORTED MO OBJECT COLO BE SEEN EITHER VISUALLY OR ON PLANES RADAR SCREEN ABC PATROL W AS ALERTED BUT NO OBJECTS COULD VISUALLY SIGHTED BY THEM OVER THE AREA OTHER THAN THE AIR FORCE INTERCEPTOR. OSI AND EASTERN AIR DEFENSE FORCES HAVE BEHN ADVISED AND ARE CHECKING INCIDENT. NO REASONABLE EX PLANATION FOR RADAR READINGS Y ET DEVELOPED ALTHOUGH OPERATORS ARE EX PERIENCED RELIABLE PERSONNEL AND RADAR SET IS IN PERFECT OPERATING CONDITION. BUREAU W ILL BE ADVISED OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS ROBEY ACK AND HOLD PLS 16/ 8-31 PM OK FBI W ASH DC GAR £ . 1950 NOV 22 g 12-5-50 4-47 PM GAR URGENT FBI W ASHINGTON DC SAC, KNOX VILLE DETECTION OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJCX X X OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. REURTEL DECEMBER FOUR LAST REGARDING POSSIBLE RADAR JAMMING AT OAK RIDGE. ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO OBTAIN ALL FACTS CONCERNING POSSIBLE RADAR JAMMING BY IONIZATION OF PARTICLES IN ATOX X X ATMOSPHERE. CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE W HETHER INCIDENT OCCURRING NORTHEAST OF OLIVER SPRINGS, TENNESSEE, x COULD HAVE HAD ANY CONNECTION W ITH ALLEGED RADAR JAMMING. SUTEL £ IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. HOOVER SND CORRECT LAST W ORD FIRST LINE PLS o OK D FBI KX OLO RICHMOND IRECTOR C OMMUNIC ATIONS SE C TION DEC ’ 81950 FELETY PE 12-8-50 URGENT 09 PM MEW RE FLY ING SAUCERS. THIS OFFICE VERY CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUT ON IMMEDIATE ALERT FOR ANY DATA W HATSOEVER CONCERNING FLY ING SAUCERS. CIC STATES BACKGROUND OF INSTRUCTIONS NOT AVAILABLE FROM AIR INTELLIGENCE, W HO ARE NOT AW ARE OF REASON FOR ALERT LOCALLY BUT ANY INFORMATION W HATSOEVER MUST BE TELEPHONED BY THEM TO AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE. CIC ADVISES DATA STRICTLY CONFI AND SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED AUERBACH RECORDED - 81 DEC’ 13 195 0 3 12-11 PM OK FBI W A NRJ 6SDEC19195 0 Mr. C legg------■ Mi. Glnvin ---- MpflTichols Mr. Rosen------ Mr. Tracy------ Mr. H arb o ----- ,Mr. B elmont!^ . Mr. Mohr Tele. Room Mr. Nease ___ ^c/ 6? 2 ^ / c '^Oe. ’ m 'H i -o H 3U S n I 9 J MO$101-a3Al333M l&H dMS 8 Mj S' '■) ^V N G^ ‘ W ^ /; t 1950 Enol. (Air M ail) CO M : JT 65475 ,mt* «* < »w‘“t Submitted, herewith is copy of CIC reports on above caption matter. F urther information as received will be forwarded, to Bureau. D ETECTIO N O F UN X TEN TIF IK D O BJECTS AT O AK R ID G E, O ctober 20,23,2^,26, 1950 PR O TECTIO N O F VITAL IN STALLATIO N S .“T • -ORDW U $8 195C NOV 22 N ovember 4 CLASSIFIED INCOMING MESSAGE ——---------------— PRIORITY . PARAPHRASE FROM 8 CGUSARAL FT RICHARDSON ALASKA | -CO N F ID EN TIAL HOT REQ UIRED FROM ARGSI DEP ARTMENT O E THE ARMY STAFF CO MMUNICATIO NS O FFICE R ECEIVED FRO TO 8 DEFTAR W ASH DC FOR AO CFS G2 DTG: 1503*52 15 DEC 50 Alaa Air Comd reports military jet pilots vic Fairbanks while over W eeks International Field at an altitude of 8000 feet observed a flash of light, yellow in color at an altitude between 25,000 and 30,000 feet. Horizontal distance to object was aprx 50 miles. Soon after flash a dark brown smoke appeared to r^er or climb at an angle of 40 degrees. At the leading edge of the smoke at aprx 100 feet appeared an object either cigar shaped or a fuselage without wings travelling at terrific spesd. Pilots started pursuit on heading of 210 degrees mag, indicating 380 at every steep climb. Pursuit continued until pilots reached village of clear and lost sight of object. Meantime object gained altitude and speed and disappeared because of distance of aprx 50 to 55,000 feet. Color of amok© brown^ color of object dark and no reflection from sunlight. Pilots assured of shape because of perfect silhouette against the sun. One pilot had object In view aprx 4^ mine. First sighted at 150026Z. Coordinates 64 degs 13 mins North, 149 dogs 30 mins W est. A< * info will be fwd whenobtained. DECLASSIFIED '!OT REfcOW MEb DECI 21 ft50 ACTION: INFO: CM IN Auth ority: NND 90986 G2, G3i AF 932 M1 (15 Dec 50) OTO: 150345Z rvk/7 illite 2 7135 0 CO N F ID EN TIAL CO P Y NO . RE PLAC E S DA SC O F ORM 22-3. 15 JAN 4 9. W H IC H MAY B E USE D. £ U. S. government printing OF F IC E 1950-0-8681.9 CHANGED TO bS- F^/z/ - Office M em orandum DIRECTOR FBI SAC KNOX VILLE SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS Mr, To1bo»*L DATE: 2-10-51 Mr. S’ Mr Mr • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Re Knoxville letter dated. 12-13-50 For information of the Bureau, the below listed copies of CIO, G-2 Third Angy, pertaining to captioned matter are forwarded herewith* Report of SAC W ILLIAM B. GRAY , CIC, dated 1-2-51, entitled ’’Object Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee." CIC reports dated 1-20-51, entitled. "Objects Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee". Enclosures - 2 65-^75 CCM/wJ ^Tl^-^ ^(T^ ^^^>n ^^Tagg RECO RDED-42 FEB '18195 1 W EB 19 W Tl Mr. Jie BCa* Gaudy _ ' ‘ B -e^eEM K TIAfF O CO PY /wJ - 2-10-51 * • SW MkRY OF INFORMATION - . 111th CIC, FAO # 8, P. 0. Box 379# Knoxville, Tennessee. OBJECT SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE. (in compliance with letter AJACI-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, Third Army. SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft, the following is submitted.) A. Location and Time of Sighting: Between 0820 and. 6030 hours on 18 December 1950, on the Turnpike, within the controlled area, approximately one (1) mile from the W hite Vins entrance and Y -12 plant. B. W eather at the Time; At 0730 hours - wind from the Northeast, seven (7) miles per hour; temperature - 20 degrees F. according to the Atomic Energy Commission Meteorological Division. C. Names, Occupations, and Addresses of W itnesses: Dr. A. J. Miller, 518 Delaware Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dr. V. P. Calkins, 105 Disston Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mr. J. Frank Coneybear, 119 Meadow Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mr. A. 0. Mooneyham, 101 Dewey Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mr. F. T. Bly, 221 Villanova Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Lt. Col. John R. Hood, U.S.A.F., 200 Virginia Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Cdr. E. W . Hribar, U.S.N., 103 Norris Lane, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Maj. W alter L. Cares, U.S.A.F., NEPA Division, Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. D. Photographs of Objects, if available: None. E. 0tJeot Sighted: A-TigSt-"amanating in the shape of a circle, of an intensity much greater that that of a bright moon, giving the impression of form in connection with the light. The light was white in appearance and did not show any signs of refraction into a band or continuous spectrum. This object was traveling in a Northwesterly direction, 15 to 30 degrees elevation above the horizon, and appeared to diminish considerable in size during thirty seconds of observati To another group, the object appeared only as a bright reflection of the sun from an apparently metal surface. No accurate estimate of the object's size or range could be made from the observation. F. Any other pertinent Information: ^^ yFc^o^iji^l^ $y^ from the Radar Log maintained by the McGhee Tyson 2 January 1951 111th CIC, FAO #8, P. 0. Box 379# Khoxville, Tennessee. OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RUBE, TENNESSEE. F. (Continued.) "0832 hours - Atomic Energy Commission reported, aircraft over Northeast end. of area - no paint. (Paint meaning indication on the radar scopes.) ”0839 hours - Small paint near Southeast corner of area on 190 degree. (Magnetic hearing of objects travel.) "0845 hours - Lost contact. Fighter interception was attempted with negative results." Attached hereto are two certified true copies of the statements made by. the above mentioned observers. Attachments - 2 2 STATEMENT Following is a report of the sighting of an unidentified object in the Oak Nidge Area by the undersigned. On the morning of 18 December 1950, the following personnel were riding to their work at NEPA Division, Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., in the S-50 Area at Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Lt. Col. John R. Hood, USAF Cdr. E. W . Hribar, USN Major James L. Steele, USAF Jamor W alter L. Carse, USAF Mr. James R. Gray Mr. W illiam G. Frey Mr. Gray, Commander Hribar, and Major Steele were riding in the front seat; Col. Hood, Major Carse, and Mr. Frey were in the rear. At approximately 0827, while riding southwest on the turnpike Just outside the restricted area, Col. Hood sighted a very bright reflection through the windshield of the car. Major Carss, who was sit­ ing beside Col. Hood and whose attention was attracted by Col. Hood's looking at the sky, sighted the same reflection. Col. Hood then called the attention of the remaining occupants of the car to the reflection. Of these, Commander Hribar also sighted the inflection, but Mr. Gray, Mr. Frey, and Major Steele did not sight it. The reflection was visible through the front windshield of the oar only for a moment because, shortly thereafter, the road turned to the right. The corresponding turn of the car so placed the relative position of the reflection that it could not be seen through the left front window, which was frosted. The windshield, however, was not frosted and permitted excellent vision. The object appeared only as the bright reflection of the sun from an apparently metal surface, much as might be expected from an aircraft at a great distance. No accurate estimate of the objects siao or range could be made from the observation. It appeared to be west-southwest of Oak Ridge Townsite at an angle of elevation of about 25 degrees from the level. s/john R. Hood, Jr. s/Edward W . Hribar s/W alter L. Carss t/jOHN R. HOOD, JR., Lt. Col. USAF t/EDW ARD W . HRIBAR, Commander, USN t/W ALTER L. CARSS, JR., Major, USAF CERTIFIED TRUE COPT: W ILLIAM B. GRAY , SAC, Knoxville,Tenn W HfflKAfr This document contains Information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18 U. S. C., Sections 793 and 794. Its trans- mission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized, person is prohibited by law. December 28, 1950 SUBJECT: Visual Observation on December 19, 1950 TO: Mr. W illiam G. Frey Assistant to the AF Plant Representative for Security Office of the AF Plant Representative Air Material Command NEPA Division Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation Post Office Box E Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1. On December 18, 1950, at sometime between 0820 and 0830, the following NEPA employees were riding in a vehicle on the Turn­ pike within the Controlled Area toward the NEPA Project approx­ imately one mile short of the "Y " cutoff to W hite W ing entrance and Y -12: Dr. A. J. Miller Dr. V. P. Calkins Mr. J. Frank Coneybear Mr. A 0. Mooneyham Mr. F. T. Bly 2. The passengers, with the exception of Dr. Calkins, who did not attempt to participate In the viewing, observed a light emanating In the shape of a circle, of an intensity much greater than that of a bright moon, through the windshield of the vehicle. The viewers had the impression that there was form In connection with the light rather than merely a point source. The light was white in appearance and did not show any signs of refraction into a band or continuous spectrum. It appeared to be from 15 to 30 degrees elevated above the horizontal and on an axlmuth between west and northwest, and appeared to be traveling in a northwesterly direction. The impression of its traveling is due to the fact that the object appeared to diminish considerably in size during the approximate thirty seconds during which It was viewed. The vehicle remained In motion and in following the course of the road, changed its rel­ ative position so that the object was viewed during the last few seconds from the side windows. As the vehicle proceeded down the road a near-by ridge obstructed the view of the object, and although the vehicle completed the turn toward K-25 at the "Y " intersection CO N F ID ENTIAL a;rch 1,: Engine and Airplane Corporation NEPA Division, P. 0. Box 415, Oak Ridge, Tenn. W W ?S& Mr. W illiam G. Frey Assistant to the AF Plant Representative for Security Subject: Visual Observation on December 18, 1950 December 28, 1950 Page 2 and the passengers had a relatively clear view at points along the road, the object was not viewed again. The observers were un­ able to estimate approximate size, speed, or vertical elevation; and, therefore, were not certain whether the object was over the Controlled Area or a considerable distance away. There was no vapor trail or any other visible condition within the vicinity of the object and there were no clouds which could have obscured it. The observers were unable to identify the object in terms of mass or shpae, other than the circular appearance of the light. How­ ever, the circular area appeared to darken, starting at approx­ imately 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock along the perimeter and continuing to darken along the purlmeter and inner area until the light was concentrated in approximately 1:00 to 3:00 o'clock position of a very small diameter, at which point It appeared somewhat similar to a large star. 3. The observers were not In complete agreement as to whether the object was moving at a speed which caused it to diminish in size or actually was diminishing in size without any great velocity of travel due to the darkening effect described above. NEPA Division FAIRCHILD ENGINE ABD AIRPLANE CORPORATION s/ Gene A. GoodJen t/ GENE A. GOEDJEN Plant Protection Manager GAG:VM Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation NEPA Division, P. 0. Box 415, 0a^ Ridge, Tenn. CERTIFIED TRUE COPY : W ILLIAM B. GRAY , SAC, Knoxville, Tenn. 20 January 1951 Ultk CIO Detachment, FAO #8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE (In compliance with letter AJACI-360,33 General, dated. 15 November 1950. Headquarters, Third Army, Subject; unconventional Aircraft, the following is submitted.) A. Location and Time of Sighting: On 12^7 hours on 20 December 1950. B. W eather at Time of Sighting: At 1200 hours on 20 December 1950; Ceiling - 2700 feet; broken overcast; Seven miles visibility; Temperature - 37 degrees F; Dev Point - 31 degrees; and W ind - Calm. C. Names, Occupations, and Addresses of W itnesses: Personnel of the 663rd AC & C Squadron, and the 5th AN Fighter squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee D. Photographs of Objects, if available: None E. Object Sighted: The radar log of the 663rd AN and C Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee contained the folloving entry: ”20 December 1950. 12^7 hours. Small paint in area (Oak Ridge Controlled Area). Very, very slov. Made perfect intercept (vith F-82 Fighter aircraft) and orbit surrounding small smoke cloud.” F. Any other pertinent information: This report io made because of its possible aid in determining the identity ef the numerous unidentified objects sighted over Oak Ridge, Tennessee SOURCE: Personnel of 663rd AC & W , Squadron, McGhee Tyson, Knoxville, Tennessee, and the log of the 663rd AC& W Squadron. 20 January 1951 111th 0IC Detachment, FAO #8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGES, TENNESSEE (In compliance' with latter AJACT-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is submitted.) A. Location and Time of Sighting: From 1605 hours for about three (3) hours, on 14 December 1951, on the Radar Scopes of the 663rd AC and W Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee. B. W eather at the Time: At 1600 hours on 14 December 1950—"Ceiling-2100 feet; Broken overcast; Seven (7) miles visibility; Temperature- 37 degrees F.; and W ind - Southwest at thirteen (13)miles perhour. C. Names, Occupations, and Addresses of W itnesses: Personnel of the 663rd AC and W Squadron, 30th Air Division, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, who were on duty at the time. Their occupations are Radar operators, Supervisors, and experts. D. Photographs of Objects, if available: No photographs taken. See "F" below. E. Object Sighted; A group of targets blanketed the Radar Scopes in the area directly over the government Atomic Energy Commission projects at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. These objects could not be identified from the radar image and a perfect fighter interception met with hegatlve results. F. Any other pertinent information: Lt. Robinson of the 663rd AC and W Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee took photographs of the scope readings with a personal, four (4) by five (5) Speed Graphis Camera, using Plus-X civilian procured film, a lense opening of F-2.5, and a shutter speed varying from twenty (20) to fourty-five (45) seconds. The negatives were printed and forwarded to the 30th Mr Division, Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, which installation printed the negatives and sent copies thereof to the 663rd AC and W Squadron. The numerous targets can readily identified from the permanent radar echos by comparing the photographs. (B-2) SOURCE: Personnel and logs of the 663rd AC and W Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee. 20 January 1951 111th CIO Detachment, FAO # 8, P.O. Box 379, Khoxvllle, Tennessee OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE (in compliance with letter AJACI-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters Third Amy, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following: is submitted.) A. Location and Time of Sighting; At 2145 hours on 16 January 1951. B. W eather at the Time of Sighting: Clear; visibility twenty (20) miles; Temperature - 37 degrees F.; and W ind - Southwest at five (5) miles perhour. W inds aloft: At 2000 feet - 240 degrees at 3 knots 3000 " - 210 " "3 knots 4000 " - 209 ” ”5 knots C. Names, Occupations and Addresses of W itnesses: 663rd ACLW Squadron Personnel who are Radar operators. ABC Patrol Personnel, policemen at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Captains L.C.M. Clevenger and W ta. Aiken, Controllers of 663rd. D. Photographs of Objects if available: Nono 1, Object sighted: Two bright objects in the sky, one of which was east of McGhee Tyson Airport and the other was west. The object to the east was a light, brighter than any other star, emitting intermittent glows jf various colors in the color spectrum. An aircraft attempted interception and found that he was heading directly for a star. W eather personnel explained that the spectural reflection of the star was caused by the volurm of atmosphere and physical matter, together with heat, which must be looked through to see a star close to the horizon. These phenomenon caused refraction of the light rays from the star thereby reflecting a continuous spectural change of light color. The light to the W est was observed through a twenty (20) power spotting - scope and the light seemed to be descending. It took about one hour to descend behind trees making it disappear from the sight of observers. Captain Clevenger stated that this light, when viewed through the spotting scope, took on many peculiar forms, with lines, cores, tails, etc, therein, thus generally fitting the description of all "flying saucers" ever described to him. Shortly after this object disappeared from sight (behind trees) ABC personnel at Oak Ridge, Tennessee reported they had sighted an object about twelve (12) miles Southeast of the K-25 Plant in the Controlled Area. They also observed the aircraft which had been sent for interception but stated the aircraft was "too far north". The aircraft made no identification, and AEO personnel later reported that they had observed a star. 20 January 1950 111th CIC Detachment, FAO # 8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE F. Any other pertinent information: The Commanding Officer of the 663rd. AC& W Squadron, 30th Air Division, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, in a letter to his Commanding Officer on 17 January 1951# Subject; Report of Unusual incident 2145 hours 16 January 1951, stated; " 1. In compliance with telephone instructions from, the ADCC 17 January 1951> the following unusual Incident report is herewith submitted.; Time Date-16 January 1951 1915: An unusual airbourne object was sighted approximately 10 miles W of the station, the lighted object was very similar to a star but much brighter and slightly larger than other visible stars at the time, as observed the object seemed to be approximately 6,000 feet above the terrain and. descending slowly. As the object appeared to be over or near the Oak Ridge Area, the AEC Patrol Headquarters wae notified and their ground observer alerted. About thia time some interference was noted on the Radar Scopes (AN/CPS-11 in the approximate area of the observed object; however no interference was noted on the height finder (AN/CPS-4) (See attached Form 117 dtd 17 Jan 1951 1925 .’Object still apparently descending, F-82 scrambled to attempt interception, still no report from AEC Headquarters. 193O:Similar object observed 15 to 20 miles east of station; seems to be ascending rather than descending. 1935:AF 7177 (Locally homed and piloted by assigned aq officer) 0-45 -enroute CHA to tys, requested fixed to steer to tys - A/C fixed 25 miles SW of station. Pilot Major Raymond C. Care - AF 7177 requested to investigate object east of station. 1945 :AF 7177 sighted subject object and reported It to be a star 1945:F-82 orbiting s/E corner of Oak Ridge Area no electronic or visual observation still no electronic observation by station 47» 1946;Visual observation reported by Oak Ridge Ground Observers, 12 miles southeast of K-25 area (This is in the SE corner of Oak Ridge Area) F-82 in sight and is north of object. F-82 vectored south toward object no contact, electronic or visual. Object report 2400 feet above terrain by Oak Ridge Observers. 1955:Oak Ridge Patrol Headquarters reports that observed object determined (to be a star) 20 January 1951 111th CIG Detactaisnt, FAO #8, P.O. 379, Knoxville, Tennessee OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK BIB®, TENNESSEE to be a star. 2000:E-82 reports clear sailing and no restrictions to visibility, still patroling area for possible pickup of object, still no joy." NOTE: This Is an extract cf the Information listed In logs kept at the Radar Site by Radar Personnel. (B-2) SOURCE: Personnel as in "C" above. X si C ndar d^ or m no. 6j> । U Office M em orandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO MR. C F R O M MR. E H. MOSSBUR E. HENKRICH SUB JECT: FLY ING SAUCERS date: February 26, 1951 Tolson Ladd Clegg G lav In N ichols R osen It is recommended the attached article -which appeared in Look magazine January, 1951, be filed in captioned case for information purposes. Tracy__________ H arbo__________ Belmont_______ M ohr___________ Tele. R oom____ Nease__________ G andy__________ Attachment EHM:gmu 6b MAR 14195 1 3$#vM Pictured above is a Skyhook balloon 77,000 feet over Minne­ apolis. This first published photo of a Skyhook at that altitude was made through a refracting telescope. To Dr. Urner Lid- del, chief of the nuclear-physics branch of the Office of Naval Research, it is the first visual confirmation of his explanation for the hundreds of “flying saucers” seen soaring over the U. S. Dr. Liddel’s field of nuclear research is centered on cos­mic rays in the outer, atmosphere, and the big helium-filled balloons carry his instruments aloft. At the right, being launched, the balloon is partially inflated. Nearing the limit of its ascent, above, it clearly resembles a “flying saucer.” SO H® !£/;■ S'®£; jj^^ ira||8ilSsR fi& ® ga^g PHYSICIST FLY/N G SA UCERS i »■-« B y RIC H ARD W ILSON C hief of LOOK W ashington B u reai T he literal-minded FBI, skeptical but de­ termined, could not let the flying-saucer excitement go by without getting to the bottom of it. Such a profusion of strange objects litter­ ing the American skies could not be ignored. . _ A 10-page report by the nuclear physics branch of the Office of Naval Research has given the answer: Flying saucers were, and are, undeniably real. They are part of a basic research program of the Federal Government which is as impor­ tant, if not so dramatic, as the visitation from Mars feared by an imaginative public. A flying saucer is the base of a huge bal­ loon, 100 feet in diameter, called a “Skyhook.” It is seen by earthlings traveling at speeds up to 200 miles per hour at heights up to 19 miles. These balloons are carrying delicate in­ struments to plumb the secrets of the cosmos in the dizzy reaches of a 100,000-foot height where the atmosphere reaches the vanishing point. The instruments on the balloons observe and measure the countless explosions of atoms in the atmosphere as they are smashed by cos­ mic particles hurtling in by the billions from the cold reaches of outer space. The balloons seek to break the secret of how.matter is put together by recording how it is blown apart. And, finally, of how the count­ less atomic explosions taking place silently, smokelessly, flamelessly but energetically at the fringe of the earth’s atmosphere may be reproduced under controlled conditions. This is atomic research aimed not at pro­ ducing an atomic bomb but at harnessing the energy from the decomposition of the atom. Dr. Urner Liddel, chief of the nuclear physics branch of the Office of Naval Research, is in charge of the Skyhook-Flying Saucer project. M any Skyhooks have been launched at Camp Rip­ ley near Little Falls, Minn., but ascents have been made everywhere, even from aircraft carriers. Ionization C hamb ers in the Sky Observers have agreed that the best time of day to see what is called a flying saucer is at dusk of a cool summer evening. Y ou may be standing on a plain in New Mexico or Montana. Y ou may be flying a plane at 10,000 feet over Alabama. And there in the distance, above you but far from you, is a strange lighted disk. It may be moving or just hovering. But there it is. Y ou see it with your own eyes. Y our companions see it. This thing is round. It appears cup-shaped. It may appear to have a strong glow on one side or to be trail­ ing an exhaust. W hat you have seen may be Flight 10, Balloon No. 3 of the Brookhaven National Lab­ oratory at 84,300 feet carrying a 167-pound payload consisting of a cloud chamber, a bea­ con transmitter, a Geiger telescope, an ioniza­ tion chamber and photographic equipment. This object in the sky may appear to you to be from two to ten times the size of Venus, the evening star, which in certain months seems to fill the heavens as it rises. If you are 10,000 feet up in an airplane, the object may appear (C ontinued on next page) "There is no longer any need for secrecy," says Navy scientist after finding that his own research started the "sau cers" size of an average room and draw off from it in cables enough energy to heat a large city.” The Office of Naval Research, where Dr. Liddel is sponsoring the cosmic experiments, is a part of the regular naval estab” i-‘-‘-'*“r- with a $10,000,oorr-a-^eai piogiaT'l of basic and applied research. The Liddel report is con­ sidered to be the most authoritative scientific explanation of the flying-saucer phenomenon. As far as Dr. Liddel is concerned personally, he considers his answer incontrovertibly right. One of the most convincing factors sup­ porting Dr. Liddel’s findings is that flying saucers or flying disks were unheard of until the ONR ’s experiments in the stratosphere be­ gan. There were some flights in 1947, the first year that strange objects were seen in the skies. These reports multiplied in 1948, when Sky­ hooks were put in the air in large numbers, and continued through 1949. Reports dimin­ ished in 1950 when the number of Skyhook balloon flights were reduced. No "Sau cers" W ithou t ONR “W hen this project first began,” he said, “it was kept secret. Now, there is no longer any need for secrecy on a scientific basis. And, certainly, there is no longer any need to keep the public in the dark about what flying sau­ cers are. “If we are completely successful in our research with these balloons, which so many people have called flying saucers, we will find out how to break up the atom in a useful way. It is not too much to hope that some day we will learn enough to cause the atomic reaction under conditions as we want them—not as they exist today in the atomic bomb. “Some day we may learn enough so that we can pour a cup of water into a reactor the A N UCLEAR Liddel Got the F acts you prefer finer, lighti »*O »NjO ft OVALITY Tracing the "Sau cers' far lighter-tasting. And today' Enjoy America’s best-tasting blend today! New Light Formula New Light Package W aist New Lower Price ^rown F°rm atfi "tu m sm is* trencn -< show,” said Dr. King is priced right, too 30,000 feet. “Our studies General Mills is the only suc­ cessful manufacturer of the huge and delicate plastic bags. Most of the total of 270 flights so far made have been launched at Camp Rip­ ley near Little Falls, Minn., and at University Airport, Minneapolis, Minn. Enough flights have been made from other points, however, to lit­ ter the country. Balloons have as­ cended from Chicago, from Hollo­ man Air Force Base and W hite Sands, N. M., and from aircraft carriers in both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific. W orkers at the General Mills aeronautical laboratories advised Dr. Liddel that they were able to trace lost balloons by published reports of flying saucers. The big bags are engineered to stay up eight hours. Otherwise, they would be a hazard to air navigation. But some have actually stayed up more than 30 hours. Elaborate arrangements are made to trace the balloons, for the data the cosmic physicists want are (C ontinued on page 64) B lended Wh isky. 37'/% Straigh t Wh iskies. " , 62 )4% Grain Neutral Spirits. Th e Straight Wh iskies in th is P rodu ct are 4 Years or More O ld. 86 P roof. After Dr. Liddel had sifted all the reports which appeared to have some foundation, he used his en­ tree as a government nuclear physicist to check other govern­ ment agencies. He is satisfied that no other research or experimental project has utilized anything even roughly resembling a flying saucer. “And secondly,” he said, “inter­ planetary travel is not possible at the present time.” This disposed of all the possi­ bilities, according to Dr. Liddel. His analysis of the flying-saucer phenomenon as presented here is the first government, disclosure of what is considered to be the real cause. The Skyhook’s distinct visual similarity to a flying-saucer de­ scription was noted strongest a' the Minneapolis project of ON± under the direction of General Mills, Inc. Telescopic photographs brought out the similarity so clear­ ly that Dr. Liddel was elated. He could at last offer visual proof of his findings. Liddel, “that Captain Mantell and the other pilots were pursuing a balloon of the Skyhook type. Cap­ tain Mantell could never have reached the height at which the balloon was traveling.” Several reports have been re­ ceived of “squadrons” of flying saucers. People have seen little disks apparently flying together in the sky. This is explained by Dr. Liddell as clusters of 20 to 30 bal­ loons, 10 to 15 feet in diameter, which are sometimes used in place of the huge Skyhook. Under certain conditions, they might be more visible than the sin­ gle plastic bag, and would cer­ tainly be unexplainable by anyone who didn’t know their purpose. 20 per cent larger than from the ground. The lateral rays of the sun at dusk illuminate the base of the balloon. There is no chance of your ever seeing the full roundness of it because you are so far below it. Y ou see only the illuminated cup of the bottom. If your imagination soars, the light reflection on one side may impress you as the glow of an atomic engine. The wisp of the balloon’s instrument-filled tail may impress you as the exhaust. The sun’s rays may suffuse the plastic bag with a fiery glow. E xperienced Ob servers F ooled Even seasoned airmen have no way of estimating the size and the speed of an object they see. To peg size and speed, the mind must know the nature of the object. Ex­ perienced seamen have difficulty estimating the distance, speed and size of another ship unless they know its type. The balloon is un­ known and hence eludes efforts to measure it by familiar craft aloft. Dr. Liddel and his associates ar­ rived at their findings on these baffling stories by studying about 2,000 reports of flying-saucer ob­ servations of every kind and de­ scription. They discarded some as seeming to be the visions of crack­ pots or psychopaths. Other reports were clearly the result of inaccu­ rate vision. One report of “little men” found in the wreckage of a flying saucer near Mexico City turned out to be the unsubstantiated story of a traveler. No one else knew any­ thing about it. This left a solid base of reports from airplane pilots, scientific ob­ servers and reliable laymen which could not be brushed aside. After a thorough investigation, Dr. Lid­ del said: “There is not a single re­ liable report of an observation which is not attributable to the cosmic balloons.” The Death of C aptain Mantell The most tragic report the nu­ clear physicists had to consider was that of an Air Force pilot in Kentucky. A circular object, me­ tallic in appearance, was seen over a U. S. Air Force base on Jan. 7, 1948. Three fighter planes, one pi­ loted by Capt. Thomas F. Mantell, took off in hot pursuit. From their relatively low altitudes, the bal­ loon seemed to be traveling at the rate of 360 miles an hour. Two of the planes turned back at 18,000 feet. Captain Mantell kept going. He radioed that he would go to 25,000 feet and abandon the search if he got no closer. None of the planes was equipped with reserve oxygen supplies, and thus could not fly long at high altitudes. 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Milli­ kan 30 yenr$ ago when +hs bom­ bardment of particles from outer space was first discovered. These peculiar phenomena were thought to be some kind of light ray from an unknown source. They were later discovered to be atomic par­ ticles striking at the rate of five per square inch per minute at the earth’s surface. C osmic-Ray Mystery The source of these particles is unknown. One theory firmly held for a while was that they origi­ nated from explosions on the sun. Some scientists believe now that their impact and energy are so great they must originate from higher-powered galaxies outside the solar system. W hatever their source, these particles strike atoms in the earth’s atmosphere, cause them to ex­ plode and fill the atmosphere with atomic debris. Physicists early discovered that the higher they went in the atmos­ phere the more certain they could be of recording the explosions with the greatest accuracy. Their ultimate aim is to make photo­ graphs and measurements at the very fringe of the earth’s atmos­ phere, for all the air below that is filled in greater or lesser degree with atomic debris from the explo­ sions. These explosions, of course, can­ not be seen or felt by the human mechanism. But their dramatic impact on the measuring devices can be photographed with star­ tling clarity Four levels of cosmic-ray ex­ perimentation have been in prog- «»<>/ 4 IH S SE C T! Th is image contains all th e information on th e docu ment. W ASH 7 FROM NEW ARK j a wxt,\% 9-20-51 URGENT ^UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED SEPTEMBER TEN AND ONE IN VI CI Nin . MONMOUTH, NJ. INDIC ON SEPTEMBER TW ENTY IN- 1 STANT, ANDREW J. REID G-TW O FT. MONMOUTH, NJ, PROVIDED FOLLOW ING RE' PORT OF UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BY RADAR AT ABOVE 4MY INSTALLATION. Q UOTE ON SEPT. TEN, FIFTY ONE, AN AN/MPG DASH ONE RADAR SET PICKED UP A FAST MOVING LOW FLY ING TARGET, EX ACT ALTITUDE UNDETER- MINED AT APPROX IMATELY ELEVEN TEN A.M., SOUTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT A RANGE OF ABOUT TW ELVE THOUSAND Y ARDS. THE TARGET APPEARED TO « APPROX IMATELY FOLLOW THE COAST LINE, CHANGING ITS RANGE ONLY SLIGHTLY BUT CHANGING ITS AZIMUTH RAPIDLY . THE RADAR SET W AS SW ITCHED TO FULL AIDED AZIMUTH TRACKING W HICH NORMALLY IS FAST ENOUGH TO TRACK JET AIR CRAFT, BUT IN THIS CASE W AS TOO SLOW TO BE RESORTED TO. TARGET W AS LOST IN THE N.E. AT A RANGE OF ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND Y ARDS. THIS TARGET ALSO PRESENTED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT BEING COMPARABLE IN STRENGTH TO THAT USUALLY RECEIVED FROM A COASTAL SHIP THE OPERATOR INITIALLY IDENTIFIED TARGET AS A SHIP AND THEN REALIZED THAT IT COULD NOT BE A SHIP AFTER HE OBSERVED ITS EX TREME SPEED. SEPTEMBER TEN, FIFTY ONE, AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET AT THREE FIFTEEN PM TRACKING A TARGET W HICH MOVED ABOUT SLOW LY IN AZIMUTH NORTH OF FT. MONMOUTH AT A RANGE OF ABOU EX TREMELY UNUSUAL ELEVATION ANGLE co CQ APPROX IMATELY NINETY THREE THOUSAND A! DE.3 ON SEPTEMBER ELEVEN FIFTY ONE, TW O SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SETS AT TEN FIFTY A.M. PICKED £ «UP THE SAME TARGET NORTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE -----------------------------------------------------a——---------■------------i PAGE TW O OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED MILS AT A RANGE QF APPROXI­ MATELY THIRTY THOUSAND Y ARDS, APFROX IMATE^LTITUDE THIRTY ONE THOUSAND FEET. THE SET TRACK AUTOMATICALLY IS AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION AND W AS AIDED RANGE TRACKING AND CAPABLE OF TRACKING TARGETS UP TO A SPEED OF SEVEN HUNDRED MPH. IN THIS CASE, HOW EVER, BOTH SETS FOUND IT IM- POSSIBLE TO TRACK THE TARGET IN RANGE DUE TO ITS SPEED AND THE OPER­ ATORS HAD TO RESORT TO MANUAL RANGE TRACKING IN ORDER TO HOLD THE IARGIh THE TARGET W AS TRACKED IN THIS MANNER TO THE MAX IMUM TRACK­ ING RANGE OF THIRTY TW O THOUSAND Y ARDS. THE OPERATOR SAID THE TARGET TO BE MOVING AT A SPEED SEVERAL HUNDRED MPH HIGHER THAN THE MAX IMUM AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE RADAR SETS. THIS TARGET PROVIDED AN EX ­ TREMELY STRONG RETURN ECHO AT TIMES EVEN THOUGH IT W AS THE MAX IMUM -—. J ■——^ w—Ml—————■ 11II I —^ «M—^ »— I ir— Um—II I |’?/.« JF.i ,r<#3«iC or (0-& >) aJtn®^ <0*2’ ,«t3stdC 5rA^ ??0aUtU? 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H. Mossburg SUBJECT: FLY ING DISCS For record purposes, it is desired to point out that the April 7, 1952, issue of "Life" magazine contains an article on page 80 entitled, "Have W e Visitors From Space?" written by H. B. Darrach, Jr., and Robert Ginna relating to the captioned matter. For further reference purposes, a copy of this issue of "Life" magazine is maintained in the Bureau Library. Tolson_______ Laid_________ Clegg Slav I r._______ :.lc:.ol~__ Roser.________ Tracy Karoo________ salmon t______ Kohr Tele. Roox_ »•'«*»•_ __ __ _ Gandy________ EHM:rd, 5 7 Ap^2 81952 D ate: M ay 7 , 1952 To: From : Subject: D irector of Special Investigations The Inspector General D epartm ent of the Air Force The P entagon Washington 25, D , C , John Edgar Hoover, D irector Federal bureau of Investigation FRED J. SEC OR IT. EHM :awy , ^'f 1 5 195 2 MAILE D 26 The about data, which waa preutoualy furntehed to your office through thio Bureau'* liaiaon repreaentattue la being furntehed for your infom ation and any action you deetre to tahe tn thia natter. Ho tnueettgation in being conducted by thio Bureau. cc - Aaatatant C hief of Staff, 0-2 D epartm ent of the Arm y The P entagon taehington 2 5, D . C . Attention/ C hief, Intelligence D ivtaion co - D irector of Naval Intelligence D epartm ent of the Navy The P entagon Naahington 2 5, I. C . cc - C aptain John A. tatere D irector of Security BI SP EC IAL M ESSENGER Atom ic Energy C om m iaaion Room &OSB 333 Third Street, N. W. Naahington, D . C . SEC U RITY INFORM A TION - -£tW*fM *fft£- RE FLY ING. SAUCERS, INFORMATION CONCERNING. THREE W OMEN SAW ASTRANGE OBJECTS FLOATING IN SKY OVER ASHLAND , KY . AT EIGHT FIFTY PM, EST, MAY TW ENTY FIVE LAST FOR TW O OR THREE MINUTES. OBJECTS DESCRIBED AS LOOKING LIKE LARGE OY STERS W ITH FISHTAILS FLOATING LOW LIKE A CLOUD. THEY W ERE OVAL IN SHAPE AND ACCORDING TO OBSERVERS COULD HAVE BEEN BALLOONS. THEY CAME IN OVER ASHLAND FROM THE NORTH, CIRCLED AND W ENT BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ABOVE INFORMATION FOR BUREAU. NO 24-18$ D EPAR TM EN T O F TH E AIR F O R CE H E ADQUARTE RS UNITE D STATE S AIR F ORC E W ASH INGTON 25. D. C . 18 B AY W Honorable J* Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation U. S. Department of Justice W ashington 25, D. C. ATTN: RE: Hr. N. V c ox, Li a is on Unidentified Aerial Object Sighted General Area Ritchie Highway, South Baltimore, Maryland, 10:45 PM, 29 Mar 52 by Donalc^^t ewart, 2241 W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland Dear Sir: There is attached for your information a copy of a report by Special Agent Boyce Royal of this office dated May 12, 1952, in regard to the / captioned subject. Y our attention is invited to the statement of Mr* .Donald Stewart as reflected on page 4, paragraph 7, of the report, to the effect that, at the time of the alleged sighting of this object, he had' Jin his possession a Thompson sub-machine gun* A copy of this attachment* Tias also been furnished the Treasury Department. Mo further inquiry into this matter is contemplated by the Office of Special Investigations. V fJ Sincerely, 1 Ind Rpt by SA Royal dtd 12 Kay 52 GILBERT R. LEVY 0 Chief, Counter Intelligence Division Directorate of Special Investigations The InspectorGeneral RECO RDED -12 9 i©a® •12 9 DECLASSIFIED Au th ority: NND 90986 UNITE D STATE S AIR F ORC E * - The Inspector General. OF F IC E OF SPE C IAL INVE STIGATIONS RE PORT OF INVE STIGATION F ILE NO. RE PORT MADE B Y RE PORT MADE AT DATE MAY 1 2 1952 UNKNOW i SUBJECT: Sighting o? Unidentified Aerial Object, Ritchie Highway, SO. Baltimore, Maryland, 29 March 1952 PE RIOD 10, 11, 12 May 1952 OF F IC E OF ORIGIN Hq. OSI STATUS HUC C H ARAC TE R ______SPECIAL INQ UIRE_______________________________ RE F E RE NC E ______Telephono niessage 01 Division Hq, j^^9_Ma^^ Unau thorized disclosu re of information contained in this report Is prohib ited and will b o considered a violation of APR 205-1 and AF R 205-6. paragraph IL SY NOPSIS Investigation requested by Rq. OSI predicated on information received from Air Technical Intelligence Center, W right Patterson AFB that DONALD STEW ART and (FNU) TILER had observed unconventional type aircraft on 29 March 1952 in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Information relayed to Air Technical Intelligence Center, W right Patterson AFB by ULIUS LOUIS AMOSS who received it from LOU CORBIN, a news ©amentator, employed by station MF3R, Baltimore, Md. CORBIN interviewed, furnished information that D AL'? ' T?, 224 W arren ‘Y LER IH, 112 East Montgomery St., Baltimore, Md., had been ^n 24 and 27 April 1952 and had reported sighting a diso- liko aircraft at approximately 2045 hours, 29 March 1952 on Ritchie Highway near the intersection of US Route 301; that automobile engine stopped and paint Avenue and GEORGIA interviewed by him cracked as aircraft hovered 200 feet above car. STEW ART interviewed and re­ lated substantially the same story which he had given CORBIN previously. SAT FOX , Engineer, W estinghouse Electric Corporation, Baltimore, Md, interviewed, advised ho had made complete examination of STEW ART1 s vehicle at request of CORBIN > including examination with geiger counter and determined no unusual defects. AMOSS interviewed, stated had no direct knowledge of incident and had merely relayed information furnished him by CORBIN; advised that several residents, Gibson Island, Maryland had hoard unusual noises but none had observed any such aircraft. TILER interviewed and confirmed statement given by STEW ART however, upon reinterview, admitted that he had not been with STEW ART at the time of the alleged sighting, and had not seen any such aircraft; advised that STEW ART had asked him to tell that story and that he had dene so. Inter­ views conducted along Ritchie Highway in vicinity of location where aircraft DISTRIB UTION AC TION C OPY F ORW ARDE D TO F ILE STAMP Hq. OSI (action) File APPROVED Colonel, USAF D istrict Commander. AF H Q F ORM 15 IAN 49 0-2 08 Replaces AFCSI Form 4,23 Jul 48, which may be used. 16—57744 -1 U. S. GOVE RNME NT PRINTING OF F IC E SY NOPSIS (Cont’d) was allegedly sighted Indicated no knowledge of any such craft. Ame Arundel County Police Department had no record of reports of described aircraft. STEW ART in reinterview reaffirmed sighting and that TY LER had been with him at the time and had seen the aircraft. File checks re STEW ART at local police agencies negative. FBI, Baltimore Field Office records reflect STEW ART fired from employment at Baltimore, Maryland, for placing a decal bearing Communist Insignia on a truck belonging to the firm by whom he was employed. FBI check re TY LER, CORBIN, AMOSS negative. . . sec fl KM-r DETA IRS: 1. This investigation was initiated upon a request from Head­ quarters 081 on 9 Hay 195? from I.t. Col. LUCKS L. FREE, predicated upon information received from Lt. Col. RAY v. TAY LOR, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Aright-Patterson Air Force Base, to the effect that Col. TAY LOR had received information regarding an unidentified aircraft which was reported to have been seen at 22h5 hours, 29 March 1952, on Ritchie Highway, south of Baltimore, Maryland. Air Technical Intelligence Center advised that the information had been received from (TIP'S LOUTS AMOSS, a civilian. 2. This 1b a joint investigation of Special Agents CLIFFORD P. Jones, OLIVER R. W EATHERHOLT, and the writer. AT W ASHINGTON, D. C. 3. On 10 May 1952 Lt. Col. MICTm L. FREE, Headquarters OSI, was interviewed and furnished the writer with a copy of a TAI received from the Air Intelligence Center, W right-Patterson AFB. Information con­ tained in the TW X is summarized as follows: The TW X represents a copy of a letter to the Commanding General, Project Blue Book, from ULIT’S LOUIS AMOSS, Gibson Island, Maryland, dated 2h April 1952. The letter stated that one DONALD STF ART, residing at 221:1 W arren Avenue, Baltimore 30, Maryland, had observed an uncon- vential type aircraft on 29 March 1952. Present with him at the time of this observation was one FNU TY D R, believed to be a seventeen year old (17) high school student. The aircraft was allegedly observed while STEUART and TY LER were driving north on Ritchie Highway, approaching Baltimore, Maryland. It was described as shaped like a large pancake and was alleged to have havered over the automobile, killing the engine. The letter also advised that STEW ART had been Interviewed by a LOU CORBIN, a radio announcer of ' FBR, Baltimore radio station. CORBIN was described as a reserve CIC officer. The letter also stated that a RG^lUSON and son, J ' \^ason, alleged to reside on Y acht Club Road, Riviera Beach, Maryland, ha^also seen such an aircraft. A NKT^ON STRIEKCIRUT and wife, and a Mrs. SALLY SY MINGTON HENDERSON and Judge and Mrs. HENDERSON were all said to have heard an aerial noise on 19 April 1952 at approximately 2300 hours. The Glenn Hurnle Police were said to have had many similar Incidents reported but laughed then off. AT BALTIMORE, MARY LAND h. On 10 . ay 1952 *. W P «T KEITH, U. S. eather Bureau, Inter­ national Friendship Airport, Baltimore, Maryland, advised that the weather map for 2226 hours, 29 March 1952, indicated clear sky, NNW winds - eight (8) miles per hour; at 2256 hours, 29 March 1952, partly SECURITY W SW - d a i ^ Mil'llw 2 . SBOlhlN^ . cloudy, NN5 winds - twelve (12) miles per hour; winds aloft at one thousand (1000) feet, NOT - sixteen (16) miles per hour. 5. On 10 May 1952 Mr. LOUIS E. CORBIN was interviewed at radio station W FBR in Baltimore, Maryland, and stated in substance as follows: Mr. CORBIN advised that he had received information in the latter part of April to the effect that a DONALD l^BTE-ART, residing at 22h/W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, had, while accompanied by r. GE RGE sX TTLER III, observed a strange appearing aircraft on 29 March 1952. Mr. CORBIN indicated that ths source of his information had been a newspaper reporter for one of the local newspapers, whose name he did not divulge. CORBIN related that he had for some time been interested in the "flying saucer situation", and that it had been his intention to write a documentary program for broadcast concerning that subject. He said further that inasmuch as the above incident was the first one to be brought to his attention within that area, he determined to investigate it. On 2b April 1952 CORBIN interviewed Mr. DONALD F. STEW ART and ascertained that he was employed as a clerk by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He further ascertained that the date of observation was 29 March 1952; place, Ritchie Highway near the harness track; time, 10:1*5 PM; weather, clear; moon and stars out; approximate length of observation, two (2) minutes; estimated altitude, two hundred (200) feet. CORBIN obtained the details of the Incident and set them down in a chronological order. A photostatic repreduction of the Information obtained in that interview is being forwarded as an inclosure to this report. CORBIN also interviewed Mr. GEORGE S. TY LER III relative to the above incident and made a similar writing, a photostatic repreduction of which is being forwarded as an inclosure to this report. CORBIN advised the writer that he was acquainted with the editor of a civilian Intelligence bulletin, r. LIUS LOUTS AW S8, to whom he connuni Gated the above Infomation. Mr. CORBIN further advised that he would not release any of the information publicly and did not intend to do so until such time as the authorities completed investiga­ tion of the incident. CORBIN related that when he had called the Anne Arundel County Police they had informed him that they had had numerous reports of that nature but had passed them off as harmless. CORBIN stated that he had had a friend of his, RAY MOND FOX , conduct a scientific examination of STEW ART'S automobile for the purpose of determining any unusual characteristics which might have been present. C ~ IN advised that he was not a reserve CIC officer; however, he related that he had been an intelligence officer with the staff of General GEORGE S. PATTON in Europe and that he presently holds an inactive reserve com.:ission as lieutenant colonel, 0—375086. Mr. CORBIN, during the course of the interview, made no mention of Q E9RGE or JOHN MASON, and when specifically questioned with regards to the two above individuals, he said that he did not recall either* 6* On 10 ’Jay 1952 the records of the FBI Field Office^Jaltlm-are, Maryland, were reviewed and reflected that DONALD FRANKLIMBTEW ART, 224 W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was questioned for illegal wearing of the Navy uniform in July 1948. Records also reflect that ST1-ART was a member of the U* S. Naval Reserve and the investigation was discontinued as no violation* These records also reflect that STEW ART was fired from the Baltimore Supply Company, Baltimore, Maryland, for placing a decal of the hammer and sickle and red star on the door of * Baltimore Supply Company truck* This act was committed on 30 July 1948. The FBI Field Office records reflect no records of ULr S LOUIS AMOSS and no derogatory information on LOUIS E. CORBIN, No information concerning reports of unconvential aircraft sighted during the past two (2) years were on record at the FBI Field Office. 7# Mr« DONALD FRANKLIN STEW ART was interviewed at his residence, 224 W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, on 10 fey 1952, and with reference to the incident in instant case, he related in substance as follows: STEW ART, accompanied by his friend, GE ROE TY LER, were returning to Baltimore from Glenn Bornie, Maryland, via the Ritchie Highway, on 29 March 1952. They wore in a 1949 Anglia Vampire, an English car, and were proceeding in a northerly direction, having just left a Howard Johnson Restaurant adjacent to the intersection of Ritchie Highway and U. S. Highway #301. W hile approximately opposite a harness track five hundred (500) yards north of the above named Intersection, ST) ART related, he observed a strange looking aircraft a- pearing on the horizon ahead of his automobile. STEW ART described the aircraft as being a flat disk with a cupola or dome in the center of one side, de described the dome as having what appeared to be a small porthole on one side and the shadowy outline of what appeared to be a "hatch, similar to those found on a ship". He stated that this craft approached his vehicle from a northeasterly direction and hovered above his automobile. He further described the object as being of a luminous silver color and emitting bright lights around the edges similar to neon tubing of hif^ brilliance. He stated that at the time the incident occurred he had in the rear seat of his vehicle a Thompson sob-machine gun with which weapon he left the automobile and walked around the car several times debating as to whether or not he should fire upon tlie aircraft. He advised that his companion, TILER, remained in the auto­ mobile and had pleaded with him not to discharge the weapon for fear of! retaliation from the aircraft. r* STErART declined to comirent as to / the origin, jareaent whereabouts, or owner of the above named weapon. ■ SEIM IMATION-^raDffl# 4 SECURE INFORMATION -W fiit STEW ART stated that when the aircraft came to rest above his automobile, it appeared to be "at least fifty feet (50) in diameter, and wavered slightly." hile in sight the aircraft gave off a sound similar to that of a vacuum cleaner. STE ART averred that the aircraft maintained its position above the automobile for approximately three (3) minutes and then turned on its edge, thereby presenting its flat surface to his vision, and appeared to roll across the sky at a terrific rate of speed, greater than that of a jet plane. STEW ART estimated the horizon to the southwest of his vision, towards which the object was traveling, as approximately three and ore-half (3$) miles from his position, and that the object as it disappeared across the horizon was approximately the dimension of a five (5) inch disk held at arm's length. He advised that when the object first appeared, it appeared to be at an angle to the horizon of fifty (50) degrees, and as he was proceeding north it appeared on the northeast horizon on the crest of a hill, lie also advised that during the period the object was in his vision he noticed no sign of activity within it and discerned no odor from it. STERART advised that during the time of the above observation of the aircraft there was only one other automobile in the immediate vicinity. Ite described this to be a 19US Pontiac convertible, yellow, with 1952 Maryland license plates, the first three (3) digits of which were six-zero—zero (600). Ite related that the car was apparently oc­ cupied by a man and a woman and that the man had dismounted his auto­ mobile and was looking at the aircraft, but that upon being hailed by ST UART, had returned to his automobile and driven off rapidly. It was Mr. STEUART'S opinion that he did so upon seeing the aforementioned Thompson sub-machine gun. Mr. ST iRT informed the writer that he was not addicted to or a casual indulger of any form of alcoholic beverages and was not under such influence at the time of the sighting. He further advised that he wore glasses only for purposes of reading and that the only obstruction to his observation of the above described aircraft was the windshield of his automobile when first sighted; however, when he emerged from the automobile he was able to observe the aircraft without any trouble. STEUART contended that the above Incident had a singular effect upon his automobile in that it killed the motor and apparently magne­ tized Its wiring. He also stated that the above incident had resulted in the paint on his car cracking. AGENT'S NOTEi An inspection of STK^ART's automobile revealed that it had been recently painted. It was ascertained from STEW ART that his hobbies were the collection and handling of weapons, American History, and that his avocation was politics. He stated that he had been active in the political candidacy of a senatorial contestant of the State of Maryland and was currently leader of the political club supporting the above mentioned candidate In his ward. He advised that on the night of the 5 SECSTY O B «W ---------------------- above incident he had been engaged in distributing campaign literature with reference to the above campaigning in Glenn Burnley Maryland) and was returning to Baltimore when he observed the aircraft. During the course of the above interview STEW ART appeared calm and answered all questions without hesitation and when subjected to requestioning, did not change his statements in any particular. AT BALTIMORE, MARY LAND 8. Mr. LOTTIS GT TEOS, 228 W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed on 10 May 1952, and stated that he has known STEW ART all his life and has found no fault with him. GITEOS advised that STEMART comes from a good family and he would recommend him for a position of trust. GITBOS stated that he does not believe ST ART has ever been in trouble with the police. 9. Miss MARY fl'.' VER, 226 W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed on 10 May 1952 and stated that STEUART "shoots a lot of bull", usually bragging about himself and his accomplishments. Outside of talking too much, HOOVER believes that STEW ART is honest, makes a good impression, does not drink, a good worker, and loyal to the government. She would recommend STUART for a position of trust, but stated that she did not believe he could keep a secret. 10. Mrs. LC IS GIT EOS, 228 W arren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed on 10 May 1952 and stated that SW ART talks too much and likes to exaggerate, other than that, Mrs. GITEOS would reconrerd SW -ART for a position of trust. She considers him honest, loyal, and a good boy. 11. '.'r. RAY MOND FOX , Project Engineer, Engineering Department, Radioactive Detection Division, ’Vestinhouse Electric Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed at the Maryland Y acht Club on 10 May 1952, and advised that during the latter part of April 1952 he examined the automobile described in the above paragraph with a geigor counter and could detect no radioactive reaction. He also stated that he examined the engine and all working parts of the automobile and was unable to detect any unusual defects or characteristics. He stated that the automobile had been repainted and that he was inclined to dis­ believe the Incident as it was related to him. AT FERNDALE, MARY LAND 12. On 10 May 1952 Officer J. L. GAVIN, Anne Arundel County Police Department, Ritchie Highway Sub-Station, advised that the only report relative to instant investigation that he was aware of as being received by the department was purported to have been an observation during the latter pert of March by the bridge keeper, Curtis Bay Bridge, Curtis ’My, Maryland. Officer GAVIN volunteered that the proximity of that area to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds resulted in frequent noises of explosions 6 SE® TY »®1W . and that ths police department had many calls of inquiry but that they all, with the above exception, wore reports of noise and not of the sighting of any such aircraft. Officer GAVIN stated that in hie opinion it was highly unlikely that an automobile could stop for a period of three (3) minutes on a Saturday night, as during the time of the alleged incident, without several other vehicles passing by. He gave as his reasons that Ritchie Highway was an arterial highway for several outlying districts of Baltimore as well as being a por­ tion of the north-south route from Baltimore to the Potomac Bridge, and that traffic was usually frequent at all times, and especially so during that part of the evening on weekends. AT GIBSON ISLAND, MARTI A ND 13. ULI’ S L "is a?->ss, Colonel, USA, Retired, residing at 8 Cotterhill Road, Gibson Island, Maryland, was interviewed on 11 May 1952 with reference to his knowledge of above alleged sighting of an unconventional aircraft. He stated in substance that his knowledge was third-hand and therefore he was not in a position to give detailed information. He advised that he was Informed of the above Incident by CORBIN who, in addition to the information set forth above, had told him that a GEORGE MASON and his son, JOHN MASON, purported to reside on Y acht Club Road, Riviera Beach, Maryland, also had informa­ tion with reference to instant incident. AMASS stated that the residents of Gibson Island frequently heard noises in the night, reported like that produced by a large formation of conventional aircraft. Col. AMOSS described this noise as of a magnitude and intensity similar to a major bombing group of at least one hundred (100) planes. He advised that Mr. and rs. NELSON STINCHCOMB (whom he previously reported as STRIEKCIRUT), and Judge and Mrs. HENDERSON, Sr., and Mrs. SALLY HENDERSON SY MINGTON had all reported loud noises of the above type on the night of Saturday 19 April 1952, and that he had included this information in his letter to General ACKERMAN only as miscellaneous data. He related that the noises occurred nightly but were particularly intense on Thursday nights. Col. AMOSS Informed the writer that he had attempted to locate GEORGE and JOHN MASON but had been unable to contact them. He stated that there was no street designated Y acht Club Road at Riviera Beach, Maryland, and that the nearest approximation of that name was Club Road He further stated that there was only one residence on Club Road and that residence was presently occupied by a Mr. GE ROE REA, whom he was unable to contact. lb. Attempts by the writer to interview individuals named in the preceding paragraph met with negative results. AT GLENN tJJRNIE, VAR Y U ND 15» Mr. R .'BERT MEAD VS, Proprietor of a Shell Service Station, located at 1501 Ritchie Highway, approximately three hundred (300) yards north of the Intersection of Ritchie Highway and U. S. Route #301, was interviewed on 11 May 1952, and advised that to the best of his recollection he had been on duty in the station on the night the above incident was said to have occurred, and that to his knowledge no such incident took place. MEADOW S related that had the aircraft traveled in the direction as alleged, he would surely have observed itj or if he had not been on duty that night, he would surely have been informed of the incident by the man who had been on duty at the time. MEADOW S informed the writer that it was highly unlikely in his opinion that any three (3) minute period could elapse without the passage of several automobiles at the time the above incident was alleged to have occurred. 16. Mr. W ILLIAM ROELECKE, Jr., employee of .toward Johnson Restaurant, located at the Intersection of Ritchie Highway and V. S. Route 301, was interviewed on 11 May 1952 and advised that he had no knowledge of the above Incident. AT CURTIS RAY , MARY LAND 17. Mr. W AHLEN HOLLINS, Drawbridge Operator, Curtis Hay Bridge, was interviewed on 11 May 1952 and advised that he is the regular draw­ bridge operator on the Curtis Bay Bridge on the 1600 hours to 2h00 hours shift. HILLTMS stated he was on duty the evening of the 29th of March 1952 and that he had not observed, nor ever observed, any unconventional aircraft. HOLLINS further advised that he did not make a report to the Anne Arundale Police Department of such an incident. AT BALTIMORE, MARY LAND 18. On 11 May 1952 Mr. GEORGE S. TY LER III, aged sixteen (16), 112 E. Montgomery Street, Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed at 1030 hours and repeated the same story as he related to CORPIN. One variance in the story was that the car engine did not stop until after STEUART and TY LER had gotten out. 19. GEORGE S. TILER, Jr., father of GEORGE S. TTL8R ITT, was inter­ viewed on 11 May 1952 and stated that STEW ART is "off the beam" and "not normal"; at times he is smart, but "too smart". TY LER said his son is a little careless with the truth and he believes the story is made up. TY LER stated STEW ART is a peculiar person, and he has known him for sev­ eral years. TY LER thinks STEUART made it up to get his name in the papers. TY L® also stated that Ritchie Highway is very crowded and more than one person would have seen it. ' r. TY LER thinks that if his son had seen it he would have discussed it with him or some other member of the family, but he did not do so. 0 ----0 20. On 11 May 1952 LOTTS F. TILER, uncle of TH£R III, 230 Edge— ville Road, Baltimore 25, Maryland, was interviewed and stated that he does not believe his nephew’s story. Ite stated that TY LER TH can dream up fantastic stories at times* lie believes it is a hoax and thinks his nephew was talked into telling the story. 21* At approximately 121$ hours, 11 May 1952, G < RGB S. TY V R III was reinterviewed in the presence of his father and mother, at which time TY LER stated that STEW ART had seen the ’’saucer" prior to the time of meeting him and that all the Information which he had given was in­ formation that STUART told him. TY LiR advised that he did not see a thing and had reported the description of the aircraft as STOART had told him. fe stated that STEUART had told the sighting of the aircraft to him as they returned from Glenn Burnie, Maryland, to Baltimore, and asked him (TY LER) to affirm tho report because he feared that no one would believe his story* TY LER advised that he called the newspapers, the Sun and the Post, to find out if anyone else had reported the in­ cident, and was informed that several reports had been received. TIT R further stated that at first he believed the story STL TART had told himj however, he naw believes that STEW ART made it all up. TY LER averred that he had been in Glenn Burnie visiting friends and was waiting at a bus stop to return to Baltimore on the night of 29 'larch 1952, when he met STEW ART who had been in Glenn Burnie posting campaign posters; that STL /ART had offerred to give him a ride back to Baltimore and he had accepted; that it was on the trip back to Baltimore that STEUART bad related to him the sighting of the strange aircraft earlier in the evening. TY LU stated that they left Glenn Burnie at approximately 2230 hours and had driven to Baltimore without incident; that they had made no stops along the road; that he did not see any sub-machine gun in the automobile as reported by STEW ART. ,____ _____________ 22. STi^ART was reinterviewed at approximately 1315 hours, 11 May 1952, and stated that TY LER was with him an 1 had witnessed the incident. STEW ART denied emphatically any falsehood in the story and stated that the whole thing was the absolute truth. 23. On 12 May 1952 Special Agent OLIVER R. /SATHERHOLT interviewed Mr. HAROLD B. ISENLOCK at the Griebel Motor Company, Light and Hen­ rietta streets, Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. ISENNOCK stated that work was performed on STEW ART’S car on 8 "ay; that the work performed was ad­ justment of brakes, installation of clutch, adjust generator, repairing or taping the wires leading from the generator, change oil, and lubri­ cation. He stated that the car needed only routine repairs and there was no indication of any unusual repairs.- Mr, ISENNOCK advised that ST 7ART had traded at the garage regularly and that he considered him a "screwball". Review of the 9 SECURITY IMFORiffl-W B SECUHTY INFORMATION-®& 'records at the garage reflected that the car had been serviced on 23 April, 8 December, 18 Dece mber 1951; and 31 January, 20 .“arch, and 8 May 1952. The records reflected that the car had been brought in for routine check-ups and repairs. There was no indication in the records that the car had been repainted. Hr. IJ ^N'^CK stated that the car was still the same green color; however, he could not state as to whether it had been recently repainted. He did state he knew the car had not been repainted at his garage. 2h. On 12 May 1952 records checks at the Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore County Police, and Maryland State Police reflected no records of STEW ART. INCLOSURES FOR HEADQ IARTERS OSI 1. Photostatic reproduction of information obtained from STL APT by CORBIN (with sketch). 2. Photostatic reproduction of information obtained from TY LER by CORBIN. CLOSED 10 SECURITY INFORMATION- 1 < ^!ll_:i22^1^ * :___224j?arren avenue ThlEIEON?: NUMBER: SAratoga 1423 __ .——---------------------_— ___________,____________AGE: " . JLOY M’MT: B. and 0. Hailroad------- Clerical ork DATE C - OPS R^riON; March 29, 1952 IL^: Ritchie Highway- Harness Track 3^1———_l^L^il 11^^ **M* . --Ti R: Clear-----MOON and STARS OUT APTR OX I MATE LENGTH 0? OBSERVATION: T-0 ...INUTES ESTIMATED ALTITUDE: 200 FEET DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: At approximately 10:45 P.M. on Saturday, March 29, 1952, near the Harness Track oh Ritchie Highway, The above in company with a Mr. George Tyler of East ^Montgomery Street in Baltimore,’ witnessed the following- A souno similar to a vacuum cleaner attracted attention. Upon investigation,while traveling north toward Baltimore, a strange object was proceeding in the aky in an approximate north-south direction. It appeared to be moving very slowly (considerably a lower than a commercial airliner) . TITL'TSP :TT-’ ATTACHED------------- This object was estimated to be at least as large as a two motored transport plane. It hovered directly over th-- highway and over the automobile. After approx a'lately two minutes, it .- -nly timed perpendicular with a whirring roll t - R:-y with fantastic speed like a rocket. B est P ossible Image it.' 1 ------ * X /? , . . * su ,.hen| the object was over the highway the car engine died suddenly and remained dead until it departed. A yellow Pontiac convertible traveling south along the highway experienced the same situation. Occupants in all cars were very frightened. The automobile, A British Ford was taken to Griebel , _ . & £’£& & & £ Motors on Li^ht St. They over-hauled the entire car. A friend, Mr. Kenny Johnson, ah electrician, in a repair shop said something about wiring being magnetised. Mr. Johnson had previously been an aviation Jet mechanic during the war. Mr. Stewart is not sufficiently familiar with the technical sit lation to recall his exact explanation. A check with the Glenn Burnie Police on this date April 24th, indicated that several times during this year the Headquarters at Glenn burnie Police were notified concerning a curious object in the sky. The Police have always considered the soured of such objects as being Aberdeen Proving Grounds. In all events the Police have not conducted a detailed investigation as a result of any such call to their headquarters. general summary of an apjraisal made by "R.F." Several checks of the automobile apparently indicated a negative reaction.....s£fe to conclude that something was observed in the sky. A thorough examination of the witness suggests that it’s unlikely he could have made up a sjory. His reported observations are aero-dynamically possible and fall into a logical sequence. Impossible at the moment to identify object or its origin. .... U G JU . 2 1011: lossibly "ours". : INTERVIEW # 2 ————---- U^AY APRIL 27, 1952 -^ "PROJECT EYEFUL” y •----------------------— NAME; MR. Jeorge 5. Tyler -■9: - ■- East Montgomery St. BaltO, TELEPHONE N'MBER; BL■-. :■< f.L'- AGE: 17 EMPLOY MENT Southern Highschool ------- Third Y ear DATE OF OBSERVATION March 29, 1952 PLACE: Ritchie Highway -- Harness Track TIME Or OBSERVATION ; 10-45 P.M. W EATHER- Clear APPROX IMATEJ^NGTHOF^SERVATION ; a Minute or so 2 ^TIMATEDALflTUDE: Maybe a hundred feet or so DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: (FEIS W AS A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ------- THE Y OUNG MAN W AS REQ UIRED TO REMAIN AT HOME TO W ATCH HIS SISTER. HF W AS UNABLE TO COME TO STUDIO AS PLANNED EARLIER.) Attention was first attracted while driving north along Ritchie highway toward Baltimore. In company wit). Mr. Lonald Stewart, a friend, a slowly-moving object was observed just ahead of the automobile. it was approximately 10;45 P.M. The engine in the car seemed to die and car drifted to a stop, the driver pulling slightly off the road. The object was approximately over the-car and had no forward motion. It seemed to be tilted slightly and was giving off a yellowish-greenish Ugh? which faded and then grew intense and then fade again. The outer edges of this object which seemed to be round with a thickness toward the center, seemed to have what Mr. Tyler described 9s St. Elmos fire. 5® said that he could not say for sure whether he had observed anything that looked like a port hole. He stated he wasn’t "z* either whether there was another car in the exact location, but there might |---------------------------------------. V' -. ^ ■ A_ I ^' ’ . . . • i ''• 7:1:7 sot: of where he was. He IndiCRted that he was •L Ite " st-^indcd" rt wh-’ v* r -’. He indict’ 1 that he was slightly scared 1 -or fear people wtu2 think he and hl frier 3 had made up the story just to ^et some publicly, but felt better win. the newspapers had told their that other:, had reputed a strange object Ln the shy. As a note of Interest, the : young man ;o, - h xt sin-- he go- .cm - ' er hate that hatdrday evening his parents had confined him to the premise;. He wasn’t allowed to go out I W ith the bdys for awhile. PERbONAL OBSERVATION ------- Mr. Tyler seemed a ugood deal more conservative than his fr’ -d, hr. Stewart. He is on the LaCrosse Jr-.-am at Southern Highschool. lie seemed (at least over the phone) to be fairly intelligent. He stated that Mr. tawart was in his opinion a great deal more excited about it than he was. There were several after-thoughts occuring to him during the conversation. Some of these are as follows; The object Then it departed increased in altitude and then sped off with a dazzling speed.... faster than anything he had ever —r before. He else said h - t its highest altitude was s', ill considerably lower than most commercial planes he has seen over his hc-e. As it was increasing in height just, prior to leaving he thought he could detect a highly polished surface which resembled a chrome plate. As it sped away it seemed also V have a short yellowish-greenish exhaust. All the time it was hovering, he stated the object was wavering slightly. He adu this toward the -.1 of his stop.................I know this doesn’t make sense, but .'d swear the engine on that car started up on its own. To bln ti e car seemed to run all right the rest of the way into Baltimore. He admits j the car engine stertiuL up has hi:.-; be fl?eg. But he said definitely that it wasn’t started by his friend. Re c. bed.... it doesn't make sense. In closing t^e conversation he uidel e- i ,’H -t t ;: to my story....we saw sor’-W ng and you can be sure we didn’t make this up to get pub"’-io ity. Office M em orandum • united states government A, H. DATE: June 10, 1952 WILLIAM ALBERP ^RHOD ES M ISC ELLANEOU S - INFORM ATION C ONC ERNING FLYING D ISC S Tolson—__ Ladd_________ Cioffi._______ Glavl:;_______ Hlchols______ ROST, Tracy________ Harbo________ Belnont______ P U RP OSE To recom m end that Bureau Liaison contact OSI to determ ine whether photographs allegedly taken by the captioned individual of a flying disc in 1947 were .furnished by OSI to the office of D rew P earson BAC KGROU ND R oOB__ Bureau files reflect that on August 2 9, 1947 , a M r, George Fugate, Jr,, called at the P hoenix Office exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2, Fourth Air Force, Ham ilton Field, C alifornia, He asked an Agent to accom pany him to interview William Rhodes who previously reported the photographing of a flying disc in P hoenix on the afternoon of July 7 , 1947 , The P hoenix Office contacted SAC Harry Kim ball of the San Francisco Office and M r, Kim ball verified the fact that Fugate cam e to P hoenix as a representative of C olonel D onald Springer of Ham ilton Field, and it was suggested the P hoenix Office assist Fugate not in investigating the m atter,! but in sim ply talking with D r, Rhodes, By letter dated Septem ber 4, 1947 , the P hoenix Office set forth in four pages the results of this interview and stated Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who did not have them in his im m ediate possession, Rhodes stated, however, he would deliver ^ihem to the FBI the following m orning for transm ittal to Fugate at Ham ilton Field, C alifornia, On the m orning of August 30, 1947 , Rhodes delivered the negatives to the P hoenix Office at which tim e they were accepted with the understanding they were being given to M p, Fugate, a representative of the Arm y Air Force Intelligence, U nited State a Arm y, and that there was little^ if anlh chance of his getting the negatives back, M r, Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI with the .full understanding they were being given to the Air Force and he would not get them back (62 -83394-80, page 4) EHM :elw REC’D BELMONT 7£IW^ ^H "osw’wu ^ . - V v 30 ” ‘-teat . - "osm^Non/ u 01 On April 17 , 1950, M r, Rhodes advised the P hoenix Office that True M agazine would like to secure the photographs which he had m ade available to Air Force Intelligence, At that tim e Rhocies was referred_to^I, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, C alifornia! since they had been m ade available to this agency by the P hoenix Office on August 30, 1947 , By letter dated June 8, 1949, the P hoenix Office advised the Bureau that on the previous day M r, Lynn C , Aldrich, OSI representative, P hoenix, Arizona, called the P hoenix Office stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain detailed inform ation concerning the negatives since Rhodes had requested their return.' Aldrich pointed, out that Fugate's recollection on the m atter was "hazy," OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval a.m em orandum setting out essentially the inform ation related above C oncern­ ing this m atter, (62-83894, Serials 80, 184, and 2 2 5) REC ENT D EVELOP M ENTS On June 4, 1952 , M r, FrecNJflum enthal, in the office of D rew P earson, called and talked with Special Agent Wibk, Blum enthal stated P earson had been in contact with the captioned individual concerning photographs which Rhodes had taken of flying discs in the P hoenix area in July of 1947 , Blum enthal stated the subject told P earson the FBI borrowed his negatives and when he asked for their return the FBI told him the negatives were not available, Blum enthal inquired whether there was any truth to Rhodes ' statem ent and what the Bureau knew k concerning him , It appeared that P earson was interested in using the photographs on his television program and was desirous of borrowing them from the Bureau or having them returned to the subject, M r, Blum enthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not have in its possession the negatives referred to by M r, Rhodes and in fact Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to Air Force Intelligence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Ham ilton Field, C alifornia, on August~30, 1947 \_ with the und*r- standing he m ight never have them returned, Blum enthal was advised the FBI did not investigate this m atter, did not investigate Rhodes, and had no interest whatsoever in the m atter other than to accom pany the representative from Ham ilton Field while interviewing Rhodes, Blum enthal was told that for these reasons, of course, we had no inform ation concerning the reliability of Rhodes, - 2 - Blum enthal was m ost appreciative for receiving this inform ation and, said he would contact the office of Special Investigations of the' Air Force for what assistance they m ight be to him . He said also he would straighten out Rhodes, inform ing him the FBI only as a courtesy to the Air Force representatives received the negatives from him and irdnsm itfed them . It has been reported that D rev^earson, on his television program of June 3, 1952 , dem onstrated photographs of flying discs. It is not known whether the photographs displayed by P earson on his television program are those referred to in the captioned case. REC OM M END ATION In order to bring our file in this m atter to an up-to-date status and to resolve the question raised by the subject, it is recom m ended liaison contact O&I and determ ine^ whether the photographs displayed by P earson on his television program of June 3, 1952 , are the photographs obtained from the subject in-this case. Inasm uch as Blum enthal indicated he would contact the OSI concerning this m atter it is believed highly probable that is where the photographs of flying discs were obtained 'by P earson 's office. - 3 - STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 Office M em orandum • TO : M R. A. H. BELM ONT ^ FROM : 7. P ' KEA^p^^ SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBERT^RHOD ES UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT date: June 17 , 1952 Tolson_______ Ladd_________ M ISC ELLANEOU S - INFORM ATION C ONC ERNING FLYING D ISC S ci«a______ OUvir._______ lacnois Roser.________ Tracy________ Reference is m ade to the m em orandum captioned '“^— as above dated June 10, 1952 , from M r. Branigan to M r. Belm ont^TH" which requested that OSI be contacted to determ ine if they ““-,— turned over negative's of photographs of flying discs taken by the above-captioned individual to M r. Fre^Blum enthalffi> who works for D rew-P earson. r Lieutenant C olonel Leroy Barnard and Lieutenant C olonel E. M . Neville of OSI were both contacted and both advised that no inquiries had been received by OSI from Blum enthal. \ \ \ ‘ The Bureau's Air Force Liaison Representative then contacted C olonel C . M . Young of Air Force Intelligence (A-2 ) who likewise advised that no inquiries had been received by the Office of the D irector of Intelligence from Blum enthal or anyone in P earson's office. It is noted that m atters involving flying discs are handled by A-2. C olonel Young advised that it was possible that any inquiries m ade by D rew P ear son * s office would be 7 nade in the Office of the P ublic Inform ation Officer of the Air Force. However, C olonel Young contacted the P ublic Inform ation Office, and he was advised that no inquiries ,had been received from D rew P earson's office regarding flying discs and no photographs or negatives of photographs of flyin9 discs had ever been furnished to D rew P earson's office. C olonel Young advised that ordinarily regarding flying discs is received by Air Force when inform ation representatives in the field, the inform ation is referred to the Air Technical Intelligence C enter, Wright-P atterson Air Force Base, D ayton, Ohio, for research and correlation. AC TION: None. NWP :hke 61 JUN 2 7 Wb. The foregoing ^lJUKDLD - 7B INDEX ED -T« REC’D BELMONT " justice Jun 17 II us AM’52 SPtO^E Eye-witness Herr Linke h imself directed th e artist to produ ce th is vivid impression of th e flying sau cer as h e saw it in th e clearing: beside it stand th e two members of th e crew, wh o took off in it sh ortly after. Th ey saw th e Flying Sau cer: O skar Linke and h is 12 -year-old step-dau ghter. Here is part of th e signed, sealed, official deposition wh ich Herr Linke made in B erlin, telling th e wh ole story of h is fantastic experience. Are ‘Flying Saucers’ a Russian invention? W estern intelligence officers are now trying to answer this question following sensational reports by 48-year-old ex-Mayor Oskar Linke, who escaped from the Soviet zone. Linke has sworn an oath before a judge that he and his daughter saw two metal­ clad figures and a ‘50ft saucer with a 10ft conning tower’ take off from a forest clearing four miles inside the Russian zone. SHAVING BRUSHES COPY BOY MAKE S Du chess of Kent presents th e men’s dou bles cu p. C oming b ack So excited two-love theLouise Like ■3 to win th e women’s singles.ju st beaten Lou ise 7- PHOSFERINE RUPTURED but unworried! TH E GRE ATE ST OF AU TONIC SLO SER’S REACTIO Nretu rn. End-of-the-paper smileMUM This, the famou s sh op BR O O K S APPLIAN CE 'rSP AC Ecan do for Y OU! Send for full details 'suits. forbok. Address. 9JO A which throws out that last burst of the old sparkle. Louise saved three match points In the eighth game of the second set, mostly (left) all ou t for a -Lou ise B rou gh all in second set but it did not blind us from the Inevitable for she was now having to battle-against two opponents—herself as well as little Miss Confidence. ^^/i WIN N ER ’S ACTIO N —Little M o burnt - out firework after th g match . Mo and th e h eat were too much . If you are feeling nervy and des. pondent take PHOSFERINE. Tired nerves lead to an upset digestion, loss of appetite and a feeling of exhaustion, signs that you need PHOSrERINE. Available in Liquid or 1 f 0 Tablet formI Uw" io drops equal 2 Tablets. Printed and Published bv KEMSLEY NEW SPAPERS. Ltd.. Kemsley House. London. W C.l (’Phone: Terminus 1234.1 SUNDAY JULY 6. 1952 W e may as well get used to Maureen’s successes for she is a lone youngster stepping into the future when her once famous compatriots are past their best. “ Ritra T’m hnTninrr honlr Into Au stralia’s Ken McGregor (left) covers Frank Sedgman Th e world’s greatest doubles pair easily won anoth er title. and lots of times,” she said. “ I think W imbledon is wonderful.”It lias not been an easy debut for the young American. Two days before W imbledon began she was forced to scratch from a London championship final with flbrositis. In spite of the pleas of her coach to scratch from W imbledon. Maureen carried on.Most of us expected Louise to at least win the first set and we were encouraged when she broke Maureen’s service in the fifth for SLEEPLESSNESS If you’ve been sleeping badly you’ll find that as PHOSFERINE restores your appetite and strengthens your nerves you will begin to enjoy peaceful, natural, night-long rest. B y H AROLD LAW RE NC E M aureen connolly, th e 17-year-old San Diego copy­ boy (she fetch es reporters' tea and th ey call h er “ boy ”), gave h er Californian newspaper its biggest story of th e year wh en sh e joined th e great few wh o h ave won Wimbledon at th eir first attempt.Playing a perfectly - timed tournament and reaching her peak form when most others are too nervous to reproduce their best, Little Mo defeated three- times winner Louise Brough 7—5, 6—3 in 70 minutes yesterday.American champion at 16 and virtually world champion 11 months later is no fluke, for Maureen has been working for years with this one ambition in mind. The Brooks Rupture Appliance is not a gadget, but an appliance scientif­ ically evolved during 40 years’ experience; no other with as good fea­ tures. It has the wide approval of doctors, and is always made to individ­ ual requirements. Complete satisfaction guaranteed. Appliances supplied under the NATIONAL H E ALTH SE RVIC E with outright winners. But with Maureen hitting at the lines, it was only a slight delay before Louise finally put a low back­ hand into the net.Maureen had to wipe tears ot Jov from her eyes before she re­ceived the famous trophy from the Duchess of Kent, who chatted with her quite a while on the court TH E B IG TE NNIS NE W S OF Y E AR Have you ever considered how wonder­ ful it must be to have your Rupture safely held, in absolute comfort . . . and free from that constant awareness of being ruptured ? game. Before we had time to congratulate ourselves on our foresight. Maureen sent back four of Louise's best services with “ an outright winner ” label attached. At tliis stage, witli Louise still full of confidence, it was great, tennis thoroughly worthy of the occasion which strangely enough is a rarity at a W imbledon final. Then the former champion was being pulled up for foot-faulting. Her sureness began to waver and for the first time we all knew— and I think she did—that a suc­cessful come-back, the toughest thing in sport, was not to be hers. ” I was so excited that I can’t remember what the Duchess said I wish I could. She was so sweet.” Maureen told me.Neither the women’s nor the men’s doubles titles changed hands for both Doris Hart and Shirley Fry. and Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman were too strong for their opponents.The outstanding player of 1952 and one of the finest winners since the war is Frank Sedgman, who followed his Friday singles success bv taking the triple crown back to Australia for the first time in history. Results: W omen’s Singles—Final: Miss M Con­ nolly bt Miss L Brough 7-5. 6-3. Men’s Doubles — Final: K McGregor and F A Sedgman. holders, bt V Seixas and E W Sturgess 6-3. 7-5. 6-4. W omen's Doubles—F ’.nal: Migs S Fry and Miss D Hart, holders, br Miss T. Brough and Miss M Connolly 8-6, 6-3. Mixed Doubles—Semi-final: E Morea BR O O K S APPLIAN CE CO M PAN Y LTD . London : B O C hancery Lane, W .C .2. I Manchester : H ilton C hamb ers, Stevenson Squ are | Liverpool : 66 Rodney Street. । N ame I ’"H dsF E Ri . (IWUB >) WINNING SMILE from Mau reen Connolly and “Well done! ” from Lou ise B rou gh . America’s Little Mo h ad TH E W ORD F OR TO FFEE POST.TODAY . M IGHTY M O g Sunday Graphic, July 6, 1952 50 Y ARDS AW AY I SAW TW O ME N TAKE OF F IN A ‘F LY ING SAUC E R’ RM ED with a sensational affidavit swot an eye- E rw th e Men in metal rose a black cylindrical first. some- W esl More women ch oose Toni th an 1 QUIC K look AT TH E H E W S B roth er B ecau se they’’ve proved a Tonipermlooks perfect from the first day ■mile LakeWindermere Whole Head Refill 25* If y©u have Home P erm ®S6^ 3.B' then realised that my impression had been th e th e Duch Sat, winner of ? competi- ‘ Cinema, Nev. Thu. Marbt Untar Tech. New .of Be D oo? Odeon Impor Earne Odeon D ipion Bronzt Franci W arner In My Progs. Vaud F ri. & 8. Gold* 7.30 Blu Hayr Wed. Wat; Her 7.45 Tf Hipp Fortt M otl. Th. - Garr 7.30 M eet Gk the was from Ritz. Vadis To Studu G uam Priit 6.. Pari,. Sadi Seas St. .15 5.30 2.30. was now from my remained con- feet was Garry all oth er h ome perms combined! Hairstyles by a famous coiffeur rou gh ly a foot and a h alf from th e next. “ O u t of th e metallic object some distance back. Th e sou nd mu st h ave reach ed th e two figu res, for th ey ru shed back to th e object, clambered rapidly u p th e side, of th e ‘ conning tower.’ and disappeared inside. Garrad, of Ilford. , a Sunday Graphic h on at th e State B arkingside machine toward Hassel- bach, Gabriele pointed to something about 150 yards away. At first sight, in the half light, I took it for a young deer. “ They clothed ’ deer ‘ cautiously. 1 now about 60 yards Stra? 2.30 ' Ant Stm Whit 2.30 R elt ^Viiei Th. • 8.15. nine minu tes over th e record He fives in Roth erh am, Yo?kl disappeared, still gaining h eigh t over th e h ills and forests towards Stockh eim.’ Several other people in th e area later' told Herr Linke th ey h ad seen something wh ich th ey took for a comet. O ne, a sh eph erd, Georg Derbst, wh o was abou t a mile and a h alf away, said h e th ou gh t a comet, h ad “ bou nced ” on th e earth . a sawmill watch man told Herr Linke h e h ad seen wh at Old Sat. G enu Fala Wed 8.20 Palk 8.45 Pete1 & Pioct 6.0. ^ rigfU ^ haS the T^^her m ter Lila has the expensive perm . From ANTONY TERRY, Berlin, Saturday Acacfe dados only.' Carr 4.3(.i, Cheri Carlo Perfs. Domi the N elh Empi, I van! Gaum Un tar Tech. Leic. Scarh Lon. To-d Thie Th e Saucer begins to take off: th e ou ter disk wh irls faster and faster, rising u p th e centre “ conning-tower,” wh ich remains stationary. metallic sub- w?re bending 1^(hSS^D E^’ teUins Persia ah^Sadca^ yesterday that Jtadresigned as Prime I can now reveal that in the company of W est Berlin officials, Herr Linke, with his 11 - year - old step­daughter Gabriele, last week swore this solemn and formal affidavit before a judge:—“ I was riding home on my motor-cycle, with Gabriele mi the pillion, when a tyre linear the village of incorrect. The thing I had rirt*-/J «T.a.o t og IIv Own ning tower,’ abou t h igh .’’ Linke went on. 1 alarmed by a call dau gh ter, wh o h ad Airborne, th e strange craft wh irls off at terrific speed, soon to be out of sight. As it left th e grou nd th e central tower rose again. e ■ me B .B .C. s “ Th e WU Hm ^ ‘’a-mme’. Ernest 5 as. remanded on bail at Tewkesbu ry. B iSteLE P resentation made yesterday shimmerin; stance, and down and studying' Hung on the ground. vnicn Twin h as th e Toni and w hich has the EXP ENSIV E P ERM h e th ough t was a ‘ low-flying comet ” flash away from ' tru ding from th e bottom and standing on th e grou nd. “ Th e warming pan, with its glowing ou tside ring of flame, was now some feet off th e earth . “ Th en I noticed th at th e wh ole object was rising slowly from th e earth . Th e cylinder on wh ich it h ad rested h ad naw disappeared inside th e centre and reappeared again th rou gh th e top. “ Th e rate of ascent now be­ came much greater, and at th e same time my dau gh ter and I h eard a wh istling sou nd, rath er cental position, swerved a wav towards a nearby villlg/S D O M IN ATIO N 'papers harp East hv^Por in tthe D undee Parlwm^?^ lor ^e W orla Edward^ Iarty candidate,\ Eawaid Graham M acFarlane The party has 42 memhels ARnma^ UKER’ ‘mmber one “om ‘h er ™£een dismissed post as ForeignMinister—B uch arest radio. “ ACCUSED of Having assaulted! h ill wh ere Herr Linke saw object. H ole in grou nd After appearing before ju dge, Herr Linke told me: B ecau se they’ve proved a Toni perm stays perfect for months and months limn fli E °5 “IS Ch est. Th e lamp flash ed on and oft ar regu lar intervals at ■wJmV X inSwh i°ci H glow. We‘e SUnk now sorted 6 to greet11® Ur fet seemed th en ch anged to red ^5 .5 5 ® sam e time I h eard a ?hS5 h t?1.- As th e glow and th e ' con- in5 th f ^ er । was retracting into th e centre of th e ‘ warm rvS>^n'' an^ th e wh ole object lose slowly from th e grou nd i “T th e swirling effect ^'fmg ‘ exh au st,’ I got th e impression th at th e wh ole object was spinning like a top seemed to be resting h ad J^ece wTiich th rou gh th e centreof th e object and was now pro- . a warming pan’ withinW °aboudt 3oy f^t of ofc, ki^^ about 40 to 50 feet acr^ exactly. it looked like- a huge oval warming pan ^^ere were two «m«f.sas!ya ’ cur,ers„buy the Whole HmH c - ’ ^^ ^Ul K it with M idget Spin Carters - 91.. End C ur| Refi|| _ ^ appeared to in a kind wou ld almost h ave believed th at my daugh ter and I h ad dreamed th e wh ole episode were it not for one th ing: “ Wh en th e th ing h ad gone, I went to th e place wh ere it h ad been standing, I found a circu lar depression, evidently fresh ly made,, wh ere th e earth h ad been driven down. “ Th is was exactly th e sh ape of th e ‘conning tower’; 1 real­ ised th en th at I h ad not been dreaming.’' He continued; 'I never h eard th e expression ’ flying sau cer ’ u ntil I escaped to West B erlin from th e Soviet zone. “ Wh en 1 saw th e th ing first, I th ou gh t it was a new Ru ssian war machine. “I was terrified tor “•-’­ Soviets do not a^ one as* mu ch $eltn^ f0r kn°wmg too • FO O TNO TE FRO M V ICKERS CHIEF DESIGNER M , f^to 's^about^^^ tor V ickers Aircraft, inStheV^n ttyi^d saucers? / don't know ^ucer !ast night: &nP'11“ “Sf?',’!’ “ '‘^ Smar- bett?f f^an a conventional aircraft? at “ lCer do that is machine iTdesigned c^nTfrt071 accurate it may be that the from his comment on i s ^lcme- ^ ^ould appear designed to proviL ver ^ ^at X Scuses a fet jSt obviously have to retract into a T-h? ' cUliudet ’ would resistance. act into the body’ in order to tirevent protect^ciotldng fmmlsTinhltm^^ Could be n of impossible about tile st^y alth^ There nothing I M inister. sata am, new \ Government would be forced I to continue his oil policy^ O NLY O NE of th e Qu adru plets born to Mrs. Eileen B ennett was Wallasey,e ,last nW- Th e ch ild, a girl of nb. u oz i5 ™ an oxygen tent. ” B O Y of 15, B ob Fletch er, yester dav swam I ^™1J^-Du nant- leader of th e I ^«5edjlon' sa’d in New Delh i I abou t aD? ‘h at th e Pri«ts~ I lO Un i±e °£ th em-were I with „3nS an? 61in’ brM^ f marks. No livingJ animal was encou ntered. 8 \A»« rK1^ 5^ yWh ich coab 48 ■ lives at Zvnckav in East totW^ h as h alted in a mSgr" S’ g % £ p™££"f^^ : h u man h ealth .” B GHKP a » nCh ich ester, Dr. wit?’™ P el1' was P resented card bv th h wo5ary member’s P u blicyFmnif'atlO llal Urien of r u oiic Employees at Uckfieldl I Hat snowman again E He StX' S«“„"| gj.-""’™"'1 were found, arou nd IS,5 00ft. “P . by th e Swiss expedition wh ich got to with in 900ft. of Mou nt Everest’s su mmit. n intelligence officers in W est Berlin are to-3ay investigating pne of the most amazing “ Hying saucer ” stories ever Reported. Evidence that a weird contraption—*like a 50ft. warming pan with­ out a handle, and with a 10ft. conning tower”—took off with a crew of two from a forest clearing in the Soviet zone is being studied at the highest level. It is hoped to answer the big question: Are “flying saucers ” a secret new Russian invention? I Man who first brought to . Jilight this remarkable story (reported briefly in later ®^ editions of the Sunday Graphic last week) is grey- ;haired, 48 - year - old ex­Mayor Oskar Linke, of IGlei m e r s h a u s e n, near Meiningen. He had escaped -1. - . " Ifrom the Russian zone with I his wife and six children. Sunday Graphic, July 6, 1952 Ddkt JOHN ROBERTSON’S CRICKET ROUND-UP Sunday Graphic. July 6, 1952 X O 'H E AT RE S ^sadors. EV wL Tu . & F. 2 .30 My Fash fon. 10. Twice Ni.ly. 30 and 9.0. Excitement' tu rn. Mn-Fr. . W. 2 .3Q. Sat. & 8.30. Call 4* Madam. 11 card* n, 7. Mat. Sat. Sadler’s Wells B allet. rion. 7.30. TU. 2 .30. Th * ng Elizabeth. r Lane. 7.15. Sat.. 2 .30. iiih P acific. ess. 7.30. Th., 2 .30. Th e ep B lu e $ea, • of York’s.7.30 30. 8.30. Th . J. Th e Trap. ms Hail Zd st.Eva.5- inch in th e Rockies. in*. Mu rder in ■y. Evs. 7.30. fc $. 6 & 8,30. iCk, Mon.-Fri. . Sfit., 5 A. 8. Mr. Callagh an. Comm. Ju ly a. 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ODE O •ay Arena, nokl's Texas, 3 JUlv 2 6. .ok Reg.2 891 PVEN the gasometers winked broadly and the bars buzzed with hilarious bowler-hatted gentlemen of South London as the mighty Y orkshire crashed with an unholy crash at the Oval. Latecomers could not believe that the cocky, so-often omni­ potent Y orkshire could be out for a meagre 137, and among the early slain. England’s captain, Len Huttom The crowd of Test match pro­portions — over 25,000 people crammed into the ground—were happy with the sunshine, the thirst It engendered, and Surrey’s magnificent bowling achieve­ment. The toast over the tinkling glasses was the Bedser twins, who had celebrated their 34th birth­ day the previous day. Test-match style Brother Alec, In his fiercest, most magnificent Test match style, took hie Y orkshire wickets fur just over ten runs apiece, a ml the equally massive Eric. W ho has come into his own us an opening batsman, scored 67 and is still there to worry tile Y ork­shire attack 1. tomorrow. Surrey—134 for three at the close—could not. In their wildest dreams have believed that they would be only three runs behind Y orkshire on the first innings in the first day of a match. And the Oval wicket though It needed watching, was never anything remotely wicked-Y orkshire have a Job on to save tins match but Y orkshire determination needs only such a stimulus. In a memorable day lor Surrey the captain, Stuart Sunidge. deserves a meed of praise. He took three cheap wickets and the slip catch by which he dismissed Halliday was a ” gem of purest Y orkshire left-handers, slow- bowler W ardle, and tall W ilson, saved the side from dire disgrace though W ilson, who scored 50 exactly, was when seven. Constable attempt to lUCky made catch not to be out a wonderful him with hishand on the ground. W ilson was walking to the pavilion until recalled The umpire had dis­ allowed the catch. W as Denis Compton’s hand­ some face Hushed and hot under the sunburn at Colchester as Essex ran to 402 tor 8— and then declared—after he had put them hi? it was the biggest cricketing gaffe of the season for th6 piton was never anything but docile. Y oung amateur Colin Griffiths rubbed salt into the Compton wounds by clouting the Middlesex captain’s left-hand deliveries all over the place.Griffiths and an unusually restrained Trevor Bailey naa a prolific stand and both men were out in the eighties. Ray Smith had previously hit a half-century and Dicky Dodds, 75 before lunch, showed that he is the most fear­ less opener in the game—some­what reminiscent of George Gunn. Our Dicky’s first scoring stroke was a six. Dozens of people drowsed on the grass near George Parr’s tree as Indian batsman Roy plodded his weary way from noon till the end of a weary day.Roy batted all day for 142 and took over five hours jor his cen­tury Page to rescu e W hen the Kent bowling looked like being severely mauled at Coventry young Page brought about a W arwick collapse and the champions were out for 304 alter having been 231 for three. Page played only twice for Kent last season but is obviously an acquisition.That solid opener and elegant wicket-keeper. R. T. Spooner, had given W arwick a great start by scoring a century. Godfrey Evans, promoted in the batting order, gave Kent some confidence. Frank Lowson, Y orkshire’s opening bat, went all out for a big sweep to leg here—the result . . . lbw b Laker. Oxford slow inarch W HITE CITY ’S international athletics meeting yesterday, billed as an Olympic Games pre­ view for British runnel’s (who go to Helsinki in two weeks’ time), was not a very encourag­ ing one for Roger Bannister. Hc was beaten in the 800 metres in the triangular match by another Englishman, Albert W ebster. Although this is not Bannister’s Olympic distance- he is our lead­ing 1,500 metres man—the man­ ner of his defeat must come as a shock to his admirers.For once the famous Bannister burst 300 yards from the tape failed him. B y ROLAND ALLE N I I was the spin of Robin Marlar. bowling his accurate on breaks up the hill in the 1‘nheisU.y match at Lord’s yes- terdny, which worried Oxford’s better batsmen much more than the high speed of rhe two Cam­bridge Test l> 0 w I « r S, Cuail McCarthy and John W arr. Oxford baited all day for 233 M oke than the world’s best athletes will he tested in the l!m Olympiad, due to start at Helsinki on July 19. The Games themselves will he on trial. W e British, who have so loyally believed in and tried to live up to the ideals which inspired the Games will know if we have seen right in our faith. Or if we have been sentimental fools, This Olympiad will probably resolve itself into a titanic duel between America and Russia. No need to go Im to what those two great nations think of each other in the world of politics.W ill this inremMionai political rivalry be carried into the sport­ing arena and justify the cynics who allege nationalism la ram- oant in the Olympic Games? restored the Olympic Ideal to Ite pedestal. Remember, we were even harder up then than we are now. W e struggled through some* how. Our arrangements may not have been as good or luxuriousna the Berbn or Los Angeles Olympiads. But we showed the world the real spirit of the worldGames. And the awav happier thanbefore went Nazi vu lgarity the world will be focused on them closer than ever before. Be frank about It. There can be sharp practice, unfair tactics and bad sportsmanship even in the Olympics. A bump or a nudge can mean the loss of a title. W Ul good sportsmanship still shine forth at Helsinki among athletes who detest each other’s political creeds? The British say it can and should among the ”25 to 1 others”? It Shouldn’t. The Hon. Michael Scott was 55 when he won theamateur title. Saracen could proposition at 50. since he won the be a tough il’s 20 years championshipand he modestly claims he hasn’t come over to win but to “ meet some old pals and show the youngsters how.” At 25 to 1 Gene seems a nice bet for “ showing for the loss or six wickets and it took J. E. Bush more than four hours to gather together his 62 runs. Colin Cowdrey, the young Oxford batsman, who. as we know, has a wide range of strokes, only occasionally showed them to us In a dour innings of 55. which took him 175 minutes. He was in for 32 minutes be­fore he got his first run. a single. He struck seven fours, two of them cover drives straight from the cricket copybooks. W e also recall such a stroke from Bush, which made it a matter or wonder that, although these two got more than their fair share of the Oxford runs in a partnership of 84. their scor­ing rate through it all was below 30 an hour. how ” to youngsters. more than the S PORTS FRONT FLASHES:Maitland (Birmingham) picked for Helsinki, beat Britain's Olympic riders Bob not all in O LY MPIC prestige slumped when the 1W ? Gamc& were held in Berlin. This Olympiad wa« used hr Germany to boost their particular political creed id that era.Of course the staging and organisation was spectacular and efficient. But the whole boastful affair was vulgar and turned British stomachs.The 1948 Games at W embley L it t le nnUnd. with Ouo.Q 'JO people, bus put only up umagnificent show In the staging of t he Games The Finns will be good hosts. There will be no repetition of Berlin. it’s down on the track where the Olympic Ideal will be upheld —or trailed in the dust of national and political aspira­ tions, The Americans and the Russians should know the eyes of Age lengthens odds T HEY lire tillering ^3 to 1 against little <;mr Sarazen wfouing the Open golf cham­pionship, which begins at Koval Lytham morrow. doubOdty and St. Anne'sGene is 50. Age has hiiluenced to* 11 ti­ the odds offered against him. Does topping the half century necessarily put goner out London-Leamington road cycle race . . . he rode 34 miles In 3hr. 26min. 24sec. . . selectors having second thoughts? W olves made £10.609 profit last season. .£”21.993 season before . . _ fans will still pay more next time. American Private Stanley Dudas, here from Germany, misses open golf championship because R. and A. never received his entry . . . tough luck, espec­ially as Antonio Cerda (Argen­ tine) was admitted although his entrv was late. Dead-b at techniqu e it did not raise much above that for nearly nil day, Al times it dropped a* luw as five in half an hour, Beyond the fact that Bush once had to duck from a lifting ball from W arr, the Cambridge shock attack was very fast, but not much more.The Cambridge fielding was better than we have seen it sometimes this season, but it Is impossible to avoid the feeling that the big crowd—and the admittedly good bowling—were worthy of something better than so much negative defensive and even dead-bat technique.Towards the finish P. D. S. Blake and W . M. Mitchell swung their bats freely, a refreshing and profitable process, even if it hap­pened later than majority opinion reckoned it should have done Slow start After a slow first lap. 5§.7sect, W ebster led with Bannister com­ fortably behind. As they entered the back straight, the 35.000 crowd was hushed, waiting lor the Bannister burst. But when he began to open up his stride. 26-year-old W ebster doggedly refused to be overtaken. For 100 yards these two runners electrified the meeting by run­ning neck and neck, At the third bend. Bannister was forced to drop back, but came again in the home straight.W ebster kept hi* famous rival at hay to win In Hie mmlernte time of Jih Ill $& 7$ec. There has been criticism of Bannister’s lone-wolf. training this season. It’s obvious from this race that even he cannot do without first-class competition.He will find the Swedes and Germans a far tougher pro­ position than stout-hearted W eb­ster at Helsinki. W orld's b est equ alled Records fell in the reb y events. The Australian womens . vrint quartette won -lie ^ X iiuyu? ieia.v in 46.9secM equalling the world’s best set up by a South African team.Marjorie Jackson, who ran the anchor legearlier won for Australia, hail the (n+7s«L) 0 n fi 100 metres 200 metres CM/Jsce.), fastest times for these distances by a woman in Britain, in the 4 x 440 yards relay the Jamaican team broke the British Empire record, of 2min. 13.6sCc., by 2-& sec.The England-W ab’S team the triangular match with points* Scotland covert Ireland 34. won • 10 66. L F J H E ssex v Middlesex At Su rrey v Y orkshire At th e O val. Yorksh ire—First innings Hu t i< m b A B edser ..................... A Lowson lbw b Laker .......... V Wilson c McIntyre b A B edser .. Halliday v Su rridge b Lock ., w Watson c McIntyre b Su rridgc N W D Yardley C McIntyre b Su rridge D B Close u Fiablock b A B edser ... J H Wardle c Laker b A B edser ... E LeudbeiW C P arker b B u rridge ... D V B rennan not ou t ........................... W E Holdsworth b A B edser ............ Extras .............................. Tata! 8 8 5 0 12 ft 3 36 2 0 8 E P R D T R F C W K At Colch ester; Essex- Fi ru t InxUftgS C Dodds c and b D Compton A Stanley ret. h u rl ..................... A Gibb ru n ou t ................. Hgrsiali c B rown b Young ..... J J mole b Young ................... E B ailey c Ru bcrtson b Young Smith lbw b B ennett ............ H V i^ar c L Compton b B ennett Grim th s b Young ................... T GiecnSmdh not ou t....... C P reston not otlt Extras .......................................... 75 4 39 11 14 82 5 0 0 89 2 4 0 14 E P G B A W W H N D Su ssex v Glamorgan At Hovo. Gh mwrgiHi —First Innings Davits b James .............................. Clift b Wend .................................. P arkhou s* lbw b James ................ Hedy'S e O u km an b James ...., Watkins b Cornford .................... Jones c Su ttle b O akes ................ Woolier c Webb b Wood .......... Mu ncer b Wood .............................. Davies lbw b Wood .................... Hover c Cox b James ........... Sh eph erd not ou t ................... Extras .... ............... 17 7 2 2 O 64 45 3 11 7 0 & 137 B owling: A B edser 5 -54, B u rridge 3-2 2 , Lock 1-8, Laker 1-2 7. L E B T J Su rrey—First Inninas B Fislilu ck c Wilson b Yardley A B edser not ou t ... ............. Constable b Close .................... H Clark c Wilson b Close ...... F P acker not ou t .......................... Extras ......v................................ Total (3 wkU) 3 67 2 2 2 3 8 H 134 Glou cester v W orcester D Total (8 wkts dec) 402 B owling: You ng 4-106. B ennett 2 -34. Compton 1 -72 . Middlesex—First Inninas Total ............. *16 iiu wilu c: Wood 4-5 3. Janies 4-5 5 . J D Robertson e P iston b Smith ... A Th ompson c Gibb b P reston ......., W J Edrich not ou t .......... ... . .... Total ( 2 wk is) Northants v Somerset 15 7 9 31 O akes 1-2 9, Cornford 1-36 .Sussex First Inning? Joh n Langridge c Watkins b Hever C D O akes b Hover ..................... cox not ou t .................. Smith not ou t. ..... Extras .............. ....... Total (2 wkts) ,, 7 2 2 7 15 3 >4 GILLINGH AM SIGN KIRMAN N J A L E D R V R C G G M c H R D Leicester v H ampshire : Leicester: Hh ntwh lre—First Innings Rogers lbw b P almer ,................. Gray b Spencer . ............ Inckby-McKenzle b P almer ... Harrison b P alnirr .......................... W H Rayment c Walsh b Spencer D R Eagar h P almer ...................... Sh ackleton b spencer ....................... Dare b P almer ................................. Cannings c P almer b Spencer ... Fronton c Firth b Spencer ....... H Knott not out .................... Extras ............................................... 6 48 0 5 0 13 1 17 0 9 10 Total ................................. 15 1 B awling: P almer 5 -13. Spencer 6-67. LekeaUr—First Innings Lester b Knott ... ..................... Smithson c Harrison b Knott Tompkin not ou t .................. H P u bnri not ou t ..,,,.....,., Extras ................................ Total (2 Wk IS) £5 70 5 6 61 7 2 19 D P L K R G L Al B ristol. wmi*evsu r—First innings J Kenyon c Crapp b Scott E Rich ardson e Wilson b Scott ,,, O u tsch wvn run ou t ........................... E Hi id c Wilson b Scott . B roadbent b McHugh ....................... Dews e McHu gh b Scott ............. Devereu x lbw h McHu gh .................. R O .Jenkins nu t ou t M Horton not ou t .. Extras . Total (7 wkU) .. Oxford U. v C amb ridge At Lord’s. O xford Univ.—First Innings B B oobbyer lbw b Marlar ................. J E B ush b Marlar ........................... W G Wiley b Warr ................................ M C Cowdrey b Marlar ....................... A L Dowding b Kenny .................... P DF EUki- not ou t ............................ P J Wh iteembe c Sh eppard b Marlar XV M Mitch ell not ou t ........................... Exh as .................. Total <6 wins) 77 TO 11 2 2 33 2 37 4 14 5 06 2 9 62 6 M 19 IS O 36 12 233 □ v E N F D F P A R At P eterborough: X'orih nniN—First Innings B rooke# b Redman .................... B roderick c Ginwlett b B uSe .. Davis b B ase . O ldfield c Robinson b B u sb Ju keman C Steph enson b B ase B arrick not out R B rown c Robinson b Redman Tribe c Steph enson b Hazell Davis c and b Lawrence .......... NUtU-r c Hazell b Redman ....... W Clarke b Lawrence ............... Extras . .............................. W arwick v Kent Derb yshire v Lancashire Total G ILLINGHAM yesterday signed their fifth player in a week, Harold Kirman. 22-year-old wing­hall from Hull City. O ther soccer transfers : Allenby D river. Ipswich inside or Centre- forward, LO W alsall; Joseph Coupland. Bradford City back, to Carlisle. full- Another easy victory for New- ctlc in South Africa. Theycastle in South Africa. beat Eastern Province 5—T John W ar dr op (M other well) and Lilian Preece (W allasey) will Captain Britain's men's and women's O lympic swimming teams. Third-round results hl English. Bowling Association intei-county championship: North umt^rl^ nd 1 holders) beat Nottingham 121— 99: Surrey beat W arwick 123— 101’ Middlesex beat Norfolk 121—112; Hampshire beat Somerset ill—no. Addiscombe cyclist J. B. Smith broke Southern Road Association 50-mile record by six seconds. His time was 2hr. 4min. 5$cc.Poole-to-W archam and buck road race (191 miles) was won by D. A. Tunbridge (Highgate H.) ill 2hr. 53min. 44$ec. Highgate won team race. ForAClD 'HQlGCSTlOH 11 2 5 2 7 19 196 6 19 37 17 8 2 9 5 7 a B owling: Ru se 4-107. Redman 3-113, Lawrence 2 -49. Hazell 1-31. H F P D H V At F C r t Coventry. WarwIck —First Innings Gardner c Fagg b Dow . Spooner b P age ............. J S O rd c Wilson b Wrigh t p H R A c R w H B romley b Dovey ........... E DollGy a P h ebey b Dovey E Hitch cock lbw b P age ....... Townsend lbw b P age ...... W Grove b P age ,......... T Weeks c Evans b P age ,, L P riUlwd b Dovey ........... 1 117 61 0 14 J E Hollies not ou t Extras -------- 7 39 0 2 c A G A D J D A C G I. At B u rton; Derhy sh i re— F’.rxt Innings 8 Elliott lbw b Statham .................. Hamer b Tattersall .......,.^.,...... L WiHatt c Hilton b Tattersall ... C Revill b Stath am ................... B Carr b Hilton ................................ Kelly b Statham ... ................... Morgan run out ................................ E Rh odes c Howard b Stath am ... Gladwin not ou t ..................... Dawkes c wash brook 8 Hilton ... Jackson c Wh arton b Hilton . .... Extras ............................... Total Somerset,—First Innings Gimbfett not ou t ........................ L Angell not ou t ............^.. Extras .................................... Total (0 wkt) ........... Notts v India At Nottingh am; India—First Inninas Roy nor ou t ...................... .......... K Giiekwad lbw b Gooneseena ... R Ad h i kan c P oole b B irth ? ....... S Ha we not ou t .............................. Extra? ............................................... Total (2 wkts) 9 3 4 16. 142 70 33 87 17 349 Total ................................... 304 B iHvih in; P age 6-84. Dovey 4-88, Wrigh t 1-60. Kent- First Innings A E Fagg lbw b Grove A H P lwbey not ou t ................. T G Evans e Spooner b Townsend ... 8 It (TUnn b Mollies Mayes not ou t .. Extras 33 64 8 1 5 At Total (3 wkts) ........... 112 Scotland v Ireland P aisley; Ireland First Inninpa 138 ‘Nich ol 6-2 2 ): Scotland—First Innings 70-2 . 19 19 2 3 3 5 5 2 4 18 16 19 ’ 4 0 17 . 2 17 B owling: Stath am 4-53, Hilton 3-6G, Tattersall 2 -2 7. ijinniMh ire First Innings C Wash brook not ou t ,.,.,,,,.„,.•. J T Ikln not ou t .............................. Total to wkt) 0 Speedway racing NATIO NAL LEAGUE—B lv. I.—B olle V ue 46, B irmingham 3$; Norwich 47. Harrlngay 36. oiv. Hr-Coventry 44, pool* 40; Cradtey Heath 5 1, Moth erwell 35 . NATIO NAL TRO P HY (2 nd leg) — O dsul 67, West. Hu m 40. O dsal Win on aggregate of 109 1.06 SO UTHERN LEAGUE—Rayleigh 65 , Sou thampton 19. f MILK of mag nesia; I TAB LE TS .... £ By correcting acidity they give prompt relief from heartburn^ flatulence and all other forms of acid indigestion. *cMilk of Magnesia’ Tablets are handy to carry in handbag or pocket. Handy Pocket Packs — 9d. & I/J Family Sizes—2/10 & 4/11 MM ★‘M ilk of M agnesia ’ is tin trade m ark of P hillips* preparation of m agnesia STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT M r. Tolson DATE: June 4 1952 FROM L. B. Nichols SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBERWRHOD ES INFORM A TI ON ■'C ONC ERNING LYING P IC KS— BU REAU FILE 62-83894, Serials 80, 184, and 2 2 5 Nichola. Behnont. Cl«gK OUvln_ Harbo Rosen D uring m y absence at^l:50 A.M . today, Fre^-M Ium en- thal, in theo rec of Brew^earson, called and talked with wfck. Blijm ^nthal stated J^arson has beer! in contact^with D r. W. A.J^hpdes (P hoenix telephone num ber 5-0048) photo'gr^phs which the above captioned took of flying the P hoenix area in July of 1947 . Blum enthal states that D r, Rhodes told P earson that the FBI borj?.Q^&Ju^^ t]ie!fl]J% ng_£j^ asked for their return the FBI told Rhodes the negatives were not Blum enthal asked, whether there, is anu truth to this sto.tem ent of Rhodes and what the FBI KnewaJibout him .. It appears that P earson is interested in using the photographs on his television program and is desirous of borrowing them from the Bureau or having them returned to D r. Rhodes. ZAC KG-ROU ND : Bureau files reflect that on August 2 9, 194?, a M r. George Fugate, Jr., called at the P hoenix Office exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2 , Fourth Air Force, Ham ilton Field, C alifornia. He asked an Agent to accom pany him to interview William !'Rhodes who previously reported the photographing of a flying disc in P hoenix on the afternoon of July 7 , 1947 . The San Francisco P hoenix Office contacted SAC Harry Kim ball of the Office and M r. Kim ball verified the fact that Fugate cam e to P hoenix as a representative of)C olonel D onald Springer of Ham ilton Field, and it was suggested^he P hoenix Office assist Fugate not in investigating ^EfS^I- but in sim ply talking with D r. Rhodes. RFCDPnm ' Z ) _ ^ ^/^ ' J J A By letter dated Septem ber 4, 1947 , the P hoenix Office set forth in four pages the results of this interview and stated Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who did not have them in his im m ediate possession. Rhodes stated, however, he would deliver them to the FBI the following m orning for t m ittaf to Fugate at Ham ilto'n Field, C< lifornia. cc - M r. Belm ont REW:m d M em orandum to M r, Tolson June 4, 1952 On the m orning of August 30, 1947 , Rhodes delivered the negatives to the P hoenix Office at which tim ? tHey~ were accepVe’d" with the understanding they were Yexng given to M r, Fugate, a representative of the Arm y Air Force__InftelTigence, U n itedTStates Arm y, and that there j^ls little, if any, chance''of. his getting the negatives back, M r. Rhodes turned the negatives over to the_FB1 with the full understending they were being given to the Air Force and he would not get-them back-. T62-33394-80, page’ll On April 17 , 1950, M r. Rhodes advised the P hoenix Office that True M agazine would like to secure the photographs which he had m ade available to Air Force Intelligence, At that tim e Rhodes was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, C ali­ fornia, since they had been m ade available to this agency by the P hoenix Office on August 30, 1947 , By letter dated June 8, 1949, the P hoenix Office advised the Bureau that on the previous date M r. Lynn C . Aldrich, OSI representative, P hoenix, Arizona, called the P hoenix Office stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain detailed inform ation concerning the negatives since Rhodes had reque their return, Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's recollection on the m atter was "hazy." OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval a m em orandum setting out essentially the inform ation related above concerning this m atter, AC TION TAKEN: Q : M r, Blum enthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not have in its ppossession~~^7 ie~ negatives ref erred tocpljy l(r^.Rhodes and In^faHt~Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to Air Force ] Intelligence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Ham ilton Field, / C alifornia, on August 30, 1947 , with the understanding he m ight never have them returned. Blum enthal was advised the FBI did not investigate this m atter, did not investigate Rhodes, end had no interest whatsoever in the m atter other than to accom pany the representative from Ham ilton Field while interviewing Rhodes. Blum enthal was told that for these reasons, gf course, we had no inform ation concerning the reliability of Rhodes, Blum enthal was m gst,^ for receiving this inf or m ation and said he would contact i athe - off ice of Special Investi “ gations of the Air Force for what assistance they m ight be to him , He ^ aid "triwv 'tie q)VU ld''tt^ Rhodes,, inform ing him the FBI d~hTy as a courtesy to the Air Force representatives received the negatives from him ana transm itted them - 2 - M r. Tolson June 4, 1952 Th is image contains all th e information on th e docu ment. L. B. Nichols WILLIAM ALBERT RHOD ES INFORM ATION C ONC ERNING FLYING D ISC S BU REAU FILE 62 -83894, Serials 80, 184, and 2 2 5 D uring m y absence at 11:50 A.M . today, Fred Blum en­ thal, in the office of D rew P earson, called and talked with Wick. Blum enthal stated ^earson hos been in contact with D r. W. A. Rhodes (P hoenix telephone num ber 5-0048) coneerning photographs which the above captioned took of flying discs in the P hoenix area in July of 1947 . Blum enthal states that D r. Rhodes told P earson today that the FBI borrowed his negatives of the flying discs and when asked for their return the FBI told Rhodes the negatives were not available. Blum enthal asked whether there is any truth to this statem ent of Rhodes and what the FBI knew about him . It appears that P earson is interested in using the photographs on his televi sion program and is desirous of borrowing them from the Bureau or having them returned to D r. Rhodes. BAC KGROU ND : Bureau files reflect that on August 2 9, 1947 , a M r. George Fugate, Jr., called at the P hoenix Office exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2 , Fourth Air Force, Ham ilton Field, C alifornia. He asked an Agent to accom pany him to interview M illian Rhodes who previously reported the photographing of a flying disc In P hoenix on the afternoon of July 7 , 1947 . The P hoenix Office contacted SAC Harry Kim ball of the San Francisco Office and M r. Kim ball verified the fact that Fugate cam e to P hoenix as a representetive of C olonel D onald Springer of Ham ilton Field, and it was suggested the P hoenix Office assist Fugate not in investigating the m atter, but in sim ply talking with D r. Rhodes. By letter dated Septem ber 4, 1947 , the P hoenix Office set forth in four pages the results of this interview and stated Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who did not have k>e$ in his im m ediate po. session. Rhodes stated, however, he deliver them to the FBI the following m orning for trans- to Fugate at Ham ilton Field, C i lifornia. Ladd Belm ont M em orandum to M r, Tolson «une 4, 1952 On the m orning of August 30, 1947 , Rhodes delivered the negatives to the P hoenix Office at which tim e they were accepted with the understanding they were being given to M r, Fugate, a representative of the Arm y Air Force Intelligence, U nited States Arm y, and that there was little, if any, chance of his getting the negatives back, M r, Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI with the full understanding they were being given to the Air Force and he would not get them back, (62 -83394-80, page 4) On April 17 , 1950, M r, Rhodes advised the P hoenix Office that True M agazine would like to secure the photographs which he had m ade available to Air Force Intelligence, At that tim e Rhodes was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Franeisco, C ali­ fornia, since they had been m ade available to this agency by the P hoenix Office on August 30, 1947 , By letter dated June 8, 1949, the P hoenix Office advised the Bureau that on the previous date M r, Lynn C , Aldrich, OSI representative, P hoenix, Arizona, called the P hoenix Office stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Froncisco to obtain detailed inform ation concerning the negatives since Rhodes had requested their return, Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's recollection on the m atter was "hazy," OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval a m em orandum setting out essentially the inform ation related above concerning this m atter, AC TION TAKERS M r, Blum enthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not have in its possession the negatives referred to by M r, Rhodes and in fact Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to Air Force Intelligence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Ham ilton Field, C alifornia, on August 30, 1947 , with the understanding he m ight never have them returned, Blum enthal was advised the FBI did not investigate this m atter, did not investigate Rhodes, and had no interest whatsoever in the m atter other than to accom pany the re ore sentative from Ham ilton Field while interviewing Rhodes, Blum enthal was told that for these reasons, of course, we had no inform ation concerning the reliability of Rhodes, ^ Blum enthal was m ost appreciative for receiving this infor­ m ation and said he would pontact the office of Special Investi- ;ions of the Air_3groeror what assistance th^y eeight be to him . He said nlso he would straighten out Rhodes, inform ing him the FBI [only as a courtesy t^ the ‘Air Force representatives received the \negativ- s from him an., transm itted them , July 15, 1952 D ear M r, C ulm er M r, Thad W, C alm er II P ost Office Box 99 Robinson, Illinois Your letter of July d, 1952 , has been received. While I would like to be of service, the subject m atter of your com m unication does not relate to an activity within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI, I have, however, taken the liberty of referring a copy of your letter to The Honorable, The Secretary of the Air Force, D epartm ent of D efense Building, The P entagon, Washington 2 5, D , C ,, who m ay be able to be of assistance. Sincerely yours. John Edgar Hoover D irector of the Air Vlchols B tlsont C legg OlAvln C opy of incom ing to Secretary Rosen Mohr ^CP^ w*’r M‘,n> H oJlwu n Candy TEB:pa Force^b^form letter C OMM-F ^ I JUL 1 6 1952 MALE D 18 s^.o i oA v^np:onl \o vest’d,-c-ii-M ~ '^:.:&:- -5 ': ?..'' •iW^C 9| > aoitsnr jo u se st I 8 3 W OOM 1IVW 1W 139# 00.: ATS ^P LUpASS fit 03JAM Mr. Tolson’_ _ Mr. Ladd— Mr. Nifh olst''- MrTTWnm Mr. Clegg------ Mr. Glavin_ _ _ Mr. Harbo------ Mr. Rosen. July 8, 1952 Thad W. Culmer II< Post Office Box 9$ Robinson, Illinois Mr. Tracy_ _ _ _ Mr. Laugh lin- Mr. Moh r_ _ _ _ Tele. Room_ _ Mr. Holloman? Miss Gandy_ _ Mr* J* Edgar Hoover, Director \ \ . \ Federal Bureau of Investigation J Washington, District of Columbia Dear Mr* Hoovers Perhaps this is a little out of your line of endeavor, however, I feel that per­ haps you or your organization might be able to give me some infomation concerning the following matter. From the first time it was written up in the press I have been keenly interested in strange celestial phenomena such as the flying disks popularly called “flying saucers.* Now out of all the thousands of people who have reported sightings not all of them have had too much to drink, nor could they have been victims of optical illusions, retinal retention, or hallucinations. Some of the objects sighted could not have been jet craft, guided missiles, or rockets, neither could they all have been weather instruments* Unretouched and. undoctored photographs have given evidence that someone must have seen something* It seems that both civil and military authorities are most willing to proclaim what the objects are not. I feel there is more to the matter than meets the eye. My decision to write you was based on the thought I would get straight answers. Do you have any ideas or data on this subject? What are your opinions? If net, where might I write for such information? Any kindness, consideration, or in­ formation which you can extend toward me concerning this matter will certainly be most sincerely appreciated* MR. JONES MM 5^’5? - ..RECEDED *^ fr B TC: Jul W ofpj^ju^icE RECEIVED-NICHOLS . D. 1. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE MIO 3 35 PH’5? O'/ < UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR, FBI SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD 62-0 AERIAL OBJECTS "Flying Saucers” INFORMATION CONCERNING STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 DATE: July 29, 1952 On July 28, 1952, at the Weekly Intelligence Conference Captain WILLIAM DEEGAN, Office of Special Investigations, hth Air Force Base, Bolling Field, advised the representative of the FBI, f ' Washington Field Office, over the prior weekend, his office had received reports concerning the observation of aerial objects.- Captain DEEGAN referred to a phone call made to his office by’ Special Agent LEONARD E. WEBSTER of the Washington Field Office, furnishing to OSI the identity of a woman who reportedly had observed an aerial object. DEEGAN praised fication in this instance. the WFO for the expeditious neti- Captain DEEGAN, Colonel COLLINS, DEEGAN’s superior office and Special Agent JOHN M. deBETTFNCOURT, in a conference on July 28, 1952, discussed the matter of immediate notification of OSI. This conference resulted in the request by Colonel COLLINS and Captain ; DEEGAN that in the event, whenever information is received by the FBI, in which it is alleged that someone has observed a "Flying Saucer", this information be immediately relayed to Captain DEEGAN* s office. It is to be noted that this office may be reached by dialing Code 1261 and asking for Extension 509. Captain DEEGAN said this number should be | called under these circumstances at any time, day or night. Captain DEEGAN stated that the Air Force is greatly concerned about this matter of aerial objects and said that the Air Force Intelligence would appreciate the execution of the requested procedure, mentioned above. It is suggested that the Bureau bring this matter to the attention of its night supervisors, since these night supervisors also receive complaints from persons outside of the Bureau and may receive' information concerning the observation of aerial objects. JMD:NPB ^ RECO RDED - ^ , । U i1’ TO 4 J* . X - < §> EP 241952 4 5 MRO^ .fl^ W ZAia TMilMMW O 3TAT2 UaTIMU ♦ W sW w^lA ir :STxa 'a OT 0 uJiO/l KO' A‘ IZCJI^ 3T3.‘U1U JMHal ’’eieouaO smivX V OK! \jr ' ^"AMHC^;? iToaiaaa t9onr>Ti- ..nor’ sons ! J leJoi yl .a V and Jr <£,& /. ;3 .Ms- * J sir oJ mir i ieq .■noria -- cd bvri ‘si ■ si j: 3 ,5 il'^> fiat nJ res odd ;c Hc.>-.'' . id Jr'. !•: 3a~ K va£a$tf.& j? 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JOHN P. & SR& TS that on July 27, 1952 at approximately 10:00 A.M. while fishing in the back waters of Thessalon Lake, Ontario, Canada, he noticed a formation of bombing planes, sixteen to twenty in number, in two groups flying south at a height estimated by him to be four or five miles. Dr. McINDOO stated that the planes went over the lake, suddenly dropped objects at first thought by him to be parachutes. He continued that these objects fell straight down for a short time, then suddenly spurted vapor and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly direction. Dr. McINDOO was unable to identify the nationality of the planes, but stated that they had twin trails of bluish smoke. He further stated that the objects which had been dropped from the planes had a single trail of bluish smoke. He stated that he had been accompanied on his fishing trip by PAUL GADDIS, Kokomo. Indiana. Dr. McINDOO had no further information concerning instant planes or the objects dropped by them. Dr. McINDOO was referred to the FBI by DONALD D. SMITH, President of the First National Bank of Kokomo, Indiana, who advised that Dr. McINDOO enjoyed a good reputation in Kokomo. t UACB, no further action will be The above is being forwarded for the Bureau in /nation to taken in this matter, information of the the event they desire to communicate this infor- the Air Force. HSK:bjk AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY RECO RD ED . 45 INDEXED 1- 45 2 AUG REGISTERED AIR M AIL D ates August 11, 1952 To:- M r, Glenn H, Bethel c/o The C om m issioner Royal C anadian M ounted P olice Ottawa, Ontario, C anada P rom : John Edgar Hoover - D irector Federal Bureau of Investi gati on Subject: ELY I HO SAU C ERS SEEM NEAR THESSALON LAIE, ONTARIO, C ANAD A, JU LY 2 7 , 1952 M ISC ELLANEOU S - INFORM ATION C ONC ERNING D r, R, E, M clndoo, 320 test Walnut Street, Kokom o, Indiana, on July 30, 1952 , advised that on July 2 7 , 1952 , at approxim ately 10:00 A.M , while fishing in the back waters of Thessalon Lake, Ontario, C anada, he noticed a form ation of bom bing planes, sixteen to twenty in num ber, in two groups flying south at a height estim ated by him to be four or five m iles, D r, M clndoo stated that the planes went over the lake and suddenly dropped objects, at first thought by him to be parachutes. He continued that these objects fell straight for a short tim e, then suddenly spurted vapor and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly directi on, Tolson Ladd Xlchols B staont «•« Olavln D r, M clndoo was unable to identify the nationality of the planes, but stated that they had twin trails of bluish sm oke. Re further stated that the objects which had been dropped from the planes had single trails of bluish sm oke, Lau gh 1 • n____ EAB:mes / • cc - Foreign Service D es C andy F B I — 1 11 1952 MAILE D 30 c^^^ ft ^^19 11.^ j jiistif JO Jdau’s 6 19 J HO(i>» T7W 'iSAm™ ^Jj/V -if, ^ '3 - O 'O ' | C€ 03JIAM I He elated that he had been accom panied on hie fishing trip by P aul Gaddis, Kokom o, Indiana. D r. M clndoo had no further Inform ation concerning instant planes or the objects dropped by them . The above is furnished for your inform ation Ho further inquiries are contem plated. Tol»on________ L*nalu^^ Halftone its~research regarding num erous reports of flying saucers and -— r flying discs sighted wFotighout the U nited. States. ^2 2 Z D ETAILS: < M r. N. W. P hilo ox j the BurzajllsAyrForcp^^^ 1 Representativej m ade arrangem ents through the off ice of M ajor General John A. Sam fordj D irector of Air Intelligence, U .S. Air Force, to receive a briefing from C om m ander Randall Boyd of the C urrent Intelligence Branch, Estim ates D ivision, Air Intelligence, regarding the present status of Air Intelligence research into the num erous reports regarding flying saucers and flying discs. C om m ander Boyd advised that Air Intelligence has set up at Wright P atterson Air Force Base, Ohio, the Air Technical Intelligence C enter which has been established for the purpose of coordinating, correlating and m aking research into all reports regarding flying saucers and flying discs. He advised that Air Force research has indicated that the sightings of flying saucers goes back several centuries and that the num ber of sightings reported varies with the am ount of publicity. He advised tha±._im m ediately if publicity appears in-newspapers, the num ber of sightings reported increases considera^lyand that- citizens im m ediately call in reporting sightings which occurred several m onths previously,. C om m ander Boyd stated that these reported sightings of flying saucers are placed into three classifications by Air Intelligence: (1) Those sightings which are reported by citizens who claim they have seen flying saucers from the ground. These sightings vary in description, color and speeds. Very little credence is given to these sightings inasm uch as in m ost instances they are believed to be im aginative or som e explainable object which actually crossed through the sky. (2 ) Sjcghtings reported by com m ercial or m ilitary pilots^ These sightings are considered m ore credible RECO RDSD-136 NWP : hke >6 AUG 8 195 2 U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTUS X RECEIVED -NICHOLS J J rv < GJ.b J S. DE? .UH.h ,AJue Z9 i 21 mV’52 *■ 'Ji CC;.I,Ln j. J. r J . : J.' .. M.r.. -a .> G ! r’ >!2 J. c ^■-JuJI 12 53 PM’5? NO l.< I by the Air Force inasm uch as com m ercial or m ilitary pilots are experienced in the air and are not expected to see objects which are entirely im aginative. In each of these instances, the individual who reports the sighting is thoroughly interviewed by a representative of Air Intelligence so that a com plete description of the object sighted can be obtained, (3) .Those sightings which are reported by pilots and for which there is additional corroboration, such as recording by radar or sighting from the ground. C om m ander Boyd advised that this latter classification constitutes two or three per cent of the total num ber of sightings, but that they are the m ost credible reports received and are difficult to explain, Som e of these sightings are originally reported from the ground, then are observed by pilots in the air and then are picked up by radar instrum ents, He stated that in these instances there is no doubt that these individuals reporting the sightings actually did see som ething in the sky, However, he explained that these objects could still be natural phenom ena and still could be recorded on radar if there was som e electrical disturbance in the sky, He stated that the flying saucers are m ost frequently observed in areas where there is heavy air traffic, such as WasTxihgton, B,C ,, and New York C ity, He advised, however, that som e reports are received from other parts of the country covering the entire U nited ^dtes and that sightings have also recently been reported as far distant as Acapulco, M exico; Korea and French M orocco, He advised that the sightings reported in the last classification have never been satisfactorily explained. He pointed out, hjQinejlsr, that it is still possible that these objects m ay be a natural phenom enon or som e type of atm ospherical disturbance, He advised that it is not entirely'im possible that the objects sighted m an possibly be ships from another planet such as M ars, He advised that at the' present tim e there is nothing to substantiate this theory but the possibility is not being overlooked, He stated that Air Intelligence is fairly certain that these objects are not I ships or m issiles from another nation in this world, C om m ander Boyd advised that intense research is being carried on presently by Air Intelligence, and at the present tim e when credible reportings of sightings are received, the Air Force is attem pting in each instance to send up jet interceptor planes in order to - 2 ~ obtain a better view of these objects. However, recent attem pts in this regard have indicated that when the pilot in the j'et approaches the obj'ect it invariably fades from view, REC OM M END ATION: None, The foregoing is for your inform ation, - 3 - 68-83894 RE C ORDE D ^ D ates EX-12 9, 8. 1958 D irector of Sped The Inspector General D epartm ent of the Air Force The P entagon Washington 85, D , C , From : John Edgar Sooner - D irector Federal Bureau of Inuesti gation Subjects AJM AL OBJEC TS! "FLY J EG SAU C ERS* M ISC ELLANEOU S - INFORM ATION C ONC ERNING There are attached two copies of a letter dated August 1, 1952 , from Florence Whitish, P ost Office Boss 52 6, C harleston, South C arolina, regarding "Flying Saucers,* M iss thiti sh's com nunicatt on has been acknowledged and she has been inform ed of this referral. No investigati on is contem plated with regard to this m atter. 7 ^ ^ /^^X ^/^(^^^ htTiS /n m a. Uu ghUn Mohr ■G^irF D ate t To: from - ^3 August 12 , 1952 D irector of Special Investigations The Inspector General D epartm ent of the Air Force The P entagon Washington, D . C . John Edgar Hoover, D irector Federal Bureau of Investigation Su bje ct: FLYING SA U C ERS M rs the the and Attached are two copies of a letter from Ora A. Tygrett dated July 31, 1932 , addressed to War D epartm ent, c/o Federal Bureau of Investigation contents of which are self-explanatory M rs. Tygrett's letter has been a cknowledged has been advised of this E she N ote O n Yellow O nly: furnished O SP. Preuious material concerning flying saucers (62-8389)1) Tolson Udd___ Nichols B clnont «>•««__ 0 Lavin H arb o Rosen Gandy TO C:jd^^ 3‘IP $ 6 Mg 1 -midr -io iJ?e S’" ^OOM liv^ TAnoat Hr TRUE CO PY R #.l, N ew Palesti ne Indiana July 31,/52 c/o Federal Reaura of Investigation The W ar D ept W ashington D .C. Gentlemen : Since reading & hearing over Radio about the "flying saucers," I am compelled to W rite to you - I am a strong believer in our almight God & Christ our Lord. I have the faith D aniel had. I feal that these Saucers are films from a secret Camera operated by something like T.V . I do believe. They are 0 peratinc through the Comuniest Party right here in the, or our Unitid States, by radar Evey Group of Saucers has a picture, the best picture are kept for bombing purposes. W hy"we see th em just once & a while; They dont want the U.S. to catch on. To my opinion they have a way of causing them to be inv is ibl e . They can Lower them or send them high; W hen high they are invis ihle; It could be from an enemie plaine, or from a tall building in the Unit_ed States. It could be the Camera is carried, in to cities and operated from tall buildings the ones that some one seen with a tail of fire is the nicture that is K ept; So lets be on the look out for the next one and follow their path. Please K eep my N ame confidently. /s/ M rs. O ra A. Tygrett P.S. W hen they were over W ashington D .C. it could a been from the Tallest building there. You might Start from the first place they were ever seen - trace back you might find the secret place. And pray with out sceasing "And have faith" O ur good Rood - says do nit let our secrets be known, when praying d- trusting in God pray secretly into him. STANDARD F ORM NO. 64 Office M em orandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : A, H. Belm on DATE: July 31, 1952 from : J, R. Higgins SUBJECT: U NU SU AL FLASHES D U RING ELEC TRIC AL STORM , JERSEY SHORE, P A., JU LY 2 8, 1952 Tolaon______ Cl«a._______ Glavln_______ Nichols______ HARRY FLINC H EST ER, C OM P LAINANT 0 F/y/d/9 fro &■&£<: At 2:15 Am on July 31, 1952 , Harry H. Winchester, 315 C em etery Street, Jersey Shore, P a., tel ephonically advised that in the early m orning of 7 -2 8-52 , during a severe el ectrical storm in the area of his resi denee, he had observed seven unusual flashes Rosen________ Tracy________ Harbo________ Belnont______ bo hr_________ Tele. Roo=_ sky, each flash being accom panied by a loud report. C om plainant, who appeared to be under the influence of intoxicants, called as a result of recent newspaper stories regarding phenom ena allegedly observed during past week in this country. Bureau indices contain no inform ation identifiable with the com plainant. Action: File. J^SltSm 6 5 AUG 7 195 2 August 13, 1953 R EC O R D ED ■ 35 a-2b M r, Benedicto Rom ero 164? P ark Avenue New York C ity D ear M r, Rom eros I have received your letter of July 31, 1953, The m atter referred to in your letter is not within the jurisdiction of this Bureau and I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to the D epartm ent of the Air Force for appropriate action. Very truly yours, John Edgar Hoover D irector ERM :kc cc - 1 - New York (Attachm ent) Tolson Ladd Micholt B elx>nt C lagg Olavln W E: - . >Bureau files fail to reflect any i nf ormati on that can be identified with M r. Romero. Rotan________ Tracy_________ MAKfcV 3 AUG 1 4195 2 CO MM. FB I C andy SE^CH SLIP Supervisor 4-2 2 a ____Exact Spelling A^Xll References --- Subversive Ref. ____Main File Searchew^ 7 Ini tia±'V Date ^-y2- ----Restricted, to Locality of SERIALSFILE NUMBER Initialed August 14, 1952 M rs, Fred Haufe O^.06 Valnu^ Avenue Y^L-^airm ont, test Virginia D ear M rs, Haufe: I have received your letter of August 1, 1952, and want to thank you for m aking the inform a­ tion contained therein available to this Bureau, The m atter referred to in your letter is not within the jurisdiction of this Bureau and I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to the D epartm ent of the Air Force for appropriate action, Sincerely .ours. John Edgar D irector™ Haover EHM : kc W lcb ols n«sK_ Olavln cc - 1 K O TEI that can P i ttsburgh (Attachm ent) ^v * V'Bureau ftikes ’fail to be i ed, with Urs. Haufe reflect any information \ kF' mBumW coMMTFgrn U-G 1 4 195 2 .1 W ALE D 18 I 606 W ALNUT AVE NUE Fairmont , W . V a. RH ONE 3765 August 1,1952 Hon.J.Edgar Hoover Dept.F.B.I. W ashington,D.C. Dear Sir; I have been hearing so much about the objects callecr-F lying Saucers that I begin ta speculate as to whether we are the only Nation or county to witness such a display, r Of course it could be that those odd objects are pest filled Rad^r controlled waiting to be punctured.W e heve been so accused by another Nation that no doubt they have devised some diabolical plan to test on us. I am not inclined to pass those over lightly,because I believe that those gadgets can be made and controlled to the extent og great numbers in groupings. Also,I believe it is very unwise to make public the locations of sightings as many folk are prone to worry,and a state of mind like this is exactly what our enemy is seeking. Any one wise enuf to perfect such would not only know their travel distance but also their location,therefore no talk ations could benefit us in that. • » RECORDED <1- _ ^L<7/ I hope that someone has had the / integrity and foresight to learn where if r or in any other country these ’things’ have been seen INDEX ED-36 AUG 5 )952 Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of a reply,I remain / Respectfully yours, flue II 4 29 PH ’5/ PECO ESPIONAGE r n ; " S OFri. :'r JUSTICE. • hj -<-<•-«. r- i' ; ^4^J'j-.xa<» . hr : . ? \r M,. ^ts’X c i^ W «fct-X^ TiJftif ^d* ..',?•..,;>.$.••. -^ t v\p8VH> *f‘U ”1 c , Mt$ k 1 fic.vA, jAV ci ni ,w ^.7 a ijt •*$"' ' $< ? '•-' •'h • U ;?t J>o . . ' .-• . i,^ .3 ^ tK’,H4V ^l *'’ ■'■^ ■<$ ’ O^ffl^ia^:? & ono‘ nik saj Vo ^DtV^Oh.;. sX j oi frosa ^niwooni % e v’^yd ; .■ 5 . Nd O t £ r nn ■wK-nr jo u se st |M O pM lU"* 3513331: C OP Y 2 7 37 M aryland ave Baltim ore 18 M D J. Edgar Hoover July 2 8-1952 F,B.I. Washn D C D ear sir, I would like to subm it a theory that m ay lead to a solution of what the P lying saucers really are-these objects could be Lights, caused by Radio Television Beam s illum inating m oist vapor, not unlike phosphous on rain soaked wood in certain seasons-the northern lights "aurora Borealus" have m anifested them selves for years, setting up Electro m agne­ tism & Earth potential which distorts norm al Telegraph C om m unications, The lights are som ewhat like a Fan & can be seen as far south as Equator- It is m y opinion that Flying Saucers are Electrically induced currents onto a space (sm all clouds) and causing it to glow- this cloud being charged Electrically and a m agnetic polarity being sam e as the interceptor it can never be overtaken, and would if persued gradual!y grow D im m er & dissappear giving the im pressi on that it out ddstanced the persuer with a great Burst of speed, This is subm itted as a theory as I do not have the power or facilities to prove or disprove, But I subm it a suggestion whereby a test could be m ade, When these saucees appear again Have the TV & all Broadcasts silenced from the air and check for results-thi s m ay not change im m ediately, as other Elem ents in this Build up can not be turned off or on at a given signal. However I firm ly believe that, if the idea as set forth in m y crude way is subm itted to m ore learned persons then I som e solution is inevitable, /s/ D ewey T, Wilson STANDAJi O F ORM NO. 64 Office M em orandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO W . A, Branigan D ATE: August IB, 195S F R O M E. H. M ossburg SUBJECT: ^FLYIN G D ISK S K There is attached a copy of a periodical entitled/\Sunday Graphic" dated July 6, 1953, received • by the Bureau from the O ffice of the Legal Attache, American Embassy, London, England. Tolson Ladd______ Clegg_____ O lavin N ichols R osen Tracy H arbo Belmont M ohr Tele. R oom K ease G andy It is desired that the attached periodical containing an article relating to the captioned matter be filed in the captioned file. Attachment ED M : kc ^.va^ RECORDED-4$ | ^ ^ INDEX ED-44 . AUG IS#8* iaaa P «t ^3 > i v' ^17 This might be a picture of flying saucers taken at night over Arizona or New Mexico. It was in fact taken in Dr. Menzel’s laboratory at Harvard University. THE TRUTH AB O UT FLYING SAUCERS One of America’s leading astronomers goes into his laboratory at Harvard and disposes of the flying-saucer myth. He adds sim­ ple instructions for making flying saucers in your own kitchen By Dr. DONALD H. MENZEL D onald II. M enzel is professor of astrophys­ ics and associate direc­ tor of solar research at H arvard University. H is work on flying sau­ cers was done in re­ sponse to a request from LO O K . The Air F orce has expressed a lively interest in it. I suppose that I should be especially well qualified to write about flying saucers since I happen to be one of the few persons who has actually seen one. My solar studies take me frequently to Colorado and New Mexico, and I was at the Holloman Air Base, near Alamogordo, N. M., at the height of the flying-saucer scare. That very morning, I had glimpsed what seemed to be several saucers moving overhead—until I focused my eyes more clearly and recognized the objects as weather balloons. That after­ noon, I expressed my belief that most of the saucers could be thus explained. But others in the group—including several well-known sci- entists-indicated that there was probably more to the saucer story than that. E'ai ly that evening, I had my second attack of saucers. I was in the back seat of an auto­ mobile, being driven toward Alamogordo and admiring the full moon as it rose over Sacra­ mento Peak toward the east. A few degrees north of the moon, I noticed what seemed to be a bright star, and then a second star not far from the first. Casually, I assumed that they were Castor and Pollux in the constellation of CONTINUED 35 FLY ING SAUCERS continued O rderly processes of natural law s explain saucers These are the Lubbock Lights, as photographed Aug. 30,1951, over Lubbock, Texas, by 18-year-old Carl Hart, Jr. Gemini. Then, very suddenly, I realized that Gemini was a winter object; the two stars had to be something else. Like most astronomers, I am always hope­ ful of finding a nova (exploding star) which can be seen with the naked eye, so I rapidly opened the window of the car for a better look. I could bring neither of these objects into clear focus, although nearby Antares was sharp. Both hazy disks shone with a slightly bluish light. They were, in a sense, “flying” simply because they were elevated. Suddenly, alive to the fact that I was seeing something unusual, I asked the driver to stop. W e climbed out of the car just in time to see the saucer • literally fade away as mysteriously as they had ap­ peared. I reported the occurrence in detail to the Air Force. I later found that an English meteorologist, Edward J. Lowe, had recorded a similar phe­ nomenon as long ago as 1838—similar except for the fact he saw four instead of two ghostly images flying near the moon. Perhaps you expect me to say, at this point, that I can explain exactly what I saw that evening. I am sorry to disappoint you. I cannot. I have certain ideas on the subject, but they are only hypotheses—reasonable but not yet fully confirmed. I shall explain those ideas, but first let me say what I do Not believe. I do Not believe that what I saw, or anything anyone has re­ ported seeing, were missiles or messengers or vehicles from the moon or Mars or space. I do Not believe they were missiles or messengers or vehicles from Russia or any other foreign country. Indeed, how simple science and life would be if every time we encountered some seem­ ingly inexplicable fact, we could blame it on some outside force over which we have no control. Such a mode of thought is as old as man himself. Our prehistoric ancestors personalized all the forces of nature. Gods blew the winds, threw lightning bolts and stoked the fires that belch forth from volcanic craters. Brilliant showers of meteors have made men fear that the end of the world was immi­ nent. The ancients have interpreted a solar eclipse.as a dragon devouring the sun and re­ joiced when their beating drums and weapons frightened the dragon away. How simple this type of science. No labo­ ratory experiment to prove or tost the hypo­ theses. No complicated mathematics to study the details of the process. Nothing to argue about here. For each new and unexplained fact, we invent a new god—or assume the exist­ ence of a superintelligence. How simple—and how wrong! Centuries of civilization have taught us the futility of inventing mysterious forces and superhuman beings. Y ou could explain any­ thing that way. Such explanations, however, arc completely useless and nature falls into Chaos, subject to the whim of a pagan deity instead of to the orderly processes of natural laws. "An Uncivilized Attitude” As a scientist, I am not bothered if I can­ not give a complete, iron-clad explanation for every phenomenon I meet. Unraveling the puzzles of science is my business—as well as my pleasure. I find the world still full of unsolved problems. I look for the explanations, but I do not arbitrarily invent forces that make expla­ nation unnecessary. W hy, then, have so many civilized people chosen to adopt an uncivilized attitude toward flying saucers? I think there are three reasons: First, flying saucers are unusual. All of us are used to regularity. W e naturally attribute mystery to the unusual. Second, we are all nervous. W e live in a world that has suddenly become hostile. W e have unleashed forces we cannot control; many persons fear we are heading toward a war that will end in the destruction of civilization. Third, people enjoy being frightened a little. They go to Boris Karloff double features. But such analysis should concern the psy­ chologist rather than the natural scientist, so let me hasten back to our flying saucers. First of all, we must recognize that “flying saucers,” in the public mind, cover a wide va­ riety of objects and phenomena. Some of them, we can almost immediately dispose of, al­ though the mere fact of their misinterpretation has been one of the chief difficulties men have encountered in getting at the basic truth. A man sitting in the park on a calm sum­ mer afternoon scarcely realizes how intense the winds aloft may be. Perhaps real gales exist, with speeds in excess of 60 miles an hour, different layers moving in opposite directions. Light, flat objects such as newspapers or kites can be caught in an occasional whirlwind and lifted to enormous heights, where they may fly for hundreds of miles before they again reach the ground. W eather balloons, which are often released in groups rather than singly, are not at all uncommon. Indeed, most such objects lose their true identity when viewed against the sky. And it is extremely hard to recognize them. Occasional reflections from distant planes or even from the backs of high-flying birds account for some of the reports. The planet Venus has, on many occasions, produced its own series of sensations. Few people seem to realize that this planet, when at greatest bril­ liance, can be plainly seen in the daytime. I floating cirrus clouds overlie it, the planet my give the illusion of being in rapid motion. Me people find it difficult to focus their eyes o: distant object; hence, they see a bright blur the sky and thus give rise to another flyir saucer story. 36 R outine sight at Brooks; a show girl hur­ rying off to try on her next new costume. “costumes executed by BRO O K S This fam iliar theater-program credit represents a $2 ,000,()()0-a-year gross business, costum ing everything from liroadivay stars to circus elephants T he 39-year-old Brooks Costume Com­ pany is the biggest in the business. It is responsible for the eye appeal of 80 per cent of Broadway’s current musicals. It does a large part of New Y ork’s TV-cos­ tume business and will open a TV service branch in Hollywood shortly. Brooks’ big­ gest regular customer is the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus, with its annual $300,000 wardrobe. And for $400,000, Brooks costumed Cecil B. de Mille’s movie about that circus. Arena skating shows like Hollywood Ice Revue, Sonja Henie’s Ice Show, Holiday on Ice run about $200,000 for costumes — three times most Broadway show budgets. The bulk of Brooks* business, how­ ever, does not come from its big customers like Roxy and Radio City shows, Guys and D olls chorus lines, The King and I cos- Prodiiced by PATR ICIA CO F F IN tumes. It comes from the 175-odd shows Brooks outfits weekly for universities, drama clubs, church societies, junior leagues, civic pageants, summer theaters and municipal operas all over the country. Brooks has 135,000 costumes for rent, from $2000 ball gowns once owned by Mrs. Rob­ ert Ogdon Goelet to Indian costumes from Annie Get Your Gun. For $10 a night, the lead in a Northwestern University play goes on in a gown once worn by Maude Adams, Bea Lillie or Mary Martin. This is possible because of suave, sil­ ver-haired James E, Stroock’s policy of buying back the costumes he was origi­ nally paid a fat fee to make. “He’s king of his own state,” says producer John Mur­ ray Anderson. Famous for his nicknames, he calls Stroock. president of Brooks, “The Pope,” “because he is so omnipotent.” CONTINUED A wardrobe is born: designer Irene Sharaff with pro­ ducers Ben Segal, Chandler Cowles in Stroock’s office. F irst, costumes are made in drab muslin, tried on for freedom of movement. Later, best materials ae used. conditions exist, flying saucers becom e likely spread out horizontally to,form a thin layer of smoke and haze. This ceiling occurs at the point of highest temperature. Smoke, dust and all kinds of general haze tend to collect in this layer. From below or above, you may not be aware of its existence. But as you pass through it, you see a fine black line extending from horizon to horizon. On that famous day in June, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho, spotted from his private plane nine distant saucers moving at “fantastic speeds” along the slopes of Mt. Rainier, he may well have been flying not too fax- from one of these layers of inversion haze. His was the observation that touched off the saucer scare. Let us turn to the official Air Force release and quote Arnold himself: “I could see their outline quite plainly against the snow as they approached the mountain. They flew very close to the mountain tops, directly south to south­ east down the hog’s back of the range, flying like geese. I watched for about three minutes —a chain of saucerlike things at least live miles long, swerving in and out of the high mountain peaks. They were flat like a pie pan and so shiny they reflected the sun like a mirror,” In Arnold's own story, there are several clues that should have pointed out the answer long ago. Anyone familiar with mountains knows that the ridges, where ascending cur­ rents of air from opposite sides meet and mix, are subject to the most violent drafts. From the Harvard and University of Colorado observa­ tory at Climax, Colo., I have observed with a telescope the blowing snow on the ridges of 14,000-foot peaks, and have noted the billow­ ing gusts rage along the “hog’s back.” It is indeed highly probable that the slopes of Mt. Rainier are equally turbulent. And, if their turbulence reaches upward into the haze, the warped layers would reflect sunlight and a progression of moves would make the crests seem to move with phenomenal speed. And if you doubt whether mere bending or crinkling of a hazy layer could cause the bright reflection, note how a fold of a lace curtain—or piece of cheesecloth—similarly re­ flects the light. The reflection is brightest wnen the curvature is sharpest. Most daytime saucers are a variant of this phenomenon. The mirage effect is here of secondary importance. The “ghost” balloons are perhaps the sim­ plest of all mirage phenomena. The balloon itself is responsible. As it “punctures” some fairly high inversion, a large bubble of colder air settles down from above, forming in effect a sort of supermagnifying lens or telescope. This imperfect lens of air forms an image of the balloon. And, as the lens changes its size and shape, the distorted image darts wildly around, with phenomenal speed -like a reflec­ tion of the sun from a hand mirror. To demonstrate some of these effects — chiefly those associated with the luminous night saucers-I prepared a simple laboratory experiment, as follows: I filled a cylindrical jar half full of benzene and carefully floated a layer of acetone on top. Gentle stirring pro­ duced a narrow region where the chemical composition changed slowly upward. Benzene has optical qualities analogous to those of cold air and acetone to those of warm air. I thus reproduced in a small space what would ordi­ narily require miles of terrestrial atmosphere. The liquids produce remarkable effects. A beam of light, focused diagonally up­ ward from a small slide projector, would or­ dinarily strike the ceiling. But caught in the “inversion layer,” the beam obediently curved downward. Tiny globules of glycerine emulsi­ fied in the benzene scattered the light and made the beam visible. The original circular pinhole used in the projector was distorted into an oval shape and clearly marked with some pat­ tern suggesting a surface structure. Laboratory "Saucers” Any motion of the liquid—produced as the result of a rocking made the saucer slip about. Tlirhu lenco, cau ^ nd b y a dolioalo ctirring of the medium near the light beam, gave dozens of flying disks. The color effects, resulting in part from the glycerine globules, were star­ tling and beautiful. Finally, when I replaced the single pinhole with a row that simulated distant street lights, the resulting images be­ haved and looked like the Lubbock Lights. These considerations do not explain every­ thing. The green fire balls are still something of a mystery, though many will prove to be meteors. Prof. Fred L. W hipple of Harvard has called my attention to the fact that the color probably arises from the presence of magne­ sia n in me muicor liseil. ibis metal, well known to be an abundant constituent of the rork meteors, emits green light when incan­ descent. The reported slowness of motion may be due to great distance, associated with the clarity of the desert skies. This mirage-phenomena theory includes tie flying saucers seen on radarscopes. The same sort of conditions which cause optical mirages cause radar mirages as well, as any radai' expert, will hasten to tell you. They cause television mirages too. Everyone knows cases where a television station, normally miles out of range, suddenly comes in powerful and steady. Also, the stress laid on the optical pecu­ liarities of air over deserts should not be mis­ leading. The temperature inversions of which I speak are common over the desert (and over coastal waters) but they are not limited to such areas. They can appear anywhere, and do, A bad smog, for example, is usually a sign of a temperature inversion. But they are more frequent ovex- deserts, which explains in part the fact that sauccx' reports are more frequent over deserts. Y ou, too, can have flying saucers in your home. Perhaps not as elaborate as the ones I have just described, but nevertheless adequate to demonstrate some of the effects. Y ou may simulate the gradual bending that causes a mirage by using a sharp reflection at a water surface. Fill the kitchen sink to the brim and set up a candle or row of candles close to the edge along one side. A box with a scries of pinholes illuminated by a light or candle is even better. Now face the lights from the opposite side of the sink, keeping your eye close to the water surface and see the bright reflections. Now have someone gently stir the water and pro­ duce waves The lights will float and travel- anti oven ^,ow the disklike form character­ istic of a reflection from the trough of a wave. One can even reproduce the saucers with light reflected from the surface of coffee in a cup. As I have said earlier, these experiments are suggestive rather than definitive. More work is necessary to prove the phenomenon. The analysis indicates, however, a cleai* plan for future study and research. I believe that these experiments will eventually cause the saucer scare to vanish — most appropriately, into thin air, the region that gave birth to it. END The forces entru sted with the defense of the U. 5, from the skies still mu st look for "flying sau cers." In its next issu e. Look will tell the story of this secret hu nt b y ou r aerial defenders. In normal air. light from the ground simply spreads out into space. Outside its With a temperature inversion, light bends in refracting layer of air. A ray of light will thus be seen in areas far distant from its source. luminous by night. They may appear singly, in clusters or fly in precise geometrical forma­ tion. The best-defined patterns of this type have been called the Lubbock Lights, since their best-known appearance was in Lubbock, Texas. They have, however, appeared else­ where. Next, we have the mysterious balls of green fire. Are they or are they not related to the luminous “Foo Fighters” that occasionally seem to accompany a plane or even engage it in a mysterious sort of shadowboxing? Finally, there are the “ghost” saucers that seem to hover suspiciously around a freshly launched balloon, and rush off at some unprecedented speed—presumably to report their findings. At least four .-uch ghosts have been reliably re­ ported. Many of the records refer to some tre­ mendous distance or speed. And here I ask this question: How can an observer on the ground, from a single station and with his eyes alone, give a reliable estimate of all three figures: distance, size and speed? If you think that this is easy, try it sometime—-on the moon, for ex­ ample. The reported saucers move at varied an­ gular speeds, either sideways or vertical. Their unknown actual speed depends on how far away they actually arc. They may “veer” sharply at any given moment. At times, the images are extremely brilliant. Sometimes, they show a trace of structure, which some observers have associated with “windows” or “portholes” of a space craft. They move without sound and hence seem to be controlled without any normal forces of power that we would ascribe to a craft on earth. The objects are generally round or oval and bear no resemblance to any known air­ craft already built or being built on earth. But are we justified in reversing these arguments and saying that, since no terrestrial craft could have such properties and since no human beings could withstand the tremendous buffeting that the flying saucers seem to get, the objects must perforce be space ships manned by beings of decidedly nonhuman characteristics? I ask again: Is this sweeping FLY ING SAUCERS continued W herever certain w ell-know n ai conclusion justified? Or shall we accept tem­ porarily what seems to be a much more rea­ sonable alternative: that the flying saucers are not material objects at all? The one thing that can respond instan­ taneously to force is a light beam. Y ou can stand at the foot of a high mountain and with a hand mirror flash a signal from base to peak and back again, a distance of more than 10 miles, in a tenth of a second or less. But, if we see something flashing over cliff and forest with a speed of 100 miles a second or accelerat­ ing with a force 1000 times greater than that of gravity, must we conclude that it is a manned craft? An O ptical Phenomenon? Let us, then, accept as a working hypoth­ esis the idea that saucers may be an optical phenomenon-though nonetheless real. To me as a scientist, this was the only course along which to proceed. And the hypoth­ esis that these were optical phenomena, tak­ ing place primarily in desert regions, inevit­ ably brought the next logical consideration to my mind. In the science of atmospherics, there is a well-known condition known as “temperature inversion.” It is simple enough. Normally, the air grows colder as one goes farther up from the surface of the earth. But sometimes the reverse is true, and a layer of warm air over- lies layers of colder air. During the war, I was a member and later chairman of the W ave Propagation Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which conducted a series of tests on the desert. W e were studying radar images; but light behaves, in many ways, like radar. W hat we learned about the desert applies as much to light as to radar. W e learned that temperature inversions were, as we had expected, extremely common on the desert. During the day, the desert is ex­ tremely hot. At night (or even during the day under certain cloud conditions), the ground rapidly cools off. But the air cools more slowly. Thus, the air cools more quickly where it actu­ ally is in contact with the ground, but for some distance continues to get warmer with h ght. Then, well away from the ground, it begins to become cooler again. Scientists have long known that regions of the atmosphere wherein the temperature changes rapidly with height can cause a mi­ rage. Mirage. That is the key to the whole prob­ lem of saucers. And, working on that assump­ tion, I have been able to reproduce in the labo­ ratory most of the essential features of the saucers. Much more study, both theoretical and experimental, is necessary before we shall un­ derstand this complicated problem in all its details. I am confident, however, that we can eventually produce and observe the phenom­ enon at about any time we wish to. Mirage. A mirage is fundamentally an image caused by a lens of air. Since air lenses are almost never perfect, the world we see through them is distorted and unreal. Like seeing through spectacles that do not fit your eyes. Or looking in one of those highly curved mirrors in an amusement park. And yet you see mirages every day, with­ out really knowing it. As you drive along a highway on a hot day, the dark asphalt in the distance seems to be covered with water—a film that evaporates as the car advances. This is the ordinary mirage we familiarly associate with the desert: the thirsty traveler, the vision of a receding lake, and only sand. The water, of course, is an image of the sky. projected against the distant landscape. The light rays that produce the illusion traverse a path that is concave upward. But give us a cool layer of air at the ground, as in the desert at night, and light rays will curve in the reverse direction, following along the surface of the earth. City Lights Become "Saucers” W here the daytime mirage projects the image of the sky against the earth, the night­ time desert variety projects the image of the earth against the sky. And hence, if we have distant lights-such as those of a city—these lights will appear to float in the sky. Moreover, if the intervening air contains waves or is tur­ bulent to any degree, the lights will appear to move, riding in on the crest of a wave, like ripples of moonlight on the ocean. If the source is a line of distant street lamps, the images appear to fly in formation the Lubbock Light phenomenon. One further property of these temperature invorsionv serves to emphasize the effect and undoubtedly contributes to the daytime sau­ cers. Daytime inversions are fairly common, but they usually lie higher than the ones that occur at night on the desert. Y ou can often see them—or at least recognize their existence, A column of smoke from a distant chimney will sometimes rise smoothly upward and then The clear air of the desert, and the lack of buildings or of hills, make it possible to see long distances, increase the number of observed events. In the city, the angle of vision is small and the sky is full of smoke and dust. Thus, even if conditions were perfect for “saucers,” fewer would be observed over cities. 'hcse “lights” were one of many sets of “saucers” made by Dr. Menzel in his laboratory. Note the “mother ship.” Photographed b y Arthu r Rothstein D r. M enzel begins setting up his apparatus, using a large glass jar, benzene and acetone. But by no means all of the objects can be so dismissed. After we have eliminated the false saucers and the erroneous reports that we trace to misidentification, there do remain a number that we cannot completely write off. Such as the ones I saw myself. The first question we are called upon to answer is this: If these objects arc natural objects, why did they suddenly appear for the first time in 1947? An honest question and a basic one; for if it cannot be answered, we are in difficulties. But the answer is simple: They were seen in the skies long before 1947. Scien­ tific literature is full of them. England H ad D urham Ligh ts Take, for example, the Lubbock Lights, which appeared in the sky near Lubbock, Texas, last summer and were photographed. Similar phenomena have been long reported. England was mildly excited over the Durham Lights almost a century ago. In 1897, our papers were filled with stories about a mysterious cigar-shaped airship seen at odd places over the country. The lights and men aboard were clearly visible. Finally, the great inventor Thomas A. Edison himself dis­ posed of the rumor. Here is a quotation from the magazine Nature for May 25, 1893: “During a recent wintry cruise in H.M.S. C aroliyie, a curious phenomenon was seen.. . . Unusual lights were reported by the officer of the watch. They ap­ peared sometimes as a mass, at others spread out in an irregular line. They bore north until I lost sight of them about midnight. . . . The globes of fire altered in their formation ... now in a massed group with an outlying light, then the isolated one would disappear and the others would take the form of a crescent of diamonds.” The account also mentioned a “looming mirage,” of which I shall have more to say later. This report interests me for two reasons: First, it would almost serve as a description of the Lubbock Lights Second, my own theory of the Lubbock Lights was developed, and tested in my laboratory, before I found this account in Nature—and my theory directly as­ sociates looming mirages with the lights. The next question is quite natural: Even granting th^t these phenomena have a long history, why. are they so much more frequent today than ip the past? List the places where flying saucers have been seen, and you will notice that the great majority were reported in very hot areas, over deserts—in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Fo- years, these states were sparsely settled. But since the war began, they are the areas in which the most startling population growth has been tallied. Irrigation has brought faimers in. The dry heat has made tourist havens of Phoenix and Tucson. The air age has made these flat, clear-skied areas the natural locations for great bomber and fighter bases. Finally, atomic energy has chosen New Mexico as its headquarters. In brief, there are more eyes to scan the heavens. Hence, more is seen. The answer' is as simple as that. The clear skies are themselves a partial answer. Beyond two or three miles, especially toward the horizon, the milky haze cuts down visibility in Eastern areas. In the W est, one is accustomed to seeing a mountain peak more than 150 miles away. Finally, the most important question of all: If the saucers aren’t superhuman or con­ trolled by superhumans, what are they? First, we must study the reports. A careful analysis of all the available data indicates that—after we have subtracted the balloons, papers, distant planes, Venus and the like—a substantial amount of reliable but un­ explained material still remains. This falls into several definite patterns: ovals, disks or other patterns, either shining silver by day or CONTINUED Acetone floating on benzene simulates air levels; lens effect distorts Dr. Menzel’s face. A glass rod seems to bend as it passes from one liquid to other. Light bends in this way. A light shining through the liquids bends at the meeting point. Same is true in air layers. 6P -83894 D ates August 11, 1953 Tos D irector of Special Investigations The Inspector General D epartm ent of the The P entagon Washington £5, D . Air force C ^ Ft^ ^rGElrCltS Front John Edgar Hoover - D irector Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FILING SAU C ER#'SEEM HEAR THESSALON LAFE . CjUXM, J':.Y £7 , 1J52 M ISC ELLANEOU S - INFOR ATION C ONC ERNING R. E. M clndoo Indiana, on July 30, 1952 . at approxim ately 10x00 A. waters of Thessalon Lake, , 8£0 test Walnut Street, Nokom o advised that on July 37 , 1953, U . while fishing in the back Ontario, C anada, he noticed a I form ati on of bom bing planes, sixteen to twenty in num ber, in two groups flying south at a height estim ated by him to be four or five m iles. D r. M clndoo stated that the planes went over the lake and suddenly dropped objects, at first thought by him to be parachutes. He continued that these objects fell straight for a short tim e, then suddenly spurted vapor and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly direction. Tolson Mlctwis, B elmont, C 1*8S aiavln Harto Liu ghlln______ _ D r. M clndoo was unable to identify the nationality of the planes, but stated that they had twin trails of bluish 8uoke» dropped EABfm.es He further stated that the objects which had been from the planes had single trails of bluish SEC U RETT INFORM ATION COMM HtUUHO ED-86 FBI ^ AUG 19195 2 AUG 11195 mailed 2 7 AUG 13 ,195 2 8$ SIC U RITT INFORM ATION - C&NFIDSNTIAL He stated that he had been accom panied on his fishing trip by P aul Gaddis, Kohom o, Indiana, D r, M clndoo had no further inform ation concerning instant planes or the objects dropped by them . No further inquiries are contem plated tn this m atter, However, if additional Inform ation is received by this Bureau, you will be prom ptly advised. -----------^r-r—^ August £1 1952 RECORDED ■ m - ■ - { - U rs. M allis T. D ull Routs 3 Staunton, Virginia i i D ear M rs, D ulls I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated August 12, 1932 , addressed to Air force Intelligence, the Justice D epartm ent, and this Bureau. A careful review ~of the contents of i your com m unication fails to reflect that the ' subject m atter contained therein is within the Jurisdiction of this Bureau. Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover D irector cc - 2 - Richm ond - with copy of i KWD sreliTn.es Toleon________ Ladd__________ Mlcb ola_______ B »l»ont_______ C l««£_________ 01* vl n garb o Ro—n_________ Trap tau ghtin______ MOW ___________ Tola. Ra.______ H ollo— n c*nd-’—_— No te s on the Bufiles fail to reflect any identifiable record addressee. 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