C HEC K-LIST - V riD Ei-T ZT ED FLY ltn o bjec ts 1, O u- 13 February 19 M 2 . T ina 5*01 F.K. 5 .' Lo o tio n wo rcaturf “ansaa h. Hamo o f o bserver M . H. A rehbiel account (taken from newspaper) 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Edito r 6. A idr ;s o f o bs- rvar Ho rto n, Kansas 7. Flue o f o bsrwtien ^o rcatur, Kansas fl* M umbo r o f o bjects ^ne 9 * D istance o f o bj ct fro n o bso rwr F/S 1G . T ino in sight N/S 11. A ltitude JO - 55 wiles abo ve earth 12. Spo o d M /S 15. D iro o tio n o f flight N/S lh* T actics N/S If. So und O ne big explo sio n - "afterwards a lo t o f little explo sio ns* 16. Size M /S 17. C o lo r Bluish-whita smo ke smudge 18. Shape* M ushro o m 19 * O do r do to o to d H/S 20. A pparent co nstruo tim M eteo r 21. Exhuust trials M M z^ Bluish-white snake smudge 22. W eather co nditio ns “/S * * c t y 2} « Eff *o t o n clo uds M /S ^« Sketches o r pho to graphs Pho to o f vapo r trail left in sky by explo sio n 25. M anner o f disappearance D isintegratio n 26. R emarks: O scar Lo nnig, o f the T exas O bservers, unatsur A stro no my, 1010 M o rningside D rive, Ft. W o rth, o ffers "tangible pro o f that the fireball -/ f_T^ o f February 18 o ver ncr them Kansas was just that, Inasmuch as meteo rites have been reco vered fro ® it.” T here were fo und, be inning A pril 2h, first several mailer fragments up to o re o f h 1/2 po unds. T hen a disturbed spo t in a clo ver field led to the digging up o f a piece o f so ne 109 po unds embedded abo ut two feet in the so il. T he sto ne is what is termed as an "acho ndrite", a technical no ne fo r an unusual type o f sto ny meteo rite. It is repo rted to be o f a type which will deterio rate rapidly. A pho to graph o f the trail o f the meteo r, made by amateur pho to grapher D uane 4. U ray o f No rto n, sho ws the vapo r trail left in the sky by the explo sio n o f a meteo r which was seen in O klaho ma, New “exico , C o lo rado , Kansas, and “ebraaka. It was sc.de at W ray’s ho ne, nine miles no rth o f No rto n, just fo ur minutes after the meteo r explo ded. A smdge o f blue — wiite smo ke remained in the sky fo r an ho ur February 18th, T his pho to ­ graph is in file under Incident #101» Further remarks are co ntained in supplement. (C O PY ) 325 W . T enth St., Pueblo , C o lo rado February 20, 19 1*8 O ffice o f the C hief o f D taff U , Sa A rny •V as fdn gto n, D . C . Subjects Explo sio n in the sky near No rcatur, “ans. h:00 p.m. (1ST ) February IS, 19 1*8 Purpo se: T o call attentio n to so me peculiarities in co nnectio n, whether co incidental cr no t A cco rding to an A P bulletin appearing in the Pueblo C HIEFT A IN fo r February 18, lO hf, so ne o bject was seen mo ving eastward acro ss the sky o n the late afterno o n o f February ISth, and when this thing readied a po sitio n appro ximate to Ko rcatu*, Kamas, explo ded, o r disrupted, o r disappeared. T he ex­ plo sio n is said to ha-e been terrific. D irectio ns given as to the pro gress o f this appearance in­ dicate that it mo ved fro m west to east. Info rmatio n co ntained in the dispatch under a D enver dateline indicate that while many wo uld call this o bject a bo lide - e.g., explo ding meteo r - the astro no mers o f C hamberlin O bservato ry (D enver) did no t so assess it: it is said in the dispatch that these o fficial- co uld o ffer no explanatio n o f it. If this is tie care, the apparance is ano malo us, and may lend itself to o ther meteo ric explanatio n. A sketch-diagram o f the earth and mo o n’s o rbit reveals a pe­ culiarity in co nnectio n with the appearance, which may be significant. If a line is stricken at right-angles acro ss the meridio nal po sitio n o f the site o f explo sio n o f this meteo r at ho ur angle fo ur o 'clo ck (lo cal time) and t ds line be co nsidered the west-to -east co urse o f the o bject, then it will be seen that if this line is co ntinued o utward into space to ward the o rbit o f the mo o n it will intersect the lunar o rbit at a place near to where the mo o n wo uld be at fro m SO to o ne hundred h urs after the explo sio n to o k place. New mo o n o ccurred at 9 D 10 H 2 U February; First quarter at 17D 6H k. February — the mo o n mo ves appro ximately 12.5 degrees per day alo ng its o rbit. It is held by ro cketry experts (example, W ILLY LEY - see his R O C KET S, p. 19 2, diagram and no te in co nnectio n there­ with) that it wo uld take abo ut 100 ho urs fo r a ro cket-cr ft to nego tiate the distance fro m Earth to M o o n. Prio r to its eclo sio n o ver No rcatur, this o bject o f Feb. 18th was vario usly repo rted as a "falling plane", a "jet plane", and a "ball o f fire". It is said by so me to have left a trail o f smo ke behind it. It is the suggestio n o f this writer that the A rmy co llect and assimilate repo rts o n this o bject, with a view to determining where it was seen as an o bject trailing smo ke and where as a ball o f fire. If this thing is a ro cket o f so me kind headed fo r the mo o n, it might first have been seen as a streak o f sro ke, then later as a ball o f fire, and lastly as a tremendo us ex­ plo sio n when it at last reached sufficient speed and eleva­ tio n fo r take-o ff. T he writer has in mind the vario us and unexplained reto rts o n "flying saucers", and bases this speculatio n upo n a lo ng co nsideratio n o f vario us o ddments o f repo rts who se significance might be o f space-craft fro m o ther wo rlds o f space. T he so -called "meteo ric pro cessio n" which cro ssed T o ro nto in February 19 15, co nsisted o f a number o f gro ups o f illimunated bo dies traveling in gro ups o f three and mo ving in "rigid fo rmatio n", all pursuing a co urse acro ss the same straak o f the earth’s surface. xf a line is pro jected backwad alo ng this line o f flight it will be seen that this line "co mes o ut" at the po sitio n o f the mo o n at the time. T he 19 15 pheno meno n o ccurred in the mid-perio d o f a series o f repo rts o n dirigible aircraft o f appearance like zeppelins which were seen o ver England and who se appearance terminated - o r repo rts o n the appearances sto pped - just prio r to the inferior co njunctio n o f V enus o f A pri l 24, 19 15. T he writer begs to call attentio n to the fact that the times prio r to and just after inferio r co njunctio n o f V enus are pro lific in repo rts o f strange things seen in the sky. A lso t' at lights have been repo rted o n the mo o n fro m time to time, back fo r at least a century. If in th' future o f military experiment the mo o n is selected as a base fo r the launching o f ro ckets (which has been suggested by so me writers), it may be well to lo o k first 2 into ”epo rts like this o ne o n the explo sio n o ver No rcatur and the directio n o f the o bject invo lved. T here is a po ssibility, ho wever remo te this may seem, that the mo o n is either inhabited o r in use by o ther than human bein< s. ‘‘’o urs, /s/ M O R M A N G A R R ET T M A R KR A M It may do no t harm to watch the mo o n fo r po ssible arrival o f this thing in the quarter at 80 to 100 lo urs after "its departure". NG M (C O PY ) FILE R EF: - SIG GE-M -1 Fro m: T o : « Subject: Purpo se: M arch 14, 19 48 No rman G . M arkham M U N HO T EL, Pueblo , C o lo C hief Signal O fficer U , 3, A rmy, -ashingto n, D .C . No rcatur, Kans., sky explosio n o f 18 February* 19 48 T o sho w a speculatio n regard­ ing the abo ve pheno meno n and ano ther o ne o f earlier date and to call attentio n to o ccurrences between the two which have an appearance o f relatio nship whether co inci­ dental o r no t. T he geo graphical po sitio n o f the No rcatur explosio n suggests po ssible linkage with o ther o ccurrences happening inside latitudinal limits arbitrarily demarkable between 45° 56’ No rth (which is the latitude o f Bo ise, Idaho ) and } 6* 10' No rth (the latitude o f Nashville, T enn.), a belt abo ut 1*85 miles wide. T his suggestio n is gained fro m po sitio ns given fo r o ccurrences happening between June 24, 19 47 and February 18, 19 48, as shall be hereinafter briefly described. T HE BO ISE (Idaho ) O BJEC T —T his was seen either beginning o r ending at 350 pm 24 June 19 47 and was visible fo r 20 minutes. It was in the western sky, was o f co met—like appearance, and settled gradually to ward the ho rizo n as planetary bo dies set. It was seen bp Lt. G o v. W hitehead and C hief Justice Lampert. Its nature was unkno wn. T he peculiarity which co nnects this o bject, fo r speculative purpo ses, with the explo sio n o f so me unkno wn o bject o ver No rcatur, Kans., o n 18 February 19 4S is the seeming o f a relationship between the po sitio ns o f the mo o n fo r the two pheno mena: * In the fo r rar case the mo o n was at the date o f pheno meno n, abo ut 7%, 65 befo re the po sitio no f First Quarter; o n the seco nd case it was abo ut 8%.73 beyo nd the po sitio n o f first quarter. Since the Bo ise o bject was visible fo r 20 minutes befo re it sank this argues it was abo ut ten degrees abo ve the ho rizo n when first seen, ^o w if a line be drawn westward and at ten degrees zenithward fro m the ho rizo n o f Bo ise at 5:30 p.m. and ano ther line be drawn fro m the po sitio n o f the no o n at o ne hundred ho urs befo re the sighting o f the Bo ise o bject, and jt ejected to the center o f the earth, it will be seen that this ten- degrees-altitude and the mo o n-earth line intersect as a place far abo ve a geo graphical po sitio n co nsiderably to the west o f C ape Blance, in the neighbo rho o do f abo ut 700 miles o ff the co ast. T he Bo ise o bject in its appearance suggests a ro cket-typeo f craft po ssibly using reactio n blasts to brake itself do wn fo r a landing o n the earth. T he bright po int and plumy tail o f the descriptio n suggest this, as also its apparent fixity in space. HO LLE'S "SHIP IK FU JIES" — Nine days after the sighting o f the Bo ise o bject a fo rest lo o ko ut named Earl Ho ile saw at o r so o n after 4*00 p.m., 3rd July, 1 47, so mething he to o k to be a "tanker in flames'1. T his was seen ho rizo n-ward fro m a po int in So no ma C o unty, C alifo rnia, near to Po rt R o es. A search was instituted by the Navy o r C o ast G uard, and no thing was fo und. T he so viet tanker ELBR U Z, which had been in the vicinity, was queried and fo und to be all right. T his was no t explained. If this apperance had been o n the ho rizo n, there is no telling ho w far it may have been fro m the o bserver. C A PE M END O C INO BLIM P INC ID ENT — No t far fro m the lo catio n o f Ho ile’s "burning ship" an accident o ccurred to a navy blimp, U i July 19 47, o ff C ape M endo cino. T his blimp suddenly settled into the water, slipped o ut its crew and ro se again. T he ano maly here is that o ne wo uld no t expect to find drastic do wn-drafts o f such vio lence as to thus upset a lighter than air craft. Po ssibly a do wndraft acco unted fo r the accident - but if the Signal O fficer will lo o k up the incident o f the British steamer T alma which, at the time o f the sighting o f a lumino us wheel-like pheno meno n in the G ulf o f ^artaban, repo rted a slo wing o f the engines fro m so me unkno wn cause, it may be seen that po ssibly fo rces are generated in so me manner by certain unkno wn o bjects at times in the o cean, which may have physical attractio n fo r material o bjects. T iis blimp accident o ccurring in waters where o ccurred o ther pheno mena sho rtly to be mentio ned, seems to have a do ubtful side to it. T LE G A KIA U D O BJEC T — ^arly o n the mo rning o f 13th O ctober, 19 47, a pho to grapher named hen D o bus to gehter with a taxidriver named A . J. G o ldman saw a thing "that lo o ked like Saturn with a ring aro und it." •^t sho t at terrific speed W EST W A R D acro ss the sky o f the Bay area, and was seen sho rtly after midnight. 2 T his may have been heading in the general directio n o f what may have been the go al o f two later o bjects which ro ughly resemble it in descriptio n. T HE T IC O ND ER O GA O BJEC T S — A cco rding to the tanker T ico ndero ga's second o fficer, two "flying discs" were seen heading SO UT HW EST when the ship was in 45 degrees fifteen minutes no rth and 124 degrees 54 minutes west, at 0620 G C T , 12th No vember 19 47* T hese may have been heading fo r the o bject seen in the Pacific o ff the G o lden G ate, no t lo ng afterward - o r po ssibly at the same time, if earlier repo rts o n this are co nsulted. • T HE PHA NT O M R EEF — O n No vember 24, 19 47, the Navy denied that it had fo und a phanto m reef o r o ther o bstructio n to navigatio n at a po int abo ut 400 miles west o f San Francisco . T he Navay Survey ship M A UR Y , sent o ut there in respo nse to repo rts o f ships that so me hygh o bject had been seen in the water in that neighbo rho o d, repo rted that when in the appro ximate 1 titude and lo ngitude o f the suppo sed o bstructio n they picked up an echo fro m so mething in the wa*er 1600 yards fro m the ship; but that when they had steamed to within 400 yards o f this, the echo vanished. T here seems a po ssible co nnectability between the vario us elements so far co nsidered. Later o n January 7, 19 48, there were o ccurrences in the neighbo rho o d o f W ilmingto n, 0., Ft. Kno x, Ky., Franklin, Ky.f and Nashville, T enn., all o f which must be no w familiar to the archivists o f the Signal O ffice. So mething like a "flying disc" was pursued by o ne Lt, M o ntell and two o ther pilo ts, “antel being killed while in the pro cess o f attempting to gain altitude to get clo se to whatever it was he was chasing. A lso , in this co nnectio n, it may no t be amiss to mentio n the deaths o f two military o fficers who were said to have been bringing back material evidence fro m "flying discs" o ne o f which was said to have met with so me kind o f accident o ver “aury Island, Puget bo und, aro und June, 19 47. It will be seen o n inspectio n that the geo graphical lo cales o f these incidents fit inside the belt o f latitudes hereinbefo re mentio ned. T HE NO R C A T UR EX PLO SIO N was described in a previo us letter o f this writer, and it was sho wn in that letter that a line tangential to the meridian o f No rcatur, Kans., at ho ur-angle 2:20 p.m., wo uld if co n­ tinued o utward into space to the o rbit o f the mo o n, intersect the mo o n’s o rbit at a po int where the mo o n wo uld have been at abo ut 100 ho urs after the time o f the explo sio n. A cco rding to ro cketry theo ry, it wo uld take a reactio n-pro pelled craft o f the ro cket type about 100 ho urs to reach the mo o n. P I submit there is a likeliho o d that o n June 2u, 19 ^7, so mething like a space-s' Ip came here fro m the muo n and upo n February IK, 19 hS, returned to 1 he mo o n. T his is o f co urse speculatio n. But Jias anyo ne yet explained the "firing discs" irt terns o f all the pretty-well pro ven facts in co nnectio n with them? lias anyo ne yet devised a fuel po werful eno ugh to kick a ro cket fro m aarth to lie M o o n? T here I a-'e bee- hundreds o f repo rts, during the past century, o n o ccurrences which imply this wo rld is visited fro m o utside space. A bsence i< f co ntact by these po stulatable visiting entitles may imply a state o f culture far beyo nd o urs, to the po int where it wo uld be inex­ pedient fo r their members to have to do with us en-msse. T hese repo rts have never been serio usly co nsidered by science, which in general igno res them. Ho wever, acco rding to D r. R o cht o f C hamberlin O bservato ry, D enver, there is no thing ir. astro no my to explain the thing which explo ded o ver No rcatur. Jr. Nininger's idea that the thing was a meteo r flatly disregards D r. R o cht’s o pinion, which may have been based o n the D enver Po sts' statement that a D enver wo man saw the No rcatur o bject twenty minutes befo re the explo sio n o ccurred. 1 submit that the rmy needs men who are capable o f reco gnizing the ano malies befo rementio ned when they o ccur, evenif o nly to aid in speculatio n regarding them. T he widensigned o ffers his services to that end, if the A rty may wish to avail itself o f them. /s/ N. G . M A R KHA M Excerpt o f letter dated A pril 11, 19 kg fro m D r. Linco ln LaPas, D irecto r, Institute o f M eteo ritics, U niversity o f New M exico , A lbuquerque, New M exico , to the D eputy Executive D irecto r, C o mmittee o n G eo physical Sciences, R esearch and D evelo pment Bo ard: T hank yo u fo r the surprising do cuments sent me under date o f M arch JO , A s yo u remark, certain aspects o f M arkham's letters are fantastic (fo r example: (1) the fireball pro cessio n o f 19 13, February 9 , wa9 genuinely meteo ric, altho ugh a rare type o f chain fall; (2) no astro no mer co uld take serio usly M arkham's "invasio n by beings fro m V enus o r the M o o n*- theo ry: (5) he appeals to , and biases in his favo r, such untrustwo rthy evidence as newspaper sto ries, e.g., the absurd statement attributed to D r. R o cht o f the C hamberlin O bservato ry). Nevertheless, M arkham is justi­ fied in calling attentio n to certain incidents as unexplained, fo r example, the "flyin,; lenses" (in my o pinio n 9 9 % ho ax and Imaginatio n and 1% real). as regards the No rcatur, Kansas incident, I remain co nvinced that, like the Fo ur C o rners incident, it was a genuine meteo rite fall, altho ugh o ne o f exceptio nal size (again like tie Fo ur C o rners fall). Ho wever, there are many curio us aspects o f bo th these falls, so me o f an o bjective nature, like the singular fact that in spite o f intensive searches (ad­ mittedly under bad terrain and weather co nditio ns), no t a trace o f meteo ritic material has so far been fo und; so me o f a no n-o bjective nature, like the amazing testimo ny given b y M r. Leland Sammo ns, M r. A lfred G len, and o ther witnesses o f the No rcatur incident, bo th to members o f the State ^i^iway C o mmissio n o f Kansas and to Institute o f M eteo ritics field survey parties. (See exhibits A , B, and C enclo sed.) So me co mment o n such testimo ny as appears in a,B, and C wo uld seem desirable: 1. G lenn first repo rted the battery case as red ho t. A hen I po inted o ut that the pa er o n it was no t charred, his acco unt was changed to "to o ho t to handle". T he Institute o f M eteo ritics party fo und o nly two men, no t fo ur, who saw the battery case fall. T he battery case las been examined by D r. V icto r R egener, D epartment o f Physics, U niversity o f New M exiC O j who states that it appears to be identical with the small batteries used in po rtable radio s. 2. K. Hays' identificatio n o f the No rcatur o bject as a ro cket has the fo llo wing suppo rt1 O n the mo rning o f February 19 , I talked to the to werman and two assistants at the A ir Base at M cC o o k Field, Nebraska. A ll three denied the No rcatur o bject was a fireball and described it as a Black o bject with an extremely bright jet o f flame po uring o ut o f the rear. Furthermo re, a U t-year o ld, and presumably unbiased, scho o lgirl in O berlin, Kansas wro te me a similar descriptio n o f the "Fireball." J. A determined effo rt is under way to check up o n Sammo ns’ veracity (and sanity!) I have neither seen no r talked to -canno ns, but ano ther member o f the Institute o f ^eteo ritics party (D r. D . M . G ragg, an Instructo r in the D epartment o f M athematics) who did so believes Sa nino ns (who is a well-to -do farmer) to be sincere and very badly scared,. O f co urse nearness to a big meteo rite fall wo uld scare o ne as badly as an ato m bo mb; but ho w co uld it pro duce such testimo ny as Salmo ns". T he "meteo r!tic" incidents fro m the great fall o f 19 U 5, No vember 29 (fro m which no meteo rites have been reco vered either!) thro ugh the sequence o f similar falls culminating in the Fo ur C o rners and ’lo rcatur incidents, co upled with ; uch t ings as the U ssuri incident, co nvince me that either the earth is under a mo st unusual co smic bo mbardment o r many o f the fire* alls are no t meteo rites at all. W hile I still cling to the meteo ritic hypo thesis, it is clear that which ever alternative is the ri^it o ne, the situatio n cries alo ud fo r tho rough investigatio n. itatemppt taken t'mri ^lind Sammo ns *fy name Is -* land --a ro i , mJ I Live o n a farm 1.*. mil s west, nf ^to ckto n and 1 rile no rth. o ff L 2h. n Fe,rinr' 1' at abo ut 5 .., I was standing near nr' ho p-pen abo ut 1001 east o f -y mis', •ft < n I heard ho pheasants raisin;- a iisturtance and the chickens - 1 ■■; t to + ir chickon-h use. I lo o ked ro und to ward de ho use to seo wha 1 was rausin,. it and saw simctliig ho vering just abo ve the ho use, I rat to wardthe a- , and it then lo wered dvr He no rth end o f the l o use and settl.-d V ward t he ro uid. I wa then very near it, appro ximately 6’ when it sto ; o d abo ut level with my face, and .just wo t,bled aro und fo r an instant, fire belch in.; o ut >f it and suckin back in. T he thing was abo ut li' Io n ., shaper: o mptning like a fur el. T here was a pipe sticking o ut the hack o f it, nr I o nce as it wo bbled aro und, the pipe W as sticking ripfit at m bell . Suddenly there as a lo t o f sparks sho wered fr m it, and the fire increased is if a fuse might have lighted, and it to o k o ff in a no rth-westerly directio n wry fast, gaining altitude as it went. M y wife heard it leave and ran o ut w! ■ re 1 stoo d, and we watched it go , leaving a trail o f smo ke all the way. hrble ly there was a great clo ud o f smo ke in the sky, no t mo re than h(> seco nds after it left my yard, and ii. a few seco nds o r mo re, we heard an explo sio n. 1 then stepped o ff fro m my ho use to where it had teen, and it was five steps, ‘es, it war het, 1 co uld feel the t ear fro m it. Had 1 no t been washing my car prio r to the o ccurrence, wetting the gro und, there wo uld liave been a bare spo t in the yard where the thing started up because there was a great rush o f fire fro m it when it left. It must have been quite high when it ex; lo ded. Kenneth “ays, so n o f Flo yd Hays, U i miles east o f Ho rto n o n U S 5b, at the Jet. o f K-60, so uth side o f Highway. A t abo ut 5 to 5:50 1 .M ., no t sure o f time, was riding .is ho rse in a pasture, wi en lie heard so mething queer in the sky. Lo o king up to the so uth-west, lie saw what appeared to him to be a ro cket, just like he had seen during W e war in Euro pe. It startled him, and he jumped o ff the ho rse. T e then remo unted, watched its co urse, almo st o n a level but lo sing Itituie a little, and it then explo ded with a big clo ud o f smo te, apparently o v r Lo rto n, fro m ’where he was, so uth o f trairie V iew. He ro de o n to ward ho me a ways, w:en suddenly the so und and jar o f the explo sio n readied him. M rs. Hays was ho ne in the ho use, when she heard and felt so mething like a truck might have struck the ho use. She ran o ut o f the bo use and then first saw the huge clo ud o f smo te, abo ut ho minutes later, a :art o f the smo ke clo ud lirfted directly o ver their ho use, and went o n east o ver Hiilli; sburg. llalph Hew, po stmaster at Lo rcatur, stated that at abo ut Lp50 E.M . he was standing just inside the fro nt windo w o f the po sto ffice in No rcatur, when he o bserved a blind!: g flash as if so meo ne had taken a flashlight picture. He co uld lo cate no o ne with a camera, but no ticed several men walking to the center o f the street and lo o king up. He then walked o ut 1.0 where they were and lo o king up, saw a high clo ud o f smoke in the sky almo st diredtly o verhead but slightly east. Suddenly, abo ut 1 and 1/2 minutes after he had seen the flash, there was a terrific explo sio n and jar, shaking the gro und and causing the windo ws all aro und to rattle. Fo llo wing the explo sio n, there were several lo ud reverberating rumblings acro ss the heavens. He stated that the explo sio n must have been very high. Edgar Y o ung, a bo y living at R egar, just east o f No rcatur, was o utside the elevato r, when he o bserved the explo sio n, lo o ked up and saw the huge clo ud o f smo ke. He stated that it was almo st o verlo ad but slightly west o f him. He said that it was a big explo sio n. T he elevato r man was o ut in the elevato r, when he heard the explo sio n. He t o ught that his o il-burner had explo ded In the o ffice and ran in to see abo ut it. Finding it O .K., he ran o utside to see what had explo ded, saw the big clo ud o f smo ke high o verlie ad, slightly west. Eastern Kansas newspaper carried a sto ry abo ut 6 days ago o f o ne just like this o ne, co ming fro m the so uth to vicinity o f Io la, Kansas, where it turned west and disappeared into the sky. C heck with C hief Sco tt o f No rto n abo ut a burned flashlight battery which fell in the street o f No rto n just after the explo sio n. It was to o ho t to be picked up fo r several minutes. C hief Sco tt has it. No te: A co py o f Exhibit "C " referred to in letter fro m D r. LaPaz, was no t received. C i'EC K-HST - V T ID ElIT Ir T ED FLY ING O BJEC T S i. hut IS Fe ruary 19 1*8 Incid >rt ^ 102 2. T ina 1500 1BT 5, Lo e tio n inirwi»Hlm M A ir Near G reen R iver, U tah h. 7 .m o f o bserver Leno rd F. M archese' (B-2G Pilo t, Lt, 28 Bo mber O p) C arl W . Stucki, Lt., C o -Pilo t, (see reverie side 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Pilo t fo r o ther witnesses) J. .. Hr js o f o bs rvo r 77th Bo mb Sq, 28th Bo mb G p (V H), W eaver A FB, S.D . 7. Flue o f o bs rvi tio n 39 0 n - 100° W - near G reen R iver, U tah Humber o f o bjects O ne 9 . D i.tunco o f o b;‘. ct fro m o bs rvo r 100 miles 10. T imo in sirht N/S 11. nit itudo 20,000 feet 12, Sr d V ery high 1>. D irectio n o f flight So utheast o f Limo n, C o lo rado . T urlies Explo sio n rate 1L . -3 if ci C o uld no t be determined due to B-2° engine no ise 16. Size Huge 17. C o lo r multi-co lo red ball o f fire i . T h'- p"Huge multi-co lo red ball o f fire and dense clo ud o f smo ke 19 . O do r d t'-ct >d N/S 1 . ^rrur nt co nstructio n N/S 21. ::r.’r;u.'.t trulls V apor trail with ball o f fire at head o f trail ’ . • thur co nditio ns C lear 3- Sff ct o n clo uds M /S i1' . Sk itch t o r pho togyuphs No ne 29 . I>nr. r o f disnpp- "runea N/S 13. R "murks: M tiSX O ver ▲ huge multi-co lo red ball o f fire trailing a dense clo ud o f emo ke was sighted at appro x 1500 ho urs M ST 18 Feb 48, J9 ° N—100® W at appro x 20,000 * by two B-29 aircraft o f the 28th Bo mbardment G ro up (V H). It was seen so me 100 miles so utheast o f the B—29 s« Size was estimated as huge altho impo ssible to determine accurately due to the distance. It was traveling at vary high speed and heading so utheast o f Limo n, C o lorado , at appro x 20,000 ft. W itnesses: C apt Ho ward H. Bero dt, A O -U9 5O U. 718th Bo mb Sq 28th Bo mb O p (V H). Pilo t o f 1st B-29 C apt M eurice T . R iteno ur, A D -hSO Uj, 712th Bo mb Sq 28 Bo mb O p (V H). C o -Pilo t o f 1st B-29 . 1st Lt Leo nard P. M archese, JD -7^871^» 77th Bo mb Sq., 28t> Bo mb G p (BE). Pilo t o f 2nd B-29 1st Lt. C arl W . Stuck!, JO -7859 16, 7/th Bo mb Sq, 28th Bo mb G p (V H). C o -Pilo t o f 2nd B-29 . NO T E: See Incident 101 - No rcatur Kansas. c’-FCK-i in; - ’”T’'7_: its f ly in g o bjec ts 1. r..t 18 February 19 M _J_—LL—Y 103 2. T imo 1500 1ST 3, If- tim xxxxxjjo cprX Kcnuct A ir near G reen R iver U tah \e *\rv o f o bservers C apt. Ho ward H. Bero dt — C apt M aurice T . R iteno ur (See Inc 102 - co rribratio n) 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver rilo ts 6. ..’ir ;s O f o bserver 718th Bo mb Sq, 28th Bo mb G p (V H) W eaver A FB, S.D , 7. Flo c o f o bs rvti'n 39 ° N - 100° W - Near G reen R iver, U tah h, Numb- r o f o bjects ^o e )• D istance o f o bj- ct fro m o bs rver 100 miles 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude 20,000 feet 12. Speed V ery high 13. D iro ctio n o f flight So utheast (o f -Limon, C o lo rado ) 1',. T actics Explo sio n rate 1 L • So ’ird C o uld no t be determined due to B-29 engine no ise )6* Size Huge (Seen 100 miles west o f the B-29fs) 17# C o lo r M ulti-co lo red ball o f fire 18. Shnpo Hugh milti-co lo red ball o f fire and dense clo ud o f smo ke fo llo wed 19 - O do r do to cto d N/S 20. apparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails V apo r trail with a ball o f fire at the head o f trail 22. W o atho r co nditio ns C lear 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2'i. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance M /S 26. R o marks: bio na - Same as incident 102 which see * u S 1 1 7 M ar U S . n, 2055 c . . • . ' Btayma, T enn. ,, '-.: o f nt rv- r Frank L. Fenn, C o l R ichard C . Pettingill 4 Pvt . rup.ti n f -b. rv r e 00 o f aACo >. , fir < >f o bs> rv r Stryrna A A v k K/ । A c t id? M .W » t'M ET T 5 r. i > > io U M aj, U SA /, 00, Smyrna A F Base Frank C . Jo hnso n, Smyrna 4 radio and to wer o perato r# Statio n ', mtxj Smyrna, T enn fl .c o f o bc -rv tiun Smyrna A A F - 6 miles fro m (gro und) . Huai' r o f o bj ctr. 1 j. D istune o f nbj ci fro m o bs rv r 6 miles 1 . T in • i: r i ht U 5 minutes 11 . nit Pud A bo ut 5° abo ve ho rizo n r . j d very alo w 1- .. D ir»cti r • f] • ht W « away fro m Smyrna ’ 7 “ic; S/S Faded away 15. Si ird Bo n® 16. Sit U nkno wn 17, C o lo r yello w-o range IB. She. pa o val 19 . O do r d it. ct >d N/S ‘0. A pparent co nstructio n N/S — seemed to be flare . 1. Exhaust trails Ho ne ./ .tho r co nditio n; C A VU - 10 miles 23. Eff ct o n clo uds N/S Z.. Sketch s o r pho to graphs Figs (2) sho wing yello w o range flame-like o val 29 , M anr< -r o f disnpp T .nc faded into ho rizo n 26, R emarks: (o ver) A yello w-o range o bject which had. the appearance o f a flare was o bserved so me six miles fro m Smyrna A A F between the west and no rthwest Just abo ve the ho rizo n and mo ving directly away fro m Smyrna, T he speed was estimated as slo w since the o bject remained visible so me fo rty-five minutes. It gradually faded away disappearing into the ho rizo n. No exhaust trail was seen and nc/so und was heard. ? -X 'vj * ; v a C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ata 8 M ar U g Incio irtf 105 2, T ina 1100 J. Lo catio n Belmo nt, N. C . Lu Ho mo o f o bserver M r. A . C . M o rriso n 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Supt. M eter D ept, D uke Po wer C o ., C harlo tte, 1. C 6* A ddress o f o bso rvo r C harlo tte, N. C . (D uke Po wer C o .) 7. Flo c o f o bservatio n Belmo nt, I. C . (Sifted fro m gro und) 0. Number o f o bjects 1 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S LG . T imo in sight abo ut 10 aeco n s 11. A ltitudo N/S - co uld no t be estimated 12. Spco d A ro und 600 M PH 15. D irectio n o f flight Easterly lb. T actics No ne - mo ved in straight line at co nstant speed witho ut change in altitude o r directio n If-. So und No ne 16. Size Fro m a distance - that o f a small co in 17. C o lo r bright o r silver - lo o ked metallic 18. Shape ro und o r sphere (unable to determine which) 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n M etallic 21. Exhaust trails No ne 2. J itho r co nditio ns C lear with scattered white clo uds 25. Eff ct o n clo uds N/S 2A . Sk tch :5 o r pho to graphs Bo ne 29 . ’’anr. r o f dinappe^rnnco behind small white clo ud 26, R emarks: (o ver) A ro und metallio -appe ring o bject mo ving very rapidly at an estimated speed o f 600 M PH was o bserved near Belmo nt, N. C ., at A ppro x 1100 the mo rning o f 8 Kar ^8. T he weather was cle r with excellent visibility with a few mall scattered fleecy white clo uds. It co uld no t be determined if the o bject were a disc o r sphere. Ite apparent size was that o f a small co in o f a bright o r silver co lo r. It reflected the sun maintaining a steady reflectio n which did no t flicker. T he o bject wnich was under o bservatio n fo r so me 10 seco nds was o n an easterly heading and mo ved in a straight line at a co nstant speed witho ut apparent change in altitude o r directio n. It was impo ssible to deterrine the altitude but It was mo ving abo ve the clo uds. So so und o f any kind was heard no r was any exhaust trail o bserved. NO T Z: W itness (M r M o rriso n) is a san o f excellent character and reputatio n, a first-grade engineer and emplo yee o f D uke lo wer C o fo r so me JO ye re. He impressed the agent as being co nservative and so und and is a technical man with a very technical and res o nsible po sitio n. M r. M o rriso n was careful in his statements. He do es no t claim he saw the "flying disc", merely cil> claiming that they saw an o bject ^iich they co uld no t identify with any natural pheno meno n • o r kno wn type o f aircraft. It resembled "a ro und metallic appearing o bject mo ving very rapidly.* W itnesses: M r. Hendrix, assistant Superintendent, M eter D ept D uke Po .er C o ., C harlo tte, N. C . M r. G . W . Jo rdan, G asto nia Electric C o ., G asto nia, N. C . V C HEC K-! 1ST - ’T ID i’T Ir JED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. Put 5 March 19h£ 2. Tino 16LO - 1655 In^ id jt ‘. 4 106 5. Inert io n Bakars field, C alifo rnia h. "time o f o bserver G eo rge L. Buchner 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver N/S 6. nddr-riB o f o bso rvo r Bakersfield, C alifo rnia . Flue o f abs rw tics Fro n gro und so uvhwe st to ward Buena V ista Lake,Salif. 0. Humber o f o bjects T wo 9 . D istance o f o bject fren ebs rvur 10-12 miles IC , T ino in eight N/S 11. altitude N/S 12. Speed n/S 15. D iractio n o f flight earthward Ih. T actics N/S 15. So und N/S 16. Siao H/S 17. C o lo r Seemingly o n fire, black and red smo ke trailing behind 18. Shcpo Similar to falling aircraft 19 . O do r detect nd N/S 20. .»pparo nt co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trulls fro wnish-white smo ke and debris trailing 22. W o atho r co nditio ns N/S 25. Eff >ct o n clo uds N/S 2’.. Sketch s o r pho to graphs No ne 25. Nannur o f disappearance behind a water to wer, which was an o bstructio n to the iew 26. R emarks: fo ments o f G . L. Buckner and o ther witnesses to this sighting co ntained in attached supplement. HEA D QUA R T ER S FO U R T H A IR . FO R C E O ffice o f the A ssistant C hief o f Staff, A -2 Intelligence Hamilto n Field, C alifo rnia U FD A -3/1203-1 SU BJEC T : Investigatio n o f Flying D isc. M ar 11, 19 1*8 T O : C hief o f Staff U nited States A ir Fo rces W ashingto n, D , C . A T T N: D IR EC T O R A T E O F INT ELLIGENC E A ir Intelligence R equirements Branch 1. Incident repo rted o n 9 M arch 19 1x3, this headquarters, per telepho ne call fro m Sgt A . M . ^arsen. Sheriff's o ffice, Bakersfield, C alifo rnia. a. O bservatio n by M r. (G eo rge L) Les Buchner, Bakersfield, C alifo rnia o f two o bjects falling to earth fro m unkno wn so urce o n 5 M arch 19 1x8 between 1610 and 1655 ho urs. D escriptio n o f o bjects similar to falling aircraft with smoke and debris trailing. O bservatio n made at Bakersfield with o bjects sighted so uthwest to ward Buena*V ista Lake, C alifo rnia. b. O bservatio n by M r. D enio, emplo yee o f the Pacific G eneral ^lectric C o mpany, Bakersfield, C alifo rnia, o f two o bjects which fell to earth fro m unkno wn so urce no rth o f Bakersfield, C alifo rnia, S M arch 19 1x8. O ne o bject seemed to be o n fire with red and black smo ke trailing behind. 2, Info rmant Larsen stated that searching parties, aircraft and rescue units have made numero us attempts to lo cate these repo rted o bjects witho ut sue cess. J. Investigatio n o f incident lias been initiated by t is headquarters. R epo rt will fo llo w. /s/ D o nald L. Springer D O NA LD L. SPR INGE Lt. C o lo nel, U SA F A C o f a. A —2 Info rmatio n to : A D C , M itchel Fid, N.Y . FBI, ban Francisco G -2, Sixth A rmy D IO , Jan Francisco (12th Lav.D ist) HEA D QU A R T ER S FO U R T H A IR FO R C E O ffice o f the A ssistant C hief o f Staff Intelligence Hamilto n Field, C alifo rnia 1+ A F2A -5/12 08-1 SU BJEC T : Investigatio n o f Flying D iacs SU M M A R Y O F INFO R M A T IO N: Info rmatio n fro m the Sheriff's O ffice, Bakersfield, C alifo rnia, revealed that numero us calls fro m residents in Bakersfield co ncerning peculiar o bjects in the sky o ver Bakersfield, predicated an investigatio n by their o ffice and co ntact with A -2 Headquarters Fo urth A ir Fo rce* O n 15th M arch 19 48, two info rmants, M r. G eo rge L. Buchner, and “r. H. B. Nix, stated that they o bserved a flyin, o bject which appeared to be co nsumed in fire, and left a bro wnish-white plume o f smo ke, which suddenly sto pped and disappeared. Seco nds later, what appeared to be a parachute, was seen to be drifting to the east. T he o bject, as described, appeared to be a burning fabric airplane, co nsumed in smo ke. O bservatio ns were made in Bakersfield o f o bject to the so uth and so uthwest, appro ximately ten to twelve miles distance, aro und 1600 ho urs o n 5 M arch 19 48,. O n IJth M arch 19 45, info rmant, M r. H, 0, Nix, stated that he o bserved an o bject at O SJO , 8 M arch 19 48, due no rth o f Bakersfield, appro ximately five miles distance. T he o bject was a large, o range-red ball o f fire, so mewhat larger than a small airplane, appeared to remain static fo r appro ximately thirty seco nds, then split and co ntinued to burn; each visible as a burning half. A parachute, with a black o bject hanging was then o bserved to fall, drift to the east and disappeared into the hills east o f Bakersfield. U n l^th '“arch 19 48, two info rmants, M rs. C allie R * “aso n, secretary, Haberfelde Building, Bakersfield, C alifo rnia, and D r. J. 1. Jo hnso n, dentist Haberfelde Building, Bakersfield, C alifo rnia, stated that they were in R o o m 518, haberfelde Building, o n the mo rning o f 9 M arch 19 48. M rs. M aso n was a patient o f D r. Jo hnso n. Bo th info rmants stated that they o bserved a flaming o bject which appeared at first to be a very small airplane. O range red flames seemed to envelo pe the o bject with co nsiderable black smo ke trailing in a zigzag manner fo r appro ximately 4,000 to 5,000 feet. T he o bject was o bserved at 1,000 feet, appro ximately due no rth o f Bakersfield, seven to ten miles distant at appro ximately O SJO ho urs. Info rmants further stated that the o bject disappeared behind a water to wer, which was an o bstructio n to their view, and was near the , ro und. Bo th info rmants watched fo r an explo sio n, thinking that it wo uld explo de upo n reaching the gro und, but no thing unusual was no ted. A .-2 C J--T T : A ltho ugh t ere is no evidnece tn substantiate the fo llo wini , it is the o pinio n o f t5 is headquarters that this activity c uld be attributed to marker fl-res. A ny further develo pments, nr evidence o tained, "ill be fo rwarded this eadquarters fro m the Sheriff’s O ffice, taker "field, C alifo rnia s va lua tio k O f So urce C O f Info rmatio n 3 r r ^U amivrtD C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ato 8 M arch 19 48 Incident ^ 107 2 , T ine N /S J. Lo catio n Bakersfield, C alifo rnia 4. Lamo o f o bserver M r. D enio 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Pacific G eneral Electric C o mpany emplo yee 6* A ddress o f o bserver N/S 7. Placo o f o bservatio n Sighted fro m gro und 8. Number o f o bjects T wo 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10. T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude N/S 12. Speed N/S 13. D irectio n o f flight Earthward 14. T actics N/S 15. So urd N/S 16. Size N/S 17. C o lo r °ne o bject seemingly afire, red and black smo ke trailing 18. Shape N/S 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W o atho r co nditio ns N/S .■ 23. Effect o n clo uds w/S L.. < ' p ' 24. Sko to hes o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance KjS T ell to earth 26. R emarks: See supplement to Incident #106. f ^ KA K ^^ C HEC K-LIST - W ID EST Ir I ED FLY ING O BJEC T S i. D uto 8 M arch 19 48 Incident* ^ 2. T imo 0850 5. to e; tio n Bakersfield, C alifo rnia 4. Num1 o f o bserver H. B. Nix 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver N/S 6. .. !dr ;s o f o bserver N/S 7. Flue o f o bs rvi.tio n Sighted fro m gro und H. Humber o f o bjects '-‘ne 9 . D istunco o f o bj ct fro m o bs rvo r 5 miles 1G , T imo in sight A ppro x. JO seco nds befo re splitting and burning 11. A ltitude N/S 1 . Speed Static fo r appro x JO seco nds, and then drifting 1J. D irectio n o f flight eastward ih. T unties N/S r. S-ird N/S 16. Six Larger than a small airplane 17. C o lo r O range-red ball o f fire li . Shr.po Ball I -. O der do ted 1 /s .4 ir nt co n-:»ructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S . . utho r co nditio ns N/S J, Eft ct o n clo uds N/S .’’,. SI itch ‘s o r pho tographs No ne 2% Y anr. r o f disappearance D rifted to the east into the hills east o f Bakersfield ■b. R emarks: See supplement to incident ^10 6 ■*^ fl k'- C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1, D ato 9 M arch l7!^ Incident % 109 2, T imo 0350 5. Lo catio n Bakersfield, C alifo rnia h. Hamo o f o bservers J.E. Jo hnso n and U rs. C allie R . M aso n 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver J.E. Jo hnso n, D entist, M rs. M aso n, Secretary 6, A ddress o f o bso rvo r N/s 7. Placo o f o bservation 5th Flo o r o f business building 8. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvor 7 - 10 miles 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude 1000 feet 12, Speed N/S 15 • D irectio n cf flight D ue no rth o f Bakersfield lh, T actics Zig-zaging 15. So urd N/S 16. Size A ppearance o f a very small airplane 17. C o lo r O range-red flame 18. Shape A ppearance o f a very small airplane 19 . O do r detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails C o nsiderable black smo ke trailing fo r U O O O to 5000 feet 22. W o atho r co nditio ns N/S 25. Effect o n clo uds N/S „ • a2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappo aranco N/S 26, R emarks: See supplement to Incident #106 C HEC K-.IC . - /"I 'T i'"’ EV INS O BJEC T S 25 ^a-ch ±9 445 Inc i t a-1 J t ±10 . in J 0 300 - 0 500 3. ’ ■: t i n Baltimore (Hamilto n) M aryland 1 . ' .-/ o f o hn'rvo r Identity co nfidential . '■up- ti n < f o bs rvrA ctive in A merican ^e io n activities >, ..dr o f dbs rv r N/S 7 , Fine o f o bs rv: tian N/S . f ..■• I) r o f o bj cis U ndetermined >. ills tanco o f o b;p c fro m o ho rv r N/S ± . T ino in sirht Ho t sighted 11, altitude N/S 3- ud N/S 13. D irectio n o f flight N/S Pi. T actics N/S IP. .>• md I'o to r dro ne o f fo reign type aircraft 16, Size U /S 17. C o lo r N/S 1< . Sho pe n/S 19 . O do r dvto ctud N/S ?C . apparent co ns trustio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W .tlwr co nditio ns N/S 23• Effect o n clo uds M /S 2;.. Sketch's o r pho to graphs No ne 29 * ’’anncr o f disappearance ^/S 26. R emarks: See Supplement (C O PY ) C * ^^ Incident # HO X ’ HEA D QUA R T ER S ST R A T EG IC A IR C O M M A ND A 2B A ndrews Field W ashingto n 20, D . C . SA C 550 (29 M ar U ) 29 M arch 19 48 SU BJEC T : R epo rt o f U nidentified A erial So unds. T O : C hief o f Staff U nited States A ir Fo rce W ashingto n 25, D . C . A ttentio n: directo r o f intelligence 1. T he fo llo wing is quo ted fro m a co py o f a letter, Baltimo re O ffice, FBI, addressed to the D irecto r o f Intelli ence, Seco nd «rmy: "O n “arch 25, 19 43, an individual, who desired that her identity be kept co nfidential, telepho nically co mmunicated with this o ffice and indicated that she is the wife o f a fo rmer member o f the U nited States military fo rces, aid that she is presently active in A merican R egio n activities, but was emphatic in stating that she was in no way hysterical o r unduly apprehensive regarding present wo rld co nditio ns. She did, ho wever, wish to bring to the attentio n o f the pro per autho rities that during the past six o r ei^:t weeks, o n a number o f o ccasio ns between the ho urs o f 5:00 and 5:°0 ^.M ., she has heard peculiar so unding no ises in the sky, which appear to co me fro m airplanes in the distance, but the so und is no t the type o f airplane mo to r dro ne which is generally heard fro m A merican planes. She has discussed the matter with her husband, and he believes that the so und is mo re like that o f a fo reign type airplane. She recently discussed this matter with an unidentified wo man who lives in her neighbo rho o d, which is Hamilto n, Baltimo re, “aryland, and this wo man stated that she to o , had heard the no ise in questio n, and that her husband is also an ex-G .I. and he has stated that the mo to rs so unded like that o f fo reign plane s.w 2. No actio n is co ntemplated by this headquarters. FO R T HE C C M M A ND ING G ENER A L: c/c furnished C G , A M D , A ttn: M C I. A LA N M A R C EA U C W O , U SA F A sst i»dj G en C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D u to 1 A pril W 2. T imo 09 55 J, Lo cutio n 1214° 3* East, 12°, 52’ i^o rth h. Hamo o f o bserver 1st Lt. M eyers (R o bert W .) 5. O ccupatio n o f o bgo rvo r P^U 7 Pilo t 6. A ddr ss o f o bserver 67th Fighter Squadro n, 18th Incid int ^ Hl Fighter G ro up 7» Placo o f o bservatio n Philippine Islands — Sighted fro m air 0. Number o f o bjects C he 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r 3 miles 10, T imo in sight A ppro ximately 60 seco nds 11, A ltitudu lo O O feet 12. Speed 200 mph (disappeared in 5 seco nds, indicating great acceleratio n) 13. D iro ctio n o f flight 270° ill. T actics N/S 15 • So und No ne 16. Size Estimated - wing-span JO feet, length 20 feet 17. C o lo r Silver 18. Sho pe A half mo o n clo sely resembling a flying wing type aeft; turtle back and an indistinct do rsal fin 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. apparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails No ne o bserved 22. W o jitho r co nditio ns Scattered cumulus, base J000 feet, to ps 6000 feet 2J. Effect on clouds N/S 2h, Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance O bject leveled o ut o n heading o f 270°, accelerated rapidly and disappeared fro m sight 26. R emark 3: See attached supplement I R A D A R T ER S, T HIR T EENT H A IR FO R C E C LA R E A IR FO R C E HA SE A PO 719 B-2/am 8 A pril 19 48 A G 452.1 SU BJEC T : R epo rt o f lighting o f U nidentified aircraft and/o r Flying O bject. T O : C o mmanding G eneral, Far East A ir Fo rces, A PO 9 25, U . u._ A my. A T T N: A C /S, A -2 1. In co mpliance with "Intelligence R equirements - U n-identified aircraft” and letters, yo ur headquarters, A G 452.1 A -P, J No vember 19 1+ 7 and A G 452.1 A -2, 20 Larch 19 48, the fo llo wing incident is repo rted. 2. A t I630 ho urs o n 1 A pril 19 48, the S-2 o fficer o f the 18th Filter G ro up co ntacted the A -2 D ivisio n, this headquarters, and repo rted that 1st Lt. R o bert •< . “eyers had sifted an unidentified flying o bject, “is story is as fo llo ws, 3. O n 1 A pril, at 09 55, 1st ^t. Heyers was leading a flight o f fo ur U + ) P-47 aircraft o f the 67th Filter Squadro n, 18th Fighter G ro up. He was flying a heading o f 180 degrees, altitude 1500 feet, po sitio n 124 degrees J minutes east and 12 degrees 52 minutes no rth, when he sighted an unidentified o bject appro ximately three ^’) miles east o f his po sitio n and at an estimated altitude o f 1000 feet, heading o f 560 degrees. T he o bject appeared to be a flying wing type aircraft, its shape resembled a half mo o n what appeared to be a do rsal fin was barely perceptible, the span o f the o bject estimated to be thirty feet, length twenty feet and silver ii co lo r. U po n sitting theo bject, Lt. “eyers immediately started a left turn with the intentio n o f intercepting and to mo re po sitively identify this pheno mena. W hile Heyers was making a 240 degree turn, the unidentified o bject made a 9 0 degree left turn, then leveled o ut o n a heading o f 270 degrees, accelerated rapidly and disappeared fro m sight in appro ximately five seco nds. T here was no so und heard, and no exhaust trails were o bserved. A t the time o f tie sighting visibility was unlimited scattered cumulus, base J000 feet, to ps 6000 feet. a. Because o f the distance fro m which the sighting was made, no distinguishing features i.e. po wer units, larding gear, armament o r co ckpit were o bserved. T -2219 0 9 -2, A G U 52.I, Subject* "R eport o f Sitting of U nidentified aircraft and/o r Flying O bject." co ckpit were o bserved, b. T he interview with Lt. “eyere indicated that he is a reliable, no n-excitable individual and appeared quite po sitive in his statements. It must be taken into co nsideratio n ho we'er that he was the o nly witness to this incident, as he was. triable to call the o bject to the attentio n o f his three wing-men because o f their maneuvering in the turn, plus the fact that his radio was o ut. 3. A bo ve incident repo ted yo ur headquarters, 2 A pril 19 U E, in raiio , cite M ^H. ' FO R T HE C O W A M D ING G BfER A L: /a/ R o bert F. D e Lo ng R O BER T F. D E LO NG 1st H., U SA F A cting A sst A djutant G eneral 2 7-2219 0 BA SIC : Ltr Hq 15th A F, A PO 719 , ^ubj: "R pt o f lighting o f U nidentified A ircraft and/or Flying O bject," did 8 A pr 4' . A fi 452.1 A -2 1st Ind 15 A pril 19 48 HIND QU A R T ER S, FA R EA ST A lt? FO R C ES, A PO 9 25, . T O : C o mmanding G eneral, A ir M ateriel C o mmand, A ri.ht Patterso n A ir Fo rce R ase, Jayto n, O hio , A ttentio n5 C U I 1. R eference is made to letter Headquarters U nited States A ir Fo rce, subject: "R epo rting o f Info rmatio n o n 'Flying D iscs'" dated 2b February 1 '48. 2. Evaluatio n o f sighting described in basic co mmunicatio n by this headquarters is that in view o f the circumstances surrounding the incident, the o bject was pro bably a bird. FO R T HE C O M M A ND ING G ENER A L: /b/ C . N. Stewart C . H. ST EW A R T C apt, A GO A sst A dj G en 5 1-2219 0 (copy) P R I O B I T I D I 09 03592 April 19M FR C H; C INC FE T Y KY O JA PA N 0807312. . T O * D EPT O F A R M Y W A SHING T O N D C FO R C SG ID , C O U GENA M C W R IG HT -PA T T ER SO N A FB D A Y T O N O HIO A T T K M C I R PT M C I INFO L: C O M GBNFEA F IN R EPLY C IT E: C X 39 769 R epo rt co ntro l is A —19 17* Pilo t, 1J A ir Fo rce, at 09 55, 1 A pril 4.8, Flying F-47 A ircraft heading 180 degrees altitude 1500 feet indicated at 124 degrees J M inutes East, 12 degrees 52 minutes No rth, weather scattered C FM U LU S R pt C U M 1'LES j/10 base three tho usand, to p 600 visibility unlimited sighted flying o bject prro xi- mately J miles East 1A heading 360, altitude estimated o ne tho usand feet belo w him. U nidentified o bject estimated speed at t ime o f sighting 200 miles per ho ur. Pilo t turned left attempting to intercept unidentified flying o bject fo r mo re po sitive Identificatio n. A t this time flying o bject made a turn o f 9 0 degrees left, leveled o ut and accelerated disappearing in appro ximately 5 seco nds. D escribed as having A turtle back and an indistinct do rsal fin. mo o n clo sely resembling A flying wing type estimated len th 20 feet, co lo r silver, no T he sahpe o f the o bject was that o f A half aircraft, estimated wing span JO feet, rpt no exhaust trail was o bserved. Five seco nds elapsed ti e fo r disappearing wo uld indicate exceedingly high speed and great acceleratio n. R epo rting O fficer is co ns tiered sincere and no n-excitable type and firmly believe# he sighted o bject. A repo rt will be fo rwarded upo n co mpletio n o f an investi­ gatio n o f this incident. R eceived M 0A A C N21 9 A pr U S 1005 (I5O 8 ) T yped by M C A A C M 21 9 A pr 48 1559 )1859 2)ams D IST R IBU T IO N: EJK 1. M C I—action 2. M C A A GM 21 T -17789 C HEC K-LIST - LT ID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D uto 8 A pr U « Incident # np 2. T imo 11400 - & 30 J, Lo co tio n A shley, O hio h, M ame o f o bserver M iss W inifred Paines - M rs. Bertha Slack 5» O ccupatio n o f o bserver M iss Paines: A sst Bank C ashier; M rs, Slack: ho usekeeper 6, A ddress o f o bserver 227 * High St., A shley, 0. 7. Placo o f o bservatio n A shley, O hio (gro und) 8. Number o f o bjects 1 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r "Quite a distance" 10. T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude C o uld no t estimate 12. Speed slo w-mo ving 1$. D irectio n o f flight So uthwest lh. T actics Ko maneuvers 15. Snurd N/S 16. Size undetermined 17. C o lo r silver 18. Sho pe O blo ng, lo ng and narro w - like silver streak 19 . O do r detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. »f athur co nditio ns C ie: r, no clo uds near o bject 25. Eff ct o n clo uds N/S - no clo uds near o bject 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks; (o ver) W itness tho ught she heard plane which eppe red to be flying lo w and raking an unusual amo unt o f no ise. C o uld no t lo cate the plane but did see an o bject o blo ng in shape and lo ng and narro w which had the appearance o f a silver streak. It was clearly o utlined and mo ving slo wly and steadily in a so uthwesterly directio n parallel to the gro und and witho ut charging directio n. A ltitude and size were no t estimated. No te: See Incident #112a in which the plane was perceived flying lo w. C HEC K-LINT - ’"'ID r". IrlED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D at g A pril 1-4? 2. . T inj 1400 - JhW In^ u u t fl ii2a 5, : nr tim A shley, ^hio "in o f o bs1 rvr .-r-J. ^la1 to : e: s L. co up*.tio n o f o bserver hews^tpcr r po rter N, . dr •■ o f o bserver 226 est Hi h .Street, ^shley, ^hio 7. Fl .c o f o bs rvttio n pr m the gro und 8. Nunb< r o f o bjects U ne ?. D istance o f o bj ct fro m o bs rv r Ho t staged 1G ® T ino in sight nppr o xi "ably five minutes 11. nltitudo Quite high 12. Sp' ud Slo w - dirfting 1J. D irectio n o f flight So uthwesterly lb. T actics No ne 15. So ard Ho ne 16. Sixo Smaller than the air. lane that wan in view at the tine 17, C o lo r O palescent - like mo ther o f pearl 18. Shape Lo ng cylindrical bo dy, like a stick o f firewo o d 19 . O do r do to cto d No ne 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/o 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. W eather co nditi o ne C lear, few clo uds in sky but no n aro und o bject 23. Effect o n clo uds n/s 2b® Sketches o r pho to graphs Ho ne 25. M anner o f disappearance ’ /e 26. R emarks: A plane, which so unded as if it were flying lo w since there was an exceptio nally lo ud ro aring no ise,first attracted the attentio n o f tills witness. She o bserved a large airplane, heading so uth, and abo ut the same time also o bserved a strange o bject in the sky travelling slo wly in a so uthwesterly directio n. W itness first tho ught it was sky writing, as it lo o ked like a streak; but later it beca e cis rly o utlined, appearing to be a lo ng cyli idrical bo dy like a stick o f firewo o d, “ith the sun shining o n it, it appeared o palescent, like mo ther o f pearl. T he o bject was much hither, and quite a bit srallar than, the airplane, but drifted slo wly along after the airplane disappeared. It may have been drifting with the wind. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S , Inc id ir.1. D ata g A pril W ------------ 2. T imo LU JO 5. Lo catio n D elaware, O hio h. Hamo o f o bserver M rs. Janes B. Stephenso n 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Ho usewife 6. A ddress o f o bserver 9 5 No rth Franklin Street, D elaware, O hio 7. Place o f o bservatio n Fro m the gro und 8, Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10» T imo in sight N/j 11. A ltitude N/S 12. Spco d Slo w 1J. D irectio n o f flight So uthwesterly lh. T actics Ko ne 1J. So ard Ko ne 16. Size V ery large - abo ut the size o f a f H mo o n in height but much smaller in width 17. C o lo r V ery white 18. Shape C ylindrical, with vapo r aro und the to p 19 . O do r do to cto d N/B 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. W o atho r co nditio ns C lear, no clo uds aro und o bject 2J. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R o marks: A t 1U J0 Hrs. J. B. Stephenso n’s attentio n was attracted fro m her window by an o bject o f unusual shape in the sky. U po n go ing o utside to get a better view it appeared very white, with no sha. j»s at all, was cylindrical in shape and seemed to ha’e vapo r aro und the to p. W hen first seen, it a peared to be leaning a t an angle, and then right itself and mo ve alo ng ’’perpendicular” to the gro md. It appeared no t to be mo ving at first, but upo n a clo ser lo o k it was seen mo ving slo wly in a so uthwesterly directio n, witho ut so und o r manuevo rings, and re­ maining at the same altitude. T he weather was clear, and no exhaust trails were seen. A he o bject seemed very large, abo ut the size o f a full mo o n in height, but much smaller in width. Since there was n. thing to co mpare it with, she co uld no t be sure o f the size. No statement was made as to whether o r no t witness heard an airplane. J 3 ^ C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY INC O BJEC T S 1, D ata 8 A pril 19 48 Incid >rt ^ 112c 2. T imo 1430 3< Lo batio n D elaware, ^hio h. Hamo o f o bserver R ev. uames B. Stephenso n 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Pasto r 6, A ddress o f o bso rvo r 9 3 N, Franklin Street, D elaware, O hio 7. Pluco o f o bservatio n Fro m the gro und S. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N/S 10 • T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitudo N/S 12. Spco d Slo w 13. D iroctio n o f flight So uthwesterly lb. T actics No ne 15. So ur>d No ne 16. Sizo No t Stated 17. C o lo r ..hite 18. Shape V erticle, larger at the bo tto m and narro w at the to p 19 . O do r do to oto d No ne 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. W o atho r co nditio ns C lear 2J. Effect o n clo uds M /S 2li. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks: niteess first tho ught that o bject wa a plane o n fire, as it was surro unded by a vapo ro us substance, a plane was heard, and it- seanad lo r and m ade a great deal o f no ise. A fter a few seco nds' study o bject became clearly o utlined and lo o ked similar to a vertical cylinder, large at the bo tto m and narro w at the to p, with streamers o r streaks o f vapo r attached. xt gave the appearance o f a white clo ud, but did no t behave as a clo ud, it retained its shape and maintained a steady mo vement o n a straight co urse against the wind. T he D elaware airpo rt was alerted fo r its appearance, but after a half lo ur it had no t been sighted there. C HEC K-I.IC T - "ri^’"IHED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D at. 8 A pril 1 U S 2. T ino 1U 50 5. Lnc; tio n D elaware, O hio Inc id gt ^ npj 'i. ■'um' o f o bserver «rs. Jo lin Bergen 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Ho usewife 6. ..Hdr is o f o bserver ill No rth .ashingto n Street 7. Flo c o f o bservation Fro m the gro und Hunt' r o f o bjects O ne } . D istance o f o bj. ct fro m o bs . rv r N/S 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. «ltitud> N/S 12, Speed !j/S 15. D irect bn o f flight So uthwesterly lb. T actics Ko ne 3 o rd M eet C o uld no t be determined 16, Size 1/S 17. C o lo r hhite lb. Shap. Spherical "blo b" with streaks abo ve it 19 » (do r d.bctid No ne ’( . ..p; nr nt co nstructio n ii/S 21. Exhaust trails dene 22. J .tho r co nditio ns C lear 23. Effect o r. clo uds p/g 2 . Sketch s o r pho to graphs M o no 25. Larin r o f di snpp- •■r-.no ■ N/b it. R emarks: .W itness heard planes prio r to the sighting, but do esn't kno w whether o r no t t ey had any co rrectio n with the o bject. T ie o bject was clearly o utlined, but did no t lo o k like a ballo o n. T he Perkins O bservato ry was alerted but was unable to si ht theo bject. i. ? • 8 A pril 19 l£ 2. hi j IhJO J. ! < - . i n D elaware, ^hio '.. " .rr o f nt rv r ^v. fo l n I . cer;;en In- 11 u < ' . c-Up’ ti n T rbv rvr Pasto r • ft- rv r 111 ..o rt: -a: in *• - ■ ’ ' i • ri .c ef o bs rv; tio n rT o ni the iro nnd • ’•. Kunb r o f o bj cfs ^ne . ■. D istunej o f o bj o t fro m rbs rv t Ho t determined If. T ino in sirht T en minutes 11. M ltitudo several tho usand feet 12. D p -,d Ho t to o fast 15. D iro cti.n rf flirht A lmo st due west into the rind lb. T urtles Ho ne 15. S ’ srd No ne 16. Siz No t less than 5 feet in width 17. C o lo r V ery white 16. C ho p Spherical, with a small pro trusio n aro ve it, like vapo r treaks 19 . O do r djtucto d i«o ne 20. ^nj ur’ r.t co nstructio n /S 21. Exhaust trails co ne ?2. W catho r co nditio ns C lear 25. Effect o n clo uds N/o 2h. Sketch s o r pho to graphs N ne 25. M anner o f disappearance D isappeared fro m view bet ind the trees 26. R amarks: T nis o bject appeared like a co ncentrated bit o f clo ud except it .as clearly o utlined. T ,e size co uld no t be determined, since witness co uld no t tell whether it was a s nail o bject near him o r a large o bject far away. It traveled in a straight line and did net maneuver. It was not stated that the so und o f a plane was heard. C HEC K.-, 157 - I 7 LIED FI Y in U W EC T S 1. D .t t M 'T il 19 U H^iJjrtj’ ^f . rv. j u 50 5, .■•,•■ D elaware, "io 1 , ' .r. o f nb~< rv^r U rs. -1. a. Kirkpatrick 1 . irrup’ti n »T rbu rv r “o usewife , . :.r >f i rv r lu7 ‘fo rt h »ash a ten S rent . . fix » f - i rv ’ ten Free e "Fo urd . nr.b r rtf o bt eta -ne 7. D i. U nr o f nb.' < •♦ frer o b; rv r M /b 1 . T in t in rirht ./. 11 . rti* i* u : •/.. i^» 4 t Steady — no t. to o fast 1*. D lr< ’’i r »< fit lit o o uthw* sterly • '■' 4 C |Jt m. It. ’ft bo ne ■ . ‘ 1 ■■ it was no t lar^R en< < u,*i fur a p rao n to be im 17. 1 r ubito - abo ut t 1 co pr ■ f a fleecy clo ud p . lb P Spherical - .r.. t; .t U r : r at to p with a pro tru^inc etd underneath 1*7, f'lrr < 1 * ”• d Ho ne . .4 ; >r • • v. • ru-* r ' / ?). xh-.t. * tr.il". IP ne > . ..' *.; r co ndit i r C lear, ul •■ *» ;■, M utiny 23• Eft "* ■ ’• clo uds ’1/ P'., 5k * ch : o r pF.o tr rr’.ph!: h nr Ph. ' ^nr r o f •livipp r nc 11/' , R -Jtaarka; bltnesa L ard, but lid no t nee airplane, an 1 saw instead a wl ite o bject, spherical in nl qe, U rr»-r it t e to p with a pro trudin '. end underneath. It va cle rly o utlined and maintained the sane shape as it mo ved a io n,:, steadily, and at the same altitude. R o bert C o chran, so n o f the witness, w o is in the M erchant M arine, tho ught he o bject ’'ery unusual, de said it v/as in t- e shay e o f a rainspo ut. C HEC K-LIST - tT ID EiT T IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ata 9 A pril 19 ^8 In^n > rtji 11J 2. T ima 1^10 5. Lo catio n M o ntgomery* A labama h , Hamo o f o bserver R o bert B, Hughes, M t. C o lo nel, (BA F 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Pilo t 6, /iddr :ss o f o bserver tactics D iv., A ir T actical Scho o l, T yndall A F Base 7, Plucq o f o bservatio n Fro m the air 0. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10, T ino in sight Five seco nds 11. A ltitude A ppro ximately 16000 feet 12. Spend In excess o f the viewer’s } 10 mph air speed 1J . D irectio n o f flight No rthwest lh. T actics N/S 15. So und None 16. Size T o p part eight feet diameter 17. C o lo r Silver 18. Shape Had the appearance o f a parachute carrying a large canister o r ball 19 . O do r detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n ’/3 ------------------------------------------------------ 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. W eather co nditio ns C lear, visibility and ceiling unlimited 2J, Effect o n clo udsN/S 2h. Sco tches o r pho to graphs - Sketch (trip) 25. Hanner o f disappearance N/S 26. R amarks±t.C o l-R o bert B. Hughes first sighted the o bject befo re co m­ pleting an 180° left turn o ver the to wn o f M o ntgo mery, .A labama. T he o bject, sighted at ten o’clo ck o ff hia left wing, appeared to be a silver disc* He immediately co mpleted a sharp bank to the left and was able to get a better lo o k at the o bject, and described it as fo llo ws: "T o p part o f the o bject appro ximately eig^t feet in diameter, silver in co lo r, had the appearance o f a parachute. A ttached to the bo tto m o f this had been a dark cable o r shro ud which appeared to be appro ximately five feet lo ng. Suspended upo n the cable had been a large canister o r ball (C o lo nel Hughes co uld no t discern which) also silver in co lo r, T his canister o r ball had the appearance o f being sli^tly to the rear o f the to p part o f the o bject. T he o verall appearance o f theo bject lo o ked so mething similar to the parachute and canister co ntaining pho to graphic testing equipment dro pped fro m a V -2 ro cket.” A t the time he lo st sight o f the o bject, “ughes' aircraft had been indicating J10 miles per ho ur air speed, and the o bject had appeared to fly away fro m him o n. a ho rizontal plane rather than a vertical decline. A sketch o f the o bject is attached. C HEC K-LIST - "riD SKT lflED FLY HKi O BJEC T S / 1. D ut IS A pr M S 22LLL1LLJ ^ 2. 7 in j 1506 ho urs 5. I t i o n A pprox 1 mile no rth o f Fairbanks. A laska h. Hum* o f o b-icrv^r Lt A ytch Jo hnson 1 . O ccupatio n o f o bserver 1st Lt (discharged f/USA F as per autho rity Para 1. SO . bO dated 28 M ay U 8)(see) 6. ..-!dr s o f o bs. rvo r Ft W o rth. T exas 7. riuc o f o be ratio n O ver city o f Fairbanks, A laska B, Nunbar o f o bjects 1 ). D istance o f o bj< ct 'fro m o bserver N/S X , 10. T ino in sipht few minutes n. A ltitude 2000-3000 ft 12. 3p _d 25O -3O O miles (traveled 5O O feet in 1 o r 2 seco nds) 15. ih. 15. 16. 17. IB. 19 . 20. 21. 22. 25. 2L. 25. D irectio n o f flight No rtheast to ward so uthwest .■.f >< — O scillated fro m ho rizo ntal plane rapid, speed) So und No so und Size 8* in diameter C o lo r silvery M Shape ro und and flat O do r do to cto d N ,S apparent co nstructio n N/S ■ Exhaust trails no trails o f any kind 1 W eather co nditio ns W eather clear and visibility Effect o n clo uds N/S Sketches o r pho to graphs no ne M anner o f disappearance B/S 26. R emarks: (o ver) O bject o bserved at altitude o f abo ut 2000-3000 o a NE-SW heading. It appeared to be so me 8 inches In diameter and gave o ff a silvery brilliantreflectio n. It o scillated fro m a Ho rizo ntal plane to a vertical plane at a very rapid pace. Estimated speed:* abo ut 25O -3O O M PH -(traveled so me 5^0 feet In 1 o r 2 seco nds ^ Ho so und co uld be heard no r were there any trails o f any kind. NO T E: fills sighting may have been the reflectio n o f sun fro m wings o f these aircraft. A t the appro ximate time o f the sighting a number o f aircraft were flying in the lo cal area. ’ A r cr-C K-ifT - ’’yi^.”! IE? fly in g o bjec t? *. ? v 19 A pr ^ 8. T ino ^5 Irv id yt fl 115 . O ver G reenville A F Base, G reenville,S. C . L. " ."1 o f o hr. rv r 8 let Lt Francis W . Hannin, Jr, 4 1st Lt R o bert ''.Lo o mis, U S-F . c?up- • io n o f ebuvrvo r Bo th attached to Liaiso n eq. G reenville . .i U r o f o bo rv r e G reenville A F Base, G reenville,!. C . /. Fl c o f o ba rw tio n G reenville A F Base 1 . Hurth r o f o bjects B ? “ 1 nt first * B later >• 'Ji tanc o f rbj ct fm o bs rv r 15*000 to 20,000 ft o verhead 1 . T in it sirht 2 minutes 11. A ltitude 15,C O O to 20000 ft 1?. Lt d U ndetermined. Statio nary, than rapidly accelerating awl climbing C . D ir-ictlo r. < f flVht No rth . luct 'c Ho vering then acceleratio n and climbing O bserved trail fo rmatio n 1 . d .r i no na audible (?) - sto tee: W itnesses were - ttracted by so und o f fighter aircraft in vicinity. lb. Sir.- undetermined (no mentio n sade o f tho se) 17. C o lo r white 1 . si .pc elliptical V A . O do r duto ctud N/S 20. nprur^nt co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trials So exnaust o r co ndensatio n trail .’. . J tth tr co nditio ns C A V U ’J. Eff ct nr. clo uds s/s ?! . SI * ch r o r pho to graphs 2 PS* "un r o f disupp iro ne ' in distance 26. R imurks: (o ver) W itnesses were attracted by so und o f fighter aircraft in vicinity. T hey it ar ted searching the sky fo r the aircraft and sighted the o bjects, W hen first sighted, the witnesses tho ught th^o bjects mi ht be weather ballo o ns. Ho wever, when they accelerated so rapidly in a no rtherly heading, they determined, the o bjects co uld no t be ballo o ns. T hey were in a trail fo rmatio n o n a Ko rth-So uth line, said mo ved so rapidly they wereo ut o f eight within a few seconds. Fro m o riginal sighting in the statio nary po sitio n to their disappearance, a perio d o f appro ximately two (2) minutes elapsed, o n-which the o bjects were in a statio nary po sitio n fo r appro ximately o ne (l)minute. NO T E: W ind at 20,000 ft fro m jM O * at 10 kno ts per ho ur (1230 EST R : t) W ind at 20,000 ft 32° at 13 kno ts per ho ur Kt (1830 EST R pt) NO T E: Nearest weather statio n releasing ballo o ns is Spartanburg, S. C . O ne black ballo on was released at 1230 EST , 0 (10 q In appro ximately 2 minute* o bjects had disappeared 0 O bject* began mo ving in a U R E directio n and rapidly accelerating ^' 0 and climbing. $ 2) 0 q W hen first seen o bjects were in a semi-statio nary po sitio n. (1) 0 first o ne o bject was sighted, next, ano ther o ne appeared. C HEC K-LIST - "I’ID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ate 11 M -r U g 2. T imo night 5. Lo catio n Near sho res o f James Bay, h. Ho mo o f o bserver ^. J. Pratt 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Emplo ye o f Hudso n Bay C o 6, A ddress o f o bserver M o o se Facto ry 7. Place) o f o bservatio n M o o se Facto ry, C anaca 9 . Number o f o bjects 1 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver M /S 10 » T imo in sight N/S 11, A ltitude N/S 12. Speed meteo ric 15. D irectio n o f flight earthward lh. T actics N/S 15. So und No no ise 16. Size sire o f fstiecxo tBR fo o tball 17. C o lo r £p& Blue flame 18. Shape N/S 19 , O do r do to cto d N/S 20. apparent co nstructio n meteo r 21. Exhaust trails X M M gEdtigkt N/S 22. W eather co nditio ns Night 2J. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance explo ded 26. R emarks: (o ver) A big ball o f blue flame, seemingly the size o f a fo o tball streaked o ut o f the sky and exploded near this No rthern O ntario co mmunity (M o o se Facto ry) near the sho res o f James Bay. T he explo sio n lit up the entire area brighter than daylight, the who le ball disappeared and a seco nd later a streak o f o range light sho t upward fro m where the ball was last seen. T he o range streak was go ne within a seco nd. W itnesses heard no no ise o f any kind. NO T E: Hfc ties up with earlier repo rts fro p C o chran, l^O miles so uth o f M o o se Jaw where several citizens repo rted seeing what they tho ught to be a meteo r aro und 11.ho P. M . EST T hurs. O ne witness ( a M rs. C harles G iles) said that the o bject plunged do wnward like a spent ro cket in the no rthern sky. She described it as abo ut the size o f a full mo o n which gave the appearance o f disintegratio n as it fell. 4 C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ate 7 M ay ^ IncidentJ K» 117 2. T imo 1500 to 1700 5. Lo catio n M emphis, T enn. h. Hamo o f o bserver M iss Jean Bray, Ho usekeeper et akk al (see o ther side) 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Ho usekeeper 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r 253 N. D aldo rf A ve., M emphis, T enn, 7. Place o f o bservatio n M emphis,T urn. 8. Number o f o bjects 5^ O T 60 9 . D istanco o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N/S 10. T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitudo extremely high 12. Speed faster than any aircraft witnesses had ever seen 13. D irectio n o f flight easterly lb. T actics M °st traveled in straight line alt 0 so me o f them zig-zagged. 15. So urd No ne 16. Size V ery small 17. C o lo r shiny - like bright aluminum 18. Shape unkno wn - po ssibly like meteo r 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n M /S 21. Exhaust trails So me o bjects teemed to have a silvery tail which might have been exhaust 22. W o atho r co nditio ns C A T O , wind! 33® to 3^®°» 15 M PH at surface increasing to 06 M PH at 20,000: Surface tesp: 72°; dew po int U 30 relative humidity ^ 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2b. Sko tchcs o r pho tographs No ne 25. M anner o f disappo aranco N/S 26. R emarks: (o ver) fifty t^fc shiny o bjects were seen mo ving at a speed faster than any kno wn aircraft o n an Easterly heading at an extrerely high altitude. T o r the no st part these o bjects traveled in a straight line altho so me o f them zig-zagged slightly. Ho so und was heard. So me o bjects seemed to have a silvery tail which might have been exhaust. T hese o bjects co uld no t have been weather ballo o ns as o nly o ne ballo o n was released by the M enphis W eather Bureau that day. NO T : W itnesses tho ught they had seen a meteo r; ho wever subsequent investigatio n seemed to preclude this po ssibility. See Supp II to T rip R epo rt to M emphis - V isit with D r. Paul Herget o f the O bservato ry o f C incinnati, O hio , in which D r. Herget expressed serio us do ubt that the 50 o r mo re o bjects o bserved 7 M ay U g in M em his were meteo rs. He, was, ho wever unable to o ffer any explanatio n as to a po ssible identificatio n . o f the o bjects. D r. Hynak o f O SU and D r. Lincoln LaPqz are to be co nsulted abo ut the po ssibility o f in±x these being a meteo r sho wer. W itness o f this incident were: M r. F. J. Kaiser, salesman 251 W . W aldo rf A ve., M eer his M rs T . J. Kaiser, ho usewife 251 W . W aldo rf A ve., M em his,T enn. r'c k-i rr; - ”'■: :rn? fly nn o w bc ts i. ?.t 28 M ar U 8 . ru I63O ho urs S 1 v» n Berlin Llcntenrade, Kirchb^chstrasse 2 \. .r. o f n! rv r D r O l®Bn#t In-id nA # 11g . -up* M n c nb rv r T o rmer guided missile expert at Exeinmetall Bo rsig . nr . . o f o b rv r Berl in Lichtenrade, Hrchbacnetraeee 2 7. Fl < ■ o f nbs. rv ticn A s abo ve F*. Hunter o f o bjects 1 ). D istance o f o bj ct fro m ebeo rwr LU * T ino in sight »/s 11. A lt itud e 1U kilo netcre 1?. 3[ .d rather fast 1. D ir ctl a f flight So uth to Berth Pi* T actics B/S 1‘ . J ird No so und repo rted 16. Sir. "white po int” 17. C o lo r W hite IB. 3hupo ®/S 1*7 . O do r do to eto d N/S A '. A pparent co nstructio n f/S 21. .-./haust trails No exaurt trail repo rted 2. W itho r co nditio ns clear ?3. 2ff ict o n clo uds M /S ?h. Sketch tn nr pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks 1 (o ver; D r O rmans, fo rmer G uided M issile expert at Sxeinmetall* Bo reig mentio ned, that he sign ted 1 white po int mo ving fro m So uth to So rth at an appro x height o f 1U kilo meters, speed undaterm aed, rather fast, no rpt o f so und, and no repo rt o f exhaust trail. W IT NESSES: D r and M rs. O rmans. So photographs available. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ato 20 Feb U g Incident# 119 2. T imo 0700 ho urs 5. Lo catio n A suncio n. Paraguay h. Name O f o bserver M rs. A gustina V argas de Paula 5. O ccupatio n o f o bso rvo r ®/® 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r resident o f A suncio n (so uthernert o f city) 7» Place o f o bservatio n A suncio n 8. Number o f o bjects 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r ®/S 10. T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude N/S 12. Spco d N/S IJ. D irectio n o f flight west to east lh. T actics N/S 15. So und N/S 16. Size N/S 17. * C o lo r N/S 18. Shape o val 19 . O do r do to o to d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n ®/$ 21. Exhaust trails highly co lo red wake 22. W eather co nditio ns ®/$ 23. Effect o n clo uds ®/$ 2L. Sketches o r pho to graphs ®o ne 25. M anner o f disappearano o N/S 26. R emarks: (o ver) -At approx 0700 hours 20 F eb 48 witness saw object of oval shape traveling thru space from west to east. Its form ended in a very thin tail of approxim ately 3 feet in length. The forward part was bulky com pared with the rear. The interior portion of the object gave off green, yellow and orange colors and it had a highly colored wake. Statem ents from a local newspaper "La Tribuna" which has interviewed several people claim ing to have seen the saucers. x OK C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S . 1< D ate 20 F eb US Incident # 119a j . 2 T imo 0700 5 Lo catio n Aregua - 10 m iles east of Asuncion Name o f o bserver "withheld" 5 6 O ccupatio n o f o bserver em ployee of Bank of Paraguay A ddress o f o bso rvo r Bank of Paraguay 7. Placo o f o bservatio n W « - $S®6M HJKin Aregua 8. Number o f o bjects 1 9 10 11. 12 D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N /S T imo in sight N /S A ltitude N /S Speed N /S D irectio n o f flight west to east 1U T actics 15. Sound 16 Size 17 C o lo r N /S N /S N /S N /S 18. Shape oval 19 . O do r detected N /S 20. 21. 22. 23. A pparent co nstructio n N /S Exhaust trails N /S W eather co nditio ns N /S Effect o n clo uds N /S 2L Sketches o r pho to graphs 25. 26 M anner o f disappearance R emarks: (over) V ® N/S H An em ployee of the Bank of Paraguay declared that in Aregua, 10 m iles east of Asuncion on 20 Jeb Ug at O JO O hours an object which he judged to be a m eteor crossed the sky from west to east. M any other people also saw this object. Its form was oval and it had various colors and all agreed that it was a m eteor. Later, inhabitants of "star" fall in one of the hills som e Cicervo Qua claim ed, to hare seen a distance to the east of Aregua C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. Dato 2 0 Feb h8 Incident/ 119b 2. T ime 0700 5. Lo cutio n Villa Hayes (10 alias HUE of Asuncion) U , Ho mo o f o bserver fa Rancher and laborers 5* O ccupatio n o f o bserver R ancher 6. A ddress o f o bserver in/he "Chaco" 7. Place o f o bservatio n Ranch house in neighborh od of Villa Hayes 8. Number o f o bjects 1 9 * D istance o f o bject fro m o bservo r H/S 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude 1,000 ft 12. Speed less than that of a plane 15. D irectio n o f flight west to east lh. T urtles ®/S 15. So und N/S 16. Site H/S 17- C o lo r N/S 18. Shape disc 19 . O do r detect id N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N /S - gave off an intense green color 22. W eather co nditio ns N/S 25. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2< \ . Sketches o r pho to graphs N one 25. Hanner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks 1 (^er) Perceived a disc giving off an intense green color. W itness reports that the object traveled from west to e.-st at a speed less than that of a plane and at an altitude of approx 1000 ft. Along its edges it gave off an aureola with the color green predom inant. c h ec k-list - ’T inaririED Firm o bjec ts 1. D u* N/S - aro nd 7 ?eb U g 2. T ina N/S 3. Lo tio n V ejle, D enmark h, '?nw o f o b^rver M /S 5. O ccupatio n o f cbs rv'r field labo rers 6, address o f o bserver N/S 7, flue o f o bo ratio n G adbjerg (ne r V ejle) 9 * Humber o f o bjects 1 9 , D istance o f o bject fro m o bs ever 200 meters altitude 1 . T imo in sicht ^X 3 seco nds 11. A ltitude 200 meters altitude 12, S^ id nigh speed 13. D irectio n o f flight 8E to NW lh» T urtles B/S 15, Sf ird N/S 16. Siso N/S 17. C o lo r shining If. Shape N/S 19 . C do r do to cto d N/S 20, apparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 2. W eather co nditio ns N/S 2J. Effo et o n clo uds N/S 2 . 3k >tch s o r pho to graphs No ne 25, M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks: (O wwr) Three 04* working in a fi- Id n Gadbjerg (ne r Vejle) Dea-Krk, h^ve ob erved . sfa n ^ object -tilth m oved t Igh speed or r the sky fro® aouthe at to northwest t about 200 m e ter g altitude. It 'em ined visible for three aaeoudn. HA CCM Jt ST: M o v* rifle tloa received of the above, Braluatl** P-6 1. D ata 9 J^uary W Ino ldont# 121 2, T ima 2330 3. Lo catio n C artersville, G eo rgia, 34° 10* N, 84° It9 ’ ^ 4. Hamo o f o bserver Hugh D uBo se 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Pilo t (ELL) 6, A ddress o f o bserver h/b 7* Placo o f o bservatio n A ir 0. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istunco o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10, T ino in sight N/S 11. A ltitude J000 feat 12. Speed 4o o mph 13. D iructio n o f flight 175° M 21. Exhaust trails None 14. T actics No ne 15. So und N/S 16. Size N/S x 17. C o lo r Light, sky-blue 18. Sho po C ircular, except fo r the to p quarter W alch was flat, po t- shaped 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparentco nstructio n N/S '2. W o atho r co nditio ns N/S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Effect o n clo uds ^/^ 24. Sketch is o r pho to graphs No ne 25. Hanner o f disappo eranco 10° belo w the ho rizo n 26. R amarks: W hen o bject cro ssed the pith o f the witness all that co uld be o bserved was an intense blue flame, in a shape circular except to r ^ r the to p quarter which wa flat, po t-s aped. Ihe witness states that the o bject definitely did no t have U te curved trajecto ry o f a wingless missile. Shartly after cro ssing his path, t io blue flame sputtered and turned immediately earthward, Ihe flame then died alto gether but no thing was seen hitting the gro und. W itness states that the flare was no t cf the lo ng trailing type, bub rather ave the impressio n that yo u ware lo o king do wn a lo ng exhaust stack at a sho rt but co ncentrated mass o f blue flame and further stated th t his co nnectio ns with R A E pilo ts in U gland during the war leads him no w to believe this o bject lo o ked the same as the w Biez Bo mbs” chased by t o se R A F pilo ts at night* A rthur Po rter, purser o n this flight 9 January hr , also saw the o bject, the flame o nly, but can give no further evidence fo r its identificatio n* M r. D uBo se stated o n A pril 29 that severity-five cattle had died o f an unkno wn disease o n the farm o f a •fr. G o rdy at Newnan, G eo rgia, and expressed co ncern o ver a po ssible co nnectio n between the unidentified o bject he repo rted and this unusual fatality among healthy cattle. Ho wever, the A tlanta O ffice o f re A nimal Industry D ivisio n, U .S, D epartment o f A gri­ culture, advises that this '’unkno wn” disease has persisted fo r o ver a year and o tlrer cases repeated elsewhere in the co untry fo r so ne time back. T here apparently remains no basis fo r co nnectio n between the o bject M r. D uBo se repo rts and the death o f seventy—fi”e cattle at Newnan, G eo rgia, C HEC K-LIST - V EID EiriFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. ■ 5 A pril! >\ lLJJ_LtJ’ 122 2. T ino h /S 5. Inc; tio n Ho llo man A ir Fo rce base h. Y um' o f o bserver r. O lso n % O ccupatio n < f o bserver T rained baloo n o bserver. G eo physics Lab Sectio n 6, A ddr-o s o f o bserver N/S 7, flo c- o f o bservation Fro m the gro und 8. Number o f o bjects Qne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bs rv r n/S 10. T imo in sight 50 seco nds 11. A ltitude V ery high 12. Speed Faster than any kno wn aircraft 13. D irectio n o f flight ll/S It. T actics Eratic - co mpleting a large lo o p after its do wnward descent, then so aring upward and disappearing suddenly 15. So und No ne l6. Size Large 17. C o lo r G rey—white 18. Shapo R o unded, indistinct fo rm 19 . O do r do to cto d p/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W aatho r co nditio ns C .A .V .U , 2J. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance! D isappeared suddenly 26. R emarks: T his was evidently the o ne o bject, o f two sighted by ano ther witness, that veered to the right and do wn. Its vaguely defined fo rm gave the appearance o f a large o bject at a great distance. T he statements o f o ther witnesses to this incident are co ntained in repo rts 112a and 112b. A ll /fitnesses agreed that the o bject was very high, mo ved faster than any k o wn aircraft, po ssessed a ro unded, indistinct fo rm, and disappeared suddenly rather than fading away in the distance. It was under o bservatio n 1/2 minutes o r slightly less. ±t was definitely no t a ballo o n, and apparently no t manned, judging fro m the vio lent maneuvers which were perfo rmed at a high rate o f speed. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ato 5 A pril 19 1115 lno ldo ntjll22 a 2. T ime A fterno o n 5. Lo catio n Ho llo man A ir Fo rce Base h. Nemo o f o bserver M r. Jo hnso n 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver T rained ballo o n o bserver. G eo physics ^ab Sectio n 6. A ddress o f o bserver N/S 7, Placo o f o bservation Fro m the gro und 0. Number o f o bjects ^e 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10. T imo in sight JO seco nds 11. A ltitude V ery high 12. Spco d T remendous 1J. D irectio n o f flight W est 11». T actics O bject mdde three vertic 1 lo o ps, upo n co mpletio n o f which it it disappeared in a large arc to the west 15. Sound None 16. Size C o nsidering the mo o n the size o f an o range, the o bject was the size o f a dime 17. C o lo r N/S 18. Shape Bo re so me resemblance to , but definitely no t, a ballo o n 19 . O do r do to cto d No ne 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W aatho r co nditio ns N/S 2J. Effect o n clo uds N/S a " * $ e^ 21, Sketcho s o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappo erance D isappeared suddenly 26. R emarks: Presumably M r. Jo hnso n saw the o bject that did no t veer to the right, (dee Incident #112 b) ^ stated that it was abso lutely silent o n the desert that afterno o n and that no audible no ise was heard fro m the o bject, Neither was any signal no r atmo spheric no ise heard o n the liO O m& ter receiver to which he was listening at the time. He further stated that the wind at high altitude that day was very calm being o nly 10 to 15 miles an ho ur fro m the west at 65,000 feet. T he statements o f o ther witnesses to this incident are co ntained in repo rts 112 and 112b. A ll witnesses agreed that the o bject was very high, mo ved faster than any kno wn aircraft, po ssessed a ro unded, indistinct fo rm, and disappeared suddenly rather than fading away in the distance. It was under o bservation 1/2 minutes o r slightly less. It was definitely no t a ballo o n, and apparently no t manned, judging fro m the vio lent maneuvers which were perfo rmed at a high rate o f speed. C HEC K-LIST - W IM T T IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S Inc id >rt 4 r D ato 5 A pril 19 U S ---------------- 122 b ' imo N/s lo cation Ho llo man A ir Fo rce Base Hum' o f o bso rvo rM r, C hance O ccupatio n o f cb^rv-rT rained ballo o n o server, G eo physics “ab Sectio n ^-idr ..s o f o bso rvo r H/S Fine o f o bservatio n Fro o the gro und Number o f o bjects T wo D i a tun co o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S T imo in sight 50 seco nds A ltitude V ery hi^i Sp ;d V ery high, faster than aiy kno wnaircraft D irectio n o f flight 1 straight up, 1 disappearo d in the west First o ne veered to -he right, started do wn and was lo st to view. T urtles Seo o d o ne made arc into the west at a terrific speed and disappear suddenly. So tted N/S Site n/s C o lo r G o lden hue Shape Had appearance o f a majo r’s insignia, that is, irregularly ro unded and slightly co ncave o n to p O do r do to cto d N/S apparent co nstructio n N/S Exhaust trails N/S W o atho r co nditio ns N/S ^ , ^^ Effect o n clo uds N/S Sketch is o r pho to graphs No ne M anner o f disappearance D isappeared suddenly R emarks: M r. C hance was the o nly o ne o f the three witnesses who saw two o bjects. W hen he first perceived then, they ere go ing straight up then o ne veered to the right, started do wi, and was lo st to view. D irecting his attentio n to the o ther o bject, M r. C hance saw it arc into the west at a terrific speed and disappear suddenly. **r. C hance described the o bject as being o f a go lden hue, rather indistinct in o utline and po ssessing so mewhat the appearance o f a majo r’s insignia, that is, irregularly ro unded and slightly co ncave o n to p. T he statements o f trier witnesses to this incident are co ntained in repo rts 112 and 112a. A l witness s agreed that the o bject was very high, mo ved faster t han any kno wn ircraft, po ssessed a ro unded, indistinct fo rm, and disappeared suddenly ratter than fading away in the distance. It was under o bservatio n 1/2 minutes o r slightly less. It was definitely no t a ballo o n, and apparently no t manned, judging fro m the vio lent maneuvers which were perfo rmed at a hi $i rate o f speed. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S i. D ato 11 A pril 1$^ 1£222±U 1J3 2. T imo 2530 3. Lo catio n lies no ^t:-, pf A lto n, Illino is h. Hamo o f o bserver O o i ,. £. Siegrnmd 5. O ccupatio n o f o bso rvo r Po r-ar O o ~r. L-nt o f t • A ir He st Kearns, U ni snd st present sales .inn. ger fo r /feestem C artridge, C o ., A ito r. 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r R -e stem C crtni,’ge,C o., A lto n* 111. 7. Place o f o bservation T iles . o rt.. o f A lto n, Ill - ^rcund 8. Humber o f o bjects 1 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver 1/3 10. T imo in sight 1/3 11. A ltitude* /3 12. Speed *1° 13. D irectio n o f flight N/o lh. T actics ’’flapped its wings" 15. ‘ So urd L/o 16. Size "bi,,er then an axmlan* " 17. C o lo r N/S 18. Shape R esembled, a mje fo wl and net a t , .e o f airc'wft 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n 1/3 21. Exhaust trails 1/3 22. W o atho r co nditio ns 1/3 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs 25. M anner o f disappearance 26. R emarks: C o l Sie^tinG . No ne N/S said he o bse - - ^- _ . v*vu-i,\4J.C C V ^UljUX- :3 . O f ^t/.n,IH o ver) s ^ j1v_ . ..d v. ? c 1 n’t * ..% fl-; i\ -i mIl 9 o ut ne ■.•;.£ rure *t ' -. I ■ r fait . ' ‘ 0* . - ' . 1 ■ . . ‘ ( C al* : , . . . . , . It too 1 ncr< lbLe. : A child.* «■» f T ri res, -,_c 12, f.- ^ •- -. . • ' . barb ■ Olen Ir* .-.>., some 3 .r-1-. .r. T ic B-Lvi ”e ye >rt ent 1 a Ho l rt Pricf end V f^l B. o b & f e\ -t^ the Li'''’ w»e whl£ er then ci " . . . • •■-.•,„, R “LiL*“I IT '; I fill to T o l o ie^ ?nd v s never quest! ned but so me ear* o f io vert! ;• tl^n o bvi isly f-io uld be -^’e in lieu O f the fact that he was o r.ee c . the e . t K-. tef. C HEC K-LIST - IT ID E? 7II'JED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. . . V A pril 19 1,8 S-asM 12b 2. T iru 1500 G O T J. In ci-tio n iJo rth A tlantic, 62°00’N 3J°00’W Nanu o f o bserver N/S 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver leather statio n patro l 6. A ddress o f o bserver First C o ast G uard D istrict 7. riaci o f o bservatio n A ir 8, Number o f o bjects M ne 7. D istunco o f o bject fro m o bserver 6500 yards - 18000 yards 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude N/S 12. Spco d 30 mph 13. D irectio n o f flight N/S lh. T actics N/S 15. So und N/S 16. Size N/S 17. C o lo r n/S 18. Shape H/S 19 . O do r do to cto d N/g 20. A pparent co nstructio n y/g 21. Exhaust trails fj/S 22. W o atho r co nditio ns C .A .V.U . 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs ho ne 25. ‘ M anner o f disappearance T arget strength was S3 fading at 18,000 yards 26. R emarks: T his incident is the result o f a radar sighting. C o py is also filed in radar sighting file. T his target was co ntacted o n the air search radar at l$00 G C T o n IE A pril £18 ■T he first co ntact was made at 6r00 yards and was tracked to 18,000 yards giving a velo city o f appro ximately JO n.p.h. T he area in w ich the target wa co ntacted was tho ro ughly search visually and there were no clo uds no r weather fro nts in said area. T here were no target indicatio ns o n the surface radar. T he target strength was SJ fading at 18,000 yards. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1* D ate 2 M ay 19 4S 2. T ima Night 3. Lo catio n St. ^o uis, M isso uri, hD °D O ‘N 9 O °15’W 4. Hamo o f o bserver N/S 5. O ccupatio n o f o bso rvo r N/S 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r N/S 7. Placo o f o bservatio n G ro und 8. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N/S 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude N/S 12. Spco d N/S 13. D irectio n o f flight N/S lb. T actics N/S I?. So und N/S 16. Size N/S 17. C o lo r Pho spho rescent after dark 18. Shape Bird 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W o atho r co nditio ns N/S 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks: Se . Incident #123 C HEC K-LIST - W ID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D u to 50 A pril W tnelo o ntj 126 2. T imo 1015 3. Lo catio n A naco stia, Naval -dr Statio n, 38°52,N, 77°O O 'H ' /j. Farm o f o bserver M arcus L.Lo we 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Lt C o mmander, U S Navy 6. .iddr ;s o f o bserver N/S 7. Place o f o bservation “ir 8. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 * D istance o f o bj< ct fro m o bserver O ne mile 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitude 245O O feet 12, Speed 100 m,p,h, 13. D irectio n o f flight 360° N It. T actics N/S 15. So und N/S 16. Size 25 - U O ft diameter 17. Color Y ello w (light co lo red) 18. Shape Sphere 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. apparent co nstructio n M /S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W eather co nditio ns N/S 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S ' " a i 2h, Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance T /S 26, R emarks: T he o bject appeared to the pilo t to be a yello w (o r light co lored) ballo o n, and attracted attentio n principally because o f its flight path, ^o external fittings o r attachments were o bserved o n the o bject. T he speed o f the o bject was estimated at abo ut 100 m.p.h. T he flight o f tiie o bject as in appro ximately a so uth to no rth directio n, despite upper winds fro m no rth no rthwest, and apparently fo llo wed a co n­ stant altitude. Pilo t did no t pursue o bject further because it was entering the pro hibited flying area, L1.^. C apito l, W hite Ho use A rea. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S i + o „ 0 Incident # 1271. D u to 7 M ay 19 u8 -"' 2. T imo N/S 3. Lo catio n Lake D o iran, alo ng the Y ugo slav-Greek fro ntier b. Name o f o bserver N/S 5. O ccupatio n o f o bso rvo r N/S 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r N/S 7. Place o f o bservatio n G ro und 0. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10, T imo in sight N/S 11. A ltitudo JO O O feet 12. Speed m/S 13. D irectio n o f flight 150° lb. T actics N/S 15. So und Like artillery- shell (shrill whined 16. Size k/S 17. C o lo r N/S 18. Shape Flying disc 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. W eather co nditio ns N/S 23. Effect o n clo uds n/S 2b. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappo aranco N/S 26. R emarks: A press dispatch quo ted residents o f the Lake D o iran area alo ng the Jugo slav-G reek fro ntier as sailing‘they saw a "flying disc". It was described as speeding so thward fro m Y ugo slavia at a height o f abo ut 3,000 feet, making a no ise Like an artillery shell. crFG K-l I v. - "T INEi'T IrlED FLY ING O BJEC T S I. n.r, ft :tev 19 ^8 -n^1J^ 128 • . .tn । Light 3, ■ t inn(Ho o so n) iddlepo rt, 0 io , JO 0 00* N, 82° o j* W 'i. "^r o f’ o bserver Ben ilipe . ccupM io n o f "b'. rv r New Y o rk C entral o ystem C ar Inspecto r /, 4. idr ,:; o f o bc> rv r N/S 7. H'-c o f o bs ratio n G ro und . Hunt, r o f o bjects N/S ). D istance o f o bject fro m o bs' rvnr b/S IC . T imo in sisht N/S 11. A ltitude 6 — 8 'niles 12. Sp> o d G reat amo unt o f speed 1>. D irictio n o f flirht 9 0° 1’t. T actics f/S I1 . So urd f/S 16. Size 9 " diameter - rem gro und level 17. T rio r Pho spho rescent 18. G ho po Ho und 19 - O do r d 'to cto d i/C 20. apparent co nstructio n N/3 21. Exhaust trails Pho spho rescent trail in sky 2. .A utho r co nditio ns f/S 23. Effect o n clo uds L/S a 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs ho ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks: T he abo ve co vers sitting o f same o bjects by Sari R o ush, New Y o rk C entral system C ar Inspecto r; Bo b fhite, New Y o rk C entral xard C lerkj and C . K. “ite, *ew io rk central *atro Lnan* Patro lman Hite stated in additio n that his attentio n was called to these o bjects by C ar xnsr ecto r en R upe. U po n o serving the sky Hite saw disc-shaped o bjects traveling fro m west to east in successio n in the same path at abo ut two -minute intervals. I.o . and en o ne wo uld "ho o k back apparently in the same path vnence it had co me." O ccasio nally o ne seemed to burst and disintegrate. Fo r a resemblance, Hita said "3a.e a large elo ck face, co ver it wit! radium, and sail it thro ugh the air." 1 C HEC K-LIST - U KID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S D ato JI M ay 19 48 Incident# 129 2. T imo 1320 3. Lo catio n W ilmingto n, No rth C aro lina, 34° 14* N, 77° 57’ ^ 4. Hamo o f o bserver “rs. H, D , A lspach 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver N/S 6, A ddress o f o bserver 709 So uth 6th 7. Placo o f o bservatio n G ro und 8. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N/S 10, T imo in sightN/S 11, A ltitude A wfully high 12, Speed Fast IJ. D irectio n o f flight 9 0° 14* T actics No ne 15* So und N/S 16. Size A s large as an arm, and abo ut 5 feet lo ng 17. C o lo r n/S IB. Shape ^lo ng 19 . O der detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails Emitted smo ke 22. W eather co nditio ns n/S 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 9 ’ '^ 24 * Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance n/S 26, R emarks: M ysterio us sky o bject was sighted by Ltrs. A lspach, her sister W s. C o lvin, and M ’s. H.D . Hufhazn. It came at first at a fast speed fro m the directio n o f Bluethenthal Field at 1:20 p.m., o ver the C ape Fear R iver, then veered at a Io n speed back to wards rightsville, a little to the west. T he lo cal o ffice o f the C ivil aero nautics administratio n discredited a suppo sition by Bluethenthal Field’s statio n manager danes Ho lo ho n, that o bject co uld have been a F-C O plane in flight. T he C A A said there was no such plane in trie sky there at' the time. i C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY IM G O BJEC T S • n Inc id ent 4 1JO1. D ate 17th ‘ay 19 ^ ---------------- 2* T ima j‘ight 3. lo catio n Between Plevna and M iles C ity, o ntana h. Hamo o f o bserver W , A . Bo nneville 5. O ccupatio n o f o b^o rvar T errito ry mgr., B, F. G o o drich C o mpany 6* A ddress o f o bserver 1*15 7. R o sser A ve., Bismark, N. D . 7. Plac o f o bservatio n G ro und, R o ute ;/212, -est o f Plevna, traveling west 8. Number o f o bjects O ne 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver A t .clo sest po int, appro x. 2500 feet 10, T imo in sight So me twenty minutes 11. A ltitude n/S 12. Spco d T wice the speed o f the No rthwest A irlines planes 13- D irectio n o f flight V est, slightly so uth, then west lb. T actics Perfo rmed arc 15. So und ho ne 16. Size Fairly large co mpared with an aircraft 17. C o lo r Shite - (might have had slight bluish-white tinge) 18. Shape Ball 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S - but apparently meteo r-like 21. Exhaust trails A lo ng bright light sho o ting fro m under it 22. W eather co nditi o ns ^o o nlight, nut cloudy 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne - *’ap fo rwarded sho wing lo cation o f o bject 25. M anner o f disappearance Flew in a dark clo ud bank 26. R emarks: See Supplement T ae B. ?, G o o drich C o mpan; 1653 Hennepin A venue ^ M inneapo lis, M inneso ta 415 W . R o sser A venue V L £ J O f Bismarck, N. D ako ta June IS, 19 4g C o l < •• R . C lingerman U , o . A rmy A ir Fo rces W right Field D ayto n, O hio R efer - M C IA X O -J D ear Sir: - In reply to yo ur Letter o f June 15th in vhich there are several questio ns which yo u desire answ red to the best o f my ability - with reference to the o bject which I saw flying thro ugh the air between Plevna a rd M iles C ity M o ntana o n the ni^it o f M ay 17th, J- will answer them and give yo u a graphic descriptio n again with a little mo re elabo ratio n than my previo us letter - if that is po ssible. Questio n: - D id the entire o bject appear to be glo wing, o r did it give the effect o f carrying lights. A nswer: T his tiling seemed to be a ball o f bri^it white light - and I co uld no t make o ut if it was being carriedor just what made it go - ho wever, it did disturb me quite a little because after sto pping to view it at the Po wder R iver Bridge I co uld no t hear mo tors humming such as an aircraft in these parts might have, and I therefo re tried to find o ut just what it was by the use o f my field glasses. (b) Questio n: - A n estimate o f the size o f the o bject in co mpariso n with so me o ther kno wn o bject. A nswer - the size o f the light which was very brilliant wo uld indicate that it was fairly large co mpared with aircraft - and I wo uld say that this exceedingly bright light which was o ne light and no t several was as bright as the headlight o n a lo co mo tive, o nly abo ut three times that bright and witho ut directio n. By this I mean that this li^ht simply glo wed very bright and was no t a directed light. (c) Que tio n: - A n estimate o f the speed o f the o bject in co mpariso n with W e jet type o r co nventio nal aircraft. A nswer: T his o bject flew at abo ut twice the speed o f any aircraft that No rthwest A irlines planes fly - because it wo uld appear co ming thro where I was traveling west o n Highway #212 o r #12 as we call it o ut here appearing o nly faintly first and then gro wing larger as it appro ached o ver the hills no rth o f the highway - until it seemed to hang tliere o ff in the no rthwest o f me bristly and then wo uld turn so uth to ward the highway W here it became real bright and then wo uld start back V est again and fly o ut o f sight. T his t ing did this several times - which actually go t ny go at - if I may put it that way. (d) Questio n: D id the o bject appear to be circling at rando m o r didit fo llo w a definite flight pattern. A nswer: A s ^ have explained befo re - the o bject appeared hirst when the M eat - then turning slightly So uth and turning in a big swing and taen heading W est again - flying o ut o f sight into the dark black clo ud bank o ut o f sight - then reappearing, and it did this several tines. (e) questio ns - Is it po ssible that its disappearance into a "heavy clo ud bank" ai^it have been caused by clo uds o bscuring reflected mo o nlight fro m a hig ly po lished surface. A nswers - No - I have seen aircraft many times o n mo o nlight nights - but this was no t anything like that - this thing glo wed brightly white light such as any real white brilliant light might. T he mo o n was no t brigst eno ugh to reflect po lished ll^it unless the craft might have been So uth o f me in the direct li^it o f the mo o n - which sho wed (the mo o n) fro m time to time thro ugh the clo uds. T his o bjedt was in theblack sectio n o f the sky o ver to the No rth o f me .nd slightly west, and was a steady o nco ming light gro wing brighter as it came, and had the appearance o f so mething carrying this light in the air- but witho ut so und, and it certainly was clo se eno ugh to me to have heard mo to rs. I tho ught it might have been so me kind o f a Jet aircraft that I perhaps had nevr seen - because we as civilians kno w very little as to w ’ at might be gbing o n in defense o r experimental mechanics ho wever * 'felt it my duty to repo rt the thing reg rdless as to what it night have been. T his was so mewhat difficult fo r me to do because o f the crackpo t sto ries making the ro unds in setae sectio ns abo ut flying naucers etc., t ut f o r the life o f me this had all the ear marks o f just that kind o f a deal. I have traveled this ro ad abo ut which I have relented this sitting many many times and at night W inter and summer - and have n ver befo re in my life seen anything like this - so naturally 1 was so mewhat alarmed abo ut it, and have steadfastly kept the who le tiling to m- self. I will certainly be o n the lo o ko ut fo r the daimed thing the next trip I make throu-gh this sane area which is generally after dark - because mo st o f the time I wo rk fro m Lemmo n So uth D ako ta o r Hettinger No rth D ako ta alo ng this highway to M iles C ity which is abo ut o ne days wo rk ith ay D ealers. In times like these 1 feel as befo re stated anything o f this nature which we are no t familiar with we are duty bo und to repo rt to o ur D efence Fo rces who may be better equipped to understand the unfamiliar than we are. Y o urs very truly, X .A . BO I .'NEVILLE - T errito ry M gr fo r the B. 1. G o o drich C o mpany X A B x £ ^ T HE B. F. G O O D R IC H C O LG A NY M inneapo lis J, M inneso ta 415 »< est R o sser A ve Bismark, N. D . 5-23-4S U nited States A rmy - Intelligence D iv. W ashingto n, D . c. G entlemen: - O n the night o f M ay 17 th at abo ut 11 = 30 PM driving fro m Baker, M o ntana to M iles C ity M o ntana o n U .S. highway //12 just W est o f Plevna, M o ntana befo re getting to the hills I no ticed a very bright o bjedt in the sky to the No rth­ west. T he sky was o vercast in the W est but to the So uth the mo o n co uld be seen at times - with a bro ken sky. Having traveled this sane ro ute fo r many years - abo ut 15, I am pretty well used to o pen prairie ro ad at night and can tell a star fro m an unusual o bject when I see it. No rthwest A irlines travel a W estern ro ute just No rth o f this ro ute also , but I sto pped at the Po wder R iver Bridge where the ro ad dips co n­ siderably do wn fro m a high ridge - cut o ff my car mo to r and watched this o bject as it sailed aro und in the sky - which rt times clo se and o thers seemed to speed away into the heavy clo ud bank to the ’.V est and then later reappearing, at a very bright white light at what I wo uld judge abo ut no t mo re than several miles away o r clo ser. I carry a pair o f field glasses with me, and after sto pping the car engine watched this thing thro ugh my glasses, which seemed to appear as a small o bject with a lo ng very bright light sho o ting fro m the under part o f it. Because o f the speed o f the o bject and the darkness it was very difficult to make o ut what it might be, but I am sure that if I had had a mo re po werful glass I might have made it o ut. I am perfectly sincere and do no t drink so the fo rego ing is abso lutely the truth, uith so me o f this newspaper funabo ut flying saucers etc, this had all o f the appearance o f just that- and in sto pping the car if this had been an aero plane I wo uld certainly have been able to hear the mo tors. I sto pped at a service statio n just befo re getting to the Po wder R iver Bridge but they had all go ne to bed so did no t have anyo ne alo ng with me to witness the o bject as it flew thro ugh the air. It stayed aro und this area fo r abo ut 20 minutes and then flew o ff thro ugh the heavy clo ud bank to the W est. I am enclo sing a map sho wing the lo catio n o f the fo rego ing. lo urs very truly, T he B. F. G o o drich C o mpany /s/ W m. Bo nneville . T errito ry M anager COPY * Pro bably true C HEC K-LU T - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ate ^ ^^ ^^ 2. T ime 3. Lo catio n Belleville, Illino is 4. Name o f o bserver ^ ^^ 1,111 *• Hull 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver Pilo t, G un rviro r o f Flying T i n^ uco tt -j 3? re 6. A ddress o f o bserver o crtt ne 16. Size disc o r eight Irenes in dlnatter 17. C o lo r -i; 1 to li^ht 18. Shape A n ro x ro und 19 . O do r detected - 20. A pparent co nstructio n *7^ 21. Exhaust trails No na 22. leather co nditio ns C o wlete o v-rcaet at < ,000 ft 23. Effect o n clo uds *73 24. Sketches o r pho to graphs ' >‘£ ‘ ' T > ' .^ W * f 2b. M anner o f disappearance -73 26. remarks So aircraft flyii^j in the vicinity o f uco tt -w Bnre nt the tlae light *ite; - *•/r, i.ce: K/5 wa righted ^^ Inc V in 2. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 •25 26 C HEC K-LILT - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S D ate T ime Lo catio n Name o f o bserver ^ June 19 U » Belleville, Illino is M ajo r £url J. Harringto n O ccupatio n o f o bserver A ddress o f o bserver Place o f o bservatio n Number o f o bjects D istance o f o bject T ime in sight A lti tude Speed Sco tt A F Bare, Belleville, Ill Belleville, 1’1. (b G ro und (?) fro m o bserver D irectio n o f flight T actics So und Size C o lo r Shape O do r detected A pparent co nstructio n Exhaust trails W eather co nditio ns Effect o n clo uds U ndetermined but belo w 6,^00 ft tapro x 500 -’Hi so uth end o f Sco tt -^ Bo re zigzag co urse Sketches o r pho to graphs M anner o f disappearance* R emarks no ne Six o r eight incher in diameter 4hite light A jnro x ro und S/3 N/S No n? C o mplete o vererrt nt 6, -^ ft N/S No n? 4 * N/S No airerft flying in the vicinity o f Sco tt F Br«e at the time light was sighted. IKCXDaar 132 V T WnXwtion .-3 ,. 2 ih™ C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S "-7477 •K 4’1? 1. D ate X ? D ec 1347 2. T ime ?X 5 & 5. Lo catio n O aX o . Lo ro y 4. Name o f o bserver ^u^hter to X X Ktd 4. R asM ieeen, C o l -X 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver • j 6. A ddress o f o bserver SnmC fi# X i, O slo , Lo rwcy 7. Place o f o bservatio n O slo , U o ro sy (^ro uad) 8. Number o f o bjects 1 5. D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver /3 10. T ine in sight -Bet een two part three seco nds 11. A ltitude 3/3 G ®-,p».rmtX y traveling fairly do re to gro und o r wo uld be visible to mo re neo -le) 12. Speed So t quite a? fast as n meteo r 20. A pparent co nstructio n M eteo r-1 i'< e 13. D i recti o n o f flight SiL3J« to • - -*-(?) 14. T actics Perfo rmed rrc o f circle, curv' ture-vC T y grert 15. •So und K-ne IC . Size *7 3 17. C o lo r U vaiftA ue •idte ■ ith green! 41-yello w tfil 18. Shape »/3 19 . O do r detected So ne 21. Exhaust trails 22. leather co nditio ns 23. 24. 25. Effect o n clo uds Sketches o r pho to graphs banner o f disappearance Jr^enish-yellow trail M o fo g, rky cIp r and *t’r-llt none none v v Tree'* obscured vision ' 26. ’emurks; O ffice esrlo yee repo rt? mnsunl no . o f falling 1 ht o f 11 ^c. O b-erv-to rz h- * no reco rd o f incident. rt rs OBJECTS 1. D ate 20 - 26 Feb U 8 2, T ime U sually aro und. 2130 ho urs 3. Lo catio n N/S (No rway D enmark & Sweden) INCIDENT 133 , 4. Name o f o bserver N/S 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver N/S 6. A ddress o f o bserver N/S 7. Place o f o bservatio n N/S 8. Number o f o bjects N/S 9 , D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10. T ime in sight N/S 11. A ltitude Fro m tree-to o level to 20,000 f 12. Speed o ne to two miles ner seco nd 13. D irectio n o f flight C o me fro m directio n o f Peenemunde 14. T actics N/S 15, . So und N/S 16. Size N/S 17. C o lo r . (green tail) 18. Shape N/S 19 . O do r detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/o (^■iXJJftXXll 21. Exhaust trails green 22. W eather co nditio ns N/S 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 24. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks T he trend o f these o bjects to ao near at213O ho urs , , might be significant. -. ~ C HEC KLIST U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S t 1. 2, 8 9 10 n 12 1U . 15. 16. Incident # K3^ D ate o f Incident 28 M ay I9 U 8 T ime o f Incident 1500 ho urs (Eastern D aylight Saving T ime) Place o f o bservatio n 6 miles due east o f M o nro e, M ichigan fro m air while passenger in a C -U 7 plane Name o f o bserver 1st Lt A lexander Ko ko lo nis O ccupatio n o f o bserver A ddress o f o bserver ‘ 1st Lt U SA FR C o rps o f Engineers, Security O fficer 838 Eng. A viatio n Bn, C o . B. O sco da A F Base, M ichigan Number o f o bjects o bserved. D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver 5 o bjects; 3 st first; 2 later • 2 miles to left o f their plane T ime in sight 10 to 15 seco nds A ltitude D irectio n T actics Lights So und Size C o lo r 7500 to 8,000 ft well o ver 500 M PH o f flight So uthwest executed abrupt turns, flew in line IS. Shape N/S N/S 300 to 1400 ft - abo ut bright silvery go lden disc shape with well o f stern stepped, up the seme size o f hue ro unded co nto urs lake freighters o n Lake Erie - all had. haxy o r fuzzy o utline 19 . 20. O do r detected N/S A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21 Exhaust trails no exhaust o r trail 22. W eather co nditio ns Effect o n clo uds high o verc st at o f any kind 18,000 ft and a lo w thin stratus layer very bro ken at 2,000; lateral V isibility: 10 - 15 miles 2b, 25. 26 Sketches o r pho to graphs M anner o f disepp.. • rmcc R emarks: (o ver) drawing N/S O' V C HEC K-LIST • U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1a^Ii1l1\ I l} 4a 1. D ate 28 M ay 19 48 2. T ime 1500 ho urs (Eastern D aylight Saving T ime) 3. Lo catio n W A & nd., M t. C lemens, M ich f/ttao D ill Fid Po sitio n* 6 miles due east o f M o nro e, M ichigan 4. Name o f o bserver M /%t Ernest C hvie, Jr. (co lo red) 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver M /Sgt 6. A ddress o f o bserver Selfridge Field 7. Place o f o bservatio n 6 miles due east o f M o nro e, M ichigan 8. Number o f o bjects 2 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver 25 to JO miles to ux left 10. T ime in sight JO seco nds 11. A ltitude appro x 8,000 ft 12. Speed KM M M K®8S O ver 1*00 miles per ho ur 13. D irectio n o f flight So uth W est fro m J5° at 8:00 o 'clo ck po sitio n 14. T actics Pursued straight co urse 15. So und n/s 16. Size A ppeared to be fo ur feet in diameter 17. C o lo r Shiny brass 18. Shape ro und 19 . O do r detected N/S 20, A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. 23. 24. 25. W eather co nditio ns C lear, high o vercast at 18,000 ft; thin stratus layer bro ken at Effect o n clo uds 4-0^0 15 miles N/S 8,000 ft, lateral visibility; Sketches o r pho tographs Sketch M anner o f disappearance N/s 26. Femarks D iscrepancy as to po sitio n o f 2nd o bject in gro up 2 as sighted by Lt X o ko lo mis (Inc Ijh) W itness perceived o nly to p-side of o bject. O bjects seen flying o ver wo o ded sectio n HEA D ^IA R T ER S 28th Bo mbardment W ing (V H) O ffice o f the Intelligence O fficer . R ax id C ity A ir Fo rce Base W eaver, So uth D ako ta 26 BG S 2350.09 1 July 19 U S SU BJEC T : R epo rt o f Flying D iscs T O : C o mmanding G eneral . A i”.Eat riel C o mmand W right Patterso n A ir Fo rce Base D ayto n, O hio A T T N: PR O J. SIG N 1. In co m; li nee with paragraph J, R egulatio n No . U 5-5, Headquarters Strategic A ir C o mmand, A ndrews A ir Fo rce Base, W ashingto n 20, D . C ., dated 19 February 19 ^8, the fo llo wing info rmatio n is submitted fo r yo ur info rmatio n and guidance. • a. Flying D i cs sighted o ver R a id C ity A ir Fo rce Base, W eaver, So uth D ako ta at 2170 M ST between 15th and 20th o f A ug 1^7 * • b. Sky - clear; no deads, stars visible; visibility JO *; wind - calm. c. Name, o ccupatio n and address o f witness: M ajo r Elmer H. Hammer, Jr. A b-htO l^ Intelligence O fficer.* . 28 th Bo mbardment G ro up (V H) R i id C ity A ir Fo rce Base W eaver, So uth D ako ta d. No pho to graphs available e. See Inclo sure Number 1 f. O bject sighted: Flying D iscs (1) Number: T welve (12), (A ppro ximate) ' (2) Snape: O val shaped (j) Size: L ngtn: O ne hundred plus (100*) feet (estimate) (U ) C o lo r: Y ello wish-white, brilliant (5) Speed: Five hundred plus (50O *) M PH. Incident 135 (6) Heading: A ppro ached the base fro m the NW o n a SE heading at 8 to 10,000 feet altitude; when at 5 . - • to 6,000 feet and a mile o r so W est o f the field, a turn to the right was made (by the entire fo rma , tio n) in a wide arc, and while turning began a climb at a JO ® to W ° angle, accelerating very . fast. D isappeared o n a SW heading. (7) M aneuverability: V ery maneuverable; held a tight fo rm, tio n (all equally spaced) and remained so during all maneuvers. (8) A ltitude: T en tho usand (10,000) feet when first seen; descended to appro ximately six tho usand (6,000) feet near the* field. (9 ) So und: No so und whatso ever. (T he night was very still and no aircraft engines were rur.nirg o r o ther no ises to distract). (10) Exhaust trail: No exhaust trail - unkno wn means o f pro pulsio n. g. T here is no do ubt as to the existance o f these sightings, but there is little substantiating evidence inasmuch as no o ther witnesses are kno wn and no pictures co uld be taken. T he o bjects sighted were visible o nly fo r appro ximately o ne (1) minute. T heir fo rm remained the same thro ughout, the time o bserved. FO R T HE C O M M A ND ING O FFIC ER :. 1 Incl. 1. D iagram o f size and fo rmatio n ELM ER H. HA M M ER , JR . M ajo r, U SA F Intelligence O fficer tent Summary sheet Incident No . 1. D ate and T ime o f O bservatio n: JO June 19U® at 211*0 2. W here Sighted: South Knoxville, Tennessee J. O bserver’s Po sitio n: (i. e,, gro und, air, co ntro l to wer, etc.) 4. Name and A ddress o f O bserver: Lars. W hitehouse, South Knoxville, Tena. 5. O ccupatio n and/o r ho bbies: wife of M ajor uarrey J. W hitehouse Com m anding O fficer, ASU, 3319 Tennessee 6. A ttentio n A ttracted by: 7. Number o f O bject(s) Seen: X 8. Size o f O bject(s): n/S 9 . C o lo r o f O bject(s): orange 10. Shape (Sketch if Po ssible) Ball 11. Nature o f Lumino sity: (directed beam o f light?) 12. A ltitude o f O bject: 30,000 ft (estimated) 13. Estimated D istance o f O bject fro m O bserver: N /S 14. Estimated Speed o f O bject: 1,000 M F H 15. T ime in Sight: 5 M inutes (according to M rs W hitehouse) - 3 seconds (according to O RC instructors) 16. T actics: 17. So und M ade by O bject(s): N /S 18. D irectio n o f Plight o f O bject(s) W est 19 * A pparent C o nstructio n: "fire* 20. Effect o n C lo uds: n/S 21. Exhaust T rail '.C o lo r o f): ^stream er of bluish color trailing*1 22. M anner o f D isappearance: ov r horizon 23. W eather C o nditio ns at T ime o f Sighting: N /S 24. Peculiarities No ted: 25. Summary o f Incident: (See attached page) C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ate 50 Jure 19 h0 l^ba 2. T ime 21h0 3. Lo cutio n S. Kno xville, T enn 4, Name o f o bserver Nr T ryus W . Setliff 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver n/s C . A ddress o f o bserver O akridge, T ennessee 7. Place o f o bservatio n Kno xville, T enn 8. Number o f o bj'ects 1 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10. T ime in sight 5 seco nds 11. A ltitude I^«'QiJU if*iM »< X 6i5* 50,000 ft 12. Speed 1,000 M PH 13. D irectio n o f flight W esterly 14, T actics n/s 15. So und n/s 16. Size N/S 17. C o lo r O range C o lo r IB. Shape Ball 19 . O do r detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n Fire 21. Exhaust trails Bluish C o lo r 22. W eather co nditio ns N/s 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 24. Sketches o r pho to graphs Nene 25. .7 an ne r o f disappearance O ver ho rizo n to W est . 1 A x 26. R emarks 4 a C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S . Incident ft 7-171. D ato y j,n U g --------------- J’f 2. T ino 2114 and 2115 3. Lo cutio n Chapel Bill, I. C. h. Hamo o f o bserver Jarsee Karen, Lt., U. S. N aval Reserve 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver M athem atics Instructor 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r University of N orth Carolina 7. Place o f o bservatio n C hanel Hil , N. C . 8. M unbo r o f o bjects three (3) 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N /S 10. T imo in sight Apr oxi m at sly one (1) m inute 11. A ltitude K^tnem e 12. Spco d H'gh IJ. D iro ctio n o f flight Tost N orthreet ill. T actics N /S 15. So und Jet 16. Sizo N /S 17. C o lor N /S 18. Shape N/S 19 . O do r do to o to d K/8 20. A pparent co nstructio n N /S 21. Exhaust trails N ot Visible 22. W o atho r co nditio ns Clear 23. Effect o n clo uds ®/® 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs N one 25. M anner o f disappearance ®/® C HEC K-LIST - U HID BBT IFIBD FLY IW O BJEC T S 1. D ato 7 Jul U S IneHartJ l37a 2. T ime 2114 and 211* 3. Lo cutio n C hapel Hill, N. C . 4, Hamo o f o bserver H. W . D aniels 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver C apt., Infantry, R eserve 6. A ddress o f o bserver Bo x 188, C hanel Hill 7. Place o f o bservatio n C hapel Hill, N. C . 8. Number o f o bjects three (} ) 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N/S 10. T imo in sinht A ppro ximately o ne (1) minute 11. A ltitude Extreme 12. Speed High 13. D irectio n o f flight East No rtheast lh. T actics N/S 15. So urd J®t 16. Size jj/s 17. C o lo r n/S 18. Shape n/S 19 . O do r detected n/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n jj/S 21. Exhaust trails No t V isible 22. W eather co nditio ns dear 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance n/S 26. R emarks: f * "A r f"' V ’: \ f' '* 4 i '7 C HEC K-LIST - LT ID EIT T IrlED FLY ING O BJEC T S D ato ’ Jul ^ Incii mt ^1} E 2. T imo 0920 J. Lo citicn C o lu?i'u^, hlo h* Hamo o f o bserver V ys, hllda ZU tek 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver E :u5«wlf# 6, A ldrcss o f o bserver 2579 A vilo n A ve. Columbus, 0 7, Place o f o bservation G ro und B, Number o f o bjects t’/O (2) 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver K/S 10. T ino in sight feur (4) m inute® A ltitude Jv.cg*d to be around J000 feet 12. Spco d C o uld net be estim ated around 13. D irectio n o f flight first beaded N X them N orth 1 :. T actics Bo bbed up aad do wn 15. Sound BgoB 16. Size Kith binocular# (type M -J, 6 x JO ) about J 1/2* in length by l" in diam eter 17- C o lo r silver 18. Shape Like a ci^nr or torpedo 19 . O do r do to cto d jj/y 20. A pparent co nstructio n M etallic 21, Exhaust trails go ne 22. W eather co nditio ns Clear, eunllght, BO clouds 23. Effect o n clo uds N ene (There were none) 2t. Sketches o r pho tographs Bone 25* M anner o f disappearance ’"ruled, awey 26 R emarks: N r*. Zlttek sail that th* object* looked Ilk* • nothing going through air current*. They had a blunt none and toe tall wa* obscured. At flr«t they looked Ilka a dark blot. Both uds were indistinct. They were visible for three or our in note* aad began to fade sway. Subject1* power* of O beervaliQb ww* coached on air craft Hying 1® ^ •• ***** and war* focad to be good a* far as direction and M orenent, but H°or f >r istan a M d altitude. A check at F attsreon F ield O peratio n showed two y-SO ’s la th* air at tn* tia* of eight lug. Capt. Denali, pilot of one F -E C, W M fl: in* a Ioom forM tloa in trail of Lt. Collin* M il* pacing hie on a calibr.leu spaed check. Th* aircraft were act equipped with wing tip tank*. The pilot* stated that th^ were la th* Coluebus Area. N r*. Zlttek position was Aral a three quarter rear poolton at sighting. An article wa* published by the Colum bus Cltirm S«wa ^eper, CHunbus. O hio, 8 Jul M . Inforaation received from Captain Boyd, District Intelligence O ffice, $20 Jld Stoat office, Colum bus, luo Unconventional aircraft sighted by ire. ^ilda ^ittek, 2579 Avalon Ave., ColnriM * at 0900 on 8 July* leather m s clear, M A M indbag brightly, no clouds near the abject* She first saw the object with her naked eye, then spent two altaites looking for binoculars. O bserved the object for a about two m inutes with them * There was no flying objects) both appeared to haw a blunt front and weened to taper to a point at the rear. The shape was wry M ien like a cigar* the sun awes M ining on then and W ay appeared tote silver in color* <4 th the naked eye, they appeared to be about the vise of a airplane when writing in the sky. They wore about 5 1/2* in length and 1” in diam eter* In other words, they seeded to be a little m ore than three tines the diam eter in length* Speed was not estim ated* Jbserved for approxlsctaly four m inutes. Shen first seen, Usey ware headed northeast. keened to bob up and down ratbar than pur­ suing a set and steady Course. Altitude was Judged to be apprsAi^ately 3000 ft* M e sound audible from the object; no exhaust trail visible* rlrst ween in east goint toward F ort ColuM us, then m oved generally north there* Binoculars were i^» The following was broadcast over tbs radio this m orning (9 Jul) but not persona not yet interviewedi Un 7 July, five m em bers of -one fam ily saw tian object which looked like pie pans, directly over Port Loluabue* 5 C !T C K-iIK - ”V 1^'7 V IED FLY ING O BJEC T S 9 Jul 48 2. T ima 21^7 IneVi irt 4 pa J. Lo e tio n ?o rth end r U sbo rn, o nio ’.. 7.™ o f o bso rvor C l^rei^e G Laarbro ck, 1st Lt., O SA *, Hq A . C (. U 'M 5. eccupatio n o f o ba rv>r A T I Investigato r 6, .. tir s o f cbs rv r -q A J ( J’A X —; 7. flue o f o ba rv. tio n ^r in . Numb- r o f o bjects o ne ?, D iatunea o f o b.- ct fro n o bs rv r . /S io . T ino in ci.-ht A ppauT M *• aaeh time b nr 1*2 sec d durst Io n 11. A ltitude K jG O to 4000 feet 12. Spco d between KC 0 & o C O 1J. D iro ctinr. o f flight vest (east to west) I1, . T urtles a e intermittent ano earances at re^ulatea intervals 15. So «ird Nene 16. Sita co uld no t be estimated 17. C o lo r pal® ye Ho wl an waits (lumino us) 1ft. Shape N/S 19 . O do r do to oto d N/S 20. apparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trulls - n? 22. W o o tho r co nditio ns C lear w/ -uarter mo o n in the East-So utheast. 25. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2b. Sko tch >s o r pho tographs Nans 25. 26. Hanner o f disappearance Suddenly at anrle o f a? ro x. 70® to ho rizo n In fro nt o f o bserver who war lo o king n t th R o murks: Lt. G ls^ebro o k was a reco nnaissance pilo t in V er Id W ar X I. 1 .> o bv-ct m -ed to Flo w «:J ’< •”’ ata r‘r*ct 1 beau. it la believe, ti.pt 1? o we re o * o bservatio n are Fbo ve average ant that V esti atee «** ca » be C unaiGereJ t be fairly ecc.r-te. U nidentified Flying O bject M C LW -3 M C IA JD -U 16 July I9 U 8 C ut 1 1. A t 21U 7 ho urs o n 9 Jul 19 ^» the undersigned sighted an unidentified o bject fl. ing fro m east to west at appro ximately three to fo ur tho usand feet o ver . the no rth end o f O sbo rn, O hio . 2. T he o bject appeared as a pale yello wish white light that seemed to glo w. It was no t a directed beam. T he light was traveling at a rate o f speed between five o r six hundred miles. It appeared lo ng eno ugh to allo w the o bserver to determine its flight path (appro ximately o ne to two seco nds) and then went o ut. T here was a pauses o f three seco nds, the light then reappeared egain fo r the same length o f time, ano ther thr. e-eeco nd pause and the pattern was repe ted. A fter the third appe.rance it was no t seen again. T he final sighting was made with the o bject at an angle o f appro ximately 70° to the no riro n in fro nt o f the o bserver who was lo o king no rht. Ine last sighting was slightly abo ve the ho rizo n to the west, just no rth o f Patterso n Field. T he intermittent appearance o f the light was at a regulated interval. 3. ^he sky was clear with abo ut a quarter mo o n rising inthe East-so utheast; uo wever, no thing co uld be ascertained except the glo w o f the light. T here ws no so und o r trail. U . T he undersigned was a reco nnaissance pilo t in W o rld W ar II and served fo r eight mo nths in the 160th R eco nnaissance Sqd. (J. P.) flying EF-80 type aircraft. It is believed that his po wers o fo bservatio n are abo ve average and that the estimates o f speed can be co nsisted to be fairly accurate. /s/ C LA R ENC E G LA 3EBR 00K C '^/aw . 1st Lt., U SA F Ex 653IO Bldg 288 Po st 2O 1F Incident 139 C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1« ^o 1 July 19 (48 Incident # 140 2. T imo between 2100 and 2200 ho urs 5. Lo catio n G ahanna, O hio • 4. Hamo o f o bserver M rs. Ho ward Enslo w 5* O ccupatio n o f o bserver Ho usewife 6. A ddress o f o bso rvo r G ahanna, O hio \ 7* Placo o f o bservatio n gro und 8. Number o f o bjects 1 9 » D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N/S 10, T imo in sight 3 seco nd* 11. A ltitude N/S 12. Speed N/S 13. D irectio n o f flight No rtheast to So uthwest 14. T actics n/S 15. So und N/S 16. Size N/S • 17. C o lo r go lden 18. Shapo ‘ saucer 19 . O do r detected N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n lumino us 21. Exhaust trails Seemed to wear a halo o f silver 22. W eather co nditio ns C lear - mo o nlight 23. Effo ct o n clo uds N/S , 24. Sketches o r pho tographs No ne 25. M anner o f disappearance N/S 26. R emarks. W itness st.t... ”A b..utlft.l go la.n saucer glo wing Ilk. a halo with a silver rim aro und it.” 1. Dot. 1J.1,1W InoldwtJ HO . 2. Tim o Between 2100 and 2200 hour* 5. Location Gahanna, O hio ha Ham o of observer M r Jaak Taylor 5# O ccupation of observer N /S but new active in N ational Guard 6a Address of observer ■A 7a Plaoo of observation Gahanna, O hio ( ground ) 6. N um ber of objects 1 9a Distance of object from observer 1/s 10, Tino in sight 2 seconds 11. Altitude 5000 to 1*000 ft 12. Speed terrific 15. Direction of flight N ortheast to Southwest lb. Tactics Pursued atxs±gk±x±taa flat lino of flight 15. Sound M °n* 16. ‘ Site M /S 17. Color bright yellow-white 18. Sha po 1/S 19. O dor dotootod H/S 20. Apparent construction lum inous 21. E xhaust trails N /S 22. W eather conditions Clear - bright m oonlight 25. E ffect on clouds N /S 2b. Sketchos or photographs N one 25. M anner o f disappearance n/s 26. Rem arks 1 N r. Chester Taylor gave the sam e version as thatof his phenom enon.son. M rs. Taylor apparently did not observe the Incident: ll+ O a O bject was described as a bright yello w-white light that mo ved thro ugh the sky at a terrific rate o f speed. It was a glo w and no t a directed light and was abo ut two seco nds in duratio n. It didn't fade bjrt ceased abruptly. T he line o f flight appeared flat and the o bject appeared fro m the No rtheast go ing so uthwest. A ltitude was between 3,000 and U ,000 ft. T here was no audible no ise altho ugh it was a quiet night and the o bject appeared clo se in at an angle to the ho rizo n o f abo ut 1^** A ltho ugh the sky was clear and the mo o n was bright no thing but the light was seen. CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. D Qto 50 Jun. 19 1*8 Jn±2jy ^ 2. T ima 11*25 A . M ,» to 1*27 IK wad sho rtly thereafter J. Lo catio n Hecla. So uth D ako ta I*. No me o f o bserver No rman Pfutsenreuter 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver C hemical Engineer - A mateur A stro no mer 6, A ddress o f o bserver Hecla,' So uth D ako ta 7. PIqo o o f o bservatio n Between W aterto wn, S. D ., A W ebster, S. D . 8. Number o f o bjects 1 9 . D isto nco o f o bject fro m o bso rvo r N/S 10. T imo in sight Slightly o ver two ho urs 11. A ltitude 150 miles (?) 12. Spco d Statio nary 15. D iroo tio n o f flight Statio nary appro x 1U . T actics R emained in o na/po siticn then disintegrated 15. Sound None 16. Size N/S 17. C o lo r Like po lished aluminum - -. ^-^ „ <-^ ^n „ $ w*T ' • f 16, Shape C hanring 19 « C d o r do to cto d No ne 20, A pparent co nstructio n ’-cred to be a cluster o f parts 21, Exhaust trails Particles o f disintegrating meta left very faint trails o f vapo r 22, W o atho r co nditio ns Brilliantly clear (C A V U ) - W ind velo city 3 M PE 23, Effo ct o n clo uds No clo ud# 2L, Sko to ho s o r pho tographs M ap sho wing lo catio ns o f sighting# * 25* M anner o f disappo arano o D isintegrated into s ailer pieces 26. R emarks* O bject appeared as cluster o f parts which remained fairly stationary and co nstant fo r sane two ho urs when it underwent a rather slow change in shape. A large chunk fell o ff. W ithin the next 2-1/2 minutes the entire spo t started to very slo wly disintegrate. T hro e larger parts mo ved (o ver) 7 5 ' away o ut fro m the mass and fo rmed a perfect iso metric triangle, the remaining mass slo wly mo ved into hu dreda o f email parts seemingly leaving very faint vapo r trails. T he three remaining parts co ntinued to mo ve apart ho lding their related po sitio ns o f a perfect triangle but gradually getting smaller and fainter until they disappeared so me 9 minutes aftsr the initial break-up. It co uld auiii easily be seen that the parts were mo ving away fro m the earth. C HEC K-LIST - V ri9 ii:T :. T E3 M 7W G O BJEC T S „ Incid irt # ilp1. D u to ——— - 2. T Ino 5. Lo catio n b, "time o f o bserver '’’■. C hrrl* «, e tr^le, Jr. 5. O ccupatio n o f o bserver 6. .."far ;s o f o bserver ^ i:ct I* 7. flue o f o br. rvatio n 8. Humber o f o bjects 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver 10• T ino in sight 11. altitude 12. Speed 1^. D irectio n cf flight lb. T actics 1?. So ard 16, Size 17. C o lo r 18. Sha po 19 . C do r detected 20. A pparent co nstructio n 21. Exhaust trails 22. "W o atho r co nditio ns 2J. Effect o n clo uds 2b. Sketches o r pho to graphs 25. M anner o f disappearance 26* R emarks: * . -x p 7 «= ® 1 D .t C PF.C T -. LIT - V I r FLY im O BJEC T S 2. inu 5. Lo < r tian h. rum* o f o bserver - Fix* G . l^tl -.o w 5. co upution o f cb:; rvr 6. .Jir 53 o f o bscrwr C aLa-Li; । j C . 7. Flue o f abs ratio n . I’unb- r o f o bi etc 9 , D istunco o f o b.’ at fro m o bs rwr IC . T ino in si-ht 11. nltitudo 12. Sp o d 1J . D i ro o t io n o f fM rht l!i. T urtles 15. So urd 16. Si so 17. C o lo r 18. Shr.po 19 . O do r do to o to d • 20. A pparent co nst ructio n 21. Exhuust trails 22. W o atho r co nditio ns 25. Effect o n clo uds 2h. Sketcho s o r pho tographs 25. M anner o f diseppuaro no o 7 7 C HEC K-LIST -U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S A 1. D ate 2. T ime 2b July bg 02^5 Incident # ^h 5. Lo catio n 20 m ilessouth of M ontgom ery* Ala Hamo o f o bserver 5 ___ Pilot Clarence Shipe Chiles 4 Co-Pilot John B W hitted A M r. M cKelvie* (O ccupation - l/S) 6 7. O ccupatio n o f o bserver TilO t and Co-pilot, E AL A ddress o f o bserver Atlanta O ffice of E AL Place o f o bservatio n ^ _ 20 m ile* south of M ontgom ery* Ala 8. Number o f o bjects 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver g g/g 10 11 12. 13. T imo in Sight 5 to 10 seoonds A ltitude 5,000 ft Speed 500 to 7<^ W ® (See Atlanta Constitution of 25 July Ug) • D irectio n o f flight Southwest toward M obile and M ew O rleans lb. 15. T actics Pulled up sharply with trem endous burst of flam s (Atlanta Consti tut m - 25 July Us) . So und none 16. Size 17. C o lo r 100 ft long and about twice the diam eter of *9-29* I/S ■ 18 Shape 19 . 20. O do r detected M /S A pparent co nstructio n M /S 21. 22. 23. Exhaust trails red-orange flam e blue fluorescent glow rui ning beneath the object W eather co nditio ns Tull m oon* clear with broken cloud coverage of U/10 at 6,00 ft Effo ct o n clo uds M /S - pulled up into one 2b. Sketches o r pho to graphs 2 25. M anner o f disappearance Disappeared intoa aloud 26. R emarks: See attached st/ team te *7 la D utO C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 2U July 48 Incident ^ lU^ 2, 'T imo 0230 5. Lo catio n Bear Blacks ton#, Ta. enroute to Ralelgb-Durbaa ha Hamo o f o bserver Louis Teldwry 5. O ccupatio n o f o bso rvo r pilot 6, A ddress o f o bso rvo r LGA 7, P1QC O o f o bservatio n Air - near Blackstone, Ta. 8. Number o f o bjects W y trail seen 9 * D istance o f o bject fro m o bso rvor n/* 10# T imo in sight ®/S 11. A ltitude B/S 12. Spcod terrific speed - IJ. D iroction o f flight 2JO ° 14. T actics Trail covered, an 80° to 90® arc laterally 15 • S o ued W /S 16. Size H/S 17. C o lo r N /S O nly trail perceived. - object ) was no t seen 18, Shape »/S j 19 . O do r do to cto d N /S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/S 21. Exhaust trails Seem ed to be a jet or rocket trail 22. W o atho r co nditio ns at 0230 at Blackstone! ®/70 ® ^® 112/73/72/ *•* 5/987* Greensboro and Raleigh-Dnaah had 1 23. Effect o n clo uds N/S 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs 25. M anner o f disappearance 26. R emarksj (over) Kone N /S n - Shortly after checking Black*tone, at approx 0230, a trail was picked up that appeared to be a Jet or rocket trail. The object leaving the trail was traveling at terrific speed in a southwesterly direction and as nearly as they could e dim ate they calculated the degree of travel as 2J0*. They were on a heading at the tim e of 215°. The Jet or rocket trail at no tim e crossed their flight path. It was on the distant western horizon at approx 20* above the horizon. The trail covered an 80* to 90* arc laterally* N O TE : There is a 15 m inute difference in tim e f/thls sighting w(02J0) to the rocket sighting at O 2U5 in Jm sBtn^aom e M O O to U75 m iles distant. ^z. r>'- .o»w*-»~y N O TE : The above tim e (02J0) tallies with another sighting by another pilot in the vicinity of Blackstone, Ta. who saw a very unusual m eteor that appe.red to be on a bearing of about 210* from them traveling in a southerly direction above but close to the horizon. Supplem ent to Trip Report to Colunbus. O hio - JI July I9US Rai Atlant* Sighting TURD I O bi Clingcrnan TO : Col M cCoy • 1. The object of thia trip was to interview C. L. M cKclvis, a passen­ ger aboard th* E astern Airlines DC-}, the night of 2U July I9U8. M r. M cKalvie's written statem ent io essentially as follows: Ha and would periodically (lance out the window. full anon which ilInninated the ground and the skies and the ground could clearly be seen, frequently they passed cum ulus el nods. O n one occasion as he was looking out he observed a sudden streak of light m oving in a southeastern direction across the airway above the plan*. He wondered If it were lightning but observed the flam e m oved in a straight Lin* and not in a flare. The color was bright flam e - he thought it was probably a light cherry red - although the edges were m oa of a yellow flam e. Re shifted hie position in hie sei t for bi tier observation, m om entarily losing sight of It. Then he eaw it again. Ho estim ated the flam e to be about 1/2 as far above the plane as the plane was cbove the ground. Re saw no physical shape - only a streak of flare raving in a straight line. The whole experience wee sraentary so that detailed observation we* absent. Be heard no sound but stated that the vibration of the plane was m uch greater than norm al and that it was not peek ble to Lear any sound from the outside. J, In the interview M r. M cKelvie stated to M aj Llewellyn that th* pilots seem ed quite excited and that they appeared nervous over th* episode. R. A. LUcLLYJi M ajor* UStf PA L/*# t^tlO Bldg 288 Po et 20} > *W^ m^^v^^— Atlanta* Ga. Aug 3. 19^ M r. S. L. Shannon E astern Air Lines M iam i, Pla. The following is a report of an unidentified aircraft which was sighted by John W hit ted and m e, as we were twenty m l lee southwest of M ontgom ery, Ala. July 2h, 19^8, as we were on E astern's trip 576* At 2ih5 A. M . we were cruising at 5,000 feet when there cam e* what looked like a Jet type of aircraft to our right and slightly above m eeting us. It was a clear m oonlight night with the visi­ bility excellent; therefore, we were able to view the ship as it passed for a period of around ten seconds. It was clear there were no wings present, that it was powered by som e Jet or other type of power shooting flans from the rear som e fifty feet. There were two rows of windows,which indicated an upper and lower deck, from inside these windows a very bright light was glowing. Underneath the ship there was a blue glow of light. After it passed it pulled up into som e light broken clouds and was lost from view. There was no prop wash or rough air felt as it passed. After talking to the only passenger awake at the tim e, he saw only th* trail of fire as it passed and pulled into the clouds. I called the conpany at Colum bus and asked if there was any re­ ported Jet am y craft and requested if the ATC had any aircraft under control. I was told that no such craft was reported by either source. /•/ C. S. Chiles C. S. Chiles Capt E . A. L. C HEC K-LIST - U I'ID ENT IFIED FLY IW 5 O BJEC T SI?. * 1* Duto 2b July Ue IncidjrtJ lUUb 8, Tino 0230 J. Location Between Blackstone, Ta. and Greensboro, I. .C. U. Hano of observer Capt Perry R. M anafield, 5* O ccupation of observer -apt on 571/^3 ^L 6. Addruas of obsorvor BAL 7» Placo of observation Between Blackstone, Va, end Greensboro, B. C. 8, Hunbor of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer B/S 10. Tino in sight J seconds 11. Altitude 1/3 12. Speed neteoric lj. Direction of flight southerly lh. Tactics traveling horizontally 15. Sound B/S 16. Size ®/3 17. Color B/S 18. Shape B/S 19. O dor dotootod ®/S 20. Apparent construction ®/® 21, E xhaust trulls N /S 22. W oathor conditions I/J CAVU 23, E ffect on clouds B/S 21u Sketches or photographs Bone 25. M anner of disoppoeranoc "died out" in tbs distance 26. Ram rkSf (over) pilo t A t abo ut 0230 o n July ?U , 19 ^8, C . Kingsley/and C apt Perry R . M ansfield flaw what they tho ught w h s an unusual meteo r. It was brighter than any ever seen befo re and traveling in a ho rizo ntal directio n, slightly abo ve the ho rizo n. It was o bserved fo r 3 seco nds befo re it died o ut. A t no time did it appear to travel in a do wnwind directio n. Kingsley & M ansfield discussed the matter that the meteo r appe red to be travel­ ing ho rizo ntally. A t the time they were traveling between Blacksto ne, V:., end G reensbo ro . S. C _. T he sky was clear and the visibility unlimited. T hey were o na magnetic heading o f 2^0® and estimated the o bject to be o n a bearing o f abo ut 210® fro m them - that is - abo ut JO 0 to the left o f their heading It appe-red to be traveling in a so utherly directio n, abo ve, but clo se to the ho rizo n. BO T E: T here is a 15 minute variance in Xins time f/this sighting (O 230) to the ro cket sighting at 02^5 in Atlanta so me U O O to U 75 miles distant. T he time (02J0) also tallies with Inc lU ha Pilo t Lo uis Feldwary's acco unt o f sighting a jet o r ro cket trail just after leaving Blacksto ne. She object was cigar shaped and team ed to be about a hundred feet in length. The fuselage appeared to be about three tines the circum ference of a B-29 fuselage. It had two rows of windows, an upper and a lower. The window! wore Tory large and eeem ed square. They were white with light which seem ed to be censed by som e type of com bustion. 1 estim ate that wo watched the object at least 5 seconds and not acre than 10 seconds. Ye h< ard no noise nor did we feel any turbulence from the . object. It seem ed to bo at about $5® feet. I asked Copt. Chiles what we had Just seen and he said that he didn't know. Capt Chiles than contacted the com pany radio operator at Coluabua, Ga., and atoned hia to contact Im wsonTld at Pt Benning, Ga., and find out if the Aray h d any Jet or experim ental please in the vicinity. The com pany operator called us a few m inutes later and stated t at Lewes Yield reported that they had no planes flying in our area. Capt Chiles then reported back to the com pany radio operator saying that a strange aircraft Just passed us and It looted lite earns type of rockst ship. Vs passed up Colum bus because of ground fog and Continued on to Atlanta C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ato 9 July 19 ^2 IncidHrtJ 1U 5 2. T imo 1205 "A T 5. Lo catio n Fielding Lfik# h. M ame o f o hso rvo rr 1st Lt D o minick J. C artcla & T ho mas B, C arpenter 5» O ccupatio n o f o bserver s(V LJl) Pho to 6, A ddress o f o bserver?: 2nd BC N aQ’iadro n (V LR ) Pho to grsp ic c/o A PC 731, c/o Po stmaster Seattle W ashingto n 7, Place o f o bso rwtio n Fielding Lake, A laska (^°11’ - IU 50 ho 1 W 0. Humber o f o bjects A ppro ximately 20 9, Distance of object from observer 5»^® + above 10, T imo in eight 5 seco nds o r Ir-e 11. A ltitude 5*^ * immediately belo w the clo uds 12. Speed o ver 500 FT P. 13. D irectio n o f flight Fro m < NJ to ESB lb. T actics Jo ckeyed tack and fo rth in the greun fo rmatio n (gave impressio n o f sho tgun bit st pattern) but maintained straight 1*. So und co urse. Lo ud ro aring so und he.-rd (tho ught it was stro ng wind) befo re 16 Size do t o bjects ’-.-ere sighted; so und sharpened into a buzz es they * ' " appro ached end passed. 17. C o lo r grayish black IB. Shape l^- ■ tvt' xrrarwtti^ Sphero id o r disc-shaped 19 . O do r do to cto d N/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n N/3 21. Exhaust trails no ne visible 22. W eather co nditio ns bright end sunny ^t ^ et"ato -cu\:ulu6 clo ud co vcri^r 23. Effect o n clo uds no ne - fl< w i c intel belo w them 2h. Sketches o r pho to graphs 25* M anner o f disappearance N/o ~- '• . 26. R emarks: 1 lots, grayish black in co lo r end numbering abo ut 20, T hey were plainly vinibla end either • i ■ , Kiev tppe. red to be jo eke^ing b. ck i fo rth in the gro up fo rmatio n which gave the o verall impressio n o f a sho tgun hl: st pattern. T he o bject® were t o ught to be mo ving in excess o f 5^0 M T H at appro ximately 5,000 ft (immediately belo w the clo uds) fro m 3J* to EJE and were definitely flying a straight co urse. Just befo re they were sighted a lo ud ro aring so und was he?rd which was attri­ buted to c stro ng wind blo wing thro ugh the surro unding wo o ds. Ho wever, as the o bjects appro ached and passed, the so und sharpened into a buzz uch like that a e by e gro up o f jet aircraft. No exhaust trails were visible. T here were no pho to graphs.available. C HEC K-LIST - U HID EHT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S i. Out 17 July 19^8 2 * T ime 1650 4 Inc id ;rt 4 1U6 5. Location Vicinity of San Acacia Den, $5 m ile® south of Albuquerque h. 5* 6. *!nmo of observer • M /Sgt W b R. Carter 4 M /Sgt Bernard E . Harvey Occupation of ob^orvoj# Carter: Harvey: Arm am ent technician experienced AT non-com .vidr'iss of observer b28th AF BU Kirtland. AT Base 7. Plnco of observation Vicinity of San Acacia Dan 8. Nunbo r o f o bjects 7 9. Distance of object from observer 1/S 10» Tino in sight N /S 11. Altitude 20,000 ft 1?. spcod 1,500 M PH (if estim ated altitude correct) 1>. Direction of flight northerly heading (between north and northwest) lb. Tactics M aintained form ation 15. So und N /S 16, Sizo N /S 17. Color Color of alum inum aircraft at high altitude 18. Shape W hen overhead: circular. After passing zenith: indeterm inate 19. Odor dotoctod N /S 20. Apparent construction m etallic , 21. Exhaust trails none . , 22. Woathor conditions CAVU At 20,000 ft wind velocity 8 to 10 m iles 23. Effect on clouds ®/S 2b» Sketches or photographs N one 25. Manner of disappearance W® In northvest 26, Ramarks: (over) About 65 *iles south of Albuquerque 7 unidentified objects flying on northerly heading were observed. O bjects initially in V form ation at an estim ated altitude of 20,000 ft above earth. Ton-ation varied from "T” to *1*" to ’Q" and then grouped in an irregular form ation and a regular pulsating flashing light was observed from than after they had passed 30* beyond zenith. The shape was difficult to ascertain. W hen directly overhead they were circular and resem bled a cluster of balloons traveling at a great rate of speed. The color was that of alum inum at high altitude (or white painted aircraft). It the altitude estim ation is correct the speed could be estim ated as 1500 M PH. There was no vapor, m oke or other trail visible. They did not appear spherical when viewed at oblique angle. Disappeared on heeding between north and northwest. AQISTS BO TE S: Sgt Carter is a sober industrious, level headed individual an arm am ent technician of outstanding ability. Definitely not ths type to experience hallucinations. Info received in other instances from this individual in each instance proven accurate. Sgt Harvey is an experienced AT non-com accustom ed to the sight of aircraft at various altitudes and speeds. E VAUIATIO H 07 IN TO KM AKTS: "A" O F THTCHM ATIO Ht 3. CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Du to 2? July US Incid ir t ^ ^ 2, T imo 22iX) 5, Locution Springfield, O hio It, Hamo of observer M rs, H. H. Gibson 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of observer 1217 last M ain St, 7. Place of observation Springfield, O hio 8, Number of objects 1 9, Distunco of object from observer N /S 1G . T ino in sight 3 seconds 11. Altitude Great height 12. Speed That of a jet plane 13. Direction of flight north lh. Tactics N one - traveled in straight line 15. S«ur/8 19 . O do r do to cto d ■/S 20 A pparent co nstructio n 21. Exhaust trails Hone 22. W o atho r co nditio ns H/S 23. Effo ct o n clo uds ■/S 24. Sko tcho s o r pho tographs Hone 25. M anner o f disappearance O ver N orway 26. R emarks: (over) An O N L plane enroute froa Aalborg, Denm ark, to O slo, N orway, sighted a projectile coding from the southeast, passing along the Swedish Coast and disappearing over N orway. The m issile was at 20,000 ft and disappeared over the horizon in four seconds. It • ccup'.tion of ob^rvers *™*» Both ^1^^ of ^ q jonGe ^ Cleaners , ..fir ... of obs-rvjr Toney: 235 So Bradley, Indianapolis Huggins: 5^0 Indisnaola, Indianapolis 1 • 1 ^^ of r;b" rv,-tion (See attached drawing of location) ”. Nanb< r of objects 1 ), biiituncu of obj ct from obs rv r N /S - not over a few hundred feet 1 . Timo in oinht N /S 11. nititudu 30 feet - just above tree-tops 12. 3p - d 25 to 30 M Pfi 1>. Direction of flight He ded south in bank to left . Tactics gliding with no apparent spinning action r . 3nurd no discernible sound 16, siz b to 8 feet long by 1-1/2 to 2 feet wide (See attach drsg.) 17. Color Alum inum and shiny in color 1 . 3h.pr Shaped like a broad short propeller (See attached drwg.) I'?. Odor detected N /S 20, upparont construction M Lum innm construction 21. Exhaust trails N one 7. »f< cither conditions CAVU - no clouds 23. Effect on clouds N o clouds 2L1. Sk itches or photographs 2 25. funner of disappearance *ent down in wooded area (seem ingly) 26. Rem arks s (over) o^ O bject was shaped like a broad short propeller approxim ately 6 to 8 ft long each blade approxim ately 2 feet wide and approxim ately one foot thick with cups on upper side of blades. It appeared alum inum and shiny in color. Traveled approxim ately 25 to JO M PH. It was sighted just above the trees at approxim ately a JO ft altitude in bank to the left of approx 20° and appetred in a slight descent. There was no discernible sound and no ex­ haust trail. N O TE : Truck had Just started across bridge (see drwg) when object was sighted directly abend above the trees. W itnesses stopped on the other side of the cantilever bridge but could not relocate object. Search by Lt John E . Hoskins, Base PIO , and Lt Russell J. Carey, Jr. Base Intel O ff. (jjlst AE 3U) Kes Trig Stout F id. did not produce any result. However the area in which it was believed to have fallen is densely wooded with m any hills and valleys. See diagram attached. iZ X ,2/1-1 Cantilever Type Bridge /s/ Russell J. Carey Jr 1st Lt. USAF Intel O fficer Lady wood Sctool (Approx 1/4 ai f/ sighting C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ato JI July M S IncidintJ 152 2. T imo 0825 5. Lo catio n Indianapolis, Indiana (South-Central part) I* . Hamo o f o bserver • M r. 4 M rs Ternon Swigert 5. O ccupatio n o f o bservers W 3QXI an electrician and housewife 6, A ddress o f o bso rvo ra 2030 Boyd. St,, Indianapolis, Indiana 7, Placo o f o bservatio n As above - 8, Number o f o bjects 1 9 . D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver N /S 10, T ino in sight 10 seconds 11. A ltitude 2,000 ft 12. Speed 1800 M PH IJ. D irectio n o f flight 90° - east 1U . T actics N /S 15. So und N one 16. Size • UJUXfcxxx — 20 ft in dia, and approx 6 to 8 ft in height in center - Ratio about 3:1 17. C o lo r white with no shine 18. Shape like a cym bal 19 . O do r dato o to d N /S 20, A pparent co nstructio n N /S 21, Exhaust trulls N one 22. No u than co nditio ns ^y clear 2J. Effect o n clo uds N /S 2/4. Sko to ho s o r pho to graphs 1 25. M anner o f disappearance N /S 26. R emarks: (over) O bject first perceived in the west. The object was shaped like a cym bal with sm ooth surfaces and approxim ately 20 feet in diam eter at the base and approxim ately 6 to 8 feet in height in the center. Ratio was about 3:1. It appeared to be flat white tn color with no shine. It traveled extrem ely fast crossing the sky in approxim ately 10 seconds (a distance of about 5 m iles) on a 90° heading. It m aintained a level course and shim m ered in the sun giving the appearance of spinning. The altitude was estim ated at approx­ im ately 2,000 ft. O bject m ade no discernible sound and left no exhaust trail. Io openings were noted on the object. BO TE : M r. Swigert was standing by open bathroom ■!■*■■■ window which faces the west when he was attracted by the object in the sky. Couldn’t believe his eyes. He rushed into adjoining kitchen and showed nis wife the object thru the kitchen window facing south. He ftngkt stated the object appeared large enough to carry one person N O TE : Investigation conducted by Intel O fficer, let Lt Russell J. Carey, Jr., on a call from M r. Swigert. It was noted that visibility was good from both windows for such observation. Ho other reports received on this object. (Batio n appro x. Jil) /a/ Bussell J. C arye Jr., R U SSELL J. C A R EY JR . 1st Lt., U SA ! Intel O fficer CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Du to i& dUcdM 5 August 148 IncidontJ Xgj 2. Tina 0100 hour# 5. Locution Between Parrott. Ga. and Richland,Ga. h. Hamo of observer J M ee# Am aral, Torm er AT Pilot 5. Occupation of observer X/S - hat form erly AT pilot 6. Address of obsorvor N /S (Info forwarded f/Turner AT Base) 7. Placo of observation Between Parrott, Ga. 4 Richland, Ga. 6. Number of objects 1 9» Distance of object from obsorvor N /S 10, Timo in sight 5 to 10 second# 11. Altitude 20,000 to 35*000 ^ 12. Speed ^fiSSS 36O O M PH (estim ated) 13. Direction of flight 250° lh. Tactics N /S 15. S^urd N one 16. Sizo N /S 17. Color blue-white streak of li^it 18. Shape "streak" 19. Odor datoctod N /S 20. Apparent construction "rocket-like" 21. Exhaust trails A trail of spark# several m iles long followed it t f ^ 7 22. Woathor conditions CATO 23. Effect on clouds X/S 2h. Skotohos or photographs N one 25. Manner of disappearance N /S 26. Ramarks: (over) YltM ii was trawling between Parrott, Ga., and Richland, Ga., in an autom obile when he observed a brilliant blue-white streak of light which lasted from 5 to 10 seconds, traveling in an apparent level flight on a heading of approxim ately 2^0*, at about 30,000 ft altitude (estim ated). After the light disappeared a trail of sparks was observed which appeared several nilas long. This trail lasted from 45 seconds to (1) m inute M UI: M r. Am aral did not believe this to be any celestial but based on his experience as a pilot in the AT, he stated it appeared to be a burst of power applied to a rocket or rocket ship. CHECK-!.1ST - ’T IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Dut • 2 Aug ^ Incid >rt y 15^ 2, Tin-a 19^*5 hours J. I nr. tion Colum bus* O hio h. :’rm- of observer Charles Saunders 5. Occupation of observer Attorney 6. aldr- ss of observer 265-1/2 South High St 7. FL.c of obs ration Yard of 1337 Clifton Ave., Colum bus, O hio B. Number of objects 1 ), Distance of ob; ct from observer N /S 10, Tino in sicht 1^-15 m inutes 11. altitude l»50Q to 2000 ft 12, Speed 15 N PH 15. Direction of flight M oving south from the north lh. Tact ics Constant slow speed - O nce it hesitated & thin trail of sm oke issued from opposite direction of travel. Changed position assum ing 15. drurd N one different shapes 16. Siz Judged to be about 20 to 30 ft in diam eter 17. Color N /S. Perim eter: constant grey-black. Center: transparent. circular 1 . Shape Changing. F irst: side-view: Parallelogram . Second: xtiziDr than reverted to original form 1*-. Odor dotootod N /S 20. Apparent construction N /S 21. Exhaust trails thin trail of sm oke J uthor conditions CAVU PJ. Eff tot on clouds N o clouds 2'.. Sk itch-s or photographs U sketches 25. Mannar of disappearance N/S 2b. Remarkss (over) O n 2 Aug Ui at approx 19^5 a round object which appeared to be about 20 to 30 ft in diam eter was observed m oving Id southerly direction from the north over center of Colum bus. Had constant grey-black perim eter with a transparent center* The blue sky could be observed, through this grey-black perim eter virile it m oved at a constant, slow speed of about 15 M PH, It m ade no noise of any kind. O nce it hesitated in its m ovem ents and a thin trail of sm oke issued from the opposite direction of travel. Ths m oke soon disappeared and was not seen again during the 10 to 15 m inutes object was visible to the observer. The object charged position * but not direction of travel - three tim es. W hen first seen, it evidently presented a side view which was a parallelogram in shape. (See). Slowly its position altered and it becam e circular in form , only to revert after a tine to Ite original form . The altitude was Judged to be som e 1500 to 2000 ft above ground. Agent’s Bote; Saunders drew the following sketches F ourth Third Second F irst The above drawings constitute four positions of one phase. Ths object passed thru three of these phases during the 1J ninnts period. C NEC K-LIST - N!! ID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. O nto M Au^ U S IncidmtJ 19 * 2. T ine 7:50 P. M . 3. Lo co tio n C o luBbue, O hio h. U amo o f o bserver Jaynea Sounder#, A. B,, N , A. 5* O ccupatio n o f o bserver Housewife 6. A ddress o f o bserver 1337 Clifton Are, Colum bus, O hio 7, Placo o f o baurv. ticn Colum bus, O hio S. Number o f o bjects 1 )• D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver l/S 10. T ino in sight 1J aiaitea 11, altitude BJtB 1/2 Bile high 12. Speed alow and. regular speed 13. D irectio n o f flight ’ from forth to South to Southwest l i. T actics/ O blong to circular to oblong change in shape 15. So urd Bo na 16. Site of vail plana 17. C o lo r l/S • 18. Shape Changing but circular for the no at part 19 . O do r do tccto d B/S 20. A pparent co nstructio n ■ »/s 21. Exhaust trulls tail of Books 22. W o atho r co nditio ns Unusually favorable for observation. Light sufficient without interference from sun's rays. 23. Effect o n clo uds CLoudlose Pt. Sketches o r pho tographs Bone 25. M anner o f disappearance ■/S 26. R amarks: (over) * ■ v O n 2 Jh( US, at 7:50 P. M . M rs. Sounders observed an unusual object in the sky. Her attention wee directed toward it because •CM neighborhood children were looking toward the north. She called her husband, Charles Saunders, (Inc 15*0 to witness the phenom enon. The sky was cloudless and the light acre than. sufficient, without interference from the rays of the sun which were hidden by the buildings of the city. O bject first appeared oblong in shape and was traveling from north to south at a slow, regular speed. ISlJZXZXKim ZXXXSXlXS HXUi^a at a height of a half m ile. During the 15 Birutes under observation the object traveled approx 7-1/2 m iles. 11 though it did not change its course, it presented different appearances from tim e to tim e, from oblong to circular than to oblong. O bject went thru thia change three different tim es until observer loot sight of it. However, for the m ost pert it presented a cir­ cular appearance. O utline very dark in contrast with the trans­ parency of the center. O nly xiien the shape appeared, circuit was observer ware of the center :elag a void. O nce an it hesitated m om entarily, observer noticed a tall of sm oke em anating from the rear, after which the object continued in a southerly direction. This tail of sm oke was observed but once. The else appeared to be that of a sm all plane. It wade no sound al the at one tim e observer thought she detected one. At approx 8:00 P. M . observer lost sight of the object just as it sppeered to be ehangix^ direction frost South to Southwest. CHECK-LIST - ’”-IDE"”lFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. put- m a 31 July Us Jnci£2£M 155 2. Tirao 1030 5. locution 480 N . M onroe Ave., Colum bus, O hio U. ' .iv of observer M rs, E dward G. W atson ■>. Occupation of obsorvor Housewife >. .r!dr :;s of obs' rv r 480 N . M onroe Ave., Colum bus, O hio 7. Pine of observation Colum bus, O hio H. Number of objects 6 or 7 J. Distance of obj. ot from observer Very great distance away 17. Timo in sirht N /S 11. Altitude N /S - very great 12. Sr od Hovering 1<» Direction of flight N /S 16. Tuctics Hovering -hanging in the sky 15. Sn'ird N /S — 16. Size of an ash tray 17. Color gold 16. Shapo starlike 19» Odor dotoctod N /S 20. Apparent construction N /S 21. Exhaust trails N /S 7?. W athur conditions CATO - bright sunlight 23. -Effect on clouds N /S 2i*. Sketches or photographs N one 25. banner of disappearance ®/S 26. Ramarks: (over) .■ ; 6 ’u J 7 > fitness Statem ent: O bjects first looked like large stars. They seem ed to be at a very great distance and appeared to be about the size of an ash tray. There were approxim ately six or seven of them in a form ation that resem bled the shape of the big dipper. Did not have a definite shape individually but just seem ed to be a group of spots glittering in the sky. They were gold in color and seem ed to be just hanging in the sky. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was shining but do not believe the gold color caused by a reflection of the am . Corrokrated by truck driver but/coufi8not obtain his nam e. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. D ato 31 July U8 .Incident^- 156 2, Timo 8:00 P. M . 5. Location Colum bus, O hio - Trem ent Ba near ®® radio tower located near University Golf O ctree h. Hamo of observer M rs. M artin Price A M rs. M ary Hippe to# 5. Occupation of obsorvor *£ ^•^j^^lth.r of M r.. Prlc 6, Address of obsorvor 2186 Lam ont Ave,, Colum bus, O hio 7. Placo of observation Trem ont Rd near W O SU Badio Tower 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from obsorvor 250 feet 10, Timo in sight B/S 11. Altitude 25O feet 12, Speed very alow 13. Direction of flight W est to E ast lh. Tactics Did not change course or altitude 15• Sound Bo noise 16. Size of gasoline drum - Approx 5* 1 & ’ 17. Color JB0F Blade 18. Shape O blong 19. Odor dotoctod N ^S 20. Apparent construction K/S 21. Exhaust trails Spouted black sm oke from the top 22. Woathor conditions Clear with no clouds 2J. Effect on clouds N o clouds 2h. Skotchos or photographs Kone 25. Manner of disappearance B/S 26, Remarks; (above) r ‘J ■“ ’jw, . . v g g ? ^ ji ^ O n Saturday evening, JI Joly U8, at approxim ately 8:00 P. M . , while driving eoath on Trem ont Hoad as observers approached, the O SO Badio Tower located on the University Golf Course, a largo object reena­ bling a hugh lantern was seen floating in the sky. The weather was clear, and it was still daylight so object could be seen quite clearly. It was oblong in shape and about the size of a gasoline dros. It was cosdj< from the west and m oving very slowly. It passed close to the tower and was about 1/2 the height of the tower from the ground. As it passed overhead traveling east, it spouted black sm oke from the top and at the bottom on the left side there was a dull enclosed light like that of a laqp. Bis object did not chaise its course or altitude but continued on to the east with black sm oke trailing behind. The object was blade. It did not m ake any noise. There were no wings visible nor did it have any notor. Bo openings of any kind could be seen. KITE : Another car stopped near than that they had never witnessed with two occupants who claim ed anything like it before. I .J ’ CHECK-LIST - 'TITETTIFIE? FLYING OBJECTS P a 31 July )£ Incid ;rt # 157 2. Timo S:00 P. M . 5, L oe; M on Colum bus, O hio J*. Hnm< of obsorvor Robert C. Goshorn 5, Occupation of obsorvor Teletype O perator 3, ,.ldr a of obsorvor State Highway Patrol Radio Station 7. ri c of obs'.rvr.tion N ear Golf Driving Ragg#, Colum bus, O hio % Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer O bject was balloon which fell to earth & was investigated by observer ll . Tino in sight N /S 11. Alt itudo Cam e to earth from around 100 ft (when first observed) 12. Speed N /S 13. Direction of flight earthward l'i. Tuctics N /S 1L ■ Sour’d N /S 16. Size 2 ft x 3-1/2 ft 17. Color white crepe paper IB. Shnpo N /S - but said to be like old tim e "County F air" balloon - round 19. Odor dotuctod N /S 20. zxjqqrax construction crepe paper 21. Exhaust trails sm oking - caused by large ball of waste m aterial T. Juathor conditions N /S - (clear - see Incident: 156) 23. Eff ct on clouds N /S (no cloud.#) 21, Sketchjs or photographs N one 25- Mannor of disappooranco F ell to earth where it was retrieved. 26. Remarks; (over) O bject was perceived floating in the sky com ing from the west over O hio State Student Housing Project and was approxim ately 100 feet off the ground when first observed. It got lower all the tim e and landed in a field nearby. Three sm all boys ran toward it and observer went over to investigate. Saw paper bag affair approx 2 feet in diam eter and J-l/2 feet long m ade of W aite crepe paper, (like old tim e "Gaunty-rair” hot air balloons) It was Rooking W ien first observed and this was caused b/a large ball of waste m aterial which was fastened underneath it. There were no m arks or writing on it iriThiiir!iiat«hwi*™iltT™i Bote: See Incident 15$ - in which tim e & direction tally. CHECK-LIST - UHIDEHTIKIED FLYING OBJECTS Du to 1 -Aug *48 IncidentJ 158 T ino 2*00 P. M . Locution E SSQQSI Groveport, O hio Lamo of observer Harold A. Tantie Occupation of obsorvor Student, ft Address of obsorvor 25 W est Hinm an Ave. Place Of observation 1 m ile wet of Groveport, O hio Number of objects 1 Distance of object from observer H/S Tino in sicht B/S Alt itudo ^a very high Speed B/S Direction cf flight in westerly direction against a light wind Tur,tics B/S - Just exhaust visible - sm oke pattern dark 4 very large dispersed rapidly and appeared again as wide streak a m ile or so in length Sourd Ho sound twisted from wide to narrow streak * and back. Siso N /S - object not seen Color N /S - object not seen Shape Just a streak observed Odor detected N /S Apparent construction it/ih An exhaust trail (snoke) Exhaust trails Appeared as black cloud with no definite shape but looked like an anti—aircraft shell a few seconds after it exploded VA athor conditions AQQ^ncvM tkKSQftonte Tew white clouds — but £ear Effect on clouds black cloud silhouetted am ong then that m oved Sketches or photographs 3 figs. Manner of disappearance B/S Ramarks 1 (over) O bserver noticed what appeared to be a em ail black cloud between two white ones. Seem ed peculiar because the weather was clear and there were a few white clouds in the sky - but no other dark clouds or form ations of any kind. The black cloud did not have any definite shape but looked like an anti-aircraft shell a few seconds after it eiplodss. Suddenly it stretched out into a wide streak with sm aller vertical streaks, then rapidly turned and twisted, m oving into a different direction and disappearing. In three or four seconds, the sm oke burst appeared again spontaneously, approxim ately 20* west of the place where first noticed. Sm oke pattern dark, very large, and dispersed rapidly, appearing again as a wide streak a alls or so in length which appeared to twist from a wide to a narrow streak and than back again changing direction as it twisted. M oving in westerly direction against light wind. Plainly visible altho far away and very high. Bo sound heard. Seem ed like a streak that would be m ade if a flying wing with several engines Ufa banking and turning and leaving exhaust trails. Bote: Yantis was in the war and had seen a lot of anti-aircraft shells burst and m any vapor trails from pianos but had never observed anything like this. He states: ' "It was so spontaneous like a rubber band which is round, then suddenly is stretched at length and twisted, and then disappears without a trace." Agent's Bote! Yantis drew the sketches below estim ated at 1 to 2 m iles 1st position CNECf-.rU - ’’f IDENTIFIED FI.YI’Kt OBJECTS 1 . 30 July 19 ^ Incjd >rt ft 159 2. lbw 2015 ho urs 5, Ire tioh W o rthingto n, O hio 1,. "irv of observer Jo hn A . Felto n ■ . occupation bf obc ever N/S 6, !dr as of obs-rv ir 5800 High St, W o rthingto n, O hio 7. Flue of observation W o rthingto n, O hio '. Number of objects 1 ., Distance of obj- ct from observer N/S 1G. Tino in sight 15 minutes 11. altitude A ppro x 3000 ft 12. Speed very slo w 1; . Direction of flight ill. Tactic:5 No ne 19. 3' ord No ne 16. Size N/S 17. Color silver 18. Shape cylindrical 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S .’2. Weather conditions C lear with high scattered clo uds, visibility go o d 23. Effect on clouds N/S 2h. Sketches or photographs No ne 25. Manner of disappearance K/S 26. Remarkss (o ver) O bject appeared, cylindrical in shape with no apparent wings o r tail surfaces. No standard marker lights were displayed and there were no engine no ises. T he o bject emitted a steady silver glo w. A ltitude was fudged to be appro ximately ]O C O ft and. the o bject was mo ving very slo wly in a so uthwest co urse. It was in line o f visio n so me 15 minutes. No o ther aircraft, military o r civilian were in vicinity o f Felto n’s hearing o r visio n. T he sky was clear with high scattered clo uds and the visibility was go o d. M O T E: Felto n questio ned by M aj C arpbell o f the U SA F, but no thing further was gained by this interview with the exceptio n that his wife also saw the o bject. C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1 * Dato U July US 2. Timo 11:15 P. M . 5. Location Dravasburg, Pa. h. Hamo of observer John Jannicky, Jr. 5. Occupation of obsorvor N /S 6. Address of obsorvor Box 227, Dravasburg, Pa. 7. Place of observation Dravasburg, Pa. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from obsorvor N /S Incident ^ 160 10, Timo in sight 20 seconds + 11. Altitudo »/8 12. Speed Hovering - then m oving on at undeterm ined speed IJ. Diroction of flight ®/S ill. Tactics m oved across sky, stopping three tim es and resum ing m ovem ent 15. Sound No noise 16. Sizo of a star 17. Color sam e as a star 18. Shape looked like a star 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20. apparent construction H/S 21. Exhaust trails N /S 22. Woathor conditions ®/S 25. Effect on clouds N /S 2li. Skotohes or photographs ^egue sketch 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Romarks: (over) O n U July Ug at appro*. 11:15 P. M ., O ST, witness and. his wife thought they saw a star m oving. There was a light in the sky the sam e color and size of a star which was m oving. ItxfixxtxktaM yxttaRghtxlXxm uxxxslxxe Tnrtitoiaiigx-niMiiHlMiithHnMMirtitiiMtiwpliMtiHuufaitay tsithaiairxltkmxkhkMiahjaKtxWtt. Then they thought it was a plane but it m ade no noise. The object m oved across the sky, then changed its course a bit and went straight and stopped again for about 5 seconds, changed its course a bit and went straight for awhile and stopped again this tim e for a t least 15 seconds, then it went across the sky a little ways and disappeared com pletely. W hen the object stopped in the sky, it resem bled a star and only by following its course could the difference be noticed. BO TE : W itness states that he lives som e 2-1/2 m iles from the two wom an (M cKeesport, Pa.) who reported seeing a big silver plate zoom ing noiselessly overhead in the direction of Kennywood Parit. See Inc. 161. CHECK-LIST - ITIDEIITIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date A ro und. July 8, 48 Inc id art ^ 161 2. T imo N/ S 3. Location M cKeespo rt, Pa. Dame of observer M rs. Kell V eway & M rs. Elizabeth G o ltz 6. Occupation of observer ho usewife M rs V eway: 6. ^ddr^s of observers M rs G o ltz: 3^04 G ro ver A ve 2604 G ro ver A ve.) M cKeespo rt, Pa. 7. Place of observation M cKeespo rt, Pa. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer 1G. Timo in sight K/S 11. Alt itudo ®ZS 12. Speed ®/^ 13. Direction of flight N/S - to ward. Kennywo o d Perk 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sourd no iseless 16. Size 12 to 15 inches in dia. 17. .Color silver 18. Shape "plate" 19. Odor detected N/S 20. apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Woathor conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds disappeared in clo ud bank 21. Sketches or photographs No ne 25. Hanner of disappearance disappeared in blo o d bank 26. Ramarkss (o ver) W itness saw what lo o ked like a "big, silver plate" zo o ming no iselessly o verhead in the directio n o f Kennywo o d Park. "O h lo o k, that’s no t a plane, screamed M rs. V evay o f jU o U G ro ver to her neighbor, M rs. G o ltz, } 60U G ro ver, "it Lo o keqlike o ne o f tho se flying saucers." M rs. V eway said the disc was abo ut 12 to 15 inches in diameter. It disappeared in a clo ud bank but reappeared o n the far side and was seen by M rs, G o ltz. T hey fo llo wed the directio n o f the disc until o ut o f sight* BO T E: T aken fro m the D aily News "M cKeespo rt, Pa. - July 8, 19 hg. fO }^ CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Du to 11 A ug 1+8 Incid jrt ^ 162 2. Tina 1200 and 1215 ho urs C ST 3, Location Hamel, M inneso ta 4. Hamo of observer Jero me Leuer (age 10 and Benne Letter (age 8) 5. Occupation of observer children 6* Address of obsorvor R /R 1 Hamel, M inneso ta 7. Placet of observation A s abo ve -backyard 8. Number of objects 1 9, Distance of object from obsorvor a matter o f a few feet 10, Tino in sight N/S 11. Altitude rested o n gro und - 12. Speed N/S 13. Direction of flight A fter resting o n gro und it ascended to a height o f JO feet and sho t o ff in a no rtheasterly directio n lit. Tactics spun o nce , made whistling no ise, sho t straight up 20 ft, halted and again made whistling no ise. M aneuvered aro und tree branches & tele 15. Sourd whistling no ise - like steam whistle . wires. 16. Size 1 ft thick - 2 feet wide 17. Color dull gray 18. Shape ro und 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20. Apparent construction metallic 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Woathor conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 21i* Skotohas or photographs No ne 25* Hanner of disappearance into no rtheast 26. Remarks! (o ver) Inform ant• stated, that on 11 -Aug Ug between 1200 and 1215 hours, GST, Jerom e and Benno were playing in the back yard and noticed an object in descent approxim ately twelve feet from the ground which was descending between the two of them . It settled to the ground gently - m uch as a balloon. Upon hitting the ground, the object spun once* m ade a sort of whistling noise, described by the two boys as resem bling a steam whistle, and then shot straight up into the air approxim ately 20 feet* halted and again m ade a whistling noise. The object then shop upward to a height of about JO feet, and, in this ascent, m aneuvered around tree branches and telephone wires. Upon reaching a height of approxim ately ^ feet the object shot off in a northeasterly direction. The object approached from the northwest. The boys described the object as "approxim ately one foot tnick, two feet side and round." The object had no windows, wires, or any visible appurtenances. It was a dull gray in color and when it hit the ground, it m ade a slight clanking noise, nuch as m etal hitting egeinet m etal. Philip and M rs Leuer stated the boys were visibly frightened Jien they ran into the house and were afraid to tell what they had seen. Upon close questioning, the boys related the above story to them . M r. Leuer advised that he then had notified M r. E . R. Sheridan, Postm aster at Ham el, M innesota (who subsequently notified the proper authorities) AGISTS BO TE S: Agent noted that the spot where the alleged "flying saucer" had landed was approxim ately 2 feet in diam e ter and appeared as though som e heavy object had landed there or had been set down - as the ground was dented and protruding rocks had been leveled. The spot was covered by a washtub. . .M r. 2. R* Sheridan. Postm aster, advised that he had no reason to doubt the story of the boys or of M r. and M rs. Leuer. and for this reason had reported the m atter to the F ederal Bureau of Investigation, St. Paul, M inn. In• i i u t ft 1^322 July U S i:.. ho ur befo re dark i n V an Nuys, C alif ■• o f rv-T C apt Henry G lo ver & wife (O fd-R es) ■•'ip'.Ho n > f rh rvo r O rdnance R eserve O fficer .U r s o f .It rv r 8531 M ariel A ve., C ano ge Park, C ai if lie o ' o bs cv tier V an Nuys, C alif. ■ uni' r o f o M cte 1 - i : in - o f o b ci fro m o bs rv r . SSstSQrfX o verhead T in in njrht S^Sx abo ut an ho ur ;ii’ iru'io great height h 1 N/S D iro ctl.n ’ fT i ( ht to ward the sun. fro m the East o r ttxtaxS E to * ■ .^< iC 5 trawled a vertical arc o f abo ut 25° o r o re h .rd N/S ; 5R o f we ther ballo o n at 2000 ft - I^p bluish lum nescence like fluo rescent lamp which gradually engaged to o range co lo r at dusk fbrp' ro und tending to spherical C dnr d itt.ctcd N/S jipmrent co nstructio n N/S Exhaust trails N/S .. '1 r co nditi nr C A V U gro und, temper, ture 70-75° Eff ;ct o n clo uds N/S 3k tch s o r pho to graphs No ne 'unr r o f disupp’ r nc’ snapped o ff like a lamp when yo u thro w switch ft murks: (O ver) O bject appeared ro und, and pro bably spherical* A t first lo o ked similar to weather ballo o n at abo ut 2000 ft but there was no characteristic bo bbing. T he wind, was blo wing o n the gro und with fair strength and gusty yet the o bject was quite steady. In the time it was under o bservatio n (abo ut an no ur) it traveled thru a vertical arc o f abo ut 25° o r mo re. A fter watching the o bject fo r a while the o bserver co ncluded that whatever it was the th.ng was at great height but no t a star. It had a bluish luminescence like a fluo rescent lamp and as the sun set the co lo r gradually changed to an o range co lo r at dusk and finally snapped o ff like a 1 mp when the switch is thro wn. T he o utline was clear and sharp and symetrical (no fuzziness o r blurring), the air clear with visibility unlimited. D irectio n o f travel fro m East directly to ward the sun. S®?’h 11 ‘PW d to ba round andS^?2? • ~«fi- ^oon .t ^ ^>7 a^vs^rs- z*^ £ ^^^^^^-^ m ahom ji^ uX-A^^ ■hUo, I cone It had a bluii color gradual: W ho called your attention to the object? Unidentified M ber of a group at the patio W hat was the weather condition at the ties? W ry clear aky. Visibility unlisted. location *.n you O r* Directly over Van Huy# .hea pg , 30 degree it. ■ - X^ ’ At '^a “ out there was iwm o of on the ground in fair ’• After watchijK it a eat height but not a star, ■store ab< two hour object I C HEC K-LIST - U I?ID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1 Dato 29th June 16U Incident | l& ha 2 Timo 11 P. M, 5 Location Uniontown, Pa. No no o f o bserver M lS Catherine M cDonald. 5 Occupation of observer 1/S 6 Address of observer 38 Ken. Bing ton Circle, Uniontown 7 Placo o f o bservatio n Uniontown, Pa. - O bserver’ • front porch 0 Number of objects three - one at a tim e 9 Distance of object from observer »/s 10 Tino in sight I/S ii Altitude 5000 ft 12 Speed 13. Dirootion of flight I® lb Tactics spinning vertically on edge 15 So und none 16 Size N /S 17, C o lo r lum inous 18 Shape 19 O do r do to cto d N one 20 Apparent construction ®/$ “ transparent 21 Exhaust trails *rail of li^it about 1 yard long Woathor conditions 23 Effoot on clouds N /S - flew acnes8 sky beneath base of clouds - Skotchas or photographs 25 Mannar of 26 R amarks: disappearance (over) lightning could be seen thru. it. ^ * vague sketch - _ -^ ^ pjC lost eight of - obstructed by neighboring houses if ^ ' T A t appro ximately 11 P. M , On thg^tLo f June M rs Ho llar saw a lumino us o val-sharped o bject ixkxxbx --iixx a meat platter ro lling alo ng o n its edge. It appeared to te go ing very fast since it disappeared in abo ut 5 to 10 seco nds. It was witho ut so und o r o do r but seemed to have a tail which extended abo ut a yard o r so . Five minutes later, witness saw a seco nd o bject and after ano ther five- minute interval a. third o bject w s o bserved. T hey appeared in the So uthwest and flew to the No rtheast. T he weather w< s clo udy with lightning and ro lling thunder. T he o bjects flew o ver the O akland St. A rea o r just to the side o f it (East o f O akland St.) T hey traveled abo ut 1,000 ft and then disappeared behind the ho uses acro ss the street fro m the witnesses. W itnesses: M rs. C atherine M cD o nald Po lice Sergeant Shuh & daughter C HEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1 * D ato 29 June U8 Ino idant j 2, T ime 2300 3, Locution Uniontown, Pa. 4, Namo of observer N r». M argaret Hollar et al 5. Occupation of observer Housewife 6. Address of obsorvor 100 M oore Ave., Uniontown, Pa. 7, Place of observation J8 Kensington Circle, Uniontown (hom e of M rs. Catherine M cDonald) 0. Number of objects J - one at a tim e 9. Distance of object from obsorvor N /S 10. Timo in sight 10 seconds 11. Altitude W/S 12. Spend W faat 1) . Di root ion of flight from Southwest to N ortheast 111. Tactics ro lled alo ng o n its edge 15. Sound xl^a No so und 16. Sizo ’•platter" 17. Color lumino us 18. Shape oval 19. Odor dotoctod ^S N one 20. Apparent construction N /S - lum inous 21. Exhaust trails a tail of about a yard In length. 22. Woathor conditions cloudy with lightiing and rolling thunder 23. Effect on clouds N /S 2h. Sketches nr photographs N one 25. Mannar of disappearance View obstructed by neighboring houses 194a 26. R amarks: (over) W itness saw a lum inous, oval-shaped object flying at an altitude of approx 5,000 ft which was traveling beneath the base of som e atxsxts clouds from southwest to northeast across the sky. The weather was storm y and. cloudy and as a second object flew across the sky a flash of lightning could be seen thru it. It seem ed to be transparent. The objects^) traveled very f. st and seem ed to just disappear within 10 seconds. The objects appeared at approxim ately five m inute intervals. There was no odor or sound if from them . However, a trail of light about a yard long was observed. The objects rolled vertically on their edges and appeared to be spinning an and across the sky. W itnesses lost sight of the objects as neighboring houses obstructed their view. W itnesses: M rs. M argaret Hollar Police Sergeant Shuh & tin hie daughter C HEC K-LIST - ryiD EKT IFIE) FLY ING O BJEC T S 1. Du to 29 June Ug Incidjrt# 16Ub 2. Tina 2300 - U:00 P. M . 3. Location Uniontown, Pa. h. Ham o of obsorvor 9gt Chne E . Schuh & daughter 5. O ccupation of obsorvor Uniontown Police Dept. 6a Addr-ss of obsorvor 32 Lawton Ave., Uniontown 7. Ploco of obaorvition from front ooreh of }8 Kensington Circle, Union town, 0. N unbcr of objects 1 9* Distance of object from observer K/S 10. Tino in eight 5-7 seconds 11. Altitude 6,00 ft 12. Speed 100 M PE 15. Direction of flight 13 ’ sifted in wet lh. Tactics straight 4 level 15. Sound “o** 16. Sita t»aJ.f of 0 l«rge m eat platter (1-1/2*) 17. Color ®/® lum inous 16. Shape sem i-circular 19. O dor dotoctod ®/S 20. Apparent construction N /S 21. E xhaust trails i/s 22. W aathor conditions partly cloudy 23. E ff ct on clouds ■/« 21*a Sketches or photographs none 25. Hanner of diaupp uranoo «/s 'A BB?the night of 29th June at about i±Hi 11:00 P. M ., witness saw object that resem bled a half of a large m eat platter which appeared over the west end of the city at O akland Ave & W est M ain St., Uniontown, Pa. It seem ed to be at a height of about 6,000 ft and sailed in a straight line of about 8 or 900 feet in about 5 to 7 seconds. Ko sound was heard and the object SHKfcttstxssxnyxj: em itted no reys. It was traveling in a northeastly direction. W itnesses: M rs. M cDonald M rs. Hollar Sgt Schuh's daughter 0’ CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Dato 26 July 19 ^8 Incident # 1& 5 2 , T into 2100 £ 3. Location C hamblee, G a. 6. Hamo of observer D o yle L. A very et al 5. Occupation of obsorvor O bserver, A tlanta Naval A ir Base 6. Address of obsorvor A tlanta Naval A ir Base, C hamblee, G a. 7. PIqco of observation O bservatio n to wer 8. Number of objects 1 blue white light 9# Distance of object from observer N/S 10, Timo in sight N /S 11. A ltitude N /S 12. Spo o d N/S - like sho o ting star 13. Diroction of flight 35 turning S and. geining altitude lh. Tactics straight & level & gaining altitude 15. Scurd No ne 16. Sizo K/s 17. Color blue-white light 18. Shape N/S - o bject no t seen 19. Odor dotootod ^/^ 20. Apparent construction like sho o ting star 21. Exhaust trails N/S - po ssibly the blue white light was the exhaust 22. Woathor conditions 2/10 cirrus at 25,000 ft; 1 to U /10 o f lo wer strato cirrus at 5*000 ft. V isibility 12 to 15 miles. Surf wind light & variable 23. Effect on clouds N/S 2—5 ^^ 21*. Skotches or photographs No ne 165a O siW «Ayg,Ua, D o yle L. A very O bserver, A tlanta Naval A ir Base, C hamblee, G a., W o ile o n duty at the o bservatio n to wer o n 26 July U 8 abo ut 2100 ho urs sighted, a blue-white light traveling so utheast fro m the no rtheast It was traveling very fast and maintained, a unifo rm altitude (undetermined) and speed. It lo o ked like a sho o ting star except fo r the fact that it maintained the same altitude. W hite under o bservatio n it then appeared to gain altitude and then turned sharply to the so uth. T he weather was clear and still. T here was no so und. Sho rtly after sighting the light several residents o f the area called and repo rted seeing the same thing. No flights left o r arrived at the statio n after 1^10 ho urs o n 2b July ' E. W itnesses o f this pheno mena who were interviewed made statements as fo llo ws: O n 26* July h8 they were seated o n the lawn o f the G eo rgia Scho o l o f T echno lo gy Ho using Pro ject at C hamblee, G a. A bo ut 2015 ho urs M rs. Jo hn G all sighted a strange light and called it to the attentio n o f her co mpanio ns. T he light appeared abo ut the size o f a fo o tball and w h s traveling so utheast o n a steady co urse. It was green and faded into a silver-co lo red tail. T he light appered aamaaamd to lo se altitude slo wly much the same as a plane co ning in fo r a landing. It appeared to fade away in flight as if extinguished. Ko so und wayissrd. W itnesses: M r. & M rs. Haro ld Shaw M r. R o bert Sebring M rs. Jeanne Hill M rs. M yrtle R enfro e M rs. Jo hn G all i 165 - supporting evidence for Incidence flUU assigned a num ber in error U I f u CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1 Date Incident ^ 166 2 Timo 20,000 ho urs o r 8:00 P. M 5 Location Lo b A ngeles, C alif h Nemo of observer S/Sgt Lero y H. Estes 5 Occupation of obsorvor S/Sgt 6 Address of obsorvor •^ 1301 *• O lympic Blvd., Lo e A ngeles Placo of observation 1301 W . O lympic Blvd. Lo b A ngeles, C alif. 8 Number of objects 9 10 Distance of object from obsorvor N/S Timo in sight N/S 11 Altitude estimated to be well o ver 20,000 ft 12 Speed tho ught to be well o ver 700 M PH 13 Diroction of flight lb Tactics no ne flew level co urse 15 Sound No so und 16 Size 17 Color silver 18 Shape V -2 ro cket 19 Odor dotoctod N/S 20 Apparent construction ro cket — like 21 Exhaust trails blue exhaust trail Woathor conditions Effect on clouds N/S 25 Remarks: (o ver) 23 26 Skotchos or photographs No ne Manner of disappearance N/S ? t * O bject resem bled, the fuselage of a V-2 rocket - but m uch larger. S/Sgt E stes stated that it was m uch larger than a B—29 and silver in color and that it com pletely filled the lens of a 10 B-80 field glass which was taken from a Germ an 88 m m artillery piece. E ach lens was 8" in dianfter. Speed estim ated to be well over 700 N TH. and objec^as traveling at an altitude of well over 20,000 ft. Ho sound was heard Left a blue exhaust trail. O bject traveling from west to east. O nly object sighted. CHECK-LIST - I'M IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1 . Data b M ay 19 ^8 IncidrtJ 167 2 * T ima 09 05 ^^ 5. I net.tion 19 * 06' N - 164® 05* S between Kwajalein Island, M arshall Islands and Hickam Field. , 4. "anv of observer C apt Flo yd Barnes 5, Occupation of obsorvor Pilo t U SA F 3. ..-Hr s of obsorvor Pacific D ivisio n, M ilit A ir T rans Service 7. Flue of observation A head & abo ve hie plane R. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer 4 to 5 miles 1G . Timo in sight split second 11. Altitude 10,000 ft 12. Speed »/§ 15. Direction of flight N/S 14. Turtles explo ded. Like a shall 15. Sound N/S 16. Size M /S 17. Color white 16. Shupe kal1 19* Odor detected N/o "fire®2G. Apparent construction 21. Exhaust trails No ne 22. w nthor conditions 5/10 clo ud. co verage 23. Effect on clouds M /S 2. .. Sketches or photographs ^^ 25- Manner of disappearance ®^ 26. Remarks: (every A large white ball o f fire wee o bserved so me fo ur to five miles directly ehead o f and slightly abo ve the aircraft. It was o bserved fo r o nly a split seco nd and was co n 'arable to the explo sio n o f a shell T here were no streamers o r ’’tails” o bserved such as usually related to a meteo r o r a distress signal. A s the aircraft appro ached the appro ximate po sitio n where the ball o f fire was o bserved a single white light was seen o n the water surface. Ho wever, this disappe; red within a few seco nds after sighting bee use o f the existing clo ud co verage. M o re lights were immediately o bserved o n the water surfsee so me 10 miles no rth o f the.plane's co urse. It is the o pinio n o f the witness (6apt Barnes) that these were fro m a surface vessel. So me 10 minutes elapsed after these lights were o bserved o n the water surface when an aircraft was sighted flying a recipro cal co urse (2h0°) at abo ut 1000 ft belo w the o bservers's aircraft and slightly to the right o f the co urse. C apt Barnes made numero us attempts to co ntact this aircraft o n C hannel ”B and "C ", "V HF" but ackno wledgment o f his transmissio n was never teceived. CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS I. Du to 20 July 19 ^ Incident ^ 16g 2. Timo 1330 lo cal 3. Location O brechstreet, A rnhem, T he Hague h. Hamo of observer ^- $• O tter 5* Occupation of obsorvor C hf. Investigato r o f C o urt o f D amage 6, address of obsorvor A rnheim, T he Hague 7. Placo of observation 52° 30’ N, ^° 3^’ ® 8. Number of objects 1 9, Distance of object from observer H/S 10. Tino in sight ®/S 11. Altitude very high 12. Spend high speed - co mparable to V -2 13. Diroction of flight N/S lh. Tactics ®/^ 15. Sound Same aB 7-2 16. Sizo B/S 17. Color N/S 18. Shape A ircraft with 2 decks and no wings 19. Odor dotoctod ®/$ 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Woathor conditions visibility unlimited - scattered clo uds 23. Effoct on clouds N/S 2h. Sketches or photographs No ne 0 ^ , .... _ 25. Manner of disappoaranco N/S 26. Remarks: O bject appeared to be wingless aircraft with two decks. It was traveling at very high altitude and was seen fo ur times intermittently thru clo ws. V isibility: unlimited. C IIEC K-LIST - U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S Incident # 16$ T imo 0530 Location M aplewo o d, O hio Fame of observer M r. Fahy Niswo nger Occupation of observer farmer Address of obsorvor R D #1, M aplewo o d, O hio .Pho ne: Jackso n C entral Placo of observation M aplewo o d, O hio 8-O FU 2 Number of objects 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Spcod N/S 13. Direction of flight N/S Ih. Tactics A ro se fro m behind wo o ds - seemed to unravel a silver substance that flo ated earthward 15. Sound N/S 16. Size large 17. Color Silver 18. Shapo sphere 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails - silver substance (?) 22. Woathor conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 2h. Sketches or photographs No ne 25. Manner of disappearance D isintegrated in mid—air 26. Ramarks: (o ver) W itness o bserved a large silver-co lo red sphere w ich seated to arive fro m behind, his wo o ds and co ntinued to flo at acro ss his farm. W hile in flight it seemed to unravel a silver substance wnich flo ated earthward. W hile under o bservatio n it disintegrated in nid-air. NO T E: W itness seeded very co nscientio us and sincere while relating this incident. Subject aro se while witness was talking to a man fro m this Qo mmand (M C IA X P) when an airplane chanced to fly o verhead. CHECK-LIST - "!'IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Dut • Around 5 M ay bg Incidjrt f 170 2. T ima N/ S 5. Location A dapazari, T urkey h. Hamo of obsorvor N/S - taken fro m teleco n Item extracted fro m T urkish newspaper "Y en! Sabah”, Istanbul, 5 M ay ^ 5. Occupation of observer N/S 6, Addrvss o f o bso rvo r See abo ve 7. Place of observation V illage near A depazari, T urkey 8. Number of objects . 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10, Tino in sight N/S 11, A ltitude 050 feet 12, Speed N/S l^. Direction of flight ^/^ ih. Tactics N/o 15. S0111M S/S 16. Size H/S 17. color "shining" 18. Shape V s 19- Odor dotoctod N/S 20. Apparent construction N/S 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Woathor conditions N/S 23, Effect on clouds N/S 2h, Sketches or photographs No ne 25. Manner of disappearance explo ded . inspected 2b. Remarks: Investigatio n no w under way and the debris will be X mxk& s xs; by experts. Aoco� � "fl 8 lion DD Mt �. Att AIIIIClll"I� ·i1,utu'i7e bu lto• ftqaaated $o IJivM\M,t.ie this tnol t t'aU7 enc� '4niab a...nJ. r • &J llkev!M. thlr IAcldat oa lie eoatirllit4 or :DOI Au Att� � 41Ncte4 \o ds� eowoes for lnfo \1 ODntained la Tai ......,._ anlcla. lacd.a.,: 170 "1'blN �'• lJJe affeo\ 1 Clalllc Is lU. aeuol"ae • ks •l&llt 9'1Jt'P1� Ula eawlv,'. � ,-.pl.a -.rgeai that theu •l&fll . 1oa 1ft nt1 au.t- 1ud clJ"Ole• :r eal• that on:r MWlii191:ai:a Alli,.. _. In �1.o4• in 1 "lato ..al!r 8114 llllod a llbeep a.c. o !10 � i'Nat 11114 the iabrl• .Sll 'be �tea •• Ob__.,ra. '18¥ that \be l'OCQI, llidilb l• elehwl to hewt .,._ fl'UI tb.t lor\hwt4 fiy,l. al Q1 t.1 of 200 Mfren onr Mf1Pf1serl Won :lt f-11. CHECK-LIST - UHIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Du to 3 A ug ^ Incid irt # 171 2. Time Sunset ?.. Location M o sco w, U SSR 4. Hamo of observer ®/S - A merican Newspaper R epo rter 5. Occupation of observer Newspaper repo rter 6, Address of observer N/S 7. Placo of observation Sbo ut 25 kilo meters (19 to 20 miles) NW o f M o sco w 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitudo Very high 12. Speed high but not excessive 1$. Diroction cf flight Southwest-N ortheast direction lb. Tactics N /S 15. Sound Ko sound 16. Size M /S 17. Color N /S - shone brightly 16. Shapo lo ng narro w 19. Odor dotoctod M /S 20. Apparent construction Apparently m etallic since it ahone very brightly 21. Exhaust trails N /S 22. Woathor conditions N /S - sunny 2J. Effect on clouds N /S 2I4, Shot ch as or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance N/S 26. Ramarks, (over) About SunM t on J Aug Ug, about 25 kilom eters (20 m iles) northwest of M oscow an experienced Am erican newspaper reporter saw an unidentified object at very high altitude. It was long and narrow and proceeded at a high but not excessive speed in a generally south-west- northeast direction. It shone very brightly probably from reflected sunlight. Bo wings could be seen and no sound was heard. It looked like a rigid airship and was so identified by a Russian acquaintance who saw it at the sam e tim e. However, the reporter, in spite of the appearance of the object was of the opinion that it wes not a rigid airship due principally to its high speed. He bad do theory to offer KA O O M O TT: This object m ight have been anything. Its speed seem s insufficient for a guided m issile, but it could have been either a Jet or conventional airplane as unusual light con­ ditions and fore-shortening frequently give aircraft a freakish appearance. The possibility that it was a dirigible should not be excluded. Reference "A* should not be excluded. RjTZHE N CX "A": The upper winds in Russia are not published but it was noted that on the following m orning there were high sur­ face winds with storm predictions. 1 3 U , 5 7 8 9 10. 11. 12. 13. 1U . 15. 16. 18 19 . 21 22. 2'4, C HEC Krilo T U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S D ate o f Incident T ime o f Incident 1 O ct 19 *48 2100 hrs Incident # 172 Place o f o bservatio n Fargo , N. D ako ta fro m plane o ver Fargo and vicinity Name o f o bs. rv< . r G eo rge F. G o rman O ccupatio n o f o bserver M gr C o nstr ^ (Pilo t o f ^ in ^ ^ ^^ A ddress o f o bf.rv r 18 Fed Ho us Pro j Fargo N. D ako ta Number o f o bjects o bserved fjansi D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver 1000 yds T ime in sight 27 minutes A ltitude 1000 to 1*400 ft - O p ed much fester than F—51 D irectio n o f flight vario us T actics Lights So und C o lor Shajjp dba^cxn®±xx±x±M±igc 1 Several left turns,’ o ne right turn, diving and climbing clear white light • _ • no ne no ted at Kisxsil clo sest o bservatio n 6 to 8 indies clear white ** • ro und at all times , O do r detected no ne A pparent co nstructio n Exhaust trails no ne W erth r co nditio ns - Effect o n clo uds no ne no ne no ted seen C A V U Sketches o r pho to graphs M anner o f dis-app* rance no ne in steep climb 26. * R emarks: No them lights'were visible in the NE quadrant (o ver) 2. T ime o f Incident 2100 hrs 3. Place o f o bservatio n Fargo N, D ako ta A irpo rt - C o ntro l T o wer o f Fargo A lrpo rt 4. Kame o f o bserver L. D . Jensen 5* O ccupatio n o f o bserver A irpo rt traffic co ntro ller 6. A ddress o f o bserver 11*23 6th A ve Fargo k. N. D ako ta 7» Number o f o bjects o bserved 1 8. D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver 1/2 mile 9 . T ime in sight several seco nds 10, A ltitude U ,000 to 5»000 ft 11. Speed extremely fast • 12. D irectio n o f flight X * $• ^« 13 * T actics ho rizo ntal flight 14. Lights clear white light 15. So und no ne no ted , 16. Size tail lamp o f an airplane 17. C o lo r clear white IS. Sho pe ro und • > * 19 . O do r detected no ne no ted • 20. A pparent co nstructio n no ne no ted — M light” 21 Exhrust- trails no ne no ted - 22. W eather co nditio ns C A V U 23. Effect o n clo uds no ne 24, Sketches o r pho to graphs no ne 25. M anner o f disappearance straight o ut 26. R emarks: (o ver) . M r. Jensen was o n duty xxkeb during the time Lt G o rman sighted the light o ver Fargo . T here was no t much traffic during the evening ho urs o n that day.W ith the exceptio n o f the 7-51 G o rman was flying there was no o ther plane fro m Fargo A ir Field in the air. at 2050 ho urs he was advised that a plane fro m a privately-o wned field so uth o f Fargo that D r. C anno n had taken o ff in a . Piper C ub and had asked permissio n to land at Fargo A ir Field. A t 2100 . ho urs Lt G o rman called the to wer asking if any o ther aircraft were in the air. He was given the po sitio n o f the Piper C ub. A pproximately 5 minutes later G o rman called again and stated that there was ano ther aircraft in the air in appro ximately the same altitude as the C ub, but he stated that it ' co uld no t be the C ub in view o f its speed. He was advised that no o ther . aircraft was in- the air fro m Fargo and no ne o ther had signaled fro m o ther air fields. Lt G o rman advised then that he was go ing to fo llo w the o ther aircraft. M r. Jensen then stepped to the so uth windo w o f the to wer and saw the o bject appro ximately 1,000 ft fro m the to wer in a no rthwestern directio n passing very fast o ver the field. T aking a pair o f bino culars he o bserved, the o bject as it passed o ver the field. He was, ho wever, unable to distinguish any shape o r fo rm o ther than what appeared to be the taillight ' o f a very fast-mo ving craft. He did no w, ho wever, see the maneuvers carried o n by the o bject no r the F-51 o f Lt G o rman. He saw the o bject o nly o nce and ' then o nly as it passed in a straight line o ver the field. M r Jensen’ heard no so und, no ticed no o do r and saw no exhaust streaks in the air. T ie o bject appeared to be o nly a ro und li^it, perfectly fo rmed, with no fuzzy edges o r rays leaving its bo dy. T he edges were clear cut. No o ther . attached shape was o bserved. T he main identifying characteristic was the high rate o f speed at which it was apparently traveling. \ C HEC K-LIo T U NID ENT IFIED FLY ING O BJEC T S 1 2 D ate o f Incident T ime o f Incident 1 O ct I9 U 8 2100 hrs Incident # 172 b Place o f o bservatio n U . Name o f o bserver Fargo , N. D ako ta A irpo rt - C o ntro l to wer Fargo , N. D A rpt. M anuel E. Jo hnso n ' 5 6 O ccupatio n o f o bserver A ddress o f o bserver A ssistant A ir-po rt T raffic co ntro ller 1^22 Bro dway, Fargo , N.D . - 8 9 . 10. 11. 12. Number o f o bjects o bse rved 1 D istance o f o bject fro m o bserver T ime in sight several seco nds A ltitude 20 0 t0 2 500 ft Speed extremely fast 1 to 2 miles D irectio n 1U . 15. 16. IS. 19 . T actics lights So und Size C o lo r Shape o f flight NNW o ne turn clear white light no ne o f a lamp clear white ro und 22 O do r detected no ne no ted A pparent co nstructio n no ne no ted Exhaust trails no ne no ted W eather co nditio ns C A V U • Effect o n clo uds no ne 2b. 25. 26. ■ 1600 Sketches o r pho to graphs M anner o f disapp< ranee no ne straight line R emarks: M r. Jo hnso n was o n duty at the Fargo A irpo rt to wer fro m aro und . - no urs 1 ^ and. was in the to wer at the time the F-51 called in reanestinf o bie^J^nB^^ii0^ tf^110’ ^^ Lt G o rman called a seco nd time abo ut the o bject Jo hnso n walked to the rear o f the receiver and lo o ked o ut the so uth windo w 81X 1 o bject and ^ G ^b.. O bject was a little higher than the "C ub" end °e °U a no rth neaping, and then turning no rthwest. It seemed abo ut 2,000 in the air and traveling at an excessive rate o f speed. No definite o utline co uld be identified. Bo th the o bject and the "C ub" were no ticed at the same time. C HT .C iU LIjT U N1D 2HT IFI2D FLU BO O feJD C T S 1. D ate o f Incident 2. T ime o f Incident 1 O ct 19 ^8 21.0 hrs Incident # 172c 3. Place o f o bservatio n Fargo , N. D ako ta - fro m «±x Fargo co ntro l to wer U . Name o f o o si rv. r D r. C anno n ' 5. O ccurr tio n o f o bserver O cculist (amateur pilo t with 2 yrs flying experience) 6. A ddress o f o be rv. r G o o dmans Jewelers, Fargo , N. D ako ta 7, Humber o f o bj. cts o bserved 1 . 8. D istract o f o bj< ct fro m o bs. rv r 1 mile 9 . T ine in sight at intervals fo r seco nds o nly 10. A ltitude 5«0 W tO C O ft . 11. Speed very fast 12. D irectio n o f flight NNW SB and W 13. T actics straight line 1U . Lights clear white light . 15* So und no ne 16. Size tail light o f plane 17. C o lo r clear waite 18. Shape * wo und 19 . O do r d tect 'd no ne 30. A cpar nt co nstructio n no ne no ted 21 Exhrust trails no ne seen 22. W r th r co nditio ns O -V l 23. Effect o n clo uds no ne 2b. Sketches o r pho to graphs no ne • 25. M mi. r o f diseppt rrncc straight line 26. R emarks: O bject first o bserved when D r. C anno n was landing his plane He no ticed what a pe red to be the tall light o f ano ther ship go ing at co nsiderable speed in a westerly directio n. He landed his "C ub” at the Fargo A irpo rt and delivered so me bo ttles o f co ca-co la to the to wer o perato rs (o ver) 5-/U^6 e“tering h® o verheard to e running co mmentary between "t G o rman & ip* ^nsen* Pepped o n the balco ny and watched the maneuvers o f the fro m to e so uthbast co rner o f the to wer. He shw the o bject twice, it was headed in a westerly directio n, returning sho rtly, and then fi®11^ ^nto a steeP tenk, then disappearing in a no rthwestern by no rth directio n * No ticed no so und fro ck the o bject at any time, no o do r and no exhaust streaks ^