ANALYSIS ON FLYING OBJECT INCIDENTS IN THE U. S mini SWIM ARY AND C APPENDIX “A” - AN Al AMIS C Introduction Some Aspects Regarding Flying Object Incidents ........ Possible Origin of Unusual Flying Objects ......... Possible Reasons or Tactics far the Use of Soviet Unconventional Aircraft Over the U. S. APPENDIX “B” - APPENDIX W” - FLYING YING TYPE AIRCRAFT Germany . . . Great Britain from, the areas with high ( ^■■1 UH sw -j 1 :.?u jot >:. -'atie j the Russian oil situation (regardless of estimated oil ramrao) R oho " Oq-; that in the IBBIlliifliilil|li|lijOltilllii^^iiliiliB||illBiiill||Bill^^liiiBililliliOlOiiBIliBiilillilllilliBlil^^ dictates the direction taken in ; We must therefore, arrive at the conclusion that any Soviet device which its ii||liiiiiilliBiliiBli!llliiliili)iili|IHllil|B^ iiililli|ljlllllll|||ll^^ llllliBiiBliililiiliilli^i|||||l(ijjil|jj^^ iliillliBlllillllillillliBiliiiOlii^^ nSFtOoviets would choose first to frighten pro-American of a radically new weapon to counteract the ability of the U.S. to ness with the atom bomb. It will be remembered that strange Scandinavian countries in 1946. The objects observed there formance characteristics. As this demonstration over the Scandinaviar U.S. was making a vigorous cp-mpaign Pm tn? economic and political - - —■ — with other pro-American Western European nations. When tone moments ■ objects began to be observed ? U.S. that flying objects may have been mW to o'rbt^n both European ovUms and the - ■ ance of a new device, and that is entify such a Soviet object would give indication that U.S. development is far behind that of the Soviets. believed that the use of the objects to promote fear has been worthless in that th- TT c —V1'-' l— tended to characterize these IrWdeRs entirely as hallucinations by ‘‘crack pots”, of conventional objects, or Eat they represent a bard American whirr ■ - licized. Any fear that might result from Soviet use will co: have been Soviet aircraft and that they involve radical developments which are in - |i||il|ilJtjlii||Jllllji||j|fillijilU^ : 1 WWWTUJSSANCE. It is possible that the ■|||i|Ii|||||M||g|i||||i|||lii|^^ ■iiiiiii|iliiiiiiiii^^ itBiliiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^ ii®lOi®iiliiiililiBBiiiilBiil^^ ||||||j|||||||J|l^ liiliilBIllIiliiiili^^ gl B ill illliillilili^ iliiliOiiiiiiBiiii^^illiiiiiiiliil^iiiijiiilliiOiii^ ss on defenses mA provide vaoad-- uccess in bombing strategic objccihom ir nw IP to d. FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHTS OVER U.S. TERRITORY. This possible reason is perhaps the most S^moEaH^nETirm^^ Involved, other purposes are prob­ ably also accomplished in its execution. Provided the U.S.S.R. has unusually high peri'™- aircraft they might find it advantageous to familiarize themselv*e s w xtli Hie t in anticipation of future combat missions to strategic targets. BtllSflliiiliiiSitlfilflllillltlllilllllllll^^ 5. CONCLUSION. The conclusion that some type of flying object has bee seems*ToTe~suFstantiated. It is not known at this time whether these cations of domestically launched devices, natural phenomena, or foreigi Is, therefore, impossible to make any reliable explanation for their appears tactics which they may employ if the objects observed include any foreigi nautical fields. It is likewise hnpGshbl? nt this time to contain discussions of powibh perform­ ance characteristics or tactics within limits of practical reason, if for no othe fact that proof of the existence of a foreign development of this type would nec considerations of new principals and means not yet considered practical possib APPEN D ED AB ’1 £^E2E^^ Ail O F 1 AUG UST 1^8 iiora SELECTED RE from observers - , \ ' uenoed by mifo^lo . : or ..^bjs. Some of D ess reliable sources 3 , 30 miles northwest of Lake Meade, : white circular objects in close forma. Dm, were motoring along Highway It ■i|iliili^^ e of 1A n90 feet. It was of uniform bject was in sight for about 60 seconds ^vKg numbers of disks fly- ■llilii^^ O R IG IN AL PHO TO G R APHS B Y M R . R HC Alt R ip i ; mm l Fig. 3 : F’lM 4 4»*fr - 9 4 MttT; g. O u 20 July IM 7 , M r. W oodruff, 3 I "in-Aaw -tai Airw ays in-?cnaiiic repo ru'd a circular ohjeet flying nt high ve'irrity, parrlnlini; the «rlhh surface end leaving a trail w hich 'ipt.-rtt^rt as a “turning up” cf the cloud fcm atbi. The sighting occurred ucu riarnm Field, PW ouAaiHni Tw o other persons also saw Tse trail w hich rem aim d in the sky fur about an hour and w an photo- graphed by andhrr PAA ctajkyne. The vtsaitiutt photographs support M r, V Aodruff’e thtervFiou at; fur as the sky clcav;w r is concerned. (Fee Figs, 5 and T) li. on 29 July 19 47 , Kenneth Arnold. w bll« flying near Tw w .s, W aphi^tui, reported s fom atkn ci Hying :;bj';cts, His sketch of their shape corresponds ciossly to that show n In the oholo^aphs m ade by M r. R hoads, C M the sun? day, tw o U. S. Air Fores pilots at Ham ilton Field reported tw o flying disks trailing a F-80 , fM M w lng it tow ard O akland, C alifornia. 1. O n 4 August 1.9 47 , the pilot ai#i:& fe^ one Al. Jones, near .B ethel. Alaska, R eported a. flying disk larger than their aircraft. This disk crossed their path at a tout 1,60 0 feel ana they turned io give chase. The L C -3 w as flying rat 17 0 m ph, but ths disk flew out of sight In four m lnulKi. ; j. O n F! N ren-ter 19 47 , tw o flying disks trailing jetd’ke stream s cf fire w ere reportedly sigUUd from tue bridge of the tanker TtafeTO j’s, according to the second officer. Tha Ticonderoga w as 20 .m iles off ths O m ii, R hors. This officer-said trie disks w ere in s^te 45 seconds, m oving at u'speed, estim ated at 7 0 0 -9 0 0 "m yh, curving In'a long, few 'arc'. 1.1 \W 11 T, T H | ,4 74 1111110 Php ’( minutes niter the initial sighting. The same lignt was observed by three other witnesses from te ground: Mr. L. D. Jensen, Air Traffic Controller, Mr. Manuel E. Johnson, Assir4m4 troiler, mid Dr. b. N. Cannon, Oculist. A comparison of all testimony revealed t was sighted and that it consisted only te a small round ball of clear white tight v shape attached, ft was about 0 to 8 inches in dimeter. At times it trweh.d fast and performed maneuvers in an evasive manner. When first sighma th ing at an estimated 250 miles per lour. Under this condiUotp the light w blinked off and on. At high peidarmancc the white lighi was cent inures. eliminated Ihe possibility that this incident may have boon another ,airs rah m' a ba Hoon. x. On 18 November 1948 at noprcmnmtely 814b hours. Ibrm !wwrw' {teds, W. Jackson, Aid Lt. Glen L. Stalker, and hud AL henry G. bombs, flying near Maryland, encountered an unidentified flying object. When firs! sighted, it app- and flying at about l,7u0 feet. Throe or Omr passes worn made hi an ateunp! pilot of the aircraft stated that while diving his aircraft at approximately 440 ; object would climb vertically and then would drop below the aircraft from behi ■■ from the object was observed.- 4. Investigations conducted the identification of 18 of appi Approximately nine per cent o further specific consideration, two were from unreliable witn actually seen but investigation logical and carnival balloons, examples are presented for cc cation of the object involved: a. On 22 July 1948, Captain Henry Glover (Ordnance Reserve) and Nuys, California, an object which they were unable to positively identify. ObieR ' w b. r-inu cm I i^e a weather balloon at about 2,000 feet but them mm m rmteim. Ate? wind ' - te;v/mg the ground but the object was quite Omlm -m Lm? b ” ' - - - v tewcww.wm ate.w v? hour, it traveled through a v<-rrte-w mo te smxpiw? (2T-) xym.?? m more. The otenrmr intended that it was not a celestial body. 0 hr ? 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