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62-IHQ-ii3894 1 im,oo s &ECTION 6 i~IAl~ 246-301 .. cc, - z:. _ C:I ail:: FBI - CENTRAL R~CORDS CENTER Sub == - HQ - HE. I lQUA, fLRS Class / Case# cc 2! Vol Sorial # 6 246 L&.I 0062 83894 301 a:: -= ~ 8/11/1274188 Il Il ll l I I 1 1111111 11 11 11111 LL.I il l ll III RRP0031XGU 111 111 1111 1 1111 U!) ==- ca C :, -., ,,U) 1' I I rs I I CGOVERN~E, T O.ffic;M Memorl dum • UNITED STATES TO D. Ji. Lad/_ez_A(. FROM A . H. Be}@ SUBJECT: SUMMARY 0-;J;;ERIAL PHENOMENA IN NEW MEXICO MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING DATE: August 2.v,f~ "-1:arbo_ _ Bel,m.,nt_ "."~ 1 , . hoom_ i,e:tse_ PURPOSE _ ~Ohr I _ , /Gendy_ _ K/, I ( To advise that : {1) OSI has expressed concern in J connection with the continued appea rance of unexplained phen~mena ) described as green fireballs, discs and meteo r s in the vicin i t y µ ~ of sensit i ve instal lations in New Mexico . {2) Dr. LaPa2 , Meteo r Expe r t of the University of New Mexico , reported that the phenomena does not appear to be of meteor ic ·origin . (3) OSI has contracted with Land - Ai r Inc ., Alamogordo , New Mexico , to make scientifi·c ?ri study of the unexplained phenomena . I I NATURE OF PHENOMENA Obse r vations of aerial phenomena occurring within the vicinity of sensit i ve installations have been reco rded by the Air Force since December, 1948. The phenomena have been classified into 3 general types which a re identified as follows : 1 . Green fireballs, objects moving at high speed in shapes r esembling half moons, circles and discs emitting green light . 2 . Discs , round flat shaped objects or phenomena mouing at fast ueloci~y and emitting a brilliant white light or reflected light . 3 . Meteors, aerial phenomena resembling meteor ic material moving at high velocity and varying in colo r. ' The above phenomena have been reported to vary in co l or from brilliant white to amber, red and green . 1 Since 1948, approximately 150 observations of aerial phenomena r eferr ed to above have been recorded in the vicinity of inst allations in New Mexico . A number of observations have been reported by diffe r ent reliable in d ividuals at approximately the same time . ~£CORDED. t \ND£XEO • 2 SEP 18 1950 .. :::e:: z c::::> L.C"") w 1-- c..; c::c 0 .,_ N 0 ..J . => r"1 -0 <,l C0 I.:.. • O m <..n ~ r. x -• v, LU CO -, C) • Lr> Q_ l.U _/) u uJ er. lJ._ . ~~ uJ ·-- c.D w -< '"TJ ~ oOJni .... ,-1 ! N ~ ..... ·u -,l m ~ C ::i:: ~ c..n ~ -~ ('"; r· ' RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY BY PROFESSOR LINCOLN LA PAZ i) ' Dr. LaPaz, Di rector, Instttute of Meteorittcs, University of New Mexico, submitted an analysis of the various observations on May 23, 1950. He concluded, as a result of his investtgation, that approximately half of the phenomena recorded we re of meteoric origin . The other phenomena commonly referred to as green fi r eballs or discs he believed to be U.S. guided miss-iles be in g tested in the neighborhood of the installations. Dr . LaPaz pointed out that tf he were wrong in interpreting the phenomena as originating with U. S. guided missiles that a systematic investigation of the obser­ vations should be made immediately. Dr . LaPa2 pointed out that missiles moving with the velocities of the order of those found for the green fireballs and discs could travel from the Ural region of the USSR to New Mexico in less than 15 minutes . He suggested that the observations might be of guided missiles launched from bases in the Urals. On the basis of the investigations made by Dr . LaPa2 and the Air Force, it was concluded that the occurrence of the unexplained phenomena in the vicinity of sensitive installations ) was a cause for concern . The Atr Force entered into a contract with Lard-Air, Incorporated, Alamogordo , New Mexico, f or the pur pose of making scientific studies of the green fireballs and dtscs . It was pointed out in the summary furnished by OSI on July 19, 1950, that the unexplained greenfireballs and discs are still observed in the vicinity of sensitive military and l) Go,pernment installations. RESULTS OF AI R FORCE INVES TIGATION The Air Force together with Land- Air, Incorporated, have established a number of observation posts in the vicinity of Vaughn, New Mexico , for the purpose of photographing and determining the speed, height and nature of the unusual phenomena referre d to as green fireballs and discs. On May 24, 1950, personnel of Land- Air, Incorporated, sighted 8 to 10 objects of aerial phenomena. A 24~'flj ur day watch is being ) maintained and has been designated ~ roJ·ect Xw}qkl~_." - 2 - CONCLUSIONS The Albuquerque Office, in a lette r dated August 10, 1950, advtsed that there have been no new developments in connection with the efforts to ascertain the identity of the strange aerial phenomena referred to as green fireballs and discs . The Albuquerque Office advised that Dr . Anthony o . .Mirarchi, Project Engineer, had been informed of the Bureauajurisdtction relative to espionage and sabotage and arrangements have been made so that the Bureau will be promptly advised in the event additional information relative to this project indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the ) Bureau . . ACTION I I None. The above is for your in/on ation . - 3 - September 8, 19.50 To: Director of Special Investigations The lnapect.or General Departcont or the Air Force The Pentnnon Washington, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: FLYING SAUC~.!RS There is attached hereto ror your considerction and attention a copy of a self-explanatory letter dated August 29, 1950, received by this Burenu from •r. alter D. Jones, ot 36 King Street East, Toronto, Ontorlo, Cannda. For your intomntion., the letter fro !Jr. Jones hoe been acknowledged by this Burenu, and he has been informed hie communication hes been referred to your Depart.cent. EHlrl: eas 0:-~ 1?~3'7 @IIOffJCA !TAlW:ro8ffi ~~I"!'a(t aJSI'!' $!.,\ t otz~::o;-! ra ~c: r·-:IA .. 0-:tJ~ ~ ,a ta}uua :::::r:, id~r I _;!ti.I! 1 STANDARD FORM NO. 64 q IOffice Met, 1 0 TO : FROM SUBJECT: • .-vrtdum • UNITED STiTES G0 , MR. A . H. BELMONT a DATE: Se pte mber 27, 1950 TOl_ __ I/ I IIR, L. L. L AUGH~ - ~ LYI NG SA UCERS Ladd._ _ Clea _ Olavln_ _ _ Rosen_ _ ( NlchOll_ Tracy_ _ Harbo_ _ SAC Cornelius of Philadelphia called at 1 0 :45 A.JI. today and stated that yesterday evening while two offi cers of the Philadelphia Poli ce Depar-tment were cruising in their scout car they saw through the windshield an object descending slowly to t he earth which appea r ed at first glance to be a parachute . Be!Jlollt_ _ 11011r_ _ Tole. Hooa_ When the of ficers first noticed the object, it was a tree - top level and was described as being six feet in diameter . It landed in a field near-by and the officers, upon examining tt, noted that it gave out a purplish glow wh ich was almost a mist. The officersrummoned two other police officers. After looking at the object for some time the y attempted to pick it up . The object broke, leaving a slight odorless residue. Over a period of about 25 minutes which the officers spent watching the object i t completely disinte g rated. The officers further commented that the object was so light that when it hit the field, it did not even bend the weeds or the grass it fell on . Jlr. Cornelius said that he has called the local of fi • e of the Air Force but the individual with whom he s p oke there said he knew nothing about them and was not aware that his office was lookin g into reports of thi s type • . Mr . Cornelius desired to know what furthe r action should be taken by him. I told Jlr. Cornelius that he was correct in referring this matter to the local office of OSI and that he sh ould direct a letter to the Bureau incorporating all available information concerning the matter and that we here, upon i t s recei pt, in turn would bring it ~o the attention of OSI Headquarters . LLL:mer RECORDED . 84 -. t:k~'l':1 - -......ff3 7 t ocr 4 1sso l / ....EPAR; MENT OF :TH; A I R FORCE\ ~ Ill.' DQUARTERS UNITED STATES A I R FORCE' WASHINGTON 25, O. C. Authority: NND90986 \ Hon. J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Inveotigation Department of Justice Washington 25, D. C. Dear tfr. Hoover : The inclosed letter, subject: "Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft, 11 is forwarded for your information 4!).d any cooperation you may be able to extend. As indicated in the lett er it is des:red to place this rsubject in its proper perspective as part of the normal USAF ~equirement for inf'ormation of air technical intelligence '-interest. Respectfully youre, C. P. CABELL ~ajar General, USAll' Director of Intell1genoo 0 . ~~ t ~I. ' 'J., .\ • ''T~'d ~. ocument contains information affecting the national defense of tho United States within the mccu:~-:; ')f .he &spionage La-rs, Titlo 18 U.S.C,, Sections 793 an l 704. Ita to•...,,.,,1-...:1'..>n or the revelation of its CQntenta in any manner to en 1:!".C:t. '• ..:• r.:l"tson is pzohibited by Jc-••." • 'f .. DEPARTMEt~ OF THE AIR FORCE • HFADQ,UARTERS UNIT.ED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 8 September 1950 AFOIC-CC-1 SUBJ:FX:T: Reporting of In.formation on Unconventional Aircraft TO: Commanding Generals. 11.a.Jor Air Con11rands. ZI and Overseas All United States Air Attaches 1. The United Sta.tea Air Force has a continuing requirement for the reporting and technical analysis of observations of uncon­ ventional aircraft which might indicate an advance in technological progress of a :roreign power. An unconventional aircraft, within the meaning of this directive, is defined as e.rq aircraft or air­ borne obJect which by performance, aerody!lamic chsroeteristice, or unusual features, does not conform to aey presently known airers.ft tn,e. 2. It is desired that information on unconventional aircraft be reported in the following manner: a. A s8J)arate report of each incident will be forwarded. No information other than that bearing on the unconventional air­ craft will be included in this report. b. Priority of tran~J!lisaion accorded the report will be that a.:p-propriate in the Judgm1a1~t of the forwarding agency, accord­ ing to its apparent authenticity and importance as intelligence. c. Reports will be forwarded to Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Attention: MCIS. d. Renorts forwarded by electrical transm1es1on will include, as far aa possible: (l) A brief description of the obJect(e); its ehe.pe, size, color, number, formation 11 more the.r. one, aerodynamic features, trail or exhaust, propul­ sion eyotem, speed, sound, maneuvers, manner of disappearance, and other ~ertinent or unusual features. (2) Timo sighted in 24-hour clock zonal time, and length of time observed. -- • (3) Manner or ooaervatton; vieua.1 or elootron1o, from air (giYe speed, altitude, and tYpe of aircraft), or surface. Any t)'l>e of optical or olectronio equipment uoed ohould be described. (4) Location of obeerTer d.urine eightinc, giving emct lati­ t~de and longitude as closely as feasible, e:ad/or refereno~ to a known landmark. Location of obJect(s) with reopeot to observer, giving distance, direction, and altitude. (5) Identifying information on obeerTer(e) and Witnesses, eetiJ11ate of reliabilit~ and experience, and aDT faotore bearing on e&time.ted reliability of the o1ght1ng. (6) Weather ani!. Vind condi ti one (teletyPe eequencee) at timft and pla0e or aightings. (7) Arq activity or cond1 tion, neteorolog1ce.l or otherw1ee, which might accowit ~or the sighting. (8) Ed.etence ot tUl¥ ~sica.l evidence; fragments, photo­ graph• and the like, of the sighting. (9) Interception or identification action taken. (Such ection. ehould be takeu whenever teaeible, complying w1 th exietil'lg air de:tente direotives.) e. Beporte forvarded by eleotrioa.l tra.nemieaion vill be follo~ed up Vi thin ten (10) dsya by a vritten report on AJ Form 112. Thh report will contain the ea.me 1nf'orma.tlon specified 111 subparagraph 2d above in greater detail, and where feasible v1ll include sketches and aigned attested narrative 1tatemente of observers. f. Written reports of a1ght1nge~ where no previous electricall7 tranemitted report has been submitted, will follow the same fonn as the written follow-up report described 1n subparagraph 2e above. g. AQ phya1oal ertdence of the e1ght1J16 will be forwarded by most exped1 ttoue means to Command1ng General, Air Materiel Command, Attn~ MCIS, under cover of' a lotter identityin« the shipment with the report ot a1ght1Jlt;. Mention ot the method and time ot eh1pp1n,; of' thie evidenoe will be included in written report ot the sighting. 3. It 1e 4ee1red tha~ no p~blioit7 be given this reporting or a.ne.~o1 • act1 T1 ty. BY COMMA.ND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF: Info copiee to: Dir/Int, G-2, Army Dir/Naval Int. Comoondant (111T) US Coast Gus.rd Sp Ae1t for Research & Intel. State Direotor JBI Director of CIA f\(\~ lt:Jof~ rT• I\ I C Vi \Ji t Vr lhC (lC. r1 G,_,;J,.(-/ __ F. CABELL Major General, USAF D1 rector of Intelli gonce OARD FORM NO. 64 !, • • • 0j!fe-Memoraridum • UNIT ED STATES GOVERNMENT TO THE DIRECTOR FROM IIR. D. 11. LADD t SUBJECT: O FLYING SAUCERS FUING DISCS GREEN FIREBALLS DATB: October 9, 1950 'l'Ol eon ~ 1/ Traey_ _ Harbo_ _ Mohr_ __ Tele. Room_ PURPOSE Oancly_ To advise you 0£ the most recent informtion l<;nam, tQ .t}la Bureau concerning the captioned aer1.a1 phenomena. BACKGROUND You w:i.ll recall that on August 2.3, 1950, I furnished to you a memorandum regarding Project Tw:inkJ.e set up by the Department of the Air Force, with the assistance of Land-A:ir, Inc., at Vaughn, New Mexico, for the purpose of obtaining data regarding these unusual aerial phenomena which had been seen in the vicinity of sensitive installatims in New Mexico. To. date the Air Force has not advised us of aw PAJI ~vel2!!1ents in connecticn with t.his project-7 , Dr. Anthony o. Mirarchi, Project Engineer of Project Twinkle, has been contacted by the ilbuquerque Office and arrangements have been made in order that 1:ihe Bureau will be advised in the event any in£ormation relative to t.heBe phenanena indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the Bureau. According to Bureau files, an av~age of appro:x:imately three or laints have been received per month £:rom Junrthrough Seif'tember. 0 £our ~ These complaints were brought to the attention of OSI. A review of Bureau files does not indicat.e that there has been arry increase in the sight.ings of these phenomena during or as a result of the -war in Korea. JURISDIGI'ION FOR INVESTIGATION OF 'ffiESE PHENOUENA II You will recall the investigation to obtain information concerning these aeria:l. pbenanena is the jm-isdiction 0£ the Department of the Air Force. The Department 0£ the Air Force is aware o:f our jurisdiction in matters relat.i.ng to espionage, sa~otage and internal security, and we have contacted OSI and requested them to advise us of any developmentB in connection wi. th these phenomena ·which would be o:f interest to us as a resul.t of our jurisdiction • EEM:de l f4 ijl;T 161950 RECORDED • 105 l t ~1 3a' y I - 4 .,ff\ Vlil 10 1 5 I t 1" _ ~ , . POSSIBLE ORIDIN OF THESE AERIAL PHENOMENA The Bureau has been advised in the past by OSI that many of the sightings reported to them were determined by :investigation to have been of weather ballocns, falling stars, meteorological Iiienomena and other air-borne objects. INFORMATION OBTAD1ED BY BUREAU LIAIOON FROM OSI, WASHINGTON, D. C. RE THE CAPTIONED MA1'rffis ON OCTOBER 9, 1950. Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 .from OSI headquarters that the :investigations of these aerial phenomena are being handled by OSI, Wright Field, Ohio. Their investigation of these phenomena fails to indicate that the sightings involved space sbips or missiles from a:ny other planet or country. --------According to OSI, the complaints received by them have failed to ~'' indicate any definite pattern of activity. OSI .further advised they are close~ following the investigation of the captioned matters, and they will advise this Bureau of any matters of interest. ACTION None. The above is for your information. - 2 - POSSIDLE ORIGii! Oi TI!El'E Ai":fiIAL Pifil?JO!.M:A The Bureau hes boon advisocl in tho p.:i.st l.:r.f OCI t.rui t; ra-,y of tho oighti."lgc reported to them 'UO!"o dctcroincd by inves~..,ici+tion to h~vc ocen of r.oathcr ballocno, i'o.ll.'i~ c tnro, odtcorolo~ical }tlono:t1coa ruid other n:i.r borne objects . 3l1 BY BU? lus t4!'ut.... u, :T ~Ol On'. , \1Ac-r.:1!!t1TOU, D. C• 9 , 1950. Bureau l:iaicon detorr '.,:iod on tho. T.!Orning of October 9 , 1950 fi•om OSI hoad.~unrtoi-s tbat the inveatlrsationo o£ tiicae .! rw phenomena arc being handlod by O"I, r.right Field, Ohio . 'i'hoir invo::Jt~tion of i.'icnc i;ncno:nona fe.il.c to inclioo.tc tha.t th s1 chtincs involved op.lee s ips or ms silos f'roo .any other plo.nct or com'try . 0 Accord:ing to Oo.1I, tho cor.tplnints rocoivod l:iy them hnvc failed to indio.:i.to any definite ttorn of activity. O::J: f'urthcr a.dvi~ctl they v.re closely .i'ollomnc the invcstication of the ooptianod mttors, n..,id they i:.i.ll adv.lso t.~is Dureau of .my tto1·0 or intcroot . Pono . Tio above in £or rom· :Lrifornnt on . - 2 - ~ - -- ~ M I • Office Memorandum • UNITED sTATEs GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR, FBI TO F~ : ~ ECT: D ATE: SAC, PHILADELPHIA ATTENTION: October 2, 1950 MR. IEO LAUGHLIN FLYING DISC REPORTED AT PHILADELPHIA ON 9/26/So C_JJ:_ SA')L,tl'"' During the late evenmg hours orSep1:.ember 26, 1950, two Phila­ delphia pol ice officers observed a peculiar phenomenon on Vare Boulevard near 26th Street when they sa\r a round object about six feet 1n circumference slowly f l oat down to the ground. The object had the appearance of a parachute and landed in a field, it being so light it did not even depress the weeds in the field. The object was lavender in color, described by the off~cers as dewy, sort of like soap suds, and evaporating within fifteen or twenty minutes after it landed. When touched by the off icers, the substance composing the object disappeared, leaving nothing but a slight sticky substance. I This matter was reported to this office by the Philadelphia Police and for that matter, was subsequentl y carried in the Philadelphia press as "Fl ying Saucer Just Dissol ves" . .,,, - ;7 Mr. LAUGHLIN of the Bureau was telephonically advised of the above by this office and issued instructi ons that the matter should be referred to Air Force Intelligence for handling and any investigation. Accordingly, Major WA'ITS of the Philadelphia Office of OSI was telephonicalfy advised of the above and no further action was taken by tl?,is office . FMK/mmd 98-0 I ocr18Z OcT 5 3 13 r,~ ,~ so RECEI VED nEC' O BELMONT Ocr 6 /2 ?s PM '5D F.8.\. ir.: :... ·r r ,, P:9NAGE ... ~- • • r• i1rJ>1 .or ,us nc:F. <. r1 ; ... s - L ~ . [jf r: 1• tlF .1l•ST/CE 1•. ·1 .)-Jc .)3'.;' I t i OS, Z/1 /If II l!J.1 - Nf/1//ifr, fO//iJ;ii/ (/JJ/1,f J:J;iy 11 MR. JONES. OCT 11 L 3 42 PM '50 RE Cf.l'IEO F BI ,; 'If p • - - , , • I!- 111: ,• I• I U ~ To: AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~ STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIC ------ COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. Transmit the following message to: lJRQEI7r OOTCl3ER 13, 1950 SAC, US IJm:IE3 O FIJID:o SAUCERS. you ARE DiSTRUCTED To DISCREETLY PPROPRIATE RELIABLE souncm OF YOUR CFFICB mtE'rllER JT''!:-V.: .)Ctr,LY, At11'IIOR OF THE BOOJC QUarE BEHll4> TBB PLYml SA~ m ':;"a?Z IS IDE?1t'ICAL 'l'O THE FRMil SCULU O HAS BEEN . OED IN Cvlt!.:i'.UNJl:ST ACTIVI'llm SINCE 1"HB IATB RIHB'l'E!N www.ms Ill THE fERRl'l'atI (J! yom CFP'ICB. BomER t I llr. TOllOD :: gt;ffn- 111'. 1.e44----_-_ llr. Nlcnola llr. ROMD - ­ llr. T n c : , - - Mr. Ep.11~----_ llr. ·- H&rbO llr. IIOllr.:;:-_-_-_ ::: ~f..!"CTele. ROOII - 111'.Ne... - ­ lllar<.&nd:Y- J t. I pE;~ rYJ.'r'-~j)r-:-"i'.''."'i"."'::-:-:-:~~- : - - - - - ---1.1:.:::: Y~ ,l ::.._M NO' 23 1~6~ ) Per_ ~ - - - - • • •• I'~ r"'\ J • T"T" 'I A T .Ki..- • 0£PARTM£NT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THiC IN ■ PCC T Olt OCNCRAL U 84' Autholity: 17TH 0t9TRICT OF"FICE CF" SPECIAL lNVESTtGATI ONS l<fJITl,. AN O AUt ' 0 A' C I! 9A.8 t. NND90986 N CW M t 'W.ICO DR/ms 25 Hay 1950 File Ho : Summary or Observations ~erial Phenomena in the New SUBJECT : Mexico Area , December 1948 - Uay 1950 Brigadier Gener al Jos eph F . Carroll Director of Special· Invest.igations Headquarters USAF Washington 25 , D . C. TO : ff 1 1 /, I 1. In a liaison meeting with other military and government intel­ ligence and investigat1ve agencies in December 1948, it was determined that the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Me~dco area was such that an organized plan of r eporting these observations should be undertaken . The organization a_~d phys ical location of units of this Dis ­ trict were mo~t suitable for collecting these data , therefore , since December 1948, this District 'has assumed the responsibility for collect­ ing and reporting basic informati on with respect to nerial phenomena occurring in this general area . These r eports have been distributed to the Air Materiel Command , USAF , in accordance v1ith Air Intelligence Requirements No . 4 , and to other interested military and government agencies . The r e is attached . as a part of this summary , a compilation of 2. aerial phenomena sightings that have occurred mostly in the Ne,·1 Mexico area and have been reported by this Distr ict Office subsequent to December 1948 . This compilation of sightings is not a complete record of all reported observations , but includes only those in which sufficient i nformation was available to justify their inclusion. The observers of these phenomena include scientists , Special Agents of the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF , air line pilots , military pilots , Los ~ Ala.mos Security Inspectors , military personnel . and many other persons of various occupations whose reliab ility is not questioned . This com.lJ!lilation sets forth the most important characteristics with respect to ~/ach observation and evaluates each sighting into one of thr ee c lassifi­ ations , (1) green fireball phenomenon , (2) disc or variation , and (5) ~ ~ ~ robably meteoric . 1\llW'l ~i) • 87 .3. There is also att~~cf an anal~fs of the green fireba ll occurrences in this aren made by Dr . LinSoI r l.a?az . Dr . LaPaz is the ~ /1/- f 0 - &19 s' -e ./ CONFIDEN1'1AL 1--- ' ~ i,}Y' u • File No: (24- 8) - 28 Subj : Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area , December 1948 - 11ay 1950 2 5 ?.1a.y 1950 Director of tho Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of Ma.thematics and Astr onomy at the University of New Moxico , He was Re­ search Mathematician a.t the New Mexico Proving Grounds under an OSRD appointment in 1943 and 1944 , and Technical Dir ector of the Operat ions · Analysis Section, Headquarters , Second Air For ce , 1944- 45 , Since 1948 , Dr . LaPaz has served on a voluntary basis as consultant for this Dis­ trict in connection with the green fireball investi gations . 4. On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949 , conferences were held at Los Alamos , N'ew liexico , for tho purpose of discussing t he green fireball phenomena. Ropresentativos of the following organizat ions were present · at these meetings : Fourth Arrey , Armed Forces Special Wea­ pons Project , University of Now Mexico , Federal Bureau of Inve sti gation, U, s . Atomic Energy Col!Dllission , University of California, U, S . Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Geophysical Research Division Air Materiel Command USAF , and the Office of Special Inve stigations ( IG) USAF . A logical explanation was not proffered with r espect to t he origin of the green fireballs. It was , hovJOver , gener ally concluded tho.t tho pheno­ mena existed and that they should be studied scientifically i.mtil theso occurrenc e s havo be en satisfactorily 0.xplo.ined . Further , that tho continued occurrence of une>..-pln.i11od phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations is cause for concern. 5. ·The Geophysical Research Division, Air lJateriol Command , Crunbridge , Massachusetts , ho.s r ecently let a contract to Land- Air , Inc . , Holloman l.FB , Alamogordo , New Mexico , for a limited scientific study of green fireballs . The r esults of t h is scientific o.pproach to "the pr oblem will undoubtedly be of gr eat value in determining tho origin of t hese phenomena . This summary of observations of aerial phenomena has been 6. prepared for the purpose of r e - emphasizing and r eiter ating the fact that phenomena. have continuously occurred in the New Mexico skie s during the past 18 months nnd a.r e continuing to occur , and , secondly , that these phenomena are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive mili­ to.cy o.nd government installations . ~--~~,._1 v ,..-_,,le, x.;·~-~-~ \ DOYLE EES Lt C lone 1 , USAF Dis ict Comrn~ndcr 4 Incls 1. Summary of Sightings 2 . Photo of Sighting No . 175 w/comments 3 . Ltr fr Dr . La.Paz to Lt Col Rees , dtd 23 May 50 4 . Graph indicating me.ximums 2 co~~FIDENTIAL File No : Subj: • ( 24- 8) - 28 • SUlTllllary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico .Area , December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950 DISTRIBUTION : , cys , Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF 1 e, , GG , Ail" Me.~eriel C01,,,u,.na , iJrie;h~ Pe:l;tereon .\FE, O~o Mi:ei. thr ee tm of"='fecludcal Intelligen~ 1 cy~ CG , Special Weapons Command , Kirtland AFB , New !foxico ]. cy , CG , Armed Services Special 'Nee.pons Project , Sandia Base , NfM Mexico . ATTlI : J - 2 1 ey, CG, ~e..dq:ua.1 tere, Foi.u:tA Army, Ft ,.-S,em. Houstoa, 'l!exa..i;. A!J.'!DI . 1r.e of s • G~ 1 cy , CO , Holloman AFB , New Mexico ~~ CO; Air Foree CambPi&~~boPatorios , Cambridge, 15a,s,e,• 1 cy , Director , Security Division, U. s. Atomic Energy Commission , Los Alamos , New Mexico , ATTM: Mr . B. o. Wells 1 cy , Federal Bureau of Investigation , El Paso , Texas 1 cy , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Al buquerque, New Nexico 1 ey , A.it Fo r ~ - i . - e - A ~·d , Pen"be.goo. lh,1ileli'A@; A~N I Dr,.,.- JeeeptI Kaplan . l-ey., Rea earon end- D8'\.·clopmen;; B-oara;-Fcl'.rlla:gen 13:uild.a.i.g A~"l-f,li-:--I;:;:,:::!~:~!.ael-&l:l'et'~~i,c-ere-t1t'±Ve D1recto1, ~J!l!Jl~tteo on . lcy , File ·• '1 • • THE UNIVERSIT Y OF N EW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF METEORITICS ?Jay 23 , 1950 To: From : L·.; . Co].onel Doyle Rees > Commandin~ Officer 17th District , O. 3. I . Lincoln LaPaz , Dir ector Institute of 11eteoritics Subject: Anomalous Luminous Pnenomena ( Seventh Report) 1. In the second report of this series , dated 1948 , Decemb er 20 , the writer listed ten significant differences bet·,'!een the bri:;}'lt green horizon­ tally- moving fireba l ls observed in the interval 1948 , December 5-20 , a nd typical meteors . These differences vJere the following : ( l) The horizontal nature of the paths of nos·t of the December fi r eballs is most unusual . Genuine met eors are rarely observed to move in horizontal paths . (2) Age.in the very lo·w height of the December f ireball discu ssed in section 2 above sets it off in sharp contrast from the f.; enuine meteors for ·which hei ghts of the order of 40 or more miles are nf,:-.· mally observed . (3) The velocity determined for the fi r eball of Dece1-::ber 12 is much less than the velocities det ermined from typical meteors (and yet is considerably greater than the speeds of the V-2 Rockets or jet planes or of conventional flares) . ( 4) In the case of meteorites that oenetrate to as low levels as that determined for the firebal l of D~cemb er 12 , t he observed lu­ minous phenomena are always accompanied by very violent noises . No noises whatever have been observe,d in connection with the various December fireballs so far investi gated . (Note added on 1950 , May 23 : Possible exceptions to the noiselessness of green f ireballs a re ·!;he incidents of 1949 ~ January 30 , and 1949 , December 4.) (5) Genu:inem.eteorsaormally show remarkable variations in b r ightness , beg innin g; as "fine thin h a i r lines , which are sca.rcoly visible to the observer , and then brightenin g up to flash out near · the end of their paths . In t he case of the December fir eb alls mos t of the observers have reporte d t h a-\:; t h e g reen bal ls appeared almost instantly at their full brigp.tness . To: Lt . Colonel Doy le Rees - Page 2 Sub j: Anomalo1.1.s Luminot~s Phenomena ( S eventh Re~"'o r t) ~1a.y 25 , 1950 ( 6) In the ce.se of Gen uine meteors the pe..ths ar0 directed ";o­ v1a,r d all points of tb.e compass v,i·th e q,~al :::'r c quoncy . Cn tr:e c o:n.'.;r a r -.,· in the casq1, of t},e g;r cen fi r eballs , plots of adm.issible approccs1 sec ­ tors show tha"'v the r e is a vorr:r p1· onouncGd tendency fo r 'the paths to come in f rom the north half of the s}::y . ( 7) The three groups of anor.1alous [·: reenisr hn1 inous pncno1 !1ena show a cur ious association with ··; ell k:.~own meteor sho,;1e r s , alt::ou.:;n none of these ~·.1etcor showers nor mally p ro ~,uce extr0mely 1::rif,ht s r een fi r eballs , sv.ch as those recently o·c servcd . ?or exampl e . th0 obser ­ v2.ti on mentioned by :·:r . : :onnig appeared nee.r the ma::im,un of the Quadrant'id shower of e arly januar:; , ; ir . ;:cC ullour:;h I s o~s c rva.tiou of. August v1as near the time o.f.' the Pers id shoY1er anc':. t:1e Deccrr..'bc r observations all fell in tllo inte rval co. v cr cd by tho Gcminid s:10y;'.)r . Thi s relationship ~nir-;ht i ndicate an attempt to rend.er the :::;rec,n f ire ­ balls less conspicuous by causin [~ t,;1om to e.pp<::o.r only \'!:",m th<- r e i s considerable ;ncteoric a.c-':ivity . ( 8) As noted in an earlier com:·!lui1 ic:':iaon , the renar!~a1·; l y v~_vid gr een color rer,or ted for most of the Decembe r firc baJ.ls i s r e.rely observed in the c::,,sc of !l;Cn"':ne meteors . By l:.t1::oratory tos-::; t~'liS peculiar color seems to be identical v1 i th tha':; g iven off by copper salts in the blowpipe fla.'lle . I f ·:;hi.3 i dcn":;j_fica•tion i s correct ., t he wave lon<:th of the:: r ncl i a tion f ro1:1 the, r;r ~c,n .;:'ircballs i s near ,, • 52laR. ( 9 ) The duration es·ti rno.tes of betv,oen 2 e.nd 3 s econds r ~-;:-,ortod for the e;r ecn fi r eballs o.rc considcrc.b ly longer than t:lose ( 0 ~4 O. 5 second s) for tho o r dinary visno.l ;- o·cco rs , but s'tortcr thw'l ·'.:he duration ostimateo i nva.r ie.bl•r ro'">ort(,d in tho caso of a c;cnui:nc motoor ito f~ l l (5 to 30 s c co~ds ; r oven longer) . ( 1.0 ) For none of' thu gr een fir eballs has a tn,i n of sparJ.~s or a dust cloud been reported . 'i'hi s cor•tre.sts shar;;:)ly wi t;1 the be­ havior noted in c ase of r,mtcoric f ircballs --par ticularly those that penetr ate to th:, very lon levels ,·,her e t :1c 6 r con fir0ball of December 12 was observed . In the year an-:l a half s inc e this list v1as ~r ope.r ed , r.w.ny ad2. ditional observations have been made , the total numb er of objects nov, accepted as bclonginb in the i:;r eon fir0bi3:ll cat :.,gory be in s 72 . ( Al ­ thour;h t his number constitutes nearly 50;~ of the :i.nciJcnts listed in the accompanyi11g Swmnar y , i t cor:s-titut0s l ess than 5% of tho '..;otal number of unscr eened observc.tions r .::portec. to the v1r:i.ter . ) Critical analysii:: o::: all g reen fi r eball r eports noYi available s h01.·1s that onl'.' one of the statOir.onts in t he list ~ivon in par aGr ~ph 1 needs to :~e" ·.:1oc1.il'~,cd , namely , i tem (1 ) . ihthin t!'tc last vear , a cons:dcrablt: nu..'T."Jer of the g reen fircba.l ls hc.vc appeared ·to fall vcr •cicr.lly dovmv,ard r8.t;:0r th~n C t\l l L h.L 4 ., t To : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Pa;e 3 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Repor t) • Nay 23 , 1950 to move horizonta lly . Howeve r, a strictly vertical infe.11 is also very rarely observed in the case of genuine meteor fa l ls . An analysis just completed of the time distribution of the s reen 3. fireballs so far observed permits us to add an 11th iten to the list of differences given in paragraph 1 above . The graph of frequency versu s local time which accompanies the presont r eport shov1s that the me.xii-mm frequency of s igM;ing of green fireballs ( occurring at approxiJ'.1at€l~r 2030) coincides in t i me with neither the frequency maximum for ordinary meteors ( occurrin:-; at approximately 0300) nor the f r equency ma:{imtun for meteorite falls (occurrinB at approximately 1600) . 4. Inspection of the graph referred -to in paragre.ph 3 also v1ill show that most of the gr een fireballs have been sir)1ted i n a time i n ter­ val extending from about 5 p .m . to 11 p . m. (M31') . This concentration might be even more pronounced if it Y1er e possible ·co screen out of the secondary maximum , around 2 a . m. ( Jl3T) , all ordinary mete ors v1Lich have been mistakenly identified as green fireballs . That such !'1.iside~tif .ica­ tion has occurred is strongly suggested, by -t; he near coincidence in time of the secondary maxi:'lum of the green fireballs and. the v,cll established early mornin~ maximum of the ordinarJ meteors . 5. Some significance may attach to the fact that t he tir:10 interval alluded to in parae;r o.ph 4 extends from about 7 a .m. to l p . m. in the Ural rcg;ion of the USSR . Since miss iles movine; YJith velociti es of ·t;he order of those found for the green fi r eballs for which real path detcrmino.tions have been possible would travel f rom the southern Urals to rfow Mexico ' in less than 15 minutes , a possible intcrprotation of the concentration of sightings rcrerred to i n para~rapn 4 is that tho ~reon fireballs r esult from guided missiles l aunched f rom basos in the Urals in tho mor nin3 hours befor e cloudiness due to convection or blin<linG afternoon dust storms ca.n interfere v,ith non- radar tracking , such as has been used by the Optical Trajectory Section at Uhite Sands Proving Ground . Ther e is also a pronounced concentration of ~roen fireba ll 6. incidents on the four days , i"r iday , Saturday , Sunday , Monday , almost all of the most widely observed incidents having occurr e d on Saturday or Sunday . 7. It is a cur ious and fairly well - established fact that there has been a distinct decline in the number of green fireball sightins s during the last two months , v,ithin which the number of so- called 11 f ly­ ing saucer 11 incidents in this region :'las attained an all- time high . 8. Although I have r ecently r eceived from Dr . Joseph Kaplan of ·Ghe Scientific Advisory Board a letter containing thE: sto.tem-::1t "l' rank ly , I don ' t knoY1 of any U. S . experi:ncnts that would rosul t in the a ppcc,rt>.ncc of these unconventional objects , and neither docs Von Karman". I still To : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Po.ge 4 Subj : Anon alous Luminous Fhenomena (Seventh Rerort) )~y 23 , 1 950 consider the most probable explanation of the r;r een fire·:)alls +;o 1::e ·,he one r.; iven in the first of the thre e para r;ra·· hs belo;-1 v1hich are q uoted from -:rry letter of 1950 , Febn~ary 20 , t,o !.Jr . i~ . 1:. ·.,yckoff , C,1ief ~·. t::ios ­ pheric Fhys ics Laboratory , Base Direc·:;ora~e f or Geophys :.ca l :t0searc h . The last tvJo paragraDhs q uoted bel oY1 well summarize ey r eco1rnnendatio:1.s concernin(; t he g reen firebe.11 problem : 11 As a nr el i minary t o settin~ down -th e project recommen d ...tion s ,•,hich you reques·ted , I have very carefu ll·r r eviev1ed all uvaile.';le fi reba ll data (obse r vers ' r eports , cransit meas •.:r e:--ients , cal culated r e al paths , e tc . ) cover i n:; inc iden-t.s from those of Dc cer~b0r G, 1948 t o the extraordinary incident of Febr ue.ry 7 , 1950 , ,,hic:1 '.,as been under i ntensive i nvesti,;ation l'or the l a st tv.o wcel::c . A.s a res u lt or this cornpre!.ensive r eview, particula rl;• a s it re lates to the i n­ cident of February 7 , 1950 , I i'e ol cor.:pelled to wr ite you in s oi,le­ what differ ent terms concerninc my oy,n pa::-t i n the pr oposed fi reball projee t than I had in :-n.ind d1e!" we las c discussed ·thi s matter . In brief , I have come to the cone : usion tnat , on t he basis of t l-e evidence now availab le to mo , I Y1oulr., not be justified in recornn.end ­ ing a fireball project . In ~, o pi:r..io,, , this evi<leace pr oves conclu­ sh-ely tha.t the fireballs report ~d on fall i nto one of t-:10 c atei:;c rics : Those of the first category ( che l".ajorit y) are ncteori-te falls o:i.' unusual , but certainly not of im.nossible , r,~a'.;n it,,tde , f r eqncncy c.nd other characteri s tics ; t hos e of the second c a-'.;egor y ( the minority) are U. S . guided missiles undergoin~ tests i n the ne ighborhoods of the sens i tive insto.llations t:1ey a r e desi?,;ned to defend . '.l.'hi s inte rpretation of the latter category is ·the one tlw.t I pr o?oscd in answer to a qu estion raised by Dr . '.i:'ellor at~ t.k: f ir st Los ,".. l l'~>no s conference on Febr ,·ar y 17, 1949 . It r;as not 'Ga.lcen ser iously ·chen and I doubt tha.t it v1ill be tal:on s e rioti sly a·t t::e pr e::io~';; time . Howeve r, even if my interpretation of t,tc unconventional !' ireballs is the cor r ect one , it is obvious t!1at ·t;Jiose i n posit ior. t o conf irm it should r efuse ~o do so . 11 11 0nly one ctl,c r p oint need be s 1;r cssod , namely , that i f I o.rr. Y1ron5 i n interpret in -:, tho ,~.uided ;;~i ssilcs c.s of U . S . ori:;in , t~H;r. cer tainl;.' intensive , svs to:---ie:tic i nvo sti_ation of t.!:c~se ob jec·;:; s should nc·i; be dela.ved un t il the ter.:-.in& ;;ion o2 tLo ,w c:;;ent acad€:1dc year . Recent int0;.1.at i onal devc lopr:cnts co!;:pe l one to ~cnse "~ho imperative necessity of i mmediate investie:ation of the unccnw:,ntion­ al green f ireballs . in cas e yov are in ~1osscssio··. o-" inf'c:::-:ne:tion proving that tney are not iJ . S . miss:'..les . 11 O n If such c.n irmncdi o.te inves 'vii.;a·i;i on riere t o b::: undcrte}::c:-. , I would r ccor,nend t:1at Dr . Freel L. ~fhipple , of Farvard Colle be Obse r ­ vator y , be placed in c har ge of the p!:oto:;;r aphic -:?'. ,as e c f tLe inves ­ tigation ; the.t Dr . Pet0r :.~. J<:illrnan , of the Dor..inion Obs erva tory , be placed in c harge of t>e spectrographic :_:ihase of the investi cz:i;i o11 ; CONrIDEr ~TIAL 'I " -, ,~ trrlA r-,nsr 1C t f'r' ~ CV 'h i uw4.i i L 41 1. - Pa;;c 5 To : Lt . Colon el Doyle Rec s ( Seventh Report) 11ionomcna Luminous Anomal ous Subj : ;:ay 23 , 1S50 that Dr . L. A. Manning , of Stanford , and Dr . riillman be tile.cc8. :in c har ge of tho re.dar invostii_;a·c ion ; and , f i nalJy , t h 2t !)r . • iillio.m Crozie r , of t he Now i\ie:x:ico School of !fines , be placed in charge of dust collec tion and idcntifico:cion . On the or.sis of many intcncive field s1.:rveys , I do not anticipate that g;r ound search will lead to any r ecoveries , but in case such gr otmd search is to be att0mptcd , it should be carr ied out on tiw scale str essed i!:1. ri~J conve r sations with you and ?fo.jor Oder la.st month . ' 11 9. Although the a.cove:: paraz;r &.phs y;c r c ,·1rit ·i;en SO!-:tC months o.~o , the r ecornmondations contai ned in them ar c the ones I 1·!ould u.r gc you to con­ sider at the pr esent time . In conclus i on , . I should. liJ..:o to r cr>cat the offe r made at tho end of my letter of Feb ruary 20 to Dr . ;;(yckoi'f , na-rncly to ser ve , if needed , as consultant on t he e;r ccn fird;e.11 project e,s • su.g;gested in l:Iajor Oder' s letter ·l:;o me u.~der de.tc of t:ovcmbcr 29 , 19~9 , ,,ith the stipulation , h.o,·,ever , that my service be on a vohmtary basis rather than on tb.e ,:;40 p e r day con t r act specified in J-.:e .jor Od0r I s J.e-ttcr •. Linco ln Le.Pai , Director InstU;ut e of L ctcoritics Univc r s i :,:,y of Ho•:J l.fo,dc o Slf.HTJNGS Sigr.ting No . 175 Photograph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at Datil , New Mexico by Cpl Lert i s E . Stanfield, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on 24 and 25 Feb 1950 . An analysis of the above photograph was made by Dr . Lincoln laPaz, Head of the Institut e of Meteoritics, Univers ity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, who reached the following con­ clusions : a. The angular diameter of the perfectly round luminous object Stanfield observed was approx­ imately 1/4 of a degree . b. The angular velocity of the object in the sky was greater than half _a degree per minute. Dr. LaPaz stated that on the bas is of t he results (a) and (b) above, the object seen by Stanfield was not t he moon (for the angular. diameter is too small), it was not Venus or any other planet (for the angular diameter ~as too large), and it was not a bright fixed star slightly­ out of focus (for the observed rate of motion is double that due to the diurnal rotation of the earth). 1..., ~:.t .• :{rel • ·1 1• • • ir Ll G:J:D : • Jelie.'cility of CcserY01·s : Un!: - "Jn):n<"m :::elio.'.::ilit y \·2 - \er: ;?..~J.ia~lo ( 1) 11 Cree;i Firebal l l' '.1ononena. 11 ( 2) 11 0 :i.sl-:n or \ o.ri r-i.tion (3 ) Probable :_eteor - C!'ce u'.lSe , • . CT! , ·e:-:iCC: CONfIDG~IAL •., : ..!..\..., .... • ... ; . .. • .. - .... •• ...... . ~· .-• ~ ,,!,) -~-' •· >.. -~ ~l ru i ;:_i ! 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Pag;e 21 Su:n.rr.ary of Sighcing;s of Unknovm Aerial Phcr.omen a , 17th District OSI ( cont) CG?\!FIDENTIAt Page 22 Sur,,.mary of Sight ings of Unknovm Aer ial Phenomena. , 17th District OS I ( c ont) Page 23 c 1 Summary of Sightings of UnlcnovmAeria.l Phenomena, 17t,1 Distr ict OSI (cont) I ~ L Pag e 24 -----···-+·---··--· iI ( 1) I i I ' : -----.L..-•---·~-·-••·• -·•- - - - - - - - - - ~,1' Sum.rnary of S-i ~ht ing; s of Unknown Aerial Phenomena. , 17th District OSI (cont) -CONfIDENTIA& Pac;e 25 r-o, '9DE!' n:l" r C L .i i .1. li"i~ Summary of Sigh-tines of Unl:11.own Aorial Phenomena , 1 7th District OSI (cont) CON!:IDENTIAL Page 26 Sumnary of SiGhtings of UnlmoYm Aer ia l Phono:ncna , 17th District OSI ( cont) Page 27 i !D i sappoared I i be:iind :-,it . I! Sa.-:e as fallin~ So.n-.e c.s signal fl a:.·e lsisnal lflare ·-··-·····- _ .. ,...... .. ·---- · - ·-·· •.• ·-----·---.. - -- · - · : + - -·-JI........ 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Bo.so , SE to lTT ' l ~!cv• Hc;dco ! t l • i l i I ~ +> ; 4-' o ,:: 1 I ! ,·- - - : i = = - - = - =-1 •.,._= r-1-::.-::=. --r~:,•c.--=- 1=-==r'+-I - s:1 -=-..- -=~===:::;:====:::..::::...;:... .µ o S::: '"d O O I-, Cll 12E 8!I~ § .-~__.._=1_ ___ !':i__ .z 1 950 22 Har 0010 3 - 1 ,!) 11-, I>' 0 o t> - Ij<+-4o ooVi.. 'lI •nr-1 s..C>t> .l I ····--- E one .I ot q uite la sec None Cylin- 1 drical I . ·•···---------·-·---··--··\fremendous F lns::i of ' brillic.rrt white lin;ht -::t,iQill..J UN ~ To: AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION • STATES ~~~~~T_MENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. Transmit the following message to: q.LYING SAUCERS. CC-150 10/18/50 URGENT SAC, LOS ANGELES REBt1.rELS OCTOBER THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN LAST. STJI'EL IMMEDIATELY RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATIO.N TO IDENTIFY FRANK , seeLLY, AurHOR OF QUOTE BEHlllD THE FLYIBG SAUCERS UNQUOTE. HOOVER . Tolson . Cle gg - ­ • Glavin : ~?..: =1-.,,...._ -_ . Rosen • Tracy=== :: =--•a=== ::: :r~- - llr. Pennl ngf.on IIJ" . Qui nn - ­ Tel&. Room. Mr. Nea••-=== IUSt l.&ndy_ _ t f .(tl ov 1 1950 ~~~-1 9 5 270 NOV 23 1964 :l.i~ =.... .,....__ 0 ,') SENT VIA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...:....,;,;~_M COPIES n-::sT WY8D rr~ Ir ""-J Per_)_ _ _ __ DtrectQ?-, J'BI S!C,BhoacT.Ulo, ,,4 RADAR ~ O:UJE.Hm'D!:O <mrJmTS ~ OAK mm&, Oa.tobe:- 12, 1,, 16) 1950 ~r,m:; Cff 'll'lAL ~ - If ~ ~ l Ooto'bezi: l3, 195(). 'l!ieNt !e being RbltitW herevitb a 00';7 ot two Npona IJad.o b7 Met:i"iot R&p:r-eaenta'tiv• o~ the OBI, 8th Metrict, U. S. AS.Z. Fo:rce, vith Z'egBJ'4 to the Qt,ecticn or m.1den:tffle! ob~ta b7 the .mm or re.der, o.a et tClll"tb :ln r.:r~.a telatype. ~ae repm-ta ccmt1i:we to set. f"crth a441Uonal. npwta cOX1Ce1"n!ila unid.entil'i-4 01>3ecta iii tho a1r apac• ena OffZ" Oak Mdea 'Jlitlf 5• • a, vhtoh to dat. n not been o;pla!Md. irii o :lnTUt1pticn ia beine conducted. 'b7 the !norrllle Ct,~'-:\~~ in th1a airatter, hut erq ~ :tnf'Ol'Wat.ton Neei'ffd 1'rca ~rif9!'1 frm CIC rain-eaontativu vill be forva1-ded. 'fmeiUo:teq. Afr Mall. CCU:jav 65-475 Enc. - EDERAL BUR~AU OF INVESTIGATION CORRE~A:IO~ & LI- N.- SECTION Date______ , 1950 . _Director __Mr. Tolson __Mr. Ladd __Mr. Belmont __Mr. Laughlin __Mr. Keay __Mr. Bartlett __Mr . Baumgardner _Mr. Stanley __Mr. Hennrich -- __Mr. Ammarell __Mr. Bates __Mr. Blair --Mr. D. M. Brown __Mr. J. W. Brown __Mr. Cole -.Mr. Connell __Mr. Conroy _Mr. DeLoach __Mr. Dinsmore _Mr. Ellis __Mr. Ferris __Miss _ _ _ __ Room._ _ _ __ _ _Mr. Fipp __Mr. Flaherty _Mrs . Abel -/ / • __Miss Cuddy ._7""..-t.,lt ~ -.Mr. Foley __Miss Reddy - f u __Mr. Gotschall _ _ Mrs. Schwab ....:;t; • __Mr. Harrington __Miss Wielkiewicz __Mr. Kuhrtz ~ r . Landis __Mr. Bromwell Mr. Lawrence Identification Division-h ~Mr . Lynch _Miss Harrington, Room ~ 2 ~ r . Mansfield -.Mail Room, Room 5533 _ _Mr. Martin __Reading Room, Room 5531 _ _Mr . Millard / ( ~ M r . Moynihan !:) ;() _Mr. Noone Section __Mr. Obenshain Routing Unit Send file, up to date __Mr. Ormond Send reference __Mr. Reynolds __Mr. Roach __Mr. Sanders __Mr . Secord hone Me __Mr. Sullivan Please Handle _Mr. Torrillo . -1fr. Woods ~~ \ RE. OF\ UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJEC, \ u.s. ATO?.~ C ENERGY SECURITY SERVICE L OS ALAMOS , NE1f ',1EXICO DA'IE_~-...----,...-:---,-,,.....-- -' 195_ (Day) J 1. r1 Name of Observe r (Month) ----.La...,,.-s"l"" t - - -- - ----=Fi ,,-.-r -s t-:-------,1,-:,!.-.:I=-.- - Stat i on assigned - - - - - - - - -- - - Secti,on - -- - - - Home Address - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -Telephone- -- - - Names of other lmown observer s - ----- ---------- 2. Time and date of sighting_ ___hours_--=------=-=---:-:----195_ Day Month 3. Point of observation 4. Direction of object from observer 5. Distance of object from observer 6. Angle of elevation from horizon ------ ------ -------- - - - - - - - - - ---:--- - -------------degrees ------- ----- ? . Direction of flight of object ---- - ----------- 8. Time in sight 9. Nwnber of objects 10 . Shape of object 11. Projections and/or indentations 257 \N0£XED -11 a - GS - REPORT . NIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS ( • 12. Apparent construction 13. Apparent means of support and/or propulsion •d) • ----------------------------- Size of object ----------------------- 15. Luminosity of object ~(B""'r_i.,...·"g"'h_t_,_v_e_ry-,-br.....,..ig...,h...t,,_, -g""'l_a_r'""in _ g_,_e_,.. tc-.).----- 16. Color of object_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ 17. Sound ---------------------------- 18. Cdor ---------------------------- 19. 3peed -------- 20. Evidence of trail or exhaust 21. Effect on clouds_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 22 . Tactics or maneuvers_ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 23 . Manner of disappearance_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 24. What attracted attention to object_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 25 . Additional Remarks of observer_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ----------------- - 2- REPOR.T . UNIDENTMED AERIAL OBJECTS (. Obse rver's signature ' d). ------- -- Title 26. Additional remarks of investigator - -------------- Investigator I s signature Title - 3- --------- - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- f October 17, 1950 SAC LOS ANGELES C. l"LYI G SAUCE~S . .lEBUTEL OCTOBER THIRTEE~ U. '.'T . Yo·'R INQUI RY TO IDENTIFY FRANK SCULLY. HOOVER EHM :l!H - ¼ - t ,r· IES DBSTR.OYED 270 NOV 23 1964 UROEt-1T SUTEL RESULTS OF • J ,ft §)~ 5NOV 4 9 0 Ii STANDARD FORM NO, 84 • • Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO , MR. LADD ~ FROM I DATE: October 19 , 19.5V Tolson_ _ SUBJECT: L&dd._ _ A. H. BELMONT FLYING SAUCER3 , ~ Tracy_ _ Harb<>_ _ Belmont_ _ 110111'_ _ Tele, ROCII_ The matter of flying saucers was discussed by Special Agent Edward S . Sanders with Major General Joseph F. Carroll of OSI on October 16 , 1950 , at which time Qeneral Carroll advised that ~ f a r as he ~s b~en able to determine the Air Force_is not workin~ on a_gy type of "flygng saucer" or "flying disk" . General Carroll statea tat the Air Force is working on high altitude rockets and jet ai~c.raft . He stated these experiments may ac..£2lli}t for ~ome _of__!_he r~orts concerning flying s 9 uc~ but that the Air Force is not apparently working on anything which is the cause of the many flying saucers reports . He stated that the Air Force program for investigating reports concerning flying saucers , etc ., has been reinstituted at ~/right Field and that any perti­ nent information of interest coming to his attention will be furnished to the Bureau . RECOM: _&ND ATI ON : The foregoing is for your information . -E S3 :ilw REC EIVEO··LMl t F BI s OF.?T. OF JUS r,r ec1 0\\ n_\\\t". \: •t: \'Jt~P.1:1 Ti I );~ - ! IAISON 1 \\ ~ • ~ ~~ .F Js,,F.t: ~-s.o~1'.!.o\fpf. oMi~\YCE 'v~ ~'-• ~~. . "-v ~c,~ zJ, 32" 11 PM'50 ,,·· ..<.$~<,_ ~~ ~.;-- '\~ ~<:::> b'q~ ~ ~ n--r In 3 Ocr I9 11 02 PM '50 • 33 PM '50 /i f. c•o BF.LH0,c1 c- ,..1 i t. ·' . ut.:.rr. OF .1usru. r ' f Ocr 20 ,0 s1 AH'5D RE:CEtVtO-T OLso,. F BI '(," <-,<;') ~ ~ ' II S. 0 Ec, r Oi" .: IJ (, ( If f ~ ~◊ • • ' • I llouember 24, 1950 Director o/ Spacta1 InvcDttgattonc The Inepcctor General ti {}_ Dcpa rtncnt of -the Air Force Tlle Pentagon ashtngton., D.C. ..:._ ?29'1 • J. Edgar lloove r, Dtrector, Federal Bureau of Invoa-t;tgation ron: Subject: FLYIJ."G DISCS rr • .Aaron L . Ilttchons, Chell'ica.1 Engineer in charge o/ the Chca1ca1 and Phystcal La~oratoriea of the •tncheeter Repeating Arno Co ;pany, 275 tncheotcr Avenue, /Jew Rauen, advised the Jlew Haven Office of thia Bureau that on Frtday, October 20., 1950, he, his wt/e, and daughter, who racide at 495 Edgewood Avenue~ Ile~ Daven, went out of thetr hone tnto the bact yard at apprort'l!.atcly 6:J5 p . a. Hts young daughter called htc a~ cn~ton to c o~ar which was ov,no, and JJr. Hitchens noted a spherc-li~e object directly overhead that gave a ntcady golde1,-orangc glow. Oc stated that th is ob}ec-t z.,as very htgh, bctng between ten to t~cnty thoz.wand jcet ~tgh, poDsibly nigher. The glua gtue~ of/ was very steady, not blin~ing~ and the ohole sphere ttaclj glo·cd tn about the aace consiotcncy. J'o wttnesaed thia object for a.ppro.,.inatcly men$y seconds, durina ohtch ttne tt ~ravoled tn a veoterly dt rectian tooord ller, York Citu. It then veered in a southerly dtrcction, as t]' crossing Long Ialand, or posc;bly in auch a direction that it night have been trau ling oucr Long Island. Ha lost sight cf thiB object as it dteapp ared behind trees. Ha advised t~P. a,t2e o/ ~ho object oaa appro:ioaicly ten tt es the d1~oetcr '.ol~Ycnus, ~hich cas shin1ng uory brightly 1;hat n-tght . 11.d ctatecl t ~ a very clear ni(lhz and that all t11.c ctars tn the slry cere ~i.:Jtnclin!}, an conparcd to t1ic steadtneos JJe advised that ~he object '1"- - did not appear' to ,dim(n1~1'-\\t}\ size as it -traveled .farther away, son_ _ ~-- of the gloo gi~~n ~Yl by iht~ object. :h- - bu~ appeared to ~~tcftn abo~t the saoe stse ac when he first 11}1~7:"~-.': g1sso ~~\J_b~ "\}. ~ Cl' • I . . • nottced tt dtrectly overhead . The same steady orange glo~ perststed durtng the enttre ttmc that he wttnessed it. ~lthough thts object was actually cut /ron his sight by nearby trees, IJr. Hitchens stated tl,at i t was so jar away at that time that he probably would have lost stght of tt very shortly . The object made no sound whatsoever, and there seemed to be no attachments or projecttons of any kind . lJr . Hitchens stated ~he objec~ wao a complete ctrcular ball . He had no tdca as to the method of propulsion, but aduiaed that at the ttrae it seened to change dtrections, probably over New York City, and that it seemed to back up and go for1.:ard, possibly two or three times, 'in order- to ezecute a change of direction. 7'here were no clouds in the sky which interfered with hts vision, and he could not comment as to whether -or not this object penet1·ated or ctrcum.vented clouds . The object left no trail oJ any ktnd, and JJr . IH'tchBns mathematically calculated tts speod at between 400 and 700 nilea per hour, depending on the height, which he otatcd he could not accu1·ately co-cpute . Ile advtoed that he could not recall any odors and had no idea as to the construction of the object . To Jlr . Tlltchens' •1mowledge, the only other persons in tlii::1 area to haue witnessed the object wsre h ta wife and daughter. Immediately upon sighting ~h~ object, llr3 . llitchena ran to the door of neighbors occupying ~he same house as the Hitchens t~ bring th~m to the yard . However, thcBe neighbors did not witness the object, since it disappeared before they got outside . Mr . Hitchens stated that he ts a Chemical Engineer and ha3 fi,ftecn years oj' e:cperienco tn research and development. He £3 not a pilot, but has done considerable /lying, and has also done considerable ·rea.di,ng, including technical data concerntng flying saucers and diacs . 1le understands from read tng the above r,,.attcrc; that the star Yenus ts of-ten mistaken by observers /or flying saucers, and he potnted out that he feels that he ts janiliar wtth astronony and did not conjuae the object he saw with Venus, stnce he alao recalled seeing Venus in the sky on that particular evening, and compared the stae oJ this object as being ten times Venus' dianet~r . He also stated that he computed the speod at whtch thts objBct was traveling by UBtng potnts i,n hts area, such as roo/ tops and tree topa, together with the distance he walked on the ground 1n order to keep the object tn sight . - 2 - • Upon rccctvtn3 ti;. • abov6 Hitcheno6 he wao a·utccd ~hat tht , tn/orr:.atton ov r to anot1i r Govcrnnen • ,.,. ntton fro l:r. m the - -- - r. llttchcns .. £c"itliy rcqueotcd that no publ i c announce cnt or co ent be oivcn to the /act that he had r ported ccctng the abov object. i nd teated h ta app1'oual oj' t11 to aotSon., i.,'-" The cbovo tn/oroat,on l.ac been f urnia1,ed to your of/tee /or your confidential tr.for at£on ana aa Setanc in connection tth the captioned tatter. It t rcgucatcd that no dlcuc '£nation be cede of ti, 'lo "£n/or.~t ton . - 8 - ANDARD F'ORM NO. 64 • • Q_ffice Memorandum • uN1TEn sTATEs GovERN MENT DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: November 9, l.950 SAC, NEW HAVEN SUBJECT: FLYIW DIS_;g AARON VHITCHENS, INFORMANT The following is being brought to the attention ot the Bureau so that it ma;y be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with instructions set forth in SAC I.etter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949. Mr. AARON L. HITCP..ENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical. am Physical. Laboratories of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Z75 Winchester Avenue, New Haven) was interviewed in connection with other official. business and furnished the f'ollowing information: He advised~t on Friday, October 20, 1950, he alXi his wife and daughter, who reside at 495 F.dgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back door of their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. His little daughter called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Kr. HITC~ noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange glow. He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand feet, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady and not blinking and the whole sphere itsel.t glowed in about the same consistency. He witnessed this object for approximately° twenty seconds during which time it traveled in a westerly direction toward New York City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed that possibly it was near or over New York City, it then veered in a southerly direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it mi8ht have been traTeli.ng over Long Island. He lost sight ot this object as it disappeared behini trees 1n his vicinity.y He advised that as to the size of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which was shining veey brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night aml that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadine·s s or the glow given off by this object. He advised. that the object did not appear to diminish 1n size as it traveled farther away from him but appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it directly overhead. The same steady orange glow pers isted during the entire time that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually cut from his sight by nearby trees, Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him any way that he probably would have lost sight of it very shortly due to distance had the trees not intervened. The object made no sound whatsoever RECO,\ur.u 1u,. 1N0Ex:o MHF:FGM < ,,,. to?I~ .£.. NOV 13 1990 ,, "'' · ~ •. , ~ - l'N-~ '/ Y, {,~ ) -~,,J~~ Cfib' • .. L~ er to the Director 11/9/';IJ and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just a complete circular .ball. He had no idea as to the method of propulsion but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over New York City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object am he could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum­ vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind a.rd Mr. HITCHENS mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred am seven hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors and had no idea as to its construction. To his knm1ledge the only other persons in this area to have witnessed this object were his wife and daughter. Inmediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door of neighbors occupying the same house..1.~s the HITCHENS to bring t~ei:. to, the yard. However, these neighbors-liaa not witnessf)c( the object e!"-6y the time they got outside the object had disappeared. Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years of experience in research and developnent. He is not a pilot but baa done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ­ ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands from reading the above matters tmt the star Venus is often mistaken by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening am compared the size of this object as being ten times Venus• diameter. He also states that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis­ tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight. Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval. He specifically requested that no public announcement or conment be given to the fact that he bad reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con­ siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci­ dent. • DIRm'fOR, PBI • lovember 9, 1950 SAC, NEW HAVEN FLIIlG DISCS AARON L. HITCHENS, INFOBMANT The following is being brought to the attention or the Bureau so that it mq be referred to the Department of the Air Foree in connection with instructions set forth in SA.C letter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949. Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical am Ph7sieal. Laboratories ot the Winch~ster Repeating Arms Co., 'Z'/5 Winchester Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business and turniehed the tolloving information: He advised that on Pridq, October 20, 1950, he alXl his vite and daughter, who reside at 495 FAgewod Avenue, New Haven, went out or the back door of their home to the baclc yard at approximatelJ" 6:15 P.H. His little daughter called his attent ion to a. star in the sky that was moving am Mr. HITCHENS not ed a sphere- like object direetlJ" overhead which gave a stead;r golden orange glow. He stated that this object vas veey high between ten to twenty thousand feet, possibly higher. The glow given ott was very steady and not blinking and the whole sphere itself glowed 1n about the saae consistency. He witnessed this object tor approximately twenty seconds during which time it t raveled in a westerly direction toward Rev York Cit,- and then wh•n Hr. HITCHENS believed that µossibl.y' it was near or ovor Rev York City, it then Teered in a southerly direct.ion as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it llight have been traveling over Long Island. He l ost sight ot this object as it disappeared behind trees 1n his vicinity-. He advised that aa to the size of the object, it was approximately ten times tho diameter of Venus, which was shining very brightly that ni8}lt. He states it was a very clear night aIJi that all the stars 1n the sk;yvere twinkling as compared. to the steadiness ot the glow given ott by this object. He advised that the object did not appear to dim:\ni ah in size as it traveled torther &lfaT from him but appeared to maintain about the aallle size as when he first noticed it directly overhead. The ean.e steady orange glow persisted during the entire time that he witnessed it . Although this object was actually cut from hie eight b7 nearby trees, Hr. HITCHENS states that it vaa so tar away trom lrllll aey ,ey that he probably would have lost sight of it ver1 shortly due to distance had the trees not intervt'ned. The object made no sound whatsoever MHP':FGM • Letter to \he Director ► • and there eeemed to be no attactmenta or projections or any kind, ju.et a complete circular ball. He had no idea as to the method ot propuleion but advised that at the time it seemod to c~e directiona, probably over New Yo:rk City, that it ha.d seemed to back up and go torward, poeeib.1¥ t'WO or three times in oroer to execute a change ot. direct.ion. There wore no clouds in the ~ that interterec1 with hi.a vieion ot thie object arxi he could not comment a, to whether or not this object penetrated or cirown­ vent.ed cl.ouda. The object left no trail or an7 kind ard. Mr. HITCHENS matheinaticallJ' calculated its epeod at betnon tour hUMred and seven hundred lllil.oa per hour, deperxling on the height which he atated he could noi accurately' compute. He advised that he could not recall &n7 odors and had no idn as to its construction. To hie knowledge the onl:, other persona in thia area to have witnesaed this object were his wife and dat1ghter. Imnedie.tely upon sighting the object, hie wile ran to tho door ot neighbors occupying the aamo houae As the HITCHElJS to bring t.heln to the ,a.rd. However, these neighbors had not wi.tne~eed tho object &a b7 the time the¥ got outa1de the object had disappeared. Mr. HITCHENS stated that he 1s a Cbllllical. Engineer, has titteon yeare ot experience in rouearch and develop1umt. He ie not a pilot but. baa done con•id erable flying and hae aleo done considerable Nading, includ­ ing technical data concerning tl;rtng eaucere and discs . He urnerstaoos trom reading the above matters tblt the star Venuu is o.t'ten mistaken by observers tor flying eaucere arid h• pointed out that he feel, that ha 1a familial- with aatron~ not to contuae the object he saw with Venus aa ha also recall• Vonua int.he 11kt on that particular evening ari:l compared the a1ze ot thia object as being ten times Venua• diameter. Ho also states that he coaaputed the apeed at which thia object was traveling by using point• in bis area, such as, root tops and tree tops together vi.th tho die­ tanoe ho walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight. Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would tum this information over to another agency and indicated that this was according to hi• approval . He specificall.y requested that no public announcement or comment be given to the tact that he had reported seeing the above object. Hr. lilTCHENS appeared to ho a very reliable and sincere individual and e~idencea con­ Biderable technical knowledge and experience iri reporting the above inci­ dent. . ERAL BUHEAU OF IHV'~STIGAT .__ _ _. S . 1JSPART'..!8?1T OF JlJST...CE CO~.iUNICATIOOS SECTDN OCT 13 1 950 TBLETYPS SAC, KNOX-TILLE IR1CT')H., FBI t 10- 13 - 50 s 8- 26 P~ JYC U lt G E N T " l f RADAR_p~TECTION OF UNID3NTIF2D OBJE~7S OVER OAK RID<E OCTOBER TVIELVE, H'ETEEN FIFfY, Pi:i.OrECTION OF VITAL INS'l'ALLATI11NS. USAF h.ADAR INSTALL­ ATDN AT KN J(VILIE AT '!:L :V>.::H TIBNTYFIV!i: PM, EST, OCTOB"SR 'l'1,'lt~LVZ , PICKBD OP BDICATI'.>NS OJ<· ~L 'VE:N OBJ ~CTS AND PERHAPS MOr.E T!tAVJLIHG ACROSS CCXITR )T.,I,f,D AHEA lF ATO !IC ENET~ -;y INS'rAILA'l'ION AT OAK RIWE . ALTITUDS 1F OB,IBC"'S VAR!";D ~OU 0NE 'i.'HQUSAND TO TIVZ THOUSAND F'~.::T, C URSES ffiOM SOUTH SOUTH EAST 'i'O SOUTiiEA3T, AND ngN'>I'rY FRO.A ltEADIUG JJADE BY LrGHT AIRCHAFT TO AiitCRAFT ;~QUAL IN srz~ TO C FOrlTY Sl~VSN, SPEED FRO'! o~rs mmm.sJ T1 ONE HUlID3.3D T'f::NTYFDJ~ U.IL~S Pl~!{ H)UR. FIGHT3R PLAN..; ATl'~ED TO IVI' 1.tC~PT Tii F.fV .EWJT3S AND RADAR SC!tZ~U nEFL... ~TED CONI'AC'I' , 3UT PLAN:~ ItEPJ.i.':'ED NO 03JECT COlLD B~ S~BN UTHEH VB1JALLY OR 0'1 PJ.Am;c:; RADAH SCRSEN. AEC PA'"HOL WAS AL81tTW BUT no OB.r:cTS 'JuULD a.; VISUAIJ.,Y SIGHT~D BY TlEM OVE•t TH!<; AR~A O'f!CR THAN THE AW. ADV.!SS:J Ai'1D Aff1~ CH .,,CKlNG I~CIDl--:HT. NO R31\SONABIB BXPLANATION FOR RADAR R-.:ADilJGS Y?.T DSV~LOP ;1) AL'.'.:'H()UGH OPBH.ATORS Af<E EXEH!ENCED REL ri\3LS P ;RSONl'IBL AND HADAR S~T IS IN P ~lffECT OPERATD 1G G1!!;:JITION. BU-tE U WILL B3 ADVISED OF FTJH'l'HJ.. D:VELJP. ;!CN'i'S . R03SY ,_ L _ ACK AND HOLD Pm 8- 31 r • • •1 •-· ni.:r, ~ . 195C. NOV 22 PM OK FBI ~VASH DC GAR ::: fiOERA.. £.,Ua£AU "• i.uwTIGAl,vu U. S. DEPARTMFllT Or JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTIOH FBI WASHINGTON DC 12-5-50 SAC , KNOXVILLE URGENT 4-47 PM - . . .. , GAR ~ DETECTION OF UNI DENTIFIED OBJCXXX OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. REURTEL DECEMBER FOUR LAST REGARDI NG POSSI BLE RADAR JAMMING AT OAK RI DGE. ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO OBTAIN ALL FACTS CONCERNING POSSI BLE RADAR JAMMING BY I ONIZATI ON OF PARTI CLES I N ATOXXX ATMOSRHERE . CONDUCT APPROPRIATE I NVESTI GATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER INCIDENT OCCURRING NORTHEAST OF OLI VER SPRINGS, TENNESSEE , COULD HAVE HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED RADAR JAMMING. IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. HOOVER &ND CORRECT LAST WORD FIRST LINE PLS -PROTECt110N j OK D FBI KX OLO SUTEL • Mr. TrC'ey - I . Harbo ,,__._LIIY' FfoI , RICHMOND .liri cTOR 1950 r. Dolmo ,t 12-8-50 URGENT RE FLYING SAUCERS . THIS OFFICE VERY CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED INTELLIGENCE , RICHMOND , THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUT ON IrMEDIATE ALERT FOR ANY DATA WHATSOEVER CONCERNING FLYING SAUCERS . - CIC STATES BACKGROUND OF INSTRUCTIONS NOT AVAILABLE FROM AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE , WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF REASON FOR ALERT LOCALLY , BUT ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER MUST BE TELEPHONED BY THEM IYMEDIATELY TO AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE . CIC ADVISES DATA STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL DISSEMINATED . 1✓ ~ :;J.31.i'-I- ~6'AUERBACH RECORDED - 81 £.X-1!6 12-11 PM OK FBI WA NRJ DEC 131950 3 • c:::, ,.., c-:, c.o :=: i.....: -•: u ~ LaJ ,:.. a:. ..... C .. t...n c:::: CD : fl1 ,il l .;0 !.;3U S :i I 8 .:J ~0510 1-0 3Al3:)3ij O~. W det1 S 8 alQ U~, \i\d \,E 7.\ ~ ·J.lJ 3:)11s'1\' .1( ,,.dn '\. ~. J iN0\113'3 0,~3\l ✓ ---1 BOYeaber 4-, 1950 DlUC'lOR, l'BI SAC, 111'.>IVILLlC l>J.'lZCTIOll or OiilDDl'll'J.11:J) O&lBC'l'S ll1 Oil BIDCa, October 20, 23, 24,26, 1950 moTBC'l'IOK a,. VI'l'AL IE'l'ALI.A!l'I0113 )f/1.1 ~ t ( ReJVlot Ootober 18, 1950. Submitted berevitll is com- ot CIC reports on above ca,ption ma.tter. PUrther inrorstion as reoetved will be fonarded to Bu:rea11. Bnol.. ( Air Mall) CCM:.JI' 65-475 I ---- CLASSIFIED / .• --- 1 / ~ CONFIDENTIA~ f~ INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY MESSAGE • STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE fl Ht~tht/ 0 d L IA~~tfELS u" t ..L~lt-s;r-,.. 1./Y~? 7-· PARAPBRAf\E NOT REQUIRED P'ROM8 COUSAR.AL PT RICHARDSON ALASKA FROM AROSI 1 108 DEFT.AR VASR DO ~OR ACOF3 02 D'l'G: l50J45Z 1 t-e1-/ 15 DEC 50 ;1ae Ai~ Comd reports military Jet pilots vie Fairban~~ vh1.le over ~oeka International Field at eo. altitude or 8000 feet observed a riaeh of light, yellow l.n color e t an al~1tuds between 25,000 and 30»000 feet g lior1zontel <11i,t.ance to obJeo't we.a npr.x. SO m1lee 800!1 nfter .fl.ash a da:rk broYn smoke appesred t,o 1 .. 6 or ol.1.mb at an arigle ot: J+o degreer.J a At the leac:u.ng edge or the i:Jmoke at aprx 100 teet appea.re(l an obJeot e1t.her 01gar stJ,:,,.:>ed or a ru el.age v1tho~t vi.:lg travelli.Dg at t.e1r1r10 ~p~aa F1lo'te utart;ed pur:u1 t on head.ins ot 210 d.egn,eg mag, :l.Ii.dioo.t!.ng ,380 at every ~~eep ol1.mb Pur u1t oont1nue~ un.t11 p11ote rea~hed v111nge or olear and loet e1gb.t of cbject9 Mea.o.~ime object ga.inod altitude and epeed and dill ppeared 'because of d1etanoe ot aprx 50 to 55,000 feet Color of smoke brovn.8 Go1or ot obJeot dark and no re~l~ot1on ~rom eunl1ghto P~lots aaaured. of be.pe 'because of peri'eot 1lhou