US AirForce Analysis of Flying Objects in the US 101 172

) 0 ,. - Authority: NND 917033 J1 ~ ~<:JL . ' ED F'L 'Ji-; OBJ~TS l. L'b t 3; l..o 5. Oc cupati on o f obqo rvor "• .-id r ::s of o l' c o r vo r 7, Pl a c 18 Febnlary 1948 i cn 101 1 oroatur, ~.,... F.di tor Horton, K of ob~ r ~ t i on 10 . Ti.,o in c i ·ht 11 . ,di. tt udo l~ . S pood su or catur , Kan s N/s 30 - }5 mi.loo above earth N/S .., ,, ir 'i One b ~ 16. c:; 11; 0 17 . Col er l'; . O<ior d ot votod 'C . .. p ph r unt r l. ErJuu.a:; t t r 11s explosion - "a!t.erwarde a lot ot little explonons" N/S Bluuh""'ft'hite smoke smw i e N/ ,"> r.ons r ur.t1,.n Meteor _.,.. :On-t.hur conditi on s 14 Blu1ah-,.if tt e:ooke smudge r. /S r t o:. c loud s U/ S 23 . Eff 24 . Sk ot ch •s or pt t or r .. pts Photo of vapor trail left in sky by 8xPlcs1oo ?5 . Monn1J r of disn pp,Jor nnco 20 . Romn r ks : Oscar Monni&, of the Tex 8.8 Observnre, JDB.teur As tronomy, 1010 Monunl81de Dr1Te, rt. orti1 , of f ers "tanpble proot th at u, fir· ball Disintecrat1oo r -I ., .. -· • of February 18 over ncrtt.ern l\ansas was just t.hat, inasrmch as meteorites have been recovered tron i t. 11 Thore were found , be(;ir nine 1.prU 211, first sever al su.lla fra..,-en:.s JJ) to ore of 4 1/2 pounds . Then a disturl ed spot in a clover f'ield led to "the di i:giI1e up of a r i PC& of so e 109 po\l1llls e edded about two feet in the soil. The st.one i s nhat is tenred aa an "achondrite", a technical name f or an unusual cy-pe or stony m teorite. It is reported t o be of a tYJ hi ch will detAriora~a rapidly. A p otorrHph or t r e trail of the meteor, r:l.'.lde by amateur p.otor,r ~her Duane ,I. ~"fr117 of Nortor , shows tho vapor tridl left in the sky by t.he exploaiol"'l of a ~eteor whi ch wa s secl'I 1r Oklahooa, t,ew -exic o, Colorado , Kansas, ard uebr .,~ka . It wu m:.de at. uray 1 s },oae, ni.Je mil,-.s rort·1 or Norton , jlPt tour r.,inutes after the teer XJ loded . A ~r:n.cce of blue ­ wliite smoktio remained in the sky £or an hour 1' ebruary Wth . '!'his pboto ­ craph is in tile under lri i ent '1101 . Furthe r r emarke are contained in supplemen t . r (COPY) 323 W. Ton1,h t., Pueblo, Colorado February 20, 1948 Uffi<•e of the Chief of J tnff u. . ~rrr:, ,ash.in n, D. C. S1Jbject: l si ,, in the sky near l!orcntur, ..ans. L:00 p. n . ('",T) February lt, 19l,it Purpose: peculiarities To call at.ten ti.on t.o so in connection, whe her coincid ntal er not AccordinG to 'Vl AP bulletin appeari"' 1n the Pueblo CHIEFTAIN for Fehruary US , 19116, sone ohj ect was seeu moving eastward across the sky or tt-.n late artemoon of 1" bruary IBth, ard en this UiinG re'lcl ed a po:iition ap1,roxi.mate to l!orcatur , Kansas, c:xploded , or disrupted, or disappeared. The ex­ plosion is said t.o ha· e been terrific. Dir,..ction:i gi.vi::n as to •he prccress or tJ is appearance i n­ rticate Unt it rii< ved from west to east. Information con ,ained in t,hc dispatch under a Denver dateline in1i ·ate that ile mar,y would call this object a bolide e . , . , expl din meteor - the astronomP.rs of Chamberlin Vbservator y (iJenvor) did not so assess it : it is said in U e dispatch that t se offic1al• could offer no explanation of it. If this 1.s t ca· e, the a ;:,para.nee is anomalous , a nd may lend 1 tseli to other meteoric expla nation . A sb tch~iaGJ"Bm of t ~ earth and moon I s orbit reveals a pe ­ culiarity in coMcction wi tt thP appearance , 1'hich may be &1E;nJ.ficant . Ir a line i s s •r icken r..it r ight- anrl"'s 'lcross the meridio"'a.l position o r the s:ite of expl "'sion r this oeteor at hour argl • fo •ir o'clock (local time) and t ds line be con::idered the west- to-eai:;t cours of thP object, tten it will bo St en t 1at if • iB line i .. c !'It n' d tward ir to 'lpace toward t.ho orbit of t t e moon it will intersect the lunar orbit at a pla nPar to wt re the moon would be at fron 60 to one huncir ed h urs after the explosion t .,ok } lace. Uew moon occ11rrud at 9 0 10 H 2 U Februarn First uurt er at 1 7D 'H . F'e' ruary - the noon ciov s -i1 I r ox1111ately 12. 5 do r rees per d::i:• alon 1~ its orbit. - -- - ----•~ ----It is held by rocketry experts (example, WILLY LEY - see his ROCKE'IS, p. 192, diagram and note in c onne c tion there­ with) that it wol,ll.d take about 100 hours f or a rocket-craf t to negotiate the di stance from Earth to Moon. Prior to its ~xplosion over Norcatur, this object of Feb. 18th was variously reported as a "falling plane", a " jet plane", and a ''ball of fire 11 • It is said by some to have l eft a trail of smoke behind it. It is the suggestion of this writer that the Army collect am assimilate reports on this obj ect , with a view t o determining where it was seen as an object trailint: smoke and llhe re as a ball of f ire. If this thing is a r ocket of some kind headed fo r the moon, it might first have been seen as a streak of s r.oke, then later as a ball of fire , and las tly as a tremendous ex­ plosion when it at last reached sufficient speed and eleva­ tion for take-off . The writer has in mind the various and unexplained r e1.,orts on "!lying saucers", and bases this speculation upon a lonb c onsideration of various oddments of reports whose significance might be of epace-craf t f r om other worlds of space. The so- called "meteori c procession" which crossed Tor on t o in February 1913, consisted of a number of u oups or illimunated bodies traveling in v oups of thre e an:l moving in "rigid formation", all pursuing a course acr oss the same streak of the earth's surface . J.r a line is proj ected backward along ·t his line of fli ght it will be seen that this line "comes out" at the position of the moon at the time . The 1913 phenomenon occ urred in the mid-period of a series of reports on dirigible aircraft of appearance like zeppelins which were seen over :&, gland an:i whos e appearance terminated - or reports on the appearances stopped - j ust prior to the inferior conjt.mc tion of Venus of April 24, 19 13 . The writer begs to call attention to the f act that the times prior to and just after inferior conjunction of Venus are prolific in r eports of stran ge t hin gs seen i n the sky. Also t }at lights have been r eported on t he moon from time to time, back f or at l east a century. Ir in thr future of mil itary experiment the moon is selected as a base for the launching of r ockets (which has been sugges ted by some writers), it may be wel l to look first 2 i·1to •·er orts like Vis one or1 Lhe explosion ovf"r Norcatur aw1 1.hc di t·PctioT' 1)1' the nhject in•,olved . Tl·ere is n r,os:,i. bilitv , 1 O\-rev"'r r cMote this r:iay seem, that tlte moon is e· ther inrabited or in use b:v other ti an hlll"lan he: t1 ;S . .1.011rs , /s/ N )Pl.\AN GARRETT !.lARKHAM It ma~, do not harm tn ,Tatch the moon fo r possible arrival of t .1 s th i ng in the quarter a t ~o to 100 101.1r fi after "its uepar·tur e" . lJG!.1 3 IJ ... ( COPY) .I.larch 14, 1948 FILE REF: - SIGGE-U-1 From: Norman G. Uarkham MAIN HOT£L, Pueblo, Colo To: Chief ~ignal Of fic er U. s . Army, ,ashington, D. C• • Subject: Norcatur , ~s., sky explosion of lS February, 1946 Purpos-e: To shc,,r a speculation regard­ ing tho above phenomenon and another one of earlier date and to call attention to occurrences between the two which have an appearance of relationship whether coinci­ dental or not. ' The geographical position of the Norcatur explosion s uggests poss ible with other occurrences happening inside latitooinal limits arbitrarily demarkable between 43 ° 36 1 North (which is the lati tooe of Ooise, Idaho) and 36° 10 1 North ( the lati tu:ie of Nashville, Tenn.)., a belt about 485 miles wide. linka.!;8 'lbis suegestion is gained from positions given for occurrences happening between June 24., 1947 and February 18 , 1948, as s hall be hereinaft er briefly described, THE OOISE (Idaho) OBJECT- This was seen either beginnin{.! or ending at 330 pm It was in the western sky, was of comet-li~ appearance, and settled gradually toward the horizon ae planetary bodiea set. It was seen bo.r Lt. Gov. Whitehead •u )j Chief Jus tice Lartpert. Its nature was unknmm . 24 June 1947 am was visible for 20 minutes. The peculiarity which connects this object, for speculative purposes, with the explosion of some unknown object over 1~orcatur, Kans ., on 18 l!'ebruary 1948 is the seeming of a relationship between the positions of the moon for the two phenomena: In the form2r case the moon was at the date of phenomenon, about 7%, 63 before the positionof First Quart er; on the second case i t was about 8%. 73 beyotxi the position of first quarter. Since the Boise object was visible for 20 minutes be fore it sank this argues it was about ten deil"ees a bove the horizon when fi?1J t seen. Now if a line be dra1'l'l westward and at ten degrees zenithward from the l \ : , " horizon of Boise at 3:30 p . m. and another l ine be dra"'ft'll from tbe position of the o oon a t one hundred hours before the s ighting of the Boise object, and projected to t he center of the earth, it will be seen that this ten ­ degrees-altitude and the moon-earth line intersect as a place tar above a geographical position considerably to the west of Cape Bla11ce, in the neighborhoodof about 700 miles off the coast. The Boise object in its appearance suggests a rocket-type ar craft possibly using r eaction blasts to brake itself down for a landing on the earth. The brig"lt point and plumy tail of the de scription suggest this, as also its apparent fixity in space. HOLLE ' S 11 SHIP Ir F1J\MES " - Nine days after the siehting of the Boise object a forest lookout named F..arl Holle saw at o r soon after 4:00 p . m. , 3rd July, 1 ,47, something he took to be a "tanker in flame s" . This was seen horizon -ward f r om a point 1n Sonoma Gounty, Cali fornia , n ear to Fort Roos . A search waR inst:!. w ted by the Navy or Coast Guard, and nothing was foum . Tho s ov;et tanker ELBRUZ , w'1idl had been in t.he vicinity, was quer i.ed a rd found to b~ all right. This was not explained. Ir this apperance had been on the hor izon, there is no telling how far it may have been from the observer . CAPE MENDOCINO BLDAP H'CIDENT - Hot far from the l ocati on of Holle 's " burnini; ship" an accident occurred to a navy blimp, 14 July 1947, off Cape t,1 endocino. This blimp soodenly settled into the water , slipped out its crew and rose ai;ain . anoMaly here is that one would not expect to find drastic do'Tm-<:lrafts of such violence as to thus upset a lighter than air craft. Possibly a dovmdr :ift a ccounted ror t ~ accident - but if the Signal Officer will look up the incident of the British steamer Talma w',ich, at the time of the sighting of a luminous wheel- like phenomenon in the Gulf of Llartaban, reported a s lowin r: of the engines from some unknO\m cause, it may be seen that possibly forces are ,-:enerated in son:e manner by certain unk11own ohjects at time s in t he or ean, whi ch may have physical attraction for materj al objects . 1'1is blimp ace idP.nt occurring in waters where occnrred othP r phenomena shortly to be mentioned, seems to have a doubtful side t.o it. '1110 TI 1E OAKIAIID ODJ"EX;T - !!.arly on the mor ninc; of 13th Octob 0 r, 1947, a photographer named Hen Dobus togehter with a taxidriver named A. J. Goldman saw a thing "that looke d like Saturn with a rinc around it." lt shot at terrific speed WEST,7AfID across the sky of the Bay area, anci was seen shortly after midnight . 2 This may have been heading in the general direction of what may ha ve been the goal of two later objects which r oughly resemble it in descripti on. THE TICOODEROGA OBJEC'IS - According to the tanker Ticonderoga's secom officer, two "nyinc discs " were seen heading SOU'IHWE:3T when the ship was in 43 degrees fifteen minutes north and 124 degrees 54 minutes west, at 0620 GCT, 12th November 1947. These may have been heading f or the object seen in the Pacific off the Golden Gate, not long afterward - or possibly at the same time, if earlier reports on this are consulted. • On November 24, 1947, the Navy denied that it had found a phantom reef or other obstruction to navigation at a point about 4oO miles west of San Francisco. TM Navay Survey ship MAURY, s ent out there in r esponse to reports of ships that s ome hugh object had been seen in the water in tha t neighborhood , reported that when in the approximate 1 titude and long:1.tu:ie of the supposed obstruction they picked up an echo from soll8thing in the wa+.er 16oo yards f rom the ship; but that Tfhen they had steamed to within 4oo yards of thi s, the echo vanished. .THE PHAN'IOM REEF - There seems a possible connectability between the various elements so tar considered. Later on January 7, 194.S, there were occurrences in the neighborhood o! \filmington, o ., Ft. Knox, Ky., Franklin, Ky., am Nashville , Tenn., all of which must be now familiar to the archivists of the Signal Office. Something like a "fl¥ing disc" was pursued by one Lt. Mantell arrl two other pilots, ~antel being killed while in the process of att emptin g to gain altitooe to get close to whatever it was he was chasing. Also, in this connection , it may not be amiss to mention the deaths of two military officer& ,mo were said to have been bringing back material evidence from "flying discs" one of which was said to have met with some kind of accident over .14aury Island, Puget Sound, around June, 1947. It Will be seen on inspection that the geographical locales of these incidents fit inside the belt of latitu:ies hereinbefore mentioned. 'mE NORCATUR EXPLOSION was described in a previous letter of this writer, an:i it was shown in that letter that a line tangential to the meridian of Norcatur, Kans ., at hour-angle 2:20 p.m., would if con­ tinued outward into space to the orbit of the moon , intersect the moon's orbit at a point where the moon would have been at about 100 hours after the time of the explosion. Accordin g to r ocketry theory, it would take a reaction-propelled craft of the rocket type about 100 hours to reach the moon. ! p , .. ! sub,i. t there is n likelihood t.hn t. on .J1u11,1 2!,, 19!17, ~:mn,•thini; like a sp:ic c-sl i• ca• , l •~e fr om the r10011 and 1won Februar:· 1g, 19hS, returned to • hP. J'!IOnn . 'M1is is of ~ r.;n spcculill.i 'ln . 8•11. has ., nyone :,,,t, cxplatnel t.ho '1 fl·:int; disc:. 11 in ter1:1s of all th~ p1•etty-well proven fa<" ts in conuccti on vrith t.t,om? lla!l an·,one vet devised .s fuel powurful enough t o k~ck , r ocket !"rom l.o !.!0011? ,-.1rt!. to Th"'re la·~ beer hw lreus o!." reports, durlnc the pnst century, on oc~ 1rr,•nces which implv this world is visited from outside space. Alis, nee ,,f c..r1tact hy these po11tul-itahle visiting entiti,•s ma.v imply a st.ate of C)t lt.urt? frir beyond ours, to the point ffh(?l'e it wo11 l.d be inP.X­ pediPn t. !'or th.,i r ·.,.obers to han. to do "ith us en-r.iasse. lhese reports hive na vPr Ileen seriously considered by science, wh ich in general il?)'lore~ them . Howevr•r , acco!'dir,1 .o Dr . Rocr.t of Chamborlin Obsnrvatory , Jenver, there is not ,int ir. astr or~or.iy to expl ain the thing which expl oded over Norcatur. Jr . Ninin11 e r 1 s idea that t.he thint wa~ a meteor fl:ltly di3rei:;ards Dr. Rocht ' s opinion, wl it-h may have been based on the Jknver losts • statement that a nver ll'l"l'11.n saw t..he "orc:itur object twenty rninutes before the eXt,losion occurred. I sub, .l t th·,t the rmy needs men who are capable or r ecoenizing Un anomalies beforeri,•n ti oMd when they OC" ur , even if only to aid in s ecula tion r egarding tnm . The und,-rslrned off~rs his ser Jices to +.J1at erd, if t.he Arr,y may wish to avail itself of tl·em. /s/ 4 N. r.. rtARKJ.IAM a ,a Excerpt of letter dated April 11, 1948 from Dr. Lincoln LaPu, Director, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Deputy Executive Director, Committee on Geophys ical Science~, Research and Development Board: Thank you for the surprising documents sent roe under date of March As you remark, certain aspects of Markham's letters a re fantastic (for example: (1) the fir~ball procession of 1913 , February 9, waa genuinely meteoric, although a rare type of chain fall; (2) no astronomer could take seriously Markham's 11 invasion by beings from Venus or the Moon"­ theory: <,) he appeals to, and biases in his favor, such untrustworthy evidence as newspaper stories, e.g., the absurd statement a ttributed to Dr. Rocht of the Chamberlin Observatory) . Nevertheless, Markham is justi­ fied in calling attention to certain incidents as tD1explained, for example, the 11 flyin 6 lenses" (in my opinion 99% hoax and imagination and 1% r eal). 3(). As r egards the Norcatur, Kansas incident, I remain convinced t hat, like the Four Corners incident, it was a genuine meteorite fall, although one of exceptional size (again like the Four Corners f all ) . Hovrever, there are many curious aspects of bot h these falls, some of an objective nature, like the singular fact that in spite of intensive searches (ad­ mittedly tmder bad terrain a nd weather conditions), not a t race of meteoritic material has so far been found; some of a non-objective nature, like the amazing testimony given by Mr . Leland Sammons, Mr. Alfred Gle:m , . and other witnesses of the Norcatur incident, both to members of the State H1gtiway Commiss ion of Kansas and to l nstitute of Meteoritics field survey parties. (See exhibits A, B, am C enclosed.) . Some comment on such testimony as appears in 1i.,B, and C would seem desirable: 1 . Glenn first reported the battery case as red hot. hhen I pointed out that the pa·'er on it was not charred, his account was changed to "too hot to handle". The Institute of Meteoritics party found only two men, not four, who saw the battery case fall. The battery case '1as been examined by Dr. 11ictor Regener, Department of Physics, University or New "'exico, who stat.es that it appears to be identical witn the small batteries used in portable radios. 2. K. Hays ' identification of the Norcatur object as a rocket has the following support: On the morning of February 19, I talked to the to,rer man and two assistants at the Air Base at McCook Field, Neb!'aska. All three denied the Norcatur object was a fireball and described it as a filack object with an extremely bright jet of flame pouring out of t he rear. Furthermore, a l h-year old, and presumably unbiased, schoolgirl in Oberlin, Kansas wrote me a similar description of the "Fireball." l 3. A detonnined ettort is umer way to chock up on Sammons ' veracity ( and sanity!) I hove neither seen nor talknd to -'aMnOna, but another Qlllber or he Institute of J.lcteoritics pnrty (Dr . D. M. Gragg, an Instructor in the e po "t.l'tent or Mathematics) l'mO did so believes Samons (who is a well- to-do !armor ) to be sincere am very b~ly scared . Or course nearness to a bi& 111eteor1te fall would scare one as b:id~ as an atom bomb; but •1ow could i t produce such tes timony as The 11 mP.te morns" . itic" incidents fr the great fall ot 1~5, >veraber 29 (from "1i i ch no meteorites have been recover ed eithP.r !) throuih tho sequonce of ai ilar falls culminating in the Four Com~rs and ' lorcatur inci~ents, coupled With ., uch t incs as the Ussuri incident, convince me that ei. t 11er t 1.3 earth 1:; unrfer a rro--• nusual cosmic bombardNnt or t"18TIY ot the fire balls are not meteorites at all. While I still cling to the 1D1Jteoritic h:,pothes1!1, it is clear that which evP-r Alternat ive is tie ri,1lt one, t he situation c-ries alou::t for thoroll(;h i nvestigation. .. ··~, t Tl(> " .... 1 . u l n ! ... ni .1. liv•• 11 rt. •• l wao s·~,,1 lis ,. 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Uy wife hr•ard it, lt=!'lVe and 1 .1 1,.rt w , l'f: 1 st, n,J, :md we wntchP. ! it • , , le vinr .:i tra U nJ' nmokn ,11 t! e wa_•, . ·••l le ly U,c-r,, was a {,'l'fl,i t. cloud uf' s .oke in t.l.e sl<y , r ot mor o tt an ho n, conrls '1ft ,. it L- rt my y·IJ"d . anrl it a few ~,ec011ds or rr.ore , we heard an e:qlt,:-;ion. I 1.rt>n s1.epo,J uff from :Jt'l 1,01.1..cie tc- vtlr•re it. narl 'een , .:mi it was five s+.e1 s . cs , it ,1a: h ut., 1 c·,ld reel tt,,,. rear t'r •r.ii1. . Harl lno t bf,en :a:c;t i1 ,_. 1,v C"a r 1 rior to t,ht> vccur:rt1nce , wettir t t..he i,;round , t..hf're would lia ve been a harr• spot in the yard wher < tJ1e t' in~: star t ed up heeu t~c 1.hcre was a [~(•'lt rusll f fire fr,7. it v,J.en it left . I t must h:ive heen q,nte l j .h 'lien u ,..x· lcued . -------- •·a.r.: , s, n of Flo·,d ltw-::. , 11, rr.iles east of I ort.on on ll:i :;&, at the Jct . K-1--(), sn11t,h rirlc r~ i,tw>'1,•· . At ah,-ut. c:; to c, :;o l . 1-t. • , not sur e of time , wa!: r di,: is hor se i.r a 1-t·,st,..n·e, \'ften he 11eard s<.,r.!tttin1 quner int.he sky . I ookin, 'J} to ,.,. south -west, 1~ .,av, wl a1. ;ippearcd tr f im t.o be a r c,cket, just li ,e ~,. h·,d seen ! ·i.rin,• the war in ... uror,e . l 1, startl ed ,im, and he j111,11cd ,""Jff the 'or::ie . "a t.h1.:n r er101u1t,cd , 11ntcl;ed itc:: cowse , alrr.ost on a lir P-1 hut lns· ni; Hi t i de a lii ,le, anrl i1 then expl oded with a bir cloud of smoke , c.11 pnr entl;: ov , r 1\0:rton , from i·, 1,ere he vra~, south of 1- rairie Vievr. JI., rc<le Ior, t oward hnr:,,,. ,'? wa_·fi , w en c..udcle-,lv t he sound and jar o f t he explosion r eadied i,, . I rs . l'nrs v,a:-; hone in tl e 1ous o , when s he heard and relt SO!'Y t..hing 1 likn a trud· mi 1; t h::ive struck the house . ,>he ran out o f the l•ouse and t. ~.en fit-r.t saw t.he h11,se clo1x:f , f SMOl.:E' . ·,bout 110 minutes lnter , a part of t,he sr.ioke c l ou1 lirf't ed d ir, ctl y over thei r ho11se, and went on east ovor 1-hil l iJ sbur t:• i<rmnct.h 1 0 • ------ 11-aJ.J.h 'JP.w, J,ostm·!ster a1. Lor cat ur, that at. about l~ : 50 l-' . 1.!. he was standinb j ust inside t.he front wir.dow of the rost.offi ce in Nor c'ltur , when l,e observed a blindir ., flash as if someone had taken a flashli J ht pie ture. dP. could locate no one wi t1J a camra, but noticed several men walkint; t,o the c,•nter o.f t i e s treAt and lookinc up . Ye ti.en walked out t,o where t,hey nere and looking up, saw a high cloud of smoke i n t h e sky almost diredtly ov er head s 1, a t , e d but slightly east. Suddenly, about 1 anct 1/2 minutes after e }ad seen the flash, there was a terrific explosion an1 jar, shakinc the vrotmd and causine the windows all around to rattle. Following the explosion, there were several low reverberating rumblil'lgs across the heavens . He stated that tho explosion must have been very high. Edgar Younr: , 1 \>0y living at Regar, just east of Horcatur, was outside the ele~ator, when he observed the eXJ losion, looked up and saw the huge clotd of smoke . He stated that it 11as almost overl.ead but slightly west of hiJ!I. He said that it was a bif explosion. The elevator man was out in the elevator, 1'hen he heard the e.xµlosion . He t ought th~t his oil- burner had exploded in tho office and ran in to see about it . Fi.ndinr, i• O. K., he ran outside to see what had exploded, saw the big clo1.rl of ~moke hir;h overliead, slightly west. Ea, tern Kansas newspapt!r carried a story about 6 days aco of one just like this one, coming from the south to vicinity of Iola, ~ansas, where it turned west and dis appeared into the sky. Check with Chief Scott of Norton about a bum~d flashlight b~ttery which fell in the street of Norton just after the explosion. It was too hot to be picked up for sevoral minutes. Chief Sco tt has it. Note : A copy of Exhibit 11 c11 referred to in letter fr on Dr . LaPaz, was not received . - I I CPBC.:t - 1TS'~ - ,. n:·rn:::i:'I' :.rTED F L'.'lll<i OAJEGTS • l ln~i-3 ,rt ~ 18 Fe Tuary 1948 102 1500 ~fiT ) J. Air Nea- Green RiTer, Utah 1 nc t l cm !1 . '.) . .. ,M• of ob:;,... rv,... r Lenord P. Marchese· (B-2<1 Pilot, Lt. 28 Bomber Op) Carl H. St ucki, Lt., Co- Pilot , (see reverae eid.e Cr.cup• i on c• f ob~v rvor Pilot for other w1.tnessee) G. ., : ;r . :1 of ob:. r v ,r 771:ll Bomb Sq, 2$th Bomb Op ( VH), Weaver AFB. S.D. I. rl·,c ). JL t ·.t-1c J 0!" c,b.' ct, f r C',rn obs, r vo r 1• 1' !.:"ld i 11 !'; i,• ht N /S l l. '') lc@odill pita ■•■ 5. of' ob~ rv1 t i <,n 39° N - 100° W - near Green River, Utah 100 miles "11 i .url 20 ,ooo feet Very high • Southeast of Limon, Colorado l ;, . -:'i,ct ic,: Ex} losion rate 1~ . .:;,, 1 l Could not be determined d ue t.o B-20 eni::;ine noise 17 . c,,1o r • , ;}i • u1ulti-colored ball of fire pdluge mulb. -colored ba] 1 of fi r e and tierise cloud of smoke Vapor trail with ball of fire at head of trail ' . r c c,nd i t i , r •. ' ) I . Clear Hone • ,.. wee A 11Ult1-colored ball of fire trailing a dense cloud of emoke w.a ai&hted at approx 1500 hours MST 18 Feb 48. 39° N-100° Wat approx 20,000 ' b.r two~ aircra!t of the 28th Bombardment Groo.p (VB). It wa• seu a>me 100 miles southeast of the B-..."9a. Size -.ae eatimaed aa huge al.tho illpc>1aible to determine accurately due to the distance. It • • tr&Telii:ig at Tecy high speed and hea.di.Dg southeast of Li.Ioon, Colorado. at approx 20,000 ft. Witneeeee: Capt Boward B. Berodt, A0-49504. 718th Bomb Sq 28th Bomb Gp (VE). Pilot of 1st B-.."9 Capt Mairice T. llitenour, J0-48o43. 718th Bomb Sq 28 :Bomb Gp (VB). Co-Pilot of lat B-29.. lat Lt Leonard P. Marchese. A0-748714, 77th Bomb Sq., 28tp Bomb Gp (KH). Pilot of 2nd. B-29 lat Lt. Carl W. Stucld., AD-785916, 77th Bomb Sq, 28th Bomb Gp (VH). c.o..-Pilot of 2nd :B-29. l!lOT.E: See Ineident 101 - 'Rorcatur KenM 11. ' • f 1• • l Jnr, i l JT 18 February 194g • ft 10'3 15()0 :ST . 1n, 3. Tr.,· 7j o 1, . :· .r1• IWI ClillJd.u!IMII r v1 rS GaJ..t . How ard H. o1 n Air n Green Riv~r Utah rodt - Cat .Aa urice "". Rit nour (See Inc 102 - corrclm-ation) ,. Jic., n ,:; o .l ,:::;• r 11· J • ••• rf . Fl·,c 9. r 718th Bon bSq , 28th Bomb Gp (VH) ' eavr r f' obn r·· lir r; :r.lJ, r ~l~ .,!. 1CQ t. <; l•hj (J ~- (' ,, 0 ll, • Til"lo i? L ~frht 11 . nl i ,ud•J ., 39° ti - 100 ° \7 - Ne B, S . D. Green River , Utah .e fr c 100 miles obr. rv r '/s 20 , 000 feet Diroc i on of fl· 1·h T• c- .ics • ilots ob~, rv 'l r 'outheast (of Limon , Colorado) losion rate Could not be determined due to 29 en ine noise 16 . iz ,., Huge (Seen 100 n iles west of the B-29 ' s) 17 . Colo r 18 . -->h .po Hugh milti-colored ball of f ir e and dense clou:i of smoke followed 19 . Oder ciJtn c 20 . , FJ.(, nm 21 . Exh .u & :.,~ . 'ii ,::. Jho r cond i i ons Clear ulti-colored ball of fire d N/S co s -r u e ion N/S tn.ils Vapor trail with a ball of fire at the head of trail Eff.i ct on ~l oud s /s 2L . ko ch Js or photo r phs 25 . nnnc r of dis pp a r nnc ~ N/S 26 . Rema r ks : bblR - None Same a.a incident 102 which see ., r • r l 7 Mar 48 104 2055 C ll:ayrna• 'l'enn. ~ r v r Franit L . renn, Maj, USAF, 00, Smyrna AF Base Col Ric."'lard C. Pettingill & Pvt Frank C. Jobntnn, • p. i :. f' r •, r e 00 of Smyrna & radio and toi.ier operator• AA.CS Station ...r l . rI. . ' i. • "" C 1- • ii ,.1 ll. ,.1 • i • ul l' . d l D r c i • ~ AJ:F, ixiq S:eyrnn, Tenn rv r f r ('lb.' ·t lt 45 minutes fr or.i C'h rv r 6 milea About 5° above horizon very elov N fl 1 ht. T a~ from 5:uyTDa N/ S Faded awq l . ,, . 1 . I Bone 1• d Unknown , it r,.., 1c r yello•r-0range ';h · P" oTel N/5 Odor cl t, c t 1d N/5 - •eemed to be flare Bone l. t l r ~ ndi i 2; . Eff' 2 ,. Si o.., ch ~ P:t;nr." r o f 26. R u r k :; : l o ud:; CAVU - 10 milea !' N/5 o r pho or,r phs i. ,,, p• r ., ,. (oTer) 11&• (2) ahovil:lg yellov oran,ge fi&'lle-like oru faded into horizon ' . • • A yellow-orange object ...W.ch had the appearance of a flare was observed eome six miles from Smyrna AAF between the west and northwest just above the horizon and movill& directly awq from ~ '!'he speed was estimated aa alow since the object t"ema1ned visible aome forty-five minutes. It gradna1Jy faA.ed awey disappearing into the horizon. No ubaust trail was seen and nqsGUDd was heard. ,., -.. u .' ... •, ;,•" I'\ .; 't'l r •.. 1\· ') ~ ·~ '" "◄ r,· '.. • ' -:-, I i lJ . , CHECK - LIST - urIDEllTIFIED FLYHJG OBJECTS Inc id ,rt ff g Mar 48 2. TiMO 1100 3. Locotion BelD:>nt, B. C. li . Pomo of obsc- r vor Kr. A. C. Morri•on 5. Occupc.ti on of ob!jor vor Sapt. Meter Dept, lbb Po\\er Co.• Charlotte, I. C, Charlotte, B. C. (n.uat Power Co.) 6. ;,-:Idr ,...ss of ob::;orvo r 7. Ploc ~- Nunbo r of ob j~cts 9. Distance o!' ob j.: ct f r om obs r vcr Belmont, I. C. of obs~ r Vl.a ti on 10 . TiMO in s i ~ht 11. ~lt.itudo l:? . Spc.od 105 (Sitpted from ground) l 11/S about 10 seconds B/S - could not be esti:Afted Around 600 l4PH laaterq Diroct i on of flirht llJ . Tur 1cs 1r- . S"und lone - moved 1n atr~t line at constant speed without change in altitude or direction Bone 16. Siz~ From a distance - that of a small coin l7 . Colo r _bright or ailTer - looked metallic 18 . 3h,.pc round or sphere (unable to determine wich) Odor d tc.ct d N/S Metallic 20 . i.p~n r, nt con-, t.. ruc~i,m :"'~ . ·:: n t,l·w r conditi on' Clear with scattered white cloud• 23 . Eff c or, clouds N/S ?1 • 31': s or photor,r l<p~s None 2~. 'i;.n of di,.-ipo ••r r.~~ behind small -.dlite cloud ~J . R~~u r k::; : t ch r (oTer) • , A round ~tallic-appc :-ine object mvinc vc;cy rapidly st an e1t~ted soeed of bOO l-:?H s obsen d n.-~ 3 l.:lont. N. C.• at rox 1100 the nx>rning of 8 Mar 48. '!'he • ther s cle r w1 th excellent vtdbil 1t1 wi tb. a fev lhlal.l acattered fie cy vriite clouds. It could ot be determin d if the object were a disc or ap r~. It e.opa. fut she va.s that of a s:nall coin of a bright or 1ilver o:,lor. It re.fleeted the swi mai.nt 1.n1.n.g a 1ttwdy reflection 'Cbich did not flicker. Tho obJect ..nich was under observation for 10:ne 10 secon I was on an e3ak:rl7 beacU..og and moved 1n a trt.iyit l..ne at a constant speed wi taout apparent ~ in altitude or direction. It waa impoaeible to deter.:ni n.e the altitude but 1 t was 11Dving above the clru ~a. No sound of an,y kind \11188 heard nor • ~ exbau.. t trail obeerved. NOTE: Wi tn.eaa (Mr Morri 10n) 1a a ::l8Zl of e xcellent char ct r e.nd re :ut tlon, a first-gread.e e 1neer and employee of Iuke Fower Co for some JO ye r,. He impressed t..e agent u bei..D& conservt1.tive and sound and ia a t echnical man with a very tec.'lniccl and re•. oneible poaition. 0 Mr. Morrison was c.ar etul in hi ■ 1t&t e:.enta. Be doe ■ not cl3ia he eaw t he " f l ~ d.iac" . merely d:ts claiai_ng that tbe7 aav an object -..bi.ch tbe7 could not 1d.ent1f7 with any natural phenomenon or known tlJ)e of aircraft. It re1embled •a r ound metallic appe...ring object JDOviz:ig very r apidly. • Vitnesaea: Mr. Rezw.rix, aa1iatant Superintendent. Meter Dept nib Power Co., Charlotte, N. C. Mr. G. V. Jordan, Oaatonia J:lectr1c Co., Gastonia, B. C. t \I JEt:TS lncid Jr L ch 19/..iS 1655 ~. Tir.o 1610 - 3. : OCl ti n 5. Oc upa ion or ob!jo r ..- r 6. "•ld r • ,,, of oh o11 rvor RBkersti old , California 7. Pl c hoo er r1 . Uunb, r M' o h,1,.,otD 1. ~istonco o~ obj o e~ f r cr.i ob~ r v r Bakersfield , Cali!ornia of otir. r·~, t i on lG . Tino in sir.ht 11 . ~ltitud 12 . Spead 13 . Diroct.irm o r rHrht n/s nd , aouth st, t.o d Bue Vista Lake , Cali.t. Two 10 - 12 ailAto lJ/S N/S N/S i,.. d ice earthward N/S 16 . Sizo /S 17 . Color See::u.n;q on tire , bl.ack and red amoke t.ra1.li.'1 G be~1nd 18 . ~hi. po S1.miJ ar to .falling airer a.rt 19 . Oior d tcctod Njs 20 . ..p, r. r or.t ran 21 . Ex}viu:.t trt.ilo :">2 , Hoo tho r conditi ons "3 . Err ct nn c l oud:,, N/S 21, . Skotch 1J o r p ntc~rcp!l:: ?~ . t:o.nn..,r 26 • 106 I ru,.t ion N/S &-own1eh-.h.1to smoke and debris trailing N/S I .lone or d i onppnarnno t' Behind a water t 011Jer, which 1'8.1!1 an obatruction t o the • ie"ft' Col!Dents of G. L. Buckner and other wi tnessea to thia RoT1Wr " : sighting cont ained 1n attached supplement . n HEADQUARTERS FOURTii AIR FORCE Office or the Assistant Chief of Starr, A-e Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA- 3/120S- I SUBJECT: TO: Mar 11, 19liS Investigation of Flying Disc . Chief of Staff United States Air Forces Washingt on , D. C. AT'IN : DIREC TOnATE OF INTELLI GENCE Air Intelligence Requireme nt s Branch 1 . Incident reported on 9 March 19WS, t his headqua rters, per telephone call from Sgt A. U. Lar s en, Sheriff's office , BakP.rsfield, California . a. ubservation by Mr. (Geor ge L) Les Buchner , Bake r sfield, California, 0£ two objects fallin g to P-a.rth from unknown source on 5 March 19-48 between 1610 a nd 1655 hou rs. Des cr iption o~ objects s imilar to falling aircraft with smoke 3lld debris trailing . Observation made at Bakersfield with objects sighted southwest tovrard Buena• Vista Lake , Calif ornia. b. Ubserva tion by Mr. Denio , employee of the Pacific General 1lect ic Company, Bakers.fi eld , Califo rnia , of t.wo ob jects wlri.ch fell to earth from r unknown source no rth of Baker s field, California , 8 March 1948. One obje ct seemed to be on f ire with r ed and black smoke trailing behind . 2 . In1orl:l8J1t Larsen stated that searchin g p :irties, •1ircraft and rescue w,it~ ha:ve made numer ous attempts to loca t e these reported obje cts without success . 3. investigatio n of incident has been initiated by t · is he adquarters . Report •,ti.11 f ollolf. /s/ Donald L. Spr inger DONALD L. SPRDlGZ. Lt . Colonel , USAF AC of 3, A....!2 Inforration to : A.JC , •.!i t chel Fld , tl . Y. FfH , San Francisco G-2 , vixth Amy DI O, .Jan :."r a ncisco (12th r av . !)is t) HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE • Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff' Intelligence Hamil ton Field , Cal ifornia 4AFDA-;/l208-I SUBJECT: Investi gation of Flying Dis cs SUMMARY OF lNFO.RMATION.: Information from t he Sheriff 's Off'ice, Bakers.field, California, r e ve~ed that nwrero"UB calls from r esidents in Bakersfield concerning peculiar obj ects in the sky over Bakersfield, predicated an invest1c;at1on by their office and contact With A-2 Headquarters Fourth Air Force. On 13th March 19~, tl'() informants, Mr. George L. Buchner, and .!ar. H• B. Nix, stated that they observed a flyinl object wh1 ch appeared to be consumed in fire, am left a br01m1sh-white plume of smoke , which suddenly stopped an::l disappeared. Secorx:is l at er, what appeared to be a i:arachute, was seen to be drifting to the east. The object, as described, appeared to be a burning fabric airplane, consumed in smoke. Observati ons were ~ade in Bakersfield o f object to the south and southwest, appro:ximately ten to twelve miles distance, arotmd 1600 hours on 5 March 1948. On 13th March 1948, info rmant, Mr . H. B. Nix, stated t ha t he observed an object at 0830, 8 March 1948, due north of Bakersfield, approximately five miles distance. 'I he object was a large, orange-red ball of fire , s omewhat larger than a smll airplane, appeared to remain static for a ppr oximately thirty seconds, then split and continued to bm-n ; each visible as a burning half. A parachute, with a black object hanging was then observed to fall, drift to the east an:i disappeared int o the hills eas t of Bakersfield. On 13th ula.rc:h 194$, two informants, Mrs . Callie R. Wason, secretary, Haberfelde Building, Bakersfield, California, and Dr. J. E. Johnson , d entist Habe:rfelde Building, Bakersfield, Cal ifomia , stated that they were in Room 518, 11aberfelde Building, on the mor ning of 9 March 194,S. L1rs. tAas on was a pat ient of Dr. Johnson. Both infor mants stated that t hey observed a !laming object which appeared at fi rst to be a very small airplane . Orange red nanes seemed to envelope the object w:i. th considerable black smoke trailing in a zigZag manner for approximately 4,ooo to 5, 000 feet. The obj ect was ob served R t 1,000 feet, appr oximately due north of BakerRfield, seven t o ten miles distant at approxi.na tely 0830 hours. Informants further s t ated that the object disappeared behind a water tower, which was an obstruction to their view, and was near the vr ound . Both in£ormants watched for an explosion, thinking t hat it would expl ode upon reachin g the ground, but n othing unusual was noted. • .., • -._ . .. , • , -2C'"']"I' : Alt.. :our' t, ere i. r. no ev-:cinece to ~uh;1t.antiat,c 1,h.. followiri 1 , it is o• ininn n" t' is hAadqunrt1?rs that this acti·:i t,.: c ,1ld be t,t,rj b11te-d .,. rkc.. fl re" . :..: . further lc v.,.l oi :nents , or ovid,.ucc o taincd , -..ill be f n, rdPrl iJ-is na<lqu r torr. fr oo the lrriff 1 !l Office , hke r r field , Califor nia . t,1--.£? EVALUJTIG:: Of Sourco C Of lnform·1tion 3 t.. f (.' I g March 1948 1. Dato 2. Tine N/S 3. Loco tipn Baker s f ield, California I.. :!nmo of obso r vor 5. !.. t I Inc id mt fl 107 .Mr . Denio Occupat i on of ob!jor vor 6 ~ l,ddr<.;ss of obs or vor I N/S - ' I Pacific Cieneral Electric Company employee 7. Plo.c o of obso r vc.t i on 8. Nunbc r o f objocts 9. Distnnco of obj o ct from obso rvor I Sighted f r om ground Two N/S 10 . Til"lo in sight N/S 11 . Altitudo 12. Spead 13 . Direction of f l i 6 ht 14 . Ta ctics 15 . Sourd N/S 16 . Sizo N/S 17 • Co l or One object seemingly afire, r ed and black srooke trailing 18 . Shcpo 19 . Odor dotoctod 20 . Appo. r ont const r u ction N/S 21. EY.huust t r u ils 22. Woathor conditi ons N/S I 23 . N/S N/S :Earthward N/S N/S N/S Effoct on clouds N/ s , ~ ·.; N/S tr 21.i. . Skotchos or photogr o.phs None 25. Manne r of disnppoara nce 26. Remar ks : t. ··1 ~ 4 ~. XJI J'ell to ear\h See supplement to Incident #106. ~· ~ .... .. •") \ \! <.I ~-ff (::.- I •I r;. i.I'•i • / r~.z 1J.p- Cl!E<a: - ••r sr - t!rIDEi::' !rJED Fl Yli!G OBJECTS Inc id ,rt # g lJ.arch 194g l • D. ':: 3. Ir.- ti<"n 108 Bakersi'ield, California H. B. t-tix , • fhc of ob" r;r tit n ') . Di:,t11nc1 n !' obj Sighted from r:round f'r cm obs r vc:r c1 5 miles 10 . Tii"lo in sfrht Approx. 30 seconds bofore splitting and burning ! 1. ,,.J i +,ud~ H/S 1~ • S1• ,d l". Diroc t.i, r. o f f l i ht eastward "' . . ,i z Lareer t iian a small " i r plane 17 . ~,.,lcr Oran~e-red ball ol..' fire l • Jh•. P" Ball 1r, • Static for apnrox 30 seconds , and then drift ing ct •d 2 1. t:/S N/S : . , 11 •r condition• N/S None 0 ""r, . 1 • ' !.lr r of di<:•1pp ••r nc ~ Drifted to the elst into the h ills east of Bakers.!."i e 1d R, .,,1 r 1·!" : See s•.1pplo11ent to .Lnci dent #106 , i • CEECK- LIS'f - llrHDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Inc i d ·mt 4/- 109 9 March 1948 1. D~tc 3. Locntion h. :-ramo of observe rs 5. Occupot i on of ob~o rvor Bakersfield, California J.E. Johnson an1 Mrs. Callie R. Mason 6 . 1,ddrcss of ob so rvor J.E. Johnson, Dentist, Mrs. Mason, Secretary N/S 7. Ploco of obse r vr,t i on 5th noor of business building B. Numbor of objocts 9. Distonco of obj e ct from obso r vor One 7 - 10 miles N/S 10 . Ti~o in sight 11. Altitude 12. Speed N/S 13. Dir o cti on cf fliGht 14. Toct ics Zig~a~ng 15 . S onr.:d N/S 16 . Size Appearance of a very small airplane 17. Color Orange--red f lame 18. She.po Appearance of a very small airplane 19 . Odor d otoctod 20. Appo r ont constru ction 21. Exhous t trails 22 . Vfoothor conditi ons N/S 1000 f~et Due north of Baker sfield N/S N/S Considerable black smoke t railing !or 4000 to 5000 feet Effoct on clouds N/S Sketche s or photogr aphs None 25. Monnor of disappoa r a nco N/S 26. Remark s : See supplement to Incident #106 1---Y '1' l :1 , I ✓ • • .. "T 0300 - 0500 •: ! ; ,r,• • n fultimore (Ha··1ilton) Maryhnd o~· nt,,; , rv ·r ldentity coi fidential ,. up• 1,j t: n f co:.. rv ~r Active in A•nerican .L,e ion activities '• .:; r •• nf' ol:.; r v, r N/S ~· ::·\i r •J•' F, . .> 1?'d r;otor drope of foreign type aircraft H • ;,h'. pc N/S 21 . C:xh•.w,t. t r uils ,v;, . 'iJu, thvr conditi ons ~3 . i~ff, ;ct on clouds 21. . :,}:,,tch •~ or r, r,.i ·cts Undetermined N/S N/S N/S photoi;r l..phs None !:onn(; r of disu pp,Jn r·mco r /S Romor ks : 8ee Supp lement \ . n. rf;', ~4' :/)::, ✓• ·•-' . (COPY) . (T'\ , ; ?a :.i .. . -.•· li :> ; ~ \a <.: 'i ~ ~ V Incide nt # 110 - ~ .;, • J ,_ '1 .__~ _ _,/ HFJ.DQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR CO!AUAND Andrews Field Washington 20, D. c. SAC 3~ (29 Mar L.a) A2B 29 March 1948 SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Aerial Sounds. TO: Chief of Staff United States Air Force Hashington 25, D. C. Attehtion: • Director of lntelli gmce 1. The follo,ring is quoted from a copy of a l e tter, .8a1ti more Office, FBI, addressed to the Director of Intelli , ence, Second Army: "On liarch 23, 1948, an individual, who desi red. that her identity be kept confidential, telephonically communicated With this office arrl indioa ted that she is the wife of a former mernber of the United States military forces, am that s he is presently active in American legion activities, but was emphatic in sta ting that she was in no way hysterical or unduly apprehmsive regarding present world conditions . She did , howeve r, wish to bring to t he attention of the proper authorities that during the past six or e i ght weeks, on number of occasions between the hours of 3 :00 and 5:00 ,L. M., she has heard peculiar sounding noises in the sky, wh i ch npr,ear t o come from airplanes in the dist ance, but the sound is not the type of a irplane motor drone T1hich i ~generally heard f rom ~me rican planes. She has discussed the matter with he r husban::I, and he be lie ve s t ha t t he sound is more like that of a foreign type airplare . J he r e ce ntly discuss ed this matter ,nth a:q unidentified v,oman who lives in her neighborhood, which is Hamilton, Baltimore, l>iarylan::t, arrl t his woman stated tha t she, too , had he ard the noise in q uestion , and that her husba nd is also an ex-G.I. arrl he has stated that the motors s o unded like that of foreign planes." 2. No action is contemplated by t h is headquarters . a FOR 'mE CO;IMANDING GENSRAL: c/c furnished CG, JJKJ , Attn: MCI . ALAN MARCEAU CWO, lliAF Asst udj Gen ~{ ~ •• ~ ~·~ \ ·- ) .. 111 f6> CHECK- LIST - UlHDSHTirIED FLYillG OBJECTS r Ine id'>rt j lll 1. D::i to 1 April 194S 2. Time 0955 3. Locution 11 . l!nmo of obsor vor 5. Occu~tion o!' ob~o r vor 6. i,'1d r • ~is of obso rvor 67t h Fighter Squadr on, l,gth Fighta r Group 7• P l ucc, of obso r vi.tion Philippine Islands - S ighted from dr 9. Uumbor of' obj C'ots One 9. Distunco of ob;, ,J ct f r-om obs ,:i r vor 124° 3 1 East, 12°, 52' Horth 1st Lt. Ueyars (Robert W.) P-47 Pilot 3 miles 10 . TiJ'Tlo in sic;ht Approximately 60 seoonde ll . t\ltitudo 1.000 feet 12 . Spcod 13 . Dirocti on of fli {~ht 270° Jb . Toctics 15 . Sriurd None 16 . Siz0 Estimated - wing- span 30 feet, l engt h 20 feet 17 . C0 l or Silver Hl . Ghcpo A half moon closely resemblin g a f lying wing type acft; turtle ba ck a nd an indist inct dorsal fin l <j . Odor <l otoctud 20 . ,.p pu r unt oonst r uction N/S 21 . Exhn ust tr£.i ls ;">:? . Vlocitho r conditi on s Scattered cumulus , base 3000 feet, tops 6000 f eet 23 . Eff ,1 ct on clouds 211 . Sk<1tch ,•o or 200 mph (disappeared in 5 seconds, in iicating great acceleration) N/S N/S None observed N/S phot ogrc. phs None rlannor of dimippl.larr,nco Object leveled out on he adin 1~ of 270°, accelerated rapidly and disappeared from sight 26 . Romurks : See a t tached :upplemeo t • ,.,., ~ I.&;;; IIEADf.fJARTIPS , TPiltTEENIB Ai n ft,CRCE CLAR. A~ FORCE BASE APO 719 B-2/am S April 1946 AG 452. 1 SUBJEC r : Report of bigh ting of Unidentified ,ircra ft and/or Fl yi ng Ubj e ct . TO Conrnandin g General , Far Eas t Air Forces, APO 925, u. -=> • . Army. ATTN : AC/S, A-2 1. In compl iance with "lntelliga,ce Reou irernents - Un -identified i\ir craft" and letters, your hea:iquarters, AG 452 .l A-2, 3 11 ovember 1947 and AG 452 .1 A- 2 , 20 ~J arch 1948, the f ollowing incident is rep orted . 2. At 163() hours on 1 Apr il 1948, the S- 2 offic er of the 18t h Fighter Gr oup contacted the A-2 Division, this headqu arters, and reported :that 1st Lt. Robert .,. ~eyers had sif:t1ted an unidentified flyin1: object. His s tory i s as follows . 3. On l f\pril, at 0955 , 1st Lt . •~eyers was l eading a flight of f our l4) P-47 aircraft of t r.e 67th F'ipj,ter Squadron, 18th :F'iE:hter Group. He was flying a heading of 180 degrees , al titude 1500 f eet, position 1?4 degree6 3 minutes east and 12 degr ees 52 minutes north, when he sight ed an unidentifi ed d:>ject approximately three ( 3) mil es east of his posi tion and at a n estimated altitude of 1000 feet , headin g of 36o degr ees . The object appeared to be a flyine wing type a ircraft, its shape r esembled a half moon what appeared to be a dorsal fin waR barely perceptible , the s pan of t he object estimated to be t hirty feet, length t-wenty feet and silver in co l or. Upon sifjltint: theobj ect, Lt . - eyers immediately sta rted a l eft tum with the intenti on of interceptin g and to more J:OSi tively id 81 ti.fy this phenomena . 1'/ldle l !eye rs was making a 240 degree turn, the unidentifi ed obj ect made a 90 degree left turn, then l evel ed out on a headinc of 270 degrees, accelerated rapidly and disappeared f r om sight in approximately five seoonds . Ther e wa s no sound heard, ·and no exhaust trails were observed. At the time of t he s~h ting visibility was unlimited, scattered cumulus, base 3()00 fee t, tops 6000 feet. a. Because of the distance f r om which the sightint: was made, no distinguish in g features i . e . powe r \inits, lard ing gear , armar1ent oi, cockpit were observed . T-22190 &-2, AG 452. 1, ::,ubjec t 1 am/or ~ "Report of Sightin& of Uniden til"ied ircrof't t< Object. " cockpit were observed . b. The interview 1d. th Lt. •eyers indicated that he is a reliable, non~xcitable i• dh i!'l ual and appeared q •dte pos i tive 1n hia stateni,nt.s. It must be taken into consideration howe· er that he was t he only w1. tness t o this incidert, as t-e wu. \l"lable to call the object to t~ at tent ion of his thr ee win g-1:2en because of thei r maneuverir g in t he t um, plus the fact tt-at his radio •~ ~ • 3. Above incident repo· ted your headquarters, 2 April 1%S, 1n rm io, ci te KJ,i2L3H. ' FOR 'll=E CO!!l >JlDING G ::HAL: /1/ Robort 1' . DeLong ~ •.:.RT r. DE w m lat J..t., tSAF .lctinc Asst Adjut.ant General 2 BASIC : Ltr Hq 13th l\.F, APO 719 , ~ubj : "Rpt of vii;hting of Uni dentified 11 11.ir cr aft and/or f lyin ~ Ub,iect, dtd 8 Apr 4 • AG 452. 1 A-2 15 Apri l 19uS 1s t Ind HEAD4UAR 'l' :FtS , FA R FAST AIR Foi~ cES, APO 925, TO : Comrnandi nb Gener al , Air l.1ater i el Command, ,,r i l ht Patterson Air Force Ra se , Jayton, Ohio, Atten ti on : CUI 1. Referen ce i s rrade t o lett er Headquarters United States Air For ce, r. ubj e ct : " Repor t ing of l nf or na t ion on 11' l y in r Di sc s "' dated 26 Fe bruary l ti4,S. 2. Eva l uation of s i e}1 ting descr ibed in basic commun i cation by thi s headquarters is tha t in view of t he circumstances surroundin 11 t he inc i dent , t he obj ect was prob abl y a bir d . FOR 'lHE C011HANDING GENER.AL: /s/ c. N. Stewart C. N. STElVART Capt , AGD Asst Ad j Gen T-22190 • e (COPY) Ill 090359Z .lpril 194S PRIO RITY FRW: CINCFE TYKYO JAPAN oso7312. '10 a DEPT OF ARMY WASHING'roN DC FOR CSGID, COMGE?~A.MC WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB DAY'IDN OHIO ATTN MCI RPT MCI lNFOL: COMGI!NFFAF ex r:JJ1{:/:} IN REPLY CITE : Report control is A- 1917. Pilot , 13 Air Force, at 0955, 1 April 4S, i,~lying P-47 Aircraft heading l&:> degrees altitude 1500 feet i ndicated at 124 degrees 3 n inutes East, 12 degrees 52 minutes lijorth, weather scattered CFMULre Rpt CUMULES . 3/10 base three thousand, t op 6oo vis1 bility unlimited sighted fiyin g object prroxi­ mately 3 ·m11es East lA roead1ng ,e,o , altitude estimated one thoua·ind feet below him. Unidentified object estimated speed at time of signting 200 miles per hour . Pilot turned left attemptin g to intercept unidentified flying object for more pos i tive identific ation . At this time n y1ng object made a turn of 90 degrees left, leveled out and accelerated disappearing in a ppr oxitra tely- 5 seconds . turtle back and an i ndistinct dorsal fin. Described as having A The sahpe o f th e object v,as that of A half moon c losely resembling A nying Win g type a :ircraft, es timated Win e span 30 feet, estimated le n th 20 fee t , color silver, n o r pt no exhaust trail was observed . Five seconds elapsed t ii'e for disappear in g would indicate exceedingly high speed and great acceleration. Reporting ufficer is consmred sincere and non-excitable type and firmly belie·,ea he s i ehted object. A r ep ort wi ll b e f o:rwarded upon completion of an i nvesti- gation of t his i ncident . Received lACAA0121 9 Apr 48 1005 ( 1505: ) Typed by IJCAA0f21 9 Apr 4£ 1359 )1859Z)ams DISTRIBUTION: L EJK MCI-ac tion 2 . MCAAGM2 1 T- 177$9 CHECK - LIST - Llt:IDEl!TIFIED FLYUlG OBJECTS I ncid<mt # 112 g Apr 4g llK:O - :»+ 30 2. Time 3. Loc() tion /+. ::o.mo of obscr vor 5. Occuput i on of ob9o rvor 6. iddr c:ss of obs c r vor 7. Pl oc o of obso r V1c> t i on Ashley, Ohio (ground) 8. Numbor of objoc ts 9. Di s tonco of ob jn ct fr om obsorvor Ashley, Ohio 10 . TiMo in si~ht 11 . ;..1titudo 12 . Speed Miss Winifred Pa ine& - Mrs. Bertha Slack Mte• Paineal Asst Bank Ca shier; Mrs. Slack: housekeeper 227 W High St•• Ashley, O. l n~te a distencen N/S Could not estimate slow-moving Southwest Di r o cti on of fl i. [;ht 111 . 'i'1_1c.tics No maneuvers l~ . Si ~0 undet ermi ned 17 . Co l or W. Gh::; po silver Ob long, l ong end narrow - like s ilver s t reak Odor d •Jtc:ct od N/S N/S 20 . i-prn r ont con struct i on :-'2 . '.ile;oi,hor c ond it i ons Cle ~r. n.o clouds ne ar object 23 . Eff ct on r l ouds N/S - no cl ouds ne r:r object ?Ji . Sv.rJtch\.ls or photor,r uphs 25. ~'.unr.i r of disnpp,:::i r r.nco N/S 26. Romu r ks : None (over) ). I- -- ' Witness thoUe;l)t she he,,rd plane which appe red. to be flying lo,,., Emd m...king an unusual. moount of noise. Coulc. not locs te the plane tv.t did see en object oblone; in shape r-nd long end narrow which h; d the app&·re.nce of a silver stre,ak. It wns clearly outlinr-,d and moving slo~ly and et.es.d.ily in a south..-esterly direction -parall el to the ground a..d without charlgirig directio n. Altitude a.od. size were Lot estimeted.. Note: See Incident #1120 in which the plane was rerceiv~d flying low. • . T 1• 6 Auri1 l D..... 3. r ti •1 i6 I\Shlev ' Uhio ion o f cb:;o r v r CC'Upl h ,oer :- porter e,13 . !!r • of r ' .J r 7. ri-.c r,i' ol,-; n., t i on ?. Jj:-tuuco of obj ct. f' r c Fr rn t.hP. r,round nh:i r v •r l!ot ~t..3-ted 11ito high 1 1. "1 t i t.udo 12 . ~I od l ~. Diructior. of fli r.ht l . T d ic~ 1r . S l'J . S11.c &na.11 "r th an the 'lir l:3ne I.hat r:a:. in view at t l o tim 17 . Co l or Opal •scent - liko mot ,r,r of pero-1 10. :;h,.po Lon, cylindrical bod;,, 11\<P :i s t ick ".If fire ,ood I d !>low - dirfting SoutlTNcstcrly ilone Uone . Crier d t, ctod Ilone ~l . Exh•1ubt t r uib None !l? . \/oc. t;hor oondit :ionoClear , f ew clo..rls i n sky but non "lround o bject ., l r• Eff ct on ~louds /S 1 ?l1 . Sl-:otch s or photor,rophs t one 25. :Onm, r of disopponronco l /.;; 26. Romor ks : A plane, which sounded as if it ,rere f lyint lO'ff since there was an exceptionally loud r oaring noi~e,first attracted the at wntion ) or t. is Tritness. he OJSe!'V8d u larre ai.rp .ine , ,,ding ,outh , and aboJt thu same ·t.i·•.e alHo ohsorved a :'I trance obj eot ir, tho sky 1,r~velling s l owly ir south--resterly dir ct~on . litn~ss firs· ~ro t i t a~ sky writirt, as i lo • ed lik ... st.re'l,c; o Jt lat.er it bee e clo rly o tli., ed, a. · • rin. to ',e a 10•1,1 c,vli dric.11 boch 11.r<e a sr.ick of firuwood . "itn l.he sull ehininr, on h, it. a.pea.redo· 1lesce; t., l ikn ,otrer of pearl. The object wa, uch h- 1er, anJ iui1.r. a bit ~o il r tha."l, the rpl.i e, but drifted sl0ft'4 lllong a ter r.hc air;'l lnc di!:appCd!"cd. It r.,~ t-ave been dri!'tintJ ':fith tr,e moo. 3)... ....., .. ,, ( . 1 ,. ' ./ • . r~:- . ' 1,, i ~. • C. \ ~ 4I:J!":l j ~ g'-'J "i \:,,.,,, u ~ \\ ,:..~ \'j ~ .... v:.~1 ,\ h ... ""'i CHECK- LIST - m:IDEl'.':'IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS " Inc ia ·3r.t .fl 112b g April 19J+g 1430 2. Time 3. Locut ion Delaware, Ohio h. ::umo of obser ver 5. Occup~tion of ob~orvor Mrs . James B. utephenson Housewife 6 . I,'1dru3s of obse rve r 93 Uorth Franklin Street , Delaware, Ohio 7• Pl oco of obsu r vr,tion O. 1!umbor of objMts One 9. Distan ce o!' obj o ct from obso rvo r From the ground H/S lG . TiMO in sic;ht 11 . ~ltitudo N/S 12 . Spcod Slow 13 . Direction o f flir,ht 14. Tactics 15 . S r,uJ!'d 16 . 17 . Si zo Very large - about the size of a f t, 11 moon in height but much snaller in width Colo r Very white 18. She.po Cylindrical, with vapor around the top 19. Odor dotoctod 20. Appn r ont constru ct ion N/S 21. Exha ust t r ails 22 . Vfoothor conditions 23 . Effe ct on clouds 24 . Skotchos or photoi:;r aphs None Alannor of disopp0o r nnc o N/S 26 . N/.:3 Southwesterly None None N/S None Clear, no clouds ur ound object H/S Romorks : At 1430 Urs . J . B. Stephenson 's attention was a t tracLed from her ,v:indo.v by an obje ct of unusual shape in t!1e s ky . 1Jpor. going 0 , 1tside • to et a better view it ~ppeared ve ite with no oha tfB at all, was cylindrical in sh and seemed to •e v par o t.e t op . en first it ape to be leaninp a t an an le , arrl then right itse and move alon II ndic r' to the gro 1d . lt appear d not o e moving at first, b t upon a closer look it ·as s en ovin~ slowly· a ~r ut 1 sterly i·ection , i o s~ v~ inin · at th 881' al ti t e . The wea er clear, e seen . 'J. he obje ct seemed v e r lar ·e , :i.?. e o ut much small~r in w.i.dth . ince th re wa n ~ t.o co be sure of tl. size . Jo st tem nt 1as made as to whe air lane . , r not witness ot e ( ( .. . ... f - CHECK- LIST - Ul'IDE'l!':'IfIEO FLYIUG OBJECTS Incid ,r.t; /t 1.12c 1. D~t , g April 1945 2. Tirno 1430 ~ _. Leicot i on Delmrare, Vnio l1 . :!omv of obsf"' r vor Rev. "ames B. Stephenson 5. Occupci.tion of ob~o rvor 6 . i,rld r •·:.s of obso r vo r Pastor 93 N. Franklin btreet., DelAware, Ohio ?. Pli..cc of obsv r vt;tion From the ground 8. Numbo r of' ob jnot s 9. Distonco of obj o ct fr om obso r vur One N/S 10 . TiMo in s i ght N/S 11 . ltltitudo N/S 12 . Spead 13. Diroot i on of fH r ht Southwesterly 1L . Tactics 15 . Sourd 16 . Sizo Not Stated 17 . Color 18 . Shcpo Ve:rticle, larger at t he botton and narr01f at lJ1e top 19 . Odor d otoot od 20 . .1~ppc1 r ont con stru ction N/S 21 . EYJH1 u &t 22 . Woothor conditi ons 23 . Effoct on c l ouds 26. ::>low None None ,lhite None t r u i ls None Clear N/S Skotchos or photogr aphs None hlonner of disappoe r onco N/S ... . Romorks: "'itness first thought that object vra:, a plane on fire, as it was s urrounded by a vaporous substance . A plane was heard, and .. l""••••d lair &Id m~ a great, deal- et noin. Alter a tew seconds' stud7 object became el.early outlined and looked p11:ifdlar to a vertical cylinder, large at the bottom am narrow at the top, w1 th streamers or strealca of vapor attached. i t gave t he appearance or a white cloud, but did not behave as a cloud. It retained its shape and maintained a steady movenent on a straight c ourse agains t the wind. The Delaware a irport was alerted •for i ts appeara1c e, but a fter a half t our it had not been sighted there. ,, ----· .,.--,..., r ---~ .. ~~ • l: ,. ; ,:-~ ., i. t ·•~ I "".-:,. l, \ ,_.y ~ -- I ' '\) ~ ., ,, }. .. ,,.I J - ... ~ ~~ l ~ • Inc i-1 :rt ii g April 11 - ~ :U..30 Delaware , Ohio Cccupr.ti on of obs,:. rv•:ir Housew:.f e G. . .-!d r .;:; of ob ::;,, rv Jr 111 Horth .ashinDton Street 7. Pbc Fr om the gr ound ll, . Ti.10 11. ,dti1-ud, N/S 13 . Diroc t.i , r: cf f1 i.dit , i 'i'·,<'i ic5 ' l • of obr; r vi t, i on in s i r;ht ~/S .::louthwesterly ffone Could not be detemined 17 . ·>l or :·,bit e l ,· . 3h•.p, Spher ical 23 . 11 blob11 with s1,reaks a oove it "/'' l, iJ I'.011 C 2-:, . H•.)mu r lrs : ./ir,ne ss iF'ard planer. J,rior 1,0 tl.P sirhting , h111, docsn ' t knov, v/h('ther or r.ot t e,y had ,::in:\' cor.nectior. wit,J-: t,he obje ct. 112d ... The obje ct was clearly o utlined, b ut did not look like 1:. balloon. Ot>servatory ,vas alerted but vra.s unab le to s i ~ht t heobject. The l:'erkins . ,. . '. T • I· ~ t , • I , 11. ,,, l • I • !)clavrar .-. . '-1 •~ •1 rr;en r or t.' .. a! in ton t.r ect ••• : l" • f • fl , c· r~J 1:, . 1' i:,,, n . 1\11 i•, 1 1d• l 13 . Di r ,ct t• r. r •• fl; ht 11.> . ,-;i?. 17 . Cc l r r 1n . ::;h,.p Spherical, with a sn~ll µro+,n1s " on a• ove .; t. , lihe ..aror 10 . Cdor d t,.c t; ,d c ri ' r·· Li • r. i11 ~ i ·ht L r-r1 l 1 1.}if' J T011l rl Ten mirut,..s ..>cvera l thousa~d feet Alrrlns t due west in':.c U'lt"? ~ ind ?lot less than 5 feet ir- ·vidtlt Very wt~te treaks i. one /S 21. Exh•, u!-t t r t,ils ;>? . ,J •(.thur c ondit1 orin 23 . Eff , ct o!l <' louds 211 . S'lrntch :s or photor:r uphs 25 . .:nnr.t r of dir;npp, r:i r ·,nc~ Di s apµca red from view be r ird t.he 1,r ces 26 . Romo r ks : 'fnis object app~a r ed like a concentrated bit of cloud except it .. as clearl;v outlin~d . T .e s iz e could no~ be d eternined , Gle a r l~/u N ne • f ., sicce witness co uld n ot tell whe ther it was as wall object near him or a large ob ject far away. It traveled in a straight l ine a nd did not maneuver . It was not stated that the sound of a plane was heard . . ..• r 1FCi - :r.:;. A ll2f l 19L r !J U1"1l" -r !i ... r io S r• t t 1U7 • ort l r ' r l l r'I r •·ou...c ri.fe .,..,,. . j , 1. ! 'j . •I , " J ' i. - nc,t t.no "a!lt 1 S• r.a1:1 • j • . / ir :-i."1t. ·i-, n: r '. J { ~ ..)0\ltl- TJ stcrl: .u f r nt . ~ I• •TJI• 1 r.a. nn4.. ,.. . • l r ~ ~ ill r d I r • • - . ,., ,ft .. • t, ll1r • 1· 0 •, • "· f •t .. ,~ 1 ,;h , r11 t OJ l . :i :,i I e clou ;.i.tli u t'r o t,ru in cr,d uni :•r t•:.t,h '/ ., • • <" l CY 0 If IJ r c :di' ');(. ,,, • JJf J::; n cnl :r I f a r A ♦ 1V .. p .. l u•,I I• ' / • (' r I l ,, t , r. r , I \ .. r o f •li ,'IJ p JJ fl, I I ,, r rr : 1,itnc:-.~ t • :-a . b rt. lid not cu a ·1 um . an I sa in:,t.c::itl a wl i o ob.'~ ct , SJ hr•r \c·d i r• t,I 11 e , LJ1r•r 1 •r 'l f, t, 1~ tn111,ith H 11·, t1,1d;n 0 er'd undi::rrieath . It ,,·a. cle rly outlined and r1ai.ntajred i he sane s ~ape as it. moved along , s teadily , ard at thf> same altitude . itober t Cocnran, son of r. 1 e witness , w o is in U .~ .er chant 'ctr ine, tt ouvh.., .he ohj e ct ,,er y i.m usual. le said i t vras in t· P. sha; o ,Jf ;a r&.ln5pout . Incid ,r t~ 113 9 April 1946 1. D~tr 2. Timo 15}tQ 3. l nc,. tion i1 . :r11mu of o bs,..r vor Robert D. llughes, 5. Occupu ti on of ob~ orvor Pilot 6. ,ddr •.:.s of ob s'l rvor 7. Plue ! of ob::.v r vr.ti on Fr om t he air 0. ?Jumuor of' obj ,.cts One 9. Dis tun co of obj <J ct from ol'>s n rv,, r h4ontgomery , Alabama .1.,t . Colonel , IBAF l'actics Di v . , Air Tactical ~cl ool , Tyt1dall AF Base N/S 10 . TiMO in sirht Five seconds 11 . hltitud o 12 • Spr:od 13 . Diro ct i on o f f'l i.t"ht Nor thwest 14 . 'l\1ctics l~/S 16 . Siz~ Top part eight £e et diameter 17 . Colo r Si l ver 18 . Sh~po Approrimat ely 16000 feet In excess of the viewer 1s 310 mp h air speed Had the aweara,ce of a p11rachute carryine a lar ge canister or ball 19 . Odor d ot oct od 20 . Jp pnront cons t ru ction 21 . Exhuu5t t r ails 22 . Vloathor conditions 23 . Effo ct on clouds N/S N/S ·'/S 1 t-lone Clear, visibility a nd cei lin g unlimited ( t rip ) Skotoh 0s or photogr o.phs - Sketch 25 . Mo.nnor of disnppoa r n nco N/~ 26. Romu r ks :Lt . Col Robert B. Hughes fir st si1Y2ted the object r,efore com­ pleting an 180° le.ft turn over the town of Montgomery, n.labama . e · object, sighted at ten o'cl.ock o!t his left win g, aweared a silver disc . He immediatel.y completed a sharp bank to t he left ar¥i waa able to get a bet ter look at the object, and described i t as follows: T h e t o b e "Top part of the o bject approXimately eight !'eet in diameter, eilver 1n color, bad the appearance or a parachute. Attached to the bottom of this had been a dark cable or shrou:i which appeared to be approximately five feet long. Suspended upon the cable had been a large canister or ball (Colonel Hughes could not discern w\.rl.ch) also silver in color. This r:anister or ball had the~pearance of being sli ghtly to the mar of the top part of t he object. The overall appearance of theob ject lo'oked s omething similar to the par a c,1Ute and canister containing photogra ph ic testing equipment dropped from a r ocket ." V - 2 At t he t irre he lost sight of the object, 0 ughes' aircraft had been indicating 310 mil.es pe r hour air speed, aro the object ha:i appeared to fly avray from him on a hor izontal plane r ather than a ver tical d ecline . A sketch of the objec t is attached . E 'i.Hl 8\T • 1 • 8' • - - - SILYE" DA~K 9 ABLE · - SILVER 0 . ll•c • ( ... • li C!!-:-c;: - LJ ;. - 1'1 1 l• ::-..d: 18 Apr 118 ,.,r. • .. J!1 13o6 hours :,, . ~c,· ticm Approx 1 mile north of Fairbanks, Alaska Lt qtch Jobnmn 6. .,•:M r• ,:;. of ob~, rv J r lat Lt (disc.barged f/USA:1 as per authority Para 1, ro. to dated 28 ~ 48) (eee) Ft Worth, Texas I. Plue Over city of FairbSDD, Al.aaka C:ccu pt ti, n nf' cb:.: ci r v1r of obsi.J r·.~ Li on 1 9. ' Di!:tunco of c bj, ct 'fr om obsr r v, r N/S 10 . Tino in sir-ht 11 . ,'.lt.jt,utlv 12. 3pucd l_;, . Dir oction of fl trht 111 . T1..,rt 1 cs 15 . s "'l.J'd lt.> . SiZ•1 8" in diameter 17 . Co l or eUver,y lf. . 3 hc~ po round alld. !lat 1~. Odor dJtoct~d 11,s 20 . hppnr....nt const ru ction 21 . E:r.h•,u~t t r ni l s ?2 . HGn thor c onditions Weather clear and n.e1bU1t7 23 . Effoct on cloud s B/S 21 . Skotoh os or photogr aphs none 25. i•lnnno r of disnpp..-,e r nnco B/S 26. Romnr ks : fev aim.tee 2000-3000 ft 250-300 mile• ( traTeled. :0() feet in 1 or 2 second.a) Oscillated trom horizontal plsne rapid speed) Bo sound 1l/S no traUe of aey kind r • e ·. Object observed at altitude of about 2000-3()00 on NE-SWhead1:ng. It appeared to be eome 8 inches 1n diameter and f!J3.Ve otf a eilTery brilliantreflection. It oaeil lated from a horizontal. pl 8Zle to a ·v ertical plane at a very rapid pace. htimated speed: about 250-300 MPH -(traveled I01ll8 500 :teet in l or 2 seeonda ► llo sound could be • heard nor were there any trail s of azv kind. OO!'E: I '!his ai&htillg ms, baTe been the refiection of Ellll from w.lrigs of these aircraft. At the approximate ti.me of the eigbtillg a ?IUlDber of aircraft were fiyi.Dg in the local area. i (, ,. 19 Apr 48 1• 1615 . 1 ;. • 1 I, . • ,... , 0-,,er Greenrtlle XI B:i.. , GrocnYille. s . C. o' •" r v r • 0 1· l at Lt Francia '.i. Sennj n, Jr. & lat Lt Robert .... Loollia, U.J ..P Both a t tached to Liaison eq. Greenv1.Ue c •up• , i n o r o b: c. rv :,r .. !d r b . l ,c • ! of o b :i rvor • Greenville AF Base, Greenv1lle,l. C. oh Greennl le AF Base r · t, i on ). )1. n of o b • Ti:, ir . i r ht. ,d I t.Uc! I lr . ,.; I d 1 J - l at firet , t later ! !'mu r o : o l j• ·t ., H, I 115 lncil . t t f r ::1 obs rv r 15, CXX> to 20, CXX> ft OTerhead 2 minutes 15, CXX> to 2(XXX) ft Undeterml.Ded.. . Dir c t i, r r f fl I• , ,. (" 1 1 ht St: t i onary, then rapidly acceler ~ting imd. c1i.billg North Ho•er~ then acceler&.tion and cl1't1bi.ng Observeo. trail format i,:m l . none aidible (7) - st tea: wrleter.nined ir. #itnes aes were ttr acted b,1 sound of fighter aircrftft in vicini ~. (no -aent' ~n de of these) wite .;1 , f 1 ,. Cd r ,. ellintical l Jt ct i th r c ondi i N/S nr C"-VU or pho o •n.•J '1:; 2 1n d11tance (o..-er) , I Yitneaaea were attracted by sound of fighter aircraft 1n vieinity. ~1' atarted aearchicg the sky f or the airera:ft and sighted the objects. ahen first sighted , the witne s ses thought t~bject s might be weather balloons. However, lllhen they- accelerated eo rapidly 1n a northerly heading, they determined the objects could not be balloons. 'fruq were in a trail formation on a lorth-South line. and moved so rapidl7 tb.e;r vereout of eight w1 thin a f ev seconds. From ori.81.nal s~ting in the stationary position to their dieappearence, a period of JIPProximatel)" two (2) miDutea elapsed, orr which the objects wre in a 1tatio~ position for approximately one (l)minute. NOTE: Wind at 20,000 ft from 3lfo0 at 10 kDote per hour (1230 EST Rr,t) Wind at 20,000 ft 320 at 13 knota per hour as (1830 EST Rpt) JIIOTE: learest weather station relea eil:lg balloon& is Spartanburg, S. C. One black: balloon vas releaaed at 1230 EST. • ' I ' (4) ln appro:d.mtely 2 0 0 (2) (1) 0 0 0 0 llinute■ obJecta ba4 r■appesred ObJecte began movillg in a llNE direction and rapidl,y acceleratinc and cl 1JDb1ng. 5 When firet aeen obJecte were 1n a ead-atationar;y poe1tion. J'iret one obJect waa aighted, next, another on, appeared. n lb ......, .e " CEECK- LI :.7 - 11 lT !Jr::i!T I r JED FL'.'HlG OBJECTS Inc id Jrt :ff U6 night 2. 'I' it"IO 3. Locc t i on }~ . :1nmu of obsc- r vor :i . Occupr...ti on of ob~o r vor 6. n".idr •,$ S of obs u r vo r Moose Fae tory 7. Pl uco of obso r Vuti on Moose Factory, Canaca r. Mun bo r of ob j octs 1 i) . Di5tonco of ob j e ct f r om obsorvor Near shores of Jamee ~ . 10 . Ti;t10 i n si~ht ,_ 11 . l-1 t itud o 12 . Spead V. J. Pratt !'mploye of Hudson Ba,y Co. B/S N/S N/ S meteoric Di r o cti on o f flt c ht earthward Bo noise 1:- . S011r d 16 . Size 17 . Co l or ,jj/:£, i B. Chc po N/S J.C:, . Oci or dot octod 20 . i-.ppn r ont constr u ction 21. Exhoust t r a i l s ?2 . vfonthor conditi on s Night 23 . Eff o ct on c l ouds 2li . Sk e t che s or photogr c.phs None 25 . 1annor of di sa ppoa r a nco 26. Rema r ks : size of f:ld:1.xm:ml f ootball :Blue flame N/S meteor ■ t■■pxUgict N/ S N/S exploded (over ) !. ., ,.. . r, ,,. A big ball of blue flame, seemingly the size of a football streaked out of the sq and exploded neer this North.em Ontario conmmity {Moose Factory) nesr the shores of Jsmes Bey. The explosion 11 t up t he entire area brighter than d.eylight, the wholt? ball disappeured and a second l ater a streak of orange light shot 11pward from were the ball was l a st seen. The orange streak was gone within a second. Witnesses heard no noi se of any kind. NOTE: 'lhfs ties up with earlier reports fra;.n Cochran, 15() miles sou th of Moose Jaw where sever~.J. citizens r eported seeing what they thought to be a meteor around 11.UO P . M. EST Thurs. One witnes s ( a Mrs. Charles Giles) said t hat the obj ect plunged do'Wllws.rd like a spent rocket in the northern sky. She described it as about the size of a full moon which gave the appearance of disintegrat i on as it fell. _I CHECK- LIST - UEIDENT IFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incid -mt # ]&llJ 117 1. Doto 7 ~ 1's 2. Time 15(:() to 1700 3. Loca t i on 4. Ha.mo of obse r vor 5. Occupat ion of ob9or vor 6. J,ddr c ss of obsorvor 7. Pla co of obsc r vtition 8. Number of obj ects 9. Distanco of objo ct f r om obsor vor Memphis, Tenn. Miss Jem B~. Housekeeper et nt al (aee other side) Housekeeper 253 W. Waldorf Ave., Me!TKJhie, Tenn. Memphi s, Tann. 50 or Eo N/S N/S 10. TiMo in sight 11 . .Altitudo 12 . Speed 13 . Direction of fli ~ht 1L. Tactics Most traveled in straight line altr.o some of them zig-z~ed. 15. Sou.ed None 16. Size Very small Colo r shiny - like bright aluminum extremely high faster than SDY' aircraft witDes ses had ever seen easterly 18. Shcpo 19. Odor dotoctod 20. Appa rent constru ction 21. Some objects ~emed to haTe a silvery tail which might have been exhaust WoE!_tj'lor conditi ons CAVU, wind: 330 to 3qoo, 15 MPH at surfa ce 1ncreaa4ig to 66 MPH at 20, 0CO; au-face teJJi>: 72°: dew point 43° relative humidity~ 22 . 23. unknomi - possibly like meteor N/S S/S Exhaust trails Eff oct on clouds 1/S 24. Skotchcs or photogr aphs Bom 25 . l,lannor of disappoarenco N/S 26 . Romnr ks : (over ) . 0 ~ r-· , ·~,, \ :I :, l, ,-:- I) :f,'\ ~7. ' - • ' • I f, \.. d '{.; I ' . I J'ifty td6o ~ object• were seen moving at a speed faater than any kno111 aircraft on en laaterl.y beading at an extren-el y high altitude. Jor the uoat part these objects traveled in a straight line al tho some of them dg-ze,;ged eliglltly. Bo sound was heard. Some object• aeemed to have a silvery tail which mi&ht have been exhaust. These objects could not be.ve been weather balloons a.a only one balloon -.e released by the Menphi e Weather Bureau. th.at d~. OOTE: Wi tnesaea thought they had eeen a meteor; however au.bsequent inveati&ation. eeeme4 to preclude thi• possibility. See Supp II to 'l'rip Report to Meq,his - Visit with Dr. Paul Berget of the Observatory of CincinnEi.ti, Ohio, 1n which Dr. Herget expressed eerious doubt that the 50 or more object• obeerved 7 Ms_y- ~ 1n Menpbia were meteors. Be, waa, however unable to offer arrr explanation as to a possible identification of the object,. • Dr. Bp.ak of OSU and Dr. Lincoln i.P4Z are to be coneo.lted about the poaeibility of iD:b these being a meteor shower. Witnee■ of thie incident were: Mr. F. J. Kaiser, aaleamen 251 W. lfal.dorf Ave., Memr.hia Mr, 1. J. Xaicer, housewife 25). V. Waldorf Ave., Memcbis, Tenn. ,. I ! ft: l OPJEX:T In.. 1:1 rt 26 Mar 48 118 1630 hours :Berlin Licbtenrede, lirchbachetraase 2 ] , Dr Onn!!ne, rv r f "UP, ,1:lr rv r n r f Berlin Lichtenrode, Iirchbacnetraeme 2 nr .• f c- Fonr.er guided mi ssile exp rt at Exeim:ietall Borsi, b-- r· r,f o t j A.a abo?e i n l . ,'ur1b r ). U r.tntlC'O o f nhj ct f r or., oh in l • l> .-. ti~ud 14 kilometer• l . 01 r c 1 . r r 1 r:h t Sou.th t o North J./ S l C:l lI • ..: , ' d No sound re, ,o rted l;:,. Sh •.w.te cotnt• 17 . r-nlo r White ll . :-;h~po n/s ) 0d r d t Cl;Od I • li/ S B/S in nir:ht ll. ,<1 rv r 20. \ 2 1. Er.hr,ust, t ru1l n 1/s 1/s nr r.t cor.:. 1 ruct ion No eXBD.at trail report£.d hor c :,d i i n .. clear 23. Err ctn 2 11. Sk I ch n nr ph n t.or,r ,, phs None 25 . ' 'onn r or dino p poa r nco B/S 26. R mo r k c • c l nud o (OTcr) B/S Dr Onnana, former Ouided KiaeUe e ~ t at ~inmetall, Boro1g mentioned that be • ~ t ed 1 wite point lll)ri.ng fro• ~ th to JJorth at an approx height ot i4 ld.l ometera. apeed u.ndAtterm 0ed, r &ther f a at, no rpt of aound, and no report ot exhaust trail. WIT.RESSES: Dr and. Mr1. Orman.. So J)botoganh9 amulable. • - mnDENTIFIED FLYING of observor • r • II .,' CHECK - LIST - (Tl IDENTJF!ED Ft~·rno OBJECTS l, D::.i t o 20 1eb 48 2. Timo 0700 3. Loco tion I, . i:nmo or obs('r vor • 5. Occupotion ot oblJurvor 6. hddrc :;s or obso rvo r UJl,hs ·Chaco" 7. Pl oco of obso r vr tion Bancb houa. in ne18hborb od o~ Villa Ba;rea O. Hunbor o!' o bj oota 9. Distonco o f ob j l ot from obso r vor Ineid nt f ll9'b Villa liqea (10 ailea m ot Aauncion.) Rancher ~ laborera Bencher. l 10. Tino in air:ht 11 . Allitudo 12 . Sr< <Jd 13 . Di r ucti on o f' fl 1r ht 111 . Tu~ti c:; 15. J,.,11~d N/5 Si1.n N/S 17 . Col o r N/S 18. S h', po dieo B/S H/S l,OCX> ft leas than that of a plane weet to east B/5 0d or dotoctod B/S 20. , \p~n r ~nt constr uction li/S 2 1. Exh,1ust t r n ils :>2 . 'ifoothor c onditi onr. N/S ?3 . Eff'or.t on c l ouds ?l, . Slrntch ut> or phot or,ro pho None 25 . ~Jo.nnu r of d i irn ppoll r 'lnc, 26 . Romur ks : N/S - gave off an intense green oolor (~er) N/S N/S e Perce1Ted a d11c &irlDC off on intenae green color. Witnea1 report, tbot the obJect traveled from west to e· 1t at a speed l•• • than t hat of a plane and at an altitude of approx lCXX) ft. Along its ed&91 it gave off an mireola w1 th the color green predominant. - ' c:r.:- •• - l • - "' : -:· : l D FL' I' 11/s - aro nd 7 J'eb 48 2• . ir. N/S }• L r Cccupc.ti n of' obs rv,r VeJle, Denmark t:it"n • ... r s of ob'" rv.> r /. fl .c of otn T'." Lion . :iunb r o!' ohj cts • !H. orico of obj ct r r o.l!l ob l • Ti:io in ~ir.:h • 11 . ;.1 t :l ~udo l? . Sj 1~ . Dir1cLior. o l ,. i'u~ ics N/S ~ iJC to N\f fl "rht N/ S Siz N/ S 17. Ct' l or sh1n1n& 10.. :;h .po N/S 1';1 . Odor cl tact d 20. nopn r ont con... r ue i nn N/S .Io hor condi i or.s 26. 3 second■ hl&b speed rl lt> . 25 . rv r 2CX) meter ■ altitude N/ S Eff rt c~ rlouds Sk GadbJerg (n r Vejle) l SI'\ I 23 . fi eld laboraz-e B/S N/3 N/S r.h s or photo ,r up~:; Bono nnor of dinop R .or b; : o r nnc N/S 200 l!letere al.ti tu.de • throe qa ..Orkia« 1n ~ t i • ld tJl GadbJ e rg ( ne r fcJ le) .Dm:nrk, h4.'ft ob er-.red • ab D ~ obJr et , t •i cb moved , t ~ Bpf!'t"d cw r t he eky f'rom B.Ji..thc) et to northwest .t about 2CX) mi,tore alt itude. lt 1ned n.s1·b1e . tor three ..ecouaa. I I I CITECK - LIST - UEIDEH'!' IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS Inc id' J Pt # 121 1. D:.itc 9 January 194g 2. Time 23,0 3. Locc1 t i on }.~. I!amo of obsc rvor Hugh DuBose 5. Occupr.4ti on of ob~o rvor Cartersvil1e , Georgia , 6 . ;,-:ldrc ss of obse r ve r Pilot (EAL) f-4/S 7. Pl oc o of obso r VLition O. Number o f objocts 9. Di stnnco of obj o ct from obso rvor 10 . Tirr10 i n Si(;ht 11 . rl l titudo 12 . Speed 34° 10 1 N, 84° 49 ' W Air One N/S N/S 3000 feet 4oo mph Direction of fli cht 175° M Tactics 1'J one 15 . Sound U/S 16. Size N/S 17. Color Light , sky- blue 18. S he.po 19 . Circular, except £ or t he top quarter w.1ich 'tTa s .flat, potshaped Odor d ot o ct od !J/S 20 . Appn r ont construction N/S 21. Exh uu~t t r ails ?2 . Won thor conditi ons 23 . Eff o ct on c l o uds 2!1 . Sl-:otch 1s or photogr o.phs None 25. nunner of di anppoa r anco 10 ° below the horizon 26. 1'1hen obj ect crossed the p 1th of t he witn ess all that could Romo.rks : be observed was an intense blm flame , in a shape circular exce pt for None N/S - --::-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1~/'iJ 1 '1 r .. • the to1, quarter ,•,hi,:h via.. flat , pot- f; aped . 'lhe v:itnes:1 stat.es that the obJect definitely did not ha•.ie IJ e curved traj•~ctory of a r1ini less Plisslle . Shartly after crossin~ his path, t ,,., bl 1e fla"!e sp1Jttar:d an-:i tur ned 1rnnedia Le-.ly earthl'tard . ·11ie flamP t hen lied 3lto e1,her b ut nothing '\',as seen hittin~ t.he rround . ,'iitnoss st..atea that t he flanc was •1ot ci ihe lonP, tr ·dlh1 tyue , bub rat~r -: ve ',he imoression that you were looking down a lon: exHaus t stack at a •;}10rt but coi centr:.J. ted mas !'l of blue fla11e and further stated th· t his connectL Jns with fl.A.I" pilots .in .!hclancldurin6 ti,,,. war 1-eads him now ',o Je lieve tr is ob.iect looked the saz~e as the 11 nuzz '3ombs '' chased b:· t ose RAf pilots 1t night. Arthur Por t~ r, pur s er on this fliLrt 9 Jan11ary w , a l so saw the ohjact , t he f~me only, but can }!i ve no fur t.her evidence for its i dentifi cation. Ur . DuDose stated on Apr il 7."} that sever,ty- fi ve ~at t le had 'iied of an unknown lis@ase on tJ-,~ farm of a '°".I:'. Gor1y a, Ne1'tl1an , Georeia, and exprer-sed concern over a. possible connection between the unidentified o\ ject ne reported anrt t,is wiusual f a tality amonp 1--e althy c.at.tle . llowevv-r , tho Atlanta Uffice of rie Animal Industry Division, U. S . DPpa.rt.'llent of Agri ­ cult'lr''9 , ad.rises that thi£i "unknown II dis ease has persi sted fo r ov e r a year and ot her cases r e y: eated elsewhere in the coun try fo r some t i me ba ck. TI.ere apparentl y remains no basis for oonnect ion b etlf8en the obj e ct J.ir . Du.Bose r eports and the deat 11 of seventy- fi"'9 cattle a t }'ewnan, C'..eor gia. "' j, ·~ • ·~ , b lo! t· \J f' ~ "• ,: )1 'Lt 5 AprLl lJh" i!/S 2. , ii-:u 3. l nc. t .i 0n 'iollo'Tlan Air i"orce ,iasc 'J . (:ccupt. Lion '>f obs ) rv0r 6. ., ld r •·.,:; of ob::;,. rv..J r ti/S "( . Fl ·.c 9. Di;.tnnco of obj n c1, fr om obs,, rv ir of ob:;;,1 rv1. t i on Trained 1:al.oon obsei•ver, Geophysics Lab Section Fr om t ·o ground N/S 10 . TiPH> .i n s i Ght 30 seconds ll . rt lt.. i Ludo Ver-J high 12 . Spr,od f a:;tcr Lhan any known aircraft l ;, . Dirocti,m o f fl i. r ht 1 1.. 15 . 'i'uct ics Era.tic - conplcting a lar ge loop after its doyn ward descent, then soarine; upward and disappe a.ring suddenly Sr-• md None 16 . Size Large l7 . Co l o r Ore y - Tihite 18 . Sh(.po Ron:nded , indis t inct fonn J,1/::i Odor dot octod 20 . Appn r ont const ru ction 21. E:xhuu5t t r nils N/S ,!2 . Vfoothor c ond ition s 23 . Eff nct on c l ouds N/S C•.\ . V. U. N/ S Skotch<Js or photogr o.phs None 25. ~iannor of di soppoa r nnco Disappear ed suddenly 26. Romnr k s : This was evidently the one obj ect , of t wo sighted by anot her wit ness , t hat veered t o t.he r i ght an:i down . I ts v a guel y y1 de f i ned for!'! c;avo t he appear.a.rice of a large object a t a gr eat dista nce. The s tate:t"tents of ot '1e r witne sses to thi s i ncident !:ir e c ontained i n reports 112a and 112b . All {ritn~sses a greed t hat the object was ver y high , moved f aster than any k. •mm a ircr a f t , pos s essed a r o unded , indist inct form, an::i dis appeared suddenly r ather than fad i ng away in the d ist ance . It was 1.tr1der observation 1/2 minut e s or slightly l e s s . .it wa s defini tely not a balloon., a nd apparentl:T not manned , judging f r om the v i ol ent mane uver s whi ch were performed at a :1igh r ate of spe ed . • CHECK•LIST - U}!IDENTIFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS Incidrmt # l22 a 1. Da t e 5 April 19~ 2. Time A.tternoon 3. Loco tion 4. I!omo of obse rve r 5. Occupo.tion of ob~orvor Holloman Air Force Base Mr. Johnson Tl-ained balloon obserTer, Geophysics .i..ab Section 6. J~ddros s of obsorvor N/S 7. Ploc o of obse rVI.ition Frorn the ground 8. Numbo r of objoots One 9. Distonco of obj o ct from obso rvor N/S 10 . Timo in sight ,o seconds 11 . Altitude Very high 12. Spcod Tremendous 13 . Dire ction of fli ght West 14 . 15 . Tact i cs Object made three vertic 1 loops , upon completion of which it it disappeared in a large arc to the west Sound None 16 . Sizo 17 . Considering t he moon the size of an orange, t he object was the size of a diroo Color N/S 18 . Shnpo Bore some resemblance to, but definitely not , a balloon Odor d ot o ct od None 20 . Appnront construction 21 . Exha us t t r o.ils 22 . Woathor conditi on s Effo ct on c l ouds N/S N/S N/S N/S Skot ch c s or phot ogr o. phs 1,.. I; None 25. Mo.nncr of diso. ppoa r onco Disap peared s uddenly 26 . Romo.rks : to the right • Presumably Mr. Johnson s aw t he object t ha t did not veor ( dee Inciden t #112 b) He stated tha t :i.t was absolute l y • silent on the desert that afternoon and that no atdible noiee was heard trom the object. Neither wae any s ignal nor atmospheric noise heard on the 400~ter receiver to wr ich he was l istening at the time. He further stated that the wind at high altitude that day was very calm being only 10 to 15 miles an hour from the wost at 65,000 feet. The statements of other witnesses to t his i ncident are conuained in reports 112 am 112b. All witnesses agreed that the object was very high, moved faster than any knonn aircraft, possessed a r ounded, indistinct form, and disappeared su::idenly r ather than fading away in the distance. It was under observation 1/2 minutes or slightly less. lt was definitely not a balloon, and apparently not tIBnned, ju:ieing f rom the violent maneuvers which were performed at a hi~ rate of speed. • -. . p.• C!!ECl' - LlZT - 1 !. :''... lf'JED FL:l'', OBJfhT In i l. D 3. io N/S lo ion Hollo:nan Air Force r , C' ophysics J..ab ~ ction or ob:;o rvv r tl/S 6. ,\ ldr .~1 /. Pl c of ob.. r·•., tion Pr0t1 the ground • l'unb r oi' oM ct 9. l22 b se in d balloon o ser ccuputio~ o f ob~ rv r ,rt Two ili.,tcwco o:' ob j ct froo obs rv r , /.::, 10 . Ti:,o i r sir.ht 11 . :.1 \t.uclo l" . Sp od l er y hi~ , faster t. :a, a y knownnircraft }O secor.Js Diroc i on of fli r htl straight '-4' , 1 dis pearcd in t.he west Fir:tt O"'e ~ ored o Jie right , start dawn was lost to Tiew. Tur.t t c <,eoond ond made arc into ihe west a t a terr ific spoed and So I d dis , ~ar suldenly. N/S lf.> . Sizu tl/S !7 . Col o r 18. 1 . Gh~po Had ap: ea.ranee of a major •s iJ'1siE')"li.a, that is, irrocul.arly r rundej and slightly concave on top Odor c\ot o ot.od •1/S 20. "ppn ror.t conti t.r uctir.n ?l . Exhi.ust t r td l s ?2 . 11 n • hor conditi ons 23 . Eff r.t on d ouds ? • SkoLr.h s or photor.r uphs I one •· . nr. r of di:::ap Dis 26 . Colden hu, 1/S l'/'1 /S l /5 r cnco pea.red s uddenly Romu r ko : Ur . Chan ce wa.<i t.he only one of the three witnes:,es who saw two objects . ;,nen .10 firat , erc-eived .. en , y .er going 5/ , .. I ., straight up then one veered to the r ifht, started d om, and was lost to view. Directing his attention to 1, other object., Mr. Cnance s aw it arc into the west at a terrlfic speed an::i disappear smdanly. Mr. Chance described the object as being ot a golden huiJ, r ather indistinct 1n outline and possessing somewhat the appaargnee ot a aajor's insignia., t hat is , irregularly r ed and slightly conc,pe on top. nts of o thor witnesses to this incident are contai ned 1n The stat reports ll2 arrl ll2a. A 1 wi. tness s agreed that the objoct wa~ vtsry high, moved faster than any knom1 drcra.tt , possessed a r ounded, indistinct form, and disappeared sudde'lly rat ,er t r an ftkiin~ a-..y in the distance. It was mder observat1.on 1/2 minutes or slig1tl..• less . I t was ~fini ely n ...t a balloon, and apparently not manned , judging from tho violent maneuvers which were per!omed :i t a hi ;i rate of speed . - .,,H .. , ,.,, .. ., '... t:-°• \• • ( 'L' t I I •\ I ,\ ·- . ·-1,. ,.• ,...~.,I ~ .·,... fl I 1~ ': I .J CHECK- LIST - l 1EI DEi!Tii'IED FLYHJG OBJECTS 1. Dute: :!. l . • V' ...il 19~8 2. Timo : :30 3. I,.ocntion 1, 11. -. ,.~. ., r..o .... t ~ I :'J./"" .1.l t , l llir.')iS I!nmu of obse r ver 5. Occupc.ttion of ob~o rvor ~: F:r- .. ~ " + :. r.c'i-.!. t Ai.1 J, '€ "'t h r' I""':S , 'r]--..;_ ~ c,t )T"f" cr-1~ t <. !.t"f: r..:.n. 0 r f-:>r ..'ecrtcrs Ci..-!'t... i ·1..r , Co . , ,.: t'""n . ;,,ldr u:i s of ob s or vor ·.-reE st Ern Cc,.... t~·i, _i" , Co ., .n.l.:,.Jr_• 111. ,J ., ...nrl 6. .. Pluco of obso r·vution 8. !lul"'\bor of' obj oots 1 9. Distance of obj e ct from obser ve r in s i r,ht 10 . Ti;,'!O ll . .i.ltitudo 12 . Spcod 1~ . Dir o ction o f fli c;ht F/.:, ll.i . Tactics 15 . So1rrd Ii/.:> 17 . Co lor r../.., 18 . Sha po 19 . Odor dotoctod 20 . ,1.ppu r ont constr uction 21. Exhuu~t t r ui l s 22 . Hc~thor conditions ...... l ~ I 11 :'la. ,. ed. Effoct on clouds its w1ng'S 11 rls I H/3 • r; 2L1 . Skotch ~s or photogr a phs N')ne 25. f. 1annor of diso ppoa r nncc ·_:r/s • .. e a " . .. I + ., oJ t • i r. • • r .. ,1 ... "l ., C -. ... ( ''"'~ ~<-ti l l ( d but s::> .e .,,_.. o-:' t li .. Y.. rnr . .e "' ct t ...... t t ..,n ce .e rl 2. Ti1'l0 7. ) . ir,c: tL·n t. Cccup,.tion r, f ob ~o rvo r / • 1500 C-CT i:orth , tJ.antic , 62°00 1 IJ ,'1ea t her station natrol 6. .,'!rl r • ;s of ob:;•, r v ,0 r 'i . rbc ,. ') . D.i$tuncu of obj;:• ct f r om obse r ve r of ob:; .: r vi.ti on 33°00 ' i'/ 1<':irs t Coast Guard Distr ict Air Hi . Ti!"lo in s i r::ht N/ S ll . rtltitudo 12 . Spc od 13 . Diroction of fli(~ht 15 . S""""d N/S 16 . Si ze N/ S 17 . Co l or N/S 18 . S he. po H/S 19 . Odor d otoctod N/S 20 . , ppn r rmt construction H/S 21 . Er~a u~t t r uils 22 . 1ilcnthor conditi ons 23 . Eff oct on clouds N/S 2L1 . Skotohc s or photo,;rci.phs None 6500 yards - 18000 yar d s N/ S 30 mph H/ S N/S C. A. V. U. 25. • Manner of disn ppoa r unco Target s trength was S5 fadmg at l S, 000 yards 26. Romu r ks : This incident is t he result of a r adar sight ing. is also filed in radar si ght ing file . Copy ( • • This target r,as contact ed on tJ,e air s earch r adar at 1500 OCT on 18 April 48. 'lhe f i rst contact was mad e at if.00 yards and was tracked to J.g,ooo yards The area i n w i ch the t ar get 1ra oont act ed "as th or oug} l y s earer. Visually a nd there ,·tere no clo,rl s nor weather f r onts in sai d area . 'Iher e were no target i ndjca tions on thr• surface rad ar. The target strengt h was S5 f adin a t 1g, ooo yards. 6 i;iv:i..n& a velocity of approxi mat ely 30 m. p . h. CHEClt• LI ST - Ul-:IDE?JTIFIED FLYING OBJreTS Incidont # 125 1. D~tc 2 liq 19!¢ 2. Ti.mo 3. Locotion 4. Hnmo of obse rve r 5. Occupat i on of ob~o r vor Night St. J..ouis, Miss ouri , 40°oo'N 90°15'lf N/S N/S 6 . 1\ddross of obso r vo r N/S ?. Pl oco of obsorvi:.tion 8. Murnbor of obje cts 9. Distanco of object f r om obsorvor Ground One 10 . Timo in sight N/S ll . Altitud e 12. Spcod 13 . Diroction o f fli ght N/S llh Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16 . Size N/S 17 . Color Phosphor escent after dark 18. Shapo Bird 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20 . Appo. r on~ construction N/S 21 . Exhaust t r uils 22. Woothor conditions 23 . Effo ct on 0louds N/S 2h. Skotch os or photogrc.phs None Uannor of disappearance N/S 26. N/S N/S N/S Ror::orks: N/S N/S Se,, Incident I/J23 ., Inc id >r.t ~ 126 30 Apr i l 194S 1015 ?• :'inv 3. lr.c: Lion 1 J. rccupr:.1..ion of ob$ rvnr Lt Commarrler, U3 Navy 7. Pbc,1 of obz,, rvr, tion -) . Di:;tunco of' obj, ct f r om obse rve r Anacostia, l'aval ..:ir Station, 38°52 1 N, 77°00 1W· lG . Tino in oir:ht ,ljS 11 . ,:.Hitud,., 4500 feet l? . Sp1:od 100 m. p . h . 13 . Di r octi 1m of fl i.1~ht 1!, • TII ct i cs N/s 4 ir One mile 360° N l r .. Sizo 25 - 40 f t diaireter lfJ . Sh!.po 5phere ) r,, . Odor d•Jtoctod 20 . M1pnror.t constru ction N/S ,'? . ,: r:thor conditions 23 . 8ff ;ct on d0uds N/S U/S N/ S Sb,tch ·s or photo~ruphs Non e 2') . r:cnrvr of disnpp«oronco 'l/S 26. The 01~ject appe ired "to the pilot to be a yellow (or l ight colored) balloon , am attracted attention principally because Romurks : j \ , ,. . of its night path. No external f i ttings or attachments "l'lere observed on the object. The speed of ~he object was estimated at about 100 m.p.h . 'Iha flieht of the object ~. as in a_riproximately a south to north direction , cle~pHe upper winds f r om north northl'fes t, and apparently fol.lowed a con­ stant alti tu:ie . Pilot did not pursue object t urther because it was ent~ing the prohibited f l ying area, u.~. Capitol, White House Area . Cf!ECK - L IST - ttt-:IDENT JFIED FLYHlG OBJECTS Inc id mt #- 127 1. D:.ttc 2. Time 3. Locot i on Lake Doiran , alonB the Yugoslav- Greek .fr ontier I~ . :ramo 5. 0c cup~ti on of ob~o rvor N/S of ob::;c r vc r N/S N/S 6 . ;,dd r o=,s of obse rve r N/S 7. Ploc o of obso r wt i on Ground 8. Numbe r of objocts One 9. Distance of object f r om obsorvor N/S l G. TL"'r\o in sight N/S 11 . ,'..ltitud o 3000 feet 12 . Speed 13 . Diroction of fli {~ht l tJ0° 111 . Tuctics 15 . S N tnd Like artillery shell ( shril l whine) 16. Sizo h /S :7. Col or N/S 18. Shcpo Flying disc 19. Odor dotoctod 20. Jippnront construction 21 . Exhuust t r nils N/S ?2 . \iloathor conditions N/S N/s Effoct on clouds N/S N/S N/S N/S "r \.,. 2/1 . Sketche s or photog r aphs l one 25. ilnnnor of disnppoa r onco N/S 26. Romnr ks: A pres s dispa. tch quoted residents of the Lake Doiran area along the Yu&oslav- Greek f r ontier as -sayi ng ·they saw a "flJri.ng \ C • d isc". I t was d escribed as speedinr; so thwru-d from Yugoslavia at a height of :ibout ; ,000 f eet, Z!lakin a noise l ike an artillery shell. ('' .... ., ., . 'i - .1; • ... • J J n" 1 1 l! t,. tr 128 1• :; . ,.. 1 n(ll00:1,n) iddlepor t , O io , 3c, 0 00 ' l,, <12° 03 1 H ,1r ol • r v r Pen 1! rpe ·, or ob'.; rv r ,• . ! lr ). ~i.:tn1:cu of' ob i ~t /S f r oM obs rv•·• r !1./S 6 - S !"!LI.es 11 . ,,1 t itud• 1.:, . Di r ,cti ..l" rf' fHrht 90° lfJ . :; j z, l/ . ~n lor .?o. hrpnr.-. nt 21 . Exh •. u:,t t r cli l :; Fhosrl-toresccnt trail in sey .2. ,I ·t. t,hur conditi ons 23 , Err ,c~ en c l ouds I / ~ 25. ?!unr. r of disoppoerc.nco 26 . Romo rks : 9" diamet,e r r om t r our.d level i·hozphores <:en t con::.t ru ct i ()n I'./S T'/S r;/s The ahove cover s si 1 ;ti ting of same objects by Sarl Roush, ,fern York Central vystem r::ar Inspector; Bob /hi te, New Yo rk C-en t ral j' J .' .. ard .;lerk ; and C. }~ . "ite, 1ew .i..c,l'k Len t.ral • atroLnan . Patrolirian !lite st.ot.ed in oodition t.l.at hi~ at.. ...entinr, waS c:.illed ~o these ot.Jects by Car .1.r.~! ('C'·"r u, Rui f' . U_ on o servi tll thi• sk? Hite saw disc- shaped oi..jects t?·avelini.;froir.west l.o a:;t, in succession i i t, 50.l",e path at ahout t·.-m-mir,ute u,t.erv:ils . !.o. c111d et, c.1c would "hook hack apparently in ., t' Sal'l"e fath Yr et ce i 1 i,Jd cnme . 11 {'ccasio:1all,, or.e seer.:ed t.o ir:.t ·utl iisi.ntc;,;r:1te . For a reser:ible.--:cc> , 11i b said 11 '1a.o a lar::e r;iock face , cover • t 1·1it: ra<l:i.U!U , in:i sa.il i t ~hl· 1 -·1 t:ia air . 11 \, ·I lncid()nt 412. Tirno 3. Locotion }4-. l!amo of obsc r vor 5. Occupati on of ob~o rvor 6. ;\d<l r os s of obso rvo r 7. Pl oco of obso r vr,t i on O. Numbor of objocts 9. Distanco of obj e ct from obso rvor N/S l29 1320 Wi lmington, North C:n-olina, 34° 14' N, 77° ,t' ,I ~s . H. D. Alspach N/S 709 South 6th Ground One 10 . Tirrio in si.i;htN/S 11 . Altitude 12 . Spcod 13. Direction of fli ~ht 15 . s "lll!d 16. Size As large as an arm, and about 3 feet long 17 . Color N/S 18. Shnpo 19 . Odor dotoctod 20 . J\ppnront constru ction 21 . Exhuur,t t r ails ?2 . VJuuthor conditions :·l/S 23 . Effo ct on c l ouds 2L . Skotch,:s or photogr ophs Hone 25. i:onnor of disoppoa r &nco J, /S 26 . Romo r ks : Awfu lly h igh Fast 90° N/S Vblong N/S N/S Emitted smoke .., t ?/S 1.1ysterious sky object sister 1.,1·s . 8olvin , and I was sighted by Hrs . Alspach , her rs . H. 1) . Hufham. It cacno at first at a fast speed from_the direction of Bluet:1enthal Field a t 1 : 20 p . m., O"{er t he Cape Fear River , t!,en veered at a l ow s peed back to,vards ..r ic;htsville, a little to the \7est. Tl te local office of the C