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ED F'L 'Ji-; OBJ~TS
l. L'b t 18 Febnlary 1948 101
3; l..o i cn 1 oroatur, ~.,...
5. Oc cupati on o f obqo rvor F.di tor
"• .-id r ::s of o l' c o r vo r Horton, K su
7, Pl a c of ob~ r ~ t i on or catur , Kan s
10 . Ti.,o in c i ·ht N/s
11 . ,di. tt udo 30 - }5 mi.loo above earth
l~ . S pood N/S
.., ,, ir 'i One b ~ explosion - "a!t.erwarde a lot ot little explonons"
16. c:; 11; 0 N/S
17 . Col er Bluuh""'ft'hite smoke smw i e
l'; . O<ior d ot votod N/ ,">
'C . .. p ph r unt r.ons r ur.t1,.n Meteor
r l. ErJuu.a:; t t r 11s _.,.. Blu1ah-,.if tt e:ooke smudge
:On-t.hur conditi on s 14 /S r. r
23 . Eff t o:. c loud s U/ S
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 Disintecrat1oo
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
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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 .
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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.
l si ,, in the sky near l!orcntur, ..ans.
S1Jbject: L:00 p. n . ('",T) February lt, 19l,it
To call at.ten ti.on t.o so peculiarities
Purpose: 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.
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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
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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" .
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.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•
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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
linka.!;8
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.
'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
24 June 1947 am was visible for 20 minutes. 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 .
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
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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 .
'1110anoMaly 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.
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 .
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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. •
.THE PHAN'IOM REEF - 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.
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.
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! 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
,-.1rt!. to l.o !.!0011?
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/ N. r.. rtARKJ.IAM
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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
3(). 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).
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."
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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 morns" .
The 11 mP.te 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.
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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
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•·a.r.: , s, n of Flo·,d ltw-::. , 11, rr.iles east of I ort.on on ll:i :;&, at the Jct .
0 •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
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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:•
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11-aJ.J.h 'JP.w, J,ostm·!ster a1. Lor cat ur, that at. about l~ : 50 l-' . 1.!. he was
s 1, a t , e d
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
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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 .
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ln~i-3 ,rt ~ 102
18 Fe Tuary 1948
1500 ~fiT
5. 1 nc t l cm lc@odill pita ■•■ Air Nea- Green RiTer, Utah
!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 of' ob~ rv1 t i <,n 39° N - 100° W - near Green River, Utah
). JL t ·.t-1c J 0!" c,b.' ct, f r C',rn obs, r vo r 100 miles
) 1• 1' !.:"ld i 11 !'; i,• ht N /S
l l. "11 i .url 20 ,ooo feet
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J. • Very high
l ;, . Southeast of Limon, Colorado
-:'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 u1ulti-colored ball of fire
• • , ;}i 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 •. Clear
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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.
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3.. Tr.,· 7j o IWI ClillJd.u!IMII Air n Green Riv~r Utah
1, . :· .r1• n o1 r v1 rS GaJ..t . How ard H. rodt - Cat .Aa urice "". Rit nour
(See Inc 102 - corrclm-ation)
,. Jic., n ob~, rv 'l r ilots
J • ••• 11· ,:; o .l ,:::;• r r 718th Bon bSq , 28th Bomb Gp (VH) ' eavr B, S . D.
rf . Fl·,c r f' obn r·· lir 39° ti - 100 ° \7 - Ne Green River , Utah
r; :r.lJ, r (J ~- l•hj t. <; .e
9. ~l~ .,!. 1CQ (' ,,
0 ., fr c obr. rv r 100 miles
ll, • Til"lo i? L ~frht '/s
11 . nl i ,ud•J 20 , 000 feet
Diroc i on of fl· 1·h 'outheast (of Limon , Colorado)
T• c- .ics losion rate
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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 ulti-colored ball of fire
18 . -->h .po Hugh milti-colored ball of f ir e and dense clou:i of smoke followed
19 . Oder ciJtn c d N/S
20 . , FJ.(, nm co s -r u e ion N/S
21 . Exh .u & tn.ils Vapor trail with a ball of fire at the head of trail
:.,~ . 'ii ,::. Jho r cond i i ons Clear
Eff.i ct on ~l oud s /s
2L . ko ch Js or photo r phs None
25 . nnnc r of dis pp a r nnc ~ N/S
26 . Rema r ks : bblR - Same a.a incident 102 which see
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7 Mar 48
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 f rv r ~ AJ:F, ixiq S:eyrnn, Tenn
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l • 1- ii ,.1 lt 45 minutes
ll. ,.1 • i • ul About 5° above horizon
l' . d very elov
l • D r c i T fl 1 ht. N a~ from 5:uyTDa
N/ S Faded awq
l . I 1• d Bone
,, . , it Unknown
r,.., 1c r yello•r-0range
1 . ';h · P" oTel
Odor cl t, c t 1d N/5
N/5 - •eemed to be flare
l. Bone
t l r ~ ndi i !' CAVU - 10 milea
2; . Eff' o.., l o ud:; N/5
2 ,. Si ch ~ o r pho or,r phs 11&• (2) ahovil:lg yellov oran,ge fi&'lle-like oru
P:t;nr." r o f i. ,,, p• r ., ,. faded into horizon
26. R u r k :; : (oTer)
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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.
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Inc id ,rt ff 105
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,
6. ;,-:Idr ,...ss of ob::;orvo r Charlotte, B. C. (n.uat Power Co.)
7. Ploc of obs~ r Vl.a ti on Belmont, I. C. (Sitpted from ground)
~- Nunbo r of ob j~cts l
9. Distance o!' ob j.: ct f r om obs r vcr 11/S
10 . TiMO in s i ~ht about 10 seconds
11. ~lt.itudo B/S - could not be esti:Afted
l:? . Spc.od Around 600 l4PH
Diroct i on of flirht laaterq
llJ . Tur 1cs lone - moved 1n atr~t line at constant speed without
change in altitude or direction
1r- . S"und 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
20 . i.p~n r, nt con-, t.. ruc~i,m Metallic
:"'~ . ·:: n t,l·w r conditi on' Clear with scattered white cloud•
23 . Eff c or, clouds N/S
?1 • 31': t ch s or photor,r l<p~s None
2~. 'i;.n r of di,.-ipo ••r r.~~ behind small -.dlite cloud
~J . R~~u r k::; : (oTer)
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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
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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.
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.
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~. Tir.o 1610 - 1655
3. : OCl ti n Bakersfield , Cali!ornia
5. Oc upa ion or ob!jo r ..- r n/s
6. "•ld r • ,,, of oh o11 rvor RBkersti old , California
7. Pl c of otir. r·~, t i on hoo er nd , aouth st, t.o d Bue Vista Lake , Cali.t.
r1 . Uunb, r M' o h,1,.,otD Two
1. ~istonco o~ obj o e~ f r cr.i ob~ r v r 10 - 12 ailAto
lG . Tino in sir.ht lJ/S
11 . ~ltitud N/S
12 . Spead N/S
13 . Diroct.irm o r rHrht earthward
i,.. d ice 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 I ru,.t ion N/S
21 . Ex}viu:.t trt.ilo &-own1eh-.h.1to smoke and debris trailing
:">2 , Hoo tho r conditi ons N/S
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"3 . Err ct nn c l oud:,, N/S
21, . Skotch 1J o r p ntc~rcp!l:: .lone
?~ . t:o.nn..,r or d i onppnarnno t' Behind a water t 011Jer, which 1'8.1!1 an obatruction
t o the • ie"ft'
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sighting cont ained 1n attached supplement .
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HEADQUARTERS FOURTii AIR FORCE
Office or the Assistant Chief of Starr, A-e
Intelligence
Hamilton Field, California
4AFDA- 3/120S- I
SUBJECT: Investigation of Flying Disc . Mar 11, 19liS
TO: 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)
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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.
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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
t,1--.£?
.,. 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 .
EVALUJTIG::
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1. Dato g March 1948 Inc id mt fl 107
2. Tine N/S
3. Loco tipn Baker s f ield, California
I.. :!nmo of obso r vor .Mr . Denio
!.. 5. Occupat i on of ob!jor vor Pacific Cieneral Electric Company employee
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8. Nunbc r o f objocts Two
9. Distnnco of obj o ct from obso rvor N/S
10 . Til"lo in sight N/S
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11 . Altitudo N/S
12. Spead N/S
13 . Direction of f l i 6 ht :Earthward
14 . Ta ctics N/S
15 . Sourd N/S
16 . Sizo N/S
17 • Co l or One object seemingly afire, r ed and black srooke trailing
18 . Shcpo N/S
19 . Odor dotoctod N/S
20 . Appo. r ont const r u ction N/S
21. EY.huust t r u ils N/ s
22. Woathor conditi ons N/S , ~
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23 . Effoct on clouds N/S tr t. ~
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21.i. . Skotchos or photogr o.phs None
25. Manne r of disnppoara nce XJI J'ell to ear\h
26. Remar ks : See supplement to Incident #106.
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Cl!E<a: - ••r sr - t!rIDEi::' !rJED Fl Yli!G OBJECTS
l • D. ':: g lJ.arch 194g Inc id ,rt #
108
3. Ir.- ti<"n Bakersi'ield, California
H. B. t-tix
, • fhc of ob" r;r tit n Sighted from r:round
') . Di:,t11nc1 n !' obj c1 f'r cm obs r vc:r 5 miles
10 . Tii"lo in sfrht Approx. 30 seconds bofore splitting and burning
! 1. ,,.J i +,ud~ H/S
1~ • S1• ,d Static for apnrox 30 seconds , and then drift ing
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, • ct •d t:/S
2 1. N/S
: . , 11 •r condition• N/S
None
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""r, . ' !.lr r of di<:•1pp ••r nc ~ Drifted to the elst into the h ills east of
Bakers.!."i e 1d
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Inc i d ·mt 4/- 109
1. D~tc 9 March 1948
3. Locntion Bakersfield, California
h. :-ramo of observe rs J.E. Johnson an1 Mrs. Callie R. Mason
5. Occupot i on of ob~o rvor J.E. Johnson, Dentist, Mrs. Mason, Secretary
6 . 1,ddrcss of ob so rvor N/S
7. Ploco of obse r vr,t i on 5th noor of business building
B. Numbor of objocts One
9. Distonco of obj e ct from obso r vor 7 - 10 miles
10 . Ti~o in sight N/S
11. Altitude 1000 f~et
12. Speed N/S
13. Dir o cti on cf fliGht Due north of Baker sfield
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 N/S
20. Appo r ont constru ction N/S
21. Exhous t trails Considerable black smoke t railing !or 4000 to 5000 feet
22 . Vfoothor conditi ons N/S
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
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• ,r,• 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•' r, r,.i ·cts Undetermined
F, . .> 1?'d r;otor drope of foreign type aircraft
H • ;,h'. pc N/S
21 . C:xh•.w,t. t r uils N/S
,v;, . 'iJu, thvr conditi ons N/S
~3 . i~ff, ;ct on clouds N/S
21. . :,}:,,tch •~ or photoi;r l..phs None
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HFJ.DQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR CO!AUAND A2B
Andrews Field
Washington 20, D. c.
SAC 3~ (29 Mar L.a) 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 a
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 .
FOR 'mE CO;IMANDING GENSRAL:
c/c furnished CG, ALAN MARCEAU
JJKJ , Attn: MCI . CWO, lliAF
Asst udj Gen
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CHECK- LIST - UlHDSHTirIED FLYillG OBJECTS
Ine id'>rt j lll
1. D::i to 1 April 194S
2. Time 0955
r 3. Locution 124° 3 1 East, 12°, 52' Horth
11 . l!nmo of obsor vor 1st Lt. Ueyars (Robert W.)
5. Occu~tion o!' ob~o r vor P-47 Pilot
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 3 miles
10 . TiJ'Tlo in sic;ht Approximately 60 seoonde
ll . t\ltitudo 1.000 feet
12 . Spcod 200 mph (disappeared in 5 seconds, in iicating great acceleration)
13 . Dirocti on of fli {~ht 270°
Jb . Toctics N/S
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 N/S
20 . ,.p pu r unt oonst r uction N/S
21 . Exhn ust tr£.i ls None observed
;">:? . Vlocitho r conditi on s Scattered cumulus , base 3000 feet, tops 6000 f eet
23 . Eff ,1 ct on clouds N/S
211 . Sk<1tch ,•o or 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
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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 .
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&-2, AG 452. 1, ::,ubjec t 1 "Report of Sightin& of Uniden til"ied ircrof't
am/or ~ 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
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lat J..t., tSAF
.lctinc Asst Adjut.ant General
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BASIC : Ltr Hq 13th l\.F, APO 719 , ~ubj : "Rpt of vii;hting of Uni dentified
11.ir cr aft and/or f lyin ~ Ub,iect,
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dtd 8 Apr 4 •
AG 452. 1 A-2 1s t Ind 15 Apri l 19uS
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
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PRIO RITY .lpril 194S
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
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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 . Described as having A
turtle back and an i ndistinct dorsal fin. 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: EJK
L MCI-ac tion
2 . MCAAGM2 1
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CHECK - LIST - Llt:IDEl!TIFIED FLYUlG OBJECTS
I ncid<mt # 112
g Apr 4g
2. Time llK:O - :»+ 30
3. Loc() tion Ashley, Ohio
/+. ::o.mo of obscr vor Miss Winifred Pa ine& - Mrs. Bertha Slack
5. Occuput i on of ob9o rvor Mte• Paineal Asst Bank Ca shier; Mrs. Slack:
housekeeper
6. iddr c:ss of obs c r vor 227 W High St•• Ashley, O.
7. Pl oc o of obso r V1c> t i on Ashley, Ohio (ground)
8. Numbor of objoc ts l
9. Di s tonco of ob jn ct fr om obsorvor n~te a distencen
10 . TiMo in si~ht N/S
11 . ;..1titudo Could not estimate
12 . Speed slow-moving
Di r o cti on of fl i. [;ht Southwest
111 . 'i'1_1c.tics No maneuvers
l~ . Si ~0 undet ermi ned
17 . Co l or silver
W. Gh::; po Ob long, l ong end narrow - like s ilver s t reak
Odor d •Jtc:ct od N/S
20 . i-prn r ont con struct i on N/S
:-'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 None
25. ~'.unr.i r of disnpp,:::i r r.nco N/S
26. Romu r ks : (over)
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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.
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7. ri-.c r,i' ol,-; n., t i on Fr rn t.hP. r,round
?. Jj:-tuuco of obj ct. f' r c nh:i r v •r l!ot ~t..3-ted
1 1. "1 t i t.udo 11ito high
12 . ~I od !>low - dirfting
l ~. Diructior. of fli r.ht SoutlTNcstcrly
l . T d ic~ ilone
1r . S I d Uone
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
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~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
Eff ct on ~louds /S
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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
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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.
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2. Time 1430
3. Locut ion Delaware, Ohio
h. ::umo of obser ver Mrs . James B. utephenson
5. Occup~tion of ob~orvor Housewife
6 . I,'1dru3s of obse rve r 93 Uorth Franklin Street , Delaware, Ohio
7• Pl oco of obsu r vr,tion From the ground
O. 1!umbor of objMts One
9. Distan ce o!' obj o ct from obso rvo r H/S
lG . TiMO in sic;ht N/.:3
11 . ~ltitudo N/S
12 . Spcod Slow
13 . Direction o f flir,ht Southwesterly
14. Tactics None
15 . S r,uJ!'d None
16 . Si zo Very large - about the size of a f t, 11 moon in height but much
snaller in width
17 . Colo r Very white
18. She.po Cylindrical, with vapor around the top
19. Odor dotoctod N/S
20. Appn r ont constru ct ion N/S
21. Exha ust t r ails None
22 . Vfoothor conditions Clear, no clouds ur ound object
23 . Effe ct on clouds H/S
24 . Skotchos or photoi:;r aphs None
Alannor of disopp0o r nnc o N/S
26 . 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
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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 , ot
be sure of tl. size . Jo st tem nt 1as made as to whe r not witness e
air lane .
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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 Pastor
6 . i,rld r •·:.s of obso r vo r 93 N. Franklin btreet., DelAware, Ohio
?. Pli..cc of obsv r vt;tion From the ground
8. Numbo r of' ob jnot s One
9. Distonco of obj o ct fr om obso r vur N/S
10 . TiMo in s i ght N/S
11 . ltltitudo N/S
12 . Spead ::>low
13. Diroot i on of fH r ht Southwesterly
1L . Tactics None
15 . Sourd None
16 . Sizo Not Stated
17 . Color ,lhite
18 . Shcpo Ve:rticle, larger at t he botton and narr01f at lJ1e top
19 . Odor d otoot od None
20 . .1~ppc1 r ont con stru ction N/S
21 . EYJH1 u &t t r u i ls None
22 . Woothor conditi ons Clear
23 . Effoct on c l ouds N/S
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Skotchos or photogr aphs None
hlonner of disappoe r onco N/S
26. 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
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.. 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.
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7. Pbc of obr; r vi t, i on Fr om the gr ound
ll, . Ti.10 in s i r;ht ~/S
11. ,dti1-ud, N/S
13 . Diroc t.i , r: cf f1 i.dit .::louthwesterly
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17 . ·>l or :·,bit e
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knov, v/h('ther or r.ot t e,y had ,::in:\' cor.nectior. wit,J-: t,he obje ct.
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The obje ct was clearly o utlined, b ut did not look like 1:. balloon. The l:'erkins
Ot>servatory ,vas alerted but vra.s unab le to s i ~ht t heobject.
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13 . Di r ,ct t• r. r •• fl; ht Alrrlns t due west in':.c U'lt"? ~ ind
11.> . ,-;i?. ?lot less than 5 feet ir- ·vidtlt
17 . Cc l r r Very wt~te
1n . ::;h,.p Spherical, with a sn~ll µro+,n1s " on a• ove .; t. , lihe ..aror treaks
10 . Cdor d t,.c t; ,d i. one
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21. Exh•, u!-t t r t,ils
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23 . Eff , ct o!l <' louds l~/u
211 . S'lrntch :s or photor:r uphs N ne
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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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1. D~tr 9 April 1946 Incid ,r t~ 113
2. Timo 15}tQ
3. l nc,. tion h4ontgomery , Alabama
i1 . :r11mu of o bs,..r vor Robert D. llughes, .1.,t . Colonel , IBAF
5. Occupu ti on of ob~ orvor Pilot
6. ,ddr •.:.s of ob s'l rvor l'actics Di v . , Air Tactical ~cl ool , Tyt1dall AF Base
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 N/S
10 . TiMO in sirht Five seconds
11 . hltitud o Approrimat ely 16000 feet
12 • Spr:od In excess of the viewer 1s 310 mp h air speed
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 Had the aweara,ce of a p11rachute carryine a lar ge canister or
ball
19 . Odor d ot oct od N/S
20 . Jp pnront cons t ru ction ·'/S
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21 . Exhuu5t t r ails t-lone
22 . Vloathor conditions Clear, visibility a nd cei lin g unlimited
23 . Effo ct on clouds N/S
Skotoh 0s or photogr o.phs - Sketch ( t rip )
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 .
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· object, sighted at ten o'cl.ock o!t his left win g, aweared
T h e t o ab e
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:
"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 V - 2r ocket ."
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 .
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l• ::-..d: 18 Apr 118
,.,r. • .. J!1 13o6 hours
:,, . ~c,· ticm Approx 1 mile north of Fairbanks, Alaska
Lt qtch Jobnmn
C:ccu pt ti, n nf' cb:.: ci r v1r lat Lt (disc.barged f/USA:1 as per authority
Para 1, ro. to dated 28 ~ 48) (eee)
6. .,•:M r• ,:;. of ob~, rv J r Ft Worth, Texas
I. Plue of obsi.J r·.~ Li on Over city of FairbSDD, Al.aaka
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9. Di!:tunco of c bj, ct 'fr om obsr r v, r N/S
10 . Tino in sir-ht fev aim.tee
11 . ,'.lt.jt,utlv 2000-3000 ft
12. 3pucd 250-300 mile• ( traTeled. :0() feet in 1 or 2 second.a)
l_;, . Dir oction of fl trht
111 . T1..,rt 1 cs Oscillated trom horizontal plsne
rapid speed)
15 . s "'l.J'd Bo sound
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 1l/S
21 . E:r.h•,u~t t r ni l s no traUe of aey kind
?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 :
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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.
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OO!'E: '!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.
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1• 19 Apr 48 lncil . t 115
. 1 1615
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0-,,er Greenrtlle XI B:i.. , GrocnYille. s . C.
I, . • ,... , 0 1· o' •" r v r • l at Lt Francia '.i. Sennj n, Jr.
& lat Lt Robert .... Loollia, U.J ..P
c •up• , i n o r o b: c. rv :,r Both a t tached to Liaison eq. Greenv1.Ue
b . .. !d r of o b :i rvor • Greenville AF Base, Greenv1lle,l. C.
l ,c ! oh r · t, i on Greennl le AF Base
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• !'mu r o : o l j• ·t ., ! J - l at firet , t later
). )1. n of o b t f r ::1 obs rv r 15, CXX> to 20, CXX> ft OTerhead
• Ti:, ir . i r ht. 2 minutes
H, ,d I t.Uc! I 15, CXX> to 2(XXX) ft
lr . ,.; I d Undeterml.Ded.. St: t i onary, then rapidly acceler ~ting imd.
c1i.billg
I . Dir c t i, r r f fl 1 1 ht North
I• , ,. (" Ho•er~ then acceler&.tion and cl1't1bi.ng
Observeo. trail format i,:m
l . none aidible (7) - st tea: #itnes aes were ttr acted b,1 sound
of fighter aircrftft in vicini ~.
ir. wrleter.nined (no -aent' ~n de of these)
wite
.;1 , f ellintical
1 ,. Cd r l Jt ct i N/S
,. th r c ondi i nr C"-VU
or pho o •n.•J '1:; 2
1n d11tance
(o..-er)
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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.
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(4) ln appro:d.mtely 2 llinute■ obJecta ba4 r■appesred
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ObJecte began movillg in a llNE direction and rapidl,y acceleratinc
0 and cl 1JDb1ng. 5
(2) 0
0 When firet aeen obJecte were 1n a ead-atationar;y poe1tion.
(1) 0 J'iret one obJect waa aighted, next, another on, appeared.
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CEECK- LI :.7 - 11 lT !Jr::i!T I r JED FL'.'HlG OBJECTS
Inc id Jrt :ff U6
2. 'I' it"IO night
3. Locc t i on Near shores of Jamee ~ .
}~ . :1nmu of obsc- r vor V. J. Pratt
:i . Occupr...ti on of ob~o r vor !'mploye of Hudson Ba,y Co.
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 B/S
10 . Ti;t10 i n si~ht
_, N/S
11 . l-1 t itud o N/ S
12 . Spead meteoric
Di r o cti on o f flt c ht earthward
1:- . S011r d Bo noise
16 . Size size of f:ld:1.xm:ml f ootball
17 . Co l or ,jj/:£, :Blue flame
i B. Chc po N/S
J.C:, . Oci or dot octod N/S
20 . i-.ppn r ont constr u ction meteor
21. Exhoust t r a i l s ■ t■■pxUgict N/ S
?2 . vfonthor conditi on s Night
23 . Eff o ct on c l ouds N/S
2li . Sk e t che s or photogr c.phs None
25 . 1annor of di sa ppoa r a nco exploded
26. Rema r ks : (over )
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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.
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CHECK- LIST - UEIDENT IFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1. Doto 7 ~ 1's Incid -mt # ]&llJ 117
2. Time 15(:() to 1700
3. Loca t i on Memphis, Tenn.
4. Ha.mo of obse r vor Miss Jem B~. Housekeeper et nt al (aee other side)
5. Occupat ion of ob9or vor Housekeeper
6. J,ddr c ss of obsorvor 253 W. Waldorf Ave., Me!TKJhie, Tenn.
7. Pla co of obsc r vtition Memphi s, Tann.
8. Number of obj ects 50 or Eo
9. Distanco of objo ct f r om obsor vor N/S
10. TiMo in sight N/S
11 . .Altitudo extremely high
12 . Speed faster than SDY' aircraft witDes ses had ever seen
13 . Direction of fli ~ht easterly
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
18. Shcpo unknomi - possibly like meteor
19. Odor dotoctod N/S
20. Appa rent constru ction S/S
21. Exhaust trails Some objects ~emed to haTe a silvery tail
which might have been exhaust
22 . 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~
23. Eff oct on clouds 1/S
24. Skotchcs or photogr aphs Bom
25 . l,lannor of disappoarenco N/S
26 . Romnr ks : (over )
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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.
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26 Mar 48 In.. 1:1 rt 118
1630 hours
] , :Berlin Licbtenrede, lirchbachetraase 2
rv r Dr Onn!!ne,
"UP, f n r f rv r Fonr.er guided mi ssile exp rt at Exeim:ietall Borsi,
,1:lr .• nr Berlin Lichtenrode, Iirchbacnetraeme 2
c- f b-- r· i n A.a abo?e
. ,'ur1b r r,f o t j l> l
). U r.tntlC'O o f nhj ct f r or., oh rv r li/ S
l • in in nir:ht B/S
ll. .-. ti~ud 14 kilometer•
l . 01 r c 1 . r r 1 r:h t Sou.th t o North
,<1 l C:l J./ S
lI • ..: , ' d No sound re, ,o rted
l;:,. Sh •.w.te cotnt•
17 . r-nlo r White
ll . :-;h~po n/s
) I • 0d r d t Cl;Od 1/s
20. \ nr r.t cor.:. 1 ruct ion 1/s
2 1. Er.hr,ust, t ru1l n No eXBD.at trail report£.d
hor c :,d i i n .. clear
23. Err ctn c l nud o B/S
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 • (OTcr)
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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.
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CHECK - LIST - (Tl IDENTJF!ED Ft~·rno OBJECTS
l, D::.i t o 20 1eb 48 Ineid nt f ll9'b
2. Timo 0700
3. Loco tion Villa liqea (10 ailea m ot Aauncion.)
I, . i:nmo or obs('r vor • Rancher ~ laborera
5. Occupotion ot oblJurvor Bencher.
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 l
9. Distonco o f ob j l ot from obso r vor B/S
10. Tino in air:ht H/S
11 . Allitudo l,OCX> ft
12 . Sr< <Jd leas than that of a plane
13 . Di r ucti on o f' fl 1r ht weet to east
111 . Tu~ti c:; B/5
15. J,.,11~d N/5
Si1.n N/S
17 . Col o r N/S
18. S h', po dieo
0d or dotoctod B/S
20. , \p~n r ~nt constr uction li/S
2 1. Exh,1ust t r n ils N/S - gave off an intense green oolor
:>2 . 'ifoothor c onditi onr. N/S
?3 . Eff'or.t on c l ouds N/S
?l, . Slrntch ut> or phot or,ro pho None
25 . ~Jo.nnu r of d i irn ppoll r 'lnc, N/S
26 . Romur ks : (~er)
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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.
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11/s - aro nd 7 J'eb 48
2• . ir. N/S
}• L t:it"n VeJle, Denmark
r Cccupc.ti n of' obs rv,r fi eld laboraz-e
• ... r s of ob'" rv.> r N/S
/. fl .c of otn T'." Lion GadbJerg (n r Vejle)
. :iunb r o!' ohj cts l
• !H. orico of obj ct r r o.l!l ob rv r 200 l!letere al.ti tu.de
l • Ti:io in ~ir.:h • ~ 3 second■
11 . ;.1 t :l ~udo 2CX) meter ■ altitude
l? . Sj rl hl&b speed
1~ . Dir1cLior. o fl "rht iJC to N\f
l ,. i'u~ ics N/ S
SI'\ I N/ S
lt> . Siz N/ S
17. Ct' l or sh1n1n&
10.. :;h .po N/S
1';1 . Odor cl tact d N/S
20. nopn r ont con... r ue i nn B/S
.Io hor condi i or.s N/3
23 . Eff rt c~ rlouds N/S
Sk r.h s or photo ,r up~:; Bono
25 . nnor of dinop o r nnc N/S
26. R .or b; :
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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.
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CITECK - LIST - UEIDEH'!' IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS
1. D:.itc 9 January 194g Inc id' J Pt # 121
2. Time 23,0
3. Locc1 t i on Cartersvil1e , Georgia , 34° 10 1 N, 84° 49 ' W
}.~. I!amo of obsc rvor Hugh DuBose
5. Occupr.4ti on of ob~o rvor Pilot (EAL)
6 . ;,-:ldrc ss of obse r ve r f-4/S
7. Pl oc o of obso r VLition Air
O. Number o f objocts One
9. Di stnnco of obj o ct from obso rvor N/S
10 . Tirr10 i n Si(;ht N/S
11 . rl l titudo 3000 feet
12 . Speed 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 Circular, except £ or t he top quarter w.1ich 'tTa s .flat, pot-
shaped
19 . Odor d ot o ct od !J/S
20 . Appn r ont construction N/S
21. Exh uu~t t r ails None
?2 . Won thor conditi ons N/S - --::-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 . Eff o ct on c l o uds 1~/'iJ
2!1 . Sl-:otch 1s or photogr o.phs
1 None
25. nunner of di anppoa r anco 10 ° below the horizon
26. Romo.rks : 1'1hen obj ect crossed the p 1th of t he witn ess all that could
be observed was an intense blm flame , in a shape circular exce pt for
'1 r
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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.
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3. l nc. t .i 0n 'iollo'Tlan Air i"orce ,iasc
'J . (:ccupt. Lion '>f obs ) rv0r Trained 1:al.oon obsei•ver, Geophysics Lab Section
6. ., ld r •·.,:; of ob::;,. rv..J r ti/S
"( . Fl ·.c of ob:;;,1 rv1. t i on Fr om t ·o ground
9. Di;.tnnco of obj n c1, fr om obs,, rv ir 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 J,1/::i
1 1.. 'i'uct ics Era.tic - conplcting a lar ge loop after its doyn ward descent,
then soarine; upward and disappe a.ring suddenly
15 . Sr-• md None
16 . Size Large
l7 . Co l o r Ore y - Tihite
18 . Sh(.po Ron:nded , indis t inct fonn
Odor dot octod
20 . Appn r ont const ru ction N/S
21. E:xhuu5t t r nils N/S
,!2 . Vfoothor c ond ition s C•.\ . V. U.
23 . Eff nct on c l ouds 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
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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 .
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CHECK•LIST - U}!IDENTIFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS
Incidrmt # l22 a
1. Da t e 5 April 19~
2. Time A.tternoon
3. Loco tion Holloman Air Force Base
4. I!omo of obse rve r Mr. Johnson
5. Occupo.tion of ob~orvor 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 . Tact i cs Object made three vertic 1 loops , upon completion of which it
it disappeared in a large arc to the west
15 . Sound None
16 . Sizo Considering t he moon the size of an orange, t he object was the
size of a diroo
17 . Color N/S
18 . Shnpo Bore some resemblance to, but definitely not , a balloon
Odor d ot o ct od None
20 . Appnront construction N/S
21 . Exha us t t r o.ils N/S
22 . Woathor conditi on s N/S
Effo ct on c l ouds N/S 1,.. I;
Skot ch c s or phot ogr o. phs None
25. Mo.nncr of diso. ppoa r onco Disap peared s uddenly
26 . Romo.rks : Presumably Mr. Johnson s aw t he object t ha t did not veor
to the right • ( dee Inciden t #112 b) He stated tha t :i.t was absolute l y
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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.
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C!!ECl' - LlZT - 1
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In i ,rt l22 b
l. D
io N/S
3. lo ion Hollo:nan Air Force se
ccuputio~ o f ob~ rv r in d balloon o ser r , C' ophysics J..ab ~ ction
6. ,\ ldr .~1 or ob:;o rvv r tl/S
/. Pl c of ob.. r·•., tion Pr0t1 the ground
• l'unb r oi' oM ct Two
9. ili.,tcwco o:' ob j ct froo obs rv r , /.::,
10 . Ti:,o i r sir.ht }O secor.Js
11 . :.1 \t.uclo
l" . Sp od l er y hi~ , faster t. :a, a y knownnircraft
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
dis , ~ar suldenly.
So I d N/S
lf.> . Sizu tl/S
!7 . Col o r Colden hu,
18. 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
1 . Odor c\ot o ot.od •1/S
20. "ppn ror.t conti t.r uctir.n 1/S
?l . Exhi.ust t r td l s l'/'1
?2 . 11 n • hor conditi ons /S
23 . Eff r.t on d ouds l /5
? • SkoLr.h s or photor.r uphs I one
•· . nr. r of di:::ap r cnco Dis pea.red s uddenly
26 . 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
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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.
The stat nts of o thor witnesses to this incident are contai ned 1n
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 .
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1. Dute: :!. l . • V' ...il 19~8
2. Timo : :30
3. I,.ocntion
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11. I!nmu of obse r ver
5. Occupc.ttion of ob~o rvor F:r- .. ~ " :. r.c'i-.!. t + ,J .,
c,t )T"f" cr-1~ t <. !.t"f: r..:.n. 0 r f-:>r ..'ecrtcrs Ci..-!'t... i ·1..r , Co . , ,.: t'""n .
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6. ;,,ldr u:i s of ob s or vor ·.-reE st Ern Cc,.... t~·i, _i" , Co ., .n.l.:,.Jr_• 111.
Pluco of obso r·vution
8. !lul"'\bor of' obj oots 1
9. Distance of obj e ct from obser ve r
10 . Ti;,'!O in s i r,ht
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ll . .i.ltitudo I
12 . Spcod
1~ . Dir o ction o f fli c;ht F/.:,
ll.i . Tactics 11 :'la. ,. ed. its w1ng'S 11
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 rls I
Effoct on clouds H/3 • r;
2L1 . Skotch ~s or photogr a phs N')ne
25. f..1annor of diso ppoa r nncc ·_:r/s
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2. Ti1'l0 1500 C-CT
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) . ir,c: tL·n i:orth , tJ.antic , 62°00 1 IJ 33°00 ' i'/
t. Cccup,.tion r, f ob ~o rvo r ,'1ea t her station natrol
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6. .,'!rl r • ;s of ob:;•, r v ,0 r 1<':irs t Coast Guard Distr ict
'i . rbc ,. of ob:; .: r vi.ti on Air
') . D.i$tuncu of obj;:• ct f r om obse r ve r 6500 yards - 18000 yar d s
Hi . Ti!"lo in s i r::ht N/ S
ll . rtltitudo N/ S
12 . Spc od 30 mph
13 . Diroction of fli(~ht H/ S
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 N/S
22 . 1ilcnthor conditi ons C. A. V. U.
23 . Eff oct on clouds N/S
2L1 . Skotohc s or photo,;rci.phs None
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. Copy
is also filed in radar si ght ing file .
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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
i;iv:i..n& a velocity of approxi mat ely 30 m. p . h. 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.
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CHEClt• LI ST - Ul-:IDE?JTIFIED FLYING OBJreTS
1. D~tc 2 liq 19!¢ Incidont # 125
2. Ti.mo Night
3. Locotion St. J..ouis, Miss ouri , 40°oo'N 90°15'lf
4. Hnmo of obse rve r N/S
5. Occupat i on of ob~o r vor N/S
6 . 1\ddross of obso r vo r N/S
?. Pl oco of obsorvi:.tion Ground
8. Murnbor of obje cts One
9. Distanco of object f r om obsorvor N/S
10 . Timo in sight N/S
ll . Altitud e N/S
12. Spcod N/S
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 N/S
22. Woothor conditions N/S
23 . Effo ct on 0louds N/S
2h. Skotch os or photogrc.phs None
Uannor of disappearance N/S .,
26. Ror::orks: Se,, Incident I/J23
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Inc id >r.t ~ 126
30 Apr i l 194S
?• :'inv 1015
3. lr.c: Lion Anacostia, l'aval ..:ir Station, 38°52 1 N, 77°00 1W·
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J. rccupr:.1..ion of ob$ rvnr Lt Commarrler, U3 Navy
7. Pbc,1 of obz,, rvr, tion 4
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-) . Di:;tunco of' obj, ct f r om obse rve r One mile
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 360° N
1!, • TII ct i cs N/s
l r ..
Sizo 25 - 40 f t diaireter
lfJ . Sh!.po 5phere
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) r- Odor d•Jtoctod U/S
20 . M1pnror.t constru ction N/S
,'? . ,: r:thor conditions N/ S
23 . 8ff ;ct on d0uds N/S
Sb,tch ·s or photo~ruphs Non e
2') . r:cnrvr of disnpp«oronco 'l/S
26. Romurks : The 01~ject appe ired "to the pilot to be a yellow (or
l ight colored) balloon , am attracted attention principally because
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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 .
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Cf!ECK - L IST - ttt-:IDENT JFIED FLYHlG OBJECTS
1. D:.ttc Inc id mt #- 127
2. Time N/S
3. Locot i on Lake Doiran , alonB the Yugoslav- Greek .fr ontier
I~ . :ramo of ob::;c r vc r N/S
5. 0c cup~ti on of ob~o rvor 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 N/S
13 . Diroction of fli {~ht l tJ0°
111 . Tuctics N/s
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 N/S
20. Jippnront construction N/S
21 . Exhuust t r nils N/S
?2 . \iloathor conditions N/S
Effoct on clouds 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
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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.
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:; . 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
,• . ! lr ·, or ob'.; rv r /S
). ~i.:tn1:cu of' ob i ~t f r oM obs rv•·• r !1./S
11 . ,,1 t itud• 6 - S !"!LI.es
1.:, . Di r ,cti ..l" rf' fHrht 90°
lfJ . :; j z, 9" diamet,e r r om t r our.d level
l/ . ~n lor i·hozphores <:en t
.?o. hrpnr.-. nt con::.t ru ct i ()n I'./S
21 . Exh •. u:,t t r cli l :; Fhosrl-toresccnt trail in sey
.2. ,I ·t. t,hur conditi ons T'/S
23 , Err ,c~ en c l ouds I / ~
25. ?!unr. r of disoppoerc.nco r;/s
26 . Romo rks : 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
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.. 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
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2. Tirno 1320
3. Locotion Wi lmington, North C:n-olina, 34° 14' N, 77° ,t' ,I
}4-. l!amo of obsc r vor ~s . H. D. Alspach
5. Occupati on of ob~o rvor N/S
6. ;\d<l r os s of obso rvo r 709 South 6th
7. Pl oco of obso r vr,t i on Ground
O. Numbor of objocts One
9. Distanco of obj e ct from obso rvor N/S
10 . Tirrio in si.i;htN/S
11 . Altitude Awfu lly h igh
12 . Spcod Fast
13. Direction of fli ~ht 90°
15 . s "lll!d N/S
16. Size As large as an arm, and about 3 feet long
17 . Color N/S
18. Shnpo Vblong
19 . Odor dotoctod N/S
20 . J\ppnront constru ction N/S
21 . Exhuur,t t r ails Emitted smoke
?2 . VJuuthor conditions :·l/S
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23 . Effo ct on c l ouds ?/S
2L . Skotch,:s or photogr ophs Hone
25. i:onnor of disoppoa r &nco J, /S
26 . Romo r ks : 1.1ysterious sky object was sighted by Hrs . Alspach , her
sister 1.,1·s . 8olvin , and I rs . H. 1) . Hufham. It cacno at first at a fast
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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 Civil ~eronautics adm i nistration discredited a
supposttion by Bluethenthal Field ' s station man~~er ~anes Holonon, that
object could have been a P~ plane in flie) t . The ·-:AA said there was n o
such plane in the sk;y "there at· t he time.
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Cl!ECK - LI8T - !1rIDEl:"'TF'JED FLYI!!G OBJECTS
Inc id 1rt 4, 130
3. 1 oc: t i <:-n Betwe en Plevna a nd Miles City , ~ontana
1
/1 . : nmo o f oh!';<' r vo r W. A. Bonneville
?• Occ up£l ti on of o b~o rvo r •rer r itory ...gr ., B. F . Loodrich Company
6. ,dd r c:;s of ob su rvo r 415 J . Rosser Ave . , Bismark, N. D.
'I . Pl ue: of obsu r vi.t i on Orolmd , Route ,/212, .iest of Plevna, traveling west
n. tJuMbur of obj0ct.o One
9. Di:,tonco of obj~· ct from obse rve r At ,closest point, approx. 25()0 f e et
10. Ti ;,io in sir,ht Some twenty minutes
11 . ,:..Hi tud,i t!/S
l? • Twice t he speed of the Nor thwest Airlines pla.~es
13 . Diru cti on of fl ir;ht '.f est, sligh tly sout11, then w·a st
li1 . 'i'odi cs Per~or r:1ed .J.rc
15 . S nur.-d : .one
16 . Sizo Fairl:.r large coinpared wit h an a i'r cr aft
17 . Cnlor ·:lhite - (mierit have had slight bl uish""'W;~te tinee)
if\ . 3hnpo Ball
19 . Odor dot octod M/ S
20 . hppl\ro nt constr uct ion N/ S - but apparently meteor-like
21. Exhau1,t t r n ils A l on;:s brierit light shooting f r om under it
22 . Wvc.thor conditi ons i~onlight, 1'1 Ut c!,-otrly
23 . Eff oct on c l ouds N/S
?L . Skot ch us or photogr aphs None - ,~p for warded shoWing locat ion of object
25 . 1'fo.nnor of disa ppoa r c nco Flew i n a dark cl oirl bank
26 . Romur ks : See Supp l ement
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e Tne B. V. Goodrich Compan:
1653 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Uinnesota
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Bismarck, N. Dakota
June 18, 19Li8
Col I , . H. Clingerman
u • .::i . Army Air Forces
Wri eht Field
Dayton , Ohio
Ref er - !-lCIAX0- 3
Dear Sir: -
In r e ply t o your letter of June 15th in mich t here are several questions
which y ou desire answ red to t he best of my ability - With reference to
t he object which I saw fl yi ne throui:;h t he a ir between Plevna am Miles
City Uontana on t he ni&:it of Mey 17tn, .i. will a nswer them and give you a
graphic des~ri:otion again with a little more elaboration than my previous
letter - if that is possible.
Queetion: - Did the e ntire object appear to be glowing, or did it give
t he effect of carrying lights. Answer: This tiling seemed to be a ball of
bri ~ t wr.ite light - and I could not make out if it was being carriedor just
what made it r; o - howev er, it did disturb me q uite a little because after
stoppi ng t o view it a t t he Pc:7tvder Ri ver Br i d ge I could not hear motors
hnmming such as a n aircraft i n these p arts might have , and I therefore tried
to find out jus t, what it was b;r t he u se of -my f ie l d g lasses .
( b ) Quc~, tion: - .An estimate of t he size of t he object in comparison with
some othe r kn own obje c t;. Answer - t h e size of t he light which was very
brilliant would indicate that it was fairly large compared with aircraft -
and I would say tha t t his exceedingly bright light which was one li ght
arp not several vras as bri eht as the headlight on a locomotive, only
about three times t hat bri ght and vri t hout direction. By this I mean that
th i s li ght s i mply gl owed very bright a rrl was not a directed li ght .
( c) Que ti.on: - An esti mate of t1e s P3ed of t he object in comparison with
the j et °tJ'pe or conventional aircraft . .Answer: This object flew at about
t\vice t he s peed of any a ircraft tha t Northwe::, t Airlines planes fly - because
it ,vould appea r c oming t hro w!1ere I v,as traveling \"fest on Highway #212 or #l2.
as we call it out ,ere appearing only faintly f irst and t hen growing larger
as i t approa c hed over t he hills north of t he highway - until it seemed to
ha ng there off i n the northwe s t of me brif),tly and then would turn south
toward the h i ghw.:1::r tmere it became real brigh t and t hen would start back
·,vest again and fly out of s i r.,ht . This t ing did this several times - which
actually eot rey- goat - if I may p ut it th a t way . (d) Que:-:t i on: Did the
obj ect appear to be circlin g a t random or didit follow a definite f li ght
pattern . Answer : As ... have explained before - t he object appea1·ed f irst when
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the Weat - then turning a lightl.7 South and turning in a big •win& and
t en heading Weat again - !lying out of eight into the da rk black
clowl bank out or eight - then reappean.nc, and it did this aeTeral tiaes.
(e) Queatioru - Ia it poe~ible tha t its duappearance into a "heavy cl.om
banJcn mi.tit hne been caused b7 clouds obscuring r eflected moonli~ht.
from a hig 17 polished aartaoe. Answer 1 - No - I have seen aircraft
IIMlJV times on moonlight nights - but this wu not anyth ing like that -
this thing glowed bri&tJtly white liaht such u any real white brillimt
light llight. The moon was not bright eno to reflect poli.shed liftlt
lrlleaa the craft might have been South of me in the dire ct light ot the
moon - which showed (the moan) fraa time to ti.ma through the clouds. 'l'hia
objedt wu in thoblack eection or tJ)e eky owr to the l4orth ot me m
slightly west, and • s a steady onooaing light growing brighter as it
care, am had the appearance of scmathing corryinc this light in the a ir
but w1 th out sound, and i t. certainly was close en ounh to ae to have heard
motors.
I thought it might have been sone kind of a jot aircraft that I perhaps had
no r seen - beoauae we u d.Tilians knOl'r ...-ery little as to ~ at ni&M, be
ping on in detense or experinantal moc.~anics howevor J.. ! Celt it l'I\Y duty to
report the t 'dng reg rdlesa as to what it migr,t ave been. ~ is was
s omewhat difficult for me to do because of the crackpot stories makine
the rounds in soae sections about fiying 4!&\lcera etc ., · ut for t ho lite
ot mo tlia had all the ear marks or j wst thn t kind of a deal .
I have traveled t hi.s r oad abO Jt which I have roloa ted this sichtinc many
many tines and at night inter and .;>ummer - an:f haw n ver before in 1
life soen anythine like this - so naturally I was ~1 omowh11t nlorl'll'!d about
it., :nid have steadfastly- kep+: 1.he wl--ole t dnc to self . I Trill certainly
be on the lookout !or the damed thing tho next trip I make t hrou;, this
sane area which is generall.7 after dark - because os• of the ti I " rk
from Lemmon Sou t h Dakota or Hottinger North Dakota along this highway to
Miles City which is about one days ffl:>rk 1th 111..Y DealorJ. In t_r.,ee li,e
those I !eel as bofore stated ony-thing of this n..1ture which ,1e are not
tni 11ar with we are duty bound o r · ~ rt to our Defenee 1-'orces o may
be better equipped to understa11d t he unfam.1.liar tha.n we are.
Yours wry truly,
1 . A. 001 UEVJ LLE - Territory ~gr
for the B. .i.: • Gooctrich Company
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.. . .
; r_.., \
~ -~ Gz, \... li .,
.. .. • • TH}~ B. F'. GOODRICH COHPAlJY
Minneapolis 3, 1-rinnesota
li.15 1,est Rosser Ave
Bismark, N. D.
5-?3-4g
United States Anny - I ntel ligence Div.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -
On the night of May 17th at about 11: 30 PU d riving f r orn Baker, llontana
to Miles City Montana on u.s. Hi grr,ray 1/12. just West of Plevna, Hontana before
getting to the hills I noticed a very bright object in the s ky to the l,orth
west . The sky was overcast in the West but to the Sout h the moon could be
seen at times - with a broken sky. HavinB t raveled this s arre route for
many years - about 15, I an p retty well used t o open prairie r oad a t niBht
and can tell a star from an unusual object when I see i t.
Northwe:.t Air lines t rav el a Western route just North of thi s route
also, but I s to pped a t the Pov1der River Bridge where the road dips con
siderably down from a high ridge - cut off my car motor and watched this
object as it sailed around i n the sky - wh~.ch .- t times close and others
seemed to speed away into t he he avy c lou:l bank to t he 1.Vest and then later
reappearing, at a ver y bri ght v1hi te light a t what I would ju:if;e about not
more than several miles away or closer . I c:1rry a pair of field glas s es
with me, and after stopping t he car engine watched this thing t lirou~ ray
glasses, which seemed to appear as a s mall object with a long ve ry bri ght
light s hooting .f:t-om the under part of it. Because of t he speed of the
object and the darkness it was very difficult to make out 'What it might
be, but I am sure that if I had had a more powerful glass Im ight have
rrade it out.
I am perfectly sincere and do not drink so the foregoi ng is absolutely
the truth. t)ith some of this newspape r funabo ut flying saucers etc, this
had all of the appearance of just that- am in stoppin g the car if this
had been an aeroplane I would certainly have been able to he,ar the motors.
I stopped at a s ervice sta ti.on just before getting to the Powder River
Bridge but they hai all gone to bed so did not have anyone alon g vrl. th me
to witness the ob ject as it flm, through the air . I t stayed around this
area for about 20 minutes arxi then f lew off t hroug '1 the heavy cloud bank
to the West.
I am enclosing a map shO\'fing the location of the foregoing .
Yours very t ruly,
The B. F. Goodrich Company
/ s/ Wm. Bonnen lle
Territory Manager
i
COPY v
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P ro~. bly t e
CHECY. - LI..,T - u::i r.:,TI F! EO FLYlt.Ci OBJECTS
l. D&te ?O J ·r. 19· 8
.,
' . rime ,, J.. ,..
' · Loco ti on ·,i llc , 1111 noi
,; . '1r,me 01' Ob$~ rver .. . . : ill
!> . Occup'l. 10n o f obs,.r,cr rvi or of Ply~ • T1 r•·
Jco· • ...... 5 ,..
G. Ad lress of o t:se rv,.r
7. ?loce ol' observ•,tion (7)
··imtn r o f 0 j••ct:i • l
I• Oio •ance of ohj~c
10 . firnc in Ci g }1
l 1. Al t i tud,.
l ').. Sfel'.'d ~"Ml'O.X 5'.JO . :PR
13 . P1 r cc*i n 0 t' fli13ht 'Y.) ·.., ~ of 3. .. e tJ <". . 1 0° uuo:1 rP.,~l ir,&
~~1t: en o~ - C?~t ~::.:,..
l,; . Tue i ~ .. ..... • CO !'"C
lf1 • ,,O'.llld
. ne
l(j . ,;i lC
17 . Color •• ii.O 11 ..~
18 . Shap,-
·" !'OX ro ,
1 '• Odo r c:,. t. ••c t"d
20. App,ircr.t conu t r ue ti on
Exr.nust • rn i 1r.
2. C!l • h • r (' r.d i i n.,
23 . F.tTec • OIi clo d& ··1 ..
•• .J
24 . ·, • ches or pt tor raphs ,-....
2! . •1nu, r OI d1 ,p1 fH.lrunc.- ··1
.i J
2'~ . ttc'":::i r ks
~ l •-.,. r i.ce: ., .,
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I nc 131n "
------ CHECK-LI~T • u::lDENTlFlED. FLYUJG OBJl::CTZ
l. Date Ju=.e 1r,l1u
2. rime :,-,y\
Loco.ti o'n Be lcv;lle , :::1 in->i~
,; . Name of observer :,:.,j:>r E.--:.rl .
...' F.n:·rh t,.I)~
s. Occupation or observer Pilot, ~mc.1."V! or , ~-~i it. ry Tr.•
6. Add ress o r observer
7. ?lo ce of observation
"· tumbe r or obJec ts l
9, Die o.nce of object f r om observ~r .• I ,'
10 . Time in sigh't
11. Altitude ;.inleter :r.i:-?ed bat b elo-N 6,r.co ft .
12 . Speed rox 500 ,G'f.
13. Di recti on of flight ;,35° 5 o:' 3nre tre n !..J 0 :,:... !l reach: l ""
C)">utn 4?nd of :kott .-S 3::1r-o
14 . Tactics
.:i bzog cour e
1 s. So·Jnd
16 . Site
Six or ei{;ht inch!!n in diamctnr
17 . Color •'!'.i C lig r.t
18 . Shape , nrox r ounJ
19 . Odor de tected
20 . Apparent constr uction
21. Exhaust t rails
22 . ee.tho r condition s Coarol te ovr re; r-t . t 6, .f"Q f t .
23 . Effect on clouds N/'3
24 . Sketches or phctorrapha
•25 . A!anner of disappearance" ' ' '3
26 . Remar ks
No airer- .ft fl y ing in the vi ci nity
of Seo!. t E' ci_, at the tic.~ li~nt "'!t;
si :htcd.
I
--- PAGE 99 ---
-- 3
CHECK - LI!:>T - maDF.NTlFIED FLYl NG OBJECTS
l. Date
,,
' .
V
'• . 'fa-e of obse rver
5. Occupa ion o f o bs!!rver ::13
6. Address of obse rv r
7. ?lnce of observation
10 . Ti r;,- in :; ir},
•.3 • t>n . ..""\ 11m thr e "P.C r. ,.
11. Al ti ,d•
t<J/ ~ (., ra. t .,:,· tra•: :- ,,. 4 rl v clo.-e to
12 . Sr ., d •row,J or \-;OUld be vi ~i hl o to .ore neo le)
:ot q : tc n~ fn...t a~ n t::e':c>or
1~ . ui r ccti'ln of fligh ..., ~
? \
;, ...:- • "'" to -
(
I /
l 'i . -=-~ctic,.
l c;. ,, ~rd
Jr. . •• i le
, 7. Color
i
20. Ar f.'lrcnt cor,& truction
2] . Exhn•Jst; t r •,ils
J:-t"~t.! h- y llow tr i l
22 . Yo!! ' h~ r condition!:
n .e
o r phs
1
2 • 'l0U• r or di 'Pl fl:- llC
• • "" ob c•u- d v! i on
26 . 1 11:c:.orks :
Offic~ er;::,,,..... or
1 ht rif n ~
6
--- PAGE 100 ---
l. Date 20 - 26 Feb ~
2. Time Usually around 2130 hours
3• Location N/S (Norway Denmark & Sweden)
INCIDENT lJ~
4. Name of observer N/S
5. ~ccupation of observer N/S
6. Address of observer N/S
7. Place of observation N/S
8. Number of objects N/S
9. Distance of object f r om obse rver N/S
10 . Time in sight N/S
11. A1ti tude From tree-tap l evel to 20, CXX) t
12. Speed one to two miles uer second
13. Di r ection of flight Come from dir ection of Peimemunde
14. Tactics N/S
15.. Sound N/S
16 . Size N/S
17. Color (green tail )
18 . Shape N/S
19. Odor detected N/i
20 . Apparent construction
21 . Exhaust t r ails green
22 . Weather conditi ons N/S
23 . Effect on c louds N/S
24 . Sketches or phot ographs None
25. Manner of di sappearance. N/S
26. P.ema.rks The trend of these objects to arroear a t2130 hours,
might be si gnific:mt. •. ,. "' 6
f •• ~ ·•, ~"":fl t1 , •• ~v ,t • , -~:-i.
If 1 ' '\
--- PAGE 101 ---
•
Saviog Time)
--- PAGE 102 ---
--- PAGE 103 ---
CHECK - LI~T • UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
l. Date 28 May 1948
2. Time 1500 houra (Ea stern Daylight Saving Ti me)
EnrqQte to
U -.:l ~T 3. Location • Se1rri dge Fld ., Mt . Cl emens, Mich r,/2.1a0Dill Fld
Positions 6 miles due ea s t of Monroe , Mi ohigan
l34a
4. Name of observe r M/Set ~est I)\vie , Jr . (oo l ored)
5. Occupation of observer M/S~
6. Add ress of obse rv·e r Selfridge Field
7. Place of obse rvatio n 6 mil•• du• east of Monroe, Michigan
8. Numbe r of objects 2
9. Distance of object fr om observer 25 to 30 m i les to mu: left
10. Time in sight ;o eeoonda
.
11 . Altitude approx 8,000 rt
i2 . Speed D D ~ Over 400 m1lea per hour
13 . Di r ection of flight South West from 35° at 8100 o'olock positioa
14 , Tactics Pursued atraight ooura•
15. Sound N/S
16 . Size Appeared t o be four f••t in diameter
17 . Co lor Shi:rw brass
18 . Shape round
19 . Odor detected N/S
20 . Apparent construction N/S
21 . Exhaust trails None
22 . Weathe r conditi ons Clear, high overcast at 18,000 ft; t hin stratus
layer broken at 8,000 rt, l ateral visibility•
o to 15
Effect on clouds
N/s miles
24 . Sketches or photographs Sketoh
25. Manne r of disappearance N/S
26 . Rema rks Disorepanoy as to position of 2nd object in group 2
as sighted by Lt Xokbloroi~ (!no U4)
\7itness perceived only top-aid• or object. Objects
,een flying over wooded section
b7
--- PAGE 104 ---
.,
CHECK- LI5T .. UIITDEN .IJ'IED FLYING OBJECTS
7
l. Date Between 15th & 20th Aug >,.
2. Time 2130 M5T •
3. Lo ca.tion Ba.pid City A:F Base, Weaver , S.D.
4. Name of observer Maj Elmer H. Ha.mnar, i. (A0-46014)
5. Occupatian of observer I ntel Officer
28th Bombardment Group ('VR)
6. Add ress of observer Baoid City .AF.Base
':leaver, S. D.
7. Place of observation Weaver , s. D.
8. Number of objects 12 (lsoprox)
9. Distance of object from observer 4 miles
10 . Time in sight N/S
11. Altitude 10, 000 ft to a-rynrox 6 ,000 ft .
12. Speed 500 f.PH +
13 . Di r ection of flight Appr oached first from N"l'I
then turn to right and disappeared in SW
14 . Tactics t ight di amond-shaned forrGr'.lti on
15. Sound no noi se heard
16 . Size Length : 1004- ft estimate
17. Color Yell owish- white - brilliant
18 . Shape Ell iptical
19 . Odor detected N/S
20 . • Apparent construction N/S
21 . Exhaust t r ails None
22 . Weathe r conditi ons Clear, no clouds , stars visi ble, wind, c...-lm
visibility 3o+
23 . Effect on clouds none
24 . Sketches or photographs Scetches
25 . Manner of disappearance Dissm:ieared on a S1i heading
26 . Remarks There ~ears to be minor discrepancies as to
speed and altitude in the r enort given verbally
to Gla sebrook and l tr to this Hq f/'¥a.J Hammer
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•
--- PAGE 107 ---
--- PAGE 108 ---
r -'
1. Date and Ti me of Observati on: ~ "1na 1~~ at 21.40
•
I nci den t No . U6
2. Wher e Si ght ed: Soutb lnouil.18, Tennessee
3. Observer 1 s Posi tion:
( i. _e . , gr ound, a ir-, control t ower , etc.)
4. Name and Address of Observer: Ur,. \UdtehOU1te, South ~ xvills, fenn.
5. Occupation and/or hobbi es: w:1.t'e ot lfajor lta"97 J. lbitehouae
Comaanding O.tf i.oer, I.SU, 3~19 iennessee
6. Attention Attr acted by:
7. Number of Object(s) Seen : 1
8. Si ze of Objec t( s) : JJ/ S
9. Color of Object( s) : orange
10. Shape ( Sketch i f Possi bl e) Ball
11. Nature of Lumi nosi ty:
(directed beam of light? )
12, Al ti tu.de of ObjPct : ,o. ooo ft
(estimated)
13. Esti mated Di stance of 0bject from Observer : N/S
14. Estimatod Gpced of Object : 1,000 IPli
15. Ti me i n Sight : 3 ainute■ (according to llra Whitehouse)
3 aeeonda (accordin.g to ORC inetructore)
16. Tacti c s:
17. Sound Jlf.ade by Object( s) : N/S
18. Direction of Flight of Object( s ) Weat
19. .Apparent Constructi;m: •t:tre•
'
20. Effect on Cl ouds: N/s
21. Exhaust Trail ( Color of) : ••tr•mer of blUi.Sh color traillng•
22. Manner of Di sappccrance: OY~r horison
23 . Weather Conditions at Time of Si ghting: B/S
24. Peculi ari t i es Noted:
25. Su.mmD.ry of I ncident :
(See attached page)
--- PAGE 109 ---
--- PAGE 110 ---
c•
Chl:':CK - LI~T - U!llDl:.NTlFlED fLYlNG OBJECTS
l. Date 30 Ju :- e 19ue
1,36a
''> . I'ime 2140
'.'>. Location s. Knoxvi lle , Tenn
4. Name of obse r ve r Mr Tryus W. Setliff
5. Occupation of obse r ver N/S
C. Adrl r ess of observer Oa k r idge , Tenm,ssee
7. ?lace of observation Knoxville, Tenn
'I . ~l•unbr>r of obj"ects 1
9. Distance of object fr om obse rv'3r N/-3
10. Time in Gigh~ 3 seo onda
11 . Altitude
12 . Speed 1,000 MPH
13 . Di r e ction o f f light Westerly
14 . Tactics N/S
15 . :o•.md N/S
15 . Size N/S
17 , Color Orange Color
18 . Shape Ball
19 . Odo r de tected N/S
20 . Apparent construct i o n Fir•
21. Exhaus t t r ails Bluish Color
22 . 'fleathe r conditions N/s
23 . Fffect on clouds N/S
24 . Sketches or photographs None
25 . ~.~anno r of disappea r a nce Over horiton to West
26 . fi'emo. r ks
61
ti
--- PAGE 111 ---
CJ!'EGK• LIST - Ur-!IDFJl~:'IFIED Fl Yrnrr OBJECTS
Inc id ·,rt ./1 1)7
1. D·ittJ 7 Jul 4g
2• Tino 211~ and 2ll5
Loci tion ,,
I
I
i1nrw of obsc r vor J~mes k•u , Lt., 0 : S. llaYal Bea.rY•
5. Cocupc,tion of ob~o rvor Nllt.h81at1o• laa\ruc\ar
6. n'idr• :..s of obso rvor Universt ty o f Norta Carolina
7• Pluco of obso r vt. tion CMpel 1Ul', i. C.
8. Nur'lbur of o'hj<'ots three ( J)
9. Distnnco of obj e ct f r om obso rvor N/S
10 . TiMo in sir,ht A·1>rox-1mately o• (1) lliJmte
11 . Alt i t;udo 'JI.Y:U,.M
12. Spcod H~
13. Diroction of flit;ht
ll1 . '.i'uctics N/S
15 . Sound Jst
16 . Sizo X/8
17. Co l or N/1
18. Shape N/8
19. Odor dotootod N/8
20 . ;,pp£,ront constru ction N/8
21. Exhuui.t trnils Not lieiltla
22 . Woothor c onditions Clear
23 . Effect o~ clouds 1/8
24. Sketches or photogr aphs l one
25 . Manner of disoppea r a nco N/8
lo
--- PAGE 112 ---
ts ha • red a
ze of an airp • Tn 3- tb.
Didn't, sq
--- PAGE 113 ---
-·.
CEECK- LIST - lffI DEi'!TI?IED FLYHlG OBJECTS
1. D:.ito 7 Jul 48 I ncidort :/f 137a
2. Time 2114 and 2Uc:;
3. Loctition Cbapel Hil l , N. C.
)►• ;!umo of obse rver H. W. Daniels
5. Occupc.tion of ob~o r vor Capt., I nfantry, Re~erve
6. hddr t:os of obso r vo r Box 188 , Chaoel Sill
7. Ploco of obs o rwti on Chapel Hill , N. C.
8. lfuMbor of objC\cts three ( 3)
9. Distance of obj o ct f r om obsor vor N/S
10 . TiMo in sight Aoproximatel,v one ( 1) minute
11 . Altitudo Extreme
12. Spead High
13 . Diro cti on of flir,ht Eas t Northeast
llJ . Tuctics N/S
16 . Size N/S
17 . Color N/S
18 . She.po N/S
19 . Odor d ot o ctod N/ S
20 . Apparent constr uction N/S
21. Exhaust t r nils Not Visible
22 . Vfoothor c ond itions Cl ear
23 . Effo ct on c l ouds N/S
21., . Skotch os or photogr nphs None
25 . Mannor of disnppoa r anco N/S
26 . Romn r ks : r (.
--- PAGE 114 ---
0
C!-!ECK- LI ST - Ul~I DEi!7IrIE:) FL~I!lG OBJ ECTS
• ,
Inc i :.i mt :/1-138
l. 0!.tO rt Jul 48
2• Tir10 CJJ20
3. Loct t i on f;o1~"hl<J , ' r..1o
h. :ramc of obse r vor 'J.!•s . 't/ildt! Z!.t tek
5. Occupoti on o-f' ob~o r vor E:,.ne~f•
6 . 1\1drc ss of ob s o r vor ~9 Avl l on Ave.
Colun:bus.- O.
7. Pl aco of obs (; r vt. t i on Grc-1.:mi!
8. Ilur.ibo r o!' obj oct s t •:o (2)
9. Di stnnco of ob j Gct fr om obsor vor E/S
l G. Tino in sif;ht f c-.ir (4) 11lnute ■
11 . ;..1t itudo J w_g ~d t .> be arowxl. 3000 feet
12 . Spood Cc~ld act be e1tiattd aroUlld .
13 . Dir oct i on of f lic ht Firs t he&AeJ. t;i ti.la iartb
111 . To ~ti cs J <>ob ecl up ud down
15 . Snnrd ti~
16 . Size With biDocul&r ■ (!Jape N-3, 6 x J O) about 3 1/2' 1D lacth by
1• in diamt\ar
17 . Col or SilTer
18 . Shc po Li ke a cigftr or \orpedo
19. Odor doto ct od J/ S
20 . ,\ppa r ont con st r u ction Mc~ll1o
21 . Exhoust t r u il s J:me
22 . Wontho r c ondit i on s Cl-.r, I\Dllipt, ao claaia
23 . Eff oct on c l ouds llone (fher9 wre noae)
Skotchos or phot ogr ophs Bone
Uannor of di sa ppoa r cmco rnd.e4 &Vii(
Roma r ks :
{Onr)
--- PAGE 115 ---
.-.. Zt.\tAtk t \bat tm obJec\e loolm4 11.n •goith thro air currenta.
Tb., a blunt DON tl'la tall wa obacar • At !tr t t 7 look like
uric blot. Both • aeru 1.D!lat.inct. fb.q were Tiaible for three or ' 'lur rutuuwa
4Mi11:1D\of •
811-Jeot'• J)CJWC'I of ' '\a\. 0Jl -..
!.r crart ~ 11 t he ar IID4
n\, bu\ poor f ,r U tan •
were toua4 t o 'be &004 u f •
altU •·
air a t t of
'
.
Capt. Dant1ll, pilot or cma ~. w ~ " 1Qg • l co•• for tiOD 1D trail of Lt.
Colliu -.11.t paou« hi.a a cal br .t • c ~- !ha a1rcra \ wr• JlO t
aquipped. with' w1JI& \t.p -talm. !h pilot• eta.tad that th., wre 111 U. Columbua
AN&. Nr1. llttek poeitt.oa _. fl• o \brN quartar rear ro11ton at e1«ht1mg.
,
.ta article .u pibU.abK by tbe Coludnl• C1t1r . n ew9 1'~• C lubws, Ohio, g Jul 48.
--- PAGE 116 ---
l tb U. ntk~ m~ ~ •PlX41'.t4 to ~
wri~ in. t ~ . WU
. . .
dia11etazo. X:-n otoer WQl'da• tbiiJ'. aeemd to
di.allltt.er in
..u..w♦- lour ·iilmi
~ :ware t»b a a.
aound &udlb o"bJt,ct1 ~
u-at. aetl ll t toward
~ no
--- PAGE 117 ---
r ◄ •
•
J t 1 .,.
:; . l ti ll or h ll
1.
c u ti :i of ob.. rv r AT! !1.v ~i; n • or
o• .~!lr .., o f ol -~ rv r .. A. v \ " ' 1•r .1 --t J
f. f1 c o! ob:i r vi til.ln r,r :in.
ob:; rv r /5
n . t i:r b 1 1-~ ec iurc . on
11 . .,1 i ,mh> ~lOO o 11000 fet t
12 . Sr, od bet ,p, n ~co & Geo
Oiroc t i •.· t ( a~ t t o .,. . t )
a. 11. \n r i ~ !1
1:on
coQla not b e~ti ~te
ual«.! ycllowi. . •~1.i t ( .!IJinous)
17 . C"lor
lf . 3hnpo N/S
19 . Odor liot ctod 1 /s
21. E.Y.hf,l.St t r .ils
1 in t he E st- Sout oo!'t.
' ( . \:OC1thu r oonditi ons Clear w/ i.<ll't. r
23. £ffoct on c l ~uds N/S
2L. SY.otoh •s or photo
0
25. Hnnr.or of di&np nr r.co Suddenly a t -mPlf" of' ap ,. i\T. 7C t o horizo:l
ir: fror.t o"" ob~rva- ~ o ;.11s lo~kir4" n T h
26. Romor ks : n reconn is ance uilo in :cs·l
Lt . Gle ebroo ~
1
--- PAGE 118 ---
1. :i
O'I I Vf'r 8 t tm t f
.. .
♦
7
--- PAGE 119 ---
•
--- PAGE 120 ---
from obsorvor
.'
•
•
construction
Exhaust tr~ila Seemed to near
\ 1fo nthor conditions
photographs
.; ' .. •
• • • 1 I
Tlitnesa states: "A beautH'Ul golden
a halo with a silver rim arourxi it."
--- PAGE 121 ---
CHEClC•LIST - Ul IDD?TIFIED FLYlnG OBJICTS
1 July 1948
Inoident f~
2 • Time Between 2100 an4 2200 hour•
3. Location O&hanna, Ohio
L. ttomo ot obaor-.or llr Jaat Taylor
5. 0coupotion ot o~or-.or 1/8 but now aot1-.e in kt1oaal Guard
6 . Addrou or obt1orvor W/s
7. Ploco or obaorwtion G a ~ , Ohio ( groan4 )
6. Nuabor ot obj oota l
9. Distonoo of objo ct trcm obaorvor 1/s
10 . Tino in sight 2 ..oond•
ll. i\ltitudo }000 to hooo rt
12 . Spood terri fie
13. Dirootion or fli ght Bortheaat to SOQthweat
ll,. Toot les P\lnued aknt""11cdtu tl&t line ot tlight
15. Sou.-d Non•
16 . Si&o W
ft
17. Col or brir,ht yellow-white
16 . Sha po W/S
19 . Odor dotootod 11/s
20. Appo r ont conatruotion luminoua
21 . Exhouat trails w/ s
22 . ftootho r conditions Clear• bright aoonlight
23. Eff oot on clouds N/S
21.i. Skotohos or phot o~r aphs Hon•
25. Unnnor of d isoppoo r onoo N/S
26. Rom.a r ks : Vr. Cheat er Ta y lor ga• • the aam• -.eraicn • • that ot hi•
aon. Mre. Tayl or apparently did not oh1erv• t he phen011enon.
1
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c ,:,a of s~d. ~ It ws •a glow and not a. e
. ght and. vras about two seconds in' dur~tion. It <lidn 't fade bJ[t, ·c
bruptly. The ·Jine of' <flight' appeared f~t and the object ap~re
om the Northeast going southwest. A.lti tu.de :q~ between, 3,000 an
4.ooo ft. There was no audible noise alt i t was a qui.et nigh
the object ,a~red close orizon of about
Al.though tlle sky wa
light - ·
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CHECK-LIST - UNID&."TIFIEO FLYING OBJroTS
1. Do.to 30 Jun9 1948
2. Tilno 11125 A. 11•• to 1127 Pll ud 1hortl7 therearter
Lo~tion Beola. South Dakota
Nomo ot obse rver loraan Prut11nreut•r
Occupation ot o~o~r Chemioal Engineer - Amateur Aatrcmoaer
6. Addr ess of obaorvor B•ola,· South Da kota
7. Placo of obsorwtion B~ween Wat•rtown, s. D., & Wtbater, s. D.
a. Nwabor of objoots l
9. Diat-onco of objoct tram obsorvor N/s
10. Ti_110 in sight Slirhtly owr two houri
11. Altitudo 150 miles (?)
12. Spood Stati onary
D1roct1on of fli ght Stati onary
,.approx
Tactics Remained in on•/position then d~aintegrated
Sound None
16 . Sho N/S
__...,
Color Like polished alumin\1111 I r.
I
r '
18 . Shapo Chanr,ing
Odor dotoctod None
~~cmed to be • oluater 0£ part• ~~
~-
20. Appnront construction
21 . E.xhoust t r aila Partiolea of disintegrating me.£0 !ert very faint
trails of -vapor
22 . Vfoathor conditions Brilliantly oloar (CAW) - Wind velooity 3 'MPH
Effo ct on clouds No olouda
24 . Skotohos or photographs Map aho•ing looations of s1~ht1n~a •
25. Mnnnor of disoppoaronoo Disintegrated into a~aller pieces
26. Ronu:irk5: Object appeared as olusttr of parts wh1oh remained fairly
stationary and constant for sane two hours when it underwent a rather elow
ohan~e in shape . A large chunk fel l otr. Within the next 2-1/2 minutes the
entire s pot started to very slowly disintegrate . Three larger parts moved
(over) 75
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allay ogt trom the ~s• and formed a perfect iaometrio tria.ngl•, the
reaa1n1ng mass slowly moved into hu dreda ot small parts seemingly
l•• "t'1Jlg nry fai.Dt vapor tnile. The three rema i ning pa rts oontillu•d
to move apart holding their relat.ed poeitione ot a perfect triangle
but gradually getting s111&ller and fainter until they dissappeared some 9
aimtea after th• initial break-up. It could mttx:ea$1ly be seen
that the parts ,n,re moving a.way rrom the earth.
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l
Inc i j )t t; -fr 1 1c
2. Tfr:v
3. Ir:,,· t.itn
.. . ., ;r le , J,·.
i3 .. C , I
9. D.i.!1tt1nco of ob,; ct frcn obt;o r v·.:r
10 . Ti;"IO in si.-ht
11. nlt it:udo
12. Sr•)1Jd
13 . Diroction or fl i['ht
• j
l• Tuc-1 ics
15. s "lll'd
11., . Sizo
17 . Cc:-l or
18. She.po
] c;, . Cdor d otcct ,d
20 . HpJ Cl rr•r.t cons t ru r.tion
21. Exhuust t r n ils
i'>2 . 'i/outhor o onditj on s
23 . Eff .i ct on c l ouds
21J . Skotchis or photogr c.phs
25. 1:0.nnor of di sn ppoo r nnco
26. Romnr ks : C. •
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••
' l'rt:r - l,T - 11 '1 '~ l
.1 . ] ?IC i 1 H I, 1, 1 _,
?. I J
,. ,. t 'i 11
,i . ,n of nh rv r
(' ('U pt. i :1 or ob; rv r
. . .r of ol r-., r
1. rl c or b~ r.~ ti n
:• -.b r o" obi ct ..
':) . D:i: t; •1c o f o • · l frm ob" r v r
10 . Ti:-, > iu oir.ht
11 . ,. 1t i t.udo
12 . Sp orl
l' . Dir l>C I i or. or flirht
l ,. 'i'ur. lCS
l c: . n• tr- 1
1,., . oiz
!'/ . C l cr
18 . Chr.po
1r, • Oder ti toctod
20 . " J'PC. rr r.t ons •.r ur,t ir,n
21. Exh•iur,t t r il:.
22 . l a thor onndi• i ons
2} . Effo r.t r.n ~loud~
21J . Skotch s or photogr i..p!"I:;
25. 1' nr.or of' disnppon r nc
26. R :'UlT}t,,. :
- - 1
j
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CHECK- LIST - UN I DENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1. Da t o 24 ~ ~ InoidQnt # 1414&
2 . • Timo 02.:,0
3. Locotion Sear 11.ackatoM, Ta. euroa.te to Balei&b-nu-ha
l~. i!amo of obse r vor I.ow.a J'el4•rt
5. Occup(ltion of ob~orvor pilot
6. J\ddr os s of obsor v or LG.\
7. Pl aco of obso r wtion Air - ~ Blacaton., Va.
8. Numbor of objects lal,- trail IND
9. Cistanco or obj oct f r om obs or vor n/•
10 . Tmo in sight 1/S
11 . ~ltitudo 1/S
12 . Spood terrific epeed. -
13. Dir ooti on of flight 230°
14. Tactics !Ir-all COTered en 80° to 90• arc lateral.~
Sound B/S
)
S1zo B/S
) (
Co l or 1/ S 0D.l.7 trail pei-ceived. - obJect
) was not seen
18 . Shapo 11/s
)
19 . Odor d ot octod B/S
20 . Appn r ont c onstruction B/S
21 . Exhaust t r a i l s Seemed to be a jet or rocket trail
22 . Woathor cond itions at 02}0 at :Blackstone: 'IJ/70 mqGF 112/73/72/
waw 5/987. G.reanaboro and Raleigb-Bm=h had m/15 plue
Effoct on clouds B/S
2L1 . Skot ohos or photogr nphs None
25. Manner of disa ppoa ra rtc o 1/S
Romo.rks :
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:, 7
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• • t
Shortly a f t e r ~ BJeebtone, at approx 023(), • trail w. picbd up th&~
appeared to be a Jet or rock.et trail. ~ object leariJlc the trail ws•
tr&TelhJc at terrific apeed 1n a 900.thveaterl7 diNction aDd aa marJ..y u
the7 could ec.tmai. they calculated the ~ e • ot travel u 23()0. •.
!hey wre on a heading a_t tb.e time of 215•. The Jet or 1"0cbt trail at no
time croaaed their fiigb.t path. · It w.a on the 411taat weatcn bor1zcm at
approx 20• abo•e the horia:on. b trail oo•ered an 80° to 90• arc laterall.J.
IO'?I: !here 1• a 15 llimlte differeace in time f/thi• •1'bt1.nc w{023()) to
tbe roobt •i&htinc at 0245 1n M 1 • JPN l«x> to i.75 all••
diatant. ~h,, r-, .....,.,.-..G-, - ,
mt'lr !!he abo•• time (0230) talli•• with uothar •i«btfzic 'b,y another pilot
in the ricini ty of lUackatone, Ta. • eav a 'Yff'Y um.aaal meteor
that &ppecll"ed to bo on a bearing of about 21.0° from th.ea tr&Tel UC
in a aoutherl.y direction aboTe lN.t cl.o•• to the horizon.
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1...at to Trlp Bapor\ to Colu(llbul. Ohio 31 Jilly 191&1
llel Ji.tlanta 81.cb\iac
1'HRDI Col Cl laccl"JlaJI
'ft) I Col. McOoJ •
l. !he obJeot ol tbi• trip .u to i.aterrlaw C. L. Mc,lelrie, a puaa
& r al,oard tba ._tera J.l_rliaea l)(l.J, tba ni&ht o! 24 Jul,y 1948.
2. Mr• .iclelvi•' • vritto nat--.t ta ••...tial..q aa follows Ile
•• ~7U& tbe 5th or 6th ae-.t fro• the 1'1'0at of the pla• oa the ript
ad "°'114 period1call1' glance out the window. !ban wa• a full mon which
lllillilaated tti. grollJld ad tha lld.ea aild the cz-OUDd could cl rl7 be aea.
~ · t}3 they po.a.ed cwatlu1 elowla. On on~ ocoaeio• a• he w::>-9 lookia&
nu\ he obaorYed a suddea 1treak oi l~ht movinc in a couthee.atern 4ireotioa
acre • the airv9¥ above the plane. Ile woDdered it it were 11&htainc but
o'b.-ved tho fiaae moved in a atrai&ht liu and. not in a flare. The color
YU 'brieht flm• - be thoupt 1t wa probL:.bly a liFt chen.y red - altbou&h
tlw edge• wre 1110• of a 7ellov name. a,, ahitted hie pos1t1oa 1A hit eo1 t
f O'f' b t\91' obeervatio~, momeut.uril.T loaag •~t of lt. Then be u.w tt
IIC01ta. ii~ eoiimuted. the n e t o be ..lbout l/2 ae far above tM plane a■ the
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