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U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

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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 .
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Pueblo, Colorado
February 20, 1948

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S1Jbject:

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L:00 p. n . ('",T) February lt, 19l,it

Purpose:

peculiarities
To call at.ten ti.on t.o so
in connection, whe her coincid ntal er not

AccordinG to 'Vl AP bulletin appeari"' 1n the Pueblo CHIEFTAIN
for Fehruary US , 19116, sone ohj ect was seeu moving eastward
across the sky or tt-.n late artemoon of 1" bruary IBth, ard
en this UiinG re'lcl ed a po:iition ap1,roxi.mate to l!orcatur ,
Kansas, c:xploded , or disrupted, or disappeared. The ex­
plosion is said t.o ha· e been terrific.
Dir,..ction:i gi.vi::n as to •he prccress or tJ is appearance i n­
rticate Unt it rii< ved from west to east.
Information con ,ained in t,hc dispatch under a Denver dateline
in1i ·ate that
ile mar,y would call this object a bolide e . , . , expl din meteor - the astronomP.rs of Chamberlin
Vbservator y (iJenvor) did not so assess it : it is said in
U e dispatch that t se offic1al• could offer no explanation
of it.
If this 1.s t
ca· e, the a ;:,para.nee is anomalous , a nd may lend
1 tseli to other meteoric expla nation .
A sb tch~iaGJ"Bm of t ~ earth and moon I s orbit reveals a pe ­
culiarity in coMcction wi tt thP appearance , 1'hich may be
&1E;nJ.ficant .
Ir a line i s s •r icken r..it r ight- anrl"'s 'lcross the meridio"'a.l
position o r the s:ite of expl "'sion r this oeteor at hour
argl • fo •ir o'clock (local time) and t ds line be con::idered
the west- to-eai:;t cours of thP object, tten it will bo St en
t 1at if • iB line i .. c !'It n' d
tward ir to 'lpace toward t.ho
orbit of t t e moon it will intersect the lunar orbit at a
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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
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,Tatch the moon fo r
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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.

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The geographical position of the Norcatur explosion s uggests poss ible
with other occurrences happening inside latitooinal limits arbitrarily
demarkable between 43 ° 36 1 North (which is the lati tooe of Ooise, Idaho)
and 36° 10 1 North ( the lati tu:ie of Nashville, Tenn.)., a belt about 485
miles wide.
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'lbis suegestion is gained from positions given for occurrences
happening between June 24., 1947 and February 18 , 1948, as s hall be
hereinaft er briefly described,

THE OOISE (Idaho) OBJECT- This was seen either beginnin{.! or ending at 330 pm
It was in the western sky,
was of comet-li~ appearance, and settled gradually toward the horizon ae
planetary bodiea set. It was seen bo.r Lt. Gov. Whitehead •u )j Chief Jus tice
Lartpert. Its nature was unknmm .

24 June 1947 am was visible for 20 minutes.

The peculiarity which connects this object, for speculative purposes, with
the explosion of some unknown object over 1~orcatur, Kans ., on 18 l!'ebruary
1948 is the seeming of a relationship between the positions of the moon for
the two phenomena:

In the form2r case the moon was at the date of phenomenon, about 7%, 63
before the positionof First Quart er; on the second case i t was about 8%. 73
beyotxi the position of first quarter.
Since the Boise object was visible for 20 minutes be fore it sank this
argues it was about ten deil"ees a bove the horizon when fi?1J t seen. Now
if a line be dra1'l'l westward and at ten degrees zenithward from the

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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 .
anoMaly here is that one would not expect to find drastic do'Tm-<:lrafts
of such violence as to thus upset a lighter than air craft. Possibly a
dovmdr :ift a ccounted ror t ~ accident - but if the Signal Officer will look
up the incident of the British steamer Talma w',ich, at the time of the
sighting of a luminous wheel- like phenomenon in the Gulf of Llartaban,
reported a s lowin r: of the engines from some unknO\m cause, it may be seen
that possibly forces are ,-:enerated in son:e manner by certain unk11own
ohjects at time s in t he or ean, whi ch may have physical attraction for
materj al objects . 1'1is blimp ace idP.nt occurring in waters where occnrred
othP r phenomena shortly to be mentioned, seems to have a doubtful side
t.o it.
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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.
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On November 24, 1947, the Navy denied that it had
found a phantom reef or other obstruction to navigation at a point about
4oO miles west of San Francisco. TM Navay Survey ship MAURY, s ent out
there in r esponse to reports of ships that s ome hugh object had been
seen in the water in tha t neighborhood , reported that when in the
approximate 1 titude and long:1.tu:ie of the supposed obstruction they
picked up an echo from soll8thing in the wa+.er 16oo yards f rom the
ship; but that Tfhen they had steamed to within 4oo yards of thi s, the
echo vanished.

.THE PHAN'IOM REEF -

There seems a possible connectability between the various elements so
tar considered.
Later on January 7, 194.S, there were occurrences in the neighborhood o!
\filmington, o ., Ft. Knox, Ky., Franklin, Ky., am Nashville , Tenn., all of
which must be now familiar to the archivists of the Signal Office.
Something like a "fl¥ing disc" was pursued by one Lt. Mantell arrl two
other pilots, ~antel being killed while in the process of att emptin g to
gain altitooe to get close to whatever it was he was chasing.
Also, in this connection , it may not be amiss to mention the deaths of
two military officer& ,mo were said to have been bringing back material
evidence from "flying discs" one of which was said to have met with some kind
of accident over .14aury Island, Puget Sound, around June, 1947.
It Will be seen on inspection that the geographical locales of these
incidents fit inside the belt of latitu:ies hereinbefore mentioned.
'mE NORCATUR EXPLOSION was described in a previous letter of this
writer, an:i it was shown in that letter that a line tangential to the
meridian of Norcatur, Kans ., at hour-angle 2:20 p.m., would if con­
tinued outward into space to the orbit of the moon , intersect the
moon's orbit at a point where the moon would have been at about 100
hours after the time of the explosion.

Accordin g to r ocketry theory, it would take a reaction-propelled
craft of the rocket type about 100 hours to reach the moon.

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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
l.o !.!0011?

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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.

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Excerpt of letter dated April 11, 1948 from Dr. Lincoln LaPu, Director,
Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, to the Deputy Executive Director, Committee on Geophys ical
Science~, Research and Development Board:
Thank you for the surprising documents sent roe under date of March
As you remark, certain aspects of Markham's letters a re fantastic
(for example: (1) the fir~ball procession of 1913 , February 9, waa
genuinely meteoric, although a rare type of chain fall; (2) no astronomer
could take seriously Markham's 11 invasion by beings from Venus or the Moon"­
theory: <,) he appeals to, and biases in his favor, such untrustworthy
evidence as newspaper stories, e.g., the absurd statement a ttributed to
Dr. Rocht of the Chamberlin Observatory) . Nevertheless, Markham is justi­
fied in calling attention to certain incidents as tD1explained, for example,
the 11 flyin 6 lenses" (in my opinion 99% hoax and imagination and 1% r eal).
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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.)

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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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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
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the great fall ot 1~5,
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(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
u ,..x· lcued .

-------- •·a.r.: , s, n of Flo·,d ltw-::. , 11, rr.iles east of I ort.on on ll:i :;&, at the Jct .
K-1--(), sn11t,h rirlc r~ i,tw>'1,•· . At ah,-ut. c:; to c, :;o l . 1-t. • , not sur e of time ,
wa!: r di,:
is hor se i.r a 1-t·,st,..n·e, \'ften he 11eard s<.,r.!tttin1 quner int.he sky .
I ookin, 'J} to ,.,. south -west, 1~ .,av, wl a1. ;ippearcd tr f im t.o be a r c,cket,
just li ,e ~,. h·,d seen ! ·i.rin,• the war in ... uror,e . l 1, startl ed ,im, and he
j111,11cd ,""Jff the 'or::ie .
"a t.h1.:n r er101u1t,cd , 11ntcl;ed itc:: cowse , alrr.ost on
a lir P-1 hut lns· ni; Hi t i de a lii ,le, anrl i1 then expl oded with a bir cloud
of smoke , c.11 pnr entl;: ov , r 1\0:rton , from i·, 1,ere he vra~, south of 1- rairie Vievr.
JI., rc<le Ior, t oward hnr:,,,. ,'? wa_·fi , w en c..udcle-,lv t he sound and jar o f t he explosion
r eadied i,, . I rs . l'nrs v,a:-; hone in tl e 1ous o , when s he heard and relt SO!'Y t..hing
1
likn a trud· mi 1; t h::ive struck the house . ,>he ran out o f the l•ouse and t. ~.en
fit-r.t saw t.he h11,se clo1x:f , f SMOl.:E' . ·,bout 110 minutes lnter , a part of t,he
sr.ioke c l ou1 lirf't ed d ir, ctl y over thei r ho11se, and went on east ovor
1-hil l iJ sbur t:•
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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
standinb j ust inside t.he front wir.dow of the rost.offi ce in Nor c'ltur , when
l,e observed a blindir ., flash as if someone had taken a flashli J ht pie ture.
dP. could locate no one wi t1J a camra, but noticed several men walkint; t,o the
c,•nter o.f t i e s treAt and lookinc up .
Ye ti.en walked out t,o where t,hey nere
and looking up, saw a high cloud of smoke i n t h e sky almost diredtly ov er head
s 1, a t , e d

but slightly east. Suddenly, about 1 anct 1/2 minutes after e }ad seen the
flash, there was a terrific explosion an1 jar, shakinc the vrotmd and causine
the windows all around to rattle. Following the explosion, there were several
low reverberating rumblil'lgs across the heavens . He stated that tho explosion
must have been very high.
Edgar Younr: , 1 \>0y living at Regar, just east of Horcatur, was outside the
ele~ator, when he observed the eXJ losion, looked up and saw the huge clotd
of smoke . He stated that it 11as almost overl.ead but slightly west of hiJ!I.
He said that it was a bif explosion. The elevator man was out in the
elevator, 1'hen he heard the e.xµlosion . He t ought th~t his oil- burner had
exploded in tho office and ran in to see about it . Fi.ndinr, i• O. K., he ran
outside to see what had exploded, saw the big clo1.rl of ~moke hir;h overliead,
slightly west.

Ea, tern Kansas newspapt!r carried a story about 6 days aco of one just
like this one, coming from the south to vicinity of Iola, ~ansas, where it
turned west and dis appeared into the sky.

Check with Chief Scott of Norton about a bum~d flashlight b~ttery
which fell in the street of Norton just after the explosion. It was too
hot to be picked up for sevoral minutes. Chief Sco tt has it.

Note :

A copy of Exhibit 11 c11 referred to in letter fr on Dr . LaPaz, was
not received .

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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.
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of' ob~
rv1 t i <,n
39° N - 100° W
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100 miles
"11 i .url 20 ,ooo feet
Very high
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u1ulti-colored ball of fire
pdluge mulb. -colored ba] 1 of fi r e and tierise cloud of smoke
Vapor trail with ball of fire at head of trail
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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.

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See Ineident 101 - 'Rorcatur KenM 11.

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20 , 000 feet
Diroc i on of fl· 1·h
T• c- .ics
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ob~, rv 'l r
'outheast (of Limon , Colorado)
losion rate
Could not be determined due to
29 en ine noise
16 .
iz ,., Huge (Seen 100 n iles west of the B-29 ' s)
17 .
Colo r
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-->h .po Hugh milti-colored ball of f ir e and dense clou:i of smoke followed
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Oder ciJtn c
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Exh .u &
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ulti-colored ball of fire
d
N/S
co s -r u e ion
N/S
tn.ils Vapor trail with a ball of fire at the head of trail
Eff.i ct on ~l oud s
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ko ch Js or photo r phs
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nnnc r of dis pp a r nnc ~ N/S
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Col Ric."'lard C. Pettingill & Pvt Frank C. Jobntnn,
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AA.CS Station
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very elov
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Unknown
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Odor cl t, c t 1d
N/5 - •eemed to be flare
Bone
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faded into horizon

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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
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2.
TiMO
1100
3.
Locotion
BelD:>nt, B. C.
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Pomo of obsc- r vor
Kr. A. C. Morri•on
5. Occupc.ti on of ob!jor vor
Sapt. Meter Dept, lbb Po\\er Co.• Charlotte, I. C,
Charlotte, B. C. (n.uat Power Co.)
6.
;,-:Idr ,...ss of ob::;orvo r
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Ploc
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Nunbo r of ob j~cts
9.
Distance o!' ob j.: ct f r om obs r vcr
Belmont, I. C.
of obs~ r Vl.a ti on
10 .
TiMO in s i ~ht
11.
~lt.itudo
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Spc.od
105
(Sitpted from ground)
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11/S
about 10 seconds
B/S - could not be esti:Afted
Around 600 l4PH
laaterq
Diroct i on of flirht
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Tur 1cs
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S"und
lone - moved 1n atr~t line at constant speed without
change in altitude or direction
Bone
16.
Siz~
From a distance - that of a small coin
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Colo r
_bright or ailTer - looked metallic
18 .
3h,.pc
round or sphere (unable to determine wich)
Odor d tc.ct d
N/S
Metallic
20 .
i.p~n r, nt con-, t.. ruc~i,m
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Clear with scattered white cloud•
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Eff c
or, clouds
N/S
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s or photor,r l<p~s
None
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of di,.-ipo ••r r.~~
behind small -.dlite cloud
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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
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NOTE:

Wi tn.eaa (Mr Morri 10n) 1a a ::l8Zl of e xcellent char ct r e.nd re :ut tlon,
a first-gread.e e 1neer and employee of Iuke Fower Co for some JO
ye r,.
He impressed t..e agent u bei..D& conservt1.tive and sound
and ia a t echnical man with a very tec.'lniccl and re•. oneible poaition.
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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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RBkersti old , California
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~istonco o~ obj o e~ f r cr.i ob~ r v r
Bakersfield , Cali!ornia
of otir. r·~, t i on
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Tino in sir.ht
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~ltitud
12 .
Spead
13 .
Diroct.irm o r rHrht
n/s
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st, t.o
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Vista Lake , Cali.t.
Two
10 - 12 ailAto
lJ/S
N/S
N/S
i,.. d ice
earthward
N/S
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Sizo
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17 .
Color
See::u.n;q on tire , bl.ack and red amoke t.ra1.li.'1 G be~1nd
18 .
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S1.miJ ar to .falling airer a.rt
19 .
Oior d tcctod Njs
20 .
..p, r. r or.t ran
21 .
Ex}viu:.t trt.ilo
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Hoo tho r conditi ons
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Err ct nn c l oud:,, N/S
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Skotch 1J o r p ntc~rcp!l::
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I ru,.t ion
N/S
&-own1eh-.h.1to smoke and debris trailing
N/S
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or d i onppnarnno t'
Behind a water t 011Jer, which 1'8.1!1 an obatruction
t o the • ie"ft'
Col!Dents of G. L. Buckner and other wi tnessea to thia
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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:

TO:

Mar 11, 19liS

Investigation of Flying Disc .

Chief of Staff
United States Air Forces
Washingt on , D. C.
AT'IN : DIREC TOnATE OF INTELLI GENCE
Air Intelligence Requireme nt s Branch

1 . Incident reported on 9 March 19WS, t his headqua rters, per telephone
call from Sgt A. U. Lar s en, Sheriff's office , BakP.rsfield, California .

a. ubservation by Mr. (Geor ge L) Les Buchner , Bake r sfield, California,
0£ two objects fallin g to P-a.rth from unknown source on 5 March 19-48 between
1610 a nd 1655 hou rs. Des cr iption o~ objects s imilar to falling aircraft
with smoke 3lld debris trailing . Observation made at Bakersfield with objects
sighted southwest tovrard Buena• Vista Lake , Calif ornia.
b. Ubserva tion by Mr. Denio , employee of the Pacific General 1lect ic
Company, Bakers.fi eld , Califo rnia , of t.wo ob jects wlri.ch fell to earth from r
unknown source no rth of Baker s field, California , 8 March 1948. One obje ct
seemed to be on f ire with r ed and black smoke trailing behind .
2 . In1orl:l8J1t Larsen stated that searchin g p :irties, •1ircraft and rescue
w,it~ ha:ve made numer ous attempts to loca t e these reported obje cts without
success .

3. investigatio n of incident has been initiated by t · is he adquarters .
Report •,ti.11 f ollolf.

/s/ Donald L. Spr inger
DONALD L. SPRDlGZ.

Lt . Colonel , USAF
AC of 3, A....!2

Inforration to :
A.JC , •.!i t chel Fld , tl . Y.
FfH , San Francisco
G-2 , vixth Amy
DI O, .Jan :."r a ncisco (12th r av . !)is t)

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE

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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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o• ininn n" t' is hAadqunrt1?rs that this acti·:i t,.: c ,1ld be t,t,rj b11te-d
.,. rkc.. fl re" . :..: . further lc v.,.l oi :nents , or ovid,.ucc o taincd , -..ill be
f n, rdPrl iJ-is na<lqu r torr. fr oo the lrriff 1 !l Office , hke r r field , Califor nia .
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Loco tipn
Baker s f ield, California
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Occupat i on of ob!jor vor
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Plo.c o of obso r vc.t i on
8.
Nunbc r o f objocts
9.
Distnnco of obj o ct from obso rvor
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Sighted f r om ground
Two
N/S
10 .
Til"lo in sight N/S
11 .
Altitudo
12.
Spead
13 .
Direction of f l i 6 ht
14 .
Ta ctics
15 .
Sourd
N/S
16 .
Sizo
N/S
17 •
Co l or One object seemingly afire, r ed and black srooke trailing
18 .
Shcpo
19 .
Odor dotoctod
20 .
Appo. r ont const r u ction N/S
21.
EY.huust t r u ils
22.
Woathor conditi ons N/S
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N/S
N/S
:Earthward
N/S
N/S
N/S
Effoct on clouds
N/ s
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Skotchos or photogr o.phs None
25.
Manne r of disnppoara nce
26.
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Sighted from r:round
f'r cm obs r vc:r
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Tii"lo in sfrht Approx. 30 seconds bofore splitting and burning
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Lareer t iian a small " i r plane
17 .
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Oran~e-red ball ol..' fire
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Jh•. P"
Ball
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Static for apnrox 30 seconds , and then drift ing
ct •d
2 1.
t:/S
N/S
: . , 11 •r condition•
N/S
None
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Bakers.!."i e 1d
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Inc i d ·mt 4/- 109
9 March 1948
1.
D~tc
3.
Locntion
h.
:-ramo of observe rs
5.
Occupot i on of ob~o rvor
Bakersfield, California
J.E. Johnson an1 Mrs. Callie R. Mason
6 . 1,ddrcss of ob so rvor
J.E. Johnson, Dentist, Mrs. Mason, Secretary
N/S
7.
Ploco of obse r vr,t i on 5th noor of business building
B.
Numbor of objocts
9.
Distonco of obj e ct from obso r vor
One
7 - 10 miles
N/S
10 .
Ti~o in sight
11.
Altitude
12.
Speed N/S
13.
Dir o cti on cf fliGht
14.
Toct ics Zig~a~ng
15 .
S onr.:d N/S
16 .
Size Appearance of a very small airplane
17.
Color
Orange--red f lame
18.
She.po
Appearance of a very small airplane
19 .
Odor d otoctod
20.
Appo r ont constru ction
21.
Exhous t trails
22 .
Vfoothor conditi ons N/S
1000 f~et
Due north of Baker sfield
N/S
N/S
Considerable black smoke t railing !or 4000 to 5000 feet
Effoct on clouds
N/S
Sketche s or photogr aphs
None
25.
Monnor of disappoa r a nco
N/S
26.
Remark s :
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C:xh•.w,t. t r uils
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'iJu, thvr conditi ons
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i~ff, ;ct on clouds
21. .
:,}:,,tch •~ or
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Undetermined
N/S
N/S
N/S
photoi;r l..phs
None
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Andrews Field
Washington 20, D. c.
SAC 3~ (29 Mar L.a)
A2B
29 March 1948
SUBJECT:
Report of Unidentified Aerial Sounds.
TO:
Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Hashington 25, D. C.
Attehtion: • Director of lntelli gmce
1.
The follo,ring is quoted from a copy of a l e tter, .8a1ti more
Office, FBI, addressed to the Director of Intelli , ence, Second Army:
"On liarch 23, 1948, an individual, who desi red. that her
identity be kept confidential, telephonically communicated With this
office arrl indioa ted that she is the wife of a former mernber of the
United States military forces, am that s he is presently active in
American legion activities, but was emphatic in sta ting that she was
in no way hysterical or unduly apprehmsive regarding present world
conditions . She did , howeve r, wish to bring to t he attention of the
proper authorities that during the past six or e i ght weeks, on
number of occasions between the hours of 3 :00 and 5:00 ,L. M., she has
heard peculiar sounding noises in the sky, wh i ch npr,ear t o come from
airplanes in the dist ance, but the sound is not the type of a irplane
motor drone T1hich i ~generally heard f rom ~me rican planes. She has
discussed the matter with he r husban::I, and he be lie ve s t ha t t he sound
is more like that of a foreign type airplare . J he r e ce ntly discuss ed
this matter ,nth a:q unidentified v,oman who lives in her neighborhood,
which is Hamilton, Baltimore, l>iarylan::t, arrl t his woman stated tha t she,
too , had he ard the noise in q uestion , and that her husba nd is also an
ex-G.I. arrl he has stated that the motors s o unded like that of foreign
planes."
2. No action is contemplated by t h is headquarters .
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c/c furnished CG,
JJKJ , Attn: MCI .
ALAN MARCEAU
CWO, lliAF
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D::i to
1 April 194S
2.
Time
0955
3.
Locution
11 .
l!nmo of obsor vor
5.
Occu~tion o!' ob~o r vor
6.
i,'1d r • ~is of obso rvor
67t h Fighter Squadr on, l,gth Fighta r Group
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P l ucc, of obso r vi.tion
Philippine Islands - S ighted from dr
9.
Uumbor of' obj C'ots One
9.
Distunco of ob;, ,J ct f r-om obs ,:i r vor
124° 3 1 East, 12°, 52' Horth
1st Lt. Ueyars
(Robert W.)
P-47 Pilot
3 miles
10 .
TiJ'Tlo in sic;ht Approximately 60 seoonde
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t\ltitudo 1.000 feet
12 .
Spcod
13 .
Dirocti on of fli {~ht 270°
Jb .
Toctics
15 .
Sriurd
None
16 .
Siz0
Estimated - wing- span 30 feet, l engt h 20 feet
17 .
C0 l or Silver
Hl .
Ghcpo A half moon closely resemblin g a f lying wing type acft; turtle
ba ck a nd an indist inct dorsal fin
l <j .
Odor <l otoctud
20 .
,.p pu r unt oonst r uction N/S
21 .
Exhn ust tr£.i ls
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Vlocitho r conditi on s Scattered cumulus , base 3000 feet, tops 6000 f eet
23 .
Eff ,1 ct on clouds
211 .
Sk<1tch ,•o or
200 mph (disappeared in 5 seconds, in iicating great acceleration)
N/S
N/S
None observed
N/S
phot ogrc. phs
None
rlannor of dimippl.larr,nco Object leveled out on he adin 1~ of 270°, accelerated
rapidly and disappeared from sight
26 .
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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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"Report of Sightin& of Uniden til"ied
ircrof't
t< Object. "
cockpit were observed .
b. The interview 1d. th Lt. •eyers indicated that he is a
reliable, non~xcitable i• dh i!'l ual and appeared q •dte pos i tive 1n hia
stateni,nt.s. It must be taken into consideration howe· er that he was
t he only w1. tness t o this incidert, as t-e wu. \l"lable to call the object
to t~ at tent ion of his thr ee win g-1:2en because of thei r maneuverir g in
t he t um, plus the fact tt-at his radio •~ ~ •
3.
Above incident repo· ted your headquarters, 2 April 1%S, 1n
rm io, ci te KJ,i2L3H.
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Ltr Hq 13th l\.F, APO 719 , ~ubj : "Rpt of vii;hting of Uni dentified
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11.ir cr aft and/or f lyin ~ Ub,iect,
dtd 8 Apr 4 •

AG 452. 1 A-2

15 Apri l 19uS

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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
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CINCFE TYKYO JAPAN oso7312.
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DEPT OF ARMY WASHING'roN DC FOR CSGID, COMGE?~A.MC WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB
DAY'IDN OHIO ATTN MCI RPT MCI
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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 .
turtle back and an i ndistinct dorsal fin.
Described as having A
The sahpe o f th e object v,as that of A half
moon c losely resembling A nying Win g type a :ircraft, es timated Win e span 30 feet,
estimated le n th 20 fee t , color silver, n o r pt no exhaust trail was observed .
Five
seconds elapsed t ii'e for disappear in g would indicate exceedingly high speed and great
acceleration.
Reporting ufficer is consmred sincere and non-excitable type and firmly
belie·,ea he s i ehted object.
A r ep ort wi ll b e f o:rwarded upon completion of an i nvesti-
gation of t his i ncident .
Received lACAA0121 9 Apr 48
1005 ( 1505: )
Typed by IJCAA0f21 9 Apr 4£
1359 )1859Z)ams
DISTRIBUTION:
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I ncid<mt # 112
g Apr 4g
llK:O - :»+ 30
2.
Time
3.
Loc() tion
/+.
::o.mo of obscr vor
5.
Occuput i on of ob9o rvor
6.
iddr c:ss of obs c r vor
7.
Pl oc o of obso r V1c> t i on Ashley, Ohio (ground)
8.
Numbor of objoc ts
9.
Di s tonco of ob jn ct fr om obsorvor
Ashley, Ohio
10 .
TiMo in si~ht
11 .
;..1titudo
12 .
Speed
Miss Winifred Pa ine& - Mrs. Bertha Slack
Mte• Paineal Asst Bank Ca shier; Mrs. Slack:
housekeeper
227 W High St•• Ashley, O.
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N/S
Could not estimate
slow-moving
Southwest
Di r o cti on of fl i. [;ht
111 .
'i'1_1c.tics
No maneuvers
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Si ~0
undet ermi ned
17 .
Co l or
W.
Gh::; po
silver
Ob long, l ong end narrow - like s ilver s t reak
Odor d •Jtc:ct od
N/S
N/S
20 .
i-prn r ont con struct i on
:-'2 .
'.ile;oi,hor c ond it i ons
Cle ~r. n.o clouds ne ar object
23 .
Eff ct on r l ouds
N/S - no cl ouds ne r:r object
?Ji .
Sv.rJtch\.ls or photor,r uphs
25.
~'.unr.i r of disnpp,:::i r r.nco N/S
26.
Romu r ks :
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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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Jj:-tuuco of obj ct. f' r c
Fr rn t.hP. r,round
nh:i r v •r
l!ot ~t..3-ted
11ito high
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"1 t i t.udo
12 .
~I od
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Diructior. of fli r.ht
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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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!>low - dirfting
SoutlTNcstcrly
ilone
Uone
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Crier d t, ctod
Ilone
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Exh•1ubt t r uib
None
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\/oc. t;hor oondit :ionoClear , f ew clo..rls i n sky but non "lround o bject
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Eff ct on ~louds
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Sl-:otch s or photor,rophs
t one
25.
:Onm, r of disopponronco
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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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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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Time
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Locut ion Delaware, Ohio
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::umo of obser ver
5.
Occup~tion of ob~orvor
Mrs . James B. utephenson
Housewife
6 . I,'1dru3s of obse rve r 93 Uorth Franklin Street , Delaware, Ohio
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Pl oco of obsu r vr,tion
O.
1!umbor of objMts One
9.
Distan ce o!' obj o ct from obso rvo r
From the ground
H/S
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TiMO in sic;ht
11 .
~ltitudo N/S
12 .
Spcod Slow
13 .
Direction o f flir,ht
14.
Tactics
15 .
S r,uJ!'d
16 .
17 .
Si zo Very large - about the size of a f t, 11 moon in height but much
snaller in width
Colo r Very white
18.
She.po Cylindrical, with vapor around the top
19.
Odor dotoctod
20.
Appn r ont constru ct ion N/S
21.
Exha ust t r ails
22 .
Vfoothor conditions
23 .
Effe ct on clouds
24 .
Skotchos or photoi:;r aphs
None
Alannor of disopp0o r nnc o
N/S
26 .
N/.:3
Southwesterly
None
None
N/S
None
Clear, no clouds ur ound object
H/S
Romorks : At 1430 Urs . J . B. Stephenson 's attention was a t tracLed from
her ,v:indo.v by an obje ct of unusual shape in t!1e s ky . 1Jpor. going 0 , 1tside

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ite with no oha tfB at all, was cylindrical
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it ape
to
be leaninp a t an an le , arrl then right itse
and move alon II
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ovin~ slowly· a ~r ut 1 sterly i·ection , i o
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ince th re wa n
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Occupci.tion of ob~o rvor
6 . i,rld r •·:.s of obso r vo r
Pastor
93 N. Franklin btreet., DelAware, Ohio
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Pli..cc of obsv r vt;tion From the ground
8.
Numbo r of' ob jnot s
9.
Distonco of obj o ct fr om obso r vur
One
N/S
10 .
TiMo in s i ght N/S
11 .
ltltitudo N/S
12 .
Spead
13.
Diroot i on of fH r ht Southwesterly
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Tactics
15 .
Sourd
16 .
Sizo Not Stated
17 .
Color
18 .
Shcpo Ve:rticle, larger at t he botton and narr01f at lJ1e top
19 .
Odor d otoot od
20 .
.1~ppc1 r ont con stru ction N/S
21 .
EYJH1 u &t
22 .
Woothor conditi ons
23 .
Effoct on c l ouds
26.
::>low
None
None
,lhite
None
t r u i ls None
Clear
N/S
Skotchos or photogr aphs
None
hlonner of disappoe r onco
N/S
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"'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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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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23 .
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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.
Ot>servatory ,vas alerted but vra.s unab le to s i ~ht t heobject.

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?lot less than 5 feet ir- ·vidtlt
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treaks
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21.
Exh•, u!-t t r t,ils
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23 .
Eff , ct o!l <' louds
211 .
S'lrntch :s or photor:r uphs
25 .
.:nnr.t r of dir;npp, r:i r ·,nc~ Di s apµca red from view be r ird t.he 1,r ces
26 .
Romo r ks : 'fnis object app~a r ed like a concentrated bit of cloud
except it .. as clearl;v outlin~d . T .e s iz e could no~ be d eternined ,
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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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along , s teadily , ard at thf> same altitude . itober t Cocnran, son of r. 1 e witness ,
w o is in U .~ .er chant 'ctr ine, tt ouvh.., .he ohj e ct ,,er y i.m usual. le said i t vras in
t· P. sha; o ,Jf ;a r&.ln5pout .

Incid ,r t~ 113
9 April 1946
1.
D~tr
2.
Timo 15}tQ
3.
l nc,. tion
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:r11mu of o bs,..r vor Robert D. llughes,
5.
Occupu ti on of ob~ orvor Pilot
6.
,ddr •.:.s of ob s'l rvor
7.
Plue ! of ob::.v r vr.ti on Fr om t he air
0.
?Jumuor of' obj ,.cts One
9.
Dis tun co of obj <J ct from ol'>s n rv,, r
h4ontgomery , Alabama
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Colonel , IBAF
l'actics Di v . , Air Tactical ~cl ool , Tyt1dall AF Base
N/S
10 .
TiMO in sirht
Five seconds
11 .
hltitud o
12 •
Spr:od
13 .
Diro ct i on o f f'l i.t"ht Nor thwest
14 .
'l\1ctics
l~/S
16 .
Siz~
Top part eight £e et diameter
17 .
Colo r
Si l ver
18 .
Sh~po
Approrimat ely 16000 feet
In excess of the viewer 1s 310 mp h air speed
Had the aweara,ce of a p11rachute carryine a lar ge canister or
ball
19 .
Odor d ot oct od
20 .
Jp pnront cons t ru ction
21 .
Exhuu5t t r ails
22 .
Vloathor conditions
23 .
Effo ct on clouds N/S
N/S
·'/S
1
t-lone
Clear, visibility a nd cei lin g unlimited
( t rip )
Skotoh 0s or photogr o.phs
- Sketch
25 .
Mo.nnor of disnppoa r n nco
N/~
26.
Romu r ks :Lt . Col Robert B. Hughes fir st si1Y2ted the object r,efore com­
pleting an 180° le.ft turn over the town of Montgomery, n.labama .

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object, sighted at ten o'cl.ock o!t his left win g, aweared
a
silver disc . He immediatel.y completed a sharp bank to t he left ar¥i waa
able to get a bet ter look at the object, and described i t as follows:

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"Top part of the o bject approXimately eight !'eet in diameter, eilver
1n color, bad the appearance or a parachute. Attached to the bottom of this
had been a dark cable or shrou:i which appeared to be approximately five feet
long. Suspended upon the cable had been a large canister or ball (Colonel
Hughes could not discern w\.rl.ch) also silver in color.
This r:anister or
ball had the~pearance of being sli ghtly to the mar of the top part of t he
object. The overall appearance of theob ject lo'oked s omething similar to
the par a c,1Ute and canister containing photogra ph ic testing equipment dropped
from a
r ocket ."
V - 2

At t he t irre he lost sight of the object, 0 ughes' aircraft had been
indicating 310 mil.es pe r hour air speed, aro the object ha:i appeared to fly
avray from him on a hor izontal plane r ather than a ver tical d ecline .
A sketch of the objec t is attached .

EXHIBIT”
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Approx 1 mile north of Fairbanks, Alaska
Lt qtch Jobnmn
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lat Lt (disc.barged f/USA:1 as per authority
Para 1, ro. to dated 28 ~ 48) (eee)
Ft Worth, Texas
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Over city of FairbSDD, Al.aaka
C:ccu pt ti, n nf' cb:.: ci r v1r
of obsi.J r·.~ Li on
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N/S
10 .
Tino in sir-ht
11 .
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12.
3pucd
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Dir oction of fl trht
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T1..,rt 1 cs
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8" in diameter
17 .
Co l or
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round alld. !lat
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Odor dJtoct~d 11,s
20 .
hppnr....nt const ru ction
21 .
E:r.h•,u~t t r ni l s
?2 .
HGn thor c onditions
Weather clear and n.e1bU1t7
23 .
Effoct on cloud s
B/S
21 .
Skotoh os or photogr aphs
none
25.
i•lnnno r of disnpp..-,e r nnco
B/S
26.
Romnr ks :
fev aim.tee
2000-3000 ft
250-300 mile•
( traTeled. :0() feet in 1 or 2 second.a)
Oscillated trom horizontal plsne
rapid speed)
Bo sound
1l/S
no traUe of aey kind
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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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'!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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19 Apr 48
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& lat Lt Robert .... Loollia, U.J ..P
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wrleter.nined
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#itnes aes were ttr acted b,1 sound
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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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llinute■ obJecta ba4 r■appesred
ObJecte began movillg in a llNE direction and rapidl,y acceleratinc
and cl 1JDb1ng.
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When firet aeen obJecte were 1n a ead-atationar;y poe1tion.
J'iret one obJect waa aighted, next, another on, appeared.
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lT !Jr::i!T I r JED FL'.'HlG OBJECTS
Inc id Jrt :ff U6
night
2.
'I' it"IO
3.
Locc t i on
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:1nmu of obsc- r vor
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Occupr...ti on of ob~o r vor
6.
n".idr •,$ S of obs u r vo r
Moose Fae tory
7.
Pl uco of obso r Vuti on
Moose Factory, Canaca
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Mun bo r of ob j octs
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Di5tonco of ob j e ct f r om obsorvor
Near shores of Jamee ~ .
10 .
Ti;t10 i n si~ht
_,
11 .
l-1 t itud o
12 .
Spead
V. J. Pratt
!'mploye of Hudson Ba,y Co.
B/S
N/S
N/ S
meteoric
Di r o cti on o f flt c ht
earthward
Bo noise
1:- .
S011r d
16 .
Size
17 .
Co l or
,jj/:£,
i B.
Chc po
N/S
J.C:, .
Oci or dot octod
20 .
i-.ppn r ont constr u ction
21.
Exhoust t r a i l s
?2 .
vfonthor conditi on s Night
23 .
Eff o ct on c l ouds
2li .
Sk e t che s or photogr c.phs None
25 .
1annor of di sa ppoa r a nco
26.
Rema r ks :
size of f:ld:1.xm:ml f ootball
:Blue flame
N/S
meteor
■ t■■pxUgict N/ S
N/S
exploded
(over )
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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
Incid -mt # ]&llJ 117
1.
Doto
7 ~ 1's
2.
Time
15(:() to 1700
3.
Loca t i on
4.
Ha.mo of obse r vor
5.
Occupat ion of ob9or vor
6.
J,ddr c ss of obsorvor
7.
Pla co of obsc r vtition
8.
Number of obj ects
9.
Distanco of objo ct f r om obsor vor
Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Jem B~. Housekeeper et nt al (aee other side)
Housekeeper
253 W. Waldorf Ave., Me!TKJhie, Tenn.
Memphi s, Tann.
50 or Eo
N/S
N/S
10.
TiMo in sight
11 .
.Altitudo
12 .
Speed
13 .
Direction of fli ~ht
1L.
Tactics
Most traveled in straight line altr.o some of them
zig-z~ed.
15.
Sou.ed
None
16.
Size
Very small
Colo r
shiny - like bright aluminum
extremely high
faster than SDY' aircraft witDes ses had ever seen
easterly
18.
Shcpo
19.
Odor dotoctod
20.
Appa rent constru ction
21.
Some objects ~emed to haTe a silvery tail
which might have been exhaust
WoE!_tj'lor conditi ons CAVU, wind: 330 to 3qoo, 15 MPH at surfa ce 1ncreaa4ig
to 66 MPH at 20, 0CO; au-face teJJi>: 72°: dew point 43° relative humidity~
22 .
23.
unknomi - possibly like meteor
N/S
S/S
Exhaust trails
Eff oct on clouds 1/S
24.
Skotchcs or photogr aphs
Bom
25 .
l,lannor of disappoarenco
N/S
26 .
Romnr ks :
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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,.
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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
118
1630 hours
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Dr Onn!!ne,
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Berlin Lichtenrode, Iirchbacnetraeme 2
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14 kilometer•
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Sou.th t o North
J./ S
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No sound re, ,o rted
l;:,.
Sh
•.w.te cotnt•
17 .
r-nlo r
White
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n/s
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0d r d t Cl;Od
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B/S
in nir:ht
ll.
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rv r
20.
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2 1.
Er.hr,ust, t ru1l n
1/s
1/s
nr r.t cor.:. 1 ruct ion
No eXBD.at trail report£.d
hor c :,d i i n ..
clear
23.
Err ctn
2 11.
Sk I ch n nr ph n t.or,r ,, phs
None
25 .
' 'onn r or dino p poa r nco
B/S
26.
R mo r k c •
c l nud o
(OTcr)
B/S

Dr Onnana, former Ouided KiaeUe e ~ t at ~inmetall, Boro1g mentioned
that be • ~ t ed 1 wite point lll)ri.ng fro• ~ th to JJorth at an approx
height ot i4 ld.l ometera. apeed u.ndAtterm 0ed, r &ther f a at, no rpt of
aound, and no report ot exhaust trail.

WIT.RESSES:

Dr and. Mr1. Orman..
So J)botoganh9 amulable.

CHECK=LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
ate 20 Feb 4S Incidont # 119
Time 0700 hours
Location Asuncion, Paraguay
Mrs. Agustina Vargas de Paula
Name of observer
Occupation of obsorvor y/S
resident of Asuncion (southernfert of city)
Address of observer
Placo of observation Asuncion
Numbor of objects 1
Distance of object from observer n/s
Timo in sight n/s
Altitude  N/S
Specd ¥/S
Direction of flight west to east
Tactics WN/S
Sound N/S
Size n/s
color W/S
Shapo oval
Odor dotectoa N/S
Apparent construction 4/s
Exhaust trails highly colored wake
Woathor conditions u{/S
Effoct on clouds n/S
Sketches or photographs None
Manner of disappoarance WN/S
Romarks: (over)
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Sat approx 0700 hours 20 Feb 48 witness saw object of oval shape
traveling thru space from west to east. Its form ended in a very

thin tail of approximtely 3 feet in length. The forward part was
bulky compared with the rear. The intezor portion of the object gave
off green, yellow and orange colors and it had a highly colored wake.

Statements from a local newspaper "La Tribuna" which has interviewed
several people claiming to have seen the saucers.

CHECK*LIST + UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Date 20 Feb 4g Incidont # 19a
Time 0700
Location Aregua - 10 miles east of Asuncion
Name of observer "withheld"
Occupation of obsorvor employee of Bank of Paraguay
Address of obsorvor Bank of Paraguay
Placo of observation 3S - PROS in Aregua
Number of objocts 1
Distance of objoct from obsorver N/S
Timo in sight 4/S
Altitude 4/8
Speed n/S
Direction of flight west to east
Tactics N/S (
Soumd n/s
Size n/s
Color WN/S
Shapo oval
Odor dotectod N/S
Apparent construction N/S
Exhaust trails 4/S
Weathor conditions y/s
Effoct on clouds N/S
Sketches or photographs
Manner of disappearanco
Remarks: (over)

P, declared that in
: pecs pond rl ole
sb 4S at 0700 hours an object which he
Asuncion on 20
‘00
meteor crossed the sky from west to east. Many other people also saw this
and it verious colors and
8
object. Its form was oval
i
was a meteor, Later, tants of Cicervo Cua claimed
"star" fall in one of the hills some distance to the east

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(Tl IDENTJF!ED Ft~·rno
OBJECTS
l,
D::.i t o
20 1eb 48
2.
Timo
0700
3.
Loco tion
I, .
i:nmo or obs('r vor •
5.
Occupotion ot oblJurvor
6.
hddrc :;s or obso rvo r
UJl,hs ·Chaco"
7.
Pl oco of obso r vr tion
Bancb houa. in ne18hborb od o~ Villa Ba;rea
O.
Hunbor o!' o bj oota
9.
Distonco o f ob j l ot from obso r vor
Ineid nt
f ll9'b
Villa liqea (10 ailea m ot Aauncion.)
Rancher ~ laborera
Bencher.
l
10.
Tino in air:ht
11 .
Allitudo
12 .
Sr< <Jd
13 .
Di r ucti on o f' fl 1r ht
111 .
Tu~ti c:;
15.
J,.,11~d
N/5
Si1.n
N/S
17 .
Col o r
N/S
18.
S h', po
dieo
B/S
H/S
l,OCX> ft
leas than that of a plane
weet to east
B/5
0d or dotoctod
B/S
20.
, \p~n r ~nt constr uction
li/S
2 1.
Exh,1ust t r n ils
:>2 .
'ifoothor c onditi onr. N/S
?3 .
Eff'or.t on c l ouds
?l, .
Slrntch ut> or phot or,ro pho None
25 .
~Jo.nnu r of d i irn ppoll r 'lnc,
26 .
Romur ks :
N/S - gave off an intense green oolor
(~er)
N/S
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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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VeJle, Denmark
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Ti:io in ~ir.:h •
11 .
;.1 t :l ~udo
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Sj
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Dir1cLior. o
l ,.
i'u~ ics
N/S
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iJC to N\f
fl "rht
N/ S
Siz
N/ S
17.
Ct' l or
sh1n1n&
10..
:;h .po
N/S
1';1 .
Odor cl tact d
20.
nopn r ont con... r ue i nn
N/S
.Io hor condi i or.s
26.
3 second■
hl&b speed
rl
lt> .
25 .
rv r
2CX) meter ■ altitude
N/ S
Eff rt c~ rlouds
Sk
GadbJerg (n r Vejle)
l
SI'\ I
23 .
fi eld laboraz-e
B/S
N/3
N/S
r.h s or photo ,r up~:; Bono
nnor of dinop
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o r nnc N/S
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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

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CITECK - LIST - UEIDEH'!' IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS
Inc id' J Pt # 121
1.
D:.itc
9 January 194g
2.
Time
23,0
3.
Locc1 t i on
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I!amo of obsc rvor Hugh DuBose
5.
Occupr.4ti on of ob~o rvor
Cartersvil1e , Georgia ,
6 . ;,-:ldrc ss of obse r ve r
Pilot (EAL)
f-4/S
7.
Pl oc o of obso r VLition
O.
Number o f objocts
9.
Di stnnco of obj o ct from obso rvor
10 .
Tirr10 i n Si(;ht
11 .
rl l titudo
12 .
Speed
34° 10 1 N, 84° 49 ' W
Air
One
N/S
N/S
3000 feet
4oo mph
Direction of fli cht
175° M
Tactics
1'J one
15 .
Sound
U/S
16.
Size
N/S
17.
Color
Light , sky- blue
18.
S he.po
19 .
Circular, except £ or t he top quarter w.1ich 'tTa s .flat, potshaped
Odor d ot o ct od
!J/S
20 .
Appn r ont construction N/S
21.
Exh uu~t t r ails
?2 .
Won thor conditi ons
23 .
Eff o ct on c l o uds
2!1 .
Sl-:otch 1s or photogr o.phs
None
25.
nunner of di anppoa r anco
10 ° below the horizon
26.
1'1hen obj ect crossed the p 1th of t he witn ess all that could
Romo.rks :
be observed was an intense blm flame , in a shape circular exce pt for
None
N/S - --::-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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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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(:ccupt. Lion '>f obs ) rv0r
6.
., ld r •·.,:; of ob::;,. rv..J r ti/S
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Fl ·.c
9.
Di;.tnnco of obj n c1, fr om obs,, rv ir
of ob:;;,1 rv1. t i on
Trained 1:al.oon obsei•ver, Geophysics Lab Section
Fr om t ·o ground
N/S
10 .
TiPH> .i n s i Ght 30 seconds
ll .
rt lt.. i Ludo Ver-J high
12 .
Spr,od f a:;tcr Lhan any known aircraft
l ;, .
Dirocti,m o f fl i. r ht
1 1..
15 .
'i'uct ics Era.tic - conplcting a lar ge loop after its doyn ward descent,
then soarine; upward and disappe a.ring suddenly
Sr-• md
None
16 .
Size
Large
l7 .
Co l o r
Ore y - Tihite
18 .
Sh(.po
Ron:nded , indis t inct fonn
J,1/::i
Odor dot octod
20 .
Appn r ont const ru ction
21.
E:xhuu5t t r nils N/S
,!2 .
Vfoothor c ond ition s
23 .
Eff nct on c l ouds
N/S
C•.\ . V. U.
N/ S
Skotch<Js or photogr o.phs
None
25.
~iannor of di soppoa r nnco
Disappear ed suddenly
26.
Romnr k s : This was evidently the one obj ect , of t wo sighted by
anot her wit ness , t hat veered t o t.he r i ght an:i down . I ts v a guel y
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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
4.
I!omo of obse rve r
5.
Occupo.tion of ob~orvor
Holloman Air Force Base
Mr. Johnson
Tl-ained balloon obserTer, Geophysics .i..ab Section
6. J~ddros s of obsorvor N/S
7.
Ploc o of obse rVI.ition Frorn the ground
8.
Numbo r of objoots One
9.
Distonco of obj o ct from obso rvor
N/S
10 .
Timo in sight ,o seconds
11 .
Altitude Very high
12.
Spcod Tremendous
13 .
Dire ction of fli ght West
14 .
15 .
Tact i cs Object made three vertic 1 loops , upon completion of which it
it disappeared in a large arc to the west
Sound None
16 .
Sizo
17 .
Considering t he moon the size of an orange, t he object was the
size of a diroo
Color N/S
18 .
Shnpo Bore some resemblance to, but definitely not , a balloon
Odor d ot o ct od
None
20 .
Appnront construction
21 .
Exha us t t r o.ils
22 .
Woathor conditi on s
Effo ct on c l ouds
N/S
N/S
N/S
N/S
Skot ch c s or phot ogr o. phs
1,..
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None
25.
Mo.nncr of diso. ppoa r onco Disap peared s uddenly
26 .
Romo.rks :
to the right •
Presumably Mr. Johnson s aw t he object t ha t did not veor
( dee Inciden t #112 b)
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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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r , C' ophysics J..ab ~ ction
or ob:;o rvv r tl/S
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of ob.. r·•., tion Pr0t1 the ground
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9.
l22 b
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in d balloon o ser
ccuputio~ o f ob~ rv r
,rt
Two
ili.,tcwco o:' ob j ct froo obs rv r
, /.::,
10 .
Ti:,o i r sir.ht
11 .
:.1 \t.uclo
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Sp od l er y hi~ , faster t. :a, a y knownnircraft
}O secor.Js
Diroc i on of fli r htl straight '-4' , 1 dis pearcd in t.he west
Fir:tt O"'e ~ ored o Jie right , start
dawn
was lost to Tiew.
Tur.t t c
<,eoond ond made arc into ihe west a t a terr ific spoed and
So I d
dis , ~ar suldenly.
N/S
lf.> .
Sizu tl/S
!7 .
Col o r
18.
1 .
Gh~po Had ap: ea.ranee of a major •s iJ'1siE')"li.a, that is, irrocul.arly
r rundej and slightly concave on top
Odor c\ot o ot.od •1/S
20.
"ppn ror.t conti t.r uctir.n
?l .
Exhi.ust t r td l s
?2 .
11 n • hor conditi ons
23 .
Eff r.t on d ouds
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SkoLr.h s or photor.r uphs
I one
•· . nr. r of di:::ap
Dis
26 .
Colden hu,
1/S
l'/'1
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l /5
r cnco
pea.red s uddenly
Romu r ko : Ur . Chan ce wa.<i t.he only one of the three witnes:,es who
saw two objects .
;,nen .10 firat , erc-eived .. en ,
y .er going
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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.
nts of o thor witnesses to this incident are contai ned 1n
The stat
reports ll2 arrl ll2a.
A 1 wi. tness s agreed that the objoct wa~ vtsry high, moved faster than
any knom1 drcra.tt , possessed a r ounded, indistinct form, and disappeared
sudde'lly rat ,er t r an ftkiin~ a-..y in the distance. It was mder observat1.on
1/2 minutes or slig1tl..• less . I t was ~fini ely n ...t a balloon, and
apparently not manned , judging from tho violent maneuvers which were
per!omed :i t a hi ;i rate of speed .

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1.
Dute:
:!. l . • V' ...il 19~8
2.
Timo
: :30
3. I,.ocntion
1,
11.
-. ,.~. ., r..o .... t
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I!nmu of obse r ver
5. Occupc.ttion of ob~o rvor
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F:r- .. ~ "
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:. r.c'i-.!. t
Ai.1 J, '€ "'t h r' I""':S , 'r]--..;_ ~
c,t )T"f" cr-1~ t <. !.t"f: r..:.n. 0 r f-:>r ..'ecrtcrs Ci..-!'t... i ·1..r , Co . , ,.: t'""n .
;,,ldr u:i s of ob s or vor
·.-reE st Ern Cc,.... t~·i, _i" , Co ., .n.l.:,.Jr_• 111.
,J .,
...nrl
6.
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Pluco of obso r·vution
8.
!lul"'\bor of' obj oots
1
9.
Distance of obj e ct from obser ve r
in s i r,ht
10 .
Ti;,'!O
ll .
.i.ltitudo
12 .
Spcod
1~ .
Dir o ction o f fli c;ht F/.:,
ll.i .
Tactics
15 .
So1rrd
Ii/.:>
17 .
Co lor
r../..,
18 .
Sha po
19 .
Odor dotoctod
20 .
,1.ppu r ont constr uction
21.
Exhuu~t t r ui l s
22 .
Hc~thor conditions
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Effoct on clouds
its w1ng'S 11
rls
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H/3
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2L1 .
Skotch ~s or photogr a phs
N')ne
25.
f..1annor of diso ppoa r nncc
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rl
2.
Ti1'l0
7.
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Cccup,.tion r, f ob ~o rvo r
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i:orth , tJ.antic , 62°00 1 IJ
,'1ea t her station natrol
6.
.,'!rl r • ;s of ob:;•, r v ,0 r
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D.i$tuncu of obj;:• ct f r om obse r ve r
of ob:; .: r vi.ti on
33°00 ' i'/
1<':irs t Coast Guard Distr ict
Air
Hi .
Ti!"lo in s i r::ht N/ S
ll .
rtltitudo
12 .
Spc od
13 .
Diroction of fli(~ht
15 .
S""""d N/S
16 .
Si ze
N/ S
17 .
Co l or
N/S
18 .
S he. po
H/S
19 .
Odor d otoctod N/S
20 .
, ppn r rmt construction H/S
21 .
Er~a u~t t r uils
22 .
1ilcnthor conditi ons
23 .
Eff oct on clouds N/S
2L1 .
Skotohc s or photo,;rci.phs None
6500 yards - 18000 yar d s
N/ S
30 mph
H/ S
N/S
C. A. V. U.
25. • Manner of disn ppoa r unco Target s trength was S5 fadmg at l S, 000 yards
26.
Romu r ks :
This incident is t he result of a r adar sight ing.
is also filed in radar si ght ing file .
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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
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
Incidont # 125
1.
D~tc 2 liq 19!¢
2.
Ti.mo
3.
Locotion
4.
Hnmo of obse rve r
5.
Occupat i on of ob~o r vor
Night
St. J..ouis, Miss ouri , 40°oo'N 90°15'lf
N/S
N/S
6 . 1\ddross of obso r vo r N/S
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Pl oco of obsorvi:.tion
8.
Murnbor of obje cts
9.
Distanco of object f r om obsorvor
Ground
One
10 .
Timo in sight N/S
ll .
Altitud e
12.
Spcod
13 .
Diroction o f fli ght N/S
llh
Tactics N/S
15.
Sound
N/S
16 .
Size
N/S
17 .
Color
Phosphor escent after dark
18.
Shapo
Bird
19.
Odor dotoctod N/S
20 .
Appo. r on~ construction N/S
21 .
Exhaust t r uils
22.
Woothor conditions
23 .
Effo ct on 0louds N/S
2h.
Skotch os or photogrc.phs
None
Uannor of disappearance
N/S
26.
N/S
N/S
N/S
Ror::orks:
N/S
N/S
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rccupr:.1..ion of ob$ rvnr Lt Commarrler, U3 Navy
7.
Pbc,1 of obz,, rvr, tion
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Di:;tunco of' obj, ct f r om obse rve r
Anacostia, l'aval ..:ir Station, 38°52 1 N, 77°00 1W·
lG .
Tino in oir:ht ,ljS
11 .
,:.Hitud,., 4500 feet
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Sp1:od 100 m. p . h .
13 .
Di r octi 1m of fl i.1~ht
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TII ct i cs N/s
4
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One mile
360° N
l r ..
Sizo
25 - 40 f t diaireter
lfJ .
Sh!.po 5phere
) r,, .
Odor d•Jtoctod
20 .
M1pnror.t constru ction N/S
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,: r:thor conditions
23 .
8ff ;ct on d0uds N/S
U/S
N/ S
Sb,tch ·s or photo~ruphs
Non e
2') .
r:cnrvr of disnpp«oronco
'l/S
26.
The 01~ject appe ired "to the pilot to be a yellow (or
l ight colored) balloon , am attracted attention principally because
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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 .

Cf!ECK - L IST - ttt-:IDENT JFIED FLYHlG OBJECTS
Inc id mt #- 127
1.
D:.ttc
2.
Time
3.
Locot i on Lake Doiran , alonB the Yugoslav- Greek .fr ontier
I~ .
:ramo
5.
0c cup~ti on of ob~o rvor
N/S
of ob::;c r vc r N/S
N/S
6 . ;,dd r o=,s of obse rve r N/S
7.
Ploc o of obso r wt i on
Ground
8.
Numbe r of objocts One
9.
Distance of object f r om obsorvor
N/S
l G.
TL"'r\o in sight N/S
11 .
,'..ltitud o 3000 feet
12 .
Speed
13 .
Diroction of fli {~ht l tJ0°
111 .
Tuctics
15 .
S N tnd Like artillery shell ( shril l whine)
16.
Sizo
h /S
:7.
Col or
N/S
18.
Shcpo
Flying disc
19.
Odor dotoctod
20.
Jippnront construction
21 .
Exhuust t r nils N/S
?2 .
\iloathor conditions
N/S
N/s
Effoct on clouds
N/S
N/S
N/S
N/S
"r \.,.
2/1 .
Sketche s or photog r aphs
l one
25.
ilnnnor of disnppoa r onco
N/S
26.
Romnr ks:
A pres s dispa. tch quoted residents of the Lake Doiran
area along the Yu&oslav- Greek f r ontier as -sayi ng ·they saw a "flJri.ng
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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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hrpnr.-. nt
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Exh •. u:,t t r cli l :; Fhosrl-toresccnt trail in sey
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,I ·t. t,hur conditi ons
23 ,
Err ,c~ en c l ouds I / ~
25.
?!unr. r of disoppoerc.nco
26 .
Romo rks :
9" diamet,e r
r om t r our.d level
i·hozphores <:en t
con::.t ru ct i ()n
I'./S
T'/S
r;/s
The ahove cover s si 1 ;ti ting of same objects by Sarl Roush,
,fern York Central vystem r::ar Inspector; Bob /hi te, New Yo rk C-en t ral
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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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Tirno
3.
Locotion
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l!amo of obsc r vor
5.
Occupati on of ob~o rvor
6.
;\d<l r os s of obso rvo r
7.
Pl oco of obso r vr,t i on
O.
Numbor of objocts
9.
Distanco of obj e ct from obso rvor N/S
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1320
Wi lmington, North C:n-olina,
34° 14' N, 77° ,t' ,I
~s . H. D. Alspach
N/S
709 South 6th
Ground
One
10 .
Tirrio in si.i;htN/S
11 .
Altitude
12 .
Spcod
13.
Direction of fli ~ht
15 .
s "lll!d
16.
Size As large as an arm, and about 3 feet long
17 .
Color N/S
18.
Shnpo
19 .
Odor dotoctod
20 .
J\ppnront constru ction
21 .
Exhuur,t t r ails
?2 .
VJuuthor conditions :·l/S
23 .
Effo ct on c l ouds
2L .
Skotch,:s or photogr ophs
Hone
25.
i:onnor of disoppoa r &nco
J, /S
26 .
Romo r ks :
Awfu lly h igh
Fast
90°
N/S
Vblong
N/S
N/S
Emitted smoke
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?/S
1.1ysterious sky object
sister 1.,1·s . 8olvin , and
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was sighted by Hrs . Alspach , her
rs . H. 1) . Hufham.
It cacno at first at a fast

speed from_the direction of Bluet:1enthal Field a t 1 : 20 p . m., O"{er t he
Cape Fear River , t!,en veered at a l ow s peed back to,vards ..r ic;htsville,
a little to the \7est.

Tl te local office of the 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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Inc id 1rt
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3.
1 oc: t i <:-n
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Occ up£l ti on of o b~o rvo r
6.
,dd r c:;s of ob su rvo r 415 J . Rosser Ave . , Bismark,
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Pl ue: of obsu r vi.t i on Orolmd , Route ,/212, .iest of Plevna, traveling west
n.
tJuMbur of obj0ct.o
9.
Di:,tonco of obj~· ct from obse rve r
Betwe en Plevna a nd Miles City , ~ontana
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W. A. Bonneville
nmo o f oh!';<' r vo r
10.
Ti ;,io in sir,ht
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N. D.
One
At ,closest point, approx. 25()0 f e et
Some twenty minutes
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
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'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
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,
23 .
Eff oct on c l ouds
?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
26 .
Romur ks :
M/ S
1'1 Ut
c!,-otrly
N/S
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Flew i n a dark cl oirl bank

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Tne B. V. Goodrich Compan:
1653 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Uinnesota

415 W. Rosser Avenue
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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Minneapolis 3, 1-rinnesota

li.15 1,est Rosser Ave
Bismark, N. D.

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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

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·,i llc , 1111 noi
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Ob$~ rver
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Occup'l. 10n o f obs,.r,cr
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Ad lress of o t:se rv,.r
7.
?loce ol' observ•,tion
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rvi or of Ply~ • T1 r•·
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Oio •ance of ohj~c
10 .
firnc in Ci g }1
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Al t i tud,.
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Sfel'.'d
13 .
P1 r cc*i n 0 t' fli13ht
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,,O'.llld
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17 .
Color
18 .
Shap,-
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Odo r
20.
App,ircr.t conu t r ue ti on
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C!l • h • r
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·, • ches or pt tor raphs
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CHECK-LI~T • u::lDENTlFlED. FLYUJG OBJl::CTZ
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Date
2.
rime
:,-,y\
Loco.ti o'n
Be lcv;lle , :::1 in->i~
,;
. Name of observer
Ju=.e 1r,l1u
:,:.,j:>r E.--:.rl
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t,.I)~
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Occupation or observer
6.
Add ress o r observer
7.
?lo ce of observation
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tumbe r or obJec ts
9,
Die o.nce of object f r om observ~r
10 .
Time in sigh't
11.
Altitude
12 .
Speed
13.
Di recti on of flight
;,35° 5 o:' 3nre tre n
14 .
Tactics
.:i bzog cour e
1 s.
So·Jnd
16 .
Site
17 .
Color
18 .
Shape
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"
26 .
Remar ks
Pilot, ~mc.1."V! or , ~-~i it. ry Tr.•
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;.inleter :r.i:-?ed bat b elo-N 6,r.co ft .
rox 500 ,G'f.
!..J 0 :,:... !l reach: l ""
C)">utn 4?nd of :kott .-S 3::1r-o
Six or ei{;ht inch!!n in diamctnr
•'!'.i C lig r.t
, nrox r ounJ
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No airer- .ft fl y ing in the vi ci nity
of Seo!. t E'
ci_, at the tic.~ li~nt
si :htcd.
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Date
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V
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. 'fa-e of obse rver
5.
Occupa ion o f o bs!!rver
6.
Address of obse rv r
7.
?lnce of observation
10 .
Ti r;,- in :; ir},
•.3 •
11.
Al ti
12 .
Sr ., d
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ui r ccti'ln of fligh
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-=-~ctic,.
l c;.
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Color
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t>n
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thr e "P.C r. ,.
11m
t<J/ ~
(., ra. t .,:,· tra•:
:- ,,. 4 rl v clo.-e to
•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
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20.
Ar f.'lrcnt cor,& truction
2] .
Exhn•Jst; t r •,ils
22 .
Yo!! ' h~ r condition!:
J:-t"~t.! h- y llow tr i l
n .e
o r phs
2 •
26 .
1
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or di 'Pl
1 11:c:.orks :
fl:- llC
Offic~ er;::,,,.....
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26 Feb ~
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Date
20 -
2.
Time
Usually around 2130 hours
3•
Location
N/S (Norway Denmark & Sweden)
4.
Name of observer
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
10 .
Time in sight
N/S
11.
A1ti tude
From tree-tap l evel to 20, CXX) t
12.
Speed
13.
Di r ection of flight
14.
Tactics
15..
Sound
16 .
Size
N/S
17.
Color
(green tail )
18 .
Shape
N/S
INCIDENT lJ~
N/S
N/S
one to two miles uer second
Come from dir ection of Peimemunde
N/S
N/S
19. Odor detected
N/i
20 .
Apparent construction
21 .
Exhaust t r ails
22 .
Weather conditi ons
23 .
Effect on c louds
24 .
Sketches or phot ographs None
25.
Manner of di sappearance.
26.
P.ema.rks
green
N/S
N/S
N/S
The trend of these objects to arroear a t2130 hours,
might be si gnific:mt. •. ,.
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‘ CHECKLIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 134
Date of Incident 28 May 1948 . 3
Time of Incident 1500 hours (Bostern Daylight Saving Tithe)
. Place of observation 6 miles due east of Monroe, Mi
from air while passenger in a C17 plane
Name of observer Ist Lt Alexander Kokolonis
Occupation of observer 1st Lt USAFR Corps of Tngineers, Security Officer
Address of observer 4 Eng. Aviation Bn, Co. B. Oscoda AF Base, Michigan
Number of objects obsirved - 5 objects; 3 at first; 2 later
Distence of object from observer 2 miles to left of their plane
Timc in sight 10 to 15 seconds
Altitude 7500 to 8,000 ft
Speed well over 500 MPH
Dircetion of flight Southwest
Tactics executed abrupt turns, flew in line of stern stepped up.
lights 4N/S
Sound n/s
Sizo 300 to 400 ft ~ sbout the same size of leke freighters on Lake Erie
Color . bright silvery golden he
Shapo disc shape with well rounded contours - all had hexy or fuzzy outline
Odor detected  N/S
Apparent construction M/S
Exhoust trails no exheust or trail of any kind
Weather conditions high overeest at 18,000 ft and a low thin stratus layer
Betant’ ou bicade MEd broken at 8, 000; lateral visibility: 10 - 15 miles
Skotches or photogrephs drawing
Manner of disappesrance n/S
Remarks: (over)

Lt Kokolonis first observed the objects from the navigator's window, At

the time their plane was on 2 35° heading, altitude approx 8,000 ft and
they were six miles ecst of Monroe, Michigan, The objects came into

view at 9:00 o'clock position and disappesred in the haze at a 7:00 o'clock
position, making an abrupt. turn to their right, ship's left. Visibility
into the sun wes some 8 miles, The size of the objects seemed about 300-100
ft (about the size of the lake freighters on Lake Erie), ‘The objects

were moving at great rate of speed well over 500 MPH. Their track thru the
sky was smooth, They were disc shaped with well rounded contours, All

of the objects maintained a slight nose-up abtitude and all hai a hazy or
fuzzy outline. They were a bright silvery gold color, They left no
exheust or trail of any kind. ; ,

CHECK - LI~T • UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
U -.:l ~T
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Date
2.
Time
28 May 1948
4.
1500 houra (Ea stern Daylight Saving Ti me)
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Location
• Se1rri dge Fld ., Mt . Cl emens, Mich r,/2.1a0Dill Fld
Positions 6 miles due ea s t of Monroe , Mi ohigan
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
10.
Time in sight
11 .
Altitude
i2 .
Speed
13 .
Di r ection of flight
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
20 .
Apparent construction N/S
21 .
Exhaust trails
22 .
Weathe r conditi ons
3.
25 to 30
m i
les
to
mu:
left
;o eeoonda
.
approx 8,000 rt
D D ~ Over 400 m1lea per hour
Effect on clouds
South West from 35° at 8100 o'olock positioa
N/S
None
Clear, high overcast at 18,000 ft; t hin stratus
layer broken at 8,000 rt, l ateral visibility•
o to 15
/s
N
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

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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
5.
Occupatian of observer
6.
Add ress of observer
7.
Place of observation
I ntel Officer
28th Bombardment Group ('VR)
Baoid City .AF.Base
':leaver, S. D.
Weaver , s. D.
8.
Number of objects
12 (lsoprox)
9.
Distance of object from observer
10 .
Time in sight
11.
Altitude
12.
Speed
13 .
Di r ection of flight
14 .
Tactics
15.
Sound
16 .
Size
Length :
17.
Color
Yell owish- white - brilliant
18 .
Shape
Ell iptical
19 .
Odor detected
•
Maj Elmer H. Ha.mnar, i. (A0-46014)
4 miles
N/S
10, 000 ft to a-rynrox 6 ,000 ft .
500 f.PH +
Appr oached first from N"l'I
then turn to right and disappeared in SW
t ight di amond-shaned forrGr'.lti on
no noi se heard
1004- ft estimate
N/S
20 . • Apparent construction
N/S
21 .
Exhaust t r ails
None
22 .
Weathe r conditi ons
23 .
Effect on clouds
Clear, no clouds , stars visi ble, wind, c...-lm
visibility 3o+
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

i over
and 20tk
One hundred plus (100+) feet (estimate)
brilliant
(500+) MPH.
Incident 135

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28BCB2 350.09 (Conta)

(6) Heading: Approached the base from the NW on a SE
heading at 8 to 10,000 feet altitude; when at 5
to 6,000 feet and a mile or so West of the field,
a turn to the right was made (by the entire forma
tion) in a wide arc, and while turning began a
climb at a 30° to 40° angle, accelerating very
fast. Disappeared on a SW heading.

Maneuverability: Very maneuverable; held a tight
formation (all equally spaced) end remained so
during all maneuvers,

Altitude: Ten thousand (10,000) feet when first
seen; descended to approximately six thousand (C060)
feet near the field.

(9) Sound: No sound whatsoever. (The night was very
still and no aircraft engines were running or other
noises to distract).

(10) Exhaust trail: No exheust trail - unknown means of
propulsion.

g. There is no doubt as to the existance of these sightings,
there is little substantiating evidence inasmich as no other witnesses
known and no pictures could be taken. The objects sighted were visible
for spproximately one (1) mimte. Their form remained the seme throughout
time observed.

FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER:

1 Incl. ELMER H. HAMMER, JR.

i f si Major, USAF
1. Diagram of size and JOLy fi
fornetiod Intelligence Officer

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I nci den t No .
U6
1.
Date and Ti me of Observati on:
2.
Wher e Si ght ed:
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
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)
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:
20.
Effect on Cl ouds:
21.
Exhaust Trail ( Color of) : ••tr•mer of blUi.Sh color traillng•
22.
Manner of Di sappccrance:
23 .
Weather Conditions at Time of Si ghting: B/S
24.
Peculi ari t i es Noted:
25.
Su.mmD.ry of I ncident :
~ "1na 1~~ at 21.40
Soutb lnouil.18, Tennessee
Comaanding O.tf i.oer, I.SU, 3~19 iennessee
3 aeeonda (accordin.g to ORC inetructore)
'
•t:tre•
N/s
(See attached page)
OY~r
horison

At approximately 2140 hours, 30 June, a ball of fire of orang: color
with a streemer of bluish color trailing, traveled thru the sky
in a westerly direction and disappezred over the horizon to the

west. The object traveld at a very fast rate of speed. Mo sound
was heard.

Witnesses: Mrs. Whitehouse, wife of Maj Harvey J. Whitchonye,
C. 0., ASU 3319 fennesee
ORC instructors, Knoxville, Tenn,
Mr. Tryas W. Setliff (See Incident 136a)

Mrs. Whitehouse stated that the object remained visible for approximately
3 mimtes and that the streamer emitted sparks.

Mr. Setliff stated that the object was visible for about 3 seconds

and traveled at an estimated speed of 1,000 miles pemhour at an
altitude of about 30,000 feet.

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Chl:':CK - LI~T - U!llDl:.NTlFlED fLYlNG OBJECTS
30 Ju :- e 19ue
l.
Date
''> .
I'ime
'.'>.
Location
4.
Name of obse r ve r
5.
Occupation of obse r ver
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
10.
Time in Gigh~
11 .
Altitude
12 .
Speed
13 .
Di r e ction o f f light
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
20 .
Apparent construct i o n
21.
Exhaus t t r ails
22 .
'fleathe r conditions
23 .
Fffect on clouds
24 .
Sketches or photographs
None
25 .
~.~anno r of disappea r a nce
Over horiton to West
26 .
fi'emo. r ks
1,36a
2140
s. Knoxvi lle , Tenn
Mr Tryus W. Setliff
N/S
N/-3
3 seo onda
1,000 MPH
Westerly
N/S
Fir•
Bluish Color
N/s
N/S
61
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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
7•
Pluco of obso r vt. tion
8.
Nur'lbur
9.
Distnnco of obj e ct f r om obso rvor
of o'hj<'ots
Universt ty o f Norta Carolina
CMpel 1Ul', i. C.
three ( J)
N/S
A·1>rox-1mately o• (1) lliJmte
10 .
TiMo in sir,ht
11 .
Alt i t;udo
12.
Spcod
13.
Diroction of flit;ht
ll1 .
'.i'uctics
15 .
Sound
Jst
16 .
Sizo
X/8
17.
Co l or
N/1
18.
Shape
N/8
19.
Odor dotootod
20 .
;,pp£,ront constru ction N/8
21.
Exhuui.t trnils
22 .
Woothor c onditions Clear
23 .
Effect o~ clouds
24.
Sketches or photogr aphs
l one
25 .
Manner
of disoppea r a nco
N/8
'JI.Y:U,.M
H~
N/S
N/8
Not lieiltla
1/8
lo

Incident: 137

to a point in the rear. Objects shaped like cigars. Appeared about the
size of an airplane in the sky. They were about 3-1/2" in length.
Didn't have wings or any apparent means of getting around in the sky.

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CEECK- LIST - lffI DEi'!TI?IED FLYHlG OBJECTS
7 Jul 48
I ncidort :/f 137a
1.
D:.ito
2.
Time 2114 and 2Uc:;
3.
Loctition Cbapel Hil l , N. C.
)►•
;!umo of obse rver
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
H. W. Daniels
10 .
TiMo in sight Aoproximatel,v one ( 1) minute
11 .
Altitudo Extreme
12.
Spead
13 .
Diro cti on of flir,ht Eas t Northeast
llJ .
Tuctics
16 .
Size N/S
17 .
Color
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
21., .
Skotch os or photogr nphs None
25 .
Mannor of disnppoa r anco N/S
26 .
Romn r ks :
High
N/S
N/S
N/S
r
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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
't/ildt! Z!.t tek
'J.!•s .
5. Occupoti on o-f' ob~o r vor E:,.ne~f•
~9 Avl l on Ave.
6 . 1\1drc ss of ob s o r vor
7.
Colun:bus.- O.
Pl aco of obs (; r vt. t i on Grc-1.:mi!
8.
Ilur.ibo r o!' obj oct s
9.
Di stnnco of ob j Gct fr om obsor vor E/S
t •:o (2)
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
13 .
Dir oct i on of f lic ht
111 .
To ~ti cs
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
20 .
,\ppa r ont con st r u ction
21 .
Exhoust t r u il s J:me
22 .
Wontho r c ondit i on s
23 .
Eff oct on c l ouds
Cc~ld act be e1tiattd aroUlld .
Firs t he&AeJ. t;i ti.la iartb
J <>ob ecl up ud down
J/ S
Mc~ll1o
Cl-.r, I\Dllipt, ao claaia
llone (fher9 wre noae)
Skotchos or phot ogr ophs
Bone
Uannor of di sa ppoa r cmco
rnd.e4 &Vii(
Roma r ks :
{Onr)

t \bat tm obJec\e loolm4 11.n •

.-.. Zt.\tAtk

goi
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 -..
were toua4 t o 'be &004 u f •
altU
'

th

!.r crart ~
11 t he ar
IID4
n\, bu\ poor f ,r U tan •

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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.

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
aound &udlb
u-at. aetl ll
~ no
t toward
a.
o"bJt,ct1 ~

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J t 1 .,.
:; .
ti ll
l
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
r,r :in.
o! ob:i r vi til.ln
ob:; rv r
/5
n . t i:r
11 .
.,1 i ,mh>
12 .
Sr, od
b
1
1-~
iurc . on
ec
~lOO o 11000 fet t
bet ,p, n ~co & Geo
•.·
Oiroc t i
a. 11. \n
r i
t ( a~ t t o .,. . t )
~ !1
1:on
coQla not b
ual«.! ycllowi. . •~1.i t
17 .
C"lor
lf .
3hnpo
19 .
Odor liot ctod
21.
E.Y.hf,l.St
'
(
.
e~ti ~te
( .!IJinous)
N/S
1
/s
t r .ils
\:OC1thu r oonditi ons Clear w/ i.<ll't. r
23.
£ffoct on c l ~uds
2L.
SY.otoh •s or photo
25.
Hnnr.or of di&np
26.
Romor ks :
1 in
t he E st- Sout oo!'t.
N/S
0
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
Lt . Gle ebroo
~
n reconn is ance uilo
1
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Unidentified Flying Object

MCTAXD-3 MOTAID-U 16 July 194s Cnt 1

"1, ~ At 2147 hours on 9 Jul,1948, the undersigned sighted an unidentified
object flying from east to west at approximately three to four thousand feet over
. the north end of Osborn, Ohio.

2. The object appeared as a pale yellowish white light that seemed to glow.
It wes not a directed beam. The light was traveling at a rate of speed between
i idred miles. It appeered long enough to allow the observer to determine
its flight path (approximately one to two seconds) and then went out. There was a

pauseg of three seconds, the light then reappeared egain for the same length of time,
another three-second pause and the pattern was repected. After the third appearance
it was not seen again, ,The final sighting was made with the object at an angle of
tely 70° to the horizon in front of the observer who was looking norht.
hting was slightly above the horizon to the west, just north of Patterson
The intermittent appearance of the light wes at a regulated interval,

36 The sky was clear with about a quarter moon rising inthe East-southeast;

er, nothing could be ascertained except the glow of the light. There ws no sound
or trail.

The undersigned was a reconnaissance pilot in World War II and served for
ths in the 160th Reconnaissance Sqd. (J. P.) flying FF-80 type aircraft.
is believed that his powers ofobservation are above averege and that the estimates
speed can be considred to be fairly accurate. 4

/s/ CLARENCE
lat Lt:, t

Incident 139

from obsorvor
.'
•
•
construction
Exhaust tr~ila
\ 1fo nthor
Seemed to near
conditions
photographs
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•
1
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Tlitnesa states: "A beautH'Ul golden
a halo with a silver rim arourxi it."

CHEClC•LIST - Ul IDD?TIFIED FLYlnG OBJICTS
Inoident
1 July 1948
2 • Time
Between 2100 an4 2200 hour•
3. Location
O&hanna, Ohio
L. ttomo ot obaor-.or
5.
f~
llr Jaat Taylor
0coupotion ot o~or-.or
1/8 but now aot1-.e in kt1oaal Guard
6 . Addrou or obt1orvor W/s
7. Ploco or obaorwtion
6.
Nuabor ot obj oota
G a ~ , Ohio
( groan4 )
l
9. Distonoo of objo ct trcm obaorvor
1/s
2 ..oond•
10 .
Tino in sight
ll.
i\ltitudo
12 .
Spood
13.
Dirootion or fli ght
ll,.
Toot les
15.
Sou.-d
Non•
16 .
Si&o
W
ft
17.
Col or
brir,ht yellow-white
16 .
Sha po
W/S
19 .
Odor dotootod
20.
Appo r ont conatruotion
21 .
Exhouat trails
22 .
ftootho r conditions
23.
Eff oot on clouds
21.i.
Skotohos or phot o~r aphs
Hon•
25.
Unnnor of d isoppoo r onoo
N/S
26.
Rom.a r ks :
}000 to hooo rt
terri fie
Bortheaat to SOQthweat
P\lnued aknt""11cdtu tl&t line ot tlight
11/s
luminoua
w/ s
Clear• bright aoonlight
N/S
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

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 - ·

CHECK-LIST - UNID&."TIFIEO FLYING OBJroTS
1.
Do.to
2.
Tilno
30 Jun9 1948
11125 A. 11•• to 1127 Pll ud 1hortl7 therearter
Beola. South Dakota
Lo~tion
loraan Prut11nreut•r
Nomo ot obse rver
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
9.
Diat-onco of objoct tram obsorvor
in sight
10.
Ti_110
11.
Altitudo
12.
Spood
l
N/s
Slirhtly owr two houri
150 miles (?)
Stati onary
Stati onary
,.approx
Remained in on•/position then d~aintegrated
D1roct1on of fli ght
Tactics
16 .
Sound
None
Sho
N/S
Color
18 .
Shapo
__...,
Like polished alumin\1111
I
r '
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
Vfoathor conditions Brilliantly oloar (CAW) - Wind velooity 3 'MPH
22 .
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
r.
I

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.

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
11.
nlt it:udo
12.
Sr•)1Jd
13 .
Diroction or fl i['ht
• j
l•
in si.-ht
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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11 '1
'~ l
] ?IC i 1 H I, 1,
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I
,.
,. t 'i 11
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rv r
or ob; rv r
of ol
or
r-., r
b~ r.~ ti n
:• -.b r o" obi ct ..
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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
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or flirht
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18 .
Chr.po
1r, •
Oder ti toctod
20 .
" J'PC. rr r.t
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.
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ons •.r ur,t ir,n
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CHECK=LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Date at July hg Inoidont # yyy
Timo O25
Location 20 miles south of Mcntgomery, Ala
Name of observer Pilot Clerence Shipe Chiles & Co-Pilet John 3B.
Whitted & Mr, McKelvie, (Occupation ~ ¥/S)
Occupation of obsorver Pilot and Co-pilot, EAL
Address of cbscrvor Atiente Office of BAL
Placo of observation Air - 20 miles south of Montgomery, Ala
Numbor of objects 4
Distance of object from obsorver u/s
Timo in sight 5 to 10 seconds
Altitude 5,000 ft
Speod 500 to 700 MPH (See Atlanta Constitution of 25 duly 48) -
Direction of flight Southwest toward Mobile end New Orleans
Tactics Pulled up sharply with tremendous burst of flame (Atlanta
Constitut on = 25 duly 4g) ;
Sound none
Size 100 ft long and about twice the diameter of "B29"
Color R/S
Shapo . sigar-sheped
Odor dotectod N/S
Apparent construction 8/$
Exhaust trails red-erenge flame
blue fluorescent glow running beneath the object
Woathor ome en Full won, clear with broken cloud coverage of 4/10
at 6,000 £%
Bffoct on clouds 4/S - polled up into one
Skotches or photographs 2
Manner of disappoarance Diseppesred intoa cloud
Romarks + See attached statements

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CHECK- LIST - UN I DENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1.
24 ~ ~
Da t o
InoidQnt
02.:,0
2 . • Timo
Sear 11.ackatoM, Ta. euroa.te to Balei&b-nu-ha
3.
Locotion
l~.
i!amo of obse r vor
5.
Occup(ltion of ob~orvor
I.ow.a J'el4•rt
6. J\ddr os s of obsor v or
pilot
LG.\
7.
Pl aco of obso r wtion Air - ~ Blacaton., Va.
8.
Numbor of objects
9.
Cistanco or obj oct f r om obs or vor
lal,- trail IND
n/•
1/S
10 .
Tmo in sight
11 .
~ltitudo
12 .
Spood
13.
Dir ooti on of flight
14.
Tactics
!Ir-all COTered en 80° to 90• arc lateral.~
Sound
B/S
S1zo
# 1414&
1/S
terrific epeed. -
230°
)
B/S
)
Co l or
1/ S
18 .
Shapo
11/s
19 .
Odor d ot octod
20 .
Appn r ont c onstruction
21 .
Exhaust t r a i l s
22 .
Woathor cond itions
(
0D.l.7 trail pei-ceived. - obJect
)
was not seen
)
B/S
Effoct on clouds
B/S
Seemed to be a jet or rocket trail
at 02}0 at :Blackstone: 'IJ/70 mqGF 112/73/72/
waw 5/987. G.reanaboro and Raleigb-Bm=h had m/15 plue
B/S
2L1 .
Skot ohos or photogr nphs
25.
Manner of disa ppoa ra rtc o
None
1/S
Romo.rks :
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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.
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!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-,
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!!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
Ji.tlanta 81.cb\iac
1'HRDI
Col Cl laccl"JlaJI
'ft) I
Col. McOoJ
l.
31 Jilly 191&1
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!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
plae ._a oboft the crouad.. Re eaw no pbfalcal abap• - 01117 a atreu of
n ame movillC ia a •trdcht tiu. The "°ole uperleace .,.. moaumtaJ-7 ao that
detailed obuervatioa was abect. Be he.:u-d no $0und bGt 1t&.tod tbat th•
n.bration of tho plane va• much greater than normal end that it ws not -pootd., ble t o heur o»3' sound fro• tho oo.teide.
3. In the interview lib-. McJtel-.1• etated to MaJ Lle'-91.l)"ll thnt tb.e
pilots aoemed quite ex.cited Olld that the1 appe ftd n•M'OUS o.,. r the epi!IOda.
. A. LLE :ELLnJ
Mu.jr,r. U ;.P
'QJ..L/aw
t'.5~10
Bldg 2e8
Post 203)'

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itlanta. Ga.
AiJg 3. 1948

Mr. S. L. Sbanncm.
Jaatern Air Linea

Miemi, Fla.
The follovi.ng ie a report of en unidan.t1f1ed. aircraft which
was sighted. by John Whitted and me. aa ve wre twenty mile•
aouthweat of Mont.&t>Dm7; Al.a. July 24, 1948, •• we were on
la.a tern•• trip 576.
At 2: 45 A. M. w were eru.i•in& at 5,000 feet men there came •

.hat looked like a Jet t7Pe of aircraft to onr richt and aU.ghtly
above meetillg u,. It w.a a clear monli8}1t ni&}lt with the visi­
bility excellent; therefore, w were able tG rlew the ahip aa it
passed for a period of c,.round ten second.a. It wae clear 't bere .
were llO wing• preaent, that it wea poweNd by aome Jet or. other
type of pover aboot!Jlg fl81118 from the rear some fifty feet. !here
were tvo rowa of window•• which indicate! an upper and lower d.eclt, from
inside theae willdo,n a Ter;y brl&bt light wa glow1~. Underneath the
ahip there • • a blue glow of li&}it.

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After 1 t paaeed 1 t pulled up into some light 'brobn cloud•
end we.a loat from -.iew. !here WB8 no prop waeb or ro'Uigh air
felt aa ,it paaaed.
After t ~ to the o~ paaeencer awaa· at the time. be aav
only t~ trail ot fire ae it paeee4 and. pull.._ into the el~d•.
I celled the coq,aey at Cohaba.a aDd u1r:ed if there • • ~ re­
ported Jet army craft and re~ated 1f the A!l'C bad aey aircraft
under control. I w.e told tbat no web craft we.a reported by
either eouree.
I •I c. s. Cb.ilea
O. S. Chile•

Capt J:. A. L.
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CHECK- LIST - ffi ' liiEH'!' "'rIED FL:lllG OBJtt;TS
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O:.i t o
~ ~ 48
2.
Tino
0230
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t..o Ctl ti.on
Inc1d mt if
144b
Be tween Bl ecka tone. Va. and Greeniboro • I • . C.
Capt Perry R. Mansfield.
5.
6 . l,dd ru :s o r ob:so r
7.
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Placo or obso r wtion Between ~l.ackatone. la. Uld Greenaboro, JI. C.
6. ttunbor or obj cts
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Occupution of ob~o rv r
l
D1stunco o r objo c:t; fr
cb~o rv r
i/S
3 eeconda
10 .
Ti!'lO in sir-ht
11 .
nltitudo
12 .
Speed
l}.
D1 r oct1on of fli cht
1L .
T1.1ctics
15.
Sound
16.
Sizo
B/S
17 .
Col or
N/ S
18 .
Ghcpo
B/S
19.
Odor dotootod B/5
20 .
11.ppnront canst.ru ction 1/S -
1/S
•teor1c
10Utberl,)'
traTel~ horizontally
B/S
21 .
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ExhuuRt trails
,'2 .
Wonthor oonditi ons
~ CAVU
23.
Err,,ct on cl ouds
B/S
?I ,.
Skotohos or phntor.r uphe Bone
25.
J.IoMor of disnp
26.
Rurno r ks ,
(oTer)
N/S
o rc noo
"died out" 1n the dietance

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pilot
At about 0230 on July 24 , 1948, C. Kingsley/and Capt Perry R. ?1.ensfield
eaw what they tho\J&ht was an UJJusucl. meteor. It was bri t;h t er than
any ever seen before and travel~ in a hori zontal direction, sl49'1tly
above the horizon. It was obser ,red f or 3 seconds before it di ed out .
At no t ime did it appea- to travel in a. dow'W!lrd direction. Ki.Dgsley
& Mansfield discussed the matter that the meteor appe red to be travel­
ing horizontally.

At the time they were trave 1 ing b etween Blackstone, v,-, ., and GTeensboro,
S. C•• 'lhe sky was clear Wld the v1e1bility unlimited . They were ona

magnetic headixig o~ 21.Joo and eetimated tbe object to be on a bearillg of
about 210° f.,om them - that is - about 30 ° t o the left of tbeir heEU'.U.Dg.
It appe:red to be travel i.Dg in a southerly direction , s.bove, but close
to the horizon.

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'lhere is a 15 minute variance in ttn time f/th1e sighting
(0230 ) to the rocket sight ing at 0245 i n ~ t a some 4oo to
475 miles distSJ1t. The time (0230) also tal.11es with Ioc 144a
Pilot Louis Feldwary • s eccount of sighting a jet or ro~ t trail

just after le~ving Blackstone.

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l •• fbial a-pll-' for Olp\. 0. S. OhU.1 oa ~ 576 wbl'.ah
1eft lmnop._ ltm at lai.o JIN laawa Sw,dvd fillil,"M4-F n.i&ht.
"1111' 22. 191'1. M 02k5 llf, • •WlW a •U'IIII olaJeo, 11~'nc
wart u al a h1&b 1"aM at lpMCl. • WIN q ,xx> t .., ID4 our
,ol1'1aia - . 25 all•• ■-tttw1\ ~ Non~. jJ,a. ~tranp
.-)lo\ ba4. a . . . _ of red fin OOldJlc fl'OII 1\1 Wl. 1 ulmle4
ti. lt-■ a Jet V'J)4II airpllile of tbt lntr or lava, aa it cam
••nr
I oaa.14 IN 1:u, 1\ _. mob larPl' tbaa UT Anq or an,
J•\ ' - ' 1 i . . ffll' NG or na4 aboat. It »aa-4 u • the rs.ht
•148 of our DO-). l e,,tn-ate lt1 a.peed 1a the »Scbborhooct of 700

IIPB bat tJ1• 11 J;m"e1T a 1"0Qlb. t.U.te. • ~ a oompo••
i.s.411:w of 50 dao'N■ iD4 Iba obJeot puud ua. eohtc in the oppo•tt.e
41No'1on. to•• the o'bJeet •eaed abmt a baa411.a troa u.
11 aou14 •• no "1llp acwortiaa
tlyiJW • ~ t imd. lenl. l
the · o\Jeot.
!bi obJeo\ . . o ~ lhllped and teae4 to be ahont a mmdN4 f••t 1a
~ . !ha tbll.ap appeared to be' abcmt three tiall• tbt oil"aateraoe
ot a J.29 fv-.lap. It had. tw row of windowae a apper ud. a lowr.
l1lll w1D4.ow wre wrr l•c• ad. ••••4 aqaare. !hq • " .tilt• vitla
ls.tit ~ah •eme4 to be CMUNCl ~ ao• tn,. ot ooaba.ation. I ••U-.te
tba w •tahed. the obJect at leut 5 Nconda 8114 not IIDft tbu 10
NCODd•• • b.clll'd DO now nor did . . fNl . . turl,Qlew tree the .
o'bJect.. It •IIM4 to be at about 5,X, teet.
l alDd Qapt. Cbilea what w bad Ju•t .... and be said that he c11da 1\
nov. Capt Cldlea th.a ooataot.4 tu ~
•ridio operator at Ooluau•
Ga.• and abed b1a to contact Lanon?ldrift ~ o•S nc, 0.. • aa4 fuad
ou\ if ~• An&, be.d a, Jet or ~ t a l . pl.we 1a Ule T10Wt7. !be
4'0lllpMT operator called ua a tew llilmt•• lat• and • i.te4 \ rat t • eca
Jliel4 r9POrted \bat tb.ey bad no plaaa fliii>c la 0'111!" area. Capt Cb.il•
tbea N portecl back to the "OllplV rs41o open.tor aq1.JIC that a at r - .
airo:ntt Juat P.9-Nd 1111 ~ it loobc! llllllwae 'lpe ~ rocbt ahip.

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puaed up Ool:aabna beCllllN of ground foe ad. t,:,ut,imecl on to Atla~

CP.ECK•LlST
1.
0!.ltO
9 July 191.ig
2.
Timo
1.05 A.3T
3.
Lo°' ,tion
Field,ne Lake
l !:'t Lt ~ 'Ili nick J. Carr.ria & ~ ~ws B. Corpenter
5. Occuput i on of ob~orvor s(VLR) Photo
7.
,.-ici.r• .: s of obs r, rvon: 72nd RCN Squadron (VIR) Photot:,ra."' ic
c/o 1iJ>C 731, c/ o Po st !Ocl st1:.•r Seattle ,iicl:!hin~ton
Ploco of obso r vt.tion
Fieldin& Lc...ce , Alaska ( 63°11 1 - 1!..5° l10 • ',/
(3 .
?Junbo r or obj oots
9.
Di3tonco of ob j o ct f r om obs or v o r
6.
11 .
~ltit udo
12 .
Spcod
.Appl"o:x-iir.;_ te-ly 20
5, ()(X) +
5, ')()O +
above-
i "l1'l'led.i~tely b elow t ~e clouds
over )00 t✓.i~
Diroct i on of fl i. (;ht
'i'uctics
Snn.rd
16.
Size dot
17 .
Col or
10 .
Ghc po
Joch.•yf' • ' =ck , nd for t h il. t he ~rc.1 M ::orrnation (b~ve
i 'l'l!)rc ~s i , n of ~ ot ~un bl, ~t pattern) 'but maint~ineo ~troight
Cf')Ur r f' .
Lou d road nt:, f."')1 m<1 np• rd ( t nout;ht it \t{c:; $ ~troni::; ,.. ind ) before
')bj ect r ·-·ere f'i f),t( -l : e0,md she.r;r n"d into a bu1:: ;;~ -they
c.,..,:Jroc.chec t:.nd pt ~sed.
Odor doto ct od
20 .
,.~r 1-C1 r or.t cons t. ru Gtion
21.
Exha ust t r td l s
;.,:? .
Vfootho r c onditi on s
b r i b":i t
Eff ict on cloud s
n~tc - flr w i re i : t el
Il') fl(>
vi s i bl e
?.Dl~ Fn:-tny •.~/ ~
1
<ct·.;.to- cu . ..ilus cloud covcr ~e
bnl ow t t r rn
Sko tch is or phot or,r nphs
n annor of' di sn ppon r nnco
Remar ks:
r/ .:i
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? t s . i...!'&.~l~E-·!"1 bl ....:n
:- .... ~b ~- ct '" r,-, ,r , .
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f orth in t he group fo'!'M...&ti~n w: ich gave the overo.11 impre~~ i nn of a
sh0tgnn bl· ~t p: tt P~n . The objectr ~~r e t oueht to be ~oving ir.
,

"Xccse o: 500 MPH :..t b>:m,roxiir~tc-l~ 5. 0C.O ft ( i.m.-nedia tel y below the cloud~)
from .N,.; t o E..)"E and wer e defini tely flyi.ng a stre.ight course . J ust
before thPy wer (> s i bh t cd a 1 -:md r ?sring sound \\as her rd \':hi ~h was ettt i­
butel'\ t !:> ::. !; t.-,,r,l,. .....i n d bl o1-•ine, lbr o~ h t he sur r o1mding woods . Ho..-ever,
~~ t oe objects appro~ched ::md ~eased, the sound sharpened int n a bnzz
ucli Lkc t hc.t t. e b y i. 6Toup of j e t :1ircn:ft . Ne exhau~t trails were

visi ble .

Ther e were no photogra:phe , avc:t.ilable.
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Tll'IU
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I.n ~r t fon
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uccup~ti on or ob~o rvoi9
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Vicinity of San Acacia Dam 1 65 mile• aouth ot .Albo.qa.erque
M/Sgt Wm R. Carter & H/Sg\ Bernard E. Ban.7
Carter: .trmament t~cia
-.LA...
-,.au.. Harvey:
6.
.--!d r ,.J ns o f ob:;o rvo r
uperienced 1.ta non.-com
~th J7BO XirtlaDd Jil Bau
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Pl oc J of obsv r vtJt i on
V1c1D.1ty of San Acacia Daa
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Hunl>o r of obj 0ots
9.
Di:;tnnco of obj,~ct • f r om o bs o r vo r
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B/S
10 ,
Ti.l'IO in sii;ht
B/S
11 .
Altitudo
12.
sp,od
13 .
Di r oct ion of fli ght
111 .
Tactics
15 .
Sotlnd
16.
Size
S/S
17 .
Co l or
Color of a1um1fflJll_a1rcraft at b.1&h altitude
18 .
Shapo
1ftien OTerbead:
19.
Odor dotootod
20.
l ppn r ont
21.
Exh aust t r ai l s
22.
Vfoothor c ondition s
23.
Eff e ct on clo ud s
2L, .
Skotohos or photogr a phs
be
25 .
ktanno r of' di sn ppoe r nnco
'1lta.
20.000 ft
1,500 MPH (U eatimated altitude correct)
:northarly bead1nc
(between llOrt.h and northwest)
Maintained formatioll
I/S
circ:nlar. Mtcr paa•in& £Qi.th:
1D.cletenli.llat•
I/S
metallic
c~nstru ot ion
none
CAVU
20,000 ft wind velocit,.- 8 to lO llilea
.~
. 5/S
In mortb.veat
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acnit 65 alle■ south ot Albu.quarque 7 unidant1f1ed obJeet I flyuig Oll
northerly headiJI& were obeerved. Objects 1n1t1elly in V f orma.tion at
an
••ti-.ted altitude of 20,CXX> ft above earth. Jormation ftried from
1
1" to "L' to
and the crouped in an 1rregular formation and a
regalaz- palaat~ fiaeb1ng l~t -.aa obaened from tba after they bad
paaeed 30° beyond zenith. ~ abape was difficolt to ascertain. lllen
41recUy O'fet'~ad th.Q' ware c1rcal.at' ad re ■-bled a cluster of balloons
tt&Yeliac at a -cea.t rate of apeed. !!he color wu that of alum1 mm at
hi&h altitude (or mite painted aircratt). It the altitude estimation
1• correct the speed could. be eatillated a.a 1500 MPH. There wa no TapOr,
aob or other trail rta1ble. !hey did not swear apberical w,.an Tieved
at oblique a»gle. Diaappeared on wd1 ng betwen north and northweat.

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Set Carter 1• a aobar 1ndnatr1oua, 1...-.J. hePded iDdiTidDal,

au armamant technician of ootatand1fi8 abilit7. Definiteq
not the t~ to uperi~nee halluc1nat.1ou. hto received

in other wtancea from thia indiTidDal h each instance
proyen aeClll'&ta.
Sgt Barvq ia an aperienced .a non-cca acc:u.stomed to
the sf&ht of aircraft at ft!'ioua altitude■ and speed.a.

JfAUIA!rIQW OJ DiroRKAl!S:
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CHECK- LI ST - Ul:IDElfl'IFIED FLYHJG OBJECTS
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Du t<'
27 July 48
2.
Time
2200
3.
Locct i on
lnc i d ,rt if
Springfield, Ohio
h . I!omc of obs <' r vor Mrs. H. H. Gibson
5.
Housewife
Occuputi on of ob~o rvor
6 . "".!dr ,:ss of obso rvor
1217 Kast Main St.
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Pl aco of obso r vi.t i on
Spri.Dgfield, Ohio
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Numbo r or objnc ts
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J . Distance of obj<,c-c f r om obs orvor
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1/S
3 aeeoDde
10.
Tino in s i i;ht
11 .
!'1titudo
12 .
Sr( od
13 .
DirrJction o f fli {;ht
1} 1•
'i' ,..1 <'t i cs
16 .
Size
17 .
Cn lo r
N/S
10 .
Chc po
Round
)9 .
Odor d otoct od
20 .
,~ppo r ont constru ction
21.
Exh1,u5t t r nils
~right red tail of fire
;:>c> .
ifou thor conditi ons
So1119 thunder 811d ligh~llg
23.
Eff , •rt on ol oudc
1/S
~L .
Sketch ,s or photogr aphs
?5 .
Mnnnor
26.
Roma r ks :
Great height
'nlat of a jet plane
llOrth
l one - traveled in 8traight line
Witness stated object resembled "l:mge ball"
B/S
B/S
Bone
l'le w ou.t of sight
of dioa ppua r a nco
(over)
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On Dipt of 21 Jul.7 48, at 2200 hour• obeener aaw obJect lllbich
reNmbled a huge ball in the aq. It c.. from the eouth and

w.a headed north tra.Telizlc at apeed of Jet plane• vhich often

fq oTer obeervc' • honae. ObJect trailed a bri&h,t red t.ail of fire
ad traveled in a ■tra.18ht 11:o.e. !here wa eome 11.&btll.UIC and
• tm1nder at the u... bnt im ob ■erTer thought the obJect aometb.i 11g
entirel.7 f ore1&D,. •o noiae could be beard. Object onJ.¥ eeen for
three NCOnda•

.Apnta DOte: Nra. Gibeon 1• the wife of a local carpenter, and 1•
b1gt,J7 re1pected. •ot incliud to euggerate or bra«, accordillC
to u1cb}>ora.

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CT!ECK • LJST - Ul'.IDBI!TIPIED FLYIUG OBJ&;TS
l•
D:.1 to
28 Jul.7 4g
2.
Timo
Olm
3. Locc tion Springt1.td, Ohio
Nra. BoN &mr7
~.
l!umo or obsC'r vor
5.
Occupo.tion of obtjorvor
JloaHW1£e
6 . l\tidr 1:ns of obso r vo r
826 Dibert Ave., $priJJgt1el.d, Ohio
7.
826 Dibert .A.Te.• Spr'-zlcfield, Ohio
Pl oco of obso r wti on
O. MuMbor or objoots
9.
·l
Distonco of object f r om obso r vo r
lat ti.ae:
10 .
TiI'lo in s i f;ht
11 .
Altitude
12 .
Spead
13 .
Direction of f liGht
X/$
5 ai.Dut.ea.
2d. time:
15 aimltea
'Jl/S
Reuine~, nearly atationar;y
B/S
Tuctics
Sound
Wituee thovgbt llhe heard aoUDd. of plane before the
aaw the object
Size
Col o r
About the eize of a basketball
Intense 7ellow
Round
18 .
Shapo
19.
Odor dotootod
20 .
Apporont
21 .
Exhuust t r n ils
22 .
Vionthor oond i t ions
B/S
23.
Effoct on c l ouds
B/S
24.
Skotchcs or photogr nphs
!lone
25.
A1anner of disnppoaranco
J'aded e.r,q
26 .
Remar ks :
Jl/S
B/S
const r uction
(oTer)
B/S

On 110rnillf; of ~ JuJ:r (about ()).()a) Mre Rose Hen17 happened to look out
of ber bedroom v1.ndow toward the northeast 8Dd eaw an object the size of
a baabtball vhi.cb. gm-e o!f an intense 7ellov light. It remained for some
5 aumte• and appeared to fade DIQ'. l•+wca IS a aoment 1t reappeared
and•• rltible for IOlle fifteen mi.mltf;e. then faded awey ooa:pletely. It
-.de no noise. Sound like tbat of a pl.au heEl'd before the obJect was eeen.
Bo witnea1e1.
jpnt' • Iote:
Jira. Seney 1• a colored wman about 50 yrs of age end 1 ■ a
reapeoted member of tbe COMllllDi t7. She appeared well edncated
and wre of her ■t.ate•nt a during the inteniew.
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CHECK- LI ST - UMI DENTIFIED FLY UIG OBJECTS
1.
Dote
19 J,m 4g
2.
Tizno
7(}0 AM
Inc i d ont
f 11'9
'
Borth Jutland (HJerra. ,the Scaw and BJerup)
Locot i on
I/S
li .
I!amo of obscr vor
5.
Oc cu pat i on of ob 9 or vor
6.
i,ddrcss of ob so r vor
B/S
7.
Placo of obsorw ti on
• hth Jutland
8.
Numbe r of ob jects
9.
Distance of obj e ct fr om obso rvor
I/S
) !aka froa CIU. B . - ~ (IAD 11796)
u prepared b,- Lt Col haJcl.1a :I.
!o:ml.iuon
~ !hree
•/S
B/S
10 .
TiMo in sight
11 .
Altitude
12 .
Speed
13.
Dirocti on o f fli cht
ll~ .
Tactics
15 .
S 01md
Ji/S
16 .
Size
B/S
17 .
Color B/S
18 .
she. po ball - aaucer
JS.
Odor d oto ctod B/S
20 .
Appa r ont constru ct ion
21.
Exhuust t r nils
:-'2 .
Vfoathor conditions
23 .
Effect on clouds
?L1 .
Skotch os or phot.oi;ro.phs
Rone
25.
t-:annor of disnppoaranco
mzploded. and dieappeared
26.
Romnrks :
Ji/S
apparently rocket-like
J1PB
11 8llddenly etopped,
laat - West
exploded and dilllppe8Z'ed1
rocket-like obJe cta
kwl}).111 tail of green li&Jlt
B/S
B/5
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Various parts of L'iorth Jutland have reported that :>n 19 Jan 48 at 7:30 .A:•!
the wd..11 eo-called flyi.Dg mcera ~re observed. T'.o..e phenomcnn b;.s been
observed in Hjerri.ng. the Scaw and Hjerup. The objects
re S'..U-:-ounded by a
bluish light and had tail of green light, noving east west. One observer
thou.:.ht they loQked like three balls. Several oboervers in the Scaw sey
they were rocket-like objects which suddenly stopped, exo oded anc. d.iaa_;Jpe ed.
M/A. ca
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lmpo~ible to get any verification of this from tanish offici.:us
or De.rJ.iah .var !-iinistry.
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Cl!ECK• LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1.
D0 t 0
&-ro.x 1 Mar
-t'...
2.
Time -
' ntl'?n . . . . .
v7JV
3.
Location
4.
Ifomo of ,obser vor
Incidrm.t =/I- l,>
48
SwedJ.ahCoan
I/S - a lorwciaa pilot
5. Occupotion of ob~orvor
OIL pilot
6.
Address of' obsorvor
I/S
?.
Plooo of obsorwtion
Air - uroute fro■ .tal.berc, Demnerk to
• Oslo, Borw,
8.
Numbe r of obj oots
9.
Distance of ob joct f r om obsor vor
,Material. talra froa MA R-1~
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KAI>~
1/S
~ MCODU
10.
Ti.mo in sigh\t
11.
Altitude
12.
Spcod
13 .
Dire ction o f flight
14.
Tactics
15.
So1md
I/S
16.
Sizo
I/S
17 .
Color
18.
Shopo
19.
Odor dotootod
20.
Appnront constr uction
21 .
Exhaust t l"oils
22.
Vloathor conditions
23 .
Effoct on clouds
24.
Skotohos or i,>hotogr o.phs
Bou
25.
Manner of dise.ppoaronoo
OTer Bon-.
26.
Romnr ka :
20,0CX) ft
1/S
Soutbeaat - paasiJac aloac Swedillh Coast
and dieappeariJtc OftZ' Bonl9'
I/S - flight path followed earth1 a mrface
aitted
I/S ba.t PSlflii a bluiab-green flame
I/S
(OTer)
I/S
1/S
•ne
I/S
1/S

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An OBL plane enroute fro!D Aalberg, Demnark, to Oslo. No~, aignted a
projectile C()\jing from the southeast. :passing 81.cmg the Swedish Coast
and dieappearillg over Norwey-. The missile wa11 at 20,CXX) ft and diaapp83red
over the horizon in four seconds. It t.t:mi t\~ct a bluisb-geen flame but
left no trail in the elcy-. The projectile seemed to :fta follow the
earbh1 s surface.
NOTE:

Simila.r missiles have been observed at R,juk:eJ?., No~ & Finse.
No~.

In this connection, it is of interest to kllow that hea~ water
ia currently being prodnced in Rjulmn.
Observers:

A Norwegian pilot and his co-pilot.
The pilot aerved w1 th the Royal Norwegian a in
Great Britain.

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29 July 1948
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fr 151
0955
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• ,. • i ·1 Northeastern part of IndiSZ1Bp011s, Indiana ( See attached
sketch of location)
1
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or nb.· r v•·rs Mr. JB100c w. Toney & Mr. Robert Iiu&gins
!t- ■■11 ,
c::c: 1.ip•.ti1 n <i f ob:, rv "r e
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r.
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of ot,~ r ·· t i ,,n
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11f
o b ~• rv J r
of nb.'.
Eoth employees of W. 0. Jones Ru.g
Cleaners
Toney: 235 So :Br adley, I ndianapol.is
Huggins: 5)l.io IncUanaol a, I ndianapolis
(See attc.ched drawing of loc,:i.t ion)
f r om o b,- rv, r
ct
N/S - not OTer a fell hwldred feet
N/S
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'I':in(I :i t: :; i r:ht
11 .
,dt i l,ucl•J
l? .
-,f' ·. d
l ;. .
Dir •ic t:i 11n r: f fl 11·ht
1: •
"i ,,r, ic:;
F .
,;
1,J .
, i z,I
b t o 8 f eet l o~
!.7 .
:;,-,1..., r
Al:uminum Blld sb.1.ey 1n col or
lf' ,
,;h •.pp
Shaped like a broad short propeller (See attached dnig.)
J•::; .
Cdrr d•Jt-nct 1d
co .
" n n r ont cons t.ru ct inn
11." d
30 fee t - just above t r ee-tops
25 to 30 MPH
Re.:.ded south ill bank to left
gliding .,.,.1 t h no apparent spinning act i on
no di scernible sound
by 1-1/2 to 2 f eet
lfide (See att ach dng. )
N/S
&l.umimma con struction
None
? l.
.c.
~fccd,ho r c onditi ons
~3.
Eff :ct on r.l~uds
?l. .
S'k 1t-ch ,•s or ph otor;r up.h:;
2
25 .
! :nnr.c r of di sn pp11a r i:.nc J
Went dom in a:>oded area (seemingly)
26 .
Romo rk s :
(over)
CAVU - DO clouds
No clouds
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ObJeet vu llhsped like a broad abort propeller spprox1mate~ 6 to 8 ft l ong,
each blade approxi.Dately 2 teet wide and epproximtel.y one foot thick with
cap• on l1J?per lid.e ot blades. It eppec~ed alumimlm and ah1ey 1n color.
'l're.veled approxi.D:ately 25 to 30 MPH. It wae sigbte d just above the treea
at approximately a 30 ft altitude 1n bank: to the left of approx 'JP and
appeaed in a al~t descent. ~re w.s no discernible eound and no ex­

haust trail.

NOTE:

hack had Ju.at atarted across bri<l88 ( eee dng) wen object wa.e
a~ted directl.7 ahead abo•e the trees. Witnesses stopped on the
other side of the cantilever brid&e but could not relocate obJect.
Search by Lt John E. Roak:ina, Base PIO, and Lt Russell J. Carey, Jr.

Base Intel Off. (331st AF.BU) Rea Tng Stout Fld. did not :prod:Dce any
result. However the area 1n wieh 1 t was believed t.o have fallen 11
deneely wooded with lD8Jl1 hill a and valleys. See diegrem attached.

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1n Lt., um
la\el Ottloa'
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let Lt, USAF
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Intel Officer
Laey wood School
(Approx 1/4 a1
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CHECK• LIST - UNIDENT IFIED FLYI?JG OBJECTS
Inc id ·mt # 152
2.
Time
3. Loco tion
Iiacilanapolia. Indiam (South-Central part)
h. I!omo of obs er ver I Hr. & Jlr1 T8l"mn Swigert
5. Occupation of ob~orvor I Rilill am. electriclaa ad houeewU'e
6.
:~ddross of obsorvor I
203:> Bo,-d. St.• lndl«MpOlia, 1D4hma
7.
Placo of obsor ~t i on
.laabo••-
a. Number or objoots
9.
1
Distance of obj ect from obs or vor
in s i ght
B/S
10 NOOnds
10 .
Til"lO
11.
.Altitude
12.
Spood
13.
Direction of fli ght
14.
Tact ics 11/S
15.
S ound
Sou
16.
Sizo- •
17 .
Co l or
a> ft 1n d1a. Ud approx 6 to 8 ft 1a he1d,1.t
1Ja center - Batio about 3:1
,-bite with ao ab1ne
18 .
Sha pe
lib a q1lbal
19.
Odor dotoctod
2,000 !~
18')0 MPH
90° • east
B/S
,t
B/S
20 .
Apparont construction
21.
Exhaust trails
22 .
V/oa thor conditi on s
23 .
Effe ct on c louds
24.
Skotohcs or photographs 1
25.
Uannor of disappoaranoo
26.
Romorks:
~over)
Jrone
:.;, clear
•/s
1/S
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Object first perceived in the west. 1.be object w.s shaped like a cymbal
With smooth aurfa.ces and epprorlm.tely 20 f eet in dismeter at the base
and approximately 6 to g feet in aeiDlt in the center. Batio was about 3:1.
It appem-ed to be fiat. white b color with DO shine. It trave.led extremely
fast crossing
the aky in sppro:rlratel.5 10 seconds (a distance of about 5 miles)
on a ~ 0 beed.iJl&. It maintained a level course and ahimnered in the sun
giVJ.lli the appearance of spinni.Dg. '?he al.t i tude was estimated at approx­
imatel7 2,000 ft. Object made no discernible sound and left no eDBllst trail.
lo openizlge were noted on the object.
NOTE:

Mr. Swi«ert was atand1~ by open bathroom wt ■i4■■■ window which
f~ces the west an be was attracted by the obJect in the u:;y.
Couldn't believe hie eyes. He rushed into adjoining ki tcb.en
and showed hie wife the object tbru the kitchen window facing south.
He li••q;kk etated the object appeared lerge enough to carry one
perso.n

ll>':'.E:

1Ave1tigation oondncted b7 Intel Officer, 1st Lt Bus sell J. Carey,
Jr., on a call from Mr. Swigert. It was noted that rts1bi11ty 1118.S
good from both windows for such observation.

lo other reports receiTed on this object.

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(Bation approx. J:l)
/ a/ Russell J • 1,/U,["ye
,.__ Jr.,
RUSSELL J
CAREY
l8t Lt. I 05.Al'
Intel Officer
• JR.

Inoid ~nt :/1-
0100 boar•
2.
Time
3.
Location
h.
I!omo of obse rvor
5.
Occupntion of ob~o r vor
6.
iddross of obs o rvo r
B/S (Info forvarded. f / ~ r U .._)
7.
Pl aco of obso r wti on
Between Parrott, Ga. & llicbl•n', Ga.
O.
Numbor of objocts
9.
Distnnco of obj oot f r om obsorvor
lletwen Parrott, Ge.. and llicb]and,Qa.
Jaaee Jaeral, 1oraer D Pilot
•/S - ba.t foraerl.7 D pilot
1
10.
Til"lO in s i ght
ll .
hltitudo 20,000 to 35,000 ft
12 .
Spe ed
13.
Oir ooti en o f fli i;ht 250•
llJ .
Ta ct ics
16 .
Sizo
B/ S
17.
Co l or
b l ~ t e ■treek of li&ht
18 .
Sha pe
19 .
Odor dot octod
20.
11.p pa r ont cons t ru ction
21.
Exhu u s t t r ails
22 .
'ilooth er conditi on s
CA.VU
23.
Effo ot on clouds
B/S
?11 .
Sk ot ohos or photoer o.phs
25.
~lonnor of di so ppue r e nco
26.
Roma r ks :
•/s
5 to 10 NCOnda
J - 3{:()Q MPH ( e•tilla.ted)
B/S
•stjeak"
B/S
1
rocket-lilr.e1
A trail of apaz-lca several. ail.ea lon& ·followed. it
Bone
B/S
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11.beu wa U'llftl.1- betwen Parrott, Ga., and Richland, Ga., in an
aatcaobil• lllbD be o'6aened a 'brilliant blu.-llhi te streak of li&ht vhich
laawd. trca 5 to 10 Ncond.1, tr&vellDc ill an apparent leftl flight on a
beed1:ag of approrlaawly 250•, at about 30,000 ft altitude (estiaated).
Jitter ' - li&b,t diuppeared a trail ot aparb waa observed 'Illich appeared.
•'t'Val llil•• loac. !hi ■ trail luted from 45 MCOnda to (1) minu.te

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Mr. --..1. did not 'believe thi■ to be UT cele ■tial bit baaed Oil
hie aperiuoe u a pilot in t1- D, be ■tated it appeared to be
a bar■t of powr applied to a rocbt or rocket ■hip.

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Columbua • Ohio
Charles Sauod&l'I
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cu pc. t,ion of ob:;, rv , r
Mtornt11
2&}-1/2 South ~ St
.d ;r• .,::; of' ob:,,'rv r
Yard of 1337 Clifton Ave., Columbus. Ohio
of' obs,• r vi tion
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Pl·.c
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Di,tonM of ob.:i cL fr om obs orvor
10-15 mimtea
l •
TinLl in sic;ht
11 .
,dtitud J
l;, .
Dir ,ctitm cf fli1·ht
1 1,.
,,Ac-i
SIIX)Q
B/S
l,5(X) to 2CXX) ft
MoTillg south from the north
ics Constant slow speed - Once it hesitated & thin trail of
i1sued from opposite direction of travel. Qumged poa1tio:n a~sum:1ng
Ilona
different ah.apes
1~ .
.:;, 11C"'d
11.) .
Siz••
Judged to be about 20 to ';I) ft in diameter
17 .
Cnlor
B/S. Perimeter:
1 fl .
Jh". pc
O:langizl«. First: eide-Tiew: P&l'allelogrBII.
then r e-.erted to original. form
O<l or d .1tr,ct 'ld
constant gr-e.,-black.
N/S
cO .
J\Pt:'n r ont cons t ru ctinn
r1•
Bxhi.. w, t t r u i ls
B/S
thin trail of smoke
.font hur condit i ons
CA.VU
Err ct on clQuds
1io clouds
,' 1, .
SJ.: ,t ch •s o r photor,r uph:;
4 sketches
2'; .
i'.r.ru.· r of dio-ippwo r c.nc<J
'fl/S
2b .
Romu r ks :
(o-rer)
--
Center:
transparent.
circular
Second: clcclur

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On 2 AIJg l'8 at approx 1945 a rouM. object lalich appeared to be abotit ~ to
30 tt 1n d.1-.eter w.a obeen-ed moviJJ« in eoutherly direction from t:he
mrth oYer center O't CollJIDbna. Bad conatut cre,-'black periaeter with a
U'8ZU!parent oenter. The blu. ~ could be obeerTed. t.brongb. thia grq-blact
peraaeter lmil.e 1t mo~ed at a constant, al.ow epeed. of about 15 MPR. It
made no no1te ~ ez,;r kind.
Once it bedtated in it ■ IXT9'e:r:enta and a thin
trail ot llll0ke 11sued from the oppo•ite direction of traTel. !be a.ob
aoon dieeppeued am. wa not aeen apin durug the 10 to 15 ainutea obJect
"8.8 rl•1ble to the observer. '!he obJect cbLziged position - lnt not direction
of tr&Tel - tb:ree tiaea. 1llen fir at eeen 1 t nidently pre&mted a d.~
Tiew llhich w.a a parallelog• 1n lbape. (See). Slowly ita poaition oltered
and it became circolr 1n fol"II, cm1y to rnert after a tiu to 1tw origiul
fora. The altitude w.a Judced to be aome 1500 to ~ ft aboYe groond •

.&pnt• • loter

sa:n:w5era drew the followi.nc aketcme

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J'aurth

Second

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J'ir.t

!be aboYe drawi.Dga conotitute four poaition• of one pbaM. b
obJect puNd tb2"Cl throe of t.beN pbaua c1ar1JJC the 15 aimt.e perUd.

CJ rCK - LrnT -
2
1.
t':.ato
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2.
Tino
7Z~ P. M.
3.
locotion
5.
OccuJ>Q ti on of ob~o rvor
Incici ir.t
BouMW1.te
6 . ,, idr u::n or oboo rv..:> r
1337 Cl.1ttol1 A.e, Coltabcl•• Ohio
7.
Placo or obso r v<., tion
Columbaa. Ohio
O.
llur.tbo r o!' objoct:s
9.
Di:ito.t co n!' obj ct rrom obso rvor
1
Ti:,o iri o i r.ht
11 .
J\ltit.udo
12.
Spood
l;, .
DiroctiOJ'l or fl! Ght
11, .
Tor:t·c•/
l ~.
S011r.d
16 .
Shi,
17 .
Co l or
18.
Sh~ po
19 .
Odor dotoctod
2o .
;\ppnront constr uction •
21 .
Exhuuc,t t ru Us
23 .
FL 'IJ!G OBJD;TS
.Aue 4g
10 .
:>?. .
11!•1 ID 1'P"'IFIEO
•fs
15 ldmtea
~
1/2 aUe h1cb
al.ow llbd. r•Clllar apeed
• troa •orth to South t.o Southwet
•/s
Obl.on« to circw.ar to oblonc cbamge in abap.
~
of aall pl-.
•Is
-b\i, Ciroalar tor th.a mat part
~
•/s
•/s
tail of 11110b
Wonthor oond i t i on s
UaJ•neJS: ffffl>r~ for olteenaticm. ld.cht aaff1cient
Erro ct on c l oud:,
ClOIQ(lle11
vi th.out interlere:ac:e from am I rq,.
2 1.
Skotoh os or photor.ro.phc .
IJoDII
25 .
ltc&r.nor ot dhappo r r.nc o
•Is
26 .
ROt:'IO r lcs :
(OYer)
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.

0JL 2 Jae lla, at 71'}:) P. ll. .... Seard.er• ObserYed. - un,-,e,]
o~Jeet b tM rlq. Ber attention -.. diNcted. towrcl it NOlllN
. . . nei&b'borbood ch114re wre looki»« towrcl ~ »rtb. Sbe
called her m.abaDd, Cbarl•• Sennder~. (Jae 1~) te wit.De•• tu
:pbceaenoa. !he aq waa cl.owllN■ an4· b l'-4:ht a,re Ua&.
lafficieat, Yitbmlt interference frat tba rqe of the am lllhicb
wre bidden b7 the mildiJI&• of the e1~.
ObJect first appeared. oblonc 1A lbape and w.e trsreliDC trom
north to 8011th at a al.ow, reculer apeed..
DI A•• at a betcbt O'f a ba1.f llile. ~ ~ 15 aim.tee under
obeenation the obJect tr&Teled approx 7-1/2 ailee. Jl ~
it did no\ cbBl:rge it■ courN, it preMD.ted difterent appearace•
flrom tiJDe to t1M. J'rom obJ.oDc to circular then to obloiic.
ObJect vent tbru tbia cbage three di:tfe:ren_t time• 11Rtil o\Nl'Ter
loet ■t.,;b.t ot it. BoweYer, for tbe a,at pert it preNDted. a cir­
CQ:l.ar appesruce. Oa.tluaa Yery dark in contrut vith the maa..
paNDqJ ot the cater.
,-ha
ed. c1rculv
obae.ner aware ot ~ Cllllter
a
t

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t O aener mo ......._ &
iloa
etuc frca 1iM
nar, aft• which tbe obJect coatillud ill a aoutber~ direction.

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!hi• tail of aolce _. obaerved ba.t cmce. !be aiN appeared to be
that of a ..U plae, It ade DO ■oam. al.tho at OM tiae ebNner
tbavcbt • 4etected one. At approx szoo P. 11. o'beerYc- loet 81,pt
Oil the ol>J~ Jut u 1t IIJPe&red to be ebmcSnc 41.r~ioA troa
So-11th to Sout>:aw,t.

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31 July 48
lnr- Li Jrt ff 1 55
3.
1 nr· ~ i en
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.. ldr, .,:.; of ob:::, r-n r
480 N. Monroe Ave., Ciolumlra.s, Ohio
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Columbus, Ohi o
4&> N. Monroe Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio
nf' ol•"" r v,., r
Mrs. Edward G. Watson
of r b!;0 r v•. tion
6 or 7
Very great dietanee ~
L, .
Tino in sirht
N/S
N/S
11.
-
very great
Bo-veriDg
l;, .
Diroct i on of fl it-ht
N/5
7,,c-1 ics
-hangi.JJg in the sky
Hoveri.Dg
lfJ .
Sizr)
of an ash. trfV
17 .
Co l or
gold
W.
3h-.po
I~, .
Oder doto ct od
to .
hppn r ont c onstruction
21 .
Exhuust t r a il s
,>? ,
w.. .thor c onditi ons
23 .
·Eff .ct on c l ouds
starlike
1/S
H/S
CAVU-bright sunlight
0
fI/S
Sk ~t oh os or phot oer nph s
:o nrcr of di sa ppoa r c nc o
26.
Romo r ks :
(over)
1/S
Bone

Witness Statement:
ObJecta first looked like large stars. They seemed t o be at a very
great diatance and appeared to be about the size of an a.eh trq.
There vere approximately six or seven of them in a formation tbat
resembled the abape of the big dippere Did not have a d.efini te shape
indlvidually but Just seemed to be a group of spots glittering 1n the
sky. They were gold in color and seemed to be just hangi.Dg in the sky.
'!he ak;y- was clear and blue and the am was shining but do 110t bel i eve
the gold color cansed by a reflection of the Eml.
witiiess

Corrollrated b7 truck driver ba.t/ COW.Cl not obtain hie name.

Cl!ECK- LI ST - Ul!IDENT IFIED FLYING OBJ~TS
1.
I ncidrmt fl- 156
Dato
8:00 P. II.
3.
4.
Oobabu. Ohio - tr SP~ 14 MBl' 1091 radio towar
located M8Z' tJniftZ'lit7 Qolf Ccm'N
i!nmo of obser vor
Mr ■• Marti.a Price 6 llr•• M8l'7 lippetoe
Loco t ion
Mr■ • Price:
5. Occupat i on of ob~o r vor
houNWlf•
6.
J\ddr oos of ob so rvor
Mrs. Mary JU.ppetoei aotber of llra. Price
2186 J.amont, • • • , Colmlba.a. Ohio
7.
Pl oco of obso r vti ti on
!raont B4 near l«)SJ lad1o Tower
8.
Numbor of ob joots
9.
Di~tnnco of ob j oet f r om obso r vor
10 .
TiMO in s i bht
11 .
,atitudo
12 .
Spead
l
2,> fee\
1/s
25() feet
Tf!l.rY al.ow
Di r oction of fl ight
lfeat to :last
lL .
Tnctics
Did not cbimge course or altitude
15 .
Sound
Jlo noise
16 .
Size
of gasoline dram - Approx 5 1 x 61
17 .
Col or
AIP Blade
18.
Shc po
Oblong
19.
Odor dotoctod
20 .
Appnront constr uct ion
21 .
Exhu ust t r ails
~? .
Vfont hor cond itions
Clear with DO c1onda
23 .
Eff.ict on clouds
Bo cloa.ds
2L1 .
Sketches or photogr nphs
Bone
25 .
~1nnnor of disnppoa r nnco
B/S
26.
Romo r ks:
•,s
B/S
Spouted black amolte from the top
(above)
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0a SaQIJ'dq ffeniJtc, 31 M¥ 48, at appronmat.i,- 8:00 P. M. ,
clle dr1:r1ac IIOO.tb o-. fiiaont Boa4 u obMn'Wa approached tba w:>SO
lad:10 !owr located cm tM lhdTer ■1V Golf Com-•, a larp obJect re....,_
bliJte a
lantena wa ■Nil floatinc 1a the ak;,. !be watber . .
clear, ad 1t aa ■till clqll&tit • o'bJeot ooul.4 be aeen quite clearly.
It aa o'blo11e 1A abape ad about the ■lze of a guoline dna. It wu
oond• froa t.be w■t and. mTiDc ffr7 alo~. It puNd cloae to the
towr ad. w.a aboa.t 1/2 \be beicbt of the tow:r tr. tlwt ground. Aa
it puN4 Oftl'hea4 traftliDc eaat, it lpORted black 1110b froa the
top 11114 at the 'bottca Oil the left ■id.a thee w.a a dD.11 enclosed li&ht
Ub that of a i.... !he obJect did. DOt cbac• ita courM or al.titud.8
'bllt ooat!mled oa to the east with black aolm traili.Da beb1nd, !be
eltJect _. 'bleclc. It 414 aot aab-,, DOiM. !b.c-e wre no v1np Ti■ible
nor 414 it baYII a:r •tor.· • OJ)IIIWICtl of UT k1Jld. ooald be ■een.

m.-

JD?la .tm~ car ■topped..., tba with ho occapante llllO el•1:eed
\hat tb-, ba4 ....- wUu■aed. ~ l i b it before.

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Inc id ,Pt /1
31 ~ 4s
157
8:p:) P. M.
3.
j_r,<•
Columbt>.1. Ohio
Ljc,!1
Bobert C. Gomora
Teletype Oper ator
G.
.. J<lr ,::; o f ob::, rv Jr
State Hi&hwq Pa t rol Radio Station
lfear Golf Dr1v1.ng Rea•, Columbus , Ohio
l G.
:>i!':tan<'o o!' obJ , ct f r om obs ' r vr.: r
Object was balloon 'Which fell
to earth & vas iDvestigated bf obseryer
Tb,} in :Ji-ht 'N/ S
11 .
;, li itud •.)
12 .
:;i. <J d
l~- .
Dfr >c t ion c,f fl irht
' ,I •
1 •~ct ics
).
Came to earth f'rOJD around 100 ft ( lllhen first observed)
N/S
earthward
11/s
N/S
11.> •
Siz,:;
2 ft X 3-1/2 ft
17 .
':r,lo r
lllhite crepe paper
1G .
8h:;p<'
N/S - but ea.id to be like old tima "Count:, :1air11 balloon - round.
l';, .
Oder 1l ,1tucto d
20 .
. ~fi,i,Pii.J,flf con st,ruction
11
,:
•
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N/ S
Er.h ·, u~t t r ui l s
crepe paper
smoking - caused by large ball of waste ma.t~rial
'."! ci . •. hor conditi on n
N/S • (cl.ear • see Incident: 156)
~3 .
Eff:ct o n cl o ud s
5/S (no clouds)
C 41 •
Sr:ut ch, s or
.,,
photogr etp!'ls
t·onno r of' disappuo r anco
26.
Romu r ks :
None
Fell to earth li>.ere it was retrieved.
(over)
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Object was perceived floating in the sq comi.Dg from the wes t over Ohio
State Student Housillg Project and vas approximately 100 f eet off the ground.
vb.en first obsened. It got lower all the time and landed in a field nearbi •
'ftlree anall boys ran toward 1 t and observer went over to investigate.
Saw ~ r ba,; affair approx 2 feet in diaeter and 3-1/2 fee t l o~ made of
wite crepe paper. (like old time 11 Co1.mty...J"air" hot air balloons) It
was IIOOk:i.ng men first observed and this was caused bia large ball of waste
material wich va.e fastened underneath it. There were no mark:a or writing

on it ++i1l1D1+1i1\ww1Mi+&1l,,weee
~

:lote:

See Incident 156 - in wich tille & direction tally.

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CEECK - LIST - 11?:J:DEH':'IF'IED FLYlllG OBJECTS
Incid mt iJ
1.
D:.. t
2.
Tir,o
3.
Loe£ ticn
11 .
i 1umo of obscrvor
7•
Occupution of ob~o r vor
6.
,dd r tJ .;s of obso r vo r
7.
Plue ) of obso r ~Jt ion
[I .
t!unbvr of obj-,ct.s
9.
Distance of obj, 1 ct f r om obs e rve r
158
2a00 P. M.
AXIIMI Groveport, Ohio
Harold A. Tailtil
Stu.dent, I
25 Yest Hinman ue.
l 111le west o! Groveport, Ohio
1
l Ci .
Tino in s i r;ht
B/S
11 .
nltit udo
Yery high
12 .
Spr od
13 .
Diro ction c f fli,~ht
-
B/S
N/S
in we1terl3 direction against a light wind
Tuctics 11/S - Just u:baust visible - smoke pattern dark & ft'r7 large
dispersed rapidly and appeared. again as wide streak a mile or ao in leQgth
l·• ·
S011Fd
lio SOUDd
tviated from wide to narrow atreak
111 .
and.back.
lo .
Size'
B/S - object not seen
17 .
Co l o r
1/ S - object not seen
18 .
3h~po
Julit a streak observed.
l.<j .
Odor d ot o ctod
20 .
i~ppnront constr uction
21.
?2 .
Appeared aa black cloa.d with no de:tlnite ab.ape but loolmd
lia an anti-81.reraft a.hell a few aecond.1 after it mploded
·· · · · ·•-· , .. .. .... ... rew white clowia - bo.t jl.eer
Wcmthor conditi ons
23 .
Eff o ct" on clouds
2L .
Sko tch ,!S or photor;rophs
25 .
Monnor
26 .
Romar ks :
11/S
,:/Jk.
An exhmlst trail (&1DOke)
Exhuust t r oils
bl.aek cloud •1-l.houet ted em:>ng tba that moved
of di"snppoa r o.nco
3 fi&••
B/S
(oTer)
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Obaen-er noticed '411hat appeared to 1>e a emal.l blade cloud between
t.:, llb.1.te ozae■• Semed. peculiar because the weather w.a cl.ear 8D4
th.ere were a few wit. cloa.da in the aq - mt no otber dark cloada
or formation■ ot UST ld.ad. !!he black clotld did not have arq dlfinite
abape bu.t looked. lib an enti- &1.raraft abell a few eeconda after it
explode■• Suddenly it ■ tretched out into a Yicle 1treak with aaller
Tft't1cal atreaka. then rapid.17 turmd end twiated. mTiDc illto a
different direction and. di■appearillg. In three or tour aecon.dl , the
amoke burst app.ared ~ 11p0nt81le0Usly-, approxiaate.1.J '2f1I wat
of the pJac. mer• firet n.oticed. Smoke pattern dart, TC7 large. ad
disper■ed rapidly, appear~ aca1n u a "1.rua ■treak a aile or 10 ill
len«th wueh appeared to twi ■t troa a wide to a ~ w 1tnak and tbea
back acain cbangiJI& direction aa it twi ■ted. Mo'Ying 1n w1terly
direction agaiJlat li~t v1n4. Pla1nl.7 rta1ble altho far 8Jtllq ad ftr1' high.
Bo amm4 heard. Seemed lib a atreak that would be md.e 1f a ~
w1D£ with ""ra1 ~ • IIL benJdnc am turn1Jlg and leaTillc aba,st
traila.

lotel Yantia was in the var and bad seen a l ot of ant1,,.a1rc:raft
ahel.l• burst mid~ Tap<>r trails from plane■ ba.t bad. unr
obeen-ed ~~ lib thia. Be atateai • 1 It wa.a IO apoatauau
11D a rnbber bazwl ..hic:b ics round, tun 10ddenly 11 1tretched at
length and tviated. and then diaeppeara v1 th.out & trace.•
Jont 1 • llotet

Tanti• drew the lketcbee below

Streak twisted and turned - mddenly diaappearecl

l ? lengtb
~
width same -

eatimated at l to 2 mile•

lat position

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30 July 1948
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2015 hours
:1 s
Worthington, Ohio
J ohn A. Felton
5800 Hi gh St, Worthi ngton, Ohio
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rl·,c
).
~.i.:.t•u1crJ of ob j, ct f r om obse rve r
of obs •r-,r.t i on
Li .
Ti:,o in s i t;ht
11 .
:dt. i tud)
l? .
::;
r· 'Jd
Worthington, Ohio
N/S
15 minutes
Approx 3000 ft
very slow
SW
Di r uc ti ,m of fli 1;ht
None
1!1 .
,,..:c-t ics
1 r, .
,; , •1rd
:7 .
Col o r
silver
rn.
8hr,po
cylindrical
None
N/S
Odor d •Jt<:ctod
N/5
20 .
1,ppn r o nt con stru ction
21 .
Exhaust t r ai l s
,">2 .
v'/c-tit hor c onditi on s
23.
Effo ct on clouds
2L1 .
Sk etche s or photogr uphs
None
25 .
t-la.nr.or of disnppoa r a nco
N/S
26.
Romu r ks :
N/S
Clear with high scattered clouds, visibility good
N/ S
(over)
I;

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Object appee:red cylindrical in shape with no apparent wiJl€s or tail
surfaces. Bo standard marker lights were disp~ed and there were no
eDgioe noises. The object emitte4 a steady silver glow.

Altitude was judged to be approximately 3000 ft and the object Wa.s moving
very slowly in a southwest course. It was in line of vision some 15 minutes.
Bo other aircraft. military or civilian were in vicinity of Felton's
hearing or vi8ion. The sky was clear with high. scattered clou d s and
the v1sib111 ty vae good.
NOTE:

Felton questioned by Maj Cal:rpbell of the USAF, but nothing
further was gained by this interview with the e~ception
that hi• wife also saw the object.

CF-ECK- LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Inc idQnt
1.
Onto
4 J ~ 48
2.
Timo
lltl5 P. N.
3.
Locotion
4.
t!nmo
5.
Occupo.tion of ob~orvor
B/S
6.
1,ddr oss of obsorvor
Box 227, nr.....ebarg. Pa.
7.
Pl oco of obso r wti on
Dr&Taaburg, Pa.
o.
Numbor of obJocts l
9.
Distanco of object fr om obsor vor
f 160
DnlYaabarg. Pa.
of obser vor
10.
T imo in sight
11 .
Altitudo B/S
12 .
Spcod
John Jmmi~. Jr.
•/s
20 Mconda +
Boveriz:lg - then mviDC on at und.etenained apeed.
B/S
Diroction of flight
Tactics
JDOTed aero••
~.
•topping three times and resum:tnc movtment
Sound
Bo noi se
Si zo
of a star
17 .
Color
same as a star
18 .
Shdpo
l ooked l i ke a star
19 .
Odor d otoctod
20.
Apporont construction
21 .
Exhaust t r ails
22 .
Woathor conditi ons
23 .
Effect on clouds
24.
Slrntchos or photogr o.phs . Vague sketch
25.
Mnnnor of disn~poe r anco _
26.
Romnrks:
p·
·N/ S
B/S
N/ S
N/ S
N/ S
N/ S
(over )
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On 4 J-al.7 1-8 at appr~.. 11:15 P. M., OS!, witneaa and bis wife tbougb.t
tlwT aaw a ■tar mT1DC. '!here • • a li&b,t in the mcy the same color and
■ize of a atar which w.a movinc.
*••t 1w,,,,,._,,tt p,,,,,w,ca,,,ae
w110+1Dtl•sw1■ 1w1•lwclaee11u ➔wN1"1et1a ■ pt++e14+■■ xMlw+lnqi
l11&► 1el11Jllres,kle1e\,eet1414. !hen the7. thought it '88 a plane bllt
it -4.e DO noi... !be obJect moved across the ■k;y, then
its course
cbanced.
a bit and wnt straight and ■topped again for about 5 MCODde, changed it■
cour• a bit and 1f91L~ etraigbt tor avhile and •topped aga1n th1• time for at
lea.at 15 llfCOnda, tbezl it wnt across the l)cy a little wa;,ye and diuppeared
ccapletel.7. lben. the obJect •topped in the sq-, it resembled a star and onl7
b7 folloWinc it• courN cow.~ the difference be noticed.
IDB:
lfltaeaa atatea that he 11-.ea 801N 2-1/2 mile■ from the two woman
(NoEeeaport, Pa.) mo reported aeeirlg a bic ailver plate zooming
11DiNlea■l7 OYerbea4 in the direction of ~ o d Pmtt.
161..
See Inc.

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11:·P)'::l!:'Ir!ED
Cl:ECK- LI:.T -
Around July 8,
FLYilJG OBJECTS
48
Incid >rt if 161
N/ S
2.
':" ir'\u
3.
L r,cr ti on
McKeesport, Pa.
Mr s . !fell Vewey & Mrs. Elizabeth Ooltz
r./ .
C:ccupr.ti on of ob~o rvo r
housewife
6.
,.-idr,• .;:,; of obs o rvo r s
Mrs Goltz:
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Pli.c
McKeesport, Pa.
O.
rlunb~' r of obj <"'cts
).
Di:.tonco of obj <.' ct from obso rvo r
Mrs Vewey:
of obsu r vi.ti on
34o4 GTover Ave)
26o4 Gr-over Ave. McKeesport, Pa.
l
N/ S
N/S
10 .
Til""lo in sir,ht
11 .
,; lt itudo
12 .
Spr•cd
13 .
Dirocti on o f fl i /~ht
1c:-, .
J ," 1rd
16 .
Size
12 to 15 inches in dia.
18.
3h•.po
"plate"
10 .
Odor d otoctod
20 .
i1.ppn r ont constru ction
2 1.
Exh:lUst t r uils
,'2 .
;10nthor conditi ons
23 .
Effoct on clouds
2L .
Skotch Js or photogr aphs
None
25.
~:annor of disnppoa r a nco
disappec-red in bl:nid baruc
26 .
Romo r ks :
N/ S
N/S
N/S - toward X:enJl3W(>od Park
noiseless
N/S
N/S
N/S
N/S
disappeDred in c l oud ballk
(over )

.
· w1tnesa saw lllhat looked like a "big, silTer plate• zoom.il:lg noiael eal.y
overberul in the direction of Kennywood Parle.
IIQh look, that' a not a plane, ac:reamed Mra. Vewq of 34o4 Grover to
ber neighbor, Mr$. Goltz, 36o4 Grover, "it looke~ike one of tboee
flying eaucers."

Mrs. Vevay said the disc was about 12 to 15 inches in diameter. It
diaappe6red in a cloud bank but reappe ed on the far eide and was seen
by Mrs. Goltz. They followed the direction of the diac until out of
ai8}lt•

R'.>TE:

Taken from the Daily Neve "Mcieeaport, Pa.

- July S, 1948.

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I . ,. ' ...,-CHECK- LIST - lfl·! IDE1•!7 IFJED FLYHIG OBJECTS
Inc id ·,rt :/1- 162
1.
D:1tc
ll Aug 48
2.
Timo
1200 and 1215 hours CS?
3.
Locotion
L.
Pomo of obsc- r vor
5.
Oc cupc.tion of ob~o r vor
6.
:\ridr c ::;s of ob so rvor
R/R 1 Hamel, Milmesota
7.
Ploco of obs.:> r vt,t i on
A8 above
8.
lJuJ'lbo r o!' objoots
9.
Disto nco of obj n ct f r om obsor vo r
Hamel, Minneeota
Jerome Leu.er (age 10 and Benne Leuer (age 8)
children
- baclt yard
1
10 •
T iM0 in s i Ght
11 .
Altitude
12 .
Spcod
13.
Diro oti on of fli Ght
a matter of a few feet
li/5
rested on ground -
'1/S
After resting 011 ground it aacended to a hei&ht of
30 fee t and shot off 1n a nortb.eaaterl.7 direction
1L.
Tactics
apan once, made 'Wistl1ng nois~, ,wot stra1ght up 20 ft, halted
and again made whis tlill& noise. Maneuvered aroWld tree branch.es & tele
Sourd whistling noise - like steam whistle
wires.
16 .
Siz o
1 ft thick - 2 feet wide
17 .
Col o r
dull. gr9¥
18.
S h n po
~ound.
19.
Odor d ot o ctod
20 .
Appor ont construct i on
21.
Exhaust t r "ils
N/S
metal.lie
B/ S
iloothor conditi on s
B/ S
23 .
Eff ect
21.1 .
Skotch ns or photographs
25 .
llnnnor o f diso ppoa r onoo
26.
Romor ks :
o n c l o uds
(over)
N/S
'lone
into northeast

lllforaant ■ atate4 that oa 11 Aue 148 between 1200 and 1215 houra, cs-r.
Jeroae and :Benao were p~i.Jlg in the back Tard and noticed en object
in da■ca:1t approxiaatel.7 twel.Te feet from the groand wb.1ch waa deacend.1~
betwen the tw of them. It settled to the ground gentlJr - JIil.Ch e.a a
halJoon. Opon bittin& the ~ the object lp,lD. once. made a aort of
wbi•tlillc DDiN, d.elCl'ibed b7 the tvo beye •• re ■-bli.Dg a at.an wiatle,
ad tbm abot atraieht -ap into the a1r approxiae.teq 20 feet, halted
and ap1n aad.e a ~•tl1D& noise. The object then ahop upwrd to a height
of abant Y:, feet, and, 1D th11 a scent, 1118DBUTered around tree bran.che1
a4 tel~n• v1rea. Upon reaeb1J>& a height of approrlmately 30 feet
t.be o'bJecibot off in a mrtbeaaterl)' direction. !be obJect approached.
frcm the 110rtbwat.

!be bo7• deacribecl the obJect aa "approximately ODe t oot thick, two teet
aide and rOlmd. • !be obJect had 110 windoww, wiree, or any Tiaible
apparteaucea. It w.a a dull gnq in color end when it hit the ground,
it mde a al.1'b,t elenk1ng uoiee, ma.ch a e metal hit t ~ agains t metal.
Philip en4 Mr• Leuer stated the boy e wre viei~ f'ri,;btened lib.en t he;r
ran into the boo.M and were afraid to tell what they had aeen. Uyon
clo•• que1ti011U1B, the boya related the above story to them.

Mr. Ltoer advised that he1ben bad notified. Mr. E. R. Sheridan. Poat maste~
at Baati, Mimleac,ta (vbo mbeequantly notified the pr oper enthoriti ee)

AGDITS 1l>'!IS: .tcent noted that the 11p0t are the alleged 'flying 1E111Cer"
had landed wu approximately 2 fe et in diameter and appeared. aa t hough
■c:ime beaT)" obJect had landed there or bad been eet down - as the ground
• • dented aJMi protrudi.D& rock• had been leveled. The apot wee covered by
a washtub.
.
to .a-""tM,,._ E. R. Sheridan. Poatmaste.i:. advised that he had no
reaeon
UA,l\,U,I ~-Ue atoey of the boys or of Mr. and Mrs. Leu.er.
and
for thie reuon bad reported the matter to the Federal :Bureau of Investigation,
St. P8Dl, Miml.

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C . t Henry Glovr-r & •Alifa
(Otd-Res)
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8531 Variel Ave., Cano~.: Park, Cru if
Van Nuys , Calif.
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Ordnance Reserve Officer
rv r
1, • C' •
l
t·ro:-i c,t1., r v r
1 1.
I
'l:fis:,. about an hour
r . 1 1t
I •
grt"ci t
n J ' I ,. ll l
. ~ overnead
he i:e,ht
•
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,
1,,. .
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r
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of we·.ther balloon i:.t 2CXX) f t
1~r
blu i sh lum nescence like fluor escent l amp whi ch gradUE.lly
cn~.nged to or,nge color at dusk
r ound tend~ to spheri cal
r i ,i;, l't. •d
N/S
,-r,r,r.ror.t cons• ructinn
c.r.h•.•J ., t t r u1 l s
,,
or e
N/S
,- d
~h P"
I ,.
or Wxim:d!
E to .
t r a,11=led a ve-rtictl arc of about 25° or
,.. , r
I .
toward the sun from t he Ea.et
l,t
1
N/S
N/S
1 r c onditi r·
CA.VU
2:, .
: ·vnr r of diznpp· :--t r nc"
LU o
R 1,hr lts:
(Over)
ground terq:,er · tu.re 70-75°
snapped off like a lamp 'ftlen you throw switch

Object api:eared round and probo.blJ c,;phH.!"ic:.tl.. At first l0ok{•d
si'llilt:.r to weather balloon at t~bout 2000 ft but t.'1-iere was no
characterletic bobbing. The wind vc:1.s blo~,i~ on the ground wit;,
fatr strength and gusty yet t:.~e object was <r?,ite steady. Io t~e
time 1 t was under observation (about an nour) it traveled thru a
v.ertical arc of about 25° or 1rore . After watcning tne object for
a 'While the observer concluded that whatever it was the t r.. ng ~c s
at great height but not a star. It had a. bluish :!.U.'llin.escenoe like
.a fluorescent lamp and as the sun set tbe color gr~dually c..~w:iged to an
or ange color at dusk and finslly snru,ped off like a L.mp when the
switch is throw. The outl i.ne was clear and sharp and symetricc:l (no
fuzziness or blurring) , t ne air cler:;r with visibility unlimited.
Di recti0n of travel from Ea.st directly to•~d the sun.

"On the evening of 22 July 195,
my wife and I were having dinner in the
Nuys, Galifornia, We arrived there a
‘ion wae attracted by other patrons to a e
directly overhead,

DESCRIPTION’ It appeared to be round and ay
weather balloon at about booo'e

The wind was blow

Can you approximte
sighted the object?

Who called your attention to the object?
Unidentified menber of a group at the patio,
What was the weather Condition at the time?

Very clear sky, Visibility unlimited,

ei eetn® Your impression of the actual shape or dimension of the
object?

Xt appeared to be round with no dertain onstruction.

SPROULL: What was the approximate sige of the object?
GLOVER: The size, as near as I could judge, would be a weather balloon
at 2,000 feet. I am POSITIVE it was not a weather balloon,
SPROULL: What would you approximate as the speed? f
GLOVER: ‘That I wouldn't know except that it travelled about 25 or 30
Gogreen: ee tely forty-five minutes to an hour,
SPROULLs In what direction did it move?
GLOVER: Overhead direetly into the sun, ;
SPROULLs Did you think it might be a reflection from anything?
GLOVER: I thought it might be qa reflection from the sunlight at first
but then I couldn't account for the blue tinge.
SPROULL¢ Did it glint or sparkle?
GLOVER:  -Wo, it didn’t sparkle at all. the light from the objec
constant vith a constant intensity but changed as the
lower until it turned toward an orange color, As the
setting, it becam yellow and after the sun ag So
it became orange color, I was just 8 partis
change of coloring, when it disappeared completely.
What was the manner of disappearance?
It disappeared like the turning off ofa light. I was looking
directly at it, when it scomed te as an incandescent
light when one turns off the switch, was no expansion
and no change in dimension whatsoever, That is the last 7 saw
of the object. % :
SPROULL® Any tactics employed during flight of object?
GLOVERa =. No_ change in altitude or direction.
SPROULL’ Was there any sound to this object?
GLOVER: There was no soum whatsoever,
SPROULL? Was there an exhaust trail?
GLOVERs No exhaust trail at all.
SPROULL Did you notice the object as carrying any lights? -
GLOVER ‘There were no distinguishing characteristics at all except for .
the bluish light. ¥
SPROULLS Did this cecur te you to be something resembling a flying saucer?
GLOVER: When I first viewed the object, the flying saucers immediately
came to my mind, ‘ ; ‘

MR, SPROULLS gins ag ok wha Sie inella Car eapah ple
@, Gove: th.

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CHECK - LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1.
O!lto
29th JUM
2.
TiJno
ll P. M.
, .
Lo cot ion
4.
l~omo of observor
5.
Occupoti on of 'ob,orvor
6.
l"ddr oss of' obso rvo r
7.
Pl oco of ol;>so rvr,ti on Uniontow, Pa. - ObaerTer 1 • front porch
8.
llunb~r of objoots
9.
Distanco of obj o ct f rom obso r vor
IIJS. O!l.~1.Ae NeD:>nald
•/s
lllt■a widow
38 Lm.•illgton Circle. Unionto-..n
three - one at a t 3.me
•/S
•/s
10 .
Timo in lli(;ht
11 .
Altitude
12.
Spood
13 .
Dirooti on o f f liGh t
lh.
Tactics
15 .
So,md
16.
Sito
17 .
Co l o r
luminous
18.
She.po
oTBl
19.
Odor doto otod Bone
20 .
Appa r ont constru ct i on
21.
EY..houst t r ails
22 .
Woathor oonditioos
23 .
Effe ct on ol ouds
,x>C) ft
. Teey fast
D
apinn1ng Tertical.ly o n ~
none
1/S
1/S - tranaparent
trail ot ligbt about l :,ard l01:1g
.
•~ra, mn cloadl'
•/s - flew acB•• ek;y beneath baae o~ clouda -
25.
11'ntninc could be eeen_tbru it. _..
,
Tague aketcb
-._ I
..,._
--.:.
Manner or di aoppoe r o.noo
lost a14Plt at - obetro.ctea b"t,n.eS&M>oruc bou.ea
26.
Remarks :
24.
r.!
.,,
UniOlltom. Pa.
Sketche s or photographs
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,JOlllfJ'
(OT81')
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At a:pproximately ll P. M. on th~~o{ J .me Mrs .dollar saw
a luminous oval-W'laJIPed o b j e c t x
a mea t p l a tter rolling
al:>Dg on its edge. It appeared to t e going very fast since it
disappeared in about 5 to 10 seconds . It was without sound or odor
but seemed to have a tail 'Ahich extended about a yard or so. Five
minutes later, witness saw a second object and after another five­
minute ints rval a third objec t w- s observed . They appeared in t he
Southwest and flew to the Northeast. The we·-ther w~ s cloudy ¼ith
lightning and rolling thunder. The objects flew over the Oaldand St.
Area or just to the si de of it (&st of Oakland St.) Tbey traveled
about l , CX)() ft and then disappeared beh ind the houses across the
street from the witnesses.

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Witnesses:

Mrs. Catherine McDonald
Police Sergeant S-nuh & ~hter

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CF.ECK-LIST - Ul!IDENT IFIED FLYING OBJreTs
Inc idrmt ft l64e.
29 June 48
2,
Time
23()0
3.
Location
4.
I!omo of obser ver
5.
Occup(ltion of ob~orvor
6.
,,ddr c ss of obso rvor
Union.town. Pa.
Mra. Margar~t Hollar et al
HOllSewi.f'e
100 Moore ATe. • Uniontown, Pa.
7. Placo of obs or 'Vbtion 3g Kensington Circle. Uniontown
(home o! Mr a. Catherine Mcll)nald)
3 - one at a time
of objocts
8.
Mumbor
9.
Dista nco of obj o ct f r om obsor vo r
'fl/S
10 seconds
10 .
Tir10 in SiE;ht
11 .
rlltitudo
12 .
Spcod
13 .
Dir oction of fli Ght
J 4.
Toctics
15 .
Souttd
~ Bo sound
16 .
Sizo
"platter"
17 .
Co l or
luminous
18 .
She po
oval
19.
Odor dotoot od
20 .
Apporont constr uction
21 .
Exhuust t ~ni l s
22 .
Vionthor conditi ons
cloudy with ligb.ti iDg and rolli.Jlg thunder
23 .
Effo ct on clouds
N/5
21.t .
Skotchus or photogr aphs
None
25 .
hlannor of di sa ppoa r n nco
View obstructed by neighboring house s
26.
Rornn r ks:
ll/S
very faat
hom Sout.bwest to Bortheaet
roll.ed along on its edge
~ None
N/S
- luminous
a tail of about a yard in length
(over)

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Witnese saw a lumi.nou.a, oval-ebaped object fl.yi.Dg at an altitude of
approx 5,0CX) ft which ve.s traveli.Dg beneath the baae of some el•••• cloud.a
from t10Uthveet to northeast across the sky. The weather was stornv and
cl011ey and aa a aecond. object flew a.cross the sky a flash of 11.glltning
eoul_d be seen thro. it. It seemed to be trensparent. The objeete(3)
tnmued Tery f c:.at and eee_med to just disappear within 10 seconds. The objects
appeared at approximately five minute intervals. There vas no odor
or acnmd ft :from them. However, a trail of light about a yard l ong was
obeerved. ~ object• rolled Tertically on their edgea and appeared to be
apinnill« an end across the aky. Witnesses lost sight of the objects
a.a ne1&}1bor1Dg boo.1e1 obatructed their Tiew.
\fitnesete: Mre. Marpret Hollar
Police Sergeant Shull & aua hie dsngbter

CHECK - L I !:T -
1.
I::, t
29 June 48
2.
Tino
2,300
; .
Locu t i on
J, .
: 1al"lr or <"'hn!'.' r V\'.lr
:'I!>El::-:FIED FLYHlG OSJp;rs
Inc1dJnt
- 11:00 P. M.
Uniontown, Pa.
Sgt Chae E. Schuh & d.8u&):lter
5- Ocr.u p . ti on of ob ~o r v or
Uniontown Police Dept.
•
,,-!dr ss of obso rv" r
32 Lawton Ave.• Uniontown
7.
Ploc o or ob-:o r·. ti cn
from front porch of 38 J!enaington Circle, Uniontown.
O.
1:u1:1bo r oJ' obj ~ta
).
~i:ito nco of obj o c& r r on oba or vo r
1
N/ S
5 - 7 MCOnda
10 .
Tino in :sirht
11 .
~1 ir.udo
6,oo ft
12 .
Sr-00d
100 JI.PE
1;.
Dir >cti Gn of fli c ht
1!,.
Tor. ics
D -
sighted 1n weat
atr41&bt & level
DOile
.io11r.d
balt ot a large meat platter (1-1/2 1)
Co l or
»/s
3ht: po
eemi-cirC'.u.ar
luminoua
Odor d ot,Jct od
N/ S
cO .
,~ppnront construct i on
Ji/ S
21 .
&Y.hr1ust
t r cd ls
1/S
n.
foothor oond1t1 ons
2; .
Err ct on c l oud~
B/ S
~1, .
Sko choo o r
none
:?5 .
'cnnor
26 .
' R0:X1 r ko,
partl7 cl ouey
photo,;r i:.p?ls
ot dit'Joppce
nco
(o~er )
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On the night of 29th June at about ttili: U:00 P. M., witnes1 taW
an object that reaembled a hal! of a large meat platter which appeared oTer
tJl the west end of the cit7 at Oakl.aad Ave & West Main St.• Uniontown. Pa .

It seemed to be at a height of about 6,000 ft and sailed 1n a atra18bt line

of about 8 or ~ fee t 1n about 5 to 7 aeconda. Bo eound wu heard and
the obJect
•u1t1 ■+11a,11 emitted no r••• It w.a traveliJ:lc in a
northeaatly direction.
Witnesses:

Mrs. Mcl))nald

Mre. Hollar
Sgt Schub'a daughter

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Incid cmt :fl 165
26 July 1948
1.
D~to
2.
T imo
3.
Locc ti on
11 .
:!amo of obser ver
2100 I
Chamble e, Ga.
Ihyle L. Avery et al
Ob server, Atlanta Naval Air Base
6.
;,r:ldr css of obse rve r
Atlanta Naval Air Base, Chamblee , Ga.
7.
Pl oc o of obso r 'lrot i on
8.
Numbe r o f ob jncts
9.
Dis t a nce of obj e ct f r om obse r ve r
Observa ti on tower
1 blue white light
10 .
TiMo in sight
11 .
~ltitudo
12.
Sr ood
13 .
Di r oct1 on of f l i Ght
11.i.
Tactics
15 .
Sn.turd
None
Siz;o
N/S
N/ S
N/5
B/ S
N/S - like abootiDg ets-
SE turning Sand geini.Dg al.titud.e
straight &: level &: ga.1.ni Dg altitude
...
17.
Co l o r
blue-white light
18 .
She. po
N/S - object not seen
19 .
Udor d otoot o d
20 .
1~ppo r o nt constru ct i on
2 1.
EY.hu ust t r a i l s
N/S
l i ke shooting st ar
N/S - possibly the blue lilhite l_ight was the exhaus t
?2 . i"loa t ho r cond iti on s 2/10 ci rrus a t 25.000 ft: l to 4/ 10 of l ower stratocirrus at 5,000 ft. Visibi lity 12 to 15 milee. Surf wind light & varia».
23 . Eff oct on clouds N/S
2-5 MPH
2L1 .
Sk otch P-s or phot og r o. phs
None
25 .
He.nnor of disnppoe r n nco
N/S
26.
Romn rks :
(over)
,;
?1t 11/
),
I
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r-.-:-v..,.,,,..
~1 rt
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iaali, +-1 -:Wi , n>yle L. Avery Obser7er, Atlanta Naval Air :Base, Chamblee,
Ga., wiile on dnty at the observation tower on 26 July ~ about 2100
hours sighted a blue-white light traveling anutheast from the north~st
It vas travel in& very faet and maintained. a uniform altitude (undetermined)
and speed. It looked like a ahootillg s tar except for the fact that it
maintained the &ame altitude. lhi l e under obaervati:>n it then appeared
to gain altitude and t hen turued sharply to the eouth. The weather wae
clear and still . Tb.ere was no sound. Shortly after sighting the light
several reaidents of the art:a called and reported seei.Dg tb.e same t hing.
No flights left or arrived at the station after 1910 hours on 26 Jul y "8.
165a

Witnesses ot thi« Dhenomena who were interviewed made statements
On 20 July 48 they were seated on the lawn of the O.eorgia
School of Technology Housing Project at Chsmblee, Ga. About 20!..5 hours
Mrs. John Goll sighted a strane;e light and cal.led it to the attention of
ber companions. The light appeared about the size of a football and
was travel ing southeast on a ste~
course. It was green and. faded into a
silver-colored tail, Tbe light eppe·.red 1 t ee-i. to l ose altitude slowly
n:nch the &sine ae a plane co:ning in for a l anding. It appeared to f a.de
awa:t in flight as if extinguished. No sound waepe.r;rrl.

a.a follow :

Vi tneesea:

Mr. & Mrs . Harold Shaw
Mr. Robert Sebring
Mrs. Jeanne Hill
Mrs. Myrtle Renfroe
Mrs. John Gall

165 - supperting evidence fer Incidence #144
assigned @ number in error

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CEECK - LI ST - UUIDE1!7IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS
lncid mt
l.
Dute
30 Aug 48
2.
Tino
20,000 hollra or S:00 P. M.
3.
Locat i on
u.
l!omo of obsC'r vor
5.
Occupc.iti on of ob ;orvor
6.
J~t:ld r css of obso r vor
7.
Pl oco of obso r vn ti on
0.
Numbo r of objoot s
9.
Distanco _of ob j o ct fr om obso r vor
* 1 66
Loe Angeles, Calif.
S/Sgt Leroy B. Eete ■
5/Sgt
. . . 1,301 W. Olympic l31.Td. , Los Angele•
1,301 W. Olympic Blvd. Loe Angele s. Calif., \
l
10 .
Tirlo in s i i;ht
11 .
Al titudo
12.
Spood
13 .
Di r e ction o f f l ight
14.
Tactics
none
15 .
Soun d
Bo eoUlld
16.
Sizo
Larger than B-29
17.
Co l o r
silver
18 .
Shapo
V-2 rocket
19 .
Odor dot oct od
20 .
Appor ont c onstruction
21.
Exhaust tra ils
22 .
'Woat h o r e ondit i ons
23.
Effo ct on c l ouds
24.
Skotchos or phot ogr a phs
Bone
25 .
llo.nnor of diso ppoa r o nco
B/S
26 .
Remarks :
B/S
N/S
eeti.mated to b9 well over 20,000 ft.
thought to be well over 700 MPH
-
Wczt 2 ■ 3t
flew level course
B/S
rocket - like
blue exbaaet trail
,.S
~
B/5
(OTer)
JI c,

Object resembled the fuselage of a V-2 rocket - but much larger.
S/Sgt Eetes stated that it was much larger than a B-29 and silver in
color end that 1 t completely filled the lens of a 10 B-80 field glass
which was taken from a German 88 mm artillery piece. kch lens was 8"
in diaidter. Speed estimated to be well over 700 M
PH. and objecVwas
traveli.Jl€ at an altitude of well over 20,000 ft. No sound was heard
Left a blue em.mist trail. Object travelillg from west to east. Only one
object •i&hted.

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CHECK - LI ST - P!1IDE1!7IfIED FLYHIG OBJECTS
Inc id 1r t -#
6 ~ 1948
1 67
0905 OCT
2•
Tin0
, •
l nc( ti on
11 .
:=•1m1
19° 08 1 ?l - 164° 05 1 E be tveen KwaJalein Island, Marshall
!elands and Hickam Field.,
of obsc-r vo r
Capt J'l.oyd Barnes
Pilot USAF
Pacific Division, Milit Air 'l'rane Service
-.> .
. . ld r
a o f obo•l rvo r
-, •
ri..c
of obsu r vt.tion
II .
lluMbo r of objncts
·) .
Digtonc-o o f o b ,j, ct f r om obsc rvo r
Ahead & above hia plane
1
10.
TiMo in si~ht
split second
11.
,,ltit udo
10,000 ft
4 to 5 milea
12 .
N/S
Dir 1, ction o f fl ii;ht
exploded like e. shall.
111.
Tue-tics
16 .
Siz 0
N/ S
17 .
Col or
white
16 .
3hcpo
ball
l ') .
Odor d ot~1ctod
N/ S
20 .
nppn r o nt constru ct i on
21 .
EY.huu st t r ni l s
~~ -
":I ntho r conditi on s
23 .
Eff ,i ct on cloud s
,>], .
S k o tch os or photogr aphs none
25 .
·,anr.c r of d.1 sn ppoa r a nee
26 .
Romu r ks :
~ "fire"
Non~
5/10 cloud coverage
N/ S
exploded
(over)
I I/
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A large white ball of fire was ob served some f o ur to f i ve miles
directly ahead of and sl18btly above the aircraft. I t was obser ved
for ?nly a apli t second and vas comparable t o t he explos ion of a shell
There were no streamers or "tails" observe d such as u sually r e l ated
to a meteor or a distress sign.cl. . As t he aircraft a9Pr oached the
approximate position where the ball of fire was ob served a single whi te

ligb.t was seen on the water surface. Ro...ever, this diaeppe~red within
a few eecollds aft er sighting beci:!Use of t he e:xisting cl :md cover age .
More lights wre immediately obser ved on the "8ter surfs ce some 10 miles
north of the _plane I s course. It 1 s the opinion of t he wi tnese ( 6ap t
Barnes) that these were f r om a surface vessel. Some 10 minut es elapsed
after these l ights were observed on t he vater surface when an aircraft
was •~ted fiyiDg a reci'procal course ( 240° ) at about lCXX> ft below
the observers's aircraft and slightly to the right of the course.
Capt Barnes made numerous attempts t o contact this aircraft on Channel ''B"
end "C", "VBJ" but acknowledgment of b is transmi ssion was never teceived.

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CEECK- LIST - IJEIDENTIFTED FLYING OBJECTS
20 July 1948
Incidont :/1- 168
2.
Tino
1330 local
3.
1.0 ct: ti on
Obrecbstreet, Arnhem, 'lhe Hague
h.
::nm<: of obs<' r vc r
5.
Occupo.ti on o f ob~o rvor
Chf. Investigator of Court of Damage
6.
,,'1dr e::;s of obs o rvo r
Anlheim, 'lhe Hague
7.
Pl oc o of obsc rvb t i on
0.
NuT:\bor of obj nots
9.
Distance of obj o ct from obsorvor
A. D. Otter
52° 30' N, 4° 30' E
l
N/S
10.
TiMo in sight
N/S
ll .
Altitude
very high
12 .
Speed
13.
Dirocti on of fli 6 ht
11.i.
Tactics
15 .
S0tl:rd
16 .
Sizo
17 .
Co lor
18 .
Shepo
19.
Odor dotoctod
20 .
1\ppnr ont construction
21 .
Exhuust trai l s
22 .
Vlcnthor conditi on s
visibility unlimited - scattered cloud.a
23.
Effo ct on c l ouds
N/S
high speed - comparable to V-2
N/S
N/S
Same as V-2
N/S
N/5
Aircraft with 2 decks and no wings
N/S
N/S
N/S
Sket che s or photogr aphs
None
Mnnnor of disnppoe r nnco
H/S
''1.,,.• .
I
26 .
Remar ks :
Object appeared to be wingless aircraft with two
decks. It was traveling at very high altitude and was seen f our times
intermittently thru cloud s. Visibility: unlimited.
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CEECK - LI ST - 1!!-!IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
169
Inc idrmt 4/1.
D:itc
2.
Tirn0
3.
Lo·cotion
4.
I:amo of obse rve r
5.
Occupution of ob~o rvor
6.
hddr oG s of obsc rvor
7.
Place of obsc r vr,t i on
Maple...ood. Ohio
B.
Numbe r of objacts
l
9.
Distance of obj e ct from obse rve r
0530
Mapl e...ood, Ohio
Mr. Faby Niswonger
farmer
RD #1. Maple...ood, Ohio.Phone:
Jackson Central
8-0F42
N/S
N/S
10 .
T i:>lO in sight
11 .
Altitudo
12.
Spcod
13 .
Dire cti on of fli ght
N/S
N/5
N/S
'i'uctics
Arose from behind woods - seemed to unravel a silver
substance that floated earthward
15 .
Sonnd
N/5
16 .
Si ze
large
Color
silver
18 .
Sho po
sphere
19 .
Odor d otectod N/S
20 .
i.pporont construction
21 .
Exhnust t r ni l s
22 .
Weather conditions
23 .
Effo ct on c l ouds N/5
- silver substance(?)
N/S
Skotche s or photogr aphs
hlannor of disnppca r a nco
26.
Romo.r ks:
N/S
None
Disintegra ted. in mid-air
(over)
f,-.
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Witness observed a large silver-colored sphere -.r,ich seen.cd t o
arive from behind hie woods and continued to float across his ferm.
While in fl ~ t it e.eemed to unravel a silvfr subGtence wnich
floated earthward. While under observation it disintegra ted in nid- air.
B:>TE:

Witness seen:ed very conscientious and. sincere while r elating this
incident. Subject arose while witness ~s talkine t o a man fro~
this 6o!Illll8lld (MCIAXP) -.hen an airplane chanced t o fly overhead.

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1f1'I!)Ei'':" IFJED
FL'.'HIG OBJECTS
I ncid mt 'fi
Around 5 Mey 48
3.
I oc:, tion
Li .
:!r,mc• of obs ,., rvo r
5.
Oc cup~tion of ob~c rvo r
6.
.,,jdr .., ::;
7.
Plo c
8.
rJuMbo r of objocts
9.
~i~tanco of objoct from obsc rvo r
Adspazari, Turkey
N/S - taken from telecon
Item extracted from Turkish newspaper 11 Yeni Sabah", Istanbul, 5 May~
See above
Vill~ near Adapazar1. Turkey
of obs o r vt.t i on
1
11 .
Altitudo
12 .
Speed
13 .
Diro cti on of' fli [ht
1L .
'.i'uctics
650 feet
N/S
N/S
:::
NI ..,
S "llrd
N/S
16 .
Si ze
N/S
17 .
Co l or
"shining"
18 .
Sht.p o
N/S
19 .
Odor d ot o cto d N/S
20 .
,1.ppn r ont constr uction
21.
Exh~ust t r ai l s N/ S
22 .
¥/oa.t hor conditi ons
N/S
23 .
Eff oct on clouds
N/S
2h .
Skotchus or photoe;r nphs
25 .
~;o.nr.or of disnppoa r nnco
26.
Remar ks :
by experts .
N/S
N/S
Timo in sibht
.
N/S
of obso rv:.,r
10 .
l -i:-
170
N/S
None
exploded
inspected
Inve stigation nowu.Xld.er way and the debrie will be t■■ !pelill

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aeuol"ae
-.rgeai that theu •l&fll
1ud clJ"Ole• :r eal• that
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170

Is lU.
1 Clalllc
Ula eawlv,'. � ,-.pl.a
1ft nt1 au.t1oa
on:r MWlii191:ai:a Alli,..
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8114
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Ob__.,ra. '18¥ that \be l'OCQI, llidilb l• elehwl to hewt .,._ fl'UI tb.t
of 200 Mfren onr Mf1Pf1serl Won
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fiy,l. al Q1
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Att
enc� '4niab a...nJ.
this tnol t t'aU7
thlr IAcldat oa lie eoatirllit4 or :DOI Au
&J llkev!M.
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Att� � 41Ncte4 \o ds� eowoes for lnfo
ODntained la Tai ......,._ anlcla.

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CITECK - Ll !:lT - TTPIDEN7IFIED FL:'UJG OBJECTS
I nc id , rt 1,
2•
171
Sunset
Timo
Moscow, usrn
J . . Locnt i on
4.
t1amo of obs c- rvo r
5.
Occupc.ti on o f ob:,orvor
6.
Addrc~ s of o bs o rvo r
7.
Plo c o of obso r vt.t i on
8.
Nurnbor of objocts
9.
Distance of ob j o ct fr om obso r vor
N/ S - .Amerie&i Newspaper Reporter
Newspaper r epor ter
N/S
m>out 25 kilometere (19 to 20 miles) NW of
Moscow
1
N/S
N/ S
10 .
Tii'!o in s i i;ht
11 .
l\ltitudo
12 .
Spcod
13.
Di r oct ion of fl icht
14.
Tactics
N/S
15 .
Sound
No sound
16 .
S ize
N/S
17 .
Co l or
: N/S - shone bri&ntly
18 .
Shapo
19 .
Odor dotoctod
20 .
Appo._r ont construction
21 .
Exhaust t ~nils
22 .
Vfoa-thor conditi on s
23 .
Eff oct on clouds
24.
Skotohc o or photogr aphs
Bone
25.
Manner or disappearance
N/S
26.
Romarks 1
Very high
high but not excessive
Southwest-Northeast direction
l o08 nar;row
N/S
Apparently metallic aince it ebon.e Terf briabtl7
N/S
'B/S .., IWW3
B/S
(oTer)

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-'bout SianMt Oil 3 Aue 48, about 25 kilometer, (a-> 11ile1) northwet of
Koacow a uperiaced Jaerican newwpaper reporter am, an unidentified.
obJect at .-er, high 111.titade. It waa lo!JC and norrow and proceeded at
a h1ch bu.t not e.xceHiTe apeed in •a generally south-west- northeast
direction. It lbone Teey bri&htl.7 probab1¥ froa reflected wnl.1&}lt.
lo w1.oc• could be Men and no eound waa beard. It looked like a ri&id
airabip and - . eo identified by a Ru..111.aD acqaaintance who aaw it at the
. _ time. Bowner, the reporter, 1n apite ot the appeera.nce of the
obJect w.s of the 01>in1on that 1 t w1 not
rigid airah1p due principally
to ita bigb apeed. Re bad no theo17 to offer

a

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fbia obJect mi.gbt baTe been ~ - Ita speed 1eema
inao.!ficient tor a guided ai1alle, but it could ha.Te been
•1 tber a Jet or oonTentional airplane as \lilUmial. li&ht conditiona and for►Bborteniag frequent17 give aircraft a frea1ciab
epp, rarace. !he pouibilit.r that 1 t waa a d1r1,«ible uould not
be u.cluded.
Reference "A• lhould not be excluded.

R:7.!RESCI •••:

!he upper wind■ in Buaaia are not published but it vaa
noted. that on the followinc JDOrning there wre high sur­
face wil:ld1 with 1torm prediction,.

CHECKLIST UNIDENTIFIZD FLYING OBJECTS
; Incident # 172
Date of Incident 1 Oct 1948
Time of Incident 2100 hrs

Place of observation Fergo, N. Dakota from plane over Fergo and vicinity

Name of obs rver George F. Gorman /
Mer Constr Co. (Pilot of F-51 in Air Natl Guard)

Occupation of observer

Adarcas of obscrver 18 Fed Hous Proj Fargo N. Dekota

Number of objects observed ‘imunmion=muummxEarmceamiboriiorkte «01
Distance of object from observer 1000 yds : ;
Tinc in sight 27 mimtes

Altitude 1000 to 1400 ft -

Speod mach fester than F-51

Direction of flight verious

Tactics Several left turns,’ one right turn, diving and climbing
Lights clear white Light 2
Sound none noted

Sizo at mimmmd closest observation 6 to § inches
Color clear waite ©
Shao round at all times

Odor dctectcd none
Apparcnt construction none noted
Exheust trails none seen
Woeth r conditions ~ CAV
Effect on clouds none
Sketches or photographs none
Manner of dismppesrance in steep climb
26, « Romorks! Nothern lignite were sisible in the ME quateaat

(over)

One object was observed over a period of 27 mimtes, consisted
of e small round ball of clear white light with no ph i form or
shape attached, It wes about 6 to 8 inches in diameter. At times
this light traveled faster than the P-51 and performed maneuvers in
both evasive and eggressive manner, When first sighted the object
was traveling at about 250 MPH at 1,000 ft altitude, Under this

condition the light was not continuous but blinked off and on, At

higher performance the white as t was contimous. Possibilities
of other aircraft, m orological balloon relecses, Canadian Vampire
Jets having been in immediat. icinity have been discredited. Geiger

check now being performed on F~51 aircraft for comparison survey with
unaffected aircraft. Technical studies have been initiated,

The closest Gormen ever got to the object wes in a head-on pass

at which time the object passed over him at less than 500 feet.

It then appesred to nim to be from 6 to 6 inches in diameter. It
wes white with no apparent glare and a clear cut edge. It apparently
hed depth. It did not seem an exact ball but Sppesred "flat",

Realizing that the speed of the object was too mch for him Gorman
attempted to cut it off in turns, At this time his fighter gu was
under full power, His speed varying from 300 ~ 00 MPH. ‘he object
circled to the left, he cut back to the right for e head-on pass,

The pass was made at 5,000 ft, the object appreaching head-on until
a collision seemed inevitable. It then veered and passed 500 feet or
less over the top of him. He chandelled around ‘still without the
object in sight. The object then made a 180° turn and initiated a
pass at Gormen, This time Gorman watched it @pproach all the way
and as it started to pull up he pulled up attempting to rem. The

The object went straight up with him following to 14,000 ft.

stalled out at 14,000 ft with the object 2000 ft above him circling
to the left, Thay then mde two circles, The object then pulled
awey end made another head-on pass, but did not complete it, bri

off at quite some distance from Gorman and headed over Hector Airport
at around 11,000 ft. Gorman gave chase circling to the left trying
to.cut it off until he wes some 25 miles SE of Farg. He was then

at 14,000 ft, the object at 11,000 ft.

power he tried to catch it in a diving turn. The thing turned around
end made another head-on pass. This time when it polled up he pulled
up also but it outclimbed him, traveling straight up until lost

from view. Gormen then returned to the field end landed.

Gorman states positively that there wes "thought" behind the maneuvers,

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CHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Mee Incident # 172A
1. Date of Incident 1 Ost 4s
Time of Incident. 2100 hrs
Place of observation Fergo N. Dekota Airport - Control Tower of Fargo Airport
Neme of observer L, D. Jensen
Occupation of observer Airport traffic controller
Addrcss of observer 1423 6th Ave Fargo #, N. Dekota
Number of objects observed 1
Distence of object from obscrver 1/2 mile
Time in sight several seconds
Altitude 4,000 to 5,000 ft
Speed extremely fast
Direction of flight We S. W.
Tactics horizontal flight
Lights clear white light
Sound none noted ,
Sizo tail lam of an airplane
Color clear white
Shapo ound
Odor detectcd none noted
Apparont construction none noted — "light"
Exheust trails none noted
Weethcor conditions CAVU
Effect on clouds none
Skotches or photogrephs none
Manner of disappesrance straight out
Remarks: (over)

Mr, Jensen was on doty mimes during the time Lt Gorman sighted the light
over Fargo. There was not mech traffic during the evening hours on that
day.With the exception of the F-51 Gorman was flying there was no other plane
from Fargo Air Field in‘the air, at 2050 hours he wes advised that a plane from

_ privately-owned field south of Fergo that Dr. Cannon had teken off in a
Piper Cub end had asked permission to land at Fargo Air Field, At 2100

, hours Lt Gorman ealled the tower asking if any other eircraft were in the
eir. He was given the position of the Piper Cub. Approximately 5 mimtes
later Gorman called again and stated that there was another aircraft in the
air in approximately the same altitude as the Oub, but he stated that it

“ could not be the Cub in view of its speed. He was advised that no other

. aireraft was in-the air from Fargo and none other had signaled from other
air fields. Lt Gorman advised then that he was going to follow the other
eircraft, Mr. Jensen then stepped to the south window of the tower end
saw the object approximately 1,000 ft from the tower in a northwestern

* direction passing very fest over the field. Taking a peir of binoculars

. he observed the object as it passed over the field, He was, however, unable
to distinguish any shepe or form other than what appeared to be the taiHight

* of a very fast-moving creft. He did now, however, see the maneuvers carried

_ on by the object nor the F-51 of Lt Gorman. He saw the object only once and
then only es it passed in a straight line over the field,

Mr Jensen’ heard no sound, noticed no odor end sew no exhaust streeks in the air.

The object eppeered to be only a round light, perfectly formed, with no
fuzzy edges or rays leaving its body. The edges were clear cut. No other .

attached shape was observed. The main identifying characteristic was the
_ high rate of speed at woich it wes apparently traveling.

CHECKLIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 172»
Date of Incident 1 Oct 194g
Time of Incident 2100 hrs
Place of observation Fergo, N. Dekota Airport - Control tower Fargo, N. D Arpt.
Name of observer Mamel E. Johnson *
Occupation of observer Assistant Air-port Traffic controller
Address of obscrver 1422 Broadway, Fargo, N.D.
Nunber of objects observed 1
Distance of object from observer 1 to 2 miles
Time in sight several seconds
Altitude 2000 te 2500 ft
Specd extremely fast
Dircetion of flight NNW
Tactics one turn
Tights clear white light
Sound none
Sizo of a lamp
Color clear white
Shapo ound
Odor dctectcd none noted
Apparont construction none noted
Exheust trails none noted
Weather conditions CAVU
Effect on clouds none
Skotches or photogrrphs none
Monner of disappenreance straight line
26, Remarks: Mr. Johnson was on duty at the Fergo Airport tower from around
1600 hours 1 Oct 48 and was in the tower at the time the F-51 celled in requesting
information about local treffic, When Lt Gorman called a second time about -the
object Johnson walked to the rear of the receiver end looked out the south window
and sew the object and the Cub. Object was a little higher than the "Cub" and
seemed to be on a north heading, and then turning northwest. It seemed ebout 2,000
ft in the air and traveling at an excessive rate of speed. No definite outline
could be identified, Both the object and the "Cub" were noticed at the seme time,
be

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Incident #  172c
Place of observation Fargo, N. Dekota - from ake Fargo control tower
Dr. Cannon :
Occulist (ameteur pilot with 2 yrs flying experience)
Goodmans Jewelers, Fe
xvod 1
from observer 1 mile
intervals for seconds only
clear wnite lignt
none
tail light of plane
clesr white
wound
Odor dctectod none
Apparent construction mone noted
Exhoust trails none seen
vu
Skotches or photogrrphs none «
mor of dis: ence streight line
Object first observed when Dr. Cannon wes landing his plane
noticed what azpesred to be the tail light of another ship going at
considerable speed in a westerly direction. He landed his "Cub" at the
Fe Airvort and delivered some bottlés of coca-cola to the tower operators
(over)
ie

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On entering he overheard the running commentary bdtween “t Gorman &
Mr. Jensen. He stepped on the balcony @nd watched the maneuvers of the
F-51 from the southbast corner of the tower. He stw the object twice.
It was headed in a westerly direction, returning shortly, and then
going into a steep Venk, then disappesring in a northwestern by north
direction
Noticed no sound fromthe object at any time, no odor and no exhmst stre
in the sky.