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Section 6 of FBI case file 62-HQ-83894 covers August–October 1950 Bureau correspondence on green fireballs, flying discs, and Project Twinkle in New Mexico, plus a Philadelphia disc landing and Hoover's order to vet author Frank Scully.
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Section 6 of FBI case file 62-HQ-83894 covers August–October 1950 Bureau correspondence on green fireballs, flying discs, and Project Twinkle in New Mexico, plus a Philadelphia disc landing and Hoover's order to vet author Frank Scully.
This 271-page section of the FBI's 62-HQ-83894 flying-disc case file collects internal memoranda from late summer and fall 1950. A. H. Belmont's August 23 1950 memo to D. M. Ladd records that roughly 150 observations of green fireballs, discs, and meteors had been logged near sensitive New Mexico installations since December 1948, that Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the University of New Mexico believed the discs and fireballs were not meteoric, and that the Air Force Office of Special Investigations had contracted Land-Air, Inc. of Alamogordo to run a scientific study designated Project Twinkle. A September 8 1950 USAF directive signed by Major General C. P. Cabell, Director of Intelligence, establishes a standing reporting requirement on "unconventional aircraft" routed to Air Material Command (MCIS) with info copies to the FBI and CIA. The file also documents a September 26 1950 incident in which two Philadelphia police officers watched a six-foot luminous disc settle into a field on Vare Boulevard, and a October 13 1950 teletype from J. Edgar Hoover directing the Los Angeles SAC to determine whether "Behind the Flying Saucers" author Frank Scully was the same Frank Scully linked to Communist activities since the late 1930s.
OSI has expressed concern in connection with the continued appearance of unexplained phenomena described as green fireballs, discs and meteors in the vicinity of sensitive installations in New Mexico.p.2
Since 1948, approximately 150 observations of aerial phenomena referred to above have been recorded in the vicinity of installations in New Mexico.p.2
Dr. LaPaz pointed out that missiles moving with the velocities of the order of those found for the green fireballs and discs could travel from the Ural region of the USSR to New Mexico in less than 15 minutes.p.4
On May 24, 1950, personnel of Land-Air, Incorporated, sighted 8 to 10 objects of aerial phenomena. A permanent record is being maintained and has been designated "Project Twinkle."p.4
The United States Air Force has a continuing requirement for the reporting and technical analysis of observations of unconventional aircraft which might indicate an advance in technological progress of a foreign power.p.11
It is desired that no publicity be given this reporting or analysis activity.
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[File folder cover] 62-HQ-83894 SERIALS 246-301 SECTION 6 HQ - HEADQUARTERS FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER BARCODE: 8111724188 Class #: 65-HS1 Charge: 6 Sec: 6 Vol: 301 INVESTIGATION COPIED FOR A COPIED FOR F IPA USE CARE IN HANDLING THIS FILE DO NOT Transfer-Call DESTROY FOIPA # [ILLEGIBLE] [Stamp: Decassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007]
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : D. M. Ladd DATE: August 23, 1950
FROM : A. E. Belmont
SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF AERIAL
PHENOMENA IN NEW MEXICO
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
PURPOSE
To advise that: (1) OSI has expressed concern in
connection with the continued appearance of unexplained phenomena
described as green fireballs, discs and meteors in the vicinity
of sensitive installations in New Mexico. (2) Dr. LaPaz, Meteor
Expert of the University of New Mexico, reported that the phenomena
does not appear to be of meteoric origin. (3) OSI has contracted
with Land-Air Inc., Alamogordo, New Mexico, to make scientific
study of the unexplained phenomena.
NATURE OF PHENOMENA
Observations of aerial phenomena occurring within the
vicinity of sensitive installations have been recorded by the
Air Force since December, 1948. The phenomena have been
classified into 3 general types which are identified as follows:
1. Green fireballs, objects moving at high speed
in shapes resembling half moons, circles and discs emitting
green light.
2. Discs, round flat shaped objects or phenomena
moving at fast velocity and emitting a brilliant white light
or reflected light.
3. Meteors, aerial phenomena resembling meteoric
material moving at high velocity and varying in color.
The above phenomena have been reported to vary in
color from brilliant white to amber, red and green.
Since 1948, approximately 150 observations of aerial
phenomena referred to above have been recorded in the vicinity
of installations in New Mexico. A number of observations have
been reported by different reliable individuals at approximately
the same time.
KWD/mp
RECORDED - 2
INDEXED - 2
[Stamp: 52 SEP 18 1950]
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[File folder cover] 62-HQ-83894 SERIALS 246-301 SECTION 6 HQ - HEADQUARTERS FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER BARCODE: 8111724188 Class #: 65-HS1 Charge: 6 Sec: 6 Vol: 301 INVESTIGATION COPIED FOR A COPIED FOR F IPA USE CARE IN HANDLING THIS FILE DO NOT Transfer-Call DESTROY FOIPA # [ILLEGIBLE] [Stamp: Decassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007]
STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : D. M. Ladd DATE: August 23, 1950
FROM : A. E. Belmont
SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF AERIAL
PHENOMENA IN NEW MEXICO
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
PURPOSE
To advise that: (1) OSI has expressed concern in
connection with the continued appearance of unexplained phenomena
described as green fireballs, discs and meteors in the vicinity
of sensitive installations in New Mexico. (2) Dr. LaPaz, Meteor
Expert of the University of New Mexico, reported that the phenomena
does not appear to be of meteoric origin. (3) OSI has contracted
with Land-Air Inc., Alamogordo, New Mexico, to make scientific
study of the unexplained phenomena.
NATURE OF PHENOMENA
Observations of aerial phenomena occurring within the
vicinity of sensitive installations have been recorded by the
Air Force since December, 1948. The phenomena have been
classified into 3 general types which are identified as follows:
1. Green fireballs, objects moving at high speed
in shapes resembling half moons, circles and discs emitting
green light.
2. Discs, round flat shaped objects or phenomena
moving at fast velocity and emitting a brilliant white light
or reflected light.
3. Meteors, aerial phenomena resembling meteoric
material moving at high velocity and varying in color.
The above phenomena have been reported to vary in
color from brilliant white to amber, red and green.
Since 1948, approximately 150 observations of aerial
phenomena referred to above have been recorded in the vicinity
of installations in New Mexico. A number of observations have
been reported by different reliable individuals at approximately
the same time.
KWD/mp
RECORDED - 2
INDEXED - 2
[Stamp: 52 SEP 18 1950]
[Handwritten numbers: 62-83894- 246]Their investigation of these phenomena fails to indicate that the sightings involved space ships or missiles from any other planet or country.p.15
FLYING SAUCERS. YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DISCREETLY DETERMINE THROUGH APPROPRIATE RELIABLE SOURCES OF YOUR OFFICE WHETHER FRANK SCULLY, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK QUOTE BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS UNQUOTE IS IDENTICAL TO THE FRANK SCULLY WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES SINCE THE LATE NINETEEN THIRTIES IN THE TERRITORY OF YOUR OFFICE.p.22
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[Reverse/back of page 2 - routing stamps, page largely blank] Sep 5 11 02 AM '50 RECD BELMONT F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE RECEIVED-LIAISON F B I SEP 5 9 52 AM '50 U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Sep 7 12 16 PM '50 F.B.I. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Aug 23 2 43 PM '50 F.B.I. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE RECEIVED-LIAISON F B I Aug 23 10 05 M '50 U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE RECD BELMONT F.B. RECEIVED-TOLSON Aug 24 2 50 PM '50 F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Sep 1 6 59 PM '50 F.B.I. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE U.S. RECEIVED-DIRECTOR F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Aug [ILLEGIBLE] 9 27 AM '50
RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY BY PROFESSOR LINCOLN LA PAZ
Dr. LaPaz, Director, Institute of Meteoritics,
University of New Mexico, submitted an analysis of the various
observations on May 23, 1950. He concluded, as a result of
his investigation, that approximately half of the phenomena
recorded were of meteoric origin. The other phenomena
commonly referred to as green fireballs or discs he believed
to be U.S. guided missiles being tested in the neighborhood
of the installations. Dr. LaPaz pointed out that if he were
wrong in interpreting the phenomena as originating with U.S.
guided missiles then a systematic investigation of the obser-
vations should be made immediately. Dr. LaPaz pointed out that
missiles moving with the velocities of the order of those
found for the green fireballs and discs could travel from the
Ural region of the USSR to New Mexico in less than 15 minutes.
He suggested that the observations might be of guided missiles
launched from bases in the Urals.
On the basis of the investigations made by Dr. LaPaz
and the Air Force, it was concluded that the occurrence of the
unexplained phenomena in the vicinity of sensitive installations
was a cause for concern. The Air Force entered into a contract
with Land-Air, Incorporated, Alamogordo, New Mexico, for the
purpose of making scientific studies of the green fireballs and
discs. It was pointed out in the summary furnished by OSI on
July 1950, that the phenomena contained green fireballs and discs
are still observed in the vicinity of sensitive military and
Government installations.
RESULTS OF AIR FORCE INVESTIGATION
The Air Force together with Land-Air, Incorporated,
have established a number of observation posts in the vicinity
of Vaughn, New Mexico, for the purpose of photographing and
determining the height and other characteristics of aerial
phenomena referred to as green fireballs and discs. On May 24,
1950, personnel of Land-Air, Incorporated, sighted 8 to 10
objects of aerial phenomena. A permanent record is being
maintained and has been designated "Project Twinkle."
- 2 -CONCLUSIONS
The Albuquerque Office, in a letter dated August 10,
1950, advised that there have been no new developments in connection
with the efforts to ascertain the identity of the strange aerial
phenomena referred to as green fireballs and discs. The Albuquerque
Office advised that Dr. Anthony O. Mirarchi, Project Engineer,
had been informed of the Bureau jurisdiction relative to espionage
and sabotage and arrangements have been made so that the Bureau
will be promptly advised in the event additional information relative
to this project indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the
Bureau.
ACTION
None. The above is for your information.
[Signatures]
- 3 -September 6, 1950
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS
There is attached hereto for your consideration and
attention a copy of a self-explanatory letter dated August 29, 1950,
received by this Bureau from Mr. Walter D. Jones, of 36 King Street East,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
For your information, the letter from Mr. Jones has been
acknowledged by this Bureau, and he has been informed his communication
has been referred to your Department.
APPROPRIATE AGENCIES
AND FIELD OFFICES
ADVISED BY ROUTING
SLIP(S) OF 2640
DATE 9/1[ILLEGIBLE]
Attachment.
EHH:eas
RECORDED - 5
[Stamp: SEP 11 1950]
[Handwritten: R337]
[Handwritten: Cll[ILLEGIBLE]][Reverse/back of page 6 - routing stamps, page largely illegible due to being flipped/mirrored] APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND FIELD OFFICES ADVISED BY ROUTING SLIP(S) OF [ILLEGIBLE] DATE [ILLEGIBLE] RECORDED - 5 [Various routing stamps - mirrored/reversed, largely illegible] [Stamp: SEP [ILLEGIBLE]] [Stamp: RECORDED]
STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : MR. A. H. BELMONT DATE: September 27, 1950
FROM : MR. L. L. LAUGHLIN
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
G.L.R.J.
SAC Cornelius of Philadelphia called at 10:45 A.M.
today and stated that yesterday evening while two officers of
the Philadelphia Police Department were cruising on Vare
Boulevard near 26th Street when they saw a round object about
six feet in circumference slowly float down to the ground.
When the officers first noticed the object, it was at
tree-top level and was described as being six feet in diameter.
It landed in a field near-by and the officers, upon examining it,
noted that it gave out a purplish glow which was almost a mist.
The officers summoned two other police officers. After looking
at the object for some time they attempted to pick it up. The
object broke, leaving a slight odorless residue. Over a period
of about 20 minutes which the officers spent watching the object
it completely disintegrated. The officers further commented that
the object was so light that when it hit the field, it did not
even bend the weeds or the grass it fell on.
Mr. Cornelius said that he has called the local office
of the Air Force but the individual with whom he spoke there said
he knew nothing about them and was not aware that his office was
looking into reports of this type.
Mr. Cornelius desired to know what further action should
be taken by him.
I told Mr. Cornelius that he was correct in referring
this matter to the local office of OSI and that he should direct
a letter to the Bureau requesting all available information
concerning the matter and that we here, upon its receipt, in turn
would bring it to the attention of OSI Headquarters.
LLLamer
[Handwritten: may copy date 9 27 50]
RECORDED - 84
[Handwritten: 62-8331-[ILLEGIBLE]]
[Stamp: 51 OCT 10 1950]
[Handwritten: EX-29][Reverse/back of page 8 - routing stamps, page largely illegible due to being flipped/mirrored] CORR-LIAISON F.B.I. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 6 4 43 PM '50 RECEIVED-LIAISON F B I Sep 27 5 13 PM '50 DEPT. OF JUSTICE Sep 27 9 0[ILLEGIBLE] AM '50 F.B.I. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE [Various additional routing stamps - mirrored/reversed, largely illegible]
[Stamp: CONFIDENTIAL]
[Stamp: DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 95681]
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
Hon. J. Edgar Hoover
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hoover:
The enclosed letter, subject: "Reporting of Information
on Unconventional Aircraft," is forwarded for your information
and any cooperation you may be able to extend.
As indicated in the letter it is desired to place this
subject in its proper perspective as part of the normal USAF
requirement for information of air technical intelligence
interest.
Respectfully yours,
C. P. Cabell
C. P. CABELL
Major General, USAF
Director of Intelligence
1 Incl:
a/s
[Handwritten: 108 Dec letter M 58
Dec Series 1949
dated [ILLEGIBLE]]
DISCORDED - 168
[Handwritten: 249]
[Handwritten: Reed 9-25-50]
[Stamp: 25 OCT 22[ILLEGIBLE]]
[Stamp: CONFIDENTIAL]
"This document contains information affecting the national defense
of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18
U.S.C., Sections 793 and 794. Its transmission or the revelation of its
contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law."[Stamp: CONFIDENTIAL]
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
AFOIG-CC-1 8 September 1950
SUBJECT: Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft
TO: Commanding Generals, Major Air Commands, ZI and Overseas
All United States Air Attaches
1. The United States Air Force has a continuing requirement
for the reporting and technical analysis of observations of uncon-
ventional aircraft which might indicate an advance in technological
progress of a foreign power. An unconventional aircraft, within
the meaning of this directive, is defined as any aircraft or air-
borne object which by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or
unusual features, does not conform to any presently known aircraft
type.
2. It is desired that information on unconventional aircraft
be reported in the following manner:
a. A separate report of each incident will be forwarded.
No information other than that bearing on the unconventional air-
craft will be included in this report.
b. Priority of transmission accorded the report will be
that appropriate in the judgment of the forwarding agency, accord-
ing to its apparent authenticity and importance as intelligence.
c. Reports will be forwarded to Commanding General, Air
Material Command, Attention: MCIS.
d. Reports forwarded by electrical transmission will
include, as far as possible:
(1) A brief description of the object(s); its shape,
size, color, number, formation if more than one,
aerodynamic features, trail or exhaust, propul-
sion system, speed, sound, maneuvers, manner of
disappearance, and other pertinent or unusual
features.
(2) Time sighted in 24-hour clock zonal time, and
length of time observed.
[Stamp: CONFIDENTIAL]
[Stamp: ENCLOSURE]
[Handwritten: 62-[ILLEGIBLE]3[ILLEGIBLE]4-249][Stamp: CONFIDENTIAL]
(3) Manner of observation; visual or electronic, from air
(give speed, altitude, and type of aircraft), or surface.
Any type of optical or electronic equipment used should
be described.
(4) Location of observer during sighting, giving exact lati-
tude and longitude as closely as feasible, and/or reference
to a known landmark. Location of object(s) with respect to
observer, giving distance, direction, and altitude.
(5) Identifying information on observer(s) and witnesses,
estimate of reliability and experience, and any factors
bearing on estimated reliability of the sighting.
(6) Weather and wind conditions (teletype sequences) at time
and place of sightings.
(7) Any activity or condition, meteorological or otherwise,
which might account for the sighting.
(8) Existence of any physical evidence; fragments, photo-
graphs and the like, of the sighting.
(9) Interception or identification action taken. (Such
action should be taken whenever feasible, complying
with existing air defense directives.)
e. Reports forwarded by electrical transmission will be followed
up within ten (10) days by a written report on AF Form 112. This report
will contain the same information specified in subparagraph 2d above in
greater detail, and where feasible will include sketches and signed attested
narrative statements of observers.
f. Written reports of sightings, where no previous electrically
transmitted report has been submitted, will follow the same form as the
written follow-up report described in subparagraph 2e above.
g. Any physical evidence of the sighting will be forwarded by
most expeditious means to Commanding General, Air Material Command, Attn:
MCIS, under cover of a letter identifying the shipment with the report of
sighting. Mention of the method and time of shipping of this evidence
will be included in written report of the sighting.
3. It is desired that no publicity be given this reporting or
analysis activity.
BY COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
Info copies to:
Dir/Int, G-2, Army
Dir/Naval Int.
Commandant (INF) US Coast Guard
Sp Asst for Research & Intel, State
Director FBI
Director of CIA
C. P. Cabell
C. P. CABELL
Major General, USAF
Director of Intelligence
[Stamp: CONFIDENTIAL]STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : THE DIRECTOR DATE: October 9, 1950
FROM : MR. D. M. LADD
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
FLYING DISCS
GREEN FIREBALLS
PURPOSE
To advise you of the most recent information known to the
Bureau concerning the captioned aerial phenomena.
BACKGROUND
You will recall that on August 23, 1950, I furnished to you a
memorandum regarding Project Twinkle set up by the Department of the
Air Force, with the assistance of Land-Air, Inc., at Vaughn, New Mexico,
for the purpose of obtaining data regarding these unusual aerial phenomena
which had been seen in the vicinity of sensitive installations in New
Mexico. To date the Air Force has not advised us of any new developments
in connection with this project.
Dr. Anthony O. Mirarchi, Project Engineer of Project Twinkle, has
been contacted by the Albuquerque Office and arrangements have been made in
order that the Bureau will be advised in the event any information relative
to these phenomena indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the Bureau.
According to Bureau files, an average of approximately three or
four complaints have been received per month from June through September.
These complaints were brought to the attention of OSI. A review of Bureau files
does not indicate that there has been any increase in the sightings of these
phenomena during or as a result of the war in Korea.
JURISDICTION FOR INVESTIGATION OF THESE PHENOMENA
You will recall the investigation to obtain information concerning
these aerial phenomena is the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force.
The Department of the Air Force is aware of our jurisdiction in matters
relating to espionage, sabotage and internal security, and we have contacted
OSI and requested them to advise us of any developments in connection with
these phenomena which would be of interest to us as a result of our
jurisdiction.
EHHide
[Handwritten: Jus RECORDED - 105
OCT 10 1950]
[Stamp: 82 OCT 16 1950]
[Handwritten: 162-83874-250]
[Handwritten: EHM][Reverse/back of page 13 - routing stamps, page largely illegible due to being flipped/mirrored] Oct 7 5 53 AM '50 RECEIVED-[ILLEGIBLE] F.B.I. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 9 6 55 PM '50 U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE F.B.I. RECEIVED-TOLSON [Various additional routing stamps - mirrored/reversed, largely illegible]
POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THESE AERIAL PHENOMENA
The Bureau has been advised in the past by OSI that many of the
sightings reported to them were determined by investigation to have been
of weather balloons, falling stars, meteorological phenomena and other air-borne
objects.
INFORMATION OBTAINED BY BUREAU LIAISON FROM OSI, WASHINGTON, D. C.
RE THE CAPTIONED MATTERS ON OCTOBER 9, 1950.
Bureau liaison contacted on the morning of October 9, 1950 from
OSI headquarters that the investigations of these aerial phenomena are being
handled by OSI, Wright Field, Ohio. Their investigation of these
phenomena fails to indicate that the sightings involved space ships or
missiles from any other planet or country.
According to OSI, the complaints received by them have failed to
indicate any definite pattern of activity. OSI further advised they are closely
following the investigation of the captioned matters, and they will advise this
Bureau of any matters of interest.
ACTION
None. The above is for your information.
- 2 -[Carbon copy / duplicate of page 13 memo, largely legible]
THE DIRECTOR October 9, 1950
MR. D. M. LADD
FLYING SAUCERS
FLYING DISCS
GREEN FIREBALLS
PURPOSE
To advise you of the most recent information known to the
Bureau concerning the captioned aerial phenomena.
BACKGROUND
You will recall that on August 23, 1950, I furnished to you a
memorandum regarding Project Twinkle set up by the Department of the
Air Force, with the assistance of Land-Air, Inc., at Vaughn, New Mexico,
for the purpose of obtaining data regarding these unusual aerial phenomena
which had been seen in the vicinity of sensitive installations in New
Mexico. To date the Air Force has not advised us of any new developments
in connection with this project.
Dr. Anthony O. Mirarchi, Project Engineer of Project Twinkle, has
been contacted by the Albuquerque Office and arrangements have been made in
order that the Bureau will be advised in the event any information relative
to these phenomena indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the Bureau.
According to Bureau files, an average of approximately three or
four complaints have been received per month from June through September.
These complaints were brought to the attention of OSI. A review of Bureau files
does not indicate that there has been any increase in the sightings of these
phenomena during or as a result of the war in Korea.
JURISDICTION FOR INVESTIGATION OF THESE PHENOMENA
You will recall the investigation to obtain information concerning
these aerial phenomena is the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force.
The Department of the Air Force is aware of our jurisdiction in matters
relating to espionage, sabotage and internal security, and we have contacted
OSI and requested them to advise us of any developments in connection with
these phenomena which would be of interest to us as a result of our
jurisdiction.
[ILLEGIBLE initials/signature]
[Handwritten: 62-83894-250]
[Stamp: 81 OCT 23 1950][Carbon copy / duplicate of page 15]
POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THESE AERIAL PHENOMENA
The Bureau has been advised in the past by OSI that many of the
sightings reported to them were determined by investigation to have been
of weather balloons, falling stars, meteorological phenomena and other air-borne
objects.
INFORMATION OBTAINED BY BUREAU LIAISON FROM OSI, WASHINGTON, D. C.
RE THE CAPTIONED MATTERS ON OCTOBER 9, 1950.
Bureau liaison contacted on the morning of October 9, 1950 from
OSI headquarters that the investigations of these aerial phenomena are being
handled by OSI, Wright Field, Ohio. Their investigation of these
phenomena fails to indicate that the sightings involved space ships or
missiles from any other planet or country.
According to OSI, the complaints received by them have failed to
indicate any definite pattern of activity. OSI further advised they are closely
following the investigation of the captioned matters, and they will advise this
Bureau of any matters of interest.
ACTION
None. The above is for your information.
- 2 -STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: October 2, 1950
FROM : SAC, PHILADELPHIA ATTENTION: MR. LEO LAUGHLIN
SUBJECT: FLYING DISC REPORTED AT
PHILADELPHIA ON 9/26/50
FLYING SAUCERS
During the late evening hours of September 26, 1950, two Phila-
delphia police officers observed a peculiar phenomenon on Vare
Boulevard near 26th Street when they saw a round object about
six feet in circumference slowly float down to the ground.
The object had the appearance of a parachute and landed in a field,
it being so light it did not even depress the weeds in the field.
The object was lavender in color, described by the officers as
damp, sort of like soap suds, and evaporating within fifteen or
twenty minutes after it landed. When touched by the officers, the
substance composing the object disappeared, leaving nothing but a
slight sticky substance.
This matter was reported to this office by the Philadelphia
Police and for that matter, was subsequently carried in the
Philadelphia press as "Flying Saucer Just Dissolves".
Mr. LAUGHLIN of the Bureau was telephonically advised of the above
by this office and issued instructions that the matter should be
referred to Air Force Intelligence for handling and any investigation.
Accordingly, Major WATTS of the Philadelphia Office of OSI was
telephonically advised of the above and no further action was taken
by this office.
FME/mmd
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[Handwritten: 162-83894-357]
[Stamp: 55 OCT 18 1950]
[Handwritten: Ell[ILLEGIBLE] Mossberg]
[Handwritten: EX-29][Reverse/back of page 18 - routing stamps, page largely illegible due to being flipped/mirrored] RECEIVED Oct 5 3 13 PM '50 RECD BELMONT F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 6 12 25 PM '50 U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE F.B.I. RECEIVED LIAISON-ESPIONAGE [Various additional routing stamps - mirrored/reversed, largely illegible]
[Handwritten letter on lined paper] Oct 7, 1950 E.L. [ILLEGIBLE]ton 413 Irving Ave Glendale, Calif. EL IWELTON Mc[ILLEGIBLE] My story of the flying saucer is: It gets its power from electricity generated by a generator. The generator is run from a revolving disc, therefore giving the flying saucer a disc like appearance. By the use of gears the revolving disc is able to generate 10 or 20 times more power than is needed. The faster the disc goes, the more power. By use of the new light weight Electric motors, there is less weight and less space taken. The revolving disc is in side of light shell. Forward motion of ship allows disc to revolve, generating electric power. This way, the flying disc could fly almost any length of time. RECORDED - 125 [Handwritten: 62-83894-] INDEXED - 125 OCT 18 1960 Compressed air would be used to start power disc. [Stamp: 95 OCT 25 1950] [Handwritten: EX-29]
[ILLEGIBLE] MR. JONES. RECEIVED F.B.I. Oct 11 3 42 PM '50 RECEIVED RECORDS SECTION Oct 11 [ILLEGIBLE] 4 2 '50
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. OCTOBER 13, 1950 URGENT
SAC, LOS ANGELES
Transmit the following message to:
FLYING SAUCERS. YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DISCREETLY
DETERMINE THROUGH APPROPRIATE RELIABLE SOURCES OF YOUR OFFICE
WHETHER FRANK SCULLY, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK QUOTE BEHIND THE FLYING
SAUCERS UNQUOTE IS IDENTICAL TO THE FRANK SCULLY WHO HAS BEEN
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES SINCE THE LATE NINETEEN
THIRTIES IN THE TERRITORY OF YOUR OFFICE.
HOOVER
RHM:gma
[initials]
RECORDED 99
INDEXED 99
62-83894-253
OCT 13 1950
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
DECLASSIFIED
Authority: NND 90988
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
17TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
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File No: (24-8)-26 25 May 1950
SUBJECT: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New
Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950
TO: Brigadier General Joseph F. Carroll
Director of Special Investigations
Headquarters USAF
Washington 25, D. C. o Flying Discs
1. In a liaison meeting with other military and government intelligence and investigative agencies in December 1948, it was determined that the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an organized plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken. The organization and physical location of units of this District most suitable for collecting these data, therefore, since December 1948, this District has assumed the responsibility for collecting and reporting basic information with respect to aerial phenomena occurring in this general area. These reports have been distributed to the Air Material Command, USAF, in accordance with Air Intelligence Requirements No. 4, and to other interested military and government agencies.
2. There is attached, as a part of this summary, a compilation of aerial phenomena sightings that have occurred mostly in the New Mexico area and have been reported by this District Office subsequent to December 1948. This compilation of sightings is not a complete record of all reported observations, but includes those in which sufficient information was available to justify their inclusion. The observers of these phenomena include scientists, Special Agents of the Office of Special Investigations (16) USAF, military personnel, army [ILLEGIBLE] security, Los Alamos Security Inspectors, military personnel, and many other persons of various occupations whose reliability is not questioned. This compilation sets forth the most important characteristics with respect to each observation and evaluates each sighting into one of three classifications, (1) green fireball phenomena, (2) disc or variation, and (3) probably meteoric.
3. There is also attached an analysis of the green fireball occurrences in this area made by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz. Dr. LaPaz is the
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File No: (24-8)-26
Subj: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in
the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950
Director of the Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico. He was Research Mathematician at the New Mexico Proving Grounds under an OSRD appointment in 1943 and 1944, and Technical Director of the Operations Analysis Section, Headquarters, Second Air Force, 1944-46. Since 1948, Dr. LaPaz has been on a voluntary basis as consultant for this District in connection with the green fireball investigations.
4. On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949, conferences were held at Los Alamos, New Mexico, for the purpose of discussing the green fireball phenomena. Representatives of the following organizations were present at these meetings: Fourth Army, Forces Special Weapons Project, University of New Mexico, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, University of California, U. S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Geophysical Research Division, Air Material Command USAF, and the Office of Special Investigations (10) USAF. A logical explanation was not proffered with respect to the origin of the green fireballs. It was agreed, however, that the phenomena existed and that they should be studied scientifically until these occurrences have been satisfactorily explained. Further, that the continued occurrence of unexplained phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive installations is cause for concern.
5. The Geophysical Research Division, Air Material Command, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has recently let a contract to Land-Air, Inc., Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico, for a limited scientific study of green fireballs. The results of this scientific approach to the problem will undoubtedly be of great value in determining the origin of these phenomena.
6. This summary of observations of aerial phenomena has been prepared for the purpose of re-emphasizing and reiterating the fact that these phenomena have continuously been occurring in the New Mexico skies during the past 18 months and are continuing to occur, and, secondly, that these phenomena are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive military and government installations.
4 Incls DOYLE REES
1. Summary of Sightings Lt Colonel, USAF
2. Photo of Sighting No. 175 District Commander
w/comments
3. Ltr fr Dr. LaPaz to Lt Col
Rees, dtd 23 May 50
4. Graph indicating maximums
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Subj: Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in
the New Mexico Area, December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950
DISTRIBUTION:
6 cys, Director of Special Investigations, Headquarters USAF
1 cy, CO, Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
ATTN: Director of Technical Intelligence
1 cy, CO, Special Weapons Command, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
1 cy, CO, Armed Services Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base,
New Mexico. ATTN: J-2
1 cy, CO, Headquarters, Fourth Army, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
ATTN: [ILLEGIBLE]
1 cy, CO, Holloman AFB, New Mexico
1 cy, CO, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass.
1 cy, Director, Security Division, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission,
1 cy, Los Alamos, New Mexico. ATTN: Mr. R. O. Wells
1 cy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso, Texas
1 cy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1 cy, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Pentagon Building
ATTN: Dr. Joseph Kaplan
1 cy, Research and Development Board, Pentagon Building
ATTN: Dr. H. E. Landsberg, Executive Director, Committee on
Geophysics and Geography
1 cy, File
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE
INSTITUTE OF METEORITICS May 23, 1950
To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees, Commanding Officer
17th District, O. S. I.
From: Lincoln LaPaz, Director
Institute of Meteoritics
Subject: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report)
1. In the second report of this series, dated 1948, December 20, the writer listed ten significant differences between the bright green horizontally-moving fireballs observed in the interval 1948, December 5-20, and typical meteors. These differences were the following:
(1) The horizontal nature of the paths of most of the December fireballs is most unusual. Genuine meteors are rarely observed to move in horizontal paths.
(2) Again the very low height of the December fireball discussed in section 2 above sets it off in sharp contrast from the genuine meteors for which heights of the order of 40 or more miles are normally observed.
(3) The velocity determined for the fireball of December 12 is much less than the velocities determined from typical meteors (and yet is considerably greater than the speeds of the V-2 Rockets or jet planes or of conventional flares).
(4) In the case of meteorites that penetrate to as low levels as that determined for the fireball of December 12, the observed luminous phenomena are always accompanied by very violent noises. No noises whatever have been observed in connection with the various December fireballs so far investigated. (Note added on 1950, May 23: Possible exceptions to the noiselessness of green fireballs are the incidents of 1949, January 30, and 1949, December 4.)
(5) Genuine meteors normally show remarkable variations in brightness, beginning as fine thin hair lines, which are scarcely visible to the observer, and then brightening up to flash out near the end of their paths. In the case of the December fireballs most of the observers have reported that the green balls appeared almost instantly at their full brightness.
CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 2 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 (6) In the case of genuine meteors the paths are directed toward all points of the compass with equal frequency. On the contrary in the case of the green fireballs, plots of frequently observed trajectories show that there is a very pronounced tendency for the paths to come in from the north half of the sky. (7) The three groups of anomalous greenish luminous phenomena show a curious association with well known meteor showers, although none of these groups shows the abnormal characteristics normally associated with such showers, such as these recently observed. For example, the observation mentioned by Mr. Fennig appeared near the maximum of the Quadrantid shower of early January; the increased observation of August was near the time of the Perseid shower and the December observations all fell in the interval covered by the Geminid shower. This relationship of the anomalous groups to meteor showers leads one to suppose that the fireballs have connections by causing them to appear only when there is considerable meteoric activity. (8) As noted in an earlier communication, the remarkably vivid green color reported for most of the December fireballs is rarely observed in the case of genuine meteors. By laboratory test this peculiar color seems to be identical with that given off by copper salts in the bunsen flame. If this identification is correct, the wave length of the radiation from the green fireballs is near Λ ~5218Å. (9) The duration estimates of between 2 and 3 seconds reported for the green fireballs are considerably longer than those (0.4 - 0.6 seconds) for the ordinary visual meteors, but shorter than the duration estimates of towards 20 seconds reported in the case of a genuine meteorite fall (5 to 30 seconds or even longer). (10) For none of the green fireballs has a train of sparks or a dust cloud been reported. This contrasts sharply with the behavior noted in case of meteoric fireballs—particularly those that penetrate to the very low levels where the green fireball of December 12 was observed. 2. In the year and a half since this list was prepared, many additional observations have been made, the total number of objects now accepted as belonging in the green fireball category being 72. (Although this number cuts more than 50% of the sightings included in the accompanying Summary, it constitutes less than 1% of the total number of unscreened observations reported to the writer.) Critical analysis of all green fireball reports now available shows that each one of the statements in the list given in paragraph 1 needs to be modified, namely, item (1). Within the last year, a considerable number of the green fireballs have appeared to fall vertically downward rather than CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 3 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 to move horizontally. However, a strictly vertical infall is also very rarely observed in the case of genuine meteor falls. 3. An analysis just completed of the time distribution of the green fireballs so far observed permits us to add an 11th item to the list of differences given in paragraph 1 above. The graph referred to in the present report shows that the maximum frequency of sighting of green fireballs (occurring at approximately 0350) coincides in time with neither the frequency maximum for ordinary meteors (occurring at approximately 0300) nor the frequency maximum for meteorite falls (occurring at approximately 1500). 4. Inspection of the graph referred to in paragraph 3 also will show that most of the green fireballs have been sighted in a time interval extending from about 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. (MST). The time interval might be even more pronounced if it were possible to screen out of the secondary maximum, around 2 a.m. (MST), all ordinary meteors which have been mistakenly identified as green fireballs. The much wider distribution has been strongly suggested by the near coincidence in time of the secondary maximum of the green fireballs and the well established early morning maximum of the ordinary meteors. 5. Some significance may attach to the fact that the time interval alluded to in paragraph 4 extends from about 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ural region of the USSR. Since missiles moving with velocities of the order of those found for the green fireballs for which real path determinations have been possible could travel from the Ural Mountains to New Mexico in less than 10 minutes, a possible interpretation of the concentration of sightings referred to in paragraph 4 is that the green fireballs result from guided missiles launched in the Ural Mountains in the morning hours before cloudiness due to convection or blinding afternoon dust storms can interfere with con-radar tracking, such as has been used by the Optical Trajectory Section at White Sands Proving Grounds. 6. There is also a pronounced concentration of green fireball incidents in the days, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with more than 88% of all the most widely observed incidents having occurred on Saturday or Sunday. 7. It is a curious and fairly well-established fact that there has been a distinct decline in the number of green fireball sightings during the last two months. Within this period of two months no other "flying saucer" incidents in this region has attained an all-time high. 8. Although I have recently received from Dr. Joseph Kaplan of the Scientific Advisory Board a letter containing the statement "Frankly, I don't know of any U. S. experiments that would result in the appearance of those unconventional objects, and neither does Von Karman". I still CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 4 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 consider the most probable explanation of the green fireballs to be the one given in the first of the three paragraphs below which are quoted from my letter of 1950, February 20, to Dr. F. L. Whipple, Chief Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, Base Directorate for Geophysical Research. The last two paragraphs quoted below perhaps well summarize my recommendations concerning the green fireball problem: "As a preliminary to setting down the project recommendations which you requested, I have very carefully reviewed all available fireball data (observers' reports, transit measurements, calculated real paths, etc.) concerning incidents since those of December 1948 to the extraordinary incident of February 7, 1950, which has been under intensive investigation for the last two weeks. As a result of this comprehensive review, particularly bearing on the incident of February 7, 1950, I feel compelled to write you in somewhat different terms concerning my own part in the proposed fireball project than I had in mind when we last discussed this matter. In brief, I have come to the conclusion that, on the basis of the evidence now available to me, I would not be justified in recommending a fireball patrol. In my opinion, this evidence shows conclusively that the fireballs reported on fall into one of two categories: Those of the first category (the majority) are meteorite falls of unusual, but certainly not of impossible, range, frequency and other characteristics; those of the second category (the minority) are U. S. guided missiles undergoing tests in the neighborhoods of the sensitive installations below. The second category is the interpretation of the latter category is the one that I proposed in answer to a question raised by Dr. Teller at the first Los Alamos conference on February 17, 1949. It will not be taken seriously at the present time. I doubt that it will be taken seriously at the present time. However, even if my interpretation of the unconventional fireballs is in the interest of it is obvious that those in position to confirm it should refuse to do so." "Only one other point need be stressed, namely, that if I am wrong in interpreting the guided missiles as of U. S. origin, then certainly intensive, systematic investigation of those objects should not be delayed until the between-the-academic-years academic year. Recent international developments compel one to sense the imperative necessity of immediate investigation of the unconventional green fireballs, in case you can obtain "permission" of information proving that they are not U. S. missiles." "If such an immediate investigation were to be undertaken, I would recommend that Dr. Fred L. Whipple, of Harvard College Observatory, be placed in charge of the photographic phase of the investigation; that Dr. Peter M. Millman, of Dominion Observatory, be placed in charge of the spectrographic phase of the investigation; CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL To: Lt. Colonel Doyle Rees - Page 5 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Report) May 23, 1950 that Dr. L. A. Manning, of Stanford, and Dr. Millman be placed in charge of the radar investigations; and, finally, that Dr. William Crozier, of the New Mexico School of Mines, be placed in charge of dust collection and identification. On the basis of many intensive field surveys, I do not anticipate that ground search will lead to any recoveries, but in case such ground search is to be attempted, it should be carried out on the scale stressed in my conversations with you and Major Oder last month." 9. Although the above paragraphs were written some months ago, the recommendations contained in them are the ones I would urge you to consider at the present time. In conclusion, I should like to repeat the offer made at the end of my letter of February 20 to Dr. Wykoff, namely to serve, if needed, as consultant on the green fireball project as suggested in Major Oder's letter to me under date of November 25, 1949, with the stipulation, however, that my service be on a voluntary basis rather than on the $40 per day contract specified in Major Oder's letter. Lincoln LaPaz [signature] Lincoln LaPaz, Director Institute of Meteoritics University of New Mexico CONFIDENTIAL
[ILLEGIBLE] COPIES PER INCH THE FREDERICK POST CO., CHICAGO, ILL. CONFIDENTIAL [Graph] Y-axis: Number of Observations (scale 0 to 40) X-axis: TIME OF SIGHTINGS (scale 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16) Legend: ........ Meteorites - - - - Meteors —— Green 'Fireballs' -·-·- "Disks" or Variations Annotations on graph: GREEN "FIREBALL" MAXIMUM METEOR MAXIMUM METEORITE MAXIMUM "DISK" or VARIATION MAXIMUM CONFIDENTIAL
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[Photograph of unknown aerial object — large black field with small white luminous object visible in upper right area]
Sighting No. 175
Photograph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at Estil,
New Mexico by Cpl Lertis B. Stanfield, Holloman Air Force
Base, New Mexico on 24 and 25 Feb 1950. An analysis of
the above photograph was made by Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, Head
of the Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, who reached the following con-
clusions:
a. The angular diameter of the perfectly round
luminous object Stanfield observed was approx-
imately 1/4 of a degree.
b. The angular velocity of the object in the sky
was greater than half a degree per minute.
Dr. LaPaz stated that on the basis of the results (a)
and (b) above, the object seen by Stanfield was not the
moon (for the angular diameter is too small), it was not
Venus or any other planet (for the angular diameter was
too large), and it was not a bright fixed star slightly
out of focus (for the observed rate of motion is double
that due to the diurnal rotation of the earth).
CONFIDENTIALCONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGS of Unknown Aerial Phenomena Prepared by the 17th District Office of Special Investigations (10), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico [Table] Columns: Number | Date | Time | [Reliability] | [No. Observers] | General Area of Occurrence | [Direction] | [Altitude] | [Path] | Color | [Trail] | [Duration] | [Sound] | Shape | [Size] | [Speed] | Remarks/Disposition Row 1: 1 | Jan 1949 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [1] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Almost vertical descent, slow, about 2 [ILLEGIBLE] said to be about SQ II | 25° above Descending | Brilliant white | 2 - 3 Seconds | None | Compared w/closest Venus on unusually clear nights Row 2: 2 | Letter Apr. 1949 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [1] | Vaughn, New Mexico | 200'- [ILLEGIBLE] | Descending [slowly] in vertical | Bright blue | None | Round | Larger than baseball | Descending slowly | [ILLEGIBLE] Row 3: 3 | 1948 [ILLEGIBLE] FY 50 | 0231 | 1 | R | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | Burglar alarm non-reflected light | None | Flat and round | Stationary at times Row 4: 4 | 6 Aug | 0200 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | North Powder, Oregon | ME to SE | 5000' | Horizontal line | Green | [ILLEGIBLE] | Softball | TRO | [ILLEGIBLE] LEGEND: *Reliability of Observers: TR - Very Reliable R - Reliable Unk - Unknown Reliability **Evaluations: (1) "Green Fireball Phenomena" (2) "Disk" or Variation (3) Probable Meteor CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District [ILLEGIBLE] (cont'd) [Table continued] Row 5: 5 | [ILLEGIBLE] Sep [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Phoenix, Arizona | N to S | 200'- [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green | [ILLEGIBLE] obs. | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Very slow | [ILLEGIBLE] bright light fall Row 6: 6 | 15 or 16 Nov 1949 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Vaughn, New Mexico | 200'- [ILLEGIBLE] | Descending slowly in vertical | Bright yellow | None | Round | Larger than baseball | Descending slowly | Exploded Row 7: 7 | 12 Nov [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Vaughn, New Mexico | 200'- [ILLEGIBLE] | Descending slowly in vertical | Bright white | None | Round | Larger than baseball | Descending slowly | Exploded Row 8: 8 | 5 Nov [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 | R | Las Vegas, New Mexico | -1 to 1 | Slightly above horizontal | Yellowish orange | Few secs | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared Row 9: 9 | 8 Dec | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 | R | Albuquerque, New Mexico | No movement noticed | 10,000' | Parabolic curve | Green | Yes | 2 secs | None | Round | [ILLEGIBLE] | Faded out Row 10: 10 | 6 Dec 1949 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | E to W | Slight falling arch | Green | Yes | 2-3 Secs | None | Round | 1/8 diameter of moon | Rapid | Vanished Row 11: 11 | 6 Dec 1949 | 1932 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | Las Vegas, New Mexico | NE to SW | 10,000' | Horizontal | Bright green | No | 2 secs | None | Larger than a star | Rapid rate of speed | Faded out CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont'd) Page [ILLEGIBLE] [Table continued] Row 12: 12 | 11 Dec 1949 | 0430 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | Red River, [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Bird & white [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | Flash | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Brief type [ILLEGIBLE] a small fragment w/greenish disappeared Row 13: 13 | 11 Dec [ILLEGIBLE] | T102 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | V1 | 10 miles south of [ILLEGIBLE] Las Cruces, New Mexico | E to D | 8 - 10 miles | Horizontal | Very bright green | 1.0 sec | None | Ball | Magnitude -1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Quite large [ILLEGIBLE] disappeared behind mountains Row 14: 14 | 28 Dec [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 4 | R | New Mexico | W to D | Great height | 10° to 20° to horizon, Descending | Pale green white | Yes | 1-1/2 secs | Some | Ball | Basketball | High speed | Disappeared behind mountains Row 15: 15 | 28 Dec | 0431 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | N to S | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] Descending in vertical [ILLEGIBLE] path | white | Gov. Obs | 1 ms | Star | Star | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared [ILLEGIBLE] star Row 16: 16 | 1949 [ILLEGIBLE] Jan | 1700 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque | SE to W | 1000'-5000' | Horizontal | Bright green | None | None | Disc | Approx long | Much faster than a jet | Disappeared behind mountains Row 17: 17 | 6 Jan | 0210 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | E to W | 2 to 6° Trace observer | Horizontal | Brilliant green | 2 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | High speed | Disappeared behind mountains horizon Row 18: 18 | 30 Jan 1948 | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | El Paso, Texas | NE to 2E | 3 - 8° above horizon | Horizontal | Green | None | None | Ball | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Broke into pieces CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of [ILLEGIBLE] Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District [ILLEGIBLE] (cont'd) Page 3 [Table continued] Row 19: 19 | 30 Jan 1950 | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Roswell, New Mexico | E to S | 5000'- [ILLEGIBLE] | Horizontal | Blue-green | None | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Moving slowly | [ILLEGIBLE] Disintegrated to some small similar fragments Row 20: 20 | 30 Jan [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Alamogordo, New Mexico | N to S | Angle of [ILLEGIBLE] descent, 100-115 mph rocket speed | Green | 2 - 10 secs | None | Ball | [ILLEGIBLE] | Cannot to Fizzle out Row 21: 21 | 30 Jan 1950 | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | TX, North, Texas | E to S | 500 feet- [ILLEGIBLE] | 500 downward from horizon | Green | Yes | 1 - [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 1/2 size of full moon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disintegrated Row 22: 22 | 14 Feb 1940 [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | Las [ILLEGIBLE], New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | Stationary than fell slightly abruptly curves to W | Flat black slightly greenish color | Yes | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Stationary when first in sight moves to W CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District (OSI-1) Page [ILLEGIBLE] [Table continued] Row 23: 23 | 17 Feb 1950 | 1800 | 1 | Unk | Grants, New Mexico | Overhead | Gradual about 100 feet off gradual descent | [ILLEGIBLE] white | Yes | None | None | Oval | Larger than meteor | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared Row 24: 24 | 17 Feb | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | V1 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Y [ILLEGIBLE] to S | [ILLEGIBLE] | Brilliant cobalt-blue, shading to [ILLEGIBLE] orange color | 2 [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Round | 2 lunar diameter [ILLEGIBLE] eclipse | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared Row 25: 25 | 27 Feb 1950 | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | W to E | Parallel to earth | Green-white | 2 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | But as fast, Disappeared abruptly Row 26: 26 | 2 Mar | 0016 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | S to N | "Log in sky" | Horizontal | Bright | 2 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Very fast | Disappeared [ILLEGIBLE] behind slope Row 27: 27 | 3 Mar | 0150 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Straight down | Straight down | Bright green | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared Row 28: 28 | 8 Mar | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | From N 74° W [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | From 10° above horizon to 40° above horizon | Broad white light | Yes | None | Round | Oblong 3' by 1' | Not known CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE], 17th District [ILLEGIBLE] (cont'd) [Table continued] Row 29: 29 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 5 Mar | 5000 | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | N 60° E | 60° above horizon | Bro-white | None | None | Ball like flash | Basketball | "Vivid Flash" Row 30: 30 | 7 Mar | 5949 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | From S 10° W to N 60° W | 7 to 10' above | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | None | Round | About 10' long in length | [ILLEGIBLE] Row 31: 31 | 7 Mar | 0111 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | N 40° E | 60° 10' above horizon | Brilliant bluish | None | None | Line flash bulb | Flash bulb | [ILLEGIBLE] Row 32: 32 | 7 Mar | 0100 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | N 10° E | 60° 30' above horizon | Bright blue-white | None | Line | Basketball | "Vivid Flash" Row 33: 33 | 7 Mar | 0100 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | S 20° E | 30° above horizon | Flash white | None | Ball like flash | Flash bulb | [ILLEGIBLE] Row 34: 34 | 9 Mar | 0105 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | N 60° E | Dropped vertically to ground | Orange | 2 secs | None | Tear drop | 2' by 1' | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind brush CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [Table continued] Row 35: 35 | 1949 [ILLEGIBLE] | 9 Feb [ILLEGIBLE] | 1810 | [ILLEGIBLE] | R [ILLEGIBLE] | Winslow Rock, Arizona | SE 40 - 50° above horizon | Red (fire) [ILLEGIBLE] bluish in center reading to blue flame | None | 4-5 secs | Ball | 1" in 40-200-500 MPH | 1' round deal | Disintegrated [ILLEGIBLE] Row 36: 36 | 6 Mar 1950 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | N to D | 10,000'- to 15,000' | Horizontal | Bright white with greenish tint | 1-2 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | App 200 mph | Either coast or dis-appeared behind blind cloud Row 37: 37 | 6 Mar | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | S to W | 4,000 Descending at 45° terrain angle | Intense green light [ILLEGIBLE] blue aluminum-colored | Very None | None | Elliptical pointed at ends | [ILLEGIBLE] | Slower than between Disappeared gliding planes behind trees Row 38: 38 | 8 Mar | 0100 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | From S 45° E to [ILLEGIBLE] N | From 12° above horizon to 40° | Traveled in arc | Pale white light | Yes | None | Round-ish head w/fiery body/trail | Not known CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 39 | 28 Mar | 21100 | 1 | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | From [ILLEGIBLE] | From 150 where to I 0-60° U | Traveled in [ILLEGIBLE] Certain | Pale reddish brown [ILLEGIBLE] red blue | Yes | None | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Japan w/tail | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared 40 | 12 Mar | 2115 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 200° [ILLEGIBLE] 30 to 45 | Descending slightly | Pinkish | Yes | E-4 | None | Length [ILLEGIBLE] diameter [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] see w/all | [ILLEGIBLE] 41 | 16 Mar | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Airplane enroute [ILLEGIBLE] of Randolph [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 5°-10° above airplane [ILLEGIBLE]-1,000 | Horizontal | [ILLEGIBLE] | 12 secs | Done [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 60° in 8 secs 42 | 27 Mar | 1000 | 1 | Unk | [ILLEGIBLE] New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to U | High in sky ~app 300° above horizon | Amber | None | 25 obs | None | Long & narrow | [ILLEGIBLE] | Faded out in [ILLEGIBLE] distance 43 | 27 Mar | 1600 | 1 | Unk | Ramsey [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | About 70° | Orange | None | 10 obs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] inner diameter | [ILLEGIBLE] | Faded out in [ILLEGIBLE] distance CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Number Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 44 | 11 Mar | 0115 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Tucumcari, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | Close to 90° above horizon | Bright | None | 18 [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Long [ILLEGIBLE] narrow | [ILLEGIBLE] | Faded out at [ILLEGIBLE] 10,000 K. 45 | 27 Mar | 1000 | 1 | Sub | Tucumcari, [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | App above horizon | Orange | None | 10 | None | Abt [ILLEGIBLE] | About size of [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind hills 46 | 28 Mar | 2100 | 1 | Sub | Camp Hood, [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Rel. 3,000' | Fiery red to [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 5-8 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] size [ILLEGIBLE] of [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] 47 | 8 Apr | 2100 | 2 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | App 200' [ILLEGIBLE] above [ILLEGIBLE] Pejarin [ILLEGIBLE] glow | Brown [ILLEGIBLE] gold [ILLEGIBLE] | 1-2 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] 48 | 6 Apr | 2110 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | About 10,000' | [ILLEGIBLE] | Blue-[ILLEGIBLE] Brown [ILLEGIBLE] & ft. green | 1-2 | None | Very fast 49 | 7 Apr | 0100 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | W | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Moved very slowly 50 | 7 Apr | 0100 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 secs | None | Moving slowly CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (contd) Page 10 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 51 | 19 Apr | 1900 | 1 | Sub | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 200° above horizon | White | None | 0 | None | Round | 1/6 size [ILLEGIBLE] | 160° in 8 [ILLEGIBLE] | Distinguished [ILLEGIBLE] 52 | 16 Apr | 1230 | 1 | Sub | El Paso, Texas | Straight | About 30° | [ILLEGIBLE] | Gro- | Yes | 10 | None | Very thin | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Dissipated 53 | 12 Apr | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | MS | [ILLEGIBLE] Williams, Arizona | App [ILLEGIBLE] 10 to 20 1 to one. [ILLEGIBLE] 1,000 miles to other stations | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green-ish blue | 1-5 | None | Ball | 100 watt light bulb | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind obstacle 54 | 22 Apr | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Cline, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 20° drop-ping slowly | Aluminum | None | 2 | None | Round | Over 15° in diameter [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind mountains 55 | 24 Apr | 1035 | 1 | VN | White Sands, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | White light yellow | 60 secs | [ILLEGIBLE] | Ellip-soid | Tremendous rate of speed | Disappeared [ILLEGIBLE] be distinguished 56 | 25 Apr | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Sub | Spencer, New Mexico | 2 groups [ILLEGIBLE] | Fall [ILLEGIBLE] 1,000' [ILLEGIBLE] | Straight above [ILLEGIBLE] 80,000' | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Very fast well above speed of sound | Climbed at [ILLEGIBLE] angle until out of sight CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 11 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 57 | NE Apr | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Tucson, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Clear | Bright | None | 12 [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Cigar | From [ILLEGIBLE] a sky [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] | 300-600 [ILLEGIBLE] | Faded from view 58 | 20 Apr | 2115 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 10° above horizon | Blue green | None | 1-2 secs | None | Round | Tenth of room | 8 seconds of [ILLEGIBLE] direction | Went out 59 | 3 May | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 100°-160° above horizon | Bright white light | None | 10 | None | Very fast up to 1,000 mph | [ILLEGIBLE] 60 | 8 May | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 100°-18° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 3-8 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Some speed similar to aircraft landing lights | [ILLEGIBLE] 61 | 3 May | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 100°-15° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE]-white [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE]-red | 5 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] slightly larger than [ILLEGIBLE] lights | Some speed same as aircraft landing lights | [ILLEGIBLE] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 12 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 62 | [ILLEGIBLE] May | 2000 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | E and N | App 1200° dropping to 460° | Aluminum-bling [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] to green | None | 0 | None | Round | 8 dollar dimin-ishing for a short quarter bliss | Very slow | Faded from sight 63 | [ILLEGIBLE] May | 0100 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | E to S | 55° above horizon | Was going round met at an angle 300°-28° | Green | Trans [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Round | App 1/3 size of full moon | Very high rate of speed | Disappeared behind mountain(s) 64 | [ILLEGIBLE] May | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1500' | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green-white | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Dia-mond [ILLEGIBLE] shape | 5 mile width | Covered 15 miles in 40 miles | Dimmed and went out 65 | 7 May | 1900 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | N and E | 1000' | [ILLEGIBLE] | Raddish white greenish white | None | 7 | [ILLEGIBLE] | 5 miles width | Covered 60 miles in 57 secs | Dimmed and went out 66 | [ILLEGIBLE] May | 1030 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | N and E | 1500° | [ILLEGIBLE] | Reddish None [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | 10 miles in 2 min | Dimmed and went out (1) 67 | 8 May | 0050 | 4 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Tucson, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] | 4000 to 30,000 | Horizontal 90° with at 45° angle | White | None | 10-30 | None | Circle [ILLEGIBLE] 40-75° in circum-meter lar | Motionless then at great speed | Climbed at 45° angle until out of sight CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 13 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 68 | [ILLEGIBLE] May | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Tusco, [ILLEGIBLE] | E to NE | [ILLEGIBLE] | Silvery | None | 6-10 | None | Round & flat | 21° in flat diameter | 750-1000 mph | Faded from view 69 | 12 May | 2115 | 1 | VN | Alamogordo, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] 4° or 5° from horizon | Blue [ILLEGIBLE] green [ILLEGIBLE] cream [ILLEGIBLE] black | None | 2 [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 2 [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 diameter of [ILLEGIBLE] stars | [ILLEGIBLE] | Vanished 70 | 15 May | App 1 | 1 | Sub | Tucson, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | 6000° | Horizontal | Black | None | 0-10 | None | Round | 3-4° in solid diameter | 300-1000 mph | Behind aircraft hangar 71 | 3 Jun | 0640 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 9000' [ILLEGIBLE] - Descending | Green | Yes | 1 sec | None | Ball of light | [ILLEGIBLE] 72 | 11 Jun | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] above horizon | Green [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] tree [ILLEGIBLE] and at flight | Yes | 4-5 | None | Wire of star 73 | 20 Jun | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green turned orange red [ILLEGIBLE] before [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 3 secs | None | Round | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Extinguished 74 | 20 Jun | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Directly upward | Blue green | None | 2 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Vanished as the setting M. CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 14 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 75 | 24 Jun | 1545 | E | Mex, Arizona | 1 to [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] vertical | & Horizon-[ILLEGIBLE] grey | Steel grey | 4 at times 1 at times 1 at 1950 | None | Disc [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] Elapsed | Set of 600 mph | Faded from view 76 | 27 Jun | 0120 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 200° to 600° above horizon | Similar | Yes | 2 | None | Round | Slightly larger than [ILLEGIBLE] Brighter star | 160° in 2 min | Went behind (2) Building 77 | 29 Jun | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Flagstaff, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 500° from vertical | Yellow [ILLEGIBLE] from [ILLEGIBLE] | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Bullet shaped | Size of small air-plane | Relatively slow | Over a hill (1) 78 | 30 Jun | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | B | Belligan, Arizona | N | [ILLEGIBLE] 500° above horizon | Dull grey | None | 5 secs | None | Circle | Appeared [ILLEGIBLE] 19° dis-ameter | 2,000 mph or faster | Disappeared in distance 79 | 11 Jul | 2110 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | N by [ILLEGIBLE] | 30° above horizon | Pale red | None | 2 secs | None | Ball - but not a perfect circle | Price as large as [ILLEGIBLE] per-fect circle | Such as burning off flashlight CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 15 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 80 | [ILLEGIBLE] Jul | 2048 | 1 | Sub | Killeen, Texas | E to S | 30° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | White [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] going almost green | Yes | 2-3 | None | Round | Size of [ILLEGIBLE] evening star | Unable to estimate | Faded out 81 | 26 Jul | 2158 | 1 | Sub | Killeen, Texas | S to E | [ILLEGIBLE] above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | (2 am-) 1 min [ILLEGIBLE] 10-12 secs | None | Round | Tennis w/tail Ball | [ILLEGIBLE] | Faded out 82 | 28 Jul | 2356 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Killeen, Texas | N to N | [ILLEGIBLE] below horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Initially [ILLEGIBLE] turning white | None | 15-20 secs | None | Round | 3 times size of evening star | [ILLEGIBLE] | Went out like the light 83 | 30 Jul | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Camp Hood, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 25° to horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Clinched in arc | Blue-white | Yes | 2 secs | None | Like rocket ball | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2-21 secs | Faded out (1) 84 | 30 Jul | 2204 | 1 | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | SE to N | App 30° above horizon | Straight Freedom-flight loca-tely | Freedom-locately in [ILLEGIBLE] w/blue tint | Yes | 2-3 secs | None | Round | Evening star or planet | Very fast | Gradually faded out CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 16 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 85 | 26 Aug | 2000 | 1 | Sub | Las Cruces, New Mexico | E to W | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Bluish green | Yes | 1-2 | None | Round | [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] Falling star | Disappeared behind building 86 | 6 Aug | 2000 | 1 | Sub | Las Cruces, New Mexico | E to W | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | Came going [ILLEGIBLE] in almost [ILLEGIBLE] vertical direction | Peddish | Yes | 4-5 | None | Round | App 9° in diameter | Disappeared gradually 87 | 6 Aug | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Sub | Alamogordo, New Mexico | Vertical | [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] | Straight vertical | Height | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Round | [ILLEGIBLE] size of moon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Exploded (1) 88 | 8 Aug | 2000 | 1 | Wck | New Mexico | E to W | [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 10° off vertical | White | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Large as lamp [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] arm's length | [ILLEGIBLE] | Behind building (1) 89 | 6 Aug | 3015 | 1 | Sub | Alamogordo, New Mexico | SW | [ILLEGIBLE] | Straight app 500 vertical dec-cline | Whitish | Yes | 1 sec | None | Round | [ILLEGIBLE] size [ILLEGIBLE] at [ILLEGIBLE] at 8 ft | Very fast [ILLEGIBLE] twice [ILLEGIBLE] as falling star | Disappeared behind mountain (4) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 17 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 90 | 6 [ILLEGIBLE] | 2020 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Alamogordo, New Mexico | S | Constant slight curve [ILLEGIBLE] toward | White (bluish) | Yes | 1 sec | None | Round | App small size [ILLEGIBLE] elongated [ILLEGIBLE] | Similar to falling star | Went out 91 | 6 Aug | 2020 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Descend-ing to earth | 10° above horizon | Descending earth horizon vertically | Green | None | 1- | None | Round | 200 foot [ILLEGIBLE] gear about 1/2 mile | 10° in 1½ miles | Dissipated (1) 92 | 6 Aug | 2000 | 1 | Unk | White Sands, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 60° above horizon | Straight line to earth | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 1 sec | None | Round | Half size [ILLEGIBLE] of finger nail at arm's length | Slightly faster than ordinary [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind sand dune (1) 93 | 6 Aug | 2030 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Alamogordo, New Mexico | 100° | Some slow curved to earth | Long slow curved to earth | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 sec | None | Round | Tip of thumb at arm's length | [ILLEGIBLE] | Burned out (1) 94 | 10 Aug | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Killeen, Texas | E to N | 10° app 30° angled down | Blue | Yes | 3-4 | None | Oval | [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Sudden disappearance (2) 95 | 10 Aug | 2038 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Killeen, Texas | E to S | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | White | Yes | 5 | None | Ring [ILLEGIBLE] like star or comet | Disappeared (C) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 18 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 96 | 10 Aug | 2005 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | N to S | Level flight | Yellow to [ILLEGIBLE] orange | Yes | 1-3 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Like head-light of [ILLEGIBLE] car | 60° in 2 secs | Cut out 97 | 10 Aug | 2005 | 1 | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | N to S | 500°-45° Level flight | White | Yes | 3-4 | None | Round | Large [ILLEGIBLE] flares | Greater speed than plane | Burned out (2) 98 | 10 Aug | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Camp Hood, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] to S | 30° above horizon | Horizontal 5/4 aligh [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | 2-5 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | 30 mm tracer [ILLEGIBLE] | Very great | Light gradually dissipated (b) 99 | 10 Aug | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Killeen, Texas | S | 30° | Continued [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] at orange going up until dis-appearance | Bright | Yes | 9 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] | Head size | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared (3) 100 | 10 Aug | 2100 | 2 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Camp Hood, Texas | N by [ILLEGIBLE] | 60°-70° | 1, 3 & 4 almost horizontal [ILLEGIBLE] or almost vertical | This with orange | Yes | 1 secs for each one | Round | Large star | Great speed | Went out like a light CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 101 | 10 Aug | 2100 | 1 | Sub | Camp Hood, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 10° above horizon | Level [ILLEGIBLE] going | White [ILLEGIBLE] w/yellow trail | Yes | 2-3 | None | Oval | 30° shooting [ILLEGIBLE] faster | 300 mph | Faded [ILLEGIBLE] View 102 | 10 Aug | 2540 | 1 | Sub | Camp Hood, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] to S | 2,000' | Straight [ILLEGIBLE] flight with gradual incline | Light [ILLEGIBLE] like [ILLEGIBLE] with [ILLEGIBLE] diminishing [ILLEGIBLE] light | Yes | 2-3 | None | Round [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] | How larger than [ILLEGIBLE] Keen evening star | [ILLEGIBLE] | Burned up disintegrated 103 | 11 Aug | [ILLEGIBLE] | Gov Sub | Camp Hood, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] to S | 45°-60° above horizon | Generally level flight | Chile | Yes | 2-3 | None | Flash [ILLEGIBLE] like [ILLEGIBLE] position [ILLEGIBLE] or trailing flare | Faster [ILLEGIBLE] any plane [ILLEGIBLE] observed | Went out like a light (2) 104 | 12 Aug | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Sub | Killeen, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] from S | 45° | Straight & level flight w/steep descent descript-bing arc | Bluish white | Yes | 10 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Good [ILLEGIBLE] circular [ILLEGIBLE] signal flare | [ILLEGIBLE] | Sudden disappearance (4) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 20 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 104 | [ILLEGIBLE] Aug | 0446 | 1 | Sub | Killeen, Texas | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 30° above horizon headed | Headed down | Reddish | Yes | 2-3 | None | Null [ILLEGIBLE] flare | Fairly long streak of flare | Faded away - 105 106 | 14 Aug | 2135 | 1 | R | Alamogordo, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | Appeared [ILLEGIBLE] 10°-15° [ILLEGIBLE] appeared vertical | [ILLEGIBLE] | Peddish Reddish orange | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 secs | None | Round | Larger than moon | Disappeared (2) 107 | 20 Aug | 2130 | 1 | Unk | Douglas, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] to S | 8,000°-10,000° | Flat [ILLEGIBLE] trajectory | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 2-10 | None | Round to die [ILLEGIBLE] like one [ILLEGIBLE] engine [ILLEGIBLE] reversed manner airplane | About size 2000 to 4000 mph | Disappeared in distance (2) 108 | 21 Aug | 2110 | 1 | Unk | Royales, Arizona | 40° at [ILLEGIBLE] | Horizontal [ILLEGIBLE] to earth's surface | [ILLEGIBLE] 20° off angle | Dull orange | None | 10 | None | Semi-saucer | App size of [ILLEGIBLE] ball | 10 times speed of jet planes | Disappeared in space (3) 109 | 20 Aug | 1345 | 1 | R | Davis-[ILLEGIBLE], Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | App [ILLEGIBLE] | Horizontal at 30,000° | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 50 | None | Single [ILLEGIBLE] | Bright glow at [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] angle [ILLEGIBLE] | Terrific speed | Faded from view (3) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 21 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 110 | [ILLEGIBLE] Sep | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Almost straight | 60° overst-[ILLEGIBLE] | Almost [ILLEGIBLE] Fall | Bright w/red-ish head [ILLEGIBLE] w/red-ish ball | Yes | 1-2 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Much larger than meteor | Burned out 111 | 10 Sep | 0015 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 80° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yellow red | [ILLEGIBLE] | 6 | None | Round | Size of baseball | Burst & appeared to disintegrate 112 | 10 Sep | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | W to E | 5,000' | Horizontal | Orange | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Larger than falling star | Faster than airplane | Dimmed and disappeared (5) 113 | 12 Sep | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to S | 45° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Dark yellow | None | 1-4 | None | Round | Size of softball | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unknown (1) 114 | 19 Sep | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Sub | Tucson, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] | App 4000° | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | None [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 to 5 ft | 600 mph | Faded from view (2) 115 | 27 Sep | 2000 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | From SS | From above [ILLEGIBLE] | Traveling tangent to earth | Bright blue-ish [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | Round | About size of softball | 10° in 4 secs | Absorbed by building (1) 116 | 27 Sep | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 10° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yellow | Yes | 3-4 | None | Round | Baseball at 25 yds | Same rate as above [ILLEGIBLE] falling star | Died out (5) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 22 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 117 | 27 Sep | 0300 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 10°-30° Traveling [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] toward earth | Bright green | None | 2 | None | Round | Same size as per-fence [ILLEGIBLE] fence | [ILLEGIBLE] in 2 secs | Brightness [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] out 118 | 27 Sep | 0150 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | Fade a gen-tile arc Dark below horizon | Blue | Yes | 2 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Looked like a [ILLEGIBLE] rocket [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] satellite | 60° in 2 secs | Burst out 119 | 29 Sep | 0130 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 45° above horizon | Moving toward to earth | Green | None | 1 sec | None | Round | Fist at [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Burst out 120 | 30 Sep | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | Horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yellow | None | 2-5 | None | Slightly [ILLEGIBLE] | 300-500 mph | [ILLEGIBLE] 121 | 8 Oct | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Los Alamos, New Mexico | NW | 150° | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 30 | None | None | Stationary | Disappeared from view (1) 122 | 8 Oct | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Sub | Mescalero, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 150° | Descended in slight | Dark green | None | 20 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Big wall | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind hills (1) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 23 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 123 | 5 Oct | 1800 | 1 | Unk | Mescalero, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 10° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Brown | None | 7-9 | None | Round | & size [ILLEGIBLE] full arm's length | Moving slowly | Disappeared behind a hill 124 | 6 Oct | 1750 | 1 | R | Alamogordo, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | Straight dis-cente [ILLEGIBLE] descent | Pluish [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] possibly it. green blaze | None | 4 | None | Circ-ular | 6 times the size of Jupiter or Venus | per sec 125 | 6 Oct | 1600 | 1 | Unk | Alamogordo, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | 40°-50° | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green | None | 3-5 | None | Round | Rise of [ILLEGIBLE] diameter at arm's len-gth | [ILLEGIBLE] 126 | 6 Oct | 1700 | 1 | R | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | Curved dis-cent [ILLEGIBLE] approaching vertical | Green-ish white | None | 1 sec | None | Sim-ilar [ILLEGIBLE] very flare | & size [ILLEGIBLE] thumb at arm's len-gth | Abrupt 127 | 8 Oct | 1700 | 2 | R | Wagon Mounds New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Horizontal | Green-ish [ILLEGIBLE] white-ish | None | 3-4 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | 12°-2° in diameter | App [ILLEGIBLE] not a meteor | Went out like a light (1) 128 | 6 Oct | 1708 | 1 | Unk | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | At tail and [ILLEGIBLE] course is arched over and [ILLEGIBLE] | Drilling green | [ILLEGIBLE] | 10 | None | Tear drop | [ILLEGIBLE] | Seemed to turn out (1) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 24 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 129 | [ILLEGIBLE] Oct | 2120 | 1 | Sub | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Straight vertical | 5° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Yellow [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 1 sec | None | Round | Half a moon | Dropped [ILLEGIBLE] in 1 sec | Watched [ILLEGIBLE] Landed [ILLEGIBLE] mountain(s) Caused [ILLEGIBLE] phenomena 130 | 10 Oct | 0408 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 5,000' | Parallel [ILLEGIBLE] to surface of earth | Drilli-ng yellow white | Yes | 4-3 | None | Small | Appeared a closer [ILLEGIBLE] sweeping | Disappeared 131 | 10 Oct | 0107 | 1 | Sub | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 40° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Bluish green | Yes | 15 | None | Round | Size of fist at arm's len-gth | Slow | Died out 132 | 10 Oct | 0107 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 40° above horizon | Descend | Green-ish blue w/red sparks burning | Yes | 4 | None | Size [ILLEGIBLE] | Size of fist at arm's len-gth | Slow | Faded out (2) 133 | 10 Oct | 0107 | 1 | Unk | Sandia Base, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 40° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green | None | 11 | None | Round | Size of fist at arm's len-gth | Slow | Burned out (1) 134 | 11 Oct | 2010 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Roswell, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | Appeared moving [ILLEGIBLE] & [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] apparently turned orange | [ILLEGIBLE] | Maneuvered up & down apparently turned orange | Light | Yes | 40 | None | Round | Size of baseball | [ILLEGIBLE] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 25 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 135 | [ILLEGIBLE] Oct | 1046 | 2 | Unk | Alamogordo, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to S | If size of [ILLEGIBLE] it appeared to be | [ILLEGIBLE] | White | None | 10-15 | None | Round | 8° to diameter [ILLEGIBLE] the [ILLEGIBLE] | Very fast | Faded from view 136 | 12 Oct | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Roswell, New Mexico | S to N | 5,500' | Smooth arc | White (sil-ver) | Yes | 45-60 secs | None | Round [ILLEGIBLE] prob-ably [ILLEGIBLE] ellip-tical | Faster than jet air- [ILLEGIBLE] | Went beyond range of vision (2) 137 | 12 Oct | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | Unk | Alamogordo, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] | Appeared from S it seemed off to be 30,000° | Smooth arc | White [ILLEGIBLE] (sil-ver) luminous | Yes | 65-60 | None | Full ball | 4° in diameter | 1,000 mph | Faded from view (2) 138 | 12 Oct | 1260 | 2 | R | Tucson, Arizona | From NE | 10,000' | Horizontal | White | Yes | 15 | None | Round | 50-100° in diameter | 1,000 mph | Faded from view (3) 139 | 16 Oct | 1430 | 2 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to [ILLEGIBLE] | 10,000' | Level Flight | Green-ish [ILLEGIBLE] light [ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | None | None | Round | Appeared as a 12° disc | [ILLEGIBLE] | Burned out (1) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 26 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 140 | 14 Oct | 2021 | 1 | R | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to E | Horizontal | Red | Yes | 10 | None | Round | 1/3-1/4 size of [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Broke [ILLEGIBLE] 2 pieces & [ILLEGIBLE] disappeared 141 | 14 Oct | 1415 | 1 | Unk | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | Front-green & silver line [ILLEGIBLE] blue-[ILLEGIBLE] | Yes | 4-4 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1/6 size of full moon | 200 mph or more | [ILLEGIBLE] 142 | 21 Oct | 2130 | 1 | Unk | Roswell, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 80° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Very bright | None | 60-80 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Unknown | [ILLEGIBLE] 143 | 22 Oct | 0124 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | N to S | 6° | Horizon | Bright green | Yes | 2 | None | 6 times size of [ILLEGIBLE] | 100 mph | Disappeared behind a hill (1) 144 | 22 Oct | 0230 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Vertical | [ILLEGIBLE] | 90-100 ft. | Green | None | 1 sec | None | Like flares | Small | Went out (1) 145 | 16 Nov | 1000 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Disap-peared to N | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 8 ob-jects bluish green | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Stationary but disap-peared with speed of meteor | Disappeared from view (1) 146 | 19 Nov | 2105 | 1 | [ILLEGIBLE] | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Vertical | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Gre-n then yellow | None | 2 secs | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 27 Number | Date 1949 | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | General Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Trail or Tail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Number of Disappearances | Remarks 147 | 18 Nov | [ILLEGIBLE] | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | Vertical | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | Green | None | 2 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | Disappeared behind [ILLEGIBLE] 148 | 22 Nov | 3000 | 1 | R | Los Alamos, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | 18°-10° | Downward 10° from the horizon | Yellow [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | 2 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] 149 | 27 Nov | 1600 | 1 | Unk | [ILLEGIBLE] New Mexico | Vertical | Less than [ILLEGIBLE] | Vertical descent | Green | None | 1 sec | None | Shaped | Same as a signal flare | Same as a [ILLEGIBLE] | Same as signal flare (1) 150 | 27 Nov | 1700 | 1 | Unk | Tincher, Arizona | [ILLEGIBLE] to W | 5° above horizon | Bright blue-white | Yes | 9-4 | None | [ILLEGIBLE] | [ILLEGIBLE] held at arm's len-gth | No slower than [ILLEGIBLE] | Drwindled out 151 | 27 Nov | 1740 | 1 | R | Albuquerque, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to E | 4°-5° [ILLEGIBLE] | Sloping descent | Blue- [ILLEGIBLE] | None | 1-2 | None | Round | Pencil arc at arm's 2 or [ILLEGIBLE] length | Went out then on again 152 | 27 Nov | 1763 | 1 | R | Socorro, New Mexico | [ILLEGIBLE] to N | 20°-40° above horizon | [ILLEGIBLE] | Pale green [ILLEGIBLE] to pale blue | Yes | 5 | None | Round | Quite large | Slower than meteor | Faded [ILLEGIBLE] gradually CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 28 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] [Row] 4 Dec 1950 1 S Alamogordo, New Mexico E to W [blank] In an arc downward Green fringe of orange light None [blank] None Circular Somewhat larger than Venus [blank] Disappeared behind building [blank] 156 4 Dec 1950 1 S Albuquerque, New Mexico E to W [blank] Nearly horizontal Green None 2-5 secs None Round Marble at arm's length [blank] Went out like a candle [blank] 157 4 Dec 1950 1 Unk Las Alamos, New Mexico E to SE [blank] Sloping descent Green [blank] 1/5 secs Yes Round [blank] [blank] Disappeared behind mt. [blank] 158 4 Dec 1950 3 Unk Carrizoso, New Mexico [blank] 100° above horizon In dive Blue-green None [blank] None Tear-drop [blank] Very slow [blank] [blank] [Row] 8 Dec 1950 1 M Tularosa, New Mexico S to W [blank] Squeal arc downward Blue w/vel-lowish red-ish tail Yes 1 sec None Streak Appeared little longer than length of arm at 45° [blank] Appeared to vanish near Tularosa, New Mexico [blank] 168 9 Dec 1950 1 Unk Farmington, New Mexico Dropping vertical-ly 1600 ft. Vertically down [blank] [blank] [blank] None Char-red par-achute or large bat [blank] Disappeared [blank] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 29 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 158 13 Dec 2000 3 R Alamogordo, New Mexico Stationary then E 4,000' [blank] White amber red green None 8 mts None Circular 1 - 1½ times size of average st. light at a distance of 8 miles [blank] Object had an brilliant green color, picked up speed and faded from view [blank] 1955 160 5 Mar 2230 7 R Alamogordo, New Mexico E to W [blank] Up & down changes horizontal White changing to green & red None 45 mts None Star Slightly larger than planet Venus Moved app. 100° to 40° during 45 mins it was observed. Stopped observation [blank] 162 7 Jan 2015 1 Unk Corona, New Mexico From SW to SE [blank] Descending Yellowish white bronze cream Yes 10 secs None Round Same as arm's length Compared to jet fighter Disappeared behind mt. France [blank] 163 9 Jan 2126 1 R Las Alamos, New Mexico [blank] 40°-40° above horizon Horizontal Reddish-escent green Yes 2 secs None Oval with trail [blank] [blank] Disappeared behind trees [blank] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 30 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 162 8 Jan 2220 1 R Las Alamos, New Mexico Due W 400° above horizon Straight line Bluish white Yes None None Pear-shaped Appeared as a pellet 100° per 2 second Continuously suddenly (1) 164 8 Jan 2225 1 S Las Alamos, New Mexico 35°-75° Straight Line Green-ish white None None None Round 4 to 45 150° per second Behind horizon (1) 165 12 Jan 1600 3 Unk Holloman, New Mexico [blank] [blank] Changed altitude erratically White changed to green None 5 None Star-like About same size of Venus [blank] Discontinued Tumbling (1) (5) 166 13 Jan 0600 3 Unk Holloman, New Mexico E to W [blank] Dramatically up & down & up & down Dull, changed from green & red None Short None Star-like About same size as Venus [blank] Disappeared (D) 167 27 Jan 1715 1 Unk Scullville, New Jersey SW [blank] Ascending at about 40° angle White 40 mts None [blank] [blank] [blank] Faded gradually (C) 168 7 Feb 1900 2 S Albuquerque, New Mexico NNE to E 400-125° above horizon Horizontal Reddish green Yes 4-6 secs None Round elongated star About size of trailing star Faded out in atmosphere (1) [blank] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 31 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 169 1950 1915 2 R Between Tucumcari & Kirtland AFB, New Mexico [blank] Flat Trajectory Fire-ball white Yes 2-4 secs None [blank] Over 1,000 mph Faded out suddenly [blank] 170 15 Feb 1570 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico From NW 40° downward above horizon [blank] Appears red & crown Yes 50 None Round That of a normal marble Like a blazing star trail Faded out (2) (4) 171 16 Feb 0610 6 S Gallinas, AFB, New Mexico [blank] Climbed White and orange None 1 hr None Round Size of coffee cup at arm's length [blank] Stopped observation (4) 172 20 Feb 0300 2 Unk Holloman AFB, New Mexico Stationary 1,000' above 10,000' mt. Stationary White None 5 mts None Round big size of 5 dollar meter at arm's length Stationary Disappeared from range of vision (2) 173 24 Feb 1304 1 S Albuquerque, New Mexico To W or NW 25° to 35° above horizon Straight in flight White None ½ secs None Round Compared in size to upper dark portion of moon as it rises in E. Compared to ½ size Disappeared (2) [blank] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 32 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 174 1950 24 Feb 1400 1 S Albuquerque, New Mexico E by SE About 20° above horizon [blank] Bright white None 20-30 None Round Compared by/size of weather balloon as it disappeared in distance. Very slow Faded out of sight [blank] 175 24 Feb 1930 1 S Datil, New Mexico SW [blank] [blank] White changing, red & green Yes 3 hrs None Round 1° per 2 min. Disappeared (1) (5) 176 26 Feb 1945 1 Unk Los Alamos, New Mexico S then turned W 30,000-80,000' Straight up Multi, copper-like blue-like in sun 40 min [blank] [blank] [blank] Very fast Went straight out of sight (B) 179 26 Feb 1940 1 Unk Los Alamos, New Mexico S to NE 30,000' Straight up Silvery None 30 None [blank] [blank] [blank] Went straight out of sight (B) 180 24 Feb 1715 1 S Los Alamos, New Mexico S mostly generally 20,000-30,000' [blank] Silvery None 15 None Saucer-shaped 100' across As fast or faster than sound Disappeared out of sight (A) radec attached photograph. CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 33 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] App 1950 Between Feb 1315 1415 179 17 Feb R Los Alamos, New Mexico Circled then E Considerable altitude [blank] Alumi-nous Yes 2 None Spher-ical Rubber large Erratic Unknown 180 25 Feb 1955 R New Mexico Heading toward ground app. 20° above ground [blank] Flash-silver None 2 secs None Circular Small airplane size From very slow to very fast [blank] [blank] 181 28 Feb 2115 0 Unk Albuquerque, New Mexico Toward S App. 20° almost above vertical Bright yellow Yes 15 None Tear-drop 3 times size of a shooting star Slightly slower than falling star Appeared to have burned up [blank] [Row] 28 Feb 0200 1 R Datil, New Mexico NW [blank] [blank] White changing to red & blue Yes 80 None Round 10° per 2 mts Disappeared [blank] 183 25 Feb 1410 1 S Los Alamos, New Mexico S to N 1 to 5 miles at 300° above horizon Metal-lic None 2 mts None Oblong 10-15° 40 mph Went below horizon [blank] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 34 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 184 27 Feb 1545 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico E to SE Very high [blank] White None None 50 None Circular Round size 3 obj. at its height Very fast Disappeared by bright glare of sun (2) 185 23 Feb 1500 1 S Los Alamos, New Mexico S or SW 12,000' [blank] Metal-lic None Few None [blank] As large or larger than average plane Fast Faded from view [blank] 186 23 Feb 1545 14 S Los Alamos, New Mexico NE to SW Overhead Traveled at from 4 to 10 degrees Silver None Few None Round Very from 800-1000 small [ILLEGIBLE] Very fast 800-1500 [blank] (A) 187 23 Feb 1635 1 M Los Alamos, New Mexico E to W [blank] [blank] Shiny None 10-15 None Round About size Full moon Slow speed Disappeared behind tree (B) 188 10 Mar 1500 6 Unk Phoenix, Arizona SE 40,000-50,000' Moved upward at 60° angle Almost-quick silver Yes 10 None Oval [blank] Extremely fast Disappeared (B) 189 5 Mar 1254 1 S Vaughn, New Mexico Traveled 1997 Straight flight White None 1 hr None Round Ping pong ball at arm's length 150 to 300 Ceased observation (S) [blank] CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 35 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 190 11 Mar 2100 1 R Holloman AFB, New App 270° About 500' above horizon Straight flight Changed None 6 mts None Ping pong ball Ping pong ball held at arm's length [blank] Disappeared from view [blank] 191 16 Mar 1100 10 Unk Farmington, New Mexico N to NE [blank] Turned on their axis & maneu-vered as A tin disc Bright white None 1-5 mts None Fish struc-ture 1 to 6° Faster than conventional Discontinued observation (E) [Row] 16 Mar 1000 10 Unk Farmington, New Mexico NE Over 25,000' Upward at 40°-90° Bright alum-inum None 30 None Oval 1/16° - ½° held at arm's length Faster than conventional aircraft Gradually disappeared as aircraft (2) 193 17 Mar 0910 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico Toward earth [blank] Toward earth Reddish then green None 1 sec None [blank] [blank] [blank] Appeared to fall to ground (3) 194 17 Mar 0500 1 S Los Alamos, New Mexico [blank] Level flight Green-ish blue None 6 secs None Round ½ size full moon Moderate Like lights going out (2) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 36 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 1950 195 17 Mar 0307 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico Straight down [blank] Straight Orange & green Yes 3-25 None [blank] Tremendous Explosion on impact with earth or disintegration [blank] 196 17 Mar 0445 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico Formed an arc [blank] Formed an arc Green None 6 secs None Round Quite small Free Fall Fell toward earth [blank] 197 19 Mar 0310 1 S Los Alamos, New Mexico [blank] [blank] Seemed to glide, change color, start from a disappear Green turning to blue-olive, changing to yellow None 6 secs None Spher-ical ½ size of moon Moderate Suddenly (5) [Row] 17 Mar 0307 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico Earthward [blank] Earthward Yes 3 secs None Round 2 size of full moon Extremely fast Plunged to earth & 2 explosions were noted prior to disappearance (B) 199 20 Mar 0115 1 Unk Clovis, New Mexico From SSW Above 12,000' [blank] White w/light blue Yes 1-2 secs None Spher-ical 2,000 mph Disappeared from view (A) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 37 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 1950 200 21 Mar 1222 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico E to ST App 45° above horizon 2 objects None 10 None Round App size of disc at arm's length Excessive to 345 mph Gradually faded from view (7) 201 21 Mar 1200 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico NE to SE 40,000-50,000' Varied None 30 None Round Size of and about same silver at aircraft's length [blank] Disappeared (S) 202 21 Mar 1215 1 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico S 70° above horizon [blank] White None 6 secs None Round Smaller than fist at arm's length App. 600-700 mph Disappeared from range of vision (F) [Row] 21 Mar 1500 4 Unk Kirtland AFB, 1950 NE to S 60° 60°-60° above horizon High-zig motion up & down Bright silver None 1 at None Round Size of disc at arm's length About same as fast jet aircraft Disappeared from view (2) 204 23 Mar 1100 11 Unk Kirtland AFB, New Mexico ST chang-ing to N 20,000 to 30,000' Horizontal Tan to brown None 8-4 None Blimp-zing About size of ping pong ball held at arm's length Extremely high speed Disappeared (T) CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont) Page 38 [Table with columns: Number, Date, Time, Number of Observers, Reliability of Observers, General Area of Occurrence, Apparent Direction of Flight, Apparent Altitude, Course Horizontal to Vertical, Color, Trail or Tail, Duration of Observation, Sound, Shape, Apparent Size, Apparent Speed, Manner of Disappearance, Evaluation] 205 23 Mar 0010 3 Unk Sandia Base, New Mexico SE to NW [blank] Nine paral-lel files W/film tangent to the earth Blue None ½ - 3 None Round Like-film-ball from roman candle [blank] 15 secs 30° Burned out (A) [blank] 206 1 Apr 0420 1 S Los Alamos, New Mexico G to N 70° above horizon [blank] White light None 1 sec None Round [blank] [blank] Disappeared behind building [blank] 207 17 Apr 1530 10 S Los Alamos, New Mexico [blank] 1,000' above horizon Maneuvered up & down and from side to side Light green None 20-30 None [blank] 1/16° at arm's north [blank] Gradually went out of sight (1) [Row] 20 Apr 1530 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico [blank] [blank] Maneuvered up & down Bright metal-lic None 15-30 secs None Touch-ly circular Approx. 3° in diameter Faster than conventional aircraft Nearest sight of object (2) 209 1 May 1910 2 Unk Kirtland AFB, New SW to SE [blank] Apparently a few thousand foot Was melting downward Silvery liquid None Pot quite a sec None Cylindrical Tremendous Flash of brilliant white light (5) CONFIDENTIAL
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CC-190
To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. URGENT 10/18/50
Transmit the following message to: SAC, LOS ANGELES
FLYING SAUCERS. REROTELS OCTOBER THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN LAST.
SUTEL IMMEDIATELY RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY FRANK
[REDACTED] SCULLY, AUTHOR OF QUOTE BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS UNQUOTE.
HOOVER
EHM:jo
[Stamp: RECORDED - 44]
[Stamp: OCT 19 EX-29]
[Stamp: 62-2-377 250]
[Stamp: CORRELATIONS]
52 NOV 1 1950
SENT VIA_________________ M____ Per____
COPIES DESTROYED
270 NOV 23 1964Director, FBI October 18, 1950 SAC, Knoxville RADAR DETECTION OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE, October 12, 15, 16, 1950 PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS [Handwritten: Fly Sauce] Reayrtel October 13, 1950. There is being submitted herewith a copy of two reports made by District Representative of the MI, 5th District, U. S. Air Force, with regard to the detection of unidentified objects by the means of radar, as set forth in referenced teletype. These reports continue to set forth additional reports concerning unidentified objects in the air space area over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which to date have not been explained. No investigation is being conducted by the Knoxville Office in this matter, but any further information received from OSI or from CID representatives will be forwarded immediately. Air Mail GCM:jaw 65-475 Enc. [Stamp: 5 5 NOV 25 1950]
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
CORRELATION & LIAISON SECTION
Date________________, 1950
__Director Mr [ILLEGIBLE] Room [ILLEGIBLE]208
__Mr. Tolson __Mr. Ammarell
__Mr. Ladd __Mr. Bates
__Mr. Belmont __Mr. Blair
__Mr. Laughlin __Mr. D. M. Brown
__Mr. J. W. Brown
__Mr. Keay __Mr. Cole
__Mr. Bartlett __Mr. Connell
__Mr. Baumgardner __Mr. Conroy
__Mr. Stanley __Mr. DeLoach
__Mr. Hennrich __Mr. Dinsmore
__Mr. Ellis
__Miss __Mr. Ferris
__Room __Mr. Fipp
__Mrs. Abel __Mr. Flaherty
__Miss Cuddy File in __Mr. Foley
__Miss Reddy Flying __Mr. Gotschall
__Mrs. Schuab Saucers __Mr. Harrington
__Miss Wielkiewicz __Mr. Kuhrtz
__Mr. Landis
__Mr. Bromwell __Mr. Lawrence
Identification Division [ILLEGIBLE] __Mr. Lynch
Miss Harrington, Room 7229 __Mr. Mansfield
Mail Room, Room 5533 __Mr. Martin
Reading Room, Room 5531 __Mr. Millard
__Mr. Moynihan
__Records Section 5-[ILLEGIBLE] __Mr. Noone
__Routing Unit __Mr. Ogilvie
__Send file, up to date __Mr. Ormond
__Send reference __Mr. Reynolds
__Mr. Roach
__See Me __Mr. Sanders
__Phone Me __Mr. Secord
__Please Handle __Mr. Sullivan
__Mr. Torrillo
__Mr. Woode
[Handwritten: Air Intelligence has
asked other departments
& service to furnish
them all info over]
[ILLEGIBLE]AEC notified. Send it on to A-2 for study. ED.
REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS
U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY SECURITY SERVICE
LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO
DATE___________ 195__
(Day) (Month)
1. Name of Observer________________________________
Last First M.I.
Station assigned________________________ Section___________
Home Address______________________________ Telephone_________
Names of other known observers_____________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2. Time and date of sighting__________hours________________195__
Day Month
3. Point of observation___________________________________________
4. Direction of object from observer_____________________________
5. Distance of object from observer______________________________
6. Angle of elevation from horizon_______________degrees__________
7. Direction of flight of object__________________________________
8. Time in sight__________________________________________________
9. Number of objects______________
INDEXED: 17
10. Shape of object_________________
[ILLEGIBLE]
EX-68
11. Projections and/or indentations________________________________
5 1 NOV 15 1950
[Stamp: 162-83894 257
NOT RECORDED
& OCT 22 1950]REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS (Cont'd).
12. Apparent construction_________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
13. Apparent means of support and/or propulsion___________________
___________________________________________________________
14. Size of object________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
15. Luminosity of object__________________________________________
(Bright, very bright, glaring, etc.)
16. Color of object_______________________________________________
17. Sound_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
18. Odor__________________________________________________________
19. Speed_________________________________________________________
20. Evidence of trail or exhaust__________________________________
___________________________________________________________
21. Effect on clouds______________________________________________
22. Tactics or maneuvers__________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
23. Manner of disappearance_______________________________________
___________________________________________________________
24. What attracted attention to object____________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
25. Additional Remarks of observer________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
-2-REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS (Cont'd)
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Observer's signature____________________
Title________________________
26. Additional remarks of investigator____________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Investigator's signature________________
Title________________________
-3-October 17, 1950
SAC LOS ANGELES URGENT
FLYING SAUCERS. REBUTEL OCTOBER THIRTEEN LAST. SUTEL RESULTS OF
YOUR INQUIRY TO IDENTIFY FRANK SCULLY.
HOOVER
EDM:MH [ILLEGIBLE]
AB5
C H 2
[Handwritten signatures and initials]
[Stamp: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[ILLEGIBLE] SECTION]
[Stamp: RECORDED - 22]
[Stamp: EX 29]
[Stamp: [ILLEGIBLE]]
[Stamp: OCT 17 11 AM 50
FB
RECEIVED]
[Handwritten: 12-33 p J kk]
COPIES DESTROYED
270 NOV 23 1964[Handwritten notation at top: o Flying Saucers] (SAUCER) --A CONSTRUCTION WORKER AT LOS ALAMOS, N.M., HAS REPORTED THAT A STRANGE "BLINKING OBJECT" SOARED OVER A HIGHLY RESTRICTED AREA OF THE BIG ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER. LEE ROBINSON OF THE ARMEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SENT THE DENVER POST A COPY OF A MIMEOGRAPHED FORM WHICH HE USED TO REPORT THE OBJECT TO THE AEC. THE FORMS ARE PREPARED BY THE AEC FOR "REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS AT LOS ALAMOS." THE ORIGINAL THREE-PAGE REPORT, ROBINSON SAID, WAS SUBMITTED TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY SECURITY SERVICE SEPT. 12. THE DAY ROBINSON AND EIGHT OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE ARMEX COMPANY SAY THEY SAW THE OBJECT. ROBINSON SAID HE AND THE OTHERS WERE EATING LUNCH WHEN THE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT PASSED OVER. HE SAID IT "WAS NOT A BALLOON OR CONVENTIONAL TYPE OF AIRCRAFT." ROBINSON SAID THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 20,00 FEET. IT ALTERNATELY FLASHED BRIGHT AND BLACK AT INTERVALS OF TWO SECONDS, HE SAID, AND WAS VISIBLE FOR THREE MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS. ROBINSON SAID THE MIMEOGRAPHED FORM INDICATED THE AEC IS HIGHLY CONCERNED WITH UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS OVER THE PROJECT. THE FORMS CONTAIN SPACES FOR INFORMANTS TO REPORT ON LUMINOSITY OF OBJECT, APPARENT MEANS OF SUPPORT AND PROPULSION AND "ODOR" OF THE OBJECT. 10/[ILLEGIBLE]-E(OOE2) [Stamp: 162-83894 NOT RECORDED & OCT 22 1950] [Stamp: 55 NOV 14 1950]
STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : MR. LADD[ILLEGIBLE] DATE: October 19, 1950
FROM : A. H. BELMONT
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS [ILLEGIBLE]
The matter of flying saucers was discussed by
Special Agent Edward S. Sanders with Major General
Joseph F. Carroll of OSI on October 18, 1950, at which
time General Carroll advised that insofar as he has
been able to determine the Air Force is not working on
any type of "flying saucer" or "flying disk". General
Carroll stated that the Air Force is working on high
altitude rockets and jet aircraft. He stated that these
experiments may account for some of the reports concerning
flying saucers but that the Air Force is not apparently
working on anything which it thinks is one of the many flying
saucers reports. He stated that the Air Force program
for investigating reports concerning flying saucers, etc.,
has been reinstituted at Wright Field and that any perti-
nent information of interest coming to his attention will
be furnished to the Bureau.
RECOMMENDATION:
The foregoing is for your information.
E33:11w
[ILLEGIBLE]
RECORDED - 38 OCT 19[ILLEGIBLE] 1950
EX-116
5 0 OCT 30 1950[Reverse/back side of document — blank page with routing receipt stamps, printed upside down/mirrored] RECEIVED-TOLSON F B I U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 20 10 51 AM '50 Oct 20 1 06 PM '90 U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE F B I [ILLEGIBLE] REC'D BELMONT F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 19 3:33 PM '50 RECEIVED U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE DEPT. OF JUSTICE [ILLEGIBLE] RECEIVED-LADD F B I U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE Oct 19 4:02 PM '50
RECORDED - 19
62-[ILLEGIBLE]14-260
EX-16
November 24, 1950
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C.
From: J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING DISCS
Mr. Aaron L. Hitchens, Chemical Engineer in charge
of the Chemical and Physical Laboratories of the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company, 275 Winchester Avenue, New Haven,
and his wife, and daughter, who reside at 495 Edgewood
Avenue, New Haven, went out of their home into the back
yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. on Friday, October 20,
1950. His little daughter called his attention to a star
in the sky that was moving and Mr. Hitchens noted a sphere-
like object directly overhead that gave a steady golden-orange
glow. He stated that this object was very high between
ten to twenty thousand feet, possibly higher. The glow
given off was very steady, not blinking and the whole
sphere itself glowed in about the same consistency. He
witnessed this object for approximately twenty seconds,
during which time it traveled in a westerly direction, as
if crossing Long Island, or possibly in such a direction
that it might have been traveling over Long Island. He
lost sight of this object as it disappeared behind trees.
He had no idea as to the method of propulsion, had no
attachments or projections of any kind, and said it was
just a complete circular ball. He had no idea as to the
method of propulsion and called it [text continues on next page]
[ILLEGIBLE]
NOV 24 1950
5 NOV 29 1950[Reverse/back side of document — printed upside down/mirrored; largely illegible] [ILLEGIBLE stamps and routing marks, upside down] REC'D BELMONT F.B.I. RECEIVED Nov 24 3:40 PM '50 HONOR BEFORE 1[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE]
noticed it directly overhead. The same steady orange glow
persisted during the entire time that he observed it.
Although this object was actually cut from his sight by
nearby trees, Mr. Hitchens stated that it was so far away
from him at that time that he probably would have lost sight
very shortly. The object made no sound whatsoever and
there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any
kind. The object left no trail of any kind and Mr.
HITCHENS mathematically calculated its speed at between 400 and 700
miles per hour, depending on the height, which he stated he
could not accurately compute. He advised that he could not
recall any odors and had no idea as to the construction of
the object.
Mr. Hitchens stated that he is a Chemical Engineer
and has fifteen years of experience in research and
development. He is not a pilot, but has done considerable
flying, and has also done considerable reading, includ-
ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs.
He understands from reading the above matters that the star
Venus is often mistaken by observers for flying saucers and
he pointed out that he feels that he is familiar with
astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus,
as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular
evening and compared the size of this object as being ten
times Venus' diameter. He also stated that he computed the
speed at which this object was traveling by using points in
his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with
the distance he walked on the ground in order to keep the
object in sight.
- 2 -Upon receiving the above information from Mr.
Hitchens, he was advised that this Bureau would turn the
information over to another Government Agency. Mr. Hitchens
indicated his approval of this action, but specifically
requested that no public announcement or comment be given
to the fact that he had reported seeing the above object.
The above information has been furnished to your
office for your confidential information and assistance
in connection with the captioned matter. It is requested
that no dissemination be made of this information.
- 3 -[STANDARD FORM NO. 64]
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: November 9, 1950
FROM : SAC, NEW HAVEN
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
AARON L. HITCHENS, INFORMANT
The following is being brought to the attention of the Bureau so that it
may be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with
instructions set forth in SAC Letter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25,
1949.
Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical and
Physical Laboratories of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 275 Winchester
Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business
and furnished the following information:
He advised that on Friday, October 20, 1950, he and his wife and
daughter, who reside at 495 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back
door of their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. His little daughter
called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Mr. HITCHENS
noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange
glow. He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand
feet, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady and not blinking
and the whole sphere itself glowed in about the same consistency. He witnessed
this object for approximately twenty seconds during which time it traveled in
a westerly direction toward New York City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed
that possibly it was near or over New York City, it then veered in a southerly
direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it
might have been traveling over Long Island. He lost sight of this object as
it disappeared behind trees in his vicinity. He advised that as to the size
of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which
was shining very brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night
and that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadi-
ness of the glow given off by this object. He advised that the object
did not appear to diminish in size as it traveled farther away from him but
appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it directly
overhead. The same steady orange glow persisted during the entire time that
he witnessed it. This object was actually out from his sight by nearby trees,
Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him any way that he probably
would have lost sight of it due to distance had the trees not intervened.
The object made no sound whatsoever
MBF:FGM
RECORDED - 102
INDEXED - [102]
NOV 13 1950
EX-89[Reverse/back side of document — blank page with routing receipt stamps, printed upside down/mirrored] INTERNAL SECURITY - [ILLEGIBLE] F B I U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE nov 17 [ILLEGIBLE] PM '50 RECEIVED [U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE] [Dec 8] 1:39 P[M]
Letter to the Director 11/9/50
and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just
a complete circular ball. He had no idea as to the method of propulsion
but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over
New York City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two
or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no
clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object and he
could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum-
vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind and Mr. HITCHENS
mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred and seven
hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could
not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors
and had no idea as to its construction. To his knowledge the only other
persons in this area to have witnessed the object were his wife and
daughter. Immediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door
of neighbors occupying the same house as the HITCHENS to bring them to
the yard. However, these neighbors had not witnessed the object as by
the time they got outside the object had disappeared.
Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years
of experience in research and development. He is not a pilot but has
done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ-
ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands
from reading the above matters that the star Venus is often mistaken
by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he
is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus
as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening and compared
the size of this object as being ten times Venus' diameter. He also states
that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using
points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis-
tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight.
Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over
to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval.
He specifically requested that no public announcement or comment be given
to the fact that he had reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS
appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con-
siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci-
dent.
- 2 -DIRECTOR, FBI November 9, 1950
SAC, NEW HAVEN
FLYING DISCS
AARON L. HITCHENS, INFORMANT
The following is being brought to the attention of the Bureau so that it
may be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with
instructions set forth in SAC letter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25,
1949.
Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical and
Physical Laboratories of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 275 Winchester
Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business
and furnished the following information:
He advised that on Friday, October 20, 1950, he and his wife and daughter,
who reside at 495 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back door of
their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. His little daughter
called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Mr. HITCHENS
noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange
glow. He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand
feet, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady and not blinking
and the whole sphere itself glowed in about the same consistency. He witnessed
this object for approximately twenty seconds during which time it traveled in
a westerly direction toward New York City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed
that possibly it was near or over New York City, it then veered in a southerly
direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it
might have been traveling over Long Island. He lost sight of this object as
it disappeared behind trees in his vicinity. He advised that as to the size
of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which
was shining very brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night
and that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadi-
ness of the glow given off by this object. He advised that the object
did not appear to diminish in size as it traveled farther away from him
and appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it
directly overhead. The same steady orange glow persisted during the entire
time that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually out from his
sight by nearby trees, Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him
any way that he probably would have lost sight of it due to distance had the
trees not intervened. The object made no sound whatsoever
MBF:PGMLetter to the Director 11/9/50
and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just
a complete circular ball. He had no idea as to the method of propulsion
but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over
New York City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two
or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no
clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object and he
could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum-
vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind and Mr. HITCHENS
mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred and seven
hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could
not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors
and had no idea as to its construction. To his knowledge the only other
persons in this area to have witnessed the object were his wife and
daughter. Immediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door
of neighbors occupying the same house as the HITCHENS to bring them to
the yard. However, these neighbors had not witnessed the object as by
the time they got outside the object had disappeared.
Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years
of experience in research and development. He is not a pilot but has
done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ-
ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands
from reading the above matters that the star Venus is often mistaken
by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he
is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus
as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening and compared
the size of this object as being ten times Venus' diameter. He also states
that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using
points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis-
tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight.
Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over
to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval.
He specifically requested that no public announcement or comment be given
to the fact that he had reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS
appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con-
siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci-
dent.
- 2 -[FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION] OCT 13 1950 TELETYPE SAC, KNOXVILLE 10-13-50 9-26 PM JTC DIRECTOR, FBI U R G E N T RADAR DETECTION OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE OCTOBER TWELVE, NINETEEN FIFTY, PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. USAF RADAR INSTALL- ATION AT KNOXVILLE AT ELEVEN TWENTYFIVE PM, EST, OCTOBER TWELVE, PICKED UP INDICATIONS OF ELEVEN OBJECTS AND PERHAPS MORE TRAVELING ACROSS CONTROLLED AREA OF ATOMIC ENERGY INSTALLATION AT OAK RIDGE. ALTITUDE OF OBJECTS VARIED FROM ONE THOUSAND TO FIVE THOUSAND FEET, COURSES FROM SOUTH SOUTH EAST TO SOUTHEAST, AND IDENTITY FROM READING MADE BY LIGHT AIRCRAFT TO AIRCRAFT EQUAL IN SIZE TO C FORTY SEVEN, SPEED FROM ONE HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED TWENTYFIVE MILES PER HOUR. FIGHTER PLANES ATTEMPTED TO INTERCEPT IN FEW MINUTES AND RADAR SCREEN REFLECTED CONTACT, BUT PLANS REJECTED NO OBJECT COULD BE IDENTIFIED VISUALLY ON OR PLANES RADAR SCREEN. ARC PATROL WAS ALERTED BUT NO OBJECTS COULD BE VISUALLY SIGHTED BY THEM OVER THE AREA OTHER THAN THE AIR FORCE INTERCEPTOR. OSI AND EASTERN AIR DEFENSE FORCES HAVE BEEN ADVISED AND ARE CHECKING INCIDENT. NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR RADAR READINGS YET DEVELOPED ALTHOUGH OPERATORS ARE EXPERIENCED RELIABLE PERSONNEL AND RADAR SET IN IN PERFECT OPERATING CONDITION. BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. ROBY ACK AND HOLD PLS 8-11 PM OK FBI WASH DC GAR 16-8[ILLEGIBLE]4-24 1950 NOV 22 5DEC7 1950
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
DEC [5] 1950
TELETYPE
FBI WASHINGTON DC 12-5-50 4-47 PM GAR
SAC, KNOXVILLE URGENT
Flying Saucers
DETECTION OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJCXXX OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION
OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. REURTEL DECEMBER FOUR LAST REGARDING POSSIBLE
RADAR JAMMING AT OAK RIDGE. ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO OBTAIN
ALL FACTS CONCERNING POSSIBLE RADAR JAMMING BY IONIZATION OF PARTICLES
IN ATOXXX ATMOSPHERE. CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE
WHETHER INCIDENT OCCURRING NORTHEAST OF OLIVER SPRINGS, TENNESSEE,
COULD HAVE HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED RADAR JAMMING. SUTEL
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
HOOVER
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DEC 8 1950
TELETYPE
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DIRECTOR URGENT
RE FLYING SAUCERS. THIS OFFICE VERY CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED BY ARMY
INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUT ON IMMEDIATE HIGH
ALERT FOR ANY DATA WHATSOEVER CONCERNING FLYING SAUCERS. CIC HERE
STATES BACKGROUND OF INSTRUCTIONS NOT AVAILABLE FROM AIR FORCE
INTELLIGENCE, WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF REASON FOR ALERT LOCALLY,
BUT ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER MUST BE TELEPHONED BY THEM IMMEDIATELY
TO AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE. CIC ADVISES DATA STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
AND SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED.
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DIRECTOR, FBI [ILLEGIBLE] November 4, 1950
SAC, KNOXVILLE
DETECTION OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
AT OAK RIDGE, October 20, 23, 24, 26, 1950
PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS
Reurlet October 18, 1950.
Submitted herewith is copy of CIG reports on above
caption matter. Further information as received will be forwarded
to Bureau.
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INITIALS ON ORIGINALCLASSIFIED INCOMING MESSAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE RECEIVED FROM G-2 THROUGH LIAISON CHANNELS CONFIDENTIAL DATE 12/15/50 [ILLEGIBLE] PRIORITY: PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED FROM: COUBARAL FT RICHARDSON ALASKA FROM ARGSI TO: DEPTAB WASH DC FOR ACOFS G2 DTG: 1503452 15 DEC 50 Flds Air Comd reports military jet pilots vic Fairbanks while over Weeks International Field at an altitude of 8000 feet observed a flash of light, yellow in color at an altitude between 25,000 and 30,000 feet. Approximate distance to object was aprx 50 miles. 30co after flash a dark brown smoke appeared to rise or climb at an angle of 40 degrees. At the leading edge of the smoke at aprx 100 feet appeared an object either cigar shaped or a fuselage without wings traveling at terrific speed. Pilots started pursuit on heading of 210 degrees overtaking 350 at a very steep climb. Pursuit continued until pilots reached village of clear and lost sight of object. Meantime object gained altitude and speed and disappeared because of distance of aprx 50 to 55,000 feet. Color of smoke brown, color of object dark and no reflection from sunlight. Pilots assured of shape because of silhouette against the sun. One pilot had object in view aprx 44 mins. First sighted at 1500262. Coordinates 64 degs 13 mins North, 149 degs 30 mins West. All info will be fwd when obtained. DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 90596 ACTION: G2 INFO: G3, AP CM IN 932 (15 Dec 50) DTG: 1503452 RVK/7 1 61 DEC 15 50 CONFIDENTIAL COPY NO. FCS FORM S.D. 17 DEC 27 1950 REPLACES DA SCO FORM 22 5, 11 JAN 49, WHICH MAY BE USED.
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR FBI DATE: 2-10-51
FROM : SAC KNOXVILLE
SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS OVER
OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION
OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS
Flying Saucers
Re Knoxville letter dated 12-13-50.
For information of the Bureau, the below listed copies of
CIG, G-2 Third Army, pertaining to captioned matter are
forwarded herewith.
Report of SAC WILLIAM B. GRAY, CIG, dated 1-2-51, entitled
"Object Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee."
CIG reports dated 1-20-51, entitled, "Objects Sighted Over
Oak Ridge, Tennessee".
Enclosures - 2
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AND DIVISIONS
ADVISED OF RECEIPT
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DECLASSIFIED
Authority: NND 90596
[ILLEGIBLE signatures/initials]
65 FEB 19 1951CONFIDENTIAL COPY/WJ
2-10-51
111th CIC, FAO # 8, P. O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee.
OBJECT SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE.
(In compliance with letter AJACT-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950,
Headquarters, Third Army. SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft, the following is
submitted.)
A. Location and Time of Sighting:
Between 0700 and 0730 hours on 18 December 1950, on the Turnpike,
within the controlled area, approximately one (1) mile from the White
Wing entrance and Y-12 plant.
B. Weather at the Time:
At 0730 hours - wind from the Northeast, seven (7) miles per hour;
temperature - 20 degrees F. according to the Atomic Energy Commission
Meteorological Division.
C. Names, Occupations, and Addresses of Witnesses:
Dr. A. J. Miller, 513 Delaware Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Dr. V. P. Calkins, 105 Diaston Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Mr. J. Frank Coneybear, 113 Meadow Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Mr. A. C. Mooneyham, 101 Dewey Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Mr. P. T. Bly, 221 Villanova Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Lt. Col. John R. Hood, U.S.A.F., 200 Virginia Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Cdr. H. W. Hribar, U.S.N., 103 Morris Lane, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Maj. Walter L. Cares, U.S.A.F., NEPA Division, Fairchild Engine and
Airplane Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
D. Photographs of Objects, if available:
None.
E. Object Sighted:
A light emanating in the shape of a circle, of an intensity much greater
that that of a bright moon, giving the impression of form in connection with
the light. The light was white in appearance and did not show any signs of
refraction into a band or continuous spectrum. This object was traveling in
a Northwesterly direction, 15 to 30 degrees elevation above the horizon, and
appeared to diminish considerably in size during thirty seconds of observation.
The observers were unable to identify the object in terms of mass
or shape, other than the circular appearance of the light. However,
the circular area appeared to darken, starting at approximately 7:00
to 9:00 o'clock along the perimeter and continuing to darken along
the perimeter and inner area until the light was concentrated in
approximately 1:00 to 3:00 o'clock position of a very small diameter,
at which point it appeared somewhat similar to a large star.
F. Any other pertinent information:
Following is quoted from the Radar Log maintained by the McGhee Tyson
Air Force Base [signature] 3/17-2402 January 1951
111th CIG, FAO #8, P. O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee.
OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE.
F. (Continued)
"0832 hours - Atomic Energy Commission reported aircraft over
Northeast end of area - no paint. (Paint meaning indication on the radar
scopes.)
"0839 hours - Small paint near Southeast corner of area on 190 degree.
(Magnetic bearing of objects travel.)
"0845 hours - Lost contact. Fighter interception was attempted with
negative results."
Attached hereto are two certified true copies of the statements made
by the above mentioned observers.
Attachments - 2
2STATEMENT
Following is a report of the sighting of an unidentified
object in the Oak Ridge Area by the undersigned. On the morning of
18 December 1950, the following personnel were riding to their work
at NEPA Division, Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., in the S-50
Area at Oak Ridge, Tennessee:
Lt. Col. John R. Hood, USAF
Cdr. E. W. Hribar, USN
Major James L. Steels, USAF
Major Walter L. Cares, USAF
Mr. James B. Gray
Mr. William G. Frey
Mr. Gray, Commander Hribar, and Major Steele were riding in the front
seat; Col. Hood, Major Cares, and Mr. Frey were in the rear.
At approximately 0807, while riding southwest on the turnpike
just outside the restricted area, Col. Hood sighted a very bright
reflection through the windshield of the car. Major Cares, who was sit-
ting beside Col. Hood and whose attention was attracted by Col.
Hood's looking at the sky, sighted the same reflection. Col. Hood then
called the attention of the remaining occupants of the car to the
reflection. Of these, Commander Hribar also sighted the reflection,
but Mr. Gray, Mr. Frey, and Major Steele did not sight it.
The reflection was visible through the front windshield of the
car only for a moment because, shortly thereafter, the road turned to
the right. The corresponding turn of the car so placed the relative
position of the reflection that it could not be seen through the left
front window. The windshield was not frosted. The windshield, however,
was not frosted and permitted excellent vision.
The object appeared only as the bright reflection of the sun from
an apparently metal surface, such as might be expected from an aircraft
at a great distance. No accurate estimate of the objects size or range
could be made from this observation. It appeared to be southeast
of Oak Ridge Townsite at an angle of elevation of about 25 degrees
from the level.
s/John R. Hood, Jr. t/JOHN R. HOOD, JR., Lt. Col. USAF
s/Edward W. Hribar t/EDWARD W. HRIBAR, Commander, USN
s/Walter L. Cares t/WALTER L. CARES, JR., Major, USAF
CERTIFIED TRUE COPY:
WILLIAM B. GRAY, SAC, Knoxville, Tenn.CONFIDENTIAL
This document contains information affecting
the national defense of the United States
within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18 U. S. C., Sections 793 and 794. Its trans-
mission or the revelation of its contents in
any manner to an unauthorized person is
prohibited by law.
December 28, 1950
SUBJECT: Visual Observation on December 19, 1950
TO: Mr. William G. Frey
Assistant to the AF Plant
Representative for Security
Office of the AF Plant Representative
Air Material Command
NEPA Division
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Post Office Box R
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1. On December 18, 1950, at sometime between 0820 and 0830, the
following NEPA employees were riding in a vehicle on the Turn-
pike within the Controls Area NEPA Project approximately one (1)
mile and short of the "Y" cutoff to White Wing entrance
and Y-12:
Dr. A. J. Miller
Dr. V. P. Calkins
Mr. J. Frank Coneybear
Mr. A. O. Mooneyham
Mr. F. T. Bly
2. The passengers, with the exception of Dr. Calkins, who did not
attempt to participate in the viewing, observed a light emanating
in the shape of a circle, of an intensity much greater than that
of a bright moon, through the windshield of the vehicle. The
viewers had the impression that there was form in connection with
the light. The light was nearly white in color. The light was white
in appearance and did not show any signs of refraction into a band
or continuous spectrum. It appeared to be from 15 to 30 degrees
elevated above the horizon. The azimuth between west and
northwest and appeared to be traveling in a northwesterly direction.
The impression of its traveling is due to the fact that the object
appeared to diminish considerable in size during approximately
thirty seconds during which it was viewed. The vehicle remained
in motion and in following the course of the road, changed its rela-
tive position so that the object was viewed during the last few
seconds from the side windows. As the vehicle proceeded down the
road a near-by ridge obstructed the view of the object, and although
the vehicle completed the turn toward K-25 at the "Y" intersection
CONFIDENTIAL
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
NEPA Division, P. O. Box 415, Oak Ridge, Tenn.CONFIDENTIAL
Mr. William G. Frey December 28, 1950
Assistant to the AF Plant Page 2
Representative for Security
Subject: Visual Observation on
December 18, 1950
and the passengers had a relatively clear view at points along
the road, the object was not viewed again. The observers were un-
able to estimate approximate size, speed, or vertical elevation;
and, therefore, were not certain whether the object was over the
Controlled Area or a considerable distance away. There was no
vapor trail or any other visible condition within the vicinity of
the object and there were no clouds which could have obscured it.
The observers were unable to identify the object in terms of mass
or shape, other than the circular appearance of the light. How-
ever, the circular area appeared to darken, starting at approx-
imately 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock along the perimeter and continuing
to darken along the perimeter and inner area until the light was
concentrated in approximately 1:00 to 3:00 o'clock position of a
very small diameter, at which point it appeared somewhat similar
to a large star.
3. The observers were not in complete agreement as to whether the
object was moving at a speed which caused it to diminish in size
or actually was diminishing in size without any great velocity of
travel due to the darkening effect described above.
NEPA Division
FAIRCHILD ENGINE AND AIRPLANE CORPORATION
s/ Gene A. Goedjen
t/ GENE A. GOEDJEN
Plant Protection Manager
GAG:VM
CONFIDENTIAL
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
NEPA Division, P. O. Box 415, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
CERTIFIED TRUE COPY:
WILLIAM B. GRAY, SAC, Knoxville, Tenn.20 January 1951
111th CIG Detachment, FAO #8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE
(In compliance with letter AJACT-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950.
Headquarters, Third Army, Subject: Unconventional Aircraft, the following
is submitted.)
A. Location and Time of Sighting: On 1247 hours on 20 December 1950.
B. Weather at Time of Sighting: At 1200 hours on 20 December 1950: Ceiling -
2700 feet; broken overcast; Seven miles visibility; Temperature - 37 degrees
F; Dew Point - 31 degrees; and Wind - Calm.
C. Names, Occupations, and Addresses of Witnesses: Personnel of the 663rd
AO AW Squadron, and the 7th AF Fighter Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport,
Knoxville, Tennessee
D. Photographs of Objects, if available: None
E. Object Sighted: The radar log of the 663rd AW and G Squadron, McGhee Tyson
Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee contained the following entry: "20 December
1950. 1247 hours. Small paint in area (Oak Ridge Controlled Area). Very,
very slow. Made perfect intercept (with F-82 Fighter aircraft) and orbit
surrounding made whole cleat."
F. Any other pertinent information: This report is made because of its
possible aid in determining the identity of the numerous unidentified
objects sighted over Oak Ridge, Tennessee
SOURCES: Personnel of 663rd AO AW, Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville,
Tennessee, and the log of the 663rd ACSW Squadron.
[handwritten] 62-83894-26520 January 1951
111th CIG Detachment, FAO #8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE
(In compliance with letter AJACT-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950.
Headquarters, Third Army, Subject: Unconventional Aircraft, the following
is submitted.)
A. Location and Time of Sighting: From 1505 hours for about three (3) hours,
on 14 December 1951, on the Radar Scopes of the 663rd AD and W Squadron,
McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee.
B. Weather at the Time: At 1500 hours on 14 December 1950--"Ceiling-2100 feet;
Broken overcast; Seven (7) miles visibility; Temperature- 37 degrees F.;
and Wind - Southwest at thirteen (13)miles perhour.
C. Names, Occupations, and Addresses of Witnesses: Personnel of the 663rd
AD and W Squadron, 30th Air Division, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville,
Tennessee, who were on duty at the time. Their occupations are Radar
operators, Supervisors, and experts.
D. Photographs of Objects, if available: No photographs taken. See "F" below.
E. Object Sighted: A group of targets blanketed the Radar Scopes in the area
directly over the government Atomic Energy Commission projects at Oak
Ridge, Tennessee. These objects could not be identified from the radar
image and a perfect fighter interception met with negative results.
F. Any other pertinent information: Lt. Robinson of the 663rd AD and W
Squadron, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, took photographs of
the scope readings with a personal, four (4) by five (5) Speed Graphic
Camera, using Plus-X civilian procured film, a lense opening of F-2.5,
and a shutter speed varying from twenty (20) to fourteen (14) seconds.
The negatives were printed and forwarded to the 30th Air Division, Selfridge
Air Force Base, Michigan, which installation printed the negatives and
sent copies thereof to the 663rd AD and W Squadron. The numerous targets
can readily identified from the permanent radar echoes by comparing the
photographs.
(B-2)
SOURCES: Personnel and logs of the 663rd AD and W Squadron, McGhee Tyson
Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee.20 January 1951
111th CIG Detachment, FAO # 8, F.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE
(In compliance with letter AJACT-360.33 General, dated 15 November 1950,
Headquarters Third Army, Subject; Unconventional Aircraft, the following is
submitted.)
A. Location and Time of Sighting: At 2145 hours on 16 January 1951.
B. Weather at the Time of Sighting: Clear; visibility twenty (20) miles;
Temperature - 37 degrees F.; and Wind - Southwest at five (5) miles perhour.
Winds aloft: At 2000 feet - 340 degrees at 8 knots
3000 " - 310 " - 3 knots
4000 " - 300 " - 3 knots
C. Names, Occupations and Addresses of Witnesses: 663rd ACSW Squadron Personnel
who are Radar operators. ANO Patrol Personnel, policemen at Oak Ridge,
Tennessee. Captains L.G.M. Clevenger and Wm. Allen, Controllers of 663rd.
D. Photographs of Objects if available: None
E. Object Sighted: Two bright objects in the sky, one of which was east of
McGhee Tyson Airport and the other was west. The object to the east was
a light, brighter than any other star, emitting intermittent glows of
various colors in the color spectrum. An aircraft attempted interception
and found that he was looking directly at a star. Weather personnel
explained that the spectural reflection of the star was caused by the
volume of atmosphere and physical matter, together with heat, which must
be looked through to see a star close to the horizon. These phenomena
caused refraction of the light rays from the star thereby reflecting a
continuous spectural change of light color.
The light to the West was observed through a twenty (20) power spotting
scope and the light seemed to be descending. It took about one hour to
descend if one was watching it disappear from the sight of observers.
Captain Clevenger stated that this light, when viewed through the spotting
scope, took on many peculiar forms, with lines, cores, tails, etc. therein,
thus generally fitting the description of all "flying saucers" ever described
to him.
Shortly after this object disappeared from sight (behind trees) ANO
personnel at Oak Ridge, Tennessee reported that they had sighted an object
about twelve (12) miles Southeast of the K-25 Plant in the Controlled Area. They
also observed the aircraft which had been sent for interception but stated
the aircraft was too far north of the object for identification, and
ANO personnel later reported that they had observed a star.20 January 1950
111th CIG Detachment, FAO # 8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE
F. Any other pertinent information: The Commanding Officer of the 663rd ACSW
Squadron, 30th Air Division, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee, in
a letter to his Commanding Officer on 17 January 1951, Subject: Report of
Unusual Incident 21½ hours 16 January 1951, stated herewith:
" 1. In compliance with telephone instructions from the ADOC 17 January
1951, the following unusual incident report is herewith submitted:
Time Date-16 January 1951
1915: An unusual airborne object was sighted approximately
10 miles NW of the station, the lighted was very similar to
a star but much brighter and slightly larger than other visible
stars at the time, as the objects observed the object seemed to be
approximately 5,000 feet above the terrain and appeared to be moving
slowly. As the object appeared to be over or near the Oak Ridge Area,
the ANO Patrol Headquarters was notified and their ground observer alerted.
About this time some interference was noted on the Radar Scopes
(AN/GPS-11 in the approximate area of the observed object; however
no interference was noted on the height finder (AN/GPS-4.) (See
attached Form 117 and 17 Jun 1951.
1925: Object still apparently descending, F-82 scrambled to attempt
interception, still no report from ARE Headquarters.
1930: Similar object observed 15 to 20 miles east of station; seems to be
descending rather than descending.
1935: AF 7177 (locally based and piloted by assigned af officer) G-49
requested to take rye, requested first to try - AF fixed
25 miles NW of station, Pilot Major Raymond G. Gare - AF 7177
requested to investigate object east of station.
1940: AF 7177 sighted subject object and reported it to be a star
1940: F-82 orbiting S/E corner of Oak Ridge Area no electronic or visual
observation still no electronic observation by station 47.
1946: Visual observation reported by Oak Ridge Ground Observers, 12 miles
southeast of K-25 area (This is in the SE corner of Oak Ridge Area)
F-82 in sight and in north of object. F-82 vectored south toward
object no contact, electronic or visual. Object report 2000 feet
above terrain by Oak Ridge Observers.
1953: Oak Ridge Patrol Headquarters reports that observed object determined
(to be a star)20 January 1951
111th CIG Detachment, FAO #8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE,
TENNESSEE
to be a star.
2000: F-82 reports clear sailing and no restrictions to visibility,
still patroling area for possible pickup of object, still no joy."
NOTE: This is an extract of the information listed in logs kept at
the Radar Site by Radar Personnel. (B-2)
SOURCE: Personnel as in "C" above.[top] G/EnumerPerson nos. 62
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : MR. C. E. HENRICH [initials] DATE: February 26, 1951
FROM : MR. E. H. MOSSBURG
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
It is recommended the attached article which
appeared in Look magazine January, 1951, be filed in
captioned case for information purposes.
Attachment
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[stamp] A.I.R. 7
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[stamp] 62-83894-266
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39A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST EXPOSES FLYING SAUCERS "There is no longer any need for secrecy," says Navy physicist, after finding that his own research started the "saucers" By RICHARD WILSON [Look magazine staff correspondent] [Photo caption left:] Prepared aloft, a Skyhook balloon that has risen fifteen miles climbs steeply while a scientist tracks it with a theodolite... [Photo caption right:] [ILLEGIBLE] [Article body text — two-column magazine spread, portions partially legible due to scan quality] [Column text largely illegible at this reproduction scale]
FLYING SAUCERS continued No "little men" from afar have arrived in rocket ships [Left page — advertisement] Looks [ILLEGIBLE] Lighter! Tastes [ILLEGIBLE] Lighter! Today's KING is Really LIGHT! If you prefer finer, lighter blended whiskey--enjoy a King. Registered by Brown-Forman as the formula of King of glorious age, and You'll never look for anything else. EDWARD FORMAN KING BLENDED WHISKEY Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation Louisville, Ky., U.S.A. [Right page — article text and advertisement] [Article column — Flying Saucers continued, discussing: no little men from outer space have arrived in rocket ships] The Death of Captain Mantell [Article text discussing the Mantell incident — partially illegible] [Right advertisement] FOR ANY TRIP - ANY TIME - IN ANY WEATHER Relax - as you See - as you Save by Greyhound! [Greyhound bus advertisement body text — partially illegible] GREYHOUND [ILLEGIBLE] NOT GREYHOUND TRAVEL PLAN... Highway travel is easy to reach more pleasant, more efficient, more economical... [text continues, partially illegible]
[Left page — advertisement]
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the average freight train
helps national rearmament
by carrying more freight
and carrying it faster
than ever before in history!
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[Right page]
[Photo caption:] Skybook nears the current "Saucers" were unheard of until ONR's
experiments in the atmosphere began under Dr. Lidde's supervision.
FLYING SAUCERS continued
Bigger Skyhooks coming--
then more "saucers" will fly
[Article body text:]
recorded on the instruments during flights from these. The phenomena
are released electronically by parachute at the end of the flight.
These delicate instruments have recovered themselves from commerce
and their occurrences were the
popular phenomena were thought
to come from an unknown source. They were
later discovered to be atomic par-
ticles striking at a speed of about
ten miles per minute at the per
son level.
Cosmic-Ray Mystery
The source of these particles is also
unknown. One theory firmly held
comes from explosions on the sun.
These particles strike the earth's
atmosphere, can achieve their most
intense formation from the solar system.
Whatever their source, these
particles strike some things that be in
the atmosphere that in the upper atmosphere,
together with heat, which must
be looked through to see a star.
Four percent of cosmic-ray occurrences
could be identified by their composition.
Mount Evans in Colorado and
Mount Wilson in Colorado...
A third type of experiments, which
was carried to three B-36 bombers,
fitted out as flying laboratories.
Their flights up and down a North-South
line taking readings at the
North Pole and away from it between
January and July, measuring radiation...
A fourth type is the Skyhook project.
But there are still more to come.
Four proven of cosmic-ray occurrences and
the bombers, together and separately,
can now identify them with the
greater certainty that they could
with the greatest accuracy. Their
ultimate aim is to measure cosmic
graphs and measurements in the
upper fringe of the earth's atmos-
phere.
These explosions, of course, can-
not be seen or felt by the human
senses. But the measuring devices
on board are photographed with life-
like accuracy.
Four points of cosmic-ray occur-
rences could be identified by the
height they could fly, together
cloud chambers. This type of ob-
servation, Mount Evans at two
Cosmic Mountain and others, at
A third type of experiments, which
was carried in three B-36 bombers,
fitted out as flying laboratories,
There flights up and down a
North Pole line and away from it between
January and July, measuring radiation
and Lima, Peru. These flying labo-
ratories, flying at altitudes between
A fourth type is the Skyhook
project itself. There can be no mystery...
reports of flying saucer. But there
are still more to come.
Four percent of cosmic-ray occur-
rences can now work on a plan for
Naval Research are working on a
new Skyhook with four times the
capacity of the Skyhook, which
can rise to heights of 100,000 feet
or 18.9 miles -- well above some of
the earth's atmospheric envelope
below that level.
It can safely be predicted that a
near hemisphere type will be a new
Skyhook at almost daily. A new,
improved model will be ob-
served by credulous and alarmed
citizens of middle America. These
observers will be unable to iden-
tify the strange sight. And the race
into outer space is gaining on us.
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INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
MESSAGE STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
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FROM: NEAC PEPPERELL AFB NFLD
TO: CSAF WASH DC
NR: EW 0212 10 FEB 51
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STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
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PRIORITY CRYPTOCENTER BEFORE DECLASSIFYING
FROM: NEAC PEPPERELL AFB NFLD
TO: CSAF WASH DC
NR: EV 0212 10 Feb 51 (DTG 100400)
Unidentified object seen at 0055Z 10 Feb at 49 degrees
50 min north, 50 degrees 03 min west by crew of Navy 6501, VR1,
Patuxent River, MD. Originally seen as heavy light in distance
on the surface as lights of a city. The yellowish light, like a
fire in color, approached rapidly and grew very bright and very
large with a semi-circular shape. It was on a true course of
about 125 degrees, plane on a true course of 225 degrees, as it
approached the plane it suddenly turned about almost 180 degrees
and disappeared rapidly over the horizon as a small ball. Speed
"was terrific". Seen fr an angle of about 85 degrees looking down
fr the plane. Crew all experienced North Atlantic Fliers Lt W.
Kingdon, Lt A.L. Jones, Lt O.K. Bethune, Lt H.O.F. Koger, Lt
J.H. Meyer, all saw object over a period of fr seven to eight min.
Plane flying at 10,000 altitude.
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CAP IN: 97532 (10 Feb 51) MEL/ref
CONFIDENTIAL
THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN
AFR FORM 0-309 B
COPY No.
page 2February 23, 1951
Mr. Jimmy W. Shore
910 Caddo Street
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
[stamp] RECORDED INDEXED 49
[stamp] 62-83894-268
Dear Jimmy:
Your letter dated February 14, 1951, has been
received.
While I appreciate the concern which prompted
your writing in this regard, this Bureau does not have
available for distribution any material concerning
so-called "flying saucers." It was thoughtful of you
to bring your observations in this connection to my
attention.
I am enclosing some material which I thought
you might like to have.
Sincerely yours,
J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
Director
Enclosure
List of courses of study
SA and Clerical Job Sheets
25 Years of Identi
Personnel and Services of Lab
NOTE: The only record located in Buffiles indicated that
correspondent requested and received descriptive material
concerning the Bureau in 1949. Data presently enclosed is
[REDACTED] [ILLEGIBLE] dated.
[stamps and routing marks]
10 MAR 11 1951FEB 24 1951[Verso of preceding letter -- document photographed upside down] [Upside-down routing stamps:] RECEIVED-MAIL ROOM FEB 24 AM 10 00 '51 U. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE [Additional upside-down stamps and routing marks -- text ILLEGIBLE]
Quinny [ILLEGIBLE] Philadelphia, Pa. 910 Caddo St. Feb. 14, 1951 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Washington, D.C. Flying Saucers Dear Mr. Hoover, Some time ago I wrote you a letter, and received a very nice reply. You said in your letter, if I had a question to write you. Well, I have one. It is about Flying Saucers. I have been reading a book, "The Flying Saucers Are Real" by Donald Keyhoe. He states that the Flying Saucers are from another planet. He adds that the F.B.I. and "Project Saucer" has been working and trying to solve the Flying Saucer mystery. He says the army has discovered something important and about the ceramic ray and all the [ILLEGIBLE] RBC not ask 1-23-[ILLEGIBLE] (Please turn to page 2)
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Page 2 If you could give me some information about the Flying Saucers, I would appreciate it. I somehow believe that the army is trying to cover something like the saucer story just doesn't fit. I truly admire the F.B.I. and someday hope to become a member of this fine organization. Thank you very much. Yours Truly, Jimmy W. [ILLEGIBLE]
[Routing stamps top right] WASH 7 FROM NEWARK 5-20-51 9-08 PM DIRECTOR URGENT Flying Saucers Flying Saucers UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED SEPTEMBER TEN AND ELEVEN, FIFTY ONE IN VICINITY FT. MONMOUTH, NJ. INDIC. ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY IN- STANT, ANDREW J. REID, G-TWO FT. MONMOUTH, NJ, PROVIDED FOLLOWING RE- PORT OF UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BY RADAR AT ABOVE ANY INSTALLATION. QUOTE ON SEPT. TEN, FIFTYONE, AN AN/MPS DASH ONE RADAR SET PICKED UP A FAST MOVING LOW FLYING TARGET, EXACT ALTITUDE UNDETER- MINED AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN A.M., SOUTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT A RANGE OF ABOUT TWELVE THOUSAND YARDS. THE TARGET APPEARED TO APPROXIMATELY FOLLOW THE COAST LINE, CHANGING ITS RANGE ONLY SLIGHTLY BUT CHANGING ITS AZIMUTH RAPIDLY. THE RADAR SET WAS SWITCHED TO FULL AIDED AZIMUTH TRACKING WHICH NORMALLY IS FAST ENOUGH TO TRACK JET AIR- CRAFT, BUT IN THIS CASE WAS TOO SLOW TO BE RESORTED TO. TARGET WAS LOST IN THE N.E. AT A RANGE OF ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND YARDS. THIS TARGET ALSO PRESENTED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT BEING COMPARABLE IN STRENGTH TO THAT USUALLY RECEIVED FROM A COASTAL SHIP. THE OPERATOR INITIALLY IDENTIFIED THE TARGET AS A SHIP AND THEN REALIZED THAT IT COULD NOT BE A SHIP AFTER HE OBSERVED ITS EXTREME SPEED. SEPTEMBER TEN, FIFTYONE, AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET AT THREE FIFTEEN PM TRACKING A TARGET WHICH MOVED ABOUT SLOWLY IN AZIMUTH NORTH OF FT. MONMOUTH AT A RANGE OF ABOUT FORTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS AT THE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL ELEVATION ANGLE OF THIRTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY MILS, APPROXIMATELY NINETYTHREE THOUSAND ALTITUDE. 3 ON SEPTEMBER ELEVEN, FIFTYONE, TWO SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SETS AT TEN FIFTY A.M. PICKED UP THE SAME TARGET NORTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE END OF PAGE ONE
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PAGE TWO OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED MILS AT A RANGE OF APPROXI- MATELY THIRTY THOUSAND YARDS, APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE THIRTYONE THOUSAND FEET. THE SET TRACK AUTOMATICALLY IS AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION AND WAS AIDED RANGE TRACKING AND CAPABLE OF TRACKING TARGETS UP TO A SPEED OF SEVEN HUNDRED MPH. IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, BOTH SETS FOUND IT IM- POSSIBLE TO TRACK THE TARGET IN RANGE DUE TO ITS SPEED AND THE OPER- ATORS HAD TO RESORT TO MANUAL RANGE TRACKING IN ORDER TO HOLD THE TARGET. THE TARGET WAS TRACKED IN THIS MANNER TO THE MAXIMUM TRACK- ING RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS. THE OPERATOR SAID THE TARGET TO BE MOVING AT A SPEED SEVERAL HUNDRED MPH HIGHER THAN THE MAXIMUM AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE RADAR SETS. THIS TARGET PROVIDED AN EX- TREMELY STRONG RETURN ECHO AT TIMES EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT THE MAXIMUM RANGE, HOWEVER, ECHO SIGNAL OCCASIONALLY FELL OFF TO A LEVEL BELOW NORMAL RETURN. THESE CHANGES COINCIDED WITH MANEUVERS OF THE TARGET. ON SEPTEMBER ELEVEN, FIFTYONE AT ABOUT ONE THIRTY P.M. THE TARGET WAS PICKED UP ON AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET THAT DISPLAYED UNUSUAL MANEUVERABILITY. TARGET WAS APPROXIMATELY OVER HAVESINK, NJ., AS IN- DICATED BY HIS TEN THOUSAND RANGE, SIX THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND DUE NORTH AZIMUTH. THE TARGET REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY ON THE SCHOPE AND APPEARED TO BE HOVERING. THE OPERATOR LOOKED OUT OF THE VAN PAREND THE VEHICLE HOUSING THE RADAR SET PAREND IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEE THE TARGET, SINCE IT WAS AT SUCH A SHORT RANGE, HOWEVER, OVER- CAST CONDITIONS PREVENTED SUCH OBSERVATION. RETURNING TO THEIR OPER- ATING POSITION THE TARGET WAS OBSERVED TO BE CHANGING IN ELEVATION AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE, BUT CHANGE IN RANGE WAS SO SLOW THE OPER- END OF PAGE TWO
PAGE THREE
ATOR BELIEVED THE TARGET MUST HAVE RISEN NEARLY VERTICALLY. TARGET
FIXED ITS RISE IN ELEVATION AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF APPROX. FIFTEEN
HUNDRED MILS, AT WHICH TIME IT PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID
RATE IN RANGE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. ONCE AGAIN THE SPEED OF THE
TARGET EXCEEDED THE AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR
SET SO THAT MANUAL TRACKING BECAME NECESSARY. RADAR TRACKED THE TAR-
GET MAXIMUM RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS AT WHICH TIME TARGET
WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE THREE HUNDRED MILS. THE OPERATOR DID NOT
ATTEMPT TO JUDGE THE SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE AIDED TRACKING RATE OF SEVEN
HUNDRED MPH. THE WEATHER WAS FAIR WHEN THE OBSERVATION WAS MADE SEPT-
EMBER TENTH AND CLOUDY FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH REPORT. UNQUOTE.
ABOVE INCIDENT OBSERVED BY THREE WITNESSES WITH EXCEPTION OF FIRST
INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER TEN. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED BY REID AFTER AP-
PROVAL OF G-TWO, GOVERNORS ISLAND, NY, WITH REQUEST THAT INFO BE CO-
ORDINATED WITH AIR FORCE. REID ALSO ADVISED IN CONFIDENCE THAT ABOVE
REPORT RECEIVED BY HIM AFTER CONSIDERABLE UNACCOUNTABLE DELAY.
MC KEE
C C Mc Belmont
END AAD PLS
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (62-83894) DATE: March 21, 1952
FROM : SAC, CHICAGO (100-18999)
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
KARL NYQUIST, INFORMANT
Mr. KARL NYQUIST, an artist living at 2417 North Darling Street,
Chicago, Illinois (telephone LI-9-1479) advised SA MYRON B. TRETER
on March 11, 1952 that he saw a flying disc at 9:00 AM on March
6, 1952.
NYQUIST stated that he was looking out of a window at his home
which window faces south, when he saw a flying disc at approximately
7,000 feet above Fullerton Avenue. The disc was at an elevation of
the disc above the horizon was about 15 degrees. The disc came out
of a cloud to the east, stopped and hung motionless in mid-air
for a split second, then flew due south at a great speed.
He described the disc as approximately six feet in diameter, circular,
white in color with a bluish tinge. The disc, he said, appeared to
have been constructed out of a metal similar to aluminum. He also
stated that he saw no exhaust, lights, or heard no sound connected
with its movements. He noted nothing on it as to how it could maintain
its even flight and believed it to have been radio controlled. He
said it disappeared out of sight in approximately three seconds,
estimating the speed at 600-700 miles per hour or more. He said it
went so fast it appeared to flutter. When the disc disappeared from
sight it was about the size of a golf ball on the southern horizon.
NYQUIST made a sketch of the disc and the sketch and the above
information were furnished to the local office of the Office of
Special Investigations.
MMT:BJB
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Authority:
NND 90986
[ILLEGIBLE] APR 1 1952CONFIDENTIAL
On 10 September 1951 as AN/MPG-1 radar set picked up a fast moving
low flying target (exact altitude undetermined) at approximately 1110 hours SE
of Fort Monmouth at a range of about 12,000 yards. The target appeared to approx-
imately follow the coast line, changing its range only slightly but changing
its azimuth rapidly. The radar set was switched to full aided azimuth
tracking which normally is fast enough to track jet acft, but in this case
was too slow to be resorted to. The target was lost in the NE at a range
of about 14,000 yards. This target also presented an unusually strong return
for acft being comparable in strength to that usually received from a
coastal ship. The operator initially identified the target as a ship and
then realized that it could not be a ship after he observed its extreme
speed.
On 10 September 1951, 1515 hours, an SCR 584, serial no. 433 tracked
a target which moved about slowly in azimuth N of Fort Monmouth at a range
of about 32,000 yds at the extremely unusual elevation angle of 1350 mils.
(Altitude approximately 93,000 ft)
On 11 September 1951, 1050 hours, 2 SCR 584 serial nos. 217 and 315
picked up the same target NE of Fort Monmouth at an elevation angle of
350 to 300 mils at a range of approximately 30,000 yards. (Approximate
altitude 31,000 ft) the sets track automatically in azimuth and elevation
and aided range tracking capable of tracking targets up to a speed
of 700 mph. In this case however, both sets found it impossible to track
the target in range due to its speed and the operators had to resort to
manual range tracking in order to hold the target. The target was tracked
in this manner to the maximum tracking range of 32,000 yards. The operators
judged the target to be moving at a speed several hundred miles per hour
higher than the maximum aided tracking ability of the radar sets. This
target provided an extremely strong echo at times even though it was at
maximum range, however the echo signal occasionally fell off to a level
below normal return. These changes coincided with maneuvers of the target.
On 11 September 1951 at about 130 a target was picked up on an
SCR 584, radar set serial no. 315 that showed unusual maneuverability.
The target was approx. over Havensink NJ as indicated by its 10,000 yard
range, 6000 ft altitude and due N azimuth. The target remained practically
stationary on the scope and appeared to be hovering. The operator looked
out of the van and attempted to see the target since it was at such a short
range, however overcast conditions prevented such observation. Returning to
their positions the target was observed to be changing in elevation at an
extremely rapid rate, the change in range was so small the operators believed
the target must have nearly vertically. The target ceased its rise
in elevation at an elevation angle of approx 1500 mils at which time it
proceeded to move at an extremely rapid rate in range in a southerly direction
once again the speed of the target exceeded the aided tracking ability of
the SCR 584 so that manual tracking became necessary. The radar tracked the
target to the maximum range of 32,000 yards at which time the target was at
an elevation angle of 300 mils. The operator did not attempt to judge the
speed in excess of the aided tracking rate of 700 mph.
CONFIDENTIAL
[ILLEGIBLE] OCT 4 2 1951STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Director, FBI DATE: 4-3-52
FROM : SAC, Memphis (62-0)
SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT; Flying Objects,
Nashville, Tennessee
INFORMATION CONCERNING
FLYING DISCS
Lt. Commander MELVIN MICHAEL KUHN, U. S. Navy, temporarily residing
at 1900 Graybar Lane, Nashville, Tennessee, advised SA CHARLES J. HONEYCUT
of the Nashville Resident Agency on March 11, 1952, at approximately 2:15 p.m.
the following incident:
Mr. KUHN stated that approximately 10:20 p.m. on March 13, 1952,
while standing in the back yard of 1900 Graybar Lane and looking toward
the moon, which was then in the southwest section of the sky, he observed
an object which appeared approximately 20 degrees above the horizon.
Lt. KUHN described this object as being circular in shape, approximately
one-half the size of the moon, deep bright blue in color, very vivid blue.
He stated the object had a slight reddish fringe on the aft end. The
object appeared to be moving from the northwest to the southeast. He
stated that the object was not in his vision more than three seconds.
It made no sound. Lt. KUHN stated that at the time he observed this,
there were no clouds in the sky, the stars were out, and the moon was
full. Lt. KUHN stated that the only way he could describe it was that
it appeared to be a very high powered spotlight on a cloud, but he did
not believe this could have been the cause of that which he had seen
because he had not seen any spotlight or any strong search lights there
during the evening.
The above is being furnished for your information, and no action is
contemplated by this office unless advised to the contrary.
CJH:AJ
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : W[ILLEGIBLE] Branigan DATE: April 17, 1952
FROM : E. H. Moesburg[ILLEGIBLE]
SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS
For record purposes, it is desired to point out
that the April 7, 1952, issue of "Life" magazine contains an
article on page 80 entitled, "Have We Visitors From Space?"
written by H. B. Darrach, Jr., and Robert Ginna relating to
the captioned matter. For further reference purposes, a copy
of this issue of "Life" magazine is maintained in the Bureau
Library.
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APR 23 1952
57 APR 28 1952Date: May 7, 1952
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FRED J. REKHOUT
On May 5, 1952, Fred J. Rekhout called at this
Bureau and advised that he is General Manager of Wouten and
Company, Printers, 3 Herderstraat, The Hague, Netherlands.
He resides at 49 Stadhouderslaan, The Hague. He is residing
at the Victoria Hotel, New York City, until May 16, 1952,
when he will return to Europe.
Mr. Rekhout advised that he has a considerable
interest in electronics and has been very much interested
in reports circulated during the past year or two concern-
ing the existence of flying saucers. He feels that there
have been enough uncontradicted reports concerning such
devices to indicate that they may exist in fact. He is also
of the opinion that if they do exist they can be produced
only by the United States or Russia or perhaps by the
Republic of Argentina.
Mr. Rekhout indicated that he has given [ILLEGIBLE]
thought to the manner in which these devices could be
operated. He has concluded that since the disk shape is
not the most convenient form for an aircraft it would be
only because it would provide the greatest possible lifting
surface. It is his opinion, therefore, that one of these
devices could be operated only by reducing the air pressure
above it which would cause it to rise in the air. He
concedes that conventional machinery to cause such a reduction
of pressure would be so bulky that its weight would prevent
the device from leaving the ground. He concludes, therefore,
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[ILLEGIBLE] MAY 8 1952
66 MAY 17 1952that power to accomplish this end would have to be derived
from the cracking of an atomic fuel such as heavy water.
In that connection he states that the ionosphere
surrounding the earth radiates positive ions toward the
earth's surface. Many of these are dissipated by combining
with particles in the atmosphere with the result that positive
ions are more concentrated near the earth's surface than
higher above it. He reasons that a disk could be raised
in the air by emitting a great quantity of negative ions
through its upper surface and causing a decrease in pressure
which would result in the pressure underneath the disk
forcing it upward. He indicates that somewhere between
the surface of the earth and the ionosphere this pressure
would equalize at which point the disk could go no higher.
It could then be moved horizontally by emitting negative
ions in the direction in which it is desired to travel.
Mr. Rekhout stated that he did not feel such a
device could be remote controlled since it would probably
not be possible to maintain radio contact with it. He
feels, however, that the occupants of such a device would
be fully protected from since according to the electrical theory
demonstrated by Faraday's Cage the current involved in the
propulsion of such a device would concentrate itself around
the edges of the disk.
The foregoing is furnished for your information.
(NOTE ON YELLOW: Rekhout was interviewed at 2:15 p.m.
5-5-52 by Supervisor F. H. Bailey by reference from Mr.
Nichols' Office. Bureau files contain no data identifiable
with him.)
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Mr. W. B. Burgess
Box 147
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Burgess:
Your letter dated May 7, 1952, has been
received and I appreciate the interest prompting
you to bring your observations to my attention.
Since the matter you mention may be of
interest to another governmental agency, I am
referring a copy of your letter to The Honorable,
The Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Washington,
D. C., and you may wish to write him directly in
this connection.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
copy of incoming sent to Dep't. of Defense by form
DIC:DT[ILLEGIBLE]
[ILLEGIBLE] MAY 14 1952
60 MAY 23 1952Box 147
Black Mountain, N.C.
May 7, 1952
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
c/o U. S. Dept. of Justice
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hoover:
The motive of this letter is a sincere effort to help avoid
useless waste of life, time and money. It is written with full
respect to your pressing work, and to the ability of this
country's scientific experts.
Although your responsibilities may not be directly connected
with the lined text of this letter, I write in hope that
you will consider the possibilities, and forward the suggestions
to the proper authorities concerned.
For the past five years the general public has read, and bally-
hooed newspaper articles related to the "Flying Saucers," and
following the same trend of thought have ignored recent re-
ports made by persons of undisputed experience and intelligence.
The possibilities of this earth being visited by ships from
outer space have been lightly suggested by some, while others
believe the "objects" belong to some nation on this earth.
Granted that some such objects do even belong to this country,
it is obvious that we, nor any other nation possess and fail
to use, in time of war, such useful means as have been re-
ported by the balloon experts connected with General Mills, Inc.
I am sure that these suggestions will bear scientific inves-
tigation and that they are entirely probable. Similar to
Columbus and the egg - they may not have been given due con-
sideration.
These "objects" of undetermined origin (not to be confused
with our controlled weather balloons, etc.) are in all prob-
ability operated by the absorption, compression, and con-
trolled emission of the sun's energy (basically electricity).
As such, they are potentially far beyond the challenge of
our imagination. An earthly object approaching too close to
the O.U.O. would have the same effect as grounding a high-
tension wire, with the total destruction of both objects as
a likely result.
Assuming that some of these objects are from outer space, we
would certainly benefit considerably by establishing contact
with them, where and when such a nation as Russia should ac-
quire this knowledge before us we would certainly suffer as
a result
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Whatever means of power these objects possess, they may attain
speeds far in excess of our latest rockets. It will be futile
to give pursuit, or to attempt any forceful approach.
From reports, we have no reason to believe these objects have
anything but friendly intentions, also, they may be restrict-
ed as to the distance they may approach the earth without
danger. It is also my belief that given an opportunity, they
will approach an earthly object, at high altitude, as close
as possible without danger to either themselves or the object.
If my theory approaches the truth, then these strange objects
will be unable to establish contact with the earth without
our assistance.
Taking the earth at an age of two billion years, having suf-
fered worldly catastrophies, and set-backs, we may be as
children compared to a planet of four billion years, or of
equal age without catastrophies.
Our scientific laws have worked well for us, however, they
probably do not hold true for all planets. Lacking water
and trees in the beginning we would have been an entirely
different world, perhaps even further advanced.
My background includes a good foundation in high-altitude
flying, and in the field of electricity. Although I am well
established in business, it is my desire to enter the field of
research related to this subject.
My name is not for publication.
Very truly yours,
W. B. Burgess
W. B. BurgessFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION
MAY 12 1952
TELETYPE
FBI, SAVANNAH 5-12-52 7-58 PM WED
DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, FLYING DISC. AT
APPROXIMATELY TEN FORTYFIVE PM, MAY TEN LAST FOUR EMPLOYEES OF
DUPONT CO., EMPLOYED ON SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT NEAR ELLENTON, S. C.,
SAW FOUR DISC SHAPED OBJECTS APPROACHING THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM
THE SOUTH, DISAPPEARING IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY
ELEVEN FIVE PM, ABOVE MENTIONED EMPLOYEES SAW TWO SIMILAR OBJECTS
APPROACH FROM SOUTH AND DISAPPEAR IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT
APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN PM ONE SIMILAR OBJECT APPROACHED FROM THE
NORTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED IN SOUTHWESTERNLY DIRECTION. ONE MORE
OBJECT SIGHTED ABOUT ELEVEN FIFTEEN PM TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
EMPLOYEES DESCRIBED OBJECTS AS BEING ABOUT FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER,
HAVING YELLOW TO COLD COLOR. ALL OF THESE OBJECTS WERE TRAVELLING AT
HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT HIGH ALTITUDE WITHOUT ANY NOISE. EIGHTH OBJECT
WHICH APPROACHED THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM NE WAS TRAVELLING AT
ALTITUDE SO LOW IT HAD TO RISE TO PASS OVER SOME TALL TANKS IN FOUR
HUNDRED AREA. THIS OBJECT WAS ALSO FLYING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WAS
NOISELESS. WITNESSES STATED OBSERVED OBJECTS WEAVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
Note: [ILLEGIBLE] copy of tel reaction by [ILLEGIBLE].
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION MAY 12 1952 TELETYPE FBI, SAVANNAH 5-12-52 7-38 PM DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, FLYING DISC. AT APPROXIMATELY TEN FORTYFIVE PM, MAY TEN LAST FOUR EMPLOYEES OF DUPONT CO., EMPLOYED ON SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT NEAR ELLENTON, S. C., SAW FOUR DISC SHAPED OBJECTS APPROACHING THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM THE SOUTH, DISAPPEARING IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN FIVE PM, ABOVE MENTIONED EMPLOYEES SAW TWO SIMILAR OBJECTS APPROACH FROM SOUTH AND DISAPPEAR IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN PM ONE SIMILAR OBJECT APPROACHED FROM THE NORTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED IN SOUTHWESTERNLY DIRECTION. ONE MORE OBJECT SIGHTED ABOUT ELEVEN FIFTEEN PM TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. EMPLOYEES DESCRIBED OBJECTS AS BEING ABOUT FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER, HAVING YELLOW TO GOLD COLOR. ALL OF THESE OBJECTS WERE TRAVELLING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT HIGH ALTITUDE WITHOUT ANY NOISE. EIGHTH OBJECT WHICH APPROACHED THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM NE WAS TRAVELLING AT ALTITUDE SO LOW IT HAD TO RISE TO PASS OVER SOME TALL TANKS IN FOUR HUNDRED AREA. THIS OBJECT WAS ALSO FLYING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WAS NOISELESS. WITNESSES STATED OBSERVED OBJECTS WEAVING FROM LEFT TO RIGH END PAGE ONE [ILLEGIBLE signature]
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BUT SEEMED TO HOLD GENERAL COURSE. ALSO STATED DUE TO SPEED AND
ALTITUDE THEY WERE ONLY VISIBLE FOR FEW SECONDS. SAVANNAH OFFICE IS
NOT ACTIVELY CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION IN THIS MATTER AND IS FURNISHING
THIS INFO TO BUREAU FOR WHATEVER ACTION THEY DEEM ADVISABLE.
5-14-52
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5/14/52 col [ILLEGIBLE] OSI advised [ILLEGIBLE]
SCHLENKER
ACK AND HOLD
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[ILLEGIBLE] Declassified
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[ILLEGIBLE][ILLEGIBLE].
Date: May 26, 1952
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING DISCS REPORTEDLY SEEN
IN VICINITY OF SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
The Savannah Office of this Bureau has been
informed that at approximately 10:45 pm, May 10, 1952,
four employees of the DuPont Company, employed in the
Savannah River Plant near Ellenton, South Carolina, saw
four disc shaped objects approaching "the four hundred
area" from the south which disappeared in a northerly
direction. At approximately 11:05 pm on the same date
the above-mentioned employees saw two similar objects
approach from the south and disappear in a northerly
direction. At approximately 11:10 pm a similar object
was seen by these employees approaching from the north-
east and disappearing in a southwesterly direction. A
similar object was also sighted about 11:15 pm traveling
from south to north by the same employees.
The discs were described by the above-mentioned
employees as being approximately fifteen inches in diameter
and yellow to gold in color. All of the objects were
allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed and at a high
altitude without any noise. The eighth object referred
to above which approached "the four hundred area"
from a northeasterly direction was reportedly traveling at
such a low altitude, it apparently had to rise to clear the
tanks which are in "the four hundred area." The employees
referred to above advised the objects were weaving from left
to right but seemed to hold a general course. According to
these persons because of the speed at which the objects were
traveling they were only visible for a few seconds.
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The above data, which was previously furnished
to your office through this Bureau's liaison representative,
is being furnished for your information and any action you
desire to take in this matter. No investigation is being
conducted by this Bureau.
cc - Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2
Department of the Army
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
Attention: Chief, Intelligence Division
cc - Director of Naval Intelligence
Department of the Navy
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
cc - Captain John A. Waters BY SPECIAL MESSENGER
Director of Security
Atomic Energy Commission
Room 2055
233 Third Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
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CONFIDENTIAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
28 MAY 1952
2A-185
Honorable J. Edgar Hoover
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S. Department of Justice
Washington 25, D C.
ATTN: Mr. W. [ILLEGIBLE], Liaison Agent
Flying Saucers RE: Unidentified Aerial Object Sighted
General Area Ritchie Highway, South
Baltimore, Maryland, 10:45 PM, 29
Mar 52 by Donald Stewart, 2241 Warren
Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Dear Sir:
There is attached for your information a copy of a report by Special
Agent Royce Royal of this office dated May 12, 1952, in regard to the
captioned subject. Your attention is invited to the statement of Mr.
Donald Stewart as reflected on page 4, paragraph 7, of the report, to the
effect that at the time of the alleged sighting of this object, he had
in his possession a Thompson sub-machine gun. A copy of this attachment
has also been furnished the Treasury Department.
No further inquiry into this matter is contemplated by the Office
of Special Investigations.
1 Transmittal BSA attached
Place checks in tel air 101-1064
[ILLEGIBLE] 3/30/52
1 Incl
Rpt by SA Royal dtd 12 May 52
Sincerely,
[signature]
GILBERT R. LEVY
Chief, Counter Intelligence Division
Directorate of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
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CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
DECLASSIFIED
Authority:
NND 90091SECURITY INFORMATION-CONFIDENTIAL
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FILE NO. DATE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 2A-[ILLEGIBLE] MAY 12 1952
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
TITLE REPORT MADE AT
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; Go SA, Bolling AFB
Sighting of Unidentified Aerial
Object, Ritchie Highway, So. PERIOD
Baltimore, Maryland, 29 March 1952 10, 11, 12 May 1952
OFFICE OF ORIGIN
Hq, OSI
CHARACTER
SPECIAL INQUIRY
REFERENCE Unauthorized disclosure or transmission
of information contained in this report is
prohibited by AFR 205-1 and AFR 205-4, paragraph 15.
Telephone message CI Division Hq, OSI, 9 May 1952
SYNOPSIS:
Investigation requested by Hq, OSI predicated on information received from
Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson AFB that DONALD STEWART
and (FNU) TYLER had observed uncoventional type aircraft on 29 March 1952
in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Information relayed to Air Technical
Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson AFB by ULUIS LOUIS AMONS who received
it from LOU CORBIN, a radio commentator, employed by station WFBR, Baltimore,
Md. CORBIN interviewed, furnished information that DONALD STEWART, 2241 Warren
Avenue and GEORGE TYLER III, 112 East Montgomery St., Baltimore, Md., had been
interviewed by him on 24 and 27 April 1952; that one DONALD STEWART claimed a
disc like aircraft at approximately 2045 hours, 29 March 1952 on Ritchie Highway
near the intersection of US Route 301; that automobile engine stopped and paint
cracked on aircraft hovered 200 feet above car. STEWART interviewed and related
substantially the same story which he had given CORBIN previously. RAY
FOX, Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Baltimore, Md, interviewed,
advised he had made complete examination of STEWART's vehicle at request of
CORBIN; including examination with geiger counter and determined no unusual
defects. AMOS interviewed, stated he had no direct knowledge of incident and
had presented the information furnished him. Residents of Gibson Island, Maryland
were interviewed and found none had heard unusual noises but none had observed
any such aircraft. TYLER interviewed and confirmed statement given by STEWART
however, TYLER was unable to identify July 1952 as the date with the writer; the
time of the alleged sighting, and had not seen any such aircraft; advised
that STEWART had asked him to tell that story and that he had done so. Inter-
views conducted along Ritchie Highway in vicinity of location where aircraft
DISTRIBUTION ACTIVE COPY FORWARDED TO FILE STAMP
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APPROVED
[signature]
DONALD B. WHITE
Colonel, USAF
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SYNOPSIS (Cont'd)
was allegedly sighted indicated no knowledge of any such craft. Anne
Arundel County Police Department had no record of reports of described
aircraft. STEWART in reinterview reaffirmed sighting and that TYLER
had been with him at the time and had seen the aircraft. File checks
re STEWART at local police agencies negative. FBI, Baltimore Field
Office records reflect STEWART fired from employment at Baltimore,
Maryland, for placing a decal bearing Communist insignia on a truck
belonging to the firm by whom he was employed. FBI check re TYLER,
CORBIN, AMOS negative.
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DETAILS:
1. This investigation was initiated upon a request from Head-
quarters OSI on 9 May 1952 from Lt. Col. LUCIUS L. FENN, predicated
upon information received from Lt. Col. RAY M. TAYLOR, Air Technical
Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to the effect
that Col. TAYLOR had received information regarding an unidentified
aircraft which was reported to have been seen at 2245 hours, 29 March
1952, on Ritchie Highway, south of Baltimore, Maryland. Air Technical
Intelligence Center advised that the information had been received
from ULUIS LOUIS AMOS, a civilian.
2. This is a joint investigation of Special Agents CLIFFORD P.
JOHNS, OLIVER H. WEATHERBEE, and the writer.
AT WASHINGTON, D. C.
3. On 10 May 1952 Lt. Col. LUCIUS L. FENN, Headquarters OSI, was
interviewed and furnished the writer with a copy of a TWX received from
the Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB. Information con-
tained in the TWX is summarized as follows:
The TWX represents a copy of a letter to the Commanding General,
Project Blue Book, from ULUIS LOUIS AMOS, Gibson Island, Maryland,
dated 24 April 1952. The letter stated that one DONALD FRANKLIN STEWART,
residing at 2241 Warren Avenue, Baltimore 30, Maryland, had observed an uncon-
ventional type aircraft on 29 March 1952. A friend of his at the time of
this observation was one FNU TYLER, believed to be a seventeen year old
(17) high school student. The aircraft was allegedly observed while
STEWART and TYLER were driving on the Ritchie Highway, in Baltimore,
Maryland. It was described as shaped like a large pancake and
was alleged to have hovered over the automobile, killing the engine.
The letter also advised that CORBIN had been interviewed by a LOU
CORBIN, a radio announcer of WFBR, Baltimore radio station. CORBIN
was described as a reserve G2 officer. The letter also stated that a
NELSON and a JUDGE JONES all alleged to reside on Yacht Club Road,
Riviera Beach, Maryland, had also seen such an aircraft. A NELSON
STRIKINGOFF and wife, and a Mrs. SALLY SYMINGTON HENDERSON and Judge
and Mrs. HENDERSON, Sr., were all previously reported as (STRINKOFF?),
advised the writer that they had all reported the above incident by
that the noise had passed them off as harmless. CORBIN
stated that he had had a friend of his, RAYMOND FOX, conduct a scientific
examination of STEWART's automobile for the purpose of determining any
unusual characteristics which might have been present. CORBIN advised
that he was a reserve G-2 officer, and related that he had been
an intelligence officer with the staff of General GEORGE S. PATTON
in Europe and that he presently holds an inactive reserve commission as
lieutenant colonel, O-375022.
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Mr. CORBIN, during the course of the interview, made no
mention of GEORGE or JOHN MASON, and when specifically questioned with
regards to the two above individuals, he said that he did not recall
either.
6. On 10 May 1952 the records of the FBI Field Office, Baltimore,
Maryland, were reviewed and reflected that DONALD FRANKLIN STEWART,
2241 Warren Avenue, Baltimore 30, Maryland, had been charged with illegal
wearing of the Navy uniform in July 1948. Records also reflect that
STEWART was a member of the U. S. Naval Reserve and the investigation
was discontinued as no violation. The records also reflect that
STEWART was fired from the Baltimore Supply Company, Baltimore, Maryland,
for placing a decal of the hammer and sickle and red star on the door of
a Baltimore Supply truck. He was formerly fired on 30 July
1948. The FBI Field Office records reflect no records of ULUIS LOUIS
AMOS and no derogatory information on LOUIS N. CORBIN. No information
concerning recent (?) of unconventional aircraft flying during the past
two (2) years was on record at the FBI Field Office.
7. Mr. DONALD FRANKLIN STEWART was interviewed at his residence,
2241 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, on 10 May 1952, and with
reference to the incident in instant case, he related in substance as
follows:
STEWART, accompanied by his friend, GEORGE TYLER, were returning
to Baltimore from Glenn Burnie, Maryland, via the Ritchie Highway, on
29 March 1952. They were in a 1949 Anglia Vampire, an English car, and
were proceeding in a northerly direction, having just left a Howard
Johnson Restaurant adjacent to the junction of Ritchie Highway and
U. S. Highway #301. While approximately opposite a harness truck five
hundred (500) yards north of the above named intersection, STEWART
related, he observed a strange appearing aircraft on the horizon
ahead of his automobile. STEWART described the aircraft as being a
flat disk with a vapor or glow in the center. He further sub-described
the dome as having what appeared to be a small porthole on one side
and the shadowy outline of what appeared to be a "hatch, similar to
those found on a ship". As the aircraft approached it appeared to be
at an angle to the horizon of fifty (50) degrees, and as he was proceeding
north it appeared on the northeast, on the crest of a hill. He
also advised that during the period the object was in his vision he
noticed no sign of activity within it and discerned no odor from it.
Mr. STEWART informed the writer that he was acquainted with the
collection and handling of weapons, American History, and that his
vocation was politics. He stated that he had been active in the
political candidacy of a senatorial contestant of the State of Maryland
and was currently leader of the political club supporting the above
mentioned candidate in his ward. He advised that on the night of the
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STEWART stated that when the aircraft came to rest above his
automobile, it appeared to be "at least fifty feet (50) in diameter,
and wavered slightly. While in sight, the aircraft gave off a sound
similar to that of a vacuum cleaner. STEWART averred that the aircraft
maintained its position above the automobile for approximately three
(3) minutes and then turned on its edge, thereby presenting its flat
surface to his vision, and appeared to roll across the sky at a terrific
rate of speed, greater than that of a jet plane. STEWART estimated the
horizon to be approximately six miles in the direction the object was
traveling, as approximately three and one-half (3½) miles from his
position, and that the object as it disappeared across the horizon was
approximately five (5) to five (5) feet in length. He described
he advised that when the object first appeared, it appeared to be at an
angle to the horizon of fifty (50) degrees, and as he was proceeding
north it appeared on the northeast, on the crest of a hill. He
also advised that during the period the object was in his vision he
noticed no sign of activity within it and discerned no odor from it.
STEWART advised that during the time of the above observation
of the aircraft there was only one other automobile in the immediate
vicinity. He described this car as a 1949 Buick, black, yellow,
with 1952 Maryland license plates, the first three (3) digits of which
were six-zero-zero (600). He related that the car was apparently oc-
cupied by a man and a woman and was looking at the aircraft, but that upon being hailed by
STEWART, had returned to his automobile and driven off rapidly. It
was Mr. STEWART's opinion that he had in his possession a Thompson
Thompson sub-machine gun. Mr. STEWART informed the writer that he was
not addicted to or a casual indulger of any form of alcoholic beverages
or under such influence at the time of the sighting. He further
advised that he wore glasses only for purposes of reading and that the
only correction to be observed when the above described aircraft was
emerged from the automobile he was able to observe the aircraft without
any trouble.
STEWART contended that the above incident had a singular effect
upon his automobile in that it killed the motor and apparently demag-
tized its wiring. He also stated that the above incident had resulted
in the paint on his car cracking.
AGENT'S NOTE: An inspection of STEWART's automobile revealed
that it had been recently painted.
It was ascertained from STEWART that his hobbies were the
collection and handling of weapons, American History, and that his
vocation was politics. He stated that he had been active in the
political candidacy of a senatorial contestant of the State of Maryland
and was currently leader of the political club supporting the above
mentioned candidate in his ward. He advised that on the night of the
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above incident he had been engaged in distributing campaign literature
with reference to the above campaigning in Glenn Burnie, Maryland, and
was returning to Baltimore when he observed the aircraft. During the
course of the above interview STEWART appeared calm and answered all
questions without hesitation and when subjected to questioning, did
not change his statements in any particular.
AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
8. Mr. LOUIS GITENS, 228 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was
interviewed on 10 May 1952, and stated that he has known STEWART all
his life and has found no fault with him. GITENS advised that STEWART
comes from a good family and he would recommend him for a position of
trust. GITENS stated that he does not believe STEWART has ever been in
trouble with the police.
9. Miss MARY HOOVER, 226 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was
interviewed on 10 May 1952 and stated that STEWART "shoots a lot of bull",
usually bragging about himself and his accomplishments. Outside of
telling too much, HOOVER believes that STEWART is a hard worker, makes a good
impression, does not drink, a good worker, and loyal to the government.
She would recommend STEWART for a position of trust, but stated that
she did not believe in the craft, or seen a saucer.
10. Mrs. LOUIS GITENS, 228 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, was
interviewed on 10 May 1952 and stated that STEWART talks too much and
likes to exaggerate. Other than this, Mrs. GITENS would recommend
STEWART for a position of trust. She considers him honest, loyal, and
a good boy.
11. Mr. RAYMOND FOX, Project Engineer, Engineering Department,
Radioactive Detection Division, Westinghouse Electric Corporation,
Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed at the Maryland Yacht Club on 10
May 1952 and advised that during the latter part of April 1952 he
examined the automobile described in the above paragraph with a geiger
counter and could detect no radioactive reaction. He also stated that
he examined the engine and all working parts of the automobile and was
unable to detect any unusual defects or characteristics. He stated
that the automobile had been repainted and that he was inclined to dis-
believe the incident as it was related to him.
AT FERNDALE, MARYLAND
12. On 10 May 1952 Officer J. L. GAVIN, Anne Arundel County Police
Department, Ritchie Highway Sub-station, advised that the only report
related to the subject investigation was that of a sighting being
received by the department was purported to have been an observation during the
latter part of March by the bridge keeper, Curtis Bay Bridge, Curtis Bay,
Maryland. Officer GAVIN volunteered that an inspection of this area by
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds resulted in frequent noises of explosions
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and that the police department had many calls of inquiry but that
they all, with the above exception, were reported to be out of
the sighting of any such aircraft. Officer GAVIN stated that in
his opinion it was highly unlikely that an automobile could stop for a
period of three (3) minutes on a highway such as Ritchie Highway at
the time of the alleged incident, without several other vehicles passing by.
He gave as his reasons that Ritchie Highway was an arterial highway
for several outlying districts of Baltimore as well as being a sec-
tion of the north-south route from Baltimore to the Potomac Bridge,
and that traffic was usually frequent at all times, and especially
so during that part of the evening on weekends.
AT GIBSON ISLAND, MARYLAND
13. ULUIS LOUIS AMOS, Colonel, USA, Retired, residing at 3
Cotterill Road, Gibson Island, Maryland, was interviewed on 11 May
1952 with reference to his knowledge of the alleged sighting of an
unconventional aircraft. He stated in substance that his knowledge
was third-hand and therefore he was not in a position to give detailed
information. He advised that he was informed of the above incident
by CORBIN who, in addition to the information set forth above, had
told him that a GEORGE MASON and his son, JOHN MASON, purported to
reside on "Yacht Club Road, Riviera Beach, Maryland", also had informa-
tion with reference to instant incident.
AMOS stated that the residents of Gibson Island frequently
heard noises in the night, reported like that produced by a large
formation of conventional aircraft. Col. AMOS described this noise
as of a magnitude and intensity consistent with the passage of
at least one hundred (100) planes. He advised that Mr. and Mrs.
NELSON STRICKOFF (whom he previously reported as STRIKENGOFF), and
Judge and Mrs. HENDERSON, Sr., and SALLY SYMINGTON STEWART and
had all reported load noises of the above type on the night of Saturday,
19 April 1952; and that he had set this information in his letter to
General ACKERMAN only as miscellaneous data. He related that the
noise occurred nightly but were particularly intense on Thursday
nights.
Col. AMOS informed the writer that he had attempted to locate
GEORGE and JOHN SON but had been unable to do so. He stated that
there was no street designated Yacht Club Road at Riviera Beach,
Maryland, and that the nearest approximation of that name was Club Road.
He further stated that there was only one residence on Club Road and
that residence was presently occupied by a Mr. GORDON BEA, whom he was
unable to contact.
14. Attempts by the writer to interview individuals named in the
preceding paragraph met with negative results.
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cloudy, NNW winds - twelve (12) miles per hour; winds aloft at one
thousand (1000) feet, NNW - sixteen (16) miles per hour.
5. On 10 May 1952 Mr. LOUIS N. CORBIN was interviewed at radio
station WFBR in Baltimore, Maryland, and stated in substance as follows:
Mr. CORBIN advised that he had received information in the
latter part of April to the effect that a DONALD FRANKLIN STEWART,
residing at 2241 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, had, while accompanied by
Mr. GEORGE TYLER III, observed a strange appearing aircraft on
29 March 1952. The source of his information had been a newspaper
had been a newspaper reporter for one of the local newspapers, whose
name he did not divulge. CORBIN related that he had for some time been
interested in the "flying saucer situation", as he described it, and his
intention to write a documentary program for broadcast concerning that
subject. He said further that inasmuch as the above incident was the
first one to be brought to his attention within that area, he determined
to investigate it.
On 24 April 1952 CORBIN interviewed Mr. DONALD F. STEWART and
ascertained that he was employed as a clerk by the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. He further ascertained that the date of observation was
29 March 1952; place, Ritchie Highway near the harness truck; time,
10:45 PM; weather, clear; moon and stars out; approximate length of
observation, two (2) minutes; estimated altitude, two hundred (200)
feet. CORBIN obtained the details of the incident and set them down
in a chronological order. A photostatic reproduction of the information
obtained in that interview is being forwarded as an inclosure to this
report. CORBIN also interviewed Mr. GEORGE TYLER relative to the
above incident and made a similar writing, a photostatic reproduction of
which is being forwarded as an inclosure to this report.
CORBIN advised the writer that he was acquainted with the
editor of a civilian intelligence bulletin, Mr. ULUIS LOUIS AMOS, to
whom he had forwarded the above investigation. CORBIN emphasized
that he would not release any of the information publicly and did not
intend to do so until such time as the authorities completed investiga-
tion of the incident. CORBIN related that he had been told by the Anne
Arundel County Police they had informed him that they had had numerous
reports of that nature but had passed them off as harmless. CORBIN
stated that he had had a friend of his, RAYMOND FOX, conduct a scientific
examination of STEWART's automobile for the purpose of determining any
unusual characteristics which might have been present. CORBIN advised
that he was a reserve G-2 officer, and related that he had been
an intelligence officer with the staff of General GEORGE S. PATTON
in Europe and that he presently holds an inactive reserve commission as
lieutenant colonel, O-375022.
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SECURITY INFORMATION-CONFIDENTIALSECURITY INFORMATION--CONFIDENTIAL AT GLENN BURNIE, MARYLAND 15. Mr. ROBERT MEADOWS, Proprietor of a Shell Service Station, located at 1501 Ritchie Highway, approximately three hundred (300) yards north of the intersection of Ritchie Highway and U. S. Route 301, was interviewed on 11 May 1952, and advised that to the best of his recollection he had been on duty in the station on the night the above incident was said to have occurred, and that to his knowledge no such incident took place. MEADOWS related that had the aircraft traveled in the direction as alleged, he would surely have observed it; or if he had not been on duty that night, he would surely have been informed of the incident by the men who had been on duty at the time. MEADOWS informed the writer that it was highly unlikely in his opinion that any three (3) minute period could elapse without the attention of persons in automobiles at the time the above incident was alleged to have occurred. 16. Mr. WILLIAM RORISZEK, Jr., employee of Howard Johnson Restaurant, located at the intersection of Ritchie Highway and U. S. Route 301, was interviewed on 11 May 1952 and advised that he had no knowledge of the above incident. AT CURTIS BAY, MARYLAND 17. Mr. BAHLAS HOLLINS, Drawbridge Operator, Curtis Bay Bridge, was interviewed on 11 May 1952 and advised that he is the regular draw- bridgeman on the Curtis Bay Bridge on the 1600 hours to 2400 hours shift. HOLLINS stated he was on duty on the evening of the 29th of March 1952 and that he had not observed, nor ever observed, any unconventional aircraft. HOLLINS further advised that he did not make a report to the Anne Arundel Police Department of such an incident. AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 18. On 11 May 1952 Mr. GEORGE S. TYLER III, aged sixteen (16), 112 E. Montgomery Street, Baltimore, Maryland, was interviewed at 1030 hours and repeated the same story as he related to CORBIN. One variance in the story was that the car engine did not stop until after STEWART and TYLER had gotten out. 19. GEORGE S. TYLER, Jr., father of GEORGE S. TYLER III, was inter- viewed on 11 May 1952 and stated that STEWART is "off the beam" and "not normal" at times; he is smart, but "too smart". TYLER said his son is a little careless with the truth and he believes the story was made up. TYLER stated STEWART is a peculiar person, and he has known him for sev- eral years. TYLER thinks STEWART made it up to get his name in the papers. TYLER also stated Ritchie Highway is very crowded and more than one person would have seen it. Mr. TYLER thinks that if his son had seen it he would have discussed it with him or some other member of the family, but he did not do so. 8 SECURITY INFORMATION--CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION--CONFIDENTIAL 20. On 11 May 1952 LOUIS F. TYLER, uncle of TYLER III, 230 Highs- ville Road, Baltimore 25, Maryland, was interviewed and stated that he does not believe his nephew's story. He stated that TYLER can dream up fantastic stories at times. He believes it is a hoax and thinks his nephew was talked into telling the story. 21. At approximately 1215 hours, 11 May 1952, GEORGE S. TYLER III was reinterviewed in the presence of his father and mother, at which time TYLER stated that STEWART had seen the aircraft prior to the time of meeting him and that all the information which he had given was in- formation that STEWART told him. TYLER advised that he did not see a thing, and blamed the whole thing on STEWART and what STEWART had told him. He stated that STEWART had told the sighting of the aircraft to him as they returned from Glenn Burnie, Maryland, to Baltimore, and asked TYLER to tell the story to people for the reason that more people would believe his story. TYLER advised that he called the newspapers, the Sun and the Post, to find out if anyone else had reported the in- cident, and indicated that he was concerned that he had received. TYLER further stated that at first he believed the story STEWART had told him; however, he now believes that STEWART made it all up. TYLER averred that he had been in Glenn Burnie visiting friends and had been waiting at a bus stop to return to Baltimore on the night of 29 March 1952, when he met STEWART who had been in Glenn Burnie posting campaign posters; that STEWART had offered to give him a ride back to Baltimore and he had accepted; that it was on the trip back to Baltimore that STEWART had related to him the sighting of the strange aircraft earlier in the evening. TYLER stated that they left Glenn Burnie at approximately 2230 hours and had driven to Baltimore without incident; they had had made no stops along the road; that he did not see any sub-machine gun in the automobile as reported by STEWART. 22. STEWART was reinterviewed at approximately 1315 hours, 11 May 1952, and stated that TYLER was with him and had witnessed the incident. STEWART substantially (sic) followed the details in the story and stated that the whole thing was the absolute truth. 23. On 12 May 1952 Special Agent OLIVER R. WEATHERLY interviewed Mr. HAROLD R. DREBOCK at the Griebel Motor Company, Light and Har- rietta streets, Baltimore, Maryland. DREBOCK stated that work was performed on STEWART's car on a date that the work performed included ad- justment of brakes, installation of clutch, adjust generator, repairing or taping the wire leading from the generator, change oil and lubri- cation. He stated that the car needed only routine repairs and there was no indication of any unusual repairs. Mr. DREBOCK advised that STEWART had traded at the garage regularly and he considered him a "screwball". Review of the 9 SECURITY INFORMATION--CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION--CONFIDENTIAL records at the garage reflected that the car had been serviced on 23 April, 9 December, 15 December 1951; and 31 January, 20 March, and 8 May 1952. The records reflected that the car had been brought in for routine check-ups and repairs. There was no indication in the records that the car had been repainted. Mr. DREBOCK stated that the car was still the same green color; however, he could not state as to whether it had been recently repainted. He did state he knew the car had not been repainted at his garage. 24. On 12 May 1952 records checks at the Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore County Police, and Maryland State Police reflected no records of STEWART. ENCLOSURES FOR HEADQUARTERS OBI 1. Photostatic reproduction of information obtained from STEWART by CORBIN (with sketch). 2. Photostatic reproduction of information obtained from TYLER by CORBIN. C L O S E D 10 SECURITY INFORMATION--CONFIDENTIAL
[ILLEGIBLE] --- [ILLEGIBLE] --- PROJECT STEVER NAME: Mr. Donald P. Stewart ADDRESS: 384 Harren Avenue, Balto. 20, MD. TELEPHONE NUMBER: Saratoga 1435 AGE: 35 EMPLOYMENT: B. and O. Railroad ---- Electrical Work DATE OF OBSERVATION: March 29, 1952 PLACE: Ritchie Highway-- Harness Track TIME OF OBSERVATION: 10:45 P.M. WEATHER: Clear --- MOON AND STARS OUT APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Two minutes ESTIMATED ALTITUDE: 500 FEET DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: At approximately 10:45 P.M. on Saturday, March 29, 1952, near the Harness Track on Ritchie Highway, The above in company with a Mr. George Tyler of East Montgomery Street in Baltimore, witnessed the following: A sound similar to a Vacuum cleaner attracted attention. Upon investigation, while traveling north toward Baltimore, a strange object was proceeding in the sky in an approximate north-south direction. It appeared to be moving very slowly (considerably slower than a commercial airliner). STEWART SKETCH ATTACHED ------ This object was estimated to be at least as large as a two-motored transport plane. It moved directly over the highway and over the automobile. After approximately two minutes, it suddenly turned perpendicular with a whirring sound and seemed to drill into the sky with fantastic speed like a rocket.
INTERVIEW # 1 --- #4 When the object was over the highway the car engine died suddenly and remained dead until it departed. A yellow Pontiac convertible traveling south along the highway experienced the same situation. Occupants in all cars were very frightened. The automobile, A British Ford was taken to Griebel Motors on Light St. They over-hauled the entire car. A friend, Mr. Lenny Johnson, an electrician, in a repair shop said something about wiring being magnetized. Mr. Johnson had previously been an aviation Jet mechanic during the war. Mr. Stewart is not sufficiently familiar with the technical situation to recall his exact explanation. A check with the Glenn Burnie Police on this date April 24th, indicated that several times during the past year the Headquarters at Glenn Burnie Police were notified concerning a curious object in the sky. The Police have always considered the source of such objects as being Aberdeen Proving Grounds. In all events the Police have not conducted a detailed investigation as a result of any such call to their headquarters. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ General summary of an appraisal made by "R.M." Several checks of the automobile apparently indicated a negative reaction.....safe to conclude that something was observed in the sky. A thorough examination of the witness suggests that it's unlikely he could have made up a story. His reported observations are aero-dynamically possible and fall into a logical sequence. Impossible at the moment to identify object or its origin.....SPECULATION: Possibly "ours".
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INTERVIEW # 2. ------- DUPRAY ---- APRIL 27, 1952 ---- "PROJECT EYEFUL" NAME: Mr. George S. Tyler III ADDRESS: 185 East Montgomery St. Balto. [ILLEGIBLE] TELEPHONE NUMBER: ELasz 6119 AGE: 17 EMPLOYMENT: Southern Highschool ---- Third Year. DATE OF OBSERVATION March 29, 1952 PLACE: Ritchie Highway --- Harness Track TIME OF OBSERVATION: 10:45 P.M. WEATHER: Clear APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: A Minute or so ESTIMATED ALTITUDE: Maybe a hundred feet or so DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: (THIS WAS A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ---- THE YOUNG MAN WAS REQUIRED TO REMAIN AT HOME TO WATCH HIS SISTER. HE WAS UNABLE TO COME TO STUDIO AS PLANNED EARLIER.) Attention was first attracted while driving north along Ritchie Highway toward Baltimore. In company with Mr. Donald Stewart, a friend, a slowly-moving object was observed just ahead of the automobile. It was approximately 10:45 P.M. The engine in the car seemed to die and car drifted to a stop, the driver pulling slightly off the road. The object was approximately over the car and had no forward motion. It seemed to be tilted slightly and was giving off a yellowish-greenish light which faded and then grew intense and then faded again. The outer edges of this object which seemed to be round with a thickness toward the center, seemed to have what Mr. Tyler described as St. Elmo's fire. He said that he could not say for sure whether he had observed anything that looked like a port hole. He stated he wasn't sure either whether there was another car in the exact location, but there might
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INTERVIEW # 2 ---- #2 [ILLEGIBLE] for the simple reason of where he was. He indicated that he was quite "astounded" at what he saw. He indicated that he was slightly scared for fear people would think he and his friend had made up the story just to get some publicity, but felt better when the newspapers had told them that others had reported a strange object in the sky. As a note of interest, the young man confided that since he got home rather late that Saturday evening his parents had confined him to the premises. He wasn't allowed to go out with the boys for awhile. PERSONAL OBSERVATION ---- Mr. Tyler seemed a good deal more conservative than his friend, Mr. Stewart. He is on the LaCrosse Team at Southern Highschool. He seemed (at least over the phone) to be fairly intelligent. He stated that Mr. Stewart was in his opinion a great deal more excited about it than he was. There were several after-thoughts occurring to him during the conversation. Some of these are as follows: The object when it departed increased in altitude and then sped off with a dazzling speed....faster than anything he had ever seen before. He also said that its highest altitude was still considerably lower than most commercial planes he has seen over his home. As it was increasing in height just prior to leaving he thought he could detect a highly polished surface which resembled a chrome plate. As it sped away it seemed also to have a short yellowish-greenish exhaust. All the time it was hovering, he stated the object was wavering slightly. He admitted toward the end of his story......I know this doesn't make sense, but it'd seem the engine on the car started up on its own. To him the car seemed to run all right the rest of the way into Baltimore. He admits the car engine starting up has him baffled. But he said definitely that it wasn't started by his friend. He added....it doesn't make sense. In closing the conversation he added well......I'll stick to my story....we saw something and you can be sure we didn't make this up to get publicity.
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: A. H. Belmont DATE: June 10, 1952 FROM: W. A. Branigan SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS PURPOSE To recommend that Bureau Liaison contact OSI to determine whether photographs allegedly taken by the captioned individual of flying discs were furnished by OSI to the office of Drew Pearson. BACKGROUND Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947, a Mr. George Fugate, Jr., called at the Phoenix Office exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California. He asked an Agent to accompany him to interview a Mr. William Rhodes who previously reported the photographing of a flying disc in Phoenix on the afternoon of July 7, 1947. The Phoenix Office contacted SAC Harry Kimball of the San Francisco Office and Mr. Kimball verified the fact that Fugate came to Phoenix as a representative of Colonel Donald Springer of Hamilton Field, and it was suggested the Phoenix Office assist Fugate not in investigating the matter, but in simply talking with Dr. Rhodes. By letter dated September 4, 1947, the Phoenix Office set forth in four pages the results of the Rhodes interview and stated Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who did not have them in his immediate possession. Rhodes stated, however, he would deliver them to the FBI the following morning for transmittal to Fugate at Hamilton Field, California. On the morning of August 30, 1947, Rhodes delivered the negatives to the Phoenix Office at which time they were accepted with the understanding they were being given to Mr. Fugate, a representative of the Army Force Intelligence, United States Army, and that there was little, if any, chance of his getting the negatives back. Mr. Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI with the understanding they were being given to the Air Force and he would not get them back. (62-83894-80, page 4) 61 JUN27 1952 RR:rle RECORDED - 78 INDEXED - 78 62-[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] JUN [ILLEGIBLE] 1952
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On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Office that True Magazine would like to secure the photographs which he had made available to Air Force Intelligence. At that time Rhodes was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, California, since they had been made available to this agency by the Phoenix Office on August 30, 1947. By letter dated June 8, 1949, the Phoenix Office advised the Bureau that on the previous day Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI representative, Phoenix, Arizona, called the Phoenix Office stating that Rhodes had been in contact with the newspapers in San Francisco to obtain detailed information concerning the negatives since Rhodes had requested their return. Aldrich pointed out to Fugate the Phoenix telephone number (3-0041) and OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval a memorandum setting out essentially the information related above concern- ing this matter (62-83894, Serials 80, 104, and 225) RECENT DEVELOPMENTS On June 4, 1952, Mr. Fred Blumenthal, in the office of Drew Pearson, called and talked with Special Agent Wick. Blumenthal stated Pearson had been in contact with the captioned individual concerning photographs which Rhodes had taken of flying discs in the Phoenix area in July of 1947. Blumenthal stated the subject told Pearson on the 4th his negatives were available and when he asked for their return the FBI told him they were not available. Blumenthal inquired whether there was any truth to Rhodes' statement and whether the Bureau knew concerning him. It appeared that Pearson was interested in using the photographs on his television program and was desirous of borrowing them from the Bureau or having them returned to the subject. Mr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not have in its possession the negatives referred to by Mr. Rhodes and that Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to Air Force Intelligence, Hamilton Field, Fourth Air Force, on August 30, 1947, with the understanding he might never have them returned. Blumenthal was advised the FBI did not investigate this matter, did not investigate Rhodes, and had no interest whatsoever in the matter to contact Special Investigations from Hamilton Field while interviewing Rhodes. Blumenthal was told that for these reasons, of course, we had no information concerning the reliability of Rhodes. - 2 -
Blumenthal was most appreciative for receiving this information and said he would contact the office of Special Investigations of the Air Force to see what information they might have to him. He said also he would straighten out Rhodes, informing him the FBI only as a courtesy to the Air Force representatives received the negatives from him and transmitted them. It has been reported that Drew Pearson, on his television program of June 8, 1952, demonstrated photographs of flying discs. It is not known whether the photographs displayed by Pearson on his television program are those referred to in the captioned case. RECOMMENDATION In order to bring our file in this matter to an up-to-date status and to resolve the question raised by the subject, it is recommended Bureau Liaison contact OSI and determine whether the photographs displayed by Pearson on his television program of June 8, 1952, are the photographs obtained from the subject in this case. Inasmuch as Blumenthal indicated he would contact the OSI concerning this matter it is believed highly probable that is where the photographs of flying discs were obtained by Pearson's office. - 3 -
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: MR. A. H. BELMONT DATE: June 17, 1952 FROM: V. P. KEAY SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS Reference is made to the memorandum captioned as above dated June 10, 1952, from Mr. Branigan to Mr. Belmont, which recommended that OSI be contacted to determine if they turned over negatives of photographs of flying discs taken by the above-captioned individual to Mr. Fred Blumenthal who works for Drew Pearson. Lieutenant Colonel Leroy Barnard and Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Bartelle of OSI were both contacted and each advised that no inquiries had been received by OSI from Blumenthal. The Bureau's Air Force Liaison Representative then contacted Colonel C. M. Young of Air Force Intelligence (A-2) who likewise advised that no inquiries had been received by the Office of the Director of Intelligence from Blumenthal or anyone in Pearson's office. It is noted that matters involving flying discs are handled by A-2. Colonel Young advised that it was possible that any inquiries made by Drew Pearson's office would be made in the Office of the Public Information Officer of the Air Force. However, Colonel Young contacted the Public Information Office, and he was advised that no inquiries had been received from Drew Pearson's office regarding flying discs and no negatives or photographs of flying discs had ever been furnished to Drew Pearson's office. Colonel Young advised that ordinarily when information regarding flying discs is received by Air Force representatives in the field, such information is forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, for research and correlation. ACTION: None. The foregoing is for your information. NWP:hke [ILLEGIBLE] 61 JUN 27 1952 RECORDED - 78 INDEXED - 78 62-83894 - [ILLEGIBLE] JUN 18 1952 EX - 15
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SUNDAY GRAPHIC No. 1302 July 6, 1952 A Sunday Newspaper 3d. HOLLAND TOFFEE Best on Earth GREAT NEW CHURCHILL SERIES PAGE 8 Plaza [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] in the [ILLEGIBLE] The most amazing Flying Saucer story of them all BY THE MAN WHO SAW IT TAKE OFF [Illustration: a saucer-shaped craft hovering above a forest clearing with figures in foreground; inset photo of two men] Eye-witness Herr Oskar Linke himself showed the artist in pictures this vivid impression of the flying saucer as he saw it in the clearing; beside it stand the two members of the crew, who took off in it shortly after. Signature: [ILLEGIBLE] Oskar Linke [Stamp/seal text ILLEGIBLE] [Caption under inset photo:] They saw the Flying Saucer: Oskar Linke and his [ILLEGIBLE] and two members of the crew. Are 'Flying Saucers' a Russian invention? Western intelligence officers are now trying to answer this question following sensational reports by 48-year-old ex-Mayor Oskar Linke, who escaped from the Soviet zone. Linke has sworn an oath before a judge that he and his daughter saw two metal- clad figures and a '50ft saucer with a 10ft conning tower' take off from a forest clearing four miles inside the Russian zone. FULL STORY PAGE 2
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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: Mr. Tolson DATE: June 4, 1952 FROM: L. B. Nichols SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES INFORMATION CONCERNING FLYING DISCS BUREAU FILE 62-83894, Serials 80, 124, and 285 During my absence at 11:50 A.M. today, Fred Blumen- thal, in the office of Drew Pearson, called and talked with Wick. Blumenthal stated Pearson has been in contact with Dr. W.A. Rhodes, Phoenix telephone number [ILLEGIBLE] concerning photographs which the above captioned took of flying discs in the Phoenix area in July of 1947. Blumenthal states that Dr. Rhodes told Pearson today that the FBI borrowed his negatives of the flying discs and when asked for their return the FBI told Rhodes the negatives were not available. Blumenthal asked whether there is any truth to this statement of Rhodes and what the FBI knows about him. BACKGROUND: Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947, a Mr. George Fugate, Jr., called at the Phoenix Office exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, California. He asked an Agent to accompany him to interview William Rhodes who previously reported the photographing of a flying disc in Phoenix on the afternoon of July 9, 1947. The Phoenix Office contacted SAC Harry Kimball of the San Francisco Office and Mr. Kimball verified the fact that Fugate came to Phoenix as a representative of Colonel Donald Springer of Hamilton Field, and it was suggested the Phoenix Office assist Fugate not in investigating the matter, but in simply talking with Dr. Rhodes. By letter dated September 4, 1947, the Phoenix Office set forth in four pages the results of the Rhodes interview and stated Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who did not have them in his immediate possession. Rhodes stated, however, he would deliver them to the FBI the following morning for trans- mittal to Fugate at Hamilton Field, California. RECORDED [ILLEGIBLE] 83894 [ILLEGIBLE] INDEXED [ILLEGIBLE] J JUN 15 1952 009 [ILLEGIBLE] 1952 cc — Mr. Belmont RR:pnd
[Back side of document - routing stamps visible, text shows through in reverse from front] out cons - 7-1 RECEIVED Jul 2 9 51 AM '52 Jul 3 12 16 PM '52 RECEIVED F B I U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE JUN 6 8 57 AM '52 INTERNAL SECURITY SN F B I RECEIVED-TOLSON JUN 6 F B I JUN 6 10 09 AM '52 CORPORATION-LIAISON F. T. U.S. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE JUN 6 10 09 AM '52 S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE 4/10 9 34 AM '52 CORPORATION-LIAISON F. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE 4/10 11 49 AM '52 REC'D BELMONT F.B.I. DEPT. OF JUSTICE JUN 9 4 37 PM '52 TORDRED: JUN 9 2 5 03 PM '52 CORPORATION-LIAISON S. DEPT. JUSTICE F.B.I. 2 9 17 AM '52 CORPORATION-LIAISON F. S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE [Body text visible as mirror-reversed show-through from front of page - ILLEGIBLE]
Memorandum to Mr. Tolson June 4, 1952
On the morning of August 20, 1947, Rhodes delivered the
negatives to the Phoenix Office at which time they were accepted
with the understanding they were being given to Mr. Fugate, a
representative of the Army Air Force Intelligence, United States
Army, and that there was little, if any, chance of his getting the
negatives back. Mr. Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI
with the full understanding they were being given to the Air Force
and he would not get them back. (62-83894-80, page 4)
On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Office
that True Magazine would like to secure the photographs which he
had made available to Air Force Intelligence. At that time Rhodes
was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, since they had been made available to this agency by the
Phoenix Office on August 20, 1947.
By letter dated June 8, 1948, the Phoenix Office advised
the Bureau that on the previous day Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI
representative, Phoenix, Arizona, called the Phoenix Office stating
he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain
detailed information concerning the negatives, since Rhodes had requested
their return. Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's recollection on the
matter was "hazy." OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval
a memorandum setting out essentially the information related above
concerning this matter.
ACTION TAKEN:
Mr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not
have in its possession the negatives referred to by Mr. Rhodes and
in fact Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to Air Force
Intelligence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field,
California, on August 20, 1947, with the understanding he might
never have them returned.
Blumenthal advised the FBI did not investigate this
matter, did not investigate Rhodes, and had no interest whatsoever
in the matter other than to accompany the representative from
Hamilton Field while interviewing Rhodes. Blumenthal was told
that for these reasons, of course, we had no information concerning
the reliability of Rhodes.
Blumenthal was most appreciative for receiving this infor-
mation and said he would contact the office of Special Investi-
gations of the Air Force for what assistance they might be to him.
He said also he would straighten out Rhodes, informing him the FBI
only as a courtesy to the Air Force representatives received the
negatives from him and transmitted them.
- 2 -[Back side of document - routing stamps visible, text shows through in reverse from front] RECEIVED Jul 2 9 51 AM '52 INTERNAL SECURITY SN F B I [U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE] CORPORATION-LIAISON S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE F. 2 5 04 PM '52 [Body text visible as mirror-reversed show-through from front of page - ILLEGIBLE] Memorandum to Mr. Tolson June 4, 1952 [visible at bottom as show-through, reversed]
Mr. Tolson June 4, 1952
L. B. Nichols
WILLIAM ALBERT RHODES
INFORMATION CONCERNING
FLYING DISCS
BUREAU FILE 62-83894, Serials 89, 184, and 225
During my absence at 11:50 A.M. today, Fred Blumen-
thal, in the office of Drew Pearson, called and talked with
Wick. Blumenthal stated Pearson has been in contact with
Dr. W. A. Rhodes (Phoenix telephone number 5-0048) concerning
photographs which the above captioned took of flying discs in
the Phoenix area in July of 1947.
Blumenthal states that Dr. Rhodes told Pearson today
that the FBI borrowed his negatives of the flying discs and when
asked for their return the FBI told Rhodes the negatives were not
available.
BACKGROUND:
Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947, a Mr.
George Fugate, Jr., called at the Phoenix Office exhibiting
credentials reflecting he represented A-2, Fourth Air Force,
Hamilton Field, California. He came in company with
Dr. [ILLEGIBLE], and was interested in the negatives of
the above captioned V-2. Nichols' office contacted
Phoenix, Jr., called at the Phoenix Office of [ILLEGIBLE]
Bureau files letters sent on August 28 to Mr. [ILLEGIBLE]
[ILLEGIBLE] from the Bureau of recent years was returned.
Fundamentals on his television program and to interested he
details from the [ILLEGIBLE] concerning the negatives from Air Intelligence had requested.
we had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain
detailing information concerning the negatives, since Rhodes had requested
Laboratories incident; already, Office the Phoenix office requested
the Bureau files that had the [ILLEGIBLE] control. From L. Whitish' OSI
came at 19?52, dates should be. The Phoenix office gained
Phoenix office on August 20, 1947.
By letter dated September 4, 1947, the Phoenix Office
set forth in four pages the results of this interview and stated
Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who did not have
them in his possession. Rhodes stated, however, he
could deliver them to the FBI the following morning for trans-
fer to Fugate at Hamilton Field, California.
BUREAU FILE CO-33694, DETROIT CO. 191-223
[ILLEGIBLE]
INFORMATION CONCERNING [ILLEGIBLE]
WILLIAM [ILLEGIBLE] JONES
T. H. Pickets
Re: Nelson June 4, 1952
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONMemorandum to Mr. Tolson June 4, 1952
On the morning of August 20, 1947, Rhodes delivered the
negatives to the Phoenix Office at which time they were accepted
with the understanding they were being given to Mr. Fugate, a
representative of the Army Air Force Intelligence, United States
Army, and that there was little, if any, chance of his getting the
negatives back. Mr. Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI
with the full understanding they were being given to the Air Force
and he would not get them back. (62-83894-80, page 4)
On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Office
that True Magazine would like to secure the photographs which he
had made available to Air Force Intelligence. At that time Rhodes
was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, since they had been made available to this agency by the
Phoenix Office on August 20, 1947.
By letter dated June 8, 1948, the Phoenix Office advised
the Bureau that on the previous day Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI
representative, Phoenix, Arizona, called the Phoenix Office stating
he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain
detailed information concerning the negatives, since Rhodes had requested
their return. Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's recollection on the
matter was "hazy." OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval
a memorandum setting out essentially the information related above
concerning this matter.
ACTION TAKEN:
Mr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not
have in its possession the negatives referred to by Mr. Rhodes and
in fact Rhodes knew full well the FBI turned them over to Air Force
Intelligence representatives, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field,
California, on August 20, 1947, with the understanding he might
never have them returned.
Blumenthal advised the FBI did not investigate this
matter, did not investigate Rhodes, and had no interest whatsoever
in the matter other than to accompany the representative from
Hamilton Field while interviewing Rhodes. Blumenthal was told
that for these reasons, of course, we had no information concerning
the reliability of Rhodes.
Blumenthal was most appreciative for receiving this infor-
mation and said he would contact the office of Special Investi-
gations of the Air Force for what assistance they might be to him.
He said also he would straighten out Rhodes, informing him the FBI
only as a courtesy to the Air Force representatives received the
negatives from him and transmitted them.
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Mr. Thad W. Culmer II
Post Office Box 99
Robinson, Illinois
Dear Mr. Culmer:
Your letter of July 8, 1952, has been
received.
While I would like to be of service, the
subject matter of your communication does not relate
to an activity within the investigative jurisdiction
of the FBI. I have, however, taken the liberty of
referring a copy of your letter to The Honorable,
The Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense
Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C., who may
be able to be of assistance.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
Copy of incoming to Secretary of the Air Force as form letter.
TEBrpa
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COMM - FBI
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July 8, 1952
Thad W. Culmer II
Post Office Box 99
Robinson, Illinois
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, District of Columbia
Dear Mr. Hoover:
Perhaps this is a little out of your line of endeavor, however, I feel that per-
haps you or your organization might be able to give me some information concerning
the following matter.
From the first time it was written up in the press I have been keenly interested
in strange celestial phenomena such as the flying disks popularly called "flying
saucers."
Now out of all the thousands of people who have reported sightings not all of
them had too much to drink, nor could they have been victims of optical
illusions, retinal retention, or hallucinations. Some of the objects sighted
could not have been jet craft, guided missiles, or rockets, neither could they
all have been weather instruments. Unretouched and undoctored photographs have
given evidence that someone must have seen something.
It seems that both civil and military authorities are most willing to proclaim
what the objects are not. I feel there is more to the matter than meets the eye.
My decision to write you is based on the thought I would get straight answers.
Do you have any ideas or data on this subject? What are your opinions? If not,
where might I write for such information? Any kindness, consideration, or in-
formation which you can extend toward me concerning this matter will certainly
be most sincerely appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Thad W. Culmer II
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 29, 1952
FROM : SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD 62-0
SUBJECT: AERIAL OBJECTS
"Flying Saucers"
INFORMATION CONCERNING
On July 28, 1952, at the Weekly Intelligence Conference,
Captain WILLIAM DEENAN, Office of Special Investigations, 4th Air
Force Base, Bolling Field, advised the representative of the FBI,
Washington Field Office, over the prior weekend, his office had
received reports concerning the observation of aerial objects.
Captain DEENAN referred to a phone call made to him by
Special Agent LEONARD E. WEBSTER of the Washington Field Office,
furnishing to OSI the identity of a woman who reportedly had observed
an aerial object. DEENAN praised the WFO for the expeditious noti-
fication in this instance.
Captain DEENAN, Colonel COLLINS, DEENAN's superior officer,
and Special Agent JOHN M. deMETTENCOURT, in a conference on July 28,
1952, discussed the matter of immediate notification. This
conference resulted in the request by Colonel COLLINS and Captain
DEENAN that in the event, whenever information is received by the FBI,
in which it is alleged that someone has observed a "Flying Saucer,"
this information be immediately relayed to Captain DEENAN's office.
It is to be noted that this office may be reached by dialing Code 1561
and asking for Extension 509. Captain DEENAN said this number should be
called under these circumstances at any time, day or night.
Captain DEENAN stated that the Air Force is greatly concerned
about this matter of aerial objects and that the Air Force intelligence
intelligence would appreciate the execution of the requested procedure,
mentioned above. It is suggested that the Bureau bring this letter
to the attention of its night supervisors, since these night supervisors
may also receive complaints from persons outside of the Bureau and may
receive information concerning the observation of aerial objects.
JMD:NPB
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Director, FBI DATE: July 31, 1952
FROM : SAC, Indianapolis (42-0)
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS SEEN NEAR THESSALON LAKE,
ONTARIO, CANADA, JULY 27, 1952
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
Dr. R. E. McIndoo, 520 West Walnut Street, Kokomo,
Indiana, on July 30, 1952 advised Special Agent [ILLEGIBLE]
[ILLEGIBLE] that on July 27, 1952 at approximately 10:00 A.M.
while fishing in the back waters of Thessalon Lake,
Ontario, Canada, he noticed a formation of bombing planes,
sixteen to twenty in number, in two groups flying south
at a height estimated by him to be four or five miles.
Dr. McIndoo stated that the planes went over the
lake, suddenly dropped objects at first thought by him
to be parachutes. He continued that these objects fell
straight down for a short time, then suddenly spurted vapor
and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly
direction.
Dr. McIndoo was unable to identify the nationality
of the planes, but stated that they had twin trails of
bluish smoke. He further stated that the objects which had
been dropped from the planes had a single trail of
bluish smoke.
He stated that he had been accompanied on his fishing
trip by PAUL GADDIS, Kokomo, Indiana. Dr. McIndoo had no
further information concerning instant planes or the objects
dropped by them.
Dr. McINDOO was referred to the FBI by DONALD D. SMITH,
President of the First National Bank of Kokomo, Indiana,
who advised that Dr. McINDOO enjoyed a good reputation in
Kokomo.
UACB, no further action will be taken in this matter.
The above is being forwarded for the information of the
Bureau in the event they desire to communicate this infor-
mation to the Air Force.
HSK:blk
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REGISTERED AIR MAIL
Date: August 11, 1952
To: Mr. Glenn H. Bethel
c/o The Commissioner
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
From: John Edgar Hoover - Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS SEEN NEAR THESSALON LAKE,
ONTARIO, CANADA, JULY 27, 1952
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
Dr. R. E. McIndoo, 520 West Walnut Street, Kokomo,
Indiana, on July 30, 1952, while fishing in the back
waters of Thessalon Lake, Ontario, Canada, he noticed a
formation of bombing planes, sixteen to twenty in number,
in two groups flying south at a height estimated by him to
be four or five miles.
Dr. McIndoo stated that the planes went over the
lake and suddenly dropped objects, at first thought by him
to be parachutes. He continued that these objects fell
straight down for a short time, then suddenly spurted vapor
and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly
direction.
Dr. McIndoo was unable to identify the nationality
of the planes, but stated that they had twin trails of
bluish smoke. He further stated that the objects which had
been dropped from the planes had a single trail of
bluish smoke.
EAbmes mi
cc - Foreign Service De[ILLEGIBLE]
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COMM - FBI
AUG 1 1 1952
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He stated that he had been accompanied on
his fishing trip by Paul Gaddie, Kokomo, Indiana.
Dr. McIndoo had no further information concerning
instant planes or the objects dropped by them.
The above is furnished for your information.
No further inquiries are contemplated.
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- 2 -STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Mr. A. H. BELMONT DATE: July 29, 1952
FROM : V. P. KEAY
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
PURPOSE:
To advise at the present time the Air Force has
failed to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion in
its research regarding numerous reports of flying saucers and
flying discs sighted throughout the United States.
DETAILS:
Mr. H. W. Philcox, the Bureau's Air Force Liaison
Representative, made arrangements through the office of
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Air Intelligence,
U.S. Air Force, to receive a briefing from Commander Randall
Boyd of the Current Intelligence Branch, Estimates Division,
Air Intelligence, regarding the present status of Air Intelligence
research into the numerous reports regarding flying saucers and
flying discs.
Commander Boyd advised that Air Intelligence has
set up at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, the Air
Technical Intelligence Center which has been established for
the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and reporting research
into all reports regarding flying saucers and flying discs.
He advised that Air Force research has reflected that the
sightings of flying saucers date back several centuries and
that the number of sightings reported varies with the amount
of publicity given. He advised that immediately if publicity appears
in newspapers, the number of sightings reported increases
considerably and that citizens immediately call reporting
sightings which occurred several months previously. Commander
Boyd stated that these reported sightings of flying saucers
are placed in three classifications by Air Intelligence:
(1) Those sightings which are reported by citizens who
claim they have seen flying saucers from the ground.
These sightings vary in description, color and speed.
Very little credence is placed in this category
inasmuch as in most instances they are believed to be
imagination or some explainable object which actually
crossed through the sky.
(2) Sightings reported by commercial or military
pilots. These sightings are considered more credible
NWF:tha
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by the Air Force inasmuch as commercial or military
pilots are experienced in the air and are not
expected to see objects which are entirely imaginative.
In each of these instances, however, the individual who reports
the sighting is thoroughly interviewed by a representative
of Air Intelligence so that a complete description of
the object sighted can be obtained.
(3) Those sightings which are reported by pilots and
for which there is additional corroboration, such as
recording by radar or sighting from the ground.
Commander Boyd advised that this latter classification
constitutes two or three per cent of the total number
of sightings, but that they are difficult to explain. Some
of these sightings are originally reported from the
ground, then picked up by radar instruments. He stated that in
these instances there is no doubt that the individuals
reporting the sightings actually did see something in
the sky. However, he explained that these objects could
still be natural phenomena or some type of object recorded
on radar if there was some electrical disturbance in the
sky.
He stated that the flying saucers are most frequently
observed in areas where there is heavy air traffic, such as
Washington, D. C., and New York City. He advised, however, that
some reports are received from persons in parts of the country
covering the entire United States and that sightings have also
recently been reported as far distant as Acapulco, Mexico,
and as far as Puerto Rico. He advised that sightings
reported in the last classification have never been satisfactorily
explained but as he pointed out, however, it is still possible
that these objects may be a natural phenomenon or some type
of atmospheric disturbance. He advised that it is not
entirely impossible that the objects sighted may possibly be
ships from another planet such as Mars. He advised that at
the present time there is nothing to substantiate this theory
but the possibility is not being overlooked. He advised that
Air Intelligence is fairly certain that these objects are not
ships or missiles under another nation's control. Commander
Boyd advised that intense research is being carried on presently
by Air Intelligence and that whenever individual or mass
reportings of sightings are received, the Air Force is attempting
in each instance to send up jet interceptor planes in order to
- 2 -obtain a better view of these objects. However, recent attempts
in this regard have indicated that when the pilot in the jet
approaches the object it invariably fades from view.
RECOMMENDATION:
None. The foregoing is for your information.
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Date: August 8, 1952
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover - Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: AERIAL OBJECTS;
"FLYING SAUCERS"
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
There are attached two copies of a letter dated
August 1, 1952, from Florence Whitish, Post Office Box 385,
Charleston, South Carolina, regarding "Flying Saucers."
Miss Whitish's communication has been acknowledged
and she has been informed of this referral.
No investigation is contemplated with regard to
this matter.
Attachment
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APPROPRIATE AGENCIES
AND FIELD OFFICES
ADVISED BY MEMO OF 3047
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06 AUG 14 1952
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P.O. Box 5-29.
Charleston,
S.C.
J. Edgar Hoover:
Would like to express
my opinion on the flying
saucers, and guess it will
be as good as some I've
read.
FLYING SAUCERS
I can't remember of hearing
any thing about them
until television came
into existence
I wondered if the rays
could be strong enough
to give off a bright
object looking apparition
No special reason for
writing you just couldn't
think of any
one else to send it to.
Sincerely
Florence Whitish
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Date: August 12, 1952
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS
Attached are two copies of a letter from
Mrs. Ora A. Tygrett dated July 31, 1952, addressed to
the War Department, c/o Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the contents of which are self-explanatory.
Mrs. Tygrett's letter has been acknowledged
and she has been advised of this referral.
Enclosure
Note On Yellow Only:
Previous material concerning flying saucers
furnished OSI. (62-83894)
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R#11,
New Palestine Indiana
July 31/52
To Federal Bureau of Investigations
The War Dept
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen: Flying Saucers
Since reading & hearing over Radio about the
"flying saucers," I am compelled to Write to you -
I am a strong believer in our almighty God & Christ
our Lord. I have the faith Daniel had.
I feel that these Saucers are films from a secret
Camera operated by something like T.V. I do believe. They
are operating through the Communist Party right here in the,
or our United States, by radar Every Group of Saucers has
a picture, the best picture are kept for bombing purposes.
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They are operating through the Communist Party in our Very United States, by radar Every Group of Saucers has a picture, the best pictures Are kept for bombing purposes. Why we see them just once + a while; They don't want the US to Catch on. In my opinion they have a way of Causing them to be invisible.
3 They can Lower them or send them high; When high they are invisible: It could be from an enemy plane, or from a tall building in the United States. It could be the Camera is carried, in so cities and operated from Tall build- ings the Ones that some one seen With a tail of fire in the picture that is Kept. So lets be on the Look out for the Next one and follow their path. Please keep my Name Confidentially. Mrs. Ora A. Tygrett (over)
PS.
When they were over Washington
D.C. it could a been from the
Tallest building there.
You might Start from
the first place they were
all seen- trace back
you might find the
secret place.
And pray with out ceasing
"And have faith" Our
good Good - says do
n't let our secrets be known,
when praying & trusting
in God pray secretly
into him.
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0269330TRUE COPY
R.#11,
New Palestine Indiana
July 31, 52
c/o Federal Bureau of Investigation
The War Dept
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Since reading & hearing over Radio about the "flying
saucers," I am compelled to Write to you -
I am a strong believer in our almighty God & Christ our Lord.
I have the faith Daniel had.
I feel that these Saucers are films from a secret Camera
operated by something like T.V. I do believe. They are operating
through the Communist Party right here in the, or our United
States, by radar Every Group of Saucers has a picture, the best
picture are kept for bombing purposes.
Why we see them just once & a while; They don't want the
U.S. to catch on. In my opinion they have a way of causing them
to be invisible.
They can lower them or send them high; When high they are
invisible; It could be from an enemy plane, or from a tall
building in the United States. It could be the Camera is
carried, in so cities and operated from tall buildings the
ones that some one sees with a tail of fire is the picture that
is kept.
So lets be on the look out for the next one and follow
their path. Please keep my Name Confidentially.
/s/ Mrs. Ora A. Tygrett
P.S.
When they were over Washington D.C. it could a been from the
Tallest building there. You might Start from the first place they
were ever seen - trace back you might find the secret place.
And pray with out ceasing "And have faith" Our good Good - says
do n't let our secrets be known, when praying & trusting in God
pray secretly into him.STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : A. H. Belmont DATE: July 31, 1952
FROM : J. R. Higgins
SUBJECT: UNUSUAL FLASHES DURING
ELECTRICAL STORM, JERSEY SHORE, PA.,
JULY 26, 1952
HARRY H. WINCHESTER, COMPLAINANT
FLYING SAUCERS [handwritten addition]
At 2:15 AM on July 31, 1952, Harry H.
Winchester, 315 Cemetery Street, Jersey Shore, Pa.,
telephonically advised that in the early morning of
7-26-52, during a severe electrical storm in the area
of his residence, he had observed seven unusual flashes in the
sky, each flash being accompanied by a loud report.
Complainant, who appeared to be under the influence
of intoxicants, called as a result of recent newspaper stories
regarding phenomena allegedly observed during past week in
this country.
Bureau indices contain no information identifiable
with the complainant.
Action:
File.
JRH:dmd
[Initials]
RECORDED - 34
EX - 6
INDEXED - 34
62-83894-289
JUL 31 1952
65 AUG 7 1952August 19, 1952
62-83894-290 [in red]
RECORDED: 36
Mr. Benedicto Romero
1647 Park Avenue
New York City
EX-25
Dear Mr. Romero:
I have received your letter of
July 31, 1952. The matter referred to in your
letter is not within the jurisdiction of this
Bureau and I have taken the liberty of forwarding
a copy of your letter to the Department of the
Air Force for appropriate action.
Very truly yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
EHMko
[ILLEGIBLE]
cc - 1 - New York (Attachment)
NOTE:
Bureau files fail to reflect any information
that can be identified with Mr. Romero.
F 46
[Stamp]: 10 AUG 28 1952
AUG 1 1952 [stamp]
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[Left leaf of folded letter — page 4]
4.
about some other things
I talk in the same letter.
Ja !!! Ja !!! Ja !!!
I have to laugh because
I know that the peace came
very soon after I explain
this mystery to my lovely
government of the United
States of America.
Nobody can explain the
mystery of the "Flying Plates"
in a sincerity truth before
me. Just make a try with
the scientific people; and
later call you me.
Sincerely with all my
[soul]
Benedicto Romero
11 of 6 47 Park Ave N.Y.
City
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[Right leaf of folded letter — page 1]
FA-
4 Flying Saucers
New York City
July 31/52
Department of Justi-
tions
Washington D.C.
Benedicto [Romero]
Dear sirs:-
B
Am sorry hearing
and reading so much
noise about the mistery
of the "Flying Plates"
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[Date stamp]
said & about of us-[Left leaf of folded letter — page 3]
3.
and may excuse me again
because I laugh of this
Mistery that put in
'troubles my government.
Just I was waiting for
this to write to you again.
Now you are in the time
because you don't know
what happen.
The letter that you
"refused" from Washington
to me; was sended again
to the Organization of
the United Nations, one
at the New York State.
So if you like to know
about the "Flying Plates"
look for that letter that
should be there. And also
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[Right leaf of folded letter — page 2]
2.
government of U.S. is going
to catch a picture of the
Misteriously
"Flying Plates"
by the radar detector
I say imposible !!!! ???
Ja !!! Ja !! You please
and excuse me for my
laughing.
If you would parson
when I wrote to you about
sixth months before. Now
you would not be in
troubles with what
happens in the atmosphere
Ja !!! Ja !!! Ja !!!
I say if you pleaseAugust 14, 1952
RECORDED-49
62-83894-291
Mrs. Fred Haufe
606 Walnut Avenue
EX-25 Fairmont, West Virginia
Dear Mrs. Haufe:
I have received your letter of August 1,
1952, and want to thank you for making the informa-
tion contained therein available to this Bureau.
The matter referred to in your letter is
not within the jurisdiction of this Bureau and I
have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your
letter to the Department of the Air Force for
appropriate action.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
EHM/xc
[ILLEGIBLE]
cc - 1 - Pittsburgh (Attachment)
NOTE:
Bureau files fail to reflect any information
that can be identified with Mrs. Haufe.
[Stamp]: 10 AUG 20 1952
COMM-FBI
AUG 1 1952
MAILED 13[Document appears upside-down/reversed — reverse/carbon side of a page shown inverted] [Typed body text visible as bleed-through, upside-down]: [ILLEGIBLE] [Stamps, bottom of image, upside-down]: RECEIVED MAIL ROOM [ILLEGIBLE routing stamps and dates] F.B.I. [ILLEGIBLE] F.B.I. [Various date stamps — ILLEGIBLE] [Red stamp, lower right]: [ILLEGIBLE]
808 WALNUT AVENUE
FAIRMONT, W. VA.
PHONE 3782
August 1, 1952
Hon.J.Edgar Hoover
Dept.F.B.I.
Washington,D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have beag hearing so much about the
objects called Flying Saucers that I begin
to speculate as to whether we are the only
Nation or county to witness such a display.
Of course it could be that these odd
objects are post filled Radar controlled
waiting to be punctured.We have been so
accused by another Nation that me doubt
they have devised some diabolical plan to
test on us.
I am not inclined to pass these over
lightly,because I believe that these gadgets
can be made and controlled to the extent of
great numbers in groupings.
Also,I believe it is very unwise to
make public the locations of sightings as
many folk are prone to worry,and a state of
mind like this is exactly what our enemy is
seeking.
Any one wise enuf to perfect such
would not only knew their travel distance
but also their location,therefore no air
or publications could benefit us in that.
I hope that someone has had the
integrity and foresight to learn where if
in any other country these 'things' have
been seen.
Thanking you in advance for the
courtesy of a reply,I remain
Respectfully yours,
Mrs.Fred T Hauge
[Handwritten left margin top: RA 09]
[Handwritten left margin: Mrs. Fred Haupe]
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Director, FBI DATE: August 6, 1952
FROM : SAC, Cincinnati (100-0)
SUBJECT: ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN
IN GERMAN LANGUAGE RECEIVED BY
"CINCINNATI ENQUIRER" PERTAINING
TO "FLYING SAUCERS"
SECURITY MATTER - X
Mr. E. DORIS of the staff of the "Cincinnati Enquirer" furnished
the Cincinnati Office with the enclosed letter and envelope received
anonymously at the "Cincinnati Enquirer" in an envelope postmarked 7-3-52
at Cincinnati, Ohio.
It will be noted that the enclosed letter is written in the German
language, and I am also enclosing a rather loose translation of the letter
as furnished by the "Cincinnati Enquirer."
In view of the widespread interest in so-called "flying saucers,"
I am forwarding this material to the Bureau, with the thought in mind that
the Bureau may desire to have a careful translation made of the attached
letter, and the results, if deemed advisable, made available to other
Governmental agencies.
Enclosures (3)
EMY:LM
[Stamp lower left: ENCLA ATTACHED]
[Stamp: 62-83894-29a]
[Stamp: RECORDED-A 13 AUG 22 1952]
[Routing stamps: FOR ACTION AND REPORT]
[Notation: T-13861]
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SECURITY INFORMATION - [CONFIDENTIAL]
RECORDED-29 62-83894-27a
EX-129
Date: August 13, 1952
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WRITTEN
IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, RECEIVED
BY THE "CINCINNATI ENQUIRER"
PERTAINING TO "FLYING SAUCERS"
SECURITY MATTER - X
There is attached for your information
and any action you desire to take in this matter
a Photostat of a letter, written in German, received
from an anonymous source, which was addressed to the
"Cincinnati Enquirer." A Photostat of the envelope,
in which the letter was forwarded, is attached and
indicates it was mailed on July 31, 1952, at
Cincinnati, Ohio.
For your further assistance in this matter
a translation of the attached letter from the German
is attached.
Attachments
[Signature stamps and initials]
[Stamp: DECLASSIFIED 1259
ON 10-27-97
33316a]
SECURITY INFORMATION - [CONFIDENTIAL]
58 AUG 29 1952ENCLOSURE 62-83894-292 [Manila envelope, front face — no address text visible, envelope blank except for notation above]
[Photographic/dark-background copy of handwritten German letter]
Fliegende Untertasse.
Seit 1944-ausgerobte Waffe welche jetzt
nicht schon ren ennnäsrry hergestellt wird
und im Zeit viel von sich reden macht
ist eine V. Waffe, welche einen Diskus ähn-
ruhr
lichen Körper hat, der im Durchmesser etwa 42-50
m Durchmesser hat, und am Anwendung etwa 45-50
[ILLEGIBLE]automatische Herrichten, die nach Zindung der
Scheibe um eine im Zentrum befindliche Plexiglasbügel bevren, in der befinden sich die Mess-
und Kontrollgeräte für Fernsteuerung befinden.
Inreid der Bügel ist nach genug Raum für hoch
explosive Atombomben. Diese Waffe befindes
sich in Ronnepte Hand mit kann einen Aktionsreide
des von 30-35000 km entfernen. V. Waffen Kanstrus
Herrr
nicht Deutschland sagt es ist eine
typische V.T daran er selbst gearbeitet hat.
Ich bin richer das die Warbeit besser ist
Also eine Kultur müden Volk
bei Nichtwissenheit.
H.Sch.[Photographic/dark-background copy of handwritten German letter — second copy]
Fliegende Untertasse.
Seit 1944-ausgerobte Waffe welche jetzt
nicht schon ren ennnäsrry hergestellt wird
und im Zeit viel von sich reden macht
ist eine V. Waffe, welche einen Diskus ähn-
ruhr
lichen Körper hat, der im Durchmesser etwa 42-50
m Durchmesser hat, und am Anwendung etwa 45-50
[ILLEGIBLE]automatische Herrichten, die nach Zindung der
Scheibe um eine im Zentrum befindliche Plexiglasbügel bevren, in der befinden sich die Mess-
und Kontrollgeräte für Fernsteuerung befinden.
Inreid der Bügel ist nach genug Raum für hoch
explosive Atombomben. Diese Waffe befindes
sich in Ronnepte Hand mit kann einen Aktionsreide
des von 30-35000 km entfernen. V. Waffen Kanstrus
Herrr
nicht Deutschland sagt es ist eine
typische V.T daran er selbst gearbeitet hat.
Ich bin richer das die Warbeit besser ist
Also eine Kultur müden Volk
bei Nichtwissenheit.
H.Sch.[Handwritten German letter — blue ink on white paper, clearest copy]
Fliegende Untertasse.
Seit 1944-ausgerobte Waffe welche jetzt
nicht schon ren ennnäsrry hergestellt wird
und im Zeit viel von sich reden macht
ist eine V. Waffe, welche einen Diskus ähn-
ruhr
lichen Körper hat, der im Durchmesser etwa 42-50
m Durchmesser hat, und am Anwendung etwa 45-50
automatische Herrichten, die nach Zindung der
Scheibe um eine im Zentrum befindliche Plexiglasbügel bevren, in der befinden sich die Mess-
und Kontrollgeräte für Fernsteuerung befinden.
Inreid der Bügel ist nach genug Raum für hoch
explosive Atombomben. Diese Waffe befindes
sich in Ronnepte Hand mit kann einen Aktionsreide
des von 30-35000 km entfernen. V. Waffen Kanstrus
Herrr
nicht Deutschland sagt es ist eine
typische V.T daran er selbst gearbeitet hat.
Ich bin richer das die Warbeit besser ist
Also eine Kultur müden Volk
bei Nichtwissenheit.
H.Sch.FLYING SAUCERS
Since 1944 there have been experimental weapons which should now
be in production. The one about which there has been so much discussion
is a V-Weapon which has a disc-like round body, about 48-50 metres in
diameter and has by way of emission 45 to 50 automatic ----------- (word
not legible). With the setting off of the disc these rotate around a sensitive
plexi-glass sphere in the center in which are located the ---------- (word
not legible) and guiding apparatus for distance flights. Inside the sphere
there is also enough space for high explosive atom bombs. These weapons
-------- ------ ------ ----- (not legible) and show an effective range of
from 30 to 35,000 kilometres. V-Weapon Konstrus (Technician?) Riedel (or
Riedet),Germany, says it is a typical V-Weapon on which he himself worked.
I am positive that the truth is better than keeping the people
in ignorance.
K. Sch.
_________________________________________________________________
This letter is written apparently by a not highly literate person with
undeveloped handwriting. It is my opinion that he is not making up what2.
he has written. If I were handling this, I should turn his letter over
to the FBI or some other investigating agency to see if he knows anything
more.
F.Y.
August 4, 1952[Envelope front — light copy]
THE
CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER
[Postmark: Cincinnati, OH — date partially ILLEGIBLE]
[Postage stamp affixed upper right][Back of envelope — mostly blank] [Faint pencil notation lower area: ILLEGIBLE]
[Envelope front — dark/photographic copy]
THE
CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER
[Postmark: Cincinnati, OH — ILLEGIBLE]
[Postage stamp affixed upper right][Envelope front — additional copy]
THE
CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER
[Postmark: Cincinnati, OH — ILLEGIBLE]
[Postage stamp affixed upper right][Back of envelope] 62-838941-292
Wading [ILLEGIBLE] [City ILLEGIBLE] Aug 5 1952 Mr Edgar Hoover a few lines to let you know a few bit things that the Gove[r]ment should know for all of US Taking ps Stop the [ILLEGIBLE] Broad Casting here for these flying Saucers are going and Where they are doing them at [RECORDED-118 INDEXED-4-2] tell Reason Russia is [ILLEGIBLE] of Some thing
that is Coming over here by Raids Activity and later they will be Sending the Atomic Bomb some So try to Stop them are now getting the distance and they send out [ILLEGIBLE] and then our people tills Where they See at and that is all they Want to know. Later on they will Send Suicide planes with out air [ILLEGIBLE] here to bomb [Signed:] [ILLEGIBLE] M. [ILLEGIBLE]
August 13, 1952
Mr. V. H. Jennings
3096 Roselmary
Zone 17
Pontiac, Michigan
62-83894-194
Dear Mr. Jennings:
I have received your letter of August 5,
1952, and want to thank you for making the informa-
tion contained therein available to this Bureau.
The matter referred to in your letter is
not within the jurisdiction of this Bureau and I
have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your
letter to the Department of the Air Force for
appropriate action.
Very truly yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
cc - 1 - Detroit
Note for Detroit:
Mr. Jennings advised the Bureau, in his letter,
of his theory regarding flying saucers. It was*
Mr. Jennings' opinion flying saucers are manufactured
by General Electric or General Motors Research Laboratories,
consist of aluminum tanks filled with helium gas under
pressure, and work on magnetic principles.
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[Stamp lower left: AUG 14 1952]
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Pontiac, Mich.
Aug 5 '52
Flying Discs
F.B.I. Wash. D.C.
Gentlemen - Dear Sirs,
I have a theory on the so called
flying saucers.
I don't know where to write to express
my opinion.
But yours is the best office in the land
W.H. Jennings
when it comes to investigations.
If and when I get ready to commit a crime
I will expect to get caught, because it.
If the flying saucers are real they
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in my opinion they are [REDACTED] from another [REDACTED]
planet. I would be well [REDACTED] Mossberg [REDACTED]
they are the Brain child of General
(over)(21)
Electric or General Motors Rockwell
factories.
I am not an electrician all I know
about Elect. is to grab a hold of one
wire at a time on alternating current
and let direct current strictly alone.
Its my opinion that these discs
or what have you are aluminum
tanks filled with Helium gas under
a lot of pressure and permanent magnets
(powerful ones) built on the sides
with the north poles outside.
when any metal object approaches
them, they are repulsed at the same
speed as the approaching object.(31)
When you look at it from that slant
you can see they can never be caught
no matter how fast the persuing plane
goes they retreat at the same speed.
One good way to check that would
be to have their plane to approach
at blue angles at only
The retreating at
affect could not cross in front
of any of the planes it would
have to go straight ahead.
you try and get the north pole of a
magnet and south pole to connect and
you will see what I mean.
(over)(4)
Ive seen a steel bar hung in space
at auto shows, it was merely two
poles pushing against each other instead
of pulling together.
Or Push your watch or a piece
of steel through a demagnet [then]
and you will see what I mean.
If a plane were equiped with
a magnet of about two or 3 Gs
and the north pole pointed at the
nose of the plane or stuck out ahead
of the propeller a foot or two I think
those saucers would be caught.
Respectfully yours
W.H. Jennings
3096 Shagelmary Pontiac Mich
(over)SERVICE UNIT
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William Harry Jenni[ngs]
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[Initialed]STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Director, FBI DATE: 8/7/52
FROM : SAC, Philadelphia
SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS
At the weekly liaison conference held in the Philadelphia
Office on August 5, 1952, Major H. B. ELDRIDGE advised that OSI is no longer
interested in receiving reports concerning flying saucers.
The above is submitted for the Bureau's information.
[signed]
JLK:ERG
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Letters to
SAC, Philadelphia
8/15/52
NWP
EX-99
62-83894 - 275
AUG 11 1952SAC, PHILADELPHIA August 15, 1952
RECORDED-29
DIRECTOR, FBI (62-83894) 275
FLYING SAUCERS
OSI LIAISON
Reurlet August 7, 1952, in which you stated that at
a weekly liaison conference held in Philadelphia Major
H. B. Eldridge advised that OSI is no longer interested in
receiving reports concerning flying saucers.
OSI, as the official Air Force liaison agency, has
agreed to accept reports regarding flying saucers and to transmit
these reports to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where all information
pertaining to flying saucers is coordinated. If Major Eldridge
still insists that he does not desire to receive reports
regarding flying saucers, you should advise the Bureau and the
matter will be discussed further with OSI Headquarters in
Washington, D. C.
WFPhkehhs
Wr.
MAILED
AUG 1 5 1952
U S DEPT OF JUSTICE
FBI
REGISTERED MAIL ROOM[Reverse/back side of page 247 — same document shown upside down and through paper; text is a mirror bleed-through, not independently transcribable]
August 5, 1952
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62-5714 - 276
Mr. Dewey T. Wilson
2727 Maryland Avenue D.T.Wilson
Baltimore 18, Maryland
Dear Mr. Wilson:
Your letter postmarked July 30, 1952, has been
received, and I appreciate the interest prompting you to
bring your comments to my attention.
Since your communication may be of interest
to another governmental agency, I am taking the liberty
of forwarding a copy of it to The Honorable, The Secre-
tary of the Air Force, Department of Defense Building,
The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
DJC:amtinfo
c:Copy of incoming sent to the Secretary of the Air Force
by short form.
COMM - FBI
AUG 14 1952
MAILED 28[Reverse/back side of page 249 — same document shown upside down and through paper; text is a mirror bleed-through, not independently transcribable]
2727 Maryand ave
Baltimore 18 Md
J. Edgar Hoover July 28-1952
F.B.I.
Washn D.C.
Dear Sir, FLYING SAUCERS
I would like to submit a theory
that may lead to a solution of what
the Flying saucers really are -
these objects Could be Lights,
caused by Radio Television Beams
Illuminating moist vapor, not unlike
Phosphorus on rain soaked wood in
Certain Seasons - The Northern Lights
"Aurora Borealis" have manifested
themselves for years, setting up Electro
Magnetism & Earth potential which
distorts normal Telegraph
Communications. The lights
are somewhat like a Fan & Can
be seen as far south as Egypt
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AUG 3 1952
It is my opinion that [stamp]
Saucers are Electrically in[duced]
Currents onto a space (small Clouds)
and Causing it to glow - this
Cloud being Charged Electrically
and a Magnetic polarity being same
as the interceptor it Can neverbe overtaken and would persue,
gradually grow Dimmer & disappear
giving the impression that it
out distanced the pursuer with
a great Burst of Speed.
This is submitted as a theory
as I do not have the power
or facilities to prove or disprove.
But I Submit a suggestion
whereby a test Could be made.
When these Saucers appear
again Have the TV & all Broadcasts
Silenced from the air and Check
for results- This may not Change
immediately, as other Elements in
this Build [up] can not be turned
off on at a given signal.
However I firmly believe that,
if the idea as set forth in
my Crude way is submitted to
More Learned persons than I
Some solution is inevitable.
Dewey T. WilsonT[Y] COPY
2727 Maryland ave
Baltimore 18 MD
J. Edgar Hoover July 28-1952
F.B.I.
Washn DC
Dear sir,
I would like to submit a theory that may lead to a solution
of what the Flying saucers really are-these objects could be
Lights, caused by Radio Television Beams illuminating moist
vapor, not unlike phosphorus on rain soaked wood in certain
seasons-the northern lights "Aurora Borealis" have manifested
themselves for years, setting up Electro Magnetism & Earth
potential which distorts normal Telegraph Communications. The
lights are somewhat like a Fan & can be seen as far south as
Equator-
It is my opinion that Flying Saucers are Electrically induced
currents onto a space (small clouds) and causing it to glo-
this cloud being charged Electrically and a magnetic polarity
being same as the interceptor it can never be overtaken, and
would if persued gradually grow Dimmer & disappear giving the
impression that it out distanced the pursuer with a great Burst
of speed.
This is submitted as a theory as I do not have the power
or facilities to prove or disprove. But I submit a suggestion
whereby a test could be made.
When these saucers appear again Have the TV & all Broadcasts
silenced from the air and check for results-this may not change
immediately, as other Elements in this Build up can not be turned
off or on at a given signal.
However I firmly believe that, if the idea as set forth in
my crude way is submitted to more learned persons then I some
solution is inevitable.
/s/ Dewey T. WilsonSTANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum · UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : W. A. Branigan DATE: August 12, 1952
FROM : E. H. Mosburg
SUBJECT: FLYING DISKS
There is attached a copy of a periodical
entitled "Sunday Graphic" dated July 6, 1952, received
by the Bureau from the Office of the Legal Attache,
American Embassy, London, England.
It is desired that the attached periodical
containing an article relating to the captioned matter
be filed in the captioned file.
Attachment
KHM:ko
ENCLO. ATTACHED
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VOLUME 16, NUMBER 13
JUNE 17, 1952
[Photo caption]: This might be a picture of flying saucers taken at night over Arizona or New Mexico. It was in fact taken in Dr. Menzel's laboratory at Harvard University.
THE TRUTH ABOUT
FLYING SAUCERS
One of America's leading astronomers goes into his laboratory
at Harvard and disposes of the flying-saucer myth. He adds sim-
ple instructions for making flying saucers in your own kitchen
By Dr. DONALD H. MENZEL
[Photo caption]: Donald H. Menzel is professor of astrophysics and associate director of solar research at Harvard University. His work on flying saucers was done in response to a request from LOOK. The Air Force has expressed lively interest in it.
I decided to write about flying matters more
I happen to be one of the few persons who has
actually seen one.
My solar studies take me frequently to
Colorado and New Mexico, and I was at the
Holleman Air Base, near Alamogordo, N. M.,
at the height of the flying-saucer wave. One
very morning, I had glimpsed what seemed to
be a flying saucer zooming overhead—until I
focused my eyes more clearly and recognized
the objects as weather balloons. That after-
noon, I expressed my belief that most of the
saucers could be thus explained. But others in
the group—including several well-known sci-
entists—indicated that there was probably more
to the saucer story than that.
Early that evening, I had my second attack
of saucers. I was driving out of an air force
base, being driven toward Alamogordo and
saw five full moons as I rose over Sacra-
mento Peak toward the east. A few degrees
north of the moon, I noticed what seemed to
be a bright star, and then a second star not
far. I assumed that they were Castor and
Pollux or some other stars.
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35FLYING SAUCERS
continued
Orderly processes
of natural laws
explain saucers
[Photo caption]: These are the Lubbock Lights, as photographed Aug. 30, 1951, over Lubbock, Texas, by 18-year-old Carl Hart, Jr.
Gemini. Then, very suddenly, I realized that
Gemini was a winter object; the travelers had
to be something else.
Like most astronomers, I am always hope-
ful of finding a nova. Reminding myself that I
have been called the quickest eye in the ob-
servatory, I looked carefully. Before long,
I could bring neither of these objects into
sharp focus, although nearby Antares was sharp.
Both hazy discs about with a slightly bluish
tinge—as if they were, in a sense, "fuzzy" not
because they were blurred, and because of the
fact that I was seeing something unusual.
Then came another queer sensation. Could
the car just in time to see the saucer? Details
faded away, and whenever that approach ap-
peared, I reported the occurrence in detail to
the Air Force.
I later found that an English meteorologist,
Edward J. Laws, had observed a similar phe-
nomenon at the same time in England. He tes-
tified to the fact he saw four instead of two
ghostly images flying saucer shapes.
Perhaps you expect me to say, at this
point, that I was honestly frightened when I
saw them that evening. I am sorry to disap-
point you. I wasn't. I have certain ideas on
the subject, but they had not been confirmed
in my own mind—not yet fully confirmed.
I shall now explain these ideas, but let me
say what I do Not believe. I do Not believe
that what I saw, or anything anyone has re-
ported seeing, were missiles or messengers or
vehicles from the moon or Mars. I do Not
believe they were missiles from Russia. Nor
vehicles from Russia or any other foreign
power.
Indeed, how simple science and life would
be if every time we spotted an object strangely
inexplicable fact, we could blame it on some
outside force—not which we have no control.
Such a mode of thought is as childlike him-
self. Our prehistoric ancestors personalized
all the forces of nature. Gods blew the winds,
threw lightning bolts and stirred the fires that
forth from volcanic depths.
Brilliant students of meteors have tradi-
tionally tried to read them as supernatural
omens. The ancients have interpreted a solar
eclipse as a dragon devouring the sun, and re-
ported when their beating drums and weapons
frightened the dragon away.
How simple this train of science! The dis-
covery of science does not "tell the boys"—it
merely says that facts exist, and let's study
the details of the process. Nothing in it argues
for flying saucers over. And yet once the cos-
mos explains itself, the existence of a super-
natural being.
How simple—and how wrong!
Centuries of civilization have taught us
that there are not super-men and super-human
beings. You could explain everything by two
words: orderly processes; the world as com-
pletely obvious and nature falls into perspec-
tive. At least when a plane naturally brought
me to consider the orderly processes of nature.
"An Uncivilized Attitude"
As a scientist, I feel frustrated if I can-
not give a complete, iron-clad explanation for
every phenomenon I meet. Disentangling the
puzzles of science is my business—as well as
my pleasure. I find the world still full of un-
solved problems. But there is no great mystery
that science cannot ultimately account for it
with forces that make explanation justified.
Why, then, have so many civilized people
chosen to adopt an uncivilized attitude toward
flying saucers? I think there are three reasons.
First, flying saucers are all too green. We
are used to regularity. We miss something mys-
tery when it is gone.
Second, the issue is political. We live in a
world that has suddenly become hostile. We
have unleashed forces we cannot control; many
persons fear we are heading toward a war that
amounts to the destruction of civilization.
Third, people enjoy being frightened a
little. But such analysis should convince the
public that they need not be afraid of it. Now
let me then place on these factors the evidence
in hand.
I strongly suspect that recognizing that
"flying saucers" were not new term, meaning—
but essentially natural objects. Some of these,
we can almost completely document—only
through the mere fact of their misrepresenta-
tion—but because of the cloud distribution we
have experienced in getting away from them.
A man sitting in the park on a calm sum-
mer afternoon may easily know he has never
seen the winds (all may be. Perhaps real gales
do exist, with speeds in excess of 50 miles an
hour—different layers moving in opposite direc-
tions. Light, flat objects such as newspapers or
kites can be caught in an unusual stream and
can be lifted, and sometimes twist, where they
may appear to float upward and backward be-
fore they reach the ground. Weather balloons,
which are often released at regular intervals,
generally are not at all uncommon. Indeed,
most such balloons of all the higher than sau-
cers rise up against the sky. And it is extremely
hard to estimate their.
In fact, there are some rather unusual phe-
nomena: a television station, and on one side so
that its reflection does not seem to be com-
pletely round.
Are there actually things or even from the
blanks of high-flying birds—something that
may often be confused with saucers? The planet
Venus has, on many occasions, produced its
own variety of saucer. Many people are unable
to realize that size-planet, when at greatest
brilliance, can be dazzling in the daytime sky.
Venus actually appears like a cup-shaped disc,
creating the illusion of being its rapid motion.
Many people find it difficult to focus their eyes
on a distant object; hence, they see a bright blob
at the disc that gives rise to another mystery
saucer story."costumes executed by
BROOKS"
This familiar theater-program credit represents a $2,000,000-a-year gross
business, costuming everything from Broadway stars to circus elephants
The 39-year-old Brooks Costume Com-
pany is the biggest in the business. It is
responsible for the eye appeal of 80 per
cent of Broadway's current musicals. It
does a large part of New York's TV-costume
business. And Hollywood shops its brands
in Hollywood shortly. Brooks' big clients
include customer to the Ringling Brothers
and Barnum & Bailey circus, with an annual
$500,000 wardrobe, and for a $60,000,
Brooks clothes the famous Cotton Miller's
made that dress, Anna Sonja Henie's Ice
Show, Holiday on Ice run about $200,000 for
costumes—three times most Broadway show
budgets.
The bulk of Brooks' business, however,
does not require glamour. For the 175-odd
Ice Folley and Radio City shows, Copa and
the 25 or more shows The King and I
[CONTINUED]
Produced by PATRICIA COFTS
[Photo caption]: Routine night at Brooks: a show girl hast-[ing] off to try on her next new costume.
[Photo caption]: First, costumes are made to scale models, tried on for freedom of movement later, best materials are used.
[Photo caption]: Dean Shariff discusses Paul Hartman's non-presidential pants for Dr [?] I Blop.conditions exist, flying saucers become likely
spread out horizontally to form a thin layer
of smoke or fog at precise atmospheric bound-
aries—at the point of highest temperature.
Smoke, dust and all kinds of gases float tend
to collect in this layer. From below or above,
if you are in the right position, it is invisible.
But if you look at it from a path through, you
see a faint black line extending from horizon
to horizon.
In June of 1951, in July, 1951, when Colo-
nel Thomas Arnold was traveling through
Arizona and New Mexico.
Kenneth Arnold of Idaho, an Idaho man
was witness to this. He had never seen any-
thing about "fantastic objects" along the ridge
of nearby mountains. But Arnold just "Flyby"
what he says, in a sort of joyful excitement
when one day we could bring all of these ob-
jects into clear focus. Either, although nearby
mountains were bright but the result from fact
that I was seeing something unusual.
Something many of these reports, including
the famous case of the "Lubbock Lights," stem
the fact on which there are many unrecognized
atmospheric layers or "inversion layers" that
we are now just beginning to understand.
Many of the records refer to some too pe-
culiar flying around at great altitudes at inter-
vals I do not fully understand yet.
And that question: How can an observer on
the ground, from a single station and with one
instrument, give a reliable estimate of all three
figures—distance, size and speed? If you think
that this is easy, try it sometime—over water,
for example.
Many of the reports cite airmen as witnesses;
they have rarely, if ever, violently denied the
"saucers" and say the question remains:
CONTINUED
[Diagram caption]: In normal air, light from the ground simply spreads out into space. Outside its envelope, it is almost impossible to be invisible to any known observer on the ground.
ANGLE OF VISION
[Diagram labels]: WARM AIR / REFRACTING AIR LAYER / COLD SURFACE
[Diagram caption]: With a temperature inversion, light bends in refracting layer of air and you will be able to see objects that are further beyond the horizon than you would see in normal air.FLYING SAUCERS continued
Wherever certain well-known ai[r]
tomatoes justified? Or shall we accept un-
proven-if what seems to be a much more rea-
sonable alternative: that the flying saucers are
not material objects at all?
The one thing that has seemed instanta-
neously apparent to all saucer witnesses: They
say stood at the foot of a high mountain and
with a hand mirror held a lighted fringe and
back again, a distance of more than 18 miles,
is a tenth of a second or less. But, if we use
something flashing over and over itself re-
flected a narrow region where the chemical
composition and the energy characteristics of
the atmosphere are analogous to those of old
radar set, the mirror put out ahead of us across
the whole sector in just the same way, as easily
require miles of terrestrial atmosphere. The
reflected image would also have mirage effects.
A beam of light, focused diagonally up-
ward onto a small mirror, would almost in-
stantly strike the ceiling. But caught in the
temperature inversion layer, the beam appar-
ently brought the next logical consideration is
the atmosphere layer.
The photograph of a beam of light focus
in the projector was distorted into an oval
shape and clearly revealed a definite pattern
suggesting a surface structure.
Laboratory "Saucers"
Any motion of the liquid produced in the
projector is produced by a member, and former
chairman, of the Wave Propagation Committee
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which conducted a
series of tests on the desert. We were studying
radar images, but light behaves in many ways
like radar. What we learned about the desert
applies as much to light as to radar.
We filled the bottom of a 12-foot metal
barrel and looked like the Lubbock Lights. The
appearance during the day is not nearly so
effective. At night the even being affected, it
is not very much affected rapidly cools off.
But the air cools more slowly. The warm air
above the now cool ground surface of air.
Where there was quite a bit of air temperature
inversion, the air temperature continues to get
warmer with height. The air away from the
bottom of the 12-inch barrel becomes quite
cool again.
The natural flows have long known that
regions of the atmosphere where the tempera-
ture drops with altitude are very common.
They occur at all seasons, can be found at any
altitude and are by no means restricted to the
desert.
In the city, the angle of vision is small and
the sky is full of smoke and dust. Thus, we are
not able to see the things which the mirage or
reflection bring the mirage or reflection into
the sky from the desert. The city-dweller is
faced with these optical phenomena only from
the window of an aircraft or from the roof of
a tall building.
Mirage. A mirage is fundamentally an
image caused by a lens of air, lenses or similar
focuses are most likely to occur over very flat
surfaces (roads, water, or the water or the
desert) but they are not limited to these areas.
They can appear anywhere, and in a fog, for
example, is usually a sign that such atmos-
pheric conditions exist. A mirage seen through
spectacles that do not fit your eyes, or from a
poor position, would appear very transparent
over deserts, which explains in part why fly-
ing-saucer reports are more frequently found
in desert country.
Yes, too, can have flying saucers in your
own kitchen. It is exactly the same method
that I have just described, but nevertheless one
can simulate the produced heating that creates
a "temperature inversion, the same visual ef-
fect. You see this simulates the gradual bend-
ing that causes a mirage when one simply
called the inverted surface.
Turn on the kitchen sink in the home and
set the teakettle to boil on the front of the
stove. Then, set a series of pinholes on the side
of a box with a series of pinholes along one
side. A box with a series of pinhole from the
opposite end of the stove. Set up the sink,
keeping your eye close to the source water sur-
face and see the bright reflections flowing to-
ward the pinhole, drawing toward you. If you
have started the experiment correctly, you
should notice something—a drawing along the
surface of the water.
[Caption]: The force entrusted with the defense of the U. S. from the skies still must look into "flying saucers" for, as our main issue, Look will tell the story of this secret hunt by our aerial defenders.
[Diagram caption]: In the city, the angle of vision is small and the sky is full of smoke and dust. Thus, you cannot see above the rooftops. Anything to be seen must be in the few degrees of the sky near the horizon.
[Diagram caption]: In the desert, a mirage carries what appears to be an actual vision of the sky so far is almost flat, and the angle of vision is very large. This means that there is a very large extent of sky visible above the desert, and any reflection of it—carrying clouds, light beams, or even aircraft—can be visible.Photographed by Arthur Baltzis Dr. Menzel holding up his apparatus, using 'large glass jar, kerosene and cobwebs Some "lights" were one of many sets of "lanterns" made by Dr. Menzel in his laboratory. Note the "smaller slide." Antoine Bading on honorary occasions at nearby lake shortly Dr. Menzel's flares A glass rod soaked in beer as it passes from one liquid to other. Light bends in that way A light shining through the liquids bends at the meeting point from 11 line "A" to near But by no means all of the subjects can be so dismissed. After we have eliminated the false answers and the erroneous reports that we term as misidentification, there do remain a number that we cannot completely write off. These require further study. The first question we are called upon to answer is this: If these objects are natural objects, why did they suddenly appear for the first time in 1947? An honest question and a fair one. For if a reason be answered, we are in trouble. But the answer is clear. They were not new in 1947. Nineteenth century Scien- tific literature is full of them. England Had Durham Lights "Take, for example, the Lubbock Lights. Similar luminous bands appeared over Lubbock, Texas, last summer and were photographed. Similar phenomena had appeared over England. England was mildly excited over the Durham Lights almost a century ago. In 1880, our papers were filled with stories of arc-shaped, crescent-shaped, airship and cylinder-shaped objects. People saw them and men aboard were clearly visible. Finally a great inventor Thomas A. Edison was ac- cused of the rumor. Here a quotation from the magazine Nature for May 31, 1880: "During a recent wintry cruise in H.M.S. Canine, a curious meteorological phenomenon was observed and reported for the officer of the watch. The ap- parent sometimes as a mass, at other times set in an irregular line. They bore north north west at an angle of about 20°. The places of the accused in their formation ... now in a mass, along with an inciting light, then broken up into 16 or 20 lesser lights, which would take the form of a crescent of diamonds." The account also mentioned a 'buoyant mass,' of which I shall have more to say later. This report interests me for two reasons. First, it would almost serve as a description of the Lubbock Lights. Second, you were shown of the Lubbock Lights, the developed and printed in my laboratory, before I found this account in Nature---and my theory directly ac- counts for the meeting mirage with the lights. The Rogue River, Oregon case. I was even able to photograph the identical, same exact behavior, why did the sightings have to such history, why do they occur much more frequent- than in the past. And the places where flying saucers have been most frequently reported in very hot areas, deserts--in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. For years, this was the most arid region. But since the war began, they saw the areas in which the most startling population growth has been killed. Irrigation has brought farmers in. The dry heat has made humid heat. Much water is evaporated. Nothing makes those flat, clear-skied areas as suspi- cious as the rapid increase in population. Finally, atomic energy has chosen New Mexico as its headquarters. In brief, there are more ways to span the missing link and the link has been bridged as a partial answer. Beyond two or three days, normally toward the end of the day, mirages cede down visibility to focuses areas. In the West, one is occasionally a seeing occasional peak more than 150 miles away. Finally, the most important question of all: Are flying saucers guided or con- trolled by supernatural, what are they? First, we must study the evidence. A careful analysis of all the available data shows that after we have accounted for the balloon, pigeon, lighted planes, Venus and the star of our imagination, there remains that one per cent of the evidence which falls sharply into several definite patterns: ovals, disks or other patterns, either alone or two, five or CONTINUED
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62-83894
Date: August 11, 1952
To: Director of Special Investigations
The Inspector General
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
From: John Edgar Hoover - Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subject: FLYING SAUCERS SEEN NEAR THESSALON LAKE,
ONTARIO, CANADA, JULY 27, 1952
MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING
Dr. R. E. McIndoo, 880 West Walnut Street, Kokomo,
Indiana, on July 30, 1952, advised that on July 27, 1952,
at approximately 10:00 A. M. while fishing in the back
waters of Thessalon Lake, Ontario, Canada, he noticed a
formation of bombing planes, sixteen to twenty in number,
in two groups flying south at a height estimated by him to
be four or five miles.
Dr. McIndoo stated that the planes went over the
lake and suddenly dropped objects, at first thought by him
to be parachutes. He continued to observe these objects fly
straight for a short time, then suddenly spurted vapor
and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly
direction.
Dr. McIndoo was unable to identify the nationality
of the planes, but stated that they had twin trails of bluish
smoke. He further stated that the objects which had been
dropped from the planes had single trails of bluish smoke.
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He stated that he had been accompanied on
his fishing trip by Paul Saddie, Kokomo, Indiana. Dr. McIndoo
had no further information concerning instant planes or the
objects dropped by them.
No further inquiries are contemplated in this
matter. However, if additional information is received
by this Bureau, you will be promptly advised.
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Mrs. Nellie T. Dull
Route 3
Staunton, Virginia
Dear Mrs. Dull:
I wish to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter dated August 12, 1952, addressed to
Air Force Intelligence, the Justice Department,
and this Bureau.
A careful review of the contents of
your communication fails to reflect that the
subject matter contained therein is within the
jurisdiction of this bureau.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
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Staunton, Va.
Route 3
August 12, 1952
Air Force Intelligence
F. B. I.
Justice Dept.
Fellow Americans,
Of Flying Saucers
I am writing the same letter to all three Departments
on August 1st. I wrote a letter and mailed it on August [ILLEGIBLE]
to the Air Force Intelligence telling my views of a flying
saucer. In about four days the physicist Noel Scott gave out
a report of findings identical to my report. Now if I have
hit upon the meaning of a flying saucer I would like to get
the credit for it. I have reason to believe my ideas have
been hi-jacked. It should be easy to find out. When did
Mr. Scott start his experiment? Which office did my letter
go through? Was my letter placed on file? It had a return
address. If you cannot find it that proves it was destroyed
and the information used.
I have much better working proof of my theory than Mr.
Scott, which has been before me all along, until I hit
upon the idea.
The solution should not have been published. There is a
great deal more to it than that, which I can explain. The
idea should have been worked out thoroughly and secretly.
Rainmakers could probably do a great deal of harm with the
answer. There is a possibility that it could mean an entirely
different type of air warfare. The Air Force could possibly
use it for defensive warfare. It could lead to man-made flying
saucers which the enemy could use against us.
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[ILLEGIBLE]Man-made flying saucers possibly could be used
in conjunction with atom and hydrogen bombs or to
destroy them. Astronomers could use the information
to predict about other planets or planetary
warfare. This information could be of use in a
trip to the moon.
Does the Air Force wish me to keep my impressions
to myself or shall I give a statement to the press?
My country comes first if the information should be
kept secret.
I signed my other letter "Respectfully." When a
lady from Virginia pays her respects to the Air
Force she expects the Air Force to pay its
respects right back to her.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Nellie T. Dull
Route 3
Staunton,
Virginia
Mrs. Nellie T. DullCOPY
Staunton, Va.
Route 3
August 12, 1952
Air Force Intelligence
F. B. I.
Justice Dept.
Fellow Americans,
I am writing the same letter to all three Departments.
On August 1st, I wrote a letter, and mailed it on August 2nd,
to the Air Force Intelligence telling my views of a flying
saucer. In about four days the physicist Noel Scott gave out
a report of findings identical to my report. Now if I have
hit upon the meaning of a flying saucer I would like to get
the credit for it. I have reason to believe my ideas have
been hi-jacked. It should be easy to find out. When did
Mr. Scott start his experiment? Which office did my letter
go through? Was my letter placed on file? It had a return
address. If you cannot find it that proves it was destroyed
and the information used.
I have much better working proof of my theory than
Mr. Scott, which has been before me all along, until I hit
upon the idea.
The solution should not have been published. There is a
great deal more to it than that, which I can explain. The
idea should have been worked out thoroughly and secretly.
Rainmakers could probably do a great deal of harm with the
answer. There is a possibility that it could mean an entirely
different type of air warfare. The Air Force could possibly
use it for defensive warfare. It could lead to man-made flying
saucers which the enemy could use against us.
Man-made flying saucers possibly could be used in
conjunction with atom and hydrogen bombs or to destroy them.
Astronomers could use the information to predict about other
planets or planetary warfare. This information could be of use in a
trip to the moon.
Does the Air Force wish me to keep my impressions to myself
or shall I give a statement to the press? My Country comes first if
the information should be kept secret.
I signed my other letter "Respectfully." When a lady from
Virginia pays her respects to the Air Force she expects the Air
Force to pay its respects right back to her.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Nellie T. Dull
Route 3
Staunton,
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August 5, 1952
Miss Florence Shitiah
Post Office Box 520
Charleston, South Carolina
Dear Miss Shitiah: Flying Saucers
I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
dated August 1, 1952.
Since the matter referred to therein is within
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force, I have
taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to that
Agency.
Your interest and cooperation in furnishing this
material are appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
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