DOW-UAP-D088, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172
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Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.
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Source text · mention only) 0 , . - J1 ~ ~<:JL . Authority: NND 917033
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Source text · mention only' ED F'L 'Ji-; OBJ~TS l . L'bt 18 Febnlary 1948 101 3; l..o i cn 1 oroatur , ~., ... 5. Occupati on of obqo rvor F.di tor " • .-id r ::s o f ol' co r vor Horton, K su 7 , Pl a c o f ob~ r ~ t i on or catur , Kan s 10 . Ti.,o in c i ·ht N/s 11 . ,di. tt udo 30 - }5 mi.loo abo ve earth l~ . S pood N/S ..,,, ir 'i One b ~ expl osion - "a!t.erwarde a lot ot little explonons " 16. c:; 11;0 N/S 17 . Col er Bluuh""'ft'hite smoke smwi e l'; . O<ior dot votod N/ ,"> 'C . .. pph r unt r.ons r ur.t1 ,.n Mete or r l. ErJuu.a :;t t r 11s _.,.. Blu 1ah-,.iftt e:ooke smudge :On-t.hur conditi ons 14/S r. 23 . Eff t o:. c loud s U/ S 24 . Sk ot ch •s or pt t or r .. pts Photo of vapor trail left in sky by 8xPlcs1oo ?5 . Monn 1J r of disnpp,Jor nnco Disinte crat1oo 20 . Romnrks : Oscar Monni&, of the Tex8.8 Observnre, JDB.teur As trono my, 1010 Monunl81de Dr1Te, rt. orti1 , of f ers "tanp ble proot th at u, fir· ball r r -I
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Source text · mention only., .. • -· of February 18 over ncrtt.er n l\ansas was just t.hat, inasrmch as meteorites have been recovered tron i t. 11 Thore were found , be(;ir nin e 1.prU 211, first seve r al su.lla fra..,-en:.s JJ) to ore of 4 1/2 pounds . Then a disturl ed spot in a clover f'ield led to "the di i:giI 1e up of a r i PC& of so e 109 po\l1llls e edded about two feet in the soil. The st.one i s nhat is tenred aa an "achondrite", a technical name f or an unusual cy-pe or stony m teorite. It is reported t o be of a tYJ hi ch will detAriora~a rapidly . A p otorrHph or t re trail of the meteo r, r:l.'.lde by amateur p.otor, r ~her Duane ,I. ~"fr117 of Nortor , shows tho vapor tridl left in the sky by t.he expl oaiol"'l of a ~eteor whi ch was secl'I 1r Oklahooa , t,ew -exic o, Colorado , Kansas, ard uebr .,~ka . It wu m:.de at. uray 1 s },oae, ni.Je mil,-.s rort ·1 or Norton , jlPt tour r.,inutes after the teer XJ loded . A ~r:n.cce of blue wliite smoktio remained in the sky £or an hour 1''ebruary Wth . '!'his pboto craph is in tile under lri i ent '1101. Furth e r r emarke are contained in sup plemen t .
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Source text · mention onlyr (COPY) 323 W. Ton1,h t., Pueblo , Colorado February 20, 1948 Uffi<•e of the Chief of J tnff u. . ~rrr:, ,as h.in n, D. C. l si ,, in the sky near l!orcntur, ..ans. S1Jbject: L:00 p. n . ('",T) February lt, 19l,it To call at.ten ti.on t.o so peculiaritiesPurpose: in connection, whe her coincid ntal er not AccordinG to 'Vl AP bulletin appeari"' 1n the Pueblo CHIEFTAIN for Fehruary US, 19116, sone ohj ect was seeu moving east ward across the sky or tt-.n late artemoon of 1" bruary IBth , ard en this UiinG re'lcl ed a po:iition ap1,roxi.mate to l!orcatur , Kansas, c:xploded , or dis rupt ed , or disappe ared. The ex plosion is said t.o ha· e been terrific . Dir,..ction:i gi.vi::n as to •he prccress or tJ is appearance i n rticate Unt it rii< ved from west to east. Information con ,ained in t,hc dispatch under a Denver dateline in1i ·ate that ile mar,y would call this object a bolide - e . , . , expl din meteo r - the astronomP.rs of Chamberlin Vbservato r y (iJenvor) did not so assess it : it is said in U e dispatch that t se offic1a l• could offer no explanation of it. If this 1.s t ca· e, the a ;:,para.nee is anomalous , and may lend 1 tseli to other mete oric expla nation . A sb tch~iaGJ"Bm of t ~ earth and moon I s orbit reveals a pe culiarity in coMcction wi tt thP appearance , 1'hich may be &1E;nJ.ficant . Ir a line i s s •r icken r..it r ight - anrl"'s 'lcross the meridio"'a.l position o r the s:ite of expl "'sion r this oeteor at hour argl • fo •ir o'clock (local time) and t ds line be con::idered the west - to-eai:;t cours of thP object , tten it will bo St en t 1at if • iB line i .. c !'It n' d tward ir to 'lpace toward t.ho orbit of t t e moon it will intersect the lunar orbit at a pla nPar to wt re the moon would be at fron 60 to one huncir ed h urs after the explosion t.,ok }lace . Uew moon occ11rrud at 9 0 10 H 2 U Februarn First uur t er at 17D 'H . F'e' ruary - the noon ciov s -i1 I r ox1111ately 12. 5 do rrees per d::i:• alon 1~ its orbit .
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Source text · mention only-- - ----•~------ It is held by rocketry experts (example, WILLY LEY - see his ROCKE'IS, p. 192, diagram and note in c onne ction there with) that it wol,ll.d take abo ut 100 hours f or a rocket-cr af t to negotiate the di stan ce from Earth to Moon. Prior to its ~xplosion over Norc atur, this obje ct of Feb. 18th was variously reported as a "fallin g plane", a "jet plane", and a ''ball of fire 11 • It is said by some to have l eft a trail of smoke behind it. It is the suggestion of this writer tha t the Army collect am assimilate reports on this obj ect , with a view t o determ inin g where it was seen as an objec t trailin t: smoke and llhe re as a ball of f ire. If this thing is a r ocket of some kind headed fo r the moon, it might first have been seen as a streak of sr.oke , then later as a ball of fire , and las tly as a tremendous ex plosion when it at last rea ched sufficie nt speed and eleva tion for take- off . The writer has in mind the var ious and unexplained r e1.,ort s on "!lyin g saucers", and bases this spec ulatio n upon a lonb c onsideration of various oddments of reports whose significance might be of epace -craf t f r om othe r worlds of space. The so- called "meteor i c processio n" which crossed Tor ont o in February 1913, consisted of a number of u oups or illimunated bodies travelin g in v oups of thre e an:l moving in "rigid form ation", all purs uing a course acr oss the same streak of the earth's surfac e . J.r a line is proj ected backwa rd alon g ·t his line of fli ght it will be seen that this line "comes out" at the posit ion of the moon at the time . The 1913 phen omenon occurr ed in the mid-period of a series of reports on dirigible aircraft of appearance like zeppelins which were seen over :&, gland an:i whose appearance terminated - or reports on the appearance s stopped - j ust prior to the inferior conjt.m ction of Venus of April 24, 1913. The writer begs to call attention to the f act that the times prior to and just after inferior conjunction of Venus are prolifi c in r eports of stran ge t hin gs seen i n the sky . Also t }at lights have been r eported on t he moon from time to time, back f or at l east a century. Ir in thr future of mil itary experiment the moon is selected as a base for the launching of r ockets (which has been sugge sted by some writers), it may be wel l to look first 2
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Source text · mention only- i·1to •·er orts like Vis one or1 Lhe explosion ovf"r Norcatu r aw1 1.hc di t·PctioT' 1)1' the nhjec t in•,olved . Tl·ere is n r,os:,i. bili tv , 1 O\-rev"' r r cMote this r:iay seem, that tlte moon is e· ther inrabited or in use b:v othe r ti an hlll"lan he: t1 ;S . .1.011rs , /s/ N)Pl.\AN GARRETT !.lARKHAM It ma~, do not harm tn ,Tatch the moon fo r possible arriv al o f t .1 s th i ng in the quarter a t ~o to 100 101.1r fi after "its uepar ·tur e" . lJG!.1 3 IJ
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Source text · mention only... ( COPY) FILE REF: - SIGGE-U-1 From: To: • Subject: Purpos-e: ' .I.larch 14, 1948 Norman G. Uarkham MAIN HOT£L, Pueblo, Colo Chief ~ignal Of fic er U. s. Army, ,ashington, D. C • Norcatur , ~s., sky explosion of lS February, 1946 To shc,,r a speculation regard ing tho above phenomenon and another one of earlier date and to call attention to occurrences between the two which have an appearance of relationship wheth er coinci dental or not. The geographical position of the Norcatur explosion s uggests poss ible linka. !;8 with other occurrences happening inside latitooinal limits arbitrarily demarkable between 43° 361 North (which is the lati tooe of Ooise, Idaho) and 36° 10 1 North ( the lati tu:ie of Nashville, Tenn.)., a belt about 485 miles wide. 'lbis suegestion is gained from positions given for occurrence s happening between June 24., 1947 and February 18 , 1948, as s hall be hereinaf t er briefly described, THE OOISE (Idaho) OBJECT- This was seen either beginnin {.! or ending at 330 pm 24 June 1947 am was visible for 20 minutes. It was in the western sky, was of comet-li~ appearance, and settled gradually toward the horizon ae planetary bodiea set. It was seen bo.r Lt . Gov. Whitehead •u)j Chief Jus tice Lartpert . Its nature was unknmm . The peculiarity which connects this object , for speculative purposes, with the explosion of some unknown object over 1~orca tur, Kans ., on 18 l!'ebruary 1948 is the seeming of a relations hip between the positions of the moon for the two phenomena : In the form2r case the moon was at the date of phenomenon , about 7%, 63 before the positionof First Quart er; on the second case i t was about 8%. 73 beyotxi the position of first quarter. Since the Boise object was visible for 20 minut es b e fore it sank this argues it was about ten deil"ees above the horizon when fi?1J t seen. Now if a line be dra1'l'l westward and at ten degrees zenithward from the l : , " \
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Source text · mention onlyhorizon of Boise at 3:30 p . m. and anot her l ine be dra"'ft'll fro m tbe position of the o oon a t one hundred hours before the s ighti ng of the Boise object , and projected to t he center of the earth, it will be seen that this ten degree s-altitu de and the moon-earth line intersect as a place tar above a geographical position considerably to the west of Cape Bla11ce, in the neighborhoodof about 700 miles off the coast. The Boise objec t in its appearance suggests a rocket-type ar craft possibly using r eaction blasts to brake itself down for a landing on the earth . The brig"lt point and plumy tail of the de scription suggest this, as also its apparent fixity in space. HOLLE' S 11SHIP Ir F1J\MES" - Nine days after the siehting of the Bois e object a forest lookout named F..arl Holle saw at or soon after 4:00 p . m. , 3rd July, 1 ,47, something he took to be a "tanker in flame s" . This was seen horizon -ward f r om a point 1n Sonoma Gounty, Cal i fornia , n ear to Fort Roos . A search waR inst:!. wted by the Navy or Coast Guard, and nothing was foum . Tho s ov;e t tanker ELBRUZ , w'1idl had been in t.he vicinity, was que r i.ed a rd found to b~ all right. This was not explained. Ir this apperance had been on the hor izon, there is no telling how far it may have been from the observer . CAPE MENDOCINO BLDAP H'CIDENT - Hot far from the l ocat i on of Holle 's "burn ini; ship" an accident occurred to a navy blimp, 14 July 1947, off Cape t,1endocino . This blimp soodenly settled into the water , slipped out its crew and rose ai;ain . '1110 anoMaly here is that one would not expect to find drastic do'Tm-<:lrafts of such violence as to thus ups et a lighter than air craft. Possibly a dovmdr :ift accounted ror t ~ accident - but if the Signal Officer will look up the incident of the British steamer Talma w',ich , at the time of the sighting of a luminous wheel- like phenomenon in the Gulf of Llartaban , reported a s lowin r: of the engines from some unknO\m cause, it may be seen that possibly forces are ,-:enerated in son:e manner by certain unk11own ohjects at time s in t he or ean, whi ch may have physical attraction for mater j al objects . 1'1is blimp ace idP.nt occ urring in waters where occnrred othP r phenomena shortly to be mentioned, seems to have a doubtful side t.o it. TI1E OAKIAIID ODJ"EX;T - !!.arly on the mor ninc; of 13th Octob 0 r, 1947, a photographer named Hen Dobus togehter with a taxidriver named A. J. Goldman saw a thing "that looked like Saturn with a rin c around it." lt shot at terrific speed WEST,7AfID across the sky of the Bay area, anci was seen shortly after midnight . 2
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Source text · mention onlyThis may have been heading in the general direction of what may ha ve been the goal of two later objects which r oughly rese mble it in descri pti on. THE TICOODEROGA OBJEC'IS - According to the tanker Ticonderoga's secom officer, two "nyin c discs " were seen heading SOU'IHWE:3T when the ship was in 43 degrees fifteen minutes north and 124 degrees 54 minutes west, at 0620 GCT, 12th November 1947. These may have been heading f or the object seen in the Pacific off the Golden Gate, not long afterward - or possibly at the same time, if earlier reports on this are consulted. • .THE PHAN'IOM REEF - On November 24, 1947, the Navy denied that it had found a phantom reef or other obstruction to navigation at a point about 4oO miles west of San Francisco. TM Navay Survey ship MAURY, s ent out there in r esponse to reports of ships that some hugh object had been seen in the water in that neighbo rhood , reported that when in the approximate 1 titude and long:1.tu:ie of the supposed obstruction they picked up an echo from soll8t hing in the wa+.er 16oo yards f rom the ship; but that Tfhen they had steamed to within 4oo yards of thi s, the echo vanished. There seems a possible connec tability between the various elements so tar considered. Later on January 7, 194.S, there were occurrences in the neighborh ood o! \filmington, o ., Ft. Knox, Ky., Franklin, Ky., am Nashvill e , Tenn., all of which must be now familiar to the archivists of the Signa l Office. Something like a "fl¥in g disc" was pursued by one Lt. Mantell arrl two other pilots, ~antel being killed while in the process of att emptin g to gain altitooe to get close to whatever it was he was chasing. Also, in this connectio n , it may not be amiss to mention the deat hs of two military officer& ,mo were said to have been bringing back material evidence from "flying discs" one of which was said to have met with some kind of accident over .14aury Island , Puget Sound, around June, 1947. It Will be seen on inspection that the geographica l locales of these incidents fit inside the belt of latitu:ies hereinbefore mentioned. 'mE NORCATUR EXPLOSION was described in a pre vious letter of this writer, an:i it was shown in that letter that a line tangential to the meridian of Norcatur, Kans ., at hour-angle 2:20 p.m ., would if con tinued outward into space to the orbit of the moon , intersect the moon's orbit at a poin t where the moon would have been at about 100 hours after the time of the explosion. Accordin g to r ocke try theory, it would take a reaction-propelled craft of the rocket type about 100 hours to reach the moon. ! p
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Source text · mention only, . . ! sub,i. t there is n likelihood t.hn t. on .J1u11,1 2!,, 19!17, ~:mn,•thini; like a sp:i cc-sl i• ca• , l •~e fr om the r10011 and 1won Februar:· 1g, 19hS, returned to • hP. J'!IOnn . 'M1is is of ~ r.;n spccul ill.i 'ln. 8•11. has ., nyone :,,,t, cxplatnel t.ho '1fl·:int; disc:. 11 in ter1:1s of all th~ p1•etty -well proven fa<" ts in conuccti on vrith t.t,om? lla!l an·,one vet devised .s fuel powurful enough t o k~ck , r ocket !"rom ,-.1rt!. to l.o !.!0011? Th"'re la·~ beer hw lreus o!." reports, durlnc the pnst century, on oc~ 1rr,•nces which implv this world is visited from outside space . Alis, nee ,,f c..r1tact hy these po11tul-itahle visiting entiti,•s ma.v imply a st.ate of C)t lt.urt? frir beyond ours, to the point ffh(?l'e it wo11l.d be inP.X pediPn t. !'or th.,i r ·.,.obers to han. to do "ith us en-r.iasse . lhese reports hive na vPr Ileen seriously considered by science , wh ich in gener al il?)'lore~ them . Howevr•r, acco!'dir,1 .o Dr . Rocr.t of Chamborlin Obsnrvatory , Jenve r, there is not ,int ir. ast r or~or.iy to expl ain the thing which expl oded over Norcatur . Jr . Ninin1 1 er 1 s idea that t.he thint wa~ a meteor fl:ltly di3rei:;ards Dr. Rocht ' s opinion, wl it-h may have been based on the Jknver losts • statement that a nver ll'l"l'11.n saw t..he "orc:itur object twenty rninutes before the eXt,losion occurred . I sub, .l t th·,t the rmy needs men who are capable or r ecoenizing Un anomalies beforeri,•n ti oMd when they OC" ur , even if only to aid in s ecula tion r egarding tnm . The und,-rslrned off~rs his ser Jices to +.J1at erd , if t.he Arr,y may wish to avail itself of tl·em . /s/ N. r.. rtARKJ.IAM 4
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Source text · mention onlya ,a . Excerpt of letter dated April 11, 1948 from Dr. Lincoln LaPu, Director, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Deputy Executive Director, Committee on Geophysical Science~, Research and Development Board: Thank you for the surprisin g documents sent roe under date of March 3(). As you remark, certain aspects of Markham's letters a re fan tastic (for example: (1) the fir~ball processi on of 1913 , February 9, waa genuinely meteoric, although a rare type of chain fall; (2) no astronomer could take seriously Markham's 11 invasion by beings from Venus or the Moon" theory: <,) he appeals to, and biases in his favor, such untrustworthy evidence as newspaper stories, e.g., the absurd statement attri buted to Dr. Rocht of the Chamberlin Observ atory) . Nevertheless, Markham is justi fied in calling attention to certain incidents as tD1explai ned, for example, the 11flyin 6 lenses" (in my opinion 99% hoax and imagination and 1% r eal). As r egards the Norcatur, Kansas incident, I remain convinced t hat, like the Four Corners incident, it was a genuine meteorite fall, alth ough one of exceptional size (again like the Four Corners fall ) . Hovrever, there are many curious aspects of bot h these falls, some of an obje ctive nature, like the singular fact that in spite of intensive sear ches (ad mittedly tmder bad terrain a nd weather conditions), not a t rac e of meteoritic material has so far been found; some of a non-objective nature, like the amazin g testimony given by Mr. Leland Sammons, Mr. Alfred Gle:m , . and other witnesses of the Norcatur incident, both to members of the State H1gtiway Commission of Kansas and to l nsti tute of Meteoritics field survey parties . (See exhibits A, B, am C enclosed.) Some comment on such testimony as ap pears in 1i.,B, and C would seem desirable: 1 . Glenn first reported the battery case as red hot. hhen I pointed out that the pa·'er on it was not charred, his account was changed to "too hot to handle ". The Institute of Meteoritics party found only two men, not four, who saw the battery case fall. The battery case '1as been examined by Dr. 11ictor Regener, Department of Physics, University or New "'exico, who stat.es that it appears to be identical witn the small batteries used in portable radios. 2. K. Hays ' identification of the Norcatur objec t as a rocket has the following support: On the morning of February 19, I talked to the to,re r man and two assistants at the Air Base at McCook Field, Neb!'aska. All three denied the Norcatur object was a fireball and descri bed it as a filack object with an extremely bright jet of flame pouring out of t he rear. Furthermore, a l h-year old, and presumably unbiased, schoolgirl in Oberlin, Kansas wrote me a similar description of the "Fireball." l
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Source text · mention only3. A detonnined ettort is umer way to chock up on Sammons ' veracity ( and sanity!) I hove neither seen nor talknd to -'aMnOna, but another Qlllbe r or he Institute of J.lcteoritics pnrty (Dr . D. M. Gragg, an Instruct or in the epo "t.l'tent or Mathematics) l'mO did so believes Samons (who is a well - to-do !armor ) to be sincere am very b~ly scared . Or course nearness to a bi& 111eteor1te fall would scare one as b:id~ as an atom bomb; but •1ow could it produce such tes timony as morns". The 11mP.te itic" incidents fr the great fall ot 1~5, >veraber 29 (from "1ii ch no meteorites have been recove r ed eithP. r !) throuih tho sequonc e of ai ilar falls culminating in the Four Com~rs and 'lorcatur inci~ents, coupled With .,uch t incs as the Ussuri incident, convince me that ei. t 11er t 1.3 earth 1:; unrfer a rro--• nusual cosmi c bombardNnt or t"18TIY ot the fire balls are not meteorites at all. While I still cling to the 1D1Jteoritic h:,pothes1!1, it is clear that which evP-r Alte rnat ive is tie ri,1lt one, t he situati on c-ries alou::t for thoroll(;h i nvestigation . ..
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Source text · mention onlybut slightly east. Suddenly, about 1 anct 1/2 minutes after e }ad seen the flash, there was a terrific explosion an1 jar, shakinc the vrotmd and causine the windows all around to rattle. Following the explosion, there were several low reverberating rumblil'lgs across the heavens . He stated that tho explosion must have been very high. Edgar Younr:, 1 \>0y living at Regar, just east of Horcatur, was outside the ele~at or, when he observed the eXJ losion, looked up and saw the huge clotd of smoke . He stated that it 11as almost overl.ead but slightly west of hiJ!I. He said that it was a bif explosion. The elevator man was out in the elevator, 1'hen he heard the e.xµlosion . He t ought th~t his oil -burner had exploded in tho office and ran in to see about it. Fi.ndinr, i• O. K., he ran outside to see what had exploded, saw the big clo1.rl of ~moke hir;h overliead, slightly west . Ea, tern Kansas newspa pt!r carried a story about 6 days aco of one just like this one , coming from the south to vicinity of Iola, ~ansas, where it turned west and dis appeared into the sky . Check with Chief Scott of Norton about a bum~d flashlight b~ttery which fell in the street of Norton just after the explosion. It was too hot to be picked up for sevoral minutes. Chief Sco tt has it. Note : A copy of Exhibit 11 c11 referred to in letter fr on Dr. LaPaz, was not received .
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Source text · mention onlyI I -,. • l CPBC.:t- 1TS'~ - n:·rn:::i:'I' :.rTED F L'.'lll<i OAJEGTS ln~i-3 ,rt ~ 10218 Fe Tuary 1948 1500 ~fiT 5. 1nc t l cm lc@odill pita ■•■ Air Nea- Green RiTer, Utah !1 . .. ,M• of ob:;,... rv,... r Lenord P. Marchese · (B-2 <1 Pilot, Lt. 28 Bomber Op) Carl H. St ucki , Lt., Co- Pilot , (see reverae eid.e '.) . Cr.cup• i on c• f ob~v rvor Pilot for other w1.tnessee) G. ., : ;r . :1 of ob:. r v ,r 771:ll Bomb Sq, 2$th Bomb Op ( VH), Weaver AFB. S.D. I . rl·,c of' ob~ rv1 t i <,n 39° N - 100° W - near Green River, Utah ) . JL t ·.t-1c J 0!" c,b.' ct, f r C',rn obs, r vo r 100 miles ) 1 • 1'!.:"l d i 11 !'; i,•ht N/S l l. "11 i .url 20 ,ooo feet '')J. • Very high l ;, . Southeast of Limon , Colorado -:'i,ct ic,: Ex} losi on rate 1~ . .:;,, 1 l C ould not be determined d ue t.o B-20 eni::;ine noise 17 . c,, 1or u1ulti -colored ball of fire • • , ;}i pdluge mul b. -colored ba] 1 of fi r e and tierise cloud of smoke Vapor trail with ball of fire at head of trail ' . r c c,nd i t i , r •. Clear ' ) I . Hone
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Source text · mention only,.. • A wee 11Ult1-colored ball of fire trai ling a dense cloud of emoke w.a ai&hted at approx 1500 hours MST 18 Feb 48. 39° N-100° Wat approx 20,000 ' b.r two~ aircra!t of the 28th Bombardment Groo.p (VB). It wa• seu a>me 100 miles southeast of the B-..."9a. Size -.ae eatimaed aa huge al.tho illpc>1aible to determine accurately due to the distance. It •• tr&Telii:ig at Tecy high speed and hea.di.Dg southeast of L i.Ioon, Colorado. at approx 20,000 ft. Witneeeee: Capt Boward B. Berodt, A0-49504. 718th Bomb Sq 28th Bomb Gp (VE). Pilot of 1st B-.."9 Capt Mairice T. llitenour, J0-48o43. 718th Bomb Sq 28 :Bomb Gp (VB). Co-Pilot of lat B-29.. lat Lt Leonard P. Marchese. A0-748714, 77th Bomb Sq., 28tp Bomb Gp (KH). Pilot of 2nd. B-29 lat Lt. Carl W. Stucld., AD-785916, 77th Bomb Sq, 28th Bomb Gp (VH). c.o..-Pilot of 2nd :B-29. l!lOT.E: See Ineiden t 101 - 'Rorcatur KenM11. '
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Source text · mention only• f Jnr, i l JT ft 10'31 • 18 February 194g l • . 1n, 15()0 :ST• 3.. Tr.,· 7j o IWI ClillJd.u!IMII Air n Green Riv~r Utah 1,. :· .r1• n o1 r v1rS GaJ..t. How ard H. rodt - Cat .Aaurice "". Rit nour (See Inc 102 - corrclm-ation) ,. Jic., n ob~, rv 'lr ilots J • ••• 11· ,:; o .l ,:::;• r r 718th Bon bSq , 28th Bomb Gp (VH) ' eavr B, S . D. rf . Fl·,c r f' obn r·· lir 39° ti - 100 ° \7 - Ne Green River , Utah r; :r.lJ, r (J ~- l•hj t. <; .e (' ,,9. ~l~ .,!. 1CQ 0 ., f r c obr. rv r 100 miles ll, • Til"lo i? L ~frht '/s 11 . nl i ,ud•J 20 , 000 feet Dir oc i on of fl· 1·h 'outheast (of Limon , Colorado) T• c- .ics losion rate • Could not be determined due to 29 en ine noise 16 . iz ,., Huge (Seen 100 niles west of the B-29 ' s) 17 . Colo r ulti-colored ball of fire 18 . -->h .po Hugh mil ti-c olored ball of f ire and dense clou:i of smoke fo llowed 19 . Ode r ciJtn c d N/S 20 . , FJ.(, nm co s -r u e ion N/S 21 . Exh .u & tn.ils Vapor trail with a ball of fire at the head of trail :.,~ . 'ii ,::. Jho r cond i i ons Clear Eff .i ct on ~l oud s /s 2L . ko ch Js or photo r phs None 25. nnn cr of dis pp a r nnc ~ N/S 26. Remarks : bblR - Same a.a incident 102 which see ., r
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Source text · mention only, • r l 1047 Mar 48 2055 C ll:ayrna• 'l'enn. ~ r v r Franit L. renn, Maj, USAF, 00, Smyrna AF Base Col Ric."'lard C. Pettingill & Pvt Frank C. Jobntnn, • p. i :. f' r •, r e 00 of Smyrna & radio and toi.ier operator• AA.CS Station ... r f rv r ~ AJ:F, ixiq S:eyrnn, Tenn . rI. r ('lb.' · t fr or.i C'h r v r 6 milea . ' i. • "" C l • 1- ii ,.1 lt 45 minutes ll. ,.1 • i • ul About 5° above horizon l' . d very elov l • D r c i T fl 1 ht. N a~ from 5:uyTDa N/ S Faded awq l . I 1• d Bone ,. ,it Unknown r,.., 1c r yello•r-0range 1 . ';h · P" oTel Odor cl t, c t 1d N/5 N/5 - •eemed to be flare l. Bone t l r ~ ndi i !' CAVU - 10 milea 2; . Eff' o.., l oud:; N/5 2 , . Si ch ~ or pho or,r phs 11&• (2) ahovil:lg yellov oran,ge fi&'lle-like oru P:t; nr." r of i. ,,, p• r .,,. faded into horizon 26 . R ur k :; : (oTer)
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Source text · mention only• • ' . A yellow-orange object ...W.ch had the appearance of a flare was observed eome six miles from Smyrna AAF between the west and northwest just above the horizon and movill& directly awq from ~ '!'he speed was estimated aa alow since the object t"ema1ned visible aome forty-five minutes. It gradna1Jy faA.ed awey disappearing into the horizon. No ubaust trail was seen and nqsGUDd was heard.
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Source text · mention onlyr,·I'\ -. . ... ;,•" ·~ '" "◄ . , ' ..•, ' r I i ,., .•. • ' . 1\· ') -:-, ~ .; 't'l lJu CHECK- LIST - urIDEllTIFIED FLYHJG OBJECTS Inc id ,rt ff 105 g Mar 48 2 . TiMO 1100 3. Loc otion BelD:>nt, B. C. li. Pomo of obs c- r vor Kr. A. C. Morri•on 5. Occ upc.ti on of ob!jor vor Sapt. Meter Dept, lbb Po\\er Co.• Charlotte, I. C, 6 . ;,-:Idr ,...ss of ob::;orvo r Charlotte, B. C. (n.uat Power Co.) Belmont, I. C. (Sitpted from ground)7. Ploc of obs~ r Vl.a tion ~- Nunbo r of ob j~cts l 9. Distance o!' ob j.: ct f r om obs r vc r 11/S about 10 seconds 10 . TiMO in s i ~ht 11. ~lt.itudo B/S - could not be esti:Afted l:? . Spc.od Around 600 l4PH laaterqDiroct i on of flirht llJ . Tur 1cs lone - moved 1n atr~t line at constant speed without change in altitude or direction 1r- . S"und Bone 16. Siz ~ From a distance - that of a small coin l7 . Colo r _bright or ailTer - looked metallic 18 . 3h,.pc round or sphere (unable to determine wich) Odor d tc.ct d N/S 20 . i.p~n r, nt con-, t.. ruc~i ,m Metallic :"'~ . ·:: n t,l·w r conditi on' Clear with scattered white cloud• 23. Eff c or, clouds N/S ?1 • 31': t ch s or photor, r l<p~s None 2~. 'i;.n r of di,.-ipo ••r r.~~ behind small -.dlite cloud ~J . R~~u r k::; : (oTer)
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Source text · mention only• , A round ~tallic-appc :-ine object mvinc vc;cy rapidly st an e1t~ted soeed of bOO l-:?H s obsen d n.-~ 3 l.:lont. N. C.• at rox 1100 the nx>rning of 8 Mar 48. '!'he • ther s cle r w1th excellent vtdbil 1t1 witb. a fev lhlal.l acattered fie cy vriite clouds . It could ot be determin d if the object were a disc or ap r~. It e.opa. fut she va.s tha t of a s:nall coin of a bright or 1ilver o:,lor. It re.fl eeted the swi mai.nt 1.n1.n.g a 1ttwdy refle ction 'Cbich did not flicker. Tho obJec t ..nich was under observ ation for 10:ne 10 secon I was on an e3ak:rl7 beacU..og and moved 1n a trt.iyit l..ne at a constan t speed witaout apparent ~ in altitude or direction. It waa impoaeible to deter .:nin.e the altitude but 1 t was 11Dving above the clru ~a. No sound of an,y kind \11188 hear d nor • ~ exbau .. t trail obeerved. NOTE: Wi tn.eaa (Mr Morri 10n) 1a a ::l8Zl of excellent char ct r e.nd re :ut tlon, 0 a first-gread.e e 1neer and employee of Iuke Fower Co for some JO ye r,. He impressed t..e agent u bei..D& conservt1.tive and sound and ia a t echn ical man with a v ery tec.'lniccl and re•. oneible poaition . Mr. Morrison was c.ar etul in hi ■ 1t&t e:.enta . Be doe ■ not cl3ia he eaw t he "fl~ d.iac" . merely d:ts claiai_ng that tbe7 aav an object -..bi.ch tbe7 could not 1d.ent1f7 with any natural phenomenon or known tlJ)e of aircraft. It re1embled •a r ound metallic appe...ring object JDOviz:ig very r apidly. • Vitne saea: Mr. Rezw.rix, aa1iatant Superintendent. Meter Dept nib Power Co., Charlotte, N. C. Mr. G. V. Jordan, Oaatonia J:lectr1c Co., Gastonia, B. C.
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Source text · mention onlyt \I JEt:TS ~. Tir.o 1610 ch 19/..iS - 1655 lncid Jr L 106 3. : OCl ti n Bakersfield , Cali!ornia 5. Oc upa ion or ob!jo r ..- r n/s 6. "•ld r • ,,, of oh o11 rvor RBkersti old , California 7 . Pl c of otir. r·~, t i on hoo er nd , aouth st, t.o d Bue Vista Lake, Cali.t . r1 . Uunb, r M' oh,1,.,otD Two 1 . ~istonco o~ obj oe~ fr cr.i ob~ r v r 10 - 12 ailAto lG . Tino in sir.ht lJ/S 11 . ~ltitud N/S 12 . Spead N/S 13. Diroc t.irm o r rHrht earthward i,..d ice N/S 16 . Sizo /S 17 . Colo r See::u.n;q on tir e , bl.ack and red amoke t.ra1.li.'1 G be~1n d 18 . ~hi. po S1.miJ ar to .falling airer a.rt 19 . Oio r d tcctod Njs 20 . ..p, r. r or.t ran I ru,.t ion N/S 21 . Ex}viu:.t trt.il o &-own1eh-.h.1to smoke and debris trailing :">2 , Hoo tho r conditi ons N/S "3 . Err ct nn cl oud:,, N/S I 21, . Skotch 1J or p ntc~ rcp!l :: .lone ?~ . t:o.nn ..,r or d i onppnarnno t' Behind a water t 011Jer, which 1'8.1!1 an obatruction 26• RoT1Wr " : Col!Dents of G. t o the • ie"ft' L. Buckner and othe r witne sse a to thia sighting cont ained 1n attached supplement .
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Source text · mention onlyn HEADQUARTERS FOURTii AIR FORCE Office or the Assi stant Chief of Starr, A-e Intelligence Hamilton Field , California 4AFDA- 3/120S - I Mar 11, 19liSSUBJECT: Investigation of Flying Disc . TO: Chief of Staff United States Air Force s Washing t on , D. C. AT'IN : DIREC TOnATE OF INTELLI GENCE Air Intelligence Requireme nt s Branch 1 . Inciden t reported on 9 March 19WS, t his headq ua rters, per telephone call from Sgt A. U. Lar s en, Sheriff's office , BakP.rsfield, Califor nia . a. ubservation by Mr. (Geor ge L) Les Buchner , Bake r sfield, Califo rnia, 0£ two objec ts fallin g to P-a.rth from unknown source on 5 March 19-48 between 1610 and 1 655 hou rs. Des cr iption o~ obje cts similar to fall ing aircraft with smoke 3lld debris trailing . Obser vati on made at Bakersfield with objects sigh ted southwest tovrard Buena• Vista Lake , Calif ornia . b. Ubserva tion by Mr. Denio, employee of the Pacific General 1lect ic Company, Bakers.f i eld , Califo rnia , of t.wo objects wlri.ch fell to earth from r unknown source no rth of Baker sfield, California , 8 March 1948 . One obje ct seemed to be on f ire with r ed and bla ck smoke trailing behind . 2 . In1orl:l8J1t Larsen stated tha t searchin g p :irties, •1ircraft and rescue w,it~ ha:ve made nume r ous attempts to loca t e these reported obje cts without success . 3. investigati on of incide nt has been initiated by t · is he adquarters . Report •,ti.11 f ollo lf. /s/ Donald L. Spr inge r DONALD L. SPRDl GZ. Lt . Colonel , USAF AC of 3, A....!2 Inforration to : A.JC , • .!i t che l Fld , tl . Y. FfH, San Francisco G-2, vixth Amy DIO, .Jan :."r a ncisco (12th r av . !)is t)
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Source text · mention onlyHEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE • Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff' Intelligence Hamil ton Fiel d , Cal ifornia 4AFDA-;/l208-I SUBJECT: Investi gation of Flying Dis cs SUMMARY OF lNFO.RMATION.: Information from t he Sheriff 's Off'ice, Bakers.field, California , r eve~ed that nwrero"UB calls from r esidents in Bakersfield concernin g peculiar obj ects in the sky over Bakersfield, predicated an invest1 c;at1 on by their office and contact With A-2 Headquarters Fourth Air Force . On 13th March 19~, tl'() informants, Mr. George L. Buchner, and .!ar. H • B. Nix, stated that they observed a flyin l object wh1ch appeared to be consumed in fire, am left a br01m1sh-white plume of smoke , whic h suddenly stopped an::l disappeared. Secorx:is l at er, what appeared to be a i:arachute, was seen to be drifting to the east. The object, as described, appeared to be a burning fabric airplane, consumed in smoke. Observati ons were ~ade in Bakersfield of objec t to the south and southwest , appro:ximatel y ten to twel ve miles distance, arotmd 1600 hours on 5 March 1948 . On 13th March 1948 , info rmant, Mr . H. B. Nix, stated t hat he observed an object at 0830, 8 March 1948, due north of Baker sfield, approximately five miles distance. 'Ihe object was a large, orange-red ball of fire , s omewhat larger than a smll airplane, app eared to remain static for a ppr oxi mately thirty seconds , then split and continued to bm-n ; each visible as a burning half. A parachute, with a black object hanging was then obs erved to fall, drift to the east an:i disappeared int o the hills eas t of Bakersfield. On 13th ula.rc:h 194$, two informants, Mrs . Callie R. Wason, secretary , Haberfelde Building, Bakersfield, Californ ia, and Dr. J. E. Johnson , dentist Habe:rfelde Building, Bakers field, Cal ifomi a, stated that they were in Room 518, 11aberfelde Building , on the mor ning of 9 March 194,S. L1rs. tAason was a pat ient of Dr. Johnson. Both info rmants stated that t hey observed a !lamin g object which appeared at fi rst to be a very small air plane . Orange red nanes seemed to envelope the object w:i. th consid erab le black smoke trailing in a zigZag manner for approximately 4,ooo to 5, 000 feet. The obj ect was ob served R t 1,000 feet, appr oximately due north of Baker Rfield, seven t o ten miles distant at appr oxi.na tely 0830 hours. Informants further s t ated that the object disappeared behind a water tower, which was an obstruction to their view, and was near the vr ound . Both in£ormants watched for an explosion, thinking t hat it would exp l ode upon reachin g the ground, but n othing unusual was noted.
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Source text · mention only.., •. •-._ .. , •, -2C'"']"I' : Alt..:our' t, ere i. r. no ev-:cinece to ~uh;1t.antiat,c 1,h.. followiri 1 , it is t,1--.£? o• ininn n" t' is hAadqunrt1?rs that this acti·:i t,.: c ,1ld be t,t,rj b11te-d .,. rkc .. fl re" . :..: . further lc v.,.l oi :nents , or ovid,.ucc o taincd , -..ill be f n, rdPrl iJ-is na<lqu r torr. fr oo the lrriff 1!l Office , hke r r field , Califo r nia . EVALUJTIG:: Of Sourco Of lnform· 1tion C 3 t.. f
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Source text · mention only(.' I 1. 2 . 3. I.. ! 5. .. t I 6 ~ I ' I 7 . I 8 . 9. 10 . 11 . 12. 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . 17 • 18 . 19. 20 . 21. 22 . 23 . 21.i.. 25 . 26 . Dat o g March 1948 Inc id mt fl 107 Tine N/S Locotipn Baker sf ield, California :!nmo of obso r vor .Mr. Denio Occupat i on of ob!jor vor Pacific Cieneral Electric Company employee l,d dr<.;ss of obs or vor N/S -Plo.co of obs o r vc.t i on Sight ed f r om ground Nunbc r of objocts Distnnco of obj oct Til"lo in sight N/S I Altitud o N/S Spea d N/S Direction of f l i 6ht Ta ctics N/S Sourd N/S Sizo N/S Two from obs orvor N/S :Earthward Col or One object seemingly afire, r ed and black srooke trailing Shcp o N/S Odor doto ctod N/S Appo.r ont const r u ctio n N/S EY.huust t r u ils N/ s Woatho r conditi ons N/S , ~ ~· .... ·.; •") r;.\ Effoct on clouds N/S ··1 (::.- i.itr t . ~ 4~. r~ I'• • / ~ .. \! I <.I ~-ff •I .z 1J.p- Skotch os o r photog r o.phs None Manne r of disnppoar a nce XJI J'ell to ear\h Remar ks : See supplement to Incident #106.
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Source text · mention onlyCl!E<a:- •• r sr - t!rIDEi ::' !rJED Fl Yli!G OBJECTS l • D. ':: g lJ.arch 194g Inc id ,rt # 108 3 . Ir.- ti<"n Bakersi'ield , Califo rnia H. B. t-tix , • fhc of ob" r;r tit n Sighted from r:round ') . Di:,t11nc1 n!' obj c1 f'r cm obs r vc:r 5 miles 10 . Tii"lo in sfrht Approx. 30 second s bofore splitting and burning ! 1. ,,.J i +,ud~ H/S 1~ • S1• ,d Stati c for apnrox 30 seconds , and then dri ft ing l " . Dir oc t.i, r. o f fli ht eastward "' . .,i z Lareer t iian a small "i r plane 17. ~,.,lc r Oran~e -red ball ol..' fire l • Jh•. P" Ball 1r, • ct •d t:/S 21. N/S : ., 11 •r condition• N/S None 0 ""r,. ' !.lr r of di<:•1pp ••r nc ~ Drifted to the elst into the hills east of Bakers .!."i e 1d 1 • R, .,,1 r 1·!" : See s•.1pplo11ent to .Lnc i dent #106 , i
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Source text · mention only• CEECK- LIS'f - llrHDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Inc i d ·mt 4/- 1091. D~tc 9 March 1948 3. Locntion Bakersfield, Califo rnia h . :-ramo of obse rve rs J.E. Johnson an1 Mrs. Callie R. Mason 5. Occupot i on of ob~o rvor J.E . Johnson, Dentist, Mrs. Mason, Secretary 6. 1,ddrcss of obso rvor N/S 7. Ploco of obs e r vr,t i on 5th noor of business building B. Numbor of objocts One 9. Distonco of obj e ct from obso r vor 7 - 10 miles 10 . Ti~o in sight N/S 11. Altitude 1000 f~et 12. Speed N/S 13. Dir octi on cf fliGht Due north of Baker sfield 14. Toct ics Zig~a~ng 15 . S onr.:d N/S 16. Size Appearance of a very small airplane 17. Colo r Orange--red f lame 18. She.po Appearance of a very small airplane 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20 . Appo r ont const ru ction N/S 21. Exhou st trails Considerable black smoke t railing !or 4000 to 5000 feet 22 . Vfootho r conditi ons N/S Effoct on clo uds N/S Sketch e s or photog r aphs None 25 . Monnor of disapp oa r a nco N /S 26. Remark s : See supplement to Inciden t #106 1---Y
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Source text · mention only• '1' "T .. l :1 , 0300 - 0500 ✓ I • •: ! ; n fultimore (Ha··1ilton) Maryhnd • ,r,• o~· nt,,; , rv ·r ldenti ty coi fidential ,. up• 1,j t: n f co:.. rv ~r Active in A•nerican .L,e ion activities ' • .:; r •• nf' ol:.; r v, r N/S ~· ::·\i r •J•' r,r,.i ·cts Undetermined F, . .> 1?'d r;oto r drope of foreign type aircraf t H • ;,h'. pc N/S 21 . C:xh•.w,t. t r uils N/S ,v;,. 'iJu, thv r conditi ons N/S ~3 . i~ff, ;ct on clouds N/S Non e21. . :,}:,,tch •~ or photoi; r l..phs r /S!:onn (;r of disu pp,Jnr·mc o Romor ks : 8ee Supp leme nt ✓• ·•-' \ . n. rf;', ~4' :/)::,
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Source text · mention only(T'\ ,; ?a ~ <.:(COPY) :.i ; :> \a - Incident # 110. . .. . -.•· li 'i ~ ~ V ~ .;, • ,_ '1 J .__~ __,/ HFJ.DQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR CO!AUAND A2B Andrews Field Washington 20, D. c. SAC 3~ (29 Mar L.a) 29 March 1948 SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Aerial Sounds. TO: Chief of Staff United States Air Force Hashington 25, D. C. Attehtion: • Director of lntelli gmce 1. The follo,ring is quoted from a copy of a l e tter, .8a1ti more Office, FBI, addressed to the Director of Intell i , ence, Second Army: "On liarch 23, 1948, an individual, who des i red. that her identity be kept confidential, telephonically communicated With this office arrl indioa ted that she is the wife of a form er mernber of the United States military forces, am that s he is presently active in American legion activities, but was emphatic in sta ting that she was in no way hysterical or unduly apprehmsive regarding present world conditio ns . She did , however, wish to brin g to t he attention of the proper authorities that durin g the past six or ei ght weeks, on a number of occasions between the hours of 3:00 and 5:00 ,L.M., she has heard peculiar soundin g noises in the sky, wh i ch npr,ear t o come from airplanes in the dis t ance, but the sound is not the type of a irplane motor drone T1hich i ~generally hea rd f rom ~meric an planes. She has discussed the matter with he r husban::I, and he be lie ve s t hat t he sound is more like that of a foreign type airplare . J he r ecently d iscus s ed this matter ,nth a:q unidentified v,oman who lives in her neighborh ood, which is Hamilton, Baltimore, l>iarylan::t, arrl t his woman stated tha t she, too , had he ard the noise in questio n, and that h er husb and is also an ex-G.I . arrl he has stated that the motors sounded like that of foreign planes." 2. No action is contem plated by t h is headquarters . FOR 'mE CO;IMANDING GENSRAL: ALAN MARCEAU CWO, lli AF Asst udj Gen ~{ ~ •• ~ ~·~ \ )·- c/c furnished CG, JJKJ , Attn: MCI.
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Source text · mention only.. 111 f6> CHECK- LIST - UlHDSHTirIED FLYillG OBJECTS Ine id'>rt j lll 1. D::i to 1 April 194S 2 . Time 0955 r 3. Locution 124° 31 East, 12°, 52' Horth 11 . l!nmo of obso r vor 1st Lt. Ueyars (Robert W.) 5. Occu~tion o!' ob~o r vor P-47 Pilot 6. i,'1dr • ~is of obs o rvor 67t h Fighte r Squad r on, l,gth Fightar Group 7 • Pl ucc, of obs o r vi.tio n Philip pine Islands - S ighted from dr 9 . Uumbor of' obj C'ots One 9 . Distunco of ob;, ,J ct f r-om obs ,:i r vor 3 miles 10 . TiJ'Tlo in sic;ht Approximately 60 seoonde ll . t\ltitudo 1.000 feet 12 . Spco d 200 mph (disappeared in 5 seconds, in iicating great acceleration) 13. Dirocti on of fli {~ht 270° Jb . Toctics N/S 15 . Sriurd None 16 . Siz0 Estimated - win g- span 30 feet, l engt h 20 feet 17 . C0l or Silver Hl . Ghcpo A half moon closely rese mblin g a f lying wing type acft; turtle ba ck a nd an indis t inct dorsal fin l <j . Odor <l oto ctud N/S 20 . ,.p pu r unt oonst r uction N/S 21 . Exhn ust tr£.i ls None observed ;">:? . Vlocitho r conditi on s Scattered cumulus , base 3000 feet, tops 6000 f eet 23 . Eff ,1 ct on clouds N/S 211 . Sk<1tch ,•o or phot ogrc. phs None rlanno r of dimippl.larr,nco Objec t level ed out on he adin1~ of 270° , accelerated rapidly and disappea red from sigh t 26. Romurks : See a t tached :upplemeo t • ,.,., ~ I.&;;;
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Source text · mention onlyIIEADf.fJARTIPS, TPiltTEENIB Ai n ft,CRCE CLAR. A~ FORCE BASE APO 719 B-2/am S April 1946 AG 452. 1 SUBJEC r : Report of bigh ting of Unidentified ,ircr aft and/or Fl yi ng Ubj e ct . TO Conrnandin g General , Far Eas t Air Forces , APO 925, u. -=> • . Army. ATTN : AC/S , A-2 1. In compl iance with "lntelli ga,ce Reouirernents - Un -identified i\i r craft" and letters , your hea:iqua rters , AG 452 .l A-2, 3 11ovember 1947 and AG 452 .1 A- 2 , 20 ~J arch 1948, the f ollowi ng incident is reported . 2 . At 163() hours on 1 Apr il 1948, the S- 2 offic er of the 18t h Fighter Gr oup conta cted the A-2 Division, this headq uarters, and reported :that 1st Lt. Robert .,. ~eyers had sif:t1ted an unidentified flyin 1: object . His s tory i s as follow s . 3. On l f\pril, at 0955 , 1st Lt . •~eyers was l eading a flight of four l4) P-47 aircraft of t r.e 67th F'ipj,t er Squadro n, 18th :F'iE:hter Group. He was flying a heading of 180 degrees , al titude 1500 f eet, posi tion 1?4 degree 6 3 minutes east and 12 deg r ees 52 minut es north, when he sight ed an uniden tifi ed d:>ject app rox imately three ( 3) mil es east of his posi tion and at an estimated altitude of 1000 feet , headin g of 36o degr ees . The objec t appe ared to be a flyine wing type aircraft, its shape r esembled a half moon what appeared to be a dorsal fin waR barely perceptible , the s pan of t he obj ect estim ated to be t hirty feet, length t-wenty feet and silve r in co l or. Upon sifjltin t: theobj ect, Lt . - eyers immediately started a l eft tum with the intent i on of interceptin g and to more J:OSi tively id 81 ti.fy this phenomena . 1'/ldle l!eyers was making a 240 degree turn, the unidentif i ed obj ect made a 90 deg ree left turn, then l evel ed out on a headin c of 270 degrees, accelerated rapidl y and disappeared f r om sight in approximatel y five seoond s . Ther e wa s no sound heard , ·and no exhaust trails were obse rved. At the time of t he s~h ting visibility was unli mited, scattered cumulus, base 3()00 feet, tops 6000 feet . a. Because of the dista nce f r om which the sightin t: was made, no distinguis h in g features i .e . power \ini ts, lard ing gear , armar1ent oi, cockpi t w ere observed . T-22190
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Source text · mention only&-2, AG 452. 1, ::,ubje ct 1 "Report of Sightin& of Unide ntil"ied ircrof't am/or ~ t< Object . " cockpit were observed . b. The interview 1d. th Lt. •eyers indicated that he is a relia ble, non~xcitable i• dh i!'lual and appeared q•dte posi tive 1n hia stateni,nt .s. It must be taken into consider ation howe· er that he was t he only w1. tness t o this incidert, as t-e wu. \l"lable to call the object to t~ attent ion of his thr ee wing-1:2en because of the i r maneuverir g in t he t um, plus the fact tt-at his radio •~ ~ • 3. Above incident re po· ted your headquarters, 2 April 1%S, 1n rm io, ci te KJ,i2L3H. ' FOR 'll=E CO!!l>JlDING G ::HAL: /1/ Robort 1'' . DeLong ~ •.:.RT r. DE w m lat J..t., tSAF .lctin c Asst Adjut.ant General 2
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Source text · mention onlyBASIC : Ltr Hq 13th l\.F, APO 719 , ~ubj : "Rpt of vii;ht ing of Uni dentifi ed 11.ir cr aft and/ or f lyin ~ Ub,iect , 11 dtd 8 Apr 4 • 1s t Ind 15 A pri l 1 9uSAG 452 . 1 A-2 HEAD4UAR'l' :FtS, FAR FAST AIR Foi~cES, APO 925, TO : Comrnandi nb Gener al , Air l.1ater i el Command, ,,r i l ht P atters on Air Force Ra se , Jayt on, Ohio , Atte n ti on : CUI 1. Referen ce i s rrade t o let t er Headquarters United States Air For ce, r. ubj e ct : "Repor t ing of l nf or na t ion on 11'' l yin r Di sc s "' date d 26 February l ti4,S. 2. Eva l uation of s i e}1tin g desc r ibed in basic communi cation by thi s headquarters is tha t in view of t he circumstances surr oundin 1 1 t he inc i dent , t he obj ect w as probabl y a bir d . FOR 'lHE C011HANDING GENER.AL: /s/ c. N. Stewart C. N. STElVART Capt, AGD Asst Ad j Gen T-22190
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Source text · mention onlye (COPY) • Ill 090359Z PRIO RITY .lpril 194S FRW: CINCFE TYKYO JAPAN oso7312. '10 a DEPT OF ARMY WASHING'roN DC FOR CSGID, COMGE?~A.MC WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB DAY'IDN OHIO ATTN MCI RPT MCI lNFOL: COMGI!NFFAF IN REPLY CITE : ex r:JJ1{:/:} Report control is A- 1917. Pilo t , 13 Air Force, at 0955, 1 April 4S, i,~lying P-47 Aircraft heading l&:> degrees altitude 1500 feet i ndicated at 124 degrees 3 ninutes East, 12 degrees 52 minutes lijorth, weather scattered CFMULre Rpt CUMULES . 3/10 base three thousand, t op 6oo vis1 bility unlimit ed sigh ted fiyin g obje ct prroxi mately 3 ·m11es East lA roead1ng ,e,o , altitude estimated one thoua·ind feet below him . Unidentified object estimated speed at time of signting 200 miles per hour . Pilot turned left atte mptin g to interce pt unidentified fly ing object for more pos i tive identifi c ation . At this time n y1ng object made a turn of 90 degrees left, leveled out and accelerated disappearing in appr oxitrately- 5 seconds . Described as ha ving A turtle back and an i ndistinc t dorsal fin. The sahp e o f th e object v,as that of A half moon c losely resembling A nyin g Wing type a :ircraft, es timat ed Wine span 30 feet, estim ated le n th 20 fee t , color silver , no r pt no exhaust trai l was obser ved . Five seconds elapsed t ii'e for disappea r in g would indi cate exceedin gly high speed and grea t acceleration. Reporting uffice r is consmred sincere and non-excitable type and firmly belie· ,ea he s i ehte d object. A r eport wi ll b e fo:rwarded upon completion of an i nves ti- gation of t his i nciden t . Receiv ed lACAA0121 9 Apr 48 1005 ( 1505 : ) Typed by IJCAA0f21 9 Apr 4£ 1359 )1859 Z)ams DISTRIBUTION: EJK L MCI-ac tion 2 . MCAAGM21 T- 177$9
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK- LIS T - Llt:IDEl!TIFIED FLYUlG OBJECTS I ncid <mt # 112 g Apr 4g 2. Time llK:O - :»+30 3. Loc() tion Ashley, Ohio /+. ::o.mo of obscr vor Miss Winifred Pa ine& - Mrs. Bertha Slack 5. Occuput i on of ob9o rvor Mte• Paineal Asst Bank Ca shier; Mrs. Slack: housekeeper 6 . idd r c:ss of obs c r vor 227 WHigh St•• Ashley, O. 7. Pl oc o of obso r V1c> t i on Ashley, Ohio (ground) 8 . Numbor of obj octs l 9. Di s tonc o of ob jn ct fr om obs orvor n~te a distencen 10 . TiMo in si~ht N/S 11 . ;..1titu do Could not est imate slow-moving12 . Spee d SouthwestDi r o cti on of fl i.[;ht 111 . 'i'1_1c.tics No maneuvers l~ . Si ~0 undet ermi ned 17. Col or silver W . Gh::;po Oblong , l ong end narro w - like s ilver s t reak Odor d •Jtc:ct od N/S 20 . i-prn r ont con struct i on N/S :-'2 . '.ile;oi,ho r c ond iti ons Cle ~r. n.o clou ds ne ar objec t 23 . Eff ct on r l ouds N/S - no cl ouds ne r:r object ?Ji . Sv.rJtch\.ls or photor, r uphs None 25. ~'.unr.i r of disnpp,:::i r r.nco N/S 26 . Romurks : (over) ). I- -- '
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Source text · mention onlyWitness thoUe;l)t she he,,rd plane which appe red. to be flying lo,,., Emd m...king an unusual. moount of noise. Coulc. not locs te the plane tv.t did see en object oblone; in shape r-nd long end narrow which h; d the app&·re.nce of a silver stre,ak. It wns clearly outlinr-,d and moving slo~ly and et.es.d.ily in a south ..-esterly direction -parall el to the ground a..d without charlgirig directi o n. Altitude a.od. size were Lot estimeted.. Note: See Incident #1120 in which the plane was rerceiv~d flying low.
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Source text · mention onlyT •. 1 • D..... 6 Auri 1 l i6 3. r ti •1 I\Shlev ' Uhio CC'Upl ion o f cb:;o r v r e,13 ,oer :- porter . ! ! r • of h r '.Jr 7 . ri-.c r,i' ol,-; n., t i on Fr rn t.hP. r,round ? . Jj:-tuuco of obj ct. f'r c nh:i r v •r l!ot ~t..3-ted 1 1. "1 t i t.udo 11ito high 12 . ~I od !>low - dirfting l ~ . Diructior. of fli r.ht SoutlTNcstc rly l . T d ic~ ilone 1r . S I d Uone l'J . S11.c &na.11 "r th an the 'lir l:3ne I.hat r:a:. in view at t l o tim 17 . Col or Opal •scent - liko mot ,r,r of pero-1 10. :;h,.po Lon, cylindrical bod ;,, 11\<P :i s t ick ".If fire ,ood l r•.,. Crier d t, ctod Ilone ~l . Exh•1ubt t r uib None !l? . \/oc.t;ho r oondit :ionoClear , f ew clo..rls i n sky but non "lround object Eff ct on ~louds /S ?l1 . Sl-:otch s or photor,rophs 1 t one 25 . :Onm,r of disopponronc o l /.;; 26. Romor ks : A plane , which sounded as if it ,rere f lyint lO'ff since there was an exceptionally loud r oaring noi~e,first attracted the at wntion )
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Source text · mention onlyor t. is Tritness . he OJSe!'V8d u larre ai.rp .ine , ,,ding ,outh , and aboJt thu same ·t.i·•.e alHo ohsorved a :'I trance obj eot ir, tho sky 1,r~vel ling s l owly ir south--resterly dir ct~on . litn~ss firs· ~ro tit a~ sky writirt , as i lo • ed lik ... st.re'l,c; o Jt lat.er it bee e clo rly o tli., ed, a. · • rin. to ',e a 10•1,1 c,vli dric .11 boch 11.r<e a sr.ick of firuw ood . "itn l.he sull ehin inr, on h, it. a.pea.redo· 1lesce; t., l ikn ,otrer of pearl . The object wa, uch h- 1er, anJ iui1.r. a bit ~oil r tha."l, the rpl.i e, but drifted sl0ft'4 lllong a ter r.hc air ;'l lnc di!:appCd!"cd . It r.,~ t-ave been dri!'tintJ ':fit h tr,e moo. 3)... .....,
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Source text · mention only,, ~ . C. \ ~ 4I:J!":l . r~:-.( ... • j ~ ,:..~ ~ 1 ,. 1,, i. / ' "i' g'-'J \'j .... v:.~1•h \:,,.,,, u ~ \\,\ ... ""'i " CHECK- LIST - m:ID El'.':'IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS Inc ia ·3r.t .fl 112b g April 19J+g 2 . Time 1430 3. Locut ion Delaware, Ohio h. ::umo of obser ve r Mrs . James B. utephenson 5. Occup~tion of ob~o rvor Housewife 6. I,'1dru3s of obse rve r 93 Uorth Frank lin Stre et , Delaware, Ohio 7 • Pl oco of obsu r vr,tion From the ground O. 1!umbor of objMts One 9. Dist an ce o!' obj o ct from obso rvo r H/S lG . TiMO in sic;ht N/.:3 11 . ~ltitud o N/S 12 . Spcod Slow 13. Directi on o f fli r,ht South westerl y 14. Tactics None 15 . S r,uJ!'d None 16 . Si zo Very large - about the size of a f t, 11 moon in heig ht but much snaller in widt h 17 . Colo r Very white 18. She.po Cylindric al, with vapor around the top 19. Odor doto ctod N/S 20 . Appn r ont const ru ct ion N/S 21. Exhaust t r ails None 22 . Vfootho r conditions Clear , no clouds ur ound object 23 . Effect on clouds H/S 24 . Skotch os or photoi:; r aphs None Alannor of disopp 0o r nnc o N/S 26 . Romorks : At 1430 Urs . J . B. Stephens on 's attenti on was at tracLed from her ,v:indo.v by an obj e ct of unusual shape in t!1e s ky . 1Jpor. going 0 ,1tside
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Source text · mention onlyto et a better view it ~ppeared ve ite with no oha tfB at all, was cylindrical• in sh and seemed to •e v p ar o t.e t op. en first it ape to be leaninp a t an an le , arrl then right itse and move alon II ndic r' to the gro 1d . lt appear d not o e moving at first, b t upon a closer look it ·as s en ovin~ slowly· a ~r ut 1 sterly i·ection , i o s~ v~ inin · at th 881' al ti t e . The wea er clear, e seen . 'J. he obje ct seemed ve r lar ·e , :i.?. e o ut much small~r in w.i.dth . ince th re wa n ~ t.o co , ot be sure of tl. size . Jo st tem nt 1as made as to whe r not witness e air lane .
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Source text · mention only. ( ( . ... f - . CHECK- LIST - Ul'IDE'l!':'IfIEO FLYIUG OBJECTS Incid ,r.t; /t 1.12c1. D~t , g April 1945 2 . Tirno 1430 ~ _. Leicot i on Delmrare, Vnio l1 . :!omv of obsf"'r vor Rev. "ames B. Step henson 5. Occupci.tion of ob~o rvor Pastor 6 . i,rld r •·:.s of obso r vor 93 N. Franklin btreet., DelAware, Ohio ? . Pli..c c of obs v r vt;tio n From the groun d 8 . Numbor of' ob jnot s One 9. Distonco of obj o ct fr om obso r vur N/S 10 . TiMo in s i ght N/S 11 . ltltitudo N/S 12 . Spead ::>low 13. Diroot i on of fHr ht Southwest erly 1L. Tactics None 15 . Sourd None 16 . Siz o Not State d 17 . Color ,lhite 18 . Shcpo Ve:rticle, larg er at t he botto n and narr01f at lJ1e top 19 . Odor dotoot od None 20 . .1~ppc1 ront constru ction N/S 21 . EYJH1u&t t r uils None 22 . Wootho r conditi ons Clear 23 . Eff oct on cl ouds N/S ... . Skotch os or photog r aphs None hlonner of disappoe r onco N/S 26 . Romorks: "'itness first thought tha t object vra:, a plane on fire, as it was s urrounded by a vaporous substance . A plane was heard, and
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Source text · mention only.. l""••••d lair &Id m~ a great, deal- et noin. Alter a tew seconds' stud7 object became el.early o utlined and looked p11:ifdlar to a vertical cylinder, large at the bottom am narrow at the top, w1th streamers or strealca of vapor attached. it gave t he appearance or a white cloud, but did not behave as a cloud. It retained its shape and maintained a steady movenent on a strai ght c ourse aga ins t the wind. The Delaware airport was alerted •for i ts appeara1 c e, but a fter a half t our it had not been sighted there. ---~ ,,----· .,.--,..., ..~~ r
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Source text · mention only• ., ,:-~ - - - ... i. "".-:,. ~ ~~,. t ·•~I I ' ~ ., }. .I ~l: ; l, ~ \ ,_.y ' \) ,, J .. ,, l • Inc i-1 :rt ii 112d g Apri l 1 1 -~ :U..30 Delaware , Ohio Cccupr.ti on of obs,:. rv•:ir Housew:.f e G. ..-!d r .;:; of ob::;,,rv Jr 111 Horth .ashinD ton Street 7 . Pbc of obr; r vi t,i on Fr om the gr ound ll, . Ti.10 in s i r;ht ~/S 11. ,dti1-u d, N/S 13 . Diroc t.i , r: cf f1 i.dit .::louthwesterly , i ' l • 'i'·,<'i ic5 ffone Could not be detemined 17 . ·>l or :·,bit e l ,· . 3h•.p, Sphe r ical 11 blob 11 with s1,reaks a oove it 23 . l, iJ"/'' I'.011 C 2-:, . H•.)mur lrs : ./ir,ne ss iF'ar d planer. J,rior 1,0 tl.P sirhting , h111, docsn ' t knov, v/h('t her or r.ot t e,y had ,::in:\' cor.nectior. wit,J-: t,he obje ct.
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Source text · mention only... The obje ct was clearly outlined, b ut did not look like 1:. balloon . The l:'erkins Ot>servat ory ,vas alerted but vra.s unab le to s i ~ht t heobje ct.
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Source text · mention only.T • ,. '. . I· ~ t , • I , 11. ,,, l • I • •1 !)clavra r .-. . '-1•~ rr;en ••• : l" • c r or t.' ..a! in ton t.r ectL f • fl , c· r~J ri ' r·· Li • r. r-r1 l 1 1.}if' JT011l rl 1:, . 1'i:,,, i11 ~ i ·ht Ten mirut,..s n . 1\11 i•, 11d• l ..>cvera l thousa~d feet 13. Di r ,ct t• r. r •• fl; ht Alrrlns t due west in':.c U'lt"? ~ ind 11.> . ,-;i?. ?lot less than 5 feet ir- ·vidtlt 17. Cc l r r Very wt~te 1n . ::;h,.p Spherical , with a sn~ll µro+,n1s " on a• ove .; t. , lihe ..aror treaks 10 . Cdor d t,.c t; ,d i. one /S 21. Exh•, u!-t t r t,ils ;>? . ,J •(.thu r c ondit1 orin Glear 23 . Eff , ct o!l <' louds l~/u 211 . S'lrntch :s or photo r:r uph s N ne 25 . .:nnr.t r of dir;npp, r:i r ·,nc~ Di s apµca red from view be r ird t.he 1,r ces 26 . Romor ks : 'fnis object app~a r ed like a conce ntrated bit of cloud exce pt it ..as clearl;v outlin ~d . T .e siz e could no~ be d eternined ,
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Source text · mention onlyer'd undi::rrieath . It ,,·a. cle rly outlined and r1ai.ntajred i he sane s ~ape as it. moved along , s tead ily, ard at thf> same altitude . itobe r t Cocnran, son of r.1 e witness , w o is in U .~ .er chant 'ctr ine , tt ouvh.., .he ohj e ct ,,er y i.m usual. le said i t vras in t· P. sha; o ,Jf ;a r&.ln5pout .
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Source text · mention onlyIncid ,r t~ 1131 . D~t r 9 April 1946 2 . Timo 15}tQ 3. l nc,. tion h4ontgomer y , Alabama i1 . :r11mu of o b s,..r vor Robert D. llughes, .1.,t . Colone l , IBAF 5. Occup u tion of ob~orvor Pilot 6. ,ddr •.:.s of obs'l rvor l'actics Di v. , Air Tactical ~cl ool , Tyt1dall AF Base 7 . Plue ! of ob::.v r vr.ti on F r om t he air 0 . ?Jumuor of' obj ,.cts One 9. Dis tun co of obj <J ct from ol'>snrv,, r N/S 10 . TiMO in sirht Five seconds 11 . hltitud o Approri mat ely 16000 feet 12 • Spr:od In excess of the viewe r 1s 310 mph air speed 13 . Dir o ct i on of f'l i.t"ht Nor thwest 14 . 'l\1ctics l~/S 16 . Siz ~ Top part eight £e et diameter 17. Colo r Si l ver 18 . Sh~p o Had the aweara,ce of a p11rachute carryin e a lar ge canister or bal l 19. Odor dot oct od N/S 20 . Jp pnront cons t ru ction 1·'/S 21 . Exhuu5t t r ails t-lone 22 . Vloatho r conditions Clea r, visibili ty a nd cei lin g unlimited 23 . Effoct on clouds N/S Skotoh 0s or photog r o.phs - Sket ch ( t rip ) 25 . Mo.nnor of disnpp oa r nnco N/~ 26. Romur ks :Lt . Col Robert B. Hughes fir st si1Y2ted the object r,efore completin g an 180° le.f t turn over the town of Montgo mery , n.labama .
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Source text · mention onlye · The to beobject, sighted at ten o'cl.ock o!t his left win g, aweared a silver disc . He immediatel.y completed a sharp bank to t he left ar¥i waa able to get a bet ter look at the object, and descr ibed it as follows: "Top part of the object approXimately eight !'eet in diameter , eilver 1n color, bad the appearance or a par achute. Att ached to the bottom of this had been a dark cable or shrou:i which appeared to be approximately five feet long. Susp ended upon the cable had been a large canister or ball (Colonel Hughes could not dis cern w\.rl.ch) also silv er in color . This r:anister or ball had the~pe arance of being sli ghtly to the mar of the top par t of t he obj ect . The overall appe aranc e of theob ject lo'oked somethin g similar to the par ac,1Ute and caniste r containing photogr aph ic testing equipment dropped from a r ocket ."V-2 At t he t irre he lost sight of the objec t, 0 ughes' aircraft had been indicatin g 310 mil.es pe r hour air spe ed, aro the obj ect ha:i appeared to fly avray from him on a hor izontal plane r ather than a ver tical d ecline . A sketch of the objec t is attached .
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Source text · mention onlyE'i.Hl 8\T • 1 • --- SILYE" - SILVER 8' • DA~K 9 ABLE · 0 . ( ... ll•c •
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Source text · mention onlyli • C!!-:-c;:- LJ ;. - 1'1 1 l • ::-..d: 18 Apr 118 ,., r. • .. J!1 13o6 hours :,, . ~c,· ticm Approx 1 mile north of Fairbanks, Alaska Lt qtch Jobnmn C:ccupt ti, n nf' cb:.: ci r v1r lat Lt (disc.barged f/USA:1 as per authority Para 1, ro. to dated 28 ~ 48) (eee) 6 . .,•:Mr• ,:;. of ob~, rv J r Ft Worth, Texas I . Plue of obsi.J r·.~ Li on Over city of FairbSDD, Al.aaka 1 ' 9 . Di!:tunco of c bj, ct 'fr om obsr r v, r N/S 10 . Tino in sir-ht fev aim.tee 11 . ,'.lt.jt,utlv 2000-3000 ft 12. 3puc d 250-300 mile• ( traTeled. :0() feet in 1 or 2 second.a) l_;, . Dir oction of fl trht 111 . T1..,rt 1 cs Oscillated trom horiz ontal plsne rapid speed) 15 . s"'l.J'd Bo sound lt.>. SiZ•1 8" in diameter 17 . Col or eUver,y lf. . 3 hc~ po round alld. !lat 1~ . Odor dJtoct~d 11,s 20 . hppnr ....nt const ru ction 1l/S 21 . E:r.h•,u~t t r ni l s no traUe of aey kind ?2 . HGn tho r c onditions Weather clear and n.e1bU1t7 23 . Eff oct on cloud s B/S 21. Skot oh os or photog r aphs none 25. i•lnnno r of disnpp ..-,e r nnco B/S 26. Romnr ks : r
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Source text · mention only·. • e Object observed at altitude of about 2000-3()00 on NE-SW head1:ng. It appeared to be eome 8 inches 1n diamet er and f!J3.Ve otf a eilTery brilliantreflecti on. It oaei l lated from a horizontal. pl 8Zle to a ·vertical plane at a very rapid pace. htimated speed: about 250-300 MPH -(traveled I01ll8 500 :teet in l or 2 seeonda ► llo sound coul d be • heard nor were there any trai l s of azv kind. I OO!'E: '!his ai&htillg ms, baTe been the refiecti on of Ellll fro m w.lrigs of these aircraft. At the approximate ti.me of the eigbtillg a ?IUlDber of aircraft were fiyi.Dg in the local area. i (,
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Source text · mention only,. 1 • 19 Apr 48 lncil . t 115 . 1 1615 ; . • 1 0-,,er Greenrtlle XI B:i.., GrocnYille. s . C. I, . • ,... , 0 1· o' •" r v r • l at Lt Francia '.i. Sennj n, Jr. & lat Lt Robert .... Loollia , U.J ..P c •up• , i n or ob: c. rv :,r Both a t tached to Liaison eq. Greenv1.Ue b . .. !d r of o b:i rvor • Greenville AF Base, Greenv1lle,l. C. l ,c ! oh r · t, i on Greenn l le AF Base • !'m u r o : ol j• ·t ., ! J - l at firet , 1 t later ) . )1. n of o b t fr ::1 obs rv r 15,CXX> to 20, CXX> ft OTerhead • Ti:, ir . i r ht. 2 minutes H , ,d I t.Uc! I 15, CXX> to 2(XXX) ft lr . ,.; I d Undeterml.Ded.. St: t i onary , then rapidly accele r ~ting imd. c1i.billgI . Dir c t i, r r f fl 1 1ht North ,,. ("I • Ho•er~ then acceler&.tion and cl1't1bi.ngObserveo. trail format i,:m l . none aidible (7) - st tea: #itne saes were ttr acted b,1 sound of fighter aircrftf t in vici ni ~. ir. wrleter.nined (no -aent' ~n de of these) wite .;1 , f ellin tical 1 , . Cd r l Jt ct i N/S ,. th r c ondi i n r C"-VU or pho o •n.•J '1:; 2 1n d11tance (o..-er) , I
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Source text · mention onlyYitneaaea were attracted by sound of fighter aircraft 1n vieinity. ~1' atarted aearchicg the sky f or the airera:ft and sighte d the objects. ahen first sighte d, the witne s ses thought t~bject s migh t be weather balloons. However, lllhen they- acceler ated eo rapidly 1n a northerly heading, they determined the objects could not be balloons. 'fruq were in a trail formation on a lorth-South line. and moved so rapidl7 tb.e;r vereout of eight w1thin a f ev seconds. From ori.81.nal s~ting in the stationary position to their dieappearence, a per iod of JIPProximatel)" two (2) miDutea elapsed, orr which the objects wre in a 1tatio~ position for approximately one (l)minute. NOTE: Wind at 20,000 ft from 3lfo0 at 10 kDote per hour (1230 EST Rr,t) Wind at 20,000 ft 320 at 13 knota per hour as (1830 EST Rpt) JIIOTE: learest weather stati on rele a eil:lg balloon& is Spartanburg, S. C. One black: balloon vas releaaed at 1230 EST.
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Source text · mention only• I ' ' 0 (4) ln appro:d.mtely 2 llinute■ obJecta ba4 r■appesred 0 ObJecte began movillg in a llNE direction and rapidl,y acceleratinc0 and cl 1JDb1ng. 5 (2) 0 0 When firet aeen obJecte were 1n a ead-atationar;y poe1tion. (1) 0 J'iret one obJect waa aighted, next, another on, appeared. n lb
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Source text · mention only. e .... .., " CEECK- LI :.7 - 11lT !Jr::i!T I r JED FL'.'HlG OBJECTS Inc id Jrt :ff U6 2 . 'I' it"IO night 3. Locc t i on Near shores of Jamee ~. }~ . :1nmu of obsc-r vor V. J. Pratt :i . Occupr...ti on of o b~o r vor !'mploye of Hudson Ba,y Co. 6. n".idr •,$S of obs u r vo r Moose Faetory 7. Pl uco of obso r Vut i on Moose Factory, Canaca r. Mun bo r of ob j octs 1 i). Di5tonc o of ob j e ct f r om obs orvor B/ S 10 . Ti;t10 si~ht, N/Si n _ 11 . l-1 t itud o N/ S 12 . Spead meteoric Di r o cti on o f flt cht earthward 1:- . S011r d Bo noise 16 . Siz e size of f:ld:1.xm:ml f ootball 17 . Col or ,jj/:£, :Blue flame i B. Chc po N/S J.C:, . Oci or dot octod N/S 20 . i-.ppn r ont con str u ction meteor 2 1 . Exhoust t r a i l s ■ t■■pxUgict N/ S ?2 . vfontho r conditi ons Night 23 . Eff o ct on c l ouds N/S 2li . Sk e t che s or photogr c.phs None 25 . 1annor of di sa ppoa r a nco exploded 26. Rema r ks : (over) !. , . .,.. r,,,.
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Source text · mention onlyA big ball of blue flame, seemingly the size of a football streak ed out of the sq and exploded neer this North.em Ontario conmmi ty {Moose Fact ory) nesr the shores of Jsmes Bey. The explosi on 11 t up t he entire area brighter than d.eylight, the wholt? ball disappeur ed and a second l ater a streak of orange light shot 11pward from were the ball was l a st seen. The orange streak was gone within a second. Witnesses heard no noi se of any kind. NOTE: 'lhfs ties up with earlier reports fra;.n Cochran, 15() mile s sou th of Moose Jaw where sever~.J. citizens r eported seeing what they thought to be a meteor around 11.UO P . M. EST Thurs. One witne ss ( a Mrs. Charl es Giles) said t hat the obj ect plunged do'Wllws.rd like a spent rocket in the northern sky. She described it as about the size of a full moon which gave the appear ance of disintegr at i on as it fell.
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Source text · mention only_I CHECK- LIST - UEIDENT IFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incid -mt # ]&llJ 1171 . Doto 7 ~ 1's 2 . Time 15(:() to 1700 3. Loca t i on Memphis, Tenn. 4. Ha.mo of obs e r vor Miss Jem B~. Housekeeper et nt al (aee other side) 5. Occupat ion of ob9or vor Housekeeper 6 . J,dd r c ss of obsorvo r 253 W. Waldorf Ave., Me!TKJhie, Tenn. 7. Pla co of obsc r vtit ion Memphis, Tann. 8 . Number of obj ects 50 or Eo 9. Distanco of obj oct f r om obs or vor N/S 10. TiMo in sight N/S 11 . .Altitudo extremely high 12 . Spee d faster than SDY' aircraft witDesses had ever seen 13 . Direction of fli ~ht easterly 1L. Tactics 15. Sou.ed 16. Size Colo r 18. Shcpo Most traveled in straight line altr.o some of them zig-z~ed. None Very small shiny - like bright aluminum unknomi - possibl y like meteor 19. Odor doto ctod N/S 20 . Appa rent const ru ction S/S 21. Exhaust trails Some objects ~emed to haTe a silv ery tail which might have been exhaust 22 . WoE!_tj'lor conditi ons CAVU, wind: 330 to 3qoo, 15 MPH at surf a ce 1ncreaa4ig to 66 MPH at 20, 0CO; au-face teJJi>: 72°: dew point 43° relative humidity~ 23. Eff oct on clouds 1/S 24. Skotch cs or photog r aphs Bom 25. l,lannor of disappoarenco N/S 26 . Romnrks : (over ) r-· , ·~,, ,-:- I). :, :f,'\ ~7. ' - ' • I 0 ~ \ :I l, f, \.. d '{.; I ' •
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Source text · mention onlyI .. J'ifty td6o ~ object• were seen moving at a speed faat er than any kno111 aircraft on en laaterl.y beading at an extre n-el y high altitude. Jor the uoat part the se objects travele d in a straight line al tho some of them dg-ze,;ged eliglltly. Bo sound was heard . Some object• aeemed to have a silvery tail which mi&ht have been exhaust. These objects could not be.ve been weather balloons a.a only one balloon -.e released by the Menphi e Weather Bureau. th.at d~. OOTE: Witnesaea thought they had eeen a meteor; however au.bsequent inveati&ation. eeeme4 to preclude thi• possibility. See Supp II to 'l'rip Report to Meq,his - Visit with Dr. Paul Berget of the Observatory of CincinnEi.ti, Ohio, 1n which Dr. Herget expressed eerious doubt that the 50 or more object• obeerved 7 Ms_y- ~ 1n Menpbia were meteors. Be, waa, however unable to offer arrr explanation as to a possible identification of the object,. • Dr. Bp.ak of OSU and Dr. Lincoln i.P4Z are to be coneo.lted about the poaeibility of iD:b these being a meteor shower. Witnee■ of thie incident were: Mr. F. J. Kaiser, aaleamen 251 W. lfal.dorf Ave., Memr.hia Mr, 1. J. Xaicer, housewife 25). V. Waldorf Ave., Memcbis, Tenn.
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Source text · mention only,. I ! ft: l OPJEX:T In.. 1:1 rt 118 ] , 26 Mar 48 1630 hours :Berlin Licbtenrede , lirch bachetraase 2 r v r Dr Onn!!ne, "UP, f n r f rv r Fonr.er guided mi ssile exp rt at Exeim:ietall Borsi, ,1:lr .• nr Berlin Lichtenr ode, Iirchbacnetrae me 2 c- f b-- r· i n A.a abo?e . ,'ur1b r r,f o t j l> l ) . U r.tntlC'O o f nhj ct f r or., oh r v r li/ S l • in in nir:ht B/S ll. .-. ti~ud 14 kilometer• l . 01 r c 1 . r r 1 r:ht Sou.th t o North ,<1 l C:l J./ S l I • ..:, ' d No sound re,,orted l;:,. Sh •.w.te cotnt• 17. r-nlo r White ll . :-;h~po n/s ) I • 0d r d t Cl;Od 1/s 20. \ nr r.t cor.:. 1 ruct ion 1/s 21. Er.hr,ust, t ru1l n No eXBD.at trail report £.d ho r c :,d i i n.. clear 23. Err ctn c l nud o B/S 211. Sk I ch n n r ph n t.or,r ,, phs None 25. ' 'onn r or dino p poa r nco B/S 26. R mor k c • (OTcr)
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Source text · mention onlyDr Onnana, former Ouided KiaeUe e~t at ~inmetall, Boro1g menti oned that be • ~ t ed 1 wite point lll)ri.ng fro• ~ height ot i4 ld.l ometer a. apeed u.ndAtterm 0ed, th to JJorth at an approx r &ther f a at, no rpt of aound, and no report ot exhaust trail. WIT.RESSES: Dr and. Mr1. Orman.. So J)botoganh9 amulable.
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incidont # 119 Dato 20 Feb48 2 Time 0700 hours Location Asuncion,Paraguay Name of observer Mrs. Agustina Vargas de Paula N/S Occupation of obsorvor resident of Asuncion （southernpart of city) Addross of observor Placo ofobsorvation Asuncion Numbor of objocts 1 8. N/S 9. Distance of object from obsorver 10. Timo in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Speod N/S 13 Diroction of flight west to east Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16. Sizo N/S 17.Color N/S 18. Shapo N/S 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20. Apparont construction 21. Exhaust trails highly colored wake 22 Woathor conditions N/S 23 Effoot on clouds None 2 Skotches or photographs 25. Manner of disappoarance N/S 26. Romarks: (over)
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Source text · mention onlySat approx 0700 hours 20 Feb 48 witness saw object of oval shape traveling.thru space from west to eest. Its form ended in a very thin tail of approximately 3 feet in length.The forward part was bulky compared with the rear.The intenior portion of the object gave off green, yellow and orange colors and it had a highly colored wake. Statements from a local newapaper "La Tribuna which has interviewed several people claiming to have seen the sancers.
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Source text · mention only• - mnDENTIFIED FLYING of observor
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Source text · mention onlyr II • '., CHECK- LIST - (Tl IDENTJF!ED Ft~·rno OBJECTS l , D::.i t o 20 1eb 48 Ineid nt f ll9'b 2 . Timo 0700 3. Locotion Villa liqea (10 ailea m ot Aauncion.) I, . i:nmo or obs(' r vor • Rancher ~ laborera 5. Occupotion ot oblJurvor Bencher . 6. hddr c:;s or obsorvor UJl,hs ·Chaco" 7. Pl oco of obso r vr tion Bancb houa. in ne18hborb od o~ Villa Ba;rea O. Hunbor o!' obj oota l 9. Distonco of ob j l ot from obs or vor B/S 10. Tino in air:ht H/S 11 . Allitud o l,OCX> ft 12 . Sr< <Jd leas than that of a plane 13 . Di r ucti on o f' fl 1r ht weet to east 111. Tu~ti c:; B/5 15. J,.,11~d N/5 Si1.n N/S 17 . Col o r N/S 18. Sh', po dieo 0d or doto ctod B/S 20 . ,\p~n r ~nt constr uction li/S 21. Exh,1ust t r n ils N/S - gave off an intens e green oolor :>2. 'ifootho r c onditi onr. N/S ?3 . Eff' or.t on c l ouds N/S ?l, . Slrntch ut> or phot or,ro pho None 25 . ~Jo.nnur of di irnppoll r 'lnc, N/S 26. Romur ks : (~er)
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Source text · mention onlye Perce1Ted a d11c &irlDC off on intenae green color. Witnea1 report, tbot the obJect traveled from west to e· 1t at a speed l•• • than t hat of a plane and at an altitude of approx lCXX) ft. Along its ed&91 it gave off an mireola w1th the color green predominant.
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Source text · mention only' - c:r.:-•• - l • - "' : -:· : l D FL' I' 11/s - aro nd 7 J'eb 48 2 • . ir. N/S } • L t:it"n VeJle, Denmark r Cccupc.ti n of' obs rv,r fi eld laboraz-e • ... r s of ob'" rv.> r N/S / . fl .c of otn T'." Lion GadbJerg (n r Vejle) . :iunb r o!' ohj cts l • !H. orico of obj ct r r o.l!l ob rv r 200 l!letere al.ti tu.de l • Ti:io in ~ir.:h • ~ 3 second■ 11 . ;.1 t :l~udo 2CX) meter ■ altitude l? . Sj rl hl&b speed 1~. Dir1cLior. o fl "rht iJC to N\f l , . i'u~ ics N/ S SI'\ I N/ S lt> . Siz N/ S 17. Ct'l or sh1n1n& 10.. :;h .po N/S 1';1 . Odor cl tact d N/S 20 . nopn ront con ... r ue i nn B/S .Io ho r condi i or.s N/3 23 . Eff rt c~ rlo uds N/S Sk r.h s or photo ,r up~:; Bono 25 . nno r of dinop o r nnc N/S 26. R .or b; :
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Source text · mention only• throe qa ..Orkia« 1n ~ t i • ld tJl GadbJ e rg (ne r fcJle) .Dm:nrk, h4.'ft ob er-.red • ab D ~ obJr et , t •icb moved , t ~ Bpf!'t"d cw r t he eky f'rom B.Ji..thc) et to nor thwest .t about 2CX) mi,tore alt itude . l t 1ned n.s1·b1e . tor three ..ecouaa. I I I
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Source text · mention onlyCITECK- LIST - UEIDEH'!'IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS 1. D:.itc 9 January 194g Incid' J Pt # 121 2. Time 23,0 3. Loc c1 t i on Carter svil1e , Georgia , 34° 10 1 N, 84° 49 ' W }.~. I!amo of obsc rvor Hugh DuBose 5. Occ upr.4ti on of ob~o rvor Pilot (EAL) 6. ;,-:ldrc ss of obse r ver f-4/S 7 . Pl oc o of obso r VLition Air O. Number of objocts One 9 . Di stnnco of obj o ct from obs orvor N/S 10 . Tirr10 i n Si(;ht N/S 11 . rl l titudo 3000 fee t 12 . Speed 4oo mph Directi on of fli cht 175° M Tactics 1'Jone 15. Sound U/S 16. Size N/S 17. Colo r Light , sky- blue 18. She.po Circular, except £or t he top quarter w.1ich 'tTa s .flat , pot - shaped 19. Odor dot o ct od !J/S 20 . Appn r ont const ructi on N/S 21. Exhuu~ t t r ails None ?2 . Won tho r conditi ons N/S ---::-------------------- 23 . Eff o ct on c l ouds 1~/'iJ 2!1 . Sl-:otch 11s or photog r o.phs None 25. nunne r of di anppoa ranco 10 ° below the horizon 26. Romo.rks : 1'1hen object crossed the p 1th of t he witn ess all that could be obs erved was an intense blm flam e , in a shape circul ar exce pt for '1 r
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Source text · mention only.. • the to1, quarter ,•,hi ,:h via.. flat , pot - f; aped . 'lhe v:itnes:1 stat.es that the obJect definitely did not ha•.ie IJ e curved traj•~ctory of a r1ini less Plisslle . Shartly after crossin~ his path , t ,,., bl 1e fla"!e sp1Jttar:d an-:i tur ned 1rnnedi a Le-.ly earthl'tard . ·11ie flamP t hen lied 3l to e1,her but nothing '\',as seen hittin~ t.he rround . ,'iitn oss st..atea that t he flanc was •1ot ci ihe lonP, tr ·d lh1 tyue , bub rat~r -: ve ',he imoression that you were looking down a lon: exHaus t stack at a •;}10rt but coi centr:.J.ted mas !'l of blue fla 11e and further stated th· t his connectL Jns with fl.A.I" pilot s .in .!hclancldurin 6 ti,,,. war 1-eads him now ',o Je lieve tr is ob.iect looked the saz~e as the 11 nuzz '3ombs '' chased b:· t ose RAf pilots 1t night . Arthur Por t~ r, pur ser on this fliLrt 9 Jan11ary w , a l so saw the ohjact , t he f~me only , but can }!ive no fur t.her evidence for its i dentif i catio n. Ur . DuDose stated on Apr il 7."} that sever,ty- fi ve ~at t le had 'iied of an unknown lis@ase on tJ-,~ farm of a '°".I:'. Gor1y a, Ne1'tl1an, Georeia , and exprer-sed concern over a. possible connection between the unidentified o\ ject ne reported anrt t,is wiusual f atality amonp 1--ealth y c.at.tle . llowevv-r, tho Atlanta Uffice of rie Animal Industry Divisio n, U. S . DPpa.rt.'llent of Agri cult'lr''9 , ad.rises that thi£i "unkno wn II dis ease has pers i sted fo r ov e r a year and ot her cases r e y: eated elsewhe re in the coun try fo r some t i me ba ck. TI.ere apparent l y remains no basis for oonnec t ion b etlf8 en the obj ect J.ir . Du.Bose r eports and the deat 11 of seventy- fi"'9 catt le a t }'ewnan, C'..eorgia. "' j,
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Source text · mention only·~ \J - f' ~ , : )1 t· blo! 'Lt• ·~ , "• 5 AprL l lJh" 2 . , ii-:u i!/S 3. l nc. t .i 0n 'iollo'Tlan Air i"orce ,iasc 'J . (:cc upt. Lion '>f obs )rv0r Trai ned 1:al.oon obsei•ver, Geo physics Lab Section 6 . ., ld r •·.,:; of ob::;,. rv..J r ti/S "( . Fl ·.c of ob:;;,1 rv1. t i on Fr om t ·o ground 9 . Di;.tnnco of obj n c1, fr om obs,, rv ir N/S 10 . TiPH> .i n s i Ght 30 seconds ll . rtlt.. i Ludo Ver-J high 12 . Spr,od f a:;tcr Lhan any known aircraft l ;, . Dirocti,m o f fl i.r ht J,1/::i 11.. 'i'uct ics Era.tic - conplctin g a lar ge loop after its doyn ward descen t, then soarine; upward and disap pe a.ring suddenly 15 . Sr-•md None 16 . Size Large l7 . Co l or Ore y- Tihite 18 . Sh(.po Ron:nded, indis t inct fonn Odor dot octo d 20 . Appnr ont const ru ction N/S 21. E:xhuu5t t r nils N/S ,!2 . Vfoot ho r c ond itio ns C •. \ . V. U. 23 . Eff nct on c l ouds N/ S Skotch <Js o r photog r o.phs None 25 . ~iann or of di soppoa r nnco Disap pear ed suddenl y 26 . Romnr k s : This was evidently the one obj ect , of t wo sighted by anot her wit ness , t hat veered t o t.he r i ght an:i down . I ts v aguel y y1
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Source text · mention onlydef i ned for!'! c;avo t he appear.a.rice of a large object a t a gr eat dist a nce . The s tate:t"tents of ot '1er witn e sses to thi s i nciden t !:ir e c ontained i n reports 112a and 112b . All {ritn ~sse s a greed t ha t the object was ver y h igh , moved f aster than any k. •mm a ircr af t , pos s esse d a r ounded , indis t inct form , an::i dis appeared suddenly r ather than fad i ng away in the d ist ance . It was 1.tr1der obse rvation 1/2 minu t es or sligh tly l es s . .it was defin i tely not a balloon., and apparentl:T not manned , jud ging fr om the v i ol ent maneuver s whi ch were performed at a :1igh r ate of speed .
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Source text · mention only• CHECK•LIST - U}!IDENTIFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS Incidrmt #l22 a1. Dat e 5 April 19~ 2 . Time A.tternoon 3. Loco tion Holloman Air Force Base 4. I!omo of obse rver Mr. Johnson 5. Occupo.tion of ob~orvor Tl-ained balloon obserTer, Geophysics .i..ab Section 6. J~ddros s of obs orvor N/S 7 . Ploco of obs e rVI.ition Frorn the ground 8 . Numbor of obj oots One 9. Distonco of obj o ct from obso rvor N/S 10 . Timo in sight ,o seconds 11 . Altitud e Very high 12. Spcod Tremendous 13 . Dire cti on of fli ght West 14 . Tact i cs Object made thr ee vertic 1 loops , upon completion of which it it disappeared in a large arc to the west 15 . Sound None 16 . Sizo Considerin g t he moon the size of an oran ge, t he object was the size of a diroo 17 . Color N/S 18 . Shnpo Bore some resemblance to, but defi nitely not , a balloon Odor dot oct od None 20 . Appnront con structi on N/S 21 . Exha ust t r o.ils N/S 22 . Woat hor conditi on s N/S Effoct on c l ouds N/S 1,.. I; Skot ch cs or phot ogr o. phs None 25 . Mo.nncr of diso.ppoa r onco Disap peared s uddenly 26 . Romo.rks : Presumably Mr. Johns on s aw t he obje ct t ha t did not veor to the right • ( dee Inciden t #112 b) He stated tha t :i.t was absolu te l y
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Source text · mention only• silent on the desert that afternoon and that no atdi ble noiee was heard trom the object . Neither wae any signal nor atmospheric noise heard on the 400~ter receiver to wr ich he was l istening at the time. He further stated that the wind at high altitude that day was very calm being only 10 to 15 miles an hour from the wost at 65,000 feet. The statements of other witnesses to t his i ncident are con uained in reports 112 am 112b. All witnesses agreed that the object was very high, moved faster than any knonn aircraft, possess ed a r ounded , indistinct form, and disap peared su::idenly r ather than fading away in the distance. It was under observation 1/2 minutes or slightly less. lt was definitely not a balloon, and apparently not tIBnned, ju:ieing f rom the violent maneuvers which were performed at a hi~ rate of speed .
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Source text · mention only• -. . p.• C!!ECl' - LlZT - 1 !. :''... lf'JED FL:l'', OBJfhT In i ,rt l22 b l . D io N/S 3. lo ion Hollo:nan Air Force se ccuputio~ of ob~ rv r in d balloon o ser r , C' ophysics J..ab ~ ction 6 . ,\ ldr .~1 or ob:;o rvvr tl/S / . Pl c of ob.. r·•., tion Pr0t1 the ground • l'unb r oi' oM ct Two 9. ili.,tcwco o:' ob j ct froo obs rv r , /.::, 10 . Ti:, o i r sir.ht }O secor.Js 11 . :.1 \t.uclo l" . Sp od ler y hi~ , faster t. :a, a y knownnir craft Diroc i on of fli r htl straight '-4' , 1 dis pearcd in t.he west Fir:tt O"'e ~ ored o Jie right , start dawn was lost to Tiew. Tur.t t c <,eoond o nd made arc into ihe west a t a ter r ific spoed and dis , ~ar suldenly . So I d N/S lf.> . Sizu tl/S !7 . Col o r Colden hu, 18. 1 . Gh~po Had ap: ea.ranee of a major •s iJ'1siE')"li.a, r rundej and slightly concave on top Odor c\ot oot.od •1/S that is, irrocul.arly 20 . "ppn ror.t conti t.r uctir.n 1/S ? l . Exhi.ust t r td l s l'/'1 ?2 . 11 n • hor conditi ons /S 23 . Eff r.t on d ouds l / 5 ? • SkoL r.h s or photor. r uphs I one •·. nr. r of di:::ap r cnco Dis pea.red s uddenly 26 . Romu r ko : Ur . Chan ce wa.<i t.he only one of the three witnes:,es who saw two objects . ;,nen .10 firat , erc-ei ved .. en, y .er going 5/
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Source text · mention only., , I .. straight up then one veered to the r ifht, started d om, and was lost to view. Directing his attention to 1, other object., Mr. Cnance s aw it arc into the west at a terrlfic speed an::i disappear smdanly. Mr. Chance described the object as being ot a gold en huiJ, r ather indistinct 1n outline and possessing somewhat the appaargnee ot a aajor's insignia., t hat is , irreg ularly r ed and slightly conc,pe on top . The stat nts of o thor witnesses to this incident are contai ned 1n reports ll2 arrl ll2a. A 1 wi. tness s agreed that the objoct wa~ vtsry high, moved faster than any knom1 drcra.tt , possessed a r ounded , indistinct form, and disappeared sudde'lly rat ,er t r an ftkiin~ a-..y in the distance . It was mder observat1.on 1/2 minutes or slig1tl ..• less . It was ~fini ely n ...t a balloon , and apparentl y not manned , judging from tho violent maneuvers which were per!omed :i t a hi ;i rate of speed .
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Source text · mention only• ( • \ ·- ,...~I ~ .·,... .·-1,. , .• .,H I fl .,, I .. ,.,, ' L' ,\ I 1~ I ': .., \• t I .J - ., ' ... t:-°• CHECK- LIST - l1EI DEi!Tii'IED FLYHJG OBJECTS 1. Dut e: :!.l . •V' ...il 19~8 2 . Timo : :30 ., . .,3. I,.ocntion 1 , - .~ ~ r..o.... t :'J./"" .1.lt .., l llir.')iSI 11. I!nmu of obs e r ver ,J .,5. Occupc.ttion of ob~o rvor F:r- .. ~ " :. r.c'i-.!. t ~: + Ai.1 J, '€ "'t h r' I""':S , 'r]--..;_ ~ ...nrl c,t )T"f" cr-1~t <. !.t"f: r..:.n. 0 r f-:>r ..'ecrtcrs Ci..-!'t...i ·1..r, Co . , ,.: t'""n.6 . ;,,ld r u:i s of obs or vor ·.-reE st Ern Cc,.... t~·i, _i", Co., .n.l.:,.Jr_• 111. Pluc o of obso r·vution 8 . !lul"'\bor of' obj oots 1 9. Distance of obj e ct from obse r ve r 10 . Ti;,'!O in s i r,ht ...... l ~ ll . .i.ltitudo I 12 . Spcod 1~ . Dir oction of fli c;ht F/.:, ll.i . Tactics 11:'la. ,. ed. its w1ng'S 11 15 . So1rrd Ii/.:> 17 . Color r../.., 18 . Sha po 19 . Odor doto ctod 20 . ,1.ppu r ont const r uction 21. Exhuu~t t r ui l s 22 . Hc~tho r conditions rlsI Effoct on clouds H/3 • r; 2L1 . Skotch ~s or photog r a phs N')ne 25. f..1ann or of diso ppoa r nncc ·_:r/s•
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Source text · mention only.e rl 2 . Ti1'l0 1500 C-CT 7.) . ir,c: tL·n i:or th ,tJ.antic , 62°00 1IJ 33°00 ' i'/ t. / • Cccup,.tio n r, f ob~o rvor ,'1eat her station natrol 6 . .,'!rl r • ;s of ob:;•, r v,0 r 1<':irs t Coas t Guard Dist r ict 'i . rbc ,. of ob:; .: r vi.ti on Air ') . D.i$tuncu of obj; :• ct Hi . Ti!"lo in s i r::ht N/ S ll . rtltitud o N/ S 12 . Spc od 30 mph 13 . Diroction of fli( ~ht 15 . S"" ""d N/S 16 . Si ze N/ S 17 . Col or N/S 18 . She. po H/S 19 . Odor d oto ctod N/S f r om obs e r ve r 6500 yards - 18000 yar d s H/ S 20 . , ppn r rmt const ructi on H/S 21 . Er~a u~t t r uils N/S 22 . 1ilcntho r conditi ons C. A. V. U. 23 . Eff oct on clouds N/S 2L1 . Skotoh c s or photo ,;rci.phs None 25 . • Mann er of dis n ppoa r unco Target s trength was S5 fadmg at l S, 000 yards 26 . Romu r ks : This inciden t is t he resul t of a r adar sight ing. Copy is also filed in radar si ght ing file .
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Source text · mention only• • ( This target r,as contact ed on tJ,e air s earc h r adar at 1500 OCT on 18 April 48. 'lhe f i rst contact was made at if.0 0 yards and was tracked to J.g,ooo yards i;iv:i..n& a velocity of approx i mat ely 30 m. p . h. The area i n w i ch the t ar get 1ra oont act ed "as th or oug} l y s earer. Visuall y a nd there ,·tere no clo,rls nor weath er f r onts in sai d area . 'Iher e were no target i ndjc a tions on thr• surfa ce rad ar. The tar get stre ngt h was S 5 f adin 6 a t 1 g, ooo yards .
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Source text · mention onlyCHEClt• LIST - Ul-:IDE?JTIFIED FLYING OBJreTS 1 . D~tc 2 liq 19!¢ 2. Ti.mo Night 3. Locotion St. J..ouis, Missouri , 40°oo'N 90°15' lf 4. Hnmo of obse rver N/S 5. Occupat i on of ob~or vor N/S 6. 1\ddross of obso rvor N/S ?. Pl oco of obsorvi:.tion Ground 8 . Murnbor of obje cts One 9. Distanco of object f r om obsorvo r N/S 10 . Timo in sight N/S ll . Altitud e N/S 12. Spcod N/S 13 . Diroction of fli ght N/S llh Tactics N/S 15. Sound N/S 16 . Size N/S 17. Colo r Phospho r escent after dark 18. Sha po Bird 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20 . Appo.r on~ construction N/S 21 . Exhaust t r uils N/S 22. Wootho r conditions N/S 23 . Effoct on 0louds N/S 2h . Skotch os o r photogrc.phs None Uannor of disapp earance N/S 26 . Ror::orks: Se ,, Incident I/J23 Incidont # 125 .,
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Source text · mention onlyInc id >r.t ~ 12630 Apr i l 194S ? • :'inv 1015 3 . lr.c: Lion Anacostia, l'aval . .:ir Statio n, 38°521N, 77°00 1W· 1J . rccupr:.1..ion of ob$ rvnr Lt Commarrler, U3 Navy 47. Pbc,1 of obz,, rvr, tion i r -). Di:;tunco of' obj, ct lG . Tino in oir:ht ,ljS 11 . ,:.Hitud,., 4500 feet l? . Sp1:od 100 m. p . h . 13 . Di r octi1m of fl i.1~ht 1!, • TII ct i cs N/s l r .. f r om obse rve r One mile 360° N Sizo 25 - 40 ft diaireter lfJ . Sh!.po 5phere ) r-,, . Odor d•Jtocto d U/S 20 . M1pnror.t const ru ction N/S ,'? . ,: r:tho r conditions N/ S 23 . 8ff ;ct on d0uds N/S Sb,tch ·s or photo~ruphs None 2') . r:cnrv r of disnpp«oronc o 'l/S 26. Romurks : The 01~ject appe ired "to the pilot to be a yellow (or l ight colored) balloon , am attracted attention principal ly because j \ ,
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Source text · mention only,. . of its night path. No external f i ttin gs or attachments "l'lere observed on the object . The speed of ~he objec t was estimated at about 100 m.p. h. 'Iha fli eht of the object ~. as in a_riproximately a south to north direction , cle~pHe upp er win ds f r om north northl'fe s t, and apparently fol.lowed a con stant alti tu:ie . Pilot did not pursue object t urther because it was ent~ing the prohib ited f l ying area , u.~. Capitol , White House Area .
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Source text · mention onlyCf!ECK- LIST - ttt-:IDENT JFIED FLYHlG OBJECTS 1 . D:.ttc Inc id mt #- 127 2 . Time N/S 3. Locot i on Lake Doiran , alonB the Yugoslav - Greek .fr ontier I~. :ramo of ob::;cr vcr N/S 5. 0c cup~ti on of ob~o rvor N/S 6 . ;,dd r o=,s of obse rve r N/S 7. Ploc o of obso r wt i on Ground 8 . Number of objo cts One 9 . Distance of object f r om obsorv or N/S l G. TL"'r\o in sight N/S 11. ,'..ltitud o 3000 feet 12 . Spee d N/S 13 . Diroction of fli {~ht l tJ0° 111 . Tuctics N/s 15 . SN tnd Like artillery she ll ( shril l whine) 16. Siz o h /S : 7 . Col or N/S 18. Shcpo Flyin g disc 19. Odor doto ctod N/S 20 . Jippnr ont const ructi on N/S 21 . Exhuust t r nils N/S ?2 . \iloat hor conditions N/S Effoct on clouds N/S " r \.,. 2/1 . Sketch e s or photo gr aphs l one 25 . ilnnnor of disnpp oa r onco N/S 26. Romnr ks: A pres s dispa. tch quoted resident s of the Lake Doiran area alon g the Yu&oslav- Greek f r ontier as -sayi ng ·they saw a "flJri.ng \ C
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Source text · mention only• disc ". It was described as speedin r; so thwru-d from Yugoslavia at a height of :ibout ; ,000 f eet , Z!lakin a noise l ike an artillery shell .
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Source text · mention only. ' ..ard .;lerk ; and C. }~ . "ite , 1ew .i..c,l'k Len t.ral • atroLnan . Patrolirian !lit e st.ot.ed in oodition t.l.at hi~ at.. ...entinr, waS c:.illed ~o these ot.Jects by Car .1.r.~! ('C'·"r u, Rui f' . U_ on o servi tll thi• sk? Hite saw disc - shaped oi..jects t?·avelini.;froir.west l.o a:;t, in succession ii t, 50.l",e path at ahout t·.-m-mir,ute u,t.erv:ils . !.o. c111d et, c.1c would "hook hack apparently 11in ., t' Sal'l"e fath Yr et ce i 1 i,Jd cnme . {'ccasio:1all, , or.e seer.:ed t.o ir:.t ·utl iisi.ntc;,;r:1te . For a reser:ible. --:cc>, 11ib said 11 '1a.o a lar::e r;iock face , 11cover • t 1·1it: ra<l:i.U!U, in:i sa.il it ~hl· 1 -·1 t:ia air . \,
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Source text · mention only· - I lncid()nt 41- l29 2 . Tirno 1320 3. Locotion Wi lmington , North C:n-olin a, 34° 14' N, 77° ,t' ,I }4-. l!amo of obsc r vor ~s . H. D. Alspach 5. Occupati on of ob~o rvor N/S 6. ;\d<lr os s o f obso rvo r 709 South 6th 7 . Pl oco of obso r vr,t i on Ground O. Numbor of objocts One 9 . Distanco of obj e ct from obs orvor N/S 10 . Tirrio in si.i;htN/S 11 . Altit ude Awfu lly h igh 12. Spcod Fast 13. Direction of fli ~ht 90° 15 . s "lll!d N/S 16. Size As large as an arm, and about 3 feet long 17 . Colo r N/S 18. Shnpo Vblong 19 . Odor dotocto d N/S 20 . J\ppnront const ru ctio n N/S 21 . Exhuur,t t r ails Emitted smoke ?2 . VJuutho r conditions :·l/S .. , t 23 . Effoct on c l ouds ?/S 2L . Skotch,:s or photog r ophs Hone 25. i:onno r of disopp oa r &nco J,/S 26 . Romor ks : 1.1ysterious sky object was sighted by Hrs . Alspach , her sister 1.,1·s. 8olvin , and I rs . H. 1) . Hufh am. It cacno at first at a fast
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Source text · mention onlyspeed from_the direction of Bluet:1enthal Fie ld at 1 :20 p .m., O"{er t he Cape Fear River , t!,en veered at a l ow s peed back to,vards ..r ic;htsvi lle, a little to the \7est . Tlte local office of the Civil ~eronautics admi nistration discredited a supposttion by Bluethenthal Field 's station man~~e r ~anes Holonon, that object cou ld have been a P~ plane in flie) t . The ·-:AA said there was no such plane in the sk;y "there at· t he time .
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Source text · mention only.. ,r Cl!ECK- LI8T - !1rIDEl:"'TF'JED FLYI!!G OBJECTS Inc id 1rt 4, 130 3. 1oc: t i <:-n Between Plevna a nd Miles City, ~ontana /1 . : 1nmo o f oh!';<'r vor W. A. Bonneville ? • Occ up£l ti on of ob~o rvor •rer r itory ...gr ., B. F . Loodric h Company 6 . ,dd r c:;s of ob su rvor 415 J . Rosse r Ave . , Bismark , N. D. 'I . Pl ue: of obsu r vi.t i on Orolmd , Route ,/212, .iest of Plevna , traveling west n. tJuMbur of obj0ct.o One 9. Di:,tonco of obj~· ct from obse rver At ,closest point, approx . 25()0 f eet 10. Ti ;,io in sir,ht Some twenty minutes 11 . ,:..Hi tud,i t!/S l? • Twice t he speed of the Nor thwest Airlines pla.~es 13 . Dir u cti on of fl ir;ht '.fest , sligh tly sout 11, then w·ast li1 . 'i'odi cs Per~o r r:1ed .J.rc 15 . S nur.-d :.one 16 . Sizo Fairl:.r lar ge coinpared wit h an a i'r cr aft 17 . Cnlo r ·:lhite - (mier it have had slight bl uish ""'W;~te tinee) if\ . 3hn po Ball 19 . Odor dot octod M/ S 20 . hppl\r ont const r uct ion N/ S - but apparently meteor -like 21. Exhau1,t t r nils A l on;:s brieri t light shooti ng f r om under it 22 . Wvc.tho r conditi ons i~onlight , 1'1Ut c!,-otrly 23 . Eff oct on c l ouds N/S ?L . Skot ch us or photog raphs None - ,~p for warded shoWing loca t ion of object 25 . 1'fo.nnor of disa ppoa r c nco Flew i n a d ark cl oirl ban k 26 . Romur ks : See Supp l ement
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Source text · mention onlye Tne B. V. Goodrich Compan: ... 1653 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis , Uinnesota ~ •') I • I . Rosser AvenueJ.\ t:~ i 415 W ,/ t; Bismarck , N. Dakota June 18, 19Li8 Col I , . H. Clin german u • .::i . Army Air Forces Wri eht Field Dayt on , Ohio Ref er - !-lCIAX0- 3 Dear Sir: - In r eply t o your letter of June 15th in mich t here are several questions which y ou desire answ red to t he best of my ability - With reference to t he object which I saw fl yi ne throu i:;h t he a ir between Plevna am Miles City Uontana on t he ni&:it of Mey 17tn, .i. will a nswer them and give you a graphic des~ri :otion again with a little more elaboration than my previous letter - if that is possi ble. Queetion: - Did the e ntire object appear to be glowing , or did it give t he effect of carrying lights. Answer: This tiling seemed to be a ball of bri ~ t wr.ite light - and I could not make out if it was being carriedor jus t what made it r;o - howev er, it did disturb me quite a little because after sto ppi ng t o view it at t he Pc:7tvder Ri ver Br i d ge I could not hear motors hnmming such as a n aircraft i n these p arts might have , and I therefore tried to find out jus t, what it was b;r t he u se of -my f ie l d g lasses . ( b ) Quc~, tion: - .An estimate of t he size of t he object in comparison with some othe r kn own obje ct;. Answer - t h e size of t he light whic h was very brilliant would indicate that it was fairly large compar ed with aircraft - and I would say that t his exceedingly bright light which was one light arp not several vras as bri eht as the headli ght on a locomotive , only about three times t hat bri ght and vri t hout direction. By this I mean that th i s li ght s i mply gl owed very bright a rrl was not a directed light . ( c) Que ti.on: - An esti mate of t1e s P3ed of t he object in comparison with the j et °tJ'pe or conventi onal aircraft . .Answer: This object flew at about t\vice t he s peed o f any a ircraft that Northwe ::,t Airlines planes fly - bec ause it ,vould appe ar comin g t hro w!1ere I v,as traveli ng \"fest on Highway #212 or #l2. as we ca ll it out ,ere appearing only faintl y f irst and t hen growing large r as i t approa c hed over t he h ills north of t he highway - until it seemed to ha ng there off i n the nort hwes t of me brif),tly and then would turn south toward the h i ghw.:1::r tmere it became real brig h t and t hen would start back ·,vest again and fly out of s i r.,ht . This t ing did this several times - which actually eot rey- goat - if I may p ut it th at way . (d) Que:-:t i on: Did the obj ect appear to be circli n g a t random or didit follow a definite f light pattern . Answer : As ... have explained before - t he object appe a1·ed f irst when -..,'•
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Source text · mention only,. the Weat - then turning a lightl.7 South and turning in a big •win& and t en heading Weat again - !lying out of eight into the da rk black clowl bank out or eight - then reappean.nc, and it did this aeTeral tiaes. (e) Queatioru - Ia it poe~ible tha t its duappearance into a "heavy cl.om banJcn mi.tit hne been caused b7 clouds obscuri ng r eflected moonli~ht. from a hig 17 polished aartaoe. Answer 1 - No - I have seen aircraft IIMlJV times on moonlight nights - but this wu not anything like that - this thing glowed bri&tJtly white lia ht such u any real white brillimt light llight. The moon was not bright eno to reflect poli.shed liftlt lrlleaa the craft might have been South of me in the dire ct light ot the moon - which showed (the moan) fraa time to ti.ma through the clouds. 'l'hia objedt wu in thoblack eection or tJ)e eky owr to the l4orth ot me m slightly west, and •s a steady onooaing light growing brighter as it care, am had the appearan ce of scmathing corryinc this light in the a ir but w1thout sound, and i t. certainly was close en ounh to ae to have heard motors. I thought it might have been sone kind of a jot aircraf t that I perha ps had no r seen - beoauae we u d.Tilians knOl'r ...-ery little as to ~ at ni&M, be ping on in detense or experinantal moc.~anics howevor J.. ! Celt it l'I\Y duty to report the t 'dng reg rdle sa as to what it migr,t ave been . ~ is was s omewhat difficult for me to do because of the crackpot stories makine the round s in soae sections about fiying 4!&\lcera etc ., · ut for t ho lite ot mo tlia had all the ear marks or j wst thn t kind of a deal . I have traveled t hi.s r oad abO Jt which I h ave roloa ted this sichtinc many many tines and at night inter and .;>ummer - an:f haw n ver before in 1 life soen anythine like this - so naturally I was ~1 omowh11t nlorl'll'!d about it., :nid hav e steadfastly- kep+: 1.he wl--ole t dnc to self . I Trill certainly be on the looko ut !or the damed thing tho next trip I make t hrou;, this sane area which is generall.7 after dark - because os• of the ti I " rk from Lemmon Sou t h Dakota or Hottinger North Dakota along this highway to Mile s City which is about one days ffl:>rk 1th 111..Y DealorJ. In t_r.,ee li,e those I !eel as bofore stated ony-thing of this n..1ture which ,1e are not tni 11ar with we are duty bound o r · ~ rt to our Defen ee 1-'orces o may be better equipped to understa11d t he unfam.1.liar tha.n we are. Yours wry truly, 1 . A. 001 UEVJ LLE - Territory ~gr for the B. .i.: • Gooctrich Company
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Source text · mention only.. . . .. .. •• United States Anny - Washington, D. C. Gentlemen : - ; r_. ., \ ~ -~ Gz, \... li ., TH}~ B. F'. GOODRICH COHPAlJY Minneapolis 3, 1-rinnesota li.15 1,est Rosser Ave Bismark , N. D. 5-?3-4g I nte l ligence Div. On the night of May 17th at about 11:30 PU d rivin g f r orn Baker , llon tana to Miles City Montana on u.s. Hi grr,ray 1/12. just West of Plevna, Hontana before getting to the hills I noticed a very bri ght obj ect in the s ky to the l,orth west . The sky was overcast in the West but to the Sout h the moon could be seen at times - with a broken sky . Havin B t ravele d this s arre route for many years - about 15, I an pret ty well used t o open prairie r oad at niBht and can tell a star from an unusual object when I see i t. Northwe :.t Air lines t rav el a Western route just North of thi s route also, but I s to pped a t the Pov1der River Bridge where the road dips con siderably down from a high ridge - cut off my car moto r and watched this object as it sailed around i n the sky - wh~.ch .- t times close and othe rs seemed to speed away into t he he avy c lou:l bank to t he 1.Vest and then late r reappearin g, at a ver y bright v1hi te light a t what I would ju:if;e about not more than several miles away or closer . I c :1rry a pair of field glas ses with me, and after stopping t he car engine watched this thin g t lirou~ ray glasses , which seemed to appear as a s mall object with a lon g ve ry bri ght light s hoo ting .f:t-om the under part of it. Because of t he speed of the object and the da rkness it was very difficult to make out 'What it might be, but I am sure that if I had had a more powerful glass Im ight have rrade it out. I am perfect ly sincere and do not drink so the foregoi ng is absolutel y the truth. t)ith some of this newspape r funabo ut flying saucers etc, this had all of the appearance of just that- am in stop pin g the car if this had been an aeroplane I would certainly have been able to he,ar the motors. I stopped at a s ervice sta ti.on just before getting to the Powder River Bridge but they hai all gone to bed so did not have anyone alon g vrl.th me to witness the object as it flm, through the air . I t stayed around this area for about 20 minutes arxi then f lew off t hroug '1 the heavy cloud bank to the West . I am enclosing a map shO\'fing the location of the foregoing . Yours very t ruly, The B. F. Goodrich Company / s/ Wm. Bonnen lle Territory Manager COPY i v
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Source text · mention only... • • P ro~. bly t e CHECY.- LI..,T - u::i r.:,TI F! EO FLYlt.Ci OBJECTS l. D&te ?O J ·r. 19· 8 ., ,, ..,..' . rime J Loco ti on ·,i llc , 1111 noi'· ,; . '1r,me 01' Ob$~ rve r .. .. . : ill !> . Occup'l. 10n of obs,.r,c r rvi or of Ply~ • T1 r•· Jco · • ... 5 ,.. G. Ad lress of o t:se rv,.r 7 . ?loce ol' observ•,tion (7) ··imtn r o f 0 j••ct:i • l I • Oio •ance of ohj~c 10 . firnc in Ci g }1 l 1. Al t i tud ,. l '). . Sfel'.'d ~"Ml'O.X 5'.JO .:PR P1 r cc*i n 113 . 0 t' fli13ht 'Y.) ·.., ~ of 3. ..e tJ <". . 0° uuo:1 rP.,~l ir,& ~~1t: en o~ - C?~t ~::.:,..l,; . Tue i ~ ....... • CO !'" C lf1• ,,O'.llld . ne l(j . ,;i lC 17 . Colo r •• ii.O 11 ..~ 18 . Shap ,- · " !'OX ro , 1 ' • Odor c:,.t.••c t"d 20 . App,ircr.t conu t r ue ti on Exr.nust • rn i 1r. 2 . ('C!l • h • r r.d i i n., 23 . F.tTec• OIi clo d& ··1 ...J 24 . ·, • ches or pt tor raphs ,-.... 2! . •1nu, r OI d1 ,p1 fH.lrunc.- .i··1 J 2'~ . ttc'":::i r ks ~ l •-.,. r i.ce: ., .,
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Source text · mention onlyI nc 131n " ------ CHECK-LI~T • u::lDENTlFlED. FLYUJG OBJl::CTZ l. Date Ju=.e 1r,l1u 2 . rim e :,-,y\ Loco.ti o'n Be lcv;lle , :::1 in->i~ ,; . Name of observe r :,:.,j:>r E.--:.rl ... .' F.n:·rh t,.I)~ s. Occupation or observ er Pilot, ~mc.1."V! or , ~-~i it. ry Tr.• 6 . Add ress or observer 7 . ?lo ce of observation " · tumb e r or obJec ts l 9 , Die o.nce of object f r om observ~r .• I ,' 10. Time in sigh't 11. Altitude ;.inlete r :r.i:-?ed bat belo-N 6,r.co ft. 12 . Speed rox 500 ,G'f. 13. Di recti on of flight ;,35° 5 o:' 3nre tre n !..J0 :,:... !l reach: l "" C)">utn 4?nd of :ko tt .-S 3::1r-o14 . Tactics .:i bzog cour e 1s. So·Jnd 16 . Site Six or ei{;ht inch!! n in diamctnr 17 . Color •'!'.i C ligr.t 18. Shape , nrox r ounJ 19 . Odor de tected 20 . Apparent const r uction 21. Exhaust t rails 22 . ee.tho r conditio n s Coarol te ovr re; r-t . t 6, .f"Q f t . 23 . Effect on clouds N/'3 24 . Sketches or phctor rapha •25 . A!anner of disap pearance" '' '3 26 . Remarks No airer- .ft fl y ing in the v i ci nity of Seo!.t E' ci_, at the tic.~ li~n t "'!t; si :htcd . I
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Source text · mention only-- 3 CHECK- LI!:>T - maDF.NTlFIED FLYl NG OBJECTS l. Date ,,' . V '• . 'fa-e of obse rver 5 . Occupa ion of o bs!!rv er ::13 6 . Address of obse rv r 7. ?lnce of observ ation 10 . Ti r;,- in :; ir}, •.3 • t>n . ..""\ 11m thr e "P.C r. ,. 11. Al ti ,d• t<J/ ~ (., ra. t .,:,· tra•: :- ,,. 4 rlv clo.-e to •row,J or \-;OUld be vi ~i hl o to .ore neo le)12 . Sr ., d :ot q : tc n~ fn...t a~ n t::e':c>or ~1~. ui rccti'ln of ...,fligh ;, ...:- • "'" to - ( ? I / \ l 'i . -=-~ctic,. l c;. ,, ~rd Jr. . •• i le , 7. Colo r i 20 . Ar f.'lrcnt cor,&tru ction 2] . Exhn •Jst; t r •,ils J:-t"~t.! h- y llow tr il 22 . Yo!! ' h~ r condition!: n .e o r phs 2 • 1 'l0U• r or di 'Pl fl:- llC •• "" ob c•u- d v! i on 26 . 1 11:c:.orks : Offic~ er;::,,,.. ... or 1 ht rif n ~ 6
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Source text · mention onlyl. Date 20 - 26 Feb ~ 2. Time Usually around 2130 hours 3 • Location N/S (Norway Denmark & Sweden) INCIDENT lJ~ 4. Name of observer N/S 5. ~ccupation of observ er N/S 6. Address of observer N/S 7 . Place of observat ion N/S 8 . Number of objects N/S 9 . Distance of object f r om obse rver N/S 10 . Time in sight N/S 11. A 1 ti tude From tree-tap l evel to 20, CXX) t 12. Speed one to two miles uer second 13. Di rection of flight Come fro m dir ection of Peimemunde 14. Tactics N/S 15.. Sound N/S 16 . Size N/S 17. Colo r (green tail ) 18 . Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/i 20 . Apparent const ruc tion 21 . Exhaust t rails green 22 . Weather conditi ons N/S 23 . Effect on c louds N/S 24 . Sketches or phot ographs None 25. Manner of di sappear ance. N/S 26. P.ema.rks The trend of these objects to arroear at2130 hours, might be si gnific :mt. •. ,. "' 6 f • • ~ ·•, ~"":fl t1 , •• ~v ,t • , -~:-i. '\If 1 '
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Source text · mention onlyLt Kokolonis first observed the objects from the navigator's window.At the time their plane was on a 35° heading,altitude approx 8,000 ft and they were six miles esst of Monroe,Michigan,The objects came into view at 9:00 o'clock position and disappeared in the haze at a 7:00o'clock position,making an abrupt turn to their right,ships left.Visibility into the sun was some &miles.The size of the objects seemed about 3oO-loo ft（about the size of the lake freighters on Lake Erie).The objects were moving at great rate of speed well over 5oO MPH.Their track thru the skywassmooth, They were dise shaped with well rounded contours.All of the objects maintained a slight nose-up attitude and all had a hazy or fuzzy mutline.They were a bright silvery gold color.They left no exheust or trail of any kind.
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK - LI~T • UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS l . Date 28 May 1948 2 . Time 1500 houra (Ea stern Dayli ght Saving Ti me) EnrqQte to Location • Se1rr i dge Fld., Mt . Cl emens , Mich r,/2.1a0Dill FldU -.:l ~T 3 . Positio ns 6 miles due ea st of Monroe , Mi ohiga nl34a 4. Name of observe r M/Set ~est I)\vie , Jr . (oo l ored) 5. Occupation of observer M/S~ 6. Add ress of obse rv·er Selfridge Field 7. Place of obse rvatio n 6 mil•• du• east of Monroe, Michig an 8 . Numbe r of objects 2 9 . Distanc e of obj ect fr om observ er 25 to 30 tom i les mu: left 10. Time in sight ;o eeoonda . 11 . A ltitude approx 8,000 rt i2 . Speed DD~ Over 400 m1lea per hour 13 . Di rectio n of flight South West from 35° at 8100 o'olo ck posi tioa 14 , Tactics Pursued atrai ght ooura• 15. Sound N/S 16. Size Appeared t o be four f••t in diameter 17 . Co lor Shi:rw brass 18 . Shape round 19 . Odor detected N/S 20 . Apparent const ruction N/S 21 . Exhaust trails None 22 . Weathe r conditi ons Clear, high overcast at 18, 000 ft; t hin stratus layer broken at 8,000 rt, l ate ral visib ility• /so to 15 milesEffect on clouds N 24 . Sketches or photographs Sketoh 25. Manne r of disappea rance N/S 26 . Remarks Disorepan oy as to position of 2nd object in group 2 as sighted by Lt Xokbloroi~ (!no U4) \7itness perceived only top-aid• or object . Objects ,een flying over wooded section b7
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Source text · mention only., CHECK- LI5T .. UIITDEN7.IJ'IED FLYING OBJECTS l. Date Between 15th & 20th Aug >,. 2. Time 2130 M5T • 3. Lo ca.ti on Ba.pid City A:F Base, Weaver , S .D. 4 . Name of observe r Maj Elmer H. Ha.mnar, i. (A0-46014) 5. Occupatian of observer I ntel Officer 28th Bombardment Group ('VR) 6. Add ress of observer Baoid City .AF.Base ':leaver, S. D. 7. Place of observation Weaver, s. D. 8 . Number of objects 12 (lsoprox) 9 . Distance of object from observer 4 miles 10 . Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude 10,000 ft to a-rynrox 6,000 ft . 12. Speed 500 f.PH + 13 . Di rection of flight Appr oached first from N"l'I then turn to right and disappeared in SW 14 . Tactics t ight di amond-shaned forrGr'.lti on 15. Sound no noi se hear d 16 . Size Length : 1004- ft estimate 17. Colo r Yell owish- white - bril liant 18 . Shape Ell ipti cal 19 . Odor detected N/S 20 . • Apparent const ruction N/S 21 . Exhaust t rails None 22 . Weathe r conditi ons Clear, no clouds , stars vi si ble, wind, c...-lm visibility 3o+ 23 . Effect on clouds none 24 . Sket ches or photog raphs Scetches 25 . Manner of disapp earance Dissm:ieared on a S1i heading 26 . Remarks There ~ear s to be minor discrepancies as to speed and altitud e in the r enort given verbally to Gla sebrook and l tr to this Hq f/'¥a.J Hammer
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Source text · mention onlyHEADqUARTERS 28th Bombardment Wing （VH) Office of theIntelligence Officer Rarid City Air Force Base Weaver, South Dakota 26 BGS 2350.09 1July1948 SUBJECT:Report of Flying Discs TO: Commending General Air.Materiel Command Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton,Ohio ATTN:PROJ.SIGN 1.In compliance with parograph 3,Regulation No.45-5,Headquarters Strategic Air Command,Andrews Air Force Base,Washington 2O,D. C.,dated 19 February lg48,the following information is submitted for your information and guidance. a. Flying Discs sighted over Ranid City Air Force Base,Weaver, South Dakota at 2130 MST between 15thand 20th of Aug 1947 b. Sky-clear;no clauds,stars visible; visibility 3O+;wind- calm. Name,occuoation and address of witness: Major Elmer H.Hammer,Jr.AO-46014 Intelligence Officer 28th Bombardment Group （VH) Ranid City Air Force Base Weaver, South Dakota No photographs available See Inclosure Mumber1 Object sighted: Flying Discs （1) Number:Twelve（12),（Approximate) (2) Shape:Oval shaped 3 (4) Color:Yellowish-white,brilliant （5） Speed:Five hundred plus （500+)MPH. Incident 135
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Source text · mention onlyr -' I nci dent No . U6• 1. Date and Ti me of Observat i on: ~ "1na 1~~ at 21.40 2. Wher e S i ght ed: Soutb lnouil.18, Tennessee 3. Observer 1 s Posi tion : ( i. _e. , gr ound , air-, control t ower , etc.) 4. Name and Address of Observer: Ur,. \Udteh OU1te, South ~ xvills, fenn. 5. Occupation and/o r hobbi es : w:1.t'e ot lfajor lta"97 J. lbitehouae Comaanding O.tfi.oer, I.SU, 3~19 iennessee6. Atten tion Attr acted by: 7. Number of Object(s ) Seen : 1 8. Si ze of Obje c t( s) : JJ/ S 9. Color of Object( s) : orange 10. Shape ( Sketch i f Poss i bl e) Ball 11. Nature of Lumi nos i ty: (dir ected beam of light ? ) 12, Al ti tu.de of ObjPct : ,o. ooo ft (estimat ed) 13. Esti mated Di stance of 0bject from Observer : N/S 14. Estima tod Gpced of Object : 1,000 IPli 15. Ti me i n Sight : 3 ainute■ (according to llra Whitehouse) 3 aeeonda (accordin.g to ORC inetructore)16. Tact i cs: 17. Sound Jlf.ade by Obje ct( s) : N/S 18. Direction of Flight of Object( s) Weat 19. .Apparent C onstructi;m : •t:tre• ' 20. Effect on Cl ouds : N/s 21. Exhaust Trail ( Color of) : ••tr•mer of blUi.Sh color traillng• 22. Manner of Di sappccrance : OY~r horison 23 . Weather Conditi ons at Time of Si ghting : B/S 24. Pecul i ari t i es Noted : 25. Su.mmD.ry of I nciden t : (See attached page )
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Source text · mention onlyAt approximately 2140 hours, 30 June, a ball of fire of oreng color with a streemer of bluish color trailing. traveled thru the sky in a westerly direction and disappeared over the horizon to the west.The object traveld at a very fast rate of speed. No sound wa.s heard. Witnesses: Mrs. Whitehouse. wife of Maj Harvey J.Whitchone C.0..AsU 3319 ennesee ORC instructors,Knoxville,Tenn. Mr. Tryus W. Setliff （See Incident 136a) Mrs. Whitehcuse stated that the object remained visible for approximately 3minutes and that the streamer emitted sparks. Mr. Setliff stated that the'object was visible for about 3 seconds and traveled at an estimated speed of l,Oo0 miles perhour at an altitude of about 30,000 feet.
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Source text · mention onlyc • Chl:':CK - LI~T - U!llDl:.NTlFlED l. Date 30 Ju :- e 19ue 1,36a '> I'ime 2140' . '.'>. Location s. Knoxvi lle , T enn 4 . Name of obse r ve r Mr Tryus W. Setliff 5 . Occupation of obse rver N/S C. Adrlr ess of observer Oa k r idge , Tenm,ss ee 7. ?lace of observation Knoxville, Tenn 'I . ~l•unbr>r of obj"ects 1 9 . Distance of object fr om obse rv'3r N/-3 10. Time in Gigh~ 3 seo onda fLYlNG OBJECTS 11 . Altitud e 12 . Speed 1,000 MPH 13 . 14 . 15 . 15 . 17 , Di r e ction o f f light Tactics N/S :o•.md N/S Size N/S Colo r Orange Color Westerly 18 . Shape Ball 19 . Odo r de tected N/S 20 . Apparent const ruct i o n Fir• 21. Exhaus t t rails Bluish Color 22 . 'flea the r conditions N/s 23 . Fffect on clouds N/S 24 . Sketches or photog raph s None 25 . ~.~annor of disappea r a nce Over horiton to West 26 . fi'emo. r ks 61 ti
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Source text · mention only5 10 15 20 25 CJ!'EGK• LIST - Ur-!IDFJl~:'IFIED Fl Yrnrr OBJECTS Inc id ·,rt ./1 1)7 1 . D·ittJ 7 Jul 4g 2 • Tino 211~ and 2ll5 ,,Loci tion I I i1nrw of obsc r vor J~mes k•u , Lt., 0 : S. llaYal Bea.rY• . Cocupc,tion of ob~o rvor Nllt.h81at1o• laa\ruc\ar 6 . n'idr• :..s of obso rvor Universt ty of Norta Carolina 7 • Pluc o of obso r vt. tion CMpel 1Ul', i. C. 8 . Nur'lbur of o'hj<'ots three ( J) 9. Distnnco of obj e ct fr om obsorvor N/S . TiMo in sir,ht A·1>rox-1mately o• (1) lliJmte 11 . Alt i t;udo 'JI.Y:U,.M 12. Spcod H~ 13. Dir oction of flit;ht ll1 . '.i'uctics N/S . Sound Jst 16 . Sizo X/8 17. Col or N/1 18. Shape N/8 19. Odor dotootod N/8 . ;,pp£,ront const ru ction N/8 21. Exhuui.t trnils Not lieiltla 22 . Wootho r c onditions Clear 23. Effect o~ clouds 1/8 24. Sketches or photog r aphs l one . Manner of dis oppea r a nco N/8 lo
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Source text · mention only-·. CEECK- LIST - lff I DEi'!TI?IED FLYHlG OBJECTS 1 . D:.ito 7Jul 48 I ncidort :/f 137a 2 . Time 2114 and 2Uc:; 3 . Loct ition Cbapel Hil l , N. C. ) ► • ;!umo of obs e rver H. W. Danie ls 5. Occupc.tion of ob~o r vor Capt., I nfantry , Re~erve 6 . hdd r t:os of obso r vo r Box 188 , Chaoel Sill 7 . Ploc o of obs orwti on Chapel Hill , N. C. 8 . lfuMbor of obj C\cts three ( 3) 9 . Distance of obj o ct f r om obs or vor N/S 10 . TiMo in sight Aoproxima tel,v one ( 1) minute 11. Altitud o Extreme 12. Spea d High 13 . Dir octi on of flir,ht Eas t Northeas t llJ . Tuctics N/S 16 . Size N/S 17 . Colo r N/S 18 . She.po N/S 19 . Odor dot octod N/ S 20 . Apparent const r uctio n N/S 21. Exhaust t r nils Not Visi ble 22 . Vfootho r c ond itions Cl ear 23 . Eff oct on c l ouds N/S 21., . Skotch os or photog r nphs None 25 . Mannor of disnpp oa r anco N/S 26 . Romnr ks : (.r
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Source text · mention only0 , • C!-!ECK- LI ST - Ul~I DEi!7IrIE:) FL~I! lG OBJECTS Inc i :.i mt :/1-138 l . 0!.t O rt Jul 48 2 • Tir10 CJJ20 3. Loc t t i on f;o1~"hl<J, ' r..1o h. :ramc of obs e r vor 'J.!•s . 't/ildt! Z!.t tek 5. Occ upoti on o-f' ob~or vor E:,.ne~f• 6 . 1\1drc ss of ob so r vor ~9 Avl l on Ave. Colun:bus.- O. 7 . Pl aco of obs(; r vt. t i on Grc-1.:mi! 8. Ilur.ibor o!' obj oct s t•:o (2) 9. Di stn nco o f obj Gct fr om obs or vo r E/S l G. Tino in sif;ht f c-.ir (4) 11lnu te ■ 11 . ;..1t itudo J w_g~d t .> be arowxl. 3000 feet 12 . Spood Cc~ld act be e1tiattd aroUlld . 13. Dir oct i on of f licht Firs t he&AeJ. t;i ti.la iartb 111 . To~ti cs J <>ob ecl up ud down 15 . Snnrd ti~ 16 . Size With biDocul&r ■ (!Jape N-3, 6 x J O) about 3 1/2' 1D lacth by 1• in diamt\ar 17. Col or SilTer 18 . Shc po Li ke a cigftr or \orped o 19. Odor doto ct od J/ S 20 . ,\ppa r ont const r u ction Mc~ll1o 21 . Exhous t t r uils J:me 22 . Wontho r c ondit i on s Cl-.r, I\Dllipt, ao claaia 23 . Eff oct on c l ouds llone (fher9 wre noae) Skotch os o r phot ogrophs Bone Uannor of di sa ppoa r cmco rnd.e4 &Vii( Roma r ks : {Onr)
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Source text · mention only.-.. Zt.\tAtk t \bat tm obJec\e loolm4 11.n • th goi thro air currenta. Tb., a blunt DON tl'la tall wa obacar • At !tr t t 7 look like uric blot. Both • aeru 1.D!lat.inct. fb.q were Tiaible for three or ' 'lur rutuuwa 4Mi11:1D\of • -.. !.r crart ~ 11 t he ar IID4811-Jeot'• J)CJWC'I of ''\a\. 0Jl n\, bu\ poor f ,r U tan •were toua4 t o 'be &004 u f• altU •· air a t t of . ' Capt. Dant1ll, pilot or cma ~. w ~ " 1Qg • l co•• for tiOD 1D trail of Lt. Colliu -.11.t paou« hi.a a cal br .t • c ~- !ha a1rcra \ wr• JlOt aquipped. with ' w1JI& \t.p -talm. !h pi lot• eta.tad that th., wre 111 U. Columbua AN&. Nr1. llttek poeitt.oa _. fl• o \brN quartar rear ro11ton at e1«ht1mg. , .ta article .u pibU.abK by tbe Coludnl• C1t1r . n ew9 1'~ • C lubws, Ohio, g Jul 48.
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Source text · mention onlyob:; t o horizo:l h r ◄ • • J t 1 .,. :; . l ti ll or h ll 1 . c u ti :i of ob.. rv r A T! !1.v ~i; n •or o • .~!lr .., o f ol ~- rv r .. A. v \ "'1•r.1 --t J f . f 1 c o! ob:i r vi til.ln r,r :in. rv r /5 iurc . on n . t i:r b 1 1-~ ec 11 . .,1 i ,mh> ~lOO o 11000 fet t 12. Sr, od bet ,p, n ~co & Geo •.· t ( a~t t o .,. . t ) Oir oc t i a. 11. \n r i ~ !1 1:on coQla not b e~ti ~te ual«.! ycllowi. . •~1.i t ( .!IJinous)17. C"lo r lf . 3hnp o N/S 19 . Odor liot ctod 1 /s 21. E.Y.hf,l.St t r .ils 1 in the E st- Sout oo!'t . \:OC1thur oonditi ons Clear w/ i.<ll't. r' ( . 23. £ff oct on c l ~uds N/S SY.otoh •s o r photo2L. 0 25. Hnnr.or of di&np nr r.co Suddenl y a t -mPlf" of' ap ,. i\T. 7C ir: fror.t o"" ob~rva- ~ o ;.11s lo~kir4" n T 26 . Romor ks : n reco nn is ance uilo in :cs·lLt . Gle ebro o ~ 1
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Source text · mention only• • • from obs orvor .' construction Exhaust tr~ila Seemed to near \1fonthor conditions • • 1 I photographs .; ' .. • Tlitnesa states: "A beautH'Ul golden a halo with a silver rim arourxi it."
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Source text · mention onlyCHEClC•LIST - Ul IDD?TIFIED FLYlnG OBJICTS Inoident f ~ 1 July 1948 2 • Time Between 2100 an4 2200 hour• 3. Location O&hanna, Ohio L. ttomo ot obaor-.or llr Jaat Taylor 5. 0coupotion ot o~or-.or 1/8 but now aot1-.e in kt1oaal Guard 6. Addrou or obt1orvor W/s 7. Ploc o or oba orwtion Ga~, Ohio ( groan4 ) 6 . Nuabor ot obj oota l 9. Distonoo of obj oct trcm obaorvor 1/s 10 . Tino in sight 2 ..oond• ll. i\ltitud o }000 to hooo rt 12 . Spood terri fie Borthea at to SOQthweat13. Dirootion or fli ght ll, . Toot les P\lnued aknt""11cdtu tl&t line ot tlight 15. Sou.-d Non• 16 . Si&o Wft 17. Col or brir,ht yellow-white 16 . Sha po W/S 19 . Odor doto otod 11/s 20 . Appo ront conat ruoti on luminoua 21 . Exhouat trails w/s 22. ftootho r c onditions Clear• bri ght aoonlight 23. Eff oot on clouds N/S 21.i. Skotohos or phot o~r aphs Hon• 25 . Unnnor of d isoppoo ronoo N/S 26 . Rom.ar ks : Vr. Cheat er Taylor ga• • the aam• -.erai cn • • that ot hi• aon. Mre. Tayl or apparently did not oh1erv• t he phen011enon. 1
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Source text · mention onlyc ,:,a of s~d. ~ It ws •a glow and not a. e . ght and . vras about two seconds in' dur~tion. It <lidn 't fade bJ[t, ·c bruptly . The ·Jine of' <flight' appeared f~t and the object ap~re om the Northeast going southwest. A.lti tu.de :q~ between, 3,000 an 4.ooo ft. There was no audible noise alt it was a qui.et nigh the object ,a~red close orizon of about Al.though tlle sky wa light -·
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK-LIST - UNID&."TIFIEO FLYING OBJroTS 1. Do.to 30 Jun9 1948 2. Tilno 11125 A. 11•• to 1127 Pll ud 1hortl7 therearter Lo~tion Beola. South Dakota loraan Prut11nreut•rNomo ot obse rver Occupation ot o~o~r Chemioal Engineer - Amateur Aatrcmoaer 6. Addr ess of obaorvor B•ola, · South Dakota 7. Placo of obsorwtion B~ween Wat•rtown, s. D., & Wtbater, s. D. a. Nwabor of objoots l 9. Diat-onco of objoct tram obsorvor N/s 10. Ti_110 in sight Slirhtl y owr two houri 11. Altitudo 150 miles (?) 12. Spood Stati onary D1roct1on of fli ght Stationary ,.approx Tactics Remained in on•/position then d~aintegra ted Sound None 16. Sho N/S __. ..,Color Like polished alumin\1111 I r. r ' I 18 . Shapo Chanr,ing NoneOdor dotoctod ~- 20. Appnront construction ~~cmed to be • oluater 0£ part• ~ ~ 21 . E.xhoust t r aila Partiolea of disintegrating me.£0 !ert very faint trails of -vapor 22 . Vfoathor conditions Brilliantly oloar (CAW) - Wind velooit y 3 'MPH Effoct on clo uds No olouda 24. Skotohos or photographs Map aho•ing looati ons of s1~ht1n~ a • 25. Mnnnor of disopp oarono o Disintegrated into a~aller pieces 26. Ronu:irk5: Object appeared as olusttr of parts wh1oh remained fairly stationary and constant for sane two hours when it underwent a rather elow ohan~e in shape . A large chunk fel l otr . Within the next 2-1/2 minutes the entire spot started to very slowly disintegrate . Three larger parts moved (over) 7 5
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Source text · mention onlyallay ogt trom the ~s• and formed a perfect iaometrio tria.ngl•, the reaa1n1ng mass slowly moved into hu dreda ot small parts seemingly l•• "t'1Jlg nry fai.Dt vapor tnile. The three rema i ning pa rts oontillu•d to move apart holding their relat.ed poeitione ot a perfect triangle but gradually getting s111&ller and fainter until they dissappeared some 9 aimtea after th• initial break-up. It could mttx:ea$1ly be seen that the parts ,n,re moving a.way rrom the earth.
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Source text · mention only•• ' l'rt:r - l,T - 11'1 '~ l .1 . ] ?IC i 1 H I, 1, 1 _, ? . I J ,.,. t 'i 11 , i . ,n of nh r v r ('('U pt. i :1 or ob; rv r . . .r of ol r-., r 1 . rl c or b~ r.~ ti n :• -.b r o" obi ct .. ':) . D:i: t; •1c of o • ·l frm ob" r v r 10 . Ti:-, > iu oir.h t 11 . ,. 1t i t.udo 12 . Sp orl l' . Dir l>CI i or. or flirht l ,. 'i'ur. lCS l c: . n• tr- 1 1,.,. oiz !'/ . C l c r 18 . Chr.po 1r, • Oder ti tocto d 20 . " J'PC. rr r.t ons •.r ur,t ir,n 21. Exh•iur,t t r il:. 22 . l a tho r onndi• i ons 2} . Effo r.t r.n ~loud~ 21J . Skot ch s or photog r i..p!"I:; 25. 1' nr.or of' disnppon r nc 26. R :'UlT}t,,. : - - 1 j
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK-LIST-UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incidont #144 Date 24July48 0245 2 Time 3。 Location 20 miles south of Mcntgomery.Ala Namo of observor Pilot Clarence Shipe Chiles & Co-Pilot John B. Whitted & Mr.MeKelve,(Occpaticn -/s) Occupution of obsorvor Pilot and Co-pilot, EAL Address of observor Atlenta Office of EAL Placo of obsorvation Air -20 miles south of Montgomery.Ala 8. Numbor of objocts 9. Distance of objoct from obsorvors/s 10. Timo in sight5 to 10 seoonds 11. Altitude5.000 ft 12. 13. Direction of flight Southwest toward Mobile and Hev Orleans 14 Tactics Pulled up sharply wth tremendous burst of flame (Atlenta Consti tution-25 July 48) 15. Soumd none 16. Sizo 17. Color N/S 18. Shapo cigar-sheped 19. Odor dotectod N/s 20. Apparont construction N/s 21. Exhaust trails red-orenge flame blue fluorescent glow running beneath the object 22. Woathor conditions Bull moon, clear with broken cloud coverage of4/10 at6.000t 23. Effoct on clouds n/S-pulled up into one 2l4. Skotches or photographs 2 25 Manner of disappoarance Disappeared intoa cloud 26. Romarks: See attached statemente
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Source text · mention onlyl l CHECK- LIST - UN IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1 . Da t o 24 ~ ~ Inoid Qnt # 1414& 2. • Timo 02.:,0 3. Locotion Sear 11.ackatoM, Ta. euroa.te to Balei&b-nu-ha l~. i!amo of obs er vor I.ow.a J'el4•rt 5. Occup(ltion of ob~orvor pilot 6. J\dd r os s of obso r vor LG.\ 7 . Pl aco of obs o r wtion Air - ~ Blacaton., Va. 8. Numbor of obj ects lal,- trail IND 9. Cistanco or obj oct f r om obs or vor n/• 10 . Tmo in sight 1/S 11 . ~ltitud o 1/S 12. Spood terrific epeed. - 13. Dir ooti on of fli ght 230° 14. Tactics !Ir-all COTered en 80° to 90• arc lateral.~ Sound B/S ) S1zo B/S ) ( Col or 1/ S 0D.l.7 trail pei-ceived. - obJect ) was not seen 18 . Shapo 11/s ) 19 . Odor dot octod B/S 20 . Appnr ont constructi on B/S 21 . Exhaus t t r a i l s Seemed to be a jet or rocket trail 22 . Woatho r cond itions at 02}0 at :Blackstone: 'IJ/70 mqGF 112/73/72/ waw 5/987. G.reanaboro and Raleigb-Bm=h had m/15 plue Effoct on clouds B/S 2L1 . Skot ohos or photog r nphs None 25. Manner of disa ppoa ra rtc o 1/S - :, Romo.rks : - 7
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Source text · mention only• • t Shortly after~ BJeebtone, at approx 023(), • trail w. picbd up th&~ appeared to be a Jet or rock.et trail. ~ object leariJlc the trail ws• tr&TelhJc at terrific apeed 1n a 900.thveaterl7 diNction aDd aa marJ..y u the7 could ec.tmai. they calculated the ~e• ot travel u 23()0. •. !hey wre on a heading a_t tb.e time of 215•. The Jet or 1"0cbt trail at no time croaaed their fiigb.t path. · It w.a on the 411taat weatcn bor1zcm at approx 20• abo•e the horia:on. b trail oo•ered an 80° to 90• arc laterall.J. IO'?I: !here 1• a 15 llimlte differeace in time f/thi• •1'bt1.nc w{023()) to tbe roobt •i&htinc at 0245 1n M 1 • JPN l«x> to i.75 all••diatant. ~h,, r-, .....,.,.-..G-, - , mt'lr !!he abo•• time (0230) talli•• with uothar •i«btfzic 'b,y another pilot in the ricini ty of lUackatone, Ta. • eav a 'Yff'Y um.aaal meteor that &ppecll"ed to bo on a bearing of about 21.0° from th.ea tr&Tel UC in a aoutherl.y direction aboTe lN.t cl.o•• to the horizon.
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Source text · mention onlylle l 1'HRDI 'ft) I 1...at to Trlp Bapor\ to Colu(llbul. Ohio 31 Jilly 191&1 Ji.tlanta 81.cb\iac Col Cllaccl"JlaJI Col. McOoJ • l . !he obJeot ol tbi• trip .u to i.aterrlaw C. L. Mc,lelrie , a puaa & r al,oard tba ._tera J.l_rliaea l)(l.J , tba ni&ht o! 24 Jul,y 1948. 2. Mr• .iclelvi• ' • vritto nat--.t ta ••...tial..q aa follow s Ile •• ~7U& tbe 5th or 6th ae-.t fro• the 1'1'0at of the pla• oa the ript ad "°'114 period1call1' glance out the window. !ban wa• a full mon which lllillilaated tti. grollJld ad tha lld.ea aild the cz-OUDd could cl rl7 be aea. ~ · t}3 they po.a.ed cwatlu1 elowla. On on~ ocoaeio• a• he w::>-9 lookia& nu\ he obaorYed a suddea 1treak oi l~ht movinc in a couthee.atern 4ireotioa acre • the airv9¥ above the plane . Ile woDdered it it were 11&htainc but o'b.-ved tho fiaae moved in a atrai&ht liu and. not in a flare . The color YU 'brieh t flm• - be thoupt 1t wa probL:.bly a liFt chen.y red - altbou&h tlw edge• wre 1110• of a 7ellov name . a,, ahitted hie pos1t1oa 1A hit eo1 t f O'f' b t\91' obeervatio~ , momeut.uril.T loaag •~t of lt. Then be u.w tt IIC01ta. ii~ eoiimuted. the n e to be ..lbout l/2 ae far above tM plane a ■ the plae ._a oboft the crouad.. Re eaw no pbfalcal abap• - 01117 a atreu of n ame movillC ia a •trdcht tiu . The "°ole uperleace .,.. moaumtaJ-7 ao that detailed obuervatioa was abect . Be he.:u-d no $0und bGt 1t&.tod tbat th• n.bration of tho plane va• much great er than normal end that it ws not -pootd.- , ble to heur o»3' sound fro• tho oo.teide . 3. In the interview lib-. McJtel-.1• etat ed to MaJ Lle'-91.l)"ll thnt tb.e pilots aoemed quite ex.cited Olld that the1 appe ftd n•M'OUS o.,. r the epi!IOda. . A. LLE :ELLnJ 'QJ..L/aw Mu.jr,r. U ;.P t'.5~10 Bldg 2e8 Post 203)'
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Source text · mention only• • i • itlanta. Ga. AiJg 3. 1948 Mr. S. L. Sbanncm. Jaatern Air Linea Miemi, Fla. The follovi.ng ie a report of en unidan.t1f1ed. aircraft which was sighted. by John Whitted and me. aa ve wre twenty mile• aouthweat of Mont.&t>Dm7; Al.a. July 24, 1948, •• we were on la.atern•• trip 576. At 2: 45 A. M. w were eru.i•in& at 5,000 feet men there came• .hat looked like a Jet t7Pe of aircraft to onr richt and aU.ghtly above meetillg u,. It w.a a clear monli8}1t ni&}lt with the visi bility excellent; therefore, w were able tG rlew the ahip aa it passed for a period of c,.round ten second.a. It wae clear 'tbere . were llO wing• preaent, that it wea poweNd by aome Jet or. other type of pover aboot!Jlg fl81118 from the rear some fifty feet. !here were tvo rowa of window••which indicate! an upper and lower d.eclt, from inside theae willdo,n a Ter;y brl&bt light wa glow1~. Underneath the ahip there •• a blue glow of li&}it. , After 1t paaeed 1t pulled up into some light 'brobn cloud• end we.a loat from -.iew. !here WB8 no prop waeb or ro'Uigh air felt aa ,it paaaed. After t~ to the o~ paaeencer awaa · at the time. be aav only t~ trail ot fire ae it paeee4 and. pull.._ into the el~d•. I celled the coq,aey at Cohaba.a aDd u1r:ed if there •• ~ re ported Jet army craft and re~ated 1f the A!l'C bad aey aircraft under control. I w.e told tbat no web craft we.a reported by either eouree. I •I c. s. Cb.ilea O. S. Chile• Capt J:. A. L. ,
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Source text · mention only' .-. CHECK- LIST - ffi'liiEH'!' "'rIED FL:lllG OBJtt;TS Inc1d mt if 144b l . O:.i t o ~ ~ 48 2 . Tino 0230 , • t..oCtl ti. on Between Blecka tone. Va. and Greeniboro • I • . C. Capt Perry R. Mansfield. 5. Occ upution of ob~o rv r Capt on 571/23 I.AL 6 . l,dd ru :s or ob:so r r UL 7. Plac o or obso r wtion Between ~l.ackatone. la. Uld Greenaboro, JI. C. 6. ttunbor or obj cts l • D1stunco o r obj o c:t; fr cb~ orv r i/S 10 . Ti!'lO in sir-ht 3 eeconda 11 . nltitud o 1/S 12 . Spee d •teor1c l}. D1r oct1on of fli cht 10Utberl,)' 1L. T1.1ctics traTel~ horiz ontally 15. Sound B/S 16. Sizo B/S 17. Col or N/ S 18. Ghcpo B/S 19. Odor dotooto d B/5 20 . 11.ppnront canst. ru ction 1/S - • 21 . ExhuuRt trail s N/S ,'2 . Wont hor oonditi ons ~ CAVU 23. Err,,ct on cl ouds B/S ?I,. Skotoh os or phntor. r uphe Bone 25 . J.IoMor of disnp orcnoo "died out" 1n the dietance 26. Rurnor ks , (oTer)
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Source text · mention onlye .. pilo t At about 0230 on July 24, 1948, C. Kingsley/and Capt Perry R. ?1.ensfield eaw what they tho\J&ht was an UJJusucl. meteor. It was bri t;ht er than any ever seen before and travel~ in a hori zontal directi on, sl49'1t ly above the horizon. It was obse r ,red f or 3 seconds befor e it di ed out . At no t ime did it app ea- to trav el in a. dow'W!lrd directi on. Ki.Dgsley & Mansfield discussed the matter that the meteor appe red to be travel ing horiz ontally. At the time they were trave1 ing between Blackstone, v,-, ., and GTeensboro, S. C•• 'lhe sky was clear Wld the v1e1bility unlimit ed . They were ona magnetic headixig o~ 21.Joo and eeti mated tbe object to be on a bearillg of about 210° f.,om them - that is - about 30 ° t o the left of tbeir heEU'.U.Dg. It appe :red to be travel i.Dg in a southerly direction , s.bove, but close to the horizon. !IOTE: 'lhere is a 15 minute variance in ttn time f/th1e sighting (023 0) to the rocket sight ing at 0245 i n ~ta some 4oo to 475 miles distSJ1t. The time (0230) also tal.11es with Ioc 144a Pilot Louis Feldwary • s eccount of sigh ting a jet or ro~ t trail just after le~ving Blackstone. ' • •
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Source text · mention only· l •• fbial a-pll-' for Olp\. 0. S. OhU.1 oa ~ 576 wbl'.ah 1eft lmnop._ ltm at lai.o JIN laawa Sw,dvd fillil,"M4-F n.i&ht. "1111' 22. 191'1. M 02k5 llf, • •WlW a •U'IIII olaJeo, 11~'nc wart u al a h1&b 1"aM at lpMCl. • WIN q ,xx> t .., ID4 our ,ol1'1aia -. 25 all•• ■-tttw1\ ~ Non~. jJ,a. ~tranp .-)lo\ ba4. a ..._ of red fin OOldJlc fl'OII 1\1 Wl. 1 ulmle4 ti. lt-■ a Jet V'J)4II airpllile of tbt lntr or lava, aa it cam ••nr I oaa.14 IN 1:u, 1\ _. mob larPl' tbaa UT Anq or an, J•\ '-' 1 i.. ffll' NG or na4 aboat. It »aa-4 u • the rs.ht •148 of our DO-). l e,,tn-ate lt1 a.peed 1a the »Scbborho oct of 700 IIPB bat tJ1• 11 J;m"e1T a 1"0Qlb. t.U.te. • ~ a oompo•• i.s.411:w of 50 dao'N■ iD4 Iba obJeot puud ua. eohtc in the oppo•tt.e 41No'1on. to•• the o'bJeet •eaed abmt a baa411.a troa u. tlyiJW •~t imd. lenl. l 11 aou14 •• no "1llp acwortiaa the ·o\Jeot. !bi obJeo\ .. o~ lhllped and teae4 to be ahont a mmdN4 f••t 1a ~. !ha tbll.ap appeared to be' abcmt three tiall• tbt oil"aateraoe ot a J.29 fv-.lap. It had. tw row of windowae a apper ud. a lowr. l1lll w1D4.ow wre wrr l•c• ad. ••••4 aqaare. !hq •" .tilt• vitla ls.tit ~ah •eme4 to be CMUNCl ~ ao• tn,. ot ooaba.ation. I ••U-.te tba w •tahed. the obJect at leut 5 Nconda 8114 not IIDft tbu 10 NCODd•• • b.clll'd DO now nor did .. fNl .. turl,Qlew tree the . o'bJect.. It •IIM4 to be at about 5,X, teet. l alDd Qapt. Cbilea what w bad Ju•t .... and be said that he c11da1\ nov. Capt Cldlea th.a ooataot.4 tu ~ •ridio operator at Ooluau• Ga.• and abed b1a to contact Lanon?ldrift ~ o•Snc, 0.. • aa4 fuad ou\ if ~• An&, be.d a, Jet or ~tal. pl.we 1a Ule T10Wt7. !be 4'0lllpMT oper ator called ua a tew llilmt•• lat• and • i.te4 \ rat t • eca Jliel4 r9POrted \bat tb.ey bad no plaaa fliii>c la 0'111!" area. Capt Cb.il• tbea N portecl back to the "OllplV rs41o open.tor aq1.JIC that a atr-. airo:ntt Juat P.9-Nd 1111 ~ it loobc! llllllwae 'lpe ~ rocbt ahip. • • puae d up Ool:aabna beCllllN of ground foe ad. t,:,ut,imecl on to Atla~
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Source text · mention onlyCP.ECK•LlST 1. 0!.lt O 9 Jul y 191.ig 2 . Timo 1.05 A.3T 3. Lo°' ,tion Field,ne Lake l !:'t Lt ~ 'Ili nick J. Carr.ria & ~ ~ws B. Corpenter 5. Occup ut i on of ob~orvor s(VLR) Photo 6 . ,.-ici.r• .:s o f obs r, rvon: 72nd RCN Squadr on (VIR) Photot:,ra."' ic c/o 1iJ>C 731, c/ o Po st !Ocl st1:.•r Seattle ,iicl:!hin~ton 7 . Ploc o of obso r vt.tion Fieldin& Lc...ce, Alaska ( 63°11 1 - 1!..5° l10 • ',/ (3 . ?Junbo r or obj oots .Appl"o:x-iir.;_te-ly 20 9 . Di3tonco of obj o ct fr om obs or vo r 5, ')()O + above- 5, ()(X) + i "l1'l'led.i~tel y b elow t ~e cl ouds 11 . ~lti t udo over )00 t✓.i~12 . Spcod Dir oct i on of fl i. (;ht 'i'uctics Joch.•yf' • ' =ck , nd for t h il. t he ~rc.1M ::orrnati on (b~ve i 'l'l!)rc ~si , n of ~ ot ~un bl, ~t pattern) 'but maint~ineo ~troight Cf')Ur r f' .Snn.rd Loud road nt:, f."') 1m<1 np• rd ( t nout;ht it \t{c:; $ ~troni::; ,.. ind ) before ')bj ect r ·-·ere f'i f),t( -l : e0,md she.r;r n"d int o a bu1:: ;;~ -they16. Size dot c.,..,:Jroc.chec t:.nd pt ~sed . Odor doto ct od 20 . ,.~r1-C1r or.t cons t. ru Gtion 21. Exha ust t r td l s Il') fl(> vi si bl e ;.,:?. Vfootho r c onditi on s br i b":it ?.Dl~ Fn:-tny •.~/1~ <ct·.;.to- cu . ..ilus cloud covcr ~e Eff ict on cloud s n~tc - flr w i re i: t el bnl ow t t r rn Sko tch is o r phot or,r nphs n ann or of' di sn ppon r nnco r/ .:i Remar ks: :- .... ~b ~- ct '" r,-, ,r, . ___ ,.. ·J. "'" ?t s. i...!'&.~l~E-·!"1 bl....:- n n a b, rint. ~i.. u t . T , f'., \•:cr o p l :. lr.1 ! ir i d1 l"' :.... d t hc r :' 1i E"C . C_ • • Ti ~ ~:'))t: re• :'J b, ._. •~-:1"e~ : .. ..., b. dr .• a (· V l'~ 17 . 10 . Col or Ghc po
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Source text · mention only..,. • ., •.i: f orth in t he group fo'!'M...&ti~n w: ich gave the overo.11 impre~~i nn of a sh0tgnn bl· ~t p: tt P~n . The obj ectr ~~r e t oueht to be ~oving ir. "Xccse o: 500 MPH :..t b>:m,roxi ir~tc-l ~ 5. 0C.O ft ( i.m.-nedia tel y below the cloud~) , from .N,.; t o E..)"E and wer e defin i tely flyi.ng a stre.ight course . J ust before thPy wer (> si bh t cd a 1 -:md r ?sring sound \\as her rd \':hi ~h was ettt i butel'\ t !:> ::. !;t.- ,,r,l,. .....i n d b l o1-•ine, lbro~ h t he sur r o1mding woods . Ho..-ever, ~~ t oe objects appro ~ched ::md ~eas ed, the sound sharpene d int n a bnzz ucli Lkc t hc.t t. e by i. 6Toup of j et :1ircn :ft . Ne exhau~t trails were vis ible . T here were no photog ra:phe ,avc:t.ilable. '
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Source text · mention onlyr ' ( 1 ◄ i bf t!i t 'J CEECK - LIST - "FIT)~~i::'IPTED FLYl!lG OBJECTS 2 . Tll'IU 3 • I.n ~r t fon Vicinity of San Acacia Dam1 65 mile• aouth ot .Albo.qa.erque 1, . :rnn1" of ob~<'r vor • M/Sgt Wm R. Carter & H/Sg\ Bernard E. Ban.7 5 uccu p~ti on or ob~o rvoi9 -.LA... Carter: .trmament t~cia • ' -,.au.. Harvey: uperienced 1.ta non.-com 6 . .--!d r ,.J ns o f ob:;o rvo r ~th J7BO XirtlaDd Jil Bau ? • Pl oc J of obsv r vtJt i on V1c1D.1ty of San Acacia Daa f• . Hunl>or of obj 0ots 7 9. Di:;tnnco of obj,~ct • f r om o bs o r vo r B/S 10, Ti.l'IO in sii;ht B/S 11 . Altitudo 20.000 ft 12. sp,o d 1,500 MPH (U eatimated altitude correct) 13 . Diroct ion of fli ght :northarly bead1nc (between llOrt.h and northwest) 111 . Tactics Maintained formatioll 15. Sot lnd I/S 16. Siz e S/S 17. Col or Color of a1um1fflJll_a1rcraft at b.1&h altitude 18 . Shapo 1ftien OTerbead: circ:nlar. Mtcr paa•in& £Qi.th: 1D.cletenli.llat• 19. Odor doto oto d I/S 20 . l ppn r ont c~nst ru ot ion metallic 21. Exhaust t r ai l s none 22 . Vfootho r c ondi tion s CAVU .~ 20,000 ft wind velocit,.- 8 to lO llilea 23. Eff e ct on clo ud s . 5/S 2L,. Skotohos or photog r a phs be 25 . ktann o r of' di sn ppoe r nnco '1lta. In mortb.veat r" , ..
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Source text · mention only,... f( ' .. J acnit 65 alle■ sout h ot Albu.quarque 7 unidant1f1ed obJeet I flyuig Oll northerly headiJI& were obeerved. Objects 1n1t1elly in V f orma.tion at an ••ti-.ted altitude of 20,CXX> ft above earth. Jormation ftried from 11" to "L' to •ct and the crouped in an 1rregular formation and a regalaz- palaat~ fiaeb1ng l~t -.aa obaened from tba after they bad paaeed 30° beyond zenith. ~ abape was difficolt to ascertain. lllen 41recUy O'fet'~ ad th.Q' ware c1rcal.at' ad re ■-bled a cluster of balloons tt&Yeliac at a -cea.t rate of apeed. !!he color wu that of alum1mm at hi&h altitude (or mite painted aircratt). It the altitude estimat ion 1• correct the speed could. be eatillated a.a 1500 MPH. There wa no TapOr, aob or other trail rta1ble. !hey did not swear apberical w,.an Tieved at oblique a»gle. Diaappeared on wd1 ng betwen north and northweat. Mml!S ll)!!S2 Set Carter 1• a aobar 1ndnatr1oua, 1...-.J. hePded iDdiTidDal, au armamant technician of ootatand1fi8 abilit7. Definiteq not the t~ to uperi~nee halluc1nat.1ou. hto received in other wtancea from thia indiTidDal h each instance proyen aeClll'&ta. Sgt Barvq ia an aperienced .a non-cca acc:u.stomed to the sf&ht of aircraft at ft!'ioua altitude■ and speed.a. JfAUIA!rIQW OJ DiroRKAl!S: •.lI 01 IBmBMATIONt 3. t
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK- LI ST - Ul:IDElfl'IFIED FLYHJG OBJECTS 1 • Du t<' 27 July 48 lnci d ,rt if 147 2 . Time 2200 3. Locct i on Springfield, Ohio h. I!omc of obs <' r vor Mrs. H. H. Gibson 5. Occuputi on of ob~o rvor Housewife 6 . "".!dr ,:ss of obso rvor 1217 Kast Main St. '/ . Pl aco of obso r vi.t i on Spri.Dgfield, Ohio f\ . Numbo r or objn c ts 1 J . Distance of obj<,c-c f r om obs orvor 1/S 10. Tino in si i;ht 3 aeeoDde 11 . !'1titud o Great height 12 . Sr( od 'nlat of a jet plane 13 . DirrJction o f fli {;ht llOrth 1}1• 'i',..1 <'t i cs l one - traveled in 8traight line 16 . Size Witness stated object resembled "l:mge ball" 17 . Cnlo r N/S 10. Chcpo Round )9 . Odor d oto ct od B/S 20 . ,~ppo r ont const ru ctio n B/S 21. Exh1,u5t t r nils ~right red tail of fire ;:>c> . ifou tho r conditi ons So1119 thunder 811d ligh~llg 23. Eff ,•rt on ol oudc 1/S ~L . Sketc h ,s or photog r aphs Bone ?5 . Mnnno r of dioa ppua r a nco l'lew ou.t of sight 26. Roma r ks : (over) \ - ..
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Source text · mention only•• On Dipt of 21 Jul.7 48, at 2200 hour• obeener aaw obJect lllbich reNmbled a huge ball in the aq. It c.. from the eouth and w.a headed north tra.Telizlc at apeed of Jet plane• vhich often fq oTer obeervc' • honae. ObJect trailed a bri&h,t red t.ail of fire ad traveled in a ■tra.18ht 11:o.e. !here wa eome 11.&btll.UIC and • tm1nder at the u... bnt im ob ■erTer thought the obJect aometb.i 11g entirel.7 f ore1&D,. •o noiae could be beard. Object onJ.¥ eeen for three NCOnda • .Apnta DOte: Nra. Gibeon 1• the wife of a local carpenter, and 1• b1gt,J7 re1pected. •ot incliud to euggerate or bra«, accordillC to u1cb}>ora. J
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Source text · mention onlyCT!ECK• LJST - Ul'.IDBI!TIPIED FLYIUG OBJ&;TS l • D:.1to 28 Jul.7 4g 2 . Timo Olm 3. Locc tion Springt1.td, Ohio ~ . l!umo or obsC'r vo r Nra. BoN &mr7 5. Occu po.tion of obtjo rvor JloaHW1£e 6. l\tidr 1:ns of obso r vor 826 Dibert Ave., $priJJgt1el.d, Ohio 7. Pl oco of obso r wti on 826 Dibert .A.Te.• Spr'-zlcfield, Ohio O. MuMbor or objoots · l 9. Distonco of object f r om obso r vo r X/$ 10 . TiI'lo in s i f;ht lat ti.ae: 5 ai.Dut.ea. 2d. time: 15 aimltea 11. Altit ude 'Jl/S 12. Spead Reuine~ , nearl y atationar;y 13 . Direction of f liGht B/S Tuctics Soun d Wituee thovgbt llhe heard aoUDd. of plane before the aaw the object Size About the eize of a basketball Col o r Intense 7ellow 18 . Shapo Round 19. Odor dotootod Jl/S 20 . Apporon t const r uction B/S 21 . Exhuust t r nils B/S 22 . Viontho r oond itions B/S 23. Effoct on cl ouds B/S 24. Skotchcs or photog rnphs !lone 25. A1anner of disnppoaranco J'aded e.r,q 26 . Remar ks : (oTer)
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Source text · mention onlyOn 110rnillf; of ~ JuJ:r (about ()).()a) Mre Rose Hen17 happened to look out of ber bedroom v1.ndow toward the northeast 8Dd eaw an object the size of a baabtball vhi.cb. gm-e o!f an intense 7ellov light. It remained for some 5 aumte• and appeared to fade DIQ'. l•+wca IS a aoment 1 t reappeared and•• rltible for IOlle fifteen mi.mltf;e. then faded awey ooa:pletely. It -.de no noise. Sound like tbat of a pl.au heEl'd before the obJect was eeen. Bo witnea1e1. jpnt' • Iote: Jira. Seney 1• a colored wman about 50 yrs of age end 1 ■ a reapeoted member of tbe COMllllDi t7. She appeared well edncated and wre of her ■t.ate•nt a during the inteniew. • I . ,.~ - :.J~ .• J'c,._;, -~t:i .......
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Source text · mention only1, . .....,,I.....' "'. CHECK- LI ST - UMI DENTIFIED FLYUIG OBJECTS 1. Dote 19 J,m 4g Inc i dont f 11'9 2 . Tizno 7(}0 AM ' Locot i on Borth Jutland (HJerra. ,the Scaw and BJerup) li . I!amo of obsc r vor I/S ) !aka froa CIU. B.-~ (IAD 11796)5. Occu pat i on of ob9or vor I/S u prepared b,- Lt Col haJcl.1a :I. !o:ml.iuon 6. i,ddrcss of ob so r vor B/S 7. Plac o of obsorw tion •hth Jutland 8 . Number of ob jects ~ !hree 9. Distance of obj e ct fr om obso rvor •/S 10 . TiMo in sight B/S 11 . Altitude Ji/S 12 . Speed apparently rocket-like 13. Dir octi on o f fli cht J1PB laat - West ll~ . Tactics 11 8llddenly etopped, exploded and dilllppe8Z'ed 1 15 . S 01m d Ji/S 16 . Size B/S 17 . Color B/S 18 . she. po ball - aaucer JS. Odor d oto ctod B/S 20 . Appa r ont constr u ct ion rocket-like obJ e cta 21. Exhuust t r nils kwl}).111 tail of green li&Jlt :-'2 . Vfoatho r conditions B/S 23 . Effect on clouds B/5 ?L1 . Skotch os or phot.o i;ro.phs 25 . t-:anno r of disnppoaranco 26. Romnrks : Rone mzploded. and dieappeared t",;.:-r -~., ,.
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Source text · mention only, • Various parts of L'iorth Jutland have reported that :>n 19 Jan 48 at 7:30 .A:•! the wd..11 eo-called flyi.Dg mcera ~re observed. T'.o..e phenomcnn b;.s been observed in Hjerri.ng. the Scaw and Hjerup. The objects re S'..U-:-ounded by a bluish light and had tail of green light, noving east west. One observer thou.:.ht they loQked like three balls. Several oboervers in the Scaw sey they were rocket-like objects which suddenly stopped, exo oded anc. d.iaa_;Jpe ed. M/A. ca ·M: lmpo~ible to get any verification of this from tanish offici.:us or De.rJ.iah .var !-iinistry. : J ' '
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Source text · mention onlyt' Cl!ECK• LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS &-ro.x 1 Mar 48 Incid rm.t =/I- l,>1 . D0 t 0 -t'... ' ntl'?n .....2 . Time - v7JV 3 . Location SwedJ.ahCoan 4. Ifomo of ,obse r vor I/S 5. Occupotion of ob~orvo r 6. Address of' obsorvo r ?. Plooo of obsorwtion 8 . Number of obj oots l - a lorwciaa pilot OIL pilot I/S ,Material. talra froa MA R-1~ • KAI>~ Air - uroute fro■ .tal.berc, Demnerk to • Oslo, Borw, 9. Distance of ob joct f r om obs or vo r 1/S 10. Ti.mo in sigh\t ~ MCODU 11. Altitude 20,0CX) ft 12. Spco d 1/S 13. Dire cti on of flight Soutbeaat - paasiJac aloac Swedillh Coast and dieappeariJtc OftZ' Bonl9' 14. Tactics I/S - flight path followed earth 1 a mrface 15. So1md I/S 16. Sizo I/S aitted 17. Color I/S ba.t PSlflii a bluiab-green flame 18. Shopo I/S 19. Odor dotootod I/S 20 . Appnront const r uction 21 . Exhaust t l"oils •ne 22 . Vloat ho r conditions 1/S I/S 23 . Effoct on clouds 1/S 24. Skotoh os o r i,>hotogr o.phs Bou 25 . Manner of dise.ppoar onoo OTer Bon-. 26. Romnr ka : (OTer)
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Source text · mention only. ... ' . • An OBL plane enroute fro!D Aalberg, Demnark, to Oslo. No~, aignted a projectile C()\jing from the southeast. :passing 81.cmg the Swedish Coast and dieappearillg over Norwey-. The missile wa11 at 20,CXX) ft and diaapp83red over the horizon in four seconds. It t.t:mit\~ct a bluisb-geen flame but left no trail in the elcy-. The projectile seemed to :fta follow the earbh 1 s surface. NOTE: Simila.r missiles have been observed at R,juk:eJ?., No~ & Finse. No~. In this connection, it is of interest to kllow that hea~ water ia currently being prodnced in Rjulmn. Observers: A Norwegian pilot and his co-pilot. The pilot aerved w1th the Royal Norwegian a in Great Britain. \
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Source text · mention only] nf' 11 JT't fr 151l • '"' 29 July 1948 0955 3 . • ,. • i ·1 Northeast ern part of IndiSZ1Bp011s, Indiana ( See attached sketch of locati on) • • 1 .r, or nb.· r v•·rs Mr. JB100c w. Toney & Mr. Robert Iiu&gins !t- ■■11 , ,, c::c:1.ip•.ti1 n <i f ob:, rv "r e Eoth employees of W. 0. Jones Ru.g Cleaners • • • l Jr ., 11f ob ~• rv J r Toney: 235 So :Br adley, I ndianapol.is Huggins: 5)l.io IncUanaol a, I ndianapolis r . rl•.c- of ot,~ r ·· t i ,,n (See attc.ched drawing of loc,:i.tion) ) . !Ji,,tt .i1 l' ', of nb.'. ct f r om o b,- rv, r N/S - not OTer a fell hwldred fee t I • 'I':in(I :i t: :; i r:ht N/S 11 . ,dt i l,ucl•J 30 fee t - just above t r ee-tops l? . -,f' ·. d 25 to 30 MPH l ; .. Dir •ic t:i 11n r: f fl 11·ht Re.:.ded south ill bank to left 1: • "i ,,r, ic:; gliding .,.,.1th no apparent spinning act i on F . ,; 11."d no di scern ible sound 1,J . , i z,I b to 8 f eet l o~ by 1-1/ 2 to 2 f eet lfide (See att ach dng. ) !.7 . :;,-,1..., r Al:uminum Blld sb.1.ey 1n col or lf' , ,;h •.pp Shaped like a broad short propell er (See attached dnig.) J•::; . Cdr r d•Jt-n ct 1d N/S co . " n n ront cons t.ru ct inn &l.umimma construct ion ? l. None . c . ~fccd,hor condi ti ons CAVU - DO clouds ~3. Eff :ct on r.l ~uds No clouds ?l. . S'k 1t-ch ,•s or photor; r up.h:; 2 25 . !:nnr. c r of di sn pp11a r i:.nc J Went dom in a:>oded area (seemingly) 26 . Romork s : (over) Sf
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Source text · mention onlyI• ObJeet vu llhsped like a broad abort propeller spprox1mate~ 6 to 8 ft l ong, each blade approxi.Dately 2 teet wide and epproximtel.y one foot thick with cap• on l1J?per lid.e ot blades. It eppec~ed alumimlm and ah1ey 1n color. 'l're.veled approxi.D:ately 25 to 30 MPH. It wae sigbt ed just above the treea at approximately a 30 ft altitude 1n bank: to the left of approx 'JP and appeaed in a al~t descent. ~re w.s no discernible eound and no ex haust trail. NOTE: hack had Ju.at atarted across bri<l88 ( eee dng) wen object wa.e a~ted directl.7 ahead abo•e the trees. Witnesses stopped on the other side of the cantilever brid&e but could not relocate obJect. Search by Lt John E. Roak:ina, Base PIO, and Lt Russell J. Carey, Jr. Base Intel Off. (331st AF.BU) Rea Tng Stout Fld. did not :prod:Dce any result. However the area 1n wieh 1t was believed t.o have fallen 11 deneely wooded with lD8Jl1 hill a and valleys. See diegrem attached.
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK• LIST - UNIDENT IFIED FLYI?JG OBJECTS Inc id ·mt # 152 2 . Time 3. Locotion Iiacilanapolia. Indiam (South-Central part) h. I!omo of obser ver I Hr. &Jlr1 T8l"mn Swigert 5. Occupation of ob~orvor I Rilill am. electriclaa ad houeewU'e 6. :~ddross of obsorvor I 203:> Bo,-d. St.• lndl«MpOlia, 1D4hma 7. Plac o of obsor ~ti on .laabo••- a. Number or obj oots 1 9. Distance of obj ect from obs or vor B/S 10. Til"lO in s i ght 10 NOOnds 11. .Altitu de 2,000 !~ 12. Spood 18')0 MPH 13. Direction of fli ght 90° • east 14. Tact ics 11/S 15. S ound Sou 16. Sizo- • a> ft 1n d1a. Ud approx 6 to 8 ft 1a he1d,1.t 1Ja center - Batio about 3:117 . Col or ,-bite with ao ab1ne 18 . Sha pe lib a q1lbal 19. Odor dotoctod B/S ,t I 20 . Apparo nt const ructi on B/S 21. Exhaust trails Jrone 22 . V/oa thor conditi ons :.;, clear 23. Eff ect on c louds •/s 24. Skotoh cs o r photographs 1 25 . Uannor of disappoaranoo 1/S 26. Romorks: ~over)
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Source text · mention onlyObject first perceived in the west. 1.be object w.s shaped like a cymbal With smooth aurfa.ces and epprorlm.tel y 20 f eet in dismet er at the base and approximately 6 to g feet in aeiDlt in the center. Batio was about 3: 1. It appem-ed to be fiat . white b color with DO shine. It trave.led extremely fast crossing the aky in sppro:rlratel. 5 10 second s (a distance of about 5 miles ) on a ~ 0 beed.iJl&. It maintained a level course and ahimnered in the sun giVJ.lli the appearance of spinni.Dg. '?he al.t i tude was estimated at approx imatel7 2,000 ft. Object made no discernible sound and left no eDBllst trail. lo openizlge were noted on the object. NOTE: Mr. Swi«ert was atand1~ by open bathroom wt ■i4 ■■■ window which f~ces the west an be was attracted by the obJect in the u:;y. Couldn't believe hie eyes. He rushed into adjoining ki tcb.en and showed hie wife the object tbru the kitchen window facing south. He li••q;kk etated the object appeared lerge enough to carry one perso.n ll>':'.E: 1Ave1tigation oondncted b7 Intel Officer, 1st Lt Bussell J. Carey, Jr., on a call from Mr. Swigert. It was noted that rts1bi11ty 1118.S good from both windows for such observation. lo other reports receiTed on this object. ta •
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Source text · mention only' • (Bation approx. J:l) • 1,/U,["ye Jr.,/ a/ Russell J ,.__ RUSSELL J CAREY l8t Lt. I 05.Al' • JR. Intel Officer
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Source text · mention onlyInoid ~nt :/1- 153 2 . Time 0100 boar• 3. Locatio n lletwen Parrott, Ge.. and llicb]and,Qa. h. I!omo of obs e rvo r Jaaee Jaeral, 1oraer D Pilot 5. Occupntio n of ob~o r vor •/S - ba.t foraerl.7 D pilot 6 . iddross of obs o rvor B/S (Info forvarded. f/~r U .._) 7 . Pl aco of obso r wti on Between Parrott, Ga. &llicbl•n', Ga. O. Numbor of objocts 1 9. Distnnco of obj oot f r om obsorvor •/s 10. Til"lO in s i ght 5 to 10 NCOnda ll . hltit udo 20,000 to 35,000 ft 12 . Spe ed J- 3{:()Q MPH ( e•tilla.ted) 13. Oir ooti en of fli i;ht 250• llJ . Ta ct ics B/S 16 . Sizo B/ S 17. Col or bl~te ■treek of li&ht 18 . Sha pe •stjeak" 19 . Odor dot octod B/S 20 . 11.ppa r ont con s t ru ction 1rocket-lilr.e 1 21. Exhuust t r ails A trail of apaz-lca several. ail. ea lon& ·followed. it 22 . 'iloot her conditi ons CA.VU 23. Effoot on clouds B/S ?11. Skot ohos o r photoe r o.phs 25 . ~lonno r of di so ppue r e nco 26. Roma rks : Bone B/S
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Source text · mention only11.beu wa U'llftl.1- betwen Parrott, Ga., and Richland , Ga., in an aatcaobil• lllbD be o'6aened a 'brilliant blu.-llhi te streak of li&ht vhich laawd. trca 5 to 10 Ncond.1, tr&vellDc ill an apparent leftl flight on a beed1:ag of approrlaawly 250•, at about 30,000 ft altitude (estiaated). Jitter '- li&b,t diuppeared a trail ot aparb waa observed 'Illich appeared. •'t'Val llil•• loac. !hi ■ trail luted from 45 MCOnda to (1) minu.te mu: Mr. --..1. did not 'believe thi■ to be UT cele ■tial bit baaed Oil hie aperiuoe u a pilot in t1- D, be ■tated it appeared to be a bar■t of powr applied to a rocbt or rocket ■hip.
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Source text · mention only- - • . ,, l • l.'·, t; , Columbua • Ohio Charles Sauod&l'I ) • \.JC cu pc. t,ion of ob:;, rv , r Mtornt11 .d ;r• .,::; of' ob:,,'rv r 2&}-1/2 South ~ St / . Pl·.c of' obs,• r vi tion Yard of 1337 Clifton Ave., Columbus. Ohio ) . Di,tonM of ob.:i cL fr om obs orvor B/S l • TinLl in sic;ht 10-15 mimtea 11 . ,dtitud J l,5(X) to 2CXX) ft l;, . Dir ,ctitm cf fli1·ht MoTillg south from the north 11,. ,,Ac-i ics Constant slow speed - Once it hesitated & thin trail of SIIX)Q i1sued from opposite directi on of travel. Qumged poa1tio:n a~sum:1ng 1~ . .:;, 11C"'d Ilona different ah.apes 11.) . Siz•• Judged to be about 20 to ';I) ft in diamet er 17 . Cnlo r B/S. Perimeter: constant gr-e.,-black. Center: transparent. circular 1 fl . Jh". pc O:langizl«. First: eide-Tiew: P&l'allelogrBII. Second: clcclur then r e-.erted to original. form O<l or d .1tr,c t 'ld N/S cO . J\Pt:'n r ont cons t ru ctin n B/S r 1 • Bxhi.. w, t t r u i ls thin trail of smoke .font hu r condit i ons CA.VU Err ct on clQuds 1io clouds ,'1, . SJ.: ,tch •s or photor, r uph:; 4 sketches 2'; . i'.r.ru.· r of dio-ippwo r c.nc<J 'fl/S 2b . Romur ks : (o-rer)
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Source text · mention only• On 2 AIJg l'8 at approx 1945 a rouM. object lalich appeared to be abotit ~ to 30 tt 1n d.1-.eter w.a obeen-ed moviJJ« in eoutherly directi on from t:he mrth oYer center O't CollJIDbna. Bad conatut cre,-'black periaeter with a U'8ZU!parent oenter. The blu. ~ could be obeerTed. t.brongb. thia grq-blact peraaeter lmil.e 1t mo~ed at a constant, al.ow epeed. of about 15 MPR. It made no no1te ~ ez,;r kind. Once it bedtated in it ■ IXT9'e:r:enta and a thin trail ot llll0ke 11sued from the oppo•ite direction of traTel. !be a.ob aoon dieeppeued am. wa not aeen apin durug the 10 to 15 ainutea obJect "8.8 rl•1ble to the observer. '!he obJect cbLziged position - lnt not direction of tr&Tel - tb:ree tiaea. 1llen fir at eeen 1t nidently pre&m ted a d.~ Tiew llhich w.a a parallelog• 1n lbape. (See). Slowly ita poaition oltered and it became circolr 1n fol"II, cm1y to rnert after a tiu to 1tw origiul fora. The altitude w.a Judced to be aome 1500 to ~ ft aboYe groond • .&pnt• • loter sa:n:w5era drew the followi.nc aketcme \ _:: ____,] J'aurth Second J'ir.t !be aboYe drawi.Dga conotitute four poaition• of one pbaM. b obJect puNd tb2"Cl throe of t.beN pbaua c1ar1JJC the 15 aimt.e perUd.
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Source text · mention onlyCJ rCK - LrnT - 11!•1ID1'P"'IFIEO FL 'IJ!G OBJD;TS 1. t':.ato 2 • .Aue 4g Incici ir.t 2 . Tino 7Z~ P. M. 3. locotion 5. OccuJ>Qtion of ob~o rvor BouMW1.te 6. ,, idr u::n or oboo rv..:> r 1337 Cl.1ttol1 A.e, Coltabcl•• Ohio 7 . Plac o or obs o r v<., tion Columbaa. Ohio O. llur.tbo r o!' obj oct:s 1 9. Di:ito.t co n!' obj ct rrom obs orvor •fs 10 . Ti:,o iri o i r.ht 15 ldmt ea 11 . J\ltit.udo ~ 1/2 aUe h1cb 12. Spood al.ow llbd. r•Clllar apeed l;, . DiroctiOJ'l or fl! Ght • troa •orth to South t.o Southwet•/s 11, . Tor:t·c• / Obl.on« to circw.ar to oblonc cbamge in abap. l ~ . S011r.d ~ 16 . Shi, of aall pl-. 17. Col or •Is 18. Sh~ po ~ -b\i, Ciroalar tor th.a mat part 19 . Odor dotoctod •/s 2o. ;\ppnr ont const r uction • •/s 21 . Exhuuc, t t ru Us tail of 11110b :>?. . Wontho r oond iti on s UaJ•neJS: ffffl>r~ for olteenaticm. ld.cht aaff1cientvi th.out interlere:ac:e from am I rq,.23 . Erro ct on cl oud:, ClOIQ(lle11 2 1 . Skotoh os or photor.ro.phc . IJoDII 25 . ltc&r.nor ot dhappo rr.nc o •Is 26 . ROt:'IOr lcs : (OYer) ,. .
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Source text · mention only• • 0JL 2 Jae lla, at 71'}:) P. ll. .... Seard.er• ObserYed. - un,-,e,] o~Jeet b tM rlq. Ber attention -.. diNcted. towrcl it NOlllN ... nei&b'borbood ch114re wre looki»« towrcl ~ »rtb. Sbe called her m.abaDd, Cbarl•• Sennder~. (Jae 1~) te wit.De•• tu :pbceaenoa. !he aq waa cl.owllN■ an4· b l'-4:ht a,re Ua&. lafficieat, Yitbmlt interference frat tba rqe of the am lllhicb wre bidden b7 the mildiJI&• of the e1~. ObJect first appeared. oblonc 1A lbape and w.e trsreliDC trom north to 8011th at a al.ow, reculer apeed.. DI A•• at a betcbt O'f a ba1.f llile. ~ ~ 15 aim.tee under ' obeenation the obJect tr&Teled approx 7-1/2 ailee. Jl ~ it did no\ cbBl:rge it■ courN, it preMD.ted difterent appearace• flrom tiJDe to t1M. J'rom obJ.oDc to circular then to obloiic. ObJect vent tbru tbia cbage three di:tfe:ren_t time• 11Rtil o\Nl'Ter loet ■t.,;b.t ot it. BoweYer, for tbe a,at pert it preNDted. a cir CQ:l.ar appesruce. Oa.tluaa Yery dark in contrut vith the maa.. paNDqJ ot the cater. ,-ha ed. c1rculv obae.ner aware ot ~ Cllllter a t ·-- t O aener mo ......._ & iloa etuc frca 1iM nar, aft• which tbe obJect coatillud ill a aoutber~ direction. !hi• tail of aolce _. obaerved ba.t cmce. !be aiN appeared to be that of a ..U plae, It ade DO ■oam. al.tho at OM tiae ebNner tbavcbt • 4etected one. At approx szoo P. 11. o'beerYc- loet 81,pt Oil the ol>J~ Jut u 1t IIJPe&red to be ebmcSnc 41.r~ioA troa So-11th to Sout>:aw,t. .....
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Source text · mention only. ,. h,. ;. ,,...... ~ 31 July 48 lnr- Li Jrt ff 1 55 3. 1nr· ~ i en 4&> N. Monroe Ave., Columbus, Ohio /, . • ,!'i• nf' ol•"" r v,.,r Mrs. Edward G. Watson )• .. ldr, .,:.; of ob:::, r-n r 480 N. Monroe Ave., Ciolumlra.s, Ohio -i . r 1, c of r b!;0 r v•. tion Columbus, Ohi o 6 or 7 Very great dietanee ~ L, . Tino in sirht N/S 11. N/S - very great Bo-veriDg l;, . Diroct i on of fl it-h t N/5 7,,c-1 ics Hoveri.Dg -hangi.JJg in the sky lfJ . Sizr) of an ash. trfV 17 . Col or gold W . 3h-.po starlike I~,. Oder doto ct od 1/S to . hppn r ont constructi on 1/S 21 . Exhuust t r a ils H/S ,>? , w..0.tho r c onditi ons CAVU-bright sunlight 23. ·Eff .ct on cl ouds fI/S Sk ~t oh os or phot oer nphs Bone :o nrc r of di sa ppoa r c nc o 26. Romo r ks : (over)
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Source text · mention onlyWitness Statement: ObJecta first looked like large stars. They seemed t o b e at a v ery great diatance and appeared to be about the size of an a.eh trq. There vere approximately six or seven of them in a formati on tbat resembled the abape of the big dipper e Did not have a d.efini te shape indlvidually but Just seemed to be a group of spots glittering 1n the sky. They were gold in color and seemed to be just hangi.Dg in the sky. '!he ak;y- was clear and blue and the am was shining but do 110t bel ieve the gold color cansed by a reflection of the Eml. witiiessCorrollrated b7 truck driver ba.t / COW.Cl not obtain hie name.
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Source text · mention onlyCl!ECK- LI ST - Ul!IDENTIFIE D FLYING OBJ~T S I ncid rmt fl- 1561 . Dato 8:00 P. II. 3 . Loco t ion Oobabu. Ohio - tr SP~ 14 MBl' 1091 radio towar located M8Z' tJniftZ'lit7 Qolf Ccm'N 4. i!nmo o f obser vor Mr ■• Marti.a Price 6 llr•• M8l'7 lippetoe Mr ■ • Price: houNWlf•5. Occupa t i on of ob~or vor Mrs. Mary JU.ppetoei aotber of llra. Price 6. J\dd r oos of ob so rvor 2186 J.amont, •••, Colmlba.a. Ohio 7. Pl oco of obso r vtition !raont B4 near l«)SJ lad1o Tower 8 . Numbor of objoot s l 9. Di~tnnco of obj oet f r om obso r vor 2,> fee\ 10 . TiMO in s i bht 1/s 11 . ,atitudo 25() feet 12 . Spea d Tf!l.rY al.ow Di r octio n of fl ight lfeat to :last lL . Tnctics Did not cbimge course or altitude 15 . Sound Jlo noise 16. Siz e of gasoline dram - Approx 51 x 61 17 . Col or AIP Blade 18. Shcpo Oblong 19. Odor doto ctod •,s 20 . Appnront const r uct ion B/S 21 . Exhuust t r ails Spouted black amolte from the top ~? . Vfont hor cond itions Clear with DO c1onda 23 . Eff.ict on clouds Bo cloa.ds 2L1 . Sket ches o r photog r nphs Bone 25 . ~1nnnor of disnpp oa r nnco B/S 26. Romorks: (above) ,J
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Source text · mention onlyI • 0a SaQIJ'dq ffeniJtc, 31 M¥ 48, at appronmat.i,- 8:00 P. M. , clle dr1:r1ac IIOO.tb o-. fiiaont Boa4 u obMn'Wa approached tba w:>SO lad:10 !owr located cm tM lhdTer ■1V Golf Com-•, a larp obJect re....,_ bliJte a m.- lantena wa ■Nil floatinc 1a the ak;,. !be watber .. clear, ad 1t aa ■till clqll&tit • o'bJeot ooul.4 be aeen quite clearly. It aa o'blo11e 1A abape ad about the ■lze of a guoline dna. It wu oond• froa t.be w■t and. mTiDc ffr7 alo~. It puNd cloae to the towr ad. w.a aboa.t 1/2 \be beicbt of the tow:r tr. tlwt ground. Aa it puN4 Oftl'hea4 traftliDc eaat, it lpORted black 1110b froa the top 11114 at the 'bottca Oil the left ■id.a thee w.a a dD.11 enclosed li&ht Ub that of a i.... !he obJect did. DOt cbac• ita courM or al.titud.8 'bllt ooat!mled oa to the east with black aolm traili.Da beb1nd, !be eltJect _. 'bleclc. It 414 aot aab-,, DOiM. !b.c-e wre no v1np Ti■ible nor 414 it baYII a:r •tor. · • OJ)IIIWICtl of UT k1Jld. ooald be ■een. JD?la .tm~ car ■topped..., tba with ho occapante llllO el•1:eed \hat tb-, ba4 ....- wUu■aed. ~lib it before. . .
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Source text · mention only157 p 0 - - . ,~ . . ~ t.. -, .( ~ , --: .... I r- ◄ • "' ,. "" Inc id ,Pt /131 ~ 4s 8:p:) P. M. 3 . j_r,<• Ljc,!1 Columbt>.1. Ohio Bobert C. Gomora Teletype Oper ator G. .. J<lr ,::; o f ob::, rv Jr State Hi&hwq Pat rol Radio Station lfear Golf Dr1v1.ng Rea•, Columbus , Ohio ) . :>i!':tan<'o o!' obJ , ct f r om obs ' r vr.: r Object was balloon 'Which fell to earth & vas iDvestigated bf obseryer l G. Tb,} in :Ji-ht 'N/ S 11 . ;, li itud •.) Came to earth f'rOJD around 100 ft ( lllhen first observed) 12 . :;i. <J d N/S l~-. Dfr >ct ion c,f fl irht earthward ' ,I • 1•~ct ics 11/s N/S 11.> • Siz,:; 2 ft X 3-1/2 ft 17 . ':r,lo r lllhite crepe paper 1G . 8h:;p<' N/S - but ea.id to be like old tima "Count:, :1air 11 balloon - l';, . Ode r 1l,1t uctod N/ S 20 . .~fi,i,Pii.J,flf con st, ruction crepe paper ,: 11 • Er.h·, u~t t r ui l s smoking - caused by large ball of waste ma.t~rial ~ '."!ci . •. ho r conditi on n N/S • (cl.ear • see Incident: 156) ~3 . Eff:ct on cl o ud s 5/S (no clouds) .,, C 41 • Sr:ut ch, s o r photog r etp!'ls None t·onno r of' disapp uo r anco Fell to earth li>.ere it was retrieved. 26. Romur ks : (over) round. I ._
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Source text · mention onlyObject was perceived floating in the sq comi.Dg from the wes t over O hio State Student Housillg Project and vas approximatel y 100 f eet off the ground. vb.en first obsened. It got lower all the time and landed in a field nearb i • 'ftlree anall boys ran toward 1t and observer went over to investi gate. Saw ~r ba,; affair approx 2 feet in diaeter and 3-1/2 feet l o~ made of wite crepe paper. (like old time 11Co1.mty...J"air" hot air balloons) It was IIOOk:i.ng men first observed and this was caused bia large ball of waste material wich va.e fastened underneath it. There were no mark:a or writing on it ++i1l1D1+1i1\ww1Mi+&1l,,weee ~ :lote: See Incident 156 - in wich tille & direction tally.
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Source text · mention only. .. CEECK - LIST - 11?:J:DEH':'IF'IED FLYlllG OBJECTS 1 . D:.. t Incid mt iJ 158 2 . Tir,o 2a00 P. M. 3. Loe£ ticn AXIIMI Groveport, Ohio 11 . i 1 umo of obscrvo r Harold A. Tailtil 7 • Occ upution of ob~o r vo r Stu.dent, I 6 . ,dd r tJ .;s of obso r vor 25 Yest Hinman ue. 7. Plue ) of obs o r ~Jt ion l 111le west o! Groveport, Ohio [I . t!unb vr of obj-,ct.s 1 9. Distance of obj, 1 ct f r om obs e rve r B/S l Ci . Tino in s i r;ht B/S 11 . nlti t ud o - Yery high 12 . Spr od N/S 13 . Diro cti on c f fli, ~ht in we1terl3 direction against a light wind 111 . Tuctics 11/S - Just u:baust visible - smoke pattern dark & ft'r7 large dispersed rapidly and appeared. again as wide streak a mile or ao in leQgth l·• · S01 1Fd lio SOUDd tviated from wide to narrow atreak and.back. lo . Size' B/S - object not seen 17. Co l or 1/ S - object not seen 18 . 3h~po Julit a streak observed. l.<j . Odor d ot octo d 11/S 20 . i~ppnront const r uctio n ,:/Jk. An exhmlst trail (&1DOke) 21. Exhuust t r oils Appeared aa black cloa.d with no de:tlnite ab.ape but loolmd lia an anti-81.reraft a.hell a few aecond.1 after it mploded ? 2 . Wcmthor conditi ons ·· · · · ·•-· , .... ... ... rew white clowia - bo.t jl.eer 23 . Eff oct" on clouds bl.aek cloud •1-l.houetted em:>ng tba that moved 2L . Sko tch ,!S or photor;rophs 3 fi&•• 25 . Monno r of di"snpp oa r o.nco B/S 26. Romar ks : (oTer) ....
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Source text · mention only• Obaen-er noticed '411hat appeared to 1>e a emal.l blade cloud between t.:, llb.1.te ozae ■• Semed. peculiar because the weather w.a cl.ear 8D4 th.ere were a few wit. cloa.da in the aq - mt no otber dark cloada or formation■ ot UST ld.ad. !!he black clotld did not have arq dlfini te abape bu.t looked. lib an enti - &1.raraft abell a few eeconda after it explode■• Suddenly it ■ tretched out into a Yicle 1treak with aaller Tft't1cal atreaka. then rapid.17 turmd end twiated. mTiDc illto a different direction and. di■appearillg. In three or tour aecon.dl, the amoke burst app.ared ~ 11p0nt81le0Usly-, approxiaate.1.J '2f1I wat of the pJac. mer• firet n.oticed. Smoke pattern dart, TC7 large. ad disper■ed rapidly, appear~ aca1n u a "1.rua ■treak a aile or 10 ill len«th wueh appeared to twi ■t troa a wide to a ~w 1tnak and tbea back acain cbangiJI& direction aa it twi ■ted. Mo'Ying 1n w1terly direction agaiJlat li~t v1n4. Pla1nl.7 rta1ble altho far 8Jtllq ad ftr1' high. Bo amm4 heard. Seemed lib a atreak that would be md.e 1f a ~ w1D£ with ""ra1 ~• IIL benJdnc am turn1Jlg and leaTillc aba,st traila. lotel Yantia was in the var and bad seen a l ot of ant1,,.a1rc:raft ahel.l• burst mid~ Tap<>r trails from plane■ ba.t bad. unr obeen-ed ~~ lib thia. Be atateai • 1 It wa.a IO apoatauau 11D a rnbber bazwl ..hic:b ics round, tun 10ddenly 11 1tretched at length and tviated. and then diaeppeara v1 th.out & trace.• Jont 1 • llotet Tanti• drew the lketcbee below Streak twisted and turned - mddenly diaappearecl lat position l?~ width same - lengtb eatimated at l to 2 mile•
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Source text · mention only..e l • 30 July 1948 ' . . i:1 s 2015 hours Worthington , Ohio FeltonJ ohn A. 5800 Hi gh St, Worth i ngton , Ohio ·r . rl·,c of obs •r-,r.t i on Worthington , Ohio ) . ~.i.:.t•u1crJ of ob j, ct f r om obs e rve r N/S Li . Ti:,o in s i t;ht 15 minute s 11 . :dt. i tud) Approx 3000 ft l? . ::; r· 'Jd very slow Di r uc ti,m of fli 1;ht SW 1!1. ,,..:c-t ics None 1r, . ,; , •1rd None :7 . Col o r silver rn. 8hr,po cylindrical Odor d •Jt<:ctod N/S 20 . 1,ppn r ont con stru ction N/5 21 . Exhau st t r ai l s N/S ,">2 . v'/c-tit hor c onditi ons Clear with high scattered clouds, visibility good 23. Eff o ct on clouds N/ S 2L1 . Sk etche s or photog r uphs None 25 . t-la.nr.o r of disnpp oa r a nco N/S 26. Romur ks : (over) I;
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Source text · mention only• Object appee:red cylindrical in shape with no apparent wiJl€s or tail surfaces. Bo standard marker lights were disp~ed and the re were no eDgioe noises . The object emitt e4 a steady silver glow. Altitude was judged to be approximately 3000 ft and the object Wa.s moving very slowly in a southwest course. It was in line of vision some 15 minutes. Bo other aircraft. milit ary or civilian were in vicinity of Felton's hearing or vi8ion. The sky was clear with high. scattered clouds and the v1sib111 ty vae good. NOTE: Felton questioned by Maj Cal:rpbell of the USAF, but nothing furt her was gained by this interview with the e~ception that hi• wife also saw the object.
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Source text · mention onlyCF-ECK- LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1 . Onto 4 J~ 48 Inc idQnt f 160 2 . Timo lltl5 P. N. 3. Locotion DnlYaabarg. Pa. 4. t!nmo of obse r vor John Jmmi~. Jr. 5. Occupo.tion of ob~orvor B/S 6 . 1,ddr oss of obso rvor Box 227, nr.....ebarg. Pa. 7. Pl oco of obso r wti on Dr&Taaburg, Pa. o. Numbor of obJo cts l 9. Distanco of object fr om obso r vor •/s 10. Timo in sight 20 Mconda + 11 . Altitudo B/S 12 . Spco d Boveriz:lg - then mviDC on at und.etenained apeed. Diroction of fli ght B/S Tactics JDOTed aero•• ~. •topping three times and resu m:tnc movtment Sound Bo noi se Si zo of a star 17 . Colo r same as a star 18 . Shdpo l ooked l i ke a star p· 19. Odor dotoctod ·N/ S 20 . Apporont construction B/S 21 . Exhaust t r ails N/ S 22 . Woatho r conditi ons N/ S 23 . Effect on clouds N/ S 24. Slrntch os o r photog r o.phs . Vague sketch 25. Mnnnor of disn~p oe r anco _ N/ S 26. Romnrks: (over ) , · J
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Source text · mention only-.' . ... On 4 J-al.7 1-8 at appr~ .. 11:15 P. M., OS!, witneaa and bis wife tbougb.t tlwT aaw a ■tar mT1DC. '!here •• a li&b,t in the mcy the same color and ■ize of a atar which w.a movinc. *••t 1w,,,,,._,,tt p,,,,,w,ca,,,ae w110+1Dtl•sw1■ 1w1•lwclaee11u ➔wN1"1et1a ■ pt++e14+■■ xMlw+lnqi l11&► 1el11Jllres,kle1e\,eet1414. !hen the7 . thought it '88 a plane bllt it -4.e DO noi... !be obJect moved across the ■k;y, then cbanced. its course a bit and wnt straight and ■topped again for about 5 MCODde, changed it■ cour• a bit and 1f91L~ etraigbt tor avhile and •topped aga1n th1• time for at lea.at 15 llfCOnda, tbezl it wnt across the l)cy a little wa;,ye and diuppeared ccapletel.7. lben. the obJect •topped in the sq-, it resembled a star and onl7 b7 folloWinc it• courN cow.~ the difference be noticed. IDB: lfltaeaa atatea that he 11-.ea 801N 2-1/2 mile■ from the two woman (NoEeeaport, Pa.) mo reported aeeirlg a bic ailver plate zooming 11DiNlea■l7 OYerbea4 in the direction of ~od Pmtt. See Inc. 161..
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Source text · mention only.e ,. . r . Cl:ECK- LI:.T - 11:·P)'::l!:'Ir!ED FLYilJG OBJECTS Around July 8, 48 Incid >rt if 161 2 . ':" ir'\u N/ S 3. L r,cr tion McKeesport, Pa. Mrs . !fell Vewey & Mrs. Elizab eth Ooltz r./ . C:ccupr.ti on of ob~o rvo r housewife Mrs Vewey: 34o4 GTover Ave)6. ,.-idr ,•.;:,; of obs o rvo r s Mrs Goltz: 26o4 Gr-over Ave. McKeesport, Pa. ·1 . Pli.c of obs u r vi.t i on McKeesport, Pa. O. rlunb ~' r of obj <"'cts l ) . Di:.tonco of obj <.' ct from obs o rvo r N/ S 10 . Til""lo in sir,ht N/S 11 . ,; lt itudo N/ S 12 . Spr•cd N/S 13 . Dirocti on o f fl i /~ht N/S - toward X:enJl3W(>od Park 1c:-, . J ," 1rd noiseless 16 . Size 12 to 15 inches in dia. 18. 3h•.po "plate" 10. Odor d otocto d N/S 20 . i1.ppn r ont const ru ction N/S 2 1. Exh:lUst t r uils N/S ,'2 . ;10ntho r conditi ons N/S 23 . Effoct on clouds disappe Dred in c l oud ballk 2L . Skot ch Js o r photog r aphs None 25. ~:anno r of disnpp oa r a nco disappe c-red in bl:nid baruc 26 . Romor ks : (over )
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Source text · mention only.. · w1tnesa saw lllhat looked like a "big, silTer plate• zoom.il:lg noiael eal.y overberul in the direction of Kennywood Parle. IIQh look, that' a not a plane, ac:reamed Mra. Vewq of 34o4 Grover to ber neighbor, Mr$. Goltz, 36o4 Grover, "it looke~ike one of tboee flying eaucers." Mrs. Vevay said the disc was about 12 to 15 inches in diameter. It diaappe 6red in a cloud bank but reappe ed on the far eide and was seen by Mrs. Goltz. They followed the direction of the diac until out of ai8}lt• R'.>TE: Taken from the Daily Neve "Mcieeaport, Pa. - July S, 1948.
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Source text · mention only- .... ... I . ,. ' ..., - CHECK- LIST - lfl·! IDE1•!7 IFJED FLYHIG OBJECTS 1 . D:1tc ll Aug 48 Inc id ·,rt :/1- 162 2 . Timo 1200 and 1215 hours CS? 3. Locotio n Hamel, Minneeota L. Pomo of obsc-r vo r Jerome Leu.er (age 10 and Benne Leuer (age 8) 5. Occupc.tion of ob~o r vor children 6 . :\rid r c ::;s of ob so rvor R/R 1 Hamel, Milmesota 7 . Ploco of obs.:>r vt,t i on A8 above - baclt yard 8 . lJuJ'lbor o!' objoots 1 9. Disto nco of obj nct f r om obs or vo r a matter of a few feet 10 • TiM0 in s i Ght li/5 11 . Altitude rested on ground - 12 . Spco d '1/S 13. Diro oti on of fli Ght After resting 011 ground it aacended to a hei&ht of 30 fee t and shot off 1n a nortb.eaaterl.7 direction 1L. Tactics apan once, made 'Wistl1ng nois~, ,wot stra1ght up 20 ft, halted and again made whistlill& noise. Maneuvered aroWld tree branch.es & tele Sourd whistling noise - like steam whistle wires. 16. Siz o 1 ft thick - 2 feet wide 17 . Co l or dull. gr9¥ 18 . Shn po ~ound. 19. Odor d ot octod N/S 20 . Appo r ont const ruct i on metal.lie 21. Exhaus t t r"ils B/ S ilootho r conditi ons B/ S 23. Eff ect on c l o uds N/S 21.1 . Skotch ns or photographs 'lone 25. llnnno r o f dis o ppoa r onoo into northeast 26. Romor ks : (over)
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Source text · mention onlylllforaant ■ atate4 that oa 11 Aue 148 between 1200 and 1215 houra, cs-r. Jeroae and :Benao were p~i.Jlg in the back Tard and noticed en object in da■ca:1t approxiaatel.7 twel.Te feet from the groand wb.1ch waa deacend.1~ betwen the tw of them. It settled to the ground gentlJr - JIil.Ch e.a a halJoon. Opon bittin& the ~ the object lp,lD. once. made a aort of wbi•tlillc DDiN, d.elCl'ibed b7 the tvo beye •• re ■-bli.Dg a at.an wiatle, ad tbm abot atraieht -ap into the a1r approxiae.teq 20 feet, halted and ap1n aad.e a ~•tl1D& noise. The object then ahop upwrd to a height of abant Y:, feet, and, 1D th11 ascent, 1118DBUTered around tree bran.che1 a4 tel~n• v1rea. Upon reaeb1J>& a height of approrlmatel y 30 feet t.be o'bJecibot off in a mrtbeaaterl)' direction. !be obJect approached. frcm the 110rtbwat. !be bo7• deacribecl the obJect aa "approximately ODe t oot thick, two teet aide and rOlmd. • !be obJect had 110 windoww, wiree, or any Tiaible apparteaucea. It w.a a dull gnq in color end when it hit the ground, it mde a al.1'b,t elenk1ng uoiee, ma.ch a e metal hitt~ again s t metal. Philip en4 Mr• Leuer stated the boy e wre viei~ f'ri,;btened lib.en t he;r ran into the boo.M and were afraid to tell what they had aeen. Uyon clo•• que1ti011U1B, the boya related the above story to them. Mr. Ltoer advised that he1ben bad notified. Mr. E. R. Sheridan. Poa t maste ~ at Baati, Mimleac,ta (vbo mbeequantly notified the pr oper enthorit i ee) AGDITS 1l>'!IS: .tcent noted that the 11p0t are the alleged 'flying 1E111Cer" had landed wu approximately 2 fe et in diameter and appeared. aa t hough ■c:ime beaT)" obJect had landed there or bad been eet down - as the ground •• dented aJMi protrudi.D& rock• had been leveled. The apot wee covered by a washtub. . to .a-""tM,,._ E. R. Sheridan. Poatmaste.i:. advised that he had no reaeon UA,l\,U,I ~-Ue atoey of the boys or of Mr. and Mrs. Leu.er. and for thie reuon bad reported the matter to the Federal :Bureau of Investig atio n, St. P8Dl, Miml. .. - ,J' \
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Source text · mention only---- ' ,I_ Ir 1 1 163 hnnr before ~.rk V2.n :1uys. Calif r •• r C .t Henry Glovr-r & •Alif a (Otd-Res) • 1r• ; i. .. r h rv r Ordnance Reserve Officer 11· l rv r 8531 Variel Ave., Cano~.: Park, Cru if • l r·· • i r Van Nuys , Calif. r •! 1, • C' • l t·ro:-i c,t1., r v r . ~ overnead I • r . 1 1 t 'l:fis:,. about an hour 11. n J ' I ,. ll l grt"ci t he i:e,ht I • • n i l,t toward the sun from t he Ea.et or Wxim:d! E to . ,.. , r t r a,11=led a ve-rtictl arc of about 25° or or e I . , , - d N/S 1,,. . ; j :: of we·.the r balloon i:.t 2CXX) f t r 1~r blu i sh lum nescence like fluo r escent l amp whi ch gradUE.lly cn~.nged to or,nge colo r at dusk ~h P" r ound tend~ to spher i cal N/SI , . r i ,i;, l't. •d l • ,-r,r,r.ror.t cons• ructi nn N/S ;->1 . c.r.h•.•J., t t r u1 l s N/S ,, 1 1 r c onditi r· CA.VU ground terq:,er · tu.re 70-75° 2:,. :·vnr r of diznpp· :--t r nc" snapped off like a lamp 'ftlen you thro w switch LU o R 1,hr lts: (Over)
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Source text · mention onlyObject api:eared round and probo.blJ c,;phH.!"ic:.tl.. At first l0ok{ •d si'll ilt:.r to weather ballo on at t~bout 2000 ft but t.'1-iere was no character letic bobbing. The wind vc:1.s blo~,i~ on the ground wit;, fatr strength and gusty yet t:.~e object was <r?,ite steady . Io t~e time 1t was under observation (about an nour) it traveled thru a v.ertical arc of about 25° or 1rore . After watcning tne object for a 'While the observer concl uded that whatever it was the t r.. ng ~c s at grea t height but not a star. It had a. bluish :!.U.'llin.escenoe like .a fluorescent lamp and as the sun set tbe color gr~dually c..~w:iged to an or ange color at dusk and finslly snru,ped off like a L.mp when the switch is throw . The outl i.ne was clear and sharp and symetricc:l (no fuzziness or blurring) , t ne air cler:;r with visibility unlimited. Di recti0n of travel from Ea.st directly to•~d the sun.
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Source text · mention onlySTATEMENT Statement mnde by Mr.Henry Glover, Power Consultant, Dopaxthont of Californln: #On the evening of 22 July 19l8,between the hcurs of 1930 and 2030, Nuys, Galifornda.We arrlved there about an hour before dark.Our atten DesCrIPTIontIt appeared to be round and probably spherdeal,At first,it the chnracterdstic bobbing.The wdnd mas blowdng an the ground in falr Btrength and gusty yet the objoot was qulte stency.After watahing it a at it).In about an hour that I had been observdng it, the object had traveled through a vertical aro af about 25 degrees or more.Tne outline of the object was olear and aharp and symetrical (no fuzadness or bluring）i 70-75 degrees dropping to about 6e degrees an hour after daxik(two hour o ADDITIONAL INTERROOATION BY SPBCTAL AGENIT WILLIAM G. SFROULL MR,SPROULL: Can you approxdmate the geographioal locatlon mhen you first aighted the obJect? MR,GLOVERI Dreetly over Van Muya abeut-25 er 30-degrees it travelleik MR,SPROULL Apyroxdmately what was the time when you firat slghted this object? MR.GLOVER: foresundiowm. MR, SPRouiL: Who called your attentlon to the object? MR.GLOVSR Unidentified member of a group at the patio. MR.SPROULL: What was the wea ther conli tion at the time? MR, GLOVER: Very elear sky.Viaibility unlimdted. MR.SPROULL: objoct? MR. GLOVER HEHRY GLOVER 工
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Source text · mention onlyMR. SPRouLl:What was the approdimate size of the object? MR.GLOVER The size, as near as I could judge,would be a weather balloon M. SPROULL What would you approximnte as the speed? LR,GLOVRR That Iwouldnltknow except that it travelled about 25 or 30 MR. sPRoULLIn what direction did it aove？ MR.GLOVER: Overhead direetly into the sun. MR.GLOVER: I thought it might be a reflection from the sunlight at first but then I couldntt account for the blue tinge. m. SPROULL Did it glint or sparkle? R.GLOVR No, It dldn't sparkle at all,The light froa the object was constant ith a constant intensiy but changed as the sum sot lower until it turned toward an orange eolor.As the sun was it became orange color.Iwas just observing this partioular change of coloring, whon it disappeared completely. MR.SPROULL Wmat was the zanner of diaappearance? MR.GLOVER: light when oae turms off the switch. Tnere was no expansion o MRGLOVER No change in altitude or direction. MR SPROuiLWas there any sound to this object？ R.GLOVER: There was no sound whatsoever MR, SPRouLL:Was there an exhaust trail R,GLOVER: No excaust trail at all. Did you notice the object as carrying any lights? NR.GLOVER: the bluish light. LR.GLOVER When I first viewed the object,the flying aaucers fmmediately came to my mind,
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Source text · mention onlySPROULLA Do you feel that you were observlng definfte objeot MRGLOVER Yes, it had a defldte shap outline soaethdng I had nover seous. the sun. SPRouiiDo you know any of the persons who obaerved this objeot per sonally7 R.GLOVERI No Seer HRNDCY GLOVIR 853lVarlelAvenue Conoga,CalLfornda
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Source text · mention only. . - , -._ I ..,._-~ obetro.ct ea b"t,n.eS&M>oruc bou.ea ,JOlllfJ' front porch CHECK- LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. O!lto 29th JUM 2 . TiJno ll P. M. , . Lo cot ion UniOlltom. Pa. 4. l~omo of observo r IIJS. O!l.~1.Ae NeD:>nald 5. Occupoti on of 'ob,orvo r •/s lllt ■a widow 6 . l"ddr oss of' obso rvor 38 Lm.•illgton Circle. Unionto-..n 7. Pl oco of ol;>sorvr,t i on Uniontow, Pa. - ObaerTer1 • 8 . llunb ~r of obj oots three - one at a t 3.me 9. Distanco of obj o ct f rom obs o r vo r •/S 10 . Timo in lli(;ht •/s 11 . Altitude ,x>C) ft 12 . Spood . Teey fast 13. Diroot i on o f f liG h t D lh. Tactics apinn1ng Tertical.ly on~ 15. So,md none 16. Sito 1/S 17. Col or luminous 18. She.po oTBl 19. Odor doto otod Bone 20. Appar ont const ru ct i on 1/S - tranaparent trail ot ligbt about l :,ard l01:1g21. EY..houst t r ails 22 . Woatho r oonditioos •~ra, mn cloadl' Effe ct on ol ouds •/s - flew acB•• ek;y beneath baae o~ clouda23 . . 11'ntninc could be eeen _ tbru it. _.. 24. Sketch es o r photographs Tague aketcb --.:. 25. Manner or di aoppoe r o.noo lost a14Plt at - 26. Remarks : (OT81') r.! ( .... .,,
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Source text · mention onlyAt a:pproximately ll P. M. on th~~o{ J .me Mrs .dollar saw a luminous oval-W'laJIPed objectx ¥xw a mea t pl a tter rolling al:>Dg on its edge. It appeared to t e going very fast since it disappeared in about 5 to 10 secon ds . It was without sound or odor but seemed to have a tail 'Ahich extended about a yard or so. Five minutes later, witne ss saw a second object and after another five minute int srval a third obje c t w- s observ ed. They appeared in t he Southwest and flew to the Northeast . The we·-ther w~ s cloudy ¼ith .... lightning and rolling thunder. The obj ects flew over the Oaldand St. Area or just to the si de of it (&st of Oakland St.) Tbey traveled about l , CX)() ft and then disappeared behind the house s across the street from the witness es. Witnesses: Mrs. Catherine McDonald Police Sergeant S-nuh & ~hter •·
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Source text · mention only5 10 15 20 25 CF.ECK-LI ST - Ul!IDENT IFI ED FLYING OBJreT s Inc idrmt ft l64e.29 June 48 2 , Time 23()0 3. Locatio n Union.town. Pa. 4. I!omo of obser ve r Mra. Margar~t Hollar et al HOllSewi.f'e. Occup(ltio n of ob~o rvor 6 . ,,dd r c ss of obso rvor 100 Moore ATe. • Uniontown, Pa. 7. Plac o of obs or'Vbtion 3g Kensington Circle. Uniontown (home o! Mr a. Catherine Mcll)nald) 8 . Mumbor of objocts 3 - one at a time 9. Dista nco of obj oct f r om obs or vor 'fl/S 10 seconds . Tir10 in SiE;ht 11 . rlltit udo ll/S 12 . Spco d very faat hom Sout.bwest to Bortheaet13. Di r oction of fli Ght J 4. Toctics roll.ed along on its edge . Soutt d ~ Bo sound 16. Sizo "platter" 17 . Col or luminous 18 . She po oval 19. Odor dotoo t od ~ None . Appor ont const r uction N/S - luminous 21 . Exhuust t ~ni l s a tail of about a yard in length 22 . Viontho r conditi ons cloudy with ligb.ti iDg and rolli.Jlg thunder 23 . Effo ct on clo uds N/5 21.t . Sko tch us o r photog r aphs None . hlannor of disa ppoa r nnco View obstructed by neighboring houses 26. Rornn r ks: (over )
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Source text · mention only- Witnese saw a lumi.nou.a, oval-ebaped object fl.yi.Dg at an altitude of approx 5,0CX) ft which ve.s traveli.Dg beneath the baae of some el•••• cloud.a from t10Uthveet to northe ast across the sky. The weather was stornv and cl011ey and aa a aecond. object flew a.cross the sky a flash of 11.glltning eoul_d be seen thro. it. It seemed to be trensparent. The objeete(3) tnmued Tery f c:.at and eee_med to just disappear within 10 seconds. The objects appeared at approximately five minute intervals. There vas no odor or acnmd ft :from them. However, a trail of light about a yard l ong was obeerved. ~ object• rolled Tertically on their edgea and appeared to be apinnill« an end across the aky. Witnesses lost sight of the objects a.a ne1&}1bor1Dg boo.1e1 obatructed their Tiew. \fitnesete: Mre. Marpr et Hollar Police Sergeant Shull & aua hie dsngbter
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK- LI !:T - :'I!>El::-:FIED FLYHlG OSJp;rs 1 . I::, t 29 June 48 Inc1dJnt 2 . Tino 2,300 - 11:00 P. M. ; . Locu tion Uniontown, Pa. J, . :1al"lr or <"'hn!'.'r V\'.lr Sgt Chae E. Schuh & d.8u&):lter 5- Ocr.up .ti on of ob ~o r v or Uniontown Police Dept. • ,,-!dr ss of obso rv" r 32 Lawton Ave.• Uniontown 7 . Ploc o or ob-:o r·. ti cn from front porch of 38 J!enaington Circle, Uniontown. O. 1:u1:1bo r oJ' obj ~ta 1 ) . ~i:ito nco of obj o c& r r on oba or vor N/ S 10 . Tino in :sirht 5 - 7 MCOnda 11 . ~1 ir.udo 6,oo ft 12 . Sr-00 d 100 JI.PE 1; . Dir >cti Gn of fli cht D - sighted 1n weat 1!,. Tor. ics atr41&bt & level .io11r.d DOile Col or balt ot a large meat platter (1-1/2 1) »/s luminoua 3ht: po eemi-cir C'.u.ar Odor d ot,Jct od N/ S cO . ,~ppnront construct i on Ji/ S 21 . &Y.hr1ust t r cd ls 1/S n . 2; . footho r oond1t1 ons Err ct on cl oud~ partl7 cl ouey B/ S ~1, . :?5. Sko choo or photo,; r i:.p?ls 'cnnor ot dit'Joppce nco none •/s 26 . ' R0:X1r ko, (o~er )
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Source text · mention onlye On the night of 29th June at about ttili: U:00 P. M., witnes1 taW an object that reaembled a hal! of a large meat platter which appeared oTer tJl the west end of the cit7 at Oakl.aad Ave & West Main St.• Uniontown. Pa. It seemed to be at a height of about 6,000 ft and sailed 1n a atra18bt line of about 8 or ~ feet 1n about 5 to 7 aeconda. Bo eound wu heard and the obJect •u1t1 ■+11a,11 emitted no r••• It w.a traveliJ:lc in anortheaatly direction. Witnesses: Mrs. Mcl))nal d Mre. Hollar Sgt Schub'a daughter
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Source text · mention onlye ~ .. - \ ,-~ r -~ : '· ~ ' CITECK- LIST - UWIDEN'l' IFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incid cmt :fl 165 1 . D~t o 26 July 1948 2 . Timo 2100 I 3. Locc tion Chamblee, Ga. 11 . :!amo of obse r ve r Ihyle L. Avery et al Observer, Atlant a Naval Air Base 6 . ;,r:ldr css of obse rve r Atlanta Naval Air Base, Chamblee , Ga. 7. Pl oco of obso r 'lrot i on Observ a ti on tower 8 . Numbe r of ob jncts 1 blue whit e light 9. Dis t a nce of obj e ct f r om obs e r ve r N/ S 10 . TiMo in sight N/5 11 . ~ltitud o B/ S 12 . Sr ood N/S - like abootiDg ets- 13 . Di r oct1 on of f l i Ght SE turning Sand geini.Dg al.titud.e 11.i. Tactics straight &: level &: ga.1.ni Dg altitude 15 . Sn.turd None ... Siz; o N/S blue-white light17. Co l or 18 . She. po N/S - object not seen 19 . Udor d oto ot od N/S 20 . 1~ppo r ont constr u ct i on l i ke shooting st ar 21. EY.hu ust t r a i l s N/S - possi bly the blue lilhite l_ight was the exhau s t ?2 . i"loa t ho r con d iti on s 2/10 cirrus at 25.000 ft: l to 4/ 10 of l ower strato- cirrus at 5,000 ft. Visib i lity 12 to 15 mil ee. Surf wind light & vari a». 23. Eff oct on clouds N/S 2-5 MPH 2L1 . Sk otch P-s or phot og ro. phs None 25. He.nnor of disnpp oe r nnco N/S 26. Romnrks : (over) r-.-:-v..,.,,,.. \( '·~ ,; ), I . • ~1 rt ,, l•' .,,• ?1t 11/
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Source text · mention onlyiaali, +-1 -:Wi, n>yle L. Avery Obser7 er, Atlanta Naval Air :Base, Chamblee, Ga., wiile on dnty at the observation tower on 26 Jul y ~ about 2100 hours sighted a blue-white light traveling anutheast from the north~st It vas trave l in& very faet and maintained. a uniform altitude (undet ermined ) and speed. It looked like a ahootillg s tar except for the fact that it maintained the &ame altitude. lhi l e under obaervati:>n it then appeared to gain altitude and then turued sharply to the eouth. The weather wae clear and still . Tb.ere was no sound. Shortly after sighting the light several reaidents of the art:a called and reported seei.Dg tb.e same t hing. No flights left or arrived at the stati on after 1910 hours on 26 Jul y "8. 165a Witnesses ot thi« Dhenomena who were interviewed made statements a.a follow : On 20 Jul y 48 they were seated on the lawn of the O.eorgia School of Technology Housing Projec t at Chsmblee, Ga. About 20!..5 hours Mrs. John Goll sighted a strane;e light and cal.led it to the attention of ber companions. The light appeared abou t the size of a football and was trave l ing southeast on a ste~ course. It was green and. faded into a silver-colored tail, Tbe light eppe ·.red 1t ee-i. to l ose altitude slowly n:nch the &sine ae a plane co:ning in for a l anding . It appeared to f a.de awa:t in flight as if extinguished. No sound waepe.r;rrl. Vitneesea: Mr. & Mrs . Harold Shaw Mr. Robert Sebring Mrs. Jeanne Hill Mrs. Myrtle Renfroe Mrs. John Gall
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Source text · mention only165- supporting evidence for Incidence #144 assigned a number in error 10长
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Source text · mention onlyCEECK- LI ST - UUIDE1!7IFIED FLYIUG OBJECTS l . Dut e 30 Aug 48 lncid mt * 1 66 2 . Tino 20,000 hollra or S:00 P. M. 3. Locat i on Loe Angeles, Calif. u. l!omo of obsC'r vor S/Sgt Leroy B. Eete ■ 5. Occupc.iti on of ob;orvor 5/Sgt 6 . J~t:ld r css of obs o r vo r ... 1,301 W. Olympic l31.Td. , Los Angele• 7 . Pl oco of obso r vn ti on 1,301 W. Olympic Blvd. Loe Angel e s. Calif. , \ 0 . Numbor of obj oot s l 9. Distanco _of obj o ct fr om obs o r vor B/S 10 . Tirlo in s i i;ht N/S 11 . Al titudo eeti.mated to b9 well over 20,000 ft. 12. Spood thought to be well over 700 MPH 13 . Di r e cti on o f f l ight Wczt 2 ■ 3t 14. Tactics none - flew level course 15 . Soun d Bo eoUlld 16. Sizo Larger than B-29 17. Col or silver 18 . Sha po V-2 rocket 19 . Odor dot oct od B/S 20 . Appo r ont constructi on rocket - like 21. Exhaust tra ils blue exbaaet trail 22 . 'Woat h or e ondi t i ons ,.S ~ 23. Effo ct on c l ouds B/5 24. Skotch os o r phot ogra phs Bone 25 . llo.nnor of diso ppoa r onco B/S 26 . Remarks : (OTer) JI c,
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Source text · mention onlyObject resembled the fuselage of a V-2 rocket - but much larger. S/Sgt Eetes stated that it was much larger than a B-29 and silver in color end that 1t completely filled the lens of a 10 B-80 field glass which was taken from a German 88 mm artillery piece. kch lens was 8" in diaidter. Speed estimated to be well over 700 MPH. and objecVwas traveli.Jl€ at an altitude of well over 20,000 ft. No sound was heard Left a blue em.mist trail. Object travelillg from west to east. Only one object •i&hted. ..
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK- LI ST - P!1IDE1!7IfIED FLYHIG OBJECTS Inc id 1rt -# 1 67 6 ~ 1948 2 • Tin0 0905 OCT , • l nc( ti on 19° 08 1 ?l - 164° 05 1 E betveen KwaJalein Island, Marshall !elands and Hickam Field., 11 . :=•1m1 of obsc- r vo r Capt J'l.oyd Barnes Pilot USAF -.> . . . ld r a of obo•l rvo r Pacific Division, Milit Air 'l'rane Service -, • ri..c of obsu r vt.tion Ahead & above hia plane II . lluMbo r of objncts 1 ·) . Digtonc-o of o b,j, ct f r om obsc rvo r 4 to 5 milea 10. TiMo in si~h t split second 11. ,,lti t udo 10,000 ft 12 . Di r 1, ction o f fl ii; ht N/S 111. Tue-tics exploded like e. shall. 16 . Siz0 N/ S 17 . Col or white 16 . 3hcpo ball l ') . Odo r d ot~1ctod N/S ~ "fire"20 . npp n r o nt const ru ct i on 21 . EY.huu st t r ni l s Non~ ~~ - ":I ntho r conditi on s 5/10 cloud coverage 23 . Eff ,ict on clo ud s N/ S ,>], . S k o tch os or photog r aphs none · f d. exploded25 . ,anr.c r o 1 sn ppoa r anee (over)26 . Romur ks : I I/ ' .
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Source text · mention onlyr • A large white ball of fire was ob served some f our to f i ve miles directly ahead of and sl18btly above the aircraft. I t was obser ved for ?nly a apli t second and vas comparable t o the explos ion of a shell There were no streamers or "tails" observ ed such as usuall y r el ated to a meteor or a distress sign.cl. . As the aircraft a9Pr oached the approxim ate position where the ball of fire was ob served a single white ligb.t was seen on the water surface. Ro...ever, this dia eppe ~red within a few eecollds aft er sighting beci:!Use of the e:xisting cl :md cover age . More lights wre immediately obser ved on the "8ter surf sce some 10 miles north of the _plane I s cours e. It 1 s the opinion of t he wi tne se ( 6ap t Barnes) that these were f r om a surface vessel . Some 10 minutes elap sed after these l ights were observed on t he vater surf ace when an aircr aft was •~ted fiyiDg a reci' procal course (240° ) at about lCXX> ft below the observers's aircraft and slightly to the right of the course. Capt Barnes made numerous attempts t o contact this aircraft on Channel ''B" end "C", "VBJ" but acknowledgment of b is transmi ssion was never teceived.
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Source text · mention onlye CEECK- LIST - IJEIDENTIFTED FLYING OBJEC TS 20 July 1948 Incidont :/1- 168 2 . Tino 1330 local 3. 1.0 ct: ti on Obrecbstreet, Arnhem, 'lhe Hague h. ::nm<: of obs<' r vc r A. D. Otter 5. Occu po.t i on of ob~o rvor Chf. Investigator of Court of Damage 6 . ,,'1d r e::;s of obs orvor Anlheim, 'lhe Hague 7. Pl oc o of obs c rvbt i on 52° 30' N, 4° 30' E 0 . NuT:\bor of obj nots l 9. Distance of obj o ct from obso rvor N/S 10. TiMo in sight N/S ll . Altitude very high 12 . Spee d high speed - comparable to V-2 13. Dir oction of fli 6ht N/S 11.i. Tactics N/S 15. S0tl:r d Same as V-2 16. Sizo N/S 17 . Color N/5 18 . She po Aircr aft with 2 decks and no wings 19. Odor dotoctod N/S 20 . 1\ppn r ont const ructi on N/S 21 . Exhuus t trai l s N/S 22 . Vlcntho r conditi on s visibility unlimited - scattered cloud.a 23. Effo ct on c l ouds N/S Sket ches or photog r aphs None .,,. .' '1 • Mnnno r of disnppoe r nnco H/S I 26 . Rema r ks : Object appeared to be wingless aircr aft with two decks. It was traveling at very high altitu de and was seen f our times intermittently thru cloud s. Visibility: unlimited. JI 1.-/
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Source text · mention only. ·- \~ CEECK- LI ST - 1!!-!IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Inc idrmt 4/- 169 1 . D:itc 2 . Tirn0 0530 3 . Lo·co tion Mapl e...ood, Ohio 4 . I:amo of obs e rve r Mr. Faby Niswonger 5. Occupution of ob~o rvor farmer RD #1. Maple...ood, Ohio.P hone : Jackson Central6. hdd r oGs of obs c rvor 8-0F42 7 . Place of obsc r vr,t i on Maple...ood. Ohio B. Numbe r of objacts l 9. Distance of obj e ct from obs e rve r N/S 10 . Ti:>lO in sight N/S 11 . Altitud o N/S 12. Spcod N/5 13. Dire cti on of fli ght N/S Arose from behind woods - seemed to unravel a silver'i'uctics substance that floated earthward N/515. Sonnd large16. Si ze silverColo r Sho po sphere18. Odor dotectod N/S19 . N/S20 . i.pporont const ructi on 21 . Exhnust t r ni l s - silver subs tance(?) 22 . Weathe r conditions N/S 23. Effoct on c l ouds N/5 NoneSkotch es o r photog r aph s Disintegr a ted. in mid-airhlannor of disnpp ca r a nco 26. Romo.r ks: (over) f,-. .. J
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Source text · mention only- \. Witness observed a large silver-colored sphere -.r,ich seen.cd t o ariv e from behind hie woods and contin ued to float across his ferm. While in fl ~ t it e.eemed to unravel a silvfr subGtence wnich floated earthward. While under observati on it disintegr a ted in nid- air . B:>TE: Witness seen:ed very conscie ntious and. sincere while r elating this incident . Subject arose while witness ~s talkine t o a man fro~ this 6o!Illll8lld (MCIAXP) -.hen an airplane chanced t o fly overhead .
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Source text · mention only• • J • <'!.::CK- LIS:' - 1f1'I!)Ei'':" IFJED FL'.'HIG OBJECTS Around 5 Mey 48 I ncid mt 'fi 170 3 . I oc:, tion Adspazari , Turkey Li . :!r,mc• of obs ,., rvo r N/S - taken from telecon Item extracted from Turkish newspaper 11 Yeni Sabah", Istanbul, 5 May~ 5. Occup ~tion of ob~c rvo r N/S 6 . .,,jdr ..,::; of obso rv:.,r See above 7. Plo c of obso r vt.t i on Vill~ near Adapazar1. Turkey 8 . rJuMbo r of obj octs 1 9. ~i~tanco of objoct from obs c rvo r N/S 10 . Timo in sibht N/S 11 . Al titudo 650 feet 12 . Spee d N/S 13. Diro cti on of' fli [ht N/S NI :::1L. '.i'uctics .., l i:-- . S"llrd N/S 16 . Si ze N/S 17 . Col or "shining" 18 . Sht. po N/S 19. Odor d ot octod N/S 20 . ,1.ppnr ont const r ucti on N/S 21. Exh ~ust t r ai l s N/ S 22 . ¥/oa.t hor conditi ons N/S 23. Eff oct on clouds N/S 2h . Skotch us or photo e;r nphs None 25. ~;o.nr.or of disnpp oa r nnco exploded inspected26. Remar ks : Inve stigati on nowu.Xld.er way and the debrie will be t ■■ !pelill by experts .
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Source text · mention onlyAoco� � "fl 8 lion DD Mt �. Att AIIIIClll"I� ·i1,utu'i7e bu lto• ftqaaated $o IJivM\M,t.ie this tnol t t'aU7 enc� '4niab a...nJ. r • &J llkev!M. thlr IAcldat oa lie eoatirllit4 or :DOI Au Att� � 41Ncte4 \o ds� eowoes for lnfo \1 ODntained la Tai ......,._ anlcla. lacd.a.,: 170 "1'blN �'• lJJe affeo\ 1 Clalllc Is lU. aeuol"ae • ks •l&llt 9'1Jt'P1� Ula eawlv,'. � ,-.pl.a -.rgeai that theu •l&fll . 1oa 1ft nt1 au.t- 1ud clJ"Ole• :r eal• that on:r MWlii191:ai:a Alli,.. _. In �1.o4• in 1 "lato ..al!r 8114 llllod a llbeep a.c. o !10 � i'Nat 11114 the iabrl• .Sll 'be �tea •• Ob__.,ra. '18¥ that \be l'OCQI, llidilb l• elehwl to hewt .,._ fl'UI tb.t lor\hwt4 fiy,l. al Q1 t.1 of 200 Mfren onr Mf1Pf1serl Won :lt f-11.
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Source text · mention only• • CITECK - Ll !:lT - TT PIDEN7IFIED FL:'UJG OBJECTS I nc id ,rt 1, 171 2 • Timo Sunset J . . Locnt i on Moscow, usrn 4. t1amo of obs c- rvor N/ S - .Amerie&i Newspaper Reporter 5. Occ upc.ti on o f ob:,orvo r Newspaper r epor ter 6 . Addr c~ s o f obs o rvo r N/S 7 . Plo c o of obs o r vt.t i on m>out 25 kilometere (19 to 20 miles) NW of Moscow 8 . Nurnbor of objocts 1 9 . Distance of ob j o ct fr om obs o r vor N/S 10 . Tii'!o in s i i;ht N/ S 11 . l\ltitud o Very high 12 . Spco d high but not excessive 13. Di r oct ion of fl icht Southwest-Northeast directi on 14. Tactics N/S 15 . Soun d No sound 16 . S ize N/S 17 . Col or : N/S - shone bri&ntly 18 . Shapo l o08 nar;row 19 . Odor d oto ctod N/S 20 . Appo._r ont const ructi on Apparently metallic aince it ebon.e Terf briabtl7 21 . Exhau st t ~nils N/S 22 . Vfoa-thor conditi on s 'B/S .., IWW3 23 . Eff oct on clouds B/S 24. Skotoh c o or photog r aphs Bone 25. Manne r or disappear ance N/S 26. Romarks 1 (oTer)
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Source text · mention only• -'bout SianMt Oil 3 Aue 48, about 25 kilometer, (a-> 11ile1) northwet of Koacow a uperiaced Jaerican newwpaper reporter am, an unidentified. obJect at .-er, high 111.titade. It waa lo!JC and norrow and proceeded at a h1ch bu.t not e.xceHiTe apeed in •a generally south-west- northeast direction. It lbone Teey bri&htl.7 probab1¥ froa reflected wnl.1&}lt. lo w1.oc• could be Men and no eound waa beard. It looked like a ri&id airabip and -. eo identified by a Ru..111.aD acqaaintance who aaw it at the ._ time. Bowner, the reporter, 1n apite ot the appeera.nce of the obJect w.s of the 01>in1on that 1t w1 not a rigid airah1p due principally to ita bigb apeed. Re bad no theo17 to offer li· <XM<Dl'r: fbia obJect mi.gbt baTe been ~- Ita speed 1eema inao.!ficient tor a guided ai1alle, but it could ha.Te been •1tber a Jet or oonTentional airplane as \lilUmial. li&ht con- ditiona and for►Bborteniag frequent17 give aircraft a frea1ciab epp, rarace. !he pouibili t.r that 1 t waa a d1r1,«ible uould not be u.cluded. Reference "A• lhould not be excluded. R:7.!RESCI •••: !he upper wind■ in Buaaia are not published but it vaa noted. that on the followinc JDOrning there wre high sur face wil:ld1 with 1torm prediction, .
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK-LISTUNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident# 172 Date ofIncidentl Oct 1948 2. Time of Incident 2100 hrs Place of obscrvation Fargo,N.Dakota from plane over Fargo and vicinity Name of obscrver George F.Gorman Occupation of observer Mgr Constr Co.（Pilot of F-5l in Air Natl Guard) Addrcss of obecrver 18 Fed Hous Proj Fargo N.Dakota Number ofobjccts observedfkamxakxaexaxexxkxxgaxaxdxkekiky 8. Distance of objoct from observor 1000yds 9. Timc in sight 27mimtes 10. Altitudc 1000to1400ft 11. Spocd mich fester than F-51 12. Dircction of flight various 13. Tactics Several left turns,one right turn, diving and clinbing 14。 Lights clear white light 15. Sound none noted 16. Sizo atzkmxad closest observation 6 to 8 inches 17. Color clear waite 18. Shapo round at all times 19. Odor detcctod none 20. Apparont construction none noted 21 Exhcust trails none seen CAVU 22 Weethr conditions 23. Effect on clouds none 24。 Skotchcs or photogrrohs none 25.Manner of disappcoronce in steep climb 26.Remarks: Nothern lights'were visible in the NE quadrant (over)
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Source text · mention onlyOne object was observed over a period of 27 minutes.It consisted ofa small round ball of clear white light with no physical form or shape attacned.It was about 6 to 8 inches in diameter.At times this light traveled faster than the F-5l and performed maneuvers in both evasive and eggressive mamner. When first sighted the object was traveling at about 250 MPH at l,000 ft altitude.Under this higher performence the white light wes contimuous.Possibilities of other aircraft,meteorological ba loon releeses,Cnnadian Vemoire Jets having been in imediate vicinity heve been discredited. Geiger check now being performed on F-5l aircraft for comparison survey vith unaffected aircraft.Technical studies have been initiated. The closest Gormen ever got to the object wes in a head-on pass at which time the object passed over him at less tban 500 feet. It then appeared to nim to be from 6 to 8 inches in diemeter.It had depth. It did not seem an exact ball but appeared flat attempted to cut it off in turne.At thistime his fighter cb was under full power.His speed varying from 300-4o0 MPH,Tne object circled to the left, he cut back to the right for e head-on pass. Tne pass was made at 5,ooo ft,the object approaching head-on until a collision seemed inevitable.It then veered and passed 500 feet or less over the top of him. He chendelled around'stiil without the object in sight.Tne object then made a l80° turm and initiated a pass at Gormen,This time Gorman watched it approach all the way and as it started to pull up he pulled up attenpting to rem.Tne The object went straight up with him following to 14,000 ft.Gorman stalled out at 14,000 ft with the object 2000 ft above him circling to the left.They then made two circles.Tne object then puled off at quite eome distance from Gorman and headed over Hector Airport at around ll,ooo ft.Gorman gave chase circling to the left trying at 14,000 ft,the object at ll,000 ft.Agein giving his engine full power he tried to cetch it in a diving turn. The thing turned eround from view.Gorman then returned to the field end landed.
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident #172A 1.Date ofIncident1 Oet48 2.Time of Incident 2100 hrs 3.Place of observation Fargo N. Dakota Airport- Control Tower of Fargo Airport 4 Name of observer L.D. Jensen 5. Occupation of obsorverAirport traffic controller Addrcss of obscrvor 1423 6th Ave Fargo .N. Dekota 7。 Number of objocts observed1 8.Distance of object from observor 1/2mile 9. Timc in sight several seconds 10.Altitudc 4,000 to5,000ft 11. Spoed extremely fast 12. Dircction of flight W.S.W. 13. Tactics horizontal flight 14. Lights clear white light 15. Sound none noted 16. Sizo tail lamp of an airplane 17. Color clear white 18. Shapo round 19. Odor dctoctod none noted 20. Apparont construction none noted-"light" 21 Exhoust.treils none noted 22. Wocthor conditions CAVU 23. Effcct on clouds none 24。 Skotches or photogrephs none 25. Manner ofdisappcerance straight out 26.Remarks: (over)
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Source text · mention onlyMr. Jensen was on duty xiuee during the time Lt Gorman sighted the light over Fargo. There was not much traffic curing the evening hours on that from Fargo Air Field in the air.at 2050 hours he was advised that a plane from privately-owmed field south of Fargo that Dr. Cannon had taken off in a Piper Cub and had asked permission to land at Fargo Air Field.At 2l00 hours Lt Gorman called the tower asking if any other aircraft were in the air. He was given the position of the Piper Cub.Approximately 5 mimutes later Gorman called again and stated that there was another aircraft in the air in approximately the same altitude as the Cub,but he stated that it could not be the Cub in view of its speed.He was advised that no other aircraft was in the air from Fargo and none other had signaled from other air fields.Lt Gorman advised then that he was going to follow the other aircraft. Mr.Jensen then stepped to the south window of the tower and saw the object approximately l,ooo ft from the tower in a northwestern direction passing very fast over the field. Taking a pair of binoculars he observed the object as it passed over the field.He was,however,unable of a very fast-moving craft. He did now,however, see the maneuvers carried on by the object nor the F-5l of Lt Gorman.He saw the object only once and then only as it passed in a straight line over the field. Mr Jensen heard no sound,noticed no odor and saw no exhaust streaks in the air. The object eppeared to be only a round light,perfectly formed,with no fuzzy edges or rays leaving its body. The edges were clear cut.No other attached shape was observed. The main identifying characteristic was the high rate of speed at which it was apparently traveling.
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Source text · mention onlyCHECK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident#172b Date of Incident 10ct1948 2. Time of Incident 2100 hrs Place of observation Fargo,N. Dekota Airport- Control tower Fargo,N. D Arpt. Name of observer Mamuel E. aohnson 5. Occupation of observer Assistant Air-port Traffic controller Addrcss of obsorver 1422 Broadway,Fargo,N.D. Number of objccts obscrvcd1 8. Distanccof object from obsorvor 1to 2miles 9. Timo in sight several seconds 10. Altitudc2000 to2500ft 11. Spoed extremely fast 12. Diroction of flight NNW 13. Tactics one turn 14. Lights clear white light 15. Sound none 16. Sizo ofa lamp 17. Color clear white 18. Shapo sound 19. Odor detcctod none noted 20. Apparent construction none noted 21 Exhcust trails none noted 22. Weethor conditions CAVU 23. Effcct on clouds none Skotches or photographs none 25. Monner of disapperrcnce straight line 26.Remarks:Mr. Johnson wes on duty at the Fargo Airport tower from around information about local traffic.When Lt Gorman called a second time about-the object Johnson walked to the rear of the receiver end looked out the south window and saw the object and the Cub..Object was a little higher than the "Cub"and seemed to be on a north heading,and then turning northwest.It seemed about 2,oo0 ft in the air and traveling at an excessive rate of speed. No definite outline 1129
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Source text · mention onlyCHEOK-LIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 172c Date of Incident 10ct1948 Time of Incident 2100 hrs 2. 3： Place of obscrvation Fargo,N,Dekota -from ad Fargo control tower Neme of obscrvur Dr.Cannon Occupntion of observor Occulist （amateur pilot with 2 yms flying experience) Addrcss of obscrvr Goodmans Jewelers,Fargo,N.Dakota 7 Number of objects obsurvcd 1 8. Distence of objuct from obsurver 1mile 9. Timc in sight at intervals for seconas only 10. Altitude 5000to6000ft 11. Spcod very fast 12. Diroction of flight NNW SE and W 13. Tactics straight line 14. Lights clear wnite lignt 15. Sound none 16. Sizo tail light of plane 17. Color cleer wnite 18. Shapo mound 19. Odor dotcctod none 20. Apparunt construction none noted 21 Exhcust trails none seen 22 Wocthor conditions CAVU 23. Effcct on clouds none 24 Skotchcs or photogrrphs none- 25. Monnor of disappetronce straight line 26.Romrks: Object first observed·when Dr. Cannon wes landing his plane He noticed what a peared to be the tail light of another ship going at considerable speed in a westerly direction. He landed his"Cub"at the Fergo Airport and delivered some bottles of coca-cole to the tower operators (over) S-18360
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