65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_006
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The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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Source text · mention onlyI CO.ffic;MMemorl dum • UNITED STATES GOVERN~E , T TO D. Ji. Lad/_ez_A(. DATE: August 2.v,f~ FROM A. H. Be}@ SUBJECT: SUMMARY 0-;J;;ERIAL PHENOMENA IN NEW MEXICO 1:arbo__ Bel,m.,nt _ _ MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING ~Ohr "."~1 , . hoom_ i,e:tse _ _ PURPOSE K/, I ( I , /Gendy__ To advise that : {1) OSI has expressed concern in J ) connection with the continued appea rance of unexplained phen~mena described as green fireballs, discs and meteo r s in the vicin i tyµ~ of sensit i ve insta l lations in New Mexico . {2) Dr. LaPa2 , Meteo r Expe r t of the University of New Mexico , reported that the phenomena I does not appear to be of meteor ic ·origin . (3) OSI has contracted with Land - Ai r Inc ., Alamogordo , New Mexico , to make ·cscientif i?ri study of the unexplained phenomena . NATURE OF PHENOMENA I Obse r vations of aerial phenomena occurring within the vicinity of sensit i ve installations have been reco rded by the Air Force since December, 1948 . The phenomena have been classified into 3 general types which a re identified as follows : 1 . Green fireballs, objects moving at high speed in shapes r esembling half moons, circles and discs emitting green light . 2 . Discs , round flat shaped objects or phenomena mouing at fast ueloci~y and emitting a brilliant white light or reflected light . 3 . Meteors, aerial phenomena resembling meteo r ic ' material moving at high velocity and varying in colo r. The above phenomena have been reported to vary in co l or from brilliant white to amber , red and green . 1 Since 1948 , approximately 150 observations of aeria l phenomena r efer r ed to above have been recorded in the vicinity of ins t allations in New Mexico . A number of observations have been reported by diffe r ent reliable in d ividuals at approximately the same time . ~£CORDED. t \ND£XEO • 2 SEP 18 1950 "--
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Source text · mention only' i)' ) l) ) RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY BY PROFESSOR LINCOLN LA PAZ Dr . LaPaz, Di rector , Instttute of Meteorittcs, Univ ersity of New Mexico, submitted an analysis of the various observations on May 23, 1950. He concluded, as a result of his investtgation, that approximately half of the phenomena recorded were of meteoric origin . The other phenomena commonly referred to as green fi r eballs or discs he believed to be U.S . guided miss-iles be in g tested in the neighborhood of the installations. Dr . LaPaz pointed out that tf he were wrong in interpreting the phenomena as originating with U. S. guided missiles that a systematic investigation of the obser vations should be made immediately. Dr . LaPa2 pointed out that missiles moving with the velocities of the order of those found for the green fireballs and discs could travel from the Ural region of the USSR to New Mexico in less than 15 minutes . He sug gested that the observations might be of guided missiles launched from bases in the Urals. On the basis of the investigations made by Dr . LaPa2 and the Air Force, it was concluded that the occurrence of the unex plained phenomena in the vicinit y of sensitive installations was a cause for concern . The Atr Force entered into a contract with Lard-Air , Incorporated, Alamogordo , New Mexico, f or the purpose of making scientific studies of the green fireballs and dtscs . It was pointed out in the summary furnished by OSI on July 19, 1950, that the unexplained greenfireballs and discs are still observed in the vicinity of sensitive military and Go,pernment installations. RESULTS OF AI R FORCE INVESTIGATION The Air Force together with Land - Air, Incorporated, have established a number of observation posts in the vicinity of Vaughn, New Mexico , for the purpose of photogr aphing and determining the speed, height and nature of the unusual phenomena referre d to as green fireballs and discs. On May 24, 1950, personnel of Land - Air, Incorporated, sighted 8 to 10 objects of aerial phenomena. A 24~ 'flj ur day watch is being maintained and has been designated ~ roJ·ect Xw}qkl~_." - 2 -
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Source text · mention onlyCONCLUSIONS The Albuquerque Office, in a lett e r dated August 10, 1950 , advtsed that there have been no new developments in connection with the efforts to ascertain the identity of the strange aerial phenomena referr ed to as green fireballs and discs . The Albuquerque Office advised that Dr . Anthony o . .Mirarchi, Project Engineer, had been informed of the Bureauajurisdtction relative to espionage and sabotage and arrangements have been made so that the Bureau will be promptly advised in the event additional information relative to this project indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the) Bureau . . ACTION I I None. The above is for your in/on ation . - 3 -
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Source text · mention onlySeptember 8, 19.50 To: Director of Special Investigations The lnapect.or General Departcont or the Air Force The Pentnnon Washington, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of Investig ation Subject: FLYING SAUC~.!RS There is attached hereto ror your considerction and attention a copy of a self-explanatory letter dated August 29, 1950, received by this Burenu from •r. alter D. Jones , ot 36 King Street East, Toronto, Ontorlo, Cannda. For your intomntion., the letter fro !Jr. Jones hoe been acknowledged by this Burenu, and he has been informed hie communication hes been referred to your Depart.cent. EHlrl: eas 0:-~ 1?~3'7
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Source text · mention only__ he a Rosen__ Tracy__ Harbo__ Be!Jlollt__ 11011r__ Tole. Hooa_ object of fi • e action should in turn ff3 7 STANDARD FORM NO. 64 • q 1 IOffice Met, .-vrtdum • UNITED STiTES G0 , 0 TO : MR. A . H. BELMONT a DATE: Se pte mber 27, 1950 TOl___ FROM IIR, L. L. L AUGH~ - Ladd. Clea_I/ I Olavln__ SUBJECT: ~ LYING SA UCERS ( NlchOll _ _ SAC Cornelius of Philadelphia called at 10:45 A.JI. today and stated that yester day evening while two offi cers of the Philadelphia Poli ce Depar-tment were cruising in their scout car they saw throu gh the windshield an object descending slowly to t he earth which appea red at first glance to be a parachute . When the of ficers first noticed the object, it was a tree - top level and was described as being six feet in diameter . It landed in a field near-by and the officers, upon examining tt, noted that it gave out a purplish glow wh ich was almost a mist. The officersrummoned two other police officers. After looking at the object for some time the y attempted to pick it up . The object broke, leaving a slight odorless residue. Over a period of about 25 minutes which the officers spent watching the it completely disinte grated. The officers further commented that the object was so light that when it hit the field, it did not even bend the weeds or the grass it fell on . Jlr. Cornelius said that he has called the local of the Air Force but the individual with whom he sp oke there said knew nothing about them and was not aware that his office was lookin g into reports of thi s type • . Mr. Cornelius desired to know what furthe r be taken by him. I told Jlr. Cornelius that he was correct in referring this matter to the local office of OSI and that he sh ould direct letter to the Bureau incorporating all available information concerning the matter and that we here, upon i t s recei pt, would bring it ~o the attention of OSI Headquarter s . LLL:mer RECORDED . 84 t --. - ......ocr 4 1ssot:k~'l':1 l /
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Source text · mention onlyOCT6443PM°50 CORRELATION-LIAISON U.S.DEPT.OF JUSTiCE F.B.1. SEp 289 08 AM *50 U.S.DEPT.OF JUSTICE F.B.1. SEP27513PM50 OELATION-LAISON S.DEPT.OF JUSTIC FBI RECEIVED-LADD
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Source text · mention only.... EPAR; MENT OF :TH; A IR FORCE \ Ill.' ~ DQUARTERS UNITED STATES A I R FORCE ' WASHINGTON 25, O. C. Authority: NND90986 Hon. J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau Department of Justice Washington 25, D. C. Dear tfr. Hoover : \ of Inv eotiga tion The inclosed letter, subject: "Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft, 11 is forwarded for your information 4!).d any cooperation you may beable to extend. As indicated in the lett er it is des:red to place this rsubject in its proper perspective as part of the normal USAF ~equirement for inf'ormation of air technical intelli gence '-interest. Respect fully youre, C. P. CABELL ~ajar General, USAll' Director of Int ell1genoo 0 ~~ t .. ~ 'J., .\ ''T~'- dI. ' • ~. ocument contains information affecting the national defense of tho United States within the mccu:~-:; .he &spionage La-rs, Titlo 18')f U.S.C,, Sections 793 an l 704. Ita to•...,,.,,1-...:1'..>n or the reve lation of its CQntenta in any manner to en 1:!".C:t. '• ..:• r.:l"tson is pzohibited by Jc-••."
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Source text · mention only• • 'f .. DEPARTMEt~ OF THE AIR FORCE HFADQ,UARTERS UNIT.ED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. AFOIC-CC-1 8 September 1950 SUBJ:FX:T: Reporting of In.formation on Unconventional Aircraft TO: Commanding Generals. 11.a.Jor Air Con11rands. ZI and Overseas All United States Air Attaches 1. The United Sta.tea Air Force has a continuing requirement for the reporting and technical analysis of observations of uncon ventional aircraft which might indicate an advance in technological progress of a :roreign power. An unconventional aircraft, within the meaning of this directive, is defined as e.rq aircraft or air borne obJect which by performance, aerody!lamic chsroeteristice, or unusual features, does not conform to aey presently known airers.ft tn,e. 2. It is desired that information on unconventional aircraft be reported in the following manner: a. A s8J)arate report of each incident will be forwarded. No information other than that bearing on the unconventional air craft will be included in this report. b. Priority of tran~J!lisaion accorded the report will be that a.:p-propriate in the Judgm1a1~t of the forwarding agency, accord ing to its apparent authenticity and importance as intelligence. c. Reports will be forwarded to Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Attention: MCIS. d. Renorts forwarded by electrical transm1es1on will include, as far aa possible: (l) A brief description of the obJect(e); its ehe.pe, size, color, number, formation 11 more the.r. one, aerodynamic features, trail or exhaust, propul sion eyotem, speed, sound, maneuvers, manner of disappearance, and other ~ertinent or unusual features. (2) Timo sighted in 24-hour clock zonal time, and length of time observed.
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Source text · mention only-- (3) Manner or ooaervatton; vieua.1 or elootron1o, from air•(giYe speed, altitude, and tYpe of aircraft), or surface. Any t)'l>e of optical or olectronio equipment uoed ohould be described. (4) Location of obeerTer d.urine eightinc, giving emct lati t~de and longitude as closely as feasible, e:ad/or refereno~ to a known landmark. Location of obJect(s) with reopeot to observer, giving distance, direction, and altitude. (5) Identifying information on obeerTer(e) and Witnesses, eetiJ11ate of reliabilit~ and experience, and aDT faotore bearing on e&time.ted reliability of the o1ght1ng. (6) Weather ani!. Vind condi ti one (teletyPe eequencee) at timft and pla0e or aightings. (7) Arq activity or cond1tion, neteorolog1ce.l or otherw1ee, which might accowit ~or the sighting. (8) Ed.etence ot tUl¥ ~sica.l evidence; fragments, photo graph• and the like, of the sighting. (9) Interception or identification action taken. (Such ection. ehould be takeu whenever teaeible, complying w1 th exietil'lg air de:tente direotives.) e. Beporte forvarded by eleotrioa.l tra.nemieaion vill be follo~ed up Vi thin ten (10) dsya by a vritten report on AJ Form 112. Thh report will contain the ea.me 1nf'orma.tlon specified 111 subparagraph 2d above in greater detail, and where feasible v1ll include sketches and aigned attested narrative 1tatemente of observers. f. Written reports of a1ght1nge~ where no previous electricall7 tranemitted report has been submitted, will follow the same fonn as the written follow-up report described 1n subparagraph 2e above. g. AQ phya1oal ertdence of the e1ght1J16 will be forwarded by most exped1ttoue means to Command1ng General, Air Materiel Command, Attn~ MCIS, under cover of' a lotter identityin« the shipment with the report ot a1ght1Jlt;. Mention ot the method and time ot eh1pp1n,; of' thie evidenoe will be included in written report ot the sighting. 3. It 1e 4ee1red tha~ no p~blioit7 be given this reporting or a.ne.~o1 • act1 T1 ty. BY COMMA.ND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF: Info copiee to: Dir/Int, G-2, Army Dir/Naval Int. Comoondant (111T) US Coast Gus.rd (l r1G,_,;J, .(-/ __ C. F. CABELL Sp Ae1t for Research & Intel. State Major General, USAF Direotor JBI Director of CIA D1rector of Intelli gonce f\(\~ lt: Jof~rT• I\ IC Vi \Ji t Vr lhC
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Source text · mention only!, OARD FORM NO. 64 • • 0j!fe-Memoraridum • UNITED STATES•GOVERNMENT TO FROM THE DIRECTOR IIR. D. 11. LADD t DATB: SUBJECT: O FLYING SAUCERS FUING DISCS 1/ GREEN FIREBALLS Traey__ Harbo __ Mohr___ Tele . Room_ October 9, 1950 'l'Ol eon ~ Oancly_ _PURPOSE To advise you 0£ the most recent informtion l<;nam, tQ .t}la Bureau concerning the captioned aer1.a1 phenomena. BACKGROUND You w:i.ll recall that on August 2.3, 1950, I furnished to you a memorandum regarding Project Tw:inkJ.e set up by the Department of the Air Force, with the assistance of Land-A:ir, Inc., at Vaughn, New Mexico, for the purpose of obtaining data regarding these unusual aerial phenomena which had been seen in the vicinity of sensitive installatims in New Mexico. To. date the Air Force has not advised us of aw PAJI ~vel2!!1ents in connecticn with t.his projec t-7 , Dr. Anthony o. Mirarchi, Project Engineer of Project Twinkle, has been contacted by the ilbuquerque Office and arrangements have been made in order that 1:ihe Bureau will be advised in the event any in£ormation relative to t.heBe phenanena indicates any jurisdiction on the part of the Bureau. According to Bureau files, an av~age of appro:x:imately three or £our ~ laints have been received per month 0 £:rom Junrthrough Seif'tember. These complaints were brought to the attention of OSI. A review of Bureau files does not indicat.e that there has been arry increase in the sight.ings of these phenomena during or as a result of the -war in Korea. JURISDIGI'ION FOR INVESTIGATION OF 'ffiESE PHENOUENA You will recall the investigation to obtain information concerning these aeria:l. pbenanena is the jm-isdiction 0£ the Department of the Air Force. The Department 0£ the Air Force is aware o:f our jurisdiction in matters relat.i.ng to espiona ge, sa~otage and internal security, and we have contacted OSI and requested them to advise us of any developmentB in connection wi.th these phenomena ·which would be o:f interest to us as a resul.t of our jurisdiction • f RECORDED • 105l t ~ EEM:de l Vlil 10 1 5 4 ijl;T 16 1950 1 3a' yI - 4 I .,ff\ t 1" II
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Source text · mention only--------- POSSIBLE ORIDIN OF THESE AERIAL PHENOMENA The Bureau has been advised in the past by OSI that many of the sightings reported to them were determined by :investigation to have been of weather ballocns, falling stars, meteorological Iiienomena and other air -borne objects. INFORMATION OBTAD1ED BY BUREAU LIAIOON FROM OSI, WASHINGTON, D. C. RE THE CAPTIONED MA1'rffis ON OCTOBER 9, 1950. Bureau liaison determined on the morning of October 9, 1950 .from OSI headquarters that the :investigations of these aerial phenomena are being handled by OSI, Wright Field, Ohio. Their investigation of these phenomena fails to indicate that the sightings involved space sbips or missiles from a:ny other planet or country. According to OSI, the complaints received by them have failed to ~''indicate any definite pattern of activity. OSI .further advised they are close~ following the investigation of the captioned matters, and they will advise this Bureau of any matters of interest. ACTION None. The above is for your information. - 2 -
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Source text · mention onlyPOSSIDLE ORIGii! Oi TI!El'E Ai":fiIAL Pifil?JO!.M:A The Bureau hes boon advisocl in tho p.:i.st l.:r.f OCI t.ruit; ra-,y of tho oighti."lgc reported to them 'UO!"o dctcroincd by inves~..,ici+tion to h~vc ocen of r.oathcr ballocno, i'o.ll.'i~ c tnro, odtcorolo~ical }tlono:t1coa ruid other n:i.r borne objects . 3l1 BY BU? ~Ol On'. , \1Ac-r.:1!!t1TOU, D. C • :T lus t4!'ut.... u, 9, 1950. Bureau l:iaicon detorr '.,:iod on tho. T.!Orning of October 9 , 1950 fi•om OSI hoad.~unrtoi-s tbat the inveatlrsationo o£ tiicae .!0 rw phenomena arc being handlod by O"I, r.right Field , Ohio . 'i'hoir invo::Jt~tion of i.'icnc i;ncno:nona fe.il.c to inclioo.tc tha.t th s1 chtincs involved op.lee s ips or mssilos f'roo .any other plo.nct or com'try . Accord:ing to Oo.1I, tho cor.tplnints rocoivod l:iy them hnvc failed to indio.:i.to any definite ttorn of activity . O::J: f'urthcr a.dvi~ctl they v.re closely .i'ollomnc the invcstication of the ooptianod mttors, n..,id they i:.i.ll adv.lso t.~is Dureau of .my tto1·0 or intcroot . Pono . Tio above in £or rom· :Lrifornnt on. - 2 -
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Source text · mention only~--- ~M • I Office Memorandum • UNITED sTATEs GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI D ATE: October 2, 1950 SAC, PHILADELPHIA ATTENTION: MR. IEO LAUGHLINF~ : ~ ECT: FLYING DISC REPORTED AT PHILADELPHIA ON 9/26/So C_JJ:_ SA')L,tl'"' During the late evenmg hours orSep1:.ember 26, 1950, two Phila delphia pol ice officers observed a peculiar phenomenon on Vare Boulevard near 26th Street when they sa\r a round object about six feet 1n circumference slowly f l oat down to the ground . The object had the appearance of a parachute and landed in a field, it being so light it did not even depress the weeds in the field . The object was lavender in color , described by the off~cers as dewy, sort of like soap suds, and evaporating within fifteen or twenty minutes after it landed . When touched by the off icers, the substance composing the object disappeared, leaving nothing but a slight sticky substance . I This matter was reported to this office by the Philadelphia Police and for that matter , was subsequent l y carried in the Philadelphia press as "Fl ying Saucer Just Disso l ves" . .,,, - ;7 Mr. LAUGHLIN of the Bureau was telephonically advised of the above by this office and issued instruct i ons that the matter should be referred to Air Force Intelligence for handling and any investigation . Accordingly, Major WA'ITS of the Philadelphia Office of OSI was telephonicalfy advised of the above and no further action was taken by tl?,is office . FMK/mmd 98-0 I ocr18Z
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Source text · mention only------ AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~ U STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTIC ~ To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. lJRQEI7rOOTCl3ER 13, 1950 Transmit the following message to: SAC, US IJm:IE3 O FIJID:o SAUCERS. you ARE DiSTRUCTED To DISCREETLY PPROPRIATE RELIABLE souncm OF YOUR CFFICB mtE'rllER JT''!:-V.: .)Ctr,LY, At11'IIOR OF THE BOOJC QUarE BEHll4> TBB PLYml SA~ m':;"a?Z IS IDE?1t'ICAL 'l'O THE FRMil SCULU O HAS BEEN OED IN Cvlt!.:i'.UNJl:ST ACTIVI'llm SINCE 1"HB IATB RIHB'l'E!N. www.ms Ill THE fERRl'l'atI (J! yom CFP'ICB. BomER llr. TOllOD :: gt;ffn-- 111'. 1.e44----_-_ llr. Nlcnola llr. ROMD - llr. Tnc:,-- Mr. Ep.11~----_ llr. -·llr. H&rbO -- llr. IIOllr.:;:-_-_ -_ ::: ~f..!"C- Tele. ROOII - 111'.Ne... - lllar<.&nd:Y- J t. t I ) I pE;~ rYJ.'r'-~j)r-:-"i'.''."'i"."'::-:-:-:~~ -:------ --1.1:.:::: ,l Per_~----Y~ ::.._M NO' 23 1~6~
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Source text · mention onlyI'~ r"'\ T"T" A T J 'I .Ki..- • • 0£PARTM£NT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THiC IN ■ PCC T Olt OCNCRAL U 84' Autholity: 17TH 0t9TRICT OF"FICE CF" SPECIAL lNVESTtGAT I ONS NND90986 l<fJIT l,.ANO AUt ' 0 A' C I! 9A. 8t. N C W M t 'W.ICO DR/ms 25 Hay 1950File Ho : SUBJECT : Summary or Observations ~erial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area , December 1948 - Uay 1950 TO : Brigadier Gener al Joseph F . Carroll Director of Special · Invest.i gation s Headquarters USAF Washington 25 , D . C. ff /, I 1 1 1. In a liaison meeting with other military and government intel ligence and investigat1ve agencies in December 194 8, it was determined that the frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Me~dco area was such that an organized plan of r eportin g these observations should be undertaken . The organization a_~d phys ical location of units of this Dis trict were mo~t suitable for collecting these data , therefore , since December 1948 , this District 'has assumed the responsibility for collect ing and reporting basic informat i on with respect to nerial phe nomena occurring in this general area . These r eports have been distributed to the Air Materiel Command , USAF , in accordance v1ith Air Intelligence Requirements No . 4 , and to other intereste d military and government agencies . 2 . The r e is attached . as a part of this summary, a compilation of aerial phenomena sightings that have occurred mostly in the Ne,·1 Mexico area and have been reported by this Dist r ict Office subse quent to December 1948 . This compilation of sightings is not a complete record of all reported observations , but includes only those in which sufficient i nformation was available to justify thei r inclusion . The observers of these phenomena include scientists , Special Agents of the Office of Special Investigations (IG) USAF , air line pilots , military pilots , Los ~ Ala.mos Security Inspectors , military personnel . and many other persons of various occupations whose relia bility is not questioned . This com- .lJ!lilation sets forth the most important characteristics with respect to ~/ach observation and evaluates each sighting into one of thr ee c lassifi ations , (1) green fireball phenomenon , (2) disc or variation , and (5) ~ robably meteoric . f ~ /1/- ~ 1\llW'l ~i) • 87 - - .-3. There is also att~~cf an anal~fs of the green fireba ll occurrences in this aren made by Dr . LinSoI r l.a?az . Dr . LaPaz is the ~ s ' 0 -e 1--- ' ~ &19 ./ CONFIDEN1'1AL i,}Y' u -
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Source text · mention only•File No: (24- 8) - 28 Subj : Summary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico Area , December 1948 - 11ay 1950 2 5 ?.1a.y 1950 Director of tho Institute of Meteoritics and Head of the Department of Ma.thematics and Ast r onomy at the University of New Moxico , He was Re search Mathematician a.t the New Mexico Proving Grounds under an OSRD appointment in 1943 and 1944 , and Technical Dir ector of the Opera t ions · Analysis Section , Headquarters , Second Air For ce , 1944 - 45 , Since 1948 , Dr . LaPaz has served on a voluntary basis as consultant for this Dis trict in connection with the green fireball investi gations . 4. On 17 February 1949 and again on 14 October 1949 , confer enc es were held at Los Alamos , N'ew liexico , for tho purpose of discussing t he green fireball phenomena . Ropresentativos of the following organiza t ions were present · at these meetings : Fourth Arrey , Armed Forces Special Wea pons Project , University of Now Mexico , Federal Bureau of Inve sti gat ion , U, s. Atomic Energy Col!Dllission , University of California , U, S . Air Force Scientific Advisory Board , Geophysical Resea rch Division Air Materiel Command USAF , and the Office of Specia l Investigations ( IG) USAF . A logical explanation was not proffered with r espe ct to t he origin of the green fire balls . It was , hovJOver, gener ally concluded tho.t tho pheno mena existed and that they should be studied scientifically i.mtil theso occurr enc e s havo be en satisfactorily 0.xplo.ined . Further , that tho continued occurrence of une>..-pln.i11od phenomena of this nature in the vicinity of sensitive install ations is cause for concern . 5. ·The Geophysical Research Division , Air lJate riol Command , Crunbrid ge , Massachus etts , ho.s r ecentl y let a contract to Land-Air , Inc . , Holloman l.FB , Alamogordo , New Mexico , for a limited scientific study of green fireballs . The r esu lts of t his scientific o.pproach to "the pr oblem will undoubtedly be of gr eat value in determining tho origin of t hese phenomena . 6. This summary of observations of aerial phenomena has been prepar ed for the purpose of r e - emphasizing and r eiter ating the fact that phenomena. have continuously occurred in the New Mexico skie s durin g the past 18 months nnd a.r e continuing to occur , and , secondly , that these phenomena are occurring in the vicinity of sensitive mili to.cy o.nd government inst allat ions . ~--~~,.-- _-1 x.;·~-~-~-v , .. _,,le, \ 4 Incls DOYLE EES 1. Summary of Sightings Lt C lone 1 , USAF 2 . Photo of Sighting No. 175 Dis ict Comrn~ndcr w/comments 3 . Ltr fr Dr . La.Paz to Lt Col Rees , dtd 23 May 50 4. Graph indicating me.ximums 2 co~~FIDENTIAL
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Source text · mention only• •File No : ( 24- 8) - 28 Subj: SUlTllllary of Observations of Aerial Phenomena in the New Mexico .Area , December 1948 - May 1950 25 May 1950 DISTRIBUTION : , cys , Director of Special Investi gations, Headquarters USAF 1 e, , GG , Ail" Me.~eriel C01,,,u,.na , iJrie;h~ Pe:l;tereon .\FE, O~o Mi:ei. thr ee tm of"='fecludcal Intelligen~ 1 cy~ CG, Special Weapons Command, Kirtland AFB , New !foxico ]. cy , CG , Armed Services Special 'Nee.pons Project , Sandia Base , NfM Mexico . ATTlI : J- 2 1 ey, CG, ~e..dq:ua.1 tere, Foi.u:tA Army, Ft ,.-S,em. Houstoa, 'l!exa..i;. A!J.'!DI . 1r.e of s • G~ 1 cy , CO , Holloman AFB , New Mexico ~~ CO; Air Foree CambPi&~~boPatorios , Cambridge, 15a,s,e,• 1 cy , Director , Security Division, U. s. Atomic Energy Commission , Los Alamos , New Mexico , ATTM: Mr . B. o. Wells 1 cy , Federal Bureau of Investigation , El Paso , Texas 1 cy , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Al buquerq ue, New Nexico 1 ey , A.it For~-i.-e-A~ ·d , Pen"be.goo. lh,1ileli'A@; A~N I Dr,.,.-JeeeptI Kaplan . l-ey., Rea earon end- D8'\.·clopmen;; B-oara;-Fcl'.rlla:gen 13:uild.a.i.g A~"l-f,li-:--I;:;:,:::!~:~!.ael-&l:l'et'~~i,c-ere-t1t'±Ve D1recto1, ~J!l!Jl~tteo on . lcy , File
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Source text · mention only'1 • ·• •THE UNIVERSI T Y OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF M ETEORITICS ?Jay 23 , 1950 To: L·.; . Co].onel Doyle Rees > Commandin~ Officer 17th District , O. 3. I . From : Lincoln LaPaz , Dir ector Institute of 11eteori tics Subject: Anomalous Luminous Pnenomena ( Seventh Report) 1 . In the second report of this series , dated 1948 , Decemb er 20 , the writer listed ten significant differences bet·,'!een the bri:;}'lt green horizon tally -moving fireba l ls observed in the interval 194 8 , Dece mber 5-20 , a nd typical meteors . These differences vJere the following : ( l) The horizontal nature of the paths of nos·t of the December fi r eballs is most unusual . Genuine met eors are rarel y observed to move in horizontal paths . (2) Age.in the very lo·w hei ght of the Dece mber f ireball disc ussed in section 2 above sets it off in sharp contrast from the f.;enuine meteors for ·which hei ghts of the order of 40 or more miles are nf,:-.· - mally observed . (3) The velocity determined for the fi r eball of Dece1-::ber 12 is much less than the velocities de t ermined from typical meteors (and yet is considerably greater than the speeds of the V-2 Roc kets or jet planes or of conventional flares) . ( 4) In the case of meteorites that oenetrate to as low levels as that determined for the fireba l l of D~cember 12 , t he observed lu minous phenomena are always accompanied by very violent noises . No noises whatever have been observe,d in connection wit h the various December fireballs so far investi gated . (Note added on 1950 , May 23 : Possible exceptions to the noiselessness of green f ireballs a re ·!;he incidents of 1949 ~ January 30 , and 1949 , December 4.) (5) Genu:inem.eteorsaormally show remarkable variations in br ightness , beginni ng; as "fine thin ha i r lines , which are sca.rcoly visible to the observer , and then brightenin g up to flash out near · the end of their paths . In t he case of the December fir eb alls most of the observers have re porte d t ha-\:; t he g reen bal ls app ear ed almost instantly at their full brigp.tness .
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Source text · mention onlyTo: Lt . Colonel Doy le Rees - Page 2 Sub j: Anoma lo1.1.s Luminot~s Phe nomena ( S eventh Re~"'or t) ~1a.y 25 , 1950 ( 6) In the ce.se of Gen uine m eteors the pe..ths ar0 directed ";o v1a,r d all points of tb.e compass v,i ·th e q,~al :::'r c quoncy . Cn tr:e c o:n.'.;r a r -.,· in the casq1, of t},e g;r cen fi r eballs , plots of adm.issible approccs 1 sec tors show tha"'v the r e is a vorr:r p1·onouncGd tendenc y fo r 'the paths to come in f rom the north half of the s}::y . ( 7) The three gro ups of anor.1alous [·:reeni sr hn1 inous pncno 1!1ena show a cur ious association with ··;ell k:.~own meteo r sho,;1er s , alt: :ou.:;n none of these ~·.1etcor showers no r mally p ro ~,uce extr0mely 1::ri f,ht s r een fi r eballs , sv.ch as those rece ntly o·c servcd . ?or examp l e . th0 obser v2.ti on mentioned by :·:r . ::onnig appeared nee.r the ma::im,un of the Quad rant'id shower of e arly januar:; , ; ir . ;:cC ullo ur:;h I s o~s c rva.tio u of. August v1as near the time o.f.' the Pers id shoY1er anc':. t:1e Deccrr..'bcr obse rvations all fell in tllo inte rval co..vcr cd by tho Gcminid s:10y;'.)r . Thi s relationship ~nir-;ht i ndicate an attempt to rend.er the :::;rec,n f ire balls less conspicuous by causin [~ t,;1om to e.pp<::o.r only \'!:",m th<-r e i s consi de rabl e ;ncteoric a.c-':ivi ty . ( 8) As noted in an earlier com:·!lui1ic:':iaon , the renar !~a1·;ly v~_vid gr een color rer,or ted for most of the Decembe r fircbaJ.ls i s r e.rely observed in the c::,,sc of !l;Cn"':ne meteors . By l:.t1::orato ry tos-::; t~'liS peculiar colo r seems to be identical v1 i th tha':; g iven off by copper salts in the blowpipe fla.'lle . I f ·:;hi.3 i dcn":;j_fica•tion i s correct ., t he wave lon <:th of the:: r ncl i a tion f ro1:1 the, r;r ~c,n .;:'ircballs i s nea r ,, • 52laR. - ( 9 ) The duration es·t i rno.tes of betv,oen 2 e.nd 3 s econds r ~-;:-,ortod for the e;r ecn fi r eballs o.rc considcrc .b ly longe r than t:lose ( 0 ~4 - O. 5 secon d s) for tho o r dinary visno.l ;- o·cco rs , but s'tortc r thw'l ·'.:he duration ostimateo i nva.r ie.bl•r ro'">ort (,d in tho caso of a c;cnu i:nc motoo r ito f~ l l (5 to 30 s c co~ds ; r oven lon ge r) . ( 1.0 ) For none of' thu gr een fir eballs has a tn,i n of sparJ.~s or a dust cloud been report ed . 'i'hi s cor•tre.sts shar;;:)ly wi t;1 the be hav ior not ed in c ase of r,mtcoric f ircba lls --par ticularly those that penet r ate to th:, very lon levels ,·,he r e t :1c 6r con fir0ball of Decembe r 12 was observed . 2 . In the yea r an-:l a half s inc e this list v1as ~r ope.r ed , r.w.ny ad- ditional observations have been made , the total number of objects nov, acce pted as bclonginb in the i:;r eon fir0bi3:ll cat :.,gory be in s 72 . (Al thour;h t his number constitutes nearly 50;~ of the :i.nciJcnts listed in the acco mpanyi11g Swmnar y , i t cor:s-ti tut0s l ess than 5% of tho '..;otal number of unsc r eened observc .tions r .::portec. to the v1r:i.ter . ) Critical analysii:: o::: all g reen fi r eball r epo rts noYi available sh01.·1s that onl'.' one of the stat Oir.onts in t he list ~ivon in pa r aGr ~ph 1 needs to :~e" ·.:1oc1.il'~,cd , namely , i tem (1 ) . ihthin t!'tc last vear , a cons:dcrablt: nu..'T."Jer of the g reen fircba.l ls hc.vc appeared ·to fall vc r •cicr.lly dovmv,ard r8.t ;:0 r th~n C t\l l L h.L
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Source text · mention only4 ., •t To : Lt . Colonel Doyle Rees - Pa;e 3 Subj: Anomalous Luminous Phenomena (Seventh Repo r t) Nay 23 , 1950 to move horizonta lly . Howeve r, a strictly vertical infe.11 is also very rarely observed in the case of genuine meteor fa l ls . 3. An analysis just completed of the time dist ribution of the s reen fireballs so far observed permits us to add an 11th iten to the list of differences given in parag raph 1 above . The graph of frequency vers us local time which accompanies the presont r eport shov1s that the me.xii-mm frequency of s igM;ing of green fireballs ( occurring at approxiJ'.1at€l~r 2030) coincides in t i me with neither the frequency maximum for ordinary meteors ( occurrin:-; at approximately 0300) nor the f r equency ma:{imtun for meteorite falls (occurrinB at approximately 1600) . 4 . Inspection of the graph referred -to in paragre.ph 3 also v1ill show that most of the gr een fireballs have been sir)1ted i n a time i n ter val extending from about 5 p .m . to 11 p . m. (M31') . This concentration might be even more pronounced if it Y1er e possible ·co screen out of the secondary maximum , around 2 a . m. ( Jl3T) , all ordinary met e ors v1Lich have been mistakenly identified as green fireballs . That suc h !'1.iside~tif .ica tion has occurred is strongly suggested, by -t;he near coincidence in time of the secondary maxi:'lum of the green fireballs and. the v,cll established ear ly mornin~ maximum of the ordinarJ meteors . 5. Some significance may attach to the fact that t he tir:10 interval alluded to in parae; r o.ph 4 extends from about 7 a .m. to l p .m. in the Ural rcg;ion of the USSR. Since miss iles movine; YJith velociti es of ·t;he order of those found for the green fi r eballs for which real path detcrmino.tions have been possible would travel f rom the southern Urals to rfow Mexico ' in less than 15 minutes , a possible intcrprotation of the concentration of sightings rcrerred to i n para~rapn 4 is that tho ~reon fireballs r esult from guided missiles l aunched f rom basos in the Urals in tho mor nin3 hours befo r e cloudiness due to convection or blin<linG afternoon dust storms ca.n interfere v,i th non - radar tracking , such as has been used by the Optical Trajectory Section at Uhite Sands Proving Ground . 6 . The r e is also a pronounced concentration of ~roen fireba ll incidents on the fou r days , i"r iday , Saturday , Sunday , Monday , almost all of the most widely observed incidents having occurr e d on Saturday or Sunday . 7. It is a cur ious and fairly well - established fact that there has been a distinct decline in the number of gre en fireball sightin s s during the last two months , v,ith in which the number of so- called 11 f ly ing saucer 11 incidents in this region :'las attained an all - time high . 8 . Although I have r ecently r eceive d from Dr . Joseph Kaplan of ·Ghe Scientific Advisory Board a letter containing thE: sto.tem-::1t "l' ran k ly , I don ' t knoY1 of any U. S . experi:ncnts that would rosul t in the a ppcc,rt>.ncc of these unconventional objects , and neit he r docs Von Karman ". I still
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Source text · mention onlyTo : Lt . Colonel Doyl e Rees - Po.ge 4 Subj : Anonalous Luminous Fhenomena (Sevent h Rerort) )~y 23 , 1950 consider the most probable explanation of the r;r een fire ·:)alls +;o 1::e ·,he one r.; iven in the first of the thre e para r;ra· ·hs belo;-1 v1hich are q uo ted from -:rry lette r o f 1950 , Febn~ ary 20 , t,o !.Jr. i~ . 1:. ·.,yckoff , C,1ief ~·.t::ios pheric Fhys ics Laborator y , Base Direc·:;ora~e f or Geophys :.ca l :t0searc h . The last tvJo paragra Dhs q uoted bel oY1 well summarize ey r eco1rnnendati o:1.s concernin (; t he g reen firebe.11 problem : 11As a nr el i minary t o settin ~ down -th e project recom mend ...tion s ,•,hich you req ues·ted , I have very caref ull·r r eviev1ed all uvaile.';l e fi reb a ll data (obse r ve rs ' r eports , cransit meas •.:r e:--ients , cal culated r e al paths , e tc . ) cove r i n:; inc iden-t.s from those of Dc cer~b0 r G, 1948 t o the extraor dinary incident of Feb r ue.ry 7 , 1950 , ,,hic:1 '.,as been under i ntensive i nvesti ,;ation l'or the l a st tv.o wcel::c . A.s a res ult or this cornpre!.ensive r evie w, parti cula rl;• a s it re lates to the i n cident of Februar y 7 , 1950 , I i'e ol cor.:pelled to wr ite you in s oi,le what diffe r ent terms concerni nc my oy,n pa::-t i n the pr oposed fi reball projee t than I had in :-n.ind d1e!" we las c discussed ·thi s matte r . In brie f , I have come to the cone : us ion tnat , on t he basis of t l-e evidence now availa b le to mo , I Y1oulr., not be justified in reco rnn.end ing a fireball project . In ~, o pi:r..io,, , this evi<leace pr ove s conclu sh-ely tha.t the fireballs repo rt ~d on fall i nto one of t-:10 c ate i:;c rics : Those of the first categor y ( che l".ajori t y) are ncteori-te falls o:i.' unusual , but certainly not of im.nossible , r,~a'.;n it,,tde , f r eqncncy c.nd other character i s tics ; t ho s e of the second c a-'.;egor y ( the minority) are U. S . gu ided missiles undergoin~ tests i n the ne ighbo rhoods of the sens i tive insto.llations t:1ey a r e desi ?,;ned to defend . '.l.'hi s inte rpr etati on of the latt er catego ry is ·the one tlw.t I pr o?oscd in answer to a qu estion raised by Dr . '.i:'ellor at~ t.k: f ir st Los ,".. l l'~>no s conference on Feb r ,·a r y 17 , 194 9. It r;as not 'Ga.lcen ser iously ·chen and I doubt tha.t it v1ill be tal:on s e rio tisly a·t t::e pr e::io~';; time . Howeve r, even if my interpretation of t,tc unconventional !' ireballs is the cor r ect one , it is obvio us t!1at ·t;Jiose i n p osit ior. t o conf irm it should r efuse ~o do so . 11 11 0nly one ctl, c r point need be s 1;r cssod , namely , that i f I o.rr. Y1ron5 i n interpret in -:, tho ,~.uided ;;~i ssilcs c.s of U . S . ori:;in , t~H;r. cer tainl ;.' intensiv e , svs to:---ie:tic i nvo sti _ation of t.!:c~se ob jec·;:;s shoul d nc·i; be dela.ved un t il the ter.:-.in& ;;ion o2 tL o O,w c:;;ent acad€:1d c year . Recent int0;. 1.at i onal devc lopr:cnts co!;:pe l one to ~cnse "~ho imperative necessity of i mmediate investie:ation of the unccnw:,nti on al green f ireballs . in cas e yov are in ~1osscssio ··. o-" inf'c:::-:ne:ti on proving that tney are not iJ. S . miss:'..le s . 11 n If such c.n irmncd i o.te inves 'vii.;a·i;i on riere t o b::: undcrte}::c:-. , I would r ccor,ne nd t:1at Dr . Freel L. ~fhipple , of Farva rd Colle be Obse r vator y , be placed in c har ge of the p!:oto:;; r aphic -:?'. ,as e c f tLe inves tigation ; the.t Dr . Pet0 r :.~. J<:illrnan , of the Dor..inion Obs erva tor y , be placed in c harge of t>e spectrog raphi c :_:ihase of the invest i cz:i;i o11 ; CONrIDEr ~TIAL
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Source text · mention onlyr-,ns r 1C t f'r' ~ trrlA'I -, CV 'h i uw4.i iL" ~, 41 1. To : Lt . Colon el Doyle Rec s - Pa;;c 5 Subj : Anoma l ous Luminous 11ionomcna ( Seventh Repo rt) ;:ay 23 , 1S50 that Dr . L. A. Mann ing , of Stanford , and Dr . riillman be til e.cc8. :in c har ge of tho re.dar invosti i_;a·cion ; and , f i nalJy , t h 2t !)r . • iillio.m Crozi er , of t he Now i\ie:x:ico School of !fines , be placed in charg e of dus t colle c tion and idcntifico:cion . On the or.sis of many intcnci ve field s1.:rveys , I do not anticipate that g;r ound search will lead to any r ecoveri es , but in case such g r otmd search is to be att0mptcd , it should be carr ied out on tiw scale str essed i!:1. ri~J conv er sations with you and ?fo.jor Oder la.st month . 11 9 . Although the a.cove:: paraz;r &.phs y;c r c ,·1ri t ·i;en SO!-:tC months o.~o, the r ecornmondatio ns conta i ned in them ar c the ones I 1·!ould u.r gc you to con sider at the pr esent time . In conclus i on , . I shoul d. liJ..:o to r cr>cat the off er made at tho end of my letter of Feb ruary 20 to Dr . ;;(yckoi'f , na-rncly' to ser ve , if needed , as consultant on t he e;r ccn fird;e.11 project e,s • su.g;gested in l:Iajo r Oder' s letter ·l:;o me u.~der de.tc of t:ovcmbc r 29 , 19~9 , ,,it h the stipulation , h.o,·,eve r , that my service be on a vohmtary basi s rath er than on tb.e ,:;40 p er day con t r act specified in J-.:e.jo r Od0r I s J.e-ttcr •. Lin co ln Le.Pai , Direct or InstU;u t e of Lctco ritics Uni vc r s i :,:,y of Ho•:J l.fo,dc o
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Source text · mention onlySigr.ting No. 175 Photo graph of Unknown Aerial Phenomena taken at Datil , New Mexico by Cpl Lert i s E . Stanfield, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on 24 and 25 Feb 1 950. An analysis of the above photogr aph was made by Dr . Lincoln laPaz, Head of the Institu t e of Meteoritics, Univers ity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, who reache d the following con clusion s : a. The angular diameter of the perfectly round luminous object Stanfield observed was imatel y 1/4 of a degree . approx b. The angular velocity of the object in the sky was greater than half _a degree per minute. Dr. LaPaz stated that on the bas is of t he results (a) and (b) above, the object seen by Stanfie ld was not t he moon (for the angular . diameter is too small), it was not Venus or any othe r planet (for the angula r diamet er ~as too large), and it was not a bright fixe d star slight ly out of focus (for the observed rate of motion is double that due to the diurnal rotation of the earth).
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Source text · mention onlySumen ero] aro#,lhpsitcsT（eont) *Roliabilit Obsorvors to Vertieal Durabion of Oceurrcnoe orizortal iroecion uora quorodd- o JO 3Oy pmog Tine 2- E 5 24 Uc Unle hoenix, EtoT Greon 7 75 Btar Vory sloy Became very Arizona S. brirht ad fell apart 5 or App R Vaugin 4001 Descending Bright Rione Rotmd Larger Dosconding Bxploded 4Lov 2200 500 clouly in "hite then bas- slowly Hexico vertical ketball manner 25lovApp R Vaughn, 200' Desconding Brizht Nono Round Larger Dosconding Bxplodod 1 2200 5001 sloly in vhite Chan bo.s- slonly Leico vertical letball manner 5Dec 2135 2 R Las Vegas, Slightly Eorizontal witish Fev Disappoarod 8 New lexico above slightly orange secs 19,000 doaconding 2 5Dec App 2 R Albuouer- lio move- 10,500 Parabolic Greon es 2 one Round Faded out 6 2200 quo,lew ment curve secs lnoted Sandia EtoT Slight Groon Yes 2--3 Nono Round 1/3dia- Rapid Vanishod 10 cDec 2255 1 Unlc Base,jlew falling Secs neter of loxico arch moon 8Dec 1083 2 VR Las Vogas, EtoSW13,500 Horizontal Bright Ycs 2 Tlono Larger 11 Rapid rato Fadod out New green SOCS than a ofspood lezico flaro
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Source text · mention onlySummary of Sightings of Unlmcwn Aerial Phenomena,l7th District OsI (cont) Page 37 *Reliability of Observers Occurrenco to Vertical Duration of Observation Observers Direction of Flight Horizontal Disappear- Apparent Altitude ilanner of Gonore.l Arca of pparent Course Date Trail Sound Shape **Evaly sizo ance 950 200 21Tar 1320 1 Unk Sandia Base,E to S App450 2ob- None10 Rone Round App size of Excessive Gradually (2) New Hoxico jabove jects mts dime at to jet faded fron horizon silver arm's len- flight jview gth 201 211ar13001 Unk Sandia Baso,NE to SE 40,000- Varied Tono30 Hone Round Size of endAbout same Disappeared New Mecico 60,000' from mts ofthumb atas jet air- shiny arm's len- craft silver gth to sha.dy gray 20221ar13151 Unle Sandia Baso, E 750 White Tone mts HoneRound Smallor App.600- Disapocarcd (2) Now Mexico above than fist 700mph from range horizon at arm's ofvision length 203 21ar13004 Unlk Kirtland SE to S 40°-500Zig-zag Bright onc|1mt None.Round Sizoof About same Disappeared (2) 1330 AFB,ew above motion up silvor dimc at as fast jet from range horizon &down arm's aircraft ofvision longth 2042216r110011 Unle Kirtland NI chang- 25,000 Horizontal Tan to ono5-6NoncTlyingAbout size Extremely Disappeared (2) AFB,cw ing to N to brown secs wing ofgolf high specd Hexico 30,000 ball held ot arn's length CONFIDENTIA
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Source text · mention onlyCC-150 UN STATES ~~~~~T_MENT OF JUSTICE ~ To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. AL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION • URGENT 10/18/50 Transmit the following message to: SAC, LOS ANGELES q.LYING SAUCERS. REBt1.rELS OCTOBER THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN LAST. STJI'EL IMMEDIATELY RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATIO.N TO IDENTIFY FRANK , seeLLY, AurHOR OF QUOTE BEHlllD THE FLYIBG SAUCERS UNQUOTE. HOOVER . Tolson . Clegg - • Glavin : ~?..:=1-- - _.,,...._ . Rosen - rr~ • Tracy=== :: =--•a=== t ::: :r~-- f ~~~-1 9 :l.i~ llr. Penn l ngf.on IIJ" . Qui nn - Tel& . Room. - =......,....__ Ir Mr. Nea••-=== IUSt l.&ndy __ 5 .(tl ""-Jov 1 1950 0 ,')SENT VIA___________ ...:....,;,;~_M Per_)____ _ COPIES n-::sT WY8D 270 NOV 23 1964
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Source text · mention only,,4 DtrectQ?-, J'BI S!C,BhoacT.Ulo, RADAR ~ O:UJE.Hm'D!:O <mrJmTS ~ OAK mm&, Oa.tobe:- 12, 1,, 16) 1950 ~r,m:; 'll'lAL ~ Cff - If ~ ~lOoto'bezi: l3, 195(). 'l!ieNt !e being RbltitW herevitb a 00';7 ot two Npona IJad.o b7 Met:i"iot R&p:r-eaenta'tiv• o~ the OBI, 8th Metrict, U. S. AS.Z. Fo:rce, vith Z'egBJ'4 to the Qt,ecticn or m.1den:tffle! ob~ta b7 the .mm or re.der, o.a et tClll"tb :ln r.:r~.a telatype. ~ae repm-ta ccmt1i:we to set. f"crth a441Uonal. npwta cOX1Ce1"n!ila unid.entil'i-4 01>3ecta iii tho a1r apac• ena OffZ" Oak Mdea 'Jlitlf 5• • a, vhtoh to dat. n not been o;pla!Md. irii o :lnTUt1pticn ia beine conducted. 'b7 the !norrllle Ct,~'-:\~~ in th1a airatter, hut erq ~ :tnf'Ol'Wat.ton Neei'ffd 1'rca ~rif9 !'1 frm CIC rain-eaontativu vill be forva1-ded. 'fmeiUo:teq. Afr Mall. CCU:jav 65-475Enc.
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Source text · mention only- -- EDERAL BUR~AU OF INVESTIGATION CORRE~A:IO~ & LI- N.- SECTION Date ____ __, 1950 . _Director __Mr. Tolson __Mr. Ladd __Mr. Ammarell __Mr. Belmont __Mr. Bates __Mr. Laughlin __Mr. Blair --Mr. D. M. Brown __Mr. Keay __Mr. J. W. Brown __Mr. Bartlett __Mr. Cole -.Mr. Connell __Mr . Baumgardner __Mr. Conroy _Mr. Stanley _Mr. DeLoach __Mr. Hennrich __Mr. Dinsmore _Mr. Ellis __Miss ____ _ __Mr. Ferris Room.____ _ __Mr. Fipp _Mrs . Abel -/ / • __Mr. Flaherty __Miss Cuddy ._7""..-t.,lt ~ -.Mr. Foley __Miss Reddy -fu __Mr. Gotschall _ _ Mrs. Schwab ....:;t; • __Mr. Harrington __Miss Wielkiewicz __Mr. Kuhrtz Landis~r. __Mr. Bromwell Mr. Lawrence Identification Division-h ~Mr . Lynch _Miss Harrington, Room ~2~r. Mansfield -.Mail Room, Room 5533 __Mr. Martin __Reading Room, Room 5531 __Mr . Millard /(~Mr. Moynihan Section !:) ;() _Mr. Noone Routing Unit __Mr. Obenshain Send file, up to date __Mr. Ormond Send refere nce __Mr. Reynolds __Mr. Roach __Mr. Sanders __Mr . Secord hone Me __Mr. Sullivan Please Handle _Mr. Torrillo . -1fr. Woods ~~
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Source text · mention only- -------- - - - --- --- - ------ - - - ----- --- - - - ----- --------- - ------ ------ ------- - - --------- ----- ------- ----- ---- - ----------- \ RE. OF\UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJEC, \ u.s. ATO?.~ C ENERGY SECURITY SERVICE LOS ALAMOS, NE1f ',1EXICO DA'IE_~-...----,...-:---,-, ,.....---' 195_(Day) (Month) J 1. Name of Observe r ----.La...,,.- s"l""t---------=Fi,,-. -r -s -:-t ------, 1,-:,!.-.:I=-.- - r1 Stat i on assigned Secti,on Home Address Telephone Names of other lmown observe r s 2. Time and date of sighting ____hours _--=---- --=-=---:-:---- 195_ Day Month 3. Point of observation 4. Direction of object from observer - - - -------- --:--- 5. Distance of object from observer 6 . Angle of elevation from horizon degrees ?. Direction of flight of object 8. Time in sight 9. Nwnber of objects \N0£XED -11 257 10 . Shape of object a -GS 11. Projections and/or indentations -
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Source text · mention only-------------------- ---------- ----------------------- ------ ---------------------- ----------------- 12. REPORT . NIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS ( • •d) • Apparent construction 13. Apparent means of support and/or propulsion Size of object 15. Luminosity of object ~(B""'r_i.,...·g""'h_t_,_v_e_ry-,-br.....,..ig...,h...t,,_,-g""'l_a_r'""in_ g_,_e_,..tc-.).----- 16. Color of object _________ ____ _________ _ 17. Sound ------------ ----- ----------- 18. Cdor 3peed19. -------- 20. Evidence of trail or exhaust Effect on clouds ______________________ _21. 22. Tactics or maneuvers ______ ______________ _ 23 . Manner of disappearance ____ ______________ _ 24 . What attracted attention to object _____________ _ 25 . Additional Remarks of observer _______________ _ - 2-
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Source text · mention only------ - -- - -------------- --------- - - - ------ - ----- REPOR.T . UNIDENTMED AERIAL OBJECTS (. ' d). Observer's signature Title 26. Additional remarks of investigator Investigator I s signature Title - 3-
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Source text · mention onlyf October 17, 1950 SAC LOS ANGELES UROEt-1T C. l"LYI G SAUCE~S . .lEBUTEL OCTOBER THIRTEE~ U. '.'T . SUTEL RESULTS OF Yo·'R INQUI RY TO IDENTIFY FRANK SCULLY. HOOVER EHM :l!H -¼-t, r· IES DBSTR.OYED 270 NOV 23 1964
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Source text · mention onlySTANDARD FORM NO, 84 • Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT• TO , MR. LADD~ DATE: October 19 , 19.5V Tolson__ L&dd.__ FROM I A. H. BELMONT SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCER3 ~ , Tracy__ Harb<>__ Belmont __ 110111'__ Tele, ROCII_The matter of flying saucers was discussed by Special Agent Edward S. Sanders with Major General Joseph F. Carroll of OSI on October 16, 1950, at which time Qeneral Carroll advised that ~far as he ~s b~en able to determine the Air Force_is not workin~ on a_gy type of "flygng saucer" or "flying disk" . General Carroll statea tat the Air Force is working on high altitude rockets and jet ai~c.raft . He stated these experiments may ac..£2lli}t for ~ome _of__!_he r~orts concerning flying s9uc~ but that the Air Force is not apparently working on anythin g which is the cause of the many flying saucers reports . He stated that the Air Force program for investigating reports concerning flying saucers , etc ., has been reinstituted at ~/right Field and that any perti nent information of interest coming to his attention will be furnished to the Bureau . RECOM: _&ND ATI ON : The foregoing is for your information . -ES3 :ilw
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Source text · mention only- • • REC EIVEO··LMlt F BI s OF.?T. OF JUS r,r n--r In 3 Ocr I9 11 02 PM '50 n_\\\t".ec1 0\\ • 33 PM '50 \: •t: \'Jt~P. 1:11Ti I);~ - ! IAISON /i f. c•o BF.LH0,c1\\ ~ • ~ ~~ .F Js,,F.t: c- ,..1 i ' f t. ·' .~-s.o~1'.!.o\fpf. oMi~\YCE ut.:.rr. OF .1usru.r 'v~ ~ ' -• ~c,~ zJ, 32" 11 PM'50 ~~...."-v ,,·· Ocr 20 ,0 s1 AH'5D ..<.$~<,,_ ~~ ~.;-- '\~ RE:CEtVtO-T OLso,. '(," ~<:::> q~~ ~ b' F BI <-,<;') ' ~ II S. 0Ec, r Oi" .: IJ (, ( If f ~ ~ ~◊ '
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Source text · mention only• • I llouember 24, 1950 Director o/ Spacta1 InvcDttgattonc The Inepcctor General Dcpa rtncnt of -the Air Force Tlle Pentagon ashtngton., D.C. ti {}_ ..:._ ?29'1 ron: J. Edgar lloove r, Dtrecto r, Federal Bureau of Invoa-t;tgation Subje ct: FLYIJ."G DISCS rr • .Aaron L . Ilttchons, Chell'ica.1 Engineer in charge o/ the Chca1ca1 and Phystcal La~oratoriea of the •tncheeter Repeating Arno Co ;pany, 275 tncheotcr Avenue, /Jew Rauen, advised the Jlew Haven Office of thia Bureau that on Frtday, October 20., 1950, he, his wt/e, and daughter, who racide at 495 Edgewood Avenue~ Ile~ Daven, went out of thetr hone tnto the bact yard at apprort'l!.atcly 6:J5 p . a. Hts young daughter called htc a~ cn~ton to c o~ar which was ov,no, and JJr. Hitche ns noted a spherc-li~e object directly overhead that gave a ntcady golde1 ,-oran gc glow . Oc stated that th is ob}ec-t z.,as very htgh, bctng between ten to t~cnty thoz.wand jcet ~tgh, poDsibly nigher . The glua gtue~ of/ was very steady, not blin~ing~ and the ohole sphere ttaclj glo·cd tn about the aace consiotcncy. J'o wttnesaed thia object for a.ppro.,.inatcly men$y seconds, durina ohtch ttne tt ~ravoled tn a veoterly dt recti an tooord ller, York Citu. It then veered in a southerly dtrcction, as t]' crossing Long Ialand, or posc;bly in auch a direction that it night have been trau ling oucr Long Island . Ha lost sight cf thiB object as it dteapp ared behind trees. Ha advised t~P. a,t2e o/ ~ho object oaa appro:ioaicly ten tt es the d1~oetcr '.ol~Ycnus, ~hich cas shin1ng uory brightly 1;hat n-tght . 11.d ctatecl t ~ a very clear ni(lhz and that all son_ _ t11.c ctars tn the slry cere ~i.:Jtnclin!}, an conparcd to t1ic steadtneos ~-- of the gloo gi~~n ~Yl by iht~ object. JJe advised that ~he object '1"-- did not appear' to ,dim(n1~1'-\\t}\ size as it -traveled .farther away, :h- bu~ appeared to ~~tcftn abo~t the saoe stse ac when he first - 11}1~7:" ~-.': ~~\J_b~ "\}.~ g1sso Cl'
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Source text · mention onlyANDARD F'ORM NO. 64 • • Q_ffice Memorandum • uN1TEn sTATE s GovER NMENT DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: November 9, l.950 SAC, NEW HAVEN SUBJECT: FLYIW DIS_;g AARON VHITCHENS, INFORMANT The following is being brought to the attention ot the Bureau so that it ma;y be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with instructions set forth in SAC I.etter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949. Mr. AARON L. HITCP..ENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical. am Physical. Laboratories of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Z75 Winchester Avenue, New Haven) was interviewed in connection with other official. business and furnished the f'ollowing information: He advised~t on Friday, October 20, 1950, he alXi his wife and daughter, who reside at 495 F.dgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back door of their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M. His little daughter called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Kr. HITC~ noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange glow. He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand feet, possibly higher. The glow given off was very steady and not blinking and the whole sphere itsel.t glowed in about the same consistency. He witnessed this object for approximately° twenty seconds during which time it traveled in a westerly direction toward New York City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed that possibly it was near or over New York City, it then veered in a souther- ly direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it mi8ht have been traTeli.ng over Long Island. He lost sight ot this object as it disappeared behini trees 1n his vicinity .y He advised that as to the size of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which was shining veey brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night aml that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadi- ne·ss or the glow given off by this object. He advised. that the object did not appear to diminish 1n size as it traveled farther away from him but appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it directly overhead. The same steady orange glow persisted during the entire time that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually cut from his sight by nearby trees, Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him any way that he probably would have lost sight of it very shortly due to distance had the trees not intervened. The object made no sound whatsoever MHF:FGM RECO,\ur.u 1u, . ,,,. < '/ 1N0Ex:o to?I~.£.. Y NOV 13 1990 , {,~ ,, ~ ) -~,,J~~ "'' · ~ •. , - l'N-~ Cfib'
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Source text · mention onlyL~ er to the Director 11/9/';IJ and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just a complete circular .ball. He had no idea as to the method of propulsion but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over New York City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object am he could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind a.rd Mr. HITCHENS mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred am seven hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors and had no idea as to its construction. To his knm1ledge the only other persons in this area to have witnessed this object were his wife and daughter. Inmediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door of neighbors occupying the same house..1.~s the HITCHENS to bring t~ei:. to, the yard. However, these neighbors-liaa not witnessf)c( the object e!"-6y the time they got outside the object had disappeared. Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years of experience in research and developnent. He is not a pilot but baa done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs. He understands from reading the above matters tmt the star Venus is often mistaken by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening am compared the size of this object as being ten times Venus• diameter. He also states that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight. Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval. He specifically requested that no public announcement or conment be given to the fact that he bad reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci dent.
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Source text · mention only• • DIRm'fOR, PBI lovember 9, 1950 SAC, NEW HAVEN FLIIlG DISCS AARON L. HITCHENS, INFOBMANT The following is being brought to the attention or the Bureau so that it mq be referred to the Department of the Air Foree in connection with instructions set forth in SA.C letter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25, 1949. Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical am Ph7sieal. Laboratories ot the Winch~ster Repeating Arms Co., 'Z'/5 Winchester Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business and turniehed the tolloving information: He advised that on Pridq , October 20, 1950, he alXl his vite and daughter , who reside at 495 FAgewod Avenue, New Haven, went out or the back door of their home to the baclc yard at approximatelJ" 6:15 P.H. His little daughter called his atten t ion to a. star in the sky that was moving am Mr. HITCHENS not ed a sphere - like object direetlJ" overhead which gave a stead;r golden orange glow. He stated that this object vas veey high between ten to twenty thousand feet , possibly higher . The glow given ott was very steady and not blinking and the whole sphere itself glowed 1n about the saae consistency . He witnessed this object tor approximately twenty seconds during which time it t raveled in a westerly dire ction toward Rev York Cit,- and then wh•n Hr. HITCHENS believed that µossibl.y' it was near or ovor Rev York City, it then Teered in a souther- ly direc t.ion as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it llight have been traveling over Long Island . He l ost sight ot this object as it disappeared behind trees 1n his vicinity- . He advised that aa to the size of the object , it was approximately ten times tho diameter of Venus, which was shining very brightly that ni8}lt. He states it was a very clear night aIJi that all the stars 1n the sk;yvere twinkling as compared. to the steadi - ness ot the glow given ott by this object . He advised that the object did not appear to dim:\ni ah in size as it traveled torther &lfaT from him but appeared to maintain about the aallle size as when he first noticed it directly overhead . The ean.e steady orange glow persisted during the entire time that he witnessed it . Although this object was actually cut from hie eight b7 nearby trees , Hr. HITCHENS states that it vaa so tar away trom lrllll aey ,ey that he probably would have lost sight of it ver1 shortly due to distance had the trees not intervt'ned . The object made no sound whatsoever MHP':FGM
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Source text · mention only• • Letter to \he Director and there eeemed to be no attactmenta or projections or any kind, ju.et ► a complete circular ball . He had no idea as to the method ot propuleion but advised that at the time it seemod to c~e directiona, probably over New Yo:rk City, that it ha.d seemed to back up and go torward, poeeib.1¥ t'WO or three times in oroer to execute a change ot.direct.ion. There wore no clouds in the ~ that interterec1 with hi.a vieion ot thie object arxi he could not comment a, to whether or not this object penetrated or cirown vent.ed cl.ouda. The object left no trail or an7 kind ard. Mr. HITCHENS matheinaticallJ' calculated its epeod at betnon tour hUMred and seven hundred lllil.oa per hour, deperxling on the height which he atated he could noi accurately' compute. He advised that he could not recall &n7 odors and had no idn as to its construction . To hie knowledge the onl:, other persona in thia area to have witnesaed this object were his wife and dat1ghter. Imnedie.tely upon sighting the object, hie wile ran to tho door ot neighbors occupying the aamo houae As the HITCHElJS to bring t.heln to the ,a.rd . However, these neighbors had not wi.tne~eed tho object &a b7 the time the¥ got outa1de the object had disappeared . Mr. HITCHENS stated that he 1s a Cbllllical. Engineer, has titteon yeare ot experience in rouearch and develop1umt. He ie not a pilot but. baa done con•id erable flying and hae aleo done considerable Nading, includ ing technical data concerning tl;rtng eaucere and discs . He urnerstaoos trom reading the above matters tblt the star Venuu is o.t'ten mistaken by observers tor flying eaucere arid h• pointed out that he feel, that ha 1a familial- with aatron~ not to contuae the object he saw with Venus aa ha also recall• Vonua int.he 11kt on that particular evening ari:l compared the a1ze ot thia object as being ten times Venua• diameter . Ho also states that he coaaputed the apeed at which thia object was traveling by using point• in bis area, such as, root tops and tree tops together vi.th tho die tanoe ho walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight . Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would tum this information over to another agency and indicated that this was according to hi• approval . He specificall.y requested that no public announcement or comment be given to the tact that he had reported seeing the above object . Hr. lilTCHENS appeared to ho a very reliable and sincere individual and e~idencea con Biderable technical knowledge and experience iri reporting the above inci dent .
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Source text · mention only. ERAL BUHEAU OF IHV'~STIGAT .____. S . 1JSPART'..!8?1T OF JlJST...CE CO~.iUNICATIOOS SECTDN OCT 13 1950 TBLETYPS SAC, KNOX-TILLE 10- 13 - 50 8- 26 P ~ JYC IR1CT')H., FBI s U lt G E N T t " l fRADAR_p~TECTION OF UNID3NTIF2D OBJE~7S OVER OAK RID<E OCTOBER TVIELVE, H'ETEEN FIFfY , Pi:i.OrECTION OF VITAL INS'l'ALLATI 11NS. USAF h.ADAR INSTALL ATDN AT KN J(VILIE AT '!:L:V>.::H TIBNTYFIV!i: PM, EST, OCTOB"SR 'l'1,'lt~LVZ, PICKBD OP BDICATI'.>NS OJ<· ~L 'VE:N OBJ ~CTS AND PERHAPS MOr.E T!tAVJLIHG ACROSS CCXITR )T.,I,f,D AHEA lF ATO !IC ENET~ -;y INS'rAILA'l'ION AT OAK RIWE . ALTITUDS 1F OB,IBC"'S VAR!";D ~OU 0NE 'i.'HQUSAND TO TIVZ THOUSAND F'~.::T, C URSES ffiOM SOUTH SOUTH EAST 'i'O SOUTiiEA3T, AND ngN'>I'rY FRO.A ltEADIUG JJADE BY LrGHT AIRCHAFT TO AiitCRAFT ;~QUAL IN srz~ TO C FOrlTY Sl~VSN, SPEED FRO'! o~rs mmm.sJ T1 ONE HUlID3.3D T'f::NTYFDJ~ U.IL~S Pl~!{ H)UR. FIGHT3R PLAN..; ATl'~ED TO IVI' 1.tC~PT Tii F.fV .EWJT3S AND RADAR SC!tZ~U nEFL... ~TED CONI'AC'I', 3UT PLAN:~ ItEPJ.i.':'ED NO 03JECT COlLD B~ S~BN UTHEH VB1JALLY OR 0'1 PJ.Am;c:; RADAH SCRSEN. AEC PA'"HOL WAS AL81tTW BUT no OB.r:cTS 'JuULD a.; VISUAIJ.,Y SIGHT~D BY TlEM OVE•t TH!<; AR~A O'f!CR THAN THE AW. ADV.!SS:J Ai'1D Aff1~ CH .,,CKlNG I~CIDl--:HT. NO R31\SONABIB BXPLANATION FOR RADAR R-.:ADilJGS Y?.T DSV~LOP ;1) AL'.'.:'H()UGH OPBH.ATORS Af<E EXEH!ENCED REL ri\3LS P ;RSONl'IBL AND HADAR S~T IS IN P ~lffECT OPERATD 1G G1!!;:JITION. BU-tE U WILL B3 ADVISED OF FTJH'l'HJ.. D:VELJP. ;!CN'i'S . R03SY ,_ L _ACK AND HOLD Pm r • • •1 •-· ni.:r, ~ . 195C. NOV 228-31 PM OK FBI ~VASH DC GAR :::
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Source text · mention onlyJAMMING. SUTEL fiOERA.. £.,Ua£AU "• i.uwTIGAl,vu U. S. DEPARTMFllT Or JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTIOH , - . . ... FBI WASHINGTON DC 12-5- 50 4-47 PM GAR SAC , KNOXVILLE URGENT ~ DETECTION OF UNI DENTIFIED OBJCXXX OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA, PROTECTION OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. REURTEL DECEMBER FOUR LAST REGARDI NG POSSI BLE RADAR JAMMING AT OAK RI DGE. ARRANGEMENTS S HOULD BE MADE TO OBTAIN ALL FACTS CONCERNING POSSI BLE RADAR JAMMING BY I ONIZATI ON OF PARTI CLES I N ATOXXX ATMOSRHERE . CONDUCT APPROPRIATE I NVESTI GATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER INCIDENT OCCURRING NORTHEAST OF OLI VER SPRINGS, TENNESSEE , COULD HAVE HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED RADAR IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. HOOVER &ND CORRECT LAST WORD FIRST LINE PLS -PROTECt110N j OK D FBI KX OLO
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Source text · mention only• 1950 I Mr. TrC'ey - . Harbo Dolmo ,t,,__._LIIY' r. FfoI , RICHMOND 12-8-50 .liri cTOR URGENT RE FLYING SAUCERS . THIS OFFICE VERY CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUT ON IrMEDIATE - ALERT FOR ANY DATA WHATSOEVER CONCERNING FLYING SAUCERS . CIC STATES BACKGROUND OF INSTRUCTIONS NOT AVAILABLE FROM AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF REASON FOR ALERT LOCALLY, BUT ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER MUST BE TELEPHONED BY THEM IYMEDIATELY CIC ADVISES DATA STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 1✓ ~ :;J.31.i'-I- ~6'- AUERBACH DEC 131950 3RECORDED - 81 £.X-1!6 TO AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE . DISSEMINATED . 12-11 PM OK FBI WA NRJ
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Source text · mention only. CLASSIFIED .• CONFIDENTIA ~ --- 1/~ / INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY • f~ MESSAGE STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE fl IA~~tfELS Ht~tht/ d L 0 u" t .L~lt-s;r-, .. 1./Y~? PARAPBRAf\E NOT REQUIRED 7-· 1 t-e1-/P'ROM8 COUSAR.AL PT RICHARDSON ALASKA FROM AROSI 1108 DEFT.AR VASR DO ~OR ACOF3 02 D'l'G: l50J45Z 15 DEC 50 ;1ae Ai~ Comd reports military Jet pilots vie Fairban~~ vh1.le over ~oeka International Field at eo. altitude or 8000 feet observed a riaeh of light, yellow l.n color e t an al~1tuds between 25,000 and 30»000 feet g lior1zontel <11i,t.ance to obJeo't we.a npr.x. SO m1lee 800!1 nfter .fl.ash a da:rk broYn smoke appesred t,o 1 .. 6 or ol.1.mb at an arigle ot: J+o degreer.J a At the leac:u.ng edge or the i:Jmoke at aprx 100 teet appea.re(l an obJeot e1t.her 01gar stJ,:,,.:>ed or a ru el.age v1tho~t vi.:lg travelli.Dg at t.e1r1r10 ~p~aa F1lo'te utart;ed pur:u1 t on head.ins ot 210 d.egn,eg mag, :l.Ii.dioo.t!.ng ,380 at every ~~eep ol1.mb Pur u1t oont1nue~ un.t11 p11ote rea~hed v111nge or olear and loet e1gb.t of cbject9 Mea.o.~ime object ga.inod altitude and epeed and dill ppeared 'because of d1etanoe ot aprx 50 to 55,000 feet Color of smoke brovn. 8 Go1or ot obJeot dark and no re~l~ot1on ~rom eunl1ghto P~lots aaaured. of be.pe 'because of peri'eot 1lhouette aga.1.net the BWl., One p110t had opjeut. 1n Vi V apr. 4½ m1nao P1r t ■ 1ghted at l50026Z. ,, oord.1nate 64 degs 13 m1nD lol"th., 149 degs 30 mi.us West o / ~< ~ 1.n£o will be tvd when obte.1.."l.ed o 'b~- -J_ ~Y:- ~ f~ l~g 1 1EC 21 ·so ~ , I Authority .\~NND 90986 ACTION: 02 , INFO: 03, AF CM IN 932 (15 Dec 50) IYI'O: 150345Z rvk/7 1'1·1 D~f15 50 4tOCS FOl,it,l 2-,,n_ -~ r JAN, 5.0 1,v,1 COPY NO.CONFIDENTIAL271950 REPLACES DA SCO FORM 22-3, 15 JAN 49. WHICH MAY B~ USED. * U.S. GOVERNMEflTPRINTINGOfflCE , l~-0 668129 I 21
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Source text · mention only• a •STAND/ f ,o l"ORM NO. 84 • • -., ~ •Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DIREm'OR F.BI DATE: 2- 10- 51 .M l~ ~ : SAC KNOXVILLE SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFJED OBJECTS OVER OAK RilX}E AREA, PROTECTION qF Vll'AL INSTALLATIONS A ,..,_co-f/Hr IALr< cq I 1' 5'"-. ,,... S Re Knoxville letter date~ 12-13- 50 . ~ ,i f-J For in.formation of the Bureau, the below l i sted copies of Jr CIC , G- 2 Third Army , pertaining to captioned matter are forwarded herewith . Report of SAC WILLIAM E. GRAY, ere, dated 1 -2-51, ent~tled "Ob ject Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee . " CIC reports dated 1 - 20-51, entitled . "Objects Si8hted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee" . Enclosures - 2 65-475 CCz.fwj G. \. R._-1 '---~ <\'« Authority: FEB 195 NND 90986
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Source text · mention only. .' • 8W&IDANI.tAf. SlDN\RY OP' IIFORMA!l'IOB lllth CIC, FAO # 8, P.O. :Box 319, Knoxville, TenneHee. OBJECT smRTED OVER OAK RIDGlil,. TElfflESSJ!!E. (In oom:pliance with letter AJACI-360. 33 General, dated 15 November 1950, Headquarters, Third b."tq. SUJ3JECT: UaconTent1onal Aircraf"t, the followiM ie aubmitted.) # Location e.n4 Tims of S1~till§: Befuen 0820 e.n.i 030 hour• on 18 Decom'ber 19'0, cm the Turnpike, vitbin. the controlled area, approximate~ one (1) m.Ue frora the White lt4ig entrance and. Y-12 plant. B. Ve.o.'thor at tlle Time: At 0730 hours .. win4 from the 1'ortheaet, sewn '(1) 1111.ee por hour; temperature - 20 degree& 'F. according to the Atomic :Bn&rgy Comm1■e 1on M:>teorological D1T1sion. C. Jfam,■ 1 Oooup.tiona, and Acldros■e■ ot \litneaeea: Dr. A. J. MUler, 518 l>e1aware Avenue, Oak R1age, Tennessee . ~. V. P. Cal.kins, 105 Di•aton Road, Oak R1dao, Tenn&Hee. Hr. J. Frank Coneybear, 119 M&adov Road, Oak Rids•, Tenneaaee. Mr. A. o. ~:rham, 101 Devey Road, Oak R14ge, Tenne■aee . Mr. F. T. BlJr, 221 VUJ.anova Road, Oak Ridge, Tenneaaee. Lt. Col. John R. Hood., u . s.A.F., 200 Vfrs1n1a Road., Oak Ridee, Tenne■aee. Cclr. E. w. Rr-1bar, U.S.lf., 103 Norrie Lane, Oak R1dee, Tenne■eee. Maj. Walter L. Cara■, u.s.A.F., NEPA Diviaion, Fairchild Enaine and Airplane Corporation, Oak Riclee, Tenne■■ee. D. Phot<>Br!pha ot Objects, if aTailable: l'loue. Object s19ted: A 11 t amanatins in the nape ot a o1rcl •, ot an inten■ ity- much greater that that ot a bright moon, giTine the im:preasion ot torm in oonnectio nYith the .l1gllt. The light vu 'Whito 1n appearanoo and cl.1.d not ehov any eiane ot ref'raotion into a ban4 or oont iuuoue ai,eotrum. Thia obJeot va8 tranllns 111 a JJortbsaterl.y direction, 15 to 30 degree■ elevation above the horizon, ,and: appea:recl to dimmini■h cOll81d.erable in eize duriDg thirty eeoonda or obsenati To another group, the obJect appee.red only aa a brieht reflection ot the ■un f'rom. an apparentq metal surtaoo. Bo accurate eat1mate ot the object' ■ size or range ooulcl be male f'rcc tho ob■enat ion. F. A& other pertinent 1n:t'ormation: Folloviz:ut 1a. a_uotod :t'rOt:I. the Radar Log mainta1ne4. by the MJG.hoe T;yaonAir J'oroe Rao.ar St«1;1on: ~ ..., ..,('. /✓~- ,t:.,4. .. ...,, ~CU)SU t ~ '
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Source text · mention only,, . ' . llltll CIC, FAO #8, B. o. :Box 379, !n0%Yille, Tennessee. OBJBCTS SlGR'l'XJ) OVER O.AX RllUI, TBBBESSD. J'. (Cont1nuo4.) "o832 laoura - Atomi.o Snergy Commiaeion reported ai-rora:rt oTer Borthiaast end ot area - no paint. (Paint mDanins indication on the r&d.a.r acopte.) "o839 houra - Small punt near Southeast corn.er ot area on 190 desree. (M!lguetio bearing ot objeota tra-.el . ) "0845 houra - Loat oontact. Fighter interception vaa attempted vith nesat1Te reaul.ta." Attacllecl hereto are tvo oert1tie4 true cop1ea ot tho atatementa •h bY. the ab~ menti~cl obaerffre. Attacllmnta • 2 2
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Source text · mention onlyFollowing ie a report of the aighting ot an UDiclontitied obJect in the Oak Ridee Area b7 tho undersignecl. On the morning of J.8 December l.950, the following penonnel were ricling to their work at DEPA I>iTiaion, Fairohilcl Bna1ne and Airplane Corp., in the S-50 Area at Oak Ridge, Tenne■■ee: Lt. Col.. Jobn R. 11004., USAF Cdr. E. W. Hribar, USlf MaJor Jamee L. Steele, USAF Jamor Walter L. Caras, USAF Mr. Jamee R. Grq Mr. William G. Frey Mr. Grq, Commander Hribar, and MaJor Steele were riding in the front seat; Col. Hood, llajor 081"&8, and Mr. Fre7 were in the re81". At approximately o827, while riding aouthve■t on the turnpike just outside the restr1otecl. area, Col.. Hood eigbted a -very bright refi4!1otion throueh the v1ndah1eld of the 081". Major Caras, who was eit ing beside Col. Hood and whose attention was attracte4 by Col. Hood's looking at the alcy", ais)ated the same retleotion. Col. Hood then c&ll.ed the attention of the remaining occupant• of the car to the reflection-. Ot these, Commander Hribar al■o sighted the reflection, but Mr. Gray, Mt-. Frey, and Major steel.e 4icl not eight it. The reflection vu visible through the front vindahiol.d of the oar only for a momont beoauae, ehortly thereafter, the road turned to the r18ht. '!'he oo:rreepouding turn of the oar eo placed the relatiTe position ot the reflection that it opuld not be eeen through tho left front winaov, vhioh vaa frosted. The Y1ndeh1el4, however, va• not frosted and permitted excellont Tie ion. The object appeared only ae the bria)1t reflection of' the eun trom an apparently metal ■urf'aoo, mu.oh u might be expected from an aircraft at a great clietanoe. No accurate oatimate ot the object• ■u:, or range could be made f'rom the obeer:vation. It appsared to be we•t-aouthveat ot Oak R14se Townsite at an angle ot elevation of' about 25 degrees i'rom tlle leTel. a/John R. Hood, J'r. t/JOmt R. HOOD, JR., Lt. Col. USAF a/Edvard W. Hri bar t/EWARD W. HRIBAR, Commander, USU a/waiter L. Cara■ t/WAJ.m!J.R L. CARSS, JR., Major, USAF CERTD"IED TRUE OOPI: WILLIAN B. GRAY, SAO, Knorrllle,Ten.n
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Source text · mention only88!1.1! :r::wrJ.Ai. I Thie clooument cont&ins information dt'eoting the national do:f'enae ot' the Uni~d State• within the meaning of the Eepion.aee Lave, Title 18 u. s. c., Seotioll8 793 and 794. It• trana misaion or the revelation ot' its oontente in an;r manner to an unauthorized person ia prohibited by law. December 28, l.950 SUBJECT: Visual Observation on :December 19, 1950 TO: Mr. William G. 'Pref Alleiatant to the AF Plant Representative for security Of:t1ce of' the AF '.Plant Repreeentative •Air Material Conmia:od NEPA I>iT'leion Fairchild Engino and.Airpl.ane Corporation Poet Ot':f'ice Box E Oak Rid8e, Tenneaeo• l. On December 18, 1950, at sometime between o820 and 0830, the :tollov1ng NEPA empl.oyeea were r141na in a vehicle on the Turn pike within the Controlled Area tevari the BPA Project approx imately one mil.• allort of' the "Y" cutot'f' to 'White Wing entrance and Y-l.2: Dr. A. J. Miller Dr. v. P. Cal.kina Mr. J. ll'rank Coueybear Mt-. A o. M)oneyham. Mr. F. T. Bly 2. The passengers, vitll the exception of' Dr. Calkins, who did not attempt to ~ioipe.te in ths vievins, observed a llsht emanating in the shape of' a o1role, of' an intenait," muc); greater than that o:t a bright moon, throusb, the windshield of' the Tehicl.e. The Tiovera had the impression that there waa :form in connection With the light rather than merely a point aource. The light vaa white in appearance and 41d not show aey signs of refraction into a band or continuous a~ctrum. It appeared. to be from 15 to 30 degrees el.evated above the horizontal and on au azimuth between vest and northwest, and appoared to be traveling 1n a northveaterly direction. The impreasiou of ita traveling 1a due to the tact that the object appeared to diminieh considerably in size during the approximate thirty second.a during which it vaa Tieved. The Tehicle remained in. motion and in fol1oving the course ot the road, ohaneed its rel ative position eo that the object vaa Tieved during the laat few aeconda from the aide wind.ova. AB the vehicle proceeded down the road a near-by riaae obstructed the Tiew ot the object, and al.though the vehicle completed the turn toward K-25 at the "Y" interaeotion 88ffi:i'iBPJH'i'I:M.. Fairolllld Ens1ne and Airplane Corporation JmPA D1via1on, P. o. Box 415, Oak Ri4Be, Tenn.
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Source text · mention onlye8BHIW£i.lm • Mr. William G. Fre~ Aas1atant to the AF Plant Reproeentat1Te tor securit y Deoellber 28, 1950 Pase 2 SubJeot: Vi"!Sual Observation. on December 18, 1950 and. the passengers had a relatively clear T1ev at points a.long the road, the objoot V88 not viewed aeain. The obeel"f'ere were un able to estimate approximate size, speed, or vertical elevationJ and, therefore, wre not certain whether the object VW!I over the Controlled .Area or a considerable dietance away. There va11 no vapor trail or any other visible condition within the vicinity ot the object and thore vere no clouds which oouJ.4 have obaoured it. The observer a vero unable to iclentU';r the obJeot in t.e~ ot mase ' or ahpe,e, other than the circular appearance or the light. How ever, the circular area appeared to darken, starting at approx imately' 7:00 to f:OO o'clock along the perimeter and continuing to darken along the ~rlmeter and inner area until the light waa c,on.centrated in appronmatel.1' 1:00 to 3:00 o'clock po111tion of a ve~ small diam&ter, at which point it appeared aomewhat s1ni1lar to a large star. • The obaen-ere were not in oc:miplete ~e11111tnt aa to nether the object vae moving at a speed vhioh oauae4 it to d1m:1.n1eh in 111~e or actual.1.1 vae d1iiin1sb1ng in aize without arq great velocity ot tranl clue to the darkening ettect deaoribeci aboff. NEPA DiT1e1on FAlRCllILl) ENGID :AiiD AlRPLAl'iE CORPORATIOB a/ Geno A. Goei:Jen t/ Grum A. GOEDJE!l Plant Prote ction Manaser GAG:VM 88NP:1-r£IA:r, l!'airchild l!llgine and Airplane Corporation NBPA Dirtsion, P.O. Bolt 415, 0~ Ridge, Tenn. CERTIFIED TR'Om COFY: WILLIAM 13. GRAY, SAC, Xnoxrtlle, Tenn.
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Source text · mention only• ' .C . 20 Januarr 1951 lll~ OIO ».taoJeMnt, FAO #8, P.o-. Bex 379, lt'no%rllle, TenneHee o:a.mcrs f:smBTJw OVER OAK B:IJ>CS, 'l.'EllO:sSD # (In oompliance With J.ettor A.JACI-36o.33 General, elated 15 Bo-f'ember 19'(). Bea4tuartera, Third. .Arill:r,, Slll>JoctJ UboonTen.tional Airoratt, the f'oll.Olf'i.DS 1a eubaitted.) ' A. Looation an4 Time ot s~t1ng: On 1247 hours on 20 December 19'0. B. Vea:~r at Tilne o:f Sigbtin6: At 1200 lloun- on 20 J>eonber 1950; Ceiling - Z{OO :feetJ broken overout; Seven mile• Tis1b1l1t7; Tom;perature - 37 4egreea F; Dev Point - 31 ctesr-oe•; and W1nd. - Calm. c. Dames, Oooupation9, and Ad.dreaaea ~ Witnesses: Poraonnel. ot the 663rd, AC &C 84,ul:ron, and the 5th AN Fighter st.uadron, MoGlt.ee Tyaon ~, JQ:aoxy1lle, Temw■aee ' D. P.b.otographa of Objects, it &Tail.able: Nono :a:. Object Sighted: The radar l.CS of the 663rd. AN an.a. O squ.adrou, ~Gheo Tyson Airport, XnorrilJ.e, Tem:a.&asee contained the f'olloving entry : ''20 Dooelllber 1950. 1247 laoura. SJllall. !)&int in area (Oak Ridge Oontrolled Area). Ver,-, yer, al.ow. Jlld.e pe,rf'eot intercept (Yith F-82 Fightoz- airora:rt) end orbit aurro\llld.i'D8 maaJ.l. amoke oloud." F. A»;J' other p,rt.inent infor-.tiou: Thia report ia made beoause o:f ita poa•ible ai4 in ieterm:luiDS the identity- of the 1llllll8rou8 unidentified ~ obJ•ota •16htel. OTer Oak Rldgo, Tenneaeee • SOURCE: Peraonnel ot 663rd AC &W, SCJ.uadrou, }k)Ghee ~on, :trnarril.le, Teonear,ee, and the l<>s ot the 663rd AC&W Squadron.
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Source text · mention only- . 20 JaDJJar7 i9'1. ' Ultll DIO Dote.omnent, J'AO #8, P.O. Box 379, Jrnoxnlle, Tenne•aee OB.JllnS SIQlfJ!.Jm OV1m OAK 1Ul>a3, 'i'ONF,8-SKB (In oompJ.iance" with l.ett&r .AJAC:r-36o.33 Q!tneral, dated 1, !loTember 19'0, Reaqw.ton, third J.rlq, SUbjeot; Unconventional. Airora:rt, tlle tolloving 18 aubmittea..) A. ~t1on an4 Time ~ S1sh-"1ns: J'ram l&>, houn tor about tJuoee (3) llou.rtt, on 14 Deoomber 19'1, on tho Badar. SGo»e• o~ tlt.e 663rd, AC and Y 81,uadron, Ni:sClt.ee TT•oc Airport, lnoxnlle, Tenneaaee. B. weatller at the T:1.me: At J.600 h.oure OD 14 December J.950-·"C•lliils-2100 :t'eetJ Broken OTeroutJ Seven (7) T41l.ea T1aibU1V; Temperature- 37 «eereee F.; and Wind: • Southwe■t at thirteen (13)mllea perhour. c. Nam1, oooupatiou, and Adctreaaee ot Witnoue11: Personnel ot the 663rd AC and WSquadron, 30th~ D1rt.a1on, ?&:Ghee T7oon AirrO rt, Eno:nlllo, Tozmoasee, who were ou duty- at the t:1ma. Their oooupationa are Radar operators, Supervi sors., and expert s. D. !1lotcsrapaa ot Objeote, it aTailable: Bo photcs:rapba taken . S•e "J'" below. ' E. Object Si.Shted: A SJ;"OllP o:t' ~eto blanketed. the Radar Scope• 1n tho area directly OTer the gcrrermaent Atolli.io Energy Oommia•iou proJeota at Oak Ridge, Tenne■aee. 'l'heae objects oould not be identifi ed f'rom the rada.r 1J11880 ancl. a pedeot f1.ghter interception met Yith hegatiTe results. F. ~ other :pertinent information: Lt-. Robinsai of the 663rd AC and Y stuadron, M-JGhee T,l,on Airl)Ol.;t, :K'noxvllle, Tenneasee took photographa ot tlie scope roadiDSS Yitha 1)8reoneJ., four (4) b7 f'iTe (5) Speed. Graph.is Camera, using Plua-X oi-,Ui,in procured f'ilm, a lense opening of' 11'-2.5, and a shutter a~(Kl va..rJir-8 from tvent;r (20) to t'ourt;r-f'iTe (45) seconds. The DCGativ~s vore printed and forvaried to the 30th J..ir D1Tision, Sel.fridge Air Fcrc-o Base, Michigan, which inst811.ation pri nted the negatiTes and sent copies thereof to the 663rd AO and W Squad:rou. The nim:ierous targets . can re~ identified from the perwment radar eehoe b7 comparing the phot~~. (B-2) SOUBCE: Personnel and.1oea of' the 663rd AC anct W Squadron, MoGhee fyaon Airport, lno:rrll.le, Tenne•aee.
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Source text · mention only1 • 20 Janua,rr 19'1. • lll.tll OIO Detaolunent, FAO # 8, P. O. Box 379, KaOXYille, Tozmesaeo OB.JEOTS SIGHJ.'ED OVER OAX m:JXm, Tl!!DBSSEI (in compl.1anoe, with lettor AJA01-36o.33 General., elated. 1, BoTember 1950, llead4.'urten Third Artq 1 SubJoot; Ub.oomentional Airorc:rt, the f'oll<NiDS 1• aubmitted. } A. Location end Tille ot S1.8ht11l8: At 2145 hours on 16 Jamlal'11951. B. Wetatller .at the Time er Stshtmg: Clear; rt•1bil1t7 twnt;r (20) mile■ J Tem.~ratur. - 37 desi,>es ll'.; and Vind - southwest at •f1Te <,) mllea perhour. Vinda alo:rt: At 2000 feet - 24o 4egree11 at 3 knot.a 3000 " - 2lO " "3 mot• 4oo6 11 - 209 " '' , knots c. Jfam11, Oooupatioua anf. _4.~aaea ot \litno asea: 663rd AO&.W 64,uaclron Peraonnel who are Radar operators. AEC Patrol Personnel, l)<)l1o8119n at Oak Biclse , Tenne■see. Captains L.C.M. Clevenger and wm. Aiken, Controllers of 663rc1. D. Phot0f3X°aphe of ObJecte if' available: None :s. Objeot sigb.ted: Two brisbt objects in :thet slcy:, one- Qf vhioh vae east of MoGhee Tyeon Airport and. the other ,ras vest. The objeGt to the eaat was n light, brighter than arr,- other star, em1ttit18 int.ermiiitant grow .)f Yarioua colon in the color •peatrma. An airora:f't aiitem:pted. 1nteroept1ou an.4 f'ound that he was h19d.ing clireot~ :for a star. weather personnel. explained that the speotu.ral ref'lection or tbe irtar was oau.aed by the TOluw ot atmosphere an4- pb;fe1cal matter, together Y1th heat , Yhioll m1•t be l.ooked: throus)a to ace a. star cloae to "the horizon . These phenomenon oa@,8d -ref':raotion of the J.ight ray-• from the etar thereb7 reneotine a oont1nuOUB speotural. chanae of light color . The l1s}tt to the weet wae ob•ervea. through a tvonty (20) ~r apottiDB t:!l ecope an4 tu l.igllt aeome4 to be deaoen4.ing. It took about Ol1$ hour to ..acend beh1nd tree• m.ald.ca 1t cliaappear. :from tho eight of' obllerTers. Captain Clftvenaer stated tbe.t this 1.ight, whon Tie-wed through the apottins scope, took on many _peol'liar forma, with l.inea, cores, tails, oto, therein, thua eonerall;y :f1:tti'D8 the description of e.11 "~ina aauoers" eT&r 4.eaor1b$d to him. Shortl;r after this obJec~ cliaappearecl ~ aiglt.t (behind tree■) }Jrl;) peraonnel 6.t Oak Ri~, Tonnee■ee reported tha;r had eiahted an obJeot about tftlff (12) mile • Southee.st o't the X-25 Plant in tlle Controlled Area. Tlley also obaene4 -the airol"Gtt Yhioh had been aent tor iuteroe:ption but atated the airorat't waa "too tar north". Tho aircraft made no 1clont~icat1on, and AEO P"r.90Dne l later r&l)()rto4. that they hd ob8&rve4 a •tar•
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Source text · mention only• .. 20Janu.at'719'0 llltla. c:ro Detaohmeut, FAO # 8, P.o. Box 379, Knoxville, Tenneaeee . OBJECTS SIWtL·EO OVlC.R OAK RIDGE, TJ!:BBESSlm F. A:rq- other pertin&nt in:t'ormation: The Oommandipa Otticer or the 663N: A~W Squadnm, . 3otli Air Division, M)Ghoe T;yeon Airport, Xnonllle, 'l'enneeeee, in a letter to his CoDmlD.ndiDS O:f'f'icer on 17 January 1951 1 SUbjeotJ Report of Unusual :lnoident 2145 hourfl 16 January 1951, atated: " l.. In o-ompl.1ance Yitli telephone inatructiona f'rom the ADOC l 7 Jauu.&17 19'1, the ~ollovins unusu.oJ. incident report is herev1tll aublllittet.: Time Date-16 Janu.ar,- 1951 1915: An unueual airbolU"ne obJeot vu &iahted approxiinatel.7 10 milea lffl'W o-r thE> l'lte.1.ion, the lighted objeot vae Tecy •1ndlar to a star but mu.eb brighter~ slightl.7 larger than other rteib1e stars at the tiino, as observed tho object aeem4 to be a~t•l.7 6,000 f'eet abov. the terrain and 4eeoen6.1~ elowly'. As the objeot appeared to be over or near tho Oak Bidse .Al'eai the .AEC Patra.1. l!eadquarters wae notti"ied and t.heir ground obaorve:::- Bl.erted. About th~s tii:a, some interference was noted on the Radar Scopoa (AN/CPS-ll in the ap~mate area of the obHrTecl. objeotJ however no interf'e:renoe vu noted on the he~t fiilder (AN/CPS-4) (see attached For.ct ll7 dtd 17 Jen l.951 1925:0bjoot still apparently deeoencllna, F-82 acrabl&d to attempt 1nteroe~1on, ■till x:u) Nl)Ort t':roin. AEC Reatquartera. 1930:Simil.ar object observed 15 to 20 mil.es oaat of station; seems to be ascending rather ths.?1' 4escen41ns. 1935:.AF 7177 (Locally homed and piloted by aeeigned sq ot:r1oer) c-45 -enroute ORA ·~o t1e, requested f.i::xed to steer to t;ra - A/C fixed 25 miles SW of ate.tion., Pilot Major RSJillt>nd c. Oare - AF 7177 requested to 1nveati 0aw object east of station. 1945;AF 7177 sighted sub~ect object and reported 1t to be a star 1945:F-82 or·01t1ns s/E corner of Oak Ridge Area no electronic or Tisual obsenat1on ■till no electronic observation by etation 47. 1946:Vinal obaenat1on rsported b;r Oak Ridse Ground Obe,er.-era, 12 milee aoutheut ot K-25 aroe. (Thie ia in the SE oornoJ" ot Oak Ridge Area) l!'-82 in •~t and ia north ot object. F-82 vaotore& eouth toward ol>Ject no contact, electronic or vieual.. Ob.,eot report 2400 teet above terrain by: Dak Mtlee Obaernre. 1955:Oak Ric16e Patrol Headquartere reports that ob•erve.4 object detel'lft.1.ned (to be a atar)
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Source text · mention only20 Januar;r 1951 lllth CIC Dataolllleat, FAO '1(3, P.O. 379, IDal:rtlle, Temaeuee OBJECTS SIGlfl'.E'D OVER OAIC RilXlE, 'l'E!mESSD to be a atar. 2000:F-82 rel)Orta clear aallins and no reaviotion.9 ~ Tiaibilit7, •till ,atrolins area tor poaaible p1.okup of object, atill 1a0 Jo,-.11 NOTE: '11lia 19 an extract d'the 1ntormat1on liated in lc,sa apt at tho Radar Site by Radar Pereonmtl. (B-2) SOUROll: Personnel. as in "C" aboYe.
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Source text · mention onlys->CND.:..D ~ORM NO.~ • Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT February 26, 1951 tUchole_ Rosen __ Tracy __ Hart>o__ ~l.Dlont_ Mohr__ Tele. itoom_ Neue__ G&n<ly__ TO : MR. C. E . HENNRICH~ ~ - DATB: FROM , ~ • E. H. MOSSBIJR~ SUBJECT: FLYING SAUCERS It is recanmended the attached article 'Which appeared in Look magazine January, 1951, be filed in captioned case for information purposes. Attachment EHM:gmu EX-56
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Source text · mention onlyANUCLEAH PHYSICIST 11 There is no longer any need for secrecy, 11 says Navy scientist, after finding that his own research started the "saucers 11 By RICHARD WILSON Chief of LOOK Washington Bureau T HE literal-minded FBI, skeptical but de termined, could not let the flying-saucer excitement go by without getting to the bottom of it. Such a profusion of strange objects litter ing the American skies could not be ignored. _ A 10-page report by the nuclear physics branch of the Office of Naval· Research has given the answer : Flying saucers were, and are, undeniably I- real. They are part of a basic research program of the Federal Government which is as impor tant, if not so dramatic, as the visitation from Mars feared by an imaginative public. A flying saucer is the base of a huge bal loon, 100 feet in diameter; caJled a "Skyhook." It is seen by earthlings traveling at speeds up to 200 miles per hour at heights up to 19 miles. These balloons are carrying delicate in struments to plumb the secrets of the cosmos in the dizzy reaches of a 100,000-foot height where the atmosphere reaches the vanishing point. The instruments on the balloons observe and measure the countless explosions of atoms in the atmosphere as they are smashed by cos mic particles hurtling in by the billions from the cold reaches of outer space. The balloons seek to break the secret of how.matter is put together by recording how it is blown apart. And, finally, of how the count less atomic explosions taking place silently, smokelessly, flamelessly but energetically at the fringe of the earth's atmosphere may be reproduced under controlled conditions. This is atomic research aimed not at pro ducing an atomic bomb but at harnessing the energy from the decomposition of the atom. Dr. Urner Liddel, chief of the nuclear physics branch of the Office of Naval Research, is in charge of the Skyhook-Flying Saucer project , No "Saucers" Without ONR "When this project first began," he said, "it was kept secret. Now, there is no longer any need for secrecy on a scientific basis . And, certainly, there is no longer any need to keep the public in the dark about what flying sau cers are. "If we are completely successful in our research with these balloons, which so many people have called flying saucers, we will find out how to break up the atom in a useful way. It is not too much to hope that some day we will learn enough to cause the atomic reaction under conditions as we want them-not as they exist today in the atomic bomb. "Some day we may learn enough so that we can pour a cup of water into a reactor the Many Skyhooks have been launched at Camp Rip ley near Little Falls, Minn. , but ascents have been made everywhere, even from aircraft carriers. size of an average room and draw off from it in cables enough energy to heat a large city." The Office of Naval Research, where Dr. Liddel ts sponsoring the cosmic experiments, is a part of the regular naval estaJ-' ' -¼-·· -··:• with ~-to,000,000 a p1 ognu-•1 of basic and applied research. The Liddel report is con sidered to be the most authoritative scientific explanation of the flying-saucer phenomenon. As far as Dr. Liddel is concerned personally, he considers his answer incontrovertibly right. One of the most convincing factors sup porting Dr. Liddel's findings is that flying saucers or flying disks were unheard of until the ONR's experiments in the stratosphere be gan. There were some flights in 1947, the first year that strange objects were seen in the skies. These reports multiplied in 1948, when Sky hooks were put in the air in large numbers, and continued through 1949. Reports dimin- . ished in 1950 when the number of Skyhook balloon flights were reduced. Ionization Chambers in the Sky Observers have agreed that the best time of day to see what is called a flying saucer is at dusk of a cool summer evening. You may be standing on a plain in New Mexico or Montana . You may be flying a plane at 10,000 feet over Alabama. And there in the distance, above you but far from you, is a strange lighted disk. It may.be moving or just hovering. But there it is. You see it with your own eyes. Your companions see it. This thing is round. It appears cup-shaped. It may appear to have a strong glow on one side or to be trail ing an exhaust. What you have seen may be Flight 10, Balloon No. 3 of the Brookhaven National Lab oratory at 84,300 feet carrying a 167-pound payload consisting of a cloud chamber, a bea con transmitter, a Geiger telescope, an ioniza tion chamber and photographic equipment. This object in the sky may appear to you to be from two to ten times the size of Venus, the evening star, which in certain months seems to fill the heavens as it rises. If you are 10,000 feet up in an airplane, the object may appear (Continued on next page) 61 60
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Source text · mention only-r:::-r:,,,,,, Looks''; . Tastes r. lf you prefer finer, lighter mixed drinks - today's King is your whisky! Actually taste engineered by Brown-Forman to be far lighter-looking, far lighter-tasting. And today's King is priced right, too! Enjoy America's best-tasting· blend today! C!, New Light Formu/11 (I, New Light P11ckage ~ New Lower Prk e Blended Whisky. 37½%Straight Whiskies. 62½% Grain Neutral Spirits. The Straight Whiskies in this Product are 4 Years or More Old. 86 Proo!. BROW,N-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORPORATIO At Lou i sville in Kentuclcy Lighter! Lighter! FLYING SAUCERS continued No "little men" from afar have arrived in rocket ships 20 per cent larger than from the Liddel , " that Captain Mantell and ground. the other pilots were pursuing a The lateral rays of the sun at balloon of the Skyhook type. Cap dusk illuminate the base of the tain Mantell could never have balloon. Ther e is no chance of your reachec:J the height at which the ever seeing the full roundness of balloon was traveling ." it because you ar e so fa r below it. Several reports have been re You see only the illuminated cup ceived of "squadrons " of flying of the bottom. If your imagination sauce rs. People have seen little soars, the light reflection on one disks apparently flying together in side may impress you as the glow the sky. This is explained by ·Dr. of an atomic engine . The wisp of Liddell as clusters of 20 to 30 bal the balloon's instrument-filled tail loons, 10 to 15 feet in diameter , may impress you as the exhaust . which are sometimes used in place The sun's rays may suffuse the of the huge Skyhook. · plastic bag with a fiery glow. Under certain conditions , ·they might be more visible than the sin Experienced Observers Fooled gle plast ic bag, and would cer Even seasoned airmen have no tainly be unexplainable by anyone way of estimating the size and the who didn't know their purpose. speed of an object they see . To Liddel Got the Facts peg size and speed, the mind must know the nature of the object. Ex After Dr. Liddel had sif ted all perienced seamen have difficulty the reports which appeared to have estimating .the distance, speed and some foundation , he used his en size of another ship unless they tree as a government' nuclear know its type . The balloon is un physicist to check other govern known and hence eludes efforts to ment agencies . He is satisfied that measure it by familiar craft aloft. no other r~search .or experiment al Dr. Liddel and his associates ar project has utilized anything even rived at their findings on these roughly resembling a flying saucer . baffling stories by studying abou t "And secondl y ," he said, "inter 2,000 reports of flying-saucer ob planetary travel is not poss ible at servations of every k ind and de the present time ." scription. They discarded some as This disposed of all the possi seeming to be the visi ons of crack bilities, according to Dr. Liddel. pots or psychopaths . Other reports His analysis of the flying-saucer were clearly the result of inaccu phenomenon as presen ted h ere is rate vis.ion. the first government, disclosure of One report of "little men" found what is considered to be the real in the wreckage of a flying saucer cause. near Mexico City t urned out to be The Skyhook 's dist inct visual . the unsubstantiated stor y of a similarity to a flying-sauce r d e traveler . No one else knew any scription was noted . strongest ;,' thing about it. the Minneapolis project of 'ON, This left a solid base of reports under the direct ion of General from airplane pilots, scientific ob Mills, Inc. Telescopic phot ographs servers and reliable laymen which brought out the similarity so clear could not be brushed aside. After ly ·that Dr. Liddel was elated. He a thorough investigation, Dr. Lid could at last offer visual proof of del said: "There is not a single re his findings. liable report of an observation Tracing the "Saucers"which ·is not attributable to the cosmic balloons ." General Mills is the only suc cessful manufacturer of the hugeThe Death of Captain Mantell and deli cate plastic bags . Most of The most tragic report the nu the total of 270 flights so far made clear physicists had to consider have been launch ed at Camp Rip was. that of an Air Force pilot in ley near Little Falls, Minn., and at Kentuck y. A circular object, me University Airport, Minneapolis , Minn . · •tallic in appe arance, was seen over a U. S. Air Force base on Jan. 7, Enough flights have been made 1948. Three fighter planes, one pi from other points , however , to lit loted by Capt. Thomas F. Mantell , ter the countr y. Balloons have as took off in hot pursuit. From their . cended from Chicago , from Hollo relatively low altitudes, the bal man Air Force Base and White loon seemed to be traveling at the Sands, N. M., and from a ircraft rate of 360 miles an hour. Two of carriers in both the Caribbean Sea the planes turn ed back at 18,000 and the Pac ific. feet . Captain Mantell kept going. Workers at the G eneral Mills He radioed that he would go to aeronautical laboratories -advis ed 25,000 feet and abandon the search Dr. L idd el that they were able to if he got no closer. None of the trace lost balloons by published planes was equipped with reserve reports of flying sauc ers. The big oxygen supplies, and thus could bags are e ngineere d to stay up not fly long at high altitudes. eight hours .Othe rwise, they would Mantell was not hea rd from be a hazard to air naviga tion. But again. His plane crashed, and the some have a ctually stayed up more instruments fo1:1nd in the wreckag e than 30 hours. indicat ed it might have risen to El aborate a rra n gements are 30,000 feet. made to trace the balloons, for the "Our studies show," said Dr. data the cosmic physicists want are (Co nti nued on page 64)0· FOR ANY TRIP ~ ANY TIME - IN AHY WEATHER 1?elax - as you .See - as you Save by Greyhound ! .,,,oon7/,,'s is a honeY. /4 0 ff on a cotJP e -I.exjlenSe paid h,-e-pfanne , . " -r:..t1r ~ r A nca 10 "A"'aring ,,,e .71,e SuperCoach . ,__ J ,h these folks~ p1ct<ea tlr • le . hf af their {artH ga ' fl~ ,_ f/,em /ired 1'3Ke5 ~ fo the ctlj ········•••••..• \ ~7rif}L. . 1 v , , \ ' a0~ ! Hi.ghway travel is ever so much more pleasant, more relaxed; more enjoyable . . . once you're free of the responsibility of driving ! Each day, more thousands of people are learning this profitable lesson by Greyhound .. . with low-cost, trouble-free trips to all America. 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Source text · mention onlyToday the average freight train helps national rearmament bycarryingmore freight and carryingit faster thanever before!!!histog! L L / a AssocIATION OFAMERICAN RAILROADS WASHINGTON 6, D.C. ;\~ Li.1·1en lo THE RAILROAD HOUR every Monday evtninR 011 NBC Skyhook ready for ascent. "Saucers" were unheard of until ONR's ex periments in the stratosphere began under Dr. Liddel's supervision. FLYING SAUCERS continued Bigger Skyhooks ~oming then more "saucers" will fly recorded on the instruments dan gling from them. The instruments are released electronically by par achute at the end of the flight. The cosmic - ray experiments themselves stem from pioneer work done by Dr. Robert A. Milli 'k;1n. ~n P ~rc; "l('l'("t . ,. h ,v, · ':.~ horr bardment of particles from outer space was first discov.ered. These peculiar phenomena were thought to be some kind of light ray from an unknown source. They were later discovered to be atomic par ticles striking at the rate of five per square inch per minute at the earth's surface. Cosmic-Ray Mystery The source of these particles is unknown. One theory firmly held for a while was that they origi nated from explosions on the sun. Some scientists believe now that their impact and energy are so great they must originate from higher-powered galaxies outside the solar system. Whatever their source, these particles strike atoms in the earth's atmosphere, cause them to ex plode .and fill the atmosphere with atomic debris. Physicists early discovered that the higher they went in the atmos phere the more certain they could be of recording the explosions with the greatest accuracy. Their ultimate aim is to make photo graphs and measurements at the very fringe of the earth's atmos phere, for all the air below that is filled in greater or lesser degree with atomic debris from the explo siol)s. These explosions, of course, can- not be seen or felt by the human mechanism. But their dramatic impact on the measuring devices can be photographed wHh star tling c}:lritv Four levels of cosmic-ray ex perimentation have been in prog ••,..,~ "'"~ first is at sea level \"l· .•~ the bombardment is measured and photographed in devices called cloud chambers. This type of ex perimentation also goes on at two laboratorie s, Mount Evans a1·d Climax Mountain, both in Colo rado, at 14,000 feet. A third type of experimenta tion was carried on in three B-29 bombers, fitted out as flying lab oratories. They flew up and down a degree of latitude toward the North Pole ancl. away from it be tween Fort Churchill, Manitoba, and Lima, Peru. These flying labo ratories made their recordings at between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. The fourth type is the Skyhook project which has led to so many reports of flying saucers. But there are still more to come. General Mills and the Office of Naval Research are working on a new balloon with four times the capacity of the Skyhook, which can rise to heights of 120,000 feet. This will leave only 0.4 per cent of the earth's atmospheric envelope above the new balloon. It can safely be predicted that a year hence there will be a new wave of flying-saucer reports. A new, improved model will be ob served by credulous and alarmed citizens of middle America. These observers will be unable to escape the conclusion that the thing in outer space is gaining on us. END 64
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Source text · mention only--- Tol9on__ Ladd.__ Clegg__ Glavin__ Nichol.& __ Rooon__ Tr&C)' __ BeJJnon,__ Mohr__ Tele. ROOll_ Nea.s•__ rour letter dated February 14, 1951, has been ~~ While I appreciate the concern which prompted your wrtting in this regard, thta Bureau doea not haue available for distrtbution anu ,aatertal concerntng so-called "/lying saucers.~ It was thoughtful o/ you to bring uour observations tn this oonnectton to my attention. I am enclosin g some mater1al which I thought uou might like to have. Stncerely yours, J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover .Director E~cl,Je List o/ course s of study SA and Cl eri cal Job She ets 25 rears of Identi Personnel and Services of Lab NOTE: The only record located in Buft~es indicated that correspondent r equested and received descrtrttue material /~ Udlh2-"~erni ng the Bureau in 1949. Data presently enclosed is ' rYl!tt,dupJ fij ted. 33/lSn f ..1~ .,..i.:i o ~;,n 0l1b'Nrr.ifi:~ )f11• (' U u J J.(}f-e l:I0133Ulli •.03/\ IJ ··3, • "\ Olf,e OJ:-t I ) 7 t I )\\\
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Source text · mention only-- - - • ' d? -~- WASH 7 FROM NE\IIARK 9-20-51 / 19-08 P \ . D~cc, C' URGENT . I r, •••• ~I l'.ll / FI I """"1J a i.\c. e-,'"'~ .74~§ S""'""<.L~..-, .. _/' fl \Jn-Q/f ' I TUNCONVENTIONAL A.l.&c.BArT. OBSER-VED SEETEMBER TEN AND ELEVEN, Fl--rH ~ 1 ONE IN VICINIT~/ FT. MONMOUTH, NJ. INDIC. ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY IN- 0 }lh,t? - !{~ • • ~~ STANT, ~NDREW J,..,REID1 G-T'WO FT• MONMOUTH, NJ, J:BOVIDED FOLLOWING RE~~t PORT OF UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BY RADAR AT ABOVE hY 1 INSTALLATION. QUOTE ON SEPT. TEN, FIFTYONE, AN AN/MPG DASH ONE RADAR SET PICKED UP A FAST MOVING LOW FLYING TARGET, EXACT ALTITUDE UNDETER MINED AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN A. M. , SOUTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT A RANGE OF ABOUT TWELVE THOUSAND YARDS. THE TARGET APPEARED TO f( -APPROXIMATELY FOLLOW THE COAST LINE, CHANGING ITS RANGE ONLY SLIGHTLY BUT CHANGING ITS AZIMUTH RAPIDLY. THE RAlt,A!i SET WA~ SWITCHED TO FULL AIDED AZIMUTH TRACKING WHICH NORMALLY IS FAST ENOUGH TO TRACK JET AIR- CRAFT, BUT I~ THIS CASE WAS TOO SLOW TO BE RESORTED lO• TARGET VAS LOST IN THE N.E. AT A RANGE OF ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND YARDS. THIS TARGET ALSO PRESENTED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT BEING COMPARABLE IN STRENGTH TO THAT USUALLY RECEIVED FROM A COASTAL SHIP. THE OPERATOR INITIALLY IDENTIFIED TARGET AS A SHIP AND THEN REALIZED THAT IT COULD NOT BE A SHIP AFTER HE OBSERVED ITS EXTREME SPEED. -SEPTEMBER TEN, FIFTYONE, AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET AT THREE FIFTEEN PM TRACKING A TARGET WHICH MOVED ABOUT SLOWLY IN AZIMUTH NORTH f◄ ~ or FT. MONMOUTH AT A RANGE OF Ari~dJ?l, 1X:W7~JTbU? AN~ ¼~D~ ,; r THE f ~ EXTREMELY UNUSUAL ELEVATION ANGLruW°'nilt r EE ,_'l.:f.HNDRED FIFTY MILS, ~ ~ ~v uaTfA I ~ f~ ~ APPROXIMATELY NINETYTHREE THOUSAND A·~IJaDE. ON SEPTEM.BER ELEVEN, O z - ~ -0 FIFTYONE, ~ SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SETS AT TEN FIFTY A.M. PICKED i :--.. c ~ UP THE SAME TARGET NORTHEAST OF FT. MONMOUTH AT AN ELEVATION ANGIJ;: Q
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Source text · mention only- - PAGE TWO •' OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED MILS AT A RANGE OF APPROXI MATELY THIRTY THOUSAND YARDS, APPROXIMAT1LTITUDE THIRTYONE THOUSAND ~EET: THE SET TRACK AUTOMATICALLY IS AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION AND WAS AIDED RANGE TRACKING AND CAPABLE OF TRACKING TARGETS UP TO A SPEED OF SEVEN HUNDRED MPH. IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, BOTH SETS FOUND IT IM POSSIBLE______TO TRACK_THE TARGET IN RANGE DUE TO ITS SPEED AND THE OPER-..._ ATORS HAD TO RESORT TO MANUAL RANGE TRACKING IN ORDER TO HOLD THE -TARGET. THE TARGET WAS TRACKED IN THIS MANNER TO THE MAXIMUM TRACK ING RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS. THE OPERATOR SAID THE TARGET TO BE MOVING AT A SPEED SEVERAL HUNDRED MPH HIGHER THAN THE MAXIMUM AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE RADAR SETS.. THIS TARGET PROVIDED AN EX TREMELY STRONG RETURN ECHO AT TIMES EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE MAXIMUM RANGE, HO~EVER, ECHO SIGNAL OCCASIONALLY FELL OFF TO A LEVEL BELOW _NORMAL RETURN. THESE CHANGES COINCIDED WITH MANEUVERS OF THE TARGET. ON StpTEMBER ELEVEN, FIFTYONE AT ABOUT ONE THIRTY P.M. THE TARGET WAS PICKED UP ON AN SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR RADAR SET THAT DISPLAYED UNUSUAL ~ANEUVERABILITY. TARGET WAS APPROXIMATELY OVER NAVESINK, NJ., AS IN DICATED BY HIS TEN THOUSAND RANGE, SIX THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND DUE NORTH AZIMUTH. THE TARGET REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY ON THE SCHOPE AND APPEARED TO BE HOVERING. THE OPERATOR LOOKED OUT OF THE VAN PAREND THE VEHICLE HOUSING THE RADAR SEfA PAREND IN AN ATTEMPT. TO SEE THE TARGET, SINCE IT WAS AT SUCH A SHORT RANGE, HOWEVER, OVER CAST CONDITIONS PREVENTED SUCH OBSERVATION. RETURNING TO THEIR OPER ATING POSITION THE TARGET WAS OBSERVED TO BE CHANGING IN ELEVATION AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE, BUT CHANGE IN RANGE WAS SO SLOW THE OPER- END OF PAGE TWO
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Source text · mention only• • PAGE THREE AIOR BELIEVED THE TARGET MUST HAVE RISEN NEARLY VERTICALLY. TARGET FIXED ITS RISE IN EllVAtION AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF APPROX. FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILS, AT WHICH TIME IT PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE IN RANGE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. ONCE AGAIN THE SPEED OF THE TARGET EXCEEDED THE AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE SCR FIVE EIGHT ,OUR SET SO THAT MANUAL TRACKING BECAME NECESSARY. RADAR TRACKED THE TAR- GET MAXIMUM RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS AT WHICH TIME TARGET WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE THREE HUNDRED MILS. THE OPERATOR DID NOT ATTEMPT TO JUDGE THE SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE AIDED TRACKING RATE OF SEVEN HUNDRED MPH. THE WEATHER WAS FAIR WHEN THE OBSERVATION WAS MADE SEPT EMBER TENTH AND CLOUDY FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH REPORT. UNQUOTE. ABO~VE INCIDENT OBSERVED BY THREE WITNESSES WITH EXCEPTION OF FIRST INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER TEN. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED BY REID AFTER AP- PROVAL OF G-TWO, GOVERNORS ISLAND, NY, WITH REQUEST THAT INFO BE CO ORDINATED WITH AIR FORCE. REID ALSO ADVISED IN CONFIDENCE THAT ABOVE I8EPOR.L.R.ECEIVED BY HIM AFTER CONSIDERABLE UNACCOUNTABLE DELAY, MC KEE END AAD PLS NK R 7 WA AS DISC
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Source text · mention onlyOffice Men um • UNITED' GOVERNMENT TO DTRE~TOR, FBI (62-83894) DATB: March 21, 1952 FROM SAC, CHICAGO (100-18999) SUBJECT: FLYING DISCS KA1tbtffYQUIST, INFOrulANT Mr . KARL NYQUIS~, an artist living at 2417 North Burling Street , Chicago, Illinois ( telephone LI- 9-1479) advised S~ MYROU H. TRETER on March 11, 1952 that he saw a 11.yinf disc at 9 ::00 AM on March 6 , 1952 . NYQUIST stated that he -,,as looking out of a window at h:.s home which window faces south , when he saw a flying disc at approximately 7, 000 feet above Fullerton Av enue . The angle of elev ation of the disc above the horizon was about 45 degrees . The disc came out of a cloud in the east , stopped and hung JllOtionless in mid-a.ir for a split second , then flew due south at great speed . He described the disc as approximately six feet in diameter, circular , white in color with a bluish tinge . The disc , he said , appeared to have been constructed out of a metal similar to aluminum . He also stated that he saw no exhaust , lights , or heard no sound connected with ita movement:,. He notE:!d nothing on 1t as to how 1t could maintain its even f11ght and believed it to have been radio controlled . He said it uisappeared out of sight in aporoXimately three seconds , estimating the speed at 600- 700 miles per hour or more . He said it went so fast it appeared to flutter . Nhen the disc disappeared from sight it woe about the size of a golf ball on the southern horizon . NYQUIST made a sketch of the disc and the sketch and the above infonnation were furnished to the local offi ce of the Office of ~ecial Investieations . MHT :BJB RECORDED -79 , INDEXED - 79 1£k--l2'
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Source text · mention only'~ t ~~~ 4 On 10 September 1951 as AN/MPG-l radar set picked up a fas:t moving ow flying target (exact alt undetermined) at approximately 1110 hours SE of Fort Monmouth at a range of about J2 ,000 yards. The target appeared to approx imately follow the coast line changing its range only slightly but changing 'ts azimuth rapidly. The radar set was switched to full aided azimuth tracking which normally is fast enoUe::h to track jet acft, rut in this case as too slow to be resorted to . The target was lost in the NE at a range of about 14,000 yards. This target also presented an unusually strong return for an acft being comparable in strength to that usually received from a coastal ship . The operator initially identified the target as a ship and then realized that it could not be a ship after he observed its extrerre speed. On 10 September 1951, 1515 hours, an SCR 584, rerial no. 433 tracked a t arget which moved about slowiy in azimuth N of Fort Monmouth at a range of about 32, 000 yds at the extremely unusual elevation angle of 1350 mils . (Altituae appro.xin:ately 93, 000 ft) On 11 September 1951, 1050 hours, 2 SCR 584 serial nos . 217 and 315 picked up the same target NE of Fort l"!onmouth at an elevation angle of 350 to 300 mils at a range of approximately 30,000 yards . (Appro~ima.te altitude 31 ,000 ft) the sets track automatically in azimuth and elevation and with aided range tracl<ing are capable of tracking targets up to a speed of 700 mph. In this case hcwever , 1:oth sets found it impossible to track the target in range due to its speed am the operators had to resort tbo mantal range tracking in order to hold the target. The target was tracked in this manner to the maximum tracking range of32 ,000 yards . The operators judged the target to be moving at a speed several hundred miles per hour higtler than the maximum aided tracking ability of the radar sets. This target provided an extremely strong echo at times even though it was at maximum range , however the echo signal occasionally fel~ off to a level below norlll9.l return . These changes coincided with maneuvers of the target . ., ~:; ; On ll September 1951 at a l:out 130 a target was picked up on an SCR 584 radar set serial no. .315 that dis played unusua l ma.neuverability . The target was approx . over Navesink NJ as indicated by its 10, 000 yard range , 6000 ft altitude arrl. due N azi.muth . The target remained practically stationary on the scope and appeared to be hovering . The operators looked out of the van in an attemp t to see the target since it was at such a short range , however overcase conditions prevented such observation . Returning to their positions the target was observed to be changing its elevation at an extrene ly rapid rate , the change in range was so small the operators believed the target must have risen nearly vertically . The target ceased its rise in elevation at an elevation angle of approx 1500 ,mils at which tirre it procee ded to move at an extrenely rapid rate in r~~~e .rly direction once again the speed on the target exceeding the fid~r:'.~k;~qg ability of the SCR 584 so that namual tracking became necessary . Tltef' :ta!<far tracked the targ et to the maximum range of 32 ,000 yards at which time the target was at an elevation angle of 300 mils . The operators did-i;or-a~~ udge the speed in excess of the aided tracking rate of 700 mpp .
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Source text · mention onlySTANDARD FORM NO. 84 " Office Memorandum • UNITED STAI S GOVERNMENT TO Director' FBI DATE: 4-)-$2 FRo~ 1 Slc, Memphis (62-o) SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT; Fl.yi~ Objects, NashVille, Tennessee INFOmlATION CX>NCERNINl c f. P~ c Lt. Commander MELVIN MICHAEL KUHN, U. S. Navy, temporarily residing at 1900 Graybar Lane., Nashville, Tennessee, advised SAA CHARLFS J. HO?ETOR of the Nashville Resident Agency on March 14, 19$2, at approximately 211$ p.m. of the following incident. Mr. KUHN stated that approximately 10120 p.m. on llarch 13, 19S2, while standing in the back yard of 1900 Gr~ Lane and looking wward the a:,on, Which was then in the southwest section of the sky, he observed an object which appeared approximately 20 degrees alx>ve the horizon. tt. KUHN described 1his object as being circular in shape, approximately one-half" the size of the moon., deep bright blue in color., ve:ry viv1.d blue. He stated the object bad a slight reddish fringe on the at-t em. The object appeared to be moving from the mrthnst to the southeast. He stated that the object. was not in his vision more than thne seconds. It made no sound. Lt. KUHN stated that at the time he obsert'ed this, there were no clouds in the sky, the etan 11ere out, and the moon wu run. I.t. KUHN stated that the only way he c:ould describe it was that it appeared to be a ver,y high powred epotlight on a cloud, tut he did mt believe this could have been the cause ot that llhieh he had seen because he had not seen any epotlight or any strong search lights there during the evening. The above is being furnismd for your intormatiDn, and ri> action is contemplated by this office unless advised to the ClO nt,rar,y. C.JHaAJ
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Source text · mention onlyffANDARD FORM NO. 64 • qyl Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES • GOVERNMENT V. TO \)J}-\,J. Branigan D ATE: April 17, 1952 FROM : E. B. Mossburgf V' ,.,..._ SUBJECT: FLYIIO DISCS ...._ Clea_ Olavt.n_ Ir ,.te:,ol s_ kOM!I_ TnC.)'_ For record purposes, it is desired to point out ......_ ~lmorit_that t he April 7, 1952, issue of "Life" magazine contains an Ulh.r __ article on Pace 8o entitled, "Bave We Visitors From Space?" Ul.l , kom_ 1:oast _vritten by H. B. Da.rrach, Jr., and Robert Ginna relating to .....,_the captioned matter. For further reference purposes, a copy ot this issue ot "Lite" magazine is maintained in the Bureau Library. EBM:rd 1 - 57APR 281952 RECORDED • 9 f ~ -~3 t qf---APR 22 7952 '
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Source text · mention only.. Dat e: rouon __ Ladd_ _ NlcllOle __ Bel.1110nt_ Cleu_ Ol.8.vtn__ HarbO__ Rosen__ Tracy__ IIOhr__ Tele , All,_ Nease__ O&ll<IY__ 66MAY 171952. • 11ay 'l, 1952 c ~··W,r,1; ~ To: Director o/ Special Ir.uesttgattons 'ti}/~~ The In~pector General rrt· Department oj the Atr Force The Pentagon Washtngt.o n 25, D. c. Fromt ,Tohn ldgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau o/ Inuesttgation Subject: FRED J.~KHOUT On rays, 1952, Fred J . £ekhout called at this ~ureau and advtsed ~hat he is General Manager of Mouton a~d Company, Prtn-tera, 5 llerderstraat , Thtt !!ague, Netherlands . He r astdes at 49 Stadhouderslaan , Tha Hague. lle ts residing at the Ytctoria Hotel, New York Cttu, until May 16, 19521 when he wtll return to Europe . Vr. Eekhout adutsed that he hao a considerable tnter~st tn elect r ontcs and has been very much tnterestod "tn reports ctrculateA during the pa.at year or two concern ing the e:cistcnce o}.-lf).11.Jnq, saucE:,r;s, fie feels that there have been enough uncontra'a\ctea report3 concerntng such devtcca to indt cate that they may e:ctst tn rac~. He ts also of the optnto n that if they do eztst they can be prodj ced_ only bu the finited State~ or Rua.of.a. or perhaps bJt; t.h~ ii;"" Republi,c of Argentina . ~ -< ,.,, 0 < ~ ~ - , l"l lfr,. Eekhout tndicated that he has give,; .i!;:fpnehue thought to the Mnncr in which these deui ces cou: &l=b~ operated,. He haa concluded that since the dialr ~•PJ. ii not suitable for conventional aircraft tt woule ~e ueect;E only becau:,e tt would provide the greatest posafple "!Zi..fttng sur/ac11 . It is his opinion , therefore , that one· of %hl:!ie deutces could be operated only by reducing the atr pressure above tt whfch would cause t~ to rtae in the air . He concedes that conventional machinery to cause such a reduction o/ pressure would be so bulky that its weight would preuent the deuice from leaving the ground . He concludes~ there/ore , VHB: rdm 1,t:L,.._.__. ~Er.ORDED • 6,. l(::.:~l~16~ ?; '~EXFJ) • 65 . : MAY 1olfgsi~ ~ ~ A ~ 92 ' V' ~'.\cf"MAY 6 1952 ...~ \i\' COM -FB ij
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Source text · mention only. .. that powe,. to accompl·iah thts end would haue t o bs dert ued from the cracking of on atomic /uel such as heauy water. In that connection hs atateB that the tonoaphers surroundtng the earth radtates postttue tono toward the earth's surface . Jfany of these are diaatpatsd by oombtntng wtth part'tcles in the atmos.ohorc with tht1 result -that poatt ·ive ton3 are mora concentrated · near the earth's surface than higher above it. He reasons that a dtsk could be ratsed tn the atr by emittin9 a great quantity of nogattu a ions through tto upper surface and causing a decrease tn preaaure whtch would result in the pree3urc underneath the disk /orctng it upward. lle indicates that aonowhere between thtt surface o/ the earth and the ionosphere thi3 presaure would equaltae at which point the disk could go no htgher. It could then be moued horizontally by emittin g negative tona tn ~he dtrection in which tt ta ·aestred to moue. llr . Eekhout stated that he did not feel such a deutce could be re~ote controlled atnce tt would probably not be poastble to maintain radt o contact with tt. Ile /eels , however , that the occupants of such a deutce ~ould be /ullU protected stnce accordtng to the electrtcal theory demonstrated by Tara.day's Cage the current tnuolued tn the propul.aton of auch a deviae woU.Zd concentrate ttsel/ around the edges of the disk. The for~gotng ta Jurntehed for your t~formatton . {NOTE ON YELLOW: Eekhout was inte rviewed at 2:15 p. m. 5- 5- 52, by Supe r vi so r v. H. Bailey by r eference from Ur. Nichols' Office . Bureau files contain no data identifiable wi t h him . ) - 2 -
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Source text · mention only• INDEXED --45 Jlo.y l:J, 1952 RECORDt.D • 46 Jlr. w. R~rgessBox '147 - " ,--- Black Jlountain, llorth Corol ina Dear Jlr. Burgess: Your letter dated llay 7, 1952 , has been received and I ~~preci~te the interest prompting you to nrin g y our observations to ~y attention . 6tnce the ~.atter you nention may be of interest to ~nother gouernmental agency, I am referring a copy of your letter to The Honorable, The Secretary of Defenae, The Pentagon, &aohington, D. c., ~nd you may wish to write him directly in th.ts oonncctton. Sincerely your:;, John Edgar Hoouer Director frOl•Ot"J__ .....__ U .cbola_ ..,_._ Cl Olartn__ .....__ -·-- G,,..,.,..e,_ _ La,aplln._ "°"'- f•l•. It•._ '4oUo..n_ _,__ nAY 14 1952
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Source text · mention onlyMr. 'c/o u. Washington, • Box 147 Black Mountain , N.C. May 7, 1952 J. Edgar Hoover s. Dept. of Justice D. c. Dear Mr. Hoover: The motive of this letter is a sincere effort to help avoid useless waste of life, time and money. It is written with full respect to your pressing work, and to the ability of this country's scientific experts. Although your responsibilities may not be directly connected with the intended text of this letter, I sincerely hope that you will consider the possibilities, and forward the suggestions to the proper authorities concerned.\I For the past five years the general public has read, and ba1ly hoed newspaper articles related to the U"Flying Saucerst •L- and fallowing the same trena01t11011ght have '"1.'gho-re--a receirf 1 e ports made by persons of undisputed experience and intelligence. The possibilities of this earth being visited by ships from outer space have been lightly suggested by some, while others believe the MobjectsM belon g to some nation on this earth. Granted that some such objects do even belong to this country, it is obvious that we, nor any other nation possess and fail to use, in time of war, such useful means as have been re ported by the balll.oon experts connected with General Mills, Inc. I am sure that these suggestions will bear scientific inves tigation and that they are entirely probable . Similar to Columbus and the egg - they may not have been given due con sideration. These "objects" of unctato rmined origin" (not to be confused with our cont:., e lled w f•1 Her balloons, etc.) are in all prob ability operated by ~he absorption~ compression, and con trolled emission of the sun's energy (basically electricity). As such, they Jrobably carry a potential charge which is past our imagination. An earthly object approaching too close to the o.u.o. would have the flanl~ ef,f,ect as grounding a high tension wire, with the total debtruction of both objects as a likely result. r , -~1 Assuming that some of t~e~~ ~bJ#fts are from outer space, we would certainly benef i't c<Ynst'dera'f>1t.iby establishing contact with them, where as, if aµcp ~ nation as Russia should ac quire this knowledge before tls 1we would certainly suffer as a result RECORDED - 46
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Source text · mention onlyWhatever to ~ive pu1suit, .. • , •me-ans of power these objects possess, thay may attain speeds ,far in excess of our latest rockets. It will be futil~ or to attempt any forceful approach • From reports, we have no reason to believe these objects have anything but friendly intentions, also, they may be restrict ed as to the distance they may approach the earth without danger . It is also my belief that given an opportunity, they will a~proach an earthly object , at high altitude, as close as possible without danger to either themselves or the object. If my theory approaches the t r uth, then these strange objects will be unable to establish contact wth the earth without our assistance . Taking the earth at an age of two billion years, having suff ered worldly catastrophies , and set - backs, we may be as children compared to a planet of four billion years, or of equal age without catastrophies. Our scientific laws have worked well for us, however , they probably do not hold true for all planets . Lacking water and tree s in the beginning we would have been an entirely different world , ~erhapa even further advanced . My background includes a good foundation in high - al titude flying, and in the fiela of electricity . Although I am well established in business, it is my desire toenter the field of research related to this subject. My name is not for publication. Very truly yours, ~ /-5. ~~-· w. B. Burges;'
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Source text · mention only---- ------ • 7- 58 PM ATOMIC ENERGY CQMMissi:P~..--- -== /FBI, SAVANNAH 5- 12- 52 n,l'RECTOR , FBI URGENT ~ ~AVANNA~ RIVER PLANT , APPROXIMATELY TEN FORTYFIVE PM , MAY TEN LAST FOUR EMPLOYEES OF DUPONT co., EMPLOYED ON SAVANNAH RI VER PLANT NEAR ELLENTION, s . c., SAW FOUR DISC SHAPED OBJECTS APPROACHING THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM THE SOUTH , DISAPPEARING IN NORTH£R~LY DIRECTION . AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN FIVE PM, ABOVE MENTIONED EMPLOYEES SAW TW5 SI MILAR OBJECTS APPROACH FROM SOUTH AND DISAPPEAR I N NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY ~!;EVEN TEN PM ONE SIMILAR OBJECT APPROACHED FROM THE NORTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED IN SOUTHWESTERNLY DIRECTION. ONE MORE OBJECT SI GHTED ABOUT ELEVEN FIFTEEN PM TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH . ...... EMPLOYEES DESCRIBED OBJECTS AS BEING ABOUT FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIArETER, HAI/ING YELLOW TO GOLD C OLOR , ALL OF THESE OBJECTS WERE TRA 1/EL~(i AT H;H RATE OF ;;EEO AT HI GH ALTITUTE WITHOUT ANY NOISE . EIGHTH OBJECT ~HICH APPROACHED THE F.Q~fle HUNDRED AREA FROM NE WAS TRAVELLING AT /ALTITUDE SO LOW I T HAD TO RISE TO PASS OVER SOME TALL TANKS I N FOUR HUNDRED AREA . THIS OBJECT WA~ AL FLYING AT HI GH RAJE OF SPEED AND - - qErf)RDEO *~~"6-~ · /Vr!LNOISELESS. WITJ NESSES ST~JED OBSERV OBJECTS WEAVING YROM LEFT TO RIG z~~~h/±'8-if-'j ~•- ~ f~~17 AY_, 69rMfNI>~ 91.&2~ f.'11-- 6 WAS
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Source text · mention only• r.\- - Y 2 1952 TELETYPE FBI, SAVANNAH 5-1 2- 52 7- 58 pr, DIRECTOR, FBI URGENT SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, ATOMIC ENE;RGY COt1MISSIOM, FLYING DISC. Af APPROXIMATELY TEN FOnTYFIVE PH, MAY TEN LAST FOUR ElPl.OYEES OF DUPONT CO. , EMPLOYED ON SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT NEAR ELLENTION, S. c., SAU FOUR DISC SHAPED OBJECTS APPROACHING THE FOUR HUNDRED AREA FROM THE SOUTH, DISAPPEARING IN NOHTHERNLY DIRECTION. ,AT I APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN FIVE PM, ABOVE MENTIONED EMPLOYEES SAU TIJO SIMILAR OBJECTS APPROACH FROM SOUTH AND DISAPPEAR IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN TEN PM ONE sn1r'LAR OBJECT APPROACHED FROi1 THE NORTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED IN SOUTHHESTERNLY DIRECTION. ONE MORE OBJECT SIGHTED ABOUT ELEVEN FIFTEEN PN TRAVEL.LING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH . EMPLOYEES DESCRIBED OBJECTS AS BEING ADOUT FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIArlETER, HAVING Y£LLOH TO GOLD COLOR . ALL OF THESE OBJECTS WERE TRAVELLING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT HIGH ALTITUTE tflTHOUT ANY NOISE . EIGHTH OBJECT t~HICH APPROACHED THE FOUR ~[UNDRED AREA FROM NE WAS TRAVELLING AT ALTITUDE SO LOW IT HAD TO RISE TO PASS OVER SOME TALL . TANKS IN FOUR HUNDRED AREA . THIS OBJECT WAS ALSO FLYING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND lJAS NOISELESS. UIT!-fNESSES STATED OBSERVED OBJECTS UEAVIn~ FROM LEFT TO RIGH • ft~;.11,,-
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Source text · mention only- ..... - I To: Froa: Subject: lla11 :0.'5, 19.58 DI rec-tor c/ ..pflc lal lnu•ai lga1, ona fhe In•pect~r Q1n•ral Departaent ~t ~h• Air Fore• ~h• P•ntogon roalalngton as, D. c. John Edgar Boou,r, c ,~~ctor Federal Bureau o,/ Inveet'lga1.ton q,LJ;.,INC &,l.:_:;;s_, ..1,, TELLY SCEN l"N VIC INI .J. , '04YACNAH R f'V R PLANT /J 7'vJIIC EN£'RC, (, -> ITIIS.::,IO'll Th• SavcQnah O,f/lo• o/ th£• Bur•au ha• be•~ tn,/orat1d illat at approztaatelu 10145 p.1r1., 011 l O. 19j2 1 /our ••plou••• of th• DuPont aoapo.nu •mploU•d tn ~hs Sauanna~ Rtver Plant near Ellenton, South C4rolina. ace four d tet a'haped obJ•ot ·a approach,ng nth• /our hundr•d ar•au froa th• aou1'1 whtcl.a dtaappeared tn a a:>rtllar-l.1 d,reoi1on. Ai app~oz,aat•lu ll10S p .'Jn..~n th• aa•• date the 4bou•-••nt,ofted ••plou••• sc~ •~ aiatlcr objeo1acpproaah fro ■ 1he aov1h and d,•appe4r tn a norjAerZ~ direction. A1 approzlaot•lu 11:lO n. m.!l ata,lar object araa •••n b~ ihese emplo~e,a approaohing froa tb• nort~ •011 ond d iaopp,ar h>g tn a eout1u,,aierlu dlreotlon. A .,a,lar objec1 m• olao a,gh1•d aboui ll:l~ p troualtng Jroa souih to n~rth bu th, eoa, ••plou•••• Th• dt•t• war, deacr&bed bu th• aboue- niton,d ,aploueto o• b•t•g appro~,aatelu Jjfteon Inches tn dtau1er and u•llo• to Dold tn ool or. Al1 o/ the obj•cta •r• clleQtdlU iraueltng c1 a h,gh rate of •Ptad ond 4~ o high altitude ~fth,ut onu not••• rh• dtat shaped obJ•ct , rt/ erred t, above ~h,oh approaohtd n1h, /our hundred ar•an /roa c nor"th1oa1erl y c:Ur•otton w, r~p,rtedl l/ troveltng at fOlaM_ .....__ aueh a lo,a o·l1t'Cuc:t• tt ad to rte, to pcao uer to • tall •tobola_ 'taPIII wh,oh are tn "the /our hundred area." The es.ploi,oe a ../ ..lacnt_ re/1 rr•d to abov• cduta,d th, objects '1'1l1r• ~~au1ng /ro left / Cl•U__ i o rtgh$ but ••-••d to ~old a general coura~. Accordin g tooi.v1n _ these persDna btcauee o/ 1he speed at ~h,ch the ~bj,ct a wer•?--....._ ....._ _ irauelt•g the y &aer• onlu utetble /or a /•w aeco l ~,. / Lal,l,$hltn_ .....__ Rf~--j f ( '1-9 :1. ?O~L- t.1•·" · · lktllCMn_ j s CURIT EHJl:awy .., -VITil,.t ,:_ fS ; ~ti , "t,2 ~ v' fhAYi 5 1952 'ktOV t MAILED 26
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Source text · mention only7'h• aboue doto, chiol ma pr•u,ou•lu /urn,•h•d to uour o//lce ~hrough iht• Bur•au'• 1,a,aon ~•pr•••ntottue, ,, betng /urn,•h•d /or uour ,l\foraat,on and onu action vou dea,re to take tn th,a aa1ier. No tnue,ttgoiton I• bding conduoted bu th,, Bureau. cc - Aaatataoi Chief of ctaJ'f, 0-2 L•partaent of 1he Ar•~ Th• Pentagon l'aahlngton 2S# D. c. Attent,on: Chi•/, Intelltg•no• Diutaton co - Director of aual Int•llt9e11c• ~par1aent o/ th• Nauy Th• Pentagon l"aahlngton a~, 1. . c. cc - Capiatn JDhn A. Wct•r• Director of Secur tiv 81 S PE(JIAL 1/EBSE/ICJER Aioatc Energu Coaa,,,,on Rooa 80SB . 383 ThC rd 6tre•t, •. Wa•htng-ton, D. c. - a - SECURI'J'T I 'FORJIA 'l'ION - ~'J :t2P.IH'Jtf!i
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Source text · mention only) RE FLYING OBvECTS MAY TWENTY LOOKI~G . . • t 5-26 - 52 12-37 PM COST DEFERRELJ SAUCERS, INFORMATION CONCERNING. TrlRE£ ~OMEN SA~ AT GE FLOATING IN SKY OVER AS~LANJ , KY . AT EIGHT FIFTY PM, £Sf, FIJE LAST FOR TWO OR THREZ MINUTZS . ObvECTS DESCRIBED AS LIKE LARGE OYST£RS WITH FISriTAILS FLOATING LOW LIKE A CLOUD. THEY WERE OVAL IN SHAPE AND ACCORDING TO OBSERVE~$ COULD HAVE BEEN BALLOONS . THEY CAME I N OVER ASHLANJ FROM THE NORTn , CIRCLED AND WENT BACK IN Tij£ OPPOSITE DI~ECTION. ABOV£ INFORMATION FOR BUREAU. NO ACTION HERE. MVLONE ACK AND HOLD 1-33PM OK FBI
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Source text · mention onlyDEPART MENT O F THE AIR FORCE HEADQU ARTERS U N IT ED STAT ES AIR FORCE 'WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 24-185 Honorable J . Edgar Hoover Director , Federal Bureau of I 20 JUN 6 19, nvestigation t U. s. Depart100nt of Justice Washington 25, D. C. RE : Unide . fied Aer ial Object Sighted Genex,£1 Area Ritchie Highway, South Balifimore , :Uaryland, 10 :45 PM, 29 Mar 52 by Donal~~ ewa.rt, 2241 Via:rr~n Avenue, Baltimore, Marylarrl Dear Sir : There is attached for you r information a copy of a report by Speci Agent Boyce Royal of this office dated May 12, 1952, in regard to the captioned subject . Your attention is invited to the statermnt of Mr. Donald Stewart as reflected on page 4, paragraph 7, of the report, tote effect that, at the tima of the alleged sighting of this object, he had 1n his pos session a 1'hompson sub-machine gun . A copy of this attachment "has also been furnisted the Treasw::y Department . No further inquiry into this matter is contemplated by the Office of Special Investigations . / K ¥ hJ /..J' 1 ~ Sincerel.Jr , / e...d.~ .t-, /,d .......,w-,,,,... , . ~ /4'lfW ,11a/61,,, ~rl 1 Incl GILBERI' R. LEVY Rpt by SA Royal dtd 12 May 52 Chief , Counter Intelligence Division Directorate of Special Investigations The Inspector General R[CORDED - 129 \l\t)°'E.t> •12.9 t.sUO 0. Authority: ) NND 90986 J(p 1 70JUN1919~
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Source text · mention onlyUN l:fE O STATES A I R FORCE .. ' ~ T H E I N SPE:CTOA GENERA L O FFI CE OF SPECIAi.. I NVESTIGATIO N S REPORT MAO£ 8Y ,._ REPORT OF INVESTIGA TION TITLE REPORT MADE AT Du ·4, Dolllng AFBtmKNOW SUBJECT, PERIOO Sighting of Un1denW:ied Aerilll 10, u , 12 Moy 1952Object, Ritchie Rigbw,-, so. OFFICE OF ORIGIN Baltia>re , Mnyl!md, 29 March 1952 R.,,. 031 STATUS CHARACTER tJaauthorlsod dtscl- of IDiomation SPECIAL IN. UIR.t oanta!nod lo thi s ropart la prohibited REFERENCE and will be considez.,d a violation of AFR 205,.l azid AFR 20~. paza;xaph U.telephone mossa CI D1vie1on H • OSI 9 Ma 1952 SYNOPSIS Invost1gation requested J:71' Hq. OSI prodicatod on infol"Cation rocoived .from Air Tccbnics l Intolligence Center, \h:1ght Patterson AFB that lXrnALD STEWART end (FNU) mm hlld observod unconvantiozinl. t1PC) aircraft 011 29 March 1952 - 1n the vicinity or BtlltimOro , Maryland. Information :relayed to Air Tcclmicol. Intolllgence Center, Wright Ptlttcroon AFB b.r ULIUS LOUIS llMOSS m:t0 received it, trca LOU CORBIR, a nws caI:I!J2mltator, enployod ~ station \IF.BR, <imore , Md. CORBIN 1n ewd, f'u.rn1slled inrormtion that DONA.LU sm1. RT, 224 warren Avenue and GF))R;:. ' • llR Ill , ll2 E'.lst Montaomery st., Bnl.tillore, Md. , h ..d been i.ntorv:l.owed b)" ~im ~ nnd 27 April l.952 nnd Md reported aighting a dicc- liko aircraft at ap .. o~t&Q' 2045 hou:ro, 29 MlrCh 195'! on Ritchio Hlchwy near the intoraoctiOll of US Routo .301; that automobile engine otoppcd and paint cracked s aircraft hovered 200 f'eet above car. STEWART 1nt8"1.oved nnd ro l.!ltod eub~ta.ntially the same stor., uh1.cll ho bad given CORBIN prov1ousl7. 9AY FOX, E:lginocr., Weotinchoutte Electrl.c Col'J)Ortltion, De1tinoro, Md, 1nterv1ewod., adviaed ho bsd m.'ldo complete cccmmnation or STEl:U\RT'o vehicle ct requoll't of COIWIUJ in.cludina oxnmn.ation with r;eiger counter end det.erninod no unusual detects. AMOSS intorn.ewd, statod had no direct knowledge of ineidont nnd had merely relayed inf'ormtltion .ru.mitlbod him ~ CORBIN; adviood that eeveral NBido:nto ., Gibson tslnnd, Mtlr,rl.tmd hod hoord unumi.o.l noisoo but none bad oboorved any such airCNi"t. TYLER int.erviovod. ond confirmed etatcmcmt given b,- STEWART howvcr, upon roin.tGrviev, admitted that he hod not boon with STEWART at the time af t.he ollogod oisflt:1.ng, nnd had not coen on,- £UCh aircrcf't; a clviood that STEWART hod asked him to toll that otory end tbat he had done oo. Intcr viovs conductod along Ritcbie Uir-b,m;y 1n dcini t;y of l~cntil".'D ,1\ore o1rcroft DISTRIBUTION ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO FILE STAMP TI i . OaI (action) 4 File 2 "'=" . ~¥;/~~,~ Colonel, USAF , 7J AFHQ FORM 1.0-208I 5 JAN 49 Repltlces A.FCSt Form 4, 23 J'ul 48, Wblcb may be, ua«l
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Source text · mention only,,. ,. • SlNOPSlS (Cont'd ) was allegedly aicht.ed indicated no knoalodce or any such cra.tt . Anne Arunde l County Police Depart t bad 00 record of reports ot dsscri.bed aircraft . S ~R'f in Nint.ervisw aff'imed sighting and that 'l'YTJi:ll had boon mth him at th ti"Je and had seen tho <d.rcratt . File cllDcka re STEWART at local pol1co agendas mcat1ve . FBI, Baltimore Field Office records :ref'lact STEWART N..red ~ et3Ploymant at ltimore ~ t:aeyland ., for placing a decal bearlile Coa:Nnist insignia on a truck beloneins to tba firm by hom he was emplo,ed , FBI check re m • CORBni, S naeative . la
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Source text · mention only.. ,. l . fhis inwst.1~t1on wn initiotcd upon a requost fro Head- quarters 001 on 9 r 1952 from Lt. Co1.. WCIUS L. FRHE, dicatod upon inf'ormat.lon recoi?Jd .tron Lt.. Col . RAY W. TAYLOR, Air iechnic:al Int.el.ligenco Center, r1(#lt-Patterson Air Forco "' e, t.o the effect that Col . TAYLOR bad reooived 1n1"ormt1on regarding an unidentified aircraft ich was roported to ha:ro been n at 22~ hours, 29 h 19~2, on R1tch.1e H:1g}r.1ay1 south ot ltimore, t!aryl.and . Air Technical. Intolligonce C-entcr advisod that, thG intomation had been received 1"1-om tJLi l.!S fJ.)UIS Al!OSS, a civilian . 2. Thie 1.e a joint iffl'oet.igAt.ion ot SpecioJ. Agent.a CLIFFORD P. J , OLIVER R. WEATHEru OL'l', nnd tho m-1.tor. AT WASHINOTOHa D. c. 3 . On 10 ~ 1952 Lt. Col . llJCIUS L. JiREE, Haadguartors OSI, was intem.emd and f'urnishod tho 'l'lrltor With copy of a TWX rGceivod from the Air Intelligence Centor, ieht - futteraon AFB. Infon::ation con tainod in the 'I'fi'X 1a GUIEnri.zod aa tollom, 1 The TWX represents a copy or 11 letter to tho ,uvc,u.andina General, Project Blue Book, from ULnJS W lS AYOS$, Oibson I.al.and, ryland, dat<td 24 April 19S2. The letter stated that om 00 W Si Ma, residing at 2241. ,arren Avenuo, Baltimore -,o, Uaeyland, had observed an uncon- vential type Bircraf't on 29 ch 1952. Presont with bim at the t.imc or th:1s oboervat.1.on was one nm TYlliR, bel18vod to ba a seventeen year old (17) hir,h school &tu.dent . The aircra.tt was allegedly observed while ST ART Md TYL.~ , re driving north on Ritchio ~, approo.cbi.113 Baltimore, Uu-y.land . It as doacribed as shaped like a J.areo pancake and alleged to have hovered over the o.utomobil , killinz tho engino. 'l'ho letter aloo advised t.hat sm :Amr had boen intorv-lo d by a LOU C an-n,, radio announcer ot FBR, timore radio station . CORDIN wno ~.« d aa a rcco • otticor . Tho letter nleo stotod that. a G N and con, J , all.e d to Nsido on Yncht Club Road, Rivi • ch, Harylnnd, aJ ? on such an aucr:ifi . A NEISO?J STRIE and. mi'e, nnd • LLY C!YMI TON IDERSON and Judco11.1. and • R DERSotJ r a.11 s.a!. to row hoard on aorial noise on 19 April 1952 at ap roximatoly 2300 hours . 'I'he Glenn lnrn1o Police re said to haw had many oimilo.r illcident rnportod but laughed t.rum orr. 4. On 10 1952 • BU 2RT KEITH1 U. S. oothor roau, Inter- mttOTIQl Friendship Airport, Daltimoro, :nryllmd, advised that th thcr mp .for 2226 hours, 29 l!arch 1952, indicated cl.CD.r sky, wi.nds - oich,t; (8) miles per hour; at 2256 hours, 29 ch 1952, partly 2
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Source text · mention only, . cl oudy, NNiJ winds - twelve (12) miles per hour ; Winds aloft at one thousand (1000 ) feot ., UN - si.Xtoen (16) i::u.los per hour . S. On 10 y 1952 r . LOUIS E. CORBIU was intervioncd at radio station WFnR 1n Daltimore , ryland , and stated in substance as follows : ' • OORBil~ advised that ho had received il\fw,nAt.1on ill the latte r part of April to tho effect that a DONALD FftThriART , rosidiJ'lg at 22b/ Wa~ ,~venuo , Baltimore , • eylml d, bad, 'ffllile accompanied by 'r . OE ROE ~~TYLER III , obse rve d a strange appearing aircrat't on 29 Mar ch 1952. Mr. C:>IIDIN ind.icated that the sourco ot his intomation bad been a neW9paper reporte r ~or one or the local nswspapen , ,mose Mll!e he did not divulge . 0 RBIN related that. he had f or ao::no tir.le been interested 1n the "!lying sauce r aitua tion" , and that. it had been his inten t ion to \Tr!:te a docuncntary program ror broadcast conceming that subject . F.e sa:ld further tho.t 1.naenruch as the above incident was the 1'irst. one to be br ur,ht t.o his attention within th:lt ~re:i , ho detennimd to investigQte it. On 24 Apr il 19$2 CORBIN intervtem,d r . )NALD F . STE\"TART and aacer tainod that he was emp:toyod as a clsrk by the l3aJtimore & Ohio Jlnilroad . He .turthor ascortainod that tho cbte of observation was 29 ch 19$2 ; place , Ritchie Highway nea.r the llarness track ; timB , l 0:4S PU; wea.t~er, cle.ir ; moon am stars out ; approxi.nato le~h ot obse rvation , two (2) dnute.o ; eetirnatcd altit.u ie. two hundred (200) fee t , C RBIN obu.inc I the det.. Us of the incident and set t hem down in a chronolocical order . A phot ostatic repro uction of the info t i on obtained in that interview is being ror-..arded as an inclosuro to this report . CORBIN also inte rviewed 'r. GEORGES. TYLER III relative to tho above inciden~ and made a si!lilar writing , a photostatic reproduction or which 1s beine forwarded as an inclosura to thi.S report . GORDIN advised the m-iter tnat he was acquainted with the edito r of a c1vilian intelligence bulletin , ~ . ULIUS LOUIS A ass, to whoti he com::nmica.ted the above in!'oroation . r . OORBill t'urtber advised t hat ho would not reloase any ot the 1.nf'omation publicly and did not intend to do so until such time as the authori tics cot11plotod investi ea tion or the incident . OORDIN relAted that whon he had ea11ed the· Anne Arunde l County ro1ico they bad informed him that. they had had numerous reports ot that no.tun, but had passed thom or£ as hamles9 . CORDlN stated that he hod had a. friend 0£ his , RAY I D FOX, c onduct a 9cienti.fic examination 0£ ST AR'l' 's automobile for the purpoo or dete~ any unueun l cha.r!loteristics which mi{',ht have been present . COllBTN advised that. he was not a reserve CIC offi.m r; howew r, he rel.atod that he bad been an 1ntel11gence ot.ficer with tho st.arr of Gener al GEORGES. PATTON i n Europ9 and that. he presonUy holds an inactive reserve Co=!lission as l i eutonant. colonel , O- J7S086. 3
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Source text · mention only. ) . , • • CORBIN, during the course of the interview ,. made no mntion of OEORGll or J Hti UASON, and when specifically questi oned nth regarde to tbo two above individuals, he said tt-.at ho did not recall either . 6. On 10 l y 1952 the rocords or the FBI Field Off~Baltimore , aryland , wore revif'wed and reflected thnt DONALD FRANKLD fffi"lART, 22h ,arren Avenue, .altimoro., Maryland, wns quostioned ~ illegal wearing ot the '.:ivy uniform 1n July 1948. Records also rencet that STEWART was a l!l8ober of the U. S. Naval Reoorve end the invosti s t ion was discontinued as no violation . 'lhese records also ronoct tbat STEW RT was .f1red i'rom the Baltimore Supply Company, Daltir:lore , ryland, ror placing a ®Cal. or the hamt!.er and sickle and rod star on tho door or a Balt.illlore Supply Co any truck . This act s comrnittoci on JO July 1948 . The FBI Field O!fiee records r.,.tlec't no records ot ULillS LOUIS Al!OSS and no derogatory- 1n.format1on on L(JUIS E. CORDI~, t·o 1n.fomat1on concerning reports of' unconvential aircraft sighte r -"l.rlng the past two (2) years were on record at tha FBI Field Oftice . 7 • ~ . I>'JNALD FRAlllQ.I N STEV'IART vas- intervicl18d at his renidence ., 224 Warren Avenue, Baltimore , ry-land , on 10 Ma;y 19.52., and with rel'erence to the incident 1n iru,tant case, he relate d in 8ubstanco as loll.owaa STEWAR'l', accompanied b7 his friend, OE ROE 'i'YI.ER, '1Cre returnins to Balti.moro trom Glenn Bumi.e , Uar;rl.and, vio. tho n1t.chie Hislffley J on 29 rch 19$2. They ,oro in a 1949 Anglia. Vampire., an English car, a.nd "81"8 procaedin s in a northerl.y <lire ction., ~ving juet. left a Hov.-:>.rd Johnson Restaurant adjaeont to tho intersection of Ritchie ',i ~y and u . S . Hir.hD¥ f}JOl. ihile :lpproncatel.y opeosite a harmss track fivo hundred (Sao) yards north or the above named intersecti.on , ~ rel.a ted., he o~...orved a strange looking aircra1't appearing on tho norizon ahead of his automobile . STmART described tho aircrai't as boir.g a flat disk with a cupola or dome in the canter of ono side . Ho doscribod the dome as having what a ppeared to be a small wrthole on one side and the shadowy outlim or what appearo d to be a "hatch , similar t-0 those found on a shiP" • He stated tbat this cratt appr ached his vehicle from a northeasterly direction and hovere d above his auto obile . He tu.rt.her described the object. as being of a luminous silver color and emitting brie}lt liehta around tho edges similar to noon tubing or hidi brilliance . He stated that at t.ha tme the incident occurred he Md 1n the rear scat of his vchiclo a Th0tq>eon sub-fflachine gun W1t,h which weapon he left the automobile and walked arourd the car several 'til!l8a debating as to whether or not, he should f'ire upon the aircraft . He advised that hie C01llp&nion, TYLBR1 reMined in the auto mobile and bad pleaded Tiith him not to discilarr;o tt-e .oapon £0:r fear ofJ retal.1at1on 1"t''D. the aircraft . ~ - ~T ART 1ecl1ood to c~ "'lt au to / the 1r1.fQn.,_J?Nsurt-t. ~bouts , or owner o! t .e above named :.:.aMn. ::__::::::> ' 4
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Source text · mention only~ ST ART stnted tha'fi mien the airorai"t came to rest aoove his automobile , i t appeared to be "at 1.east 1':if'ty f'~et (SO) 1n mooter, and wavorod e11.shtly . " l e in si(;ht the airc?Gf'1i gaw ort a eouo::\ simi.l.4r to that 0£ a vacuum cleanor . STElu\nT avorrod tho.t t a.ircro.ft maintained its posit.ion o.bow tho automobile £or approximatoly three (3) minutes and th&n turned on it.s edce , thoroby proconting its nat surface to his vioion , and appearod to roll no.rose tho sky ct a terrific rote or speed , greater trum that of a jet. pl.a.no. STEWART oetimot.Qd the horizon to tho Gouthwest or his vision , to113rds which tm object TZruJ traveling , as approximately thrco and om-half (3½) miles f'ran his position , am that the object as it disaopeared across the horizon was approximate1y the clir.lension ot a fiw (S) inch disk held at am •s lene1;h. He advi.aed that when too objoct first np ared , it appeared to be at on angle to the ·horizon or fifty (.50) dtt@"ees, and as he was procoedinc north it appeared on the nort.bcavt horizon on tho crest ot a hill . I a also adviccd that during the period tho object was in his vicion h noticed no sign or aet.iVity 1'11.thin it an:1 discomod no odor :fron it. STErlART ad'V18od that during tho time o! tho above ob ervation ot the aircra.tt. there 11as only one ·other •utomobile 1n the immediate nciru.t;y . lb descr.1.bod thia to be a 1946 Pontiac convort1ble ~ yolln.1 •· th J.9S2 1 ryland licenee plates , the !'irst three (3) dl.git.e or ffllicb 1 ~ro oix-zoro-zcro (600) . He related that tho car wan apparently oc cupiad by a ~ and a iroman and that tho man hnd dismounted his auto mobile and was loold..ng at the aircrart , but thnt upon being hailed by ST ART, had z,eturnod to hie Qutomobile and driven ot:l rapidly . It was Mr. STEWART ' • opinion that ho did ao ~n aocing th n1'oremontioncd Tho::lpson sub-OS.chins gun. Ur. STEl-7.A:RT ~OT'QOd the writer (thnt ho \7QO not addicted t.o or a ca!2Ua.l. in:tulgcr ot ar.,y fom or alcoholic bovorageo and was not under such infl.uenoe nt tho time of tho eichting . f'urthor advised that he wore gla&ses only ror purpoeea or readine and that tho only obstruction to his observation ot the above dencr:U:od aircroi't the Vindshiold or his auto:nobilo ,men fir9t aightcd ; however . hen he orged from t~.e autonobtln he mu, ble to observe the oircnu't without any trouble . STEUAilT contorxled that the above ineidont h d a singular oi'tect upon his automobile 1n that 1t killed the l!lOtor nnd apparently magne tized its Wiring . Ha also stated that. the above incidont had resulted in the paint on his c:u- cracking . AOEHT'S NOTE; An inspect.ion 0£ STEYlATtT1s nuton:obUc revaaled t.hnt it, had been ~cently- painted . It. waa aocortainod rrom S'IEflART that, h1o hobbies .ere the collacti.on and handl.1ng 0£ 1100.pone, American Hiat.oey, ond tbut. hia avocation waa politics . Ho stated that ho ha.d boen active in the J)Olitical candidacy of a oonator1nl contestant ot tho State ot ar,yland and wa:.1 currently leader or tho political club supoortins the a.bow mentioned candidato in his 'l'r.U'd. He advi.8ed that on tho nieht or the ~ SEClf~~IY fr'tOffQ. ATION--.~~G,.......:.1·,~~~l
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Source text · mention only. above incident he had beon engaged in distribut.ing campaign literature ';litb reference to tho above campaifPW18 in Glenn Burnie, ryl.and , and was returning to Baltimore when he observed the aircraft . During the course or the ab-,ve interview STEtART appeared calm arxl answered all questions Without. hesitation and when subjected to requestioning , did not change h1s statenants ill any particular . AT 'BAl..,TIUORE, MA.~YI.Aln:> 8. ix-. IIJUIS OlTEOS, 228 arren Avenuo, ltimoro, • rylo.nd, was int.eniowed on 10 IJ.v 19!)2, and st.:1ted thllt. ho bas known ST• ART all hie lifo end hAS found no fault with him. orr»JS advised that ST~ come i'rom a good family and ha would roco nd him tor a position ot ti-ust . GITE'5 stated that. he does not belleva STEVlART has ever beon in trouble with tbe poll.oe . 9. ! iss UARY lilJ VER, 226 Tlarron Avenue, ti.more, aryland, was interviewad on 10 May 1952 am stated that ST&'I.AR'l' "shoots a lot of bull" , usually bragg1nc about himself and hio accom.pl.1sh:nonts. Outs ide of talking too much, B OVER believes that SmlART is honest, makes a good il:lpression, does not drink , a gooi worker, and loyal to t gowrmont . She would re~nd STEVJAR.T for a position or trust , but stated that she did not believe ho could keep a socret . 10. s . LO IS GITEOS, 228 Warren Avenue, Baltimore , ryland, was interviewed on 10 'ay 19.52 and stated that. STE\".'ART t.a1ke too much and 11kea to e:xa.3Cerate . other than that, !1rs . GITEOS nould recot!rm:md STEYlART for a positi.on of trust . Sha considers him homst , loyal , and a good boy. 11. i:r. nAYtlONIJ FOX, Project En~oor, EnlP,noerins Dep::irtmont, Radioa.ct.ivo Detect i on Divis ion, eotin~ouse Elect.ric Cotp0ration, BaltimoN , f&lryland , was int.erviewod at tbo 'aeyland Yacht. Club on 10 '1 1952, 4lnd advised tmt. during the la.tter po.rt 0£ April 1952 he examined the automobile described 1n the a.bove aragr:iph with a ceiger counter and could detect no radioactive reaction . He aloo stated that he examined the angina and all orking parts of the autonob1le and ms unable to detec t any unueua1 defects or oharacterl.stics . stated that the automobile had been repainted and that be Qs izlclined to dis believe the incident. as it was related to him. AT FERNDALE1 UJ\RYI.AND 12. On 10 ' y 19,2 Office r J • L. GAVIN, Anno Arundel County Polioe Departmont,, Ritchie Hif,hway Sub-\5tat.1on, advised that the only report relative t.o instant invast1gat,1on that ho wal'J aware of aa being receiwd by tho depart.rnent was purportod to lulvo been an ob1Ser.vat.ion during 'tho latt.er part ot arch by the bridge keeper, Curtis Ba:, Bridge, Curli:, B.v, 'aryland . Officer GAVU volunteered that the prox· it.y oi' t;bnt, area. t.o the Aberdeen ProTing Orounds resul.ted in frequent. noiees of exp1osions 6
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Source text · mention only. D.nd that t.hs polloo dcpa.rtr;.,;13nt had many calls t>£ inquiry but that they all, vi.th the above except.ion, ro l'Oports of noise D.nd not of the sighting of any such aircraft . Officer GAVDl stated that in his opinion it was hichl-Y wllikely that o.n auto~bile could stop for a period of three (3) minutes on a Se.T.urday nicbt , as during the time of the alleged incident , without several othor vohiclea assing by. l~ gave as his Nasons that Ritchie Dighmy no on arterial hia}nmy tor several outlying districts or Baltir.loro as 11 ao being a por tion or tho north- south route from Baltiooro to tho Poto::iac Bri dgo, and that traffic ms UBu&lly frequent. at all tim0s , and espocinlly so during that part or tho evening on ckonds . RU.AID l3e ULIUS LOUIS A ~oss, Col.onel, USA., Retired , reoidin at 6 Cott<lrt\111 Road, Gibson Inls.nd , ryland , as interviewed on 11 y 1952 w1t.h reference to his knowledge or above e.J.lcgod s1ghti.n£; or an unoonvent1.onal aircraft . He stated 1n substance t.hat bis kno\11.edge 1r.U1 third-hand and the tore he aa not in a posit.ion to giw detailed intomat1on . fie adVi.ood that he :nan in!on:x,d ot the above incident by C RBnJ wo1 i.n add1.tion to tm information set forth abovo 1 had told him thnt e. GEORGE UASON rod his son, JOim •~son, purp;,)rted to rcsid on Yacht Club Ro d1 Riviera Doach, t!arylaod , o.l.so had 1nf'orr:v1- tion with rcfc:renco to irwtllnt 1.ncident . A OSS atat,od thnt the reoidonts or Gibcon Isl.nnd frequent.ly ~rd noinea in tho night. ., reported like that produced b)I' a lo.rec, formation of' convcnt.i.onal nircrc.tt . Col.. A.YOSS dosc:ribod this noise as of a gnit.ude and intensit.7 Dimllar to a. IMjor bombins Group or at lenst one hundred (100) plams . He iadviscd that r . nnd s. IB'TSO I S'l'I?ICHCOtm { hom he p viously reported as STRIEKCmU'l') , and Judee am. l!ra . HEHDBRSOU, Sr •., and s . SA1..LY H ID RB N SYUIOOT N had all ported l.oud noisea or tha above type on tho night of Snturdey ., 19 April 1952, and that he hnd included this in!'o tion in his letter to O neral ACKERMh only e.a miscellaneous data . relatod that t.lte noinea occun-ed ni&htly but ere particularly intonso on Thursday night • Col . A ' ~s informed the writer that he hlld attempted to locate OE ROE and JOHN • son but had b en unable to contact thom. stated that tooro was no stroet cleoignated Yacht Club Road at Riviera Beach, llaryland, that noa.rest. approxination or nante was C lllb Road .and the t.hat He 1'urthor stated that there Wll.8 only one roaidcnce on Club Road and that. residence ms prooontq occupied by a ' • G ROE REA, whom he s unablo to contact . lb. At.tenpto by the writer to interview individuals n.aood 1n the preceding paragraph met with neeattVB rcsu1ts . 7 SEC~ _TV f~fORR,ATION--•~u ~~
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Source text · mention only• .., .. ,!! Gt..ENH B''RNTE1 V\RYLAlID 15. • R')BBR'l' UEAOO:-.S, Propriotor or a Sholl Soni.co Station , located at 1$01 Ritch:18 Highlfay, approximately tbr u rad (300) yards north of tho intorscction of Ritchie Bie?maY and U. • oute 1/3011 as interviewed on 11 'y 1952, and advised that to the ..-t, of his recollection be had been on cmty in the station on the night the above incident s said to haw occutTCd, and that to his lmowlodto no such incident took plllce . DOiiS related that had the 01.rcraft traveled 1n the direction oo all.eCCd, he 110uld surely h11ve observed itJ or it ho had not been on duty that nie}lt., ha wou1d surely have been informed or the incident b;y the J!lan mio had been on duty at. the time . EADOns 1nf'ormed the wdtor that 1t as highly unlikely in hia opinion that 4IlT three (.3) minute poriod coul.d elapse 711t.hout the paasaeo of several automobiloa ot tho tice tho above incident ffllB nll.esed ~ have occurred . 16. • JLLli.l! ROELECKE, Jr., omp1oyee of Ho:rard Jah.hson Restauran t, lceated at the intol"8ection ol Ritchie Hi&hll8.7 and u. S . Route 113011 va.s 1ntervu-m3d on 11 :U:iy 19!,2 and adrlaed that. ho had no kno ilodae of the above incidGnt . AT CURTT.S BAY1 t!ARYLAND 17• • HI.,EN HOLLINS, Drmrbride,t ()pcrntor, Curtis Bay Bridco• interri.ewed on 11 y 1.9$2 and advised that he is tho regular dra: - bridge operator on the Curtis Brldge on the 1600 h-::n1rn to 2400 hours shift . ~J.tn'S stated he was on duty tho evening of the 29th of rch 19$2 and that he had not obsened, nor evor oboeMed, My unconventional aircraft . HOLLlNS furtber adv:lsed that ho did not make a report tot.he Anne Arundalo Police Dopartment or such an incident . AT D'-LTitORE 1 UARYl.AlID 18. On ll y 19.52 r . GEO.ROE s. mER nt, aged sixteen (16), 112 E. Hontgroeey St.Tvet., ltim.re, '· ryl.aixi, waa intervieTlcd at 10)0 hours and repeated the ~ame etory as he rol.e.~d to OOR IN. One variance in the at.ory vaa that tho car enaino did not otop until. after ST ART and TYLER hnd cot.ten out . 19. OEOTtGE S . TYLER, Jr. , f'o.ther ot GE OE S . 'i'IL lII, wo.s lntor- vinod on l.l q 1952 end otated t.h.Dt S'l'El'IART is norf tho bea:ill mld. "not noma.1"; a.t ticieo he is sm1rt, but 1too s:nart.11 • m:cm said his eon is a little careless With tho truth and he believes the story ia mnda up. TYLER atntod STEWART is a peculiar person, and he has known him for sev eral ,ears . m, thinks STEWART made it up to get his name 1n t papers . TYL also stated that Ritchie H18h'mlY ia vc17 crowdod and more t.han ono person ould have seen it. . TYLER thinks that if h1s son had seen it he ould have diacu.ssod it T1ith him or so:ne other membsr of the .f'e.mily', but ho did not do so. 8
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Source text · mention only20. On ll. Uay 1952 LOOIS F. TlL , uncle or mim III. 2)0 Ed8e v1lle Road• Baltimore 2~• Ma.r:,lnnd• was i.ntervler.cd and atated ttw.t he do s DOt boliow hiD nephcw'e ator.1 . Ile atatod ~~t 1YLEn Ill can dream up rantasti.c storios at times . He bolievea it is o. hOGX and thinks his noph as tcl.kod into tolling tbo otory . 21. At npproximate1y l2l$ h-oi:ro• 11 ~ 1952• 0 BOE S. TYLER III w interviewod 1.n tho preoence ot his rathor and mothor , o.t which the TYLER stated that SmTART had &Qen tho "oaucer 0 prior to the time or mat.ing him and th..-tt. all "the inf'onnntion which htJ had gi:ven wns in ~o ti.on th!lt ST :ART told him . 'ffl..ER Advised that ho did not sos .thine and tud r8ported the tfeseript.ion of t.hn a.ircraft as SfflWlRT lvld told him. Ji, atatod that STEWAnT had told tho sighting 0£ tJ.e airoraft to him as they rctumed from 01.orm Bumie • rylond , to Balt1.moro, and asked hio ('l'YLER) to af.f'inn tho roport because ho feared that no one Vlould bellevo his story . TYLER adviaed that ho col.led the nam3papera , the Sun and the Poot ., to find out 11' anyono olm3 bad reported tho in cident , nnd a infomcd that several reports had been received . m R f'urthor ota:ted that at first he believed the stoey ST ZART tnd told him; ho wr, ho mw bel.iJnea that S'.l'm!ART mdo it all up. TILER averred that h8 had been in Glenn Bumie via1ting .tr.lends and ffl!.s 1t1ng at a bus stop to rotum to Bal.timore on the niGht or: 29 • rch 19!>2., 'When ho met STEf'!ART l'ltlO hD.d been in Glenn Bumie postill8 C-Orlp--f\lgn postero ; that ST. 1lRT had oft'erred to ei, vo hin a r1.de back to I.b'l t1more arid he l'w.d accepted J that it, wao on tho trip back to 1381timoro t.hat STErulRT had related to him the sightinc ot the ot.range a1rcra1't earlior in the evening . '1'YLER stated that. thoy loi't. Olerm Burnie t pproxioatel~ 2230 hours and had drj.wn to DaltimoN without 1rl¢1dontJ that they had o.do no otops ru.ons t.ho road; that he did not see aey- su~chino gun n tho automobila as reported by ST RT. --- ----~-22. STE ltl' wan roi.nterrlGWed at approximately 1315 hours . U ---y 1952, nnd stated thnt TYLER wno with him nn had witDe ...ood the incident . ST I.RT denied emphatically aey falsehood in the utory and stat.ad that the whole thing wns the absolute truth . 23. On 12 6.ay 1952 Special Agent OLIVER R. TlIERliOLT intervie\'md r . JfAROLD B. ISEI OCK at the Griebel Uoto r Campacy~ Light and Hen- rietta streets, Dalt:more . , ryland . • ISEm OCJC stated that rk was pertormod on STi 1\RT 18 car on 6 ~ ; that the ork porromed ru1- ,1u..ot,mont or bJ:'8.kcs, installation or clutch ., e.dJuet E9nernt:>r • rapa1r1r)3 or taping tho m. s lending trom tho eonerator. chan8() oil, and lubr1 - cat.1on. stated that. t.he car needed only routine :ropaim nnd there wu no 1nclicat.1on ot mi;y unusual repairo . - 1.1:r. IS CK adviood that SfflllR'.i' had tradod nt tbo gt:i1'96Q regula.rl,- QJ'\d that he considered him a "oerGwball" . RoviOi'I or thG 9 s
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Source text · mention only., ·records at t.ha garage ref'JA>cted that the car had been sorviccd on 23 April , 8 Deoo:ber , 18 ceober 19!,lJ and 31 January , 20 ~h, and 8 1 y- 19,2 . The :records nflected tho.t the car had been brought 1n for routine check""llps and repairs . There was no indication in the records tho.t the car had been repainted . l!r . lSENNOCK stated tbnt the car was stil.l the sar.te gNan color; h0178ver, ho could not state as to mether it had bOen rocantly :repainted . He did 5t,ato be knew tho oar had not been rep:dnted at his garage . 24. On 12 J!.ay 19$2 records checks at the Baltimore City Police Depart.-:icnt, DalticOre County Pol1ce , and 'aryland State Police renec:ted no recordo ot STEWART. INCLOSURES 1t· "l 1-;1 I" il'ART 'IS )$ I l . T'hotostatic reproduction of' infon:ation obtained i'rom STEWART by CORB • (m.th sketch) . 2 . Photostatic reproduction of inf.'o.mation obt.aincd i'l'om TYLER by C BIN. CLOSED 10
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Source text · mention only1952 PROJRCT EYEFUL Donald F.Stewart 224 Warren Avenue BaIto.30,MD. TELEFHONE NUMBiR: SArAtOga I423 AGE: 23 EMFLoyMNT:B.and O.Railroad- Clerical llork DATEOPOBSERVATION:MarCh 291952 PLAOE: Ritcnie Highway-- Harness Track TIMEO OBSBRVATTON:1O:45 P.M WEATHER:Clear ---MOON and STARS OUT APPROXIMATE LENGTH OR OBSERVATION:TNO TINUTES DESCRIPTION ORINCIDENT: At approximately10:45 P Mon Saturday,March 29,1952,near Tyler of East Montgomery Street in Baltimore, witnessed the following: Asouna similar to a vacuum cleaner attracted attention Upon investiga tl on,while traveling nor th toward Baltimore,a strange object was proceeding in the aky in en approximate north-aouth direction.It appeared to be moving very elowly (considerably ulower tnan a commercial airliner)e DDOH ATTAOHRD This obieot was estlmated to be st least as large as a two motored transport plane. It hovered dinectl the highway and over the automobile After auprozimately.bwomlnutes trned perpendicular with a whirring peuoog-puo.puo8 wlth fantastie apeed like a rocket. Best Possible Image
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Source text · mention onlyNISRVIEN He indicntsd that he was he was slightly scared the stoxy just to had told them thiat ote of interest,the that Saturday evening He wsn't allowed to go out his p&renta had confined him to Tyler seemed a with the boys for awkil9 PERSONAL OBSERVATION hr. Stewart.He Is on the LaCrosse gooi deel mone conoervative He seomed （at lasst over the phone) to bo fairly leam at Southern Highschool. tawart was ln his opinicn a great deal more ntelligont. He statod that axcited about lt than he was ing to him during the bject hen it departod onversation. Some of these soeed... tar than Lacrenssd in altitude and hizhest altltude was anything he hsd ev has seen over bis home As It was increasing in height just prlor to laaving he thought he could detect a highly pollshed surface whlch regemoled a ehroue plats.As it spod All the time swny it seumed also te have a sbort yellowish-greenlsh exhaust. It waa hovering, ho stated the object was wavering glightly kmow thls doesn add ohis towarl owm. To hin make sense but i'd swear the He admits Baltimore hecar 8eome Bejd deriultely that 4t Inclosing wasnit saw.something theoonveraatlon snd you csn be sure we dJan't malo
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Source text · mention only• • Office M emorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN T TO • A. H. ~t DATE : June l O, 1952 Tolaon_ FROM If. __A. :;;-Jn1~ ..... .. Cl ea.__,__ iJlaVi:, _ SUBJECT: WILLIAM ALBER'JJl"'RHODES tai:no l .._ MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING -R•- """'O F LY..IllG-lllSaB_ . - i,.ela.mt_ ~ IX>hr__ PURPOSE /2.... To recommend that Bureau Liaison contact / ,;£ OSI to determine whether photographs alle(P.:dl.y taken ~ by the captioned individual of a f lying disc in 1947 were furnished by OSI to the offi ce of Drew Pearson . BACKGR(JUND Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947, a llr . George Fugate, Jr . , called at the Phoeniz Office exhibiting credentials reflecting he represented A-2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field, Cal ifornia. He asked an Agent to accompany him to in t erview William Rhodes who previously reported the photographing of a f lying disc in Phoeniz on the afternoon of July 7, 1947 . The Phoenix Of.fice contacted SAC Harry Kimball of the San Fra nci s co Office and llr. Kimball veri.f ied the f act that Fugate came to Phoenix as a representative of Colonel Donald Sp r inge r o.f Hamilton Field, and it was suggested the Phoeniz Office assist Fugate not i n investigating the matter, I but in simply talking with Dr. Rhodes . By letter dated September 4, 1947, the Phoenix 0.ffice set forth in .four pages the results of this interview and stated Fugate had requested the_E!_gatives f r om Rhodes Jgho did not haue them i~ hi s i~mediate possession . Rhoaes stated , however, he would deltuer them to"the FBI the .following mor ning .for transmittal t o Fugate at Hamilton Field, California . On the mor ning ' of August 30, 1947, Rhodes delive red. the negatives to the Phoen ix Office at which time they were accept ed with the understanding they were being given to Jlc. Fugq!f!.,... a re.pre:ientatj.ve o.L the 'Army Air Force Intelligence United Stat~'ll1lJ+-4!1d. that there was litt)e,tf any-; chance o.f his gettjJ!g .:the.. nega_1ives _ bpck . 1lr. Rhoaes tu rn ed tlie negatives ove r to the FBI with the full understanding they we re being given to the Air Force and he would not get them back . ~ j,._,,.,,., (::,,.894, ::;~- 80, 4) 3:,990 - EHJI: e 1 w ~ 11W"'' ~1(t\;0;~£1} 1 71 "t"'- ' 16-~ 1,/•t/! 110 9 • !l l ~ / ~~J 52 /t/
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Source text · mention only• • On April 17, 1950 M hodes advised the Phoen·:r ~ Office that True Maga2lne would like to secure the photographs which he had made available to Air Force Intelligence. At that time Rhodes was , ' ed to OSI Fourth Air Force Base, {an Francisco~ OaLi.j.1u·11i.JJ inc~ ey_ ad been ma e av l e o this agency by the Phoeni:r Office on August 30, l94'T. ...__ P.JJ__,letter dated June 8, 1949 the Pho n4+ 0,tfjce _ advised the Bureau tha_1 ~ the previous day Mr~ ~unn o~ ldrich 2§I r~£.!!.!!.n1E:tive Phoeni:r 1 Arizona, called the f_,hoen i:r O.(,f ice statt,119 he had been requested by his !!!£Per iorll_ in San Francisco to obtain detailed information concerning the ~egatiues since Rhodes had req uested their return. Aldrich • poin ted out that Fugate 's recollection on the matier was "hazy.' 1 OSI req ue sted and was given with Bureau approval a,. memorandum setting out essentially the information related above donoern ing this mapter. (62-83894, Serials 80, 184, and 225) RECENT DEVELOPMENTS On June 4, 1952, Mr. Fre <"'-.Blumenthal, i~ the office of Drew Pearson, called and talked with Special Agent ,ibk. Blumenthal stated Pearson had been in contact with the captioned individual concerning photographs which Rhodes had taken of flying discs in the Phoeni:c area in July of 1947. Blumenthal stated the subject told Pearson the FBI borrowed his negatives and when he asked for their return the FBI told him the negatives were not ava i lable. Blumenthal inquired whether there was any truth to Rhodes' state~ent and what the Bureau knew concerning him. It appeared that Pearson was interested i1n using the photographs on his television program and was desirous of borrowing them from the Bureau or having them returned to the subject. Jlr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not have in its possession the negatives referred to by Mr. Rhodes and in fact Rhodes knew full well the FBI turn6!L..ilJ,_em over to tr 1'J!..!ce Intell tgence representatives, Fourth,.,A, i Fore~ jlamilton Field Cal tfornia, on '&igu.st 30 1947 with the im.a-er s t anding he might never have them returned. JJ1.Jf!!}enthal was advised the FBI d_id not investigate this matter, did not investigate Rhodes~ and had no interest whats ~,:_ in the matter other than to acoom.pall-y ..:fhe re__presentati ve .t.r_om_!!a7T!:.i:l:ton Field while interviewi~g Rhodes. Blumenthal was told that for these reasons, of course, we had no information concerning the reliability of Rhodes. - 2 -
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Source text · mention only• • Blumenthal was most appreciative for receiving this information and said he would contact the of.flee of Special Inuesti 1 q.ti ons oL the Air J'o"'re"l!7or,.otia-t- a~ s £ci'nce t ]j,ey mi gfi~ ~e to ,c;;i. He said alson e-woind strcr'f'g-h~ -C-Rnodes, inf_2 m.iruJ. hi7R. the FBI only :Os 01 ..u:.tesy_;Jzg tli.e Jl t"r FD"r'<re re_presentatiue._s rec eived the negatives .from him ana-rransm£~ them. It has been reported that bre~earson on his television program of June ~1952.d~ mons~r ffia Pip t p gcaphs }' g ying, dis.cs~ is no~Tnown whether the photographs displayed y earson on his television program are those ref erred to in the captioned case. RECOMMENDATION In order to bring our file in this matter to an up-to-date status and to resolve the question raised by the subject, it is recommended 1 'aison con E ct OSI and determine whether the photographs displayed by Pearson cm h's television ..,B!Qg,J:.,q}i qJ' J.une 8, -i. 952,, are the photographs obtained [J:.JHR. the ~ub,;ect }n_ th.is case. , Inasmuch as Blumenthal indicated he Jl)ould contact the OSI concerning thi,s matter L i ·t i,s b.e_lieued highly ~robab l e that is where the photographs of flying discs were obtai necf7,y earson's office. - 3 -
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Source text · mention onlySTAN~D FORM NO.~ • ' Office M emorandum • UNITED sTATEs Gov ERNMENT 1\3TO JIR. A. H. BELMONT "..,f DATE : June 17, 1952 FROM V. P. KEA~ (1' SUBJECT: 1/ILLIAJI ALBERP""'RHODES MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING J:);av!:-._ ..1en.ou_ q LYING DISCS haroo_ Reference is made to the memorandum captioned •·""'"'- as above dated June 10, 1952, from Jlr . Branigan to Jlr. Belmont, ::.. ... which requested tlliiat OSI be contacted to determine if they "....-,-- turned over negativ s of photographs of flying discs ta.ken """"- by the aboue - capti ed individual to Jlr . Fred'-Blumenthal /2 -~ who wor '/rs for Dre ear son . r;;--,(7"t>-<J~ Lieutenant Colonel Leroy Barnard and Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Neville of OSI were both contacted and both advised that no inquiries had been received by OSI from , Blumenthal. The Bureau ' s Ai r Force Liaison Representative then contacted Colonel c. JI. roung of Air Force Intelligence (A- 2) who likewise advised that no inquiries had been received by the Office of the Director of Intelligence from Blumenthal or anyone in Pearson's office . It is noted that matters involving flying discs are handled by A- 2. Colonel _Young advised that it was possible that any inquiries made by Drew Pearson ' s office would be made in the Office o/ the Public Information Officer of the Air Force. However, Col onel Young contacted the fA Public Information Office, and he was advised that no inquiries , had been received from Drew Pearson's office r egarding flying discs and no photographs or negatives of photographs of flying discs had ever been f urnished to Drew Pear son ' s office. Colonel Young ad vised that or dinarily when information r egarding /lying discs is recei ved by Air Force rep r esentatives in the field, th e i nformation is re/e r red to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wr ight - Patterson Ai r Force Base, lXJ.yton, \ Ohio, for resea r ch and co rrelation. ACTION: None. The fo r egoing is for your informatio . 1 0,A,. s_~&;.\,UKDED • 71 ---~~ NWP: hke 'l' l,Y \NOaED .1! JUN 18 ffl52 I I6\ ,• l JUN 2 7 'lJJ_
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Source text · mention onlyBOLLAND TOFFEE to the for•BPdonE!anilv No. t,9U. July 6, 1952 C A Kemsley Newspaper Zld. • • Gegeuwart abgegen•a bat. Jlerlin,dell I.Juli 1'35?. ill oer.ir'ke o.es Y:!IIIJl'e,geri.chts l!~d in lt."10 ,lr ... •Jz:kundnnr}1' f\lr 1252 Here is Ey,-wi)n,_ss Re" Linko •-" d!mted tho a,tist to p,odua this vivid imomsioa ol tbe n,in< sauo« a, be ,aw Th•r saw the Flyin< S••'"' Oskar Linke and blS ,t ,n the ,Iea<m<, be,•de ,t stand the two momhm of the mw, who took off in it sho<llY aft«, 12-yea<-old steo-dan<hi«- Are 'Flying Saucers' a Russian invention?· Western intelligence officers are now trying _ to answer this question following sensational reports by 48-year-old ex-Mayor Oskar Linke, who escaped from the Soviet zone. Linke has 11otar sworn an oath before a judge that he and his daughter saw two metal clad figures and a '50ft saucer FULL STORYwith a 10ft conning tower' take Der liotar : off from a forest clearing four ?Diles inside the Russian zone. j part of the signed. sealed. official deposition which Berr Linke made iD Berlin, telling the whole story of bis fantastic experience.
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Source text · mention only20 Sunday Graphic, July 6, 1952 THE WORD FOR TOFFEE 'COPYBOY ' MAKES THE BIC TENNIS NEWS OF YEAR By HAROLD LAWRENCE MAUREEN CONNOLLY, the 17-year-old San Diego copy boy (she fetches reporters' tea and they call her " boy "), gaveher Californian newspaper it.s biggest story of the year when she joined the grea-t few who have won Wimbledon at their firs t attempt.Playing a perfectly - timed tournament and reaching her peak form when most others are too nervous to reproduce their best, Little .Mo defeated three Ouches~ of Kent presents the men's doubles cup. times winner Louise Brough 7-5, 6 3 In 70 minutes yesterday. game. Before we bad time to with outright winners. But with American champion at 16 and congratulate ourselves on our Maureen hitting at the lines. It virtually world champion 11 foresight. Maureen sent back was only a sligh t delay before months later ls no fluke, for four of Louise's best services with Louise finally put a low back Maureen has been working for " an outright winner" label hand into the net. years with this one ambition in attached. Maureen had to wipe tears or mind. .IOY from her eyes bcfure she reAt this stage. with Louise stUI ceived the famous trophy fromfull or ronlitlence, it was greatComing back the Duf'hes~ of Kent. who chattedtennis thoro11ghly worthy of thl' with a ,vhileher quite on tht•occasiou which strangely enonch COUl't.We may as well get used to is a rarity at a Wimbledon final.Maureen's successes for she Is u Then the former champion was So excitedlone youngster stepping Into the being pulled up for toot-faulting.future when her once famous Her sureness began to waver and compa triots are past their best. for the firs t t ime we all knew "I was so excited that I can 't " Sure I'm coming back, lots and I think she did- t hat a suc remember what Lile Duchess said and lots of times ," she said. " I cess ful come-back. the toughest I wish I could . She was sc, think Wimbledon is wonderful." thing ln sport, was not to be sweet ," Maureen told me. It has not been an easy debut hers. Neit her the women' s nor t he for 1he young American. 'i'wo Louise led two-love In the men's doubles t itles changed second set but it did not blind hands for both Dor, s Hart anu -e~~s \•~~g~d '\~m~~~ii~ 11bef.:~i:i1sb: us from the inevitable for she Shirley Fry, and Ken McGre gor London cham11ionshi1> final with was now h aving to battle •against and Frank Sedgman were too fib rositls. In spite of the 11Ieas two opponent,s - herself as well as strong for t heir opponents. of lwr coad1 tu scratch from little Miss Confidence. The outstanding ·player of 1952 Wl mblerlon, :\latll'een ranied on. Like a burnt - out firework and one of the finest winne rs Most or us expected Louise to which throw s out that last burst since the war is Frank Scdgm an. at lea st win t he first set and we of the old sparkle , Louise saved who followed his Fr iday s ingl es were encouraged when she broke three ma1ch points in the eighth SUCCCS8 by taking the trip le Maure en's service In the fifth game of the second se t. mostly crown back to Aust ralia for the Australia's Ken McGregor (left) covers Frank Sedg·man The world's greatest doubles pair easily won another title. RUPTURED but unworriedI Have you ever considel'ed how wonder ful it must be to have your Rupture safely held, in absolute comfort ..• and free from that constant awareness This, the famous of being ruptured? BROOKS APPLIANCE The Brooks Rupture can do for YOU !Appliance is not a gadget, but an appliance scientif ically evolved during 40 Send for full deto~·1s- years' experience ; no other with as good fea @Ufiii,tt►· · tures. It has the wide approval of doctors, and I .is always made to individ I BROOKS APPLIANCE COMPANY LTD.ual requirements. I London : 80 Chancery Lane, W.C.l. IComplete satisfaction Manchester: HIiton Chamber._ Stevenson Square Iguaranteed. t liv■r11ool 1 66 Rodney Street. ~ I Nam,____________ I Appliancessupplied under lhe INATIONAL I lf4dreu . :HEALTH SERVIC& 1- ------ ----- ----1!!0!,_ first time ln history . Result s : Women's Sing·lf'S- Finn.1: Mtss M C on• noW'e~; ~~~JesB~~~a?:- 5k 6-~·cor egor and F A Sedgm.an, holders, bt V S eixas and E W Sturgess 6-3 . 7-tl, 6-4. Women 's Doubles-Final: Miss a Fn· and Miss D Hart , holder s, ht Miss L Brough and Miss M Oonn oll.v 8-6. 6-3. J\lh:r.d noublrs - Srrnl-flnal: F. :\-1:ol'ea a nd Mrs T D Long bt K McGregor and Miss L Brnugh 6-3. 7-5 . Ftna1: F A Sedgman and M!ss Hart bt More a and Mrs Long 4.-6. 6-3 , 6 - 4 WINNING SMILE from Maureen Connolly and "Well done! " from Louise Brough, America's Little :Mo had just beaten Louise 7-5. 6-3 to win the women's singles. ,,. '\ (PH~S!~~~~? Ifyou arc feeling nervy and des• penden t takePHOSFERINE. Tired nerves lead to an upset digestion, loss of appetite and a feeling of exhaustion, signs that you need PHOSFERINE . for SLEEPLESSNESS If you've been sleeping badly you'll find that as PHOSFERINE restores your appetite and strengthens your nerves you will begin to enjoy peaceful, natural, night-long rest. Available in Liquid or 1f8i>. 4f. Tablet fonn .., 10 drops equal 2 Tablets. WINNER'S ACTlON-1,ittle !\lo (left) all out for a' return .. . . LOSER'S REACTION-Louise Brough all in THE GREATEST OF All TONICS after thi:, match. Mo and the heat were too much . Ct i:: CJ -= a....__, en en LI.I a: a. a. 0 Ven MUM End -of-the -paper smile Printed and Published by KEMSLEY NEWSPAPERS . Ltd.. Kemsley House, London. W c.1 l'Pboue: Terminus t2:l4. l SUNDAY .JULY 6 1952 2· Sund.y Gn,ohic, Jul;- 6 , 1952 ,... t From ANTONY TERRY, "'Berlint .!3./!~~ir'Ja.y .' A RMED with asensational affidavit ~vtif~it ™1:,_eye• ":ti ess, intelligence officers in \Vest Berlin a·re to~;Y:jnvestigatlng QllC of the most amazing " Hying saucer " stories eve .ceported. • Evidence that a weird contraption- " like a 50 t. warming pan witb. out a handle, and with a 10ft. conning tower "-took off with a c re,t of two from a forest clearing in the Soviet zone is being studied at the highest level. It is hoped to answer the big question: Are " flying saucers " a secret new Russian invention? Man who first brought to light this remarkable story of a1m.~ :-::: :;_-- ?':' .--....:; (1•eported briefly in later editions of the Sunday Graphic last week} is grey hair ed, 48 - year - old ex Mayor Oskar Linke, Gleim er sh au s e n, near Meiningen. He had escaped Airborne, the strange craft whids off at terrific speed,from the Russian zone with soon to be out of sight. As it left the ground the ceuhalh is wife and six children. tower rose again. roughly a f oot and a half from Men in metal the next. '' Out of the metallic ob.feet I can now reveal that in rose a black cyli ndrica l •conthe company of West Berlin ning t ower.' about t en feetofficials, Herr Linke, with The Saucer begins to take off: the outer disk whirl s high." his 11 - year - old step faster and faster, rising up the centre "conning-tower ," Linke went on. I was nowdaughte1· Gabriele, I as t which rem,ilins stationary, a larmed b.v a call from my week swore this solemn and da ughter, who had rema ined. formal affidavit before a machine toward Hassel the · d eer · cautiously, I some dist ance b ack. The sound judge :- bach , Gabriele pointed to was now ab out 60 yards must have reached th e two "I was riding home on my something about 150 yards from it. figures, for t hey rushed back m otor-cycle, with Gabriele away, At first sight, in the to the object, clambered ra pidly" I then realis ed tha t my up the s ide or the ' conni ng m1 the pillion, when a tyre half light, I took ft for a first impres sion had been tower: and disappe ared i nside • ~~u~r the village of young deer. incorrect . Th e th ing I hadff'QICh Twin has 'fh' ~--- --:---~a.n~u. nn~·./•--- ..J l"Q.!l.l l v f:.wll. ANo e Ton, - "They app eWHICH HAS THE EXPENSIVE PERM? clothed · ared to be shimm • 1;1 a kin d ot s t anc e eri~rl metallic SUb .rtown 'and st:cf T ben dingching on t.... Yng some -.,,e ground. ~lore women choose Toni than all other l1ome perms combined! Ha irstyles by a famuus C9t"/leu r Because they've proved a Tont perm looks perfect from the first day Because they've proved a T f st --- on permays perfect for months and months E_lla W1gu11 (on the right) has the T 01u· and A szster Lila has the expensive perm zer Nhote Head Refill 'J/- Jf. YEJ~ ,hcv~ no curlers, Duy tl-e W hole I lead Kit w,tn Spin C urlers - f8l6, or w,tt, Standar d Curlers - IS/.. End Curl Kt . . Si,in C.Jrfers - 9f-. End Cur/ iRe~;:~ ~~:~ct . . II/'!'.. ·-----.: ~ /~ome Perm ' Colis 7 .3() 5.3( Crit~ Sa(. Ym TAKE OFF IN_...:A1 "' 'FLYING SAUCER' Drur; i Wot Duch disappea red. still g a i n i n g Sat.height over t he hills and D I forests towards Stockheim.' Several other people in the area later · to ld Herr Linke they had seen something \v!1Jch they took for a comet. One, ii shephe rd, Georg D erbst, Fortl who was abou t a mile and a Motl T h. ,ha lf away, said be t hough t a Garrcomet, bad •• bounced ·• of! Lile 7.30earth. Meet .a sawm ill watc hman to l ct Glc 1 0·Herr Linke he had seen what he though t was a • low-flying Colo comet •· flash away from the 7 .::;o hill where Herr Linke saw th e B lu object. • Hole in ground Ne~. T hu I Old S•t. G ent Pala Wf'ti 8.20 P rin 6. Pa t i Sidi Seat · St. ,t s 3r 2 .3 0 S t. I Tu , · &s. : L, Str af 2 3 C An, Stree Wed Not
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LIIC, •&11.The ant<' o1 Bt1nc t lU), 1't,ll. , Marble Aroi>. ,till C'uUllt-1' I 5.25. ~.20. The Qui•• u,. ,Tech.). !'I\ 4 }.:.m. T'oi n•no-o .U. J1za1101.>vm.U. Colo..: Ill <No tx). 1Te,h.) l•Y. 6.:>3. 0ne.f':1nta,1a t•t:0111c, dal . Gtl"la (A) ,lrnl. l r I. Man ot u, 'I'be S;1n U Stlll\l f\. •• J'JI ~'< You OH't\llli '11), o-rJitv 4 ,SO. 1.io. ODEO y Are n :i:, no.d'..: 1.'t."-O., :-. Julv :lo. Ok .Ht.U,~8~1 JOHN ROBERTSON'S CRJCKE'J' ROIIND•I/P TWIN DAY FOR EVE'.'! t he gasometers winked br Qadl:,r and the bars buzzed with h il arious b owler- batte d l("enllcm cu of South London as the mifhlY Yorkshire crashed with an u nhol y c rash at the o..a1. Latecomers could not believe that the cocky, .so-often omnipotent Yorkshire could be out tor a. meagre 137, and amongthe early sla1n England·.s captain, Len Hutt on. 'l'he crowd or 'l'es.t match pro po1·t10115 - over 25,000 peo1>lecrammed Into the iirouud-were hnppy with the eun~hlue. the tllh·st. lt en1icndered. and Surrey •s 111~g111ncent bowlln& achievement. .l'hll toast over tile llnkllni itlasses was the Bedse1· twlns, v,ho llnd l'elebratM their 34th birth· day the previous ClaY, Test-match style n rnlht•,· Al1•c:., 111 Ills 11~1"(:t'~I. lllll •l 11,a,: n iliet·llt '.1·~,t llllllCh ,1~ It•. look Ill C! \:o rk,hh~ l\' IC~Ct~ lor Ju,t 01t·r tcu nm, n 11lece. :ind lilt! f'llllll llY llltl"ln~ t;1•h·, 11 110 has t·ome In to h b own us ,lll lll)f'llin ~ l). ,1 ,m11n. SCOl'Ccl 67 ;111() Is still there M I\Ol'l'Y the \:ork~hlr,· utl,W k IV-llltJl'l'IIW, Surrey-1a4 tor tlll'ee at the closu--could not In their wildest dre:uns h,we bel!evcd that thl') would be only thl·ee ruus behind Yo ·1<.ehlrc ou the n1·st 1t1n1uiis In the flrst d,,y o! a match. Ana the Onll wicket. though It needed "nlchlni, wa<J never anytbln1t temotely wicked. Yorlushlre hnve a . loll on to ·''"" 1h19 mlltCh but York~htre MOIU-! t hau til t ltOtl<l's best ;ithl l'l c• \\Ill be t ested In 1h11 1!1.;·: Ob 11111la1I, due to sta rt at ll t•lsiuk l (>II ,In ly l!l. 'l"he Gll lll fS (h1•111w h ~'l 11111 h e O il t r l:tl. W t• British . who hM'e so loyallyllelleved In and tried to live UD lo the ldeala wblcb 1msplred the Onu11:s wlll know l! we have bee n rl&llt 111 our talth, Or Lr we bava bct11 ~entlmentfll tools, l'hl$ Olplll)l~d \VIII 11rollat>ly re.solve lt~elr toto a titani c due l l>etween Arotrlca Rnd Rusela. No u t.'d tt.) 110 t,Jto wbat thaq two IFC,llt: nation'$ thll'lk or each nther Ill I.he WOl'ld 11! poUtlca. Will thlB. lo t.'l'IIJIIIOnal DOll!IMll r1\alrv he en, led Into the snort• ID!l' arena oud .tustlry tbe cynicswho allri:e uatlonallsm I! ram oant In the 01.nnplc Oames? Nazi vulgarity O l,\'\ l l'II,; 1>rt!Stll1e II Ul))t,t' d "ht•n the Ul:16 Games 11 ctc 11••1() In Bt' rlln . 'J'hls Ol)'llllliad 11·,\s ll~t'II r,~ G~r many to lloosr I ll Cir II.HI lcular l)lllltlc.al l!l'CCU ul Wal l'l'll, Or <·oiir~e the stall'lng und o:·a:-. satlon was spectacular and cfflcle11t. But the w11ole hoastful atrnh· wa~ vulgar alld turned 1:!rl~lsh .~to:nach~. The 1!)18 Ga11lC8 ut Wem1,le\ Diill'J Surrey v Yorkshire rotnl .... >37 nowllna: /\ 131:d~cr !l-54, SUl'rldge 3-2Z, Lod; 1·#, Lak.t:r l-27. sorrq- 1'"'in.t Lnn,nl'., L J3. Pt• hlt1t le. t· \\i lb.on l) Yardley ' . . ! J.. A 1~rd-.1•r lllJt nm ,. . ........ . • 87 n Co11<1 ablo b C:lo,e . . . .. ... . . ... . . 22 'r H CIA•k c Wlbon b Clone ..,..... 2J J f' Parke J:Ol out , .. . ... .... . ... .. Ii l· x!r.. -; ,.. , , 1.1 Total (3 w~l•) ..... ...... B4 Gloucester v Worcester At fttl!f.1ol \\_.tl'"ltM-Fii-sL lnn1Dl3 ?7Fff. ~fth:'~t ~nC~:i~!~~cittSco·te ·: ·: 27 L Oot~d•ootn 1 un out. .. , .,........... . 7!) N E Had C Wilson b Scott .......... . tJ R flrondbe.u.1 b '-lcHu1rh ........... . 22 0 D~wis e McHuv.h lit Srolt ....... . 8 L Deve-1 t'U:it Jbw b McUug,h .. ., .,.. .., .. 203~ R WEif~!~~ b l.a«re:w~.:.::.:::::.::::: R O Jc:nttn:i1 nut out , ............. .. 37 M Hor1on not out .... , ....... ...... , 4 E~rras 14 Total (7 ~kl•) , ...... ... 306 Oxford U. v Cambridge U. /\l Lord'• O:w.rnr• t ·u tv. - l"Jl~l 111nlJ\&,1 n 1300\Jbycr lb"' b Mn.i-la.r ... ,....... , 20 J ),, llH"-h b Mar}.u- ............. ,.. 62 : g ~~~~J'L·e~· ~UM'ai·i!\'i:·::.::·.:::::•"'. &t lntlia F'irllt tnntnR:!'I A L 00'l\d1IH! h Kenny • •••• •• • •• • l'l P Roy not out .. ..... , .. , ... , 14.l P D R I:ihikr not Ollt , .... , ... ,. . l!> DK O;tf'kwatJ lb"' )) GfJOIWMf•na •• , ?O P J Whllt'<lmbe c Sh,ppard b Marlnr 0 ll ft Adh hr! r Poole b 8!r1.lo ... .. 33 w M Mlh'hell no, out .... ....... ,.. ... ?14!i V ~ Uua.i l!' not out • , . • .. .... f7 Extras . . •. , ....... . ..... ,,.,,.. 12 1-.xlJ,;c. . .. ................ 17 T ..t, 1 <e ~·I,ts) ............ 233 T,1n1 ,2 •kt,> ............... a4o BEDSERS detf'1·mln11llon needs 011ly such a cnptnln'$ lert-hand deliveries all ~w11u1u,. ove1· the pl ace. ln a mernot·nble dav tor Suttt:Y Griffith~ und nn unusuallytbe captain Stuart Sun'l dRe restrniuea 1revvr !:!alley nil.Cl .. de$Nves a uie~d of lll'tlse. He prolific stand und both me,1 were toolc lh1·ee cbenp w1ci.:ets and the out In the eighties. Ruy Sm1UL sllp c11tcl1 by which l'le dl~mlsse d had \>l'evlously hl\i_ a hair-centuryHo.lhdtlV wns a "aem ot pul'est nnd Dtclcy Dodds, ,s beto1·e lunch, rny serene." He held It oce- ,howed that he I~ th1,1 most !Cl\l"• ll«nded nnd' very low down . l ess ope1\e1· 111 the 1nime- some• what l'emlnlscent or Geor&P Ounn. Olli' Dicky's nr~t scorln, Catch disallowed st,·oke w,15 :, Six Dozen~ of people drowsed on Yorkshire left-lmnders. slow- the 11rns., ueftr GeorRe Parr'R tree l)owle1 Wardle. und tall Wlll!Qn, M Indian batsman Roy plod.de<!s:wed the ~Ide from dire dl91t1·11ce llle wean way from noon Lill the thou1,h Wllson, who bCored 150 end or ,i wcnry day, l'XIICtly, w11s luckv not to be out Roy bntted ,111 day for 142 11nd when se,·en took over tlrn hout'8 ,or his ccn- Constabll' made II wonder!\ll tu1·y llttempt to catch him wttb. bht h.tlld on the g1·ouud. WllbOU WllS Page to rescue wntklng to the vn\·ilton untilrecoiled Tho umpire bad d is- When the Kent bowling looked allowed the catcll. llke bclni 50\'t'rel)' mau led at • 1 . . . Coventry younir Puiie brougllt\\ us l>i 11 • <.:0111111011 s haml- 1,bout a Warwick coll'lpse nnd the ,01:1e r,u·,· II 11, h,~(I " \Hl _h~t und i:r cllnuw1ons were out !01· ao4 aIler l ht s1.~11h 11rn ,;ll <.:oltl~tstt.'r ~~ ht1vin.,g been :.131 for three. PtlJlC ~..:~e.'. ': ".~..~" -~o • for II- ,in ti U1~n 1>lnyed only twice for Kent. tasL tk,~l.11ul . ,rl cr h t h,111 1•ut t ucm seoson but ls obv:o\ll!IY au Ju , acquisition. It wns the blirgest cricketing That solid 01>ener and elegant antte of the season !or the 1>ltch wkket-keepri·. R. T. Spooner, h.td WM never 1\IWthlDi but docile. glvtn Warwick 1\ 1neat stal't bl' Younii NnuHeur Colln G1•1ffith,;; !;<:Orlnr. a cen tlll'Y. Godfrey Evans. rnbbed salt Into the Compton promoted In the bnltmii order. wotmds by clouttnir tile J\llddksex gaYe Kent some conticlrnce. restol'ed the Ol~ mptc Ideal to It~ tbe world Mil be forn~ed on l>t.'de$tl\L Remember, we were them closer than el'er betore. ev1m barder up then than we a1·t1 Be trank about It. There clln now, be sh 11n1 pl'uctlce. un!all' tactic• We stru111ed tbrouirn some· an d bad ol)ort•mt111ship even In how 0\1r 1u·ranl{ements may not tho Olympic~ A bump or & nave been 11s soot.I or luiiurlous. nudae cat\ mea.n tho lost 1.11 • aa lhe Bcrlln ,,.. Los Angell!S title. O ymp1a.ds. But we ~howrd the WIit 1uc1a s11vrtsn1nns!'IJJJ still WQl'ld the real •P!rlt Ol tile shlne forth nt J:telslukl amonl{ Oan1es, And the wo1•Jd went awav happier than before * * L l'l"l'l,t: I lnl;rn d. n Ith 01111 4,0tlll,000 l)t'tJl,lh•, Ila~ put UP ll 111:ll(II IH(•t' llt ~ IIOW Ill t he ~tngin, or I he ( ; ame!I. 'file l'lunq wlll b!' rooo 110,1<1. The re "Il l oe no n •1wtltlo 11 or llc 1·1ln. 1t's down on t.he track where the o:rm pie lde111 will be uphclct -Qr trall~d ill the dust or national 11nd 1>ollt1ca1 MPlra tlon-;. The Americans and the nns.<lan~ shonld lrnow the eyes or C K E T 11111ml B O A R B Essex v Middlesex Tolo.l Ot wktis dtc) ........ 402 Ucmlln1: \'oun1 4-106. lltnnt'tt 2-34, D Comuton J..12. Mltld li·,t•,c flr,it lnnim:!I JD kob1 ·ll~11ll t: P1,~lu11 b 81111th ,., J S ~\i TJ1o~i~:~ ~w?':~1tb .~~-u_'_n • :::: i Tola] / 2 wkl•) ...... , ~l Northants v Somerset i\1 .Ptrnborou· r.h: .\·ortlrnu l~ F'll':'ll Innlnt:!'l U Urc,1)lc.tJl b kethnu.n . . . ... ........ .. ll V Hn:1,lcr ck (' Olmblett b uuse ,.,. ., 2t> l; i)Q;\',S b Buie- ,........... ,.., . .,., 2 N OllHu:ld C Robm~on b Bu:;e . ... 7 F J:i.l.enun c Sh.·oh,•n'.".on b au:-.e , . 19 n l:lan·!.C'k not otn . ,., ........... .. 100 Jo' R Brown <· Robn1~on b Redman . ,. 6 Ci Tlt"be: I Stepb(•ll: on b HiilCll . .... 19 P navb c. anc.1 b J.nY!"t·t"nt'e ...... ,. ,.., 37 A Nllt.tt-r c Hai'f 11 l> Rcdmnn ........ . 17 athletes wllo detest· eat!\ other's pollLlc,tl cr()eds? The Brltl i, S&Y It can and sbould T Age lengthens odds II EY ure 0l1 crln1C •:;; 10 1 11,:aln<t 1 111 1e t,,.,w s:1ra,<'n 1ril111111,: llll' 0 1wn """ i-11,1111- 111011, h ip. w l\l Ch h,•, 111 · at Ro.,,11 Dud:,~. here from Germany. Towarell! 1he finish P. D. S. l,ytl rnm and ~L \ n n c·, to- misses open gol! c?ulmv!onsl\tp Blake and W, M. ~itt·hell ~wung mm·ro\\, Gr uc 1, ,io. .\l(e 11n- bec,n11<e R. and A ne~~r 1·eceived thet, IDuts freely, a refl'eshl112 and <10111Jt!'dlJ h:1, lnll11rnt·1•d ( he h i~ entry ... ton1:h 1uck, esl)ec- protttable procrs,,, esen II tthap-odtl• olT••ri•d n A,1l 11,1 him . tally as Antonio Cenln tAr1ie11- pencci 1,,1er than muJont> opmion Does topp1,1g tl\1• hair ce11t11n tlne1 was ndnlltted althO\ICb lit.., reckoned It bhot_1l...;d_h_11._\·...;•;.....d_o_n...;e 11ecessl\l'llv tlllt ~ go1re1· oul entrv was l"le Sussex v Glamorgan Leicester v Hampshire At- Le!cester: (~l.1nior,t:ltl I-'ll'!it Jnnlnt., At HO'l'V, n .un~h(n• f r lnn'ncs 17 N li Roctra lU\\' b P.1111 rr . •·f: OtiV f:,: l, J.11111":f 1 J R Ora, b Si,ennr , ,.,. ,u. 0 P:~rkho1u.tt lbw b J· rtiP~ P ClHt h \\ 1 ><I , ... 2.. /\ D 1~11.'~ .M,·K n-7,~ b Palm~ ... O l. H:irr!.;l.un b P,1lmP .. . .. : ~t~i:1<1 bo (.;k~~i!1~..!~ J . ~:!I..::.::: 6-i A w H R:J\'mPnt i:: \\ lsh b ~pi.mot· W Jvnit~ c S m1e b O, ke5 ....... .. 10 1 11 4:-. E D H. [;ra.a::,,r b Palrnt \\ \\'001!1 r c: Wrbb b w,1od ,...... .. ! n ~lu kltton b ::,Pt-n wr . . .. ~5 R. J> t e b PalnHI · · • _ . , ... , .. H Da..-lc:1 lbw· b Wnod ... ....... ,., 1 t V Cann:np <,;. Pa.l•nt-r b $p.:ncer ... N N1•\1•t C' Cox b Jwmt:S ....... . 7 A. Prom.on c Jo 1tth b Sp1nc:~r .•.. D ShtphPl"d nur out ~ Muncrr b \\o'ood . .. .. ,....... ,. o C M Knutt no~ t)!l,............. . o1::-.lrilS TOlll , .. , • . ,. IG 0:<"'Unr: Wo11d 4 - • . Jantt'S 4 4-!1 Qi,ll:.~!1 1•29. Co1I1ford l-'i6 :,,;,1~•u•,. 1- ir:st 1nnln1J Juh.n I,11,ncrtdCP. c Wa.tidn:, IJ Jin~t· '1 C Q,1.ku b Ht:H'l' 2 0 Cux rt\lt out ,. , ........... 2.7 D Smith not out ..... ,.... ,.. ... .... J!t E:<tl'.iS , .... ,.,,,, ..,, .... , 3 ·rolal (2 •·ltt•l ,. ... , .. , ~· Warwick v Kent At C1w1•ntrr, W,1 r,\ lt·k 1-'\ot tnnlnf.! F C Ou I dtH•r I! 1"1q;p; b Dovt)' .... , 1 n. 'r Spoonrr h P,,,w ............ ,.. ll7 J S Ord 1,:1 Wllt1Jn b WrtKht .... , .. . 6t P H Bn,1111ley h Llo\1(•~• ... . _... , .... . 0 11 F. lWllt-l'Y ,. Plwbry b DoVt')' ... . .. ~ I R. i! Hlr.chco,.!:\: lbw b Pu1u• ....... . 14 A 'T1>w11:)('11U lbw h P.1ac ........... . ) C \V Oro\'i b Pa{U' . , .. •., .,... l H. r Wt'~kg C ~,-,ll1'!. b P~g~ ., ..... . ? •r L rrltdu.nl b Oovrv .............. . J9 'Tt'lfl\l (3 \\'kb) ........... ll~ Stotland v Ireland At JtD1:!l~r l "l"lHl >:ln;t lnntna11 nf: tNichol 6·22): Srtithind f· lut Jnnh1&"- 10-2. tr.:,;trns ... . .... ...... ....... Tnl'.11 . . . ... •. 8llwlin1~ l'Jhntt &-1'. SPttt<'Cl IJ•l7. J.rll 1·1t.h-r t'lrst lonm:.,3 0 T,<,\er b KMlt .. . .. . . .. .. . ... 36 O S,l'U h"1n c Ua:-rl,"n b r<nut t ...... 70 M Tomc,:on not. 011; .... , ••. , .•,.. &6 C U 1";11111~ n,11 uut • .. . .. ......... 61 txtra,. ................. ,. 7 Tolol 12 Wk!<) ............. al0 Derbyshire v Lancashire At nu1ton: C s t;ll1~[t'ib~~,\~"St,;1•i';·;ltmTl~~.1.~~3 .... 19 A H:tmc1· b 'fl)tlN'R:tll . ................ 19 0 L Willft.lt c l-t!l!On b 'Titttcnu.11 . . ;.B 11. e Hc,·!U b f.;tntha.m ............ ,.u,.. ~ n a Cnrr b Hilton . . ..... .. . .. . . .. 6S I Kt•Uv b S!ittlHtln . . • ...... , • .• 24 U !\-tonra.n nm out . . . .. .. .... .. .. 1u A. E Rhodes c How;;Ud b Stalharn •. l 6 C Olttd\\'ln not out . , . .. 19 G D,n,·kt!li c \\':uhb1 ool: • 1-1.lton ,. 4 L Jg.d;~n c Wh,u-tun b Hilton ... ... 0 Extril.s. 17 He1wlln~~ 0 -~:11ul'.uU' 4;53_ .iil"1t~o··3.~~: fatll'f'iDll 2-~7. r.n m .11,hlrr J-1ut lnnini5 'j .r,~:~r~~~ ~~tl .~~~. ~:::::•::::::::::•: Total /0 "1:1) Speedway raciilg "\T IO'< II, I.I \(;( F Dh. 1.-ll•llc Vu• 46, 1urmin1,thn1n 3!i-. ~orwich 47, Harrln gav 36. 1)1\·. 11. Covt-ntrv 44, Pool,. •o; Ctadlfy HtJ.lh !:ii. Mt'ltbr1wtll -"· ~.11'!0:>;t\J. 'fllOl' llY '2nd lff) Od~II 67. Wt~t B»im 40. Od2111.) l'rln on ~k~l't r,Rtf' or I 09 1U6 hOl'Tlll llN I.I AG1·c-Raylel cll 65, Stiuthampton 11, ! uoday Crapl,ic, July 6, 1052 10 Frank Low.son, l'ork.shire 's opening bat, went all out for a b ii:- swee p t o Ir,:- he1·e-the result .. . lbw b Laker. Oxford slow march By ROLAND ALLEN I T W;l, I lle , ,,tn o r ltobl n " "rla r, ho11 ll11~ hi• nc·rurnl o on h t't•a l,s 11 11 t h.- hill 11 ( he l nlq•r•i l )' 111:tl t·II a [ 1.,11·11·, )~S le rda) , u h kh ,1,.rl'ied O.xrortl's l>rHt i l m ts111 r n m1u·h 111ortl t11au Ihv h l~h ,1>1•1•d or ! he l \\'o Cam • hrlll:te 'l't•st ll u w I •• r ,, Cua 11 \lc('.irt h) 11 nt1 ,lt>h u Warr. Oxfol'CI h., l tf'd ~II day rot· 233 among the "25 to l others"'/ lt shouldn't, The Hon, Mlcho.el Scott wa, 55 wheu he won tbe amn.tt.'ur tltle. Suazen could be a touirh j)rOl):>Sltlon at 50. Xt'• 20 yeRrS ~Ince l\e won the championship n.nd Ile modestly cl:itm~ he hasn't come over to win but to " meet some old pal~ and show the youn11sters how." At 25 to l Gene acemg a nice bt>t !or " showing l'Oll'l':4 l'UO~T t l. \ '-;ll flS: Bob how " to more than the roungster/j,, * * * S Mo.ltl:\lld I Binnln11ham) :not !)!eked fol' H~lstnkl. bent all attack wus n•r) rn~t. but not Britain'" 01} tUPh: rldel's In m\tcb more . Laocncd.on_·.Lhencm.0 11d1~t~!.1 / 1 1en:! lnc3 The Jleld1t1a° :t~\~. co111b1·1Clge wasr 1 ~ .,.. 1 • ~ better thnll we ha\'t sl"en It 26mln. 24sec . . . ~electors having sometimes this se-:..on. but It Is second thO\lghts? IDlli)OSSible to '1\'0ld Ille feellnl{ \Voltes uwae .£10.609 profit that the bllJ Cl'O\\'d and the last .,ea.,on, £21.l•!l:.l u<tson befort admlttec!ly 1i:ood bowlln2-we1·f' ... /tml 1r,Zt 3ti1! paJJ more next worthy or somethln11 better than time. _ so much negative de!en~ll'e and American Private stni:lleY even de:1d-bnt technique. GILLINGHAM SIGN KIRMAN G ILLLNUHA:\f yes. t'rd.1~ .sli,ned Tillrd-round l'NHJI ts 1.i El 5111,h their fifth playe,. Ln n. w,•ek. Bowllng A•soc 1111011 Intt1 roun1, Harold Kinnan. ~2-~ e,11·-o:t.1 wl11g- chatnplo1u;llt1,: Nortlnimt:<'r nd hale rron, Hull Cit\', (holders) beM Nottlugh:u., l~l - O/ltcr soccer trnn.,tcrs: All~nb11 !19: Surrey b<''1t Wnrwlcl. l:.?3 - DriVer, Ipstctch in.,ia1• or centre- JOI; Middlesex beat Norfolk toncard, Lo \Val .,all: Joseph 121-112; Ham11shlrP- o eat •~ Cottpla1td, 8rad/uru <.:tty Jul!- Somel's('t 111-110, " back, to CarlislP. , .Addiscomoe c11cl!st J. B . Smith4~ A11othc1 easy \'ICtol )' fo1· New• broke So11t11crn uoc1tl Assor•>rtti<>n 6 cast le In South Attica. Thev SO-mile record bu s·.r M<"o11a.~. o beM Enstern Prnvince 5-1. TJis tim~ was :!/tr. 4miI1. 5,cc.13 John Wardrop 1MoU11·ru:elli Poole-to-W,nchnm nnd ba<"k ~ anil Lilian Pn·(•cc (IV<1Ila.,cy1 roa<I rnce (IOI miles) wo~ won h}'10 wilt captain Britn,,,·s 111,.n·., and D. A. TuubrJt.lge tlilghl(at• H.)9 women's Olympic su·wIm<1111 m 2111·. 53m1n. 44sec. Highgate 10 1~1 for the los~ ot s1,,; wlckets and Jt took J. i::. BlLsl\ 11101·e than !OUl' :.13~~-~ to gather toi.ethc r his 62 Colin Cowd1·ei·. the young0Jtford b:1tsmnn, who. 11s we know. hn~ 1, Wlde l"nlli?e o! ~trokes only occnslonally sl1owed them tci us In n dour Innings or 55. which took him 175 mlu\1tes . Be was In fol' :J:.! mtm1tcs be• rore he got his tlrst nu,, a •lngl<l,He &truck 8<lven ro,irs . two or them cover drives straight rrolll tbe criclcet COPVbOOks. We o.ltiO 1·cc111I such n stroke Crom Bush. which made It n m:itte1· or wonder that, :\lthoui::h these two llOt more tllan Lht'lr !air sh111•p or l lie Oxrorcl runs tn R Pll.l'lncl'shlp of 84, their SCOI'• ln!r rate through ll ult w::is below 30 an llOUI', Dead-bat technique It d id nut ra lst• 111111·h ahm l' tha t r ot 11\'ll.rl~ all ti"~. Al t h ur, It (l1·111•1l\'d u, l011 a, n, ,: In hall llll htllll' , Beyo11CI the fncL thnl Bulb once ll'it.l~v~W:~111tL"..\,.;\,N~~~1~,i~~ teams . won team race. //IDIGESTION For ACID chewa~t>f .MILK of MAGN~~~A·.~~ TABLETS • By conccting acidity they give prompt relief from heartburn, flatulence and all other forms of acid indigestion. *'Milk of Magnesia' Tablets are handy to carry in handbag or pocket. Handy Pocket Packs- 9d. & I IS Family Sizes-2/10 &4/11 .,.,Milk of Mng11e1ia' is t/1t lraJ, mark of Phillips' pr,p111atio11 of mut,11rsio ( Bannister burst lets him down Br TERRY O'CONNOR WHITE CITY'S internatlonnl athlet ics meeting yesterday, billed as an Olympic Games pre view ror Bl'llish 1·u110em twho go to Helsinki in two weeks' time), was not a very enco\ll'ag ing one fo1· Rage\' Bannlsl~r. He \vas bcnten In. lhe BOC metres In the tr1nn11nlnr match by RllOther Sngll&hma n , All,trt Webster . AltbO\ l&h th!~ I• not Bnnnt~tcr's Olympic distance-he Is ou1· lend Ing l .500 metres m1m-the m,m-1ier or hi~ (lefcnt must come 118 a sllook to his 11dmlrers. l'or Oll!"C tilt !;Ulll> U S ll,11rnl,t,•r h11rst :JOO )urd s rrnm u,~ ta1>e r,1lled h im. Slow start Afte,· a slow flr~t 1:1 I). 59.7•ec .. Webster led with Bannlsttr rom fortallly behind . A~ tlley entned the back str;•i1tl1t. tile a~.0110 crowd wae htl~he d , w11ltln11 tot Lhe Bannister bn1'l!t. But when he h~1rnn to Oll<'l1 uphis ~trlde. 26-ye11t-okl \\ ebsi ~r dOllfledly refused to be overt . ken. For 100 yards these two rmme, s electrified tbe meeting by run• nln'{ neck and neck. At the third bend, Bnnnt,ter wns !orce(l to dl'OI) bnck. hut came ajl:itn In the home .,t,.d~ht. \\' t•h~lt•r ke11l h b 111111011• rl,ala( h,1)· to win In I ht• molit"rale t l11u.: o r Jmlu .•i,1.~!"ot'<:. Tl1ere h.is hee 1 criticism or Baunls le1·"s Jont•\\OI! tn,t111J1itthis sea.son. It's ol),•1oi1r. from this race that even he c:,nnot do without tlrst-cl:1sij com pt,tltlon, Ht \V11l !\lid tlle ::iwrdl'~ : nd Ocrmo.n, 11, Int· tou11h•••· 1n o• 1ositlon lhnn lltOUt•llcnrted Wth• ster at Helsinki. World 's best equall ed Hecords Cell Ju the rl!lt \' event~. ~:,1ctti:t~~)"~...."'.,•'~ 1 n1J;,/ 1~:::.~ In 40.9scc., equalllna the world's be~t set UI> by a l;outh A!rlcun tentu.) hl rJ01·le ,J;11•l.~011, "ho r~n t he t111•·hOI' h•g ror /\11,tra ll:1, ha11 earlier \\'OR t he HUI Hl~I ... N (11.hc('.) o n d '?00 mrlt~~ (·!~:!<P,t',), fas 1,•~t tlmt•s ror 1111·,., d i,t uuces hY a w11ma11 In U1llal11. In the 4 x 440 yar4b relay the Jamaican team DlOke tht' Brlll\h Kmpire recorct. of 'mln. 1:.1.thtc., by 2-5,sec.The is11ii1and-Wal ~ trnm wnn the trlan&ulnr mntch wt .l;l. ·, 10 point:,;. scotlano ~to el( 66, 11_·e_1_11_n_o_3_4_. 0W E l-folllt'S not llUt .. • ....... .... Ext1us .. . ...... ......... . 2 Natts v India J\t Nott 1 nJ:h1nn.
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Source text · mention only•• earson, 2alled and talled with contact with 0048) ~ol..U.!1.<..W..L..l.&-1,,JJ~ told Pearson today ,.,, . ,I ~ Office .1..'vf.emoran um• UNITED STATES GOVE RNMENT TO Mr . Toltrnn DATE: June FROM L. B. Nichol~ SU BJECT : WILLI.A}! ALBE. RHODES ci.---. Ol&vln_r aJ.1f~~¾A~~.~~8CONCERNING ......__ 11o,..__ BUREAU FILE 62- 83894 , Se rials 80, 184 , and 225 'lnc7__ ..,.,__ ht..Ra ._ During my absence t :50 A. M. today, Freg . ,B-1.umen ;JJJal, l.!: the ~fice o Drew T ick. Bl a stat~ P.,rson has been in Dr . w. A. hades {Phoenix telephone number 5 - oto r _ s_whic]J tlu! ...a.b._0Q~a_ption1:.d too_k of Jly_i'!_g_ the Phoenix area in July o/ 1947 . Blumenthal states that Dr . Rhodes that the FBI borrowed hi..fl_,!1,.P.9,.ative.§ of the f l ying discs anif when a..!7'ed /or their return the FBI tolg Rhodes the n~gatives were not )j avaiYable . B.J.14mentha1 asked w.heth..u there is _g,ny truth to this statement of Rhodes and ll!!},at the FBI Jr~w ab_£ut him.IJ I It appears that Pearson is interested in using the photographs on his television program and is desi ro us of borrow ing them from the Bureau or having them returned to Dr . Rhodes . BACKGROUND: Bureau files reflect that on August 29, 1947, a Mr . George Fugate , Jr ., called at the Phoenix Office exhibiting credentials re flecting he represented A- 2, Fourth Air Force, Hamilt on Field, Californ yq.. He asked an Agent to accompany him to interview William ~~hodes who previously reported the photographing of a flying disc in Phoenix on the afternoon of July 7 , 1 947. The Phoenix Office contacted $AC Harr y K i mball of the San Francisco Office and Mr. Kimball~rified the fact that Fugate came to Phoenix as a representative of. Colonel Donald Springer of Hamilton Field , and it was s~9.9~✓he Phoenix Office assist Fugate not in investigating tiN,jl.J'iCl:J(f.'tl',,' but in simply talking with )Dr . Rhodes . RECORDED J I' tf By- l etter dated September 4, 1947, set forth in four pages the Fugate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who them in his immediate po~session . Rhodes stated , 1£.QJ!:.ld del i_ver tllem to the FBI the .following morning for mitt~~ t~ Fu9ate at Hamilton Field , California .)I Jr.3&I I _;e ..;..;_~.,,, . #9::'i4 cc - 1.rr. 'lfeimont REW:md the Phoen ix Office results of this interview and stated did not have however, .lJ&... tra,p
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Source text · mention onlyI ti i., Memorandum to Mr . Tolson June 4, 1952 On the morning o Rhodes delivered the ne atives to the Phoenix w ic t ey were accepted ~ with the understandi»4J-tt!:.§.Jd...J!!!..~e eing given to 1!£.~15!,~~te,a representative of the Army Air Force InteT):igence , Unitea States Army, anathat '=&here was little i an chance o his etti'111-.l._lie ne~atives back . r . odes turned the ne~ati~s.-2..t'er to the FBI wi h the full understanding the y were:.J5.ii_71:,9_.IJ.iJ1£.IL.:EO t'l!l Air Force a~d he would noi ge·t:t4ei [qcl;; (62 - 83894 - 80, page4[ On April 17, 1950 , Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Office that True Maga2ine would like to secure the photographs which he had made available to Air Force Intelligence . At that time Rhodes was referred to OSI , Fourth Air Force Base , San Fran c isco, Cali fornia, since they had been made available to this agency by the ) Phoenix Off~ce on August 30, 1947 . By letter dated June 8 , 1949 , the Phoenix Office advised the Bureau that on the previous da y Mr. Lyrrn C. Aldrich, OSI representative , Phoenix , Ari2ona , c alled the Phoenix Office stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Francisco to obtain detailed inform ation concerning the negatives since Rhodes had reque their return . Aldrich pointed out that Fugate ' s recollection on the matter was 11hazy . 11 OSI requested and was given with Bureau approval a memorandum setting out essent i ally the information related above conce r ning this matter . ACTION TAKEN: Mr . Blumentha l was advised by Wick tha~ the EE.I did not have in its eosseu~oR the ne9atives referred to by Mr. Rhodes and "£Llact ~es knew fu~! welj t~~...LBI ~urneg them over to A!"O,EEorce } InteTiigence representatives , Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field , California , on ,J.ugusi_ 30., 19~7, with the understanding he might never have them returned. - - Blumenthal was advised the EBI ~id ijot inuestf9.fL.te_:thJ,s matte r, did not inuesJigaze ~h"oaes, and had no interest whatsoever in the matter other than to accompany the representative from Hamilton Fi eld while interviewing Rhodes. Blumenthal was told that for these reasons, _o.f course , we had n£ information concerning the reliability of Rhodes . Blu~entha l was most..!W.JUeciative for receiving this infor mation and SQ.id iie_ would ...9.2.ntact • the ~ office of S~cial ... In_vest i gations of the Air Force for what a~sistance f,hey_.!!!.:i_g_ht be to him . ~e salct a"l~v he 1JJ-gJJ,-lfJ_ s=traignten out "]l]l.9..des i71!SJ_r.JIJ,jn9.J1il!.Lthe FBI only,.Sl~ a £,g.Ja,tesy, t~ ~he Air Force repre~entatives received the negatives .J_rom him an~ ;.:ansmitted them . - ~ I
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Source text · mention only.. Mr. Tolson L. B. JHohols fILLI.AJJ .ALBERT RHODES INFORJJ/JTION CONCERNING FLTING DJSCS BUREAU FILE 62-83894, Beriala ao, 184, and 225 During ny absence at 11:50 ~.M. today, Fred Blumen thal, in the office o/ Drew Pearson, called and talked with ~1ok. Blumenthal stated 'earson has been in contact with Dr. W. A. Rhodes (Phoenix telephone number 5-0048) concerning ?hotog r aphs which ·the above captioned toolr of flying discs in the Phoeniz area in July of 1P47. Blunenthal states that Dr. Rhodea told Pearson today that the FBI borrowed h1s ntgativ es of the flying di8cs and when asked /or their return the FBI told Rhodes the negatives were not aua1lab le. Blumenthal asted whether there ts any truth to thts atatement of BhodtHI and what the FIJI lrnew about h ,111. It appears that Pear3on ta tnterested in ustng thB photog rapns on his television program and ts dsstrous of borrowtng them from the Bureau or having then returned to Dr. Rhodes. 8ACKGB0UND: Bureau ftlea reflect that on AuguBt 29, 1947, a llr. Geor.g~ Fugate, Jr., called at the Phoeniz Office exhtbittng credenttals reflecttng he represen~ed A-2, Fourth Air Force, Naatlton Fteld, Calt/ornia. He as~ed an Agent to acco•pa ny h"im to interview Wi lliam Rhodes who preu1ouslu reported the photog ra phing of a flutng disc in Phoentz on the afternoon o/ July 7, 1947. The Phoenix Office contactod SAC Harry Kimball of the San Francisco Office and Ur. Kimball uerlfisd the /act that Fuuate came to Phoentx as a re pres ent ative of Colonel Donald Sprtnger o/ Hamil ton Field, and it was sugge3ted the Phoenix 0//tce asstat Fugate not in tnves~tgattng the matter, but in simply talk,ng wtth. Dn. Rhodes. By lett-er dat ed September 41 1947, the, Phoen1,% Of/'ce s•t forth in four ~age s the r e u ltB of thts interview ond stated F ate had requested the negatives from Rhodes who d1,d not have in hi s immedi ate pobsesston. Rhodes stated , howeve r, he d deltu er them to the FBl the rallowtng morning /or trans l to Fugate at Hamtlton F~eld~ CaltJornta. Air. Ladd r. Belmont ~
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Source text · mention onlyJlemorandum to Mr. Tolson On the morning o/ August 30, 1947, Rhodes delivered the negatives to the Phoenix Office at which time they were accepted wtth the understnnding they were being given to Mr. Fugat~a representative of the Army Air Force lntelltgence, United States Aray, and that there was little, if any, chance of his getting the negatives back. Ur. Rhodes turned the negatives over to the FBI with the full understanding thsy were being gtven to the Air Force and he would not get ~hem back. (52-83894-80, page 4) On April 17, 1950, Mr. Rhodes advised the Phoenix Of/toe that True Maga2ine would li~e to secure the photographs which he had mnde available to Air Force IntelliJence. At th tt time Rhodes was referred to OSI, Fourth Air Force Base, San Francisco, Cali fornia, stnce they had been made auotlable to this agency by the Phoenix OJ/Ice on August 30, 1947. By letter dated June 8, 1949, the Phoent:r OJJ£ce odvised ~he Bureau that on the prevtous date Mr. Lynn C. Aldrich, OSI re presentative, Phoenix, Ariaona, called the Jhoeni,:r Of.fi,ce stating he had been requested by his superiors in San Fr~ncisco to obtain detailed 'inform ation concerning the negat"i ves s i nee Rhodes had request.m the,r return. Aldrich pointed out that Fugate's r6collection on the matter zaas "hazy." OSI requested and was giuen with Bureau approval a memorand1.i11 setting out es:Htntially the inJormcition related aboue concerning this matter. ACTION TAKEN: Jlr. Blumenthal was advised by Wick that the FBI did not have in its possession the negattues referred to by Mr. Rhodes and in /act Rhodes knew full well the FBl turned them over to 'Xi~ Eorce Intelligence representattves, Fourth Air Force, HOJB.ilton Field, Cal t/orn in, on Augu3t 30, 194'?, wtth the underatand1ng he might never have them returnod. Blumenthal was advised the FBI cUd not tnuestigate this matter, dtd not investigate Rhodes, and had no tnterest whatsoever in 'the mwtter other than to ccco111pany the representattve from Hamilton Fteld while interviewing Rhodes. Blumenthal was told that /or these reasons, of course, we had no in/or111<·tion concerning the rel i obil ity of Rhode a. ./ Blumen+,hal was moat appreciottve .for receiving this tnJor- inotion and said he would qpntact the office o.f Special Investt- gationa of the .Air. Cfi "for what a'saistance lih•y "light be to htm. He said also he wo1Ll stra'igh'ten out Rhodes, informing him the FBI only as a court•si t the tAtr Force representatives received the ~egattves from htm and trcnr~ittea them. - !J -
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Source text · mention only- . . I July 15, 1952 Jlr. Thad Post Office Box 99 Robinson , 6 -~ Dear Jir . w. Culmer II I~linoia 74:--Culmer: Tour letter o/ July 8, 1952, has been While I would lite to be o/ service, the subject 1aatter o/ your comaunication does not relate to an activity within the tnvesttgattve jurisdiction of the FBI . I have , ho~ever , taken the liberty of referring a copy of your letter to The Honorable, The Secretary o/ the Air Force, Department of Defense Building, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. c. , who ln(l.U be able to be of assistance . Sincerely yours, John Edgar Hoover Director Copy of incoming to Secretary ,Ol■c,e__ ,___ Slohol■_ ..,_,__ ··--Ola"-n = ,11 ......__ Tele, a.,_ 'lolloun_ ..,,.,__ of the Ai r TEB:pa JUL l G. 19 MALED 18
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Source text · mention onlyThad Wi 6tn:llldr II• • Mr. Tolson __ _ Mr. L add V Mr. NHl}<\j ,; M~ Mr. Clegg Mr . G lavi Mr. Harbo Mr. R osen M r. Tracy _ July 8, 1952 Mr. Laughl in_ Mr. Mohr_ Tele. RooIJL..... Thad W. Culmer II Mr. Holloman ~ Post Office Box Miss Gandy_ Robinson• Illinoi Kr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau or Investigation Washington• District of Columbia Dear Mr. Hoovers Perhaps this is a little out of your line of endeavor, however. I feel that per haps you or your organization might be able to give me some infonnatio:n. concerning the following matter. FrODI. the first time it was written up in the press I have been keenly in~rested in strange celestial phenomena suoh a.a the flying disks popularly oalledt.,_'"flying sauce rs. 9 Now out of all the thousands of people who have reporte4 sight ings not all ot them have had too much to drink, nor could they have been victims of optical illusions, retinal retention, or hallucinations. Some of tha objects sighted could not have been jet oraft• guided missiles• or rockets• neither could they all have beeJl weather instruments. Unretouched and undoctored photo graphs have given evidence that someone must have seen something• It seems that both civil and military autho riti es are most willing to proclaim. what the objects a.re not. I feel there is mor e to t he ma.tter than meets the eye. My deoision to write you was based on the thought I would get straight a.nswera. Do you have ~ ideas or da.ta on thia subject? Whe.t a.re your opi:aions? If not. where might I write for such information ? A:ay kindness, consider ation. or in... formation whioh you can extend toward me conc erning this matter will certainl~ be most since rely 8.ppreoiatede
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Source text · mention only.... -Office Memo, a-riuum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: July 29, 1952 I \ ~oM : SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD 62-0 PSUBJECT : AERIAL OBJECTS "Flying Saucers" INFOJUlATION CONCERNING On July 28, 1952, at the Weekly Intelligence Conference, Captain WILLIAM DEmAN, Office of Special Investigations, 4th Air Force Base, Bolling Field , advised the representative of the FBI, Washington Field Office, over the prior weekend, his office had received reports concerning the observation of aerial objects... Captain DEEGAN referred to a phone call lllade to his o.tfice by ,. Special Agent LEONARD E. WEBSTER of the Washington F~d Offi~, furnishing to OSI the identity of a woman who report~y had observed an aerial object . DEEGAN praised the WFO for the expeditious neti- fication in this instance. '- J Captain DEIDAN, Colonel COLLINS, DEEGAN1 s superior office, and Special Agent JOHN M. deBEI'TENCOURT, in a conference on Jul_iy 28, 1952, discussed the matter of immediate notification of OSI. 'rhis conference resulted in the request by Colonel COLLINS and Captain I DEEGAN that in the event , whenever information is received by the FBI, in which it is alleged that someone has observed a "Flying Saucer", I this information be immediately relayed to Captain DEEGAN1 s office. It is to be noted that this office may be reached by dialing Code 1261 and asking for Extension 509. Captain DEEGAN said this number should be \ called under these circumstances at any time, day or night . Captain DEEGAN stated that the Air Force is greatly concerned about this matter of aerial objects and said that the Air Force Intelligence would appreciate the execution of the requested procedure, -0 I. mentioned above. It is suggested that the Bureau bring this matter to the attention of its night supervisors, since these night supervisors also receive complaints from persons outside of the Bureau and ma,. receive information concerning the observation of aerial objects • ...;:. 1"' •. j f I ~ JMO:NPB RfCORDEO .. ij b'; I ..,~j~ fl 31 1Y ;. ~ ~- \ 1 9~ . ~, ✓: 1 -0•;.r) ~1'a_,-( a I• ,.
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Source text · mention only" ST~. TO ,21X( Pa.OM P, ~ - :~ • ·..- Ojflc~ Memorandum • UNITED STATES• GOVERNMENT : Dir ector, FBI D ATE: July 31 , 1952 : SAC , Indianapolis (?i2- 0) SUBJECT: ~YING SAUCERS SEEN NEAR THESSALON LAKE' ONTARIO CANADA, JULY 27, 1952 MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCIBNING r ~r JlL_ .R. /4cr1'DOO, 820 West Walnut Street, Kokomo, Indiana, on July 30, 1952 a.dvised ~-ad Agent .JrnHt- F . OEIDere that on July 27, 1952 at approximately 10:00 A.M. while fishing in the back waters of Thessalon Lake, Ontario, Canada, he noticed a formation of bombi ng pl anes, sixteen to twenty in number, in two groups flying south at a height estimated by him to be four or five mil es . Dr . McINDOO stated that the pl anes went over the lake, sudden l y d r opped objects at fir st thought by him to be parachutes . He continued that these objects fel l stra i ght down f or a short time , then sudden l y spurted vapor and at a high rate of speed flew off in a southwesterly direction . Dr . McINDOO was unable to i dent i fy the nat i onality of the planes, but stated that they had twin trai l s of bluish smoke . He fur ther stated that the objects which had been dropped from the planes had a single tra il of bluish smoke . He stated that he had been accompanied on hi s fishing trip by PAUL GADDIS , Kokomo, Indiana . Dr . McINDOO had no further information concerni11.g instant planes or the objects dropped by them . Dr . McINDOO was referred to the FBI by DONALD D. 8111TH, President of the First National Bank of Kokomo, Indiana, -F who advised that Dr . HcINDCO e11.joyed a good reputation in Koko:r.io. UACB, no further action will be taken in this matter . The above is bei~g forwarded for the information of t he rJl1 Bureau i '1. the event they desire to communicate this infor- ~ j A/ation to the .1.ir Force. 1 / ., ... f73ryu - ~ .r ~· RECORDED . 45 t ta er / ~~- I I 1 .'1 HsK : bjk AUG 1 35a 8Jtfl p AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY INDEXED 1- 45 2 j
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Source text · mention only, • ...1..._ ....._ _ h o.bola _ .,,_,_ Cl•&e_ _ OlaY1n_ .....__ ,..__ _ -··- 82-83894 outu-30\\tCOl\ REGISTERED A'IR JJAIL ~- - ~~ Daie: Auguai ll, 1952 To:, Mr. Glenn H. Be-thel c/o The coawtsatoner Roual Canadian Mounted Po1tce Oita~a, Ontarto, Canada Troe: John Edgar Hoover - Dtrecior J•deral Bureau o/ Inveaitgatton Subject: FLTIJ/G SAUCERS SEEN NEAR TJIESSALOM LAKE, ONTARIO, C Ail.ADA, J UL1 27, 1952 JII SCELLANEOUS - I NJ'ORJJATION COJiCERJJiliG Dr . B. E. tcindo o, 820 •ai a1nu'6 Sireei, Koloao, Indiana, on Ju1u 30, 1952, cduiaed ihai on Ju1u 27, 1952, at cpproztaa-t•lu 10:00 A • • whtle /tahtng tn the back ~aiera o/ Theaaalon Late, Oniarto, Canada, h• nottced a /oraaiton of bombtng planea, atx-teen to 'iloentu tn nuab•r, tn iwo group• /lutng aouth at a hetght estt maied bu hta to be /our or Jtue atlea . Dr. l!cindoo ataied that the p1anea went over -the late and auddenlu dropped objecia, oi ftrai t hought bu hta io be parachui•• • He continued ihai iheae objecta J ell airatght /or a ahori tiae, then auddenlu apur.ied vapor and ci a high rate o/ •P«•d /1•~ oJ/ in a a ouih~••ieriu di rec ii on. Dr. Mcindoo waa unable to 1denii/f ihe naiionalttu of the plane•, but atated ihai the~ had i?Din traila o/ blutah ••ole . He /urther aiaied thai the objects chich had been dropped Jr? ihe planes had atngle p,a tla oJ blutah .•7 ote. r'- i g~ LA'4'>lln_ ...,__ 'hh.b._ EAB: mes Se r vi ce V"I I - MAILED 30
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Source text · mention only(2) Stgh;tings Jrflota. These repo.,tlic.Lb11- cQ.7Jl.1Aercial or m:i,J.j,ta.r.y sightings are considered more credible RECORDl.D-136 6~- g3i 11 _ N'ffP:hke ~ Ub o 1952 ~\/ ~ANDAR_D fP0RM NO, 14 • ' . t•• J~·Office Memorand~ • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO Jm. A.H. , ·DATE: July 29, 1952 FROM 0 ~./ V. P. KE SUBJECT: FLYINQ $.AUCF:RS- .~ ~ PURPOSE: ,..~~ ..1_-_.,c_ rr.c,_To advise at the present time the Air Force has HarbO_ !.a 11 ed to_ar,: i ve_ at n11-lUJi.i sj'ac.t.P r-lJ_Qo.n.cl.u.ilo..n in_ !1:•Jaont_ and ,.,.,.__its research regar~~ng numerous reports o/ /lying saucers - rei.. . Room_ /~ying_ _§°£_s: fi91ife thr!ug'ffou~ t]ie .Jln 'Etea_ States. ·-- DETAILS: T.7lJ Jtr. N. 1'. Philco:r, the Bur-ea.u 1s Air Fore~ Liaj ~;,t ·1.1,~w~e. Representatt~~ ma_d~ prran ements through p_he _of. ice o ~ ,-1' 1 J/a~or General John A. Samford, Director of Air Intelligence, u. . Air Force, o receiue a bgj.~9-/1!.oTD..-..Co.JD.ma.nder Ji<u'ld.aJl.. ~ -9L the Current Intelligence Branch, Estimates Division, Air "Intelligence, regarding the present status o/ Air Intelligence research into the numerous reports regarding jlying saucers and /lying discs. I Commander Boyd advised that Air Intelligence has sEtt up at 'lrr-'tgnr Patterson Air Force Base, Oh.io, the Air T~ili.al IJ!1elligence Center which has been established /or t11:.!L.E..urpose oJ coordinating, correlating and making research into all ..up.Q.'Ct.s.regard_hg .tluJ.ng saucers and J"lJJir.ig cu sea. He advised that Air Force research has indicated that the I, vv ~ sightings of flutng saucers goes back several centurtes _and that the number o/ signtings reported varies wtth the amount o/ publicity. He advised that i~medjq_t.§lu iLJublipi,i~ aJ?R_eara iZ1-Il/!lJl8Papera, the n1'11&Per 4f sigllzjngs .repar..ted increases c~nsidera~:!, _ and that citig~ns immgdiatel~ call in reporting sighting.J, ~~h o~curred several months prevtous111.,. Com.m.ander Boyd stated that these reported sightings o/ /lying saucers are placed into three classifications by Air Intell".Jlence: (1) Those s"fahtfn9..s which are r~orted by citiaens who claim they have seen flying saucers /roa the ground. These sightings vary jn description, color and speeds. Very little credence is given to t4ese sightings inasmuch as in most instances they are believed to be imaginative or some e:rplatnable object which actually crossed through the sky.
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Source text · mention only- .. ' I by the Air Force inasmuch as commercial or military pilots are ezperienced in the air and are not expected to see objects which are entirely imaginative. In each of these instances, the individual who reports the sighting is thoroughly interviewed by a representative of Air Intelligence so that a complete description of the object sighted can be obtained. (3) ..lJ!.<LJ!.e sigJrt_tngL..whtt;A a1!e rPJ2,orted... bJJ '£lots and~ for which _there is additionpl c~rrQ.koration, sucn as recording by radar._or si httn rom t e ro nd. Comman<ler 73oy"d aahlsea7 ha this latter classification constitutes two or three per cent of the total number o/ sightings, but that they are the most credible reports received and are difficult to ezplain. Some of these sightings are originally reported from the ground, then are observed by pilots in the air and then are picked up by radar instruments. He stated that in these instances there is no doubt that these individuals reporting the sightings actually did see something in the s~y. However, he explained that these objects could still be natural phenomena and still could be recorded on radar if there was some electrical disturbance in the sky. He stated that the flying saucers are most frequently o~_-servJLd~in areas wnere _:!Eere i (:.ft.eavu a-ir tra.ff1c, such as W'a.sriing:£@8---::.tJ-. ., an New rork City. He advised, '"however, that some ~eports gre recei~ed ~om otheI IL,arts o.t. the_ country covering the entire United tates and that sigbtin9a baUS-a.2..,,o recent~ be~n re orted as jar dista~t as Acapulco, Jlexico; Korea ng_z,;_,w.g J/orocoo. He advised that tae sfwitings reported i,n_ i e last_ clas_sijication have never been sat'i,sfactoriJ.y e 6 1a1ned. He pointed out~ ~oweuer, that it is still possible t t hes i o,bie cts,;na y be a natural henoaenon or some type - of atmosphertcal disturbance. fie adv sed that it is not eni'fPeTjTlmpossfoTe °fha~ the objects sighted..JMIU possibly be ships l!:om a~ot ~ r plan:t such as J/ars. He advised that at the p esen~ t m there is nothfn.9 to substantiate this theory ~t th~ _pQa§)_bjlitu is not being over1o6ie ;- He stateij that Tr Intell'l,gence is jairly certain that~ ese objects are not ships or missiles from another nation in this world. Commander Boyd advised that intense research ts being carried on presently by Air Intelligence,and at the present tim e when credible reportings of s'l,ghtings are received, the Air Force is attempting in each instance to send up jet interceptor planes in order to
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Source text · mention only62-83894 CONVU RECORDED-122 62-83894-2 EX-129o Date: August 8,1952 Director of Special Inuestigations The Inspector General Depar tment of the Air Force The Pentagon Washington 25,D.C. From: John Edgar Hoouer -Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Subject: AERIAL OBJECTS; "FLYINGSAUCERS MISCELLANEOUS -INFORMATION CONCERNING There are attached two copies of a letter dated August 1,1952,from Jlorence whitish,Post 0ffice Bor 526, Miss whittsh's communication has been acknouledged and she has been informed of this referral. No inuestigation is contemplated wi th regard to this matter. RECEIVED Attachment 4241T KWD:mes APPROPRIATEAGENCTES AND FIELD OFFICES TOl SLIP(S)OF Tadd Hlehols clegs alavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Tele.Rm. 二66AUG141982
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Source text · mention only- - - - -TRUE COPY • R # . 1 , New Palestine Indiana ,Jul 11 ;l, /52 c/ o Federal Beaura of Investigation The War Der,t Washing to n D • C • Gentlemen: Since reading &, hearing over Radio about the "flying saucers, 11 I am compelled to Write to you - I am a strong believer in our almight God & Christ our Lord . I have the faith Daniel had . _r feal that these Saucers are films from a secret Camera operated by something like T . V. I do believe, They are operatinr; through the Comuniest Porty right here in the, or our Unitid States, bµ radar Eveµ Grouo of Saucers has a picture, the best picture are Jceot for bombing nurooses . »'hy " we ~ th em just once & a while; They don t want the U . s . to catch on . Tomµ opinion they have a way of causing them to be inv is ibl e . Theµ can Lower them or send them high; When high theµ are invisihle; It could be from an enemie plaine, or .from a tall building in the (!nited States . It could be the Camer a i B carried, in to cities and operated from tall buildings the ones that some one seen with a tail of fire is the nicture that is Kevt; So lets be on the look out .for the next one and follow their path . Please Keep my Name confidently . /s/ Mrs . Ora A . Tygrett P . S . When theµ were over Washington D . C. it could a been .from the Tallest building there . You might Start .from the .first place they were ever seen - trace back µou might .find the secret olace . And praµ with out sceasing "And have .faith" Our good Bood - saus do n-t t 1 et our s e - rets be known, when praying & trust in.g in God pray se c retly into him .
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Source text · mention onlyffANDAAD - - M • • Office Memorandum • uNITEn sTATE s GovERNMENT TO : A. H. Bel mon ~ D ATE: July 31, 1952 FROM : J . R. Higgins SUBJECT : UNUSUAL FLASHES DU/JING !Add__ ELECTRICAL STORM, JERSEY SHORE, PA. , :::;---- JULY 28 , 1952 """"""- HARRY Jh..,J/INCHESTER, COMPLAINANT Rooen_ ,noy_ 0 rlf!'I: 1} I '/~ :,:~ At 2 : 15 '1.M on"' July 31, 1952 , Ha r ry H. : : .Rooa Wincheste r , 31 5 Cemete r y St r eet, Je r sey Sho r e, Pa., ......_ telepho nical l y advise d that i n the ea rl y mo r ning of / ~ 7- 28- 52, du r ing a s eve r e e l ect r ical sto rm in the a rea ) I A of his r esi dence , he ha d obse r ved s even unusual f l ashes i U sky, ea ch flash being accompanied by a l ou d r eport . Compl a inant , who appeare d to be under the influe nce of intoxicants , called as a r esult of rece nt newspape r sto r ies r egar di ng phenomena allege dl y observe d during past week in this count r y. Bu r eau in dic es contai n n o info rmation i dentifiable with the complaina nt . Action : File . JRH: ~ -r EX.-& lNDExfD .14 65AUG7 1952 ~
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Source text · mention only• Au9uat 18, 1952 Ur. Benedicto Boaero 164 7 Park Avenue New Tor1r Ct ty Dear Yr . Romero: I have received uour letter oJ July 31, 1952. The •atter re/erred to in uour. letter ta not within the juriadtctton o/ thia Bureau and I have taken the libertu o/ /orwardtng a co pu o/ your letter to the Depart11tent o/ the Air Force /or appropriate action. Very truly uoura, John Edgar Hoover. Director EHM: lcc rA/' cc - 1 - New Tork {A ttach111ent) r- ..,...._ NOTE: ....__ reflect any informatio"ifBur eau Jiles fail to .,...i._ ..,_,,_ _ tha t c a n be identified with Mr . Romero . • Cl•gg_ _ Glavin__ ......__ ......_ _ ,,..,,__ Ul,,&hlln_ --- rf 'f'el•. b·~ o ltolloaan ~ ....,__ A
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Source text · mention onlyAugua • 14, 1952 Dear Jira. Hau/e: I have receiu~d uour leiier oJ Auguai 1, 195P, and wani to th a nk you /or making the tn/or~a iton contained t heretn available to i hia BureGu. The aaiier re/ erred io in uour leiier ta no't wtihin the juriadtciion o/ ihia Bureau and I h~ve iake n the li beriu o/ f orwardin g a co pu o/ vour leiier to t he Deparimeni o/ ihe Air Force /or approprtaie action. EHU: h:c P u cc - 1 lvO TE! . that can U~01952 t:== .... ~ co :JG 1 Jgr-2 f.1AL£D 18 Sincerely .oura. John Edgar HQJJuer Di recior ~ ~ rn <,.., <,;,,.) --r· -:-, 01 - Pittsburgh. <~\\ C' . . Bureau A~le'B be i de~ i•'f'ied 'J \~\ . Jail to refle c t any in. f or mation with Mrs . hauJe . bJ~ i~
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Source text · mention only• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ' Director, FBI DATB: August 6, 19S2 SAC, Cincinnati (100-0) su.BJECT: .ANONIMOOS CCIOlUNICA.TIOO WRITTEN DJ GERIWf LANGUAGE RECEIVED BY 1tc~IENQUIBER" PERTilNIJll TO 00 SAUCERS• SECURITY MA .: '% Kr. K. DCftI8 of the stat! or the "Cincinnati Enquirer" tumished the Cincinnati Office with the enclosed letter and envelope received anonymous~ at the "CinciDnati Enquirer" in an envelope postmarked 7-3-$2 at Cincinnati, Chio. It will be noted that the enclosed letter ia written in the German language, and I• also enclosing a rather loose translation of the letter as turnished by' the "Cincinnati Enquirer.• In view ot the widespread interest in so-called "t'.qing saucers," I am fonrarding this material to the Bureau, with the thought in mind that the Bureau aq- desire to have a careful translation made or the attached letter, and the results, if deemed advisable, made available to other GOYenlllental agencies. Enclosures (3) DY:IM
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Source text · mention only' F'LYDTG SAUCERS Since 1944 tae~e have l>eea experillaeatal weapena which should. n.w be in pr•duotion. The •ne abc,ut .whicll there has lteen • muea d.1scuas1•n is a V-Weapen 'Whick has a ,1sc-l1ke r.und b••7, abeut 48.50 metres 1n diameter and has by way et aission 45 te 50 autematio ' net legible). With the setting etf et the disc these retate areund a sens1t1Ye plexi-glass sphere 1n the center in which are located tbe •••------ (werd net legible) and guiding apparatus for distance flights. Ins14e the sphere taere is alae enough space for high explosive atom boiua. These weapons ------•• ----• ---------(net legihle) and show an etfective range et trem .30 te 3S,OOO kilemetr••• V-Weapon Konstrua (Technician?) Riedel (er Riedet),Germany, says it is a t,pical V-Weapon en which ha himself workec. I am ,-s1t1Te that the truth ia ~etter than keeping the pe.ple in ignorance. ll. Sch. 'l'a1a letter is written apparently Dy a net highly 11ter~te persea with un•eveleped handwriting. I' is ay epinien that he is, net :making up what
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Source text · mention only. . • 2727 Jlaryland ave Baltimore 18 11D J. Edgar Hoover July 1l13-1952 r.B.I. W'ashn DC ])ear sir, I would like to submit a theory that may lead to a solution of what the Flying saucers really are-these objects could be Lights. caused by Radio Television Beams illuminpting moist vapor, not unlike phosphous on rain soaked wood in cert a in seasons-the northern 1 i ghts "aurora Boreal us" have manifested themselves for years, setting up Electro aagne tism & Earth potential which distorts normai Telegraph Communications . The lights are somewhat like a Fan & can be seen as _far south as Equator- It is my opinion that Flying Saucers are Electrically induced currents onto a space {small clouds) and causing it to glow this cloud being charged Electrtcally and a magnetic polarity being same as the interceptor it can never be overtaken, and would i.f persued gradually grow- Di11tmer & di ssappear gi vi !Jg .the impression that it out aGstanced the persuer with a great Burst of speed. This is submitted as a theory as I do not have the po• er or .facilities to prove or disprove . But I submit a suggestion whereby a test could be made. When these sauce~s appear again Haue the TV & all Broadcasts silenced from the air and check for results-this may not change immedi ately, as other Elements in this Build up can not be turned off or on at a given signal. However I .firmly bel i eue that, i./ the idea as set .forth in my crude wqy Js submitted to more learned persons then I some solution is inevitable. /s/ Dewey T. Wilson
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Source text · mention onlySTAHDAII.O FORM NO. 64 • - • • Office Memoranaum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT \>l~b / TO : W. A. Branigan ~v DATE: August 12 , 1952 FROM : E. H. Mossburgt~ Tolson__ Ladd _ _ Clegg_ _ #~ BJHCT, q 'LY~~ DISKS 0lav1n__ Nichols_ Rosen__ Trac)' __ Harbo__ Belmont_There is attached a copy of a pe riodical IIOhr_ _ entitled 'Sunday Graphi c" dated Ju.l11 6, 19-52, received Tele . koom_ Neue__by the Bureau from the Office of the Legal Attuca e, Gandy__Ameri can Embassy , London, England. It is desired that the attached pe r iodical containing an article rel ating to the captioned matter be filed in the captioned file . Attachment t RECORDED - 44 ut_Y ._J.!9y'- INDEXED - 44 ~ AUG 13 \ ____
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Source text · mention onlyThis might be a picture of flying sauce1·s taken at night over Arizona or New Mexico. It was in fact taken in Dr. !,i.cnzel's laboratory at Harvard University. THE TRUTH ABOUT FLYii-{G SAUCEltS One of America\, leading astronomers goes into his laboratory at Harvard and disposes of the flying-saucer myth. He adds sim ple instructions for making flying saucers in your own kitchen By Dr. DONALD H. MENZEL Donald H. l\tenzcl i>! profes sor of astro1,hys ies and associate direc tor of solar rcscarclt at Harvard University. His work on flying suu• cert! was done in re sponse to u request from LOOK. The Air Force laas expressed a lively interest in it. I SUPPOSE that I should be especia lly well qualified to write about flying saucers since I happen to be one of the few persons who has actually seen one. • My solar studies take me frequently to Colorado and New Mexico, and I was at the Holloman Air Base, near Alamogordo, N. M., at the height of the flying~saucel' scare. That very morning, I had glimp sed what seemed to be several saucer s movin g overhead - until I focused my eyes more clearly and recognized the objects as weather balloons. That after noon, I expressed my belief that most of the saucers could be thus explain ed. But others in the group-including severa l well-known sci entists-indicated that there was probably more to the saucer story than that. Ea1 ly that evening, I had my second attack of saucers . I was in the back seat of an auto mobile, being driven toward Alamogordo and admiring the full moon as it rose over Sacra mento Peak toward the east. A few degrees north of the moon, I notic ed what seemed to be a bright star, and then a second star not far from the first. Casually, I assumed that they were Castor and Pollux in the constellation of CONTINUED 35
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Source text · mention onlyFLYING SAUCERS continued Orderly processes of natural laws explain saucers Gemini. Then, very suddenly, I realized that Gemini was a winter object; the two stars had to be somethin g else. Like most astronome1·s, I am always hope ful of finding a nova (exploding star) which can be seen with the naked eye, so I rapid ly opened the window of the car for a better look. I could bring neith er of these objec ts into clear focus, althoug h near-by Antares was sharp. Both hazy disks shone with a s lightly bluish light. They were, in a sense, "flying" simply because they were elevated. Suddenly, alive to the fact that I was seeing something unusual, I asked the driver to stop. We climbed out of the car ju.st in time to see the sauce1 • literally fade away as mysteriously as they had ap peared . I repor ted the occurrence in deta il to the Air Force. I later found that an English meteoro logist, Edward J . Lowe, had recorded a simi lar phe nomeno n as long ago as 1838-similar excep t for the fact he saw four instead of two ghostly imag es flying near the moon. Perhaps you expect me to say, at this point, that I can expla in exactly what I saw that evening. I am sor ry to disappoin t you. I cannot. I have certain ideas on the suoject, but they are only hypoth eses-reasonab le but not yet full y confirmed. I sha ll explain those ideas, but first let me say what I do NoT believe. I do · NOT believe that what I saw, or anythin g anyone has re ported seeing, were missiles or messenge1·s or vehicles from the moon or Mars or space. I do NOT belie ve they were missiles or messengers or vehicles from Russia or any other foreign country. Indeed, how simple science and life would be if every time we encountered some seem ingly inexplicable fact, we could blame it on some outside force over which we have no control. Such a mode of thought is as old as man himself. Our prehistoric ancestors personalized These are the Lubbock Lights, as photogrnphed Aug. 30, 1951, over Lubbock, Texas, by is-year-o ld Carl Hart, Jr. alt the forces of nature. Gods blew the winds, threw lightning bolts and stoked the fires that belch forth from volcanic craters. Brilliant showers of meteors have made men fear that the end of the world was immi nent. The ancients have interpreted a solar eclipse.as a dragon devouring the sun and re joiced when their beating drums and weapons frightened the dragon away. How simple this type of science. No labo ratory experiment to prove or test the hypo theses. No complicated mathemat ics to study the details of the process. Nothing to ar·guc about here. For each new and unexp lained fact, we invent a new god-or assume the exist ence of a superintelligence. How simp le-and how wrong! Centuries of civilization have taught us the futility of inventing mysterious forces and superhuman beings. You could explain any thing that way. Such explanat ions, however, are completely useless and nature falls into chaos, subject to the whim of a pagan deity instead of to the orderly processes of natu ral laws. "An Uncivilized Attitude" As a scientis t, I am not both ered if I can not give a complete, iron-clad explanation for every phenomenon I meet. Unraveling the pu zzles of science is my busi ness-as well as my pleasure. I find the world still full of unsol ved prob lems. I took for th~ explanatio ns, but I do not arbitrarily invent forces that make expla nation unnecessary. Why, then, have so many civilized people chosen to adopt an uncivilized attitude toward flying saucers? I think there are three reasons: First, flying saucers are unusual. All of us are used to regular ity. We naturally attribute mystery to the unusual. Second, we are all nervous. We live in a world that has suddenly become hostile. We have unleashed forces we cannot control; many pensons fear we are heading toward a war that will end in the destruction of civilization. Third, people enjoy being frightened a little. They go to Boris Karloff double features. But such analysis should concern the psy chologist rather than the natura l scientist, so let me hasten back to our flying saucers. First of all, we must recognize that "flying saucers," in the public mind, cover a wide va riety of objects and phenomena. Some of them, we can almost immediately dispose of, al though the mere fact of their misinterpretation has been one of the chief difficulties men have encountered in getting at the basic truth. A man sitting in the park on a calm sum mc1· afternoon scarcely realizes how intense the winds aloft may be. Perhaps real gales exist, with speeds in excess of 60 miles an hour, different layers moving in opposite directions. Light, flat objects such as newspapers or kites can be caught in an occasional whirlwind and lifted to enormous heights, where they may fly for hundreds of miles before t hey again reach the ground. Weather balloons, which are often released in groups rather than sing ly, are not at all uncommon. Indeed, most such objects lose their true identity when viewed against the sky. And it is extremely hard to recognize them. Occasional reflections from distant planes or even from the backs of high-flying birds account for some of the reports. The planet Ven us has, on many occasions, produced its own series of sensations. Few people seem to realize that this planet, when at greatest bril liance, can be plainly seen in the daytime. r floating cirrus clouds overlie it, the planet m<1 give the illusion of being in rapid motion. M, people find it difficult to focus theil' eyes o· distant object: hence, they see a bright blur the sky and thus give rise to another flyir saucer story. 36
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Source text · mention onlyconditions exist, flying saucers become likely same so1·t of conditions which cause optical mirages cause radar mirages as well, as any radar expert will hasten to tell you. They cause television mirages too. Everyone knows case s where a televisio n station, normally miles out of range, suddenly comes in powerful and steady. Also, the s tress laid on the optical pecu liadties of air over deserts sho uld not be mis leading. Th<? temperature inversions of which I spea k arc common over the desert (and over coasta l waters) but they are not limited to suc h a reas. They can appear a nywhere, and do. A bad smog, for example, is usually a sign of a temp era ture inver sion. But they a-re more frequent over deserts, which explains in part the fact that saucer repo rts are more frequent over deserts. You, too, can have flying saucers in your home. Perh aps not as ela borate as the ones I have just described , but neverthele ss adequate to demon stra te some of the effects . You may simulate the grad ual bending that causes a mirage by using a sharp reflection at a water surface. Fill the kitchen sink to the brim and set up a candl e or row of cand les close to the edge along one side. A box with a series of pinholes illuminated by a light or candle is even better. Now face the lights from the opposite side of the sink, keeping your eye close to the water sur face and see the bright reflections. Now have someone gently stir the water and pro duce waves The lights will float and travel and ovon s ;,ow the disklike form character istic of a reflectio n from the trough of a wave. One can even reproduce the saucers with light reflected from the surface of coffee in a cup. As I have said earlier, these experiments arc sugges tive rather than definitive. More work is necessary to prove the phenomenon. The analysis indicates, how ever, a clear plan for tuturc study and research. I believe that these exper iments will eventually cause the saucer scare to vanish - most appropriately, into thin air, the region that gave birth to it. END" The forc1?s entrusted with the defense of the U. S. from the skies still must look for "flying saucers." In its next issue, looK will tell the story of this secret hunt by our aerial defenders. In normal air, light from the ground siml?ly spreac.s out into space. Outside its With a temperature inversion, light bends in refracting layer of air. range, where the earth curves away, there 1s darkne:s antl no strange phenomena. A ray of light will thus be seen in areas far distant from its source. spread out horizontally to .form a thin layer of smoke and haze. This ceiling occurs at the point of highest temperature. Smoke, dust -and all kinds of gencrnl haze tend to collect in this layer. From below or above, you may not be aware of its existence. But as you pass through it, you see a fine black line extending from horizon to horizon. On that famou s day in June, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Ida ho, spotted from his private plane nine distant saucers moving at "fantastic speeds" along the slopes of Mt. 'Rainier, he may well have been flyin g not too far from one of these layers of inversion haze. His was the observation that touched off the saucer scare. Let us turn to the official Air Force release and quote Arnold himself: "I could !:lee their outline quite plainiy again st the snow as they ...pproached the mountain. They fiew very close to the mountain tops, directly south to south east down the hog's back of the range, flying like geese. I watched for about three minutes -a chain of sauce rlike things at least five mil es long, swerving in and out of the high mountain peaks. They were flat like a pie pan and so shiny they reflect ed the sun like a mirror." In Arnold' s own story, there are several clues that should have pointed out the answer long ago. Anyone familiar with mountains knows that the ridges, where ascending cur rents of air from oppol:lite sides meet and mix, arc subject to the most violent drafts. From the Harvard and University of Colorado observa tory at Climax, Colo.. I have observed with a telescope the blowing snow on the ridges of 14,000-foot peaks, and have- noted the billow ing gusts rage along the " hog' s back." It is indeed highly prnbable that the slopes of Mt. Rainier are equally turbul ent. And, if their turbulence reaches upward into the haze , the warped layers would reflect sunlig ht and a • progression of moves would make the crests seem to move with phenomenal speed. And if you doubt whether mere bending or crinkling of a hazy layer could cause the bright reflection , note how a fold of a lace curtain - or piece of cheesecloth - similarly re flect:; the light. The reflection is l.JrighLcs~ wnen the curvature is sharp est. Most daytime saucers are a variant of thi s phcnomc-nnn. The mirage effect is· here of secondary import ance. The "ghost" balloons arc perhaps the sim plest of all mirag e phenomena. The balloon itself is responsible. As it "punctures" some fairly high inver sion, a lArge bubble of colder air settles down from above, forming in effect a sort of superma gnifying lens or tele scope. This imperfect lens of air form s an image · of the balloon. And, as the Jens changes its size and shape , the distorted ima ge darts wildly around, with phenomenal speed - like a reflec tion of the sun from a hand mirror. To demonstrat e some of these efTects - chiefly those associated with the luminous night saucers - I prepared a simpl e laboratory experiment, as follow s: I filled a cylindrical jar half full of benzene and carefully floated a layer of acetone on top. Gentle stirrin g pro duced a narrow region where the chemical composition changed slowly upward. Benzene has optical qualities analogous to those of cold air and acetone to those of warm afr. I thus reproduced in a small space what would ordi narily require miles of terrestrial atmosphere. The liquids produce remarkable effects. A beam of light , focused diagonally up ward from a small slide projector, would or dinarily strike the ceiling. But caught in the "inversion layer." the beam obediently curved downward. Tiny globules of glycerine emulsi fied in the benzene .scattered the light and made the beam visible. The original circular pinhole used in the proj ector was distorted into an oval shape and clearly marked with some pat tern suggesting a surfac e structure. Laboratory "Saucers" Any motion of the liquid - produced as the result of a rocking - made the saucer slip about. T11rbulcnc" , <'CTU«<'d by <> d.<>lioQto otirring of the medium near the light beam, gave dozen s of flying disks. The color efiects, resulting in part from the glycerine globules, were star tlin g and beautiful. Finally, when I replaced the single pinhole with a row that simulated dista nt street light s, the resulting images be haved and looked like the Lubbock Lights. These considerations do not explain every thing. The gree n fire balls are still something of a mystery, though many will prove to be met eors. Prof. Fred L. Whippl e of Harvard has called my attention to the fact that the color pr,ibably arises from the presence of magn e :s1v 11 111 Lill! ,uct vvr lts CH. This rnctul, wcl! known to be an abundant constituent of the ro•·k meteors, emits gree n light when incan dc;cent. The reported slown ess of motion may be due to great distance, associated with the cla1·ity of the desert skies. This mirage -phen omena theory includes U-c flying saucers seen on radarscopes. The
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Source text · mention onlyluminous by night. They may appear singly,· in clusters or fly in precise geome trical forma tion. The best-defined patterns of this type have been called the Lubbock Lights, since their best-known appearance was in Lubbock, Texas. They have, however, appeared else where. Next, we have the mysterious balls of green fire. Are they or are they not related to the l uminou s "Foo Fighters' ' that occasiona lly seem to accompany a plane or even engage it in a mysterious sort of shadowboxing? Finally, there are the "ghost" saucers that seem to hove r suspic iously around a fresh ly launched balloon, and rush off at some unprecedented speed-p resumably to repo rt their finding s. At least four , ..ich ghosts have been reliably re ported. Many of the records refer to some tre mendou s distance or speed. And here I ask this question: How can an observer on the ground, from a s ingle statio n and with his eyes alone, give a reliable estimate of all three figures: distance, size and speed? If you think that this is easy, try it sometime-on the moon, for ex ample. The report ed saucers move at varied a1t gtdar speed s, either sideways or vertical. Their unknown actua l speed depends on how far away they actually arc. They may "veer" sharp ly at any given moment. At times, the images arc extremely brilliant. Sometimes, they show a trace of structure, whic h some observers have associated with "windows" or "portholes" of a space craft. They move without sound and hence seem to be controlled without any normal forces of power that we would ascr ibe to a craft on earth. The objects are generally round or oval and bear no 1·esemblance to any known air craft alr eady built or being built on earth. But are we just ified in , versing these arguments and saying that, since no terrestrial craft could have such prop erties and since no human bein gs could with stan d the tremendou s buffeting that the flying saucers seem to get, the objects mLtst perforce be space shi ps manned by beings of decidedly nonhuman characteristics? I ask again: Is this sweeping FLYING SAUCERS conti nued Wherever certain well-known ai: conclusion justified'? Or shall we accept tem porarily what see ms to be a much more rea sonable alternative: that the flying saucers are not material objects at all ? The one thing tha t can rcspoBd instan taneously to fo1·ce is a l ight beam. You can stand at the foot of a high mounta in and with a hand mirror flash a signa l from base to peak and back again, a distance of more than 10 miles, in a tenth of a second or less. But, if we see someth ing fla~hing ove r cliff and forest with a speed of 100 miles a second or accelerat ing w ith a force 1000 time s greater than that of gravi ty, must we conclude that it is a manned craft? An Optical Phenomenon? Let us, then , accept as a working hypoth esis the idea that saucers may be an optical phenomenon - thoug h nonetheless rea l. To me as a scie ntist, this was the only course along which to proceed. And the hypoth esis t hat these were optical phenomena, tak ing place primar ily in desert regions, inevit ably bro ught the next logical consideration to my mind. In the science of atmospherics. there is a well-known condition known as " temperature inver sion." It is simple enough. Normally, the air grows colder as one goes farthe r up from the s urface of the ea1·th. But someti mes the reverse is true, a.nd a layer of warm air over lies laye1s of colder air. During the war, I was a member and later chairman of the Wave Propagation Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which conducted a series of tes ts on the desert. We were studying radar images: but light behaves, in many ways, lik e radar. What we learned about the desert applies as much to light as to radar. We learn ed that temperat ure inversions were, as we had expected, ext remely common on the desert. Durin g the day, the desert is ex tremely hot. At night (or even during the day und er certai n cloud condit ions), the ground rapidly cools olT. But the air cools more slowly. Thus, the air cools more quick ly where it actu ally is in contact with the ground, but for some distance continues to get wa,·mer wilh h ·ght. Then, well away from the grou nd, it begins to become cooler again. Scientists have long known that regions of the atmosphere wherein the temp era ture changes rapidly with height can cause a mi rage. Mira ge. That is the key to the whole prob- lem of saucers. And, working on that assump tion. I have been able to reproduce in the labo ra tory- most of the essential features of the saucers. Much more study, both theoretica l and experimental, is necessary before we sha ll un derst and this compl icated problem in a ll its details. I am confident, however, that we can eventually pl'Oduce and observe the phenom enon at about any time we wish to. Mirage. A mira ge is fundamentally an image caused by a lens of air. Since air lenses are almost never perfect, the world we sec tht·ough them is distorted and unrea l. Like seeing through specta cles that no not fit your eyes. Or looking in one of those highly curved minors in an amusement park. And yet you see mirag es every day, with out really knowing it. As you drive along a h ighway on a hot day, the dark aspha lt in the dista nce seems to be covered with water-a :film tha t evaporates as the car advances. This is the ordinary mirage we familiar ly associate with the desert: the thirsty traveler, the vision of a receding lake, and only sand. T he water, of course, is an image of the sky, projected against the distant landscape. The light rays that produce the ill usion tra verse a path that is concave upward. But give us a cool l ayer of air at the ground, as in the desert at night, and light rays will cmve in the rever se direction, follow ing along the smfa ce of the earth. City Lights Become "Saucers" Wher e the daytime mirage projects the image of the sky against the earth. the night time desert variety projects the ima ge of the earth against the sky. And hence, if we have distant lights - such as those of a city- these lights will appear to float in lhc sky. Moreover, if the interveni ng air contains waves or is tur bulent to any degree, the lights will appea r to move, riding in on the crest of a wave, like l'ipples of moonlight on the ocean. If the sour ce is a line of distant stre et lamps, the images appear to fly in formation - the Lubbock Light phenomenon. One furth er property of these temperat ure invors:iom, ~.,,·vcs to empha size the effect and undoubtedly con t ributes to the daytime sau cers. Daytime inversions are fairly common, but they usually lie higher than the ones that occur a t night on the desert. You can often see them - or at least reco gnize the ir existence. A column of smo ke from a distant chimney will sometime s rise smoo thly upward and then The clear air of the desert, and the lack of buildings or of hills, make it In the city, the angle of vision is small and the sky is full of smoke and dust. Thus, possible to see long distances ; increase the number of observed events. even if conditions were perfect for "saucers,'' fewer would be observed over cities. .. • • • 1 • .. ' • .,, ' • "J. '
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Source text · mention only'hese "lights" were one of many sets of "saucers" made by Dr. Menzel in his laboratory. Note the "mother ship." But by no means all of the objects can be so dismissed. Aft,•r we have eliminated the false saucers and the erroneous reports that we trace to misidentification, there do remain a number that we cannot completely write off. Such as the ones I saw myself. The first question we are called upon to answer is this: If these objects arc natural objects, why did they suddenly appear for the first time in 1947? An honest question and a basic one; for if it cannot be answered, we are in difficulties. But the answer is simple: They were seen in the skies long before 1947. Scien tific literature is full of them. En,?land Had Durham T,ightA Take, for example, the Lubbock Lights, which appeared in the sky near Lubbock, Texas, last summer and were photographed. Similar phenomena have been long reported . England was mildly excited over the Durham Lights almost a century ago. In 1897, our papers were filled with stories about a mysterious cigar-shaped airship seen at odd places over the country. The lights and men aboard were clearly visible. Finally, the great inventor Thomas A. Edison himself dis posed of the rumor. Herc is a quotation from the magazine Nature for May 25, 1893: "During a recent wintry cruise in H.M.S. Caroline, a curious phenomenon was seen .... Unusual lights were reported by the officer of the watch. They ap peared sometimes as a mass, at others spread out in an irregular line. They bore north until I lost sight of them about midnight .... The globes of fire altered in their formation ... now in a massed group with an outlying light, then the isolated one would disappear and the others would take the form of a crescent of diamonds." The account also mentioned a "looming mirage," of which I shall have more to say later. This report interests me for two reasons: First, it would almost serve as a description of thr Lubbock Light s Second, my own theory of the Lubbock Lights was developed, and tested in my laii'oratory, before I found this account in N~t re-and my theory directly as sociates loo ng mirages with the lights. The nc t question is quite natural: Even granting th'~t these phenomena have a long history, why. are they so much more frequent today than ifl the past? List the places where flying saucers have been seen, and you will notice that the great majority were reported in very hot areas, over deserts -in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Fo · years, these states were sparsely settled. DuL :iince the war bega11, Lhcy arc the arc-:.1s in which the most startling population growth has been tallied. Irrigation has brought !aimers in. The dry heat has made tourist havens of Phoenix and Tucson. The air age has made these flat, clear-skied areas the natural locations for great bomber and fighter bases. Finally, atomic energy has chosen New Mexico as its headquarters. In brief, there are more eyes to scan the heavens. Hence, more is seen. The answer is as simple as that. The clear skies are themselves a partial answer. Beyond two or three miles, especially toward the horizon, the milky haze cuts down visibility in Eastern areas. In the West, one is accustomed to seeing a mountain peak more than 150 miles away. Finally, the most important question of all: If the saucers aren't superhuman or con trolled by superhumans, what are they? First, we must study the reports. A careful analysis of all the available data indicates that -after we have subtracted the balloons, papers, distant planes, Venus and the like-a substantial amount of reliable but un explained material still remains. This falls into several definite patterns: ovals, disks or other patterns, either shining silver by day or CONTINUED Photographed by Arthur Roth,tein Dr. Menzel begins setting up his apparatus, using a large glass ja1·, benzene and acetone. Acetone floating on benzene simulates air levels; lens effect distorts Dr. Menzel's face. A rlass rod seems to bend as it passes from one liquid to other. Light bends in this way. A light shining through the liquids bends at the meeting point. Same is true in air layers.
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Source text · mention onlyCOP r Staunton, Va . Route 3 August 12, 1952 Air Force Intelligence i'. B. I. Justice Dept. Fel l ow Americana, I am writing the same letter to all three Departments . On August 1st, I wrote a letter, and mailed it on August 2nd, to the Air Force Intelligence telling my views of a flyi~g saucer . In about four days the physicist Hoel Scott gave out a report of Jtndings identical to my report . Now if I have hit upon the · meantng of a /lying saucer I would like to get the credit for it. I have reason to belteue my ideas haue been ht-jacked . It should be easy to find out. fhen did Ur. Scott start hts experiment? Which of/ice dtd my letter go through? Was my l etter placed on /tle? It had a return add r ess . If you cannot /tnd it that proves it uns destroyed and the information used . I have much better working proof of my the ory than Ur . Scott , which has been before me all along, until I hit upon the idea . The solution should not have been published . The r e ts a great deal more to i t than that , which I can explain . The idea should haue been worked out thoroughly and secretly . Rainmakers could probably do a great deal o/ harm wtth the answer. There is a posstbil i ty that it could mean an entirely different type of air warfare . The Air Fo rce could possibly use it for de/,enstvc warfare . It could lead to man-made flying saucers which the enemy could use against us. Man-made flying saucers possibly could be used in conjunction with atom and hydrogen bombs or to destroy them. Astronomers could use the information to predict about other planets or planetary war/are . This information could be of use in a tr.tp to the noon. Does the Air Forc e wish me to keep my tmpre ssions to myaelj' or shall I gtue a statement to the press? My Country comes first tf the information should be kept seer.et . --. I signed my other letter "r espectf..ully .!.__' When a lady from Virginia pays her respects to the LtrTorce she expects the Air For ce to pay its respects right back to her . Respectfully, Mrs . Nellie T. Dull Route 3 Staunton, Virginia
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