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STRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA

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(Unclassified)SOCIAL INQUIHI

Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, BS&FWashington 25, D* C.

18 October 1949

Phenomena

jtv Reference is made to letter, your Headquarters, FilesAFCSI 24-185, Subject: As above, dated 30 September 1949, end to the

of Special Agent I3S8 C. AIDKECH, File: 17D 061 24-23, Subject:Panoramic Research Laboratory, Special Inquiry,1*

dated 17 August 1949*

2. Inclosed are copies of the photograph that is now in thecustody of the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2, Intelli-gence* Hamilton AFB, California, under the subject of "Investigationof Flying Discs" «

3* Forwarded herewith are two copies of these photographs forOSI Headquarters, and with a carbon copy of this letter one (l) copyeach of these photographs is being forwarded direct to the CommandingGeneral of the Air Materiel Conmaod.

UNCLLt Colonel,

Acting District (aoderIncls

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CO: CG, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB,with 1 copy each of 2 photographs Aerial Bienooena

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAL

OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONTITLE

FILE NO. DATE

17 AREPORT MADE BY

Xim C . ALDRICH

( PANORAMIC RBSSAECH IABORATC&Y

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SYNOPSISQf b y SA THOMAS ? . POVT.R,y

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Better; Business Bureau, Chamber of Comeree and Arizona Corpora-fcion Coooissionchecked with negative results* Credit Bureau record attached a» Exhibit A*City directories and telephone directory oheokod* Mr and Hrsuneighbors, stated SUBJECT i s eaceellsnt neighbor, caused no trouble, iat ioral ly higji s^roag, egotis-feical and a gtnius i a fUadamenfcala or radio andelectronics* SUBJECT i s musician by trade, has no steady job and devotee a l lof his time to research.* SU3J3CT wrote soiantifio art ic le for nationallyknown magazine and received honorary Doctor of Science degree fraa ColumbiaVniireraity tar- th i s art io le* PAiJCSUMIC SSSSASCH IAB03ATCRT was nam« defisedby SUBJ3CT to ingress people -with hi a iaqportenee* SUBJECT conducts no busi»ness under t h i s name* enjoys a good reputaHon in comnmnity and i s 4 loyalAmerican* Mrs ^RPIPP^ another noigibor, disclosed SUBJECT i s a good neighborand has caxk»ed no trouble- in ocanaunity* S03JHTT i s amsioiaa by trade, butdevotes his time to research in electronics, astronomy, radio and photography*3U3JSCT "srot* dies is on astanomy and tnts offered aa honorary scholarshipbig University in east (name unknown)* SU3J3CP has no close friends orciatea, and informant knew no inforsfttion concerning the origin of PAHOHAMICHH3SAHCH IA3DRATOB3T. Pilas of T-l reflected the report of interview and ob-servations of Agent* Looal agencies checked with negative results* ..- ••"•

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1« On 7 June 1949, the records of the Bettor Business Bureau, Room257, Adom» Hotel* the Chasiber of Commerce, 124 North Second Ave; and theArizona Corporation Commission, Capitol Annex, refloated no record concern-ing SUftTECT or the PANORAMIC RBS3A3CH LABORATORY.

2* On 7 June 1949, the City Directories revealed the following i n -formation, during the years shown*

employee o f Wayne's Midway Ian) .

Research Laboratory , h

Panoramic R e s e a r c h , h

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19421945-46

1946-47

1947-481948-49

1949-50

There no c i t y directories published from 1942 to 1945*"

3* On 7 June 1949, th» June 1949 telephone directory."»*• reviewed andreflected SOBJBCT was l i s ted a»i ds^NRiflsMHMNt Dr., W M t f M W St . . Ttreclassif ied section of the phone directory fa i led to disclose SUBJECT'S name un-der Physicians & Surgeons (i©). Dentists and, Veterinarians*

4 . On 21 June 194&,_jrecord ot 1he Credit Bureau, 10?7 H Central ,•were cheeked and a copy of 4M00WV credit record was obtained and i s inclosedas Exhibit A* There was no record of any credit -transactions tinder -the nameof PANORAMIC BSSSAHCH IA30HATOHT.

5* On 15 July 1949, Mr and lira 4 M B M S B S M M & ^MiMMMWi S t , nereinterviewed and stated they have been neighbors o f SUBJECT s ine* 1943* SUB-JECT i s an exce l l ent neighbor, has caused no trouble in the community anddevotes considerable t i s e t o community projects* SUBJECT i s emotionally highstrung, e g o t i s t i c a l and a genius -when i t comes t o the fundamentals of radioand e lectronics* SUBJECT has no real occupation but i s a musician by trade*NflBPk d«vt>te# most ot h i s time t o sgsg&rcfa, -sork i s radio- al&ot-ifoiaicHS* a-~tronojsy, radar and photography* SUBJECT has b u i l t a small t e l e scope t ostudy asixoncny, has made a t e l e v i s i o n s e t and numerous other items* WMHsfrecent ly wrote a s c i e n t i f i c a r t i c l e for a nat ional ly known nagaxine* (nameunknown) TJhich was read by someone (name unknown) at Columbia University* ASa resu l t of this a r t i c l e SUBJECT iras awarded an honorary Doctor of Sciencedegree from Columbia University* Informants disc losed that the name PA3C8AMICHHSSABCH LABORATORY -was devised by w MRRP to impress people and that he con-ducts no business under t h i s name*

6* SUSJSCT'a father and mother are presently living -withborn in Kussia and came to the United States in 1900* She laarrieda U* 3* Citisen, shortly after the start of World War I . SUBJECT i s

an only child. SUBJECT is divorced frcs his f irst wife, fAPsY, and has the cus-tody of thair seven (7) year old son* 1 married a girl froma prominent Heaa, Arizona family, in 1947. SUBJECTS wife tsacheg the 4th grade-a * ^M|B0Mischool and this is the only source of income the 4MNtap family has,except vixen SU3JSCT occasionally plays with a danc* band. SUBJECT owns a 1947Willy's Jaep station wagon as well aa his home* 4MflP!f a n ^ k i s family are pre-sently on an extended vacation t r ip through tire western states* SUBJSCT i s nota. religious man and i s a registered Democrat, although he did not vot» in -thelast election* As far as Informants know, SUBJECT is honest, truthful, loyal,dependable end one who has no bad habits* fl^MRPtbas no oloee friends or acquain-tances and Informants knew of no one else *ho knew SUBJ3CT except Mr a

Street, a neighbor*

Streetjand related she

7« On 18 Julyfor the Arizona Bracehad been a neighboras she-worfcar during the

know him too well* inassrachcaused no trouble in. the community

and is a good neighbor* SUBJECT i s an inventor and devotes a l l of his time toresearch in electronic*, astronoay, radio and photography* tfMMMfedevelope andprints a l l of *fai* photographs, i s an excellent radio repairman and built, a snailtelescope to study astronaay* SUBJECT recently wrote a thesis on astronosy andwas offered an honorary scholarship by scato big University in the eaa-b (ssjs» un-known)* SUBJECT i* a muiidan by trad* and has no steady job* Be plays occ*»-aianally with a d«ne« band in and around phoenix* SUBJECT'S wif#ja school teacher atcoaie theand married ois present wif» in 1947* SUBJECT'S mother ras born in Russia and

school and her pay is the only soure* of la«SUSJ3CT has a seven (7) year old son by his f i r s t

caae to th is ccaantry in1 1SO1<strung and egotistical* SUBJECT'S parentshis mother i s an invalid* Infhood, as he.JLs_ cossaunity ainded and devotei

an only child, i s emotionally highently living with him and

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andS?3JECf~owns his"hcm» and a l94T"will

station wagon* 3U3J2CT has no religious belief and Mrs did not knowhis polit ical affiliation, i s honest, truthful, dependable and a loyalcitizen* SU"3J5£T has no close friends or acquaintances asd Informant knew ofno other individuals who knew SUBJECT*

8* On. 20 Jun# 1949, the records of T-l, a Federal Invwatigative Agencywere cheeked and the following information was obtained:

Phoenix, Arizona ownsand maintains the Panoramic Research Laboratory and Hobby Shop at this address,and he related the fbllowing as occurring on the afternoon of July 7, 1947s

A stora had occurred in Fhoenis on the afternoon of July 7m 1947,

axd ti» clouds were at approximately 5,000 feat, the color of which "was grayaztd they resembled dense cumulus* A fifteen o i l s per hour wind was blowing.At approximately 5 Hi on that date, Hr. 4NMV was walidng from his hem© totlis Hobby e-hop end be hssrd a soise resesblizxs a. P-SO aircraft, apparsaviy cod-ing in a westerly direction. Upon searching the skies ha observed to the north*east what appeared to bo an odd shaped ship. He described th is ship as beingpossibly 20 to 50 feet in diameter, t r a i l i n g at an estimated speed of 100 mils*per hour. I t appeared to be making a spiral in a small radius of possibly one-half to three quarters of a mile* 4MN**stated the sound vhich he f irs t heardwas no longer audible* that he hurriedly procured a 120 Brownie Box Camera ftom.hi3 shop, and as the aircraft o cap let ad the f i r s t circle he obtained a photo*graph. As the ship started on the second turn, i t was in a northwesterly direc-tion from hi3 place and he again snapped a photograph, which more closely re-sembled the shape of the ship than photograph # 1 , this being designated as Ex-hibit IX, as submitted to the Bureau with let ter dated August 4 , 1947, by theOfgice of As s is tank Chief of Staff A-2 Intelligence, Hamilton Field, California,afl0Mfc> further described the direction of the ship by stating that instead ofcompleting the left-hand downward spiral the ship banked to the right and dis-appeared into the o loud a. Ha stated that just as i t banked, he had snappedthe second photograph, Exhibit II*

_ At the la»t point, which waa at the time the ship made th i s turn,Mr* < | 0 K estimated i t to be between 1,000 and 2,000 feet high. He furtherdescribed the appearsnee of this ship a* closely resembling a picture whichappeared on the front cover of the May 1947, igaue of the Mechanics Illustrated

the only difference noted hy Mr.'^NNfe being that the ship appearedto be flying backward*

also related that he did not ass cdate the appearanceof this ship -arith. the numerous reports of flying discs* Be related, however,that after a three minute interview with newspaper reporters the story that ap-peared in the local papers was "blown up" to the extent^ that he, tfKMfe, barelyrecognized the infomation furnished by hixa* Mr* fflttf^l explained that theaforementioned dimensions and distances were only estimated, pointing out thathis previous experience probably assisted him in making fairly close estimates*He related that he had been doing experimental work for the past ten years*He also stated he was employed at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Washington,D« C* during the early- part of World War II and l e f t there the beginning ofIS 42* Upon his return to Phoenix, he was employed at Falcon Field neeJT Jnoenixwhich was leased by the British Government for training purposes* He instruc-

truzssxtt t ra i l ing , &i?3f»x» ldw»ixi©*bion and gunnery practice* Hethat his hobbies have t o do with science, physics, radio, electronics

asd astapoaomy- He produced a model which he had made of a radio controlledairplane* He related that aost of his work consists of building trans former«but i t is also necessary for him to depend upon his musical ab i l i ty for his .livelihood*

In explaining the results of photographing the shipm Mr* HMMHistated that ha was surprised that the object appeared dark on a l igvt back-

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groundj that he fully expected that the object vjould be light on a darkbackground* He described the light spot wiich appears in the center of theobject (Exhibit II) as being a gr&en. house* 4Wtffts* insisted that the ship£isi£s no soigs that xisa sudible to his asar and h& was unable to detect the pre-sence of any propeller* He also related that after the newspaper release overRadio Station STAR, wherein statements were made that he,^0MMs\ had statedAnsy off ic ials were studying -the photographs* tad that i t was a top secret, hea t t e s t e d to determina the source of this release and the Radio station f inal lytold him that i t was a United Press release from Washington, D* C*

vraa obtained from observationfolloving description ofand interrogation*

Date birthPlace birthHeightWeight

"EyasH a i r ••.Education.Marital status

3012-29-16Gar don City, Kansas6» 3*155 poundsBlueBromPhoenix Union High SchoolMarried - on* sen

It should b» stated that at the tiaa of interview withMr, BROSIffi identified hiaself &s an agent of the Federal Bureau of Invest!gaioaand exhibited his credentials* However, pursuant to a request from Ur» FUGATE.he was isfemaised only as & representative of the United States govorxraont*Bis exact o f f i c ia l comection. was not mj&rn knoum. to Mr. 4 H I « Ag«nt EROWES

that he f e l t it was a peouliar proe«duro» but i t -was not his business*However* at the conclusion of the interview, Mr» MJGATS requested Mr» I H Wto furnish hi- isxtit idia negatives and '^HHsl stated ho would bo glad to do so ,but they were not in his insaodlat* possession, andhe. -would deliver them to th»FBI the following morning* lir» 4MMM^ requested that the negatives be returaadto him* Agora; ^0$y3S states that to this requesta lir» HJGATS tnade no reply*Agent BROWER states that after leaving Mr* tfHfl^ he asked HJGAI3 i f the nega-tives would be returned to Mr* s V s W and FUGS2CB. 3tated that he doubted varymuch that they would bo returned* Mr* 3R0W3R then, advised Mr* KJGA7S that bo*fore ha* BR0WSH5 would accept these negatives that ^MHHbmust be advised ofMir* yVGkTB9* identity and also advised that the negatives, i f turned over toMr* FUGaTB* trculd not be returned to him*

In view of which, on the aoraicg of August 30, 1947, -when Mr»M W ^ c a l l e d at the Phoenix office to deliver the negatives, they-mere accepted only after he was advised that they -wore being given to Sr«FUuATB, a representative of theAray Air Force Intelligence, United StatesAray, and that^there "rats l i t t l e , i f any, ohsace of his getting the negativesback* Mr* MMWi ttrmed the negatives over to this office with the fu l l under-standing that they -were being given to the Aray and that he Toould not gat themback*

9* On 20 June 1949, nasze f i l e s of the following agencies were checked•with negative resultsi

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Police DepartmentSher i f f ' s Office, ilaricopa CountyState Bureau of Criminal Identif icat ion

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Exhibit A, the or ig ina l copy of 4MMR9l credi t record a s maintaineda t tha Credit Bureau of Phoenix* P&oenix* Arizona*

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Sxhiblt A». a carbon copy of 4Mfl0te credit record aa maintainedat the Credit Bureau of Phoenix^ FhoeniT» Arizona*

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1* Forwarded herewith for your informationis cog?;. of a report ofinvestigation dated 17 August 1949, stf>jectx 40MHMMHMMP> PanoramicResearch Laboratory, (incl 1),

2. Paragraph 3, above referenced report, states that Subject, on7 July 1947, had taken photographs of an odd shaped aircraft. Attachedhereto, as Incls 2 and 3, are copies of the photographs mentioned in thereport*-- -• H • . ' •: • - . - . - . . . • ; • .. ^-m.?•:,•••

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15 February 1950

SPCT INTELLIGENCE REPORT

SUBJECT $ Unconventional Aircraft SightingAlameda, Cal i fornia , 7 February 1950

TO t Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, United States Air ForceWashington 25, D. C»

! • SXNQPSlSs Unidentif ied cone-ehftped object sighted l aa i r over Alsaeda, Cal i fornia , 1730 PSF 7 February 1950* Brights i l v e r i n c o l o r , one-ball" t o three-quarters the s i z e of ordinaryparachute, t rave l ing a t speed of s i x t y t o seventy mi les per hoar,disappearing in Southeast d i rec t ion from Alarneda. Under observationauproxiaately t e n minutes by t-*ro v i tnesses* Information takeni n i t i a l l y hj Ass i s tant Officer of the Day, Alamoda Naval Air Sta t ion ,and subsequently forwarded t o t h i s d i s t r i c t o f f i ce by Fourth AirForce headquarters, Hamilton ASB, California* (Director o f In te l l i gence ,Fourth A i r Force - A - 3 ) #

2« D3ffAH5^ At approxiBAtely 1730 hours, P a c i f i c StandardTime, 7 February 1950, an object n&s s ighted i n t h e a i r over AlMvdaCounty, California by * }fr.*mm*WBtmtmmm San Leandro,California and by Kr*'^IV$4HppMSHpWremie, San Leandro,California* The weather at the time was dear , frith vis ibi l i tyapproximately ten Biles* Only one object was sighted, and this objectappeared conicle in shape,, with the base much like an ice-cream cone,and the top rotnried- c>ne*tiat like the canopy of a parachute« Theobject -was brighVsilver in color and approadjaately one-half tothree-fourtho thes iae of an ordinary parachute. I t was travelingat a speed of slaty to sevisnty miles per hour, with no definite heading*It appeared to jiover at tines and;then "lassily11 move on to anotherposition and,Borer again* The-object JAB observed by tb» two vitnessee

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- SPOT TtEpcgp Subjs Unconventional Aircraft5Sighting, Alameda, California, 7 February 1950*

for a period of about ton minutes, when i t finally disappeared i n aSoutheast direction from Alaosda. In addition to the movements describedabove, the object would change from the perpendicular position t o afcorisontal position in fl ight • One witness reported no exhaust t r a i l ,while the other states an exhaust t r a i l was visible and that i t was muchl i t e that of a jet or rocket* Both individuals reported the object t otoe at an altitude of 2500 to 5000 f e e t . 7

3* ACTION; The two observers were interviewed by theAssistant Officer of the Day at Alaneda Naval Air Station, who indicatedthat he was impressed with their story*. Alaaeda Naval Air StationOperations informed Hamilton Flight Service that they were not investiga-ting the sighting but were merely reporting i t for information purposes*On 9 February 1950 the Director of Inte l l igent , Fourth Air Forceformrded a report of the sighting t o the 19th District 061*

Colonel, USAF,District Comnander

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR^GENERAL



FILE NO. 24/40-12 1950

. I&ROD, J&.

TITLE

SSKHTIHG OF TjjlIDENTIFISD AERIAL

i

EPORT MADE AT

Q19 S"iPERIOD __^

a See A99 24-2? Ja».3Q Feh 1950OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DG#X9 S ASTATUS

CHARACTER

REFERENCE

SYNOPSIS

X39Bs>ti atloo «aa 2jcdt2ated upon receipt of a latter from tb» Saeo OfCSc* otf tb» IB I whieh contained the infoxs&tleo thert an xsa±

«r» 4 M H H H I ' ir»tngfto»# C«aiiroraia» T » JBI macftatod that tb© object TSSI g3glrt<A by

biat 8 October 1949 at Copoo, Califcatda aad described i t as apprmrlawtalyp , yof & 4*-engiB* alrcri i t , traveling at a high rate of speed* A cbaok idth

tbo CivH AeitassUtt Attbbority, San Frsaelseo, diaeloswl that tuaawmgaircraft f ly in tbl« arwa, of ^hlch a vsry ssaall percent f i la a?^ type odTsch«d-na» or dMLrano* for flight• Ho radar Inrtallaticma la thar area ar«encnigh oar pc*orfal apou^t t o ba*e reeotded nnnwtml rwidiJBgs at Copco,

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1* TMB investigation la pnsdls&Ud ttpon s coipri; of a latterSgaFxngpiaso Fiald Qtfte* of tb» F3X> v?hioh contained t&a4HNWR i f e 4 ^ l & aorialan t

, California

2 , Gfe 3 Ttomwkm* 3.949, Mr*iaterriawd and aoda the following

This

afeaafc 3 Ootdber 1949* at approximately 1520ebj«ori (flee tsfcatch) in tfr» sky at aliout 3500* orwas statioouy ssd after Tldfdng i t for abcmfc 30

to aor ear t o obtain flald glAsa«a« Whan X ttamad to look*t tbi o^J^et again i t bad alaoat disappeared £?&*at a spaeft approodawt Oy tlixMi tia»» faafctr tfaaa j ,elisMxw at aa aogla of A5°, and goiag in a n<xrfehe*0*«r3i7 dirocticn,Thio ebj«ct waa appreadaately th» oiao of a ib\n>-«QglBad aircraft,vets sllTwry and sagr ia color, had £10 aovlog parts, om so eoiaodeoc&d to dat**t«d* At this tia» I ^»« 3 dl £ C C l i Aen tba Ag*r road*

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Oa 34 JkBBary 195O5 i t isaa lsaxiMd fsvm the Saa/uifehcrity offiow ~U»t tbera ar» on* hsxodrody

a i r sarriara in tha Bay.Ar«i. Caly fcrort««a (14) of^ D5h9dtO«d t l ighta and Idea than on» per cent ct tbs

kind of plaa or elaaraswa ftor tbair f l ight a. 4 c^jsck *££& tjb»p t d tbr» Baa raaciaoo Alrpcrt ronraftldd that l-^ss thia 020the* plAaas aoraall? usiug thoiw I t a l i a f i l e ajtsy Mad of

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i srach a Idrga peraenfeaga of th»sa fl i^nt 3 f i l a x» t?$* o fths !*.ferity of tbes aro oporatiag - it&orrti acb»dnl«j, i t Is d&ssiadl

efcecSc ea the* i a tba vicisj ity «* Copco, California, arotasd 1300& October 1949* Siseh an operation does aoi eeea feaslaks^ i aifeet that aaay osf t i » ottissa betwe«a tb» 3ay Araa asd CopeOj

aai Horth of Gopeo* Califtoraia, could ha^o had such a f l igh* a&d i a a l l

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tJ» larga p«re«ixfcag« of ihsso £ad *» flight plat* or

6* On 25Station F<»reca*t

1950, inforftatloa Ssrcm tb»

Airportt So«tb San Francisco, California, that tb0i l t at Copeof CaliXornia, and the toZetyp*

b t b i * £ro« tl»t ffi

report tor tb»6 Octofcer

7 . On 26 J a m u y 1950, a cheek of tb» 6th Ansf «sADi^trlc* 2btftUig«BO* Offices renr««l8d thrk thepft coeamrdm do

any radar installatictj* i s Callfoanada or Orefoa rhich areor powwrfta e&oo^i t o !*TO T&eor&aA aniything tsxuiaaX at Copcofrf 8 b 4on 8 Oetober 1949•

so

Bm On 27 JasBMrf 1950, a check of th© Air Fore© Early ParsingStsticau l a t in Bay Area revealed that them faav* i&m£ffjes&mA rang*

riBtcba* a# far Rorfcfc aa Cop<M», California* tb»sa srtaticna rwport«iii,niilw\t,ff1M alrvraft or objeota on 3 October

oa a farmSctsth frnt

(5)p )California, Root* 1 BOB 545, aa£ bis elos»*fcdl i t h ti b t lt

benot aoquaistadl vith hiat? ccn«<jQecctiy, no obexactcr -sA to voneh jboHBMMI reliability atjdl h t

10* Tbers la so polls* force In Xnrin$tcn# California, aad aat the* coords of tb^Polioa Bepartanofc, Ceaater^illo*

diaelofled 510 rectard

21* On 11 F^beraary 1950, Mr*fftaitd that !b>.

bo doe 9 not £&*\ qtsallfisd t o oate

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of imlteB(tifi«d aerial object


THE INSPECTOR GENERALOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS


FILE NO. DATE

REPORT MADE BY

TITLE REPORT MADE AT

of i\cck«t on 18 &ovssbarat £9° fccrth, 141* 'iiest, by Lts5\iIIH, LTXIZiS and DK .GST.374 th Ha TOR Sq (VLa) l-aatharV'eClall&a Air For.ea Base

California

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'jGS.Col.USAHSTATUS .30 Jaa

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BY" AUTHORITY OF Tliii 1 , ; ^ . - " j S. -i.j i.\V \

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Thrwi Officora of cr^| S DEL

4ir forceB&sa, EcClaHao, California, reported eigfrt-ing what spp»ar*a to b« a rockat at 0240hours Qr9«0«ich Central lisa, 13^0 hour*Pacific Standard ?isey cii IS r.cve»b«r

an aircraft fljing at s& altitudefa^t, the caject w&9 ©ightod at

4-9 degrees nerth latitude,^c§iti2d#, trsroliag en a slight

d«ac«ot, at a great rata of speed o a i haadiagof 270 d»gr»e«« Sb<wi f irs t cbwrrwd i t trsa s ten altifetacla of ap©rcxi»at»ijr 19,CC0 fast enddisappeared la & layer cf cicada «itb tops at14,CCO fa«t. Tho objact appeared to 2sav» at ra i l of fir« about 50 t^etJUxJ^sgth, asd ^3

, diaaatar, Ei3d i^:^33Wti«^Qr approxi-10 seconds, Sp^fiiwaSl'''diat'apVaiaees in

io trajssaisaica or. i feaptioQ,-at tiso cf>ii|;ghtirtg. ;.:

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1. This rsgcrt i s ssibaitted ia ccspliiizies îth ;V?CSI Lsttsr «ta»b«r 35,, She Inspector Ceii«ral, Office c f Spacial lavast igat lcBS,

ington 25, 0 . C., dated 12 August 1949, Subjects vaeosvs&iicReA Aircraft^

AT -frS CISLL&S AXE FCRCS 5tC

2. On 21 Sora&er 1949, .i^3l3^€^T!i, Pirat Liautooaat, *D-S75.359,Cathay Cbs«rr«r, 374tb Heconsaisaâc* Squ&drea (VLTt) jioath*r, ^cClailaoAir Force Bâe# a^^fti^n^ California, £&da the following stata»«nt relativ»to as rasso&l s i t t i n g on Id Sovaatw 1949 J

"Friday HoT*«b«T 12th 1949 oc JUrk Sog aiseicn, I eight«4what apfMMffvd to U e roek*tv a t approxia&toly poaitica 12,

d«gr*#« north, 141 d«gre«* «n»«t* ^ ««?9 flying apparoxi-Id»CX30 f«*t at 0240 3C?. T?e sighted what opiârwi to

be a reak»% erosâiag In front of th$ airoraft traveling at agreat r%t* of ap»«d« It appeared to bm at aa altltod* offtpprqri»at»3y 19,OCO ?*»t tntwl iag at- a sl ight desceirb.orâ

g of 270 d»gra««, I eallsd th* object to tbd attentionUM» pi lot , co-pilot, ec-i the engijo««r, tho object d i s -

appaarad i.itc th« laj«r of alto«twtlus dciuas, t i e tops%9T9 abcttt 14,COO feet la alt itwi*. It 99 s laavlag & t r a i lof flrw which appeared to be about ^0 faet In lasgia 2n4 40?9<st 1» dl«a«t«ry aad gav© tha appearaiioa of b«ingby a ba l l cf fir®, tba i lase Taa rrhita ia color. Thojact vsa tr«v»"l ir>g at *rueh a r-iU of speed i t c«ald cot be

to bpassed ©«r eireraft.**

First Llaataaant, iD-777 733,3« Ca 21 Bor«(fc«r 1949,Pilot, 374th Eeceacais»a&ae^cClallan, Califerala, sade the following £tat9&&r.tsighting en 1Z £c7e»trar 1949*

Air ?relativa to aa umisu&l

ni& Lark i,cg sisaico 12 .ôvsaêr lr/4?> 1340 hours facifia-Tice, I o'c*srY«d what appeared to ba sitber s rocket or asataorlta de CTraiiag gradually o& a gauaraily wast^rly bead-ing. th« object wn» travsliug at a grât r&ta cf sj»«<i aridtrail-lag a f l a w *bieh was axferaiwjly bright. I t s spetsd andsia® ware dl f f ieal t to judge because i t s distsvnee from uscculd not be eartia&ted accurately• It deg^lded to shatappeared to be cxnr EAS* altitude or slightly le*ar «cd sitharburned cut ©r disappeared into a layar of

Pilot,4. On 21 £cv*J5ber 1949, J'-":IIS 7*/£E V. «T, First vicmton&at, 15 636A,

tt*. Hdccnaeissaiaca Squ&drca (¥I*i) êsth^r, ii'cUl iXoa Air Forcaj , California, e«do the f<illc»icg statasusct relative to «n tmttssal

eightisg on 18 Kcmiber

*0n tha 13th of Soveeaber 194.9 during a rciitine Larksisaion, I Ttltsaasad on ttnuauî sight*

At about 1540 hours Pacific Tiae in the eyvaisx^, &sr i l l iaa t l ight ortmci tbarcugh tha sky froa & h«a<iing-of approximately 270°.

ofI ha alrcraXt, a t th» ti3«» T&S ca aflying ca aiatceNktlo pilot* Lt. Saith, th»

ia

-was th» f i r s t E«ua to notice U» ur.ujmaland csllag Lt. Itjkisia' st-tection to i t ,

tursa aotifi«d a«. Shea X did lock cut t&», I aa» a br i l l i an t l ight shaped sestfrvfeat

& l&rg» eigar ca a devznmrd path baadia^ toward tfcaoc»aa$ bemrrsr in a fov seceoda (approxisiWLj 10

) the l ight was abruptly

wo idea of treat th» light j^jJuurgLfirs t I thcretght i t sight haw bs*m a fallingbxzt th* phanemm* lastad such a lesg t iaa aa<i tlielight wsa so laxg« in rolaticn to falling stars cr?at«ors I had sees, 1 dlgxlsflwd th« possibility cfi t s being a star,*

5. 2n 3 J&c^sry 1950, rHIUt? a. ?L21«iSGf Sergeant, »?- 213 556,

CD IS ScYasighted by

had ba^c cs I ark Dog i&issicxa1949, but dculd giva no ir*for»aticas relat ive %c tha object

f>aIXH, LTO^3 and ~S s ST*

both xsidâ cf tha ccapartaestio lc««t«d. in

ths aircraft. tl»r» are blisters locat««s:*d c«5« c^ top, bot no forward Ti

. Ca 13 J«Buary 1950, L&»aSiCE 3. iiSLSCHSE, Staff gCp^ratcr, 374>th 3&coc&aisa&nc« Squ»drtn (VLS) l ea the r , ^

-39 109Air

, , Califcmia, stated he had &e*a on lark £cg eisaion eaa 18 nesb«r 194.9» ^«t cculd give no infenstatiea relat ive to th» object Isightad byLiauUoaate SmiYH, LIKIUS and Ta MJilT. B2UC»ga atatod furthdr that tbar« hadboea KC iûmaU. iQt«rfer»nc« or disruption of radio tr&r:&sis®ica or reeapti&aduring the fl ight.

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*BtSSt Tba xndio oparatora oontpartaost i s looatad aft of th»>sffeion and forward of tba connecting tunnel* There ara no isiadow* or

7 . On 17 y 1950, AIRBED J» SIABHB, Master Sergoaat*063 172, Eadio Operator, 374th RooonrnJafiw Sqmdron (VOl) W

Al F C, p , ,

Alp Foroo Baao^ McClaUaa* California, stated he had ba«tt on LarkDog nlaaion oa IB Botembr 1949 bat oottiA gif* no lsforaation relatiw t otfaa objoot algfatad by UatxUmnta SXXZH9 LZSZHD aod DB acatt. STABUJB «tatadtbat radar aquipBatit 1» uaad infiaqoaafcly trobaoquast t o loavlng tfao eoaat

ft t tS t tb t i f l l d i b tqp q y q g

on Lark Dog s i sa ioa anft M I not opasmtSag a t tba t iaa of allagad sigbtiag*B.J » B T 9 5 f I . ,

t g , 374th KooonBOaaanBO Sqaadros (VZ2t)Air Foroa Baaa» MrClallan, Califbrnia, statod bo bad bean on lark

IB 4» , ,on IB HcrrcMbw 1949, but ctmld giTO no inforoatloa relative to tba ob|oatsigUM bar liaafconaata SMHH, I2KIBB and C8 HDHP, WESSTEAD stated be badplotted tba position of tba airesaft at tba tiao of sighting trat do» to hi*

dtiom wtteh ia looatad aft of tba pilota, had not mm tfco objoot

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One (1) copy of Essential Elaoenta of Information*

19 D Oil 24-4C/16

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Sfct* of sighting - IS Kovenb«r 1949

Sis* of eighties - 0240 GCTj 1840 ?5T

Object va© slgfcied fro* an aircraft «t 49 Segrees north latitude,degress west longitiade^ flyiag at an altittido of 18,000 fast. Cbjact

approatiaately ona (1) »il« from aircraft, Visibility was lisitedfailing light* Qodareast at 14»C<3O feotj seatt«red cirrus aloft,

it«»lf &3 not se«n clearly but appeared to be aobjaet.reckst,

5. Sio oba«rrabl» caleatial phenomena or placet© to account for sighting*

6, Speed ankBCwn and usootiayttad,

?. Jn sight «pjaroxl»ately 10 eeccms. " ^

&• Colcr, eliapa, ocnstrtiction and size of v-bjoct ccvld not bedt29 to »ppro*chii3g nifchUf al l .

9* Object eft heading of 270 degrees*

Ifi* Object f i rs t sighted st approxiaatoly 19,0C€ feet traveling on slightdescent *t gre&t rate of speed. ^ - ^

11, bjaet left at steady trail of white to orange colored flaaaiC fa at i» lacgth &c4 forty (40) feet in diameter.

tc disappear i;-ito clouds cf approximately 14,000 feet.

Bo lights e&

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15.

16.

18.

support observed.

er than trail cf fla^ae, no a fccs cf propulsioti otserred.

a-aas cf cootrol or stability bbssrved*

speed unknown and unastiaated*

noted.

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20. Apye rsd to either feda £ro& vie* ar diserp«sr into

KM thr»a ob©«rT©rs are ratad psrsomasl with no rhjrsAt tis« cf sighting* obwmsr» bad been ic the air apprxyel3i&tdly rj.ia»(9) hctirs, bat bad not beon ou duty for tb» Jfttll flight isnd *»3£«rt»dtSsay w » i?»ll r©0t«t! and not fatigusd in &nj a&sner, Alreraft radiodid not evid3o<*« «o/ UEUJRI*1 disturbartc«3 and aircraft radar waa notoperating at t iae of oightin^. I^tittxL« and Icngituda plotted placedobject ov«r %h» F*»«ifio Ccsan approxiaatal/ SCO «il»» frc» the coast

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27 Mar 50

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(Unclassified)Unconventional Aircraft Sighting San Pedro, California,8 March 1960 .SPECIAL B J ^ I I

Directorate of Intelligenc*, DCS/0, Collection Branch

Office of Special Investigations. 16 Ma,}. Kold/aab/6240AFC SI

Attached for your information ia copy of Spot Intelligence Heport,dated 20 March 1950, acute Subject aa above.

1 lad:Car of Spot gReport dtd 20 Mar SOw/1 Incl.

GILBS29 H.Actg Chief, Counter Intelligence

0S2, IS, USA?

ox &» nr.l,icn. aoumag; cr crrsa th» *xutenc9 ci such.uiluvilKtUo0 to prisons usiitJAud ixi tils repoit

or 1o otlwx, pexscna sot aoimally entitled to such ir,forcnctianmar &* acde only when axpiessly autboiisvd by tlM Dit*ctaici Special Ir-vestiqaacni, IG, or higher enithoriff. Xhuiutboniad

at t****}* SaiocMBticM will Jbs o a u U m d to bs oof «ES 3064.

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CLASSIFICATION CANCELLT2E *~ j ^ ^ g fTIY AUTHORITY OF Tr^ J , - ^ w ^ *~ ^ —

IA—Peb 49—10M


HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE U N C l A S S l n E DWASHINGTON

19D OS I S3R-2


19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA

20 Liirch 1950

SPOT

TC

SUBJECT^ .Unconventional?Ji^California,.._£ March. 1950 JMT"E~~

Director of Special Investigations,Headquarters USAF,Washington 25, D. C

1. S&IOPSIS? An unidentified object appearing to havethe same magnitude and brilliance as the planet Venus but movingsmoothly and rapidly/ -with slightly less than the speed of a shootingstar v?aa observed at 1715 in the vicinity of San Pedro, California,traveling 7f est to East. The object appeared again North of the observerin the vicinity of Santa Ana slightly from East to T?est and disappearedin the vicinity of Santa Ifonica, The object, reported as traveling morerapidly than any airplane observed, 77as seen by Colonel LaS-TEENCS B.

X, FA, vho provided a "sketch to accompany his report. Informationorted to D0/r!19 by Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Headquarters Sixth

, Presidio of San Francisco, California.

- ' • • • -;2. DETA7XS: At approximately 1715, S L'aixsh 1950 ColonelUKF3KCE 3 . BIXBY, FA., vaIking in a westerly'direction on West 30thStreet, San Pedro, California observed a small speck moving rapidlyaccross the sky in a generally southeast direction© Iiiitiedlatelyafter sighting the speck it-"seemed to become a brilliant l ight", BESTreported the brilliance and magnitude of the unknown object to be thesame as the planet Venus," as an evening star". The object movedsmoothly and rapidly with vrhat appeared to be slightly less than thespeed, of a shooting star and, according to BIXBY, moved more rapidly

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19D OS I 2/+-40 SIP.-2 - SPOT IETELLIOEHCE KS?OST;.Sub.i; UnconventionalAircraft Sighting, San Pedro, California, 8March 1950

than any airplane he had ever observed. The brill iant light disappearedafter a fevr seconds, but the path of the object in the sky could s t i l lbe traced. The object reappeared in the vicinity of Santa Ana moving ona broad.curve from Santa Ana towards Segundo and Santa Monica. Passing, overthe vicinity of Inglewood - Torrance - Huntington Park, the object againappeared to become brilliantly lighted indicating i t to be the reflectionof the sun (See accompanying map). As before, the brill iant light lastedonly two or three seconds, however the path of the object s t i l l could betraced, 3IXBY states "it teas impossible to estimate the size or shapeof the object, as these were no more clear than the appearance of an art i l leryshell when etched from the breech of a gun during firing into the sky*.B333Y further stated that i t was impossible to judge the speed of the objectas he -was uncertain as to i t s al t i tude. He v?as positive that the object•was many times more rapid in flight than an airplane c I t disappeared abovethe clouds, -which BIXBT stated he believed were of the extreme high altitudeu ice -crystal" type. BIXBT would not vouch for the accuracy of the scale ofhis nap not knowing the altitude of the unknown object. Horizontal distancesnay have been, greater. BISBTts observations coincided with a deluge ofreports on the radio and in the newspaper concerning "flying Discs" observedin that vicinity on 8 March 1950.

3 . ACTION; Photostatic copies of the map were, made by DC#19for forwarding "with this report. No investigative action taken.Chief of Staff, G-2 Sixth Army forwarded the information without action*

Assistant

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;/X Av-ril "1950

J.!Y AUTHORITY C ?

ikGaliry»3, Ci0.iforni<k, 4 Apri l 1930

rector of Special Ir

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•<•• §!CiC?gI3'; An imoonventior<ai aircraft traveling at anat 4-0C0 feet and in a Northerly direction v

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4:: i t Gb53 hours on 9 April 1950 at Salinas, California.-:<:rr %3 seen "by thrse parsons, "-vho varied in detai ls but'"•'r.z.z i t -»as not a convsnticnal a i rc raf t . Information report^ci- "~ the Assistant Chief of Staff, 0-2. Hsadqyarters_ Si:<thrisioio of San Francisco,

- ZjZÛM At approxiastely 0653^ 9 April 1950 thi-ee (3)'••,-• of Salinas, California v&ile on B.on ?y Lars-a V?est arid South

T,; :ss ?fere iis.de b^ RiX SAXBKIDS , Ds-outy cheriff.* *.!ctyV.sr«-/:?;:o rasi-iea/at 54^ 3*ii"t i;fc.r!o?t Street . Salinas; L» R»

^j|^f$ Monterey jaunty, 610 Central 'vfcreet , 3s-lir^.r-»

^s The vreathsr ra$ claar îbh goccl visibil i ty-.•iric 3~LiDL2T estirated th« Îtxti-xle of rhe object to be 4CC0^re u:.icav-n*;u"dr:.ed as to Iho :;':rir?3i iniicabed •bh&t the object

trar-^Xing- n c r t h ; , They coul^ o f f ^ r i c ^•:H.t.l;-r ;al in.forn-i.vr/.\on:-*

••,.•••;£;• STATES ' .MR rO~C~

Trl'i INSPECTOR GEN?RAL VZAV-

19f!i DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

FAIRFIELO-SUISUN AHi PORCH BASE, CALIFORK'IA

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. I ""D?-.rector of Special j>rr.«st iga'-is

•-î'iî^ton 2T D, C»

5 0£C *375 0£

•SZ^CrSlS^: Thi>3^ (3) ob jec t s were sighted over 'Pacific:£lifcmia bet-ên-2030 and 2100.hours on 11 Pabrw.iy 195C

tat^d the objects were traveling very fast froî-:o Scixbhêst AV.O :r/ringir-g from left to right ?.? though

-•ere ~oins to hit the house 'nsttci door ".vhen I'i.rat sighted»~ ".i-~o. ~o oe ziy^.ntj :iB 2- v~'coi"iiva"c-iox".« j ; :e (,X/ ir-o<?-.'a «.r»c ••h/no

^'rpfl,- ^ ^ j •-.r:si •!-.;- e a c h 3 i i :? ; i a ~;";s t o : ; r : a c c u r a t 3had ::\o /.e.t'lnita <ôir;ion oi size of

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B3t=-.3*n 3030 - 11

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:{ t lir•". .-• ( 3 )

êbz^ry 1950

conf-is?^ .? ? hi; distance "and p.ice biA by;-;ii3 from ':?••:' v:o?it;lon. the o'vte-cts rneasu

up-plrig h e ri"-V;> i

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this infomat-ion ' itho-zb action,;,

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Info irding General, District.Headquarters Sixth Array, .Presidio of San Francisco,California,ATTNt Asst. Chief-of Staff, G~2*

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Y/ASHiNG'iON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAr

19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SOCIAL INVEST'lGA" 'ONS

^L'O-SUiSUN AIR FORCr f.ASS, CAUrO?.NlA

17,1-JCS HSPCFT

l Aircraft A X -J C j . .".

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J ? Chief Air 'Pilotj ard •,U1 observed ?i^e (5) Vnibasast-southeast in an oZf ba

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to be Is bhe forn^ation

3. Jr a• Ai;ii i, . ; : ;

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sa o r^s lei

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M»e at an albrbiue esti-rated at Z0>000 foet,, ?lx*. <\±A :•->•:.+-

til-;<?-off arid ohe tower asked if they intended to a',ta:La;n to follow thy objects, ;\!cD'QL\'AID further stated tb-'t o:r.

Têt a l t i t iv5e the f or;:s -tior, ex the object s could s'hiH 'c-t

rsrpaineof sQCO

dc--i.n an

•. • /.--:.- ..chapes appeared to tie bhat similar to a camera lens;;••::•'~:K - an top^ and £l;at on the 'bottomo Th^7 appeared to be tr^v:-':.:i;-gir?c r-~ 150 îles oer hour, ea?t-southeast from t}:& I-.i dfor-.i i.irp'.;itL:: >t straight lir.e . Ti:r.e of o"bs«?irvation v;as bet,vee:i 1300 a-1 13^0: -T.1-, The objects did nob reflect color but gav- elf ^fluove^v^vbNo s-i'-'s^d âs heard or exhaust t r a i l s oloserved,, T"!;e objectsL lr. si^bt for a p-eriod of th i r ty (30) mirtutes. From an ai t i t 'x . -fs^-, ir_ the air Lie CI'TAID stated the objects appeared to be 10„••;•..0•h^r r'-zn their a i rc ra f t , iicDCiMAID attempted to obtain 5. photo^rar:h\r:a.bl= to do so a? his camera had a. six inch fecal length -len.:: . cd

. •pla--» "hich sas not adsqtste for photographing ths cbôbs±—~zr,C"2» Dirring the periai of obssr^/ation one object droppedi2s.--.sd 1,000 feet out of the formation and then returned, xnls:.~-e- las t or.s of the right echelon*

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P .-WWMSNT OF THc A!X FOftCc

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEWASHINGTON

T'!K INSPECTOR GENiPAL l!3Ar .

19rh DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSFAISriSlD-SUISUN AIR FORCE BASK, CAUrOSNIA

SIR-7 2 May 1950

TO

to TJrdon,

of Special JAV

ora4tP^3Sf?rcATroNrc,',xcI K Y AlTTHORiTY C^ TH

OTr 1 K'JNZE, Caot, USAF

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Editorial in Sacraa:fe?j6o Union, S-acra;&comnrantary of Ha J AICLOR states ti&t flying

:s are har:yl3S37. non-9:cp?i.osiivs5 and a military secretitatas of A^jrica-j their u.;f yvili not "be :cio-??n generally

of H.

. ^pvipsr dated 1 ?^y 95i^'L^d "S'lTing Discs-' l ^ . fo r^ t ion rscei^sdb;?it tbd >^dito:r*xal wa^ biased upon, a

^.r7 of H. ^p TAiLCR* ÊXT fl^m your 2av;rai:»5ito neighbor t e l l s.f-HJ* * l iv ing l i so . , io not. look a t hiut as -:.hor jh hs bad sirade^Ly

A ;i- his .rJuxi* ~2':~'$ "'«bt3 •ibA.ic*3s ••ix'<? be a.ii =e^ .?. il3>i.ng diî.:.-,"•••"'r, ric^ it. ear* be to ld - flyjjig d lac 3 "^3 X^^.rl-v^rx secret

"JhsT varry in 3i~-r. from 20 Inches l a c ' i s i s r ^.rd s ix inchs^JfC > I i ifc ' th d tn a i a:s

_L ?ii, and ao =2tioka, or l i g h t v

T t t d t i i i the ai t th a

3 ? v , gis 2. - i l i t a ry seorei;.,. v?Iiich will 'not hs ge^p/rally >rao~a until^-!' ?.t?.t:3 3'Air .7orc8.>".rel2ases the iriiorâtiorie But i t i s an .irapor-."-.-d _i sowie-rfal' purpose,•;and tha cauiitry ?dll t h r i l l t/ith prid}? " h

S.MAMA—F-'r> 30—£M

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ac a;• ^ ^ ^ n u i l i " a ^ , ^ bo call a long i i ^ c a ^

^ Si tb3 dl3C - a ^ report his f lyings vo a Jw b .

Bab they're r

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-1-Uca are barniU»3 aoA n o pt corae .ft-oia Raasto, but are a u re,ea,a thereto not cor

States of A^w ic

SI

JOHN G.Golonal,

c t Goosander<,

\

V/ASHINOTON

THE INSPtCTOR G2ISSRAL USAH

19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSFAlRrlnLD-oJi.iUN AIR FOSCE I5ASE, CALIFORNIA

1? ;«'av 1950

KSFOET

Airorait Sig4ii4P r o v i n g Grouads^ UtjaÂssiFTCATjoN rAKri

1950

of Special3rs TJS lFj.

251 B, C*DEC 1373

DAT!

security patrols reported a sîd^s of1 li-gptj? am flying objects of ual-cno"7m origin over

early raortiJ-ug hours 23 April 1950»

^- SîB-^J^ .G-2 Sixth Array, Prssidio o.f San Francisco,Cîr-r:;i£. r j ^ s tha t ,tii« CID ?iaj>i Qffica., Salt lAâ City,r^p-rt^:; ::;-ccn-3-eat.ionai a i rcraf t sighting a Military seoui^ty patrolsa t 0o ipvz.:; ?r~5TT'.r.5 Grot^vils reported to the Intel l igence nf. ioox* of *-ê^cs-î •Jce-.ais&l Center t l ^ t oti 25 April 193^1^ %-s sar ly corninghc^xrs :T-?5r -•-v Asi'^-nitiarj Storage Ar«a ia tbs -Ticf.nifey -of .O i Tiay

^ ?. serisa of unustial l i gh t s arsl flying objects of ;.ui}<:iiO7.Tin -- r-e Dbsar^sd* The cba.racteri5tia3 as>:.\ size of a { 1 l f l i gx7 -<rr~ d§scr-ib«d. This f3.yiag object rmiltf in f l ight 7?xsx8-a ':y a s aux-a of spears ot li^hv juttii-.^ iiaôsvally 1^

br;47* •'- 24.-ho?rr search of t ha t area a t 7J&\$",*iy proîn.^ Gfcîr

. ot5« "aj this officew A 24"b.our 3.Proving Grourds is In effect ^îîl furthsr notica.

California ' " V " -MAT?N- Asat, Ch1:sf of St-afT ' '

District

Or

WASHINGTON

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TH5 INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF

19th DISTRICT O f f ICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSFAlUFISLD-SUISUiS AIR FORCu HASH, CALIFORNIA

21 Ja::;;e 3.9 ?n

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"Director of SpecialHeadquarters' USA?,7 J ' i t > i 25, D. C

1» £~~~0?S£5. Photograph in taa JjidepeKd^nrfc^:;.y. 14 June 1950 of a strange ^iiaglass object

2, The San Bafa^-l-••h.-t-Dgr«.T)h of a strange vringlasa

i-:- r-^.rsd o-vf r his far--!,

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Cr'ol: p-aper clippingf r era Ijidaperxlit at -JournalSan Rafael, California,

14 Juna 195C,

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INDEPENDgNT-JOURNAL, V/eJ.; June 14, 1950

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Hfsforicarpr

K. Menîss of San Rafael,TjeiUber of the Macin His-•istv, will be the princi-

.--- at- the luncheon meeialifcmia Jiistorical 5c-- at the-hem:' oi Coi,

— 'itlz. .the -termer' Ma-Cenar.try ' Clubhouse.

Various phases of.. Tory Vv'iil be pre-

ikcr.?'d' fa tlie meefc-

• - rstorical Society".5 .are to be"ârratt, rnari-

!sHis:orici;IStreet, San J

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Id . WidCTT-j

Tor 'whons 'r>orial in I'

C £

Society's

'.-.: Pony;aie • the ''• .-.• K s r i n | ;••

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ft*»fe&5sâai5

-aê ' l S X A f F L Y I ^ G W S C - Strangefq

t:;| 7 ; ! n^ l e s s object resembling « r ? .

•"'"i mz saucer" f- V,T ,«*«™__^. . , .

j

CouThir

the Unjcludinflto, will!militaij

ts 1k t

Acco!art, di|dentsweekof ant;ectronfRefresiplanr.ir!

actoffered

ill bDJ

Cadejrockat-jSands, ftest-finzs parij.

In., creprese

det" ?Jpast t-Vencoms

MEMC-. Ba?ence f,ter No;ominoiof a si

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JUST ANY *-'- !

WASHINGTON

THE SNSPcCTO'.* GL-NWA!. UiAP

19;h DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

FA!?.FI£LD-S1J1SUN A\R FORCE SASE, CALIFORNIA

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—ivl' 0 DEC ?S?5

— * 2. Fhotcg-'aph in Val le jb Ms^s Chron.lole V.'ednesda^rinse tv;o ^osi'tioti:? of a at»roJi^-- 7/ingls^^ object or

Ai-g , ^C^TS), F'irfield-SitLsun i iB, California, advised V^hi s knov5& to his tc^i^ts-peopls as an honest and nsol5.d"

'-' —*.'.. " * l s ? Origan jnr .^^- to :--

photographs of a

d vj. serf b '..Is Dicrr.rict:^tL^.v

ii;TB.''.J""l'" S tTi.JJ'jr* 1950 h i sxTOYi.'\i "CG. -i> •••ir;-:i

;-.rr* on hint -to permit g '~

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e Trent hem*-- i%C!3 \a\erted Disc-Uke, no -wings.

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>-tV«ps cf to'£>' p'l-ir.s i i cop. Tine "thing"' appeared to b» silvery, 20 or SO feet in diaicetc'r..

"'r'Yiy flame and it v/as moving- Xs-irly • slow,"says Trent, "Then I snapped the first pictar?.I t moved a HttJs to the left and I inoved';^o

eail-t-d .'io the back ;a rd by his s:;citeclwho pointed, sky v»'ar:> i;.; what you see in ! I t moved a HttJe to the left and I

;hot-os abov.r—oovk---^iy one oi the mys- I the rig-ht to take another picture. Tlien-;it•^ flying saucers. K-«: • grot his camera seemed to pick up speed , . . vanished." .1;; 'y siid mads two phc-tos. "There wasn't ! * D

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^ARTME.-U OF THE AIR FOl'.Cc

:r£RS U-.'HO i - \" tS A.I?. F

TM= INSPECTOR GcNCHAL USA!:

19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSFAIRFIELD-SUISUN AIR PORCc BASE, CALIFORNIA

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ox* ijp-rcj.al Invt-st.ig

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rj; Gali.t*C2i-)J.a. on dirty e

OTC? Bas-- Trith. an p-sM013.5 arA C2C0 hours 21

-:io-:-,l object. f^viBg<o-^u of ov-r 1000

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{•••••• -via c o v ^ r v e a ••';.;,A'- "-- uv;oonv=!t>t..:..on«.l a l v c r a T h v;>& ^I;;).!?:.^r r u n n e r on 'Ivvo ( 2 ) i:i^lvb;5 vv-j.tbiri 'wV.-.« p.-?

21 JJ-ari* 1?50 "but stated t.ls»;t h« ^ =* nob uft;'.:« TSsp-?r Icuwing the; rsitter t<> b-- one -"hi-o ha~e publicised»} a

ixig hich tb*

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U7-&I<3-:AND RECORD. SHSE"

TALLYN O .

FILE

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3 .:;.::•;,;;...?,-;tor G e n e r a l

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DATE

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^cl.v^lon" of Mr. Edvin J . Seitiriburor, Jriiilco r'iald Er^in.oe•:':> ticrr i; not •••••¥:?.ilyble .for- t>i: purpose of sizvIvAn.c -•. t an. Hcw^v-*; Irj /lev of- tb:^ fact '.hat til© ori2^'..'il Incident)'^ and no additional reports of slvailar incld&nta have -bo- t.l;?3t i;.).n., appears -unnecessary. • ,- . .

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Coimoar l a i e l licence Division, 0 f i les of .SpecialInv-2:? tig-a tioria, 'ilia Inspector General

Directorate ox' In te l l igence , DCS/O L;; G o 1 Ma cDufAi'OIY-TG

Concthat sui':"definitehappenedreceived,

I~ the coneluaions of I-ir. Edwin J . Beienburg, Philco i'ield Er^'uiaer,-sr.: information i s not available for tiie purpose of ar r iv ing ab anyn^^uj2ioxi3. However, in view of the fact that the or ig ina l incident0-cfo>sr iy^9 2nd no addit ional repor t s of s imilar incidsnts have 'been

urther investiga li^nx appears unnecessary.

Inclan/c

H. J. KIELI3SGColonel, USA? :

Directorate of Intelligence

5 3Y AUTHORITY C? T::rr -•

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26 OccoJer 19;5Q

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ence Div, Oiffies ©i"

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PHADGUAKTERS UiNITED STATES AIR FORCE TALLYNO.

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TO: Director-^e of IntaLIi^eacs, DCo/ DATE 2 7 CD

COMMENT NO.

FROM: banter DiT, Office ofInspector Geaer

hersv/iti i.j ^ : ^ ! information rsquestecl in Comnxsn. To. 2 is xo.attached 0S2 Heport of Investigation, datsi 11 October 135Q.

2 lacls.1. L t r f r UO-f-13 ve above •••' subj dtd-27. Jisly 50 -.v/iTscls-

••.. subj. dtd: I I Get/ 50 (dup)

Actg (Siief, Gouiiter IntelligenceOffice of Special Irrr!rb.e Inspector General

CLASSIFICATION

HEADQUA^fERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE fTALLYN'O.

1

SUBJECT: i ^ 3 i - i e c ; ) 3^7^ EH^CÊuA, Wb.it© Sen;!s, Ilav ferioo,, S?3GL:L IIiQL~i>

TO; • Counter - Ia te j l icen

FROM: Sirrvc

Division^ Officehe Inspector General

DC3/0 '

Special DATE C

COMMENT NO.Lt Col H'icBvc??/hs/

nt;'rlo. 2 i s

ôrmation contyj.nsci in tlia at/baciL infor-:atio:i reqiiOEtad "ov thct i):o'otatned.

rfiCiio?1 o:;'

: 2tood '

iaxioc-ito"i .•a

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risa-tiOTi I;-;, a rs i lable in this Dir^ctorat?. i l , lalisvs :;.-.->e2: ;:8ad in ths vicinity oi' Win!to Sands, "

guided. r.:.I.33.i.le control '3Xr>3ri;j.er-t5f. ;iiie c;y.._'c;

-J s y ^ T s a .direct. T.-'- ai-'ir; on the ;c£Biior;i-3na r ;

• • • I x i . '&s reasons- for Capcsin Q-o yî. refsrenco

• • - • • • : • ' ?

I BY ..:FrcATro:

HEADQUAli,_.,S UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

&OUT3HG AND RECORD SHEET

TALLYNO.

FILENO.

Si y1 V-,S\ S-.^ s

TO: Directorate of Intel l igence, DCS/0Counter Intell igence Division, Office of Special

invest igations. The Inspector GeneralCTftK El Tim

DATE r,-; c;1 7 " *

FROM: Director of Communications

COMMENT NO._2Lt Gordon/b 1/73206AF0A3/T r •• \ <~

1. J-ai'orjs=.tic.n present;ed in the attached la t te r , although incoaplata, indicates•that ths radar phêeâa reported by Captain Goodbody probably was tha response of aground racoa (b*.a. cr.~', .equipmsat of the A1^/C?^S type.

2. Sines triers ar« no baacons knovm. to .be..operating at tha locatdon indicated,,i t i^- requested that additional information be secured, i f possible, in ordor to pe r -mit a sere def ic i t s evaluation of t h i s phsnomsna to ba mads. .Ans-»vsr3 to the following

i aro Tsqaestea» . • • •

3.4 What typ's of' radar.©quipmant v/as Gap*tain Goodbody operating vrhan t h i s :incident occar-rad?. . • •

' P« . ?Jlis.t otitsr radar equipment was installed in the aircraft?

c» ."What «sc.-dpaien.t included vmder, 2b. above v«as in operation during the timtin- quaation? • ' ' •

d« Kc-v T; i;-' squally spacsd • rorcs -.^re observsd? . (Tho JlN/Cri]-6 cou3.d. cau.s-;2 thru 6 to appe-3 *)«- • . • '

e , ?Jas the r sqid-'p/n.-jnt operated b^ Captain Goodbody rr/dtchad to b-^.ôriI-•-:-.-ii';:on yihan t h i - ihenoniariiv was obssrvsd?] • * .

. f« Was c.sarch ??X presentation unusually-v/esk?

3 , Furthai- evaiaation vdJl be "withheld pending raceipt of addition?,! irifoîixti-i-rs.qu&stad* I t i s not so. that the length of t ine which has elapsed sin 03 t h i s pL^nor.iv'-

\ Ti?_z cb;-nr""-od in October 1949 sis y raatsrially reduce the vslus of ti i is •Inv-soti^.tioaI since any i l l ega l ly opsr^tad slactronic equipnient could ha'?3 bean reoxivsd in :;s '<-

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i-t Colons iv MSAF

i CLASSIFICATION C A J ' C ' : ; 1BY AUTHORITY C? T:I.:.:_

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES A!R FORCE

BOUT1HG AND ££OOR£> SHEET

TALLYNO.

FiLE

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FROM:

Directorate of CoruraJjnications, DGS/ODiractorata of Intal l igencs, DGS/OIN TU?,M

unter Ir-tslligence Div, Office of SpecialCoI.rr/e3tig3.tions, The Inspector Genara.l

DATE ^ ,':

COMMENT NO.Lt Col Nold/b-"VAFCSI

53623

Attached fFairfield

irfoniiation i s a copy of I s t t e r with inclosures from DO #19,l r Jorc-s Bass, concerning captioned subject, dated 27 July 1

1 IcclLtr IT DO #iy rs ab-/

. sa-bj dtd 2?. Jul 50,?i/ incls •

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FILE NO. 24 -S9 DATE UL!

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S/A JOSEPH W . CAGLETITLE REPORT MADE AT

RADAR PHENOMENADQ#19, Fairfield-Suisun AEB, California

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Ltrs, Hqs. 19th OSI, file 27/0-19, dtd 27 July 1950T,trgf Hgs. OSIj f i le 2A-135-19T dtd 27 Sept 1Q50

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Investigation requested by Headquarters OSI, Captainf h d d d i t i l i f

g q qGOOJJBOIH, 12203A interviewed and furnished addit ional information asrequested in referenced l e t t e r , Headquarters 0S-I» Radar Phenomena asobserved by G00DB0DY, discussed by G0GDB0DY. and JSr+WRlS J . BEISNBTIRG,Pbllco Field Engineer, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CaJLifcrHa; BoEIi agreed' thatalthough i t was possible tha t an emission from the a i rcraf t e lec t ron icequipment was the causation of the phenomena i t i s also possible tha t i tcould have been caused by ther operation of ground electronic equipment inarea concerned* BEJJEHBTJRG advised that on the basis of available infornationhe could not render a definite decision as to the cause of the phenomena*

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1« This investigation requested by Headquarters, Office of SpecialInvestigations (IG) USAF, Washington 25, D. C , in l e t t e r , f i le 24-185-19,SUBJECT* (Unclassified) Radar Phenomena, White Sards, New fcfexico, dated 27September 1950, Subject Eadar Phenomena reported by Headquarters, 19thD i s t r i c t 0S.I (IG) USAR, Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, California, by l e t t e r ,f i l e 27-0-19, SUBJECT? Radar Phenomena, White Sands, New Lfexico, dated 27July 1950, a synopsis of 'which appears as paragraph number 1 of t h i s repor t ,

2 . Captain ROBERT E. GOODBODY, 12203A, advised Headquarters 19thDis t r i c t CSI tlG) USAF, Fairfield-Suisun AKB, California of a Radar Phenomenawhich he observed in the v ic in i ty of White Sands, Alamogordo, New Mexico,GOCDBCDY believed the phenomena, indicated espionage, or possibly a radars ta t ion previously unreported which by i t s own action i s revealing i t s loca-t i o n . GOGDBODY stated he observed the phenomena i n October 1949, dayunlaiown, while on a mission in a B-36 flying from Carswell AFB to Salt LakeCity, Utah, a t 16,000 feet a l t i t u d e . GOCDBGDY gave the following sequenceof radar observation::

a . At a point about 55 miles North of AIAJ/DGOHDO, "White Sandsres t r i c t ed area and on the preliminary pass, course 290 degrees, time 0900,a "radar re tum t t consisting of equally spaced arcs of approximately 5 degreeswidth and 12 t o 15 micro-seconds in length appeared* Point of emanationor radia t ion apparently was on the ground near the Southern end of the va l l ey ,

b . GOGDBGDY, who i s a Radar Observer, attempted t o obtain photosbut a camera malfunction resulted in fai lure •

c . On the return f l ight that night, about 2200, the sameresu l t s were obtained a t exactly the same location in the valley*

d . Radar Technicians were consulted by Captain GCGDBODY atCarswell AIB • They believed i t was something in the radar s e t .

e # Captain GOODBGDY expressed the opinion that a Search Radarof the same frequency'as the APQ 24 in the a i rc raf t was the source of the

3o On 9 October 1950 Captain GOQDBODY was interviewed and submittedanswers as follows t o questions contained in copy of R&t from Director cfCommunications dated 23 August 1950, attached as inclosure t o referenced l e t t e r ,Headquarters, CSI (IG) USAF, Washington 25, D. C.

Question a . What type, of radar equipment was Captain GOODBODY operatingwhen th i s incident occurred?

A. APQ 24

b . What other radar equipment was ins ta l led in the a i rcraf t?A. SGR 718 and AFG-3

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Question c . What equipment included under b was in operation during thistime in question?

A. SCR 718 only*

d . Hovr many equally spaced arcs were observed? (The AN/CPN-6 couldcause 2 th ru 6 t o appear) J ^__^

A* Over 8 arcs were observed.

e . Was the radar equipment operated by Captain GOCDBGDY switched tobeacon posit ion when th i s phenomena was observed?

A* Not immediately, when operated on beacon no arcs were observed*

f. Was search PPI presentation unusually weals?A* No, exceptionally strong*

GGQDBGDY further stated that he believed the phenomena was a tracking beam.The axis of presentation remained a t the center of the scope operated by himand the same point on the ground, which in his opinion tha t as the a i r c r a f t flewthe presentation appeared to turn on an axmuith re la t ive t o the a i r c r a f t position*

A* On 10 October 1950, Mr. EDWIN J . BBIEKBimG, Philco Field Engineer,Advisor and Assis tant , Electronics Maintenance, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California,•pas consulted for an evaluation of the Radar Phenomena. Subsequent to-adiscussion between GOODBODY and BE3J2NBURG both agreed that i t was possible thatan emission from the Aircraft radar or e lectronic equipment was the causation andtha t i t was a l so possible tha t the phenomena was caused by the operation ofground e lec t ronic equipment operating in the area cited in the or ig inal report*BEISIIBURG advised that on the basis of available information he could not rendera def ini te decision* GOCDBODY further stated that in his opinion i t i s notprobable t ha t telemetering or e lectronic equipment for guided missiles was thecause of the phenomena because of the constant signal strength, spacing andwidth. The s ignal did not appear to be coded but maintained the re la t ive spacingbet?-een the signals and width of s i gna l s .

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2 August 1950

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TO ^ : Headquarters, USAFDirector of Special-InvestigationsiTsshingbon- 25 , D. C".

! • Refsrencs is made to le t te r from Assistant Chief of Staff,Qc~2, -Sixth Ar-j-r- Presidio of San Francisco, California, dated 1 Aug-ust 1950 and inclosed let ter sent to them, from the Far East Commandrelated to SUBJECT, copies of vrhich are inclosed.

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Th? ir.closed l a t t e r was sent to us from the Far EastConu ar.d." I t viould. appear that Mr. jjfHMMHHIki, if his s t a t e -ments ar-: correct , has gone a long 'hay ahead of the Air Forceand his inv-5ration should be of considerable in te res t .

For th i s treason, we are for-,varding i t to you. for such action a:you se^ fit., . *

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I".-::••:.•-3 s of the seriousness of difficulties in Korea, I believa-1 - •-".. -'JI^ you of the following facts:

I hive invented, constructed and tested a plane which 1 flevj withtwo passengers frcm Los Angeles to San Francisco-Oakland and returnto Los Annies. Time for the round tr ip - 3^ minutes.

The engine in this plane was a Curtis - and not the finest Curtismotor a that.

I build this plane oy SOUND, No rivets or bolts. Plane car: bs.It in 2 1/2 hours. This does not include tirr<3 :'.v>r olacin^

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-~l'5.-~. f l i e s through^he a i r without a sound. Cannot be detects*;cy radar, /*. are no* '.vorking on one or tvvo experissnts which,if sj.cc^-srui, v/ill nv-xe this plane operate like a dragon-fly.T-.-.-. •_.;•_ j;top suddenly and fly backwards. Sudden stop barelyf:.lt .:•«/ o i lo t and erev?.

is vvith vou oinci h.33 baen ••.•ith you fo;IBout th is plans, :<'e v;ili sand vou a

:-l=r.s if you are interested and you can see for yourself.

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0 keep this information for th-= United 3 Late 3 only.

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THE INSPrCTO:?. GENERAL USAF

19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

FA!Rrl = LO-SUI.oiJN AIS rOSCc T.ASE, CAUrCRNIA

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:quarters_, USAFctcr of Special Inves t iga t ionslngtoa -cy-3 D* C.

10 August 1950

-* —"- - ~r~.: An unusual cloud formation with b r i l l i an t colorationv.:as observed Sorth 7/est of SAN JOSS, CALIFORNIA and caused considerableexzibzv.aaz i L the SAM FRANCISCO. BAY AREA. Weather Bureau off icialsclaimed t —• ~l~udi to be an unusual grouping of moisture part icles in thesky-vmich -ri':-e vivid prismatic effects.

2* r!I2~Û. On 2 August 1950, Mr. JOSEPH L. CH3TH3IR, Aircraft-_;~LAND Airport Service, together with tvro (2) other•of the OAKLAND Airport Service stated at approximatelyed a set of t?ro (2) cloud formations close together andformations the-- noticed a number of vivid colors running

vellovr into orange and pastel green running into blue at •-•=2.;r 330° from the OAICLAMD Tovrer. The clouds once appearedigh, B~/ 1100 the phenomena had dispersed and the clouds:r:e. norrr.al cloud formations. The distance aooeared to be

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25 ;rd.-l3s frorn. the to^sr i n e a s t e r l r dir*2cti-a: overvr-.'-er b" '".r.fr :;AVJ v. fSO Br.IZX'rS approxiniatelv v/est and north of SA>I JOSS.

3- ~ns-" notified civilian pi lots of comraercial a i rcraf t to investigatethe for?2 = --ion. The -following vrers contacted: UNITED AI?1IN£S_, Tripi^jJîT'.v.A. Tli^h'^jl^ l,tha pilot of this flight reported in a garbelsd messagethat .is --.ought the formation appeared to be vapor t r a i l s , bub otherreports :To.«n pi lots andOAKLAND" Tower did not agree); SAM FRANCISCO Tower•jor:tact';-.i Captain Mt^KHKk Pilot of American Airlines, FlishM^HIand

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Mr. J ? ? ^ ^ S 1 5 H H M W H I H H K L » , Castro Vallejo, California, Phone;

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19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSFAIRFIELD-SUISUN AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA

Fi le No. 24/40-SIft-U 23 August 1950

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SUBJECT: UNUSUAL LIGHTNortheast of14 August 1950

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Unconventional Ai rs ra f t

Headquarters, USAFDirec to r of SpeciaWashington 25, D. C.

BY AUTHORITY OF TH3 DIR2OT02 OF SPS<J IlsV

Historian DEC B

DATE J1. SYNOPSIS: An unusual bright light -was observed Northeast of

Vacaville, California at approximately 1930 hours 1/^August 1950.

2. DETAILS: On 17 August 1950, Mrs..Street, vTacaville, California v.-as interviewed and stated that she hadobserved the above cited light from her home. IMRMI further stated thatshe could not estimate the distance between her point of sight and thelight. flHHffkadvised that the sighting was at dusk and that she hadtelephonic ally advised OSI of the light in an attempt to call their a t t -ention to i t and that immediately after observing the light, stars beganappearing and i t was lost to view. Mrs. VMMP further advised that thelight could have been a weather balloon light or an urtossially bright star.

3. S/Sgt. JAL-ES VI. BARKER, AF-42242320, 1st Sgt. 10/4L YTeatherDetachment, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California, vas interviewed and. statedthat no weather balloons have been released from this station in the pasttwo (2) months. •<5>

ACTION: None.

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SUBJECTS SIGHTING OP BURNING OBJECT IN THE AIRRio Linda, California.8 September 1950

TO Headquarters USAF,Director of Special Investigations,Washington 25, B . C .

! • STOOPS IS? On 8 September 1950 a t approximately 1400hours a burning object was noted fa l l ing slowly to the ground nearElo Linda, California*

2 . DETAILS s On 3 September 1950 Mr, pinterviewed a t his residence orf^tgg/0 S t r ee t , Del Paso Heights,California and stated tha t a t approximately 1400 hours on 8 September1950 while he isas working in his r i ce f i e l d s , which are locatedapproximately 27 miles north of Sacramento, California, he detecteda burning object fal l ing very slowly through the a i r . iMMfcassertedt h a t -when he f i r s t noticed the object i t was a t an a l t i tude ofapproximately 200 fee t , appeared to be about 10 feet i n diameter andwas fal l ing a t very slow rate of speed. ^NNfc stated that the l ightof the burning object was extremely bright and made i t impossible todetermine any specific de ta i l s relat ive t o the shape other tharuthefact tha t i t appeared round to him. g R I a lso stated tha t the objectl e f t a t r a i l of*blue smoke as i t descended.

3 . On 9 September 1950 Mr* ^mmmmmmmm9 _ „—-^TO!Wf, Kio Linda, California, the person on whose property SUBJECT

object purportedly landed was interviewed and stated tha t the objectseen by MNt t was probably a flare which he had shot t o scare ducksjwhich nested i n his r i ce paddies. J t t H l asserted tha t he had obtaineda r i f l e , grenade launcher and flares from the TJ. S . Fish and WildlifeAuthority and that on 8 September 1950 he had shot f lares a t approximately

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U00 hours, 1600 hours and 1700 hours. 4 0 ^ stated that the chance ofrecovering discharged flares were very small due to the fact that he did notknow exactly where they landed and that the remains were probably under waterin the rice paddies.

. ACTION.* No further action is contemplated by this Dis-trictoffice.

JOHN' G. ,Colonel, USAF,D i s t r i c t Commander^

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19D CSI S2R-15 27 September 1950

SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT.

STjBJSCI : AuC?IN DEVICE WITH MESSAGE ATTACHEDS o u r c e : V a l l e j o News-Chronicle

TO : Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters TJSAF,Washington 25, D. C.

3-* SYNOPSIS s Photograph and article in the Vallejo NewsChronicle describing a Wind Current Observation Kite with message attach-ed from unidentified airman on Treasure Island. Radar Bomb Strike Stationat Treasure Island Naval Station contacted and revealed i t was a RAW INDEVICE which is released twice daily to plat upper winds and the airmanin the detachment affix names to the device for the purpose of receivingmail from the finder • .

2. DETAILS : The Vallejo News Chronicle, Vallejo, Californiaon Friday 1 September 1950 published photographs and an article regardingan object described as a **large,jff_ind^current,_obseryation kite11 whichwas found in the yard of Mrs. flHH^HiW^,4NMM1P Street, Vallejo,California. The article stated that the "Kite11 had a message attachedwhich requested the finder to notify an airman in a U.S JI.F. Squadronat Treasure Island. Sgt. H. C. ADORNIK, AF-17249660, Detachment "E",3903rd Radar Bomb Strike Station, TJSAF, Treasure Island Naval Stationwas contacted on 12 September 1950 and stated the device found in Vallejowas an instrument for determining the winds aloft in conjunction withRadar (RAWIN) and that his organization usually sent them aloft twice aday at 0300 and 1500 hours. ADCENZK further stated that i t was thepractice of the airman of the detachment to affix their name and theaddress of the unit to the Device requesting the finder to notify sameas to the location at which the Device was found. ADORNIGK. advisedthat prior to approximately 1 September 1950 that there was nothing onthe Device which identified the agency which released them, however,that he had since rectified this and that a card with the followingstatement is now affixedi

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THIS DEVICE CONSISTS OF A FOIL COVERED RADAR REFLECTER KITEATTACHED TO H2DR0GEN FILLED RUBBER BALLON. IT HAS BEEN USED Bit THEUNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO OBTABI 5ETECR0L0GICAL ^ESD DATA. THISDEVICE IS NCI DANGEROUS AKD IS OF NO FURTHER USE TO TEE USAF-" •

3* ACT ION t No act ion i s contemplated by this off ice.

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(Unclassified) UNIDSHTIFI.2D CBJ2CT, Observed directly overhead San Francisco,Calif, at approximately O930 hrs, 3 Nov 50 - SPECIAL IKOUIHX

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Counter Intelligence Division, Directorate ofSpecial Investigations, The Inspector General

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SUBJECT5 UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTObserved.directly overhead San Francisco,California a t approximately 0930 hours,3 November 1950

TO £ Director of Special Invest igat ions,Headquarters USAF,Washington 25, D. C.

! • SYNOPSISr Unusual object observed i n sky d i r e c t l yoverhead San Francisco a t 0930 hours, 3 November 19,50.

DETAILS s On 3 November 1950 l&VLve, East Palo Al to , California was interviewed and stated

tha t ho in company with eight or ton other people observed a brightobject in the sky d i rec t ly overhead. At t h i s time they were workingin the Southern Pacific Freight Yard a t 4th and 5th S t r ee t t o Ting,San Francisco, California. The object was observed for a period oftwenty (20) t o t h i r t y (30) minutes; shape appeared round; s ize wastha t of a s i l ve r dol la r ; colors white; only one (1) observedj noaero dynamic features discernible; no t r a i l e r exhaust or propulsionsystem observed;^ i t appeared to be suspended i n the a i r ; no soundsmoved approximately 10 accross the sky in the twenty (20) to t h i r t y(30) minute per iod. No unusual features not iced. Altitude estimateda t 20,000 f e e t . This was based upon comparison vrith a medium typea i r c r a f t . Observers -were a l l railway employees with no previousaeronautical experience.

3 . ACTION: None. UlMCLASSJJ

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5 January 1952PREPARED BY (Ojjfef) 'jfA i J o h n

DATE OF INFORMATION_ Hq & Hg Sg, 5th Strat Ren ffg, Travis AF3

4 January 1952EVALUATION

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1st Xt, William J . Quinn J r . Asst I n t e l Of.REFERCKZS (CSsirat SBBiSer, da-tcire, ptesUma report, etc.

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Ltr fr Hq 05AFt dtd 8 Sep 50, Subj; Reporting of Information on Unconventional Acft.UMMARY: UTiteComtoKavtMriefrefK^QiMiWfianucmfmalont^enienccpa^ LUt incloturr* at lower left Begin Uxt of report on AS JForm tit-rart II)SUMMARY: LUt incloturr* at lower left. Begin Uxt of report on AS JForm tit-rart II.)

Pfc Snith, an Airman assigned to this organization reported sighting anunidentified aerial object on the morning of 4 January 1952# This sighting wagdifferent from any other he had previously observed. The observer could notaccount «for the object leaving the area or its disappearance,,

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Cn 1+ January 1952 between tVe hours of Q-}JO and :-^0 fch« inforouat sightedv-'hat appeared to ?oe en undent if led flying object. The we«.thc-r during theof sighting vas very dsxk" out cie-r , the /noon v-.;s not visible however c. high,broi-csn, overcest was observed over the area. Smith v.-as alone at the time andtrrere were no nearby v;itnesser. seen ir. the v ic in i ty . He vas w-.-lKirif east onTravis ^.veiiue Lu front of the"'vrherry Housin;; Area v-heiv^e -sighted the unideiitifieaobject he?.air.,-. relative oearir.e f o : y-fiye degrees toleft acjut Oiie-ciiarter .(c) sJile. di stance at an estimated altitude of threerjir.dr^d (500; feet. The unidgntified sighting at>oe-?red to be going forvard gr.ddownvard. a.t mi extremely "'-i?;h rate 01 speed described ar. oeing co.ripara.6le to thatof. a jet typs aircrai'.t coning- dovm from oiit of the clouds. To Smith the •unidenti-fied object appeared to 03 a tear drcp shaped apparition very bright greeri in. colorli-ghting up a large area at the time. A red flame estimated as about thirty (30)•fest long shooting out large phosphorent colored sppries a'poeared to the observerto be co-'niny from tlie rear of the unidentified object. Iivjring. the period of sight-ing, between fifteen (15) to thirty (}0) seconds the unidentified object. seemed to

... Smith ..to'descend about fifty (50) feet in altitude fro:.-, the ini t ia l sighting position.There was no sound .heard or crash observed durir.i; the si^htinf; time. -'Sine observerstated he is f.-ijuiliar viVr the appearance of Meteors and shot ing stars and that

• tha unidentified object he cia;htec had no reserablance to either cf the fo

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1» -.Information has been, received from the FBI to the effect that *>in the. off ice of'^BMJflMMME had, contacted the Bureau, advising that

Pearson had been in'contact witb^Dr* M l l N t t M * concerning photographs which• ^ I t t s a l l e g e d l y made of a Flying Disc in the vicinity of Phoenix, Arizona, in June

2 . JDr* l i B H p s J ^ the FBI borrowed hisnegatives oa the Flying Disc and that he had asked for their return. The FBI i n -

| foTmed 4WlR£that the negatives were not available,, • . ' ,^:-

•'. "V 3- The FBI informed Mr.. MJWWW& that the FBI did not have in i t s possess^the negatives referred to by fer^ < B H ^ and in fact HWW knew full well thatFBI turned them over to Air Force Intelligence representatives, Hamilton Fi<

: 30 August 1947, with the understanding that he might never have them reti

V 4* ^iBBWJte'was:.informed-- by the Bureau that the^FBI did not investigate/this matter and did not investigate HKjggfa Mr. ^MMHHIfK stated he wuld contact031 for what assistance they night be able to give him. :;'":-;:^V;/ " v;

5, QSX has not received any inquiry* from Mr,tires.

or any.of his representa-

6» For your information on 18 October 1949 > a letter was received from OSIDistrict 19, transmitting copies of the photographs taken by<NNAl£ and advising thatthe originals were in custody of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2, Intelligence,Hamilton AFB, California. A background investigation was run on 4JIMIPL, by OSI,for the benefit of AHC, which reflected that « p | | ^ h a d created the name PANORAMICRESEARCH LABORATORT, to < n T ^ J ^ T l f > , r # j | M»* Importance* He was reported to be

E^^^^^3^j^^^j^i,ghbor8 considered him to be an

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAL

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MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIEF, COUNTER INTEL!

SUBJECT: ( U n c l a s s i f i e dF l y i n g Disc

11 June 1952

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£ Information Concerning

On 11 June 1952, Mr. Phligojj of the FBI, advised that a Mr.in the office of jJM^flBMBWl had contacted Mr. Wick,

FBI, fcn 4}Jype 1952. ^g9tKt^ataAK t h a t M § h a d b e e n ir* contactidth'Dr. ^MHWHIMHI (Phoenix Telephone No. J 0 N H I concerning photo-graphs which the above captioned individual took of a flying Disc in thePhoenix area in June of 1947.

2* WHKSHH& stated that Dr. JfllflM* inforaed^HPIflilWWli"* o n

4 June t ha t t heFBI borrowed his negatives on the Flying Disc and thathe had asked for their return. The FEE told 4ftJ|§|P the negatives werenot available.

3 . Mr. IHMNM^was advised by Mr. Wick that the FBI did nothave in i t s possession the negatives referred to by .Mr, 4MpVN£ andin fact flflHHRpknew ful l well that the FBI turned them over1 to AirForce Intelligence representatives, 4th Air Force, Hamilton Field,on 30 August 1947» with the understanding that he might never havethem returned.

4. ^flNMHH&'was advised_that_the FBI did not investigate thismatter and did not investigate

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1» Attachad hereto for your information is one co-->y ofthe ropcrt of investigation by Spscial Aqsnt CHARL'ZS F# AIBaiSIT19th C5I rJistricfc, filo 2hr-15l, dated 11 Aagusi; 1952, sabjact asaôv3 \ y ; / g r - J 9 3 ^

2* Inveatiiration i»aaL jii>&luted te1" the District Coajaandar19th OSI Diatrict, ?ravi8/air Force Bass, pr-riicatad up«>n receiptof let ter froer 23r»4flB|HHM^conc-3rniag the sighting of a brig&tluminous object traveling in the sky,

3* •••••Msaa interviewed and statod the object xma sightedat aprsroxiiaatelar 0300 hoars, 20 April 1952 from his country hos»on ' ^ •mpÎs land , Solano County, California. The objact utastraveling in a s t ra iî t l ine frca the norfcrrrost horizon to the3outhif3st horizon^ the altitude and speed of the obj3ct -vrare not;sstiiaatsd, (Bpfcrobs;?rv3d no aerodTnamic features f t h ând atatad i t did not appear to be a nstaor.

h» No further invaatiâtive action is cfi lss 'of the Office of Special Investigationsin instant case*

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Doctor 0 M M M M H # h a d sighted abright luminous object travellingacross the sky. ^•HM interviewed,related object sighted approxiiaate-

0300 hours, SO April 1952, froms country home on 4MMiNPIi

Island, Solano County, California.The object was travelling in astraight line from the northwestorizon to the southwest horizon,the altitude and speed_pf objectwere not estimated. -^fff0kobservedno aerodynamic features of theobject and related object did notappear to be a meteor.

B M u r e of the natvire, sources, or even the existence of such Investigative lnformattonjto personsother persons not normally entitled to such Information may be made only when expresslyvkuthortzedvesUgallons, IG, or higher authority. Unauthorized disclosure of such Information wiU^ajconsldered^

In the report or to• Director of Special In**pstton atAFR 205-1.

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1. This investigation in i t i a ted b/jtha^Sjatrf.ctupon receipt of a letter from Doctor liMilNWM ||lflMtoMMP3an Francisco, California^ dated 23 5 p r i l 1952, concerning thesighting of a bright luminous object t ravel ing in the sky.

AT SAM FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

On 30 July 1952 • Dr. ^ M M P P J residence address ,S t ree t . San ' raneisco , was interviewed a t his p lace

of business, ^M^MMHil Street* <^p|feadvised that on the raorning of2 0 A p r i l 19521» sighted an object in t h e sky of unconventional desiga.

JMMtegave the following information concerning the object : Objectappeared t o fora an Iroperfect c i r c l e . The edges were c l e a r l y dafinedbut not es&recaely sharp and did not appear t o be "fuszy11 or a s thoughthe object were a shining l i g h t . Tha object appeared to be about twicethe diameter of t h e aoon when the aeon i s i n a ve r t i ca l pos i t ion i n thesky. The objact was luminous and bluish-white in co lor . Only oneobject was seen and no aarodynaaic features were observed, fto t r a i lo r exhaust sras noticed, nor "was any sound heard. 4HHP could offer noinformation a s t o t he xaanner of propulsion. The speed of t h e objectwas not measured nor estimated, bat jtfftl advised t he object moved froathe northwest horizon t o t he southwest horizon 5a approximately one t otwo oimrbes. The object moved i n a s t ra ight l ine and perfoimed nosaneufcers. This object disappeared and reappeared abruptly th reet ines "shiis i n t r a n s i t . This disappearance and reappearance did notoccur i n * regular fashion or def ini te t i a e i n t e r v a l . Th3 disappearanceoccured each time as though a l i gh t were turned off. The object did /not fade avray and JflRfRp does not believe the object moved behirjd any-thing during tha times i t was not observed* After the t h i r d disappearanceon the southwest horison the ob ject "»as l o s t to view. During the time observedthe object did not change i t s s ize or shape. The object showed no .va r ia t ion in color and did not appear to have l ight or dark a r e a 3 .Ward was not pos i t ive the object ?fas sol id but s tated i t appeared to.be shining of i t s dwn l i g h t and doss not believe tha l i g h t was reflected.The object did not appear t o be ro ta t ing . %/SI* s tated t h a t a t that i n s of s i t t i n g th i s object he was alone i n his country hope locatedc^4MNMfe£& a nci i n ^ontezooa Slough approodjaatelr one ciile northwestof Birds Landing i n Solano County, California. Hearest lia>^ marks a r e , Kirby Hi l l s about 1/4 lailes to the north*not know the l a t i t u d e and longtituda of t h i s residence flPUladvisedhs has since sold the house). The house i s approximately 3 t o 5 feetabove ssa level and observation was made from a f i r s t f loor window facingalmost due west. The window was opened but screened. The observation wasisade v/ith the naked eye, and no binoculars were used, 4pMfr advised he didnot note the exact tiias but believes i t was between 0300 and 0330 hours,

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approximately a couple of, hours before suarlse. The object appearedin the northwest and ^jj^adviaed he first noticed the object asit came into view from hia ri^ht, £he object moved south acrosstha sky keeping to the west and disappeared in the southwest* Thealtitude and distance of the object were not estimated.* The objectappeared above the range of hills to the west and -was approximately25° above the horizontal line of sight. The object was observedfor approximately ona to two minutes, the actual time was not mea-sured* Ho witnesses were present* •(••stated at the time of thesighting, he was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs,#iHP stated he was not subject to hallucinations* W l P advised hehad been asleep and upon arising had glanced out of the window andpaused to admire the beautiful view and while doing so noticed theobject* mBfcstated there was very little, if any, wind, the skywas cloudless, stars were very bright, visibility was excellent*The moon was not visible* 3ne temperature wa3 cool but not cold*V H l stated the object did not appear to be a meteor and knew ofno activity or condition which might account for the object*

^advised he had no physical evidence of this phenomenon*"stated he had never seen a phenomenon of this type before and

added the object did not appear to be a reflection of searchlightson clouds or limits on an aircraft*

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3* *mRHm stated he is a Dentist by profession* 4WPH$relatedhe has normal vision and does not require the use of glasses inviewing distant objects.

4* On 31 July 1952, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce,advised Dayll-ht Savings Time want into effect on 27 April 1952*

5* On 31 July 1952, the f-J, S. Weather Bureau advised thesun rose at 0529 PST on 20 April 1952*

6* On 31 July 1952, the SJ* S. Coast Geodetic Survey .advisedtha moon rose at 0325 PST and set at 1516 PST on 20 April 1952.Last quarter of the old moon was on 1? April 1952 and the new moonrose on 23 April 1952•

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lavestigat.ion. requested by Co!t!inander3 Air TechnicalInti alliance-Center- VJiright—Patterson AEB, Ohio.Background ciata and rel iabil i ty o&flflMVnid^m^PPPIcould r.i't- be detsrciined through interviews with civilauthorities in But.te CountyA California. DistrictForsst Han-ger advised ^gf/ffhind 4fii^lHHfBclaL>n to bemining fissionable material at junction" of Karbls andJ-~c = a Cr.es'kso The object did not appear.

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Center, Wright-Patterson AFB? Ohio, upon receipt of information that av;.unidentified Aerial Object .'-.id been sighted at Brush Creek^^Lt^Coxinty^GaJg*To-rn.ia. ojn 20 May and :iO June 1953 by two miners, rfl^pJPWHBfef-o.:-?;l

and that considerable attention by national and local pr^s:haa~been directed toward the reported sighting.

2. ':r- 7 July 19539 a le t te r was received from the Commander, AirTechnical 3r~diligence Center, Wright-Patterson A?B5 Ohio , datscl 29 Jur.e19p3, Sec,;? "Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Object, Brush Creek,,California^?i >,r,ich quoted a news item as follows?

RUSH CREEK,, Calif. 5 June -24-«UP)JTWO grizzled miners today asked theButts County sheriff's office ^^P|Wrinission to shoot at a midget-manned'flying saucer5 that keeps invading thei r mountain diggings.

The miners, John Q» Black and John Van Allen5 who operated a small goldmine in the remote Marble Creek area a few miles north of here5 toldSheriffTs Cs.pt Fred Preston -che 'saucer* landed twice on a sandbarat the junctrion of Marble and Jordon Creeks.

Each cine., they said, a l i t t l e man resembling a midget got out ofthe cr-''cr5.p-ian_, scooped up a bucket cf water in a shiny pail, andbeaded IT ~~: someone inside„

\ I'/h-n v.--- saw therr.? they saido he .iuinpea .into the 'saucer' and i t zoomed*• S-vvAy wi;::: ;;T. ^ s ^ m g a somici.

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-ra.= describ d as baring a tripod laT.ding gear vmich lef3t-ated tns cralt v.ra3 Alarmed,"

The !--*•;> .furvh-r 3'tatec that xhe unidentified objectsightsd o-i 20 Ko.y and. 20 J-::^e 1953.

3, Cr: 20 July 1953, Captain ALSSRT^L,, CHRISTSNSSW, ButteShe-rifi's Office, advised "that two minerson 2U June 1953 reported sighting an unidentified" Aerial Object neartheir fining site at one-junction of Marble aiad Jordan Creaks3 Plumas

or res t , Bu County June 1953.HI5T3:]3Z>T further advised that ^^mS^SStKlfKBin C~o'rill3 and that they did not reside in Orovilie or in Butte CountyCHRIST2NS2i stated thai- the Butte County Sheriff's Office had taken a"•wait -and see" attitude to "ward the reported incident and that inasnrachas th^ reported sightings have occzren. or; the 20th of the preceding itwo :~o:.it!:.i.3, the Sheriff's offi-c? had dispatched an undersh-^riff zo the]

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evor1.' t.'.e said miners reported another sighting,, CHRISTTDNS3M furtherst;io=:.J. that through news rriediiun many people have read of the previoussigh .ings and it is expected that a large number of sightseers vd.ll beon hand on 20 July 1953., to witness another "possible landing of theobject.'1

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4.. :~ 20 July 1953. Sgt WALTER JOHNSON,, star #1117« CaliforniaHighway Patrol;, who had been sent to Brush Creek to assist in trafficcontrol^ advised he had talked with both WKj^ftaad IMNttMMI earlier inthe day, JOHNSON stated that both men were consisten^^n their story ofthe previous sightings of the object_„ but that both gave vague andconflicting stories when questioned about^footprints or markings leftby the object on previous occasions,, ItfMMk further stated he did notknow anything concerning the -miner's' backgrounds,, or of their reputationfor reliabilit-y in the area.

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he has visited the miners3 claim on numerous occasions;red them, several times, to clean up the camp area tord, and that the two men have sunk a shaft approximately

the side of the mountain^ claiming to be miningeria l ," TURPIN stated the two have not filed for a clain2h=:*3 they have he-er, -nare, and to the best uf TURPINJswo have nerer taken saythirig r-e^ernbling ore from the mine:g area, TUI-iPIN added he did not 'know anything concerning" reliabilii.y of either ^ • • K o~r HflHKHH^ or wherft the/

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6, Cr, 2- Ju ly 195Jn Undsrsher l f f BERT N. LUCAS, Bubte County Sheriff ?3-- a i v i s e d he had osan p resen t a t Brush Creek on 20 Ju ly 1953 when

t,he u ; n d e n i - f i s d ob jec t 'was supposed t o reappear,, bu t had not t a l k e d t oWM& N N H LUCAS staged he did not know anything concerning

the b-r.c.<groxmd or re l iabi l i ty of the two men, LUCAS further stated that ne>n-sreporters representing papers from Chico, Orovi.lls^ and'Sacramento, Califor---~-.?-3.? nad been present on the 20th., as v/ell as a. news broadcaster representinga, local Crovills radio station, The unidentified object did not appear

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would l~e ^vaila'bls it his rsaidenca aft-sr 1?00 hours.

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Mrs»^HHB^*3tiiaated aho was apprcxiiaataly six hundrsdha • obiac^y X'hieh uaa traveling In the ;2a>na direction as

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4.5 :iegx-=ii3r-Ln elsvation at the Tirst tins of sighting, and about55 degrs-ea at ths tise ths object dlsappearsd frcra sight.

(o) Angle of elevation snd s.simnth of the object•jjpoc d.issreosarance: Sse (b) above.

(d) Description of flight path and jnansuvers of thecb.ir?c'': îa. ^(Mfcsst5jns.tod ths object waa going approxiffiatoly<3 .uili-s t;er r.ourlSsn she f i r s t sightsd i t . She advised that 3ho-;"cp.;^: jar car because 3he vas afraid that she was going to oygr-'v-.;ks •.:.:• .ôjsot; hovevsr, the objaot accelerated i t

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(b) So optical aids ut i l ized.

\U> Tiine and da ta ox.' s i g h t i n g ;

\•••) 09.30 £yiu . time^ .Vatiirciay ing^ 16 Hovjraber 1957,

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ls?"^ condition:3 :tt tir-e aad.

(a.) Observer*3 accoiiiit of woath x* :ronditio»i3^ lirs.that vis ibi l i ty -was vary good, viith only a i'sy clouds

ibj Sapor"t i*Toxa naareat AWo or "J, 3 . WeaVasr Buraau

- %'ind <ilr-.-3Ctioa arxd veloci ty in ^.egrs-^s ai"d knots —

At 6,030-foot l eve l - 313 d-v:rr3a3j 15 l-cnotsv r^.C-SO-ôot lavol - 333 desrea;?, 23 Iciots

"|6,DOO-Coot lavcl - 313. degr^Sy 25 Icnobsi;O,C30~iCot level - 313 oogra^j;. 35 -cno^s33jOO3—i*oo"t level •» Unlcncrwii

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v i s i b i l i t y : 15 milâ-

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;.i) .:'..av otla&r' 'linus'aal activity or rendition, ^c'Gaorologioal.ci3LL, or othiawism9 v hich n:ight account Cor th-.-> lighting: Hone.

i,9) Iniarcaption or idsatificatioa action takan: i

ocation cf any ai r traxTic in the ar^«. a t tha t ine ofX/'Sgt' ?S/J-:3O?I, Ai1 39 3A6 673, -1GOIG,-Baê Oporatioaa,

tn i hours 3s31 aad 3r?21 ? therms w-er -ovyr (A) air—area in '.vhiah the object '.-;«.s oiâtâ, a C—12-i.j

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19D OSI 24-342

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects'

10 December 1957

TO; CooxnanderStead Air Force BaseNevada

1. A letter dated 5 November 1957, written by Mr.'Way, Reno, Nevada, has been received by this office. The

[ettsr/pertaiaa to the sighting of an unidentified flying object by Mr.^0MM^ on 16 September 1957» and was addressed to the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation, who, in turn, referred i t to the Office of SpecialInvestigations.

2. Reference i s made to paragraph 7, AFR 200*2, dated 12 August 1954,pertaining to the ^reporting of information relating to unidentified flyingobjects.

4 Deceufcer 1957, Hr.^HHK^ *** interviewed by Special Agentand furnished the following Information concerning the

sighting:

(1) Description of the object:

(a) Shape: Round

(b) Size: Approximately eighteen inches (18") in diameter

<c) Color: Vivid, deep orange and red

Id) Number: One <1)

(e) Formation: N/A

(f) Any discernible features or details: Nona, - / ( /

(g),; Tail, trai^-or^exhaust, including, slse/of same comparedwith size of object: Orange jet~flaow appearing along the top rii*

(h)\ Souritfr Ifena

Other pertinent or unusual

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SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

(2) Description of course of object:

(a) What first called the attention of observer to object: ft/A

(b) Angle of elevation and azimuth of the object when, firstobserved: Ground level, below horizon of the peak of Mt Wheeler (Altitude:13,058 feet). Object remained stationary.

(c) Angle of elevation and azimuth of object upon disappear-ance: See "2b" above*

(d) Description of flight path and maneuvers of object:Object remained stationary*

disappeared*(e) Mannar of disappearance of object; Diminished and

(f) Length of time in sight; Object observed twice forapproximately one and one-half (1%) to two (2) minutes duration, with

.approximately three (3) minutes lapse between sightings.H • . •• ..

(3) Manner of observation:

(a) Ground«visual

(b) No optical aids utilized

<c) N/A

(4) Time and data of sighting:

(a) Zulu time-date group of sighting: 0700 Eulu time,16 September 1957.

(b) Light conditions: Night

(5) Location of observer: Observing was traveling North onU. S. Highway 93, Nevada, approximately five (5) miles South of LincolnCounty line, Nevada (38 degrees 2 minutes; 114 degrees 5 minutes)» OneHundred (100) miles Northeast of the Eastern edge of the Bombing RangeNorth of Las Vegas, Nevada. Object observed was reported to be approxi-mately twenty-five (25) miles North Northeast of the position of theobserver.

(6) Identifying information of observer:

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19D OSI 24-342

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

10 December 1957

<a) Mr.Nevada; Mortician, and Owner of

Civilian,Funeral Homes.

Way, Reno,

(7) Weather and winds-aloft conditions at time and place ofsighting:

(a) Observer's account of veather conditions: Clear, withno cloud cover and no moon.

(b) Report from nearest AWS or IT. S. Weather Bureau Officeof wind direction and velocity in degrees and knots:

At 10,000 feet - 10 knots from 200 degreesAt 11,000 feet - 10 knots from 200 degreesAt 13,000 feet - 15 knots from 200 degrees

(c) Ceiling: Not available

(d) Visibility: Not available

(e) Amount of cloud covert See "7a" above

(f) Thunderstorms in area and quadrant in which located: N/A

(3) Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological,astronomical, or otherwise; which might account for the sightings None

(9) Interception or identification action: None•Y.

(10) location of any air traffic in the area at the time ofsighting: N/A

4. Three individuals, Mr, TED BERRUH, Chief of Police, Mr. WILLIAMBRODHSAD, Captain of Detectives, and Mr. DALLAS S2SVBRS, Chief, ID Bureau,all Reno Police Department, Reno, Nevada, were interviewed, and all advisedthat Mr* 4 p § p $ enjoys a sound and reliable reputation.

5. No further investigation is contemplated by this office and thecase is considered closed in the files of U£La District Office.

WILLIAM EOSUERNBRColonel,£HSAFDistrict Cotaoander

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3U3J£CTJ V Unidentified Flying Objects

7 February

TO:Travis Air Force BaseCalifornia

1, Reference ia made to paragraph 7, AFR 200-2, dated 12August I95h, as it pertains ts the reporting of unidentified fly-Ing objects.

of a letter, dated 23f ig^PStreet, Napa,

2. Transiaitted herewith is a cogJanuary 1?58, signed by mgKttmCalifornia, which was forwarded to this District Office by theOffice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Francisco,California. .

3. This matter vas coordinated with Captain S. T. CATS ROSE,Air Provost Harshal, and was then referred to the IntelligenceOfficer, 32nd^ghjfcar Interceptor Squadron (ADC),_ Travis Air ..—Force Base, for appropriate action;

k* No further action is contenqplated by this DistrictOffice in thi3 matter^ unless so requested.

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District Gomriander

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UNCLASSIFIED.

lapa,January 23, 1958

Gentlemen:

Early this morning, at about 6:30 AH, a Campanion and I wereSteelhead fishing on the Russian River below the Jimtown Bridge,It was still rather dark for there was very dense clouds over head,I was standing around having a smoke when a mysterious object camsspeeding out of the western sky and within a few seconds disappearedin the last, A minute later there was the sound of a muffled boanu

This iqysterious object appeared to be a white ball of lightfollowed by a long blue to red tail. This tail was fringed by whitelight.

In my mind this was not a Jet Aircraft because there was noengine noi3e, or do I believe it was a rocket, because of the samereason, no noise. I then thought it might be a metor but I believea metor would have blown to pieces long before it passed through,the cloud layer which I believe might have been lower than 5,000feet,

I am very interested in what this object could have been, &would appreciate it if you could inform me on the :natter. As forthe exact line of the flight of the object, I can supply furtherinformation on request.

Please do not over look this latter as a prank, for it is atrua fact.

Thank you,

/ s / Charley E. Flynn

NCCLASSIFIED.

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19D OSI 24C-0-544 X L J '

Unidentified Plying object, 4 June 1963

Comdr, Travis AFB

26 July 1963

California

1. The attached correspondence was forwarded to this District Officefor your action under APR 200-2.

2. piles of thisregarding

FOE THK

S.alonei, U:

GW»f. Countarinteltlgence Division

office fail toor Mrs.

any information

2 Atcb1. Ltr, 4 Jul 63, fo Mrs.andMr^|HtandMrs.^|Ht2. Envelope, postmarked 5 Jul 63,Oakland, Calif.

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Enclosed find the form issued to any one who claitr.a tohave sighted a U«F.O.

Perhaos if I ware not so damned b i t t e r against any one whos i t s b-2r_inj a desk^ and saya\> IJ-'he people are uG?ackpot&^ nutsy

a. .ic liiv.'.r-g i l l is at ions P perhaps I could write a much bettorlet'i ~r* î-êver those people and their explanations they tryto fcic t .3 general publio, I have my own opinion. of»

I have read a book, put out by a high ranking Colonelin the a i r corp, who tried to explain a v;y a sighting in Ohlotf

by saying the COAST GUARD, signelede a Ship on a foggy nightwith the ships spot light©

Having lived in New York Harbor, aroa, I heard the ships-fog horns every time i t got foggy,.and if the COAST GUARD didriot hear of FOG HORNS , I think i t 5 3 about time they learned.

doesthat

Hc->*3V32» that is hi8 explaination and I hope this formr, fall into a nj hand3 such as the Colonelm - ho wrote

' ll over a year ago» X have standing offer,

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Zo you want to eea a U>r»0u any nighty in the ..v7o.e'L:..•?....

- - âva you any equipment that can test i t over a alau^nct

I -3,-ir, point it out_, if you have the t lite to wa.lv:,>

-^n. you take any pictures of i t , ?

CUn yountriangle '•" in-âtha mat;hies ?

S*e i t with the naked eye^telecope^ Sinoculara, or any wayyou prewar* Set your equipment up in. my back yard,, leave It-.&nc co-e back to-morrow night and finish" your tests",

If ona night is not enough- take a v/eeko

^hau La the offer I made arid at i l l stands*

ov.v after sight;ing this object^ and several others, (large

t ; - yy ••-'• - • •• •-" "i--:" *..^.:;: £ . - ^ 1 ; . o n e s , 1 am g o ! : H t o r c s l l v t,oa<jk ever a -;ar ago for5 the first timep and would like to

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Sighting it every nigh, and watching i t p and seeing anerratic pattern,, fcfc you it may sound confusing a l i t t l e , but

-; shall try nnd be as simpleDand as plain as I can beo

I.f however you desire to bring along any equipment 9 orphoto cameras, or a ny other tests you may v/ant, Please remember!:Y era Tiy.H IS VZRY LIMITED. But just come ahead, and may beyon can tik--- ---r after I go out to work for my dally n

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objects

'' Fremont , California

I now live at Pheasanton, Californla,, and still sea theobjec

One large one, over the year has changed the pattern offlight.> and to see -what I raearij *• could show rather than t e l l ina latter*

I have counted as many as three,, from the same general "arsftj arising in one night0

A lc" cf my co-v,'orkers at General Motors^ have alsoB:'. htad these *

I hive told others t:o v;a">c h for the large one, butth?f did not re-rc=<ni 3 i t parhapa when they have? seen it., It doe 31 : o> 'like a s~~r% j f ^ r i t is up ti ay.So

It n:o"-:' ;'3 slovely^ and rruyt be watched, conati.HnUj 'fcran^ .:yj-r?a?3o -o a a b.d.!3 lonary object., bike the roo.f on G.M. to aa eii-- gcvlng up,

!)'3r/:".y having inocT^d to pleasanton,. I hava shown:';hrou-?:-- a p^ir of. 7x50 biuoc:d:i?j, another obj.?et*' (Lav^s

i ^i-T.' •!-hi3 in not t he 3Hrna

Al^ho a coope or 'binoculars are not needed3 fcc us© this©1

I s h a l l . f i l l the form out , and if you would l i k e - t o tako anyte^.t-2, cr c53ire any further information , for over as igh t ing , I 77III t r y and oblige*

^ e n ^ i* H 1 -^?1 £? a i3 a at; on. Ca l i f or nia*

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i :-ih q^ .-srionnoiro hc i h:;m pripcrar! :;o ',lia; you can <jivo ifio U.S. Air t~orco a i :nuc',;info.-~,,)f io/i ;.•> possiblo concerning iUz u.iiduniif i-jd co.-ial phenomenon 'that you h-ivu obr.orv.7ij,Pi3.'j2j ;,••• ;•.'! answer os many questions G ; you possibly con, Tho infonvscHon that you r,:vo v/ ;!|b.) used :. rus.oorch purposos. Your r>a?r,> wi i i noi ho ur.od in connection ^vi?n c;n/ s?c?^rjiei)-,i^,concl'jj!•:<(:.;.. oc publications without yr.ur pormissior;. Via roquosf }!iis pursonal informcHon ?c?<Scf i i I'T j.r -^<i:r,ad nocasscry, v/c» may con'iocf you for furitior o'otails.

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in front of:

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: . covered by the hyed ot iho siiarch, |f you hcici pyrformed /h is iiXperimant at tha *i<-,>j ^^ ;}•.-:

~ ••? .'""••« Ov'iact would nova b-aen covarad by ina match hoaci? ^ ; / ) / ! /^ ft /J / ,\> /;<*-'-

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a. jpjho U^iness soct ion^Tnj^

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-:. I aht ings were maae the object arose i:a almost- lately, as. time permitted m- .-to watch it 9 and as

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on my lef-;, tho object is well on my right and • In the rearof rae 'c~:i I arrlvs horn.e0

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15 February

Unconventional Aircraft Sighting, California, 7 Fabrwy 1950

TO t Director of Spaeial Jmstlgatlouid t , Ifeltad States Air Fere*

<* 25, D. C,

air over A3a»d*, CaliJPdrBia, 1730 PS 7 Ftbrmx? 1950* BrightU in eolfir# fw»htlf to t h r o qiwrt«p» tl» « i » of dl

svftlias at apaad of rixty to s»r««ity B U M parlo Sotxtba& t dii^etion fpoa Alawadm* Cnd«r eetas siaotaa by two nlbMajaa* Infbraation taltan

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Offlear of th» Day, Alaaada Kctal Airdd to thia diatrlat ofttcm by F r tattbnwtf|ii>ntTy

headquarters, Hamilton AJB, California. (Biraetor ofAir Forea - A-3)#

2 . fl§T4lfflt At apnproxtafttaly 1730 hoard,?ia», 7 February 1950, an object n s aigfatad ia tfa» air ovar

California and by Mr» 4H^HHpMH^||9i Avaaoa, Sen Leaedro,Callfbmia, Tha ^»ath«r at tSo tia» <aaa elaar, withapprcodaataly tatt ail»f. Only eaa object ma sighted, asd

ccnicla in shape, idth tha baaa soeh l i te aspbright ailTwr in color and apprcadaataly

thr««-femrtha tfa» » i » of an ozdisary paraeinta* Itat a qpt<d of sixty to a*v*Bty milaa par boor, tilthIt appaar«d to borar at tiaaa and tt*n •laaily*

and horar ag«in« Tha objaot i«a ob

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Sigbtdng, iULaaeda, Gallfsraia, 7 Fabroary 1950*OSIR-1

for a parioi of about tan sdsnstas, when i t finally disappear** inSoatteact direction frt» Alaoeda. Xn addition to th« vsav^taesatm

th» 6bJ«*t would efcaag* £sroa tfc^ perymaicwlay pettiest to aU l position in flight • Cno witn«ea reported IH> xfaatut t ra i l ,

tl» otter *tat#0 aa esdmust tra i l T«8 vieibl» aad that i t vaalike that of a jat or roektrt* Both isdlv&ctaals inepoaHwd %h» object totee at aa alt l tai* of 2500 to 5000 f t

Thi byh3» ff y

Offloar of th» Day at Alaatda Narcal Air Staiioe, who lntijdat<4that be nai i^p^gaid with their story» Alawda Hsyal Mr GtatiotOpai*tio»i jg fa i td Bndlton Flight Sarrie* that ttagr «•«• nott i a j tha irfghfcinf but ««ra wrely va^ortiBg I t for iufbraaticw pOn 9 F«bTWiry X95O tht Piraeter of Xiatalliganea, Fo«th Air For©*

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SUBJECTi HocouveBtiopal Aircraft SightingAlaaria, California, 7 February 1950

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of Special lore art igationaHeadquarters, tfeltad States Air Forestfashiagtoa 25, D. C.

tfrgjdetttlflaa cone-afanped object {ggfefcad 1Ba i r am* Alasada, California, 173O FSf 7 Febrmry 1950. Bright

In color, oce-balf t o three-quarters the siae ofcervells»> at speed of siifcy to seventy nil**in Southeast direction from Alaaada* U&der ob

ftpproodaataiy ten aisotaa by two wltneaaea. Xnfbrasaticm taJosnAssistant Officer of the Day, AlAasda Naval Air

axd gabetqaactly fbn«ud«d t o t h i s diatriot oStlsm by Foorfch AiFore* hoadqoartors, Hamilton AFB, California, (Dix«otor T ~Fourth Air 70re# - A-3).

At approadaataly 1730 boom, PacifioTia», 7 Febrmry 1950, aa objoet ves sighted 1B th» airCotmty, CalifSornia liy j J S & J S S " V W

Callfor&ia »nd by Ur,'^BP,4HHWHMP^A-v«na»9 SaaC

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y 9Caliionda. Tb» wathar at tho tiac «a« oloar, with

aly ton alias* Only on© object v&n sighted, and thisl h

pp y ,appeared ecnlda in shape, with the baaa mach l ike an ico-«pea«and tb t 4 lobject

«rbright ailrer la color and apprcodaatelj oso-4nlT to

the »iaa of as ordinary pasaehoto* Itat a speed of sixty to- sersuty a i les per hour, *ith no definiteI t appeared to borer at tines and then *3aslly* nove on to aaotpositifiB aad borer a^a^^^T^-^Jectn^C^6 1^1*4 *7 t h * **° v

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£tib$t AircraftSighting, Alaawda, California^ 7 steimaury

a psHod of atooi tda sdnufc*B, whftn i t finally *iia*53*a?ad i a adlrtetion £ro« Alaaoda* la addition to the ac*«aettfc» desexibod

tbfr object would ehejag© froa tb* perpocrtiffnl r poeitleci to ai I ti ht ti

bfr j c l g pp pal po*ition In flight* Csaa vdtsaes* r#port*i a« thaturt t ra i l ,

tb« ofcbar at«t^» aa oaSaadfc trai l nas vi»ibl» «xat tbftt I t «as soehthat of a jat or ?eck«t. Both iaHridsala ?«pcrta& the object to

at an altitate of 2500 to $000

% A y % two dbmrrrn imrn igfear iawed VAssistant Of f low of th» Daj at AOaaida Hacval Air Stcti«sif *b»timt ha «a« i^ottaa* with th«ir rtory. Alsawia H«T*1 Air Static*CpaxmtlGo* inf orwd Baailtai Flight Saarie* tb«t tfatf «av« ac* iting tfaa oi«btirjg tot m a real? importing i t for i»fbonati«a€a 9 FatetMxy X930 tba Diractor of £octalligeaea» Few** Air Foroafomaxdai a raveH of th» »i«flting to tht 19th District te i

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION

WIELIAM A LAR3EN. Major 946 6ADATE

9 February 1950TIME

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Fourth AFy Hamilton AFB OSI Office. Hamilton Pet,RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NO.

San Anselmo, California

BUSINESS ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE

Intelligence Office, Bldg. #420Hamilton AFB, California

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n^unidentified &&X5X Object/ Aerlel

CHARACTER

Inquiry 2.4~I I . SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

Major LARSEN, reported that he had read a article in the OaklandTribune newspaper, dated 9 February 1950, that as unidentified aarlelobject was seen over the city of Oakland, California, 8 February 1950.

Major LARSEN further reported that a? 1st Lt. TUCHSEN, 27th Fighter% 1st Fighter Group, March AFB, California, informed him(LARSEN)

that he had seen what he believed was the same object that was referedto - in the Oakland Tribune. TUCHSEN further stated that he had observedsaid object through a pair of binoculars and identified object as beingcaused by a B-29 pulling a short vapor trail.

Major LARSEN, again called this writer, 1500 hours, 9 February1950, and advised that he had a copy of report of the incident forour information. See inclosure #1.

Inclj1. cc of Subject To Letter, Headquarters 78th Fighter Wing, Hamilton

AFB, California, dated 8 February 1950.

Agent's 2fotej3*

The witnesses are in Presidio 's t e r r i t o r y .

ROBERT C. FRITZSIGNATURE OF SPECIAL AGENT

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HEADQUARTERS'78th FIGHTER WIN(i|R FORCE BASE UNCLASSIBgD

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SUB JSCT t Beport ing

TO tFourth Air ForceHamilton Air Force Base,Hamilton, California

Director of Intelligence

Under the proviaicma of Par 4 , ConAC Latter 200-1, dated10 October 1949, tho following report of information on "FlyingDiscs* i s submitted!

«(1) Location end tizae of sighting t Over Alameda4 California

1730 PST 7 February 1950.. ' ^ • • '

(2) Ifaatheri Clear$ 10 miles v i s i b i l i t y .

(3) Kaxses* occupations, and addresses of witnessest

BB^ TtB-y» San Leandro, California.Mr 4 N M l is a civilian exoployee at Alameda Naval AirStation. Be works the night shift in the Power Plant,

H& # San Leandro, California.ttr Page is a civilian employee at Alameda Haval AirS-bation. He -works the night shift in the Power Plant.

(4) Photographs* Nono a-vailable.

(5) Sketch of objects1 configurationt

(6) Objects sighted!

(a) Kumber* One (1) .

(b) Shapet Conical, -with the base trmch l ike an ioe-oreamcone # and the top rounded somewhat l ike the • canopy ofa parachute«

(o) One-half ( l /2) to three-fourths (3/4) the s ize of anordinary paraohute.

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Ltr., Hq 78th Ftr Wing, Subi Reporting of Infornation on ttFlying

(d) Color* Bright Silver.

(e) Speed* Sixty (60) to seventy (70) miles per hour*

(f) Heading i Ho definite heading* The object appeared to hoverat tioas and then *lO2ilyn movaon to another position andhover again* &r tfWH^and Hr 4j£0P observed the object fora period of ten (10) minutes* It finally disappeared in aSouth—east direction frost Alameda*

(g) TianBtrverabilityj In addition to the novempnta aa indicatedin (£) above, the object would change from the perpandioularposition to a horizontal position in flight*

(h) Altitude.? Both individuals reported the object to be2500 ta 5000 feet altitude,

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(i) Soured J Hone*

(j) Exhaufft trails One observer states an exhaust trail appearedto be much like that of a jet or a rocket* The otherstates no exhaust trail observed*

Eemarkss The Aas*t 0*D* at Alameda Ilaval Air Station interviewedths two observers and indicated that he was sure theyhad seen, something -worth irhila reporting and seemedimpressed by thair story. Alameda Uav&l Air StationOperations inforaad Hamilton Flight Servioe that theonly investigation that they were caking was informingHamilton Air Force Base for further investigation*

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Hn the fatux-s an;-' ijuorrrsticfi i*ec:>\7-ydai rh jsc t '<?ill ba reported t o Hq OSI tiu' ::!;;:; t-;o ;usSpot--Irjt«Hiênce Raport-s (Sse / J fCSI 'Le t te r J'x. 1"i~ 0c> i49) • Activa inyestlgatcLon of incic!-?:n->.s;5rL'r!coav8nt;lcfial Aircraft" v.-ill not ba conduc-^-d:;>cciric. requ?3b 13 nado b.-* competent. 3».itho.Tj.r»y,.

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SUBJECT t ttaeottvestlonal Aircraft Sighting

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gSa» Pedro, CaHJTornlA, 8 ttirch 1950

Director of Special Investigations,HeadquartersBSAT,Washington 25, D. C.

• flttflfSBf Am unidentified object appearing to hare•agnttadt and brilliance as the planet Vema but

x aad rapidlj »lth aligfatlx less than the speed of a ehooilngnae obeei'Ted at 1715 la the Ticinlty ot San Pedro, Callftam

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traveling West to BasJfcv- The object appeared again North of the ibserverIn the Tleinity of Santa Ana *?4ghtiy froa East to West and dlsa;In the Tieinlty of Santa Monica. The object, reported asrapidly than any airplane observed, was seen by Colonel 1dMsef!, FA, who prcrlded a sketch to accompany his report* Informationreported to DO? 19 by Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Beadquarters SixthAragr, Presidio of San Francisco, California.

t At approadiaatoly 1715, 8 Sbrch 1950 Colonel, PA, valldng in a ivesterly direction on West

Street, San Pedro, California cbserred a snail speck moving raaeerpes the sky Is a generally southeast direction. loaediatelyafter sighting the speck i t "seened to beeone a brilliant light11

reported the brilliance and magnitude of the unknown object to* a - as erp * b f e

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smoothly and rapidly with what appeared to be> slightly l e s s thanspeed of a shooting star and, according t o IpeW, opted more

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after a few seconds, but the path of tbe object in the sky eoold s t i l lbe traced* The object reappeared in the vicinity of Santa Ana soving ona broad curve from Santa Ana towards Segtmdo and Santa Bonlem* Passing overthe vicinity of Inglewood - Torrance - Buntington Park, the object againappeared to become brilliantly lighted indicating i t to be tbe reflectionof the sun (See accompanying sap) • As before, tbe "brilliant light lastedcalytvo or three seconds, however tbe path of tbe object s t i l l could betraced» 4MB*! states *it vas inpo*sible to estimate the eias or shapeof the object, as these were no more dear than the appearance of an artillerygbgll when watched from the breech.of a gun during firing into the sky*.

^flsssV farther stated that i t was impossible to judge the speed of tike objectas he was uncertain as t o i t s altitude* fie was positive that the objectwas sasy tia»* aore rapid in flight than an airplane. Xt disappeared abovetbe clouclsy which <—» stated he believed were of the extreni high altltiade"ice-crystal" type, fMPss would not vouch for the accuracy of the scale ofhis mp not. knowing tbe altitude of the unknown object* Herisental distanom

have been greater* W * s obftervatlons coincided with a delnge ofreports on the radio aad In the newspaper concerning *fiying Discs" observedIn that vicinity on 3 Ifcrch 1950.

for fcr3» ACTICgt Fhotostatlc copies of the nap «era sade y Q#19

for f r r d i n g with this report. No investigative action tafessu AssistantChief of Staff, G~2 S|xth Jbrsy fortArded tbe information vithent action.

1 IncljPhotostatle copies of

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SIBJSCTt ttee tiooal Aircraft Sighting8

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gggen Pedro, California, 8 March 1950

Director of Special Investigation*,Headquarter* TJSXT,Washington 25, !>• C#

ggfOP91St An unidentified object appearing t o herethe saat Magnitude and brilliance as the planet Venus but w i n geaoothly and rapidly irith slightly lass than the speed of a

observed at 1715 in the vicinity of San Pedro, Carrelln^Vest to Bast. The object appeared again Berth of thethe vicinity of Santa Ana slightly fro* East to West and dis&i

In the vicinity of Santa Ucmica, The object, reported as

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rapidly than any airplane obserred, nas seen by ColonelJf lM^ FA, who prorlded a sketch to accompany his report* Znfreported t o BC#19 by Assistant Chief of Staff, G~2, HeadquarteArV> Presidio of San Francisco, Califbrnla.

2 , DgTAILSt At approxlaately 1715, 3 £Sarch 1950 Colonel,mmmmmmmSm^ FA, nalldng in a iresterly direction on We«t 3 thStreet, San Pedro, California observed a snail speck lacnring rapii i ^aeerostt the rfty in a generally southeast direction* Imoodifltelyafter sighting the speok It ^seeasd to become a brilliant light1* _reported the brilliance and magnitude of the unknown object to b theearae as the planet Venus," as an evening star1* • Tbe object w&rm,eaoothly aad. raP^"»y with tfeat app-arsd i s j^slisfe&ly Is t l s

dthly . r P y with t pp

speed of a shooting star and, according

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OS I 24-40 S3R-2 - SPOT INTSLLIGEHCS KEPOEP Siibjx UnconventionalAircraft Sighting, San Pedro, California, &ISh 1950

Ths brillianti l l iant light S ithan any airplay h» had erer cbssrssd* g ppafter a few seconds, but the path of the object i s the sky could s t i l lbe traced. The object reappeared in the vicinity of Santa Ana moving ona broad curve froa Santa Ana towards Segundo and Santa Monica. Passing overthe vicinity of Inglewood - Torrance - Huntington Park, th» object againappeared to become brilliantly lighted indicating i t to ta the reflectionof the* etm (See accompanying nap)« As before, the "brilliant l ight lastedonly two or three seconds, however the path of the object s t i l l could betraced* jflMB states 8 i t nag impossible to estimate the size or shapeof the object, agr these were no more clear than the appearance of an arti l lery

, shell when watched from the breech of a gun during firing into the sky**M P B farther stated that i t was impossible to judge the speed of the objectaa.he -me uncertain as to Its altitude* Be vas positive that the objtet-was a*ny tinos wore rapid in flight than an airplane. It disappeared abovethe clouds, lrhich M i stated he btlieved ymrm of the extrta* high altitwieBice-crystal» type* J W v o u l d net vouch for the accuracy ot the scale ofhis Bftp net knowing tbe altitude ot the unknown object* Ecriaontal distancesany hare been greater* 4PHB*s observations coincided with a doings ofreports on the radio and In the newspaper concerning "flying Dlses* observedIn that vicinity on $ Sfarch 1950. .

X Photostatic copies of the sap were aede by D€#19fbr fcarwrding with th i s report* Ho investigative action takea. AssistantChief o f Staff, G-2 Sixth Axwp forwarded the Information without action.

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S513 ASff, HEADQJJAHISBS SOUTHERN SUB-DISTRICT, Fort MaciTthur,Cal i fornia , 9 March 1950

T0$ Commanding General, Sixth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California.

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A1G9I 350.01 2d Ind 13 March 1950Office of the AC of S, G-2, Headquarters Sixth Army, Presidio of San Fran-cisco, California

TO* Office of Special Investigations, District 19, United States AirForce, Fairfield-Suisun, CaliforniaAITN: Colonel Swope

The attached is forwarded for your information and such action as isdeemed necessary.

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6513 ASUSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DETACHMENT. CALIFORNIA ORC INSTRUCTOR GROUP

OFFICE OF THE SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTORFort MacArthur. California

A2.ISHD-SAI ' 9 March 1950

SUBJECT: Report of Unusual Occurrence i n the Sky

TO: Chief, Southern California Sub-DistrictFort MacArthur _,San Pedro, California

1, The following report i s submitted as a result of personalobservation of an extremely rapidly moving object in the sky aboveSan Pedro, Long Beach and Santa Monica, California:

a* On the evening of 8 March 1950, at approximately 1715 hours,I was -walking slowly up the hil l on 7/est 30th Street, San Pedro, California,and was approaching the crossing of Baywater Street, which is a block westof Gaffey Street* I was moving west* The sky was fairly clear directlyoverhead, but with a few light clouds at very high altitude* The sun,which was to ray left front, was sinking into a very heavy cloud-bank overthe ocean and my attention had been attracted by the sky,

b . I suddenly became conscious of the motion of what appearedto be a small speck moving rapidly across the sky in the direction inwhich I was looking. I t was moving from my right to my left (generallysouth) • Ir.un.ediately after i t had caught my eye i t seemed to become abrilliant l ight. Hy first thought was that i t was a shooting star. I tappeared to have the same magnitude and brilliance as the planet Venus,as an evening star, but moved smoothly and rapidly and with what appearedto be slightly less than the speed of a shooting star, yet much morerapidly than, any airplane that I have observed. After a very few secondsthe bril l iant light disappeared, but I could s t i l l trace the path, of theobject in the sky over Long Beach harbor, to the east of where I wasstanding*

c. I t disappeared from view over Long Beach and my eye caughtan airplane in the same direction. The plane, which appeared to be aC-47, was at a much lower altitude (perhaps three or Tour thousand feet) ,seemed extremely slow-moving in comparison with the f i rs t object de-ecribed, and v/as moving from south to •north. dir^sicily^iJSri^Lan^edro Baytowards Long Beach. , , ^ — " - ^ " - • • — 7 — = = = = = ^ - ; - '

d. As I continued to look to the east, my eye again caughtthe rapidly moving object. I t had changed direction and appeared to bemoving on a broad curve from the area over Santa Ana toward Segundo andSanta Monica. At f i rs t i t was nothing more than a speck in the sky, but

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as it passed over the area which 1 would judge to be Inglewood-Torrance-Huntington Park, the brilliant light appeared again and I was quite awarethat the light was a reflection of sunlight from the "body of -the object*A comparison of the relative positions of the sun, the object, and mylocation vri.ll indicate that this was probably ,the explanation of thebrilliant light. (See map). On each occasion the brilliant light lastedonly for two to three seconds. *

e. "When the brilliant light ceased I was still able to trace thepath of the object* It seemed to start another broad curve from northwestto northeast, then disappeared in some thin white clouds that were at highaltitude .

£• After the object disappeared I again turned to look at theairplane over Long Beach. As nearly as I can judge, it had moved a distanceof between five and ten miles. During that time the object in the sky musthave covered at least forty or fifty miles, but I have no sound basis forestimating its ground speed.

2. a. It was impossible to estimate the size or shape of the"object,as these "were no more clear that the appearance of an artillery shell whenwatched from itaen the breech of a gun during firing into the sky.

b. It was impossible to judge the speed of the object, for itsaltitude was uncertain. It did, however, cover a very great distance inthe time that I observed it, and was many times more rapid in flight thanthe airplane (See map). It appeared to make no change in altitude as nearlyas I could judge, and it disappeared above clouds which 1 believe are ofthe type formed from, ice crystals at extremely high altitude.

c. The attached sketch gives an idea of the directions involved,but I cannot vouch for its accuracy as to scale, due to the fact therewas no v/ay to judge the distance to the object. For example: Y?hen theobject appeared to me to have been over Long Beach, it might well have beenfarther away and hence over Santa Ana.

3. As a check on the reliability of the observation the fcllowir-gnote is added: I described what I had seen upon my arrival at my quartersat approximately 1730 hours on 8 March to my wife. The morning radioannouncements on the following day carried news that • seireral people inSouthern California had seen a "flying disc" on MarcJ

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1* SSSJBSGEl i!%rtaato»iidtt6l!»lsalreraft trarwlla^ at analt i ta i* «atla*t«* a*4000 f^«t aid in a Horthwlj' dlr^rtlobgtrrod a t 065? fetter* en 91 ^ril41950 at SaHuas, Calif onia*Th» obj«et «aa aa«ii %gr thr»# p«r»«jiat who varlad i s detail* tatagmdl that i t «a» not a eomntloaal aircraft, Infbiaatloat o Pqf 19 V tba Assistant Chlaf of Staff, 0-3, BaadqoarUr*

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appreadMtaly 0653, 9 April 1950 tfcraa 0 )resident a of Salinas^ California while on Rooty Lane Wast and ScjcrthSSaia Street , Salinas observed an tmoctiTenticcal aircraft* Thaobflorrations tvara aada by RAT SfoBRIDB, Deputy Sheriff, flonterayCounty, vho rosldea at §44 Saat 3brket Street , Salinaaf L* B .BHATIST, Deputy Sheriff, MontereyJSognty, 610 Central S tree t ,and aisv W W i (Aga 15) l^||HMa^ Street, Saaaida, JuferilloDelinoucnt Boat, Salinas* The veather IAS clear

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and BRiDlET astlaated tha altitttle of the object t o be 4OOOfeotj were tadatanainad as t o i t s snaps} indicated that tha objectgara off a bright reflection, and appeared chroae or alaadarai.BHADUnt ostiaated tba sisa t o be 30 to 40 feet In circoitfarano2fcBRlDK could gire no astlnata of siaa» The sheriffs stated th*object «a\s trareling north* They could o « a r i » additional

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tottered the saiae inforaaiion with the additicralecn«Mmt that tho objects shape was rowsd llkg^a p3at» or ball andi t s else 30 to 40 f)»et In diameter. ^hem^NHMP obserred theobject i t "seemed to be standing

None* Assistant Chief of St&f?, G-2 Sixtht i t h t t ifbrvejrded t h i s inforaatico without act ion.

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AMSI 452.1 2d Ind(12 Apr 50)StTBJECIi unconventional Aircraft

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AHMT. Presidio of San Francisco, California, 18 Apr 50

TO, coaaaadin* Office. i«th OSI Distr ict , Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base,

Th« above reports are forwarded for such aotion as you see f i t .

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12 April 1S5O

STJBJECTi Unconventional Aircraft

TERUj di ng4th infantry Di-risioiFort Ord, California

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Sixth AtoyPresidio of S«n Pranoisco, CaliforniaATTENTION: AC of S, G-2

1« Cn 11 April 1950 Ray JfcBride, Deputy Sheriff, MontereyCounty, iho resides a t 544 East Market Street, Sal inas, California,was interviewed in reference to having seen unconventional a ircraf tand stated in substance as follows t

a* Location and tine t At 0653 hours 9 April 1950 SheriffifcBride ms a t Rcaaey Lsne West and South Maim Street , Salinas,California then he saw unconventional a ircraf t ,

* • Weather and v i s i b i l i t y ; Weather c lear; v i s i b i l i t y good.

c* Humber of objectst One*

d* Shape of objectt Ho opinion*

e * Sizet Ho opinion*

f • Colort Chrome"dor aluminua.

"~~" 8» Speeds Mr* JfcBride saw the object for a period of l e s s thanone-tenth of a second asd could give no indicaticD of speed*

north ah* Directiont Iflhen he saw i t , i t was turning right, heading

1* Maneuverability> No opinion*

3* Altitude? Approximately 4000 feet*

k» Sound} Ko opinion*

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1* Exhaust tra i l s t No opinion:

Additional informations None.

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2* On 11 April 1950 L. R* Bradley, Deputy Sheriff, MontereyCounty, 610 Central, Sal inas, California, was interviewed i n r e f e r -ence t o h i s having seen unconventional a ircraf t and he stated i nsubstance as followst

a* Location and time> 0653 hours 9 April 1990 a t RomeyLame Tfeat and South Main Street , Salinas, California*

b* Weather and v i s i b i l i t y ! Weather clear} v i s i b i l i t y good*

°» Hunker of objectst One.

d« Shape of object; No opinion*

• • Sire of objects 30 t o 40 f ee t in circumference.

*• Qpfe^t No opinion* Object gave off a bright ref lect ion*

g. Speed* No opinion*

Object -was travel ing north*

1* Maneuverabllityf No opinion*

j . Altitudet Approxiaately 4000 feet

k* Sound: No opinion*

1* Exhaust tra i l81 None seen*

ax. Additional informationt None. (C-3)

3 . On 11 April 1950 Ui38-4MtaM*MBl^,^BplttPfrStreet,Seaside, California (who is 15 years of age), Juvenile DelinquentHone, Salinas, California, was interviewed concerning her observationof the object and stated in substance:

a. Location and time: 0653.hours 9 April 1950 a t HomeyLane West and ^outh Main Street, Salinas, California*

b* Weather and v i s i b i l l t y t Weather nice; v i s i b i l i t y good*

c* Number of objects: One*

d* Shape of objectt Hound like a plate and round as a ball*

e* Sizet 30 to 40 feet in diameter*

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f# Colort Resembled glass*

£• Speed> No opinion*

**• Directions No opinion*

__^J>- i# Maneuverability* The object seemed to be standing still,

j. Altitudet Not "very higi•

k* Sound} None*

1*. Exnuaat tra i l> None*

m* Additional informationt None* (P-6)

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TO: Coaaanding General, Sixth Arcy, Prssidio of San Francisco, California.Attention: AC of S, G-2

Jtarwarded in compliance * i t h Par 2 , Ltr Hdqrs Sixth Aray dated 18November 1948, f i l e AMGBI 319, Subject: Unconventional Aircraft• Thisreport i s a continuation of the report forwarded by t h i s o f f i ce 11 4pril1950.

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SUBJECT ? TJoeonventicQal Aircraft SightingPacific Grow, California,11 Febroaiy 1950

Director of Special Investigation* »Headquarters USA?,Washington 25, D# C.

1 . syflPpftjfiftj Three (3) objects were sighted enter Bacifidrove, Calif ornia beti»een 2030 and 2100 hour* on 11 Febsraaxy 19 i

" ~ "". .". __... - ?acifia Grofe]California* WK& stated the objects were traveling very test

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t o Southwest and swinging frtm l e f t t o rigfrt a s ttObjects appeared low t o her and she gained the iapreaj

that they were going to h i t the house next door rhen f i r s t sighty g f l T ^seemed t o b» flying in a V-formtion, one (1) abova> andbelow with "one ahead and one t o each side** Due t o iaaec

of altitude ^pfc bad no definite opinion of s £ » ofobjects*

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Between 2030 and 2100 hours, 11 Fabrtsary 19$0hottsewifb of {MMNPMfe&renue* Pacific Grove,

observed throe (3) l ights in the clsy through t*caof her howi. She stated that the lights appeared t o cose out cfithe bay and nere in foraation, one higher than the other twoone ahead and two "beMad t o the side of the leading object*stated the objects were swinging back acdforth and she f i r s ti t m s sort of an advertising stunt* jjMfe could hear no soundstated she ras confused aa to distance and size btrt by dapping htfET COMDRout stretched band a Iron her position the objects asajsared 13fy* indiaswter* T i l e objects moved very rapidly and a l ight seeasd t o |esaenate froathea* They were traveling fron m

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stated that sbft had seen nobbing in bar past experiaoe* vitht o compart* tbft objects flighted,.

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HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AR11Y, Presidio of Sen Franoisco, California, 18 Apr 50

TO: Commanding Officer, 19th OSI District, Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base,Fairfield, California

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Pr83idio of Saa 7ranciseo, CaliforniaATTENTION: AC of 3, O2

U Car 12 April 1950 Mrs,PscifitS GroTa, California was int^rriasrsd in

a i r c r a f t and s ta ted in sub3tanca•feo baring 3dea unsas f l l

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fcr-u-.<.';!on, oija ab-ova atid tr ro balow or on& tshâd and ona to oach sidôTha -j-sn-.a dissippearad over tha roof of 1;he housa nart door oae at ati;.-:'.v. r i r - ^ , the oaacar object disappeared, then th-s objsob on the1-3i-r ii>a.spe!*r3dJ, ?oad than tha obj=>ot to thd right disappeared over tha

t door, Mrs, igHMt stated that she had nothing inwhich to compare the objacts sighted, (C-3)

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2* Ca 12 April 1950 77allac9 Lae HcDonald, Aviation Siotographers« First; Claa3, 2IaTal Air Auxiliary Station, HfonberoyifCalifornia.

was xatar-rlsvfed concsming his observation of the objects snd at At adin

* Location and M*dford Airport, Medford, Oregon,1300-1330 hours, 3 A g 1949,

t» ?/5athar and y±a ibi 1 i t y ; Uhlimitsd.

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pl:?yj:i a- vUe M^diTord, Oregon Airport, Including U'j;ror4. ground and*•••'-1 A! -•• i.rlines personaslp also aa'vthssy objects"wh

p e s n l p l j^ "which t."i3 objects •waro moving vfas d33cribed as an ofi'-balane-d

" , ori-9 object to the left p? the Iea4ixi,5 object and tfrrea to thaghi :S-ida ox" the leading

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TO: Ccntns-Tiding General, Sixth Array, Fresidio of 3?.n Fr?r.ci3co, California^Att«rt.Ton: AC of S, G-2

v-:-ri?.?.rdsd in compliance -vith ?sr 2_, Ltr Hdqrs Sixth Xrr.rj dated 13No-ns ib r 19i3, i"il« MGBI 319^ S u b l e t ? Uncjonventiors-^l Aircrafto

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SUBJECT; Unconventional Aircraft SightingOougaay Proving Grounds, Utah25 April 1950

TO t Director of Special Investigations,Headquarters C5AF,Washington 25, !>• C»

tnntstml l... Uilitary security patrols reported a series c

__ ^.,.a and flying objects of unknown origin over DcrogwayProving Grounds in early morning hours 25 April 1950.

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Callfomd* reports that ths C3D Field Office, Salt Lake City, Utak?t«d unconventional aircraft sighting. Military secnrity pat*ol«~

p y Proving Qrooads reportea to the Intelligence Officer of AGENT

Western Cheadeal Center that on 25 April 1950 in the early aornlnihears over the Amswnitien Storage Area in the vicinity of Dcugae>y|

a series of unusual lights and flying objects cfi f

gorigin «ere observed. The characteristics and size of aicebox9 were described» This flying object while in flight wasstsrrotaaaed by an aura of spears of ligfct jutting diagonally from theraain body. A 24-hour search of that area at Doug^ay Proving Groundsi s in effect until farther notice.

3» ACTIONS Hone by this office• A 24-hour search of tfeatarea by Dougvay proving Grounds i s in effect until further noticeL

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SUBJECT* Report from C2D Field Office, Salt Lake City,Utah

1 2 Hay 50 PM G-2 1* The following report was received froathe CID Field Office, Salt Lake City, Utah*

"Military security patrols at Dugway ProvingGrenada reported to the Intelligence Officer of Western ChesdcalCenter that on 25 April 1950 in the early morning hours over theAmmunition Storage Area in the vicinity of Dougnay Mountain aseries of unusual lights and flying objects of unknown originwere observed. The characteristics and sisse of a •flying icebox**wore described* This flying object while in flight was surroundedby an aura of spears of l ight jutting diagonally from the nalnbody. A 24-hour search of that area of Dougway Proving Groundsi s in effect until further notice.11

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SUBJECT t Transaittal of Spot Intelligence Reports

TO t CosunftodlDg GenorflQ.,Headquarters Sixth Army,Presidio of San Francisco,California,ATTHt A c t . Chief of Staff, G-2,

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*t te . First d a » s , Saval Air AaxLUftxy Station,obserred flTe (5) unconventional aircraft or objects, oval inor l ike a convex lens, "oval on the top and f lat at the fcettca*

1300 and 1330 oa 8 August 1949* The objectsg jcast*eoatbea«t from the Medftrd Airport in a straight U s e at aspeed estimated to be appzeodaately 150 adlee per hottr.altitude 10,CCO«? although trow altitude of 3,000* in the Air os t i l l apyeai ed 10,000* higher thma aircraft, Objects r e s o i3i3fht for thirty (30) sdjttfce* aid ^ore obmrved bjr tcmer,and coBBorcial airlines personnel* Objects were in a "offssa ?eftdirg) one t o the le f t and three to the right.

Ott 12 April 1950 WALIACS LES ZCDOHAU),Photographers Sate, First Class, $aval Air Auxiliary Station,:4onter*7, California provided infomatioe regarding theof unconventional aircraft or taddentified objects on 3UeDOBAX *S long book shoved that hid S5B-5 sas refoeled atOregoa 8 Angturt 19^9. The pilot «as P. 0 . HULL, API, of Seattlthe oo-pllot R, TUGrlVSZL, Chief Afr Plloti and J* B*

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All observed five (5) ^hlte, laaiiwme objeotitrarellag east-southaaat in an off J d V f

One object appeared to be iMdisg the fcrmtlcji vlth oned three on I t s right. afaDOBALD stated that

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the objects mere at as altitude estimated at 10,000 faet* The diameterof each object *as estioated to be 35 feet , gcDOHAED stated the pilotcalled the tower and asked i f they had observed anything* The towerreported that they had eeen flying saucers overhead. Pilot HUM* retgoestedclearance for take-off and the tower asked if they intended to attainaltitude enough to follow the objects* SfcDCiUID fttrther etated that caxt t i ^ 8000 feet altitude the formtim of the cbjocts could s t i l l be

hi tmen. aod their shapes tkjrpefxntd t o be that siatilar to a eaawra fover (cocfwc) on tep# and flat oa the botton* They appeared t o beat a speed of 150 aiiea per hoor^ eaet«eoathseet £rcn the Bedflard Jllrportstoring in a straight line* Tine of observation m e between 1300 aad 1330& iaguat 1949* ?ho objects did cot reflect color but gxva o£f ffflawresce«tglow** Bo sound w s heard or esbaoet trails obserT^d* The objectsremiaed in sight ibr a period of thirty (30) Bdzszfces* Fron as altittdoof 8000 tfevt in the a ir HeDORAO stated the objects appeared to be lOfOOOfeet higher than their aircraft • HcDONAB) attempted to obtain a photographbttfe «as unable t o do so as his ca»era had a s is Inch focal length leas anda sin* inch plate i*faieh w»s not adequate for photographing the objectsat *aek a distance. During the period of observation one object droppeddam an estiaatedl 1,000 £»et cot of the formtion and then igturneaY %M

-3OB the last one of the right echelon.

3 . l&Xgtt Hone* Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 Sixthforwarded this £nf ornatlcti irithcot aetiov)« .

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NEW REPORTS OF FLYING SAUCERS . . .

ree Monterey Resi ents Tell IBy RITCH LOVEJOY

Three Monterey peopleready to tell of their experiencesin sighting flying objects today,although they had not made a

... ^ report at the time because they15*** . feared ridicule,

Those who saw the objects nowcommonly referred to as "flyingdiscs" were:

W. Lee MacDonald, AF1, flyingphotographer for the U. S. Navyair force, who logged sighting fivediscs- and chasing them over Med-ford,. Oregon, August 8. 1949.

Mrs. J. V. Kays, 521 Laurelavenue, Pacific Grove, who sawflying objects February 11.

Mrs. K. McNally, who lives justeast of the Monterey Airport, andwho-saw an. object near the hor i -zon April 1. (She phoned The

Herald that day, but the date Icaused laughter in the newsroom, jand nobody would take her seri-ously.)

Mrs. McNally's husband w a salso a witness, and MacDonaldwas with three others in the planewhich gave chase.

Here's MacDonald's story:His log book shows that the

SNB-5 was lanaed at Medford,Oregon, on the way from Alamedato Seattle, and had gassed up at1:15 p.m. (The plane will make175 miles an hour.) .

The pilot, P." O. Hull, API, Se-attle; the co-pilot, R. Tugwell,chief air pilot; and J. H. Sparks,AF1, Alameda, were with' Mac-Donald on the ground,.when theynoticed five white and rather lu-minous objects overhead and go-

ing west in V-formation.-The»awas blue. Low clouds lay onhorizon. The V was "off-balat—three objects on one side:stwo on the other.COMING HEAD ON

"They were like dandelianjwblowing along—or seemed?J"first glance, and I looked/i.and noticed they had taken vs eferent angle and w e r o ' c " "toward us. We made a fewr<about them being some of£thflying saucers we'd been_hea"about. I noticed they were;idirect line of travel atseemed about 10,000 feet:'J3Fjwere at 10,000 feet, the "'about 35 feet across.

"The pilot called the tower£iasked if they had seen anjThey reported that th»y hki'i

etsj'1;> flying saucers overhead. The pilot' seemecj remarked that he had seen them,: tion, and

and asked clearance for a take-, the last ioff. The tower asked if we wanted there .we:-to try to get high enough to fol- no binoc

| low, and we did. ; . . . . ; with 8t? siWATCHED! 30 MINUTES :v"

• "I had a camera" iri~"the "rear j tohatch inside the door/* where a distance,

i panel opened up. We took off to;| the west and circled the field for

j ; altitude. The. "objects were now»'. to the east and slightly south over! and 'con::'Medford. At. 8'OuO feet we could observer.

see them ahead still like an off-• of scale,balance V formation. From 8,000 shipa^s :feet, their shapes hadn't changed,j the light,

' or their size, so it was hard to tell: been|jgSECiwhether we.;had estimated theitionfaltitude correctly. ' ">.._.•..-;...„ i is

'•We watched them J"qr_.tliirty;. minutes. On* dropped down -what; hac

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"I could hear no sound in thesky. I first thought they wouldn'tclear the house,- and then saw thatthey were well above. I was con-fused as to the distance and size*I held one hand out against theother, and when I cupped both to-gether, that was the size of eachobject.

"They moved very rapidly. Iwent out on the porch just aswent beyond my vision

j street just in time.to see thejonevThe light seemed to emanatefrom themr not in an electricalglow, but from themselves." \..

Mrs. McNally says:" I was due to go to work a t 8

jpjn.f and it was 7:35 -p.m. when' IlooKea o'uf-'the window and anobject popped into view just as Iwas watching the planet Mars. Theobject was wine-red. I called myhusband. The object was sta-tionary for about five minutes. Wediscussed whether it could be theport light of a plane, and decidedit couldn't be. Then itr-movedsouth suddenly, and there was nostarboard light showing, so weknew that it couldn'tbe a'plane.

"It was an object .that seemedto be down near the horizon, andsince we had been watching Mars,I would call this about the size offive regular stars. It way not thered of a plane light, but a dark;wine-red:

"It turned back north, then: wenj;I northeast; and gathered tremeri-I dous. speed - a n d •••• was" gon'

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Resiig west in V-formation. The si* jas blue. Low clouds lay on the!orizon. The V was "off-balanj j

—three objects on one sidewo on the other.

MING HEAD ONThey were like dandelion

lowing along—or seemed so- ajt;irst glance, and I looked a

End noticed they had taken abrent angle and were cooward us. We made afew"bout them being some of thlying saucers we'd been hea:bout. I noticed they?_werelirect line of travel a t 7 w tfeemed about 10,000 fe«ti: = Ifere at 10,000 feet, they,bout 35 feet across.. '.;..'"The pilot called the tower,

sked if they had seen anything.!hey reported that thty had se«nj

Tellflying, saucers overheadV The pilot Iremarked that he had seen them, jand asked clearance for a take- joff. The tower asked if we wantedto try to get high enough to fol-low, and we did.WATCHED 30 MINTJTES

"I had a camera in. the rearhatch inside the door,, where apanel opened up. We took off tothe; west and circled the field foraltitude;.: The objects were nowto the east and slightly south overMedfor&y At. 8,000 feet we couldsee them ahead still like- an off-balance* V 'formation. Prom 8,000feeV their shapes hadn't changed,or their size, so it was hard to tellwhether we had r (estimated the jaltitude correctly.' ~?iJX"

••We watched them^for thirtyminute*. One dropped down what;

seennea|j:r,600 feet out of forma-tion, find then returned. It wasthe last? one on the side wherethere were three of them. We hadno binoculars, and the camera,with ^six-inch focal length andnine-fnch plate was not adequateto pfiatograph them at such adistance^-.

"Tlex-were within the atmos-pher||gf the earth. I have photo-graplteii from planes since 1945,and fijKrasider myself a qualifiedobse^er-: If you lose your senseof slaie, your sense of relation-shipa|is gone. I do not considerthe 3ight, or whiteness, to havebeenereflection, because in reflec-tion^even at great distance thereis usoally a dark spot."

Wlsen. asked what sensation hehadlupon seeing tha objects, Mac-

Donald replied, "I couldn't be-lieve it. When I first saw them Icouldn't believe my eyes."

The interview was held in theoffice of Public Information Offi-cer A. M. Zakarian, Lt. (jg).

M r s . K a y ' s s t o r y : - v • •• • ,',"Just after dark February 11,1

looked in one of our rooms whichwas dark, to see if my mother,'Mrs;Mabel Bussy, and visiting friendshad returned home.' I saw threelights in. the sky through therwin-

"They came from' but ?oyer" thebay, and were cut likei. a; piece ofcrescent - shaped paper^thre&Viofthem in formation, one higher thanthe other two~* They wereTswing=|ing back and forth, and going^ into ;|a heavy windi I thought* at "first,

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SUBJECTS Unconventional aircraftSourceSacraaento Union, newspaper, Editorial

TO I Director of Special Investigations,Headquarters USAF,Washington 25, D. C.

S~PK)PSISf Editorlarin Sacranento Union, Sacramento,California based on commentary of H. J, TAZLCR states that flyingsaucers or discs are harmless, non-explosive, and a military seof the Btaited States of America; their use wil l not be known generallyuntil UBAF releases the information.

2* The Sac: Union newspaper dated 1 /feypcarried the editorial entitled "Flying Discs" inf onaatioa recoiv idby this office indicates that the editorial was based upon acommentary of H. J , TAILOR # "NEXT TISJ5 your Sacraaanto neighbor t e l l syou he saw a flying disc, do not look at hia as though he bad JSUIgone out of his njind# "Far, the chances are he did see a f lying

eecnrtFor, now i t can ba told - flying discs are American•weapons* They vary in size froa 20 lnchas in diameter and sixthick to 250 feet in diaiaeter* Most of then are round, but someflat and edged upwards like saucers. They have no sound, no

and no smoke, or light*They can appear to stand momentarily in the a i r , but the;

like lightning* They are utterly harmless.^,7 £r?s 1000 fast to 30,000 feet, ass vf%n hig£bd?» Whatfor i s a military secret, which will not be generally known until.United States Air Force releases the information*, But i t i s antant and a wonderful purpose, and the country -will t h r i l lthe news i s finally made known.

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*lf a n^iag disc should happen to la#4? intact* inSacramento or vicinity, those *ho found i t would discovered that i thad teen labelled *«ilitary secret of tbe United States o£ Aawrica."Tb8 person who fb«ad. i t irotOd t» aakea to cal l a long distance telephonenrcaber - printed on the disc - and report his findings t o a U . S .A4 T

The discs are harmless awi non-explosive• But theyfre realaad genuine, and they do not come from BusaSa, bub are aZl releasedin t i e United State* of America.*

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1 , The enclosed a r t i c l e from the Sacramento Union newspaper dated 1May 1950 i s forwarded f.or your information. This a r t i c l e was extracted fromthe e d i t o r i a l page, by- l ine not l i s t e d , information supposedly from informa-t ion given by radio commentator H. J . TAYLOR.

1 i n c l .Edi tor ia l from Sac Bnion

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1 . The enclosed a r t i c l e from the Sacramento Onion newspaper dated 1May 1950 i s forwarded for your information* This a r t i c l e was extracted f r o athe e d i t o r i a l page, b y - l i n e not l i s t e d , information supposedly f ro» informa-t ion given by radio commentator H. J . TAYLOR•

1 i n c l .Editorial from Sac Bnion

5SRL E. PENHIHGTOMDetachaent ConuaanderMather AFB Detachment

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TIME your Sacramento neighborhejsa>wf.-a flying disc, do-not

as though: he had suddenly gone

:'-••m-^^sse^Bsaaw-20?^fic^&eSitt^di2uneter:' and six$S;H^f^JiSdSe^thick: to^25(Wstin diameter,

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appe^^isaaKi momentarily in^ ) ^ tiieyican. Dooyellike lightning;

way f%^;10Wb I i i ^ ^ ? suv mili-

y ^ ^ nqt|rhesigenerallyknowncuntil thelJnited States Air;Porcere-leasesrtfreinfbnnationikBut it.isan impor-tant and a wonderfi^piirpose^ and the coun -try wfll thrilt xrit^p^de-^rtien^the ne if i n a l ^ B ^ e - k n o v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ : ^^ ^ ^ ;

If a flying disc should happen to land,; in-tact, in;Sacrament6?;Or vicinity, those whofound it-would discovered that it had beenl-^elled "military' secret. of; the UnitedStates- of America.'*,' The person who foundii wouldti& asked to call a long distance tele-phone number—printed on thexliso—andre-port his findings to a U.- S; Air Base.>

The discs are. harmless and non-explosive.But they're: real andv genuine^ and they donot' come: from Russia^hut are/alt releasedin

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Blowup* oj two photos at top. The "thing" appeared to be silvery, 20 or SO feet in diameter.FARMER PAUL TBENT, McMinnville, Ore., -was caUed to the back yard by his excitedwif«£ »vSG ^Dinted skyward at what you see in*he, P^°^s above—obviously- one o f the my8.

saucers.; BTe1. got his camera.;.;;g s cameramade tw»photos. •There? wasn't

any flame and it was moving fairly slo\says Trent. "Then I snapped the first pictnite.It moved a,little to the left and I moved kothe right to take another picture. Then Its e e i n ? £ * 0 P?ck«P5pedvi:-c>; vanishsd." 7;i-

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TO t Director of Special Investigations,Headquarters 13SA?tWashington 25* D» C,

! • is2§&i£j&* Three aoacoMdasioned officers a t Sasjllt*Air Fore* B»se, California o s duty at th i Operations C e n t a l To nS\HaalltoB Air Fore* Bass observe* an s lUj f t i c s l object f ly ing bHaalltoa Air Foresj Base with an • s t i m t s d speed of ov»r 1000hcur, t « t«Mi 0235 aid 0200 hours 21 Juas 1950* The tmeoBVVttta ircraft aad* thra* passes over Haailton Air Fores Base and ditowards the

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tape totower obserted an object,, described as elliptical, flying at arate of speed over Easilton Air Force B&se# They reported thehe slailar to that of a fra aarksr syaibol* The object hadedges on either side of i t s course* A blue flaw* eiailar to th4t ofa acetylene torch «ae seen to protrade froa the rear ot theThe speed was estioated by the osa to have been oretr 1000 ailesh ? ^ fe tte ss 4 t

aircraft and Jets during the course of their dvtlei f£ CQMDRthe control tower* The altitude of the object TAS estimated to be

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y g free WOO to 5000 feet . ?!» aishtin* was nada hy binoculars,The object aad« three passes ovar Baoilton Air Fore* Base with the f irstone em a Barthsast headiugj the &eecaod on a Hctrbhffest beadiBg) and onthe third the object aftde an arc around the fiett aid disappeared towardthe sea to the We«t# All flights *ere straight and lo^el with theexception of tha last in which the object «as tanked SOT the turn* Koecuid vt&s beard* Ho radar oh&err&tions ware osde as a l l radar installa-tions of the 23th Air Division trere inoperativej^ Tto& object djgappearedat 0200 hcttra 21 Jttne 1950. (AQSSTS WtSt-4tKKK$f^-mtHMfor the Vallejo Times ~ Berald and ISetrs - Chronicle personally advisedthis agent that he had observed three unconventional aircraft ubichhe deaerihed in a aiailar aanner on two (2) night* within the past week.^^PBelaiBs to have knowledge that these aircraft were an Air Forcesecret project and that they were being tested for nigW* operation atHamilton Air Force Base where they had three of this new type, unoawllyft t f l l fad i H i t h i i f t i t t hfast aircraft carefully faangared. l i H give this information to theagent at 1239, 21 Jtme 1950 text stated that he was not ttsing hisinfowation in the paper knowing the natter to be one which the Air Force' ' not desire to have publicised.).

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District Commander, 19th District OSI (IG) USAF DATE: 22 June 1950Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CaliforniaDetachment' Commander. Hamilton Detachment, 19th Diste OSI (IcO USAF

€^> ' ' 'SUBJECT: Special Inquiry - Unidentified Object

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As per verbal instructions from the District Commander, the followingreport is submitted concerning an unidentified flying ob^ct observed at Ha_mjAF3, California:

a. Position: Over Hamilton AFB, Californi

b. Time: 0135 - 02C0 hours 21 June 1950._

c. Visibility: Weather jjlear eight miles.. - • • • • / ^ " - " > " -

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'GARLAND L. PRYOR, Cpl., TJSAi"All of the foregoing./personnel are of xthe 1901-4- Detachment, AACS Squadron, HamiltonAFB, California.

e. Shape; The reported shape of the object was elliptical, as that of afan marker symbol. The object •was traversing with the elongated edges to eitherside of its course. A blue flame similar to thatof a acetylene torch was seento protrude from the rear of the object.

f. Speeds Estimated over 1000 miles per hour.

g. Color: The only color that could be observed was the color of theflame which was seen coming from the rear of the object.

h. Altitude: Estimated from 2000 to 5000 feet,

i. Sighting: By binoculars.

h. Heading: This object made three passes over Hamilton AFB, California.The first pass was on a north-east heading, the second on a north-west heading,and on the third it made an arc of the field, and disappeared towards the sea tothe west.

j . Maneuverability: All flights were straight and level, except as pre-viously stated, when the object made the third flight over fihe field, at which timeit traveled in a lateral arc. />

k. Sound: None heard.

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peared circular, thick in the centerand tapering:to S '> Its speed^nras so: ^jsize'-'-cotAii ipt be estimated^- '±

,Thie: ttaftâirrnenl used, binocu-lars as :th.«j 3jsc made^three morepassesii^fêtisarne area., It-wasaccompaiae^|0 by att| roar l;'likethundef :*p§^ ' " ^ : -^^>:;:

r.Aj,t disc-shaped - object roaring^between.- lOTfran.tl."150O miles

an hour made at least five passesover JTarniltonr Air '.iForcef' Base,Marirt- Gfiurttyv"" eaxlsijvfefdays' 4- '...

Three.1 lrjkmedc;'Aii^Fo^* iiieiireported, the. incdderitLvi '••:$ .'- ' ; .;

G« Pryorji«cOT.ôl tower operator;

flashed; by ând. headfid tcrwartivtbe.Tnor theast

but i t didtft faH^-i|:|tu* kept on

The^ first pas^piiccurred '-• at1:35 ain.,, Pryor said;;*The objectwas going so fast that lie couldn'tsee it on.the subsequent passes.

His. observationywas verified^however, by StafiF, Sgt. Ellis J l .liorimer,. another ^control'toweroperator, and-Stafffi'SgL' VirgilCappuro, of theAirwfayaGommu-nications staff, as it returned tcomthe, northwest for 'another passHbrth of the fieldL --:•'•*...• -; •" • • •

The blue>fl5ttne looked like' anacetylene' jfor<cbi\

On at :leastthree passes^ it/ap-peared ftdiVjlje r directly* averi-theHamilton- beacorij. w h i ^ ' S ^ u s tnorth of the •• field. ..;: V-Hf'.-r' v ;:.

The sksj* was- clear, though fogprevailed '.elsewhere iiu the Bay

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blue flame make*:five passes at the air iu iu>n.» »«..«~ —_..,-— — omen,; all trained-observers, said the weird object ttavelinfr at an estimated speed of 1,000to 1,500 miles an h<>ur scooted backhand forth between .Valtejo' and Hamilton Field beforevanishing. Theyysaid the, aerial-object buzzed the field at an altitude of 2,00.0 to 5,000feet.vThe men,-all control'operators, said they followedthe disc with binoculars.; .-

^ t h o u g h t it was a fallingstar," said Corp.! Rogert G..Pryor,J'But it didn't fall. It. justkept" going." '.' - ' " ,:;.;.: : >-,. V

lis Larimer "and.vSgt.Virgil Cappura saw the saucer in Ithe clear, earlyvmorning sk^Theyfsaid the object trailed blue?fla*ejbehind,-it :>ljke^;anr> acet-1

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Say Discs

Hamilton BaseOAKEAND, JuneV^21.^- AP ^

The*-£ Oakland . Tribunes said a"discr shaped object;"',roaring-'.at•"an: estimated speedy of 1,000 to-li5QG irrilesr. air hour; .made„ five ,rJ *" - - Himiltoiii- AteJForcft"£*.

Th^hcwspaper; quoted'T three. 1air fpiace-jibn commissioned pfff-^w^^h^ltoeh»#l

saucer^iShootihg blue>flame

the-Tribunfr; q.uotea>Prypr.:

PryortSaid the'first pass^was •':•'•'••at 1:3S-AM^'and the object trav-eled sb>jfast he- could not seejthe* v .subsequent' approachesi'fes.;'",•; -«;... "- Ther. Tribune • declared^. Pryor*i*\ i

observation- was- verifietl hySfyi£-Sg*« A-..

other control, tower operator*; and ^StafJKSergeant:'™ — - J ' ^

unicatipnsStafCV^^^j^?W^They/isaid the sauced:retunie4

from, ietnorthwestand made atbbther^pass^-ribrttfe-oisjtne vt ^ l 1 d t h

TOJprthe?"iir~->men described- the; object ajp; cif-.cular "thick in. the center land..'•tapering to. the- sides. They used •bin'oculars in: following-its courseand described: its approach" alti- •itude at between 2,000 and 5,000 '

The observers added the skywas clear, ovar Hamilton Field,although high fog prevailed else-where i n the San Francisco Bayarea. ->.: V • •-•- -'••'• • - ,

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SUBJECTt UBflStttL AERIAL PKEH0MSB425 3fiL2a» S a s i o f Oaklaal, California

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2*. Attacbsd fcr your infbnaation ia a copy of the SpotReport that *as finaaxded to BBadomxtera OS I by

1 tncUCopy of Spot Intelligence Bepcrtdated 10 Aiignat 1950.

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KIRTLANO AIR roRCC tASC, NEW MEXICO

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7 August 1950

SUBJECT: j Alleged Colored/Cloud, Vic in i ty of/San Rafael, California

TO: D i s t r i c t Commander19th D i s t r i c t 0 SI (IG) USAPFair f i e ld -Su i sua Air Force BasePairfield, California

1* Reference i s made to article -which appeared in the "AlbuquerqueJournal11 on 3 August 1950* Diis article stated that a varied-coloredcloud (green, blue, e tc . ) , floating against the wind, was observed byseveral hundred people in and around San Rafael, California*

2. She article further stated that officials at/Hamilton AirForce Base, California, were investigating* In the event any inquiryi s conducted by your office, i t i s requested that the 17th OSL Districtreceive a copy of your report.

CHABD. G. COXMajor, TJSAFD i s t r i c t Commander

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F i l e No. 24A0 £13-20

SUBJECT: UNUSUAL A33IAL FH NOU25 -Miles East of Oakland, Califbrrda

10 August 1950

TO Headquarters, USAFDirector of Special InvestigationsWashington 25, D« C»

1 . SYNOPSIS; An amisaal cload formation with b r i l l i a n t colora tion•sites observed Uortti ifest of SAN JOSE, CALIPORSIA and causedexcitement in the SAN FRANCISCO SAT AREA, "feather Bureau officials

the cloud to be an unusual grouping of moisture par t ic les insky srhich gave vivid prismatic effects. y

2* OBTAUSs On 2 August 1950, Mr. JOSEPH L , CLOTHSIH,()Controller, 0AKL4HD Airport Service, together with frsro (2) other

Controllers, of the OAKLAND Airnort Service stated at approximate1040 they noted a set of two (2) cloud formations close together andin the cload formations they noticed a ntnaber of vivid colors ruminfrosi a bright jelLcir into orange and pastel green running into bin©at approximately 330° from the OAKL.AHD Tower. The clouds once appeato be -/ery high. By 1100 the phenomena had dispersed and the cloudsturned into the ncrrsal cload formations. The distance appeared to "bapproximately: 25 rdles froa the tower in an easterly* direction5 overwater by the SAN I'ATSO BRIDGE approximately west and north of SAM JC

3. They notified civilian pilots of cosssereial aircraft tothe formation. The following were contacted: UHITED AIRLIKESTr/A Flight hO (the pilot of this flight reported in a g3rbeled 1that he thought the formation appeared to be vapor t r a i l s , bat otherreports frosi pilots and.QAglAgP To*er did not agree); SAN FRANCISOOcontacted Captain ^ M M H | | H H P ^ 0 ^ American Airlines, Flight 721 a&dDFJITED AIPXIHES, F13jJ3t 1$ 2 frcn OAKLAHD,_ Jto& jpilot s .qanea, other t

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19D OSI 24/AO SIP-ID - SFOT IHTSIilGERCE KEFOSX - dated 10 August 19

h* The folioTdrsg are controller c< of the Oani-ASD Airport Sesrgjctrtxo observed thes^ cloud ^oraatlono^^cr* JOSEPH L^ ~"" '"""Aladma, California, Phone " """'"

Aveme, Alameda, California Phone: ^ _ _ , , — _ _ .S t . , Castro Vallejo, California, Phone*

5 , Weather Bureau officials claimed the cloud to be an unusualgrouping of moisture particles in the sky vahich gave vivid prismaticeffects.

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Office JVLetJuovanduffz • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-19D OSI 24-40-17TO : DistCoadr, 19th OSI Dist (IG), Fairfield-Suisun DATE: Z August 1950

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SUBJECT: STFBJBCT UMKNOSBBJSPECIAL INQUIHY

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The following was reported to Colonel Svrope by telephone by .Major Cole at1230, 2 August 1950*

at approximately 1040 they noted a set of two oloud formations close togetherand i n the cloud formations they noticed a number of vivid colors running froma bright ysllatr into orags and jastel green running into blue a t approximately330° from the Oakland Tower* The clouds once appearecP6o be -very high* By1100 the phenomena had dispersed and the clouds turned into the normal oloudformations* The distance appeared to be approximately 25 miles from thetower in an easterly direction} over water by the San Mateo Bridge approximatelywest and north of San Jose*

They notif ied c iv i l ian pilots of coarasroial aircraft to investigate theformation* The following were contacted* United Airl ines. Trip 451, TVCaFlight 40 (the p i lo t of this fl ight reported in a g*rbeled message that hethought th» formation appeared to be vapor t r a i l s , but other reports frompilots and Osirland Tower did not agree)} Sax^granbiaco Tower contacted CaptainAnderson, P i lo t of American Airlines, yngEfe"72l ana Jfofi-fcyd /^plfofifl. Flight452 from Oakland* The pi lots names, other than Captain Anderson, are unknown*

The following are controllers of the Oakland Airport Service who observedthese oloud formations* —— v --•-—•- ... • v... v . . .

O^^E?Hv_L. aOTHsS),456 Central, Alabama, CaliforniaPhones Lakehurst 5-7579 ',

Mr.

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California

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___^__ An unoaual bright l ight isas observed Northeast elfCalifornia a t approximately 1930 hours 14 August 195O«

2 - aSTAHSr, Ca 17 August 1950, lira,Street , YacariXLa, Caliibmla was interviewed and stated that sheobserved the above cited light from, her home* £3Q*SEiS ftirbher statedshe coald not estimate the distance between her point of s i . ^ t and tlight* iNMfc advised that the^ sigWting tras at dusk and that she hajdtelephcnicallsr advised OSI of the light in an atteapt to call t he i rcjition to i t and that iaaediately after observing the light, s t a r sappearing and i t isas lost to view* Mrs.^^BlPf-iUrther advised thatlight could have been a ^$eather baULooa l ight o r an unasaally bright

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that no weather balloons have been released froa thi3 station in thetuo (2)

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T9th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONSFAIRFIELO-SUISUN AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA

2 August 1950

StreetLos «ji™sl«»s 5, California

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Director of Special25* 3» C

1. Haf^resnce Is xaada to lo i t e r Stem Assistant CMer or Staff,£-2, Siscth Ara^-, Fresidio of San ?^"2J«J5SC:O, California^ dated X- Aug-ttst 1950 and inclosed l e t t e r s&& to them frca the Far Bsst Commandrelated! to sneJEC?, oopied c£ -»hich sre Inclosed*

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Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2

1 August 1950

Colonel John G* Swope19th OSI DistrictFairfield-Suiaun Air Poroe BaseFairfield, California

Dear Colossi*

The inclosed le t ter was sent to us from the Far EastCoBenand* It would appear that lir# 4HMHMMMM^if hisstatements are oorreot# has gone a long tmy ahead of theAir Force sad his invention should be of considerableinterest*

For this reason, we are forwarding i t to you for suehaction as you see f i t*

Tours sincerely*

5 Jul SO

ALEX G. EEfiBYLt« Colonel^ GSCAsst* AC of S, G-2

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Street1 Los Aageles - 6 - California

July 5th, 1950

General Douglas KaoArthurXT* S* Army HeadquartersTokyo* Japan

Dear Sirs

Because of the seriousness of difficulties in Korea* I believeI should inform you of the following facts i

I* I have invented, constructed and tested a plane whioh I flew withtwo passengers from Los Angeles to San Franoisoo-Cakland and returnto Los Angeles* Tine for the round trip - 38 minutes.

2* The engine in th i s plane was a Curtis - and not the f inest Curtismotor a t that*

3* I build this plane by SOUHD* So rivets or bolts* Plane can bebuilt In &§• hours* This does not inolude time for placing motor.

4* Place f l i e s through the sir without a sound* Cannot be detectedby radar* We are now working on one or two experiments whioh,i f successful, w i l l make this plane operate like a dragon-fly*That i s , stop suddenly and f l y backwards. Sudden stop barelyfe l t by pilot and crew.

My 8on,^JpHMMNHMll|Pi3 with you and has been with youfor some time* He knows a l l about this plane* We wil l send you aset of the plans i f you are interested and you can see for yourself*

Wo have a factory in whioh the milling machines oan be plaosdand after the machinery i s set the production of planes wi l l be rapid*

Our reason for contacting you direct is that I bel ieve you tobe one of the greatest generals our Ariqy his ever had and we believeyou wil l -want to keep this information for the United States only*

Yours tn»Ly*

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WALTER Pi BARNSY, 3108AORGANIZATION Air Provost Marshal,

MoClallan AFB ,--Califoraia--ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NO.

Sacramento, Californiano telephone ______

BUSINESS ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NO.

Air Provost Marshal, McClellan AFB, C&l,HI-9-3551, Extension 5124-

DATE

8 September 1950TIME

1830 hoursPLACE

Home: 2520 Duarte Gt. , Sacramento, Calif.HOW RECEIVED

TelephonicailyTITLE

Unusual SightingFlaming Object North of Rio Linda, Cal,8 September 1950 •

CHARACTER

II . SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

At 1830 hours on 8 September 1950, WALTER P. BARHBT, Major, 3108A, Air ProvostMarshal, MeClellan AFB, McClellan, California, informed the undersigned tha t aJOSEPH E. LATTA of Del Paso Heights, California had reported s ight ing a flamingobject fa l l ing through the a i r and s t r ik ing the ground north of Rio Linda, California

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McGlellan, CaliforniaSUBJECT: Sighting of Burning Object in the Air

Rio Linda, California8 September 1950

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praetlca of tha airtAn of tho detaelnrafe to affSx thalr ma* andaddvce* of th» unit to tha Dcnriea xeîaatiiig tbs finder t o t i faui to tb» looation a t vUeh th» Darioa «a« f oond. ADCEBICKUfiat prior to apparoodnatoly i Septeây 1950 t int tlnra VB» nocth» Virrijom wMî Idantlflad tfa» agaocy which valsaaedt t e t ho had aieoa rwstiflad this and t te t a oaxdwith tb*Stalaamt ia no* afflxadt ,

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The balloon attached to whateppear-ed to bp a large wind cur-:• nt observation kite broke andcropped the odd-shaped white and:•;'ive.>- object beside hor hedge.

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19th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS3PWSEHESGBW AIR FORCE BASE. CALIFORNIA

1 7 A p r i l 1 9 5 1

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

1 . Mr. Harry M. Kimba l l , SAC San F r a n c i s c o F i e l d O f f i c e FBI,stated via telephone that he had bleen"'ladTrsecl ^f^nrSp9f^^mfW^the San Francisco Chronicle, J. P« Cahn, that they were interestedin securing a story from Dr. flMJHHHHHP^ currently registeredat the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, concerning his statement thathe i s in possession of definite information that*Tlying saucers,men and munitions have landed on this planet from other planets.

2. Mr. 0Pgpvadvised Mr. £PPfethat he should check withthis District Headquarters to see what information might be available.

JOHN G. SWOFEColonel , TTSAFD i s t r i c t Commander

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