65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130
Agency: FBI

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period.  This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing.  Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

Z4- 273994 -/30 Authority HEADQUARTERS IN) REPLY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND REFER TO: MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK 12 September 1947 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object (Interview - Alpheus 0, Powell) SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: The following information was received 12 August 1947 from Mr, Alpheus 0, Powell, 28 Redwood Road, Wew Hyde Park, Long Island, relative to the sighting of @ possible flying dise 4 August 1947, On 4 August 1947, Mr Powell, an Airlines Captain with Pan American Airways, Inc., was the first pilot of a Constellation type aircraft on a flight from Gander, Newfoundland, to La Guardia Field, New York. Mr. Powell took over the aircraft at Gander, Newfoundland and departed at approximately 1250 P.M., Eastern Daylight Saving Time for La Guardia Field, New York. At 1600 P.M., at © position approximately midwey between the Everett (Mass) fan Marker and the Bedford Radio Beacon (Everett is 3 miles HW of Boston, Mass., ~~ and Bedford is 15 miles BW of the same city) both Mr Powell and Mr W. White, f navigator on this trip, sighted unidentifieble flying objects. To the best of Mr, Powell's knowledge, the following weather conditions existed at that times Visibility was goods cloud coverage was from 6-8/l0ths, with tops at 10,000 feets end the wind at the 8,000 foot level was estimated as being 270/25 miles per hour, The sircraft was at 8,000 feet; airspeed 265 mph; and the course was 244 degrees, magnetic. Mr White, who was sitting in the co-pilots seat (the right side of the cockpit) first called Mr. Powell's attention to a bright orange objeot,, which was on the right side of the plane, and slightly below the level of the aireraft, Mr Powell was unable to see the object, as he had no visibility to the right and down, from his position, Mr Powell immediately glanced out his side window and noticed, at a 45° angle to the left, and midéntified flying object. It was about one mile away at an altitude of approximately 7,800 feet. Mr Powell banked to obtain a better view of the object. The object was under observation for approximately 50 seconds, end during this time was viewed by Mr Powell, Mr Powell described the object as being about the length of a P-40 fuselage, blunt at both ends, cylindrical in shape, and having a bright orange hue, Mr Powell stated thet the object had a definite shape, and that there wes no suggestion of gaseous dissipation as there would be if the orange color were the exhaust from a rocket, or a jet aircraft. Mr Powell estimated the course of the-ebjest to be 200° magnetic, and that the object was travelling at approximately 160 mph. Mr Powell lost sight of the object, when a cloud came between the aircraft and the object. The pursuit of the object was not continued, inasmuch as it would have necessitated a departure from the established airways, | of

HEADQUARTERS IN. REPLY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND REFER TO: MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK i ptember 1947 lying dise 4 August a7, & recei 1¢ 6 rl from Mr. Walter I, White, 19- reet, Jacksor ights, orke oundland o rdia Field, We York. t 1600, at sition approxi- of th onstel me leves that he atudied the object for almost the object as g a dee old i lor, and that its arface reflected it before 1S ot e 4 pl o the left, on the airoraft banked Saptain, exolaime t able to see similar est on his side, as the one he s maine the same cours ald have beer 10 miles; wind light level, West at about 15 mph. 1 nt 1 of the LGENTS NOTES: r Walter I, White hag been employed by merican Airways Por the pest five years as e Wevigator, and “y ee ee eee

oat i ete ae in conjunction with contract flying for the AAF, Mr White states that he has flowm with Mr Powell on a number of occasions, and he considers him te be a very stable persons completely reliable, and not given to "flighte of fancy". Related Report: See Summary of Information, 12 September 1947, Hq ADC, subject, “Unidentified Flying Objects” (interview - Alpheus 0. Powell). Previous Distribution: ~ None Evaluation Distribution ~- AAF (8 copies) ef source of information ~ ADC (2 copies) C 3 | | -2- ohn

yr ae > pe 3S AGENTS WOTES: Mr. A. 0. Powell is a graduate of the Aviation Cadet Flying Training Program, having graduated from Maxwell Field, Alabama, with the Cless of 41-C, Since graduation, Mr, Powell has flown for Pan American Airways and, at this date, has over 4,000 command pilot hours to his credit. Mr. Powell eppears to be a calm, intelligent individual, not given to flights of fancy, or easily swayed by what he has previously read in the newspapers as regards reports of this type. Mr, Powell has # fear of publi- city and seemed hesitant to even tell his story lest he become the object of ridicule, Mr Powell was questioned as to the possibility that what he sighted might have been a tow target, a pilot balloon, or a radiosonic device used for meteorological purposes. Mr Powell stated that he has seen numerous pilot balloons, radiosonic devices and tow targets, while on flights; the object observed on this flight definitely was not one of them, Evaluation Previous Distribution: - None of source of information c 3 Distribution - AAF (3 copies) ~- ADC (2 copies) 2 Ola

RESTRICT? EBD ‘ BASIC: Ltr. Hq, BARTD, Birmingham AAF, Birmingham, Ala,, dtd 8 July 47, subj: Report on Local "Flying Disc," or lst Ina, D Hdylese % » FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, Orlando, Florida, TO: Commanding General, Air Defense Command, Mitchel Mield, New York, 1. Forwarded for information of your Headquarters, 2. ‘This Headquarters has made no investigation of "Flying Disc" reports because this is an isolated case, FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: 4 Vine phe 3 Incls: nf/e f RESTRICTED

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—_. é AW nN ( f // bl ¥ \' f Report on Logas Charing Disc” 0333.5 ID (8 Jul 47. - 2nd Ind HQ., AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Mitchel Field, New York, 25 July 1947. TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATT: AC/AS=2 | Forwarded for your information. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: 3 Incle: Vs le < ih. n/c Colonel, GSC Asst Chief of Staff-Intell.

} y eT RO i Fe sel ; Ge-F29IY4-—K50- THE WEA. na (a y "Furnished by the U, 6, Weather | eae \ For Birmingham and Yie'nity~ j \, . > “Partly cloudy and warm today,-to- aati: a night and tomorrow with @ few Bes ge palin Re A . scattered showers this afternoon. ae nas " High today 86, low tonight 70, high ai ea : ys iF tomorrow 90. e “7 xn PRICE: 5 CENTS Sareea 50 “Flyi S ER ted iriying aucers eporre From 39 States, But Seem = . City Is Baffled By Dazzling Display Of: Spooky Discs The strange things that have been in night skies since June 25, were over Birmingham last, night, On one thing everyone who has seen the mysterious objects agree —they are round, saucer-like. After that, every story differs. Each of the ‘hundreds, of callers who re- _/ ported witnessing the baffling sky 5 demonstrations here last night had & different version of what they saw. Some said the objects were large, some small. They were mov- ‘ing at great speed. They were sus- pended in the air. There was sound along with their movements. They moved noiselessly through the black sky. They were at great distance from the earth. They had fallen to the ground. They were in perfect formation. They were colliding with each other. But whatever the things are that have set the nation agog since first reported 12 days ago by a man in Washington State, they definitely were over thé Magic City last night. It, seems, in fact, that more ‘Bir mingham residents saw the objects than in any other place. > «ee REPORTS BEGAN coming into i the Age-Herald city room atound 8 o’clock last sno For more than an hour thereafter, the place was bedlam. The switchboard operators were swamped with calls. Report- ers, office boys, copy readers— CAMERA HERE CATCHES “FLYING | scene mp Cross- |everyone in the place was called land, Age-Herald copy reader, has camera proot that the much-dis- | into’ action. cussed flying discs were over Birmingham last night. The picture | Reports came in from Edgewood, above was made by Mr. Crossland at 8:37 p.m. last night at his home | Mountain Brook, Avondale, South- at 29th Street and Highland Avenue. He said he gave the film |side, Fairfield, Pratt City, West 15-second exposure. “| End, Central Park, Bessemer. reer EE There was fear, excitement, hor- ror, skepticism.in the vonee One

Cocos feo, ne neat her. ‘The fiving Giece Mana ipsed ove event in the minds of fhe"Americam ‘people, Broadcasts from England last night said the bees when. perzone in 30-odd states have Foret be something 10 jirinaham pace be too, tast \ : Riga, So ae Oo Mee a : io oe te gle, win tbe, Boke ‘tram hous 8 mines ReRig ERIS BRT CE |"“Scientists indicate, that the. ob j i 3 we be GI EF) Hct toa nd . { sth = aril aude cog ey tem, Tey ace ca = 5 fe 5 panel ay Be tnewers ys column | i at B uted ih ath pa ese Se 7 =a Oe a 3 2 HESS Heit

=< t MONDAY, JULY 7, 1947, a RADIO-GUIDED, says Lap| | : “14 Ike to give ey plaiee Fant, What, the Sying Bucers 10, told The News this sea” | 1 | 2 sees . yes School, eagerly gave rocket” dines "rom auido one ona Seine sThey are equipped. with cameras. ‘They ‘will be rea cour: Tay gy fg home Ahr ta tet Fiey have tte for be- ing over P opined Eiaman of the Biggest stvel mils and tie z a sald ioe Scace, in Elman fhe ane, the fruit industry on “4 is ge ce Bat an any Enters ne at Clarendon Boek == home

{ re a? lS a Charles ¥. Bradley; Bit ‘ " oe bc umdore said he did not b 3 eee spectacle was a Qe a Ss Le ae . e Dy tak femasea or Neve hnertieed of the rushed , 5 ee l TERI oe Ne aot fr ny at n od rk, "T ay a ne i ! matter he fad eee or on The! ning bugs,” he reported, ts GREA’ EXCITEMENT 6] wire. g; Bain, 1225 Sout! the evening came when a man re-|sireet, pcmegt yy pe rte sed ported some of the discs had fallen|from éaat to west. Two pd 2 raving es Aveeno 7a mpottod later. tollawed by a single| ms ‘ photogra) r went ighbors thered. Residents: of the district said. the ERG ky | ie! 1 dines had pasted igw and aDDenred|osaeiner, reported sewing strange -- to have in the trees. lights” moving wee the ae eae tice mento Wel cnmreea| Stas Pere paste fed bye . when the objects passed over his|said. ad Fesidenee oe ells deysioned tss| “whirling ouiiseler aes rgported ¢ revealed two round, white spot$ on|seen ty an, Smirl, 14, 1429 10th the black. eloes together, one lark) Face, Cry te ey er than the other. said he gave/626 10th Avenue, South. fe the picture a 15-second exposure. werent loging for them,” the boys Five oe Ecute wan as with him| reported. BaRgrot ig ome yan ) when the ure was made. ard when we saw silver’ ’ But witnesses aren't needed: any|Hashes circling around. They came longer to bear out reports of the ‘one ata time at first, then the num- strange demonstration. Too many|ber increaged. They seemed to go persons—good, solid citizens—have|over the mountain.’ seen the Coa fact, they're <s * = Se ee aight “The Diao! et, Maat call reporta of, the under Bows “The Pise-| discs began at 8:10 p.m. and ceased ge ON eke about 20 minutes later ; Pehety aioe sable Pag sa ak H i i 101 were re} seen Seeing Mysterious Discs |i". Sockwell, 1900 Meadow Lane, Residents of East Lake, South-|Green Acres. She said she side, West End, Woodlawn and Bes-|into her yard as soon as she heard semer reported seeing the flying|the report on the radio. She and discs or saucers last night. One disc her husband and five neighbors savy | was reported seen yesterday after-/six of the discs flying ly low.” noon over the Warrior River. The|She said they were the size of a number seen atone — varied. Nine “BIG AS TABLES” * Connie tardoch S12. Sethe 10th “I called to find out if Tm Court. “They were gobs of light crany,” 4810: Mrs. Gordon Mgt pote g around the sky,” she re-| | of Bessemer Supes-High- ‘way, whe Salenn ned ses H. EB. Reagor, 1318 48th Street, ate, Ca cartons vine aloes ser ett ooo nthe sky. a pares yead aed thes hosts. an? ely over spots in the saya Rirgort|,| the “balls of fire” as they pre- be oie Bares teeth Mr. and Mrs. | ‘One resident of Bast Lake, hear“|\) Gordon ‘Bush at Brighton, be- ore tween 9:20 and 10 last ig She said the flash q =a . Ta ttle te hl came tight : speed eae ep ant they said. Then they dart off again, sdme returning in the direction of Bessemer and some going on. Some would circle. ers would bs pass each other and scarcely avoid collision, } “They were about as ai od as my dining room table,” baseball and traveled in a “big Y curve from southwest to southe: |The saucers came at intervals of \about five seconds. |

A citizen o irfeld Highlands jFesidence, at & Sots would go in ME, and Mrs. JR, Martin and Me. \opposite directions, stop, and DUMP| ay, ‘South, "“Some of 0 arth vena Puma ppm gm one afk yest Sk man- ager: WSGN, the flying|of an automobile tire.” | over Edgewood Tas. ot gan Mrs. William Howell Hatner, 3901 Avenue I, Ens- East Bouth, ‘reported sed: Ai Bates, 200 Avennd 1 oe reeing it discs about 8:90 asm |spot thrown by huge searehateh| “About 15 of them passed, over le said. however, he could tern a| UE house before 8,” said |beam = al Ners. Hieen talon, uot North ls art + Senta pounal|cblects were first sigaied by bet }|things” were seen in the sites ox: |the Milo, who called the rest \|West End cms Hack-|the sued Gan ween te ie a {barth, 1760 MeMillan Avenue, "| ,“hurry you couldn't describe it,” 1 sxe eae es sesl sae d over Pow Figek 8. Laneiecy, pave ae ; Sonat a wioerst®’saldleend Com 7 oo e sal 4 “oe oye Cie nc Siete, Set . i sheet tae sige At a Seep he said. “They came out the) southeast and whirled- around sev-| eral minutes” | Wr eo S-sgt 1.1. Livingston, of the Bir the discs from his Green Acres tag from ast to West” he sal * , ‘ R. H. VAUGHN, Ill, who served : Tope, saw the “fying squcer" di + Saw a Boxe in Bosley Highlands "t never Ishot' at anythin a haeeny ; sats ea aa inate \lieves the “discs” are some \sort e jof natural phenomena, like the \Aurora Bevenile. " : ‘ | Jimmy Dewberry", of 1080 6th RS. | Avenue, South, he saw 2 “fly- SP. | “tt Tooked like a shooting) |star,” Jimmy said, “but it was too! |low for that. It had a long red tail”) Searchlight Reflection Theory Is Advanced ‘The mysterious “flying dises” ob- served in Birmingham last night) may be @ carnival beacon light at! Siluria, about 20 miles south of Bir.) mingham. arming’ by “Wills Be morn! 4 a Tey nooedispetion Tinaie oa ration mere ae ’ ‘Mr, Hayes, who served in the Army in the Pacific, said he ? chess Eneeenes aren, Mem ae Co ay ented oo ce, oe acific Be Saeed ie Geary omsigh ver ' \cast skies last and said the’ os ' WA -

3 ee, RESTRICTE ’ “+ S--A-T-M-B-N-1 I, Staff Sergeant Ira L. Livingston, RA 14 153 972, Air Corns, have approximately 250 hours flying time as pilot and Armorer Gunner have the following statement to make concerning the.avvearence of "Flying Discs" in the vicinity of Rirmingham, Alabama, At 2045 hours, 6 July 1947, while I was eating summer at my residence at 1354 Meadow Lane, Green Acres, Birmingham, Alabama, my next door neighbor, Mr. Herman M. Sookwel!, called for me to come to the front door that there were some "Flying Miscs" outside. Immediately T went out in the front yard to observe the objects. The objects anneared to the West of Birmingham traveling in a South Bastern @irection. They onveared to be envroximately 2000 feet above the horizon at a lif degree angle from where I was stanéing at an un- estimated distance away. The objects enneared to be apnroxjmately two (2) feet in diameter, round in shane, vroducing:n dim glow of lieht end treveling at an estimatéd.sneed of five (5) to six (6) hundred miles ver hour. The objects or object anvenred to be traveling in » definite ere rather than straight and as soon ss one was out of sight another would avnear behind ? it, but not always in the seme vath. I saw one that seemed to come straight up. The view of where it came from was obstructed by a nearby house; and when it reached the altitude of svnrroximately 2000feet, it started off in the same direction as the others. I did not at any time see any more than one at the time and even.though there could have been only one, my rereonel belief is that there were seven (7) to ten (19). ‘The Discs were silent and appeared to be composed of a single light. s 5 Ira L. Livingston Steff Sergeant, RA 14 153 972 Subscribed end sworn to before me this 7th day of July 1947. . 2 ee é / Javes L, MaCrsBiarE lst Lt. ac Asst Aaj. RESTRICTED se . ; dnt b

*. Mt. # "4 . Wht i Ris a GeNFIDENFAL “ fi gf We is , Sistaing HEADQUARTERS, NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND. 33 wad ry, te ’ ANTIC DIVISION, AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND /@ae i? ICTE: FORT PEPPERRELL, NEWFOUNDLAND ; RESTR' APO 862,% POSTMASTER, NEW YORK, N. Y. * tm REPLY REFER 2 Ae Min Muy of CCe AMMAR. f: 4 (heme? i\* pe SUBJECT: Letter of Trensmittel, To 8 Commanding General, x Atlantic Division, ATC, Fort Totten, Island, N. Y. (ATTENTION: wh, Intelligence) Reference Letter of Transaittal, this office, dated 28 July 1947, with four (4) inelosures (Inclosures 1, 2 and 3, Final Reports of Sightings of "flying seucers"; and Inclosure 4, Signed Statement - Con- stable KEARSEY), transmitted herewith is Final Report of <3 por of ! 4 "flying saucers® in Newfoundland, which occurred at Harmon » Stephen~ ville, Newfoundland at 0345Z, 23 July 1947. FOR THE COMMANDING GEWERALs : MARION C. MILLER, Captain, Air Corps, .1 Inels 40/8, Intelligence. ' Final Rpt of Sighting, 23 Jul 47 ist Ind. i MQ, ATLANTIC DIVISION, ATC, FORT TOTTEN, L.I., NEW YORK 6 Aug 47 TO: Commanding General, Air Trensport Command, Washington 25, D.C. ATTN: Chief of Staff : Forwarded in accordance with inst: ons outlined in TWX CM~95, your Headquarters. y ) Yi é TER, JR. fF t csc ‘ M ie AC/S, agg x PlCOtTpIntTecr < RES i RICTED 7 ( i

— Clanst ication 4 SOTO 3 AKxo tee lg | RESTRICT Eleus, agnor oF srg) U5 gb ote aa AE FATA TY 1. Organization: 1388th AAF Base Unit eee APO 86, c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. ° de Sighting + Strange intermittent flashes that may tie in with "Flying Discs". 3. Place : Harmon Field, Stephenville, ‘ewfoundland. 4. Time s 03452, 23 July 19h7. 5S. Altitude s Approximately 10,000 feet high. 6. Weather : High scattered condition; visibility better | than fifteen (15) miles. 7. Heading s From South, heading NNE (approximately 30° ) 8. Speed : High velocity; stated to be faster than a conventional airplane. 9. Description : The observers saw a light which at first appeared to be a shooting star or airplane. It appeared agein, and a mmber of intermittant flashes were seen for a period of approximately three (3) minutes. The flashes were reddish in color. Observers said it was not a falling star because it did not appear as such; nor was it an airplane, because manoeuvers were too abrupt and there was no noise of a motor, 10. Reported by: Miss Patricia Abbott, (Newfoundland National) Government Employee ard Lt. Hammaker, Navigator and Public Relat- ions Officer. 11. General : The informants (noted in Par.10) were walking when they noticed a peculiar reddish light. Both Miss Abbott and Lt. Hammaker stated that at first, they thought it was a falling star, but if left no streak. I+ appeared 5 again; they thought it might be a plane flying at a very high altitude. After observing its menoeuvers, they concluded, because of the silence (no hum of motor) ani abrupt darts of the light, it was definately not an airplane. Neither Miss Abbott nor Jt. Eammaker had seen anythirg like it before. PZ. i. Sint Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence Officer. SONPIpENTIAL— ' be BE) [st bul L y

E shy. so HEADQUARTERS as /eab?>: De ‘ ‘5 Newfoundland Base Command, ATID=ATC si Fort Pepperrell, Newfoundland y APO 862,’ c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. | aa es ee SUBJEOTs Letter of Transaittel. ) LF tay} : \ : per "TO 8 ing General, Ao ‘ \yeil SY vort vf Island, WY. Figs. (ATTENTION: DA: Intelligence) 1. Transmitted herewith, es inclosures 1, 2 and 3, ere Final Reports of Sightings of "flying saucers* in Newfoundland and vicinity listed as follows: "Final Report of Sighting = 20002, 10 July 1947 bed * ° e = 0030Z, 11 July 1947 2 ‘ os , © 0015Z, 20 July 1947 Jely 1947, regarding eightings of ttlving seakere” ty’ Const wie ae ) seuc Constable KEARSEY, Newfoundland Constabulary, at Grand Palla, ‘Socteumthek, on the night of 9 July 1947, attached herewith, as inclosure 4, is signed statement of this sighting by Constable KEARSEY. ; FOR THE COMMANDING GENERALs ‘ MARION C. MILLER, ; Captain, Air Cotps, 4 Tnclss “c/s, Tntelligense, f } 1, Final Rpt of Sighting, 10 Jul 47 Zo 8 8 8 a aed 47 8 8 8 mS 20 Jul 47 if : , 4e Signed Statement - Const KEARSEY RESTRICTED

r RESTRICTED yyy report oF SIOHTINGsthonp-y os Misa D> Ce phe ste = APL, <2 -Ee WE (Da te} z 1. Org. + 1388th AAF BU, NBC, ATLD, ATC. Harmon Field, Newfoundland. 2. Sighting : Flying Dise or other airborne object. 3. Place : Approx six (6) miles SSW of Harmon Field. 4. Time 2 2000/7, 10 July 1947 5. Altitude +: & 10,000 ft. 6. Weather + Clear, Scattered Cumlus & - 10, 000 ft. 7. Heading : NNE on horizontal course. 8. Speed : Very high velocity. . 9. Shape & Size: Circular like a wheel, estimated to be same size as a C-54 as seen from 10, 000 ft. j 10. Color : ‘Translucent or Silvery, left a “luish Plack trail approx > 15 miles long. 11. Photographs: Mr. Robert W. Leidy reported that he took two {2) Kodachrome snap shots of the trail. 12. Reperted By: Mr. John N. Merhman, TWA mechanic; Wr. John W. Woodruff, PAA mechanic; and Wr. Robert E. Leidy, PAA mechanic reported the above facts to the Intelligence Officer on 15 July 1947. A Flash Report was TWX ed to : Action copy Commanding General, 4q. ATC, Attn. Asst. Chief of Staff, Intelligence. Info copies: Commanding Generals Hq. ATLD and Ha. NBC 13. General : Mister's Merhman, Woodruff, and Leidy were enroute from Stephenville Crossing to Harmon Field at the time of the ; sighting. Mr. Woodruff was the first to see the Disc, it appeared to rent or split the clouds thru which it passed and left a Pluish Black trail approx. fifteen (15) miles _ long behind it. The trail was similar to the afterglow of a powerful landing light or search light beam after it is suddenly switched off. lhe object maintained a straight and horizontal course gta 2 pe Mr. Merhman and Mr. Woodruff, Mr. ‘Leidy stated it appeared to be on a great curved course on a horizontal plane. The object disappeared into the North Northeast. Mr. Leidy says he took two (2) Kodachrome Photographs of the trail. ‘The film has been transmitted to the Asst. Chief of Staff, Intelligence, NewSaundland Base Command for processing. CAPT. A.C. Intelligence Officer : — wT RESTRICTED ue / jb

H f . NrerpiecTon FINAL REPORT OF ING aE ee IE CT I Oe Ge ¢ Z 1. Organization: 1388th AAF Base Unit ; APO 86), «c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. 2. Sighting : Flying Disc or other airborne object. 3. Place : Codroy, Newroundland, 59°03' W Leng.; 7°50" N Lat. hk. Time : 00302 hours, 11 July 1947. 5S. Altitude : Approximately 6,000 feet. 6. Weather 2: Clear; at dusk. 7. Heading : From northwest heading eastward. . 8. Speed : Very high velocity. 9. Shape & Size: Disc shaped; was reported as being the size of a barrel-head, dinner-plate and size of a plane that is flying high. The trail gave the whole object the appearance of a cone. 10, Color : Flame colored with a trail of a lighter flame color. 11. Reported by : Mr. John Legge, Mr. Wm. Evans and Albert Samms of Codroy, NewfoundJand, 12, General s Mr. Legge and Mr. Evans were standing outside Mr. Legge's store when they both sighted the object. Both men stated that the disc was very bright with an after-low which made the object look like a cone. It was a very clear night. In spite of the high velocity of the flying object, they said they could not possibly heve mistaken it for a plane or a falling star. Besides the two men, the object was sighted by Albert Samms; he reported what he had seen to his mother. Mrs. Samms stated that Albert was in no way alarmed about it, he was alone and on his way home when he sighted it, and watehed it while it was in sight. ‘Albert was quite convinced from the color and behaviour of the object that it was not a plane, but definately some flying object. The informant, Mr. Legge, is believed to be reliable, He is’a man of approximately forty; has had considerable experience as foreman of Buchans Mine, Newfoundland, where he was in charge of three hundred men. During the war, Mr. Legge was a mamber of a civilian volunteer Air Detection Corps. With that » ckground, Mr. Legge stated that he felt sure that the object he had seen was some— oce thing new which he had never seen before. feel 2 ¥ ‘ ik L

Sa ss 8 i . 3 4 . 5 : Final Report of Sighting gaNRIDENTIAL t General cont'ds blbert Samma is a twelve year old boy. He was alone when he saw the flying object, he was very definite that ‘ve nad never seen anything like it before. His mother, Mrs. Samms, is the Pest Mistress of the town, and after heering Albert's descri ption, felt that it answered to thé description of a “Flying Disc". Mr. Legge reported his sighting shortly afterwards to Mrs. Sams becuse he was sure it should be made known to her in order that the incident might be reported hy telegram immediately There was one other sighting reported from a River Warden at South Branch. The man could not be con- touched at time of interviews with other parties. However, a second-hand description of his sighting was obtained, and it agreed with the sightings at Codroy. WILLIAM H. SMITH Captein, Air Corps, Intelligence Officere ‘ Meron t ot OY na : pnt tere.

pt “FINAL REPORT OF SIGHTING Mea, s 1. Organization: 1388th AAF Base Unit APO 86h, c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. 2. Sighting * Flying Dise or other Airborne Object. 3. Place s On board Steamship "BURGEO" enroute from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port avr Basques, Newfoundland, about one hour out from Sydrev. - be Mme 2 0015Z 20 July 1917, S. Altitude s 30° off the horizon et an estinated quarte mile range. 6. Weather s Clear and dark. 7, Heading $ NNE (30° East of True North) on horizontal plane. 8. Speed s High velocity, stated to be facter than a tracer bul) ate 9. Description : Observers did not see the object, they saw its flashes and all four observers agreed there were four (h) or five (5) flashes approximately one (1) second apart, and equidistant. The flashes were said to be silvery to reddish in color, and were described by two observ- ers to be like those of a Fire Fly only larger and at equal intervals, and did not look like a shoot! neg star a or airplane. 10, Reported by: Messrs Maitland, Larkin, Douglas and Hamilton of Hamilton, Metcalfe and Kansas City Bridge Companies Which concern is doing the construction at Harmon Field. ll, General s -The four gentlemen (noted in Par.10) and Captain Gullage, Vaster of the "Burgeo", were standing on the starboard deck, and as the Captain was trying t) jescribe a previous sighting, he saw the flashes; the other four gentlemen also saw them as described herein, and believed that it was not a meteorite or airplane because of its speed, color, and evenly spaced discharges or flashes. Ceptain Gullage told the four gentlemen that he had seen the same thing at approximately the same time and location (ship's position) on the evening of 15 July 1917, except at that time, the object or flashes were traveling faster f and frequently Tey course (he said it changed course 3 abruptly several times) and was headed generally to the Keowee | wil 3 : 13

Final Report of Sighting: z General cont'd : SSW, The Captain also told the four gentlenen that he was willing to make a complete report if the information is desired for official purposes. LE 2 WiLLIAM H. SMITH Captain, Air Corps Intelligence Officer. -2= = My

y ok wae ’ ToR<! Op ence ted-on « teem yemsen orrie’ 2.-.,-:., ~. . APO 664, e/o Postnastor, Now York, ¥. ¥. 16 dudy 1947 | : é | Interrogation of SOME E. WOODMUFT, Chief Meehanic, Pan Airvays, Harmon Field, Nevfoundlend, teken at 1415 M07, 16 daly 1987 dy Captain Wiliien R, Snith, AC, Iitelligence Officer.” ta Q. DAG you see one of the so called "Flying Disks” or other object 4 on the 10th duly? ; & Tes, I 444. and : Q- Can you give apprexinate time? . a pect sl ot By oy bi Q. Pell me the cirounstances under vhich you saw this object. ret 4s We were coming back from e fishing trip, and coming over the hill detween here and Stephenville Greseing you can see the cloud for- ’ mation ahead, I saw the object break out where the clouds opened \ and it left, its trail behind it. , & Had you deen drinking? : a =o. Q You were riding in a car at the tine you sew it? . A. Yes, im the front seat of the.Pan American car. | Q. that vas the veather like that day? f | 4. It was very Clear and the clouds vere very seattered. 4 Q. What was the apprexinate altitude of the clouds? 4. 1° gay from 6000 feet te 10,000 fect. Q Did you see the Disk itecif? : 4. Tes, What it appeared to be was a translucent disk like a wheel i travelling at a terrific rate of speed and cpened the clouds as | it went through the air. F; = Q. How was thie Disk travelling, horigontal, descending or ascending? 4. Tt was horizontal. j | Q. Adout how big did it appear to yout : 4. rom the height of it, 1°4 say it was about the sise of a 54 or a \ Constellation. Q. About how far apart 4i@ it break the cloud? A. 1¢ spreed the clouds out about half nile. | RESTRICT i ad } . E 12

Bae RESTRICTED _. : : Interrogation of John B. Woodruff (Cont'd) a What kind of a break did it make im the clouds?- - A. 1% cat a straight path right through the eloud. Q.- Dad it leave a trail? 4 A, Yes, it left a trail dark Dlueish in color similar to a high pover Light, The trail was from approximately fifteen (15) to twenty (20) miles long. Q. Have you ever seen a meteor? Ae Yos. Q De you think thie was a meteor? A. Mo, I don't think so, it was cut too clean, This was as straight a8 an arrow. . Q. What was the course of the odject? A. Well, looking at the map I'd say North orth Bact. Q Have you deen working around airplanes long enough to know the aise of an aircraft and the height from a distance? a. «Yes. Q Foy. long have you been working around aircraft? 4. Seven (7) years. Q. Were you in the Arny during the time of the War? 4 Fo. a A Q. Dad you take any pictures? Ad. Ho, I aid not, but ome of the boys took sone, Q De you think the pictures will show up? A. Yes, it was an ideal day for pictures. , aa 4 PL o hh. OYoclthud, Chief Mechanic Pan American Airways Sworn and subscribed to before me | this 77 dey of July 1947. ( REIS TAL tanto, eS . Gaptain, Air Corps : i oo le

E aol SUPRLsemneD OFFER author ip he 2 HRADQUARTERS 13g6TH AAP BASE UNITAS eg) Se, APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, B. Y. 16 duly 1947 Interrogation of JOHN 3. MERRMAN, JR,, Supervisor and Mechanic, Trane World Airvays, Harmon Field, Bevfoundland, taken at 1430 E7?, 16 July 1947, dy Captain Williem EH, Smith, AC, Intelligence Officer. Q. How long have you been associated with aircraft and aviation? 4. Since approximately 1935. Q. Were you in the Army during the Var? 2 a Yes. Q. What did you do in the Arny? 4. Aerial Gunner. e Did your job during the var entail you to de able to judge distances and sizes of objects and ranges? a. Yes. Q. Om the evening of 10 duly 1947, 414 you see one of the so called "Flying Disks" or an object in the sky? a Yes, ve vere coming up over the mountain between here and Stephen- ville Crossing. The car was going up hill and we could see the sky through the windshield. Mr. Woodruff said "look at the cut in the sky". I looked up end saw a blueish black vapor trail. Q. Did you see the object? — 4. “Bo, I just saw the trail as it was left behind. Q. Cam you describe the effect the odject had on the cloud formation? 4. ‘The clouds were very scattered and were about from 000 feet to 10,000 feet, the odject passed through and cut the dloud leaving a ‘ep where you could see the blue sky, like » knife had out it. The edges were feathered similar to a veld, as if you cut « weld in half, Q. Did the odject appear to be descending, ascending, or horisontal? 4. 1% was horisontal and seemed to remain on atrue course. @ What was your estimate of the course? — 4. Approximately North orth East. ; Q. Gam you give any estimate as to the size of the object? A. 1 G44 not see the odject.

BOs ovate : ‘ GO tre ; 4 Interrogation of John B, Nehrman, Jr |‘ tL Q. Cam you describe the trail? 4. I¢ wee dlueish black in color, very easily distingaished from the vine sky. A diesel exhaust would de similar te it, - Q. Was the trail fen shaped? 4. Wo it was more or less = band across the sky in a straight path. : Q. Did it make o noice? a. We noise, " Q. What went om in the car when you sighted the object? 4. We stopped the car and got out and locked at it. One of the beys had a comera ond took a photograph of the trail that the object left. Q. What was the name of the men who took the photograph? 5 A.- Revert Leidy. Q. De you know what type of film Mr Leidy was using? 4. Kodachrome, 3 delieve. Q. De you know vhether Mr, Leidy cay the Disk or object? 4. I don't Believe seo. ~~ taperviser ant Hechenie ‘ ‘ . Srene World Airveys Svorn and bed to ne ee the 2 aay of Seay 1967, Ze . Captain, Corpe : Adjutant | . RESTRICTED |. _eBe ’ A — e a a ae

eet if : , Clea sificats fh replied.or eg RESTRICTED. spemtsomme camten O33 3 Aree Sak (easy at soma artes Bef LS . : ‘APO 664, e/o Postancter, Nev Toth, #2 ¥, (tS — Interrogation of ROBERT ¥, LEIDT, Station American ORS e eee es Re eae dy Captain Williem H, Smith, a, igenee . Vere you vith ir, Woodruff and Mr, Nehrneh on the evening vhen they ¥. @ew an object or flying dick passing over the shy on 10 July 1947? a. Yes, 3 was. P ¥ Q. Were you or omy members of the party drinking? t : 4. We, 1 had one can of deer, that was about half hour before that. Ls Se Fen Neth sh Set atpeemmnenens wale wateh you peu: the engest or trail A. Well, Mr, Woodruff saw i¢ first ond said he sav the thing travelling through the sky, We did not delieve him at first but when hé was so @onecraed about it we stepped the car and got out. I had my camera @o teck a picture of it. There was a Dlucish streak left in the sky which could not have deen = cloud formation. I¢ was a definite trail - end caused the clouds to break open as it vent through. @ Did 10 eat a path through the cloud? a. Yoo, it was very clear, and you could see the trail right through , the cloud, it leeked to be travelling im a dig circle and it left : sharp edges te the clouds. @. What wee the trail like? a. 1 would not say it was exhaust, it locked as if an object passed through similar to that of a pebble leaving a ring in the pond. Q. Wes there any difference in the color? a. Bo, it looked as if the edject broke the cloud and left this opening. Q. Was the trail herisental, going up, or coming down? A. 1% looked horisontal. Q. What was the altitude of the clouds? A. don't know, sir, they vere pretty high though. QR. What time was this? 4. 1 don’t know exactly sir, but it was between three and five o'clock fim the afterneen, we were coming back from fishing, NES ; 19

taverregstion of Riders ¥, ketty {Gont'a) Bighe @: Bow Leng do you think the trail was? f ; ; Be 1 don’t knew, sir, Dut the $rail wee very long, that is vhy % thiak sonothing veut Vhrough the sky becanse cf the trail and biask space 4% left, you could easily see it. h Q. Wes the trail on a straight course? ie Melis a0 2 eat before, 18 leskel. te ne fren we eeoaee of the @pavelling at & vate of epecd in a circle becense of the ares in the path. G 2 @. Have you ever seen a meteor? ; as Me. @ Slee erieale NES A a e Qe Bow long have you been working around planes, ete? ; A. Mix (6) years. ns eve vee a Ae eens oY Q: Bow many picutres 4id you take? A. (fwe. Q. What tppe comera 414 you have? As = Am Angas, F-2.- ! a Was the film Whase and white or kedechrone? a. 13% was kedachrons. sal @ Where are the'filn nev? a Well, 1 took three or four relic and 1 am not care which one the - pictures are on. QT understood from Hr. Voodraff that they are doing developed, a. I think it 40 out of the camera sir, bat I heave not cent thes out yet. @: WA11 you give us the four relle of £18 se ve Gam dave then processed officially? a. Tes, sir. ~ ; ed Sy ete Cornet | RIC) f i; | Y See IFT ~~~ kt .) Ny iv -2- } a?

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STATEMENT OF MR. JOHN P. LEGGE, CORDROY, NEWFOUNDLAND. TAKEN BY A MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTEL IGENCE OFFICE, HARMON FIELD, §WFOUND- TT LAND. 17 July 1947. At approximately 10 o'elock in the evening of 10 July 1947 I was standing by my store door; I happened to look up and saw what appeared to be a "FLYING SAUCER". It definately was not a shooting star; I'd seen several stars shoot before, but never like this! mor was it an airoplane, it was too "lit up” and traveling at too great a speed. It wasn't an siroplane on fire because it would have fallen in the water. It was a niee elear night, no elouds, it nas just getting dark. I would say it was traveling at the rate of a shooting star but mueh eloser. I'd say roughly at 6,000 feet. It was visible for about fifteen (15) seconds. It eame from the North West heading Eastward. The cirele looked to be about the size of a barrel head, and the trail behind looked to be about fifteen (15) feet long. The trail behind the dise made the whole object look like a eone. Another thing that makes me feel sure it wasn't ay shooting star is; a shooting star usually leaves a temporary streak, this object I saw left mo streak only the one that appeared to travel behind the eirecle whieh looked like an after-glow. The eirele was a bright red, nearest I could des- eribe it would be the eolor of a flame, the after-glow(eone-shaped) was a fainter shade. What I saw last Thursday night resembled a shooting star in no way whatsoever. There was only one. J 4s OS Apne -oo- JOHN P. LEGGE J ue ?, ) Yess Witness: /. ~ rm A Witness: Whetch. wunke | a

Pid ie ; MOTO! aa ied @ESTRICTED e gE STATEMENT OF MR. WM. EVANS, CORDROY{ NEWFOUNDLAND. TAKEN BY MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE} HARMON FIELD, NBW- FOUNDLAND. 17 July 1947. i At approximately 10 e'elock in the evening of 10 July 1947, I was standing outside Mr. Leggo'’s store talking with him. We both saw this thing desh aeross the sky. I eouldn't be eceurate about the direetions. If it was a shooting ster, I'd never seen one as large before, and it was mueh brighter then anything I've ever seen in the skye. It looked to be a round object, I eouldn't say it was anything else but round; it‘had a tail on it whieh showed yellowish, but not as bright as the eirele which appeared and nearest I could deseribe it would be sort of red and yellow. The streak behind, I would say, was little over a yard long; the eirele looked te be about the size of a large dinner plate. It went so fest, it was hardly in sight before it disappeared. I eould not give any idea of the height; all I ean say is it was much eloser than a shooting star. and travelling at a great speed. Whatever it was it was flying through the air, it wasn't just + @ streak across the sky. To me it wasn't in any way like a shooting star, and I am sure it wasn't an airoplane. If ealled it a "PLYING SAUCER” beeeause it seemed exactly like what we had been hearing so mueh about on the radio. Tm. BVANS 5 —_—_— A, Witness: rd b/: % Witness: Vblutathe: Ahusil Ae

STATEMENT OF ALBERT SAMMS, CORDROY, NEWFOUNDLAND. TAK#N BY MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, HAHMON FIELD WNEW- POUNDLAND. 17 duly 1947. Last Thursday night I was out by our house, I happened to look up and saw wheat I thought was an airoplane. It-was flying at the height of a plane that is flying high. Then I thought it leoked strange for an airoplane, beeause it wes all lit up so bright, planes do have a light or two, but this thing was very bright - sort of a bright reddish yellow. I saw it only for a minute because it wes travelling at a teriffie «peed. It shot out of sight so quickly I thought it strange if it was an airop- lane. TH8H#, I remembered what I'd been hearing about "¥LYIND SAUCERS" I ran in and told my mother. AUBERT Saas Witness: / to refs Aa, | | VA: Paw Os ;, <Cede, Witness: ‘ | if a / ph

* . . r\¢ em q¢ Albert rushed in and tol@ me about thie thing he'd just seen. at first he thoupnt it was ar eiroplene but then he remembered having heargd about "FLYING SAUCERS” and he thought that's what it must heve been, I questionea him; he said it eouldn't have been a plane beeause a plane wouldn't shoot down like that did, besides it was too "lit up" Mr. Legge reported the Seme thing to me in order thet I might report same to St. John's in the morhing. Mrs JOHN SAMMS. thn 9h ’ os

NEWFOUNDLAND CONSTABULARY STATION Grand Falls, ‘ DATE July 13th, 1947. . SUBJECT Re; strange onseees seen flying over Grand Falls on night of July 9th. at approx. ——td2d5 90d 1040, Sirs I porcoskeuiay revert for your information that on ednesday night, 9th. inst. I arrived home from duty at approx. 11.30. Upon arrival at home I joined ay wife, my mother-in-law and Mr, John Jackman a resident of St. John's and friend of the family, who were sitting on the front steps of the house. I was asked ee my wife if I had seen Che “flying saucers" I thought she was ponons and replied that I had seen nothin, Saying. Jac and my mother- in-law then told me that they had Bagh seen four objects flying in an easterly direction just before I arrived, I asked them to describe what they had seen. Jackman said that four round shaped ao had passed overhead at a terrific speed and were flying side by dide. On looking skywards again my wife, Jackman, and myself saw a object which I would describe as being @ huge jelly- fish flash across the the sky. It would be difiicuit to determine its height and speed owing to the brief period it was visible. it's colour also would be hard to say, but there seemed to be « phosphorus glow about it, it was round in shape and about the size of a barrel head, it appeared to be flying in a rocking motion. This sir, is about all I can say about the matter, we continued to sean the sky for about a half hour but no sign of them were seen again. ‘ fae ~’ee Ae Anes Constable, ys LeStrange Esq., J.P. b Chief-ef Police. - ’ 4 Cucchee /+9Saktiea. LeStrange Eeqe, J.P. ‘ Chief of Police.” . RES MUI EM auc? L Oy

, eee pinta ea a A i. | NEWFOUNDLAND CONSTABULARY : i a : DATE July 13th. 1947. . : SUBJECT Re3- strange lee geen over Grand | ae ; Falls on ht of seas bene at approx. | ren ait, ron errcuce Ge : res) Feport for ormation it on 5 Ff wednesday night, the othe inst."T arcived bone fron ; | duty at approx. 11.30. - See f arrival at home I joined ay wife mother-in-law . HH see tre denn: Seahaes © Sentaeat Gr oe) Sante and friend | of the family, who were bagi on the front bg eB? f the house, I was asked by my wife if I had seen k ‘ "flying saucers" I thought she was poking and replied f } pp fd med e Pye eR hay and my mothere ; in-law then told me that x had rena seen four objects flying in an easterly direction just ore I arrived, - : I asked them to describe what ee | had seen. Jackman said i ig that four round shaped figures passed overhead at a terrific speed and were Ave side by éide. | On looking skywards again my wife, Jackman, and myself, : ~ saw a object which I would describe as ny # huge jelty- : ¥ fish flash across the the ron It would be Zicult te Getermine its hdight and speed owing to the brief period : it was visible. it's colour also would be hard to onze . but there seemed to be a phosphorus glow about it, 4 ‘3 was round in shape and about the size of a barrel head, ‘i Z it appeared to be flying in a rocking motion. ‘ This sir, is about all I can say about the matter, we F sontinucd So-pean the eky for shout @ tal? tear Bek ee sign of them were seen again, s - : KaaiaSies : a LeStrange Eeq.5 JePo, eS et gt ot Ty . 3 | LS! op JoP. : * : Chief of Police.’ : te ET Aaa ee ae

From detailed study of reports selected for their impression of veracity and reliability, several conclusions have been formed: . (a) This "flying saucer" situation is not all imagi’ or seeing too much in some natural phenomenon, Something is really flying around, * (b) Lack of topside inquiries, when compared to the prompt and demanding inquiries that have originated topside upon former events, give more than ordinary weight to the possibility that this is a domestic project, about which the President, etc. know. (c) Whatever the objects are, this much can be said of their physical appearance: 1, The surfaced of these objects is metallic, indicating a metallic ‘ skin, at least. 2. When a trail is observed, it is lightly colored, a Blue-Brown haze, that is similar to a rocket engine's exhaust. Contrary to a rocket of the solid type, one observation indicates that the fuel may be throttled which would indicate a liquid rocket engine. 3. As to shape, all observations state thut the object is cireular or at least elliptical, flat on the bottom and slightly domed on the top. The size estimates place it somewhere near the size of a C-54 or a Constellation, 4. Some reports describe two tabs, located at the rear and symetrical about the time axis of flight motion. 5. Flights hase been reported, from three to nine of them, flying good-formation on each other, with speeds always above 300 knobs. 6. The discs oscillate laterally while flying along, which could be snaking.

e ? ight READQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE E (4 Office of the Assistant Chief of Steff, A-2 Intelligence 5 ‘Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA 25 August 1947 333.5/1208-1 : SUBJECT: Investigation of Flying Disc. - TOs Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Washinton 25, D. ©. ATTENTION: AC of AS-2 1. The attached true copy of the letter of Mr. F. \!. Johnson of Portland, Oregon, was received by this officer 22 Aurust 1947. 2. Your attention is invited to the similarity of statement by Mr. Johnson and Mr. Arnold. 3. This letter is being referred this date to the Special Agent In Charge, PBI, Sen Francisco, for any investigation they may care to make . / / ee Mi AM. el fa fONALD L. SPRINGER 1 Incl: Lt. Colonel, GSC / by of ltr fr... Johnson AC of S, An? / \ (in dup) ‘ %

(OR. f i PORTLAND, OREGON, August 20th 1947 . Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer, Assistant Staff : Sir. Saw in the portland paper a short time ago in regards to an article in regards to the so called flying disc having any basis of fact. I can say am a prospector and was in the Mt Adams district on June 24th the day Kennet Arnold of Boise Idaho claims he saw a formation of flying disc. And i saw the same flying objects at about the same time. Having a telescope with me at the time i can asure you they are real and noting like them I ever saw before they did not pass verry high over where I was standing at the the time, plobly 1000 ft. they were Round about 30 foot in dimater tapering sharply to a point in - the head end in an oval shape. with a bright top surface. I did not hear any noise as you would from a plane. But there was an object in the tail end looked like a big hand of a clock shifting from side to side like a big magenet. ‘iere speed as far as i know seemed to be greater than enything I ever saw. Last veiw I cot of the objects they were standing on edge Banking in a Cloud. Yours Respectfully /s/ F. M. Johnson 106 No. West Ist Ave Portland, Oregon A TRUE COPY: hong Ls 91 OPPLLO, »KLA if WALD L. SPRINGER Lt. Colonel, GSC, AC of 3, An2/ \ : -CONFIDENTAL-

CONFIDENTIAL -- PORTLAND, OREGUN a aN 30,July"1947 hat . C-B-H-T-1-K-I-C-A-T=5 un 30 July 1947 Mr xichard Hankin, 634 N. s. Simpson Street, 4 Portland, Oregon was interviewed by this agent and stated in substance as follows: s My name is Richard-Raniin, I aml? yeare old and have fom since I was nineteen years old, I first soloed in m air craft in 1919. I tave flowm over all the western parts of the United Stebes many times and have mapped all of the western part of the United States during the years before the late war for the US Forest Service. I an familiar with almost every part of | the western United States, During a great part of my life I have done stunt flying for air shows and various other types of aeronautical exhibitions. ly brother was "Tex"Rankin who was quite well known in both civilian and Militay flying circles for many years before his death and during the late war ran thousands of Flying Cadets through primary training schools owned and oper= add by him. To date I have accomplished 7000 hours in the air as pilot of both civilian and Military aircraft. I an well acquainted with most articles that one would see in the air and I feel that I am well qualified to say when I see articles flying through the air, although I would not attempt to say that I am infallable and state that I could definitely identify every - object that might be flying through th’ air, The following is.an account of : what I saw on 14 June 197 from the yard of my home at 1% South "L™ St, Bakersfield, California. At approximately 1200 noon on the Us of June I was lying in the front yard of my home, There was a lad mowing the lam at the time, I looked up into the sky and saw ten articles flying from tle South to th North at what T wild judge to be 6500 ft. The objects were flying at approximately what I woulda judge to be 350 miles per hokr. As I mv stated before, I have done quite a lot of map work for the US Forest service. i Mistinctly remember that at the time I saw the articles I mentioned it to the lad who was mowing the lawn at the time. I told the lad that the objects were in all probability some sort of army or Navy test planes from the nearby test centers on the deserts of Southern California, Having quite a Imowledge of aircraft in general I attempted to explain to the ‘lad mowing the lavm that the objects were probebly on sane sort of training mission for either the Arny or Navy. At that time I did not cive the slightest’ thor ght to anything but that the objects were some sort of test hip for the Goverment services, The opkects resembled the pictures that I have seen of the IF51, the so walled "Flying Flapjack afckk that the ‘avy is testing. After the objects Ui sappeared I roceeded into the house and had my noon meal, At approximately Ws I went Back into the yard to sit and lie in the shade. At this time the objects re=- appeared going from Boxth to South, although this time there were only seven of the articles, When I first sav the otigi nal ten objects they were flying in a ®V" formation with one obgct seemingly star, gling in the rear of the formation. When the objects apperaed ‘le second time they were still in the "VU" fomatbon although there was only seven ad the objects at this time. = remember 4 this time that I told the lad, tho was still wrking on th lam, that pobably three of the objects had poce ded back to their base on a diff- erent course. I acfually thoucht that thi was he case, that the other three . objects hd@ probably cone back to their base on the other side of the mountains 7 from Bakersfield, 4 week or so later when I read of ur Xenneth im ld claiming that he had seen articles flying through th: air over the Casca’e Mountains in ae, rae’ SARIDIDI aha AEE! Lait Dias

Washington I realized that the articles that I saw wr obably the same thing. I was still reluctant to mention thig to anyone Shinking that they puis probe | odie ut toe soreeteien: Portiasts Orego peed er. Avakis tine Tea editor “, 8 n Te A in Portland for the remainder of the simmer. The results d tle conversation - with gs editor of ‘the paper is put forth in the accompanying newspaper article, z > d I fully realize that bhis 4s a broad statenent-in view of ‘the fact that there ms been ® much publicity teaodsmmr put forth in various papers of the country. I an ¢ sound miné in every respect and I am convinced thet the articles I saw are actually some sort of flying machines although I cannot say from where b Dd or to where thay were going, I say what I tave said with no idea of city or personal gain, , Portland, Oregon 30 duly i9)7

\ ‘Pil t Rec Il ~ 1 THE OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1947 WW | 0 nn, ole: leawas ae = - . Di "TIE OREGONIAN" Portland, Cregone “ 3 July 1947 Dick Rankin Tells Of Odd Aircratt More reports of “flying flap- jacks” turned up Wednesday, one from no less than Dick Rankin, brother of the late Tex / Rankin, and himself an expe rienced pilot of more than 7000 hours’ flying time. Rankin, who is recovering from an old back injury re ceived in an automobile acci- |dent, came to Portland over | the week end to spend the sum: |mer. He saw the “silver cau-| |eers” over Bakersfield, Cal. |June 23, while lying on the | |lawn sun bathing, he told The | Oregonian. | “I hesitated to say much about them,” Rankin said, “un- til I noticed all the hullabaloo in the papers. I puzzled over their strange shape for a while and finally concluded that they were the navy's ne@® XPSU-1 flying flapjacks. which are thin and round, with twin propellers and stubby tail.” Only One XF5U-1 Built ! (The navy and the manufac: turer have announced official- ly that only one such machine was built and that it never left Connecticut. “These planes were flying high, maybe 9000 feet, and fair. ly fast, about 300 or 400 miles an hour. I first counted ten of them in formation, going north. About 2:15 P. M. they returned on the reverse course, headed south, But there were only sev- en in the formation. “They were not Weaving or | bobbing in formation I couldn't | make out the number or loca- |! |tion of their propellers and |} ig ote fate ron any sae 4 or tail. al or ga almost | round. They, ion ed like ad tures of the navy's flying flap- jack,” Rankin said. Rankin, who plans to nad the summer here at 834 NE. Simpson street, is now able to resume a little flying for fun, but not commercially, he said He now operates a string of auto courts, pn ang his win- ters at Palm Springs.

65-480 © . Director FH bs 80 dato b ‘FLYING Ds0s p Refer teletype to the Burem dated August 15, 1947. Inclosed please find the newspaper account Carried ty the win Falls, Idaho “Times News on August 15, together th « sheet of paper on which 4. GC. URIE attempted to exeteh his impreesion of the instrument which he claim to have seen. Concerning URIE's sketches, it may be noted thet he believed the felled outer edge which he attempted to create in hisirawing to have been about @ foot through, UMLE likewise believed that the tubinh or exhaust flame which he and his sons clain to have seon was about a foot through and extended at least to the back end of the device. The flame did not eprear te taper off net to widen cut toward the back. BILLY and KEITH URIE stated that they could nee a knot onthe side of the device from which the flames were shooting, and that they could see day- Light Detween the exhaust flame and the side athe device. The flanes did not leave any smoke or odor. : The URIE boys thought that the "side view" sketch should shew that , the device was more sharply angled from bottom to top, while URIEZ himself thought that it ws more streamlined and curved. URIM ssid that the instrae ment came 86 a pointed or rounded top. : Im his notations, URIE mistakenly seid that he had seen it on Phure- day. During interview, he stated that it actually bed bsen oz Wednesday, dugust 13, 1947, vuhehe and his eons saw the contrivance about 1100 P.M. URLE explained that he had sent his boys to the river to get sone tepe from his tat. When he thought they were overdue, he went outside his tool shed to look Dr them. He noticed them about 300 fectaway looking in the sky and he blanced up to see what he called the flying disc. He edd he Could only see it for a moment before it disappeared behind a hill wich obscured his view. URIS further stated that the contrivance was about seventy-five foot in the ar. URIZ resides in the depths of the Snake River Canyon, which - is about four hundred feet deep and twelve hundred feet across at that place. According te his account, the contrivance was about three himdred feet below the rim of the canyon and he saw it against the steep walls of the canyon ob the far side. He described its coler as sky blue and stated thet he doubted Af 4% could be seen against the sky. He likewise said that it was purely by ] chance that he cav. it. Itdi: not spin like a top. .

As the machine went dy the URIR place, the trees over which it almost directly passed (Merman Populares) 41d not just dDend with the wind as if @ plane had gone wy, bat in URIE's verds, “spun around on top as if they were in a vaccum, 3 . . doe cnt CHEB, eight years of age, said he first saw the machine Coming heading from east to west and following the con= tours of the gromés MLLT, ane ten, saw it almost immediately. Beth Watched it fly out of sight debind a tree in a matter of moments. They said thay then ren to their Father and learned that he deo had seen the machine. ‘ URIS seemed completely sincere about the incident. We said his \ifo and deughter were in the house at the time and had not seen the machine. He questioned his brether, whe also lives in the Canyon, but his brother had been eating at the tine and had seen nothing. URIBE and his two boys maintained that they had never before seen one of the discs, URIS, when interviewed, appeared to be a sober, middle-aged man. JOHN BROSHAM, the “Times News" Feporter who originally furnished ester Agente with information about the incident, likewise stated that i appeared completely sincere about the mactine. No further attemt was made to locate i. W. HAWKINS, inaewuch as J. H, BORW, who was with HAMKING at the time, was interviewed. BROWW!'s name was withheld from the newspaper because KAMINS and BROW were fishing at Salmon daze while BROW was supposed to have deen Working in Twin Falls. BHO WI said simply thet he and HAWKINS could hear @ roar. They looked up and could see two instruments flying at a great height, which BROW mentioned might have been between feur thousand and six thousand feet. However, he said he had no idea how large the devices were and Consequently, they may have been several miles avay. He said that he and HAWKINS were satisfied they had seen something and they were very doubtful that they had seen twe planes. c ° P Yr a6

Se | . \ iy ES ee pi Pere hi ng aes oN / ote . H aca Meee SOE a AG —— ae” a ~ = =e yi ic <-—— bb = eet Ne! Al Vas = =e - = Weed " LAs a | HF Le eS eS — a ~ al Za ee ee WE es TWIN FALLS * ‘ Regional Newspaper Serving cis : ES Nine Irrigated Idaho Cou cena TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947 en ! The Dises Are Flying Agai if 5 Heads Up, Folks! The Dises Are Flying Again | ‘ | - . | | ; 1 Z : 4 YW x RR ‘ \ Sa / é SSS 2 ostin SS | if eS —— Ae pr = | om Race S EE Y | , = ey ‘ Se = ¢ | t “ —--- 2 = ~? = =~ - ‘ ‘ —————— am = 1 Heat | 1 | , ! ea. i | “| Sipe view BOTTOM VIEW END VIEW ' : \ This is an artist's conception of the flying disc that A. C. Urie saw | sides, and could well be the inspiration for something new in women’s sweeping through Snake river canyon six miles west of Blue Lakes | hats, such as a “flying saucer” creation, (Drawing by Vic Goertgen~)_ > ranch, It seemed to be powered by jets emitting a fiery glow on both staff engraving) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Flying S Reported Flashing D C Miles Per H Ww ° : At 1,000 Miles Per Hour; Two Others Are Seen | By JOHN BROSNAN jthe fast-flying objects the nation , scription of the flying discs seen by come concerned about what was de- Just as Magic Valley and the|has yet produced. | nim and his son, Keith, 8, and Billy, | laying them, and had walked down ion were starting to let go of ‘The flying saucer Urie saw was | 10 | toward the river to see if they were ipposts after reeling under a/| skimming along through Snake river T obtained a close-up view of | all right : t seiter of flying saucer reports, two|canyon at a height of about 75 the flying saucer as it passed by the| “I had a side view at a distancé, more Twin Fa county men re-| feet at 1 p. m. Wednesday. At 9:30 | trout farm at 1 p. m. Aug. 13 going | of about 300 feet and almost on a@ vive peculation on the mystery |a. m. the same day, L. W. Hawk- | down Snake river canyon at a height | level with the thing.” Urie con< with vivid descriptions of discs they | ins, Twin Falls county commis-|of about 75 feet from the canyon | tinued. “Two of my boys, Keith saw |sioner and former county sheriff | floor. I would estimate the speed | and Billy, were below me and they From A. C. Urie, who operates | from Filer. also saw two circular | at about 1,000 miles per hour.” also saw it at about a 45-degree | the Auger Falls Trout farm six|objects soaring along at a great| Urie explained that the incident | angle. They both got a bottom and miles west of Blue Lakes ranch in| height near Salmon dam 40 miles | occurred while the two boys were|a side view, and we were all looky Snake river canyon, came perhaps | southwest of Twin Falls. eo ge across the river from the! ing at it from the south side of the | the most detailed account of one of} Here is Urie's eye-witness de-|north side in a boat. He had be-| (Continued on Page 8, Column 6)

ea ai sacl EE gilt a ee. ‘Saucer’ Seen | bile 3 | poe ay | Flying Down - | Snake Gor. | Snake Gorge (From Page One) | Le facing ‘loward the north. ‘The | boys saw it coming about half a | mile up the canyon, and we all lost [sight of it in less than a mile.” i While the impression was. still ! | vivid in their minds, the three got | | together and made rough sketches | jof what they had seen. These, in| turn, were the basis for the artist's |eonception of the strange atfair by | Vic Goertzen of Twin Palls for the | Times-News. | “It was all one color—sort of a light sky blue with a red, tubular | fiery glow at the side of the top or hood,” Urie continued. “The canyon floor is rough at that particular Point, and it rode up and down over the hills and hol- | lows at a speed indicating some *\type of control faster than the! | } reflexes of man. It 1s my opinion | | ; »/ that it is guided by instruments and | ;| must be powered by atomic energy, {] as it made very little noise—just a | + | S-Wei-s-h as it passed by.” | :| Urie described the size as about | 20 feet long by 10 feet high and 1} 10 feet wide, giving it an oblong | Shape. It might be described as look- | “|ing like an inverted pie-plate or | \| broad-brimmed straw hat that had | been compressed from two sides, | Pressed for his candid opinion of Just what it was, Urie said that he | Was convinced that there was some- 1 | thing to this flying saucer situation. | | “I know a number of the people who | have also seen them and I know | "|that they're not just imagining | ;|Something or trying to get their | names in the paper.” Urie com- | ; | mented. ’ * :| “Ido know that it scared the boys t and made me feel pretty uneasy,” ] he added. I Tracing down a rumor that County | | Commissioner Hawkins had seen an bs unusual object in the air on the same day as Urie’s experience, the ‘Times-News called him at his Filer home. | \ } “Yes, I did.” he replied without / hesitation. “I'll have to admit I've) | been skeptical all along until I saw | it with my own eyes, I can’t say | what it was, but I can say there's something in the air.” Hawkins related that while at Salmon dam Wednesday morning, | a sound resembling the echo of a motor caused him to look upward, | and there he saw two circular ob- | Jects that reflected light. They were } - traveling at a great speed and) higher than most airplanes, accord- ing to Hawkins. f Aside from this, he declined to add details. except to say, “There's } something in the air.” | His general description, however. corresponded closely to those of | | 5 hundreds of persons who reported i seeing flying saucers after Kenneth | | Arnold. Boise businessman, had i touched off the deluge by telling of coming upon nine disc-like objects | | while he was flying in his private plane in Washington. | | ‘Thereafter. the nation became tn- | | creasingly flying saucer conscious, | creating a state of mind that made | | it possible for four ‘teen age Twin | Falls boys to cause a mild sensa-| | | tion when they built a model flying | i | dise and tossed {nto a local yard. | | July 10. This was subseuently re- | i vealed as a hoax, following investi- | gation by the army and FBI. r || Thereafter the saucer reports | ee tapered off into a few scattered in- cidents until the question was re- | vived by this week’s occurrences... _ % | Wey Speculation has ranged from BE ce Hl | i mention that the discs could be a army or navy guided missile experi- | ments, or that they could be similar | t experiments by some foreign coun- | try. to “something out of this | r world.” Sot } Whatever, they are. a lot of people 5 } | jae seen “something.” | { = PTS BES SESE TSNN Cra Sas aah SRE ARETE a

| HEADQUARTERS FLYING DIVISION, AIR TRAINING COMMAND Office of the Commanding General vw Randolph Field, Texas 4 20 duly 1947 333.5 : ; SUBJECT: Unidentifiable Objects TOs Commanding General - Tenth Air Porce Brooks Field, Texas Attn: ACofS, A-2 - 1. The inelosed MOIC is forwarded for your information. 2. In the event that lt. BE, B. Armstrong has been interviewed by your Headquarters, request that a copy of the MOIC be furnished to this Headquarters, t FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: 1 oat de H. L. CRISIER « Colonel, G.8.C, Asst. Chief of Staff, 1-2 333.5 lst Ind De HEADQUARTERS TENTH AIR FORCE, OFFICE OF THE ASST CHIEF OF STAFF, A-2, BROOKS FIBLD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 16 July 1947 TO: Commenting General, Flying Division, Air Training Command, Randolph 1id., Texas ATIN: -Agst. Chief of Staff, A-2 Inclosed is Memorandum for the Officer in Charge in reference to Lt. EB. B. “rmstrong, as suggested in paragraph 2, basic communication, 5 1 Incl “"" SH. MORROW MOIC, dtd 15 July 47 Colonel, GSC 1 Incl withdrawn * | Asst Chief, of Staff, A-2 MOIC, dtd 7 July 47 ; 27

‘ UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS ; Williams Fld, Chandler, Aris. ; 35 galy 1947 ; MBMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 2. Om Uh July 19h7, let Lt Erie 3. Armstrong, 0-2059709, 170th AAP Dase'Unit, Perry Division, Brooks Picld, San Antonie, Texas was inberviewed ani the following information was obtained: Lt Armstrong py hw a adbng Foy ET i gg Ay = OY. for Portland, Oregon, Medf. Oregon. shabu 1525 OSE. om &. conseo of HOd dagrocs, abl ground speck ef » altitude 10,000 feet, approximately thirty miles northwest of Lake Meade, Nevada, Le Arnstrong sighted five or six white, circular objects at four o'clock, pears aca gt Po. p= yee Premade aptry pete MweP aie har an 6s speed of 285 MPH. Lt Armstrong seid the objects were flying very smoothly ani in a clese formation, The estimated sise of the white odjects were apyroximtely 36 inches in diameter. Lt armstrong stated bs thatibe ds sure the white objects were not birds, since the rate of elesuré™!)'” was very fast. Lt Armstrong was certain that the white objects were. not Jets or conventional type aircraft sime he has flown both types, AGENT'S NOTES; ” 1% Armetrong was very sincere in the explamtion and was not the pee penne He merely stated what he saw ani has drawn no con- olus as to what the white objects were. , lawrenpe R. King, Jr, Special Agent, CIC, ADC

/ UNIDINTIFIABLE OBJECTS MILLIAMS FIELD, CHANULER, ARIZONA. 7 duly 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGES 1. Om 1 July 1947, Lt William G, McGinty, USN, 195803, P80 Student, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, was interviewed by this Agent, and stated in Substance: That on 30 June 1947, at about O9L0, MST, he was flying at 25,000 feet over Grand Canyon, Arizona, in a P80 type aireraft. He stated that he was heading south towards Williams Field, Arizona, when he sax two round objects going at inconceivable speeds, straight down, He further stated that his reactions were to turn away from the objects. He further stated that one of the unidenm tifiable objects followed the other seconds apart. He further stated that due to the speed of the objects, he could only see that they were circular, and that they were possible light gray in color, He further stated that it was his opinion that the objects were approximately sight feet in diameter. In conclusion, he stated that the objects would haw probably hit the ground approximately twenty-five miles south of the South Rim of Grami Canyon, Arizona, AGENT'S NOTES: Lt MeGinty gave his permanent address as: NAM. T.Coy Point Hugu, Port Hueneme, Calif, 2, On 1 July 1947, Captain Maleolm G. Ametrong, 0-734168, Instructor, Single Ingine, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, was interviewed by this Agent and stated in substance: That his brother, ist Lt &. B. Armstrong, stationed at ae AAF, Brooks A\F, Texas had related to him that he san a format. of unexplainable objects in the vicinity of Lake Mead, Nev. Captain Amstrong, further stated that his brother stated the objects were heading couth, and were at approximately 10,000 feet altitude, AGENT'S NOTES: Captain Aymstrong could not give teo much infomation on the objects that his brother had seen. Lt, E. B, Armstrong can be contacted at Hq, 10th A\F, Brooks Field, Texas for further information. Lynn ©, Aldrich, Speeial Agent, CIC-AAF, FOTRC THIS, IS A TRUE COPY od ” ° Buca +9

oD 0 al O,Lle SI ff 2 Unidentifiaple Objects. 33305 W (16 Jul 47 ist Ind. HQ AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Mitcnel Field, New Yorx, 21 July 1947. 70: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATTN: AC/AS-2. 1. Forwardea for your information and utilization. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: ae 2: Dnt Info cy: . H. SMITH a CG, AMC, a Colonel, asc F% Cal. & o Wright Fld, [(~ hast Chief of Stafi-Intell. Dayton, 0. 9 2 Incls: n/c a so BArporeiris p ars

“I _ MQ AIR DEPENEE COUND, Mttoned Field, Mow York, 21 Juiy 1947. TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C, eS. arte oe.” . : a 1. Forwarded for your information and utilisation. ‘ POR Ti COMMANDING GENERAL: R. HM. SMITH ac Asst Chief of Staff-Intell. Sete : Dayton, 0.” s "2 Inele: : n/c : Sear ij pen. ct MHS Q ‘ aan HI

\ : POMEINENTIADL 7 HEADQUARTERS TENTH AIR FORCE BROOKS FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 IN REPLY REFER TO: De 33365 16 July 1947 SUBJECT: Unidentifiable Objects TO: Jommanding General Air Defense Commnd > itchel Field, New York ATTN : asst Chief of Staff, a-2 1. Inelosed herewith for your information is investigation rolative to Unidentifiable Objects which was initiated at Headquarters, :lying Divi- . sion, Air Training Command, Randolph rield, Texas. This Office assisted, as noted in Inclosure 2, by completing a Memorandum for the (fficer in Charges - < Jt YWoryvou 1. uOIC dtd 7 July 47 Colonel, GSC « Ltr, FDATC, w/l Ind sst Chief of Staff, A-2 1S July 1%47 (> 5 jug o- “

a Te. GAs Carrn acfas-r) | cng aa FRO: DIR, oF wTel. oa7e 5 AVE 4 | a aS was Fiver [1 F73E / — 4 $ 2636 flacnolia ave., Los Afigeles 7, Galif. August 1 1947. Director of Military Intellegence, | War Departmant, Washington 25, D.C. | Dear sir: On Sunday afternoon, July the Sixth, I observed something very strange ; it is related —-- at least in my own mind-—- with the phenomena of the "Fabulous RBlying Saucers# and I cannot report on this second phemomena , without speaking of the first. - As I do not wish to be considered the victim of mass psychology, &@ crack—pot or visionary » it is rather hard for me to mzke this report. I am doing it because I consider it my duty. A newspaper article spoke of the Bureau of Standards as "Having a finger in the pie " in many experiments so not knowing where to write or who to write to 1 wrote to the Bureau, and Lir. Hugh L. Dryd= en has suggested that you were the one to report to. I had been amised at accounts of the * flying saucers ". &veryone was talking , laughing and joking about themand I did not-believe in them . the Hollywood Tarzana Bus was parked at the Tarzana end of the line and the driver was busy making out his reports preparatory to making the return trip./ I was the Only one in the bus and I sat in the middle of the side next to Ventura.so the bus was parked north and southa As I looked to my right » & "Saucer appeared out of nowhere tappar— ently out of nowhere and it was followed by several others ; they were of uniform size and spaced at regular intervals and it seemed as if they turned a corner from the West and they rolled along at great speedto the Northward and parKallel toVentura Boulevard . As soon as I becameconvinced that what } 5aW was not an illusion but what every one was talking about I began to study them and it was right then that my eyes seemed to be drawn to this other phenoma in the air between me and the "Saucers". What I saw was milky white rays in the sunlight that seemed to cris cross like the search lights do at hight ; it was nothing like the sun shining on some bright object for the rays were not spaced and they were not so close together and they cris crossed. However, they did seem to converge toward a center but they did not meet there . In, this center --- a radious of about eighteen inches it seemed from{I sat, there were spinning objects af some red substance $207

4?” : 2 / “"* about the color of the semi- precious stone Cornelian: these \ fragments were sharp and irregular and shing. they were flying about as if flying to a magnet . This was momentary and I looked to see if the "Saucers" were still there. -I saw one or two but ; the same thing happened again and I saw the second phenomena for a second . By this time the "Saucers were out of sight. All the way home I was trying to find some logical explanation for the "Sa_ucers" but my mind kept reverting to the second phenomena and as I dwelt on it I could not help surmising if perhaps these rays I saw did not come out of the red fragments that were spinning in the vortex. I couldnt help wondering if this substance had beeh shot from the "Saucers as theyturned the corner from the west on their way to the “orth/. ABS our army would not be shotinc loadly rays over toward a very ‘ croweded highway and as this whole thing seems fantastic to say the least, I thought I had better trust some ones Judgement who really knows what is going onand so you have my report on what + really saw, and what I aa very curious about. Thanks to M&. Dryden for his courtesy in letting me know just who to relate this incident to, and thanks to you for listening 4 and I hope that it makes the right kind of impression. Sincerely yours, M. Lenore Gorey

«-HQOCAMA FORM NO. 8.806 OKLAHOMA CITY AIR MATERIEL AREA TINKER FIELD OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA IN REPLY REFER TO: #372h-1 ; 30 July 197 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECURITY OFFICER, OCAMA Subject: DAN NELSON, Attorney-at~Law, 926 Perrine Building. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ss : Re: Flying Saucer Mystery Solved. On 30 July 1947 DAN NELSON was interviewed at his office, 926 Perrine _ Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relative to his alleged solving of the Flying Saucer Mystery. Subject, whose age is 53, is at present engaged in practicing law and is the agent for the Dual Parking Meter Company. Subject advised he is married and has two sons, ages seven and ten, residing at 2613 N.W. lth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Nelson stated he was a sergeant in World War I, being wounded in action while serving with Company L, 58th Infantry, and that before entering the service he had an eighth grade education. After leaving the service he finished his education and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1929. He advised that since 1929 he has practiced general law in both Norman and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. noe porto “loping rk rprathead aa} Department by letter on 19 July advis: of discoveries concerning the Flying Saucer Mystery. ; He received an answer dated 23 July 19h7 advising hin his letter had vees enna tie ce 29 tne Sky ee ae at be heard no nove fren the War Department as of July 7, at which time he released his statement to tan “Dail teishonsas® tele tee local newspaper. Subject advised the basis for his theory concerning the Flying Saucer Mystery was obtained from simple experiments which he conducted while driving his automobile. NELSON stated he believed that many people had seen lights or shining objects cast onto their windshields and side ventilator windows of their automobile and reflected as a saucer or disc shaped object. He stated that the movement of the automobile, plus the fact that the glass was t not a perfect mirror and passing objects could be seen in relation to the objects gave them an appearance of great speed. Subject advised that the vibration of the car gave the objects an appearance of rotating and that the reflections caused them to appear flat or saucer shaped. NELSON stated that any number of objects might be seen according to the direction that the car is traveling and the number of bright objects being reflected onto the window. He further stated that these objects might be seen in an ordinary window in a house according to the lighting Lrel #1) yp?

conditions, and that the objects might be either vertical or horizonal. The subject related that any change in speed of the car resulted in a change in speed of the object, and that changes of direction resulted in a change in the angle of travel of the object. NELSON stated he has not talked to any persons that had actually seen flying saucers or discs but he believed that these reflections plus the excitement and hysteria caused by other reports has been the basis for most flying saucer reports. Subject also stated that this same theory could be true in relation to flying saucers seen from aircraft. Attached hereto is a detailed statement by NELSON covering his findings and explaining his solution to the so-called Flying Saucer Mystery. KALMAN D. SIMON C.I., U.S. army 2

:. é FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY SOLVED July 12, 1947. ; The most impressive reports of the so-called flying : saucers or discs were those from aviators who claim they j saw disc-shaped objects flying through the air in various formations at high altivudes and at a high rate of speed. The first report was from an aviator who stated that these so-called flying discs had a somewhat shiny appearance and would fly in formation and change their position from time to time. Most reports stated that they appeared in the late afternoon or about dusk. Most all reports were to the effect that these objects had the appearance of an inverted disc or saucer, and some of them reported that they appeared to be rotatinz in their flight. ; The mystery of the flying saucers or dises may be sol- ved by the use of a little applied science along with a few simple experiments. These flying discs or saucers can be observed by any motorist traveling along the highways when the sun is shining on most any afternoon or evening. During the day=- light most of these so-called flying discs are reflections from the sun shining upon some bright object in or on the automobile driven by the observer. For instance, if you were driving in a north-westerly direction with the sun i shining on the handle of the front or rear door on the left side of the car, you may notice a shiny object appear in the ventilation wing of the window on the drivers left, if it is opened to about a 45° angle.

These shiny objects may have wrious forms and there may be more than one, depending on the number of reflections. ' ‘They may appear to be in the sky when thé driver looks through the ventilation wing glass. Their position in the sky depends upon the angle at which the object is reflected in: the ven- ‘tilation wing and the position of the observer, They may have various forma but very frequently they are of a saucer shape or a flat shape when they appear.to be in the sky. : The ventilation wing during day-light is not of course a perfect mirror, therefore, it appears to the driver or ob- server that he is actually looking through the glass into the sky. As he moves along, the bright objects appear to be traveling at a high rate of speed in comparison with the stationary objects on the ground, or the distant horizon, that he sees through the window, or in comparison with the faintly silhouetted objects on the landscape which at times are re- flected in the window. The flying saucer appears to be traveling in the same | general direction as the automobile but sometimes a little to the right which makes it appear that it will eventually cross the drivers path. The apparent flight direction of the saucer is due to the angle of the ventilation wing glass in its relation to the direction in which the car is traveling. The number and position of the saucers refleéted in the glass | depend upon the number and contour of objects reflected there- | in by the sun. Bright objects on a car approaching from the os rear may cast such reflections on your ventilation wing in the daytime. (2) , Le z

If the ventilation wing window were a putin uipeor the objects causing the reflections would appear therein,as well as all other objects within range, but the ventilation wing being a sort of a semi-mirror, does not reflect the object but only " the bright spot, which leaves the impression that the observer is actually looking through the glass and that the object act- ually appears to be in the sky, or at times a long distance away. These results are best obtained in the late afternoon, or after sun down. The aviators who reported seeing flying discs or saucers, undoubtedly were seeing the reflection of bright objects in or on their own plane. They saw them as reflected in their canopy or wind shield, but failed to recognize them as reflections. Otherwise they were reflections from other air craft. _ As the aviator traveled along observing the movement of the disc in comparison with the mountains, clouds or station- ary objects on the earth, made them appear to be traveling at a high rate of speed. The sloping angle of the aviators windeshield and his position in the plane made it appear thet the dises were in the sky. The position of the discs also depend upon the position of the observer and the angle at which they are reflected in the glass. Some of the reports stated that where there were more than one flying disc, they appeared to be fastened together and frequently performed a dipping or rising motion and when i one would dip, they would all go through the same motion sim- i ultaneously. The simultaneous movement is due to the reflect- dons all coming from the same object. For instance, if they (3)

Bae ty are reflected from some bright object dn or on the car or plane, the up and down motion of the car or plane causes the flying discs to appear to be going through a dipping and rising motion, or, if the reflecting object is stationary and the car moving, the results will be the same. The statement that the discs appeared to be rotating as they sailed through the atmosphere is due to the vibration of the automobile or plane. Vibrations make them appear to be rotating at a very high rate of speed. Vibration is what gives them a flat or disc-like shape- also. If you wish to see some flying discs, make a drive at about dusk or at night, open your ventilation wing window at about a 45° angle from the drivers seat and watch the reflections of the stationary electric lights thst appear on your left, if you are driving, after you pass them,and see how many discs you can observe flyinz through the air. If there are not too many lights to your rear, you may have a perfect formation of beaufiful flying discs which may be red, green or silver according to the color of the electric lights which you have passed. They appear most realistic when traveling about forty-five or fifty miles per hour. If you do not get satisfactory results from your first experiments, try again. After you have learned when and where to look for them, your observations become more pleasing and interesting. Even the lights of an approaching automobile from your rear my appear as one flying disc in your ventilation wing. The reflections of the approaching lights will appear in your ventilation wing unless the side of your car protrudes out so far as to prevent the light beam from shining on the wing. . (4) so

7 These appear best when the approaching car is some distance away, perhaps a quarter or half a mile. The results at night may not be as impressive as those in the late afternoon because at night your ventilation wing window makes a more perfect mirror and the passing landscape is not as pronounced, therefore, the reflections therein are more easily detected as reflections. rf In the late afternoon, however, you have a feelins that you are actually looking through the glass and the reflected objects appear more real. The sun shining on a bright ring on your fin- ger with your hand resting on the steering wheel may cast disc- like reflections in your wind shield. The form of the reflect- ion will depend upon the ornamental decorations on your ring. The rear door handle on my automobile reflects nine beau- tiful, little, silver, flying discs in the brizht sun-light. These appear in the lower part of the ventilation wing and when traveling on a level highway, they appear to be racing along with me at the road side. These nine discs appear in a form- ation of two rows of four each, with the ninth one in the lead at the center of the formation, They appear as whirling pro- pellers in a vertical position.’ These discs also have stream- ers which are due to the curveture and decorative pattern on the handle. While traveling north in the early afternoon under a bright sun, these nine discs appeared far below to my left, racing up the valley at a terrific rate. You may be able to see flying discs in your own home. If you will turn on a small electric light in the hall-way and then bok through the window at the other end of the hall, (5) .

you may see as many as three flying discs from one electric if light bulb, which may have more or less of a bell shape. These dises many times appear as inverted saucers, and if you will change your position slowly you will see that they change their position also. These are best observed in the late afternoon or between sun down and dusk, when it appears to you that you are merely looking through the window pane at the discs sus- pended in the distance. As darkness comes on, the window pane becomes a more perfect mirror and your discs appear as reflect- * dons in a mirror, To watch the dises, through your ventilation wing, sail along with you as you drive through the country, becomes very fascinating, especially if you use a little imagination. It may absorb your thoughts completely, therefore, I would admon- ish automobile drivers watching the flying discs, to be cautious and not run off the road or into some other car. Some of the reports on flying saucers, heretofore not ex- plained in this article, such as those reported seeing bright flashes in the sky, were no doubt reflected sun-light from planes. These light beams chanced to cross the line of vision of the observer.. They frequently appear very brilliant and may more or less blind the observer for an instant. If the plane is very high it may not be seen by the observer, which may be due to impaired vision or the great height at which the plane is flying. we very often get these same blinding flashes from automobile windshields, Many of the reports around July 4th. were incited by various forms of fire works. (6)

S Some reports stemmed from pure imagination or hysteria, while : others were deliberate hoaxes. Any other reports can be ex- plained if all the surrounding facts are known. Most all of the reports and descriptions of the flying saucers coincide so clearly with the findings herein, that there could be no doubt but that we have the correct solution. The foregoing statement may not be coached in precise scientific terms, and may not be scientifically exact, how- - ever, we believe it is so worded that the average layman can understand it and that it is sufficiently correct to prove the proposition. Personally, I do not believe that the so-called flying gaucers or the solution thereof, are of any military value, : unless the Government wished to retain this information for the psychological effect upon any potential enemy nation, such as Germany did in regard to their so-called secret wearers during the war. 52

ett » Bk Code 1104 3 4 ( us BRL 7 August 1947 SUBJECT: “Flying Saucers" TO: Asst Chief of Air Staff-2 . Collection Branch, AAP Washington 25, D. C. 1. The inclosure is an excerpt from a letter to Dr. E. Tousey, Micron Waves Section Head, Naval Research Labora- tory, from Mr. John F. Cole, pertaining to some unidentified objects which Mr. Cole reports to have seen some time prior to the first reports of "flying saucers" in the New England area. 2. Dr. Tousey states that Mr. Cole is a well-known astronomer and a reliable observer as @ result of his training. 3. The inclosure is in addition to information contained in previous letters to your office taken from interviews at the request of Lt. Col. G. D. Garrett, AAF A-2. 7 tan o/h . yon WILLIAM P. MELLEN Excerpt fm ltr to Major, Air Corps Dr. Tousey 2 AMC Liaison Officer Naval Research Laboratory >

. S ih . 7 i> ° Bh . Copy. Excerpt from letter to Dr. R. Tousey from Mr. John F. Cole ' South Brooksville, Me, P July 28, 1947. Having in mind the ridicule which has been heaped.on those innocent or perhaps gullible individuals who have reported disks, I would be a little cautious in interpreting. But it is safe to say truthfully, that something unusual attracted my attention, and I was in a perfectly sober. condition, barring the mild stimulation, afforded by cool spring water filtering through North Haven greenstone cracks. It should be easy to determine if the "disks" were @ new type jet plane, or bomber, or rocket. ‘The fact that it was July 3, about 2:30 P.M. (summer time) or Greenwich Civil time 1830 might suggest that they were engaged in some naval demonstration from Eastport, Bar Harbor 3 or Belfast. The group appeared to be at an @ltitude of about 50° -- I suffer from a mild cervical arthritis--but my eyes are well corrected for astigma- tism and hypermetropia, and I doubt if my cerebral cortical Lesions are suffic- dently advanced to affect my balance. What first made me look up was the un- usually loud roar and I was surprised not to see a well defined group of planes quite near. Instead I had to look rather sharply to see the bunch-of very light colored objects, in a general northerly direction and travelling roughly in a NW (true) direction. This was reasonably correct, as I was on Cox's hill, and looked over towards Backwood's Mount, that is the conspicuous flat tep planated hill at Harborside. The group could hardly have covered more than 13° enguler diameter in the sky, and bunched rather closely with no regular formation. There might have been 10, I couldn't say and with 90' of arc spread, would easily be within the limit of visibility for discreet ob- jects. As a group they were going so as to cover 30° of arc, estimated of course, in perhaps 10 or 15 seconds. If one of them, say, subtended 1/10°, with a possible wing spread of 100 feet, it would put it at a distance of over 10 miles, and quite invisible for a light object.- Besides, with 30° arc of travel at a 10 mi. distance would be roughly 5 miles in 15 seconds or 20 mi. per minute or 1200 mi. per hour!!--rather fast for a bomber--hi. A 50 ft. objects at 5 miles dist. would be about 600 mi. per hr.--also faet going. The only concrete evidence of forn appeared on the left tangent of the group--two dark shaped forms: Be which may have been tail wings. Doeen't the Douglass bomber have these? And since they were in no regular formation, but seemed among themselves to be moving irregularly like a swarm of bees, why shouldn't all of them have shown wings? The loud roar suggests they may have been much closer, and rather small. The sky beckground was hazy blue, and the sun behind me. One Plane towing a lot of balloons, I believe, would have been easily recognized. Havy any meteorites been re- Ported? At that time of day, has there been any abrupt change of radio field strength? or ionization? ie

a. . = - OFFICE OF THE AIR INSPECTOR 25 JULY 1947 MEMORANDUM TO: Ac/AS-2, Counter Intelligence Branch 1. Information contained herein and opinions expressed are based upon conversation with and request by Mr. Butler of your office. All pertain to certain phenonema connected with recent widespread talk of “flying saucers". 2. Approximately three weeks ago, on or about 7 July 1947, I prepared to go to bed around 2230 or 2300 EDT. I was living at 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia, with my wife. Illustration No. 1 shows the general layout of the room we occupied at that time. See Tllustretion No. 1. ‘ 3 | / \ ( \ i\\.\ 7 > J | sort 1 L «_)) L7ssce| | Ne % - =" ¥ " No ee iy ASKART NOR S é hy Sind a ; JL wt heer oe

% Le ~~ 3. I had just turned off the light by my bedside, but sat down on the side of the bed to listed to the end of a radio program before * reclining. In the meantime, my wife and I were having some conversa- tion about the selection of certain furniture for a home we had just purchased, At the time of these events, as I sat facing the windows, @ light appeared at the right-hand edge of the extreme end window and moved rapidly along to disappear below the trees or horizon, or to be extinguished in some fashion at some place in a general southerly direction. This is illustrated on the following page by a very tenta- tive sketch. See Illustration No. 2. J 6) ’ | _§_a—~ FEN Ls 4 a ~ “iY ; «4 4! \ rh! Xy \ PONY Se 5 Sy 4 — 4 7 QW XY Nt 2 NN ' \ rg 7 Ss § | 4 o so 3 as < N Er iy t\k rer wv ak r yl - y } “4 \ x NO RP 2 k : "! é / Co Miitlipgln: Bo $ . Z Ou

: ros : 4. At the time, since my attention was divided and absorbed among ~ the subjects mentioned, my reaction was simply that "a light passed by,” and I gave no further thought to the matter until some moments later, when the thought came to me that I had never seen such an object before, and thet although the first explanation would have been that a meteor had fallen toward earth in that direction, it did not have the appearance of any meteor or "shooting star" I had ever seen. Thinking of the then- prevalent talk of flying disks, I reflected that probably some such thing as I had just seen was the source of a large amount of newspaper and radio publicity on the subject. The next morning I jestingly announced in the office that I saw a flying saucer the night before and thought that it was enroute to Alexandria,where some of our officers live. I then went on to say that I supposed it was a shooting ster, but that it did look somewhat peculiar, After we had discussed the general topic for some time, I dropped the subject, not wishing to add to the supposed rumors, which I envisioned as a source of serious panic ; over the country. 3 5. A description of the light, or object is almost impossible, since observation of it was so limited. As shown in Illustration No. 23. the object appeared to pass in closest proximity to me at the time it came into view. All of my mental calculations were based upon some impression or conseption of its distance at the closest point, (AC). I had no way of judging this, except in the form of very crude depth- perception. If this by any chance were correct, ard instead of a dis- tant meteor some object had passed near-by, I would assume for purposes of description that the distance AC on the sketch was some three quarters of amile, One factor which I could judge quite reliably was the angular elevation. This must have been approximately 3 or 4 degrees; at any rate, the light was intermittently behind the tallest trees forward of my position as it passed, and these trees are of a normal height, perhaps sixty or eighty feet at a distence# several blocks. Based upon a mild assumption as to distance, and a reasonable assumption as to anguler elevation, the object would be at a low altitude, considerably bolow 500 feet, and of a size approximating a small airplane, say 30 feet across. The shape may have been round, oval, discal, or irregular; at - the speed with which it travelled, I could only perceive it as a “blob.” I do not consider the distance mentioned to be less than 3/4 mile, because had it been, I feel sure that, late in the evening and with all my windows open, I would have heard some sound, which I definitely did not in this case. It might be well to point out here the relative similarity in size, altitude and airspeed of p firefly at a distance of 30 feet, an airplane at about 3f4 mile, and a meteor at several hundred miles. Most of us are familiar with this illusion. 3 »

eve ; 6. Although I could not accurately judge the time, I seem to recall the object or light was visible for a couple of seconds, Taking this figure literally and applying it to the sketch, No. 2, one could roughly compute the speed of the object at 1350 mph; however, I did not sense that it was moving with such great speed as this. It rather appeared to move with the speed of a jet-powered airplane, It did not deviate from a straight course while I observed it, and did not i perceptibly lose altitude. 7 In color, the subject had the appearance of a reflected white light, a cool, bright white light with no red in it, like the moon on a clear night. There was no train visible to me, in the form of fire, smoke, or sparks. The weather at the assumed time and date was checked through records of the Bolling Field weather office, and consisted of scattered to broken clouds with visibilities of 10 - 12 miles. ‘he cloud condition is further indication that the object was not necessarily a meteor, since it might have been impossible to see a meteor, I do not personally remember the weather condition, except that I am sure it was not raining. . 8. At the time of this occurrence, I was not inclined to think of it seriously enough to wake my wife and describe it to her, nor by any reasoning to make official report. As time passed, I thought considerably about the fleeting glimpse I had of whatever I saw, and am still somewhat confused, but feel that it was some natural phenomenon which occurs but rarely, I have flown approximately 2500 hours during the past»seven years and being generally familiar with aspects of aviation can emphati- cally state that (a)“it was no weather balloon, (b) it was not the flash of @ beacon on the cloud-base, (c) it could hardly have beon an airplane on fire, since it would have at least crashed in this general area, (d) it was not entirely a result of imagination, and (e) it was not spending much time in one place. JAMES 0. COBB Lt Colonel, Air Corps ; : >

DIRECTOR:NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY ARMY LIAISON OFFICE ee WASHINGTON 20, D.C. ~ NAVY DEPARTMENT | v ren: NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY J Code 110 WASHINGTON 20, D.C. (by 28 July 1947 SUBJECT: Flying Saucers ? TO: Asst Chief of Air Staff-2 Collection Branch, AAP Washington 25, D. C. e Supplemental to that contained in a letter to your office, dated 18 July 1947, re interview with Mr. C. H. Zohn who purports to have seen an unidentified flying object, the following additional information was obtained on 21 July from C. C. Rockwood, who was mentioned in that letter as having also seen the object. C. C. Rockwood reports the object to have been either a silvery sphere or disc, which he would have taken to be a meteorological balloon except for the fact that it was travelling at a much higher velocity than the automobile and approximately in the same direction. The auto- mobile was moving about 60 mph. There was little, if any, surface wind. When first seen at an elevation of about 45° it appeared about of the same size as the sun. He could hear nothing above the noise of the car. 2% saw no smoke or contrails. Its motion was apparently all horizontal. Its aspect did not change so faf*as could be observed during the time of observation. He thought it disappeared by simply becoming too small to see. Onhhd— t Mlh WILLIAM P. MELLEN Major, Air Corps AMC Liaison Officer

, — 7 = - — : = Seer eien se te ees ee tents to persons outeide British or U.S. Governrent Services. One-time a as pad ressages are excepted from this rule, G® | JOINT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE 9421 4 ; woe/ —SEeree ‘ IN MESSLGE 7.0.0: 080800 Aug. 1947 : 2 REC'D: 1200 EDT 9th Aug. 3 FROM: A.M, LONDON ‘ : TO: FAFDEL CYPHER. MESSAGE 4 AIX 6328 hug. 8th 1947 Your AIX 14 July 29th. During normal night flying practice at 2230 hours on 16th ; ' January, 1947, one of our Mosquitos was vectored @ to an unidentified aircraft at 22,000 feet, A long chase ensued commencing over the North Sea about 50 miles fror the Dutch coast end ending at 2300 hours over Norfolk. Two brief AI cont-cts were mde but faded quickly. The un- identified airerafi appeared to take efficient controlled evasive action. 2. No explanation of this incident has been forthcoming nor has it been repeated. AUT iva Ur 4 | Pee J A.C.Me “es AM. ~ : ] C,I.0, (Action)3” : : . fec :

KAs- , © enfin g's NOS i \ “ab \ FLYING Discs ‘ 3 July 1947 For purposes of analysis by AFBIR-CO, eighteen reported sightings of "Flying Discs" were selected for breakdown into detailed particulars. Each report was assigned a number and each number appears in the left-hand colum of the data on the following pages. Qne report, Number 7, has not yet been received and therefore no information is included other than Date, Name of Observer, and Location. The Fourth Air Force is attempting to secure a statement from this observer. Four reports, Numbers 2, 4, 17, and 18, have not been analyzed. The subject headings on which the breakdown has been made are: Date Hour (Local standard Time) Location Observer's Name Qoserver's Occupation Observed from Ground or Air Number of Objects Sighted Altitude Direction of Flight Speed Distance Covered Length of Time in sight Deviation from straight Flight Color Size Shape Sound Trail Weather Manner of Disappearance Remarks Dae hah ye eee 1 ead

. Report Number Date *Hour Location 28 19 May 1215 Manitou Springs, Colorado 2 22 May Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 3 22 June 1130 Greenfield, Massachusetts 4 24 June Mt. Rainier, Washington 5 28 June 2120 Maxwell Field, Alabama 6 29 June 1330 Nera white Sands, New Mexico % 1 July Bakersfield, California 8 4 July 2015 Emnett, Idaho 9 6 July 1345 Clay Center, Kansas 10 6 July - Fairfield-Suisun, California l 7 July 1145 Koshkonong, wisconsin l 7 July 1430 East Troy, Wisconsin 13 8 July 1550 Mt. Baldy, California wu 9 July 2330 Grand Falls, Newfoundland 15 10 July 1600 Harmon Field, Newfoundland 16 l2 July 1830 Elmendorf Field, Alaska 17 J 1§ = *Local standard Time ‘t

Report Observed Number Observer's Name Occupation From nH D. A. Houser Railroad Eaployee Ground F. J. Smith - ie " L. D. Jamison = - vl 2 Byron Savage Businessman-Pilot Ground 2 E. L. DeRose *iot stated Ground 4 Kenneth Arnold Business-man Pilot Air 5 Wilson H. Kayko Captain, AAF Ground John H. Cantrell ud n LZ Redman ® a 4g Theodore Dewey lst Lieut., AAF a 6 C. H. Zohn Employee, NL Ground J. R. Kauke ft # * Cc. C. Rockwood x i " f Nancy Rockwood Wife of C.C. Rockwood " 4 Richard Rankin Civilian Pilot Ground 8 a. J. Smith United Air Lines Pilot Air Ralph stevens " # " Co-Pilot L,i 9 A. B. Browning Major, AAF air 10 Jas. H. Burniston Captain, AAF Ground 1 Not Stated CaP Instructor air “i CAP Student i la Not. Stated CaP Pilot Air € " CAP Passenger " 13 Alvin E. Moorman lst Lieut., ACCNG Air uy : Tric Kearsey Constable, Newfoundland Ground Constabulary 15 Mr, Mehrman TWA Representative Ground Mr. Woodruff PAA * s 16 Grahm Major, AAF Ground and several other officers a *From letter received, observer is obviously well educated. 42 Wa 42

Report Deviation from Number Straight Flight Color size 1 Climbed, dove, hovered overhead, re- silver Apparently small sumed original course 2 3 None reported silver, very Snall bright 4 5 Zig zag course "much like a water- Brilliance Kot stated bug" slightly great- er than a star 6 None reported Some solar spec- Not stated ular reflection 7 8 None reported Almost dusk; Impossible to could not dis- determine tinguish 9 None reported Very bright and 30-50' in diameter silvery colored 10 None reported Reflection from Comparable to a sun C-54 at 10,000! 11 Descended edgewise, stopped at 4,000! Not stated Not stated and assumed horizontal position. Pro- ceeded in horizontal flight for 15 seconds, stopped again, then disapp- eared 12 None reported Not stated Not stated 23. None reported Of light-reflec- Apparent depth of ting nature a P-51 uy None reported Phosphorous Not stated color 15 None reported silvery Same span as a C-54 at 10,000! 16 Followed contours of mountains five Resembled a Approx. 10' in miles away from observers grayish balloon diameter 5 4b

Report Number Shape Sound Trail Weather 1 No definite shape could be None None CAVU determined 2 \ Irregular; round, Dis not None None Not stated appear particularly disc- shaped z 4 5 None stated; seemed like None None Clear moonlight a bright light 6 No details other than that None Possible vapor CAVU shape was uniform with no trails protuberances 7 8 None definite, but seemed None None CAVU flat on base with the top slightly rough in contour 9 Round, disc-shaped None None CavU 10 No shape could be disting- None None Sunny uished pal Not stated, but report re- None None CAVU fers to "saucer" several times l Same as Report No. 1 None None CAaVU 13 Flat object, of light-re- None None Not stated flecting nature which appear- ed to be without vertical fin or any visible wings uy Egg-shaped, or like barrel None None CAvU head a5 Circular in shape, like None Bluish black Clear with scat- wagon wheel trail approx. tered cumlus 15 mi. long at 8 to 10,000! 16 Resembled balloon None None Not stated & 6 hf

This image contains all the - 4 “ te Report. Manner of Number Disappearance Remarks 1 Climbed very fast and out of sight No definite shape could be determi and even with the aid of 4, to 6 pe § er binoculars object could not be brought into focus 2 3 Obscured by a cloud bank From letter this observer wrote, i is obvious he is a well-educated person. Seeks no publicity. 4 a] Lost in brilliancy of the moon Observers (2 rated, 2 air intell.) phoned Field Ops to ascertain no ‘scheduled experimental a/c were in vicinity. sky chart attached to re 6 Cannot explain, except that reflec- Observer is Admin.Asst. in the hoc tion angle may have changed abruptly et Sonde Sect. of NKL. Two other "scientists", and wife of one, wee in party and made same observation 7 8 Don't know whether they put on a tre— Observers were Pitot, Co-Pilot, of menduous burst of speed, or disinteg- scheduled UAL DC~3. Stewardess als: rated. However, they did disappear into saw objects. Suggest reading of ve. sunset detailed statements. 9 Unexplained When first sighting object near ho izon, observer looked at chart in his lap to check position. iwhen he looked out window again, object wa off his left wing at l1 o'clock 10 Disappeared at an angle of about 30° Rolled from side to side 3 times i above the earth's surface its path across the sky. Sun refle ed from top side, but never from w erside, even when turning 11 Unexplained None 12 Unexplained None 13 Pilot (at 300MPH) attempted to keep Ovserver contacted bases in area w object in sight, but unable to do so reported no a/c in air at time 4 Unexplained First 4 discs flying line-a-trail 15 Unexplained Seemed to cut clouds open as it passed thru. Trail was like bean seen after a high-powered landing lizht is switched off. 16 Not stated Object was observed paralleling th course of a C-i,7 then landing. 7

zi ee @e @ i ‘cael a HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH FOXCE Colorado Springs, Colorado 2 July 1947 SUBJECT: Supersonic Platters SUMMARY OF INFORVATION: The following information was related to Counter Intelligence Corps Personnel at Headquarters Fifteentn Air Force, Colorado Sprin,s, Colorado on 27 June 1947 by Mr D. A. Hauser, 24 North Chesnut Street, Colorado Springs Colorado, Mr. F. J. Smitx, 24 rairview, Manitou Springs, Colorado and Mr. L. D. Jamison, 2415 Wiest Kiowa, Colorado Sprin.s, Colorado. All three of the men are empolyees of the Pikes Peak Kailvry, Manitou Springs, Colorado. "On or about 19 kay 1947 during their lunch period (121-1315) a mem- ber of a train crew called attention to a silver objec! in tiie sky a;proachin; from tie North East. It appeared to Le travellin, at a great speed. All three men stated that the altitude of the object was very difficult to deter- mine because of its apparent smallness. They further sta'ed that because of this it was difficult to view the object as being large and having high altitude or small and being at a relatively low altitude. They did say though that it appeared to be higher than the top of Manitou Mountain which is over 1000 feet higher than the shops which are situated at its base. No definace s..ape of the object could be determined and even with tie aid of binoculars it still could not be brought into focus. The vinoculars used were of about 4 to 6 power. The men stated that they were cer ain that Lhe cbject did not have any of tne physical characteristics of modern conventional aircraft. The day was discribed as being clear and sunny witn not a cloud in the sky andano ground wind. On reaching tne area just North of Wanitou Moutain the object remained in tne immediave area for several minutes during which time it was seen to execute manuvers such as climbi:g, divin and reversal of direction of flicht. This happened every few seconds. The distance and location between views prompted two of the men to think that there ,were more of the unidentified objects in the sky. At times the object seemed to hoveer in tne air and then start on another path of flijht. When last seen tre silver object was climp- in; very fast towards the West almost directly into the wind. Previous distribution: Evalutation None of source of int'ormation DISTHILUTION: E 0 Hq SAC 3 copies

HQOCAMA FORM NO. 8.806 OKLAHOMA CITY AIR MATERIEL AREA TINKER FIELD . OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA IN REPLY REFER TOr OCAPN/KDS:cp #3724-1 2 July 1947 MEMORANDUM TO THE SHCURITY OFFICER, OCAMA, TINK-R FIELD. SUBJSCT: BYRON 2. SAVAGS, Field Engineer, Radio Corporation of America, Dallas, Texas. (Residence: 416 N. W. 29th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ) RE: Flying Disc. On 23 July 1947, BYRON &. SAVAGS was interviewed at his residence, 416 N. W. 29th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relating to his alleged viewing of a flying disc over the vicinity of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Subject, whose age is 38, advised he is married a } aas one child, and is presently the holder of a Private Pilot's License, No. 39101, (Single Engine, Land). Subject averred he has extensively studied electron- ics, sound engineering and aeronautics, and his present occupation, which is Field Engineer for Radio Corporation of America, offices of which are located in Uallas, Texas, is that of installing theater sound equipment. SAVAGE stated that between the days 17 May to 21 May 1947, just after dusk, he observed an object which he believed to be 4 small aircraft in the south. SAVAGE advised that the sun had just gone down and the moon had not arisen on the horizon. SAVAGS related that he and his wife had just departed their residence and had started to enter their car in the driveway at 416 N. W. 29th Street, Oklahoma City. He judged the time to be between 8:30 pem. and 9:00 p.m., and the lights from the city of Oklahoma City appeared to be shining on this object when he first saw it. He judged the object to be about 160° in the south when he first saw it, and as it moved toward him he remarked to his wife that "a big white plane was coming over." SAVAGE stated that when this object was at a 45° angle from him, he realized it was not a conventional type aircraft, and it appeared elliptical at first and as it moved closer it appeared perfectly round and was flat. SAVAGE advised the object, which appeared to him as a disc, had no appearance of being spherical and had a ratio of diameter to the thickness of approxi- mately 10 to 1, appearing thicker in the center, but this could not be positively ascertained. SAVAGE judged the object to be at an altitude of between 10,000 and 18,000 feet, and it left no trailing effects. SAVAGE related that it appeared to be in bulk as big as the bulk of six B-29s at an altitude of approximately the same height. SAVAGE advised that the object was in his vision approximately 15 to 20 seconds and travelled at a speed which he judged to be approximately three times that of jet-propelled aircraft. as

Memo to the Security Officer, OCAMA, Tinker Field, dtd 7/2h/h47, File 372h-1. SAVAGE stated that there were no protrusions on this object and as it went by he listened for a sound of noise, and at one time thought he dis- tinguished a swishing sound like the rushing of air. This swishing sound occurred a few seconds after this object had passed him. SAVAGE averred this sound was not very loud and did not last very long, and it is very possible that the sound could have been his imagination or expectation, as he was not sure of the sound. SAVAGE related that he called his wife to see this object but it had disappeared before she could focus her eyes on it. Subject stated™that the object appeared to diminish in size and speed as it moved away, and it was moving in a direction of 350° to the north. Subject further stated that the object appeared to be frosty white in color at all times. SAVAGE advised that he has held a pilot's certificate since 1934 and has been flying since 1929. tie advised that he would be glad to answer any further inquiries and will cooperate in every way possible. SAVAGE stated he was sure this object was not a meteor and in his opinion it must be radically built and powered, probably atomic. fabrar 4) homer 4 KALMAN D. SIMON C.I. U.S. Army 2

@ pra T @ a , 4 eco ee we 151 Meridian Street P Greenfield, Massachusetts . duly 10, 1947 Comsanding Officer Westover Field : Chicopee, Massachusetts Dear Sirs After having read several accounts of eye-witnesses who claim they had seen the so-called "flying discos", it brought to mind a strange exper- fence I had some two weeks ago. The reason I write to you fs that radio and is newspaper reporte state that the air forces have been alerted to investigate these mysterious objects. Assuming that you are interested, I am making the following report in the belief that it might possibly be of help to you. I do not desire to have any kind of publicity whatsoever in this connection. About 11:30 AM, Sunday, June 22nd, I was working outdoors on a step- ladder, looking up, and suddenly there appeared across my line of vision a speeding, brilliant, small, round-shaped, silvery-white object at an altitude I would judge to be about 1,000 ft. or more. It wns moving very fast in a straight, northwesterly direction -- I would say as fast or possibly faster than a speeding plane. It was so unusual and strange a sight that it arrest- ed my attention for about 8 or 10 seconds until it was obscured by a cloud- bank. Waturally my curiosity was considerably aroused and I tried to think what this object might have been. I doubted very much that it could have been a weather baloon because it was not at all like any weather baloons I had seen before. The object I saw, although small, reflected the sunlight very stronge ly as though it were of polished alwtinum or silver, and I can assure you was very real. It appeared to have an irregular round shape and while it could have been disc-shaped, it did not particularly impress me as suche I have attempted to give you this information as accurately and clearly as I kmow how, free from any imagination or exaggeration. Further- more, my experience took place before I had any inkling that "flying discs" were reported seen. This information is being passed on to you for whatever it may be worth, purely and simply in the interests of national security, and once. more request that you do not publicize my name. Sinceroly yours, A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY: . /s/ Edward L. DeRose Clete Fk 32 Edward Le DeRose ARCHIE F. ROY ane (¢ Captain, Air Corps . AT / - ChE

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR PORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Pield, California - ek oo 4AFDA 17 July 1947 en 333.5 ID af ae SUBJECT: Investigation of “Flying Discs” . TO: Commanding Generel, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, De Ce ATTENTION: AC of AS<2 : 1. Attached statements and MOICs forwarded to your office per request THX from Headquarters Air Defense Command, Witehel Field, N. Yo, dated 10 July 1947. 2. This headquarters is unable to locate Richard Rankin, however, a8 soon as he is located, statement and MOIC will be forwarded direct to your office. Se ‘Information copies furnished Headquarters Air Defense Command. DONALD L. SPRINGER 4 Inels: Lt. Colonel, asc 1. MOITC 16 Jul/Brown (ap) AC of S, A~2 2. MOIC 16 Jul/Brown (dup 3. MOIC 16 Jul/3rom cup} 4. MOIC 16 Jul/Brown (dup Info ee to ADC ! . TART } 4S

Incident QAP 1208 I 16 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGEs 1. vn 12 July 1947, a call was made at the newspaper office of the "Idaho Daily Statesman", Soise, Idato. The aviation editor of the paper, ur. David N. Johnson, was interviewed in regard to how wel] he knew Mr, Kenneth Arnold of ‘oise, Idaho, and as to the credibility of ay statemmt made by Mr. Arnold. The purpose of this interview was an attempt to verify statenents made by Mr. Kenneth Arnold on 26 June 1917, to various national news services to the effect that he, ir. Amold, had seen 9 objects flying in the air above the Cascade ‘ountain Range of ‘ashington, These objects were subsequently referred to as flying saucers or flying disks and will here-in-after be referred to as such in this report. Mr. Johnson stated that he had knom Mr. Arnold for quite a period of time, having had relations with Mr. Arnold on various occasions, due to the fact that both he, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Arnold were private fliers and frequently got together to talk shop. Mr. Johnson stated that as far as he was concerned anything Mr. Arnold said cculd be taken very seriously and that he, Mr. Johnson, actually believed that ir. Arnold had seen the aforementioned flying disks. Ur. Johnson stated that after Mr. Arnold reported having seen the flying disks, that the editor of the paper had assigned him, Wr. Johnson, the assignment of taking the airplane belonging to the newspaper and exhausting all efforts to prove or disprove the probability of flying disks having been seen in the northwest area. The results of this assignment to Mr. Johnson and what he subsequently saw is put forth in a sworn statement signed by Mr. Johnson attached to this report as ixhibit 5, : AGENT'S NOTES: Mr. Johnson is a man of approximately 33 to 35 years of age. From all appearances he is a very reserved type of person. Mr. Johnson has logged 2800 hours of flying time in various types of airplanes up to and including multi-engine aircraft. During part of the war years, Mr. Johnson was the first pilot of a B-29 type aircraft being assigned to the Twentieth USAAF and stationed on Tinian Island, in the Pacific. It is the personal opinion of the interviewer that “tr. Johnson actually saw what he states that he saw in the attached report. It is also the opinion of the interviewer that Mr. Johnson would have much more to lose than gain and would have to be very strongly convineed that he actually saw something before he would report such an incident @nd open himself for the ridicule that would accompany such a report, 1 Inels Exhibit "8" i . 2, FRANK M. BROWN, S/A, CIC Sth AF ie \ vu

'e * : * ‘ ota 44N a se W Statement of David N. Johnson at Boise, Idaho, July 12, 1947 To Whom It May Coneern: On the sixth day of July, 1947, I received from James L. Brown, general manager of the Statesman ewspapers, incorporated in Idaho as The Statesman Printing company, an assignment which was in substance: "Conduct an eerial seerch of the northwest states in an effort te see and photorraph « flying disc. onduct this patrol for so long a time as you believe reasonable, or until you see a flying disc." In accordance to these instructions, I took the Statesman's airplen ; and with Kenneth Arnold as passen er, flew a seven and one-half hour mission on the seventh day of July, 1947. ‘This mission was without result. It and territory between and aroun » Nainier ar t+. Adams, where Arnold first reported seeing objects henceforth described as saucers or discs. On the eighth day of duly, 1947, I took an AT=6 of the 190th Fichter squadron, Idaho Netionel Guard, of which I am a member, and flew to northern Tdsho, into northwestern Wontena briefly, to Spokene, Weshincton, and back to Boise by way of ‘elle Walle, Washington, and Pendleton, Oregon. This search also was negative. national cuard AT-6, this time centerir my efforts over the Owyhee mountains southeast of the llountein Home army air base, thence into the Sawtooth moun- \ tains, and back in the cenere] direction of Boise on a line carrying me well to the north of the Shafer butte forest service lookout stati mn, int 6 lorseshoe Bend area, and thence back in a southwesterly directio & point

@ COMERS Tig between Boise and the village of i eridian, west of Joise a few miles. During this search, which lested approximately two end one-half hours, I flew under and around:rapidly forming cumulus clouds over thet area known as the Camas Prairic, eas f Boise. The clouds were near the villace of Fairfield in that valley, er airfield is 75 mil airline distance east of 3oise. t that tim saw nothin- in the vicinity of these clouds. flying at an altitude of 14,000 feet n an sea level, which would be a mean average of 11,000 feet above the eerth in this area, not considering errors in the altimeter induced either by barometric chenges since my takeoff, or : by the temperature at thet altitude. black and round. recently released « 22lloons e repl rom communicator Albertson was that impression h aid “not * rel rs" or ve met zac time of tae on hearir is resoc , I turned the eircraft broadside to the object, pulle eck + exiclass coverin oe avoid any distortion, took Le |S

. . an 1 e @ Z could not see the object because of minuteness of scope introduced by the optical view finder with which the cemera, en f.1.9 Eastman, was equipped. Taking the camera away and once again centerinz my gaze on the ct, I observed it to roll so thet its edge was presented to me. At this time it flashed once in the sunlicht. It then appeared as e thin black line. It then performed a maneuver which looked es if it had berun @ slow roll, or @ barrel roll, which instead of being completed, was broken off at about the 180-derree point. ‘the object rolled out of the top of the maneuver at this point, and I lost sight of it. This entire performance was observed against the background of clouds previously forming over the Camas Prairie. The object appeared to me, reletively, as the size of a twenty-five cent piece. I do not kmow hor far eway it was. I do not mow, nor can I truthfully estimate, its speed. IT oan only say it was not an airplane, and if it was at a very creat dis- tance from me, its snced was great, taking into consideration thet apparent speed is reduced to the viewer if an object is a very creat distance away. I forgot to look at my clock to determine the exact time I saw the Object. The CAA's log of radio contacts shows my first contact to have been made af®12:17 hours. ut a few seconds elapsed between the time I first saw the object; and the time I called the CAA's station. I subsequently related over the radio a description of what I saw, and communicator Albertson may remember it. the control tower may have a record- ing of the conversation. I have not checked to determine thete The purpose of my relating over the air what I saw was to enable rapid transmission of the report to the newspaper, for at that time I was on assignment and my energies thenceforth were devoted to (1) transmitting the information and (2) conducting a further search, which I did after landing for fuel and to make some telephone cells. ‘

——? ver r une, t w Y . 2-82 passed @ P-51 in t; inity of uma proceedec to the area where I saw ri t afternoon, flights of F-5ls were sent out to cover the area, I we subsequently infor i t rsonnel or ot the nited Air Lines ‘side of Gower ield, ar n national guard side, observed a black 2b ject maneuverir in front o cloud formation, which dy now had su stion * inference of a l ling neture. ney saw ject (from vave been 14:00 hours. » object verformed in the seme erratic manner, they seid, as I observed. The above is the extent of the story, and information concerning myself is now in order. from primary trainers to 5-29s.e Of course, that does not increase my >owers of observation except ss to those practiced daily by an airman. . I me bri

» 4 . s Hrd rr It does not make my eyesight any sharper except again as to the incidental demands upon the eyes of a pilot. 4 : At the time of the experience related above, I had flown fourteen and one-half hours on an assignment to find a disc and if possible, to photograph it. In all frankness, I was tired. I may have been suffering, although slightly, from want of oxygen. i Prior to sighting the object, I head concluded there was no point in ¥ pressing the search, that I probably would never see the diso-like objects referred to by Arnold and by Captain Smith of United Air Lines. At all times during the search, both on that day and the two preceding days (particularly when I was with Arnold) I had literally talked to* myself to keep beating into my head thet I would not fall victim to the power of Suggestion or self-hypnosis arising from a naturally very intent desire to find a disc and bring success to the assi nment given me. hypnosise Iam familiar with the optical illusion of a fixed object berin- ning to move after it is watched a sufficient lencth of time. I know what tricks the eyes wi}l play as to moving bodies, and have learned of this particularly during nicht formatio flying. oe so strong in saying t I saw ething not « ircraft, # balloon, and not a corpuscl vi cross reting - either . aneuver LU Wil TW EP em ie

2 “Te \ X . “4 : 4 i ee. 241 Battery Street, San Francisco, showed no trabe of any object. Stohr says thet if it was nore than a nile Aistant from ne at the size I described, the object would not have registered sufficiently on the film to be shown. He said it probably was too far away to be apparent even through great en= largement of the negative, and enlargement in thet case is Limd tea because of the size of the film and the fact I did not have any telescopic equipment on the lens. The exposure was f.16, stop set at infinity, at a speed of 16 frames per second, f I heve'worried over this matter a greet deal since seeinglit. I “took myself aside" and said, “come now, Jolinson, don't be stupide® But I cannot bring myself to the point of thinking I did ee see anything. The impression “ of the moment was too vivid, too realistic, and I knew in the air when I saw that partial slow roll or barrel roll, that I was not a victim of illusion. I trust ‘this matter will be of help to those invedst4 calling the flying ' disc phenomena which have been reported. f A chart is attached depicting the movements of the object as I saw it. This statement is made voluntarily and freely, in response to the request of Mr. Browm and Captsin Davidgon, who called on me this morning. /s/ vevid Ne Johnson Subscribed and sworn to before me, a‘notary public, this 12th way of July , 1947. /s/ Geo. L. Flaherty Notery public for Ada ‘ county Idaho. My : commission expires dan 2, 1949. cOoOPY ‘ 1 TIOGAIDTAT Ag % i Ls iin £2 5S

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‘ " x ee le Incident Lar 1208 I ' 16 July 1947 i ‘ f MEMORANDUM POR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: ' 1, Om 12 July 197, Mr, Kenneth Amold, Bex 367, Boise, Idaho, | was interviewed in regard to the report by ir. Arnold that he saw 9 strmge objects flying over the Cascade Mountain Range ef Washington State on July 25th. Mr. Arnold voluntarily agreed to give the interviewer a written report of exactly what he had seen on the above mentioned date. : The written report of Mr. Arnold is attached to this report as Exhibit A. ADENT'S NOTES: Mr. Arnold is a man of 32 years of age, being married and %ofather of tw children. fe 4c well thought of in the comsunity in whieh he lives, being very wuch the family aan ani from all appearances @ very good provider for his family. Mr. Arnold hes recently purchased a home on the outskirts of Boise, reomtly purchased a $5,000 airplane in which to conduct his business to the extent of which is explained in the attached. exhibit. It is the personal opinion of the interviewer that Mr. arnold actually saw what he stated that he saw. It is difficult to beliave ; that a man of Mr, Amold's character ond apparent integrity would state that he saw objects anf write up « report to the extent that he did if he @id not seetthem. To go further, if Mr. Arnold can write a report of the character that he did while not having seen the objects that he claimed he sas, it is the opinion of the interviewer that #r. Arnold is in the wrong business, that be should be writing Buck Rogers fiction. Mr. Arnold is very outhpoken aid somvhat bitter in his opinions of the leaders of the U.S. Aray Air Forces and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for not having made an investigation of this matter sooner. To put all of the statements made by Mr. Arnold in this report wuld make it a voluminous volume. lHowever, after having checked an aeronautical map of the area over which Mr, Amold Claims that he saw the objects it was determined that all statenents made by Mr. Arnold ‘in regard to the Gistances involvel, speed of the objects, course of the objects and sise of the objects, could very possibly be facts, The ? @istances mentioned by Mr, Arnold in his report are within « short distance ef the actual distances on aeronautical charts of this area, although ur. Arnold has never consulted eeronautical charts of the type the Army uses. Me ree a app merges. orvingeber pape Macys bere) pb on July 25 dae to the fact that at every stop on his business routes, o) _ eroude of people were waiting te.question his as to just what he had seen. Me. arnold stated further that if aes a oy in the fubure, saw anything in the sky, to quote Mr. Arnoldi diregtly, “if I saw a ten story building é f vot MA vo OF LY ae wii A nein ‘ (a TRAMK M. BRON, 8/4, OIC WAR > p0W dat ye

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- ' a ha - ~- 4 COPY. SOME LIFE DATA ON KENNETH ARNOLD I was born March @, 1915 in Subeka, Minnesota. My father's neme was Edward Erb Arnold; my mother's aelials name was 3ertha E. Barden. I was 4 resident of Minnesota until I wes six yeers old when my family moved to ; Scobey, Nontana, where they homesteaded. My grandfather, Roland ©. Arnold also homesteaded in Scobey, Vontana, and became quite prominent in political circles along with 3urton K. Wheeler, the famous Montena senator. I went to grade school and high school at Minot, North Vakota. I entered scouting at twelve yoars of age and achieved the rank of Eagle scout before I was fourteen. fy former scout executive was ii. H. Prescott, now a regional commissioner for the ‘oy Scouts in Kenses City, Kansas. As a boy, I was interested in athletics and was selected es an all- ‘ state end in 19352 and 1935 in the state of llorth Dakota. I entered the U. 8S. Olympic trials in fancy diving in 1952; I was ea Red Cross Life Seving Exeminer during the years of 1952, '33 and "34. I taught swimming and diving at scout camps and the municipal pool in ‘inet, horth Vakote. I went to the University of Minnesota, where I swam end did fancy diving under Neils Thorpe, and also played football under Bernie ‘ierman, but upon entering college I was unable to continue my football career because of an injured knee. Wy hich school football coach was Glenn L. Jarrett, who is now the head football coach of the University of North “akota. I had little or no finances, and my ambition in furthering my education in college was through my athletics. As a boy in Minot, liorth Lekota, I did a good deel of dor sled racing, placed first with my dog in 1930 in the Lions Club Dog Derby. In 1933 I went to work for Ked Comet, Ince of Littleton, Colorado, a manufacturer of automatic fire fighting apparatus. In 1939 I was made district manager for them over e part of the western states, and in 1940 I EXHISIT "A" *

¥ VARIDIDOAITI established my own fire control supply know as the Great Western Fire Control Supply. I have been working as an independent fire control engineer since, and I handle, distribute, sell and install ell types of @utomatic and manual fire fighting equipment in the rural areas over five western, states. ° My flying experience started as a boy in Minot, liorth Dakota, where I took my first flying lesson from Earl T. Vance, who was originally fron Great Fells, Montana. Due to the high cost at “that time, I was unable to continue my flying and did not fly of any great consequence until 1943. . I was given my pilot certificate by Ed Leach, a senior CAA inspector of Portland, Oregon, and for the lest three years have owmed my ow airplane covering my entire territory with same and flying from forty to one hundred hours per month since. Lue to the fact that I use an airplane entirely in my work, in January of this year I purchased a new Calleir airplane, which is an airplane designed for hizh altitude take-offs and short rough field use. In the type of flying I do, it tekes a great deal of practice and judgment to be able to lend in most any cow pasture and get out without injurizg your airplane; the runways ere very limited and the altitude is very high in some of the fields and places I have to go in my work. To date, I have landed in 823 cow pastures in mountain méadows, and in over @ thousand hours a flat tire has been my createst mishap. 7 gm r so ’ CONFIDEMFTAB 5

cei '* _OLgieey Qosrreesss444 @ BY KENNETH ARNOLD ; The following story of what I observed over the Cascade mountains, as impossible as it may seem, is positively true. I never asked nor wanted any notoriety for just accidently being in the right spot at the richt time to observe what I did. I reported somethine thet I know any pilot would have reported. I don't think thet in eny wey my observation was due to any sensivity of eye sicht or judgment than what is considered normal for any pilot. On June 24th, Tuesday, 1947, I had finished my work for the Central Air Service at Chehalis, Washington, end at about two o'clock I took off fron Chehalis, Washington, airport with the intention of coin to Yaki a, Wash. ° y trip was delayed for an hour to search for e large marine transport that Supposedly went down near or around the southwest side of ft. Rainier in the state of Washington and to date has never been found. I flew directly toward lt. Rainier after reaching an altitude of about 9,500 feet, which is tho approximate elevation of the hich plateau from which Mt. Rainer rises. I had made one sweep of this high plateau to the westward, searching all of the various ridges for this marine ship and flew to the west down and near the ridge side of the canyon where Ashford, Washington, is located. Unable to see anything thet looked like the lost ship, I made a S60 degree turn to the right end above the little city of Mineral, starting again toward Mts Rainier. I climbed back up to an altitude of approximately 9,200 feet. The air was so smooth that day that it was a real pleasure flying and, &s most pilots do when the air is smooth and they are flying at a higher altitude, I trimmed out ny airplane in the direction of Yakima, Washington, which was almost directly east of my position end simply sat in my plane ob- serving the sky and the terrains

\AIBIDN GATT @: There was a DC-4 to the left and to the rear of me approximately fifteen miles distance, and I should judge, at 14,000 foot elevation. The sky and air was as clear as crystal. I hadn't flown more than * two or three minutes on my course when a bricht Slash reflected on my airplane. It startled me as I thought I was too close to some other air- oraft. I looked every place in the sky and couldn't find where the reflec- tion had come from until I looked to the left and the north of - Rainier where I observed a chain of nine veculiar looking aircraft flyine from north to south at approximately 9,500 foot elevation and going, seeminrly, ina definite direction of about 170 degrees. They were approachine !'t. kainier very rapidly, and I merely assumed they were jet planes. Anyhow, I discovered that this was where the reflec- tion had come from, ss two or three of them every few seconds would dip or change their course slichtly, just enoush for the sun to strike them at ar ce that reflected brightly on my plane. These objects beine quite far oway, I was unable for a few seconds to make out their shape or their formation. Very shortly they approached Mt. einier, and I observed their outline against the sno ai leinly. I thou-ht it was very culiar I couldn't find their tails but assumed they were some type jet plane. I was determined clock their speed, as I had two definite points I could clock m by; t r was so clear that it was very easy to see objects and determir 3 or mate which is located on my instrument panel, read one minu to 3 P.M. as the first object of this formation passed the southern edge of \t. nier:

@ @ airplanes flying so close to the mountain tops, flying directly south to southeast down the hog's back of a mountein renge. I would estimate the ir elevation could have varied a thousand feet one way or another up or down, but they were pretty much on the horizon to me which would indicate they. were near the seme elevetion es I was. They flew like many times I heve observed geese to fly in @ rether diagonal chein-like line as if they were linked torethere The seened to 10ld a definite direction but rather swerved in end out of the high mountein peaks. ‘heir speed at the time did not impress me particularly, because I such ea plane. ldi tu m the DC-4 = thet sould observe at quite a stance to my ould have been os wide as t ‘ur rest enrines on each side of the j fuselere of the lCe4. pee Ad Sa a

VEEN Te and as,the first one wes oassins the south crest of this ridze the last object was entering the northern crest of the ridge. As I was flying in the direction of this particular ridze, I measured it and found it to be approximately five miles so I could safely; sume thet the chain of these saucer like objects were at least five miles lone. I could quite accurately determine their pathway due to the fact that there were severol hi peaks et were e little this side of as well as As the least unit of this formation pessed the southern mo ich snowe covered crest of iit. Adams, I looked at my sweep second hand and it showed bebe they had travelled the distance in one minute and forty-two seconds. Even at the time this timing did not unset me as I felt confident after I would land there would be some explanation of what I saw. A number of news men and experts sucgested thet I mictht have been seeing reflections or even « iragee This I know to be absolutely felse, as I observed these objects not only throurh the ¢less of ny airplane but turned my airplene sideways where I could open my window and observe them with a completely unobstructed view. (iithout sun classes) Even“thouch two minutes seems like a very short time to one on the ground, in the air in two minutes time a lot can observe a creat meny things and anything within his sir-ht of vision probably as many as fifty or sixty times. I continued my search for the marine plane for another fifteen or twenty minutes and while searching for this merine plene, what I hed just observed kept roinz through my mind. I became more disturbed, so after taking a last look at Tieton Reservoir 1 headed for Yakima. I might add thet my complete observation of these objects, which I could een follow by their Slashes as they passed |it. Adams, was around two

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I would hav iven al st anything that day to have had a movie camera with a telephoto lens and from now on I will never be without one - - but, to continue further with my story. When I landed at the Yakima, Wash., airport I described what I had seen to ny vory sood friend, Al Jaxter, who ONE TE aye a A

Y7Z\ATIL, i @ ® FBI as to the authenticity of my story or # mentel or a physical exeminetior ab to my capabilities, I have received no interest from these two importent protective force f our country; I will ro so far as to essume thet ar report lI ave to the nited « Associat ress end ver tne radio on two lifferent occasion i rently set the nation buzzing, if our \dlitery eople tnat sould expect t i Orse ‘sf } ol Pe) ae tee na 3 tuet—T

: HEADQUARTERS TACTICAL AIR COMMAND oe Pa LANGLEY FIELD. VIRGINIA \ 7 July 1947 | im REPLY REFER TO: SUBJECT: Report of Unusuel Celestial Phenonom. TO: Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Headquarters Tacticel Air Conumnd langley Field, Virginia 1. The following report is submitted concernin: an unusual occur= rence observed by SOT ira meas Porsonnel at Maxwoll Field, Montganery, Ala. on the nighf of 23 June 1947: CAPT. JOHN He. CANTRELL, 0-255404, Hq, TAC 1ST LI. THEODORE DEWEY, 0-2094172, Hq, TAC CAPT. REDMAN, Randolph Field, Toxas 2. At approxinately 2120 Central time, a light, with a brilliance slightly greater than a star, appoared from tho West. It was first noted above the horizon of a clear moon-light night, traveling in an easterly direction at a high rate of speed. Thero mms no audible soun? and it was impossible to determine the altitude, except that it ar peared to be at great height. It traveled ina zig zag course with frequent bursts of speed much like a water bug as it spurts and stops across the surface of water. It contimed until it was directly ovorhead and changed course 90° into the south, Aftor traveling in the above mannor for approximately five (5) minutes, it turned southwest and was lost in the brilliancy of the moon, at 2145 Central it ms no longer possible to observe it. 3. A call ms placed to Maxwell Field operations referenco this phenomena and inquiry nade if any experimental aircraft wero schodulod for a flight in the vicinity. The reply was negative. 4. No plausible explamtion is offered for the unusual action of this source of light, which acted contrary to any common aerodynanical laws. This report is submitted upon request, in view of the many recent reports reference unusual aerial objects observed throughout the U. S. 2 Two of the above noted observers are rated pilots and the other two are air intelligence officers. All observers were cold sober. oft = 6. Attached herewith a sketch showing approximate courso of . rere NTI . : ny ren Niphs we 4 +] Cy A WA ‘(ILSON I. KAYKO Captain, Air Corps ABORESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO: COMMANDING GENERAL. TACTICAL AIR COMMAND

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ADORESS REPLY TO P « DIRECTOR, NAVAL RESEARCH LABORAT(| @ ® v bar (oie NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY Code 110 WASHINGTON 20, D.C. 4 18 July 1947 SUBJECT: Interview of Person Reporting Unidentified Aerial Object T0: Asst Chief of Air Staff-2 Collection Branch, AAF Washington 25, D. C. 1. At the request of Lt. Col. G. D. Garrett, AAF A-2, the undersigned has interviewed this date Mr. C. H. Zohn, Administrative Assistant in the Rocket Sonde Section, NRL, who had previously released information to the press regarding an aerial object which he stated he saw at White Sands, New Mexico, 29 June. 2. Substance of the interview is as follows: At between 1:00 and 1:30 p. m. Sunday, 29 June 1947, Mr. Zohn, in the company of the following: Mr. J. R. Kauke, NRL Rocket Sonde Section telemetering supervisor; Mr. C. C. Rockwood, NRL Rocket Sonde high altitude spectrograph scientist; and Mre. Nancy Rockwood, 7 wife of the letter, was proceeding along Highway 17 in a North-Easterly direction from Las Cruces, New Mexico to White Sands V-2 firing grounds in an automobile driven by Mr. Kauke. At some time between those given and about one-third of the distance from Las Cruces Mr. Kauke, who was driving the car, noticed the subject device and called attention to the other occapants. Mr. Zohn opened the window nearest him and observed the object moving at an unknown repid velocity at an unknown altitude, which he estimated at about 10,000 feet, and which Mr. Kauke, who also observed it through an open window, estimated at between 8,000 and 10,000 feet, although the former puts little credence in the estimates. When first sighted the object was to the right and forward of the automobile at an unstated elevation and was apparently moving horizontally in a Northerly direction such as to cross the highway from . right to left. The object was observed by all persons in the automobile. Mr. Zohn stated that he could not observe any details of the object other than that its shape was uniform, with no protuberances euch as the wings of an airplane. It was too distant to enable stereosconic visualization. There was apparently some solar specular reflection which seemed to change in intensity as the object receded until it was lost from sight after an estimated 30 seconds from the tine first noticed. He could not explain how it disappeared except perhaps that r the reflection angle may have changed abruptly. There were apparently no clouds or visibility obstructions at the time. The sun was to the rear of the automobile. Mr. Kauke thought that at one time he saw vapor trails.

Ltr, ALO, NRL, 18 July 47 to Asst Chief Air Staff-2, Collection Br., AAF, subj: "Interview of Person Reporting Unidentified Aerial Object" 3. This interview was made in the presence of Dr. H. E. Newell, Acting Rocket Sonde Section Head, who said that Mr. Zohn had recently been in the Navy and is familiar with the appearance of the majority of aircraft types and with meteorological balloons. Mr. Zohn also stated that none of the occupants of the car were intoxicated. YUtL G WILLIAM P, MELLEN | Major, Air Corps AMC Lisison Officer 2

coPyY oF @ INTERVIEW REPORT SUDSJECT; Interviews with Capt. E. J. SKITH and Ralnh Stovens, United Air Lines pilots, who reported seeing flying Jtsha, Ceptain E. J. SMiTH was intorviewed at 1500, 9 July 1947, concerning the "flying disks", and stated substantially as follows: + ™We left Boise, Idaho, st 2004 Pacific Ste lard Time. At approximately 2015, the co-pilot, Ralph STEVENS, called my attention to the first object seen. We were then in the vicinity of Gmmet, Ideho, our altitude was anp- roximately 6500, and we were climbing to our proposed cruising altitude of 3000 from there to Poadleton, Oregon. The heading of the plane at that time was 300 degrees Magnetic North, and the object (one) was sighted at en>rox- imately 290 decrees, cr ton derrees to cur left. Then an additional four objacts appeersd to the left of the main, or first, object. These four f objeste eppearcd slightly emeller than the first object sighted, but all of the objects appeared on the sone plane. I cstimated the altitude of the objects to be about 8500. They were withia our sight for epproximately two minutes, then they discnpeared. "Shortly after the first gro up diseppeared, probably one cr two winutes later, the second group eppeared about 310 degrees, or to the right of the plane. Their altitude was the e-ms as tho first groupe Three of the objects eppeared to be on the same plane, and one object appeared slizhtly higher and to the right of the others. The scoond group steved within our sight twelve to fifteen minutes, then disappeared. We Lad levelled off by the time the second group disappeered, "The objects were flet on the bese, the top slizhtly rough in contour. The dimensions appeared the same as a DC-3 approximately five miles from use In o#her words, it could have been ninety miles away if it would be possible for an object as large ac that would have to be to be flying, but since we didi't lmow what we were looking at or how lergs it was, we de- cided that if it were the size of a'DC-3 wing span (90 feet), it was about five miles distent. Actually, we have no idea just how large it was since we could rot determine its distance from us. When we first sighted the objects, we decided they were sither going away from us or coming towards us. After a short while, however, we knew they couldn't be coming towards us, bocause we never approached them I don't believe they could have beea going a great rate of speed and still stayed in sight for as long as they did. I would judge they might have beon travelling about 300 miles per hour, "iy personal opinions regarding the objects are - that their speed varied, was not constent, When firet sighted, they were going slow and stayed within sight for quite some time. However, when we lost sight of them, they seemed to disappear practically immedietoly. I think they either put on ea tremendous burst of speed and disappeared from sight, or else they dissipated. Also, it appeared that only one object, the large one, was controlled, and it in turn controlled the other objects, and I think they were ground controlled. (8) 77 ee

cort @ @ @ ® ‘ . { "In both instances, the co-pilot sighted the objects first and called ( my attention to then. The weather was clear and unlimited, with not a cloud in the sky. We checked the wind, and it was 230-10, or out of the Southwest at ten miles per hour. The air speed of the ship was about 135 MPH. The ( sun was below the horizon and the objects were silhoueted against the sky, hence we could distinguish no color or reflection." i { Ralph STEVENS, co-pilot of the plane, was interviewed et 2130, 9 July | 1947, STEVENS corroborated the remarks made by SNITH concerning the flight | of the plane, the time the objects were sighted, direction of the flight of ] the plane, etc. There were two discrepancics in their statements as to the size of the smaller objects and the altitude at which they were flying. STEVENS stated that there was a big difference in the size of the large } objects and the smaller ones, and that it was hard to distinguish the shepe | of the smaller ones. STEVENS also steted that the objects wero at the same altitude as their plane anc ecemed to be climbing with them. In addition to ] confirming SMITI'S statements concerning the flight, etc., STEVENS stated substantially as follows: "I was flying the plane when I spotted the first object et 2012 on the 4th of July, eight minutes after departure from Boise, Idaho. I thought it was an oncoming aircraft similar to ours (DC-3) shout five miles away, 80 turned on our landing lights, which is the usual signal to another plane to let it know you're in the vicinity. I mentioned this fact to SMITH, and he ; watched the object also. While we were both watching, four more objects appeared at the samo altitude as the first. They scemed to be et the sane | eltitude as our plane, about 6000 feet. They were heading about 290 degrees | magnetic North, so I turned to follow them. We watched them for four or five minutes, then they all merged as one and disappeared. I don't know whether they merged in line of flight or not, nor do I know whether they i went beyond our vision or whether they dissipated. "Iwo minutes later, the large object reappeared with three smaller ones on its left and one smaller one a great distance to the right. We had the second group in sight for about twelve minutes. The last time seen, they were still in that formation and disappeared into the sunset. Also, when we last saw them, they seemed to have continued climbing aftor we levelled off and were about nine or ten thousand feet. “At the time we saw the objects, the sun was below the horizon, but there was quite a bright red glow above the horizon from the sunset. i couldn't really say what distance they were from us, not knowing what they were or how large they were. However, while we wero watching then we radiod ahead to Ontario, Oregon, about thirty miles distent, to the weether station there, and told them what we were seoing and asked them to go out- side and see if they could see them. They radioed back and said they could v eho = : >

N cory ry @ see nothing, so the objects could have been beyond Onterio, since we had told them that they wero between our plane and Ontario. It should also be “noted that the personnel at Ontario would be looking at a dark sky and . may not be likely to be able to seo them anyway. "I can't say whether they are man-made disks or not, whether they are radio controlled or not, or anything about them. They did not maneuver much at all, except when the first group merged. All I can say is that they were going our direction and were climbing. I don't think they were clouds, as there hadn't been a cloud in the sky, end it would have been quite a phen- ~omenon as it was like nothing I had ever seen before. There was a big dif- ference in the size of the objects. The smaller ones were hard to distinguish as to shape; they were not shiny, nor did the "flip". I couldn't swear on a stend that they were not clouds, but I think it impossible, lad they been clouds, they wouldn't have appeared and disappeared so suddenly, end we would have approached then. "As we were taxi ing out to take off from Boise, the tower called us and asked us if we had seen any disks lately. As a consequence, we were and had been talking about the flying disks when we sighted them. I don't believe, however, that it was a figment of the imagination, as SMITH and I were seeing the seme things, even the object far off to tho right in the second group. We also called the stewardess, who had not been in on the conversation, and without mentioning "disks" aksed her what she saw. She stated that she sew the same things we did, which seemed to prove to us that it was not our imagination.” In addition to the above, STEVENS stated, off the record, that he was rather disappointed in SMITH end all the publicity he ras getting. iie thought that SMITH was probably “grand-standing” some, and thet as far as he, STEVENS, was concerned, he was not going to be interviewed by any re- porters, or go on the redio, etc. He stated that he was glad to talk to a Navy representative about it, or to any other government official, and help in any way he could, but ue certainly didn't want to be bothered with a lot of interviews with newspapers and radio stations. STEVENS seemed to the writer to bs e very level headed, sensible man, and not in favor of a lot of publicity, whereas SMITH, although a sensible man and all, seemed to be more in favor of all the publicity he was getting. - end - ‘

Incident LaF 1208 I 16 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 12 July 1947, Captain Snith, of the United Airlines, was interviewed at the Boise Municipal Airport, Boise, Idaho. Captain Smith was passing through Boise on a schedule flight at the time and had a 20 minute stop-over. Captain Smith reiterated the statements originally made by him to the press as to what he had seen in the late evening of July 4th, when 8 minutes out of Boise on the route to Seattle, Washington. It is the opinion of the interviewer that due to the position Captain Smith occupies, that he, Captain Smith, would have to be very strongly convinced that he actually saw flying disks before he would open himself far the ridicule attached to a report of this types FRANK M, BROWN, S/A, CIC Uth aF

7 a 16 July 1947 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN e f I, Major Archie B. Browning, AC, do hereby swear, thie-dete, that the followir statements are true to the best of my knowledge: On 6 July 1 747, while flying from Ogden, Utah, to Kansas city, Missouri, at 10000 ft in a B-25, I noticed a very bright object low and to my left, epproximately 1Omiles away. Time Kansas City. My first impression was that it was thé top of a 11000 ft. 1 brightness of the object which I would estimate t 30-50 ft. in diameter, was very great. It seemed to be mtil I started t urn into it, then it completely disappeared. a 7 a fo (tebe Gp wn Met \RCHI“ B. BROWNING ieee 3 \ fd ‘ar ajor, Air Corps se (e . ; ye yi / hfs otf Dott ohn er uel (Ke abavhed di “atte te Alathed i ied arole- Aust, Fouly i ADORESS REPLY To: COMMANDING GENERAL, ARMY AIR FORCES, WASHINGTON 28, B,C. bol

. : -@” esiricgp 6 After having been afvised of ay rights ani privileges under the o 26th Article of Wear, I, 4AMaS EH. BURNISTON, Captain, Air Gerps, 0-867517, Second Air Transport Wing (Provisional), Mairfield-Suigun Army Air Base, Fairfield, California, do hereby make this voluntary statement to Captain William J. Frasier, drs, and Sgt. Tomy Stewart, whom I know to be members of the Intelligence Office. I mke the following statement of my own free will, not under duress, promise of reward or immnity: On Sunday, July the sixth, at Mairfleld-Suisun Army Air Base, while in the company of my wife, Mrs. James H. Burniston, I saw an object travel- ‘ ing from northwest to southeast at an estimated height of 10,000 feet or above at an excessive rate of spood estimated to be faster than any type Of aircraft seen by mo flown at that approximate altitude. This object pr a a Ap tna Angee emnoagry during which time it traveled . three-quarters the distance of the visible sky, Mo shape or definite color could be distinguished, the object rolled from side to side ‘threes times in its path across the sky. At one time the top of the chject equld be seon,when the gun reflected strongly from its surface in a flash; and at other tines the bottom of the object old be seen, with no reflec- i tion from the sun. The estimated sice at that height could be compared to that of an aircraft of the type C-5t. Between viewing the top of the cbject and what appeared to be the bottom, there ws a period when it ws hard to see, or it would almost disappear. As far as shave is conterned, there ms no way of recognizing shapo, | SF Fa te spect of the sbiect and ite motion through the air. Sight of P was lost when isappeared at an angle of about thirty de- Seues tevin ante, a‘! I cannot attribute any souni to this object, because of the noise | of a Gistant aircraft engine. a The appraximte time ws verified by my wife as being less than one, mimte, during which time it was in sight. As to the identity of this otiject, it was not the shape of any type airoraft known to the unfersigned. There was no shape of wings or fuselage. The object wag noticed at first by the sun's reflecting off its surface and then the speed at which it was traveling. — OE ES APRS AVR whe triste Captain, Air Corps oO ‘ peblh-“ ; iy) ph 4 v 3 YP”) re EOI CIED /? 2

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: %. WAR DEPARTMENT 6. : SSIFIED MESSAGE CEN INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE | / f FRIORITY V PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED, HANDLE AS GORFISENSEAE—C OR RESPONDENCE PER PARAS 511 end 60a (4) AR 380-5 From; CG. £BAMA San Bernadino Calif To: OG AAF Wash DC attn AC/AS 2, Counter Intelligence Division; CG Sixth Army, Attn: AC/S, G 2; CG Sq AMC thru Sacramento AMA, Calif attn Chief Security Section . DIG: 1023592 10 July 1947 Spot renort. Gn at approximately 1550 PST Alvin E Moor- wan ist Lien y 96 Ftr Sq, while flying routines test mission in CNY P 51 at 20,000 feet indicated, sighted a flat Z ebject of light reflecting nature which appeared to be with- out vertical fin or eny visible wings with apparent depth of a P 51 airplane at approximately 35,000 feet altitude and approximate location of 34 degrees 5 tes Ietitodas 117 _ degrees 3 yt mgitude, Object was in sigt approximately 30 seconds. Object ves again sighted at 15505 PST at approximately 50000 feet altitude and over Mount Baldy apvroximate location of 34 degrees 20 minutes > latitude-117 degrees 47 minutes west longitude. Pilot attempted to keep object in sight but was i unsble to do so, Speed of P 51 Spproximately 300 mph ané aA climbing. March Field and other bases in area were contacted 4 v4 and reported none of their ships in ‘tha air, AAF sie ACTION: AAF Sa DIST INFO: ID, P30, Spec Wy, R&D cM IN. 187: (12 Jul 47) DTG 10223594 ws ACTION a fb ee ‘ eines uo : aa Bad THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN £3 oe

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Package received from Sheriff Merle T. Wilmoth, Watseka, Ill. His letter states the instrument in the package was found by a farmer at Danforth, Ill. It landed in the middle of a section of his farm land and burned weeds 23 feet tall to fine ash an area of 1} feet in diam. around where the object dropped. The instrument consists of: (a) Plaster of paris body having an oval cavity thru it. (>) A power microphone which screws over one end of the oval cavity. The power microphone carried the name, "Nathaniel Baldwin Inc." salt Lake City, Utah. Pat May 10 1910 & sept 14, 1916. Pat Nos 957403 (second number not readable) (c) A small "Polymat” filter condenser. (d@) Two bakelite cylinders to which is attached a net work of fine copper wire. These ware obviously coils and the impact has torn the wire from the core. (Our radio section definitely states that this is old stuff, or the coils were used quite some time ago, since having been replaced by smaller more efficient coils) (e) A piece of metal having magnetic properties obviously broken off the power microphone as a result of the impact. The plaster of paris body was broken up by the impact but some of the pieces were held together by wire reinforcement inside the plaster of paris. Mrs. Whedon 3B 274 xt 73909 (sig C) was shown this object by Mr. Zimmer of the FBI. Mrs “hedon claims she knew what it was, but couldn't tell Zimmer. a /

Ceo ee ‘ a ETE iin a aes } . | ari . i t : Brig i : ‘ } ‘ ~ STANDARD FORM No. 64 JE: Office Memorandum + onivep states GOVERNMENT G47 JUL 22 AM II 44. To ? Mr. Moxom, Regional Office No. 1, NeYs DATE: = 7/15/47 & . FROM = Mr, Wright, WAS, Richnond, Va. Fe ood laf’ ; SUBJECT: “Plying Disks" ——$ We hesitate to make this report coneerning our pilot balloon if . observations in regards to a flying disk because of the considerable national skepticism regarding the subject at present. However, local _ newspapers inform us that the U. S,. Government admits no authority for .-Ssuch a ship or object and for its flights. Then we must assume this ' strange object to be foreign. Therefore, we submit this report for your : information. If sighted again, we wonder if it would be a good idea to drop the balloon and instead make observations on this disk. z » ~ = i 4 Mr. Minczewski has observed this strange metallic disk on three occasions through the theodolite ‘while making his pibal observation E during the last six montha. Miss Baron has reported observing it on ome occasion. Miss Baron's report agrees with Mr. Minczewski's observations except as to the color-which she reported as a dull metallic luster. Mr. Minozewski last observed tHi's disk in April 1947 at the 1100E Pibal Observation when the balloon was at 15 thousand feet. fhe disk was followed for 15 seconds, apparently moving on level flight from east to west to the far north of the station. The object was a metallic like Chrome * -shaped something like an ellipse with a flat level bottom and a dome like-round top. The disk appeared below the balloon, was much larger in size in the instrument, and shined like silver. It was impossible to estimate the height or speed of the disk except that it appeared to be moving rather rapidly. Miss Baron observed the Wisk when her balloon was at about 27 thousand feet. All days observed were either clear or with very few clouds and good visibility. ° | Very truly yours, i ACTION | INFO 4 «ol Hf RD. ef: ‘EXEC. ASST. — 7 ee 1 ADM.ASST. | | HYDRO —| cE ell Bia ce =u ae SECRETANY | Pee A Fue } ? wince merece 4 Sask - i is)