UFO Part 10 of 16 (FBI Vault file)

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r•CPARTMENr Or
JARTERS UNHED S AIR FOR•a
WASHING JON esb n. e
• Bonorable J. Mgar Bmvar
Director, Pderal Bureau of InvestagatAm
U. S. Departrænt of Justice
Kashineton 25, D, C,
IA BLS on e
Urå&nt Aerial 0b'
Geneml Area Ritchie Highway, South
Baltåmre, end, 10:45 PX, 29
u.ar 52 by Donal ktewart, 2241 Yan
- Avenue, BaltiDt•e,
Deu Sirt
fiere for In-forætlon a cow or a by Spe
Ageü Rwal of thie office 2 1952, in regard to
Bo furtyzr inq-li.ry Ilio this nttar by. t.bü Office
of Investigations,
Sircerøl&, -
by SA Royal dtd 12 52 Chief, Ilie.lligence Divldon
Directorate of Speeid IÜegtigat10n• :
Inspct.or Cenemi
l',9-rYS4Z-a F-i-:a
ssa.R1rx

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UNITED STATS AIR FORæ
THE iNS&CTOR
now
OF 'NVES'
REPORT OF INVESTR...TION
SiöU.ag of
Ob3eet, RitobB.ø
29 199
SPECIAL
E.ADC
Emar AT
10
05
stATß
MAY | 2 1952
r•port
nd riotat,oo
an —-1 an us.4. u.
me Divida Bq, •OC, 9 199
Air fechn.fæi cete, that nALD
•nd (PNU) TYLER 29 199
an the vieln.ity roland Air
Jiz
Cater, m Imus
fræ 1m a EDRO
CORBIN {a DOXAID
111,
*Dt.ervlswd 24 and Aru 19 R a
aircraft at ap.
29 1952
near intersectim of Us Route 301; that enclae
•e aircraft hovered feet above ear,
iotea ø,1b8Uaua.l.1y •a— hd COßm pmvaou.8iy,
POX,
—do "NRT's ac
@R31Ng edger
baa
relayed hia .
N8ideatg, Glbem beN b,xt
fIIÄ
of bd wea
8TEUA-m hia teii he DO. bt• ,
Eq. (ague)
0--208
4
2
usar
1

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(Cmttd
—s si€,hud af any raft, An
Cowxty Poi.i.eo rnd of mporU ot
STFXAQT in mi.nurviæ
'Ith hiz ard had oæn a-tmraf'te File
StEART at beal ueo arm cies
CORBIi, AY.12h3 recative.
SECe,Pkll'

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DETA11St
2, initiaud a equest
q'*rten OSI 9 WCIUS L. -
tran RAY 'ochnacai
Intelli(texm Conur, Hr Force to effect
Col. TAXIDR mzatd.inc an
roported hzv. men 22Å5 bourss 29
1952, on of Btltimre. Air teehnlcai
intel Center the Infomation rnd
a civilian.
2. This 18 a Soint $m•dkr.atlon o? Aonts CLIPFOiD P.
R. and
3. 10 vay tzcrs L. Gi,
interviewed and tum13?wd 'rater dth a mpy ot
Air Cenur, AFBs
talred in us as
repmænt• a of a tatter to Cmnü*irc
Book,
dated 2b April 1952. Tho outed ors STE.'*.PT, molding
had an
veralai aircraft 29 krch 1952, hin at
•ao or» FRI a year
hich •ehooi
$F.'IART oa Ritexie
Bait%nore, u a iam
ard •o'
the mt,er also oavised that had boon by
a ef Ndlo station.
Erlbed a mgerw CIC oftiser, i•ttar exat a
—en an E.SON
Ed ard a SALLY ard
an said to urial ea
axroximatel.y 'be Gism Poil.•e
said to have •innar ineid•nu •pried
MLtnnRE
to 1952 S. Intar-
adviaed
—p for 2226 29 kmh 1952, clear
SECUR!TY

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(12) bur; aloft at
•Ina.-
thousa.rd (iWO) feet, — Dixt,een (16) per boure
S, 10 uy 1952
E, CORBIN antervisnd at
station *FER In
ard Stated in subsunæ ae
tion in
ur, CORBIN advised that he had meeind
a DONALD F TEAARf,
latter of April to effec
accomparåed
at
Yre S III, obærved a 'trance aprearinc aircraft on
29 March 1952. Nr, C "BR.91?.f indiæted or his inronnti.on
bed a mporur for ore or Qie local •hose
did not dlvule•, related that for
in tte •nyln.c eitwtion", and had been his
Intention to vr±t.e a docutent.aw for ooneeminc
subjeete zid fur#her u:tat l.nasmoch as inci&nt •as
fint ore to be his attention rithf.n ana, deUru1md
on 2b 1952 F. nd
ascertairød üat •as a. a clerk by Oe & Ohio
Ballroad, furtrwr ascertai.red uat data of ob%wation •u
29 1952) Ritchie HiÜay mar ham-sss tnck;
i08b5 —aunr, ciearj Doon ard out; iencth of
obsenation, two (2) nfm:teg; estioated altitude, hundnd (2@)
feet, COP-BIX obtained deUIIo of Incident and
in a order, A *wtoetatie of inforaUon
obtairød in tlat interda {8 forwarded as an inclosum to
report, C-n1N also int.erviend GE)RCE S. 111 to
•bow {rei&nt and Ade a cimmar a
botne ao •n inclosun to
OT)RBIN advised ue writer vas aequainUd
editor or a int.elilger,ee Lmtrs AYSS
he above infomatione ur, mP.RIB advised
be muld Dot mloase any of infomauon p.lbl.iciy ard did
to do •o until such ume ute authorities
Cion of mRBIN •laud uat •twn rnd ened An
Ararßei Ca.nnty Police btsd infor•d that bad bad
—ports of rnd off aa bamiesse
he had a of his, RAYMOND a scientific
examination or autombi.l• for the of uural.n.i.ng a.2V
•nusual cha.ncteA8t1es Thich Elcht haw present, C)REIN •M.sed
uat rag a meeræ CIC offiærj hN€Er, miaced he baa
an staff of Oet»rai S, PATTON
in Europ au: pnmntay bold. an inactin —sez• æassioa u
ileutenat oolomi,

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or tho anta •ao
mnuon of or COHN
meard8 to irdlviduie, he said that did mezil
elt2•r.
6. On IO 1952 of the FBI Held Offiæ
Yantiand, •erv nri.emd ani Nflsoted
No info mation
coacem{nc of altc.•e.ft st$t,ee during t.2•æ pzg±
(2) rara on mcord at FBI Field Offiæ,
7. SE%ART at
n iO 1952,
to Lnc dent in in
STBtAPT, by his friend,
to fron Cl.enn mm-ie, via Eitchie
29 1952. i9i&9 aa car,
ere proceeding in a norQ1eriy då.netion, having left a
Johneon Regt,aurerrt inuræetion of Ritehlo HickTay
S. Hltån.y anroxlentaiy a treey
(5m) yards of above mxd
be aircraft oa
Ozad or OocAbed aircraft ae being a
fiat diak a or in center of orn
as 'hat to • on om
ehadoq of •bat apæared be a
uose fourd on a dated craft aporoaei»d hia
•hici• rrm a d.motlon •nd above antæobi.ie.
obSeei of a
ard il.ü*te edces sinna.r to mon
of briliianæe at tire the i.rcldent
# Qlr•md
Zert and alked amurd tho
oenral
advised '
SECJJP.ITY

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that Ehan aiNraCt oa, to abon his
appeam*d sat least fifty feet, (50) in
ard •avervd an tho off a
gS.nLiar to or a cieaoar. STEJ.Rt avermd aix«m.t•
niat.ained above autæobiie for
(3) nSnutßB and then turred on Umeby pneentiac its fiat
to his vision, am appeamd to roli- acrose at a
nta ot need, smater •.haa that of a Set pla.rz. SEXART egtizatea
to nut.kmet of h18 deion, *ich obåeet
a. approxi&teiy thne and (h) n.iies rra•a his
psitions ard obiect u it disanrzared acmas horizon
Vie dimension of a fiva (5) Inch disk hold et amig iencf,h,
advised obtoet amzand, it to at an
arc,le to of fifty and '8 he
arpeamd on the mrüe.agt horizon on the crost of a hill,
af aetivity end diseormd
dtu•im: the or observation
or the Vae only ors •ot* r in Eædi.au
&acribed this to a i9i4b Pontiac oonvcrUbie, yolin,
1952 iicenæ plates, first (3) digits of Mx.ieb
(6@). that the ear Yas appaRntl..y
Copied a and a u,at the hie
•obiie and —s at tha aircraft, but upon hailed by
bad Nturrnd bin off It
h', ST$¯'ÅRT88 did eo .eeinc the afar—ntioæd
sa.s
mt addicud to or a canal ineu.leer ton of
ard Üåer such annuanoo at ume of si$it{nc.
advised he •on only for ot read-inc
only obstruetion• h.i.s or aircmn
e-te •iM8h1eId of his first ho—ver,
abie aiRra.ft
trouble.
the had a •tnct.üar effect
•poa his in it Elied and macæ•—
Used drings •180 •tatad abo• •suited
in his ur
LOD:' '$ an S.Nrzcuon or
weent.i.y painUd.e
ueerutned tbag bis
ooil•euoa and bmdi.inc of —apona. Amrfen History. his
•8 staud uat he had aetiw in
ot a contestant or ot
•as ma•rcnt.iy of Vte club suppr%ns tb •bovo
Eltioned in his advised on Dicht of

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. abon ancldent oreaßd in
mferenee in Ciam
•as —tu.rnl.ng, to Balt.f.nor• be
morse of ue ab••• into—ier calm and Ans—md aii
mzstlons Wb#cted did
his sutemnt• in particular,
interviewed on 10 gay 1952, end 8Cat.ed that he bmovn ail
his Mfe ard has no fault *lth him, CTTVAS adviæd
eotN8 a pod and •maid neo—rd hin for a P8ition
trust, GITEX* stated bellen STEF.AM aa
trouble vith police.
VARY
intervie—d on iO gay ard 8Uted that STÄkAP.f a iot of
esually bracgfne hiuel.r aM bis or
talking BfiOVER belie"' 18 a
Izonssion, mt a vo*er, ard loyal to
She would for a position or ot.aud
did not believe be bep a
on IO ky 1952 and STF.*'APT talks
likea to exaccente, Ot.her cyan GrE,ß —uld
for psition ot hi.• loyal,
1.1, DI, h03ec•
Radioaeti• Division, nectrie
kOiand, int.ervi•æd at en Mawlana Xa±t Club on iO
1952, advised latter of AB'i.1
autewbiio in •
oounter and radioaeti• •action. Be aloo
exulr•d ondr• md all m*lng of autæobü• and
amble to deuet any Ofoete Oractara•tlæ.
that autmobi.ie bad and uat
i.nd&nt u
AT
22. on 10 ortieer 8. L,
R.tuhle advised
lutant uat of u being
Op,ruent •s beta an •servatioa
latter part of Yareh b' beper,
Ma."lnd, Officer GAWN pmximlty o? ama to
•suited or

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i
, ard that dere.&znt bad marv calis or luf.ry
all, axeeption, NN •poy48 mise and not of
ue oiE,nting of arv ouch a.iNraCt, Offiær GAVIN in
opinion It ras hic:hly unlikely uat an muld 'top for a
period of thrae (3) n.inutes on a Baturday nitht, as du.rin€ the
of aliet*d Incident, Bitbout cevenl orgr •hieleo *€s8ing by.
gave as his masons uat Bichzay —8 an arterial
for outlyinz dBtr1et.8 or ae as •
tion of muu fnm to Potmac
and that traffic —s usually f&.quent at ali u.•es,
•o Oaring that par* oc aenir.g on
AT ctrso+.'
13, LTIS Colorsl, Retind, at
1952 Efennce to hie hbmied€e of si$itf.nc of u
unoayentiorøi aårcmrt, 'Uud In a.lbau.noe his
—s think•ard ard üer•fom in a psitaoa to éta
Infomation, •avised he •aa infor—d of abm i.naiöant
by üo, In addition to infomaUon forü •bow,
told him thit a aM son, D:.ff.• to
reside on
Clon mfemnw irstant incident,
the of
mises in n.iüit, N>Tted by a iar.
f0ENtion or conventior•l alrcmft, Cole AM.SS &scribed this DOIN
a. oc a —gt.itude Intensity 8LALar to a B'or cmup
at least om (100) advised ur, and
STI*CHCOYTI (chon serr.r.xcmr),
ard ur..
ail of Che on ni*t of
19 199, had inelu&d üi.ß Infomatlon in h.l.s letter
ACEZ'*N' only as dau, —laud
Eiseg nichtly but *nun— on
n.1Øitge
info—d ioezu
USOB been to mntact
&8iüBted
of uat —s
Ne furener stated only om "'Idence on
msidenæ presently a Yre GE.EE REA, vbo•
orÖie to
Atten*' by •rlur intÆNieu i.rd.iviåw1.8 an
pneedir* Eith rogativz nsulta,

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Proprieur of a Shell Sutlon.
at Ritchie Rid-may, aporoximuiy hurdred (n)
Doru or *nur.ecUon of Ritchie ard $. RouU '301,
on Yay 1952, and advised uat or h18 mmiI•cUoa
had on å.lty Ln the station on tap night inddent nid
have occuned, and to hl.8 {addent took pa.aæ,
elated aircraft •mveied in
he Muld have obærved or had been on duty that
he '0!.Ad of the incident by nan Tho
been on duty at tire, incomed the Triter Oat 'as highly
unlikely in opinion (3) could
•iübout or oeveral autoubiieg at the Inci&nt
—s alleged have occurmd.
16, VILLI-AU MEIZCKE, aployøe neguuran%
at *nursection or Ritchie iUövay S. R«te '301,
intarviemd on 11 •y Ona advised kmri•dae of
IT, HDLLMS,
—.8 interviewed on il 1952 and advised uat he Is molar dæ
bridec on Curtis Eridge on the hours to 2bØ
•hiftø H)Y.LTYS stated •a. on duty 0th Of kreh
1952 and uat obser•d, mr ever unconventioni
aircraft. WeLIXS tvrVzr advised be did not
Aruraaie PoilQ of neh an ineiönt,
in story •as car englr» did not otop until StZ(ARt
bad cotun out.
vie—d on 11 ky stadd
believes 8#ory is
TYLFR STEWART a rcuilar be has ham far seve
oral STEäART up to u.
TILÄi a-iso ataud that Ritchie is ver* cavÜd ard
pnon •uld baw —n t11Q that if —n
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20, on 1952 VVZS r, of 111,—
dcea mt his 'tow, outed Ili can
dnan up fanustic stories at • a
Uirtk8 his •as •alhd into uili.nc
n, approximately 1215 ii Yay 1952, S, 111
was in the vmænæ of his feuEr and müer, at Shieh
stated had •ecn prior to
of meti.nc him and an the Intomation he had ziv€n vu
fonztion t.h2t Stma,rr told him. advised that he did mt see
a Üif.nc ard had nrnrted the description of aS.rcnft STERART
told him, etated Sighting of aircraft
him as *Stanned Giem Butn.ie,
asked hiz (TII.F2.) to t.ho reprt feared uat on
•uld h.i.s •tow, advised t&at called üe
Sun o.nd the fl.rd else mpRed in—
ddent, and uat oevgni rzd been N*ived,
at f irat be believ•d stow hla;
STEItAiT up,
had in Clerm visitinc mends Eid at a
'top to retum to on of 29 kmh 1952,
SfZöAET had in Gism bamiz postirz post.erej
SF.arr bad offerRd h'ra a ride to and had
aeæpted) 'as on trip Bal Ur;are Viat SEXART
to hia •i*lti.nc or as..rcr•Ct earlier an
evening.
TYIR stated Glom Barnac at
230 and bad dri•n to
tt rkfdent
hqd made rn 8t.o along Che mad*
22, mint.ervignd at bmrs,
1%2, and dated that m,F2 hnd
SEXART &rded capretiea.liy In stow and nated
vu absolute
23, u Spcia.i a,
B, ISSN'.OCK at Motor Coeuv, Li*tt
rietU SENIOCK suud
on —r on 8 Ya.YJ Ld—
of a.rztailauon of ciutet,
or taping on,
ear Neded only them
of
aMsed SFMAPT had tre&d at the
9

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& reeord.e can xenoetad *reteed on 23
8 195ii 31 aaa
199. neords reneeted the ear an tor
rouBirø Then •as m in*.ieauon in remt'do
the ear had Mr. tSFNRDCR stated ear
green color} ho—ver, Äueld •tata as to
red reeentiy mpa±ntad. did 'tata Cbe er had
xvpa.inted at his
218, Oa 12 gay 1952 records cheeb at City Polte
State Poiiæ reflected
FOR 61
1. repoaueUoa obtai2*d
2. repmheUon of taremaUon
C LOBED

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[Severely degraded typescript; three redaction bars at top. Only fragments legible.]
[redacted]
[redacted]
[redacted]
[illegible header line] ... Ritchie Highway [illegible]
[illegible line: "... Harness Track"]
[illegible line ending "... CLEAR ... MOON AND STARS OUT"]
[illegible lines]
[handwritten: b7c]
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:
At approximately 10:45 P.M. on Saturday, March 29, 1952, near
the Harness Track on Ritchie Highway, [redacted] drove in company with a Mr. George
Tyler of [redacted], Baltimore, witnessed the following:
[illegible] attracted attention.
Upon investigation, while traveling north of Baltimore, a strange object
was proceeding in the sky in an approximate north-south direction. It appeared
to be moving very slowly (considerably slower than a commercial airliner).
[illegible]
[illegible] ... at least as large as a two motored transport
plane. [illegible] ... over the automobile. After
[illegible lines] ... like a rocket.

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[Severely degraded typescript; partial reading.]
... suddenly [illegible] ... A telephonic conversation [?] ...
traveling [illegible] ... experienced the same sensation. Occupants
[illegible] ... Baltimore ... was taken to
Gribel [?]
[illegible] Motors on Ritchie Highway [illegible]
[redacted]
[illegible] flying being magnetized.
[illegible] mechanic during the war, [redacted] [illegible] familiar with the
technical situation to recall his exact explanation.
   [handwritten: b7c]
Check with the Glenn Burnie Police on this date April 2 [?] indicated that
several times during this year the Headquarters of Glenn Burnie Police were
notified concerning a curious object in the sky. The Police have always
considered the source of such objects as being Aberdeen Proving Grounds. In all
events the police have not conducted a detailed investigation as a result of
any such call to their headquarters.

General Summary of Situation [?] by [illegible]
   Several checks of the automobile apparently indicated a
negative reaction... safe to conclude that something was observed in the
sky. A thorough examination of the witness's [?] suggests that it's unlikely he
could have made up a story. His reported observations are aero-dynamically
possible and fall into a logical sequence. Impossible at the moment to
identify object or its origin. ... Possibly "ours".

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[Very degraded page: a sketch of an elongated vertical object, a long pointed shape with an inner angular outline, and faint handwritten lines running vertically at left, illegible. Appears to be a diagram of the reported object.]

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TELEPHONE: [redacted]      DOB: [illegible]
EMPLOYMENT: [illegible]
DATE OF OBSERVATION: March 29, 1952  PLACE: Ritchie Highway, at Harness Track
TIME OF OBSERVATION: 10:45 P.M.  WEATHER: Clear
APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: A minute or so
ESTIMATED ALTITUDE: maybe a hundred feet or so
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:
[handwritten: b7c]
(THIS WAS A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW -- THE YOUNG MAN WAS REQUIRED TO REMAIN AT
HOME TO WATCH HIS SISTER. HE WAS UNABLE TO COME TO STUDIO AS PLANNED EARLIER.)
   Attention was first attracted while driving north along Ritchie
Highway toward Baltimore. In company with [redacted] friend, a
slowly moving object was observed just ahead of the automobile. It was
approximately 10:45 P.M. The engine in the car seemed to die and car drifted
to a stop, the driver pulling slightly off the road. The object was
approximately over the car and had no forward motion. It seemed to be tilted
slightly and was giving off a yellowish-greenish light which faded and then
[illegible] intense and then faded again. The outer edges of this object which seemed
to be round, with a thickness toward the center, seemed to have what Mr. Tyler
described as an [illegible] and said that he could not say for sure whether
he had observed anything that looked like a port hole. He stated he wasn't
sure either whether there was another car in the exact location, but there might

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[badly degraded typescript, mostly unreadable; three redaction blocks and a handwritten marginal notation "b7c"]
[illegible] ... the [illegible] ... evening [illegible] ... [redacted] PERSONAL OBSERVATION [illegible] [redacted] ... [illegible] [redacted] ... the Eastern [illegible] Southern [illegible] ... [redacted] ... he states the [redacted] ... [illegible]
[illegible] ... this was.

There were several other thoughts [illegible] to him during the conversation. Some of them were as follows: The object when it departed [illegible] ... speed ... greater than anything he had ever [illegible] ... its highest altitude was [illegible] considerably higher than [illegible] planes he had seen over his home. It was increasing in height just prior to leaving ... he thought he could [illegible] a highly polished surface with [illegible] ... As it sped away it showed [illegible] ... yellowish-greenish exhaust. All the time it was moving, the [illegible] object was wavering slightly.
[illegible] ... doesn't [illegible] ... but I'd swear the [illegible] ... his own. To him [illegible] ... He admits [illegible] ... that it [illegible] ... closely [illegible] ... anything [illegible] ... sure of [illegible]
[handwritten marginal note: b7c]

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Q raey:.
L.,ugEiL....-
FB .LO ISVILLE
TOR, FBi
e 8. os JSOCZ
•.TYPE
*2-37 PM CDST
DEFERRED
CERS, INFORMATION CONCERNING. THREE WOMEN 4
R E -E.LUY....-S.A-V
QBJECTS FLOATING IN SKY OVER ASHLAND , *KY. AT EIGYT FIFTY P , EST,
MAY TWENTY FIVE LAST FOR TWO OR THREE MINUTES. OBJECTS DESCRIBED AS
LOOKING LIKE LARGE OYSTERS WITH FISHTAILS FLOATING LOW LIKE A CLOUD.
THEY WERE OVAL IN DSHAPE AND ACCORDING TO OBSERVERS COULD HAVE BEEN
BALLOONS, THEY CAME ASHLAND FROM THE NORTH, CIRCLED AND WENT
BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ABOVE INFORMATION FOR BUREAU. NO
ACTION HERE"'
M LONE
ACK AND
1-33PM 0K
k iJUN 1.8
FBI . UA
JUN. 8 .
22

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'Uhl n -
5.
uay 25, .29"
Diractop o/ Speota2 Inueatggatton'
Thc Inopector Ocn•ra2
Department 9t Foree
The Rntagoo
25, D, -C. •
John Edgar 80eoer,
Federal Bureau at Inun"vatSpn
tpoxretzr sszr
rrcrgmr
ATOMIC cowrssror
The Savannah Off toe of Duroau hac bet'
*bat opproxgnately 20845 uay. 20, 2952,
tour enp20veeo the DuPont Coapany employed in
Savannah nan* neor Z2ienton, South Car02Sna, aa•
tour dig* 'hap" obftoto approaching Bthc
anon tron the uth Ehtoå d"appeared Sn a
dSrootion. At approsinately 22:05 n:mon the tane dote
the above-zentioned np20v•oo aav oint2cr ob$eot'
approach the couth and d'aappar Cn a northerly
dSr•ctSon, at approz$nat'2v 22 & IO a tn"ar object
by theae enployce• approaobtng tron north—
and diaappeoring In a aouthtgeatgrlv d'reot.ton. a
obteet a2ao "ghied about 22 *raveling
tren couth north bv •au
The deoertbed by the aboue-nenttoned
enp2eygea aa bc tng approxtnaie2y t 'Been inchea in diameter
and ye12'E to 992d in ooaor. • the object'
aliegcdlv traveling at a pat' •peed and at a ht9h
altitude DS th'ut anv net", . d tar 'hoped ob$eetn
t' ab•vc Ebioh appriaohfd tour hundred area
a norihta8ter2v dtr•oggon rot reported2v traveling at
aueh a oats tud' Aad to pact oven
*ant' Ehtoh ore in "the 'eur hundred area," '
reterred to above adutaod the. ob#ct8 eeavßng tron
rgpht but ocencd hold o general coune, Accord!ng to Z
penono booauoe ot the •peed at the
*hev 002g ter a
SECORI?
291
5 1952
26

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sscutxrr
'ho above data, preytouaiy turn "hed
to Wour Ott toe through thSa "agaon representative,
being turntohed for your grtornotion and anv action you
deaire to take in this Jo 'nvt8tgga*ton being
bv Bureau.
- Chie/ ot Sian,
ot the
Pentagon
Ateen*Cont Chie', Znte22igenee
00 — Director o/ Naval Intentggnoe
o/ the Yavy
The Pentagon
raahtngtøn 25, Zi. C,
Captain John
DSrco*or ot Seegrgty
Aioagc Encrgv Cozzt'&ten
805B
833 Third Street, r,
'gohington, D. C.
escvarrr znosurzor -
zr SPäCIAL ussssycsa

Page 21

Btf.tUO OF
coir
MAY 12 195
n'
"r. Rwe•
Mr. B '.Oom•.a.——
Mi." Candy
FBI, AVANNAH
ECTOR, FBI
7-58 PM
WE
APPROXIMATELY TEN FORTYFIVE PM, MAY TEN LAST FOUR EMPLOYEES OF
DUPONT CO., EMPLOYED ON SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT NEAR c, a
SAW FOUR DISC SHAPED AREA FROM
THE SOUTH, DISAPPEARING IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTI"N., AT APPROXIMATELY
ELEVEN FIVE FM, ABOVE MENTIONED EMPLOYEES SAW TWO SIMILAR OBJECTS
APPROACH FROM SOUTH AND DISAPPEAR IN NORTHERNLY DIRECTION. •
APPROXIMATELY PA-EVEN TEN- PM ONE SIMILAR OBJECT APPROACHED FROM THE
ONE MORE'
NORTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED IN SOUTHWESTERNLY DIRECTION,
OBJECT SIGHTED ABOUT ELEVEN FIFTEEN PM TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH,
EMPLOYEES.DESCRIBED OBJECTS AS BEING ABOUT FIFTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER,
:NAVING YELLOW TO COLD COLOR, ALL OF.. THESE OBJECTS WERE TRAVEL AT
Hick RATE OF SPEED AT HIGH nTITÆ-VLT.HOUr--ANY-N01_SE. EIGH H
JECT
WHICH APPROACHEb• WNDRED AREA FROM NE WAS TRAVELLING AT
ALTITUDE SO LOW IT HAD TO RISE TO PASS OVER SOME TALL TANKS IN FO
OISELESSO WIT}'NESSES STA D OBSER.VI±YGÜFROM Fi.T0 RI'

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PAGE TWO
BUT SEEMED TO YOLD GENERAL COURSE, ALSO STATED DUE TO SPEED AND
ALTITUDE THEY VERE ONLY VISIBLE FOR FEB SECONDS. SAVANNAH OFFICE ZS
NOT ACTIVELY CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION IN THIS MATTER AND FURNISHING
Is INFO TO BUREAU FOR WHATEVER ACTION THEY DEEM ADVISABLE,
SCHLENKER
ACK AND HOLD
9:03 PM 0K FBI SS

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RECORDED 46
Black Nountain, North Carol Ina
Dear Yr.
23,
2952
Your letter doted 'tav 7, 2952, has been
received and J appreciate the intereat prompting
you to bring your observat iona to ny attention.
Since the natter you mention noy be OT
interegt to another governmental agency, j an
referr inp o copy or your letter to The Honorable,
The Secretary of Detenae, The Pentagon, Dach ington,
D. .C., gnd you nav viah"to urite him directly in
oonncction,
Sincerely your..
John Edgar Roover
Director
copy ot inyfvZ
to i ep of Detense
MAY 14 1952
bil
231952
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Mountain; - Nec
7, 1952
Yr. Edgar Hoover •
c/o U. S. Dept. of Juetice
becr Hoovers
The motive of this letter ia a cincere effort to help avoid
ugeleB3 vaste of life, time and money, It i 8 vritten •ith full.
respect to your preBBing and to the ability of this
country 'B eclentlfic experts,
Although your reopon5ibiiitieg• may not be directly connected
with the intended text of thia letter, I einceröly hope that
you will consider the and forward the sugsestiona
to the proper authoritieg concerned,
For the past five years the general public has read, and baliy•
hoed newspaper articles related to the 'Flying Saucers % Bnd
following the ce.rae trend
ports made by persons of undisputed experience and inteiiigence.
possibilitiee of this earth being Y I Bited by Shi PB fron
outer space have been lightly Buggegted by somep vhåie othere
believe the •objectsm belone to some nation on this earth..
Granted that some such owecte do even belong to this country,
it i b obvious that •e, nor any other nation possegs and fan
to use, •in time of var, euch useful means as have been re-
ported by the btaoon experta connected with General UillB, Ina:
sure that these sussest{ona bear sei entitie
tigatlon and that they are entirely protable. Similar to
Columbuø and the egg - they may not have been given due con—
sideration,
These 'obdectg• 01 undetermined origin' (not to be confuged
'lth our contDö11ed •euther balloons, etc.) are in all probe
ability operated by the absorption, compregoion, and con-
trolled emission of the gun 'B energy (basically electricity) e
As such, they xobably carry •a potential charge which i 8
our imacinatÄ on, object approaching too close- to
the O;U.O. •ouid have •meet as grounding a high-
tengion Tire, "th the total Neåtruction of both obSect8 as
a likely regult.
Ageunlng that some Of
Zith then, vhere as, if Bu,ch nation Rugela should
thia knowledge befoll•d •ouid certainly ouf$er
a' reguli
RECORUED.46
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mex theie owecta poose thay .
hatever means c
speed. far in exüso of our latest rocketa, be
to giva puz Butte or to attempe. any torcetul
Trom reporter ve have no reason to then"
anything but friendly intentions, alto, they nay
. to the diatance they nay approach the oerth
danger. ny %eligf that 61 ven opportunity..
viii er»proach an earthly obJect, at high altitude, ag clog' "e,
at possible '{thou' danger to either themøeivea or the
w •theory approaches truth, •thén theoe strange
be unable to contact vih the earth
pur
taking the euth at an age of billion' years; havins•
ered voridly catastrophløs, and set-Sacre, •e be as e -
children compared to a Planet of tous Milton years, ot'
equal •ce Zi thout catastrophles,
Our ecientiflc Ian have vorked veil for uDe hoverer; they
and trees in the beginning se •ouid have been an entirely
perhapa turüer advanced.
background includeg a good foundation high-attitude
flying, •nd in the fieia of electricity. Although I
establiahed in bugincag, .1t ny deaire toenter the field •f
reaearcb related to .
Xy name not for publication;
very truly

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vav 7. 29.59
Dtrcctor of Specta2 Invcsttgattona
The Inopcetor Ccneral
Department ot Force
Dom n
25, D, C.
John Edgar Roover, Director
Federal Bureau ot Inueatigaiion
s)
subject:
Bureau and adveed- that 'he General Yanager Of
CD, Netherlands,
at the r ictoria Rote2, Neu York City, until Yay 26, 2952, .
Yr. advSaed that he has a considerable
interest in electronics and has been verv nuch intereated
in reporta circulateA during the paat vear or concern—
ing the existence o$.'$-Jb'fr'D Fe that there
have been enough unc07iTFæiZt-ed reports concerning •uch
devtcea to indicate Chot they nay estat Sn tact, Foe $8 aloo
of thc opinion that tf thev do ezia± thev can bc produced
onlv bv the Cnitcd Sta±es or Ruap$g or thÆ s:
RepÜb2ic ot .4rgcntina,
indicaCed Cha* he has give*
thought to the nanner In vhich thesc devices
not auitab2e tor conventional • aircraft tt vould öe usee
on2v because it oou2d provide the creategt pose@ie
aurtaoe, It hi8 opinion, therefore, that one ot
devices 00U2d be operated onZv bv reductno the atr pressure
above uhich vould cause it to pige in the air, He
concedes that conventional nachinerv to cause auch a reduction
of preuure vou2d be ao bu2rv that uetght would prevent
the device from 1 caving the : gr.euna, re concludes, therefore. ,
• RECORDED •
MAY 8 '952
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that pover to accomplish end vould have to be
the cracking of an atomic fuel euch as heavy vater,
rn thot connection he atatea that the tonoophere
eurroundtng the oarth radiate' posit tve Sone totoard,•, the
earth •urface, Many o' theae aro dtostpated bv combining
Ut th particle' in the atmosphere Eith the reault that poottive
•ions are more concentrated' near the earth 'a aur$ace than
higher above He reasona that a dtü could be raised
in ±he• air bv eni±iing a great quantity ot nocative Sona
throuvh upper aurtace and cauaino a decreaae in preaaure
Ebich vould rcult in tho preasurc underneath the die&
torctng it upvard, ne indicatea that gomevhere between
the eur$ace of thc earth and the ionosphere this presaure
vould equalize at uhioh point the diak could go no higher,
Xt could then be moved horteonta22v bv crattttng negative
tone tn the direction in vhioh it •deaired to nove,
Pr. 'toted that he did not teei euch a
device could be remote controlled 'ince would probab2v•
not be poesible to maintain radio contact Eith it, Be
'eel' hovever. that the occupant' of euch a device vould
be tuflv protected 8 ince according to the electrical theory .
denbnstrcted by Farcday'a Cage the current involved in the
propulagon of euch a devtoe vould concentrate itae2t around
the edgea of the dtn.
The foregoing Sa turntahed tor your information.
(Vors ON YELLOW: at 2:15
5-5-52, by Superviaor by reference tron
Nichola' Office, Dureau tile8 contain no data identifiable
pith hint)

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nou
'UNITED -siams GOVERNMENT
•or •era pta»sez, it I.' to
•at AFii T 1952, mue of BLI.fe• —gazlne coatalno
Etiei.e åO entitled, 'Eave Be
•ritten Z. B. Robert Cinna
•e ntter. firtber reterexe a
—gaz1N is
22

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Offce Memorar um • UNITED STATO GOVERNMENT
sace Y—bat' (62-0)..1 • .
SJBJECT* Objecu,
Naah<ile, tenæsne
Lt. Coraan&rÄU• temporarily
Nashville, advised
ot the uercy on March 1952, 2815 p•.
ot toiiori.ng incident'
•estat.ad that approxinauxy iOt20 p.m. on 13, 199.
*ilie Etarid.ine in the baek yard ot Gra$.ar lane and looking
tho mon, vb1ch was then in section of be
an obåect appeared approximately 20 degrees above
oweet as ciNuiar In appmxlnat.aly
em—bait the size of the noon, deep bright blue color,
Be stated the ob'eet bad a on the
obåeet qpeared to fron to ue southeut. Be
stated obfici vleiorg mre uan urge
souM. Lt. tbat at tine obgerved,
them were m clouda in 'tart —re oat, nd the noon vu
eulit Lt. —stated only could it •as
it appeared to be a vexy high povered on a cloud* be
could have the ea.ue ot that *ich he coen
he had or any them
a:xang tbe
is for IrtfozatiDb* and action
contapiat•d by ofCIee adviwd
CJR*AJ

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DIRECTOR, FBI (62-8389b)
SAC* CHICAGO (100-18999)
DIS$
INFORUNT
Chicago, advised 6.4
n, 1952
SUBJECT,
on ua.reh 1.1, 1952 that he saw a flying dige At 9cOO on kar
6, 1952.
—stated that he looking Obit of a Windov at his he
Shieh Wind07 faces south, *hen he Dayt a flying disc at approxå.ut.ely
7.@0 feet above Puiiæ•ton Avenue. me ongle of elevation ot
dige above the horizon 115 degreeg. The disc came gut
ot a cloud in the east* stopped ad bang motionless in nid•-a.i.r
for a split second, üien new aae south at great sped.
He described the disc as approximately six feet In diameter, cl.rallar,
Gifte In color Kith a bluish tinge, The disc, he said, appeared Lo
have been eon stncted out or a ut.al similar to alumirato, He d so
8tated that he Bay no exhaust, ughts, or heard no sound comected
With its He noted nothing on It as to how it could aaintaln
Its even flight snd believed to have been radio controlled, He
snid it disappeared ont of Bight in three secoodB,
estimttng the speed at 600—700 anes per ba•r or uore. He said
went fast ep\zared to mutter, When the dise from
sight it was ah2t Vie size of a golf ball on the southern horizon.
•aade a sketeh of disc 'and •tie eketch and
information rere furnished to the local offlee of Office of
Special Investigations.
RECORDD •
79
MAR 25 '952
152

Page 31

10 Septembe• 1951 as AX radar set pickeA up a fast
ow flying target ( ct alt undetermined) at approx tely 1110 hours SE
of Fort honmouth at a mi.ge of about 22 ,OOO yards. 'Ine target to ap'
inbtel.y foliow the coast line chancing its range only slightly but changing
ts azi.math rapidly, The radar set was- switched to full aided azimuth
trae.king whiå ie fast enough to track Jet. aeft, bat in this case
s too Bbw to be resorted to. The target was lost in the at a range
of about 14,000 yards. This target also r•rosented an unusually strong retum
for an ecft mmrnrable In strength to that usually received from a
coastal ship. operator initially identified the target as a ship
then realized tret it muld not be a after he observed its extre
sred,
10 September 1951, 1515 hours, an SCR 584, criai no. 433 tracked
a target which about slowly in azirmth N of Fort Nonrouth at a range
of abut 32,000 yds at the extre.-nely unusual elevation angle of 1350
(Altitude 93,WO ft)
September 1951, 1050 hours, 2 SCR 54 serial nos. 217 and 315
picked up the same target of Fort at an elevation angle of
350 to 300 at a range of approximately 30,000 (AFproxi.mte•
altitude 31,0 ft) tre sets track autonutically in azinath and elevation
of 700 mph, In this case bth sets fotmd it impossible to track
the tarset S.n range aue to its speed ard the operators had to resort •o
range tracking in order to hold the tarset, The target was tracked
in tais nBnner to the mxi.nxm tracking mnge of32,OOO yards, nie operators
judccd the target to be moving at a speed several Liles per .h0',r
hitler than the rmdrmara aided tracking ability ot the radar sets. • This
tercet provided an extremely strong echo at times even though it yas. at
mxi.m.zm range, however the echo signal occasiornily feli• off a level
below norml retum. lhese changes wincided with mneuvors of the target.
11 Sept,Qber 1951 at abut a target Gas picked• up on
SCR 58, radar set serial no, 315 that displayed unusthl mneuverability.
target was approx. over Navesink NJ as irdicated by its 10,000
range, 00 ft d titude due N azimutl, The target renained •practically
stationary on the scope and appeared to hovering. me operators looked
out of the van in an attempt to see the target since it was at a short
range, however overcase onditions •prevented ach observation. Returning to
their psitåons the was observed be &'anéng its elevation at
•set-Fer; 'v the etunra was so small the ooenf.ors believed
the target have risen rearly vertically. The target ceased its rise
in elevation at an elevation angle of approx 15001mils at which tiæ it
pmceeded to move at en extren•ely rapid rate in direction
once again the speed on the target exceeding the tracked the
the SCR 58b so that rnmaa.l tracking becan-e necessai•y,
target to N'dmum range of 32,000 yards at which time target yas at
an elevation angle of 300 mils. The orerators the
speed in excess of the afded trac)dng rate ot 700

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eF20N.NEVARK
4.
9-20-51
IN VICINIT FT. MONMOUTH, NJ.% INDIC. ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY 'IN-
PROVIDED FOLLOWIN& RE-
ORT OF UNCONVEN IONAL AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BÖRADAf AT ABOVE
NSTALLATION. QUOTE ON TEN, FIFTYÖ{E. AN AVMPG DASH ONE
ET PICKED A FAST MOVING LW FLYING TARGET z
{INED AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN SOUfiGASiC•oSFi;
ATA RANGE OF ABOUT. TVELVE THOUSANTYA2DSe»•: THE TA2GEi€ÄPPEÄRED jo
APPROXIMATELY FOLLOV TKE COAST ilNE, CHANCING ITS RANGE ONLY
BUT CHANGING ITS AZIMUTH RAPIDLYÜ THX RADAR SET
A,IDED AZIMUTH VHICN NORMALLY-IS. FAST to?$RAét-JET AIRN
.Bl-r TO
'LOST AT.-a 2ANGEaOF. ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND&A2DS.E.?
TARGET ALSO PRESENTED •AN UNUSUALLY STRONG RETURN FC2 AIRCRAFT
• COMPARABLE IN STRENGTH TO fHAT USUALLY RECEIVED
OPERATORLINIXIÄLLY AND THEN
NAT, IT COULD MT BE i -SHIP 'AFTER' HE' OiSéRVEDCiTS*
TEN; FIFTYONE; .AN%SCR -EICHTå6jhÅ@SET
YH1cå'M0vD
AP40iiiAiELVNiNEtYTXRid$UOUSAND t0N
' DAR. E
i

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PAGE TWO
OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED MILS AT A
MATELY THIRTY THOUSAND WTHOUSAND
THE SET TRACK AUTOMATICALLY IS AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION AND WAS
AIDED RANGE TRACKING AND CAPABLE OF TRACKING TARGETS up TQ A SPEED
OF SEVEN HUNDRED MPH. IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, BOTH SETS FOUND IT 1M-
POSSIBLE TQ TRACK THE TARGET IN RANGE DUE TO ITS SPEED AND THE OPEB-
ATORS HAD TO RESORT TO MANUAL RANGE TRACKING IN ORDER TO HOLD
TARGET. THE TARGET WAS TRACKED IN THIS MANNER TO THE MAXIMUM TRACK-
THE OPERATOR SAID THE TARGET
ING RANGE OF THIRTYTUO THOUSAND YARDS.
TO BE MOVING AT A SPEED SEVZ&L HUNDRED MPH HIGHER THAN THE MAXIMUM
AIDED THIS TARGET PROVIDED AN EX-
TREMELY STRONC RETURN ECHO AT TIMES EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE MAXIMUM
RANGE, ECHO SIGNAL OCCASION&LI.Y OFE * LEVEL BELOW
THESE CHANGES COINCIDED WITH MANEUVERS OF THE TARGET.
ON SVTEMBER ELEVEN? FIFTYONE AT ABOUT ONE THE TARGET
PICICD UP ON AN SCR FIVE EICHT FOUR RADAR SET THAT DISPLAYED UNUSUAL
TARGET WAS APPROXIMATELY OVER NAVESINK, NJ. , AS iN-
DICATED BY HIS TEN THOUSAND RANGE, SIX THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND DUE
NORTH AZIMUTH. THE TARGET REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY ON THE
SCROPE AND APPEARED TO BR_HOVERINC. THE OPERATOR LOOKED OUT OF THE
*VAN PAREND VEHICLE HOUSING THE RADAR PAREND IN AN ATTEMPT
TO SEE THE TARGET, SINCE IT WAS At SUCH A SHORT RANGE, HOWEVER, OVER-
CAST CONDITIONS PREVENTED SUCH OBSERVATION. RETURNING TO THEIR OPER-
ATING POSITION THE TARGET OBSERVED TO BE CHANGING IN ELEVATION
AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE, BUT CHANCE IN RANGE WAS SO SLOW THE OPER-
END OF PAGE TWO

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PAGE THREE
A-TOR BELIEVED THE TARGET MUST KAVE ROSEN NEARLY VERTICALLY, TARGET
FIXED ITS RISE Fl! ELEVATION ANGLE OF APPROX. FIFTEEN
HUNDRED MILS, AT WHICH TIME IT PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT AN EXTRDELY RAPID
RATE IN RANGE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, ONCE AGAIN THE SPEED OF THE
TARGET EXCEEDED THE AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR
SET SO THAT MANUAL TRACKING BECAME NECESSARY, RADAR TRACKED THE TAR-
GET MAXIMUM RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS AT WHICH TIME TARGET
WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE THREE HUNDRED MILS.- THE OPERATOR DID NOT
ATTEMPT to JUDGE SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE AIDED TRACKING RATE OF SEVE
WNDRED MPH, THE WEATHER FAIR WHEN THE OBSnVATION VAS MADE SEPT-
TENTH AND CLOUDY FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH REPORT. UNQUOTE,
ABOBVE INCIDENT OBSERVED BY THREE WITNESSES WITH EXCEPTION OF FIRST
INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER TEN. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED BY REID AFTER AP-
PROVAL OF G-TWO, GOVERNORS ISLAND, NY, VITH REQUEST THAT INFO BE CO-
ORDINATED VITH AIR FORCE. REID ALSO ADVISED IN CONFIDENCE THALBBOVE
RECEIVED BY HIM AFTER CONSIDERABLE
'END AAD PLS•
NKR 7 VA AS
Disc:

Page 35

February 23;
29.51.
, Your letter daied February 2952, hao been
reoei vgd,
FM le r apprec gate the conoern prompted
your prit$ng Sn thie regarda Bureau doea not have
avoi2ab2e for dietribu$ion anv zatericl concerning
80—ca22ed 'it 1 ying aaucera.n vas thought$u2 0/ you
bring your observationa in connection to ay
attention,
an aene noteria2 Ehich I though*
you night like to have.
Sincerely VOUra,
86 Edsa:• Roover.
John Edgar Boover
Di rector
Enol
Ziet courgeo ot BtudV
SA and Clerical Job Sheeta
25
Peraonnel and Service8 ot Zab
NOTE* The only record loooted in Buts-lea ($ndioäteß tho*
cirreepondent regueated. and received' desori$tive.)Üier$a2
eniing the' *Bureau •in '1949, Data prgaentiv öncloaed
03At3.'läE
195fEB 24 BSI

Page 36

, I-Io-00-2.4
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Page 37

Transcribed by Claude (AI) from the page image. Check against the scan.

[handwritten letter, final page]
If you can't give me no
information about the flying
saucers, I would appreciate
it. I somehow believe that the
army is trying to cover something
[the?] commonly story just doesn't
fit.

I truly admire the F.B.I.
and someday hope to become
a member of this fine organization.
Thank you very much.
Yours Truly,
[redacted signature]

Page 38

KEB 13 195
FROM:
csnr DC
0212
Toxt on foiiovlnc page,
10 5i
ACTION:
xno 02, 03
CAF IN 97532
DA IN 131
MAR151951
RECORDED.13i
(12 reb 51)
aoohooz
28
COPY NO.
sce
224
as jau

Page 39

INCOMIt CLASSIFIED SSAGE
P.'&RAPEÅASE
DECLASSmrxm •
PROHE EZAC AFB
TO * CSAF D C
EW 0212
iO Feb 51
(mo 100400)
50 north* 50 degrees 03 man yegt by arcv of Naq 6501, VRi.
Potwxent Rlvc—e RD. Origlnzii' Deon ae hscv•y itght in
oa tb3 Btrfaee light' of oat'. fbs seliosigh light*
In color, rapidly and grev vc*' bright ver'
large gith a szal-o.trcuiar It vas 00 a true couroø or
about 125 eos, plane on a true cOU.2co Of 225 degreen, u
aprroeohed tho piazs it suddenly tzrncd about aimoat 180 decree
end dt8appsarcd rapidly over the horizon ae a email ball. Spea
n vas
Saon en z.ngie of about degrees look-in .
fr th' plane, Crev aii rlcnoed •:orth Atleo r itera
aii oav obåeot over a >orloa of fr o o g t nan.
Plane at 10,000 altitude.
Action
CAP
OIN
ADDED DISTs
532
Clf,
(iO 51)
OSD(5DLO), •CS
COPY Noe
MAKING OF AN EXACT copy OF TRtS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN

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Offce Meinorm
to n,
SOB'JBCT: hmqa sabcns
UNITED GOVERNMENT
DATE: February 26, 1951
It the attached art&cls
appeared In look magazire Janury, 1951, filed in
captiorpd cage for infomation purpogeg.
Atta erment
65MAR1hg51

Page 41

Offce Memoir—duni UNITED GOVERNMENT*
DATBt
SAC
OBJECiS
aaua 22-13-50
Tor or the Zuman, the oopteo
CIC, a-•2 Arm pertala.i% to utter
torvardea her•vitbe
NC datea i-2•,
'Ob3ect Si@tea
CIC reprte aatea 1-20+1, Ove
•65-875
A.FD
REnDED-41
.f*FEB191351

Page 42

FAO p.
OBJECT OVER OAX
O.
379'
Doxta..Lie,
Tenneøgec
(In letter .AJAC1-360,33 datea 15 1950,
Eoaåqu.art•rs, Thira uoonventtBDAi Alxcrz.ft, the
'A. of Sight'
0 3. 1B the :
Be aen
vithån' the' oontrol.iéa Qtea, apF•axizateiy -me (i) a.t.lé fN,u the i
• Viag entrance 1-12
Vo.aue? at the ;
At 0730 houm - vina the Northeast, •oven (T) m.nea por
torrprat•ur• — 20 degrees acooratng to the Atozio
bteor010BicaI K,
C, . anå Ad&0BBes of Vitnsozea: r
m Ae Eller,
P. CdHnB,
J, coaeyboar,
A, Oe *boneyhæ,
• Lt. col. Booa, .
care V.
Carso, U.seA.r.,
hotoæaphs of Ob$eet8Q if ova-liable:
D.
Zone.
A light in ghape of a ofrole, of aa intenaity nach greate
that that of a bright giving the of fom in ooaneetton v•iü
the vag In not ghov or
into a or traveling
a 15 €0 30 elevation above ue
to diÄ.ta10h 0@BidøraUe In thirty goouaz of obgorrati
anoüer group, the appec.ma a bright reneotton of the* gun
apparonti& surraooe Zo aesurate or o"eotcc
on.ta the
other• rti"Dt
*Eh'CLOSUÄE R.
•nirst.atua BGhoe

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379,
eat
of-areat So (pant Ina-leatioa
•0839 hoax — Southeut of area on• 190
obåeote ,trani,)_
• Zost . atte*ea -G
aegatlye•mauits
Att'aoheä trq' certmea •cop19B of.
the .

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Riage;
seat;
Ridge -INK
f02.I«i08' voro• their
aaa Corp., the 8-50
wre rid-tag in us»
vere the reare
tSmstriotea
c. • At vh.iie riding • iouthvut the
the vina.a.ueidtof ths oar: *ho' vaa•
•hose attentioG-ra.3 'attrzotea by
celiba gfe'•atteatioaeof of to ' the
Efi'ctaon' vu of • the %
. the tume
the nnöotiéa
.vaj• not
ob$ct
gurfaoe, u nt.ght d.rcrar€s
distance; • ef the obåects
tho •appeared to be'
ot Rido at' of elevatioajo± •ibut
•eR•..S
sac,

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vithln the of the Eepfooa=e Lau,
1B B. C. , Seotiar• 793 ana
or the ;ion of ite contents
znanner. an Äuuüorlzea Fraga
DeaeÖsr 2B;
Obsorvatlpa 19, 199
SPA .
Fai*hiiå •
Poet Offleo
. • 1950, 0820 aaa
EPA vero z yehto;.e -oa
Area tova.rå
cutoff
an than •
C. r •W. the vu tom • in•couectioÅ
"rathe-r-than• plat* oonve.•. ilöt•vaz
In 'or:.wfraotioa a
æ. apparea,to to 30
elevated above hori%ontai and •on' tetvøen
to' iA a ur&vest.eriy atreotioae •
fut .thet.the
• to d.mtalgh in aize• the •aprox..t.nte
vhfch vas • T'blole reuai»a
aa tW of the •danged ata •
00 tb ob#ot viewa 3astv rsv
•eoonåß fræ As. vehieie aova
roaa a obotruetea ot
tum ae latewoouea
.i6x :

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A88tstut' E
the passengers *bad a •olear dev at points
the road, •the ob$ct vas aot viewa obeerrers
aize,' •peed,•
• vhether .oweot
•éonhaerable•
ofh*." ,
0S#ot• •thereverö no clouds ooua.a have
The" observøre •vem to taentf.ry the 'obåeoe tern' of .
A"ör the acireu.lar appeæ•ucö
. ner; •the •ol.Nu1z.r at
•a.ÄteI$7;OO % •9:00 •Ebe primeter
•to as..rbn• t,.hé ana aner. •Nat u.e light.
doneeatraua '3:00 "o•o.look *of.
atrvh.ioh'
'observørs&er• in U *hetbr
•a' sped eaugea it in'
Yaa' 3..n vlüoåt'
CraveiA'aue to the above' k
Prot•otloa
3.8

Page 47

)..IIü DIC 2.0, 379,
(m' letter AJEI-3Øe33 aatea 15 1950,
zeååéqartors,• su?3eot3. tho In *
aza B'aetiig:•.'• Uwe (3)
the Raa.r "N. AC V
't • Berea* (7) 37
Vina at thirte•ga
C. persoazei of the
AC V Squa.åroa; 30th ur Division,'
ver.. duty* at. the ce
Oi±ct• Sl@tea: I. 4 bia&tea tbs ther
del.røotiy over •u.e •govem>nt prosect'
• '•obåeota eouiå not •be aaentiflea from raaar .'$.;
Vith heeatlie •
• ;tÆr %3rä AC
(5) Gra*.u
'a *openåD8 'o?
. 'a •Vto t
prahteL to S
U.ioh.fgaai,• the.'negativee
seat eoplee Uerøof 66N Agana W. Üe —roas
. ou froÅ the öekoø
"-af ihø V eguaaron,
Äorri2Xe, •

Page 48

• CIC W *00, Box 379, Te
ovnoax
datea i' ZoyeÖor '
Zeaqurterg, Su>$eetJ Aimra.ft. the fol.iwi.%N32.:
.Q-2Q, poeÖez.
2503
'iroSA .Gyerougj. Seven re..ratu» _37.
P94.nt aeæ•øegj• ua.V1na -
•of' Vitaezgeg: PeN0Äei of the
' AC &C Squa$.ron,q ue 5th Tighter Squadron, AS...no$
Tenneneee
ant' *Ghee
in (Oü Ridge'
Intercept (Vith
.•I.Ä • lue .nmeatE1éi
sæc:'
of AQV'

Page 49

illth '010 8, 2.0. 379,
Q0*ianoe• ütea 80vO*er
.SP3ee±} •the
At 2185 16. Jama.
Siles
At '2000 g
Coe, 'Oooupati"3 "3ra Xuaa.roa
. operators. Personnel,' Oak
• ; Captains L.C.M. Cpntrol.ierg_ o;
q. Tho .oiåeot to 00 •east*
other etar,-
svariou alrora.re• att,eaptea
he" z Weather
•spoturai. ronec,tioqd. ate*' yasi
heat,
soe the.
i.i&t 'ieéza aioat
Unena o! Ca
Clevenger •statea thet üen the
tong, vath.iinec,• cores,' I'taüB, 'etc, therein}
goneraiF tb. or au: •n *J.'ing •auger. q e+er
Qo.ru,y sftcr •algapyar•a •twe•)
at Oar they gighéea an about,
. (12) Southéut of' the Xt25 Plant in Cntroi.iea
åarordt haa been for but.
aarqmtt vu • •too tar north" a' aircraft no ibatmoation»•
iat•r

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20
. f 8,'2.0, 379,
. 2 oth& •pertinent • Officer of the
Squaaö, Air Division,' rem.eooee,
letter Ottloer oa SÖSeot3 Reporte
.16
1915:' AK uzuguzi' a.lrioume ob3eot vu •n:etea
At.iea of gtaUon,• the i.åütea Diåeot vu very to f. i
'tar but irl@ter ana larger other
at the u obgerved the obåeot geema to be apyrdntei'.
_•.6,000. feet -the thé obåeot.,: '4
ap*aroa. ito Oak .0•€4,•.•
.FZeaaquartåre¯vag eouaa'oigerver alerted,d
• •Int.er$ax€noi notea on
.obeerna•• obåeotj
.ao a..nurfemåoe 'vu (M/CBA)
attaohea ata 17
1925 ;Ob3ect• Btg..u apparently. r-92 Derubiea•to awe*
no. »port -
";-i Odeot• -to •20 cepn
•rauär•.thaa •
ho—a .g
steer:
Pilot Raymona•e.' care a'
cightea nportea it be a
'iN5éY-82 S/Z corder of Ridge Area •no eieotron.io våsud•:-..
. ougenatioa •till no. obgemzEon by.'sta±ioa
9bcervatfoÅ nportea Oa&.Rtdze Cro:una Obieren, 12
cyatheut of (nas is • in ue •of Ridge
7-82 1.a ts of. oiåeot, *-82 notoma •ou
•sest or Obåeot foet
terrda by Oisenew

Page 51

03J*rs
2600 *'Etc - io'
for .oueet,' ao
ZOE:: u,'ext.æt bpt 'at'
Bito by Nala*
-Cia ,

Page 52

noxi
mot-
STAFF COMMUNIC..AtndS - :
nor
CGOSARAZ RICXARDSOi'AV3KA now
DO FOR •cors
15
Air Coz4 Diiitan
PetrbD,nt3 over Voeko latenationai Pield aa aitituai
of 3000 feet obeenea o rush of il@t, "Ilov Sn color ct aa
asstane• to objee• Eilee, af•a»
broc„a to or OMEb at an
40 dogmen, At th9 ie•4tr.8 Odge at ar,rx 100
feet appearoå obSeot eat&ar • Dbä*d or
%thovt v2age travelil.ng at ten2C10 epe•9d. Pilots
pur:ult heading or 210 zsg, 380 at -
c very 'teei climb, Pursuit until pnnta maahea
or 'iear• ond or «b,lebt, Zeactaze owe6t
altituee ana epeea beeau» or
or 55,000 feet, Color or
oolor of obSeet daü no trom -
. a•cuNå or - beoeuge o? again•t tho
pilot bad in aprz •Ins, Zrot
sighted 't 190262, mréln•tes dcgo 13
30 Vest, tva
47 DECt21
•v
ACTION'. 02.3
o
03, AP
ci 932
(25 50)' mos :

Page 53

ZoteÖor 1950
BAC, ;
.. BIDE, .
noncrxoz vm».L
18, 19'.
Suhltua CIC above
u Noema vi.i.i be
(Alr
NbDÉC
61 Duuu.b

Page 54

*2-09 pi
ctoi&•
FL*INCSAUCERS;' OFFICE VERY CONFiDENTIALCY ADÜiSiD*B R
INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND, 'THAT TßEY NAVE BEEN PPT ON
ALERT FOR ANY DATA VHATSOEVER CONCERNING FLYIÅG"SAÜCEiS5:- CIC .E
STATES BACKGROUND 'OF INSTRUCTIONS NOT AVAiLABLE FROM Alf FCRCE
INTELLIGENCE, ARE NOT AWARE OF REASON FOR ALERT LOCALLY,
Btrr ANY INFORMTION YHATSOEVER HUST. BE TELEPHONED NEY iKYEDIATÉLY
AIR FORCE CIC ÅDWSE$ DATA FTRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
AND SAOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED.
AUERBACH
RECORDD 81 3
END
0K FBI
DEC

Page 55

FBI VASHIICTON DC
SAC, KNOXVILLE.
12-5-50
URGENT
4—47
CAR
DETECTION UNIDENTIFIED OBJCXXX OBJECTS OVER OAK RIDGE AREA,
PROTECTION
OF VITAL INSTALLATIONS. REURTEL DECEMBER FOUR LAST REGARDING POSSIBLE
RADAR JAMMING AT OAK RIDGE. ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO OBTAIN
ALL FACTS CONCERNING POSSIBLE RADAR JAMMING BY IONIZATION OF PARTICLES
IN ATOXXX ATMOSRHERE. CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE
WHETHER INCIDENT OCCURRING NORTHEAST..OF OLIVER SPRINGS, TENNESSEE,'
COULD HAVE HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED RADAR JAMMING. SUTEL
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
HOOVER
j END
CORRECT LAS WORD FIRST LINE PLS
PROTECbTFN
0K OLD"
: .49500EC90

Page 56

SECTICN
13 199 -
Mia.
•846
sac,
R3craj;
•marEct10N or VITAL
At At rwnrrrrrvg N, ,
DP OF Z'.VEN AND
A?0Jrc Af ur, ÄLT1tVX
OB.EC?S nou *WÜSL'O to zzt, CJjÄ
sang sovra EAST m AND
to 11 srzz,rgc
TO m
CMA%, NO OBJ'tcr BE
sazu. uS NO
33 Bl ovot an.u an
*051 AYD roæss
ÆD GECKING
EV4.Q3D
71LL BE or
act
OX bc
22