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Ltr to HQ OS I fr DO #21, Sub j : Unconventional Aircraft, dtcl JJ, Feb 50 d. The weather was clear d1Jrin.^ the periods \7hen the flying object v;as observed. e. The object maintained the same altitude and was always in level flight when i t was observed. f. At the times Rebolt sighted the object, he had been driving for appfcsdsately two and a half hours and was in excellent physical c oniti - 2- 4CTI0N; FromgMjJJpPB'fcatement, i t appears that he has stifficierrfe knowledge of tHe appearance of conventional U. S. aircraft to distiTTgaish them in f l i g h t . No investigation has been conducted by t h i s office t o further evaluate the credibility of the information contained i n tire attached statement of i

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Ellington. AFB Houston, Xzz&s 12 January 1950 STATEMENT

My name is^^MaMMMffr 2nd Lt, USAF, AD 591335, 36o6th Navigator Training Squadron, Military, Box 2l#, Ellington ABB, Houston, Texas* On 2ft Xtocember 19b9, a t approximately 1200 hoars EST, X was in my aotcncixOs driving northwest on U*S* Highway 17 between Frederic ksburg I was accompanied by my mother and father, /JJN/f Pennsylvania, (who are an o i l »^"fa*f»ff»i and school teacher), and a Marine and a Sailor* The

Marina's case and address can be furnished by ay mothers the Sailor's naae and atfciress X do not know but he i s stationed at Portsmouth, Virginia* y&a weie approximately 20 or 25 miles out of Frederickaburg, driving along the highway .at a moderate rate of speed, when an object that resembled the fuselage of/aC~32 aircraft cam© Into my field of vision traveling'west at an estimated, altitude of 2500 feet* This object had the bright color and appfta-mrt tftlft^taAt a-P pitaq-fTittrt -^t^nirfc ^py yt^frifl ^ft^pgff.

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was i n si^Efcr «f T2s the f i r s t tioe located at an approximate 2*5 degrees to the horizctt a s i t crossed in front of us* I would estimate the siae of the object ta be fro* l& to 50 feet long, perhaps 10 to 15 feet In diameter* The object paaaeaiircBi our field of vision to the irest and again in a lew «inutes I t Tsagpesxed £roj& tbe nest^ xecrossed the highway in front of us and then turned i a a northrosterly direction toward Winchester. The last tioe I saw the object was approximate3y an hour and fifteen Binutes later over Winchester*, "3ben ne arrived there people on the streets appeared to be watching the sane object* The object maintained approximately the sane altitude and was always in level flight when I saw it* The weather was crystal clear a l l this tiae* As I was traveling in my automobile* I failed to notice msy sound fro* this object and X did not stop t o observe* I tried to determine i f there was anything protruding from this object and there were no visible propeliersy^rotors, wings, stabilisers, etc* Neither could I detect any exhaust or flame. This object traveled at speeds from 50 to- 300 milss an hour; I would say like a light aircraft except a t tinea i t seeaed to go slower than most light aircraft* At the tiae I sighted this object I had only been driving approximately two and a half hours after a night's rest and I consider my physical condition at this tine as excellent* I have been stationed at Uo S* air fields for the past year and have observed and read enough about aircraft that I should be abla to recognise any of our conventional aircraft at this speed and altitude* I do not believe that this was a conventional aircraft and that I t shonlrf be brought t o the attention of proper authorities*

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Oa 30 September 1 9 & at 2OOOZ (3 P.Mo EST) three (3) high school boys of Woodberry Forest,- Virginia, observed from the top of a f iXty (5>0) foot silo one unidentified object about eight (8) to ten (10) miles away over a small mountain / or about three (3) nrHes southwest of Orange, Virginia.-

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Irrveatigation roqueata<i teloohonic«lly by Special Agent JiCS3 T E05CCB, DO #5 # v.ri^iit-Pftttersoa AF3, Dayton, Ohio* Uuidgntifled aerial object waa raportad to hav« exploded near Norfolk and subsequent investigation under juris&otlon of United States Coast Guard resulted i a determination that the aerial object was a f ateteorita which exploded whoa entering the earth 8 ataosphere. CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED: " BY AUTHORITY OF THE L ^ . : : . ^

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2, fta 27 February 1951 inquiry at th« Offices of "the Statoa 7'wihor BartHLU, rowalad that tha only person kno*a as waa 4|HMlWtfMHHV» Suparriaor of tha Boathvr Euroau's Groenaboro, Carolina Gffio^* TToathar Bureau poraooael ad^risdd that tha ai^vtlag of aa uaidaatlfiad aerial objsot had hovn. ianrestigatod by the IT* S* Guard a t Sorfolk tm 13 February 1952. »• Cto 27 Febriwucy 19SI, contattt with Lt EA2L aSISHASDf o f tT» S» Co«at Guard, revealdd that "Stair ofilo« had eotod as th» eoordinat> lag ag»n«y for eta a i r search and iar©«tigatloa. xbllowing roo«ipt of a report that a * j«t ?laa»* had oxplodvd i n f l i g h t oror *VhalayviXl«r Virgi.ita at about 1145 hours 18 ?»braary 1952. PevldW et? ^ « Co«at log book revealed th* fbllowin^ saqtwoo* o f otwrfc»»

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SAUC3RS IN NORFOLK Washington Daily News 16 J u l y 52

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FlyingfaNorfolk Area Eight "glowing, ared-orange" flying saucers have been spotted 150 miles south of Washington, zipping along fe-Jaemation at supersonic speed, it was reported today. Airways pilots saSE W> Pan JB. Nash and that they must be from some extraUnited Press American* W. H. Fortenbeczy saw the discs terrestrial source," Nash said. Sd Sunday ht bt Nt night between Newport "If either of us had seen the News dNfiifc•" ^ V things alone; we would have hesi•.They.;tpiij-inSBta(rF; officials, "the tated to tell anyone, but we watched saucers maneuvered too sharply tat the whole thing together." human endurance; a t a. speed ."tar above:.-iWOMtEatesS^isa1 hour** and liKOOO feet jpn

a fagr -were approxi. _.._ feefcr'a*: ^^jnoeter and 'between 10 and.:45S^fc:i3iick,'* Nashsaid?" "As theyV iasHBaeft'iis they apr. eared to be soS*26ddfes of lights Pash arid Bbctaaierry were « g a DG-4 at a*wHteSQeO feet. The s tid 10 companjr oESfials who w< aboard couldn't seerfiie-"things" cause of the aitgte. a t which saucers Visibility was eareieflent, the pilots | said.

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MIAMI, Fla," July 15 HP).---Two been heard/ that they jtnust be veteran PairAmerican Airways from .-, • spme</ extra-terrestrial jdl&tsreptnrted today ^ they saw source.wc;-.;r.^yy,.;-. ;•/,' eight bnge fflying saucers" .fly- In Echelon Formation'. 3ng at a lObO-jttQe-and-hour clip Nasb said their DC-4, carrying' — ^ last night." 10 company personnel. Was fly^ f he and W., H. ing southiwarid between Newport FortenbeiryIvjsaw./. six of /the News, and^Norfolk- when,the estimated to be 100 first six, saucers appeared, to the liter and "glowing southwesLJNash. said flying f a ah. echelon formation^— a :• dlagona^traightt Tine^-I at abbut^a^jt/altitude.^;^ were^ sifting!^where' thejvi cc uld

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during tia« ^wr-.o-i of cuserT&tion. Aft«r travarsiat, 30 •I«gre»s oi* tha horizon, th« cii^zt aLss^^snr^dl as if i t Had rona behind aa ocstaclf, al11houghJtHtKKKKK^ did not aasr^rv* an)- op*t&ela batiwsa hias^ljT and t^s object* J^PBMHMB^s jn.o*t abl« to «*ST2Hst«fch-rf5pa«d of traTal, out statad that the obj«ot appeared to trsivsl 'very fast*, 13 April in fettcntioa -*as to bha obi act ^ j horizog in «t.pproxiga-*.gly.oa<t (1J saoend berova ,it arf the object ooin^id-sd -nxtri that ^ITSU t^H the object as bein,- spherical iu shape tha exhaust or t a i l tapersd. i ^ i t i o n a l in relation to tfe« sighting ns? idaatlcal to tiasit giv^n ;g April andgaevs i s ys^gtaac©- the ]HHHB|Psittft'nt:i->;: %a;> called t o t h e V ocr-toura. Tha object ob.jset *s cw* s;: 1 ••;••• inovm, gr«ea i n color, with .' whioh -Tsa fiv« to sin •iSLd a liEaiaoaa whits t c i l ^ r e x h e - A ^ t , -j*h# l<mgtth«. ob^«ct tar t h s a i t « of t h s ?b.j«ct, ^|(iBHl-frt-jred t h a t ha had h t h « «3dbftHirt {i:>pr©3cis*t«l:*> 2 sect^nds -*t««ti i t se«sed t o fade ooarweti-on -srith di«app«a.rin£ f i r s t . Additional iaforantioat. g i r e n aainoidsd -with t h a t giv«a

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• 1. 'This report pertains t o the observation of an unusual aerial object by one ( l ) parson naar tha Harris Greek H.oad in Fox H i l l , Virginia. The time of sighting -was 1030 hjura 13 June 1952. 2. On 13 June 1952 a t 1130 hours Llajor FRANK A MAP?, Air Srovosi; Marshal, Langley Air. ?orce Bass, Vij|^yi^. t a la phonic ally

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telephoned hia and reported seeing an unusual aerial object, spherical in shape, in the Fox Hill, Virginia, area, a distance of approximately two (2; miles from Langlay Air ^orce Base, Virginia.

On 13.June 1952 a t 1500 h o u r s ,

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interviewed and gave ..in .substance the following information concerning the incident: -4MNMVHPfei salesman for a local awning concern, f i r s t .observed this spherical object while driving his car along Harris Creek d, a spar 3 a ly populated section of-Fox H i l l , Virginia. As air mnded a "bend in the road, he sa-w the object hovering' in tha ,'a.ir at an altitude of approximately, 200 feat^ovar- a group of pine- traes . approximately 400 to 500 fat west of tha rosed*-•x.

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(.ascribed the object as b-sin£ aoout 2b Lo 30 feet- in diameter, inada of a uetallic look in:-: substance ar.a having a l i j h t blue or sky bias color. H^ state i t averagedd i tha out3 to 5 feat in. thickness, taperin- down from ^ ^ ^ | side, similar to a discus used in athletics. «HHHJPH(^J§Mrtn.er stated that from ^vhsre he stood, ha was able to obtain a batter vie?/ of tha underneath side of the object and gave the following description: ^he craft had four (4) concentric sections •when viewed fro:a underneatn. One section was a. solid inner case "which comprised the center and did not SOT3» Hext to t h i s T«vere t-wo (2) spherical sections -which -were spinning: rapidly in opposite directions. The out s i d e s e c ^ ^ ^ a s narrower thar; "=ixe others and like the center, did not rotate."^VNMNPHNBhjM.tithe craft did not seem to have any exhaust or smoke, but that he did hear a alight whistlijij^^und -while the object was hovering over the group at t r e e s . flHflHHMWaid "--8 observed what appeared to be a? small antenna protruding from the center portion of the craft on the top side. '£& could see no slots or duct openings in the object, ilftar approximately 1.0 second^^pHHHHRRkBaid the craft t i l t e d slightly, flew upvjard a t an f^gf***. of 4:5-;(iegree3 and away from him at a tremendous speed.

fflMHNRNNHi^3^^1^^ that i t was out of sight in a matter of seconds, but he 'eSSLd not estimate tha speed at -which i t -was traveling*

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£ 14 Jtine 1952 Langley Air Porca Base Operations advised rxssswg" ^35 was-in use a t the time of the reported sighting and that iTii.gfrfc path would "bring any approaching airplanes over the Fox sra» prior to landing. Records at Base Operations further indicated iaareo? (3) aircraft landed at the'approximate time of-the sighting: &.t>-XQ04: hours, a T-ll a t 1105 hours, and a C-45 at 1107 hours.

a. Weather Sequence Ixeaort3 from Langlsy Air Force Base, whicl is located t-wo miles north north west of Fox Hill for 1030 hours 13 June 1S52 Tja as follows? . . 1030 hours clear; Visibility - 9 miles; wind from South South 3aat at 3 knots; Temperature at 68°; Dewpoint S3 0 ; Overcast at 20,O0G f t ; Scattered clouds a t 500 f t . 7. Ir. relation to :he witness of subject sighting, the following information i s submitted to aid in evaluating his credibility? •a.

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Harris Creek Road S.g9 Approximately 17 yrs) Harris Creek Hoad

S. -his information was coordinated -wit:: the Office of Deputy ^hief of Staff for Intelligence, Collection division, Tactical Air Corxiand, langisy Air Force 3ase, Virginia, on 13 June 1S52. 10. Inquiry at the Langley AF3 GCA Unit on 14 Juns 1952 failed to reveal t-ie presence of any unidentified a i r c r a f t in the area for the period of 1030 to 1200 hours on 13 June 1952. 11. On 15 June 1952 Capt C H JACK30H, 4424th Helicopter Flight, Lanvley A?3, 7a., advised t a t at approximately 1030 hours on 13 Jura 1352, he n5ds returning to Langl9y AFB piloting an H-19 type Helicopter. His flight path to the base was, on a line from Phoebus, Virginia, t o Langley AFB and he stated that t h i s route took him directly over the Pox Hill area at an. altitude of approximately 300 f e e t .

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12. "his office contemplates no further inquiry into subject sighting unless s p e c i f i c a l l y requested by t h e Coiiimariding General, Air Material' Oornnand or Director of Special InVS'stigaticns, Headquarters GSI, United States Air Force. '

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V, ?• DANIELS By dlre«tie<i

TEW WASHINGTON DAILY N3WS 15 September 1952 ' SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft -~>g£lpn, We3t Virginia, 12 S.ep^eiabaiL 1952 NaTOK" DAIJ*

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j SUTTON, 1W. Va., Sept. 15—A short time after a meteorite—. or something —blazed across this town last Friday and seemed; I to land nearby, an evil-smelling, greea bodied monster 12 feet tall! •with bulging- eyes and clawy handa sent seven young citizens running for their lives/

A. Lee Stewart; who with his rfa\ ther publishes the Braxton Cou ity ; Democrat, .saw mysterious traces whatever it was, and here's of ! story: .• his I "It was about 7:15 p. m.when this i meteorite, or something, was supposed to have been seen that I wandered down the street and the people told me about having seen it. Then, a little while later, this call conies in from Flatwood, a town about five miles away. A PAIR OF EYES ''Mrs. Kathleen May and six boys hac gone up the hill to where,this thii g was supposed to have landed; anc they could see flashes of light —f ash, flash, flash, three or four tim s—coming from the top of the hill. "As they kind of eased around a little bend in the road, there, in the shadows, they saw a pair of" eyes. There was a peculiar odor—a very sickening, hot, stuffy smelling opor. "The oldest boy—he's 17—th ew a flashilght on it. All' the. res of them saw it too. The boy fell c ver backwards and all the people tbok to their heels and came running back to town. "They said it was about 11 or 12 feet high, and had a shiny, metallic kind of face and protruding eyes. Its body was green. It had outstretched hands—sort of clawy looking hands. "When thoan n3j g«t back to town, they gave the boy a dose or two of smelling salts, and called police.

TRACKS "Of course," said Mr. Stew the state police weren't in, ext morning the sheriff and s ther people went up, and natu went along to investigate. I t my camera with me." Atop the rugged, tangled hill, there was ho trace of a meteorite, but-there was an area "all trampled down," Mr. Stewart said. He said that he could still smell traces of the peculiar odor. There were two tracks.- They looked like skid marks, about a foot wide, a car length apart, andabout ten yards long, Mr. Stewart said. He said you couldn't get an auto up that hill. Mr. Stewart and the deputies took Gene Lemon, the 17-year-old, along with them. SAW SOMETHING "We had to coax him to go back," Mr. Stewart said. "I had to keep my hand on his shoulder. He si ook and shook like he was s U death. »"I know all these people,' Stewart said. "And I tried e\*ry way to tear this story down. But they all told the same storv arifjthev all staick it. 1CK to IO II. I e never seen people In more frigh "I %orrT-fcnbw; what they saw, but they sure saw something on that hill. _ course, at twilight, you can "OJ see lots of things.. They could have, seen jarC«wT*Srrnn^ up there in- a tree, Jmchput a-body under Jt."

The following information vras extracted from the OSI, HQ USAFE Sunsnary of Positive Intelligence Activities for the Month of January 1954, dated 18 February 1954-J / "4.

Unidentified Flying Object Reported over BERLIN:

"On 8 January 1954> a German resident of the American Sector of BERLIN noted an unidentified object, similar in appearance and size to a full moon, traveling in a straight path from northwest to southeast over the American Sector of BERLIN. Time of observation was 2027 hours (local time), and source observed the object for a period of approximately five (5) to seven (7) seconds, at which time it disappeared behind the surrounding buildings â&#x20AC;˘ Weather conditions at time of observation were clear sky, a new quarter moon, wind approximately five (5) to ten (10) miles per hour, and .temperature 20P to 25Â°F. Source could give no identifying aerodynamic features but stated that there was no sign of exhaust trail nor could any sound be heard from the object. The . object traveled in a straight line at a constant altitude and speed. Source was unable to estimate altitude of the object but stated that speed of the object appeared to be twice that of a jet fighter aircraft but much slower than the speed of a meteor."

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€• ft* 29 4mmrx I8*** ^ ^ S F* M}H1F?S?ALL» Chiaf of tfca CM Oft Urn. m Utaxrlawa d at Blaokr^mt Ar«y Air Fiald. a*hri*a* that h« had baan warklag for th* CAA alae* U*6« SCH*.??STiU» airiaad that ha f i r s t saw tfca abject at 1TS8 hffWf «a 29 January ahaa tfe* « U a«»loy»a# i n th« f laid oallad bia at hi a hmsm l a Blaakatasa, hit atta«fci«a t» tfca aightln^. Aeaor41a« t« 3C3A??ST4LU th* to kava a bright aatalllo «urfae«« Aaeordis^ t« j forty (40) aod forty-fiTo (43) tha harlscm «i4 aua aarth l a direotioa. SCS&ffS'ZAU* ^ () to ton (10) ) sllea away «t aa »ltitud# that t3ia «bôt ma fi*a (3) of ap?r«3d»t«ly thirty ( » ) to forty (40) () thxmnand 4 tt 1)«hial tb» aojcct *aa a ligjst Iay*r of otrro-«tratat, «oVia«d ttat thaao olauda wually aoourrvd a t tn a l t l f e ^ ot ( » ) to forty (to)feamaaOdfoot aad thay thaa hftlpod hiw t«tabliA «so appro****** tltit«<o of tho ohjoot* 86BA??3TAU» stared that tha ofejtftt m tlo»gat»d l a ahapa and waa atfttlaaary* Ha had no kacv* ahatiooter of tho alia of tho objoat» and h* fvrtôf adrlaad that thar* lso^ no wuekm or vapor trail» or dlaturbaaao l a tha e l r war th# 3a atatad that tJ» oaly way ho oottla* d««cribo tJi« ebôet vaa at a orijht ahlsiag »b4««t i a tha aley* SGHA??STALL statad that h« had lost sisht of tho abjoot at apfrftsdaatoly 1T46 hour* ai i t aspearod td h# withdrwrln| t» the aorta* feoooaiag asallor* SCHAFPSfAli averred that ho had raver i a hi* itttth a tfciag or ooald recall no hallooas or plaaaa that

File TTo« 24-0 " 11 Fobruary 1354 81st District 031 (13), Langley A?3, Eaiaptoa, Yirgiada SUBJi Sigh-fciag of Thaidoirfcif 1*4 Subject Sear Blaokatone, Virginia

appeared so largo at guoh aa altitude. SCHAF?STALI» further advia«d the 041 agosts thai Roaneloe, Virginia had reported three (3) leeae weather balleoas, oa the nsoraiag of 23 January 1954* Boaaoke had soted that the balloons ware drifting in a north, northeasterly direction. SCHA793TALL estimated that i f the direction of drift c a aid sued, the ballaaaa would have passed BO oloser than an* hmdr«A (100) aiXaa (approziBatwIj) fram Blackatoaa and that in auek a s «rr«itt tha object cigrkad waa pireba^ly oot oa» of th« balXaoas* SCEAF?3tALL» howavwr, «tat«d ttiat tha obj«ot oould hara bao& a ballcoa, but that ha waa xaakla %o giro mj aatiaato af th« attar* of tha object* 7. Xr. SCHAFfStlLL ehaaload tha rauorda of tha CM Offica aad Htm follawLag iraatiiar aoaditiona for the lata aftaraaem of 28 1954, Ibis* brokan olaadg at twenty (20) thooaand f«at ware reported aVtke Cfwraxisata t l n i of the A ^ t i n g * witb a aerth» «M wiad af s i x (6) ailea per hour alae recorded. i«f« «i* laaatioa af the BUokataaa CM Offioe aa the TT Aagreaa* 9S aiiataf* » • leeofia** wast loagitadei 3T Mimtaa. 9 t««o«d»» aartH latitudej eleratios, 440 1*6*, C^taiattASTDIH* CA3TtEBERaT, AO 81

the taknowa object. CASfLBBBHHT shook** thft Mat adrised that the 771st AC & W dqmadron. Cape Charles had a s t l f i e d a p i l o t of the 48th squadron efi an O»j*ot si(*t**. Captain CASTLE3EBHT iaentifiad the p i l o t a» 1 s t DOJtiLD 1* 089OS12, AO l t t l S U , wU stated that tha motifleatlom aoeurrod aossitias em Saaraday sronlag, 2& Jaauary 1994* Captain OiSTLSBSHHT adrlaed from the rooerds that the AC ft W Squadron had roooiredv tsw (2) reports af \alnawn objeots, from ihe Qreusd Obserrer Corns Filter Centfar, Hohmoaa, Tirginla. The f i r s t report* reeolYed by AC ft W a t 1744 hours* «tnt»d ttiat am unknown object had been sighted at approxiaaately 73 dogrees. I t minntes» west longitude, and 97 degrees, 43 adantes, aorth latitude, CA8TLSSS33? stated that "fte AC ft W Squadron had raoolTod another report from aiefaaojsi a t 1804 hours, af a sighting s t 77 dogrees* 15 ainates. west loagi-tttd*, and 57 dograes* 48 minute*, aorth latitude* CASTLSBSR3T stated that KUhnead had aat adrised the AC ft W Squadron of ifae origin of 1h* I op a i t s . GASTIiEBSSXT rormised, howirrvr, that the sightings probably originated a t 000 Cemmand Potts* OASTISBSSBX stated that th* AC ft W isjMkdrom had obserred •* «md*ntif i*d objects witt&ia a radius of fcoarfrW f i f t y (SfO) B l i s s , daring t h i s day* 0ASTLB3£BH7 stated that farther fctforsatiom was ooatained l a the AO • W report. 9. 0» 1 ?ebruary 1964, l a t U DOSALD S OSB039S, « t h Fighter lasereeptor Squadron, was iaterriewed ooaooraiag h i s aetioBs l a t h i s

24-0 / 11 February 1954 21st Di«triot 051 (19), Lax gley *?8, KasptW Virgin* SU3J5 Sig*tia« of Unidentified Qbjwt H«a/%ac*ato*«# Virginia a*fct%r« 09B0SSS adflft** tbat h« wm» flyiag a 7*84 airoraft oT«r U a d a v AFB wh»m notiri«4 of tfc* uald«aUf U4 obj««i by th« 771*% AC A ir 0SB0HX8 a«trl«#d that h« «*« SITVB dlr*o"bioa» by •&• AC and r«qu«a-toi to inr««tigat# th« dir«oiw4 mrmmm t*r 1h obj««t«* OSBoa» r ^ a l l » 4 thut h» ha4 patroll«4 th« ar«a» <3irt»ot#* by AC * *0 but had failed t e »b*erre aay y unidentified object*. 0SB0M3 t u r n e r AC 4 W not if lo«tio» at that h« fir at 1800 haora oa 23 January 1954*

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Southeast of Ocean City, Maryland, SPECIAL District Coai»nder UNCLASSIFIE 5tii OSI »l3trict (IG) Wrigiit-Patteraoa Air Force Base Ohio 1. Attached for txansmittaX t o tbe Air technical. Intelligence Center i s an OQI report of investigation, from District Office •#2L> dated 3 August 195^, concerning unidentified flying object*. 2. Subeequetrt to vritlxig the attached report, tbe District COMmnder, VO #21, va» aftflaed lay tbe District Intelligence Officer, 5th HaroajL Bistrlct, thai inveatlgation "by his office revealed a vitoasa vbo approached near eooo^i t o the object in question to identify i t aa a smoke pot* The Pietriet Intellisence Officer la of the opinion that, the reported joauveaeut of the ola^ect can be aceouated for *by reaeoxt of oaaoke belog blown sxaqf from the object by the wind. The District Datel that these wasfflctermiven&val activity i n tbe ax«e> o f s u b j e c t s i g h t i n g and t h a t a h e l i c o p t e r operating i n t h e v i e l n i t y observed considerable tjnnmioif i n t h e a r e * . The D i s t r i c t I n t e l l i g e n c e Offices' b e l i e v e * t h a t t b e moke p o t vaa used during sona naval e x e r c i s e i n which no a t t e o p t vaa made t o recover t b e p o t , and thertiranagrtaaay w e l l b e p a r t * o f unrecovered experimental iaodelaFOR THE BlKBCTOKt

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DEPARTMENT OF T H E A I R FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED S T A T E S A I R FORCE CLASSIFICATION C A I N C & L L & D ^ .. <v-":

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UNCLASSSri

BY AUTHORITY G? 'illu DliiLL^'Iv'.i Cl1 BY

THE INSI ECTOR GENERAL USAF 21ST DISTRICT OFF tCE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, LANGLEY F I E L D , VIRGINIA

Uistaiian_ DATE

File No:. 53-(24)-11 SUBJECT:

3 August 1954

(Coj££H0Kl) Unidentified Qbjeot Sighted 15Jiilos Southeast of Ocean City, Md., 1500 hours, 27 July 1954. "Ife

TO*

Director, Spe#i*l Inveeti gat ions (IG) Headquarters tJnited States Air Force Washington 25, D. CV ATTN: Counter-Intelligenca Division

1. Attached hereto i s Report of Investigation by 1SILLIAU W. DSHHIS, J r . , File and Subject as above, dated 3 August 1954. . 2 # Subsequent to -writing the attached report, the District Connander was advised by the District Intelligence Officer, 5th Naval District, that investigation by his office revealed a -witness -mho approached near enough to the ob jeot in question to identify i t as a saoke pot. The District Intelligence Officer is of the opinion that the reported inovVjnsnt or the object can be accounted for by reason of smoka being blown away from the objecjj by the -wind. The District Intelligence Officer advised that there was extensive naval activity in the area of Subject sighting and that a halieaptor operating i n the vicinity observed considerable dunnage in the area. The District Intelligence Officer believes that the smoke pot was used during some naval exercise in which no attenpt was made to recover the pot, and the dunnage may well be parts of unrecovered .experimental models.

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Dm GET J ^ S L t . Colonel, USAF D i s t r i o t Commander

UNITED STATES AJ T W iNsnxrrtSR GKNSRAL ! oitnac o * srsciAi- INVHSTIOATIONS.

BEPORT OF INVESTIGATION

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DATE

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3 August 1954 j s

REPORT MADE BY

WILLI-Ai: '..'. DEI-2IIS, j j g . S/A REPORT MADE AT

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DO # 2 1 , Lan?<ley AFB, Va

{.Confidential) Unidentified Object sighted 15 niles Southeast of Ocean City, Kd., 15CO hours, 27 July 1954

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30 July 1954 OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DO ;"21, Langley AF5, Va STATUS

CLOSED

HSCIFHCCSL: ^SVESTIGAT!

CANCELLED

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r&ssiles as che eked. Tsy; radar: 3 0 r3b.es iron; Subject sighting.

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UNAUTHCEX22D DISOOSOES OP IHFCBMATIMI CC»TAINED IH THIS HSPCRT I S FRCHIBITSD AND WILL BE CCHSIDffiZD A VIDLATIOH OF AFR 2 0 5 - 1 AHD AFH 2 0 5 - 6 COPY

DIO: 5 ND

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FOX STAMP

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APntOVED

• D1JIGHVJ SCQVSL , ; \ , L t Colonel^. USAF AJr Korea; L A F B - L - 3 - 1557

c File Wo: -53-(2O-ll DET.JLS: 1. This investigation was initiated on. 30 July 1954 by the District Cc:.r.;ander upon information received fro;1, and at the telephonic request of Captain WILLI/Jt L. l-iESSM&It, District Intelligence Officer (DIO), 5th Naval District, Norfolk, Va. The DIO advised that his Office had received inforr.iD.tion fron their Baltir.orc Office to the effect that at 1500 hours, 27 July 1954, individuals aboard two fishing vessels located southeast of Ocean City, Hd., observed an object variously described, as a red b a l l or a ball of red flor.ic, which entered the water apprc;dr:~.t;oly 15 r i l e s southeast of Ocean City. The v/itnesscs stated that they observed the object for approximately 15 minutes and variously estimated the speed to be fron 8 to 24 knots. One witness observed the object through binoculars. Soric of the -witnesses stated that the object traveled submerged part of the t i n e , others that i t traveled, en the surface. The DIO further advised that the water in the area in question i3 too shallow to permit the operation of a submarine at Snorkel.depth and no.He.val craft of that type were in the vicinity a t the tine of sighting. The DIO requestcd 031 to determine whether any LangLcgrlPB activity or the National ^AvLsory Corrittee for aeronautics nrralfl account for subject sighting* 2.

SaaeoUil Agent DWIGHT J. SCOVEL assisted in this investigation. A F B ,

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3. Qa-pO July 1954 DALE SCHEFEL, 1st Lt, US.JF, AQ 2094381, Base Operations,*was tblcphonically contacted and after revievdng h i s rcccrdSj advised thafc Langley ;.FB had not lost any aircraft on 27 July_1954j that there had been nc reported loss .of aircraft vdng t i p tanks- on 27 July 1954 -nd further that Langloy AFB aircraft do net conduct firing or bciMbing practice ever the area in. question. 4 . On 3 0 J u l y ^cting4 Pilot less .JLr craft Reaearch Station, National Advisory Corxdttco for aeronautics, Tcr.percncevi3-lc, Va. (-Jallops Island, Va..), was tolophonically contacted by S/A 3C0VEL and stated in effect that on 27 July 1954 his organization fired a 2-1/2" rocket and a Research Model. The rdssilcs were tracked by radar. The 2-1/2" rocket struck the water approximately 5500 yards fron. the point of launching. The Research Model struck the water approxinately 5000 yards fron the point of launching. The points of irpect of the nissilos vjerc approximately 30 rales fron Subject sighting._ "^^pPPBtf^lviscd that no attcr-ipt i s na.de to recover such n i s s i l e s . •MHJJ^furthcr advised that during the past three r.ionths his organization has not launched any nissiles which have a fuel c:cpcctancy of noro than three (3) seconds and that the nissiles eitcd above landed vithin an area of two hundred yards fron the inpact points indicated above.

CLOSED

From 51a i.r.". VVncht-?att£.*5>on '»ir Force BasOhio

UNCLASSJ?;2D

5D 24-21-168 SUBJECT:

(tJndass Flying i, Connecticut, CMIHRDY

Air Technical Intelligsnce Center Wri^it-Pattarsoa Air Force Bas» Ohio ATTBt &TI.4A-2C

! • Transaitted berowith for your inforaation i s or» (1) copy of Report of Investigation t?y Special Agont MICHASL THEODORAKIS, D i s t r i c t Office Ho* 2* dated 15 April 1955* file 24-420, concerning subject rastter. m Your a t t e n t i o a i s invited to the provisions of AFR prohibit t h e release of investigative infor-sation t o unaathorizad

1 Ind ROI DO F2 dtd 15 Apr 55 : -^cc:

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L. BtAGKSTOtJE Lt Colonal, IJSUP D i s t r i c t Conaander

CLASSIFICATION CANCEL-.— -

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SUBJECT: BNIDEHTIFED OBJECT Sighted 15 H i l e s Southeast of Ocean C i t y , Maryland, 1500 hours* 27 Jul SxSCIAL IKQUIRT

Cunwunpder Air Technical I n t e l l i g e n c e Center Vright-Pattarson Air Force Base Chio

TO:

1 , "Cranaaitted herewith Tor your information I s one ( l ) copy of Report of Investigation of Special Agent VilLLIAM W. DENNIS, JR., D i s t r i c t QfTioe Ko« 2 1 , dated 3 August 1954, f i l e 5 3 - ( 2 4 ) - H , suhjeet a» above*.

2. Subeaquent to writing the attached report, the District nder» B O $21, was adriaed by the District Intelligence Officer, 5th Baval District, that inveatigationteyhia office revealed a witness who approached near encugh to the object in question to identify it as a sooka pot* iThe District Intelligence Officer is of ths opiaion that the reported movement of the object can be accounted for bj reason of stroke being blown away from the object "by the wind* The District Intelligence Officer advised that there was extensive naval activity in the area of subject sighting and that a helicopter operating in the vicinity observed considerable dunnage in the area. The District Intelligence Officer believes that the sa»ke pot was used during soiw naval exercise in which no attempt was m d e to recover the pot, and the dunnage may well be parts of Co,

covered experia»ntal models, 3, Ho further investigative action i s contemplated and t h e files of the Office o^ ^ ^ ^ p t i g a t i o n s are 4* lava? attention i s invited t o the provisions which prohibit the .gal AaLne-qg laaaeti^ativ© information' ^ persons* a -JT^J---'

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OSI (24-135-21-11)

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HEADQUARTERS UKTED STATES AIR

1:1 f t t ItnCTOft «EXK*4L UtAF

s i n Dxmxcv orrici or QPBCUL unriRioixion U M U R Aim wtmcm &in, HAMPTOI, YOLOIIIA File Ho:

24-0

13 JUW 195S

SUBJECT: tfnitl&sbifasd Plying Objects

TO:

405th F i l t e r Bcmber VJing / d r Force Base, Va,

1. Th? foHcr,ilns i s quoted frcB a l e t t e r , dated 5 June 1956, frcoi the Federal Bui'oau of Investigation Field Office, Fdchjnorsd, Va» This informtiors iaas tialephoaically referred to your office on a June 1956,, "For if Virginia, -aho has no telephone, tS^sptoonically contacted the 2ichaoni Office of th8 FBI on June 5, 1956^to advise that i n the past too years he has done considerable research on flying discs and he believed he saw on© approximately tiso years ago* "He eaitiivued that during ths l a s t -v^eek of Hay 195.6, friends of his parents, t h e identities unkno-vai,, vino reside near Stuart, Virginia, related feat approximately Kay 23, 1956, they observed a large b a l l of fire appracdaBtevLy t h e size of a refrigerator go into the side of a mountain near StuartM Virginia. "^Nflfe could furnish no additional details coaceming t h i s incident but he was of the belief t h a t t h i s objsct cbssTv^d neOS' Stuart * VirginLa, was a flying disc* "DAVES indicated he su^r i n the near futor© go to Stuart, Vir^Lnia, to contact hi3 parents* friends for additional details concerning the above "The about* i s being furnished for your information*rt 2, On o June. 1 ^ 5 , t M i H H t t i l M n M H 9 supra, v/aa interviewed and identified b i s parjaata* friendsr M&IO observed the largo b a l l of fire as 4flMKfc&d 4flWHHflMftLJ. oaaoj<<3 of Dan, Va* In addition

File No:

21st District OSI Subjt Unidentified Flying Objects

advised that the other fireballs during the past year,

allegedly observed several

BOHDSN C o l o n e l , USAF Cocamsnder

Dir OSI

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Ui 21ST DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA

F i l e No: 3 3 - 0 SUBJECT: AERIAL PHENOMENON RESEARCH GROUP

TOj

Director, Special Investigations Headquarters United States Air Force Washington 25, D. C #

1« The following information was received from th^'Richnond, Virginia Field Office, FBI, by letter dated 11 January 1957- The body of the letter is quoted as follows: 7irginiajUiadvised this office on January 2, 1957> *hat shs "SaH" received a letter from captioned organization requesting she furnish any information she might have relative to her alleged observation of a "flying saucer" a year or so ago near Richmond, Virginia, Mrs#<i^^§» informed she is employed by the Richmond Quartermaster Depot of the United States Army and it was while on her way to work one morning that she had sighted the object in question. She stated that several other women employees of the Depot were present and subsequently one of these women had told a newspaper reporter about the incident and all their names had appeared in the papers• Mrs*4fl|BHi advised that she was reluctant to answer the letter as she felt it could be an illegal or subversive group who was trying to obtain information they should not have. She pointed out that she knew nothing about the organization but the correspondence did not reflect the group was connected with the United States Government, in any way. 3 H-

File No: 33-0; SUBJ: AERIAL PHENOMENON RESEARCH GROUP She informed that the letter indicated tho group was a national organization whose duty it "Was to investigate any and all unusual aerial phenomenon. It also reflected that one <tfttfllifJIMiitwas the Executive Director and'tfW"(fljJNt-was the Director of Investigations. _The address for this organization was sho"wn to be 4fllilNlNM9PStreet, Seattle, Washington. The above date is being furnished for your information, it being noted that the files of this office contain no reference to this organization." 2. No further action in this matter is contemplated unless directed by your office.

Lt Colonel, /USAF District Commander

- UNCLAS; CLASSIFICATION C BY AUTIIOruIY GI BY

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File So: SU3J2CT;

Unidentified Plying Obj eob

TO:

Base CosisuuideP Seysaoux>-John8On Air Force Base Korth Carolina

1. This eomaa»nic«tion confirms the inforaiation orally trans« aitted to you by Special Agent John T. Fergeraon, J r . , of DetacJ>ment 2104., t h i s organiaation, 7 Hoveober 1957. 2*

Cited information, i s l i s t e d as follows:

Captain H2HHT MA2IIB, Assistant G-2, U, S. Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, K. C , telspfaonically cosounioated to S/A. Eugene Sword, Detaciuoeiiit 2104., t h i s organization, 7 Hoveaber 1957, the following

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and I both patients at^the U. S. Naval Hospital, CaitA Lejeune, North^Caroliaaj,_s^ght«d an unidentified flying object at\that station. ~" interviewed by G-2 section and the following' description of~objeet was obtained: Shape - Round Size to known object - Diaa held at arco3 length Color - Fire r«d ..IJuaber of object a «- One ,^-^' Poraiation — Hone ~^ /' / Further Details - Dia when stopped, bright^ in ft JL * * ** L O i *

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Sound - None Other Feature* - Terrific rate of speed Course - Elavation'"3 ailaii^-^lO^fliiles away, east ( to wefl^ixt-gradual r Manner^ of Disappearance - Just disappeared ' Length^ of Tim» in,^igh,t jr_ Oner-and-^ half to two Observation Manned— Ground Tine and Date - 1915 to 1920 hours, 6 Sovember Light Conditions - Night, weather clear, n6*iplo»ds I I ,j n •

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21st District OSI (IG) £ubj; Unidentified Flying Object

File So: U, Sovwabar 1957

pursuant to authoritj

3. This letter i s classified contained in paragraph 30o(2)(a),

205-1.

RICHAIiD G. COX Lt Colon«l, USA? District Command cc:

OSI, USA? (in ciup) D«t. 2104

Director, OSI: A copy, in duplicate of the letter of confirmation concerning subject, which was submitted to the Base Commander, SeymourJohnson AFB, N. C , is forwarded as a matter of information and in accordance with the provisions^ of Paragraph 904b(l), OSI Bulletin Nr. 51.

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21st DISTRICT OSI (IG) USAF LAUGL3Y AF3, VIRGINIA CLASSIFICATION V.Y

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F i l e Hoi SOBJgCT:

* 5 DEC 1975

Ifaidantified Flying Object

TO: Laa&Lay Air Fore* Baae Yirgiaia 1. TM» essssunieatiOB confirms t h e request o f Major Jofaaacon, <tf} fppJQ7x% I n t e l l i g e n c e Officer, 345th Bonbardseiat '* ATB, Ta., t o «»se*ble data i n aoeordanca v i t h paragraph 7d, 12 August 195A; b«caua«, Johnson did not haw any AW

of sccdris^ tl» data. . /

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4g«ttt V. 9 . SUM* Ha R«gi<A 6, CIC, U. S j , 7 e , , iaforaad Special Agent t Clifford l i f f d C. C Mars, M CCoaaander,

J802, ZLst W i t r i e t OSI, Eiatooad, Va. that Spacial. " U t t l A » CHS i a ibiagdoB, T a . , m « iaforaadJg, J B M I , Circuit Cotirt, Abiagdoa, Ta* that b ^ H ^ p ^ h a d observed _ 1730 tears, 6 Horeabar 1957, as m s i d e a t i f l e d f l y i n g object t r a r a l i r ^ northeast o f ibiagdon a t a spaed l e s a thas that of a commercial a i r l i n e r j ahspvd l i k e a p r o j e c t i l e ; orange t o red i a color. This iaforaaat i o n was relayed t o Marx 7 tforeatber 1957 and in t-arn relayed by h i * t o tiiia Ha*dqa*rtar« and reported t o Major Johnson. I n t e l l i g e n c e Officer, 345th Bombardment Wing, Laagley AFB, on 9 Hoveaber 1957, at vhich t i a e JoJmeea atated t h a t he did not hare any method or personnel with t o aaaaable additional data concerning the unidentified f l y i n g Major Johnaoa requeoted t h a t t h i s organisation assemble the data a s required by paragraph T^ A?H 200-2*

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Pile Ko» 24-145 21st District vSI (13) 20 Bovewaer 1957 i wnideatifiad Flyiag Object Special Agent John R. Hdielll, 20 #21, obtained the followraotion from thrte individuals who stated that they had ing i the objsct: On 13 NoveaberlW,_ _ Ablagdaa, Ya., vaa iat«rTi«if«d eoaefning his -anid«atltl«d obj«at oa 6 Hov«eb«r 1957. 4BJBJ rurniahed th* folloviag inforaatlcmt (1) D«scoriptioDL of Obj«cti a. Carrot b. Appeared 12->14 feet in length., and two feet wide end, tapering to a point at tba opposite end* c. Bright red-oranee, siallsr to the light given off by a star, d. Only one (1) object ebeerved« «, Tbe object was void of shape^ except for the previously &eatiosa4 eeorrot shape, BO projections of any description observed* f • See ttbeve g, le> SMDBd of any sort was heard at tbe tiae of tae of course of object t Qjpom «rriviif bans from work and after debarking fro» Apptsed to look up into tbs skj, Inasdirtely ebeerviiig oiijtst sheared t e foUon a strai^it ootorse sad did not

very b. Tte sb^eet vss first ebserred alaost direetljr overhead, e« lim ob]t«t was *hmrv& for a good five slantes during to Bjsiitsia i t s position dsseeadigg gradually toward tbe vfcitfc I t eveatvallj disappearing below the sarison* e\» ta# object resai&ed i s a vertical position vitfc the aad Bs1nts1sed t b i s sttitvde doriag i t s e» Slowly deiceadia* eventually behind tbs boriaon. f* Ctoeerred object for s full five nimrte», object case fro* ^mrttsysst pr»teeid1in i s a lorUweaterly direction, predoaine.tel7 (3)

Manner of Observmtions a*

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21»t Eiatri«t QSI Tubji Unidentified Flying ObJ e«t (4)

Ti:a« atad data of sighting i a»

1735 boars EST. 6 8ov«aa«ir

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c. Beeideace, bactey «stia«ted age of observer $0*55 years, County, V«*

Aaingdon, 7s Court,

Occupatio:

(5) i««UMr and wind condition* at tiaa and pi

of sighting

d«ar, alaost xmlladted

c. fitifemty

tt» eloiad formation oowrred «t tia© of sight tha ar«a *t tla*

Aaer otter tmniait *etiYiti«» or ooaditiona:

dcta «r Iteciif icmtioji

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(S) Location ef aay air traffie in araa e.t tiae of a. Boas observed

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hi a aightijag «a unida&tifiad tha following laJTaraatiom

«• Ti» obja«t app«arad to ba tba shapa of an alosgatad i portloa of vfelah appaarad to ba a short blaat araa trailing. that this blast araa did not reaaabl* wfaat i s known *s "ooa. trail" nomally aaaa ia tba aky abova ibicgdoa. It appaarad to ttat vaJLoh vouLd b* aaqpactad trai-Uag. * rockat, tha blact appeared to ba about orm tfctfLffci langth^ df tlta^o^itaU aiz« of th« object.

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b. 3nable t o eatiaate srU« 6MB to what appeared t o be extras* a l t i t u d e . The objeot appeared t o be f i l i n g at an altitude far above that vhich aoraal aircraft traffic 1* b i oolor app««r«d aa a glowtog r«dr*orang« o f such a aa a bright

one objeet observed* a. Boae f. Bus to i t s extras* height the object vas void of ether thaa ths previously described elongated egg shape. ersy g* approximately one-third of ths object appeared t o be a blast area sisilatr to that uhieh vould be expected from a rocket. There was a* t r a i l feUeviag ths object. a* thar* were ao sounds of any kind heard during the eoalA have com froa ths object. of course of object* atteatiaa vas dram t o ths object by a t**14ss across the street, "look at the Sputnik". for % period o f three to four aiwrtes then vest his wifs and child out to view ths object, and objeet for m addiUonal two t o three siautes, until below ths hsrisoa* b* ths objeet was first observed approadnatsly 45 degress a level plane s f ths earth* a* ths object prooeedsd in a straight and apparently level path asross ths sky from ths time i t vaa ,flrst observed 'until i t disappssrsi bmlxnt ths aori: xon d* See (a) *bove. e« disappeared belcsw tlsa horizon* f* Gbsarred for a f u l l five or six sinutes (3)

Hanasr of obsarvatiom «/4 1/4

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21si BIstrlat QSI V.x&y* tfnldaatiflsd Filing Qbjeet

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. ia&tii^iftg j.aforaaation of a l l sstiaated age 35-40 civilian, ^education accouotant b.

^e«tfcer mad wiada aloft - (Tba Jfollorwlng ooBditioaji

obaerwd by GOOMS)

a* b. Tho B««r«st weather «t«t»ioQ i s located at Tri City 2ri«tol, Xooa and S±a^sport, Texm«

Airport,

«• t}mtm vart no oloud forawtia&s in the sky at tlsw of f* Ho tbucdor stosa* 1ft %ha waa &» far as could b« ebservad. or eosditloM*

other

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Interception or id»ntlfl<s*tioa -

af any air traffic la area at tine of sighting. *. Hone forwit «xir««ted

paragraph ?d,

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Valley Street» *diri.sed snibetantially the that at the tisae «he «i£hted the vae eoadag out of a itore on Main Street, Labaaon, object vbat appeared t o be a bright orange happened to look stated that aha saw the object 1735 hi«h in the the object appeared to her aa aa elongated EST, 6 So «b«r 1957 ia ecployed la the bookkeeping department eliepe light* QroQjQLCo., iblmgdon, Ya» and i s eetiaated to be A^ t» o f %bm of age* flHP*tated that the object appeared to eo&e out of 47 yeaxe g efHP j p p !Ior**h Oa li&e anroute to St. Paul, Virginia, vhich vould be a Northerly Ga 13 aoveaber 1357/ Ilrgl

20 Sovawbar 1957

sourc* in r«rar«nct to froa an 6, laaaaach as a l l logical l t i d i h*** b««o accoapliah»d, 6, laaaaach i l4«r«dasolo»«d In ti» f i l e s of this District Office, eas« i s eensl4«r«d olo»«d In ti» l*tt«r i» el*»«ifl paragraph 30c<2)(«), <C-MURRELLE, II Major USAF

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SUBJECT: JJnidentified F . l i ^ g ^ J « c t , J ^ e D i , J V ^ g ^ i a , 12 January 195&-f : "V; * Commander

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1. This communication confirms infortaation furnished CLA|IKS E. JOHNSTON, Major, AO 421112^ Intelligence Officer, 345th Bombardment Ming, Langley Air Force Baae, Virginia, on 3 February 195B, relative to an alleged sighting:of an unidaatifJLed flying object in the vicinity i of Salem, Virginia, 2, Tlw"l^ya^\iM5r^958"e^t"it6n'6f the Roanoke Times, a dally newspaper published at Hoanoke, Virginia,, containad the following articlei o ^r;v-,

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"Strong* objects?in. the t aky created concern in the Roanoke Valley area early today. State Police at Salem received a report fron. a man. who reported- a. large object in the-sky . with what appeared to be a, ball of fire trailing i t . He said he saw i t about 12:20 A.M. In addition, state police reported that th# object-or .objects had'been seen by persons in Floyd. County and. near Draper in Pulaski. Origin of the strange object was not known early today.•• On 15 J'anuary 1958, Special Agent JOBS R, McKSILL interviewed Mr. { • • N M N M ^ R o u t f e A Salea, Virginia* 0^fHk furnished the fclicking inforsat-ion conssmiiig tha unidastified flying object which he allegedly aighted on-12 January 1958 s , 3.

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of the Obiect: £5 a< Appeared, round-, with a short cone trailing,

r..b. Appeared 10-20 feet in diameter, the face of the sphere appeared greening in color, the remaining portion Including the trailing con* was fire- red. The cone appeared to be a cone of fire given off from the object itself. The cone was about the saaaa length as the object itself, - - v

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File Ko: 11 Jab 1958

Tha forward part of the sphere appeared to be of grsenish

fire and the remaining part was red in color. d.

Only one (l) object was observed,

No formation of any type was noted. The object was void of shape except for i t s roundness i cone.

and ace

g. k trailing cone of what appeared to be fire about as long as the sphere and was tha saaae color. The face or nose of the object glowed with a greenish color. h* So sound noted,

1* lo other pertinent or unusual details. (2)

Description of Coursy of Object;

a* £t 0020 hours, 12 January 1958, object observed froca living rooa of rtsfcefenct thorough the front vindov which faced west. Object . proceeded I s a rapid course westerly and disappeared after a ynnry short period of observation. b« Proceeding westerly. c« The object disappeared over mountains to the vast of Salem, Virginia. d. Object although not resembling a xeteor, gave off a short t r a i l of vhat appeared t o .be f i r e . ;; *

Saaa as c abova.

Object ob3«ryed only a few seconds.

(3) Wagner of Obsarvationi' a. Ground visual. b. Ho optical aids used. c. H/A Tia» of Sightingt 'a. b.

0020 hours EST, 12 January 1953 Night

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21st D i s t r i c t OSI (IG) ' ' • •• • . P i l a No: 24-147 SubJ s Unidentified Flying Object, Salam, Va., 12 January 1953 • 11 Feb 1953 (5)

location of QttMttfcer: wSalani,

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Virginia.

Identifying: Information on Observer; a.

Virginia; i-Metal Company,

occupation Roanoke, Virginia.

Weather and Winda-aloft Conditiona at Time and Placq Sight;

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Clear veather.

Ho report from nearest veather station.

Coiling - very clear, visibility -onliiflited,

Vlalhility unlimited.

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Ho clotid fonaationa noted at time of sighting,

Ho thunderstorms in area at tiate of sighting,

5o air traffic notad in area at

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CLASSIFICATION CA BY AUTKORiTY* f v

22 January 1958 SUBJECT

Aerial Phenomena, Washington, b* u. TO;

Directorate of Special Investigations (IG) Headquarters United States Air Force ' Washington 25, D- C. . ATTN: /LFCSI-6

1. This District Office received a recent inquiry from. Captain G- H. Oldenburgh, Office of Information Services, Langley &ir Forca Base, Virginia, relative to the affiliations and a c t i v i t i e s of the National Investigations Conuaittee on Aerial Phenomena, Washington, D« C. •I 2. According to Qldenburghi* the inquiry resulted from tvo incidents involving one JMM^HpiWff^r^MBfcMflWfr Street, Newport Kews, Virginia, who represented^himseii" as an associate member of subject organization. The 16 September 1957 issue of the Times Herald, a daily newspaper published in Newport News, Virginia, contained an article to the effect that on the previous day a loud explosion was heard over the Hampton Roads area^'and one Mrs, f^PMMMNNffll observed a strange white object f a l l from the sky. Subsequently a l e t t e r , dated 24 September 1957, addressed to Bureau of Aerial Research, Langley Air Force Base, signed by&tjf0H,^wa^received at Headquarters Langley Air Force Base. In ihis l e t t e r 4j|ggp|representing himself as an associate member of instant organization, made reference to the objectallegedly seen by Mrs. fMUPK Wjffgfc stated he had contacted Mrs. ^flH** and was informed the object had been turned over to an officer from Langley Air Force Base. *QJfttH*requested ho be advised of the results of an analysis of the object found by Mrs. I n January 195^, t h e e d i t o r of "The F l y e r " , a weekly newspaper

published at Langley Air Force Base, received an advertisement fros «j||bfc to be published in "The Flyer", wherein4l£0i vaa soliciting membership v in the organization in question. Captain Oldenburgh, who monitors a l l advertisements for t h i s paper, was of the opinion that membership in t h i s organization on the part CT military personnel could possibly result in conflict with or violation^of paragraph 9, AFR 200*2, and consequently, the advertisement froau^MMP was refused. .

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21et District OSI (IG) File No: 24-0 Subj: National Investigations Committee oh Aerial Phenomena 22 Jan 58 3, Indices of this District Office reflect no information concerning 4MfeP* or subject organization. It i s requested District Office #21 be advised of any pertinent information concerning t h i s organization reflected in the files of your Directorate. 4.. This letter is classified I f l H H M i in that i t contains information of a personal nature unauthorized disclosure of which could be detrimental to the morale or reputation of the individual concerned.

RICHARD G. COX Lt Colonel, US A3? D i s t r i c t Commander

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;| l^e aro desirous of obtaining any information you may have on the National Investigations

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SUBJECT I /Air Research Group

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Sewport

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Major Wiliiaa M, Hartnesa' Chief,. Coanterintelligence Det, CONABC

? o r t Monroe,^.7irginia sy?.'- : >••>•-:,"••v;^^ i^.:;vr.-s...

efforts to solicit tb«^aid of Fortvllcmro© p«»ojm«i throiagl^iha »©diJt-, of a Daily Soll»tia aimomic«^nt|rth« follovliig ia^ ia supplied* j-f:;;.-

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"Would l i k e t o hear from those persons interested i n . .,.volunteering their services a» special .Advisors t o a ; ;_ proposed l o c a l study group on a e r i a l phenomena• Sot. ^ •_ • '. 7 -violating a i l i t a r y security hut acting a s private - ^ ; ( citiaana ( I . E . , separate from o f f i c i a l Air Force duty)* the advisors would help t h e club solve research probleaa , and infora i t on current methods, achioveaent8, and" - o b s t a c l e s i n this- f i e l d * , For oore information v r i t e Air Eesearch Group, 1002 Arnold Street, Warwick."

b. Captain G* H» Oldenburgh, Chief., Office of Informatiott Services, Langley A?B, Val^upoA being .inter^rieved^^eb^^ t h a t he had

Neva> Va., vbo'rapreaentod hiaaelf, aa ao, esaociate raember of the Investigations Coaaittae oai Aerial Phenoawna, Waahingtony D. C. This contact was effected September 195^'aiadh aryant at that time reqoested information through 01d«nburgh,^roa Langley^i^, coacetrning an alleged foreign object purportedly, given t o W Offioer from Langley AJTB by a local citiaen vhp- saw same f a l l from, the sky^ ; |^pBi*requested he be advised of the results of an analysis of said object^;ltV.iaWjbe noted that no suck object;yas> given to..-. any military personnel froii Langley/AFB*•. l a January 1958? ^^HH^ subaittedi.

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21st District OSI (I Subj t Air Raaearch Group, etc

24-146 53

&Q advertisement to Langley iLFB newspaper "THE FLYER;, soliciting membership in the National Investigations Coa&ittee of Aerial Phenomena, locally known as the air Research Group. Captain Qldenburgh. in hia o f f i c i a l capacity refused the advertisement in the belief that, such would conflict with or ha a violation ox" paragraph 9, AfR 200-2. l This Air Force Regulation governs the proper reporting of unidentified flying objects.

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c. A local agency check concerning the Air Research. Group and HfltiNNIw*s negative in the Tidewater area of Virginia. This check also included tha Sational Investigations Consaittee on Aerial Phenomena. d. 4 local agency chock in Washington, D. C. revealed only the information that the Washington DAILY JIQtS, /Washington, D. C. 23 October 1956 printed an article which alleged that subject organization had then been recently fonoded* The organisation at 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. w hsadad at that time by « a e ^ H B ^ M | p i M a » , of Leesburg, Va.^RiMfc terasad the oargaaiaation "a privately supported fact-finding body serving the national public interest". Inclosed i s a copy of a l e t t e r which ves disseminat-ad bgr tnia organisation in June 1957, (in d o sure .#1) No further information w*s obtained" concerning subject organisation in the Washington, D. G. I n t e l l i gence family or in the law enforceaent agencies area, 2. Infringed i s a copy of an article appearing in the DAILY PHSSS, Ifewport Newa, Ta», 9 April 1958. (Incl^sure #2) 3. Captain Mary Mackey, current2;/ Chief of Office of Information Servicea, Langley kIB, was contacted iaanediately after your telaphone call 091D hours, 23 Septeaber 1958 and she stated after querying her staff that. neither she nor her staff had rgcaived^any calls or inquiries froa the Air Research Group, nor fxt>ciaVM^pMWMIltfiliVUi that neither she nor any of her staff had contacted anyone in COKARC, Fort Monroe 3 7 . concerning the placement .of an advertisement in Fort Monroe's Daily Bulletin. 4* Staring the month of February 1958 and during a Mike Wallace TV 3bov, one Donald X. Key hoe, Major, DSHC (Eat), was interviewed and the naae of Captain QOdeahurgh and Langley AJB concerning unidentified fLying objects and an irtl^gyj refusal t o give the Information to civilian sources was developed and portrayed. The allegation portrayed on TV was raors detailed than the newspaper itaa inclosed herewith as Inclosure #2. 5 . The Board of Governors :JBM indicated in the circular referred to hereiaabove by the Rational Investigations Comaittee included Brigadier General Thoaaa B. Croton, USA (Bet), Baltimore, Md., Colonel Robert 3. lEaaerson, ISSA Basarve, Nuclear Physicist, Kaiser Alomicuni Co,, Baton Rouge, La., and refart t o avaluation of information by General Albert 0. Weidemeyer, USA (Ret), Poolaville, I4d«

2l3t District 051 (10) Subj: Air Research Group, etc

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6. The information hereinabove i s patently of a aenaiti'/a nature and i s cla33ified<4sVNMMMNMM*i accordance with appropriate air Force regulations and t o prevent dissemination t o unauthorized individuals* In view of the information obtained from other Federal agencies and included in t h i s coma an 1 cation, the information Included in t h i 3 cooiaunication i s not to be disseminated outside of the Department of the aray and therein onlj on a s t r i c t l y need to know baaia.

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O-MCKRSLLE, I I , Major, USAF For and in the absence of RICHARD Q. CO! Lt Colonel, USAF d i s t r i c t Commander

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Aa an Aaaocista « >v af KEOAP^Arr an annual !— aX $7.50—ywa and the special b o l l a t i a s . lau v i l l ale* be tfc« mcBthljr area aaa beeome part of t o jodn a RXCAF al»b in l a n e suFporting cet-wertu Heat lapertant wi a l l ^ yeu idLll be piaying a v i t a l role—not orJLy in aiding t e eod tae rahip—but in helping t e a l l the a to the UFO Te

merely fenaurd year $7*50 •eMherihip fee t #

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ARTICLE APPEARING IN "THE DAILY PRESS", NEWPORT NSrfS, VA, 9 APRIL 195.8

AR PERIOD

eV Reports *.

% I n the past two years, there flaw* been three unidentified flyobjsct sightings reported- to _^gl«y Jdc Forte Base, the Daily Press was told yesterday. -afaj. L. J. Tacker, executive offlcw to the public information division, office of the Secretary of U* Air Fore*, mad* the report yesterday after a local youth chargad that ttts Information. is ible.

• >*»., • .-arwidt, .Mokesroan te the Alt Research -Group, last Wtefc said that he has been unable to* fed oat from Langjey how many sightings have been re ported to th» base. Bryant said t h t since i 95& h l d that 1956; he h has kknowledge

of seven sightings, in Tidewater oa UFO*5. Langjey reported tha regulations prohibit the base it from giving out information on unidentified flying yg objects; j that this information must come from

the Air Force Secretary. Tacker reported sightings Sept. 10, 19S6, near Big Bethel: last!', Hay in Suffolk and* last Novem-';t ber in Warwick. He said non&j{ of the three were accompanied], by sufficient data to form a posi-j tfve identification, and a thorough L investigation was made by Air [f Force . authorities ,of_" the Bigu Bethel sighting. ", ' ";, This object, Tacker. said,o was , reported as about theatre o£ a;t softball. shaped something like a full moon. A witness reportedly said he saw passengers in the vehicle, wearing headgear. The Air Research Group is an organization of 10 Peninsula residents, five of wKomhave seen UFO's and all of whom believe that the unidentified objects are flow* . by ' inhabitants of , other i planets, Bryant said. Bryant contends that the public id not deceiving complete Information on sightings: that the Ak Force "reports only thrte percent are classed as "unknown" wnQp the achud figure, he adds, is. 13 per c«st •''•'•. "3ryant.was skeotkal told of tie Air F whetfc included

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File No: 24-146 ' J -"" 13 February 195S Dir File tax 24-185-21 SUBJECT: / j ^ t i o n a l Investigations Cociaiittee on Aerial Phenomena TO:

Director, Special Investigations Hq, DSAF Washington 25, D» C»

!• Reference is made to letter, your Directorate, subject and file as abavm, dated 4 February 1958* setting forth results of a records check, Headquarters OSI, concerning subject organization and one Z* At the time this request was submitted) no formal investigation had been opened in that none had been requested by the Consoander, Langley Air Fores Base* The information requested of the Direwtorate, ija t h i s instancs, vaa for the files of District Office #21, so that i t "would he jgaxediately available in the event of future incid«ats Involving SsWNf a r i d this organisation* 3# On. 4 February 1953, a local newspaper in Hewport News, Virginia, contained an advertisement by the Air Research Group, same address a s BRTAI7T, -wherein Iangley Air Force Base personnel were solicited t o join t h i s group i n an advisory capacity* At that time, the Consnander, Langley Air Force Base, requested this District Offiee conduct ar> investigation of t h i s matter* 4« Forwarded herewith i s the report of investigation by Special Agent CHA21ES E» HAKIENSTIKE, District Office #21, setting forth results of t h i s investigation t o date.

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24-U6

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OAFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

REPORT MADE BY

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CliARLES E . HARTESSTTJE, 3/A

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DO #21 S Langley AFB, Va PERIOD PEKIUU

LAEEX K Civilian 1002 Arnold Street Warwick, Virginia'

5, 6 February 1958 OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DO #2L, Langley AFB, STATUS

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Investigation initiated upon inquiry froaa. Cocmander, Langley Air Force Ba3e, concerning the Air Research Group, 1002 Arnoia Street, Warwick, Virginia^ 4 February 1953 edition of local newspaper contained advertisement by instant organization soliciting Langley Air Force Base personnel t o participate a3 special advisors t o ttalajgroup* Files 21st District 0SI reflect -iMitfNMMVnii^iMliiWMiiKW Street, Warwick* Virgjrvifiy i n Septerfjer 195?> requested information frota langley Air Force Base, concerning an alleged foreign object given t o an officer from t h i s installation, by a local citizen -uho saw saxoe f a l l from sky. W^fKttf represented himsei f as associate mes&er of National Investigations Conmitteeon Aerial Phencsnena, Washington, D. C» I n January 1 9 5 6 > ' [ W submitted advertisement t o Langley AFB newspaper soliciting mecibership i n same organization. Files ZLst District OSI, Directorate 0SI and Police Departtaents Hampton, Newport News and "Warwick, Virginia, negative concerning SUBJECT and National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena.

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File &>: 213 2U-. 1. This investigation -was initiated upon receipt cC .a l e t t e r from the 3a.se Gcnsarsier, Langlsy Air Force Base, Virginia, dated 5 7'3bruary 1953, requesting information concerning the Air Research GroupêlNMHJjpHMMawi^ Vfarwidc, Virginia, -who, in a newspaper advertisement, solicited Langley Air ?orce Base personnel t o participate as special advisors to a proposed civilian sttidy group on aerial phenomena. AT LARGEST AIR FQSCE BASE. 2* Cta 5 February 1953, a review of the 4 February 1958 edition of the Daily Press, a daily newspaper prihi 1 nhed a t Newport News, Virginia, reflected ^he following advertisement "which i s set forth verbatim: HOJIC2 TO LASSOS AIR l i k e t o hear frcm those persons interested in g t h e i r servicao aa Special Advisors t o a local ottriy group on a e r i a l jdienomena* Wot t i t y security but acting as private from, official Air Force dutr)» ( » •» 8Qpaxat4» p t «4viBorw -woold hhelp the d ud bb solve research p sad inform i t on current methods, achievements, and uhitadag la. thla ttmXA* Tor: »&re information v rn i t e , U r Baneurah. Group, 1002 JLrnold Street, "Warwick* 3* OR 5 February 195S» a revieir of the f i l e s , 2Lst District OSI, reflected the following information pertinent t o t h i s investigation: In January 1958, thla District Office received an inquiry from Captain G* B« 0I2EHBUK3H* Office of Information Services, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, relative t o t h e affiliations asd a c t i v i t i e s of the national lOTmstigatlons Committee on Aerial Phenomena, Washington, B« S# from C8UQBSHBUEC2I resulted from two. incidents involving one .Warwick, Virginia, who represented hliaelf as an associate wessbev of instant organisation. The 16 September 1957 issafsôf the T±Ee» Herald, a daily newspaper published a t Hewport Ne>re, firginia, aontained an a r t i c l e t o t h e effect that on the previous day a lewd ej^JLc^jon vaa heard over the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area, and one V H H N M B H H P I observed a strange 'white object fall from the sky* a latter, dated 24 September 1957, addressed to Bureau of l AiAir Force B Base,i signed n ^HH^^ received at Aerial leseareh, L lajaglesr Headquarters Langley Air Force Base* In this himself as an associate member of instant organisation, made reference to ^ ^ obf1egt allegedly seen by Hr^v^MflMS* " ^ H H P ^ ^ 6 ^ ^ e hft^ contacted :frs^jHBBp»and nas Informed by her that the"~ci63e<rt had been turned over to an officer from Langley Air Force Base* ^((B|pêque3ted .he be advised of the results of an analysis of the object found by M

?-!of ZXD 2iv-li In January 195&, ths editor of "The Flyer11, a weekly ne" published a t Langley;1 Air Force Base, receded an advertisement £ r o i _ ^ to "be published in The Flyer11, v/herein ( R H V ^ 1 3 soli^ifciiig membership in. the organization in question. Captain GLBE13BURGH, ^ho monitors a l l advertisements for t h i s paper, was of the opinion that membership in. t h i s organization on the part of military personnel could possibly result in conflict with or violation of paragraph 9, A?H 2QQ-2, and consequently, the advertisement t V refused* of the 2Lst District OSI contained no information concerning safc^eet organization* By l e t t e r , dated 22 January 1953, the Qirefttcnct* GSJL -was requested t o furnish 21st District OSI any information on -j^^rfcarrfc acgttoisatioii reflected i n the f i l e s of that Headquarters. By l e t t e r , dxtod 4 February 1958, the Directorate OSI advised-that -fee f i l e s of that HeaJquarfcerB reflected ns> information e c o i e e r n i n g ^ { | H P M H R ^ or the national Inrsstigationa Conznittae on Aerial Phenomena* The Directorate OSI further adrisad that an imjuiry cctncernin|MHHMN2KL t h i s organisation had been, made of t h e PedersX Bureau of Investigation, and any information developed \m furnished £L*& District OSI*

195ft, fHe» of the Hao^pton Police Departosent ware d c a t i o n Section, vho advised the files __ _____ ^___ ,__ that n© information concerning i s recorded in. the Police Department files* 5. Qa 6 Febraarjr 1958^ fiXeg of the Newport Hews Police Department were reviewed lay Ifrs»JBpHBHMWWWfc»Clerk Ident^l^tion Section, wio advised the f i l e s reflect no record of snaJECT • 'jflMHHHRp further advised that no infowaation coaeerning any organisations is-recorded In the Police AT MfflillCK.

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f i l e s of the Warwick Police Department were erk*^ vho advised the, f i l e s reflect no . iliH^0|piadvised the files contain no organisations*

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1 . H i l l conduct IAC a t Norfolk F i e l d Office, FBI, f o r a n y a v a i l a b l e information concerning dHHNHNitiNMP?, t h e N a t i o n a l I n v e s t i g a t i o n s C o M i t t e e on Aerial Rienomena and t h e A i r Research Group, flMM

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA DAILY BULLETIN OFFICIAL UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED OFFICIAL ITEMS EXPIRE 22 DECEMBER 1958 Number 185

22 September 1958

DETAILS FOR HEADQUARTERS USCONARC, 22 September 1958: (1615-0730) Staff Duty Officer: Lt Col E. C. Witt, Jr., CD Staff Duty NCO: SFC P. J. Higgins, AG

DETAILS FOR HEADQUARTERS FORT MONROE, 22 September 1958: (1615-0730) Staff Duty Officer: 2d Lt R. E~ Steck

VISITOR TO HQ USCONARC. NAME AND ORGANIZATION GRADE C. M. S 8 Deakin, Office of BrigadierDirector of Military Training, War Office, London

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ARRIVAL 18 Sep 58 (AG HQ USCONARC)

5. HONOR GUARD. There will be an honor guard in the area east of the Chamberlin Hotel at 1000 hrs, 22 Sep 58, in honor of Lt Gen E. A. Pollock, USMC, Commanding General, Fle^et Marine Force, US Atlantic Fleet. Residents of Fort Monroe and personnel whose duties permit are invited to attend. (SGS, USCONARC) ~ -••• -

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6. SEPARATION COUNSELING. Personnel due 'fdfr separation during the month of Oct 58 will report to Bldg T-183, Educational Services, at 1250 hrs, 24 Sep, for separation counseling. Unit Commanders will be responsible for the attendance of all personnel due for separation during the month of October. Only those individuals scheduled for immediate reenlistment may be excused. For planning purposes these separation lectures are conducted on the 4th Wed of each month for personnel-due for separation during the following month. (POST MIL PERS OFF) 1. PASSING HALTED BUSSES. Now that school has started, all personnel, military, civilian and dependents, must be on the alert while driving and always stop for halted school busses. This rule applies whether meeting or passing busses. While regulations do not require motorists to stop for halted Post busses, it is the motorist's responsibility to exercise extreme caution when approaching them since children also ride these busses and will frequently alight and cross the street in front of the bus without using due caution. Give the children a brake. (POST PM) 8. PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY. All personnel are reminded that pedestrians have the right-of-way when crossing the street in cross walks. (POST PM) 9. RANGE FIRING. (REPEAT) Firing will be conducted on the Post Range on 22, 23, 24 and 26 Sep 58 between 0730 and 1700 hrs by Hq Co USCONARC. All personnel not actually participating in the firing will refrain from entering the Post Range area during these days. Red range flags will be displayed when firing is in progress. The main range flag is flown from a pole adjacent to the Post Incinerator. Officer in charge of firing is Captain iCendrick. (POST S3) 10. OFFICERS QUARTERS. 55, 42 Ingalls Rd. Frame house, with a living room, alcove, dining room, butler's pantry, kitchen, bedroom and bath on the 1st floor; 5 bedrooms and 2 baths on 2nd floor. 71 Fenwick Rd. Large frame house with living m o m , dining room, sun porch, A -r . ,, .,64, ? kitchen", maid's room and br \ on 1st floor; 4 bedrooms, SUIT )ch and bath on 2d floor. '••"> , Applications shou. /be submitted to SI, Post Hq, by^8l200 hrs, 24 Sep. (POST SI) •

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A. S. NEWMAN Major General, GS Chief of Staff

UNOFFICIAL 1 1 . RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK. Religious Emphasis Week will be Chapel of the Centurion. .Dr. -^flHMHHHBHtfMWHMP^> Professor of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., will be the Missioner. graduate of Austin College, Sherman, Texas. Services w i l l be held Women's Services daily a t 1000 h r s . Tue

12. POST THEATER, 1930 hrs. "I Married A Monster From Outer Space11

5-12 Oct 58 a t the Pastoral Counseling, Dr. <4MMN!F i s a n i g h t l y a t 1900 h r s .

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13. BSA EXPLORER POST 331 will meet Tue, 23 Sep 58, 1900-2030 hrs a t the Scout H a l l , Bldg T-160, to prepare for r e r e g i s t r a t i o n of unit^and other f a l l a c t i v i t i e s . Prospective Explorers, their parents and friends of Scoutin£~are i n v i t e d to a t t e n d . 14. BROWNIE SCOUTS. Registration and f i r s t meeting, 4th grade'Brownies, w i l l be held Friday, 26 Sep 58, 1515 h r s , i n the Casemate. • : V • 15. SMALL BOAT OWNERS. The following e x t r a c t from the rules governing use of Small Boat F a c i l i t i e s a t Ft Monroe, dated 1 April 58, i s quoted for information. "For the period 1 October to 1 May, Maintenance Space in the boat house w i l l be a l l o c a t e d on a time s c h e d u l e . " Boat owners d e s i r i n g work space during t h i s period are requested t o submit a p p l i c a t i o n to L t Col C. G. Witte, Combat Developments, War Games Division, Bldg 5F giving dates desired. Due t o l a r g e number of boats now a t t h i s s t a t i o n a p p l i c a n t s should l i m i t time requested to the minimum. Recent inspection r e p o r t s by the Post F i r e Marshal i n d i cate t h a t boat owners using the boat house are not complying with the r u l e s governing p o l i c e . Your cooperation i s requested. 16. SHORTHAND CLASS w i l l s t a r t at the Education Service Center, Tue, 23 Sep 5 8 . Space e x i s t s for additional enrollment. For further information telephone Education S e r v i c e s , Bldg T-183, Ext 22254. Class will s t a r t a t 1800 hr's. 17. LITERATURE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA. If interested i n actual facts on Unidentified Flying Objects, write the Air Research Group,4|^NMRMHfcStreet, Newport News, which i s a local c i v i l i a n organization acting in cooperation with the U. S. Air Force. -

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23. FOR SALE. Remington, Model 1 1 , 20 guage, 26 inch b a r r e l , 5 shot Automatic Shotgun with Cutts..compensator, plus a l l choke tubes, with 7 boxes #£ Magnum s h e l l s . All i n brand new condition. Priced for quick s a l e . C a l l Col Sheffield, E*t 7263 or 22132. BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS TODAY

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ir. compliance vith your request of 23 September 1953, Department of the Army civilian eraployed at Fort Monroe, Virginia, was interviewed concerning his basis oc authority for claiisi,-:-: A.ir ? J : C £ cooperation vith subject organisation in a notice he submit" =:•: for publication in the Headquarters, United States Contine.-,.:--.: Ar:cy Command (Hq USCCRAilC) Daily Bulletin, 22 September 1953

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4 H ^ > Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Virginia,11vas interriewed upon infortsation received in a "Suomary of Inforrwtion froa Region VI,* lG9th CIC Group, Eichraond, Va., dated 27 January 1959. J ^ P W the following iaforjnation concerning the unidentified Hying object which he allegedly sighted on 22 January 1959* .of (1)

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1, On 3 Harch 1959, Mrs, ^MpWW^BW^^MBW^BWi, Bowling Green, Virginia, and her son, ^MflMJHHMMJMF. of the same address, were interviewed upon information furnished by Federal Bureau of Investigation Field Office, Richmond, Va., dated 2 March 1959, Subject, Unidentified Object Seen in Vicinities of Frederlckaburg, Va. and > Va., January 11, 1959. - M M H i M l a n d MMMRr , y furaiabed the following information concerning the unidentified flying object which they allegedly sighted on 11 January 1959s a. DegcriptyatY of, the, Objects (1) Appeared at a distance as a row or rectangular windows l i t with yellow light. Above.row of windows was one round, larger, much brighter light of white color. When overhead object appeared round, with yellow lights around the circumference, (2) At a distance (side view) object appeared no bigger than a quarter held at arms length. Overhead (bottom.view)r object appearl3:i ed no bigger than a half dollar held at arms length^" <- yvV-•^ (3) The circumference lights appeared yellowf the/overhead light appeared white. No other parts of ^object diacernabl.^, £.£.• One object only, '• ' ' : T

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Npaa eicceptQas described i n o t h e r s e c t i o n s , ©^rtT}a (7) When first sighted by PUGH, Jr, obje^tT)appeared to be a: falling: star. PUGH, Jr. stated object had a yellow-tJ^*a~liail approxitaately'equal to the radius of the object. Tail disajppear^ as n stopped falling" and reduced ap%ffo|f^ * ' ^ "^

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F i l e Nrs 24-0 5 March 1959

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Description of Course of Object;

(1) IflNNflNfe stated he was looking for falling stars* He further stated that he did not see any either before or after the UJO sighting. Object appeared in the T21E and seeaed to be falling, aa a meteorite would. (2) When first appeared was approximately 40 degrees off the horizon in East North. East* (3) Object disappeared through the horizon. Cassation of sight not due to distance, but to object16 disappaaring into horizon. When first sighted, object appeared to "fall1* from great altitude out of ENS, Object stopped falling, appeared to keep constant altitude and case toward the autoxobile in which'observers were riding. When object passed over the automobile, it seemed to change course and head South directly over the automobile on a concurrent course at approximately the saae relative speed* After three (3) minuses on the concurrent course, object changed course and moved toward the Vest, where it disappeared under the horizon. (Total tiae elapsed: 3ix (6) minutes). (5) Slovly to the West. (6) Six (6) ainutes. c.

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Between 2000 and 2030 Hrs EST, 11 Jan 59.

(2) Night. e. Location of Observers^ (l) Observers driving SB on State Rt #2. Object was in sight from the south city liadts of Fredericksburg, Va. to a point on Rt HZ eight (8) miles south of the City liKiits of Fredericksburg, Va.

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(1) {Civilians) Mrs. Bowling Green, Va, Housewife 12 years of age. Same address. Student* g.

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radio announcer for Havens & Martin Radio Station, Richmond, Va. and he has msntioned t h i s sighting in recent broadcasts} ha3 further inferred that the disappearance of the 4MNMP* family could be tied in with t h i s USO (both occurred on saasw date, 11 January 1959)* ^ V H M P ^ ® ^n Officer in the &rny Reserve. MHRMP

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H £ Fk The United State,i Air. Firsts defines an /'".identified Flying Object, a-3 na.ny airborne object vhich by performances, conform to any presently known aircraft or missile typep or "which c&nne-t- be po^iti-vely Iier.tifi«d as a familiar objecto" Th* vritsr has taken serer.al months to siircmarize a partictdai*0 phass of ths official and unofficial investigation of UFC^So He has endeavored mainly'by trial-*nderror to set an sxaniplT cf vhat the novice researcher in this^ field can accomplish by asking questions^ weighing ' answers^ and formrng-logit.dl - conclusionso At the same tinier, he hopes that the layman will gain insight into the motives and mathods of private citizens who have a serious and active interest in th« subject of unconventional serial objects—or "flying saucers'8o And the writer trusts that this summary will become a significant contribution to organized civilian UFO researcho For parallel reading outside the bibliographic entries of the accompanying appandixe-Sp the reader is encouraged to consult "The' Psychology of UFO Secrecy"s and inspiring article written by Gorai E o Lcrensenj, appearing in the Qctoberber9 1953 issue of Flying Saucers tlagaaine _(Palmer Publications9 Amhersta Wisconsin) o 'ilBl3o recommended is Frank Sdvard^s authoritative article -on "Censcrship and UFO's"fl published in the September^ 1959 issue of Fate Mapazinao The writer envisions this paper as an introductory reference treatiseo AccordinglyP it is his intention to keep his reader informed cf pertinent developmentso This -<«d.ll b* done simply by attaching'periodic supplements or annexes to the basi worko Ea.:h annex will be numbered and dated a-zd should be regarded a. separate Air Research Group publication.) As the culmination of ever three years' research, this • attempts to prove that on both the local and national levels the vast majority of the government's UFO information is unavailable to the American public • Certainly9 this report is more than a documentary criticism of a single goverh= mental paiicyo ^Xt, is an appeal for the endurance of our heritage a3 Americans? Freedom of seeking the truth whereever or whatever it might be g freedom from undue authori^ tarian censorshipo If freedom be a relative terms it is the hope of the writer that his efforts will have made his audience more nearly free in at least spirit^ If not in action.,

Newport N«W39 Virginia September '?*, 1959

PART' ONE

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In 19562 wh*n I wa?> :* ii-rahmsn At th<v College, of Wi?iliajn and Marys WilltMisburga I v;s.5 b r o k i n g i n a drug ybore when I cams across a f l y i n g - s a ^ s r advertisement i n a l i t t l e known pulp magazine0 The sd so^c^-rnwd vanother- ob^-mre rcaga— sine c,nd s o l i c i t e d r.-sv sn±-5.r:lpt:toAS f:: o3i r^ider-c who were interested i n receiving uj-to-dats infomsation on unidentified flying objectso I was e^rioaa shough t o serAd for a sample copy cf the publications but I did not ra&liz-e that t h i 3 i d l e curiosity was later- t-o evolve in'CvO a concerted effort t o s t a r t my e>ra UFO investigations o Having read a few books on the UFO enigma^ I was readily appreciative of others'-' thoughts about the subject 0 Although I .aav-sr saw a bonafide "saucar^p I had heard of reliable r e ports from persons who have ob3erred th^ phenomenon in this such report. i<5 now a classic i nB the annals of the Air Technical Intelligence Center's Project l\i* Book * o Listed w< w as J A uigCTLo>jfn g the ^ass involve^ two_v6tsran a i r l i n e p i l o t s B

^g|§g||||aHnt-and 4^§g^pMMMMMMp9 whos en the night

of July lk» 19529 sav eight coin-shaped9 red-orange objects maneuvering below their plan*^ near Norfolko The two observers calculated the objects? spsed to be 12^000 miles per hour3 Says Pilotf(j|0| about this sightings " I believe the discs were intelligently controlled machines from outer space0"

Six years after the wash-Fortenberry incident X was fortunate to 'learn of another confirmed local sighting of unknown objects traveling through the evening sky of July5 19?2o Reported to me in writings in July s 1958, by the key witness, a scientist employed by the Langley division of the National Aeronautiss and Spae-? Administration 3-*y this case also i s in the files of Project Blue Bocfco The engineer has requested that his name not be used publicly in connection with the reporto Therefores I shall refer to him as Mr0 II Hopkins"o

* Project Blue Book i s the cede name of the Air Force u n i t investigating UFO reports submitted from the field o The Proj e c t i s on* of -saveral ^un£tior»s of the ATIGp Wright-Fatterscn AFB, 1 Adv.isor-

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I talked '«iT,"n Mro H:jhini on >,-v-Ly ks 19 5S and learnea. that at least tvo Ne-wper-t New 3 C-r-cur:d Observe r Corps spotters vho'vere on du^y ths night of July !6S) 19.52 av-*' lights "which similar, to thc3*» he , M V O H- could not i"c»<ssuX r/neir names? but he said thit uring g AH ha and the plane spafetsrs c'.fnp^.êd f igcr-'"$ and decided ^hs.t they -all had saen the Sam's thing o Mro Hopkins shewed nae his 5cpy of the langlay Field asc-'.vjr,t? It. -lid not include ths GoOoCo •a.spectg the r^c-ion being that the report j*me before' the private coliabci^'ion rcade by him and the spotters ( Apparentlyfl the groxuid cb*3rver3 did not " c a l l in" their sighting t o the Richmond Air Defense F i l t e r Center^ for he told me that as far as he knew the Air.Force.still has net •been informed of the Go0o:?o ^ Following my brief tenure at William and Mary» 1 accepted employment at a prir.«ing firm in Nawport Newso During the spring of 195?s X had collected a gt>o& sampling of "3au-arssiHi9Sfl3=~>periodicals published by private organizations or persons interested in the UFO subjecto Titles of such magazines included Cosmic; Kgws0 The Saucerian Bulletina Satellite „ and Ufology; .Newso I aTso^haoTtwo French exampless log Courrlor _Inter?lanctaire9 and Curanoô Tc add vitality to rry "saucarana" collaction^ in July I became an Associate Member of the National Investigations Committee on Aeria.1 Fhenonisna -^ and I b*gan to receive its regular magazine9 gyi> & s veil as the special publications whisri the Gomralttê issiies rom, time to tiling that I was substantially introdused to organized civilian ufology^ as exemplified by the National Investigations Committee,, I could m;t help sensing the' dominate theme of this new branch of ehquiyyo The findings of NICAP indicated that for years the Air Force has been withholding information^, including sighting reports-3 on UF09s-o Since most of its Board of^Gover.nors subscribes to the accusation of Air Force censorship^ an express prupose of the Committee is to end the seorecyo Thuss there struggles not only a troversey over Uie £-ciijJ.ty or uaj-eaiity of alien space v nicies called flying saucers but also over the alleged with holding of vital UFO informationo

«-'NICAP8 a non-profit, group 9 i s directed by Maj0 Donald Eo Keyhoe (USMCj, RetoT and i s headquartered a t 1536 Con-** n e c t i r a t Avenues V/ashington 6,j Do Co

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s. s i g h t i n g ^hn.x. ccrr letter-o We -requested s. person "who asads t h s r-sp por: recseivsd the irif-.-.-.r-jcati suffisi'Snt infor'iu.-it,ic>n. o r an opinio&o ?! "I'h** -je n c l o s i n g a Deparir.c.'snb cf a copy of t h e suairris^y cf Report Number LU The A i r Fore© conclusion fc which -would tend t o izid b«ing observed by axs,shirks government OTO

i.-.f^rK.^tlori frcsa. the this cjA.t.« ve hav^ not at ".o We x>h.-ai do act hav* -^ c:tn base An analysis ^r. to ss.y that hs wa3 pr*-:?-v rslsase as well as cgsc^ Blue Book Special y -*1* ^*y» emphasized the svi der.:---* has baan received th* United States is . .hat LLt-:r- spas*, or a foreign iil

Jfy f i r s t ATIC prob«5 ' hen 9 showed a viillir.gness of th Air For-ce t o cooperate w±ti i others i;::: this field o However I couldn't imagir-3 -hy th?-; ^o\£l^ r;- accept NlCAP^s Fight »? l?t:eir h ad proposed i n Point. C'CvperaticTi Fllarij v.-h -:a i t s July i s s u e ;••.*? xU«. 1 ^ . ^

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do) With rsv introduction tn cl'Vili^.n UFO r^ee^rch:-. X became aware of "the vide spread charges and supporting evidence that the Air Force i; angagsd in a plot, to csoneeal iJFO facts from the publico Dest.ii* its desire x-o cooper-ate vlth "acredited news m«dia. rsprsssnti.t.ives1* .and its objaative of "taking the aura of iayst®ry out of UFO-s n s the Air Fora9s' bv its psrei>nially contradictory behavior' en the aubje.cty had failed to p«r-v?-:i-3..-i* this writer and ether rosear-shsrs that vhat we vere calling a flying^sau^er blackout was in reality a i fir* sf cur own iiaagirations<

(11) PART TWO Oldenburgh°8 Folly In t h e summer of 1957 I considered t h e advantages of forming a NICAP A f f i l i a t e , a study-group comprised of twelve or more l o c a l memberso * But NICAP membership i n t h i s area was r a t h e r low, so t o be p r a c t i c a l I e s t a b l i s h e d a club of my own, t h e Air Research Groupo ** The f i r s t s t e p i n i t s formation was t o r e c r u i t members, or "sympathizers", a s I used t o c a l l themj s e v e r a l small ads in t h e l o c a l newspaper produced t h e desired r e s u l t s , and by t h e l a t e f a l l of 8 57 a few l o c a l saucer e n t h u s i a s t s had applied for and secured membership in t h e Groupo *** I t wasn't until early 1958 that the club had i t s f i r s t introductory meeting., Little did I realize that as the Group0 s chairman -= no one else wanted the job =» I would soon be responsible for a ufological co.ufi.de ,ma.in. that would go down in Air Force and NIGAP history o During my 195? recruiting program-, I was fortunate to have had the saucers working for ma, at least indirectly. There i s nothing like a UFO flap, an eruption of sightings, to s t i r u.p indifferent mindso The month of November was the host t h i s time,. In the space of 30 days* a flood of reliable reports caught the attention of Project Blue Books NICAP, and tha news-wire services. The Nation, the State, and the Peninsula =-=» a l l were subjected to the whims of machines which supposedly do not exist© In comparison, the November 857 flap was no less a spectacle than that of the classic July, 1952 periodo / Along with a faw unconfirmed reports s the Tidewater

* See itsm (l) of Appendix to Part Two» ** Refer to ARG Form 3A0014, "Statement of Policy" (11 Feb 59)° See ARG Form 3Ao015? "Membership Data Sheet" (Revised 11 Feb 59). /

For an analysis of the November flap sae item (2) of Appendix to Part Two,

•vrea £$ 7i_giuiii had ;\n oner get x..- s a p l i n g of t h * .;T<-;saber phenomena The .round Observer Corps wrs3 n o t l * f t out<. e i t h e r ? fo.c t,'..-} Air R«3aarch Group K V h^3 on i l l s a r e p o r t of a dici-^ hova^ir.g over Hilton Village,, Warwick— i5d v solid about thxee-fGarths the xvlight size of a B=57S the object apparently was observing six jet aircraft that had just taken off from Langley Fieldo I t was about 500 feet above the flight path of the &=>5°7 j a t s and about one mils from, ths observation posto The spotter f i r s t was watching the j a t s but than he happened to glance upward and :o the right and spied the foreign crafto Ha had senssd the object's presence" -inutss before he consciously observed it o After about ten seconds of trying oo bslisvs his eyas, the observ3r turned to pick up his binocularsi when ha •:aai3 back seconds l a t e r , the object, vas gonao The thing had never moved during ths period of observationo For this reason and the fact that i t had disappeared 3iiddenly without a trace, the spotter did not call in a report to the Filter J»3!itaro Had i t remained in viarw a few minutes longer or moved a t a l l , the logging of a report certainly would have been necessary,. The observer said that in his five years of extensive sky surveillance he had never before experienced such an incident o ..~ Are the UFO^s interplanetary vehicles originating from a source unknown co us E&rthlings? Are they secret weapons boasting attMade~in~USAwlabel? ire the objects a fora of life i t self = apace animals? Many private researchers : hink they have tfas iSin^ers to those provoking questions* and-1 for one am confident that the Uo So Air Force has the answersa "Indications arer that the USAF has ceased i t s b_a3ic rsssarch into the UFO story and is, concentrating on •covering up a l l evidence of flying=>saucar reality 0 ° Conceal <avatytningy it :;Pv7- cost 3 ssaras to be. the philosophy of the AFp in fact i t s 0F0 bibl^f, Aor ';•-;rce Rggulation 20O>2 * ? is an epitome of military censorshipo" Those ware ^•y*thoughts back in late 1957O The question in my mind not-only concerned .•5 existence of the saucars themselves^ I was becoming more and more c r i t i c a l •/i' the A-Lr Force9 s general handling of UFO investigation*. I asked myselfa "Can ten years and millions

* A saoipl-s copy of AFR 200=2 i s available upon request t o the Office of Public Information s Department of the Air Force s Washington 2 5 , Do C

(13) of dollars spent on UFO investigation be a fair price if indeed flyjng saucers are figments of the imagination?" Satisfaction, guaranteed^, cr your money backs can this motto ever be employed by the scientists of Project Blue Bccko first briefing on AFR 200-2 came in January, 1955o One of. the ads on the Group which I had published in the local newspaper cited our objective of giving the* public all data obtained fron our investigation of local signtings0 A couple of days later,, I received a letter from, a Newport News advertising agency, soliciting the identical copy which I had used earlier^ The agency was the publisher of the Lajiglejg_FIjyjjrg a weekly newspaper issued for Langley Field peracnneio Several days after I accepted the invitation to submit the notice for publication I was informed that the copy had. b^en rejected by the base public information officer at Lar_gleyp Capto Gregory H o Oldenburgho I was told that an esqplanation for his action could be had by telephoning hiao So I did call himo Referring to AFR 2CO=20 he said that he was not authorized to publish such an ado When I asked him to send me a copy of the regulations he invited me to discuss its provisions with him at his iffice0 It seemed odd to me that he couldn't spare a copy of the documentg so I decided to draw up two alternate ad3 for hi3 consideration I know that AFR 200-2 prohibited AF Base personnel from releasing information on sightings that remain unsolved or unexplained o Therefore8 I. was prepared to argue the point that since the "saucers" are regarded by the AF as non-existent then there actually is no confirmed data that the Air Research Group could make publico But the captain did not want to argue at all| of this he reminded me when we met each other at the appointed hour on January 20 0 At the start of the ten=Âťminute interview^ Captain Oldenburgh inquired of me as to what my educational background was 5 where I was employed9 and what my other interests were 0 He showed me a sopy of AFR 200-29 explained its restrictions^ and said tha.t I could obtain a copy by writing to the government printing office. Well, I asked to take down on ^p&peT a few extracts from the document^ but he wouldn*t allow this 8 sayings howevers that it would be all right to copy the entire things Perhaps his attitude was based upon the fact that the regulation ,us8d to be cla'ssifiedo I could easily perceive h$s interpretation that any fe tract from the order should be kept in the category of" f Ut

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h" said regarding ^hr! alxerru2.t-3 -j.i-3 which I h?id asked him t-c ±.p$?*£v<r- "or r-5jects i n Vfritin§5.^ "Yoi^re nc^ going t c pin .anything ~n me!t5 arid he added chat he was planniiig t o taka tho a a t t a r up "ivlth a l^gal ad-v Three days l a t e r he wr

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ons of whi-^h used only the tern flying aaueerg "Though ths wording has been changed9 it is my belief that en - of the objectives of your organization is the .public dissemination of clit.:, on unideniified flying objectso A.3 I pointed out to you on the 20th of January,-, this ia contrary to Air Force policy and did misinterpret the security aspect of the Air Force Even if UFO investigation program^ he nevertheless gave impetus to the secrecy provision .of AFR 200-Sj> io=oj no base cojnnsndsr i s authorised to release data on sightings miess said sightings involved vhat was l a t e r determined to be farailiar •zT-- c-orivsnticnal objecta0 Only investigative procedure such as radar tracking iT;stho&3 and .jst^intarsspt performance i s deemed elas3^fiable in the interegtof national security o As far a=> conslusionsry evidence is concernede Air Force . Hsaistant Secretary RRo Eo Horror" stated en January 22d 19589 t h a t the AF was '.'.apt-• *wi4,hhv'ldir!g any TJFQ informationo He rsads t h i s declaration as a participant •In a nationally tslevisod dcsunier.tary shew .-on the UFO aubjecto-. But9 as dis«* closed'later by CSS spokesman'No" A o Garlbergp Director of Editingp the shew i t self ??h-.i been carefully cleared for security reasons",, "Therefore^ i t was the responsibility of thii? network to' insure pcrformanea in accordance with'preindicat-i-^n that there would be a deviation detsnrdnei .-; ^cur-ity standards Any ind that n?tzhernetvork nor the individual a on th© "dght lead ram yer-e authorised to As a

public interest >a6 served by the action taken by GB3 in'deleting the audio in I'^zs- Ksyboe''s spssish at a point where he ^.pparenrly was about t-.*j deviate from the- scripto" I have two qusaticnas If it i£ true that the AF Is withholding no UFO data* that i'lying sau^^rs are nc^=-3Xi3tents then why was it necessary to sle&r such a program for security? What were the Muns.uthoris:sd sis/besieirbs" they feared ir_ight be mads? Because of the 4HMliHiH^incident d I wa3 now c ringed that the UFO blackout was not imaginaryo To- speak cut publicly against such a government polisy0 I composed a lengthy letter-to-the«=editors and in l^rch X substituted it for publication in the Newport Ns«?s Daily Pre3so I have always believed that an informed public contributes to the 3trength of a na.tiono Freedom of information thus was the theme of the lettero A3 i singled out Captain 5 acticn3 I had'in mind George Washington9 s letter was utterly intolerant of military secrecy as an end within itselfo To me, 3eorecy practiced for its own.make could not realistically mean sscurityo . Needless to 33.yp the letter was never publisher.o But later I agreed to stop the idea of publicly reproaching .3 relatively minor part in ths The Daily Presses military editors Harry Kaleum^, thought 1 had seme interesting material that could be molded into a -feature article on the Air Research Groupo So 8 after discussing the proposal with members at a meeting on April 29 I hur-redly submitted the material he had rsquestedo The article carried a photograph of this v-iters and opened with the following paragrapho A group of 10 Peninusula residents is trying to gat the Air Fores to.revise a regulation and at the same time is attempting to dispel the idea th^t thess v»ThcfesllGVsin unidentified flying objects are crackpots0 Elsewhere the article observes?

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Eafors rese^riher1 had -bri&i to d Cition of sightings ^mic-n to a ?'-r-2 3 base in rsc^nt y5iL' Sy requests like th-it cne muit be forwarded t.-- Air Fcrse headquarters in Washington where they aro har<.al?-i. by the chief I0J.0O09 ifejo L o Jo Tactcero 4MHHNMSNMIWSKlMMpHPMMiHHMMw *WHPR> When informed oi t h i s sit^vtiony >Ii-o iGTouta queried . Langley and he tco vas t o l d t h a t hi-3 a.n.-.?v;er nvvU:t cc.ô fr:m the office of the Secretary of the Air For-eô So he contacted t h a t office and calked with Major lacker^ "who said he v?ould c a l l Langley for the date and vrould contact Kolc.im l a t e r 0 Mi*o Kclcam was out of the office vhen. Tacker rsturriSd the c a l l 3 no KDtii^.'cne else tcok down the information© On April 9 3 the morning paper carried a news a r t i c l e t i l l e d "Langley B.epcrr.5 3 UFO Sightings" 0 Over a two-year period, Major Tasksr informed the Daily Press^ sightings cscarred on Septo 105 19569 near Big Bethelj, Hamptcrj.-;. in iky 5 1957 i n Suffolk3 and Nc-vo »57 i n Warwicko He said ncr.a of the three reports yas accomplished by sufficient data t o form 5, positive idsntificaticn f i and a thorough i n vestigation Vis iiis.de of the Big Bethel incident o ^-ith^-'.-gh t h i s case wa-2 net l i s t e d as an lfunkn:;••:••:.!"s Haôr lacker sntLi that the cfcjc^t in^clvsd vas r-:-.port-°:i '•=•:: abc,:t th^ ^ 1 / ; .-£ j p A:i ^ A i a ssftballj, 3hip-~d soaething like that a "witnas^j vho was not nani^d5 ill^gbdl;in the vehicle 3 wearing hsiidgsafo

When informed of the Air Force, * 3 responds to Mrc enquirys I was curious to knovr if any of the observers the three cases was on active military duty at the time his experienceo I was aware that at least ona other unof

'"nb^-:^ a^cri :;y In the g * s UFO Lnve aright! en* vltl-.d ,7ANAP 146 p t h i s document mak-^' i t a fsd:r=j fsd.:,r=j. off of ans^ f.^r- p pi l e t s to reveal UFO îghtinge cîbiisly if theyi reported thsm over a system called CIHVIS-—CcrrimurAcations Instructions tor Reporting VitAl Intelligence Sightings,, A Jcint-Chisr-of-Staff product8 the directive is binding on members of the armed fcr-seSp the Coast Guard^ a.id anyone else vjhc h?,pper.s to l c i m the contents of a CIR.7IS messageo Section I I I 9 citing the Espionage Lavsa prsstribes that any person who- makes public a UFO-CIRYIS report, cs,n be imprisoned for one to ten years and fined up to 10*000 dollars o My curriosity about the • ^ U l p i cases vas partially satisfied when I phoned Major Tacker en the morning of April 9o He said that a l l the observers^, if he recalled correctly 9 were unassociated v#ith the ndlitary o As 1 proceeded to qaery him on other points of the Daily Press article s p^rtiaalarly the lack of c l a r i t y in the Eig Bethel case3 he invited me to submit isy questions to him in vrittngo Thu?.9 on the s.ajr.e days I cornposed a thre^-âge letter 1 to hi a and enclosed a NICAP •^sighting report f<nrm.D whi';h I asked him to forward to the i n i t i a l observer in t-hs Big Bexhsl incident o In his reply of April 14» he said that ray l e t t e r disclosed that I was associated with one of nrt&ny private organizations on a e r i a l phenomena and for jtnis rs&scn he oovd.d not give me the data requested",. He siads "It i-3 true on occasion that we do f'umish infornaticn. on. specific cases to accredited news media representatives to keep this public adequately informed on this subject o " Then he added? "If your organization (NICAPa that i s 9 for the "writer never mentioned the Air Rs5e?."r^h Group.) desirss t r pur-sue. t h i s f i t t e r furthers, I suggest you sonumrdeate •'îth son-e of the other groups or d.ubs Interested, in aerial phenomena o It i-3 a popular and imaginative subject and I am sure such associations w i l l be mutually beneficial o "

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To show further the aff6.-stiTer.eij3 of AFR 2001s, * recount here another experience I had with tha- authorities of Langlsy Field9 ATIC0 and the Of rice of the Secretary cf the Air Forceo IFO—Identified Flying Objects—in the form I have chosen to represent that sitsgory of sightings which that AF lists as solvedo Such.a sightings for ex=-jKple0 is the case of 3. "UFO" that •was sesn by hundreds of Peninusla residents on the Fourt of Julys 1953O At the expense of the taxpayer^ it was determined by the Langlay Interception dispatched to the asene that this phono.uensn was merely a searchlight beanio Since the object was positively identified as a familiar or conventional one3 ianglsy'a commander. Col H o Po Sparks and its P 0 Io0 o were authorised by AFR 2 0 O 2 to re« lease all data secured on the nature of the phenomenon Both the exact location of the searchlight and the fact that an attempted interception was made vwere publicised freelyo Because such data ya.3 so easily made public9 I could see no reason "why the A? would not release figures on the expenditures of Project Slue Book& particularly as regards IFO caseso ••Buts I should have reminded myself of the earlier attempt I had made to determine tha number of -solved sightings logged by Langley during 1956=-1958o In this respect9 a letter I addressed to Colo Sparks on April 10 vras referred, in ac=sordance with AFR 200=2? toMa^o T'acker at the Pentagon^, I objected to this obvious evasion but was informed by Gapto Oldenburgh en April 28 that since my inquiry concerned the results of an investigation of UFO*3 his office was not auxhcrized to release such informationo Did his office forget this restriction on the night of July 4? Maja Taeker never replied to my letter of April 10 o From. June ls 1958 to January 22y 1959, I became fully av/are of how difficult it can be to trace the use of Uo S o tax dollarso A series of 23 letters to and from officials of the Air Force and the United Statss Congress

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In Mayj, 1958 I secured employment as a publications clerk -with the AdjutantGeneral's Section9 Headquarters, My official duties are governed by specific Army regulationso Soon after I became a Civil Service employees I learned that much of my unofficial activity is subject to scrutiny and restriction by certain Army authoritieso _ The Uo So Continental Army Command embraces the six Uo So Continental Armies and all field type Army installations within the United States,:, About ICO Army posts,, 400,000 military personnel, 75,000 civilian-:.employees, and over a million Army Reserve members receive training directions and policy instructions from the command's nerve center here on the Peniasulaa CONARC headquarters is second in authority only to Department of the Army headquarters in Washington, D o Co Part of Hq USCONARC«s function is to originate and distribute publicationso Its Daily Bulletin is prepared for ,the information and U3e of all Ft o Monroe personnelo This ne>r3paper consists of an official section and an unofficial -one, "which usually carries items on local club doings9 sales of merchandise, and employment advertisements* ^ Gn September 229 1958P I inserted an unofficial notice in the Daily BulletinB suggesting that Fto Monroe personnel who were interested in UFO's contact the Air Research Groupo Two days later, nay immediate supervisor received a telephone call from the office of Maj 0 W o M o Hartness, Commanding Officer of the Counter Intelligence Corps (CoI°Co) Detachment at the forto I was told to report to the CJoIoC© office for questioning,, ^hen I arrived for the interview I vras met by two gentlemen dressed in civilian clothes,

(35) The closed-=door meetings which lasted about: thirty minute3s was presided over by Mr0 V0H4MP$ a l l s husky I W s a8- ttc V-.- -3 whose Army career had evcrytniiig but s.n official flying=saucer discussiono While the two officers asked ms questionsp I sat uncomfortably in an arm chair opposite theirso Ify answers were complete 2.nd to the points as I had nothing to hide0 I told them vhy I was interested in UFQ7s and vhy I had indsrted the ad in the Daily Bulletin^ They in turn complained that they were interested in the activity of any new group which advertised itself in a CQNARC publications. Although they had not said so^ X'was Sure they were investigating ray activity to determine if any subversion was involved o

Communist infiltration into organized ufology is, of course, an unpleasant subjecto Nevertheless, it is reported that some existing groups are adhering to and fostering certain doctrines or principles which sound the familiar ring of the"party line"o At least one West Coast group is "dedicated to the physicalj, spirituals, and economic oooo cipation of man"^ and it has publicly stated that one of its purposes is "to help initiate^ through political and economic action^ the procedures for providing abundance for alio" Thi3 organisation promotes the "New Age non-money^ non«=value exchanging economic system, of "Prior Choice Economics *"0 From the label "New Age"s it is evident that the group is composed mainly of contactistss ioe 09 persons •who believe that our neighboring pXamftts are inhabited by benevolentp god-iike beings who travel and communicate from world to world via. "etberic" spaceships and universal thought waves o The conta,cti3t is an idealists as a member of the New Age Group cited aboves he works toward establishing "th? Tiniversal Brotherhood of all Mankind"% he wants to "help create greater understanding and cooperation between the psopld of earth and the people of space"; and he hopes to "disseminate to the earth's peoples the solutions to their problemso"

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We know thai, communism appeals to the Idc^li-sto But we also -loiow that many contact!ats are not taken in by the party iineo It is a matter of degreep thens -as to ho*" the New Age faction is bsing iiifiltratedo Because cf limited space here, it would be veil to consider this subject further in a separate papero Recognizing the threat posed by subversive fronts^, NICAP publicly affirms t-hat it has no knowi cortimunist membesrat Likewisep a similar organization^ APRO *<, requires prospec=tiv« members to sign a st-ateEient declaring whether or not they have had any communist tie3o At the termination of the Septsmber 2k interview, the two C 0 I 0 Co Agents appa.rsr.-tiy weioe confident that my group was not spreading Any ur.-.Aiaerican propagandao I returned to my work the same day ana heard nothing further about the interview until Decfltsbsr 9p 1?58 O On that date I received a letter from Majsr E&rtnessj, wh<; was replying to my request of December 4a i^ '^hich 1 asked for a copy of any ••' official report that his c.fx'los h&d niade on the interview of September 24o H* advised «u3 that n'no fornaail report was made in this nxa.tte.ro" Since the A i ? 3e 2 a a :*•«:: G nctic<s in the ^; Bulletin had brought few dscidad to revise it and .submit it for publication in the edition for December 22 Und<»r the heading ^Instructions- for Reporting. Aerial Phe noniena"^ I asked the Ft 0 Mcnroe employee3 report any UFO sighting to the Group for ana lysiso On the 23 rd I was again summoned to the C o Jo % ' affiee^-wher.e I met Mr o and another inveatigat-^r^ Mr o ^ H M M l ' Mr© produced a draft of an official notice which he said would b« printed as a rescission in a forthcoming Daily Bullstirio Kg said the my unofficial asfi of the 22nd would be rescinded because it was a "very official sounding" announcement and because the Q-" (intelligent*) section was rathsr upaot over the matter o The draft cited two Army documents which prescribe "proper reporting procedure for the sighting of unidentified flying objects o n Mr o

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UNCLASSIFIED APCXB-4 1* Heferonce la made t o l e t t e r , t h i s Directorate, dated 12 November 1958, subject and f i l e saae aa above* 2« During the sooths of October and Bovember 1959, several unauoceaoful atteapta t o s o l i c i t infonaatio from varioua personnel a t Langley Air Force Base. Virginia concerning aa alleged Unidentified Flying Object (B3O) sighting vhloh reportedly red i n October 1959* 3 . Oft 12 KovwriMr 1959> Captain %toaley R. yilllaffi», Inforaatlon Serrioes Qfflsar (ISO), Laogley Air Force Base, adriaed that he had reoeired a latter tT*m*B0to, dated 1 Bovenbar 1959, in tfeich ' raqiiaatad that he be advised whether "any L&ngley-baeed of floor " planned to condaet an. imreatigation Into the alleged TOO had reportedly occurred l a October 1959 gp i further retreated t h a t , i f no further investigative action vaa eon* taeplated by the Air Force» he be advised of t h e reason for the deoialoa. 4* Oa 12 Soveaber 1959 a confidential source provided t h i s Directorate vita a copy o f an incomplete docoaaist entitled ^FBDM WITHIH TBS SLACXQtIT: AH AHALISI3 OF 8SGBSCX 0 9 THE UOGAL ISO SQSBE by W&l/KHggfBH#> Chainaan, the Air Hsaearob Group 2,n Attached for your infoncaticn l a one copy of t h i s doeojeant and one copy of l a t t e r from tf/ft0l dated 1 Boreaber 1959* ^—-^ 5.

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