INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAFOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

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THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF

2ATH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

ZO9 WEST JACKSON BLVD.. CHICAGO 6. ILLINOIS

29 March 1950,

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SUBJECT: UncoM|

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TO: Director, Special Investigations,Headquarters USAF,Washington 25, D. C«.-

! • SYNOPSIS: Unconventional a i r c r a f t s ighted by Subjectand reported i n l e t t e r dated 18 Maroh 1950, addressed t o t h e Ad-j u t a n t , For t Sne l l ing , Minneapolis , Minn., and del ivered t o t h eAdjutant 2485th AF Res Tng Ctr, Wold Chamberlain AFB, Minneapolis•>.'.Minn. • • ?:..'•',.'''.

2+ DETAILS% The following quoted let ter regarding theabove subject was received by the Adjutant's Office, Wold Cham»berlain AFB, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from ^r^^K^//f///////fg^,i^JP^^PP^HMJllHHM^attle, V&shington, about 21 March 1950 andtransmitted to this office by the Minneapolis Detachment:

"Seattle, Wash, - ISar 18, 1950

"Dear Sirs* Since I -wrote you about flying turtles or saudWsI will say I was lucky enough to see ons of these planes justover a cloud in front of me. as thiai -was one of those true*.-.-/

"clouds and i t was night» the plane flashed a light from Itie. Bottom of the plane f ir atS&rizorsbal the?L perpendicular* 4;\ , I had-the advantage of seeing .ther..light-s-tart from over-t}

cloud a3 i t penetrated ths- cloud and I noticed this lightThas hardl}' any focus to it" not .over 3 or four fa et from ^a good, height to the' grouccl as they playedthis light bacl£andvf_pjrth and i t sho?/ed yery bright on the ground afterpassing through this dark: cloudV so that is something to

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they oan easily penetrate a fog now here a t Seattle abouttwo years ago some 50 or 75 tkans and hand grenades werefound some where near hear in the country no one seem toknow -why they vrere there . I t could be some one is helpingthese v i s i t o r s get ready for an invasion another thing Iwant t o know i s these missies t ha t are "being found in thepaoif io and t h i s waters, are you sura they are Japanese,there seem, t o be quite a difference of any knomexplosive•we know of here in. any country» there i s much more I wouldlike t o t e l l you if I could ta lk t o some one of the arrayspersonalia I -will warn you those planes follow the riversa t low a l t i t u d e . I hav© seen these planes when fishing..atnight coar Jefferson, Iowa. I saw on© of these men and awoman one evening while they were hugging and kissing eachother . I believe if you would put spotters along the RacoonRiver near Jefferson, Iowa you would discover the t ru th ofthese plane3 being here* they can camelflage these planesso easy you might -walk r igh t by one and not know i t* as I -wrote you before the plaae- was evidently camelf laged withrsod and looked quite natural for land scape I sent a storeyby l e t t e r t o the Post Intell igencer l a s t week but I dontknow if they m i l publish i t . i f they do I will s«nd i t toyou and escp la in- why what I heard was^ t English and some -foreign language I did not mention the foreign-language ~inmy*ai?6ry. but I an quite suro -it was" a broadcast f rein'. ~':.ianother planet and vve did not have any broadcasts in 1S17that I know of i f there was I was not where they were get-t ing any and I was out in an open f ield when when I heardthese voices I wanted t o get there location so I spoke upthon soon the nokt knoll close to me went into the a i r andI thought maybe I "vras going nuts as i t was so dark any raiseoloaa looked lilca small h i l l if itr was a t u r t l e plane orjus t a kno l l .

Due to the "difficulty in properly' transcribing' the abovebecause of indis t inct handwriting, the original i s forwarded asan inclosure to t h i s rsport* '

3 . ACTION: Copy of report forwarded to the 20th Distr ic tOSI, McChord AFB, TTa3h., for t h e i r information.

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

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KURT K. KUHZE, Capt, USAFHistorian

D A I SPOT E-JIELLIGMCB REPORT

1950,

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SUB JE CT: Unc on vent

Sea t t l e , Washington.SPECIAL INQUIRY.

TO: Director , Special Investigations*Headquarters USAF,7fashington 2 5, D. C#

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a» - H«ferenca i s made to Spot Intelligence Report ofthis oi'fice dated 29 March 1350, subject c.3 above. This is the.second ooitua\xnication of th is character by the same

b» Unconventional aircraft sighted by Subject andreported in l e t t e r dated 14 March 1949 (apparently aa^arror in :.,date, -which probably was aeant to be 14: March 1950), •"•'addressed-"",to the "Adjutant .Officer, Fort Snslling, Minnesota" ani trans-.mitted to the 24th District OSI by the Minneapolis Detachmentthereof, .

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a . The foilOTTing quoted l e t t e r regarding the abovesubject; -raa received by the Adjutants Office, 2465th AJ? ReserveTraining Center, Vfold Chamberlain APB Minneapolis, Minn., whichincludes Fort onelling vdthin i t s jurisdiction:

"Seattle, Vfashing^on "Har 14, 1949

# - --A; lo>-of-g-9Ople--seof f- at^tfe-idea:of;-i^e^e- disc '•:" :'•': ^& " r 7 3 ; o $ ^ .•'•••• •

I called-'theH' tTrrct:e;r and 1 thought thet u r t l e * went through a -•/•e.ird course of evolution of some izind-.:that they:took on a mammoth fornr af ter a fevr years ard '-vrare.":.'then able to fly like a flying squirrell* I lived-in thecountry in Iov/a and I played by the hayfield some time3 oneday I noticed a raise in earth that had not bean th9re before 'a large slope I •watched i t for some time and finally some ofthe mole moved that night I told my parents about it ofcourse they were skeptical but the next day a neighbor cara.0 over

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to visit and they want out to see how true my story was whenthey got "back they said something had been, there at nightbut i t "was gone later they asked me if I had seen anythingelse of course I had seen, a flying turtle as big as housearound but of course not so high* they admitted 7/hat everhad been there was as big in era as any house as we only hada 2 room house or rather one room -with a portch on in about12 x 14

I explained him the tu r t l e zoomed through the air but no onecould hardly believe anything so rare but the neighbors andour folks got out fishing poles "with a Hne and a woodenblade tapered at each end with a hole to fasten th-a line inthey spins around swinging the pole in a circle and the woodanblade had a law moaning sound of a siren, they thought this .::would surely frighten the intruders away and kept i t up for_several days the younger folks would take a shift also* Iwanted to join in on the fun but they said .1 was toosins.il -to .male© a noise I was about five* year3 old*. - . .

A fellow by the name of ^KHHHH^feHtt^and I ware walking -across some low lands in California in~^08 I happened Jo 'turn ray 1£ad to look "back and right back of us coming, in. slowwas a turtle plane. I t was so near I pulled him to .the _groundand we 'both lay pron.3 t i l l i t got "quite a distance away then 'i t disappeared over a hil l* I think the pilot intended to ramua as ho wa3 going very slow I didnt get a good close lookfor lying face down and only seconds before vre squatted ofoourue the only thing I had seen before* but there was nonoise from the motor so i t s easy for these planes to corns ina.ad horth near you with out your knowing their arrivalo - Isaw one in 1917 and another in 1933. and -others .years. :&g.GL :

the reason I am writing you this letter these, planes have,wonderful contact* and 1 hear you have a on your 'river front at St . Paul that no ona can figure out what i t -was used for these planes could s t i l l be using i t for a hangerand you would not know i t* ':•••--" -.-•.--^~ - -:::'----.: ---v -::- —~-—.-'—•---

•These people probably have a better map of ths vrorld than 7/9baye as these 59 years they have been coming hare;th'sffe' -kncf -' --1

of« I -fchiiik thsy have probably kidnapped 'several of our paoploand taken them to their planet wherever that i s they luay planan attack some day, but so far there, is no rocord of existence.X have been trouble vrith amnesia or ^ would have had a v;6rdabout those planes before* 1 never recognised them by thecame of flying discs© I thought of them only as flying turtles*

"fours truly . . -

b. Due to the difficulty in properly transcribing theabove- let ter , because of indistinct handwriting* the original isforwarded as an inclosure to this report*

3» ACTION* Copy of this report -with photoatatio copy ofinclosure is being forr/arded to the 20th District OSI, McChordAFB, Washington, for their information*

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

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WASHINGTONT H l INSPECTOR- GtN^WAl. USAF

24TH DISTRICT OPKICC OF SPECIAL. INVESTIGATIONS

3 0 0 WEST JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO « . ILLINOIS

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FLYING DISCS AROUND MOON,Oshkosh, Wiscons in , 29 M a r c n 1950SPECIAL INQUIRY

Director, Special Investigations,Headquarters US&F,WashingWn 25, D* C.

1. SYNOPSIS; Four flying discs about the size of a quarterwere 3«en circling in the vicinity of the moon'a'bo^t 1655 hours,29 Mar oh 1950, at Oshkosh, TTisconsin, by Mr* 'S^MMMMNNPt et a l ,machinist*

2 * P EA+LS i This office is in receipt of Suncary of Information dated 12 April 1S50, fran the Fifth Army Regional Office,Mil-waukee, "Wisconsin, pertaining to the above subject:, her<rwithquoted *

"On 30 Maroh 1S50, the inclosed article appeared in theOahkosh Hortirwestera noTfgpaper, Oahkoah, T«*isoonsin» Ihefollowing persons -were interviewed regarding the incident!

Oshkbs'h, liisconsin, interviewed 31 llarch 1950, stated thatabout 1635 hours, 29 March. 1950, as he vra.3 leaving his placeof exaployrnent, the C-K,L«_Machine Shop, Oshkosh, 7;1sconsin, /he happened to look in the general direction of tha__uiobr.,which luad just become visible-over the horizon* He thennoticed some thing flash, similar to the type of flash thatthe inin would make reflecting from, a mirror* Upon closerob3ervation,^mUPfr noticed four objacta* rsducsd by dis-tance to about; the size of a quarter, and oval in chape*These objects appeared to be of a highly polished metal*Three of the objects -were flying in a* circle at about oneo* clock (in reference to the moon) and high. The fourth ob-ject was flying in a circle at about eight o'clock (inreference to the moon) and low. After several minutes

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of ciroling, the fourth, Ion© cbjeot, changed i ts direction offlight and headed in a northerly direction* Itwas , then, lostfrom view, due to tree tops that obstruotedtHBBiBMMfr vision*"When this object disappearedrt(fl(((J^loolced for the otherthroe* but they too had apparently left his fie 11 of visionand could not be seen* Other persona who were -wit!at the time and saw the objeots weres

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9RHHHRHRMH|N interviewed 021 3 April 1950and stated substantially tha saiae &s*^HflMHflpVMNMFtha threa-ob jacts.high and; to .the righ^or^cn^moon> In tryingto see ths fourth objact-^At^JJJpjB^ had seen, tflBMRk ^-os"sight of .7^^"previbHa threes ana did not see them again*. (F-5)

"Orahkosh ••Northwestern newspaper* Oshkosh, V/is cons i n , 30 MarchI95O: ^:-->--.f;: ' O- - • •:~:'-^'-^' "• / " .. ~~; ;.."-.,_l^'_Li:S^_^v .;_.-

" - ; ; . ; : ; - • : "One i^an Claims He Saw "Flying Diso3,^-r. : ' 3 ' .Many Saw Halo Around Moon Last Hight.!... , : .1 _..

or r ings around the noon t h a t_jny-rajMTW^. •* claijned he and others saw i n the

eas te rn slcy Wednesday (29 March 1350) afternoon a t 4s45 o 'c lock*Y/l"!llama sa id he and o thers were on t h e "say home frcxa work* I nth& sas tara . sky he said he observed "«bat appeared to- be four"nyirg disca" ciroling high In the- sky near the moon whichroao early Wednesday af ternops* - He described the disca. as ^~"about the sizo of a quarter*" They circled about" for severalninutes and three faded frcmvienf?*- -!Cha fourth remained for " -a short /while, longer^ turned; northTTO.rd;.and:[disappeared as

d ^ ^ ^ s k e ? i ^ ^ * : : thoughij ife-ini-^st?'-: '.v: •Wild- _f ovflj^MBHiifcBi^tatsd he- ',vas ''. '

senrsraX other msa '.nth. hiw• saw-iSe• diaca and.fied..-.thair. appearsLnce-*- Hs further dsscribed them_as-"high,

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"It vrasn't a rainbo-vr encircling the sun this morning, butit vrats a I?;*-*Lo surrounding the moon last night. However, the two

colorful rings "wore caused "by the rejections of sun and moon3 on ice crystals In. the upp er atmosphere. According toM M 0 °^ ^he^(^^ftiJ(JMM^^S9rva"fcory» the ring around

n ha lo , n vihile t ha t around the sun was a par-helion* The moon r i n g , with s l igh t t inges of rainbow colors ,•was c lose r to e a r t h ' s atmosphere "than most moon r i n g s . I t•was v is ib le for several hours* The parhelion, a mock sun,had "sun dogs" or br ight spots i n the r ing, -which was on ahorizontal plane with the sun. Disagreeable weather may f o l -low th©: moon and sun r ings , but t h a t i s not expected t o oometonight and Friday (31 March 1950) as higher temperatures arepredicted*"

3« ACTION: No action was taken in the ins tant matter*

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DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEWASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENEBAU U3AF

2-4TH DISTRICT OFFICK OF SPECIAL. INVESTIGATIONS

24-0 UNCLASSIFIED Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago 15,' 111.

-Jiine 1950

SUBJEGT:

TO:

SPOT

Flying Discs PhotographsMcl&nnville, Oregon, 10 June 1950Special Inquiry

Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, USAFWashington 25, -D. C.

1. SynoD3isiv. Photographs of subject object, taken by,^ fariser,. fe-^innviHB, Oregon, appeared in the Chicago' Hera3.^'newspaper dated ll.June 195O.T Subject o-bje-ct appeared to" be about; ' ---^genty (20) or thirty (30) fest in diameter, in the form of an in-

;; .verted soup plate trith a mast and super-structure*

?',-'• •••• 2* Detailsf An article appeared in the Chicago Herald-American news-:r:-.paper'dated Sunday, 11 June 1950, date-lined at j,lcl

;-iinnville, Oregon, 10";- June 195(5, ' ith"pB.otogr ph3 stating.that one gfPPMMfe farmer, age 34,'• ..JfcMinnyille, Oregon, had taken photographs of a Flying Saucer on 11 I.layP195O and had just had then developed. He waited development pending: exposure of this film in the roll.

a» In the article,4tftffc described the object about twenty (20)or thirty (23) feet in diameter and seeming both dark and silver, Kestated thero a no flar.e and that it moved fairly slowly, . -

'::_'•• bo The article states the object, -pictures of which were, taken -';;•; from t'.vo angles," seem flat on the bottoni vd.th a super-structure and" a. niast-like object sticking up from the middleo • - ..

V:" ;" c« Copy of;_article and pictures clippsd.". frora ne?;spaper are• at-,_ -..A-.^vtachsd to ..tiiis, report for 0SI-Eeadquartera* — ":"; v; - - . • -•"'••. y/"- y^ij^

::^~3f::3^ -Action>^.^i;additional action, to that of forwarding jfchi3' rsport to"''"""OSI Headquarters*-^as talcen by this-office <> • '

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KURT K. KUHZE, pSpt, USAFHistorian

!!T~TH^ INSPECTOR GENERA!

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SUBJECT stter for Publicationby Mr»_ m Publisher, WHtfma,Postmarked 25 July 1950 Signed

^ __ Purporting to Furnish. Tech-iiliTof the Flying Diaca Together Tflfith

the Names 'of Designers and by Yfho/tt Financed,

Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters USAFWashington 25, D, ,C* ' . :

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!• Synopsis: tfMMH^ ((B111., received a let ter for publication in hia paper postmarked^5;. July1950 signed V*VMNMMMNJ|^ n o t further identified. The latter;statedthat the flying discs are large- fuel tanks with crystal glass.wrings,' -pro-pelled by two large jet enginsB and radion controlled* The ship: ;^asdesigned for. long range atomic- bombing by' pBWMHBBMWfr a ^ o r l a e r :1?Lincovl> skyT7riter,^ff^HMHK; aircraftGerman 7iorId War I ace. I t v/as financed ? | f c f cbeing Wsted by the Glenn ?. 1/ artin Co. I t has a range of 4,000 fidlea,ceiling of 25,000 feet and a speedo^75Omiles per hour, and is not .designed for controlled landing. JBHHfcpurpor ts to receive hia-in- "--formation frora the ican who T elded the ship or disc, naraed the "Danse I,!acabre.n

^•' Dgtalls? This office i s in receipt .of a l a t t e r from the Chicago FieldOffice of the Federal Bureau of Invest igat ion dated 2 August 1950, se t t ingfo r th the above information and Which i s hereinafter quoted i n f u l l : ' . : •. - ..••.

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to t h i s offic« Lhts o f ^ H i a l l e t t e r ar.dernre-iope po3tmarksd..July 25?1950 a t Chicago, 7/bAch' let/t^r i s quoted "belo^: • .. ;v-l . , ; "

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phases is yet in its pioneering days. Much talk goes onabout the flying saucers or discs. The saucer we 3peakabout, is not a military secret, and is not .yet owned byany government. The flying saucer which was seen oversouth Chicago last April is a large fuel tank with crystalglass, wings. It has two large jet engines on both side3»It is radion controled» It resembles a*vsaucer very muchwhen in flight. The wings cannot be seen on a clear day-This is so it is a most difficult target for anti-aircraftgunners. The reason for the large flat gas or fuel tankis to give the ship a long range for atomic bombing* Theship was designed by 0flMflMBNMNP}b a former 'Linco'skywriter, LILjiiJPBftOCHPAW, aircraft mechanic, and CARL

German World War I ace. The ship was financed •-'\f millionaire aviation enthusiast. It is^-

now being tested by the Glan F. Martin Aircraft Co., mof the Martin Marauder• The craft is only made for one nay- £'•'trips. It has a range of 4000 miles, ceiling of 25,000 ^feet, and a speed of 750 miles per hour. So ijar only a >few of these craft have been made, and they usually ar& c

pitched in the lake or ocean as they cannot be landed. .- viThey are merely to carry-a bomb of high destruction to ";.-:'•!*•'enemy country. They havs no wheels, but small steel rails ?on the bottom from which they take off. All other mechanismcan be explained in detail. The man who welded the ship'says it is by far the best long range bombing instrumenthe has ever seen. The name of the ship is the "DanesMacabre."

'Editor

'In a'few'weeks sine cuts showing 3 views of craft v/ill -..-. ..•.:!be sent to yoUo

'stated that-'jio.-'ohs connected with the Er.Iid est Tiir g r-aof anyone named t ^ f l N H 0 H H M V * nor do they.know- of anyone wha.Ii.vss.in the circulation area of their paper vri-th that name. TheTimes' ha3 a circulation of 15,000 copies, according to-I-lr5and these papers are distributed in a small area in the nsection of Chicago,

''Ha advised he did not want to publish this letter a3 he felt thematter contained therein night be desired to be ke-ot in a

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confidential status. He said that he would contact this officeagain if he receivesthe fzinc cuts1' or has any other corres-pondence fronf^^HHHHf He felt tha'lMHMHHHMP -o send thesame information to other publishers who may print the story*

"There was no return address foT^BHHBBfcn either the envelop©or the letter . The telephone directory of Chicago indicatesone

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andChicago, Illinois.

"This office has no additional information concerning4

the" above is submitted for your information."•and

3. Action; No action has been taken or is contemplated by thisoffice.

_M.CS B . SCHOIESL t .Dis-

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(Unclassified) Flying Di303 Sighted a t 09^8 Hrs 4 Ju l 50 by Mr,and his Wife a t Downers Grove, UX. -SPECIAL INQUIRY

Documsxxta & Diss«aination Br, Cirtsctorate of 11.AU6&3Gx Inte l l igence , DCS/0 . - >. V

Counter In te l l igence Div, Office of Special: " " ^ e l Nold/bja/53623Invest igat ions, Ttfe Inspector General ~ : A*^5.L ;• . \

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TH« INSPECTOR OKNERAU USAF

24TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

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SUBJECT:

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Grove,

Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters U3AFWashington 25, Dc C

3-* Synopsis:. ' A large bright silvery obi act raoving at an approjdlmatealtitude oi" 10,000 feet in a north-north7/esterly direction overr^Q^Grove, 111- v/as sighted at 0933 hours on lv July 1950 by ?.!«.«"United Air Lines Meteorologist'1 and his wife* .•-... ..... .' '.'"' -

" 2. Details: This office is in receipt of•Summary of Information dated2 August 1950 from the ChicagD Field Office of the FBI,.pertaining'to the-above Subject, herewith quoted: ' " •'

••'•' " R e t ? I Z I K G D I S C S -• ;; ": . .;-•..—-

"tfr. *IJ0BHHHMMHHHH1HIMM»1 Downers Grove, Illinois,-advisedtha t a t 9;3# P?M, on July 47-1950,-he observed a large, bright,- silveryobject -Toving a t an approximate a l t i tude .of -10,OQOffset in a north-north.TTe3tarly direct ion over Downers-" Grbye, I l l i n o i s . He reportedtha t his wife also observed this object.,'. . . - .- - - r

4T.!r»JNHRHPsaid tha t he esfetr/iated" the speed of the object a t 700 -to Sou rtiilo3 by comparing i t s ra te of movement with.that .of corn-- "

. m e r c i a l a i r p l a n e s * . - - • " • : .-.-.. • ~ - ' , - • : " - ~ • • — • . • - - • : • - . - - • • . •; ;• •

t!Tho infqriiaht'.advised that he i s a rneteorologist vrlth. United -Airline3and-vt&e^^objec't^he'iobserved ^as-not a plane, nor TSBS i t a- f irav/c-rksdlsb'lay.

O \•"The above' £&*for vour informations!t

UNITED STATES AIR i :c-.T H E i N S f G H V

3» :Actiori: |/NQ actiori^/ras; taken-ittH1'!^ contemplated by th is office .in7 " | ^ p H ' 5 f l

WJ&ULCK 3..S.GHOIESLt*. C o l o n e l , USAF v*J9

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(Unclassified) Plast ia Balloon Found Six (6) Miles N»W. Ivanhoe, Minnesota.SP3CIAL. IM50IBX •- . . : ••Documents & Dissemination Br, Directorate ofIntel l igence, DCS/O

Counter Intell igence Div*. Office of SpecialInvest igat ions, The Inspector General

Lt Col Nold/bW53623-AFCSI

Attached for* your inforsiation i s a Spot Intelligence Hsport concerning captionedSubject, dated 16 August 1950*: •-> ,; " v v .

1 Incl"SIR re abv sub;} fr DO

•; _ £24, dtd 16 Aug 50/

P.. LEVY . - .Ac tg-Chief* Counter Intalligsnce

. Office of Special Investigations.-. The Inspector Genaral .

of th» nahtr», aouccoa. o« oven the «xi«taaco ofin'oimalion »o p»r»on» m«nUonod in tb» zvpast

or to other person* not noimally enttlod U> such infonncrtJoo.n a y b«t roado only .-wh^n oxpre»3ly autboiized by the DiracterOf gpcdttl Invesbgatioaa, XG* ox bXqhai h

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W i n d So. .--/-•-- 19 yt. at tach tho-classit^satxon o.JU&JU this correspondence

w l l l € e cancelled in accordauce * ipar 2j5e, AKR 2 0 5 - 1 » . .

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

CLASSIFIC.MEAOQUARTgW3"~lJNrTKP ST'AYE'S AJR ,f.QRC5

ATlUiN CAOi^/i-IJ'- WASHINGTON-. . - - .

B Y ._ HistorianCTOR GENERAL USAP

E Or SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

BLVD. CHICAGO 19. ILLINOIS

16 August 1950

SUBJECTS

TO

stic Bajffion Found/Six (6)^ \' [vaHhc

Diaroctor, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, USAFWashington 25, D» C»

1« S.ytiopai3: A plastic balloon approximately eight (S)-f3et_in•-diameter waa found on a fara about six" (6) mile3 jiortlivTsst of Tvaiihoe,JJiruiasota* Sample of the plastic was forwarded to the Minnaapolis FieldOffice, FBI by the Sheriff, Lincoln County, ?,iinne3ota through Colonel E» B,Miller, Director, Civil Defense, St Eaul^ ftfinnasota* Sample is attachedto this report for OSI Headquarters. .

Details: The following quoted latter, dated 29 July 1950, wasreceived by this office froa the Minneapolis Field Office^ FBI tthe fiinnaapolia Detachaent, 24th District; -:~".

"On July 23, 1950, Colonel E» B« IVliller, Dirsctor, Civil Defsnse,1003-4- Commerce Building, Sto Paul, Titlnneaota, furnished this office witha sample of plastic material and tape which had been furnished his officeby Leo JV aadig, Chairman, Civil Defense, Box 149, Ivanhoe,

Col* LLLLUr advised that according to Ifr* Rsdig, the Sheriff of •Lincoln County at Ivanhoe, Minnesota, had on July 25, 1950, reported thata larga plastic balloon had been found on^a faria approximately six wile3northwest of Ivanhoe, Minnesota• This balloon wa3 about eight feat in-diametar and made out of a rubber or plast ic material, : Attached'to\ the

"balloon proper was a great deal of tape which looked aa -though- i t -had beienused to attach somethi^giito--th3-::balloon0 ^Redig-, in_his le t te r - to Col*

"'filler, indicated^hd^. a possibility e^st9df'fchat,.the balloon Vasj i is t aweather balloon a^d^that-it inay have cone from th'd Qalcotas inasnruchas theprevailing ^nda^^ingpthWpravious-week had: been fro ni/tfie northvre3to

Mr, R8digand tape and the"?|

furn±ah4d Colo^_Hiller withisaraplaajoi* tBis material^ ^ tliis office: by Col.stiller.

Inasnuch as it^^Jp^a^ar^a'6 this would be a matter for investigationyour agency, this na'fcftSr-g.g" being brought to your attention. The samples

ofx£he material and the tapa furnished thi3 office by Colo Millar i3 beingenclosed herewith.o

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3* Action; No action wa3 taken in the instant matter except the tran3-mittal of this report to OSI Headquarters and acknowledgement of the abovequoted letter to the Minneapolis Field Office, FBI.

Incl; Sample Plastic Material

WALLACE B. SCHOLESLt Colonel, USAPDistrict Commander

UNCLASSIFIEDtfrtn 16 Oct

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of

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Saucer Photographs,

AFCSI'

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1 Incl• SIE rs ' a'cr subj i rI^-DO 24 dtd 9 Get 50

;Le^Special Instigation,he Inspector General

the or•fotiitiqr'itrwa information to penxou> «.,ot 1© other p«xsoft3 sot narsoUr actit^.ed to sachBKTf b« mad* only •when expressly avithotizsd by &« E>i

•-'oi Special InveoSqationa. IG, ot higber outhodty.CLASSIFICATION CANOTiiLLr!?- ' '.-••"

B Y ' A U T H O ? . : T V C T : : : : : '•:•:•/:•.. . . O R

KURT X. KUHZE, Capt, USAF

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AVR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

THK INSPECTOR GKNERAU U3AF

24TH DISTRICT OFFICE O f SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

166O E. HYDK PARK BLVD. CHICAGO IB. ILLINOIS

24-0-29XOctober 1950

SUBJECT:

TO:

Denver, Colorado

Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, USA? . ^Washington 25, D. C. -

!• Synopsis •; Subject advised he had been offered §1,500 for photo-graphs taken of flying saucer ~tf^ an individual named Cline from "TheBaltimore Sun*"' Subject later denied incident claiming'lintoicication,

2o Details; The following quoted information was received by thisoffice from G-2, Fifth Array in Summary of Information dated 6 October1950, subject purchase Offer of Flying Saucer Photos: \ . :

«1. The Fifth Array Regional Office in Denver, Colorado,reported the following informations On 30 September theRegional Office received a call from CID, Denver, reporting .

t|Hvp|0^|HHp., MelT?yn Hotel, Denver, said that ___-• -was at the Edelweiss Bar a nan named HBfchoffared

hira|1500 for photographs he had taken of a flying saucer • "~~"_\HRHMMMHiAkSaid he photographed this_ saucer which had crashednear Aztec, New ?<!exico. 4tf^M£M(Pf^aid that "array'officials"had attempted to taks the photographs of the crashed saucera?ray from him but that he had given them another roll of .film* •;._..-..•He said t h a t J H H B income way had found out about ths: photo-...__

that

graphs and offered him £>1500 for the photographs«,

"2. On 2 October mf///gB&tt* 7/a3 interviewed-at-the-Fifth iinayRegional Office in Danvar, Ha then denied any knowledge ofthe flying saucer episode. The Regional Office conu^nted thatin spite of his denials his mannsr indicated that he had someknowledge of the incident or may have taken pictures of it*

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"Hi3 appearance did not give the impression of one who waseither mentally unbalanced or was seeking attention*. Hestuck persistently to his story of being drunk when he madethe call to CID,

•said tha 'was from "The Baltimore Sun."

3 # Action? Information copy of this report is being transmitted to the14th District Office for their information*

WALLACE B. SCHOLESLt. Colonel, USAFDistrict

cc; DO #14, Lowry AFB

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Feb 51

UNCLASSIFIED

DIRSCTQRATS OF SPECIAL INSTIGATIONSTHS INSPECTOR GESSRAL

24-O-35X

SUBJSCT1 f(Ohcla33i£fed) SJysterious Aircraft S i t t i n g Mid-Continent' "Air Lino, Sioux Ci ty , Iowa - SPECIAL

TO: ""*- *" District Cotwsander2Wh-06r District (10)

. 1660-R; Hyde Park Blvd,-Chicago 15^ I l l inois

1* Heferenea is made to your latter of 6 February 1951 coneerningthe abova-captloned subject, \ ;

: 2, Tour at tent ion i s invi ted t o provisions- of AFCSI lettsrvivo^ 35dated 23 October 1950, \dth iaclosurc . .

3» No far ther action is;.required by your d i s t r i c t regarding thispar t icu la r sighting. ;.. . ; .:...;...

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GH3S3T H» LETTActg Chief, Counter I n t e l Div "Dir». of Special investigations ..Tba Inspector" General

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CLASSIFICATION-BY AUTHOR IT 7

BY

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UNCLASSIFIEDDEPARTMENT OW THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AJR FORCE

WASHINGTON

THK INSPECTOR GCNKRAL. U3AF

24TH DISTRICT O^FICB O* SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

I66O E, HYDE PARK DUVO, CHICAGO IB. ILLINOIS

24.-0-3 5X

SUBJECT:

6 February 1951

Mysterious

TO:

Siotcx c i t v , IowaSPECIAL INQUIRY

Director, Special Invest igat ionsHeadquarters, USAFWashington 25, D, C.

::,"-••• 1. For your information the following quoted Summary :of Infqnaation'was received by this "office from the-Off ice of-AC/S, G~2, /iTiffe Army .January 1951: : ~ " . -

-:."• : "On 21 January 51, a veteran air line pilot/of Kansas City, Missouri, of some 16 years of civilian aridmilitary flying experience claims he saw a strange aircraft .;

. as he was piloting a'Mid-Continent Air Line plane over Sioux -City, Iowa. Ke described the plane as being one and a halftimes the size of a 3-29, with a long- slender fuselage, long- - 'straight wings set farther forward than a B-29VS, .bearing noengine.mountings, and having no exhaust glow. The mystery'_plane had a type of navigation lights plus-:a strong-white'lightunderneath the fuselage..- As the Mid-Continent plane" approached^tha strange craft blinked its lights on and off five or. sixtimes. The pilot said his_plane was doing 120 mph while the

" other ship was traveling" faster in the "opposite direction. __ _Thepilot-had just turned his .head from watching the plane pass, ~~•when there it was again going .in -the.-.same... direction and ap—/ V..prbxinately 200 feet to poFteide. 9tKKttMf>^aeeked the "Offp.tt:Air Force Field and v;as: informed that 'there were no

~" s c h e d u l e d i n t h e a r e a . '":• • "•."':" " ;;-•-• v- ~~

•"Gornnent;- Above information eirbracted from news reporir con-- •_. ;.tained in Kansas City, Star , dated 22 January 1951, by the -~Fi f th Army Regional .Office, Kansas City, Missouri."

2 . In l e t t e r transmitting the above quoted Summary of Information, the

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AC/S, G-2, Fifth Army has advised that it had been reported that OSI, KansasCity, Missouri, is investigating the pertinent incident and has requestedthey be furnished copy of report pertaining thereto. That office has alsorequested any additional information regarding this or other similar sightings,which may come to the attention of OSI within the Fifth Army Area.

3. Comment or instructions of your office would be, appreciated.

WALLACE B. SCHOLESLt. Colonel, USAFDistrict Commander

cc: DO #13

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B y U n i t e d P r e s » ••• . . . •:'.''.; :••-.•. .'. ' •

Flying saucers, be they real or imaginary, were back with ustoday; They^ appeared,: according to witnesses, over Kansas andMinnesotayesterday. - r *~—~—':.:~::~~.—~~. ~r-—r,—:—

About 50 residents at the eastern! which, he said, dashed around hisend' of I^ainy Lake, near:Interna-j plane at 500 to 1000 miles an.houtional Falls, Minn . said thejrsawral PLAY-IBY-PLAY"crystal baW; which performed like | "The star moved backward ai"ahuge humming bird" as it flashed | forsvard, then- up and-down, andacross the sk ies^I t • was joined Tnen seemed to come to a- stop,"lake by another-"crystal ba)L"._ ,; Capt Hunt said. "Then it would j

|\nd. an American Airlines pilot complete, the pattern over again but!

2l!b00Vfeet soifthwest^YDodge City, n™ J™les *o my pfane." He broad-Kan. ••"'••'^'r--J'-':_ C a s t a play-by-play description of

The Air. Force" fias^ investigated [the "star's"- flight to ground radiomany reports of weird: aerial phe- operators, including one at Gardennomena and has denied finding anyevidence ol- "/lying saucers."

700 -3i.pjir: ; i^;^: : ; ; : •; -"; : ^The Minnesota ~; observers said

their "crystal ball" dashed acrossthe sky a t speeds-"in excess of T((0miles an hour/v then stopped sua-denly and hung inotionless abovethe lake. Then it shot .upwards 2'fOfeet in a split second, they said.

Suddenly the ball moved towardnearby ciondrwhere it was joined

a second "crystal ball," the wit-pses said. T-hey-hovered around

the rarea for -j^mlnutesrjbefore' Hy-i n g o f L i •...••^••••''i-.i-^y^^T-^ '• •" • •"; ' •;:'- - n -

Ticawa

leanwhile,.700 miles away, Ann!j - . Airlines"" Capt. W. . R. Hnhd^tt^:!&li^S>aifSS: sia

City, Kans.. He watched the_!'star"- for

Tninutes before it swooped to abov3500 feeii below his plane and thendrifted opt of sight to the Soutlwest '

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DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCB

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEWASHINGTON

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . THE INSPECTOR G K N K R A L OSAl»

CLASSIFICATION C.A x n ^ r 7 v^

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OKrlCK OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

' : ' Wf' faCARBORN ST. CHICAGO 4 . ILLINOIS

c November 1951

SUBJECT: UNUSUAL OBJECTS IN PHOTOGRAPH

TO: Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters, USAFWashington 25, D. C.

1. Synopsis: Chicago,Illinois, furnished this office a color photograph of the South Sideand a Downtown area of Chicago taken at night which contains two (2)unusual objects or images, . -

(OSI, F-3) ;-

2. Details:

a. -On 6 November 1951 Mrs. •llWBBBBBBBftl telephonic ally -advised this office that a 35nffii color transparency which her husbandhad -exposed and. received, contained two (2) strange objects and re-quested this office to examine the photograph, • "

b. Examination by projection and direct viewing of colortransparency ?

7/3O of a 36 exposure roll revealed two (2) images or-objects in the upper right quarter of the transparency. "

c. Print is either a two (2) or four (U) minute exposureof a night scene of Chicago's Loop Area. Exposure \-.ras rcade at adiaphragm opening of "f/2" with a 50mm "Sununitar" lens #552317 focusedat "infinity" in a Leicacamera #3673.40, exposure time either two, (2). •or four (£.)- minutes ^ B U B k c o u l d not remember the exact exposure. time),^PPHkstated that the-exposure was made between 2000 hours and--2100hours on either the 15th, thi or 17th of; October. 1951^ he .could, not,remember the exact date, and further stated that to the best of hisrecollection and knowledge the weather at the time of exposure was good,with moderate temperature. The wind velocity was IOXJ (under 10 nph)with wind direction from slightly Northeast or North-Northeast.DICKSON" could not, furnish the exact x-jdnd direction but remembered thatthere was a slight breeze through the bay window, which opened to theNorth, fron which the exposure was made and from the clear atmospheric

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conditions which, by inference, were the result of a Northeasterlyor Easterly breeze which blew the usual smoke haze westward over theCity of Chicago and made possible the clarity and definition attainedin the photograph•

' d, • Weather sequences of d!Hare AFB and Chicago Midway Airportfor 15, 16 and 17 October 1951 reflect that the wind directions for the15th and 16th of October were from a Southerly direction. The weathersequences for O'HareAFB and Chicago Midway Airport'are as follows:

17 OCT 51

0HQ.-..0•HAKE AFB . .... . ...--... .. .-.,., .' .'... ...•

2030C S13 VJ1K1/2L—F 254/49/49 (NNE)7/0262130C E4®2F 254/49/49(1TI©)3/O26/LE45/1O5 6//9223OS•• E5«21/2F 254/49/43(1^)3/026/ ////233OC E5&21/2F 251/50/48(1UIB)3/025

CHI - CHICAGO -MIDWAY '

2030C S15 W4X3/4FK 247/53/5 0(M) 7/0242130C W5X1FK 25l/52/50(KI]E)5/025/3O72230G \43]C3/4FK 247/51/50(1>IE)4/O25 -2330C W4Z3/4?K 247/52/50(MIE)5/024

0, The taosition of the apartment "house from which the colortransparency was made is 41° 46' 30/ " North and 87° 32 V 58/ "West-. :

f. Paper bound photograph, Exhibit #2, is an exposure made ofthe same scene as the transparency in question; however, this exposurewas made at a diaphragm opening of "f/4.5n- for an e:cposure of two__(2)minutes, and is furnished for" comparison purposes,, ~- - . ;• ,

l the attached :photographs to this'_officefor "any necessary examination provided photographs would be returned-,: -.to him upon-completion-of any examination, - • • •

Action:. Exhibits "#1 and #2. are forwarded for examination oracjfcj-on deemed necessary and for -return- to. owner, Kr£gH00MMHMHHNf>

Chicago, Illinois. .Ko other action takenQ

2 Incls.. . .

1. Exhibit #12. Exhibit #2

.B. SCHOLES.Lt, Colonel, USAF.District. Commander

One (1) metal bound color transparencyOne (l) paper bound color transparency

UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAL

OFFICE OF SPECIAL. INVESTIGATIONS

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

DATE

3 0 195?REPORT MADE BY

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OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DO #17, Sirtlaad **a, MasticeSTATUS

CHARACTER \

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ap|afC3ci3»t*lx tit«B^-'jfiT« (25) d^rtwi«j • M B * watched Uva object,to b» coaing toword hia» uat l l the object raaohed ait «lcT;jtion afthlrty^fi-r* (35) depress a t wfaiciv t!js« 1^3topp«4 obecrTlng th«h« theughtv i t »M % wo»tb*r balloon* «JHHk»tat«<l tfcat; h« larjtho airport %b&% no -»«»tbar ballccns had beea um4 that aorniage Ginc«

tbat this obj«vt sans an ortiinary wcatfeor |it did r fc swajc« a v iv id iepre#«l&a c*i !iia and h« c^uld i&fc recal l cls^rly

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CL.A SSTFICATTOV CA

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES Al R FORCE

WASHINGTON

^ - ^ - - A i THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF24TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

343 S. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS

USAF5 DEC 1975

SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTUnconventional AircraftVicinity SI Paso, Texas7 July 1952

TO: Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 25, D. G.

1. SYNOPSISt Spherical object sighted by civilian in vicinityof El Paso7""Texas, 7 July 1?52, believed to be similar to objectsreported in El Paso newspaper as seen by an Alamogordo scientist.

DETAILS: This office was .advised telephone cally, 30 JulyBerwyn,

of the following: . * . -

2.• b y

Ill inois,

a. On 7 July 1952, Mrs4IHHMl while visiting her son,stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, was enroute accompanied by her,hiisbandand daix iiber frori SI Paso, Texas north to Alamogordo, New Mexico,Approximately fifty (50) miles from El Paso, Hrs.^HHHHR stated,sha and her daughter observed at about 1000 hours a spherical objectin the sky to the northwest of her automobile. This spherical objectwas joined by three (3) more of the same objects and in seconds laterthree (3) more, totaling seven (7) spherical objects, which were veryhigh and far to the northwest, could not determine thecolor of these objects nor the speed at which they were traveling ina southerly direction, but she did recall that they seemed to be fly-ing in perfect formation (very evenly spaced). She and her daughterobserved these objects for approximately six (6) minutes -until theydisappeared to the south. HrsJHMMHNMpfurther observed two (2)aircraft at the same time, one. of which seemed to be a single-engineaircraft and the other which was quite high and distant. She could

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Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

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CLASSIFICATION" CANCELLED •- v A U T H O R I T Y o : ' ..:;:. ..•

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DATE 5 DEC 1375

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DEFARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEWASHINGTON >

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DAT 5 DEC 1375

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL U5AF .

DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

343 5. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS

SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT

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SUBJECT:

TO:

UNKNOWN SUBJECT.Unconventional AircraftLuminous Spots in Sky2k July 1952

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

1. SYNOPSIS: Five (5>) or seven (7) luminous spots flyingin sky about 21U5 hours, 2k July 19^2, approximately forty (U)miles north of Chicago. (CSX - A-2, t%

2Boulevard, Chicago, telephonically advised this office that, about2lU5 hoiu"S, 2i|. July 1952, while attending a Ravinia Concert (out-door concerts held approximately forty (UO) miles north of Chicagoon Lake Michigan), he saw five (5) or seven (7) luiainous spots inthe sky flying in an irregular, horizontal line. The "spots"appeared to be traveling from south to north at the zenith. Hr».

(fllHBfcheard no noise and could make no-guess as to the altitudeexcept that they were very high. He estimated the speed from.about 1^00 to 2000 railes per hour.

3. ACTION: Two (2) copies of instant report being forwardeddirect to trie 'Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.

M: xr.niw .Lt Colonel/ USAFDistrict 'Commander

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DEFARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED '' -:JY AUTHORITY a, ... i : j -.:^-.-.'•,

KURT OUNZE,Capt, USAF• . , i . s V

SPOT IKTELIKSNa; REPORT

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF '

24TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

343 S. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS

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SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTUnconventional Object in SkyChicago, Illinois, 12 July

TO: Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 2%, D. C.

1« SYNOPSIS; Red and white l ight high i n the sky Observedon the north side of Chicago, coning fran the northwest about 2ll;!hours, 12 July 1952. (OSI - A-2, Confidential) •

2, DETAILS: This office was telephpnically jid.vi.sed by Lt ^Colonel Pennepacker, Duty Officer, Fifth Army KeadquarterSjhe had received information telephonically from Mi

'JtlMHMMMMHMHMHMBH^Chicago, tha t she had sighted an1 unnatural"" -object resembldlig^a red and white object in the sky over the 3>5>OOblock o^g^tMBBB^MMMBBBh»(aPPro:dmat ely_s±x (6) miles northof the do^mtowa section of Chicago). Miss^fc^arelated tha t between-2lU^ and 21$0 hours, while walking south onffiflBMN^NHMfc s h e

sighted a white light in the sky which was coning from the -north-west. She advised that i t resembled a. star and that upon lookingdirectly at i t the light gave a reddish appearance. She stated thatthere vaa no flash or noise and that the object made a slow arc andflew west very slowly in a straight line.

3, ACTION: Two (2) copies of instant report being forwardeddirect to the Commanding General, Air..Materiel Caamand, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio,

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

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KUHT K. KUNZE, Capt, USAFHistorian

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF

24TH DISTRICT OFFJCE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

343 S, DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS

1 5 A U G " 1 0 ^SPOT INTEHIGENCE REPORT

SUBJECT: Flying DiscsYarmouth Harbor, Nova Scot ia183Q Hours, 17 July ^

TO: Direc to r of Special Inves t iga t ionsHeadquarters United S ta tes Air Force.Washington 25, D. C#

1. SYNOPSIS: Seven (7) flying discs seen by individual' vacationing in Nova Scotia, about I83O hours, 17 July 195>2,

(FBI, A-6, Confidential)

2 • PSTAILS : This office has been advised by the FederalBureau of Investigation, Chicago, that on 2$ July 19f>2, Mrs.

, Chicago, informed that, agency thatwhile "vacationing in aovaTScotia she had observed what she believedto be seven (7) flying discs in the vicinity of Yarmouth Harbor on17 July 19^2,*at approximately 1830 hours.

a. MrsfldHHHHP1*advised that at the time she sightedthese objects, she was leaving Yarmouth Harbor aboard the SS Yarmouthand was standing near the bow looking toward a point of land extend-ing out into the sea. She stated that the objects were silvery incolor and were divided into two (2) groups, four (Ij.) of them beingwhat she described half circles and three (3) full circles. Thehalf circles were arranged in a perpendicular formation with theirflat sides, down. She could not recall whether they were touchingor not* The full circles were near the half circles and slightlyto their right and were arranged in an inverted triangular forma-tion with two (2) of the circles above and one (1) below at thepoint" of the triangle* The circles were, separated by appro:d.matelyone (l) diameter. She stated that she first sighted these objectsover the point of land described above but that she could 110Imate the distance from her* She added that these objects hovered

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momentarily in the air, then flickering slightly but retainingtheir relative position to each other as if they were part ofa "picture", they slowly descended. She added that she did notknow whether they suddenly disappeared above the land or -whetherthey sank beyond the point into the sea but that when they wereclose to the horizon3 they disappeared•

-^ b» Mrs.^BBBWBI^ stated that the discs seemed highlypolished and silvery in color and seemed to reflect the rays ofthe sun, which was a short ways above the horizon directly out tosea. She added that these objects had a distinct shape and thatshe could see them clearly. She estimated the period during whichshe observed them to be of about two (2) minutes duration andstated that a l l of these objects disappeared at the sane time.

c. H^s.d|((pfl§Hfl|j^described the day • as being "bright." "and clear and added: that she could not recall there being" any"... /clouds in the sky» She added that i t being mid-summer, the daywas quite bright at that hour, . - • - - . '-,. ;-:.-...---•

d# Hrs»^HHPBW(fcprepared a diagram -shoeing her' positionand that of the discs at the tjjne she sighted -them'and also"the _ .-position of the sun in relation to herself and the above

3» ACTION: Two (2) copies of this report,-with inclosure -indicated in paragraph 2 d above, being transmitted direct, to theCommanding General, Air Hateriel Command, VJright-Patterson~Air- .Fprce Base, Dayton^ Ohio, Attention: MCIS,; in compliance with - -current instructions, : ' - . - • - . . - ....-.- ., .. :•' _'•

Lt ColoneJ, USAFDis t r i ct^C ommai der

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

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343 S. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO 4, ILLINOIS

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SUBJECT: Flying DiscsChicago, Northwest Side2200 Hours, 19 July 19^2

TO: Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 2$, D. C.

-1-' SYNOPSIS: Flying discs seen by resident of Chicagoabout 2200 hours, 19 July 1952. (FBI, A-6, t e A S ^ ^

DETAILS: This office has been advised by the FederalBureau of Investigation, Chicago, that on 19 July 19^2, Mrs.{p^

^ _ Chicago, advised that agency thatshe had seen vnat she believed to be flying discs at.2200 hourson 19 July 19!?2, Trfhile in the vicinity oi flMMMMNhPMMMMMMttHiAvenue. Mrs.*MBj^stated that she had observed these objectstoward the vest and that they appeared to be round* According .to IIrs^HHB| they -were not in any formation but were independ-ently darting about in the sky, first on a horizontal plane andthen on a vertical plane. There -were approximately six (6) ofthese objects, and they moved quicklyvand there appeared- to beno pattern for their movement• ^ r s 4£M& stated that theyappeared to.be quite large in size, being larger than stars butnot quite the size of the moon.

3. ACTION: Two (2) copies of this report being transmittedd i rec t t o the CorrKianding General, Air Materiel Conraand,Pat terson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attention:-KCIS, in compliancewith current i n s t ruc t ions .

>.-HDistrict cWmander

A t t n : MCIS

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCESTAFF MESSAGE DIVISION

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that irhila visitinsr- at ^iorth -isrte iOV;nahipy 13Covir,-.y Ponnsy>/ani.%, ha observed an unidentified cb.joct in • t-Hasky 'batvaen 3:00 ana ':. : 1 ^ o.n. on October .1, 1?53» ^ .-lu isacith.-t h« sighted the ob.joct Crcn or:tsida of "his rasidsnca -3r-ica

two -ilos distance and in a northvsestvirly liiraction vitav\iitoly fifteen ds^raas altitude ov3r the horizon, i f -apstritirsnar1.' v.hen Xircb sighted, but *..hon ?i;-r-htod en a ii;c3<i obje-cti t W-.3 found to.ba ^o-piv slightly cideva^^s and up -rinvV-do-^i^a -

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p her husband that she had observed theobjact in the sane location several times previously thisyaar »

MP^recalled a rtcraor that a metalic flying object wasfound several years previously in approximately the sanearea triers ha had sighted the unidentifiable objoct onOctober 3, 1953*^HHI statedbhat he is availably at the

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SUBJECT: ( U n c l a s s i f i eUNKNOWN SUnidentified

i-vB^lSont Yacht"*• .^Chicago, I l l i n o i s

/ s-. SPECIAL INQUIRY

TCi Distirict Commander5th District OSI (IG) USA?Vright-?atterson Air Force Base

, Ohio

1.,. Forwarded for your inforraation and tr=insinittal to the AirTsehnical ..Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force P.ase, • Ohio,.indicated enclosure, pertaining to an-tinidentified'.flying object,received by.this District from Headquarters Fifth Army.

2 . Attention is invited, to the fact that the informationin the attached inclosurs has been derived from, a source other'than USA?*/therefor©, in accordance with paragraph 8b. AFR.20^-1, disseitsination oftha information contained therein roust not be- nade outside of USA?channels^ =and such information contained tharaia will be safeguardedin accord ance -with provisions of AFH 2O5-I»

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R. D. KELCHER .Lt Colonel, USA?r-istrict Coiranander

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HEADQUARTERS F I F T H ARMY1660 EAST HYDE PARK BOULEVARD

CHICAGO 1$, ILLINOIS

SUBJECT: Unidentified Object

26 April 19$h

TO: District Intelligence Officer, 9th Naval District, ftn. 903,US Custom House, 610 South Canal Street, Chicago 7, I l l inois

District Corrmander, 2Uth District OSI, DSAF, 3U3 South Dearborn St . ,Chicago h, I l l inois ' "

Special Agent in Charge, FBI, 1900 Bankers Building, Chicago 3, 111.

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The inclosed Summary of Information, subject as above, i s forwarded

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/s/-Clare. Ti Jensen,~Ka£-~GS"r"' GORDON D^BUCKESSiv""-- " -" Lt . "Colbriel, ~GS':-.

Chiefy Counter Intel l igence Division

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SUMMARY" OF INFORMATION 16 April 19 SU

Preparing Office:Fif th Army Regional Office, 1660 E. Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago 1$, I l l i n o i s

Subject:UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Code for Use in Individual Paragraph Evaluation:Of Source:

Usually Reliable...BReliability Unk....F

Of In fo rmat ion :Probab ly T r u e . . . . 2Possibly True... .3Truth Cannot

Be Judged......6SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

On 12 April 19!?U, pursuant to information received by t h i s office, t h i sAgent contacted Mr. Arl ie R. Meal, Engineman 1, Service Number 286-UlO, Chicago CoastGuard S ta t ion , Navy P i e r , Chicago, I l l i n o i s , concerning an alleged parachute-l ikeobjact skimming over the waterfront seen and reported "by a Mrs. Lelah H. Stoker, 3121North Sheridan Road, Chicago, on 8 April 19£U. At l6k$ hours Neal s t a t ed Mrs. PWHfereported by telephone the aforementioned mass with a suspended human-like form hover-ing over t h e water in the v i c in i ty of tha Belmont Yacht Club (3200 north) at an e s t i -mated a l t i t u d e of 200 t o 3.00 feet and a t an approximated distance of 2000 to 3000 feet-off-shore,, 'Within f ive minutes, Neal, accompanied by other coast guardsmen, proceededby. seacraft t o the area arr iving there about 20 minutes l a t e r . On tha northward t r i pthey scouted the .area about a half mile of? shore u n t i l they reached the hSOO blocknorth and then returned following a course about 15>0£L£eet off shore. Search wasnegative. On the following day, Heal s tated Mrs^MflHH^again telephoned to inquirewhether anything was learned. ^ ^ ^ ^ E ^

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This Agent subsequently interviewed >!rsj lHPHMVMMViV, apartmentRoad, Chicago, I l l inois, concerning her reported observation on

8 April 195U. In aubatance source imparted that she returned home from the libraryabout 1630 hours on tha aforementioned date, and in a.sober frame of mind saw from hsrapartment windov a 'vary brilliant white parachute-like object with a suspended human-like form skimming over the water in a l l directions at an altitude level with herwindow and at a distance of about 3000 feet traversing within the purview of a h$degree angle. Source commented that because of her doubt she asked two apartmenttenants, Mr. and lAcsZStt^ttKtttf&tKftKKK^^ apartment..elevator, to'confirm her observations which they reportedly did for five minutes. "'Source than notified the US Coast Guard at 16U5. hours. However, 3.3 the searchingseacraft neared the area the object descended and became condensed in size unti l i tlanded on the shoreland (3O5O-31OOnorth) among the sporadic foliage, thus "becomingless conspicuous and detectable. Source's f i rs t belief was that the unidentifiedmatter would become entangled with the trees; however] i t s form was now small and •resembled a piece of newspaper 2 to 3 feet in length. The human-like form, now alight-ed on the ground and described as being of short but natural stature and dressed in agreen one piece suit with a simple tight fitting head and chin headdress, walkedand down the frontage behind the low stone wall and blended with-the grasses.-,coirmented that her observations are very similar to those illustrated on pages177, and 209 of. the book entitled "Flying Saucers Have Landed" by Demund LeslieGaorge "Adamski, which was subsequently given to her by her son, a prominent Chicagoengineer and reportedly a former Army Navy Intelligence Liaison officer.

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to this occurrence , source stated she disbelieved in "saucers" and therefore had never(continued)

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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION 16 April

Preparing Office:Fifth Army Regional Office, 1660 E. Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago l£, Illinois

Subject :UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Code fo r Use in Individual Paragraph Evaluation:Of Source* Of Information:

Usually Re l i ab le . . .B Probably T r u e . . . . 2R e l i a b i l i t y Unk. . . ,F Poss ib ly T r u e . . . .3

Truth CannotBe J u d g e d . . . . . . 6

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(cont inued)read, nor become i n t e r e s t e d in them. According t o source the event l a s t e d approximatelythirty minutes, and when after the seacraft passed, the foreign structure again becameenlarged, rose to its former level, and hovered over the water until the suspendedairman reentered the structure. In a matter of ssconds the aircraft departed with atremendous burst of speed eastward and without noise. Diring a t i l t of the mass-source observed two narrow parallel bar-lilce formations on the underside of the spheri-:-g^*trmbreira which wera"projected by the peripheral caves of the\jForm;:v:Bue to the-g^ tjfc-Qral nature .and setting of ths building with i t s two parallel adjacent buildings".:«x£ended eastward, source coimiented that any slight ..noise is grossly amplified" and^"•therefore was surprised that the strange object was so soundless. "Unless the_ irtattsr \

-given some importance, source was. of the opinion that the above withe'sses would _reveal-their knowledge and observations of the above occurrerics^ "*"- " r -

On 13 April 1?5U, two attempts were mada_by_this Agent to intei^view Mr._ and___ apartment«4HB|MMNHMWINiHHHHHM^ Chicago,' I l l i no i s , ' ~-.

conGeming the i r witnessing of the above event. During the' f i r s t attempt," made by"telephone, 'Mrs|pP(KMBBfcaanifested a hostile attitude and insistantly denied she knewanything of the Thursday evening occurrance without ever being told by this"" Agent V" -exactly what was b-%ing referred t o . Although MrjHHt&ttfRU was not availaple.for imme-diate comment during the second interview, at her hos?e, Mrs,'*^[^j^^p^a^mitrted~tihenthat- she and her husband were awaiting the* apartment elevator when HrsTJHHipftr askedttram. to lock out hsr window. However because of thei r haste, source denied-entering '

apartment and paid l i t t l e "attention to" the matter; She further stated that' ......^remembers nothing of" what she might have seen and did not recal l if he"r husT?and

entared the- apartment. Source commented that Mrs.dttHMM* must or jnight nnAv'?"^?en- - -'usijig -binoculars^however-, had no reasort-for her "cotnineht".- Source^remarka^Fshe knew"nothing of Hrs^JBBB^"- other th*an- that she resides -in apartrnent^Jlte '^Ke'ljiquirect; - : - -

was' trying to make ah issue "of the affair o ^ o gain p"ublic£ty.

Dair"Aoril 195U, Mr. 'MHHHHHHHHHBt vice-president f Western United 'H H ) Chicago, Il l inois, who resides in apart me n-ygBBpHHMMHte

jload, Chicago^ was interviewed concerning the unidentified object reported by>Irs. 4MriRMHHIttlMMHBaii|Attril 19^.. In substance. source stated that at approximately-1630 hours ha and his wife were awaiting the apartment elevator whan MrsqrtVlHNMF enter-ed the hallway and asked them to look out her window at something which appeared, pecu-l i a r to her. Source stated he did not enter the apartment but made his observations .from the doorway. Though source was wearing glasses for his near sightedness and did

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SUMMAHI OF INFORMATION 16 April 19$k

Preparing Office:Fifth Army Regional Office, 1660 E. Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago 1$, Illinois

Subject:UNIDENTTF1 OBJECT

Coda for Use in Individual Paragraph Evaluation;Of Source: Of Information:

Usually Re l iab le . . .B ' Probably T r u e . . . . 2Re l i ab i l i ty Unk.. . .F Possibly True . . . . 3

Truth CannotBe J u d g e d . . . . . . 6

SUMARI OF INFORMATION

(continued)not know exactly where the shore line was he estimated the distance of the floatingand bouncing object to be about 100 yards off shore. At the time he regarded i t as aninflated experimental balloon and described i t as being a large ovallike white pancake(cleft) mass; too large to be a kit and no markings to signify i t was a weather balloon,Because of his previously mentioned presumption he paid l i t t l e heed to i t and does not•recall whether i t had any suspensions. Source asserted had he not been in a hurry andgiven more thought to the event he would havg_ r et urned... to ..his ap artment to acquire .his binoculars. Little is known of Firs i" WtKKtttby the^tiHW^^Bother than she isbelieved, to be a travel agent, appears ,tp.be-quite intelligent and considered by Mrs.•NVMNttpfco be slightly erratic and "squirlish11. Squirlish "is used by H r s . ' J H H M kto denote one. who._.is talkative.

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AGENT'S NOTE: Mrs-JjJflBB^impressed'this Agent..as being a woman of apparent l e i s u r e ,cu l tu re , . and greater than average f inancial means devoted to i n t e l l e c t u a l research ^and knowledge. As a youngster she asserted she had a governess for fourteen years ,and graduated from high school a t the age of twelve. Continuing on she subsequentlyattended the Natianal Park Seminary, Washington, D. C.. for two years preparatorysiedical missionary work in China. She claims fluency in several languages, Chinese, __Hindnstanic, Grewk, I t a l i a n , La t in , German, French, Russian and some basic knowledgeof o t h e r s . She h»» crossed the oceans fourteen times arid made extensive t r ave l sthroughout the- Northern Hemisphere. During Vorid War I , according to source, sheworked for the Mornle Clinic, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and l a t e r organised and -headed the Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Barracks, during World. "War I I with,noted p s y c h i a t r i s t s . Allegedly- she has- received wide acclaim for her writ ings, andlec tu r e s on such topics as Child Psychology, Rassia and Communism, her p r iva te r e l i g -ious col lec t ion of "The Black Madonna", and her authori tat iveness on Cricket and-• Crick-e^:Loreo . She has "appeared in a r t i c l e s of American newspapers; namely two," ChicagoTribune and the Det ro i t Times, has appeared on t e l ev i s ion , and spoke for the Conserva-t ive p.arty in England under Lord Chamberlin. Numerous lec tures have also been madeon the above subjects in the United States and Canada.

• Only information derived from Army sourcesi s included "in"the above summary.

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CLASSIFICATION CANCIBY AUTHORITY C-? Til.a J ;:.:.-..'lO.:-: OF SP3C IINV

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Attached hsroto tor yoor iafor^aticn £3 one (1) ^eapy of latter* I^adquarters F±ft& Arsijr, dated 26 Ajsril 1954.*

Cwards a £vuam«ry o f I n f oermation: atmEativts SUBJSC•1*

t h s2# th» abova: iaat«pial waa:---|!tamished to this DistriotMstr ict Comawn3«r9 24th OSI Dia*ciot (IG), Chicago, Ill inoia, i" t.

3* Attention i s i n v i t e to» tha fact that the iafonaation coatadru&dia tha attaohad inoleatir© has b©«a darivai from a. sotirca other *v --••««••«thargdfoar©^ in accordaac* with paragraph Bbff AFE 205-1, diethe information contained -foaraia nni3t iiot be sa3e tyut^ide of US.4F channels,aud 3tich iaf^raatioa contained tharain ^ i i l OB saf3gtiardad in ac«cstdanca

prarri*i«fta af AFH 205-1, •-", -.". .

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- R0B53TS P» rTQHiCO'?, JR.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ^ ' ' 1HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

ILLIi.Of.3

2^-155

SUBJECT:

UNCLASSIFIED

ial)

TO:

CivilianHamlet, IndianaSPECIAL INQUIRY

Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters USAFWashington 25, D. C.

HO 24TH DISTR^ZTOFFICE OF SWCIAL INVESTIGATIONSTHE INSP^TOR GENERAL. USAFRM 1 2j>*\ F I SHER BLDG34ii>*£aUTH DEARBORN STREET

^RICAGO 4 . ILLINOIS

1. Reference is made to report of this District dated 15 October, file number and title as Subject above, copy of which was furnished

your Directorate. . . - -

2. Since information contained in referenced report reflects thatthe unidentified rocket-shaped object was a hoax constructed by the above"Subject, the Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-PattersonAFB has advised that shipment of the object to his .office is not necessary.It is therefore requested that permission be granted this District to dis-pose of the object, since it appears to serve no purpose of Air Force in-terest. It is suggested that the "rocket" he returned to the Subject,as it would appear to be the lawful property-^f that individual.

Lt. Colonel, USAFDistrict Commander

CLASSIFICATIONBY A ^

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DA';:rv.

AIR FORCE-OC-8M-4-9-54

• Froivi 5ih Di:irU/iihi-PuUGriCi'i Air Korea

5D 24-0-396

SUBJECTS

21 October 1954.

TO:

Cio*SPECIAL IKQDIE

CoascacderAir Technical

ATTN: ATIAFB, Cbio

1. Forwarded herewith for your information are two (2) copiesof Report• of Investigation of orecial-Agent GEORGE.sf, :CAHBROBy: .:;. _,-District Office• Nuabsr 24, f i le 24-155, dated 15 Octo'ber' ~ "subject and file, as above.

2«. sk> fiirther investigative action ;is corrtetnplated" .1District Office Kuaber 24, acjd the files 'of t^.at offica.,^rp. css-cidareti closed in in3tant case> . ~- " .

3. Your attention is invited to the provisions -o.y «-*••i ihich prohibit the release of investigative infornatidii toai:thoriaed persons. .

UNCLASS3F5ED.

1 Ir.cl {in dtrp)ROI, DO B

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15 Oct 5

v/o incl

DOHAU Colonel,

I ,

UNITED STATES AIR FORCETHE INSPECTOR GENERAU

OFFICE OF SPEJjtfAU INVESTIGATIONS

REPORT. Of INVESTIGATIONTITLE

V-

FILE NO. DATE

1 5 OCT 135*REPORT MADE BY

^ W» Caabron> 3 / AREPORT MADE AT

£0 ,?2lt, Chicago. IllinoigPERIOD

21,22,27,23 3«T>OFFICE OF ORIGIN

STATUS

CLOQKDCHARACTER

SFKCIAE.REFERENCE

uasxSYNOPSIS

CLASSIFICATION CANCELLEDBY AUTH0r::7T r.y ::::-:. j . ; . :

BY !U:RI OUiIZE, Capt, U.SAJL

gabion ifiiteLatted by iViatrict11 •f^WltR^gypredicated -upon information that unidontiiieclrocket -shaped pojecfr Iiad been found at H ,Inoi^na.^lflBHMlHI round c.rudol,7-mad3 objscton ila^et CoiLf Course on 1? Sooteaber 19^b. O2T 3<5pta^bar :195^y' t ^ 3 o^fica- ad-i/is64 thatobject waa placed on gol.f courao a^ boas.

and placing object oa

"For security instructions, attentionis iuvitsd to Far'-i c, 'Afa 205-3.?''' "

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DISTRIBUTION ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO

^••'-{Qaftr>s&ixG9A&tnr• { / A i r Technical I n t a l l i g e n c *

• \ ;V£IAA^C,^rtion»2r)' iAj L v ^.Cental*

Replaces AFGSI Form i, 23 Jal 48, 'which may

DO #(CG ADC)

IX) #12<inTo)(w/incl)

AFHQ FORM15 JAM 4 9

lo This inves t igat ion was i n i t i a t e d by the Dis t r i c tpredicated upon information received talephonically from. Major FREDGOLDSMITH, Fifth Arny C1C, on 21 Ssptauibar V)5h* t o the ef fec t t h a t anunident i f ied f lying object had been found on golf course a t Hamlet;,Indiana, and was now a t Kingsbuzy Ordinance • Plant Kings bury indianao

AT KINGSBURY, INDIANA

2o On 22 Septeiribar 195U Mr. FRANK G. GOUSiNS, Executive Officer..ICLnssbury Ordinance Plant; advised tha t on 17 September 195>U ^ro0t//Rb

fttBKKk °"^ner °£ a golf courssj Hamlet,, Indiana, advised hira talaphonicall; /tha t on tha t date he}^^//f^ had found what appeared to bs a crudely madsflyinp; object on the golf course* Mr* JBBBBBfcfu'T'fchei* advised t ha t LtoColonel OS/ftR STkOALL, Jx\,? 03201^ Ceranander, Kingsbury Ordinance, p ro -cs-3C.od to [T.-ii-iLLjt;, .uncaana and took cusoody oi the oo^ecuo i"ir 4 H H | ^turned ovoi' to the wr i t e r photographs of the object (which arcs attachedas ir.cXooiice.'j to th is , report) and ths .object .itself*_ Colonel STF.GALL.was riot available for interview?-, . -; .-

ATJiaHJ ti'SjJi MDLAM1

3,. O.i i!3 September 19 14. MrJPBPfedvised that on the/rferning of1? Ssptsmb^r 19i?4 ha found -an uni dandified object on "the golf cdur'se andhad called'Kinr 'sburr Ordinance-and asked that , they send" soir-aOne'.to Hamlet-ar>d picK uf> the oojecta' •hen. showed the w r i t s r whs-ra tile c b ^ a thad landsd ;:UK1 the t r e e from which, the bar-k.had been'pe$XeG5_ __-J

AT (;[;!." CA.GO, T.LLIKOIS " . . ' •"•""" : ~ : ? ~ r " : •

!;„ "a 27 .3 apt ember 19 a ^^^BBiBBii ta laphonical ly advised the'_..--w r i t s r tha t A :4r:flfliNNNtt^ Editor,, Herald Argu.55 LaPorto^ lndiar<a3 advised.h,Tja.. i>at tli-; ."bjijct found on 1? Jenteraber V)?k had bean mads by a ihr<>'r"-:." '

I. F-L-.r'';.•;.• t 7 Indiana^ and placed on the goli*--course as a hps-v,

•yiascl t ha t he vras ths person who*~:nad3~"the bbj-sc't ahd"rp"j;-i5aa"iv, on taa.-gclf. course » 4MHHHtf ^t- i s r -.a.4v~Lsed ' that-: ha ir^de the object . £.rp_-a. d'ld . - ' . . - : :

-al;a-.f>?..-r:u";;.--r-G te'c'lv and hg.d,-:placad.:-.t!as rad iQlpag t^a i th i t to. ni k3 psopls-believ-3 t ha t "i¥-:-liad be*jn P^d;.G--cc^^brollsd^(pJMBHBfc3t="tsd that"• hs-'had - .-"

' jr.~...;\;•:.• I up ths j'-jx'Qund a'<?.-.'V ocrsvi'ad ;il:^ bark from the - t r s^ to '^al'o ib ^o^-r' •;-—<is i.C the object had .flovrn. iri on i t s c.-rrv'powe.r* ^•WWWMstn.ted that no"crno hslpec. hirii £dca the object^ t h a t h i s father-.- and brothsr knsw thath-a li"d :.".-j.de it, , and tha t us had no O:VJ to help him plao-s i t on the golfcoir/ssj and he had done th i s on the night of 16 September- 195Uo

sta;beci that hs had conceived the idea from racial 3at engines. s.r.d afteri t viaa of no further -use to hint, ha thought ha -vo-uld causa a "Iittl-3excitement" and therefore placsd the c'ojsct on ths golf courseo

INCLOSURES

FOR IILRSCTQRATE OF SPEQAL INVKSTIGA.TIOrJS, /JASHIHGTON, Pi, C._

a (3) photographs of homamads " r o c k s t uB

FOR DI3TRI CT OFFIJ3S ir$3 waiCHT-P.ATTIiitSON AFB, OHIO- ATTN: Air Technica lI n t e . l l i g e n e a Cente r 3 v ' / rJ^ht^Pat terson AF3^ Ohio :

Tiiras (3) photographs of homaraads ! irock3t ; ;

FOCI DlSTRICi1 p i ' ' .™^J f l g ; Jcm\WTJTE. AFB. XUU

.Qria (1) photograph, of b ;msinad;2"' " rocke t" o

Tsyo ..(H). photographs , o f homsinads "rockot 1 1 ,

DR_A0_2:?_Sj G»-2?- rEiVDQUARrMlS FIFTH iU^^.ff j ICaGO^^lLI^ •

One ( l ) r ' . iotograph of honsmads " rocket"»

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FROM: 24 DIS? OSI CHICAGO ILL

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On 17 Scp q fi 'on^cijvg^yj^aoejg^^b^ aprs 5 fss t long,, 6 inches

found by A ^ p M H ^ P i M H l ^ Ins' on H :.ils& G-olx* cirs. Hall turned* DbJ;. ovei? to Lt 'Corpsestr\S£-3galla Goinor iCinstjbt?.i?y Ord Depot same da t e ,• No act ion • taiCsn.'KinG«^!4Xly 0?d= G">rj nov id po^rvislon th i s off«, BsqA5:IC fvid 3hippin^ -i-xs'tv irhls off. Raot ad^3/piiotoraphs f o l ,

COPY No.AFHQFORM n _19 JAN 51 WPREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM MAY BE USED.

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revoal^d o^Jact \nade I v ' ^ " _slet^ Xnd and placed on golr* oourss" 0=3 a boa::: by ^pliaen,, In"

lay? thia Info req in s t r ca vei.t~TS.ted. i f ;~hipp3.»ng -st i l l ciasired,.at?t and pho1 c s*aph3. S'oX0 :

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AFHQ FORM n -t9 JAN 51 vJPREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM MAY BE USED.

Xa—637a7- l U.S.GOVERNMENTPR1KT1NG OFFICE

O'Donnelj/Sr/Code 151 ext 8896/13 Jan 55

\

A?CSI-6B 24-186-2*.

Civilian* Haml»t* Indiana

TO*24t&OSX Distriot (la)629 S LaSslle St , Sa 1025ChloagO 5, I l l i n o i s -

f '^^xi^iiSft!i^bii^i«r iii^^'^fyior" «LX'i . 84- 166- and your letter dated51 D«0«raber^l964 coooerning SUBJECT* . Si

: ''Tt^T^^nU'W^^^^ *• return thj wrocket to3TJBJT5CT for th» reasons outlined in refareneod l a t t e r .

P03 THS DIBSCTOHj

AFCSI-6D ~

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• G3TB-"P»Lt Colonel, IBAF"3hi«^--S«botaga and Espionage Branch.Counter Intelligence DiTi3ionDirectorate ot Spacial I2

CM3K CY AFCSI-6DA?CSI FIL3-0Y • " -

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H 3 , 24TH BISTF.ICT3FFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS••:HE INSPECTOR GSNSRAL, USAF.•°-9 Si LA SALLii STtlEETCJIGAGG o> -ILLINOIS

B,•••• -

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SUBJECT:

THRU:

TO:

UNCLASSIFIEDAPR

Flying Object

1 Jan 5$ to 9

District OSI (IG) OBftFLovry Air Force Ease, Colorado

Air Defense Ccmaaod£nt Air Force BaaeColorado Springs, Colorado

1. This office was telephonieally contacted en. 10 April 1953 "bythe above Subject who advised that sba vas In possession of some opm tmovie filaa which contained pictures of an unidentified flying objectsighted by her in the early part of!9>3. i rs. i WpMHhi'-'/as ictervievedby. Special A sent D01KJIA3 W. ALS2&KBE3 of this office oa 11 .April 1953 atwhicii time she presented a reel ccntataing 200 foet of cmm film vhichadvised contained the pisturas referred to above. i)ue to the lapaa-of

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tiiae sirica the sighting, ^ 3 . * q M M P ' 3 utiabls to furnish sufficientinformation upon- vhich to renter ecsspleta inforss-tion, pursuant to ths-.'•provisions of paragraph ._7d, AF3 200-2; hovever> sba furniaaed the follow-ing iaforsmtions

a. Flia 2sta; Boiax H-6 Detoxe, ^ i t s r Lens 1:1.5cpesiin^ i»>, diaxaace - infiaity. Tba entire reel of'

exposed over the period January to February 19>i| however, cased on thesequence of fciia scenes ia the fil:a she estimated'.-tiiat th« sightixig vouldibave tsvkea place durias t'r>e period 1 to 9 Jarvuary 1953, 12ae pict\irsa in-volving the L'ui&eatified Flying Object^vgrsexposed at approxicataly 0100 ...to OijO iioura vith .a full ccon, Mrs* |09Pfe^ stated that .she firstthought tea object to he an unusually l a r ^ star and observed i t tbroui^ia. pair of binoculars fora period of about five islnutea, during vhich'-timei t appeared to ~£e moving towards her sad increasir-s in aissu Sxia tiienaii"«d clia caraera at the object vhich appeared to te approaching iisr i're-ma. dues vest direction. At about thi3 tiae tae object turned at right anglesand proceeded north^ Ttiere vaa no soucd acccrapaayins tiie objsct, Mrs.|HHMMfedvi3ed that she was ia the rear of her reaideace at 1226 l&throx>,River Foreat, Illinois, taking pictvires of the ISQOQ when she first olcservedthe oloject. Sh& further adviaed that she did not report the sighting e t

V

Unidentified Flying Object Sighted

2, Examination of the fila at the 2^th District OSI office throughuse of a standard dam action picture projector disclosed that the portion offilia containing pictures of the alleged unidentified flying object is ap-proxiiaately six. inches in length, The film is color fila and the objectappears red-orange in color; however, no other identifying features could"be lasde due to the short period during vaich the pictures appear on thescreen. The fila has t>een returned to Mrs. mmgg^ however, she expresseda willingness to^furnigh the film for further examination and evaluation ifdesired,. ^3,'^(JJJ[Mii^ta^^Qv^^^^thg office vith iier huab&nd, *"

.T. WAlfSLEYLt. Colonal, USA? ••District- Ccaiaander

i

cc:~t)ir CSI i"" .. _.:, 56th Ftr Op, O'Hare A?B7

T: i r-. r r-r UNCLA^iFJSDm, 24TOFFICE OF SPECIAL IMVESTIGATIC-THS INSP CTOii GdNERAL. USAF '5<;9 S. LA SALLE STREETCHICAGO 5, ILLINOIS

SUBJECT;

TO:

SPOT BSPORT

(O) Unidentified Flying Object

ConsoaudarAir Tecimical Intelligence CenterWright-Patter son PF&Dayton, Ohio

JUL 221958

1. Synopsis: Unidentified flying object sighted in vicinityof Crystal Lsvke, Illinois, 1-507 hours, Central Daylight; tisae, 20 Jt.ay 1953.

2« Details: Tills District was telepuuaicslly ^xivised on 21Ji.ily 1953 of the above sighting. The following-information is furnished.

SUBJECT:

TO:

- 1.February

Q^lC^'t^PL'Jl -L r.:V£STlG.VTTH^ TK. -iCTO.'. CLi^RAL, U3A7529 o. LAS:vLLc: STREETCHICAGO 5, ILLINOIS

(U) U3IDSJTIFI2D PtXIHG OBJECT

56th Fighter Group (AD)O*Hare International AirportBark Ridge, I l l i n o i s

D

26 February 1959

Reference i s ijsa&e to paragraph 13, AFR. 200-2 dated 6^> concerning the reporting of unidentified flying

\ .

2. At 1000 hours, 2^ FebruaryPaloa Parii, I l l i n o i s , telephoaically advised- this

.District Of flea tha t a t 5:20 AH tha t date , he vas backing hia car outof. hi.3 drive-way, facing in a northerly direct ion, "tr*4HHMRad~

tha t upon levering ilia side vindatf he observed an object /whichto-be graen vita, a blue t a i l approximately 109 to 200 feet

t res top level* dflMMM*^3 unable to give any information r e -the shape cr s i se of the object, compared with..iaown. objects ,

becaua-a there appeared to be a l i g h t green hazs enveloped.\aroun&the object* J^//j///ffQ%B.ted that he heerd no sound•..'•ejasisating fromthe object*

3» The iaforaation contained i a parsgrephioaaed la te ly talepboalc&Hy relayed to i^tjor P*JL2XBT&&T HB> ":

A0-69-S695, Eaae Operatioas Officer, 56th Fighter Grotip (jU)),Speciai Agsht Albert C. Ciaer, Detachment CoajZj^der, O'Har«3

•OUT? . DAVISOS

Lt . Colonel, USA?D i s t r i c t C

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UNCLASSIFIEDThe Ir.spsctoc General

11th District Ctfjce of Special JAir Fore* Kaw, Oililiara . CV.I<ihomi

Haply t oAttn of :

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Beport,' l tus AF3* Oklahoma, 29 June I960

ommanderth Bombardment Wing

APB, Oklahoma

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1. Confirming oral report of 30 June I960, the following information i ssubmitted as available with reference to paragraph 15, AFS 200.-2/ concerningan. unidentified flying object. (U?O) report received at Alt us AF3,on 29 June I960: »••

'./"-••"••-eu. D e s c r i p t i o n . . ...;' ". •• - . ' ..--• : .;••' "'.•?_

(l)» Bound(2)# Slightly smaller than a dime held at arnfe length.

Orange ' lOne

(5), No formation .-(6).

Ho t a i l or exhaustHo sound

b. Course . ,:

{!)• Source as#ok© with headache and i»ticed object through-^dr

(2)» Object approximately 35 to 20 degrees to the ground and indirection of 170.degrees* " .

(3)» Object appeared to-jaaintain altitude and travelabout; 80- degrees* . • - . . ' • •••' .

" ,' . > ik)* Objacu remained lasfei^nleas f o r apoixscimately onea i s p ^ r ^ t o t r a v e l a t •higbi-rat's- o f speed on 30 "&e?re« -heading.•'.•peairwi from view behind bu i ld ings i n approximate!'/ t>?o seconds*... ^~

() behind building3 traveling at high rate

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of

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on

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U D 24-0

d. Time and date of sighting '

(1). Approxiaateljr O33O to O4OO hours local, 29 June I960.(2). Night

a* location of observer

(!)• Residence of source,

IdantiftfinaL information on observer

, Oklahoma,

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(1) .employed at Base Sup

Altua, Oklahoma, Aga20/20 vision*

(l)» Sourca professes to be amateur UFO observer and claimed previoussighting -which... waa unraported by him in 1954« H« advised this_.U?~bj Mrs* VMMIIMfebut vfas not ssen clearly, by her because of riiarSource ad-xiaed snoveaent of UFO observed upon his hearing saal l

••;-fc3!| aimEa^^ direction. Sourca expressed opinion U?0 >-- -disapp«^r^-ib^pl^^n%;''d Th© . •>' r e l i l b i l i t j of thil^b3er^^..is.A^^ could - '

be the reault of sources* ire^^ a possiblo fceiaperatrureinversioru .Alao.lt i s possible source observed an aircraft approaching Altusi ,AF3 for a lairing.and fro'sx a southerly direction ^iahvraa'required to so -.arouni» On a go arourd procedure an aircraft -. ould made a right turn -aKiassume a h*%ding of approxiaaately SO or 90 dag roe3» If such occuii d theaircraft T^aile approaching from the south v^ula appear to have l i t t l e or no"'

t; however, the notion -would be verj noticeable orsce a go around procedurethe aircraft

'Jc:,'O f&*&£.Lt Colonel* USA?

HQ, 24TH DISTRICT

entitled Reporting Information on Unidentified Flying Objects and SovietSatellites (Sputniks), the following information is forwarded to your Districtfor referral to the Commander, Chanute AFB, Illinois.

On 23 December 19oO, Mr. civilian, telephonically ad-6vised this District Office of an observation, on 22 October IQ.6Q,*. of vhat he

believed to be an unusual group of lights. He explained that a recent radioprogram concerning Air Force interest in UFO's, prompted him to report thisinformation despite the ti-ae lapse since the observation occurred.^...

•"SCBP--

The following infonaatioa rsceived froraforaat. prescribed in paragraph, AFR 200

et theSeptei3berr I

• * * # " • • •

Description of the. 0&"ject(a)

A group of vhjLtie* spotq of light,, • _ I .Appeared to be slz.a of iar,2e light bulbs as seenrfroai ap-proxiuiately l /2 mile distance, or the size of a b

at arms- length.Vihite ia color, incandescetxApproximately 10-15 l igh ts .

ather than f

UFO(S) Observed

2; ;; Lights appeared to be at a 45-degree angle of elevation frompoint of the observer. Observer's automobile was travelingalmost directly west and lights appeared at a ^-degree anglefrcm the line of travel, or in a north-west position.

3. Light3 appeared to be stationary and remained in same relativeposition until observation ceased.*

If. Ho movement or direction of travel of lights wa3 discernible.5. Visual contact with lights was broken vhen observer's automobile

entered a heavily vooded area and the tall trees came betweenlights and the observer,

6* Fron first notice until lights were obscured by tree3 the lightsware observed for a period of 15-20 seconds.

M a n n a r o f O b s e r v a t i o n : • .... - '.•••"--

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Ground-vi&ual from observer's'autoGobilg'-vhich vaar m".actNo optical aida were used, except that observationthrough glass windshield of automobile. • - ~;;. ^r ;

Observation wa-a ;sade frcia automobile traveling in aliaost" directlyWeat direction a t a speed of 55-cO MPJU,: ['--.--_•• _ _ .• _;. ...' -

and Date of Sighting: ~ " .

Tiae of

111.

2U.-0UFO(S) Qtserved by

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g. Weather and Winds ^Vq^q^ Conditions a t Tiaie afid Place of Sightings:• * * & * ^ ~ '

1. Observer could not ascertain conditions aa to cloial cover, ceiiing,or temperature at tiiae of sighting, but described the night aadry and good visibility. He recalled that the sky bad teen clearduring dayligat houra.

2. Because-of ticae lapse since reported sighting, no &dditionalveather conditions vere determined from official soxircea by 'this office»

k. Information received "by Special Agent JAMSS P. STODDAKD H I , vho pre-par«jd this report.

Copy to:'Dir OSI

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ITC/Cap-h Henley/av/680bt, o Dec 65IN REPLY REFER TO

AFISIIC 2lv-l85-2^-35 OS! COMMUNICATIONDATE OF TRANSMtTTAL-

$ n QECJ3E5-.TO: AFSC (5TD)

Wright-Patterson ABB, Ohio

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FROM: Hq. USAF (APISHC)Washington, D»"C. 20333

SUBJECT

Chicago, Illinois 60620

REFERENCE

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ATTACHED IS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION. THIS MATTER IS Q PENDING D CLOSED.

REQUEST REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN. (AFR 124-4)

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REPORT OF PRIOR INVESTIGATION/SUAAMARY ATTACHED.

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