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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

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was all.ogoedJ,y dr.hted indicated no kDoIrl.edGG or an;, INch cntt.. Ame Anmdel County Pollee Depart.r..er.t had flO rec»rd ot reporta ot described. &1rcrafi. S'1l'.i.ART 1n nintel"l1n reaft1med elr.ht.ir., and tbat m.m had boon 111'1 tll hh:! at the t.1r.Ie and bad eeen the rcraf"t.. File c!Jecb

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1. TIde 1mveUeation WIle 1n1tlated upon. request l'roa 1Iead-- - -quarters 001 on , JI:q 1952 from L\. Col. LllCIUS L. FRE&, pred1catecl v~,' UpOn inronr.at.ion I"8cohod floom Lt.. Col. RAY W. tA~, 41zo Techn1cal~, _: Intell1cenco Center, 1r1{'ht-Pat.tereon Air foroa Base, to the errect, , ~t Col. TAn/At llae! recehed inromat.ion ngard1n{; an unldentS1'1ed "~~" aircraft 1Ihich W3JI reported to h..,. boan acen at. 2245 hours, 2, March ' 1952, on P.1tchle H1e}l11::ty, 8'JUt.h of 1l:lltwre, Uar.iw.:1. Air Technical lntelllf;9noe Center adrtaod t.hat the lnfol'PJation had been reeeinrl. fl'om lILI' IS IJ)lIlS .. v:x;s, a c1 Yil1.an. '

2. 'TII1.e 18 • joint J.moeet1£,ation of Special Aaente cLlrniiD P. JO~, OLMJl R. stATllmJJ')LT, and the writer.

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). On 10 t.Iay 1952 Lt. Col. LUerns L. mE, Headquarters 051, ... -tntenie1red and tum1shed the writer with • copy or • !'.\'l ncelY8d flooa the Air Int.ell1eenoe Center, 1h'1eht-PattersOl'l AFB. IntomaUOI'l COD- ,. ,~-,­t.a1md tn the ,...,.J: 18 eusarlAd .. tollon.-

'Ibe nx repl"8eent.li a copy of a letter to tho CiWlIm.'ndi Project Blue Book, tI'OI!l ULrJS L?'lS Ata'>S ••••• dated 21~ April 19>2. 'Fha letter etated that one , relll~1ng at __ j r ha:! obsol"Vlld an uncon-'Vent.1al type aircraft 011 2, liareh 1952. ITesont with bill at the t,ime of Ws observation wall Ollil J1,1T fYLI~, bel1.end to be • _nntesn 7UZ' 014 (17) hich echool student. the aircrafi wall allsgedl¥ obsernd lihUe L' STE,)ART am ntF.R were 4riY1ne nort.b Oft Rlteh1e Rigtnfa.,y, approacb1ng p'c. J!altbore, Mu7land. I\ was deac:r1hed .. ehaped like a ~ ~ I' and ~ alleged to' haft bowred Oft!' toile automobile, 1dll1.ng the ell£1ne. The letter also adrlaed that sn;t:ART bad been 1nt.errte'W9d by a too ~llTN, a radio amouncer or .. rm, BIIltiaore l'8d1o station. CORBD',.:' -' was .. a reSG"" etc officer. !be letter aleo stated that. a

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and JIrs. Jro;DERS"l!l wen all ea1e! to ban beard an aarial Mise 011 U -, ' . Apr1l1952 a' a~tely 2,)00 bours. The Glenn an-n1e Po11ce wre , aa1d to have bad JIIU'G' a1-"ar incident.. reported but ~ tMa ofr. '

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S. 011 10 Kay 1952 Mr. I/ltlIS E. CORBIN was interviewed at. radio station YiFBR 1n IJalt1Jaore, Iia1'11And, and stated in Subllt.anoe .s tollowe,

1Ir. C1R!J!1I a~v1aed t.hat he had recehed 1n!.wmation 1n the .. - . of . _ D'H:ALn 'flTE~ART, rellldinc .

at had, 1dl11e aCc:l!'!I'an1ed b7 . lIr. LSR Ill, observed _ IItranee _preer1n!: aircraft. on 29 k:trch • Mr. C'JR.'lH! indioated t.rot the lIourco of hie intol'l!ll1tion had been a neWlloaper reporter tor one or the loeal mwspape1'8, whoM nane he did not. divulee. O';'R!lTN related that. he had tor eo::te tine been interested in the "nying saucer eituation", and that. it. had been hie intention to wrlte a doeIr.lent.ary progl'8lll tor broadcast. conceming that. aubjeet.. He said furl.her that inasmuch as the above incident was the first one to be brJU.f,ht to hle attention within that area, be determined to investigate It..

011 2h April 19$2 O1!t!llN intel"YieWed 1Ir. OONAL!I'. sm..,1'!T aM __ , ascertainod that he was el1!;'lo)'ltd all _ clerk by the 1lalt.1Jr.ore " Ohio "dlread. He f'urther ascert.ainod t.hIlt t.he date of observation ..... 29 ll.arch 1952, place, Rltchie Il1f;h1ray near t.he barnellll track, t_, 101115 flU, weather, clear, aoon at¥1 stars out, aprlroxi,:"J8te le~ of observation, two (2) lIinutes, estimated altitude, two hundred (200) teet. C~.\'JlIN obtained t.he detaUs or the 1neldent and Nt them down 1n a chronolor,lc&l order. A photolltatiC reproduction of the infor.-.at.1on obtained in that interview is being torwarded as an inclosure to t.hU

. report. C-:IiBIN also 1nterv1e1r8d l!r. GORnJ:; s. 'l'YL'F, III relative to tbe abow 1ncident. and McIe a .1Jlllar wr1tlnG, a photostatic reproduction of whidl 18 being forwarded ae aD inclollure to thiB report. .

O)RllUI adT1aed tbe writer tbat he was aequalnted wit.h tbe edltor of a civilian intelligence bW.letin, 1tI'. t1L!t'S lIX'IS n:JSS, to whom be coanm1oatad the above 1n!omat1on. 1Ir. COP.BIN further adviea4 \..'18t be would not release any ot the infornatioll public17 at¥1 d14 IIDt intend to do eo untU .uch t.1Jne as the authorities coqlleted lmest1ea­tlon of the incident.. (XlRRIN "lated that whon be had called the· Ame .. Arundel Count,- Police they had infolGd h1a t.'lat t.he,- had had 1ImI01'O'U.I reporta of t..'lat nature but bed passed them off .. hanllells. CORllI1l .tated that he had had • triend of his, RA1Y?J.1l F:lJ, conduct a .cientit1c examination ot S'l'Et\AP.'l' '. aut,ollY.)bUe tor the purpoM or detenUning ~ 1In1111ual chaJ'acter1at.1ca which lI1eht haw bean prellellt. C)REIH adrlae4 that be was IIDt • reserve eIC officer) honwr, he related that be bad been an intall1gence officer with the .tart ot General GEOI!GE S. PA'ITlI In Ful'ope and t.hat be prel!ll.tnt.l7 bolds an ln3ct1ve reHrn -aasion .. Ueutenant colonel, 0-,)7$096. :. . '

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1Ir. COR .1, dur1ne the OOUr1te or t.he int., ,'1ew, _de 110 IIICntlon or or,'JR::E 01' I,)HN U}.sr,I:, and when epec1fically questl'l!lCd 1r1t..~ regard. to the t.wo abo,.. injirlduale, he .aid that he did DOt recall either.

On 10 V.ay 1952 the records or the FBT Field aMranrl. we 1'8 reViel!('d ani t.hIl t

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1. Mr. D"1:AT.D mAna,IT, S~ART walt 1nterrlowed at. h1a resldence, b' _ $ on 10 ,lay 1952, and with 1.

rererence to the -uiC'rdent in instant. case, be related In nbatanos &II • tollowsl

STI':'M"PT, accompar.icd by his rriend, OF,'iflGE m.rn, went return1tl& to Balt1=ro tram GlalUl !lumie, IIaryland, ria the F.1tch1e Hif,hway, OIl 25/ March 1952. they were 111 a 1949 &11611& Vampire, an t.ngl1eh car, and were proceeding in a northerly dil'eetion, hanng just leN. a Howard lohneon Restaurent adjaoent to the intersection or Jt1tchie Highway &lid U. s. H1f}!way 1301. Ib11a appJ'OXiJ:lately op~slte a harmse track tift

, Ia1ndred (500) )'U'de I¥lrth of the above named lntensectlon, Sn:;','J.!tT related, be obsol"ftd a etl1ltl&8 look1llg aircraft appearill6 on the horizon ahead or h1a automobUa. 5'r&TkR'l' described the aireratt. as belng • nat disk nth a cupola or doN in the center or one dele. He described the doce as haying 1mat appeared to be • naU porthole on one side and the lIhadowY cmtlire or what apoeared to be a -hatch. s1.'II11al' to those to~ on- .' ~1P.. He ItatBCi' that. this oreN. apOl'Oaehlld his fthlcla froIw a DOJ't.beasterly direction and ho,..red above hla autaaobU. •... ,

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STt:'OART (.Ated tha\ when the aircrart. CB:. to I'8s\ abo .... his au~blle, U appeart.'<i to be Dat least ntty teet (~O) 1ll diameter, an::! wavered aUeht.l:y.· i.b1le in .ieM the aircro.!'t [tlw oft a eound s1nllar to t.hat ot a \'aCUUCl cleaner. 5TE\,ART averred that \.he aircraft. llaintained Ita poeitloD above the automobile tor approx1l!latelJ' three (3) minutes and \hen tumed on U.s e.5tre, thereby present-ins:; its nat' lIIlrf'ace to hil! YiBion. aDi appeared to roll across the sky at a teJTi.fic I'I1te ot sr>eed. greater than t.ha\ of a jet plane. 5T1::MRT estimated the bori~"n to the ."utMicet ot hill vision, tow:lrds 1Ihleh the object was trlmll1nc. as approxiMt.cl:y three and one-halt (3±) 1II11es trcn hi. position. and \ha\ the ob.1eet as 1\ dillA')peared across the borizon _. a;:>prox~tely t.he c1r..ens1t)D ot a tiVe (S> 1neh disk held at arm's lencth. lie advised t,htl.t .hen the object til'flt RDpearec!, it appeared to be at an ar.r;le to t.'le hori.on ot t'itty (SO) der;ree:;, and as he "....a proooeding DOrt.b 11. anpeared on the northeast borison on the CI'8st of a hill. He also actvt....aed t.".at d~r' ... :lE t.'lB period tho object 1ro.S 1n his vision he D:Jticed no aign or aet.irtty wit.h1n It. an:1 cU.soorned no odor trolll 1t. •

. SrE7.ART edv1aed that. durin( the Ume ot the abow observat.lon ot the aircraft. there was only one 'other automobUa 1n the immediate _ ne1ll1ty. lie described tht. to be a 1948 Pontiac convertible, :yellow. with 19S2 &la.t71a.nd l1celUle lllates, the first three () dJ.t;1ta ot IIh1ch were nx-sero-zero (600). lie related that the car .all apparent17 0c­cupied by a NlI and a woman aIld that the III&l\ bad dilRllOunt.ed h1a auto­.,bUe II1ld was loo~ at t.he aircr&.ft.. but. t.het upon bcin .. balled by S'I"'Ti!.RT. bad returned "to hie autoinobue and drhen' off rapidly. It­wall 1Ir. ST!'0ART'. opinion tha.t he dJ.d eo upon eaeing t.he aforement.1oned "~"I[I!III!I~ •• IIIi •• Ia::-","'.r. Sn:,~'ART inf'onlll!ld the wr1t.er:that he waa DOt addicted to or a C&SUal inmuger ot an:y tom ot alcoh?l1c beveraj;f!1I . and iRi8 nat W'J1er iueh s.nnueilO& at th& time ot tha &1e)1t1r,g. Me ~Ilr-ther adv1IIed that he wore glasses only tor purposes ot "adine and that the only obstruetion'to hill obeerYation ot the above described aircre.f't. ... the windeh1eld ot bie automobile -men tirst sightedJ however, when be .,-.erged t'JooIa the aut.omobUe he .... able to observe the aircraft without an:y trouble. '

Sn:tlART conterded that the above 1neidont bad a s1ntu1ar etrect tIj)On hill automobUe 1ll that it ldlled the .,tor and apparcntl:y ~ t.h, .. ~ it ... W'1P'1nr_ IIR a'lJoo .t..&t.Ad that. tn. abaft incident. bad resulted ---- --- -----.;.- .- -- ----- -- --- ----- ------ --- --- --------

in the ps1nt 011 b1a car crack1ne.

AGDI'I''S WlTEI An 1nepection ot STE71AJd"s automobU. rnua1ed t.hat 1t bad been ncent.l7 painted.

It •• ucartainee! trun SmART that his hobbles were t.be , collection and handlJ.ng ot _apons, lMrican HUtor,y. and t.~t b1a ~ ,;_

llTOeatlon .... pol1tiea. lie stated that he bad been aeti18 1Ja the poUt1c:al cand1dac7 of a eanator1al contestant ot the state ot Ilarylud &nd _&8 currcnUy lea;!cr of the political club INpporting the abow aent1onod caD.Udate 1Ja h1a ward. JIe ac!rtaed that on the Ditht ot tba-

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9. 111l1li IoIARY !f)'WER, -a tnterrle~d on 10 )(ay 19$2 am that. S'fE\';AP.'f Wshoot.. a lot. ot bull-•.. uually brac&ine about b1mselt and hill aooCllllp" .,.",..nte. Outslde or I tal.ldnj; too III1ch, H'·OVER belie,",. t.hat. str:uRT 111 bonG.t., WIlla. & ,004 KJ 1 t. 1=ression, does not dr1nlc, a f:'>Od 1JOrker, and loyal to ~ l"'I9nDe11t. ... She would I'8CC1r.1r.'l!1nd sn:1QA1!'/' ror a position or t.nult, but atat.ed that. she did not belle ... be could bep a "eNt. '",

10. lira. ihJlS OtTE-':6, __ lnterv1e1led on 10 May 1952 and atated STf:'ART talks auch am 17 likes to exaer.erate. Other t.ran that., ifni. GITEOS would ... OOIIID8Dd n 6 sny.A.RT 101' & positlon or tnult.. She oona1deN hH bonellt., 101&1, aDd a eood boT. ,..... ".

11. lIr. RA.!l'T.lD ru, Project. Iag1rIeer, ~ering Department., Iladloactl ... DetecUon D1rlalon, 1fe1Jt.1n1ltl_ Electric Corpol'6Uon. Balt1Jlol'll, MarylAIld, .a SnterY1ewed at the 1la1'1land Jacht. Club 011 10 11&1' 1952, ani adTilled that during the lat.ter part. or April 1952 he ' ua:nined the autollr>b1le delCribed 111 the abo ... paragra~ wUh • ptgv oounWr and could detect. 00 radioactl ...... action. HI al.eo atated \bat be exsm1ned the eng1nl and all _rlcing part. 01 the autolllob1le and sa unable to detect any 1IlI1IIual detecte or character18t1ca. He at.aW that the autolnobUe bad been repa1nted and that be •• SncUned to &_ 'c/.'

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12. On 10 Jl&;r 1952 ottfJ!er I. t. (JAYIll'. Anne Al'unde1 CoaDV PoUae Depal"bDent, Ritchie IUdtway SuWtaUon, adY1aed that the only nport. ... lat1 ... t.o 1natant 1nnsUgation thlt. be wu ...... of as being recelw4 ,-.~ b7 the depar1.i:lent was purported to haft been an obael'fttlon during \he . :' " . latter part ot llarch by the bridge beper, Curt18 Bay Brldp, earua ~. ¥&l71md. Ottieer GA'fTJf ~lunteered toMt the prox1m1ty of that area to' the Aberdeen PI'OY1n& GJoo\mC!II ... wlt.ed lD frequent 00188a or upl.os1aoll:~' ..•• ,

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wit.h reference to """".I.e "'I"}' abow alleted 1I1cMin;; ot an ... ~oonYt?ntlonal aircraft.. He stated In IUbtltanoe that. hil Jcnowledef,' l..., C. 1IaII th1J'd.1wld and thllretore be _. not In a position to £1.,.., detau.l1 I 1ntomatlon. He adrtaed tJwt he ... 1nto~d or t.be abaft lnc1dent. 10' Cc'R3Hi who, in addition to the lr.fomation eet fortb abow, had told hill! t,h.,t a CF.'1RGB llA!nJl am his aon, J')'ir. W.S'11;, purJY.>rted to reside on j _ 5 alllO bad lntorma-t.ion with reference to 1nstunt. incident.

A1'J.'l5 .tated that the reddonta ot tre~ucn~ , beard nowe in the nicht, reJ):ll"ted like that produced b,y a larce tomation of cmmmtlonal a1rcratt. Col. lJ,!:;GS described this noise &8 of a _gnUude and intAlna1t:r li_Uar to a .ajor boalb1ng CJ"O'UP of I-J. at lenst om hun1red (100) plane.. He advised that 1Ir. and 1rInI. IJ Ie llr;!.soX STlIlCHCOvn (whom he previously reported &8 S'IP.IElCmtn'), an4 . "udge and lire. HE''ll;::ns'-,Il, Sr., and lin. SAI.LY Bd!DERSOX SYl!11'1O'I'OIf bad all reported'loud no18811 ot t.be abaTe type 011 tJle nicht ot saturday. 19 April 19$2, and. that be bnd included this lnto1'll\ation in hie letter to v.neral 'CJCEm!~N onl7 &8 JIi.oell&neous data. lie related that t.be . DD1se. oceun"8d aithtl:r but .. re part,1eu1ar17 Intell88 OD '1'hur8dq nir,hta.

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s.nterrtned on 11 Yay 19$2, and adv1aed that. to the beat of hi. reool1ecUoo he bad been on duty in the .tation on the night the aboTe incident 1IU aa14 to haw OCCUlTed, and that to his Jm01l'ladca PO such incident took place. l~iArn;;S related t..'lat bad t.he atrcra.rt tro.veled in the direct.1on as alleeed, he ..,uld Ir.!rcly have observed it. or it he bad not. been on duty ~t. lli£;ht., he would surely ba.ve been intoJ1lll!d of the In::ldcmt by tbe aan Who bad been on duty at the t1mo. I!EAOO;';S 1n!'omed the writer tt-.at it wu hii:hl7 unlikely in bia opinion that 8lV threo (,) .1nuta poriod could elapae wIthout the P&IIS3&e ot .evenl automobUea at the t,1De the above 1ne1dent lIaS alleged to have occurred. .

16. JIJo. 1rILLLO! R'JKU:Cn, Jr., employee or Jbvard Johnson Jlestaurant., located at \he lntel"8ectlon or Ilitchie H1ghWllJ' and lie S. Jloute 1)O1~ .. interri.ewd on n 1Ia,. 19S2 and .dYUed tbat be had 110 knowle~, of the abaft Incident.

17. 1Ir. KJ.ItLEN JP1 ... LJWS. Drawbridge Operator, Ourtie Ba,. Brldt.'e, was Intel'Tiewed on n IIaJ" 1952 and advised that he 11 the regular m-a­bridec operator on the Curtla ~ Bridge on the 1600 ~urs to 2hoo bO\'lZ'8 8hUt. tm.LTY.S .tated be was on duty the even1nCor e' 29th ot llarch 19$2 and that he Md mt obsened, IIOr ever ob4eJ'ftd~ any \lDCOnventloral &1rc:ratt. H?!.Ln;s further adrtaed that be did POt IIab .... port to tbe Anne Arundal.e Pollee Departl!'l8nt of BUeh an incident..

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, 18. On 11 lIay 19i.ir • relP.rE S. m~ !~ -r:~~~ !~,J C-bours an1 repeated t.he same story •• be related to OJR!lIN. one 1. in tbB .tory was t..'wlt the car enetne did not .top untU after Sf&W!l' and fJ'Llilt bad cotten out. "'" '~'"'"'" . . , .,'

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21. At approxiJ:lat.ely 1215 hot,", 11 tI&y 1952, GK'1linE S. TTIF1! m 1mS retnterviewod in the flreeence ot hill ratoor arrl IIOther. at which t.1."le m.rn et..'lt.ed that SIT·'ART hnd eccn tho -saucer" prior to the tsme­of lICeUne b1l'l an" that all the inf'omatlon which he had £i,ven wae in­to:1la Uon Unt f;TE.;AP.T told h1l:t. 'l'YLi:'R ac!v1aed tI".:;. t he ill D:>t Bee a thine em had reported the description of the a1.rcraft. ae STE",\'ART bad told him. He st&ted that Sn;~;AIl'T had told the 81ghtlng of the a1rcra1't. to him ae they rewmed trollS Glenn Bum1e. Iial'7lend. to BalUlk)re, and &liked him (nL.'~) to at!'1rm tho report because he te.ared that DO one would believe h15 .tory. m.m advised tJ-.at he cu;.lled the neorspaj)llJ'll,­the Sun and the Post, to tiM OIIt 1.f' aO:YOrl8 else bad reported the in­cident, and _II inf'onlOd that oeveral reporta bad been receiwd. Tn.ER further .tated \hat at tirat he beUeved the story STE'SAnT had told MmJ ___ _ however, he now bellow. that ST~:AM' III1de it all up. m.m aftn"ed that be hed boen in Glenn &m1e naUing triends and 1m1l _1t~ at a bu8 atop to return to 5$lt1JRore on the D1i;ht of 29 ~1'Ch 1952, when he _, STE"Ar.7 who bad been in Glenn ~m1e posting C&IIpa1£n postersJ that ST?r.AP.T bad orterred to give IW: a ride back to Br..lt1Jll:>re and he had acceptedJ that it was on tho trip back to 'S&lt1m~ that STi;tART bad related to b1lII t.be .1ihtlnl: or \he .~ aircraft earlier in t.be -evenlnS- . _ ,;-

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2). On 12 ~ 1952 Special "pnt OLIVER a. ~ TIlE1Uf:lLt 1ntem.n.ct , .. 1Ir. IWPUl B. ISl>N'.OCK at. the Griebel Votor ~, Light and HBn-rietta .treats, Balt1JDol'lt, llar,yland. Mr. JSEX:fX~ stated t.hat work was perr_d on STF.nRt" car on 8 ~J Ulat. the won: performed ._ ad­,1uatment at blUes, lnstalleUoD of clutch, IIdjUllt ge:-aerator, Npalr1Ds or taping the wirell 1 •• d'0£ tl'Olll the £Ollorator, change oU, and lubr1-oat.1ca. lie .teted that the car D&Oded onq routine repa1rl and there _ ... Il1O iMicaUoo or &IV' unusual repa1re ..

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21.. On 12 Va,. 1952 records checks at tha Baltinm-e City Pollee Depa~nt, Baltimorl Count)' Police, and t.:al')'land State Police renected no "cords of Sft.ItU!'I.

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.1.1 though your reopon:;i bill Ues' Day not be diroctly connected :- ,--_: wi th the intended text of thiB letter, I sincerUY hope that " you will consider the possibilities, and forward the £uggestions -to the proper authori Ues concerned. .' . . '.

For the past five years the general pUBlic has read, and bally­hoed newspaper articles related to the "Flying Saucers·, and -- .. ~-. following the same trendof~h()Ubht-have-rsncirecr-rec-eni-'Te----­ports made by persons of undisputed experience and intelligence.

The possibilities of this earth being visited by ships from outer space have been lightly subgested by some, while others'· believe the ·objects· belong to sOllie nation on this earth.,' . Granted that sOllie such objects do even belong to this country, :.' 1 t ls obvious that we, nor any other nation possess and fall·- .i:,;'·· to use, 'i n time of war, such Useful I:leans as have been re- ',:.' perted by the bclloon experts connected with General lUlls, Inc~'

I ac sure that these sU£bestions will bear scientific inves­tigation and that they are entirely probable. Similar to .. Columbus and the egg - they may not have been given due con­sideration.

These Wobjects W 01 undetermined originW (not to be contused __ ",: __ :_ wi th our contl1blled ... ,,:.ther balloons, etc. ) are in all prob-':~-~> ability operated by 'the absorption.. compreslli on. and con- '.' ~,=, .. trolled emission of the sun's enerbY (basically electriclty). ~. As such, they )robably carry 'a 1lotential charge which is past ~ our Imaeination. An earthly object approaching too close to ,~. the O;U.O. would have tt.~e..:JS4Ill~ 1I'fi1i.~Cl:t as grouncHng a hitb- ,,;-: tend on wire, with the total ~e~truction of both objects as' ,:-a likely result. 'IIHf.~£~ -, . ...' ._ " ", ,: _~, .

Assuming that some of ,t,~eQP Qb~",~·s ~.re frolll outer space, we would certainly benefl'i' c6'nsi'derA'b'l1"by establishing cont.act ' .. with them, 'Where as, if s~,c.h It ~1I.t1on as RUllsia should ac-,~' :'" tluire this knowledge befol"j Js l1 .. h would certainly auffer as ".}:~,~ .' result '"" . _ .-"' .' . ~ .;. , ... .-' ''! :- .• '_'--4~.~~, . ..#-... ·.,:..-.';~.~"';:_· •• :': .~:. t . 'f'\' .- . <'r<:"' .. ~;.~ .... - -

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~n reportlt ctrculate;lt dudng the past venr or two concern- .. ing the eziBtance o,,*-'lJytno BOllcera. lie /ee111 that there hcve been enough Ilncontraa~cfia reports concerning 8uch-· ." ._ devlceD to Indicate that thell Iltly e:rillt 'n lact. Ee III alao ...... 0/ tha opInIon that If they do e:rtst thcy can be prod~ce~ onlV by tha Unitcd ~tatca or ll!P.lD~o, or pcrlulp!1 b~ th~ :;-.. . . llepubl~c 0/ ArocnUna. . . ' . c. ~... .. .. -

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. ' an object which appeared approximately 20 degrees above the h:lrllOlle .. Lt • ..-=:p.aescribed thi8 object as being circular in .hape, approximate].,. .,. one-halt the IIbe of the moon. deep bright blue in color, ve17 vivid blue. . ".; .~- ....

. '. He IItated the object had a .light reddillh fringe on the aft erd. '!'he ' .. " ..... object eppearecS tD be JlX)ving frolll the IXlrtmreat to the southeut. Be -;~ •. .;t.at;d that tbs object '--8 ret 1n hi! 'f1!!1on more than three .eoonda= ~\ ... ~.: ,- : ~ ...

, .' .. It made no sound •. Lt. -t.ated that at the time he obllllM'ed. th11. ..' ~'.. there were no cloude in the IIq. the Itara 1I8re out, and the lloon wu .' .• ' -,':' .'. ,

tull. Lt. ~stated that the only wq he could delSCrlbe it wa. that;' -'.' :'-' '~. i ". it appeared to be a ve17 high powered epotlight on a cloud. hlt he did .:.... " , ~. IXlt belleve th1e could have been tIlec&I18e of that widch he bad ... D •..• ': .~ .• ' .

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i' . ~icaf!~IltinO~ en artist Hving at advised SA '7'0-' .'.:',,;; ' . .. ' on Karch 11, 1952 that he saw a fiying disc at 9 ~ All on !.!arc : : ••...

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of a cloud in the enst, stopped and hung motionless in mid-air for a split second, then new due south At great speed.

He described the disc as approximately six feet in diameter; circular • lIhite ~, color With a bluish tii'lge. The diSC, he said, appeared to

. have been constructed out of a metal similar to alum1m1m. He also • stated that he saw no exhaust, lights, or heard no sound connected

With its movements. He noted nothing on it as to how it could maintain its even night and believed it to have been radio controlled. He

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soid it disappeared out of sight in approximately three seconds, : -:. " " ,,' estimating the speed at 600-700 mi;l.es per hour or more. He said 1t,~ ',:', went ]JO fast it appeared to nutter. When the disc disappeared !'rom sight it was about the size of a golf ball on the southern horizon.

P \Jtuade a sketch of the disc' and the sketch and the above ,.' infonnation were furnished to the local office of the Office or Special Investieations. ' - - .. . .

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On 10 Septembe' 1.951 as AXj}!PG-l radar set pick"~ up a falit /IIOv1n8 " . ow fly'..ng target ( .ct. alt undetermined) at approx tell' 1110 hours SE of Fort ~lonmouth at a ral.ge of about l2,000 yards. lne target appeared to apI

~~imatelY ibllolf the coast line chan sing its range onlY slightlY but changing ''- ts az1=th rapidlJr. The radar set. was' s.ntched to full aided azimuth . .'

. .... t.rackulg which nonnallJr is fast enoueh to track jet acrt, rut in this case .: r~ ~s too slow to be resorted to. The target was lost in the l"E at a range:.,: 'v . of about 14,000 yards. This ta:-get also rresented an unusuallJr strongretum

q \~ for an Bcft being co. mparable in strength to that usually received rrom a', '. J.. J1 \~~ coastal ship. The operator initiallJr identified. the target as a ship and .... : ..... \f \\~ then realized that it could not be a ship after he obser,ved its extreme. '" ., . . .l'. speed. :. ":'" '. • ... ~' '. .> ..•... ' ,. '. . ...

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l- On 10 September 1951, 1515 hours, an SCR 584, S3rial no. 433 tracked a target which lIIOved about slody in azimuth N of Fort Monmouth at a range of about ,32,000 yds at the extre~lelJr unusual. elevation angle or lJ50 mils. (Altitude approxilmtelY 93,000 rt) . . . ... ' . . . ..... .", .' .,

Onll September 1951, 1050 hours, 2 SCR 5/!4 serial nos. 217 and 315 •.. , picked up the same tareet to"E of Fort t~nmouth at an elevation angle of 350 to 300 mils ata range or approximatelY 30,000 yards. (AFProltimate'. . altitude 31,000 rt) the sets track automaticallY in aziI::uth and devation and with aided range traclcing are capable of tracking targets up to a speed or 700 mph. In this case hcwever, toth sets round it impossible to track .' the target in range due to its speed ani. the operators had to resort ilo 1!i8Il~1 range tracking in order to hold the target. The target was tracked::: in this manner to the maximum tracking ronge 01'32,000 yards. The operators judged the target to be moving at a speed several hundred miles per .1!our hidler than the mxilllllll\ aided tracking ability or the radar sets. ·1'hj.s .' tareet provided an extremelJr strong echo at times even though it was,at ."' JM.Xim.m range, however the echo s4:nal occasionallY rell,orf to a level . below norllBl retum. These changes cvincided Ifith maneuvers of the target.

o . . I '- .-. ~ ('> /.! U·· . "iI " y,?" .. f I .. On 11 September 1951 at a bout 130 a target was picked up on an

SCR 5~ radar set serial no. 315 that displayed unusual mneuverability.' : c.

The target was approx. over Navesink NJ as indicated by its 10,000 yard >_ ..

range, 6000 rt altitude an:! due N azimuth. The target remained 'practically' stationary on the scope and appeared to be hovering. The operators 1ooked' out or the van in an attempt to see the target since it was at such a short range, however overcase conditions ·prevented such observation. Returning to their positions the target, was observed to be changing its elevation at an ':. extrenely rapid rate, the change in range was so small the operators believed' the target must have risen nearlY vertically. The target ceased its rise in elevation at an .elevation ancle or appro" l500lmils at which time i.t. - > •

proceeded ·to move at an extremelY rapid rate in ra.Il~~(pe.r:iY direction once aeain the speed on the tarcet exceeding the f,i,dtitJj:W~j.,~G ability or

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OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED MILS AT A RABGt-Q(~~PERQ!i: I

I;!ATELY THIRTY THOUSAND YARDS, APPROXIMHo/~.1ttU.m:"_THIB.TXqNE _rl:!QUS_~D

fEET. THE SET TRACK AUTOMATICALLY. IS AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION AND WAS

AIDED RANGE TRACKING AND CAPABLE OF TRACKING TARGETS UP TO A SPEED

OF SEVEN HUNDRED MPH. IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, BOTH SETS FOUND IT IM­

POSSIBLE TO TRACK THE TARGET IN RANGE DUE TO ITS SPEED AND THE OPER-... ¥-.--~--

ATORS HAD TO RESORT TO MANUAL RANGE TRACKING IN ORDER TO HOLD THE ~~~~...;....:~~---;..;...;.: ..:.~..:;...:;.;,;..;.;--.. ~--- .. -"< ~ ..... .- ... -- '",'-.' ~.--- .,.--'_ •• "., .'-<. .-.'-'-

TARGET. THE TARGET WAS TRACKED IN THIS MANNER TO THE MAXIMUM TRACK-

ING RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS. THE O~ATO~~~!HE_}~BGE;:r_

TO BE MOVING AT A SPEED SEVERAL HUNDRED MPH HIGHER THAN THE ~lAXIMUM • --...... _ -._-__ .. ___ -.......-0 __ -",._> ___ ,'" .,-.-... ~-~ ...... ~-......

TREMELY STRONG RETURN ECHO AT TIMES EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE ~lAXIMm1 . . -":.--..---.... --,-:.---............. ---~:-- - '.-..... -............ _. RANGE, HOIilEVER, ES!!0 SIc;t.l!lL OCCA~~9N,~J.,!-yJEbk OFI_T9_LLIVE;LBELOW

NORMA4-RE1_~tl. THESE CHANGES COINCIDrD WITH MANEUVERS OF THE TARGET.

ON S~PTEMBER ELEVEN, FIFTYONE AT A~.o.!lI...'2-NL.TI!.IRI.'LP_ •. !:1.!..Jl!..EJ-,~RgL~~s

P:.;I:.:C:.:.KE::.:D_U:.:P.-::.O~N_A:.;;N;;...::S:.;:C;,;,R..;F~I:.:V,;:.E:...~!EJITJS))llLR~)~~1L S,ET THAT .n .!.~PLA YED , ~~~ ~~L_

MANEUVERABILITY. TARGET WAS APPROXIMATELY OVER NAVESINK, NJ., AS IN---DICATED BY HIS TEN THOUSAND RANGE, SIX THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND DUE

NORTH AZIMUTH. THE TARGET REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY ON THE

SCHOPE ANn APPEARED TO BE HOVERING. THE OPERATOR LOOKED OUT OF THE ..::.:.:..:..:...,...;.~ .' - - - ---~ .. --, •. =-.~.,..,. -.~ -- .... -...... _.--

.V~N PAREND THE VEHICLE HOUSING THE RADAR SErA PAREND IN AN ATTEMPT , . TO SEE THE TARGET, SINCE IT WAS AT SUCH A SHORT RANGE, HOWEVER, OVER­

CAST CONDITIONS PREVENTED SUCH OBSERVATION. RETURNING TO THEIR OPER­

ATING·POSITION THE TARGET WAS OBSERVED TO BE CHANGING IN ELEVATION

AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE, BUT CHANGE IN RANGE WAS SO SLOW THE OPER-, __ ._-__ --~ ..... T'-

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TARGET

FIXED ITS RISE IN ELEVATION AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF APPROX. FIFTEEN . "' . ..-HUNDRED MILS, AT WHICH TIME IT PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID

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, ,. RATE IN RANGE INA SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. ONCE AGAIN THE SPEED OF THE . -, .,-::. . ~ TARGET EXCEEDED THE AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE SCR FIVE EIGHT FOUR

SET SO THAT MANUAL TRACKING BECAME NECESSARY. RADAR TRACKED THE TAR­

GET MAXIMUM RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS AT WHICH TIME TARGET ~.: ~

, WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE THREE HUNDRED MiLS.' THE OPERATOR DID NOT

ATTEMPT TO JUDGE THE SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE AIDED TRACKING RATE OF SEVE 1

HUNDRED MPH • THE WEATHER WAS FAIR WHEN THE OBSERVATION WAS MADE SEPT-. ~~. .

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INVIDENT ON SEPTEMBER TEN. ABOVE INFO FURNISHED BY REID AFTER AP-

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