INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAFOFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

OS I DISTRICT FILES25th DISTRICT: SELFRIDGE AFB, MICH.OSI FILE BESIGNATION 24-185 -25

Wrtn ;*. 50

UNCLASSIFIED 24-005Ohalaaaifisd) Unconventional Type Aircraft (Unexplained "Blip" on Briar Scope.Caused by Metallic Targets) - SPECIAL IHQUIRX

of Intelligence/ECS/O, Collection Baranch

Office of Special Investigations, IQ

t or yotir infbmation ar« cqpioa of OSI report dated 10 March 1950,concerning captloned s b j t

/ C y Spot I n t e l l Bpt £r/ OSt D0#25 sab^ b( d td lO Ifar 50

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Box £26, itfA, Bstroit 52,.

10 -larch 1950

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KUST1C KllitZ€, Cant 8 & F

10 K2T 50

Scopai Caused by l

«« ESS3SES raqyasfced tfcsfc tha redar crs^3 record in thelog v<iricu3 readings and coordinate the various scopG3» Hbsn PARKER To

rapid dacsroase in alt i tada en. f*ERX« sccpa td a'ooub 1tiraa tias rsst> notjsd. 1&a Slip" viag again pictead ttp

To faoi l i ta t* •cntestssding of baaris^a a id scr^^^ a 560°d r o l 3 divided iiAo fcarp (U) eciuai <joadrants, the f i ra t ciiaarasst, i.-O t o 90° being 2ca^ 1 , S0° to ldO° 2czis 2 , 1SO° to 270° 7xm 39 eisd

to 36oQ 2ona Ij , the radar lines, being cardinal .directions* <—east , BdAh and -west. Scca..fef the entries frid tha ^TPl* ecopa

repeal a t 2 0 ^ hears, 256°, 'i;5 'ailes-, phantoa airoraf&f 20^7hotrrs,49 KdLlBS^ pCtcUtiijiCia s i rcrs iMvj SOljS hou r s ^

60 ndlssj 2(^0 hctcrs, 139?> 67:T^3f!3;- 2C51 hatsrs, 13&°i 75;c«rs, 135^7 7^ isLle&. 'Shs- readings .of "BRI* scope log rovsal a t

81O5» 5wra?85 X&QP± tfc sajtsa* 1590CO ffeot; 2106 hoars> 175°» 52 s l l e a ,Sk OCQ festj 23.07 tiota©, Io5°i- 3& ffiilss^ 25^000 fS3tj'21CS hotlrs, 160°

2109 hours,r-157% ^tl nsilss. £9,00^ £8©fcj 211^^ 35,000 Sbot-i.: 2112 hoto-s, li6c> SXallea, 33,000153°,

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2U5 boars, ll;0o^ 5^ sdOss, 3^,000 feotj Sll^'hisiirsi 157°, 60^ 3 rOOO^^siv5 21X5 Iwardj* i ^ ° » 70 miles, 3^000 fost. Tb0 «31ip°

tbsifc-iost.tor-SipaEicd^of t i s» j fceasver, dt various tlics^ throu^i-the evening, a cno (1) t a lihre© (3) socoisd obsorration "«aa rnade cf

i tei£id aB14» '

'" Both BSUSS and 2J&TTSC5J ars» agrstsd ttiab ths dpproodEatc s iseof the yrtidenfciiiod "Blip1* would be* similar to a B-36 and! that* tiss

at> t inss aprparently "was following th& vsctcrer of trartcus 3stio 2O71GS"*2 and £ PAHKEH.ahd aA.TTSOH also tslisya tlia* the

errat ic "•^grtical readings could:te';deliberate on tiW ."part", "of ths. "Blippis i t appeared to <occur after tlia radar vrcruld hold stsad^ en tho .tT31ipfor a -psrlodo^ sevarai secends' ta'a-Hsinuts or ao. 2E TS€JJ and PARK3S

srjs^ds t o bs - x oia:. i>20 ndlo3 an h&oe hcHsonfeeuL t opsr:. hora?" vortical* • -Tlisy p'os&rved vc&?& activity to "03 iadicgs. IS.TTSG5T and FAE^E explained' tlisi&'tha Radar 1

vation Rccm isas in ' to ta l darlc^jas atjd tlia rsadinga on. fcho logs for ths

2500

time slsiirecording? to l yary it

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his -^atch pesitica rcrcng". Both PAt§s jnan

on the parb of. the nnideniified;!jBlipw* Ths rapid cbangs^ in vsrt icalreadings Btnild occ-ur bstwoen 30,000 and U5«0C0 feat*. :At cna time, tPARKER' followed thd -uxsidsiitifisd ^ l i p " to a diatancs. of. 120 sdles

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advised that- on Friday, 5 &arch 1950 5 at appi»c:di^it3ly 2305

:o ?.pbh^-ough

had craly one beer during tho course of tho evening, he had ooserTsd ayellovriLsh light in the sl f,, M.ITTSOH at this tiias j ~^s driving his -car from the Qfficars* Club in.ths direction of ths'FX on Solfridgs-Air Force Basa» Ha-slowed his car dovm and observad the light 3 thosize arid brilllar.ey trndst^iitdsisd but described to bocolcr and sisa of an electric l ight within a hciiae sincrziol sisa mzido!?? at a diatancs of aoout 50 to 75 - G 3 - ^^ a darknight J Ths light -was descsnding vertically over th-s Btias and atf i rs t appeared to be a flara bufc, dus to the color of tha l i^ht , i t-was raalizsd i t could not haws "been a flare, MTTSCH then stopped hiscsr and obaarvsd tha light further* Tha li^lib than procsedad "westwai'dholding th© satnsr asiambh for appro34*aately I4D to 50 tailed •= The lightthen Trsnt southward approxiEatsly the sana distance, stopping andreturning noiiihTTard fror^rths center lixsa of sight.the SSJES distancegiving the norths otttla morsaieht apprccsisataly SO to 100 -sdlsa * Thisoccurred within jotrx1 (i*) natintas of t iss*

Persons furnishing this imbrication appeared to beand interested*

Two copies sailed through District'Offica Ho» 5 toGeneral, Air Uaterdal CcisiaEd^ Y^ight-Pattorson Air Pores

i IBaytoxr, Ohio, A3TTU* II3IA., • Additicrial copies fon^arded

5th'OSI District. (IG) (2)Ccojsrsiing Gonaralf • Tenth Air ForcoGcinnsnding Officer > 56th Fighter-

Interceptor Wing, S£tft?idge AFEf Consaandir^ Officar, plAst ACS3ST dp.

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OCPARTMIMT OF TH1 AIR FORCEHEADQUARTER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTONUNCLASSIFIED

IN m m Mm TO: 2^CLASSIFICATION: GAMC^LLI:? ' :-BY ATJTHOE.TiJ^JEIJ,,^. Capt/U

5 DEC 1975

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DATE

SUBJECT: BalloonsSESCBL INQUIRY

Director of Special Investigations•"Bfeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 25>D» c -A3PT1T: Counter Intelligence Division

I iHSMCTOH GENERAL. U**F

OFHICE Or SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

•A. DETROIT S». MICHIGAN

July 1950

Eeference is made to letter this District Office,, 1.. RFSRsubject andU file as above, dated lg'July 1950

2. SYNOPSIS: Balloons reported drifting over Iromrocd, "ichigan.•ntth TTbat appeared to be red flares attached, reported to be balloons-with surplus array flares attached. - v

3, DETAILS: An Associated Press report datelined.Ironvrood,July 21, states:

'«?rodded by alarraed citizens, police Solved the mystery ofi t f 10 ihts ^^nall

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r°d li-hts that have floated over the city for.10 nightshad bought some flares at an Aricy surplus store, and vras sending thenup attached to balloons.ix

h, ACTION: Copies of this report ar3 designated for recipientsof the'letter referenced in par. 1, above and, in addition, to the P3IDetroit for their information and file.

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BalloonsSPECIAL 1NCUIRI

DocuaBnta & Dissemination Br, Directorate ofIntel l igence, DCS/0

Counter Intelligence Div, Office of SpecialInvestigations, The Inspector General

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Attached for your information i s a Spot Intelligence 'Report concerning captionedSubject, dated IB July 1950

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(EtISSET S» LS7IActg Chief, Counter Intelligence DivOffice of Special InvestigationsTba Inspector Genaral

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

TO:THE INsrCCTOB Q[NIR«L. U*».r

IJTH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL IMVCSTIOATIOMS

•ox »«• RFA. orntoiT s«.

12 J u l y 1950

SUBJECT

TO:

SPOT E1TEIJIGEICE REPORT

BalloonsSPECIAL BIQUIRX

Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 25, D. C . • - •A.TTIT: Counter Intelligence Division

!• SYHOPSIS: FBI reports that balloons -with hat appfea ed tobe red flares attached to the bottom" sighted drifting over/lS;onwood>Michigan since 1 July 1950. ' ^ "\ . '/

2. DETAUS: By letter dated 17 July 1950, Special Agent in'Charge^ Detroit Division, FBI, informed as follovrs:

"Infonnation has been received from the Chief of Police: at-IroxrToodj ISLchigan that commencing July 1, 195°* balloons have beenobserved in the vicinity of that city -with •what appeared to be redflares attached to the bottom, of same. Hone have been recovered todate. They appeared to be drifting over the city at an altitude ofapproximately 2,000 feet and had been observed by reputable policemenas Trail as nufaerous citizens in the coismunity.

"Inquiry in the area did not identify these balloons ashsr balloons* ^ . .

"Last balloon appeared at approximately 9:30 P«U.j July1 9 5 0 . " " • • • • ~ y : r • ' " • , , ' : " " • • • " • ' " . " ' ' ' - ~ " " > . ? • " '

3» ACTION: Copies of th i s report are designated for CG, TefrbhAir Force, CG, Air Kater ie l Command (thru DO #$); CG,. 56th F i g h t e r -Interceptor tfing, Detroit Regional Office, AC of S, &-Z, Fifth

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DAT? "- '-*—;II petob-r 1951

DATE CF INFORMATION

'21 October 1951

1st Lto Robert K. HallRE'? Ri.v.ilS r< '"ntrrk rmmbtr. '••.rrrtirr, p-

SOURCE

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r^quir«»d as proYidwd in par 9b (1), APR 171i.-lSUMMARY: (L'nltr concise tuminarjl of report. Uice 3'ynificrnftc in final onc-4entenee paragraph. ljjt mcioruret ui lover itjt. Begm text of report on At" form Ut—i'lart II.)

ian pilot of fourt«»n (14) y*»ars flying, highly polished flying object which

at an *xtr<»ia«ly high rafc*~~of*nkr MichiganT Altitude of th*» ob-

b»ad on with hiain~th*» vicinity

was ><«»t ana, J? fTUlhi l i ty caaditions w«r« unlica:t*»d abov - 4,000 f»-»t and a ,

^ J ^ ^ mil»*s b<»low 4,000

known airc^Tt in^ l * ; ; soupicif s botR c i v i l and m i l i t a r y i n d i c a t e no

a i r c ^ T t i n t f i ^ i V i c i n i t y of th«» s i g h t i n g a t t h a t t i a» ' a ' , ••'.

'. VbrJ*4&$BtKHHfH^ Airport Manager, hasknown dteTSrjrwjr f orr^6ar^» y«ars and consid'»rs~hiax a v«ry sfca51.f>~individ—ual% In7*stigating- officer concurs in th i s *>sti.~at« of obs«rv«»ro

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AF FORM 112—PART IIAPPROVED i JUNE 19« . / (3h

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORTFROM VW«»Cf > -

30th Air d i v i s i o n (Defense) •--- .3-lfridg-' AFB, Michigan ; - . - "

REPORT NO.

I ia-5-513 P A C E . -*- O F •> M G E 3 : . .

not»d n.o -sdhaust, vapor trail2"; or;3ound during"Zh~ sightwhich il8t>a possibly thr*^ (3) t^m^^)""s--cond3, Th* object

iKi &«tal of sba* aort.-,Er J3RK///KN&- b»li«y«3, and no hcl*so r g a n s of propulsion obs«r-/-d. As th* obj*ct pas3«d

AF ?O8*rU2-~PART UAPPROVED I JUNE I94«

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cut of sight beneath hin~,on cours*. but was unablabl« to. .a***. £h« object again. "A

., a map aC,-tn« sighting and oo3»r

i.oni*>diat'»ly o rb i t ed c;/..:•»pass«r:g-r, :lr.

was atudyingTa map aTtTtfr??11 sigh t ing and ob's»rv»d nothing ofth* obj«»ct7 Hr.<4MBIiiflfl^th*n unsucc-ssf^lly att«mpt*d contact with

Cr»«»k ?adio. aTt«r which h- proc*»*d-d to £u3tin Lak- Airport• landed a t approxiSat-ly~2l/l700Z Octcb-r 1951 and mad- r e -

port of tijj», aightdng 'to th* State Folic* at Paw Paw, J&chigan, who;!-xp-ri*nc*. with. Mr,IMMMMiliMlli>S Airport Hana-

the iricid^ht ,to.,CAA. CAA. r*port*»d th» incident to

f s d that Mr.

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•"•stimation, ""nc alusiinuai surfac«pciishwd ,tb~suc)| ai-high Bril l iar .c*," H=> was al3o d«fi~

*j»ving that th«r-* Waa" a "br^aft?1 or •iiid»nt3.tibn...irn..th*»~*upp*rt o form a dom* shaped crownT Wh»n qu-stion-

th i s point, h* f» l t c^rts in that th^ indentation wasof th* £orm o f l ^ * object as opposed to~a iin"5 cf paintsun r^fi*ctipn which jcighi giv« th" apc-ar^ic-- cf ar

3- .JtP.<WW!Api*£ i rst-..s?lo«d in 1937 *nd has D—n flying«v»rainci«. ~fi4'-fly3 amall a i rc ra f t two or~thr«« ti i*»3 a

and hadt apjdfoxiniatsly.•'.100 hours in th**'air in th* past"y»ar. On num-erous occasions, .JbS has -ncount*r*d j « t aircraftT"in th - a i r and has^LfcS'ad iiit&'.tiiffiB h^ad on. Hf- has obs«rv»d "w*ath»r'balloons fro£a.grc«ind and from th« a i i v

TEH"? only a i rcraf t not*d in th» vicini ty in question BySr ,ar1*: """a larg»"~caam*rcial a i rcraf t on an approxiaat* h»aa—

-ing o£ 300 d'-gr^-s at~an «5timat-d 6,000 f««t, about t 5 n (10) iainut^a•previous- t o th(» incident ?rport»d, and on*1 C-47 obs«rv*d. a f t - r landingat Austin. Lak-. ~Mr. 4^11011^. an3 Mr.^HHH^| v;atch»d th» G-47 withno aarkXngat d i ac rnab l* 7rhatsoav*r pass ov»r t i v fi»I2 a t I*»ss than ~

tw*»»n. th« two abov*27000 f?*t."' No conn^ctiori has-.bS-D «stabiish<»dd*3crib»d a i rcraf t and th*» incidento

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.IE-5-513-. PAGE OF 3 >-•-.

5. Checlc/.fcf all 30th Air Division fighter^squsuirons indic*t»"'no• taajDwi- activity by Air~Forc* aircraft in th# vicinity of Eattl*

"% • Crrtifc At.approximately 21/18002, October..1951, * flight of two ~.-F-51 aircraft frora~S*lfriag»jAFB,' flying-patrol north of 3fttTridg^

^ v: A^r^^r*;^3truct^~to~b i» oath* al»rt for. an unusual flying object• '••* v-but r*poart^d n»gativ* results.,.-i'fiH-ck "sri h CAA r»v«al*d~no known

activity-. appl cabjtf- to Wi# sighting, Gh-ck^of i i i l i --"S*rvic«-Ar*c6rd.3 indicate on* possrcility of: question-

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\:i:*4^lf^cn^^r*tloh^.i:11hi^a: ais^raft, a--B-'47, r•gistration- niuAtr • 'Srf- *N*i^*-«-J -• •• ~o~-w, _wx - pj^^rpm Wichita to Camp Att^rbury, Ind-

f *fc*?ijtt: approxiciat'i:ly th*» tisi1*- pTiod ia^H^t-.^3^;^Jttdicat^- ' t^»y6^;*t 21/13302, TA3 ;

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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION ^REPORTSUBJECT

liaidentlgied Flying Obiact, OregonAREA REPORTED Of! FROM

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Flignt service .enter, !-cChordREFERENCES I fymtrni nwmb*r, iittctat, prrriotu rtport, etc., at OftpHeabU)

IH-lQQ-$2 USA-VATS * :SUMMAi.'; iijiicT anuU* surn>«uf i o/ report. Gat ai^nificanet in /j»«i one-taiirncc paragraph. LiM incloturt$ at Iowa left. Btfm Itzt of report on Ai* form Hi - '^rt 11.)

Report contains information concerning the sighting of an unidentified flyingobject northwest of Fendlaton, Washington on ?3 April 195?.

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•BWraSDOCUMEKT CO»*TAW^ iKtORMXtTOM AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WlTrtltfTHE MEANING OFTHE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S C —4 ;"3i*»JO3B. AS AMENDED rrSfRANSWBSKMf ORTHE REVECATtON OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY tAW.

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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORTw.A.jmw intelligence Division, HqMATS, Andrews AF Bsse , v£shini?toh25^_£, 0. . 1

REPORT NO.

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1 . The VcG"hnrd FH.-V-t

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i-e Center, XeChard AF Ease, ^sbitxiar, r^ror^rl the*"* ' " N 7 *" . r . ' "' \ -

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5. No sketch or photograph of the object is available. Other details concern-ing the object sighted ara:

OneBallNot knovnSilver flash followed by light green ballNot knovnNot knovn /Vertically toward tne- groundNot knownNoneLight browh with brownish trail remaining*visible for some. 20 seconds after the objectstruck" the ground.

a.b. Shapec. Sised. Colcare. Speedf.g. Headingh. Altitude :i. Sound :J.' Exhanst Trail:

3o The vreatijer a t the time of the iighting" was 25,000 feet overcast* 25 milesvisibil i ty; tempcratare 73 ; dew point 4-5; wind: North Northeast 13 mph.

Railroad Engineer

5o InformatioK submitted by witness-at 1330 PST, 28 April 1952 to-the IMSAC(Interstate. Air CoBaaonications-GAA agency) radio "station- Waila Valla, Washingtonand thereafter relayed to McChord Flight Service Center. No reason offered bywitness for 5-day delay in reporting the sighting.

6* .Witness claimed he saw phenomenon from the steps of the Hinkle Hotel, Hinkle,Oregon, First noticed a silver fla3h, followed by a light green ball descendingvertically leaving in its wake a light brown trail. Object""struck the groxmd beyondsecond or third ridge about 12 miles south of Hinkle. The brownish trail regainedvisible for 20 to 30 -seconds. Other unidentified witnesses were alleged to haveobserved the browiish substance after the object struck the ground.

Preparing Officer's Conment:

If"part or all of the object sighted struck the ground there is a possibil-ity that the point of Impact could be located and examination made of the immediatearea to determine whether or not the object was a meteoric body.

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United State AF-H65765? %^*

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORTSUBJECT

Sighting of Unidentified Flying .Object

T!i[?4P.E6"o\' {OifUa-) ~^T~

WILLIAM R. RILCT»gnd L t . TJ.

10 Apr i l 1952 i " F-6SOURCE

USAFd.r.trul «a,•,-.:•.?, uirrrtirr, preiicus report, r(r,

_ ADCL 200-1 JANAP 146(b)

State Patrol Off icor eal Cvnaaings

5'J .'•".'.'. \". 1': (Er.Ur concise summary of report. (Jive significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Bfjin text of report on AS Forrn 112—Part U.)

The inclosed report was forwarded to this Headquarters by the Chief High-way Patrol Officer for the State of Minnesota on the 29th of April 1952,

At 4:15 a^j^Clocal time) on the tenth of April 1952 Officer Cunimings andMr. JgftHNIiniNHPsighted a strange flying object near Ada, Minnesota. Thisobject was similar to another one seen about four years ago by Officer Cummings.

SIGNIFICANCE; The observer claims to have seen the same object flying in thesame path about four years ago, but said nothing about i t because.he had noother witness to verify his observation at that time. .

CLASSIFICATION CBY AUTHOBITY r ^

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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORTFROM -Ajency)

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DESC2IPTI0N IK OBSSRtSS'S OWN ttORDS: "I t was no falling star aa we know them aaIt started out as a circle, then became oval,it went in a horisontal line, level,

then part of it left the main body, during all thi3 time the object aa a whole wason a level plane, all parts of the save brightness at all times and all went outof sight at about the same time. This THING was going south."

Officer Cannings»s superior in a separate letter says, nI questioned Cal inparticular regarding the size of the object and he said it looked idkhim.to be aslarge as a fair aised house ••••••"

TIME; 10/1015Z

MANNER OF-OBSESTATIOgr; Visual ^ ' - Si

LOaTION OF OBSgSraa PORING SIGHTING: Sitt ing in patrol car facing North at thef a c t i o n of Higbnay* ^1 and 32, 11 miles east of Ada, Minnesota

-LOCATIOB OF OBJECT: . . . . . t h i s THING was to our l e f t a l i t t l e or in other wordswere. X •** th i s same THING or one l ike i t about 4 years

. . .F irsHeat of wher*

ago, i t too vas gpiag South and was in about tha sane l i n e of f l i g h ttime I s»e t h i s THUC I was going East on US #10 Just a l i t t l e Vest o f Jet*and i n looking a t ti*» aap you w i l l see that i t txjpk the same route ."

HffiNTIFTIBG INFOEKAJEOH ON OBSJSKVJflts None other than the f a c t h« i s a MinnesoState Patrolaan. . \ — — " . . . . . • ; • ; • - . ••••

VEAtafilil At Q430 aiieswere pract ica l ly d e a r , with only t h i n , wispy, h igh, cirrusclouds, V i s i b i l i t y a t the surface was unrestr icted. Winds a l o f t a t the 10 and 20thousand f t I sve l were 310 degrees, 25 knots .

AMY OTHER ACTIVITY OR CONDITION WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THS SIGHTING: None known

PHYSICAL E7IPKNCB; So known physical evidence.

: TH^ roCUMENT CONTAINS 1N(-'ORMAT1ON AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE F5PIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S. C -31 4rtD J2 A3 AMENOED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVEbVPON OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN 'JN AUTHORS ZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.

(*!»>*is:> rr*^rwTw*?r^t"tg?w^

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fci osi

5D

SB&TCCTf

Air Force &[}-.\ Oiiio

1952

TO: Gonsaaoding OfficerAir Technical Into ,-.Tight-Patterson Air Fores BaseOhioAtTMs ATI

1. iip. following inforssrtixm taa receivad i om tha 25th OSIDistrict, Detroit, Michigan, in a Sr>ot Xnt^lligtsnc« Keport, datedk Axigast 1952*

2^ 19 ?2following art icle appear ad in th^ 21;"The Frsa»B, an Osooda, Miczii an •sfs

data of the reported sighting -?sas 23 July

LO!IG IAST

SAUCERS COlfS TO OSCQBA

•Oacoda—Flying sancsrs of on--? description orhave b«to raported in nearly ryrsry states of

the union dt*ring\jhe ^ s t fersr j-^ars and at last Oschas i t s

LHillarci Jm^Kf^i atxJ h^r mothsry Mrs.both of Detroit, isho ar© \acaticming at tha Satarladtagea on Lako Baron saWiafaat t h ^ beli>.vrK3 -was a flyingdisc Sunday nigiit about 10:50

UNClASSlFi*

»The -shita l i ^ i t , eshaat first noticed, *raa approachingfroia th« soath and traveling at^a high rafc^ of sr>aed in anorthsrly direction. I t aposarsd diirsctly over the Ta^asPoint licht -when f irs t saen aad apfoeared to ba flashingoff and on as i t raovad through tha

°I ran to th» beach for a better view of the disc-likaobject and stomwsd to d^tarinine if i t "*ti3 nakinr: argr noise,a

Mrs* Haywood said*. "Ho sotmd T#iatsoavBjf accompanied theflight," sne

NATION

4

5Dirnconventional Typa Aircraft

1952

•The whit* light around thaxobjaot ap .aarad to flashon and off for about evsry 100 fast, until i t disappeared fromview to the norths" ooacludad ik*s»

*Mrs-# Kaywood and hsr isother know that T&hatsr/sr thoynacrr created th-j sane isrpreaaion and thsir degcrip-SionB of

in^ diao ivara identical*

wc|5fm s i t t i n g th» ob^et "will saak<j a preport to the Air Force agency, vihioh investigates "flyingsaucers1* on a nation vrids scale*1

"Confirmation has been mad* that triers ar« r>ai*tias in Betroi't•who ara Yacationing at or near Oscoda^ Mi^iigan^ vrith the above—mentioned names* Tha homa addroasoa ara; Mrs« Hillard Haywoo4>19951 3to«l, Dorferoit and Mra, Leach Carkeek, 19969 Soranto, Da*t ra i t , "

The foregoing i s foirnislisd for yoair information and any actionap roooeiafee^ !fo further invaatigative action ia conteaplatgd by

th« Office of Special Invssti^fcidBs in this

t o t

Lt Colonel, USA?District CccEnander

Ai i

M

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON .

IN KtPLTCLASSIFICATION CANCELLED V.'.^r:.

"BY AUTHORITY OF Til.1: DIRECTCT. OF SP^O I;s

BYKURT K. KUNZE, Capt, USAfHhti

UNCLASSIFIED

«TH .,„

5 DEC 1975

TMt INSPECTOR GENERAL. USAF

BICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

BOX 3 * 8 UFA. DETROIT S3.- MICHIGAN

k August 1952

SPOT BITELLIGENCS REPORT

SUBJECT: Unconventional Type Aircraf t

TO: Director of Special Inves t iga t ionsHeadquarters United Sta tes Air ForceWashington 25 , D. C.ATTN: Counter In t e l l i gence Divis ion

1 . SHQPSIS; Unidentified objects c a l l e d f l y i n g saucersrepor t ed near Oscoda, Michigan. - . ^ ~ .

2* PS^AILS; The following a r t i c l e appeared i n the 2ik J u l y 1952-issue of "The P r e s s , " an Oscoda, Michigan weekly newspaper. The dateof t h e reported s igh t ing was 20 July 1952. •

AT LONG LAST

FLYING SAUC3RS COME TO OSCODA

Oscoda—Flying saucers of one desc r ip t i on or another havebeen reported i n near ly every s t a t e of the union during the pas t few-years and a t l a s t Oscoda has i t s own.

Mrs. H i l l a r d Haywood and her mother, Mrs. L. Carkeek, bothof De t ro i t , who are vacationing a t t he Sa te r lee Cottages on Lake Huronsaw what they be l ieved was a f ly ing disc Sunday night a t about 10:30p.m.

The white l i g h t , when f i r s t not iced , was approaching from thesouth and-^tr^rel ir jg--a£^-high-ra^^ direction.I t appeared directly over the Tawas Point light when first seen and'appeared to be flashing off and on as i t moved through the sky.

\

CLASSIFIED

™W*?*?** & &^s*ym>i%+£ri.-t'?v$>£\wjn*v v-.-.»*i.tt*{r • - 1

Subj: Unconventional Type Aircraft h Aug 52n I ran to the beach for a better view of the disc-like object

and stopped to determine if i t was making any noise," Hrs. Haywood said."No sound whatsoever accompanied i t s flight," she added.

•The white light around the object appeared to flash on andoff for about every 100 feet, unti l i t disappeared from view to thenorth," concluded Mrs. Haywood. ,

Mrs. Haywood and her raother know that whatever they sawcreated the same impression and their descriptions of the flying discwere identical. *

- The women sighting the object will make a complete report tothe Air Force agency, which investigates "flying saucers" on a nationwide scale.

3. COHMENTS; Confirmation has been made that there are partiesin Detroit who are vacationing at or near Oscoda, Michigan^ with theabove-mentioned names. The home addresses are: Hrs. PMfrW* BMMWP*

f, Detroit, and Mrs. J t fWHiW M M M l Detroit.

h~ ACTION: Copies of t h i s report are designated for' CommandingGeneral* Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio(thru DO # 5 ) . In accordance with AFCSI Letter No. 85, dated 23 October19£0, no investigation w i l l be conducted unless specific request i smade by competent authority.

Info t o :CG, A1-1D, Attn: HJIS Lt Col, USAF

Dis t r i c t Commander

i

IN

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

CLASSIFICATION CANCELLEDBY AUTHORITY ;*••; Til M.:..-:.

TOs

KURZE. USKT 1 9 75 XSTM 0151 HOT

UNCLASSlriED

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. USAr

OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

X S I« KPA. DETROIT S3. MICHIGAN

h August 19!?2

SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT

SUBJECT: Unconventional Type Ai rc ra f t

Director of Special InvestigationsHeadquarters United States Air ForceWashington 2 ^ D. C. •ATTN: Counter Intelligence Division

1. SYNOPSIS; Mr.Fl in t 3* Michigan, reported tha t on a recent t r i p to Canada hecertain unlcnown, unidentified objects in the sky on 26 July 19f>2 a t002U hours, EST. (^th Army^Regional Office, Detroit - C-6)

2. DETAILS; Mr. andDrive, F l in t 33 Michigan, were on a weekend t r i p to Canada when theyobserved two (2) strange objqcts in the sky a t 002U hours, EST, on26 July 1952. lir. fcHNfiflUft s tated tha t he and his wife were in the i rautomobile l i s tening to the Democratic Convention when h i s wife said,"Look." Immediately he saw two (2) objects i n the sky.

a. The (ffMMps' location at the time was on Canadian RouteHo. 21, approximately eight (8) miles north of Forest^Ontario, Canada.They were staying at a motel in Ipperwash Park. Hr. 4MMMPpinpointedhis approximate location as U3 Degrees, 10 Minutes Horth, 82 DegreesWest/

b . The objects appeared, to be two (2) balls ox light thattraveled in a pattern of one trailing the other. They were of a whitishcolor and were of the intensity of a bright star or planet. The lightlasted for approximately one and one-half minutes and res a steady light.Both lights remained visible for the entire period of time. At the timeof the sighting, they were at an 80 degree elevation and disappeared at

UNCLASSIFIED\\ ,

Subj: Unconventional Type Aircraft h Aug 52 •

a 60 decree elevation. l-2r.<fMfMPi stated that when he took a nickelfrom his pocket and held i t at armTs length the nickel coverecTtihearea between the two objects. The objects stayed in the same relativeposition to each other during the entire period of visibility.^

c. The objects, -when sighted, were west of the. observers andwere flying in a south or southeastern direction. Hr. tfMMMt allegedthey were headed for the Cleveland area instead of the Detroit area.Visibility was good as there were no clouds in the sky and there was nomoon. There are no ci t ies near, thus no reflected lights. "While sittingin their automobile, the ^j/jfKtRjs had been watching for falling s ta rs .They had seen some during the evening, but said they had lasted for onlya few seconds at a time and were of a different color than the uniden-tified objects.

d. Mr. **4ttM0testated that the unknown objects held theiralt i tude, which was very high. He did not know what the means of pro-pulsion was as there was no apparent sound connected with the f l ight .The speed of the unknown objects was estimated to be considerably fasterthan the 300-l|00 miles per hour of the average commercial a i r l iner .

3 . COMMENTS; The observer appeared to be sincere in reportingthese unknown objects to the Air Force. During the World War I I period,he had served on an aircraft carrier so was familiar with flight patternsof conventional aircraft at night. Presently, he is the

University of Michigan, with office atMichigan.

Street, Flint,

k' ACTION; Copies of this report are designated for CommandingGeneral, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Farce Base, Ohio

(thru DO #J>). In accordance with AFCSI Letter Ho. 85, dated 23 October19!?0, no investigation will be conducted unless specific request i smade by competent authority.

CG, AI-JC, Attn: 1-1DIS Lt Col, USAFDistrict Commander

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AlWASHINGTON

J"IN •tn.T n>: INV 2U-0-126

THI I N S M O O I CENEKAl. UJAr

U T H DISTRICT OFFICE Of SPECIAL IHVESTIOATIOMs

•OX • ! • K*A. DETROIT J>. HICHISAN

3 December 1956

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Possibly KeteorObserved 18 December 1956, 1930 hours,Livonia, Michigan

TO: Director, Special InvestigationsHeadquarters USAFWashington 25, D. C.ATTN: Chief, Counterintelligence Division

1. On 19 December 1956, this District Office received areport of an unidentified flying object sighted at 1930 hours, 18December 1956, in the sky East by Southeast of Detroit, Michigan,The object was observed moving in a Northeasterly direction on ahorizontal inclined trajectory. The object was reported by a ]lr,^MHSWHPHMIfi^HPIIPP^ €HHHBMHNM » Livonia, lachigan, who describedi t as far away and about the size of a silver dollar held at arm'slength. The object was reported circular with a small conical t a i lwhich appeared to be a part of i t . The object was stated to be kelly-graen and the t a i l yellowish-orange. I t was observed for five orsix seconds before i t disappeared similarly as if the light had beenturned off. '

2 . Captain EUGENE A. KARBR3CHT, of OSI District Office Nr. 25reported he was flying in the general vicinity of Detroit in the eveningon 18 December 1956, and observed what he believed to be a larger thanusual meteorite falling in the sky at approximately 150 degrees from -north and at approximately 1930 hours. Visibility was unlimited at thetine except for a light haze over the city of Detroit.

3. An article appearing in the Detroit Times on 19 December1956 stated:

"The Detroit Times received two reports of an unusuallybri l l iant "shooting star," or meteor, that streaked across the northeasternslcy at about 7:30 p.m., but professional astronomers here and at theUniversity of Michigan had no reports. The Washtenaw County Sheriff's *office reported a whistling noise from the slcy at about the same time,

V .

2£th Dist 031 (IG) INV 2U-0-126 Sub j : Uhidentified Flying Object PossiblyKeteor Observed 18 December 1956, 1930 hours, Livonia, Michigan, 21 Dec %

but Selfridge AFR officers said an unusual number of planes had beenengaged in night maneuvers and that the sound probably was that of a jet."

U. I t i s believed probable that the unidentified flying objectreported by Mr. 4tfflKM0^-s ^ e same as that observed by Captain HAH3HECHT,and that reported in the Detroit Times. No further action is contemplatedby this District Office.

F. P. DUNNimsON, JR.Colonel / / . ^Distri ct-Xofmnander

- 2 i-

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

. . . . - • ••> •

TO:

SUBJECT:

TO:

THE INSPECTOR «ENERAL. OSAr

itTH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

•OX » ! • RPA. DETROIT 3». MICHtCAN

21 December 1956

Weather Balloon Reported 18 December 1956at Ma comb County, Michigan as UFC3

Director , Special InvestigationsHeadquarters U5AFWashington 25, D. C.ATTN: Chief, Counterintelligence Division

1. On 18 December 1956, at 0305 hours,-.an unidentified object wasreported to this District Office by Special Agent ED KASON, DetroitDivision, Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the effect that lor. and

reported an unidentified object in the sky in the vicinity of St . ClairShores, Michigan. Inquiry revealed the observer saw an unidentifiedobject in the sky N3 of her position at approximately 0230 hours on 18December 1956. Object moved to S33 direction from observer and disappeared.Observer watched the. object for approximately one (1) minute. In i t i a linquiry further revealed a weather balloon with a light attached wasreleased approximately 3/U of a mile HE of observer's',position at theapproximate time of observation.

2, In view of. the coinciding time and distance factors in thisinstance, i t is logical to assume that the UFCB reported was the weatherballoon released. Ho further action is contemplated by this DistrictOffice.

K

F. P.ColonelDistrict

UNCLASSIFIED

25th District OSI (IG) USAPSelf ridge AFB, Michigan

5 Ho vastier 1

P i l e : 25D 2^-0-161

SUBJECT:. S i t t i n g of

• '»!>'• » ' I *

Hours 2a Octo"ber 1958Detroit, Michigan

TO;Selfridge Air Force Base,Kicbigart

1. Reference i s inade to telexaicaiic report of sigpating ofujaidexttified flying object rendered fry this district office 2V October1953. . •

2. The following iufoxTastion was received telepiionicaLly by OSIBetactaaent 2501 at 1?55 hours 2.h October 1958:

1. Description of the Objecta- Bound"b. Softball or Basketball -_c. Eed ' • ~i-?a* One (1)

/f. Slcv, gloving flash.g» Hone .h . Je t a i rcraf t scxind "but louder tii&o. us"uali . Hone

Descriprtloa of Course of Obja. 2ha loud a i rc ra f t rsoiseo« IJot knownc. i-Joving Soutix toward Detroit River

/e . Faded otrfc Pf. Xjh t o l / 2 laimrfca

3 - I«!annex of Observationa . Ground visual"h.. Hone0. .IT/A

OSI DIST, FILE 2k-O-l6l, SUBJECT: Sitting of UFO 15^5 Hour3 26October 19 53 Detroit, Michigan 5 November 1 ^

TMae aod Pate of

a.b. Bay

la Eastern DetroitSouth of Warren AvenueEast of ChalntersWest of Outer DriveHorth of Kack Avenue

oct 53)

«»!».»•. ' 4 »

Student State University

7. Weather and Wirsdaa. Poor visibilityb» Overcast, raiay

8- H/A

9- H/A

3» Source adviseddisappeared*

the red flask disappeared the

k» At l£l5-hours 26 October 1958 the source again contacted thewriter aa& stated he had heard that an-aircraft had crashed in EastDetroit*

i . . .

5. ' 15ie above i s furnished purs-uarrt t a the provisions of A?R 2CO2dated p Fetxruary 195$ as anwsiaded.

Di s t r i c t Cooiaiander

JUL 1353

SUBJECT Flying Object

2150 tex**, 16 JuLy 1953

CosterAir Fcaraa Base,

la

ves round andaectton

AFB

ssoadl j&£$ed object, i i^rtin a

indirection

ttoafc Qttjnct UMI not a lulling star or any oti»r type of

July

^ I t I II III dl 4 1 |>|| ^J» • W ^ .

(1) &M0B» rouad.

(2) 3i«es aboat the size of a cOne beld act ara'o

: f, — •

hours, 13 July vy

(3) Color; oiiwer with two

(**•} Ho ox1 otboi*

oa case side of i t .

1 ** f catxixes

h.

ofeBozved*

ieacripfcxca of toe course of tfee

aVSHHHMHHBUBL f irst mmr i t la t i »

va» oft • ^5 dBSsev of alevwtloo, ewer

jBKtely one-half nile fxaa do«a-Oetrult l a • aootli vast

objftct • A YtUwnnfc hnnic <KT

Tlsse tnddate of

(1)

(2)

, id

iMptsoit* at

16, 9t»

tb«t tbexe neie acraevt«T8 weace «i«£bl» over

t o «tftlmnftft the aLtl-

ta ^tjnior ye«r of

25th Diatrle* r*"r ' "

e. Description of tbe object;

( i) Bound, oar

(2) Abact Vom else of a dim lield at asms length*

(3) colcxr vlth two ligjsfe codoxed apote—efr ottoer co the aldeg oftfae object*

or otter dii

observed i t i a

w '•^^^a^yi^yk^f la__

object

ml).to wsfft, eowth

m«• 40007 Of

cloud* J&sfe ae it passed

Ibr a period of 15 to 25

J9O 3J3JmRB1WTi?fl O3?

of

M(2)

hooi», Detroit local tiae, Id July 1958-

h District CS1 {IS> USA?,- w-^ *»_w m- t •

Air Force Scapu Michigan,2 T. - -

bis

(1 advised thct tbexe =*ere sooea but be was unable to edtisate their

Ibc «rt«xa Here visible over down-town Detroit.

vaa Intcrvi««e4 actCOB

to hia, nI wasn't oatsxtIn the U.S. Artsy

2i0

no fwUser sstioa la

1958

DEC 797TSU2JSCT: Unidentified Filing Object' (UFO)

x 0155 Hour», 15 August 195^ySoutiifield, Michigan

Air Force Base

1. At 0200 hoars, 15 August 1

0159Doty Agent ?BKD A. ZIERK, t h l a o f f i c e ,

Augast 1958, J]fifl|SiHP»£BC3t out o f ted t o have aout o f h i s vixt&am aod observed « a Ua idea t i f i ed F l y i a g

v

that bs ol»er?ed a tad^tit, reddish colorede l a t l » directiott of South to ^arth la t te sicy.

the «fe«JMt VM Tory bi^t in the afcy end oovine «tItie aoogXe of tbe axioutli of the iffX>, according

t ^5° from hl« riidev&e. W H p ^

«t tea's atiigUu He declnat« period of ftorto tbs c-ii^i and

Vthe object for an appraxl- / \

that heat Jfalch tiae I t appeared to have'fallen/

MP adrisod that there vetre BO after \after the UFO dtaappeared.^BBI^related that his wife also \

witnessed this OTD, and he opined that i t vas not, a "flying saucer* "r

that a Hiie s i t e i s located la tbe proximity ofhis dwOliag. Be aedared thst he thoxt^zt at firtrt tize UFO may hasreori^Losted from this s i te . Us also indicated that the UFO s^peered tohar» fallen to toe earth in the yicinity of US zh (Telegropti Hoad) and

report Is eubaitted for your information and such actionpursuant to AFR 200-2.

UNCLASSIFIED

25th District OSI (IG) USAF, file 25D-2^~112, Sub,?: Unidentified FlyingObject (U70), 0155 Hours, 15 August 1958, Soutlifield, Michigan - SPECIAL

3. With the s-utanu.3sion of this report, this matter is consideredclosed in tie files of this office.

h. This letter is classifieized disclosure of investigative

preclude unauthor-

Dir CSI (ZI)District Canaan

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object•v 2125 Hours, 16 August 1953fo Michigan.

TO; CcnmaacberSelfrldge Air Fcxrce Base

1. At 1330 hours, 18 August 1958, Mr* « • • . • • • ,,Street, Birmingham, Michigan, office telephone: KSnwood 2-fcooo,

telephonlcally advised Special Agent H. K. MdEVHT of this office, thatat approximately 2125 hours on 16 August 1953, he observed a lighted,ooving object at approximately 45°> 20 minutes, Horth, moving in an East-Southeast direction. 40VNfc stated that the object was in his sight forthree (3) or four (k) minutes 'before i t faded over the horizon, and thatthe l ight Dould fade and then return t o the brightness of a secondarystar.

2.- I t i s noted that the above tinje and date of sighting correspondsclosely with the newspaper account of when "Sputnik #3" would pass aver*

3. This report i s submitted for your information.and such actionas deened necessary pursuant to ASH £00-2.

h. With the submission of this report, this matter i s consideredclosed in the f i l e s of this office.

5* TbJ.3 le t ter i s classified BflflWIUWMftiAL to preclude unauthorizeddisclosure of investigative information.

Dir

V

16 7efcruary 1959

ConmanderSelfridge Air Force BaseMichigan

1. The attached memorandum dated I* February 1959 w-s receivedfroia the Detroit Division, Federal Uureau of Investigation.

2. This meBore-ndun i s furnished for your information and suchaction as deeaed necessary pursuant to A7R 200*2.

3« So further- inveetigationthe matter i s considered "CLOSED"

1 Incl

ccs Mr OSX (ZI) v/Xnel

contanplated, andthis off ice . \

USA?Di»trict Commander

iv>\

20 FEB 1959 - i>.

PT I'iT^J ^

\

25D 2^.0-70

KtfRT K. KU?*ZE, Capt, USAFHistorian 5 DEC 1975

17 April 1959

SUBJECT: (U) UHKNOVfl SU3J?«C?(S)r Unidentified FlyingObjects Sited at Dotroit, Michigan, li> April195*

TO: Commander1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense)ATTHi Director of OperationsSelfrldgs Air Fore* Bass, Michigan

!• This latter is srobnitted in accordance with A$R 200-2, dated5 February 1958*

MayAtJL225 hours, 15 April 1959*_ Street t Detroit, Michigan, Telephone; QgQg

talepbonlcully advis«d that on or about 2100 hours v V* April 1959*was »» SeTaora Street, Detroit, Michigna, with tyo_(2) of his friendsvhen they obevrrred orange glows in the eJcy, MMiMM stated that thsglows were about the size of a star and that they were traveling at thespeed of a jet aircraft* Both glows vere tr&yeltng in a northerly direc-tion, and they were in eight for epproxiaately two (2) oinutes. Soxtrceadvised one (1) glov appeared to be fifty (50) lengths behind the other.Source failed to observe any discernible features or details; and no soundwas heftrd* Source stated that he had seen aircraft flying at ni^ht be-fore* and these gloy* did not readable anything he had seen before.Source ndvised that visibil ity was good, and he did not notice any cloudsIn the sky*

3» Ho further action is contemplated by this office in this

fc. This letter i s classified COJfFTDSSTlAL to preclude tmnutho^^disclosure of investigative1 Information* «> ^•fK

Dir

Lt, Colonel,District

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON 2$, D. C.

UNCLASSJF52D

REPLY TOATTN OF: 25D INV 24-0-171

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAF25TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL I NYEST.'SATJ CMS

SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN

26 MAY 1959

SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OSJECTTJ(UFO), SIGHTED (U)

1225 HOURS, 25 APRIL I95^WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP,

MICHIGAN F\ \

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Q

o

TO: COMMANDER66\3T AIRCRAFT CONTROL ANDWARNING SQUADRONATTN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICERSELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN

I. CONFIRMING TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CAPTAINVOGEL, ASSISTANT OPERATIONS OFFICER, 661ST ACWRON ANDSPECIAL AGENT R. K. COULTER or THIS OFFICE CONCERNINGTHE ABOVE SUBJECT, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION I S HSUB-MITTCD:

A* DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT:

(1) SHAPE - CIRCULAR*

(2) SIZE COMPARED TO A KNOWN OBJECT HELD IN THEHAND AT ARMS LENGTH - 6S INCHES IN DIAMETER.

COLOR - BRIGHT

NUMBER OBSERVED - ONE (it).

FORMATION - N/A,

DISCERNIBLE FEATURES - NONE.

TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST - NONE*

SOUND - NONE HEARD*

OTHER UNUSUAL FEATURES - MOVING

CLASSIFICATIONBY AUTHORITY OF T_-i- ^--.

BY

B . D E S C R I P T I O N OF COURSE OF O B J E C T :

( ! )SAW

•_« w •<* »*

C T ••» • n u

(2) 03JECT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT, HEIGHT UTRAVELING !N A NORTHERLY DIRECTION WHEN FIRST OBSERVED*

(3) OBJECT CONTINUED IN LEVEL FLIGHT IN NORTHERLYDIRECTION UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT.

(H) MANEUVERS OF OBJECT - NOME.

(3) MANNER OF DISAPPEARANCE * DISAPPEARED FROMLIKE 9F SIGHT OVER TREES.

(6) LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGHT - MOMENTARY*

c. MANNER or OBSERVATIONS

(1) GROUND - VISUAL.

(2) NO OPTICAL AIDS USED.

TIME ANQ DATE or SIGHTIMSI

(0 1225 HOURS, 25 MAY 1959,

(2) LIGHT COMOITIOMS - D A Y , CLEAR.

LOCATION OF OSSERVCR:

MlCHIQAH

« *

V. BLOOMFIELO

AGEHOUSEVt FE.

ON OF OBSERVER: MR!

W, BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN,

G. WEATHER AND WINDS:

(l) VISIBILITY - UNLIMITED.

( 2 ) CtOUO COVER * SCATTERED TO NONE.

2 . MR* J f l N H M M H l P f t OBSERVER'S HUSBAND, ADVISED THISOFFICE THAT I N THE EVENT AN I NTERVI_E_¥_&C-!U S.WI31 RED, THAT HE BE CONTACTED ATTO MAKC THE ARRANGEMENTS.

3« THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS CLASSIFIEDF u I* v u y :- ^ v <i /*u i n \ , .ZSD D i 5 C L C 3 U ft c O " i H V £ 5 T i G £ T i V £ i a

Z. PRATERLT. COLONEL, USAFDISTRICT COMMANDER

COPY T O : .'" Di R OSI

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June 1959

Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), Sighted (U)0305 Z hours, 13 June 1959^&dison Heights, Mich.

oSlst Air craft Control" & Wa:Attn: Xntelligence OfficerSelfridge Air Force BaseMichigan

CLASSIFICATIONK4 or

B Y __JaiRTXKUNZE,.C3ptfUSAF-Historiaa

DATE

1. Coa Lrming telepbao* coaversatloa between 1st Lt. Levia Libeagood,66lst ACWIKDN end Special Agent James Barton of thia office concerningthe above subject; the following infomaatioa i s submitted:

a. Rescriptlcaa of the objects

(1) Shape - round.

(2) Siae ccsEpared to a known object held in the hand at anaslength. - penny.

(3) Color - pure vhite.

(k) dumber observed - one (l).

(5) Foraation - n/a.

(6) Discernible featuren - none.

(?) Tail, trail , or exhaust - none.

(3) Sound - whistling (airplane vithout engine).

(9) Other unr*renal features - none.

b. Description of course of object;

(1) Observer heard object.

(2) Object vaa traveling directly downward.

(3) Object vas traveling directly downward.

(h) Maneuvers of object - none.

UNCLASSIFiED

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25th OSI District (IG) USAF, file lift "25^0-173, SubJ: Unidentified FlyingObject (UFO), Sighter (U) 0305 Z tours, 18 June 1959, Madison Heights, Mich.,h June 1959

roof.(5) ^!aaner of disappearance - disappeared behind house

c<

) length of tire in sight - 10 seconds.

o? Observation:

(1) Ground - visual.

(2) No optical aids used,

d. 7ii35 suid date of sighting:

(1) 0305 Z hours, IS June 1959.

(2) I»i£it coodltlaas, night*

e» Location of observer:

IdentlTicafcion of observer: Mr*

Jiadlson Height^ Kichigaa

years,-?!adiaon EeigWat, MlcMgaa, electrical engineer.

advised this office^ that l a t h edeaircd he could be contacted at ^MBilflMHW ext*

2. 15ais doetca txt la claaaiclosure of lirve«tigative inf<

* CoXcael,District Cocstander

an interview va»hone

to pi

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E H T OF THE A3R FORCEt l UNITED STATES Alfe FORCE

25. D. C.

UNCLASSIFIED_ _ THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF25TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

SELFHIOGE AIR FORCE OASE. MICHIGAN '

APR 6 i960

(U) Ui- i lENTiFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFO); f 3RAN

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Grand Blanc,March 22, 2960

Mr* £«. Eisenhower, President U,S.A.Washington, D.C.

Dear President Eisenhoweri

As I can't find out any information from anyone, I amwriting to you*

The first part of March I turned over to the F.B.I, acolored transparency of the moon and a unidentifiedflyin$ abject for identification. Up to this point Ihave mat been able to locate where it is except that itis supposed to be in the proper hands.

Quoting from :-a letter of March 14, from Major Donald 8.Keyh**m *trom past experience with photographic evidence,we cimmider it unlikely that you will ever see your pic-ture

Also, from other U*F*O. societies I have received thesame perdictions*

I would like the assurance that this colored transparencywill be returned to me within a short tine, as it wouldbe financially profitable in the pursuit of my hobby,(camera* and equipment).

I am enclosing a clipping from The Detroit Times in re-gards to this item.

Bespectfully yours,

JPP/rpEnci 1

TRUE COPY

^jfc^flKagamran;

F*Sday and

picture JoifrSB^ed lastk on the secmid night

nearer ta t|&ea*atthatt the A grandfather at 44,he has^een^c^some

4r searchfor>*n"

DE^KOIT

Detroit, Mich.

( ) Detroit Free PressEditor: Lee Hills

( ) Detroit NewsEditor: Martin S. Hayden

(x/Dstroit Ti =>3Editor: John C. Manning

Editor:

Edition:Pa rer _J Col: _L

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(3)- v!Ci5.£ OF SJ.EVA7IC-?! ASS AJJ-^UTH OT Q3JCCT UOt SAPf»SAaIaC£ WAS APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL WITH THE SA3TM

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MAHMCft OF Dl3APPCARAMCE - DtSA^PEASCD BEHIND

( 6 ) LEM8TH OF TlWt 1M 3I«MT - Si X ( 6 ) (7)

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OCCUPATION

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2* TH£ ABOVE |»F0RNATlON IS SUBHlTTEO PURSUANT TO THE

PROVISIONS or ArR 200-2.

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' STANLEYS. 32APIELCoLOHEt, U.S. AIR FenctD» STSICT COMMANDER

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UNCLASSIFIED

0-! 32

BtOBJECT

AGE (UNK),4

1 0 NOV 1959 /

HRS> 5 Nov 1959* SIGHTEDDETROIT, MICHIGAN

COMMANOrS1ST FICHTIER WINGATTNs OPERATIONS OFFICERSELFRIOCE AIR FORCE BASEMICHIGAN

I. RcrCRCNce is MADE TO TELEPHONEWINS OPERATIONS OrncER, SELFRIOQEHOPKINS OF THIS DISTRICT OFFICE INCITED 0CLOV WAS FURNISHED.

CALL TO MAJOR LA GROE,AFB> at SPECIAL AGENTWHICH THe INFORMATION

RADIOREPRC5ENTA-

2. ON 5 Nov 1959 AT 1S55 HOURS, MR.STATION WXY2, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, TELEPHONED ATIVE OF THISJPtSTRICT OFFICE TO ADVISE THAT

^ t f H M M M M t , DETROIT* MICHIGAN, HAD CALLED THE VXYZRAOfo STATION, STATING THAT HE HAD OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIEDOBJECT FLY ACROSS THE FACE Of .THE MOON AT APPROXIMATELY

1800 HOURS, 5 Nov 1959* ^MMMWi >p£WT,LLlrM£p AS A YQUHa

IN TURN, VERIFIED SEE I NO THE OBJECT. BOTH INDIVIDUALSFURTHER ADVISED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE OBJECT GO ACROSSTHE FACE OF THE MOON TWICE, PERIODICALLY SPURTING FLAMES*

3. THE A80VE IS FORWARDED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OFAFR 200-2. NO FURTHER ACTION IS CONTEMPLATED SY THI 3DISTRICT OFFICE. ^

ASTANLEY WT SZAPICOLONEL, U.S. AIR FORCEDISTRICT COMMANDER

UNCLASSIFI

COPY TO:OIR OSI (Z!)

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R6PUY TOATTN OFl

SUSJECTl

DEPARTMEMT OF THE AIR FORCE1

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEWASHINGTON 25. D. C

250 24-0-159

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF23TH DISTRICT. OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN

APR 2 6 19S0

(U) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT (UFOGRAND BLANC, MiCH!GAN

DIR 05i (USAF) (Cl DIVISION)

I. R Z ' E S E N C E I S M A D E T O L E T T E R , T H I S D I S T R I C T O F F I C E ,S U 3 J E C T A N D F I L E A S A B O V E , D A T E D 6 A.P R [ J o O ,

2. OH 2! APR i960, P B P ^ A R R I VED AT SELFRIOGE AF3,M f C H i G A . V , A N D R E Q U E S T E D T H A T H I S P H O T O G R A P H S B ER E T U R N E D T O H I M . H E E S T A B L I S H E D C O N T A C T W I T H M A J O RLOUIS W. KUPPERSM1TH, DIRECTORATE or OPERATIONS, 1STFIGHTER WING. MAJOR KUPPER3MITH ADV I S C D ^ Q B ^ THATH I S P H O T O G R A P H S W E R E B E I N G E X A M I N E D AT W R I G H T - P A T T E R S O N

AFB.

3. A T T A C H E D is A C O P Y OF AN A R T I C L E W H I C H A P P E A R E D I NTHE 2.h 4"FR 1 9 ^ 0 1 3 S U E OF THE DETROIT SUNDAY T l M E S ,SUBSEQUENT T O i ^ H M k V I SI T TO S E L F R I D G E A F B . THEA R T I C L E t S 3 E I N G FORWARDED FOR I N C L U S I O N - I N YOUR F I L E S .

k. T H I S CORRESPONDEKC E f s CLA^SSTF 1P R E C L U D E U N A U T H O R I Z E D D I S C L O S U R E O F! N F 3 R M A T 5 0 N .

TO

5TANLEY//V/~3ZAF!£L"COLONEL, U.S. A I R FORCECOMMANDER

\ ATCKARTICLE, DETROIT TIMES,RE: 3U3JECT

•JNiTF'j STilESAIR FORCE

MAY 3

i

lunaMhotk f8flhit.tilghi Joenotified JLhe amall object. Upffl .s

fippeared to have'a cicme ftrifif

)

green glow.•Joe's friend* Kald it'lookecL'f-

like a "flying saucer.1'It t r e a t e d qui(e a *l\l i

Around the pirn place, wittyt"^~g^X r . . i .

peared taking people .. witltpictures of unidentified m$Ing objects to turn them oyci:to the iir. force. :;...• ; |>|;

C A L l K D theabout his moon shot With thii'object" in it. - ^ ;

Tvo agents came to thelittle side street pizza place l<look at the slides. > -f>|

"They watched the i) ldes?Perryitld, "and whrn 'tnj#ae frith the thing on It canii4tt they got excited, jumplf)[

i i p ind took that one and aii!<•ther one. They wld lhe |were lendlnj; them to Wait

outtftbeVi'iti*

dent;; Eisenhower; aftefji|tew^ t i P j d l lweeks^tellingithe. Prjsidlrft

that jveoplesaidi hej'^butdn

the form of; tvro fwho made three trips Wi.hi«

k ' i drestaUrint two ^eeks ago'irtdfihaUy^otitacted

at the ITFO Center o

"They didn't say iabout bringing them b'acii|anfl thrn 1 started -gctUflillettMi from pc^le « ? ' i T ^ r i h f y returned to Jo^i

JS SJmrKS" *$\W*#. ^''i^^^^^^^i^^M^}OK SAW HE became '^*»t'i'i"*^K*"--*iii«t'^ - i.;i<: !*!/<• hi .&!Uil J!^IIfsw!fkiiH?iif'\iiifiH'iramore concerned over hi<turrs when an tniripnliliedi -He tfcked about tM ilidiFlying Object croup wnnifd again. Thefo buv Jij.<; rights to the slides wrr* Ju»t rc\*>mr the rhes-

court to eel, in* snurcrv ^iMjil'-Thel .told hT1.turr» bick! . '•-—"•-•* ' '•,-" 'tinn(hreiit"namc!: to

AFCSI-oD/Capt Johns on/jeb/3924/15 Apr 60rewrtn/Capt Johnson/.ieb/892L/22 Apr 6C

3AFQI

1* The Federal Bureau of Investigation, by memorandum dated 9 MarchI960, advised thi« Headquarters that Mr. <tf*WMP*ft **********Street, Grand ELano* Michigan took some photograph* of the noonthrough a. taunade telescope at 0100, 21 February i960* After develop-ing the ££&t and. preparing his slide*, ^BJpfenoticed on two of the slideswhat agpassad to hiarto be a flying object. After enlarging the par-ticular HesitlTegj 'JMMBfstated the object thereon appeared to be flaton the feot&n* oval in" shape and to have a fluorescent glow* He saidthe object na» evidently moving feegauae the photograph shoved whatappeared '-feat be a vapor trai l . WHfrnlaastated that due to his thirtyyean* of eaqpeadtsic* in photography, during which he baa taken over a*K«n«-Tjd j&9ftogr»j&a edT the aoon^ he i s sure that, what appears en the

i» iwtaally * flying objeot end not a malfunatloo of thgoamera.,a blur oti ld^» telescope* er the result of faulty developing. dHBh»^ y p ^

the pit3tur«a ttottugh hist hctaeaade telescope,MH l the tohottutrachia slides in

g , toy »emoranduai dated $ Mu*chI960, fuiatetied the feregoln^ inforBjatioa and photographic alide» tothe CormTwIeT, OSI Biat*iot Hr. 25, S«Ofridge Air Force Ba««, Kiohi^n^he in torn fo2ward«d the inforaation and alidea to the CcBsaiader,Selfri<tga i l ? Foree Base, Hichigaii in accordance with the preeedureeset forth Xa APE 200-2. ,

3* Attached for your information and any action deeasd appropriate isa copy of a letter froa the Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated6 April I960 and a copy of a letter dated 31 March I960, which vasaddressed to President Eisenhower by JHH|* 031 District Nr, 25 hasadvised thft a ^ ^ y ^ > 3 e l i r i d g « AFB, of £ N f s a l^rrh letter.

^ P 3 ^ * % APR 2 • • ' - • ?

it. Johnson

AFC3I-6D/Capt Johnson/jeb/8924/28 Apr 60

AFCSI-6D

MAY 2 1350SAFOI

1. Befartnca 1» xaada to latter this Haadquartara, dated 26 April6 , concerning capticnod indivldmL*

2. Attached for your further iztforaatim and any action.appropriate la a copy of a letter IfcoK th* Faderal Bureau of lnr«»-

f tdgatlon, dat#d 21 ApriX I960, idtfe two attaetafcata.

3* I t l a Y«<juttat«d that >m b» toggUhad a copy of any corr%*pond«nc«forwopdod by joor of£ie« t « 4 H 0 | ia ovctar that thia H«4quart«r«nay ccnply vlth th* r*qoa»t sat forth In paragraph 2 of tho atta«fc*dl»tt<r, dat«a a j i ^ ^ O

4* Bo lav««tigati0n I s balng ecndooUd

GILBERT E. LSVYChief, Counterintelligence DivisionIjirectorate of Special InvestigationsIhe Inspector Genera!

TBL Use,

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Gapt•tfaj^lsen

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£ 3

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THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USA*£57H DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL

SEL«HIDGS AIE FORC2 BASE,

250 2^0-192 MAY 1 1 12flO

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING O&JECT (UFO): SIGHTED 0200 HOURSOR DECEMBER 1959 (DATE UNK}* AT 7520 PINE KNOB

MICHIGAN

1STATTNs\ DIRECTOR or OPERATIONS

AFB

ON 29 APR 1960,CLA««3TON, MICHIGAN* TELEPHONED A RESPONSIBLEOSI DISTRICT NR 25, TO UDVISE THAT SHE AND

HER HUS8AW0 HAD QSSEftVEO AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTAT 0200 HOURS IN LATE NOVEttftCR OR EARLY DECEMBER 1939

HAD TAKEN A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OBJECT.

ACCORDING TO mroRMATOi Rtce ivEo, THE FOLLOWING I SPURSUANT TO THE ftEQUIRCHCNT3 OF APR 2 0 0 * 2 :

PTtON or OBJCCTI

A* SHAPE - "Eoa3, S U E - "GRAPEFRUIT SIZE'*Cm COLOR - WHITEo. N U M B E * - OWE (I)E. FORMATto» - N/A ^f. DISCERNIBLE FEATURES - FOUR (k) TIMES BRIGHTER

LIGHT THAR ANY STAR,3, REAR or OBJECT - LEFT TRAIL OF LIGHT.H. SOUND - None;. OTHER PERTINENT FEATURES - NONE

SCRIPTI0W1

9m

c.

£•

V/HAT CAUSED OBSERVER TO NOTICE O^ECT - BRIGHTLlGHT«ANGLE OF £L£VAT<9H OF GSJSCTTO OIAANGLE OF ELEVATION UPON DISAPPEARANCE^FLIGHT PATH - NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGHU

: OF ©I3*PPCA:*ANCE - FADED OUTLENGTH OF TIME tU SIGHT - 0»E

v nXl ' * | | -A

MANNER or OBSERVATION:

A. OBSERVED WITH - GROUND VISUAL.s. OPTICAL AIOS - NONEc. SIGHTED WHILE AIRSORNE *

T IME AND DATE or S IGHTING:

A. ZULU TIME AT SIGHTING -O70O ON A NIGHT I N NOVEMBERon DecEH&tn 1959 (DATE UNK)«

a* L I G H T CONDITION - N IGHT, STARS SHOVING.

LOCATION or OBSERVERS

^HKNMNNPfc Bo* * 8 HUES aonTH or PONTIAC, MICHIOAMTLARKSTON, MICHIOAM

IDENTITY, OF OBSERVER!

CIVILIANV AGE (UNK)

TA«KSTOM> MICHIQAHOCCUPATION - M«s»

rACTO

AND Wl

CLERK AHO HOUSEWIFEMATERIAL CONTROL €L£*K IM

CLSA* WEATHER, CRISP, COLD, LITTLE WIND AMD FIRST SHOW

on

A* VISIBILITY - UNLJMITEO

a. CLOUO COVER ~ LITTLE TO NOME

ACTIVITIES TO ACCOUNT FOR SIOHTIHS;

NO HE

PICTURE, 35«H SLIDE, IH COLOR

3. Mtt»* H M V orrcitio THE COLOR SLIDE PHOTOGRAPH WHICHWAS ACCEPTED AND A HgOATIVE. CjQEY MADE* THE ORIGINAL HASSEE* RETURNED TO MRS. 4 N M M N E AND THE NEOATIVE COPY ISATTACHED*

C o l o n e l ,Copimander

USAF

I ATCHPHOTO /*

COPY TOt OIR OSI, w/© ATCH

25T* dlSFRTCT

2 7 JUL 1960

25 D 24-O- .2 c

Plying Obj< Lghting, 2110 h o u r s , 26 Ju ly

1.of

27 July, 1960,Avenue, Detroit,this District

unidentified flying object; at O & O

gleaned telophonlcally frc«to AFR 200-2, as followat

iption of ths object

- circular - flat on

Slssr - between a quarter and a nlcXel Ifnsld at arms length

(3) Bright unite - steady

(4) Only one (1)

(5) one only

(6) |k>.other details .

(7) So trail, tail or exhaust:

(8) BO sound

(9) Ho sual features

Description o£ course of object

(2)

(3)

looking in

At about a 45 degree angla toward theeastern horizon

not see disappearance - watched objectfor soxsut ten minutes, than vent to gethis telescope -took about five minutes -when again locfeod in area vhere last seen,object was gone - scanned sky, but all

(4) cfeject traveling in a louthwest direction,was northeast of the Horth star at whatappeared to be slightly less than an arm* a

10 wiimt

•anner of observation

?i»e and date of sighting

(1) At approximately 9*10 P.M., 26 July 1960

(2) Clear - clouds in South - darX

e* Qtoknovn except address, 3413 Ferry Ave., Detroit,

lltsm.» Clvi - age 14,Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, school* Tel Nr

Clear - d< in sooth - dark - no wind

(1) Good visibility

(2) As stated

. No-thing vmusual

\/ c c : OSI

Colonel* USAF

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