Correspondence Regarding UFO Sighting — Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg, Florida, December 1, 1948

This document consists of a letter dated May 6, 1949, from a civilian in St. Petersburg, Florida, to the Technical Intelligence Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Dayton, Ohio). The author describes a UFO sighting that occurred on the night of December 1, 1948, while she and her husband, a doctor, were driving from Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg. The witness reports seeing two round objects, one brilliant white and one brilliant cherry-red, moving at a 'tremendous speed' across the sky. She notes that the white object had a long, slender white tail and that the red object was slightly smaller in circumference. The objects were visible for approximately three seconds before disappearing. The witness explicitly compares the speed to that of a meteor, but notes that the objects were 'a hundred times magnified' and did not appear to be falling. She mentions that she did not report the incident to local newspapers or the FBI at the time due to fear of ridicule, but was prompted to write after reading an article in the Saturday Evening Post. The document includes a hand-drawn sketch of the observed objects and a formal response from Colonel W. R. Clingerman of the Analysis Division, Intelligence Department, acknowledging receipt of the letter and thanking the author for reporting the matter to the proper authorities.