Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project Grudge Report of Investigation: Unconventional Aircraft Sighted by Thomas J. Page
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AI-Generated Summary
This report details the investigation of a 1949 aerial sighting by Thomas J. Page, which was officially determined to be a celestial body, likely a meteor or comet. The investigation was conducted under Project Grudge and concluded that the object was not man-made.
This document comprises a formal Report of Investigation conducted by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) under Project Grudge. The investigation was initiated following a letter from the Acting District Commander at Kirtland Air Force Base, dated 7 July 1949, regarding a sighting reported by Thomas J. Page. On 14 March 1949, while en route from Honolulu to Canton Island, Mr. Page observed an object of unusual size. He subsequently wrote to the Mount Wilson Observatory to inquire about the nature of the object. During an interview conducted on 25 and 26 July 1949 in Palo Alto, California, Mr. Page maintained that the object was a celestial body, specifically suggesting it was a meteor or possibly a comet. He was emphatic in his assertion that the object could not have been man-made or an aircraft. The official record card for Project 10073, associated with this incident, also categorizes the observation as a celestial body. The investigation was closed by the OSI, with no further action pending, and the report was forwarded to the Commanding General of the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Mr. Page was very emphatic that it could not have been an aircraft in any form and that he so stated in his letter.
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Official Assessment
Source feels obj was definitely a celestial body. No details available.
The witness, Thomas J. Page, reported an object on 14 March 1949 while traveling from Honolulu to Canton Island. He contacted Mount Wilson Observatory regarding the sighting due to the object's unusual size. The investigation concluded the object was a celestial body, possibly a meteor or a comet, and explicitly ruled out the possibility of it being man-made.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Jerome M. BraunActing District Commander
- John G. SwopeColonel, USAF, District Commander