AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT: Unidentified Flying Objects

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report dated 11 April 1950, concerning a sighting of unidentified flying objects near Montpelier, Vermont, on 22 March 1950. The report is part of a broader compilation of seven alleged sightings reported by various Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Flight Service Center units during March 1950. The primary witness, a restaurant operator from Barre, Vermont, reported observing two white, bowling-ball-sized objects at high altitude. The witness noted that the objects appeared to be flying in formation with an aircraft, which he initially identified as a B-36 type, and that they were breaking up cirrus clouds as they passed. The report notes that the sighting was transmitted from the Montpelier Radio Range Station to Boston Control. Upon investigation, the MATS Flight Service Center in Middletown, Pennsylvania, determined that a B-29 aircraft (AF 791) from Rentschler Field was conducting a three-hour test flight in the vicinity of Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake George at an altitude of 25,000 feet at the time of the observation. The official conclusion reached by the intelligence officers is that the objects were likely reflections from the B-29 aircraft, rather than anomalous aerial phenomena. The report explicitly states that no photographs or sketches were made of the objects and that no exhaust trails or sounds were noted by the witness.