Unidentified flying objects seen over Summerville, South Carolina on 3 April 1950

This document, dated 7 April 1950, is a summary of information regarding an unidentified flying object sighting in Summerville, South Carolina, on 3 April 1950. The report was prepared by Headquarters Third Army and forwarded to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The incident involved two primary witnesses who were interviewed on 4 April 1950. The first witness, a seventy-seven-year-old woman, observed a 'round saucer shaped metal object' that was 'very shiny' and moved 'very slowly' at an estimated altitude of 150 feet. She noted that the object made no noise and was visible for approximately three minutes during a bright, cloudless day. She also reported that a caretaker at the estate and several neighborhood children witnessed the object. The second witness, a twenty-six-year-old former Aviation Radioman Second Class in the Navy Air Corps, observed the object from a drugstore across the street. He described the object as looking like a 'piece of pipe' traveling on its horizontal axis in a northerly direction. He stated that the object appeared to be traveling 'pretty fast' and was too far away to accurately estimate its size or altitude. The report includes a standard ATIC record card and a formal transmittal letter from the Third Army G-2 section.