Air Intelligence Information Report: Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Object, Savannah, Georgia, 28 June 1950

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report dated 28 June 1950, detailing a sighting of an unidentified aerial object by an Air Force Lieutenant and his wife. The witnesses observed the object from the Chatham City housing project in Savannah, Georgia, between 0415 and 0500 EST on 28 June 1950. The object was described as a round, bright, colorless light, approximately two feet in diameter. It was observed for a duration of 45 minutes, during which it moved in an erratic manner, both vertically and horizontally, over an area northeast of the city of Savannah and Chatham Air Force Base. The object eventually disappeared while moving swiftly to the northeast. The report includes a note on the document itself referencing 'Astro (Capella)', suggesting a potential astronomical identification. Subsequent administrative correspondence from the office of the Commanding Officer, dated 3 July 1950, confirms that there were no records of weather balloons being released by the weather detachments at Chatham Air Force Base or the Savannah Municipal Airport on the nights of 27 or 28 June 1950. The document is marked as unclassified and includes weather data for the date of the incident, noting broken and scattered clouds at 25,000 and 10,000 feet respectively, with 10 miles of visibility. The report was prepared by Captain Edward G. Merrill and approved by Colonel James B. Knapp.