Report re Flying Object near Spartanburg, South Carolina, 22 July 1950

This document contains a series of reports regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed near Spartanburg, South Carolina, on the night of July 22, 1950. The primary witnesses, a reporter for the Spartanburg Herald Journal and his wife, were attending a drive-in movie at the Star Lite Drive-In Theater when they observed an object in the sky. They described the object as round, saucer-shaped, and approximately 200 feet in diameter. The object appeared three times within the span of an hour, hovering at an estimated altitude of 2,000 feet. The witnesses noted that the object was surrounded by a mist or smoke, despite the sky being clear enough to see stars. They also observed the object reflecting light, which they compared to the glow of a forest fire. The witnesses attempted to corroborate their sighting by alerting two other individuals in a nearby car, who also observed the object. The witnesses collectively agreed that the object did not resemble any known aircraft or celestial body. A subsequent investigation by the 82nd CIC Detachment included interviews with the primary witnesses and a control tower operator at the local airport. The control tower operator reported that he had not observed anything unusual during his shift that night. The document includes a cover memo from the Headquarters Third Army, dated July 27, 1950, forwarding the report to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Additionally, the file contains a newspaper clipping from the Spartanburg Journal, which provides a public account of the sighting, and a separate, unrelated clipping regarding a flying saucer sighting in Venice, California, dated July 25, 1950.