Project Blue Book Report — Greenwood, Mississippi, 15 July 1952

This teletype message, dated 16 July 1952, documents a series of sightings of an unidentified aerial object over Mississippi on the evening of 15 July 1952. The report originates from the Maxwell Flight Service Center and is addressed to the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. According to the report, Greenwood Radio received a phone call at 2045C from a base operator in Tchula, Mississippi, named Mr. Townsend, who reported observing a red cylinder traveling north. Subsequently, at 2150C, the communicator at Greenwood, along with four other individuals, observed the same object approaching Greenwood from the south. The object was estimated to be at an altitude of five or six thousand feet, where it hovered until 2120C before departing to the north at a very high speed. The witnesses described the object as making no sound and possessing three large red lights grouped together. The report further notes that the Civilian Air Patrol at Greenville, Mississippi, also reported sighting the same object over Greenville at 2129C. Memphis ARTC alerted the Mississippi and Tennessee Highway Patrols regarding the incident. Additionally, a T-11 aircraft from Memphis AFB landed at 2230C. The pilot of this aircraft reported that he had been over Greenwood at 2150C, where he circled twice and sighted another aircraft in the air. He then proceeded to Greenville, which he also circled. The pilot noted that his own aircraft had red wings, a red tail, and passing lights, and that it looked 'wierd' [sic]. The document is marked as unclassified and includes instructions for downgrading at three-year intervals and declassification after twelve years.