PROJeCT 10073 RECORD DATE Tl .E G~OUP CONCLUSION 1. NllrtBER OF OOJE~T5 'l. LENGTH OF OBSERVA TION 11. B RIEF SUMM,\RY AND ANAL YSI5 Not reoort,vi s 6 . T'fPE OF OB!JEHVA rtON Gr ou...Yld-Visual _!_lot r port !d 8 . PHOTOS 9. PHYSICAL E vt!)ENCE c,:lJ ~ f lle. FTO SE? 6:1 ().JJ9 (TOE) Pr.vlo u s .. d1t1on o f thll~r.11 ::a? b. u ... d. Dr HYm:K 'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FRO~ PROJECT GrtUuGE REPORT. 1. Astrono.tlioJ.l cihh probab111tyl 1 oH probnbil it:, J B3~loond or nrdi~ary alrotnl~z lG..,., lCr) h. Rook~ts. fl~i a o r f~lli~g bodle a : t.!laso6ll~eou' (Mfl~ct,ions, 1\u.rors.l stret:U"ltl r.l btcd3D \ Lack of evidence preoludoa explanation~ HOV V UFK1< NR17 UD D D FROtl CG AFTRC BARKSDALE FLD LA 2305122 TO CG AAF WASH D C Fl59 FOTI AFACB 101 REPLY T O T~J.X 585 PD ALL'SGED F L fiiJG DISK CI!A ~iO'J I:j POSSESSION A-2 THIS HQ C~1A PROVED TO BE PRACTICAL JO:<E PERP:STRATED BY Ct1A SER JSPORT C~ln LA PD -~PPARATUS CONSISTING OF EIGHTC:EN I NCH ALUi'!I. JUt1 DISK C.IA ELECTRICAL COflDEdSORS AND HIRE f.vAS NADE I~J ilACHI IE SHOP OF A30VZ CJNCErt~J AND TOSS:!::D FROM BLDG I.JTO STREET AS JOKZ ON E~1PLOITR P D FBI RESIDENT AGENT CtvlA SHREVEPORT Cd A tvAS IN!ORfvlED AND CONT ACTED FBI OFF IC.S CNA NEW ORLEANS Cr1A BY PHONE Ct1A tlADE !NIT IAL R EPORT .\~ID LATZrt IlirOR.~.1ED THAT OFFICE THAT DISCOVERY f.:JAS HOAX AllD REdDERED CONPLZTE R2P02T OF INVESTIGATION PD SUf'lMARY OF I .lYOR1'1ATION 0~1 CASZ TJ ILL BE HEADQUARTERS AIR TR.\INING COMM. NO :'r-a:n3-m t:ts.l Jf S ~mary of Informat:i o n c .. ):x:1a n d iag Cdc~r 1 1 . Rsfe r-:Jno" is mau~ :;o T'.'IX F lt3 3 , H~adq,~art-r s, .Air ~::-ainiog Com- nand, dabtd 23 July 1 947. .. The 1ol0:J~d Sum:aary of In!'or~atioo, J'.J"J.1 c t , ' 'i.i'l.{i.42.:; '.i Found i"l 3hr..,vepor"C, Lu'J.Loi~nll, ci.J3.~quartars, !d r '!'-:-::.i!li:L.) '.Y1.U . .:.&.!lu, J.:lt...,d 23 .Ju.ly 1347" :Jnd i l c-r.urDS ..lr~ r.ub:nittdd for yo-.;.r .Ln; . -rrati.J.:l FOR THE COMMA~uiNG GZYERALa' .. t~:nna r:r o r' !:;~ Jr:M 't i on 7:i: Ll L\l.t G. 7/0RK;GI Lt Coloc1 1, GSC Aa a t CofS, .\-2 HEADQUARTERS IN RE.PL y REFER TO I 81\HKSDAL FIELD. U . SuBJbCT: Flying D Found in Shre~eport, Lou~3i~n~ Tnis cfCi r~o~i7ed a ro~or~ diJo had be8~ loo~te~ ia t~ l k at 2180_ "7 JHlJ lS47, tLa't a of , Si...r~veport, LnuiJ i.ana, a::1d i:t...-:.ed i:i":! 1 y ini ti ~ t d a~ l'ollow ing in..f-1r:na tic :J.: ~atio~ Ythi~h r~v3alad th~ 1 e :J1r.. , Shreve- port, Louisiana, statad i n !in intervi~w oa 7 -July 194:7 that s.t 1 8Cj, 1 J'.1ly 1 94 7 , he h.:t.d h rd the di.Jo whirling through th~ 11 ir ar..d had looked 1JD i-1 time t o oe" i: w'Jhsn it 1as c:~.p-oroxi- mat:,l)ly~o b.u.ndr~d feet in ths ~ir and c o:nL'l,z; ov~r :i c:: ::l board ad,jacsnt to t:n\! used oar l~t wher~ n~ HUJ .~ ranaing. ~i~a..ted th-t a~ob and r ire r~ comi:l6 .:"rom t h e rli3o o.nd that it was t r .'.i"Tsling at a !'ligh rat e o' sp~ed ~H>J t!ut it fell into the st.r-,et in hi3 i11anediata vioinity. n f'l;rther 3tated that h e had r~tri.;,v~d the d iao from t h e ..;trs~t and in:llMdiat~l:r noti1~idd A.r"ny Ofrioials r:lt Bark3dal~ Fi~ld. (C-1) 2 -Exami~ation of th~ di3c di3ol~sec tha~ i~ a be~n ma de 1-o:u a round p i eo~ o :" "'i ther ~\lc lad o r F\!r~c lad, S peo iri- catlon A..!~-A-131' aluminum,. . 064 inoh-es in thiokness. In tbe oenter of the diso ~ss an ordinary starter from ~ flouresoent light ~hi~h wa~ fastened o n b y mean s o f a P~rker-Aalon a~lr a?pi~ aorew.. Located on eaoh 3ide at approximat~ll one inoh from t h e edg~ of the di:Jo W!lS a condenser of a n un:Clown typ" whioh was h e l d in plaoe b y a n aluminum strap which was tene d t o the diso by two braz i~r h e ad aluminum r i -v~ta, S-oe.oifio'ltion A..N- 4 5 - DS. Two ~trands of ~oiled oou-ce r \"fire connected the condensers to the start~r in the center of the diso. The .::;ond enaers and the portion of the diso :tdjac~nt t o t h e tQ? Qf the conden.s~rl 3.ppeared t o b~ cov-,r~d "ith 3 oot. {.\-1) flouresoent li6ht an d the two conc~nsers from. elaotr~c a.r.~ ~ further s t a ted th~t he ha d ~3ed an ace~yle~e torch t o ? Ut soot on t he edl~ o f the di3o t o crea t e t h e i r~gsion t hat the diso bad be e n wbirli~g uta hi~h r o f 3~eed. ~ e ~a Cl!d that h e hda o 1 i:nbed -co "C h e -t:op v ~. ~:1e ";ui l ding tl "; a~d that h e had sail~d the dia o i n ~ont o f his bo.ss's c~r, but t h3.t h i s "bos s h.3d l a i l'3d ~o ~otic~ the di..>o a.:d dro V$ aNa~" further ato.t~d "that J t) me man (_?r e8u.mnbly c .1raton.) S'llr t he disc fall ).n t o the i:l'tr~et :3:ld pic~d ;_:: up. r'u.r1.i1~r s t a t e d that h e ct i d not r r i<!v e ':he c..isc o r -: :. 1 t:h e mau who pic~ed i t up whs.t it ''J'a.S ~a hct -..:a s in ' t't.e or. i n i o n ~hat .~nyone w!lo exa:ni d the G~3o ,;~uld r dily t~!!ll :bat tt jo~r. sta.t~ d that it Cd fini t~ly ; 1a a not i41te:1de d t o Jau s e t h e i'Xoi = n't that it l:ad c :tu s e d . (~-2) I~1v c i .;a:io n W9.J diacontlnued i::t":le oia:oly i no n uncov.,r L"lg Ji.J.,nc., t o r 4'ivnbly a . .ssur3 th~s oi'r"'i~" tha.t the <1J.ihJ l:loi.dent 't1!!S a r_\0tt.Jal jJ 3 i n a n o furth3lr i:1vesti6ati~n i a -:::ont ,tnpla-t.edo D3. a t r i b u tion: CG~ ~AF, Wash. 25. D. C. tn: AC ofA~2 1 OO?Y 'Ihe 7BI has r .. c e l.V d a Di~n3io~ dat~d 7 Jul y 1747. o~ , Shrev circul3.r d i s c at 6!05 P . ~. d~r~c~on. Thd di3c land~d ?Ort, Louisi.3.na, on 7 July co'11i:1?. from a nortr.,.,~s +er l,/ N~s vh:..r~ .1hen s~en L'1 tr~ 'lir and fir'3 ".Ta3 sa~n 1pou Jinc- ..... orr-'"!-:e :-jc'{~d UTJ the '"ii.sc it was n'Jt :-ot. ';.~'1~ d:..:;c ,ns j~s;;r;~ed Cl3 .J .Lhin a lu:ninu.u disc 1 0 ~nches in di:l:!le ter ,ri th S""Jall coilJ 2 ir.c n s i n T:""e c.JiJ..s 'f .~re connected bv t,~;ro co::~ 9~ ri.:-'""3 to ~;ro ecHn.na Ls )~ ""'ach coil and the wirea -Ner~ CJ n:1~cted .1" t:1-= cro.33in~ ~n ~-.he cen ..er o.: -..he di.;c ~:) .3..'1 ooj~ct Jne i_nc h in .J:!.:t:7leA..e-:-i;y 2 i:1C~us i:1 l:JnPth. '.:"::~s ob,jac"", . .,as !escribsd '1.3 simibr to t;1e st,artar on a 1l1o-:-escen t l.:...:~t. allaeod tt:at th~ ob~ect. ~.1-r.. t .. 1e c~r.-..a:-o;.' tl!e tUsc had 0 1 tha wn~n Lr:1relin?.; ' .:rou ... ;h l:e :J..: s:...:7lil.d..r to a colic..a-:1.J1l :1 .,~istl~ and that the :J~)Joth sid ~ "H'l:J tCJ"N'lr-1 :.~e Jd.r~n Nhile i..'1 t'li,{.1 t-... alle oedly d! sc ; t their p,)s 3e~s.:.on.