J:.GENT UEDLY .~ U:!:AC 98A/CG FT:-tCPHERSON GA 161400Z 70 C0~1G A~C ~RIGHPATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO , .. c_, UNCLA.SSIHiht PASS TO D !RECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE GSUSA~ . .. :;coNVENTIO~.t\L AIRCRAfT SIGHTED AT BELMONT NC EIGHT MARCH NINETEEN 7C~TY EIGHT E LEVE~ HUNDRED HOURS PD WEATHER CLEAR Ct~A VISIBILITY Z .CZLLEl~T C>:A FE~ Si1ALL SCATTERED FFLEECY HITE CLOUDS PD WITNESS$ CMA SUPER ~IETER DEPT CMA DUKE POWER CO C~A , -. ' -LOTTr. c. c c M ~A i. A rl CMA ASST TO c~:A GA~T0~liA ELECTRIC CO CMA GASTONIA CI~A NC PD NO PHOTOS PD G: ,JZCT SIGHT::D C LN . lOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER DISC OR SPHERE PD Ii:t: NOT EJTI:ATED EXCEPT THAT APPARENT SIZE FROftl GROUND ABOUT THAT : :['ALL COILt ?0 COLOR BRIGHT OR SILVER. CNA REFLECTED SUNLIGHT CMA .... T NO FLICI<ZR C~1A STEADY flfLECTION PD ESTIMATED SPEED A BIT FASTER t !--:Ad JZ:T TYPE A l RPLANE CMA THAN ;J ITNESS HAS St:EN Ct1A OR ABOUT S IX . L I)RED ~1IU:::> P HR PD ~I'TNESS WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE VERY FAST SPEED :~ rtELATION TO 3~1ALL CLOUD CMA BEHIND WHICH OBJECT DISAPPEARED PD ::.::.N FOR AEOUT Tt'J SECONDS PD HEAD l~G EASTERLY PD OBJECT MOVED IN :?.AIGHT LillE AT CONSTANT SPEED WITHOUT APPARENT CHANGE IN S TO DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE GSUSA . JIRECTION PD UNABLE TO ESTIMATE ALTITUDE CMA EXCEPT ABOVE CLOUDS 0 SOU'JD C7 Y KIND PD NO SXAUST TRAIL OR ANY OTHER PHENC~1ENON .: .::ZCTED PD C PLZTE t.WRlTTEN RE?ORT FOLLO:JS PD 2 . T~ undersi.ned talked to llr. , but cei ther of + 11~ Q1",'\er witnesses . . r . i:J a ~an of excellent character and :or., a first ~rade ~n~neer, and ~moloy~e of Duk~ Power Co. f or ~"~ ~ ?0 r~ars. ~s i3 k:-10"fJI to the und!!r~irzned thru mutual close !:-1-end .. -: r.o:':l~ !'le is ~lateri. ~e i::u~ssed the undersi1n1ed as being conservative '., 1 'r)'lrl1 '!nd is ~ t~r.1r. i "=:ll man wit~ a "T~ry tee hnical anci NS?onsit l$ "''"'s~+ion. :tas emoloy~d l),. the govermnent during WD.l' in some work of ~ .. "?~'l~i::l.l and :lassified nature. "?fa.S car '! f Jl in his statements o.1 t.lined above. He ~0 ":Ot claio th3.t h~ md other witnesses saW a nnying disc" ..! :'l~r~l:r cla:i:ns that t:'ley sa., an object ..,l:ich they could not l. : .. r. +:.ify nth a.rry na t:1r:ll -phenomenon or knolm type of aircra!t . ! .n:J 1 i te sure in h! ~ own mind th:lt 1 t did not resemble a.ey ':''..~nr nti,nal airc-r:!ft, t~t it was "a round metallic 3!)pearing ">:.~ ,ct, ..,oving very r-3.r idl7 . He states tha1J there i s obs ol utel y ""'to t in his ;nind c-r tnat of the other t-..o wi tr.ess.,s that t!'ley l ., o:>1~tning v~rJ cl~arl7 of the abov~ description, and that they .:.1 rnt-,~"~d it for 3one t.~n seconds '.lntil i~ disaol>eared be"l.L'1d :i. ..' r 1 t..l t ~ = th4 t he 'rill c~ ~lad to give any -..:. ~. 1 r i!U'ormJ. tion t.~J. t -::.ay be desired, but. o~lidves the aoove . . t.d .. 1s ~11 the in.!'c r:r.d.tion . .,.nicn he can ;;;i '"3 as to the oojact -.... 1~. ihs exact J.oc.1t.'!.on from wr-ich tne Ki.tr:9Dses sighted t:1e o.oJ ~ ! :-. c.&n be ootained .1s tne tnree ,.ere wo rking on a po..ar line :.1! e a~d ~ve a . ailed d13gr~ of their exact position. ~ .1rther :!.::f ~rna ':.io!'l cone., rr.ing M::-. ':ould r.ct d')tct be obtai ned frcm the .erso el ~ot of J 1" ...,..,~er Co. The 11n~,;) -si ed knows notnin~ about the refer-!nces ()f v;L t:1ird witness, ~ r. ? . The und~rsirnc:3ri ~as no further information uTX>n which . ' wuuate report, but from tal.ld..ng to Mr. feels that ~?. an~ other witnesses 3a~ something which they could not identify, sL~csre, and t~ d~tails o f t he object in their ~Rn min~s are 'lS or ll!:lted above. Air. pea ted that he was quite nositi7~ that the object was not an airplane. J.mes Y. Rogers, Jr. Lt Col, Cml C (Res) C.O. 317th Comnosit~ Gn ?~rsonal a d ;ress: 2131 :.tcClintock Rd., C r-..arlott.e, N. C. UNCLASSIFJ llAprS.llKI t t Co 1 T. Z Ul 'loel1Jrtvok Jete,._ 18 _. to ~. a\lbJacta ~'noo~oal a -lq. !!aS r4 Azwre tta.pon ., llPt411 ot !'\ 1a 'tha~ enblate ot baS&" ~ elourla a" lt la re~ t!at llr. tae J.nt ~ ,. ter tM JIUL'JO ~ ~ ~.~ ... ; M e..U.tioa. et aise ' ~ Mlp' or '"t et ..U liM at a lee..,-altl A oJ Ja -. ~ d ScbW s- 'h of \ dM,/ an ~N e\Mr Da\ la b ricdllltr., lr ... ,_, ;.rtlaer d.oa aall&We on t!'\Sc o~ .. WU4 ~ ~q &JPnolcbd ~ thia Commanding veneral ~right-?~tterson Air ~orce Base Dayton, uhio Cll:1rlotte, ... c. Gentlemen, l Refere~ce is made to your letter of 21 April to me from Col. .'1. R . Clingerman { s ie:led by Lt. Col. J. J. Bausmgn) 1~ re~ y t ~y report of lb April, subject: 'iBbt1ng of r~conve:1t l ~1rcrqft." The we~th~r bure~u ~t ~orri~ ~ield {qbout five miles from the I~oerl~l ~otton V1lls, 3el~ont, ~. c. -where object W9S ated) reports that tne 'Re<ither on 8 "arch 1948 a t 1100 hrs. ~s unlt~lted ceiling, clouds ~bout .1, high {qbove 10,000 rt.) thin 3 1 rrus, est itn!lt ed 1 t 30,000 ft q t 1130 brs. ~!orris .c ie ld says that these condition~ were general over ~ l9.rge ~rea, and undoubtly the same over tbe sighting s pot ~s t hey ~ere at the "e9.ther .Jtqtlon 9.t ~orris ~ ield. fi~ve t~te~ie~ed the "itness, Mr. qg~in ~nd be Jays th~t since he 1~ not a tr~lned ~erl~l observer and does ~ot k~o eitner the ~ctu3l size or the object or the distqnce, ~ould b e ur1able t o e~timg te horizontql or sl~nt r~nge, or deter~i~e ~hether the object appeared to be lsrge at q ~eat d1stgno~. or a~aller ~t & les~er d1st!nce. ~here are no other known ob,erv9rs other than _.r. qnd his par~1 "r. added no thiag further to the original 1eport, except t~at he seems to be or the !~pression that the object ~as ~ di~c rather than a sphere, but I don't see how he could deter~ine this under tne conditions, qnd since he was uncert~in in hi~ original report, believe it should probabl1 be discounted. He wqs q lite insistent that he heard no sound, and th!t it n~!n't in ~is o rin1oo a eonvgntio~al type air~lane. re~etted that no more 1~ror t1on is avqilable. 'iN CLASS I FlED qmes Y. ogers, 2131 Yc~lintock Rd., Charlotte, ~. c. Dr HYNEX' S EVALUATIONS ExTRACTED FROM PRnJECT GRUOGE REPORT. 1. tronoz:lloal k:iF')l probabllitra b. rair or l ow vrobabilitys 2 Non-e.etrononioa.l tut sug;'St i ; e of o t httr explaoatioWJ Bllllooae o r ordi~a.ry iroraft t &ooke t a , t'1~rae or falling bodleA~ .t.!iao~lla.neou.s (N'fleotlons, urora1 streanora, b1rda . eto. ) a ~. Hon-&4tronouloal, with no ex?lan&tion evident &. LAok of evidenoe preoludea explanation JU~T,~ .i~..S ~ x::>!AnAt.ioa' lnoicenti:!Ol) col~r.or.t, l!orth Carol ifia --6 ~roh 1948 'l'he si)eed of 600 1.!.111, t~e la.c~ of a.n ex.htA.ust tra.il tha re:)ortod " e xa.ct l y hor izontul cour so" r.::LJ.:o it. ext rer.1~ l y i::1?rob- u.Ll f.J that thu o..;jtjct soen i~ ~.tl& incido:1t vtas u ~" .. oL~or. " s t.9::t.d:t re.i'l oo t ion which did !'lot fl io!:o r" also ar .. uo ~ a. ;a.in~t t:1.~t poa:slbillty. Stnoe the o~serv'3r 't'r&.S a technical n!&n, it does not !HHJn li~oly thu.t his otJser,,o.tions au.-., b.o oonsiriorf:ld subjective enou ;.~ to fit th m into an astrono:uical hypothesis. HEADQUARTE ns AIR l.!ATERI!L CO~ Wr1ght-Patte~son Air Foroe Bale tayton, Ohio SUBJECTs Projeot "SIGB Chiet Air t;enther Sarv1oe, Andrews Air Foroa Base, w hington 25, D. C. ATTIJ J DSS llC i AXO 3/Hn-s/ TCJ. 1. Pro ot :.S!Gl'" ia respor.:~ible for the colleotion.l 1nve.,t1- t:at1on and intt'rpret~tiol1 or dt1te. rolative to e1V1tinG of ~1dontif1ed tlyirr; objeota. Attao~1od Inoidant Suc~rl~ 1 thru 172 .from the tile& ot Proj~ot "SI(il'~ are ror:.arded for study and rvoo~nciatiot!l 3 to ~hlohor tho L~o1denta may be eliminated b-lloone rsleaaed on routine ~pt1o aoents by th. A1r ~eath~r Ser7ioe, the N~ Aerolo~ie&l r"Yioe or the 1in1ted States Wea.ther Bureau. !~ 11umawriee att.aohed 'tiA.Y bt nt al."'\ed in your headquarter' tor worl<ln;; 2-nd rererenoe purpotea. , 2. he Air Weather Service ia the or.ly ~r.~no~ of lt5 type that ha ~on aked to esist in the acoocnp: ishment ot Projeot "S1G1l" except t t thA United States YJ"a.thD,. 9ur~a.u h(la prov d~d L't'\tor-!J~t1on on ball 11&htn1n~. Reeearch projeote in hloh balloons re used and hioh r oonduo~d or lponsored by the Army, ;fa.vy or llnt .~d 3taU,a Air Foro& r ~heokad by the Intll1g~noe Depar~dnt ot th1 Coo~d. T~ese oheoka ~UfPlAlly mads di~ot fro;.1 the Project "SIOH"' Offioe, ~C IA..'0-3. These heoka are d1at1not trom the ohox ot synoptic balloon flight made by '1Jf4a.the -r e nice atat~ona of the~ ~i r Force~ th~ l:S"'T)' and the De:pa rtcnent ot Coalmoroe 4 (U. S . 'J'e&.ther Bul"ea.u) req_u.eated of Air i:"e .. ther S.r'11o~t. 3 I t '11 ~ opinion or thia ottiott .. that the below nta an thoae ha:vi:ng the grsateat poasibl.1ity or being . ltat does no elimimte the poaeibility th&t rr;a.ny or the lnoldenta re balloo~. ' liJt.ed inoi- balloona, Thia Eq AU:, Chiat, Air Vlf,ather Services, Yiaehin~ton 25. D. C. Bubj a Project "Sl G'.JW 4. The torm used 1D 1nterropt1Ds 1tnesaea to ai~htinga 1 illoloaed ae a matter ot 1ntareat. Co:nment to poaa1ble il:1provement cf the "Essential Elem~nta or Intor~tion" 1n regard to routine ~optio balloon tlichte ia invited. 5 I~ 1.s requettecS :that correspondence be ronwarded to the Conmamlng General, Headqurtera, Air :Uater1el Co~ltl&nd. &tteDtion -"CIAJC0-3. FOR THE CO~JAN~DIG G::NERALa lf. R. Cl1ugernan, Cols USJJ' tor ~I . Ji. LioCOY 3W!lmAr ~ l-172 1nql Chlf, Intelli~enoe Dept A.f'O 1 J , !!q USAF Capt \tcnuskl. Vlopeyloa tab lJ11 .~o .-Kod la :!.v:BZ~KP Co. cnl ne .. l, 1WfS Subjs Frojeot BSAtQUARtERS. J.IR lfEA.THER SERVI:E .Lndrewa Air Foro Base, Waeh- TOa Co::1manding Genen.l, Air 11ater1$l Co:nmar,d, llrl~ht-Patterson ~ir Foree ilae, Dayton, Ohio ATLN2 liC!A.XO In-restir;ationa by this headl.iuarters rewal tr.at a synoptic vtaather balloon could have beer. at the location 'Jrhere si~htings ~ere r$portad in'the followinG ir.oldents. In compi]in~ thia liet oons1derat:on ~aa given to the ~ind direction and ~p~ed at . the urfaoe and lort at the scheduled time of bAlloon r$~aae, and th$ location or the near~st ~eather station 1ng balloon ob~r- 2 lnol:s 1 CHIEF AIR 'ii'E.A.TEER SERVICE Lt. Col., USAF Adjutant General CEECKLIST -UNIDENTIFIED FLYIBG OBJlrrS 3 . Locationlelaa' I. C. u. ~!nmo of obeerwr Mr. 6 . Iddross or obsorvo r CMrlo,te, c. (rAln Po.resa Co~) 7 . Placo of obsv rV&tion .,._., I. C. (S14ltecl ~ 0 . lllmbor or objoote l 9. Di3tanco of object frcm oba()J'TOr 1/1 T irlo in s i;ht rtltitude /1 - 12. Spcod hroald 6oo 13. Dirootion of flight laa\erlJ Incidtlnt fiD5 'l'actica 1oM. IOftlla u.!&h' lble a' eoaataa\ epee& wl ._. ia al'l or 41ftcnlca 16 . Siao Jroa a 41'- \ba' of a --.11 coia 18. Sho po or apbeft (UDUle to 19. Odor dotootod 1/S . 20. Apparent conatruo.tion 21 . Exboust trnjls 7loathor oondition!ClGs:t Y1th 100 \ered. .lfhi~ =ala 23. Effect on clouds Skotchao or photosraphl 15. Unnnor. or din4ppo~rnno~ 26 . R~J~Urks s (o,v) roaM Wlio-ppelll'iJis _.~eot ~ WJ7 a\ a e.U..t.cl the ots liar 1C. 1M .. clear with eat Yldldll9 -.1~ a few ..U ttered fleecr wite 1\ could not be de if the object. ._,re a elise or aphsra. Ita appe:-jn~ 1 the' of a coia of a ln-l&h' or a11Y3r l' rlt'lldecl \be .. a 1 ntlact1o1l which 4id JJCt fl '!he o-Jec\ ~aa oa tor ~c. 10 aa em a enaterl7 :noed 1a a atraSp\ 11u at. a constant speed wi\boo.t app:,rent ehsnu.-a 1a al '1 OJ' c!lre~a. It 1Foarible \o ~he al t1tude 'btl\ i t _. mYiml the cloa.da. Xo aonnd of en.y kind VE.a hla4 1M wa af17 exbaat bt~Sl obaen'8d. a f1ra\1t'adl Ulibeer u4 aplotee of 1\lke Power Co for 10me YJ ,et..ra. aiM \b.a apnt aa 'beiJtC conaerfs.\lq tna! la a -wltA a nr, ad poeitica. llr. - ~r&l ill )ala nat.enta. .. doe rot olaia he ... dl.o, ..rel7 ~ cla,aiJC tbd eav o\Jed "tdlich cr.nl4 DO\ 1dn\1f7 wl\h 81:f1 ta-el pbnomema or bow of l' reeable4 appe~iDc etbjtO\ ~ '''~ npuq. Vi taesz Xr as 91 n t Sapel1ata1ell,, Meter Dip\ . n,c. Power Co., Cbarletw, I. O. Mr tonis ~ee\rio eo UNCLASSIFIE~ c:.s..~e ns1r UNcU..sstFIEO :ffi.&tq\JA.Rf&RS !HIID &~, 7orl TOa COJIIIIWIJ, DICI!!41P HD tir.. 'Jl a. Bule .-.doa\1 l8