Dr HYmX' S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT 1 . Aatron~ical l:ir,h probab111tya b. tnlr or lo jJrobabilitya xr> lana t i on..s U&.lloone o r ordir.a.ry aircraft 1 b . kooket~-flares o r fallin~ bodies; ,, , Uiaoell a.neous ( Mfl8ot ions, a.uroral etretU"lora, birds , eto.) s Non-5trono~ioal~ with no explar~tion Tideat videnoe pr~oludee e~planationl oi'f-, red uc;&~ 3't3 no n.s.tion 1 109 --Bakersfield . California 9 "'~rcn 1948 It is extremely unlikely t nat t h e objeot oit ed in this i ncident was of astronomical origin incident 1ilOG !>ee report on c:~CK-LIST -ll}!IDEj!T 17IED FLY lUG OBJEl:TS : A arch 1 4S 2 . Tii:la 3, Locution Ak~rsiiel.G, Calirorua ~!amo of observor 5. Occu~tion of ob~or~r 1. Plaoo or obs~r~tion 5th Floor of ~iness bujlrling rlun b v r or ob jf'lots 9. Distanco of objvct from obsorvor 7 -10 m11e to. Tir'\o in 3i;;ht r.;s 12 . Speed ii/S Direction o f f l i ght Due .1orth ot 3al<ersfield d1. Taoti.os Zig-1&gin& 1.;.. Site ).ppenranee ot n wry sma.ll ai:rpl.ane 17. Color Uran'e t"OO .!'l.ama AIJl>Oornnoe ot a Ter:f saU airplme 19 . Odor dotootod N/S ::o. Apparent construction H/S lncid:n~t ftlD9 2 1 . Exhaus t trails Conai&rablA black sa:>kn traili ng tor LooO to ~ reet ".,2 . lfo~thor conditions Y/S ~ffoct on c l ouds !J/S Sk otoho s or photographs !~ono nr.ar of disapp-Jernnco ~/S HEACQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE COMM DING GENERAL HAMILTON FIELD. CALIFORNIA SU3J-:;CT t lDTeati~t1on of Ylying Diso Co~aa3and1nt; nertl Air Katariel Co~nd Wright-Patterson !FB Dayton. Ohio At1'St TSDI:J At-tached Su!IUtlAry of 1nfor~na -;ion fo in oo~ol1 nee wi~n ADC Ltr 4fi-6. 3ubjeotJ "Reportin g ot Informtion on " 1ly1ng Disea da~e d 25 Maroh 1948 . ING GE~F~.At a S/I-Inn ot "i'lyin! D1ao ( du p ) D1ttributiODI ~c, wrigh -Patterson - 2 oya ADO, Uit~el Fld, M Y - l cy SA?. Waahi~gton, D C - 1 ay .-~, 'AF Hamilton Yl i file - UNCLASSIFIED tlNCLASSiFJ Ltr ! r.n Hq 4th AP, dat ed 11 v.r 48, subject: lllnweatigatica of ~ D!adl A?O!R-C0-5 1st Incl. TO: Couwua M1 n Cene ral, Air Y& t.eriel Ccar.anc! Ease, ~on, Cllio t-Patteraon Air force uNCLl\3S1FIED HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Off1oe of the Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence :~amilton Field, California 3U3JECTt Inveati tion of Flying Disoa 3 y OF IN?OR~TION1 In!'ol"'."tion from the Sheriff' a Office, 3e.kersfield. California, ~31caled that numerous calls r~om re3identa in Bakersfield oonoerning 'J'9ouliar ()bjects in the sky over Bakersfield. pre<.iicatad ar1 invosti~1l tiou by t,hoir of!ioe 8 d oontao-4; "rl.th -2 Headquar ur~ ::-our+.h Air l''or:)e~ Qn 13 Uaroh 1348, two infor!1am; s, Mr. , nnd ~. atatd that they obaerted a flying objeot Yhich appeared to J e ~on.sumed in firs, and lett a brownish, white pl'...l.'M of amolce, Yhich 1uddenly 1topped and diaappeared. Seoonda later, ~hat &ppeared to ~e ~ ~araohute, was ~een to be drittin~ to the east. The object, as described, appeared to b e s burnin~ fabric airplane, ~onsumed in smoke. Observations were :made in 3a!cersflttld o.f objeot to ~ha outh and southwest, approx~tely ten to ~elv9 ~1les distance, Jn 13 aroh 1~48, in1'orman~, ~. 3~at,ed that he obaerv~d \n 'hj~ot at 0830, 8 Maroh 1943, due north of il~Lersfieldr anproxi~tely .:~i,e miles distance. r~1e object "Has a lar , oran -red ~1all of fire, Jo~ewhat larger thnn a small ai lane, a?9earsd to re~ain s~ati~ for ~j?roxi~tely thirty seconds, tb6c split and continued to burn; eaoh tiJi~la as a burnin~ hAlf. A ?arachute, with a b lack objee~ ban~ing ~g ~hen obaerved to fall, drift ~o the ~ast and disappeared i~to the i1ills at ot 3akerst1eld. On 1~ hroh 1948, two inormanta ~s. seoreta.r:r, Haherfalde Building, dak~rsfield, California, and Dr. den~ist, Haberfelde 3uilding, ~akersfield, California, stated that they were in Ra~erfelde ~uildi on the morning of 9 Maroh 1348. 'lrs s a oatient of Dr. Both informants s~atad that ~hwy obrd a fla~in~ object which appeared a t, first t o b e a verJ omall li.nlane. Ora.ne;e r9d rlames 8 -rr.ed +.o envelop~ ~:'lA ob}l()t -rlth Cl':>nsidar- le ~lack amoke ~r~ilin~ in a ti~:ag manner f o r ~?~roxi al7 4,000 ~o 3 .. w\~Q feet. The objeot 11as obserr.ed a~ l,COO f3~1i, a::>?roxi::"'a.tol7 due ~1r 0~ 9aker3fiald, 39Yen ~0 ~ n ~lss di3~Rn~ ?TOXi~ately ud~Q Ju:nusary of Infor:na tiona !~7astigation of Flyin g Disas Informant further stated that the object dl sappeared behind a ~ter ~ower, which was an obatruction to their v i ew, a n d waa near the ground. Both informants watched for an explosion, thinking b~at it would explode upon reaching the ground, but nothing unusual ;.raa noted.. A- 2 COl-1ME&Ta Although t here ia no eTidenee to substantiate the following, it i 3 ~he opinion of this headquarters that this aotivity oould b e ributed to mar ker flare~. Any rther de~elo~m~n~s, or evidenoe o taine~ will be forwarded this n dquar~ers from ~he jheriff's J~r!~e, 3akerafield, California. ~IALOAriON rntor.n.e. t;i on D >lJ DII;. :i~'J'' ll)