r-i pn iary A' 'IC Form StJut Fi lJ, I~diananolia Fly:tn! i sod. I::Jdi:l.ua, u:,). +.rue~ 31;3-:rted acroes t>e b-:-idr;4l, ... h~ o':>ject "'~8 si.::,hted d1!"~otly aht!sd ju3t :!:>eve t h a ;;~e' : n 1 n.(' c the l"lt~ t.>f pl;r~xi~..a t~ ly .!cwlln~:., rlP. ~r":J<:> ( ~ J 'nd O'tc ed to l, in_ li~ht if')lSee:lt. iitnee~e~ J~op~d Jll t:ne or.her d :t. au3sell J . Ca~3Y J~. s~ Intelli~enoe ~f~icer :.1ad\t n lnv~sti .?;at i on a n d +-'loT' Ol.J -r:,l7 ,.,s.rched .he ar J~);;; oc.Jeo-c ~ ')eliav9d ~o :1av~ ~all~n fl s den3ely ooded .:J ~ C J:nm~ndi n g ~1 thtt!Jd ~i :"lt:in; Can~il.~..,er 'rype Br ... ;g~ ..JC..."lool Hq AMC Form N o 10""""A (30 Ju n a) HEAOQUAiH CUSSIFIS' M ATERIEL COMMAND IN 'U,al Y ~DO'tdi B OTH COM~UNICATION A:-10 U~. V :LOi'! TO CI.)MMANOINO ~J~NEUl, A I~ M AT"!1tJEL C.:..:>."',lo\.l~O, A TT~NTIOH iOl - WIHO OFfiCE SY~t\OL WJIOHT-?AnEKSON AlR FO..CS ~ASI DAYTON, OHIO Genaral "Zl.cc t.r 1 c Cor r.'Jany rv:-1 c:rro In~ec"'"or or ~7a'7.?~ 1!.:"l.C!linery Thi s offic e is e!l.:=;:Js~d in the collc-c~i ):1,. c!J !T'J l.l:: ~i,)n, c.)llation , ..... ~,..llua tion enl (iisser:linatlnn of i:tformc.tion '1n unl, L~n~ifl3d a8rial anomalla~ whlch may appear t:trotk;hout the \.;orlJ, ;l.!lJ. ' .. hi 2r~ of ~)) .:1\. bl e concern to the national se<..:uri ty. Attac.hed i~3 a co ny of Incilant #151 which Jrt"'~!....J.S to t::1-a .3i;;,.'-l~ i11.:s of a'rl 1lnldant!.iied aerial ob,j.:;~t on 29 fult t i.1 I .. 1rU:mapolis I_l.li n.3.. TILet' e seems to b e a marked similo.rity h8t en the ob.ject J~scribed in t"'tis incident anJ.. the deRCTi"'Jtl)~ )[ 1(.1~ ''y').~o.'J-c:.U.te :ITt ac t ric Co 1--;Any. A:~cor.li.a.:.;ly, i t is ;-~1uest.etl that t:~ B'"",~.ll"~lecl l!:'".cir_en~ :,;e ::Jtu tl i ed 2.:H.l c:ncked ~.ri th nv aile.ble f lle s on t . .l , t:; r e 0 : ~ :<oari:ne n .... ,a, ti:>n t o est:tbli3h conclu.:;i~e evi.dence t~1at thl s .1..1c :.d2nt -r~s vr .... -a.s n~t of dvm tic orisi:n.. Kindly :for~:!a.Td your r~-ply tv t:he Cornr.Eil<U!lg Ci)l\'lr.tand , ~iright-?3.t tar son. Ai r Force Basa, \/:ri~"lt :..fat'"~r iel 7our e:lt :enti'Jn i3 i:::-.-rit c. to t~e f.Jc~ :h;~t ti)n i s ~lds~ified and is to 08 r eleased ~0 r_:'l~ r~tant~.Jn nnd saf~.g.1sr1in5 of t :us i:C0r::c.ci)n ;fill c~ J\f"lOR:";5 IN"if'EC., .:;)R o~ MACHINE.r"lY, U. ' fl "10 ~ FI:'R TO Nt). NAVY DEPARTMEN-r OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR OF MACHINERY, U.S. NAVY LNCL03URE. i..r."!.y IrL3?~ctor o t' Or .2..'lan !~ E.oc~3~t 'T J.,..~ 1.r:ce DiJ:,ri~ t :. El':.!ctric TJn.i l.:m tifia il 1 tt ~r.i. el i;:f)rnlad t.hl J u ti'i.:!e ro ~.:,)-chute iev,7lonect b:r ,, 0~-nowl~d $~cl IN HO:I'"L.V RliFitR TO ROCHESTER ORDNANCE D1STR1CT ARMY INSPECTOR OF .:'RON NCE GC:NERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY SCHENECTADY !5, N . Y . Unidentified .Aarisl Object -Incident Ifo .. 1~1. Com~8nding General Ai:-~i.ateriel Comman d ight-Petter~on -~r Forca Baee ~lright J'ield, Ohio 1 . Rf;,turne 1 her9with is file relative to Incident :ru. 15 1 "'hLch w~1s initiated by y0ur headquarters, and for..;arci.ed t" r'-1!~ oftL,e for Gupropria te acti.Jn by the I !13':>ector Na0hinary, U. 3 . ffe;rv, Gonar~l ~lectric .3chandctady, New York, under date of 17 Decemb~r l?l~3 . ~> . :\ttantion ia lnritad to l'9ttsr Gene~al Ele~t.ric C ;,_;anJ, (lated 29 .=}Gl.bdr 1Y4 8,addreeaed to this office, co?ies of thl.;h rre inclosed hor)Jtt.h, whi-:h i:J.dicates tha.t th9 object sig!ltad ln fndlondoolis, Indiana on 2~) July 1948 W-3a not a. rotc-chute developed by the Gdoor.'1l ~lectr1..c Inr:l. 2 added l t r GE Co 29 Dec.48(in .-luu) cc: Tna:p. t4ach., TBN, G~ Co. ,sc~anactady, ~ri. ~ .lC~l.SS:riED JO:rrl :? .. TRAYLOR HaJor , Ord !JA nt. .-\PPARATU DEPARTMENT M UN 0 F" f l C E S C HEN ECTAD Y, N. Y. UNCLASSIFIED Department of the Ar my Roche s t e r Ordnance District c/o General Electric Company Schenectady , New Yor k Attn: Ma jor J . P . Traylor Subject: Hermes I -Contract WJ0-115-0RD-1768 Gentlemen: 1 H t ver Roilci Reference is made to your 21 December 1948 letter a n d the enclosed IM, Schenectady letter of 17 Dec embe r and .A1.IC, Dayton, Ohio lett e r dated 2 December 1948 relative to Incident concerning an w1idenvified flying object. This matter was discussed with =~r. I . :a. Bensen, ho rJO.~ in charge o~ the ROta-chute development on the lier mes P roject and has b een following t.aat program since the Roto-l;bute was dropped from Hermes. Mr . Bensen states that the object referred to in the attached correspondence was defin~tely not a Rot o -chute ... \ :dropped by any project .oit::Company :personnelc As requested, we are returning all forwarded with you r above letter. couies o f the corresnondence 7ours very truly, dnance Salas Divisio~ AIRCRAFT, FSD .. &M-~R. DIVISIONS U~CLASSJFlED Dr HYNE< ' S EVALUATIC'~ F:XTRACTED FROM PHC'.JECT GHUDGE REPCilT. Ei~ prohAbillty1 b., l n.ir o t l ow tJrobn.biliLy ' o... n~uloon~ or ordii:.ar-y <''l.1.ror\ft z lJ., .1,)\JKl)t. $,. flartls o:r f->;11 L1t_; bodl..!a ~ ..!i,;n.;.llruleou 3 \rel.l-ilc 'f.tonn) o.uroral Jtr'Atir'1H$, ~trd~.) a~ l. \r..!!t: ot' ;J'Jldenoe p:t;tOlUUOS 8Xf,>lanst1o ~H tnoi<!ont r:o. 151 --2') .J"uly 19~. CfJ)5 Hour! IJdLlntlpolia. I!l- d l:l!lt\. Tho t:'bs~rv~ro dr1vi.rlf; a truck ~3.'~ an objdct nhdydd li~ bro d ohort pro llvr t.r .,~li.t:.~ 25-30 ~:?E in c. b~nk j-.4 a.bo"7a tno troo3 ,t .,hirty u~t !lltituda. It ?/tl.~ "i6! .. t !Jet lo=5, t-f;o feat -,lidtl o.nJ ow foo~ thic~:. l:ith "cJpe" on t e upp0r oiJos of the blud~s. roo obj,:,at slit~od wtth r.o ~pin!".l.n~ ~otivn. ~n6. t~ord \1as no sound or trail. Tha objoot \~ao thou::,} t t o 1' vo f~ll~n,. but a sou:roh rv'Tocil.Jd nothing rv aatiaf':\Cf:vry Cvl'!Olusion C!.\D 06 dr ml UNCLASS,FtED This i11cident .a.'1c :rlv 2 a r e b e !.n._; cc~sldiJroc ~o :e er by uocuu~e tno:l \Jot'l G~'~t;r~fld in .lncU.t:lfl~)oli~>g .,,.,.crt'~ both i~tcidcr.ts nru cl~J(\rly non-!l..:;tro:!o":ic\ 1 altho.\ .-n t.t t t ) .r 11r o o o;;. s ic.eru :) 1 y eli f fer~ n t , co!:.ce.i "re.'~ly SilU.i,. e , al thol ' ,: h res.l, i t so-: f'1 s b e 5tr!.ilnin~ JOiih.:id~nce too f u r t o aS:SI.l.l.'.O tao.t t .'.Jj W~rc O:'.t.irulj o~ description, HE.ADq U A.t'rl'E RS A.lR '-!ATERIEL C0)~1D Xr1~e-Pattereon Air Force ea e tayton. Ohio SUB met I Pro je-> ot "S! G1J" Chief, Air '\')~nther S3:rv1o3, drews Air Fore~ Bas~, Wa~hlnr,ton 25~ D. c . A't'Tih DSS tiC 1-.U0-3/hn~/r-n 1 . I>:roj.,ot rtsiGli" i-1 r~epor!!Sible for tho coll~otion, in'V'.'ati- f.:.l.\tion ~nd .1nt(lrtJrettd;iol1 of d11t~ rolativa t o sl;:,htinG of un1Llonttr:t~d f1yire 1)0}3ota .. J..tta.o~wd Inoi<lant SWidr.aT1!j3 1 t!"lJ"U 172 from the tiltH\ t'~1~ Proj,ot ~SI(ilf" o.re forlfarded for study s.n<..l r~-'om:r:andatiot!B l.:) to t<~hioh\of th~ :1no1d~nta rJAY bo olitlin&t"d a.!! bJ-.lloO'O'S ralaa..,,Hi on routin~ !:fYl'lOpt io tSe~nts ~.! th.$ Air VTeath~r Snr7ioe. t:h., Ravy A.u..-olo~ioal !f.-~,_.-rr\.o.-, o~ the 1rn1~d Sta~" Woa.th~r Bureau., The aum.'!S.ri3:J at'b.on~d " cy l.Jrl3 ~ti:a.1neci in yo\.1r headquarter~ tor working nd ref'cr~no~ purpo.!tt:s," ~. rh" A1.r i'f~ather S~rvtot~t in th~ only t\c~onoy of its type that h.\ '0. fl.llk~d t o tt.'3sist in th.& .,.\t!OOC1p:iuhmdnt of Projeot SlOW" xcapt ~hat the Unlt,/,d Sta-t-,e.s lii.,a.t.ho-r Bureau ha.'($ provl.dtt!td L"ltormat1on on ball l~.,:)ltn1!1!~ n~tltHt'rCn projectS i:n ;;fhl~h ballOOtltl ar~ U~5d "-nd which n.ro oo.nd.uo t~r\ <>t -lpon aored by the Army. Navy ot-U:,tt~d Sta~3 .Air Force nre ~f'i-,o~d 'h!r th., {nt-..J~11genoe Deperbl~nt oi\ th1a Gc.nnn:a:nd, Th~3~ oheok~ I f'tlll~t.ta.lly nlr.l<i~ dt:reot hom t ht! Pro.j~tJt "SION"' o.tfio" !.!CIA.X0-3. Theo~