fl:.:r:~:~ or e:cplosive c..lUiC!::l .. .:.n~. .it i s sw tit~d t':1 ... t t:1is re~)o::-t b, ~.:>rr;trd.e l :') J~ iCLr'\SSlFlED ~1 I.-J..>on-to.-y conow-a wi:;'h ~tal:t Dtn).t oon"tai.:lttd u:nd :):r Gor..clusion:t :b a"::-;u.~f!_od : aJOO.L lXX! um ~:sport., and ::--ooowner..da ~ .. '-)a~ u. cooy or thi 3 .:>~o~ JfJ i'.:>r.tardad t.o s '~o!l!:uu:rli :1g () f!ie er P~ca~L~y A:s l D.:nrs:-dow ~er~ey . ~i t-'1 ~ o.: ,jCt.\dat ti:lat ao~ts b., !'u::1isned ~ tba.i j,rsvnal i s 4-J-.e de'Tr~lop:mfJ!lt 3.6 sno'j ~'Jr #ho .. 4:.:.i "ta.r7 ?.atahl i3;,memt for 9.:rro~ :)OJm"ics ~oo ::ri=ber 3.:>l.:.d ?ro~H,llant items. R. J ..:llilOlf ~? l.O!'l$1, vSAl U1'lCLASSi \.1!tlce-r! ~o ,,.,nom ''1e r~gi.ines rer3 !"et\-:rned. l '1e L-0~ ~nrrrr.la. :''"'-=T'3ics '3r n t:h ~rail t>. 1.71.]) consi3te<l o r' ::eyer:u ) i ~C2 i '>f "le ~1 .Jnd .;orne dir cy 'White -nat.P.r ?..al -;llxcd i n ri:.~ 'Ome --:oil-li:tz ""'~r! "l1. ..: - l -;~ l.':.UeJl' ~d t.h a ~n.a.jnl:" a:raotL"lt of. soriium prs sent. .:.inc ,~R /1"4? sent i n a :-u .. '1o r a:mi)Unt witn traee9 01 .. t i ":.anlt:c.:~, ;tla.n6anes~, ... 1"0n md c:-u.cium. ~"le li:1e :nati~rlal of i>. :13,. 17133 ;...a.s : 'ound to .n.a-v~ 11~.]or ll'r1)Unt3 of ~esi~'lll, .?-:nc, '3il1cnn, alu."Uinum, and sod:nm vi th :-ni::1o-r "!r.lonn ~ ~ .)f on -;ai;:,.ed -rarJ.ous ~o-rtivn~ 1101 dl '3 rmear U JLLASS~Fi~O ribt1tion: ~.1 IC!"'OU3er : .1yc;l ~3 ~ranch Laboratory ) i ns ion UNCLi\SS!F; ~J D. HYtJZK 'S E TA.LU ~ t::-;s ~:KT1AC fED FRO~ P~CAL~C r GRU0GE ~.LEPORT. iJ. }a1z 0~ l ow vrobabilityz ordi.!!ary or f~lltng bc~i3s; l.ti C:l7 :(:)cn.t (refl~.;tinuJ. uurtOC"!l1. t!';:~)iJlH~;i hircJ, , i.' ttvl~HHioe urtHlludea a .. q.>Lu.nat.lo.at cx,la!!'.l~.: i_o;l f o r I!Et\tQU;..:a::.;ps a.n(\ r \ 11 .Air (O"orce il s n1 hlncton 25~ D. C. na!nr Tol A~S DSS TO 1 Co~1!2Uldi.n~ General Air L~ r ie 1 Goa.nand ':Jrl 'Jlt-i'attJr~o:--.\ir Force ~'\se 1 . rt;Jft~r~rcrJ in r:1Add to lottar fra,~. d11t; , .j q 1.'u.roh 1<;1~1. subJ~ct '\;nld.artifi.:>l i;, . .i~t'l\~nart th..,r-cto by tr.i~ heat.14_uartf~rs H,)'\ Ltttt rnutt "lt' "''H~ther-b'\lloon a~odntG n:ad1:1 b'j ~; Air Fo:-fJe, ;lavy 11:-l N~cd:l-.t1l' duro:t'l.U .. Cor..:rr~ntl bs~ed Q~ thi..3 rovLJ~ !" !.nclo:o.s~d. ,.. Ct l rotltJ::leni-:3ri that t h l tt~;ui<ll To rn;;~r.t ,~e:lon Ot tinl- ddnt1!1-:~d :\~.r l~Ll ObJ~ot.J:4 b-1, chan[.'!'Jd O.Ll follow' a J~m 13~ ,Dir.:rotion onl:~J moLL):.~ ~r., .ti5t ln~ttlJh~d if p oas"i>lJ_ Acl 3:1 ~'1r.t -,otio-n 1;.~ .tBJl t':lt~ l.t> ,.,.._,_r 3;,tt!nG.J' !Should ir-c.ln:.hl a 1~ t .. .c.lnt. o~ tho tyf?.' o;,~ Fier)"~Wheel f\l ow Believed ~vV ar Souvenir The mysterious "flai)llne; w heel" wlu<'h crashed to earth near Belle- 'ont . une, 0., Friday ni~ht armd a . !''"'c)\Vet' of flame and :-.moke wasl "m vie in the U. S. .\.," \Vright F ,Jd authorities indiC::!tc d t oday. Probably o nly a war souvenir/ .1n ~ir ;vratertel Command l A;v1C) spoKesman commented thts morn- in~. even thouoh the imPsli~ation j,..; nor vet comoleted . Tt.dications are that t hl! frag- m.n ts are those of a w::trrtme mag- nt"'!:it' tm flare, o f the t ype nsed by . Ua" v and Air Force crev.s. It wos of the type customanJy fired b y a VPry pistol, it is understood. ''nsh of the "flamin~ wh..-el" at E 'llefontaine Friday ni<;ht ('Ullsed 1 cruiderable excitement \,irnPsses said the "whf'el' ' con- liP1u"J to burn after ~rnkrng tht ~rnund. Patrolman Murray R icker ;nvp.:;ti~ated and tried to pick u p h obJect. The rema!:1' tiisinte- !~t ... tl Pd in his har ds, h P !);url. ndications are t ra '"~P war I ll. POir pad been f:Jt~f hV 8 pri- -. \ e citizett, probably .l '."PtPran . AIR BA E TO STUDY OB.JE T Police Seek A1t ~tver BELLEFONTAINE, _0.-<U.P.)-.P olic e sent the r emains of a .. Flammg \Vheelu that fell out of the sky to \Vright-Patterson 1 Air Base in the hope of solving the mystery. .. T - -j Th~ naming obJect hurtled '>Ut ,., ~ , , r / ; Y- ./ ,;,~ .';. of the sky last nigbt and cr'lsned I ir. a rt!stdential section. 'llt..Jtares. own Bellefon taine, Ohio, Dec. l (U.PJ. -P olice toJay sent the remain~ of "flamiu~ wheel" that f e ll o u t of the' s ky tr> Wright-Patter~on Air Bas e in the hope o fficials o[ the Air l'' o rce Exper i mental C<'nter could tell them what it i~ and r whence it came. I The ftamrng object hurtled out of the sky la~t ni~!'lt and cra :;heri in a re~idential secti1>n. The object lighted up the entire area and gave off g rt!a t clouds o f s mok e. f The Thing B reakq Utl. IT L IGHTED u p the entire area and smoked so profusely tha;: it 1 blacked out near-by restdences . 1 Pnllrf' ChiM .~. D. Paden sald th~ rf'ma.lns r>f the ohj~ct l ooked likt> a tire rim oif a n airplane or au to . H e ~atd the myst erious ".vh eel" dlstntegrateu in the hands o f a. p&trolman who sought to s a lvage the r~ma1ns . Only a couple of tiny pi~ces remamed intac t, Ch1t>f Paden s a id. PADE:-f theorized the object mrght have been part Qf an ex- perjment in ~u1ded mrss1les betng condu cted at the a rr base. 1 lie aici tlle condition o f th& salva~rct bit of mt>tal indicated ! the ohject had been uoje<:ted I to exc:t-ptionally high heat. : At Wright Field. r.1eanwhi1e,l I Col. C. H. Welch, public reiat!Ons, Police Chiei A. D . Parlen said the r emains of the object lookerl like a tire rim off an airpl:.tn e o r 1 automob ile. He sa id the mysterious ''wheeP' 'disinte~rated in the hands o a patrolman who sought to sat- . Yage the remain.:i. Only a couple o [ ' tiny piece!'\ remained intact, Chief P:1den said. officer, said field offi cials were anxious to examme the remains ot t h e object. He.. said he knew of n o experi- ments being conducted at the field that c ould supply an answer to the mystery. Pade n theorized the object mi~ht! have been p art oi an experiment: in guiderl missilP.s bein~ conducted a t Wrie;ht-Patterson Air Base, -!:> miles-south o f here. H e said th~ I o ndition )t' rhp -;alv ed ')it~ >t r:et:al .rHtie~rPri ;;h~ )o iett :1:\d ')o>t>n I t:ojec ted tn .. {Cepct~natly ntg-h C\~' rucJdJffi ~ ,.,.ELLEFO~TA.LNE. Dec. 4.-I in a re31dent1al sedion nere. The ' lie o':i tfP ' '';e!'' harJ fa.l:en {_U 'f=-P,.,ti~ ~nda'~ senl the-~-nbJ~t !! 1Pd up the QnhrQ 'H!'l. from an A t 'lf:c':< (){ n1Lll! tJ f a ''f',tnnn'i ~>.hdel' a~d sm '<ed .=-o:iotofu~l\ hH it ' f,-;-~-out ~-L!'le ~j.~ t, Wright-blic..ked "Ut P1'ters'nc .\ base i1 lh., liooe Poike Ch~ef J,A.. D. Pad.,.n ajd hovevP.r, th t ' her" had oeen no l'If!_tild I ~i. :1 --\J.t l'' >rc:e ex-l '~ renain.:; o~-ine object l>OI(ed '"llporta >f 1nv a irplanes havin~ r~nmental rtmter eoal I glV!! an like. a t1r'! rim off an airplane i lost anv p;itl..; wP.r Bellefontaine. 1n.nver ..ie'l'lfl mystery. or aufomnbtle. He said thP mvs- T!lP flamm ~ o~ject hurt!~d out I terious .vhPel" disintegr:lted in .. At Wn :ht field. meanwhile, U1~ .. kyla.st mght and rrashed the hands o f a pat ro lman whf) Col. C. 11. \'.Plcn, publi~ rela- ,-----------------... sousrht tO' salva~e the rema in3. tions oi!i<'er, ... ,ud i teld oiiicta:~ 1 ,. lnnl:r a couple of tiny pieces re-\verP 1.n:w,11l t) P>.amine 'hP r~ m1.ins of t P "'OJeo:t. He ~aid he 1 The~ W"\S 'l lot. of t a'l< thi"' The:;e bare rprn;tin s. tht chi Pf knew nf n n1 n m~ on a n atrula n9 \ aridt d, will bP sPnt tn Wri,!h t !hat .vn~tld 1PIavP ::ts did lhc t.:u retur n ro1rnt~. One 'PJ'fT11'r pJ I Field, .-nme 4."> mle.'i '0llth of ''flam:~ ,. r l-'1.'' H.. aid he t;txoa ver a.tun lly did ..;om"' "lJn~ here. f1r .~tudy. al,:;o ~ll"\\ , f ..,,, f":<nP.nmlnts ht>- ,,,)tl t i t. lt ~u~gesterl 1 n m , " * * in~ nndttc~tl 'It ~he i Pid t-h:~l ' ., ~he fn t(>r'lal Re.venue l ""rt PADI.~THEOKlZED 'be ob-tnn d .qpntv ""'t lrt_\\rr to th~ m 9nt '' " w'c<'h t hese four 'e~ ject mt!!nt l1ave been part n( an m -;t Pr'. ~pr,earad. expf'rimPnt in ~uided mis~tlP~ r,Jt. \\iic h ~;wi it w;:t:=; poss1hl"! our in,..o me fo r hein~ :ondurted at Wri((htPJt II thar. th~ "'l"d .ni2;ht hav~ hPP'1 ~h., VPat' t t~>t'~(>n -\ir ~ase. He- - a iri the a ma~nP 'tm flarP -1urh a1 u.cf'i"i ~ conriition of he s.1.lva d biu of 1 b: .Hlf'.-;, en ma~I:"Z' ni:-ht l1:c- 2 What 'Vere your ~.-oP.nses ~ meral inriicated h~ object had turP5. Ha .-~dr.Pri. ,owevP: . . t.hat B. fhw muc h ba vll! .fO'l ' eit '! hoen Sl.~bjectPri t., ~xceptionally th~rP n-~ro nn n zht. i)holn liz-~ts 4. SEND IT IN! rugh heat. I : r om ';\-tsi1t-Pa:ter:;on flelrl Ja~t -tttact. The P"lice c f at fizst be-:light.