Kirtl a nd . ~asa~ ls~ I :c.d P')r.t9.r d~d f 'H"' your i:'l:,~!T.a.1;ion i n "'C:L-.a rtio:L ri~h 'th~ ..\.nv'!sti.;~ti')n forward~d f r 0m this I:eadoua.rt~rs 0!1 14 : ... ,!~):l':J~r l s t Ind t o ld ';t.~-SR.'":'\3 s u 'J,i3 c t ~s aoo7e. Ht~AOOUAH'ICR.-: lJ~IT~"'O <-;.~Ez , R r:l #C(! T H r INSPF.CTO~<.c:r':-,..ol. OFFICl: Of:' SPF'CI.;L 1;\l\.F.S J A T 0'-i ... r: ILl:: r-.o OEPOHT 'IAOE UY :RE'PORT O F 1 VEST,C.\TlON I PE?t)P. r ~.t.\DE A r Ctl \'-''\~IER ~ .. ~:1~ o:rt :al~honio i:H1~ruo ~ions r"lcei 7ed !'rom JO t-7 li:~la::!d. .;.\JB !:.~-+;land .J1.ald, Je-w ~rico on ~l Januar;r !.949, in. ihi\l.il -fr J.d.\3L;:!a u !GE:R~ 4., illDini:s~s-:;i 7s Juperv isor ~ ;.1.dvis ed ..r.. h 'C a p~culi3.r l.l.;h-c t>r erial r,.nsnome.na ~,ad -:)oen obser,qd l.~ 1755 hour .,jO JanuarJ 1 in :he Tioird ty of "'fal'cer .An, :lo-well~ ~e111 :terlco, ~w.d t;h.a.t a tower ooncrol cn:>erator or -ra1.:::9r lFB, b$ contao tor l:liorm&t:lon. 'rh& :tbllowing a ction 7M..s . o.Jmna .. oheok :...-:i.th ?olic" De-oa.r-t-:ment. Sheri=!''3 Office~ Yunici'b&l A~rJorl, the Oon- t i.::lan-::al,. t">ione (u and Char~r .3er vice .. \ir : ..ine-B l:o. :>o s"'H6ll, :Jew ~:x- i<~o .. ,q'l!.3 z!llde ~ .Jet~ne if e::J.y or theae a;encias hr.d r i ved an:y ;-o'!'or-::s perta..\!rl ~ +-o +Jlia p ile:1cmena. :iegul t,q rw ga '=:i.'". 1 i -: ,?ers ons :JUo 1a.d wi:to:let: B$'1. i.1 ;'l.erial p..:leLDD'JSila :re-rs i:l't<}r;~ s-w\,Jd .:l. v iaJ.X8r .\:?~ .. ~::1d g;.ri d. oooru.t~ t;&~ -n "th an em f;i::1e~r' 3 -:;r-~:=ai t ~oad.i:1,:r; ~f azi::DUth.a and el3va"ti.ona -naa ~aam ~t poin.J;3 of obaerJ1.ltion on :;al:rer .. \.FB. An al:n:>st :-.ouae-to .. houae ..t~h ""n.a conducte.d East of 'los-!i9ll ,, y 031 and Dr. !.J:XOU Ll P.U ':lL ~ 1e :Jni veni ty of Je~ 3i3:d.oo :"or all ? Oss ible wi tnesa ea. ~1i3 search ~xtend."91<1 +.h1"9U~ut southeut :lew ~nco and "lest Te:Le.a l'he s~uch. ror ,_dJjj,tJ.oCAl infornation extended Nor;;h of Jos~U ~ Clovis, :!elf' :xico., &lXi S outh. o :los.,.ell to a point 3.bout !'i!~n ~nilas 3ou~h o~ ~\.:-t&si.a. 1Iew tnco. Ill. .l.rte.aia. ~1li3 <l':testi;,nin~ elicited "the ini'or:na- tion that abou-b ~he approximate dAte of the aopea.nnt;e ot ti~ ~lle"t..or (interv'ieweea could nc-t reea.11 the exaot date) a. noise recem.bllng so:me- ~rat the aonz:ad made by tha robot bombs utill~ed by G-or:lftn;r a.ga.i::1st Engla:1d 1 1\CTION COPY FOP.WAROEO TO ... I STRI BUTIO N (A.et:lon ~opy) ll eo, DO fl7 # ltirtland. in l?l~u .1a.s hear d ~7 7.1o "':on. An ::a?ri 1 ard gtound se:1rch cund\l,..ted 1lJ the vicinity of Lamesa, Texas, for pbysicsl evidence was negativo. A r\,port from a ten year old boy in d..lnhE:lrs. , '1'-u:as, l eporting a f;c,uncl dC c ompaoit:!t'lt with thfl aerial phenomena, was o~t~inP-d. . 1 ~ J.. tel~phot.1EJ ca 11. 1'l: om Mr. CF..A RT R~ NA.r:;,t.J.Or:}{, f. rlnJ.j n:t :-:"v1'ft tj v~ c:; ~1porvi 'r, r,.Q 1111, Kirt1and AFB, Kirtland Fj.e]d, Ne11 UCx:ico, on ths mornin g of 31 January 19u9 , instructed this offj ce to a::,certain tho a ~i !Iruth, elevation, and directio n o.f a peculjar light observe d naal" 'Ia) kar AFB at 17~> hours, 30 Janu~ry 1 949, by Sgt. EDWARD P. McClURYe ? . This i~ a LENIS S. RICKETT, and jo1 nt report. o f SpfJciaJ Agents ,JACK' B. "liJ J..) .J A?.\P., the wri tar 'r ROS.YH;U.. N :;'flf ~Ell CO i. The ~irnici~al tU,..pmt~ sn~.~. if'i''3 Oi'i'itoj anrl Po) .ir.t Lcp-n~t. ment of H.o .. t.~l.l) Nt:i :1 Me~:j c.<)> 1fct"6 c or. tc1 C" tr-d on J) J~ iTilcny 1 9il S, o nd ad- vised that no rljport had llcett r eceived ill thoir .:q_>nnc:ie.J vf c?t' aerial phenomena the preced ~ng ( ay. The Continental, P:Loneer, aTld Charter Servj cs Ajr Line3 st--ated on this date t~ t no f) ares had beer, utilj zed by any of their personnel in or ncar R o ell-.- McCRARY s-Ar' 181JJ16J 5 (-(QS 5?2); S St;t LQ}IALD J MclQ.NNA} AF' j S'2h405~ _ll,1.9, S~;t DANIET. StiLLlVAN, AF lllO?.d67 ;.....:t.~1 213); o.;Jd J,\: .f!Li , f;pcc1al Agent of Office of t>p-acial IrrvastjgatioJJP , "Walk er. A}B, Rvs ll~ .N~ ..lex. .. ico, wer-o inter.rie-..e<i on 31 January l9h9 and the foJ lend n13 f a.ot.s obta j ned: On 30 J~ntlary 1 949 a~ 175S hours, a blus-::r.reen lieht resembl1.n~ a !'lara wa s obaerved tra.v-3ll:ing o n a horizontal line. This ljght came out of the North headed South at an est~ted alti t ude of 2, 000 feet., Irloving elo)~]y, and dis~ppem .. ed in the vici11ity o f SE Walker Air Force Baso. To soJTts observers, :this-phena11ena d isa.ppear-sd in its. entirety lfhile other sta ta .... . Ir.ents nl!;ntioned a disao:>earance as a disintePTation i r1t o a shower of smaller l:ightad .rrag1r1ants such as a shower of sparks. The only s ound accomp.p..ny.ing this object -wa s beard by Sgt McCRARY, 11hc dascr-ibed it a~ a h i c h p:i.t.cbed whining noise si'rnjlar t c t ha.t of a blo'YitO.L ch~ Al) of these observers-si~hted this light from a position West o f it .,..-hile 5. ~taini:J?: the ser-vices of a n e neineer ' s transit the follow .... i i ? i~fcrmation w3s seem-ed 'by makinp-'1 read:i ng .from poir1ts of ob~cr~n:t- Fir3t observed at 52=agnetic. Elevation of' 22. follm1in~ ~rid coordinates we r e s~c~ed: Canter of Walker AFB: 104 31~' W b. Control Tower (reading from center of WA~"Bz Tannis Courts~ ll25' N Base 'ibea tar: 1925' N 6. An inter'7iew with Cpl JOHN G. THADEN, .L7 1320658 (?aiOS 7r/8),~: 1 9C0-4 !ACS Detachment, Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico, on 1 rabruary 1949, e] ici ted information j dontica~ -with the other obsEn vers. 7. Or.1 2 February 1949, an attampt 1ras macio to contact. any ~ar son who might have observed this phenomena from the East or f ac.ing Wes t< This ques~ionir.g continu3d for about forty (40) ~iJes Ea~t or nos~oll with ne!:'a+,iv& results. . 8. Speci a l Agent RICIU"i7t'T continued this se~,,ch throu~hout. South- east New Mexico and 'Nest Texas from lL.OO hours, 2 February 19l+9, to 2LOO hours, 5 February 1949, in tl-Je c ompany of' Dr. LINCOLN LA PAZ of thr. Uni- v~rsit,y ot'' New Mexico. All infcJrlnation obtained during t his part of the investigation "as retained by Dr. LA PAZ and will be incorporated into his report to OSI. AT C!,OVI~. Y ~TCO 9. Acting on inforlil.Cltir;n relayed to t h s OSI frcm a Ma. jor GODSOE of Sanc!i3 Bass sta~ine-the Sheriff at Clovis> i1ew }fe;<ico, bad jnf'orruation pertainin g to a metaor l3ndicg o-c. a farm in the v icinj t y of Cj ov:i.s , an attelrtpt on 2 and 3 ?ebrUa.l""Y 1949 to locata t h i s fa-c'nl i n Clov:i.~ mot nith negative ra~ults. estioning of pe~sons a nd 1 enforcement agenciee enroute to and in CJ..vrls cid not produce any infor~..nat.ion of a pcltinent na tu-r~. TbG Sheriff at Clovis st-. ted that he knelt nothing of the meteor A 1' ~9SWEL!. A!ID ~"'tTESIA '---~ YEXICO 10. On 4 Febr~ary 1949, ~.search w co~ducted South of ~osw~ll to a d1sta.nce of apprax:imately f'5teen (1.5) m:ilas South of Ar-f..'::1sla > Ne-w llexi cc,_, to-dsta::roinl3 if possibl e the axtent of obser .. vat:5 on of thj s aerial phenoJOOna. l...~s. NEIJ.., ALBERTS, 506 West :!~lain St.reet, Altesia, Ncv; ~'oxico, -was questiooed as to a lj.ght observed by her, and it *as ascertatned that s~a ~3.d 1titnesf'ed this phenomena. _\. noise ::-es~!!!blj n?,' a r~cin'S rnotorc~rcla --;taa he~d in the v lcini t,y of Art asia on or about. 30 c.ianua:::y 1949 a Lout 0530 hours. The pecpla hea:-ing t"1is !!cisa stat9d its duration -,as about -t ee (3) rnin11tes . ~. :f.1TIS3 :iciF...::2 :tr.d ~0:32RT D. PORT-eR, Allan Oil Com- pany, East Main Street, Artesia, r;e-;a: ~xico, stated'they tad been ~v~s:-ar a ted by a d istance of a bout three (3) niles at this t imEJ and both heard the noise. No directions, altitt:ee, or speed was obtair1ed ~ecauso o f :-~??.;an ~!lea ter o:l ~era ;;:t :Jn.s d ur in6 -wlt 9 "':sar, ":ts a :,s.:; M9d ~d :1~ar d J;.:~-v .:-obo~ b omb s ('i>uss b oroba) . .1c cordi:lg t:'le .3..)tu :d .1a .1~ard. ls <Jcr.. !'tha~ ll'k.a :1.cJ :loisa ;:-od c a d oy .~o .... e:> ~ hombs.., .:.. :;flr"Til;lW 7A t~ -;, i .1 f amily c on.l':l:rtlldd t l'.e i'ac t ;;i:a 't. ;r> un~. :JOWl had wl t- =' ~o:t s ~ rl the ~erio.l ? h.enozoona., 71i 'Ch ths a.c.l\1~-d i!l..: o 1~ -cion 1 . u. ~ ~I') !-~d ':\b o-;n~t" ~sr (>1' thi s ~:amil;r had sett.c. or hea r d any-r.hi::ta: ou t of -t h e t:>r - .;;.!:1.=:-fJ t~hi3 il ~xplained 'Jy t!'l.e fact tr..a.--; --:he :?o:f -was :>L.'l.j"iZlt?; outdoors ~l r i:l !.:> ~. > . ~ntion ~m.a :uo.d., t o "uliar a.etiona on ;.. , -,ar~ ) f .~.'rl . ..t do~ iurin~ the obBer-7'!\t:L:>n . :>oai ti.on "Nhen ~1r~ r.,bs~r"Ved o;hi3 li t was .!'aoi:l2; South. A 2u.~t~y r".1!llU.::tt; ~or th and ;)o.lth i:J lot, ct ;.u>tJll~ ~ila .J.nd a hall t o !-;he ?;es v OJ. ~1i~ h omet-Eo :- i l :-oe.d H&.a oos~rtr.,d Sm4~h o:."' i a home. .!py:-oxL"rAtoly ~j),irt'y (30) .)-::~a~ pttr3ons q..1~r. t.ioua d i.::1 --:hi.J s~ll town. h a d ~ot r:Jal3n 1r h~ard a7cy 't..hl.ng n-:h 'the tl:KO.,pt ioll i>f }fi ~lEn\r, ' i'irst l~a:tional )L ... l~r.., P ... n i.:l:t.t)r rota.tilln o;.: .:Jiss f:flic itad inl'Qrtn.ation id.end.eal " 1.!1. ~..he car a.nd a~o wi ~was Hf':. DQ\.JARTCP.S UNIT' 0 ~r TE<; AR FO"CC:: THE INSPFCTOR GEi'JEr--tAL OFFICE OF SPECIAL I NV:::3TIGA r!ONS R~PO~T OF INVESTt GA nON r I Lt:: NO. REPOR r 'MOE BY P.C:POilT M ~DE AT .:> :=::;ci ttL DJr3JLtt , lo ri.1l .:-'hmoJDen.a) JO J i\nua17 1949 CHAPACI ER OFFICE OF ORIGIN ~CLJ't;~ ._ CN RE.FE?ENCE Tnlephcnic :.eque"t 1::-om '- ':lt;\i..-, ~CL,,.'l.;T :IEF"Y, on J! . a:1uar:; 1949. This L"\Vfltsti~ation ma requested ':;y-t:3!'tai.."l f.r.T~'l!.'\f ~. ~r:F:" , :!.7-t:.h :Ji.it.nc' OSI {IG) USAF. even (7) ~ol~ ~re int,flrrl.e-ned and sU: (b) l'~8. " t.ttken with a transit in ~ '3lfo!"t. to , .)t:I\U.. +.be aldmtth r)J.' :,:1e !-\ftrial p hMlnRU!na. ACTION I.CPY FOPW.lROED TO FILE ST.l\1P i DISTRIBUTION :n 11, nrtl atci l\7B :-:r. '7,a1lricn&rt~rs 1 M ~ OVEO ,;.~otAin, ~JSXP OISTQICT \:OU'.AANOER lli-5'-~:J-'il J . 1. ;ovu"'"" "tlfTtlt or1ca: 1 . !t~.:_!J .: :l"'T~t!~i.,);ation i:J predicated U;lon ...... a:!..e o noni.:: :'scu.s~t o n b t.a.in ll ?er~in-ant. data. i:t "!C n~etlon 1i t:.h l