Pr~OJECT 1C073 RECORD CARD o..\J O F OnJFCT $ .>vlll v HEAOQUARTEftS UNITED STATES A l i FORCE THE INSPECTOR GEN ERAl OFfiCE OF SPEC1Al INVESTIGATIONS REPORT OF INVESTJGATJON .?:tOJECT "GRUDGE" DATE AuG ~ r REPORT MAD E BY REPORT MADE AT DO 19 airfield-Suis GNC O!VE:i:i'.ri 011AL AIRCR.~FT S IGI.:'l'STI BY 1:1-.iOi:-IAS J. PAGE DO # 19, Fairfield-Suisun AFB Special Inquiry This is an initial report. This investigation was predicated unon receint of letter :from Acting District Commander) DO '/ 17, Kirtland Air Force Base, Nev; r.re.xico, dated 7 Jul y 1949 , r~questing investigation of sight- of objeot l) y , on 14 March 1949, e n rou.\,e from Honolulu to Canton Island. Interview wit~l Palo Al to, California, revealed the objec he saw coul d not possib l y h~ve been man made. He stated his reason fer wr i tiP..g to :Mount Wilson Observatory was unusual ~ize of the celestial body. DOWNGRADED AT 3 Y!~AI~ I:\'TET~V.~-: : DECLASSIFIED AFTEn 12 Y..&.t\'RS,. DISTRIBUTION ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO FILE STAMP AMC (-action cys) 4 Commanding General # 5 (info cys) 2 Air Materie l Command OSI Hqs 2 Wright-Patterson AF3 ~ile 2 Dayton, Ohio 1 . This invest i gation was predicate d upon receipt of letter from Acting District Commander, DO ff 17, Kirtlarrd .ir Force Base, New Mexic o , File Noo 2 4 , d~ ted 7 Jul 1949, r e uesting investigation of sighting of object b y on 14 March 1949, en r ou t e from Honolulu to Canton AT PA~O ALTQ CALIPORNI-~ , Palo Alto, California, sta ed that the ob- ject s ghted by hi:n mentioned in his letter to Mount Wilson Observatory could by no manner or means have bee n anything but a celestial body. Mr. wa s v ery emphatic t hat it could not hQve bee n an aircraft in any form a n d that he so stat~d in his letter. . stated his r eason for writing the letter was the unusual size of tne celestial body which he took to be a mete OI" but Yihicn might have been a comet Ur. stated Lhat the object definit e l y could not have been man made. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEAOQUARTI:RS UNITED STATES A IR FORCE WASHINGTON 1H INSPECTOR GI:Nk.RAL.. USAF 5TH D ISTRIC T OI'F'ICI!:. O S,.ECIAL. INV(STIG.-.TIONS WRIGHT,.ATTERSON AlA FO~ BAS, CAYTON, O H I O SU13J100T a P:g:)JECT GliUDGB SPECIAl. nq:JIRY TO: Caznaanding Gene ra.1 Air Y&teriel Co!wnand Wright-Patterson .Air ~broe Base Da;yton, Ohio A:rT N 2 ~ I.US 1. Inclosed tor your information snd file is report of investiga- tion b:y Speoial Agent CHABI.ES E. BROOKS~ DO ://=19~ dated 2 August l9io. 2.. There ia no investigation pending in this Distrlot Office re- garding this inoidente R/1 dtd 2 Aug 49 ~maasm u. :a.~ .Aoting Diatriot CoCDnander l'lf0-5 OCT o~a ISM