ea tr..e r Bureau Clevsla::1d, Ohio ~. ~UVJJ~Dt Admilliatration Building. Cl"vala:nd !\unioipal Airport, Cl e 'Vltland, Ohio, a~ted i.:~ subatanoe thai:: at about 2300 hours on 6 Ap ril 1949. he wa.~ d~iving tom. Gla.dva l AYf.tnue, Ole a.nd., Ohio . to his home at 16900 Truax Avenue( Cle7eland .... t_ :v}1.en he noticed ~d objeot about thnJe to f'ivtt mila a hihn t o the s6u-e\ \;y Joutlnreat It ft& abouil 45 de gr'3ea, bad a naying m.otio:n . a.::1d a -variation in j 3~leilli&~ Frd 'OUl ... ltolazn the pTproximat!:y-;b 2~ J 1'-..ad llO trail, or odor a:td made no lloise. The objeot tr3.veled e a.stward, - mowag W%7 alowq, aad waa visibla about 15 to 20 mi:tutes. TM object appearsd :~o be aboQ~ .6-7000 feet hip. rhen wre no olouds and there had been olaar '" 7iaibil1ti.: troa 2200 houra. The night before there wa~ a orne mteor and the 3.igh1;:~r: ;thia inoident, ths Bortbe:-a Lights. stated thAt a.t first h e thou~t-1~-aight .hav beeJl a lntera on a ballooll as a candle would bm per- teotli~ ill .. free. air ainoe a balloon would be moving with t he wind. Howe'(rer, it "~ got al ._cl~intrar and then i'aded out oornplete ly. There is a projection or cell-.j illg ltgh'i;; a1r::the north by norbhee.a-; edge of tbe airport whioh confuse a some . peoplr!hia ligh~ ia exactly 1176 teet from the Control Tower'at the Airport-l and proj&ots a light attaight up and shinea i~to the olouds. Some obse~v~ra 1 think tbe-.beam of light is moving when the olouda pass through the beam and I 5~t the.idataken idee. tha.t this is t. "flying saucer". ldr. marked th6 1 ."Ju'ta thaiJ:..aa. taken from Gladys A't9uue to T:ro1..U .\~n~-e Cll9--.re landj and the ~?proxima~ location of tr objec~. (See I~olosurs 1 Lcoal Aer~nsutioal Chart)1 D:.tc of I:;.tc r .i.c.r l. Position of ob.:er-;c r Grou:td in 1uto whila dri vir'g c:\~roa J Clsv~ ltt.nd, Ohl~:-. litlilh ~r of ob,j .!CC!S Color ot' ob.:t; ;t Tine in sight 'To'1e 'lotic~ !Ione not-:i.oad 3-J 11 valent co 100 'Na tt light bulb. ) 1 Gr~., d L.., and f~ded oompletely ~T ~TIGFt2.'--A BIRD, t'"""'J ,lt'fl ::!ULE .tOUT DQQSTDTT TT-r r~questei th youz- un l d~ntl t' ie i ~!' lul pnenomena a~ port~d by invl03ed ~-~ t c ... ~ eslr-ed PROJ3CT GRUDGE HIDEVEIDPED l.E.ADS DIST::UCT OF'"FIC3 110. 5 (DET~IiMEllr) .T C UV~AJID, OHIO ~=.:; Clev3l e.nd D Ohio .. ~vil-i::1tervisw all .,,.d. tne.ise s to the tL.""lide:rtified aerial phenomena using the inclosed guide for !'efersnce ?IDJECT GRUDGE 1 o Investig a t i on. i s predice.ted on receip-t; of a Routir.g :l!'..d Record Sheet d a ce d 12 April 1949 from Tachnj,cal I::rtelligence :Jivi .. ~ion (:JCLl:lS) Hq Air lliteriel Comraard., t o investigate the s ighti:ng of uni.dentiied s.erial phenomena. 'lt Clev~lard Ohio on 6 April 1949o . . ..:\.1' - lRIGET-P.A.TTERSON AIR FORCE BASE 2 o 'rhe file s oi' thi3 ofi'ioe rs~real the i'ollovri~ United .:'.:"'9ss relsase dateli.ced Clevela.r.d, Ohio, 7 April 1949: 'rr.e lQ.test thing in flying sauce.r-s h s.s c~en reported in C:!.;;1veland. 'his time lt s described a.s a 'strange, gl o 'Ning red ligh,; in the sky tJlat mores with g re-a:b sp3ed, then seems to h ov e r i n o~ spot. Sev~T3l =:~st-side Cleve- lard~:::!l s~id they s a w it between 11 ani ll :30 last njght i.n the eastern .sky. lfwo men a t the Airoort control 't0'er also se.w it ,. watched it "throu~h 1.).lnocula.rs but couldn t make out izha.t it was.. One of the t-vvo, Cl~STE:a ciOBCZYX (corNet) \)a.lled it the =weir:iest phenomenon h e s eV9r Sf3an. It!\. l'l UM7 of t "113 phon 8 call a Ce.ttl9 ln to the obse t"'ra.toq ~:t Case ' Institute bebw~n 11 oi ~'lt>Ok acrl llt all of them l!"Om \":ost side:rs. Looked d.idn' t sea anything u.nu.i ual. l'(3upe;rnan ma.'rbe?) Eer~ s a sa.nple a a r,o:r:crer cion on an:y s-creet r;cr::--..t: r i..:t C 1 eve lan:i ted a.y: ' 1Jhat -...n:ts tha. t :l n the s ~cy l:.:..st ~ug.."-J.t a . bird, a l~na supelilllnl' P.lnrl t:h e e..rla1'~r, llke as not is .... ' It. looked li~e a atrs:nge, gl01dng red ligjlt to uw.' ''Ard there y{"JIJ. }al.ve the b i g question i n Cll3vel.u:rd today. Juat 1:vr..at "'PJ.3 it n1any Cleveland-9 : s B8.7t in the SXtJ last nig."lt ~ ..1n l.i rport official says .:.~:; ?/1>1.S the 'VY8irder.rti ljning n e's aver seen. There -.;oere !!O j -3t ;>lsoos in the area l ast -ni gb:b. Yet t;u~ r:-s 11as this :red l i g lllt aometirre s "WhiP,ping at h i gb. speed~ s oa:etin:es havering i n one spot .. none thing oe rtain It -vm.sn' t a flying saueer. 'J:hey ;vere seen only i n t b e da.ytim last year.. .Ani 3 pea..\"ing of them the Air Force said today i -t a-:!.11 oan't explain the ae.uoers. T~ Air Force sa..ys t her-3ts no rsason to thin:{ s oiW forei6n oountry was practicing with rocket s o11er .Arrerican territorJa. '7-ai:: o n the o+Jler hand~ the A.ir Foree says cautiously tha t it ca.nt t rule out that possibility. Juat vdlat "Were t h ey? Like Clevelanders today, t..~e Air Force just shrugs its eoilective shoulders a n d s~s~ You tall me." .FO?. DISTRICT OFFICZ }1"0. 5. DE'r.ACEttiEYr !.T CUVELA1ID, O:aiO nE:'ORT 'lADE BY HlArJQUA~ "R'-' UNITE D STATCS AIH FOHCL:: I l l INSPECTOR GENE.R \I. Of f-'JCr" OF .:>rt:.CI C..L INV"'STir.A. rJONS PORT )F NV'ES1 IGiolT10N JOET E ... :.OF.P..I!L l~ I'EPORT MADE A r OrFICE OF OHIGIN Incident~ Cl ~velar.d,. ... h_o 6 .. l.pril l9h9 r: IM~AC:TE'R S J?C LU. I!~:UI:rf m:rP.Ht< c ~Tone., -this i a "n initial no.rt SY lOIS I .; ~\:tao the 51.4"tting o.r 'Ul unid.errti!'ioo Sl_s ..:-i u phe..,ODIO!'A ~- """'~"':)or'"t;ed DCD D.L:t G~uU. iO DISTRIBUTION a<:TION COPY FORWAPDED TO rn. 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