INCOMING MESSAGE DOWNGRADEO AT . DECLASSIFIED A F~;E~a lNTER-V A L..~: DOD DTrt :-;~ UNCLASSIFIED This copy will be tafeguarded with the greate1t care until ction it completed. at which time it will MCAG Form No. 22 be prepared for dettruction in accordance with Section IV. Hq. OfRce Instruction No. 11-2. FRoM: Colo Spga Colo No. INCLS. ESTABLISH C D BY 1Ntrt4tsl DATit 0~ ltiEPLY DI:JPOBITION: TRAN8M ITTAL f ~"l NOV ., eEE OTHCR SIC [ CONT .. OL NO 8U .JECTa Rpt, DECIMAL JPILE NO.---~ ,.OLLOW Upt Q -Sl6 Uaidentj r. . Flying Object l:cDlll t.JoD Fla~'J I AXT t.o !AAS ; ~ DATED S/3/49 No. INCLS. U ROUTED TO SUSPENSE DATE ESTABLISH=D B Y oiNIT I AL S OTHER DlfJPOBITION: 8U8.JIICT1 DECIMAL JPILII NO.---- C1t. mel S025 TRANSMITTAL eEE OTH&" etC ,.OLLOW U .. ON :!! ,. OAT& o~ R&PLY OTHER DIOftO&ITION: TRAN8MI A -4 n OTH&" etct 0 0 f'OR RII ... AIU(I Si a~pllew 'fi!M e)UDpAO))D eAD) 11e1DeAif UO!I)f'IAIIep IOf p ep1Dn6efDI pe1ode1d eq eq II!M AdO) ,Qt> PO St "all ) tt ' O N WAO:f OYJW !>NIWO:>NI INCOMING MESSAG L UNCLASSIFIED MCAG Form No. 22 copy will be prepared be \JNCLASSlFlED safeguarded far de1tructian in the Areatelt accordance Section IV. red. tlandte as oorrespoMenr.e WF-l-16 FEB 49 1OM TRANS:H}:T/l.k, RfS'TRtC.:'TED J,:C ATSC FORM FROM: OA~ ' l-' 1L "-V'v NUMREI'l NoJ X INTEil-1 I OUT"' 'IN"I co~PttH 1 ~--,;-;;-r.. NO DESCRIPTION, DATES AND SUBJECT: INCLOSURES: DESCRIPTION, DATES AND SUBJECT: INCLOSURES: L) REC' D BY (FULL SIGNATURE) CO~Y NO. REC' D Y TO: CO~Y NO. DATE REC' D DATE RI!C' D TO a COP'Y NO. REC' D BY DATE REC' D HOU R RESTRICTED UNCLA~SlF1ED INCIDENT NO. } .. l 1. Date of Observation Ja l'ay 191,9 2. Exact Time {local) 0500 z 3 Place of Observation I,1mona, Florida (near Tampa) 4. Posit ion of observer Ground (from front porch) 5 ~1la.t attracted attention to object B2rking of does 6. Number of objects 1 7 Apparent size l'irat eize or dinner plate,. laLer appe&red size of tea s~ucer S. Color of object Bright moonlike 9. Shape Hound like moon w1 th tlazuing rar.ged border which appeared to droop r:. t 10. Altitude 200 ~levation (first r:;een shin1.ng throur.h tree tops lat~r rose to 200 then dropped below horizon) 11. Direction from observer 12. Distance from observer 1/2 -5 miles 13. Direction of' fli&ht of object (s) Vfest 1.4. Time in sight 15 minute a 16. Sound and odor r~one 18. l,luninos ity Steady light 19. Projections None /20. tnneuvers lfoved slowly back and rortti, up and 21. Manner or disappoaranoooiaappeared below horizon in quivering motion 22. Effect on Clouds 23. Additional information concorn~ objoct 24. '!leo.thor Conditions 25,000 UNCLASSIFIFQ Na~ and address of obsorv~ra Mise Limona, Florida Occupation and hobbies: Public He~lth '!nroe Commonts of Interro~ator rolativo to intolligcncu and characte r of observor(s) Appeared or hif!h 5.nter,r1 ty nnd r.verar.e in:-elligence but har estjmo.tes of sre~d and size is perhaps below normal. IrARRAi' ..L-rv :~ GU?.~:AR Y 1 At 0500Z, 4 J.~ay 1949 CJf:.e 60, wi tne~sed from the front porch or her home in Ltmona, rlorida, -:1 bright: ~hininr and flaming objt:Ct in :.he ~ky. This object was estimated to be c-.nyYlhere f r om one-half mile to five miles aT:ay when first s ) gbted. (~lot knol"ing the si~e or t.he object she v:as t.;nable to nw ke a eood estimate of the dist~nce). YThen fir.st si rht.ed the o'bject was s h1 n1 np; th :~c:! rh t he tree tops but later rose to an un;le or abo t twenty degrees cJbove t.he horizon t e ore dropping again to dira;>l.'tUlr tehind the horizon. it ?IQS i n sight. for approximately fifteen minutes And had the clppecrance of an extremely bright moo~1 w1 th a rag ~d flllming border but l'IClD ~ot so brihht as to tlind the obeerver. The flaming corder see~ted to droop at the bottom, formin~ c. s hort ragred tuil-like effect. i:hen first seen it appeared to b~ atout the size cf a dinner plute. \'ihen l?.at seen, after it hlld moved some dtstance aweiy, 1 t app-ec:reci to be abo t the ai7.e or a tea ~aucer. The object v:ss first s~.ghted to t.he v:est of the ohfJervor behj nd tr~ e top~, it then roe wi.th a quivering motion to about the heip,ht of a fourtf!en-story b vilding. Then it moved alol'117 back 11nd forth, up and doYin, and from side t o nide with an irregular q ivering motion, ~rking its way toward the west to event lly disappear below the horizon. Tho moveu:ents were not rapid. There wee no evidence of a trai.l or exhaust. No StlOkt) and no odor. There were no clouds,. haze, or smoke reportedly by t.he ob!'erver. The object shone w1 tr A atec:1dy light for t.he entire period of observat1.on. There no appar~nt means of support, pro~ulation, or control. Th~re were no air ducta, slots, or openinR The estimated speed was similar to thet of an airship, perhaps trom tTrentr to f'orty miles per hour. I l made no sound. It diaappeared frog eight by dropping below the horizon. UNCLASSlFlED Af FORM 112-PART I APPROVED I JUNE IM ONCLASS : i ; t-n (L~ VII BLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT UD!dentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON IDtelligenee Officer. ~aoDill AFB, Fla. EVALUATION ALEXANDER N. BEBENIN, Captain, USAF ltutRDICES ( Control nu mbfr, dlrtetli:c, prnlou1 Ttiiort. rtc:: 4# 11pptlc4bl~) USAF Air Intelli !R:eq~rements J,Tano Nzber 4 dated 15 February 1949 SUMMARY: ( f.'Yittr :onriH ftUI.,II4rJ o( ,,_,, OIH lltnljicflfla l11 j'mat Oflr-ltrllf'IUt Pfl'llf'4pll. Lilt lrtciOIUrt l at ''""r l tf l . Dtffll !at of rt,.,"" A F Form / l l - P rl /1.) At 0600Z ~May 1949 llis1 age 60. witnessed trc:a t trout porch ot her bane in ric:la (near Tampa, Florida) a bright ah1D1D&; objeot &bout the size of a dinner plate in the 1ky. Object esti.Jnated t~ be o:oe-balt mile to tin mile 8.'ft.3 from obseawer when first sighted. It ,..._iDed 1n aight about tin;een minutes. rising to an angle or about twenty degree abo-.. the hori&on before clroppi.Dg again to disappear behind the horizon. Slp.ltloanoe ot th11 report 11 unknown to reporting ott1oer. ----IICLS. DiSIIIUaiTIOM IY OIUGINATOR co. AliC, WrightPatteraOD AFB Dayto.a. Ohio Attau KCIAXo-3 co. l&AP. Colorado Springs. Colo. Director ot Intell1genoe. Hq USAF lOTI! THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFO RMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL !>EFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S C.- It AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. rr MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AI;ENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF UITE1.UGHC. USAF. II IIIII I I'm CLASS) ;~C~ AF FORM 112-PART II t APPROVED I JUNE 1948 (CI.ASSIFICAliON) tJNCLASSJf-IL[l AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FII0!14 (Aqt ncr) RLPVRT .<10 . Intel. O., JlacDill AFB Fla. OF I' AGE PAGES At 0500Z, ' Kay 1949 Mia a 60, wi tneaaed trm the ~I'"Otll't porch or her hane 1n Limona. or da_ a right. ehining and flaming object ._,in the aty. This object was estimated to be e.nywhere tran one-be