PROJECT c0073 P.ECCnD 1. DATE TIME GROUP 21 May 1949 2l./2l30Z Moses Lake Air Force Base, liashington J. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar Northeasterly' 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE RADAR: AmCRAFl' VISUALi AIRCRAFT Phone call was received the same day from tower that a/c were in BRIEF ANALYSIS Report from Control Tower that flying Saucers were over Atomic Plant. J../C were scrambled with an negative effort. I Report, stated UF0 s wero faster then jet a/c. Another r eport ' later was made that failing bits or paper in their area were ! observed on radar. Red on one side green on the other and I approximately 6 inches square. First object was round, white or: silver colo:r . i PNwloae odlUott of Uti fofiD ,..~ h-ueef!. U"tr.I_ASSIFIED B/L t~ Hq, 6)7th Aircraft Control & Warning Sq., 505th Aircraft Control & Ylarning Group, Moses Lake AFB, \'lash., dtd 23 14&7 49, Subjr Project "SIGN" . Dept. or the Air Force, Hq., USAF, Washington 2S, D.c. I 3 JUN 1949 T01 Comand:J ng General, Air 14.ateriel COGID&lld, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Da,ton, Ohio ATTN1 l.lCIAXS lUNtU.SSJFJED UNCLASSIFIED HIW)QtiARTERS 63?'rH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON 505TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNnlG GROUP Moses Lake Air Force Base SUBJECTa Project "SIGN. Chief of starr United States Air Foree Washington, 25, D.C. Attn: Director of Intelligence, Requirements Divieioa 1. At 1330 a call was received from the BaD.tord Area (Coacrete) tbat a F~ Saucer was over the East 200 area approximately 4 (four) ailee east of the Haford Atomic Plwt, Waahiagton. The .eperator at Han~ ford etated that the Disk still and then took off ill a south: easterly d.irection at a speed greater than tha~or ~ ~jet fighter. tbe aw.ilable aircraft waa called for b7 the Hallford operator and the aircraft was scrambled. The ord operator cleared the aircraft into their prohibited area (authorization coming froa the Aaa t Chief' at tbe Security Section at Hanford). The scopes were instructed to arch the eoathern sector with ao resnl te. Crew personnel and the controller searched the a~, rlsua~, and aoted a rOUDd, white ar eilver object traveling 1n a north easter~ direction at a speed greater thea that or jet fighters at approxtmetelr 10,000 to 15 The baee ther section was then contacted to eee if any weather ballons nr eent up and they reported ill the negative. Base weather eection stated that the7 do not utilize weather ballons. At 1420 F-82 Gertru:ie 20, pilot Gardaer wae air borne and reported ill to Torch controller. A get, 81, was being tracked 1D the h-east sector by Torch at tbia tilae and the ADCC iastz'ucted the controller to intercept it in hopee that it aight be a Disk. Target 81 faded in radar contact just after (approximate~ s m1nutea) Gertrude 20 airborDe. The controller was able to pn two vectors before target 81 faded. Radar contact with the fighter 8p0t'ty, eo poor that a coherent track on the fighter was impossible. lt approximately 1425 Hanford reported falling bits or paper in their area {ia the Ticinity of the Rattlesnake Momata1na). The operator described the papers u being approximate~ 6 inches sqnare, red on one 14 green aa the other. The tighter then aellt to the Tic1a i ty of the Rattleeaake mouata1 na to exam:bse the area tor the paper e. UNCLASSIFIED D~c llADRv I.Jon DJJ F'!P.1~-1.\t'J'I!}n.l Subject: Project "SIGN" ' ltMCLASSIFIED and also to search the Hanford are~fOr otner evidences of the FlY- ing Saucers. The search continued, with spotty radar coverage, with no results. Tre Hanford oper a tor a ga i n cleared t he F-.::2 i >,to t he prohibited area and indicated that he, himself, was taking off in an airy-lane to search. He stated :-urther that a weapons carrier h.ad been dispatched to the pamphlet (paper) drop area and no paper~ had been tound. The fighter was vectored to the Columbia river gorge to lesf3en the time to be flown in the prohibited area. At approximately 1525 a call was received from the Hanford operator that the papers d~opped were advertisements for a Rodeo at Richland. The Rodeo is an Air Rodeo. The Hanford operator indicated that the pamphl~ts did fall into the prohibited a rea r :1d were dror !"ed by one of the a ire raft pe.rticipa ting in the Air :Rodeo. The aircraft that was droping the pamphlets was a PT-19 flown qy Don Wise of the Ato~ic Speed~ay in Pasco, viaehington. Tbis pilot holds a commercial ticket. The air- craft NC nu-nber is (NC 48258). At 1426 the F-82 was cleared to i1~oses Lake Tower and landed at 1435. 2. It is believed that ;;wo sel='arate and alstinct alert conditions existed on the af'ternoon of ~1 !Jay 1949. The first was caused by t he sightirJgs of !T'lying Sau ers (noted) b~r lianf'orc: using a telescope and tl:e operations ere:: of t l1e 637th .A.Ui:C. The second was caused by t 1le ropping of leaflets b,y an a~craft into the Hanford area . I t is be- lie-ved that there is no co.nection between the tv-:o events 3. Teletype sequa1:ce of local .,.,eat her a nd wihds alof t reported at ti~e of observation: 5000 feet scattered, visibility 2 0 miles, sea level presure 15.6, temperature 69 , de'~ point 29~ wind SS'.'i 10 knot~ per hour, altimeter setting 29.99. 7finds aloft, !\!SL 4000 .feet 240 degrees at 15 ~1ots, 6000 feet, 220 degrees a~ 15 knots, 3GOO fedt, 280 degrees at 2C' lmots, lO,r.on f eet 255 deg~ees at 15 knots, 12,000 feet 240 degree s at 10 ~1ots, 14,000 feet 222 degrees at 1 5 kn~ts. 20,000 feet 190 degrees at 15 kncts, 2~,000 fca"~ 1 7 de grees a~ 20 ~ots, 30 , 000 feet 160 degrees at 30 knots, 35 , 000 feet 150 degrees at 40 knots. 4. Observer states that t he altitu~e (est~ated) was bet~een 17,000 and 20,000 feet. The witneeses name is i,1axSegoians, 504 Falle;y, Richland, TN'aehington. Segoinna place of work is 2CO t7est meterlogist tower. FUR THE COr.~.iANDING OF!t,ICER: DOWNGRADED AT DECLASSIFIEn A -!NTEJtVALS: DOD n - l -. YEARS. TRANSMITIAL REaTRICTED dftlATISC FORM NO. 80!50 8 ( I JAN. 600 IDENTIFICATION INCOMING T C O I Ncl 1 coMHEn 1 1 INcoMrl. I No -- ll~lC CO~f~T '~Il~E~C~O,~T F~ILCLOPy CO( TO: co A- r:r t:a P~! DESCRIPTION, DATC:S AND SUBJECT: INCLOS URES REC' D B Y (FU L L S IGNATU R E ) DATE R:!C'D OPY N O . REC' D B Y DATE REC' D COP Y N O . REC' D DY DATE R EC ' D COPY N O . REC' D B Y DATE REC' D RESTRIC T C D CONTROL NO 8UF IIECTa lat lnd DEC I MAL PJ,. '~ct. srcn IPILE NO.---- FOLLOW U~ ON AFCIP.-cu-1 No. INCL8. RIICORDINQ DAT& OP' IIULY OTHER DI8~081TION: DATE ESTABLISHE D I I NITIALS\ TRAN8M ITTAL AMC P OitM N O . 10 1 8&& OTHI:R S IDE P'OR REMARK S !SOS (I JAN. A!S) AT& C FORM NO. 8 0 llltUTIIItiCT&D IO~NTIFICATION ~- FROM: { ' UTGOING "L[COP'f ! 11'1'T ~:'W'A'Ye I N COMIN G OFFIC~ om co( TO: 1\1..., FROM: lt USAF WASb\ lUG . NO. T E S AND sUBJECT& ESCRIPTION. OA P.'B. INCLOSURES: (FULL .IGNATUR~) , . I c ofeljn aoL) DATI REC' O DATI AE C ' D DATI REC' D R E C ' D BY COPY N O . DAT E REC' D REC ' D BY URCl:ASSIFlED UNCLASSIF\ED Thia copy will be aafeguarded with the greatelt care until action it completed. at which time it will MCAG Form No. 221 (Rev 25 Oct 4 8 l be prepared for deatruction in accordance with Section IV. Hq. Office lnatruction No. 11-2. WF-l-18 FEB 49 1 SM AF FORM 112-PART I APPROVEOIJUNEI~ ,.EP'O,.T ItO. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I"AiW,RiEPOf!TIEO OH-------------------------fROio4 (AitftCJ) DATE Of INFOR,..ATIOH DATE Of REPORT -R-EFE=-,.-EHC--ES (Omlrol rauntbtr :-dlrtdlu , f"li!IOUI rtport, de., Gl- llflp/lcalll'-)- EVALUATION SUMMARY: (!.'Iller COftclle r ummarr of report. OIN lgnljlcffl In Jlnal onNmttnct /IOrograpll. Lilt lnclo.urt~ llllown lrft. Btglllltrt of rtport Oft AF Form lit - Part II.) I o f ( to I t o sea r<.:.. . .d s~tlldu _vt .... v r t.i a t. a wt:anor.s eurri 1r .. e.; :J -::t.~: L!'\''b tcl,ed t o tilt3 . h e:>or oxinat.ol : l.l2o R ~ell Has rt::c~ivt:a 1'rorr t!le . . anl'on! l.).,c,n:tor tuat t..1e 1a o ers dro?.,ed were advert.iserrt-~r.ts / o r n ~90~? ~t :{ichlfmtl. q<e :!oueo is an Ai r r<odeo . Lhe :nnr o r d o;:>ere1..or :in icfl~u -...~.u!l~!.~ ~er.:'1hlets u.iu fall into t..lle !Jrohibited a r ea. and were dro!'ped by one o f the aircraft Jartici'::'atin p i n the Air Hodeo. 'i'he air- crttft that -..:as droppinF t h e OB.m!Jnlets v.&.s a PT-1~ rlO\\r. by ..JO:'l ~ii~e 01' t ne Ato mic i..:. c .Jrj ,..ht-=>attersor: ::q USAF, .\'ashinhton, DECLASSU"'IED A prfER 1~ YEA DOD Dllt 5:lOO.lb 110J1; THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U.S C- 31 AND 3Z. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR or INTEl a IGHCE. USAF. AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED I JUNE I!WI Ff!OM (.tlclmcr) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT RI:PORT NO. _ n c o n v~.-r: t io:la. l