PROJECT 10073 RECO~O 1. DA IE TIME GROUP l..OCATION 31 l-!ay 1949 31/1500Z ParnL3., Michigan 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Civilian Other (RADIO TRANSCRIPriON DISCS) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS -s ... LENGTH-OF-OBSERVATION BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object was foul'ld in observers com field sticking in the gro 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE about 3 inches. Object appeared to be about 9 inches in diameter with pi~ce of purple cOlored plastic sticking to the one side of 1 t. PNloae edlUOfte of thle form e-."''" ~ ue.,..l1. ljw ,)I' DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ~ i i\U~ \ i\,~/-~. \\ ! ; \.J HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCEU \ '4 - WASHINGTON 5D-0S!/JCS/ernb THE INS,.ECTOR GENERAL . USA F STH DISTRIC T OFr!CIE O F S " ECIAL I NVESTIGATIONS WRiaHT .. ATTIERSON A I R FORC E BASE . DAYTON, OHI O IN '""LV REFU TO. 5D 24-21DD 29 November 1949 SUBJECT: FLnNG DISCS -Alleged Observation of Flying Discs b,y Mikel Conrad During Winter of 1948/49 in Terri tory of Alaska TOs Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTN s MCIAXS 1. Reference is made to Routing and Record Sheet, your office, dated 20 September 1949, requesting 5th District Office of Special Investigations conduct investigation into subject matter. 2. Transmitted herewith are two copies of Report of Investigation, File No. 24-1S5/2, dated 3 rlovember 1949, by Special Agent JAt~S B. SHII'f:I, CSI District r~o. 18, Maywood, California, for your information and &1'\Y action deemed appropriate. 3 Your attention is invited to Paragraph ll, Air Force Regulation 205-6, wnich prohibits the disclosure of the nature, sources or existence ot investigative infouus tion to unauthorized persons. . 4. No further investigative action j s contemplated into subject matter and the tiles of this district ars being closed case. 1 Incl (in dup) JA11ES F. X. Lt Colonel, District Comm ........... ~ J)OWNGRADED . A"r S Y,E ,\ R IN;r'~V AUIJ DECLASSIFfED , \ FT:::a 1~ .. r.~.t..l n. UNCLASSIFIED HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFfiCE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION FILE NO. DATE REPORT MADE BY REPORT MADE AT PLYIEG DISKS -JU.le ~e of flying disl::s during winter of 19~, Territory of Alaska OFFICE OF ORIGIN letter dated Newspaper article appeared in 14 September 1949 issue of "Journal Herald," Dayton, Ohio, wherein it was alleged that n actor, during the summer of 1949 while in Territory o Alaska, ob- flying saucers, n located one and took mot tures of the saucer in various flight stages and maneuver s presently actor-producer-writer for COLONIAL PRODUCTIONS, and his picture entitled "The Flying Saucer" was viewed by the wri on 26 October 1949. The picture contained a few scenes version of the flying disk while on the groWld and in the air. admitted that the "flying saucer" was a fif}Dent of his imagination and that he released the news stor,y quoted herein in order secure publicity tor his motion picture, "The Flying Saucer." uested that OSI not reveal to outsiders the fact that the i'lying saucer" story in the article was a hoax. DlmiiUTION ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO FIL! STAMP (Att: UCIAXD-3) 2 DlmiCT COMMANDER 1. Reference letter Oifice No. 5 request~d that i rtvesti gC:t- tion be conducted concerrd.r1 S al 1 eged si~htinc; o .. : <.. flying cii sk in the Territory of Alaska durine the sumner of 1949. This requE:st was Uladc b,t DO #5 as the result of an article appearing in tbe l4 September 1949 issue of the "Journal Herald, Dayton, Ohio, which article read as follows: urn.;~r ACTOR FINDS FLYING DISC, BUT PRESS AGENT DOUBTS TATE By ALmE MOSBY "HOil.Y\fOOD, Sept. lJ. -(UP) Having taken care of rocket ships, atomic bombs and Superman, Hollywood now is starring a flying saucer in "The Anll' s last decision was there isn't any such thing, but this baa not dampened the spirit of actor Mikel Conrad. He is acting in, pro- ducing, directing and writing "The Secret of the Flying Saucers." "The star, he insists, is a whirling disc, or reasonable facs~e thereof. The movie is a spy mystery which also features a blond heroine, a handsome hero and Russians as the villains. Idea While on Location "The actor got this colossal idea, he says, while on location in Alaska last winter for a Universal-International movie, "Arctic 1fanhunt.i "'I heard about flying saucers there so I went back last summer with a camera crew from \'Jhitehorse (Y. T., Canada) and two players, Pat Garrison and Hans Von Teuffen, ' he says. "'I tound a saucer, I'm not telling how,' a cla~ not believed even by one of his press agents. . "'I have scenes of the saucer landing taking off flying and doing tricka. The saucer is not created in mjniature or by trick photography. It ia a mecbanical, man-made object. "Whether it is a dishpan sailing across the camera or some garage- contraption, he won't say. "Conrad and crew shot silent footage around Juneau for three months. He 11 begin shooting interior scenes and dubbing in soWld Sept. 26, he "His press agents have seen part of the film. They report it has aome nice avalanches. They did not see any flying saucers. ''Locked in Bank Vault '"The saucer footage is locked in a bank vault,' explains Conrad. 'I'm not Showing it to anyone yet. The plot concerns a playboy, Michael Trent {Conrad), who steels his weak chin and goes saucer-hunting in AJaska for the government. To throw Russian spies off the track, he cleverly disguises himself as a drunkard seeking the cure. Trent is accompanied by an FBI a gent, who turns out to be a beautiful blond (hliss Garrison), cleverly disguised as his nurse. says Conrad. snowbound in a remote cabin and romance finds a way, ' \vi 11 Michael and Violet get out of the cabin before they're trapped by snow? or the Russians? or the censors? ~'ij 11 they capture the eaucer? Will they drop dead before the end of the movie? Will you? " AT LOS ANGH:t.ES CALIFOENIA 2. After some investigation in an effort to locate detenn:tned that he was presently actor-producer-writer for 8?39 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. called the writer at the OSI office on 26 October 1949 after several messages had been left for him to communicate with Agent. 3. em that date ormed Agent that his ure, The Flying Saucer," was to be previewed by the censors of the fice at 5552 Holly- wood Boulevard, Hollywood, California, and invited Agent to attend the showing alter which he suggested that the writer could question him concerning the 4. The w1'iter attended the preview of "The Flying Saucer" on 26 October 1949, and the picture ran approximately one hour and a half and as indicated in the article, concerned a stor.y of' MICP~ 1RENT S ) attempt to locate a flying saucer which was rwnored as being produced somewhere in Alaska. The Russian espionage agents were also attempting to locate the saucer for the SoTiet Government. It developed in the story that a Dr. CiaRL LA ON had per- fected a flying saucer and his laboratory was located in a spot bordering on Twin J,akes across the Ice Caps from Taku Harbor near JWleau, Territory of Alaska. TRENT locates the saucer prior to the Russian spies, who secure infor- ion concerning its existence and location from Dr. LA\~'SON S assistant who s out to the Russians for a few million. The picture ends with the assis- tant attempting to send the saucer to Russia and flee from Ti T. However, the saucer explodes at the end of the picture when the assistant of Dr. LAsaN at- tempts to laWlch it, Dr. LA~ ..SON having placed a bomb in the saucer to avoid just the situation that transpired. was a fi~en after the showing, indicated that the "f~ying saucer" ~s imagination and stated that he had released the story to iU..L~E 1IOSBY i.u order to auvertise nis J,Jict ure. He admitted that the observa- tion of, location of, and motion picture of the "flying saucer" in various flight stages and maneuvers was not a reality. 6. It might be mentioned here that the "flying saucer" of was pictured in about three scenes in fl~ght and appeared to be all lighted up by electricity and to be circular or disk shaped about three feet in diameter. The "saucer" ?lhirled during flight. However, when Dr. LAr~soN S "saucer" was viewed later by TR~NT it appeared to be ellipsoid shaped and was about t lve feet in length, ten feet across and four feet deep. It was apparently con- structed of alwninum or some other shinny metal and was slightly raised in the center with two exhausts {jets) on each side of the raised portion. This nraion flew on a direct line, rather than a whirling motion. ?. CONRAD apologized for the story and said he was sorry that he had misled the USAF, and admitted that the article was purely for enhancing interest in hia comjng picture. He requested that the USAF not furnish any newspaper correspondent or other persons making inquiries with the fact that the saucer is a hoax. He was advised that OSI would not because OS! had no interest in his picture, since he had not actually sighted any unconventional object in the sky. RKFERRED UPON CQMPI.E:riON TO THE OFFICE OF ORIGIN Bpt c4 "Flying Discs" 3 June 19~ continued (4) Photographc of object: if availabla: !!cne. (5) Sketch of objects configJ.~t!on: NonP. Object sighted: Appearance of an inverted quest ion mark. Appeared to be size of the moon, only in an oblo~ sbape. Color: Yellow. Speed: undetermined. Heading: Nort~est. l~neuvera'bility: One direction Altitude: Very high. Sound: None. Exhaust: None available (7) General remarks: The above wi tnessP.s state that they watched the object from jro,xiinately 2030 to 2100, 1 June 1949, and tha:t tle object would and disappear every few minutes until it disappeared completely at abou.t 2100. ~cx P. K. w.W.lSI;E!Y Lieutenant Colonel, uc: .. -,.,r Comrarxling AFOIR-co-5 lst Ind Dept. of the Air Force, Hq USAF, Washington 25, D.C. TO: C nding General, Air Materiel Conmand, Wrigh Base, Dayton, Ohio. ATTN: liCII.X tt5cof\O'"G l!Elu,QUARI'ERS 4lKx)TH AIR B~! GROUP sr~A.ta FIE'! n, KZt.-:!:UhGH, N. Y. SUBJEcr: Report of "Flying Discs" Chief' of Staff, United Sta.tes Air 1"'orce, v/ashington 25, D. C., Attention: Director of Iutelligence, RequirP-ments Divislvn. l. In compli~nce with par. 1 a., .ADC Letter, 200-1, datM. 2? i\la.rch aubj: Bf!port of Flying Diocs, the following report is submitted: (1) !Alcation and time of sighting: '!Vo (2) miles beyond Stewart Field, Newburgh, New York, 3C ~ortiMe5t of tbe position of tU! moon at 2030 EST. 48 / 12) Sky clea.r, Vis.1. bili ty eight ~ t>) nd.les zea levP.l, pressure 1020 millibars. teitJ>erature 66 F, Dew point 4go F am winds from aouth-soutt.est at 12 knots. Occupat 1 on: ,.~Tar"J at ~!ewburg..~ News C't'fice, Oecupat ion: Soldier , Walden, N. Y. alden, N. Y walden, N'ew York al6.en, New York , Welden, New York as: 44olat M & S Sq11sd ron, Stewart Field, Newburg:O, N. Y. HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR Fonct'~ _._., ~v THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATI ONS REPORT MADE BY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION REPORT MADE AT P.:oJ..;cT nG:.UDGE" OFFICE OF ORIGIN n_s mvc s :t.s a ~on ~rea.~c.:l ~.oe{.. u:)cn r 'a Pi le Patrio-t, JacJ:son, ~.J.c.:li.:;o.n, dtd 3 .June L~o9, a::1d VO, District Coru~nCcr m or ma 2 on ~ece 2 vc ~n' ca vC .1a on ;;; ::'ly:i.~ Guucel" Two alumirnun discs recovered, one disc accol:lpanied by plastic. Objects identified as radio transcription discs from local radio station. DISTRIBUTION ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO CG, AL:C (1 Incl) 2 FBI (Detroit) (Info) 1 G-2, 5th Army (Detroit) 1 UNCLASSIFIED File . 2 APPROVED AFCSI fOIM 4 Llaj or, USJ~ DISTRICT COMMANDER FILE STAMP DE!' AILS: 1. This investi~a7.ion i:J prodicetcd U)O:"! r3cci!,)t of CG! :-~c:)oi. .. t "?roJ cct, ?atriot, Jac:~;o:l, : .. ic:~ir.:.n, dnted .3 Juno 1/}, a:1d iJO Di!:;trict Co .:::..:.:1C.or, t j12.t one , a f r rcsidi;;: Oi1C ::1ile north of Pc.r , Licll5.~(;-.n, fotu1d an o'b,::ect ~;c:.ievecl to be aerial phc nonena sticl..:in;; in hereby m.:..~e the follm1inc st:.te:2e!1t to J~C:~ Inspector Gener.':'.l 's Office, US Air Force. -~ On the 28th da;: of April 191,.9 at 09:15 A. ;.:. I r1an si t ti:-.c; z.t my office at t l1e ?et ~.:ilJ: Co. located in ~-loner, :.:icil., and rr::.ile loo~:i:!C. out of t~1e r;indo-.7 se.vr stranr;e oojects in t i1e sky ".7hich first peered t o be sea uJJ.s. ':;.'UickJ.3r t;oinc out doors und callinc; to a f cllo,: r:or!-:cr, ~.:._... , r1l1o y:c.s '.:o:"!::inc in t:1e tanJ: roon of ti:e ~L?.nt, ~'le both 1rere a ble to observe t~1~t they ne1"e not cuJ.ls but s=-x silv e r colored discs rot~tins a!"ol.md in o. \?ide circle at c.oout 2. 45 dec;r~e a~le anel traval5.nc due ;;est. They see1:1ed to b~ rcvolying arm.,.nd as if t :1c:r ~-,ere e.t tac~1ed to c.n a:~cl. I jud[;ed t::c:-:1 to be bot-:Iecn 3CO a:1q ,~CO ft. off t:1e z;r01.u1d ..nd tr::-.vclin~ a t a.cot~t /~oO :Jiles per hotU'. .Aft a: they :1e.d disap::.~e:lred ovcr t:1e tree tops I and another co-\'!orl:el' r1ho had just coiie out of t~1c plaat, ju::tped in !. y em-and pursued after t~1em on ilir;ll':;c.:r I~-60 o Tie t~"c.vcled for a bout 3-1/2 rJiles -;;est of to,:n, but :1ere tl!U:.'olc to loc=.t~ the1:1. After returnine; back to tor~n, I celled the Jackson Citizen Patriot correspondent, L077I:Z TILLOT30li and i~orned her of ny experience e.nd ti1en drove up tov.Tl and infor:.lad RAY ~CJG~L, editor of the -loc~l pa:?cr. The above st.:1te~e~t lmorr ledge and be lief. is true and correct to the best of ey 4. J!pon questioning I.x. l!otner, I.!ichi~an, the state::1ent of L.r .description of the incident and objects was UNCLASSIFIED DO il25, File 2l~o-C t~4at i s one o~ t:~osc