PROJECT 10073 RECORD ! 1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. \ l. SOURCE J 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Flagstaff, Arizona 10. CONCLUSION No data presEnted to indicate object could NOT have been an A/C. i 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Report.ed f 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION l Gro~1d-Visual f7 COURSE I 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Ot>ject was approx 1/2 size of small airplane. red behind. Object flew on a strai~t course. disappearance l-aS over hill FTO SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) PNl- edlU- of thle Iotta _,be ueed, Yella_., in fron~. l'Janll&r of o.nd h a s vol..L."'lteored to atte~r~ tc r!E'.ce wh<lt hC" s aw on P.. blac k 9nd \'Jhite ink d r.avli:1g . :e t:sLt nw.ta:3 tha.t 1-: \'ril l t til:C" l-1.:. .. 1 o.p~rv:.~-~:--.J t ' n we e ks to compl9ta thi s urav:int;, s i ne'=' i '; :;il l be necessar~: to ms.!:c "'..UJ:-.t::r ous all p r e l irni L'lr:\' &!ct::t cl!dS a."'ld all wor k sheet..s 1 2 . The followlnb p~rscns wt::re i n terviewed t:. 31.-=Jeial A~er: ts :. :...Li. ar..d ~-t;OSTAD on 9 July H>-~.1, all l "' :..l.H: !1\..l!::b e r s -.lilu or! t \::ollr ::, oe..l t l.rtv r J, 2 , : .aryl!'.nd, and t heso individu3J~ ~tat~d, concernin6 U!:identi.:i uuld a e r ial objects ::>bse rv~d 2 9 J une 1 ;1:9, L1. st:bs L:\n~e a s :ollov: s : ted th:>.'C she encJ her husba.~d obser ved applo- a.r lc o jects i n the s o uthe ast s e c t ion or Bal timo r e , a:1d trave l - ing n o rth a t a speed f a r i n exces~ o!' t h a t n ade by b i r:is . The objects #er d obser vt:.:. ~or about t';ten-:y secoads, a,..,f ~her. .. rou~d disappear ~or a CCt:.~le of mir..ute S and r ea.pp13S.r t r a v e l i nc; i n tho Of?OS .it~ direction !}.~ objects wer e dark in co lor ru:d fle.v i.""l r..o set .:'cr::.!l.ti-.~:.. S>.e ! .Au ~: e o'v- jects poL1 toG out ~o her by the ~roup colle cted aro~d The obj ects v.,rer e seen frorJ approxLnately 1830 to 20:0 hcurs. adv.isod. tho.-c he obser vt.,;i approAima.~ely twen t y c~s ~ ou 5 hou r s and t ha t t lese objects arpca r(j ove r utheast Ba l t imor e and ;nane u ve r e d ove r in a nort!1easterly cUr~ction. i . .r . describe d t he act ions of the object s as groupi~& i~ a. nas s in fl.ib~t and forming into a winglike f o r ma t i on on t!le turn s . i sed t hat t he objects seen e d to appear for 20-scc::>: ... intervals at om: .1ir~utc perio d s . ':'he shape or t:=1e obje c t s sow~"'ihat r e se!t l e .i a i r plane s a nd ~.,.ere last seen just b efor e darkne ss. I.iast e r E 9 , son c: a bove i!lforrua.~t, a d vised t t.a.t he saw a m . .r.1be r of b l ack object s trav eling a-: a speed much faste r "tha n a i r planes e ver we n t " f r o:c. au..)ut ! SC0 ')urs unti l ~:1-~ch tr.ey described a s "wedge shc.pe d", fl:t-in& ~ror-4 the southe!ls t rtheast sections o f Baltimore ~t a very h i g h ra-:~ o f speed, al- most as though t~ey we r e being pulled thro u gh the air. The objects were describ e d a.s b einb snalle r ttnn p lanes, end were ss.i d to have disap peared upon t h e a ppearL"lce of other p l anes in the area. Tne ob jects wer e thou6i1t to be bla c k in color. but due to the rapid rate o f speed at wh~ch they were traveling no~e of t he above -mentione d individ uals c ould ma ke a n ac- ourate.lt&temen t as to the description of the objects. !~e number of ob- jects was tho~ht to be about twenty, and the tL~ of disappearance ~as estimated at about 2000 hours . or not, but -adviced t ha t she had s een ~"1 unkn~Nn numbe r rc inr, soutr~ast and northeast of Baltimore a b out vised t ha t s he did n ot know w~e ther tha objeccs were desoribod t h em a s being about the size of pl s and ROLFE -21-7e dark in color. Sl:~ wert on to oa~ t~!o.t during the ti"':le t.!':o objects 'vcre r,cen s..:-voral ':li!"p~mes flei o..0rosc ~er field of vis:!..or. '"Thilo s~e on- served the objuctz, 'but tl-)o.t the r r c!.icnce c!' "~rrl :mcs ir. the c.re;:~ di d see~ol to have any eff:ct en tr.e actions cf S~bject CJbjects. ~'t:nt0d t hAt at approxina.t~ l y 1900 he L.!"S zr~ 3.C ob cts i!'l tl-.o scutheo.stern sky t!'lrouc,h ~iclci g;lasces, and t~at t l:ey a ppeared to be too 1-.i~h to be bir ds, and that thP objects appeared to swoop a"lc.i turn at e. ve r J h; .:;h rate C" r speed. She ted t h9.t the objects did not arr-ea r to ma intain a:1y set formation, '.Jut that they did progress more in a northernly direction, disappearin t he northeastern sky just befor~ da.r k. . atad t~at her husband called ~er from t he porch at a pprox tely 1845 hours and pointed out to he~ sori~ c".)jccts in s ky which he h9.d been obs ervint;. She and her husband and. a 6r oup cf neighbors ob~orved these objects til dar k . desorirtion of the objects tallied completel y with that of her ~usbe!"d. st~ted that s~3 observed objects in the s~ "V!LS not :;ood, e.nd t:1e objects appeared t o be strinbs, o.pp6aring and disappearing below a layer of strato-cumulus clouds. bserved the objects froo 1830 to 2030 ~ours, and rst tho~ht be birds. Closer observation rr.s.de :-.er r ee..lize t:'l.D. t birds did not trave l at the t errific rate of speed at ~hich these objects appearee to be boin~. The objects co~tinued to dart in 9.nd out of the brother of I.ir o::t t"le s::une objects as further stated that the next day, while on duty floor of t he Accident Ward , John Hopkins Hospital, he over- heard a convnrsatiC"~ betwee n three unknown doctors conce~ins objects t y had obsorve~. in the sk"V tl:e a:terr:.oon before. ~.. ~:\ted tl!a+ the objects darted in L"ld out of the clouds much too f or birds, and that it could not have been light flashes on the bottom of the clouds since he aaw a definite solid object. . ar s o o clouds were dark. The clouds were light in color and the objects were observed for ~proximately two hours. a.&roup r s, out of the clouds. There group, at an altitude or stated that she did not see the the vicinity. what appeared at E were movi~g rn too fast to be about . \~) objects -ttM'rZ'o~. t:rs. SCHl!ITT objects after two airpl es apreared in c 01.H1S .for ab-:>ut fast for biras,- tt:-o C'~r~ bef0rc dar k . ''1 air. 't ':'lever ::eon !".O the ob,iccts cia:-tin.::; in anr cut of Jie state(! t l.oy ,.,"'re r.uc~1 +.oo bi'rc~c; e::> llkc then thinl.~ d i d . obsc;rved. who.t. he thought to 1;~;: flashes of ton o the c loud fron the ball d ic...T.onc.l ir.1!:1.eC.iatel y ;:,..!jace..n~ to :a lmont Cour t , at about 1900 hours. l:ie pai d n') attention to the matter and continued to play b aseball. w the orond, but did not know what they vrere sittin~ o~ hi~ f ront porch a t 1830 hour s ~nd ob- cr in the r..ext b lock of ::ilmont Court. 1e walked to t he col"!ler a nd looked in the direction tre c:-o,vd was r>o.:.:'ltine; e.!:\! saw vr!1at ap- peared to be a &roup or pigeons flyinb in for~tion, but flying far too fst for birds. he e t i mated the hei~ht to be approximately 20 abovs the horizon. :rt.r. urther stated that h e was positive -t~at wha.":. he sxt; was a solid object and not a conventional aircraft. accomps.nied 1.:r. ' GORSTJC!! to the ~orner a"'\d ob- sta ted i n tr:e above intervievr. 13. T!".e follottring individu9.1s wer e intervi e\'red by Specie.l Agent BELK, :l'"'ld all stated tha t they 'lid !:ot ?bs e !"ve an~thinb :.n t~e sky on 29 June 1949, to twee n the hours 1830 and 2030. :i owever, eo.ch qt.:.ali!'ied his remarks by stating that he "wasn ' t l~old!lG for anythinf' in the sky." 14. A BUGge stion was :rtade that .)c rsons mir;ht possib l y be observir:!:l a.. split beau used ~vr ac!.vertisint; lJy 'Jt"livt:rsal t:otor~, Inc., 29th 9.nd P.eni~.c..Lc .. Streets, )~lt.i.:.tor3, :.'l.z;,lc.'"lri. Or-S Jul, l 9, !.niVt1l"Snl .. ,>tor~ ::us co.lt~cteci t.ol~p:.onicl\lly a'!"l:i it v:a.; a cer't.t..i. dd t-:1~-; t::<'\ l:e acot1 : a d l.H Cl: l J ~uby l~lJ, l~: ~ir. in " u 1 \lEvied ::l!'.; t.: e foll v\'. I.:r i-ct~d in the t' . ~. Air ::'orca on 10 Ja:.ua!:: 19~2 a.."ld '',"\~ ciJcl.a.rged fro:"'1 ti~e r.,orT. Db .. , i"o-;; Jars~:; , s~tr.ratil-ll Ct::ttt:r on 3 Octob3r 1~45. Fe wa s born 13 Octntcr 1 ~22. The possibility of the object~ seen b,y .. l it;ht on tr.e botton of.' the cloud ::4:: discus sed. nounced any such theor y &.nd insisteJ tnCJ.t he had SEen ill l Li'i previous interview. fla~!.es of ain flatly de- objt:cts as described 16 . On 10 July 1S49, 9..."1 atto:-..pt \ 'TO.S macle to cc~tact doctor s .:.n t:~d AcciC.ent ,;ar 1 of ~ohn Eo!)l:i!l3 ~:ospi +a!, :.:Cntu:13"1t 1.1vre, . :aryle.."ld, ccncerning the report made by . _ ets, Ea.lti - doctors or.. duty in t:1e Accider.t .;ard ~t~re has t;i e et\\ n patients, e>.nci no inform.a tio11 concer~ir.~ 1;his investigation \Ia:; revt:~J.ed. It was su.;;...,es"t;ed that ti.e inve::.ti 8.l,ion u& cleared throut;h the Office of the Dir~c't.or, Joha hopkins hospital, a~d th~t some ~forr.Ltion ~iuht be obtaindd turough ttet ofi'ice a s to \!octors on the third floor on 25 June 1949 bet':TE:#en 't.he hours 1830 ft.Ild 2030. 17. On 11 July 1949, Special Agent~ contacted 1 of the ~rial Insecticide Fungae Corporation, Catonsville, L~ ADA:'.S stated, in substance, tha t between the hours of 1930 and 2015 on June 1949, lds company haa a Steer man, U-1~79V, towing a thirty-letter sign . The sigrr on the banne r read, "Drink Eeer y Gunther s". Thi.s s ic;n was f lo...-m from an altitude of' 1 ,000 to :, 700 ft., and circl.ec ove r the north- ast p9.r t of oaltin:ore. The Steern-.ur.. was accompanied by a silver aero- coupe ""rhich J1l8.intnined radio contact vri th the ground and of Radio Station 'di31.1). The S tee~.an was flown by .:r Catonsville. 18. On 12 July 1 949, this Agent interviewed !~. Catonsville, Maryland, who stated, i n substance, that he was Steerman, N-1379V, and towing a 180-foot banner on a 350-foot the plane. Each letter in this sign is 7' by 4'. He did not know what area he wa.s flying, as he was in radio contac t with a silver aerocoupe by tho Atlo.ntic Aircraft IIi vis ion of the liunicipal Airport. He saw no atrange objects while in the sky and had heard n othing concerning this .UNCLASSifiED 14. A suggestion was T'lB.de t hat JCrsons mic;ht possibl y be observir. a split bear.1 used .lor a.C.vertls in~ lJy J n l Vf;rsal lioto r z , Inc., 29th 9-nd Rerni1c.:;L.cn Streets, .'>:lltiiiLOr ~, ::arylc:'1d. Ot" 9 July 1 94.9, l~niv~rsnl . .~,ton; was contfJ c ted t o l opi1onicf\lly and it wa::> tl ~ert&.inod th~: t::o 0eacon :la d Ll .)"'v ~'ecm O~ul'6. tin~ U\..r i "1 ~ l.Lis J:"~rio:::l or ti:.-.e . a~:,!:l.in i n tun.:i.e wed 3.n.:i t~:e fol1m:i:lg u.<.luitio'' !.'l L'lfor~'lchr-. obtl;l Lt.oc~: ted in the tr. S . Air ::'orce on 10 Jar. ua!.,: 19~2 Wfl~ disohar&ed from the .L<'ort Dix, i:e,.7 Jerst:1y , S'='l'r.ratil-11 Cf;n t e r on 5 Octobar 1D45 . lie was born 13 Octnl:-e r 1~22. The possibility o f the objects seen b y.;,rz. light on the bottom of the cloud v:a:: discus sed. nounced any such theory and insistad th~t he had seen ill h i s previous intervievt. ing fla::,~.es of ain flatly de- objf;ct s as described 1 6 . On 10 July l S49, a.."1 atte:.pt wo.s ma d e to C'C tact doctors .;_n t:1d Accident War d of John Iio9l:i!1S ospitt\1, ::onune~t uore, l.:S.ryla."'ld, ccncerning tile report made by - tets, Eal ti- doctors on duty i n t:1e Accider:t :;ard ,.,er e has til e etw'3e-n patients, anci no information concer~ir ... ~ 1;his investigation vta!:i rev J.ed. It was su~e;ested that t.l1e inve::.ti~al.ion be cleared thro u t;h the Office of the Director, Joha Hopkins Hospital, and that some ififorr..~tion ~iuht be obtaint:ld tHrough tr.at office as to C:.octors on the third floor on 25 Jtme 1949 be~:~en the hours 1830 and 2030. 17. On 11 July 1949, Special Agent~ contacted i of the Aerial Insecticide Fungae Corporation, Catonsville, i..arJ and. 1.!r . AD stated, in substance, tha t between t he hours of 1930 and 20 1 5 on 2 9 June 1049, his company had a Steerman, U-1~79V, towing a thirty-letter sign. The s i grr on the banner r e a d , "Drink Eeer~r Gunthers". This E it;n was flown from an altitude of 1,000 to :,700ft., and circled ~ver the north- east part of oalti~ore. The Steer mar. was accomp~1ied by a silver aero- coupe which maintained radio contact vrith the ground and of Radio Stat ion ,)Blm. The Steer:nan was flown by J.:r ..... ,., Catonsville. 18. On 12 July 1 949, this Agent interviewed rr. Catonsville, Maryland, who stated, in substance, that he was a Steerman, N-1379V, and towing a 180-foot banner on a 350-foot rope behind the plane. Each letter in thia sign is 7' by 4'. He did not know what area he was flying, as he was in radio contact with a silver aeroooupe owned by tho Atlantic Aircraft l)i vis ion of the ~unicipal Airport. He saw no atrange objects while in the sky a.nd had heard nothing concerning this .UNCLASSIFIED 19. The following informa. tion wac; ~Jbt<J ir:ed uy thl s Agc:1t f:-o;n Radio Stat i on :w:.n, Tile Gunther 8re \Ul~ Co:.1_tJC..ny, 'Jf oaltii.;or e , .l..ary~Q'1U, SfJOnsors ~ radio pro~rW11 ~mown as "Stov t he .:.1 ...~.:1e" cJve r ?..adio 3 ttd .. i or: ~.'] ;J). r.. S teer~n towins a sign, "Drink .dee1-y vWlthers ", fli~s ove r vari ous s ectio"'ls o tl:e Cit~ of Bal til11o:-e. Ra dio contuo t i s rr.u.intained vri tn ! . .r . JC:.:. 1 H -CL, Announcer on the Uunther Pr oc:;ra..1 0:1 1'e'K~.n. As the plane pic!~s u.p a l nnd- J,iill"k in t he various subdivisions of the city, J~o~"'\VO t elepho::e call~ are placed t o persons residing in tha.t CJ.rea. If tC:.ey C W1 "Stop t he Fl ane" by supplying the missing lette r in the sign tn~y y;in a se1ie,s of valuable .iGEl'IT 'S NOTl.:t Due to this contest, Bal t i t:tore i s overpopulated with "sky watchers". 20. Co 14 July 1949, t he records of ~eadquarters ~nd Headquarters Squadrdn, 1909th AACS, Andrews .\.ir Force Base, were co"'1sul ted .::;r~cial Agent 1.:uP.RAY H. ClinSTif. These recorda indicated tho.t l was on duty as GCA Control Offi cer, betwe e~ hours o 1700 and 2400 on 29 J~e 1949. s interv)ewed and stated that there were no unusual occurrences or receptio~s on the GCA radar screen between 1900 and 2200 hours on 29 June 1949. On 15 July 1949, Special Agent Jo~: ~. GOOLSBY i nterviewed C~pt~ln T. A. GI~:Tbl'SIS, Oicer-in-Chare;e, t -tiol'lal l.:S."i Radar Statior., ~rs.vclly Point, Alexandria, Virginia, who stated,in substance,t~at t~e operations at the Uational Airport revealed tl:at on 29 June 1949 a C- 47 aircr a f t , Ho. NG-5970, had requested a position from the radar statior. and t hat the atation hsd remained L"l contact with the airple.ne for ap~roximatelj &>orty ~inutea. The loga ~de no r.ention o having picked up any unidentifiable aircraft or objecta, and operators who were questioned stated thet they did not recognize any ~orms or unusual objects in their radar scope. Captai~ GIANTASIS explained that the radar scope might reveal netallio otjects whic:1 would reflect in the scope. However, unless the pilot speciio'ltl~r re- quested rom the station operator some information relating to the uniden- tifiable objects, they would a ppear to the operator to be other a lrc!"at in the area. Captai~ GIANTASIS stated that the principal characteristics ot the unidentifiable objects were o such a nature as t o preclude any "PIPS" on the radar screen. llowever, he stated that he would like to point out the fact that, even i the operator did n ot r eport any such in- cident, this fact did not neceaaarily preclude the possibility of auch ob- jects being in the area at the time indicated. Station l~ tracked the above-mentioned C-47 for about forty minutes. Copy of the log indicated that the aircraft was flyinG at an altitude of 2,000 ft.; radar control was aasumed at 1954-E on Channel 9; and radar screens were 5 X 5. 1. \cil l c ond uc t i n vesti gations e t ~b~:.nd~en F rC'win~ Gr otM.d , :~7o.ry 1 d, Ed.;eworth .Arsenal 1-'r o7i nt J.r o t'.!ld, :~ r :(!. and, !.\!lei ;.:a::-tin Ai ~ cra.f't Co~p'lr.~, ~a.l t imor e , ~ -~r'Jland, t o detomir.e v:h e the r r.r.: expc r i - ""le:~tc.l fir ir..b we.s be'ing; conduc"t;~<i in the ::tre!l 2 . Co p i e s of sketc!1e s will be picked up f r or.. l1tr. ~ill report c ompletion o f invc~tibativ~. GUIDE TO U iVSSTIGAr I CN mnD.c:;r:? IED A.SRii..L ODJBCTS Ul'- 1. Date of Obs9r~ation: 29 Ju 1S<9 Cato of Int:1vi~w: 9, J C,ll July 1~{~ 2. Exact time of obs ervation (local): 3. Place of Observatio~z {14ap Coor c i:1e t es) 4. Posi-';io~ of ob~crve r (air, car, bld~, ~ocatio!l of. c,.:.ve: cl~tPils.): c.a 1'l. non., OUT .. D. ~SOn o; Lnsor .:>vrO~ f> Observf'r stand ir.g iJ). common arqa bet\;ee.l court s . TirAt attracted attention t o obj~ct? porch watching the flight of rational in the area. Observer s i tti~ t. o.1 f r ont Guard ~nd 0ommercial airplanes Nu.J'nber .of objects and sketch of lor 1::w. tion or c;roupins: Fifteen ( 15) to twe:r:t y (20 ) objects flyinb i n a circular gro'I.'P fo~ . lc.ti oo. :!-.en first noted. Formation of object s ora ed rapidly to ir.cluee echelon of objects, "V" formation and.strai(;ht line. Apparent size (ooffipare fist at C'.rns length) a than a doubled fist. to kno . object, i .