PROJECT 10073 RECO~D . 4. NU~3ER OF OBJECTS s. L&!NGTH OF OaS VATION N. .Jl, ot Fort Francis 10. CONCLUSION Astro (HE'mJR) 11. BRIEF SUM.'t\ARY AND ANALYSIS The object was described as silvery-.gra31 L"l c olor, flying in a westerly direction, and was in sient !or 5 seconds. The obj~ct pursued a straight path or night with an eiTatic r:.otion I 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual comp.rable to thE.t ot an ob}ong .object thrown in the air. t. PHYSICAL EVlOi:NCE DEPA .. TMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HADQUARTtRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 51>-0SI/JFJJ/vz THE INS~ICTO" GINI"AI... USAI' STH OIST"ICT O,.I'ICI 01' S~ICIAI. I NVII:STICATIONS W"IOHT~ATTI"SON AI" I'Oitel 8ASI DAYTON, OHI O 13 September 1~9 SUBJECTs Pf()JECT GRUDGE -INCIDENT, LAKE OF THE VfOODS, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1 JULY .1..949 SPECIAL I~UmY Coammnd~ General Headquarters Air Materiel Command ght-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTNa KCIAXS 1. Reference i s made to conference, tbis your office, and date, between this office. 2. Forwarded for your infonua tion arxl necessary action 1a repcrt or investigation made by Special Agent FJ.BERT VI. FARRIS, District Office Hl2 Scott Air Force Base, dated b Sept,emh er .l ~9 . 3 Ho investigation is being comucted by this ofi'ice. 1 Incl BRAUN R/I dtd 6 Sep l8 {in dup) District Ccmuaaier Wf.o-1 OCI 41 IJM Projoot Onad~;e -Incident La.ce of the ,.ooda, Ontario, Canada 1. The 1nolosed i\eport of Ir.vesti,~&tion, l-'1le No. 2453, duted 6 ~eptou.ber 194?, b,y S/A ~lbor~ Farris, 12UO-o5I, ia forward~d f o r your ooccents ao to th8 poasioility of the rooent polio~elitia opideaio havint: buen ur~ni~ po1aon1n 2. ~ is deaireu that this matter be ooor<1in~Atod with the nppropriu.te . oro :~dioal 1\>ortltory office ir1 or\ler to aatiaty the requirement as liated under Urxi8VtJlopod Lau.da aeot1on or reter"noed report. 3 Th1a oft1oe oan d1aoern no baa1a tor auoh a tlteory, air.ce it haa beon a hcn1n tnat all report or fly1nr; objoota do not reft..r to the ame type objttct, and tbore 11 no ~1donoe or radioactivity in ~ caae A. J. ILt~f)Tt-;s.:. T, J R. Lt Colonel, USI'\..F Acting Ch1et, Analysia Oiv1a1on Inte111~noe ~epartment iJldt; 280 DltCl.A IFJJr:O .~.f, .. i~ l:! l'!!:AH:). QOD DU~ b~uO.lO ATft a ~r. J. l e !torrll~ Your atteJ. tlotl 1 d irec to\& t o f "'ra~aph 3 ot Comme n t 2 abo TO. Thia ahould tt- requinr,ta o utlird in Undenl opad Leada aeotion ot 1noloeecl report. Lt Colorel, tJ~ :.1' Chi est Techlioal .~alyaia Di~laion Intell1t~er:oe Uepartmcr1t IJ l df; 2e8 oat 2 l 6D UNCLASSlclED Project Grudge -Incident, Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada 1. The inclosed Report of Inveatigation, File No. 24-53, dated 6 September 1949, by S/A Elbert W. Farris, 1200-0SI, is forwarded tor your comments as to the possibility of the reoent polio~elitis epidemic having been uranium poisoning. 2. It is desi~d that this matter be coordinated with the a~propriate Aero Medical Laboratory office in order to satist.y the requir6ments as listed under Undeveloped Lead1 eeotion of referenced report. 3. This office can discern no basis tbat all reports of flying objects do not no evidence of radioactivit,y in any case. tor such a theory, since it has been shmm refer to the same type object, and there is Cy Ltr, 9/13/49, fr 5D-OSI, W/fl, )(. B. Ooll A. J. HSltSTREET, JR. Lt Colonel, USAF Acting Chief, Analysis Division Intelli~nce Department 1. !h' ottioe 2. llbile it 1a t.z\le that ot tt. ol1n1caJ aympto ot r:ay be to the uraniua po1aon1ng t.he overall clinical syndrome is quite clif!erent,. flupoa' in the o uranium po1aoniQ8 1a very ! with recovery unl1keq. ilesides vv metl e.ttect or uranium poiaonin8, there ia alao tha prololl(;ed and oaatinuoua rad1tion e.r.rect at uran1wa 111lich can be detected in t.1e blood picture. ~Ida 1a quite dist1nct1'ft clinical feature ot uran1ua poiaoniJlg, 'llhicb arv peya1c1n s hould t read1l be able to recogniae. It 1a lao a feature Wlich doea not d1nin1nh with tine, j aacl hence the patient does not naover. Th' result. becauae the uranium is a lone -lived 1 n41oaat.1ve isotope, iddcb baco-. t 1D tba boly nd cannot be elininated to &1\Y appreoJI'ble extent. ' ot the above conalderat1ona it 1a the op1n1on ot thia otfice that there 1a little, 1t 8ZJ7 g~uwv.t,.ror tbeoz7 that tbe anzllal polion\/el;t1e ep1dam1ce are nlatlcl to radioacUvity in azJ3 w:r It 1a alao to be noted that the mul outbreAk ot .... t.t durint; tlle 8\.U:IDU' IDQDt.ha bee prevalent. tor m&aV ~ prior to "!l..ying , and tma wldeapreed ue ot "dtoaat.1ve 1sot.ope lJNCL;'\:StFlED &. P. OAOGE Lt. Colonel, USAF (l.SC) Act.i"nt: Chiet, Aero J~ed 1 cl Laborataey Engineering DiviaiOD AFCSI Form 4 HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Fale Nu I Daw tJLU.l 1:1 Jul 4l THE INSPECTOR QENERAL 2l.t-';3 0 ~O;:'tC:..bc t' 19~ OP'triCE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONI Report made by REPORT OF INVESTIGATION F" .. ::FJtT \.. FAffiiS I Report made at GNIIENTIFIFD AERIAL PH&~OU'.NON LakB of the Y.ood~, Chtario, Car.ada DO #!2J_ ~c t AFB, Dl1nois Offlce ol orltln Offutt AFB Cbaracter \ SJ ~IAL IN~UDii f \lt -- DtatrtbutSoa Dr. and las. Decatur, Indiana, were intel'tiell'ed on 1; AuF,Ust 19'~9, and :!t.ted that they had seen an unidentitled aerial object which they thou~ht to be a f~g eauccr. The si~hting took olace 1 July 1919 on Hir,hway 70 about fifty to 45evonty-five (50.. 15J miles north of Ft. Francis Qottario, Canada. The object was deGcribed as silvery ~ay 1n color, flying in a westerJ.r. direc~i:>n and waa l n e i.~!lt tor about t!ve (5) s .2n.4!1 No npor traila or protruding objncts "'ere noted. No sound beard. Dr. eXJ)OUnded the. t,~o t'-''lt t ~o fall!!d tqing ~aucera may have ,ome connection with the current polio epJ.do,uc prevalent thrnu::thout the United :ltates. llis basis for this '~a::;onin!t was the assertion that of all hia polio ?& tienta, he could not be C6rtain that they did in ~ality, have polio. All honever, evidenced s:r~:"ltocs of Ura.niu:n poisoning. Tabulation of f'l.ying saucer !:iehtings rr~ the availnble so::rcco ')r .ho L'"ldianaoolis ~tar and the Indiana')()lis Uews, reveals thr.t t.~e IUljorlty ot eicrhtings took place in Juzy and Aut~ot for the year~ 19L7, 19L~ and 1949. A r c s nonsible medical authority, confidential 1nformnnt, CI-1, ad~lsed tha t t~ . . t~or,_ia ".interesting" and wortey or further rearch. M>WNGRAnF.n AT 3 YP-\.R TXt'P.RV-\T.S: DICCL.A5SJF!!;:D .:\f"t.:i! 12 I'lAHS. Action Cop)' forwardld lo CG,J.".C, i:right-Patteraan co, A;, 1;right-Patteraan AFB, illn, ATTNa Dir or Tech ~TTNa Dir of Tech Intel r------,r----r---1~-r-1- Intel (T!OUa DO 15) ( ) J DO 1/5 (w/1 Incl) 2 TlffiU I DO 15 -'1\ DO Nl3 (w/1 Incl) 2 U~llfEO ST.\TES /.1~ Ffl~CEC --" Dir Intel. Hq U5AF (THI\U j 1/E liJ~f'i:LlOR Gd :Knl~ Hq, 03I (w/lincl) 2 '~! OFFICE OF SPEW.L INVtSTIC~rhJ!;s / ' JA~..FS C . ri:H:.TISON ~ . Lt. Col bnel, U:'AF DI~TIIUCT COMMAND ... DI:;IAUS 1 1. This invooti~rttion i o t liO ro:5ult or 8 ro:->Crt mcf.o b;,r ~pucinl A~ont t.u.r~Ao.L .. : r. . r." .-u, DO lflJ, ortu~t Ads, c:1tod 13 Ju~ l94cJ. lJocatar, l . tUar...a, \'1nJ intorvicwod e nd stated tl.at on l J ul y l <J4t), \:1 ilo on n fi3hin..; trip in ~:ltario, Canada, ha <. b:lorved an o bjoct ir. t he oky 'l'rl ich op ' ,mrcu to be n oo-called "i' in~ ~aucer." The tD".idonti:fiod aoriol ob j ect wns oi ;l.tcd by IJr. BJlC.t ... ~s. i 1a drlvin:.; nor t h on Li;hway ,, 70, a t o !1Cil.t a bvut. t'ifty to sever!t y (50-70) miles r.orth c,f Ft . Fr3ncis, Canada, a! a ncar t ! v o:1ot oia o cr Lo!~e t,f t l.o u (.Od:J, Lar..ada. Hot.t:ir..; i n }1:4rt:.culnr nttr~ctcd hi3 u t tcr'- Uon tv t ho object. It t.:tS soon Til ile dr.ivic..; nlo11,; t l.e r..l.,J '::BYJ r.c cl."lncac! up 8!!C obsorvod a ai lvcr:,' f70.Y' oblong e~; :ct f~rint; in a YJOS t erl.y direction. '!'.:r.tc in :~l,)tt t;~' nbcut five sec( d3. ~lv ... juct pursued e ~trni.;ht }X'tr of fli )1t with 01. erratic ootloa cc'"-,nrttole t~,. l..l :tt of a n ol.lon~ o b ject tci r . .; t t l'OYJn t J.ro,;_:h tl,o air., r ho acrinl ot:.ooo~.r ar!"lc.t..=-au t v oo fa~t.cr tr.ar .. 0:1 oirrl t::ro. I t fit: n~ t hcv n.;! \!~S at nltitude ol' o l)<.\.t forty do~roes(40' )abovo t.!"c hc..rizon rrli~:" likened t o an I;rcot!oe (:Janll nircr--ft) o.t two t t cus :md feet o Ol"Vod no fins, r.c~ v n:->or trail and l :card no t:r u:~d. Aft~r rn~ tine nero~o bi c line o~.' visic.m, the o oct 1'4US l c ::t fl'<.:l viow bohiud the troea. Tho dny ~J s t-r l _;ht a:-.u cw ny, o1.d si~ed th:~t 1"-o l'.ncl c!arinite~ ubz~rvod "1,jcct in t lo air unl.1ko any ot;; or kl,t.lm t o hiu. ..irs. corroborotoL. l.or hu:;J...ar.d o st..t~e monts, ani! was unable t o a dd any additional ira!vr..ation. 3. UJ>Gn hi~ return to Incliar..a im:-edi:t t:.ely c"nf r ontod with n:a r~ Polio cnr.oa, which hnvo reached the epidemic ct.a~o in :U:dim~. ho wo.o .i'Lrcod to atucy mc.re c.n t l c vubjoct of Polio, c.nci Dt.atcs that a:J a r e oalt c.l' }.1:3 !:tl .. dy, he ic nCJt certain tt..At ony of t l_o pntionts he l"ns dioenoaed n~ hnvin~: Pclio, do, in reality, havo iollo. All ~f hi:J patients hct":ovor, s : :on s~'T .. ptt;ro c. i' Uro.Li\0 poi3cn l n.;. advanced t i tJ t } eory ttnt tl.cre rn:. he :":O:~e C\;T::'1eCt-Or. r..o l.TiOCn t. }.~ Polio cpiclao1c anci tl1o l'J..:,inu &aucers, oltl...::r by ato;dc 1adiatlon f r'-1:. the DOc~llcd saucer or ~: release c a polio virws wllich ft forei;n Govcr:JJO::t cej hn~o is' l.Atcd. c l:..nc.\llodt;ed that this thecrJ my bo tar retched, but felt that 1 t noulcl be worth look106 into. 4. prccuced oomberGl.ip cards wLich sl:ow hie t. Lo a ... e~bor c,f tho 1.\!ecws, Scottish Ri~o, It!-.i~:ht3 cf firtr.iaa, IN 1 Order cr .. ::oDe cc.C. t l c u:l._lc:>. he c;ervod as a ~.avol "'r:i rer :f<.r ft,urteon r:ontliD ar.t. nls<. held a c t moiss i c n in t :.c Ur.it,od rJ ~tc:; Public I:oalth .Service. wl ooe a _,e is bct-.-~con t ! 1rty tivo a d f<. rty :ro~rn (35-40 jr:;) ia n ~raduetto or tl10 ll..c!lana U:1l vcrGl ty !;;cl ~ol of ~cUcine, 1 l t.o ... l r.,"" t-..n, ll.rll.4I.n, a .. ..: he is an assoei!s to ;:;einbcr v ~l.o 4\:::o<..ci:t t.l(. of U.llt.:tr:J Zur~ot,;u;. i.e .is a pl.::oician a . .cl :Jurl.,)eon. Lvb~lco nre r.wlliin; a:1d l'l F: i n .. :. s. Tho i'olloninc u~tcd DOlMI<Jrr.. wl.o were intervi0\1od en 15 At _;u r t 1')4', ' advircd t l at Dr. a rollaLlo, aud ro3:-:o.:~.iblo individlllll. Lc enjoya an excellent, ropuwtior.. i1. '".1"' \Jt tu.ur...it :r , ct:c.: i t .-:n~ bollovoe t i.r ~tho ve racity And i.~tcb-rity cf Dr.~ nre W'U1:::3nilable. c: iJ.f o:. .Police, Dec~txr, I t r ir:na 6. Rocordu o i' tl.~. h llco r,o;>::~ttr:o:. t , L;ccn c~, I . C::i~. n , roviaYJOd t n 15 At;~U!.at l'J4S, ~i'loct no i r . .rc..l'l.cti<m r ounrr -r~..: ~,, joct. 7. On 17 Au . .:,L~U~ 1'. 4':1, tl \) \irito. accv:;.pli~bed 8 tabulnti vn t r f l yi nc ::;n"cer sic;hti.nLa frt.ta availtlble sc. urcos of t l a Ir:dia:.:1 c.lis h ews a r.d the Indiana~ <.l i z Star, Daily pnpera, wlich are ~ted as follows' 12 lfovember 30 Au~u:lt 2 Oct:. bor Portl.ond, Ore~c..n S cut,h uor.d, Int'iana Aucusto., i.~ine (l,ort l:enily Diroctic.n) Spokane, \.ashin~tun Boiso, l to ho Twin zalls, I ccho Prince .;chnlrd I:..l.nnd, C~r.ada Hie; .me .. d , .II!C.iana Eozcnon, ntona Sc;u t l \iOOt Ontsrlq t.:n r.,r ltlz:d ~loit;h, . ortl: Corc.lJ.na Aahvillo, 1: tl (.,art lina Uroonsboro, ;. 1t L Carc..~na Sydney, Austrolia Ir.dia~-.a;~ol-s, Indiana Franklin, I . ,in&18 ~;ortl.orn Gacr,~ia u, n te,; c.; cry Ore~on (40 miles offshore) It:.Lliana,olls, Indiana i.bnt..;ooor y , J\lnl.'ama Bri:Jbono, Australia Ir..clillnapolis, Il1eiena Iucianapol ts, lnc.li ona Ir.t'~ . .a olio , L..Cio. a Faruo, I.ortl UNCL~,::-!FIED. W.chit.,lll1 Ci t:r, Indiana Paci!ic tor t hrlo3t Lako o f t he \1oo<ls 8. InCice:J of the Indiar.a pclio Office, Fod~ral Lureau ot' I nveati..;atior, by t l:e writer 18 AUtJ'USt 194~, reflect n o L .fc.r::mt.ion regnr dinc Dr. 9. & reliable modical autltority at uonjanin Harrison AFlJ, Indiana, \'las contacted by tl.c wit.er in on offort to Letennino nhetl.or t he possibility oi' unniun poisonine , a s expour..dod by !Jr. elsewhero in tr.i"" r ovrt basis in fact. 1l.e nut ority , v;. o preferred t.o r ennin nnonyrJotm, 1:; heroir.~ft.-lr l:ncrm a c ct.r.fidcr.t1al Infctiiwtn t CI-1. Tnfcr..ant CIl ~uvi~cd the writor t~at tre Polio period oxtends rcn A!lril t o October, llit!. tt.o per. :ncntl-:s of t l e di3on:Jo beinc: rcn chod i n Jul:; ar.d Att,_.,ust. C. ll fur~hor stc tod thDti t.l:.e t l.cory adv~r.cod by Dr. ns ''interesting" nz.d at lcast t1c.rth further ro:Je a rch. Infor.:lllnt Il was d rul if tLo ocswor to t l.e c;uostion ol' uranium poi.sonir.ci c ould be read~ ar..sv:cred, nu re ns of tte opinion t~ 3t tl e po3:...i:'Jilit,y Gc:d i t s con11oction with the Folio e pi dom1c prevalent thrc.~hout tLe Ut.it.ed S~tos, r.nd nover bee n ex plorod. I t \1&S :l Gzestod tt.nt tle Aerial ":edica l Labor atory ~.csearcb Dapnrtccnt \lri~htPatterson ;'.l-13, Dayton, uh!o, mi(;ht be a ulo to s up-,l:,r tl:.c o~.sner ar d t hat t he i'ollowiD& statistical inqtU.ries Ii4Y be pertinent& (a) Does uranium element produce any pr~siologieal reaction in bUi':lBr. beinGS CLrros pond in(! to sycr toms applicn ble to any or th.;, so-called Poli"-clinical ar.d sub-clinical ccn- Are topogxaphical Areas wl.ere so-called Flying Diac aro predomin~ tely seen (or known uranium depo~its) pin points o! eodellic ueaa oi' clinical sympt;oms resembling Polio? :D., Cr.ief' ToxicoloGist, I ndiana Ut.iveroity f,chool of :.:OClcino India.u.apolls, I:.diana W3:J intorvioood on 25 A~;~t 1949. I;,\ . i_\. . ,;m stated trnt in bia opinion tho po3sibilit;y or urar&iuc poiaoniDg as aclvaJ.cod by Dr. a nc::;i ble. l!cmevcr, 1-.:u.li.J, stated t hat t he r . .atter sh<..uld be br Lsched t ' t le A t or ic .t.11or~:;r Cor.mlisaion, inns.luch as l:o felt that. tl.e A.!.C to bo tho only AJOn in t r.e Ur.itcd States capablo c!' a r.s\;erin::; t i l:.; quu~tion onco RJ.c.1 for all. i!l pcr~onrlly known t(l l..r. w~,~.G....l,. h o recalle d i~ as a s tute n t who tzas cro.dUil tod !rom Ir.diaz!:l tJt..ivE>rsity [, cb<:ol <.1' ... cdicine in 1'741, and ~ho w.lo clcscribod ac iL18Gi naUve, a m. unct the bost atL~cnt IruJi University evor turned out; a Cl~ ~y.M uo~a &~. 1~:..;.~.:\ i~ cou icio!~od nn aut' crity on poison. lle is tl-.o inve 1.Lcr o f t.l e Drur.k-o-ccter. lJNC(}.SSlF tt:.L) Guido to llwof: ~i:]!tion, Unidentified Aorinl Objoct~. FlR po #13; o:wn AFIJ, o. ,\HA, ! r;~ GUll:&:: to L.vootic.ution, Unidor,tii'iod Aerial ~bjectD UNCLASSIFIED OOEVEIDPED Lr.ADS l()R DO 1/5. VlmGHT-~AT1~-wDr AFB, AT DAYTON I OHIO 1. Will confer with t he proper authorities at Aerial r.tedical Laboratory Research Department, ilright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, 01 io to determine if the theory of Uranium poisoning as expounded by DR. basis in fact. 2. U Aerial l:edical Laboratory is unable to supply an answer to this question of Uranium poisoni.ng , and its c onnection with t i.e so called flying saucers, and the current Polio epidemic, steps will be taken to i nitiate in- qu!r.y in this direction to prove or disprove the theory UNCLASSIFIED GUmE TO INVESTIGATIDU UNn>D:TIF lfn AERIAl OBJlTS Incident llo. _ 1. Date or Observation 1 July 1949 Date of Interview 15 ltnJ 1949 2. Exact Time or observation 1430 hours, Central Daylight Saving Tice ;. Place or observation& 50-75 miles north vf Ft. Francis, Canada on Highne.y 70, near east side of Lake-of-th-\7oods Canada, around White Fish Bay. Position of observer& In ear driving l~orth 5. What attracted attention to objecta Just glanced up; noticed object. 6. What number