PROJECT 10073 RECORD ~ 1. ot-ee TIJ.~;: GROUP 2. LOCATION Pineville, Louis. .a .~ SOUCE 10. CONCLUSION Other (HOAX) ~5. L~NGTH OF OaSi:ilVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS (._"""-=5r.t.;.::' ":.:.:-n..:.:u::.;t:;..;e:;..;s~---------~IThe two objects wer reported to be like 9tove lids. They were f 6. TYPi: OF O~SERVATION dark in dolor and seemed to just float in t he air. "-vestigation revealed that the alleged signtins was hoax. :Lue news wsed tn the newspaper article was fictitious. ~ 7. COUf\Si: i No~ R~nortM :6. PHOTOS 9. ?HYSICI\L EVi~ENCE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTO" GE NERAL OI" .. ICE 0 .. SPECIAL INVESTIGATI O N S Rli'ORT MADE IV REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 1------------------------i_Special Agent CH4.RIES H . FAY PROJECT SIGN REPORf MADE AT l'NIDEN'l'IFIED AERIAL PHEN0!8NA oFFICE OF ORIGIN RFERENCIE This investigation was conducted at the direction of the District Commander, 9th OSI District upon receipt ~f information that an unide~tified a erial phenomena had been sighted over Pineville, Libuse, and .::olfax, Louis iana, on 15 July 1949. Investigation definitely estabLished that informa t i on co .. erning the unidenti- fied aerial phenomena sigh ted over Pineville Louis iana, arrl the surrounding terri- tory as reported in the news r publicat Pi neville News July 1949, was false arxl without ~-",,""' Patterson AFB (.lction Copy} 2 Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio ENARD R. FORD Major, USAF DUtrld Co,.mndw. UNITED STATES AtR fnRt:E ~ .: THE INSPECTOR GlNf.RAL :-'- OFFICE OF SPlCtkl INVLSTIGAtiONS . I StH DISTRICf " , 0-2 0 8 RJ ta.a A FOSirr t. 23 Jw .. wblab IIUIJ be uud 1. This investiga t i on was conducted at ~he directicn of ~he Dist r i c t ommander, 9th OSI Di strict , upon receipt of informat i on which a opear ed i n ti1u 15 July ~9~ i ssue of the Pinevilie ~ews, tha~ an unidentified a er i al phenomena had bee ~ed over Pinevill~, Louisi ana, b Libuse, lcuis i ana, ute 3, Pineville, Louis i a na a P. o. Box g2, Colfax, Louis iana. Tho following articl e whic h is quot ed ver batim a ppea r ed in the Pineville News, 15 July 1949. PINEVILLE ~aJ~ SIGHTS FJRST FLYI'l~G ~AUC~ OVER LOCAL TERRITORY A contingent from Pi neville i s already growi ng, to attend the proposed c onvention of viewers of flying s aucer s . Brother 0 ' Neal of Route 3 Holloway Prairie Road pnoneo. me News oft'ice \~edneGday to report a pair of fiying s aucer s t ha t he had seen. This was t ne first r eport in tne mos~ r ec ent Lis~ of peopl e who've seen tne pne- nomena from Pineville . Br ot er O'~eal r eported that the ~o objects looked like s t ove lids and were heading in a northerly direc~ion a~ about seventy-five . .l75) f .eet. The sa~ers were a dar co_lor and ap- pearEd substantial, 0 N"ea.L repor t.ea. The objects wer e moving tnr ough tne a-i r-pre~ty fast ahd were in sight for only f ive minutes. He said that he notioed the disks while walking through a fi eld on t he Hollo- way road, Yesterday ano~her cal l came in repor t i ng two mor e sauoer s at Libuse. This ~ime tne obj ects were s een by Freaa y HanKs of Lious e , instead of being dark we r e shiny, and about the size of a bi g sau- cer. The disks, also at a height of a bout s eventy-six (76) feet wer e reported a s just floating, s or t of sailing through the air. Uoti~ing the saucers qualit"i ea both as de.l.egates t o a =onvent i on that i s being planned by t h e Young Uens Business Club of Alexandria . The s~heme, devised only 3 short time has already at-r.r act ed interested per s ons sections of t he u. s . an:i at present, s eems to ha ve a goex1 chance of ac~ual ma~erialization. Epidemic s of flying saucer s have hit the nat i on intermittently for the last thr ee year s , the most r e- cent being only about a mont h old. Scient ific Journals existing from anoient times have also made mention of tne a~r pnenomena. '1'\ro S.tl'ARATE ~AUCER STORIES FI.NAI.~Y AGHEE: At last we have two s tories that actually a gree in all det~ils conceming flying saucer s , but were repor~ed hy two perso to each other, and uninformed of t he news. Co~fax, called t.ne paper as we were g to pres s and reporll~ three black pl ate size discs traveling in a nor easterly directi on. The odd t.hin a bou-r. this story was that instead of t he usual shiny discs, wer e the same aull b.Laek as were Bro'ther 0 of Holloway Prairie Road. It's becoming harder and harder to be skep- tical about these mysterious discs UNCt.J\ ~S1F1ED NCLASSJF1El) 3. On 21 July ls49 , i."lvesti at.ion of t.ne Pineville News, revenlea T.nat. nstigator of the hoax a l ong with two her ls, newspa ecoloyees, cone~ the operat ions of the flying discs in the vicinity of Pineville, La. actvisetl t.."le Wl"i- . ter that the story as printed in the 15 July 1949 edition of the Fineville News was false am without fourxiat.ion. The news tlSed in this articl e was fi~ti- tious. aavisect that t.ne hoax e pared purely in fun with no thought to cause anyone any trouble. would not name any of the other individuals in"Tolved and stated tha t would take fu.Ll responsibility for tne ent.ire misunderstanding. UNctASSIFlED DE"A .. TMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE :-..J-v ;i /~rl, /olh WASHINGTON THE I NiiftECT"O,. <H.N[AAL u:.. .. r STH OIST .. IC T OFrtC( OF S"LC.IAL INYtSII ...... T ON S W"IOMT ,.ATTEASON A l A FOMCI: ..... O A 'rf"O'< 0!10 SuDJI::<;Ta Pl<u Jl:!CT Gt<ilDGE SlE<;I.t\L Di'lJ illY TV a Gonunanllin~ Genero 1 Air ~tateriel !Jommand Viright-~atterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATT~UTIQ;Jt 1 'CIAXS 1. The inclosed rer,or t of investi~a.tion b y Special ll ent ~.-:-:.;RL .... ~ r! . FAY, DO ~f), dated 2g July 1949, is f o rwarded for .. our information and file. 2. This investiGation was not requested by this office, a.nd no investitiS-tive action concerning subject incident i s being conducted by this District. R/I dtd 2 S Ju 1 h9 11. BRJ.lJ N Acting Uistric t ~ommander Wf.O.S OCT .. liM