PROJECT 10073 RcCO~O itChell, Nebraska !;. SCU;'\C;; 10. CONCLUSION t '-~\J:..;);;t\ OF OuJcCTS S. LcN\iTH OF O&lScRVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 'l ..... -4 .... ,+_,H~ bbj eet was metallic-silver with a highly re!lecti ve surface. 1'-TYPE OF oasc~VATION '".nnked like an upside down saucer. Appeared to n:aintain level ~ hight with exception o! slight dipping motion !rom side to side. llil. PHOTOS 9. ?HYSICAL eVIDeNCE Chc e l: Sh~ot - acow~ntion,l /.i. rcr 'l f t (Cnnt) 'j r ... - - VI Loc>'l fli. h t C c hot!ulcs "' " O 1 .t...cil, T"ri v t 't '\'1~ nili ",r,ry n j r r r '\ !'t in i 1 'ici..1 ~v .-.t tl:e; '.i~t. (Ch-ck C".tl'\ri'\n 1c Livit if C'los 1 to or r-ny o-: er J.. check .ti~h f!"i d Cit y iY:? f .. ilcd ~o r v "'l cYid"':1ct o ~ r : lc:;.s ,. of tt's t i!'l ~ciccs o r .ICI".t~er '\,e l loon s . f'. I!' o' j c c t contl':'.otcr' .:!:rth, oi..t'\in soil Stl:n">lc s within "~:1~ nithout d c - '1r :Jsdo!'t on snot 1'1!1cr o'".jcct l rndod (r.:v~ th""!1 ~rcsu:-\"l-ly (lr"er t rf) for nurryos<: ., r :~ G. I,. o ,,joc t t'~..,:j suffici ently ncnr oth e r r.i r c r " f t o r lc-,own cl: ,jr cts chock surf~ccs .vith G- ir.or ~ounters for iOGsib l e r"'~i<"\Cti.vity. ~hkc co:n'1~r1s o,l~ :;ith othe r Lm" " " e t c,., 1\irc r'lft o~jccts, etc. c1/l~ 7. Cbt~in ~l1otosrqphs (or ori i,~1 n~ ntive s ) 1he r c ?V~ilql~e. I ! n~t, sC"ot..rc s'"'tc:1cs of: b . S urrou:1c i n g tcrr~i.1 .1her" o ~se r vod. J..l1 surrou:1-ji n c t e rr~.in i s lo\1 ro1li~v :r o und .:Jit.h t. o erytion , f 0'1C s:'lnll ._rouo rf !~ills :-icinf"' r . F'o r mntion i.f ='lOr'" t!1'\n o.1e object. C. ~ccure si~ncd stc~cnent, if ~o:sihlc 3 . Ol:ltl\in f r a ' Mr nts o r ")!'wsic'\1 ~ vi~oncc whe r o ~osrl b l e 10 . "-S t~.ny r Rcio '\ntc-nn'!\ Job, obrc r -c r , i.e., ("ny '1ro;ctions o r :-t . :l~io"ls th'\t :ni . ht .... N ::-ui'\b1y b!: con~ tru c e as such. ) :Ion~ Joted .-aLLIAM R. OOS TING (Sco A! CS! Lotte r DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE W A.SHINCTON INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 13TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraelca MT/EES/ dr 10 NovembE-r 1949 SUBJECTs SPECIAL l!~GtUIRY -ffi~COt~VE, TIONAL AIRCRAFT Scottsbluff, Nebraska Commanding General Air Materiel Command Hright-Patterson Air Force Base ATTih iUCIJ:A0-3 1. Attached for your information ar~ two copies of Report of Innatigati~n of Special Agent ~ILL!~ R. OCS'riN G, this district, dated 10 November 1949, on above subject. 2. In regard to the inclosed report, your attention ia invited to Par 11, AFR 205-6, dated 18 May 1949 , which orohihits disclosure ot this information to unauthorized persona Ry:,t of S/ A OOSTIUG v 49 (in dup) Lt Colonel, USAF District Commander The Inspe~1ur :eneral 10 Hov~mber l qtl9 Office nf Srec~al lnvestir"ltions epor .o e y SPECIAL I"I ... Uii.Y -lJUCON\tE~JTIOU; .. L AIRCRAFT .. C:hflra-ter ~ SPECihL I.H,_urRY - . f'efer one e UNCO:WCTI ORAL .1\IRCR;.FT None this is nn initi~l r c ort Invcs~iestion initi~t~d District Com~andor, 13th OSI District. 26 July 1J4g , Dr. d one witness saw an unidenti- fied spin.1ini.. ~'t' ject ~">nro i~ntcly four mi l~"'S a~va.y !lt m n l ti tude of 5,0CC' tc 7,000 fe~t mai~ta.inin1.: 'l strai~::ht course to'll'l:""CS t he st. (\bject W'\S t ra.velinc rtt an estimate,.~ 400 -500 MPH. !he object cmitte~ a hri~ht l i ht ~hich close r ins~ection r ~vr~le d to be thr sun shinin~ off the u~per surfnc~s of th~ object ahich locke~ lik~ an u~side ~o~n sauc~r n~out 25 fe~t in ~ia,~t~r 11nd three or four feet thick. The object wa s in vio~ P~out thr~e ~in ute s nnd f'i nnlly i i sap">~ar,:rl b ehind "' line of hills. Tr e w~ather was ol enr with litht soattere~ clouds nt 10 , CO -1~,000 f eet in the southwest~ ~ith a visibility of 40 mile s . --rr CG, AMC, h.ttn: :01CL\X0-3 l2 (Action Cy) ( 3 Inc ) CG, Air Materi-el Co~'tland, Hq OSI ( ~ l!'lc) 2 CG, S~C (Inf cy) ( 3 Inc) 2 File ( 3 Inc) 2 ri ht-P-,tter s on ;..ra, Da.ytcn, 0~11 o . n ~Til: 1 J\f>pr:'l Lt Colo:1o , Distr\et Commander f.,ETAILS: l. Invr-sticuti :m inU.i1t..: v ~istrict Corwnf\nd~ r, on rl3, ur>on Sl"ott ., luf', .' b r '1!j'tl, cnt. r. 7 .fulv l 4 J. AT SCC'Ti .:>BLlJFf, . :::EH.'\S . A Po r t in a n t do "U s r l "'.r <! ir, the ""h~nomenq ohs trve d ~ rP in- ns Jnc l c'sures .,-1, ,r2 '\nd ,;3 . 3 Inc los urs t ( l ) J.hp o f :1.rea showin! iosi~ion of obsFrve., t orr"i:1 '\:lC ~9-th o f (2) Sketch of object (3) Chock Sheet, "U:lCO:'lV<ntiona l Aircraft-s..,ecial Inquiry." UNCLASSiF\ED CHI:CK SHEET UNCO .. \' ':.1: l'IC' AT... .L.I l CI~AFT -3Pf.CI;.L I:J .._U IRY 1. D~t ... cf sirhtinG ~6 July 1 'ld) 2 . Time of s i htin~ (zwnol ~y 21 hr. clc~k) lf\10 heur~ 3 . ,,her( ~:i(hte?d (observrr'~ '1oni tion): (a). Ground Drivinc s:>uth on e df!' o f Mitohcll, N" b r , _sk a _ (c). Soo. JA 1 , Numbe r of obj ects. Formation tyue (if any) , sketch if possible Observar l r sichtint: ... 1 !Sti'\l 71h cr'"l: :-. o r plnnets that may pc co unt for the oc'll faeili-1.:_, ,. o1 rnizations whic~' folloH such nheno~en~ shoulc b~ co 1sultoc for such information) No celesti?.l phe:1c-:n~n'\ o:-nl~nn+:~ n e r e obse rved in t he are~ o f Scottstluff, ~ebro.sko. on .:; Jt.tly 1)19 - 6 . Dist ance of object from obse1ver: a . Lntcrally or IIori20 nt'\lly_ Ar;>pciJrcd npor o>i mat~ly 4 mil;-s in the c . :~1 ti tude ~,ooo t o 7,coo f t 1. Ti~e i n si~ht 3 minute s 8. Appo!lrance of object: ~. Color Motnllic silve r ~ith hi h r9fl ective ou~lit ies b . Sha n e (Sketch if ~ossiblo) Looker. like u~s i~e ~oNn S'\UC~r (See Inc #2) c. A"'lna. rtJnt construction (of what mate rial o r substl\nce) Aluminum 25' nif\m-t c r 9. Direction of flitht Toward southwest 10 . Tnctics o r rr.nn:-uvr:r s (Vo rtic-" 1 ~Sct:'nt o r descent, h orizont al, oscil- latint, , flutteri: _, evusiv, [ra;;~ivc:, erratic, etc.) A"pear e d to m'lintain l c v .. , l flifht ~vith ~.xctt icm o r slirht ~iooinr. motion frcm side to side. Ar')c qrcr1 to b11 \lhirlin r . UNCL/\SS&r 10 CnECK GfiEE.T -Unconv"'ntion~"~.l .hirc r,ft (Cent) 11. Evidence of ~xhnust: None not ~ d "- Col or :.;m"l:rJ N!A h . Le n, th ~nd '.'lir. t h U/A c . Odor (if ~ny) H A (.!. P.otc of ~v~n'rl'\tion N/ A 12. Effect on c l ouds: No c l ouf s in rky a . On~ned th thru ol oucs N/A h . Forced cloud or mists N A c . Refle cted on c l oud ~ A c. Showed thru c leud N/A None noted o.. Reflected b . Luminous i"l r c l o.tion to speed 14. Cu".>port' J on e noted J\ .itncs N/h. h.erodyn~mic list of f1.se lo.gc N( A rtica.1 jet ~ylindcr or c one Aero s t t. t o lift ( bnllotJn or dirit"ible 15. Pro..,ulsion: \ Pro..,e1le r '::'1' j et None Not e d h. Rotor olhirling motion of obj ect ['lVe imnre:;sion Of r ot or c . AcroJynamic van es (f1a pp1n; or oeo111at1ng) None noted M~ye r effect) Visible exhaust or jot o~eninbs N_o_n_e N_o_t_e_d ~-y - -.-~-~- 'r-- Check Sheet -Dn~onv~ntion~1 ~ircr~ft (Cent) 16 . Contr o l 'llld stn.Lility: l~i nl Ol j<;ct 'ln:1 ... '\_rc ~o ":lnir.t"i n s Jr':l.i [ht cour~o nn ~ rnor r r r lr.:ss h . Sttliliz~ts ( h ori::o:1tnl o r vcrticnl) Nonf not~d b . Duct Of' l inr s i~ont t ' d 10 . Sound a b . R"''nr, \lhistla, :~hcosh c . Intermittent 20. ~anner of dis~ppca.rancet a . Explode il/ A b . Fll.de d from view fl/A c . Di s :\ppear e d bh i nc o'hs tac l o dis ~.oo~ a red f r om view b rhind tt l ine of hi r h hills. tive t o the Observe r 2. Addr ess l~i t.chcl l , ::c1 r ~ska 4. Place o f busine s s Mi t<"hql l . tf'hr a ska. Pertinent hobbie s 1. Reliability of o~s~rvcr 0 . Note s r elative t o server on: a. Si~htinrs in c c n 0 r Al b . How f\t tontion wns c r 'lwn to o'h j oct( s) W" s cl ri vint south on outer e d go of town. At t ention 'Hf\S c r nun by ~ b ti ht li ... ht fl'lshinf, in hi~ c vos. Cl o s('\r ex~minAtion r Lvralod obj~ct Nhich np~Cr\rC~ t o be whirlin: a n d dio~in~ sli; htly Cheek Shoot - un""~r rnrf'\Ci'S nf "/'r.:-:li:.lLion r,..,v:rd,..d lic.ht l:o bt.: rrl .:ctlon of' i~k whinh ~ry ~'\rr~ Lo ~r V< ry nhiny. :;un C'\lii..'S .vhe r obs -l~vr r i.::: -,irhorn::l a . Addre~ scs LIi t c h c.ll , 1i c b r n s k n b . Oucc-u ion Student, o 10 c . Reli::l:ility Unlmo\'ffi 10 . Cor.rncnts o f inter:-ct-otor r _a r..:ing the i nt elli gence and cha.r.nctr:r ~f )e rson i:"ltcrro,;atc d : Observc.E 'lPt>Gnre~ to br-?f b ette r th~n !l.Vt:ro.rc intr,lli;once , c:1"r tcr nnt. i ttc: rity. Relative to Rnca.r Si htinr s Obsorv'ltions o r r '\nf:T, roc~d, altitude and size of tarc;e t N/A b . Die t a r{"'::lt '"ccut e an, t.urnsT If so, wha.t a ngl o ( leoo), etc, e;1nd what rr ~ius of turn1 t ! ' i us o f turn is no t observabl e , ho.v did t h o t r ; ot st~y in the tur:1 :1nc .vh~t wa s its speed? N/A Jlot e ')orticul(\rl~r any SC'1"l"Otion of CiSt'lnt tart;e t into tarbcts uryon ~ryprooch. Tr~ck all if ryossible N/A 2. If airhornc whe n object ~ichted: N/A a . ~e ro the r e nny r ar incuction s or extr~ n oiee on ra~io circuits~ h . Gi v o estimates of size , ~poocl, !nanauvers, etc -~""'l/_A _ Te l ctY?e sequences e f loc~l wc~thcr conditions tcm~eraturc 950 F 130~-1700 h ours , vizibilit v 40 mile s , li ht scrttrrc~ c l euds in south- wast at 10 , 000 to 15 , 000 feot, surfQoo -.dnd NE G ~H. dnd s Aloft rc~ort No r~port ~vnil~blo UNCLASSH ,.;.