PROJECT "GRUDfiE" fb&t ll apMle ooor41att 1aa fflf' pu1tllo re1 ot ter1a1 aa re proYl4e tur,her reoo~ ill Para. 2 lno i aent 1;50, 50v. --lldwood, low Jer:;o.: --lJ J~,uarj' lS4B t h e obs ort'J:"S \as inc!iza.";cd oy t.'1e re~ott o f the in~ervia~:;, t.~iz of t;1e ob ,j,l!t or ob j.Jo~ s c i tcu. t ha: the i'ir:Jt o ... jact Vi..3 i:t e ht L- g soco:!.ds, v.hi l-" t.t"J i:.tor"'..riew au';ho:ltic and t!':e shorter ti::te cor:-'l.,t tit ovident,_y Loint: the ostinato Given by the so~o:1d obsl3r-vor), there i.s r:,othin~ in the eviueno~ t!lat is ~o!'ltru.di\::~or~; to tna no+;icn tt.o.t tne oojoot ob- S8!'"VOd W&.S !lotn!n~ ::lor e ~h\..:1 9. SlO\i-::lOVi:l:; f~roballe ~h~ color. spllttin~ into two p iot:o3, and =.an.."'ler o!' dis:l.p~H3tlr~'1Cl a:l su:J~ort t:: is v iow. lnoide!'lt Jf51 --Os.ve .. :o, Ore~o!'l --3 SeiJtOrrwor 1947 t ning &atronoffii~al. lt is sur,)risinc; that t~:ore wtl.s o:-.ly one witn~s:; to tnis 1no1aent, sino o it oc .u-rod i. a cit~, at a ti:r.~ v;hen tnore "as a ~lan~ i."l the If these o:.>joots wa.r o ~oi; ordinary aircraft a~ a groat <!13tan~e, or o. olust6~ of balloons, then the inoide~1t r.iUs+; tJe oon sidorcd to~other witl o~hers reporti grou of unicen~ilied round or disco~d objoots, s~vero.l 01 ich ocJurred in this localitJ UNCLAS-"SlFlE1!) . as cro::-J::ticll! is :r u..C.a u e ontir~l, .J.OOS'3!1'3SS In~ iden t ;~3 --nanr Lake d~, Nevaa!l --28 I here a p ;>oars to oe notn i: ,,.::; astror..o:1ioal a Lout t :~is i:~ ident i\coordi!l~ to tho otsQrver, t he o -}eats hnc! a S:/~e::1 of 28;:, aerved ~otion of the obje0ts was o::.l::- O.p[Hlrent \ si:1~o l$)0 !:lus 120 equal 300) tind wo oan oo:1 ct.urs t hat u. cluster o: b:Alloone l co!Jr .. ic a reflect ion or t h o ::lot ion of the :Jl S.:le Incide:1t rtti4 --bot-ween lJ...1toh cota.st u: ort'olk, ~ngland -- he obj~ct obs~rved n..,re v1as obv1ou:oly net astroa omi cal. t 'rotl the 1::fcr;;.at ion g1 ven 1 t &?pears that tnia W&.S definitely L~ aircraft. UNCLASSIFI r.ere ~ ;-.i. :.or tcor o:l. t h o "u. .1.:::-.l;e r of into :-:-.i ttent J.-:_' t h i s 1"1.0a"1.s inc~':'Jender.t -# i nt.J r ~re ta: i or . f las:.eJ. t r.tLt t hsor:; state1:..en t a.':Jout for~er re i~ i s cys oarli e::-) si.:d.lar, vor"/ ~lik#lly t r.a t : . ..e ... ~c.-s oot..l d ox~.lu.i:1 AOcordin;.; to t h e re;ort ~all 1 i r:htni:t , t he !ore or lllr..i!'l.OU8 darts a."ld C~"l ~e r~d an al ter:12-te exp lanation f or -the i .. cia o nt ti i:.: idnnt UNCLASSIFI i.:~..: :dent !las r:.c Ouwicur. c.st:-o:1o .. ica.l .!0 ;)roof ic the e;icenco . ".,) t!~o o-octs de:;critec. } ro~ tt:o word deoJri~- "verti..:al t..J.sccnt." "trhvolled i n arc." too ;;:eucor ror u do I'i.l.. ~e cone lus ion, nc-.;o vor. - valua ... lo to t.:r.o,,. tl1e s ,:l:tter s~Jo~d at v;,-:ich it v:e.s taken. siuce fror:. tt.!lular velot::it~ co:..l<! o detor:r.i,.od. NCLASSIFIE Incident t,'68 -;:;; of Hetr.el, Alaska --4 A.u~;u:st 19,17 Ther" is no astronomical ex;.,lanu.tion for this i:'!.oiuont Ths tiJ~e in s 1 Gnt \four mi:1u-;~ s J ana rtA.te of speed \ ~2J :.:.c-:i I a a em t'l preclud'3 an.l s-..1ch ~ossibilities The iwi larit:; of tni~ inoid9nt to ,::lJ' in '\"'rlUOn Sc ro:ee..1. ob cts 11ore ao~."l ailnouet ted a.:a.inst a s~msat, is strii:i.!1.,; lnoldent 1f5g --beyond :ieokor lsland -14:! ~e?tetmer 1~4 7 tne o!)jeot o~served was a fire..:o.ll. r ireba.lls have been k!1o.rn to ''he re ... ortlld ona."l e to red- dish !\U$ frotl tlle previous eo lor of inoa.nd8S09nt li&nt the lenu-tn a.r.d t~la r.l.Ll.nner of ois:t.ppeara..Ploe all lend su:>~ort ~o this hypol:heoie. At sunset one oan eY.peot relatively slow- movlnb, nearly horizonL~l 1'ireoa.lls. FACTUAL DATA I. ForelbJl Report During the aurnr1er or 1946, there were reported to l-Aw been aeen in SWeden a rumber of ~etorioue aerial objects. There were aa maey ditterent doser 1pt1ons for the ghost rookota", as the newspapers tagged them, aa there were observors. It soon beotlme quite oo~on tor newspapera in Sweden ani in the U. S. to refer authoritati vely t: t~ae objects &I guided =is1ilea with the inforenoe that they were teot tli&hts from Russia or Russian-doc1nated are~a. The " bhoat rockets were uaually 1een 1~ hours of daknesa, al~ost always traveling at ex- tre~ly hi~ apeedJ ahaped like a ball or projectile 1 bri~ht or inoan- deoent blue, white, red, greon, or yellowJ so=st1oea had an associated noia and were always aoen at too gre~t a di~tance to observe detaila. a,y the end ot the au r, 1946, an occasional report o~e out ot Den- mar~, r.orway, Spain, liroece, Fr. ~oroooo, Portu~l. and 'l'urkey. 'l'hrou~hout 1947 and 1940, ":~host rocket" reports totalle d lees than a do&en. 5one have been reoeived within ths past 6 conths. Tr~se reports reache d the public throur)l the press e.nd the ra.dio. they roached the ~overnment of the u . s. throuh Yilitary Att4cho reports. Attaches had obtaimd virtually all of th.e ir ir.i'orna t !on trom Suropaa n preos and radio 1tema. , The ~dish Deteneo Staff conducted a cocprehenaive atu~ of the early inc idonta. Se~eral thou:sand report r.ero thoroughly inV' ti- ~ted and plotted, with reeultant oonolusiona tb~t all evidence obtained ot aight1nga w~re explicable 1n termo of astronccico.l pr.enouena. Since that time, although the Swedes tl~csolvos show li~tlo oonoern, they attempt to play up their inoidonta to t United ~tatea, obviouely to emphasise their request tor radar (aee Appendi::t "A") 11. Barly A.rt~rioan !'.:Jporta !he tirct Aceriean report or unidentified objoota to rooeive wide publicity and to cauae 1ome national oonoern waa that ot KemJeth Arnold of Boise, Idaho. Arnold described tha objeota aa aauoer-like cSi1o1 and this 1 evidently the origination ot the muoh-uaed terQ.I tlying aucera end "tlyin& diaoa". Thia 1no ident ia Number 17 in the project tllea. The date of aichting 11 t;iven 24 June 1947. Arnold ' . tory appeared 1n m:-.ey newepapera througtout t~& oo~ntry. He ev.n ote a l$rba ot utiol about thia aighti11g tar ~toe CQ.t;acine. Thia periodical. u(;yloa itaelf a oo emio repcrter and del Tea 1cto the aupernk rcl ~d fen -tio. ~ithin the month tollcwi.rlg Arnold ' report, tha nzrJber ot 1nc1~nt oh d a ~t:.k t~.r.t r eeu1inecl un t:rp:l.GI d tor any 11 period oowrod by th1a rcp!)rt. (thia pe k however, aurpasaed in ~ 1949 tollowing an Lir Fore pr ~lo se and a ~ rioe of rtioloa in t , Saturday Evening Post concerning flying objscta. A tOtl indi 1 1 later reported l-.aY1nc n o!>j.ate prior to tlw Arnoldinci~ont. hor~ \':as r.otni.": . ...; nora tz1.a-: !l. firobu.ll I:1~ ident tt61, Gla. -- tlta:1 --8 ~o:,terr.oor 1 947 !his inoident, and i;1nic:oat -;r52, whi\:h clearly ~ef'Jr to the I&J~ objects \witnesses wo:-e to!~ather at the tir.o of" obser-.:a- tiO:lJ do not no.,re a.n a.strono:::.ioal O:t:Jlana.tion Sinoe it was dark, an~ ~ud nt of dista:1.co o3Jl Le ~eatl~ r.is l~adi: . o.:nd extre:.1e 1:1' fs.s t t.ot ion :.1ic:ht oo ascrioad ~o oloso- ness rLLther thD..'l to truo linear distanoa UNCLASSIFIED Ir.oidon t ,t62 --Lo "1, t.:to.h --8 Scpto:nl;o r 1 94 i :.r.is i: ioent does not navo t~n astronoi .:-:c.a.l -9.:<::la:'!atio n CLASS I FIE cc.1cer:u:L a o:> so r:nC& : .. otecr. ti.l 1 .orts 1 ike 1 v t ha 4; OC~OCt Wlt.S ;-.Jtec r Incident .7G4 --,.1'win Falls, !daho --lG 4..U.~ust 1947 The re ortod overoast s k"' oould n:1xe ::.ad\) it . ossiule for sit;nAl or sea.ro li_;h~s to :>e roflcetea fro;-. ~no alou d b aok UNCL.ASS\Ft---- -: .;.llCLt.t. !C!l \ e.dc rass: NCLASSiFf~: :ro::. :toll .. v1dor .. oe' 1 t "':~ars that t he oujeat ~e:"\ btro and w'~lo their patt-.. a a.ro alr.ost !le?or abaolutelj horizontal, pro salon, sir..co t to objoot wn.s l!l ai ;ht ror o.J.l:; throe or to:Jr eooon~a. iur"tner: .. ore, a.n ocsa rvor. surprisod by an c.n-..sJal ooJur ronae, ottffn tends to ove reatl. .ate t ho aotual duro.tio:i or t.i.:::e J thus, "three. or i'our aoconds" i1i :ht L'lO~ :1o~ nuah :le>ro t r..an a secor:~ There ia nothin ~ a.t o.ll in the evlcieuoe that O:l.!l:iot be ox;>lai.~d under til.e &aaur:ption that the objoot waa a r.1eteor UNCLASSlF\E lnciclont :;\;7 --noar Placerville, Califor:;,ia --1,1 ~"ut;ust 1947 lf details of the oos6rvers' state~e~t are accurate, it wc.&ld :;e diffi~ult to assi.;n an as~ronomiclll ori~iu to the object aee.:l i:1 tr~i inci<1e:1t. rate of sr,e c, "seamed to ce in e. sr.ti.llo'' cive," WHits srr.oke tra:l, "d!. ae.ppearcd ir. a pu.ff of dark bra.y ar:1oko." nowe;."a ::-, u.."'lle s s t i. a ces.::ri~tion or the object \4-6 fe t lo,1t; and lu-14 !nche:::; wide) and tho esti tad oistar~ce {less t:um 1000 feet) aro illusory, tr.e meteoric exola.n tion will not hold ~Oideat r81, 89a rbll&delphia. ~8~11yl.ania 8 AU&Uit 1~41 tnl1 ino lcsent and. tho or f'IO reter to tne ot deaor1lt1oua ot re1at1Y817 alow trall, blsa1n~ aoun4 (attr paate MaiYp ~bit ~1114 aa111 baft oeeA a IUbJeoti.w oolor all oheok with tne objeot'a h&?ing oen a tireball. bolide Inoidont ~S --?ortland, Orocou --24 Jw1e 1947 There 'is no tlstrono:"".ioo