I f j I J 1;:;= S\J:,::.'.ARY AND A~ALYSIS C~c:::-vcr:~ ....... o~zc:-vcd ~t tho ::ot;~es ~"'port. d.i:""cctic:l of o f t.!1i~ tu.--ncd On t ovemr.g be:t .. raen the hourc of' 2115 w:1ich would oo~co:l move s to bo ruoving in a cloc!{",;i.so n".::l:-.r.~r South to No:-th. Sightin3~ of these ev~luatcd as Xctc;:,rs. The following a dditional persona aerial phenomenon. These persona wer e he made his observation. were int ervie,.red in relati on in the company of Mr to the allec'ed Kra. , wife ot obaerver waa interviewed at her hoa~ and c on- curred i n the observations of ~er husband a nd furtLer st~ted that t he phenomeno . impressed her as being 1 iJI:iler t o fireworks. Mre. was intervie\/ed at h e r home Art-tona a nd agreed vith the obaervations of i1r. of the dire c t ion of fl1bht, whkh she stated in mnst not circular. , i.lo~?"ale~. with tbe exceptio11 cases "ras U shr.ped and Miae w::~.s 1ntervie\,ed at l:.f!r hoce S t , Ocllles, A:'i?::.na and a greed with the observatio ns of :~. ,.,iti. tte !'ollo"r exce:;>tio.':Ls. She stated t2lnt tr.e color of the objects .:er e b lue-\:hi t e e.nd tl:.at the dirf'cti cn of flight "'as stra i e)lt across t l:e sky \-rith c~e object stopped a!!d h c veri.:.e; overhead for appro~imately ten minutes. Mra. interviewed a t her home. Arizona. ngreed with the observations of I:Z.. the followinb exception. She stated that the objects ver c not e.ll U:e shape and that tee direction of flight w~s U shaped i n all instances. Mr. , Sante Cruz County, residing St, Robales, Ari:or~ wa s interviewed in relation to this alle ged 3erial pheuo~non. . 'v Sheriff volunteered t h e followin inforr.lE'.tion. Tl::..ct he bad been etancih.g \ ~ 1n the front yard of his home which is sligntly north, northeest of the IJ ~\ residence, at 2100 hours 21 AUE,Uat 1549 when he had observed a flashing white li describing a circular path in the s ky. stated tha t tl.e eize of ~his li at ita ape:t vns a pproximatel7 12 to 15 feet in diameter, c olor of 'f:blch wee n dull white. The angle of elevation '"e.a 'bet\'leen 25 and 30 de gree s a nd the direction from vbich be observed this light eminating '!as no:-tt, northeest. 1~. stated that he further observed that this lignt at apex of a cone of l i&ht which be pre5uued eminated from the llognles Airport. He further stated thc.t this ligil t r eflected upon a telephone pole located in the vicinity of hia home at approximately ~ he1&:t of 27 feet whe:l passing his home. That the direction of flicht of t his light ,.,as from South to llorth (clockwise). obsPrved tllie light for ::~.pproxitW.tely one-half hour and stated thnt they were from 4o to 45 seconds between i~terv~ls o! each appearance. H~ ete.ted that the light vaa moving appro:timately twice as fast aa an airplnne in flight. ~. ot the International Airport, ~oralcs was 1~terT1ewed 1n relation to ic;hting facilities at the airport. He stated t he.t b~acon !~t._ ~d beenturned '>11 .the tftUhl o!. 21 August 1949 between t he hou.rs of 211? a.t.d 2135. He further stated tr~t thia beccon moves i n a clvc:v.r1ae::wt;;z:cr,- ,h1eh would appear t rom town to be movir.c~ from South to liorth. -uNcv.sslf\E.O Newspaper elippin~ in relation to this incident in the Hogalee Herald, Monday, AubU&t 22, 1949 and the Arizona Daily Star. ~eeday, August 23, 1949 are attached hereto aa Inclosure P4. )t;u/, fit& ATTORNEY AT I..AW NOOAL5, ARIZONA UNCLA55\f\E:O UNCLA55\f'EO NOGALES (.Ariz.) ID~U .. \LD. :\Ion ., Aug. 22,.1949-i "flying Saucers" Seen Over City. By Many Nogalians Sunday Ni ht '"Plying Saucers" were seen over logales last nl qht by a t lcnst nine e1fsons, lnc lu r!lng Atto rney Rllffil :s,lnosa , It was reported today. Clthcrs who N&W the fl ying ob- t<t.s Included Mrs . Margarita d' :amlrez; her dnughtcr . Margarita: fn. EsplnO!IIl; Mrs. Estela de Ta- la and her t hree children: nnd llss Nona Aviles. Other Nogallnns rt>port 11eclng the I 1ylng saucer<;" las t night. Espinosa rcl'lOrted today that I )OUt 9 :15 o'clodt , Mrs. Ramirez 1W wha t was nt firs t believe d (o ! a beacon fro m the loeol alrport.J osa then notlc<'fl the light over .e city hall and also took It t o be .e airport beacon . but upon no- :lng that the " peculia r orange tht" had an lrregulu m ot1on I 1ew "It was Sf'lmethln" extraordln- The former county offlc~r de- trlbed the object as havlnr a ucleus of onnre stars, lookln, tmewhat like luminous Nnd, 1&h a corona of whit liht." Bome of those who viewed the 1ng objects said they looked like ISters of stars. lt ls reported that the "flights~ re made at very Irregular Inter- Ia and from an ellipsis-shaped Jht would turn Into a figure elgM Mle observers report seeing a ~t many of them fro m 9 :15 to 6 o'clock w ith the c lusters f lying tch higher a ~ut 9 :30 and look- : different In appearance. like n seen through "a lot of atmo- ~plnosa reports he "never saw 'thing so fast '' ln hls ltfe. At one time seen of the fl ylnr Jeds were fl ylnr at the same ne In a soetheast by east di- ction. llll'n nne way down -.nuth ot northc:a!lt In a stral(ht line. 1e doh could not be ~ern Jun e obje-cts we-re flyln~ hl~h and ey ldt no t:,u at any time . . t h is homr o n P otrero Slree't, lnosn 1\1\W two o r three white 1ts v. hlch v.ould rhnnrP fo rmA- lS In n s low m otion. He dlsap- red n n opt!r'\1 lllul>lon theory .,Y 11: the bnck of o chnlr ns a sta- ry ~IJ;hthl" nld. :r. And Mrs. HermAn Rlvu Alio rved the ... '! changing fo rm&- ~HERJFF NAMES Drop1 UNCLASSIF\ELJ ~ OIJVBUS C~lar~ of con~rlhtnu Cour t Jurl~e Lee CnrrNt. hut t. If The four al!:un ... l "hom rhanr. F;errlnger and Cpl . Gf'or 'lichida Flying Saucers Flit Thru Nogales Skies . As Audience Stare& gales n n w h n ' It' O\\ n \"f'l"'"'" n the n.~ In& I'OUt.tr. At lrn11t nlnf' rf'"llf'nt ... incllul Bu.Uf!..)': .. l' IU.IJ"~ rrjltlrtl'tt <~tf'ln~ funtlnn u " fh Ins; ohfrrtc In th1., area ln~t nlt;ht. Elplao~ '-nld tha i nbnn t ~ 1;; no tf'd 1\ha t "ht thouc,h t '':1' tho ~aeon fro m t hf' ntf'rnatCtn.ll alrrnrt. H r ":lid that upnn t J,, .. , ,. ob ~rvntlon, It " :l" unt tht> lw;wn at all but npJif':lt' f'l l ''' hf' a '"rl"' of oran~tt<"olor~tt ,u .. r .... llr .. :till tht)' orrurtrf'tt tn hr .. n n&('\\ ha t Nke lumlnnu<~ 'an ti'! "11h a ro- fon a of "hlt t ll~ht. 1 Othf'r!l llalct It lunl. r tt ll l. e oot.tr rlustf'r~o. Thr~ ramf' In 'f'll wrf'J!:Uint lntf'rul " f1t1m U. l l u E"l'lno .. n 'nhl hf' n P \ 'f'r ""'w an,thlng trnnl .. o f:lst. UNCLASSIFlE-D DEPA. rn'~-b'NT OF nr:: .U R rOHCE HEAD~UA.1TI::.1S CNITC:O STATSS AID ~O:tCE W ASHI~!3TON TH.C: INSP.~CTOit Cn..:'IE..'tt.\1 USr\F 17TH DISTtiCT Or FIC ~ OF S P :CIAL INVC:STI<1\TI 0;\5 KIRTLA~ID ALl 1-0RCc; -..S.\SE, N' ... l! 1vGXICO File No: 24-8 SUBJECT: UNKNOWN (Aerial Phenomena) TO: Commanding General Aj:r t.4a ter iel Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio A'ri'l~: LICIAX0-3 DR/MI:;N/web l September 1949 1. Reference is made to previous reports of invgstigation, this district regarding unidentified aerial objects, the last of which was dated 19 August 1949. 2. Attached are two copies of Report of Investigation, this dis- trict, dated 30 August 1949, su~ject as above. ). This district will continue to forward reports of sJ.?ht ings o: this nature to your headquarters. Rpt of Inv (dup) DOYLE REES Lt Col, US,U., District Commander UNCLt..SS\E\ED UNCLASSlFl UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPEC TOR GENERAL Of',.ICIE Of' S~CIAL INVESTIGATI O N S REPORT OF INVESTIGATION lllPORT MADE IV tm ~am~ sus J :::cT (Aerial fbenomena) OFFICE OF ORIGIN P~\fi.1Ii'G SPSCIAL IN~tii1Y Report of t'2LVI~i ..:. N:.ZF DO .~ 17 dated Additional reports or anomalous flyin o~jects (f l ying discs a~c fireballs) are r eported as occurrin~ on 14, 20 and 21 ;LU3ts t 19u9. Details are reported on forms spacifie~ CO, A:c, ATTt.:: r:CIAXO-) (Action Copies) Director of Intel- lieence, USAF (Info) 1 ACTION cort FORWARD0 TO Commandir.g C~neral Fateriel Com:!larrl ,','right-?at terson At' Base ATTN: l 'CL\X0-.3 DOYU R..:.:;s Lt Col, USAfo' Dbtrkt Co111111md,.,. FlLI STAM, GUIDE TO INV ~TIGAT IOU UND>~TIFI:ID A~IAL CBJ.r;CTS Incident No. 2 1. Date of Observation --14 August 1949. Date of Interview --16 Aug 49. 2. Exact Time of Observation --2135 :sT. ). Place of Observation --JJ 4. Position of observer --~iding in car, ~oving slc~. $. Vlhat attracted attention to object -llght. 6. Number of objects -One 1. Apparent size -Iarger than Venus, but not :1s briz~lt. 8. Color of object --Redish Orange. 9. Shape -Round. 10. Altitude --Appeart:!d at 25; di~appeared at 12 11. Direction from observer --87 53' NE, a ppeared; ~4 15' disap?eared. l2. Distance from observer --In vicinity ,. i' ''hi te Tail, i~ew .' exico. 1). Direction of flieht of object --10 to 15 degrees off vertical 14. Time in sight --2 seconds. 1$. Speec -Not estilnated. 16. Sound and odor --None. 17. Trail -dissipatir.g aro disap_?&lred befor e the o~ject. 18. Wn:tinosi ty -Dull glow, less bright than Venus. 19. Projections --None. 20. Uaneuvers --Straight lath. 21. Uanner of disappearance --D1mjnished in size slightly before it disappeared. 22. Effect on clouds -r:o clouds. 2). Additional infor~tion concerning object -Kcne. 24. Weather c cndi tions a rrl lirht at tim a of sighting -Very dark and clear Ouide to Investigation Name arrl address of observer: Occuoa tion and Hobbies : Geodetic SUrveyor Incident No. 2 Cona1ents of Interroeator relative t o intellizence a:1d cilar3.ctcr of observer: is an c xtrtw.aly intallj ent and is in Alamof:Or co, rew .. .exico. Did observer wear glasses, especially ?Qlaroid g!.assaz at ti~a c f si~:1t.ing, or was object viewsc throush canopy, wineow, or ot har t r a nsparent l:l<'lterial? UNCLAS51F1ED GUIDZ TO Il,'V":S";I GAT I Ol! UNID!l~Ifi~D A~RIAL OB~CTS Incident No. b 1. Date of Observation 20 August. 1949 Date of Interview 25 }.u~ust 1~49 2. Exact time of observation (local) 2130 hours ( emctl Place of Obervation: DoUGlas, Arizona (J.iap ~oordinates) 31 30" 1~ latitude, 109 30" ,., l onc;itude. 4. Posit ion of observer: Sigh ted trom f'ror.t ~o rcl., Douglas, Arizc na 5. What attracted attehtion t o object: Lookiub i nt o sna ce b. llU.nJber of obJects and sketch of f ormation or .roupillE;: Oue 7. Appe.rent size: Probably abou t the a 1 ze of a co!lvent i o nal s i l"..gle f' D.6i::e airplane S. Color of ObJect: li~t cbserved due t o dEtr~:u:s s. 9. She.pe: l\.ouud to oblong -like i uv elt ed saucer, appec.r ec1 t o hco.ve C.e1J1.L. 10. Altitude: 8,000 to 10,000 feet if size o! object Ha s ti.ln.t o! ccr.ve!.lti o nB..t. airple:le. 11. Directic n from observer: 255 ,.,he!! first s if,}tted -disappe~re;.i a t az :J:utl: of approx~tntely 200. 12. Distance from obeerver: Approximately 3 miles co~izontally. Direction o! flight of obJect: North to due South. 1~. Time i n Sight: 6 to 10 seconds. 15. Speed: b to 10 seconds. lo. Sound and odor: ~one waa heard or seen. 17. Trail: No triel whatsoever. 18. u~minosity: Appeared to have approximate brilliance of a kerosene lamp. 19. ProJection: Io proJections could be observed. }taneuvere: l~o maneuvers. baolute flnt traj~ctorr. ObJect did ~ot wobble, tur~. bank or dive. Guide to Investigation Hanner of dif'appeernnce: Appnrer.tly Just maybe into clouds i n l:exico. 22. Effect on cloude: Incideut No. djsnppeoared in di sta~ ~ UNCL~SSl f t c: 23. Ac!.di t ional inforlGB.tion eor.eerning object: AppePred to he.v e d ilr lif;htc around peri;r.eter and wns ei ti:er rotP t i :\7 eounter-clo~:\rise o r tid~ lic.h ts were f lashing o f f and on iu sue::. a canner to e;iv~ ti:.e ilit:.sion of rotr tic. ~. i't'eather conditicns end li.;;ht at t ime of sir:;htir.g: Absol~tely cl ear, stars out, completely dark. !ame and addree~ of obeerverez !>out;;l E.s, .Arizona , Douglas, Arizona Occupation and hobb iee: ~tired, 65 years old, hobbies L'lB.i~Lly hunting. Dou~laa, Arizona, h~ s no Comweuts of Interrogator relative to intelligence and cl.:u-o.cte r of observers: ieiQ:lbore, Felice tepe.rtment and erraployer gave t";o observers h1.V1 rec~umeudat i ons as to intelli;:ence, ctaracte r a nd. set rie '. Ir.tc rro~:;e-;or 11 of opinion that information obte.iued ie excelle Ht as to s L1ceri ty a.w! Did observe r r glassea, espeeiall7 polaroid glase~s at time of si;htin&, or vas obJect viewed through canopy, window, or other trnr.s p a rent L~.ter1el1 Neither observer ~'ore glasses at time of ai&}lti r..& and both observer were out of doors when observations were made l~OTE: Calculation me.de by writer from angles of e levatic.n a!ld hcriz.:;ntal an~lea fro;u observer (ell estimated b;r observers) would _r,lr-ce the s peed of the object at betveen 3.500 to 4,500 miles per hour. Se e attached I!;.closu1e.