PRO..iECr 1CQ73 ~ECO~D C ;.R:::> 2. LOCA iiO Glc:1 r:ur.11c , OA. T~TIMC: CROi.Ji 4. ~ /,,,.ln:ort."P' "cocor :J. 5:-li~;::: Sl..iMI.',ARY OF SICHill'~ z ~"ese::tbl i.1.:; "-'o ~ Scdoon 'N o<; Aorc:r'Jft .MIIC:I:ll ' Ll n .. r;n wn I A':'IC FOJ<I.( J :!i (Rt:V l6 SEI' Sl) UNCLASS!FlED Thia imeatieatlo"l t:aa predicated upon intor.nation reooivod durin~; the 1nvesti;ation ot' 4th District Caae \;o . 3~144, "Ui~ICT0,i:~ ~uJJ.r.:CT." Case No. S3144 waa predicated upon a letter from !leadquarters, G~I, File dated 19 I A.Y 1949, inolosi!'lG a lJtter tror.~ l.~. Bal tirttore 19 l..aryland. ~.or. oxpreaaed a de n inro~tion to a hi~h-ranking ottioial of the Air Foroe. On 7 June 1949, Pr. advised ~peoif\1 1\{:ent ADt:LD. kT C. YOn fl:AUCF.r~ that in approxiraate1y 1934. he purchased one-htmdred (100) aharea ot atock from a fT'. J C TATH,t. r.r c. CALD:lJ~LL. who al1eeed to be a ropreaonta tiw ot the Gray Cooae Corporation. Speoificationa or the aircraft to be built by the Orav Gooae Corporation atronr,ly reae~led objeota reported flying diaa 1n the nowapapera in reoent montha. -and r:r. tel t 1 t hie duty to report the incident to the pro r authori t1ea. All attempt. to obtain doomnentin eridsnoe from nr. han proved tutilo. A trip troll\ Baltimere, t.'&ryland. to Saliabury. iaryland, was involwd, and r:r. continually taila to keep appoint:nta for the trip to ~&liabury. Mr. oontaoted the Baltimore Field Ottioe or the FBI at the ~ time thia etter wu reported to Baadquartera, USAF. The naltimore Field Ot'tice ia not conducting e.n in"featigation and hal author! led the Detaobment ConmaDder, nal tlmore fAt&chmoDt, 4th Diatriot. OSI to prooeed u he aeea tit in thia 1nwat1~at1o!l. A oneok or the in dioea or t he Bal timor r'ield ott'ice rewaled that one -TCNA.Tit.A!l E . CALU:fcLL aoti.ely enga~ed in the Glen Burnie area in 19S8, aollin~ atock for t~ build1n5 or an unorthodox-type airoratt. Lar& numbers or oiti&onl in Glon !!urnie and A."U\8 Arzdel County are known to han. purchaaed 1i1eable q ti ties of the atoolc. no noord 1 aY&ilable 1n the FBI Field ottioee OD 17 Au&uat 1949 l:re HERBERT c. !:)TEP, Poatuaater, and L'r Georr;e Aaalatent Poet-eater, Glen Burnie. ~Aryland, were interviewed in their oftioe. They renaled that t.v laat known addreaa ot CAJJ>.J:;;T.J. waa o/o Genero.l Jiel1very, \'!aahington, D. c., and 1n a pproxi.mete1y 1 940 he mo-nd tro:-11 that addreaa and lett no forwarding addre It waa further renaled t hat CAW,l~LL rented r.o. Box :, 98, Glen DurDie, Laryland, in tlw nat2e ot " Rotoplane Company " ~il torwarded to the \l&ahington addreaa baa Nen returned atet:~ped "110ftd left DO forwarding addreaa " on 17 Au~et 1943, Speoi:U Agent von f'AUClD.~R oontaoted Trooper .J"lrn J. P.ARBAUGP., r.ad,~o 105, Car lS, '.'aryland State l'olioe, An.,e Arundel County, tar.ylm1d, concer~i any 1nfor~t1on which he miGht hsYo in rererenoe to JO!SA!HAU &.;. CAID./,;LL aDd t he buildln~ or the Gray Goose in t he Gleu Durnie ..,.... rrooper HAitdAUG!I aclv1aed that CAu:r.r.:.LL had residci on the olcl cypton razo:n. now own.d by ::r. U:rll3 PU:~lJU..:.'Y, n&l eatate dealer, 1n GleD Burnie UNCL.AS51flED nary land. Trooper !IARBAUCJJi deacribed l'UiJPHRJ:."Y u a ahrewd operator", and adrlaed that the exact nature of the invdati,ation be wit:ulDld froltl fO: .rhRc.;Y, and that all ooatact with thla indindual be maintai1ted on a local pla.'l Trooper l iAllilAll ;n explained that, due to t he eoono.llic rao tor involved in the Gray Gooae Corporation, any intereat shown by i~eadqu.artera, Air Force, in the matter mibht jeo9ardlae the actual recovery of exiatin~ ?Jr. l'U:tP3Rt..:Y ltated, in aubatanoe, that CAIDlELL lived on the old Iqpton Far.a in 19~5, and uaud aeTOral outbuild.in&a on the f&rTn aa work 1hopa tor the building of aome type or tlyinh diaka. CAI.JXI~LL aold atook to numeroua people in the Glen Burnie area in thia project. CALD.c.:LL de parted hurriedly durin& the niG}tt, loavinr, aenral piecea of aircraft equip- mont in the outhouaea on the farm. CA.Li:ti/L;LL owed l'L -~.i'.!..li:Y aoout .. ~ooo.oo rent. PUl.~l::.:.U:.'Y aued or and obtained poaaeaaion ot rurrtiture which CA.LIY,ELL lett. thia turni ture waa a old to settle t he debt. lU.caJl'i:RL'Y atated tiult he waa not interested in any of the "junk" ,.,hich CAILtlL;LL lett behind and that Trooper 1WU!AOOH wu welco to it 1i' he would r~ow it from hi a pro98rty Speolal Agent wa UAUCIIER, aooompanled by Trooper RARBAUGH. located two modele 1D a tobacco abtd on the cypton i'a.rm. Doth of thoae mod.ela were 1:1 bad state ot repair. but it t:aa obrioua from exemination that tr.eae ob- jeota had been u.ed in aome type ot aeronautioal expariment. Due to the laten.aa ot' the hour and the olrowutanoee aurrounding tlw al tuation. no eti'ort waa mede to proteot theae iteu at thia timee Ql 18 A\.lluat 1949, Troo!)er HAfJ)AUGilwaa contacted and arranr;ementa were tr~d to photograph and aketch both aircratt model on the T~pton ra.m. The old Lfpton farm ia located 200 yarda north of tho old Annapolia Road, M&r ;:arley l ark, Anne Arundel County, 1 aryland. lire now llna on thia tarm. 11)-. waa lntoniewed oonoemin;; the plane .adell 1n the tobacco she, and atated, in aubatance, that the objecta had been there during the tiYe yeara that ha had lived on the farmt that they nre no concern or hie and he had paid no .. ttan~ion to them. l!s knew noth in& about the modola that would oontribute to thie inftati~aticn. Two 110dela were to\Uld in the tobacoo abed on the Lypton Fart1. One model, an auto-~iro type plane. had been ntanut'actured by the Gray Gooae CAUA .... !..r .. a old stock in thie ratodel, completed the experL."'tintal mo~el and ia reportod to h&Ye i'lmm the r.10dol tor trom five to ten rainutea and re-~o:1ed an altitude o1' approxir.\atoly 60 tt. 1' ho other J!lOde 1 waa built by the I!otor-1-lnne Co:npany and dicl not reach the L'lyin~ tab in ita deYelop- nt before ~AIDmLL myaterioualy ftlliahede It ia belieYeci that the Gray Oooee wo.a licensed under CAA Experimental Wo. lA99Y. The following ia a phfaioal deeoription of the Gray Gooaet UNC1!ASS1F1Eil UNCLA55lf1EO CAIDHELL, et al -24-1! !he Gray Goo had an oTerall length ot approximately 14 tt., with a rather conTentional-type fuaelage. A 9-cylinder, 46 horaepower French engine (Someraon?) waa mounted on a conTen tlonal front fuselage en~ine mount, driTing a conTentional two-blade wooden propeller. The model had no winza, but poaaibly had atabiliaing airfoil located in the general wing poaitlon. Tr~ fuselage waa a aingle cockpit, tricycle land ing gear affair, with a high aquare Tertical stabiliaer and arced rudder. A spring ateel tail ald.d waa mounted to the rear bottom of the fuaelage, and aome type of horizontal ata bilizera were attached to the fuaelago near the conventional poaitioo. Theae horizontal atabilizera appeared to be mounted away from the fuaelage on an "A "type frame, and one informant atated that the innmtor had "orne type of a crazy rig as far aa aileron were concerned." The cockpit contained an alti- meter, a tachometer, &D oil presaure guage. a ruel preaaure suage and three blank instrument apacea. The plane Wal con- trolled by liW&nl of a a tick and rudder pedal a. The fuaela~e oon.truotion conaiated of three-quarter inch welded steel ttib- ing. coTered with aircraft fabric. f.!ounted on a tripod above the tuaelage waa a diak, approximately 14 ft. in diameter. thia diak reaembled two dinner plate a face to face, w1 th a winder cord ot 12" and an outer cord or 6". The diak waa built or reinforced plywood, atripped with aluminum on the edgea and coTered with aircraft fabric. A center revolving xle waa controlled by an expander-type brake. Four airfoil bladea, approximately a rt. in length and 12" in width nre attached to the cardinal point of the diaka. Preaent con dition indicate that theae bladea could be controlled, there tore making it poaaible to change the pltche The bladea wwre ot airtoiltype conatruction with a cord of S" on the leading edge and 3/4" on the trailing edge. The leading edge waa atripped with copper and the blade waa oonatructed or polished From preaent appearanoea, the diak wae free rotating and was ginn ita momentu.'ll by prop blaat and forward thruat. The engine had been remoT8d from t~ tuaelage and waa no longer on the premiaea. !118 rotor-plane waa in a bad condition and wu not immediately identi tied aa bein& a eeoond model. Very little of thia model ie now aT&ilable tor atudy. The model, aa it exiata today, conaiata or a plywood and ateel reinforced cylinder, approximately 14 rt. in diameter and 3 rt. in depth. Six airfoil bladea or tho aame type aa were uaed on the Gray Go~ were alao tound. Theae blade are approximately 8 tt. in length. Two banda, 10 in width with a roller derioe attached, nre alao found Oil 18 Auguat 1949, MJ" owner and Mna~era Glen Burnie, Maryland, were interviewed concerning CA~lELL. The Glen Burnie Airport UNClASSlFlED CAIA'IEI4&_Lt al UNCLASSlfltU 11 looated about two mil tr011 the old IQpton Farna, where CAIJl'JELL de- nloped the aircraft modelle .-atated that he had been a pproached by lr. CAL~1~LL ao=etime about 1939 oonoerntn~ hn~er apaoe and the u1e nr hil 1h0p1 in the deYelop:-oe:lt of the modelle '.=-t-. 1-ltated t hst he WAG interested in t l idea until r.l'". <!AtDH.~LL atated that he ~etirod to pay tor the aerrtoe1 with stock in the company . r~. atated t hat he took look at t he model that CAI..D;ILL wa buildinG on the cypton ~arm, and told him that he did not want to haft anything to do with it. 1 r. 1tated that he laww nothinc elae about the matter, but he believed that on. ot hit r.ohaniol, a :.jr J'1ii:4 \1 ~. had worlald for C.ALIJilt~LT. .. durin~; tho build1~ ot the modele on the tqpton Farm. OD 18 Auguat 1949, Mr. a uoheDio employed by 'l~he Standard Air SeM'ioe Corporation, wa1 interiend at the Olen Rum i.e Air- port, and atated in aubatanoe that he had worked w1 th t!re CALD.I ~LL for wral mon~h on ~he P.otor-plane and the Gray Goo l'.r. atated that he was tol~ by CAL:t~ l.;~ .. t that the Gray Ooc. tl.-w in the a1hington, D. c. area tor about 15 minutea and reached a height ot ab out oO teet. lire GA:IZ laid that :ao1t of hi work had been done on t he rotor-plane, wh1oh he attempted to teat tly beoauae "enryone le wa a fraid to". !he rotor-plane waa pouered by a 19:S8 (1) Chawolet ent;ino and failed to lltt itaelf ott ot the cround. during teat ur. _... atated that the nbrati\)11 wa awful and he expeotad the ~hing to tly apart at any time. CALD.tBLL bad a amall model or the rotor-plane pocoered by a 1/4 h.p. elec- trlo motor t hat would lif t 14 pound aenral teet ott ot a table. : r. 1oribed the model a1 a beautiful job ot eonatruotion. atated CAI.Dw:.4LL lett in a hurry during the night, lea"rin$ the model1 behind, but the amall workin" model or the rotor-plane ha not been aeen 11noe JEIL dlaappearecie ur. and l!rle and ltr. were oauticmed by Special Agent BELK end YOD .ti.AUC~ u well u Trooper HAR2AUGH, who was present d'UI"inz ~ 1ntert1 that ~he ln~etigation ... ot a olaaeified aature and they not to talk about the 1Dwat1tat1on to eyoDe. Mr re aidiDg on the Iqpt<m Farm, waa inter 4 on 18 Augua and atated that an airorat~ engine had been at taolwd to tho Gra.v Oooae until about a year a go. At that ti two wht to a. about t:twenty year ot a~e. oaru to the lqpton Far:2 in a 193! Chewo- let aod r emoYed t he engiz., fuel and oil tanka and all or the fuel linea and wirine; tro:n t..~e Gray Coo tle lcuew nothinc elee that would oontri bute to thia in.-atigat1one OD 18 Autu.t 19t9. ~'r. caretaker on the Iqpton Par , waa intorrtewed tor the aeoond tir.le, and atated that be had no mowled;e o1' the re.11onl or the e nr,1ne, but tClo youn~ men had come to hie hoUie about a yeo.r ar.;o and ea1d tha.t t hey were i nterested in reGorin;:; tho tuaela~e or the Gray Gooae. Attor exanini nt; it t hey daoided that it UNCLAS51FlED. ft41 A :p Hfi"'4Ftf #rl OAW.lELL. et a1 2-t-9S wa not worth taldng away, and lett empty-handed.. the engine waa miaint; at thia time, but atated that he remembered that knew nothinc; about ~:arrs NOTE t wae nry reluctant to t~lt to thia Acent. He continually made the atatement, "I don't know nothinr;, I alway mind my own bu.ioeaa, and thia thin~ il no bueineaa of mioe, or ~ kida. Oil 18 Auguet 194:9, l.lre waa confronted with the al legod info~tion that the en~ina to the Gr'v Goo had beon repaired in the ehop ot hie Glen fiurnio Airport within the paat year by Trnoper iliL~AUaU. Al thou~h i.~ had denied in a preTioua interview any knowledge or the lne, he auddenly reJ'IIembered that a t.:r. LGUI S S Cn!.:r . ." riELL, a 1tudont of a, had approached hila to buy an aircraft engine. t:r. atated that GR 'IfELL waa employed by tbt Glen Burnie Poat Of!'ioe. AObNT'S NOTEt During thia entire inwatigatian, l.!re . Dl 18 Au~uat 1949, 1~. Carrier, waa i nterrte.tred at the Glen Burnie Poat Otfice, and atated that he had re~Ted the en~ine, tu.l tanka and w1 fr0l1l the Grey Gooae about a year a~o, wl th the per- million or ~ and now had the engiDe in hia basement. The engine waa completely diaaaaembled. Trooper HARBAUGH inatruoted to re asaemble the engine and bring it to hia houae aa aoon aa poaaible. On 18 A\\_;uet li,9, fAre 924 Wilmont Court, Baltimore a. t~land, waa oo~taoted oonoerning an artiat a conception ot flying diaoa reported aeen by h1m on 29 Ju"e 1349. The 4th Diatriot, 0SI, con- ducted an inveatigation Gf thia incident and rendered a Pendin~ Report, dated 18 July 1949, under Caae #24-78. Speoial Asent B:Ll deaoribed the Glen ~urnie model to and he n~d a drawing ot both nodela tram thia deaoription. A photograph ot thia draalDG 1 enolo .. d aa an exhibit. ()l 19 Auguet 1949, a detail or tiw (5) JQ8D and driTer, accompanied lty Special Ar,ent Yon !.1AUCILR, proceeded from Camp fiolabird, iJ!.l timore, J.ryl&Dd, to Slftton Croaainc;, r.~land, in an Army truck. 11/2 ton. 2 x 4, loL'1ed to the al timore U.taolunont, 4th OSI Diatrict by the Camp Holabird :!otor fool. Tlw truck departed from Camp l:iol~ird at a pproxi mately 12SO and arriwd at the home ot State Trooper J'):::r J. : :AfJlAT;C !, l.'aeyla."ld Sta~e 1Jolioe near Olen uurnie, !ryland, at 1 0 houra. The detail, aooompaniad by Trooper l'L\PJ)AUGH, went to the toba.ooo ahed on the ~pto!2 Farra and loaded and remond the ''Gray Gooae" to a place in the rear ot the garar;e at the ho..,. or Trooper CAP.13AuGU. HA.?.BAUOIJ had receind per- aiaaion to remo tl objeot trotD the property by ::r. ,owner. UNCLASSiflED 411,$fmliiii;l the detail oon111ted ot the tollowi ... u UNCLA!:SIFlED C~VEtt_ et al 24-9S The dri nr waa Pvt. After the truDk -.a unloaded a reporter tr0111 the Bal tinore ~ni:1 p: Sun approached Special A~ent and attcs:apted to obtain a tate ment concerning the objeota. Von !.:Au c.?...:ll explained to the reporter, wh" 1cient1fied hiuelt aa one , that he ~d no sta.t~!:lent to man and reforred the l'f}porter to Captain !r .LK .. at the 4th C'ii District ottioe. Trooper HARBAUGH cade a aiJ'41lar atatement. OD 19 August 1949, Speoial Agent on t~UCR~ 1nterrlewed IOnl of ;,;r. Tlho live on t he I.J)ton rum. and these individuals stated in aub1tanoe that they had lalown from ,,ashin~o!l who had invonted the plane that had been 1 in the tobacoo ahed on e rar~ on which thoy wore liTing for the paat nunier or year The livin~ in the area i o 1940 when was at the Lfpton Farm. waa driTiOb a 1931 ~Jsler, with V1str1ot ot Columbia licen.e. The atated that re d on the Farm tor about eight 8) months, nnd then left Tery eudden1y. ' son wae 1n hia early tlfenty ' tall brown ourly ........... ~, dreaaed well, and waa oalled ''Junior" by hta parents. A meohanio who 11 belieYed to haw worked with L during the entire project waa knuwo u On 19 Au~uat 1949, !~land State Trooper JOIDI J i1\RBAUGH atated that he had reoeind information that a sneohanio Oll1led ;-rho ia re ported to hAYe worked with HArJlAt;GH, ay be 0128 :..l.:.TNIH DUTUHl YS, now beliend ~ be reeidinG 1D 1ierald Harbor Silnr ~prlnga, l.'&J"ylande OD 19 Augu1t 1949, at 0930, telephonio report or th11 entire 1n- wat1gation wu made by rajor J~:;fli J. De!tMD, ~outin Oi'tioer, 4th CSI D1etriot, to C~lonel OAP..P IT.:.;R, Deputy Direotor, lleadquartGre, 001. Fell C .a e AI1 !'AT.=liJ.L co::::A!lD, WP AFB, ATTH. a .!C 1AXB 1. E:Ul1b1 t A File folder contain lug tit'teen (15) photobraptw, with 1dent1f.ying da~. FOR l~UAtTr.ns, CGI 1. Exhibit A File folder oontain~& t1tteen (16) photo&ra~he, with identifying data. UNCLAS5\f1E0 JONATHAN E. CALDWELL GRAY GOOSE CORPORATION RC7fOR-PLANE COL:PANY UNCLASSIFlED File ff24-93 EXHIBIT "A" Fifteen (15) photographs, with identifYing (All photographs taken by S/A von :~UCHER) FOR C .G., AIR MATERIEL COIA!A!ID, Vi-P AFB, ATTNt ~IAXS UNCLAS5 1F1ED 24-9) Photo tJo. 1 -Artist Conception dra11n by l !r . Goorgo Rolfe, '1altioor e , Maryland from a description furnished b.Y S/A c. E. nelk, 18 August 19L9.