P ROJECT l C0/3 RECO~D C,.\RJ :.:cDonol c , o:11o OATcTIAE CROUP ' TYPE OF 03SE~'IAiiCN tj:Gro~o.nd V, suo! w Grc.uno RoC:c:r ''~' 8clloon Proboo: y ~<:loon Po::s o l y oot:oon G'li --------~= 0 AJrVsuol :J A .r-ln rec:epr ~ooor ' G flos AHronom.c:1 ,:~. t.:,tCF SUM/.~ARY OF SICHTiSG 11. C:,~o~ME:'lTS sr>l::t J.:1to ~1d flor,>p1r~ in the su:1. i~ or 5 pieces ar!d floated UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THK INSPIECTOR GENERAL OI"I'ICK 01' SPIECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION o; reports UNCLASSIFlED 21 September lcJ..fi REPORT MADE IY REPOIH MAO AT OffiCE 0 ' ORIGIN PROJECT "GRUIDI" (Incident -Ni received by DO 15. Wri.:ht-;>_a._tt.eraon AFB _ None thia 18 an initial repcrt. AD intervie" with Mr , iles, Ohio, diacloaed tnat tne aeriel phenomena of McDonald, Ohio, wa s attributed to the Carnetie-Illinoia Steel Plant cleaing out an old building whereby eoce paper that was being burned as traan fle~ into the air and drew the attention of a young fellow wo in turn reported it to llr. ~ IIChOM COP't' PORWARDD TO Flll STAioU' KCIAXS ( Incl} Ca"naing General j.ir 14aterie..L Comnand ~t-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio J. T'Ith 14CIAXS JEROItE M. ~BAUN . Ae t 1 nb,rlrt co"' "'"" Replac AP081 rorm t, i, wbteh may~ u 1. 0NCLASSIF1ED AT CLEVEL.A.ND, OHIO 1. Mr. Nile~, Ohio, ~as interviewed. Mr. stated that after notifying the u.s. Air Force, he found out what the aerial pnenomena was, !or the following day he uut an article in the p~er which is more or less self-~xplanatory. When asked if he actually thought the incident was attributed to "flying saucers", he atated that ne wae doubtful but that it wae a good thing to write an article on. A cop7 of the article ie attached to this report. FCE CG, AllC, ATrNs l!CIAXS 1 C7 ot c.L.ipping (newspaps-) FNCLASSIFlED To Be Bits of.Silver Paper The latett rumor of fJ~Inc which seemed to be a oinc u p. It sacucrs"-this time In our own was ditf1cult to m a ke out 11u or backyard-have been squelched. shape o f the " thin&s". Thursday several McDonald Cit According to T om Luarde. 14, of t.zena were atntled to behold high Marshall Rd . who was proba bly in the aky, uveral ahlllY ObJeClll the fint res1dent to view the spec --'t tacle. he noticed a shiny mass o f methln& movin& through the a1r and ran t o the Coodwlll Club -here he apread the news. Tom aaid that soon after he saw the object, g Utterln& and fJoppmg the aun, it split up mto fou r or five p ieces, and all headed for the I cellinc. They disappeared from aicht and a few minutes later be tan to fall toward the earth. S.veral persons , lncludln Ftank Roaeman of Mar&aret Avt., saw the ahiny "saucers" but had no idea u to hat they were or even the ahape of them. A'l the McDonald reaidents watched, one "aaucu looked u thouch it ml&ht land a ft>w milea away and aeveral boys took oU on their bicycles to lnvJSUlate. The aecret of the "saucers" waan't known until yesterday after noon Jnd atter apecial investi&a ! \Qri of the A1r F orce haci been called in. An Air F orce m" wu to come here today to look 1nto the matter. It waa found that emp)ovees of the Carnegie-Ilhnoia plant had cleaned out an old buildlnl{. They were burnint trash, aome of which waa a kind o f silver paper. One of the piecea o f paper took a jaunt into the atratosphere-hence. "fly. int aaucera" or a reaaonable fac- DEt-A .. TMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 5D-OSI/JEI4/VZ STH OISTIUC T 0,-II'ICI: 011' Sl'lCIAI. INVlSTIOATIONS WIUOHTI'ATTl .. SON A I.. II'O..CII: aASl D AYTON O HIO IIUI'LY ll'll'< TOI 5D 24-2lCC 21 September 1~9 SUBJECTa PROJECT GRUDGE SPECIAL I~UIRY TOa General Air Katerie.L Canmand t-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio Attn 1 )(CTUS 1. Reference is made to request tor investigation, your office, dated 25 August 19+9 2. Inclosed for your inf'onnation is a report of investigation ot Special Agent CHARLES J. HORZEN, ot this office, dated 21 September 1~9. 3 Due to the logical explanation of the unidentified fJ.ying cbjecta, no further investigative action is being taken, and the tiles ot this office are being closed in 1 mtant, investigation. J Ol.tE BRAUN B./I dtd 21 Sep Ll) ( dup} cting District Commander UNCLttSSIFlED