1. DATE TIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION East or Reno I Nevada 10. CONCLUSION ~. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One Evaluated en flight description and charecteristics. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Two minutes Object was first sighted from a car at 10 degces elevation. t----------~ Its size was about that of a P-38 wingspan. Speed was about 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 600 mph, at an estimated altitude of 3,0C0 to 5,000 feet. It GroundQVisual seemed to be perfectly round with rurved sides that came to a 1----------~ smooth rounded edge. Object was reflecting sunlight when hesa.,, 7. COURSE it. It disappeared into the west about 2 mjnute!l aft er it was \'lesterly first sighted. No sound, smoke, contrails, exhaust, or sound t----------~ was observed. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEt 6J O:J29 (TOE) PNwiMe e.au ... e1 we,_ .. , M ..... RE.. f11\;'fEI1 U!~CLA55\F\EO . HEAD~U~'~."TE.,S 2 0 ST"ATEifi C 'T>E:CO~:::.-'.I SS!( ' CE S tJ AD .,m!, P=:uTO bTl: STn.~TEGIC ~}!;C0~!~Uu SSi::C E Gno~P i :ountain Home Air Force Base :.tountain Home, Idaho S2/VIEB/cme September 1949 SUB~CTa 1eport of Flyin~ Disc Coumandin& General Air !.laterial Con.:tand ;{right-Patte rson 11-ir l''orce Base ";/right r'ield , Ohio ATTE:~TI Ol'~ s k9IM6 1. The followin~ report was submitted to the Intelli gence Officer of the 23r d Strategic ~econnnissance Squadron, Photo, on 29 Septe~ber 1949 by s/Sgt. ":Tillie L. Cole, AF-3954.088, and is forwarded for your infonna - a. Sightine: wo.s n1ade at exo.ctly 1404 ~:ountain Standar d Time , the 5th of September, appr o:himately 2b rniles East of '1e no, Nevada on U. S. hi e;hY1ay 4 0 b. Clear, visibility unlimited. S/Sgt. and ::.rs. oonnaissance Squadron, ~ountain Home, Idaho USAF -23rd Strategic ~e ?hcto, :::ountai!'l Hooe Air Force Base, Mr sister or ~rs Ontario, California. d. Photo&raphs not available. e. ~iae inclosure number one (1). Perfectly round with curved sides coming to a smooth, round e dr;e. About forty feet (0') bOO -600 tl>H. rrr:srr .,r, .. ,~r:n J Basic ~aport, Hq, 23rd Strat lrountain Ho.ne , Idaho, Sub j s qecon Sq Photo, :.!ountai. n tlome .\.ir !-' orca 1::;e , ~aport of FlyinG ~i sc, dtd 29 Sept. 1 94 9. Due 1;est Traveled perfectly stro.i ~ht and level . g. SjSr,t. ~is a veteran USAF gunner r~i th four ( 4) Jdar s service. i'ie conpleted 4 3 co.::bat mission s as a ,;o.is t a.."ld ball-turret gunner on B-17's i n the Stn .\ir i'o rce; i s C!"eci- i ted witt one ( 1 ) F . -190; spent 10:-a mont~s a s a FJ , . ::i s report, while late, is considered exucllent i n view of his experience an o bvious p reser.ce of t:Li ncl in notini: detail s . S/Sgt. hi:> \'life !l~d sister-in- lau, . r s . depa d ou.""ltain ':{o,.e , I Jo.ho, on 3 Sente:-:r.er 1 J"L9 r days ordinary leave to be s pec.t i 'l Lcs .lll[ele:, "!:..1 . At exactly 1404 ..iST (by .:: v1atch) on 5 3eptenber, Sgt Cole VIas driving .. est on US 40 approxi r,ately 2!:> ::il~c East of '1eno, j~evada. The day v1as c lear and brit:nt wi t n unlimiterl visibility . Eis wife, ridinr; i:1 -,;!1e front ri,:;nt seat, noticed t h e eli oc when it :;as e.t c..bout ~en do . rees inclination to the rear and of f to the ri gnt of t!-te car . She asked her husband, "~Jow wha t i s t!-'at t hing?", thinkin~ he would h e abl e to ide!'ltify it. SE,;t d i d not 3top the car but leaned forward over the steerin, v.heel a:1d looke (l up to see what it v.o.s. He states he first sa,.; it at ao out ten degrees i nclination forv:ard e n :l to t he ri~ht of tne ~l:l.r. Ria first ii:mression v;as t?1at its' size in dia:.1eter v:as :1hout that of a P-38 winbspan, and, judgill& fro:n -,;nat e sti.~ated its altitude at around 3,000 to 5,000' d speed fro~ 500 t o 600 !.IFH. However, the she.pe was unlike any eircrai't he had ever seen before. It was perfectl y round -.;ith curved sides that came to a smooth roWlded ed~e. Its' plane was perfen- dicular to the earth's S'.lrface and r eme.i ned so for the dur- ation of the sighting;. The object was reflectinr; sunl i ;:h t when he saw it and appeared silvery-~etallic in color, like an unpainted aircraft. It rlisappeo.red -co the :iest in a tined two (2) minutes. ~Ie heard no sound, saw no s:noke, contrails or exmust, noticed no ports or winl!o\'IS . His :rife, claims she thought it v1as s pinning on its' chort axis and could see windows evenly spaced all around the ed~e. ; . .rs. his sister-in-law, had on l y a g limpse of the objec t UNCLJ\SStFiED DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR r:--.:Tr;J1VAL~ J)ECLASSIFIED P.F'fEI\ 1~ YEAr.~ DOD DII~ f~l" Ill Basic leport, Pq , 23rd Strat : 'ountain !lome, I :l.nho, Sub j 1 lacon 3q Photo, .ountain r.omo \.i r ?orce f '\:;e ~aport of FlyinG Disc, dtd 2 ~ Soyt . 194~. DI ST';')lBUTI ON 1 On arriving in ..,c!lo , S~t stop.-,ed at t ;.,e S~Arl.ff's Of!'ice and inquired as to t~e noarest Army Int~llice~ce Office . Everythi.n t \IA5 c losed i ec!\tlse of L"\'..>or Jo.y ll.H.l !) t ... r..ade his report to the police pcrso:~nel who state~ t hey wo~ld see that it ue.s f o:-wnrde d t hrou[;h a ppropril\te cht'n:lel s . They als o stntsd his wo.s t:e fifth report of tho.t type turned in tha ny . f,t r e t u rner! f r or.. fur ! o ut;h on tne 2Pth and r e - ported his si 6hting on the 2Dth of :3epte:ub9r. UNCL.ASSJ;-~ - .to. A. .TrliT~I ... Q Com.11o.ndin{;