1. DA T&: '(IME GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Goose Bay, Labrador 10. CONCLUSION Astro(METEOR) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL:YSIS : Object was egg shaped The f'ront section was yellow and red t--------------4 though it was en f'ire while af't portion was brilliant incadesct,~ 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air Visual Ob ject was green a~ut the size of' a railroad oil car. Objo,: ; travelling very f'ast and disappeared into a cloud. No SOU11<l 1--------------4 exhaust, or trail was observed. Object was in a steady slight J,J 1. couRSE curved descent and did not nutter,~ Decend1 ng at 70 Deg Angl ~ 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE UNCLASSif-. HEADQUARTERS 14TH FIGHTBR WING D~f AIR FORCE BASE, BANGOR, MAINE SUBJBCTa Report of Flying Disc TO l Caurnding General, Air Vateriel Caruzand, Wright-Patter son Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio Attention: TSDIN 1. In accordaoce with the provisions or ConAC Letter 200-1, dated 25 Ma.rch 1948, the following information is subnitted pertainin g to the sighting of a so-called " Fl ying u iso". a. Object was s i ghted betwe e n ember 1949, at West Paris, J&Line. 1000 and 1100 h our s EDT 11 ~ept- b. Weather at time or sighting was olear, visibilit y unrestricted. o. Object was sighted by Sgt Davie s . Curtis, AF6132949, 14th Installations Squadron, 14th Air Dt.ee Group, 14th Fi ghte r uing, Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, l.Bim 4. No photographs were takltn. . Sgt Curt ie did not zr.ake a sketch of object. t. Object sif;hted. Disc shape. underte nnined. -luminuoue white. (5) Speed -taster than an F-84 type aircratt. (6) Heading -340, or Northwesterly direction. (7) Jdane\n'erability -objeot travelled in strait;ht line Altitude -approximately 20,000 teet. Sound -there appeared to be no sound coming f rom t he object ei~hted. However, a jet sound was heard at the time sighti~. ~ AP.:l3~0NG ad T13ed that thi3 raC.3r stati on trac:.Ced an outbcun:l 3irc:ra1't from abJU:. 16)0 hou:-9, JO 3~tember 1949, w~ich a npeared t o originat~ in tr.e vicin;ty of Hicka:D .llr ::;'o:ce Base , and tre~J~led "t;C;rards the s~a 3-t ac out 115 for a di~ta"lcP of approxi.oate~y 10 .nUes al'ld th?.Os su ... ~d a cou:-'a of 07';.0 ,r.ere it -:ro.s tyac..'<2u t..rnl.J. ~5 hou:-s !or a d13tance ot aboot 17 2 .;r\les. The es~i:.l.B.tcd soeed oi' tDh=J aircraft ":'1a3 150 :nj J ee p~r hour. llo report co'terL"lP, an obj ec,;, noatj ns:; in a nor~hn-:- 1.7 are !':rom H.lckam Air Force Base was noted b y th~ ~ahu~ru rad3r s tation , ~'a.1o:::o J.IDAST!\0~10 also Advised that he h'ld ch~d<:ea the Oahu larJ :Ladar U:ut ("D~ "Rc~ 1). and was adri3oo that this SU!ti on ~as "lOt ir4 oo~ration at 1700 hOL.le, :~o s~.:l:.~:x:...e1 1949. .:\)i A 7 .ll.~'JDZR, Ope.rati""nB Cler~, Datachrtent V~2, US Navy, Bonol'.l]n -Internat i onal. .oUrport advi3ad t.1.at Navy w...qs (J?JA) Fl:ring Boat departed that sta1;i on e~oute t o tae mainJ..and United States a t 16.30 hou:-s, .30 Scpterr.ber 190> bnd t~e usual route followed by thi3 aircraft ~.d closaly e.oproxt:2ate that :p1ol ted by the 614t h M r~ra.ft Contro~ & l:i:ning Squadron. '!'~ase l..u-gea i'l! J.ng boo.\.6 trsvsl at . a slower soeed than the U3Ual C-.54 aircraft; t h e cr.U.sine ::speed being Let-ween 1~ to 180 "D".lles per hour u tiliz e d in cJ.l:Ji..ling data. 1.1.. Fil~s Jr'2~ently av.1.r. abl e to S ID (IG) .,\\CD i:A'I'S , ArO 95J, :re.tlect tnc: follawing ,:-~Ttous repor t~ or unidentified flying objectst a . A~ent Repor t dated 20 Octob~r 19Ls, .:ilJ3J3CT) :.-'l.ying Di3c e '' by S.\ B.\YiTE P . dCU3.LOCZ, lst Counter Inte, ligence Uni. t., Pacifi~ .Air Command, APO 95.3, a s followsa . ~ ~ 0!1 19 Octo bar 1948 ~ ~hi.s A~ant, a ccom. e..nied by Soeci ;U ..\e;:mt. P.IDLCl~' dl"OVe t o ?..'/'j7 p-.ci.f1 c Hni r-)1 t.s ~oad, t'le l-ior rlJll.l :"C!;i- d~r..ce of l tajor :tC~.~P.'!' C. D?.IT'.J, JlO-l..l-328, De.Ju t:,r Cni ?f '>f C! vU.ia~ Co.11oone.nta , ? ac:!.fic Air Co,:::and, .\?0 95). This tt~ip "?ta.s L:J.Adr tvith toe hope-5 of obs:!rling a similar incid~t obs9rved b;r :.iaJor DROll the pr e.rious afternoon from his home, t:1.at of "i~ving di3csn. Uajor Drum stated tht on the afternoon of 18 October . 191.8, at a pproxt::sat-3ly 1705 hours, while ljtlng on t h e la1m with h i s 8 y-r old daughter, he observed ':That a ppeared t o b e a strang~ ly shaped, silv er, gli3tani:1g ob ject high in t h e s'.!::f, in a ne>rth- P,~ly directi on. e diso-ahaped object was tra veling in a nor th- ~H.sterl3' direction estimated at 10,000 feet altitude . J.t this particular t i me of day, the MaJo r s t a ted, a stratus layar or cloud3 ":Ya.B situated above the .f"'.J.Y1.ng object at an approxi:nate altitude of l.L,.,ooo teet. The "discs" wer e moving below this ~v-~1' of clouds cause of l.cnrez< brok2n cunulns cloud s at a very l ow altitude, :::o'ring ,in .a south"."fester~y direction , the 1a .jor not certain ,.,ether he saw t~e aa.!lle "1iscfl O':l :~:J~Jr ( .!.) Cif!' ~ ~u~ occa~iOl!$ o r .i\:Jur ( 4 ) d1f~r~t "-iiscs".. Co;~ri."H~ a f'eriod o f t_:)n (:::J) :Unut ~ .. 'le ltdiscs" (or :..:.-:: ) "'"13rg oo~erv~ ~ac:1. -ci:1e for a:r:ro:d:un.~l.:r ftdiscslf ':Ti til a 3ilver dollar slightl.r tarned fro:n a nat position , girtng it a disc-sh ape, a.:1d held a t an ar:ns length at a fo!'t:r-fi"e ( L..5) degree ang). e above the eye l~vel. :!ajar D?.U ~i sta ... ri 'l:r4;h~r t:lat h e did not observe t3.1."1;f ex=..a...13t amo%e, fla.:ne, 'lapor tl'~il3, n accompa.n.yi.ng noise. The "ni'or mant indlcated tnat. h e "Mas c~rt3in that the object was no~ a convantionaJ tJPe ?ircrait. At 161~ hours, on 19 Octobex: 1948, t:l!s Agent and-3/ A ?.IDL~l began a visu:.U searc:O. of the S.,cy area pointed out by ~ajor DR'J~f... T~'\s search frorr. the lawn of :\!a 1or DRIJ~1 e residence, occasiona1..1y e.nnJ OJ ing .f 1 ald gla!lsea, was con s tant until lBOO hours, waen solid, lo. , cumulus clouds made further observation of .the sky area icpoesible . During .t.'lis -period, nothing that might evcm resemble :tn a~J.ane or "di~c" rms observad by tb9ce 4-gents. 'information concerning this incident appears 'in files e::c 'l"ltX 1819JOZ ::ay 1919, dispatched by th9 Com.-JSndi ng General, Pacific Ai~ Coonmand, APO 95J, toa Chief of Staff, u3~F Washi.ngton 25, uC, A'!'T~ITIONa Director of I:1teJ.lig~oce Comma.ndtn~ Oe-n::ralt "Jright-Patt~rson _\.7 'Aaee . Deyton, Onio, ATTS:rriONa 1,x)li.X~3 reading as followsr Unident fi~ objects s ighted at ao..~ro:d.l.ll8te 21 5' :~ortil Lat.itude, 157 JO' -est 2...:m_9-t;l:ie. Viewed from 5round , Hic!raz:1 ~ ,,.. Forc!e Base at 1508558 ~,d ~gaL~ at 150900Z ~Y 19k9. Weathe~, scatter~} clouds wi-ch 3/JJJ'=-"-~ tostratus 9000 ., 1/lOth c~ru]tJs base 3()00 ft., surfac e v131b11tt,y, 15 mdJes. Ob~ect observed by :~jor ROBERT C. ~-:ur:.t. USAF, rated pilot and -Vrs. WJ.YNB B. CUrl?~, houAe- -:vi.fe. No pilo graphs obWned. One (l) ob.jeet signtad twice. . Object 'c!.rca:ar, t a pering to ta11, ta J. tiiO (2) or three (J) tues a!l lo~ as a1a.~9t~r. Size, b7 7:.5\U'.l.. a'OpeA-rsnce, a oout tne size o1' ~oftba11 tapering to ta1J. 7op ~ron~, l!ght orange. Top back, *"rhl.~e.. Bo~toll front and ba~. orMga. Speed, in excess of 500 nrl1gs per hou:-. !:earling norther-ly d1reet1on, 1ret sighting, 25 dive, ~ acond sighting. r.'aneu; erabi J 1 t:r, good to be slgh ted in t1ro (2) d1ferent positions at different altitude within ~dieated time interval. .Utitode, first sighting, 6000 or 7000 f eet. Second sighti."l~, dive begillL,j n g 9000 or 10000 feet, disaopeari:l.g bec i.:1d cloud. :To sound or ~"'lau!lt t:-ail. Cbj ~t trav~li."'lg in horizontal pa:h ~gn sighted tha first ~ime CO..L iJ:l.i., JATS CO~!~(JI ro OFFIC3;R, 1500'ta An . South;~st c;U3drangle, Uap, !sJ.and oi' Oahu, 1/62500, sho-.ing Hickam J.FB, Honolulu (Rod gers) Airport, Ireehi Be3ch, and Honolulu, T.H. .Red crs.yon arc seta out co~se of .f'1y'i.ng object ~s d ocribed by ... reporting officers. 1 31 OCTOBER kSIGHI'INGS DATE LOCATION Oct-Nov Loa Alaba, New Mexico Mount Hope, Weat Virginia ( NO CAROO) Holland, Michigaa (NO CARnS) lapaa (NO CARllS) MUitary Copco, Calitornia Japaa (NO CAROS) MUitary Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (NO CARDS) liiilaon, North Carol ina Hollanaa AFB, Nev Mexico (NO CARIS) Dovna, Kenaaa (NO CARm) Payarne, Switzerland CAS' In\ ,.._,'-Sviaa otticer Indiana Rocka, Florida (NO C.AH.DS) Moaea J u, Wuhington (NO CARDS) Qnaba, Nebruka (NO CA...JIDS) Baat Tallahassee, Alabama Manchester, New Hempahire (NO C.u1SS) Brker, Nev York (NO CARDS) Roavell, Nev Mexico (BO CABIS) Milit ..,.., Connellsville, rennayl Yania (NO C~DS) Cincinnati, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Q"!E S~I Wilaon, North Carolina (NO C.ARIS) MilitarJ Fairbanks, .Uaaka (NO C.ARm) Militarr Garden City, Long IalaDd, New York (NO CARil3 Dickaon, Tenneaaee Guntown, Miaaiaaippi Knoxville, Tenneaaee (NO CARaS) .ltlantic, Iowa N&pa, California (NO CARIB) Novato, California (NO CARDS) Military Burbnk to Palmdale, California (NO CARDS) EVALUATION Other (LIGHT FRCM ~ .Utro ( FIREBAll.) ADDITIOWL RZFOR'mD SIGHTINGS (NOT CASE-S) lOCATION OBSERVER 1-J l OCTOBEH 1949 1 31 OCTOBAR SlGJfl'INOS 1 Mount Hope, lt'eat Virsinia (NO CARI:6) .. 2 liollaa4, Micbigan (NO CARIS) 5 Japan (NO CAHnS) MUUary 6 Copco, California ~ 10 Japan (NO CARIS) Military 11 Harriabura, PennaylYania (NO CARW) 12 Wilaon, North Carolina 12 Holl<Xft&n AFB, Nev Mexico (NO CARm) Military 12 Dovna, Knaaa (NO CAROO) lJ Payerne, Svitzerland C!A$-' ln\$~'~'- 14 lDdiaDa Rocka Florida (NO CARllS) 16 Moaea l.a.ke Waahinaton (NO CARDS) 17 CGaba, Nebraska (NO CARDS) 17 Eaat Tallahassee, Alabama 20 Mencbeater, Nev hempahire (NO CARDS) 20 Berker, 1~ York (NO CAROO) 21 hoave11, 1~ Mexico (.0 CA.ROO) MUUarJ 22 ConnellaYUle, Fennayl Yaoia (NO CAruS) 23 Cincinoati, Obio 23 Dayton, Obio <11\S,E MIS~IN' 23 lt'Uaon, North Carolina (NO CAROO) MilUarJ 24 Fairb.enu Alaaka (NO CAR..OO) Militar,. 24 Garden C1t7, Long lalaDd, New York (NO CAROO) 26 Dickaon, Tenneaaee 27 Gwatovu, M1aa1aa1pp1 21 KnoXYUle, Teoneaaee (NO CARIS) 28 Atlantic, Iova 28 Napa, Calitorola (NO CA.Rm) 30 NoYato, Californi a (NO CARDS) Millt 31 Burbank to PalMdale, Calitornia (NO CARDS ADDITIOfUL RKPOR'mD SIGHTINOS (NOT CASES) EVALUATION Other (LIGHT J'RCM n.AR1 SClJRC.-, OBSERVil! 1-31 OCTOBER 1949 1 31 OCTOBER SlGJll'INOS Oot-lfoY Loa Al.-oa, Mev Mexloo Mount Hope, Veat Virainia (NO CARm) Hollaa4, MichipD (NO CARm) JapeD (NO CAHm) Copco, Ca11tornia Japan (NO CARDS) Harriabur& Pe~maylTaDia (NO CA.Rm) Wilaon, North Carolina HollCIDaD AiD, New Mexico (NO CARlS) Dov~, Kanaaa (NO CAROO) Payerne, SvUzerlnd CA M\ 't..)'-Svlaa IDdiana Roc a, llorida (NO CAROO) Moaea lake, WuhinatoD {NO CARIS) <Caha, l'tebraalca (NO CARDS) Eaat Tallahassee, Alabama Manchester, New bampabire {NO CAJVS) Berliter, llev 'York {NO CARm) Roawell, ~w Mexico (ao CARIS) MUU .. v Co~me11eYil1e, Fennay1 Yania (NO CARIS JriALUATIOlf Other (LIGHT J'RCM JURI Cincinnati, Ohio Dayton, Ohio <l" 3E ~IS~ I WUaon, North Carolina (NO CARIS) Milltar7 Fairbank, Aluka (NO CAROO) Mill t&rJ Garden City, Long lalaa4, N.w York {NO CARtS~ Dickaon, Tenoeaeee Gwatovu, Miaa1aalpp1 Knoxville, Te~meaaee (NO CARIB) Atlantic, Iowa Napa, Calitornia {NO CARDS) NoYato, California (NO CARilS) M111.-- Burbnk to Palmdale, Ca11tornia {NO CARDS) ADDITIWAL RlfOR'liiD SIGHTINGS (NO'l' CASRS) UNCLASS\F\ED SUBJECTs Report or Flying Dieo Exhaust trail -there was no exhaust visible. g. Sgt Curtis s tated that he heard a jet aircraft in the vic- inity at the same time that the object was sighted. The jet so..tnd seemed to be paralleling the path of the object sighted. 2. Three (3) F-611B'e of the 14th Fighter Group were enroute f'l"an Dow Air Force Base to Grirfies Air Force Base at time of reported in- oident and passed on course very near ~est Paris. Maine at 1000 houro. It ia probable that Sgt Curtis aaw these airorart. POR THE CO\UJAl!DING OFFICER t J.ttnr AC/S Intell. Attns AC/S Intell. Chiet or Ste.ft USAF Attn r: Dir or lute 11. Requirements Div. ROBE T J . ORTELT WOJG U.S.A. F. Asst. Adjutant nnWNGRAUEU AT ~'-', MV nECJ.ASSlFIED A FTE\t 12 UNCLASS\FlED I I I UNCLASSIFIEu HEADQUARTI:RS ft'URTH A:U~ Offioo of t h o ~c of S , G- 2 Fort S0.r.1. HCiuston, Toxo.s 6 October 194 9 SUBJECT 1 Unidontifiod i"oria.l Hlunoucnn Canca.ndir~ Gono ra.l l.ir Ua.torio l Cor.1ll!'.nd Wright Pa.ttorson 1dr Forco Ba.so Inyton, Ohio ATTENTIOlh UCI Tho f'ollcr. ing report( s) r o unidor.tifiod a crin l phono::t~nn o"..>sorvod at I.ubbock, Texas on d~to r.nd tino indicnt o d , f o r rra rdod fe-r ur infom:..ltion 1 12 September 194 9 1. Galde to Inv DOWNGRADED AT s yrr DECLASSIFIED ) F'ri~R J~TERV A.t, DOD DJJ~ 5200.1~ ... YEARS. ONCLJ\SSiriEL~ CONFIDENTIAl Between 2130 and 2200 A pproxim te~ 2100 UNIDENTil;'IED AERI AL OBJECTS I ncident No 1. Date of ob s e r vn tion 12 Sept 49 De.te of Interv i 0w 2J September 1949 2 . Exact t imu of obserw.tion {loco.l ) between