Tech. Personnel nA Tf IU T!'l A'l'lC f.t,\Jfi:; fVl:lt~i Di V'irl& Vapor trall. appeareaWtirch-apparent,ly ~ .. .:_ nJG.'a'Ctt\e::. ing anJ then diS&p""~8nz"ed ThE: ODj ect <~:. - -.. -----pearcCI 'EO h&lig mt!Oiil.ess juct above the southern horizon tor . ~'Ol'!ll j~) t and then went south at a hir,b rate or S!lCed, lenvine a . . vapor troJ 1 Mile Strltiglat Line Mark ystery I .Trail Of Strange Craft. Over Carolinas r IIAJIL&T. Dee. II (II} A ltrallbt fe(;Uon ol tiM 11tttD1 IWL ,.., CDWlt.d tht numei'OUI atorln of a map. txteDdiq mUee Aid th., wert ablt to follow ttl f17in1 sauc:era 1lnet the war. Olb tbt Carollaaa, today marktcl aouthwatward flllht for 10 minutes bona, tht Hamlet pilot. said that llilltiiJ-etfllktcl trall ol a or mort. But four pllota who roll the objeet definitely wa1 not 1haped object. In U,ht plann at Hamlet and at Ukt a saucer. The Alr Foret re tint wu 111n at Orttnwood wert uaablt to catch ported onl7 thia week that thtrt tht site of an air force up with it. art aot 1n7 "flylnl saucen" and at about t:JO p.m. WtclatiCiaJ'. WIIDtlltl wht aaw-Ute ltranp that Jt. hal ended Ita 1pecial two baltbour. 1e0r of real .. lee& taelded ........ and pre-,.,C!ar In\ ntlptioa ol repol'tl oa az:~ Clu ... dlelcl. II. C.. t-1 ea. latutwl .... a eltJ them. a~ II. c.. reporttcl tniMtl alr pll ... uti .. ~ ttl a nit ftJpt tbroulb .. ,. ef Orew1111. A. H. Object Reported In Sky lky. W1t'llle. . 110 axPLANATIO!f Oat ol the pilots, PhUlp Gibbons, Near Danville, Virtfnia. .,.._, wu ao explanation \oday a former Air Foret pUot. aald that tbt tbiftl could bave beea. whea hla p~Jne approached the DANVILLE. Va.. Dee. 2t.-(A')- allauv.a attached .atpWeanet object, it moved into the 1lare of Two DllavWe .men came forward te tbl fact that Ita path wu ltrallbt tht tvenlal aun. Ht wu unable to today to AJ that thtJ had aeen for llllla. Tbe7 aoted aliO that rtlaiD aJtht of ll apberical objeet floatint In the lkY aftlr ltl t:JO p. m. appurance at DISCOUNT UPO&TI limilar to that reported In preu ~vOle. It wu aeen at Hamlet. Some obaerven dlacounted re dilpatches from Hamlet. N. C . short- a mtha aw17, a few mlautea later porta that It could have been a ly before Chriltma1. aDCI at Greenwood. more than 150 reflection frorn the IUn. They uld TheJ are Randolph Hall. city 1111 a_.,., lhortb' after 1 p. m. the object waa direetly between auditor, and Hamllton Vass, bull Dllcrlption1 of the fiyinJ object them and the IUD. neuman and member of the ve1try ' wried. At Fayetteville, it looked Air force offlciail at Pope field of Epipban7 church. lib a ...aca1 neon U,htiDI tube. near l'aJettevWe auaJnted it cou~ They 117 that the floatlnl objeet 1 At JDm1et it appeartcl to be a have been a weather obMrvatiOG appeared in the aklea In the vic:initJ . .. dlrillble ltlndiDI oa end... ADd balloor.. But the Charlotte weather of Dan River mil1l. at Griii'Wood. a pilot wbo eb111d atatlon. not1n1 that molt reports Tbe7 added that they paid litUe Jt Ia a lllbt plane laid It looktcl 1id the object appeared to be ailver attention. to It, bavinJt concluded lllria a traU comin trom aa eolortd. aaict that tbe weatb tbat " miJbt be a wtather balloon bureau doe~ not UJe tNIDoou el nleaeed at Grttftlboro, N. c .. and GIMIM obMrYtn at aU four cltl that eolor. drtfttcl thl1 way b7 prtYIUiDI Clf I* .. ~ ..... ~ dl 1\epol'tl of the WaDI-"liM ,.. wlndl. .. y Object Seen Strealllng ugh Two Carolinas' Skies; Columbian Is One of Observers Hamlet, N. C., Dec. <AP)-A w tile obJeet wltb bl-. atral1ht line on a map, extendlnl Deaerlptlona of the flylnl ol.lject a mllea aero11 the Carollnaa, to-varied. At Fayettevllle, It looked ciQ marked the myatery-atreaked llke a vertical neon ll1htln1 tube. tnn of a atnn1e flyln~ object. At Hamlet It appeared to be a Tbe ob~ flrat wu aHn at J'ay. "dlr1lble atandlna on end." And at etteYIUe, the alte of an air force Greenwood, a pllot who chued It I baaa, at about 4:30 p. m. <EST) yea-In a lllht plane said It looked like 1 terdaJ, Within a half-hour, St'Orel a smoke trail comln1 from an un- ot . naldentl In l{amlet, Cheater-Hen plane. S. C., and Greenwood. S. C., Ground observers at all four , .. ported althtlnl It on !ta eerie cltlea spoke of It "drlftln1" lnto the dllht throqh the Wntern sky. direction of the setting sun. They Tben wu no explanation today aald they were able to follow Its of what the thlnl could have been. southwestward fiiJrht for ten min But observers attached lilnlfiC'Ilnce utes or more. But four pilots who the fact that lta path was straight rose ln light planes at HamieL and for 200 mllea. They noted also that at Greenwood were unable to catch after ltl 4:30 p. m. appearance at up with lt. J'ayettevllle, It was aeen at Ham Wltnesaea who saw the atran1e let, 45 mllea away, a few minutes object Included buslneu and pro- later and at Greenwood. more than feaalonal men, 1'\ousewlvea, a city 150 mlln away, ahortly after S pollceman, trained air pilots and p. m. the mayor of Greenwood, A. H . WUIIaa ('"11111") Sblelda, dl-Woodle. ne .. r of the el~ tree 4epan-One of the pllota, Phlllp Gibbons. 1 t Ia Columbia, reported Me a former alr force pilot, said that ... tile ob.Jeet wbll" buntlnc when hla plane approached th~ ob- r Greenwood Wednetlday at ject, lt moved Into the .rlare of the aiMat 1: p. aa. Mr. 8blelcla re-evenln1 sun. He wu unable to re- ported tile obJect looked Uke a 1aln sl1ht of lt . "'ftMre.eent Ucbt bulb." He Reports of the atrance fll1ht re- uald lae watdae4 It for at least counted the numerous atorlea of lnutee wblle It hovered In Oylnl saucers alnce the war. eae ..-o& nct tben sbot off Gibbons, the Hamlet pilot, aald ......,. tbe ek7 at a terrifte that the object definitely was not nte ef apeed. shaped ltlce a saucer. The alr fqrce "' tboa&'llt I was seelq reported only thla eelc that there tlllp -w I lleard that otller are not any "fiylnl aaucen" and peeple 1114 seen tbe obJeet aiM," that It has ended Ita apeclal._two- alalte= ul4. Be l4 otben year lnveat11at1on of" teporta of were wltll bl tbe llant anct them. ~S C. BAY.ER AC FAO #13 (W111N PI&LID IN ONlY) INCOMING MISSAC. . DNCLA$SlF'' n~nr.nt~rr FA YTi.'!V ILLr PBtIE A 03 5 c WNGRADED AT 3 y~;,.\R tNTERVA1.8: ''J)~IFIED AFTER 12 YEAR~. UNCLASS\F\ED (WHEN FILLED IN ONl Air tef(oWI'AI U-L ) ULC -IY :, t.\ 6. mcKENs RD ''' York was 1n and atated that on 28 Dacember was at her hoM all dq and did not see tm objecta described bJ Ill's. and her children, nor did she hear ~ ~DI owrhead that d&7. She further states that later than evening, Mrs. called her net asked whether or not she had seen the objects which were seen ne~r ber h0111. She stated that did not know of Aft7one 1n that vicinity who had seen the objecta, except lira. and her children 7. lire. Tr analNra, stated upon interview, that on 28 December a hoa. doing bar housework and did not see the objects described b7 lira t!lou~'l sha had read about it in the newspaper. It had been deterDii.Ded b1 that house was the close at to the in the road where the)' stopped to obsez~e the objects in the slq. !Jrs that she did not see or bear anythina unusual and did not know aeything t it untU she read about it in the newspaper. s. II!'. farm borders the strip of woods over which Mrs aaw the eta flying, atatecl tbat on 28 Decber 1~9 he was at home ancl bad been out on the farm with his tractor and had out in the car also but \hat he had not seen the ob descriped b;y Mrs. He stated that he was well acquainted with llrs. and remembered her callJ.ng him on the phone the evening after she had observed the ~ng objects to :i.nqn1 re whether he had seen these objects in the sk;y. 9. This Agent interviewed Mrs. chool teacher, Trumansburg, New York and she stated that abe was at :home on December 1~9 as this was during the Chris'baas vacation period. She stated that abe had beelt going 1n and out of the house a great deal that afternoon as she was helping her mother and father to pack their traUer prior to their leaving for florida. She stated that she did not see any objects in the sky nor did she he8:1' an;y airplanes. She stated further that since the Christmas vacation she had talked to a great number or her students and fellow teachers but no one had seen the objocts described b;y ~s. t or the studen~s and teachers live in the vicinity of the location where Urs. and her chilcren saw the objects in the aq. AT ITHACA, ~W YORK 10. This Agent interviewed the Chief of Police, MARSHALL, and he stated that he had aeen the article in the Ithaca Journal relative .to the who live in the Perey City section and who had seen the objects in the sk)'. A check or the recorda revealed that there were no complaints received on 28 December lst&-9 nor had information other than that whichwas in tbe newspaper relative to the fiying objects, been heard or in that locallt7 11. Professor Richard Parmenter, Assistant Professor of Research at Cornell tlU versi tT, was interviewed by the 7lr1 ter and he stated that he had seen the articla in the Ithaca newspaper anU1ras quite interested, having read considerable publicity about various people in the differant parts of the.countey who had observed flyinG saucers. He further stated that there were no experiments being conducted at the University at this date and that there was no weather apparatuo sent up to register the weather thut day. He added that to the best of his lalowledc;e, 28 December 1949 was a warm, clear December day with no snow and excellent visibility Ul~CLA~Sl~l0 . 12. fbi1 Apnt 1DterY1ned Ur tiona Otticer tor the RobiDeOD AirUnea, Ithaca, lew York. a check ot the records and atated that tb8re na no weather apparatu em 28 Dacber 1~9 or at any time duriftl tbe of Decellber. Be further atatea that be obeerwed the article in the Ithaca Dnllpaper and questioned the pilots f171nl Robinson as rcratt in this .Yic1D1t7 on tbat date. He further atatea that it 18 possible t!Bt Urs. 1D&7 baw seen one ot the Robinson Airliners{ which is a 00-,, which landed at the Ithaca Airport at 1,5, ccains in troaa a Butta o to Rochester to Ithaca, Hew York night. Ill 1 that ~is would place tbe aircraft in the vicinit7 described b;y lira. at approx1ateq 1530 the ti she states abe saw the obj3ct. Another at the Ithaca Airport at approximate~ 1522 trom a Syracuse to Ith.?ca, In York tlisht. Be stated further that upon checking the maps in the Operations Roca at the Bobwon Airlines, he detendned that both fiiahts, the one from Buri'alo cd tbe ODe troll S)rracuse York, would circle tor a landinl near the vicini t7 oblened tbe objec'ts on 28 December 1~9. . 13. Ill'. Ithaca, New York was interviewed lJT th1a Apnt. th.'lt he was a pilot with the Rob1naon Airlines and wu pUoting a 00_, on 1949 on a tligbt trom Buf'falo to Rochester to Ithaca, lew York and that he landed at approxima tel.y 15'5 after circling the . area wbere Mrs. alleged to have observed the objects in the sq. He stated that he did not observe anytbins unusual and that he circled at approximatel7 15,0. -CLOS!Il - UNCI.M~SiFIED UNCLA-JIFIED H~DQUARTKRS THIRD ARMY IUIJIO! Vaoonea1d.OBP1 Airontt lD& Gaer&l Air wlel Co..-n4 Wricht-Pa 'tteriOD Air Poroe Bale laoloeecl herew1 th are Dewepaper olipp1Dc and ~ ot mto~tlon re tr&net objeotl 1D kf oy.r Charlotte and Bglet, orth Caro11Da. OOIDWIDIBO OBIIRAT. a a-e Olippillc Ollf IIEADI OolOilel , OSO MJ of 8, o-a lJNCLASSIFlED ~L S\f\EO lltiiMAIY OF INFORMATION ~1&11 ~ il.&..~.a...J c:a-:DI fOR .,_ IN INDIVIDUAL PAfl~AG~fl~ttr~H~IY~AI ... ..U--A~TI~ON--------1 0# IOURCI: OF INPOftMATION: Unconventioftal and Unident.itiecl Aircraft S1ghtecl at Hamlet, N.c. aDd Paplancl, S.C. CIDIIfiUT&T AD 1--.r A LIIM"Y MUAU. , I IDf UIJ.'U.T MilAM I . . D CXI lll'tRfiiD IY Ol HIIUOUR Cll I IOUin\ILLY 1RUI e T1IITM CAIIIOl JUOIID I Contirmina telephoned report on this date, intor tion is tumished that according to an Associated Preas dispatch trom Hamle~ ~.c., dated 28 December 1949 v;hich was published in the Charlotte Obaerver~on 29December 1949, a strange unidentified aircra.rt, reHmbl1 ng a balloon or blimp, was reported flying "erratically" over Hamlt~.at a : 164S on 28 D r 1949, apparently out of control. According to the aboYe dispatch aever&I res!Clinn~-rncludiiii -- pUota, gave various reports ot the crart aa "heading straight down'' and "lwelling ott" and "turning over". One observer stated that he thought he saw resembling a drop trom the craft and one pUot, llho chased it in an airplane, aaid it appearecl to be from 20 to 30 teet in diameter. (F-3) "It was tiret tly1ng \'iest over town at about 1645 by Dr. ot Hamlet, N.C. am They the ship to the local airport where an overseas news correspondent, , took ott in a light plane to chase the crart. a former Air Force pilot, said he saw the craft only once from the air and it detinitelf was not saucer shaped. He said he was unable to overtake it but from that distance it a ppeared to be a large metal ball without any external fittings such aa are ordinaril7 carried by tree balloons. Although observers said the craft did not seem to have wch speed tro.u the ground, reported it quickly disappeared 1n the sun when he drew near. The newsman >o&.\4 ~e last saw it about 12 miles of here." (F-3) ~ weather station at Charlotte said there was some possibility that the object waa a radiosonde balloon such aa are released by weather stations at Greensboro and Fort Bragg, N.c. each moming about 1000. The balloons are used to transmit weather data troa the atmosphere, and ordinar117 burst at high altitude, the radio parachuting back to earth. However, the weather station said that the tact that it waa seen over Hamlet, N.C. so late in the afternoon tende<l to discount this theory. stated that trom hie Air Force service be waa familiar with these balloons that the strange craft did not resemble one. It was 1111ch bigger, he stated. He added that the tact that it did not change altitude tor a long period of t also tended to disprove it was a balloon." (P-3) According to another article 1n the above newspaper on 29 December 1949 several r esidents or Pageland, S.C. reported seeing a strange object in the sky moving westward on t :1e attemoon of 28 December 1949. The object, according to the reports, was not moving at a very fast rate, but persons who attemptad to follow it in an auton~oile soon lost it in the evaning sun, they reported." OISTIIIUTIOII 6-A.c. ol s. ,u-2, 5rd Army; 1-Pile. I JUI f1 I I flll8l-- .. I PIT I IIIIIMARY OF INFORMATION OIIOURCIIJ OIINPORMATION: oratt Sighted at and Uniclentitiecl A.lo&. COIM.IWILY MI.IAal A CGIWIRMID IY en au IOURCII I MUAIIUTY UNIC..,... . P TRUTM CAIIIOT ~ID . I .. WJlf flllllc.tUJA11011 On this elate the followinl offices were contacted regarding subject and information wae revealed that none of these otficee have received anr report regarcling Rch an object havin& been eightecla Airwa,. CoJIIIIU'licatione Station, Morrie Field, C