OF TrJlo'O 27 J r.n SO \ i.OC.\T!ON Scullville li,J. MT~" Iff TO A'l'IC - - 'J\U&r"-nry ATIC rona 329 MAM-:lM:nn Aaeer.cl!rG .. ~ ~d4lt - tl-- -- Zag 110tion "UDOUAin'aRa UNITaD 8TATaa AIR I'ORCa WA.MIN.TDN 179" DlaTataT .,.,., DP' a~8DIA'-INV88YIDATIDNe SJJJRO!a UIIDiNTIIIED ~.U. O!JEO!, 11~ted at Scul1vtlle, r.ew Jerae1 lOa Oosan41nc General Air K~ter1e1 0olmlbn4 \~lcht-Patt~reon Air Force laae aT toll, Oh1 0 Alma NOIAIO 3 tiiTU."e At. ~ eaea, .... "laoee 1. Beference ia made to previaue report concerning !ig~tir.&a of unidentified,aerial obJecta. 2. Attached is one (1) copf ot A Report of Inveet1 t1or. by lpaoial Aeent DDS! J.t, HtJ'lm.AlW, of th11 ot!"ice, datod 16 Febru11ey 1950, our file (2~8) 10, relf\tin to an incident of this nature. 3. Inveeticatio~ of unide~tified.aerial obJe~t is continuing in th11 Diatrict, and copleo of all tuture reports of su::h eightinr;s vlU De forwarded tor 10ur lntorzr.ntion. c t Coo~auder DO"'N 'LA~SIFTP.D Ar-'1':CR 12 YBAh~. D-EC DOD Dllt 6200.10 ANALY~IS CIV\SlON FilE IJNCLASSIFIED UMITD .,.ATD AIR II'GR. UM-z mJ'I:.UU .AEBIAL OJJ30,, ..,..,ar.clinc ~l.&oi.Anlle, Nev Jereer SPlCI.U. Il~IllY InYeatigation predic~.ted upon recei,t of letter from , dated 27 Jam al7 1950, at Sc:ullville, Ne'' Jersey. advised that on 27 JaJma17 1950, he obt~eryed a white atrealc ~rAveling thrott~ the ekJ, and after traveling a diatRnce turned black, went into a :zi~ Z :"C motio!l l.'nd ~ s- Appeareel. \-mite atreok did not diaa1~eor BUddenlr or fan a1 t as a cloud, bu.t fl\4t4 greduall.T. observed the phenomena fo'r ~-:,.proxittA.tel7 one half hour, and 1 ta ayeed \.'a a about one h~lf that of a fire. worlce rocket a t cloae range. ~e phenomena a~eared to be ascending at about a ei~ty (60) degree ant;]. e. !1!11 phenomean had all ap!)eftl'MC ea e.nd indic,. tiona of ~ Vf''!)Or tr!\11. In that there ia b '* one ai~ting, and the infortl1\ tion avBil,.ble concerning thia sighting doea not cont~in the neceeat .17 technic~.l detr1. re- quired, it ia not considered advieo.ble to expend further ti~ toW!\rd the inveati{.;3.tion of thia phenomeDa I co, AJ.fC (Action Oo:w) 1 CO, AJ Cambridge 1 1\tl'rt:c:a:: !: D DI:-'Cl.ClH';H- OF I~FOR t.tATIO N CONTAI~I:'U 1.-. TiiiS kENKf 15 A VlOl.A'l'lON Of Al:k M 1 ... ION cart PORWMMO to Commanding General Air lIA.teriel CoDUi1&n4 Vri&ht-Pettereon AlB Dqton, Ohio Aftli& MCI.AXO.. 3 l'CYLE R!iS IIPLACII AFCII POIM ' I) ~ULY '' WIICI MAY II UIID UNCLASSIFi~u !hie iDYetti~tion t predic~ted upon receipt of letter from Mr. Mllrrlandinc llod, Scull ville, :te" J'!reey, 4ate4 27 J~.r,r 1950. Nr. a4viee4 he IRW ~white 1tre~c travel- in& north~at turo~ ~4 ab ove the cl~da, ~d attor trnvelir~ c~e die- tance tt tl\rne4 black and vent into a aort of sis zec motion until it ciis- 2 . In a letter, d~ted 27 J~r7 1950, at Scullvllle, ~ew Jereey, ad4reeaed to Aeeietant of ~,nar and r, University ot Nexico, A].bu.que~ue, Be\r. lIe.xico, Y.r. advi~ed that While returning to hie home in lcullville, l:ew Jeraer, fro1:1 lft>rk 1r. .Atl~.ntic Oit7, l:ew Jerae7, 011 27 JamHU7 1950, at a-pproximatclr 1715 hour iST, he obaerve4 a phenomena tn the eouthweet 1!q vhl.ch latted tor ab~ut ~.lt ~:~.n hour. !hi~ phenomena wa~ a white treek travoline north\"leat through and nbove the cloude, Atter tr&velin aooe d11tance 1 t turned blac!: and we~t into a tort of 111 sac motion until it dia~ppe~red. It did not dis e~r suddenly or fl\11. o..,.t aa a cloud, but fe.ded GrP..dunlly. 1!'\e a~eed ~t.s about h~lf of ~at of a fire ~orka roclcet at close range. !he phenomena a.P!'esred to ~e aacendtna at about a eixtr (6o) degree and-e. 3. !bit phenomena hae all the appearance and ind1cnt1one of a v~por trail !Dilde b7 hit;h n71ng atrcre.ft. ~1 ie ~t a single a1ght1~, and the l_,ae of time between lighting and transmittal of intora~tion throuch re- Qlar channela, it ia uot concidered a4T1aable to e~end ~ furhter tirne 011 thie matter. ~rther, technicr~ .Ut~oritiea have ae71Sed it ia positivel~ neceaear,r to haTe more than one (1) lighting, end that thele si~ltiLea wet ot neceaet t7 contain a high do~ee of exactnesa in technic&]. data re- ClUire4 tn order to obtain a tri&npl.ar fix upon tne obJect A:rl 1 ta P3~ ot traYel IDr:'~.TTI.~l ~