~elephou !Ukcm e-eeoo Pebruart I, 1180 Jlud1toD Field COUD't)', C&litornia Dear Siraa I baw juat aeen the artio le 1D the San Fzeoiaoo ChroDiole ot February 11fh, 1150 relative to a tq1Dc "Ioe Cream Cone" reported over the Alameda Baft1 Air St&ticm on tuea4&7, Febru&J7 7th, at about At about 6 a60 on Tueadq eTeilins, Febn.tar7 7th, I waa ri41Dg on the aouthbound Southe~ Paoific train, which reachea Palo A lto Station at I aOO p.m. Riding on the right hand aide ot the train I aaw at 6160 p.m. west ot San Carlos, what appeared at tirat to be a comet. It was a mile or more west ot the tract at the time and.quite high and appeared oone ahapec:l aa reported. I did not note a~ r;ray exhauat but what looked like a tail ot tire -probably beoauae the rays ot the setting ~which had dropped behind the hills, illuminated either the object itaelt or ita at. It appeared at tirat to be tranling at about the ame speed as the train, wbioh is rapid, aa it ia a non-atop train tram San Franoiaoo to Palo A1 to, and as the train progre aaed south, it picked up 1D apeed and gained in diatanoe until it disappeared 1D the aouthweat in the general direction or Woodaide It waa.loat to aight at that point because it-- too 1 or too high tor the eye to follow, but by tJ..t ttme the tiery erteot had disappeared and there waa thin streak or gray perceptible. Ita general abape about like thia 1 J The whole ar ot the triangle appeared .. .. a aolid maaa ot tire -not onl7 the outer edges. Very truly your a, A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY' 1 Captain, USAF ....ccMI THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 1950 PIE IN THE SKY DEPT. Flying 'Ice Cream. Cone' Reported Over Alameda Ai'W L.MIUIIDDI U BalltGD fillld JlltlrclaJ wu IDtlltlp~ Ulat a llnt.. "'tlrtDc Ice n OODI" WU IIID dr1ftiDt' IDUUlwant OYer tbe Alameda ...... Air Statiaa 'l'ulldaJ. .. oll11ntra DIM of Ulem u offtaer U tbl air ata&loD de ....... tbl obJICC U., flit loDCo D Jlllld ..,. tbl ftlld abaat 1:10 Po IlL TUII'IIIJ, tral1lDI a ~ ftPCII'OUI abaw flwa Ita 'n.t 00111 flew alow1J IOUtb Oftl' lbe air ata&aaa a& a bellbt of I .,. 1000 feet. tbeD tilted ..... -ttl ... &Del bladed ... Jilt a& 4 lid lltlltld .... iiN air ltatlna, wblcb lmedl uud tbl nportl oter to tbl Annr at HaIJtoD Pleld, llold .. bad DO& ~t eM UlJ metloro- 'IGPD' Nlloww ~ aDd wu llafnld ....... , wtW the . '"flrlDI ..... ooukl be. ~Irrtera wbo npo~tMIJ apot- : ted t:bl 0C1D1 ID Ahn Ida IDcludl Utatman& OorntNI J. L. KrUer of Aameda Naval Air sta- tiOn, B. A. Owt. luel 8)'lvta ,.,., len Lnndro; WUUam Pale. '7111 VIctoria atenue, lan Lean- dro; Oo Pl'mer, R. l:o Strahl ancl a. To Moore. 'JO of 8an Lnndro. ~ ll ~ I J::j IHifO*ITERS 71th f IIIITEI Will -' ' n IAIULTo ae FolcE 1a1E UNCLASSIFIED.- - - - ..IAIU~TOI, CALIFOIIIA II K'LT K'll TOt 108 .. 11:fa a.por'lDc ot IDtor..tiOD OD n71111 DiiOI !0 1 C~lDg General Air ateriel CamaDd Wricht-PatteraoD Air Foro Baae Atba /~X A UUder the proriaiou ot Par ft, CoDAC t.tter 200..1, da.~e4 10 Ootober 1M8, the to report ot 1Dtor.atiOD 011 "F171Dc Dlaoa 11 .u~itte4a (1) Looatl011 aDd time ot lshtiDCa C&lltornia (I) Wthera Clear, 10 Dilea TiaibilitJ. (a) -...., oooupationa, and addreaaea ot witnesaea a San Leandro, California. a cirllian employee at Alameda Naw.l Air . He work a the night ahitt in the Power Plant , San LeaDdro, California. ia a rllia.n emplo:ree at Alameda. Naft.l Air StatioD. Be worka the night ahitt in the Power Pla.nt. (') Photo&rapha a None aftilable. (S) Sketoh ot objeota' conti~a.tiona (8) Objeota aighted a Mmhera One (1}. Shape a Conioo.l, w1 th the bs.ae much like an ioe-cream oone, aDd the top rounded aam.what like the canopy ot a parachute. (o) ODe-halt (1/2) to three-rourtha (S/4) the aiae ot D UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Ltr., llq 78th ftr 111Dc, 8\lbe Reportiac ot Illf'ormation on "n71DC (4) Colore Brigbt SilYer 8pee4e SixtJ (eo) to aennty (10) ailea per hour. a Bo definite lDg. !he objeot appeared to hover at t4mea and then "laail~ move on to another poaition and bower ap.in. llr Jdr obeerwed the objeot for a period ot ten (10) miDUtea. It tiDall7 dieappred in a Soath-eaat direotion tram Alameda. llanwnrabilit,.a In addition to the movement aa indioated 1D (t) above, the objeot would ohange tram the perpendicular poaition to a horiaontal poaition in tlight (h) Altitude.a Both indi Tiduals reported the objeot to be 2600 to 6000 teet altitude. (1) SOUDdt !lone. (j) Exbauat trailt One observer atatee aD exhaust trail appeared to be JDUOh like that ot a jet or a rooket. The other atatee no exh&uet trail observed. Remarkaa The A11 't O.D. at Al=eda Nan.l Air Station interTieweci the two obeerYera and indioated that he wae sure they haa aeen aomething worth while reporting and seemed b)' their etoey. Alameda Ban.l Air Station Operations iDton:wd Hamilton Flight SerTioe that the onl7 investigation that they were making waa informing Hamilton Air Foroe Base tor fUrther investigation. FOR tHE CCJOIANDING OFFICER 1 Lt Colonel, USAF Letter Report Sent tor DOWNGRAnF;n Arr .. vr. .. , -UNCL.ASSJFIED ~ o o o f o I o a Souroe eta ted he ob8erved . . . . TcJIPOl'ari A'l'IC Pora 3:!9 Arg v ottioer.------ r:stiJJU.~.d CoPiJ.1 . LF.BG!R OF Tn~: ODSJi:llVrJ> ...'-llin. ------ _ . - . RI:'MAJUtSa ~urcea obaerYed plane in PJma;_-:;;..;;. -......:OKF.TCHF.S_..(l;;;::.)~.- . . golne in oppoeite direotion. . ry ATIC Po~ ~1toa Pleld sr l&ae 0&1ltornla I .. eao1oalmc a ollpplDC traa our a t~ loe ore oou. I wlah to l!lf'om JOU that I haw een it, tirat when it appeared to be oter our ntern aCNntain ranee tram the wat Wwarcl Joae aDd th1a a wbeza I loottd out ot rrt:f ahop window at '''' p.a. on t.leadq It attn.otecl rrt:f attention beoauae it looked like a .. 11 oc:.et tumtnc lowly upward and qaiD 1ewliDC ott . tlrlDC toward Sn Joae. At about 6 t6T p.m. it tlew almoat OTer o1111r atreet (Firat Street) at about 800 teet and out out ot rq aisht over Snta Clara Street. It was a .mall single motor plane Whioh I oCNld aee very diatinctl7 throw1~ ott th1 red tire n.por trca it tall like thi. 6 a 1 Q-: 7 ~ fhe plane wa ao~ alowl7 with a alight noie ot the propeller. I called dowutalr to the atore per1onnel and ~hq wnt oUt anc;l aaw 1 t alao. I hope thla information A CDTIFIFJ> TROI COPl' be ot aerYioe to you. M THURS.~ FEB. 9, 1950 SAN JOSE EVENING NEWS ICE CREAM CONE INVESTIGATED IY AIR DEFENSE IAJif nAifCJSCO, J'e~. t <AP). offteen of U.. Weet- Defen ae an elleek : A at Ramlltoa Field . . . : : .; .~ .. le tloa wu ltelar made of a report --~ lt'l lis obaenera laehadJ .. a t--:----- - -Ue-'1'111 ollaetten, ftye realdeata of Out laa Leaadn ud Lt. c .. dr. J. .: -. -"' :--..... a It-foot leo ereaaa eoae, flew ~ ..-tile aa'tal ltaUoa at abnt 1111 feet ud dlaappeared to tile lollat at fu 11 to tl wOes nrar tnl1 Ita u.,. Pie .. offteeaa aald aaela a nrer tnU wlclat .... Jteea fre I Jaat Ia tile Jo- allt'l lleeaao 1$ wa ara- tl....,eold. c.... T ~vi or loan -1th Vapor Trail Hunted . IAN FRASCTM'n, ...... I,.., 4 lo MW It'll I "ft)'ln IN 0"11111 , CIM. Ne fMII~W. The Air Force . le '"tdlln1 up on 11. ... ehtnft'll, JIK'Iudlnc LL Comdr. J. L. Krabr ~r the AI ..... Nl\'11 Alr-st.tlnn..ntrort ... ,.. a -'nt nhjt!'t't JNIS Inl o"r lhe 11t1tlon Ytlltt'ntly, The npon J)alll'ffl alnn1 to the Wllttrn air dt'fm e anne Jnttlll- "'.... at Hmlltnn Fltld, whldl lftlde It puhUe tnttay. 'I'M ol:fttnera aalcl the ohJect a.ud like an Ire cream cone and lew lnwly .outh It a htllbt et about 1000 fMt, U'llll .,.., Ylpoi'MMI txhausl from Ill '!'My 1111rt llth.n tllttd abrupt ~ Ill Ide and headed .outb- at 1 IPfld ttatlmated at from! 'II to mil an hour. They de- .atbld It u about 30 fttt lonC-, Authorities at the air ltatlon! no ~neteerololal Nlloonl, ~ap,..urdly.AII ....... Iftl Hamilton P'ltld Iii theJ.Atr: II dteeklnc. but lhua COLONEL RO D W. PI~GBR 53 Tunnel Road Berkeley 5 , Califor nia U.s .A. Retired Memo for ~telligence Oftioer . . BIIU.ltcm Field. Cal. I ' eaw thia "Co-a.", alao. and pointed it out to three University or CalitOI'aia atudenta (name a unJmowa), and to my son Edward pj nger (Lt . u.s.N.R .. ). who h4 oallod at the University to drive me Fraa the roadway just west of the Greek Theater it appeared like looked like sparks from a large exhaust w1ithout cha:lgillb ita an~le with the vertio&l it drifted southward, diminishing in intensity a