85m Nwjacksonville Fla — March 1950

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a.:.roorno avvrt coll i::;ion UNCLASSIFIED HEADQUARTERS WARNER ROBINS AIR MATERIEL AREA ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE. Office of the Commanding General WARNER ROBINS, GA SUBJECT& Spot Report ot Unidentified Flying Objeet Coa.!l r.d ing Genera 1 Headq~rtera AJ.:C wright-Patterson ~ Dayton, Ohio ATtENTION: Chief of Intelligence a. Observers a 1st Lt. J. Y.. Hahn, 2104th "i'feather Group, Pilot of C-47 aircraft. . T/Sst. L. E. Young, 2104th ather Group, passenger ~. Locetion: 65 miles K.V~ Jacksonville, Fl orida c. Date and tice: Visibility 15 miles. :~:";. ~...L d . Weat.her C A V U& f1i6h} from ,.,_ 2. On tbe 23 !:arch l-950 1st Lt. Hahn s on a Jacksonville, Florida to Robi~a Air Foree Base. Bis cre.,rconsisted OT 1st Lt. R. D. Pt.;tr.ail, 2104th 7."eather Group, co-pilot Dodd-, 2104th Weather Group, ;:nt;ine-er. and S/~c;i Ruby J. 3. At about 0030 appraxj.nately 65 miles ~r.~T. or Jackson~e, . Florida Lt. BahD aaw a blue \Gite flame about 50 to 75 f eet long coming at him from 11 o'clock, at very.hibh speed, thinking this fla to coce. from the exhaust of a jet aircraft, vi thout running li;hts showing , Lt ulled his C-47 sharplyup to 1 o-'clock. looki~s back to :.ee wh~ther the flarr..e had passed umier he noticed t hat i t r.ad co;npletely : isa? t-ea.red. Keither co-pilot or eribi:c.eer 'had noticed a nything . UNCLASSia~it:C. Spot Report or Unidentified FlfiAG Object (oont'd) dtd 29 L&J 50 4.. T/Sgt. YoW1g, a paaeenger aboard the aircraft, \\&:; e.t the til ot the incident loo~ns from a. window ot the cargo bay, aaw t he blue nhite tla:z~e approach the C-47 but aaw no object from Vlhich t hey co~ld have been ejected. As the C-47 pulled up, Sgt. Youn~ ran to the otber aide of the ship and also noted that the flame had disappeared. LAjor, USAF Intellic;ence Ci'ficer