\.ir:.incc! to ru;.J J.Y UNCLASSIFIED HEADQUARTERS WARNER ROBINS AIR MATERIEL AREA Office of the Comm1ndin1 General Robins Air Force Base, Ga. S ~JJ~CTa Spot Re?ort of ~nidentified Flyi~ Object Co::n:nding General Headquarters A..~C \~i~t-Fatterson AFB Dayton, Ohio ATTE~;TICI!: Chief of IntelliL;ence 1. a. Obser\-er: Captain Charles H. Uc1~hon, Station a os Jita l b. Locations Station Hospital, Robina Air ~'orce Base, Ro~ins Field, GeorGia c. Date e.nd tirr.e: 10 April 1 ;J50 at approxir::atcl y 0400 d. ifeather C ~ V 11: ;;i:ld neclir;ible; Visi!)ili ty - ood 2. Captain Charles E. I:.:ct.ahon he.d returned to t h base a few IUinute s before 0400 hours r~oc a three hou~ airplane trip. He states that he had slept for about one or o:1e and a half' hours on the plane. lie -. .. ears t:,lassts for nearsightedness, but states his vision is corr6cted to 20/20. fie stntes that he bad had ~hree (~) hi~hballs in the ever.in:; of & April pric:- t o 2!00 . i!e said ~&e did not believe t hat either the drin k s o r fatic ue "?.-ere s tJ..f ficient to imuair hi A vision. 3. Captain :Lc!.ahon stated tl:at he ha d not listeLed to Eenr y J. Taylor s broadcasts or read recent nrticles on flyins saucerc. .ha said that h e had read an article i n t he ~ir l"orce l'irnea sevtral r:Lonth3 a;c~o relsti'~ to that subject, b ut that he had n o p~rticulcr intere3t i~ air- c:~ft o r f l yins discs. . him over to the i~tely 0400. his pla:te ne planned landed, ::;aptain ::craho!'l Time or his Sl'ri,rttl a t to cet son~ rest before had s or::~ .::r lends drive the hosL.ital \~S n unrox- r e norti!l for c! ' lt'ly :or IJNCL.ASSlFt D Spot ~c port o Unidenti 1'ied .l."lyin;: Oojcct (co:1t' d) dtd 11 ril l3b0 4. Lookinb at the poi:1t where the !'lash h~d occurred, :.;_,t . i:~r1ell saw o li._-ht approaehin; . At first he believed it v.es a plane v:1.1c:1 v:as on fire. tie estimated the altitude to bs a oout 500 to 700 t'Get . ,,'h.;;:l l'irst seen, from an obliq1..0e an.:;le, t he o bject had the sa:r.e ~e rlll a :_Jpeera::1.ee as a child's toy spinning top. ~l[o part of the object apr-earod to oe spi:min,; , turni~g, or revolving . 5. The object had a red glowing rim around tile widest pnrt. Jehind that was a ~te shiny rim, and the interior portion see d to be illumi- nated by a reflected white lisht. Tae red Glow was const~nt, and appeared to h ave about the same brilliance as a r e d r.eon tub e u s e d in adve rtisin~ signa. The color was a bri6ht red and had no element of oran~e in it. It did not a ppear to be a burnin~ flame. It ~s a steady rlow. The r e ;Jere :10 Si_.."S.rks e uitting from t;!e o::ject at an:,' point. It w~s dei'iaitcly not a fl,~l.e 6. The object a ppl'oached frot."l the South and came directly vvc.r thG h os?ita.l. As it approached, it wobbled and occasional!~ ca::-.e to o. stl.lnci- atill. ~n-ten it ptsse d i~r.6diatel~r overhead, Zgt. Harrell ~oticed tha t the botto:1: :-..art appeared to be auout the size of a flour barrel head or eoout 24 i r .. ches in diameter. 'The overall diur.-.eter h e e!ltil!Jate u to be acout 25 7. Just as it passed overhead, it hesitoted mo~er.tar~ly, and then made a very sharp ric;ht tcrn tooard the East. After travellinG in that dlrcctlon for about 100 feGt, it banke d a.:;a.in to t h e left and v;er1t tow'&.rd the s~-;amp ( r.orthv.ard). It did not tilt or hee l over v.hen it bnnked for t urns, a ad acceleration v.as ab:.ost inst~utar1ecus. S::t. !iarrc:.ll cor.r;:.e.red t h e speed and acceleration with the thrvr.-i.n of a baseball. Ove r tc.e s~!8ll~? .. the object &einsd altitude ;ery rapidly and disap~ared. 8 . At no tir.e -ere t here any o;dors or sounds fro!:l the o"'::j ect. At that early hour of t~e morni~b, there ,_..,-ere no other SC'~ds w!1.ich would have d r omed o~t so~ds ~ocing fro~ the object 9 . Cnly one ( 1) ob~ect v.as si~hted. It "'~s ln vie w f or e. b o ut 4 o:- 5 cinutes. Sgt. ?.arrell s tated that his impression v1as that t~e obj:ct \.;es undoubtedly controlled b y someone, a1ld that the mover.1eut <:'.1:-S deliberate. 10. Irr.mediately after the object ~ssec overhead, Ca2te..in C!tarl~s H. l:c~.ahor.. ceoe up and Sst. Harrell asked him if he could se& anytr_ins in the sky. Ca pte. in r.:.:cblhon pointe d to the object a nd said th t he se. . it. UNCLASSIFIED HEADQUARTERS WARNER ROBINS AIR MATERIEL AREA Office of the Commanding General Robins Air Force Base, Ga. SUBJ~Crs Spot Report of Unidentified Flying Object Commaudin General Headquarters A:.:,:c ~right-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio ATTZLTION: Chief of IntiJlligcnce 1. a. Observers S/S6t Lovett c. Harrell, Jr., AF 14015031 Station nospital Location: Ststion Hospital, Robins 2o~i~s ~ield, Geor gia Air Forc e .Base, c. Date and ti~es 10 April 1950 at approxi~toly C400 d. Weathe.~: C A V U1 Visibility Approxirrately 10 miles Wind z:e;licible 2. Sgt. Harrell st~ted that 9 April 1950 he had r etired early a ad had had a g o od night's sleep. Ee had not con~un~d any intoxicating liquor ~thin 4C hours precedi~; this incident. P.is vision is 20/20 \dthout glass - es. P.e further ata1:es tnat he had not been listening to cenry J. Ta]l ors or any other commentator'' s radio broad casts, nor had he read any news ar- ticles r ecently pertainir.~ to flying saucers. 3. At about 0330 on the morning of 10 April 19:30, S/S;;t. r-~o.rrell left his home in a taxi ca~ acd arrived at the Base liospit~l, Robi~s Air Forcz Jase, at about 0345. lie ,.,as re portin~ for duty early in order to urJ ~ special re...,o:t .-r!'lich had to 03 5'.lln:J.t-i: d L":'..."":ediacel:t e.fter the CO!iL":'.e!lCe!nent of b usiness that day. A:J t ho to.xi drove av~y o nd S~t. fl..arre l l v.as a. bout to enter t he b uild inJ , his attentio:l v.-as attre.c"t~d "to a r.;;d flaGh in t~H3 South in the dir~ction of the Base l.a.i..IDdry. The f l n::h .~s si.:--..ilar to t~at of an explosion a~d ap~eared in the form of e. " V". It a pt:eu:-ed e.- bore t hd horizon at an a.n:le of oboi..it 10 de;;rees. l h e re 1.:e.s !'lo noise w:1ic~-, UNCLASS\f\ED the day. Ria friends had driven avy when he start~d i!!to t .. e build int: He saw S/Sgt. Harrell atandins in front or the buildin~. ile Bilked if it would be a 11 right f or him (Captain t.c::ahon) to g o in to rest i'or a few hours on one of' the cots before re:x>rtin~ for duty. The S~t. e.skell nic ii' he could see the flyin~ saucer in th<;. sky. };e looked U:? c.nd ..;aw a . movin5 object in the sk"Y It v.s arr.all-a bout the site of a stttr but Y~3 clo~ing red. The red liEht ~e~d to chanbe in intensity. It did not olink, but faded brif:ht and then dim, etc. It did not rei'lect any of its own li;;ht. 5. Captain Lcl.ahon estimated the altitude to be about 1~,000 to 15,000 feet. It appeared to be eliptics.l in shape or resemblir.~ El chj ld' o elong ated toy ballon, but did not reset:-ble an odvertisin;; blim? i:e could not esti:r.ate the speed, but said t:-.a t it travelled 'ii th SfE.ed cor;- plra'ble to that of a slow mov in~ ai rcra 1 t. It would move, hesitate nou:.en- tarily, then move a gain. It seer.ed to maintain a fairly stab l e course with the e~<ce ption or the occ~siona l hesitation. rte did not o bse:-ve it c~.an::;e direction, nor did it gain altitude or a ppear to clii!'.b. No part of the object seet:.ed to be rotatin.; or s pinnin6 }io e:;:h a ust ,,as visible, and there WllS no cdor nor ,,,.3 tr.ere an:1 ~oise. He had not observed any flash. Ue stated ttat he did not v,atch the o bject until it wbnt o~t of aibht. but that after obse=vin;: it for a bout three minutes he \-..ent into the building because h e v.e s ea.r,er to ~et es ch rest as possible before duty hours. Captain ~c;.Bhon s tated that if St::t. I:arr11 had not t1cmtioned saucers" he -:;ould not !'_ave noticed the object, but thc.t when he it, he realized t hat it ~s not an ordin&ry airc~art. .P. Ki;3AU i.ajor, CSAF Inte llit-,nce Oi'f'icer