- _!Jull~tr. to blueiJh Rosn vertically McPMKit.ON, OKOROIA IUSJ?JO! a UnooDYentioaal A1roratt Commanding General Air Materiel OommaDI! I lrilhtPatteron Air Poroe Baae DaytoD, Ohio Attention a MCI (Control lfo. A-1917) 1. Inclosed herewith 11 newspaper clipping from the BIRl.'IINGHAM POS!, BirminS}1am, Alabama , 5 Hay 1960 ~e unidentified objeot sighted over Birmingham . 2. Bo turther iDtormation is available. POR !11'1 COMIIANDING GI5N)RAL a Olippins &d 6 hy 60 PORT MCPMKR.ON. eKOReiA AJACt-a seo. aa IUBJI!XJT a 1JnooDYentioD&l Airoratt Au Materiel Ooiiii'I&Dd wri&btPatteraon Air Foroe Baae Day1Mm, Ohio Atten111ona ltCI (Control Jo. A-1917) 1. Inoloaed herewith 11 newapaper olippin~ from the BLttr.:IJ.JGtw: POST, 811'1lin&haa, .AlaMJDA, 5 11e.y 1950 re unidentified object ai~hted ner Blrainshaa. le Jo t\arth..-1BfOrm&t1on h &T&il&ble. JOlt TD ~lfG Gll(DULa 0 lippins dl;d & May fiO :JtiUDOSW. P03T , 5 t:ay 60 Tail Was 'Long 1 ry StreaL' AM 11at*tn~.,. ... ... Oharlal ~.u, 'rilltlrl l&anyder, who uw. wl&h 1te1d a& &he "8pac:ethlp. ... lla t111t 11M& atch&. .. 1111\Jder, who aw;91W&Nid Ill &he M lull.,... par aw lt. AMI lfay durtnc the war, lUI, "I lrnow &w w.. - .. 11ft a lenl&br deflnlt.aiJ wun't a enrchlltht r IIIIHipUIIL w tao IMDJ o1 hll whlla I Willi u. two IUrmlftlham bullnea-Mr. nanycler cleiCrlbed t h a daelared COdal. "Becau.e ..... -.ueer" In the t~tttnnlnl u ap- IUD a fl7lnc aueer. But It '"""' 10 to 12 Inches acroaa "from ..ulnlJ wu IOID&thlnl ..... nn where we were." Then. he ld. a 1110 tlelora. tall 1raw from \he object until It L. Reid, a former new paper-appeared to be about 150 feet kmr. .,." on Ula .Wf of '11M Montreal "The tall wu a kml fiery streak. r and now president o( the M aiel. " U appearl!d to pt brlrht- 8Du&Mm 018eount Corp., 1111 hr tr and dimmer u we wa&ehed. P't- rtU-a. aiel lod&J he and hla ram-,ally, afwr a few minutes. It turnd . 111 wera re¨nl from a th .. t.ar ent up erUcallJ and faded out" lu& nllht when &heJ wra aurae& "I don'\ know whether It wu a ld -.., a tlrtaht ltrht In &he *' 1ylnc aauce or nM. I'YI neYer eeen Mr. Relcl uld he and hla famliJ ' fb'lnr uueer. But. I l'.f'rt.AiniJ _.... o&her pereDN In he nel1h 11ter uw anyt.hlnr like It bl!foro. .... ....,. aw a llowlftl obJect tn Lhe llellanyder ld he h111 llftd ln lllq. llnnlnlham all hla life. n wu &he 1n01t amaanc thlnr "I'm uaed to fumaee rel1ecUonl." IW ... r en, Reid ulcl today. M ld. n wun't &haL" 1 "'t .....,.. to be a&aUoniU'J for , aMut 11 llllnuta PW the ttrat ' M1nUtt &ad one-half. It wu a "" ............ whlt.L Then It rruuaiiJ &uii Ill to a blulah-whltt. . aiN --. u.a& a& flra the IIWI~tt lr 'flllw .......... to 1M "eUipU .. alii &he objeet .......... to be IDolred at Ito the more it aaum1111 R ..,_.... to row real brllht.l lhen dim apln almGit u If It Wlil't taklnl tlalh ~ aooonll ......._., a& U. end of abou~ tl ainu-. the ob,lee& &umfd er- UeaJIJ and dll&ppeared a&nlllht up. l'lft CIODYlnctd &ba& It WU oper&Unl' under 1&1 own pcnn!r and &hat It wu able ce mate ,..., lbarp t.um1." "r" aen a 1 m o 1 t .. ei'J\hlnr while worklnt u a newapapennan and rm no& eully tooled. r know " wun't a .. rchlllht. Then wun't a