V. haw ftadw4 t.ol.lrpta of 14 Jla7 1a *ab JO.a NqUIIt to N1eue .snaua of f4 .. ~ .uta obMIWU.. ot opta'OIII -..., -bellet8e MaJ Qaa1Dtea111a/70916/llha/14 Dec 67 \1!0 Observut.lOD, JuDe 1950 'lhie repllea to )'O'ar letter of lfo.ember 21, 1967. We nppreeiated leol'lllD& ot ,oar nmaaunl experience alld. llill file 1'0Ur letter tor llltorutiOD purposes. fat this late date lt would be 1mpraet1ca1 to undertAke ta detailed 1nveetigut10D. It 1a important that a "ltDeaa report hla obaerntloD ae eoon aa possible. 'l'b1s ennblem Alr l'orce DM178t to pertora o comprebeaeln 1Dnut1gutlon. QUIJrl'ARILLA :;nJ.er, Aerial Pbenoaaena Otf1ee Aeroepace Tecbnolog1es D1v1a1oa ProduotlOD Directorate Project Blue Book Office Wr1~ht Patterson Air Force Base In case thia is of interest I like to report that about June 1950 my w1re and I were travel1n~ north from Denver Colorado and at aboutxxJI J 4a)O AM near Forth Coll1nal I si~hted an object that for all 1ntcnt and ~ purpose I thou~ht to be a shootinF star. However, 1t disappeared below the horizon and shot back out at about the same angle 1t came downm and disaappeared as indicated 1n the followin~ sketch. If it had not botmced back out I would have thou~ht 1t merely to be a shooting star and probably would not even have remembered 1t. When 1t bo~ced back out my wife also saw it. As credentials I like to state that I am a Civil Engineer and have done a good deal of research work. The speed of the object is best described by the tKxx fact that I thought it to be a shooting star. For A metheor to ~mKKKaxmtt bounce off the atmosphere I undeastand to be impossible. Would appreciate your opinion as to the possible connection with un1den- t1fie~ flyin~ objects. If more accurate dates are of value I th1nck they can be obtained. At the time I reported it to the Denver Post but they made no responoe to it .mLY 1950 smBTiliJS l' DA'l'E toCATIOJI (,_ ._ ~ . Jul (Into) C1Dc1Jmati, Ohio ~CR DR Jul ,.-, Waah I/I!I!V _, . 1 (Into) Fairbanka, Alaeka ~Neveclippina 1 -..cblcqo, Ill (Into) ""-Raleip, R Carolina ,.. IDa Anplea, Calif ( NevscliJ:P : 5 -Bill M'B I Utah 7 1\J;peka, K'aDaae : 8 f'EAit. Strait, Alaska J : 10 (Into) WS.laiqton; Ohio (Newsclippi~ l lO .. pt McPbereon ~ 11 -Jackeonvi1le , 13 -3&ui4 Arabia ; 13 . -ft Peck, Montana 1 13 - . Redatcme Arsenal, Ga 13 . .. Jacboaville, ~'F'LA. ! 14 'Vadalia, Ohio ! 20 .Detroit, Mich 22 -ledd AJ'B, Alaska -partanburg, arolina 25 (Info) IDa Angelea,Calif (Newsc-........ 27 -weiabaden, Germany o-r , N ;::, \. , 29 (Info) Williamaville, Ill(rfevaclipping) 30 -Bt John a Newfoundland 31 ,st John's Newfoundland lftOil)UIOUI AUGUST 1950 SIGBTINGS ' Aug (Info) Tuacon, Ariz (CSI) .... Belle Vernon, Pa -IDa Almoa North Atlantic -Pine Bluff, Arkansas -Chicago, Illinois -Senta Fe, N ).lexico ... Pacific Ocean ~ -~ Washington, Oregon, Idaho -nat Rock, Nerloundland -Cromer, England ~,.. sr:P1t1t1t.,~* Great Falla, Montana( FOLDER) ._ lficoaia, Cyprus -Aatroia, Washington & Area Stuttgart, Germany Philadelphia, Pa Brockton, Mass Erne at Harmon AFB, Sandy Point Newfoundland(~:-..,. Holloman AFB, N Mexico Air Via & (PHO'roS Insufficient Data Aatro (Meteor) Aetro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED Aatro (Venus) Astro (Star/Planet) Insu~icient Data Aatro (Meteor) Aatro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED Insufficient Data Aatro (Meteor) Aatro (Meteor Aatro Meteor Aatro Meteor other Contrails) uwm1:'1EN'nmriF 1 e:n Aatro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) UNIDENTIFIED other (WX Returns) tmiDENTIFI f!D Insufficient Data tlulalJwte~a, C1M!nnat.l, Clale Sighter and wife prefer anonytnity. Place: Mt. Waahinaton, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. R's aeronautical experience is extensive. He is a member of C. A. A.; waa flight engineer 11 yeara. Mr. R.. observed the object while sitting in his backyard. A dark spot, being odd in ahape first caught his eye. He deacribes the object as "wingless and fuaelage shaped" climbing up at a 60 degree angle into a sunny sky filled with cumulua cloud . After a quick acceleration, the grayish metallic object reached its new ele- vation at 16 to 180 00 feet, then stalled for about 10 seconds. While calling hla wife to witness the event, Mr. R watched the object dive back to its ori- ginal elevation before levelling off and racing westward across the Cincinnati The object, which looked the size of a DC 3 as it would appear at 8, 000 feet, disappeared in 3 seconds without making a sound or leaving an exhaust trail. The speed was estimated at about 5, 000 mph. Mr. R said the object was' def- initely solid and was controlled." The Air Force, upon learning of the inci- dent, viaited Mr. R at his home . . . to get the facts I Mr. R's integrity like that of Mr is above reproach: both are experi- enced in aircraft and balloon iden tion and meteorological phenomena. Both object are unexplained unless we are willing to accept the Interplanetary ex- . planation. L. H. Stringfield Director ll Editor THE'REV. ROSS VERMILLION+-KINGMAN, KANSAS CAS~ / , W A ITIIt ,._&It Pl1.'0f,'MIO lA. - Al&.l~ Tttl c.Ait MO t Milt .. "laW a fi\.Y .. IAUCIIt TMI II II OP a llt. 1MI lth WI IDT CLOSER. IT - O.LJ 100 f'IIT IN 11011 fJ/1 TMI CMIIIIY. ICMIIAI, CMUIIC" TOII .... AIIO WI COULD KE IT WIIIII&.INO tN TMI ' IIDUiti,WAI DIIIVINI 011 U.S. 14 &lOUT IIINI MILII WilT OP ldiiiMA.,IUDIIT&.Y anr11 MIDNfOMT, ~ w11TOP~ID Tell caR. a nu.ow orolt.lii c -s.. I YO TUM 11'1 CAR ao OltNI UC1C 1111/JEII 1'1. TM&T"I WUIN IT T(JfJA' IJFF It~ Hllltlw. IT SHOWED TEMim PIED. ! -AIID WI ITOPIID HIM. HI WATCHED 11' TOO. triLLOW WI A ORUIIIST DWAYNE MULNIX 0' MUDE,KANIAI. , TMREI DAueHf[ftS W[ft[ WITH HIM AND W[ ALL J'YI NIVIRI11SUOt ~t:CEl EII~T/DII MY liFE. X'YE S[[N -1'1 AT WICHITA AND FI(J riETI TEIT[D ON THE CDA8T, MIT THEY WON'T MOLD A CAII/Jt TO TMI ACCELERATION OF THAT THERE was AIIDTH11 MAN OttCI TIUlD TO liT 1111/J11 A IAUCIEN. HIS NAME was CAI'T~/11 THD.A$ ANTElL THEY 'OtiND THE ,IIECA'A. fW MIS 'II tiOUIII DID THE KINIMAN SAUCER '"TAKE OF' IN A HURRY. IN ORDER TO SAVE RVEREfC) VERMILLION'S LIFE AND ID ANOTHER UNFORTU- TE Ff.TAL CONTACT LIKE CAPTAIN MANTELL'S? OR WAS THE REVEREND AND S WifE, MR. MULNIX, HIS THREE DAUGHTERS MISINTERPRETING VENUS THE AIR FORCE '-~ MANTEL&. HAD DONE? C1VOot 1VUSOOI OBH3 0 SAACl~ NL PD SANTA ANA CAUF l'A . 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Nleaae4 to the pnbl!o 1Jl o 19S5 by tM Seoretax7 ot the Atr Tbe 1'1te4 Dlllbe of oop1ea ot thta 314 pace report prohibita 1t8 418tr1but1oa to the p hl1o. A ~at tor data ooutaiaecliA thia 1t to IDtozw.t1oa OUioer, Headquarter, USAF, D. c., v:lll atteatioa. A ot the report a , ot uro Rpt WALlACE W. ELWOOQ lst Lt., USAF Assistant Adlu'lnl CDfiRAL HAROLD I VATSON 'AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE COMMAND AI TN COMMANDING CENERAL VRIC:HT MfiERSON FIELD OHIO PLEASE SEND BY RrrtJRN MAIL CLEARANCE TO RElZASE FULL DETAILS " SIDING OF ROSS VERMILUON CHENEY JUNE 2tTH 1950 THIS RELEASE VILL BE USED FOI LECTURE PURPOSES AND OTHER PlJRPOSES SANTA ANA CALIF