n1nute in lo. liNCLASSif" lt:J . HIIADQUAin'KRS THIRD ARMY a Oo.u4inc Geral Air ateriel 1&1cfat-Patteron .U.r hroe lue DaJtM:t, Ohio Aften\iOila JICI (Control Bo Alll'T) 17 Julrlt&O herewlth are D-papw olippinc re n.,-iDC eauoere ower Jaokeonnlle, Florida OOJDfAIDIIG ,.,JOBI DU'I Colonel , GSC C:l" 1, Olippillc fa JU, !IVES UIIOI, 1' Julf 150 .,..... I. Olippillc t. B!tAJ.J), 18 JulJ' 60 I. Clippillc ta PLA. !IK8 UIIOJI, 11 Jul7 &o bOWNGRADBD AT s vF.A ii t ))BCLASSIFIEtl AFTEU 12 YE..\} ' Like Flying Saucer : . Seen by Courthouse Group A ball hUDdred CounhoUM emplorea and 11 man)' bf Wll'l CODYIDCed JUterdaJ tbeJ Jut had joined the powln1 rankt of thoee who haYe teen a .. nytq aaucer." 8cor11 of per10n11athered on the PonJth Street atde of the OWDt)' bulldiDJ aboUt 3:41 P. )(. 1 ,..terdaJ to apeculate upon the aature or a ahln)' aluminum "ppn-potnt cJe&rlJ aeen ln the lllue It)'. Tbe obJect waa too blah for any or lta featurea to :. be dlatlnJUI,ahed, except that lt :apparently wu round. There . wu nothlnl comparative bJ Wblch to . .....un Ita at, al thOUJh while the crowd watched two jet planea patted wen be neath It and thelr wlnc apan ... meet about twk:e the diameter of the aphere. 0 on 11 r Y a t l Y e apectatora JUened the object mllht have been a larle weather observa- Uon balloon. It apparentlY hov- ered ln one epot, laterally, tlowly drlftln1 upward unw lt dtaappearect from vtew. The object emitted no fiery 1 Jeta and no noLle of any kind wu heard from lt. But a hun- dred people went bact about I thelr workaday tuka aaylnJ, .. Well, at laat I've en a 'f111DI auoerr .. leotal !gent !11 Charge JaokaonJille 1, :'New They .,.,... ...... Joe NoU, announcer at radio station WMBR. uld he saw JACKSONVLLE -A roar eomin1 from the sky early three f th b ts t un hi ed 1 WednesdaY awoke a number of JaekaonylUe residents and raised a a. m., u na a r llJht, flying j; the cry. -tnylnt aaucen." concentric circles at about JS,OOO . Jacklonvtlle Journal reporter Tom Veverka was amona the Still another report said the objects were moving "llke to report the Incident. She uid she aaw three objecta movm, ball of fire.'' . at "slow apeed" high in the air over the city. Consensus among those who eaw the objects was that they "They were alowtna from beneath with violet flashes form were between 20 and 30 feet in diameter. , , lllJ ahort comet tails.'' she uld, "and were up and Th& mtlltary services repeatedl,v have dented knowledge of , down like aramophone dt.ca on uneven center." "fb'lna aaueers." . . . . d JaokaCIIYille, norida 11 hJ:I uso If You Ever Ht, Even a Wavering This Kills It; There Are Flying Saucers 81 TOJifl VBW&KA tolden "nw mldlJDe earrted parently, from Ita atai'Unl lh$ wha\ J aw tbla mom.lnt no runnb\1 lllbte. n didn't. need aauaer-Jt. wu tbem. 'l'lle1l atart.ed 1 .trtl 1t1 the win And J have a The ent.tre objed emed lUI dow. If there had been one, may be wttnn1. fUIId (flcm beneath) Wlt.h a clow "would return- there ml1M be 'DlM 10methln1 new o'"r the more. Jt.henldl area. t.hat. IUI'Pd wlt.h each tnerea1e of 'lbfl wateh wu rewarded ln about n all happened about I a.m .. dur t.ht roar. n lncrea1ed and dlmln 18 minutes. Only thls time the lq t.he half way between nlrht. and lahed at a rate aometbinr like one tblng wu much higher. It followed d&J which nat Plortdiana caU "U\-would count. one-two-three P&UII: the approximate eourae of the flrat Ue d&Jltabt." one-two-three pauae. 1 II)' early momln1 aJeep waa 'lbe thlftl wu cu"lnc toward t.he In another 15 minutes, a third lhocbd Into fuU awareni!IA bJ a northweetward. M it. passed. I came. 1 tnmeJICioua roar, quite unllke t.h&t could aee violet and rreat fiuhes After !Jf'elnl' three of early of eral bombera, 1n thlt It lacked spurting into a lhort. comet'a tall. momtnJr vltdtortl, It wu euy tn tm; that. lteady 1ound. Nor W&A it Uke VIewed from the rear, and in the agtne thf' wnod11 mar be full of them . t.he wtllne of a atredrina Jet. IJ'C)wlnJ llrht, the t.hinr aeemed t.hinl' ts ef!rtatn 1 Jt 11 no Uke the man In '"nne Nll'ht Be waver tn an up and. down move-lntf!r-pl,.net.an,r It 111 bound fore Ohrlltmu." J .tumPf'd t.o the ment, atmllar to thtt a aramo u-h,ve the made In America atal)lp WIJiclmr t.o 111 whet wu the mU. phone dille on an unf!Vf!n 011nt.er. nn it. Par t"' t . .,_ nMthwNt.werd t.hfll not e.pparPnt. \W'rfeet.lon ll!M h\.4t- OM_, .... ..U.J?d. u aht object made ee.w it eantM the OMd Bou-e- ,_. ....-. ,.. en' ulinc "P"ft nct ........._ lnap4"C IMmp ot approftl. 1 Jacksootille 1, llor1ds