Gr oat Fall s Civili:~.n report on so pictu_3~ conclusio:1 SU3.J : UNCONVENTICriAL AmCaAFr IINCLASSJFJED 5D-OSI/ JO' C /blk 5~.1 03! District (IG), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, 10 Oct 50 Director of Intelligence, AFB, Dayton, Ohio, ATTU: Air llateriel Comr:13nd, . Wright-Patterson Chi.e f , Technical Analynis Division. 1. Refarence is made to a visit to the 5t~ OSI District (IG) on 26 September 19~ by llr. RODGERS of the Tec~nical Analysis Division, Intelligence Department, Headquarters, Air Material Command. The attached is formn"ded as a matter of interest to your headquarters 2. Caot BRYNILDSBN of the 15th '-'Vol ..... r ict, advised this head- rters on 9 October 1950 that l!r. by representatives of Life Uagazine, all of '~1om reque3t~i nubject film. had be9n apnroached an'l True Maga~ine 3. In order that OS! r ecords may be comJlete, it is requested that yot\ furnish t o the undersi~ed information as to ;-mat dis9osition is made in this matter. JAMES F' X. 0 ' CONi' TS.u.~..~ Lt Colonel, USAF District Command~r Rlc:otlC1N~ - DATI 8US,.E-.8&. DA~C I!:STA3L.ISHID DY IINtl'IAL DATI 047! orr R&~'-'i OTHIR DISIIOSITION: T n AN S ... ITT 4 l. ace ontce o .UNClASSIF!EO :>::::JMt Unicleatitiad Fl1na Objects Direo\cr ot Intelligence A~tzu Eval.uahian Divisiaa TechDical Caoabil1t1ee ;Jnnch H38dq~ USAF v:a3hing':-m 25, D.c HAEtOLD E. WATSON Chist, Intelt1;;ance AFOI!f-2A2 1-!aj l''oumet/ dbv/71379 \irtn 24 Nov 52 A'rr:ta Op)22t' ~I.J3J~Tt Int~:rpretat.ioe ot Mon .. ot Unic1ent.1t1ed ll'~ ObJect 1. Further to our Ma101"UM1ua d&tecl 24 October ;2. Mtae dUbjeo\ a3 a.'Oo it is requatecl t.h&t the incloeed roll ot 16 Kod4chrorH rnorl lila be an ] nll iD t.he saae manner '13 the fil;a prerloua} for- Wdrdecl. In addition," a CC~Dp&rison with the Llt.t"r fil.a l'fOUJ.d be ~at. h~lpltll. . 2. B<lckground 1ntomation pa~ to th~t inclozsad fil..:a is contained in Inol 2, the official rtJpo~ on this inciddnt. .). Your cooprat.ion in :sati3f.Yin! this mklitional rsquoat is eameat.q ooUc:lt.a. In addition, not1!1cat1on or pr~l LsiMr:7 nusult.1 ot botft aD&J..Ts .. at. the Mrliaet opportunl t7 would bd apprsciatec:t. Such pr.li;a.ln&l7 data :tllow ua to .coapl.t sOCH or the pendJ.n8 action OD th !lla prior to rec.tipt ot the final resul.to~. 2 InalJ ~IIiJ.I U4 '\ .\D\A3 l. lS 111& ~od&ohrale :novi til'IG.u,~l Colonel UJ~ 2. Gy of ottioial rspt ot Chiet, Top Li1v1s!on t:ncomentionel .\ctt sighti."l& , v./ AFOill-2t3 MaJ Journet/a.b/71379 wrta 15 Oc\ sa VIA AIR :.LUL You are probably &w.re of the :f'ac\ tm t the Air -;;>oree 1~ still con\lnutna tbe 1n?es\1 1oa 3l1d anal7sl~ of ~flyinc Muc.,:-1". :;e n.re yref' .. ntl7 a\\e~tin& to ~. a compar~t1n ~n&lT~iG ot recen\ 3igbt1n~ lDa\ tho~ made 14 prftYio~ y~:e. tn this eonnee,ioD, the report of a s1~ting ....ade by )"ou on 15 Allf!JU~ 1~50 haa e.roueed oUJ' intere-.\. t:nf?l"tun tely, hoYeVel", oUJ' duplice.~e C0' '7 ot the tlOYiee ~hlch you took ot these oojao\a ha beea 1na~vertea\l7 ~laplace!. 'r:'lerefC)rt~, we woald be ~nos\ grsteful it 7ou \IOuld ~'lMl' ua to bozorow yanz ozol~l !:orl f. or stud7 3M \U!>- llcat loll. In so do ins you would be rendering us a grea' !ole wUl baYe aa ottla.r tr Or' YU.ls .\1r l'or'le :.n1e eollW.c' 7ft a'bou\ 2?. October and. hould 7rN con~ider our requea\ tavol'll"ol7, he vlll ob'-la \he tlOTies ru1d glT8 7"'.1 a reelp\ tor th. tie vUl thea rfl\111'11 thea a nooa as poealble the~eatter. Tour coopera\1oa and ea~e\17 solicited ~liLLI.tJI A. A:)XAS ' . . Chlt To~1oal Dlvielcm - D~ut7 Director ror ~st\ma\ee Dlr~etor.t of Inte111~nce, ~C~/0 UNCf..ASSJfiEO \ irl;;b\ ."'stt..non ~'S UNCLASSIFIED 1. It ia requtst.ed tbat. th encloecl lila be ru~ accord.ing to ra- n ua liot.ecl be]Qlf. I~ :.Ls ~r t.hat t:11:J ::""JDMduct.1on bo 'ldth ten (10) uva or as :JOOn thereafter aa poaai~.... i:a c:--:.:umr.q ur3ent. that. this rsprodncti:m w t.o ~he Uireetor .,f lntell1.:..,-enc.. 2. It i~ =-~ated tr..at two (2) col..>r du:~ili cates m~d on {l) blaclc and .. hite ~t.. excJ.uaiw ot portion td.th oouncl track l'lhich i:3 :::.!" i-:od to the or.d -:>f the filii, be re~ced. ':1~o hose (unapll~) i'Ort.ion oi c.,.,_,nt~n (17) i't-runee halon~ at. t::e ond of the t()t)ta~ ba~ a cioe!) l:l'Ue 'C3ck7.~ur.d :lJ1d no ;:,'.;::Q track. ~he l.utt. or t~11.3 loose port.~n i~ .:r.:mod1at.~ .:tdjaettn~ t:> -:tt npl1 ce uit.'l the broken .1':..-havi:'\g t."'le :.JOur.d tmclt. J. It nt aJJ Jaaihle, it i!J l~ueatecl t.bat t.he 3trippad CJproeket !~ol.ts !."l t~ ~ .. :r:ort.ion ot tr.e ,.,ri~lr.al. be r"~!ed to :'lake l~ posa.lhl tn :-tm t~li3 p..ut. ~ wit.h the :t! the !j ,,. without :1'1 '\Jnct.bn. 4. t:t..z:nat cu. shcmld b6 .:lxercillcl in proceaa~ thia !i1 to a"Wid :urther ~ !~ is rtJC'f'lt ed tr.at ~ be cl\tac'Ml a.~ "" ., aa posaibla ".1rior ~ Ulmlicat.ion. 5. 7h t 3 ~ th t raterract to by Lt. Col. .-~......., c':lnwrsat.iDn with A'~C th1a date. A.o.;-o r:r-lFJ Capt Stidd :lj Gri.nyer Requirements 1. 2 color duplicates and 1 black & white print {exclusive of portion with sound track whish is spliced to the end of the film). Request the ~riqinal be handled with utmost care (it is already in fairly poor condition, and we are very anxious that it suffer no further 3. Request the original be cleaned as carefully as possible prior to d~;>lication. 4. Request utmost effort 1n controlling duplication to extent that resulting copies will be as identical to original as possible in image and color reproduction. The loose (unspliced) portion of 17 frames belongs at the end of the footage having a deep blue background and no sound track. The last frame of this loose portion is immediately adja cent to the s plice with the broken frame having the sound track. the stripped sprocket holes in the loose portion of the original (see 5) be repaired in any way - sufficiently to make it possible to this part along with the remainder of film without malfunction ? CoA\ ~\Yll, !~'lS Or\ ~l ;.:/3 r-:oa,ttftll ot t :da .:-. v?trt.fln 1 '"l*' Lloloil04 A'lO Ill-at a ltaJ 'Havaet/4'W/n3?9 'W/ 14 ~Jew sa ~i vt \o expnaa ou alaaeN a;o,~al&\loa for tbe ~1'-not~t -.,!l10il1ft es\eaiM ua 1a cou.e\\oa t:~\'h :nur :-oi 1~ ~4 du]J.li- caie co,tn "3aae, ,_, theM will bfJ uNci t~r oft1clal ~,. oo <'lll1, ot cou- lnRttacl o! ~Jl1o1A.tl tr.e !11 a\ the torn ~oill\, aa d1acusa84 ~tta 7au r.nY1~17. i~ t-A r-.palre4 w1~h oellul.oH ta~. ~t.1a ;flr- ni~\d. -:atit .... o\oJ7 ~tud7 snt. ~m{'ltcatl.oD ~1\t:on' t !,., l~"s tJt a.oy t~ ttow.Y"!tr ..,.;. r-teoUD~ftcl a~l.A11\ l"\11\lli~ 1\ iA t n1s ~ondl ~loll t ut) oft8a, esU~o'allT a\ :r~s\ proJeo\o ~eet\s. ~i.tlCe t htt ~"to \o~ ":til l ~v~nt'lallT flaT ~rul "J67 r'!ll'll 11 t:t alditloMl e.t1111.ge. \:e ':ll'r~e~t. U.,t~cl t~\ t?'Plll taD a !J8 \ !J~liee aa SO')Il r~ -,oai,le. ':Z'he !:WY\ea ooaa,lta.M a datt.Dlte eontr\butioa t~ out-c:un~nt ana~!tt I\ la lllnoalble tor us to ad.cl arq !unhllr co,..._ttnte about ~he ua\U oa t ulau\1Te :ual,..la .,r'!JY148 na with the 1'1 tor deflal~ JODelu.sloa. ~ i.a .,o~sl?)le. s~.,.la ,. teaa OU' !llDoere tl'Paa ~OJ-TOW COO"il'atloa ~ADd ~ ~beJlc. las no' aau4 7ml an.y l'n.rdo!dl' f:()l~ul. :J:s.u Q~ Dtr .. tor ~or tna\ea 1Ji:-.e~rate r)t lntell1r,tmo4, r:J'/J/0 SANTA MONICA DIVISIOr. SANTA MONICA, CAllrOitNIA Brig. Gen. Harold E. Watson COiillU3oder Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dear General Watson: Enclosed is a report ot an analysis ot the "Hontana" film of Unidenti- fied Flying Objects photographed by Nichola3 Mariana in Augu3t 1950. This raport was prepared by the Douglas Aircraft Co:npany' s llissiles Engineering Department Research Section, incidental to a study of pub- lications dealing vith unconventional propulsion schemes, under the direction of Dr. U. B. Kle!nperer. ;J:t is being sub:nitted for your per- usal in case it might be or interest to you in connection '\Tith Project Blue Book as a st~pplement to s uch information ns has already been cor:t- piled. The film and necessary 1nto~ation tor this analysis were furnished us by the Green-Rouse Studios who '\Till soon releaae a documentary film on UFO' s. Gr~en-Rouse Studios have requested that copies ot the present report be made available to th~ by April 22 1956. If your co~and has no ob- jection to the release ot our analysis or sections thereof, ve ore quite willing, in view of their fUll cooperation,that they hav~ the de- s ir~d copies. It '\tould be greatly appreciated if your approval or disapproval of the release of the naterial to them b e sent to us prior if necessa::-y by telephone or by teletype. Encl~s ::-e : rroted Sincerely, flelations G~NERAl OFFICE: S A N T A M 0 r I C A , CALIFORNIA HfJpO thttfi(a I A1rp/a,e Co u r .$e ~ Y;~ldi~ L Of'j Pe,.s is tent S ~" R~flec tlo)'J.s CALCULATED U F 0 01 RECTIONS JEPHQ B145 RR ~JpQG JEDlv~22 F~i P.~ USAF HAS HDC ; .. JTJP'J.G/CO GREATFALLS AFB MONT I r!FO JEDT.?/CHIEF ATIC t:TP AFB OHIO/ tR"Cm-A;:CU.N-~ 59072 ATTN CLN BASE INTELL. OFFICER. DESIRE TO KNOW IF i IS STILL A RESIDE~lT ' 07 GREAT FALLS AND CMA IF S 0 Ct1A HIS ADD~ESS CNA TELEPHO.lE NU~IBER :\r-ID PRESENT !PLOY!~NT. INQUI~Y ~1UST BE DISCREET AND PREFERABLY ~JITHOUT HIS K~!O'ILEDGE FOR YOUR INFO CNA OBTAIN~D ABOUT 15 ~ET OF 1S ~{G~A:ROME MOVIES OF 2 UrJIDErJT!FIED FLYING OBJECTS. JVER GREA7FAL:..: ::: 15 AUG 5~. AT THE TIHE RESIDED A GREAT FALLS AND \~AS GENERAL MANl\GER OF T HE AS A SPORTS REPORTER A~!D COllHENTATOR. HIS SECRETARY .~.:..so TJ IT~IESSED S IGHTitJG tt~m AY KNO~J HIS PRESEtJT ~fHE!tEA90UTS IF tl~T RE5IDING LOCALLY. S:fE IS tliSS TJ!S~I RESIDING I N GREAT FALLS. I N RESPO~SE ~EPLY TO AFOIN~A2. 17/1752Z OCT JEPH~ (1) The "A11erlcen Nautical Almanac" 1950. (2) H.O. No. 214, "Tables of Computed Altitude and Azunuth for Latitudes 400 to 47l". (3) J. Vcath, J. G. "200 Miles Up", Ronald Press Company, U. Y. Second Edition, 1955, p. 111. (4) Kaiser, T. R., "Meteors", Pergo."!lon Presn, 1955 ( 5) La Paz, L. "lvteteoroids, Meteor 1 tes and Hyperbolic ~teteor Velocities", Chnpt. XIX of the Physica and ~Iedicine of the Upper Atmosphere. (6) 0. C. Farrinston. "tleteorites", Chicago, 1)1~. ( 7) "l-1easurement of Birds", Scientific Publications of th~ Cleveland t.1useum of Natural llisto1:,' (8) Kertr~ght, F. H. "The Duckc, Gf"ese and S\Tons of North h'lerlca".