PIIC7J'(X; aJO:tCIIF.S 'J'Caporary A'J'IC Fora ]...')() lDC.\TtOH._ MTF Itl TO A'l'IC u:rJ<rrH cw 'l'~f.ll. onct.nvv:n1-J:~.llJ._... . I TYP!-~ Oft' OD!':F.itVNri<>If Aerial B!liWSa .Pllot tlew towarcl obJect 1A '! '51 and reportecl be wa.a aure obJect waa I 8011. kiNl or weather ballooo I I .L'NCI.ASSIFI[1 HbDQUAin'EM THIRD AJACt-a seo.aa IOB.JICf 1 Unoonnntioaal Airoratt Au Materiel Comand Wri&ht-Pattereon Air roroe Baee Dayton, Ohio Attention a JICI (Control lfo. A-1917) 22 BepteNer 1950 lnoloaed herewith 11 newspa~er olippiD~ trom the PR~SS-SCD'lT . Nphie, Tenneuee, 19 September 1960, re unusual object in the aky. Colonel, OSC 1 laol C\1 Aa gated abon IJNQ ASSIFIED Pilot VIews Flying Saucer Over Poplar lluH for 5 Hours -Like Sliver Marlale' _..... wi'M ... , tiM Mlnourt look before plq oa u Ilia deatlna- el~ I about IIYO laoun ,..tor lloL Lt. Do Hoeflror, of MemDhll, ..,, ... ,_ ernftt weatllor wu tuppattd to nlleYo Lt. Ha .. ~ tM X1111phle Air National ~. IMit hada't anlnd wMil the 0~ .. lot Wile lot dotllt to lt. lint pilot t.ft. Hoefller eeuN Mt W todq, M reaelled todaJ "'t looked llk11 a 1q allwr mar-ftaalcle11ll of the .,.. reperlld u .... " MJd Lt. Claude HaW!rty, 3t eeelq the ... cor wert: Varloua retldentl of, Poflar c ....... , , ...,...,, llad ducrlbed their aerla myatery Jca ..-. .... tor u loolcl11 like a "trantlu eeat wull tub," "two bl1 whitt hlloona tied topthor," a "kana lueont tllvor tplaero wiU. a red tuiMdar affair baqlnc frora tho tt.,., and ophero "with lav ....,r etlered edrn. a ltrl1llt pld enter alld a red Up." J'lnt alchted Ill the early alter aeon, the ott~ hun around un-1 til Lt. Haverty new UJ' from Mom ,.... alter Poplar Bluff airport IIMJiapr Jame No ... m ulced lor aa lavtlaator. Lt. Haverty ar riYOII altout 1 :10 p.m. At lint J eoulda't ... It II'Oim to 2CGO foot lteeau10 I dl .,.. to rua into lt." Thea m011 tbo P'0W141 plded the lleutea ut toWard the oltJeet. Arter be laratld tiM aaueer, Lt. H~= etarted ellmlllu toward lt. r ..,.. feet 1a hl. r-at. rrom that IMa at 2CGO foot," Lt. H&YOr\7 . W. "But J kept It Ia lew lor ar-1 ut aa hear. Jt drtlted altout JO MO. fNIII ever the Malcle111, Mo.. alr!Jirt. whore I llret aw lt. toward New Madrid. It 411dn't have .,.,. 1 ~-haqtq II'Offt lt. Jt Juet ltl'llod like a We wathor IINIIIooft that pt eaupt up altout . 10 : ~ Lt.: H&YOr\7 hoadod lor honte Cll "" ~ ~ to rua out. A Jot ,., ~ !'lot. I lnlftiJf'Rt wile had ltopp1! INTELLIGENCE I~ORMAnON REPORT PIICt StJTlUI CaP't'n, USAP UNCI ASSIEJEQ XA~HVJI,LR, Rf-pt. 20 (.1P). -A nteteor fluhed throqh the kr to tllie wn& of 111,...1 earlr tnclar ud appuently nploded in thfl 'r, j8rrin1 art Art'& frqlft Pactueah; J\f., to ltemphia, Tenn. ..,u fre all 1tenr hit lin &a Mhll &eN ef an u,e .... n. ne .. ,. a ratlr... llanalan al CeYina&an, Tnn.. 41 lin nenll er Mh lei ef ..... tnr a INlll ' fire Ia &he *' reutnr larrer aM larrtr, Ute .. ,. ... At Memphis. 120 mUea IOU&h we11t. pollee patrol" raced nonll of t.he cltr. and one radio car reperW'Cl the mllleer hit lrt t.hl. ey,clnlt~ ul Het'thle boU.oata. a llftiiJo'A'IIIIP area bet.Wetft Mtm ,phi~ nd the Mllllnrton naal be~" 1bout 21 mllea awar. Tbla repnrt. waa n canflrmed. . at:roaTI IKI' FUI& ~ report of the IQ f1uh waa J htn Ia Memphll bJ A .. rtcaa t\lrllnea CaM. H. J . oarmaa, ., 1lalla. Tex. Oannaa had Jult landed a DC .. wll.b tl ,. ... ....,. we liabted thd thlac ..,. II mtlel eu& of Nub.Uie, .. oarmaa a llrllllaal ftaet. ., ... ,, ..,.._ bulldreda .r &aen. atilt lt.a& "I WI relit 1\ II\ ... wt.1l1 Tbe CAA operat.or a\ the lfub YUle a1rpor1 111d U U\ the aQ "brllht at da,.. a'ftd hi t.hoqbt l&. I&D"Id be\WIID t.hl field aM U. 10, die 181M , wu a bla day tar melellla. At ''SI A.'i. a atant RrobaU CAMS Qat\) raarod ewer 111ut..._. IUfnoil from north to lOUth, leavtna a luminous train vilible In lw states and lllumtnatlng the ley and countrylkle from St. Loutl to" LouiwtlJe and from Memphl to Knoxville. The &nal deronatbrt over western Kentucky, wu heard over an area 1000 miles lqUIN and 1hook 1)ut1Cling from Paducah to Memphis. Fragmentl lhow ered fanm CJW!f a twenty-&ve mile area, muck &ve bulkllnp, and penetrated one roof. About 8fty poundl of meteorites diopped Ia Murray, Calloway County, X..t\!.c9 and are now Ia the Sadth- IOnlan.lnatitutJon In \VuhlftK'OD' Alflfeort "',,.. ~ 'The American ~leteorftk:l Society, whose rnem&e11' sptdaBze br the study of meteors and meteorites, for yean have colfected re- ports of such phenomena. From a large enough nmnber of good descriptions of a 3iven meteor, nstronomcn col7' analyze tfMI data. mnthemntically and determine the meteor's radiant-the point In the heavens from which It seems to come. The meteor Is then identl lied by its radiant and given an A~IS number. 11le data were pub- lished in Meteoritic, the journal of the society. and. tllos macW available for future re111rch. AtRtNTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1 lntelligence DiYiaiOft Hq VATS 1 The Otticer, lfa~well Flight. S.rtice Center, lb.xwell ~ Baae, AlabaMa, baa fcrwarded the following report ot an unidentified aerial object sighted in .W.saouri on 19 Sept 1950 a. At 16300, Kllden Radio wu advUecl b7 telephone that an Uftidt1tied object ;:n er Po2l.J~ . .Bl~! Kissouri. At 1640C, Malden Radio had tbe object in eight. A Tennessee N'at!oi'ial Cuard F-Sl,troa K.-pbis ,wa di8patcbed to the acene at 1645C. ltaJ den Radio directed the F-51 t.o the location ot the objsct. The pUo~ sighted t~ object., but. wae unaba to reaob it at hia ceUinl ot )0,000 teet. A eeeond F-51, HG 45-11582, wae diapatchecl at 18000. Thia P-'1 climbed to the vicinitT of the tirst aircraft over llalden, and there also sighted the object. Tbe tirat airoratt then withdrew from the area, the l2n1dentitied object beiDa OYer Nn Madrid, lliaaouri, at that time. The pilot ot the eecond F-51 was able t.o climb to 40 000 teet but was still unable to attain the altitude ot the unideDtitied object, and waa unable evan to eatimte how tar the object wu above hia. Thia pilot stated the object appeared to be a ver:r large balloon and waa all~ ill color. There neither tire nor lighte, nor waa there ahauat. In shape it appred to be apherioal am elliptical. At about 1900C the ob.1eet waa loet tlvm sight. Remaining in the area of the sighting, the pllot. ot the eecond aircraft reports that at approximatel.7 1918C he observed a aet of green and lilite light. aboYa bill, moving at a very high rat.e or speed. The green light. waa reported in the front and t.be 'White 118ht in the rear, in the sam~ manner aa on USAF aircraft. TbeH ligbta appeared to mpve in bursts or speed in a northerly direction toward St. Louia. "b. V/eatber at the timet C1rhts base at 30 000 teet, lower scattered atratua. c. Witnesseaa Pllot ot NG 45-11497, Haverty, James, 1st Lt, 155 ANG Squadron, Tennessee. Address unlmom. Pilot ot tlG 45-11582, Soetker, Donald L., 1st Lt, 155 _,..,.,u Squadron, Tenneasee, RFD 1/l, Box 11.31, RnJeigh, Tennessee. Occupations l&echani- cal,: engineev~ "cl. Photograph ot object not available e. lo sketch ayailable. t. Object. sight.eda (1) Nwlb4trt One. (2) Shapet Ia ahapecl to spherical shaped. (3) Sise1 Unable to establish size by comparison with an7thing. (4) Color: Silver to silver gre7. (5) Speedt Hovered or waa stationar,r, l~hte moved at a terrific rate ( 6) !!eadins: Northerly toward St. Lou~. (?) \rieneqyerabili~]": ~at!O:larj, 1. i6!'1ta a:or~ll in .:. ~-;:,.-!1.i (8) Altitude: Unable to { 9) SoUDd: ~lo sound. est1":'tte, but vecy detinitel1' above 40,000 !eet. YEA "K lNTEH.VAL' . \JOWNG IED AFTER 12 YEARS.