SCXIrit:l; Airline Pilot. J:li l . .i I.a. NO. u: w:o:rr . 4 'l'YP':: Ot' Pm;F.'cVA'J'I<JU Aerial in burst of speed. UN/ J)t:t# lt:J t J) H.-ADQUAinKR8 THIRD ARMY P'ORT Mc~ReoN. aoRGIA IUBJIC! 1 VDOonwen""-ol Alrora~ to 1 Oo.andla& OeDer&l .llr llatil Comand Wrlp1;-PatterloD Air Poroe B hJ'OD, Ohio .ltt.tioDa MCI (Control Bo .l-191 7) I' Ootober 1160 lDOlo1ed herewith 11 newapaper o11pp1Dc re objeotl lighted ewer Borth Carolina. JOBIIIEADI Colonel, OSC MJ of 8, G~2 C11pp1Dc fa .... an4 Obaerver, Ralelp, .c. 4M 17 October 19!i0 DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR JNT:. ,. UN"'-ssrFIED DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 Yi~.\1::~. Miami Pilots Saw 'Saucers' Around Bragg lllaaal. Pia., Oct. 11. (.f') Whet 1 Capt. OtOI'fe A. Woodward of lliemt w Wblla 871Dt e IIJamt AJrUnea,. lao.. DC-4 onr North Carolina 7 ... ......., mlpt not beve been fblnt. u bUt be donn't lmow wlult .... to e.ll them. Woodward end Co-Pilot WUllenw ol MiamJ reported Heinl four obJect. wbieb the7 eoulda't The Civil Aero- nautJa Aclm tfon oftlee at l'loranea. 8. c .. aald it bed received llmllar report.. thelateat about three WHQ ato. ' "We took ,., from llalellh for NlamJ at f p. m. (EST') end 20 min- utae later J aaw four abln7 obJeeta that looked llke balloon.,.. Wood- ward Jet "117 eo-pilot looked at me and Mid: 'Do 7ou Me whet J Her "' told bfm I did end we headed t.want them. 'l'he1 appeared to be about 100 feet in diameter, of lome lblft7 aubltanee llke aluminum or ebroma. Tbe, were thieker ID the IIUddJe end tapered otf, llke two ltted to1ether. '"'l'ba7 were fn llne about 25 teet apet end about ave miles awa1. Wa dland them but the7 baeJred awa,, dtiCIDdinl 1911, then took, Glf Jn e bunt Of lptecl," Woodward aeJd be bad ben ft11D11 U ,...,. and had never aeen IUeb He Aid he wamt aure what were but the, weren't planea or ballomt_ . , He llthted them near Pgpe Air l'oree &11, Fort Brau. N. C., and riported It to the CAA oftleea in loa, N. C.. end l'lonace, aa AJOIL0/00-1 IOUJD!a (Unolaealfle4) lleportiDC of lnfor-.tion on UnoonentloDAl Alro~ft !0 a C General Air Materiel CoiDJD&Il4 Wrlght-Patteraon Air Force !aae D&Jton, Ohlo r. A!".fla Incloae4 letter from the Office of Special Investigations ls forwarded for your information. BY C()I.&MAJD or Tlm C3ID' OF STUT: AJC~ Ltr No. 85 v/;;:l.ncl a/a. ~:ec\.cli\e, Colleotioa Control Branon Colleotiou D1vis10D 1notorat.e ot IDt. ~ It lo. L is withctra,:n (or attschcd), t~te clns~1licRt1oo ot t.b1s oorrt .. el)f)udenoe vil.l "' aoWLg:.b~6d t<- ---~- --------in aaoor6anoe with paraaraph 25e, ArR 20e-1 oom:anA DF:n AT . . I lr( ,fJ\SSJFj0. D DIR 62oo. IUBJICTt Report ot unconventl ~nal tJpe .to TOt Director ot lntelllstnce Unlted Statee A1r F~rce 1. Tbe tollowlng report ot obaervatlJn or unconventional t.Jpe a1rcratt la aubmltted ln apltl ~t th1 ter.ulnatl >n or lnqulrJ lnto thla aubJect. 2. On ~c~. 15, 1950, at 1625 EST, the underalgned obaerved a jet plane(a) movlng ln a Northeasterly dlrectlon at an altltude ot '-5-40,000 teet. ~l~1e(a) njt vl1o~e but cbaracterlatlc aound acco~panled tl1 ht aa well aa an eaa117 obaerved and clearly detlned contrail 3. At 1625.40 wh11e observer wae tollowlng the tl~ht ot the jet plane(e) an object oolate and spheroid ln shape oroaed the .line or flight ot the Jet plane( a) and continued ita movement ln a N~rth.westerly dl.rectl.~n. ~Jts.l le!1(5tn of obaervati~n~ l0-12 sec)~Aa. lt. o;,;ect appeared tl 08 c.>nstructed or aluminutl or llke substance .-lpeec1 \.ln":tn,nn ~ltit..tde un~.1.,:<!'1. ~rall 5. Observer reallzea that paucity or detail ln tills report makes lt unsuitaole matrlal from an lntelll:;ence standpoint, but there is a str~ns l1kel1b~Jd that the ~eject alghted la the aa:ne or one or the same oojects sitjclted and reported by a Co~merclal air lines pllot or the ~lami Alr Llnea. He rep.>rted sighting a gr~up of saucer-like obJects (tour lz:l number) 1n the vicinity ot ?ope AF.b, :!.C., ~t 1620 EST. illot sued objects tJr period ot tlme before 1oslna them. 6. It certain asaumptlone are e, tbe following concluslona are well wltn1n t b1 real~ ot.;~s1o111ty; Pllot a t.;.,lllAJ ~t .)Daervatl.;.o -1620 ES'J:, DOWNGRADED AT 3 YE~n t~T~RV DBCIASSIFIED AFTER 12 Y~Au. DOD Dill 5200.10 NClASSif.j0 IJNO"AS91Fii: Leqtb ot purault (eatliD&ted) -3 alnutea lpee4 ot puraulns a/o (eetlmate4) -180 mph lf purault 11 made 1n a N~rtherlJ dlrectl~n and broken orr at eD4 ot three mlnutea, thla would place the obJecta llshted about 10 mllea North ot Pope ArB at 1623 EST. Alrllne dlatance rrom polnt or bla obaervatl~n to Cbapll Hl11, N.C. (aasumed to be the p~lnt or next obaeratlon) 11 approximately 47 m11ea. Tlme elapaed rrom pJ1nt or last obaervat1~n to polnt ot next obaervat1~n 2 m1nutea 20 aecJnda, 41atance traveraed 47 allea. Speed or obJect 19 plua ~1lea per mlnute, or roughly 1200 mllea per h~ur 1. Obaerver.recosn1zea that c~njecture 1a not a aultable baa1a ror 1nqu1ry and orrers tbe analys1a 1n paragraph 6 only aa a suggested method or evaluation. 8. The undera1gned regards the above material to be of a claaa1t1ed nature and w111 ao regard 1t Capt. Int. DOWNGRADED AT DiCLASSIFIED lJ?~AR ~'!"r:o~VAr.g. UNCLASS\FlEDO 0 0 0. ~0