A I.'l'l'!'UDI: GF' 'l'Hr. (leatriotel) Aerial PM . lDt--t10D. to co, Aile "NCL:ASSIFID . ca -n1tJeot u BRUIIOII 1f. Coloael, UBA:r Chiet, Technical Analya1e D1Yia1on Intel11sence lJNCL:ASSIFIED . IJNCI:ASSIFIED APOD C/CO-U Dip\ ot \be Air J'oroe, Rq, USAP, WalbiftPon 25 ma Gelleral, All' Materiel eo..-, Poroe ... , Dqton, Ohio 1. lo turtber aotJ.on 1a required u phcmcMna ot 2 ~ 19 50 bu be oontirmed u a Mteor b7 nnral eouroe 2. It 1 requeet.ed that t.be Stb DUtrict. ot ~ial JaYeaUgatione, WricbWat.teraon A' r roroe Baa be DOt.itied ot tb8 above lntonaaU.On. 81 COKUAID OF fBI CRIIP OF SfAlll JAMES G. EARNEST, JR Lt. Colonel, USAF }~o~utive, Collection Control Braaoh Coll~otion Division ~ireotorate ot Intelligence DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR l~TE' .. '. . DECJ,ASSIFIED AFTEI~ 12 YEAU~. UNCLASSIFIED 57155 REPEAi ~7155 WAS QUOTE 1 EXACT TIME 1935 HOURS DATE OF EVENT 2 NOVEMBER 3 PLACE AT WHICH EVENT OCCURRED GENERALLY ORTH-NORTHWEST FROM ROME. DIRECTION OF TRAVEL NOT DETERMINABLE. INSTANTANEOUS FLASH LASTED SEVERAL SECONDS. 4 SIZE OF CRATER NO VIDENCE OF CRATER IN THIS AREA. UNQUOTE. THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AILED TO REVEAL ANY INFO OTHER THAN TllAT LISTED ABOVE. SIGNED INTELLIGENCE OFFICE 1. Porvarded tollcwtns telet);e t.h, tor ,our intonation aD\ retention, an oop1ea ot the saaptora ooncerniaa the IIUltJeot t Bq tJSAr to CO, Or1ft1a AFB, Rome, B. Y Meae ... tora IEI.AXAll-1, to CO, Orlttia AFB, 101111, Y. 2. It 11 requeate4 tbat ,our ottice lmeattpte the phenoasaa utioned ln tbe l'etereneed a teletne forward a repoa-t to th1a department. 2. lCIAXAlll dtd 11-1550 HAROLD E. WATSOll Colonel, USAP Chief, Intelligence Department TO: Qez.NJ. Orittia Air Force BCIIe, lev York INFO: Director of IDteWgeDCe Dead.Cluartera, tJBAP Waah1JJ8ton 25 MESSAGEFOR 0 lOOK MESSAGE 0 MULTIPU ADDRESS . 0 OIUGIIW. MESSAGE CRYPTOPRECAUTION REFERS TO MESSAGE: IDEMTII'ICATION AFOill 57159 II:IAXAlll, IDtelltseDCe 1utereete4 in subJect ot referenced teletne. Be;ueet cop7 ot repl)r to nterenced telet1PG be t0l'WZ'de4 thla Keadqua.rtera thztoush 7at1.r 1nveat1pt1cn be ot illteren to thta DOWNGRADED AT s . DECLASSIFIED AF riR COOBDIHAfiOI & PARRO'.r Lt Colonel, U8U Chief, Aircraft 6 Pxopula1on Technical Anal.yaia D1T1a1on Intel 1 :J GIDCe RlEAS1NQ OFFICER'S SIGNATURE 3. L. Robll OFFICIAL TITL fDIII 17 3 IIIPUC!S WD AGO FORM Il-l II M Ita. MD WD MO PORM 1110. I lAY 41 I APR 1 ... WHICH MAY K USiD. Of J. PMES UNCLASSIFIED '0 Hwellber 19.)0 SUBJECT ) Aerial Phonomcma, UE United I~ovember 1950 SPt'CIAL D~UmY Commanding General Air Materiel Commmd Wri&ht-Pattcrson Air Dayton, Ohio Force Base ATTih MCIAXA 1. Reference is made to .routing and record sheet, your ooadquartoro, dated 21 llovcniler 19;0, plrtaining to the above Mmed inci.de:nt. 2. TOO fo1lowillg messae;e, quoted verbatim, was received on 24 November 1950 from the 22nd OSI District (IG), Griti'iss Air Foroo Base, Roma, Now Yorkl "NO INV'I'i'STIOATION l.~AD~ 'l1JIS DIS'ffiiCT RE FLASH FROM PffiSinLR trE~OR ON 2 NOV~'DER 1950 IN VIE'.1 OF PAR ', AFCSI LTR 85 2~ OCT 50. 2 FLYil~O OF1 IC1:RS, APPARENTLY Rl!l.IAllLE REPOO'l'F:D DUJF. WHITE ?LA~H NOR'lll OF ROME NY AT 19~5 liDS WILT UP Fm 2 OR 3 Sto:Cm~s flliD SL'DDEr!LY DISAPF~1\Rm. HO ODJFCT, SOUUD "?XCEP'fiO AL RADIO STATIC a-t ~AT":'lt tJOTJ) AS R!!..SULT OF F1~S!f. NO PHOBABLE CAUSE nrTi.."Rt'IN1ID, OTH:ffi ~\OIrt-.T.SSr'S TR.\~lSF'~::t'rr:D PCS. BBLILVE DATE IS LATE 'ID tiTAHT F0H.J\L I:JV~3TIOA1'IOH. IF FORUAL Ir-:\'!"~TIGATir 1ll DEEUED ~JEC1~55ARY PL -'-'SE ADVISF.." 3. In view of the Tioli Cf1 oted above and in view ot TI\'X Cite ~GAI-ll-2-r; fran Co::nnnding Ocnernl Griffiss Air Force Base, to yoo.r headquarters, requast in!ormntion as to lfhether investigation roquirod by letter, Headquarters USAF, subject "Reporting ot Ini'ormation on UncolWentional Aircr~t file AFOIC-co-1 Soptembor 1950 1s desired by your headquarters. .DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR 1 J)JOOI.ASSJFIED AFTE NTEt~ v A~: DOD DIR 62 .1~2 YBAUS. JA~tES F. X. 0 Lt Colonel, USAF District Commander UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ~ Iaslo 1v tr It UBAI' 30 1loT 50 to CCI Me, 1N11.1a " PbeDOMD&, uas atatea, 1 aw 'O" Dil'ector ot Irr letter 11 fozwrde4 tor )fOUl' tnfon&t10D an4 ce11aey 1m ot thia 1D014ent vu 1' t1ate4 u a re8Ult 2. It to DOtect that radDote AFOilf..fJ/m-10, ~ted 16 December, in- dieates tbia pbe vu ldent1f1ed u tbe Wrlpt Mteor group by Jio.nard Ob&enatorJe If IUCb 1dontU'lcat10D OODfirawd b7 . Barvard Obervator'J' U4/or otber qualitlecl lt 11 recaa.nded tbat OSI be acoord1Dil7 3, A4Y1ce rel&tlw to utlOD taken w11l be -.pprec1ated. rotl nB CCJOIAIDIIIJ GJNBRALI IAROLD I. WNMOll Colonel, VBAP Chtet, IDt r.I.A" DO\VNGRADED AT 3 y J~AR INT1~.': V "'-.. . DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 6200.lt UNCLASSIFIED oOANIZA110NAL I I T l E N T A"LIC.UU WHIN ADDITIONAL SPACE IS NIIDID IN COOID.IA liON llOCIC DE JEPC 18 R l'11tlt2 FM HQ USArWASHDC UNCLASSIFIED TO CGAMC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO NOTE/FOR MCIS FROM AFOIN-c/DD18 THE FOLLOWING CABLE is QUOTED roR ~O~R" INFO FOG iNFO ONLY FACTS :AVAIL THIS HQ AT PRESENt _NI.GHT. 0 2 NOlt -EADF ..C0!1BAt _QpFJt-CENI'ER lOGGED ELEPHONE CONVERSATION NO. 99~ HAS ADVISED COC OF MIL FLIGHT stRV REP THAT AIC TYPE BEECHCRAFT. FLYING FROM CHICAGO TO DETROIT CITY .. : NOrictif-A ROCKJ.i BURST APPROX 6,e"l FT ALTITUDE. ESTIMATID 21 MILES NORTH or ROMULUS. MICHIGAN AT '1937Ee PILOTSs: OAKBARK ~ LL FRTHER Rr EADF COC Til. CONVERSATION LOG NO. 'tea. : : .:::::: 2 NOV 58. TIME 1.3/11182 32 AD REPORTED THEY HAD BEEN RECEIVING REPTS fOR PAS-T HOUR THAt~Pi:oPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING ROCKErS OR BALLS OF FIRE PACE TVO jtjiC. ia SKY. AT fiRST 31 AD THOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN STORM BUT NOW HAD RECEIVED TOOM MANY REPTS. THE JOLG AREAS HAS REPO~ED THIS CONDITION TO THE 32AD SO FARI WATERTOWN, SYRACUSE CLEVELAND, WESTOVER, AND VEsT . POINT 32AD ALSO ADVISED SAME TEL CONVERSATION THAT :. THEY HAD RECD INJ'O JM MrS STATING TKAT A METinR HAD STRUCK CANADIAN VERMONT BORDER, A MOUNTAIN NEAR VEST PONT QUONSI.i POINT AND ALL OF THE AREA ' MILES VEST or WESTOVER ArBe EADr COC SAME TEL CONVEitSTION ADVISED 32AD THAT MSFS HAD RF.CD INJ"O FM BOSTON CAA WHO IN TURN HAD REeD A CALL FM THE HARVARD OBSERVATORY THAT THE METOR VAS KNOWN AS THE WRIGHT METEOR AND THEY HAD EXPECTED IT TO ARRIVE TONIGHT METEOR VAS ALSO IDENTIFIED BY AND OPERA TOSAT .QUONSET POINT . . : UNCLASSlFlt:D