Ft Myers Fla — December 1950

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Keywords: myers, hovered, unconventional, whlch, odcjo, jiiadquar, idltd, ariiy, llopherioft, iubjbc, rob1m, maoon, relftiolh, inolosecl, loarteenth, lonerded, aeeordlnl, hait1, purchasinl, extendinl, oaaber, hcjip, lmtlloona, lildt, wale4
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::-r. :lri.'Ir:o C(tUi~W ""' SOliRC:T~ Civilian MTF IU TO A'l'IC LlmG'"rH Oli' 'l'Ull: ODCJo.~VEU 7 Min Hovered. Ji.l!en Iffi f'l:- t . nKF:'l'CliF.Z - 't' :,a,(Ji'"O.ry A'J'IC JIIADQUAR!YtS !IDltD ARIIY Ottioe ot AO ot S, G-2 J'ort lloPheriOft, G eor p.a UNC\.ASS\f\ED 11 Deoember 1950 IUBJBC! a Unconventional Airoratt '1'0 a ing General Bq 14th Air Force Rob1m An, Maoon, Georgia A!'rElftiOlh Director ot IntelligeDOe Inolosecl herewl.th il clipping trom a Tampa, Florida, newspaper re eauoer" reported over Fort J.lyere, Florida A1 1ta ted above Colonel, GSC AC ot 8, G-2 Bet loarteenth Air lorce, Robina Air Force :Base, Ga.. 1 TO: General, .Air Ma teri.el Con:mand, Wright-Patterson An, Dvton, Ohio. Attn: ~ 1'/X ~ lonerded ~ headquarters 1n accordance w1 th letter, Hee.dquarters USAJ', dated 8 Sep ,:>, subject: "Reportin& of Infomation on Unconventional Aircraft." L. J fO\VELL ~ APT AIN, lJSAf . . UNCL.ASSlFlED CJ:t : 3 ; 'Saucer' Reported Over Ft. Myers n. Myers, Dec:. '7. A '75-foot all ver flylnl saucer with welded ... ms and four jell hovered over the North side here yesterday for .even minutes aeeordlnl to HaiT1 U. S. airplane purchasinl qent durinl World War II . Lamp said he and four bo)'l, one his son, spotted the craft about P. M. at 3000 feet and that lte It throu1h 10-power binoculars. He aald . feet thick at the middle and three feet at the edges with a revolving extendinl to within four of the ed1e. The boundary of the movlnl part waa oran1e and the rim red. On the ed1e were four jets, two white and two orange. he could detect no .occupants In what appeared to be a bubble on top. He said the dlac: hovered for a time and then ' dlaa.,J,eared to tte Nort"'weat at a speed "faster than any airplane." UNCLASSIFIED oa' U.oaaber 1930 aleo we&\hCJIP lMtlloona veru airborne Ia the Uak lildt,.. re- wale4 'ha' n,. ".na&taal J'eleaaea ot ra4lo ao''" par,lolea won md.G 4urlnr; 'be abote per " oa 7 Doooalter 19150 No3or a. C. Co.n, U~F Detonce Area Comt&n1ur atated 'ha' two (~) auorntt wre fl7la:~ ln 'be Uak ~t.d3o ftl'O~ durlnc the aboft l~htluc one vas df.'lcrlbt4 aa r-aa flt--;htar whlch lo ,alnt9d bleck an4 lA alur.tlnUD o-~o. Bo'h alrCI'aft cblrlne thlo pnrloct. .. ,c~o ln the south end or the Con\rollecl J\rea of O~k Aldge whlch l Bbout fo\Al'- toon (14) ~:tllee a~ut.h ot tJu' two (2) o~setvor' 1 poal\loua. ~Jor Cnro Also atatod that no unuw"l cl~-;htl~ wore reported bJ' tbe AY a.dt)l' ~\Atlon at NcGheo ~1~n Al~t>Ort, ~aoxvllle 3. Wlll not tn."-"ft7 ftl.rth ltlga'l" aotloo, 17-.&' vlll lnt-dn contac' ritb N:!'.A offlcte.la ancl v. s. Alr l'orce ~,a,\\lne at ~Ghoo :11oh All'FOl't, Y.ao~vllle, Tenneaaee aD4 vtll report anF tur,hor oca.1rrencee. COl t~tt f\MQ A~:11h l~CIS PA!RICK W.~t~S L'. Coloael, USAl' Dtt,rlc' COIUD&Ddel' UNCU.2SIFIED