THI OII.INAI. '! PIISS CLIPPINGS 220W.19~SLLNEWYORitll,N.Y. RICHMOND, VA. NEWS-LEADER FLYING SAUCER THEORY EXPLODED: ' -IWYSTERY .OF BALL OF FIRE SOLVED n~ J.\.\u:~ ~I.I.IOTT I Leader t odAy, the Amcl'lcan j.it r'Ock('t('d throu~h the .sky :\t P.l'm"mh~r thAt uhtzrng lulll of Meteor Society disclos~.~ that the I a n estimated :ltil miles a second fir~ lh~tt str~Aked. ~crm~o. thp skies, aerial flash-definitely was a for 106 miiPs before burning ou t or Vlrginill and Nott h Cal'Oitna in 'I meteor. : over Virginia, abnut 12 m ile!! : Febttu&ry7 And . by takin~ a5tronomical abo,e a point six miles cut !Uld : At the tlmt", the phenomenon data, and adding a few mathcmat-ont"' mile north of Fox Hill, Eliz~-! 1tirred tnany an lma nation into ic!ll calculation$, the society can beth City County, O'-er lowt'l ho111chts of flyin~ l'aucers. A n d tell-you just About an~thing )OU Chc3apeakc Bay. I r<>Ct-nt dl~dol!ure!l by the Ail woulrt~ like to know lllhout tht>, Il~ remains,' If any, 8f\Jl<ll C'nlly, Furc~ t hil t t h~'rt> rni;ht be some-, met eot. fell into tile hay. tht> r eport s .. id. thin~. o.tft<'r ~<11, to thoo;e saunr 14nrt no fragm~nt~ h~t-.c br-en dt<;11 sot t i<'ll, r etised a few more P~e- 8 .\ .... t:o 0:\ JOn .-\ CCOl':'\T:-4 CO\ '<'I'<'d. h ro\\ s. I ,The d;H :\ i;; bas~l on more t hRn The mot eor l<'ft a train n( ~mok<' n~<;pitt.a t hos!! anxit-tif'S and rev-100 xccounts hy P'"fS?Il:'l in hnth cloud. l'aid the report, th~l lt'-'1'"'dl cl :\ttoll.,, however, you Ctln re.,l Stlltt>'l who saw lrt-bnllrRnt tht-.h . i fully 15 m in u te.!' before di~l'ipat n-.~u.-d th'lt the ~yr11tin~. d t-ton111l-lt first CA111P IIllO Sil:ht when in;{. 1 l" ~ finhall of rcbruary. 18 wu it'"'!' 7:\ mi' _, tn th"" atr, the re-I ''H"d thf! fir~'h'\11 <\pp!!arr<t i't l II) ' t'l) ~terimr~. port noterf. From tn~t point. two I. ., l n a uport m~de to The News miles south oC DuCialo City, ~. C.,ll night. the report continued, "it , , would truly h:tve been tPrrifying its brillia.,cy." The firebdl fl a. hed into s ight at 11:31 A. M., anrt was \isible to residents of th~> States despite the clf.-r \JNCLASSlF\ED DECL.A iFlt~D ~ ~T;-'~ 12 YEARS. I DOL Dffi 520~10 U~JCLl\SSIFI L0Ch7.ION: 5tock~on, Calif. 124\GTH OF TII-!E 03SER1T.cD: Unkno..m SOUND: Unlmmn SPEID: Un}'.nmm ALTI TUD~: 9, 000 SOi.JRCE: AF' Pilots ACUOX OR CO!!lG!TS: No concl. usio!ls. Uo invcsti~nt;i_ on due to ti~re lapse since report DESCRIPTIOU OF DICI:DENT: 1".-o aircra:t pilot:J ob:Jerved object described a s ttloconoti-;c headliGht" a t sar.l3 altitude as a/c. Object accc;ler~ted a rrl cl imbed after crossing path of a/c. Po3sibili 7-".i of ot:1E'r in area 1ms ne go.ti ve DO\VNGTI.~DED A1' 3 YEAU. L~T!':-" .. ' DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEAH : U .J\SSIFIEll .\ r rOICM t12 ?ART ll ..... AJR,JNTELt.IGENCE INFORMATJON . PPftOVID t .IU"I tN t1ni t~d s.at AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPO Aircraft S S too!rt.OD Calltom1a 53Sth Emb. 20 February 1952 JUMMIIA'h ~sf a hL ._ .,.,JI mrdaJI <ntnlllll a,a. . . Inte . ot m . , ~. aDil lajor RIORtlll, Co-pilot cit. B-2' IS&a. on ;~;~ !~.~ Ckl this date wb1le fl11na at. u. alt1t1Xle of " . . ni D8 thoowaM "t9;000) .f'ffi -dt~ a!l air sr;eed ot one hundred Sixt1 (ltD) JDila~ : .- per hour, the a!oreNntloned officers sighted a:o uncQUVe.nt..!~nal aJ.ro.l~f\..' 30~) Time of sightir18 wa 2.330 how.tra Pa.Cil"tio S'tar.dard" Tim .- APPP.OV:!:Jn