OQOJECT 10073 RfCOAD CARD CONCL.USIOH$ 0 P,..oo~ly Boll- :l. OAT~TUrW!~ 4 n~ ""oese~tYAfiOt4 PouiWy Boll-" 0 Woe Ahc~oh Pro~obly .AJ~creh 0 IU,.VJw.l 0 Alr-Jnt..-copt R-' 0 PoniWy ~ruah Was AN-otto ... lcol Pro\oWy A ,..,. ... lcel D Po ul ~ y AetPOno"'l eel 7. l~NOTH D, OIU .. VA'T10M ~rtt 0, oeJICTS ln'lvffld_. o.,. fer Evc,luotlon BRII, SU .. WArle,. Of' 1:HT1..0 11. ATtC J'OIUI 329 (JI!t'tY 26 81rP SJ) 1 . ~ -~f Infor 'Lll9.tion !r)l Control -~ltd:uada.y A. a . 22 Sept 195h THE CO~niERCIAL APPEA:C, ME~IPHIS .Strange Objec t I Jlay Be Portion I Of Data Balloon Eng meet ' 1penrtl .t n n, "'t ..: :a- rion ht>r P ,,,,f! t" rn rt ~nnt :rt \\ ntch OtUntmetrd I nn 'l' "Ontns l>!O. , .. rdt:.:. annOUI"CPd thar l' $ :nr:t- r~covererl rhe ohJPCt ).Jon- . \ y wht!n recedm~ waters m the: uge reservoir le i rt expo:.e'i to Engineers had mspecled the lake once very week fo r evtdencP of the !Hran~e ohject which reel neRr J. P. PhtiUps. a Como. :.tass.. fisherman, some sLx months ago. ).[r. Stewart said thP recover"d article , which W35 taken to thel dis field engineers oifirc, Ml'i " a plastic ca!!e, measurinl!' 4 hy 10 by 8 inc hes w ith paraC'hute r harnes s and contauung metal rad io tube and win-s. " H P said the number LU-24~AN-AL was found in!lcri~d on the case. Capt . Virgfi K uns. assistant fly- ing safety officer a t Greenville -------------- Air Force Base. was t'alled into the !nvestu;ation late 'l'uesday cxplatncrl. lhOtt!::h. hat it couldn r afternoon on thP a:.sumpllon that have come from Greenvt!!e be.. the object mu~ht be connected cduse the hasc '!ocsn t release w ith the Air For ce . weathe r balloons "We don' t have any idea as tol As to when W"lti; e lcentity o( the identity oi t!1e apparatus." thP object " II ho "larle. .\fr .\{r. Stewart said. "The thm~ Stewan <;atrl -, crt lon t~>ll. c~sn't look too romoht''lterl but "Tnve.;n~auon -,av .. ,rf \liodl"es- ::cu can't tell." 'lf' 'ldrted. h v or tr 'T''rv ~o ,., 'or nays." I A1r Forr.e orfirtals H ";r""n-hP rfr-r-!1r'"l SARDIS MYSTERY BOX ~ IS: AIR FORCE RADIO :Greenville B.ase Identifies It!" I AaLost Transmitter 1 nrn 'n\4 Cot'Amen.'!&l Ap-1 l Gru:n~t\ll..,. Mia .. Burna. l I I"; RE ENVU.LE. :'tliu. . s~ pt. ~ ..; A mysterious object wh1ch d -opped from the sky into Lake Jrals three months ago was i1i e nt:lfied by Greenville Air Force Hu e officials Wednesday as 1 "t~otnal Corps radio transmitting Dttll and Reservoir otaclaJs J " udtl bad: kept. up a wekl,y sw: nluce ol the lake alter J. P . r ntlU,., . a Como, M..iss., fisher an, reported seeing a strange object fall near h is boat three: I months ago. ( Capt. Virgil Kuns, Assistant rlying safety officer at the C:reen.: "llle base; was. called to identifY . .,. #ct aier receding waterij 1\ SudlsReservolr Monday 3 ::ovartd a "plastic case, meas u ling 8 by 10 by 4 inches, and c ' llning metal radio tubes ana1 wlret.'' j Captain Kun.c and oilier Green ville Air Fore Base officials\ I!.IJ a eel ~ cue wu a paradrod sipal transmitter which is~ dropped from troop carrier planes to ~ark the spot where parachut-' ers are to bail out. l The apparatus transmihs a weak radio signal which i s picked upi b~ the-troop carrying aircraft, Al!' Force olffcials s aid the trans-! probably fell by accident i from a pasainJt ,plane. I "llP:.SS RE?1. Y TO S~ CI 5 DH~ Fl 0 '}FFIC~ S > P CtS \IIS~ISSIPl'l ~he afternoon 01 ENGINEERS. "" OF THE t:NGINEER IN CH~RGE JIC K SBURG DISTRICT GREE:<~WOOO ARE~ --015 DAM FIELD OFFICE SARDIS, MISS. S APOIS OA!ol AP.IUBUTLA O A '4 ENID OAiol G A ENAOA. O lol -t,~ :-eserv0ir neroo!l!!cl :;y p robing -ro JL"'lg '.~seriloir i::>nager 0!"ted f'lller.. AFOIN-X/Lt. Col Bi ~er / er /71092/15 Oct 54 :(lor.el. 4hanas .0. ::.i"'Pftt'l ":'l.3trict ::Cgin~er, ; o.:pa cf .Jingineer, USA :i ck.sburg r:li,:rt.rict 'ick sburg, :a:~si.!s1.-:7pi ~:~nk ,.au .,,.ry uua h for ,your lette r ol' October 6th conta.inin.g a ::c..~l.uta reporl. l!>i i;,he al l tin oo ject. at. ...,a.rdi.s 1..aka, !11$a1Saippi. ~a :fOU 1ril pto'Uab.l. a.w&.N, f o r -c.he pa.st. 3&Veral yean the llr 'Qro haa hd .a t:ll&,,or uidv pro~ in t.h:l~ ~ and ~rta :rucll a .ll .ru.r,, w ch i,m"t.)l--r ctOOd derabl o t.i:ne on JOU..r.-part:., are gr<ea.U-7 .lppr~tei&ted. :-'~ ~ conY tnieooe I aa attaching a eopy "' the nu. s. Air Force J\mear7 oL Jy.,,. *1l4 lntonDation Coneerning t n e Unidentit:ied .?ly:L"lg Object Px:ogx att \-t'iQb ec.p:Uea a11 of tho lateflt !acts whicn have been est.ab1i ah.t ~ tttAa /.ir Forese in ita p.rograa in thia area. 'l'hank Fl &&aiD tor )'OUr L"ltex-est in keopi ng the Aj r Fo~e in!onned. USAF S.Z., on ~ C.ja, vr.cHi4 Vert trulY ~. JOSEPH A. Bl.O(J.'IFX U Coltmel, USA? e oi Intelligence ~OO!IES5 ? EP\. Y TO :JISTFUCT ENGI NEER Yl r KSBU RG DISTRICT 1' ENGINEERS co.:;?c; , ...... ;: ENGINEERS. U.S. ARMY r oc: OF THE DISTRI CT ENGINEER \'J( ":!-<SBURG DISTRICT ~ .. FFIC AND COURT HOUSE BLDG. t:o<SBU RG. M ISSI SSIPPI P. o aox 60 VICKSBURG. M ISSISSIPPI Pt.FER TO FILE HO. .LNKVE 6 October 1954 .. Falle n l)b ,;-ect -Sardi3 Lake., His sis sippi. Intel i~nce Orflcer, U. S . Air Force, Washingtln, D. c . ~Us':! .. , sta t ed. that h e s aw a strange o b ject f'all near 1her~ h13 ~vas f L.3hi.ng in Sardi s L ake, n ear S ardi s , ~tis:-J. 15Lnce i clr'riis La lce is a ;)epartme n t of thA Army , GH '!J:.i >i' ~ng iue ..,c:3. la!{e and darn, l t wa::; cl 9 ctu.acl t1 contact Nr :1nrl ma !{e an effort t o lo~ate U1e ') ~ J3t! t.. Nr . ~as con tac tetl and he :;ave the n~ral loca t are the object supposedly rel l . Tt. 'ras detern111t~d ~d. that time that the obj e c t ~Ta::; i n several fe~ t H' ' H e t.~r aml C~"HJ.ld not b e locaterl. S Lnce t.h~ normal pl.t.n n' J per a tion o f' our :reservoi r called f u r the reservl r !..:> be gradually lowered during the stn:nner months 1. w-s f'elt that the object ~ould l)e exposed with in ~ .Jt)Uple of months and perhaps could be recovered. Close observation was maintained and the object was rec JYAred on 20 September 1 9 5 4 . Air F0rce per sonnel from the Greenville Air Base were contacte d and identi.fifHt t.h~ ()bject as a Signal Corps radio transmitting l H' Ct' . A copy o.f the report pertaining to this object ~ ~ttached hereto, as Inclosure l,,ro r your information. 2. In view of the frequent reports that are made in the papers concerning unidentiried objects, i t is believed that this information would be or value in your o ffioe f'or cleai .. lng up at least one unconfirmed report. lilclosure: newspaper clippings~ Jtstrict ~n~ineer