s . DATETIME GROUP PHY~rc A. r s'C::-c T 7. LENGTH OP Oll't!RVATION IRIEP. SUMMARY OF SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Lafayette, Indiana 0 Was Balloon 0 Probabl y Balloon ~ TYPE OF 0 8SERVATI9 H 0 Pos si bl.y E}alloon d Was Ai rc:ralt :II Ground-VI suol 0 GroundRoclor 0 P robably" Ai rc;raft 0 AI ,..Visual 0 Air-Intercept R.adar Po s .si bl y Aircraft 'Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronom'icol NUMBER OF OBJECTS COUR1E 0 0 Insufficient Data fo r Evaluation 11. COMMENTS Object Both C OllllJIIfl appearance com,....ose<i ~'"lalysi.3 thP.se samoles strongly gether . (Submitted by Leonard H Stringfield) suggest th:!.t from the bin c f ei ther a steel ~t-ee ..... fo ;mdry \'iher e chromium ll1 ~s -:us arily a dded to steel :nelts. \ AFUli'l-4E 4 Cu:iv!ENT NR. l The attached trip report is for~arded for neces sary coordina- tion and approval. GF.vRGE T. GREOVRY Captain, USAF UNCCASSIF~t:D AIR TECHNICAL Ii'iTELI.IOENCE CEi'11'EH WRIGHr-!'A'I"rERC:ON AI R FORCE BASE, OHIO TRJ.. Vi'L :)HDF.R NUHB FR DIVIS IJ:: A_ir_s_c_i_e_n_c_e_s _ S lJBJFCT; (0) Trip to Cincinnati Araa to Obtain Sl)ecimens Allegedly from "Flying S&ucers" A. .PURPOSE: 1. The purpose ot tnis trip was 9~1;a1n specimens, statements and otner re- lated UFO infor.mtion from Mr. cinna ti, Ohio. B. FACTUAL DATA: society tor the nTestlgation, a private UFO organization, a self-appointed research and analysis ot so-called tlying sauoera. (2) UFO publications having fairly "'ide c$,rcu.l~ ... He is also "The Orbit" and C1Tilian Beaearch ot Interplanetary Flying Objects. 4. !Us cese filea d~scloae that ill 1952 he purposely placed both Coloaal o .'4arc: then Deputy ATIC, and the Air Force in an embarrasaing position by at,r1~ting otate~ meuta that ColODel O'Mara nd the .\ir Force neYer made, after a pr1Ya.t 1D.teniev v~W graDtad hilll to d1SC'188 UI'O phe~ lTD' S J.a ~ late, be baa reptedl;y aMmptecl to obtai n ott1cs1al iAMrriewa t briet1D88 tzaa ~ A'l'lC aM Headqurtera OSA.F aD YariOd o~raiiCDal polio, .00 , liaison ttera, ae the ~laim tba' he vaa appoiDtecl a wo 1ueet1ptor' ~ AiR lorce officer 1A tba p&8t. 6. On ll October 1956, Mr: oODtacaa A'l'lC agaiu tor the purpoeec stated in the precediDB parag.r:aph. He waa told vi th 80173 tiiaesa that w eoul4 0!!:\l~ ccmsider 070 inoideata aDd t~ reportiq of thla pheDOZTDa oyer the phODe. OD otur matters, he vonld haTe to contact the 05.U' Ott!~ of InforaatiOil Senicea. 7. Mr. thee stated t1a had tYo (2) epeo1mena he belieftd origiD&tad from atlying saucers. Thla ott lee vee then placed in a poa1 t1cm Yhex-.b)-1 t ca.al4 not refuae the lnYeaUgation of the !DcldaD' Jmoying full all tbat 1 t WQl ld be lmmediatelJ ~rousnt to the attention ot the prase, aa thi indiYldul'a case tile has dlscloaed vas the approach he had al,.aya taken 1a ma.tHra ot thla nature. C . DISCUSSiotla 8. Trayel coarnenced an l2 October 1956 aDd ended 12 October 1956. 9 . M/Sgt Oliver D. Hill, fiCJIC, Aerial Ph enomena Croup A.F~IN-4.E4, '<liaS the in- dividual ~k1ng the travel, a s investigator. UNCLAS51f \ED C. QISCUSSI ON ( Cont ) : 10 . Names of individual s visited: 11. Investigator's personal report: a. Departed Wright-Patterson AF Base, o6oo hours, 12 October 1956 enroute Cincinnati, Ohio. Arrived Cincinnati, Ohio 0800 hours. The 1nte~ev with Mr. w2s deliberately delayed for investigative purposes. b. Mr livee in tile suburbs aPJ~roac1.aa tely 2l Madisonville. This suburb is cinnati. I arrived at Mr. of Cincinnati, in what ia knovn as s from the d~town area ot Cin- iJlr. was soaaewhat pe~bed at tile delay of ~ ~rri~. at 1410 hours. This vas exactl7 the ~ay thi s investigatiOD waa planned c. A note of explanation is neceasary here. Mr. lleld in Ills p ossession a subatanoe, called Angel' s-hair which propoDenta of flyins saucers c1aia is the exbu trail from th.e cosmtc-ray pover plants-of interpl{'r<lt&t""l" apace shl~s. Tbis sabstance aoliditias apan contact with the eartll's atmosphere, then ( supposedly) abruptlJ TBDiabea within a few hours, leaving no trac or residue. To in.eure that no .sucstance would be given this i.Dvestigator, ..,.bleb could be ehc,rn.t .... call.y treat e d or prepared ~ dissolTe after the a~oimen was given h i;a. a la~ ur - rival at deaUlSetiOD vaa purpoael7/ arreased. Thus, tile specimen vould 61ssolTC " efore paaaing into the h:lvestigator's baDta. d . r.cr. lnvi ted (aDd fill wi tneaa) 1n.to his hOllr, and tmm ... <H<- a tely started the d 1seuae1 on b7 askiq it 1w wee tre to talk ln. front ot Mr.~ a.Jld aq wi t.ness, iry1ng to l;a.preea -"'hat he waa very seour1 t7 cono1oue aU. wanted to protect the Air Force becauH he bed once beea a =ber ~ an Air i'orew~ intelligence aact10D. e. Aa this inftstigatl Ted DO olasaitied 1 te=t or 1Dfora.t1onc. I told hi~ to proceed opeDlJ l-11". the asked several leding quaetione, quote, How do I rel)Qr'S 1lll/ sight 1Dg:a to ATIC? wllo pays for the oalla--A'l'IC ol"' lli1 ... selt? How MJ I a.rrans-intent ewe w1 th projeot otfioer? Am I to report all ai&t:Lt lngs to ATIC? The atatea.ent waa also =de tbat he had been appointed to report all lJF..; sigbtinga to .me tllrouskl Lockbo\ll"De .Air Force .Bsse and that tbe7 paid all pbOGe billa for hi~ other tbaD personl calla. f. At thi s point, I interrupted him and e~1ained AFR 200-2 Oil the pro- cedures, torJIIlt of reporting, aNl ~he condi tiona uDder lllbich ATIC authorl.Md the payment o t phone calls. g. I tb.en asked Mr. had a ppotnted him UFO 1nveet1ga~or for tne Cincinnati area !or the Air Force, and who the individual was who authorized the afor ementioned phone calls. . .:tthout a~ delay, he na;ned a Cap tain Hngb iJlcKenz1e a.t Lockbu..-rne AF Base, and e Captain Kee wllo seeros to nov have replaced Ca pi;. 1-\c.Kanzia .. 1%fC'CAssn=\ c. piScu:.~si~N ( Cont): h. I then brought up the subject of my real purpos e for being there a nd asked Mr. tor the sample of the Angel'!:'-hait'" his wife had four.d. H9 imdi ately produced a glass jar with subject ite~ within. He bad the lid on the jar and said lf i t was opened the "Angel's-hair" would disappear. However, suspect- 1118 a trick ot some sort I insisted that he open the jar and he c omplied. There was no a~preclable change to the cvntents of the jar, but . explained that what he had meant was that if t he jar was left opened the ' s-hair would dis- integrate after a while. i. I then replaced the lid of the jar, ste .;pe d outside and obtained photo- graphs of the object and its contents. I tnen asked (lr. to abow me the saaij>les of metal ne had and, as he went inside to do so, I took additiooal pictures ot the area. In so doing, I noticed a ~bite object floating in the air and retrieved it, but, on contact with mr band it completely disappeared. I made no mention ot tbls incident to Mr. j. I then returned ln.side aa:l Mr. gave me the ore or aaetel 5a11ples he had procured, stat1Dg tna they were dU8 out ot an old stone quarry. (I understood nilll to say near Cincinnati, boweTer, I have since lsarned that the SSDU)lea vere found in an abencloaecl graTel pit near Lafayette, Indiana). I gave Mr. a receipt for tne artlclea ginn me and com;>leted tha interview, aa ~. bad to r.turn w his regular job. I then returned to the down town area and proceeded bac~ to irlgb,P.attersoo AF Base k. Upcn ra~ to .ATIC, I orall.1 reported all details and aasl~ted Captal.u. Gregory 1n preparing aJa oft1clal request for an e;cam!natlon and eTal.uatiCIIl ot the specimens (con attached, Inclosure Nr. l ) . pertinera to ot tba apeotrena aDd other atataeD.ta 13. The cUd not engage lA, DOr forced into, n7 diso:uaiaDa oo ~c Air orce poa1,1aa aDd Jpproach to~tbe urw OODtroTera) wbiab could--~sed to the detria.nt ot tu Air Force or ATIC. 14. None. a-turn ot tne analyaia ncl ident1t7 ot tne s;e clna will d1ote.tc tM action necessary. OLIVER D. HTIJ. !4/ Sst t1SAJ' Air eciencea Diyia10D , AFOIN4B FILE CLASS:---- OFFICIAL FILE COPY _OFFICE OF R ECORD The material which you aubmitec:l to MISe' Hill on 12 October 1956 atua,-and anl78U ia reWrMcl herev1 t.ta. 4 critical 'auqau ne~ required a certaiA amount all 4astrucuoa of the metal .fre.sno-u. and. anne d~aaipsi10Jl of u..i-lSke Jat'eril. Ttut reeulta of an anal~is ot thi~ material which. illdireetl or loa. 7ou pupozs., to De ot sa ra ~txeatrial ori.gia o:r. la tAe oaaa 'ot t!ae ao tll.t aapl 'a-Mir produoed a lJ1'0 ia -tol.l.GIIat ... 01' ":Jitla fabrics ted. vee ._ 1ta fe:nOCbr<ni aDd 'lM ~i U obtaine'll tar tho ef+Rplea lfi. eo. MD 67 71 peneat O.l -1.0 percent 0.2 perceDt 0.5 percen 'J'he atzsuctuzoe au DOD-oxidized co)ldi tiOD of -.1 .. po1Ata dhaotq .. tM taot tbltt a hip,-,_.,_rature auab r--r----- voul4l lMt ._ oM ot .. ,. U'ie or1ai b not b impcw eel. \Ae ~ ap~e aci Dlpia of thaee aemplu a-troagl7 t t.bat thq , ~ bin ot either a ateel mUl or steel vben t~ia OWI~il1 added to ateel malta. OUTll'IC AND COOROrnATIO N 'iHEET FILE CLASS:---- ~ FFICIAL FILE COPY _OFFICE OF RECORD d Textile Sample: .. The sample ,Purported to be s o-ct;t.lled "anecl'a-b.air, . r--r---~ntJ~l~tedlf a volatile by-product of the fuel in "flyiDg saucers," t--~---:---:-:-:-:'l'lta given both chfl!lical and microecopic teata Wld la, without doub~, ru;yan, which i.e more c<""10nl.7 called ~Bsnberg Rayon in _ .1---+---~ ......... ~ Unitea Statu. Thi material, attezo expoaure to air for 12 h.oura \be Hateriala BreAch, did no' Yolatilize. Thi 1a tbe t)'Pe ~ induttial or lii&ate product ' .. , -Jd. in'*o the aaoapa.n -certain mazw.tacturera of ia tbia o raJOD Iaciaentell7, there appra to be no tdlteoeYer 'tor t.lae ioza tA&t tho -material WU other tr.aza 11111" \rial wet.. Jl'odaiGt deec:ribed 1'2a.t aet vbic.il IJOU refer '&o, of cnrxtinc nine powuia ot me~l a ol uul oaw-blt mil tar 4epoe1t in a sraYel pit, mu.a\ plaeecl Ia. t~ ca ot hoax perpetration. Air Force :tilea a maber of auoll ezpl and repneent delibere\e attaapie efide-and, u INCib, reeul.t collect1Yel;y in ~ de- . ~ble 1 I c$t: ot OoY-n-.._t Uac, 1110Dq ud .etten 'AFOIN4B t'utll lllllll 'ATtC FORM l H (~EV 20 FEB '6) ROUTO'IG AND COORDINATIO N SHEET AF-WP-0-79 MAlt S6 lSM til ~fly7r, S(JPrJim~AI fpt-DI?f<. C.R.I.F.O. CIVilian R es earch , Interplanetary -Flying. Objects Car.tain G. T . Gre6ary Wrieht-Fatterson AFB Dayton, Ohio Dear Captain Gre.gorJ, . October lh, 1956 I certainly enjoyed talking ui t h H/Sgt . Oliver Hill during his visit to my har.B~ October 12th. He was indeed patient, understanding and courteous. I regret that business pressuxes (at the DuBois Co, Inc) ciici..'1 t alia.: re nare t:ime t o show him the endlesq material r e : UFO' s , w!!ic:1 I have on file, ' b:t perhaps this ouportunity Hill p resent itself at a later date, Discussed only briefly my collection _of notes, etc. , re: "little men" t-ltlich I pre"*'er to call " gnomen" --for the li""ctle cr:at;res certa :;ly do not a n ear h'urnan6.d.. W"nen ~-!/Sgt. Hill Has h er e I c ould not l ocate the drav1ing s I made of the gnaw m , but ba ve since fou...11d them and Hill have ::-hotostats r.1ade :: to enclose wit. this lett sr. If t he dra-vrL1gs are oi' inter est, I i-vill 6:Sdl;;r furnish all t h e <ietails gatnt::red during my int~rYiews ~vit.n tne t-~itr. sses. I ha:ve made copious notes. ot i!lterest to M/Sgt. 'Hill was the metal specimens I had . I pro .. .:.sed hi.-:1 t .at ~I wo-~ .for..tard the p rtiP.ent i:-.. farmation by letter concer!"!ing t .: e un:~cwn netaL. Excuse the j .zmbled notes that fo_low for I am copy; ng \lXce::--:;Jts :ron t:l.lr!.;rous etters which describe the history and preliminary analysis of the r.etal. first leaaned of the metal' s discovery by phone . The c aller was Roseville, Michigcu; .. Following the call, a let ter, f r o::H!lich I quote in part: First, the ob~ect \, a s :ound in gravel pit t hat had been abandoned some thirty y ears ago. The nearest mach:_,ery was some 1500 yards away. 'Ihe object -v1as noticed becaase of brilliance a gaL1st the normal background of t he gravel pit. '\ Date of s letter f r0r:1 which I am quoti..1 g is April 2 , 1955. T:1us, eig~t months "'rior to the above date is August, 1954 . Location of fi"'ld: near Lafayette, I ndiana -\JOT CINCE:NATI, a s 1 la-cer !'loticed t ::at ~gt. :!ill h a d entered en his receipt for metal. I Will continu e to quote .!.'rorn "This object is 3~ high by 4" long by 2~ wide--tn~se are rough fig-.lres becat!.Se of the shape of the object. The ob.ject see-ms to be (!o:n;:osed ai' s:1all p~ces of :netal fused to::;ether b-J s o:te lil.nlmcwn _!)recess, :et it is (not) possible (to) aisfuse sr..all pi:eces b"J hittiP..g it with a ~a;-:-.mer usin ;-reat forc.: ... e could not gain any :--ro!?;reSS using a hack S<lil. 'Ihe OJ~ect ;.ta s c::ecked "..,y a G::a:ill Also, l<!r . , and naoids useum, stut.ed tnat. ::e :u;d r.e-:.rer see n ar .. Jthing ;Lnlar in his ex:t'erience anc t!1at it a3 no~ a :1etecr. The i'ollmIing are quotations f rom :ir . s l ettez: o.f .n.pril 13, 1955 . "So far, two !'Jetallurgists have Sali1!Jles (of metal} :snd preliinlnary tests have t hem some"toJha t baffled. One sta t,:d t hat h e i~as lea::::y of using his diamond c~tti!'lg tool, Hath $50. ---7'ecently, I mat..e an appointment -...ri t h Nr. of r-aaioacti "'re .-'roc."'unts, Inc . , herE! in Detroit . T,e:r gav e t:1e metal a r ndioa: tive t est Hhich proved negative . A voltage meter shmTed a high condu~tii::i.ty; then, a density check registered 7 -.considered h i gh . One of their me t a l e~erts was sure it was marcasite, a fonn of p ure iron. FLli'ther c hecks r uled tni s out I was able to break off sore larger pieces and if needed ,.,ill mail one to you .'l'ook a small pi:ec e to welding shop. ~iith a No 6 t-lelding tip, i t . heated.red to 'Hhite hot., dici"l~t melt and didn t change its shape--j ust turned dark." With the numerous samples of '~he metal on .~and, I ( took then to t he University of CincinP..Sti. ,fn.a t f o ihlmIed is descibed in -~ letter to :Hr. dated Aprill4, 1955. "It ~-las las t eve ni.r1g t~a t I got *he final analysis on the me tallic ooj cts. Dr. of Un. of Cinci!'l.Tlati p~oried me and e .p lained t he r . s ults fo1nd under spectros::ope. di'dlo:J.t making a thorough quantitative stuey--which woftld requir~ a l a r &er chunk, they said they fo d t~e following elements: "SO to 85 % of chron ium a high pereenta ge oi iron ma~:;ganese nickel-cobalt vanaC.iUJn "Dr said that the object could safely b e c~lled a solidified chro~uro ingot' which sh0'1ed by its fusion with other rcet.sls to oo man-made. However , he at a lost t o explain hew ar I.Jh y it was found in a gravel pit vihich could not produ: e suet} a specimen in a natura l state. ilothi.ng like such exists in a natural state, he said r!:y first interviews c entered in the Geology buildi!'lg at t he university. There, I discussed t h e metals with f our geologists, but they seemed baffl-_d by its extreme cryStallinity. They tested with Geiger Counter but it registered ver y little. At this point t he y mad e a comparison test with other r::etals on harrl. Nest others shelve d a higher point of Badioactivity. All docto:ms ruletl out the meteoritic exp lanation a !"'.d. ~ho-r,;ed me samples of nicliel- iron me tecri tes. In the metallurgy dept, exa:;"!ination shm:ed t :at t ::e object,6 were s ubjec'ted to extreme heat, but said the object cooled slowly--thus causin-- the hi5-L"l degree of crysta lli:1i ty . The following is a quotation f r om Hr s let tao af Hay 16, 1955: "This evening , lny mo~her-in-la'l-7, ~lrs. , called :-te f rom Grand 1\apids t o 3tate t~at she has !nad e a co plete search of the gravel pit Hher e the metal was f ound and t ha t she c oilld not fi."ld a trace of a:1y identical metal, or any ~etal at all. She says t::a t it lToula be foollhsh ror anyone to c arry t:1at ori,;i.Tlal nine v;omd piece for a mile a nd a half just to .J.rO'J it i.n i::1e it. ::>he sa~s the n .a rest road is 1?! :niles Follo.Ii~ is quotation .from . ..r. letter oi Au..;ust 23, 1955: Yo:.~ will oe receiving req:u sts _'or or::rit frol":l several incii\id.uals ~:ho work for Lear, Inc a s they are LOSt inter sted in the subjec~ of UFOs anc:. , safety enr;ineer s , ga ve t ne netal to theLr lab Ol' a r r.port am enclosin