3. OATETIME OROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Henderson. North earolina 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~round Visual 0 Air-Vi auol D GroundRadar 0 Alrlntercept Radar 12 CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon c Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft Po ul bl y AIrcraft Was Astronomical 0 Probably Aatronomi cal Pauibly Astrorromical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 1. HUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other Route 1 "'insufficient Data for Evaluation flee in lance(l-2 sec one North-South 10. BRIEl' SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS \'/hila driving on Route 1 near Hender-Interviewed by USAF UFO investi- son, N. c., just before daylight, an gators. On basis of discussions, oval-shaped low flying object suddenl~/believe that possibly newspaper, appeared coming towards, then over, large bird (owl,goose) or perhap observer's car. \'las light blue in kite hanging fm string fm tree color, appeared wide as the highway. or telephone wire. Under questi No sounds. ing, observer states "general . outline was that of large top.' ATIC FORM S29 (RBV 2f IBP 52) Thiswould resemble outline r kite. Kite season in area at of sighting. Although above strong possibilities, will , lSI. -~.-Jt"DOk arraJI8'8d tor a peraonal 1ntentev rift M!aa ~---- ' (now Mra. aa4 her (then) ~too Mr. who also uberve4 the objeot tba' vh!aal tbalzt oar Oil a lone~ North Carol!Da road ju.a' before 4awD Oil 16 .,\pr!l 56 1 Mrs. !a an FBI eMPl07 ana Mr. accord1ns to Dr. H1D* la believed to 1 be a.-.. at the CIA. Aa auob, tbey an oc:melclere4 to be reliable iDf~nta. Furtbel' tiaey botla expreaeed OODoena owr tha UFO e!ghtias troa the .PUblioit7 T1e~J)o1At,, an4 th ai't'eo\ 1' me7 have on thelr proteaeione. ~7 ware asure4 that thel.Jt 1ntel"eate wvul be booo1aa. The objeot vaa aaen t onl7 a tev tleet~ aeoOD4e. It a 'larp top 1D outline. 'l'be7 toall7 ataMd tba'\ it \IIU DO' a , a larse bid (a l, CDadla soo> or alallor objeot tba' tb.q obaerta4. Dr Mpek and the uD4en reaob.e4 tbla o"ncl.ualozu tbe poee1btllt7 that S.t _, haft beaa a ldte dangl~ 1u etr!Da tut vaa haaslDs OYer the road troaa a tele~a pole, vln o:l' tree. Alo 1' w Ha.rob aDd kltea are tlOWD quite exteulvely by ohilclfta 1D tbat lool1~. Tbtt ouUlne of a kite. doe a "larp top vll1ob .. UNCLASSIF~ED ~ . : /~ DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HKADQUA~n UNinD aTATD Alii P'OJIC. . WASHINGION . THI INPICTOit OINIML UIAP' MTM DttT .. ICT DPPIC& fW ~IC&AL INYimeAT10Na LOW .. V AUt P'O .. C. aAaa. D.NY .... COL.OMDO (UNCU.SS!ti!D) . SICJHTnlG OF OBJ!C'l ~SP!tBLIOO FLtlNO SAOOER OH 6 APRIL 19S6 NEAR H!NDERSOU, CAROLINA. SPs=IAL IN~OIR! Air Defense Co=maod . .. OolOTado Sp~a Colorado 1. Tranardtted here'll th for the information ot your eo~ is ore (1) photostatic copy or letter report dated 17 April 19S6 tl"'m the Federal Bnreau of InvestigatiOn, viashington regarcU.~ the above captioned matter. 1 . 2e fh1s letter 1.8 classif'ied CONFIDmrriAL pursuant to authorit1 contaL'18d 1n par~raph )Oc AFR 20S-l. ... . ~ 3. Attention is in"lited to the fact that. the Woma.ticn contained in the inclosure is derived 1'ro11 scurees other than l>epartl'lllnt or the Air Fqr~.. Diseaain&tj en. of. the-infortion ccntained therein WUl-not. be made outside ~artaent. t4 the Air Foree chmnela ri thout prier appi'Otal 1'be Ott1ce c:4 Special Inve!!tigatiom I ro 1 Incl {As stated) WALLACE B. SCfi>IES Lt Colonel tBA.F . t>:Utrict Cauazder DOWNGaADED AT 3 Y.:tijl:R I:rr3::rl .. \I.3; DECLASSIFIE D AFTEa 12 ~{B1: .. x:s. UNCLAS.SIFIEO FEDERAL BtJREA U OF INVF.STIGATION UNCLASSIFIED Washlngton 25, D. c. BY COURIER SERVICE Director of Special Investigations The Inspe c tor General Department of the Air Force Building Temp E 4th and Ada. IIS Drive, S. w Washington. D. c. John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Sightings of Object Resembling Flying Saucer on April 6. 1956, near Henderson, North Carolina -Miscellaneous -Information Concerning On April 6, 1956, Miss , resides at Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia , an employee ot this Bureau who W1 ile en route to Morven, North Carolina. via automobile, with her fiance. Mr. object which appeared to resemble a flying saucer , Jr., observed an unusual Miss stated at about 5 A.M., on April 6. 1.956, while it was still dark and while driving on Route l north of Henderson, North Carolina, she and Mr. ~ were startled by what appeared to be an oval-shaped. low-flying object coming directly towards their car at a great speed, on the driver's aide. Mia stated the object , less than 25 feet from t he ground, appeared to be spinning. was lrlgh t as though containing a series of ligh:.s in a zigzagging pattern, was light blue in color and was at least as wide as the highway and no mor e than tro:n two to four feet in thickness. She stated the object did n o t change shape, it made no s ound and that she observed it tor only a few seconds before it appeared to pass over the car, accelerate speed and veer off out ot sight behind them. Miss advised when daylight came she noticed it was cloudy and that approximately 30 minutes after they had sighted the object it began to rain Letter to Director ot Specialinvestigationa The Inspector General Department ot the Air Force who resides at advised Mr. an employee vf the LJcs~ional Sacurit.y Agency they sighted the object No-rth Arlington. Vi rginta, would recall 81)prox1mately wher.e and he may be able to furnish additional pertinent infor.nation. The above is furnished f or your information and no furthe r acti) n is being taken in this matter. l4D 24-341, lit mwr, l _.Ju S6,_.~bjf. .(U). SlfCkt!:rsg-ltt' Object 'Jte'aeiab11~ . ,, .... DC laue oa 6 .Ap,tl'l9S6 Ber ReDdersou,J li<*1:h CroliDt. Bq 4602d 4'r InteW.geDCe Sew1oe Sq\WdrOD (ADC), Colorado Spt1DP Colarado l'oroe Bue, Qd_o . tMe \Ma ~ to!!!! b7 * arpalsat!oD--ftd AfiCe -. tor jOd" 111tOI'Mt.iOD nd action cletiUcl ~c 14D 2431Jle HQ. UsAi-, 1 1Wl 56, SubJ a (U) Slshtbs ot Objeot Reeembl!.Da J'lylna Sauoer on 6 A_pr11 19.56 Near HenderaOD, Nort4 Carollo A tR TECHNICAL IN'r!!"LLICF.l1CE CmlJ'lm, Wright-PatteraoD Air Force Ban, Oblo TJs ComD4er Air Det8Dae C , A.TTNa 46024 AISS, En' AFB, Colorado Sjrlnsa, Colorado 1. Ia aocoroanoe vl tb ~aragra_.,h 4c, AFR 200.2, end to properly place the e!ptba submitted b)' the Federal Bureau ~t IDTeat.lgat10D under an B1>Pl'O.Pr1ate category, !t !a the opiDloa of thla Center tb.at more deta11e4 1Dfor.tlon ebauld be obtaine4 the oba.ner ot the UFO, througn the nearea$ 46024 AISS uDlt. 2. Br1et, basic data submitted in the FBI report Ia insuttlolent upon w1Ch to atter;>t an analysis or torra 1na cvncluslOD towards resolvlns the reported sighting .3 Elapsed time, ap_parently tha unavoidable result ot necea881'J" channels between the agenolea lnTolved, ebould DQt preclude the collect!OD of additional lnt tton in exhausting all ettorta to identlt.J the object 1n queat1on. 4 Inaanacll aa this case has been brought ottlclally to the atten- . tlon ot the Air Force by an 1nveatisat1ve esenoy ot the goYernm&Dt, an4 members ot th FBI are generally considered aa reliable sourcea, this request tor 1nveat1gat1ve action la believed warranted. Request this matter be referred to as the icatlon or reply regarding th1a s1Bbt1ns. DOD Dl R 52v0.10 JOINT MESSAGEFORM CONMUNJCAnOHS CENIEM HO. :IPACll AaOVlll'OR CONlriUNJCATIONS CBNTD ONLY'-:= ==------r.:::::::::-::--=:=.=::---1 FROM: (o,;,;,.tot) I DATE-nNE GROU, SEX:URJTY cu.ssanCATIOII 251330 JllL 56 IDiCI.A-...~lJ'lKD PRECEDENCE 0 BOOK MESSAGe CRYPIOPit!CAUIJOH em~ 46o2d AI.:S COLORAIX> !3PR:ruGS D loiiULTJPLE AOORDS REFERS TO MESSAGE: IDH1lf1CAT101t UNCIJ\SSIFIZD FRC!If.: AFOLtf--434 Re 3rd J,.,doroement cltd 20 Jul.y 56 ree;g.rding Henderson, ti.C. aighti:lg :trom A?IC ;ro,!uesting 1n~restigation~ Disregard invest:lg:stion at pre-sent pending recults of investigation by USM~ scientist. COORDlliATIOD: ru:~oni-4Elt DAT.S Dr. R.A. tUlo1 ' SECURITY CLASSIFICATION PAGE OF PAGES DRAFTER'S NAME (Gmhlgnolur, IDMn rett~lrtd) REI.EASIN~o Vl"r 1'LEPHONI'.: REPLACES NME FORM 173, 1 MAY 49, WHICH MAY BE USED. i OFFICIAL TITLE V . OOVI:RIII ... IIT "110nN w.tCC Alexandria, Virginia Captain Gregory, or the Air Technical Il4tell1gence Center at \right-Patterson Air Force Base. has asked me to talk with you if possible relative to a sighting of an unidentified object you riu.de on April 16, l95o This mtter came to our attention through a letter from the office of J. Edgar I:oover directed to the Air Force. I have long been a t achnical consultant to the Air Foree on subject matters and it so happens that I shsll be in Washington r:rom July 21 to July 24. I shall a ttempt to phone Y':)U sometime over the weekend but if I rail to make connection, I \'londer . whether you would be kind enough to leave message !'or me 1n care of Itlr. Avenue. I 1egret that I do not have his !>hone number at hand but it is listed in the phone book. I would like very much to have more dataila on you~ sighting and. of course~ to attempt an identi- fication. We like to keep our 'unknowns at as low a level aa possible. Sincerely yours, J. Allen Hynelc Astronomer Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory cc: Captain Gregor"J J stJB.TBC'l'& Ceae, HeDderaon. N. c ... Pereonal Inverview by Dr. Z. A. Hynek. 1. Reference le~ter from Dr.H)Dek addressed to FBI employee. regarding a pro.Posal tor an interview on the sighting ob- aened by her on 16 April 1956. Letter in case tile. ~ 2. The tollow1na are the results ot conterencea held between Dr. Hynek an4 the underalped on 13 S~ptember 1956 at Cambridge . Maasachuaettaa a. M!sa , who ia now married to her then fiance (and co- obserYer ot the sighting) waa interviewed together with her husband, Mr ._... Mr. ia belleYed to be a member ot the CIA. As such, this would place both Mr. and Mra a reliable ca tegoey b. Tbe object ~ich passed over their car at dawn was obaex ved: for only a fleeting instant. It rushed from the front ot their car and Mra. turned around to observe it flashing by from the rear window. Under questioning tbey agreed it resembled a large to.P in outline. c. Both insisted that it was not a newspaper or large bird, such as owl. goose, etc. that suddenly flew over their car while speeding through the darkness. 3 Dr. Hynek and the undersigned approached the following possible ex- planation of the sighting tram the only sltm clue~ It looked like a large top in outline: a. It was March and children do considerable kite flying at this time ot year and in this locality. b. Kl tea are usually snagsed in telepbone wires or trees through- out the United States, and the general size and shape of a kite does re- semble a large top in outline. c. A kite hanslng tram its string, and a few feet above the high- way. would seem to suddenly pass over the car with startling speed and disappear from the rear window. 4 Mr. and Mra. being members of intelligence agencies, told a sincere and straight forward story and e~ressed concern that there be no publicity, inasmuch as it could ~fleet on their professio~s. 5 Although the above explanation is very limited and the best that could be given under the circumstances. the sighting will be placed under an 'insufficient into category until such time more information is obtained. Rough sketcb of sighting Captain, USAF