PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .. , C ~\ V l~ ffi:i'CitT P ro b~ hi f P. :JI lo:Jil 3 OAT ETIME CROlJP ,. ~ ._ TYPE OF OB~ERVATION Local . l?i.18 Z 0 Ground Vi suol 0 Gtout~dRodor g I i\F ":.ilot and Na v. a 1 7. LENCTH OF OBSE:AVATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS Wo ~. rcroft r-~?bnbl, AHcrdt p., :ssbh A~ro<Jft "'a s A,~rol"olfl, :ol ?robabl~ Asti'Onomi~ol Pouobly Al(tro"omoc:nl A,.lC I'ORM 3:29 (REV l6 SEP 52) ~o .Ca~e (Information Only) 14 November 1956 Mobile, Alabama : ,., 'uNIT~ PRESS S.TAFF CORRESPONDZi~T . -.-:-.. . >WASHir~GTON,. .. OCI. g,.,--(UP)--A VETERAN AIRLINE PILOT WHO ONCE .... ~\'!:;>: DEN'6 UNCZD Fl. Y.ING:.~SAUCERS .. AS'. ~BUNK':' HAS REP OR TED ENCOUNTERING A . \: :; .. ,~. .' ~ :; CAPT . F CAPITAL''.AIRL INES DESCRIBED THE IN'CIDENT I N. k REPORT ?.UBL \BY "THE. UFO INVESTiGATOR," MAGAZI E OF -THE. Ut:lOFF,I.ClAL.{ . NAT!ONA!.. r:rv:::STIGATIONS C0~1I'1ITTEE ON AERIAL ' PHENOMEt!A. . ,_., . . 'HULL U~:CtTL!: AN ARTICL:C: FOR A PILOTS' LiAGA7.l'NE IN 195.3 Tl TLED "THE ,. uBITUA~Y c r THE FLYING SAUCER.w HIS EX?ERIE:NCZ DESCRIBED IN THE =~ "l:JVESTIGP1~l ' . . > SUGGEST T~iAT WHAT .HE SA~v WAS A FLYING SAUCER. . <4 HULL S i\ I:J HE WAS FLYI~!G A VISCOU~IT 1\T ABOUT lu ,000 FEET NEAR ,-.- .::-c::~-J HE. Ar.JD HIS CO -PILOT S PO !TED "\~HAT WE ~ THOUGHT T:!As A sarLLIANT tiETEoR." : . : . }{E SAI D THE -r~l~TEOR" ~jr\S ' DESCENDiliG RA.PIDLY, i3UT HlSTE.~D OF BURNING.~ OUT. ~iiTH 'IH:C:USUAL FLASH, "IT ABRUPTLY HALT~D DIRZCTLY Irl FROd T OF US." "IT tJ;\S AN INTENSE ELUZ:-~JHITE LIGHT, A??ROXI~1AT!:LY SEVEN OR EIGHT . !~ TIM~S ,1\ S i3RIGHT-.'AS . VENUS ~HEN. THIS ?Lii>IET IS AT ITS BRIGHTEST : H~ SAlt HE THOUGHT TrG: OBJECT ~liGHT BE A JET FIGHTER,. TURNING ~"~> .l 1HIAY .FR0=1 THE AIRLINER .~i~D-GIVING THE ?I LOTS A VI E;tv OF ITS. GLOWING' ; TAILPIPE. aut : HE.~,SAID:INSTEAD .OF GRO ING St1ALLER, THE LIGHT REMAINED.~{ . HULL T.~ROTE THAT. THE " UFO" <UNIDENTil-.. IED FLYING OBJECT) THEN".'': -,: BZCAN A SERIEs .. oJ.'" .Y IO Lt:;4T NANF;UVERS, "5 HARPER THAN ANY KNO N . AIRC~AFT ,: : SO MET I L'1ES CHANGINGDIRECT ION: SO . DEGREES I N AN INSTANT " . IT FINALLY . 700ftlED U? AT AN'i :rRB1EL Y S~ryRP.~. ANGLE ~ND .. SHOT OUT OF .SI G.J1T; HULL~.:~:: ~1 .r~''HE SAID H~s pW~t~PLANE ~AS:i'AB.OVE THE' CLOUDs, "?~ECLUDING':ANY~.' ... ' \\'-.::.: REFLECTIONS OF S.EARCHLIGHTS FRON BELOW."' - :f .. ' . -.. 1. !'I HAVE ~EEN HUNDREDS OF ADVERTISING SSARCHLIGHTS. PLAYING .QN 'cLOUDS,: A~D_THIS i,;,;s cJOTHING. RZ:10T:!;LY l(ELATED~" HULL. ROT:... . . , 0ALLOGLiS, iiiSSILES' OR Ad Y OTHER' EARTH-LAUNCHED DEVICC: t~JITHI~rly ~ ' KZ~l. Tr\S: Q(;.C: THING I CJ\rl' T GET CV.Z~ IS TiiZ F.iCT THAT \v HEN IT CA~,.iE, IT .CA;iZ STZ:?LY DO\vN:~ARD .~:iD ~vHE:'~ IT DEPARTED AFTER .ITS AdAZii';G SHO:v, It WE~JT STZE?LY UPWARD." AVU~ T .S.-TENIU, lt57 .~. 'Jfu ~ncoanter Convinces Airline Captain, Former Skeptic A two-rninvte encouf'tel -.ith a UFO, ;o.hich quic:Ciy choused a tkptic too be- lievoer . wos recently ,..~ol~ by C<.~f'toin W. J . 11;.~11, "t~ron pilot for Copitol Airli~,. , ,or to his ~.llptorience, wlo,ich I>CC.Vrtt-l '" hi oioli,.., ,..,orc:J f<Aoblle, Alabomo, Coptoin Hull was wiO.Iy known o"'onq p iots for hit negori"'e visw on flying 10\ICC!rl. lno 19~J orticterorTHE AIRLINf pttOT entitle-d .. The Obltvary of the Flying S<lucers Hull occepted Or. Oonold Menzel\ not\lrol .,;..norwwna explonotlon fOf t+. UFO\. loter h. ogreed too "'examination o; the ev:oenc:e, but hia dromotic rport wos tj..., fi ru hint thot he hod acc:eptecf the UFO's a. t'llacnil'\ft of or~ "'"k~n type. r:<;,r ove r s;x monrht ~ptain Hvll w ith- held tM focos (om publcotio,, rhn he ~ leo..ed ~,.,., story to C i vi i ion ~uc.r In te II ige,ce, N4!w Yoril, of w hic h h it o mom~r. It i printed !--.re by lp!tcio l ~rmiHiOf'\ of C.SI. On th. n:g;'lt of November f ' 1956, CopHJ i n Hv ll wen flyi"g o Viscount fo\lf' engi "e tvr:,Oprop oi rl iner from New Yorlot t..o Mobile , 'lver o lcry'l'r of occ:rni<Jw.alty brolr.en c: loud. which enabled him to get a !<.'Ole ot thoe ground only occcrslonoll)'. "At 10:1 0 p.m. EST, .. state\ CApt. Hull, "we were only about 60 miles from "-~ile .,.,;,.n my c o-pilot, P.ter M!lelnto,h, ond I Though the,. it 1"0 proof that any lwna. ~" t!xisn, it is ~ hord to eatirno the .-rf.et if em eorth lo~ch.d roelce ~fd hit t;, moon neor such o txae. sUf"'bly the reocti~ would b. si"'i I~ to ~t on i f a moon lounch.d r lret struck mi I i tnry ba,. Many pula~ or eo. probably t. con de,_.d o hostile act Gf'd covld Mt of ge~ol hysteria. Th. sigh of on .a,., eket-orbiting th. moon mi!)ht b. re ~ as hostil Of merely os an ct of eful ~rvotion. It isc:J,ubtfvl ur or11d forcea wovld ri~ hltti~ the with o rocket if tlo!.y b41 ie~f'!d that ..otrc-' l"aCe hod ~tab- could b. 1'iotA, \ ~bly f!'-'nti~ ' ot Side" will soon ~veal wh ~.,er the 11'100 is as i t is \$JOlly considwr Q bonen so IIi ... c~od of even t lo~t fooffl of v~tobl liFee- o r tN2{ tnent is evioence o'f.\in u M os o spoce/'rxa~. "~ t,.,.. o.ant ~GC frw 'h. tNlOft ~faint oeoaly seriOUI. It it o bartfe ~'4 outc:o!N of whidt lt'Of t:IIF.cr the 'i81 f w~ o n this ...,,h, tvmirtg 'die MDOn into Of\ Cll' .111 d fonre 0t o p8 ace :ol~,, clsdi c:otecl to Ofiening up new viatK to eort~ ~. sow w hot we thought wos o ~i Ilion t l"leteor. W were flying touth-tcuthweat ond it fell acrou our path Fro"' left ro tight, f irst be- COI9tif'9 v itible ot ~ topol rhe wlrodthiwld. rhe Vltcount hal wonderh .. l v is4billty tt cfec:ei4H'ated rapidly, juu os ony INf'e\)f' doet wMn ring th. denser ~" of the eartM'J lower otmo.pher.. We expected to ,.. It burn out with tM cuatcrnory fla.h wJ,ic., plloh often tee, but it abruptly halt.d directly in front of us I "It was on i nt-ense blue-w.,_ihl light, opproJCimatly MWn or eigtlt times os bright os Venus when thia planet it at ih brightest mognihlde. "P.te ~ted, 'Wttaf tiM hell l1 it, a The c.o-pHot' Fl "t r+,.ougi--t wos tf.ot the obfect hod b.ttn o d iving jet figh~er, t urning oway frnrtt the alrliMr, and in deporti"9 gl~ing tM pilots " a v iew right up l h glowing tofT pipe." But (.Qpt. Hull knew f+,is could oct !:>e t~ onsw~. He hod ofte" sen -.. glow of jer tC!il ot night. This was not rh4! r ight color, nor d id i t gr!N tn allM ln 1ize. lnst~, i t rwmai,.d ln fmnt of ~ plane, keeping o regular intervol. "I quickly grobeled my mietophone," said the C:tptoin, "ond eolled tfte Mobile Control To.-r. "Bote-slower, thit h Copitoln. look our toward the north and eost Of'd s.ee if )'OU con "" o \tlosJge whiteli~t ha..,.ring i" the slcy ... The omr CQis quiddy: ''Capital 71, this 1s ~I Bote. Tower. We or. unable to ...... ~ ol t+loe sky beeovte of 0 midc cloud COY'tr. [):, )'0" thinJc the object is i" our vi eini ry ? "AffitnNti8, replied Hull. ft locka li&reo bri IIJont whTtellght bulb obout one tenth the size of the moon. It Is directly oheCMI of u. ~ at about O'--altitude ot slightly htgher. We tlt'8 tight o~r .Jodc10n onc:l ~ d.Ke,....d to 10,000 feet. P1eoae initiofoe o eoll to Brooeley Field Tower ord ~ ~ c~trol fe, If he can ,.,. it ~ the;, big rooonco01t." The ~ley AFI, rw."ty miles &Ovfit- e~t o~ Sates Field, woa on o milltory f,..- qveney which t~ \hcount was not~ui~ to wor1c on i ~ tronsmi ,.., l"'"'ediote1~ ofter tht rodio e~hange the UFO~ to ..,..uw,, dorti"9 bock ;Jrd fo,ff,, ri t lng 01cd falll"'!), molci~ ex- &erion 90 i n on ; natant. A if during this ditplGy ~ oofOt ,..,.,ined o sYeiN>o< btill~t bluish-whit., not growing ot diminishing in tfz ot all. lloc In~ oncf f sat there COI'IpleteJy !l~rpted at tMs ~rvt"'3 e~ibition, C4ptuin Hull's repott continua. 1 thc,.:~ht of coHi~ the paHenjlts over ttw p..tblic oddreu 'Yttem, but t,._ object was cec...-d ahead of lA o,d pvttlng on in ~ormon~e in on area whose ore was not f? enoush to ei"'hl anybody In th cobin to:> get a vie"' of i t out the side w inJows." Aft~rahoiF rninvteoo tn0f9 of thi i .~rcr~c Hight, th. UFO s~l)' sro)>~ one ho~red osain. About this time, Batet lowr coiled :..Od .. "Capital 77, we ore tryi.,. to roi$ tne Srooldey Tower." At this moment the lEO ogain bego~ another wies of "crazy gyrations, lcny S's, tqvore chondell~" weaving Ni th o tort of mi c code~ thmvgh the air. Then t~ object shot oY8r ,t.,. G\llf of Mexic:o, rising oton extrefMJ)' ateep angle and at such o Fontvstic tprted thot it dim- i n ished rapidly to a pinpoint, to disoppeor :ntl) the night. Accord ing too CoptQi" Hull, rhe ~t puuling thi"U obovt the performonc.-e- lasti, g t~ minu"" ot least-wOJ H-lot the .. o b jec:t hod ;-emoined at the~ di,to,c:e fmm the plano throughowt the eJChibi ticn. "How do we know thit?" says 11\111. "It never i n c r.as.ed in i z.e, ond yet ~ were bearing do ;n on i t ot more than ff -,e mil~ aminute In the Vitcount. ll it we in "iew t-No minv~t and perfOfmi"!J In one areo, w. should hew h .. n ot least ten miles cloter to It. Now any ohJect that flies . certainly looks diH.,.ent when viewed at such a great YOrionc:e in dlatone. Sc this UFO muet have mot"IOifd to retnain ot the JOm4t distance f~ us throughout the enti,. d i,ploy." Also, as Captain Hull points 0\lr, the ViJCo'-"twu. "~the cl~, preciudi~ any refleeti.,._ ohea.~ehligh"' ffCIM below. "I N2ve ... , hundr.ds of odurtising searc:hPghtt playing on elowca." Hull scys, and this was N>thi"V remotely ,..toted. Likewi .. I o'" ummori ly rvling owt aireroft (ot leott the Ol'le' we lcf'OW), bolloo:\1, rniui r_., or orry' other .ot"h-loW~ched . device within '"Y ken. The or.. thing, which I can't get ovw ia th. fact that when it come, it ccrre steeoly do wnward; when i t deoor t.d .:~her i t1 amaz 1""\1 \he .... , it ~nt stepl :r uo-.ord I Noo I ask )"Qu, h this machine tt;l;d on the corth ? "I ' o l l.,we<J up on thh spectoculot sight- ot Mobile. The t;en~ toW'!Ir ~retor1 hod reached Btookley ofter o slight d-tlay, bu~ :he r.ontroller hod ,..,. nothing o:snd 1inee no n:9ht flightt ,_.,. in pr09fS. . S\lt"ll'eill~"ce r....dcw N.i l"'t ~en~,_ Jized ot ri. tilftll'." uptai" ~" did not r.port ,.,.. s19nting to tne pr... Not 0 ~ ...,. printed obovt it until he ,...,.ol~ the detoil to .Jcim Dulo'l')' fonwu aue<~ .dtto. of Tllt.Jc, which lxolre the fll"$t big Uylng sovc.r ttory tn 19-49. Dv&any is ~ pre.srdef'lt of CSI of New Y.:>ric. _." CAPI'IAL AtRIJJIES' PILOTS SEE ACROBt\TIC NIGlfl' LIGHT ('the ei&htins which follows is of particular interest because it waa .made by an expert observer - a veteran airline pilot -who was . remely skeptical: 1 ' OD the subject of' flying saucers. In tact, in 19S3 an article for Airline magazine titled "The Obituary or the Flying Saucers." We reprint, a slightl:r condensed excerpt from the letter to CSI President in which he described his experience.) On the night of November 14, 19S6 I was fiying a Viscount at high altitude from Hew York to Jlobile, Alabama. Vte were above a layer or clouds which were occa- sionally broken, giving us a gliznpse or the ground now and At lOalO p.m. E.S.T., when only about &:J miles from liobUe, my co .. pilot and I saw what we thought was a brilliant meteor. VIe ?tere fiying south-southwest and it tell ac~ss our path from lett to right, first becoming visible at the top of the 'rlnd- ehield. (.The Viscount has wonderful visibility upvtard.) It decelerated rapidly, just as any meteor does nhen entering the denser layers of tha earth's lower atmos- phere, and we expected to see it burn out with the customar.y !lash, which pilots often aee, but which people on the p'Ound are often denied. Imagine our consternation when this brilliant light did not burn out, but abruptly halted directly in front or us~ It was an intense blue-white light, ap- proximately 8 times as bright as Venus when this planet# is at its brightest magnitude. houted "What the hell is it, a jet?" His first thought, of course, was that the object was a diving jet tighter which had turned sharply away from us and . in departing, was r.1. ving ua a view right up its glowing tailpipe. Irustantly I knew this could not possibly be an airplane. I have seen the glo" of too many jet pipes at night not to recognize one when I see it. It Ylas not the right color; it did not diminish in eize, as a departing jet fighter's exhaust should have; and it remained motionless directly ahead o! us, how tar I cannot say, but it must have been quite a few miles. . quickly grabbed ID.Y microphone and called the llob:i.le Control Tower. "Bates Tower, thia is Capital 771 Look out toward the north and east and see 11' you can eee a strange white light hovering in the sky." "Capital 77, this is Uobile Bates Tower. We are unable to see much ot the kl' because or a thick cloud cover. Do you think the object is i_: r Av!'~t~y?" Attirmative. It looks like a brilliant \Yhite licht bulb!-about one tenth the aize ot the moon. It is directly ahead of us and at about our altitude, or elightq hieher. \!e are right over Jackson, ~.labama and have descended to 10,000 teet. Please initiate a call to Brookley Field Tower (Air Force Field 20 miles southeast of Bates li'ield) and ask the controller it he can see 1 t on their big ra- dar scope." (l'le did not have the military freque~y crystals in our transmitter to work Brookley Tower.) Just attar this exchange, the object began to maneuver. It darted hither and yon, rl3ing and falling in -undulating .fligh-t, making sha.rper turns than any knoi1n aircrart, sometimes changing direction 90 degrees j .n an instant. All the v1hile the color remained constant, a brilliant blue-Yihite, and the object did not grow or les- een in size. and I sat there completely !labbergasted at this unnetving exhibi-tion .. ~ thought of calling the passangers over the public address system, but the object was dead ahead of us and putting on its performance in an area whose are was not large enough to enable al\Ybody in the cabin to get a view of it out the side windowa. After a half minute or so of this dar.cing,. unorthodox flight the objeet suddenl.7 became motionless a~a.in and hovered dead still. We were simply confounded . 'by thiS'. Batea Tower called back "Capital 77 we are t~ to raise the Brookley 'rower." Right at this moment the strange light began another series ot crazy gyra- tioDa, lazy 8s, square chandelles, all the while weaving through air with a eort or r.ytbmic, undulating cadence, the likes of which neither I had ever aeen. Then, apparently content at the consternation which it wrought, the ob- ject shot out ~ver the GulJ~ or Uexico, rising at the most breathtaking angle and at euch a fantastic speed that it diminished rapidly to a pinpoint and was swal- lowed up in the night This unearthly exhibition probably went on for at least two minutes, accor- ding to our beat judgment. I glanced at the clock and noted it read 10:12 The moat puzzling thing about the whole occurrence, aside from the dancing night., was that t.,e object~ whatever it was, had remained at the same distance tl'OJ4 us throughout the performance. How do we know this? It never increased in aize, and yet we were bearing down on it at more than S miles a minute in the Vis-: count. It it was in view two minutes and performing in one area we should have been at least ten miles closer to it. Now., aey object that flies certainly looks different when viewed at such a gxeat variance in distance. So this UFO must have managed to remain at the same distance from us throughout the entire displ~. It JOU know southern Alabama you know tha