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P. H. GARRETT
MOUNT HOPE. WEST VA .

Oct obe r 3 , 1949

Te chni cal I n t el l i g enc e Div.,

Air l~ a t e r i a l Com:nand Heo.dquar t e r s
J r i gh t- Pa t ter son Air For ce ~ as e,
Day ton, Ohi o ,

Gentlemen;
Uy wif e a nd I have a f i r st c l ass case of t~e JI T~~t :i no t
because of wha t we have wit neosed bu t fo r f e a r we t oo would b e t h e
source of laught er s hould ~ e ~3ke it publ ic.
;f hen st ori es relat ing to .:-"' ly i ng Jauce r s an ti !Jisks made
thei r a ppea r an ce I was i nc li ned t o b e li e ve tl1ey ~ er e oas ed on illusi ons or itn~g i nary objec ts a nd l il:e t he maj or ity of peo ple dii no t
att ach parti cular s i bnif i cance t ~ them

\'/he n !.Ir. S i dr~e y ::>ha l et t pub Li she d h i s art i c l e s r el~tin~ to

them in t he .3atur day .c;ve ning l--o st I a ccep t ed h i e Joubts and e:;.:planati :m C'
a s t ~ey ref e rr ed t o s pe cifi c case s. ~s pe c i a lly i n vi ew of t~e fac t
our G ove r n~e n t denied a ll r e s pon s i bi l i ty fo r poss i b l e cx:per i men t a.l
mis s e ls.

But now, in the ligh t

sure. P ossib ly the re a nr s tr ang e,
t he at mo s phe re. Bei ng reasonab l y
the folloTiing r ep ort for ~ ha t it

of o ur o.vn expe ri en ce, I am no t t oo

ma n ma de ob je ct s tra ve l i ng t hrough t
i ntell i g en t we have c!ec i ded to sub:ni t
migh t be ~o rth.

'.Ve live on a high h ill over l ook i ng our

com.11un i ty .:e became

sky consci ous during t ne Yl ar du e to many p lane s f lying ove r our home
in a north- so ut h di rec ti on. ~ i n ce t he war, Cup i ta l, ~aste r n a nd
Pi edmont p l a:1e s continu e t o fly thi s cour s e. Henc e \'t e a r e a c custo r:ted
to l:>oking s lcy - :~ ard b o t h day an d night.

Sa tur day aft e rn oon, Oct ob er t he f irst, at fiv e P . t~ ., 'llY

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wife and I \; ere s t a nd i !1g 0!1 t!le h i II near our nome-. and by c h~ nee ,
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I was l:>oking direct at t 11e 3 :, u. t~ern 3ky. The n s udd enly , t he r e E:n t e r ed t
the field of vi s ion a s tran ge ob j ect. v e ~ sin g someth i ng unu sua l I
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grabbed my uife by t he arm and poin t i ng skyward, shcu ted , do yc u se e
what I *fee. "Yes I d o she r ep lied" and a ft e r its disaptJear ance v1 e
st :> od sile nt,in ast oni s hment,for a moment b efor e e ithe r c ~ u ld speak.
This object came in to the I i e l d of vi s ion on ab ~ u t a 45
deg ree ang le, trav e ling at a terri f i c s ye ed, due north , and vanishe d
fro m si ght at a bo ut t i H~ s a me positi on it had be c ome vi s i b l e .During
the few s e conds it Tia s vi s ibl e I tri e d t o make a ca r ef ul obs e r va ti on
as to it o gen eral c ~ n t our and etc.
Gen ~ rally s peak in g , t he beat way I va n desc ri be this de vi c e
state, t ha t f r o~ the g r Jun d , it l oo ked li ke a uh ee t of me t a l
our t o five feet in l e n~th a nd t h irty in cl1es wi de wi th r ounded

is to
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MOUNT HOPE. WEST VA .

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It had no wing s nor otae r pr ot rus ion s, n e i tne r was t lw re a ny s o und ,
smoke, n or vapo r to be seen nor heard. On ly t he bo tt om cottli b e
s e en frcm t!le ~ r o und, heit;:hth and spe ed made i t itnpo~uiblc t\J
~.~c.: r t :..in :!lte he i () ts or depth. The bot t om ,,as s:.1oo t h fi r e rr.a i r.e:d
!Ju ra ll e l v1ith the e a rth,(no wo.ivering) had a mE: t aJ. lic &p)Jear nllce
but d id not g listen i n s un l i gh t. Tp.e co l or was t hC:.L t of le ad or
tal'n i ehed tin.

In fli Ght it foll owed a st r aigh t cou1s e, mai nl a ined a fj,:ed

e qui librium, tra v e l ed l ongw i se as i llus tr a t ed , ar.pearcd and dis np~e ared v. it ll marked sudd enn ess .

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In my mi nd I a!ll un ab l e t o corr f-4 l a t e thi s ocj ec t i. tn any of

t h e vari ous :nan i i'es t a tion s pr od uce d by go v ern~ent ba ll oons ac ljsted
by l.ir. Sha l ct t. The nearest c o in ciJe t~ t tte li ~ ted v,as t :.e case of the
t wo a viators who saw an oojec t al ongs i d e t n e ir p l a11e bn d l a t e r
checked ':d. t h their passenGers fo r coni irm::.. ti :m . !I:>\.c v ~.. r in t .eir case
it was niLh t time and t hey ~ere a l so in tl1e ai r affor d in~ ~e re complete observatio n.
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What v, e saw '''as n o illusion nor hall u cln t: 'ti cn. I s t udied r.. _d icin e
and ha v e some k:nc\7led{; e of t h em . It : u s no heavenly body . I lmv -.. r ead
three b ooks on a st r on omy incl ud i ne a co llet e text and nan y a r ticles .
It v.as no atr1' l c.ne o.: c o~:-.mo n knO\; l eclg e. To us , c.nt il ci i sproved , it
VIas a man mad e. mechanica l gad(J et, or i t;in unknovm.

Henc efo rth I ~ ill no do ub t. dou b t, t h e conc l usions of ~~r. Sha lett
and those v;h o s upported h im in hie articles. Pe s s i b l y so rrte of t h e
re ports a r e n ot ill us,ii ons n or fr a gc .1ents of t l:e i !!lag i na ti on. :..a.ybe
strang e objects are eailing a bo ve our h e ads f rom he re or abr oad

Yours t

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BASIC: Ltl dq, 56th Ftr 'llg, Selfridge AFB, .-ichigan, Subj: Report
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(d)

Color: A veey bright silveey metalic color.

(e)

SEeed: Unknown

(f)

Heading:

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~neuverability:

W-ll\Y

turning around and heading

E-SE.

See general remarks.

(h) Altitude: 5 to 10 thousand feet.

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Sound: None

( j) Exhaust trail or not :

!~one

(7) General remarks:

t ated that while traveling along,
approximately three (3) mile northeast on highway #31 going north out
of Hollnd, ~chigan on the 2 October 1949, he sighted a ver.y ~right
and shiny object shaped like a dinner plate. Going east t he object
approached beneath a
t clou~, the object did a flip, and
expected the object to come out of the
went up into the cloud.
other side of the cloud, but instead it came out at the point of entry,
and traveled ba
along its original route and then disappeared into
the east.
claims that the object was in his sicbt for approxima
to 60 seconds. It is to be noted that at the ti~ of sighting
was traveling along a heavy traveled highYlay, and approaching a turn.
states that \"lhile approaching the turn in the hi gh8.7 he noticed a barn just right of the turn. The object sighted was
just about th height of a yard stick above the barn in his line of
sight.
stated that he judged the cloud formations on the 2
ot October 1949 to be from 5 to 10 thousand teet.

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It is the belief of the undersigned that there is considerable

margin for error in this report, in viel'l of the fact that the individual makjng the report was . traveling down a well traversed highway,
and also approaching a turn. The time element involved in viewing this
object was probably not as great as is i."ldicated due to circumstances
at the time of sighting. Also the offi cial CAA vreather report indicates that the cloud form1tions on this day in question in this locality were supposed to be at an altitude of 25,000 f eet.

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Background of the individual is as follows: Spent 52 months in

the USAAF from early 1941 t o late 1945. lie spent 31 lOOnths in England,
France and Germnny, with a ~-26 Unit, tho S96th Air Engineer Squadron
or tho 344th Bomb Group.

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56TH FIGHTER 71I Ni

SEIFRIOOE AIR r' CRCE BASi, lUCHIGAN

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Report of Information oo "Flying Discs"

TO:

OG, ~C, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio ATTN: TSDIN

OG, lOAF 1 Benjamin Harrison AFB, Indiana ATTN: Dir of Intell.
CXi, ConAC, l.li.tchel AFB, New York ATTN: Dir of Intelligence.
Chief of Staff, USAF, Washington 25, D. c., ATTN: Dir of
Intelligence, Requirements Division.

1. The following inforu.ation is hereby submitted in compliance

with letter Headquarters r~nAC, file 200.1 dated 25 ~arch 1948, Subj:
Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs" .
(1)

Location: Approximate~ t hree (3) miles northeast of

Holland, L:ichigan. Object si ghted j ust above a "Red"
~arn, at llOO hours, 2 October 1949.

(2)

'.'feather at tlme of si ;. htin~: CAA ,'leather sequence at

Grand Rapids , lichiGun at 10:30E, 250 8 244/67/47/
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; at 11:.30E, 250 - f 8 237/72/4f:Jt'715/022
tated that small transparent clouds were slO\'lly
drifting at approximately 5 to 10 thousand feet.

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Photo&raphs of objects:

(5)

Sketches of object's configuration

stated that
the object was tne shape of an ordinary dinner plate,
at one-half mile distance from object.

(6)

Object siehted:
(a)

esses: ~
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(3)

None

Number: One (1)

(b) Shaee,: Flat circular plate.

(c)

Size: At one-half mile distance, it would appear

to be the size of an ordinar.y dinner plate.
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seemed sincere enough in his belief that he had signted t his

suppoaedlf foreign object. He secured permission from his employer
to be absent from his place of employmBnt in order to make contact
witp the undersigned

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CO'I/AN S. HILL, JR
Capt, USAF
Intelligence Of ficer

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t ime of ot)sorvution ( looul) a

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size (com are to kr..own ob j e ct, ie, oLm, moon, t ln.c:t b or i'i Rt
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10. Altitude Cn~ lc! of ele~o.tiun a hove horizon - 0 de l,r oli e .d; horizon,
1:0 de r reea overhead ) 1 3o" aoove horiz un.

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fro:':'l

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Ut:USU. .L OR trii:X l'Lt\I!cr;D Lic.rrs O:JSf! hVr.D

TII.' F. Oilfi F.R ' F.!:l t ApproxiMately 1410 or 1415

DAT ~ 0 '3'1F.HVED a
14 Ootober l i49

POHJT CF 0!3S imV.\."l'I c :; a Ancnor Uti 11 t ies ( noar Firo Sta . /t-2 on Woo t Hoa.d )
DIR~Tim: OF 0 3J -:CT l"lW' POIIiT Or' OU ~, :~. '\J , TIt: ~: 1
\1ect
EST! AT r;O Dl S T .\ ?.C~ :~ ~ l'OHIT o:.- OliSf:HVt\ TIOlh
t1Nf.blo to deter01i ne
DlflF.C TI Ott 0 :-"' 't P.f\.\ ELa From South to tk rth
U:NGT.i OF O U J EH VJ~T I Oth 3 t o 4 seconds

F. ~T l ~JJ\T ~~:> A L'l' !'i''J{) '"~ a

Unable t o dotermine.
EST I ' :A Tt:;}) s p;~ R !i a 500 rJ . h I. or :'1 0re - de pendent on actual dis tance.
COu)Ra rTont two thirds, reen and silver (l~~inouo) -roar tni~l, anj tail,
pale blue.
SOUHDa None
~!ZE i A~proximKtely 1/8 t he siae of a fUll moon.
ODS ':'HVfJh
o., empl oyoo
, loa Al n: oo , :; . 1! .
S TAT l~Jf.!;d :JY u 3.n.mv n,
Ooj ect had a t uil a pp r oximate ly tne sa1o l e uc tn un

it'a diacoter.

FRo~ .

Lt. Col. John ~. Carroll, Chief Inspector,

Attention Opera tion Ot'ficor
Inspeoto

SU B JF~T1

UNU ~lUAL

TOa

OU

UJH:XPUU~ ~ f) LIGHT ~

A~S S

OBSERVED

TIL:F. 0 ~.: r:HVPDa 0220

DATE OHSCRVED a 10 -22-49

POlll'l OF CB$ 1:.'H'ATIO.ft 303

DIH ECTIC?l OF Ut J ~:C'l' io' R\ ~ P<lJr;T CF O :i S ~ !!\1 :.T!O rl a South of at& 303
ESTJ~.1/, T ~:O DI STA!:Cr. fRo ' FOINf o~ OlJ S ERVA TI C ~h
Doubt fu l but I t h ink about
4 to ?; mile
DIR- CTIOPI OF TP.:\VBLt Fro::t up to down

Lf.lJGT U tF' 0 3S~': { 'iA 'l' l ~' N a About one aooc. nd

F.STI AT::D ALTITUDr:a 50 to 100 feet

EST l !"A.TE J S rE ~;na

COU'Ra
Green
SOt;}Wa
}jo
SIZi; a
Small
OB S R~l V~lh
Ina peowr
~TA '(?;\'F:Ill' UY O :.s~;EH V ~Jh . Ll gat waa a pparently frOM a flare ~n and waa just
at t.ho top ol' 1 ts aro when aoen. Cloao watch kept on tne area for the next
r ... ainuto bu t 110 t\lrtlle r lit;nta a ppeared.

UNCLASSIF\ED

- -

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UNClf\SS\F\EO

voto bor 22 ,

Date
TO

l-1H.1

Lt. Col. John~'. Carr oll, Chief lna peotor, .\ r: :)

Attentiona C rati vna Ot' 'icer
Inspector

022 8

f l s.~ K OIJ !~ ~ PV E Da

POINt 0/ Q\S!.l?.RVATll:

L"'HGT ti o~ 0 ~f't- v~.TI~ Ha

ESTI~r :n

1S 4 ~

sn: ;o,

150

V:eatcrn end or foundry in Teo Aroa.

2 aeconda

~ra

COU. Ra

lk'ir;ht t;reen

sotama

Rone

SJZr.a

Fbur timea the ' ai&e of a flare

OB!ifllVEP. a

Inap.

STf\TE.' Bi"T JY f,!iSE:O.:V?:Ra At 0228, aa I waa roundin g corner ( ; .) or t.'le

1'oundr;,r, the li ~;ht waa obaervod to be ju:lt a l.>ove t r ~o horiz on. i,s t he ll v lt.
waa under oboerv-.:J.tic'!'l for only 2 aeor nda t...'1 e directJ on , e poed , e tc aro
approximated. stc.wevwr, just &ft the l i'(Jlt IUUt."\e~ t o be at i ta lor:ec t point
in tli t)tt, .l t wavered aa tnour,h it h11d either boen a J '~eoted l>y a ro clu ~ti o n
in apottd or had hit aonethin1 on the c.round. 'i"o all a :iaronoea, thia
object did Nt T disa ppear bonind the hor1&on but boh Jnd a hill

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I.

.. ..

.... . ,

..

,..=-----,_,.

-.. . .. ........,,.....--... -.-...-..

.,

,..,. ....,. jl'-'ttl.., . Y~.. , . ,

..,.

.......

rr

UNCLASSIFIED

tO

Date
1
1

Sli8J r~ Ta

Lt. Col. J ohn A. Carrol l, Chi o t.' I nnpeotor, /, ESS

At tention& C1porati ons Ur ~'ic er
Ins pector
L I G dT ~ CH~ r.R V F.O

UNU st: AL OR UllRXPU n mn

TI:A t.: O A S~:R V !: D a

2162

DATR O dS ER V ~D a

11-lU-49

PO I NT OF OJ!' ~ RVI\7 1 Ui s Anchor Si te

DIRl!.CTICU c;.- OUJ ;::CT l<'HC' POIU r 0 1- 0 !3!i ~ V;\ '! I C: N s East
E!JTI \..A TF.D nn. r~~:. C E FRO:: P01Wl' 01: o:!..H:.;~ VA r l L'~"-, a Unknown
DIRtCTJor, 0 !-' THAV8 Ls Fr o11 Ver t i cal t o Strai r;n t down
LENGTH C:: CHs r:tr,':.'ti ' :~ a 2 econd e
I-:!JT I A1"t<'l1 ,,L1'ITUDF. a - - - - BS TI~ ATED SP~EO a - - - CCLOR t C:roon
SOCilD a !Jone

S lZF. a - - - -
ORsr:nVFlJ a Ins peo to
First e l i mps e wa.a r. r een t hen t urned yellow or \"t.lite
~ TAT R . t:JJT lJY Od 1F.H V!o'H a

Date

TO a

Lt. Col. John A. Carroll, Chief Ins pector, A!-'SS

Ot' f ioer

J.. ttention a

FROU

11-1 ~ - 49

mJ}j.Jt:CT 1

Inapeotor

UNUSUAL OR UII&X PL\ lt~ ~D LI GHTS

OUS~RVEl>

(
A F.... "'

t r: r; OUf ERVf'JrVP.Da 2152

DATE OrlS~
V:~ !> a
11-19-49

PO I 11T Of' 0 3:!::iVATIONa Anohor Site

DI N~ TI O N Oi" l) ~ t::C T F'Hf ~: PO H!T Or' O!.iSt;rtVATIONa

~S TT :.:A f' 'D l> I S TA ~C t': ::"R Vl~ l'O l t. T OF O!lSLRVI\ TIOt.a
DIR~X: TJU! 0 :' TR..:. V :::t~s
Vertical
L6~1 GTH Or~ 03~ F.R V,I T1 G ~h
Z cond

ESTI'/AT''i> ALTITUDF. a - - - -
ES T ~~,\ TP.r:> S f~r~D 1 - - - - COLOR 1 Croon
SOUN0 1 !:one
SIZ ~~ ~
Unknown

--- - - ..
~

Inapecto

O!JSr.:PV ~~R 1

STA!P:. F.N T !n OUSJ-l{V t..."R 1

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UNCLASSIFIED

STI\ 'l' ~ S
ATU I C F.~F'1 G Y C{; .' H!>!> I CN
ZAllTr\ f :. OP!..'Hf.Th ~1.) o.. }o~ ICR
LOS /.LA. ' CS , l!"'! 'i 'lti~lCO

tJNIT~~ D

UNCLf\SS\f\EO

Nov. 2b, 1940

l>Q-1

'

Ca~tain

b:elvin E. Neet
17th District O!' l
ltirtlund Field
Albuque rque, Na ~!exioo

!-iubjecta

Af:RIAL Plr...MCl!fo:NA

De~r

Sir a

office haa been in for med by

Group ;'- 9 o f tn.o l.(Ja J~lt~. .os ... ciont

sciontiot vi th

~nio

t>oratory, o 1' t he fol lO\'fint; ooluatial phono:lenf\ oo&er v..d at a !'Pr oxir.lll tel y 19 50 uours ,
llovn::1ber l G, 1~40 , at. Los Alaznoaa
Two bluian- c reen li 1~hta ( s L-ni lur to tr1a t r;ivon o 1'f by
bum in& zino) in t hnde.n wero S!! tm o ve r tte1.1.d, s l~ 1 t ly
soath o J' t :1e &onit n . Iney a p oarod to be s ta tionar y ,
but auddon ly c urved around an .i di sappeared t o t :1e n orth
with tro speed of a meteor. I~ o sound was h eard in conjunction with tala observation

~.

said that hiR attention had beon cnlled to tho a 'cy by

acme tildron who roportod h.avint; a~en erratically ma vin:: ;::rocn
lit;hta, and it was W11ile he was lookinb , in roa ponao to their queetions,
that he observed the phonomana doacribed A~ova.
.

Vory truly

/a/

Sidney Newburger, Jr.

,Jr.
Chief, Security Operations
S I D:if:Y

CC 1

y~ ra,

Francia Ha.11Jl\&ok
USAEC, UaahiDCton, DC

1~ ,'/ il:;Ht . I~R .

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IJNCL~.SS\PEO

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STA T ~S

IH REPLY n r.I.'}:R tO 1

t1ov. 2D, 19 4'3

DO..l

Ca,ptain Melvin B. l!ee!'

District O~ l
KittlAnd Fio ld
11~\

'

Alb uquer<iu, How

~oxioo

Subjeota

PI Cmmn~UA

ACJUA L

Dear !.': i r

These observnticna aro be ! ~~ reported for your in:orQat1on in coordinating auch roporte in thia aroa.
Very truly yours,
/a/ Sidney lltmt>urt:er, Jr.

Jr
Chief, Socurity Operations
1 'V
r. l"i
IJ. , ~

CC 1

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Pra:1oia iammaok
fSAF.C, ll&fthint;ton

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