PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9670364

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1948

REPORTED LOCATIONMontgomery Ala

FRAMES14

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SMENT Incident #113
CORD 1,
ATIC KO. DATE ON O 1948
Ar ND. Sug LOCATtON_Montgomery, Ala
RTOT NO SOURCE USAF Pilot
DAVER OF PORT
1506 COLOR silver
EstinEdd
SuAPR parachute carrying cannister or ba 310 mph Measuret
Rotimutel
top 8 ft diameter AITTPUDR 16,000 ft Maourel
COURSE NW - . LENGTH

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deet. The oyerall ceording HUGHES,
looked something sinil aomts and caniuter containing photographie
cOating drovpai okete Colonal BUGI33 had kapt ,the
objeot seoands but had loat it at exactly
1510 wurs. tine he had lowt nigat the oojeot, airoraft
UNCLASS
told his atory both to this agont and
to Lt Burt, A-3, Ty separate interriows and in both instanees his
story doincided. DOWYGRADED AT SY
DECLASSIFIRD A.
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DARK CABLE
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CANISTER SILVER
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DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED
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126, 131, 138, 141, 145, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163,
169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 193,.
200, 201, 209, 210, 2 7. 22 237, 239.
b kookets, flares or falling bodies:
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225, 226,
227, 236, 241, 243, 243, 244, 134.

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that the
lightning- Research projeots ioh balloons are used ard which are
nonduoted by the Arm
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arousually These
oheoks ars distinot from the check or synoptic balloon flights made by
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22 112(see122) 154 169
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A.
5. It is 3D forwardad the
Commanding Command, attontion
MCIAXO-3. .
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2 Inols for H. M. MoCOY
Summaries 1-172 inol Colonel, USAF
"EEI" Chief, Intelligonce Dept .
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AFOIR, Hq. USAF
Capt Trakowski, Geophyaioa Lab .
Ma jor Kodis, LCHEEP
Colonel Neal, MCLAWS

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Air Force Base, Dayton, Oh1o son
ATTN: MCIAXO
Investigationa by this headquarters reveal that a synoptic
the surfaco and aloft at the scheduled tine of ball speed at
the location of the nearest weather station niaking elease, and
vations. obaer-
2 91 126
93 148
94 155
105 166
113 169
36 87 115 172
FOR THE CHIEF RER SERVICE

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10. Timo in sight Five seconds
11. Altitude Approximately 16000 feet
12. Speod In excess of the viewer's 31 mph air speed
13. Diroction of flight Northwest
14. Tactics 1/3 Tactics /3
15. Sourd Sound None llone
16. Sizo feet diimeter
17. Color Slvr
18. Shape Hal the appearaice of a parachute carrying a
ball
19. Odor dotected N/S
20. Apparent construction /
21. Exhaust trails Nene
22. Woathor conditions Cloar, visibility and ceiling unlimited
23. Effoct on clouds/3
24. - - Sketch (trip)
25. Manner of disappearance
26. Romarks Hughes, first sihted the chject tefore COM-
ploting ver the "town of Hontgomery, aLabana.

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A.JACI-9 2nd Ind
② Apr 48)
HEADQUARTERS THIRD nerson, Georgia, 16 April 1948
TOs COMGENAMC WRIGH 1
ATTENTION: MCI
Attached report arded Letter A,ID
lash. 48. Subjeets tional
Airoraft."
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1 memo 5 cp (1 w/a) L of 3, G-2
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