DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6311772
DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1949
REPORTED LOCATIONBoise Idaho
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SYNOPSIS
Investigation was requested by Chief, Technical
Intelligenc Materiel Command,
Wright-Fatters Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
Information received reflects that Mr
Idano, released 3 May 19L9 that
sailing objects were observed near Eoise, Idaho, observed near Eoise, Idaho,
between 1100 and 1119 hours. 1100 and 1119 hours
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P CG AMC Commanding General
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WOJG,USAF
THOMAS F. DOYLE, JR.
Captain, USAF UNCLASSIFIEDY
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no more than disappeared five (5) discs osight, flying
a "y" formation, and th the above-mentioned discs were silver and
black in color rther advised that after lying objects
made two (2) let-dowms, they direction,
actually changing from a formation to the left, then
made another spiral returning "y" formation.
said they made anot upwar ere lost om sight at lll9
hours.
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12. D Distance from observer 18 Miles
13. Direction of flight of object(s) SW
14. Time in sight Not more than 5 minutes
15. Speed Slower than P-51
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stated that he din di East toward
Boiso, Idaho, objects aft in th vicinity of
Shafer Butte, shown on Regional Sal City World iaronautical p No. 305
as boing 0456 true and 028 1/2° megy rth of Shafar Butte Altitude of
Shafer Butte, as listed, is 7,5ol feet the distanco from Highway 20 to
Shafer Butte i8 Bpproximatelv ifiad laca of
tion he could give wa hat they shape si lvor dollar cut in
half, or a half circle the
front bjeot.
turther stated that the altitude of the would be
very difficult stimate, in that when working four dimensions one can
only guess a thut pe orhaps 13,000 or 14,000 feet was the
altitudo, with between 2.O0c 4,000 foet, as nearly as he
could estimate. He stated that t direotion observation was to his
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silver and dyll bottom, and having the lf-circle with a
front. which was the middle of the arc Persons living in the vicin-
ity of the location when th objects were interviewed
but none had eve unidentified flying objecto Pilot In-
struotor and Traine dle Field, Boise, Idaho, stated that on 24 Apr 49, at
about O9o0 hours, flight to Mountain Ho , Idaho, in an L-l3-B with
two passengers observed flying ob,ject ove his
altitude, flying direction as rate speed. He
section. No comeroial private flights n the vicinity
where the objeots neither were any aircraft
scheduled in that o radar sightings ting device e in the area.
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seemed to inkad they remaine fect formation.
However, course and they thing that he
knows could have bee able to equal approximate their speed. He
haust:. no vapor trail contrail and
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Wright-Patters Air Force Base ,
Dayton, Ohio
. Forwarded herewith is a closed ren LER
of this .District, da ane 1949.
2. Alleged fly sighted near Boise Idaho
13 May 1949, bo Lewiston, Idaho
Boise, Idaho stated that he observed flying objects near Mt. Homes, Idaho
on 24 April 1949. All logical leads are exhausted in his District, the
case is forwarded to your District for necessary
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29 June 1949. distribusion not included
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Idaho, on U. S. Highway 20. At
a silvery object in the "estern sky. object hod no more disappeared
when five (5) "discs" hove into sight, iin formation.. The
discs were aoparently in a slo" spiral let don, circling to the left.
estimate however and their size at
comparable Ihey appeared elatively large and were not as
high spee accounts I have excent when they shot up-
ward. Their speed would estimate at 350 400 m.p.h. while in the
spiral a that they They were an elip-
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A World War today flying
them in V-shaped formation circling about west butte,
and, he said, he wasn't "kidding".
Boise, a pilot, said
he saw the six objeots at approximately 1105 a.m altitude he would
turned toward me t silver, because they were in a turn and I could
see the sun flash from their tops. When they banked away it appeared the
bottom side was colored black.'
judging their aid
it would compare t of an F-5l fi
there were no Air Force planes
in the area, and the l9oth fighter squadr the Idaho National Guard said
it had a single F-5l up during the morning
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of a Chilean Navy Antarctic
Expedition pho l hundreds feet of
circling above their ships.
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It was sighted by Bob Byers,
who at once pointed it out to Bill
Bunce. Both are rivet buckers in 1
Shop 304 and they had just re-
turned from playing golf. Byers
was lying on his back, resting, in
Bunce's front yard at 8423 47th
Avenue S.
"It looked black, against the
blue sky, and was traveling at a
tremendous rate of speed," said
Byers, who declares he observed
It entirely dispassionately and
without any particular care about
whether there are, or aren't, such
things as flying discs.
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Instrument flight from nonstop
mid-alr and then moved eastward, Worth. Tex., to
home at 1315 23rc St., Manhat- gaining altitude as it went. It Seattle and return. Hundreds of
tan Beach. didn't revolve, just seemed to curious telephoned police and
"If It were only me, I might slide along." newspapers. Persons thou g ht
be'ready to admit that my eyes Workers In the control tower 'hey were seeing a comet or a
were playing tricks," Berger said. at the Los Angeles Airport, just Valling and burning airplane. or
But two north of where Berger said he even a "flying disk."
it; in fact, they had been watch- saw the disk in the sky, said they
ing It before I noticed it." Berger had neither seen nor heard any. LOS ANGELES TIMES
emphasized that he knows an thing about such an object in the
orthodox airplane when he sees vicinity.
one, and the objert he saw yes- "We had arLreastbound plane 26 JONE 1949
terday in no way resembled a that took off just before 8 o'clock,"
plane. was their only explanation.
Ferger estimated the disk was
abdit four miles east of his place LOS ANGELES TIMES
end at an altitude of 600o to 8000
feeewhen he first saw it. He said
it appeared to be about 40 feet in
diameter.
Scientiss Ge Nohere
In Prolset BenFlyhngn Dises
Peak Due.Wednesday. After nearly two years of intensive investigation scien-
tists at Air Materiel Comrand headquarters are no closer
Meteor Shower Seen Here to a solution of the "flying g saucer" mystery than the day
when the first "saucer" was sighted.
What they have done is nar-
An unusually spectacular dis- In explaining the meteors, Dr. the meteors, Dr. rowed down the field between the rowed down the field between the has set the Air Force on its in- has set the Air Force on its in-
play of meteors will be visible in Holtom said the earth moves into fakes and the "unaccountables." vestigative ear.
the Dayton area during the next the Dayton area during the next a stream of meteoric particles eacn This information was contained This information was contained So important has the task of in-
six days. six days. year during August. The particles ·year during August. The particles In a series of reports made to the In a series of reports made to the vestigating proved that the com- vestigating proved that the com-
They may be visible at the rate were left behind by Tuttle's comet command's technical intelligence command's technical intelligence mand has gone ou!side its own con-
of 40 an hour at the peak of the of 40 an hour at the peak of the when it crossed the earth's path in section and released Tuesday. fines to employ an Ohio S:ate uni- fines to employ an Ohio State uni-
nnual shower, which will be pnual shower. which will 1862, Dr. Holtom said. Of all the "flying saucer' Of all the "flying saucer" ", nc- ac-
reached next Wednesday, according counts probed. it was admitted, ap- versity professor, Joseph A. Hynek,
The meteors appear about the proximately to conduct an independent investi-
to Dr. Carl Holtom. He is asso- size of a pin head. Moving at 30 per cent were gation. Prof. Hynck is head of the
ciate professor of mathematics at speeds of more than 100,ooo miles chgeged to weather balloons. Prac- university's observatory.
the Air Force Institute of Tech- an hour, the particles begin to ticI jokers accounted for another
nology at Wright-Patterson Air glow from frietion of the atmos- 80 per cent. Thus far the command's sci-
Force base. phere about 90 miles above the entists have investigated some 240
Dr. Holtom said meteors were WUT THE remaining 40 per cent reports of the elusive discs in the
earth. The particles vaporize in a United States and 3o reports that
visible Thursday night at the rate few seconds. came from foreign countries. They
of 20 an hour. The speeding said that current reports average
streaks of light seem to radiata 12 per month.
from the northeastern part of the
sky in the vicinity of the constel- THE REPORT quoted some of
lation Perseus.
Visibility of the shower is some- DAYTON ita evaluation teams as saying:
what handicapped by the fullnesg DAILY NEWS "We can't prove or disprove the
of the moon, Dr. Holtom said. The existence of some of the remaining
meteors are best seen, from mid- unidentified objects as real air-
night to dawn. 5 AUGUST 1949 craft of unconventional design."
It was adnitted by the command
investigators, however, that the
performance of the discs was far
superior to anything that "we have
yet approached in this country."
Are the discs a type of foreign
aircraft?
The report sayn: It is not con-
sidered any other nation of the
earth could have knowledge so far
above ours."
Also eliplinated from considera-
tion by ve scientists are space
ships frou other planets.
All of hich puts the entire mat-
ter--at least as much as contained
in the intelligence reports-back
to June 24, 1947, when a Boise,
Ida., private pilot plaved tag with
nine "saucer-like" objects while
flying near Mt. Rainier in Wash.
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This is the most inter-
esting and the most im-
FLYING portant true story we
have ever published.
It is utterly true. We
SAUCERS can document every
occurrence reported
here. It is our sober,
ARE considered conviction
that the conclusion ar-
rived at in this story is
REAL a fact, that ...THE FLY-
ING SAUCERS ARE REAL
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form of television or impulse transmitter; Type II. a very ing Project Saucer"-the official investigating ageney
large (up to 250 fect in diameter) metallic." disk-shaped charged with solving the mystery-kept on with thcir work.
aircralt operating on the helicopter principle: Type III. Today they are I receiving and evaluating sighting reports
a dirigible-shaped, wingless aircralt which. in the Earth's at the rate of twelve a month.
atmosphere, operates in conformance with the Prandtl Various scientists, thinking oendently. began to
theory of lift. search the records of the past. overed reports of
4. The discernible pattern of observation and explora- strange. air-borne, disklike objects in the sky as lar back
tion shown by the so-called "flving disks" varics in no im- as 1772. They began to ponder' the endous implica
portant particular from well-developed American plans for tions of that discoverv.
ihe exploration of space expected to come to'[ fruition There was fortunately a good deal of current material
within the next fifty years. There is reason to believe, how. with which to work. For a beginning. let's consider the
ever, that some other race of thinking beings is a matter Mantell case. About 1:15 p. m. on January 7. 1948. a round
of two and a quarter centuries ahead of us. object. cstimated to be at least 25o leet in diameter. was
The only other possible cxplanation is that the "saucers" sighted over Madisonville. Kentucky. At 1:30. state police
are extremely high-speed. long range devices developed alerted Fort Knox. as the disk appeared to be heading in
here on Earth. Such an advance (which the Air Force has that direction. Fiftcen minutes later. an observer in the
convincingly denied) would require an almost incredible Godman Air Base tower. ninety miles from Madisonville.
saw the disk over the field. It appeared to be hovering and
designers. was clearly scen by most of the officers on the base. At
Startling at first glance, True's conclusions are logical times it gave ofl a 'reddish glow. T he commanding ofheer
and reasonable in the light of the full facts. reasonable in the light of the full facts. They have on the base, Coloncl Guv F. Hix. ordered radio contact
long since been fully accepted by long since been fully accepted by informed authorities. informed : authorities. made with a flight of thrce F-5ls passing over Fort Knos. made with a flight of thrce F-5ls passing over Fort Knos.
After the first lurry of excitement attending the sightings near Godman Field. en route to Louisville. The flight was near Godman Field. en route to Louisville. The flight was
of the so-called disks or saucers in July. 19i7. various ex. of the so-called d disks or saucers in July. 19i7. various ex- led by Captain Thomas F. Mantell. Jr. an experienced
planations were put forward: hoax, hallucination. hypnosis. planations were put forward: hoax, hallucination. hypnosis. pilot with a distinguished E TO combat record. Mantell pilot with a distinguished ETO combat record. Mantell
weather balloons, the planets Neptune. Venus. or Mercury, called in shortly and reported contact with the thing.
and optical illusions. Some hoaxes and mistakes naturallv At 2:45. Mantell 1 radioed Godman hat the object was
occurred; such things usually follow highly publicized at 12 o'clock high (directly ahead and above him. He
events. But none of these explanations will stand up in said: "I'm closing in now to take a good look. It's directly
the important, most authentically reported cases. However. ahead of me and moving at about hall my speed. The thing
most people e were satisfied, and the g great f flying-disk mvstery looks metallic and it's tremendous in size."' For twenty-five
was generally y forgotten. An important magazine published minutes, Mantell and the two F-5ls with him tried vainly
twos strangely inconclusive and contradictory articles, stated to close in. Mantell thing was climbing
to have been prepared with co-operation of the Air and making speed equal to his, which he said was 360 m.p.h.
Force, purporting to dismiss disks as of no basic sig- In broken clouds at 18.ooo feet, the other two ships lost
nificance. sight of Mantell and could not find him again. After five
In two fields, however, interest in the strange phenomena minutes, , they broke off and landed at Godnan. At 3:15.
rose instead of declining. Mantell called in to say that he was not gaining on the
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reports the Mantell case. out from lack of oxyger alter which his plane divcd out
Confusing. contradictory explanations s followed the Fort of control and went picces.
Knox aflair. Papers carried stories that the mystcrious vis- Not only is this completely at variance with Mantell's
itor had I been it balloon half obscured by clouds. The maga- habits and intelligence, but it is explained with peculiar
zine article prepared with Air Force aid said the object ditlerence in the two stories.
was Venus. I hen the Air Force denied this answer. The magazine version, using the later denied "Venus"
The I magazine had an out. An alternate gucss was that theory. pictures Mantell as climbing on up. watching the
Mantell and his pilots had chased a Navy cosmic-ray re- gleaming star, unaware of his dangerous altitude. At 25.o0o
search balloon. This was widely repeated by readers un- leet he is presumed to have blacked out. His pilotless plane
familiar with balloons. Few thought to speeds is pictured as going on up to 30,000 fect, then diving at full
and distances involved. power and tearing itself apart.
Cosmic-ray balloons are not powered; arc set free, The Air Force report, retracting the Venus idea, savs that
to drift with the wind. To fly the ninety miles from Mad- Mantell "probably blacked out at 20,000 fcet and died of
isonville to Fort Knox in thirty minutes, a balloon would suflocation before the crash.
have required wind of 180 m.p.h. Alter t traveling at this Since some public explanation had to be given, this might
hurricane speed, the balloon would then have had to conge seem a seem a good answer. answer. But Mantell But Mantell was known for cool- was
to a dead stop, in order to hover over to a dead stop, in order to hover over Godman Field for headed judgment. As a wartime pilot, he was familiar with
more than an hour. As the F.5ls approached, it would approached, i it would the signs the signs s of of: approaching anoxia approaching anoxia (oxygen starvation). That
have had to spced up again to 180 have had to speed up again to 180 m.p.h., then to more he knew his tolerance lor altitude is proved by his firmly
than 360 to keep ahead of Mantell. declared decision to abandon the chase at 20,ooo feet, since decision to abandon the chase at 20,ooo feet, since
This writer, as a Navy-trained This writer, as a I Navy-trained balloon pilot, as well as he lacked oxygen equipment. he lacked oxygen cquipment.
a Marine Corps airplane pilot, is reasonably familiar with a Marine Corps airplane pilot, is reasonably familiar with He had his altimeter to to warn warn him. More important, he him. More important, he
free (drifting) free (drifting) balloons. But it doesn't take a balloon pilot balloons. But it doesn't take a balloon pilot would would recognize from experience the first vague blurring. recognize from experience first vague blurring.
to sce that the recorded performance of recorded performance the Fort Knox the Fort Knox narrowing of vision, and other narrowing ofs vision, and other preliminary symptoms of
"saucer" is impossible for a balloon. "saucer' is impossible for a balloon. anoxia. It would not have come on anoxia. It would not have come on him with no warning at with no warning at
all.
The three fighter pilots chased the mysterious object for Despite this, the speculation of "blackout" was published Despite this, the speculation of "blackout" was published
half an hour-Mantell for thirty-five minutes. half an hour-Mantell for thirty-five minutes. (I have sev- and accepted as a plausible explanation by many Ameri- and accepted asa plausible explanation by many Ameri-
eral times chased balloons balloons with a with plane. overtaking plane. overtaking them them cans.
in seconds.) In a a straight straight chase, Mantell would have been chase, Mantell would I have been It is the opinion of several engineers and pilots whom It is the opinion several engineers and pilots whom
closing in at 360; closing in at 360; ; any wind pushing the balloon would also any wind pushing the balloon would also True has questioned that an F-5l, a sturdy war-tested True has questioned that an F.5l, a sturdy war-tested
have been a tail wind on bave been a tail wind on his his figbter fighter plane, nullifying panemull ing the the fighter, starting a dive from 20,ooo fect wculd not have teet we
balloon's forward drift. disintegrated so thoroughly.
The only way to have cluded him would have been "From thirty thousand, yes," said one cngincer. "If the
through lightninglike maneuve ers-impossible for even the idea was to explain it away. I'd pick a high altitude to start
fastest dirigible, let alone an unpiloted Irce balloon. By from. But a pilotless plane docsn't necessarily dive. It
the same token, the thing reporied flying g at 500 m.p.h. might slip off and spin, or spiral down, and a few have
over Lockbourne Air Base could d not have been a balloon. even landed themselves.
Even if there had been several balloons in this general "Also, if the plane started down from twenty thousand.
area (and there were not, by official record) they could not the odds are the pilot would come to when he got into
have covered the courses reported. In some instances, they thicker air-admitting he had blurred out temporarily.
would have been flying against the wind, at terrific which is only an Air Force guess. I don't see why they're
speed. so positive Mantell died before he hit the ground-unless
The published explanation also requires in- they know s something we don't."
credibly poor vision part of all observers-the One of t the pilot group put it more bluntly.
pilots, Air Force observers on the ground, state police, Army "It looks like a cover-up to me. I think Mantell did just
MiPs, and civilians. Captain Mantell was a wartime pilot. what he said he would-closed in on the thing. I think he
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tates a constant vigilance on the part American engineers
of Project Saucer personnel, and on the scientists has been widely considered ...
part ol the civilian population. . . . Re- observations based on experience with
port incidents as soon as possible to the nuclear power-plant rescarch in this
nearest military installation or to Head- country label as highly improbable the
quarters, Air Materiel Command, di- existence on Earth of engines small ANETELA
rect." This statement, released fiftcen enough in size and weight to have pow-
months after Mantell's death. also said: ered any of the capricious saucers.
"The mysterious object which the flier "Look at those words, on Earth.' "he Available of your dealer.
chased to his death still unidenti- said. "'They're not the normal wav of dis- If not, send $2.40 for a box of
fied...." cussing power possibilities. Ihey must S0 to Pennstate Ciger Corp.,
this re- have been put there for some reason. Phila. 34, Pa. We pay postage
A True investigator discussed
port (A Digest of Preliminary Studies A motive for the speculative scope of
by the Air Materiel Command on Fly. the lengthy Air Force report was otlered RETAIL PRICE
ing Saucers,' dated April 27, 1949) with by another acronautical authoritv. 5995
the chief design engineer of a major air- "It says that In the next filty years we FA
cralt manufacturing company. In view will almost certainly start exploring
of the statements to be quoted from this space.' Then it goes on to mentiom a 5 BIG POWER TOOLSinl
man, who must r necessarily be anonymous. thesis accepted by astronomers that there SUPERSHOP io the PRECI-
could be at least one ideally habitable SION-BUILT T poWer lool WORKSHOP. Big copacity
it should be said that he is a hard headed tilting table saw, vertical and horizontal drill press,
practical engineer of long experience, planet t for each of twenty-two certain 30" lathe. sander, grinder, Lifetime -lubricated BALL
responsible for the the design design of aircraft stars known to us outside the solar sVS. BEARINGS. Running parts precision-ground. Bearing
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authoritative source of aerodynamic being gradually conditioned to think in
knowledge, the National Advisory yCom- terms of space travel. I think we are being BACK ACHE?
mittce for Aeronautics. Two official prepared for what Project Saucer prob-
N.A.C.A. reports, Technical Note 539 ably already knows: that the Earth is SORE MUSCLES?
and Report 431, discuss tests on circular under surveillance by interplanetary
and elliptical Clark Y airfoils which travelers. When muscles are stiff and
proved they were feasible acrodynami- "Remember the New Jersey panic over sore from unusual excrcise or
cally. At N.A.C.A. headquarters, one of the Orson Welles strain, use HEET@, the lini-
'Men From Mars' ment that's strong yct does
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nozzles around the rim could rise and the disks' probable origin would set off comes as comforting liE.ET
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descend vertically, hover, fy straight 2 nationwide hysteria. Personally, I Just brush it on with the ap-
ahead, and makes sharp turns. Its direc- doubt it would. I think Americans could plicntor. HEET starts at once
tion and velocity would be governed by take it." to ease muscular pain and
the number of nozzles the True learned that a rocket authority keepe on working for hours,
operating, warms and soothes the pain-
power applied, and the angle at which stationed at Wright told Proj ful area.
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It was about 9 o'clock in the eyening
ship" set ofl another stare-alo the usual October 1. I9is. Licutenant Gcorge F.
Suddenly a brilliant. fast-moving cracks about serewball pilots. But regard- Gorman, former wartime instructor and
object appeared ahead of them. At first. less of how much Project Saucer already now a National Guard pilot, was return-
the two pilots torok it to be an . Nir Force knew, this evidently was a jolt. Chiles ing to Fargo Nirport alter a routine F-51
jetI plane. and Whitted were highly respected 1 pilots. patrol flight. He had been cleared by the
"We saw it at the same time." Chiles The passenger's confirmation added tower to land when he saw below'him
told Project Saucer men later. "Whatever weight. But even if all three had been what appeared to be a taillight of a
it was, it flashed down toward us and we considered deluded, the Air Force could last-moving plane.
vecred to the left. It veered sharply, too, not get around the similar reports from Gorman called the tower to recheck
and passed us about seven hundred feet Robbins Air Force Base. his clearamce. He was told the only other
to our right and above us." The authorized magazine version plane near by was a Piper Cub. Gorman
The thing was about a hundred omitted all mention of the Robbins air- could see the Caub plainly outlined below
feet long. cigar-shaped, and wingless," base sighting. It made no attempt to him-thcre was a night lootball game
Whitted described it. "It was about twice explain n what the Eastern pilots saw, but going on and the ficld was brightly
the diameter of a B-29, with no protrud- stated that both men were sure they had lighted.
ing fins." not sufferedI hallucinations. The net el. But the Cub was nowhcre ncar the
Captain Chiles the cabin ap- fect was one eof skeptical disbeliet. strange light.
pearcd like a pilot compartment, except The Air Force r report clearly i indicates The light. blinking on and off, raced
for its cerie brilliance. Both he and acceptance of the ground and air ob above the lootball field at a speed Gor-
Whitted agreed it was as bright as a mag- servers' testimony that they y did see some man estimated at 250 m.p.h. Then he
nesium flare. Thcy saw no occupants, mysterious craft. It flatly admits that discovered a queer phenomenon. In-
but at their speed of passing this was not what these witnesses saw has not been stead of sceing the sillhouette of a plane.
surprising. It was later suggested that identified. he saw no shape at all around the light.
the strange glare could have the strange glare could have come from come from Several other "ships Several other ships same type, By contrast. he could see the Cub's out-
a power a power plant of some unusual type. plant tof some unusual type. reported by veteran pilots, also remain reported by veteran pilot main line clearly. line clearly.
*An intense dark blue 'An intense dark blue eglow came from eglow came from unidentified.
the side of the ship." the side of the ship." Chiles reported. In August, 1947, two pilots for an Ala- In August, 1947. two pilots for an Ala- Meantime, the airport traffic con- Meantime. the airport t traffic con-
"It ran the entire length of the tuselage bama lying service had a strange en- troller, L.. D. Jensen. had also spotted the
-like a blue fluoresccnt factory light. The counter with a huge, black, wingless cratt, mystery light. Concerned with the possi-
exhaust was a red-orange flame, with a as reported to Project Saucer. It swept bility of a collision—he said later he had
lighter color predominant around the across their r course, silhouctted against a supposed it to be the taillight of a swilt.
outer edges." brilliant evening sky. Shaped like a C-54, flying plane-he trained his binoculars on
(This description paralleled the re- but larger, it had no wings. motors, or it. The light was also seen by another
ports of observers at Robbins Air Force visible means of propulsion. The two Civil Acronautics Authoritv cmploye in
Base.) pilots watched cross their path, then the tower with Jensen. Both men saw it
Both pilots flame extended swung in behind and attempted to fol- pass swiftly over the airport and watched
thirty to fifty feet behind the ship. As it low. But at their speed ol 1170 mn.p.h.. they the strange maneuvers that followed.
passed, Chiles noted a snout like a radar were soon outdistanced. Carcful check- Up in the F.51. Gorman tried to close
pole. Both men glimpsed two rows of ing showed thete were no other planes in on the light. It was still blinking on
windows. near by which could have been mistaken and off.
"Just as it went by," said Chiles, "the for the mystery ship. "As I approached." be told Project
pilot pulled up as if he had seen the - Another wingless aircraft was later Saucer men later. "it suddenly became
DC-3 and wanted to avoid us. There was sighted at Jackson, Mississippi. Described steady and pulled into a sharp left turn.
a tremendous burst of flame from the as rocket-shaped. it speeded up trom 200 It was dlear, white and completely
rear. It zoomed into the clouds, its jet or to about 500 m.p.h. and swiltly disap- round-about six to eight inches in di-
prop wash rocking our DC-3." peared. This ship was reported by a ameter.
Chiles' later r estimate of its speed was lormer Air Force pilot and his passenger. "I thought it was making a pass at
between 500 and 700 miles an hour. Sightings of flying disks and rocket- the tower. I dived after it and brought
As the object vanished, Chiles went shaped cralt have not been confined to my manifold pressure up to sixty inches.
back into the cabint to check with the pas- the United States. Both types have been but I couldn't catch up with the thing."
sengers. Most had been asleep or were reported all over the globe-Denmark. Gorman reported his speed at full
drowsing. But one man confirmed that Sweden, Norway, Holland. Turkcy. New- power as 350 to 400 m.p.h.
they were in t their right senses. This pas- foundland, Paraguay. Runania, the When I attempted to turn with the
senger, Clarence McKelvie of Columbus, Philippines. the Hawaiian Islands, New light, I blacked out temporarily due to
Ohio, told them (and a Project Saucer Guinca and many other places. excessive speed. I am in fairly good phys-
team later that he had seen a brilliant To avoid ridicule, most pilots and ob- ical condition, and I don't believe ihere
streak of light flash past his window. It servers now make reports privately; ; these are many if any pilots who could with-
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over my canopy at about hve hundred man's strong teeling that there was won't get you a better job and more money.
fect. Then it made a lelt circle about a "thought" behind the light's maneuvers. You must prepare for that step a ahead
thousand fect above and I gave chase "I am also convinced." he said. "that be ready to make promotion come.
again." it was governed by the Laws ot inertia. We have helped thousands of ambitious
When collision seemed imminent a Its acceleration was rapid, but not im- men and women get ahead in the business
second time, the object shot straight up mediate. And although it was able to world-perhaps we can help you.
At least you should investigate. It may be
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throtte. it still followed a natural curve." and more money. So send the coupon with.
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place. As the Air Force stated. the only Approximatcly 300 reports have been Approximatcly 30o reports have been youryoung
other conventional answer was hallucina- made to Project Saucer. In an interview made to Projeet Saucer. In an interview
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What was it? The Air Force INVENTORS
Among those who believe the fying cent of the saucer sightings have been ex- Patent laws_ encourage the development of inven-
disks exist, there is one group which plained, and more probably will be. But tions. Our frm is registered to practice before the
clings to the idea that they are a highly most of the solved cases have been the U. S. Patent Office. Write for furher particulare
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ect Saucer's 1947-48-49 sighting reports
scan whatever area it passed over. was denied, as expected. TRUE in- DRAWFOFMONEY
Gormnan described an odd fuzziness formed that only certain approved
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have been a blur reflected from the trans- to any I project files.
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anthing behind the light. tures were described as either too distant or Matl
Auming the existence of the flying or blurred to be identisied accurately. reeure sand
dok the I rest would be fairly simple. Some were s said to be round, others were PROVLD
W have already used remote-controlled shadows s on clouds.
with radar and television units Ifaf flying g disk were traveling at high FREB BOOK GiVe
crve" distant areas and flash back speed. a blur could be expected. That WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF ART.
tion. all the pictures were not blank seems sig- Studie 321 w 1115 15th 8t., M.W..
me group mentioned has a sim- nificant. Washingten 3. D. C. (plrase prind)
r for the other authentic sight- Later, another ame
investigator put sureet. AQE......
this case, Project Saucer's job this question to s Force officials: CIt ntate.
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are doing problems of life in these complex times.
lights seen in the skies. Official gazettes job to sateguard Amcrican security. Irve
and scientific magazines carried similar accepts the ofhcial denial ot any seeret This Sealed Book - FREE
reports. For example: device because weight of the evi-
On March 22. 1880, several brilliantly dence, especially the world-wide sighting. Has life brought you that personal satis-
-luminous objects were reported seen at does not support such a belict. faction, the sense of achievement and
Kattenau, Germany. Sighied just before There has belliger- happiness that you desire? If not, it is
your duty to yourself to learn about this
sunrise, they were described as rising ence in any of the saucer cases-exccpt rational method of applying natural laws
from the horizon and moving from cast perhaps in the tragic case of Mantell, for the mastery of life. To the thoughtful
to west. (British Nature Magazine, Vol. It he was downed by spacemen. they person it is obvious that everyone cannot
22, p. 64.) could logically have feared thcy were in be entrusted with an intimate knowledge
On December 28, 1883, a huge lumi- danger. Even the stoutest bclievers in the of the mysteries of life, for everyone is not
nous disk was reported sighted in the disks do not think anv mass invasion capable of properly using it. But if you
Persian Gull. It was described by the Irom space is possible at this time. are one of those possessed of a true desire
mate of the British It would to forge ahead and wish to make use of
captain and third seem wiser, if space visitors the subtle insuences of life, the Rosicru-
India steamship atna as whirling under are suspected, to tell Americans the truth. cians not religious organization) will
the water. Apparently it had just fallen Having survived the impact of the Atomic send you A Sealed Book of explanation
there, out of control (British Magazine Age, we should be able to take the In. without obligation. This Sealed Book tells
of Knowledge. 1883). terplanetary Age, when it comes, with how you, in the privacy of your own home,
In the U. S. Weather Bureau's out hysteria. The idea of space travel is without interference with your personal
Monthly Weather Review, 1907. page not not I nearly so fantastic as our present swift affairs or manner of living. may
receive these secret CrAt teschinge teachings. Not
310: on July 2. 1907. mysterious ex- planes would have scemed to George weird or strange practices, but a
plosion occurred in the heavens near Washington and other early Americans. rational application of the basic
Burlington, , Vermont. Something round Even if the present saucers should laws of life. . Obtain your com-
and I luminous fell from the sky, said by prove of carthly origin, we should be plimentary copy by addressing
some witnesses to come from a strange, prepared for the eventual relinquishing your inquiry to Scribe Q. X. F.
torpedo-shaped object. of the idea that we, men and women ol The ROSICRUCIANS
Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 4. page the Earth. are the only intelligent species (AMORC)
599: on April 8. 1913. a strange shadow in the universe. San Jose, California
wass sighted on the clouds at Fort Worth, The Project Saucer frequency graph
Texas. It appeared to come from an un- shows that sightings began in January.
seen body above. As the cloud moved. the 1947. reached a peak in July, began again
shadow remained in the same position. in January, 1948, hit another peak in
This is similar to a recent report from July. GO AHEAD AND
Newfoundland, where a photograph of a January. 1950, may repeat the cycle. TELL YOUR FRIENDS
reported saucer showed an odd cloud ef.- the Signal
fect.) Corps' radar contact with the Moon Most of the letters we
In the last hundred years, there have proves their readiness to probe space and get from NEW readers
been many such reports from all parts locate any approaching sur- they regret missing
revelation come in 1950. TRUE for years. See pege 64.
of the world. There was then no news- prise might
paper furore, no radio to set off hysteria. Again, we may not be contacted by space-
Most witnesses never heard of the other men for years-perhaps not until after
cases. Numerous reports were made by our own explorations begin. ORK
scrious, reputable citizens. Even dis- Meantime, no matter what you suspect
counting g 95 per cent of them, there is a is behind the secret curtain of Project
solid core hard to dismiss. Saucer, you can believe the laconic Air
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theory believe that only a few round trips "The saucers are not a joke." Write to: YORK BARBELL CO.
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altitude, and wAS estimate miles North Mountain Home,
travelling in his passengers
observed wha e birds in approximately above
his altitude flight careful scrutinization revealed that the objects
were travelling same direction as he and at a faster rete of speed. These
objects could not be identified as any type of plane known to his passen-
gers and were s oon lost from sight. The objects sighted were reported to have been
officer, l9oth Fighter Squadron, Idaho National Guard, Boise, Idaho. was inter-
viewed and the operational records were checked to determine aircraft that t were
flying on 13 May was found that one F-51 was but was not
over mountainous terrain in the area viewed as
that area was restricted by squadron ations figh
tion orders Captain ther stated that to his nowledge there were no
radar sightings in the immediate area of Boise, Idaho, the e nearest radar to his
knowledge being at Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. He also stated that there were no
testing devices in the area by the armed rces or 8 any research organizations.
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[1945]
15 - 31 MAY/SIGETINGS -
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
15 Hicham AFB, Hawaii Military Astro METECRS)
16 Davis Monthan AFB. Arizona Astro METEOR
16 Adak, Alaska -AIRCRAFT
18-23 New Orleans, La. : Multiplo 1.2,3. AIRCRAFT
4. Astro (STAR/PLANETS)
5. Astro (METEOR)
19 Fort Bliss, Toxas Multiplo AIRCRAFT
19 St Louis, Missouri Multiple Astro (METEOR)
21 Dallas, Texas Other (BIRDS)
21 Meses Lake AFB, Was Multiple RADAR) 1. Radari (AIRCRAFT)
2 Visual: (AIRCRAFT)
22 Caddo Lake. La. AIFCRAFT
23 Cemp Hood, Teras Multipl Other (GROUND L IGHTS)
23 Moses Lake AFB, Washington AIRCRAFT
Rogue MIssiNg) Multiple Other (KITES)
Rogue River, Oregon ALRCRAFT
Hill AFB, Utah AIRCRAFT
Southern, Orogon UNIDENTIFIED
Elko. Nevada AIRCRAFT
El Paso, Teras BALLCON
Sacramento, California Other (BIRDS)
Honahu Island, Japan Astro (VENUS)
Parma, Michigan (PHYSICAL Other (RADIO TRANSCRIP-
SPECIMEN) TION DISCS)
ADDITIONAL (NOT CASES)
DATE LOCATION SCURCES OBSERVER
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type of criminal record on with negativ results: The Federal
Sheriff's Office, Police Department, and Idaho State
Patrol. It was revealed
Special Agents tha above referred to, had
investigation, the results of which were turned over to the
Air Force and are believed investigation ucted by Headquarters
Fourth Ai Force. Hamil AFB.
the ra)
12 stated that he was first attracted by a object
in the Western sky over Shafer Butte and that this object disappeared and there im-
mediately appeared five other objects flying formation. The objeots ap-
peared slow spiral let-dowm, circling to left. Each of the objects
appeared large rger than a B-29 aircraft tated that they
were not appeared large. lumbering objects The objects could be
compared size of a silver dollar at a distance of about ten miles. SMITH
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they remained an almost perfect formation. However. when their
course changed tr sky nothing that he oday could
have been able their speed. A6 further stated that
there was no axhau trail, no contrail and no odor; that the
distance between ach object ppear approximately two wing spans B-29.
He further stated that far 8.8 luminosity is were extremely
ing glasses, stated that they were used only for work and that they were not
needed. not recall whether he had them on at the time observa-
tion flying objeots did state, the objects
were viewed the windows of h: were rolled down and that the objeots were not
viewed through any transparent material happened have had his glasses
on at the time, which unlikely
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