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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. JCATION
25 May 1949  25/1405(1) Hill AFB, Utah
3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION
Military AIRCRAFT
|4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |
% Two Ese) No data presented to indicate objects could NOT have been i/O.

BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

j dullsilver

had the sound of a/c in the area, 1 was ,

aa ache was blue on one side, silver on other side. 1 was
circular disc shaped, the other circular. Both objects was ,
traveling to the South. Both objects was reflecting sunligh

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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 Minutes
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Ground=-Visual
7. COURSE

PHOTOS

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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XX No
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INCIDENT NO. 5ouA
Date of Observation 2) May 1949 Date of Interview 25 May 19h9

Exact Time (local) 07
Place of Observation Will AID Will ricli, Utah

Position of observer Ground

What attracted attention to object
Number of objects Observer saw cnly cne of two objects in arca (second) object

Apparent size’ppeared largar than weather balloon

Color of object |

Sha pe Globular

Altitude 2449000
East of south

Direction from observer
Distance from observer & miles
Direction of flight of ebject(s) 5% (120°)

Time in sight 29 SecS. then I) secs,

S peed Speed of C=l,7
Sound and odor

Trail

Luminos ity

Projections

Maneuvers

Manner of disappearance

Effect on Clouds

Additional information concerning objoct

Weather Conditions Clear scattered clouds

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Name and address of observer; Ur liners Hill AFB, Hill Field, Utah

Occupation and hobbics;

Comments of Interrogator rolative to intelligences and character of observer(s)s

TARRATIV® SUMMARY:

| M 25 May 19,9, Mr & Asst. Air Inspoctor, Hill AFB, Hill Flde
Utah, vas interviened and stated that while he was talicing to Lt. AMBP in the vest
Salvage Yard, i111 Air Force Base, ili iluds, Utah, ho lieard an airpline quite high
and looked upward to oce ite While doing so, his attention was attracted to a globular
object slightly cast of south at approx’ sutc ly fourteen thousand (1,000) ft iSL,
traveling about the sano speed a Cxl\7 airplano would travel. watched tie object
for about fifteen (15) secs, then lost sight of it maswntarily. The socomi vicw of it
lasted fcr possibly ten (105 50cS GQ further statod that this was not the first
object rwuich sav. The’ timo was established as 1407 L&T for the second object,
which Glob in shape, dark blue and flashing cunlignte (See signed statexont
of tiached as Inclosure ,/3).6

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Verval request of District Comzander, Sth District OSI (ZG) M11 AFB, Uted.

SYNOPSIS

Investigation requested by CAPTAIN PRIHAM R, SURNETT,

Distrist Commander, 1Sth

Distriet, OSI (10), Hill Air Force tase, Hill Field, Utah. CAPTAIN GURNETT received

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cali at approximately 1450 hours from 152 LIZUTENAAT SILFPSED ¥, JAaBLz,
eo2, in which he reported having sean two sbjecta which aopeared to be shaped
ilke dises, ilying south ami a little sast of Hill Air Forte base, Utah. JABEL stated
Viet MR. 0. 7, iOKDON, Inspector General's Devartment, Hill Air force Save, Fill Field,

Jtah, saw the second object, but did not ase the first object. (See attached state~

zemte of 2A33L amd GORDOS).

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

On the afternoon of 25 May 1949, I was in the Supply and Salvage

Yard with Colonel Petersen and Mr,. Shaughnessy of the Air Inspector's
ffice, and:Lt Gable and Mr. Van Leeuwen of Base Salvage, While we

were standing in the yard discussing the condition of the Salvage Yard, |
I heard an airplane overhead, which sounded to me to be quite high. I.”
Looked into. the sky in the direction from which’ the sound seemed to be
coming and.could not discern.the plane. However, in scanning the sky,
I observed a-globular object traveling slightly east of south, at what
I estimated to be apvroximately the same speed that a C-L7 travels... ak
renarked to. the company in general that I sawa globular object and Lt,
Gable, after asking me the general direction, stated that he saw it
also, He also remarked that he saw one a while ago traveling in the
game general direction, I only saw the one and did not know that he
had seen one previously until I called his attention to the one 1 saw,
We discussed the probability of its being a weather balloons.

With no ‘basie for my judgment other than the fact. that when 1 first
saw it, 1 expected to see a plane, I estimated it to be at least 11,000
feet above sea level. The first view lasted possibly 15 seconds, after
which I lost. sight of it, then some 15 to 30 seconds later 1 saw it the
sacond time for possibly 10 seconds, With north as zero, I estimate —-
the first sight was at  otclock, Mr. Shaughnessy stated that he glanced
at his watch when I mentioned it and the time was 1407. "

The object seemed to me to be over the west slope of the Wasatch: .
Range and slightly south of due east of Hill Field, which if my impress-
ion of the -heighth and distance was correct would indicate that the. “<
obj eqt ‘wae..consid derabiy larger than a weather balloon,.

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SUBJECT: Special Inquiry
Unidentified Aerial Cbjects

TO: Commanding General
Ogden Air Materiel Area .
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Field, Utah

le Reference is made to report of investigation from this office,
file and subject as above, dated 1 June 1949.

2. So much of paragraph 3, subject report, as reads, "Then Gaye
located the airplane, he said it was an F=81...." should be corrected to
read " When wm Located the airplane he said it was an Fe5l...."

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1. This investization is predicated noon request by Captain PFLHAY R, GUENTTT,
District Coamirder, 16th Mistrict OST (ID), AL11 Air Force Base, Hill Field, Utah.
Ceastein PU. TTT tS peevest was bared upon a tealerhone coll from let Lieutenant Wye
ra corted that he saw an odject flyinz at an altitnds of
apo-roxinetely nine (9) to ten (10) thousand feat cL, at 100 hours, in a southewsterly
Circction, A few minutes later, saw a second ot ject travelicr; on a parallel
¢orrse to the first object, at an altitude of anproximatealy rine (3) to ten (10)
thousand feet (tL ard olny tna suctheasterly direction, Lt. <Q called tho attcn

tion of Us, TTR the first eh and in so doin; Ur, SMP say tha c5ocomd

chjecte ‘See stincd atatererts off and attached as Inclogures 42 aii 46)
Lieuterant Colorel &75a:T Ne. ORTH IN, Insvector Jeneral, 4112 Air force case, !:121
Field, Uteh, and tre de fe SHALLY, Aduintatrative Insorctor, Hill Air Force case,

Hill Fieid, Utzh, were nenbers of the croup, but did not see either objact,

2. Speeial Agent JAdrS fy DEVALK assisted in this investiration,

3. On 25 May 1919, Lientenant TATE (10%), Salve
Oificer, Hill Air Foree basa, Rill Fi«ld, Utah, was interviewed and stated thet hoe,

in the counany of three other gentlemen (nanod in details), were in the sast saivsce
Yerd, HL11 Air vorce Yase, Hill Field, Utah, atcut 105 ucT, when the sound of an
airplane attracted his a'tention, ‘hen located the airrlane, he said it wee «n
Fel, travelin;: in a southeasterly dire:tion, erproxixateiy etzht ts) Milas awey asd-
about ten (10) thousand fest cL, hich. The objcct QQ saw was a little delow the
Sirplane and oehird it, cut traveling possibly torty (40) «fH faster because

conld ses the object overtakin; the airplane. stisated the sreed ef object to
be three hundred (300) o"Re GS th on turned to his coonanion,

CPOTOTR and . Ac o'seSSY were standing a short distance away.) and called his eiten-
tion to the object. Sa did notyeither the first cvject or the airplane, bit cid
see a second coject, glopilar in shape, traveling in a so:theasterly directicn, ih
further stated the airzlane turned north and he then ent watching the secon! object
which he said was traveliny a perallel course to the first one, tut north of it, auc
lower at a speed of about three hundred (309) iu). Sy this time, the first object vas
ont of el ibe EEE dover li od the tirst object to ba circuler and ¢iec “sora, & full
silver color and reflectinz tha sunlt tht <P descrited the seccnd obsect tc be
circular, cark blue on one side and silver on the other, reflecting the sunllunte

Lb. Cn 25 ‘ay Lh, ir, a , Assistant Air Inspector, i111 Als vores
Base, Hill Field, Utan, was interviewed and atuted that while ne was tainim to lt,

Seep in the iest Salwaze Yard, Hill Air Force tase, Hill Fleld, Utah, he hesrd an
Sirplane quite hivh and locked urward to see it. while dolng gu, bis attesticon was
attracted toa glccular ooject sli.ntly cast of south at accoroxcimately fourteen
thousand (14,990) feet osL, traveling abont the same speed a C-u7 airplane would
travel, ag watched the object for about fifteen (15) seconds, then lost sivht
of it momentarily. The secom view of it lasted for np Aba (10) eecons, Sih
further stated that this was not the first object which e The tine was egiub-
lished as 1,07 2ST for the second object, which was globular in shape, dar blue and
flashing sunlight. (See sizned statement attached as Inclosure //3).

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Se On 25 iday 1919, Mre Jo Fe SHAUTINTSSY, Assistant Air Inspector, Hill Air
Porta Eace, Hill Field, Utah, in the coapany of the gontlenen taned in the details
of tnia report, Locked at bis watch wien he beard. nd MMMM soeakirs of tba

° ade Naot) eal .

Beccnd objecte Shalo usd established the tine as 107 act Stk dia 20%
eee elther cojette

G, On 25 way 123, Cavtain PL YD NH. MUAN, Emcineering Cificer, Rill Air “orce
Base, ULL Pield, Utan, wus interviewed and sbatext that he was the plict of an i- 1
airvlane which took ori at D009 “sT on MNLLL 4dr Porce Yase runway +31 ena zee B
shallow climbin, turn to the left, con letely arcusd the field, toa sovth tomes
Salt hake City and tack to fill Air ! ree dase, lamiinsg at 1420 .07, ROA stated
be was southeast of the fleld at ancroximately lju7 acT and about nine thousand
(9,099) feet “SL at that tine, tut did not see any Li ht airplanes or other ciujects
while making thia wide cirele, foc4N stated he was particularly vizgilast becavsa
it had teen soue tine since he had flown a fast airplane,

7e Information gained from the Base weather jtstion, Hill Air Force case,
Hill Field, Utah, revealed t at a weather balloon was released at 1345 «3%, (ee
esther ecert attached ag Inclosure 1.)

S Information obtained from Hinskley Field, O-:den, Utah, revealed that no
weather balloon was released durin: the etternoun of 25 ey 13,3.

Se Inieraation obtained from the seather station, salt Lace suntcioal “ircort
41, revealed a white weather Lalloon was released at a» roximately 1,50 hours, fron
their airnorte

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105 men 49 May = =625 135

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59e2 02029 360 610 360 05
T2el OSel 4,20 1300 240 05
6720 08165 $20 19,0 280 23
5603 05163 1750 2620 270 22
Sel 03509 3070 3420 260 21
lie2 051-5 20 4160 260 19
42h, 079-3 54,60 4940 «6-250
LOe2 07862 6750 5710 260 22
3902 073.9 7450 6060 260 21
3209 07926 7950 6430 260 18
3Ee5 073077 e550 6800 250 21
3709 075.0 9220 7180 20 21
3707 «4(O077el S790 7570 230 17
38.0 076% 10100 7910 270 WY
3502 07720 1054,0 $310 270 20
3706 076 06 12290 $710 250 16
33.0 07604 11560 9030 260 17
Bel O7602 12250 9610 260 19
3B00 O076e4 12700 9930 270 16
38.0 077; 13170 10290 280 17
3520 07709 13640 10650 270 19
3707 078-5 1,250 11000 230 18
370e7 07906 14530 11300 §=6300 17
2705 021.0 15070 11610 300 19
3702 082.3 15450 18010 270 30
3602 02.0 16250 12/00 270 268
560l O45 17500 12760 270 27
3505 OS, e3 11,70 13160 270 10
Bye3 08409 19620 13520 270 0
33-7 056.0 20850 Sy on efo 2
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31-7 0874 23730 14650 290 35
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HEADQUARTERS
OGDEN AIR MATERIEL AREA

Hill Air Force Base

Hill Field, Utah
25 May 1919

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

This is in relation to foreign objects I sighted in the air in
the vicinity of Hill Air Force Base at approximately 14,05 M on 25 May

199. rs

I was at the West Salvage Yard of Hill Air Force Base, escourting
Lt Colonel Petersen and party on an inspection visit and Mr, ggg
of the Air Inspectors Office and 1 stopped for a moment to discuss some-

thing or other, While talking with Mr. GQ I was watching an F-51
cruising south of the field, approximately eight miles, when ‘ sighted

a dull silver circular object which at first looked as if it were follow
ing the F-51, I thought it might be an aerial gunnery sleeve of some kind,
but the object was going approximately 0 “PH faster than the F=-51 and
seemed to be much father away and higher, Then the F-51 started to turn to
the left and the object went straight ahead until it was out of sight.

I turned to Mr. GOW and asked him to look, and pointed to the
direction I had seen it and asked him if he could see anything. He said
"No, I can't see anything there, but look over there." To the north of
the path of the first object and also going southeast, was another
circular object. The side away from the sun looked dark blue and the
other side was silver colored and flashed, as if reflecting sunlizht,
It boked like it was lower thanthe first object, traveling southeast
from the field and could be seen more clearly than the first ovject,

It was about the size of a full moon. Mr. g@iand I watched it for
maybe a minute until it disappeared from view and we wondered if it
might be a weather balloon at that time of day with a perfectly clear
sky except for a few scattered clouds far to the south,

We walked over to Colonel Petersen and told him what we had seen

and he advised us to call the OSI and let them know s0 they could check
on whether they were weather balloons or what: they might have been,

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 5D-0S1/JuM/fmn
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UNC AGeIe ra | THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAF
»© " STH OISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, DAYTON, OHIO

In Repcy ReFer To: 5D Qlpe2] 7 June 199

SUBJECT: PROJHCT GRUDGE
SPECIAL INQUIRY

TOs Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright =-“atterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXS

Forwarded for your infomation and any action deemed necessary is
report of investigation by Special Agent LEO M. CHIRISTIANSON, 16th OSI

District, dated 1 Jum 1949.

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INCIDENT NO. 351
Date of Observation 25 Bay 199 Date of Interview 25 May 2
Exact Time (local) 1405
Place of Observatiorfiill LEB, TLLL Tie fe Utada

Positior. of observer Ground

“hat attracted attention to object Cound of an Airplane in arva

Number of objects 2

Apparent size ono

Color of object), pull liver 2. Mlue one side, silver on other side
Shape , Circular Disc shapede 2 Circular

Altitudg, 9,000—10,000! 2. Tawr than first objoct
Direction from observer South

Distance from ob:erver & niles

Direction of flight of cbject (s) op
Time in sight gne minute

Spee&, 300 mph (10 miles faster than F51) 2. 300 mph

Sound and odor

Trail Me

Luminosity 1, Roflecting sunlight
Projections

Maneuvers Level Flight

Mannor of disappearance

Effect on Clouds

Additional information concerning objoct

Woather Conditions Clear, few scattored clouds '

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Name and address of observor; ipa aces Wit AB, Hil Ficld, Utah

Occupation and hobbics;

Pilot = Salvage Officer

Comments of Interrogator rolativo to intolligence and character of observer(s)s

WARRATIV SUMMARY: - , : ,
Mm 25 vay 1919, 1 OK) Salvage Officer, Hill
AFB, Hill Fld, Utah, vas interviewed and stated that he, in the company of three other |
gentleren (nanes indetails), were in the West Salvage Yard, H411 Al'B, 1421 Fld, Utah,

about 1,05 LUT, when the sound of an airplano attracted his attention. iho: Located
the airplane, he said it was an Fe51 traveling in c southeasterly direction, approximately |
(S) miles away and about ten (10) thousand fect MSL, hich. The object Sy Was a

Little below the airplane and buhind it, but traveling possibly fort; MAI faster
because could sce the object overtaldng the airplane estimated the spced of

object’ to be three Imwxired (300) HPI. then turned to his companion, Lr
(Poterson and Shaughmessy wore standing a shart distance away,) and called his

peer ‘ to the object. ggg did not sco either the first object or the airplandy,
but did sce a sncond object, lobular in shape, traveling in a southeasterly directions
@Gii furthor stated the airplane turnod north and he then kept watching the second °
obj Which he said was traveling a parallel course to the first oe, but north of it,
and lowor at a speed of about throo Inméred (300) LUM. By this tim, the first’ objcct
was out of sigiite described the first object to be circular and disc form, a dull
Silvor color and cting the sunlight. described tiie secon: object to bo cir
cular, dark blue m@m one side and silver on other, reflocting the sunlight.