PROJECT BLUE BOOK

. DAVE + TIME GROUP
27 May 1949 27/1425(1) Southern Oregon
10. CONCLUSION
"UNIDENTIFIED

3. SOURCE
Mas Civilian

44. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
5 to 8

]5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

1 Not Reported
16. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
AirVisual “'

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|@. PHOTOS

O Yes

19, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes

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PROJECT 17073 RECOR
‘“,OCATION

BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

There was no breizk in the outline, Objects had a solid con-
figuration. Elongated oval, perhaps twice as long as wide,
Observer stated object could possibly have been egg-shaped anc
could conceivably have been perfectly oval. They appcared
definitely solid objects. 5 to 8 in file formation at

_interval of 3 to 4 times length of object for first object,
balance at 1/2 to 2/3 length of object. Color of objects

' appeared as unpainted metal. Objects had no change in altitude

level steady flight, passing out of visual range into distancg.

11.

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UNCL! SOIFIED

File No, 230
sent aloft in that area.

7. Tiere ere no Ordnance, iJaval, Army, or Air Force Units in
Lakeview, Ore., or any other organizations wnich could nave sent we: s er

testi:s devices aloft.

§, On 11 October 1940, Mr, 34SF. AD, of the CAA, Fortland Air-crt,
Portland, Oregon, was interviewed and edvised t::at schedules for commer.
cial, military, and local flizhts in the Lakeview ares for 27 May 10L0
woul’. have bo be obtcined from the Uhief Controller, seattle Air soute
Traffic Control Center, Seattle-Tacoma Airport, Seattle, Ws.cshington.

PENDI:G

File No, 24.30 ‘
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DIST.IOT CP¥ic.. NO, 20, McC::ORD AFB
AT SEA''TL:, WaSHI. GTN

Contact Chief Controller, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control
Center, Seattle-Tacoma Airvort, Seattle, Vasrin:ton, and ootain flight
schedules of commercial, military, and local aircrart in the vicinity
of Hart Mountain, near Lekeview, Oregon, at ap roximately 1430 hours
(PST), 27 May 1949, This information is pertinent to the investigation
of this case as required in AFCSI Letter io. 85, dated 12 August 1919,

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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FILE NO. ~ | DATE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 2415 8 July 1949
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPOR eB
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION “BRIDEN EB. MOON
me PROTO sTa@re eNO LO, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Calif.
UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT SIGHTID PERIQD =
IN SOUTHER: ORSGON OW o July 1949
27 day LILY OFFICE OF ORIGIN
lO * ‘20, tieChord AFB, «ashin:ttor
~ STATUS
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CHARACTER
SPROLAL IivvT } _

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mee Hone, this is en initial report.

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SYNOPSIS
Investigation recuested by District Commander, DO #19, Feirfield-
Suisun 4ir Foree Base, California, This office received from ONT,
12th Naval ‘istrict, Can Francisco, oo ; = of inves%i-
gation which set forth information that » 8 Temitahle
business man end pilot of Los wiselas, vealiforniay had sishted six
(6) or seven (7) unidentified flying objects, which were not con-
ventional aircraft, in Southern Oregon on 27 May 1949. io investi-=
gation is being conducted by this District Office at this tina
relative to this matter inasmuch as all pertinent leads cre in
District Offices #18 and #20,
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SMAMA—Nov 48—100M SPR 2 Ree de , | SINULE

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DETAUS: 19 GI 24-15

1, This investigation was requested by District Commander, District
Office #19, Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, upon receipt of a report of
investigation conducted by Naval Intelligence at San Tiego, California,
dated 23 June 1949, Miles D10-11ND 38-49, which is summarized as follows:

2e "On Friday, 27 May 1949, SQM of 4575 Northridge Lrive,
Los déngeles, California, was flying his privately owned SNJ=type aircrati

from Red Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon. He departed Red bluff at
1332 hours P.c.Ts. and arrived at Burns at 1458 hours P,S.T. At 1425 hours,
same date, WBMP observed the sun reflecting on an object, or objects, at

a considerable distance ahead and a few points to the starboard. He cton-=
timed to watch the course taken by the reflecting material, expecting it
to materialize into a conventional aircraft as the distance lessened betrveen
him and the objeot or ay kane As the objects reached the long bluffs
(shown on the Boise (V-2) Aeronautieal Chart as Hart Mountain) which run
for a number of miles along the east side of some dry lakes (Swamp,
Flagstaff, Caupbell and Stone Corral Lakes), he observed that instead

of a single object there were several which seemed to be flying in forma-
tion, <&t this point the objects appeared to have changed their courses

80 thet they Were paralleling his course and were following the bluffs!

rim at about 1000 to 1500 feet balow me altitude at a distance which
he estimates to have been 5<1/2 to 71/2 miles. @@MMEIB is certain that

it could not have been as far as ten (10) miles since the bluffs were

less than ten (10) miles away and he could see the objects outlined against

the hlufis."
be The objects that aie saw are described by him as follows:

"Wize of each oblects Considerably smaller than a fighter plane,
probacly less than 20! in length. All of the separate objects anpeared
to be tae same in size.

Shape of objects: There was no break in the outline. QAMBis cortain
he would have recognized conventional aircraft. They had a solid confifura-
tion, and no great thicimess, They were elongated oval, ps twics as
long as Wide, and perhaps five tines as long as thick. points out he
observed the objeots from an angle from above and could not easily estimate
their thielmess; they could possibly have been egz=-shaped, and could con-
ceivably nave been perfectly oval. The objects seemed definitely solid
objects — there wes nothing cthereal about them,

of objects: GMEMMMis confident they were traveling at least as
fast as his om plane (212 MH). S@QRehad a tail wind of 15 to 18 MMH end
the objests would therefore have been doin over 230 MPH air speed. The
objects were travaline south/southwest, opposite to WP ss course. Calcu-~
lating the speed of the objects, several different ways from the facts at
hand, the speed of the objects varies between 190 to 260 MF. AME con~
cluded at the time of observation that he could not possibly have turned

UNELASSIFIED

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DETATIS: (Cont'd) 19 SI 2-15 UNCLASSIFIED

around and caucht up with the objects. They were definitely traveling
faster than a group of birds, and slower than jet nlanes. No trail of smoke
or exhaust was observed. The speed of the objects appe to be steady,

Terrain, elevetions, porulation, etc, in areca? flew at 9000f
MSL which tas vetween 4UCO! and 5000! above terrain. [Turing most of *he
time of observation, the objeots were 1000! possibly 1500! below SHELL's
Plene, Tovards the end of sighting whe had begun to come down he
Was elnost on « level with them in altitude,"

"The valley through which@iM—M——B flew north, and the objects flew south,
is roughly 12 miles wide. ‘The floor of the valley is between 4000! to 5000!
in elevation. The east side of the valley is dominated by Hart Mountain
(8020! in elevation). Hart Mountain stands on an elongated bluff, which
has an almost s drop of around 1000', The bluff, and all the terrain,
againet which saw the objeets is quite dark in color, The objects
stood out in contrast to the dark color. The objects appeared to be un=-
painted metal.*

"The rim of the bluff on the east side of the valley is about 7000! in
@levation. From where @@iiEsew the objects (at 9000! elevation) they were
roughly in line with the rim of the bluff (7000!). Assuming the objects
were one (1) to three (3) miles aways from the bluff-rim, they were probshly
flying at about 8000! MSL, and about 3500! above the valley floor.®

"The valley whares@@Ml sighted the objects is sparsely pomlated; how-
ever, there are a nimber of renches there = more than are indicated on the
Boise (V-2) Aeronautical Chart, (jie believes that if persons living in
the valley were questioned, chances are several might be found who sav the
objects from the sround. @@—Mlih hes flow through this valley many times in
going between California and Oregon and does not recall ever having seen
enother eirplane in the valley where he sighted the objects. The valley

is a commercial sirvay route, and is seldom used by private nlenes,.
deos not recell ever seeing any automobiles on the dirt roads in the

valley, shown as such on the Boise (V-2) section of Aeronautical Chart.*
isnber ans formetion of objects: At the beginning of observa

when ths objeets were a tew degrees to the starboard of dead ahead,

eould not distinguish separate objects = all he saw were reflections; how

ever, as he came closer and passed them by 5-1/2 to 7-1/2 miles he definitely

saw six (6) or seven (7) separate objects. To be on the safe side

states with positiveness that there were no less than five (5) objects and

no more than eight (s).®

"The objects were always in file formation (one behind the other) end
there appeared to be no change in altitude of the formation. The space
between the lead object and the next one was three or four times the length
of one of the objects, The distance between the second and the following
objects was between one-half and two-thirds the length of the objects,
Accordingly, if the objects were 20¢ in length, the distance between #1 and
#2 was 60 to 80 feet, and the distance between #2 and the others was between

10 and 17 feet. The distance Det RICE RSS IP PED sPreares very constant,

— pie SB. FS ad ta’ ri

UNCLASSIFlEL

DETAILS: (Cont'd) 19D OSI 24-15

The objects were so close and appeared to keep their formation spacing in a
manner which indicated they might have been under tow by the leading objoct.
At the distance of sichting, no connection, if there wes any, could possibly
have bocn observed. is positive that the objects Were separate objects
because he Was ahle to ses terrain between them. The formation did not
fluctuate in flicht; the objeots flow very evenly and steadily. ‘-hen
lestsav the objeets they were coing out of visual rango on the horizons?
WJenther and bility at tims of observation: Visibility wars excem
tionally food. could see Harney Lake, 69 miles distant, and could see
snoke rising fromthe sew mills ct Furns, Oregon, 75 miles distant. Thare
were a fev scattered clouds at botveen 14,000! and 18,000!, The weather
report at the time indicated "scattered clouds at 18,000'", The air was
very smooth, Normally the air in the area is licht to mildly turtlent.
The sun was west of that is, a filane Was between the sun and
the objects.”

"Location of sicht biect (Refer to Boise (¥-2) Sectional
Aeronsutical chart). ocation when objects were first sighted was
42°27'N, 120%, This point was not definitely established tut was coapeted

from the mown ground speed and the estimated time interval during which

SHELL observed the objects, This position co possibly be as mich as
five (5) miles SSW of the position <iven. location when objects
left his visual renze was 42°41'N, 119°49H, ew in a straight line
between these coordinates.

Location of objects when first observed: 42°38'N, 119°43 i.

Location of objects whon last seen: 42°28'N, 119°%8ti,

The ob mede a slight chance of course from quartering to
paralleling Agile stes cht line of flight,*

c, MMPs; 2 Lt 3G 4n a5(L) USTR (inactive), Serial No. 3/8375.
He was commissioned Ensign 5 Jenuary 1944, served at Corms Christi thirty
(30)éays AV(T), in Dallas two (2) months VRF-2(D). ®lm orried SU's from
North American comnany plants, was at Villow Grove, Pennsylvaria, thirty (3))
days, served at check-out base for ferry Squadron VRF(2) at Columbus, and
served at Columbus until August 1945. He was then with VRF(3) at Terminal
Islend, California, where he became legal and personnel officer, Iie was
discharged from the Navy in January 1946 as Lt JG. SQQMBPholds Navel Aviator's

Certificate No. C17945, nlus a senior pilot's grede in the Ferry ‘ing of
the Navy Air Transport Comnand. He also holds a commercial license, sinvle

and multi-engine, end flisht instructor's ratings, His flight time began

in 1934 and now totals over 5000 hours, of which time 1300 hours were in

the United States Nevy. SMMMEP secured a private license in 1935, a transport
license in 1937, a commercial rilot's license in 1933, and was re-issued
commercial pilot's license in 1945. From March 1942 to September 1943 he
Was a flight instructor for the Air Force (five months as primary
instructor at Lancaster, California). From September 1943 to January 1944

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DETAIIS: (Cont'd) 19D OSI 24-15 UNCLASSIFIED

he flew for the Superior O11 Company of California. Since 1910
has been Vice President of the Royal Petroleum Company of California,
Long Beach, a concern in which he and his relations owm all of the stock;

he also is part omer of three (3) other oil producing concerns in
Southern Celifomia. <aagggs married and has three (3) children. He
has a BS and a BA degres from the University of Southern California,

he had tivo (2) years of law at the University of Southern California.
thirty (39) years of age, but appears to have a backround of

experience few men his age possess. He is believed to be conservetivo,
sincere, absolutely reliable, and very competent."

~ REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OFFICE OF OHICIN -

’ UNCLASSIFIED

1M OSI 24-15
UNCLASSIFIED

DEVELO o

DISTRIC? OFFICE 718, MAYYOOD, CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA

W411 inlercLe: gir ee a Cae. rive, Los Angeles,
California, and obtain from him all of the essential elements of in-
formation in regaris to his sighting the unidentified aerial objects
in Southern Oregon on 27 Way 1949.

DISTRICT: OFFICE #20, McCGHOM AFB, WASHINGTON
CL OF OUNTADNY, OREGON

Will interview residents in the vicinity of
attempt to verify the aerial ebjeets observed by

Mountain in an
on 27 Mey 1949.

, UNCLASSIF IED

a Sa
FID
5D 2-21 ond? al 5D-0S1/JEM/fmn
(19 galy 1949)

SUBJ: "PROJECT SIGN" UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT SIGHTED IN Southern Oregon
on 27 May ‘1949, SPECIAL INQUIRY _

Sth District OSI (1G), Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. 2 August 1919

TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Vright-Patterson Air Force

Base, Dayton, ety Oe MCI AXS

le Reference is made to previous correspondence.

2.  Inclosed for your information and file is one copy of the Report
of Investigation described in paragraph 1, basic communication.

ROME M. BRAUN
Acting District Conmander

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HEADCUARTERS UNITE 7 ES AIR FORCE | 24-30" b Seasey 1949.
THE INSPECTOK G.«ERAL oo ao
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION ; S |
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION @ALPH nt. HOU Su
TITLE or Si a pe fay REPORT MADE AT ae
"PROJSCT SIGN" | DU #20, ticChord ArE ual
UNCONVENTIONAL ALACRAPT | PERIOD |
Sighted in Southern Oregon | 19 Cetober 1949 al
on z'7 Lav 1949 OFFICE OF ORIGIN
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CHARACTER
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Rot of S/a Xalph wi. Houser, 0. 20, dtd <4 Lect. Woy Vile <i— 30 :' (ACSI £.-185) |
SYNOPSIS
it was learned that records of the Seattle sir Route-Traffic
Control Venter, seattle-Tacoma airport, Bow Lake, washington, are
retained for only ninety days; whereupon, if nothing unusual has
occurred, the records are destroyed.
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DISTRICT COMMANDER

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AFCS!| FORM 4%
23 JULY 1948

IN REPLY REFER TO:

WF-O-5 OCT 48 15M

ELEY

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 5D<031/7Eii/in

WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. USAF
STH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

e---. me 5 ; a WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE DAYTON awe
5D 2)y=21 19 Juiv 149
SUBJECT: “PROJECT SIci" =
UiCCHVEMZICNAL AIRCRAFT SICH?IEp Rian
Ii] SQUYHEAN CRSGHR OH 27 May 1949 ST aan
SPRCIAL LiKUIRY ers
a
TOs Commanding General —

Air Liateriei Command
Wright-ratterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

ATTN: LCIAXS

. de This District Office is in receipt of 2 conies of a revrt of
investigation by Special Azent BRYDZI) EB. MOON, DO 419, Fairfield-
Suisun AFB, California » subject as above, dated S July 1919. However,
copies for distribution to your office were not included with the
copies to this office.

2e Information is rocuesteid as to whether your office ims ree
ceived the above menticned copies of the report from DO |-19.

LOO IG USAem
ROL hi. BDRAUI

Acting District Conmander

5S) 2) -21 lst Td SOT te hn oh

Pq AC, wrightePatierson Air “orce suse, Daytor, Ciio
LS i ear a JUL 26 1949

repeat?

TCs The insrector “ersrel, WE", Sth District (¢*fice of
tations, WPA*P, Dayton, Ohio

Report taentioned in Paragraph 1 of basic letter not received to
date.

POR Tits COMMANDING G&MRALs

UNITED STé TES AIR Fe

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“1 / THE INSPECTOR GE uTRaL
“)E, iM, Lesoy 28 JUL 1949

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References ChO Conf Ser Ol422P%2 dtd 1, lov 194e, subjs Flyin: vises = ‘ec ort of,
Sources See jselow,. Evaluation: i=3
Subject: Uricertified Flyin: Objects = Report Of.

BRIEF: ‘While flyin: north in a private plure source, who is believeu to be
reliable, suw 6 or 7 "flyins dises" in southern Oregon 27 “avy vit). Tle
discs aro described us elonjated ovals, perhaps 20' lensth; they flew in a
steady file formation at between 200 to 250 WPH; they appsareu to be made
of unpainted metal; mo smoke or exhxust trails wery observed.

S(L), USN (Inactive ), Soria] ge , of
OS armeles, Cuiiifornia., He Was co:wiissioned trisimm
5 vanuury Jy. Serv dat CVorvus Christie 50 duys AV(T); in Dullas two
months VRF=#2(D). ‘verried SNJ's from liorth American Comeuny plartee «was at
Willow Groves, Pennsylvania for 30 days. Served at checkout base for form
squadron VAF(2) at Columbus; served at Colusbus until aurust ly4t. Sours.
then was with ViF(3) at Terminal jislard, Culiforni«a, where he becuue le wi
and personnel officer, iias discharged from the luvy in January 1.46 as
LTJG,

' §OURCEs LUG

Source holds Naval aviator's Certi'icato ae pius a senior
pilot's rutin in the Ferry ins 0° the Naval air Transport Commana. io
also holds a comrerciul licens-, sinsle and nultievnsine, and flicht ir-
structor's rutinss. his flisht time be-an in 1934 anu row totals over
5000 hours, of which time 14500 hours wers in the U.S.'lavye Source secured
a private license in 19355, a transport licensy in 1937, a commercial pilot's
license in 1936, and a reeissue commercial pilot's license in 19,5 Gin.
From March 1942 to September 1943 he was flight instructor for the army Air
Force (5 morths as primary instructor at C.ileAero, and the bulunce oi’ the
time as basic instructor at Lancaster, California). From September 1444 to
January 1l»:., he flew for tii Superior Oil Company of Culifornia.

Since 191,0 source has bean Vice-President of the Royal Petroleum Come
pany of Calivornia, Long Beach, a concern in which he and his relations own
all of thestock; re also is parteowner of three other oil producing corcerns

in Southern Califor, ia,

Source is curried ard has three childror. H» has a 3.5. ana 3A.
derrve from the Lniversity of southerr. C.lifornia, Los Antsles, California; | 2

r also had two years o! law at the University of Souther: California. Source is

372 <3

UNCLASSIFIED ——

,

esmmmme neues

thirty yeurs of a>, but appears to huve a bac.ground of expurience faw
mer his a*e possess, ie iis beiitav d to be “urservutive, sincerv, absclutely

roliabi:, uru very concete: t.

naPOlTs rider tified Piyins Ubjeets “osurved in Croron @7 ‘vay Lorie
On Prianv, 27 (ay ln, sources was diving his oun Sidety eo
aircrafs ‘rom 6d Gliff, 'o.lifirnia to turns, Ore ‘Ctl, & distarcs of gU5 Mitese

f9 deft Hea cthuts’ ut 1522 P.S.2. ard arrivea ut Burns at 14950 B.S.7. (elassead
Gime: 1 hour 26 wirutes}). %ource lanu d 46 ‘urns after cirelinsg: the conn
twice, which coi synva avout ton minutes. Hide an SI's normsel wmaxinunm yyeod
is 170 WPli, source “denilitarizvd” nis plare (whieh he hau purchase
Surplus, lizhtenin:; the plane by avout 600 los.) and it makes urow owe Li
true air spv-ue i hile or this fPlicht he maue 2le Fr frounu speed; source

estiuatos he hau a taii wina of 1© to lo “PK.

At 1425 Pacifie Starndurd Tine, “riday, 27 kay 1), source ovservsd

the sun r’ficctaung on an object or cb jects at a considerabls disturce ubenu,

few po rts go te the starbouri. - Gortinu.d to watch the cuurse tare: or the
reflectirs wustortal ox: .sctine it to “ateriaicza into corverticnas aircratt
as the distu: se ivssened vetween hi. aru tic object or obj-sts. as the objects
reachsi the lor: bl ifs (shown or th: soise (Ve2) averonuut.on.l chart ws cart
ilourta n) which run for a numb :r o* mil=s alon: tho east siae of souwe ary
lakas (Swann, *larstaff, Cimpbell ur ‘tore Corrul Lakes) he say that irstoa
of a single odject have Wei'e Gev' ral, which secmea to ob: fliyins in forsatior e

At this point the objects avpear-a to have chai tsd their corse so
that they were >.ralielins his course (southwest to his northes ad. an. vere
followin: the oliffs' rin at adout LOCO to 1“U0 feet below source's aititrvae,
at a distance which he estinntos to have been § 1/2 to 7 1/2 inilus. Source is
certain th.t it coulc not have bevn as tar as 10 miles si:ce the bai lfs score
les: than 10 miles away and h: covld see the obj-cts outlined ogsinst the

blurfs.

The objects that source saw are described by hin as follows:
Size of each objects: Considerably smaller tian «a ficht-r pluie,

crobably less tha: GO" in lenrth, wii of th: separate ob jects apoosr su to ve

the sam? in size.
Shavoe of objects; Thore was no br-us in the outline. Cource is

certain he woula have recornized corvertiorul aircraft, They had a solid
confifuration, anu no grat thickmess. They were elon cated oval, perhaps
twice as 1:1 as wide, and prhaps five times as lon: us thick. ‘Source points
o t he observ d the object:: from an anglo from above anu could ot easily
estimate their thickness; they coulda possibly have been ezreshupd, anu could
conceivably have buen p:rf ctly oval. The objects suemed definitely solid

objects - there was nothing ethereal about them.
Speed of Objects; Source is confident they were traveling at least as

fast as source's own plane (212 MPH). Souroe haa a tail wind of 15 to ld
MPH and the objects would therefore huve been doing ovwr 250 MPH air speeu.
ob jects wore trav: lin: south/southwast, opeosite to source's course.
Calculutin:; the spyed of the objvcts, soversl different ways from the fucts at
hanu, ths spewed o the objects varies between 190 to 260 !|PH. Source
concluded at the tim of observatior. thit he could not) possibly huve turned

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around and caught up with the objects. They were definitely travelins Pacter

than 4 group of birds, anc slover than j t planes. to trail cof’ smoke cor
exhaust was observed. The spucd o! the ob jocts appeured to be stenuy.
Perrin, Olesations,  »ovulution, «te. in ureng Scurce fiew at Luvut
uGL whith was batt 3: HOUUT urs OUOT snow terrains Durins most of th- Sime
of observast on, tho objects were 1C00' to possibly 1500" below source's sine.
fowergs th aru ol sihtiune ween source haa berus to Goma down he was aden s

or a level sith Siem in avaltitude.

The vailey throw st awrich sovrea rlow rorth, ami the objects fu
south, <5 rowckha 12 miles wing. he Plvor «1 the valiey .8 Bagwaxn bot
400G' to “OUC" in clevation. The aust siue ol’ the va_loy is Gomiratea by fart
Nountuin (ov20' iv elevation). Hart Lountuin stanmas on a @lurimatea Haut,
which has ar al.cost shevr drop of urouna 1000'. The blurf, ard ali the
terrain, aguinst which source suw th. objects is quite dark in coior. The
objects stoou out in cortrast to the dirk co.ior. ithe objects aoveurcu to ba

unpuinted metuie

Tho rin of tho oiuff om the Gust siue of the valley is about ‘hi ;
in elevation. “scm where soures sav th cbjects (at YOO0C' elevation) they
were routhiy in dine with the rim of the oluff (7000'). assuming the ov justs
weru 1 to 9 miles away from the diufterin, tiay wers prosavly flying a* bout
v000' MSL, anc ubovt 3500" above the veiley floor.

The valley where source sighted the objects is spursely populated;
however, there are a number of ranches there = more than are indtecatea o1 the
Boise (Ve@) aeronuvtic.i Chart. Source believes that if’ persons l.vin-: in
the valley were yuestioned, chances ar severni wight bes found who suw the

objects fron th: zround. ource hus flown trrough tiis valley mery times in
soing between California and Oregor anu dous rot recull ev r huvits seen
another airolars ir the valley wher: hs sirhtcd the objects. The va. ley is
not a cormner:ial airway route, anid is seldow used by private pisrese. Sources
does rot recali evor seeirg eny autouoviles or the dirt rowu.s 9m the vaisa:’,
shown as suck o: tho Boise \Ve2) section of Aeronautical Ch.rt.

Numdor anc formation of objects; at the ve cirrnins of observut on,
when the objects were a few decrecs to the s-arboard of dead shess, soures
could not distinsuish seurutyu objects = all he saw, were reflectors; hovevur,
as he came closer azd passed thea by 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 miles he u finitely saw
6 or 7 separate obj-cts. To-be on the sul'e side source states with positiveness
that there wore no less than 5 objects a:d no more than co,

The objects wers always in file forrmt*on (one behind th other)
and ther. aw ear. d to be no change in ultitude of the for:mtion. The s;ace
between th» lead object and the next one was three or four tires the len:th
of one of tho objects. The distance between the seccrd arc the followin=
objects was 2etween one-!alf unu two-thirds the lenrth of the objects.
Acoordingly, it the objects werv 20' in length, the distance between j7l and #2
was 60 to SO feet, and th. distance betwoen #2 and the others was betwoen
10 and 17 fvete The distance between the objects app-ared very constant, The

objects w:re so close anu appeared to kvep xa thoir formation spacing in a manner

which indicated they mirht have been under tow by th: lesding object. At the
dist.neco of sizhting, no connection, if tiure was any, co.la possibly have bven
observed. S.urce is positive thut the objects wer. suparate objects ULecuuse
he was ablo to s.e terrain betwen then. The foriutiorn ia did not _— in

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flight; tho objects flew v-ry evensy ana stcadily.e wher sours List sw the
Ov jects they weTd @woin: ous of visual rare or ‘he horizon.
Vouthour ars visibil:ty at Sine of observation: Vis bidity was

Setienett oe Source ¢ Gault Soe GuPKey tukea G& miles uictart, oi. svuld
Sve guOke * sit, Trea the saw midl« at ourhic, vrecon, (5 miles ulsta tse Thote
were a fey scatterad clowas at betwoen 1i,C0G' and le,lUC'. fhe vost fr roport
wt the tise Frudientia “seatter sa sce o% ‘sta Wie rhe . “ was UP Sncoth.
formally the a'r iy the afuoa is lights to mituly tuPoule Ge Tho su: aan Vvsd
Or sources that is, sovroe's vlare was oetw iar the SW. un. Gir Shyeot:.

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Avromaucical Thurt). Gouree's Lloc.Gion whor objuets wore flrat cichteu vas
42°27" diy 12086 this point was nov definitely establishud out was co pvusd
from whe known 8seed ara the ustinited tine interval auri: * whick soure
otbserv.oa the od Iactes This positior could sossibly be as mek ws Live miles
SSi/ o* tha 2083 sior fiver. Sourece's location when objeets 3. f6 Lia visual
raze WAS L2°U1 0, 119%.9"%;, Source Piew ip u straicht line between these
coordinates.

Loxitior o: objects when Pirst observed: Y2°u'n, 119° L5h..

Leea't or oF objects when last geen: L2°2%'N, Piss

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the ob fects wide @ Biitht char:.: of course from jvuarter 2s to
paruilaolin:: so. see's str: ight line of Plisht.

ws Onl “O OFFICU:'s CO iGKLs It is believed that corvertio:al nircraft,

birds, balloons, astronomical phenouens, an. autoehypnosis ean be eliniratod
aS an expjunution for th objects sicthtea by source. Yincs Source wes not
flyin: into th. sun ard since he is an ex ort piloteinstructer, VoiTti coes not
Aavuvar to bo u ~ asorable exolunations nor do reflections i“, or

irresulurities of, the plexie-:;lass cunopy throuzh which source viowsda the
odjects offer «. seasonable explanation, bdecsu.e of th. wice r:ar‘e of
observance of the objects. as far as the raeportin: o'ficer's co:sen t is
corcerned (us wali as 80 ree's own comment, the expiration of” scurce's

ightiny; of the strunse flyin’ objects renairs u questior mare

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Issued by the Intelligence Division
Office of Chief of Naval Operations
Navy Department

INTELLIGENCE REPORT

Serial: 38-49 Monograph Index Guide No. aAF90774

Froms DI0O=-11ND AT San Diego Date; 235 June 19,9

Reference: CNO Conf Ser Olj22p32 dtd 4 Nov 1948, subj: Flying Discs - Report Of.
Sources; See Below, ' Evaluation: B=3

Subject; Unidentified Flyin; Objects = Report Of.

BRIEF; While flying north in a private plane source, who is believed to be
reliable, saw 6 or 7 “flying discs" in southern Oregon 27 May 1949. The

discs are described as elongated ovals, perhaps 20' length; they flew ina

steady file formation at between 200 to 250 MPH; they appeared to be made
of unpainted metal; no smoke or exhaust trails were observed.

SOURCE; LTJG J (Inactive ), Seria les of
s angeles, California. Ne was comnaissioned #nsign

anuary 1944. Served at Corpus Christie 30 days AV(T); in Dallas two
months VRF=2(D). Ferried SNJ's from North American Company plants. Was at
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania for 30 days. Served at check-out base for ferry
squadron VRF(2) at Columbus; served at Columbus until August 1945. Source
then was with VRF(3) at Terminal Island, California, where he became leyzal
and personnel officer, Was discharged from the Navy in January 196 as

LTJG.

Source holds Naval Aviator's Certificate ee, 1: a senior
pilot's rating in the Ferry Wing of the Naval Air Transport Command, He

also holds a commercial license, single and multi-engine, and flight in-
structor's ratings. his flight time bezan in 1934 and now totals over

5000 hours, of which time 1300 hours were in the U.S.Navy. Source secured

a private license in 1955, a transport license in 1937, a commercial pilot's
license in 1938, and a re-issue commercial pilot's license in 1945 (#18256).
From March 1942 to September 1943 he was flight instructor for the Army Air
Force (5 months as primary instructor at Cul-Aero, and the balance of the
time as basic instructor at Lancaster, California), From September 1943 to

January 194, he flew for the Superior Oil Company of California.

Since 1940 source has been Vice-President of the Royal Petroleum Com-
pany of California, Long Beach, a concern in whioh he and his relations own
all of thestock; he also is part-owner of three other oil producing concerns

in Southern California.

Source is married and has three children. He has a B.S. and B.A.
degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angsles, California; he
also had two years of law at the University of Southern California. Souree is

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thirty years of age, but appears to have a background of experience few
men his ase possess. ke is believi:d to be conservative, sincere, absolutely

reliable, and very competert.

REPORT: Unidentified Flying Objects Observed in Oregon 27 Way 194+

On Friday, 27 May 1949, source was flying his own SNJ-type

aircraft from xed Bluff, California to Burns, Oreson, a distance of 305 miles.
He left Red Bluff at 1332 P.S.T. and arrived at Burns at 1458 P.S.T. (elapsed
time: 1 hour 26 minutes). Source landed at Burns after circling the town
twice, which consumed about ten minutes. While an SNJ's normal maximum speed
is 170 MPH, source "demilitarized" his plane (which he had purchased at Var
Surplus, lightening the plane by about 600 lbs.) and it makes around 200 MPH
true air speed. While on this flight he made 212 MPH ground speed; source

estimates he had a tail wind of 15 to 15 MPH.

At 1425 Pacific Standard Time, Friday, 27 May 1949, source observed
the sun reflecting on an object or objects at a considerable distance ahead,
a few po.nts mg to the sturboaru. Le continued to watch the course taken by the
reflecting material expecting it to materialize into conventioral aircraft
as the distance lessened between him and the object or objects. As the objects
reached the lorg bluffs (shown on the Soise (V-2) Aeronautical Chart as hart
Mounta'n) which run for a number of miles alons; the east side of some dry
lakes (Swamp, Flagstaff, Cumpbell an: Stone Corral Lakes) he saw that instead
of a single object there were several, which seemed to be flying in forswtion.

At this point the objects appeared to have clarjzed their course so
that they were paralieling his course (southwest to his northeast) and were
following the bluffs' rim at about 1LOOO to 1500 feet below source's altituce,
at a distance which he estimates to have been 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 miles. Source is
certain thut it could not have been as far as 10 miles since the bluffs were
less than 10 miles away and he could see the objects outlined against the

bluffs.

The objects that source saw are described by him as follows;
Size of euch object; Considerably smaller than a fighter plare,

probably less thar 20" in Iength. ail of the separate objects appeared to be

the same in size.
Shape of objects; There was no break in the outline. Source is

certain he woula have recognized conventional aircraft, They had a solid
configuration, and no great thickmess. They were elongated oval, perhaps
twice as lcng as wide, and perhaps five times as long as thick. Source points
ot he observed the objects from an angle from above and could not easily
estimate their thickness; they could possibly have been eggeshaped, and could
conceivably have been perfectly oval. The objects seemed definitely solid

objects - there was nothing ethereal about them.
Speed of Objects; Source is confident they were traveling at least as

fast as source's own plane (212 MPH). Source had a tail wind of 15 to 1&
MPH and the objects would therefore have been doing over 230 MPH air speed. The

objects were trivelin; south/southwest, opposite to source's course.
Calculatins the speed of the objects, several different ways from the facts at

hand, the speed of the objects varies between 190 to 260 MPH. Source
concluded at the time of observation that he could not possibly have turned

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around and caught up with the objects. They were definitely traveling faster
than a group of birds, ana slower than jet planes. No trail of smoke or
exhaust was observed. The speed of the objects appeared to be steady.

Terrain, elevations, population, etc. in area; Source flew at YOOO!
MSL which was between 4OOO' and S000' above terrain. During most of the time
of observation, the objects were 1000' to possibly 1500' below source's plane,
Towards ths end of sighting when source had begun to come down he was alnost
on a level with them in altitude.

The valley through which source flew north, and the objects flew
south, is roughly 12 miles wide. The floor of the valley is masnwazn betvcen
4,000' to 5000' in elevation. The east side of the vailey is domirated by Hart
Mountain (S020' in elevation). Hart Mountain stands on an elongated bluff,
which has an almost sheer drop of around 1000'. The bluff, and all the
terrain, against which source saw the objects is quite dark in color, The
objects stood out ix cortrast to the dark color. The objects appeared to be |
unpainted metal.

The rim of the bluff on the east side of the valley is about 7000!
in elevation. From where source saw the objects (at 9000' elevation) they
were roughly in line with the rim of the bluff (7000'). Assuming the objects
were 1 to 3 miles away from the bluff-rim, they were probably flying at about
8000' NSL, and about 3500' above the valley floor.

The valley where source sighted the objects is sparsely populated;
however, there are a number of rarches there = more than are indicated on the
Boise (V-2) Aeronauticu] Chart. Source believes that if persons living in
the valley were questioned, chances are several might be found who saw the
objects from the ground. *®ource has flown through tris valley many times in
going between California and Oregon and does not recall ever having seen
another airplare in the valley where he sighted the objects. The vailey is
not a commercial airway route, and is seldom used by private planes. Source
does not recall ever seeing any automobiles on the dirt roacs in the valiey,
shown as such on the Boise (V=-2) section of Aeronautical Chart.

Number anc formation of objects; At the beginning of observation,
when the objects were a few degrees to the starboard of dead ahead, source
could not distinguish separate objects - all he saw were reflections; however,
as he came closer and passed them by 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 miles he definitely saw
6 or 7 separate objects. To be on the safe side source states with positiveness
that there were no less than 5 objects and no more than &.

The objects were always in file formation (one behind the other)

and thers appeared to be no change in altitude of the formation. The space
between the lead object and the next one was three or four times the length
of one of the objects. The distance between the second and the following
ob jects was between one-half and two-thirds the length of the objects.
Accordingly, if the objects were 20' in length, the distance between #1 and #2

| was 60 to SO feet, and the distance between #2 and the others was between
10 and 17 feet. The distance between the objects appeared very consturnt. The
objects were so close and appeared to keep xm their formation spacing in a manner
which indicated they might have been under tow by the leading object. At the
distance of sighting, no connection, if there was any, coulc possibly have been

observed. Source is positive that the objects were separate objects because ©
he was able to sce terrain between them. The formation iam did not fluctuate 1n

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flight; the objects flew v ry evenly and steadily. When source lust suw the

objects they were going out of visual range on the horizon.
Weather and visibility at time of observation: Visibility was

exceptionally good. Source could see Harney Lake, 60 miles distant, and could
see smoke rising from the saw mills at Burns, Orecson, 75 miles distant. There
were a few scattered clouds at between 14,000' and 15,000'. The weather report
at the time indicated "scattered clouds at 18,000'". The air was very smcoth.
Normally the air in the area is light to mildly turbulent. The sun was west
of sourcef that is, source's plane was between. the sur: and the objects.
Location of sighting objects; \Ref-r to Boies (V-2) Sectional
Aeronautical Chart). Source's location when objects were first sighted was
42°27'N, 120°. This point was not definitely established but was computed
from the known ground speed ana the estimated time interval during which source
observed the objects. This position could possibly be as much as five miles
SSW of the position given. Source's location when objects left his visual
range was l2°41'N, 119°,9'W. Source flew in a straight line between these

coordinates.
Location of objects when first observed; 42°36'N, 119° 3w.

Location of objects when last seen: 42°2s'N, 119°US Vi.
The objects mide a slight chanse of course from quartering to
paralleling source's straight line of flight.

REPORT .NG OFFICEK's COMMENT: It is believed that conventional aircraft,

birds, balloons, astronomical phenomena, anc auto-hypnosis can be eliminated

as an explanation for th: objects sighted by source. Since source was not
flying into the sun and since he is an exyert pilot-instructor, ViRTIGO does not
appear to be a rvasonable explanation; nor do reflections on, or

irregularities of, the plexi-glass canopy through which source viewed the
objects offer a reasonable explanation, bectéuse of the wide range of

observance of the objects. As far as the reportin; officer's conment is
concerned (as well as so rce's own comment) the explunation of source's

sighting of the strange flyiny objects remains a question mark.

UNCLASSIFIED

File No, 24-30

DETAILS: UNCL"*
1. The following investigation was conducted by S/A JAY J, JORDAN,

AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

2, Mr. QQ Controller, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control
Center, Seattle-Tacoma Airport, Bow Lake, Washington, was interviewed on
19 October 1949, in regard to obtaining a record of flight schedules of
all Airways traffic in the vicinity of Hart Mountain, Ore., on 27 May 1°05
at approximately 1430 hours. ‘This agent was informed that records are

kept of such traffic for only ninety days; whereupon, if nothing unusual
occurred, such as accidents or traffic violations, the records are des.
troyed. MARKS! record of incidents for that date proved negative, indi-

cating that nothing unusual was reported on that date.

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Name end addre © of sbserver:

Los angeles, Cali*ornia
Coounétion end hobbies:
Frivate silov over 5,000 hours (13500 wavy)
bt jg in yvs.a (inuotive)

enterrts, tar reluvive to intelligence tind cnarz eter of
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ees. angeles, vulifornia, was flying his ~riva oidetyoe aircraft from
6d bluff, salifornia, wo burns, vrezone. «16 de var ted ied Bluff at 1532 2 nours Yeser's
and arrived «t surns at lu>6 hours seselle at liycd hours, sase date, 5.cu, ovuserved the

sun retlectins on an object, or objects, at a consideracvle distance a.ié4ud an. a Caw
points to the starboard. ii¢ Continued co watch tue course taxen ty whe reflec. ug

es erial, sked0sie it to saverialize into 4 cunventi.nal aircrart as sone Giz...ce
lessened Le weon alu anc ge object -F céjectSe -5 Gine vijecss renxcened ie lin Liuffs
(siiown on the Loise (V-2) s«eronautical Una:rt as sart wountain) which run for « nu.cer

miles wzlon. the east side cf some dry lakes (owanp, Flagstaff, Camp,vell anc Sicne
Jorral Laxes), e observed thai instead of a sanzle ovject tuere were several wrich
sesmed to be flying in formation. at this point whe objects a. -0Carca tO iiave c..ciged
their course so Shat tney were ,arallelin; iis course and were following une vluffs?®
rim at about 1000 ¥e Be fect below S§ altvituue at a distance which he esi_.iaces
so have been 5el/2 to Jel/e miles. is certain that it could mvt nave ceor. as far
as uen (10) ailes since the naire fs were less “nan ten (10) wiles away and ne co. lu sce
whe objects outlined against the bluffs."

Ls ‘the objects the i Saw are described by him as follwuvjwss;

n * af each objeccs considerably smaller than a fignter -lane, -roiacly less
=) & wi. J

Vian fo in len ihe «all of the separace objects &J-eared so be wie sue in sizoe

Shape of objects: inere was no irea« iu the outline. eM is cer sain uc sald
have reco muzeu Cconveivi ual wircraft. they uad a solid configuration, oud no grind
thicknesse dihey were elon;ated oval, serhaps twiceus long as thick. ouiLL poinus out
ne observed the objects from an an,le from above anu could not easily esti.ate meir
Giickness; vhey could possibly have been eg;-shaped, and coul conceivavly have ocen
perfectly ovale ‘the objects seemed definitely solid objects - tnere was nothin,
ethereal about theme

speed of Ubjectss is confident they were traveling at least as fast as his
own plane (cle sun). had a wail wind of 15 to 18 i:PH and the objects would
sherefore have been doing over 250 un air speed. ‘the objects were traveling south/
southwest, opposite to eae course. Calculating the speed of the objects, several

different ways from the facts at nand, the speed of the objects varies between 190 to

260 .Fii. WM concluded at the time of observation that he could not possibly have turned

around and caugnt up with the objects. uhey were definitely traveling faster than
@ group of virds, and slower than jet planes. .o sail of smoke or exaust was observed.
whe speed uo. the objects appeared to be steady.

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clauds at 14,000'". he air vas very suoothe oy the air in the area is lion’

to wilaly turbulent. ‘he su was wesz “er tts is agg plane ams be twee:

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coserved tne objecuss wis position could possibly cé as such as Save (lL, «dles eeu
rootne Spusition ~iveue RSS losaticn waen objects lsft rie visual range was -2~."s.,
1O°Lcl flow in a scruicht line vuesn wmese coordinates.

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= eo. is a Lt JG in 45(L) eon. (dractive,, serial .0¢ 546575. =e was

COwsissioned susicn > dJasuary 19hh,. served at sorpus Christi thirty (50) uays aV (2),

in Vallas two (¢) aunitas VaBeci). ae ferried siid's Croa orth acerican consuay

Slants, was at willow Urove, re:nusylvania, wirty (50) Gavs served at cicocneout bse
tor ferry Syuadron Vai(¢) at Coluabus, and served at Coluaous until aucuss 19.5
was tien with Vii'(5) at Yeruinal Isla:nd, Jalilornia, waere ne beca.ce lecul and
personnel officer. sue was dischar¢;eu frou the wavy in January ly.,o and ut dee o-sub

nolus saval aviator's ULertiticate oe Cel794U5, -lus a senicr pilot's ;rade in tne verry
“ings or the ijavy sir wranspyort Conmiuand. nse also aolas @ comuercial liceise, sin le
and iultieen ine, and rli.nt instructor's ratsazse wis fligut tine besan in 1954 anc
now totals cver 5000 nours, of wnich tive 1500 hours were in tne United Staves .avye
S..cLL secured a Ssrivate license in 1955, a transport license in 1937, 4 coau.ercial , lo
license in 1355, una was re-issuea cuuwiercial pilot's liceise in 1945.6. «#rom -aroi Lc
“oO Sestenber 15..3 ne was a flint instructor for the army air rorce (five -.c1tns as

Yisary instructor at Lancaster, valifornia).Fron se.tember 1145 to Jucuary 104. :

tro tne superior vil Com, any of California. Since 19.¢ mas been Vice zres_lient

of the sorvel setrolewa vonveny of California, Lon; Beach, a concern in wnich ne and nis
relaticns own all of tne stock; ne also is cart cwner of three (5) otner oil proaucing
concerns in soutunern vailiorinia, S .arried and nas tree (3) cudldren. -.¢ nas

@ 59 and fa de;rec from tne University of Sovthern Calitiorr.ias; ne also had two (c)

of law ay wie University o1 soutiern valiforriae CaP |; tiwity (50) -ears cf 67
but appears to nave a bacucround of ex.crience few men his ale possess. ..e is be=-

lieved to be conservative, sincere, absolutely reliable, and very conpetente"

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B/ltr fa Hq, ANC, TPAFS, Dayton, Ohio to CO, AFC. Subject: rrojact "Grudge"
Auguet 3, 1949

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1. In accordance »ith basic covmunication, the folio ing ca..eute of
Dre de Ae PeOples, Jr., vnieL, Terrestrial Science Laborawry, are truce
mitted for your informations “(A) froa ay coiitast with of. noore du tie
developient of -onstant level balloons I ancr aia to he a c@aralul observer,
Because he has teen flying such belloons, the possibility of sas@ re,arts
of unidentiiiled objects heing ua te billoons had been Giscussai with nin
as well as the obcorvational sethods which would yleld a wasiaca avount of
faforaation, Hie revort ia the Lest evidenca cnat I have sacn thet we
phenonenen is real. (3) Coneernkag the ooservationa of lr. “hell, tie only
possible exslanation ia that the ohjact wae & chein of metecrcloricui bsiloons,
This explanation is very far fetches because tia balleans eordhd o¢ struny
out. Tiat could mot have Sesn due to any Terreatrial cele:ce Lavoratorias!
activities, (C) I can offer no logical explanation for tie paenomencn. |
believe that in both cas°s socetning real was soen.?

2. ff any further information 1s desires conce:ninz this sro‘ect, your
request will receive i:ueilate attention and Cooperrt)on of Lhirn etation.

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JINCLAS SiFIFD Los Angeles, California

Private Pilot over 5,000 heurs (1400 avy)
Ls jg in usia (inactive)

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cServer\S,+ appears conservative, sincere, absolutely reliavle ani very
Compe tonte

_ bAV all S 2. ARTE "Un Friday, 27 «my 1549, J _piillllllaa np IER o
eee ios Angeles, California, was flying nis privately owned oNJ=type aircraft from
xed Bluff, California, to burns, vregon. «ae departed aed Bluff at 1532 hours f.S.is
and arrived at Burne at 1456 hours r.Sei. At 1425 hours, sane date, Siti. observed the
sun reflecting on-an object, or objects, at a considerable distance aiead anu a few

points to the starbuard. iie continued to watch the course taken by the reflectixns
taterial, expecting it to maverialize into a conventional aircrait as tne distauce
lessoned between hiin and the object cr objects. As sie objects reacned the lon;; bluffs
(shown on the Loise (V2) Aeronautical Chart as Hart Kountain) which run for a nusvser
miles along the east side of some dry lakes (Swanp, Flagstaff, Campbell and Scone
Ucrral Lakes), ne observed that insiead of «a ginsle object there were several which
seomed to be flying in formation. At this point the objects appeared to have cimnged
their course so that they were paralleling; his course and were following the bluffs'
rim at about 1000 to 1500 feet belv altitude at a distance which he estimates
to have been 5-1/2 to 7-l1/e miles. =: certain that it could not have been ag fur
as ten (10) miles since the bluffs were less than ten (10) miles away and he could see
the objects outlined against the bluffs."

be the objects the ty saw are described by him as follows:

"Size of each objects Considerably smaller than a fighter plane, probably less
than 20f in Ienjin. all of the separate objects appeared to be the saue in size.

“ ghape of objectss  séhere was no treak in the outline. “SMM, is certain he would
have recognizeu conventi.mal aircraft. shey had a solid configuration, and no great
thickness. ihey were elonsated oval, perhaps twiceag long ae thick. @MMMAK points out
he observed the objects from an angle from above and could cot easily estiuate weir
thickness; they could possibly have been e¢rse-shaped, and coul conceivably have been
perfeotly oval. ihe objects seemed definitely solid objects = tnere was nothing

ethereal about theme

Speed of wbjectss - is confident they were traveling at least as fast as his
own plane (cic u:'1). had a vail wind of 15 to 15 iiPH and the ddjects would
therefore have boen doing over 230 W?PH air speed. the objects were traveling south/
southwest, opposite to cours@. Calculating the speed of the objects, several

different ways from the facts at hand, the speed of the objects varies beiween 19 ‘o
260 KPH. SctLL concluded at the time of observation that he could not possibly have turnod

around and cauynt up with the objects. they were definitely traveling faster than
@ group of cirds, and slower than jet planes. No tail of suoke or eximust was observed,

the epeed of the objects appeared to be steady» (49
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| Yves ~~ ‘UNCLASSIFIED
Yarrain, @leyativns, population, otc. in areas SZLL flew at 9000" WL whioh
£e@ tween Lp00 ale Sri above verraing Vuring most of the plane, ‘Towards tne

wR
| “end of sighting when Sat, had begun to come down he wasalmost on a lovel with them L
altitude.

"(ne valley through which 49M flew morth, and the objects flew souci, is cough:
l2 miles wide. ithe floor of the valley is between 40U0' to 5000 in elevation. ‘the
@nst side of the valley is dominsted by Hart .ountain (%0dO0' jn elevation). Hart
wlountain stands om an slongated oluff, which has an aluost eneer drop of around
1000', «ne bluff, and all the torrain, against which sew objecots is guite dark
in color. ihe objects stood out in contrast to the dark color. T.e objects appeared
to be wmpeinted wetal.”

"<3.9 wim of the blu€f on the east side of the valley is about 7000" in elevation.
frou @ he saw the objects (at 3000' elevation) shey were rou,hly in line with
une rim of the bluff (7600'). assuning the objects were one (1) to three (3) niles
aways from the blufferin, they were probably flying at about 6000! USL, and about
3500" above the valley floor.’

"The valley nore sighted the objects is sparsely populateds however, cnere
are a nunber of ranches re = more than are indicated on the Boise (V=#c) Aerone
autical Charte SEPP» o\icves that if persons living in the valley were questioned,
chances are several might be found wno saw the objeots from the ground. Qe has
flown through this valley sany times in going between California and uregon and coos
not recall ever having seen another airplane in the valley where he sightod the
Objuc.se. ine valley is not a comnorcial airway route, and is seldom used by private
planes. Be oc: not reoall ever seeing any automobiles on the dir@ roadg in the
valley, shown ag such on the Boise (V=2) section Aeronautical Chart."

"Nunber and formation of objectss At the beginning of observetion, when the
objects were a few devyrees to who swurboard of dead ahead, QM could not distinguish
separate objects - all he saw wore reflections; however, as ne cane closer and passed
them by 51/2 to 7-1/2 ni he definitely saw six (©) or seven (7) se;arate ob jects.
fo be on the safe side Gtates with positiveness that there wore no less than
five (5) objects and no more than (&) eight. *

"the objects were always in file formation (ome beniad the other) and there
appeared to be no change in altitude of the foruatione ihe space between tie lead
object and the next ono was three or fuur tines tne length o: one of the objectse
Tue digetance between the secend and the following objects was betwecn one-half and
twoethirds the length of the objwote. Accordingly, if the objects were <0’ in longtm,
the distance between ;,l and ;j2 was 60 to SO feet, and the distance between ;,< and
the others was between 10 and 17 feet. dne distance between the objects appeared very
Gonstante ihe objects were so close and appeared to keep their formavion epacing in a
manner which indicated they might have been under tow by the leading objeoti~ at the

Gistance of sirhting, no connection, if there was any, sould possibly have been
observed. . is positive that the cbhjects were sevarate objects because he was able
to seo turrain between them. fhe formation did not fluctuate in flight; the objects
flew very evenly and steadily. seneqggyy last saw the objects they were going out of
visual range on the horizon."

"feather and visibility at time of observations: Visibility was exceptionally
suld soe uarney iake, 00 @s Gistant, and could see enoke rising from t
eaw mills at Burns, vregon, /5 miles disten® -« there wore a fow scattered clouds at

UNCLASSIFIED

between 1,000" and 18,000". The weather report at the tine indicated "scattered
Clouds at 14,000"". ihe air was very anvoth., jiormally the air in the area is light
to mildly turbulent. the sun was wost or gee that is QM, plane was betwoen the
sun and objects."

"Looation of sichtins ob jes «st (.efer vo tolse (¥e2 sectional Aeronautical Chart).
oiutL's Zosayien wou Cojecus wore first signsed was ye e7'"l, 1c0°.. this point wus
Ooiputed Irom tHekmown ground s:;eed and vhe 6eciiaied tinue interval during which J.:..uL
observed the objects. This position could possibly be as such as five (':) wiles wii

of tne position given. ‘location when objects Icft nis visual rane was (<°.1'i,
LUG Ge onwud Plow in a straight line be«woen hese coordinates,

Location of objects wien first cbserveds y2°SS"H, 119356

Location of otjects wien lagi seens yoYesth, 119°Lb' ie

ine objects aade a slisht cnanzge of course from quartering .o parallaling 3:.uLi's
straight line of flighte" |

Ce age is a Lt JG in A5(L)isia (imactive), cerial (RBBB. ke was
Coumigsioned ingign 5 danuary 194):, served at vorpus Christi thirty (30) cays aV (2),
in Dallas two (é) mouths VaBee{.). Guuut forried shJ's Crow hertn sanerican conuny
plants, was at willow Grove, ren:.sylvwania, thirty (30) cays served at chockeout base
for ferry Squadron Vul'(¢) at Colwibus, and served at Coluwubus until aususs 1415. W9
wag tien with Vai(5) at Yverminal island, velifornia, where i:¢ becaue ivgval and
personnel officer. ie was dischargec from the Navy in January 1946 und Lt Jc. gg
holds Naval aviator's Certificate su, plus a senior pilot's grade in ihe Perry
wings of the Navy air iransgport Comuand, ue also holds @ comuercial liscuse, sii: le
and wultieengine, and flijht instructor's ratinjse uie flight time began in lypy umd
now totals over 5v0O huurs, of wiich tine 1300 hours were in tie United states navy.
S..uLL secured a private license in 1935, a transport license in 1957, a coiiorcial pilot's
license in 1335, und was re-issued cumercial pilot's license in 1915. ‘from -arcn lye
to September 1943 ne was a flijht instructor for the army Air force (five molths as
primary instructor at Lancaster, valifornia).From se..tember 145 to January 19.4. ne flew
fro the Superior -il Company of Celiforniae since 1910 ae has becn Vice sresident
of the soyal «stroleum vompany of Callfornia, Lon, sSoach, a concern in which he anc nis
relations own al] of the stuck; he also is ,art owner of three (3) cther oil producing
Goncerms in southern valifornia. s..cLL is carried and nas three (3) cuildren,. «6 «as
a 5 and Ba de, rec from tie Univers.ty of southern Valiforiiag he also had two (<} > cars
of law at the University of soucsern veliforniae ee: thrity (30) years of ae,
tut appears to have a laccground of ex,crience few sion nis 4.6 ;ossess. -=:6 if be-
lieved to be conservative, sincere, absolutely reliable, and very conpetente"

INCIDENT FO.

SEI mete CT

i, Date of Observation ..... Yate of Interview
OR RR RRS METS

2. Exact Time (local) Lets

UNCLASS i cD

%- Flace ef Observation iy2° 27" orth 120°R end Lit?j,2 8 erth 11i¢* ig? west
(Southern Ureron)

Position of observer ,:. skYcircreft, Courec KNZ at 9,000 feer et 212 MPL

airs G
What attracted attention te object seriection of Sun on object

Number of objects 5 to & in file formatienset interval of 3 to times length of
f object for first object, talance at 1/2 w 2/5 length of ebject.

Apparent size Seller than fighver plane estimated as probebly less than 20" in
OUus ile
S. Color of abject Like unpainted mel,

Sp
NY nw &
eB e 3 -

Ps

Shape manne vee oval or round (length te width retio 231, length to the talckmess ri
Die -
10, Altitude 7,500 = &,000 * MSL 5,500 above terrex.

ll. Direction from observer Berth eaate

12. Distance from observer Gal/2 to Fel/e miles.

13- Direction of flight ef ebject(s) « oe

lhe Time in sight

156 Speed 4+ iescs 250 uP (Frobably 19OT? 260 sr)

16. Sound and odor

17. Trail one moticed
186. Luminos ity lief lected.

19. Prejections

20. Maneuversiio ohange in altitude level steady flight.
21. Manner of disappearance 45.44 on¢ of visual range

22. Effect on Clouds

23. additional information concerning object

eh. Weather Conditions

Scattered clouds at 14,000 vo 15,000 feet.
(over)

INCIDENT NO. 392

1. Date of Observation 27 May 199 Date of Interview
2. Exact Time (local) 1425
3. Place of Observation Letween 42° 27' north 120% and 42° War Vorth 119° Lor ast

. Southern Oregon
he Position of observer sir, SNJ eircraft, course KNZ at 9000 ft with lSele w.l+ tail

wind at 212 MPI! airspeed
5. What attracted attention to object ‘ieflectior of sun on object
Gs Mien ae sasnote op 5 tm fia, Socrubien oF tatcred el 2 Be LARUE SI ton
7. Apparent size Smaller than fighter plane estimated as prebubly loss thar 2U' in length
&. Color of object Like unpainted metal
9. Shape ga elites oval or round, len th to width ratio 2:1, length to thickness ratio
10. titude 7500-000" HSL 3500 above terrain
11.7 Direction from observer Northeast
19. Distance from observer 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 liiles
13. Direction of flight of object(s) SSW

lye Time in sight
15« Speed At least 230 MPH (probably 190 to 260 MPI!)

16. Sound and odor

17. Trail None noticed
18. Luminosity Reflected

19. Projections
20. Maneuvers No chanze in altitude level steady flight

21. Manner of disappearance Passed out of visual range

22. Effect on Clouds

23. Additional information concerning object
2l,, Weather Conditions Soattered clouds at 14,000 to 18,000 ft

(over)

Pago 2 Incident 3ye

Yano and addross of observer iii ra trmememmmeee os incoles,

California

Occupution and hobbies;

Private pilot, Lt (jg) in USNR (iractive)

Comments of Interrogator relative te intelligence and character of observer(s)s

4A: pears conservative, sincere, absolutely reliable, and very competent

HARRATIVD SUMMARY: ~ :
On Friday, 27 - ay 1 , TT TTT Los angeles,
California, was flying his privately owned SNJetype aircraft from Red Bluff, California,

to Burns, Oregone He departed Red Bluff at 1332 hours P.S.T. and arrived at Burns at
1455 hours P.S.T. At 125 hours, samy date, observed the sun roflecting on an
object, or objects, at a considerabl. distance ahead and a few points to the starboard.
He continued to watch the course taxen by the reflecting matvrial, expecting it to
mat:rialize into a conventional airoraft as the distance lessened between him and the
object or objects. As the objects reach-d the lon: bluffs (shown on the Boise (V=2)
Aoronauticul Chart as Hart liountain) which run for a number of miles along the east
side of some dry lakes (Swauwp, Flaj;staff, Campbell and Stono Corral Lakes), he observed
that instead of a single object there were severul which seemed to be flying in forma-
tion, At this point the objeots appeared to have changed their course so that thoy
wore parallelin; his course and were following the bluffs’ so that they were parallel-
ing his course and were followinz the bluffs' rim at about 1000 to 1500 feet below
altitude at a distance which he estimtes to have been 5-1/2 to 7-1/2 miles.
certain that jt could not have been as far as ten (10) miles since the bliffs
were less than ten (104 miles away and he could see the objects outlined against the

bluffs."

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1. This office is currently engaged in the investicsation and study
of all revorted unidentified aerial phenomena. Under authority contained
in paragraph No. 4 of Technical instruction 2185 Addendum So, this Command,
dated 11 February 1948 the assistancs ond cooperation of your office is

requested,

2. The inclosed information regarding the sighting of unidentified
aerial objects in the vicinities of Arrey, New Mexico and Southern Oregon
is forwarded for your review and comment as to possible origin and/or

identification of these objects.

3. In view of the source of these renorts Headquarters USAF has re-
quested action on this matter be expedited and that both incidents be ::ive
special attention in an effort to obtain a logical explanation.

4, It is desired this office be acvised by telephone of the esti-
mated date your comments can be expected. ff |

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1. In the analysis of the data presented, the first question that
must be answered - "Did the observers actually perceive the objects which
they describe throush their physical sensing orzans or were they created
within the observer, i.e. noise?" The objects have been seen similtan-

| eously by several observers and certain common characteristics described.
| This is irrefutable evidence and it must.be recognized that the objects
which the observers reported were real and perceived from stimuli receivec

from outside the observer.

 2e Now let us examine the testimony. What are the firm facts
brouzht out by the observers?

ae The object had contrast with the sky by virtue either of
a high albedo or radiation eminating from its surface. -

b. The object was moving relative to the observer. The spveed

} at which the objects were moving cannot be established to any derres be-
cause of the lack of range information. ‘Whether it was moving with the
air mass or not is not certain. Shell observed the object to be moving
retrozrade to his own vehicle at an estimated 230 mph airspeed but with-
out definite range measurement, very little can be made from this nart of
the observation. S8ricght objects apnear to be larcter when viewed at a
distance. Consequently one could assume any number of situations which
would physically satisfy the conditions described by the observer, i.e.
the object could be at rest in the air mass; when viewed forward of the
athwart ship axis, the odject would appear larce because of beinr a brisht
object at a distance in a free field, as the ovdject came closer, its size
would anpvear in truer verspvective and to the rear of the athwart ship
axis, the object would again appear to be larger. This would sive the
impression of creat distance and consequently -sreat speed for a siven
angular rate. In the case of the ground observer, the an-nlar rate was
equivalent of the anticipated motion of the air mass but of a different
direction. Variation in altitude could account for this different direc-
tion of air mass; consequently, it cannot be definitely established that
the bodies. observed were not moving with the air mass, and on the other

_hand, it cannot be proved that they were. Therefore, all we can conclude
was the object moved. relative to the observer at an unlmown speed. .

ce. Configuration: Elongated oval; a solid of revolution.

These seem to be a common obseryation. . so ;

Gs; Beees. Amgeriueee. oe ex eRe

-@, Altitude: Shell reported what can be considered a reliable
observation of beneath the level of his own vehicle which was at 9000 ft.

above mean sea level and l:A06.t0 5000'.ft.* aboveétthe terrain.
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¥. Geographic: t is to be noted that the local of these two
observations was ‘in the semi-desert waste lands of Western U.S., in
general, a.region of low surface earth conductivity and low humidity and
sharp changes in the refractive index of light and temperature near the
surface of “the earth and hish thermal ,current in the air mass .

or Let us consider the objects and phenomena which inhabitate or
manifest themselves in the atmosphere near the surface of the earth.

ae Natural: Animal Life

. 7 birds
bugs

Physical Disturbances

————

Particles - dust - water vapor
Optical Anomalies
Energy Exchanges

be. Airborn Vehicles

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: Conventional
Non-conventional

and let us discuss each of the items:

a —,

(1) Of the animal life that can make itself airborn, only
| two general classes need be considered = birds and bugs. Both of these
| can propel themselves in the atmosphere and have been reported found at

high altitudes probably as a result of the vertical motion of air masses
and not of their own locomotion. That these animals could cive the con-

figuration and albedo reported by the observers is possible. Swarms of
bugs are known to make mass misrations and are believed to be responsible
for the "angels" sometimes seen on Radar presentations. The arbitrary
weighing given to the plausibility of the objects reported being animal
life is one-tenth, where ynity is defined as certainty.

(2) Physical disturbances, by wnich is meant any distur-

i bance to the natural homoveneous distribution of the constituents of the.

| atmosphere and their enersies, such as dust particles, accelerated by

—thermals or water vapor or ice particles, could conceivably assume the
configuration reported. That dust laden air can be made to retain its
original configuration for long periods of time is evidenced by the
British experiments for determining the velocity of the unper air mass
(100,000 ft.) by the use of puffs of smoke from rifles. These particles
can also have the aloedo observed. There are other phenomena which are

| the result of energy exchanges which gives small masses of ras luminosity

|_and self propelling energies, one of these i§_the_ "lire Ball" or nitrorcen

| glow discharre that often fs seen accompanying static discharges. Optica

_anomalies are _cormon_in tropical atmospheres and varying indices

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of refraction sive curved paths to Light pronosation. Althouch there is
little evidence to support the ontical anomaly conclusion, is there
reason to exclude it? The arbitrarv weichinse civen the probability of
physical disturbances being -he phenomena observed is two-tonths.

(3) The conventional airborn vehicles, when viewed from a
distance at unfavorable aspects, do present the appearance of ellinsoid,
have the appearance of reflection observed and commonly frequent the
atmosphere close to the earth. However, when viewed from less than 10
miles over a period of minutes, most aircraft would present a recornizable

confiruration. The arbitrarily assipned probability is one-tenth.

(.) For non-conventional aircraft, one mist say that no
such configurations are known to Allied aircraft desicners: that no
propulsion systems capable of movine arainst estimatable (from our present
aeronautical encineering knowledre) drac forces throuch the distances
commensurate with the spheres of our influence are known. Yet this
exists as a possibility and the arbitrarily assisned probability is

one-tenth.

li. On a scale of probability where six-tenths is the minimum
necessary to make a prediction, we can intelligently make no conclusions

as to the nature of the objects observed.

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2. Special Agent Han DD, va..cu. assisted in t:e investisntion
of this case.

AT nana Vlay ‘9 Or. ne a]

3. On 21 September 1949, Sheriff Toi <LUIOTY, Lake County,
Lakeview, Oregon, advised th:t ..is office has received no reports of
unconventional aircrart in the Hart Mountoin area,

&, On 21 Septenber 1949, Mr. and rs. 3. J. ADAUS, suverintendent

of the antelove geme reserve, Hart Mountain, in Lalte County, Oreson,
edvised that they have neitner seen nor heerd of anv unconventiona. cir

craft in tne Hart Mountain area.
AT PLUS, ORNGCW

5. On eal Senotember 1949, Mr. J. C. OUNMLAl;end Mr. RAY ATKIS,
both of Plush, Oregon, advised thrt thev have neitner seen nor heard of
any unconventional aircraft in the mart Mountain area,

AT FrORTLA‘D, OAaGON

6 Mr. STuoRNS, UL, S, QVLN LENT, Weather Bureau, Customs House,
220 IY Sth Ave., Portlend, Ore., wes ‘dbteevdewed in hie ofzice on 12 Oct
1949, After reviewing weether charts for 27 May 1549, he advised trot *+.cre

are no teletype sequence charts for Lakeview, Ureron; rnowever, tre nezrest
weather t. tne time of sigiting of unconventional aircreft is for 12l!7 hours
(PST), 27 May 1949, This weather rerort was sent out from Burns, Ore-son,
and reads as follows; Amount of clouds: l- at “U5CO feet; Surface winds
from south, 9 miles velocity; Visibility: 30 miles; Humidity: dry bulb -
75.8, wet bulb - 56.2; Fressure cnanze - O60, Mr. SYH.S also advised tt
the only winds aloft report for tiiat area was at Burns, Oregon, as contained
in published chart. After reviewing chart for 1900 hours (PST), 27 May 1949,
nearest report to tine of sighting of unconventional aircraft, he advised

that winds aloft were as follows; Surface: 340° at 10 knots; G00 feet:

, 340° at 39 knots; 8000 feet: 300° at 16 knots; 10,000 feet: 240° at 22

" knots; 12,000 feet: 220° at 30 knots; 14,000 feet: 210° at 32 knots;
16,000 feet: 190° at 33 knots; 18,000 feet: 180° at 39 knots; 20,000 feet:
190° at 39 knots. He further advised that since Lakeview is not a weather
station, there could not have been any weather balloons or testing devices

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