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5 dune 49 06/0054Z Tampa, Florida
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Civilian _ Astro (METEOR)
i4 NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

'5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
40 Minutes
6 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

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6. PHOTOS

BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

One observer saw only a tbail of somoke. Other observers saw) a
bright object at the head of the trail. Appeared to be
spinning or spiraling toward earth. Disappeared after a flas
Made m erratic "Z" in the sky. See case File.

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Inclosure No. #1 (Report #8-49)

Tampa Morning Tribune

METEOR BLAZES ACROSS FLORIDA SKY—A fiery object, believed to be a meteor, was seen
by thousands in Florida Sunday night at it blazed an 800-mile trail from Key West to St. Simon’s
Island, Ga. The photograph above was taken in Sarasota.—(AP Wirephoto).

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DATE OF REPORT
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ALEX‘ NDER N. BEBININ, Capt, USAF | Tampa liorning Tribune, lionday, © Jime 1946

REFERENCES (Control number, directive, pretioua report, etc., as applicable)

Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum “4, 15 Feb 49
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1,4 newspaper article appeared in the Tampa Liorning Tribune of Tampa, Fleorice
on Monday, 6 June 1949 concerning an unidentified flying object. It is forvarced
because certain conclusions reached in it are not concurred with by a number os?
military personnel stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, whose observations sro
forwarded on accompanying Air Force Forms 112.

2e To assist further analysis of this phenomenon, weather conditions were
as follows at 01302, 6 Jume 1949: 15 miles visibility; temperature 74°; do
point 75°; surface wind west at 9 'PH; altimeter setting, 29.86 inches; see.

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level »>ressure 1011.2 millibars.

3. “inds aloft: local at 35,000 ft, 290° nt 30 knots. Jaaksenville, Fridrids,
45,000 feet, 320° to 330° at 36 Imots. “vinds above those altitudes unrecorded,

4, Above wenther conditions were obtained from the ! acDill ‘leather Station.

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5-49

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(Article From Tar:pa Morning Tribune, Tampa, Slorida, 6 June 1949)

SMOKE*TRAILING FLASH SEARS SKY OVER STATE

A fiery object, believed by some authorities to be a meteor, was sishted

tonight high in the sky over Florida.
The object was observed over an area roughly 800 miles long, from Key \/est

to St. Simon's Island, Ga.
MacDill Field said it was out of the ranze of present aircreft and apparently
was a meteor, ‘Yatchers reported it trailed a long, luminous tail and disappecred

over the horizon in the vicinity of Cedar Kers, north of Tampa.
It also was seen at “iiami, Orlando, Ccala, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville and

Fernandina, Pilots of aircraft over Florida also saw it.
Donald Trivett and E. Le Ralston, on duty at the Navy mastor field at ‘Minni,

said it was a "ball of fire."
"It was fairly low and I saw it with the glasses," Ralston said, "It wn
traveling in a straight line and went behind a bank of cloucs in the nort'swest
"The trail was a sort of 'Z' shape. It looked like white smoke and za7-ed

but did not dissipate, “Te saw it for about 25 minutes.”
Ralston said it was too larse to be a suided missile, as sore *henrized,

and added he was posit‘ve it was a meteor.
‘Te Re Davis and P, L. iioore, two forecasters on duty at the Viami “eather

Bureau, said it was "very brilliant and somewhat smaller than a full moon.”
That cescription tallied with the one siven by alston. Davis and ‘core

also belioved it was a meteor and said the tail "drifted about at high altitu’-,
"It lit up the sky to the northwest and fell vertically, leaving a lwiineus,

weaving trail," they said.
The phenomenon resulted in hundreds of queries to weather stations, -olice

and newspapers throuj;shout the statee
The fiery object was seen plainly in Tampa shortly before 8 o'clock,
and from the downtown section appeared to bo over Drew Field.
At Drew Field, however, it was reported farther nortiiwest, over Dunedin, 3ut
at Dunedin it was seen about 10 miles out over the Gulf.
Observers here first took the sight to be a falling plane, particularly since
it left a trail of white smoke like that of a sky writer which hung in the sly

past darknesse

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In Tampa there was a flash just after the sun had divped below the horizon, then
the trail that appeared to be vertical but soon flattened out to be a horizontal
line, seeming about 25 to 30 feet long to the eye from the ground,

Then the switchboard of the Tribune was swan ped.

Clearwater was experiencing the same wonderment. So was St, Petersburg,

Fort liyers, Miami, Jacksonville, Brunswick, Ga., Ocala, and other citiese

The Tampa Weather Bureau said the object appeared to be a meteor, but observers
here could not account for a zaseous or vapor trail, lacDill Air Force Base
observers said the phenomenon apparently was in the area of Cedar Keys, and
sighted at such distance that the "tail" was 50 or 60 miles long.

The Coast Guard et St. Petersburg put up two airplanes, but diverted then
‘shortly afterwards to investigate reports of a ship in distress eight niles west

of Big Pass.
Residents at Port Myers said the object was sighted in the sky northwest of
that city and Daytona Beach said a "cloud of smoke or soiething in the sky looked-n« y3
like the figure '2' for a few minutes after a PlasheHowNGRADED & > 2 PER “19 Yisewiwo-
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(Article from Tampa liorning Tribune, Tumpa, Florida, 6 June 1949 )(Continucd }

. Teather observers had no theory other than it may have been a meteorite with

a tail formed by millions of tiny particles.e
The Florida highway patrol also had reported of the object being sihted

near Fernandina and Ocala. The Civil Aeronautics Administration said sevoral
pilots reported seeing the object from planes as far north as Brunswick, Uae

A similar but smaller phenomenon appeared over Florida a few weeks ago, but
left no trail, At that time the phenomenon led to reports of a plane crash in
the Everglades, but it was finally written off as a shooting stare

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Unidentified Flying Object
RIAN eran Ow RUY"ABorations Intellicence Officer

Tampa, Florida f
DATE OF REPORT , | DATE OF INFORMATION = al aut Wing Meciun —_
8 June 1949 | 6 June 1949 F=3

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ALHAANDER N. BEBENIN, Capt, USAF | ses OR

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1. At approximately 0054Z hours 6 June 1949 oticed a trail
of white smoke in the northwest quadrant of the sky from his location in the

control tower of the International Airport, Tampa, Florida. Object apparently
causing smolce appeared to be going in a westerly direction and seemed to i:.?crmant
to be located approximately over the city of Dunedin, Florida. From the desiczn of
the trail of smoke informant thought the smoke was caused by a falling aircraft.

» | Direction of trail of smoke was straight dorm. Actual object causing smoke etrail
was not seen by this informant. Phenomenon was witnessed by informant ebout
forty (40) minutes, when darlmess precluded further observation. Informant
expressed his opinion that the nhenomenon he observe? could not hare been a
meteor, remardless of stecements appearing in a local Tamna newspaper, which
cited certain "authorities" as identifying the rhenomenon as a neteor,

2. Following deta is relative to the observer. lr. Ciggiien) AAs 9

SQ” \venue, is Air Traffic Control Operator at International Airvort,
Tampa, Florida (located west of Drew Fielc, Florida), “e is an arateur oilot of
four (4) years experience. It is believed that subject is reliable with averare

intellizence,
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Tamoa, Florida | Ai¥"tbe rations pie gence Officer
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION ment ing ledium
8 June 1949 6 June 1949 C=-2
PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE

ALEXANDER MN, BERBTIIN, Capt, USAF RE, Capt, US.’

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ximately 0100Z hours 6 June 1949 a phenomenon was observed by Jantain
who was located about two miles north of MacDill Air Force 3nse,
Florida. The phenomenon observed by hin was located at a high altitude in the
quadrant of sky northwest of Tampa, gts tge and appeared to be located about
twenty (20) miles northwest of Tampa. A spiral condensation trail covering 2
large sector of the sky is informant's best description of phenomenon. The
pattern formed did not appear to be regular, or in informant's words "pre-deter-
penee's 2 nor did all the action seem to informant to take place at one altit-ie
level, A definite reflection, similar to that from a mirror, flashed fruin a
newlyeformed sector of the trail for an instant. During the period of twili-ht
and within two minutes following the reflection noted above a bri-ht flash,
illuminating the entire sky, occurred. aAltituie of phenomena was estimated ~c be
about 40,000 feet. Angle of elevation from horizon was about forty-five (45)
degrees. Time in sight: eight (8) minutes. Object which "flashed" like mirror
appeared to be about one inch in diameter from position of observor. The 0! ject
appeared to be spinning or spiraling towards the earth. Trail, composed o: wint
appeared to be "smoke" was white. Janner of disappearance: when the flash of
light brightened the sky object was not again seen. Point of apparent disu x car-
ance was about fiftcen (15) degrees above the horizon.

2. The following information is relative to the observer. Captein (iia
inant sorters & Headquarters Squadron, 307th Bombardne: nt rine
Medium, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Home Address: ;
Tampa, Florida, Ee SO7th Bombardment Wing Training Officer.
is a navigator of eight (8) years experience. Ilis ability to determine colcr,
speed of moving objects, and size at a distance is considered good. It is nalteved
subject informant is completely reliable, with above averaze intellirence, and of
stable character.

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Unidentified flying object.
AREA REPORTED ON * ~ | FROM (Agency) .

Tampa, Fla intelligence Section 307th Pm Gp (:)
‘DATE OF REPORT > DATE OF INFORMATION __ EVALUATION B= AF

9 June 49 | 5 June 49 | __P=2

SOURCE

Ten Military Aircrew members of 3C7th Am Gp

PREPARED BY (Officer)

REUBEN “. NORMAN, lst Lt, USAF

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1. 19:45 hours 5 June 1949 at Tampa, Fla an unidentified object travelin:
from S.E. to N.W. at a very high rate of speed was observed by Aircrew personnel
of the 307th Bm Gp. This object was emitting white smoke and/or vapor trail which
indicated its flight path was horizonal but very erratic in direction. It made a
arge "Z" turn on course and then faded from view. The trail was visable for about

30 minutes.

2. It is the opinion of this officer that this object was not a meteor due to
its erratic course,

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3. All of the information contained in this report is indorsed by the ten (10)
eyewittness interviewed. All ten (10) wittness are Aircrew members of the 307th:

Bm Gp.
4. The significance of this report is unknown.

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COMMENTS :

19:45 hours 5 June 1949 at Tampa, Fla from an unidentified source a
long zig-zag trail of smoke and/or vapor trail was observed by crew members of

the 307th Bm Gp Ned.
The observers were on the ground.
The direction was Northwest of Tampa, Fla.

There was one object sighted.

The local newspaper, Tampa ‘forning Tribune, reported the object was believed
to be a meteor but this is debatable.

The distance of the object from the observers is unknown but estimated to
be 35 to 50 miles,

The object is reported to have been seen by observers unknown from as far
South as Key ‘jest to as far North as St Simon's Island, “a.

The angle of elevation in the sky from Tampa was about 30 degrees. The
altitude unknown but thought to be very high. (One Capitol Airline [ilot revorted
seeing this object pass him at about 50,C00 feet altitude while he was flyin, ot

10,000 feet. This unknown pilot reported its speed as tremendous. )

The vapor or smoke trail was visable for 25 to 30 minutes. The object itself
was visable for about 5 to 10 minutes.

The object appeared to be round ball of red fire emitting white smoke. It
appeared to be about the size of a big star.

It maintained level flight with an erratic course making a "Z" type turn on
course. The direction of flight was west north west.

The color of the smoke was white.

The trail of smoke appeared about 1000 feet wide and several miles lonr, -aybe
35 miles.

There was ne odor. The rate of evaporation was slow. There was no sound.

There were no clouds.

There was no emitted light. The object just appeared to be on fire, burning
with a red glow.

There was no visable means of support.

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COMMENTS :
Appeared to be traveling above the speed of sound.

The object just faded from view.

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REUPEN N. NORLAN
lst Lt USAF
Ass't Group Intelligence Officer

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