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* 1. DATE + TiMz SROUP

¢ Jul 49 09/0230 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |

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4 NUMBER OF OBJECTS

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Se LENGTH OF OSSERVATION

| Not Reported
6 TYPE OF OSSERVATION
| Ground-Visual

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Not Reported
6. PHOTOS

Oo Yes
Cc No

-9 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes
G Ne

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
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10, CONCLUSION

Other (BIRDS)

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

\bservers attentim was drawn to eight objects by a sound like
the wnir of duck wings. The eight objects appeared to be round
land about 20 ft in diameter, They were not in a formation,

smut reminded the observe: of bleckbirds in a broup. There was
o smoke or exhaust, Estimated altitude was 800 to 1.00 ft.

Reflection of the sun's light off the wet bodies of birds often

gives the appearance of a very large object at a much greater
distance from the cbserver than they actually are, especially

during the periods of dusk and dawn.

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On July 8, 1949 between the hour of 6:30 and 7:00 A. I.
my wife and I were fishing from a rubber boat on the north end of
Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone Park, when I heard what sounded like
the whir of ducks wings. I said to my wife listen, what is that sound,
on looking straight up over our heads, I should say 800 to 1000 feet,
there were eight objects appearing to be round and I would say about 20
feet in diameter, and very bright metal like brizht aluminum, sniling
as I have sailed a lid from a can many times. They were not in formation
but reminded me of a flock of blackbirds in a group some above and some
below ench other,

There was no smoke or exhaust of any kind, it was a beautiful
clear morning and the sun was shining bright. I£ there had been any
exhaust we would surely have seen it, They did not sail on a level
course but seemed to go up and down just like some of the smaller
birds fly when in a group. They were going very fast and if they had
not been directly over our heads we would never have heard or seen
them because we were watching the water. There was no sound of a motor,

‘hen the disc shape objects were about over the center of the lake
one of them turned completely over sailing in amoung the rest of them
without coming in contact with the other objects.

Theylooked the same on both sides but I could not tell how thick
they were, but judging from the diameter they are large enough to have
one or more men aboard,

Many times when I was younger I have taken a flat round lid or
heavy cardboard and threw it to see what turns it would make. This
disc object turned completely over and sailed through the air as if
the air current had changed its course. Just before the discawent
out of sight the one on our right turned on its edge and sailed
down and away from the rest.

I have seen jet planes and know about there speed but these objects
were just as fast if not faster.

I have been kidded about seeing things and having to much to drink.
But the sky was clear and the sun shone bright. ‘/e had had a good nights
rest and nothing but good clear water to drink.

Vy wife and I saw these eight metal objects if we ever saw anything
in our lives. ly opinion is that they are controled by some device
some where out side of the disc its self and there is no man aboard,
even though they are large enough to carry a man. I think there is
some device that keeps them from coliding with each other, and my
opinion is that they belong to the United States Government, because
if they did not, the U. S. Government would soon find out where they
come from

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WASHINGTON (AP)—After
checking up on 375 rumors of
| weird and wondrous sights in
the sky, the Air Force has con-
cluded that there aren't any
“Flying Saucers.”

It took two years, a special
team from the USAF’s science
staff, and help from university
consultants to track down the
rumors of strange discs whiz-
zing through the air.

PROJECT ENDED

| Tuesday night the Air Force
| said “Project Flying Saucer”

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‘saucers’ " /th
Air Force Says

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—the investigation started by |;
the air material command at
Wright Base, Dayton, O., on
Jan. 22, 1948—has been or-
dered ended because there is
nothing to show that the re-
ports were “not the results of
natural phenomena.”

All evidence, it added, points
to three factors—‘misinterpre-
tation of various conventional
objects; a mild form of mass
hysteria; or hoaxes’’—as the or-
igin of the flying saucer re-
ports.

Under Air Force definition,
“various conventional objects”
include such things as meteors,
balloons, birds in flight or just
ordinary optical illusions.

STORY DENIED
The effect of the announce-

“| ‘Project Saucer’ personnel flat-

pearing in the current edition |
of the magazine “True.” The
magazine said it had learned
that “a rocket authority sta- |.
tioned at Wright Field has told

ly that the saucers are inter-
planetary and that no other
conclusion is possible.”

The Air Force last spring
sought to shoot down the fly-
ing discs rumors with a long,
detailed discussion of the whole
history of the rumors. It devot-
ed a portion of that report to
explaining why visitors weren't
likely to arrive from other
planets on space ships.

Among other things, the re-
port questioned the possibility
of the existence of men even on
‘the relatively near planet of
Mars. Even if men were there,
the USAF doubted that they
vere a “technically established
race,”’ able to build space ships.

ASC form Pile. 10-508
(Rev. 22 Oct 45)

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¥ Receipt of your letter dated 1 January 1959 is
acknowledred.

You may be assured that the information you pro-
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Your action in writing this Command is appreciated.
Yours truly,

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$ BRUNOW W. FEILING
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Chief, Technical Analysis Division
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