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FORM
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PROJECT 10073 RECOKD

Other (HOAX)

BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

1. DATE ~ Tim GROUP 2. LOCATION
15 Jul 49 Pineville, Louis. «a

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8s two objects wer reported to be like stove lids. They were
dark in dolor and seemed to just float in the air,

investigation revealed that the alleged sighting was hoax,

he news mused in the newspaper article was fictitious.

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“UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FILE NO, DATE
der Te 52g 2a July 10,9
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION ,
_Special Agent CHARTES H, FAY
TITLE REPORT MADE AT

_DO #9, Barksdale AFB, La,

PROJECT SIGN PERIOD

UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA _21 July 1949 =

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

This investigation was conducted at the direction of the District Commander,
9th OSI District upon receipt of information that an unidentified aerial phenomena
had been sighted over Pineville, Libuse, and volfax, Louisiana, on 15 July 199,

Investigation definitely established that information coccerning the unidenti-
fied aerial phenomena sighted over Pineville, Louisiana, and the surrounding terri-

tory as reported in the news r publication, Pineville News, 15 July 199, was
false and without fo

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OfSTRIBUTION

“i, AMC, Wright-
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
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Hq. OSI 2 | Wright-Patterson AFB UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
DO #9 2 | Dayton, Ohio \, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL -|
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APPROVED

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EDWARD R. FORD

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UNC rte Major, USAF

District Commander.
arwa Form } tee eines “1 U. 6. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFrrice
15 JAN 49 O-208 Pe rahe 4, 23 Jul 4, which may be used.

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ee UNCLACSIFIE!

1. This investigation wes conducted at the directicn of the District
Commandér, 9th OSI District, upon receipt of information which aopeared in thw
15 July 1919 issue of the Pineville News, that an unidentified aerial phenomena
had bee ted over Pineville, Louisiana, b Libuse, Lcuisiana,
—— Route 3, Pineville, Louisiana and ir P. 0, Box
62, Colfax, Louisiana. The following article wnich is quoted ver batim appeared
in the Pineville News, 15 July 1949.

PINEVILLE “AN SIGHTS FIRST FLYING SAUCERS OVER LOCAL TERRITORY

A contingent from Pineville is already growing, to attend the
proposed convention of viewers of flying saucers, Brother O'Neal
of Route 3, Holloway Prairie Hoad pnonea the News office Wednesday
to report a pair of flying sawers that he had seen, This was tne
first report in tne most recent list of people who've seen tne one=
nomena from Pineville, Brot er O'Neal reported that the tro objects
looked like stove lids and were heading in 4a northerly direcrion at
about seventy-five (75) feet. The sauwers were a dark color and ap=
peared substantial, O'Neat reportea, ‘he objects were moving tnrouch
the air pretty fast ahd were in sight for only five minutes, He said
that he noticed the disks while walking through a field on the Hollo-
way road, Yesterday another call came in reporting two more saucers
at Libuse, This time tne objects were seen by Freaay Hanxs of Libuse,
and instead of being dark were shiny, and about the size of a big sau-
cer, The disks, also at a height of about seventy-six (76) feet were
reported as just floating, sort of sailing through the air. Noticing
the saucers qualitiea both as delegates to a convention that is being
planned by the Young Mens Business Club of Alexandria. ‘he scheme,
devised only a short time has already attracted interested persons
from many sections of the U. S,. am at present, scems to have 2 good
chance of actual materialization, Epidemics of flying saucers have
hit the nation intermittently for the last three years, the most re=-
cent being only about a month old, Scientific journals existing from
ancient times have also made mention of tne air pnenomena,

TWO SKPARATE SAUCER STORIES FINALLY AGHEE:

At last we have two stories that actually agree in all detzils,
concerning flying saucers, but were reported hy two perso own
to each other, and uninformed of the news,
n Colfax, called the paper as we were going to press and reported
three black plate size discs traveling in a northeasterly direction.
The odd thing about this story was that instead of the usual shiny
discs, were the same aull biack as were Brother O'Neal's
of Holloway Prairie Road, It's becoming harder and harder to be skep=
tical about these mysterious discs,

UNCLASSIFIED

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WNCLASSIFIER

3e On 21 July 1919, investigation of tne Pineville News, revealea tnat
eee to er eR GETOCON was instigator of the hoax along
with two other individuals, newspaper employees, — the operations of

_ the flying discs in the vicinity of Pineville, La. advisea the wri-
ter that the story as printed in the 15 July 199 edition of the Fineville

News was false and without foundation. The news used in this article was ficti-
tious. QMMeerurther aavised that tne hoax was vrepared purely in fun

with no thought to cause anyone any trouble. would not name any of
the other individuals involved and stated that he would take full responsibility

for the entire misunderstanding.

Closed

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIRFORCE %~-U 31/1), /elh
WASHINGTON
~. THE INSPECTOR GENERA “AF
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SUBJLCTs PROJZCT GitiiDGE
SrecIAL INQIRY

Tus Commanding General
Air -lateriel Vommand
Vright-ratterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Vhio
ATTUNTION: i/CIAXS

1. The inclosed report of investication by Special A-ent CHARLUS i,
FAY, DO 39, dated 2% July 1949, is forwarded for your information and file.

2. This investication was not requested by this office, and no
investizative action concerning subject incident is being conducted by
this Vistrict.

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1 Incl JLRUME ii, BRAUN
R/I dtd 26 Jul 19 Acting Vistrict vommander
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