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3 1ng15 19 c6/22502 Leng Ieland, How Yerk
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11. BRIZF CUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
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6. TYPE OF OLSERVATION PoMeotion cocn fron in tho
stcady rate of spoed. No coke o. gle.r.
Crowt-ouet in a clockwiss diroction and dissppoored the i
Tws advertising balloons l0.% Lakohurst
7. COURG3 at 1404 and 1424, DST. Those airchips traveled at an
Host to Baet altitudo of l,000 to l,500 fet spoed of 45 to 50 lmots..
3. PROTOS
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9. PAYSICAL 3VIDINCE
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(1) Size
(2) Shape
() Location .
16. Air ducts None Visible
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a. Employer or employee US Government
5. Hobbies Flying and Sports
a Time engaged in hobby (experience)
Is observer am our astronomer, pilot, engineer, etc.
/ 6. Ability to determine Observer 20/20 vision courected
a.Color
b. Speed of moving objocts .
c. Size at distance
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b. Does target executo any If
what radius of turn. If radius of turn is not observable, how long
did the ta stay ir
C. Noto any separation of distant target separation
of a distant target targets upor Track all
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with other unaffected aircraft
?. Obtain n photograph icinal nogatives S
sketches of
a. object
b. s Surrounding torrain here observed
c. F Place where it contacted eart is happenod)
d. Maneuvers
eFormation if objects were more than two
g. Socura signed statoment
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2. 9th District
action in the above case.
EwadK.Jod
1 Incl: EDARD R. FORD
Rpt of ovest (2) Major, USAF
District Commander
IS:

, GEORGE
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As stated Colone1 Gdc
AC of G
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AT: YEAR
DOD DIR 5OM 10 INTERVAIS:
YEARS.
UNCLASSIFIED
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Latitude: 21 Minutes 2h Seconds North
Minutes .iest
1923 Central: Sky Condition, high scattered 2500 scattered; visibility
twelve miles; sea level pressure 163 millibars; temperature
85 degrees F.; Dewpont 72 degrees F; Wind Calm; a layer
of scattered clouds s at 20000 feet with cumulonimbus clouds
north of station and frequent lightening north of station
Forecast, the next nine hours
2018 Central: Sky Condition, high scattered 2500 scattered; visibility
10 miles; sea-level pressure 163 millibars; temperature 82
degrees F.; dewpoint 74 degrees F.; Wind Calm; a high
laver 2000 feet si+h cumulonimbs
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They're Spherical, Fast As Jets
Flying Discs Come To N.
The flying discs have come to End toward Orleans pect, course and behaviour led
New Orleans s at last. Airport. me to b believe that it was not ar
But here they're not like sauc- "I had just passed the Levee astronomical phenomenon."
Board police station, when I Mr. Schulingkamp said he did
- ers. To looked to my left out over the not know whether the object
they were spherical. lake. made any sound because passing (
Mr. Schulingkamp. assistant "I saw in the sky a moving ob- cars drowned out any other I
U. S. attorney, said that he saw ject, spherical in shape and trail- noises he might have heard.
"round, luminous" object fly- ing what appeared to be gaseous He said he heard that the ob-
ing with jet-like speed across matter, which was brilliant ject was, spotted by a watchman LP=G
Lake Pontchartrain Sunday. orange in color. at Higgins about the same time
The object, "which was trail- The object appeared to be that he saw it.
ing what appeared to be gaseuos about the size of a volley ball. It
matter, brilliant orange in approached the shoreline from a
color," was moving southeast in northwest direction. It was flying
the general direction of Michoud, in a southeàst direction in the
he said. . general vicinity of the Higgins
It was flying on a straight Michoud plant.
level course at an altitude of "The object appeared to be
about 2500 feet, he declared. solid.
Mr. Schulingkamp, who is a Its course through the sky
Navy veteran and a licensed resembled the smooth, swift
pilot with several hundred flying flight of a jet powered aircraft
hours, said he was convinced that in straight level flight. I would
"what I saw was a man-made put the speed at at least 600
aireraft."

The object stayed thirty (30) seconds -
and then disapp sight
witnessed part display, and mmediately we discussed
the matter fo I belia
have been firefly presenting optical i also believe
that it was not meteor fragment because cs bright glowing
nature so close to Earth. Due to the large amount oxygen pres-
, ent, I believs a meteo would have burnt itself before ascent
to such low altitude.
.
Walte.Pehi
WALTER T. PREBIS
1st Lt, USAF
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Report of "Flying Dise"
AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Aprace)
Long Island Hq, lst AF, Slocum AFB, New hochelle, N.Y.
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INPORMATION EVALUATION
26 September 1949 3 September 1949 C-6
PREPARED BY (OffICET) SOURCE
Lt Col Maurice H. Shorago, USAFR Mr. (Civilian)
REFEReNCes (ConErol number, directive, prerious report, ac., as epplicable)
SUMMARY: (Enter comciee rummary of report.
Mr. , an instrument designer, reoorted that on the
observed an unidentified round, black object about a foot in diameter
travelling in a west east cirection. This object iad an irregular
edge and arpeared to e turning in a clockise direction. Source rs crted
that the object seemed to disappear into a haze after being in view
approximately 8 minutes.
PROPERTY
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APFROVED:
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HOWARD H. SYLONS
Captain, USAF 1
Director of ence
2.3
INCLS.
CISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10
MOTE THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 5O U. S. C.—
31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR F FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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an irregular edge and
to the haze.
A visit wis paid to the LaDuardia Weathor Station, whoro the observer,
Ir. Drumbach (A Reserve Lieutemant assi ned to the Corollar Unit at
Mitchelprovided the information that between 16:00 and 17:25 DoT visihility
varied botween 12 an niles, and tio :ind hold steady, blowing from the Ml
with a speed var per hour.
.
A balloon vas 21552 frc LaGuard
and, therofore objoct.
A telephone the Operations Ofricer Lakehurst provided the
information that two advertising balloons left Lakehurst for Kingston, New York,
at l404 and l424 DST. These airshins travoled at an estimated altitude of
1000 to 1500 fe a speed of 50 kmots.
. called to the fact that reported object travoled in goneral
Attention is
direction of the prevailing wind, and sun, at tine of observation, was, in

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US Wenther rport, Now

United C rport, Eow ORlc us,
Louisiana, Eureau oleased. weather balloon
at 0300 hours to the :eather Durueu,
this balloon, if ane as
that deseribed
DOW DECLASSIFTNID AF
DOD DLK 8200.10
CLOSED
3d Region Commander
w/incl 1 APPROVED
DO 75 (Info EdwadR.7od.
w/incl) 1 1
DO WO, File 1 EDURD R. FORD
Major, USAF
UNCLASSIFIED
District Commander.
AFHQ FORM 0-208 Replaces AFCSI Form 4, GOVERNMENT
15 JAN 49

6. N Number of objects and sketch of formation or grouping: O One (1).
7. Apparent size: Approximately the size of a volley ball.
8. Color of object: Vivid
9. s Shape: Spherical.
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16. Sound and odor: None. DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: YEARS
17. Trail: Gaseous appearing trail. DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 DOD DIR 5200.10
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18. Luminosity: Bright orange. (Cont'd)
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22. Effect on clouds: Clear sky.
23. Additional information concerning object: None.
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24: Weather s and light at time sight
shining.
Name and address
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Occupation:
Hobbies: Flying and sports.
Due to no
checks were made.
Reliable information indicates that the Uhited States Weather Bureau
at Moisant Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, released a weather balloon at O300
bours 7 August 1949.

(4) (if fesible) showing
latitute and longitude
b. Air
(1)
bject from observer's
(4) Latitude longitude
c. Sea
(1) Latitude and longitude
Altitude Approximately y2500 ft.
UNCLAS IFED
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10.
a.c Color of smoke
b. I Length and width
c. Odor (if any) None
d. Rate of evaporation.
e. Does trail vary