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PIOTOS =-- SKETCHES - material which looked like spider webs.
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UNCLASS FIRD SUMMAKY OF INFORMATION DATE
29 October 1949
PEPARING OFICE CIC FAO 8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
SUBJECT CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION
OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION
Unidentified Flying Objects COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES -
USUALLY RELIABLE . . B PROBABLY TRUE. - a . 2
sighted near Knoxville, Tenn. FAIRLY RELIABLE c POSSIBLY TRUE . - 3
NOT USUALLY RELIABLE D DOUBTFULLY TRUE - . 4
UNRELIABLE - 4 . E IMPROBABLE 4 a . 5
RELIABILITY UNKNOWN F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED 6
SUMMARY OF INPORMATION
1602 hrs:
Altitude (feet) Direction (degrees) Knots per hour
8000 210 17
9000 220 18
10000 230 25
12000 220 30
14000 220 30
2203 hrs:
Altitude (feet) Direction (degree) Knots per hour
Surface Calm
2000 150 7
3000 160 6
4000 180 7
5000 190 10
6000 190 17
7000 190 19
8000 200 18
AGET'S NOTE: A report of weather ballons and other meteorological
instruments on 27 October 1949, by the weather section of Plant
Tennessee, is forthcoming.
DISTRIBUTION CG, Hq. Third army - 2 cys
CO, Tenn Fil-Dis, Knox File-l cy
WDON  568 U. S. GOVERNMENT OPFICE 16--1 53396-1 CONTIDENTIN
UNCLASSIFIED

TE October 1949, subject, "Unconventional Aircraft," with sumary
of information re flying
2. containing
additional information.
FOR THE COLANDING GETERAL:
S.Z.Overton
JOHN MEADE AC
far Colonel, GSC
AC of S, G-2
T Inci: .
S/I dtd 1 Nov 49
neid
Cr 189
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Weather Station of Plant "X-lo", Oak Ridge, Tennessee reported that one (1)
thirty-two (32) inch weather balloon was released at Chat station every hour,
approximately on the hour from 0800 to 2400,
meteorological instruments were released that date. (B-2)

.
The information
of aerial phenomena.
Your action in mriting i
. Sincerely :
-
CARL B. I LIN ISTRAND
Lt Colonel, USAF
Actg Chief, Technical Analysis Div
Intelligence Lepartment
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They ma da sound. had been looking at them a minute or two
when one of them seemed to jar or jerk then it vanished; the other one
went on south. In a minute, or a half minute something resembling
pieces of ashes came dowm drifting lightly in the wind. iL
seemed to be lighter in ashes from the floated in
the wind. whitesh colon vas coming north towards
the south;some pieces were half as large as a Most of
them were much I saw one piece seven inches long. I
started to go ngendooe - oked
web coming down. coming down from the north. They
were coming dowm fast and think they were catching on the leaves of the
trees. Uneopin Places were thick with them. There were millions of
them, the air be full of them Single strands shining in the
sunlight. They had a Golden tint. There were some pieces that seemed
to be large pieces spider webb that had tangled together Some of the
pieces had a long tail of single strands with heavy pieces at one end.
Theheavy end would the piece an let to be
controling it.
The large mere like common spider web. I
pieces gray-white, They
seemed to be much lighter in weight from the way they floated in the
wind. Some of the pieces were fairly they did.
In about ten min tes I saw another oval coming from the east. It
COPY is a single oval. was only an oval shaped object.

came from. It was overhead when I watched it. It too woul:
swing half way around and then back and jerk like the
cther one did. Then the star-like the oval. It went
in a southenst direction; very fast. It wis some distance from the
large oval. Bright things larger than single vet
came from each side oval. They came oval in a
curve. They were so bright and many of them it hurt my eyes to loer
at them. There seemed to be millions coming They shined
like s spider sunlight. minute or less ashes or what
looked like flakes of ashes, were coming down. They were like the other
pieces I had seen. Then the spider web stuff came down. It locked i:.e

only saw
them On Nov lst about I o'clock, I locked up and saw another one of
the ovals. It was going south. flakes of the ashes stuff and
spider web came drifting It seemed like I could
taste a bitter taste in nouth, the bi taste seemed to go on domm
in my throat. I could t rid o my nouth and thrat
for 2 day3.

mrellif
JOHN MEADE
Colonel, GSC
AC of S, G-2
1 Incl:
s/I dtd 29 .
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a forty-five (45) . Iytle continued r saying that irmediately
after the first object again looked overhead and si hted another
object one in shape and and that it was
flying at the same altitude, in ti direction speed
as the first object. This object w kept proximately one (1)
minute before it disappeared. rmant stated that irom th eflection of the
objects, appeared to onstructed of metal similar to thet
used in airplanes. She Said that the sky at the time was void of clouds. Mrs.
alone et th e time the objects were hted. (B-2)
On 29 of the United States Weather Bureau, McGee-
Tyson Airport, , Knoxville, Tennessee, vere contacted and stated that weather ballons
were released by that Bureau on 27 October 1949, at 0405,1000, 1602 and 2203; but
that no other meteorological instruments were released. They said that the ballons
were approximately thirty (30) inches in diameter, and that the color of the first
ballon was red, the was orange, the third was yellow and fourth Was orange.
The officials furnishe following information relative to winds aloft on 27
October 1949:
(continued)
DISTRIBUTION CG, Hq. fhird army cys
File-l cy
16-53306-1 ConmeenTIaL)
WD   568
UNCLASSIFIED

ny
else saw the ovals. e said there was no talk of
ware the only ones that saw
them. On Nov lst about 1 o'clock, I up and saw another one of
the ovals. It was goin south. lakes of the ashes stuff and
spider we drifting It seemed like I could
taste a bitter taste in to go on domm
in my throat. I could not get rid of th that

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DATE
UNCLASSIFIED 29 Oct. 1949
PREPARING OFFICE
CIC FAO 78, P.O. Rox 379, Knoxville, Tennessee
SUBJECT CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION
OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION
Unidentified Flying Objects COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES -
USUALLY RELIABLE. 8 PROBABLY TRUE . 2
sighted ne Knoxville, Tenn. FAIRLY RELIABLE a c POSSIBLY TRUE , 3
NOT USUALLY RELIABLE D DOUBTFULLY TRUE 4
UNRELIABLE . E IMPROBABLE 5
RELIABILITY UNKNOWN F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED 6
SUMMARY OF INPORMATION
0405 hrs:
Altitude (fect) Direction (cegrees) Knots per hour
Surface 40 15
2000 80 19
3000 140 10
4000 170 13
5000 190 17
6000 210 18
7000 230 16
8000 220 11
9000 230 12
10000 230 13
12000 240 16
14000 250 16
16000 260 16
1000 hrs:
"ltitude (feet) Direction (degrees) Knots per hour
Surface 50 11
2000 60 6
3000 120 4
4000 160 10
5000 190 14
6000 220 13
7000 230 14
8000 DOWNGRADED 240 17
9000 DECLASSIFI 220 12
10000 DOI 200 12
12000 230 18
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