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BY COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
D. L. PUTT
Major General, USAF
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in a jet plane. pper look directly overhead and
saw an object floating--it in and out among
the clouds. Then it t tilted toward .it appeared to be
a huge it and suddenly
realized that it was travelling at rific of speed
in a southeasterly direction. I rtain I the object
been grounded it would hav lational
Guard hanger.
2. hesitated to divulge this incident.
However, I can assure you that it is absolutely true; I have
never had hallucinations. I dismissed the incident from my
mind at first, thinking that it was I probably an object sent up by
meteorologists. more I thought of its size and the
height it was the ground, however, more significance
Iattache
Cpl.
113th Aircraft Control Squadron
District of Columbia
Air National Guard
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Your letter
in these matters.
wih Ar (5376 If further information is desired you will be contacted.
Your action it
Yours truly,
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FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER:
Ah
GOE MADBKENA, Jr
Captain, USAF
Ad jutant
7 A3 350.05 2nd Ind
HQ 43RD BOLBARDMENT WING son
Arizona a JAN 9 1950
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following information is subnitted:
a. Location and tie sightine: Tosemved
of D-vis-'orthan Air For nse by personnel standing on the
remp east aoing 1-2722. Coserved at 1350. ountain S Standard
Time (2050 GCT) on 31 December 1949.
b. Weather at the tine: Clear over the field with
cunulus clouds near the object. .inds aloft:
4000 feet 130/20 knots
in 6000 11 180°/10 "1
10000 230°/10 "1
15000 I1 2700/40 11
lst. Lt
s/sgt. Specialist
s/sgt. Aircrrft .ainten unce Specialist
Fvt. clectrician
Honthan Air Force ase, Tucson, Arizona.
d. Photographs: Hone available .
e. s Sketches ation:
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whille hovering.
(306)
stetos 15ooo fest albltude.
(9) Sound: none heard -
(1o) whaust none
seen flying tovard
crew members having seen the object chec:with the D-vis-
'onthan lieathe: ice revenlec bel1o been sont
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
18th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
USAF ED DEPOT, BOX 310, OOD, CALIF.
4 A FTR/lei
1 December 1949
SUBJECT: Radio in Possession of Mr bn n which
Allegedly Came From a Flying Disc that had
Crashed 1 in New Mexico.
UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRA CIAL INQUIRY
TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Chio.
ATTN: MCIAXO-3
1. On 30 November 1949, this S office received a letter from the
Los Angeles Office he Federal Bureau Investigation which reads
as follows:
"On November 24, 1949, motion picture actor, tele-
phonically advised this office that on the previous afternoon he had been
playing golf at the Lakeside at the Lakeside Country Club with . I. CABOT CABOT over-
. heard talking about a talking about a magnetic radio the latter had in his pos- radio the latter had in his pos-
session and which he claimed had come from a flying disc which had
crashed in New Mexico. who claimed to be in the oil business,
had the radio with him at the golf course. described the radio
as being about 7x2x2 ir
advise that he and an unnamed scientist
were using the radio as a "doodle-bug" to find oil deposits in the
ground. I stated that several of the flying discs had recently
crashed in New Mexico, Arizona, and Maine. He also told that
the discs had contained men and that he had bits of cloth at home from
the clothing of these men. addition Claimed to have pieces
of metal from the gears of disc.
old that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio is making a
"hush-hush" picture which could very well concern the matter of flying
any way
states that e bas ascertained through friend at Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer that they are now making a picture called "Project No.
18 (the actual number not known). said he was unable to
find out what this picture is about
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Ehuad 7 Mullenahan
1 Inel ED"ARD F. MCCLENAHAN
Rpt of Unidentified Flying Lt Col, USAF
Object (in cup)
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JANUARY LNGS
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DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Brooklyn, Nev York Insufficient Data
Howard, Kansas A/C
Noou Kansas City, Kansas Astro (VENUS)
Holloman AFB, Ney Mexdico Astro (CANOPUS)
Gashland, Missouri Insufficient Data
7 Corona, New Mexico Astro (Meteor)
9 Los Alamos, New Mexico Astro (Meteor)
12 Holloman AFB, New Mexico Astro (VENUS)
12 24.OON 85.20W (Gulf of Mexico Air RADAR Other (Radar Malfunction)
Holloman AFB, New Mexico Astro (CAPELLA)
(DR) Dalton, Georgia A/C
Denver, Colorado Military Air Astro (Meteor)
Boling Field, D.C. Military Air Balloon
Scullville, New Jersey Other (Contrail)
53N 171W (Alaska) Military Air Other (Flare)
KANgas Ciry, KaNenS (No Cand)
FEBRUAR IGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER · EVALUATION
Teaticket, Massachusetts UNIDENTIFIED
nt Alameda, California A/C w/Contrail Target
San Jose, California 11 "1
San Francisco, California "
Piedmont, California " "."
Berkley, California " "
7 Kirtland AFB, New Mexico Military Ground Astro (Meteor)
Otto, New Mexico Military Air " " 11
8 Tampa, Florida Military Eastern Airlines Astro
15 Sandia Base, New Mexico Astro (Meteor)
18 Hollom
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. object appeared
. at the base by twenty (20) feet in height. It was estimated to be at 5,oco feet
altitude lo,Ooo feet from the observer and moving slowly in a south-easterly cirect-
ion. The base of the cone remained steady and the top slowly oscillated.
The report parallels press releases concerning unidentified flying objects re-
cently y observed over the Carolinas and, in one case, identified in the Charlctte
Cbserver newspaper by airport officials as being a mass of ice crystals formed in
the wake of an Air Force B-36 flying at 40,Co0 feet altitude.
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1 - Observer's Signed statenent t (2 cys)
2- Witnesse's "I (2cys)
3 Drawing of uniden ified flying object (2 cys)
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Information copy to CG, ConAC, litchell Air Force Base, N.Y. Attn: Director of Int.
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the observation.
F. 5,000 feet.
2 Distance from observer to object was 10,000 feet.
3 The angle of elevaticn from the horizon was appr ees
G. The sighting was (5) minutes duration.
H. Object was white.
The object was ccne shaped.
The construction is unknown.
The dimensions of the object were estimated to be eight ( feet dianeter
at the base and twenty (20) fe height.
(5) The object's size e fron the observer's point oximately
two (2) feet diameter at its base by four (4) or fi in height.
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310 degrees at 35 knots.
c. Approximately fifteen 15) Air in the vacinity,
plus possible aircraft from the Norfolk Naval Air Statia.
D. No weather balloons had been released by the Langley weather station for
several hours prior to e sighting, no aerial experiments or flying was
being conducted by NACA and Langley based units were not con-
ducting
E. The object did reach the earth .
F. No aircraft near object.
G. No photographs w taken.
H. No fragments were obtained.
I. The object had no visable antenna.
4. Information relative to the observer:
A. Observation was made a and reported by Technical Sergeant
of Hq & Hq Sq, Ninth Air Force, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
B. This airman is an in the Headquarters Ninth Air
Force Adjutant General's section.
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Langley Air ase, Virginia
SIATBHENT
The undersigned airman, having read letter, Headquarters Ninth Air -
Force, dated 3 January 1950, subject: "Unidentified Flying Cbject" de-
clairs that the object described in subject letter was observed by him
at the time and date indicated and that all statements contained in the
aforementioned letter conceming the unidentified flying object were
submitted by him and are S his knowledge
and belief. . .
UNCLASSIFIED .

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UNCLA .
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3 January 1950
Headquarters Ninth Air Force
Langley Air Base, Virginia
The undersigned airmen of the Hq & Hq Sq, Ninth Air Force, having
read letter, Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, dated 3 January 1950, subject:
"Unidentified Flying Object" declair that: They were in the company of
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Technical Sergeant N  tat 1210 hours, 30 December 1949, that they
observed the unidentified object described in letter, Headquarters Ninth
Air Force, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, dated 3 January 1950 and
that all statemerts contained in subject letter concerming the unidentified
flying object a - knowledge and belief.
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