PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9614860

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1950

REPORTED LOCATIONCharleston S C

FRAMES5

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FRAME 001 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

1 . CHARIESION,
Columbia,
-***- *** -. . . SUMTER.S.C.
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1 2 … ! hed, Blue o range
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FRAME 002 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

Atten A-1917)
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Inclosed herewith is newspaper clipping from· the COLUMBIA
in Carolina cities.
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FOR THE COMMANDING .
8.C. Overton Mi
10507
JOHN MEADE
for Colonel, GSC :
G.2
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FRAME 003 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

Columbia residents estimated tl
size of the fire ball from five
50 feet across and said it was tra
eling eastward. At Greenville, t)
object was described as red, bli
or orange, with a tail in back, fro
or on both ends.
ool
Columhia, S.C.

FRAME 004 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

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WEATHER DETACHMENT 259L
25th Weather Squadron
Shaw Air Force Base
South Carolina
25 April 1950
SUBJECT: Repor Discs"
TO: All Concerned
1. In compliance with letter, Department of the Air Force, subject
as above, dated 6 February 1948, the following information is submitted
pertaining to an object believed to be a "Flying 3 Discs" that was seen in
this area on the night of 24 Apr11 1950.
2.
a. Location and time of sighting: Sean Sumter, South Carolina
suburbs about 7:50 P.M. on the 24th of April.
clear. .
c. Sgt. Weather Obs erver.
Weather Detachment 25-9L, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolira.
d. No photographs available.
figuration:
off in rear.
(3). Size: About fifty (50) ft : length and possibly five (5)
foet in diameter.
504.12
(4). Color: Firing Red
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DOWNGRABINCLASSIFIED i…n
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 32 YE V
DOD DIR 5201.10
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FRAME 005 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

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