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00.92/1 31 May 50

JUL 13 1950

SUBJECT: Aerial Phenomena

TO: Commanding Officer
AF Cambridge Research Laboratory
Attn: Base Directorate, Geophysical Research
230 Albany St.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts

1. Per request of Dr. A. 0. Mirarchi, during recent visit
to this base, the following information.is submitted

; April And’2 May 1950 6f
aerial phenomena during morning daylig ho station.

The sightings were made by Le » Inc., personnel while
engaged in tracking regular projects with Askania Photo-
theodolites. It has been reported that objects are sighted

in some number; as many as eight have been visible at one time.
The individuals making these sightings are professional observers
therefore I would rate their reliaibility superior. In both
cases photos were taken with Askanias.

2. Sightings were made

3. The Holloman AF Base Data Reduction Unit analy ed the
27 April pictures and made a report, a copy of which I am
enclosing with the film for your information. It was believed
that triangulation could be effected from pictures taken on
2k May because pictures were taken from two stations. The
films were rapidly processed and examined by Data Reduction.

However, it was determined that sightings were made on two }
different objects and triangulation could not be effected. A
report from Data Reduction and the films from the sighting are } N* ,
enclosed. a2) Y
4, There is nothing further to report at this. time. ie : ned
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1. According to conversation between Col. Baynes and Capt. Bryant, the
following information is submitted directly to Lt. Albert.

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2. Film from station P10 was read, resulting in asimuth and elevation

angles being recorded on four objects. In addition, size of image on film
was recorded.

3. From this information, together with a single azimuth angle from
station M7, the following conclusions were drawn:

a. The objects were at an altitude of approximately 150,000 feet.

- db. The objects were over the Holloman range between the das< 2nd
Tularcsea Peak. <i

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c. The objects were approximately 30 feet in diameter.

. ad. The objects were traveling at an undeterminable, yet high
speed.

WILBUR L. MITCHELL WIM/rd
Mathematician ext 172
Data Reduction Unit

Ge other two movies were made at the White Sands Proving

Grounds with Askania Cine thendolites—scientific tracking errcnacer LVF ELT ‘SRE . Ay AG

cameras for following guided missiles. The first was made
on Awa 27, 19 50. Shortly after a missile was fired and had Mote
soafed into the siratmsphere and falicn, someone xpotted an
object in’ the sky. The theodolites were hooked up by an
intercom system. and several stations were instructed to_try , Wi
to get pictures. Unfortunately, only one camera had film, The oT 8 are, 0
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ictures showed a smudgy, dark object, not very well defined. «© 12 3) ;
t was moving. -- vcvl.1) : >, P

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. | . March 11, 1958 e,

Captain Wallece C. Marley, UDA Ree
Production Branch ay
Audio-Visual Division, OPI, OASD(PA) ak

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
Washington 25, Dd. C.

Doar Captain Yarleys

Thank you for your cordial and informative communication of 26
Fobruary. Your continued cooperation = and patience = is ap-
prociated,

Yaturally, I shall keep in touch with your office as the script
to ny projootod docursntary progrossos, However, tho narrative
will gradually dovolope as the catorial for the production is
succoscsivoly scoreoned, edited and tined, Thorefore, rich of
script of this postenarrated film will dopond precisely on what
film is available, inoluding the stock footage to be made avail-
able by the Dopartnent of Dofonse.,

Bo you can seo that I am in a rather nebulous position at the

moront., Lut I am certain that tino will resolve everything. IT

tco=uza wondor if you would be kind onough to tell me just what "

tho purchase of stock footage entails? Thank you, \V

Thore is anothor point that I wish you would olarify. With ? iy

roforonce to ny inquiry into tho availability of four rotion +5 Ay’

hai of U's ei raat aes the possession of the Air ay s r
roo, you responded: "“.,,The specific footage that you have oa

roquosted has been checked by the Dopartront of the Air Force vA yf

and there is no record of its existence," Fy v\

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This roply has ro a bit mystifiod, Ono of the films about whi \ ,
ZI inquired wac allegodly takon by a cino-thoodolite crew at ] Ay, x
Edwards AFS, Calif., on 3 Hey, 1957, Gnd I have a letter fron A
Major Robert F. Gponce, USAF, describing the film in sore dotaii, \* \

As to tho gun-carora shot noar YVright-Patterson AVS on 20 August, Y
1952, lot mo here quoto the caption to fraros fron this covie

ao roproduced in Zruo Lagasino for Dscenbor 1952: ‘“Hovoring

object that was scannod by radar and soon by ground watchers

wos caught on film by a climbing jot pilot, ese unretouched

35 mm, gun-carmera movie frares, roloased to TRUE by the Air Force,
wore taken at 30, 000 feet, noar Vright Field, at 11 a.m, on

August 20, 1952, From the appearance of the enlargod frames,

I believe tho movie was shot on l6mm and not 35mm filn,

And tho Whito Sands cine-ethoodolite films were referred to by

Edward J, Ruppolt, Capt., USAFa, forrer chief of Project Blue

Book in his book, Tho Rovort on Unidontified Flying Objects (p. 2793
eee 0 had or knew about four strips of rovie film that fell into

tho ‘Unknown’ category, twabore the cinotheodolite movies that

had boon takeh at White Sands Proving Ground in April and May of

1920.04)» Capt, Ruppelt’s book was supposedly cleared by DOD
ecurity and Roview on 5 Devnember, 1955,

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14. Sovll 1953

Doar Mr. iilicr:

Cosiadin i’arley kas row.75% neat S50 wa onsver your letter
of 11 March 1554, cince cz .2 of tha indowcation you regusst
is in our arcs of resp: mises slate .

Tirst, recoraing your voc.5s Pov the precedure to pro-
‘dy a «;

cure stock footage Pron t:2 athe sey oorvices Loz motica picture
films -- festases may be pus vetsa vif SoOmrccentarive oF rocsce-
nised moticn pictures ond 4:2 ree fs uconeles, On tue basis of

scripts cubmitted to the Eevnavtscnt of DPsltenso and cnpsoved in
efivance of Tiln produc tions fsrovovad seripts are forvarded +9
the epprspriate film Cepssitiery where the preducer may select
for purelase such Pootaze cs io cawicacurate with tac proe
Gucticn of the specific sesint.

. I should caution you csc nin, that coca motion picture
Lootace of UTS is not ovat’ te fren ox Sf otficial sources.
As was pointed Out in corlice ccrestucrdenee, exhoustive
mesearch was conducted by ond Pow tou producers of tue
Arastrons Circle Tonto Ulta no sucscsss in Mruding even a

Susll picce of filo thst would rogisior on a televisicn screen.

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If you will reereca your cervesocn once » Catcd Udine 1957,
fron I jor Nobers F. Seonte, you wil note 2 that tire is not any
mantion of motion picture wus gee cf tus Kuvards incidcnt. z
should clics add, since you cits iow aeLt's book, tat 1% was
Cleared cxly for cocurity kuesoee ye: in fact a ieevuatuaw for
focticl accuracy was rode ot that tim: by the Department of Dz2fense.

Sincerely,

i Thicke Oe LACALR
goa ? USAP
He cutive Officer
Public Inforsation Division
sfice of Information Services

i. Base Be Miller

Director

Flyins Saucers International
1420 S. Nidscley Drive

Los Angeles 19, California

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