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1. DATE 7 ( |? LOCATION oe 12. CONCLUSIONS
10 May 52 etwil Ellenton, South eds © Wos Balloon
tess 2 OS | Lt tnntcencnnr “oO Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GO Possibly Balloon
Lecet 2253 ESE ____ | x8 Gromd-Viewel 0 Ground- Rader —(s Probebly Airerof
nt y, 0349 2 —— |  DAir-Visvol © Air-Intercept Redor }% Possibly Aircrofs
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE = . }o Was Astronomical
C Yes k civilians O Probably Astronomical
XE No 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE + |0 Other-__.
” g Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i oe 11. COMMENTS : ——
Yellow color. Disc shaped.
Straight and level - one object pulled up
to clear pbject on ground. Some weaved on course.
None - near balloon launch time. Could 2245 - 2 odjects & to

be similar to the report that turned out to 2305
be ducks, but no proof. 2310
2315

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2 objects § to N
1 object NE to SW
1 object & to N

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A cooperating observer reports that at 1532 G. M. T., May 10,
in lat. 24°14’ N., 153°39’ w. h

» he observed a meteor which showed
ane Spreading tail. It appeared under th

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altitude of 28° bearing 345°. It was visible about 2 seconds.

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11 + 31 MAY 1952 SIGHTINGS

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LOCATION OBSERVER
Seattle, Washington’ |
Georgs Ars, Gel ifornia :
Desphaven, Minnesota
Kenton, Ohio /

Roswell, New Mexico /

El Centro, Cal ifornia /
Niland, California.
Imperial, California

Yuma, Arizona

Portugal « i
Greenville, South Carolina’
National City, California
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Malung Sawan, Sweden:

Civilian

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BP as ot
Multiple

Puerto Rico . Sea

North Korea ° Military
Washington, D. C. eas.

North Korea Military

Rio De Janerio, Brazil

San Angelo, Texas Mansa otros)
Houston, Texas —

National City, California eine

(CARDS MISSING} .
Lombard, Illinois

Alexandria, Virginia Civilian
Steckton, California (gaswatete
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico Military
Santa Rosa, New Mexico ete

Zuni, New Mexico
Tierra Amarillo ATS, New Ms
Walnut Lake, Michigan’
Randolph AFB, Texas —

North Korea ..

French Morocco '

Baltimore, Maryland‘
Saigon, Indo China.

xico WT .:y (RADAR )
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Red oY
Military (RADAR)

Multiple

Albuquerque, New Mexico See sige ay
New Mexico, Oklahoma Area’ Multiple
Edwards AFB, Culifornia . Military

San Antonio, Texas"

Tipp City, Ohic »

Sea of Japan \

Port Townsend, Washington’
Fresno, California —

SIs Qe
Military

State Police Off.

EVALUATION

NW Airlines) Astro (MTOR)
PORES
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INSUFFICIENT DATA
Astro (METEOR)
INSUFFICIENT DATA
Astro (VENUS)
Astro (“x T'SOn)
AIRCRAFT

AIRCRAET

Other (GROUND LIGHTS)
AIRCRAST

Other (BIRDS)
Astro (METEOR)
Astro (iTEOR)
Astro (METEOR)
UNIDENTIFIED
BALLOON WITH FLARES
Astro (METEOR)
BALLCON WITH FLARE
INSUFFICIENT DATA
BALLOON
UNIDENTIFIED
Astro (METEOR)

emepees (Pits SFECIMAN) Other (MARBLE)

INSUFFICIENT DATA
BALLCON

Other (DSBRIS IN wid)
BALLOON

Astro (M=TEOR)

Other (ECM OR JAMMING)
UNIDENTIFIED

Other (BIRDS)

BALLOON WITH FLARS
Other (SUBMARINE FERISCOTS
AIRCRAFT

UNIDENTIFIED
UNIDENTIFIED

Astro (METEOR SHOVER)
INSUFFICIENT DATA

Militar; «UNIDENTIFIED

AIPCRAFT

Other (CLOUD)
Astro (l:TEOR)
Astro (LSTEOR)
BALLOON WITH FLARS

EVALUATION

Korea Military

ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
LOCATION SOURCE
Lakswood, Ohio ll, aaa

Astro (s2TEOR)

‘  AF452005n5
UNCLASSIFIED

a Unidentified Objects Sighted by Four
oyees on! » Savannah River Plant, Ellenton, S. C., at
22/5 Hours

Documents and Dissemination branch, Collection Haat Wed
Division, Dir. of Intelligence, DCS/0 1

Conntar Intelligence Div, Dir. of Special haiatencinr ven dima
Investigations, The Inspector Gereral Code 192, £140

1. On LU, May 1952, the Federal Dureau of Investigation telephonically furnished

the follcwing information in regard to the above subjects
"\t approxinately 22/5 hours, May 10, 1952, four (4) exployees of the

DuPont Company, employed at the Savannah River Plant, EF Jlenton, South Carolina, saw

four dise shaped objects approach the 400 area from the south, disa; Sac toonmertgs- pee

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northernly direction.

"At aprroximately 2305 hours, the same employees saw tivo siailar objects
approach from the scuth and disappear in a northernly direction.

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"At approximately 2310 hours, one similar object approached from the northeast

and disappeared in a southwesterly direction. One sore cbject sishted about 2315
hours traveling from south to north. Employees cescribed objects aes being about

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fifteen inches in diameter, having yellow to gold color, Ail of these objects were

traveling at a high rate of speed and at high altitude without any noise.
"Ticshth object approached the /,00 area from northeast; was traveling at

altitude so low it had to rice to pass over some tall tanks in 4,00 area. This object

was 2lso flying at high rate of speed end was noiseless,

Witnesses stated that they observed objects weaying fron left to right
but seemed to hold general course; also stated that due to speed and altitude they
were only visible for a few seccnds,"

2. The Atomic Enerzy Commission was furnished the foregoing information by

the FBI. ‘The FEI advised that no further investigation into the matter was conten,

plated by that Pureau.

3. The forezoing information was telephonically furnished to Major Rosiwurn
of your Directorate on 15 May 1952.

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DECLASS!i"{! 1233 Ab Var * Yies 7 CILZERT Re LEVY
DOD DIR 5200.10 Chief, Counter Intelligence Div
= Dir. of special Investigaticns
The Inspector General

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
6TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, ROBINS FIELD, GEORGIA

SPOT INTSLLIGSNCS RSPORT 2G WMaY 95 |

FILE NOs 24-0

3CTs SIGHTING OF UNCONVENTICNAL AIRCRAFT, 2240 HOURS,
19 MAY 1952, AUGUSTA, GECROTA
SPECIAL INQUIRY

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TO: Director of Special Investigations
Headquartera USAF
Washington 25, D. C.

1. SYNOPSIS: Information received from Augusta Office )’3BI
indicates four itdividuals had sighted four dise-shaped objects at 2240
hours, 10 May 1952, while working at the DuPont Savannah River Project
across the rivr from Augusta, Georgia.

2e DSTAILS:. FBI advised that four individuals observed
four disceshaped objects at 2240 hours, 10 May 1952, approaching from
the south and moving in a northerly direction while worltag at the DuPont
Savamah River Project scross the river from Augusta, Georgia. Approxi-
mately 20 minutes later, the same individuals saw one mors dise-shaped
Odject coming from the north moving ina southerly direction. Approxi-
mately 10 mimtes after this, one more dise was observed going from south
to north. These individuals described the dises es being about 15 inches
in diameter to the naked sys, yellow or gold in color, ani flying at a very
high altitude (no exact ostimate in altitude). Acoording to the individuals,
the last dise was oxtremely low and had to “pull up” to go over water tanks
in the immediate area. The individuals further reported that the dises
were traveling at a high rate of speed and could only be observed for a
few seconds.

S$. ACTION: No action is contemplated by 6th District OSI (I),
concerning the matter reported. In event it is deemed advisable names of
the individuals observing the disos can Ya\obtained from the Augusta Office

of the FSI. Oi.
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Wright-Patterson APS, Chio byniCh phe Lee
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DATE: 10 lay 52 .
TIME (local): 22,0

LOCATION: Augusta, Ga,

LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: [ow Seconds: -

SOUND: Unknorm

SPEED: Hirh

ALTITUDE: High except for last which was very low,

HEADING: hey >".

SOURCE: Civilians |
ACTION OR COMMENTS: ?nding

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Initially four cises observed when, O rimbtes Inter,

: om more was cbserved ami finally, 10 minutes icter
ano'her disc was observed, The discs appesred to be

i 35 inches in dianeter and yellor or gold in color,

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NORTHWEST BUSINESS RESEARCH
AND ADVISORY SERVICE
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1093 N.E. PREscotr — Portland 11, Oregon — PHONE GA 0553

OFFICE OF ee”
SERVICE DIRECTOR

May 11, 1952

Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson A.¥F.B.
Dayton ,Ohio

In re: blue-green light over Portland, Oregon
10:15 to 10:30 P.lM., May 10, 1952

Dear Sirs:

Last night I observed a peculiar celestial phenomenom, to which
I attached little significance until this morning when I heard radio
reports of a "meteoric" explosion over Seattle. Feeling that it might

bs of some value, however minute, to you I am reporting it as briefly
as possible;

On the night of April 10, 1952 at 10:15 P.M. I observed a light :
with a bluish tinge shining through the thin strata of clouds in the
north-east section of the sky about 70 to 80 dezrees above the horizon;
it appeared as a short streak, rather than a single spot, possibly due
to diffraction of the. cloud layer. In intensity it was about that of
9 search-light shining on the clouds but different in three ways from
the reflection of a search-light 01 tlie clouds. (1) It had snore color
to it than an ordinary search-light's reflection (2) as stated above it
eppeared as a short straight bar rather than as a circular spot (3) It
remained motionless for at least fifteen monutes which is not usual with
search-lights previously observed in this area by me.

After watching it for some five minutes from our yard I called my

wife to observe it as she has a trained eye for color, She told me it -~\
was of a bluish-green color, \

We watched it until 10:30 and then went in-doors. At about 10:40 \»
or 10:45 P.M. we looked for it again but the light had vanished from the~-:
sky and so had the clouds in the area where we had originally observed ™
it. There wes no moon in that section of the sky either( when I first s+
noticed the light through the clouds I had thought that it might be
only the moon shining through the clouds, but since there was no moon

there when the clouds had moved away ten minutes later, I concluded that a
it it was not the moon). © )

This observation may be meaningless but I send it to you for
ever value it may have.

whate

Yours truly,

LEG/ WW lea ie Prana an

NTELLIGgne

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“° a lh g Oregon
Dear Sirs

Your report of the recent sighting of asrial chenonens has
been received, and is being added to existing data on tne subject
as a current incident to te included in the investization,

4& questionnaire is inclosed. ‘his form is used to standardize
information on file. It will be of further assistance in the ine
vestization if you will complete it as well as you can ent forverd
it in the attached return envelope.

Full consideration will be given to this matter in thse con

tinuing effort to accumilate and analyse Information on the sudject. .

The assistance you have offered by tringing the matter to
our attention, and your public-spirited desire to be of service
in doing so, is greatly avpreciated.

’

Very truly yours,

2 Incls ROSERT E, KEMMDY
a/s Major, USAP
| Air Aijutant General

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\ 12. Extracted from F#AF "Intsum" #717, dtd 0320/2, 13 June 1952: = ty Wied
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Enemy balloons: Recently several reports have been received concerning
the sishting of an unidentified object in the air having a primry color of white
changing to red, then to rash and located in the area of DT 201;395. These ob=
servations were made on S y and on lh, 6, and 7 June batween the hours of 2102/I
and 21,00/I. In the majo ty of cases the abject was described as being eng shaped
or round, at an altitude iviteater betwesr: 1000 ft and 10,000 feet, and in one case
it vas reported to have moved very rapidly horizontally for a distance. ‘This move=
ment was observed through a battery commander's scope and masured for 10 miles of
travel, but the operator reported that he could not traverse fast enough to keep on
target. This ofject was observed on 7 June for 1 hour and 5 minutes by a trained
Air Technical Intelligence specialist and an ordnance Technical Intelligence special~
ist. As a result of these observations, 1 forwird observer investigated the area =.
at O91;5/I June and saw a balloon being raised and lowered on a cable. D/I Fear
Comment: Most of the previous sichtin;:s of «unidentified objects have occurred in.
the CT and DT grid areas. The high horizcntal speed of the one sighting could be
accounted for by a free balloon caught in a horizontal draft in the mountainous areas
of that sector. The purpose of raising and lowering a balloon so near the front
lines is not apparent, but could possibly be a method of communication.

(EVAWATICN: B-3)

ROPOR? TO CIVILIAN SAUCER INVASTIGATURS

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Bubject: Object seen and photogrepnes oy FP ‘p\2 years old)
in the early afterncon of Sunday, May 4, 1 2

~~ —e =" pater

Vhile playing in his backyard at
in the early afternoon of Cunday, May 4,
ported he sav a whitish-orange object, “ich esuld have been round
but from the angle he saw it it appeared to be oblong, descend rapidly
from the sky and stop stationary over the neighbor's house. ie ia not
sure how large it was nor how far away, but thought 1t could have
besa anywhere from 1CO to 1000 feat in the .

Francisco

With great presence cf mind he ran into the/ house and grabbed his
Brownlie camera, came out and pointed it In/the direction of the cbe
ject, which hs caid changed its attitude \and started to rise; how-

ever, he snapped one exposure.

He told the kide in bis classroom about it and tcok 4 lot of kidding,
and everyone told him nothing wuld chow up on the 7ilm when developed.
Hovever, he was sure of what he had seen, and when the fila was devel-
oped an oval object showed on the photograph vhich is attached to fiis
report. I om sure in talking to Reghe—eg that be is truthful
end sincere end he believes the cbject is a secret device of our air
Torce.

We are indebted to irs OU: ieee 5 teacher,
for the information leading to this report.

Bubmitted,

VWJB:ers

(age Izy"

this Case Inejedes
two (2) F¥x1od pholos