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2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

1. DATE

Cincinnati, Ohi O Probably Ball |
neinna 0 robabdly oon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Oe NX Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 4 Brokekie kaver - |
out__afternoon 0 Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 7 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . RC 0 Wes Astronomical
0 Yes Physical O Probably Astronomical
VNo Specimen Civilian QO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE {%X Other Ray
O insufficient Data for Evaiuotion
O Unknown
not reported N/A falling 7
19, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Samp of " Hair" picked up from Analysis from ASD showed speci-
Mxs. y Sgt Hill for men to be a rayon residue thrown :
analysis. Information as to source into air by defective filter, |
and time of sighting obtained from See Case File,

CRIFO Orbit.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

C.R. 1. F. O.

The Official Publication of Civilian
Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects

NOVEMBER 2, 1956

SIGHTINGS, SILENCE AND THE STATUS QUO

Locally, saucer sightings remain high, many are reported directly
*y CRIFO by the sighter. Unknown is the number of local sight-
is never reaching CRIFOthose self-silenced by observers for
‘rsonal reasons; those reported to “authorities” such as the police
lepartment, the air ports, weather bureau, the FRI, the observatory

nd to the military. Also unknown is the number reported to the,

three local newspapers.

‘Thus, for the sake of statistics, the number of UFO's seen
leeally in recent weeks, are beyond estimation—but, conservatively,
{ we were to add just two sightings to each one known by CRIFO,
‘ne total would be astounding. Even assuming that half of these
reports described explainable objects or phenomena, the balance
vould still show a remarkable incursive frequency in one small geo-
graphical area, In summary, the local scene is conceivably in the
uidst of its greatest saucer boom, or, at least a boom equal to the
orevious local highs witnessed in the late summer 1955, late sum-
wr 1954 and the all-time quasi high of summer 1952.

Despite the recent upswing of activity, the local newspapers have
cot published one fiend sighting. Even the goofy reports are imiss-
wg. If, then, the Cincinnati case is typical of the nation and the
world, perhaps we are vow nearing, or, in the midst of the pre-
dicted big boom of 1956—and we can’t recognize it for the reports
lost forever in silence... 1

Case 217, New Orleans, La., Sept. 12, 1956—Said the
Times-Picayune, in part: “Jesse Rodriguez, night watch-
man with Commercial Solvents Corp., reported four round
lights. He said they started out in a ‘Y’ formation, stood
still five to ten minutes, formed a vertical up and down
position, then scattered toward the lake. Other reports
were basically similar. Sometimes it was a diamond-
shaped formation, rather than the ‘Y’. Some said the
lights looked like stars. Others mentioned a long fiery
tail.” Added the Times-Picayune, “The air route traffic
control center at New Orleans said the lights were
simply aircraft from regional military bases on a routine
training mission... .”

Richard Hall writes: About 9:55 p.m., Jim Kincaid saw
three motionless lights as bright as Mars from a parked
car. Elevation about 30°, below and to the left of the
moon in the southwest. Observed for about a minute—
objects did not move, but ‘twinkled’. At about 10 p.m. while
driving away, Jim heard newscast that hundreds of calls
had come in about objects above downtown building. He
returned to his original parking place and the objects he
had seen were gone.”

Case 218, Elsinore, and Corona, California, Sept. 12,
1956—Dean Strawn, of Corona, is a trained observer and
able investigator. He flew five years in fighters and scout

lin a letter to CRIFO, Fred Stone, Dir. of The Australian F. 8S. Re-
search soctety, says, ‘ * . .over here things have been aluormally
quiet, although Harold Fulton (CSI, New Zealand) seems to have been
kept busy, But, I put a lot of it down to the fact that it ts not he-
cause saucers are not seen but because people do not report them for
the usual fear of public epinion.” Stone's reference to Fulton being
busy is quite true, With two recent letters, Fulton sent CRIFO count-
less clippings describing UFO activity in New Zealand, tn one letter
rulton says, “Many UFO reports to investigate, have interviewed many
who sithted Sept. 3rd rocket-like object . . . received 200 press clips
from New Zealaut papers, dated Sept. 4-9. About 40 separate sight-
ines. . . Looks Uke our forecast accurate.” Thus, we can see the
neoti¢ions difference tu reported UFO activity of two neighboring SW
Pacific countries, Perhaps the basis for cach ts in the people's attitude,
perhaps it is a geographical-social condition, or, maybe in New Zea-
land the press ts more people-conselous, or maybe it ts because of the
fact that Harold Fulton and CSt have conducted a vigorous eainpalen of
UFO eduction to the public. Whatever the answer, New Zealanders are
seelng UFO's, they are reporting them, and the nation's press 1s pub-

lishing them,

bombers and was senior air adviser for Admiral Hewitt
in the Mediterranean and Admiral Kitt in Asia on the
fiagship U.S.S. Helena, during WW II. In a series of
letters to CRIFO, Strawn reveals the following .. .

“At 11:40 a.m. there were three sharp blasts within about a 20
second period with the time interval between the second and third
blast seeming slightly longer than that between the first and second.
The blasts were followed by less loud echoes like the burst of anti-
aircraft guns. It was hard to tell whether the blast came from
above the earth or nol, but it seemed to come from above and to
the southeast. It shook houses and rattled windows and objects
scemed to jump around me. I was outside talking to my neighbor
at the time, Mr. Patton, ou old timer in his seventies. At the time
of the blast there was no sign of aircraft by eye or car, but at
11:53 a.m. there was much jet activity in the air by ear, but the
haze prevented visual sighting because they seemed very high. Nw
vapor trails... Jet sounds very active for the rest of the afternoon

and into the night.” 4

Strawn added: “Weather: Sunshiny, cloudless sky with heavy
haze on the horizon making visability limited. Off in the distance
to the SE were thunder head cumulus clouds. Witnesses: Most of
the population of Corona out looking into sky ... flooded news-
paper and police with phone calls.”

A second letter, dated Sept. 16, was attached. in which Strawn
explains, “After writing my first letter of Sept. 12, 1 decided to
hold it for awhile and see if anything would show up to substan-
tiate my feelings of an unusual occurrence or prove it to be a false
alarm. 1 had talked over the blast with a friend of mine on the
volice foree .. . and the next day he brought me the clincher. It
was a clipping from a newspaper telling of a saucer sighting by
Mr. Dwight Lewis. .. .”

Said the Riverside Daily Enterprise: “County Schools
Consultant Dwight Lewis, an erstwhile scoffer of flying
saucer stories had a change of heart today when he saw
a ‘glittering oval-shaped aircraft hovering above the
Elsinore area forest fire. Lewis was returning to River-
side from an Elsinore Valley school call at 11:30 a.m.
when he noted an explosive whirling mction of what ap-
peared to be wind, smoke and ashes directly above the big
fire site. It was such a spectacular wind commotion that
Lewis pulled to the side of the freeway to observe it.
While he was watching the unusual air current behavior,
Lewis said, something emerged from the cloud of smoke
and ashes and hovered lazily at an approximate 5000 foot
elevation. For a moment he said, it looked like an enor-
mous flock of birds flying in close oval formation. But
shortly the object floated in such a way that the sun re-
flected from it, he said, and it appeared to be a glittering
oval-shaped aircraft. While it hung in plain view, Lewis
attempted unsuccessfully to flag down motorists in order
to gain corroboration for what he feared would be ‘an un-
likely sounding story.’ After the object had lingered for
about five minutes, however, it suddenly ‘took out in a
southerly direction.’ On reaching Riverside, Lewis phoned
the GOC filter station in Pasadena, but learned that the

object had not been reported.”

We resume quoting from Strawn’s letter: “I called Mr. Lewis and
arranged to see him right away. We had a very interesting chat. ..
He saw a saucer about the size of a close formation of eleven
B-20's and it sort of wallowed down the valley with one side dark
and cigar-shaved while the other had many spots that glistened like
light metal. As you may notice our times are within 10 minutes of

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American newspapers, it scems, were carried away by the recent
anvouncement from an “unimpeachable source” which said that a
flying saucer would appear over Los Angeles, November 7th and
that its occupants would “speak to Earth’ if local radio networks
cleared the air for two minutes, etc. Some quarters attributed this
source as being that of the British magazine, Fiying Saucer Review.
Concerned, many readers have written to CRITO — for more
information about the scheduled event. and, asking if we could
identify the unimpeachable source. Frankly, we know of no unim-
peachable sources in this weird business of saucers, but to clear the
air for one accused source, the Flying Saucer Review, we quote
from a letter received from that magazine’s editor, The Hon.
Brinsley Le Poer Trench, as follows: “The statements in the Press
altributed to one of the directors of the Flying Saucer Review
represent purely his own personal viewpoint, to which he is fully
entitled. These statements do not represent the policy or viewpoint
of either Flying Saucer Review or its Editor. Neither do the
necessarily represent the views of other directors of the magazine.
Next, let us quote from Gray Barker’s The Saucerian Bulletin,
Vol. I, No. 4, “Reason saucerers got so excited over this story was
that it was misinterpreted to suggest that recognized scientific au-
thorities had heard and recorded the space messages, and were
confirming that fact officially. Unfortunately, this was not the case
and a little checking disclosed that the story originated from the
experiments of Dick Miller, and that the space messages men-
tioned were the tapes recorded and distributed by Miller.” CRIFO,
summarily, recommends that no one lose sleep over the event. We
believe the story is bogus, which is the reason we never’ published
it in Oct. Orbit—and, the very reason why the nation’s press played
it up so beautifully!

In answer to those wondering what became of Richard Hall's
column, The UFO and You—Yes, it will definitely appear again,
and so will such features as Flying Saucers and Public Opinion,
and Saucer Sundries. Reason for omission in Oct, and Nov. issues
was on grounds that we tried to publish as many UFO reports as
possible in the given space we have to work in. Matter of fact we
have two articles in reserve from Richard Hall, one of which may
appear in the next issue—providing some great event does not crowd

it out. ...

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Says Inez Robb in her syndicated column, Oct. 6—*. . . I believe
I have uncovered the one issue that can casily supply the margin
of victory in the 1956 presidential race, if it’s as close as the
pundits predict. ... [It is obvious that the first candidate who will
come ou frankly, ices -auace an unafraid on the ge! aaner
isste and wring the truth out of the Air Force as well asmake
the newspapers prim it, will win in a walk” ’

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each other and he wasn’t sure of his time, and my source could
have been off a few minutes. This object seemed to be interested
in the fires as it moved along. One fire in the area was started by
a butane tank explosion, but the cause of several others in the
area are unknown, . . The object was around Elsinore which is
southwest of Corona where I was standing. The object was near
the smoke, but it was engulfed in a black oil looking smoke of its
own. He said the smoke scemed to puff in and out about three
times or more, like it was breathing, and there scemed to be an
explosion.”

On Sept. 27, Justin Hammond, Publisher of the Corona Daily
Independent sent CRIFO a letter confirming the blasts. It reads in
part as follows: “Dean Strawn was in the office today to ask if
we had carried any publicity in the paper regarding some blasts
that we heard in this vicinity recently. . . One of our reporters
made inquiries to the Minnesota Mining Co., south of Corona to
find out if there had been mining blast out there. The answer was
negative. Calls to the local police also failed to provitte any ex-
planation. Finally it was decided, on the basis I believe of a call
to someone else whom [ could not identify, that the explosions had
been caused by sonic blasts. Since sonic blasts occur in this neig!-
borhood frequently we did uot consider it to be of unusual news
value and did not carry any story on it. However, three blasts in
such quick succession is a type of noise I do not usually associate
with sonic blasts. The employees here in the office were aware of
the explosions also and felt the jolt that it caused. We also re-
ceived a number of telephone calls inquiring as to whether or not
we had any explanation for it.”

Case 219, Wilmington, Dela. Sept. 12, "56—While
Case 218 illustrates the possible tie-in of saucer and sky-
quake, another case, minus saucer, happened on the same
date. We quote the following ffom the Wilmington Jour-
nal-Every Evening: “Telephone calls swamped police—
both city and state—and the News-Journal offices shortly
before 11:00 p.m. seeking to determine the cause of an
explosion, or blast, which was felt and heard in many
sections of Wilmington. Although hundreds of persons re-
ported hearing a ‘booming thud’ which rattled windows in
their homes, cause of the explosion could not be deter-
mined. Air Force officials at the New Castle County Air-
port said no planes based at the airport were in the air
at the time and no trouble had been reported.”"

Case 220, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 17, ’56—In a letter to
CRIFO, Mrs. Frances Mueller writes, “This afternoon
about 4:30 p.m., I was walking down Young Street when I
looked up and saw a bright white light in the southern
sky, going west not very fast. Sudderily it was gone. An-
other lady, a stranger, with me, saw it too. If the object
had any shape, it would be verticle and wider at the

foot.”

Ed: Driving home from work at 5:30 p.m., I saw a brilliant bluish
white pinhead of light hovering 25 degrees over the Kentucky hori-
zon. My first impression was that the light was a reflection of the
setting sun on an aircraft, but when [ stopped my car at a traffic
signal, I was surprised to see that it was motionless. With my Bell
& Howell movie camera at my side, I was tempted to start it
rolling, but the madness of “going home” traffic influenced by a
green light forced me to abandon the idea. Driving on to the next
intersection which afforded a clear view of the Kentucky skyline, I
thought of the balloon explanation but on this point the luminosity
seemed much too brilliant. Reaching the clearing, I had another
good look. It was still there, motionless and dazzling white against
the blue sky. Several minutes later, by the time I had reached an-
other open view, the object had disappeared. This ruled out a
balloon. When I reached home, I phoned the ADC Filter Center. . .
Flying saucer? Don't know. Too little evidence under adverse
“seeing” conditions. Anyway, [ believe Mrs. Mueller saw something.
neither aircraft or balk on. Bur we Shall never know what...

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Case 221, St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 22, 1956—Said the St.
Paul Dispatch: “Residents in the area of Mendota and
Euclid discussed a mystery light from a small molten
mass that burned a hole in the street surface and lit up
the neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. George White said he
awakened at that hour to find his room as light as from a
ceiling light. He noted that the light came from the inter-
section but when it died out a few minutes later he went
back to sleep. This morning residents found a hole about

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.a foot long and two inches wide and deep in the black-
topping. The hole was encrusted with a molten white
fnaterial resembling plaster of paris but heavier. ‘There
were no barricades and no warning lights in the area to
‘cause fire,’ White said. ‘It’s my belief the thing fell from
- ‘the sky?”

‘Case 222, Williston, N. Dak., Sept. 22, 1956—We quote
from the Williston Plains Reporter as follows: “‘it was
less than a thousand feet in the air. As large as a com-
mercial airliner, it was low enough that I could actually
see tiny, distinct pinpoints of light. The object had a
shiny, metallic gleam and was moving at a speed I would
estimate at about 150 miles an hour.” With the above
statement, Reuben Eorrud described an airborne object he
saw ‘plainly and clearly’ from the backyard of his home
Saturday night about 7:50 o’clock. Mr. Borrud said he
was looking south when he noticed the object just east of
the Great Northern RR smokestack. The object, he said,
appeared to foilow the course of the river until it was lost
from sight over the tree tops. In going into detail, he said
there was no muffled sound or motors but that he esti-
mated its speed at about 150 mph. He described the
object as being circular, as well as V-shaped. As it flew,
he said, it oscillated from side to side, much like the
pendulum of a clock although not as pronounced. Bor-
rud said he notified the Weather Bureau of the object.
The bureau then notified the police and Wright-Patterson
AFB. Mr. Borrud, who is an amateur astronomer, said
that although he was adjusting his telescope Saturday
night, he saw the object with his naked eye.”*

Case 223, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept. 25, 1956—Ac-
cording to the Grand Rapids Herald a pilot said two
strange airborne objects whizzed by his plane near the
Grand Rapids Airport Tuesday afternoon. William Mar-
cus, the pilot, who was returning to Grand Rapids from
South Bend, told the following story: “Around 4 p.m. be-
tween Dorr and Byron Center and at about 120 mph,
altitude 2000 feet, I was approaching the field when
something went by under my right wing, going like the
merry blazes. I got a good view for a second and then
saw a second object pass under my right wing. I mede a
turn to get a better glimpse but they were gone. The
first object I saw was tan, had a Delta wing shape and
appeared to be smaller than my Cessna plane, but con-
siderably larger than any large bird of any sort. The
objects were going due south and they positively weren't
weather balloons.”

Case 224, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 25, 1956—lIn a letter to
CRIFO, Mrs. M. A. Ferraro writes: “. .. I took my chil-
dren to the Drive-Inn for the first show about 8:20 p.m.
At approximately 9 p.m. I saw a sharp blue light west of
the screen. Its movements were erratic, darting down-
ward, instantly reversing and going back west. I watched
to make certain the object could not be a firefly caught
in the projection beam. It couldn't have been for I was
the last car in the far west aisle, therefore what I saw
was moving behind the screen, where the beam could not
reach. By the time we left the movie, there were four of
these lights, all in an area extending over about three de-
grees, all peforming the exact fantastic maneuvers... .
Their sizes were that of a pencil eraser at arm’s length,
round and sharply defined. At other moments they were
about the size of a bottle cap, at arm’s length. They could
vanish in a second, then become visible again, but far to
the right, left, above or below the point at which they
vanished. ... I decided to call the tower the next day. I
got Mr, Fetchenbach on the phone, I told him about the
blue objects: seen the night before. I did not tell him how

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and hung up.... How did Mr, Fetchenbach know I saw .

four objects? Could I be wrong?
think so. Whether there were jets up or not, jets cannot
streak up and down. Some went straight up or down in
about the time it takes a ineteor to cross a degree of sky,
one degree that is, so the time would be one second.

Rd: 1 note with interest the dates of the Grand Rapids and Dallas
incidents. Shortly before 5 pan. on Sept. 25th, Dell, my
— “something” white fort down in the
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gathered the strands of white fibrous substance on io steleend put
into a glass jar for safe-keep ng. The siutf was sensitive, she said,

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curling when she touched it. Unlike the Marysville, Ohio “angel
hair” incident, Oct. 22, 1954 (See Case 32) the substenee did not
leave a green stain on the hand, ‘owever, my wife said she touched /
it only briefly. To the writer the substance looks siinilar to other
photographed specinens_of_the suscallal augel hair, reputed to bea
saucer by-product, | lor analysis the substance was pickéd up by
AJT.0CC, Wright Patterson AB. Can't say, but the stuff migtt
have been spider-spun. On the other hand, perhaps the saucers seen
near Grand Rapids at about 4 p.m. were also over Cincinnati.
Notably, my wife saw the angel hair just before 5 pim., which is
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~-..Case-275, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1956—Said the

News-Reporter, a local suburbanite weekly paper: “A
Northern Hills physician and wife, who asked that their
identity be withheld, told a story of witnessing an ecerie
demonstration of precision flying among a group of glow-
ing, multi-colored objects. The couple said they were
awakened about 3 a.m. when a pane in their bedroom
window set up a vibration. ‘I got up to find out what was
causing the noise, the doctor said. ‘At first I thought
someone was trying to get into the window. Then I
looked out and saw these objects that looked like little
balls zooming around in the sky. .. It was quite a spec-
tacle. The balls were all colors—red, green, yellow and
several colors that I can’t describe. Then the objects
just disappeared before our eyes. It wasn't a gentle trail-
ing off like you might expect to see when watching fire-
works pop in the sky—the objects just seemed to be
snatched into the void” The doctor said he and his wife
watched the demonstration for almost a half hour.”®

Case 226, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1956—According
to the Columbus Dispatch, a former air force pilot and
local businessman said that he and his father witnessed
eight cigar-shaped objects follow an airliner at 11:20 a.m.
He said, “The things were brighter than the aluminum on
the plane. They followed the plane, suddenly stopped
and reversed themselves. Then they flew south for a
short distance and then went up and out of sight. I won't
identify myself because people will think I’m crazy,’

Case 227, Norwich-Sydney area, New York, Sept. 28,
1956—We quote from a letter received from Mrs. Ken-
neth Leslie, Binghamton, N. Y., es foliows: “Last nicht
between 8 p.m. and midnight scores of residents witnessed
a large object in the sky which turned from red to green
to white and back again. It pulsated and remained a
bright orange color for some time and then disappeared.
The State Police received a number of calls from dis-
turbed residents, and, after checking the object themselves
they alerted Rome AFB. A squadron of jet fighters were
scrambled and as yet no reports have been received as
to what the object was or what they found. The story
was headlined over the newscasts of radio station WINR
all day.”

Case 228, Detroit, Mich, Sept. 28, 1956-—-Under the
headline, “Mystery Blast Unexplained” ihe Detroit Times
said the following: “. .. The blast occurred shortly after

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2 p.m. Police departments of a dozen communities were
besieged with calls reporting the explosion. . . Selfridge
AFS authorities said there was only one jet flying at the
time in the Detroit area and it had not broken the sound

barrier,”’$

Case 229, Trenton, N. Jersey, Oct, 2, 1956—We quote
from the Trenton Evening Times as follows: “Harry
Sturdevant is a night watchman... whose job is to guard
equipment on a road project. At 3:45 am., Sturdevant
was in a trailer office when he saw a terrifying sight. A
large glowing object swooped down out of the sky over
the Delaware River. It came within a few feet of the
water and then, as suddenly as it appeared, it took off
again into the air... Sturdevant recalls that it was very
large—probably over 100 feet in length—that it did not
have wings, that it made a hissing sound as it skimmed
over the water, and that it gave off an overpowering
noxious odor. Sturdevant remembers the odor more
vividiy than anything else. It was so nauseous that he
was afraid he was going to become ill.””

Case 230, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1956—A letter to -

CRIFO from Edward Miskin contained four individual
statements by witnesses having seen a UFO. Sighted at
5:30 p.m. the object was generally described as oval-
shaped and metallic or silver. Said witness Richard
Winderman, “The object was directly overhead. It looked
oval and was shining like polished aluminum. . . . Mov-

ing in a southerly direction, it gave off no audible sound,
Ed: While many cases in themselves are not sensational, it is note-
worthy that many recent sightings have been daylight occurrences.

Case 231, Springdale, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1956—By phone,
Mrs. James Petrey, reported the following in brief: Four
witnesses, at 3:30 p.m. watched, against a deep blue sky,
six pinpoints of light moving with fantastic speed. It was
difficult to watch them all, she said, as they darted up
and down, side to side. Strangest of all was the silverish
streak that seemed to connect three of the objects, she

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said. Later, to the surprise of the witnesses, a countless
number of red objects, swarming like birds, came in from
the east. Flying in a straight horizontal path, the silent
objects began flopping over and over, then disappeared
behind some trees. It was an astounding sight, said Mrs.

Petrey.

Case 232, Denver, Colo., Oct. 12, 1956—Reports the
Denver Post, “A mysterious ball of fire whizzing through
the sky followed by a loud explosion sent police and
firemen on an unsuccessful search for a meteorite. Den-
ver and suburban police and fire stations received hun-
dreds of calls from persons who saw the strange object
about 5:30 p.m. Tom Nalty, assistant fire chief at sta-
tion 15, said he saw a ‘teardrop’ object fly over the fire-
house at about 2000 feet at a high rate of speed. It was
headed southeast and had a glowing reddish head and a
blue tail, he said. Ralph Churches of Golden, said he saw
a bright red object hanging about 200 feet over one of
his corrals,”'°

Case 233, Lake Michigan shore from Racine to White-
fish Bay, Wisc.,.Oct._13, 1956—Clippings from both the
Racine Journal and Milwaukee Journal describe a great
shocking boom that echoed along the Lake Michigan
shore about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Said the Milwaukee
Journal, “It prompted citizens to look up, look down,
straighten upset furnishings and rush to their telephones.
Coast guardsmen on the lake front said they heard what
sounded like a clap of thunder. Sheriff’s department em-
ployees noticed that the windows on the south side of
room rattled. Spokesman at Truax Field, Madison, and
O’Hare Field, Chicago, denied having planes capable of
passing the speed of sound in the area. Many residents
believed the noise was an earth tremor beneath the lake.
A seismometer in Milwaukee, however, recorded no earth
movement. A similar device recorded no shift in the lake

waters.”!1

10 C. H. Marck, Jr.. Denver, Colo.
41 Leonard Wieczorek, Racine, Wisc.

| ROUGH
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ME MORAN DUM
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roe . Peastherland
Suodfest: Imdentification of Fibers
sid A samole of fibers was drought tn for identification. Miere-

4

ycocical examination reveals that these fibers are multiftlanent bundles.
The individiual ficers seem to ce zonofilaments and not staple fibers.
‘The individual filaments are unusually small being about 2 to 4 micrens
‘fn dianeter. A rough birefringence measurement gave + 0.927. The f4la-

ments seem to be slightly oval in ercss section though ro sections were

za e- The oval shape may sause sone error ian birefringence, but the

canes cf tirefriagense for regenerates sell::iose is 0.921 to 04929,

the bprefeiagences of some other synthetics are nylon 0.060, Gynel 2.0905,
ces sron.! 9.173, orion-<0.002, and acrilan -).005. The size and birefringence
also e.iainates all natural fibers ordinarily encountered with the possitle.
excertion of spider web and this seems unlikely since it would be diffi-ut
tc maxe yearns of it. The fibers aie ineetabic in acetic acid, chlorofor:,

dizethylformamide, and 90 per cent phenol. They ars soluble in cucrenacntiam

N : - a:
aN 0

hydroxide and also in concentrated ECl. This is chores tert atte of regenera tec |

cellwiose fibers, either viscose o> cupramion'wm rayon. ‘This solubility

behavior eliminates cellulose acetate, vinyon HH, dynel, vinyon N, nylon,

”

“wO7lL, vicara, orlon, acriian, and cacren.

it is difficult to distinguish between the viscose end cuoremmeni 2
recanere teaMbel luloses. In eres nary size ranges they ususliy differ in criss
jection, but tn this size it would rrobaoly not be seenathg to distinguish

them. Matthew's Textile Fibers, 6th edition, edited by H. R. Manersberyer

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* "icefringence is the differencd between the refractive indices for lirt.-
vitrating parallei to and percenc:cular to the long axis of the filament.

FO ks oe eee

C.RLLFLO.

Civilian Research, Interplanetary Fiying Objects

Cincinnati 27,

September 26, 1956

Major H.C.Shaw, C.O.
Air Technical Intelligence Command

Wright-Patterson AFB,
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Major Shaw:

Sorry that we had so much telephonic confusion in my attempt
to reverse charges. I, too, was ina "bad way" in that I was
calling from The DuBois Co., whose policies also involve red
tape in making long distance calls,

Reason for calling was in response to a call from the Air Fil-
ter Center this a.m. which directed me to your command, The
officer with whom I talked said that I should send my "'material'"'
to your command, I explained mailing such would be inadvisable
because I did not want to disturb the state in which the "angel
hair'' was originally placed ina jar. If this state of preserva-
tion is important then mailing, of course, would not he the best
method, Purpose of calling, thus, was to get your advice,

Facts Concerning The Angel Hair:

Shortly before 5 o'clock p.m. Sept, 25, 1956, my wife,
 amneremaaranle sitting on porch with children, watched

"something" white float down in front yard of home, While

investigating the nature of this material, she noticed an-

other smaller tuft of the substance falling, also landing on
ground,

In its original state the larger specimen lay flat looking
like strands of white asbestos fibre. It's size, flattened,

was about 3'' X 3",

When she touched the sensitive substance, she said it

Con't

seemed tocurl. She then gathered the substance ona stick

and put it in an air tight jar. In so doing, a gossamer strand
of the substance adhered to the lid,and the stick which held the

bulk of the cacoon-appearing fibre,hung pendant in the glas8jar,

A second and smaller specimen, was collected on a pencil.
This we left exposed to the air.

I told my wife not to disturb the state in which she first de-
posited the substance. For this reason I believe mailing is

not practical,

Of course, the substance may be worthless, but it does seem

similar to other specimens [I have seen, reputed to be "angel
hair", and to other specimens I have seen in photographs,

I would like to make a chemical analysis of this substance,
but shall wait until I hear from either you or Capt. Giegory.

Respectfully yours,

FINAL GALLEY PROOF

Galley 8) —THE WORLD OF FLYING SAUCERS

Other Varictics of Angel Hair

Several types of angel hair not of arachnid origin have been re-
Ported in industrial areas, particularly in and near cities that have
textile factories. When the filtering System of such a factory fails to
work properly, lint and waste residues may be thrown into the air
to be carried away by the wind and eventually deposited on the
Sround. Drifting fibers of nylon, rayon, and other fabrics can mys-
tify an observer, especially if the residues break and disappear
When touched. Some cities, such as Cincinnati, maintain an Air
Pollution Center to deal with the problems resulting from air con-
tamination by industrial Wastes. Scientists at this and other centers
often collaborate with ATIC in, identifying unknown substances
reported in connection with UFOs.

Late in the afternoon of September 25, 1956, a housewife in Cin-
cinnali noticed a strange substance floating down into her yard, a
White, fibrous material that curled when she touched it, Wondering
if she had found some angel hair, she described the incident to the
editors of Orbit. a saucer publication; in addition, she collected
some of the material in a jar and sent it to the Air Force for anal-
ysis [8]. Working in collaboration with the Air Pollution Center at
Cincinnati, ATIC investigators subjected the material to chemical]
and microscopic tests and identified it as waste products from fibers
of cuprammonium (Bemberg ) rayon, from a local industrial plant.

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2 256, states that the finest viscose tilamen’s are . “enaer »'

~..5 am bas been crodused aa fine as 0.4 denier. O.4 demer ww —

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‘syiely 3 misPons in diemater while i denier i3 atout © a.trins

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tet. Since the unknown runs 2 to 4 microna it is probabiy criprenw-:

In the Jalted States thia tyre cf rayon is often calles Janue te

‘se brand name.

rT 1 ae Bee Bere

(Cons):

nh. if them sromens up the sudjeat of ay teal -urcose for belag “nere and
aosea “r , [es > - She oceaple oc the ‘Anwel oehaic* sis wiles had Youd. He
lLasediately produced 4 giass jar with ocubjact itwa wi tain. 9 sad ‘he 114 om tae
for omd said 127 1% was opened tne "Angel oewhale* would digavgear. owerer, Suspect-
Sag a brick of acme sors I jasisted that he open the jar .ad 24a Complled. Therw waa
"0 appreciable chauge to *ae contents of the Jar, Due Mr. 8xpialawmi coals
vba’ be bad weant wes thas if tre jar wad le’s$ cvened the “Angel‘s-naic* vould dla
integrate ater so whila.

i. I. thea rcaolaced the 113 of the Jar, ste ced ousside aud obtained paote-
uvapna of She ovje0% aad its sontents. I taan asked “r. BA to coow w the
caqpies of oetei ne hed sad, os s@ vens$ inside *o 49 so, i took additicnal oiasures
of the area. ia 30 doing, i noticed a white ovject floating in the aif and Sssrieved
is, Dus, oa conten’ vith ay oand 16 compiesely ilsalpesared. I mde no mention of

‘hig ineident to ir. Qa.

fj» ¢ tnon peturced taside od Ar. a cove o8 tne ors or oetal
suuples he had ,roeured, otating *has Shey vers dug ous of oa 12 stone Guarty.
(I wdersteed hia to Say wear Ginelanasi, however, | havy sisce learned onhas jhe
eanplea vers Pouad ja am ibaadoned cravel o13 near Lafayette, Indiana). | «ave
vif © a vaceios for toe articles given w and aomplated the latarview, as
Vo, WMI nd So caburn to his Semular joo. If taen resumed to the iowa town
acfe8 aad processed beck So uPichterasteroon A/ l168.

t. Upon ceturn So ATIC, I orally resorted vill details and assisted Captala
Gve@ery ia orepering an of fistal csquess for aa examination sad svaluasicn of the
scegimens (copy attached, [avlosurs ir. 1).

De GoNgLUSt ais.

12. All -mptters esgariing the procurement’ of Soe speuimena and otner 4tatemente
versinent to toils case wers accomp] lished.

13. The undersigedi iid not engage ia, aor forced tanto, any discussions on she
Air Yarse position aad approach so'the JY controversy wnich coulda »e used *o the
detriment ef the Air Force or aTIC.

la. Nome. NSeturn of the analysis and identity of the swcimena will dictass tne
action necessary.

OLIVER NN. ALL
“/3a3 Gar
Ale °oteacesa Livitsion

aia i nti RG Ma !

RhOVGH shu?

nlwlUCGH TSaacT

Ta8@ weserisal which you guundtted to “/Seg% Sill on 12 October 1955 tor -
scany «nad ataiyvyis ia osrewith raturnec.

A tnercazn, critical aaalysia waturasily revuired 2 certain «sounds of
taal) deatruction of the mets] ?rasmens, anu some dissipation of cbe thread
Likes material.

TAe reeu.cd of an omalysia of tals waserial whiek, iadirestly or by
Amylicatian, you vurpart to be of gum extra torrestial origina or, 28 ia
the sage of tae “sogel's-bair*® prodnosd fron a ‘flying saucer’ is summa.
rised sa faliows:

&. All oamtearial suasistted is "Seaaermde’ or “* -anmefa>ricatei,”

b,. Samoles vere examined aicrogcopicalliy, caemically aad
Syeotrouraypoicaily,

3S. Motal Guaglest

| All four aumples were found ‘o be ferro-chromius 2nd meaenetic

and not racioactivs. hae compoaition obtained for choses samples wea

Caronius 67 - 72 percent

Siiicon O. - 1.0 percent

ii, Co, & ™® 0.2 percent
Ma, Ga, & AL 0.5 percent

Lon Lalance

The crystalline acracturs and nan-oxidized condition of *nese .
saaples poiatsa diractly to the facet that a Alcn~temperature such aa would be
encovatered by one of aeteoris qragin baa not Seen imzosea, 5h She common
a0cearagve “ad she “nalysia oo these namples strosgiy euayesd “hat Chey iaves
cause from tae bia of sither a steel mill or steel Tomdry vhoere caranmium ip this

form i3 customerily adued to ebeel melta,

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ad. Textile Semple:
The sample purported to be “ongel-bair,' caportedly a yolatiie
by=yreauct of She fuel used la "flying saucers,” »ae given bo$a caa@tical
and microscopic teste and ia, without doubt, cacramnonium rayon, vnich is
moms Ccammoniy called “Semberg iiayom" in jae U.S. “his maberdal, after axe
posure to air for 72 hours la the Materiala Granca, did not volatilize.
This ia tae sy oe of industrial or waste >roduct *lints* thas

may >@ ejected into the atmosphere Ly certain omnauiac*urers of the ‘exctile
inaustry, in tala case, rayon.

ve are cari oreesed for ag acplunasica 18 what the casrsmente or inuie
cablonsa were leading you ‘o Delisve coat “nis waterial +48 go-callad “ ngel's-
bais>.*

v@ Saould \tnefoannens oa your statement that 13> vould appear Sooliga
for aayone (your source, in this case) to carry aimost ten pounds of setal
to a gravel pit, Supposedly to gives tae specinen scone AWD of mystery or jo
oreate She impression that ite origia was obher ‘nan vwartaly. I3 assy interest
you to know that our tiles con*taia @ large amber of cases iadicating thas
fer greater efforts and devilisnly clever means vere resorted to in/4 tempts
to orwate such impressiona.

Ve are certain that you will egree with ws that *ielicerute’ attexyptas

at ravriestion 2nd hboaxce result in a needless loss of sovermuent time, “tonsy,

mm powar and sfforts, 20% to say she “3xpayer's nonsy.