PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon Was Balloon
13 October 1958 15 Mi S of Cameron, Arizona 00 0p Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft Probably Aircroft
GMT 14/0220Z GMT 14/0220Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rador Air-Intercept Rodor D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS 6. 6. SOURCE SOURCE OK Was Astronomical Meteor Was Astronomical
Yes D Probably Astronomicol
No Military D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
3 seconds one SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Elongated cylinder shaped ooj. The frobably a tetoor.
core was red followed by white w/
blue edges. Observer's attention was
drawn by a flash.
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Magazine FATE
Reprinted by special permission from "Fate Unidentified Flying Objects Research C'ommittee,
Box 5242. Akron 13., Ohio
Cecil Bridge, fireman on No. 91, was
one of train crew who watched UFO's.
He is a former Air Force man with 450
hours of heavy bomber time and knows
what planes look like. "We see planes
every night, lots of them," Bridge in-
sisis. These were not airplanes!"
UFO
BUZZES TRAIN
The Crew of Monon No. 91 had strange company y on their way to
Indianapolis-four companionable, curious UFO's.
By Frank Edwards
ITNESSES IN Danville, IlI., onds and then darted away, single onds and then darted away, single
W saw.the t saw the t things to the east as file, to the west.
swiftly moving lights. They paused The train crew on Monon south-
occasionally to dart away in a dif- bound freight Number 91 saw the
ferent direction. UFO's best of all. For them it was
. Witnesses near Kokomo saw a night to remember. a night to remember.
them as e them as elliptical lighted objects As usual Number r 91 was en 91 was en
that streaked in from the north at route from Monon, in north central
treetop level, hovered for a few sec- Indiana, to Indianapolis. A few
25 25

UFO BUZZES TRAIN 29 30 FATE
about have touched edges so they on them they didn't come in close the dispatchers office in Lafayette, urged the train crew to be especial-
must have been somewhere around any more. While we were switching where the train radio signals s are ly watchful between three and four
40 feet across the bottom." at Frankfort they stayed away monitored, and Bunker Hill has o'clock in the morning.
In answer to a question Bridge back up the tracks, just hovered
said, "We had flashlights in the en- there, until we moved on. Then
gine and in the caboose. Up on the they followed us again. When they
head end'of the train-in the en- finally went away at Kirklin they
gine where I was-we blinked our just zipped off to the northeast and UFOS SERIOUS BUSINESS
flashlights at the things and we kept on going and we didn't see (Excerpt from statement issued by the
waved the lights. We thought we them anymore."
might get them to come in closer. Defense Department, December 24, 1959)
They did come down over the train It was an astounding experience
a few minutes later, as Robinson the train crew of Monon Number Unidentified flying objects - sometimes
told you, but, of course, I can't say 91 had undergone during that hec- treated lightly by the press and referred
they did it because we flashed the tic hour and ro minutes as the to as "flving saucers" - must be rapidly
lights at them. At any rate they freight lumbered across the Hoo- and accurately identifi serious USAF
didn't flash any lights back at us." sier prairie. And it was important, business in the Zone of terior. As AFR
Robinson said, "In the caboose too, in the annals of such things, 200-2 points out, the Ai Force concern
we had a five cell sealed beam we had a five cell sealed beam for its duration and because the for its duration and because the with these sightings is threefold: First
flashlight that throws a pretty good objects gave evidence of intelligent af all, is the object a threat to the de-
beam a long ways. When the things beam a long ways. When the things control by dodging away from the control by dodging away from the fense of the U.s.? Secondly, does it con- does it con-
came down and flew right up the flashlight beams. flashlight beams. tribute to technical or scientific know- tribute technical or scientific know-
tracks behind the caboose, I grab- The television interview with The television interview with ledge? And then there's inherent USAF ledge? there's inherent USAF
bed that sealed beam flashlight bed that sealed beam flashlight Cecil Bridge and Edward Robin- Cecil Bridge and Edward Robin- responsibility to explain to the American responsibility to explain to the American
and shined it on them. As soon as son got on the newswires that same people through pul people through public information media blic information media
the light hit them they jumped the light hit them they jumped night. night.
sideways out of the beam. When On the following day they, along what is going on what is going on in their skies. in their skies.
they got back over the tracks I they got back over the tracks I with the other members of the train The phenomena or actual objects comprising
did it again and they scattered. crew, were notined by Monon offi- UFo's will tend to increase, with the pub- UFO's will te with the
They acted like they didn't care for cials to keep quiet if they saw any lic more aware of goings on in space but
that light at all. similar objects in the future. Bunk- still inclined to some apprehension. Tech-
"From the time Bridge first call- er Hill Air Force base near Koko- nical and defense considerations will con-
ed us on the radio until the last mo, about 30 miles east of the scene tinue to exist in this area.
time we saw them near Kirklin of this sighting, had asked the rail- What is required is that every UFo sight-
(about 38 miles northwest of In- road to contact the base at once ing be investigated and reported to the
dianapolisit was about an hour should such objects again appear. Air Technical Intelligence Center at
and 10 minutes altogether. They According to officials of the Monon Wright-Patterson AFB and that explanation
hung around the back end of the at Lafayette, the Bunker Hill AF to the public be realistic and knowledge-
train but after we shined the light base has installed a special line to able.

26 FATE UFO BUZZES TRAIN 27
moments after three in the morn- "I am familiar with planes and bey, both of Indianapolis. I talked headed directly south.
ing of October 3, 1958, the adven- with their operations, both as a flier to Robinson and told him what we "I'd say they were only a couple
ture began. ... and an observer. We all are—-all of had seen. During the time we of hundred feet above the train as
us on the train. We see planes every watched these things, from Wasco they came toward the caboose. And
In the cab of the diesel locomo- night, lots of them. These things to Kirklin, we did a lot of talking they weren't moving very fast—
tive were three men--Harry Eck- were not planes! on that radio. The dispatcher in maybe 30 or 40 miles an hour. It
man, the engineer, Cecil Bridge, "About that time the lights veer- Lafayette could hear us, of course, was hard to tell-a fellow just
the fireman, and Morris Ott, the ed west. They crossed the tracks but he never cut in. The boys in doesn't notice details like that ur-
head brakeman. Cecil Bridge, a ahead of the train--about a half a the caboose got the best look at the der the circumstances.
former Air Force man with 450 mile ahead of us, we estimated. things, especially when they came "The freight train is pretty
hours of heavy bomber time, tells They were moving pretty slowly, right down over the whole train." noisy, of course, but I didn't hear
the story: too, at not more than about 50 (The train crew decided not to any other noise, like the roar an
"It was about 20 minutes after miles an hour. Four big, white, soft report their unusual experience to airplane would have made. I think
three in the morning-Friday lights. the Air Force in order to avoid be- they were silent, or nearly silent, at
morning, October 3rd. We had just "Just the three of us in the en- ing subjected to ridicule. But least.
pulled past a little spot called Was- gine--Mr. Eckman, the engineer, Bridge and Robinson felt that the "They flew over us one after the
co. There's no town there-just a Morris Ott and I saw the lights incident deserved to be made known other-big, round white things that
kind of crossroads. It was there we at this time. We were pulling 56 so thev consented to be interviewed looked about the color of fluores-
first noticed the four lights in the cars-that's a little more than half cars--that's a little more than half on Friday night, October 3, over an on Friday night, October 3, over an cent lights, kind of fuzzy around
sky ahead of us. They were moving a mile of cars-and because of the Indianapolis television station.) the edges. They didn't glare and
lights. At first they looked like angle at which these things were During the course of that inter- During the course of that inter- they didn't light up things as they
stars but we realized they weren't approaching and because they were view Conductor Robinson said: went over. They just came back
stars because they were moving— stars because they were moving—- so low right then, the boys in the so low right then, the boys in the "I was sitting in the cupola, I was sitting in the cupola, toward us, over the top of the cars,
we could see that. caboose probably couldn't see them. looking forward over the train looking forward over the train one after the other. Then they went
"They were moving in a sort of "After the lights crossed the "After the lights crossed the when Bridge called me on the radio. on down the tracks maybe another
open V formation. By that I mean open V formation. By that I mean tracks in front of us they stopped I had already noticed the four gobs half a mile and seemed to stop.
that there was no light at the for- and came back. This time they and came back. This time they of light but I couldn't make out "Me and Sosbey went out on
ward point of the flight, just the ward point of the flight, just the were headed east. They shot off to- what they were. They were half a the back platform where we could
two "wings" with two lights in each ward the east and were gone a few mile ahead of the caboose--the see them better. But they were get-
"wing"-angled off at about 45 de- minutes-out of sight--but when whole length of the train. A little ting pretty far behind us. We could
grees from each other. I must have they came back and we all saw bit after he called me the things see their lights but I don't remem-
spotted them first. After I had them again I turned on the micro- went away and we didn't see them ber whether they were bunched up
watched them for about I5 sec- phone. We have radio between the for a few minutes . . . then all of or not. They were just there, we
onds I called them to the attention engine and the caboose. I turned on a sudden they came back. know that. We could see them be-
of the other men in the cab with the microphone and called the boys "This time they came down over hind us, right over the tracks.
me. The engineer was Harry Eck- in the caboose and told them what the train, a little way in back of "Then they swung off away from
man, and our head brakeman was we were watching. the engine. They were coming to- the tracks and went fast--very fast
Morris Ott. They watched the "The conductor was Ed Robin- ward the caboose. That is, they -to the east. When they picked up
lights, too. son and the flagman was Paul Sos- were going north and the train was speed their light got a lot brighter.

much brighter than they were be- faster than they had come back
fore. They turned in line, going over the train the first time.
north or northeast and we noticed "They were just above the tree-
that they lit up in sequence-the tops along the right of way, and
front one first, then number two, they had changed their way of fly-
three and four. They changed ing-their formation. This time
course and came back past the they were sort of flying on edge.
train. They were going in the oppo- Two of them were on edge--the
site direction to us when they made two in the middle. The two on the
this pass. I guess they were at least outside were tilted at an angle both
a mile or two east of us when they in the same direction. The four of
did it. them flew like that up the tracks
They lit up twice like I told behind the train—a tilted one on
you; firsé number one would light the east, two of them straight up
up, then number two and so on. and down, then the one on the west
They did that twice as they went tilted just like the one on the east.
a past us travelling in the opposite "When they first came back over
direction. We noticed, too, that the train we could see that they
their color changed. When the first were round things—circular shaped
lit up they were bright white but lit up they were bright white but on the bottom. Then when they
when they slowed down the color flew up the tracks in back of us we
changed to a kind of yellow, then could see--me and Sosbey-that could see--me and Sosbey--that
to orange when they went real slow they were about 4o feet in diameter
-a kind of dirty orange." -a kind of dirty orange." and maybe 1o feet thick. The two
Robinson agreed with this de- that were flying straight that were flying straight t up and
scription. He added: down were just about down were just about over the over the
"We didn't see them from the edges of the right of way and about
back end of the train for several 200 yards in back of the caboose.
minutes after they went away to If they had been flying flat down If they had been flying flat down
the east and turned. But the boys the east and turned. But the boys instead of edgewise they would just
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30CT 58
Case1958
6 April 1959
Dear Mr.
unidentified flying obje ighting of
3 October 1958.
The United States Air Force has no record of this sighting.
Sincerely,
LAWRENCE J. TACKER LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Executive Officer
Public Information Division
Office of Information Services
Mr. Mr
Drookryn 13, New fork DrOOR 3, New York
1A20
OLLICE' IMEO' REVAICES
JA ABBe JS 0a
021

No Case (Information Only) 6 October 1958
Cliffside Park, New Jersey
4
eA good sighting was miado on
Cet. 6th in Cliffeide N. J., which is the noighboring town to Fort Lee.
nearby River Edge went out on a limb and joined the
Three tree aurgeons fr cording to their story, they were watching a jet
ranks of UFo observers. resembling tonnis balls came into sight. Unliko
the jet, the Uro's left no vapor trails. Also, they were going at about twice plane whan two round objects
the joty tha oro. and were in formation. They remined in sight fer two They remined in signt Ter
the spoed of tho jet,
minutos.... minutos....

burg, Kontucky, last C. tchen window at about 6 a.m., and saw a silver-colored
She looked out of he She thought at first it was her husband's
object sitting in a nearby field. 8-30 Mrs. De-
pick-up truck, and forg tabout it. But the object stayed
vore lookod again, a6 still thero. Curious by now called a neigh-
bor and asked him restigate. The noighbor started he field, but
when he got to with In &bout 300 yards objoct, it started rolling along
the ground and thon took off, going almost straight e UFO was deacribed
as triangular in shape, looking much n ice cream cone. It was about the
size cf a pick-up truck, and had short stubby wings that moved back and forth size of a pick-up truck, and had short stubby wings bock and rorek
as it took off. It had no propellor and made no noise. After leaving the It had no propellor and made no noise. After leaving the
as it took off. Small wheel
ground, the objeet hovered over the field for another 45 minutes. Szall wheel ground, the object hovered over the field for another 45 minutos.
were found at the spot at the spot where the eaucer whers the eaucer I had relled along the ground. the ground.
marks
1

14 - 31 OCTOBER 1958 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Calhoun, Louisiana Astro (METEOR)
Rockford, .Michigan Balloon
Custer AFS, Michigan Military Balloon
Maysville, Lexington, Multi Balloon
Dayton, Ohio Astro (METEOR)
Montevideo,Uruguay CIOVI Aircraft
Greenwood Lake, New Jersey Insufficient Data
Resolution Island, Canada Military Astro(SATURN)
17 Olympic c National Park, Washington Astro (CAPELLA)
17 Grand Rapids, Michigan Astro METEOR
17 New York, New York Insufficient Data
18 46.7N 19.25W (Atlantic) Astro METEOR)
19 Dayton, Ohio Aircraft
19 Wenatchee,'Washington Astro (ARCTURUS)
19 Wright-Patterson AFB, Onio Astro METEOR
20 Sweetwater, Texas Astro (METEOR)
20 Kerrville Valverde, Texas Astro (METER)
21 Dayton, Onio Aircraft
21 Karlaruke; Grmany Military Astro (METEOR)
21 NE of Brazil (Atlantic) Astro (METEOR)
22 Soap Lake, Washington Astro (METEOR)
22 Midland, Texas Astro (VEGA)
25 Oklahoma City, Okla, Gulf of Mexico Multi Satellite (SPUrNIK III)
DR25 Yucca Valley, California (PHOTO) Other (REFLECTION)
27 Uniondale, Pennsylvania isee Insufficient Data
27 Lock Raven Dam Maryland/ fiider UNIDENTIFIED
20 Florida, South Carolina, Georgia Florida, South Carolina, G forgia Multi MuL Astro Astro (METEOR) METEOR
Montevideo, Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay Astro (METEOR) METEOR
Eddyville, Broken Bow, Miller, Neb Eddyville, Broken Bow, Miller, Neb Multi Multi Other (INVERSION REFLEC REFLEC
Oblong, Illincis Astro (PARHELIA)
Kettering, Onio Aircraft
Uruguay CIOVI Insufficient Data
Put In Bay, Lak Erie, Chio Erie, Chio Astro (MaRS) Astro (MARS)
Uruguay CIOVI Insufficient Data
Caledon East, Ontario, Canada Caledon East, Ontario, Canada Other (HALLUCINATION) Other (HALLUCINATION)
Long Beach, New York AstroMETEOR) Astro METEOR)
Oct - Insufficient Data
ADDITIONAL ADDITIONA r CASES)
DATE DANE LOCATION SOURCE SOURCE EVALUATION
Oct Univerge Science News Ltr
18 Eastern Washington Newsclipping
23 Disneyland, California Newsclipping
24 Stayton & Mill City, Oregon Newsclipping
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SMD C 257. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 130C758
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
INCO TING
*.: -*.
ZCZCHQC117ZCYJB629 18
PP RJEZH
DE RJWFEG 49
P 161928Z
FM 81O ADIV BIGGS AFB TEX
TO RJEDDN/ADC ENT
RJWFDN/3& ADIV
RJEDSO/ATIC WPAFB
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH
REDBR/CINCSAC
RJWZKN/15 AF RJWZKN/15 AF
INFO RJEDDN INFO RJEDDN/I006 AISS ENT 1006 AISS ENT
BT
UNCLAS FROM 97D0I8-16614. UNCLAS FROM 97DOI8-16614
USAF ATIN ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF,P INTELLEGENCE WND OFFICE OF
INFORMATION SERVICES. SUBJECT UFO REPORT. UFO DISCRIPTION.
ELONGATED CYLINDER SHAPED OBJECH I LENGTH APPROXIMATELY EQUAL
TO SIZE OF BASEBALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTH. WIDTH APPROXIMATELY
EQUAL TO SIZE OF HALF DOLLAR HELD AT ARMS LENGTH. THE CORE
OF THE OBJECT WAS RED FOLLOWED BY WHITE WITH BLUE EDGES.
ONLY ONE OBJECT SIGHTED. T THERE WERE NO DISCERNABLE FEATURES
OR TAIL, HRAIL OR EXHAUST. NO SOUND HEARD OR OTHER UNUSUAL
FEATURES. 0 OBSERVERS WAS OCCASIONED BY BRIGHT
AE:2 20409 (16 Cat 58) Page l of 3 pages
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
INC
PAGE TWO RJWFBG 49
FLASH AT A 15 T0 20 DEGREE ANGLE AND RELATIVE AZIMUTH OX
280 DEGREES. UPON DISAPPEARANCE W WNGLE OF OBJECT WAS 10 TO
15 DEGREES WITH RELATIVE AZIMUTH OF WTP DEGREES. FLIGHT
PATH WAS A SHALLOW DESCENT AND OBJECT DISAPPEARED INSTAN-
SECONDS. THE MANNER OF OBSERVATION WAS AIN V VISUAL WITH
NAKED EYE ABOARD B-47 AIRCRAFT, TAIL NBER $3-1-854.
ALTITUDE 30,000 FEET, MAGNETIC HEADING 352 DEGREES, TAS
425 KNOTS, HOE STATION 97 BOMB WING, BIGGS AFB, TEXAS.
OBJECT WAS SIGHTED 14O22OZ. NIGHT CONDITION. OBJECT WAS SIGHTED 14O22OZ. NIGHT CONDITION. LOCATION OF LOCATION OF
OBSERVER WAS 354IN 11119W, OVER LITTLE COLORADO RIVER. OBSERVER WAS 354IN 11119W, OVER ILE COLORADO RIVER.
OBSERVER WAS CAPTAIN OBSERVER WAS CAPTAIN |340 BOMB SQUADRON, 97
BOMB WING, BIGGS AFB, TEXAU. CAPTAIN IS AN
INSTRUCTOR PILOT, RELIABILITY ESTIMATE BAKER TWO. ( INSTRUCTOR PILOT, RELIABILITY ESTIM ATE BAKER TWO. OBSERVER
REPORTED WEATHER WAS CLEAR, VISIBILITY UNLIMITED WITH WINDS
AT 340 DEGREES, 20 KNOTS. F REPORH OF WINSLOW ARIZONA
WEATHER STATION, SURFACE WIND NNE, 8 KNOTS, 6,O0O FEET CALM,
10,000 FEET CALM, 16,000 FEET 240 DEGREES 5 KNOTS, 20,000
FEET, 240 DEGREES 10 KNOHS, 30,000 FEET 250 DEGREES AT 15
KNOTS, 50,000 FEET 230 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS, 80,000 FEET NOT
AP IN : 29429 (16 0st 58) Page 2 of 3 pages

2:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
INCO N G
I
:
PAGE THREE RJWFBG 49
AVAILABLE. . WEATHER CLEAR, VISIBILITY 35 MILES. NO UNUSUAL
CONDITIONS REPORTED, NO INTERCEPTION ATTEMPTED, NO
INFORMATION OF POSSIBLE AIR TRAFFIC IN HHE AREA IS PRESENTLY
AVAILABLEF REPORT PREPARED BY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 97 BOMB WING.
REPORTING OFFICER CANNOT OFFER ANY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS S.
CONCERNING CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING; HOWEVER, THE OBSERVER'S
REMARKS CONCERNING THE SIZE OF HHE OBJECH INDICATED THAT
CONSCIOUS DEFINITION OF IT°S SIZE AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATION
WAS SUSPECH. NO PHYSICAL WAS SUSPECH NO PHYSICAL L EVIDENCE OR PHOTOGRAPH IS EVIDENCE OR PHOTOGRAPH IS
AVAILABLE.
BT
16/19342 16/19342. OCT RJWFBG RJWFBG
AGTION: ACTION: OEN CIN
T0O: DOP, SAVIS
AF I7 : 29429 (16 Oot 58) Page 3 of 3 pages T/jry

NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY) October, 1958
Eastern Oregon
Digest, Fall 1958
BUT THE OBJECT STILL RE-
Two Hunters See MAINED IN GON in OCT.
Eerie Sky Ligl wo Salem deer hunters were
stern Oregon
Tuesday with a story of sighting etrange sxy lighin. Bab and Jack Brant
450 Beck Avenue, S. E. arrived at the Pine Mt. Area near Millican about
3 a. m. Tuesday morning. For about 20 mimites, as they were hunting
for a camping site, a whit and red light seemed to keep pace with their
car at a distance. At first they believed it ither car lighte on a dist-
ant mountain a camp fire.
Then the light, alternately bright and dim eped toward the e car, suddenly
halting and nearing halting and nearing the the ground to the right and slightly ahead of them. As ght and slightly head of them. As
the ground became illuminated the lighta went out.
Both men said the white light was the most brilliant with the red Both men said the white light was the most brilliant with the red light be-
neath it.
They refused to remain in the area and returned to Sisters. There, they
said, a waitress reported two said, a waitress reported two other gronps of pereons had like-wise re-
ported sighting the same type of light recently in the eame general area.
Bob Brant is empioyed by Southern Pacific R.R. and hie brother iv home Bob Brant is empioyed by Southern Pacific R, R. and hie brother iv home
on leave from the AR FORCE!:) on leave from the AR FORCE !:)
Both said that they considered reporting the wvent to the etate police, but Both said that they considered
. did not because they thought that the police would not them..
.

October, 1958
Salem, Oregon
Source: Space
.
Here is the second headline and the story:
".. A strange unidentified flying object with
Blinking Flying red and white blinking lights was seen by some
Salem residen Monday night.
II
Object Sighted Thomas Warren, Leslie Jr. High Mathernatics
instructor, znd Beverly Shriver, 14 year old
Over Salem danghter of Mr. and Mrs. William Shriver 3856
Seneca Avenue,S., reported thay both saw a
rectangular shaped object hovering in the West-
ern skies................the chject flying slow
SPACE-CRA P.O. BOX 7G8 SALE.M.OREGON.-U.5.A.---1
ThEN increawod speed and flew toward Porrisnd, Warren stid. A Portlander
also reported secins the obiact. a radio riaticn revorted.

Saucers Fly 4n
Despite the somewhat
frantic efforts of a small
but vocal faction of our
respected Air Force to de-
bunk them; despite the Air
Force's Charlie MeCarthys
and their well-publicized ef.
forts to explain them away
as mock suns or mirages--
the flying saucers stubborn-
ly refuse to say goodbye!
On Oct. 3,_ 195S, at 3:20
a. m. a group of four round
neon-like objects, in an
open V formation, swooped
down upon a fast freight
train, and played tag with
it for well over an hour,
observed by all the train
crewmen and residents in
nearby towns from Illinois
to Indiana.
No weird, lunar fringe
contacts with n Martians or
Venusians; no mythical rides
in mythical saucers. Just
good, honest, man-in.the
street observation! street observation'
ANELMYELL
Pittsburgh 6.
~ C= T

details concerning these two cases that were considered "unknown."
I realize that Air Force policy requires deleting the names of
witnesses and certain data considered classified pertaining to
radar and aircraft. However, such data as the date, location,
mumber o bjects, and size hape of e objects, would be
quite se sfactory.
"Vario papera in Indiana carried an extremely interesting
UFO observation made in the early morning hours
seeing four diso-shaped objects in central Indiana that played
"tag" with their train for over an hour. What was the Air Force
-
shohwn
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