Project Blue Book Incident Summaries #173-233 — Ascension Parish LA (Oct 1948)

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RG 38 incident summaries 173-233, continuing the Project Sign/Grudge numbered case file, opening with a 1 October 1948 Ascension Parish, Louisiana sighting by E.B. Williams (President, United Land Co.) of a white-hot ice-cream-cone-shaped object at ~2,500 ft near New Orleans, observed for ~10 seconds at an estimated 300 mph.

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                                                                           Incident Yo,    1
                                            i 1 Oct 48 (Fridsy morning)
                                                                        0540
 Wiere Sighted:         Assension Parieh,               Towsndp 10 South, Renge ¥          so[
         miles from Bew Orlesns, La                                                          ———
                                                           oroumd




                                 Tver:           B, B,       Willisms, Pres, United Land
                                                                                         Co,
                                          219 Dryades 5%., Bew Orlesms.          RA 0515
                                      ?     considerable flying exverience

                                          n/s

                        )   Seen:                1

                  <) : Approximately the length of
                                                                      a passenger airgraft

                    )                 white-hot
                            S
                                                     e
                                                                  A




                                          Seemed %o be & vhite-tot come.           The object dis-
                                     Ws             B0
                                                ao t 1
                                                       lights But scemed enc
                                                           up the area.
                                                                            :sed in flame.

                             1500 to 2000             £t




                                                                      3/4 miles avay

                                            dpprox 200 MPR

                        Sufficiently long to emable Williams
                                                             to nake a fairly
                    detailed observation, Approximately 10
                                                           seconds.
                  Straight and level Tlignt




Weoter Conditicns ot           Tim                   ting?          ¥o elouds with wind fairly calm

Peculicritice loted:           Object left no trail of any
                                                                           kind end d14 not
                                     1ght wp the area
Summary of Incident:                 (over)
       (See cttecucd pego)
                                                     ing in the woods but
                                      the time
                                                                          was sufficiently
                                                    by     bis watch,
 w.s   looking                                                             At    0540 tours
                  to    the      eouth end                                                        #1iliams
                                                 saw sn object
 gream cone                                                              which       resembled
                 trave:ing ems                                                                    sn    ice
                               t             with
                                tfd larger end
 front en! spvesred                             in front,    The
                    wiite hot (1ike the
 Toward the resr 1t                      mantels in & &2 n0l
                    €0t gradually darker                    ine lantern)
 metal or other                           red,  There e no vieibl
                m teriel and no
                                pro
                                                                    e
                                                           jectione of any
                                                                           kind,              only   fire,
                                                     olce and left

       or    lore sltitade,
                                        2
 It appeured to be
                    about 3/4 niles Gwa                      :
 imately 2500 feot,                     y and at an elevat
                      Mr williams sta                      ion of s rOX~
 of about                                             ted he was lookin
               30° relstive to                                          g uy st an angle
                                            Lie ground and obc
                                                              erved the ybject
 aporoxi-atel
                 y    10   segomnds         bef
                                                                                for
                                 it            ore
 11 avpeared to Le                   we  obscured                               by
                   about the sire of                                                   come   tre es,

 traveling aprrox                     tne average                                sirliner and wec
                 imatels 300 K i,  The larger end of
thicker them the                                      the cone sppeared
                  average airliner
                                   is through the fus
about the same len                                   elige but it woe
                             gth,       The object displayed
fppeared                                                     no lights other tha
              enomsed      in    flame,     It
                                                                                 n it
                                                     ai4   not   1ight un
was    o    vieible moans                                                       the   area,      There
                                 of    suprort       and
wore                                                        no   control    surfaces,
       no    oloude    and                                                                      There
                                the   wind    wms    fairly      calm,

Williams stated ths
                    t he was & ftudent
pilosls 1icense becaus                  pflot tut could not
                       e of poor meculsr eoo                get
i1e color perceptio                           rdination in his eye
                    n was normal and                               s,
                                       is hearing i: excell
                                                           ent,
Iave:tigative personnel sta
                                             ted tast Mr williems tee=ai
level headed person.
                                  ‘e fppesred conscient               relisble           a
stating that he                                         ious snd desired Do
                       did      not desire bis                              publicity
                                               friends and bus
to josh him con                                                iness aogqua                        intances
                cerning the mat
                                ter,
                                                                    *     Incident }    175

                                                    23 Sept 1948        095
here Sighted:
                            Sante Pe, New Mexioo




                                                    A. Ruble Angler, 2620 Proctor St,     Waco, Texa:

                                                 Beon Sign Mamufasturer - own employer
                                                 A pilot since 1928 - not a hobby
                                            Saw object glint while watching anoth
                                                                                  er aireraft




                                    white

                                   itle)
                                                 perfectly flat in appearance - compared
                                                                                         to
                                                 dine in sky,
                                                o~ Sighted in daylight




                                                                        B/s

                                            Stationary at time sighted

                           15 or 20 simates

                Very 1ittle movesent 47 any notioed

                                           Eo sound deternined at time of sighting

                                       jeet(s)                  nn-L';Sotmdts ove in a sexd-
            P     T1iont    68
    tion   of   Fligit        of Chjcet(s)             Statio
circle. from
           S. to B.                and finally.-to NE.      May          been optical illusion.



                                    Bo clouds

                                                 Bo evidence of exheust noticed

                                            St1ll in view when observer left

                               t   Timc    of   Sighting:    ]



                                     hnthwdhmfln
                                                                  Incident 175


¥Wnile watching a government plane come in for a landing at Los
Alamos at 0940 hours 23 Sept 1948, witness noticed something
glint in the sun.   Focusing his attention on the object he per-
ceived that it was perfectly white, meither transparent or trans-
lucent and that 1t had no metallic sheen.   It wos perfectly circu-
lar, the side visidtle to hi- being flat - much     s coin would
appear whem observed from a distence.                      It apecred mo lerger tham
2 dime.  Lining it up in relationm to tue tip of the radlo tower
he backed off to the morth,  The object mppeared clear out of the
picture in relation to the tower,                      5;1;;; this perspective he judged
the altitule tu be approximately 30,000 ft.  At this altitude the
object would necessarily be some 100 to 150 feet in size in order
to bs visible at all.  There were no projections, air-trails, or
exhamst of any kind.             He called the object to the attention of
Hr Faironild, his companiom.                    Both    en then went intc o          builiing
transacted their Dusiness and at the end of eight mimutes                                  they went
    ut~ide and   perceived the gbject              in auproximately the             ssme    roaition.
Prom the tine Angler first                saw the object          to    ais last ob ervation
was aroximately 15 t5               20 mimutes,

                 3¢        Nr Angler 1s soroximately           50 yesrs of a
a                      143   own busine    5.     de 1s    an experience’ pilot,             comes
amni        168 fanily, i¢ 2 1ittle abowve average in intelligence :
12 a good conversetionalist,    He told p straight-for   d  story and
not contradict himself.,            THe a’pe:red honmest in               “i:   convictions     in
belief that           nn   saw ac unconventional          aircraft.        He was    convinced          t
the object wos mot a weather b                    loon    since    he   is familisr with        weather
balloons,
Late and    Time
           -~
                   of   Otsérw        3      23 Sept g

Waere Sighted:          Sents Je,     . K.



                                 cof
                                   P tower, ete.)       ol




                          Cheerver:          Mp Johm O, Pairch
                                                              ild


                                          muau. Superintend:nt

                                      @int
                                                         hanical inclimstions :153 woodworking
                                        1*150                                   photography

                                            1

                             150 = 200 feet estimated sive

                                      bright silvery object


                                          oblong egg shape


                                  A        saw just &    silver streak
                                 -t


                                 30,000 feot



                                                        T          7 miles

                                           700 or 800 WPH




                                                 Bortheast - Southwest




                           Clear sy

                                          Bluish appearsnce to rear

                                      Faded from view

                                                 ng:         aAw

                                  Sort of a sunflower
                                                    shepe at the end of object
                                  -on %o be uzpart from object but close on its tail
                                                                         Incident:              175s


Statement of Mr Johm C. Fairenild doe:                not t   11y with that of
A. Ruble Angler.  See Incident 175

¥r Fairchild saw & bright silvery oblong
                                         or egg-shaped object
which a me red to have a speed of 70O to
                                         80 MPHand which seemed to
have a    30-t   of   -umflowr    shape   _t   the   end of   1t   but        spart      from    the
object and cloes on itz          tail.,   Se percelved a dluish &                   pe   rance to
resr of   the object w            could bave been exhaust.               7o        him the object
appeared silvery instead of wolte and oblong
                                             rather tuan round.
Mr Angler thought the objeot remaived statio
                                             nary,                       Howver tie              dis-
crepancy in time could have accoumted for tuia.                     Apparently             Hr Faire
child observed the object some 15 mi.mutes before Mr Angler obgerved
1t.  Also it wuld seem thet he watcued it for = greater
                                                          length of time
in that ne       mentions thet    it faded from view wheress                  Mr   Angler stated
that it was still       in view when he left.
                                                                                  Incident Yo.   176

                                                    23 Sept 48              Approx 1200

                         Castro's Ranch - Y4 miles due eust of San Pablo, Calif amd
                         4ol miles South of Pinole, Calif



:                                      Tver:       Horsce S. Bakims, Col., U. 5. Army (RET)
102" lfl-lnr Mfl. Valmt Creek, Calif,
                             Focties:             Retired army colomel formerly a veterimarisa
         _    preseatly              1oyed
                                       as & Meat Inspector
                                                      by Calif State Dept of Agr.
Attertior Attrictid Byt - Was observing an Army bomber whem he observed
              ¢              e       nnunhmno\.}ect flying sbove the bomber



                                     Adout the size of a Yeengine bomber - longer than wide

                                 Nain pert B¢ body trenslucent and of & dirty gray color
                         -       o         )

                  te             itle/            undalating with center portion appesring
             -phrflul hrvuu the shape and depth similar to a glodbe - like amoeda
                                           ..    Did not reflect or give off light of any type


                                      Over a mile


                                                    com    "t     TV   Xl   Ower a mile directly above

                                                  very fast speed

                             Oould not estimate

                       Appendages seemed to flap or oscillate while center
                        poruon remained stable
                                     s)t        Ho nolse

                                                 ct{c)          Nearly due east

                                           Thought main part of object appesred like canvas




                                                  Ho evidenoce
                                                         of exhamst

                                                Just dissppesred from sight in & very siort time



                  t.h-rolv
                      tions
                            :not wry fu aladl
                                        -
                                               h nfivm & fi-.’
                                                           ther dull and
    Fcz.‘_l‘.'v-.ti & loted:                 attached
                                               See drawing
                                               &                                                                       o

                                                                                                 Incd.            t:     176

¥hile watching an Army bomber which was flying
                                               rether low, Col Bakins
oburndnbov-ulpiu-rbdmmt
                                         an unknown object. He asked
bis companion, Mr Bemtham, if he wers
                                      seeing things,                                                          tham substantiated
the fact that there was am object above
                                        the bowber.                                                   Col Bakine described
the    object as being epproxizately the size
                                              of a large four-engined bomber
                                                                         ,
It appesred undulating in shape resembling an smeeba
                                                     (Sce sketch inclozed).
The object sppesred to have 3 appendages forward and
                                                     2 aft which seemed to
be flap ing or o:cillating wnile the center
                                            portion re mined etable,                                                                    Col
Eakine toought it wee                         a mile or more mbove toe bomber,                               In the cenmter of
the object there appesred a round, dark circle
                                                whieh, in Col Zukins' opinion,
seemed to be above the main Dody of the object.
                                                  Further it appesred that
the main p-rt of tne object was translucent snd of
                                                   a dirty gray color and
that the dark, circular portion avprered to
                                            grov mre   dense in color as
it approached the center., From this observation Col Zakin:  comclu ed that
the dark portion was spherical h ‘ving the share and
                                                     depth of a globe,
He further stated that the main pirt of the object
                                                    appesred like canvas,
He could not estimate the speed of the object but
                                                  saii it was triveling
at &       far greater             speed       than       the bomber or anything else he                           had ever         =een.
       e    was   0o        nolse       of    any typ®         and   no    eviisnce       of    exhaust           or   trail,
 e object            A4       not reflect or give off light of any trpe.

Col    Eekeins prisr               to    his retiresent              in     1948 wes       on    duty        in Panams              a
veterinarian with                   the Army          mission,             ‘e    retired becauce             of        prr.onal
              and      ot          Lecuse       of        piysicul        defects.        owever,        Col       Zakin.      is
                                  nas    to    wear glactes.               HNelghbors      and    bucinecs &                «oéictes
                       Le         fict       that    he   -     Lighly          thought   of    and     is    reliable         in all
           é-lings          and   associations                with   tuem,        He   imprecsed         tne      investigator
      being stable,                intelligent            and above aversge               in common sense.
               PAT       SWARY    o



                          23 Sept
                                U8            Approx 1230
:   Oastro's Ranch - U miles due sast of Sen Pablo, Calif
                                                        &
    4.1 miles south of Pinole, Calif,




                          ¥r Sylvester Bentham, 2655 Dam Road
                          Richmond, Calif,
                          retired butcher
                                                                           >

                     Col Eekine calling his attention to the object

                     1

          Appeared from observer's viewpoint           to be 2 inches by
          1 inch by 1 inch,
          Buff or gray in color

                          rectangular outline with sharp corners
                              (See attached drawing)
                            n/s




                                  e           /s




                       faster than any plane he had ever seen

      At least 3 mimates

horisontal flight

                     20 nolse

                       (v         northwest    then turned morth
                     Seemed to be covered with a translucent material




                  Laft no exhaus
                              or trail
                                   t

                  flew cut of eight gradually fading from view.

                  of     Sighting:    W8

            Seened 1ike & vegetable crate flying thru the air

              (over)
              )
                                                                         Incident 176         ~


On 23 Set 1948 Mr Sylvester Bentham was talking to Col
Bakins when the Colmel called Bentham's attention to a
single object in the sky.  Object firet appeared in the
northeast and was moving faster than any airplane that
Benthem had ever seen.  Object appeured very high.  Both
Zakine and Benthem watehed it for at le.st 3 minutes.  It
move!     toward     the northwest             in a    straight line at a constamt
speed finally turning to the North and faded froz view.
To Bentham the object appeired to have a regulsr rectangular
outline with sharp corners.  It wa. buff or gray in color
with several darker vertical lines like ribds. (See druwing
attached.)         Object eppesred like a "vegetable crate" f1. ing
thru tie air and             seemed tc         .e covere!       with a tramsiucent
meterial.       It mede          no nolve       and left no exhaust or tradl.
Acparent      sire was           approxinately         ?    inches    by 1   imeh by   1   imeh.

¥r Benthem's             description az         tc    the enape,       direction and       over-
all     apve . rance of          tuis   object &           in direct     contr, diction       with
statements      mnde by Col             llorsce      Bakins,


Hr Bentham further                stated   that neither he nor col               Sakin:     were
werring gl          es      6t    the   tine   and     that he weare glnseca           omly       for
reading.      Mr.        Bentham is 7O         yesrs        of age.     He      a retired
butcher,
                                   In    t   No. 177

             5 Sept 48   Detween 3100 and 3130 P, N,




                  La,
         Tangipshoa,
         Object not seem




         very high sltitude




                              /s

            terrific

Object not seen




          Unlike :ny made by known aircraft




    Ummal sound

  Object was not perceived ss it wes too high smd &oing
  rae)
  agc)


           (over)
at a terrific rate of       speed.     Witness   states   she has heard meny planes
but could mot describe       the     sound.

jubeequent investig tion of this incldent revesls that according to
peighbors Nrs XcDeniel poscesses a vivid     ination and that the
daughter was inclined to take after the mother,  Neither of the neligh-
bors   heard   any umamal    nol<ee     in the vicinity.
                                          1705 - 1715 BS?     1§ October 1948

Wrere Sighted:       Homolulm, ?. H.,         158° ¥21°5' ¥



                                                   R;,M 2 Whwn,
                                           2731&.otflc Hgte B4, lonolnln
                                         Hajor, USAP   - rated pun\




                                      1 seen intermittemtly   -t

                     y:     Appeared U or 5 inches in dia from cbserver's viewpoint
                             wulstuthu-hr
                           :  right silver - comparable to alumimum in aircraft

                                1c)   round or elliptical

                                            N/3X   o flame or lights observed




                                                           ¥/s



 i             +:         Obesrved intermittently, one time for 4 seconds, another
      tcr 10 m-. the lomgest period.
     ctiss:      Bo meneuvering
                              - observed horizomtal flight

                                        Ho sound noticed

                                              NHortheast on steady course




                               5                       1gh broken            ,50   £8;   3/108
c-‘iuBases ‘3 fio’om‘flfi45 camting xh.ooo ®;                           sst 0% ¢
     culisritics 1                     not conventionsl craft               Visibility: 15 m.
                                                                                          incident:      178


On the afternoon of 15 Ogtober 1948
                                                       at approximately 1705 hours
                                                                Maj
Robert O. Drum stated that he had
                                  observed a strangely shaped &listeni
object in the north sector of the                                      ng
                                  aky which was moving in a northeaste
direction       at an estimated altitude of 10,00                      rly
                                                  0 ft,                       A stratus layer of clouds
wis   situated above the object
                                at an Spproximate altitude
                                                           of
                                                            14,000 feet.
The disc or discs were moving below
                                    this layer of clouds in that it
that on      two occasions that the highest forma
                                                                    was noted
                                                 tiom of cl     at a greater                was
altitude than the object observed
                                  and that the lower ol wnd formation
the vielon of the observer tous                                       blocked
                                placing the object betwoen the
formatione                                                     two cloud
                 or levels.        Because of tuis lower broken cumil
                                                                     us clouds at
a very low altitude wnieh was
                                              oving in a         southwesterly directionm,
could not uscertain whether he                                                                        tae Major
                                               naw the same disc four different
                                                                                times or
four different disce.,             Over a period of 1C minutes the disc
sighted four
                                                                        or disce were
                    times.       The longest period            of observation wes           estimate’    ss    10
seconds,        The object       or object(s)        appeared bright          silver      in color and      circular
or elliptical in shape.  No vasor or exhaust was present and
                                                             no famwe or lights
were observed.  No sound was heard.  Speed wus estimated as 2.0.10H by using
3n estimated       MO   i       factor   in   the    swirling build=up             of cumilus     clouds,
Maj Drum compared the Aiscs witn a silver
                                                                 Aollar s1ightly turned from a
 osition,       givin. the objact a diso-shepe                  when    neld at arme        lengtl
angle   sbove     eye   level.     Maj    Jrum      t} ought   that     the   elliptical eff:
resolted     from the angle at which the ob-er
                                               v                   r   and    object were locat
Drum statcd       that he was      certain tie objact was not                  a    conventional     cr ft.
One B-26        nd/ one B—l?[nnu         ne FBM5 were f1,          ing in the vicinity            turing the


The ab-ve        sighting was     also ob.erved by »                   Jrus (Me)      Drum':    wife) and by
42    2-yr      old daughter.      Both    repoatei      preci     ely the         same   obs-rvation:      ststed
by   the Major.
rvation”, . .Avound Qct 1947

            L         R          K
                 3, .Sen Fraycispo, Celif . . . ... ..


        . . ground - 1/2 mile from the grect highwey,=ad,playeropnis
         itrol   tower,   etc.




    nce_gf Obdoct f                  Seemeq g0 neax he cquld, reach.on
      and toush it                                         &
Observer was walking thru the Golden Gate Park, whem he observed a
mysterious light   that {lluminated    the entire ocesn (insofer as ne could
see) He felt something "like an electric arc" which seemed to have the
pover to lower his hand "like a sack of shot",             Observer states that he
is subject   to bruises amd where    the thing seemed to have        contacted him
he noticed a bruise   the following day      that     nad not been   there   before,


He stated that   he couldn’'t find   courgg: e   to   report the incident     since
he didn't believe anyone would believe the            story.   He does not wish a
further investigationm.

NO'    The account is very incoherent and the observer spparently
       not well educeted,    Aa extremely unreliable account,
         .+4 Qetober 1948,

         Jgbroy 1430 bours,1oesl time




                           Cime cl.omsmough to conse him
dn& in order 46 ‘syo{d Sollfsion




                                    Sesmed fpirly olpes

         qu rd o be traveling wery          4

  Z   & no»nd




                             .,   . heay visi¥lity for 15 -u,.

              Dhqpund -d-' mof sdrorafy               -
Objecte secued to take no definite course
                                          but flew in a generzl easterly
drection in & gradua)          descent.      A fow csme elose enough to oa                 se the
pilot & co=pilot to       dusk ae     it appe-red they might come thru the nose of
‘he plane,    Ma)   Smartt's anslogy is as followst                     Tuke about 1/2           gallon
of    er end fump it 200 yards in fromt of an approa
                                                     cring ai                                    about
200 foet above it, wit: the water tuking the shape of a teardr
                                                              op.                                  These
obJects appe red to tm              in a straight line toward tie aireraft and
& dunlly     desoended,          sing from viev under the wing                 of    the $-i7,     T
spparent   speed    of these     obJects    arpe:red quite             igh ¢     they remained         in
viev for only a second.          Thay wers sighted ome at a time at intervil:                             of
Uiree or four mimntes,
                                  -
Aecrepancies moted:        In firet rejort Ma) Smartt re-orted seeing
                               bjects.      later he renorts            =eeing three or four.

                           In first rejort be stutes tust they purencd mo
                           defitite        cours          taat     “ome truvele!        downwerd
                           and      some trave           upward.        In last report      he
                           does not        memtion thet          .ny   pur=ued      an vpwerd course,


                           The amalogy of comparing sighting of these                        objects
                            to        galilon      of   wuter    dumped    approximately         200
                           yaris   in front of  cis aircraft and trat teardroy
                           objects   werc formed seems to indicste an igpression
                           of a group of objects seen at one time (as first
                           reported) and not singly at intervals of dhwee or
                           four minutes,
            -=+ October 19u8
                                                                 Incident:   182




       A          sea - aboard

                                5




                         . . S/8 pulfport,


                  s . Soip's coptatn |


                                    By   NS



  t(s) . 2[4 sizg of N1} yoon, |
        . Joright
              | |
   if Possiblg).    .   .      Tound
                               $O0Ng |




              g         from        Observer §/§ . .

  ct(s) , . Gould not qstimste, .                |
ht , 0 misutes




                        and/or Exhaust Trail



      s Existing ot the Tims              N8 . ...           .




                        nte Shect        if Additional   §
                                                         Incident:   182




A brignt object similar in shspe to the moom but with a distinct
bright center was observed by the master of the S/5 "Oulfrart"
The object graduslly grew derker as daylignt feded.      Size wae that
of 1/4 of a full moon,     It wes travel ing southeast by west.
First bearing:   2220 GMT -    xXxktwim 350°    =
24   besring'    2230 GMT -    akkitmm 358°     10,18
3d   bearing:    2254 GMT -             0%0°*   57.05

Disappe red at 2310 GMT.
                                                                             - 183

                              “* 15 Oat 1948 - night
                  Fuloio
                     Aras between
                            ka               nigamo Shdma 33° MO'
                                                                X by 137° O0' B
                   2° 45" ¥ - 128° 4OV RastJ,m,‘
                                             . m“}                          oo
                                                      \




                                       /s

                              #3119t   and    reder observ.r


                            vip of unkmowa airereft apperring              -n airborne rodar

                       €0     1     possibly
                                           2

                       Sould not be estimeted




                                  Gould not be        detar-ined




                                                            2 miles   to 12,000   ft

                              Much gre       ter    tham Y-0l.




                        't Ho exhamst flames or trails seen
           ARSI   AT    ' Acesler.ted speed :nd wes lost to airborne rodare
#ortinr Conditi-ng at Thi    gk Sigls e              Paieugka Area:   Unlimited eel!ing,
itud ;d\ u.xnuv5 to& milse Witk                    hagy cloud coversge 12 to 14,005    ft
                   G   figh rete of acceleration, werticsl          scatt red,
                          .    gognirance of P-61's loeation st all times,
                            over)
A cable from FTAF reported thst an
                                   unidentified sircraft                                                                          wes
sighted dotl              visually snd by rader by                                        the       rilot       snd   r:    iar
observer of an F<6l on 15 Oct 48,                                                  Tue observers think it
poseible that 2 un{dentified aircreft were
                                            involved in the
interceptina,  T   sight¥ings oocurred at night;  ‘owever, there
wis        rufficlent          moonligit                to per-it a silhouette to b                                        discerned
altoought           no    detiils            were        olievved.,                      It was          imwseitle          to    es
                     #iza       of       the      mirer                    v whetber                    it   was      t     or
                                                    s    or      exismst                 flsmes          were      seen.
                                                          reported                  ac     mach          greater      ¢
                                                               1igh         rite          of    accel
                                                        lomn out of                      redar slaevati
The object seeme? cognizant of the wiereabouts
all     tines       wileh       7ight          in'ic          te         thet       it e:rrie

The F-0L           inte             ptor       airer      ft       wue         visible              to ground         radar
periodically                    it flew in =nd                           out       of the               rermunent ground return
area        in    w.ich        sesrch        was        being conduc                                The       only    object       picked
U     by    the    ground           ralor         was     Lue         Fet                       i               Histonce         Drtween
    ntercentor (Pe                     ani        objecte                                                    g is as
Yiret       plckea        u             L      omiles      and                                               feot,
     ird    pleled        un    ¢            niles        and            lost       at     10
Your, five =n!                               11         pickec                                      2                     t et 1X0 ft,
The lust           three        uightings               took             place             ing & 10 mimute                  nerin            in
eadh       instance           the F-()                    cied            the       object          approximately 9 milec
shead,           slowly closed               tc           in 18                     J    feet       when the object                w
suddenly          sccelercte                 speed,                            1    disappesr from                   the    airborme
rudarscopes               lntorcsptor cttemptod                                    to    effect          a normal          nickur       by
diving aftor object but In e ch case was unsucc
                                                esaful.                                                                      After
sightings had been lost,                                sthe odbject was not again detacted altnough
interceptor              contimund             to       sesrch            the srea until                     a roximate!
                25 feet long by & feet wide
                 n/s

                1)         WS




          N/s

:   Broks
        up into numerous
                   Wright perticles




                         t{s)   W8

                       "a dunch of eparks with a tail®




                        broks wp into mumercus dright particles

                                 gt BfS

                  slow speed and the fact that it droke into mumercus
                  Yright particles
                  (over)
Teksn from Minneapolis Morning Tribune
           21 October 1948

                    «'D0CK!      IT'S   THOUE SAUCTRS AGAIN®
                                         7. T. Becolt = id they sav a
... At ¥inona, Minn., Psul Zenk snd Dr, into
slowly traveling object which broke           mumerous bright particles over
the town at & A,    M, 20 Ot 48,
                                                            and any
    Tney soid it was ebout "5 feet long snd eight feet wide
                of sparks with a tail.
                                           M

to be a'bunct



HOTZ:   The above witneuses were rot contsoted Ir
        Minneapolis, Minn,   Jee Inoident 125 for re
        nd Harold      Cliver,
                                           20 October 194§           at approx 0550 hours
Wiere Sighted:    Niapeapolis, Minnesota




                   £   Cbeervey;           Lawrenoe A.          Hamsem,   1498 N.   Aldert   St,   St Paul

                                           Harold Qliver, 2929 13th Ave, South, Mimnes-olis
                       tties! L. Hamsem: teletype operstor
                       5           H, Oliver:            Nailmem


                             ?          1 (seem at two different locatiome, in Mimmeapolis)                  i
                                                                                                             |
                                                                                                             |
                       6 foot                                                                                |

                                                                                                             |
                           orange
                             flame colored

                           1) round with tadl 1/3 again as long
                                                              s dimmeter of
                                    object,            See attached
                       :     At of boiling sueets of flame



                           From 5,000 to 10,000 feet


                                   't    f'rom   Cbe    rvore       ¥/s


                                         3 times that of jet sirereft




      ¢!   Seemed to follow a eiraight course, in a horisontal attitude




                                                 South southwest to morth mortheast,

                                 “flase”

                       Dissppe-red benind cloud demks to the morth mortheast

                   Lr of)           polling sheets of flsme
                   FTnctt Behind eloud bemk to the morth northeast

                                                                s
                                                   Incident:   185

Object was sighte
                  d from 13th and Lak
and Uth Ave,, Minnea                  e Street, Minneapol
                     polis, by Lewren                     is & at 7¢n Street
Harold Oliver, Nailme               ce A, Hansen, telety
                     n, at Spproxizately                 pe operator and
¥itnesses stories                        0550 hours 20 Octobe
                  seem to conform                             r 198,
                                   in pattern throug
                                                     hout.   The front of
the main body was                             omoks; whereas the res
                  a fiery orange col                                 t of
shects of flame                      or,   The tall seemed to
                which carried on                              be boiling
                                   buck at varisble
off dropping vertic                                 ddstinces and bro
                    ally for a stort distan                           ke
                                           ce and then becomi
       The object was last                                    ng indistinguish-
                            seen by both witne ses
to the north-nor                                   entering the cload ban
                 theast and disapp
                                   earing,                                k
                                                                                Incident No.        186
    Date and Tize of Obtservation
                                  :                    16 Oct 1948         115 in the morning
    Where Sighted:         1 mile south and § miles due
                                                        east of Sterling, Utan

                                       ground - from mountain ridg
                                                                   e at 3,000 ft
                                »    control       t       )   ete.)

                                    server:        Mr Fred Nash, 20 East Cryst
                                                                               al,            Salt Leke City,
                                                   U
           ion and/or notbies:              Used car dealer and airp
         mber of Letter Day Saints Chur                 lane mechanic
                                        ch (did misrionary work in
                                                                   Hawe                             ii)
           on    Attrected
                                          sound of       throbbing noice


                                             1

                                    9 inches long, & inches wide and
                                                                     3 inches thick

                               silver and black                (silver stripe running down
                                                                                                    the center
                                      ’                         of   the   underside)   See   drwg.
                               idle)             similar to a flat football



                                ;~t1\/    §/s



                                            500 ft overhead




                           Y4 seconds or longer

                      norizontal flight


                                             throbbing noise or steady
                                                                       vurr

                                                         north and a little west (in general
                                                         direction of Salt Lake City,
                                                                                               Utah)



                               0o clou
                                    in the
                                        ds eky

 Ixneust Treil  Color of):               0o visible sign of examst;
opening could be seen in                                             nowever,                  an
                                     the center of the object
                                                              from the rear.
 woner of       Dis       rrence:      HfS

Weether Conditi-ns ot          Time       of 3ight

Peculirritics Loted:


S          f Incident:               (over)
                o ottrched poge)
    ¥hile Mr Nach was
                      hunting for deer
he hecrd a throbb                    on the morning of
                  ing noise or ste                     the 16 Oct ug
                                   ady purr.  Upon looking up
saw an object res                                             he
                  emb               lirg a      flattened               football          some   500
overhe:d.  The object wes eil                           feet directly
                              ver and bluck, #
the center (from                               silver strive dow
                  front to rear) and                             n
                                     on both sides of
the object wue btla                                   tuue center
                    ck, It Sppeared about
wide and Jsinches                         9 inches long, €
                                                            inches
                   thi                 ck and wie            traveling in a str
northerly direct                                                                aight                       line       in   o
                 ion               a    little      to       the   west       toward
at    an    estimated                                                                         Salt    Leke       City,
        

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