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|  HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE | FILE NO. | DATE  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  THE INSPECTOR GENERAL | 5D 24-21C | 15 April 1949  |
|  OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS | REPORT MADE BY |   |
|  REPORT OF INVESTIGATION | JOHN E. MORRILL | fmn  |
|  TITLE | REPORT MADE AT |   |
|  PROJECT GRUDGE | DO #5, W-P AFB, Dayton, Ohio |   |
|  Incident, Toledo, Ohio | PERIOD | 12, 14 April 1949  |
|  9 April 1949 | OFFICE OF ORIGIN | DO #5, W-P AFB, Dayton, Ohio  |
|   | STATUS | PENDING  |

CHARACTER
SPECIAL INQUIRY

REFERENCE
None, this is an initial report

SYNOPSIS
Inv…

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5D 24-21C
PROJECT GRUDGE
UNDEVELOPED LEADS
DISTRICT OFFICE NO. 5
AT TOLEDO, OHIO
At Toledo, Ohio, will interview Mr. [redacted], Road, and obtain detailed signed statement reference alleged sightings using inclosed guide for reference.
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INCIDENT NO. 281

1. Date of Observation 9 April 49 Date of Interview
2. Exact time (local) 1130
3. Place of Observation Toledo, Ohio.
4. Position of observer Ground.
5. What attracted attention to object 2 -
6. Number of objects 3
7. Apparent size
8. Color of object Silver.
9. Shape Round Saucer like.
10. Altitude
11. Direction from observer
12. Distance from observer
13. Direction of flight of object(s)
14. Time in sight
15. Speed 40 - 45 MPH
16. Sound and odor
17. Trail
18. Luminosity
19. Projections
20. Maneuvers
21. Manner of disappearance
22. Effect on clouds
23. Additional …

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Page 2 Incident: 281

Name and address of observer:
Occupation and hobbies:
Commons of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer(s):

NARRATIVE SUMMARY: Upon investigation witness could not be located, so no further investigation could be made.

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ATTN NO. ---
DATE OF INFO 11 April 1949
AF NO. ---
LOCATION Walkill, N.Y.
REPORT NO. ---
SOURCE Female civilian
DATE OF REPORT ---
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
TIME OF SIGHTING 1900 est
COLOR burning
SHAPE ---
SIZE ---
COURSE ---
NO. IN GROUP 1
NOWED ---
PHOTOS --- SKETCHES 1
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

SQUARE Female
SPEED ---
ALTITUDE ---
COURSE ---
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION from auto
MANEUVERS gliding like plane ready to land

[stamped: "115th ATTC"] Astro (Meteor)

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MCIAXS/GWT/amc
MCIAXS

Mrs. [redacted]
Wallkill, New York

Dear Mrs. [redacted]

Receipt of your letter, dated 28 May 1949, is acknowledged by this Headquarters.

Your contribution has been made a matter of record and is being incorporated into our present study of unidentified aerial phenomena.

Your action in writing this Headquarters regarding this matter is appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

A. J. HEMSTREET, JR.
Lt Colonel, USAF
Acting Chief, Analysis Division
Intelligence Department

7-3712-17
27 JUN 1949
mis sighting
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(ar first was a burning airplane, it was gliding like a plane ready to land.

I sat spellbound for fully a minute staring at this flaming object when all at once it vanished. My husband did not see it as I did not want to take his attention from the wheel, when the object vanished, then I told him what I had seen, and wondered if someone else had seen that thing in the sky. A few days later I talked with a person who had seen it.

To me it looked like the framework of something burning.

MRS. WALKER, NEW YORK
May 28, 1949

Technical Intelligence Division,
Air Materiel Command Headquarters
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Dayton, Ohio.

Dear Sirs,

Have just finished reading the Post magazine of May 7th '48, which some one gave me, the article on flying saucers by Sidney Shalett interested me, as I have seen a burning object in the sky on April 11, 1949, a little after 7:00 P.M.

I was riding in the car with my husband, and saw what I thought