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5D=-OS1/ JEM/mag HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FILE NO. DATE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 5 ai 28 January OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS 2D hms : au ry 19h9 se Mal REPORT OF INVESTIGATION REPORT MADE BY PERIOD ~ heria) phenomena... 27_& 28 January 1949 OFFICE OF ORIGIN 10 #10, Kelly AFB, Texas STATUS CHARACTER PROT AT Dry TY si _. BPECIAL INQUIR REFERENCE \ ______—iTtr, 10th District, subj as above, dtd 21 Jan 19. SYNOPSIS Investigation predicated on letter from ROBERT BE. NANCE, Captain, USAF, Acting District Commander, 10th District OSI, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, subject "MADELINE GWYN…

SECURITY Div. Declassification Authority: NND 923007

1, Investigation predicated on letter from ROBERT BE. NANCE, Captain, USAF, Acting District dacangecy 10th District OSI, Kelly Air Foree Base, Texas, subject, "MADELINE GWYNNE MERCHANT, Aerial Phenomena", dated 21 vanuary 191,9, to determine if there is any factual coincidence between the reports of Mrs. MERCHANT, who is regarded as a chronic “crank” complaina ray and the actual obser=- vations of aerial phenomena occurring in the gicinity of the Los Alamos Atomic Project in New Mexico. DETAILS: 2. Special Agent JOHN W. FARRELL assisted in this investigation, AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE…

Ltr. fr Has Fourth Army, 16 Jan 49, to CO AMC, “Unconventional Aircraft" ° ist Ind MCIAXS/HWS/imm Hq AMC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 1 Feb 19h9 TO: Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, Washington 25, D.C. ATTN: AFOIN le It is requested that the following information be forwarded to Headquarters, Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in reply to the basic communication. c 2, Since 13 December 1948, the Office of Special Investigations has been conducting a continuous investigation of the unidentified lights observed for the most part in central New Mexico, beginning about…

Office of Special Investizati ons The Inspector General 2-185 7 Kr SUBJECT; Mrs. Madeline Gwynne Merchant TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio Attention: MCIAX0-3 1. ké@ference is mde to your correspondence of 9 Movember 19,5 and 2 December 198, addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, request~ ing an investigation of Mrs, Gwynne Merchant relative her reports on flying objects. *he Liaison Division of Headquarters, FBI has forwarded your correspondence to this office for transmittal to Headquarters, ANC. 2. The files of the FBI ind…

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FILE NO. DATE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ce heb 20 January 1949 OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT MADE BY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION ARMIN F, HGROLD, JR. REPORT MADE AT DO #19, Fairfield-Suisun AFR A Bt” PERIOD ‘PROJECT "SIGH", Special Inquiry 13, 16 Jamuary 1949 OFFICE OF ORIGIN DO #5, Wright-Patterson AFB STATUS PENDING CHARACTER oe SPECIAL INQUIRY REFERENCE j , by sa : [Investigation requested by District Commander, DO #5 Niright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Mr. ROBERT “THATCHER sav, while in back yard at 1739 - 38th Avenue, San Francisco, Cali…

Declassification Authority: NND 923007

OSI File No. 24-6 _ TT ee At be dan 3 DO +H Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, by letter dated 27 December 1948, File No. 5D-24-4, Subject, Project Sign, which letter advised that 1. Investigation requested by District Con ana er” » 5S, a Mr. ROBERT THATCHER had reported the sighting of an unknown Obe ht of 29 November 194 January i949, i ROBERT THATCHER, 1759 - 33th Avenue, California, was interviewed and stated that he is a ence at the Franc 800 Ndvcsissiperd High School, San Francisco, California. In the courss of nis ucts [8 necessary that he u present th atudenta with s o Dé ¢ t eos, » @na …