28936421.pdf

PROSPECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  15 August 49 16/0030Z | Greenville, South Carolina  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | The object was a Geological Weather Service Balloon released in Tennessee.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Not Reported | The object was described as round, fairly large, grey, moving in a Northeasterly direction at an undetermined speed. No sound was heard and no exhaust was seen. Appeared to be moving at a constant speed and a…

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SECRET
MAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA
BSC:mw
16 August 1949
MXF 300
UNCLASSIFIED
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects
TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3

1. An unidentified flying object was sighted over Greenville, S. C., at 1930E, 15 August 1949.

2. The 1930E weather for Greenville AF Base was 4000 scattered, 15 miles visibility. Greenville, S. C. Municipal Airport weather at 1930E was 25000 broken, 9000 scattered, 30 miles visibility, with distant thunderstorms in all quadrants.

3. Two witnesses reported …

UNCLASSIFIED
PP JEPC ZVA JEDC JEPNT
PP JEDC JEPNT 222
DE JESC 04
P 150500Z
FM MAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER MAXWELL AFB ALA
TO JEDC/ CG AIR MATERIEL COMMAN D WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ATTN:
MCIAX0-3
INFO JEPNT/CO FLIGHT SERVICE WASH 25 DC ATTEN: S-2
AF GRNC
8-17
AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS SIGHTED OVER GREENVILLE SC AT 1930ESTPD WEATHER AT THAT TIME WAS HIGH SCATTERED 4000 SCATTERED 15 MILES VISIBLITY AT GREENVILLE AIRPORT AFB AND 25000 BROKEN 9000 SCATTERED 30 MILES AT GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS ALL QUADRANTS
WITNESSES: MR EMPLOYEE RESIDENCE GREENVILLE SC AND ONE O…