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28 Mar 50

Chattanooga, Tenn.
Female Civilians

31 Mar 50
1000
Round

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Weather bureau meteorologist interviewed stated that what the ladies probably saw was the weather balloon released by the station at 1000 and 1000 daily.
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UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY
FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA

AJACI-3 360.33 3 April 1950

SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Attention: MCI (Control No. A-1917)

Inclosed herewith is summary of information re flying saucer over Chattanooga, Tennessee, and newspaper clippings re unidentified objects over Miami, Florida.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

JOHN MEADE
Colonel, GSC
AC of S, G-2

3 Incls:
1 - S/I dtd 31 Mar 50
2 - Newspaper clipping
dtd 30 Mar 50
3 - Newspaper clipping
dtd 29 Mar 50

DOWNGRADED AT 3
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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
DATE 31 March 1950

PREFERING OFFICE
CIC Field Office No. 3, Chattanooga, Tennessee

SUBJECT
FLYING SAUCER REPORTED OVER CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION
OF SOURCE: OF INFORMATION:
COMPLETELY RELIABLE A CONFIRMED BY OTHER SOURCES
USUALLY RELIABLE B PROBABLY TRUE
FAIRLY RELIABLE C POSIBLY TRUE
NOT USUALLY RELIABLE D DUBBULLY TRUE
UNRELIABLE E IMPROBABLE
RELIABILITY UNKNOWN F TRUTH CANNOT BE JUDGED

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

On 28 March 1950, Mrs. [redacted] Park View Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mrs. [redacted] 615 Woodvale Avenue, C
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11/1930Z PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 28 March 50 28/1930Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  3. SOURCE | Military  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 & 10 Seconds  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual (BX)  |
|  7. COURSE | S to N  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  2. LOCATION | Santiago, Chile  |
| --- | --- |
|  10. CONCLUSION | UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Observer did not stop to look or talk to anyone until he arrived at the US Embassy were he went straight to the 9th floor and looke
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Country: Chile
Report No. IR-42-50
AF-165200-1
Subject: Flying Discs
From: Air Attache, Chile
Date of Report: 30 Mar 50
Date of information: current
Evaluation: F-O
Prepared by: Harry L. Mitchell, Major, USAF
Source: Newspaper reports and personal observations of Air Attache Office personnel.

1. Flying discs are being "seen" in various parts of Chile. First sighting was at Punta Arenas, lat 53°06' S, long 70°53'W on 11 Mar at noon. Many inhabitants of the city witnessed this phenomena which appeared northeast of the city and traveled toward the southwest. Usual description was given--extr
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# STATEMENT

On the 28 Mar 50 at approximately 1430 hours I was returning from my home at 1057 Vitacure to the U.S. Embassy for the afternoon's work period. I noticed numerous persons outside looking at the sky enroute to the U.S. Embassy. I did not stop or talk to anyone until I arrived at the U.S. Embassy. I immediately came to the 9th floor and started looking out of the window. Northing was sighted. I then decided to go to the roof of the Embassy building. I borrowed from the U.S. Navy Attache a pair of field glasses and proceeded to the top of the Embassy building with the sole thought in

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