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ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
REPORT NO. ---
DATE OF REPORT --- 24 July 1950
TIME OF SIGHTING --- 24 July 1950
SHAPE --- Round
SIDE --- 200' diameter
COURSE --- ---
NO. IN CASE --- ---
MIDDLE --- ---
FRENCH --- --- SKETCHES --- ---

DASH OF INFO --- 22 July 1950
DURATION --- Spartanburg, S.C.
SPEED --- --- Civilian Couple
DATE IN TO ATIC --- ---
COLOR --- ---
SPEED --- ---
ALTITUDE --- 2000' -- 2 min -- 3 min
LENGTH OF TIME --- 2 min - 3 min
TYPE OF OBSERVATION --- Round
MEASURERS --- ---

REMARKS: Object reappeared three times surrounded by mist or smoke. The first and second appearances …

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HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY
FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA
47
AGACI-3 360.33
27 July 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 report re flying object seen near Spartanburg, South Carolina, 22 July 1950.
FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

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

1 Incl:
Rpt dtd 24 July 50
re "Flying Thing"

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10

ASTRO (STAR/PLANK)
UNCLASSIFIED

507.14
CANDY

7-3712-31

McCullough at Random
Flying Something Seen Saturday

They hesitated to use the words — flying saucers. But Vernon Gwynne and his bride, Betty, swore early Sunday morning that they saw something while watching a drive-in movie Saturday night. And the occupants in the next auto saw "it" too.

Their description of the object in the sky is that it was a huge silver thing, elongated but generally in the shape of a great saucer. A mist seemed to surround it and gradually dissipate as they watched.

THEIR VISION was supported by a control-tower operator at Memorial Airport who told The Herald that th…

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SUBJECT: "FLYING THING"
TO: Chief, Sec & Inv Br
111th CIC Det
Ft McPherson, Ga
FROM: FAO#9, Spartanburg, S. C.
24 July 1950

On 24 July 1950, Mr. [redacted], Reporter, Spartanburg Herald Journal, Spartanburg, S. C. was interviewed in regards to a "FLYING THING" that was reported seen by him Saturday night, 22 July 1950, near Spartanburg, S. C. Mr. [redacted] stated that he and his wife, [redacted] Gwynne, were at the Star Light Drive In Theater, which is located North West of Spartanburg, approximately 3 miles from the city limits on the Asheville, N. C. highway. They were att…

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he, his wife, and the other 2 observers all agreed that its structural appearance, its behavior in the air and its tremendous size eliminated its being any aircraft known by the 4 of them, or that it could be a planet and that it was surely not an illusion as it was seen very distinctly by all 4 observers and a discussion as to what it was and how to describe it later went on for approximately an hour after it had disappeared the last time. Mr. [redacted] stated that he did not try to bring the object to anyone else's attention, other than the two men in the car next to him, the …

NO CASE (Information Only)
Source: L. A Times
25 July 1950
Los Angeles, California

# FLYING SAUCER SEEN BY TWO VENICE YOUTHS

What was described as a flying saucer was seen over Venice at 2:30 a.m. yesterday by Jack Leisher and Rahl Clark. They first noticed it, they said, hovering above Washington and Lincoln Blvds.

"We just happened to be driving home," said Jack. 19, of 433 Rialto Ave., Venice. "I looked up and there it was."

Rahl, 17, same address, witnessed the same phenomenon, he said.

"It seemed to be about 1000 feet high," said Jack. "We started chasing it but it suddenly took off …