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ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
INFANT NO. Army Letter
DATE OF INFOR 15 March 1950
TIME OF IN FILING 1805 to 1825 EST
CHARGES
CONTRAIL
TYPE Very small
CONTRACT WEST
NO. IN GROUP 1
MONTHS
PERIOD
SHEETS

DATE OF INFO 9 March 1950
LOCATION LONGWEG, S. C.
SOURCE Several
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COUNT White
NAME Same as high a/c ---
ANALYSIS Very high ---
LENGTH OF TIME PRESENTED ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground
MANUFACTURE ---

Incident was observed by army investigator very probably was control from high flying aircraft.

Approved
Astro: Meteor

CONFIDENTIAL

36

HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY
FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA

AJACI-3 360.33 14 March 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 sighting of
supposed flying saucer over Orangeburg, South Carolina.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

S. M. Bellnik
for JOHN MEADE
Colonel, GSC
AC of S, G-2

1 Incl:
S/I dtd 14 Mar 50

503.13
X03
card!

ATTN: /AGOOD: DURING RECOGNIZED RELATIONS
OF TIME

ANALYSIS DIVISION FILE
FILE NUMBER
JJR 321
INITIALS DATE

7…

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
DATE 14 March 1950

PREPARING OFFICE
G-2, Hq Third Army, Fort McPherson, Georgia

SUBJECT
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT CITED OVER ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

CODE FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL PARAGRAPH EVALUATION
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A/C. mcIAXA
HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY
FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA

AJACI-3 360.33 15 March 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 newspaper clipping re sighting of supposed flying saucer over Columbia, South Carolina.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

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

1 Incl:
Clipping dtd 10 Mar 50

503.13
X
and

ANALYSIS REPORT FILE
FILE NUMBER
CR 3-21
INITIALS

"THE COLUMBIA RECORD" Newspaper
Columbia, S. Carolina
10 March 1950

# Flying Saucers Back!
## Seen Over Columbia

By CHARLES SANDERS

Flying saucers made a vigorous new bid today for the news spotlight in America. One even came equipped with a midget pilot.

In South Carolina, more and more citizens from various sections reported spotting the bright, silvery object floating across the sky about 6:30 p. m. yesterday.

In Columbia, Mrs. John C. Brown of 305 North Trenholm road, said she, her husband and daughter saw the object while they were en route to Columbia from Dentaville. Mrs. Brown sai…