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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  21 April 49 | 22/0115Z Unity, Maryland  |
|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION Other (CLOUD/CONTRAIL)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object appeared as a ribbon of light, which seemed to be extending itself irregularly downward. There were no shapply demarked lines and the central portion was brighter. The observer used binoculars.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual (BX) |   |
|  7. COURSE East |   |
|  8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE…

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INCIDENT NO. 321

1. Date of Observation 21 April 49 Date of Interview 13 May 1949
2. Exact Time (local) 2015 hours
3. Place of Observation Unity, Maryland
4. Position of observer Ground, through 7X binoculars
5. What attracted attention to object Moderate light
6. Number of objects one
7. Apparent size 2 to 3° Wide
8. Color of object White
9. Shape Ribbon of Light
10. Altitude First seen at 70° then dropped to 20°
11. Direction from observer South
12. Distance from observer not known
13. Direction of flight of object(s) Eastward
14. Time in sight 15 minutes
15. Speed See Narrat…

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Page 2 Incident 321

Name and address of observer: National Parks Assn., 1, Wash., D.C.

Occupation and hobbies: National Parks Association

Comments of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer(s):

NARRATIVE SUMMARY:

At 10:15 P.M., at Olney, Maryland, I glanced at the sky and noticed a fairly wide streak of ribbon of luminosity, perhaps a degree in width, which seemed to be extending itself irregularly downward as I watched. I focused my 7 x 50 binoculars on this light, and saw that it was formed as a long cloud of luminosity, with no sharply demarked lig…

CONTROL NO. 3-44
SUBJECT: Rpt
DECIMAL FILE NO.
FOLLOW UP ON
Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Objects
DATE 5-16

FROM: [Redacted] Wash D.C.
DATED: n/d
TO: IAXS
NIC INCLS: 0

RECORDING DESK: AXT-1
RECORDED: 7/1/48
DUE: 1330

|  ROUTED TO | SUSPENSE DATE | ESTABLISHED BY (Initials) | DATE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 IAXS | 5-16 | HW | 5-16  |
|  2 |  |  |   |
|  3 |  |  |   |

DATE OF REPLY: OTHER DISPOSITION:

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MCIAXS/GWT/amc
23 MAY 1949

Mr. [redacted]
Washington 6, D. C.

Dear [redacted]

Receipt of your letter, dated 13 May 1949, is acknowledged by this Headquarters.

Your reported sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon has been made a matter of record and is being incorporated into our present study of this subject. It is unfortunate the exact date of observation was not remembered as this factor is of considerable importance if comparison with known aerial objects is to be made. It is hoped your reply from Harvard Observatory may possibly reveal the date of this incident.

The inclosed qu…

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Washington 6, D.C.
May 13, 1949

Technical Intelligence Division
Air Materiel Command Headquarters
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sirs:

Last month I observed a phenomenon in the sky that I assumed to be astronomical, and as I could not identify it, I wrote to the Harvard Observatory about it. The observatory answered that it was not astronomical, in their opinion, Mr. Sidney Shalett writes in the Saturday Evening Post that you wish to be informed of such observations, so I am addressing you on the subject. My reason for writing is partly that someone else may …

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About 20 degrees above the horizon, the lower end stopped descending, and turned suddenly eastward. I went into the house and asked Mrs. Seth R. Low to come out to see the light. When we again focussed the glasses on this light, perhaps a minute or two after I left the yard, the luminosity had the appearance shown in sketch 2. The upper end was fading slowly, and another band of light of about the same intensity now extended toward the north; the bright portion was a little east of the junction of the two, and had bunched up, with a small wave of bright light curling up from it; …

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