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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  31 July 50 0205Z/01 | St John's, Newfoundland  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  ☑ Military | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Evaluated as a meteor observation.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  10 Seconds | Object was travelling very fast. It moved in a straight line and it watched it for about 10 seconds. It was dark and all I could see was the light portion. It appeared as a small round light, very bright, but made no reflection on the clouds. No sound. Object broke into t…

UNCLASSIFIED
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
18 August 1950
SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT
SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft sighted in vicinity St. John's Newfoundland, 31 July 1950 by
TO: Commander
Military Air Transport Service
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTN: Office of Special Investigation

1. Synopsis:
Shortly after 2200 hours on 31 July 1950 an unidentifiable object was sighted travelling in a westerly direction over the vicinity of St. John's, Newfoundland. No details of the object were visible and it appeared as a bright greenish light under the overcast. It seemed to break into two distinct piece…

UNCLASSIFIED
202591-5

Subject: Unconventional Aircraft sighted in vicinity St. John's Newfoundland, 31 July 1950 by

which it appeared to split into two portions and dissipate before any angle of descent was noticed. It broke up in mid-air much in the manner of a disintegrating comet. I first noticed it at approximately a 45° angle to my left and it crossed before me and disintegrated at approximately a 45° angle to my right. My window faces magnetic South.

M, Pepperrell Air Force Base was questioned and stated at 2205 local time, 31 July 1950, and I left the NCO Club. We followed the sidewa…

HEADQUARTERS
NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND
PEPPERRELL AIR FORCE BASE
APO 862, c/o POSTMASTER, N.Y., N.Y.

IN REPLY
REFER TO 333.5

UNCLASSIFIED

IG/OSI/WRM/bm
AUG 19 1950

SUBJECT: Transmittal Report of Investigation
NFBC/OSI 24-185.

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

Transmitted herewith is OSI report of investigation 24-185 for your information and disposition.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

N.H. HOLBROCK
Major, USN
Adjutant General

1 Incl
OSI Report 24-185
(2 copies)

File Grudge

507.17
cardio

UNCLASSIFIED

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

UNCLASSIFIED

|  DATE | 17 August 1950  |
| --- | --- |
|  REPORT MADE BY | S/A Ralph O. Robillard  |
|  REPORT MADE AT | Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland  |
|  PERIOD | 1 August to 15 August 1950  |
|  OFFICE OF ORIGIN | D. O. #4  |
|  STATUS | R.U.C.  |

TITLE
UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT
31 July 1950, St. John's, Nfld.
Captain N

CHARACTER
Special Inquiry--Unconventional Aircraft

REFERENCE
AFCSI Letter 106

SYNOPSIS
Shortly after 2200 hours on 31 July 1950 an unidentifiable object was sighted trav…

UNCLASSIFIED
2.

I saw an object which appeared in all details to be a comet going from East to West on a track south of my position. It was impossible to determine the distance to the object or its size. It appeared as a burning object with a long wake. I watched it for several seconds, after which it appeared to split into two portions and dissipate before any angle of descent was noticed. It broke up in mid-air much in the manner of a disintegrating comet. I first noticed it at approximately a 45° angle to my left and it crossed before me and disintegrated at approximately a 45° angle to my…

Information Only (No Case)
August, 1950
Tourco, Arizona
Source: CSI

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TUCSON, ARIZONA SIGHTING AUGUST, 1950

"About 9:30 p.m. a strange object suddenly appeared, and seemed to be heading directly for our house. We had been looking up into the sky, but did not see this object until it was almost upon us. We sprang up, expecting it to pass over our house, but instead, it stopped almost directly over us, so that we were looking at the bottom of it. It hung motionless for perhaps a second, then very deliberately turned and we watched it disappear over the mountain about 2 miles away.

The obje…