UFOs The True Story of Flying Saucers 1956

[Music] all [Music] many times in the history of our civilization the introduction of a new thought has brought skepticism even ridicule despite this their always has remained the duty and an alienable right to tell the people the truth the motion picture you were about to see is true it is not fiction much of the information in it has never been told you will see it here for the first time on July 29th 1952 at the Pentagon a Press Conference was held this is the actual official transcript of that conference among those participating were Major General Roger M Ry director of operations USAF Colonel Donal L Bower technical analysis division air technical Intelligence Center and Captain Edward J Rupel aerial phenomenon Branch air technical Intelligence Center this is Major General John a Samford director of intelligence United States Air Force who conducted the conference why was the Conference held it all began with an incident which occurred in 1947 on the afternoon of June 24th of that Year Kenneth Arnold made the first report on flying saucers on this day Arnold took off from chalis Washington and flew toward the rineer plateau at an elevation between 9 and 10,000 ft over mineral Washington he observed a formation of very bright objects to the north he radioed ahead that they appeared to be close to the the mountaintops and traveling at tremendous speed when Arnold came in for a landing at Pendleton airport personnel and the local press were waiting for him Arnold counted nine objects in Echelon formation he observed that they had no tals and described them as saucer shaped objects the story was picked up by the wire Services he saw what in the next 24 hours virtu every newspaper in the country ran the [Music] story the Arnold report precipitated an avalanche of sightings from cities towns Villages from every section of the [Music] country the commercial aspects of the saucer situation were not overlooked alert businessmen and manufacturers came up with all sorts of oddities the practical joker moved in homemade saucers of all kinds and descriptions began to turn up promiscuously within a few months of the original saucer report practically everyone in America was conscious of flying saucers this man in the saucer can you describe him well sir he was small and skinny he had a his head was pointed came to a very sharp point he had long green hair his eyes were a sort of purplish red he had large ears which were formed like an antenna his teeth were perfect but spread far apart and I noticed too a jacket of some sort of Spun glass and bright red metalic shoes you say this all took place in a few seconds Mr nles Schmid can you tell me what color tie I'm wearing I'm sorry sir I did notice you mean to say you can remember everything about this man from the spaceship his hair the color of his eyes the clothing he was wearing and yet after all this time you can't tell me the color of my tie but you didn't come out of a flying [Music] saucer then at approximately 1400 on January 7th 1948 the Kentucky State Police reported to the Fort Knox military police that they had cited an unusual aircraft or object flying through the air circular in appearance approximately 200 to 300 ft in diameter moving Westward a Provo Marshall at Fort Knox called the commanding officer at godman Air Force [Music] Base call flight service at right field determine if they have any experimental aircraft in our area we have a report of an unidentified aircraft south of of the field it was about 1315 when the tower controller in the godman tower received his instructions from the commanding officer right patteron the PFC continued giving routine instructions to a light plane which was practicing takeoffs and landings flight service Captain Hopper flight service flight service is a Clearing House the positions of all military planes are carefully plotted so a minute-to-minute check may be made on their position course altitude and speed flight service to godman Tower we have no experimental aircraft in that area however we do have a b29 and an a26 on Photo mission in that area in the meantime Lieutenant kaan the aacs and the operations officer had arrived in the tower they were joined by the intelligence officer and the executive officer upon hearing the information from flight service the executive officer called Colonel Hicks the commanding officer can you come over to the field please at about 1350 the tower controller saw an object south of godman field and directed it to the attention of the tower Lieutenant Cowan was the first of the group after the tower controller to locate it he immediately directed it to the attention of the operation officer after observing it for a moment he picked up a telephone and put in a second call to the commanding officer while he was putting the call through Colonel Hicks arrived in the tower it was now about 1420 about 14:30 a flight of four f- 51s being fed from Marietta Georgia to Stanford field Kentucky was cited south of the base the commanding office officer issued an order to contact the flight leader B and find out who's leading the flight Tower lead flight 41 godman Tower to leader flight 41 come in Captain Manel flight F1 Tower over stand by for further instruction the fight into the area of the unknown Vector Manel on a heading of 210° to to Captain Manel come in over mantel to Gman Tower Overman Tower to Captain mantel investigate an unidentified object in your area your new car 210° 210° Manel to godman Tower changing heading to 210 Lo out one of the ships in mantel's formation NG 336 piloted by Lieutenant Hendrick requested permission to land at Stanford field to refuel and get oxygen permission was granted Captain mantel and the other two planes started to climb toward the object the second pilot made a similar request both wingmen refueled and after getting oxygen equipment took off again Captain mantel flying NG 3869 continued climbing out distancing his wingman at 14:45 mantel called the tower mantel to Tower I see it above ahead of me I'm still climbing a few moments later one of mantel's wingmen was hurt what the hell are we looking for after a moment Captain mantel made a reply mantel to Tower the object is directly ahead of and above me now moving at half my speed D the leader fight 41 Tower leader flight 451 come in manal to Tower it appears to be a metallic object of tremendous size the object now was in visual view of the tower Personnel Manel to Tower I'm trying to close in for a better look I'll go to 20,000 ft shortly after this pilot Hammond the remaining wingman with Manel called Manel over his radio level off Captain until I've regained visual contact the Personnel in godman Tower waited tensely for mantel's reply but he made no answer a moment later pilot Hammond made another report to the tower mantel seemed to have disappeared mantel had apparently climbed Beyond his wingman at 1525 the remaining wingman broke off and returned to Stanford field the object which was in visual sight from the tower as were the f-51 during the chase disappeared at approximately 1550 50 the f-51 were First lost to view and then the object went behind a cloud to to Captain Manel come in over this is DN to to Captain Manel come in over at 1750 Staniford advised godman tower that mantel had crashed 5 miles Southwest of Franklin Kentucky the crash had occurred at approximately 1645 Captain mantel was [Music] killed statements were taken from all who were present in the tower during The Mantel sighting the tower controller stated it looks silver or metallic the intelligence officer it appeared to be a bright silver object the executive officer it was circular in shape the aacs a small white object in the sky the operations officer it appeared round and white the commanding officer it could be seen plainly with a naked eye the statements were typed up for the necessary signatures as the interrogation concluded there was one point on which there was some disagreement not everyone who had been present in the tower had heard Manel when he reported over the radio that he was moving in for a better look [Music] the more lurid sections of the press reported that fragments of mantel's plane were found to be radioactive some news sources reported that an autopsy revealed that mantel had been killed by some kind of death ray unknown to our men of science these reports were false because certain Publications persisted in using a sensational approach in reporting sightings there were increasing demands from the public for an explanation however the Air Force had already taken official cognizance of the flying discs headquarters United States Air Forces issued a directive for a detailed study of flying disc reports this project received a secret classification and the code name of sign Department of Air Force and Department of army letters directed all respective subordinate units to report directly to air material command all information concerning unidentified flying objects and so project sign was implemented trained investigators were dispatched to the exact scenes of the sightings after thorough on thepot interrogations the reports were sent on to atic for further analysis Utah Washington Norway Sweden Denmark South Korea Ohio New Jersey Oregon Philippine Island Louisiana Alabama Tennessee Kansas Massachusetts as an example of the credible type of sightings reported by reputable trained observers was the report of Captain Willis Sperry what is your full name Captain Captain Willis Sperry how long with American Airlines 17 years what was the date of sighing May the 29th 1950 and the time of sighing 9:30 in the evening the origin of sighting 60 Mi Southwest of Washington DC and the destination Nashville Tennessee what was the visibility it was unlimited what was your altitude 7,500 ft who of the crew first saw the object a co-pilot called it to my attention as I had turned to reach for a map the object was flying head on at us it was 50 times the magnitude of the brightest star I immediately made an Abrupt turn to avoid Collision as I looked to my left the object appeared to come to a stop can you describe the shape of the object it appeared as a perfectly streamlined object without wings or tail section as it was silhouetted against the full moon at all times it had a brilliant shimmering blue light in the nose it was traveling at Fantastic speed and although it had passed off our left wing tip it circled us in a matter of seconds and appeared off our right wing there again it stopped and we watched it for several seconds when again it started It reversed its direction we watched it for several more seconds until it disappeared in the East out of sight have you ever seen any other similar object Captain never before since on January 9th 1950 the Press reported that project sign was closed from now on the Air Force stated its only similar activity would be the routine conventional watch for unidentified flying objects this is the Daily News building in Dayton [Music] Ohio my name is Al chop a short time after my dis charged from the Marine Corps I paid a visit to the newspaper where I had previously worked as a reporter for 5 years well Al you rco glad to see you you keeping yourself the editor was a close friend and he tried to convince me to take back my old job on the paper he was very persuasive but for personal reasons it didn't interest me oh but you remember the old days here now it's all different 3 hours for lunch double time for over time blonde copy girls once he realized that my mind was made up he made another suggestion it was due to this casual suggestion that I walked right into the middle of the Flying Saucer story ever since a Korean situation there's a lot of activity out at aom Material command you could fit right in that public information office sir who's the man to see out there friend of mine major cross I'll call him now the idea appealed to me I'd always been intensely interested in aviation also I like the idea of settling down in Dayton again both D my wife and I had a lot of friends there it would be like coming home again the editor set up an appointment for me at air material command this is what I wanted but a man never knows what he's getting into the next day I went out to AMC and talked to the major he seemed satisfied with my newspaper background I was interviewed by a Personnel official who filled out the necessary papers preliminary to an Air Force Security check full name Albert M Chop c h o p age 35 married wife's name Dolores children girl age 11 boy five take us to room D thank you shortly after I went on the AMC payroll on the Pio desk I soon shook down into the routine of the public information desk there was a wide diversification of projects for which I wrote material most of it was released as newspaper copy with an occasional article published in the magazine I wrote a piece on a portable printing press that could be set up close to the front line these presses printed daily bulletins which proved of Great Value in sustaining morale of Frontline troops I did a few pieces on helicopters which were coming into wide use in Korea Newsweek magazine printed this and it also appeared in many of the country's leading newspapers then one morning about 10:00 I got a call from a newspaper editor in Boston the Boston editor wanted confirmation or official information on a flying saucer report out of Sous City Iowa I told the editor that project sign had been officially closed he was insistent so finally I called air technical Intelligence Center no chop we have no report on Sous City or any other sighting you people on Pio desk got to know we've closed project sign for the next couple of hours call s came in from newspapers All Over America gradually I was able to piece the story together on the previous evening a commercial airline DC3 in Sous City Iowa had requested clearance from the tower to take off the tower held them up informing the pilot that there was a light in the west that they thought might be a light plane the tower stated that they were trying to to contact it but were unsuccessful the tower was in contact with another light flame that was coming in for a landing the DC3 engines idling stood by at the end of the runway until the Light plane landed and taxied Off the Strip the tower then gave the DC3 pilot permission to take off as the DC3 climbed for altitude an unidentified light suddenly closed in this was the object that the tower unsuccessfully had tried to contact By Radio the tower observed this and radioed the DC3 but the light had already been observed by both the pilot and co-pilot suddenly the light accelerated and made a head-on pass at the plane which swerved to avoid a collision it zoomed past them close to their wing tip the pilot called the tower and described the object as a b36 without wings after being observed by several passengers the object suddenly zoomed straight up and disappeared about noon two reporters came in asking for information on the Sous City sighting what's new on this saucer story Al we have nothing on it project sign is closed atic is no longer investigating these things how stupid can they get how can they drop an investigation when there are things going on like this Sous City incident look George I don't make policy around here I've got a job and I take my order just like everybody else they insisted I make another call for verification with atic I indicated to one of the reporters to pick up the extension and listen in so he too could hear yeah hello major Al chop couple of reporters here want some information on Sous City look Al the answer is the same the project is closed I told you that before yeah thanks major you heard the man this thing doesn't add up those men saw something up there oh there's probably some simple explanation for it don't tell me you guys believe this saucer bunk you're just sitting on a story Al well you believe what you like but personally I think this whole saucer business is pure unadulterated bunk one day shortly after the Sous City incident I went over to get a story on a former German scientist area B was a maximum security section the story appeared in the New York Times I had obtained the background on the scientist from the files he was formerly one of the top men at pund Germany one of the key figures participating in the successful development of the V2 rocket this scientist had succeeded in developing a 98.8% pure aluminum oxide these crucibles were vital to our nation's defense they were used to melt super hard Metals needed to build turban blades for our jet aircraft now tell me young man what new reports are you getting on unidentified flying objects flying saucers oh they keep coming in every once in a while but we don't take them too seriously oh no of course not it must be amusing to a man in your line of work to hear about all these scoop bow reports it is my firm opinion that these sightings should be investigated most meticulously you don't believe that these flying saucers actually exist do you and how can you be so certain they don't Mr Chum well I I just don't believe it our minds should be open on all subjects wrong conclusions are usually the result of lack of comprehension of analysis of course well thank you doctor I won't take up any more of your time and I'll let you read the article before I send it in thank you Mr chop I'll be looking forward to it later that same day I paid a visit to the public information officer for air material command it was his job to know everything that was going on I brought up my interview with the scientist he's a top man isn't he Colonel as good as they come we got on the subject of saucers he seemed to lend Credence to their existence at least he doesn't deny it well he's not alone in that opinion I don't understand Colonel but crack scientist thinks they could exist why not the Air Force Al I'm going to let you in on something somehow security was breached on the code name sign every news agency knew that project sign meant saucers on top of it we were up to our bustle and screw ball reports serious investigation was all filed up the serious investigation then the Air Force is still investigating these sightings we switched the code name to project Grudge and the investigations continued and what have they shown nothing conclusive as yet could these saucers be some kind of a secret weapon of ours no if they were air material command would be the first to know how about a device from a foreign country we know they're not what is your opinion col I don't have any opinion Al a short time later I was promoted to Chief at the Press section from then on there wasn't a moment when I didn't have at least one reporter hounding me for information on saucer sightings got a question Al boys down at the office would like an honest answer project sign is closed right that's right has the Air Force set up a new saucer investigation no thanks Al that's all I want to know com in here right away Al bring pencil and paper line three Colonel goddard's on the phone he's got a hot UFO report I want you to listen in on it okay Colonel shoot Colonel Goddard chief of the Air Force photo reconnaissance Laboratories reported that three of his men flying a b29 were tracking a weather balloon Over Georgia suddenly an unidentified flying object appeared and flew alongside the balloon after a few moments the object dived and made pass at the balloon then proceeded to disappear when the balloon was recovered it had a 6ft rent in it colonel gd's men believ this unidentified flying object made the tear in the balloon Goddard vouched for his men making the report stating that they were highly experienced and reliable Air Force personnel thank you Colonel think it could be a lightning ball card wouldn't call about a lightning ball didn't any of his men have a camera no they were tracking it with binoculars that's something I don't get Colonel wouldn't you think that somebody somewhere would have shot a picture of one of these things oh we've got plenty of photographs but the trouble with still pictures is they're too easily faked what about a motion picture could that be faked well trick shots are possible but not without complicated and expensive laboratory equipment highly skilled men even then Motion Picture experts could easily determine fakes that eliminates some Joker faking a piece of Motion Picture film in his garage be practically impossible to get away with that well I guess that's why you have no movies of them [Music] Colonel as chief of the press desk my work hours my meals my sleep became increasingly Disturbed and chaotic I saw little of my wife and children chip my son was at this time making periodic visits to a doctor in Dayton how's chip I feel more hopeful with a new specialist you look tired since you've gotten this new job the children don't know their own father anymore yeah sometimes I wish I were back on the newspaper I was talking with Mrs Collins today she tells me her husband's cousin works with a man who swears he saw a flying saucer uh-uh I thought I told you that term was Taboo in this house do you really think they might be from Mars or some place look honey don't you get like the rest of those screw balls that I have in my hair all day every time some kid flies a kite 50 different people sees spaceships come on let's get to bed a few days later the colonel and I were talking over routine press releases on a new type transport plane when suddenly the colonel bearded off at a tangent by the way there's a magazine fell coming out here from New York to do a story I want you to set up appointments with the people he want to see right what magazine is he representing life what are they after he's going to write a piece about unidentified flying objects are you serious life is given clearance by the Air Force Commanding General how come when the general staff makes a plan they have the whole picture in view we here at Dayton see only a smaller section Pentagon has its reasons very good ones most likely when the life story breaks we're going to have to fight our way in here through a Milling mob of inquisitive reporters no Al you won't you won't be here Colonel sir on the Pentagon has requested requested you by name he wants you to join his staff in Washington Colonel it's been swell working with you but under the circumstances I'll be delighted to get out of here upon my arrival in Washington I was assigned to Air Force press desk room 2 e765 in the Pentagon my last official act at AMC had been to arrest arranged the conferences and briefings for Life Magazine I was in Washington only a short time when look magazine submitted the galley proofs of their saucer article to my desk I put the look article through to Security review now I felt free to settle down in my new job I checked in with the Press section of the United States Senate House of Representatives and Department of State I paid the required visits to the information Departments of the Army Navy and Marine Corps I covered the Civil Aeronautics Administration and other agencies with whom I would be working in close contact by now I figured I was through with flying saucers for good but the Pentagon had other ideas because of my previous experience I was assigned to unidentified flying objects I was back in the Flying Saucer business in the activity of setting up housekeeping and getting adjusted to the new job I completely forgot about the Life magazine article also I was able to spend more time with chip my son had been deaf in one ear since infancy and it was difficult for him to play with other children I had settled down to a regulated home life but it was only a lull before the storm on April 7th 1952 life hit the news stands with the saucer story the question if anyone ever had any doubt about it was forcefully [Music] answered the public America as a whole had an intense Avid interest in the subject of flying saucers the first few days following the life story were chaotic naturally my desk was an exposed point and I was under an incessant barrage by newsman shortly after the life story looks coverage of saucers hit the news stands their story featured a saucer map including a statement by the Commanding General US Air Force H Vandenberg Vandenberg stated the Air Force is interested in anything that takes place in the air this includes the aerial phenomenon commonly known as flying saucers many of these incidents have been satisfactorily explained others have not project Grudge was expanded and augmented the classified name Grudge was dropped the new code name for the UFO investigative project was Blue Book the general appointed Captain Edward J Rupel of atic at Wright Patterson as officer in charge of project Bluebook rupal's Department was designated as air phenomenon brand Branch air technical intelligence at rupal's disposal was a large staff of distinguished scientists both military and civilian one day major Dewey for of current intelligence Branch sent for me will you come in here a minute Al major for was Intelligence technical analyst and UFO monitor thanks Captain Al I just got a call from Captain Rupel a Navy photographer named new house has made a sighting near traymont Utah he got some UFOs on film motion pictures motion pictures this film should prove interesting on a comparative basis comparative with what with the Montana film aic's had it for some time over at Dayton you mean atic has had Motion Pictures why wasn't I told about it you're being told about it now can I see these films rup Bel has a new house film it's back at Dayton being processed and analyzed but I can show you the Montana film this film was shot August the 15th 1950 it was taken in Great Falls Montana by Nick Mariana immediately after we were notified of the sighting we sent an intelligence man to get a firstand report my name is Nick Mariana for the past six years I've been the general manager of a minor league baseball club called the electrics we play out of Great Falls Montana and are a farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 15th 1950 at Legion ballpark in Great Falls Montana after a couple of hours in the clubhouse office I went up into the grandstand to call The Grounds keeper as I reached the top of the stairway I glanced northward to the tall Anaconda Copper company Smoke Stack to check the direction of the wind from the white smoke force of habit I suppose because our outfielders use it as an indicator on defensive play as I looked up I saw two silvery objects moving swiftly out of the Northwest they appeared to be moving directly south the objects were very bright and about 10,000 ft in the air they appeared to be of a bright shiny metal like polished silver both were the same size and were traveling at the same rate of speed which was much slower than the Jets which shot by shortly after I filmed the discs suddenly they stopped it was then I remembered the camera and the glove compartment of my car I raced downstairs yelling for my secretary Miss Virginia Ronnie the distance from the top of the stairway to my car is about 60 ft and I I must have made that in about six jumps I asked my secretary if she saw anything and she said yes two silvery spheres I unlocked the glove compartment of my car took out the camera turned the telephoto lens on the turret into position set the camera at F22 picked up the objects in the viewfinder and pressed the trigger the discs appeared to be spinning like a top and were about 50 ft across and about 50 yards apart I could not not see any exhaust wings or any kind of fuselage there was no cabin no odor no sound except I thought I heard a whooshing sound when I first saw them as the film clicked through the camera I could see the objects moving Southeast behind the General Mills grain building and the black water tank directly south of the ballpark I filmed the objects until they disappeared into the blue sky behind the water tank there's only a few feet of film it'll be over practically before your eyes are focused on it now remember there's only a few feet of film so watch closely I still had my doubts but I must admit I felt an excitement about seeing actual Motion Pictures of unidentified flying objects for the first time ready ready what do you make of it you saw what I saw what's your opinion I'll run it again do you have a transcript on Mariana it's a Dayton good Colonel SOS wants me to go to Dayton that is if you'll give me clearance I'll have you cleared it's a good idea for you to get acquainted with a history of UFOs when you get to Dayton you'll meet Captain Rupel the three of us are going to be working closely from here on Rupel will give you a complete briefing on Blue Book what's the story on him rupal's an aeronautical engineer he knows about things that fly an excellent man to head up Project Blue Book okay once again what's your opinion of this film as far as I'm concerned I'll have to classify them as unknowns I'll run the film again this time in slow motion this time I strained my eyes to study the film The Air Force analyst by measuring the angular velocity of the objects and by Computing their speed had determined that they were not balloons well there was something up there in that sky and if they were not balloons I don't know what to think you better get going to Dayton yes sir may I help you I'll chop to see Captain Rupel Captain's right over there sir thanks Captain Rupal I'm Al chop have a seat sir major F leered me you arriving you got the green light here where would you like to start as a springboard I suggested that he bre me on the general outline of how the organization handled reports on UFOs Rupel began to fill me in on the baffling saucer problem including a breakdown on the reported sightings supplemented by graphs there were literally hundreds of cases where Air Defense command Pilots had attempted to intercept UFOs there were sightings where UFOs have been tracked by ground radar Airborne radar ground observation and combinations of all these elements I accompanied intelligence officers on investigations I witnessed the difficulty in breaking down and gaining the confidence of those who were reluctant to talk about their experiences for fear of personal ridicule and embarrassment others were Cooperative I observed the technique of thorough interrogation used by blue books analysis and investigative staff in almost every case I heard the same words used to describe the sighting these words were lights and metallic objects there were reports by reliable competent observers including high ranking Air Force and navy Flyers civil engineers and scientists I learned that the Staggering total of over 3,500 reports had been received quite a few of these sightings are unsolved approximately 85% of the sightings are designated as solv according to this document 14.3% of all sightings are officially designated as unknown the newsmen keep hitting me with the unsolved cases and anyway solved is a big word how do you solve them there's nothing hit or miss about it I'll show you on December 1st 1952 between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning several major airports in this area report a single round object it was flashing first White then white orange then Amber it was observed Northwest of this Central Point at an angle of 15° above the Horizon remember that 15 15° it's important reports arrived here from Toro airport Westchester Airport Newark Airport the Guardia Airfield Idle Wild and Mitchell Field this flashing sphere of light was also observed by an Eastern Airline Pilot who radioed in his report various observers at all these airports watch the object through high power binoculars when a report arrived here we checked the weather in that area with Air Force weather bureau that night at that time there was no temperature in version we got in touch with navy balloon project Center at the University of Minnesota that gave us an exact schedule of balloons released from that Center we got similar information from every other point where weather balloons are released to Air Force balloon plotting Center at Lowry Field Denver we contacted Air Force weather for wind conditions and velocity at the altitude of known balloons a precise computation of balloons in the air and known wind conditions definitely remove balloons from the picture we checked with flight service to determine if any aircraft were in the vicinity on the bearing at that time there were no aircraft and still this thing was up there all the time being observed by various Personnel from airfields all over that area correct and they were seeing it we checked with our contract astronomer at a leading University in local and gave the astronomer the angle of elevation and bearing of the object remember the object was observed in an angle of 15° above the Horizon and I told you that was important it proved to be the conclusive fact our astronomer reported that at the time of the observation the planet Jupiter was 15° above the Horizon and on the angle of elevation and bearing of the object there's no doubt about it what all these people saw was Jupiter what made the light flash atmospheric conditions the same conditions that make the stars appear to twinkle you people really go into these things we try in over 80% of the cases we come up with the correct answers we don't get the correct answers in all the cases what about the motion picture made by this Navy man new house we're working on that how does it look impressive can I see it it's being analyzed when the film is available will I be able to take a look at it as soon as analysis is completed you'll see it satisfied yeah how long will that take about a week we're doing an exhaustive check on the new house stuff really putting it through the ringer when we're through we'll forward a print to director of intelligence with a complete report of our analysis fill me in on new house would you consider am a qualified Observer he rates is a Top Flight Observer an extremely competent one immediately upon getting word of his sighting he dispatched an investigator from Travis Air Force Base to interrogate new house the exact date of his sighting was July 2nd at 11:00 a.m. mountain standard time I was driving on US Highway 30 South with my wife and our son Delbert and our daughter an we were on our way from Washington DC to Portland OR oron on vacation before reporting to my new Duty station at the aviation Supply Depot Naval Supply Center Oakland California about 7 miles after we passed through traymont in Utah my wife noticed a group of objects in the sky which she could not identify I pulled over to the side of the road stopped got out looked up and saw the objects that were about about 12 of them in a rough formation proceeding in a Westerly Direction they were like nothing I'd ever seen before although I vlogged some 2,000 hours in the air they were identical in appearance how would you describe these objects like two saucers one inverted over the other I had no means of judging the altitude it appeared to me to be about the size of b29 at 10,000 ft did you photograph them immediately I watched the objects for a few moments before getting my camera out of the suitcase then I lost more time getting film out of the second suitcase and loting the camera when I first saw the objects they were almost overhead by the time I had the camera ready to go they had moved to a considerably greater distance what kind of a camera did you use a 16 mm Bell and Howell uh film Auto load Master with the three lens turret I selected a 3-in lens and set it on f8 and focused it Infinity did you think of using slow motion no the camera was set on 16 frames per second and in the excitement of the moment I didn't think to shoot at a greater rate although that would have improved the coverage I centered the viewfinder on the objects and made the first shot then I decided that if the sky were darker the objects would show better so I stopped the lens down to F16 and continued photographing this proved to be a mistake as the quality of the film would have been better had I left it at f8 did these objects remain together in a group at all times no toward the end one object reversed its course and proceeded away from the rest of the group I held the camera still and allowed this single object to pass through the field of view picking it up again later in its course did this single object return to the rest of the group no I allowed it to pass through the field of view of the camera two or three times and then it disappeared in what direction over the Eastern Horizon what did you do then I turned swinging the camera just in time to see the rest of the group disappear over the Western Horizon what was the weather the weather was bright and cloudless visibility good the visibility was excellent how does this film you shot compare with what you saw with your naked eye you have studied the film yes I've studied it I'm very disappointed the film Falls far short of showing what I saw with a naked eye due to the delay in getting the camera started and my air and exposure if I'd had this camera in the seat beside me loaded and ready to go there'd be no need for questions the Air Force would have the answer what is your full name please Delbert Clement new house and you are on active duty with the Navy yes sir I am what is your official Navy rank my title is Chief photographer I'm a commissioned Warrant Officer United States Navy how long have you been in the service 21 years now is there anything you can add to the description of these objects they had a bright silvery color can you describe some particular detail they had a metallic appearance they seem to be made of some kind of polished metal the new house film as I told you is presently under analysis sergeant would you get me the Fargo case the Fargo sighting was October 1st 1948 a National Guard Lieutenant thank you a National Guard Lieutenant was about to land his f-51 at Fargo airport Captain Rupel gave me the details from the record the pilot after a routine Patrol flight was cleared by the tower to land when he asked anything in the way there there's a Piper Cub below you nothing else in the air I see the Piper Cub I see another light about a th yard ahead of me it looks like the tail light of a plane I can see you but I can't see the light you're observing the pilot told the tower he could see it I was going to close in and try to make identification I can see it clearly now a small white light it keeps blinking on and off as he approached it the blinking light became clear and steady suddenly it pulled into a sharp Left Bank I think this thing is going to make a pass on the tower I see it now I see it pilot dived on the light and although he brought his manifold pressure up to 60 in he reported I can't seem to catch up with the thing he gting altitude and just made an impossible turn a 90° turn to the [Music] left you're right it's gaining altitude on you and it's still in a very tight left turn by that time they were at 7,000 ft when suddenly the light made a 90° right turn it's headed straight at me the light passed directly over your canopy at I estimate about 500 ft the object suddenly shot straight into the air pilot followed it to 14,000 ft when his plane went into a power stall the object disappeared the Chase had lasted approximately 27 minutes the officer in the tower was the airport traffic controller the lieutenant was an instructor for the French during the second world war he said he was sure there was an intelligence behind the movements of the lights he stated too that no earthborne pilot could have withstood the gief factor inherent in the object's turns and Speed without blacking out was there radar at the field no there wasn't too bad radar would have made it airtight not necessarily I thought a radar return was indisputable evidence no it isn't are you a radar expert no I'm not but I have one on tap give me extension 361 we have a team of three radar analysts here in air phenomenon Branch I want to talk to Wi Swanson all radar reports received here passed through this radar analysis division Swanson I have a man here from the Pentagon he's cleared wants to know about radar mhm okay field socked in solid with fog but he'll take you over to GCA this is ground controled approach with zero visibility GCA picks up the aircraft coming in and by means of the Pips on their scope can talk them into a landing now this scope here gives the aircraft in the area this scope here tells you whether you're the right or the left of the landing strip and that one there tells you whether you're too high or too low now the next scope is the same as this one except that it gives you more accuracy patteron GCA this is Air Force 216 pass Fairfield fan marker inbound request landing instruction there you can see him on the screen and you can track him all the way in he's flying steer right to heading 20° and begin descent to 1,500 ft this is Air Force 162 steering 20° descending to 1,500 over Air Force 162 the weather at Patterson field is 100 ft ragged ceiling visibility 1/2 mile light rain wind southwest 6 altimeter 998 if you can see it on radar there can be no question about misinterpretation in this case no these are good solid blips this is Air Force 162 Roger on the weather rway over Air Force 162 steer left to heading 35 turning downwind leg range 8 mil South over this is Air Force 162 steering 35 over sometimes a temperature inversion will cause trouble ioniz clouds or equipment malfunction will cause false blips can you tell a false blip from one made by aircraft yes any experienced operator can tell in a minute or something Air Force 162 steer left to heading 215 this will put you on Final Approach this is Air Force 62 Roger steering 215 over Air Force 162 this is your final director how do you read me over this is Air Force 162 you are loud and clear over Airforce 162 Roger your range is 7 miles slow aircraft to descending speed make final flap setting maintain altitude of 1,200 heading 21 5 do not acknowledge any further transmission unless unable to comply if you do not hear GCA for any 5-second interval climb to 1,000 ft on a heading of 1 125 and contact approach control steer right to heading 210 range 5 miles you are now approaching Glide path start normal rate of descent at 600 ft per minute entry to Glide path good steer left two heading 212 range 4 miles go above Glide path 10 15 25 ft High increase your rate of descent slightly heading 212 holding you on the center line holding 2 ft high on glide path check that descent steer right to heading of 2 13 range now 3 miles holding Glide path very well go below Glide path 10 20 30 ft level off slightly steer right two heading 2 one 4 coming back nicely to Glide path 25 20 15 ft low heading 214 as you lined up with the center line range 2 miles holding 15 ft low on the Glide path bring it up slightly 10 5 now on glide path range 1 1/2 miles heading 214 on glide path steer left to heading 213 over the end of runway on Center Line on glide path as you approach point of touchdown touchdown in 3 seconds if you cannot see the runway pull up and climb to 1,000 ft heading 1 [Music] 125 [Music] [Applause] he's safe at home well that's it coffee yes what exactly is your job here Swanson I'm one of a group of three radar Specialists employed by the Air Force reports of radar contacts of unidentified objects are sent into to us from all over the world for analysis how long have you been in Air Force intelligence two years ever come across any cases you couldn't solve we have unsolved cases yes cases where good solid blips appeared and no known objects in the area then too we have cases of fantastic speed exactly what do you mean by fantastic speed I mean speeds greater than any achieved by man how much greater thousands of milph thousands of miles what's your idea of what they are all I can say is unknown you must remember that I've been restricted to only radar contacts I have no experience with visual contacts what do you think about the chances of these objects having intelligence behind their control all I can say is I have an open mind what do you think about the theory of interplanet Source I have an open mind period I spent a full week in Dayton I had hoped to see the new house film before returning to Washington but it was still under analysis by the rightfield photo lab when the analysis was completed the film was taken by an Air Force Courier and hand Carri to Washington to be viewed by the director general of Air Force intelligence itties all set major yes sir hair technical intelligence has reported that this film could not be produced under simulated conditions let's go there'll be several feet of blank film before the pictures come on the film as new house had predicted was in bad condition but the chief interest was in movement speed and light source after a moment the general asked to see it again how about that those were the only words spoken in the room how about that a few days later major for had some news for me we got the analysis of the new house film from Air material command what does it show not birds not Bloons not aircraft not faked with a telephoto lens used weather Bloons within 5 miles distance could have been determined on the film at a greater distance than 5 miles they could not attain the speeds calculated within a 5m range an aircraft of 40ft wingspan could have been clearly determined in excess of 5 miles the speeds of the objects are greater than aircraft could achieve except in a straight line Speed Run no bird is sufficiently refective as to cause the film to react as strongly as it is done if they're not birds not balloons or aircraft and the film isn't faked what can these things be the official conclusion is unknowns the new house film was only the Overture a few minutes before 1:00 a.m. July 20th 1952 the curtain on the First Act of the Washington drama went up the unknowns moved in for the first time over the national capital I had always regarded myself as a man with an intuitive nose for news so through the first Washington sighting while the saucers hovered over over the city I was in bed sleeping soundly through it all when I reached my desk that morning we were flooded with newspaper queries telephones were jangling throughout the day irate editors from all over the country were insistently demanding more specific information newsmen from The Wire Services reporters from local and out of town newspapers were Heming me in belaboring me with questions for which I had no answers for the first couple of hours we at the Press desk had a terrible time getting the story straight up ourselves but bit by bit I managed to piece it together there had been both Visual and radar contacts Andrews field the Air Force installation had radar returns similar to those on the ca radar Jets had been scrambled in an attempt to make an intercept with the UFOs but they had not been successful the week after the Washington saucer sighting was a mad chaotic one the story was headlined from coast to coast as the Pio man assigned to answer s answer questions I had been under an incessant barrage of inquiries Day and Night by newsmen I could get no sleep no rest at all among other things the Washington Daily News published an interview with Harry G Barnes senior air traffic controller civil Aeronautics Administration Barnes stated there is no other conclusion I can reach but that for 6 hours on the morning of the 20th of July there were at least 10 unidentifiable objects moving above Washington they were not not ordinary aircraft I could tell that by their movement on the scope I can safely deduce that they perform gyration which no known aircraft could perform by this I mean that our scope showed that they could make right angle turns and complete reversals of flight nor in my opinion could any natural phenomena account for these spots on our [Music] radar then exactly a week later it really broke loose it was the night of July 26th 1952 at 10:30 p.m. I received a phone call from Ray Nathan at CA hello CH yeah Ray Nathan get down here right away what's up the radar Washington National is picking up unknown again the Press is hounding me for a statement I don't know what to tell him D bring my coat in the car keys stall them off I'll be right over couple guys from Life Magazine here with a camera stall them too what's the man radar is picking up unknowns over the capital don't wait [Music] up at 11:10 p.m. major for a received a call from Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Air Force intelligence duty officer at the Pentagon informing him of what was going on at Washington National as I raced to the airport I kept glancing up through the windshield expecting to see the things but everything seemed [Music] normal [Music] chop am I glad to see you they tell us we need your okay to get into the radar room you can't get in boys I'm sorry we want some pictures of that scope Al you can't photograph the scope why not it's under security measures classified wavelength classified code names here we are in the biggest story in history and you're keeping us out sorry but that's the way it's got to be then we're going over your head Al Colonel dick s you can reach him at Metropol 8 9898 another one look at them go one of them is an airline it's a slightly different shape did you alert the Air Force I call Air Defense command what' they say they're scram a couple of jets same as last week uhhm could this be caused by temperature inversion inversion that is an inversion and it's different than the ground clutter we pick up did you call the Air Force command posted Pentagon no we work through filter Center I'd better call them get me the Pentagon Air Force command post this is Al chop I'm at Washington National have you heard about the unknowns here tonight we've been alerted there's a Blue flight on the way there right now okay Washington control to flight 639 come in flight 639 to Washington control over Washington control to flight 639 you're approaching traffic on your left can you see it over Andrew Tower to watch control we show an unknown just to the left of flight 639 flight 639 to control we can see that traffic on our left over Washington control to flight 639 what does the traffic look like over flight 639 to Wasing control it's a light a blue green flight over Washington control to flight 639 can you make out what type of craft it is over flight 639 to washingt control no we and just see a light a blue green light alert Washington control to flight 639 Roger out this is Bluebird one to Washington control Comm in the Jets are coming on now Washington control the bluebird 1 change course to 225° Bluebird 2 hold your course over Bluebird one to Washington control willco out Bird 2 to Washington control Lo out they're [Music] gone Andrew Tower to washing control all our unknowns vanished shortly after the Jets appeared do you still have any of the unknowns over Washington control to Andrew's Tower the same thing happened here out Washington control to Bluebird 1 all the unknowns have disappeared you say those returns are the same as those you got last week the same as last week at this point major for arrived with a navy Electronics intelligence officer gone like that as soon as the Jets came on the scope the unknowns left Bluebird one to Washington control we're going back to the base and refuel can't see anything around up here visibility is good over Washington control to Bluebird one Roger out with a good returns good returns has the set been checked from Al functions the radar equipment is in perfect operating order they're back Andrew's Tower to wash the control they're back just as the jet left our scope they drop back in again out of nowhere you got them over those blips are solid they're good and solid Washington control to Andrew's Tower same thing happened here get me the Pentagon command post they're all over the scope two in the Northeast quadrant four in southeast quadrant three in Southwest quadrant three Northwest Quadrant over this is Major foret calling from Washington control radar is picking up 14 unknowns again the chief controller tells me the unknowns disappeared from the scope as soon as the Jets came in and were picked up again when the Jets left the Navy Electronics intelligence officer confirms that the unknown blips are good and solid I recommend a couple of more Jets be sent up immediately to investigate yes sir Andrew's Tower to washing the control that's the way we had him on just moved from the Northwest Quadrant into the southeast quadrant it stopped over the White House they're scrambling a couple of more Jets Washington control to Andrew's Tower Roger on the change now it's moving back do you get it over it's back in the Northwest Quadrant over Washington control to Andrew's Tower Roger we've got a scramble out what are those slight temperature inversion you can see the difference in the returns one's strong the other weak these unknowns are solid objects Red Dog one to Washington control we're approaching the area over Washington control to Red Dog 2 change course to 265° Washington control to Red Dog 1 changed course to 114° over Red Dog one to Washington control wi go out about 4:30 a.m. major for received a longdistance telephone call from Robert Gina of Life magazine he wanted permission for his people to interview the pilots of the first scramble at Newcastle major for decided that under the circumstances it would be wise for him to take the call Washington control to Red Dog 1 change course to 315° over Red Dog one to Washington control will go out Washington control to Red Dog one come in Red Dog one to Washington control over Andrew's Tower to Washington control our scope shows Red Dog one is right in the middle of the unknowns Washington control to Red Dog one can you see anything on either side or to the front of you over Red Dog one to Washington control can't see anything wait a [Music] minute I see them yeah I see them they're all around me [Music] they're moving in on [Music] me they're coming [Music] closer they're coming closer they're coming right at me [Music] hold they're moving off I'm at maximum speed they're going away [Music] they're gone I can't see [Music] them Red Dog one to Washington control I've been given permission to return to base over Washington control to Red Dog one Roger out at 6:00 a.m. that same morning I called Lieutenant William Patterson the pilot of Red Dog one who had made visual contact with the unknowns he could add nothing more to what he had reported to us over the intercom later that same morning the White House placed a call to the Pentagon Captain Rupal who had flown in from rright Patterson and who was only beginning his analysis of the sighting got the call from the White House yes sir it appears to been caused by temperature inversion yes sir we've had cases where radar blips have been caused by temperature inversion this was Captain rupal's report to President Truman but Captain Rupel had not been present at the Washington sighting it wasn't until later that he learned there had been both Visual and radar contact with the unknowns on that night on Monday morning an avalanche calls from newspapers throughout the nation jammed the trunk lines at the Pentagon the Relentless pressure continued we admitted radar contacts from the three surrounding airfields when did the saucers first appear 9:00 p.m. how long were they under observation 6 hours how many were there 14 could the pilot see any details [Music] no [Music] in an interview which appeared in the Washington Times Herald Lieutenant Patterson pilot of Red Dog one said he concentrated on one of the bright lights but it outran him I tried to make contact with the Bogies below 1,000 ft Patterson said I saw several bright lights I chased a single bright light I was at my maximum speed I see chasing it because I saw no chance of overtaking it under the insistent demands from the nation's press and the accumulating pressure of the public the chief of staff set up a press conference at the Pentagon I was present when General sord spoke for the news real cameras Air Force interest in this problem has been due to our feeling of an obligation to identify and analyze to the best of our ability anything in the air that may have the possib of threat or menace to the United States in pursuit of this obligation since 1947 we have received and analyzed between 1 and 2,000 reports that have come to us from all kinds of sources of this great mass of reports we have been able adequately to explain the great bulk of them explain them to our own satisfaction we've been able to explain them as hoaxes as erroneously identified friendly aircraft as meteorological or electronic phenomena or as light aberration however there have been a certain percentage of this volume of reports that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things it is this group of observations that we now are attempting to Res all we have as of date come to only one firm conclusion with respect to this remaining percentage and that is that it does not contain any pattern of purpose or of consistency that we can relate with any to any conceivable threat to the United States we can say that the recent sightings are in no way connected with any secret development by any agency of the United States when I left the Pentagon that evening General samford's words kept running through my mind credible observers of relatively incredible [Music] things the theories of the Skeptics could not stand up to the actual experiences of high-ranking military person Personnel radar experts airline pilots and other responsible Witnesses referred to by General sord as credible observers I started to walk through the streets of Washington the words remaining with me credible observers of relatively incredible things I recalled when I first joined the project at AMC how I regarded with disbelief the whole subject of flying saucers but piece by piece the evidence had crystallized until now in my opinion there was no doubt as to their existence now so far as I was concerned it was no longer a question of whether or not there were unknown objects flying in our atmosphere for me the only questions that remained were what are these objects where do they come from to me the evidence indicated intelligence behind their control and by now the belief that their Source was interplanetary was no longer [Music] incredible [Music] oh [Music] the this is the Montana film projected exactly as it was photographed the objects are moving against a 25 to 28 mph wind this is the film in double frame or slow motion a slight bounce in the movement of the objects as well as the tower is perceptible this is due to the handheld camera the film analyzed frame by frame shows the movement of the objects to be horizontal and steady we will now vary the action and size of the objects and also stop the action from time to time for your study we have just made a jump cut in the film to an enlarged size and reverse the action you are now seeing the objects exactly as they were photographed but from a closer perspective analysis reveals that the objects are not balloons nor any kind of known aircraft the images are very different from those produced by any kind of birds at any distance the shape brightness speed rectilinear path steady motion and separation rule out various forms of optical atmospheric mirages or Cloud Reflections comprehensive analysis has eliminated meteors and other known natural phenomena the possibility of airplane reflection has been carefully studied and ruled out this is the Utah film as it was originally photographed the image structure and Maneuvers definitely eliminate any kind of known aircraft this is where Chief photographer new house in his excitement changed exposure he believed that by changing density and giving the film more contrast he could clarify the object the single object that reversed its course the bounce is due to handheld camera now we study the action of one section of the film we stop the action we move in within a 5em range aircraft could be determined in excess of 5 miles the speeds are greater than aircraft can achieve except in straight line speed runs the move movement here follows an elliptical or circular pattern microscopic examination reveals that the objects are well focused their size varies from 1 16 to 1/10th the size of the Moon as it appears to the naked eye their form is circular and sometimes elliptical this fits the commonly used Flying Saucer description observe the object in the upper left corner we move in to study the action the object upper left will go out of frame on widescreen projection observe the motion of the two objects upper right as we rock them back and forth Now we move over and up on the frame to make a closer study of the object in the upper left corner examine this object closely compare it with those objects you saw on the Montana film these films were taken approximately 2 years apart hundreds of miles apart we drop back to the original perspective and resume now the section of the film or photographer new house changed exposure weather conditions together with the persistence and motion of the formations eliminate the possibility of atmospheric mirages photog gometric experiments have shown that the images cannot be associated with any kind of birds at any distance stop now forward again stop we drop back to original perspective now once again and for the last time the Utah film the objects cannot be associated with any known balloon observations for the last time the Montana film the motion picture you have just seen is authentic It Is substantiated by documentation eyewitness accounts supported by affidavits and official government reports the evidence has been presented to you with integrity and objectivity to establish the fact that unident ified flying objects commonly known as flying sauces do exist some kind of flying objects have been photographed in the sky if they cannot be identified as objects known to man what are they if they are not man-made who made them if they are not from this planet where are they from [Music]

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