Memorandum on Unconventional Aircraft Sightings, 1955

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TOP SECRET Approved for Release 2026 SIGNATURE RECORD AND COVER SHEET 1 NOV 1955 ASD - DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION REGISTRY 178 SOURCE CIA CONTROL NO. 41/5C 115455 DOC. NO. DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED DOC. DATE 1951 COPY NO. 0111 LOGGED BY NUMBER OF PAGES 2 NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS Tione each Top Secret document received by ligence Agency or classified Top Secret within attached to the document until is downgraded, transmitted outside of CIA. Access to Top Secret matter is limited to Top Secret Control personnel and those individuals whose official duties relate to the matter. Secret Control Officers who receive and/or release the attached Top Secret material columns provided. sees the Top Secret document will sign and indicate the date of handling in the right-hand columns. REFERRED TO RECEIVED OFFICE SIGNATURE RELEASED DATE TIME DATE SEEN BY TIME SIGNATURE AND OFFICE DATE 051 10>0 B Mural 120055 i/n/s AS 301981 300etн NOTICE OF DETACHMENT: When this form is spaces below and transmitted to Central DOWNGRADED detached from secret Control for retonaterial it shall be completed in the appropriate DESTROYED DISPATCHED (OUTSIDE CIA) BY (Signature) WITNESSED BY (Signature) DATE TO BY (Signature) OFFICE DATE BY (Signature) DATE FORM NO. 26 1 APR 55 USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. TOP SECRET (40 )

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178 A-4 A9 MOCRATUM 10R: Director of contral Intelligence SUBJECK : Sebting of Plying sencers or Unconventional Miraratt 2. The party use trapalling by train tron beta to Tillia at be apnelile requent of Sarator Funnall the tried to une ril rungortation wienener it was at all fannible, the alchtings ver nutad about ten minates bayoad Alyaty at 1910 hore we it wus alraady derk. vith the lights out von la noted a mall Ereezinh yellon gloriag ball rialse quite rapidly. la tatormod the other membere of the patty who were occupying lim ottur euparteant and a few ninter Later they too observed mother offoct. 3. Senator Funnell never any the torn of the objact only the lusinancent ball, I. Atres son saly two liette revambling eyes. tolinal fatheray on a atadory object kith a slogin light in the addaie at the top and s rotating light or lights aintlar to extausts at the base. Sonator hussall had the inpronsion that the objeet coule here born on mall as a rottet although there vere no objecto available to produce a satiafactory scale and no trail ma left by the rining ball. In. Uras nal Calmei Mathay considered the else of the object to be emparable to that of a l. &. jet figiber. lenever, Colonel latharay bolleven that the object did not reuble my atrerait, rocket or nissile that be hud ever son. All oberivers agree on the ingerension that the object mus rotatlug or whirlins during its rise along ita initial stony trejoetory. Neitber Senator rusoell nor i. dros noted ay chiage in this trajectory, but colonel linthuray and M. tiran stated that the objoct altered Its petter to baritantel lliget quito sharply, lesther senator Russell, Colonel Inthouty nor i. Firen eun any oafacte on the ground with the excaption of tie sourch light, bat Me. dras reportet the prozence of a triangular object vith thine ligita which ippeared to be ejectad fron a lasaching alte. 4. Based on the interviens so far, the only testimony watch would support the existence of flying tuters or radleally uncurventional aircralt to thist of Colouel lathasy, All other I. S. 115405 00574 Oi26 167

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=**? LETT: Bightings of Flying latcere or Inconventional Alretert observations ron probably be explaised us ettey climbing airerait ot mianiles, intber disrassions vill probably do required before the matter can be camietely rescived, in the noastino, somerer, the evidence does aot opponr surficiently fin to rescut the conclusion that the Seriate have developed and have in uperation a radically new type of atrereit. KRAKE SCOTILLE, JR. Assistert Director Scientifle Intelligence OSI: EScoville:ge (31 October 1955) Distribution Orig & 1 - fud 1 - DD/I 1 - OCI 1 - ASD SI 1 - GM/SI 2 - AD/SI 9-5. 15485 00p8 052 -P.-