USAF record 28930247 (1948)
28930247
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UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] Incident #1*1
NOTE NO. - - DATE OF IVQ 9 Jan 1948 MP NO. - - LOANER [REDACTED] Cartersville, Ga. OUT NO. - - SOURCE Pilot (SAM)
DAYS OF START - - DATE IN TO ATIC - -
THIS ON STORMS 2230 COLOR Light, Sky-blue WAVE Circular with Flat Top RANGE [REDACTED] inch BAND [REDACTED] inch
ALTITUDE 3,000' [HW: Mounted]
COMPS 175° N LENGTH OF THIS OBSERVED - -
NO. IN GROUP 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Aerial
TRACKING Crossed path of source, then turned earthward.
UNCLASSIFIED
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- Page 1 UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] Incident #1*1 NOTE NO. - - DATE OF IVQ 9 Jan 1948 MP NO. - - LOANER [REDACTED] Cartersville, Ga. OUT NO. - - SOURCE Pilot (SAM) DAYS OF START - - DATE IN TO ATIC - - THIS ON…
- Page 2 Incident #121 -- Cartersville, Georgia -- 9 January 1948 While the possibility of this object's being a meteor is not ruled out, it seems unlikely. Meteors are not known to be "light sky blue," nor…
- Page 3 the top quarter which was flat, pot-w used. The witness states that the object definitely did not have the curved trajectory of a wingless missile. Shortly after crossing his path, a black flame…
- Page 4 CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 9 January 1943 2. Time 2330 3. Location Cartersville, Georgia, 34°10' N, 84°49' W 4. Name of observer [REDACTED] 5. Occupation of observer Pilot (CAL)…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] HAPCO/3M/15 21 May 1948 SUBJECT: Incident Report TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command [REDACTED] AF Base Dayton, Ohio Attention: TDDIN Commanding General Air Defense…
- Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED 5. Mr. [REDACTED], purser on Kr. [REDACTED] flight 9 January 1948, also saw the object (the flame only, that is), but can give no further evidence for its identification. 6. Army Flight…
- Page 7 UNCLASSIFIED 12 January 1948 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: A reliable government agency advised that an unidentified burning object was sighted north of Cartersville, Georgia, at midnight, January 9, 1948.…
- Page 8 UNCLASSIFIED Ltr Fr Wright-Patterson Flt Sv Ctr, Dayton, Ohio dtd 5 Feb 48, subj: Jet Aircraft North of Cartersville, Ga. DOW 311.5 2nd Ind RL/lar Maxwell Flight Service Center, Maxwell AF Base,…
- Page 9 UNCLASSIFIED 3rd Ind (cont'd) 3 Feb 1963 Subject: Jet Aircraft North of Cartersville, Ga. 2. Second endorsement to this communication is all available information that can be furnished by Flight…
- Page 10 UNCLASSIFIED B/Ltr f/Dwright-Patterson FS Center, Dayton, Ohio, subj: "Jet Aircraft North of Cartersville, Ga", dtd 3 February 1948 FAS 311.5 1st Ind Headquarters Flight Service, Washington 25, D. C.…