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Maxwell Blue Book 3
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THIS PAGE IS UNCLASSIFIED \ \ I G E 1 S '' i ''U L A S S I :F I E D .. . I a eo< E-C < \ - THIS PAGE IS UNdLASSIFIED b Y; Af.-J *L: COL..UNICA 1 ii.Iii SiilWiJ, T ^33-5 K B-. - UlilT (K/jU ,,ALo God;,-an Field, Fort KnaxfKy. ATC January 1948 OF''iT ^GT 1, T >gt ''^uinton * 3lfiC*oeil, AF1S162475, "''as on duty as ctiief or.-ora.tor in the control Toer at Godaan field, Ky. on tie afternoon of 7 JanuLiry I9i*.3. Up.until 1315 or 13i^ mattefi ..ere routine, /it approxl ately tnat time 1 received a telepjuane call from jgt Coor., Col Hix''s office, static timt rtCcor''dinglito r''t Knox Military i-oiic-- &iu "^ Tobiv state police, a l^r^e curcuLur object from 250 to >G0 ft in dldiaetar over i-ansvllle,1 i,y. anci request ad 1 c''hocit --lth wav flight ^ervico to sec ii mnj unusual fv,^ air- craft was in that\ vicinity. Flight ^ervico advised ito.j&tivt on Uie air- craft and took the other info, requesting out 00 verify L..e story. shortly" afterward Flight service gave Godaan Tower positions on an object over Irving ton, Ky. then Owensboro, rly. of about thei aa^ sisu''ard des- cription. About .1345 or 1350 1 sighted an object in ine sky to tna >oulth of Godman i^l^ld. as 1 wanted verification, 1 called jqy ^etachntent Uccum- ander, 1st Lt Jrner, to tho To/.or. After he nad sighted tie nobject, ha calledi for th.e operations Officer, Oa;A Oarter,, over tue tylotalk box from the Traffic uosk. He c ,- I stair3 i;. edlately, ui.j. looked hi i.riL object through field glasses in tile I''ower. |. lie then called Tor the Cof> Ool Hlx. He came to the l ywer about 1A20 (appx) and sighted t .e object L mediately. About H3& to UZO a flight oi1 four r-51''a iip^roached Goduian Field from the outh, on route ^rom Larietta, & to dt<*ndiford Field,, Ky. ns they passed over the tower 1 called them ion "3" channel, VHf and ur-Kud the flight leader, NG 369, U'' he iiu^: enough gas ana if so, ouid r;u ^iod trying to identify an object, in the ,ek;y to tno oouth of Godman field. He replied in the affirmative and r/.adt) a right turn around v.itn tv.o pianos and proceeded ^outh frorr. Godn^n Field. Th fourth plane proceed:<i on to jjtandiford Field sd6ne. H;e throe 3hi|- foraution proceeded ^outii on & heading of 210* cliBbin.^ steadily, jtjbout \Ul*5 the flight laagerf t*j -^9, reported aeeinu. the object "aouad ar^1 above, I''n still c''li bing". To , , Anich i v,Xng nan retorted ,".:hat the Hell are ..- looking for"? TluB ''leader reported at 15,000 ft ttat "T.-.o object Lo directly a;;ad oi'' and aoove1 soe no?., .Toving about naif rv speed", .hen asKed for & iiscriptlon (*o replied "It &j peara vjetailic ob.-ect of tra-^eitdouo ai e". t 13,000 ft, tue flight leader refiorted,"!1;. still climtin.^, U.o object ic above and ahead of j ajowlh^ at about &/ speed or faster. I " tr. in? to closo , , in Car a better look This last contact -as at about 1515 "bout t> j. aftexvard, the other two ships in the flight turned back. As ph*y over Q&Jtnan f&i d00< reported "It a, pears like tno reflection or uunllght on an ulrplurwIi canopy", shortly afteifiard, tho same pilot urtd plane tooK off frori Ltaudiford uwi recu-.isd th March. He <<ent to J3^v^ f*et- nutiarea znileo Jouth and aid not sight anything; I loft the Control shortly oi''ternarU. true foregoing statedwnt ii and corroct to tM^beAt^ of /s/^uinton A T $&t ''^a.; 1
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