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anrtanw Pp wh ve} 35. 36. Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 NOTES . See Sections I, VI; Also Ruppelt, Edward J., Report on Un- identified Flying Objects, (Doubleday, 1956), p. 161. . Washington Daily News; February 23, 1954, . Ruppelt, Edward J., op. cit., p. 109. . Flying, July 1950. (For contemporary accounts, see Life, July 21, 1947; Time, July 14, 1947). . Ruppelt, Edward J., op. cit., p. 37. Ibid., p. 38. . Report on file at NICAP. . Saturday Evening Post; April 30, 1949. New Yorker; Septem- ber 6, 1952. . U.S. Air Force, Project ‘‘Saucer’’ Report, April 27, 1949. (Other sources: Saturday Evening Post, May 7, 1949; Reader’s Digest, July 1952). . Washington Post; March 27, 1950. . Associated Press; June 27, 1950. . San Francisco Chronicle; October 7, 1950. aaa ee . Report on file at NICAP. United Press; May 23, 1951. . Report on file at NICAP. . United Press; July 18, 1952. . New York Journal-American; October 30, 1952. . Chicago Sun-Times; December 10, 1952. . Prescott Evening Courier; May 22, 1953. Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying Saucer Conspiracy. (Henry Holt, 1955), p. 259. . C.R.LF.O. Orbit, October 5, 1956; Case 210. (L.H. String- field, Ed., 4412 Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio). . Independent reports to NICAP Board Member Frank Edwards (WTTV, Indianapolis, Indiana). . United Press; March 10, 1957. Tape recorded interview with pilot, on file at NICAP. . Chicago Daily News; November 6, 1957. . New Orleans Times-Picayune; November 10, 1957. . Memphis Press-Scimitar; October 8, 1959. . Report on file at NICAP. . Report on file at NICAP. . Honolulu Advertiser; March 12, 1963. . Flying, July 1950. . Report on file at NICAP. . Air Facts; May 1, 1950, ppg. 29-30. . Case personally investigated by NICAP Director. For detailed account, see Keyhoe, Donald E., Flying Saucers From Outer Space (Henry Holt, 1953), ppg. 145-148. See also Flying, July 1950. Flying, September 1950 (includes pilot’s sketch), See also Ruppelt, Edward J., op. cit., p. 120; Popular Science, August 1951. Capt. Nash is a member of the NICAP Panel of Special Ad- visers; correspondence on file. (For detailed account of his sighting, see True, October 1952), Report on file at NICAP. . Report on file at NICAP. . Air Facts; September 1, 1951, p. 37 ff. . Interviewed by CSI, N.Y. (67 Jane Street, New York 14), 41. 42. 43. 44. 46. 47. 48. 49 50. . 51. 52. New York World Telegram & Sun; October 8, 1957. New York Daily Mirror; October 9, 1957. Reported to Capt. William B. Nash, Pan American Airways, NICAP Adviser. Published accounts of the February 24, 1959 sighting by Am- erican and United Airlines crews: Flagship News, American Airlines, March 9, 1959, (Vol. 14, No. . Keyhoe, Donald E,, Flying Saucers: Top Secret. (Putnam’s, 1960), Chapter II, ‘The Killian Case.” Akron UFO Research Committee, (Box 5242, Akron 13, Ohio) Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Observed February 24, 1959 by American/United Airline Pilots, (c. 1960). Detroit Times; February 25, 1959. Front page story: ‘‘Mys- tery Sky Objects Trail Detroit Airliner.”’ Detroit Times; February 26, 1959. ‘‘Saucers Might Be Just That.’ (Follow-up story, quoting opinions of Lt. Col. Lee B. James, army ordnance, Huntsville, Alabama). Long Island Newsday; February 26, 1959. ‘Strange Lights In Sky Make Pilot, Crew Blink.” (Interview with Capt. Killian). Long Island Daily Press; March 24, 1959. “Those Mystery Lights in the Sky Were NOT Jets, LI Pilot Insists.’’ (Capt. Killian is quoted as being familiar with refueling operations, and rejecting this and other Air Force explanations of his sighting).. New York Journal-American; March 25, 1959. ‘‘Airline Pilot Insists He Saw Saucers.’’ (Essentially same as above). Report on file at NICAP. . Statement on file at NICAP. Statement to Cleveland Plain Dealer; July 8, 1961, by Airport Operations Supervisor John M. Gieb. For additional details, see Flying, July 1950; Saturday Evening Post, May 7, 1949. —_— re Menzel, Donald H., Flying Saucers. (Harvard, 1953), P. 15. Flying, June 1951. 7° 3} 2 Ruppelt, Edward J., op. cit., p. 119. Aviation Personnel The FAA formerly was CAA (Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion), This designation appears in some of the reports. The FAA freely admitted observations ofa glowing, high-speed UFO, and stated that Air Force radar had confirmed the sighting. The Air Force denied the radar tracking, and sug- gested the UFO was ‘‘probably a balloon.’’ . Terre Haute Star; October 10, 1951. Ruppelt, Edward J., op. cit., ppg. 152-153. . United Press; March 14, 1950. Reno Evening Gazette; March 27, 1950. . Ironwood Daily Globe; March 30, 1950. . New York Times; November 27, 1950. Report on file at NICAP. . Report on file at NICAP. . Interviewed by Bay Area NICAP Subcommittee, report on file at NICAP. Associated Press; December 3, 1954. Approved For Release 2001/04/02 “CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0