T/Sgt T. D. Mullen, controller, 143rd National Guard Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

1949-07-26 / Kansas City, Kansas / unresolved

In July, August, and September 1949, and again in January 1950, military and civilian witnesses filed reports under Flight Service Regulation 200-4 describing flying objects over Kansas, Washington, Oregon, Ohio, South Carolina, and New York. Objects were described variously as dish-shaped, circular, and cylindrical, with reported speeds exceeding that of a B-29 and, in one case, an orange and white flame exhaust more than twice the length of the object. Reports were submitted by Lowry, Olmsted, McChord, Maxwell, and Wright-Patterson Flight Service Centers to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Two motionless objects over Olathe, Kansas; stationary for ten to fifteen minutes then moved off very fast (6 January 1950)