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Blue Book file, Rivera and Heaphy (CUFOS)

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This file, from NICAP and CUFOS, collects US Air Force Office of Special Investigations records from 1949 on a Project Grudge special inquiry into a sighting at Rogue River, Oregon, on 24 May 1949. NACA Ames Laboratory employees Gilbert Rivera and Don Heaphy described a silvery pancake-shaped object about 30 feet across that sped off like a jet. An annotated analysis that follows rejects the radar kite explanation and concludes that the case must remain unexplained.

  • p. 1 …PROJECT GRUDGE, Incident at Rogue River, Oregon SPECIAL INQUIRY TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright…
  • p. 3 …PROJECT GRUDGE, Incident, Rogue River, Oregon SPECIAL INQUIRY TO: Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson…
  • p. 4 …5D 24-21U DATE 27 June 1949 TITLE PROJECT GRUDGE Incident – Rogue River, Oregon 24 May…
  • p. 5 …2-1/2 miles up Rogue River from mouth in Oregon. ## AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE…
  • p. 8 …Unconventional Aircraft INCLOSURE: "Tuesday May 24th about 5:00 P.M. -- 2½ miles up Rogue River…
  • p. 11 …BROOKS TITLE UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT (PROJECT SIGN) Sighted at Rogue River, Oregon, on 24 May 1949 REPORT…
  • p. 12 …upstream (East) of the mouth of the Rogue River, at approximately the same direction and distance…
  • p. 15 …PROJECT GRUDGE, Incident, Rogue River, Oregon SPECIAL INQUIRY TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright-Patterson…
  • p. 17 …ROGUE RIVER, OREGON; MAY 24, 1949; 1700 HRS LOCAL TIME The case referred to in the…
  • p. 18 …was 1 1/2 miles up the Rogue River from (i.e., East of) Gold Beach…
  • p. 19 …four other persons* while fishing on* the Rogue River near Elephant Rock* approximately 1 1/2…
  • p. 20 …upstream (East) of the mouth of the Rogue River, at approximately the same direction and distance…
  • p. 21 …two and a half miles up the Rogue River from Gold Beach, Oregon, my attention was…
  • p. 22 …two and a half miles up the Rogue River from its mouth at Gold Beach, Oregon…
  • p. 23 …while fishing from a boat in the Rogue River in the late afternoon, my husband,Mr…

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION	FILE NO.
5D 24-21U	DATE
27 June 1949
TITLE
PROJECT GRUDGE
Incident – Rogue River, Oregon
24 May 1949	REPORT MADE BY
HARRY M. LEE
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REPORT MADE AT
DO #5, W-P AFB, Dayton, Ohio
PERIOD
27 June 1949
OFFICE OF ORIGIN
DO #5, W-P AFB, Dayton, Ohio
STATUS
PENDING
CHARACTER
SPECIAL INQUIRY
REFERENCE
None, this is an initial report.
SYNOPSIS
Investigation was requested by Technical Intelligence Division, Hq, Air Materiel Command, Dayton, Ohio, to interview all witnesses to the "unidentified object" sightings referred to in the copy of AF Form 112, Air Intelligence Information Report, Pages 1, 2, and 3, dated 14 June 1949, from Security Officer, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Moffett Field, California, which occurred Tuesday, May 24th, about 5:00 p.m. - 2-1/2 miles up Rogue River from mouth in Oregon.
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DQD DIR 5200.10
DISTRIBUTION	ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO
CG, AMC (MCIAXO)
(1 incl) 2	FILE STAMP
	Hq OSI (1 incl) 2
	DO #19 (2 incl) 2
	File 2
	APPROVED
THOMAS F. DOYLE, JR.
Captain, USAF
Acting
District Commander.	UNCLASSIFIED

AFHQ FORM 15 JAN 49 0-208 Replaces AFCSI Form 4, 23 Jul 48,

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