65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 008

- ~-!"'-IN ,.• ~ a "/Jjfide _JYf_emor~um ~. uNrTE~ sTATI! GOVERNMENT : .1/lt~ / r TQ , I,. v:. Boardman "(' _:.,.1 ..,S ~ DATJ1 November 1l l'ltO.M ' A'. H. Qelmorz.~yJ Rasen- T•cnm·-- Sizoo--·- 'lkterrowd_ IIVBJBCT; C,Fi;YJNG SAUCERS •Tele. Room_ ..,. • ll<>llomn_ ,llemym~ino to you. 10-18-.55 advising that at Executive ••dr--.- , Session of Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAO) on 10-JB-.55,~~0 M.r, pull:es of rJL gtsaussed report. reoetvea from party of \ ~ • Senator Rt-chard B./1. ssell of Geor!lJ-a, travel Ing through Russ a, that Senator RU,ss.ell G4_____.!!e_e11....._q;-)1_y~n.,g saucer.r - ,--~,~::: V )', . ,..: - ~ --_J'l'he detai s were not clear and rrwa:s- - : ~d~e- c- i7 'd~e-dT~:~-~-~-~m-a·t ·t ~e-r should be kept quiet and all members of party·~ interviewed. Attached memos from @.IA received ll~J-.55 adviser' . tt member:s of party debriefed and following is s~mmary of t?ieir 7', observations: Party was traveling by train from Ba"k:u to Xiflis and aft.er dark Russell noticed a small greenish-yeilow glowing ball rtsing quite rapidly in s'ky. He tnformed other members of ~he pqrty and a Jew mtnutes later they observed another object. Mr.. Efron saw only 2 ligRts resembling eyes . Oolonel Hathaway saw a shad~wy 9bject with stmtlar light in middle at the top and rotating· light or 1-fg.hts similar to exhausts at the base, Sen.ator Russell had impr-ession object could have been as small as a rocket, Mr. Gros and Ool-onel 'llath.aw,ay considered size comparabl.e to ll. s. jet fighter, but Hathaway stated object did not resemble any air craft, rocket or missile he had ever s~en~ All agree object was r,otattng during its rtse along its initial steep trajectory. Based on interviews so far, CIA advises only testimony which would support existence of flying saucer or radically unconventional a ircraft i s that of OoJ·onel Hathaway. All other observati'ons can -probably be e:tpJain.ed as steep-cl tmbing q.ircraft or missile· or exhaust of normal Je-t aircraft i<n ,a dive, followed by a sharp puli-up in such a way nothing could be seen until exhaust vtsi _bJ·e to observers on tr:ai_n, bu~ pos_s t'ble afrcraft; was tnaeect of t/1.e short or almost vert""ii:al ta"ke-'off variety.. OIA eflates .further discussion wlll probably be required to completely resolve matter but indicates that eviaenoe does not appear sufficiently firm to warrant conclusion that Soviets have developed a radically new type aircraft. AfJXI-ON: