Oxford, Pensilvânia, 1956: um homem liga ao FBI perto da meia-noite e diz que perseguiu uma luz amarela a 80 milhas por hora

TO: Mr. A. H. Belmont DATE: May 4, 1956 / FROM: Mr. L. H. Martin / SUBJECT: FLYING DISC OBSERVED, OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 4, 1956 / Mr. Thomas Gamble, [address], Oxford, Pennsylvania, telephone [number], called 11:35 p.m., May 4, 1956, and advised that he had just observed a bright light traveling about 2000 feet in the air toward Baltimore. He last saw it at the place he was calling the Bureau from which was 121 Hodson Street, Oxford, Pennsylvania. He described the object as a solid, bright, yellow light, visible from all directions which he described at one point as being more than twice as bright and twice as big as the headlight of an automobile and another time as twice as bright as the evening star and it was impossible to persuade him to describe it more specifically. He said the object made no noise and that at first it was traveling overhead about as fast as his automobile but then it speeded up and he could not keep up with it although he was traveling at 80 miles per hour. He said that two of his buddies in the barroom where he had first observed the object had also observed it--Cecil Pew and Raymond Dixon. He said he had tried to call Civil Defense headquarters in Baltimore but no one was on duty. [handwritten:] Bufiles reflect no information identifiable with Thomas Gamble. / ACTION: Captain E. C. Brown, OSI, was advised. / cc - Mr. Belmont, Mr. Branigan / LHM:jdd (3)

TO: A. H. Belmont DATE: 5-5-56 / FROM: J. H. Glascock / SUBJECT: FLYING DISC OBSERVED, OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, May 4, 1956 / Reference made to memorandum Mr. Martin to Mr. Belmont, May 4, 1956, indicating Thomas Gamble, [address], Oxford, Pennsylvania, called at 11:35 p.m., May 4, 1956, concerning a bright light he had observed traveling toward Baltimore at an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet. / This same individual telephonically advised the writer 2:45 p.m. May 5, 1956, his true name is Billy Thomas Gambill and that his true residence is [address], Kenneth Square, Pennsylvania. Gambill desired to know the results of any investigation conducted as the result of his previous call. It was pointed out to him that the Bureau was not at liberty to disclose such information. / Bureau indices on Billy Thomas Gambill, limited to Pennsylvania, were searched with negative results. / At 3:35 p.m., May 5, 1956, Captain E. C. Brown, OSI, was telephonically advised at his residence. / ACTION: This is for your information. / cc Belmont, Branigan, Glascock / JHG:pat (4) / [handwritten:] let to OSI 5/11/56 EHM

BY COURIER SERVICE / Date: May 11, 1956 / To: Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Building Tempo E, 4th and Adams Drive, S. W., Washington, D. C. (orig. & 1) / From: John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation / Subject: FLYING DISC OBSERVED, OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 4, 1956, MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING (ESPIONAGE) / At 11:35 p.m., May 4, 1956, an individual who identified himself as Thomas Gamble, [address], Oxford, Pennsylvania, advised this Bureau he had just observed at Oxford, Pennsylvania, a bright light traveling about 2,000 feet in the air toward Baltimore, Maryland. He described the object as a solid, bright yellow light visible from all directions and that it was twice as bright and twice as large as the headlight of an automobile. He also described it as twice as bright as the evening star. He was unable to describe it in more detail. He stated the object made no noise, that at first its speed was the same as the car he was driving but it sped up and although he was driving 80 miles an hour he was unable to keep up with it. He advised that two of his friends, Cecil Pew and Raymond Dixon, also had observed the object. / At 2:45 p.m., May 5, 1956, the above-referred-to individual advised his true name and address were Billy Thomas Gambill, [address], Kenneth Square, Pennsylvania. / EHM:jdb (5)

Letter to Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force / The above information was telephonically furnished to Captain E. C. Brown of your office by this Bureau on May 4 and May 5, 1956, for whatever action deemed desirable by your office. No action is contemplated in this matter by this Bureau. / - 2 -