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1950-03-9614436-Brunswick-Ga: A report of unidentified aerial phenomena over Brunswick, Georgia, from the archives of the Third Army Headquarters. This document, released through The Black Vault, is a clipping from the Florida Times Union, dated March 28, 1950. It reports on a series of unusual aerial sightings over Brunswick, Georgia. The Third Army Headquarters, Port Mephisto, Oklahoma, issued a memo on April 4, 1950, to the Commanding General, Lt. Gen. John E. Hull, and the Air Homicide Command, Light-Pattern Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The memo includes the clipping from the Florida Times Union. DA??' 0!- Tfll-'O Ai‘‘ :.'0. • ^ A fT» » ' » • , A.Uv ! . .1 ♦? t\ ’•■•"r'i'.T ;;o. /rjiy letter r?c;:hi; tJ?v r PA';.-; ();■• {) ro.ri 4 AiTil 50 ••• A ^ • • »>r-’ j;v :ir;i.yj :'.'!M'5' ri&to or disc v;/ c^..vrcil:> iM'-’ i.l) ' ' • • 1 • i . . ' ^ M t ::r:M 4 • ^ ' 'I ' • ^ ^ 9 ? • I A tv-'^.s fWf 2>i'aF0h • Saucers Fly Over Brunswick BRUNSWICK, Oa., Kirch ST— “fljiag tiuecn" wire ipot- MS om ben between ll;tS and U :I0 o'clock jraaterday inomlni. ITMn wen five o( them, jbeae to pot POMP and two in an- V, njini at altrtudaa e«U> ited at SO.OOO to 40.000 leet. Hmm who aaw the ebiecu ad ■UtteS thejr may have been am^ a new type of American alrcnft but Inalstad aueh thlnie had never before been aeen here. Itank Bruton, tarafeman. obaarvid the olu-llke craft throuth binocttlara and uld they definitely wen ahaped like a Plata, round in circumference but flat on bottom. RIa daacrlptlon wu aubetanti atod by otbera, including four aiperienced avlatora. Olannu Dube and J. K. Ro aler, both membera of the Bruna wick Airport Commlaaion, wen flying in aepante email ptanu and apotted the "apace ahips" in dependuiUy. They landed at the St. Hmona Xaland Airport and found two other vetenn pllota 'had been watchina the atrange craft from the ground. The Mucera nr"‘ aorom the aky.that wen aeen by many peraona who thought they wen from an ordinary plaiM un uaually high up. ITm avlaton together eatl mated the apeed of the oraft aa from l,no to a, 000 mllu an hour. The flsuru wen obuined by…

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1950-03-9614436-Brunswick-Ga: A report of unidentified aerial phenomena over Brunswick, Georgia, from the archives of the Third Army Headquarters. This document, released through The Black Vault, is a clipping from the Florida Times Union, dated March 28, 1950. It reports on a series of unusual aerial sightings over Brunswick, Georgia.

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Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Declassified AARO File about?: 1950-03-9614436-Brunswick-Ga: A report of unidentified aerial phenomena over Brunswick, Georgia, from the archives of the Third Army Headquarters. This document, released through The Black Vault, is a clipping from the Florida Times Union, dated March 28, 1950. It reports on a series of unusual aerial sightings over Brunswick, Georgia.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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