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AF FORM 112—PART II APPR? 1 JUNE 1948 * "+ AIR INTELLIGENCE esi nO REPORT FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. PAGE & OF PAGES FLYING SAUCER (The Pield, Conway, S. C., 5 February 1953) instantaneously, some never even Kicked. All have died from poisoning, of a caustic nature. There have been no early symptoms. The cows simply have fallen over, and have died in an instant. Two cows owned by Henry Anderson died of poisoning less than a mile from the sighted object on the very night that Booth saw it. Both cows were milked and fed the evening before but were stone dead at milking time the next morning. Other cows have died the same way from Mrytle Beach throuch Red Hill and into the adrian and Poplar sections. And the greatest number of hogs have died in the area in history. Some farmer's have lost whole herds, One man alone reported losing 75. They did not die of cholera. All of which might add to the mystery. What did Booth sec? Why: was it there, fid it have anything to do with the death of Horry Livestock? THE FIELD, Conway S. C., Thursday, February 19, 1953 "limps Dontt Go That Fast" BOOTH ah we C, A. A. THEORY HE HIT BLIMP The Gerry toulity farner whe on January 29 became the only man in the world to. shoot a flyine saucer today debunked a CAA suggestion that he might actually have “wounded” a Navy blimp. Lloyd Ca, Booth, e?7, said; "TY have seen many blimps and I've even been in one. ray | certainly know a blinp when I paw one 80 feet over my head." That ee, of the unidentified object whieh floated slowly over Booth 's air wig the ek pe . Might and which soared away after he shot at it with @ .22°: pistol. Boobh sighted the object after a commotion amonc his livestock se : search of a possible prowler. “> ip ag aha came Tuesday from C. We Hall of the GAA control tower at Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, WN. C. Hall said three Navy blimps were en route from Glyneo, Gas, to Weeksville, N. G., on Jamary 29, and that one of them could easil: € have passed over Horry County at midnight when Booth was patrolling his farm pee High headwinds kept the blimps low, Hall said, which w 3 a & ts Ss wh Booth s ey just ten feet above the pines on his Lands ? a ry Booth Hobted one Booth rejected the blimp possibility on the basis of hj | aioe tad pier Ee Ld Ot h 3 Z S * ’ braft. de added. y is past experience with the i « eee a WAS with an anti-aircraft unit for 22 months during the war and I was trained ane meses a apcnee tame sight. If the object T saw and shot was a plane or a blim, T purely would have known. I watched the thing for almost 30 minutes," eet Booth describe 1@ ¢rafi sine ej : 4} 1 cribed the craft as being circular, with the contour of an ece sliced fro nd to end, He viewed it from directly be eohanet 5 PR gcse 1 oe c y Lent 1 from both side S ae was unabl. Ne detect any identifying mark ne 4 ° Ty seek ch ie what might have been a cabin on the roraaie topside and near the eieiiat ane 90 ih NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. $.c.— 31 AND 32, ASAMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVECAUCH OF ITS fea ity IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PAR 3 ; AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. zn [ 16—55570-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ra | pe han f f a af f OUNLA 2 HpK a. 1... ¢ classifi