UFO News Article: “ ‘Flying Disc’ Near Fort Ord Probed”

11 April 1950

(Madera Daily News-Tribune, California)

Source: cdnc.ucr.edu

The whole article:

“An army intelligence agent opened an investigation today into reports by sheriff’s deputies and others that they saw a flying ‘saucer’ near the army’s huge Fort Ord.

Deputies Ted Cross and Jim Matney, a former aerial gunner, were questioned for more than a half-hour by the agent regarding the object they saw streaking across the countryside near here Sunday (9 April 1950).

The agent told the deputies that all army intelligence operatives had been ordered to carry cameras in their cars in an effort to photograph the elusive discs.”

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19500411.2.24

Wikipedia article: “Fort Ord”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ord

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Map of the Fort Ord site — in Monterey County, California.
(text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org image)

Satellite photo of Monterey, California (tageo.com)

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UFO News Article:
“Another Saucer Reported Seen”,
11 April 1950 (The Bend Bulletin, Oregon)

The Bend Bulletin reports on Monterey Deputy Sherriff Ted Cross’ UFO sighting between Monterey and Salinas, California on 9 April 1950:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=329YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2346,779957

Quote from the article:
“Cross said he was driving along a 20-mile stretch of highway between Monterey and Salinas with Deputy James Matney, Matron Barbara Harris and a prisoner when the object came into view. The time was 7:00 a.m.”

NOTE: The newspaper date is 11 April 1950.















Map of Northern Monterey County, California (californiacoastaltrail.info image)

UFO News Article:
“Two Sheriff's Office Patrols
Claim They Saw Flying Saucer”, 10 April 1950
(The Modesto Bee and News-Herald, California)

Seven persons, including two Sheriff's Office Patrols, sighted a disk shaped UFO over Monterey County, California on 9 April 1950, according to the article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9U0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K4IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4304,1727727

Quote from the article:
“One of the deputies, Ted Cross of Monterey, was driving a prisoner to the county jail when he said he saw the saucer.”

The UFO had a diameter of 10 meters (30 feet).

Satellite photo of Monterey, California (tageo.com)

(tageo.com photo)