Air Intelligence Information Report SAC IR-3-55

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report (SAC IR-3-55) detailing a sighting of an unidentified flying object over Guam on January 29, 1955. The report includes a Project 10073 record card and correspondence from the Headquarters Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Two witnesses, both Civil Service employees with prior military experience, reported seeing two objects with a straight flight path for a duration of three seconds. The objects were described as rectangular when viewed at 90 degrees and cylindrical when viewed from the rear, measuring 12-15 feet in length and 5 feet in width. The leading portion of the object was described as a bright light, changing to orange towards the rear. No sound or maneuvers were observed. The witnesses were fishing in a small harbor at the time of the sighting. The official conclusion reached by the intelligence officers was that the objects were a 'possible meteor.' The report notes that while the observers' accounts were considered somewhat questionable due to the short duration of the sighting, there was no evidence of fabrication or exaggeration. Furthermore, checks with local AACS and Control Tower agencies yielded no evidence of scheduled aircraft or weather phenomena that could explain the sighting.