Cl.rCll.l'1r' J nr; ici. Jr.t 11 o cn lllCn ~. Occupation of ob~crvor 6 . :Lddrcss of obs orvo r 7 . P1oco of obsJr~;tion n. rrunbur of ohjC'cts i'ld Coatrol ~ower 9 . Di~tunco of ob~\ ct from observe r 3/S Ilroa l4al to lEco CG! -O,er accorcli:ag to 13. Diroction of fl ir.,ht 4~e~tly fro 234~ t,o ~9~ South to Silver -brlgh\ lD :; a.sr d.t.-up -!"'"~J!d; I lai,c;(, ~b j ac\ S8crrt&i f1 nid. Odor d ; t eet Jd 20 .. Apparent conGtruction rJ/3 r-l ccncs o r .. -r.ncr o f A~ aopro::t 142o 7 Ja::1 48, Duasler ~.:compan.i~d by Lt Col E .. G .. "/cod .~nt to God.~ltJ C::>ntrol rto.rer t;') ob~erv9 u:rid.s ti.:ied aeri31 obj ~ct. Sbortl:r af~er "~,hei"" arrival Cl)l ... tb~ Co~mr~dLng O!'fi\!er .. .r.~s f3tl. A~ about thia t. e L\l.a3lar first Ji~!lted a brl,gb.t silver objact. Tha:1 Col Hu arrived. Sho:tly tberea:fter a fl igb.t of four p_,~ t a fle w OT3r Godma'3. Lead.er as contxt~d t:> pur::ue ob;cct. Eie esse ~ad ~d three ?-51' e clbb~d o:s. the cours\J, ths fourth .P-51 r~t;u_-n.ag to base . Fligb.t l;:.der 04:U.led to observil tht-\t "ooj3ct wast l7e o clock hig.~" ~a-c-~ t o describe it, he atatad 'it iJ brl,:;b.t and el.i:nbi."lg a ".J,Y from me." Ea stated at first that it was goi~ about 180 MPH. Thea Control Tower lost sight of the :flight bu.t could still see tbe obj3ct. (h co"neetio with this, Lt Col 3. Ga.-riaon "iood ~ witnessed the sightjng stated that ~e it a;ppearad about 1/10 the size of a full IJD03., if tha t'n1!2~ t '!llr~ a. great di .tauce 9.'118;] as com:.par9d to the dind.~..i'Shi.ng size of s flyi.Jlg toward it, it ~uld seem tha.t it was at least several bnndred i~et in dismctar.) Snortly aftar NG 861, tba fli~t l~er. atat~d tbat he was "at 15,000 ft roW. still clim'bu~;a Ea stated that he j1~d.6ed the 39eed to b;) tha s.ems as his or appro!!: 3to :Jf?a. 038 of his planes then asksd !li:za to lev;ll off but no rc.rply ~ heard from tha fli6ht lead" r. ~at was the l?st meg~ received fro~ ~ member of the flight .liter dark, 3nother or the same object appearsd ill approx 234 from GoCimaa at 6:> elevatio This body ro1'ed to "the west (259) a.,d then do. The sha;>e .r13.S fluid but g~erally roulld witll :10 tail, the color chall!i~ from \t'h1 te, to blue, to r2d to yello nil had a blook in the center at all times. At 1Eco CST it (9s obscured ~J clouds .. Tate-r, an 33tro:;w, r was cent~ ted \Who att :;)rnpted to account far t.td.s pbeno~ena as either V mus or a come~. (?) Rtroort of ciTili3:Q.s and state ooll~e and O)rt-obora.te d version on thi9 1nci.iaut W'i t:tosa..aa: 3l.aeltwoll. of alert~ the P-~ airaraft coAtai!'ed ill ?zr, 011Yer the vitmeue:s ~rro~a:te& &t~riil eontailled in the otbe:r repor~s LOC:l v 10n 5. rccupution of ob~orv0r ... ~"&7f i n co.utrol towe!'" 6. l.rl.drcss of observer P1acu of obGor tion [3, llumbor of obj0cts 9 . Distance of objr)ct from observer -~.., Timo in sif;ht .Al t..itudJ Direction of fliGht eo:De too;ed :ti th rGd.;t - Odor d ot-octad Appnront construction E::-:huust t ro.ils 3 . Locction :ro.mo of ob0ervor .:.~, P~ I. Orni~r Occuput.ion Datacl:r:M:at Com~.1~'3d~ o b~.,o rvo r 6 . i"':ldross of obsor"..,.. t i on Contr~l 'lowar 8 . riunbor of objoctsl Ilistanco of obj~ct Ti:1.o in sight I ~1t itud.J lid of P-51 A:Jpeand s'tatioJI !l7 dote ct. o<l Ap r~rt construction 22. ::cat hor conditions lligh -scatter6d but clQS%" - ..a o l.iaci fi.r-'.J\ r .. !X"lr.8d by 14ilit~ y~olica a; .:l~ -'i'O:X aourox 1'-+CO C~ .. , vl\:'\n.i ~7 of J ant1WUl:t. La ... er o~ar l:.,i.:ur--oa . Owensbol'o, ;r:/. S1 ~b ... d. '-oW.n;~, "J;r Bl3clrJ,qll~ Cht ~ont.rol ~c r. Lt~er-Ei'len""lc!~ or"i'ic-. of en. proc di!'-!! ':.;.> Conr.~l 0 ~r \'.'l ~ 1 ~ )' t9d a small Uclite oojec-.. ill th$ J01lth. at S..~f. lt 1-- and .JV.i.ic112ar.r. Cot.l.li .Jo~ d.Gi;~r.ni;113 of ob.j-9ct r:adiatoo or rax1. cte d l~t .. ...!"4 11L"'l..cs i t par ;131 ly as Farac.bute wi ~h 1rrlg:lt StJll ~eiloetiltg f~o.r of -,~1 ..... ~ ."'1"91", tber <o;t mad t o jo som~ !'ad lig,b.t artSUlld t,, lt>wr "'f.;eJ.~ of i \. :-~13 sl.rvad to ytlr!lll C objwe'i. ...ooic: a course oi. 3l"oo1lli 21o-. s~prox 5 lat.r o bj;1ct. ~.:.~t ~ .... G 61 (fli ght l:)r.d~r) 'r'i')Orte d i~ b ~lld travgll!.,g a.bvv..\ cl!J ,., La<ter ha s-;atad. he ~s 'elo~bg u . to ~e a good look' ~'his ~ hil l..1at me NGbCO t .l:.en reported 00 S69 bad diaappeer~. A\ the tL,. of his di~ he r~orted high 3Jld ahed of ~rl~ ' ap_prox l~.:X.l) to a>,CCO :i'\ Yilt.~ at ;.pprox 15,CCO ft.. 1~ :IS&& (3G800) ret.ursd. f..:Jr :uel ad r ~2\ed -oursrl" go~ to altit of 33,CCO !\ 'Out did !lO\ e~t oojec\ . At about 1~5 tt lai'~ toWJ . 1 .. ater. Lt 0:-~. rat'nr:11 d t o Control r ( aboll~ l D3 OS!) ~ pv.r cai7s d bri -~bt l i&ht a t a po i-;i of a u\ 2llCJo a..--c...:nt,h and. s~ cl~ tio~ J.t .a.~,~ ~u.:v.i oo.jec' a:nd did not " th~ here ~as a ~.va}x. .1az the oOJee" ramai.."led visi-:ua and did not diAaop~ ulltil it ~ t. ~910V tn. l~el oi t~e .qrth ~ a . similar to the sm or moos s a ting. Ehis noJact was vie'Jied ".racked Wi h the ~'feather Statio 1 t ! rem 4. .... oof 3 . Ioc~t:lon Gedman Fld~ Fort Knox, Ky Occup~tion o f obsorvo r Chf Operator in Contlol ToV~er at C-odman F1i1., Ky. 6 . .t~'ldress of obsorvor USAF, Airwa-ys & Air Cona:nuni catim s Detachmen ii 733-5 AF Base Unit ( 103D AACS Sq) God nan Fld .. , Ft Kncx. , 7 . Ploco of ob;;Jr-~.r~:tion Tol"rer, Godman Fld !fun.bor of' cbincts Uista~co or objoc t f r on o bs J rve r ,j 'l'irr10 in Si~ht n/J 11. ; ... ltitudu Over 15,000 ft l?. Speed In excess of P-5l 13 . Diroction of flirht South llt. Tucti cs N/ S contiT'l.ued clim5nimg l~. :::>nnr.d Not Sta ~.cd Trer.tendous Color Silvery or !!!e t3J li c Oc or dotoc~od co!1~ ': ru ct ::on N/S Vloc th~lr c ond it i on5 N/ S Sko :-.ch ~s < r photoc:-"li?:'~ ... Ncne r rn -oi' .\.~ a .. .J Jroxirna.tely 1320 S;rt Cook from the ce' s o.ffice notified the observer ( T/:5~ Quinton A Blackuell) that according to Ft Kno-,: 1fili tary Police & ur;u T,"VJn State Police) a large circuLar object. about 250 to 300 1 u in di::-\!:eter .. ,'fa.S over :~O?sTiJ.:"\-e, Ky. Advised him to check nth lu-my Fli~t Svc. They advised negative but short~ thereafte~ reported object over L't"'\ingtcn, Ky, then Owensboro~ Ky. Object :first siehte d by Bla.ckweJJ about I345'to 13'50 over south 'G<>CElail. ~"'lrl. Verification: 1st Lt Orner (DetachJOOnt Commander) Capt Carter (Operations Officer) Col Hi x (CO) sighted it about 1420 At approximately 1)+.?9 to 11}+0, fom-?-51's approached Godman f/south enr0ute f/llarietta, Ga. to Standiford Fld~ K:r. ~ Blackwell askFd Flight Ieade:r NG etf:) Lo attempt to identl.fy object. Accompanied by two other rlanes he proceeded south f /Godmap. Fourth p l a.ne proceeded to Standiford Fld alone. About 1445, .flight leader (HG 869) reported sighting object ahcad an:l above -stj 11 cli:nbing At 1 5,000 ft he rep:>rted "Object directly ahead a.-.d above and moving about half rny speed.'' A:?"ain "i t appears metallic of tremendous size." Still later ur rm sti11 clinbing -object is above and ahead moving about my speed or faster -I m tryinJ to close in for better loo!<n . 'l'his .. nas about 1515. l''ive minutes lator the other trro sl,ips tumecl back. NG SOO reported "it appeared like the reflection of sunlight on an airplane canopy" S~ortly ai'tervrard this S3Dle pilot~ ('tG <:100) resmred search going to 33,000 ft, 100 m:iles douth but did not sight anything CO!III4,._iHT HO. Col. 3. o. Oav1s. Jr., COlnl?landi.ng Of'f'icer.; .J32d ?fghter Win;, LAA3, CoJ.s, 17, o. 'Colonel Davi3 ~li~ is~. Loedding, Air IntellSgence, 7~ight Field ! under:~ta! .. d thD.'t u cou. .. 1er~u.tian took place January 7 ~ ilednoaday bo oeu Go ..... ~\ ~i~ld. Kentucky ....:.1d your buso ut Lockbourne rebarding UD Ull.i.den~ifie~ f . yin(; obje inb 1 O\.: od like a. flyint; Yr. i.oocidin g . I read n.bout it iu Capt. Dusler sa.:.d there ;rea a fli'Jre &sais w:i.r.o in this th - call f:rm.-, LockbournA Air Base. .and t.!ley cvl. D.: I ::-or.sol'lJ\lly YJ.lOW cat:'li~; or t h a.t :,ir. lcedd.ng. Ur . ~. : 1 tttGndf.n"' L.~ y cu. colld ::'Ak.e ao .1:-':Vt.H~tiga'!.i on a":'l ~ ~>ink it i:ov-.R -::.o:-, in t~: t .. did ~ee i ~# :::....f\yuo you cot:ld cc.ll mo buck nn d I co ll c o:wc :::. ere o.nu t a 1 : to ~ Cl'!J!d bee J. ~o i o in't:;c l .. ' ub( .~i.A) t .'\or.lc Col. J . : .. hel ~ ,. bcdJ on -':J1i!l st ion S2.7l ~ !'oroi~1-' oc:j!)ct ir.t th. n:i2 - and ~..e ttar they discUL~..ied it irlth ar~ja!'e -~po.rticultl.rly ?i eld o :~ .. 70U. <'u.l l ~ aL:d I "'N'ill cl.r1 ""Te ovar and tulk to oat.~ idott to tl l ~ m I will a ppreciate it. Colonol .f='...9.t :.s .,vur e:.cvor:.sion? s~1ma~ s ze. ~ I~ rom u oceeding s t 10 MrH. ntuc-JQ' State Police wer e iilformed by unknow i:ldividDal (a) that :.n 'Jmls~'3l :rlrcr:ti~t or ob~ject was :flJi;lg thru ube air , circular i:1 anpe uance, .with an a pproxi:nate -ri:ze of 25~ }CO f t whica waa IOOVi!l .1egt~rd ''at a pr e tty good clipu. '?!lis ':]as relayed t o Godman ]1ld. See also report by' Jamea m,dsoa, Inc. 48b After 14co: Aft er 14co: oi obJect on 7 V'uly 48 is reporlAld roughly as fallon: P,dw~d~tille, .I.!.ltqoi~: O'ojeet of aluminnm a ppearaDca wi ~hou~ apparent wings or control surfaces whico n.oved SOllihwest remaining '"tiaibla for about. 30 :ninu1is El izabethtoa: So descrintioll Do de scription !-t~dison: e. Kz. -a s reuorted in t hi3. Cil@!l'abtJiU;-lo 'iescri"Otion 4-aso7iii9"; .. Teim : .:\. ar. ~yfer~. .. tronorner b\ Vcu1de1bilt UniT. sco ted an ob,ject SS3 of tfasrrrille, Tenn. ~t~en lb3CC Wi tll baske~ attache d \1/hich moved fir3t : SE tileD '.-'est Godmu. nd Control Tower: ~ee CrDer' a a ccount 33s) ~e ~alar accoun\ 33e) .Onio} SPe Incident 30. 30a. 30 b t ,,. I 1 .. f lrM fur lnl"roffitl' (ttrfl',~orlntl' ,, ,, hl n hct dquartrn.