oakersfield. "'all.fornia astronomical unlikely that objocb observed report. on J!E.WQ.U A..q'l'E rtS AIR l!ATER!EL CO!.~'fD Wr1&ht-Patta~aon Air Foroe Eaee yton# Ohio SU!JECTa Project "SIO~ Chl~t ~ Air Tieather Service, Andrews Air Foroa Base, w hington 25. n. c. A'l'TH s DSS uciuo-3/Hn-s/rm. 1. ?ro~eot "SIGl\" ia respor!~ible for the colleot1on, 1nvea'ti- t tion and jnt"rpr~t~t1o:r1 o!' dt1ta r~la.tivs t o s1c)ltinG of U."'1idontlf1tid rlyir~ obj"ots. A.ttaohod Inoi.dent Sur:~:risa 1 t~u 172 from the tile or PT"Ojt)Ot :.!G}~ a.re forwarded for study and nooall'"entHlt1ot! 13 to . ~h1chof thd L~o1denta may be eliminat~d b,lloona r8l~aaed on routine aynoptlo ~eents by the A1r ther Sarvioe, tha Nvy Aarolo~iGAl .. (.ar1oe or the linlU,d st,tes \1eather Burett.u. ri'te aum.,..rie tt...ohed .,.. y be nt b!J.ined in your hea.dqua.r te rL'I tor 'Worki.ag r.d r~ferenoe purpot.-a, , 2. ~n nir W ather S el"vio-& 1 the or.ly r,~noy of it5 type t}\.a.t 1-..A been a~ed t o la t in the acoomp: iBbMnt ot Projeot si~" :xc pt t.hat the United St~tes neathor BuT~au hn p~ovided L~tormation on ball ll:Yltnln~. Rsaearch projeota in ~hloh balloon.s r~ used a.r.d hioh r~ \Jol'duo ted or a ponsored by th~ Army. ?f&~ or Un1 ~d Stat-8a Air Foro r~ c1~1eoked b-'-J the Intalligenoe !J1J rtment of thla Conmand. i~e.,e eheo\cs rt.1...,\lsUAlly mad~ direot fro'Tl the P:rojeot 310W' Ot''.fice, ~C T\l0-3. !hese h~oka ~r~ d1sttnot from tn. ohaok of synoptic b~lloon fl1shta ma de by ,~.._ thel" e r"Vice ta tions of the A-1 r Fore~, ~e 1:a 7)' !ld ~he Depa rt~nt ,.,r CQmmeroe. (0. s . eather Bur a.u) raquoat,<l of Air T:~ t.her &er1ioe. :;. l~ 1~ t-he oplolon ot thl;a otfioe, that tho belollf r~anta rtt th038 hvi.Dg the g~ateat po'Sa1bi11ty or beL'lg liat doea no 11m1rnte tM po aib111ty that rre.cy of the incident re balloon.a. ' lit.etd i!loi- balloons. 'l'hi~ :Bq .A\'C, Chlet. Air Yleat.'ler Cubj a Pro~ot "SIG1.t' Servloo, Washin~ton 25, D. c. !he t~rm \lt<ad 1n 1nterrop.t1ng "1tneeaea to a!~htinga i s 1noloe4 ae a matter or intereat. Co:nment &I t o po.taible i:nprovement or the "Esear.t1al El nta or Intor~tion" in regard to routine ynoptio balloon tl1Lhte ia 1nvit.d. 5 It u requested :that correspondence be to1 we.rdec1 to the Coomand1ng General. Headq tra. Air Materiel Co~nd, o.tteDtion li~IAX03 FOR THE CO~.LVw lll G ~NERAL 1 3wnm riaa 1-172 inol C ).p'i ~\a.kowskl~ C.op~aio lAb b! Jor Ko<ll !REEP Co\:>1)81 llea.l. :L.NiS /'l/ \1. R . Cl1n bertlAn, Coli US.l.P' for ~i. ~. LioCOY Colonel , U8.AF Chlf Intelli~ena. Dept CHECKLIST UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJICTS 1. Data g Jlarcb 1~ 2 . Time N/S 3 . Locn t ion 3akersfield h. :!nmo ot' observor Ur. 5. Oeoupntion ot ob,orvor Pacitic 6 . :~ddrcss of obsorvor N/S 7 . Pl aqo of oboorV~tion 51t1\\~ troaa ~'Onnd 0 . }JUJ'1bor o~ ob j oots Two 9 . Distance of objoot fra!l obsEJrvor Njs 10 . Timo in s i'.;ht ~l/S 11, ~ltitudo ~/3 1? Spood H/S 1) . Dirootion of fliGht l o . Sizo Incidtlnt f llfl 17 . Color One obje~ aeem1nel7 atire, l'ed arx! black e*llal trai11na 18. Shc.po H/S 19. Odor dotootod 1/S 20 . dppa.rcnt construction R/S 21. Exhaust trails ll/S 2 . flo a thor o ond it i ons N/S "'3. Effoct on c l ouds Njs Skotchc s or photographs N0110 ' 5. Manner of d ! s a ppoaranoo J1l HEADQtlAR.TERS lOUR'IH AIR !CJtCB Ot1'1ce of the A.aaiatant Chiat of Staff, A-G! Ha.:ut.on i'1eld Cal1to1uia S0BJECT1 Investi on of Flying Disc. Mer ll, 19U! TOt Chief of starr 1..::1ited Statee i1r Force lUJhi.nt;ton, u. c. A 7 , s DlP :-T,'roP.rt 'I'E CF INT :.:LLI~lCE Air Inte 1 h ::en oo Requ ir~nEnts 3ra nch 1. lnc:ident rer:orted on 9 "-arch 1948, t his heooquartora, per telophone c.iil rrol1l Jgt A. u. l.,Jl'sen, ~neritt'a o!tir.e, ila~r:sfield, CaliforniA. a. Uooerration !lr. llake~tield tomia, o f ~,.o objects falli n r t o narth !rom urknown so n-ee on 5 March 19Ls bet11ean l Ql O a ~d 1655 h ours. Uencription of objec:ta s ir:dl:lJ' to falling aircraft .n.~h ::!noke and 1\lbri!J trailing. Observation mad e a t Bakm-!lfield with objects :;; t:ntod 3outh uost toward !1len a 'li!ita Lam, Cali.tontia. b. V)I.M)l' W t.ion b y em~.= or Ulo Pacific Ceneral &u,cye ~,1, ~!r31.old, Cali!ornia or two objoota w toh t oll to rth i'l'om mkr.O'\IT\ nour ee north ot 13.:lkorsf'1eld, CaJ1.ftrnia, 8 Wa.rch 19h!. Or.e objoct a aec.ed to bo on l~e -.it.h red and hlaclc BJ\01<15 trailing behind. 2 . Int' ~ 1 stated that searchin~ p;ueties, nircratt ani rescue 1m i t s have Dado nurnoroua attempt to locat e these raportod objocta without 3. Inwet.ieation of i n eirlant has bean initiated b' t ,il headquarters. Rooort will tollow /s/ Donald L. Sprinb':1' :inf'OI'LEtion tol .1X, Uitehcl Fl.d, ! ;I. Y'SI, San Fr cia eo G e i Sixth A7rir7 JIO, San Franciaco (l2th tl v.Diat) OON.\ID L. SFRIYIOF::! Lt. Colonel~ ts rl AC of s, A-e Dr HYNEK' S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT 1 . tron~1oal iii~ PTOb&bllitya ra1r or lo~ ~robabilitya 2 . }l()a-'iatrooooioal tut SU(;r;esti;e of other xplaaatio~ l. B.Jloons or ordinary irorai~t h. Rooket~, fla.r~a or f lllng bodi.~s; !.!ia o ellueous (reflect t ons, auror9l treandr3 , birds L&o k of videaoe preoludea explanations ~vidence off.,'M!d .su~;;9ats no ~xpla.nAtiont