::CIAlS jc,fr /:l!I!W J..:a.; yaJ.a 6 l'taY l9h9 T.,.:hnical Intellig~n .. e IJi vision, Ai. r "la t ~riel c r)::1.u:md' ~r4ght-Patterson Fi eld, Dnyt. >rl, \...hio . Gentlenan -J..hJ..s is ~ ranort of &.'1 :.'.Jservation .nd.ua 3.t Vj neyard H,l'lcn, isL:.nJ of ~:art:--la' a Vin~ {3.rd, b~forc d~,m on a. d-ly la3t. F:1l l . I d.id n \Jt ma.k-3 a nol:.cl of th~ date but i : t .>~)-incldcld closely '11i.th lha arriv0.l of a s qt...1.lron of jet p Lan~s a t Ot.is Air Has~, Camp Ed,vards, C ~.~ .. Co1J .. m.J.d~ fro;u a l.:1r5.a ;j '3COt1J floor ThA obeF~rvation HJ.S "rLnd rw i' t.; LnJ northa.1..3 t torA!'d th~ C:tD! <J.'::lottt t3 r.Ll.Lc3 di::.;+,m':.~ lhd w'3a t h J .L wad storuv. I w~nt lnt o the r oom with t he no.Lth~a':)t 1~ind Y/1 'f"lith:Jut turnir:(l o a th~ light as I l.IJn:.ad to loJ k o ,. , r~r ~-~1~ ha.. boc to ;;.:!8 t.:Jn' the sto r.n \;as devaloping. ~3ky ch :U n > tl1 ~ ".dndo"f, o'" luminous he i ndiv-i_dual di .Jc? i.n the c hJ.ins h'Ld th!S ilppe3.:-anc 0f b?Lng a~o~t the s i z e of t~1a h~ad ot a saf3ty ~!~ten, and th~ ch::ti n s about the len~:1 of a rnatch- s tick,;) In c:>lor t h e chrins were f3..int 3had~s of b ! .l.;), l~reno~r, l:~y r.:.rst rea~t:.ion W~J.5 o f i ncredul i. ~ .. y .. I tun~d .. iAa.y ! !'om th~ ~ .. ri '1do~, w~nt to a dark cor:1;er o : t~ ~ r')Cln to :na.. S'.l:"a ID7 ~y~s tere n C. playi:1g tric '..S vn ~e, J..=~ ~:1 re:_u:r-ned t) Ct'l-! S\-.ept up, glid! ~ ~nd di v~d, in:.erw~aving as th~y tracen th ':!ir their path:$ . :LoJ.~Jilent was co-ordinated and there w ct..; no f ,eling that the chaind would C)llide. The chains did not hav a th-1 ~p;)earance of strun? b~ 1dR, but go..v" the impres:1ion that. the disc$ over-l.Lnped sl..:lgbr~ly, like fish ::3cale3, as if the discs wc..~.~e :;at obliqu..;ly to tb~ a.'Ci.s. 1 t, was this po1l tion.LnJ which proauc .i!d th~ ~ffecC, or t h e cle::~ents of the chains being discs ~vith the flat surfac-.3 pr sented to the observer r3.ther than sohere.3. ., -~ ., at fir3:. that ~that I ".icl3 ei .. 1g had ~:>o~.ue~:Ung to do ,...n_th t he j et. plane5 which l kne'll l'ier3 sch duled to ar:-i ve. Ag:Unst this ... ~as the fact that the st.):''=! wa3 blQ ~i.nJ so hd.rd thai;. .lt c1s imoo3.:>ible flying we;_t.her for p~e-jet oLanes. Also the movement of the chains :.ias s o S\d.ft at1d in 10 l v ~ct ;\au C?:1centrJ.tcd that I couldn' t i..."'laJine planes goi.l}g throll6h ::>u.;h m<.lnouvers. thoug h t of exhaust gase3 or tracar-.f.'lvr s , but the chains apo~arl~d t o b~.~ self-propelled and gui<led. 'l'h~3Y w..,l'~ luminous and 'dith a fulnt hal ation, Lut t h-r e wera no co:n~t-t.a.il.; or stre:t:ns or Attt.:.nptlng to find a relative d~scri~ti.ra of 1-hat. I s,:);~ing, l thntlght of th~ bac'{-groul"\d o::~.tt'3rn3 )f Di.::;n~J F ant asia". I r-:o.3t~mb-3red, too Fourth or JuLy fl.c~-'''rks. 'rhA tr'lj-~c to!"ies 01.' f-bc crLain!:i W~;"e like th~ burst~ from t.h~'!L3~ Lve-; !-.minded me of sr.a.r-~hain.3 f ro;n t ll<.D Lo .1~d roc:c~ts, but rfith tt..,o ,3'3~rr~i3.l points of differenc3~ (1) Ti:teJ appeared to b~ ~ropall~d, not 'L:>ating .. (2) I n 6aneral ttay vre::ce ho.ciz.ont.:ll, 5(. lt:!G1.l!l~.s u-p-tilted, bur .. n~ver vertical .. I jT.tdged t h e ch.3.ins dippt!d to n ot. l-e3.3 than }JOO feet~ abo"/e th~ Cap a :md rosa to several times that h ~ Lght,. A.> daybreak b-3_gan th~ di..5play a~d f :nof~r ch.J.ins and fi:1ally n::>n:3o f Lv3 t o t,~n JP.inut~3. cli:ninish~d .. .4a~ching for from v-lnua1ly r'o:-gott~n nntil ~n~ One stdt nt I ueliev~ should b_ adJ d is that, h-r~n6 often Sddn th:3 North ... Hn .Lghts, the di..,play t h3.t I witnass d h.J.d nothing to do \dth that, ph~nomanon unless i n a blac:< .;tonn it wa trJ.irlg out a n0n perf()rmJ..n,.:e. hope this lnl'oma.t,ion may be of use to you. :!ouro t. ul y,