U. ':-! i sun , Cal if -:-=-::'. : : Considered full y reliable and a CO!Iloetent rur:r.an. Sig!ltir.g "11 =o ~vi tnessed b %t .. l2 .. \.\C:l OIC ~oltsiders them high tyoe incllvi:!ual3 :\:J.ly quali f -:~'1 .~en-c..-'3117 and ..... cv~ ic..q],ly for c ontrol to ~r duty. Consilerr:od .. ,. noP, tt:!'l; , -e l i a: le o b-.:""Tc!~ n~Jchologicall7 stable. 'Jb,j~ct first ~3(.ot into 7iew about 2 :1ll~s no:-:n of L'lA Control ~.,O'Atr flyi.n~ ~;lt lov alti t u d e 'bet1.teen 5':x) & lCCO f t, climbi:J.e; on a lov irajector; ':Ji ~n a soeed astima tad i n e;cce3e of hGO :.~J-">H. I:nrne<il.lt.el v ..ft~r si,tin.g :::r~ rt.l.3ned to e ast s i d e of t owe-r. 3y tni~ t,ixe o'ojeet ~s esti:rr..ited t o n ve not il2i t han l5CO feet alti tu de Blld it .3 e'l had :~lo,ed for 3~-veral.. seconds to perhaps 200 MPS. .At to.is st.~\.e ob.,ject :oarl. 'l 7':!'!:71 sli~ht undul3.~in5 'H" i.)ouncill& TOO ti:)n. ~'lhen ita po s i 't ion o ri: n t<3d ~i th ~ l.Lne b e t.'ref!n the to~r and tbe air fr~ight ter~inal, but ~ ~li~ht di tnnce ~a~t of the ter~1ne~. ~r~ ~bJect toJk an almo st vertical ri~e or climb ~nd ld l~d. of : agai~ cJ.t an est.imated 3CC.O !t. At t h i s point -. eonti:1ucd -tt!l.t~..hing as .PFC ttemotcd to sumnon the ~\A.C.3 ~er: t i ons Officer~ ~t :~-oorted t h e obj~ct al:r:ost i:zJrediat~ll .:U .. ~ariaX1i s t;;..-tad a f'.ls t li!lb tow.rd. tha south-soutneast d4"ld rea c."l.ed r:.b0ut 20.COO ft a t 1iflicll point he lost si~t of it. :r.:i'C ' ne.,rer saw t.he object agai'!'\ after le~i~ to phone. Ob .. jeet w.a vie ~d th:r'\1 3-power binocular9. .Ul t :;Ht could be seen w_s a circular li.gbt one to 2 feet in diameter. It h... d ~ha intensity of a li3m9 floodlight and iW-3.3 so bright that 1 t blanked out an:r sil~uette (if any) when sighted in oinocul.:;r s. In size i t ..as comparable to one of Fairfield- s high-intensity run~ light.a. llo sound. ~s be:;rd nor was rq e:xhanst trail observed. The li5ht ;~;'is cle~1y seon 'Ji tn th naked ~ye I t ... ~s brilliant but by no me:~ns hl.:.n.J.in.g. Ob3E~rrer (?~,C 'il<l s ~nnvinced it was not BD aircraft navig:::.tion l it. ~e ni.znt ;r s cle.::.r '.J-:;-c ten :ninutas a:f~er =-~laa~e 'lt"OOr~d :_,, tr-.. r, tuc. tf.ln v ~1 CLt\SS i '":": EfJ ll"n ,,. Jr'!OI TOr O"'ifrUOIOfl I n "lCC~tr:CJI'\C.) Wlll"' ~'CI.L<c-J va1~ 'i~ld.~c. J..!.~l-n ~ir Fore~ Bas~ J~rem cin~ n~r~l 0:1y:-,on , Cb.io rt~,,rr~'lce is f'1~ie t-,o nf'rt , H-=A.di"Juart.ors Alr ~.'a~ari~l r~ommA.nd. dac.eri 1'' -.,,~.,'I!bQr 19L..fi. t11!'::ue.nt to n~:-:t raoh t wo of l~l:.t-=r 0it~d sbo .. r e 1.11 o f th~ l ni.d-1nt,ifle d f"lyi_np obj~ct ~1e..s b e ;:.n m~de br tl-t:? Tnt;:.1l Jr-"'n~P; Divis- io'1, ';."p!- r1Pld-3uis,ln A.L~ ?orce BRs.:l usin~ the ~s3~ntial 0::1 ' r:l~n:;;; of In- forr:ati Jr: ;j'.Jrm as a P\t:.:i~.. T!le ~.::.I to~ether with th~e~: an~los,;~es t:!Pr o t~is offi - rdless o r or~aniz~ttcn :."~I wi. t~ 3 I nels UNCLASSIFIED 201.5 h o11r s Pacific Standa:1 ~ime (.?.) Dis+~n and direction f rom city or t o?rn in t ~ r 5 e c ~.ions , o':Jject wriJ~ abo7e er-~Jund standi ':'1-;" H' 3 id;l (L) p ~.,a-dinates (i.f f~asibJ~. sho~ing latitude and longitud~: ~Torth Jatit11de 1~ No~ '1--ollcq,b}~ ~nr llc3.'cle i'roxi'Tlit.'f to Dl::'t~nc 3 La t.e rs ll~r The ol:>J~ct, r~rizontP.lly: . s i..zh t~d a t dis ta:: ~e nroce'=d~d t n., P . rd obs,.':)rvPr climb~d out in dl$ime7t r . .t\. .JC IJ r, Dir~ct:.on Us ICLASS\FiED :'o rrr.ed JAros r t _ ~ UNCLASSIFlEO Inold.ant }!o. 215 - -3 D c. 1940., 2015 !lour~, F L:-fio ld-L:.lioan Air For .. ca 3a'sa~-ull?orn1o.. The base control ~o~er operator s w for 25 aeoo~d~ a bright hit llfht 1n the e.ir. Ic carne into vie1'1 t1.o ::1.lloo n.vtay nt 500 to 1000 ft., ollmhing slowly at !~00 Ui'Hj at 1500 ft it aloRed for ~ faw second.l t o 2CO 'IPRJ at thia tiTC\9 it u.n<iula.ted o r bounoed1 roao vartioally to 3000 t t ar~ d1At.ly f~r'lfard!S oJ im'L'ftd quickly to 20~000 ft and ~l e )o.,t; to sivht. AMC Opinion, Ther~ iG no log;oal t~ t tits .t}u, av ihbla -evidancG o:plunstion tor this incident UNCLASSIFiED b. f:i'"CI !! nornbly dl3r~har~od f r ar: t t ec'!nPa tion iJi'lCLASS~f\ED a . rol or z r equ:reri t'P(illl r.:ow-ortS k; o.y coloo:-s. b . d of ~uvina objects: ~ircr~ft in tha cour s e Jf tneir ~or~al du~5 'JOS .:l r.,re L = full ... r oose.r1~rs ... DUu .:l.P U t CL~SS\f\EJ) 0 tTl't,.asoo. ~ot~:~J'1S3 o:" intP:-rocr3.to~ LntPrrQ~9 ~ed loc~l ..,~=-the r S T.-Sl nd ard "7lil iJ ~F:r~, Al +.!me t~r s ::svc~'1olo;-i _ell ... r U~lCLJ\55\f\EO .\ u 'nds-J.Iloft 'ln~ v9.s l o s t h~llo,ln was r~l rd for pu!"po~?~ or"' ~a~c.i.t'lCT c:-~rison