!:mlding Oi.!1CtJr, 22 ~btn ~ R:CIIac:r7e a.in,1nf1 Center, o~ -~nn:e BaM, ~"t Xnox ... {eAtucky - l t l;J \tl\lll:i ted !11 t.ell ~ee C. ~ict!'r ~i~?Ded. ~ ~ter.w..nta fMta ... .., l ail::i'Ole i ~e in teni cw io!ll-1 b 1Jl icolarl7 det~ Je obtaine<i. ~o t.~e 4n t ia'YiawiJl4 t)t~.fic~ l:l ~r(l 1~ eG d data. . CQGOUAil" tifT S, eol~aeted d&ta ~nould M.r Hatftl"ial 4ocissand. '.:e Ci:aetod ~o Ule ~n~nn.snc!1r,.g lernl. .~ign\-?~t ter~.D U.r .~ oree ..:&Ase ~1nid\! t-o Richc:rd G. Du.mpny Hich-.:rd E . Petcru-~n -lflether bt: crver Chzrlee L. Hoe~r~ -Jccu~tion t:.nkno1\n .Addresses: Ft Knox, Ky. Observeas appeared t o be competent NOTE: Base Intel.J.ibence Officer believed the object to be "Sirius" Th.i s star till appear in the southern horizon durin~; t.he t.ime :in~c& ted and is usally bright cue !:t r E erw.reme beat nd closeness \,(, tne e~r"C.h. It is relatively small and w.-: ... : 1 &ppear to chal\::e color c::: most t'tars c c ~ne::. c:t a~ altitude of less tha.n. lC.o ~bove 'Ule bor:i:c~on. ubservat.:.on "lL"'"ll !::J.!l- W.:: ,, wcrease tile colo!' e!'!ec:.. !.ol; eie vc;ti.on co'-l.ld e.cc x.:c:t f o:." t-.."le =~ c~ -:,:<; t it NI..RFJ;.'t-rtar~u~ -~: cj sappeared inst.c:r.tl_.v. IJroBE'rT.ER Statement: At C)J50C 1 s aw a bri;=ht ol'ject sv: of the. field ree>embling a eter except thc.t it s e emed cuch brigater -s o muc.h s o t.h2"l.t it cauf;ht my e~e the se.conC: ! s~w it. it ben t&sin::-bL"loc\:..la r.3 the objec'.:. seemed t o be r ote.ti.t"'16 c: t.:5. t he ccl~s, rc c, ~'-J..Joo a .... d g:--ben re:rf" '\q~!J disti~-;uis~ble. J.t 0210~, tL.c objec t d.isc..p~"'red corr.r:i..Et.ely ~:t:. = Ec::-i~s of flashes. Pos:i.tiun of the object y;a$ dete::-m:t ned 'by a theodolite fro~ tb~ top of the 1-laP..t;er t c be 21:2 .5c hori zo:.1tal and a vertiC<:ll &nc:le oi' 03 .. 6'-. P~"T~.N STl~T:l~.-!:T: I~ Ric.~rd E .. Peterm:.n, ~c:s calle d to tre: t owc:.r on the ::..Cht of 1 Feb 49. S~;t l.edbetter pointed out a brir;ht objec t in the s lcy- r.hich appec:red to be about the size o f c r;olf ba 11. The ob .. ioct WClS changing in color 1'ror.1 r ed, green to yellol1. The elevation ViuS 03.6. The object was observed in the southwest. I co<"~Jd not determine the distance but it ~ppeared to be great. The object v.'E.s foJJ.owed for 20 mioute.s . I -vra s unable to t ell wl:-.at speed t!1e object 'Kr.t::; traveli.n~, and could not bee: '-IT;l n oise or sense any ooor. 'tner e ;Qs n o tr~tl left bebind. The:-e were n o projections from this ob~iect. It was just turninG cround :in a e:mall s~ce End chal'lbing colors . I t changed co.:.or once ar.-1 di&(:ppt:r:re~. There were n o cloud:2, the weether ~s clear \.-i.th cpprox~m"'tezy 1 0 r ;.le.c '\'i.sibi.lity. DmlPRY STATL:ME.:T: I Cr:-1 P..icMrd G. Dumpb~r, AF JJJ79389, 1915-4, Lt,CS Det., Godna.~ no.. , Ft Kncx , Ky, was on du.cy on t.he ni6ht cf 7 Feb lt9 llhen .n untdenti!"ieci object 6ppeared in the South V.est skies . Sgt Ledbetter had .!'ir~t noticed the object end b~OU.ht my ~ttention t o it. The obje c t ~t that time ~appeared t o be & b out the si~e of o ~oft ba l.l" rith f.lnsb.es of red, green and yel lo1-:. The position o.f' t:le object was take.n att:l ~oggac. The obje~t epp~an~d to be traveJ.inb in a Etrzi~;bt Jine awc:y ~om our pocition and. gettll:.f: dimmo:-from the tim! it ~s fi:-st sif;hted until the t:: me it disappec.red r.hit.:h was exactly 20 m}_nut.,es. ROJEPS ST!.Tl :::T: On t he 7th of Feb 49 I was on du.ty at the ~e~ther S~t::.o; God!DA':1 J.F'b c.nd at Cl 50C Set Ledbst ter ca lleci rre frcw t he Control 1a\ r. stated th:. t he arrl Pfc l h..un;,cy h;:d sir;hted a stra~e ob ject in the ::1~,. snd that he we. nted me to come u p ~ n:i ta lre a look at it wh:i c h I o c. Inc:l dent; ! ~ ~t; rrv-c: Ui r of RY (Cont -Rocers Statement -(Cont ' d): J~ few roinut.es dfte~ I arrived i n the tower, Pfc ?eterman also came up . The four of us saw this object wblch was just above the horizon to the southwest. The object s eemed t o be rota tine red, green and yellow color. At approxj rna tely C200C, I went out t o the theodolite and managed to locate the object in it and took readings on it. 'l'he obj ect did not s eerJ t o move frau its original spot where it was first sighted. While ''0 were 'ritchi..'lg it, it suddenly disappeered. Tb.e object vanished at 0210C. Sg t Iedbetter nctii'ie d Lt Clay who wa s the Officsr of the ~ and entered the event in the log DECLASS1Fl!:D .\~ l :;; :.~ 1CL~SS1F\ED . _; 1D ~!)8 E!!:EEiEi: 397 ?D REi'ORT R!QUI~E.D BY F!1ST IND C~A ~4CI,'i.XO DASH ~ORfY NI. ~ ;;ILL J E D!LA '11:D DU!: TO p;.~SONNEL Pl -ce 0 f Cbserv~tinn -::o l! ball a nd one re~t; Ji.;t.:m"'..; f r orr. J~scr:er (Distan:;e t o 12 t8. ' JVe r whicil ~bjec\ appeared to be): Diet.ance w'li<nown, but it a~.peated to be great.. !Ji:-&ctic,: of flig~t :)f object (s) : ---.. ~ai~t, l.L"'!e ~way from obeerr9rs. brilli ... l!LCL): .. \!Ch bri~hter t hAn t~ ncr:rel star. : o clouds., eJ..sa.r .dt.h apr.:raxi .. :-oatel7 15 1:U.las :>r unli.Ll.t..cxi ~nsibility cocm::e~rrt -;:,o~x~ers :wd 1.:l"Ve V17 .l.r.ll3l.lal oo j-ec t~ .lJ .:a..j oesn done. DNCLASSlFl.c:.D SUJJ~CT: Report ot Unid$ntified Fl~ Cbject. 3 , The object. observed, is b e l i eved by the Baa a Int.el.li~nce Officer to be t he star Siriu:s. This star will appear i!l the oouthern horizon dnring the t.i.tOO indicated and is u:rually bright due t o it s extreem h~t. and clo~e ... ne3s to t he t::?arth. .:iiriu s la relativel y sroe.ll and wil: ll_i>' ... ~<~r to cha n~ colo>. as cost stars d o when at an altitude of less than ten (10) degre~5 ubo~ t he hori2:on. Cb:servi.ng 3 star t.hrough binoculars \ill incred~o t he color En"f a ct. The fact. that. tha object. disappeared inatantly c~n be a c count.ed for ?~hen a t, such a low eleUon. 4. Only one theodolita reading wa3 taken a:s shown i n .?.:Ahibi t. FOU TRE COlllANDI~lG CFFICEa 1 Adced 4 incla S tament of Sgt Ledbetter ( J,x "A"} (in trip) Statement of Pi c Peterman (Ex "B'') (in trip ) State:rtent. or Cpl Duaph.,7 St.:lte!'llent of Cpl Ro3ers H. 'r U1lPTON '.';OJG, US.\F \JrJCL!ASS \f\ 0 :'! OOie..L.J.. J.n ce :c.t n .i3t 2 tar:!.al Ot" "'..a t~ed UNCL:~SS\r.\ED . On th~ 7th o ?ebrua~J 19L , l was on duty (,; t. t.hb .;oa.lh~r Station, Gcdm&.'l Air .Force !3ase a::d at, Ol50C .3gt. L~dbt)t,t.~H' call me from the .. Control Tower.. He stated that he and Pfc Dunph7 had sight- ed a strange object L'l ths sk 1 and that. ne wanted mJJ to como up and take a look a t it, ~hich 1 did. A l~n clnu.tes a.iter l arrivad. 1n. ~he. t.ower, Pre Petar.nan also Ctic.e up. The .f.:.ur of U:j saw th.J.s object. ~ffhich was just. aolve tne hori~on t o t~e s uuthwest. 1'he object. 5eemod t o be rotating red, ree.n a.-xi yellow color. At. a;:;pro.x:~natel,r 02QQ;, I ':f9nt out to tht~ theodol..i..t.e 3.!~ ::: tcaged t o locate t.h e ooject, in it and t.oclc readi.n;S3 on it._ TrJ! object did not seam t u n:ovd frcr;1 i ~s or.i.sJ.nal spot Nhare .1. t was first dight.oJ. t,hj i.s .1e t:r8 watcro.n s .i. t., it auddenly disa ppeared. T ooject v~r~3heci a t v2LOC. S6t ~ed~etLar notifieJ. Lt. Clay, -nno tf&S C:!e Cf !l.;er o! t.h e Day ti1a ~ nlb}Tt am entered the event in the log. A1'ter I 'Rent. b~c,g to tha ucat.har Stat ion, I made a note of i t for Lt. ficJ.trm5r ar.d ..>gt. ~ra.nkar, to sat! the next !l'Ornin cr Cpl., IJS.=\F . ZC11Iarr "D UNCLl\SSfF!ED .3 TAT t;MZ:~T I Cpl Richard G. Dumphy' !2)1179339, 1913-4 .UCS Det, Godm.:in Field,. Fort. Knox., Kentucky, -:Ja.s on duty on tl':e nig ht of 7 F~bruar;r 1 ')49, '1ht!n a n unidenei.fiefi object ap~eared in the 3outh West..erly 3ldes. Sg t Ledbetter bad first notice<! t he object. and brought. ro;r .14 t. t enti on to it. The object, at that time appeared to be about the size of a soft ball, with :l~aaha or red, green a.~d ysl~ow. The position of the obje ct. was-take n and l o&;ed. on the !or.rn 1 8 . . The object. appear~ to be traveling in a strri,6ht 1L'1e, a"Nay from our ,os.ition, and g et. t.ing d:1.!ru:Jer from. t he ti:ne it "Was fir ot ~ighted until the tice it disappe