PROJECT 10073 Rt:C:~D 10. COl--:CLUSICN ~c~.~bout t en minutes artor the filii,-_., o~:.o:-vod G UJV'c;~ '1' IGA 'l' IO. UNCLASSlFlEL UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS Incident No. 1. Date of obs~rvntion 10 Aug ~9 Date of Intervi~w 23 Au~ 4.9. 2. Exact tima of observntion {loco.l) J,BOp iirs. Central Stand.ard Tine 3. Place of obs~rvntiona (l.iap Coordinates) In. village o! W pdsy1)1 e. Arkansas 4. Position of obsorver {nir, car, blt , loce.tion or -give dAto.ils 1) Observer was looking out o r window arxi noticed object 5. Yfuti.t attro.oted o.ttontion to objocts Object was bri'!ht e.nd fair;ly larg~ 6. Number of objects o.nd sketch of for.mation o r g r ouping : une 7. Ap;.:>arent size {compo.r e t o kncr.vn object, i . e., sun, moon, thumb or fist o.t arms length): Object ~as approximate size of full moon 8. Color of object: 9. Sho.pe (give gro.phic d0scrip'tion -compar e with kno\'m object) a Object was nat and round. It resembled a disc. 1~. Altitude (Angle of e levation o.b ove horizon-0 n t horizon, 90 overhand): 45 degrees above horiz_o_n 11. Dirootion from obeerver (Ang l e clockwis~ from north)s 160 degrees 12. DistD.nco from observer {d i s t o nco to tovm, bldg, otc., ovor Vthich 0bjoct appeo.red to b~)z Appearod..to be flyini oyer rid~e 1 p1Je from obserler 13. Direction of flight of obj ect ( s ) 1 s~t to Ee.st 14. Timo in sight z Approximately 2 ~nutes 15. Spood (timo to covor ~ivan nngulur disto.noe)a Nornal speed o! ai l&ne 16. Sound o.n<.l odor a None 17. Tro.il (color, l ength, width., persistvnca, ate.) None 18. Luminosity {visiblo by roflootion, incnnde~cenco, othe r -d~greo of brillio.nco) a Object v:as bright and resembled sun shining on nl pmi num 19. Projootiens (fins, win~s, reds, o.ntonnne, cnn~pios, otc.)a _.N~o~n~o f flicht pa.th) None-flir,ht GUIDE TO INVESTIG/~TION ( Cont t d) U~JCLASSIFIED Inoidont No. Mnnno r o diso.ppoa.ra.nco: Observer entered house to c:~ll neighbors. she again attempted to view object, it had disappeared. Effect on clouusa None 2~. Addi tiono.l info nna.tion c oncerning objoot: Observer first noticed object through window or liVing roan. She then moved outdoors to observe it. 24. V/oa.thor oondi tiona and light a.t time of sighting z Weather was cle~r and sun was shining. 25. Uo.mo nnd addrosc of obs11rvor z Oocupo.tion nnd h obbi es: Hindsville cowmont3 of interrogo.tor r.Jl ativo t o intolligcnc o o.nd cha.r o.cte r of obso rvor (chock n eighbor s , police dept, FBI rocords, umployer, etc. ) Observer is a woman 73 years of nge. Her character and inteGrity are excellent, according to three neighbors. She is very c.lert for her a ge. Did obsorvor woo.r g la.s sos, ospocio.lly pol 'l rci d g lo.s ses nt time of sight- ing, or wo.s object vi.J\rod through ca.nopy, windovr, or othe r tro.nsp~ront mntoria.l? Observer wears bifocal glasses. Lenses are not polaroid. UNCLASSIFIED GtTIDE TO INV~S'l'IGATION (OohG UNCLASSIF~E~ Relative to R~Jar Sightincs 1. Re Radars now opero.ti nt; on gr ound a. Ovservations of di r c o'tiou , 1ange , spoed, a l t itude and :3i:.e of targets b. Did target execute uny t ur ns? If so, who.t ailbl e ( 180 degroos), etc., a nn v.hnt rndius of turn. If rndi us of turn was not rvabl e , how lon~; J i d the tc..r~et ::;tay in t he turn r..nd what was its speed. c. llote particul arly nny separation of' di stant target int o seve r a l t a r gets upon nppr oach. d . \las radar blip on cathode r uy t ube vrell dei'in~d and consistent with size of cbjeot ; i'a.int; fading~ pulsuting; at r egul a r rote ? e. Did radar echo signal di sappe&.r s-uddenl y o r gradual l y ? 2. If air bor ne, when object was si&hted : a. Wer e ther e any radar 1ndication3 or extr a noise on rndi o cir cuit::;? b. Givo e fitimatt3:; of' si ze., speed, mo.neuv~ rs, oto. Te l etype sequences of local wnathor .eond1t1ons : Nearest weather station is located at Fayetteville, Arkansas, a dista nce of 22 miles southwest of Hindsville. All weather dat.:t of that office f or 10 Aug 49 Winds nl~ft r epor t 1 has been forwarded to US .\eather Bureau, Court. House., Fort. ~:orth, Texas a. Adiabatic chart for period in questibna Local fli~ht s chedule s of commercial, pr~vate, nnd military aircra f t f lying i n vicinity at the time 1 (Che ck Cunadai n uot ivity if closo t o boraer.) No commercial airlines operate in the vicinity of Hindsvill e and normal air routes do not pass over that area. A small black airplane wes observed flying over the area about 10 minutes after t he sighting. Pg~sible r e leases of testine; devioe3 i n vic i nity sent ul oi't by Orlinnnoo Havy, Ai r For ce, Anny, \1eat he r Cnits, (f o r r elease and tract of l ighted synoptic balloon and other i nf onna tion), Reseuroh Orc;u.niza.tions or e.ny ot hers. Nearest release of weather bl'lloons is at Tulsa., Oklahoma, a distance ot approximately 125 miles west of !iindsville. 1J NCLJ.\SSiFf E..., UNCLASS\F\ED 5. It object contaci..od e arth, outu.in soil !lamp leo within an d w1. mom: depression or !ipot whe r e objoct la.ntie d !or pur poses of mal:ing o~mparison of s oils. Not applicable 6. Obtain photogr'.pho (or ori~inal ncgntivos) wher e c.ve.il llbl o ; if not , s~oure sketche s ofa a. Object None b. Surrounding terrain ''1her objoot vrar.. t"bsorvod Photograph of terrain atteched as enclosure no 1 o. Plaoo vrhero object contacted eo.rth ( i f this ho.?penod). Not applicable d. Mnneuvo rs e. Fon'll.".tion (if r.tor e than two) Only one object was sighted Socure signod statements. Signed statement attached as enclosure no 2 8 . Obtain f ragments o:. physical e,ridonce w!'ler'3 possib l e . Not applicable UNCLASSIFIED UNCi.ASSJFJ , a temporary ....... of the Hindsville, Arkansas do solemnly swear that I am 73 years of a ge and that the statement contained herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belie!. At about 6:00 PK on the lOth of August 1949, I was lying on ~ couch i n the living roan of ll1:f home loold.ng out of my South living room window wtching some birds, when I observed a disk like object in the sky. \'his object appeared to be the size of the full moon and it wa s round, bright and shining as it the SWl was reflecting of! of alumi niwu. ,Then I f irst observed this object I was loold.ng through the glass window, then I went outside and continued to observe it. !he object was flying aver a ridge is about a mile fran rrry house and it was flying from :rest to East. !be ridge also runs West and East on the Sout h side of my house. After observing the object for about two minutes, I went in the house an called two or IJJ neighbors but they said that they did not see it. Hhen I re- turned to the yard the object had disappeared. !his object did not mak e &1\Y sound; itdl.d not leave any smoke trail; it did not have anything pro- jecting from it and it was sailing in even flight at the normal rate of an airplane. About ten minutes after the object bad disappeared I heard an arplane f~ng overhead and I went outside to see what it looked like aoo saw thfi\t it was a small black airplane and it did not look anything like the object I had seen before. Although there were a few scattered clouds in the sky at the time I observed the object, the sky was clear in the vicinity or the object and the sun was shining SUBSCRIBF11 AND SIORN to before me, A-F-F-I-0-A-V-I-f UNCLASSlrlED HEADQtL\RTCRS :F< UR:.CH 1\ :'J ~ Office of t h 0 i.C of S , G- 2 Fort So.m Hc.1ston, Toxn s Unidentifie d "'crio.l Phur.on-~:w. TO 1 Conr:w.nd.ir.g Gcnc ro.l .'.ir i.int erio l Ccr.u.u.nd ~frir~ht Po. ttcrson Air Force Bo.se l): .. ytor., Ohit' ATTE~lTit.!-!: !~CI Th o 1.'ollo~;ir.t; rcilort (jt) r o unidc-r.tifi.Jd o.cr i:-1 phonon cnu. o0s .. r-~ d o.t !iindsvi11e, i .. rk~.nsc..s, on d:\tc ~ t~d tii.1o ir..dicn.t o d , f o rrr.1rded r\ ' r your ir.fO!'t!Dtion: