ob jC: ~v, ::co:v..;co: !lAD Telcnhono oole ,n, th five 'I, t'Cln c Ie F-6 (P.H. Report) P Hover to hie h I \J\Jn.IIVi:l ::: the loft nt hieh snc cd Source knew of "nying caucc r " scare in the u.s. FRCib 7050th A.I.S. Wing PL&CEa lml'ROPETROVSK POLITICAL LOCATION a Ukratnakqa SSR EVAIJJATIONa F -0 PREAMBLE& From Aug 49 to 15 Oct 49 SOURCE worked as a general laborer in the building combine K.P.P. DOK. in DNEPROPEmOVSK (48/71 N -34/59 E) from 1800 bours until 0200 hours. At the beginning of Oct 49 he observed the following& Reterence ie nwle to inclosure #1, this report, a memory sketch or missile s observed fiying near DNEPROPETROVSK, on vbich SOURCE was able to give details on the follovinga Po1 at Ill a BODY. From the die tance SOURCE saw the body, 1 t appeared to be a lrge disk, the center or which vas almost black. It became red towards the outer edge, but the edge itself appeared to ~ vhite hot. a FLAMING ARCH. J. fiam1 ng arch vaa obaei'ved on top of the disk, but the ot the bod;y could still be seen. Potpt fla SPARKS. Sparks emerged trom the edge or the disk, wh1 te bot, with a til similar to the one of a falling star. SOURCE observed these missiles 4 nights betwen 0000 hours and 0200 hours, deacribing a vide arch on the wuthern perimeter, from East to West. The distance or height vaa not lmown to SOURCE. The missile was seen 1 to lt wrlnutes, each time. SOURCE beard no noises whatsoever and stated that the aame obsclrvations .were made by other PWa. To confirm his statement he gave the address or a fellow PW in AACBEN (50/47 N -06/17 E) who made the same obMxvati.ona flum another location, but during the same nigbta. Down~rade:i at int ervals 3 Yea~ ~ , dec lassifio4 ,.atte~ l~ Years .UNCLASSitiEIJ IW E.,. It f The Source , worldnp as a handyman lJNCLASSl::-~ED toNFIDENTfAL whilP i nterned i n >.1 camn :'7H61/10 A, uns Ref e rence is Iilfvie to inclosu rf"' 1 , thi .. rP,.,o r t , a nenor y s~<P.t.ch of m first tine, he \.JOr ::Pd at a ,.,ar s hallinr yarf. ,,,hP.r e he w~loac1"'t:i c onc+.ruct i on materia l f ron freight cn.rs, l")inoointe~ o.s '"~0.int . 1 , inclo~ur'?. l , rc"')ort. - '"7 A. The s Pc ond t i n e , he sau the ob.i e c t fron his nlace of \lor :: at !:3. A~Wi/0 on -,. nor - rn outs~irts o f !-~scow, when h e uorked as a hanC.y::e.n on the constr1.ction 0f a n anartr:en t buildinF , -,in"'ointed as '"~oint 8 , inclosure 1 , re..,ort "8-~ ... ? .. ':'he area ov e r , .. ihich the o.:>:ect Has seen is ""in~ointed 2s ...,oint nclosu:r':' : 'J , r e'Jor t f.-8';7 A, whic h \185 restr i cted to the be::+, of ~ot;.rce s nenor y . 0ource could not eive a descriotion of the e r eP a s he Has too f"r a\'ay fron i+ .o~""~ time s the objE-ct was see n a bov e the 5a11e s ite. .~.he att.Pntton of the r" s at work was att r acted to the obj e c t when sud d e nly a fellow P' , clail.'led: "Loo!<, what is tha t over ther e in the sky. ' \fuen lookin~ in the ~ irrcti.on in ,,:hie!~ the ? \l \-ta s nointinf!, ::iocrcc ~ot si~ht of an WlknO\m fl_ing ob.' e c t uhici~ e had never sePn, and of uhic h he had neve r heard bPf ort?. 'l!1P Russian wor .e r s "'e r e ~s sur- oe '1r i sed as the Gerr.an ? \ Is ant! discusse ( Hhat it could an answe-c-to i t , and were of the o oinion th~t i t was sottetilinf n cti and ti~FJt i t had nothing to d o with a meteorolorical station. As there wa s no adv e rtisinf! in Russia, it \-/as impossible that it was something of tha t kind , e s oecially as the strange arrangement of the parts of this object would not have bee n of any sense for advertising. Source stated that there were c uw1lus cloud s in the sky the first time he sav the object. He estimated that the objec t had an altitud e of about 5,000 meters , judging from its distance from the surface of the earth and l . >WNGRADED AT 3 YF.AR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED A FTEH 12 YEARS. DOD DIR S:WO.lO UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAU from t he clouds. Later on he admitted that his esti.l.1.ation may not hf.vc-been accu-ate and thAt it may have been onl~r '2,000 r.teters as i 't \..ras har d for hirl to ,-.stiJil.ate the.t . '"hr. e c ond t il.lP h~ s~ ..r +h oo,iect., t':'le s .. v "'' !; not ov~rc:-st. . flyin~ objec t nay hav e bet:)n about ~,000 to .?., 00() ueter s n."ny f ro:.1 his '"lOin+, of observ~tion. Source described thP object as uein[ one v e r tical rod above which five snherical itells ware Prranred in the way a s is shown on inc.Losure .. 1, this rer.>ort, nersoective and too vie\-1. From his point of observation the flyinp rod had the size of a oencil but may have been about 10 oeters lonr and 10 centir.leters in d iBJ:eter if the distnnce to tile ObJect. is t8J<en into cons.i.der a- ion. In co!!loarison with the diar . eter of the rod, t.he soher ieal i te!1s haa a dianeter of about three t:i.Des th': d ia.neter of the roc , nmnely about 90 to 100 centimeters. 'ib.e s nherical iterw and the rod seer.1ed to have been nainted all \-lhi te. '.lbe i terns may have been balloons, but Source coulc not cle.in t.hat. Source stated that he saw no antennae o r anything else coue out of one of the i terns. Four of the soherical i terns were syLlt.letrical ly arranged about five neters above the rod in a s quare, while one sphe rical item was further away f rom t he rod . Estir:ated distances shown in the inc.losure s hould not be relied uoon as they were estimated in relation to the size of the flying items. On both occ&sions the object remained motion.l.ess for about 10 minutes. Suddenly-it moved away am coula be seen t17 source onl.y for about 10 to 15 aecon~a untj1 buildings between the object and Source made further observation impossible. Source could not recall into which direction the object moved. Source gave the following address of a man who may also have seen the object, as he was interned in the same PW camp. He was the former PrJ who was released at ~FELD transit camp in Dec 1949. UNCLA55\F\ED l\! Cl"'CJ\~TiA' DEC DOD DlR 5200.10 ONFIDENTIAL. An intcrro~Tator of this office rtntr-d to the wri tcr of his rc'1ort t hat he read an article about tht? flrin(T obi,..ct i n a l S neHs""'aner in "hnu~ FciJ "'r ;i ln tr over Gernany to\-rarc1 ~ the e nd of .hr-1~ ! .. :.:r II. ~he:: Her.:'> n uf.(. r-J"cd i.~1 flifht besi.d~ .erniln air'11an~s. I had seen sonethinp and tiiat his st3tenent~ shouJ~ be en 't0 b~ reli:-hlc, esnecially as Source Has rather serious about ever:rthine concor ninrr t!'!is un.lmo\m object. DOWNGRADED AT 3 yr~AR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED A FTER 12 YEARS. UNCLASS\FlEil CONF\OENTIAt 1 31 JULYiSIGlli'nc.s J'art J'r&Acia, Canada Longrlev, Waahi~gton Rittaburg, FennaylTaDia Boise, Idaho AlenMria, La. ~ort Worth, Texas Valdosta, Georgia New Orleans, La. Alexandria La Yellovstona NatioDl Park, WyCIIliq Tigrariak IslaM Alaska Da)'toa, Obto Cp Hood, Texs Pullmn, Waahington PineTille, La. Sacramento, Calitornia Fairfield, Suiaun AFB, Calitornia , W.hington New Orleana, La Moreau.Tilla, La "~airtield, Suia\.Ul UB, California Columbu., Oh1 o Valdosta, Georgia Gal Teston, Taxaa HoDOlulu, Havaii Mount Pleasant, Utah Darien, Georgia heukill, Nev York Pocatello, Idaho Delphi, Indiaaa )fountain Heme, Idbo Carswell AFB, Texas ~airfield, Ohio Bel.liDgbm, Washill6tOD Mitchell, Nebraska Augua ta, Kentucky Sponua, WaabingtOD Jackon, MichigaD AVAUJATION Aatro (ME*mOR) Aatro (Mb'I'EOR) -AlFC.RAFT Other (B.mns) other ( KlTES) Aatro (lo!ETEOR) J..IRCRA.PT other (HCU) Aatro (l-t:TEOR) Aatro ( JUPltli:R) .Utro (STARS/PlANETS) ns1Fl'ICINI' DAT.A A.atro (MEtEOR) IHiUFFICIENT DAT.A , .Aatro (HE 'maR) Aatro (l-1ETEOR) .latro (STARS/PI ANiTS) UNI.tlB.N'l' U 1 f:l 1 Other (BIRIB) Aatro ( JUFmat) . Other (GRJUND/SEARCH L~ Other (BIRDS) PHoras ) Other (nARK) Jtoint Barrow, ~uka LouiaYille, Kentucky Puyallup, Wa.shin~aa Tallman, New York ~tro ( .TUPI'l"KR) Aatro (lv!:TEOR) IH3UJ7IC1EN'I Other ( .wTI AIRC&FT ONIDim'UI&D .30 Ncpa, Idaho 31 Cclumbua Ohio 31 Port1111outb., Virginia lul..Sep Southwestern, o. s. ADDITION~ REFOffl'ED SIGHT lNGS (NOT CASES ) EV AllJATION .&.IRCJWPT Aatro (MJ::TEOR) Other (CLOUD) 4atro (J'IREBAI.IS)