1. DAT! TIMI OIOUft L LOC~ 10M 8 Sept,..ter , 4. NUMBER 011 OBJECTS 5. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION rw Seccm 6. TYPE OF OISERVAnON t. PHYSICAL EVIDENCI 10. CONCLUSION Aetro (ME'lidl) Fairchild Airs Evaluated as a meteor observati 11. BRIIP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object waa a bluilh-lllite light about the size of' an auto light ap}m)ac~ the field from the North. Observer watched ~ ae it )*seed over the Weatem edge of' the t1 eld where it .U.argecl 1n s1 ze, emitted "ap rka " in the torm of' a trail tar abNpt,] went; out. Ho aowd Si;:htinq of 1.\rs. l''ortnoy, wito gf Capt, Don C, Fortney, iAondny 3 Sf!Q 2220 hours Capt. and a.~s. Fortnoy r.ere returning from the city of Spokanet to 1-'AFb. Capt. 1-'ortney was drivin.; west on Hl~hway 2 about one milo or lese from the eastern edge or the field when l:ira. r 'ortney observed bluish white liGht appro3ching the car frnm the northeast. The li6ht was-caving at"hibh speed" and comtt at the car so directly thct 1lll"s. Fortney became fribhtened for fear it would striko the car. It passod over, however, and proceeded on a S~ course overflying the runways ano hanG~r are~ of FJJB. According to Mrs. Fortney, the light incr\JIIE~Hl in size (from that of an auto headli~ht to t~ice tho size) over the h~nbur area, emitting sr~rks in a fiery tr&il appearinb in v~rious colors other than blu~-white \';hich it had been. At that tir.le, the light suddenly w~nt out. No other observations v1er~ made. ~o sound was heard. The course w&s roughly N~ to S~ ano travel was ~arallel to the ground at a low altitude. No air- craft were in tho vicinity at that time. Capt. I'ortnoy did not observe tha phenomenon as he was concentratin& on driving and had his sun visor dO\'Jn (reason w1known) Sit;htin~ of Clifford L, Ponsnoss 1st Lt {pilot}, ~aturday 8 Sep 2260 hour~ Lt. Ponsne-sa ,-,us returnine;; to hi~ quarters from the home of a friend, walking north on a strdet. in the officor housing area when he observed bluish-white light about tho size of an auto headlight appro,chin& the field frorn the north. !!e vatch~d it as it passed ovor the western edge of tho field where it enlarc;ec in size, emitted "sparks" in the form of a trail for a few second~ ~nci then dbruptly went out. The time was , approximately 2220. No sounds v:ere heard. No aircrft woro in the vicinity of tho field at tho time. 1'be course of the object was from the NE to S\'; over r'Al'B parallelir.g the earth at approximately "150 miles per hour". observer) r.tonday 3 Se p 1400 Hours i'tbj or Gard!.nier v1as relaxing in the back yu.r,c of his home in the ex- trt".r::A corner of the city cf Spokane when he notic!.d threil strange objects o p:>earing out of the l'tl,. His first impression was that they Ylere extra lerbc pieces of c&rdbo&rd or v1rapping pc.pcr twnblinb about in an oversize "dust devil", about 2000 above the terrain. Continued observation, how- ever, seemed to indicate thut the objects were held aloft by a force other than air currents. 'i'hey rencted in a manner indicating motive power of their ovm. All three objects acted independently and highly erratic~lly. For ex~mplo, one object woulc move up while another would move down and the third sidewayJ. J,fter v1~tching the objects for tvm or throe~ minutes, iflajor Gardinier colled to his \7ife to bring a monocular (6X23) from the house. V.hen !..irs. Gardinier returned with the glsss only one of the objects could b'l seon, t!-. .! oth~r tY;o having daparted in the direction of Fairchild Air Fore~ Base. ~v\'r.L\'Cf{ADEO AT 3 YEA UNCLASSIFIED J)ECLASSIFIED AFTE R Rl TER''ALS; Both &:.ra. Gordinier and a nei(:;ht,or, l~rs. Lo\vell Allen, observed the third obJect as it climbed and diaappeared tot~ard F'AJoB. Aiajor Gardinier described the objects as rather flat, pancake-sheped, 20 to )0 foot.ncross, 2 to 6 fcot in aepth. then first sichted they op &red khaki tan in color but throuuh the monocular Mppocred o metallic bronze. Observation was dif- ficult because the oojocts were constnntly 1uivering ond oscillatin~ in tha air. They r.ere capable of abrupt chan~as of direction-and speed, yet could also hane; motionless in the air except for the quiverln~,; motion. J;o sounds were he3rd. The woather was CA~U. Neither d~s. Gardinier nor the n~i~hbor could identify the objects. No dust or other debris was asso- ciated flith them and no trail, smoke, or flame could be seen. They appear- ed from the NV. "as though follovlifli the course of the Spokane River" until they were abreast or the corner of tho city of Spo:mne, orbiting there for approximately five minutes and then proce~oing almost directly toriard I'J~'B. All three objects appoL~;red to have a hih rate of speed, dif- ficult to estimate because of lack of reference aa to size and distance away. No further observations were reported. UNCLASS!FIE:u Olalet, Air teolnd oal latelll& CtDter, WrtcldPatteraoa .... UNCLASSIFIED Dept ot tile D .. V8U APOII-Y/!G .. adquartera 17th !lr Dln1loa letter, uadaW, wltb oDe (1) laol01ure ud lador' la forwarded tor yr llltoratloa reteatl oa. Bq 17th All" DlY 1 tr ated w/1 laal UNCLASSIFIED .A.1Tl-rul :.r; imiC AIR COIZW:D, Ot1\lttAir Poroe Bue, o.ha, Rebr, fOa Dir.eotor ot Intellilenoe, Headquarter "''ll', .. hinltOD 25, D. c. , Aftla AFOIN-C/CC . . tor J'OU1' 1ntorMt1cm. Lt Col, USAF Aa.st Adj Gen UNCLASSIFIED Hq S'lt.b AD 92ID SubJec~ 1 81&htirw ot UnuMael ObJect. a me 350 (no date) lat Ind C'-fJ, HIADQtaR'l'mS FIFTEENTH Am FORCE, March Air Force Base California T01 General, Stratepc Air Coamancl, Ott\ltt Air Force Baee, 1. Forwarded tor ;your information 2. !he 57th Air Division has been instnacted that in the case ot future aishtin&a &IV' inf'ormation ot a potential intelligence value will be reported in accordance with Air Force Replation 200-lS where no eatabliahed report and procedure is imolvecl. FOR THE CCI4KANDI11l Glm&\L1 STANLEY U. NS JA'lj or, USAF A~s t Adjutant General UNCLASSIFIED