DATe Ill '1'0 A'l'I C l!OLOA _ _Aalmr &ll1pt1cal OJ(Jo'!'J'CKF.S 'l'CatiUI"6J7 A'l'IC rora 329 'rYPF. OF C'lmF.ilVA'l'ION_.fi.r.Q\V\4. - -- . -~ ~tArrt-:tM:rtS .Tttkr UJl..A<lD~JW.n.ecL. f alt.it.ude Af rmnt1 112-i'ART 1 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFOR~AATIO Sighting of an Un1dentitiecl !:_i~ Object., OklhorDA _ _ '' . ..t........ 1:lJ' .... Intelligence,Divieion, Hq MATS Waahin&.toQ 25, D. c. .. .> ev n ' , ' "' USAP Sergeant, 513th Reconnaiaaan~ Sq Percr B. Sutton, Captasn, _USAf -u--(VLI} )!eatl\e~, ~er ~, . Pklahoma Cit7,. a. At app~soxhwte~ 2152 CS!, 18 Septed:>er 1950, an unidentified aerial object wu obaetswed OYer TinDr Air Force Base and IUdweet Cit7, Oklah01:1a. 'nw object wu aight.ed b7 S Sgt Randall D. Fowler of tbe Int.ellience Section of the 5l)t.h Recormi- sance Sq, "(VLR) \Teattwr, Tinker AFB, Oklaho-. Cit7, Ol'clahoma b. Ylhen first. sighted the aerial object nppeared to be at. a poaition of approx,.- i=et.el7 3 to 4 000 .teet o'ftr Tinker AFB, movin to the northwe.t. at a speed estimated to be tram )00 to 400 liPH. In appe&ra.nee the object res6111bled an elliptical area of amber colored li~ht approximat.el7 25 teet in diameter but without di!initaly diacernible c. Aa the object passed dlrectl7 above the observer, in its northwesterly flight, there appeared t.o be jerq sideward movement.a. The object. was observed tor appro:x- iMtelT 3 minute and when last aeen it appeared to be at about. 10,000 teet. continuing to ucend int,o the northwest. Clear skies up to 25,000 teet. were reported at. the time ot the obserYation. j A ebeok at local air inatllat.iona on the following morning revealed that lno local aircratt were kno to ~ aloft at the time ot the obsenat.ion. !Captain, USAF ~IJ.LW L~ TRAVIS :.t Colonel, USAF UNCLASSIFIED AI ~"ooM UI-IAIT I ArFl'OVED t .IUM: ,._. IUAal!II,.CAT'UIII !he tollm.ne statement. ,ns llD<le by S/Sgt aea1cncd to the s;oth Da:ab S~n ot the 50C)th Dcnb az.ou;,, u e<a\111 ,iaJ.kor ' . At .a,pr<D1na~ 2100 hours on 'a.7 Se~t~:ber 1950. Tlh11e en 0\ulrd nut,. on the 0~h Ramp Areo., I aaw a bluish mntOlicht appenr south east or the Due a,tu""oxi- matoll' ten (10) nUes dirdianoe. This object wu bonded nort.hmJst :!t o. fJ.ct l'(ltc ot apood. It appoarod to be about. ten (10) toot in diatleter and circular 1n eh"-!'0 At &ppr<'x1.o.te17 t\'10 (2) mUee nortlmaCJt or the Eaoo the object veerod oh4rply to t.be. right and than d1sappo3l'Od trcm oi{tht. l:o ~oum could be board trw this o~)ject. lt appeared to ba Apprmciruate~ e~t tbouand (~ 000) teet h1~:h. The tollcm-ln(: Uete<l aimon also 8&\1 the o-.e object at tho same tirno a A check \11th Base Operations zft3loc:l that thoro ware no aircrtlf't. in the looal ~ ~ at thia time A obock With the Daso i'"'ather station Nvoaled tbt\t tba ceiline TIU twont.y-tJ1ree 000) teet and that Tieibility 11:11 titteon {15) ailoa The E.1rl.7 i'lrllidDC !lad:lr station, tbie Beo, TillS inoporativo nt the time ot this oba vation. . ARlt..?.: ~. TfXfl_:LIAll Lt Col, mJ\J' i3ng Into11iconco Otticor .LJOWNGRADED AT 3 YF!AR tNTli!RVALS, DBCLASSlFIED AFTER 12 Y ~;ijiliiiiOifjy OIIIGIIIATOII IINCI:AsStFJEQ Ill JOJI:Ea 3 078 VSAr, 1 fl7 SIC IIIII: THIS OOCUNr.n CONTAINS llilrORMATION AFFE~TING THr '~ATIO~AL OLFt.-.~.i.. OF TH~. liNITI!) ' ,TATro> WIT fiN Tit( Ml ANIIIC OFTHC l"SPION.\Gt: \Cr. IJ c; t; Jl AND lZ. A~ A~t:NUCD. l'rS TnA't:'M !;SION OATH[ R\IElATtOIII OF IT" C'O'ITC nS IN ANY MA'tNI:!t TC) liN UNAU 1 !IORI71 0 PEit!j(,)N 1:. rJ~,..,If IIITL:> l.Y i..o\.' .. IT NAY NOT DC IILP~OOUC0 IN WHOLi OR IN PART. IY OTII[A 1111\N UNilC:O l>TAn:s AIR fOtlCE ACCrCI[j, CXCCPT IIY t'C.MMl.;t,IO~ or 1 HL l>lkLC.TO q OF III'IEU.IGEHC.