rJJ\','i: CJ/ c: pc,!rr 'l'~Lll -~nry A'.i'IC SOli i\C:I. M TF 111 TCI A'l'IG Very b1 eh -Ji a . \It' . DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEP' OP' NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON 2!S, D. C. UNCLfl,SSiFIED From& Director of !laval Intelligence To I CommandjJ: g General, Air n~telial Command Attna LVIS IN lt&PLY lt&PU TO Op-,322F2/bga Serie.l 064J.P32 Subj 1 Report of unconventional airc1art aightillg; fol"Tlarding of (a) AFOill JilOmo to ClK>(DUI) of lH Sep 1950 (b) DI/USAF Conf 1tr Ar.OICcc-1 of 8 Sop 1950 i:ncla (1) DIO 4lll Conf 1tr File AS-S Ser OS10502 of 16 Jan 1951 1. Reference (a) indicated a conthn1~ r:s interest in the subject or uncon- ventionl airc1aft and on~1oeed reference {b) as a guide for any cooperation that might be extended. Enclotrure (1) is fort1arded accordingly. CopZ_ to 1 DIO 4llD (w/o enc.) B;y direction UNCL,~.SSiFIED IN RLPLY ADUREI>! DISTRICT INTELLIGENCI: OFFIC E R NAVAL D I STRICT AND REI'ER 10 NO. UNCLASSIFIED DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE OFFICE FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT U. S. NAVAL BASE PHILADELPHIA 12, PA. 16 January 1951 District Intelligence Office~, FOURTd Naval District To: Director or Naval Intelligence Subj: Sighting or possible unconventional aircraft; re- D cont ltr ser Ol6236PJ2 dtd 19 Oct 1950 gard ng subj ec 1. In conformance with instructions contained in reference (a) the following information is submitted. 2. raragraph 2(d) or enclosure (1) or reference (a) is used as a guide. (i) Object sighted was a white light, which flashed on orr ic a manner s~ilar to lights or commercial ei.rcrBft flyin~ at night. It is believed to have been circular in sb ape. No other inform tion could be given as to the shape, size, color, aerodynamic features, trail or exhaust, propulsion syste~, or sound. It is reported as having traveled at a high speed. The objact or lj~ht Jl"ade one tight circular turn an.d dis!ippeared traveling in a south-southeast- erly direction at an estimated altitude or 5000 feet. Observers disoounted the possibility or the object being a jet aircraft because the turn was too "tight" tor an aircraft to make. (2) Sighted at 2119R time and was observed tor not more than torty-rive (45) seconds (J) Observed visually, from control tower, Naval Air Dtation, Lakehurst, N.;., which'is situated on top ot Hanger No. 5, at a height or 265 teet. Binoculars were used as an aid to view the obj ect. UNCLASSIFIED. UNCLASSIFIED 16 Janus ry 1951 Sighting or possibl~ unconventional aircraft; re- (4) Observers were located as indicated in ,aragraph (3) above. Object was arproxir.Bte1y one (l) to one and one-halt (1-1/2) miles to the southeast or observers at the southeast end, s out.ll side or r\.'.nway #30, i~A.3 Lakehurst, at an estimated altitude or 5000 feet. Runway #30 is a Northwest-Southeast runway. (5) There were no ether known witnPsses. The two observers have been assigned to duty j n the tower as operators tor the !>ast twenty-one months and are considered to be reliable, sine ere, and intelligent. (6) Y!eather conditlons at tiroe of sighting-s}('y clear, visibility plus fifteen (15) miles, as reported by 2. Enclosure (1) is attached as suggested by paragraph 2(e) cf enclosure (1), reference (a). ). Subject sighting was reported to a representative or DI0/4ND on 3 January 1951. The Philadelphia office of the USAF, OSI was intorltled or subject on 4 January 1951. UfJCU\SSJF1ED UNCLASSIFIED ABOUT 2119 ON ?.7, ::>ECE'.1r-ER 1951"{ A~J AIRSHIP " f'.S ''f,KINC:: f . LEFT-IJ..MD TURN OUT FRO~A RUN"'AY yr. "'HEN A STAR-LIKE LIGHT I'P EARJ 0''ER f-JER TC THE f:CUTHEtST. IT C IRCLED VERY SUDJ iLY, t.NJ ~,...~::>EJ S~UT~".,~ST /IT Ml t.LTITlDE CF t.B'JUT 5,'"'fYt1 FEET. FURTHER EXA'.~Ii~ATI('~! " ITtJ E IN~CULt.RS REVEALD IT TO eE ~IRCULtR OR OV~L n: SHf. E. IT EECA .'E ILL' ' AI: :ATEJ AT RE~ULAR I"JT~r-VAL~ ANJ '''AS TRAVELLJr AT V~RY HI SPE INC IDJ::NT T00K NO '4~P.E Tf-JMJ THRC:E-"UMITERE CF f. '.'I NUTE. ort~E '''ERE CLEAR t.~JJ VI~IBILITY 0\I~R FIFTEEN ~.AILES U~JCLASSIFIED