-- z.CMlie.n nA Tc' Irl TO A'l'IC Greater than l .. . tJ.I..Jl.,.l m !A 1 'I~ Halt moon GOUI~i' S ~:ouun Continuous whistle. with somo reaembleoco t-~un-:tJVF;ns to jet noioe. PHO'J.'a~ - -!JKETCJD:S (1) 'i.'c~anp<lnry A'l'IC Fo.nn 329 : 11NCt~SS ED AIR INTELLIGENCE I~ORMA REPORT Report. eont.aina WonnatioD on the ai~ting of an unidentitied fl71ng object 1D t.,_ ric1nit7 of \'1e8tower Air roroe Baaa, 12aHchusetta, on the morning of 6 Deceaber 1950. A aatob ot tbe object 1a incloeed . WILLIAJ.i L. TRAVIS Lt Colonel Intelligence D1 riaioD .UOWNGRADEU AT ., y ~ I UNCLASSlflED -THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AffECTING TH llATIONAL DEf'tNS[ OF THE UNITED STATtS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPK>AG ACT. !0 U. !' C - II AND a. AS AMEND0. ITS TRAHSMIZIOH OR THE REVnATIOH OF ~CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTIIORIZEO ptR!()N IS .. H<4101TED OV LAN IT MAY NOT K R~ROOUaO IN WHOLl OR IN PART, IY OTHER THAN iJtuqo STATES Alit FORe AGEHCIES, lXCUT IY I"ERMISIIOH OF THE OIRE.CTOK Of INm IIGINCI. USM. UNCL." SS~Fl ..... . II FOitM 111 PAIT n Afl Reft.L'Y .M M AIR INTEWGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Ja aocordance with tJSAP Air Int.ell~ce Requiram~nt.e Raber 4, dated and USAF rile x..tter AFOic-cc-1, eubjeota "Report1n8 of lnforMtiOD on tJDcamentional Aircratt.," dated 8 September 1950, the following Wonution i1 auiMiitteda ). lbere Sigbtecla Over Wet Springfield, ~ssachuaetta or CI:Jettaa ~e ' It 1a not believed that an7 obeer.able celestial phenomena or p1aneta could account. tor the eiehtine. 6. The observer waa unable to dotendne distance from object duo to Wlknown eize of object. Cbject first wae eiehted at estir.\llted 60 degree ant:le horizon an~ altitude was estit:Ulted at from 10,000. to 20,000 feet, it object waa ot sindlar dilr.ensiona a.e C-54 transport plane. Object waa ani to ttHt right or tho a~l or the aun. 7. Tiae of Sigbt: Lea a than 45 1econda. 8. AppearBDCea a. Colora SUveJ"7 outline with 1badow line above. b. Halt IIOOil arpearance with rounded edee downward o. Apparent Conatnact1o.Ds Foa1iblr metal He . (1) (l)aezwer reluctant to estimate (2) See attached alaltch Direction ot Fllchta Sout.herl.T Tacticaa straight fliBht untU disappearance, appearing to accelerate. Erldence ot ezhaUt s RoDe &t'tect ot oloudaa Ho c1uuda rieibl.e, Lightaa Rone SUpporta Unable to detor&U()-.'NGRADED AT 3 YE.\n I~TI~HVAL.,j; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. Pzzopula1ona Hone Yie1ble. DOD Dl.B 6200.10 Cont.rol and visibUit71 lone viaible. CONTAINS INFORMATION AfTtCTING . AF ,_,ftM 111 PAIT U MIACAIDIMII ... INTEWGENCE I._,ORMATION REPORT Jat.ll1pnn DldeioD, 17. At n.aot.ea 11. Spaech App11red to tar aoeed that ot knom airor&n. 19. SouDd1 Coatlnuoua, whs..tle, deaorlbed aa a wind blowin OYer wirea or ob3ecta ot alight reaiatanoe, nnd maintail11n some resemblance to the 80\IDd or jet propulsion. 20. Manner or Dlaappoarnncea Diaappeared suddenly without appn.rent reason, at. .. ttmat.d 4~ degree angle above boriaoo 2. jddreesa leat Springfield, aaaachuaetta ' Oocupationa Seryloe aan tor Remineton Rand~ 4. Place ot Duaineaaa Spr1zletield, lusachuaetta ~. Pertinent Hobbies t Cbaerver is a member ot the Air National Guard at Weatrield, llaaaachuaetta, and is an aSrcrart mec:hanic with experience u auch in rlorld war II. 6. Abil1t7 to DetermSnet a. Colora Poor b. Speech Poor e. SiN at Dt.tance: Poor ? Jlel iabillt7 ot (l)aez wert tlnlavJwn 8. At.tentioa wu drawn b7 sound. (l)s.rYer did not i.ebt object on tirst but sighted object t...,.diatel.)-upon .looking up the aecond time a tn aeconda later eo...-ta bf int.errogatora Obaerver appeared sincere O.Dd requested no publlcit~. He wae nerwu durin 1nterrontion and slightly reluctant OD detalla tor te:uo ot tiring ndsloading intormation and stated he .nt.ecl no one to think him carried away b~ the "!lying diac" thoof'7 but bad been instructed by A.i r llationa.l Quarcl otticera to report anything una.ual to proper authorities c. RelatiYe to Radar Contactaa W.atonr Approach Control Radar wu inoperatiw at time ot reported sight- in& and position ot 8ightin beyond ranle ot Westover OCA acopoe. Unable to detel'lline poaaible siht1ng by North Enst Radar llet DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR l~TP.R\'A~ ED AFTER 12 YEARS. AF FniM 111 PAIT II AIR INTELLfGENCE INFORMA liON REPORT Condit1onaa b. Viaibilit7a o. Sea LeYel Preaeurea d. r....,.raturea Dew Pointt t 'li1Dih . I Altimeter Set.tinca 000 Cirrua ~er 15 dlN 27 clegJeea Fahrenheit 20 deg1ee1 Pahrenheit 2. tliD!I. Aloft I 1000 houra ). Q1e T-)) jet aircraft departed Westover AFB 0811 and returned 09)0. At 1eaet three C-54/R5D type aircratt were flying in the vicinity or West- over Air Force Baee at the time object was sichted. The number and type ot 00""10rcial aircratt. in vic1nit7 at time is unmown. 4. No teating device had been releued prior to sighting 5. Interrogatora C4pt, Llo7d A. Olaen, WS ng Intell S cence Otticer, lleetovor Air Force Baee. ~ ~ ~nterrogatore Co~ontt !he attracting noise m&T poaaibl7 have bean caused b7 aoce e reinl vehic or apparatue in vicinit7 ot observer and object sighted rna7 have been fnlse neion due to bright. sun or other renecting object nearby. The observer .. appeared sincere in reporting the incident but wae unable to furnish apee1t- 1o details due to the short time object waa in view. Although the observer .tated the object wae in view approx1matel7 )0 aeconde, it 1e the interroe- ator' opinion the time wae much lese, probabl7 5 to 10 aeconde. 'l)e ob- IWYer etated that he was tamn iar with the JJounds ot all typal ot conven- tional and jet aircraft and that the sound which attracted hie attention different from tblee. DIRCTOROF UNCLASSIFIED Retl.ect10A llat.ez ihl ob1ener wu basy on 1& and appearance but 1Dd1cate4 tbe abme ebtch, et.ating that it ~pure4 abo\at that au DOWNGRADED AT 3 Y E .\ n IS1'ERVAL8 DCI.ASS1FIED AFTER 12 YEARS, ' UNCLASSIFIED IDol 1 \o D-312-50, USA=KATI