PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLU~IOHS nl T H 0 Was Oulloon 0 Probobly B alloon T~Y~P~E~O~F~O~I~5~!~R~V~A~T~IO-H Io PossiblyBulloon Locol ~Ground-Visual D GroundRodor 0 Was Aircraft [] Probobly Aircraft -~C~M~T 0=8~/::J0=50=0=Z=======---h- ;;D AIP.Viauol 0 Air-Intercept Rudor Possibly Aircraft ~ PHOTOS t. RCE a Was Astronomical l teor D Yoa 0 Probably Astronomlcol a He Civilian 0 Pouibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH 0, OIS!RYATION I. NUMBER 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSI! 0 Othor _ Insufficient Data for Evaluotior1 11. COMMENTS " BRtlfl SUMMANY OP $1GHTIHO l~trldy orange colored name. Shape -Oil fire blmr.1 by l-tind -Size 10 time B-17 -Alt 2 -3,000. Object pass ed through three clouds, travelin6 in an arc. TranAvered an arc of 60 deg. Source "tras fa.miliar \'d th meteor3 and said this didn t t, look lik~ a meteor. ATIC POJitW J29 (RKV 26 I&P U) Probable meteor sighting HEADQUARTERS ACIFIC DIVISION M ILITARY AlP I"RANSPORT SERVICE Co '1 Jll.:.:.:l<ler At~.r'.rE>:J .J .Air :?oLce :03c~t:o ;!e.).c~qu.:'~tc!::, t~n t t ed st:~tC5 Air F11rce 1. &T~OPS!..l: Ur,il:.c.:.:t ifloo ('11'~1;-,rne oi.,j ect obs f!\'V\:,!l. !'1 s.cy DiT.\.IL~: At nbnt ... nce ~s .follo .. ;3 ' bll ou t oYrr t!.c o :H[ln ~3:'~.:rozlru:!l t l y four ( 4) niles :"rm.t : ~' t>1Jlut of o::;er,.tl,_u. T1:c l" :'SS o f f lu:e ~r~.:.,:rc f\c.Rt-t?-\.~r;t t:h.cct.l-,n. I C'Ju lC: :10~ d toti. ...... ulo~l C-""Y for:-~ of toll~l b:>C:;i l.l.C!'l r s :ut r.lrer :''~. bnt c-,u l-:l o.ly G H' t~..: f l rJ.t'r.. Th e r.~.ttG of fl;-,;ae'3 u!i: ... e:-r c:l +o be ~I":o.1c:lng Or\ rn t::rc; t:1~ obje~t tilT0\.1,'~ , tr.roe ( 3) ClOi..Hl~; c.r:1l I :if.~C[J\.SSIFlED did not sec tho :fl:ooe s be.:,ohc~ the t~drc c loud. A1; t'!-LI.: Isl"lV'1n:: n::\:?.3 of flart~G r.::>~no1chcd t h u t~1ircl c l oJ.li , I r;'J: ~r-i<!t1 :'. c o n- vc:ntiol'le l ir>u.r-~::nc:;lnocl l:1i'1'cr~it 8:!/!><''I.'Cntl:; C':lPll:; into f:o, w lulct. f r cl't the sout il \llt.h lNHJlt~ li~hts l ib: tt(~,. I thou_;ht , c.t tr_r.- tln e , t h!l.t tl:c ullot of thn :lrf)roo.chi n::: r.i.rc r :,f t r.m.s t hrJ C r.~c11 b<..c.n ::~n 8irc~.cft in dlst'!c z:;; crar;hin~ i r.to t~.:: o c.C..?.n . I c c1V t he n o ~ound fro~ t l10 un~cnttfi~d ob j 0ct. Tho tn~t;~ of flnt~C B!i!J C1l.'ed to b o ;!'roxi;JJr.tc~ly c i.:;h t to ten ( 3- 10 ) t b:H thi.' ,.:in~-s:p.:1n of th') f ottr-cn.:;lnc d nircr:-i't. Tl.c r. s ~ of fl:1:1~ ~ 'tia::~ vlc t b l e to rr.B for only~ nc-tt~.-r o:f ooconcs, J.uch1_:;; , .:1t c h t lme it trc.vecc.:~d o. s ccto1 of nr'?ro::1t.l~.tcly Gixty ( Co ) dc.;1 e J, f r om t!rnc of Rtchtlng u ntil <J ~.cap_!)et>'l't-"'-iCG i n the t h \ rc.l cloutl . c onv enticn:!l s1.n;.;l~-~:1.c~ino :fi g h t e r n h 'l:r uft. flyin.:; n.t t :rce to-rcuL h1~n<lrec,. ( 300-lj.QO) mll~s !' e r r:->u t \oiOUld .v=.va r cc._uired ~P::>l"o~dr.l~d,ol:r flvu (~1) r. tnu..tc~ t o tr~vcl the s ume dtst:;>"\~f' :?S t h e ill:J.3 s of flsm ... ~. T:"'le G()Ce1 cf t l':) m..,s~ of f lrJ.ld:l :f~r r.urors:~ c tr.e opce d of C'u:; j(';:t D.ircr::.ft I lw.v e seP-n . T'a~; i'la.r.tes H:.J.:.i c!'..rcr. t~ b e l:u~ tly fann1n::; ou t b e h'\.nd the o b j ect, or ~ .. 3 t:v::m~l t~ flazl'~n \.'tT ~ rot kc:;e )int,; JlilLt:~ ran1e l'F.l.~e of 11)(.;CC. ,~.r, t l : e r.1'1.'i.r:. b o y , \~hich I c ould not c1.i cccln. z.;r tnithe d t h e follo\lin~ l J.:l'tLicu l:;.'l.'t.. cone e r r\ i.ni,; i b- s e l f a~ :.'.n r.id in OV!'llu~.ti-:>n of 1' t:3 o,Js~rvt'.tion: 3 orn ~G June 1920 ~:~ E:l~l e River, -~'iiscone ir_; t e n (10 ) yc~r s c or v i c o i:t U. S. A'tlTY t le5t 'Nlth p c rat'l'OO')(;'l' t: Ul1:,0~1Git;ll6' hundred (20~) hour~ totc.l fl:lil'IG time . nolnly :'lG a !J2'3S'.mt;er ; curr<::n t ho"u~y s.nO. fol'li1':3'I' p1c:fc~sion ~s e:rt5.::t. n~ir..t't'n_:: r te ch:.m - 1ccl s ill, a:a cl h ;;.a both lJ:..rtici.r>a t o<.\ i n e:tn jt:.d.;ut1 T["c irg events of r~tc~et autor~obileg ~Hd. notor c:rcl Rs; l'I.C';'!-C.rt'1 :-F.Jr ; ~:c ccll ent healtl;.; norn~.l vi3 f o n ( 20/20 i n both eye a), l'lt h otl_;h knoHn t o bt~ co l or-~'jl in e. t o reO. ~.nc1 &;1 t>";:: . lh i'urth ci..' a C.visc d 'lih .... t , f!.t t~1c tl:1o of t hf; s~:.ttL:g, t h ere ,. ;~s still ~. tr"lce of lit:;-1.t i n t l:( Y fron t~,.) c.f t er-z.:;l o ,: of cunr.e t , !'>Olntir..c; out the t it \!a g not vltc':-"'ol . .t.c '-: n -:t. ~e al~:> i"'ldtcated th:.' t th~,e m~ no unuqu~l ?litouni of arti:f'tcle.l. 1 i~ht 1.ng l n t h e lrn:IC;rllate v l c i n i t:r o~ ! ) i G !JO tr4t of ob~erve~ ll)'~'t . He satd. tl"_e flt:!.me3 H~re c) es.rly v l sibla t o h i m. ~.nl\ ncii a refl ect ion in autonob1le \Tinrlo:: o or othe r r le-:t it'\.:; cur- f~ces. Itr acid th?.t 1 t '.!? G a clc?X nl~Jr'.;. \">.nd Cs.'i cl ~cl t h :'lt he fln~es ':Jera not n.s brig:1t ~r-. c. r.v~tc.:n, n o r ,.r-, t:e ~1<-'th of fll.;ht ~ir:1ll:n to thf'.t o f e. !, e t eor. J.!r n dvlse d t'.~t he h ed b e rm P.ccorl1'nio~. b y h~o \t t fc:1 one (l) child . n e l t h e r of \;hon cc.\.' tho raBs o f fJ.-:-;.,c::J. 1-:r s~J.rl th'\t h e (lt'OVG to t h e !!onoluJ:.l Air!'(n: t , r:oaol u l u , r ."-: at the C')ncl uslon o f the rn~vle, cny,rrr:d .il .. t;ly 1130 hours. ;)r_c ti'l,.t hl: tno.uire d of per~>'Jn.nsl i n th,~ l)i.l0t-"bri.'3ftr- ; .... n,, HW1t.1oc Dlottin.:; roor:1 P.t the Air nort c cnce r nin.s tho nbj ect h-:! l~'lJ. ar;~n, .uNGTIADT~D A'T 3 Y t:.\ 1~ lNTER VA ' .. tffi\lGu\SSI FlED P.lll't th~.t these people re-nortcd th:tt t r~ceivcd no nfo1mntion concern lng a o i.:;htlnt; . I~r Sc.'.l o th? t he h?d also c~.ll ed The Eonolulu Aclvc r t i!lcn ~.nd t!H.} ~')!lOlulu St:--l.- ~lletin, r a:pu.1.--..i.,le daily ne.-JS!J<'l.!'fJ1"9, E..nc'\ h acl l'OC.:Oi'TI?d 110 ln<.llcatio n of t-:.y othe r r op orts c oncerning th! sighti~s. Hr l!'E1~i c o.l lt3d the ll~th !:1nv:;l Dis trlct I n t el l ieenct Oi'f ice Ett a}>pr ox hlc.tely 02::)0 ilou~.3 on S J eJ1ucn:y 1951 . ITo othnr teferenc~s t o t !1.is s it;~tin::; hPve b een noted I n public nev1s medi or rc:lorts of other ~ . ..;cnc ier; i n th~ E~'l8.iic:m e ree.. Roferenct1 is naclo t o Spot I n tell i&ence Re:;;ort, Flle 2! ~- 24, dc.ted 26 DccoJ:1ber 1950, for\'.a.r d2t'. t o Directcr of S:f>ec i".l Investi~ntions, ~ea.dquarters LTSA:5', ,\.:-<.3l'ln[;ton 25 , D. C., by this office , rc!}ortin.:; e~ n1mil::r s i.sht t r.:.; o:c. 24 Dcce1n"..>or 1950 . 3. A~T!C Tl\!C~:T: O:i'fice of t h e I n tt:\11 i se:ncs Of ficm", Fn.cific nvis!on , l:tli to.r y Atr Tr?.nr,:9ort Service, :-icko;n ~U' 3a:;e, }:PO 953, e.dv1ndd on S J a nu.a.ty 1951. 4. DISTRI3UTI Olr: I n ~{tdi t1on t o aclthe s see!l, co:nie~ of t h i s t-enort a r e furnished: Chief, I ntelligence Divisi on , l~ATS, .A.ndr evJs ;::3 , \ic-.shin:;tnn I n tell i~enco Office r , PACD i:.ATS, Hlc!-::em AFB, .APO 953 DO\VNGRADp:J? ~T 3 YF.A n TNTJ~n VAL DECLASSUH .. D AFTER 12 Y EAHS S , VOl> Inn. o2oo.1o U NC[ASSIFIED. D/L fr Hq PLCD, Subj: t:nconver.tlonal AircrBft r~rdon A. ~enn, civ HQ, i.IILITJ..RY AITI TRANSPORT SERVICE .Andre~s I.F !3e.s9 \'.'ashington 25 TO: Headquarters USAF, Tha Inspect:.or General, J.T.l: Director of Sr;Jcia l Investlgatlons Wa.:Jhington 25 Fo~srd3d for your infurnation. FOR THE CO?.i?.Wi DE.lt: JULIUS A. l:OLJ Colo~-,1, USJ.F D~puty In~Fector Genar~l D~A...'l~SNT OF THE AIR :FORC3, HQ, U. S. AIR FO.RC:J;, \Ta.~hington 25, D. C. TO: Comma.nd.ing Gen~ral, Air ~la.teriel Conama.nd , 1ir 1ght-Pnttaraon All Forctt Ba93, Dayto:t, Ohio. ATnr: UCIS Forwarc\sd as a matter of intere~t t o yolJ.r Co.:liN:md. ~T(A. IuUJG:r ;1 v}l~jor, u. S. Air Force As3t ~x~c. Dir. of Sp3Cial The Inspector Ceneral ~11 ~fCt:ASSlFI Ed ying Sauce Troubles nc..,itlents of the Wichita F alls are a had "flyinf( ~aucer" troub - J"" ni:ain Tuesday, hut ,::overn- '' ~nt ordnance officials said .. l.ll) ~uch thin~." The object that was see n by li tNally thousand s o! West T cx- nns , the government m e n snid, \\las a balloon 1 olea sed early Tu~ ' rlay a t White-Sands P rov - .Jn.: Ground, N. 1\t. Tha t report may <'nd T ues- d ,ty's chapter ,1( the saucer t otes o rrtcially, but some folks around wt>re skeptical of the cx- pl:\nation. oo man y people saw the Tll.)"terlous thing. Nearly evt>ry- cdy in Seymour tum~d out to I C)( k nt it. People nll the w a y from Cuthrie and Dickens to the im- nte vicinity o ! Wichita F'nlls \v:~tched the ' 'balloon''-some o f tl-tPrn fM nearly two hnurs. The pilot ot n Hcht plane ! ro m Hobbs, N . M., chased the object for m ore than 100 miles but was able to g e t n o closer han 5 0 to 73 miles. I ThP necord News received ' ~cores of teleph o n e calls from wondering witnesJes , nnd cnlls Ci\me also t o t h e Sheppard Air Force Ba.e control tower, the police !>t:ltion, tht! wE-ather bu- eau and the Civil Aeronautics A :>socia t ion. All spectators w .mtcd to stre s a common b e lief-the ob- ect was definitely not :1 bal- oon, they s~tid. Reports !rom various New Mexico <~lld Texas communities h a d au the trimmings o f tht! flyin g s~uccr storiE'S, the Asso- ciated Press reported. The ob- ct moved sharply to thf> ri~ht 11nd left. rt jumped up and down . It even left vapor ttmls. report trnced to the antics of a jet plane cavortin~ aoout 100 miles from Artesia, N. 1\T. The b~tlloon, ~.1id the White ands officials, wns r eleased ere e arly Tu('sday ns rart o f nn (lrdnance conferC'nce in con - ection with the guided missile pro~ram. R(ports started to trickle in fro m Southea st New and S outhwest Wec;t 1 Tcxtts tha t another flyin~ sau - '' c e r lnd b~en c;ighted. It wns h ('tween 5 :3 0 and 6:30 p . m. lhttt mo t p ersons in this I area ob.,ervcd the "balloo n." Sheriff 'Erl Luttr ell at \"ernon ntinued o n Pa~:e 2) WICHITA FAllS RECO~O NCWS H~ndrerls See fbin~ 8aUmm (Continued From l'3ge Ond w a tche d the objec t for nc:uly 30 m inutes ns i t movf'd slowly oug h thu sky at n hei~ht ot t crmittcntly, he s -.id, thl'll sud- denly b~:: ... m climbing str:~i~ht up until it di,.flppc.r c l at a ht:i~ht Luttrell, an Air Force r e serv- ist who is fo miliar with planlo. a nd other .,crla t objects, said h e had s ~::n "a lo t o f weath~r balloons r:o up, but I never saw one so up th.et fa!>t." H e catted a friend, R B . Smith, :J Vernon survey or. Smith \:,ltchcd t h e "balloon" throu., h .t -tO-powt:r t .. te,. ope. I t was travclin~. h e ~nid, at a n <HlRlc from th e ~round of 44 de- grees ar.rl 50 m inutes and mov- ng northeu~t. When 1t bee; n ts sudrit'"'l :b .;nt, the "balloon" seemed to ~ivc off a hur~t o r ranqe flam", ~milh dccl'trccl. ultnll and Sm1 h, the object 1 e!)ernbl d a ''trc:nr:1dot.s . loatmg li~ht bulb"-sh aped like a n inverterl lig"lt bulb w1th a neck that cami' to a point . It W:lS aluminum ill color . "very larg~" d isc traveling eastward at an extreme h e ight wa-; what onf" resident o f :\tu n - Clarence Fox o f Lubbock n o - ticed people watching the sky fro m their yards a:; h e drove / ro m Lubbock to Wich ita F nlls 'fues(lay afternoon. But n o t un- til he reachecl S eymour about 1 5 :55 p . m . and saw that nearly e veryone in town was to,.,lcing :..yward d id h e stop . It w1s then h e saw n n ob- ct ap;>arentlv ClbOJt :lO,OOl r.-et hi~h and shaotod much like a except thJt it w1s flJt on th' bottom. It was giving oU a \' 'hite li~ht rimilar to fluor e s - F o-e Jr ft S eymour nbnut G:lil p . m. 1tn<.l s loppecl abnut seven miii!S fro m there to h ave an- iht' l"ok. H P s1in thP object t h < n appt>.trl'tl to bt some j Q o r lflli m iles south ot Scvmour and t rttvl'hng at a h i g h rate o f Upon rcachin,:: Wichit<l F nlls, bc Lubbock m :m t1lkcd with a l rll<'lc drivt>r who ha1l watched tht> object niL th ~ w1y fro m l'tcktns. "After clnrk," the driv- o.,:-~id, "i~ ::;e"mcd t o take on a AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AAIA AEPOIU'1D Oft f>IIOII\ (A~') I Mll?-'MD IIY (0-'in!r) ~I'Ct SUMMAR 'I: (.t~ (t"~H ,. .. ...,, t/rlfJ f. Oltt ~Ill Jtnollll .. ntleAU r"''llftllpl. Lid f'lel,..,srt Ql I OVIet lt fl, lJegm tJt ol rf1,l0fl ett .1li' JWm 1 CJ-,i'oJrl It.) :r,,:,sp:tu3~ cll.npin.j t.akPn f'r-o:'l tih; ,li.c h i t n 1""'11("' i. '1fvrn:Atio~ hcr-ewi.. th. :J 1 ic fot""~t" ';o f u rthcr in~.: i.r~ ho.s o!: V~rnon l<<i.>, stnc e ;0n~t.Laa t.:c OuJec tiiSTRiiiJTIOl'l BY ORIGIKATOR Covern"l~:nt ~e:1 aL :lhttc .:>"!n.-;.3 JIJC~ TillS DOCUMENT CONTAIN'> INFOHMATION AFFECTING 1 /-IF tiHIONAL Oi-:FEI't'1E OF THE UNITED STA fES '.liTH I,._. T HE MEMI:-IC OFliiE (<;PION 1\GI:-: ACT . ~1 U.S C.-