PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR,... ( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 3. OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OaSERVATION Wo s \olloon Probably Bolloo~ Possi b!y Balloon ~"'roun'.n, .Jar 0 'tlos Aircraft loco1---------.----round isuo. "' u " <I 0 Probably Aircraft GMT 22flGOGZ . . CIXAi r V11u ai 0 Airlntercopt Roo or Po ssi bl Y Ai rcroft 0 Yea Q Probol,ly Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Doto fer Evaluation 0 Unlcrtown 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Of' $1CHTINO . 11. COMMF.HiS ~ >j ect observed from C-/7 that uas tracking a Hhite object obs erved in c onjunction Hlt~ ~opher E?tloon. First appear ed to be st~r-ljke. bulloon. Balloon scheduled for 4 hr flig 1t. ~he object held a const~.nt position neA--t to the Descended shortly after observstion of "1.:112.. ")Otl \'mere it s eemed to take shape and incre:'l'c:e object. Host prob3.bl.e c:1use was {;as lin :.;lze uhtil j_t \Ta s 1/4 tol/2 the size of the lcaki~ from balloon. Fla~h attribut ed J_A'l.lloon. Then it d etached ~d travel ed in l evel to disappearanc e and/or explosion of :n:tght nt high speed, emitting orange sparks . leaking gas. Color attribu t ed to ~ht:; C-1 ... 7 "ras at ll,OOO nnd the ba.lloon at 70-altitude and temparature of escaping ~uo,ooo. Shape wa 3 circular. Col or. Nill\y \lhitc~ gas. Speed. Hov e r t o high. ATJC FORM 32~ (RatV 26 IIE P 52) lO \I') iO .iUNCt:AS_S.lElEp (. ~si~t~It~Scii_ ~.tt MATF.JUEL CO:\lMAND ROUTING AN[ ORD SHEET \1 .. o thl f orn1 for lnl<!r-otlice corrhpondenro lthln headquarten. !'\urnber all comment. rnnecatlel,. li11e en tiro ltllh o f 11hM't, both I d ... t in allthorlu41 omro :rmbolll to dtll(nate addr~or anol addrenee. Note wurnlna lnl at lower ldt of forM. Re,.alnlna ~1... 1~ 11a1RC'Ient onl, for proper Jlpadnw or .,. ... written .. i:zn .. tur. l'laco Initial. or dic:tator aruJ h pl8t, telephone I'IUruber and lotatlun t o rJa:ht of a ilrnaturf'. Sirt~tinf'J o{ an U n ... no.;n O uJ'ect ATTN: Lt Ruppert WCEFE-~ -------DATE COMMENT NO. l Capt . St>radl~..!y/tnuh l. The f ollowing info r mati')n is submitte d per re-{U..!St frotn Lt Rup_-C'rt. On 22 January 1951 the u n dersigned , r , and Mr project engince .. : for General Mills C o r p . were t rack1n_; a balloon on Proje~..:t Go We had tatcen off froH1liollon1.an A.F.D., N e w Me:~ico in a C-4 7 t ; c a ircr aft at I oC)OO EST. We pick u p our balloon shortly t here after and wet e l r a c k in3 i t in an c<l .. t e rly directi on. About h alf way b etwe e n II )Homan and Salt Fla t Te cas, Yv't:: noticed ubject ncar our balloon. The balloon was a t 70 t housand _plus feet and we were flying at a_pprnxin1.a t e l y ll thou sand fC!et. The obj-:::ct was above ancl to the side o f o u r Lallr.:>on . IIow far auovc ~nd to . t h e side cannot b e said b~cause there was n o reference. T ltc o b ject was a :.;out ,of t h size of t h e balloon. It was flat and round. The balloon "vas pear sha_.ed. T he o b j e c t was a rnilk y col or. As long as { saw t h e object, w h i c h was a p 1oxiln a t e l y 3 n1inutes, it main- tained its posi tio l ation t o the b alloon. We fle-w u nder t!1e ballo.Jn and l o!:> t ight o f it. 11d Mr. ent back t 0 t h e a s tro-d om(:: p.>sition a n d wat~hed it from there. They said that t h e o l) ject descend e d t o th.; hatlo0n and hen afte r several brig}lt flashes disaJ>.tea.~:ed t o t h e west. A short time thereafte r our balloon s t arte d to d e s c eJ1d and l a nded near S alt Fla t Texas . AftP-r landing at Holloman, we made a verbal re ort t o the offic i a l s tnerc E.ttr\rE_S_.T W. SPRA l(JLE Y Captain , USAF DO" r !G!Lf\DEn AT "' YE 1\J> T' r-r.nv JJOD J)Jlt .J~uO.lO Thi forut r t.,lnco AMC: fnrm No . 1 03, whid1 w ill u.ed unti l loclc on h~nd ure ehou1tetl. Saucer Visiting Balloon? 1 2 1ffi.e!d 1Pilots Not S1tre J\ inu.-n Sj ht Ohjt'ct \Vhile On MI~.-lon In !'i\.'w :n,..tico; A:\IC OffirfaJ~ SHt-nt Two 'I right Fi -1,1 offlcl"rs added nnolhc:r chapter t o thP ''rl) i n;t S"'''',.r story" J.i t ni.,;ht. Cnrt. J . E. <.:ockt'r, or t h AII-Wcathl!r Flyin<t D ivision , anti C.~ : t K \\'. ~:r;\l!~y. or t h e .At' ri11 Photo~rtpitic hborntory. rn ~ ')n r.cf'ntly. T hl'y ::tid t hey Wl"te fl.} ing in a C-47 :1t about 12,000 f " t-t n.'ctr ..\ htmngor-lc>, N. M. Their plan~t had talvo oft Irnm Hollo- nm ft lr ~\' r"e bas.-to I rack f\ Jnr~:e b'\lloon Pt-nt uo to tlk """ ~t!J.or oh&en'ltlott'l, 'fhe lMJioon \\ :-~ ... a! mil 'r to t h .. type us~l in "Proj.:rt ~ky'loc'<'' hclol'\"d thi, week uy the Navy. r: t.cin f')f"U\ii"Y tl~crit>t'd it: I ---------- ' ., l' 'cr.e fl)tlowmg th~ h.allr ~n twinkl~. althon~h It ap~,.l'Clt a ~ 1 n. I rutlc-t a '"I r:tng~ ob;l'c~ ln p-.rf 'l''!y c: .. ar ::il1.er color ." I . "<l.'m@'. l-: ,, .. ,,a mll~y cn.or . wltrht'd tht> oh;:c t 11bout fin~ m in' It ,,an <.lnm.c .:wythln.~. JUSt h ov-ll'l'l. f' t it~ t h*'Cl" "'"~" thO? balloon." u., _ , : ,1hj~t nrl the bllllloou wtr,. ' 'It appooared to ho~oer OP1Ct In :~ :1 , . ch ht~h .. r ahitutlt" t h .. n ~h~ h~lloon !or il w'ltl", and 'h"n 1.' C :.. th")' !>atd. [t Wl"J "'HI tt :;.-panttetl. As it chd. th., r t'tinl( n , <"'1 .,om-~'t're armmd SO t')()l) accPit>ratf'd l n :'IJ>O'"'<J. J ust ~fore or r ' r.-.) f~t: ' it diPPt-llrM I s11w th~ t>ril- ,...,.,t,.,n C~ker nl~ l'law the llant t!,~.,..., Is~"' photo fl~tllhes, o~:. ct. 1 !'! ~t up f:-om his set th~ it w' ~onP.'' " :1 !l'lQ at it from t h,;o plane's. An airman anti a cinlian nl"ii a~tr,lnont'. wr:;f! in the plane and :llw t.., 1 !' "" <-.om~thina I n~\'tr uw o h; -;ct. it WA rtopo)rt~. .,._f11r,'' h~ ~td. Wright Fild offlcte~ls Sllid lh~y "It ,. '~ p.corl~ly round. Out r h"d no officto1l cornm,.nt t o motk. ~. n't cnow wn11t it w""' In ;t W!I.Y Th~ fly@'r:J, hl)w .. vl'r, r .-portf'd Uwir it IM'I<-.1 Ilk ,. 'tar without 1ny OMt>rv1tions to fit>ld authorcti~. Daytv n D:tll-:; ::,,.,-s A. f:. ()fficr>rs .f)ttttcer Furct h ., t.' o f!tr!'r \\' odn""'j" v r rporf'd lh,v ! l't'ont)y " : IW a C-.pt. .J. t-:. C.r.ckr ot t h(" ,\IJ. Wt'llh,.r flyin~ rll\i,ltOn '11 CIIJll. F. . \\'. S;trf'tl:i'y or I .. A t-rh l Phlf')~rrhle l.1h-'lr;\lurv whclt> tr:-~ckm~t a J 1r;: ~1''\lh,r TI;e t>~ll~n ""~' <;imilu II) h I~ r" U'lt -tl in "l'rojo-f'l !'~yh...,<." e .\perl .. nre: "\\'c w .. re foliO"-'"< th!' b t llorn "h.;-n I r o llc"'<l rt !!lr:\nl(~ h. l't in ftu~ s icy. It w .cs fl:.t ,tnft malky Ct;~lnr. It w& n't tk'in'( 3ny- t h int:, ju.<>t hoverin!: n-.r t h e b:'\llo-:>n an J .muary. ft001Pihif'11C I n!'v .. r 11aw hl'(o . It wa~ p-rt ... ~rl;t round . Hut I n't knrJW whAt it wn . In 1\ \0. AY It lnnlco:od lik~ ,. star withoott any twar~le, roitht)'Jl(h i t on~uf'd 1 "rft'rtly c),.,.,. l'tlv"r <"Oinr . " '(h flvr tdm~lf'tJ l h f Jh- j"rt uoo hlllll,.., vf'r "$nml"- \\hPr9 'rotlntl .Al,OOO 01" bO,O(lO I ~ 1w t!lr-t hnlhAnt h" L.k1t plhllt) flllllh" ... Air .. hr .. ri .. l Comrn.md (lffl- 1 d .tl c llid ':htJ~8)' th .. y hlltl - ,. t. t -vt "~ftle!Jtl t J)I),.. (tf'lm 'c n .~t lUCft Cli4PI, lh't mil" ,, "r->k"man "!llh!. PA~/~?HHASE NOT REQUIHED. HANDLE AS CONFID ENTIAL INFORMATION-) CONSULT CRYPTOCE:NTER BEFORE DECL A SSIFYING " ACTION TO: Ul'lCLASSlFiED ~ COi ~LSFAFnON Possible origin of flares your 27193?Z unkn. Th~re are no curtace vess~la known to be in Norton Sour.d at pre~P.nt Atrcraft from this Comd have not been in that arPa r cent.ly. CrAIN: 269 COPY NO.--- P. <(A?Hr<~E NOT RC:QUI~i0. HANOLt:: AS CONFIDE~TIAL CORRE.3PO. o: Ph.I ORITY AC TIO!i TO: LFHOP3-0673C, a~tn Dir of Intel. n" f\Jrmsg AAOII: 0540, info as d~sir~ fcl3: Obs~rv'\tions v1~rf' rr ... "lde by 5 paor-lt-, 1 Hhi te-and I. n~tives bf't. m hrs of 1700 Af,T on d at<es as fol~. P.11ssionary Sw~d:i.sh Covt-nant Church (natives , e.'(l bet:vepn hr.~.J:.'lPO an<L.l.~.QO... Jack tive), 2~ J1ln ond 25 ~en t~t~een 17QQ_a J8QO. n~ ti ve), -?1~ Jan b ft H,:.n_l't90_aJ1.<LU~Q.9 ... All c on ir~ed flarf! was 15 to io milPs ss;fepprox 230 <legr~es fro::t Unalakleat. jn3t nbov d horizon. Oranee i.n color nnd would <11~9ppear after 10 minute-e: uuration and would not r e -appf!"ar. I n tel e~timate: 2 osr agcnt:'3 thtG hqs mado int~rroeation of above i ndivisusls. l t i::t th~ opini on of both neents t h<lt i nfo not too rC'liable. r.:r. H.qmilton of Alnskan Native Service instig3ted :rire and rotmded up individuals conc~rned yet, h'ld at no time m9de any o rvations. Ct s could not confirm having SP? n any such flarf's. f.lr . h9u more personal problPms (}.''Jli tical) to d iscuss wlth some government ag~ncy, n o c oncE>:-n to military, w!'llch was his mli ir. concPrn in thia incident. ..AgE-nt:~ fle1r JO !!!ilee SSW of L'nalakleet, si~htf"d nothi'-=tg unusual. Peopl~ quer hn wen a :.ked t o rpt recccure-ncP of sig~tir.gs to thi~ hqs. Ttl:': r~AKJNG 0~ AN tXACT COPY OF TH~S ME3SAG'E i--'OR:3 !OLl:':N, ,(.d\1Mt. I G~ f jCj Cu~-'Y ~ JO.