PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD\ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS U Wo5 Bvlloon Hartl~: Uobin:; AFD Ga 0 Probably Balloon Pouibly Balloon ~round-Visual 0 Ai r Vi suol i. souRcE Xl No 3 Civ.illan -on.~ 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION I 8. NUMilER Or OBJcCiS .3 minutes 1 10. 1:\Aiel' SUMMARY Of $1GHTINO Shape Cone -Ape:>: up~ Color ~teady red gl ou above bla.c~< base. Speed \ran slo~T. Si7.2-wa3 e:;titnatcd at 150'. j!Jj(~ N:meuve r s - in Stair Stops." 0 GroundRodo r 0 Airlntorcept Rooar 11. COMMENYS 0 Was Ai rcraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po ssi bl y AI rcroft 0 Wos Astronoml col Q Probobly Astrono,.,lcol 0 Pos:Jibly A:stronomlcol 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 0 Unkno.-m Evn.lmted a s a balloon. ATIC FORM 329 (fU~V 26 SEP 5:1) (>RorECTJNC:- . GCJINCt' po,NT LF-AN5 I DNGLASSIFIED LIG-Ht GOJIVIJ To A po1NI Stl-E. oF 08J!.CT AND 511- OF J-IGt!l IS f':ol coR ~{':C.. I; OBJt.CI SHDULD lt?P.C.Af;, MUCH L~RG~R. 7. DnrjnR tho ? rice of l.~r. ob~fil'Vttion, t":'-1 obje c t mo-r~r~ from f"ou"."t to r:orth tiast. In i.to ~t.~pli'ke pr~;:rer~s, t.h9 cbject rea~:1ed ~n eltJ- t\J('lu of 3~pro:dmately 8,000 to l O,OCO foe+ . It r dqni::-e:d shout U tea 1:dru!".c::; for this climb . 'The light S)(t:t'td even hri?ht~r a t. tro hi~her Dltit tnu. It hO"Id!"(\0 a t tha t. nltl ~udu for porha pr-t hirty S~COr&e cHrec1.ly nho"Fe t h a object. at tr.""t tima. 'i'hnn th~ poi nt lo.Jr~d at o.:1 un~;l'.! or about ? 0 etid point a!"d object r.lov~d up r< et that c:m~Je ut t:r~:r.;~ntlou~ ~p' . .h:d an~ \'lent ou t of ~ifht.. J5r . }"'ar rr.ar st11tscl that ha lc.m:..rl n u t ovc::n t,ry to o:>tl- wate th~ speed . Be fore ci~cpp .'1l'ing , t~:: object. i l.;,-;:lf bE:<:.Ili!? a bl~1nk b l ob . 8. \'n n lcr;ming , the point ch tn[od por-ltion t oo f twt fox the ~:,~ t o ( a - et the .:1ct.ual moti on of t .... '=l c on~tnP point., but tho .hole operation s~ ~r:..:od to l o OCCO"Tipli~ht:td a t. 8 rc-latl.V~:!ly ~.-lon S!) d, sjp"~ .'r. \'l(lf; ttb!'J to E'CA the olJjoct. mov~ int o poe i t lon un<:l,~r t!H: point i n each or t''e pl'OI!l'e~ ~icns. Afte r e ach co~plet3d mov~, .. :mt, t ho \':'-I ole unl t f., 9:-.ecl to :J:cp aml hover b oforo prC'I~eectrw t o the nox t p:'o;1~ssjoli. Each pro.~1e:~ .. 1on apt>&8re<J to effe-ct a f:uln in altltmla. 9. r h'Jn firr t observ ad l .y "r the poj nt of J i !"ht .:::1 ... lon~i~IJ f outh, b u t its sub-eqtlant pr \"n:1 f rCH1 Sout h t o ~'orth \'t-:::;t . 'tn_, lo;,!lr lefthvoo portion o f t':r. dravting-, '\ttu~h::d, o'"'ll t s t l:9 stcpli1-:13 pro- Fl'eS~ions a nd shows th3 st~nting-point,, incllcato~ t htt cai n i n e 1 tit ,..:a echie~1cd by ths st.:plike pro?re3~lo!'13, unCI itJcJicatos t~e fir!ll 'h ov cri n3" of the lli"ii t b<.!for~ it r0r e ar.~ di:.:~ppearerl froa1 v le in t ho dirHct.ion he 1 r~belled "Finis r ''. 10. r:r. i s a pilot, holnin,: Pilot's ~'ich~t For t\ro-~nc1- e-hglf y~nrs crop-dust ... d. in Tox ot;, I1is;i~"1lpp1, ond ric n . He cHc.r.on- tintH U crop-cu~tine sorret.ime in 1950. Ifo l,u~ more than 2000 hour:.; flyln~ t1i'ls . f3 hns 20/2.0 'tision without clas!:e~. He s~ated th'lt he L P.> CO:l~ll:lPd no intoxicating b everages ln a )~ar. n. J,!r. o portoo thn t at t~e time h~ ob~erved th9 ohject th-1 r.cn weE-~etting, b u t t.he r e d t all or tha nm "15 vld.l:le a'hout hAlf"";'I.J:f nbo7e th.l ho.rit<on. 'J'h e sk7 ,-,.a~ ~t.ill b l u d , 1r.d th'lre .-;are no clouds except !'or o fo.1 s :"'111, scatte r ed clond s in the er.st. ThJ fky h acl thu t p~rtiC\ll~r r .t'ifhtn9FS ,,htch precee~s the coning o4' t7tlli? ht.. Th'3re ... ,as ~o f'trone linr1 blc;;in=, nnrt thttre '"ere no no ticeablP, n oires ora n;; ~ing f r om Robi ns AFB. 12. On 28 Jz.~nuary 1951 rr. -.~:cnt t o tho a:irror t at Cochran YicJd (P3c on Ibnlcip \l Ai:::-port). Th~re ha a::-k~d A1J!lort, if he had soen anyt.hin,:: unus ugl in the D c ol oTed Ctr.ploya9 of t!Je ~told !'r. hat hG h!ld seun o ~trA:lk going "7:o~t juHt b e f or e ~un~oNn, nnd that l a hetd of fire \ '1 i thout ony ~-iC''I{e, rcarc:1 no noixa. Tlte Intelliecnce Of fice' djd ::>lr.ca hi" de~cr:iut.ion of t r o not cona~(~r i t. nece ry ph~norn9r.on, ar re1~toc1 to vnrue nlture . 11... ! ~r hos t3ken no p~rt.tcul -:tr i ntGr (::r.t in t ho nuh~jP.ct of flylttJ naucer~. Fo st.'-lted th"1t h a hl'r: on DC'n.sl<1 K!Jyhot!3' r book on t~:tt :;ub,i-ct ~ut h1s n o t road lt. sroT TGPO~'.r O.r' UiUIla 'Il:'I!!.D l'LYI.:G Oc J F .. CT n. ObserveJa Zo i gler Apartment3 v.~rner Robin3, Gcorgill b. Loc~tiona Zei~lor Apartrr.ento area, ,.arner Hobi~, Goor~ill c. Date :\ nd titr~' 25 JnnUJ\ry 1 951 at " oround 1000 hours" cl. \k3ather C A V U; Clear; visibilit y 10 uilerJ on 25 J u n uary 1951 a t 1828 hours. (Official repor t or Ba:;e weather Station) 2. Lh. Radio El e c t;ronic:. Repairman n t Hobin3 Afi'B, ~s interviewed b;r the l nt elliL;enca Off ice on 29 J tlDnary 1 951. lie eta Led that on 25 Jan\.\ary 1951 h e , .. ~:; in hio a pdrtment y:hen his little datl:hter ran in ar1d told him a plan~ -.,:!& on fire . l ;r. nt outside c.nd l oo!{e d up at the :;'ky, \mere he observe d the phe~omeno!l ns htJreinafter r <..luted. lle i oon - tified the til!!e at around 1800 houra. ;s. Upon first :.ie;htins th'9 obje c t , Lir. ut;ht it y,as n jot plane on f i r e . Ee conclt;ds d it \ <tl:l not n burninc; pl::lne bec3.w~e t h e fire did not blow b~ok of the objeot but see~d to b e going up ror;1 it~ tJ-nd n o smo .,,.as visible. b > noticed no noiee, vibration, or odor. 4. The object appeared to be dark a nd "kind of oblonc;" i n ~hape. Th e object its6li' did not shir.e; all illumination 39eit.ed to co~r.e frcm the llt)tt or tire which :-.ent up from the obj'3ct for a distanc~ of about 3 or 4 feet. Mr. Rhode3 could not estimate the altitude of the object b ut stated that it was a long W!.y of". It see!t'.e<l to b9 no more tr.an 5 or 6 i'oe t in lonztn when sighted by lJr. It did not look li~a H'flY aircrllft he had ev~r s een. The illumination ~ea "l~ost red" in color Gnd ~u a continuous, stead] glow without Gny blinking or flickerin~. 5. \'.hen first 3iehted by t :r. , the object a ppearod to be stand L~e still. It the!l b~gan to move a nd disappeAred in ~ clue ,.~sterly direction, as v.e11 e.:~ he coul d judge. Frior to 1 t:; dl:;a ppearance, tho o'!)je c t s9o::ed to ba climbing, possibly at a 45 doe;ree ang l o . then it dicappcctl'od. l t s~e!:.aJ to be Llovlng from 1Jome trt~mendous force llr. or.tp&r e d the 3udde1l!1E:OJ ot its tle~rture to "slappinc; eor-~thing ol'f n tableJ" 6. !.lr. doss not ?iaar tjlusse:; nnd stated th~t he h na not con..;un.e;,d int icatin~ beverage on 25 Januar y 1 951. yras still brir.h id not r.otice an,y cloud:; in the sky. outdoors whdn h e ::;aw th~ object. He stote J t hat it e. lt~r. s taken no ptrticul.ar inte r est i n the subj e ot or tlyins saucers. ~As readi~ aloz~ that line r~s b een confined to occaui onal ne,.,apaper stories regarding unidentified aerial obje c t s ,fjl\ 'C[I\S5IFI~n S POT l.i.rORT 01'' Ul1IL!:~l'iTI~'It:D FLYil:U (,UJf:.CT a. Observer; ~Ze iblor Af~lrt~I!ta ~rner Hobino, GoorGi~ c. Date o.nd Ti~a 25 Jon~ry 1 951, "o1round sunsetn d. ~;~athar C A V Ua Clt!:ll'; Ti:~ibi li ty 10 niles or.t 25 .T uu 51 at 1828 hours. (Ofi'lcial report of Da~s Weacher ::; t~ti on.) 2. l~. # }..il'crai't !:ech!inic at nobins .\FB, Y~S inter- vier.eJ by the llltcllisence Ci'flce on 20 Jnnu ... ry 1~5 1. Ilo ttate<l th~c on 25 Jnnu3ry 1~51 he , . .as in h Ls a \r t when his sou ran in nnd tol d hi:n that a plane v.;(s on fire. ltr ,-ant outsid~ ~:~:ad looked up nt the Gl.::y, 'VJhere he ob:;er~d the rhenomenon llS hereinafter r~lated lie icl6l&- tif.ied the tiDit1 L\:J " around sun3et". ~. At fit .. t glance t:r. plane on fire. Ho concluded th!it it idea tm~t it micht be. l!e could not object. which he s a ., in the 1;~HJt, "n thoucht the objeot he fi~.v .a :l u ,,as not an aircraft. but h a ht1.d no identif,y the size or ~hap9 of th~ loi1 v; ly off". th'it he heard stated that h~ no no~Ge. oaw no saw a reddish lit)lt, quite brlbht , suoke e.rul Gl-:talled nothing. 5. During the short time he vatohed tl:e object it ,.as al..,.ays J~ovine t\lld did not :lCC.m to lJe {;Oint; facter than an airplane. l then fir:;t Githtt-d, tr.~ lit;ht ::ee~d to be rt oTi.nz; nt nbout ll 45 c~r;retJ ~nt:le, then it "ch~n~ed and levelled off'". without v.a i tine; no intoxic t~ted that he f'elt cold and returned to his aphrtrent o J!ltch th6 object g o out of sie:ht. o~a not wer ()laose::~ a nd stated tl::.at h e had cona\x."d on 25 J anuury 1851.