PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 1). CONCLUSION$ Pleaque Isle, Maine o Wos Bolloon 0 ProbobiJ Ballnn Locel 2017 EST i,lG,.unti-Visuel 0 GrountiRCNior Woa Alrcroft 0 Probably Aircraft P o ni W Y Ah c:roft .. s. R Woa Aatreno"'lceP{enua D Yoa Q ProboWy Aatronofftlcol 7. LINOTH OP OlllltVATION I. NUMIIIt OPI OIJICTI t. COURSI D Other _ lnaufflclettt Dato f.r EYOiuotlon 10 minutes one Falling o UnlcM~ ..... , IUMMAitY OP IIOMTIMO l l. COMMIHTI light or object in aigbt 1n NW at el Venua at 2h 8 11" on or alightq ot 15 depeee alowq descending below horizon below horizon at the reported after obaezvation of more thaD 10 m1nutea. time or observation. Sightiag Light or object changes colora traa 7ellowiah attriwted to refraction or thit wtite to brilliant red. ObeerYecl on other occ Aatronomical Bo<\J. in locaUcm. Thought b;y observer to be close to horizon with pseul1ar atmos}iler.l.c conditions cbanse in color. Object de sJilerl.cal. Color change ever.r six seconds. Object 290 del azimuth. ATIC POJIM 129 (IIKY 21 8KP U) I. If you taw the object ot NIGHT, what did you notice concerni~ the STARS ond MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle OM)r d. Don't rememb1r 8.2 MOON (Cirde One): A &ri9ht moonr~h \.,.il Dull moonlight c No moonlight- pitch cf.r~ cf. Don't ramemb.r 9. What the weather conditions ot the time you IGW the object?, CLOUDS (Circle One)r ~ Clearsky WEATHER (Citcl~ One) , b. Fog. mist, or light rain c. Scotteted clovds c. Moderate o r heavy roin d. Thiele or heavy clovds Don't remember 10. The object appeoredz (Cirde One): (a. Solid) d . As a light Transparent e . Don't remember 11. If it appeared as a light, was it britlhtet than the brightest stars? (Circle One): o . &righter c. About the some fl. Don't know 11.1 Compare brightMu to some commotl objech 12. The edges of the object weret (Circle One): a. fvay or blurred b. Uke a bright star G) Sharply outlined d . Don' t 13. Did the object: , (Circle One for each qvestion) a . Appear to stand still at any time? ~ ~ b. Suddenly speed vp and rush away at any time? reak up into ports or eplode? d . Give off smoke? e . Change brightness? Change shape? L ~ /} r-Ci)Ftashorflicker? ~ e,--,,.,~ L ~ Disappear and reappear? Don' t know Don' t know Don't know Don' t know Don' t know Don' t know Don't know . Official U.S. Air For 15. Did the Gt.ject mov. behlnclsomett\ing at a ny time,o~l\olrtic,ulorfy a doud? (Circle One)t Yes ~ Don't know. IF you or.swered YES, then tell what 16. Did the obj.ct rno.e in front of some thin~ ot any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle One)r Yes .. Don' t know. IF you answered YES, then teU what 17. Tell in o few wards the,. following things about the object: l9. Draw a pfct\IN that will show the shape of the object ar objects. label and Include in your sketch any details of the object that you taw such as wings, protnnions, etc., and especially ehoust trails or vapor trails. Place on arrow beside the drawing the diNCrion the object .,#-..L ,J1 J A .6 n a..u /) I ! UFO form continued 20. Do you thinlc you can estimate ttl 'fMed of the object? (Circle One) Y'e~ G) 1P you answered YES, lt\en what speed wowld you ntimate? - ----- 21. Do you ttlinlc you can estimate haw for away ftOft'l you ttl. object was? (CWde One) e No Jnt'weired YES, then haw far away would vou 22.. Where were you located when you saw ttle object? (Circle One): d. In an airplane (type) 23. Were you (Circle One) 'o In tht. b.aine u section ol o , ity? b In the reside lion o f o cily? open countryside? or on o rfield? Flying over o city? f Flying over open country? IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle ot the time, then complete t he following questions: 24. 1 What direction were you moving? (C ircle One} o. c. East e . Sovth g . West b. ortheast d . Sovtheast f. Sovthwest fast were you moving? I'~& J4 miles per hour. h. Northwest 2 ... 3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at th obiect? Did you ob .. ,..,e the through any the following? o . Eyeglauet Yn No e . linoculan b . Sun glallft Yn No f . Telescope QwindthieldC. r 0 Theodolite d . Windawg Yn Other 26. In order ttlat you con give as clear a picture as pouible of what you saw, dncribe in your own words o common object or ob- ject~ which, when placed up in th slcy, would gi,.the same appearance os the object which you saw. Official U.S. Air Force 28. Ofaw a picture that will s.how the motion that the object or objects made. Place on "A" ot the begin oth, a " I " at the end of the path, and show ony changes in direction during the coune. 29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object. then how many were there? _ Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to s.how the d irection thot they were lroveli!\g . UFO form conlinued 30. Ha.. yCMJ.j,.er seen this, or a ~milor objec1 before. If sa give date or datet ond location 31. Wen anyone elM with you at the rime you saw the object? (Circle One) @ No 31.1 If you answered YES, did they MC the object too? (Cinl~ Or~e) <E!) Nc 31.2 flteaM list their rtam" Oncli odcfrM 32. PltaM give the following information abcklt yourMif: TELEPHONE NUMIE -------- Indicate any additional information about yourself, including any ipecio l perience, which might be pertinent. CLIFfORD W. 80 w ,,.\AN 15~7 WEST 8th AVENUE PINE BLOFF, ARKANSAS I U.S. Air Force 3S. lfthMiftOtlon which 10'1 fael pertiMnt and which h not odeq~o~a .. ly c001ered In the ~cific poinh of the tiomoire ot ftCif1atfe ex~ of ,.ur lighting. L 3 Alamos H~w Mode. lNSUFFICIENT DATA 1 Aprll 1951 -Report from a Los Alamos employee. Oblong shaped object moving slowly both in horizontal and vertical directions. Bright appearance P. H. WYCKOFF Chief, Atmospheric fh7sics Laboratory lJO\V C!nAn~o AT 3 YJ~\1' INT ' DECLASSIFIED AFTE R ~12 l Y~iritLS: UNCLASSIFIED S~DG,TJAE_..:!:.-:as 2jD iiGB'l' <!B.-1B'i'e!RC9?TOB. WI: ~Q,U!: ISUl Am iOllClD lL\52 Presc_ue Isle, :.fai~ ~ 1 Coc:r.anding General Air %lateriel CommaJ'ld t:right-Patterson .Air Force l3ase D~yton, Ohio : ftGIS en observer in the Presque Isle Air For cd e W~2t=er Of f ice, noticed :L unidentified sph&dcal light or object near tha3 hori ::on on a bear- ing of 290 degrees froo the base. ~hie object ccaLge~ color from white to red about every six seconds 3.8 it se~tled to the horizoJ:. 2. The cnme phenocex.on \13.8 r eported by CAA Control ~ower Operator, en! conf irmed by the control toAer ope1a.tor at Li~eatone Air Force Base. . statemant is incl~ed herein !~r. Sanson t s s ta teme::. t CCI ~. At Dir of Intell. ADC, Attn& Dir of Intell. Colo::el, U3lU' Co:D.,l~ci.i !:8 Uf'lCLASS .. ~ i:C A Albuquerque, New He~!ce DJSUI-'FIC IBl T DA I A 12 1-tar. 1951 -Report from Albuque r que , H. H. by two individuals of ball-shaped object, shining-white appearance. Tbe object descended rapidly to the horizon P. H. WYCKOFF UNCLASSIFIED FINAL REPORT Chief, Atmospheric Physics Laboratory UNCLASSJFJED DJ~l AIHC!lill '.l CO.\ \'~RA'1 IOU ' POST OFFICE BOX 0 . ~ , HlJ.i' t 'lillJ ) , l :.:\1 YORK UNCLASSlFlED HAFB: 32:la03l5-laDR Homo to: Lt. John G. Albert Operations and Projects Holloman Air Force 0:1ne, Hew Hnxlco Subject: Unidentified Flying Objects The following Ucll Personnel reported t.he ::;ightine or unidentified flying objects on Harch 14, 1951: The a.oove oersonnel ere located a.t the Bell la3.rdn Lol1d awaiting the return of B-50 Ho. 600~, follmdng the conplotion of a Captive Flight mission Hr. e the first sighting o.t appro:d.r.mtely 1500 hours while follo"rinp, the flirht oo.t h of the B-50, which at that time was flying on a southerly hcadin~ nt nn o.ltitude of aQprox~t~toly 15,000 feet NSL east and slip.htly south of the base. At the first sighting due neither to the distrmce involved or s mall individual size of the objects, Hr. ttachcd little sir,11ificancc to the phenonenon thinking oerhn~s that it was a flock of birdo at a considerable distance. However, in o. minute or so he ber,an to think otherwi:Je and called the Llattcr to the attention of Ilc ssrs. and At the time his sighting was verified by the latter men, the elevation angle of the bodies appeared to be r,reater than that of the B-50 which had progressed a f e w miles further south and cast of the Field. The motion or the bodies (estimntcd a t bet\oreen 11;. and 20 in number) ap!)eared to be of a swirling nature, no t unlike a flock of towering geese or a handful of leaflets in an u~draft. hither due to distance or size, it was impossible to resolve individual sha~e, however, the general impression \ras ea.i ned tho.t the bodies we r e white. Several minutes after the first sigh tine; the wri tcr nnd others were apprised of the phenomenon. At this time, the ll-50 had turned to the left on a reciprocal headlne nnd wa~ approx~uately ea~t of the Field at the same altitude. 'll1e bodies continued to swirl in somewhat random fashion and increase apparent elevation anele. During this time they an~eared to move slowly to the north rcr.rouping on at leaRt two occasions into what apoeared to be u V-Fo:naation. At thiz tir1e the writer a!Jprised General Control of the phenomenon and the reafter attemoted to give them bearine:1 o.s :::ee n from the Dell Hard s tand Shortly before ~ecn-1 was not i fied, the bodi.cr; had ,.,-rouped into n V-Formation and commenced heo.dinr; Genera) ly north\olard. ~'he bearing heading from the Hardstnnd chaneed from nearly due cast to a position lined up with Sierra Blanca. j n vlhnt seened to be a f ow minutes time. This gave the ~npresslon of rela t i v ely hieh velocity. \lben last seen the bearing heading from the Bell Hardstand was slightly vest of Sierra Blanca. . Impressions gained by various Bell Personnel were as followsa Not lml ike n handful of leaflets thrown from an airplane b. Vibratory motion of individual hodies reported occasionally not unlike flapoing of winr,s c. Total time of observation, from tjme of' first sighting, was approximately 15 minutes. It is of inte rest to note that tlv~ ground-to-air and air-to- ground VHF cormnunications were eencr nlly v ery poor throu ehout the Bell mi:wion which corunenced a t 1.31 .. 5 hourD. '1)10 r,round-to-r;round VHF communications t-rere hO\:ever v ary e ood. In nddi t ion, for the lnst ten minuteD of the B-50 flight VHF COlllliiUllico.t ion \dth the tower "ras extremely difficult as if another carrier was si.trul to.ncously in operation. When the writer contacted Queen-1 he was advised tha t they also were having communications difficulty. As additional infornation, wind s aloft to 27,000 fee t were generally west-northwest, estinatod a t 30 to 40 knots. The writer is aorally certain that the phenomenon he witnessed could not have been balloons of Project Sky-Hook. In conclusion, the writer wishes to emphasize that the aerial phenomenon was different from anything he has ever seen up to and including flights of birds. ' BELL AlllCRAFT CORPORATION Field Test Director DEC DEo AT 3 YE LA.sSIFIED AFTE~R .lNTERVAr .. ~ . DOD DIR 6200.1~2 l'EAn~ CLJ\SSIFIED - P. H. WYCKOFF Atmospheric Physics Laboratory !JOWNGnAD .~ DECLASSiFIED AI'TE~H JNTERVALS: DOD DIR 6200.10 YEARS. UNCLASSIFjEO U. 5. AIR fORCt TECHt-41CAL INFORMATION questionnaire has been prepared 10 thot yov con g ive the U.S. : .ir force os much lftfouuotlon 01 possible concernine the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hove observed. Pleo1a "Y k> onter 01 many questiont as you p o u ibly con The lnformotlor. ti,CII you ~ive will be Ull .. for re11orch pvrposes. Your nome will not be used in connection wi