Niagarafalls N Y — May 1951

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Keywords: wyckoff, vertical, niagara, airmen, alamos, employee, airport, physics, falls, laboratory, atmospheric, unclassified, olloan, otgrounci, rcrdar, lt1ltiple, clockwiae, overcasit, l36th, luagsra, iiiagara, unccassieieil, jijbj, rentlonal, alrcrut
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION l2. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo s Balloon Jl J.Ta.y 51 Niagara Falls, N.Y. o Probably l\ olloan ui bl Y flail oon Locol---....--------OtGrounci-VIsual 0 Ground-Radar _-"'ir-ntercept Rcrdar ~ PHOTOS t. d Was Aircroft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Pouibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronoml cal 0 Yo 0 Probably Astronomical aNe MSgt, {Military) lt1ltiple 0 Possibly Astronomical 1 Other UNIDENr IFIED 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 10. IRIIP SUMMARY 0' SIGHTING 11. Shaped like saucer. Vertical tljght -counte;t- clockwiae gyi'O -like motion. Color wa s Yellow Orange. Visibility 4 mi with smoke. Ceiling 10,000 tt, broken c~s. No sound. No trail. --14--J Disappeared into overcasit 30 -40 seconds. Flight to east. ATIC PORM U9 (RKV 21 B&P 52) UNIDENTIFIED. 0 Unlcnown l36th F I.}HI'!R I~ftr.J~CZ?TOR ~. lUagsra FAlls ~!unicipal Airport iiiagara Falla, llev YoTk UNCCASSIEIEil .jijBJ~TI Reporting ot Infona tion o t"ncon,rentlonal Alrcrut Sighting T - : Comrra ndin~ :Jeneral, i r n tert9l lorr..!~Pnd \-:ri ~ht-Pa tterson AFB O.':lyton, 0hl o Attn : l'CIS 1. 'lbe to 1a a report of 11/Sgt. aa given to this otf'1cer. M/3gt is assi3Ded to the ot:ttion of the 12th He~ther SqlJadroD located at tha. Niagara I alia Airport. 'lhe ti:na or the g1ght1ng wa 04201 1 Juzaa 1951. Be'lring of the object \/liS 080 from this be.se. Distance and uti tude o1~ the objec t could not be d8f1n1tel;y ascerteJ.ned by the vltDeaaing re. \{Mtter prevailing ot the time was 10 brokeD olouda, 4 m11ea viaibili ty with smoke, winds were t~S'J at 3 knots 2. H/ altboU:{h not on duty at the ti."lle ..-as leaving the building in vhich the ltle&ther st.;tion is loe3ted. C?on lea,Ting the door uut o the building, !v'Sgt noted an object, ~nd then by tapping o:1 the viDdov or the weath~r station, ~.~10tioned for the two airmen on duty to come outside &lao. 1be following is a. daacrlption or t.''le object es riven 'b7 1-!/Sgt. 'Ibe object appeared to be of the saucer type. T.le center appeared to larger and brighter than the arc sMped wings : rotrudin1 froa the tar. 2oth the c enter o.r~ the outer circumference uera n. gloving yellov-oran5e color. i!o 30UDd \.-as h el.lrd nor wa a any ::>ropulaiOD or trsil noted. Vo"Yement of the object, wa vertical and eastward. Object tir.t. appeaJed about 20 ubove the horizon. A definite 01!c1l&t1Dg motioD '-"' noted. Object disappeared into the cveroaat after ::tpp ta}7 JO to 40 seconds. ). 'lbe r 1a a rosume of st'ltamenta by S~t. :1nd Pro. t.'le w1 tneeaing airmen referred to nbon. 'Iha,o observed the object ea or the base but vere not able to estimate the altitude nor the distance of the si.~hting. Ita flight path appeared to be ellsterl.y and Tert1eally, el.thougb ita vertical movement vas not a s great proportional Rs its ea.ata:ly novementi;r'A'def~Jti 'counterclockvise gyre like rot...tion ~s noted. It wa obaex ved by these tw !lir.nen for apprc~=natel.7 25 to JO ol,jeonds. lo trail or exhau3t lAS observ~. DOD .011~ G~uO.lO UNCCASSifJfll 7 lJNCt:ASSIFIED ! !tt 1.36th VtZ' lntop Sq Subjecta ReportJ.Dg ot Intomatlon of tmeotmm- tlonal Airora!'t S1gbt1"8 4. ATC reported the tolloving tn.ffio at the time of the sighting. One DC-4 Cargo alrcratt. departed nuttalo Airport at 04191 going to Chle.go via Clr CJ'Mlr (Nor\ll Shore or I.eke Erie) ~ence Officer ))~CLAS;.HI~I~D .AFT.:i! 12 YEAHS. lJUD Dll~ b.!vU.lO 7 JWM 19!Jl INSUFBICl~T DATA 7 June 1951 -Report !"rom a Los Alamos employee. Pointed cylinder in vertical position. Cloth-like construction Fell in canyon at llslO A.H. Search party was unable to find tho object or any remains P. H. WYCKOFF tJNClASSlf'IE0 UNCLASSIFIED PROJECT TWINKI.E FINAL REPORT L. ELTERMAH 27 November 1951 Chief, Atmospheric Physics Laboratory UNCLASSIFIED Lo3 Al.Am(\!l , New Me xi c~ INSUl''FJCJF;NT DATA 8 June l95l -Report from a los Alamos employee. Large reddish dot, dull a pp earo.nce which tur ned brigh t arecn. Obo crved for three seconds. UNCLASSIFIED PROJECT T\-IINKlE FINAL REPORT L. ELTUU.Wi 27 November 1951 APPROVED a P. H. WYCKOFF Chief, Atmospheric Physics Laboratory lJlJWNGnAJ> l'U Al' l>ECLASSrFIED A :.: ~l~ INTE!!VALS: fi fi!.I .. 12 YEARS UNCLASSIFiED