PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION ~ 3. DATITIMI CROU~ L TYft! or OaSIRVATIOM S. PHOTOS 6. SOUiCI Xl Ne i~ili t a r r COHCI USIOH$ n W u So II oC'In 0 P to bahl y 0 oil ""n n PouiWy Boii"PI Probably Aircroft 0 PouiWy AirCYoh 0 Was Ast,.nofttl eel 0 Pro~obly Ast,."'ft\lc:el 0 Poui'-ly Astrono..,icl 1. LENCTH Ofl OBURVATIOH I . NUMB[R 0, OBJ[CTS t . COURSl 0 Other ----~-~-- 0 ln~ufficlont Oc:.te f.r [,oluc-ti or U Unlt"''M'\ 10, BRI!fl SUMMARY Ofl SICHTINO 11. COMMENTS Sh ape-Ge n r allj rou nd vri t h a h a zy inverted Evalu-1. ted a / c (h e]o) in v"i.E::w of r:ar.u.t~ s trt:ncat~d c on e on t o p . Size 3 ft dia.me ter, -[lnd d3scrip~;ion of obj<:~ct . Confirmt!d as Color l3lu llhi~c s o f t light. ~o tr.:ti l or e:mau:J~. helo te~ting ne..,r ligh~jng ~ynt . Spe ad wa s 8tation~rJ to 110 knots. No :o~,d. O~ject firs t r e ported stationa~J 7,00 0 f t r:1o vetl .SST;f Mtiuci.'lg altitude one thousand ft, then I :-:o 'Jdd :n~i f or 10 mi. und :.1ov e d in .1.rc SE t.o E t~ FS t o N to N':T. Lost from ~-:.e.-1 vrhil~ S\dtching :uel ta."l.-t3. \Jn?.!'.!IS .tm FOPCE 1M~ Repon ot. Intorma Uon oc ltt1u .. HCI3 'ec..nd, . .\ttna ~ ... ot Intltllicua.. -: e T;Ort . o~ In f 01"m.1l t1 on a. 3ris~ cteeeription or obJectr . Ubapa -~oer:Ul:r rutJbd with a ha117 1nnrtd trunc-at..Ad co,.. o~ to!) Color ,:nue .-rhl.te eott Ugh\ ift0Ci:na11io F~Kturea ;jone oba-tned statimJU7 tollOknta WNGRADED AT 3 YEAR 1):~:::~-:: ~ DO DECJ,ASSU.'lED AFTER 12 YEAR~. -., SounrJ.-none heard ~!.a=auw~re C-bJct first !"!t'lOFtlld ... !lli;i::l!\t~trl 7f'JC() f t ~bot1t lCml. T"' , ')~ th ea~i.ol Comlt md st ionary, !.t 'lJII:l T'lo.,eri :~"''1 for about.. . -~.J r~duoi:11 alt1tud~t to about!. f't, th.-n it ~o~'!'~: ~.p:Y.: ~or '\bnut. U\JCI..ASSJFlED :t J,CCO tet., U.O. lc'-.oua . -s=d .11Jleror:c1tabl, t.t"t!~ra 3:-ft '~a!~ to :I~3.dqua:-ter nos -~ 48 ~r.cts. -llatJ41r&tlln IJ. ~ ~hi ;,Qt, V"l W :U~rcection or i ti:!ea~c c\ion :.cc.~l a!re!'a.ft. :\l:'OoJ"Ue ,-,t ~hA -ti:.P ~o~ tdSb - . .U,::-entt l nbcmr:d :1.:-.d out.. baaw:l .Boll1:lR ;!vi~ 23;c:: to 24~nz;.J 1.1:-; ore 76sa, ~:ilct.J at.i~ehl, . UN~asSIEIED ffiOM A STANDING START. NO TRAIL OBStRVED, NO ~DISE HEARD. LOST SIGHT OF tJH!L! St~ITCHING f UEL T KS, MANNER OF DISAPPEAR C UN L~N. OTHER ocCUPANT OF C-~5 NOT AVAILABt u~TIL THIS AFTERNOON. WILL QUESTION HIM AT THZI TIME. ALEXANDRIA POLICE AND WASHINGTON HAVE NO REPORTS OF OTHIR SIGHTINGS ntiS NATUIE. WEATHER BUREAU STATES NO ILLUMINATED ~EATKEI BALLONS RElEASED THIS VICINITY CURINC PERIOD YESTERDAY IMMEDIATELY P!ICEDING Li INCIDENT. REQUEST YOUR COMMENTS SOONEST D CONTMPLATD ACTION. E1D CSAJ' IEM l <RESTRICT~:) r~ I'tDJ E WHEE IT IS IN i.E tTtS IT HOULD READ HAVE !"<PT HAVE A51LIIY7.UJE'~EE~;e SSS . . :, IRST LINE, FIFTH WORD SHOULD RIA~. FLIGHT 7!7TM LINE, FIRST1WORD SHOULD READ S2VENTH LINE SHOULD READ ACFT HAD T!iE AB I 1,. ITY" E NTH LINE SaOULD READ PILOT \THO SA!i ACFT" !..I~lE TTJENT7 SEVE~ LAST t.JORD SHOl!LD RA?IDtY C1TTTTT ... CSAF ITt~ 3 <RESTRICTED) ~CURITY INFORNATION 10 RUPPELT rxOM AFOIN-VITC IOURNT . - FOI.LOWIN~ MSG RellVDFROr4~1GliT ' SERVICE ~CTlON OLMSTEAD Ara, DATE GROUP 28015'2 At APPROX 1910 TWO PILOTS ON LOCAL CUT OJ BOLLINQ OSSEIVED AN ODD LOOKING ~CFT CIRCLING AND HOOVERING OVER ALEXENDRIA VIRGINIA BETWEEN 1000 AND 6000 FT THE PCFt!THE ABILITY TO GO STRAIGHT UP OR STRAIGHT DOWN OR IT COUL HOOVER. IT WAS ODD SHAPED PND IT GLOWED L1AL~ lt VERY VISIBLE. PILOT WHO~ACFT WAS CAPT HERS3ERC!R. -_,CONTACTED CAPT HERSBERCEi A.'iil OBTAINED FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: OBJECT WAS IN FORM OF WHITE LICHT WITH FAINT 'YELLOWISH CAST, APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET DIAMETER SPHEROID, ~OT TOO WELL DEFINED AND FUZZY ABOUT tDGES. OBSERVED roa ABOUT TWO :1Ib1UlS FROM C-45 AT 7000 FEET ALTITUDE OBECT AT NEAR!ST POINT wAS BILOW AND SLIGHTLY IN FRONT OF c-., AT ALTITUDE Of ABOUT 1000 FET. CAPT li:RSBERGER THrtOTTLED BACK TO t 10 t11U:S PER EOUR INDICATED AND WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW OBJECT. OBJECT ALTERNATELY MOVED A30UT AND HOVERED CVSR 'LZ!AND:li.~ ~OV~RI~G TOT -\L -~r A30UT 2 'J CAPABLE Of M:\NEUVElliNCi lN ~1A.~N!R . Sll'!ILAR TO HZI.ICOPT!!t AND APPZA.~ED TO CS AF ITEM I& .J~ ~ I TO I RUPPELT ATIAA2C FROM AFOIN-V/TC FOUR.~ET AMC, THIS TT. !l WILl. AWAIT YOUR OC ON CS~ ITEM 1 :~ THIS TT BEFORE TAKING ACTION YOU REQUEST. t PLEASE ADVISE. 'ENDCSAF ITEN 4 (RESTRICTED> DO\VNGRADED AT S YEAR INTE R 'I,. L~. DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS: . ' 2 AND 3 ABOVE ARE CORRECT V~RSIONS CS' ~AC:ES PREVIOUSLY T~ANSMI'I lED AS IIUt 5 AN~ ) I ) FROM LT E J RUPPF.LT ATIAA-2C _;_, ,.-, TO AiOit~V/TC UNCLASS\F..\EO . SECURITY INFO rtEQUCT Nl\[1iS AND ADDRf..SS&:S or PILOTS i1FNTION!.D IN iT-314, C3AF ITEM NR 3 DATrD 2S D~C 51. ~HE 4TH DISTrtiCT OSI WILL BE R~QUESTr.D TO INV!="STIGA!! POSSioiLITY 07 itr.LICOPTZR IN ~RL\ AN:l O'S'T,\!N Dt'!AIL:::> STAT rrs FRO~ P!LO'!S. ~r!~2C~PII2 . CS~.r ITEM 1 . CR!STRICTED l TO RUPPELT FORM PJ:i!:RENCEa CSAF ITEM J, TT J 1,, DATED 28 DEC ,1. I I J ADDITIONAL lNFORMATIONlA A RESULT CS FUTHtR lNVESTlCATION THIS CIDENT IS . PS FOLLOWSa HELICOPTER WITH BxPERIMINTAL : LIGHTING SYSTEM FROM PATUXENT~NAVAL AIR STATION WAS OVER ALEXANDRIA AT TIME OF ~.SIGHTING. E~A -~ilo~- ~HAr THIS HELICOPT ~ WAS SOURCE OF SIGHTING END CSAF IT~M 1(RSTRI:TED) .OOWNGRADED AT g DECLAsSIFIED AF AR INTJ:;H\'.'.L!S AMC I~!M ~/R E S T/ . FROM LT E J'RUPP!~T, ATIAA-2C TO AFOIN-V/TC A!IM TOL'RNET UNCLASSIFJC:O rn'RACT FroM STATUS REPORT /1_..;.;.2 _ D.\TE: 2S Dec 51 Til:E (Local) : 1910 UX:ATION: Al 3xandria , Va. I.FNGTH OF TI 1-!E OBSERVJ:D 1 2 ~ iin. sotrnD: Nom SPEElJ: Unl'.nmn ALTITUDE: 1000-6000 ft. HEADDG : Unlmmm OOURCE: USAF Pilot ACTION OR COHIt:EllTS: Prov ed to b e cxperincnt~l r.elicopter fron P~.tu:<e:tt IJa v o.l Air Station. DESCRIMOU OF INC[D:Drr: Pilot z::1::! obje c t ;.slo::riq Hhich circler.! and hovered