" E'ancd:r" t o cl.i .:t Visnal-nir l'ie h t t.urr.s t r> te t "Cut t.i.I: 1 n s V.r.e on UNCLASSIFIFD tollowiD(~ Win d ~l~r~f Seartevel Pre~37 Observat1oo. Seatevel h 244 ~-. De t achant Com~ru.d 1: 1' DECLAssiFIED Alt.,l'Ei_R INTERv A r.s . --non nm o2oo.1~ !EA.as. .UNCLASSiFiED AF FORM 112-PART I APPROVED I J UNE 19.11 ~ ._ , .. ' I ru~.u-NcL.AssiFifli (LI::.ur.; DLiLVA.) COt..:O.T .. Y I AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT --DAn Ol''llt;t,li.,.ATION. r~l\IA110N '"""'AMI) rt (UJr) UNCLASSIFIED AIRCRAFT StOHTS STRANGE 01-IECT IN THE VICINITY OF' fAITCHEL FIELD \-,X AT 0930 E SKY CLEAR VSBV 10 MILES TE~.tp 29 DGW PT. 10 ~'JIND .JI'nlf 1S GUSTS TO 26 ALTIMETER SET 30.22 Q~SSE V 3894 TBM (BASED AT HEM) REPORTED THAT HE HAD SIGHTED AN OB~ECT EAST OF UITCHEL FIELD, AT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT ALTITUDE, SPEED APPROX 400 KNOTS. -THE TOWER PERSONNEL ON DUTY Dt"D NOT SEE THE OB.JECT WHICH THE PILOT REFERRED THE PILOT OF Y3894 TBM GAVE A FURTHER DISCRIPTION OF THE OB-JECT AS FOLLOWSI ROU~;;Y -~. ~I.GHT IN COLOR, 3~ . I ,' APPEARED TO BE A PARACHUTE CANOPY,. Wll'~ AA -DARK. COL"ORf.. ,.~:t:.'; . .-,.:_, :~;-OB~CT UNDERNEATH. THE PILOT FIRST OBSERVEB THE OBJECT ,"-:...-.:~ .,. , ,t' ,." :- OR 3 MILES EAST OF MITCHEL Fl ELD, COURSE APPROX 210 .-i~i; .:./2 , .::,:-.J'.DEGREES AND HEADED TO A POINT 2 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF . ,, .. , r.11TCHEL, 1T THEN MA!l A 2 60 DEGHEE TUHN 'fO THE LEF7 ANrl THE~ TO t\ NORTH-~'1~3TERLV HE.\iliNG. AT.\ PJ!~T APPROX 2 MILES EAST OF r,liTCHEL FIELD IT MADE A 360 DEGREE i.tJ~ TURN AND BACI TO A 210 DEGREE HEADING, CLIMBING VERY THE~ Dt S&arP~'~R~ P UNCt.ASSlFlED i--------SI'ACi: ABOVE FO.~ CO.'-f.',fUVICAT/O,VS CC.VTZ.~ O'lt.Y ,_ ,_ _ _.; co, .&'liC Fart Dtrenor ot PREcr:.oE:-.c: : ;,CTIO:-t [j M VI.TII'l:: ADOA~3 IDENTIF:C.\ 1 IC:-1 II:IFOi'l'll'TI;JII ~ u. s. Nut pS.lo\ ..-n UNC:LASSlFlt:.O DO\VNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVATJ3~ DECLASSIF'IED AFtER 12 YEARS.= n rJD DtR 5200.10 U I oa;r l 'J 'Nn'O:tl I.IAV at: l.St:O. fl1 CG MiTCHILL AiB NY 2- ro ADC NT AFB COLORADO ft~ WPAFB DAYTON OKlO FOR CHIIi AIR TECHNICAL INTtL CENTER INFO CS USAF WASK DC FOR DIRECTOR OF INTEL DC S-O r .lt\fClASSIFIEQ CITE MTL 1-S BSBO RF PAl -D LTR DEPT Af SUBJ REPORTIN; OF ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYIN; OBJECTS FILE AJOlN-CCC-2, 19 DEC '1 FOL RIPT IS SBMDI 1 DESCIIPTIONI A SHAPE ClRCULARl IN A HOTIZ PLANE PANCAKE SHAPED RR SIMILAR TO A OPEN PRCHT IN THE VERTICEE PLANE. 81-SlZil ESTD 20 TO 30 J'T IN DIA HII;JCT ABOUT 1/3 OF TME DIAM IN THE HORIZ PLANE . C COLORI viRY LI;Ht, AS ASILKORNYLON PRCHT CANOPY ON THE UPPER SURF. DUE TO THE HEI;HT RELATIONSHIP WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE UNDRS1DE VERY WELL HOWEVER HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT IHE UMDEISIDE lAS A DARXEI COLOR. D NOI 1. EAST JORMATJONI ,EGATIVE. F ARODYNAMIC fEATURESI NO APPARENT AERODYNAMIC , fEATURES SUCH AS Wl NGS T.~IL OR ANY 11-Ei\NS OFCONT:;tOL, G T~-<.,lt . .... CR EXHAUST I NONE APPARENT H PROPULSION SYSTEM I NONE APPARE~T ... - I - - \c I SPIIDI WHEN FIRST SIGHTED ESTD AT 300 KNOTS, WHEN CIRCLING . ~UTCMEL AFB THE OBJECT SEEMED TO BE SPEEING UP WHEN LAST SIGHTED BELIEVE OBJECT WAS DOING AT LEAST 500 KNOTS. WHILE THE OBJECT CIRCLED MITCHEL I WAS ABLE TO fLY fAIRLY CLOSt BY CUTTING ON THE INSIDE. I WAS DOING 160 KNOTS AND BY COMPAII~G THE SPEED !0 MY OWN, THE ESTD '00 KNOTS SEEMS REASONABLE. J SOUNDI NINE APPARDT. K HAHUEVDSI TI~Ht TlJRNS SOUTH.OJ' MI'IClfEl..BEFORE HE.,CAtJE BACK TO MITCH . MANNER 01 DISAPPEARA E. OBJECT ,. DISAPPEARED ABOUT 7 MILES AiAY AND AFTER REACHING AN ALT GREATER THAN MY OWN 6000 FT. M OTHER PERTINENT fEATURESI WHILE FLYING LEVEL, NEI,HTIR GAINING OR LOSING ALT THE OBJECT SEEMED TO HAVE A ROCKING OR OSCILLATING MOTION, 2 AP!OX 0950 EST. 3 VISUAL FR THE All. A SPEIDI 160 KNOTS. B ALT 6000 fT. C TYPE ACfTI t~VY TBM3W. ' ABOUT ~ MILES DUE SOUTHEAST OJ MITCHEL. 5 LT JR i XEITVOGEL, 3~2'8 USN, NAVAL AVIATOR, ATTACHD TO AVY SPtCIAL IIVICES CENTER PORT WASHINGTON NY. FLYIN' EXPERIINCE 8 VIARS FLYING lN NAVY WITH TOTAL TIM APRX 1~00 HOURS. WEA MITCHEL. AJ"B 0925 EST SKY CLEAR VISIBILITY 10 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 237 TEMP 29 Dt~ .10 ~IND NORTH NORTH WEST At '0 KNOTS GUSTS REACHING 2S KNOTS ALTlMETlR . SETTIM' 30.22 REMARKS PRESSURE RISING RAPIDLY. 7 NEGATIVE. ~ J L-'\SSJ F$B .~JNCLASSIFIED FROM: (Ort4inator ) INFO: D/'1. !q tlS11, Stevwt\ An, ~. t. JUNCLA5S1F!ED AEl'UCO N\4E FOR~ 173. I MAY ~ 'NHICH \lAY BE l.!KO. 11'-f'Ofo''rT~CH X' ORI'jiN~L l;lt$,jAGE IO~NTIFICATIO~ CLAS.-IFIC;.. iiON .... tbiiJ Olll PRECEDENCE I ACTION 11:-<FOR\IHIOI't ------ FOR: }~t.i:Ja ~ MULTIP\. AOORESS ?.aat.ll ~\12' Det8ua Fane St.war\ AiB S. Attau D~ol Ml1.al obJt. that. at. ~ siptei"S ?11ab pata ~ air~"'\ am obJ 3. T;pe of UNC.bAS51FlED 1. OF 2 PAGES :m :; flone Visual-air Tight t.urns Wns a:.Jl e t o ret nm~r t ha obj oc t "Cut tinrr"