J I I lo UNCLAS~IFli-:[> v lito .... AF FORM 112-PART I APPROVED 1 JUNE 194 I (f. l.:A 1/J-: ULANiq AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (,l,ncr) l!:lconv.!ntional Airc:r:1ft _ Rep~rt~g .' tEA P.EI'O"TCO OH !C-1.nsao S-tt : issouri D I C.\ DF suM :'\IARY: (f:nt~r tone Ill 1ummarr t~f rtpfJrt. Girt liflltljfcnnte Ira ftrtal ortt-roJlcJttl rma~r11pA. J,llt itl(lo.tttrtl ot lo,cer ltft. Dtgitt lrrt of rerort on , t ,.. }"or m 11!-J>art l / .) 1. H~u;Jew.l.fe observing passa gE-1 of B-36 bof'1ber1 OYe r I:u rsas observed un- i denti.fied ::>hlny object tr.a t appeared to be near same altitude and p3.ssed bahlnd b omber. BllOc - ul.n.rs t l.Sdd durlng 10-minute observ3 t ion l'Jdriod. 2. Ob j ect u n -identified. rossi bly ~Taather balloon llith t.\.',ii'T tar(et. r.Jlca~ed fror11 Fairfax or Fort Lea '13mIOrth. Colonel, tr3. Deputy for I telligence CO:t:!E!l'IS of Approving Officer: Ci,;ilia.n r3~ortin~ thi~ incident c::tve no r eason for havir.~ ;:ai ted u!1til 4 !arch 1952, to I.t'tke lmorn this ~iGhting. !. iTRlSUTIOH lt'f ORIGI~TOit tJNClASStFIED AF fORM 112-PART II tONCLASSlFIED A PPRO'tED 1 JUNE 1941 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Rli'ORT HO. O'bs~rver H?.s h ouse)I.Lta. Sir,h ting '!Tas z~.ade f r e m r<:Ja~.dence .rx .. 'd t ihlc:l :i.G 31 Ll ')C:<s nout h or cit~ c~n tero Observer ~ t:r~d, ':Ihen 'H h~ar i.~'3 '::~peci::ll. <l:rone' of the D-)6 a n 3 'l~tey c't'oss ;:rv~r Flllsas City on W.19ir Oii:1ula rod b omb runs" ue usually ta.:<e onr b-L..,ocul:..us . unc.r ~. 6 ~J ~o::-td ,.;a tch theHl" " Somdtimes _," .::he con t irrued_, tt they lea,,~ ' 't r :\ li;j On th2.3 cl-'\"l~e., F;"h:...., ar:t ll,--l ?52, :..he b oi,ber left. .1. lont: trail '1':1~ shiny object H,'\3 fir3t. slr;h wd 1 ~h.!.nd t.hd bomrn~r ~'ncl c.'.)Ol tt on~-t:ti:.:-d 0i.' the r.:.1.y lnck nlon g t h 9 v lsiol~ trail (:lb~r~ ~last. sidd c,f cl'CJ') o 1,1-H~n f:i.l ... s t sighted lt ~pp&ar~d to ~a ]orth of ~'"le tr-ail. Dtrin~ ob- servation period it drifted' ~o"..l ::.n of trail n.nd 3ee111ingly l.)S t. o.ltitud~. It ~o/33 not 1ost from nl. ~1t .rhila crossi-:1g trail uo ,,23 an3umed to pa~s bena'.i t.~ it. Hca l"-1er ';a :>unny ~d bright.o 011j et:! t. appearod round-no uln~s vlsibll;). It. S::i->med t o L:m~ and f l c:}.t, li1:3 a 'lo1i-hanging-st.1.r'. It n~Jpeared bri,Jht , tut not t o o brich::. to l ook n t . During 10-:;ninut~ p~r1.od it d rEku fr~m over c l:ty t .o South of city en a l~.:tth p 1.s3.lng ot.rar~1'ad of observer's pos t.o Observe:.. ... :r~Bpp~d into h oune for f e u l'd.nut2s and obj ect disa?pe:-\:.'"'3d c.'!n.:-..:ing 'L'l.i.:J in t e ri.. 11 o CO: ::E!JTS of Preparing Officer: lo Binoculars unad ~Iere 6 x 30 o 2. lTcather u3s bright sunshL"leo ( 25,000 Scatt e r etl) Jo Heather records -indicate that. the ~.rinds from 10 0 00 t o }J_,OOO feet Here c onducive to Southeast..,ar d mo, emeut of a froe .floating obj e c t a.t speeds v.~ryi:'lg from 30 to .5.5 k-not~ o . 4o Size of object ,f33 de~cribed 33 Dppearlng r:maller, hut n~a!. ... ly th~ same slze a 3 tail or bombero Obj ect CO'.lld be :::~en Hi th i'.clk 'ic.l O:J3o 5. HX~E~J obsclrvations at b oth Fa t ... -fo..x n.ncl For t I,c!lvamm~th c:m:!.d p!IJ'Trida b."\.3is for sightin~ due to t llnlnJ and uind CO(I.tlitior...s. UNCl.ASSIFIFO IIOT: TtiiS noCUMENf CONTAINS INFOHM4TION AFFECTING TilE NATIONAL OEFf.N'iF. OF Till' liN I I Fl) ~ffiTF.'i WITIIIN THF. MEAl~ lNG O F Til": F.!iPIONM.o". \CT 50 U ,. C _ :Jl. AS AMENDED. If~ THAN~MISSIO~ OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CON rF.N rs IN ANY 1.1 iNN~.H TO Arl UNAlJ fHORILFO l'Cil~N l:i f'P.OHI:<I'TEO 11 MAY fiOT OE rtf.PRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PAHT, DY OriiER I HAN UNITF.D 5rMFS AIR fORCE AGF~CIS LXCCPT CJY ('f.RMIS"'ION OF Ti l.: I)IRr:CTOR IN H LLIG~NCE. USAF. ' " "' "' r ClA')~Jrlr.A rt )'/ \ JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED D COOK MESSAG! 0 O fUCIIlAL ME!.SAGE CRYI'TOPitECAUTION 0 MULTII'LE Ai:IDRE~S 0 YES [] UO REFERS TO MESSAGE: 1 [)[ItT If !CATION I CLAS~I FICA liON DO\VNGRADED AT 3 V-4-\.H INTETIVAL3: DECLASSIFIED A ~'TER 12 YEARS. IJNCtASSIFIEO MF ('llltf ig" t rtrt, tch?1JIt~f~,~ ~ REl.\SIN~ OFFICER' S SIGNATURE . t!Ef>LACI:S liME fOAM m. I MAV U. W IIICH MAY RE USEO. OFFICIAl. TITLE l'rl CEN'i'KAL AIR DE~ ENSE FORCE KANSAS CITY NO\ - TO CG AMC WP AFB 01110 R( f UR CLASSIFIED ~lSG IC-362 DTG FOLG INFO SUBMTD RSF CADF lt!-52-1; (1) Tl~1E OF SIGHTI NG 1205 TO 12 15 CENTRAL., ( 2 ) vJE:\THER I3ALL002~ 1\a.EASED AT FAIRFAX AT 1130 CENTRAL, HEATHER BALOON RELEASE FORT LSAVENWORTH AT 0900 CENTRAL, (3) C0t1PUTED WINDS ALOFTOVER FA!RLAX: 10000 FEET, 315 DEGREES NOTS; 30000 FEE'f 315 DEGREES 55 KNOTS. UNtLASS~FI~O DEC.ltl.\.SSIFIED ;\FTEl~ J~ Y8.\:i~S. UNCLASSlF.lED . APPt;~II III Cb 11 Fcbru9.~1 195.:2, bet\laen 1:-:05 and 1215 CST the source, n. civiliJ.m ..:ona.:l., vas \o"l.tchln~ o. B-J6 fly !roo tc.st, to ::est over Kar.sas City. Wbjle \:ateht ne thcl D-36, she noticed a ro'.md bright ob;~:t juut. north or the vapor trail l eft u:,- the aircraft 'l"h(! obJect. \las observ.,;.! for ten t:tl nutcs through 6 x 30 uin0t::141.a r ~ an(l cJ.ri:1r. this p eriod 1 t drifted CN::r the obser-1er and continued south or Kanse.s City~ 'i.t:> l.>l.llCI'J!l 5 we n . lfl.ur,chc u 1n t:r..s ceneral. area prior to tho tL~o of sich '.5.Il{; ~ A piesul bulot>n wa s ll'-unchcd fron F~rt Leavonworth, Kansas, at 0930 CST and. a Rawir....:;o.lr.de ball<X)n \Ins l annchcd fro~ :'a1rQX Airport, Kansas City, at 1130 CST .. It 1~ doubtful if t.hf3 balloon launc1:ed at 0930 \lould b e in the area at 1.?.05 CS'l' ao th-;r usutil;r burst. vi thin wt hou: ~ter the launching ~!te balloon le.un:;hc d at ll30 CS'r could have been observed, ho\Jever.. In the 35 ni.:mtes b et.\J'='en tht1 tine or the l:a.l.loon launch and the observation .. tho balloon vould have ascended to ap?roximately JO,OOO feet and would ~ave traveled approxi- t'la:teljl5 n1.1E:s . (~'he vind was fron .315 and averaeed about 30 knotsc) Tili.s would nco.n Uvl. t the hal loon m1ssed nt;ar the source. Ir eone allowance is ~e tor~ error in t e, it is very posjlble that the.balloon could h ave pa ed directly ovE::1 t he observer~ (See in~losed over ley-.) The fact that, it could bo ob!:erved at )0,000 ft. is probably due to the tact that t.he mm c.aused the bal n to glov. The object observed by the source was very possibly a hawins onde balloon l~unched fro:1 Fairfax Airpr.>rt .. DO\VNGUADED AT ~ \'EAR IN'P~"1V I .. DECLASSIFIED AFTEU 12 Yl~XP.:;. UNCLASSJEJEO U NCLASSI Fl t-:0 <Jr lfl& f P'KP iii "' Path or B&l 1 oon nowNr.nADED /':r ~ Y~." R l~:Tt;J~v;. T. ; DECLASSIFIED AVr;:t~ 12 YEt' ~ ~8. Aonroxi;~. tc loer,. tion or ot:uervor \ u . . .. ASSIFIED Knnsa:J Ci ._;/ I , t o o o