12. CONCLUSIONS ~6~'i'~,'~:J~, -0 Probably Dnlloon -3:-oATE:TIMECROUP--.._ TYPE OF-OBSE-Rv-AT-:-ION----------.n Pouibly Oolloon D Gro""d v, suol D GroundRoclor .:r. Dinoculars lPAi,. Ve .ut'll 0 Air Intercept Radar 6-TouR'Ce---- 0 Wos Aercroft C Probably Airc:roft 0 Po Hi bt y Ai rcroh D Was Astronomical o No ' D-J6 Crc~ 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronotnicol 7. LENGTH OF' OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 10. BRIEF $UMMARY OF SIGHTING Douetlllut ATIC FORM J29 (R.V 26 SltP 52) 0 Unknown 11. COMMENTS Stacked in n vortical colUIIm ONCLASSif:lb:"o i:e 11are flying along when o4"er the int.erphone c~llna th3 qu"st.ion \.:h.:l~ wa!J that. in !ront ot U!le Our present altitude W30 lll <Y'...0 i't.. I wta;, fly:i.'=1r, rit;:ht G:..::tnrl"r ;:nd C po3lt1on and looked thru ths lert blister and aa~ ioUl eleamL~ ballo in a at.rr.igbt line. The wing stopped me from geeing ~oM or them. 'J'hon I retu,n'!'d to 1A7 position. That is all I saw. I had no id.34 of til"lir alt:ttud~ or how fa1 tro11 ua thq were. I h.-.ve never s"en anything lL'ce this in r!l:f lifo UNCLASSIFIED \lbil.e tl71na oouthwest ot Snn An~elo at 2005C 1? t!a7 1~52 ut 18 brigbt light appeared in the west in trail.* Tha heiGht and diut.anca could not be determ.lned. The lJ.ebts appaared to be circular tor ~hout .30 r.:inut.e~J and then seened to spread or trail out like a vapor trail. I t. a.ppeated fro:\ th beginninl as it it couJd hnve been ~11 cloud or vapor t~rnat.ions wi~h the settin& lnUl refiecting ott a lower deck cloud rorrnatilln or ba7.e layer. The7 were viaible untU dark. As we 1'lew along we did not seem to r,et elo&er J reported this to the Ssn An&elo Radio and thet operntor observed this lnoident trcn the ,~round DO\VNG1tl\nT~\) .A~ 3~'0 \-~ Im'E'Q'VALS) DECI~ASSU.'Ilill .A1')'~R 12 YlnARS.. UNctASSIFIEO I )( I 0 ph oi-D A.-. cL \3 AI FOIM 111-PAIT I AIIIADVIDI - (LF.AVH BLANK) AIR INTEWGENCE I iiij 31st Strat Rcn Sq CO~-G<:m!S of Approving Officer: Although this report ,.,aa belatedly received by t his haadquarters, it "'~ tho,J.gh\ to be su:~f1 c1 entl)' important to for,rard for evaluatt on. All ~que..dron #!. ' intelligence officers and a1rcrew members in this wing have been forcefully inded of their resgonaibili ty in promptly-rEr~orting all u.nu3ru-~ aerial observ'"l.tions in :\ccordance w1 th J.AJJAP 1469 and .tt.."'i"L 20o-5. The attached photographs p::-ove the r-.uthent1c1 ty of the rer>ort as observed and the onl)' explanation of the objects that c~n be reached at this headqu3rtara 1~ the po~sibility that the white puffs ma7 lk~ve been caused by eihaust from a vertic~lly ln:u:1ehed, multiple phase, rocket or guided missile. The prorlci ty of the aircraft to the New l.[enco testing aitea does not rule out this possibility, but sines tr.e wind .reloci t7 at 13,000 foet "'o.s 35 k:l.ots, 1 t s9ems unlikely that exhaust puffs \rould remsin that long without diss i pating. JJ!PROV:UO: \TILL I .&\1 J. q,UI;? Ca-otain US.U' .As3t lUng Intell Oft DOWNGRADED AT 3 Y2l\!( IN'l'EitVAT~ .. DECLASSIFIED A}f~FJt 12 YEARS ' DOD Dm li20o.lo I 1. Photograph ot obJect (2 Tre.nsp3.renc1ea, 1 cy each; 2 photos, 6 cyo e~ch) 2. Plots U&!J of .Area Sighting ( 6 . cya) 3. Statement a of Obaervere ( g StP.tements, 6 c:ra each) Director of Intelliauce, USAJ, \fashington 25, D.c. Chief Air 'l'echnical Intelligence Center, ATTN: ATIA .. \-2c U-P A...~ Cornmaodi~ Gen.ral SAO, Off'ut' .:'~ UNCLASSJFlEJ:l CommNUll O.neral 1 A:l ;.F.B IIAND .. AS ITIIAYHOT. tNm Killltl. AF FORM 112 PART II APPROVID I JUNII- INFORMATION REPtmtLASSIFiEo; ltl ji()jljl 110. lndl ~ oa a 'ntnlldloa oa19 ~ 1952 ia the ...,t,ot.Dlt' of:;;.-t~lo. ~ .a rot '' ot 'lle 31' Sba\ l~or 5th ~th\ necoa ia~. cl.~l ot 11.000 tM,, lMItDs lS' t*B (21it MPK TAB) M&l tba Wllll&t.hiJI' Q)l'ldl ~lost ,, the el&ll ,.. OlU CC7, en tha e.l:.:hl: e:awJ' pod 'lo.o b\ t'-tlM of u~ ,)., a pod ofll o cl.Hk te the nl~ n\ oa "'1-'-' diateace ot !10 t 15 :::~ilM """'-'* ta a vwttoal colu, thtt boi of vbiab ~ oe\i:Aat.& !:o b a' 2,,000 fee\ 81'4 \he ~ a\ Go,O(X) fee\e ~8'ftlftl ooef11::\J.~ :"CJ;lOrl "~N t:b the td~ ~ b ~'-ili~oiloa ot ~ "-''iD ~m.. 'Z~ objeot ._,e~ ::awlle4 the obJea\a a vld.t ct~u\ UAt e:ull "*JiOI' tJ"'Id.l A ~1~ cu powar 'Jtaorian ven u..a to ob ,,. th9 C)oJHt.. aDd the utt.,J' :11ei the t::!'...'IU.l '.dd M Vkj .. ~ t:aail ~'tJ7 ~. hda.r O-:,MJI't8~ J!~ DO\ CH ~Jl7 \O'JiilatDAl 'S"3'C1.U1l8 The .~r Df the !m .. :;s radif>fld. tla .i:agelo ~4 attloa. ~ a c:'&laDA o'l>~" tr. tba\ at:..\i01l was tllat) flbl ~ a" t'h e"jtu'" C. Qaw ..O hN\ a ,,,. pe toftal (Wl'l"S cl>oari, loa4el. w1 th oolor rt t~ok o1:& p'ho fd ~ obJecJM. 'bu' oDl7 twe ot fJl1'1 lftlue. !...'l".ttM t1110 !~u.sol ba.,. a\,Mhe4 to the r~n t~ to t'bl Jt!J> =:'taohldotl. l:.l\ellta-qe ~. 'JJI'lp' b't:r~a .-\.11' ~'one n~\aohad photogrrspba ar. o1 '"-tna~pflftllol" g"-vlew4 vi"-a ),OC pl'O~ee\o~, th o'bJeo\ ;?.J'W cl.ul,~ tiS:)tbpitdto-ne 1a tll4t tran~p~cl... . ~. repon of thl dab'!Dc wae 4elqel daoe the RJ 36 aew itid. =o' rye.. ..a \.n'll. th colo .. pM ,a-. N\vae l~ the n&OI ~\ tiU pl"'ceelJI& ~. ;,. ,_ ),-e P.liA tiltl' ~hotopapha ba4 to b ~d !Me f'aoto~P ftl coa\l'lw to the delF 1 ot 0ttS01tl'l l~ 1 the O!tlDlo of tboe !':!l~lllf (>i"t1c.r t~' tlte ni~\lD4 ra!>nM-.. ,jb""'l a. w~at.a 1a e.tcll of the crew !.1&\b~ e\4\,,..en\w, r.nd i' 1., <141nt.'el7 ~ '1r 0~ " n,.tllte o'bJea\ %'epol'\. 11011: THIS DOCUMINf CONTAIMS IHFOAMATtON At:ftCTIMCl THI N~TIONAL O[FHS Of THE UNITED ~'TATn WITHIN THE MEANING Of THE ESPIONAGE ACT, !0 U. S. C.- ll AND 3Z. AS AM&MOID. 11S TRANS~ I OR THt RVli.ATIOII Of In COHTIHTS IN ANY MAHNP TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PlRSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. MAY NOT BE RlPMOOUCEO IN WHO' i OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED SfATES AUt FOHC AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF 1 HE DIRECTOR Of' UHELLIGlNCI. USAF. ..... 'It U. I.GOwl ... III,.JI'IMimiiiOffiCII I8:UI .. UNCLASSIFIED l\hea.d, on course. \:e contirm~d on ao\\rB~ and npproach~r! th~111 !'.Jr ~b(J'llt : n ho,_rr On clos:.n-observation they api1~nred to ne to b& vapor tralls, tl'~ hl~hc3t. :-.t tlpproxlraat.ely /.0,000 tt, spaced down at 1,000 rt int,~rvals 1\3 sk"'t.ehed b )lO'A* 1>0\VNGT-!ADl~D AT YI-:AH. l.N1'ERVAW., DECLASSIFll:U AFTER 12 'fEARS. UNCLASSIFIED ~llile returning from Ti:>! NrYed out of tho left blister a !)eculill.r fonno.t,ion ot bright spots (5) Uhder the win& (lett) at 12 o'clock. 'lhe)' were in n vertic3l. line. As wo C"-no clo3~r the apacin& ~tween the spots became uneven and gradually left ~ vPrtical lin~. Thq appeared as diagrar.mutd below. Juat before dusk, at tho closest, I ' "'ns r'ble to what was cauaing the opote. It appe~r~d that some circruft had lert Ynpor trails in a spiral ascent or descent. The brightness or the vroto c.p.. peared to me to he caused b7 the aun'e retloct.ion from these vapor trails. Altitude Appeared to be sane 15 to 20 thousand teet above our altitu1~ or l>OWNGnADED AT 3 Y K:\I~ lNTJ~U.V AUl. DECLASSI !t"IED AFl'ER 12 YEA~ . UNCLA~SlFIE~ UNCLASSIFIED On !-!a7 19, 1952 at 2005 hrs C.'l.T. npprodmat~ly .30 mil~:~ south:.1e3t; or S:.m Tcxns, a otring ot soven circular lights v-an ob~erved nh~:.td or ;.nd highet-thon our aircraft. The sieht.in.~ m.o reported to the A/C and overyone within view or the objects nttempted to determine what th~y '>'fer-e. Upon cloat:f;r observation on ct;1 part th37 appeared to b~ vory CIM.ll circles GUCh clS n nr.aall jet plnrwa rllif.ht !Jlaks it it# waro flying an extre!nely s!:!all circle. A b!jtta:r dascriptlon r:1lght. be ot a l-thite doUBhnut. in the aky. Thare her~ se"'en ... uch objocta almost one above the other. n1o altituds o! the objscta sao d to =~ to range rro~ npproxir.Jately 25,oo0 tt. (the lowe:Jt,) to approrl!aat.e~q 6v,OJJ tt (tha highest). As we got clo3er to the objects the circular part o the o~jecta 8e~med lnreer and tuzzier as a vapor trail mir,ht nppear after it bogln~ t ~ dis- alpat.e. 'l'hq stayed in vic~, still appearing ahead or us, wtt.il d arh:. 'l'he crlr~wot brightness of the objects upon !irat sit;hliing so8C1ed to come r rol.l the t>un which ~as setting. Later on tha objects definitely had the ru~zy, hazy appea~ance ot a dissipating vapor tr . UNCLASSIFIED