)0 so.:onds ! ~1&h a~pecrd. ;.lnso&~ t. :.s t.ht'tl upwa:-<i a:s full moon. ITATII All POICI PILE HO. Of INVUTIOATIONS IIPOIT OP INYESTIOAOON lfPOif MDI AT UIDOW11 IUB.J'IOI( 8) Un14entlfie4 ObJeo' OYer 35thAYGDUe IDYeat~ation 1Dit1ate4 b7 District Comm&naor pred1C3ted u;pon aightlr.g of unusual bright o O'ter Arizona 'b7 Mr. ft.D4 M? ted object tra.eled faater tban boVD aircraft. vall about eice of full moon, emitted a etruge vbi te light, made no sound. ond vae in their eight approximate~ thirtT (30) aeconde. llo ot reporte received confirming observation b7 A 11 I'ON tiOIC: DI1C!Ia1UI'4t or the utur.. IC)Ul'a., w ""' the nkteftce of auc:l\ lnvftllpttve lnfi'A"In&tloft to P"'ii01'4 nwnUoned 1ft tM report or tD oUw piNCIM 110t DOrmallJ eatlU~ to nc:h IDfonnatlon may be made only wtl.n tnrf>"""iiJ authortad by lhe Olrfttor of 8Jieetal Ill \'Up&...., 10. w ~ authDrl~. Uaauthorbld dllh!losure or auc:h lntormatlon ill bta considered to be a vlolaUon or AI'R ~1. tech Intel Center DO 15 (Into) ACTION CO" FOIWAIDED TO UNCLASS\HE.D 2 APPitOVED JAUES C. B:>RDII Lt Colon.l, USAJ' DISTIICT CO.WMNDfl flU: STAMP 1~ !hie i1Wtt'ettcatio1l ie opened at the direction of the Ditttrict upon i tio1l turniebed thte Diatrict by Nr. , vho reported eigh,lDC an aerial phenomenon on 2. Oa 1 , Mr. N4 reported to the writer 'llat tM7 .l~enu ra1 115) outetde Phoenix, ,.A_rl!OJl!e..!l. about 2100 hour, JO Ju=e 1952, wbeJl tbe7 ....... _ aware of a licht of \lD'UU&1 brilliaace about 450 tbe borison and in aa euter!T direction fro their poai 'ioa. Mr. te'-7 etopped the ca;r 8D4 they both cot out to obeerve the light. oth described 1 t as cener117 round in ahape, apparentl7 rT tar ll1lrlfq anA em. ttlng a strange white lieht ot UJW.nl'l brilliance. Mr. tatod tbat he baa done a areat deal of vel4i g and tbl light to tbat aade b7 a welding After gettinc out of tbe car they obaerYecl the light f6r e. :P!r1o4 or tift (5) to et&ht (3) eecond A tbe7 watched, the object traveled 4ovnwarcl, archie 11ghtl7 to the right, traveling -.eey tae,, and leanng ao trail. It ea44an17 blinke4 out, then reappeared near tha horicon, tban traveled upra.rcl at an extre1De11' high rate of apee4. After two (2) or three (3) eocon4, it auMeD17 tlubad out n, tben appeared about ,.,o abo.e the horisoa. :Both Mr. ODd Mra. agreed that the obJeot appeare4 to be at leaat several ilea a_,-an4 traYelecl much taeter than . a.t.rcraft. Kr ated it appeared to be as lo.rge ae a full JDOon. Bie wife deacri be4 1 t aa bein larger than M:T etar, but aome aaller \haD a tu11 mooD. &th etatecl they were etartled and were not sure ot the total leacth of tiM \hey obserYe4 the object, but 1 they oou14 achal}T e 1 t for about th1ri7 ( tbe owner aa4 of tbe Phoenix, AD4 he aDd Mre. are apparen of average intelligeDCe. Kr. a.nd Xre al.eo atate4 that the obJect the7 eigh\ed made no nu41 ble aouD4. ,. llo other zoeport ooDci41nc with this a1ght1nc ba-.. been receie4 ,. \hie Dietrlot thie caM ie oona1dere4 clo 'Jl J_t\v.J rJ.tl lff.f" l ~pc. DIPARTMINT 0' THI AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON '"' tltlrleto c.ruu. "'"' '"' Dtlf111C:1 o,ncr or tri:CIAL ""'"IG""o"' .....,.,.,\lllltoll Alii roll:& ~u. CICJGI' OMIO . acPLt err tea 5D 2l.,.~ SJBJEC'l' 1 UNKNa."ni SUBJF'1'( S) Un~dentified Object over '5th Avcue Phoenix Arisona SPI!XliAL nJQUIRY Ca:aaanding Officer Air Technical Intellicence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base AT'ftrs ATI 1. Attaohad hereto for your inforr.tation are two cooies of the report of investip,ation by Speoial Agent FADl~ s. UcELROY, 17th OSI dated 10 Ju:cy 1952, subject as above. 2. Investigation was initiated by the District C01mnander, 17th OSI District, Kirtland Air Force Base, New l.!exico, based upon informa- tion that J.rr. and Mrs. sighted an unuoual obj act over Phoenix, Arizona. ' J.tr. aJX1 Mrs any kno1.m aircraft, was a white light, made no sound stated the object traveled faster than t the siza of a full moon, emitted a strange and l"la.S in their sight approximately thirty 4. Uo further investieati ve action is contemplated, and the files ot the Otfioe of Special Investir.ations are oonsidered closed in this 5. Your attention is invited to paragraph 7, AFR 205-1, '\Vhich pro- hibits dissemination of classified information to unauthorized persol"'.ncl. 1 Inol (in dup) D. o. NORTH Lt Colonel, USAF District Commander UNCLASSIFIED