iC:t73 RECOR.:l CARD h jj. CH ."'If .. v 1lu .ttoo I a,. LRIC F ;.~,.\10\AaY OF ,,r.HTINC. J: J 1.cy raa t:) blue in colo:.. do:;c~ct ~.~ V\:rt1er:.l JSSBY E170 DE JESBY 16AJy~ ~a CG MOAMA BROOKLEY AFB ALA 'fO CG AMC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO I MOIP-11-8-E URMSG AFOIN-ATIAA-9-4-E 8 SEP 52 ~{Ei PROJECT BLUE BOOK /1/ ~10BILE RADIO LOG SHOWS THAT NO AIRCRAFT :1ERE FLY SOUTHWEST LEG Al~D THER WAS NO UNUSUAL RAD TRAF. /2/ OBJECTS WERE SEEN BELOW CLOUD COVER EXCP FOR ONE AND CLOUD FORMATIOtJ PASSED BETWEEN IT AND THE EARTH. NONE WERE OBSERVED TO PASS THROUGH CLOUDS. /3/ BASE WEA OFF STATES THAT IT WOUJ .. D BE POSS13LE FOR WEA B~tOONS. tcr1JRIJ r OVER 'THE AREA OF SIGHTING FROM EGLIN AREA OR PSNSACOLA AREA. /4/ AIRCRAFT C0~1ANDER OF C-~5 AIRCRAFT 35499 B J SHELDON LT COL 3G94A 3801TH AU WG f1AX:~ELL AFB. NO B-29 3 5S4A TOOK OFF FROM BROOKLEY Ai8 AT THAT TIME. 19/17411 SEP JESBY Ril JEo:;p i i~ CG l:OAHA ~ROOKLi:Y AF d AI. A TO CC AfiC WRICHT PATTERSON AF~ CORRECTED COPV. REF P~OJECT .:.LUE Jooi~ CLN 111 i ;o..,ILZ aADIO Loc sao,.Js THAT NO X1Rcr!AFT WR~ FLY SOUTHHEST LEG A~D THEa!:: \1,\S i~O UNUSlJAL HAD T~U\f 12.1 OBJECTS ~IERE SEEN iiELO".f CLOUD COVER EXCEPT FOR o~;E: A_L~D CLOUD JJaHAT ION PAS~ ED wETtJi:EN IT AND THE EAaTH NOi~E WEaE OJSEitV'D TO PASS THkOUGH CLOUDS I Jl dAS WEA OFF STATE~ THAT IT \:IOULD .JEPOSSI.jLE FOR '\ll::A ~ALLOONS TO DRIFT OVER THE AAF.A OF SIGHTING Fi<Ol-i EGLIN Af~EA 0;{ PENS1\COLA AaEA 141 \AIRCf!AFT CO:IHANDZR OFC-~5 AIRCHAFT :40 5a. c :'iA u J SHLD01J CNA LT. COL CHA JGg4A Jo TE AU \~G i'tAX';JELL AF .J \ N0~-2~ NO 5!J4 A TOOK OFF FltOM ~ROOKU:Y AF d A'f THA'f T I!U: OPOP JEPHQ JD~.JP JEDEN 333 D JES9Y 04R FN CG MOA1A BROOKLEY AFB ALA TO JPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASnDC JiDWP/AI TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CtN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO J~DEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO JDWP/CG AMC WRICHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO MOAGSS--I FOR ATIAA-2C FOR INTELLIGENCE OFf fLYOilRPT PD SHAPE AND SIZE IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE DUE TO DISTANCE AND NIGHT PD COLOR RANGED FROM FIREY RED TO BLUE SIMILIAR TO A DIAMOND COLOR PD NU!"!UER OF OBJECTS SIGHTED ~1AS SIX PD NO DEFINITE FOR~1ATION UAS OBSERVED PD OBJECTS t:IERE SCATTERED OVER THE HORIZON PD T~'O OBJECTS WERE LARGE AND FOUR REMAINING StlALL DY C0~1PARISON PD Sl'ZE WAS DETERMINED BY DEGREE OF BRILLIANCY PD SMALL OBJECTS APPEARED SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN BRIGHT STARS OR PLANETS PD AERODYNAMIC FEA !URES It-!POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE PD NO TRAIL OF EXHAUST OBSERVED PD IMPOSSIBLE e P."Cl: TtJO JESBY fJ4R . TO ASCERTAIN PROPULSION SYSTEl1 PD SPEED RANGED FROM STATIONARY FOR A P~RIOD OF FIFTEEN MINUTES TO A SLOW MOVEMu~T ACROSS ARC OF HORIZON FOP. APP~OY. IMATELY FIVE TO EI G!1T MINUTES PD NO SOUND WAS HEARD PD :~ANEUVERS BY ONE OF THE LARGER OBJECTS \JAS AN APPARENT HO?PINg_J1QTlCN PD OlJE OF T:i S~ltLLLlR OBJECTS 09SEilVED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE REMAINED IN !\ STATIONARY POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUT~S THEN rlOVED r;~ A THIRTY DECflEE ARC TO THE 09SERVERS A~lD DESCENDED VERTICALLY TO HOVER AGAIN TO TREETOP LEVEL THEN TO A$CE~:D DIRECTLY fH~AY Ff\0~1 THE OG.SERVER PD TwO DISTINCT LIGHTS ~4ERE 09SERVED ON ONE OBJECT PD LIGHT~ : 64\:-~!ki)-~-SP.-&SN-AND-IN A RELAT!VE-Y ,F DISAPPZARA;ICI: OF THE TUO LARGER OBJECTS AND THE REMAINING THREE " r,lftLLR o~J~CTS WAS A SUDDEN EXTINGUISHING OF THE E~ITTED LIGHTPD~ Tl:.i OF SICHTINCS UAS fR0~1 1'\JENTY ONE T:URTY CEUTRAL TO T~J::JTY THO rLETY liVE: CENTRAL PD MANNER OF on~ERVATIO:-J WAS Vl~UAL SURFACE. PD[c~!S. s ;!ALLER OBJECT \~AS OBSERVED n{ROUGH BINOCULAR~ AND ONE 0:1 T~!.: P.AD:'\P. ~c-;-P=: ~r-ccA UNIT PD RADAR coatACT l-IAs A UMITE oaJECT RETURN IN EJGt JF Git.40U~ID RETURN PD NO AIRCRAFT WERE FLYING ~JITHIN POSSIBLE RA:~G~ c;;: THE OBJECTS AS VERIFIED BY GCA OPERATOR PD LOCATIO'l OF THE 013 RV~RE \;;. ~:.'\~ THRZE ZERO DEGREES FOUR FIVE MINUTES THREE ZERO SECONDS ~ICRTH ZtG:fT EIGHT DEGREES ZERO FOUR t1INUTES THREE 2.'10 SECOND~ UC:ST CN.a . PAGE. TitRE JESBY ltR c;{iC~:A~A'-1 AL.'H1AMA AND THREE ZERO DEGREE THREE EIGilT i1!t,UTE!' ZZ~O z:Ro SiCu I~S NOP.TH EIGHT EIGHT DEGREES 2ERO FOUR i1INUTES THnEE ZE.no ~EC01JD~ HE~ T E~OOKL~Y AIR FORCE BA~E ALA OD~ ERV~R5 LISTED Il~ FIR~ T COCRDINATES OB~ERVED TH OBJECTS IN TAE SOUTH TO THE SOUTH t1E~ T QUAD~A T AT A RANGE OF SEVEN TO T~N MILES WITH AN ELEVATIO~ OF UP TO FORTY FIVE D!!.GRE~ PD OBSERVERS l.I STED I~ ~ECOtlD COORD INA TS~ OJSExVED Tti~ O!lJECT AT FIRST C IGHTI NG ON A DEAR n: G OF T O EI GliT ZSRO Di:GP.EZ ~ . U!T!I A RANCE Of FOUR MILES FRON GC.'\ SITE 0~1 BROOl\LEY AI~ FCF.CE Bf\~E t11T;t AN ELEVATION UP TO T'::ENTY DEGREES P!l THE sr: UNIDL:!TIFIED 03JECT~ ~IERF~ OBSERVED BY T:U-<EE Cl JILI:\N RESIDEt.TS OF CHICr:!\~ A:Y Cfll', ALA PD T':O OF THE C3JECTS UER~ OB.SEP.V~D BY ~PECIAL 1\GE~JT CHf,RLI~ A R~9I~:!o~J CI-' T:lt: LOCAL OFFICE OF SPECIAL LNE~TlGATIONS PD l~t ADDITION TU T,{:!: A:~OVi. ONE OF T!tE OBJECTS \U OD~EP.VED UY CAPTAii~ ~J.LLLI,\:l zo~A:~o~ C.1t\ - fiLCT CMA OFFICER OF TilE DAY CiJf\ 'fHrt~E CONTROL TO'JER OPE.HATO A~lD 0 :: 013~ERV:.T10N HADE ON GROUND COrtTROL APPROACH 8"/ QUAL! FI ZD OPZF:/\ TO!~ ?D ~t,UP.Cf.S EVALUATED AS RELIABLE PD 'JEATHER UA!: SIX rENTH~ STRAT.-\ CU~JUl.C:US CLOUDS Tii!fE T'.~O ZERO ZEaO BA.SE wiNDS FRO~J Nl~;E z:;!O DC:G:\Z.S~ Tt:! . 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