NU11a:R OF Gu.;CTS : t. co sE f't Cii.O\Jty : ..... Ciun ~a~ Atronnmc4! Ptobo!..! v A~:,~rcm;cc: Poioly Ao:.tr .. nomicol an "ff, c ent 'cro fot Eolt.Hati'-n : 1 I. COliN F:ST S l'C. loll F ._.MARY OF 'IGHTaNG t .:.'\t1on \:rure o~01vod 'by 2 pilots ot P4Y -2 IV. BAttooN Dl!A Y. IV ALUlfiC. CJ Aa\rcmold.cal 0 PoNlbq b\ro.-loal ( . ..AliC! 100'1.1 IIA!HBR DA!A YllaOCI!! II I a.~ION AL!ITUDI VILOCITI DIR&CTIOM :5. lii AI VUIDILift lAS teatU at. fMt. at. t .. t . at teet. tenth at. ATIC Fora 333 ( 13 Aua 52: LOCA'ITO:i Ri~h::t~Jud Vir ::;1 :lit\ ~Ariet~a, G~o~Li~ Hol ta:la l:irt.l~.Ll AFD, n. H. CA:1D l!J:SSl:fC) &.!orris t.O'Irn Ten~'easea lb thnl.1ndu ~kuiet~.a, Oeor(,ia Riv~tzido C:1ll f'o:-r-ia -Los Ala~103 I r~ev 1-:axico , {)Jll~1u, OeotiJa Atlanta, C reia .. Sa~1n~!n to, Calll"or.tia 1l1a t.h ValJ.~.Y Ct'\lif:n..t~a , Dm~ville, Cnlif..)l'~i~ . Los Alan:..s, ila: tie::ico (CAXJ :~:ii;l!~C) -San .\nto:!io F1~a~0, C3llto~r1~ r.1:.Ut1ple z-Iult1pls &!u.ltiple =~1 tiple :-:ultiplo : ,ltipl~ WI!O l-IFIJ:!U IllS:.E'fiCI !:!:T DA'!.'A lt-mU1FICI ~:T JlATA Other (HOAX) 0 t:.~:er { t-L\LFU"'JC'l'ICl) IrJS~?I'::I~11' DATA AIRCRA~""T BAI.I.oo:: INSU:?ICIEt~r D \ Ui:I~ID l'l'IIIED INS\P.?ICI~'i? DATA Oth;:r (NFI&CTIOM 0~ stm) n~sw.nctE;r:' DEPARTMENT OF THIE NAVY OPPIC. OF' TH. CHimr OP' NAVAL OPI:RATION8 WASHINGTON 21!1, D. C. Dlreotor, lfaw.l Intellipnoe D1Notor ot Intell s genoe, Headq-.rter, UD1te4 statee Air Poroe ao.BRPr' report on IN tta""'y 1111 &'at TO (l) VP-23/A.s/tv ltr ear 873 dtd ll Oct 1952 with oncloaurea at.taobe4 thereto 1. EDOloaure (1) ia forwarded tor intonation ard whatever action 13 C. L. GILBERT B7 direotion YP.UIA9/tw Naval Air Station Brunswick, !iaine Froma Commnd1na Otticer Toa Chief or Naval Cperationa (Op-32) Subj 1 FL!ODRPT (a) Office ot l!avl\l Reaearci1 Dispatch 16lla5Sz or September 19S2 (b) Air Force Circ&~l3r Letter 2QO-S ) Encla l) Sil;nad narrative ata by LTJG \,.A. 0 }'iJdr~rtTY, USN 2) Si~Ddd narrative state.nt by LTJG R.s .. t:Oc~, USJ.i 3) Flitht track and sighting location oft aeronautical ch3rt (4) Sketch ot air.bting 1. -In accordance with rofennce (a) the folloiil~ in!omation is ou~ aitted tor traft8aiaeion to the u.s. Air Force. The 1nfomation given below 1a 1n the order prescribed in paragraph 7 .c. of' reference (b)a (a) Objects either aqharical or disk like in shapeJ from ali~:htl.y smaller than tha coaaic balloon to nalt its sizeJ whits in colorJ three in numberJ in a triangular .rormationJ no observed aerodynaaic features, trai 1 or exbNat, or propnlaion eys speed varied frota zaro to a rapid acceleration to a speed in excus or tlw speed of soundJ r.aation ttl!O':'f99'!~ obaerYationaj_disappeared by reason or speed and diStance. -- (b) Sil;~.ted at 155Z for a period o. two to three ni.nutes. (c) Visual observation rrom a P4Y-2 a1rcratt flyinz at 10,000 feet at a speed or lSO knota. (d) Sithteci at lenaiwde 77-Nn. 7S-l5 w. (e) Poth officers are PPlPs and are J!ava1 Academy grnduats s l n 1949. FIJ\1~1TY has So6 hours f11tht time And LTJC 11GORE has 731 hours. roth officers are considered hithly reliable and have no tendencies to\.ard t he spectacular. . .. UNITED STATU ATLANTIC FLEET (t) Underoaat to 8~ teet with clear weather and unlillitad v1s1- bU1ty aboYe 8-teet. \linda were troa the aoutbeast at approximate~ (g) }io known ooDd1tiona which mi&ht account tor the sighti!li (h) No ph181cal evidanoe. ( 1) Icebreaker called either during observ:ttion or shortly there- alter and it vu determin~ that only one obJect was intentionally r~ leaaed trom the balloon. ( j) '!'here wu no known air traffic 1n the t:eneral area at the time of the e1cht1Da. UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET PATROL SQUADRON TWKNIY TH .. EE On 29 J..utust l9S2, while on o. cosr11ic ballon tr~ckin~ fli:,ht, I ob~ sttrved t.1C! baJ loon at about 7h,oco feet at about 1S>z. l ~ms sitting in the pilot's seat on tho port side or th'l cabin ana l\as cil."'clinc; sl:l.~ht.Ly to lott on a heading or a.~prox:im!ltely ()(,()OT when the b3.lloon released t.il'3 pnrachute containing tile instrument&. The balloon at thin time Mls to tue no.rth and slit, htJ.y 'treat o1' r.:r location. Ita altitude at tha point of ro- lBICe was about 74,000 feet and I ,.,-as flying at an altitude o 10,000 feat. The waatl~l' waa clear and visibility unlimited nbove 8,uoo feet below lTaich tl1ere 'Was nn underca3t. I was flying a P4Y-2 nt a sp eed of about 150 l:nots. To my knowledfe thare was no otner air traffic in thE: r~an'='ral area. lnme<!~tA!J.t . 'J~9A..O.'bl~.~. the :,elee.3~ of tne instrwr.ent p_arEt~\1U ~l urt.1er obserVi<f three object:;, slithtly s: an:o~u~n 'th!! b"!lloon, shaped like round cflskl atnrw1i!fo;e rn-coiore l~y first iPpression \Ta.3 that t hey l-ier!:! othilr b lloons releeaed b7 t..iote larrer balloon. ::oweYer, t his iJr.prcssion vani sj1ed when I realized t.'ley ttere in a trian: nlar fomation, equally spacad to ttlG D.nd fominf a <!ia.-nond s h tlped pattern w~.th, the nain b~lloon. I observed these objects for some two 1D t nree mi.nutes :md LTJC i!C.O:, lookirg through the astro-dome, observ3d t&"Jese objects at the sar~e time nnd we dis- cuss9Cl thena over the lCS lliilUe ob:Jorving them. LT C.ft.W H"i as in the co- pilot's seat and because of tha relative position of t&l3 b:11loon ane tha tact that \tie -wero in a half' standarcl rate left tu-rn c;.id not obs9rvs t ncm. /,s the plane continuec! its left turn I lost the sit;htincs l;hen thoy cru.1e dlrectl.7 between me and the sun. Upot: re~A~:t.il~i.r~g he .~nl l~9n_tM,. thr~e _obJects had -~!~aj)~e~t~<:i ~.e called't.fie icebreaker l;.pon siehtlng the objec Ei and while they were still "'ithln view anrl asked how many objects uere to have been releaaM. They replied that only one had l::Jen. Tae objects did not reappear and showed no means of propulsion Enclosure (1) UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET AIR FORCIE -,.,PATROL SQUADIItON TWKNI Y THREE On 29 August 19S2, at about l5Sz, wilUe on a cosmic balloon t:iacking flight as ravigator I observed tba followin&a Three whito objacts shap~d like sphersa, about i tile si:e ot the b:1lloon and in n triRfl6"Ular shaped formation. I observed the11t thrcligh th~ astro-dome at an altitude o! lO,C..'OO feet w.:.tn an RSOO toot unde-r-cast anti clear and visibility \. .nllmitec1 above that. \ie were in a P4Y-2 aircraft flying in n nort:'l~rly' dil".:lction nt about lSO knots. Winda were fron t ala southeast at about 2$ knots. Tile balloon was to the north or us at about 74 000 teet ,.:han I saw it relee:se 'the in- ! nt-paract.lte and im::tedia~ol.y thers_.appearod tM throe objects. Tndy ro:-nained statio rdlative to the balloon for abo~t 2 rninute a and t nen "~,J~..,I.U~ea~t...-il~n.a i8 their apeed at consid5ral3l In excess of tne spAed of sound. Tile)" sbowed no trail or exhaust nor neana of propulsion. Lt.r.inu; thtt observation I was 1n com.llUnication over the IC systC."'l uith LTJG 0 FLAtHil.TY and be lost tbo si{,hting in the sun. R noorm LTJG, US!l Enclosure ( 2) I 8,;Lf..l'Oll s Ki=rrir-