~O.if.C"r 10073 R~.CORO C.:Ar~D r.CA TI\JN l:A..~Il!.Tl'A, PA. !"rt: Cf-O..:~".Sc ATIC:o- S. fiHCTOS '-i.;i!1PC[' C C1 v1l1an MD -i < 't , . "Pt'lflot,.. o C U l ~ roh G ly A \honn"' c ,,; f'.IS\1DI' A\f,.,nofOIIoc;,l lriet wblte licht, halt the slae ot tbe : across ~ 1D straight line at 10. altitude, blah epped. ObJect wae aeen _, a o1Y111an 1D r part ot the rataaJ, JJ. DS4 tbe ol:jeot loolu (Clnle ODe) 14. Did the ola~M\ at U.a 14.1 Cllup 41NoUoat 14.4 oolart 14.5 up la\o perU ar 14.7 Cbaap t u. Did tile obJot pw oft a ... t (ClrcJA ~)I 16. feU 1a a tw vcft8 U. folle lal t.blall about U. obJeott 11. DS4 till ob~eot at a tS.a 11.1 NoN 1llblal a..ualalt (Cinla 0.) ot ICMtbialt (Clrole 0.) t (Cil'ole 0.) Wblob ot tbe toUlal ob~otl la about r ..,, (Clnle O.)a 1-iu.l liM U the '- Bueball lioJole vbee1 Ottloe dk o. lot 'n17 20. r.., to tbe tollawial thlap about till objeota *20.1 Raw btp vaa l't teet. ao.a law tar - it ,._ ,., ,.., er a'lea 20.4 a of till tGllawlal to iadite baw oertaia r an --. to tile ca-etioaaa Ia tM to11awial abtela s.p. tM o..._. 11M lO alaaw laaw t.be ob~eot va t.be bcrlsGD vMa st. Pl a IJ to aba~t vben 1t vaa vbeD vhea r I'IUI" Je that vW lbGII tbe oU that tile ob~eot ..cle. Plaoe ot 18 patla ....... at the ea4 ot 18 patla. 26. Vaa the ftn \JM t.ba' JCN Uft 28. Olw tbe fiiJ:RICIII ..-/)_ elM vltb r ' tbe U.. JCN U. obJeott (Cbole C.)a (C!Nle O.)t 11M ._.. .,. ftarUaer oc.eat. vbiob rau bell an VM aMlUCIMl ot U. -11M ,.,_ lt It-FORMATION REPORT Unidentified F Short Ti tlo I FLYOilRPl' Air liatoriol Area an uni .tentiric u rlyj !1~: .... II JISRJIFQF.I, JM ntollir.once orricc L~r. rot notiood tho o'.Jjcc t .thil o a hi :r.;:".~ n"'Il'()"":i~:'!o.bl:.r / one mile rtoat or I:ariott{\ (7G35.J -40Qfiji). J.:r. lnl;.Hl tha t he not i ce d l_.A brilliant whito t auddonly a.ppoarin~ at a poi~t l l l. or his po;.;iJ~ion. .. ~ ~. :-;; Aooordlns to Kr. the object travelln~ West to East, approxima.toly ~ 400 aboYe and parallel to the hori&on. H8 reported that tho object maintain~d . ' a 1trair;ht course without alterinG altitude or <lirootion and ouddonl~r vanished in the East. Tho ob,'cct ;,a::: rl :;ico.llr d" ::;cri' ct! l.Ui a l r ilJ5!.l.ni.. oxhauat or trail anci coul d not 1-cport any sound ns o.1!r.c h J to.r<i. Al thott';h no accurate eat i;e of altitude or speod could bo c;ivon, the ob oerve r c.loscrib e d thB (to~ objeot a1 traTeliDg "Yery ta1t" aDd a1 bein~ a.t a "low altitude." L:r. _..,. . totaal obaeztatloa la1ted 1pproxitely two to three 1eocnd1 1-:r. obse J' r::tio colla~Ol'~.tod b~ !.:r::.. , l"ariotta Po.. L.r::; who:Jo location ~.-r.~ !lprroi::n~ol~' o:1o r.:ilc l:r. r nported ot-iervinc o.n o!1 j cct at n!'r ro"d r.lo.l;Jl " OlOOZ. I.:r!j. description of t l"' object ms s j milnr to l;hnt of 11j th tho a:::- ~ oegtion that aho ob:;orvoc1 obj3ct to ~"t\Ve clinhin~ .,_t aprroxi:n.'ltoly n fl 46 ancle. 1hilo l:rt ar;reod wi n tho aizo of -~m obj oct :;ho bellend the object t.o J-ave been or'ln~o in color. ~nc:l1ol oducation and tm Ia. educational bacl:;:_:round ino ludod ...t t n r.ay be de1cribed &I havin,; averace in~lli::ence e operator with the USW' during World lar II and has &OI'Ve1 as a radio some ey,porienco \'lith air- cratt. Ura. baclq;ronDd was not <letormined. The weather at the til!X) or the observation lYa.S cl~ar, with 10-nilo visibility. ic. .1'h1 Ottloe can otter no detini~ explanation tor the ai~hting. 'Ihe facts ... " r,inn 1eea to rule cut the po11ib~lity oJ.' aircraft or aatronomical phenomena as .. 1_..., inz tl explanation. (i.e., aiso or the objoct and its behavior). One cy to ATIC, AFB, Ohio for tcrwardiae to D/1, Hq U~AF, ifaah,DC Cbt into cy to ATIC, w/f AFB, Ohio IIIPOIIIIATIOII AlnCTIII8 TIC IIATIOIW. .,.._Off 11.: UNITID ITATD WITHIN TIC IIUNING Off TtC ESPIONW M:T . U. l . C.- 111 ~ 011 TN1 .vii.ATIOII Off 111 CQN1INTIIN MY TO M UIIAU1'140RIJED PUtS0N II PRONI.TID IY LAW ..a oa RYIT, IY IY Off TIC DIIIIC10II 01 FJRE Exrl GUISHERS Automatic: and Manually Operated MARIElTA, PENNA. Telepho BANK REFERENC: COLUMBIA TRUST CO., COlUMBIA. PENNA. ~ -~n ' c;r orerJ JEDL~ A /, Z 7 vPOP Jf~PHQ JED~IP JEDN J3J TO JEP!IQ/Dlk(JflNTEL HQ~ U~AF HA~HDC Ji.:l>WP I AI P. Tt.C ri li~TE l&~ro JrJH /CG f.i~T AFB CuL~RI DO ~ PRI :JG~ CC..LO ATT,; .~T1t.t\-2C FLY(.':l1PT hf: .'~FL ::rU:ARI ~TTA Y-~P(;I~T:~D ,(ALF Tift: ~I ZE (.lf T:fZ fULL ~;co.l A~lD :AD f\ I?P.I GHT ~!lli r~ GLO lJt t.~.L T .ft: OBJECT t-'Af. ~IG 1TE:D fP.Oi~ r :u: GROUt:D AOCUT 4:~ L!-G A~C..\'[ f.U: 1C.l:n I ZC TRAVEL I : :G HEST TO Et.~T Tiff. OBJECT APPEAR ZD VERY C LO~ E . fu T:H:. vB! ERVR NO !:.OUllD OR EXHAUST TliE ~JEATr{ER AT THE TII~E OF ~IG ITI:JG r.'A!:l CLt..'\f t~ITH TEN11Z/ ~IILE!: VIE12ILITY OB~ERVER I!: A CIVILIAN '"HJGL( . r.Glt~ PI LOT r,:\D HA!: A Rl'.IO cP~RATOH DURinG r :rz ~ .;J/13 162 AUG JlDL C .J!AI, .IIJ II fit JDLS A\:~:7 OPOP Ji:PUQ Jk-DWP JF.DI.N ~33 D&: JfDLS JC :) OP ~;2J5Z ZNJ FN fLTOPRS OU:STfD /\Ff iHDDLrTCUh' PENH TO JtPHQ/DlEOFia~TtL J{C)S USI\F t!t'1SHDC . Jt.DWP/AlF.Trc;-riL'fFLcrn tHHGHT-PATTrnSOfJ f\FD OHIO ll~FO Ji:D[ N/CG i~lJT AF r, COLORADO SPRINGS . JEDWP/CG Ar~C WRIGlrf-PATTFRSON AFB OHIO I ATT AT lAA-~C F L \u [.f,pT fiE AF L S't, L.; AI\ lETT A tJA Hf. SIGnTll~G \'JAS i~ f1Df AT 76-J5W 4'>-:'5lJ THE OL.JfCt SIGHTFD \11\S RlPORTEll HALF THf. SIZF OF THE FULL ~lOO!J :\i~D ll/\D ,i i.f.IGHT WHITE GLOW THE PAflTY SAW THE ODJECT FOR ONLY 2 TO :5 3EC TR/\VfLir:G f,T l\ HIGH RATf. OF SPF.I:ll THE ODJECT WAS SIGHTED FRO~l THE GfcOUt~D Af'OUT 4:' DrG 1\:0VE 1\ THF. HORRIZOIJ TRAVf.LING WFST TO EAST THE OBJFCT rirP~t.r.rn VEF.Y CLOSF TO THE OtSI'RVER NO SOUND OR EXHAUST THF. WFATHFR AT THE TI:IF OF SIG:iTir~G ' .WAS CLE'AR WITH TEN/1'~/ t1ILF.S VISIJ?ILITY OBSERVF.R IS A CIVILIAP SINGLF. NGIN P LOT AND tJ,\S t\ r. IO OPEJ\ATOR DURING THF. WAR a3/\.:J 16Z AUG JED LS . 1.a '* ottq1 (Clrole ~)I ll) 4. Pao1t1o ot tbe tol '1111 to lldloate how a. Oertaia (Olrole a.) lalide a o. Hot aure 4. ID u airplul (Olrole ~) 1 Ill ta. 1u1Diea aeotloa ot a ol tJ7 Ia the NISdeatial leotloa Of a oltJ' Ia opeD oounV,.Sde? r~ near an a1rt1eld7 e Fqins OYe,:r a o1t77 t. 'lrinl onr ocuntljt bappea \o aotioe tbl ob~eotl ' Vbla did JOU to ... olfloS.al *' ,_ ~ .6 Vba' ._.. ' the tiM JCM .., the objeotl 7. Ve JcN Mrial at D7 U.. vblle JCN 1av tbe ob~eot.l (CiNle 0.) .. JCN Jll tbea OCIIPlete till tollaw1Jll qUMU.OIIIe 7.1 Vbat 4il'eOtiOil JCM MriJIII (Cil'ole 0.) a t. Sout.bwt b. lortbwt 7 .a Haw fait ven rou MriJIII 7.3 Did JOU etop at DI' t.S. while you were tbe objeot! (Cirole 0.) 1 (Oirde 0.)1 1.1 Vllat4U..Uoa tao-vbea the obJeot 4uappean4! (Obele 0.)1 lcribiMt t a.a Qlrlll -ot tbe toUlal to lldieate bell e.-taia ,. ot Cetala o. lot I \lie vbea JCN lav tbe obJeot! (Cirole C.) I (Cbele 0.)1 !braup vildaw 11 b. !broup vtallblel4 fhrCIUib !'broup tbecdalJ.te TbrOUib ... 11. Vba' 4o rou ......._. aboa\ tbl vea\ber ooarlltlOIII at the t!M JOU "-ob.jeo\7 OLCU (Clnle 0.) (ClNle 0.) roc, Hilt, rata u.a WR (ClNle a.) ~. lo vild b. Sllpt br o. S\roal v!Dl Mcdate Cll' bea9J rala (Cirole ~)