PROJECT 1Cu73 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION ). DATtT!IIA:. G;...:lui I ._ TYP[ OF OiUERYATlON r'-'"'e I'CU'" d VI I II al tl GroundRodor IXN" ~ airl.:..Jn 7. LENGTH or OaSF.AVATION I I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 10. 8RIf SUMMARY Of liGHTING ATIC III'ORM .Ut (M&Y 16 IIU' 12) Wo:. Uollo., .. Po ~H r.l y B(j: i oon Woo, Aortfl!t Pro~obly l"r cruft Poa!oooly Aorctnft Wos A~tronc.moc ul ?tobol.l y Astron"moco! Po:.!otbly A!otronomtcol In !oolffi c1 ~nt L>nto lor ITIATMIC All COMMAND OllfUTT All fiOKI SOBJ0'.l'a (Vnolaae1tie4) FLYC&.1PT lir !eo~tcal Inte111senoe Center Jright-PatterSOft Air Poroe Baee !be attached Air Intelligence Information Report is torhrded aa per 1natru.ct1ons AFL 200-5, d11ted 29 April 1952, subjaot, YLYOB~PT. I OR THE 001L.W.TDD-IG GEN&"UJ.a AF FOIM 112-PART r Af'f'ff()V]) I JIIN( '"' UNllE!I?ItiED Ft.!INO OBJECT u.:r. cHARtli!S umrsiAIA I 44DI $J06TR AIR nrvrstolf LtA1l a. PU"OitT I '"Tl 0' INfl)fCIUTIOit . I( lor\L\J,Til :t tPA~tru v (f .. II.:,Pt I 4 .HCf: tt Col ""eodoie I. Pascoe, 3363A : Personal Interwlev vitb Obsexsters At 0130 hours, 6 Sapt.Gmber 1952, !~gt sighted aD object like a bright atar. The object vas ronrtd 1n f'on and brl.g.'lter than a star and mo'a4 arouuc! 1D a circle b-Olft a detlnate ar~a. It appeared to rlse and drop, 1t e-.t still for an unkDmm len((th ot tS:me and theft vould Mu,.e verT tast to the len or to the rilht llot alvqs in a straight line. , and A./2C atate.ent. e!"'Yed by A/lC Both Alx men ooDrir:n~ At &PJrrox1te17 0230 hours, 7 September 1952, T/Sp,t th-!t same or like object in approximAtely the aame area. It appearfJd and eoer a larger area thsn 1t d1d on 6 September 19~2 gain sighted to moe taabr ;~onoR! I. PASCO! Lt Col, USAJ' Dirctor or IDtelli,eDce (468) GALVESTON BAY (Jalnl 40'1) VATIONS IN FEET WORLD AERON ~UTICAL CH,..... Compil@d to ICAO St4ndorda For ICI\0 numbttr edd 2000 to the c~.art numbr o 4HOIIA . (Joins 408) l.embert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels TO REFERENCE DY THE GfOREF (SHOWN II_, BLUE) TO MINUTES PRICE 25 CENTS (Sal.-ct nc.,rcsl lntero;cctin south anrf w~"st of p >'l:) I . Hi Cl~'ntiflos hro~oc; I !l' quadrnnele ?. KQ 1dent'f1e'i t 11 u ndre II file 3 . 2:> idc:utlhos G orf nlutut.-c-1 IOn!lotudo:t !. !>un~lv rflfwrencf': FIIKQ250~ 951. ftrlnclpet Sourc:s: U. S. Geoloalcal !lurv.y, U. s . Armw flfFIIHIH IDITIOH fo&tvarr 7, J9.tJ Corps of Enain .. ra, U.S. Air force, U. S . Dept. of Aarteulture, Civil Aeronautics AdmlnlttratiGn, and the U. I . Coast nd Geodetoc Surve.-. 'fu J..t.J.U I.J ~ 1.1 ll.J Ll..l J..J..U I I t Ljl I l..l ~ LL I L j U 28" LLl Compiled and printed at Washln1ton, D. C. b~ the U. 1 . Cout and Geodetic Survl' uftdar author1ty o f the S.cretarr of Commerce JANUAII'I IMS l1tll_, JULY IH I BASE r.o I I t -; co~ rROt. Akf " -WARNING AREA r r f f~r/ rrfrt I ~ (mrfrt rt-trt T~ f I t 1 1 (rt-n-frh~ J c-f ror.h.tr-. t-1 th!: faure-. on !Nth sides of <ale. "fMC IMIECTOI, I .L COAST MD GIODITIC IUMY, WAIIIINGTOI H. o.c. VERY HIGH FREQUENCI~S (VHF) rHINT[.O IN BlliE. BLUE TINT INi)ICATES AIH TRAFFIC CONTRO'.lEO AREAS Dote ol moflllelk in'ormofion 1950 eo.sutt Cuett all4 c.Motllr hrnr ~e~ .. flCtli., Cluat1 a'l4 Cifll Aff'l.ttrtic\ Ad"'IM\tr"-Aitllllll .. dUrhllw F 7. 1952 GALVESTON BAY (468) UNITED STATES U.S. AIR FORCE EDIT/Oi'J I. Q!!;tf~RAL D 1-W.nut.ea I or 10 Cl.nutea iiEPOnHNd mERet (Oiili.tiuilber alid I~ifinc lddresa) . II. ASf&ONOUICAL DATA . III. AIKCRA~t DATA IV. BALLOOM DA 'tA CJWaa Bt'looa Cl Probabq Btllooa o Alront\ C1Piobabq Alnran .CJPNalbq Al.lwaR Y. 1\'ALUA'liOI D Inautt1c1ent, to raluate t:J Wu Aatl'onomical Cl Probabl7 A . nollical 0 Po8aibl7 A:.~ .. nM leal D Iuuftlclct. Data For halnaUon PROJEC'l' 10073 Ti~ATEBR DAT J. Stu( VELOCitY DIRECTION ALTJTUDJ:; WLOCITI D~U'l'ION WKRll: ANI !IMIDERSTORMS HOT~ IN ARKA1 Diea 0 No (It at what t1 CLOUD COYm a 8. VISIBILITY WAS tenths at feet. tenths at feut. A1:tC Toot t'orra )))11) Aug52)- :rPCrt'' ,~, PP JEPHQ JEDVP JEDEN JEDMH 1&1&11 Di JESXH 1'1 Ft1 COADIV SM LAKE CHARLES ArB LA TO JEPHQ/DIR or INTEL lA USAJ WASH DC JEDVP/ATIC WRIGHT PA1TERSON AJD OHIO JEDEN/CGENT ArB COLO JEDMH/CGSAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR "Dl 6353. ATTN&ATIAA-2C. FLYOBRPT PD ICW AFL 203-5 DID 29 APR 52 CMA UNIDENTIFIED FLY OBJ REPTD SIGIITED BY AMN LISTED DELOY PD DESCRIPTION AS REQ BY PAR COCA OF CITED LTR FOL PD SHAPE OF OBJ CLN ROUND PD SIZE CLN COULD NOT TELL SIZE DUE TO DIS PD COLOR CLN GLO~ING ~HITE AND BLINKING PD ro TION IF MORE THAN ONE CLN ONLY OBJ SIGHTED PD A~IODYNAMIC'FEATURES CLN NONE APPARENT PD TRAIL OR EXHAUST CLN NON~ 1111 MPH PD SOUID CLN NONE APPARENT PD MANEUVERS CLN TJOULD t-10VE IN CIRCULAR MotiON IN ONE AREA THEN SUDDENLY CHANGE TO ANOTHER AREA AUD RPT THE MOTION PD IT WOULD SEEM TO CHANGE ALT AT NO PARTICULAR TIME CMA BUT PAC TWO JESKH 158 AT ANYTINE PD MANNER OF DISAPPEARANCE CLN NEVER DID DISAPPEAR Ct1A WITtJESS JUST STOPPED VATCHINC BY 'OING TO SLEEP PD SAME OBJ APPEARED TH UEXT ' MIGHT IN SAME POSITION CMA SAME TINE CMA BUT MOVED FASTER AND MORE OFTEN l PD. ONLY ONE .VITNESS. OF .THE FIRST .THREE.JfflO FIRST SA\i IT C~1A WAS IT TH SECOND HIGHT PD TIME OF SIGHTING CLN 8131 HRs: 6 SEP 52 PD LGTH OF TI~1E OBSR CLN APRX 1 HR PD SECOND SIGHTING AT 1231 7 SEP 52 PD LGTH OF TIME OBSR CLN APRX 2 HRS PD MANNER Of OBSR CLH.VISUAL'PD OBSR FROM GRD PD LOC OF OBSR DURING .. SIGHTING CLN COORDINATEs 25) DEGREES 31 N 93 DECREES 38 W PD LOC or OBSR .CLN {LAKE _'cHARLES AI"B J.A, PD .BKS AREA OUTSIDE THE BLDG AND ALSO FR THE BXS WINDOW PD OBJ WAS N..AND APU 61 MILES DIS PD IDENTIFYING INFO OJ" OBSR CLN T/SCT MA '&4TH A AND E MAINT SQ CMA A/1C I& CMA --4TH. A AND E MAINT SQ AND A/2C liTH A AND E MAINT SQ LAKE CHARLES AFB LA. PD EST OF RELIABILITY AND EXPERIENCE CLN D-1& PD WEA AND WINDS ALOFT CLND AT TIME AHD PLACE OF SIGHTI~IGS CLN NO WitJD AND SKY VAS CLEAR CMA BEAUTIFUL NIGHT PD ANY ACTY OR COND CMA METEOROLOGICAL OR OTHERWISE C~!A WHICH :-1IGHT ACCT J'OR SIGHTING CLN NONE TO KNOWLEDGE Of OBSR PD EXISTENCE: 01 "nY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SUCH AS FRAGMENTS CMA PHOTOS AND THE LIKE: Ci1A Oi THE 3IGHTINC: CMA ~ONE p~ INI,.~ OR IDENTiiiCATION ACTIOt\ ""AI~EN ~LN NONE PD LOC OF Ai~Y AIR TRAFFIC IN G~ AREA AT TIM!:: OF SIGHTIUG CLN NON~ PD WRITTEN REPT IAW AFL 291' BEING SUBr~ THIS, DAT PD 11/22212 SEP JESKH JDEN/CGENT AFB COLO JEDHH/CGSAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR 1 .,353. ATTNIATIAA2C, FLYOBRPT PD ICW AFL 208-5 DTD 2t APR 52 CMA UNIDENTIFIED FLY OBJ REPTD SILKTED BY AMN LISTED BELOW PD DESCRIPTION AS IEQ BY PAR COCA OF CITED LTR FOL PD SHAPE OF OBJ CLN ROUND PD SIZE CLN COULD NOT TELL SIZE DUE TO DIS PD COLOR CLN GLOWING WHITE AND BLINKING PD FORMATION IF HOR THAN ONE CLN ONLY OBJ SIGHTED PD AERODYNAMIC FEATURES CLN NONE APPARENT PD TRAIL OR EXHAUST CLN NONE APPARENT PD PRPLN SYS CLN NONE APPARENT PD SPEED CLN VERY FAST SMCLN APRX 1010 MPH PD SOUND CLN NONE APPARENT PD MANEUVERS CLN WOULD MOVE IN CIRCULAR MOTION IN ONE AREA THEN SUDDENLY CHANGE TO ANOTHER AREA AND RPT THE MOTION PD IT WOULD SEEM TO CHANGE ALT AT NO PARTICULAR TIME CMA BUT PIDE TWO JESKK 158 AT ANYTIME PD MANNE OF DISAPPEARANCE CLN NEVER DID DISAPPEAR CMA WITNESS JUST STOPPED WATCHING BY GOING TO SLEEP PD SAME OBJ APPEARED THE NEXT NIGHT IN SAME POSITION CMA SAME TIME CMA BUT MOVED FASTER AND MORE OFTEN PD ONLY ONE WITNESS OF THE FIRST THREE WHO FIRST SAW IT CMA WAS IT THE SECOND NIGHT PD TIME OF SIGHTING CLN 1131 HRS 6 SEP 52 PD LGTH OF TIME OBSR CLN APRX 1 HR PD SECOND SIGHTING AT 1230 7 SEP 52 PD LGTH OF Tif-1E OBSR CLN APRX 2 HRS PD MANNER OF OBSR CLN VISUAL PD OBSR FROM GRD PD LOC OF OBSR DURING SIGHTING CLN COORDINATES 29 DEGREES 3Z N 93 DEGREES 30 W PD LOC OF OBSR CLN LAKE CHARLES AFB LA PD BKS AREA OUTSIDE THE BLDG AND ALSO FR THE BKS WINDOW PD OBJ WAS NE AND APRX 60 MILES DIS PD IDENTIFYING INFO OF OBSR CLN T/SG SQ CMA A/lC CMA 44TH A AND E MAINT CMA 44TH A AND E MAINT SQ AND A/2C 4TH A AND E MAINT SQ LAKE CHARLES AFB LA PD EST OF RELIABILITY AND EXPERIENCE CLI~ D-4 PD WEA AND WINDS ALOFT CWD AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS CLN NO WIND AND SKY WAS CLEAR CMA BEAUTIFUL NIGHT PD ANY ACTY OR COND CMA METEOROLOGICAL OR OTHERWISE CMA U:iiCH MIGHT ACCT FOR SIGHTING CLN NONE TO KNOWLEDGE OF OBSR PD EXISTENCE OF ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SUCH AS FRAGMENTS CMA PHOTOS AND THE LIKE CMA OF THE SIGHTING CMA NONE PD INTCP OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN CLN NON PD LOC OF ANY AIR TRAFFIC IN GEN AREA AT Tlt1 OF SIGHTING CLN NONE PD WRITTEN REPT IAW AFL 201-5 BEING SUBM THIS DATE PD 10/22202 SEP JESKK