PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA.~O 17. CONCLU~IOHS Wos Bcallooft Proltobl1 6olloort Pon bly Balloon Was A.,tronMti cet Pro boW y A strono"'i col Possibly Ast,."o"ucol Othft' ----I ' lntwffictent Oatca r...r Evaluarion BRIEF SIJioO.IARY OF SICH71NG Huge oval-shaped object with two red l lights in t~n~ and 8-10 green lights in rear ' new low over Laurinburg-Maxton AFB with ear- spli tt1ng pitch. Object was 100..200 feet wide '-ppeared over base twice. , Data ia sketc}V. SO?~ 1'.'.CTICAL OON'!'FU GllOUP Pope ~11' Force fla:M Fort Bragg, ~orth C.rollna TOr Cc.11Uft:liltl Ceneral. ~:tnt.b Air Force ~1TYr Oireotorate of Intelligence Fopa Air Foree ~nse Fort Bralg, North C ~rolina 'lhe attached roport i J sub.~lttod in accord~t.nca -.vith thflt ~rovision3 or para_:;rriph 7e (2), ~ir Forco wttor 200..5, 29 npril 1';52. FO~ TH~ CO:.i:~Nu!ID 0!-F'IC:-:Rs FL:'O~RPI' (J cya) ccs Chiftt, Air Technical tn~lligenca Cent;r, i.Tnh P!I M-2C, riP,ht-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio UNCLASSIFIED AI FOIM 111-PAIT I _,II_.C)V4t0 I JUM l .. m:x rsn st.\ T~ IIU.flt'IH toO' AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1. C.:'l 22 t;ctul~l 17)2, nt .:>.~ rroxi:~;at.cl:: O]lJ Z, an ~ ... n~de1.tified fl~.!.n~ objel!t. fl.l.ae Li.;~r. . e,;. ht !..:lu~r unit i\o. :.. D:!~o:rr!: !'lt.ated t:u.L : i5 f!.r~t i.":lr.-re ior. \'.D.~ tr.a t. ~-huge sl:ar~ \HS f leiz. t.i:l_; at hiJ:1 flv:-~ t C ~CJuth -"S the <.:, v.~O :.;t CD.l"'C nuare~ !.u could dist.i.n ~t.:ish t.() ( 2) rud }_::_ ; .. ts ~. Lhl! fc.q"\a.rd ~d. o l' t!1u object ;;ro-m li ;":ts a.t t.he re:Lr. he objt.~cl. , l'l..:.. r)\.. t o v h~. :h a:.ci npro;lruc.! to b e CJV~l shaped :l~;.ro~ . ...&.tely ooe t,) t ',{' hu.ndrl.~'l "'o;t r.LC-c.:::n. ;o SOU!~tl eoulJ b O hw ... rd as the c~ject ~?r-~ched. 'l'he: obja~t .. .-... e a u.;o do;~ree t.ur n \':~st ~wi flo'., another l SO th.: ~re~ turn <.t:-:d d:s:.i!)P'-~rud t.o t ,o sc.utll~Je:;t. 'l~ .. c objc ct th:.:1 i'l~.Jw a stra.i.:;ht. coarso r.nd :..~.zit (;.:,:.;:l}Jpt.:..lNU l:1 t.:~<.: hor..:.zon sound bi.!CJJ.tu auciio:!.'.; Start.i.n: fc~i.r.tl~t an::l bu.:.ldil .. : 1..-_) to t . . e pol:. t of l.:<~.Aimll!:t a~ .i. t j;.1.snecl over t,h.~ l.~ :.ccorcb.nc~ lst Lt, US.\F ~ ,.. ~r.ua.drcn lntelli~ence Officer l 'aj T'"''F => <.i !'0 n Cor.ll:.a.nder OI~Titi-..TIO!t If !Mhir._.YO. Ori:~nal -Di~ctor of Intelll;~noe, H~, US\F l ~op;r -Chief, Air Technical Intelll ~e nee C.-:nter Pattorson AFB, Ohio o"' '' ocx.uur co" rAsNtNFOit~WATI()III u-F!CT1"1G r,..t.: ,., rtO"'AL nHr tc;r. N )I A._O ll. U AMiiiOfi) IT~ TltAHS'WISSION Olt THE R\ rT ~A I ...:>T 8 ltUJlOOUClO IN Wlo!l()l i 011 IN I'A~T. l~ i EU.IGU.Cl . USAF ES EXC EPT IY PrFi'"::.<;or. OF .-.,. "ltH.:.f. T:l-f j F AF FORM 112 PAif II Afi'PfM)VID t JUNI *I AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT s~=:C s:~! '~, AIR 7lt'CH U~Ti!I.L C!;!fT .. ~lt, T~IS DQCUiiiJl'IH COfil r AIN't 1Hfo0~M4TIO,. AfFfCTIN<o rlt N4 n:; .. At, Ot:f'lNSE O t: Off IJNITfO ~ .HG o'W rHI~ THE ME.AN INt; ::Of l i e I ;?10~-'\.&. A... I , '-I U ::; <.: - ll AND '2, A:, AM~ 11~ 1 RANlMIS'.ION OR THE 10 AN UNAUHIIJI( ZfO rt l<h~ l..o l'ft,c nih() AY LAW IT MAY Hl)f Bt:. RiPROOUCt.'l IN WHYL OR IN PAN E:IC IES, lXCUr fH l'lllM .~ION 0: lm IJ,If ... T ..,!U ... F l~ii:U.IGt,._t. u~ AP FOIM 1 II PAIT II (CUS'Jiftt.A """I Aflf'ROWm I JUNI ._ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1 RD LIGH TW0(2) RED LIGHTS IN FRONT (STEADY) .,...- BOTTOM VIEW APPROX. EIGWT(8) GRffH l.! ~HT5 fN REAR. MEMORY SKTCH OF UNIDNTIFfeD FLYIN& O&JICT Pol:12J, DC!.-J 'f l'l.ll~l~:..lc,:ac,, l lt. ~IIL'.I._. l~,;f ' BENNETSVILLE ARO.NAUTICAL AF FOIM111 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION Ruoon HU. wA)~1~ my nu~r! '"'"" nnt1 }'oeArd t-1.-n"t"e \J"' 'n thf! ~\cy, I lo"'ket! un An,1 Rct-, thtt t-u~ round n'bJect ntu!"10, ~rhe~d. It "r~ '"'"t"'e~n "Df!-hun1~d (1 ) tt> nne-.,;ndl.""d l'n-4 rtrt,-(J.5fl) teet in dltttNter. ThP. r-bJACt hDd t"'o (2} t'f}rl li~ht" In the r~nt ~tnd elp-ht (P.) t.() t,ele (1?.) p'l"f'ten l,P'ht'!-1 ln U~A ref'r. 'l'be7 were ~teady l~r~t Pn~ not bl1n~1~ "n rn~ ~rr nR an trcrnft li~ht doew. It hAd a hure ==--~1'\f' ,.mJft~ t~ it. Thl" d""'n1n, n"1 he" neTer b~rore 'b 'Nl he~rd b ; tht!t , .. d!T' 1. '"'htt ob.1ect circled the orea oncft nn" tren flew A~o1,_.1 '" t.he ~:huthKa.4L I Cllll$11 th C,..rn~l"'l nf' th~ Chvard tl') ,..tnett" tt l-,u+ b7 th~ t1me h., c1:uae out the on.1~ct "'., 1ly1nr "'''tt.V ,.t A terrtf1c :1"'\~erl thAt 1 c"'.!l! not berln to .1udP'. ~ER~.A..ltD 'Ce''"NTE I .,he '!rAPr('tf"tled. he~r1 A le"u...a 1'4r-nn1nr .,n,.,~ 4"T"'m r:verhe~d h1le lyh~ in "nY bun-01'\ th ... '1\P'ht or ~2 Octobflt" 1()52 nt. ~"'1~ "'"Hrf\. 'Ihe ~cuDd .,,A, n'1t that of " cr,nv~'\ti"n,.., tr--.e ""]:>ne n!'r a ,,flit t.y e. In t. C'"~u-lo ~tnutett. AI?C , the 1!1ett,.1!""a t~e sh8.1")8 ~r 1t. It .. ,,.f' trrvei\np 1..1t 1\ rrP:lt rate of !-~eerl. bel1eTe~ ~ ~P. .. fly1np-~ .... uc,r, ~hr. rt!r ~r.n I h~ve or '"'eltPvtrw Jt t ~e A fly tr.,i" .,~u~er itt l->~t H~ nni .;A..t rle~t!T'\S':::i~)'l&ile frH1'1 trAt of a .1t'tt f-ircrn!"t or th~t L. Do'\ne lly llfl. I HIS DOCUIIOtf CONTAIM l"fOflttUTI'lM AFfCTIN'i rH.-NA TIO .. Al nt.H:~'j[ Of THt U~ITD STA rrs ..VI ftt,N THE Mt ~:t NI; Or TtiF E .PtO'oA~.r A._ T ... J.: C - Jl AND ll . .l'.; ANIIIOIO. ITS T~ISSION OR TH REVE.LATIO"' OF IT'i CONTfNn IN ANt MA"'IIt~. ~ T:> AN U!tAJlti<'ll .';.:> J't ,. .L:"f r'; J"'01l'tl! til V . '\ If .. AV NOf Ill AIP"'OUCD IN WH0L1 Oil IN AC..E.'tCI~-3. lX(.fPI 1:1'1' J'fi!\IISSION ..,f fHt. I tlt.<.iCn (; lr.Tf.LLIGi.NCE. USAI'. DE JESDF 51 .p t9Sf.' t.tOV 3 FM CO 517TH TAC COM GP POPE AFB n mtAGG NC TO JEPHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC JEDVP/SPEC SCTT orr AIR TECH INTELL CENTER AMC WRIGHT-PATTERSON OHIO JEIKN/ADC EMT AFB COCO ZEM/CG 'TH AJ POPE AFB NC S2 517 '2tll PD FLYOBRPT PD IAV PAR 7C AFL 211' CMl DTD 2t;~PR '2 CMA THE JOL IMJO IS SUB CLM 11 OBJ SITED\ 22 OCT : '2 PD HUGH OVAL SHAPED OBJ APPROX ONE TO TVO HUNDRED JT ACROSS V/2 RED LIGHTS IN FORWARD SECTION CMA EIGHT TO TEN STEADY GREEN LIGHT IN THE REAR PD SOUND CLN STEADY DRONE AT A DISTANCE AND REACHED AN EAR SPLITTING PITCH AS OBJ PASSED{ ... OBSER SOUND UNLIKE JET OR CONVENTIONAL ACFT PD OBJ FLYING LOW COURSE IIIIIJIXIIIXXXXXX~I BEARINC: STRAI.,HT NORTH MAKING 181 DEGREE TURN WEST AND FLEW STRAIC:HT COURSE DISAPPEARIN' ON THE HORIZON PD OBJ THEN REAPPEARED AND TURNED EAST AND MADE A TOTAL FADE PD 22211 HRS PD3-VISUAL PD{-LAURINBURG- HAXTON All BASE 9fA Nc\PD '-OBJ UNOBSERVED BY OTHER PERSONNEL BUT SOUND PACE TWO JESDF '1 VERIFIED BT: tHREE OTHER AIRMEN PD 6BRIGHT STARLITE CMA CLEAR VISIBILITY CMA UNLIMITED CEILIIIC: PD ?-UNKNOWN PD SNONE PD 9-NONE PD 11UNKNOWN PD DELAY DUE ADMIN ERROR PD END HEARTZ 31/2121Z OCT JESDF