i 1. -OI4C L:,. Sl(ltcr. P o lNb l y !loll oon ~oH llt y ~a:loc.n ,1 11fot :ctcit )(Xx ~lrQI.,oJby A~r-:.ah a tirr:und Fl ':ldur S. i'HOTC~ ~a IL=O:T:;. Probnbl y A sto'Onvnu ( .,1 J. n-:own airmen at Truax Field observed ef~ ehaped sil,e~ blue object which pursued nor- 1 r.:a.l oourse and disappeared in a rapid climb. 3 I Ocr !l II DOWNGR.\DRO AT DECLAS:JII-'ff:D -~r.ne sot a 'ro: .::o~".r1 il:g Cenernl, C~ontr:\1 Alr lJ~f'ensc :orce, P . 0 . EoY . .}28 :::l nsn.s Ct ty, ..i ;nouri MAJOR US~r ~ D-J ~TT ANT H::AJ"QUAR'IERS CENmAL AIR DEFENSE FOm:i, Box 528, Kansas City, 1-!o. TOt D1rctor of Intellipnc., Headquarters USAF, Wubiagton 2S~ D.C 78TH .. UR BASE ~U~mHCl Truax Field, Madi:JOn, Uiscona SUBJF..CTa Ra9ort ot Unidontified Flying Object::~ ( FLYOB7<PT) Com:tl~ding General 31st Air Ddvision Fort Stlelling Dir-ector of Intelli.gonce Headqu~tijrs us Washington 25, D. c. Chief Air Technical Intelligence Center ATTN: ... \TLlA-2c \'!right-Patterson ;;FB, Ohio 1. In conf'irmation o our THX 78 CO 4625, and in the absence of availability of~ For.n 112~ "Air Intelligence Infonn:1tion Report", t lrl.3 letter is subni.tted in accJrd~ce lr.l th .AFL 200-5, dated 29 ~ri~ 195?.. 2. Description The object sighted was described b y personnel c onc erne d us e gg shaped~ of a silver color td th a bluish caGt~ and tha si~e appro:.:::imJ.tely th~t of a B-36 aj rcrcdt. Thera uas no indication of exhaust trail or or.:U. or vi9UcU indicC~.tion of a v1e~s of propul~ion. The obj~ct vla:J observed from the main g<lt o of Truax Field~ lta on. \'li~consiJl~ in a direction approxim:J.tcl:r vrer;t soulih-,~e~t and at an angulJ.r elevation of C'..pprorJ..mately SO der;roe3. The object appeiired to be moving south a t tha time or the initial. observation, turning slowly toward the 9Cl..it on a l ovel attitude. The objec t then app~ared to begin a r apid climb 1d.thout materiel ch~ge in attitude, and disappeared from view in a haze of a very high altitud e :it an angul.'lr elevation or ap!)roxim3taly Bo ds6ree~. The speed of the object was estimated by' the observers to e:~eed F-86 frequency. The time o! s ighting waA635Z (~035 csr). The line of sight approxi.r.latel.y 4. Observation w 3.3 visual. by tJo Air Police men on duty Q.t the ~1n:.n gate. They had :10 u~s of optical or electronic equi~r!\ent. ; . Th3 coordL~a~on of the point o! observation is 43 degrees, 8 :-.:.::\:.':.:33 north ::."ld ~9 d~grees, 20 minutes liest. Relative loc.:1.tion cf c.;~ec~ -.v"i.th re!J?ect to observers is indicated in P a r._Lgr .rph 2. Tr.e o~-::--v:;rs inc:iicJ.ted that the object appeared to be ove r the city of ~:~:::L son, but c ould not be specific w1 th respect to distance and .:...1-t.i t.-....:a. They were in clo38 agreement ab out direction. obsdrving the obj~ct vJerd .. "/2c H 1rold T. H:.:.mr.l, age 21~ 2 y var s-Jrvice , 1 yo.a: 1 months at Tru:a FieldJ Objects ( FLYOBR.:ll!') and A/2c Louie E. oe .. , AF 15471813, age 19, cor:apleting 1 y u..J.r or Stlrvice a.xt month. Both men bave had opportuni t,y to obsdl'Ve Llircr<lrt and were \ positive in there st-J.tamenta and belief's that the object was not an aircnft or a t;pe with which they are familiar. Airmen Hann first observed the object and called. Airmen Gear to confirm his ob:;ervation. It :nust be noted that this station is uithin the immediate vicinity of Glenview Naval Air Station, which has jet aircraft of a eype which might not be familiar to Air Force persomel. It should also be noted that the speed does not concur \dth the l ength of sight as an aircraft or obj~ct moving at that spesd would disappear rom view'in less than 30 .3econds. 1. Weather condition~ at the sighting lmre clear, visibility, 15 mileSJ surface wind-S knots north north-westJ and the upper wind was 2$ knots north north-west. 8. Ae stated in Paragraph 6, 1 t is estimated possibly .. that tho object involved was a Naval Aircraft. One indication i s the ap?etJr~ce or a bluis h cast to the object. A naval jet aircr~ft traveling at some dist:~ce ~nd altitude at the same ~e jet ai rcr:.U't were landing at this station, i!nd w1. th the sound of landing aircraft, could thus a ppear to b e moving ui thout oral or visible me r.lllS of propulsion. 9. There is no -physical evidenca ~uch as photogr aphs , etc. 10. No intercepti~n or identificution action was taken. 11. There was a flight of F-86s landing at the time sighti1~ occurred. It was in observation of this fli~ht of F-86ts that observers fir3t noticed this strange object. 12. The statement of A/2c Geer, on9 of the observers, is attached, and A/2c Hamm' s statement uill be forwarded at a latl3r date as airmen in on pass at present time. j 2nd Lt., US1\F On 'l"nursdr)', 30 October 1952, I, A/2c L~wis E. Get:r VP..s st'lr'ling guard on g~te Hl P.t 1035 whan I spotted an unid~ntifiad ~ircr~rt tr~7eling in the direction or west south-west nt n hii;h speed. The object had the ror:n or e.n ep,~ c.nd a blue cn3t to it. It was flying nt eiGht (8) t;o ten (10) thouzand fc.nt e.nd climbtng steadily. I \T3.tehed it for i. bo~t 15 to 20 e~conds unt:\.1 j t disappeered in a n~ze. ~2c P~d I then raportod the i~cic~nt to tne Air Police Gperetions Section. LS~f.[S . GEZR