A. t-IU 4JER OF OBJ!:C f$ 10. CONCLU.>ION ' LEtiGTH OF 03SE~VATION (,. TYP:: Of OBSeRVATION ? . PrtY51CAL EVIDENCE 11. BRI:!P SUMMARY AND AHA LYSIS DOWNer:' rn;> AF FORM 112-PART I M'I'HOVE:O I JtltiF I~UI r.1 i t d Stn. te~ of Ar rica AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPO~T AHfA P 1'0/tffO 0~ Broolt l\)_y_Air Fo .... Ct') n a, Hobilo, A1n'1P1Hl UATE OF IILPOIH OAH OF IN~OKMA liQ.-j In t ell tp,i"nce 0~-'f'h;eo, Bt-,okl nJ J~Yl3, Al.1.l:nmm LV AI U~ ION t' ... Pl k B. SJ.ll~ tt, 2nu Lt. ~ .Hr.,C.<; ( ( Mirol,lllllllltr, dl,rtl~t,]fetlcm:frtpo rl, rlc, 11t (1/IJIl 1hv) '"~ tn 1.vnc~ Gron;>, Broo"<loy fd.r Forc3 B"\'4a, hli.1H~1 ne<"r 1951 h .,!t:.te:.n 2015 uml 2030 houz:J, Centr'\1 St,ndtrd Tl,na . ~obllo .:md vcath~:-r<-po:.-t :~re inclo.i~u l!obi.la, l~labn!M., 1 J.'1't-t.1. y Statam~n~ of ~.rit ~:;~, r.1.:1 of St.lto3T"'en t , C~ot. ''cather Report t ~:1.p, l !obll<' l~rca Fr:ru:K B . tLLlOrT 2nd Lt., li0AF /._t;~ t. In tell i.gC"nC~ o~r l c )I' c.-,TI'!IJUTIO" DY OHIGII'IATOit NDff;THISOOCU"'J: ... TCOhTAINSIN'Oa~4TIO"'AfF::CTI'IG fit ti~TIO'iALD ~djs~OFlH~U~Ilf.O ,T'\iTS\'IIrlli ... TIEM~AWV;OFT l , . .-IJ"4.) ,P,,\.T '1U c:; C _ 31 A ... J ? lnA'-' " NUFO ITST ?o\N'>""ISSION O~TII~ fotV~lATION 0"' It; CO'iff.~lS 1!1 A'IY !-'\';:' 10 AN lJ'o\'JT IT M.\Y I'.()T I.: J~ PRODt.CEO l:i \'t HOLE 0~ 11 rMU. BY OTil-~ IHA ... U:1IT1 D STAT~ Al'l fOr<CE Af.:,l.li:>, UCEPr l l f l '=.ltMt ... SIO ()rIll~ Olll f'"TO l o.: 1\F FORM 112 PART II U I C LJ\ S S I t; t ;:_1_ ( Ct.AS,If'lCATION) Af'?ROVt:O I JUNE 1941 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Ir1t~lligence Officer Detail~: At approxi ma t ely 0900 hour s , 2 J::muory 19 ).3, C~ptai ca:ne t.o U w .:u.:e Jntellit,:;t:nce Office , Brockley b.ir Force i;~:;e, Ala bam~, And r (ported seefn 2015-2030 hours, 1 J anuary 1953, a bluizh \''hite lir;ht ~imil!r t o n j e t a i.rcraft c.:{- huu::.;t . He s t u t ed that the light dis<:~pJ,;earcJ aft or about JO ~econd!..i. He s-r.t no oth -:r 1 -Lght.s r. hich \rould idC:'ntif y a n ::lircro.ft. Since the v.e~tllt:r \,~ .. s c lv8 r , he JiJ not. the llbht disappeared b~hlnd c cloud. Br~tie Operations, onJ n e arby 13ntes Fir.:ld (Co:nrac-rciul) ..,:ere; cvnt:~ctul u:l tel<:;pho!'le and could report no flying activity invol--ing jet alrcraft. At 21C'O hours an :F'-~1 l,:nd~d a t. n rookley Air Force 1>a se, and no other fields in the i m::iedi Jtt-vicinity "-. lt3 facilitie s for j e t airc raft . \ 'l'ha \'lea th~r s t.~.tion r: t E::ttes Ficl~.l .l'E port~d l 't>lt..1::>- il:. a \.'c)~ther b qlloon (:pjball) at 2100 r ou.cs bu t thio \ :a s ofte r ..... h e rcro:rtt-~J obs~::r-la- ~.hen the light \'18 3 sie;hted, the observer r1an fa~ing Y~es t E\t. lat-L tude 30 det,rt:les, hirtJ- e ight t:ilnut.es I~orth, 88 degr ees, sev en ::tinut e s ,.est , and 3t!ited that tht: li[.ht wa s t.rc-,,...ling North appro,d.mAtely one !'lil e mvay &t nn altitud~ of 2000- JOO. feet , ar.cl o. !.>peed of 250- 300 h1o t s . 'fhe li(.;ht appeared to be one to t:to feet in di3rnete;r , ii t h ffi[tll t:.AhaU.:lt trail. No zound wa ~ heard. ~ho r~liability of 3 Senior Pilot, \'ri l:.h t e n and n:vig.:ltion. he obs~rvcr years flyit1g i s evalutt:ited as e>:c(:llf,nt. e):pericuce, and i s fmntli a r \1ith meteorlo~y, Sinc e the r eport wa s n ut. r eceived u ntil t v.elve hours n fte r obs~rv:rtion, intercop- tion ..-::.\s not atter.1pted . FOil 'IP.E GO!::.:AliDil\G Gr.:I:J~P!~L: FR;.J;K B . ELLiu'l T 1 . Statement of 2d. Lt. USAF 2 . \ eather Report Asst. Intellige n ce OfficPr .3. J.:ap , L'!obilc, Sectional .!.il'lCLJ\~Sl FJEJ Allt P~tOVOS.r l L\_PSHAL r S OF?ICS Brooklcy Air Force Bas , Al nba:.!A STATEM.CliT OF: CaptP.in DoLtgl a:J C. I c erttfy that the followlng \TO.O observed by me uhilo att~nding n d.chro-in novio, bet,;een 201 5 o.td 20 3') on the ni~.1t of 1 .Tanuary 1953. s a\.f this 1 i.ght. vhen it '\.las Ppproxltnately 900 to r:v left. It . .J o trav llng at a const~:mt altitude of 2000-3000 f e , ... t on n b3~.ring of nort~. Tho object C\pp9ared t o be 1 to 2 feet in di::unatgr of bluloh uhlt e in col o ... \lith a small exhau3t trail. The opeed of the object 'Wns e stbtrtted ~t 250-300 knot s . It tra"'ldlod through approxlt'lately Soo of a..'l arc in 30 second~ nnd appeared to start a climbing turn nnd dts3pp~ared, juat as tho h sooeone had turn~J off a lir,ht ~.,itch. The object \la s app!"oximat.aly 1 nilo away and it looked lik~ tha e'Xhaust of a F-94 with aftdrb,.L.-nar going. I clld :1ot h_ar O....J.".f nolo~ n t o.ll, the vindo.o~3 of tea C!lr \terl:3 up ~d the loud3pt1~Ct9T '\.1;3.3 o n . I co..ll.rl not s~e anything at all to identify it a3 an aircraft, a3 th~re war\3 no lights on the object . \feather at the time '\.las clear '\.lith u~r0st~ict~u vislbllity. 2916th A!' ea. l !3-int. Group V.l.ATl-l..uR Dh'l'AClLU. I IT 6-J BR\JOKLLY AI R FllHCE DJ.S~ ALft.BAf,L SUDJEcr : llicather Report '1'0: ~ hom It I.:ay Concern 1. The follo;-.ing is n report on weather on 1 Janu..1r.f, 1 95.3 a . 2000 hrs -clE:lr, vis i billty- 9=niles, t cnper:.tture -5J degrees, dew poild;,-/._6 , winds SE C 8 l:not::J. b. ?~00 hrs -scati ercd clouc.1s at 3000 feet, visiblli ty 9 miles, \rlnuo SE a t J2. knots. FlW~K B ELLICJl'T 2d Lt. US.'\F .UflCLASSIFIEi) RI\Y Mtrttfh. f' IJI' O~tdhll;lt. -' tn\tr' t : A ~llL SbCTIOl.AL UOBILi (P-7) .hEROl~J~.UTICAL CHAI~C!'