1. .:OA TE 11.-E CiROUI' S. LENGTH 0, OISI.VATION 9. PHYSICAL. !VIDINCI 2. LOCATION ~.iCrt."lOnd, 10. CONCLUSION 11. 111,_ SUMMARY AND ANAL. YSIS Ri<:~.rnor.d, Virginia At. 1to0 r:zt an ,\ir Force colon<~l .,hil<1 t.ra7eling at. &J mph ln his aut.o n<Oar Rlchnond o'bserted a C 10h or ,..,t.al rl~h a long narrow r~ct.angular cont.rill t.rav~l i ng f,om south t.o nortn. The obj .. ct. C!""OS9ed t,he path of t.h 'lU"':.O f r om left. to t"l ;:lit. tr:\'lding at. l <ol'l ' nan j6t. apeed. Th" object. 1faa observed approximately I I . !Ji.sct13sion ot .[n~1dont ObJ~r'JAr viott.:d :-\ !ridnd of h1.:1 otout 1 hour lAter. Tha tht.> c~P'1rJat.1on by td,,lt1ng that h., ha.d 3a'3n a br1F;ht contr;l.il friend lnit~ated i., the :Jk'/ about. rof!.uctL'-4 llOill c;ont.rall. r.t'ld it e ily Vi!Jtol~l. HEADQUARTERS TACTICAL AIR COMMAr-.ll Laogley Air Force a ... D!J-eo1:me ot Intelligence Forwarded herewith 1 a r' LYJR;\?T recei.fed rroa tbe 2lat 'Htriot .~rtloe ot Spet,i.l !nvestigttion&, ~agley Air ::'orce Haae. Vi:-ginia Ass~ Air ~i. Gan It inclosure (-et . I ..... ( ls) l a_ e ) 111 dra.m (or not a achej), the cla33'!.!1cat1on of this correspo:1dence ';1111 be d~.t:-&grac!ed to ~ ... - in accordance with paragraph 25e. JJ'B 205-1 . .J~A. T 01 'LP;o: .AU jQaC~ .i.-\S5I:1GTO"Y TE-!J IJSP~CTOR G3;.~-\L US.\3' 21ST DIS'rRI~T OFFIC~ Of SPSC L\L I:Tv3STili.Al'IO.;s L~iGLEY AIR F ORC:l1 :9-ASZ. LA.iGL~ ? I:W.D, '13GIJL; tmJSU..U, .A>Rl..U, CXZC'!'S I Ri..:h.cload )'oJa.l ter:1as t er !)e:)~;, ~l:DlDA~.J.iQ6 )en8ral Ta.: t Ual Air ::o=nma:ta. Laa6ld1 Air iorce,Baae. 71rg1nia ~:~: Director of Intelligence 1. T!'lil r~port pertai:ls to the obaervation of ~lllUS".lal aerial objecta b7 four (4) peraons at the Ric~ond quarter~ater De~ot, vi, The time of sighting was aFproximately 0615 hours, 2. On 10 Jeb 53, S/A Walter ?. Jacob , Richmond Regioal Inte11icence Office, 1009th CIC Detachment, Richmond, Va., telephon1call7 adTited the Bic~mond Detachment, 2lat District OSI. that !~ (4) ciT111an guarda at the 31ch=ond ~rter~ater Depot at approxi~tel7 0600 houra, 10 iebruar.y 1953. 3. On 11 iebruar,r 1953, Chrlea L. Oamp, CiTilian ard, Rich~ond ~termaater Depot, waa interviewed and atated tr~t at a pp:-oximately 0613 houra, he was at the aouthvest end of :a:-ehoUBe +3]., vbich ia southeast aection of the Depot, in his vehicle vbeu he aaw appro~ching from the east, at an altitude of appro~imatel~ 400 feet, ~o (2) obJecta, circular in shape, &fproxi~tely ~0 feet in diameter which appeared l~inoua, colored orange in ~he ~anter and cue a~ :he edge, the approximate color of a flourescant l~p. !~ese objects 213t Dist OSI (IJ) Su b j : Unusual Aerial Ob.jects, etc. 1:rection, turned north toward s CacJ and then r everseu the ~ reversed t~emsel7es and proceed out of sight toward the ac:u th, traveliil6 at a n :remeruious r~te of speed". Cam? stated. that t he ?eriod ov er ,.,hich he oosarved the objects were appro:i~telj five (5) mi~uts. Cam? stated that h d heard ~o 30U..."ld3 emitted by the ob,jects duri!l,g the time he o"oservau the:.:l. 4. On 11 Feb 53 Jessie E. Kdat, Civilis~ Guard, ~i:~ond, r:er~ster De9~t, was interviewed and ata~3d t~at at ap?rQ~i e1y . :>1 5 ~'lours, 10 3' 9b 5 3 . he was at t ia:n loca:;ad a;>p:-o:tiOPt e q b m (2),milea r.ort hdast o!' the 4ichmond ~narter:naster De:got. ,i;,.ile s~a l~g Qn the dam Ka~t observed two (2) yellJwis~ colored flat _:::l.l1.r objact3 >v~r :.he wa t e r :.ta n al-:ituda oi a ;J?r0::tl.:latel;r 130 -;;ri~ arou.:ld ~nd :tbJut el-lch other. Ienc s t a;ati t~ he r..hotl4h that ~i.:'lu ~ea the obj :!cr. .1~ut 9 t r a i5ht up i.:1co t ha ai: a o.l di,jappear9d fro:n Sl~h~ moving v e: tlcally at an extremely rapid rate ot a 9eed . Kent c ::~ted that the ob.J :!C ca vera clearly visi!)le to hi:n; that they were ~pproximatelJ 29-25 teet i~ diameter and that there were no openinga visible on the objeata, 5. On 11 J a b 53 Har~J L. Derr, CiTilian Guard, Richmond QUartermaa tar De_ o t , ~as inter"riewed and stated. that a t approxi~tel7 0 615 ~nrs 10 Feb ~3, while at t he ~in gat e of the Ric~ond ~arter~ster De;ot , he observed two(2) objects or lights a?proaching hiw from the n o=theaat at a diata.:1ce of 1 t ~ilea, at an altitude of approzimately o~e t housand (1000) feet and approximatel7 two hundred (200) fee\ apart. rhe objects passed over the !lk Pasture approximately five bundred(500) !eet south of the main gate. At this point, the object paaaed out of Derrs line of vision. Derr stated that he haa spent conaiderable time in the Ticinity of air~orta and that he ia certain that these lighta vere not navigation lights, landi~ lights ar any other type of light that he haa observed on co~ventional aircraft. Derr stated that the obJects or lighta were circular in shape, yellowish in c olor and that the objects did not emit a beam of 1i6ht. Derr stated that !rom his vantage point, t~e lights appeared appro~imately 18 inches in ~iameter. 6. On 12 1eb 53, Carlisle E.1ields, Ci?ilian Guard, ~ichmond ~rter ~ster Depot, was i~terviewed and stated tha~ at approximatelj 0600 hours, :J ?eb 53, he waa st the north ga~e o: th~ ~! ond ~rter~a;er Depo: ~te~ .1~ ooaerred two (2) .:':jac~s C')mir-6 tova.rd !li:n fro:n the ~or~b. a~ an alti~i.lde ~: ajpro::ti~telJ 1 ~0 teet. e oojects ap9earau be ci~cu~ar in shape, ~lat Diat OSI (I~) S'.lbj: U:maal Aarial ~hirliy-i'ive ( 35) :niles per hou:-".ianci:lg 3.llC. darting about ?ields, ~ho was in a vehicle , followed and obaer?ed t he obj ects a s ~he7 proceed south to the ~ater tower ~entio~ed i n par~; h 3 . 1ialds met ca at 8th Street, sto,~ea and ~bserved ~hd objects .dth Cant'9. In the vicini:;.r oi the ":fater To'*er the ob,ject a ,~d da.nced abou~ rtnd the:l C.axed out oi s i-;;b t u r.o '; he S 0 .ltl: a t :1. Jlo,~ rata (jf .;pee\l, .:199r o:-cimatel7 35 :niles .?er !:;J~. ~ ... 'i "lds 7 . .Ul Jf ~h~ 1 tnessas i:ltervi.a,~ed 3ta~ed that . h-: a~mos:)here ~1. ~he ~lt:ld~3da ~dvi3~d t~t ey d1s:.i l7 3a~ c sha pes ~a :"la:-'3.Co;eristics n ~hd o'oj ac";. lio ~iltinct ~oJar.d:l.;s or )'Jani:lg s o r .:..:-e a.ri ties o n ~a 3tlrt 'ace O! tht! :)O.J ec ~a .r~ere o oaerV9l oy ~ht! l ';:1easea. .Ul ) .f Cl-td .., 1 ~ae s des -9.;J.,;>ea.rel1 t.l be :-eliable, i:1::.alligenc, aobar i:ldili..l'..lllls lh.> . .,ere ,.,el l ~cuaL"l::.eu 'ith conven tiJ.lal aircr~t . ul or the witnaa a stated that :~e1 have ~ever ? reviou3l7 observed a~y a~ilar object; rl nd could offer no logical explana,ion tor the light in&. 8. The Baa~ weather Office, Langley Air Force ~ase, Va., adviaed that the ~eather sa1udnce for Richmond, Va., a t OoJO hour s , 10 Feb 53, waa aa follows: Clear; visibility 12 miles; temperature 29 ..lesr ees; dewuoint 19~; ~1 from nor~hwest at 3 ots; no c l ouds. 9. The u. s. Weat~er office, BicrJw~-Yirgiaia, advised that they had released a weather balloon at 0415 haa.a, 10 Feb 53 which aacendad at a rate of 700 feet per m1Dn:e. The Civil Aeronautics Authority, Meteo~logical Station, Richmond, Va., advised that t hey bad released no veather ballooaa on 10 Jeb 53. 10. Attention is invited to the following discrepancies relfected 1~ statement of Camp and Jields. Camp who vas at the aoutbeaat end of the depot stated t hat he observed the objeclil approaching hi~ from the eaat and that tbe7 proceeded to the southwest. ca~ stated that the7 dia&ppeared from view at a atremendbus rate of s~eed. Fields who vaa at the north e~d of the de~ot statea that he observered the object coming to~ard him from the north. Jield foll ed the ob~ecta ~s th~1 ;>roceede.i to the sou~h and o f the base ~here ~a :n~t .:;amp, and ~rsaft.er Ca~? a~a 1iel~s ~O~et he~ J~s~rved 9 ~b C~3. }ields stated suoJ: U!lUallal Aerial f; OJ-:!C':a., Vflj~l...l""---.l 11. Additi~nal i~for~tion concerning the above &i6htin~s ill be forwarded your He,..d q_uartera upon receipt b7 this office S/ ~viG2T J . SCOV3L Lt Col~ua1 US~ Dis icc Com~nder TI~'E ~AOUP :IJ'-4C3 ~R OF O d J !CTS .3. LE lCi r~ o;: ORS!~'/A JION 9. PH't~ICAL E VIOINC! LOCA TI01'4 CONCLU$10~ 11. ORI U ' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ~CLASSIFIEO