' DATE TIME GROU' 2. LOCATION NUMIIR 0' OIJIC:TS S, liNGTH 0' OISIRYATION 6. TYPE 0' OIIIRYATIOH 9. PHYSICAl EYID!HCI 10. CONCLUSION 11. IRIIP IUMMAIIY AND ANALYSIS OBil9i7D 9C tiNCLASSJFIEQ RR JEDHP JEDON JEPHQ J fiFiiH 44'' ( DE JEDST 13~ F:l CG SCOTT AFB ILL / TO JEPH<l/Din OF INTELL HQS USAF WASH DC JED\~P/AIR TECH INTELL CEl'rfR HRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB/ JEDON/CG ENT AFB COLO SPniNGS COLO ZiN/CG ATRC SCOTT AFB ILL l>OWNGRADED A'l' 3 Yf~AH. l ~T1 \. .. DECIAASSIFIED AFI'J~R 12 YlJAl : .. ' DOD DlH. 52U0.10 INFO JWFMF/CG TTAF GULFPORT ~liSS C552C PD FOR ATIAA-2C TECH INTELL FTYOBHPT PD SIGHTING OF A DIRIGIBLE TYP OBJECT WAS MADE 1~1 THE VIClt~ITY Of SCOTT AFB AT 1430C ON 28 MAR 53 FD 03JECT APPEARED TC MOVE ACROSS RO:\D CMA GRO\oJ LARGER Ct1A TliEIJ REVEHSE AND D I SAPP~AR AT I r,r1ENSE SPEED PD SOU~CE CLA Ir~S OBJECT APPRX 602 FT t.o r G PD SELV~ H GRlY COIJOR PD DISAPPEARED IN CLOUD~ OVER liORIZCN PD Nl~GATIVE: /\IR TRAF Ct1A NO I TERCEPT ACTION PD 3B/2256Z tlAR JDST VNCLASSIFIED 0~0 AtS~tFIEQ . '.f FORM 112-PAIT II r ( APPHOVr.l'l I JUNE l'tl AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ROll: THIS DOCUr.tNrCONrAtNS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATION~L I,.HHSt:: OF THE UNITED Sf I\ f f.S WITHIN THE MI:ANIN'.i OF lHE l."'JPIO.~ACE Acr, !i3 U S. C- 31 AND~. AS AMENDED. ITS TRAHSMI~Olt OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONIFNTS IN ANV t.tA!otNI::R TO AN UNAliTI!ORIZF.D PfRS-:>"t IS PRO!IHiiTI:O f)'f LAW. IT MAY UOT BE r.EPROOUCD IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY' OrHER Tl IINITE!l STATf..S AIR fORe ACF..HCIE:i, E.Xf.;CYf DY I'LP'U S:iiONOF fHC: DIHfC'fO~OF INTfUI~. U"...AF. fORM 111~MT I .JFROUO I JU ..... COU!tlll'l (1:.4 VIr BANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT (;!lilian er.l?loy~e td ; .Joot;t k ' 1Ja 3e lllinoia . -;i ,,:;hted ,1 n o:>j~ot Hhioh he first tbou~ht :n 3 ll dirigible. Objeot \.a~ juat :1~ove t ,a~ to"? Moving alowl:f from Soul:;h ~o !forth. i..'irst :Ji;;htecl u.t l O' ~look p oal tion. \men i -b reaohed 12 o clook po~:~i hlon it c!-l.an~;ad cour:je ( ~rl 'huut c?n'.l~ng i~s rslative hel\dill ) t"\Ud Ollln8 co'rl&rd t h a ob~axver at "terrif'io :.;po~d, a topping n.bout -: milA~ a:way where it hovered for a fo.'l oeoonds. I t \ro.~ surround~ by n ni~t or ha~e ~at t~nded to ob~cure it co~ewhat. Tit~ o~j&Ot ..:a.s dull silVttr in ool\lr, approximately ~ix hundred (6oO) i'e~t aaro~u.,, het-;re~n o:1e hundred (100) o.nd t\...o hundred ( 200) feeh a bove t;h e g:-ounu. It bot;an to n 0"/8 O."'JAY .. \t "terrifio" s pe:Jd a nd ,raa 'b;r.tnty ( 20) =Ulaa aVM3 in a .t\Atter of cooonU.. ulcntly rolling to the l3tt, but witAout tllrning or c~lnin12; altitude. L:13t oi~hted waa about t~;enty ( 20) :milds u'Y in n forty i'ive (45) c..,*>Tee b:1~. dlaappearlng into some "''hite clouds, whioh obs.,rver bGliavea ' :~rs made the objeot. The 3i6!UtiCMnce of t~g_aj.zbtt Oi is.-beli~v'-A..<l.~.J .. i 't;:tld value c!u~ to the preri.oU." bio2i~r =-~.i .... ..~L9 v who h.~a had n~rwoua or omo'ttor.&t atf!f~let~i~- R:t is convinced lte co.w the object \nd he sounds r o.J.sooa'ble enough. Follow-up aotion lJill be !ialc9n an.u P..rty other ~inding;a Trill be reported. Captain. U~.AF \':ill~ IntelUgttDOe Offioer Dir!!Joto~ of Intell1~enoe. Heaaqueartera U3..;\i' Y!aahin~ton 25. D.c. C':):-311aDlUXJS General 'feoludoal Traini~ !dr Foroe. Culrport. aisaiaa{ppi. Co!nlllll ..iene,al Jsil' 'raining Col!Villlnd Soott 'ir r;'orre Dase. Illl!l.Oia UNCLA.SSIF1 ED is~ Lt. Robert Olss~n ~Yriea'"lt-Patterson A'PR. Dear Lt. Olsson; THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS 10 This is a belated report on the last batch tmich I received at the end of April. Just as soon as our plans for employine Uiss Gluc officially go through, I sh~.11 be abl~ to send you n sheet vdth corMtents ,on each individual c~se, so that you vdll have my conuncnts on each folder. The letter method ='~ ha s obvious drawbacks. But until that time comes and she can handle my typing nnd completion of forms, I had better stick t.o thia letter method. In this latest batch we have only 4 really interesting cases. I mit~ht r1ention a-Sth, t2B Uarch. 53, _Scot-t JJ!D, which is the lst report I ve soe n of an honest to good-nes.s mirace. b Cases have only one observer nnd I'M following my usual rule of discounting those. 8 April was a m~tr.oor. The Great Fall ) Apri case was Venus if reported tir.1~/was in 28 March Albrook AFB was prjobably Venn3. )1 !'arch J1o hu, nnd 30 March I.yle, Y!ash., are puzzling but could possibly have been balloons. The B !il Greenland case nas an obvious rr.oteor. This bring~un to the interestinc cnsoa: . 25 Uarch San Antonia could hardly have been a mir:tge and I 't:t surprisad there '\'las no radar pickup. ~IJas there any aircraft like helicopt,~rs that mint explain this. Anyth:tne more come in on this one? Don't t hi ~k this is r;ood eno\tgh for a pinch-bottle but it should be listed as Nocturnal racanc!e rinr. lt:l eht. 29 Harch Spooner '!isc' Dura t:.ion times needs ch(lck ing h ere. ll d to to believt3 t .hat object could hav~ done all that in 15 s e cond:J. An interentin~ c a 3e and one of the regular questlon cs should be s ent to Mr. Gilettc. Nc>..-t is the 12 April Stoad AFB. I think this is the most. inte~esting caso or the butch and I hope you receive more dope on it. Questionairos ibould be scnt.I 'd like to see 1.!enzal explain this one 1 Is there any possibility tho.t the:.~ could hava b een ai~9_r,'l~r-? Appa~ titl~ ducks have been eliminated. \ (.A~?x'-t.he 6 Hat~, Equasneur AFB although Nl tL, t.hc data are C.,con- tradic-yfoy {:1-J..nsuffici n~erhaps this was a h elicopter? We ought to kr:.~ h :t11e ::1uch more in~"1r:nation on this one. Has thi.s been received?