I. DAlE Tlt.il GROUP lnr;r;r,r1 4. NUMI!R OP OIJ!CTS S. LINOTH 0, OISI.VATIOM 6. TYPE OP OISI.VATIOM 9. PHYSICAL I!YIDINCI I. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 11. IJIIII' SUMMA"Y AND ANALYSIS o I o o o "'flo THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS 10 IMDION MdiiLLIM OISUYATOl\' lot Lt. Hobert Ols~t>n ::rif:ttt-Patterson APH. Dear Lt. OlssonJ This is ll belated r~port, on the last batch which I received at tho end nf April. Just as soon as our plans for employine !Jtss Uluck . officially co through, I shl'.ll be nblP. to send you a sheet with coT!Yilentn .~:'each individual case, so that you lYill have my conunents on each folder. The letter method xa has obvious drawbacks. But until that time comes and she c~.n h:}.ndl~ my typing and complotion or forms, I had better stick t.o this letter method. In thio latest batch we have only 4 really interesting cr~ses. I mi~ht r:tontion a Sth, 28 }.!arch 53, Scott lJ,'D, which is the 1st t"ftport I ve seen o! an honest to goodness tnirace. b C:tses have only one ob!'lerver and I 'l! follo-..,ing my usual rule or discounting those. 8 April as a r.tat~,...OPl~ The Great fall 3 Apri case "Was Venus if reported ti:I=lef was in 28 Uarch Alhrook AFB was prjobably Vem,e. 31 t'areh JI0:1'3hu., nn:i )0 ;:arch L:,rle, \'.'ash., are puzzling but could pos3ibly have been b~lloons. Tbe tl A..P.!il Greenland case \fas an obtious t.teteor. This brings-us to the interesting caseo: 2S ltareh !an Antonia could h~rdly have been a miri\ge and I'xn surprised there was no radar pickup. ,.'~a:J thore any aircraft like helicopt'!rs that miRt explain thi3. Anythtn~ more come in on this one? Don't tP thia is ~od enot~gh for a pinch-hottlo hut it should be liatl3d :\S l~octurnal rnuanderinr. l"ieht. 29 Uarch Spooner, "'rise& Duration times needs c~cklng here. H=rad to believe t.hat object could have dont! nll that in 1~ secondn. /In int~resting casd and one of the regulnr qu'Jstionttf'6.'e3 should ba sent. to l:r. Gil0t te. llext is the 12 April S_.tead AFB. I think this is the mo . intert!sting cas~ or the tch, and I hop~ you receive nore dope on it. QuP.stionniros dbould b~ d lika to u~e tienzel explain thi3 one 1 Is the.L'"e an:t posoibility that thc~-i could have been air ? Appa tlt ducks have been eli&ninatP.d. ,, As the 6 Mabdh, Equ:1sseur AFB although J,1,U., t.he data n.rf3 Q.con- tr:tdic-t;.~oy ~ nsuf'!ici t?'Perhaps this Has a helicopter? Y!e ought. to b:ll hn '" :nuch mare intonmtion on this one. Has th:is baen received? IJNCLASSIF .~'J) TJ .r~Dt,.JP/AL~ .TiCH I NTZL CEN H!1 IGHT-PATTii~SON ,'\FB 0' 110 ~ J~l~HQ/DIR INT~L HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC JEDC:~/CG ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPHILJGS COLO JEDKF/CG CADF KA~JSAS CITY MO LYOBREPT/ GFDO!J) 21.3.3 PD PAR OiH.:. ROd.JD V~RY LARG2- Bl~l GdT lJHIT-ONE AI~CRAFT t,JI f . l TJ\lL PROTHUDI:O.lG H:~L'l OVH!G At:D ~OUND WrlCN STOPPiD. THER WAS NO SOUND AND THC OBJEC'f TRAVALED VERY SL0~1. T~{E oa,JiCT WA~ 35-40 MILES WEST FROM OBSERVERS POST CCONRAD-EK J D 0311> Tt:J:. G~JECT DROPPED ST~AIGHT DOUN AND MOVED FROM LEFT TO RIG!iT SEVERAL Tiht~ THEN WENT DUE WEST AND AGAIN DROPPED LOHER TdEN DISAPPJ.~ARSD AT Sl~rrriNG TINE u:Ji\ll0'.JN DISAPP~A~ED AT ~5552. PAR THH.=:~. VI~Uf1L. p;,f{ FCJUR. CO aAD-EK J D 032iZ . PAR FIVE. AND F'Ai11LY BOT!~ OF COilRAD-PHON IAGf~ AI JHPGU 13 TH VALUATION IS TO- JEDVP/AIR :rECK INT~L CEN \~RIGHT-PATTt:RSON AFS OHIO~ JEP HQ/D IH INTi L HQ USAF WASHINGTON 2 5 DC JEON/CG ADC EN'f AFB COLORADO SPlliNGS COLO ( J~OKF/CG CADf KAt~SAS CITY MO LYOBrtEPT/ GFDOIJ> 2133 PO PAP. Ol~t:. ROIJ(ID Vi!:HY LAi<GE- BRIG,iT \1HIT~-ONE AI.1CRAFT WIT.:-1 TAIL PROTRUDL~G WHE.'i MOVI'l G A~;!) ROUtH) W,{t:l'J STOPPED, T!1E~i UAS NO ~OUND ArJD T :fC Oi3JECT TRAVALED VERY ~LO!T, THf. OJJt.:CT tJAS 35-4r1 ~ .. ll:..ES \JEST FRO~'>i OBSEHVERS POST (CONRAD-ZK JD 0311) T:ir_ C8JECT DROPPED STRAIGHT DOIJL~ AND NOVED FROl1 LEFT TO ~IG-{T SEVE L ( T ltit.~ TiiiN HENT DUE HEST AND AGAIN DROPPED LOtJER T.{EN D ISI\?Pt:ARU AT PA1< T'.VO. ~IG!-ITING TIME UNKNOHN, DISAPPEARED AT 05552. PAR THR~E. VISUAL. PAR FOUR. CONRAD-EK JD 030~. PAR FIVE. AND FAt1IJ..Y BOTa OF CONRAD-PHONE 430 OR 4 83, TH:.: EVALUATION IS !AGE AI JUPGtJ 18 F-G. PhR SIX. CLEAR SI<I$ l 11T:1 Vt.:RY FEH CLOUDS A~:D Ti::tiP 3'3, PAR SEVt:N. ( i'.l/1~!:.. PAP. EIG.tT. NONE, PAR NINE. SACKVI LLF. ALERTD T.JITH :--lEG/\ Tl'JZ RESULTS. ~l/~031Z APR JW?GU UNCLASSIFIED FU JAP AI1 D.:::=" F0!1 HO~J ~HU '.1:-~! GHT PATT E~l ~ o:-.1 f\F~ Olf I O: TO CLASSlFIEQ r::~r AFI3 COLO : CO L~T li'lFO FE~'\F TOKYO JJ\PAil JNC:I A IFIED li~vada ( IIH'O) l-.'ebater Vi llrteP., : :." -:-~lnn:l D~troi t la:~c:o, l-ilnnas:>ta 1-"ukuo1tn Snn Juan, tucrto Rico Son~eratrom AB, Grcanland Torb'ly Airport, Ne\l.rc~ndland Sw~otow~tor Sh ve 's Cov.;!, N~vfou land l:Snc hut in 'l'uacon, Arizona Enat Prairie ll1133ouri Orand Valley, Colore~o Lake Superior (Calcu~et, M1ch1g~n) Sheave 'a Cove rT~wfou:td.l::tnd Brooklyn, New York Addinon, Nev York Columbus, Mis~isaippi Kl~math F~lls, Ore3on Fontana, California l~ew York H~vaiian Islands Military f..ir ru 11 t.:lr /l.ir In3'.t!' !''l c icnt t=t t.!f. In~uffiei~nt D~t~ t'~UD~Ill'I~"Ic;O Astro (t.!?;l'EOP.) As tro (M.~T;:;o~) 1{/tmiDZI\TIFISD Other (Unreliable M~po Other (Inversion Errec Astro (l~"TEOR) Other (R~flection) Insufficient Data Insufficient D3tn