1. D A Tl T IMI OWOU' 2. LOCATION 10. COMCLUIION NUM811t OP O&IICTI s. LENGTH OP OlllltVATtOM :lthl ,I,~, TYPE OP OIIIRVATION 7. COUttl! t. PHYSICAL !VIDINCI 1 1. lltiiP IUMMAitY ... ANAL '1111 lJNCJ .. SSIFIED l~ tn.r i o , Cann<.l:l At Ohl' He five airmen, Dean ~ !c;)onald, Vi. ttorio Sa t;t.lrnl, Pr-.ul Ryt~nJI Thomas De Stefano ::md Tnomas :>finas ~Tare jus t M::,.king ~he tu:rn of .f t h e main hic;h~1ay tm.,ard3 R~ro n t the ~,hi te !lose Ga s S Lation \J1-!e n ett:Lni mentioned he noticad t~ro li;;hts u, on t,he nill. I s:ai d therd uhould only be one. So ue s+..O!J?ed the cnr n.t ,h e cornar 'md watched the light. Suddenly the libht uhich saemdd abm..1t t.1e r.i o.f a softball be3M to rnova in toHarus the sit9. At tha time it ':a3 t o t.l)e l eft of the sita v l; about 20 to 30 miles . .:o Hatched it. nova in touards t.ho site then He start~d for t.ha bas e . l,:e re~.checi tl,e mal.n gate t'.round oL,20 nnd .1.t t.i1nt tme tiw li~ht s o.):r.ed to h::!.!13 cliroetl y over the 3- J t t. ~;e l e t Paul rcyan or'f at t h3 b:trl~acks :.md the n tit1.rted u~) t h e hill to see i f everyt.l-tinz 1!as all r].eht. As '!e start-ad U::> the hil l the li~ht began t o Move to thP, ri,3ht of th& ~i te end ns u s a_: :;rroache l nearer to the object i t appeared to l~ave a sli:;ht oran~e clmT at. t h e b2se or i t . As we rlre't., naarar it m1..1st h ave noved aHa.y nea~l-Y 50 or 60 niles i.o the r i ght and it s ee:r.ed to be trav elin3 a r ound 1500 I'L{lcs a11 hour. Af t er it traveled t.l-tat far it stai'teil eli.,nbing s traiL)lG-up nrici-cTl.~c;appeared int o t.''le clouds and l ealf'ing a small i..'ldintatiion Hh are it broke t!-1~ cloml. 1>0\VNGRADl~D A'l' 3 YE ,\ft IN~ERVAU:J; DECLASSLF!Ell AFT~I~ 12 YEARS. DOD Dllt 5200.10 UNCLASSIFIED UNC~c;SIFIEO Ht;ADqU/dTZ 33 ltJL t':~. J HA til~l G Ramore, Ontnrio, Canada JJ~tTeen 0415 and 0430 on the nornin3 of the -mnC.y Iifth day or Hay 195.3 I uas returnin0 t.o the base ~dth four ot,cn- t.nn. tl'jj !1c~n,ld., A/20 Settir.ti A/lC Sfinas .:md A/3C De Stefano. ~le not,iced there tras a li:;ht in t~e ~!cy that ve haJ. never seen be.Core. .'hen I fir3t Ga~, it, it :-1as about tHohmdrod yards to tha loft of t:1e site, I didn't thwl< to much o.L it. t_ thow;nt it ~ras Just :.1 star,. .'hen ue sot to the main ~ate A/lC S!inas bag.;es !:6U tha-E ':le s co9 'v:\t~ co.r and l-Jatch it to see if it l /!13 rooving. At that ti111e it aiJpeared to ba o11ly ll fe'tf feet to the left or t.l-te l:'.~ht of the PO'-Ier ?lru~t.. ~.t!ila e ~.rat.r.lled it move to :\ position on top of the l:l~'1t nt. t1e ?o1er Plant-,. 'rho ru.:;t of the rne!1 decicied to bo u p on t :u3 hill for a bettt~r loo;<. I uant to b~<J. UNCLASSlFlEO UNCLASSIFJED Ii S.\IY!U.\HT!~ ~S It; l::l.S 041$ on the 2~th day of Ngy 195.3 t;a Here coming back l'rD:-:t Kirlclnnd taka, th~re uere four airmen end Nyself. :.:e turn on to the ro.11d to the base, just t n He S.J\W a li!.;ht on the left or the h'Lll, then it uant riJht over the hill. It stayed 'i:.here foe ".h()tt one nlnuteo; then it took off t.o the right as 1-re sta"~:"ted up the !lill. It uas ct big oranz<! b:1ll after ue aot u.P to the top of the hUl ~re dic.in' t see it 'rJi'Ti' .-.t.r 0 UNCL( 'SIFIEO H~AD.jUAhT~, 4 ?O&TH D.:.2l..:!~i~ ~:'ING, Selfridge Air Force Ea:Je ~ . .ichigan 'I'Oa Director ot Intellisence, lreadquarters U.:i.U:', .~ashinbton 25, D. c. Pnsic car-respondence forwe.xded in e.ccor<hnc9 ~1ith pars.t;Taph 7e(2 ) (a) Air Farce Lotter 200-5, ciate<l 29 .\Jllil 1952. ~at Tlf& COZ.ii.WmERs OWNGRADED AT 3 YE:\R lNTJER'l : l> DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. \~ NCL~SSlFlED !1.::AD':IUA!t'l'E ).S Cn liil&rn i ....... ; Off-t.cer i'orca Base !toun t :;1.-~mens, !.' j ch if;ELl'l Director of Intalli nce !!en.d~.,tuart.e rs USA:;" l. JP ... te to tr'e non-nv3.il'll)ilit,.,; at. this or::nnization of' !.~? Form !dr Intalli:;ence Infoc.nation .:te!)or t,rt, t.!o c . :[>:.rn d~ lf1:'i.tten r~:x>ct ::;ub.ni:, eed i.l1 letter l'orn. ~:as rounci ;:-..nd ornn~e color~rl., c~lative size -nuch l.P.t .. :;er t n a. st.ar. At t.'-te t.ima of :i11iti..:-1. oh'39rva- an"Jroac!':in ' ti1e bc.se . j.n t-.n 3nto"!lob:!.l.e from t.hP. 1.-rs~t an ... about 5 milca fror~ the hill Drou~d Hhich t:1e ob.jc~t seamed to hover. 'i'hc object Cl.{.l.?ro;tchc(l the hill top from the north s latrly -then s~er ?d to hov-er over the !1illto.:>. ~acie\"!" set (1'.~'/?:'.~-3) i.s bail"~ :ins C.alleu on hill a11d an /l'.?S-1:> that is being used as lasl-ttt:) equi~ent Has not o~r!it"lor.al due to 10':!"?. J.'r.o m<~n Jrova t.~(')ir C?-r t.o,T;ardct t :!e i1i.ll and t.'he object b-1.jtm n1mri:n aua.y nt increased $!ft1~d to:o~ards tha : :~. :\s t>'3 mar-3r('~.veci on the hil l. t1e object U'\S about fif+.~,. t:-trc.1._:1 t!,e overc~st. 'fha o!Jj~ct. .-:t'lde no t'Oi~;e and Ha s !"'ot heard. by Bny o' r .!'1e airr1en on cluty 0'11 the hlll. It hP.d a def"ir~ite sn:!p? ~" it .. :J.r:..! .... itt 'lOt a_:)p~ar r:a::;eous ED AT 3 YEAl~ lNTERV Al.S; N~r.~sfi..IED AF'l'ER 12 YEARS. DE DOD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASS\ElEil Only one o t.he J:l~m rcrx>rt'3d aee.i.:r.z or !1ot i.c1'1G f'.!!:r tr~il b~hi.nd it, n'1en it moved . :.ll f ive l'-3portoti. i mt tman it :ent t !n o .1;h tha OVfH'C''.f-lt. it. l~1.i.'t a.l.>ror.~; jn ~ .. ~ e btn11.nd-it.' tne hre'!k h~ci. a ~lare l.,o it. '.:': n.C'l sto,.>~:>ecJ their car f!'vnu:~ntl v t.o oiJ:;e e-ve t'lu obj.~ct o that it3 111ot:lon ~ .. re.s obs ved frnn tbo ~"'.r in mnl'.i.~"'~n :J.~J lftlll liS ~t ror.t. Time ad th~ 'l'ha time of i n:t tial ~ l;:;r tJ.n~ tras 0 !!1 5 i~.J.R t.9!'"11 1 )ayli~h t S:win;; object uas ob:.;erved for about tl;enty (?0) ;,lnut . c. 'l"e object tras obsarveJ. visuP.l 1_y from the surface. d. .'\.t ti."l1a of si:;'1t~.r.:; the o.i~"'lan ~.~ra cJ.osd to t.~e tmm of H.arnore in 0!1tnrjo, ~a.'1.Dd". and tho oi>J~ct soeHe ri to be .'l'iJO'lt. ;;.ve r:dlc":J to "thd fior t.~e:.st. ~o object h0vored O\"}:!. +,'1e hjJ.l to~ e l v.1t~.0n nblN t. 1300 feet d then novod r:.\pidly to the Southe~s t as t.l-te Men 'i)~1""'01.Cl-ted t.ha hi.l1 toTJ. (1) 'f..-to!:'.as c. Sfinas, A/lC, A (2) Vittorio .'~. Settimi (3) Thor.taa J. De Stefano, A/3C, :_., 13 h\0 96J (5) Pa,ll H. :!Jran lTr, A/3C All fiva are considered reliable a'l'ld they 1-:-e-re in a sobar state. ..."'(.)r all of them i.t Has their first ex-~ricnce 1ri th sue!! '\."'l object. f. 'f-"le u~at.her at the t.i.r:1e ~IP.S clear' and there Here n su!"face Hinds. 'l"ne conrli tion of uir.u.s aloft is urumown. g. This or~nnization has no infornat:on a s to ~"'ly condi tiol"\, Tileteoralazical or othertri.r;e, Hhich mic;ht a c(!ount act. !.vi ty or ro-r thfJ s i,...ht- h . '!"Hne ru'3 no 1'ru .. ;m~nt:;, p!1o~o~,r<1pllrls o-:--ot! n- ~)ly.jie1.l r:v id.:me\3 ol' the si.;ht:b1.~. j. Thore WlS no a i r trn . .I.'fic in the r~e:narnl area C' t t.h.e t :h!e of 2. St atements of f lva obse rw:-.cs a rt! n. L t~ .ch~d h(~, mli t,h 5 t~ t:l. te:-ten t:3 of .!' irrneT'l c.c . Chief., Air Tac!mical 1:!'i::;h t-:>a tterson Day~un, Ohio Actjui;~mt Intelli~cnce Gentor DECLASSIFIED AFTER 1~ . I ' J _,. UNCLASSIFIED On our w.J.y back to ti.~ base <.m t ::.J tnocnint; oi' .:ty ?l~, l9:;3 :l:JttliJ Oi.JJO l.n tho 1nornlnr;. ,.irmP..n Sr.>ttit.ti. calloo. i,o our ati:,cmi;i.oYJ. :r: or-an e col:1!'a.) obj(jct, l 'l the .focc11 of a ~oft"u~ ll. !10Vin'~ ~'i..ec.'. .l,v tu:r~.cos the sti!3dv l)aCe all the ri'!" uo till :,c r\)ac.o..A t :e r.nin :.:.~.tn. '{"P.re l.o :?.sked t:,e oilmAn on u.u t..J i i' r:o '~. 1oUried ~.t1e sa ooj~!ct., but He hl:tli.,' t.. Ar"ter ?Jssin:; t:!l"OII) l t,;,c ~:l.t'l Ha pau!3~d .!.'or a .i.e ,,i~utd~ t,o Hf'tC~l anc.l see it~ lie co:ilt...; s :.ill s t : d ~:u.::! ohj)ct :>:i.c:l 1.e ~o~.l, , so cloud::;. ~rc Ho.i t.e<i a.-ihi l c t o sc.j :i." it u onld co,,~ mti, of tro c.;J.OlLU " CCJ.; . , 'i'HO! l_AS C. S?D' AS DOWNGRADED AT 3 Yl~AH. INTI.!.:ltVAL~; DECLASSIFIED AFTE R 12 YEAl~S. lJOD DIH. 5~00.10 UNCLASSIFIED !It.;/J)~U AHT ~RS UNCLt.SS\FlED 912'i'H .\InG!t\FT CU T