I. D.\ Tl Tt~l GIOU' 2. LOCATION . 4. NUMIII OP OIJICTI I. LINOTH Oil OIIIIVATION ANDAMALYIII 6. TY'I OP OIIIIVAnGM 7. COUIIII 9. PHYIICAL IVIDINCI ;;:1 l:CCEOf:D FLT SV Cf.:,\i i~CCHO~!> ro CC;IDR AIR r:~CH I WfJ:LLI ,JCE CO::ll ATTN ATif\A-2 C H.l\IGliT PATTi:HSO~\j AFB OHIO fSC 19-F-02 PD CITE PROJECT BLUE 300!( UR~1SG AF 01~!-ATIA 6-11-E PD /1/ 221 DEGREES SS:i 1'2.1 SIGHTED APRX 2 HRS /3/ A2I~1~!TH 221 DI:GRt:ES 49 DEGR S /4/ Wll~D ESE PD 1303J SCATTER:D Ct~A 25 THIN b!10KZU S/15 IIILZS VISIBILITY /5/ 03SR3 SIGHT:!:D OSJ FOR 2 HRS P.i~) ~TAT~ THAT MOON COULD tJOT }~AVE CAJ SZD SIGHTING PD 19/2352Z JUN Jtl?D UNCLASSIFISD TllliUIOok, Oreson q.acrlptlon One uniaentltlea obJect waa reportea b7 two USAF ortlcera atatlonecl ntb tbe Mob7 Dick balloon launchlns detachment, 'l'lllaaook, Oreson. 'lhll obJect vaa eeen at 1010 PST 9 June 1953. The obJect vaa vleved tbroup a tMo4oli te an4 halr -MOon ln ehape ancl Vhl te in color. It appearecl to hoYer an4 no nner ot propulelon vaa o'baerft4. lfo n- Der Of aiaappearanc:e VU reported. . DlacuaalOD Durs.n. -=h a loaa ot obaervatlon, &1\7 conftatlonal. obJect bown to be Oil thla eartb would, unaer exlatlq condl tiona, have ao.,.a tbaa thle pnrtlcul.ar obJect did. 'llae vin4a at 30,000 r .. t wre hoa 120 des at 25 mota. ProJect B1~ Book' aatro_..r vaa contacted and tbe7 atatel that thia aightins vu un4oubtedlJ the planet Venue vblcb, unc!er lcleal c~n4lt~one, can be eeen 4ur1ns the 4&711&ht houre. Conc1ua1on Wu utroaomca1 (Venue) l'v:' NGRADE D _t. .. :r :..~ YEA.U INERVALS DECLASSIFli::D AFTER 12 YEARS. UNCLASSIFIED ROBERT C. BROWN OI'J'ICIAL I'ILS OOPY DUIGN4ft 4U'I'HD OI' .. Q OJ' JUICOJU) IQ.n AIIC l'llw a. ... I ~ ... wllhll will ....... 'THB OHIO STATB UNIVBRSITY let J.t. itobert Olaaoo A'riC -Vlr1B)lt-Patteraon AFB Dear L.t. OlasonJ COLUMBUI 10 2S June l9Sl Ot the last batch ot 4 1 terns eont on June lS the on~ one about .... :rtich there ie aey question is the 12 June Covineton, Cieor~ia. It is ess~mtial to knor. here the duration or siGhting. A lot depends on t."lis. r..an you eet tr.13 Recarclinz ~e Detroit ll June "-'Case is there anythinf! in this that a eood lDndin~ liht would not explain? Likewise Goo~se AFB ll June it TIOu!d appear that s'coo :econd radar did not pick up tho si~nal, th~ most probable exp1Afnation is faulty radar. I assume that the GCI had tadar available. And we still have Venus l\'i th us. Tho 9 June Oregon case is clearly a~d Jennie bas called to r;ry attention the tact that I asked cane f'ollO\'Mlp questions which b.r now you may have obtai ned the ansv:ers. AnTthin& new ona Luke AFB Film? Port Austin tian Antonio Stead A!"B I am anxiously al'laiting Jennie's clearance so we can get organized in a f- .. more business-like manner. !I knO\T ;you can't do o.nything about this but;.just 7r' - ment1on1n1 it araytta:. I hope it c~es through before your successor is appointee. niP\ s.ri.oe, ?aft 38oo sv.n, r1. w. -;tuhlnPon 2S, D. c. 1. 1:$Sat!P'r! ~ ~p 081 PALniOCN SHAPE ~IZll APRI 1/2 l iiCH AS SE THRU A THmOOLITK \/,Iu COUll ONK OB.I A!JI)ot:IA.4C y:"o\T!JftliB U'UCif'lft Oa5R 110 'L'~It ElltAUsr )R H?L;~ .;Ys . ::;: .. F:: 0 \:eO f;\JmtD trfD(lltM OSI!CT ~i~P~AiiED TO liOn& ?.t\MN~.R .) F DlSA."?'.'..\lU:JC~ A'10 O'r.iZR l')!:Jit::~t OR U~SUAL io, :.ATOa!S Aii5 U~X~r,!J 2. Tr:JE Or ~IGH'l'DtO A1' 10lOPS1', 09 J'Uft 19Sl LE!~OTH 01 1'!.~ tJ~RD U~rto . .,M ). ~lA.~nR OF Oa56RVJ\tl I~'M VI~UAL ,..rr.1J ':'HEOOOII't'E ~"OO'f GRD L. . LOr~'llCI . . J\. LOCU' ION OJ' OBSa t'URVIO SIGlt'l'I~G UTI'l"JDE 124 nWRE7-:S .. GQ l:lJU .tJI ! .. "' :n:~ . ~AS TIIJA:JCOX. ORS . ,3. LOCA1I~ OF Oa.J ;ri'l'H HESP!CT ~ \)BSi tr.UBLE 1'0 rET'EreJI'JE DlST 'H':E \'ND ALri!UCB, rs- UIR 5. Imurl'l1ti:iO DIJO ON OBSRS Aml ImSS!S 2ND Lt I. . ?A'trz~XH A:m 2m t.r ALliED SLDM, AO 223711. ~.lOB! DICI lJOO'l'S ARC SPECIAL tAUMOl CITE A 0n8RS EX?~ElUZ 8 ~I)IIHS AT l''rrs::rm A. ~AT!t:It 0014'0 PRSVALE~T r.t Affitl 100 SCATrERED 2~ BFD:mf lS 6b/18 NORtH 2 7 o:lliD ;;r.aca !liGHt ACC! PUR rtE f!t::J'ri:'fO YJ001I 'i'A!JU. riDICA1'r.:S 'i'lf!~ AS A ror .. rIDIUTr , . e. liO EXISTE&~CZ r.r AMI ?HY EVIDENCE SUCH AS 7fAG 9. r ;1TCP OR J!]:.NtiFI i":ATI~ Acri~N Tf\j(SJ R?T TO ro~TFOit:.:a 25 AI!t DlV r~SUL't'I~IO .A cr :PJJI tN nrl\'M 10. tlO lDC OF ANY AIR TRAF I:l GEM AitA AT TIUB 01' tiGHTING 11. 1!0 AGDCIES OOM!AC"t'~D FOR Dil'O A~iD/01 CF'M OF F1\CTS (Y,J /:t.lliJ Jtr.tS .TNPDW Tlle ort1m aua.i\tlna t.he report are r.~a~ben of the !Joby Dick Balloon 'Cetaeh!ftent and 3boW.d be f..uJ.ar with t::e appeAnnoe of blloona at. high al\itud Do~RADED AT 8 YEAn , . G\JLASSIFIED AFTER 1" . , S\at. ot Cftlon. USA l'NCLASSIFIEQ Oresoa 9 June 1953 n!lh\ 2eattee, UATS 3800 lJewark An wdMnt.itied obJMt. ... report-Ad lJ,r tMO U~ 2d Lieutenanta s\atioDed with t-he J:o~ t>iolr dtaobMft\ 'l'illaiiOOJc tfAS. 11\e oojee\ ~.taa 'liaA8Cl throu,.Jh a \e an4 appeand aa iD abape and ~hite colored. It apl')eared to ho"'er and DO -....r ot proptlioD llo wamer of d r.po.rtecl. m.:w~m s. C.\TLill Captain, USAF A'tr!lt A rru 2e ONCLASSlflED . cChord Flt. 3v Cen . . Cc;hord AFS, :,',uh J\lr 'i'acbnio~ Intelli6ence Center ATTN1 ATIM-2o :.r13ht. .r,at,t.ersoa nFB, Ohio /1/ 221 degrees &i'A /2/ Si;Ylt.!d ~prx 2 hrs /.3/ AZI: UTH 221 rla t're"s <l av."'lti'>n 49 dac:roe /4/ :Jind l!;se:. 1 sca'tt~rad, 25~ thin~ hro~<Jn w/15 ,,ilss v!.~ibility /S/ Obsrs s1i :bt3d obj for 2 brs .and st;.ta th!it n oon coltld not h~ve DO:jAI.J)SO:;, MAJOR, US..\P' ' OWNGRADED AT 8 YEAH. IN1'ERV l . ~ . J)ECJ,ASSJFIED AFrER 12 YEARS. PP JEDYJP ZOV JED J~v?D 27ki lJRCI:ASSJFIED . PP JEPHQ -!EDWF .l'DEft J~IPFF JEPRS 555 . DE JWPD 138 Ft1 MCCHORD FLT SV CEN~OET~AFB WASH TO JEPHQ/DIRECTIOR OF INTELLIGENCE H~ USAF WASH 25 D C J::DWF/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CNTR ATTN: ATIAA-3C WRIGHT PATTERSON.AFB OHIO JDEN/C G ENT AFB COLO. SPRINGS COLO INFOS JEPFF/COMDR MATS ANDREWS AFB WASH 25D C JEPRS/COMDR FS WASH 25 D C FSC 19-F-02 FLYOBRPT. 1. DESCRIPTIO~ OF OBJJ HALFMOON SHAPEJ SIZE APRX 1/2 INCH AS SEEN THRU A THEODOLITEJ WHITE COLORJ ONE OBJ; AERODYNAMIC REATURES UNKNOWNJ OBSR i:o TRAIL, EXHAUST OR PRPLN SYSJ SPEED AND SOUND UNKNOWN; OBJECt APPEARED TO EOVERJ MA NER OF DISAPPEARANCE A~D OTHER PERTINENT OR liNUSUAL REAT- urn:s ARE UNKNOWN . 2. TIME OF SIGHTINGJ VAT 1011PST 09 JUNE 1953. LENGTH OF TIME OBSR I S INKNOWN. 3. NNER OF OBSERVATION VISUAL THRU THEODOLITE FROM GRD. 4 . LOCATIONJ .''\ LOCATION OF OBSR DURING SSt;HTINGI LATITUDEJ 124 D!:GRE .. MINUTES ell SECONDS VSTJ LONG ITUDEJ "' DEGREES 1' MIN NORTHJ rEFERENCE TO KNOWN LANDMARXSJ NAS TILAMMOK, ORE B. LOCATION OF OBJ WITH RESPCH TO OBSRI UNABLE TO DETERMINE DISTANCE AND AXE,YJGW DIR. PAGE TWOJWPD 13B 5. IDENTIFYNG INFO ON OBSRS & HIT~1ESSESI 2ND LT I. N. PATTERSON, AO 1855553 AND 2ND LT ALFRD SLYt-;N, AO 223711, MOBY DICK 13~0TH ARC SPECIAL LAUNCH SITEAJ ( AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING) A. WEATHER COND PREVALENT IN AREAl 1Z0rtJ 250-0 15 64/49 NORTH 2 f)i9 FEET ,,12a DEGR~ES E 25 KNOTS 3~ 7. COND WHICH MIGNT ACCT FOR THE SIGHTING: MOON TABLE INDICATES THIS AS A POSSIBILITY. 8. NO EXISTEKNCE OF ANY PHT EVIDENCE SUCH AS FRAB, PHOTO A1;D THEE LIKE, OF THE SIGHTING. 9. INTCP OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKENI RPT TO CONTROLLER, 25 TH AIR DIV RESULTING ACTION UNKNOWN. 10. NO LOC OF ANY AIR TRAF IN GEN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING. 11. NO AGENCIES CONTACTED FOR l~FO AND/OF CFM Of FACTS. 09/1492 JUN JWPD !!..._. Aft WMIII ia ~ . ..a.r to enal.J8e tlle ~ ltCIUeiS IIIII P'<NtM lJI, 1 ., WMICM MAY. l.llla PRECEot:NC . D lOOK MISS-el COM MUNICA TICMII C:VI1'l" 110. 0 OMIGINAI. MIIIAGI UNCLASS\F\E DNa:ASSIFlEQ PAOI l 01 l