1. DATI TIMI S. LIMOTM OP OIIIIVA 6. TYfll 0' OIIIIIVAT10N , L'C.nll1Cl-n.s 1 r. 7. COUIIII! I. LOCATION 11. IIIIIP IUltldAIY ... ANALYael t. fiHYIICAL IVIDINCI 3:.!.1 ct.~<~ to b .. r:.;i:. b:l n.r )) ,COO f t DATE OF RE?ORTa UniclntUlecl l'l.Jiq ObJo' 2; JUn 195) DA'm OF "INFO J 24 June 195J :':VALUATION a NO. PAGES& 1. .lt 144,1, 24 JuDe 1"3, A/Z Riohard A. Hill U 11 173 57,, a weather obaertar witb tllrH Jeez experleace, while traoldn1 a wa\b.r tb'J'OQp a tbeo4ol1te, llb'-4 an un1den\U1e4 aerial obJect approx1- aate17 tbfte 418tQt tr011 the obaerratloa point at Sirl1utak, Greenland 46341). TM obJeo\ waa aipted 1natDtl.7 upon explosion ot the 100 graa ballooD, oaua1D1 A/: HU1 to state tbe objot hd burst the balloo.n. Deaorlp\lOG of tbe object at tbla time waa expressed b7 the observer as beiJla trlmplar, red and rotatlns while 1D a hoverins poaltion. The size waa eat~ted to be two tirMa that of the 100 srara balloon. The object oon- ti.Duecl to bowr at. the altitude of te17 18,000 teet (accordlns to t~oclollt.e oODCluoted b7 A/21J Hill at the tiDle) tor f'1tteen seoonda. Tbe obaertwr COJl't1D.&ecl to watch tbe object tor f'in minutes while it cl.ina~d to tbe weat. Upon 110'Yill1 it appeared to be a red ball-aha}*i dot. It lett no tr11 aDd to be s"ntns altitude at a tremendCNa rate ot speed, t1Dall7 diaappear1D1 after f'in mtnutea. Object waa seen b7 subject indin- dual oD17 2. The obaerte:r atatA4 tha" tbe obJeot disappeared in a nortbwater~ d!NotiOil ancl aee.-4 to ~ oliJIMnJ rap1dl.7. Theodolite readins of 301 dep wen taklla tor tlw tnutea aa the object disappeared trca rlew. WeatMZ' De t, thla station, advised tbat tbe 241SOOZ pib&ll at SiJilutak wiDda a\ 10,000 teet 120 dP' at 14 knota 000 teet 120 de~reea at 13 Jmota, 14 000 teet 180 degrees at 4 lmota, 16,000 teet 200 desreea at 7 mota. The plbtll waa terminated at thia heipt. Between 16 000 tM\ a avDd wlnd ahitt oocvred. All analJ111a ot tb lSOOZ sao mllli ber oh\ atate&l wtftda a\ 18 000 teet at Simiuta~ were 280 desr at 12 k:nota. Wlllcla fro. 18 000 teet were nortbweaterl)' at lS knots. 'lb.e un1den- tlt1ect. objeot, tb8ntQl"e, disappeared into the wind. Cloud condition were 3/10 clrrua olouda at 20,000 teet at time of aishtlnl, with ~10 alt~lus 01fJ D1r/IDt, Hq NbC iUNCLASSi-- 1 07 CSI, . Naraaraauak AB ATTACHIENT /11 to NEACR ltAtl .. llt . I, 1./Z Blobar4 A. 1111 D lll7l5.,, att~r bavilll be dul7 sworD do ~rb7 uke tbe tollowina etateMDt.. Tb t, 1a true and oorreot. t.o tba beat. ot 87 knowledp. . At 2414JOZ June 1953 aa I waa tollowlnl tbe pilot balloon tbroup t.he \beodolite ballOOD barat ud it ita place waa a red obJect. It aee.-d \o be twloe aa larp aa a 100 p-aa ballOOA wbiob ia about 4 teet. SA dlaMter. !be balloca waa at aD altitude ot 18 000 teet when it burat. 17 three llilea troll tbe obaerfttion point. It bel4 approda t.be poal tlOD tor 15 aeconda b7 Mkinl slow olrcnalar -~ auob aa a loop. Tbe object waa not diaoemable aa \o ita atnoture but. it. did appear to ba a definite abape which aeea- ed ao.what. trl.l'alar. Theo it started 110Yln1 towards tbe northwest p1oWi up apeed rapidl.J. Upon .oY1n1 it appeared to be a ball- abaped dot. It len no tralla and to be satnlns altitude and a t rate ot speed and tinall7 diaappearin& atter ti Ye minute a Wl'rMa&"'s /a/ Ralpb Wallace Jr 8.AUII WAUACB, a. Major, usir CER.TUI m TRim COPis / Major, USAr /a/ Richard A. Hill lliobard A. Hill COMMUNICAnottS CUTIR Nil. a-------.,.Aea AtwI'O coMitiUiftc:Anolf caNralt Olf1' ,_----- ---r-- ------1 fiOM: (Oftlltw) DA'ftoTIMI MIM' SCCUillfY CUSII'lCATIOI'l PltlaDENCI ACTION 0 Mtl.ftfiUA~DI WlfiCII MAY Ullll .'",.eel coll1aial.ol ~ UNCLASSIFiED 'AF FORM. Ill-PUT I APPROVED I IIJNE IM 'If t t 1'1 IHof! 'loll "AMI.tiiiY l II)' " or l co: r.r., A!'C Sil:ut~tc.~:, r.- lJNClASSH-i.;.U AF FOiM 1 11-IAIT II IJRCCASSIFIED Aflf A~ID I JU~I ... D!r/Int, !:F.AC 1. An \tn!contifiet o.erial obj c.ot '.7!'1 :J ai.;;.~ht~< t ron::l:. a \';0:\ther observer apprc:ticnto~ th.roa (3) ni.loJ fro ... Sir..i,~t,;J.:: Gl~:..mla..ottd 24 Juno 1C:53 ot l1.45Z. or.o-haLf yeu' s t:txperiot,oe ':n:J trnc~':in.:; c ri} o t bnllo"r. !l t 1 , 000 fv' L, . 'i" e A/2C !!ill. to 3~to tl:at the objc::ct r.t 1~ ,000 teet. Tho object c ontinued to h~".r~r ~t 18 ,(11- r f c.::t f'o ~5 ~:cC'I'lr nccoroinr; to thoocoli t:J renc,ings Cf")l:~'lct.:c.l ~.;, A/2C t-t..ll ut !.l~c ' i 1 It lei't no t:rc.il nuc secnecl Lobo [:.., finnlly dic~.:!Ja.,rin~ in e nort:1r;o~t~l: pilot bl!lloon ~t Siniut:1~ sl:.o.:ef -..-;_-~,~ ~t 1n,ooo fc0 t J20 cck_::-'E-o:: ,,t L~ ot.:::-, 12,000 !'eet 120 degrees at l3 !mot!', ll~,,.~oo fo:-t lf:'O C::ogreos c:G 1 500 r.ti.llibm ch:1rt rcveal~d tLr.t ;rlr..~s t'c r ,000 ave"!.' Sbrlut..,.!~ .,ar-3 220 C:e .. :rr~ea c.t l2 l:r.ot&. iiinC:s !'rox: lt.:,OOO to 20,'>:'(' '73rc ~o:-thr-c:::tc-rl.J ut 1.5 Y.nt't~. Cloud conc!iUons -;;ere 3/10 cirr~s clout:: at :'.O,t:00 foo;t e.t ti:.:c of si:htinc, .n.t 1/10 alti-cttDulue Got COCO .feat. co::;.Di'I'S of the Pr3paring Officer: 1. Sig!lii'icont fnctor:l to be C ns:!c ~racl in a :~ol1 nir.a;-y c:alut1tion ~rcu (1) The object v:as o~ael'?Oc that the object waa observec throt.:.'" nr. 1=strw.':Bnt; (J) The object ar;peared in~tPnt11 o.rter tne balloon 1 '!.:r~t ~ .. , in t~:-:: sll'~e !'JOSi tior.. - - b.:rnt is at:enzt~oned ~:-tho :oc I ::r L t o~ .: _c t P-?~earcu L .-r:&< l c '\'1.1li,; too r~ch to coincit:ancu. .. uo,::J :ll ti tu<'!o ~.:c::~o!lurco:lCnts o~ "~:o n .~cct, ~. t i~ : .ot o:.sn,l~ +.r. (:eto r.o it:. .rue:, .ton o... rave 4. Conplato ~.n~lysi.: o f ~:ti!: GC:l~C!.: Canter, r~oje:ct llu(.':Oc~ . Ufi:THI:iOOCUMt:HrCONTAI~I'IF'ORMATIO:tMri.'t.1t:tl; ,.:-t,.;liu:-t-\L r,t:'t>e:.()~ r.t 1.-.IICO!':'Brr.> Nol_.!"' III(MrA .. INGOf t m r :;ptQ!iAGEALT,SOU S.C- JIANOJZ t\SA~ENOlD. IT'iTRAN;~ISSION nttlttF tL :rro.-. 0t l, n~.t' i'; ~ANY \4.\N._r-.. 111 A,.IJ~AUI,.\I'tiZt-Of't-RO:.ON tSP~OHifflfEO IIY LAW. I ar MAY NOr U Rt.PROOUCi) IN WriOH OR lh f ,\lff, bf v ... h I nAN t,.,oi .. ;J ; r.\.(1 Aile tOA.,;C,: A~H..i, L..<tJ'T Uf PR)IIIJON0f1HF. OIHELIOROF I INlfl.LIVf.HCE. U5Af,~.. lJat ~ ~:;&. ',.. ntrASSir lt.u 1 ~:'Cit I W -..otfee .. f Ntrt Ufl(l AF FORM 112-PAIT II . APfh'OYl u t .n:m: ,,_ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA Dir/Int, NEAC Incloeure /11 IMOTl: THIS DOCU~NrCt'INTAINS l!itFORMATI<* FFCTING THE N4TIONAL C:En.NSIOF THF. UNIT[D ~ArB WI fHIN T14 MEA!"fiNG OF rHE ESPION4GE "cr. !foe) tJ S. C.- 31 AND~.~ AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR TH REVELATION Of ITS CON rtNTS IN Alf1 MAl~ NUt TO AN UNAIJTHO~tnO PFA~N IS f'ROHI81TEO BY LA'N. foUY uor DE Rf.PROOUCED IN WMO'I OR IN PART. IY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR fORe AGNCIES, EXCtP'T BY PER't11SSIO!t o; THE DIRECTOR Of INff.LLI~fr;-.~: .. ~UNa:ASSlFIED IIPIIM t11 PIIT I INFORMAnON REPORT Reierenoe ,aur ~aaae AFOI~ATL\S-6-25-E, flyi.~J objea\ (i'LI~Pr), ProJect Blue :Book. 3021JlZ ooncerni."l~ thtiJ Shtiutak a. Collision or objaot and piball waa BtiJtiJn through the theodolits. b. :reitn.r tbe piball nor the obJect could be seen by the naud eye. Atmos- pheric oonclitiona re scattered olouda at s,ooo r~et and 20,000 feet .. ,ith viaibllity a\ twenty-tiw rail . A one hundred 11'&11 piball would not be expeotad to burst belo-w JO,OOO ro.,t aad poaaib~ no\ until 40,000 r~e\ ar bigner, d~pend1ns upon the presat . Tn.re waa no abnormall7 lo~ ~re!~are at the ti~e. Pib&ll was n~t oarr7L,g inatruaenta. The Co.,andtiJr ot 8/13tb Weather D.,tachnaent atataa that in his o~tnion the onl7 poaaibilit7 ot a phen ena ~ld be an optical illu- sion or parallax in the lena of tbe theodolite 'IALLACI, Ja.. , , . U&Jor, USAF IntelliJenae otttoer 2. State:~ent CLIDR, ~'i-P AYB, tJblo UFOIIliMTIOfl& #&liNG THI MTtQIIAL 01 ntl UNITID ITA TIS WITMUI THIIIIANINCI OFTHI "I'IONAGK N:r. U S. C.- ITS~ Olt TMI MVIUTICUI OIITS CZ*TIMTI MY MNtfiU TO All UHAU'T'HOAIZID PUSON IS 'ROIU.TEO IY LAW. Ill 01 Ill MilT, IY TMtJI UNIIIU lfATD All ~RCI AGIIICt. IJOCUI IY 01 TtC OI"CTOII 01 lJNCLASSlFIEO AI PbiM 111 PAIT I I RILNi'IT ... INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 66lltb Inte Reternoe 70V A10L9fATIAB-6-2,-B, )021)1Z concern1n1 the SiA1utak tlTial objeo\ (P.LICJWI'l'), Projeot Blue Book. a. CoUS..ion ot objeot ancl piball waa seen tbrou3b the theodolite. b. Meitber tbe piball nor tbe obJea\ oou14 be seen b7 the naked eJ8. Atmoa- pberio aondlttoaa .. r scattered clouda at 8,000 teet and 20 000 teet with ri.aibill\7 a\ twea\7-tiw .Ulea. o. A oo huQdrecl piball wonlcl not be expected to bvat belo 30,000 toet aDd poaa1bl7 ao\ Wl\U 40,000 teet. ~ bieber, dependins upon the preaaure. TIMre no abaonall7 low preaaare at tbe Piball waa not oarrTlns .lDaV..aw. '!'be C~er ot 8/13tb leatber DetaobMnt statea that in bla oplDiola tba onl7 poaa1b111t7 ot a pbeGOMna ould be an optJ.a.l illu aioa or ill t!M lana ot tbe tbeocloll te UaJozt, uS&r In~Uip~aoe ott1o."{~ 1. Ift-9-53, 2S Jwl Sl WP Ul, <Jalo