1. DATE TIMI GltOU' NUMIIIt 0, OIJICTI .. TY~I 0' OISIRVATIOM 2. LCCA!ION 10. CONCLUIICM t. ~HYSICAL IYIDIMCI the ta?:er as fr'lr.l .. l:.~ :'tlter Center. Th-3 ane;les must bc:o rc:garG.ed a s in- determinate, and :ts f a r a3 altitude 13 considered it appe:t~,.,d ~:i ;her fro~ the tower than fror.t th':! l''ilter Center. The altitude is inc ... e nnir.ate since we d o not know the di.stance. All ob::;e r:er: sn.iJ the objects could not truly b~ d1 Jttnguished one fror.t ths other. Cne or iT'ore ob,j-1cts, tbnr., wore vi ':3: blr- fron n5h2Z until OJ:;oz,. t."tl.t is, for anpro:d:l'.at.e.!.y threP-hours. We int-.err" ':ltPd not only s:t. Harry Ltt . .rs While t.Pir s tcii e:; d L1i u1t agr<Je e.~:1ctly (""~nd .;u-:;picio:lS if t'&ey haJ) t.har~ ;,; t~cneml 3'~9er'!ent a3 to c o Lor . .:h.l it; :.a, and the fact that f.F.e--r,-,j'3ct,q ._,~ tually hu:J bec:on On~ of.tna l ' .t!IJt' of the objects~ 'frorlhy )r ment.t'on, =tnd lt, .r3::; ~t the ~e/of the passing of the C-12h th~ obj~ct pointed out r r:oj' : I II y . clossst to it .... ,, i,.;r, ,:, . 4 -ap~ d t?link in a sort ot a signaling way. It was likened ' ., t htt si~l:n~ ~f a ~'s 3L.nal blinker but not as fast. It nas most p r c t" \!:,:ad t9 i u but thgy s aid i t .va3 to.ken up by t! J 3Jld t hen aa though n ssibilit7 that object f 2 might ha7e t~en C~pella alc.ho~ it the rnction drawn is to be trusted, t.h i..s is "'"'U~d out. .1.e to be UNCL.ASSlFlED The local n:l <:.1re f this ph~nooenon nhould bl! stressed. The appear:1nce of the fir3t object in the direction to be exrected fro~ the alert fro!tl Rolle r SJ.-.att! may be regarded as c oinc idental. It se~ns improba ble thou certainly not impos!lble that these we~ the s 9 objects obsl!rvgd We can con~ lnd..; that there is no ready ext:lan3. t.i c n for the.Je ob,jects. 'J, ,J r.all th~m 1.it ~r::f't . balloon3, or star~ beco:r:es <J~i:'!e'tth3.t. of a a.espor-:1tior. ...... .)Ve J t.hott; h t.b h1 llvon ny-ro.nes is ,muld be the le:l~d. oojecr.ionable. ' P 1e cbj ect.!l ~pre _ i q-J U.~, h.:1n~ed '1. gr eat deal in rolr;r; nnj 779~ prol:>aiJly t'r~rlylo:"';.l. 'P'l '., tAn::e to the last :.ot,tr.,.....:~:f' e'\.vrere lo.~a.l ~ho.y 1 '~t tho ll~hts QOt VE'1J I.Jrt~ .. 1) b~c~U3'! the flr3t-~ tn.:t~nitude st.ar, and S:i7.1! nbserver!"J : I I I tn t f) -'t"n th~ ;:e;f( on:;i.Je r =\bly "fJ. !nter e 1!"'th~r '!X'" la~t, .. }.~: s f :oonn.;, this tnc id~nt ::tus t b9 put (lJ?m as one of !.h~ h .. st/~.a~ples' o'( \the t h 3 1 i te} ture. To rto ot.b9r.rts9 ;vould b 9 to doubt t.h~ first order ,.ll.j-!:!t i'Jt ~rs who ::st ood up very t"J~ll un~..~er con- siderable r.t.-:>niog. The triangulations 3.lso bear out S.:{t. r.arry's tea ev~n though !uch estL~tes mu~t be subjee~ive. Ee stated rst was 2 to 3 miles west of the Filt.er Center 1-nd cal~ulattona show Cb ject I 2, h9 felt ';'fas 6 to 8 .:tile! away and cal::=ulationa show ~c:t.'roxir.m.telJ 3 "'lil-!"!. UNCLASSIFIED All thJ.t~ -:an !:e ;'l.id is th3t if the an;les ar~ correct, or even appro:d.ma. taly :;tJ, ~.tr.ca nfter all, one person sa.,. the ohje~t t.o t.h~ nort~ and another oc~'~l"Vdr $U.._.. it t o the east, the ;J:-tcmomenon .-a s a l ocal ona. 'l ne objects were not ob3erved .from th~ O.P .!1 around l ::;m1.rck tl':ou;:;h t}':~.j!t had ~t~n alert~d, .mJ i. t -.Tas not reported in ' '3.ndan, ihir.h is J .;:;;t ) .:~llcs "~rit of UismarcK. 'l'he~,r are reported t o have a vCJ.ry :1ctiv9 Cb$,~rvJ.tion tos~. I i:Vr.~lrr"~J h~ ft-'ll th,i. t inas:uCh 33 tj g_r ~1.j ~?~n :1ln ,..t,"d to . ..,., ten rut 'o r '.! lc.ftni'o;; c:nt .t.or~ the il1er-ge P~'~'S'Jil ~h~ O)t;ar'Jtl Qf th:: tllt.~r <.:~"nt~r :.;e.'r.tec.i to t.2 '~">'Y tJ c Vnt. :.lfd it - /pj:':tt"~nt that t,it::y hid recru~tr.!d rc r"J' c ooll pPopl e r'L fn 'tJJ'I,. Sr;t, . ::<lit) in r,t1-:nlur J !J'l.r .'J th?r Oil ,hl:rr~- li.:1ble a nri !Jr.:~, r:'! r.: :nd is ry mu'b !' /~ hall." I would rer1?r lllj" tc!ntl to diSCOUnt t ,hA r~rtti Up ?- ~:not.t~nd t h9 e .:'I'.;l t l ~ rOt.ion~ CPC1.1J3 A l t i 3 well k'llown r. t~ l p rlf11:, of light ,.!.tC.,"'1 , .. , ... n- lst'l.n lv rtll 1.Pp:tr t.o dn v~r.l_ strange tr' t ! t\'J\ :'or the "-}Jnges of po.;.d.t.i:>"l, ;5r '!Cially Rtnc-, the object wre, a r '~'~.tor 7 t~ hours, a nd the c M.tl<l"'" "f ,.., l'>r, .tPpe:ur to be substanti~ted. ver, e7~n the color ~hanges rray be ntirel,. sub- s' tnat. nhen filt.ers d the ?.isma~k evtdonce, one the conclus objects .,YeN obset'ved there "Thich "ftre not. st.an or a.ircratt and it t.hey re balloons they were extrenely ~trange ones ~oae presence was totally unexpl31~-d. It is nost u:1fo rt.nut~ t.~at pi...: t.un.s ,_.~ UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASS\F~EO ~rom '.iCC; rad:J.r ev i denc~; and vi;'.lal "ro::1 1il~ All visual sightin~s 'lt ! 1.piJ c:ty :md c l:iCk ra'l'rk ,vt=!re 1Uite li'Tf( on ~h~ horizon. 'fhis it3~lf i!'IC' kes :-~ tters Su.3':)ect. The i.ni ~ ial i.nc i drmt .,.,hi-:h started the vthoie. t r1.in of ~VJ?."lts wa3 the st~hting by '1.3:! at 3.Lout 0)05Z, of :m obj~ct ,hich ap~:ar;d in tha sruth-e:>astr rroved ra!Jid.ly l'l. t,,~ t 11 r:n ' r ' 1 ic t:. ton r,o tne optt;i.tp l s-t-tt r ts. ' ;.;hQ ''l:t3 ohser1in.:~ '!'h ls is 10 ~re shots t-~ vi3 ibls from t~ r:a r , f r:n th'! ~ "<.:lC t p f the ob3e cv 1.t lon. '.!rs. nh1C/7}l~oWJl is an "' t Off!! r aid at first "it'::; nothin~ but t he \7tth a red obstr.t'.lon 11 ht b3rel~r ~.~ ........ shea at aey n te r .. hd red :1esa ot the color. The eh3n~i t~ ~ subjetrtive althou- h ':>th ;-rere emphatic that it aidt ~is. ~he obj~ct 'fn Beth )'Omen we~ asked indep~naently to ar~w the ;~th of more or less a gree was an aircraft. \:iss a:!lll .~ri h~c or. 1~c~n1o it 18 interesting to s p~!CI!la te whet.!:er '"hi3 althou~h an exci ole 1nd rnther cockY ir.ci~ia- DOD DIR 52\lO.li UNCL.ASSl. .::u She alertea h l'ilter Center, and the7 imnediately notified the AOO radar at Ells ,., "! .fB. The base i s l ocated about 1 0 ~es. directly ea~t of Bl&ek Hawk etad Black Hawk is a bout 7 ciles r;;y of !~oia C: ty. Three post.a therefore rouned a triangle and it is ~ost unfortu:1~te t h:t't ~t any give n time objectlve observers were not prs~ent to ~ive \.lirections. r;o s ut:h ot~ervationa axis t., ~1d the distances of these objects, i f pres er:.t at all, are in te~in~te. n ' H.t 3tate3 tr~t she saw ~n ob}~ L ~.tir~r;tl;r ov"'rh"!ad Sh-e 'r:".\3 th~ ,.,nly one tho ~ J.',T ~his po'!ition, s he had seen. As she .. talldnc t:-t'l 3e\:ond, 'Jl'. r4!all7 the t.hir;i l,ot e t.he -; l oser.es:t to the WU S t.arlike 1 -lJid in rrcf Optznon CO'll d ~an the 'tar Capell&. It ~mainad in appro:tU.t e l y the sa. no attentiOD to tbe talk , t the women out.eide who said the7 so :stranae object. told me that he felt the woaen YBr., just aeeiq thln.:s. Finally he c= out and bttcame ~o~!'l~ed that some He stated that rr:a:J excitable and that the rada:r:-:;un:d .. -;ht in '1is pl : ne -;1hich had locked ('n Kn3 probably m.1.lfunctioning . He C'lVe t h e appearanc9 t o ::te of one who 13 tryinJ t o ln.c!-: out or an unpleasant situation. He ci.id not to co~t himself on ~nythi~;, and gave the L~pres3ion Lhat the less he h rd t:>f it:. in the futurl'! ~h'3 h~tter. ThiS may be b!C.:lUS~ h A f elt re hJ.d/a~q'..litt~d :.i:nselt a dequately in pur"Jlint; the so-called ooj~ct. At the t i ne of t.,he purslti+., hOifever, lt. r:1113t l)s sta~ed that !'le hqd t::.d onl.r 12 hv'...!rs of ni-h+. i,r_J.t m~r l i :hr. that i.J s~':!n ;;gner'llly app~ars to b.:. in o U :.n. . .r s~n& -1-,lu-.a& -l'l~ i. :l r.tsn f rom th~ r"l.dJ.r roor:1 to take :A l , '1 l l ,, lk . ?h~ Jene 'ln ~3 t o th~cor.tp'3t. ncy of t hese ............. eviden*e tl..'lt U.,y are r:ot pac~,i.cularl7 statem9nt~ Lhat they had seen objects moving H .,,d, evalnte t.he cocrectn~s3 of thos~ :Jt3.tements. All ' 1r ::! . o no r:tbly-Jls ~ '"':tr:;~d fr~m ne service anct could d~nied by the c: f'J question~n~. th~ ?.a.;::id City :;ightings ar!J concemed, we !"-!ave a train of oft'P . re~ coincidental, are remarkable indeed. sighting was an airer~rt '.'fhich is stoutly ~ r, and th3t the 2nd object wa3 a star, ~hich is equally DWu\SSIFIED A.FTZR 12 YE;-4.:::.:::. UNCLASSIFIED baen up l'or so~e titnft, : ..... 1.d !.~r. the radar oper~tor, ask~d hL~ t o have a look ar:) m..... rot 1'lite a while id not s-ee it not present at r.:.~p i.1 C1 r..y , but arrangements .vere ma.d.9 to intervigw hir.l by p~one !rom Great Falb, :.:ontana.) He stated essentially :rhat he rad i.n his original. report z th1t ~!e finally did notice the objP-~t .1::i1~h :;aa bri ,;ht and star-like, that hd ob3er~cd it for ~nly 20 to ) 0 ~e~oncts, ana that i t :1ad t.ha ra L:l:-Ga.:1-?!1'::t HJ not. nork . r'roJ\!~ej th.! next oll u . :>ut beyond 35 'I l l .!~ ltl~ding north. Thera nr, it 1'3 .;~r.~trall!.' conc'!edel, :1~3 not :nalfunetio,.,! , I 1 ~. S"r.!e p'!ople a;. the po3t ind.t t~d tnat reflact.i .. oM, or ar.-m&loua pro ... ~ lQn" Ther, is ,~.n Lnt.e J3nnett is \!"Jtaa personality conflict in bot. t and ole, but pretty sure about ~at h' sees. Needham "lad b -.. c~me so e~ited tt-..at be ns al.:nost unint-:!lli ~ibl-! on t.ht~t radio and that UNCLASSIFIED obJec:ta vu Capt l. J. the Center to lJNCL.ASStFiED MB, ltapl! Cit~, s. D., tL!tl talked t o llf'J Bennett ~.m~ '-"ls tna n i ~'lt con~oll\!r. FINAL co:iCLUsic:Is UNCLASSJF tt=:D In tha a~<J-=u:r;~ <;~ -.vhat might be called truly s cientific d:it1., :md i n the a bsenc9 o! phot')i~ I":J.;Jhs or other tangible evid P.nce, th~ facts as :1tated by at:>out a score of oh'J 3r"lers s~para.ted by 220 miles, ~ire op.c:!n t o 2 wi.del7 opposed intarp~tation3. Cne 13, that :m air~ra.ft .vas oM.gino.lly sir;hteri, so~ond, that th~ ob}~ct obse:-vad at t .he z~nith ,,as a m?te or, t.hird, tlFl\. '"..i1e obj~ct ln ~he !'lsct.Lu n hli.p:J, 1.'1.t' t h , that t~1e pilots ::1~:-e chas i.n ~ .j J r<>, si.~th, L0J.t a n in iil:.;;"'1'!.1.rck, ~V\!tmC'1 f o e .,.,~tir;~ i s c:1tirely unobtatr.ao ~ .. f , I , .... 11 ~C~urctJ'l, .and th.r.tt t he ;;;q>e i!.l"nt~. was in:Jtl-~J.ted ~t procisa Ly th~ ''.! 11 t t thd other ~e t. .6~-atranbd co I nr: i d'hees 220 miles J.way one which ~onedrs to str~in t he concept of eotnr' '1n~e to .i~-~me. 1en we:r-3 t he it would be wo t-ny .'r 'lt;-~.ton, ~\fitti~ 1J marek inei~ent al one 'lS i.t d>e'J ln:t> t he patt~rn ol the total happenin)(!t ~f t}~-~ ni .;ht, it ..1 : I'3ther phenomenal. The oth .. t~rp~ ': 'of course, that ,mk:1own aircraft, wi.th the tterm very b~dl7 defin~, welt active in the are~. '!'he \UCic ol clln; ng data at a t ime like thi! i.s ~articnJarl7 .::~:>lorable. It, for 1nst~e, a s na had been an.ilable at Bis k t o make the p of a t~ miles t o 3ee what the ll.;hts 1nt!"8 it would han set.t.l31'1 a lot. F.owev~r, a.s