PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Bolloon P robobly Balloon OATETIME GROUP T'YPe OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Wos Ahcroft ~ C,.,un d-Vi suol 0 GroundRodor P robool y Aircrolt 0 AI,. Vi IIIJOI 0 A i rlntercept Rod or Possibly Ai rcroft Wos Astronomi col Probobl y Astronomi col l:i .. ili:m Possibly Astroonomicol L ENGTH O F OBSERVATION e. NUMBER O F O!JECTS 9. COURSE: 0 Othe r lnsulficisnt Ooto for Evoluoti o n 0 Unlcnown BRIEF SUMMARY 0 " 'l iCHTit-10 ! J r i -:or. tal ATtC PORW 329 (R~V :Z6 SI!P 51) U MCLASS\F\E.O BiL DO 1!2, 111 E l o t.n 3 tro..,t, :rev York J , Jew York, file 24-386, dtd 24 May 5'>, Subj: U.:1id $n t1liad ?lying Objeet Ob~ei v~d llorth of Staten Island, Ne11 York, ~m 14 Jme 1954 a t 0 130 hours, SPECL.\1 INQOlliY H: .. .'~--:'C..\.'rr!RS 5TH OOI DISTRICT (IG), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 3 June 1955 ro: Commander, Air T..,ebnloal Intelligene. (A,nter, ~vrigbt-Pat.ter9on flli'B, Chio, ATTN: A ti.\..\-2C RCE&Rl'S P . JCiil"iSOlf, JR. Col.:>nel, USAF Oi rict Commend r !>lii>AATI.Ii._.T OF TH~ ~IP. FORCii '"':EAOQUAATiRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHI ... GTQ._. THE INSPECTOR GENERAl. USAF 20 DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAl. INVESTIGATIONS 7 2 E. 1OTH ST.-tEET NEW YORK :J. NEW YORK REFER TO 2h -)o6 ('C"ncln.ss L...:'i_d) obser red . orth o:~ Stat.;)n l3l3.nd., 'ie:r ::or, n lL. .Ju.."!e lJ 5~ 0.t 'JlJO 1 . Transilit." ~I !.drP.Wl.th f or y ou:r in.:'or"13ti~:m .::!nd. files, coDy of report by / \ .r i::; 0 . s-::r:~.'l, 2d District, OSI, .3ubject a'1d file as above. 2 . 7nis l l''r"sti.Jation c o:1es iTithin the purrietv of paragraph As indicated above Ma.jor, USAF District Commander cc: D:ir OSI IN Rl,.i."f !:l(:)..,,IH'WO~T OJ: T~ AIR FORCS ~UAOQVJ.RTiRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE W.ASHIHGTOH THE INSPECTOR GENRAL USA? 2 0 OtSTRICT OFFICE OF SPI!:CIAL 1:-.Vi!:STIGATION!!I 1 1 1 EAST 16TH STREET NEW YORK 3 , NEW YORK SUSJEC!: ( Unclassified) Om:DBNT11'1ED FLYING OBJZCT Ob3e ' ved North of Staten Islarxi, N~to~ York on 14 June 1954 at 0130 hours 3 PJ::C Lti. CI(Q UTRY OL'3tt"i.;t. c.~flunander ~!:ri~11:i-l-''1.t.l-.~rson Air l<""orcs Base Dl~CLA~v\ \ T O: Ccnunoiit.i" (" Air Te~htl.\ ~1. Intal.lig9nce Canter wright~Pg~r~r~on Air Force Base 1. P.efer~nca i s made to closed report of investigation b y Special Agent JOHN c . SHT R, 2d District OSI, d a ted 2 July 1954, Subject and .file a.s above. It i s I'<:l'JUa stad that page 3 o f referenced repor t b e destroyed inclosed p atJe 3 b e aubsti tutad therefor. 3. Tbi:s investigation comes within the purview of paragraph 4c, 4. This latter is classi.f'i3d CONl''IDENTIAL pursuant to the au th.or- i ty contained in paragraph 2.4a, AFR 205-1. ~c; Dir OSI : r/incl ( qu3.d) :.t. Cvlonal_, lJS.\ vistr t ander UNITED STO.TES AIR FORCE FILE l'oO. THE INSPECTOR GEN!::PAL OF'FIC!:: O F SPECIAL IN'/ESTh'i..\T:ON S INVEST1GA TlOH RPORT 'IAOE ~y REPOR r MAOE AT ~ .. nc_a.ssu e u:rr:s~?r .L7J.3D :.-nne ~:ort.h of OFFICE OF ORIGII< ".a..c3t loth i' Ei'E~El'iCE I SY:-.OPSIS .:taten lslanc, :few 7 oric, rs- >os~-+.-l on at single unidsnti.fied -~ 1:;l...r11~ 1b .jeat. iJorth of r-esidence. C. bj ect QDsnT~rad ! or apprax Lmate]y 2;-3 seconds; J3::;c..:ribed a.a a :nrl.te sphere blen<tl ng into r"Htdt.sh tones at circmafe renc e . Lind ted d~.,nri.pt1c.t and fllgbt aharacteristic:s ~lrniahedJ all available data f'ort;h . llo ~1-nions re:f'erenee in }<JI District No. 2 f'Ues. I CISTRIB\JTlOH ACTIOH COf>Y FORWAROEO TO I FlL STAMP < ' 1TIC {Info)/ .:!omdr, :itcilel AFB lr'iO fORM .a.jor , ~!SA? -un(J:t C'I'J!tmlln/fT. 1 . On l4 June JJ!}4 at afrproxi.~teq 1800 d himself as :;r. Jreat J~ lsland, .rcw I advised Jpecrial .\gent the ti...'IUB, .ut7 ~.;ent at :1eadquarten 2d .i:d.strict. "'.:.hat had obser~d an wri.denti.f!eC. f~r .. :1~ ob .jcct an 14 ,j ::u 1) 5b. d ~he f:>11or..l'i.'1g orm..'!'tiioo .relative tberstoc ~J . cscr of ~he object: ; t:as ~ompared t o aawn object l \.s a b8ll apprax:i;:t.stely' ~-ro ~) inohe in .tiJ.l:J\f:lter rould .w pee.T i.f held 15 to 20 .:set '3.Wa:f ,,)lor -..a:tica1l:r ~rhite, i:lovever, bl.end1 ng :L."lto reddish -~c::los ~round ths ou~er .!ireumerence. ~':t.son'frl.ble features or det.;rlJ,s: :.lone !'ail, t:ndJ.. or exhaust etc -?tlcme ~nund ... :rooe, however b!nediately after 1.-'FOB vanishe~ a s ound at vb&t mgbt. haw been an aircra:i"t ~ heard caning from the o-ppoaite 5.irectian. :1ttwr yerti neut or tmusual .features -lU~r....ed:i.atelj" after !JFOB ~au1 shedt t M Ye3t.crn sky lit up as i! by "Heat Li.ghtni.ngV, hG~e?ar no !lotmd ot lightning tJ.l8 iwlrd. b). Peaoripti.on ot course at object t ~&at first called attenti.on c% observer to object a Its. spcntmeOWI appearance. Angle r4 el.e'lation when first obser'ed -OOOerver tilted head up 30 \o 3S degrsoa to obaerft object.- Angle of el avaticra when object disappeared -Same Description of n1ght path and maneuvers of object -Object '!lloved-buriscmtJl;y from right. to le:i"t maldng a shallow arc upwa..-d thm c:e- sesndina to itti orig1nal hs1 ght. Total. approx! !':!ata hat""izontal movement 15 C.egzeea. <bserver st.ated that the object 'e -vertical moverumt vas. apprm: t- :!:tatel;r the sae i.:l length as its hori2ont.al movement. ~:an."ler at d1sappearance -Suddenly ~h of time in sigh:~ 2i-3 sMeads. c). :~anner of Obser?ation: lj N ~V ~round -71.3nal -f) )otica.l a:tes l3l.:xna , .-law 1 c:r~ on :U .,u.ne .l./54 at ..'{ ( cont.1 nued) c),. Location or observer: .\?praxi,;atcl.y 20 south :'if 'oodJand \venue, on .... 1 f~ords l..ane, rin.le facing in a northerlY ~::-ectian, obj9ct ap-:)elll'9<i -:sad :liwad. ri. t..~in oeservP.rs '1cr<~'lal ~old of ' 'i t."l r~n arenco to '::i.Me l.t' 1.<rr:..sec1 1:-i:at 1e i s 29 "":!s.tn o '1:::{0, md i 3 emoloyed :13 a i'llls-phone 'JW.itc!Jn.an "''?r :.:e 'ele:::>hone 'o1':lany at .l.L'1~on :n1c -tl.l..'1tic .renue!S. r o~.rn, . .:. f'..trther 1Cvi.s 13d .h:lt :e oes no-r. :~ear ?;la!J3 ns mc. :l.ai :ned 20/20 r:si.cn. . :r. 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