3. OATETIME GROUP GMT--J{. IJ 7. LENGTH Of' 08S!:~'iATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA~D t?us, O~o 0 G ... ..nO-Visual 0 GrounciRodor 0 Air-Intercept RaciM Hilit. !rJ' ._.UM8ER OF 08JECTS CONCLUSIONS Wo5 Balloon Probably Bolloon Po~sibly Balloon Was Ai, crott Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Wos Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly AstPOnomlcel lnsufficlent...l>ufa for Evaluation Unl.no_,..-' 11. COMMENTS _, 10. BRiff' SUioiMA~Y O f' 51C~TINO _, AnC JPORM Jl9 (RP.V 26 SP.P 52) I tnen s~ted to Col. ' : .r:i :. vf f ice to rel)o-rt the 1o1:1ole L'1c ide!17. ~o c:ll_ from A.t-IC PIO. A :.,.:s-:.e::-; ; asked me it' I had calls from ~?le :>ress on l tolJ i:im Ji:' :.:~ -:::Jr.v-ersation jus-. ) r i )r ..1itn Ar. Fis::er ~a ~;,a~ i-: to Col. 0 :ma. ~ !:.hen -oroceedeu "':J '::cl. Jr?br'lrS ol'!'i.:e .JJ'1d .::-enor7.ed r,..:"Jr d - t' cr-i.tOra. 1:nen l . .!"~c t:=d tr.e ..u.li ~ e i a.irrnan ::o sena ~ r.ess ~e .:::r..edla-.:e_y -.:.o D/I, USAF including 13t:aol e de~ils on tne case. Attac~.en~ ~- 5. After the message was drafted and s ubmitted for t ransmission th~ undersigned airmail C"'l."'nrt:.?ci a journal inves t1gation to obtahl all poss.;.ble details of the sighl.t '!!" I telephoned Lt. Roe , the source, a t hi s place of occupation, NCR, Dayton , and asked him i f I could talk with him regarding the UFOB report. He agreed, and I met with the source in Bldg. #77, of NCR at approx 1400 hours 24 JUne 1954. 6. The source was very cooperative and seemed discouraged at his inabili~J to identify the object. The source, upon my request, accomplished one (1) copy of the "u.s . Air Force Technical Information Sheet. " Attachment #1. While source t~<ts comp eJ-~ vne rorm, .!. .. aJ.e -" :1-rn 1::0 )Q;;a_nea -;ne ..:o O\ol nsr; "I t.h t:.?t. '7. nas a 'blowjob' ( j e t ) at f i ::-st. " "It; t:ad a "!>ntinuou.s brightness, no flicke:-i n g o r pulsa ti ,"lg . " "I cb.a.3ad ~t. out of sight ''I ma Je sqr~ral ccmpl-?te circles, tu t i t seen:ai to :r..aka t.b~m, .;.n po.'3i t.ion, righc rith me .. '' "It-. 'H~med to tB "Nt-..a~ev~r it wa~, wa t ched. my li&l,.ts_, t'o r Nhen L 1 ~ .. arte d t o chang e rr~ posi t :.o:1, .he 7rc u l d go tight. r:r11 1 ; ... J 'l&:acted Pat.t.:~rs..:n t-..ower, I told Ulam o f tha si";.uat.~-"J u d 'l:ued t hem t o rtatch a s I fl9lt ove r . They said they on _, .. ..,.. 'tld. I also asked for my radar position. T.b.ey told ue 'l#fY ";.td IIS on a NE headi~ a11.d I wa3 on a SE head.ing. I correc~etl .ham but rece1 ved no reply. " "ThHr., .~taa d efinite linear mo vemant of the object i n relation "It lift me, I didn't leave it." "! ccn~.eted a c-47, aircraft S/ N 263, I think, that was alerted r.. y ?a c. terstlll to be on the lookout for the thing. The pilot said he didn't see a thing." "I knew there -:oras a blO'lf-job up !rom the 97"t.h 3 cmewr:ere vO'fS U ? OV9r .:Olt:mOUS. .he s:.ghr .. :... , I :-.aa i:r~er:d~d to io1.n :cr::nar.icn Y.tr:.h nem. I .ne object at;; approxi ma.tel t 9 ,000 f eet a."'l.d 7rhen I r~ac.'"lel Dayton I was a t 9 ,000 feet." " I t c hased .ne from Columbus t o Dayton} I chased it bac~k to Columous. It l ef't me there. "I reru~nber "Nr..en i t left nte . I bad cli mbed t o about Defor e 1 l.: ft. t h e source> I exoldlned to him the sensitive nat:.urd of t.hi..s s i \.tta t.l o n as fa:-a s the Air Force and the press >Ta r e c ... nc'ir~d. He std. ' ...-i l. l -Jot h e rra s called e a r l i e r i n t h e day by a r1f.~IJrtar and had f~' Hn nlm an account; of rhe sighting S . The sour ': .. -~ .... d:.'i!{ r.e did not initiate release of the incident to the press and""-~<~ l d :lid n ot have any idea of whom i nfai"med t hem first. In !'act., t;.bs S O\U"C e was quite ar.gry upon learning o f the initial l to the press. 9 . I comple~...-i 'f interrogation of the sourc e a t approximat ely 1535 hours am re~;.lUned eo ATIC. ~PORT OF I.lTE..~VIE.'iS .\. T07rer Operai:.or -Pat>.~rson A?B -25 J une 1954. 1 . At OSOO hou:-~, ~'1!! mrlersigned ai:!11lan visited the Patljerson 'r o?rer and n:t3 r. with S/Sgt 3hoemaker, ..,,ho was on duty at the time of the incident. Sgt Sho~.aker atated t{l.at Lt. Roe contact ed the to:4'er a t "'1~0 hou.!-s and requ <3Stdd t he to;ver perso:mel t.o search Cor :;"la obj-3Ct Lt Roe a lJo s~ated that t1a obec~ SO?'dlll-hl t.o ba .1oorJ cLnat-1-1ly fi 78 (5) mil~ !:I i n f :-o:1t ol bi~ aircraft. $~'j :.:v-=makar ana a ;'.h->r 2i::s.n both grnbbad bi..1oculars un d obserrad .:J aircral't, 1a.tr. J.i.J cot sea any liPt.. Sgt Shoemaker tben askad the oilot of C-L.7 serial num'ber 263 (:.hich bad J us t ta,:{en off) to observe Lt Roe t .o )e~t. Pilot replied he could not see any light of that sort. 'When ~t Roe last reported his position to the tower, he was 15 miles SE of ':1lumb W1. Just after Lt. Ro~s report, an F- S6D ircrai't reported i.J1: u J 1 5 miles NW of Columbus ani requested land.i ng instruction:!. {J.u ,...,t._ II. Report of Inter,_.:r .. -s-continued) B.. Operations NCOIC -'?"<:.A FIS, Patterso n AFB. -2 5 J u:r:e 1954 . 1 . Cmmedi.ately ;s.:'-;,ar "Leav i:x:g the Pa tter!!on tower, I went to the 97t.h FIS t.o check f o r 3ny UTDJsna1 reporl3 that they might have receivl3d durl L'l~ the :Jame pdriOd o f the siehting. M/Sgt o c-ara., NCOIC of t."le Cper1.t.:i.ons Sa c t.ion stated tbey r.ad had two (2) aircraft in the air Or.s, 3.ircraft serial m.unb~r 51-301S, piloted by Lt 2.. Ta.ka-of f :u1 i laudi n g times are as follows: landed 2220 h ours Landed 2305 hours Sgr.. 0 Gara could ~ . all me which of r.he aircraft was i n the Columbus area dur~ the t'.Hn"'" ., { the sighting. Subject pilots couJd not be im- :1edia taly located f':Yr quast.icci~, but Sgt. 0 ' C6.ra promised to ask them about. the report 110<1 :en tact me at. the earliest possible time. Report Of Inter-.r:.. s. (Continaed) C. Operations Offi c ar -NG -Dayton Uunicipal Airport. -25 June 1954. 1 . At a pp::-oxi :nately :ooo hours, ?5 June l 9SL., the undersigned airman, accompaniaa by Dr. f:-Jers (~TIC Astro-Physicist cmsult.ant on UFOts) visited tea l5.J..st Fightar-lJomo~r dquadron of the Ohio National Guard based at t.he J;ayton !Juni cipal Airport. "Ne were intrceuced t-o Captain ,'faganhals, ..i:p:H-.1 ti.Jns Of fie~! >f that unit. (~Tot.e: Captain fagenh.als ~as the f irst ~md only 'L:.r !i'or--;-, JI i.e tal to not.if y r,.he Aerial ? henomt:3na Section o f the 20.) ~...apr:.din f-tlo("lni.al.J '"as first to reach Lr, 1oe \Then he ]:mded. He 'Jtat.?ci L~ H.oe s a.L'I, '1. ,u.:Jt be eoing off my rocker becauae l sa"K s omething r:-oeall y moving up t,,rl 1~. ' Lt. Roe proceeded t o tall Captain Wagenha l s the story of tl'B sign , ; ~t ~he int erviaw f"ri. t h the Captain practically verified everything the so u '="' -..o.l.d the 11rdersigned ai r!Dan. Captain '"Nagenr.aJ:s stated Lt Roe woold have +;,o b e awfully close to a ,jet aircraft to s e e i-:.s exhaust unless the jet WIU l.:n og its afterburner. The jet tbeoq -.ms ruled out however b;y all t.nuu ( J) per.wn.s at the interview whEil speed '!fas taken into consideration. .Yo jet could fly thgt slow (referring to Lt. I?..oe stalling at appro.x.lJb& t.aly 100 -10 0 .t.:PH arrl tbe object not passing him) "rithout apparent a&rod;yuamic canplications arising. Captain 'Nagew.als sr.ated that the weather over the Dayton area ~ vary clear 1nd -risibility II. Rt:~port of I..trt.e .1.--=-:-,.-... ( Gonti .nued) D~ Air In:ltructorJ .:;~G, ..ayton }i.unicipal Airport.-25 Jur.e 195h . 1. Upon conpla"~",l.,)t.l ~ !.' our discu s s i on -;rit h Ca.pr._ai n nagenhal.s, we ?te r e i.ntr oduced to :.~ C9lonel Mcc:ture (Reg AF Instructor). Colcnel McClw--:t had landed Just. before Lt. Roe . After landing, Lt !toe -:rent t:> Colonel ~cCl.ura~ o!'!'ice and relatad the story to him. Duri r:g ur d.bcu.ssion wi.t.h r,ol onel McClure f1..e verifie d .vV..at we !"..ad previou slJ" vo~.~u1ad from l~ha soun~e o n the UFO .2. Lt.. R.)a r;.1~ge~ted to Colonel l.fr,Clure t"P.at at u r st h e C:'loughi# tt; h m ha c~ed pos i=i.ona a f6'7r times, it became <'luoale ut. tha c. 1. t. '3. a tJ r. ( Tbj s stat:. em en r. If as ~ r. revealed to t ile u.:1J.ersigned ~ll IJC . ng his i n terview wit h the source . ) Lt. Roe al!JO stated he Jbod J Jver t he Da;yt.o n tower t wice so that the tower u ersonnel could oheerva the object, but obtained oegat i '7e results 3 . Colonel 'J("t.:lltre, who was returning f rcm Pittsburg in a C-47, stated that rui t:t ity was good all the way from Pittsbu.rg to Dayton. He al.so stated t.haf) :1 civili.an Yart.in 202 bid a c cor.:panie d him from Pittsburg to Da;rt.on. Just prior to Jand:ing, the Dayton tower asked Colonel KcClure .lf r:e r..ad noticed any UFO, to llhich the Col onel replied 4. Colonel McClure expressed the opinion that the UFO c oul.d. ba ve be en a "canow' reflacti on "Which happens from tiine to :.ime ?rhi.J.9 flying D. Air Instructor, :;.; , ~yton Municipal Airport. -~5 Jum 1954. (Continuod) 5. Dr. Byers l.a :.<3r ~ "'~ idered the canopy rei1. ect ion phenomena as illp~b.llole due t ,o the ~d\lverability of the UFO reported by Lt. Roe .. Dr. Byers and the u.rxiaMi.gned airman returned t.o .ATIC a t appro:cimately II. Rdport of Intar s~ (~ntl.~ed) .deport of J\..L:'B Radar Tela ohone ..... nver.sa ti on .7i t.h ~ir. td.i. t.chell of Pat t.er.Jon Approaeh "'.-,nr.:-ol Otfice -25 J\ln3 1954. 1. At 1330 hou:-~ i nt::t ..mdersigned airmn cal 1 ed the RAC office to ob"~'.a.J..n information 1'ro.m the .radar control operat.ar Mr. Mitchell stat;ed t.!"..a ouarator was no~ ::>c1 .juty at the t~e, but m>uld b e glad to hav e him 'ffri ta a s:.ataneot 'l.."Xi ai,S! l it as to . ..,hat. exactly hap9aned when Lc.. Rce contacted him for a pl.>T,. u. :1a.s a ~r-9ed ;.hat upon ccm:>l at ion of tee 3 tatement, uir. :ill.1:.chall rnlJ. tUt:i.fy Sgt. i:lnt!Jard :Yho will parso:lally ob1i.:il.:1 the s';atement.. 2 . :dr .. JAil;cnr.tJ..l ll i :Jay that -:.he opar3.t.or told h~m t r..at he had had t7.:ro (2) aircraft. l(;liP'"' One approachi!lg ~i/( (t.OYJards Vandalia) and t."-le o t.her, 3.3Sumed t o s aircraft, head ing a.fter the ooject. r.mJCLUSI ONS: 1. This reporl;. ;or.~-:U.:l.S a s many details arx:i !'acts a s were avai]able on ?I~ a rxi 25 june 1 "5h. .:;:on revie-ring this report, tha ::'3 a r e several paragraphs yet t o b e iocluded, tr.e refore, it. is felt t ra ':. this report ,~1.::1 bt3 ..J.tillzed 3s a future rough draft report to faciE :.ate :1ppropri3 te futu:-9 tmtri.3s, dala ti.ons, etc. Dr-. Byers .. '\TL\.E-4J uould al3o like t.o cont.:;:-il.ll":a to this report ,.han J.t. 1s f.inalit.Hd. 3.. r 3n ta t.iv~ wa.l:-73is of all available ti e 'tails oo;,;uned i ndicat.e the The UOB ''",. not. - a jet. aircraft, a canopy reflection, a ~eather balloon TENTATIVE EVALOA'fi<JH: A reflection p h e nomena of sane ~ort. An attanpt to l'urther determine the source of t.ha reported light 'flti.ll be condncted as s oon as possible. ALBERT ~. OREPPERD T/Sgt USAF :"u.3 ::-sport coaplate d 1.330 hours, 2 5 .JUD3 1 t:;1J.. - .2 SU:'rlMARY ~ruMBER U. m tne evening 1! -:ZL .June 195'+ a:1 MIG pilot, flying a.1 ? -)1 be ;,w'?r:?n Dayton and t;.)_J.ncus, Ohio, reported be:!..:1g followed 1:1 clo.;e 1' )r'lla tion by a .l.:...;r:n. for more than ;o minut;e::;. lie per f orot!<l v 1r L~u.3 manu e ve r s .i.n .1n :...t tl:!:npt to either lose the l-Jht or collld~ how~ver, l1; I'..: na1.:1ed in r-:laclvely th: s3.rr.e po3 i. ':!on to tne .'roject Bl u e ~ HI( v s.-.uated thi:s sighting a::; a C.l.'lOPJ reflection . The signlfic.J.r,, .. .)! en is sighr; 1ng was conslder'lbly heigh tenea by the interest of the l1ca1 press and a eonplete investigation was carried ou t . rtE?C'R':' L? 'rEI .::PHONE J:?I'~'.!:..'"rf~1,t. iiTH RAD.~q CON'IROL OPERATOR ,; ._ <lnproximateJ..y 12-~C :rs ~ 1 Ju.iy 19J4 , the undersigned aL'l!la.n contacted S/Sgt. TY?J,\RD HARRIS, _):..~-6 A\CS Det. , H- P .'\FB , relative t::> the UFO report i.l:; l..;t Lt. Roe. >"proxlmetely :~130 .ll's, 23 June 19)4, J/3GT Harris ,.-as contacted l s nnel of TJwer. '!hey -=-.s~:ed s /::cT u"J. .-t, on ~-lun i c i po..l. The.y che.: e:<p_.::!.i..ed 1.:nac Lt. Roe vas :1ow o;er e ~r r.owP.r and 11'0.J.3.ined 0f lt1 UO j-::!Ci:. t.rn_ch 113.d :'::>llJwed cim t'rom Colwn~u..; ~o Dayton . ii' o.Jj J _u.L.e .m r.he ;>c , posL~lon ~3 reuor-ced to fP:. ; .:;.rr is oy -:ne Dayton tower was 150 i.r!~ .JE) ou-cbound from the Dayton T::>wer to "..T- P . Sg-c. da.rris stated trw' t<3 r.nen picked Lt. Roe on his s cope and quickly, with what Lrrformattoc h~ had, calculated Lt. Roe ' s position t o be on a NE heading. Sgt. Harris lr. ts this was a wrong assumption a~d upon notification by Lt. Roe of the 'WI'O''.. el\ding, the Sgt. recalculated and plotted two (2) targets on his scope. ine (1) he surmised to ~e Lt. Roe' s F- 51, the other, which was first follaw~n~ Lt. Roe and thea passed him by seemed to be an object w-ith a great am.::u::t. of speed. (Sgt. Harris told the undersigned airman that it could have been a jet or "something else"). Sgt. Harris stated that there ;.;as quite a bit of air traffic ic the area while he -,.,as plotting Lt. Roe posi ,r.. Also, the Sg~. sta~ed that the p:lot of C-~7. seria~ number 263 "scrr.et ni::1g" ;,e co1.Ld se':! u. s. T~CHNlCAL INFORMAT!O~ 3Hc i::T Thi.i qu8>ti onnor3 .: Jeen p r<apor11J Jo that you can give th $ U. S . An Forc~t 'J' mu~h inf:lf'IT'\lfion O S pOI $1::,_. : .>qc;.,rn ing th4 uniddntifi~d aerial phe nomenon tnat you !10"~ 005~rV_,1 Pli!r.J1" try lo 'JI1S .. .,, <n r'.C."'I 1u.utions as you possi bly con. T h e ln iormotion tho: 'Ou ;JIV~ , 1 be u:ud for re~&Orcn :\.lr:>Osa'J, a r1d will b.t r~gorded o s confidential mol11riol. Your ' l Of!oe wolo o r ;, used;, c ono ecloon .,....;, "'" Y stolwments, conc lu s ions, or publications ,..,.i thour yo ur o m mts Qil. wll " qv .. s t lhii p.~n >riOI nl armol ion GO that, I f it , , d~temed neceuary, we may ~0'11acr \IQIJ ~( ilmh ,, de t o i l1. 1. Wh" n :lid you '"tt th ., 2. T i me o f do 'I: (Circlf1 o.,a): J. TIm 1 ott~: (Circle On.,): o . Doyl1gnr o. Slondcrd ':lov lo1\j 4, Where were you w h " .. . l"' th e objecl? Additional remark s : C ity o r Town S. E1timate how long y,. .. i"' It obj ~cl. Hours M i nu I a 5.1 Circl e one of the following to indicate how certain you ore of your answer to Question 5. Q C ertain b. Fairly certain c. Not very s ure d. Just a guess 6. What was the c onditicn of the sk y? (J)Jusl a troc:~ o$ daylight ( C i rclfJ One): a. Bright daylight Dull daylight No trace of dayiignt 3 right r.v i I i gh t on r r~rn<tmoer 7. IF you sow th e 001 !!C! Jur~ng 1.),..\ YUGhT, T'H!LIGHT, o r DAHN, ..,h.,re w rn Hl"' )1 N kr.:a~d . , tn e o bt o!C t? d. To y 'JUr