?~OJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . l.. LOCATIOH 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon ss i bl Y Boil L o c al 0 Ground-VIsual 0 GroundRodar Was Ailcraft 0 P r obably Aircraft ~MT 1 J:b ... /01092 :=.-0 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE :o Was AstTOnamicoi!!.:J.!'S C ivtl~a..i 0 Probably Astronomical 0 P ossi b l y Astronomical 7. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURS! 0 Insufficient Dofct for Evaluation 0 Unit no""" 11. COMMENTS ATJC PORM 3:29 (REV %6 SI!J> 51) ?~1 HQ USAF f>IAS HDC TO COt1AMC {fRIGHT PATT~RS ' N AVB OHIO FROM AFOIN 41412. ATTN Af[C CLN FOLLOWING MSG FM COM <54TH AIR DIV PAREN DEFL PEPPERELL AFB NV PAREN DTG 3Z052~Z Ct1A RELAYED FOR YOUR INFO CLN" ADOAO 120 PD ATTN DUTY CONT N-24 VFOB AND CIR CIRVIS YOLLOWUP REPORT PD PILOT ')f G ALSC A BOAC AIR ONE LARGE OBJECT WITH FIVE OR SIX SMALLER ONE AROUNND IT OBSERVED OBJECTS F OR ABOUT 1 8 MIN FROM 0105Z T O 01232 PD THE POSITION WAS .5153-NORTH 6310 WEST AT AN ALT 19000 MOVING IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION PD PILOT EST OBJECTS ABOt.rr 10 MIN OFF HIS PORT SIDE tJHEN WE AND 7 !G HTER GOT CONTACT WITH THE A/ C OBJECTS ~ADED P~ 11 OTH!:R CR!rJJ ~81BERS tJERIFI!D T HIS PD CAP 4 PD :1SG ORIG BY 'COMDR ~41ST ACAW ! .~ IL\ BL~ PD DUTY OFY IC :R R G AP.DS AS n1PR OE.4 L Z T HP.E.l\ T OF?~C~:~ AT C~OS~ B11. ~I~ ~ITNISTRY RECU?ST COPY 0:.' DITERROGAr ~. ?PORT, CC!-~ 'ZNT' 0~ MTY OTHER INFO THI S OCr., rt' ~ ' : E . WOULD APPRECLU.TE ~ID CSA? I TEM 1 ( UNCT..~.SSIFIED) FOU~ F )U?. AT TI: :-E:S . r~AGE EFFZCT HAD BIT~i JURING THE J2/l140Z JUL JE~HQ E'D AT S YEAR r.-,~;To]t VA r.S i ')iYWNGRAD ., .:o SAT:!.'LLIITS lTS F I3:LJ. JDINT MESSAGEfOR~ . : tifft~fAL Bl.E COP"l' J~;efRONICS 8R.1NCH uillce ol &eord FROM: {On,tin.,.co<)" SECURITY Cl.ASSII'IC.\TIOI< UNCI.ASSI? 12!1> OAT~TIM! Gi!OU? 0 BOOK :.IESSAGE [ij ORIGINAL MESSAGE D/I HQ USAF ~ASH D C CilY?TOP'~ECAUTIOH 0 Ml.LII?L~ ADORES:> 0 YES g) NO REF"'~S TO \ 1E55AGE: I CLA531FICATIOH r'\E''OIN-ATIAE ,! ~ '/ c<FOR MILITARY CA?ABILIT!FS DI~r-.SION (E.AST) ~ef telecon 91 13 Jul 54) CSAF I tem 1 . Following reports quoted for your information: ~epor"t l, "i.LEAC evaluates ; l~ntlns; as unknown natural phenomena, possib l y a mirage as s temperat..u:-e i nversion in , le r~l'erenced area made this condi t i on poss i b l e . " ~eport 2, "Pilot of GAI.SC a BOAC a.H l ner aw one large ob,'ject with five or six smaller .ones around it obeer,~l objects for about 18 minutes from Ol05Z to 0123Z the :position ~s 5153 north 6310 west at an altitude 1900 moving in a north east direction pilot estimates objects abml~ 10 miles off his por t side when we and fighter got conta with the a/c ob jects faded Ll .)tner crew membe.rs verii'ied this." ATIC evaluation -Inversion reflection of the planet Mars. REPLACES N\!E Fl)RM !n. I MA Y Ill. WHICH MAY BE USEil. UI I CLASS IT -r-r ~""": D LJDlNT MESSAGEfURM I :;a;t.-lrv Cl.~:.SI"I~TIO" I, FROM: (Orutin.Hol>\ J j ORIGINAL ... E.SSAG< CR"'?TOPREC~UT10'< ~ MIJt.IIPI r AOO-RESS _L 0 YEs ----O_r_oo r;:H~S TO MESSAGE: Fl''i.\L Fn:~ COPY PROJB~T NO O.fFICL'h. FILii: COPY ELECTRONICS ~ICH S :.J. .JHAn Y : '-,)0- S , u :class if led, called t(~ Scm 1d Ben' ., tld try ~o l:. .... ate a copy 1P (X) ~ELF.?EONE CAll 1[ t~e rcCO!'<i~ in ,;.'i'L'\E- ? r.1ve:Led that ';h e r e - i.nfor:ned hi.m of t"le mes~age. He stated he \ould ssage, howevPr, }lc is ~chedulcd to visit .;TIC personally coordinate the matcc r wit n AT S-5. ACTION REQUIRED: CS ~; I'!'::}f 1 jmiCLASSIFITIJ/ TO ATIC .\TT~: ;\.!.AJQR TISDALE !R ~Pr.DL-2C1 RS 'l'T 91 CSAF I TE1 1 SliB.JECT n. 0 . .\, c. 1 /I~NCL~SIT ":])I l]lyst~ry.Ohj~cts Follow Air Line1 !..ONDON. June 30 Qlli,-A 'Rr<ll--1 ::.il overseas Airways Corp. plio Jld too.!gbt a. large obJect and I ;;x smaller ones accompanied h.!! St.ra.tocntiser !or . eighty nllles today a s it. crossed the At- 1Jntlc headed for London. Capt. P . R. Howa,rd, a veter:m .,r :!50 At lantic cro:sslngs, sa1d tt"e objects resembled "a. larg o! nak and si;c ;-iobs." All but on~ o! h is C.l'f!ul , nd man'Y ot lne plane's pa.ssen .. :":s ~aw ~he obJects, Capt. How-l li'ct S-lid. ~ H<! said the lnc1dent ocx:ur:red:ll ~t m1drught 19 p . m. E. D. T .J ' sterday 15() mlles ..r :.a brador. An Amencan .Jet;n! t~.:M otr !rom Goose Bay, Labra- Jr. to 1Dtercept. the object:J, he , .. td. but thev .. laded" .., -LnP "l approached. iiiiiiiii~ EGRA.\f AND St:~. TIR"'RSDAY, JULY 1. 1954. ~::el, 'Fiyir,g .Je.llyfish'. Tailed :~t ~i Plane, Crewmen Report Hotel. will mnrrow at Bv the Auocialed Preu . Capt. Howard said. "All ap- o.tdway. LONDON, J uly 1.-The crew peared black, and I will swea :>esterday o! a British airliner reported the they were solid. They might hotel. He plane was followed last night have been !ive miles away. They t hP Severn !or 80 m iles by seven weird stayed with us 18 minutes . . <. :.VId., and flying black objects near Goose "'l'her~ was a big central ob- r niversity. Ba, Labrador. ject whtch a ppea1ed to keep wUe, Mrs. Capt. .lames H oward, pilot of changing shape-'llying jelly t s c h 11 n g the New Yor kt oLondon air fish', we dubbed it. >\tr. and liner , said the myster ious escort "Sometimes it was wedge- t.,~e!el and vamshed"when a U.S. Air Frace shaped, sometimes like a dumb- ' tighter plane came up to invest! bell, sometimes like a sphere gate. with a tailHke projections. The vard 'fhe British Overseas Airways six sm aller objects dodged l BOAC) stratocrulser was about, either i n !ront or be- at I \.()(){) lett about 150 miles hind. - Mrs. Vier ~ J-0\'t St of Goose Bay when All 10 members of the ere 91, mother ttftt t bJt!cta appeared. agreed with his description, 1ctor. play "t'lley ila'hed into sight sud did those of the 51 passenger .vrlterri died d!UJly ~nd obviously were not who were awake at the time o ': , airezalt as . we know them," sightlog. t.he Labrador a rea, r cp::>rted s i g:hti!"l,!S o. pec ulia r type of H<l1e:-:ng llf 1 t, form'ltion irt tile sky. He described it a::; b e ll1g one la:-g e ,,u,J cl; ... urrour.d e d uy .;t;vPr::J.l 5:-:lUl le:r oojecto ana h :lv.:.ng a jelly I' l t: Lol ~:e'?. 'lppt:i.:'<?u Lo descr.:..be ?roJ~ct Blu" 11< : vJ.l :l.ltcd the 3l.;nt:.ng a::; dn i ::ve cslon refl e ction of til->!. 1 1-= r. ~1ars. An ATIC e vrll tllti'Jn o f t h i s r~9ort was f ur:1ished to the Br itish Air ~linistry u pcn thei r r e quest . a British 0 ;e::-seas Ai:::~-12.:rs pilot, flying in the Labrador a=ea , r~ported ~ L~nting a peculi a r t:j-pe of wavering light f ormation in the sky. d escr!bed bei ng one ln.r ;e o b .ject s ur::-ounded by seve:=-a l s::2.al le::-objects 3.0d Stw.L!.e3 01' :;r..~ ,rhotogr3.ph t::>ge ther w"i th othe~ extensi re ln,es'tie;::ltion ir.dicated ~rc.rn a :Jaterial Project 3lue Book e !alll:l:..:.l :.;e sighting as an iove!"sion re.:'lec~ion o f ~he Planet r1ars. An ATIC t.:'lal,lation of tnis re;lOrt was furr.ished to the Britisn Air Ninis-cry A 3u~se;uent report ~ at sea appeared ~o describe ~he same p~enomeoa The ship d:fir.i 1:ely :i.d.:;:~ifieci -che s' cP ting as :::: !?la.r::= t Iars md ;rent on to :;ta.~e that mirage cooC.:!.-:.io-:.s .Laor-ador Area One large obJect j )r 6 m.n.s.ller ones !)~f"l~:l.tely ide:J.ti:'ial! .as ul :met Zars to .LlJ;t 1 :: t; be s :;:-onounc = :t u.ur 1 r.g