P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Bal loon OATETIMt! CROUP TYPe OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ball oon c:t Ground Vlual 0 G1ound-Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 Pro bob I y AI rcralt 0 AIr Vi84.1ol 0 Alrlntercpl Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft a Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical ~.filitar_y and Civil\l.n 0 Po :ul !,ly Astronomical L E NOTH 0,. OBSERVATION 8. NUMaeR 01' OBJECTS ln ,ufflcient Dolo for Evoluation 35 Hinutes BRIEl' SUMMARY 01' SICHTIHO 11. COMMENTS L, Or 5 shinin3 specks h0veri..1g in area for 35 r:ti11utes S::>unda like cluster b allcon cbser.ra'tion . 1suffici1nt data for evaluation. ATIC FORM 3n (R&Y 26 SltP 52) UNCLASS1l=lD DEPARTMENT OF TH~ AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STAT5 AIR FORCE WASnlN G T O N .... OI: :CT OT~":C Of -;.n:tA\. I ri$TI YATtO"tS JU'JJ:CT: mr:m::.t:T.:::?TE9 Fi."II!iG C3.EC? S.ic:;ht ed. at Lowry Air F'orcs 3c.s9, Denver, Colorado, on 9 July 1954 SF.ci;CIAL ll!:tUIRY TO : Co-nmander .t\.lr Tgchnical Intelligence Center .!right- Patterson Air Force 3ase, ATTN : ATIAA-2C 1 . Transmitted herewith for your jnformation are two (2) CO?ies of a letter, dated 9 July 1954, fro~ the 14th OSI District, Lo:~ry Air Force Sass, Denver, Co1Qraeo, con~erning subject matter . 2 . Yo~r attention ~s invited to the provi3ions of ~FR 124- 1 , hich prohibit tha release of investigative infor~tion t o unauthor- ized persons. Incl (in dup) Cy ltr, dtd 9 Jul 54 c c : Dir OSI H/o lncl ROBERTS P JO;fi-iSON, .B Colonel, U&l..F District Conmander . DOD l.Jtl~ :.,.Dv .l0 J~tr, DO :!/:14 OSI Dir OSI. Eq USAF, Wash.D.C. subjects ''Unidentified -z.~1yi.l'lg Objeota. cloud 1:1\Ver -;-rhioh at the time 118.3 e sti:na.-:.ed t o b e at 30.,000 feet. The objeot3 were Visible for approximately a ten second period, and a.ppearsd to. b e tra'V'eling at a:1 excimated ~te of speed o:f' 1500 r.dles per hour. wer9 0seilating and also a;>peared t o b& descending. intr'!:t rt'~ by Special Agen at Air Tr&i'fio Control Center, Gt&plf~Gon Field DeaTer. Col!lrado. :sed thoy had beeu 'if8.tohin3 a B-36 '!:ype ahc:-making passes OT81'" the De:tver nre& at 1lhat they judged to be 50,000 teet. Tb e B-38 disappe&red be mnc:l saae e1louds and in attempting to resight the :9-36 obseneci 4 or 5 s:peela at what ~hey believed to b e approximately SO,OOO feet. both a.dviaed that the objeota appear~ to be tri angular sbp and that they 9ppearfld to b e capable of h overing in one spot ~or aom.e period o~ time and tbm moving off at a normal rate or apead in a. 1Icrthea.terly" d1rooticn. Tha only' thing 1muau&l. they obaerv&d abou-t. the o'o,jeota were what appeared to be their ability to haver in one plao .. fer extended perioda of" time. ated ~hey obaerved -t.he o'ojecta for approximate}7 minutes and then called 7li.ght: Settiee -cen~er at Lowry Air Force Baae. 'Neither obaerV"ed any un.uw.al ratea of speed during their o s. A.ecord1ng to Cap1=a1: selt and lst L ~thle objeoiliJ were o are Senior Pilote and the ai-ri.Jj ea been Pll~ Dispatchers for tblited AiP IJnea xt~e period o~ time. 6. Inf~.cm. has reached t~s oi"t1.oe to the er~ee-ff that Operatiaa.. CHECX ?ODI'r are haYing acme mmeu-tera in this Tio1njty and that "'t'arloua air buea in this v:l.cUdty have either no knowledge or "''ery limitecl Jmo....- 1~ or airora.f't partieipating in the operation. At approximately 2000 hOUJ"a em 9 July 1954 a l!Jca] radio stati011 advised during a new a broad- c~n t h a-t Opera'tic:a CEECX POIYT waa be:ing held in tbia T.ieini ty md that F-86 W ai.rcraf't repelling the attack at e:xceptionally b:igll alti- 2 cot Ccmdr LA.FB . u'\SS\r\t. !.c~Y n:. BARiA:RD \JNC Colonel. u. s. Air Force Di stri at C OEilllander HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE _; ", ;.~'. ' ) WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 14TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, DENVER, COLORADO SUSJEC'rs UnidSltified :f'lying objeo.ta Director~ S~ecial TnveaCiO"ation DE ;'l.-.J'-> J1eadquartoer8" United Stat,ea .Air Fore Tiuhi.ngtCD 25. D. c. 1. :..t 1320 bean Cll 9 JU17 1954 ved a telephoni o catrnnnicatiCD. f'rw Ot>en..t.ian Of'.t'icuo,. Flight Serlc .. Lowty Air Foroe 'Saae. " advising th&t 'betwe11 l~ and 1310 boars ~had obaer'led a or 7 obj ecri;a flying at a ver.1 high alti'tude md rate o~ speed and that he did not believe the objeata were oonveni:i.cmal type aircrat .. 2 . Special _,gmt :EDWARD L. RUSH and ~. L. ~c:tfJ..Blt oooductecl inter= 'Viewa wi:tb peraamel of t~ 3933rd Radr l3cmb Sq,uadrtm. {Detacinent 3). "Rho &dviB8G thai: d &bcut 130() b(l1PP8 all 9 J'ul7 & 1336 a:ircraf't 'W88 Ul the Tioi:nity o 1owsy r\i.Jo ?orce Base tlying air sn ail.ti:tude ~ appro%!.-il m.ately 30,.000 .teat zcl r worllng a radar .,_d radiG ja111aing proble .All i)BI'BOftnel intervl .. .s advi!led that no UD.u8l:al f'ormat:iarla or ob- joote had bu11 sighted en the radar :sccpesr..&t that time. Howver. the j SIISiD.g deriaea being used '!::7 tha :3-3~ ai~ were Ter.f e teotii Ye. 3 . Specaial A~m'ta !ld!JAJJB and RUSR =...~et'tin'l Captajn appi"'xima-taq 1345 hoa.n 9 July 195-4 sud o&.~!l:iced the foll matim. A.t approximateq ~ hou.ra Oll 9 1954 Cap1~&in tel~hcctioally oontacted by ~r. ght niapatcber,. L"'n.ited Air Stanletm ::?iel~ Om"V'er Colorado,. 'ilrho stated that h e tmti ~ FlJ.ght iJi 8patcher. United Air IJnea" bad been o'ceenin~ s..-eral oojacta :flying a.t a very high altitude and requested that GERLU also make 3C'me obHnatiana ..... immediat-ely pro<:eeded cub o.f 1--.ia o1~t'1oe md t'lara the ra-p 'in 1aut of Operations Buildin~ observed 6 or 7 ob jecta O'Yerhead llllhich appeared te> bo approximately one half inc.h in diaaeter,. 3 or 4 of Yhich aere in a<De sanblzmce ot !'or:uatian and wwe m.oing in a Uf)rthee.sterl7 direchicn &boTe a cirrus UNCU\SSifiE.D