PROJECT '10073 RECORD CARD 7 . L.ENGTM OF OBS~R'(ATIOH 1 -sec onds ~3J 2 ..... i. s econds t. HUMBER OF OBJECTS BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS 1- . One streamer \rith 3- 4 smalle~ on e s white. 0 In sufficient Dot o for Evoluotion 2-'!N11ite t~ith trail :.l"!.d streamers slight de::-~-paring office r e.-'ll . '!.C r.:et.0o r . ATIC FORM l29 (REV 26 SEP 52) ?AGE T~O JFLTA 23 CC> OBJECT SLIGHLTLY D~CENDING. CE> DISAPPARED GRADUALLY. <F> ... rT, 170 DEGREES, 145 KNOTS, BOVIl-.JGDON ENGLAND. 6oG (4) CA> 2 030Z ' B>:NIGHT (VFR> 68 ( 5 ) ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN DAVENTRY, ENGLAND AND BEACON HILL-FAN MARKER, ENGLAND. 6 8 (6) ( A) NONE. CB> CI> LT COL, HQ THIRD AF, PILOT. (!) EXCELLENT. 6B ( 7 ) CA> CLEAR, 12.MILES VISIBILITY. (8) UNKNOWN. CC> UNLIMITED. CD) 1Z MILES. CE> NONE. CF> NONE. 6B (8) NONE. 6 B (9) NONE. 6B C12) NONE. 6 B (11> UNKNOWN. 6B (12> POSSIBLY PERSEIDS OR LEONIDES METEORITES ~HICH APPEAR THIS TI~E OF THE YEAR. PREPARING OFFICER, CAPT HALTER M. BRUDZINSKI AO _821216, I~TEL OFF, DIR/ I NTE:L, THIRD AF. ~1/13052 SEP JfLTA . ~PBW JED~P JEPHQ 333 DE JFLTA 23 "' TM- COMDR 3AF SO RtJISLlP ENG ~---- TO Jf,aw/CINC USAFE-~!SBADEN GER JEDvJP/ COtmR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO-- JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL USAF \iASH DC 3AF OIN- 3 4J-16. USAFE ATTN: DCS/ I NTL. JE MSG 3AF OIN~3 4H-104- 28 AUG 54. THIS IS A UFOB MSG. lAW PARA 6 B USAFE REG 200-7 THE FOLG I NFO IS SUBl":ITTED. 6B C 1 > (A> FOOTBALL, ( B> BASEBALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTH, CC) WHITE, CD> ONE, C3L NI A, (f) NO OTHER DISCERNIBLE FEAT~RES OR DETAILS, ( G) APPEARED TC BE ONE MAIN TAIL COR STREAMER) . > FROM ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE 0BJECT AND TRAILlt~G BACK TO A LENGTH EQUIVALENT TO ABOtiT THE HIDTH OF THE OBJECT ITSELF. ALSO, THERE PEARED TO BE TWO SMALLER STREAMERS, ONE ON EACE SIDE OF THE LARGER MIDDLE STREAMER. CH) NOtlE CI> NONE. 6B ( 2 ) <A> CO-PILOT CALLED MY ATTENTIOt: T6 THE OBJECT. CBl OBJECT J UST ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE HORIZON. JEDt~P JEPH'1 ' DR T''F' ~' !!r-SJ'I~J ~ c;UilSLTP -10 J-o- /Cit.tCUc:tJr-l'r- ADI;'N r..~r. -;-rc 'i .Tl I IJ. r .. r o LHF. or <:!GHT Of PI C ~ ~ ERF Fl.YING. L-:FT TC ~JGI'T I~JTC f.. t.:STERLY " ILTT'"Y- .-TION . oo:LY) INTERPLANETARY INTELLIGENCE W. F. RIEFER INVESTIGATION UNIDEN T IFIED H . C. H1:WES AssOciote Director Deputy Director OKLAHOMA GITY, OKLA. Colonel Lawrence a. PUblic lnforma~ion Division Office of Information Office ~f the Seeretar~ of .the . r 1(a8hincton 25 Colonel Tacker: In accordoee with paragraph 8 of AFR 200- 2 , I should like .to request the anal~aia ofthe forMation of fifteen UFOa, seen, tracked by radar, and pursue d b~ interceptors oYer ~kl~o City on 2a ~uguat 5! 1 w~s referred t o your office b~ l s t Lt ft.om1ra w . 12atttt;-.us1.'F Plful~c Information Officer for the Oklaho .. Cit ir Defense Sector Manual, Oklabo.a City Air Force Station, Okla., in a letter dated 27 Jm 1960 . . {3) I would also like to thank you for sending rae a copy o f A..t.<""'R 200-2 as amended; your courtesy 1 apprciated. i.ut i a ATIC' aDal1aia of the s-color motion pictures of UFOs taken by rr Hazel Green,Wi seonai.n, on 1 1 April 1960. Miss..... told me, in a letter 4ate d 9 Joly that the film had been turned over t o the USAF Cor aeal,-.is ~ I should appreciate receiving a copy f the ne w AF f~ct sheet , whe n issued. ~ In DD Press Release 1083-57, 5 NoveMber 1957 , the total of UF~ sightings for 19~6 is listed as 778; of .thi s number 2 .2" i s listed as "Unknown". By ray computation, this figures out to 17 3/25 sigh t ings . Several of the other sta t - i stics are also uneven; please advise ~ what 3/25 or 99/100 or a sigbtins is? ~ Have pilots of the Air Defens e Command, NORAD, ever fired, by rockets, g~s, ~ o ther means upon Unidentified Flying Ob jects ? Is the r e a ADC order i n effect authrizing such firing? Is there an ADC or d e r i n effect forbidding s uch firing? If se, aad they are not class i fied, I s h ould l ike t o requestcopies . ~> Does the United States Air Foree excha n ge i nformati on on UFOs with t h e Air Forces of friendly nations? AMES MANEY ( . e puty Directo~ J:--!ITEO ~TATf5 A ',;R!~...o~TPATTC:~SO: A I R FORCE i3AH. sv~Hcr: UFO Information (James Haney) r n : SAFOI-Jd (L/Col Tacke r ) 1. The follol~g is in reference to numbered paragraphs of letter, copy attached. Reference paragraph one, this Center has no record of UFO's over Oklahoma City during August 1954. b . Re ference paragraph three, this Center has not ~eceived the film ;{is is alleged to have t.urned over to the Air For ce c. Ref~rence paragraph six, ATIC has no inforrr~tion to tha effect that ADC pilots nave fired on an unidentified flyi.11g object. ATIC has no informati~n c oncsrning an ADC order w~ch f or bi ds firing on anything which gives indication of being a threat to the security of the United States. It sh~lld be noted that Air Force records, from t he time of the first airborne gun5, contain instances of firin s on objects due to misinterpretation by pilots. These instances of misinterpretation are, of course, ~t a higher rate during wars or other periods when tension runs high. d . Reference paragraph seven, a limited amount of information concerning unidentified a.arial phenomena is exchanged between the U. s . Air Force and friendly foreign nations. For your further infor- mation, no otter country has near the volume of UFO reports that are made in t he United States each year. ?HTI..IP G. EVANS Colonel, USAF Deputy f or Science and Conmonen t s Cy l t r 16 July 6 0 fr Dea r ~1r un1dentif1ed SA~OI-3d~ l Ta cker/mhb/72229 1 5 August 1960 t o acknowledge your letter of 16 July c oncerning flying objects. he Aeroa1~ce Technical Intelligence Center has n o recor d of s UFO sighting at Oklahoma City during August 1954. .?r u vided it was repv rtcd w a 1uca 1 Air F orce a cti vi ty at the time, 1:0!lis would indicate the s~htino was ~robebly solved locelly. Ti~ker Air ~0rce Base and the Oklahoma City .\ir Force SUl'ti o n ha.-e n o record of this s i g nting in their ~ilea at t.he present t ime. Probably copies o f Oklahoma City newz:rpapers would shed som~ 1 i.ght (m t h i s s'l6htin1: o r the c ouse. In an; ever.t, the long interval of tirDe e i-:1ce that d.ate would nreclude an,.-further investi- ..tion of this case by the Ai r Force. '!he Aerospace Tecanicel In~lligence Cen~r .las 'J.~J i.:lf~rmation t o the effect that ADC pilots have fired o n unidentified r l yin6 oo jects or flying saucers. You must keep in mind tba t the Air ? ; :rce ta c .... a r ge d oy lAnr Yitb the air def'enae of tbe United States t1nd touat contact , intercept, Yenti.ty and if necessary shoot down any s ircra:'t. or veticle -1aich poses a threat to the security of tbe United States. !:::!~ ::;i3s;_o:1. res!)cnsib111ty pxobably a_ivea rise i.O the l"e'I?Ol't that ADC p1.l >t9 :.:a,-e oraers to s hoot down Catesor) pereen'tages o~ tJro. PJ~lished in off'1.ctel Departm<!nt or Detenra releseee ue etra1~"t. me'tllaaa tal. eczputationa cA-rried out to o:ll..y two . pl8ces aDil bllcauae o-r thi:a vlW::B worllled. 1n re"~nse > t he y wt ll no1: retlect the ' exac~ original totel or sob tatal. A 11'!'1Ji ted a~..mt of i!"hi:WitiO!l eo.,eernir~ uni-ie"l~i f'i.ed aertal ohenomena 1a e xc!18nged b en the U. s . Air Force and r :n-e 1.5!l na~1..:-!!~. For your infvrJ!lation, n o oth@r eountxy MB !'lear the vol ume of UFO reuorta bat are made tn tbe Uni ~ States eeeb year. As requested I 8.!D inclosing t he la-rest De '18rt:ne"1~ 0r l)efen"!e fact abeet, dated 21 -July 1960, on th 1.!! sub ect . Inclosure Sineerely, LAWRENCE J. TACK6R L t . Colonel , USAF Public Inf o i 'DIStio n Dh-isi.:m Office of Information Comeoac k OI-3d Regder OI-l