l. DATE TIME GROUP 2.4 SeptAmber 195L~ Ci v:i.lia.n 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Neosho, l1issouri 10. CONCLUSION lliSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATIOf.l S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Approx 24 Sec~nds Sluce"-she..pe wbj wit h four quacl~'lture m.ar~:~ngs. Varied en speed Top side h.g,d a projectior resembling the-. ~onnL1.e to.-:"'r of a 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sub. Obj di.sap::;:aar-Jd af"':.er 24. seconds. . Grou:1d ;lisual Odd circUJ!lstances concerning tl"~ sighti,l,_;. Re;:vr t :L'1 :~:.J.Y 1955 7. COURSE of sighti:1g in Sept 1954. Insuf .~icient Data. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTO SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Previoua edlUona of thla f orm may b e ueed DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AI R FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSP[CTOP [~,:t-tl ..... ~Af ''" DbTIUCf OfrlCC Si't::-'l l'"iV!Stf~ATIO"tS -1\IJUGHf .. PJ.ff(ASO,_ \I, ~" C 9.\$(. OHIO (Un~lassi ~ied) Unident i_f ied ?ly"i.ng Object at : osh~, :-~ssouri Coiil.if"l.ander Air Technlcal In~elligence Center -.~right-P::lt terso!l -~iT Force Base 1. T::--t.'ls ~ 7.ted here1n th for your L":f or ::::J. tion is oae { 1) ~O?Y Jist::-ict (I~i, :'i::~:r Ii?o, G~la."lo!lla (;ity, Okla.ho-:ta, concern:::tg subjec~ ':la.i:.'tcr. 10ur :r~t~ntion is inV: ... ted t::> t''1e n r?visi?ns of T.-l:lJ.: oro:n.OJ. t h e rel-ease ~:.-investiga.:. i.ve inf or -nation ized Gersons Di s t r i c t Con.n:::L.ader DOD Lil . J_ JIJ .:.IJ UNCU SSIFIED.. ~l"j\ I j'l ~hatt!'l~r cc..-?en -uni;::ent it~ UNCLASS\FlE.D. 'secondls aoo seld011\ err more than plu~ o r mi.."lu:s 10;. It 1"13qui:'ed about 6 Beoonds to stop and I observed the ob~ect inten;ltt.~tl7 during thl-3 ~hort L"lt.t!'rval. It. had a sl16t.t rol.li~ ~ot.ion, but never Jnont than 90 de- grees. 1.:-st aounbtr-olockwi.se. then th., r~verse, be.fors !l'.'!iklr,g the ~lr'3t lcop (aa per the at ohed sketch.) The ?is lola :.uriac-e wa:s pr1!sented s omewhat ob~quel7 during t he rirst 1at~ral travel. ~re so after ~kin~ t he first loo p ar4 al~ost e~ge-cn at the seconc )nop (seconds 11-12). DurL"lg the-tirst 6 seconds 1n tryins t.o stop and al.:so note the net ~a.s o! the objeet, it aeM:led that the side presented to viev had !our quadrat~e markings in the saucer-sh~ped object, but w~Ather the7 ver project.ions, depressicns or l!'o8re:cy co~oration, 1.a doubtful. This 1.s what gave the ilapress1on ~ t.he rolling motion. Dering the s-pan o f the t1rst 6 seconds, speed of the object "as c omparsti.vely l.euuNtly, being 6 to ~izht tL.,es its own d~eter per second. I t ti:en lnerl!ase<i its apeed and alao receded at a ra?id rate and by the tilne it had intersected ita fir3t ~oint of obaeryation ~t 11 seconds, l t s trav~llng 20 to JO t~a its O'in dtaJr.et~r per second and also ~e~o!nted the edge-wise viaw. The apparent. d.!.ameter was now a hal! to a tt~lrd .)f its !1r:ost-obser!ed sbe, :.md durin5 the fleeting gllmpae .i had oi i::.n.e top..sl::e, t;:ere ~aa po.asibly a <)rojeet ton somewhat res~bllng th('l con:1ing t~er of a su.'or!-..a&rlne. Tte s~ed ;~ lth .:hlch things wertt happening and the uncert3!.r.t.lea of lig.~t.ln& at thla tl~ of day such an obeerva on or little value. A!ter completing the eecond loop at seconds 14, spe4d o f the object lnc~eased 3tlll .further both trnnsveMSely and r~aedin~, a.."'ld at. secnr.ds 24 it had beeo:ft6t colflplet.e.ly 1.nv1s 1..ble. Th~r'!t was no sl~ o Slncl<e cr vupozo em:;mat.1ng !:=of!' the obje~, nor ..,as t h8re any sound. bo-lt this cou.ld not be ~trictly detf'rmined becauae oi thflt nobe of one~Jming tra.f.f1c vhUe obarvat~ ~aa ~n progrsss ttfor what they NY b e vorth, t.C.is ~porter !t'J~it.s t ee following ccncluaiona r'ftgard1ng the abov~ obsery>:t bn: "!''1.rat, occupant. of' the object dee Lied to ascend to heigllta ~end vis~1li't7 whtm they !"ound tt.ey ~ere being ohserved. I t 1.a ~llce~ that others were 1nter~.ted, llke the uneersi;;ned. and t here 111ay have been radar ~ other ~an. of det ining loc~tlon and size a t work on the Calllp Crardal" rtt~ztation. ''.'3e<lond. ~ana o pr~ul.slon ct e oo.~ect. .yas :;om~ f ot"lft of powflr . :'lot generl.l.y Im o,.,.,, :trobablj at.o!flia, ~oansa of th~ su~'ien accelera t i ::on anri terri.r1o speed develo~d. UNCLASSJFIEO UN CLASS It= lr::Q "Third, the ob ject d i d not deper.d on air-for lro?90M-o r 5-Iid&nce, bocau:se thtt loops at. 3econd.s 11-12 4nti 21-.. -2 '"eu"" too abt""..l?t for air- suppor-ted dv~ce~. Tt-.at i 3, unless tl'le object. wa;t co~l21de:-:b.ly :trr.allar t ba n i t ap?ftar"d . "Th13 ~porter ~c~lbes t~t tbe surlden~sa of tee occasion tor t h e ob8en:1t i.on and the lack :->f means for cstllbJ.lsh .l.ng trua d l.:st.arr.ce e And sisea JUke this observation of dou'btf'..ll value, b .1t i t nia7 lee.d to more aubst3ntlal ~Jc~tion." J. The enluati.on of thu ~port ha~ been placed at F-4, since 1t 1.s b.poss1bla to ;roperl;r e"r.Uuate t.he WOt"lll8 t1,m without further i nterview of 4 Aw1SN: Copies of th1:~ r _,por., . ...,1 th lnclt}s ur e r..a v~ C~f.!!l fur.1i!hed t l:e Co-manding G<!nera.l, Alr ~laterlel Cw.r-.:~nd. 5. Thu report ~ el.a:ssi.fled CC.NfT!:t-~ITL'.L p\lrswo:tt to a u t hori t y cont.-!.ned t.t Co lon.U USAF Oistr tet c an~r eo:~ ..urc (~CIS) (dup) UNCLASSIFI0