1. DATE T IME G~OUP G Octoucr 1954 Ci Y:i.lian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION J -5 Seconds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gron.nd visl~:J.l_ 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS HiJ;h; h'-lrel .) a1~d"Lblo so1.mdo ;~bout. 7 5 shn.;)3. Rin,5ect 1rj.th blue 7 :i o 1.c.:t flam~ Het8or observation . FTD SEP 63 0-3:.:) (TOE) Prevlouo e d ltlo t!S of this form mRy be u11e d . ft i n l cn_:ht. Oval i n U , S . NAVAL .At.'J.lUlUTION DEPOT Crane, Indiana 12 October 1954 From: Commanding Officer, U. S . Naval .Ammunition Depot, Crane) Indiana ., Director of Intelligence, Headquarte-rs US.l\.F , r!ashington 25, D. C.(,-...~- E: To: Air 'fechnicol Intelligence Center, VirightPntterson AFB, Ohio-- ATTN: ATl.".A- 2C Commander , Air Defem;e Corrunand, Ent AFD, Colorado Springs, Commander, Eastern Air Defense Force, Stewart AFB, N<:mbu.rgh, Subj: Unidentified flying objects; report on 9ND Iii:"STRUCTION JS20.l of 2S July 1954 Cm'tEASTSEAFRON H:STRUCTIOU .3820 .. 2 of 16 July 1954 Copy of r.:r . cport dtd 8 Oct 1954 1. Enclosure (1 ) is a object observed by lir. g October 1951~ . It is report on the sighting of an unidentified flying and hin rlife 'l7hile at hone on form::rded in accordance rrith references (a) and 2 . In addition to l'~r. information not contained in f,lr. the following supplemental s report is submitted Location -The geo~raphicul locatlon .38 45' North J~ti tude and 8651' 1.7e.st of the observer v1as approxi- Longitude. b . r:eather -Clear, rlinds approximately 10- 15 miles per hour. Visibility -Good. Air Tr.Jffic -There nus no knor:n alr trDific i i1 the ai.!' at the time of siGhting. e . There r:as no kno.m activity or condition, meteorological or othc!":;ise Hhich might account for t!1c siciht i.ng .3. The observer is a reliable Dc;pot Clil!:>loyec, m:d it in believed that his rcj_)ort is a true statencnt of' his observation. H. S . IIA.ci.Jrl..Y,. By d~rcct:l.on fl Director of rbval IntP.lJiar:mce, i'!noh., Commander, r.ASTSEAFROH, S'O Church St. , Conmander , Hnvul Air :3ase3, 9HD, Great l.Dkcs, Ill. At the-time and d:Jtc ncntionc:l above, '::hila I n.1r. dicgint;: a \:ater linc-> trench, r:i th ny .life for com puny, ,:e cpo ttod :m obj oct racin throueh the sh.-y. r.~y \7.i.fo spot ted it fi.r:Jt nnd yc:J.led for mo to look. At. .fi-rst sight., I t!:lour;bt it to be e notcor but. it tr.:1vcl~d in a true horizontal plQne riith no ure nhatsoevcr. It \'ia::- ovuJur in share ::md in cor:~pnrison to conv<mLlonal nircraft it ap:::curPd to b e about 75 ft jn length, and \' .. 15 ri11~C'd '.:ith a ve'r"J brilliant hulo of bJ.ue-viol:">t fl1mc. The color r s :..iQcctaculsr:. It trailed a stream of fire or flame about 6 times tho 1engEh of the object .lith occo3iom:l bur:.;to o.r uhitc fire. It had a high, b:trcly uudible sound simiJ..nr to a :::mmd produced by a ricochet. estimated tho heieht at botr:een 800-1000 feet. I can not osti- rac:to tho spt>od but I r:o tch~d j_t :Lor a distuncc of ol.lout. L, ground rni'Lcs and at last sieht it rms i:cll r;ithin the station llmits. The nhol e incident took perhaps 3- 5 seconds. The speed of tho o bject r::!s tc.rrH'i.c,. I hztve \:etched jots in the daytil"'!~ <Jt altitudes of 1000 fc:ct but-u.s speed far exceeded t!-:nt of :t jet and 7'hat sound r:us nudib1o n<:ls in-com- parable to that produced b-J a jot. The object ik"'IJ headed in a im by E direction ntral~ht and truc COPIED f .T HAD CPJ\NE-10/1 '>j 51:/f'ILT Encl. ( 1) t.o NAD Cnmc ltr vrhich ~C"'3;oil.:a o.'ll .'n lo.t~s-r. f.:-.~r,3 ~utabll::.had ~:! Fl;ri:t~ 0bJ!t, undtd Lirc;otor.:\ l o f .!.nt.a).:~J~nce C')ord c;r, AFOHf X r .!l cy cy t o A1'IC