PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATIOH 12. C OHCL\JSION$ 0 Wtu Bolloon CfYt..tU.ESTON. S C a Probably Boli-n ui bl Y Boli-n OATETI.W! Gou~t til Groun~ Vlauel 0 Wo' Aircraft a Probably Airc:roft P. Air-Viauol 0 Alrlntorc:.,t RMor a Pouibly Aircroft i. SOUftCe (j Wos Astronomi col :.STZOR L E ,..OTH 0' O.U.VATIOH 0 Probably Astrono"'icol 0 P o asi bl y A 1 ","o"'l cot 0 In suffi c:i ent Omct for Evoluoti on 0 Unlcr-own ON'S DO',lNWAHD 10. B~IEI' SUAILWAY 0, ltGHTIHO ~RILLIANT EWE FLASH, SMOKE OR CLOUD AS ro CASE Til FILE) 11. CO~EHT$ OB,J IDBNTI~TED AS N.::nWR ----e..iii(4MlliAt \mazetl Sicilians watch :1 in credulou s sight-fly in objects which resem b le t h ~ .::: cen tly bee -.:::: .,g, reports o s::: ~l of undete1 ..tt Taormina SE -DAW1' 'EXPLOSION ast a es c,t,z~l'\ \Yew5, ltol\"(~oo ) Cctltf4. SAN DIEGO lUll -Battled yesterday at the plant of Gen- Xavy 'Jld Convair experts press- era I Dyn~n:ks Corporation's i"d an investigation foday to Jearn. Convair DivlSl.on. . I , The crowd. tncluclin~ a host of why the worlds fastest seaplane newsmen covering demonstr a - te~! apart in. ~he air over San tions of late model :-lavy planes, Otego B ay, ktlltng a veteran lest watched in awe as the 700-mile- pilot. an-hour YF2Y -1 tighter skimmed Charles E. Richbourg, 31, was off the water , climbed circled killed when his jet Sea-Dart and got ]nto position to; a h igh-I ll~hter suddenly disintegrated speed pass. a nd 7btJ:ni:lo.sJnio flame full Awe turned to horror when the ' iew Of -.severaJ.bundreU person.s -:=T!mt ~ ~.-z. J::olumn f Conlim11.d /n.m Pal('-1- jet raJne out of a sha!Jow lliv<' at hr<;{h, but noL supt>r~onic !--p"cd And abrupt ly began to !'lhuddcr. For a split-sccono it seemed to pitch longitudJnaiJy and 11 /rac tion later it '"as in flam~'i> the mtenc;e heat bein~ felt on the s hore 300 feet below. \\'~a l happened then v.a~ pro- :::ress l "C rapid disin te~1a t ion. The D elta (triangular) v. 1n~ and honzontal .~tab1lizer flew in aU wrecuons and the nos e section Pxtrndi:l~ a f t of the t:ockpi t hurried forward and into th e harbor . A !ew hundre d fcH to the ri~ht or left and burnino parts probably would have fallen on the crowd. Rlchbour~. ar. e."<Navy fiahtet pilot, stilI was strapped t~ his cockpit seat when reached by company divers immediately atter the wreckage plunged into the 40-foot depths ol the bay. He died two m inutes latPr o n a nl"arby d<X:k. ' The flyer, who Joined Con- in 1 951 and exceede d the !--peed o f sound 1n the Sea-Dart l:t<ot summer, is survived by his wife Margpret. 28. and two chil- dren. ~oger, 3, and l\largaret, not quite a year oold. Company and Navy officials refused toda y to speculate on 'he cause _ oC the m.)lsteriou r ajot> La.rr~.....,ce J . Dcna~t1ns~t of the CIVtL DEFENSE .t.ir Perce OfJ.lcc o the Secr~t?ry J3St1lrtr-i;on, J Dear raj o r Tac l:er: I have t-rri tten you previou3l~r p~:--taininc; to \JFO ruports . I at'"'l ~ curr-ently pre:pari::1,s a n editor ial conc ernin~ an uniden -vif'iecl flyins obj'3ct sighting on t~a n :. qht o1' Uovomber ldjl 1954 over :estern lTc:nv Yo r k r~pcrtedly o f ~-Thich invol1ed t'!.vo Lir ?o!'ce j ct planes fro:-r I om vTritinG you for con~irmation and othe r necessary details of thi~ alleged inJident. The report states a~ unidentifi0d :lyi~g objccc was e?nroaching 1Tiagsra ?all s Air ?orce Base f rom tho ceneral ~ir~ction of Syracuso and travelin at a slow rate of speed. It 11as described as about the size of the !"loon Hhen vicvred by the nakeci eye . T'ne moon Has visa0le that nie;ht but in another section of the sky . niagara Falls' AF.S alleg edly received a report from one "onah Fort~er, .forMerly o f B:..lf'falo, N e:.; carl~, concerning tha aptJroac:J.ing object. arn :1ot qui t e certain .. ;:1et:1e r h e sighted t~:le ob j er. c G\Qa ~alled ara 3'alls A?B~ or ;-rhather so~eone c alled Fortner oJ' t:1s on-co.~ing object and ~ortne~ then ~alled the basa. ':}-_e report I'urther states that trio jets 1-rere .. s e n.t .U.:~ .?m Bolhe; J.a~T YJ:: Air Force 3ase fo nn intercept. T.:1e time Has aiTcgeni} b.t;Jeen 9 :00 P.l-:. and ll: CO P. ., psrhaps earlier , I am not sure. :fne report ends by stating tne jats trailed the U?O ....... s ti:e o~ject :r.?.oved out over Lake 3rie, i t DIV'ED into the lake '.-ri th tne t..ro j ocs following~ The U~O and jets ~llegedly com~le~ely disa~paared in~o t h e laka . I hav9 alro be~n :.n:""or::ed that Lr . ~onah ?ortner ~,ras q uizzad by ~Tia:;ara Falls .... F3 o:"'f icinls, und l a ter qu '3.,)-'-;; ionad by off icials of Jorne ) .. i r 7orce ::::>ase . ~ 'l,Joul d :.:.~n:-.... ci.:.n:;o it very rruch i f you Hill check this "'!atte :-01~t for Fe a~d Gend m~ the necessary infonr1ation co~cernir[ ~his repc~t. 2:1.is ir...cident; occurad the same :i~ek a .i~1t d isar,r-,0o.red -:;:"lile on a ', lnuercep over 1.~ s va;;e O.t. : c::.:..:an. CO'l r C\kltl', Drector CIVIL DEFENSE OL IN, N.Y. ry na"Tld i3 Sob ?.arry, Civil JJei\n18J Dlrocto:-tor 'Cht:} ; ,;_ty or Vl(~ m, ar!d Le \13 Di~ector of .~adio Station.:~"~, 0 luan . I C!n .:-'l"O'?Ctrl.n._, a n cdi to rial CO:lcern:..n?; a r ?C s irh cins ( Unid er:tifioC: ly:: !!'::; Ob j 0C t ) o n the ni;-~ t of !:ove:m'::>er 16, 19 54 oYer .:est ern I~e~l .!crl-: .;hi c h repo!'todly I ~,., Hritir:; for co~pirnation ana other n ecessary i:1.:.'orr1ation pcr- tain~ng to this sishting . .C.-1e report I ~ave s ta~es a."1 Unident '.ficd !'lyi:.;.:; Obj -3C t u e.s trave l:!.!l;_; at a slo\-T rate of speed torard .. iia:;ara. Falls _:'ron the ~li::-ect:.on o~ Syractt!Je. It ".l a :J rlescri';Jed as ~bout the siz\3 of .:vl:.3 ::oo:1 as "li~red uith the r.a}:ed eye. Tl1e moon ~v~s visable in a.:."1ot:1er OOJ."tion o~ t:1.e sky that ni,:ht. Yott~ base allegedly received a report froM o~e Yonah ~ortner, o f Buffalo, HeH York, concprnin?, tho on-c-omi!lc; object. T an. not quite c0rts.in a s to \Thather he si,.ht< d tho obj ect anu calletl your bg_se, or i f so~eome contacted h i m and ho in turn celled t~e bqJs. Tho re~ort further states th~t s3n up or an ln erce,~. J. e tHo jecs fro:-1 .. o:t1e_, -eH Yorlc .?3 uo:::-e tir1e Has allegedl y bet~reen 9 : 0 0 P . : :.::1d r .. rn not su::-e The report ends by s ta. tin_, th.::: ,jets trailed the U?C. As ti':e ob j oct ,.,rent out over Lake 2rie, it DIV::!:D into tb.e lv~ce ~ii~a -vh3 tHo jet::: follo~..ting. :.:~0 ITO and ~ e t s allesedly co:nDletel y dis u~ryeared i!1t o t~-:3 la:.Ca. ::;: !l3..7e also bean in~orr.-od that: :-. ::;'Or Gr-e r :ro.s Ollizze d oy your ba3e a~d -:Jas also tal:en to ~{o""'1.e, -a.-~ Yor:c --ir . 'orce .::J[) :::9 f'o~ i' n::-t:1.er discussions t!:e::-~ about tl:e u?O in~itJqnt. I ~roultl appreciate i t ve:::oy ... t:ch if you H:.ll c:1.eck t,~is 1-.,ttor out J.O!' n e anrt s-ec,.1re t:1~ n~cJ3.Jary infor!latio::1 r e.:;:trdin.::.: c~e incid ent. contact me via letter of ~rour f'indln: . J.'hi s 5 ncident o ... cnrad t~e sB.J-na TrJeek a jet pla..'1.e disapuao.red over c.~.: .... 3tate '~f :>nr3uing Em undientlfied fl~in~ object. SUIIJKC:T I 1/E.ADQUA/'TCRS U.'t/TED STATI:.S AIR FORCE 1/ANCOCi{ FIELD Sl'RACUSE 2J, \11' l'ORK Editori:ll -Unidentified FlJ in_;{ Object .:\DC (ADOIN) 1. The attached letter is forwarded for your inr'ormation ..1nd necessary action. 2 . This Headquarter s has no knowledge of sub.iect incident. FOR 'THE COl\IINLA.~uER Ltr dated 2 5 April 1960 TL"L" 1-lFLrlOS.E ~-5511 H EAOQUA lUERS AIR OfFENSE COMMAND UNirEO ~TATES AIR FOi'CE ATT N o .. -. ADOI N ENT AIR FORCE BASE CO LORADO SPRINGS, CO LO'tADO Edito1ial -Unidentified Flying Object The attached letter, 2 6CIS, Headquorters 2 6 Air Div, 2 Y 1960, subject os nbove, i s forwnJded for your information and 3ny appropriate nctio11. ADOIN h n s no knowledge of cited incident. JOHN R. LINEHAN Lt Colonel, USAF Director of Intelligence Ltr, 26CIS, Hq 2 6 AD, ay 6 0 , Editorial- Unidentified Flying Object w/1 Atch, l cy ltr, Civil Defense, 25 April 196 0 TEL ME LROSE 2SS11 HEADQUARTERS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND A T T N O F : UNiTED SfAlES A I R FOPCE ENT A I R FORCE BASE COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO Editorial -Unidentifie d F lyin g Object T o : Secretary of the Air Force (SAFOI) Wash 25 DC The attached c orrespondence i s forwarded for your information and necessary action in accordance with Par 4d AFR 200-2. FOR THE COMMANDER R TN H. MJ<YALL Colonel, tYSAF Command Information Officer Ltr ADOIN, Hq ADC 5 May 60, Ltr, 2 6CIS, Hq 26 AD, 2 May 60, Editorial- Unidentified Flying Object w/1 Atch, 1 cy ltr Civil Defense, 25 April 1960 ~,]MO ROUTiNG SLIP N~. - R US FOR APPROVAU. DIS APPROVALS. COS CURRE"'CES. OR ~I 'tfll.AR A CTIONS Major L. J. COOR:l''IAiiO~ t.EC~SS.t.ltY hOT Al'li> Larry-Returned herewith is letter from Bob Also attached is another letter from him, almost identical, to Niagara Falls AFB with indorseme searched our f!lds a nd find- no-sighting or during the he mentions in the area he men nor any report that remotely resembles it, nor anythi Note that Ni~gara general area at t hat time. AFB sa~ they have no record of the incident. FA0\4 MAME 011 TITLE tfgE!-!ay 60 OPG~"IUT!OII 4HO LOCAT IOM Rtplacts D.\ AGO Fc rm ~.I .\pr 16, a ntl A FBQ F orm 1:!. tO :-<ov 47, w hach may be used. Dear !tr. 3arr y: :i.ia i s to a c lCJ.mledge your l e t t erf of 25 .l"?!':!.l l;J6o e.d.d:essed t o t2lis off!ce, :Tia6I'a. Falls A1= Stat i on and Crift"i..ss Aix Force :sase., ?few Yor k concerning an untd.enti- fi~d tl:J"'!:lg cbject a i&-i;,ti::J.g of 18 Novemb e r 195L~ over :Test-em :few Yor k . :Tiag:r a ft:!.l , 9 A., r Sta. ~ion and Gr1f13a Air Foree 3a.se have r:.o r~card v f thl3 3izhting. Th13 aig!Iting 1ras not re~orted to the Aerospace Technical Intellig~ce Canter. STi.ffiss Air Force 3ase at Roi!le, Ne-..r Yor k bad no yra.jor air- ~-aft accident or ~saing ajrcraft during t be moo~h 0f .rrovember 1954. I re3I"et I could no-c ~elp :rou in thi3 mtter. Mr. Bob Be.rr:r ~8 N .. ct.h Stree~ J lee.n, ~!sv York Sincerely, L.-\WRENCE .J. TAC:<ER ~:S.jor, lJSA.? ?ubllc I-nfor::e.tio n Dirision Of'fice of I'1for:natio:t NO CASE~ Ii'iSU?FICIE"'1T DATA , I t/ j l I In the i:arch , 1957 i. ue o SZ::! r.aga.zine (thanks to Theodo:-e !!. J-lill of .lood - h '..l.r;'f, tf . J . :'or sendin~ it to us :rezian neNspap!3:::nan Odd-, ar Larsen tells of an cxtraordinaiJ" sigh:.i:1::;, '.:hid: l:e bel:..c'/~JS :o be a~t.he!1tic. ( :Lncidentall:;, public a- t ~on in a r:1a.gazine li~-:e G~rt! 1~:ight r.:t~ se a f1Ue ti~n of r:'1ctr.c~ the whole thing is a ni~ce o f f~ction; i'ortu.natcl;,~ , .:e can atte8t to "!.hn ~1on~ !e:; of t)ddvar Larsen. ) The date was ::oven":Jer 23) 1 <:5h--t' ti::~e ju:;t C.:+ er t};e :re:"t:. la~dine wave in .-' ..... ancc, when n:>taole :::ightin~s Yier~ b<?inr; ':!ad~ in ':':'1".1:/ :<!.:lc~:>, anon~ them Italy and r...-azil. The witnesses n~r'3 three little girls, ;-:~e nnd -:-rn .J:..J:-eclJ.l and Tor a !:oy l-11.!~o, o f ?orpo, i n the :!alli ngdal district; 1\re:e ::ts ten :.-o.::-~ o:ci, the other two ; "ce nine, and c.ll Yter e .:'right cned out of their nits. :.: t?:c:r -.:ere com in~ home r..:~o::n :cl!ool near sone woods, a black object descended ra,idly f rom the sl::-r , knocked s ... _y;: fron the treG tops, and :;to='..,l3d o nly a few feet above t~e girls heads. They ~r ft=> the follo':ting weird descripti:>n of it: "It lo:>ked like a stone ... li:~e a b all ... ;.-.:.bout. t e n f2et acr o s s ; the l o;ier !'Jart 1:as bla.c !-:, but trir.....-:ed rrith yello-.-, S?Ot3 ::h.:.c~ coulC. nav-?. o e e n r::ade of ~lass, and there Yrere also a n~ber o! s n a l l ) red The upper !Jart was transpare:1t-- t h e t rees could b e seer.. through it--and a 1:1.: .. 1n o r at ,"'..L..Y r.:!.7-e ::i::>wi-h:..t.-:;an r>il:>:. .;as visible inside) operating co:1trc :.s o: so::-.e sort . _.r esser! in blac;( , tl:is ~a:-1 or entity hac! "big eye.s, covered by a pair oi' ii11i1ense, red sl::~.sses'', with y;hich he looked straight at t h e girls. "':1e c raft tl-1~n rose agr.in \'tith a droni ng sound, brushir.g a high-ten sion line a nd stri!<ing a ~:1o::er of ~park:3 from it; & i oc!-:>r conpared by Tor a :ioy to "fried sausages" (ozone? ) f:'_lcd the air; aml the l:i.ttle girls ran fo:-t heir live~. 1.'hen :::.a:-sen first hea r d of this st..o::-J, h e was naturally s}:eptica!; but after n ., r i :lB tcroe reco:-cin:-~3 of a!1 o n-the- s'!'OT. investieation of -r.::e case) he was con- i:l~ed that ~either hoax nor helicopter could account for it. ~e cites, for exam- : c , this detail given by Tora Storedal: \'ihen t!':e stone CC'."7le do,:rn to:ra:-d ne i t had a long) \'/hite t D.il behind) but when the :;tc:1e 7-ur:::ec a~d r:ovcd a::~y, tl:~ ":.ail Yrer:t fi:-st. :'ha.t -:,as funny) I t hought. " r.:'!sts pri:-t:ipa?.l'.- o:: :.he g?oti r~",J[; his c:>ll(!c:.ion :or those "t 1'1"'-:J~V him for his time. ) or~o ct:;e end t he }le::;::;inG.ford, ~.'.2r~ t :-o a ~r'e:'i':al c r.:.:t was r~r>vrt~d, vrith bl..,ct: , ~-,i-:-,1 '':.;it; round Pyes' (uclortunCl:.ely, n:> :.n a t 2:;:>ed i r.:.o :-,ic:t, :or :,hie~. :.:;e saucer r:orld is I~o~ation 3ervice, ~enero u:ly off~rs to copy tapes who ~er.d il snool o:~ t.!..'li~: taoe :rith directions a.bou.t t!-!is g:atis, yo'..l. O'...l!:;ht t o :>c:d a couple of <..lollars I he N"ew York Herald Tnoune . elV~d 'l'ev,.ral day$ ago a r.op ~ J. photo~raph t.a.!.:en at. Taor - ";.na . Sicily, which shu~J.'e<i a.