PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 20 L OCAT ION 3 . OATE TIME GROUP 4. TYP:: OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Vi svol 0 Croutt d Rodor 7. lct.IGT~ 0!1 OBSERVATION I 8. NUMaER OF OBJEC'7S 9. COURSE CONCLUS&11'1S 0 Wo s Balloon Prob o bl )I Ool I "'n 0 Poui bly Balloon Wo:~. Ai rcroft 0 Probobl y Airunft 0 P o ssi bl y Ai rcroft 0 Was Astronomi col Probobl y Astronomlcol 0 Possi~ly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data f :u Evaluation 1~. !l RicP SUMMARY O F SICHTINO ll. COMioAEN75 (b,jrr,G P.r:po t, tit 22 1J8C 5 ln ~. Ind. 7 .cc.~ nH'"'t~, Colt"'rndo ~;prin -~, r.')Jor~tlO rn : Cu ".,..,.1der , Air l'echni.;.ll Jnt~l'lir-encP i>llt"'..:r, tTT': A'J.'i.'l.t~-c;, lrirr:,t - ?attr!rson l.ir ~,or~"'l? i"')"", ll1;rt.o1) Cni.o it is iBi:t. fo:"":\c. ! \.i..;rl tv yoHJ." ht;!aclclart3CS for :l'"<>' ;~'.lr t'tOWNGHA l H : 1 TJRV,4, LS, r.c t ion HZADQ.UARTS.~ 12TH Am orv:rsro~J , Llrch Air Forc d Baaa "": Ca.llfornia SUBJSCT: Unid9ntified Flying Object Report TO: Headquarters 1l..i.r Defansa Co...na:lnd Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado Tr.msnu:t.ted herwith l~ a reoort of an unidentifie d flying obj9ct oubmitted by the 22d Botnbardm~nt. 7;ir.g (1J) . FOR THE CO'ln.LUIDER: l0'0B (Quad) An FORM 112-PART I UNCLAS5lf1ED 1\PPROVEO I JUNE 1948 Terri t or,r of Al~ska AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (..\!JNICIJ) DATE O F REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATIOI'I ?~E?AREO!ir ( OJfic6 ) T.-:t:STSR .M. SCHNEIDER, C.\.PT, USAF Crew Interrogation ilEFERENCES ~Coul rul number , dirtctlve, prcci~>'ll4 report, rtc., a~ applicablt) B-2J Reuort .... "U"4MARY: (Efller co1cue IUIMIWTP of report. Give llguijicance In Jmal Cllll..,tfl111lct puraorap/1. L~t IMICM'uru utlo1otr ltft. lJrtJilllr.rl of uport tlfl A J.' Form/1!-l'art 11.) 1 . 1 ~7 crew, while flying in bomber formation in vicinity of 71-00N -156-20~ a t JO,OOOft, between the hours of 1 620Z and 1705Z, 12 December 1954 , report3 sighting of UFBO approximately t h r e e miles ahead o f the aircraft, waning in color from blinking red to 3teady white, and total~ dis3olv.L~g Nith a pproach o f daylight after fo~ty-five minutes of internittent obse~ration. 2 . The object reported is 1rithout configur ation or per formance, and though it could e~sily be mistaken as a fighter-type aircraft at first sight, is i 9 believed, ~fter pre~ analysis, to be a celestial body or the reflection of such :."TRIBUTION ElY ORIGINATOR \l:t DSFEN SE COMMA.i'ID (Thr~ugh D/I, 22d Bomb ~ling C1) UNCLASSIFIED !1F FOR-~.1 112-PART II APPROVED I JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFOR~AATION REPORT 11U'ORT HO. o :lcicerial substanc e l.~cc:r"'liol~. Object ~as initi::~.J y :li3ta!<:en :.h e ~omber for'll.::t.t.i..:>n _evel ll 0 '::>r an int e r-:a ocor aircraft ::1.::1~ing a pa.3s J.t Oojacr. first B-.J")ear~d t o b~ fi~htdr "1:tkin~ a pass. '~t."v~ o'):;~rv"Lng .J- 47 nau e 1. 10 degr~e ban..'<: t~ left, md o b j e c t moved t o p-=>.:;i~ivn o~ ll:JO O'cl::>.;k 1 - l. l t a :::mc:d.r ~d t o o~ .:or-ll'la.r-1 o~ l3ad ai:::cr:1.: t Uodarvin.s :)Ornber .rent i n "Co c:!...:>uus or r 9 fudl.:.:-1 ~. U .:>On comi:1 ~ .>.n:, o i' cloucL:J :'i fteen .:li."lute.3 lat er, obscrvi.n~ 'Jl..LoJ.., noti::eu a ...;t,~auy :1it.-li : J r e""ort '::d L,_S 1. p l:l.Ilec., in t h e o:une l'elative ;')O~ltion o ~ t.:1~ oth..-:-obj - c:. . vbj<!c t .;;)raa u -l.:r dissolved .i 'C11 t:1e coming of c!aJ .!.i.l:"t . ~,;-ort.j-fiv~ (45) : . .;~utes i!ltarait~--ntly ~..rue aJ.r sp~e l b20Z. 12 December 1954 d ;ht to n~11ffi H:.r qui d :1. D. ~ Iyer s , C ...1 ~tain, nobert E .1.7~, Captai.:1J P ilot Hi~h .Utitude haze Airc r:t.ft Cor1nander Not avuLJ.ble Unli:nited Underca.~t and high :1ltit11d e haze Initi.a."" y assumed t o b e a ilJhter-tne a i rc:rJ.ftJ !)n':, a!'::.er con::~t-:lnt. oo3,..;>rr"l~i-:> !;r co-i.J lot i:. 1va.s -:.e t ern.i.neu t.:> b-'! '?lmc:t. Ubs~rvi.:-15 ..i.rcrJ.!'"t .3 i n "o:-:nat i.on ~ri.tr; oti.er 3-/.,.7 .. it.hi:l :Ji-:~t o f observ ing ..llrcr :l.!'t. T!la dnit I:1t.e L ! .. i;:;enc e Of Leer, r~parin. t ni.:; r e 'Or7.J b~lle'"'"S t.~.3.t, ftar ~o3ition ~ri.t.h t h e bo:nb~r ~ .. :n-.-;.tion ~f~e:r t~ a C1 Lor c:-:rtn~eJ .:1d .L ~, f.:.na.L . ~L'33o2.ut:..:)n lJith the a p r'oacn of J t.l i ht, t . c; o':Jject si ted .ras ~;hvLmsl.r !\OT: THI') DOCU'Io\eNfCON r,\l'l"i INFOP "'<\TION Ari=ECTI-. t'; T-. ~UIC'I.\l r,n:t;N ;:-Or rH~ IJ'IITEO '\T\1::<; .YI'irll'l Tl--L ~A'II'Ih 01-Tl! r r'Jr'l''~r,e '\.I, ' J U <; (. - I ANO "2 1\.; \ MI::.NOFO 115 TR.\I'I-.,'41~SION OR T t~ IJ~'IF I T ~Y ' IOf ~E RFPROOIJCED IN WHOLE OR 11'1 P y '':1\i ~, .. "fJm,Tf "\ Sio\T": S AI~ i"ORCE' A~lc.S. LXCt:PT :3Y P!:.R\II~$10:4 OF i'"'E [ I~C..TO>iCF