Pl~OJECT 10073 RECOf~D CARD l . 01\TE 2. LOCATI'lN 12. COtiCLUSIONS 3. OAT:::TI/.IE CROUP 1 Vf'C OF O!.I~I:RVATION !:C Ground- Vi suo I n G r 'JUIId-Rodor 5. f'HOTOS . 6. SOURCE --- 0 A ir lnterc:cpt Hod o r 7. LENG"iH OF OOSERVATION one rtinl1 t P 8. NUMDEP. OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 , Was Uolloon Prubobly Oolloon Possibly Balloon Wo:. A~rcroft ProbolJiy Aircraft PossiLiy Aircraft Wos Astronor ni col Prouo!:>l y A!.tronomlcol Possibly Astronomical ln$ufficiont DoJo for Evaluation ll. COl.IMf:NTS DRIEF SW<4'-'>ARY OF SIGHTING Solid, round, vcty ':.Jont into cloud .. Probably a/c sil~hting,. ~", (~sterious Blas L. ew ZeaJanl c' \J~v Zt>RLtnr!'; .owh I.;!.{nd I cit'/, .\ ~lnn:!e l!':f'r ~hape f' hm~ OV"'!'"l<>ad ;\; tne .;arne OiJse:en aL W!d"!Y-.epua' ed .nt:; clP:;rrtbt.>d 1.1e OOJec& asl :-.,h~P"rt nnd t-mltt!n:r a cl:>.~::l!n-:r I ';:l'lt Jncl trw,.! in~' at/ h:h ~Pf"'CI. 'f'li?Y S~td lt lost ?.t:tude no) l~ moved inl .. t nd t o ~"rei the Southern Alps. ThP e:< :llosJOn w~s he'l rd "'nd' t.red square mtles. ~ mys t.a:-iJUS expl~sion of t'3r rific for c 3 had s~.k.=n t !\B ')1\ETEORITE-OR WHAT?. I Here's his lT' irlni ~b t sP~>mcd tn pop ou l of I he slcy rcccly abovp It JookerJ ,htt~C c!Pcrric arc. It v.as gr~>en- i'-h. like " JT W.\ S goin:; rlu' !'Outh. Ti:"re were three of us i n the tower. \\'e of coursP had tht. li~ht<> on, l'lt t the 't \l.F.R , T ''<., F e h. 14 1.-1 -.\ T here WPrc uncon[irmf'cl rppnrtc;l as 'f'lr a 3 .Tnckslln, :-.n .. s .. to t hf' room li~hted up lmlliontl~. It ' '.as l~ll. irs w~>trd g-rPI"n liuht cast it exploded or hit th~> ground, but Ntst and 1\Iiner a l \ Veils in west a blindin~ light, the brightest I a fiery glow over thrt?e tnPn nr. evtdence of it h~HI hetn fo11nrl. Texas. PVPL' s<~w. \\'~ all. tut-r.erl and i 1 n n tir:>ort contrnl towPl', Information inllicatPrl It wns I1rsl 'watchf'ct it di~Rppcar to tht> "OUth, f' ~hPrl like 1 ''hu~e elPctric ore" c:pen ht>rc ?.tHI cltsappPttt'"d srun~ ,.., ' T : d t cam"' about 30 cil'~rc~>,; nhovc lhr hori- ~ 1 chy rm:ht. I the Weather Bureau a t DaiJas ~ot from J. N Aber, control tower a shorl t all. lt lasted JUst a sec- I t ,, .. ,._ tpp~r,.rtly a meteorite. reports o! people seein~ its glow opl"rator at Pounds Field here. ond." cul i oacti ve Fihc;li 1~t -Ir>r iHacl ... l. RutPnb~r r ,<rn:.,r ry protP~.,fH' ~t Slr:ur'\ c ~te. idtmlrted od~v ~11 raJio- n. ~urt.t!n ot hPY ~ra)' Cull. ha~ "Pre'ld n;('r 1ur. M thl.i \il::l~C t'.\0 ri.\ .f'S l.(O. J{P .~:ud the !u:.: wa~ '>nuly t 1m qed . .,lt,;ntly I'<> d. Jact. vo t:ot.ton lto..-r. \'iht'l'" Lrv Itbtr C'\me t:om ol'- i :nrt !1\liiM''i "'mda.y n:l(hr. 1\o'\~ , :n: . >tC'I"/. l)r. Rmenht-1' ::.ud tc,ts p.ncntlt W'l.itC m ;\ler!al of ,1 ~ub t:lct .vhtch il:Hi l~"t'n he.tv.lr f h ... r eh.acts i;; '\ \-tlla.u or n.bout :t (\ 1) pooul:~.t:on. :w.; m.les north .lmtm m the ;outh-r.entral r O ~Pw York StOll e. Dr. rnber .,a:d the rad:oacttttY ' not pre!lent to d?.n~erous ;," Atomic Ener~::t Commls- ,lon 3 New Yor:< or.1ce d oubted ... ;t ;;~ ... radtoactl\lt:l came f:-om nday s test shot in Nevada. In o rat' of tlw illr<t-i11<.:id~nt:. n 'j)llJ'I('(l in ol 1<-'1' JJ10ltl1Js ( I lot-' l11 .tds \ c \\ Yod,, l'tlntl,tl~ :!J , l~J5S) till' ntJ~t.lllair was ic.l( 11lifiNi .ts" 1'l< pnldll<.:(o; ln11n tlJtlnc;tlnlil!' plant. .HCH 1955 GIC:nn:r;s ~;ir._:. Little t:nerlca, 'tiyo:ning ( Pr!OIOS) H:..nt.l~y, Illinois ?ar!t:sburg, Pennsylvania l .. 'h.:.i~Aden, Gcrn:?.ny Pi tts.f'iel<l, t:.Sine Brooklyn, !;ew Yor!-< An de rson AFa, CuaHl Ch:trl.:ston, He.;t Vj r gini'-1. i v 1 l i. on Pi lot l1ul tlple L?.ke O echobec, Florida ( CA38 !HSSI!!G) Gi vi U.un P~JrisJ Illinois C S:-ipeake Buy, 1'-!arylancl 2::Pvarc1:; AFB, California (CP.SE lltiSSir:~) Civilian E1~Ards AFEJ California ~:~ t to,.; a:-:1eag) r':::line (CASE: I ISSI~;G) R:?ri,,-:>o: Valley, California Klarr:ath Fells, Oreeon t.valon, Catali:1e I s . , California S~l~o~ S~a, California L:J~.l~3, California ( CASS l.USSI1!C) H~r:tilton-Cleves, Ohio RiplP.y , CalifoYnia 29 Palm~, California Azuza, California Bu.r'ormk, Cnliforni.a S:1n l"r:1.:1cisco, C~lit'ornia Clvlllen Air & Gc t:ul tiple !Lli t:ary 4illt!llllt F'~lrmingdale, Lonz Islnnd, .. _,.., .. ~ 1 u~:yo, J~po.n P.ir & Gd R3.cllc Co lor~.::o Sprin~?;S Fitchburg, t~::.;sacbus~tts (CAS.:!: IiiSSI!m) Civilian t!o.::~sto_, California ( CASS iiiS3I.I:c) Civilian 0!:-r.i v=dco, Uraguay ( C.C.S3 t-USSit:G) Civilian O:!klo;n.dJ California ( CASS l':JISSI~IG) Ci.vilian Ire~ ;~l~i SolcJ2d, Californl~ S~n > Californin Pcr.~1le ~on, Orc[;on ~C.H?.Oil a l OT.J.:.a \_., ul!t S~n Jo , Coliforniu 5 crsl'ie ld, Californi a 3an Fr~nC'if-;co, California l:l:;~fflci':l l;p_t._, Insul'fici~nt D~ta. Oth~r (G~:~3CtiLlGH7) 1'::~ lloon Other (PS':t::HOLOGIC!~L) InsufficLent Data t!ircra ft, o ~her ( HI~tus) ,.,l.:r-cra l. 1 . f.stro (JUPIT~?.) I:w:.tf l'icient Data f,i rc:.::-aft J\stro (l--fS'i'?.:OR) Insufficient n~ta Oth~t~ (F;< Iri'f8f13IO:~) Othc:-r (S~:CHLlC~:T) _{j j tr. raft Jl.s tro U"'~-:::OR) n3u~;1c1en~ a q ( GrF!en 16it) T.o.rcl::uJJ, O~io (3tri!1,3f'i~ld) r:.t'O'llh;~y, Vire;.ini:.t (Fa,.,.;~tt) 1 ayt rJn, Ohio ( ;;_.:.;c lippln.3) o . iJ r. f .P.~nr.::J JU?J2 JEDU T.n~H~F:r-P:\TTEP.SON AFB OHIO (r:) LlAtil< ( F ) Lf'TC ~T HEFLECTIO~J /'1S OFF i.~.TA L (G) ELI\i'lX (}{) DLf,iJi( (J.) 2 . fAQF.D t '.Jl\Y EAST (;\) VillY B~lChT J:EFLECTIOIi ( B) 1:5 rrrro CL ')LJD ? .. ( /\ ) LIGH'i ~r:n:.EZE COOL DHY SUi: OVERHEAD ( B ) 135 D::::GR~L~ f\T l! l<IJOT~; J!_p;; Oil[ T-33 AT 26(>00 FT JUST HEST OF SIIIUG 1.1. SEtJIOR DfJ:.ECTOR C CREH !JO COiH1-::i!T on TitiS SITiiJG OTH!::R THAll PDSSII:LY A HIGH FLYitJG J t:T J1 V:)041Z FEB J UPJB PI\OJr:c-r lOJ/3 f~t:CORU CAF'D 2a l'ubrua r y l9b5 :'. 0,\T...-TIME CiW'JP 7. L ENGTH OF CBSF.RVATION 'J. l UCI.liC N C a 1 i. for 11 i a 4. fYPl OF; CJUSf;RVAfiOI'l 0 Ground-P.oJor IJ A~r-Vi wol 0 AirllltNccpt R>ldor tl. NUMOC ll Of OOJCCTS 9. COUP.SE st:1tiona.r y 12. COtiCLlJSION~ 0 Hus B cdlucn n P robuLi y Ooll onn ' LX Po:; :.i bl y Uull oorl n Wo~ Alfc.ruft 0 Proba''l y Aircr ... ft 0 Po::.sih!y llirc.r olt 0 \'lo:. A :.troiiOt':l.col 0 Probto~l t A:;tr .,nontl cui 0 Po!i~tbly Astwnonlic o l ln:;vrflcic;.nt Doto fo r E v oluo tie>n 10. U RIE:I~ SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Houn d li\(u a st~r~ Orang: to . .-o d t u f.~rc-en. l;~dg's sharply o u tJ. in~d. Stn- tlo n u y. 11. COMMl:NTS ... L,o Vt-Jo\ AN AEROPOST A I RLINER. PILOTED BY CAPTAI N A FAfv:OUS VENEZU-eLAN 0- l- _ ..:..F..:~'LER' LAS FLYING AT 7 500 FE_f.J_ B E_T'JJEEN BARQU S I '~ETO AND VALERA IT WAS A 0 2 CLEAR DAY, W ITH. VISIBILITY UNLIMITED. UNTIL 11 . 15 A . M . THE FL!GHT WAS NOR~AL.03 ... SU DC>c:-N A O T N ANQ_...!:!_I S ~O_?_J LQ.T, S SPOTTED A STRA~GE 0~ ~OUN~ *APPARATUS* F LYING S WIFTL Y TOWARD THE PLAN~. ROTATING COUNTERCLOCKWISE,Q~ T:....::LE .V.YS TER I OUS '-1ACI-1 I NE: SHONE '.J I Tl-1 A GR~EN ISH L I G~T AqOUND ITS CENTER ~.'AS A C 6 REO RI~G OR BAND WHIC~ E~ITTED F LASHES--OF-gRILLIANT LIGHT. AB_O_V-=E-A- o-B-E~L-0~-\ --07 H PPEARED TO BE LIGHTED PORT~OLESe 0 0 HURRIEDL Y CAPTAIN CUT I N HIS M IKE TO CALL THE BAROUI S IMETO RADi O Q? C: 'T 1\ T T /")t\1 Ill=' 'Ten oc:-O()~T T t-tr.. T~F ()R .JFIT. Hr= l l.l.ll T TFO FO~ AN ANC:.Il/FR.. AliT T --~=CE!VE,...., HAD GO \De ( LATE R THE 8-~0UlSift,CTO RtD!O OPf.J:! TO~S ST:..TEO TH~T-1 4 .J..JS 7 A S CAPT A I ~J HAD BEGU N HiS REPORT, C O"'"'UN i CAT I O N 'vJ AS CUT OF F ) 1 " ---A S -~APT A IN \I.' E N T BACK TO AL=: TH::: ?ASSENG!::R S t C B A N<EO TO'J!~OD --1 - TH~ ROTATING UFO. INSTANTLY THE OB J ECT WH!RL~D DOWN~AQ~. T~E~. LEVELI~G OFF,:~ ~:HEN TH C PLANE LANDED , THE PILOTS L EAqNC:D OF THE SUDDEN 8 R=AK I N RADI O co;.~,~UNICATION - -NOT ONLY AT 8/\ROUISIMETO BUT A T VALCR A . \JHICH 'vJAS ALS O R E CE 1 V. NG THE 1 NFO R-i>1A T I ON-. N O T UNTIL THE A l RL; N~h~ WAS A FE\IJ ~1 I LES -FROt'-1 THE VALERA _AIRPO~T_HAO THE RADI O RESUMED NO AL OPEqATIO~. BOTH FLYERS TOLD REPOR T E R S TH~Y HAD NEVF-R BELIE VED IN FLYING SAUCERS. 2~ C:X I S TENCEt euT AL S O THAT T HC::Y ARE. CC:'JTROL LED * THEN HE ADDSD, *THIS ~11,5 Tt-C _i-' OST_SENSATlCNAL EX.:>ERIE,tCE OF i'IY CAREER A S A PILO T t t.NO 1 tJILL_RE i Ef'.'EE3_ TH~ 2:! INCIDENT FOREVE~.* 24 ICH MADE FRONT-?AGE HEA DLINES _WAS FULLY C('i'<FI R iiEO f3Y THE P ASSENGE'R S.. 2 - Hrillidnl melc .. orc; of a paltic:ul.trly fnl.~ile structurE:', \dtkh Mlclcun clt:posil rcco,crahll' f ragnHnls, an cornrtHlll iu Pc:lrrtt:l.ry. U n:mr- pri~ingly, t his rnonllt has abo producl'J lll.tny fa rtl1'iliC' UFO nporls. An:ording to' nriom S:ltll'l r pulJiicnlicrHS, fo r ('\arttplr, ht the nights h r twee n Fchruar)' 2 and Fchnt 1 J, 1955, tltc sk ies ,, t'r(' thicl. w ith" c>ird rnacltinc-; from he) oud tl tl' cMth. On Fcu1 lllll) :.:! at J J : 15 '\.I. an .tirlittcr flyin~ mC'r Ycnc zttC'h oh S( r n c1 n phcnomuwn <lL .. crih d as .. n \tr.ut'~l' ro uncl appll.ltus fly- illg swiftly tcm.ncl tlw phrtl'. Hotatiu~ cottu!uc.lod\\\ist, the nt}S- tc.:riom tnacltillL' shone \\'itlt a gnt rti-.h I