PJ~OJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCI\ TION New York City, Ne w York _ 3. DAiETIME G~OUP 4. 1"Y PE OF OBSERVAiiON XRGround-Visua l D Ground-Radar GMT 15/2000Z 0 AirVisuol 0 A ir-Intercept Radar 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Po:osihly Balloon 0 Wos Aircraft 0 Pro bob I y Ai rc:roft 0 Possibly Aircraft s. PHOTOS 6-SOURCE 0 Was As t ronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Probobl y Astronomical D Possibly Astrorromlcal 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation one & one half minutes _Q_ne North R.: Sou ~.h 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING -ll. COMMENTsAt request of A'l'IC this ~s tha sources were taking pictures on sighting investigated by this Ht ~he roof of a downtown New York City Investigating officer's opinion building, one of them noticed an obje c1 is that photos fraudulent. This ~n the sky which at times had a metalljc hq agrees w/conclusion of IO ~lint ar1d appeared to be nloving north that sighting is hoax. Photos ~fter hovering. Object hhen returned will be forwarded to ATIC upo n ~o original position. Source snapped r eceipt of AF Form 112 f m ADC ~en photos of obj but only five were publications. 112 on this case purportedly returned. In photos the obj states reasons for Hoax evalua- appears fuzzy, similar to cloud or smo~a.tiono ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) UNCLI\SSIFIED I USA . I DJ-UFCB-J-55 /\lR li'iTELLIGENCE INFORtvlATION REPORT ,J\HOF'RI.P(.JHT llh\lCOI l:orL.l;; 1 l JOriN A. QUIID1 1 'J>.>lJcon AlSOP 'Z'J JUN 55 Pf1RT ON~t Description of s i-;ht.ing by Hr. N9W Yor k C:i.ty, New Yor!( (G..i:OREF HJBL 0 044). PART T, o : Description of si.sh ting Nev Iork City, 1Ta,..1 York f'i\RT THRr:E: Supplem~n tax-y Inv9 stiga t l ve Ef'fort3 P!"iRT FOUR: Comments of Preparing Officer II. SUMM.A..TtY: 29/2000Z JUN 55 D'::t J '"1.s instructar in teleph one con1ersation \-:i th Bq, L.,{)(J2d AISS t o institute a follo\./-up invss tigr' tion of a tJFOB s i zh. t..in g t~ t a resident of the o.ddres~ civen r.bvV9 the :1oof of t~a apart - ~ent house preparing to t nJca pictur9s of }fiss \:i th a c::>mera h e h , d r~nted f. or the ocO:ision. While he adjustad the ca~eM g ... 3ped end point- ed at some thing in the 1-1estern quadrr1nt of the sky. l!r. t'...lrn~d to observe. He s t.:-J.ted that. he saw a large, opaque, airborne o b j ect t o t.he 'Hast at, 3.n elav:1 tio!l of 45. The obj act hovered mo!Ilentd.ri..ly, then moved very rapidly to the north o n n. bouncs. It returned to its origin. l posl tion -with the sam a boun cing :notion ~nd tne ~:-"oceaa \R\3 repeated a second t:L'U~. It then diaappeared in the nor thr:!rn s1v. l . .fuen first sighted, tha ohject W"..i3 opaq'..le, becordng al.most trs.nslucant. aa i t mova d to the north. It gleamed in the sunlight ct.s though r.te+~llic. At no ti.'":le dU!" 1M! :n-in- utes of sighting vas there any sound o r visible ~..,ust trtil. Hr.. tiliz9<1 the r ent..ed ca:nera to t?.!<e pictures of tha object i!l flig!l ~. III. INVESTIGATORS: CAPT JOlt~ A QU!NN AO 20747SJ S/SGT SYLV"'uST.ER E CASTILLO AF 15221 554 Ill Ct.:.. i 1. Flight Prt th of UF03 ~ 2 . NO\J:J~tpar Cl1-p:,L"1g ... Po."i +.io n of U'FC3 Obas~ver UC;\FJ C'.:.tndr, Al'!C; D/I, 2 6 A.Di7; Comdr, 'l:602d AISS; CIC., 'Dat 3., ?.602d A!S3 \fPHOVlO 1 JUNI , .. DNCI.ASS tPITm AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT JOHll ~ .Ja Colonel. USAF COlliaan<ktr -; i ~. THIS OOCUVOH (Q~T,._...S IN FOP_," TIOH AFFECT I N(; TME NATIONAL Dfr fNSF. OF ftif ~NITEO STATE!i WITHI N THE "1EAN ING OF TI"IF. oPON.-\G .!Ci, ::0 U S C - J l ANO '.2, AS \MEN01>. IT$ T IUNS,..ISSION OR THF. REVELATION OF ITS CONTE~T~ IN ANY MANNER TO i\1'4 lJN,,urH()MIZ0 P~RSON IS pnnH t91TED A'f LAW. IT t-4AY 11t0T tlE REP"'oUC'fo '"wHOLE ..OR,,. ?ART, av orHEH THAN UNITeD STATES AIR rORCE AGENC:Es. EXCePT av PF:R,..S:>tof'4 oF TH~ orRcrottoF . I lhltLLIGiHC. USAF. I Ar F!lRM 112-PART II (CLA:>SIF"ICATIOM) ,,r~ROVEO I .IUtt I~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Hfi"OH r t. O. DJ-UFOB-3-55 I. SOURCEa Occupation: Television Technician Education: Two yen:rs college QU81 ificationsa Antiaircraft Gunner, ETO 1943-45 II. REI.J:4BILITY: SOURCE \ias extremely cooperative, even profus~ in enBwering questions a.nd recoun-t.ing the even-ts 5urrounding the sighting. He hA.d been some..rhqt, disappo:Urted that the Air Force had nppa.rently abandoned further ir.:qu 1 ry into the "F.cyi.ng Sauct~r and expressed satisfaction and enthusiasm thRt inve~t.igation \.;a s t o b~ raiastituted. He stated that as soon as the negatives of th~ "Sauce.r" were deve- loped, h13 took them. to the offices of "I,ife" magazine and to the New Yo~k .Tourn~,l American. Both organiza-tions d eclined to publish them, the l .?.tter in~isting tha t i fat- ~r 11apor on the camera lens h ad caused t.he "Saucer" effect. Fin<:lly, the Net/ York \~orld Telegram agreed to publish the pictures t ogether with ;}n a:rticle on the sight- ing. Source stated tha t subsequent to publication of the article, he received many rcqu~ts for prints of tha picture of the "Saucer" and th~t h9 was currently filling -ti.1eae requests on a cost basis. In the course of conver:.1a tion, Source mentioned tht., ha h Ad been intareated in "Saucer Phenomena for so!!le time prior t o the actu,l Bight- ing. He is now partici~ting nora ectivaly,,attanding Saucer Clubn oettings, etc. Contimd.ng in this vein, the Source demonstrated more than a cursory knowledge of the t al'udnology end more notorious na1:1es of "Fl]ing Saucer literature, e.g . Adama- ~d, Keyhoe, Vaeth. Throughout the intervirnr, it \-las obvioua thE..t Source is enjoying the publioity and speculation cauaed by his sighting. In view o f the above, vnd con- sidering vhat might. ~e ten:1ed a ne1.xrotic susceptibility to g i va credence to Saucers," Source is considered to be of extremely dubious reliabili~. SOURCE's D~CR!Pl'ION CF SIGHTING: 1. Slmday, 15 May at 1600 Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Sourc e and com- panion, Hisa , had gona to the roo! of their residence -a f ou.r- stocy apa.rt::nent building in downtown NanhP.ttan -to taka some sanpshota. 2. Source w.s using a rented English re!lex sighting box camera. The c a meM. hRd t'.lo {2) f. settings (apertures); f':ll and f:S. TtJo speed settings 'v1ere avail:bla; 1/25~1 sacond and l/75th second. Focua detar,:ined by visually esti.i:nating ra:n.ge und adjusting distAnce setting. tto r ang9 find9r accompenied or WAS attPched to the CPmera. 3. Source f .;ced south-es.st, preparing to take His3 picture . Whil <!.d,iustL"lg tha camera, }!i3S gasped a nd excitedly pointed j n the df"r'~ction of tha northwest quedran-: of tht3 sky. Source turnfrl 'nd ea-w ~J..n object he o s tim~. tad to ba at an a~ ti tude of 7, 000 f eet. The object "W:-1.s dark in color ;~ nJ el1 iptical in shc.pe. Azimuth and altitude of the object uhen fust observed \rare 270 qn(l 45 r ea- poctivelj. The object moved to the no~th at ereat speed, describing an arc in ita :fllght-p~th (See incl), coming to rest mom~nt:~rily in the north a t 45 eleVRtion. I-t t.hal :returned r~ong th~ ~ile arc to its origin,~! positic n (Point A). Almost :L~:tedi .. .-:-,a l:7, tha object repeated the cycle (Point B) and upon r Baching ita northern position, hor-!!red momentArily 8nd rose vertically in tha northern sky and disappeared (Point C) I I Upon sighting t }la object, the Source bnediA tE!ly o~t the Ce.lnera at r: 8 nd .Jbutt.er speed of l/75th second. Focu a \J!-19 sat a t infinlty. ~e raoa'ltedly shot ths ob}3ct ' . .;hila it ,.,~s vi3ible . i,lthough t h a oxposed t~1n (10 ) fra:n~s, only fi;ra ( ) ) .1 '.1.\'f ~IOf ~.l!:: ~>~PHUL'',. .IJ l'i WriOU:. f )H I N tA~f.!JY Cl:ifP 11.\N Uiili[f> .... fAr~ -'1'~ FC'HC AlL'" ~ .... . . .I.Clf'T !It Jo'fllo4'''1C..'t(JI-IHt.l ~o1 JHOr TJNCLnSSili ::D U1t~L.lS.~IFI ~-- <s~o:cuRI TY (,'VFOH.\f.~ Tl01V ulttt /JIItocl i rt l SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 DJ-UFOB-3-55 ,.,~re roturnad; the druggist a'-?llin~d th t the r emR indar uara no r.ood 5o While in the }-rAstern posltion, the object w~a dark in color. A3 it pro greased northward, it b ecame brighter nnd bec::un.:\ :1.llnost, tr~nsp. :'bdn t,. 1 It glot~ilad brightly in the stm, like the fllurrl.num s~in of n:-1 tl.lrc:rtft. Thar 3 1 urjs no sound accompanying the objact nor did 1 t diapl y nn exh;1ust p.-:~t.arn or cand.ansation trt1il. The object's s ize '"~s estimHted tq be t'..fO hundrqd fo~t or quRrter :~i~e at arm's length. Distance appeared to b e "sev er a l r-dl na," 6op The object VdS observed f or npproxilil:'tely one t!!ld one-half min- t utes bef'o.:-t; disapper:..ring. The sky wa a clear in bright sunlight n.nd 1:.he t~m par~ture w.s relatively high. 7 o Sout"ce v~s enphatic in belief that the object ,1as ph.yaicr.~ly roo.l 1nd not o.n optict1.l phenomenon. He did not, think it could. po9sibly h rnre bern a b!lloon bees. use of its ex:hreme veloci t.y nnd arc -lj ke tN.j ectory. UJcL.~s:Jrgr ::n ----cLA-~-,-.,,-~:,_-,-,ON----(SECUifiTl' INfi'ORMAT/O,V "''""" fWttd in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 RlPOIH Nl), I. SOURCE: Occupation: Employed by t he French Gov~rnment Tourist Of .:"'ice F.du~tion: Unkno\m II. R..::LI!~3ILITY: Source appar ently occupies Shme apr:rtment as Hr. She WliS present during the interviet.~ \.:i th thF3 l:!.t t~r. She rem ined aile~t during the conversation :-nd did not, voluntetjr <ny addition 1, ori[{in ~1 infoiinft t i on on tha sighting. Although ohe appe~red to ba cu.lm <.:.nd confident, Source conferred 'With Mr. before venturing a n a:ns,.rer to q11.e3tions po3ed 'rJy thd invest,iga.tors. She indicF.tt,ed relucthnce to discuss her occup:~tlon, etc, ond efforts in this direction were not pressed. Her d escription of the sighting ~oincided identically \.Ti th thr; t of' H=., In vi~ of h er obvious "rt)_,p- p~rt" vith the opinions c f Mr. Source is considered unrelibl e . III. SOURCE t s {))?SCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: ~1\.s stated a b ove, Source ou.nt parallels exactly th1Jt of Nr. See PA.RT O~E of this repo- t . nil .. , fl-' oTt (SCURTTY 1."1110/fMA.TIOti Whl'tl 111/l'tl ittl SUPPlEMENT TO AF FORM 112 l ' HIGIN 'fiN(i A\it.t'lCY 4602d AISS R' I-'OIH NO. DJ-UFOB- 3-5 5 SUPPLEME:NTARY IN1P~TIGA 1'IVE EFFORTS 1. JO/l;OOz JUN 55, inve3tigntor!l vioi ted the Office of Speci: ~ I'1Yest.lr,-.:~. t!ons, District /12 at 11) E9.st 1 6th St., Ue~ York City, N.Y. The sl~hting hiJd J b3en reported t o this office by Source -4!r. , sev?rr~l days nft-3r it oc;.- . cu.::-ed. Hr. Frank .Auld -Special L.gent -\l~s d et.Riled to r.'l~ke n investig,.tion ~nd accordingly collected preli:n:i n nry in:fo:4:uw tion on the sightin g from 0<;urce. A file, sununarizing t is information, \.f~:J prape.rad by Hr. ;~.tll.d :nd \Trt3 -re-t~ined .:1t Di3tri~t #2. No preliminary report, ~s presc:-ibed by lu~ 200-2, was t.r ns- ~ tt~. CSI had obtained the negeti ves for e:cam.i.na tion, but. r :U.oo to e s td bllsh J eey significant data. The .file prepRred by OSI 1.ms consulted 'rrJ t~1~ inv3sti~:;-..it ors p:ior to interviatdng the Source. Ho devia t ic,ns vere not~d. \Io attempt a-t iden tification of the sighting was m2de in the OSI report . 2 . GOC, f:ADF, S-t81.Jart AFB, Nd,.rburgh, N.Y. indicated t h a t ther e 1.;as l lO unusual o.ir activity in the Nanhe: ttR.n ure~ at the time of the :.:i ghting .. Specif- ic inquiry was mads with regard to bP.lloons or dirigible s ,_,i t h n nega t.i .. ,e re- pl7. Uowaver, one incident of note h:J.d ocCUlTed L'"l the m8trcpoli tan area on tha same a fternoon at an earlier hour. At 15/1713Z 1-t:\Y 55, th3 26t.h Air Divi- ; sian reported a s i ghting that r~d occurred ut 15/1 6JOZ MAY 55 a t position HJ~ ]~56. 'The object -like a red \1:\tertlellon, was obser\'ed by isa H3.~t -a GOC Gbsarver of 119 West Sani:ord Boulevard, Hount Vernon, N. Y. Altituda Ha s given a t l,OOO :feet to the s out h of observer's position. ?his objeot ue s po3itively identified a s a balloon by Lt. Curry, Intelligence Hatch Officer of 26th Air JJlvi,;:)io