PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. COHCLUSIOMI , 0 Waa Botloon Bry:m J.._li'.i3' Tt..~ >:aa lf)< Probabl1 Balloon DATETIMI! GROUP XC Ground Vlauol 0 Air-Vlauol 7. LENOTH Oil OISI!RYATION I. NUMI!R Ofl OBJ&CTS t\:t in tc rvo.la ove r 30 min per~ 10. BRIIfl SUMM.RY Ofl IIOHTINO 0 GroundRodar 0 Alrlntercept Radar 9. COURSI! 0 Waa Aircraft 0 Probobl1 Aircraft 0 Poulbl1 Aircraft D Woe Aatronomi col D Prabobl1 AatrottaMie .. D Poaalbl1 Aatromunlc.& 0 lnaufflelont o ... fr Evluetton ( ircular p':l th Fl t D Unk~own 11. COMMIHTS \-leathe r observer, forecaster, end dlGpn:tcher ~it Bryun AFn, Texas noted a cylin<lrica.l objec~ circling the ba3e at an estirnated speed of Invest lgated by l"l.Lght 2-D, lt602d AISS .ri th the following conclusio:1s: A ravinsond.e balloon was releas~d from Bryan Af~ at 6oo MPH. The object seemed complete il- lur:dna.ted with a ,.,hi te glow. See AF Form 112 on this cnoe for a detailed summary of the approprio.te time of siBhtlng. aloft and trackings of t..h is balloon seem to indicate that the observers eaw this balloon. s .tg.'1ting. Resolved by this hq a s probably b-:tlloon~e ATIC FORM Ut (RBV 2t ISP 12) UFOB INDEX CARD .AISI-UFOB-1 '15-55 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Pro bob I y Boll oon Po sst bl y Balloon Was Aircraft p robobl y Ai rcroft " TVPE OF OBSERVATION ]1 Ground Vi suol C GroundRodor 3. OATETIME GROUP Possibly Ai rcroh lr.~c~A~ircr-~Vri~w~o~l =c~A~i~r~ln~t-e_rc_e~pt a_a_r_ 15LOSOOZ \1M 0 Was Astronomi col GMT . . 6. SOURCE o Probably Astronomi col 5. PHJ)TOS 0 Possibly Astronomical e No -9 COURSE CJ Other . a. HUMBER OF OBJECTS o Insufficient Doto for Evoluotton . t. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION path o Unknown prlod . . Circular flight At intertala 30 TJinut Cffll (l) 11. COMMENTS lO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING weathr obeeroer. toreoaater. and dispatcher at Bryaa .AFB. Taxa Doted a oylindr1oal o bjeot oirol!Dg tbe base at an eatimatttd speed of 500 !IPB. The o bjeot aeaaed. o lete.l.y 11 1' wi'th a 1te See AP Po:ra 112 on thia oaae tor a detaU4 ~ ot sight...., AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 5 .. ) Investigated b,y Flight 2-D. 460%d ~ss with the tollo!ng conoluaiona: A ra~onda balloon ~ rsl4aSdd fr Bryan AFB at the approsimate ti=ne ot sightbg. Winda alo:tt and trackings .. ot thi balloon ae 'lo indicate that the obi aaw thla '-lloon. Reaolft4 by thia hq u probably balloon. . :. :'ONCLi\SSlFiED 'AF FORM 112-PAIT II . . . APPROVtD t JUNit AIR INTELL1GENCE INFORMATION REPORT Rti'OftT ~10. 2D-uroa-s-ss SUPP~'l'r\RY DIVESTIGA1'J..VE EF1 1. T/S~t Ei/eret.t Hoolum checked with Carswell Flight Service, Fort \vorth, Tt::)xact, (aeoRer FJHC 4045) tor aircraft. in the area at the ti..'!le of sighting. Ne~ati:vs results. . . . 2. A check was made with Base Operations at Bryan Air Foree Base, Bryan. Texas (OeoRef' FJJA 4o4j) by T/Sgt Everett WoolUJft and there were no aircraft in area at 15/ O'JOOZ. 3. A check was made wit.h C.A.A. at Collegs Station, Texas there wer no aircraft in this ~rea at the-time of the sighting had been relsased that evening (F J JA 3254) and and rio balloons 4. The Motionography Depart."nent at Texas A & 14, College S~t.1on. Texas (G9oRet FJJA 3246) was contacted and no balloons had been released on 14 June 55. Nr. l~ons. Ligda stated that the Mot.ionograpcy-dep.u-tments at Texas A & !{are m.aking Radar scope photograph3 for the 331-d Air Division, and there uere no .. unknown objects appearing on the maps 14 Jtll'le 55. 5. 74r~ A(},~ at Elllneton Air Force contacted with l'legative results . Base, Houston, Texas (GeoRe FHKQ .)OJ?) r 6. A check with 749 ACW a t Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, .Texas, (GaoRef' FHO~ 2523) and nsgati:'J'a resulb... . 7 . A check with S/Sgt Vernon Gray, Bryan Air Force Base ljveather Station, revealed that a Ra~ol'ltt. balloon had been released from. their station at 8. A check was made VIith Force Base. Oklahoma to obtain the 6th vleather Rawinsonde Detachment, Tinker Air information pertaining to Rawinsonde balloons. ~OfE: fHI'i DOCUMENT COI'ItTAINc; INFORMATIO N ,\FFF.CrJ~t; rHF.. NA rtONAL DF:FENSE Of THi: lJNITF.O STATES 'NITHIN TH~ MEANING O F T HE ESPIONAGE ACT, 'j() U S C.- 3 1 AND ' 2. AS AMFNOED. 1T5 TRA~SMISSION OR TifF-REV~LATIOH OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNI;R TO AN UNAUT HORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY L A'.Y. IT M,\'f NOr UE REPROOIJCEO IN WHOLE OR IN PMtT. OV OTHER TiiAN U NITF.O STArE!i AIR fORCE AGENCIES. LXC Ef7T BY PERMISSION O F THE DIRfCTOii Of JNTF.LLIGF.NCE. USAF. AF FORM112-PART-II . (CUSsmCATIOM) At'PROVEO I JUNE 19otl AIR INTElliGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORr NO. 2D~UFUB-S~S COi'\iENTS ot P:eparing Offi~er: .1 .a t h'3r balloon opinion of th~ Preparin~ Office~.-thi3 for the following reason3: sighting 1~as a rawinsonde a. Preparing Officer believes. the balloon ~othesis fits the circun~tances of this sighting. . b. It is quite possible that the.objact. sighted by rfsgt. Everett. \.lool~1m, ~/2C P..aymond E. Eut.aneuer, and A/2C T.lort L. Robonsoa, ~.saa a rawinsonde we a + .. her balloon. A ra'tdnsonde \-ieathetr balloon was released at 0330 CST June 14 (15/02JOZ), froln the Bry.~ Air Fore& Base. Heather Station, Bryan, r~xas. The sigh tir.g or thu ob.}~ct. occu-red thi!-ty (JO) minutes after the time oi th~ ralea3e of the raw-insondd balloon. sjsgt Vernon Gray of the Base ~leather StAtion stated t.hat in a period o.f" thirty (30) minutes' the ratt~insonde type balloon 't-lould re~ch an altitude of about thirty th<?usand (JO,OOO) feet. All. sources stated that the object tras sighted at an altitude of thirty thousand (JO,OOO) feet. A/2C Euteneuer stated the object. act.ll.allJ lookad like. a Ttlea t.her balloon and that he had sighted the object for two ro1nut.as. o.n t h e first sl.ghting and for a period of thr-se minutes bn the second sighting. :-.aring .Officer bell~ this to be vary long periods of tlme sighting and object. tr3.velling at speed3 up to aix hu..~dred (600) m.:les per hour at thirty thousand ~eat c. BrJan Air Force OJC<Yh 15 Jun 55: Base ~Teather Station reported the .fo'llo"Wing in.:rora:ation s~ condition -clear 28 0 degreea 290 degrees 280 degre~s J2 Y..nots l.J-5 knots at 25,000 feet at JO, 000 feet.. d . Preparing Officer contacted 6th Hea.ther Ra .. ...,insonJ.e Detachment., 1'inker Air Fo-ree Base, Oklahoma City Oklahoma and receiv9d. the follow-ing in.forma tion: :tarc~L'1sonde balloons have been sighted Hith the naked eye after dark, up to altitud8s of' for~J. thousand feet. The lieht on the balloon is attached to suspension train uhich carries a modulator illlit. The suspension train i3 about. one hur..dred :feet in len~t~. A light such as the one used for rawinsonde obse~ration could be-very' deceiving to the eye at vs~J high altitudes. Preparing Officer believes that. the . light attached to the train could ha'7'8 been oscillatinG, and this may have bean the reason for. the disappearing ~d reappearance of t h s object.. 2. The Preparing Officer believes that the balloon and the uFOB ars one in DEAN S. JAHESON .... 1st Lt., USAF Office~ In Char~e tiOTE: H US DOCUMENT CONTI\ INS INFOR'ttATII)N AFFECTING THF. NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNI n::o STAH:S WITHIN Tl IE Mf.,\NING OF THF. ESPI ONAGE ACT. ;o U ':i. C . - :i1 ,\~0 32. A':J AMENDED. IT~ TRAH3MI3310N or TilE REVELATION OF IT<; CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER 10 AN UNAUTHORIZED PER'"AN IS t>?.QHidiTEO RY l.AW, I T ~AY NO f RE REl'ROOUCt:O IN WHOL OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITF.O S TATES AIR FORCE AGENCIF.'j. EXCEPT ilY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF I: lTC Ll I G t.NCC:. USAF. (CLA ,o:;IFtC"ATIOH) AF FORM 112-PART U APflRCIWID I JUIC ,.. :. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA nON REPORT Rfi'ORT IQ. ' . ....... vtt iliYestigation tJ f \d'<"!ds alett at tilne or sizhtin~ ~ncl tracldnl of the ~ e ment above uncoYered t he toll~ dataa Winds at t ot sighting: AIJl DI~'l'10ll V~:I.OCI!! i sd Fdeg : b; T:-aeX:~.ns ot rawinaonde ball~na A!TOL'S Ol Er.E'T AtiDI ALTil'ODZ QU~W DIS!'.UCE ~M BRY .. ~, Ale-a '-l!A ST.\ tOOl 3,000 meters 2. Co~ in ceneluaion ot Pxe,arl:tg Officer that sighting 1-n111 probably 0 3USed by a ba}lQOD. ~QTt: n us DOCUMEHT CONTAINS INIOOR/'AATlON AF FCTING THE NATl ON)L DEFF.~E OF THE UHITEO 51'1\15 WITHIN T~E t.4EAHING 0~ nt E ESPIO NAGE ACT, !:0 U :i. C - J.l A~ID :3;!, AS AWOIDED. IT$ T~SMISSJOH OR THE RE'IELATlON OF ITS CONTEN'r.l ll't ANY MAANER TO AN UHAUTHORilEO'PER~N IS PROHIRITED aY I.J\'.V. )T M.\V NO r AE REPRODUCED l H WHOLE OR 1:'-f PAJ<T. 0'{ OTIIER lli.\N U NIIFD STAT!!S Ala FORCE AGENCIF.S. EXCEPT fl'f Pt"R,M~lOH OF THE D IRC:CfOR Or l'f!TI L:GF. .. CE. ~F. l CLA.;SIFICATIO .. ) TO ATIC ~JRIG::T P VI i...IJ'i. CIR.CLiilG FIELD AT IS T I I1 t\T ZD ALT ITUDZ ~ Pprt r'V PJS IT I a:~ AT 33iiii! H:t:ST. C~)tiPLET .::LY ~F 1RM i1Z PART I u CLASSIFiED ih.~IH teo'>. 2D-U~"'B-.5-.55 {Lfo:.rt VF. If LANK) AIR INTElLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT OATE UF lliF0~"4AT!fJ~ fV.,lU~TIO~ SOIJACE ;:,;u MMARY: ( h.""' '"""1" .. .,.,...,, of r~fJWt. (]1u ljpapcrmce ,,. J ht4l OtMmlePic" 1)GT .. groph. Li..t '"clNt" ., at luwtt ltft. IJtgm em of rtport 01a .1 F Farm 1 'J-;Jrare II.) I. CONTENTS : P~\RT Tt10: P..ART FOUR: PART FIVE: Description of sighting by T/Sgt Everett Woolum, We a t.her Forecaster, Bryan AFB, Texa3. Description ot sighting by A/lC ~nd E. ~leather Observer, Bryan .AFB, T{):<as. Eutaneuar, Air Force Description of sighting by A/2C H'ort L. Hobonson, Base Operations Dispatcher, Br.yan AFB, T~xas. Su:pplemant.ary Inve3tigative Efforts. Comm~nts of the Preparing Officer. II. SUMMA.H.Y: On._ .. nniden:tifi;td flying object sighted over BRY:.AN AIR FORCE BASZ, TEXAS, (GeoRef FJJA 4043), at OJOOZ hours 1.5 June .55 (2100 CST lli-June .55). The . tn.f'ormatioJl contain~ in thi;;;. rsport WaS. obtained fl:SOlll thet: persons sightir_g 'the : . r objsct and from-an invssti~ation conducted to dete!"!oimt the possibls cau3e of -t.he . sighti.rig. INVESTIG.A TO~,:, 1/Lt. DE~N S. JAX.!ESON DE/Jl S~ JAMESON 1/Lt., . USAF Officer in Charg9 Colonel, USAF ~ c 01~nander D/I~ USA7J Colldr, ATICJ D/I, :33J.D1YJ CO*lr, 4602d AI3SJ OIC ' l111r(ht ils D, 46o2.d .A ISS. 1J I'JC LASS 1Ft E 0 AF fORM 11f. PART II APti,.OVD t JUIC 1 . AIR. INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Rf..ORT I'J, . 2D-U'roB-.5-55 PAR l' OUE I. SQURGE: ~ret.t WoolUIII, .'1:/Sgt, USltF Occuosttion: \vaath&r Forecaster Education: 1) years Qualifications: HeRther Observer, Forecaster and 1~etaor.,lo~ist S-tA.tion: Air TrainingConaand. Bryan .4..r"".3, Bryan, Texas II. P..EI.IABIUTY: SO CReE was -questioned on tb.e telephone so p~rsical faatt:.re~ '\.Jere urilmown. S~URCS C'1IT1ed on a very in tel li ~ent. conver~a tion and ans;..,ered qu . .:.st.Lon:s in a bri.e:r and o~anized manner. SOURCE wli3 ver.r. wall versed in th& .ft~:!ld.3 0~ Heether :lnd technical matters. In the opiniOn Of the investif;ator, it would o~ quiteditfioul~ to~ive a true e3timate or the reliabilit7 of e )QD?. . :;ut investi~ator believes the SOlJRCE to be reliabla. III. SOURCZ'S D2.5CRIPTIO~J OF SIGHTDIG: 1. SOURCE sl1hted object from observer to~.;er l9cated direct.ly L"1 front of fu.;s~ ~-r~ato.r St.at1oft'-at BJ?-30 AFB, Texas. At the tL"'l& th...e SOu1lC:;!; 't.Ya.3 ~jd . .ng a ra411insonde observation, a eyl.L.-,dric.a~ shaped object appesrred travelling at a n estimated s~ o:r five hr.-cdred (S*}~to ~t;.x hundred {6oo) Ulile3 per hour. Obj'3ot 'tias first sl~hted 1n the southwest quadrant. ahi.l't1:og in heading .t"'l-otn ten (10) to t.renty (20) de.~ree3. and then disappe~l...~ i n the northt-1est qua.d~ant at approxi..~tel~ thirty-(.10) de~rees elevation. Object then reappeared in the south~ast. quadrant a:1d t~elf.disappearect in the soutlT..;est quadr.ant. Object was last sighted in north- w~5t q~rnnt in a ~traight trajeetory ~ c h .. ~nging course to a haadi ng o? t)lo hundred and seventy (