PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . 2. LOCATION 1~. CONCLUSIONS 1J<Xwas Balloon 25 June 55 Hillcrest Ilelg,"tts, Hary lu.nd D c <Prabahly Balloon 3. DATETIMI OJtOUit 4. TYPE Ofl OBS!RVATIOM [j Was Aircraft Local------- -----tPGrounci-Vhual GroundRaclor 0 Probably Aircraft GMT ,26/0~:L~'i~ ( N) 0 AI~Visuol 0 Alrlntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft civili3n & mi.lit.ary 0 Probably Astranom1cal Possibly Astronomical 7. LEHOTH Ofl OJS!RYJ\TION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURS! 0 Insufficient Data far Evaluation 10. BRI!fl SUMM.RY OP SIOHTIHO 11. COMMENTS A\-Taiting e valuation. Round. Ye llovlsh , very brilliant hacl a t r a i l 4 to 5 times the l engt h of object. No s ound. Someti mes stoppedJ t hen "oscillated," t he n moved off at high speed. Erratic r e leased HX Ob:.ervator y . ATJC FORM 329 (REV 26 BRP 52) AF FORM 112-PART II r\rrRO'.'EO 1 JUNE Ji4l A'R JNTELL;GENCE INFORMATION REPORT rkOM {..t.,~nr') Flieht :3-H, t.600d- AISS P-r~ 'Th:-ee I. SOU:lC~ iller est Heights ,::aryland Occupation: ;.dr:tinistrative Ass Education: Collogs Gr~duate :~u~\Lific:\tions: Good ~ision and above averae e intelligenca II. REUJWIT.IT!! Good III. SOU'-CE' S DSSCRIPTICm OF SIG?.TiliG: SOTJ:1C1~ had been standing in ths driv<:r11ay of his ho::te when his son brought his attention t o a. str<:tng e object. in the sky. . , The first i.J!lpression was that it rright have can.e fron. a l anding gear of' n.n aircraf~, I l:owever., the absence of noise seef!'..ed t o rulo this out as a . possibill ty. The t-ine o.f r.h e o ori::;inal s~hting ,ms 10:43 P . -.t. !::D'i'. A brilliant rEd ball of light l'Jas passing overhea. from east to west at w}k1.t. SOU:tCE esti..11a.tod t o have been 2000 t o 3000 feet. There was no /isable outline of the object nor \'Jas there any trail of exh2..ust. There v1~s a l s o no sot:r..d of aircraft aloft in the fl.rea, which is extremely rare. SO~RCE further cstir1ated the object's course to have been on a direct lir.~ from A.."'tdrews AFB, ~ii., to .~:a3l~ngton Nat'l. 1\irport~ It continned on this c ourse l u ntil dL:~ctly over ":.'ashington Nat'l, cihere it hovered for t en t o fifteen !!econcs. As t .~ op~ect hovere<4. i.ts li;.;ht~],inked off for a;?p_roxL'!i\tely-:tbree-~econcls,' ".hen c.::r::~ back o , , ~l~.f.t._!~g cou.rs_e a_Q_.r_gp_tJ_y_9_Q':_to _tlJ?.._.l.!l.lt. As the obj.act proceeded now on n soutlT:~est.arl course, SOURCE called n ext door for Eaj. Curdes to come .outside [l.nd help i dentify t.he object. It. then shifted di ctlon3 se'{eral ti.nies as i t_ r_Q~ g j~ll.r~ disappear:ing finally into the overcast,. The ph enomenon ;~tJas observoo for a J:~riod of t en ~utes r~r: ftfl'~ D(;CU:.I::.NT COifr,\1~; 11'11-0RM,\TIO~ AI-FECTIW; fi- E rli\TIOa'ML N:IN!jE 0~ THF" UNITCD 3T.\f~S .VIlHIN THE ~,u:,\NI~G OF TH~ ESPIO~..V;E ACT, !A> II 5 . C- ' 3 1 / .. l;) - ~ ".S A~lc.iHJFO. I fS TR \f'i.)IW~c;lmf Ofl THr.: fC.'VELHION OF ITS CO:ITaHS IN A"tV IAViN~R TO 1\'i Url~tJTYO~'lEO PERSON l:i PPOHI:JJT;.:o ~IV l ~'N. I T M'\'( WH n E f)f-:?HfJCUCEO IN '.'iHOLC 0~ IN PAr1T, HY OT!iE.H THAN U'IITE) $-r.\T~.$ AIR roRCE b,Getr.IES. f.XCF?f fW PER~JSjJQ~ OF TilE IJI P:::CToq CF ''F fOR~ 112-PART H ' (CLAS~I f'IC.~ llOH) l~tR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT P.t:ronr :-.J. P.1.rt Four Flig ht. 3- H, h60.2d AISS SU!'PL:Z!.f~i\lTA:lY INVJ~STIGATIVE EFFO~tTS: 1. A check with the Air 1'l::U'fic Control Center : t '.'.'~"nrLLn~ton ~kt~,ion ~l .\i r:--... 1r1~ :r,~v0~lcn t.hat t.he only informtion .o~hich they had on the UFOJ w:'..:J ''Jl~lt h'l~ been rcl.::.:,..:d r. 0 ~h ~i:. by ~:rJ.i Gurdes. They h:).d rec~ived no confir--n.tion -..~ltht-1!' fror,l t.b.-~:i.r uitc or fr.)r:t ny ::-arround1r~3 radar in;;t-'ll1'ttions. 2 . Th' Ass' t. Operrttions Officer 0.t Andre AFB no~attve. 'Ihe .:1bov~-ref~rred officer contnctc~d th~ locc:.l \Wl:J cont(ct d. Confirr.1r1.tion r ~= . ne L;t v~ ve r0 po n~ s 3. J.~j. Springer and CJpt. Cusey :\t Bollin~ J,!;'J con!~ir.:.ation of tLe .June 25 slJht.ing . Capt . Ca!Jey h~lped Center at \".'ashL"1gton N'ltlon l, v1hich '\IC\s un~ble to offer Ope!'~ t.i ons rc port-: ri nc6 ~ t i v ~ cont.:!ct the Fll;ht 3,~1"ri.c~ nny confir!tl~'l ticn. 1._. A phone call to Capt.Grny, A~s't. Supt.of tho :;a3hi_n~;l:.nn l!:1.vt1 ~)boorv~:.tocy, rc" tl~d that no UFOB' s had bP-en sirhted by his faculty for ove r a year. ?.esultG nG,::::~tt.i :-e. 5. The I:irector o.f tho Geor ceto"r"fn University Observ~.tory ~A:as conb1..c ted but -.ia3 u.n:..bl:! to 3 i ve confiri!~ tion. Their observ.3.tions on the n.i~;ht of 2 5 June had been r e stri .:;(i to less the.n a n hour due to a heavy overcast. 6. f. chock with the Silve r .Hill '!eather Observatory(H.illcrest Hdi[jlt8, d.), l ()c:1!:.ed approximately .five blocks fron t.he c:rea of first s lghting of the Ufun, produced tile fo llo;ving .infor.r.-ation: Nc:u'lcly, th.'l t tw~ce d.:?.ily, 050J ;:S'I' ~1nrl 2200 EST, ~1e(lthe.c bHllocn.3 are released fro:.l thoir station. One of t::ese ball~ons Lad br.)t;~ 1:!:' sed .~l. out 18:45 ~:JST, 25 June 1955, contai..ni~S a s.~]J._, b~!-gr}t --o.r;nosi.LQ..li.~-~ Th'J t:;L'ound t:-,e 11i.nrl :.:as fro . .1 tho rE. :\t 6000' the wind had shli'ted to th~ !iii. Such ;:in<i conditions c ould c?sily l~ve c.:.tr~icd th0 ~alloon along the nppro.ximate path of the Ut1id:f1tified object. 7. The Bal timore Filter Center was contacted but no information could be fumi h- ed on the J lll1e 25 sieh tinz . 8. The Ground Obsetver Corps Hck:!. in the Pentagon vsa!; c ontacted . Resulto ne t~ ve. 9. Both the Processing Br--:tnch and D?J> o.f DCS/OPS , Hd1 . USAF \;erP. contacted but results were negative 10. Col. r: son at the Connand Post, !ld~.USAF -;:as called b."f telcpr.one, but aside fro~ the info rrr.ation which ~ ~J. Curdes had relayed to hLrn :1othing ar: ditional i".ad ~en ported to hi~ office in r~gard to tl:e June 25 sigh tin 11. Fin3.lly, the LCS/I,1. TS,Lt/Col. i?body,.r:as inte rviev1ec1 at \nclre?t 8 l~8. re : surrendered a copy o.r hls report, of the .incident to t.b /~602rJ AISS L1vestigating Office.~.. , Froin conversations which he had had w:tth the authoriti:ds :)t the Sllver Hill ~.'eather Sto.l o~ rczarc!.ln ,~ v.eathar r..nd 'r'Tind c or.di tions ~t. the. time of Lh:; rolloon a rclcaze (10 :L~)~fl~T 25 ! ! u..rta 1955)', L t , Col. Phodcs c oncluded th: t the UFOB siJ h tcd could rnve b ot'!n thi:::; Vt'~r:/ S.:l.i : o::Uloon. . . J I'JTEIiiSI-')C'UM=NfL0117.\!:J~I~lr0n'-IATICN.\!-!Ft:rl:l":; riiEt.Ai'IO't,\LI.tFn;~r Oi-TH-ll ) ' If ~MW N':>f OE Hlt>ttODUCCO IN WHOLE OR Ill p,nr. UY orm .. R T!IAil UNIIEv STI\TF<; AIH I ORCL .f.,tv tlCII.,, i.J\.-t H ' . .J '' ' ~ ,1r tiiMM 112-PART II AIR INTELLiGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Pn.r t, Four 3TI-UFOB-6-55 Incl .:l , l nrt 7our r;:EJ.j STOPr:~D AUCI PLA 'tED : DV.SD OI,'F A. CIVILL\1; -. IIJ;c: fll :~, IY JCll Ml:.tl r CON r 1.1 ~.c; IU"'ORMATit)N tW~I:C:TING r HF. riAl :nN \L 01-'1 : t l:rE OF TilE UNITCD S r A I r_:j WITHIN fHE ll F.\N I NG OF I' HE i ,.jPION..\GI:: ,,,.T. r.J \J ~. c; - J t :-.~10 ~. A'i AMI: "'OEO. I r-.i TI~AI'i'iNI'j'jl0:4 OH 'fHF 1~ .:'/FI Aflt.)N OF ITS co:~ rT.NH IN ANY MANNt::H TO Ml l JN:\IJT HOHllED P11 l"i f'HOHII"Il E D iW I /\ tV. r M.W t OT OE Hr.PROOUCI::D IN WHOLE OH lf'i P.\ HT, EJV OTlll:.lt lilA.~ IJ~IITEO ST1\TES .AIR FOPCE t.GENC!!::';, D<Cfl"T OY PfH:O.I ISSION OF 1 HE U li>f<..i'1H ()F . f\r FORM 11~-PART 11' ArPW' IFD t ILtr... I')~ A,~ 1~-\TELLtGENCE INFOR~1ATION RE?Orrr Jil- UFOn- 6- 5 5 l:I~GA'riVE D~. T :\ .)\ f'1' f'Q1 Pl DJ1.:'UJ'TL l Ti' TTILE COPY: I f :,\'f f 1(ll u :,1 ;Jv~>Ut.:O ltl WHOLE ()H 111 Pt\f,r . Ill Oll!t:!c 'llU\'IIJ::m:.u STJ\l'CS 1\lt' 1"1HCC Nilo'iU.~.I >::rvr !if 1' AF FORM 112-PART II . . (CL.A!:iSI fleA TIOM) "PPRO I J-W:ttl A!R. INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT H ti''OI1T NO. F'li~t 3-H, 4602d A ISS CO~U.!&'iTS:o.f Preparing Officer: 1. The opinion of the Prcpa.rin8 Officer is that the UFOB si~hting of 25 J una wa s in fo.ct. the si6hting by several observers of a weather b~llooo being co.rried :~.loft through shl!ting currents of air. It is further the opinion of this officer that the Ua.lloon sighted by the several observers in Hillcrest Heights,L:aryland was the sJ::-.e which ,.,as released by the Silver Hill Weather Observatory at approximately 26/02452 J u5 a. The objec.~ ~.~:general appea~ce d -,;ceptiva to the observers on the grolUld. und behavior see11 to have been. very First, the object's ap~nen~speed oaemed to ~:ul~ out all possibi4+ty of its beinJ a balloon. I!ov.ever, this could easily have been the deception created by the balloon's lo'\'f oltitude at the ti.':la it v1as first observed. - (2) The obj~ct '.s altitude .could easily have been !tlisinterpreted b' the observers on the ground sL'1ca the absence of art'y sound being emitt frcm it , in addit.i.on to the fact that it y;as nightfaJ J and the . . object was suspended in space, would hav13 made it virtoolly .i'nposs for an observer on the ground to have r;ccurately estir.ated its altitude. r b. All seU~S when info mad of the coincidence i n time o ha..-.rolease of tre Siver Hill Observatory balloon and their sightin~ _of thejUFOB con.f.erred>that the two objects could well ha va been one and ~.he same. . i ~ All:JSOURCE3. viere' aware of 'the to their observation posts in (2) SO~..S-generally acknowledged this t)fficer' s belisf :that: the . sporadic actlon of the objec.t can be explained by the constant shifting of wind cur~nts at various altitudes dur.L'16 its ascant, and that the br.~]l~ant light observed on the object could easily have been tha glow fran the Jnagnasiu.'Ll light attached to the Silve Hill balloon. - 'l,he searchlight beam neutralizing pheno.mnon ":.Yhich 1tas noted in t e \ or:igina~. 'IT message vas what the .HilJc~est Heights _obset"lars ..... seei'!led to see~ yet in fact it ves probably caused by aiiwrtising c:.14 s e?-rch] tghts in the city sorre 10 miles a way . \. clicking on and of j at the source of light or a sudden po~t9r failure a t the source mi:ht ! have given the effect of their being neutralized to 2.n observer 1 miles a".'Jay c. In t.l-te absence of any posi ti v-a radar or othe r con.fir-.u:a tion of the nature of the object sighted, and in view of the overwhel::U.ng coLYlcidence s urrolL"lding r e lease of the Silver ![j 11 ','jea ther Obse'r..ra tory balloon on the night of. 25 J ';l.!l~ 1155, :t.hic Officer concludes that the phenomenon obserled vta.s the ascent of the Sliver Eill ;;~ather balloon. CH.\R1.~S L. BE~tt.C3a 2/Lt, USAF Aes't. O~C, Flt.3~ h JTE: rl W, UOCU ~.l::.oH CO:-HAIN5 INFORMATION l.!=FF.r.T I NG THE NM IONAL OEFCNSt:: O r ;"b U:-t47'ED Sr \To WITHIN T'-1E MtiNING 0~ fhE ES? IONAGE ,\ CT. :;<i U. 5. C.- J I MIU J~. AS 1\~.iENDE.D. ITS Tni\NS:\II~Imt CR Tilt HEIJC:.LATION OF ITS CONTEiH~ I~ .'\~IV M~:-4Nt:R TO AN UNAUTHORIZ'0 PERSON IS PROHidtTCO RY LAW: IT 1,1/'IY flOT DE HEPROOUC!:O IN WHOLE::: OR I N I)AHT, BY OTIIER THAN UNITF.D ~'TAT2i AI~ FORC.E AGE.NCIES. EXCPf BY PERMISSION !JF THE DIRECTOR OF (( t.AS~IFIC,rfi .JtJ t-:;cL\SSI7J:~:n .\F FORM 112-PART II. (C~FlCATIOtt) APPROVED t JUNI 1 .... AIR INTELltGENCE INFORMATION REPORT R lPOJU 11. 4G02d .AI!JS ,, rorovi n('P