PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon DA'fE ... IME GROUP ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION .. Ground-Visual 0 GroundRodar 0 Wa s Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft GMT l6.L'2CXX) lEX l.1L03l5Z 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft 5. P HOTOS Was Astronomica l 0 P robably Astronomical 0 P ossibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a. HUMBER OF OBJECT S 9. COURSE m Ot h e r I,ccc.c::d;.1 we Insufficient Doto for Evoluo ti on BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENT S Blue lighted elise. Sc:MN! DeiHl 1 '"*~tin sound geDerated. motor. Made a tf!!V loops. sight iDe. Otber detaila a"ttr1butecl to i=ag.tntiOD. {SEE CASB FUJI!) ATIC FORM 3211 (REV 26 SEP 5:Z) Con~u._: \i:ith th0 c.~lnion of t h e Preparing Of f i c e r that n o cbj ect actuo.lly c::d.;ted ~nd that. th3 cc-..::-td h~a.rd by the SOURCES lias that of a Diesel loco,no~iv3 liOn: THIS COCUMEtH COtiTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEAtiiNG OF THF. E~PIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S. C.- 3 1 ANO 32. AS AMENOCO. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS ltl ANY MANNER TO .\N UNAUTHORIZFO PCP.SON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY tiOT Ul:. RIPROOUCEr) IN WHOLE OR ltl PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT OV rERMISSION OF TilE DIRECTOR OF I NTELLIGrttCE. USAF. BtUE LIGHTED C ') .JFL-;: LOOPS Af'I'Oti!l 112 _. . cisnevt:n 1 Jll!ll. I !I :.1 R1'\JHT HO. (LEA VI( lJLANl\) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT OAT'C Of IIEI-'ORT DATI 0' ltt,OIIMATION EVALUATION 24 October 1 18 October 19 E- See PART ONE and PART T\rlO _ J'I. Msg, OFOB, tow;ry Flight Servi'ce Center, 17 October 1955 SUMMARY: (4'111, *"""' Nllllftltf 0/rfPIW'. O .. t ritnlftco.u l11,/tll1l ontoffiiii!IU pora~apA. LW lftdOfll"' lllovtr llfl. Btt#ft lui 0/r~ M A.l lotrrt llt-Pa11 11.) I. CONTENTS PART ONBa Deecrip:t,ian ot e1ght1ng b7 Ml- Che,enne, W70Dd "I J 'lWOa Deecnption ot aigbting by Mr. Che,..nne, w,om!nl PARr TBREia PV InveetigatiTe Ettorte. PAM' roolta COMMENTS ot Preparin1 Otticer. II. SUMMA!Ya vn1dCltit1ecl.tl~l object eighted eiz mil .. v .. t (Oeobt FJAM ObO?) t4 , at 21l03lSZ Oatober 19S5 (20l.$MST October 195S). The infonticm aoat"'Ded 1D tbi repon, wu obtained troa the penon8
[email protected] the object and trc. u 1Jl"'eni.pt1on oonduotect to cletem:lne the cauee ot the III. IHVES!IQ4!Cat 8/~ .. AJ.n D.: DISTIIiDUTtO" 1Y OIIIOINATCII Colonel USAF CoJ'm'll,Qnder . D/I, USJ\F; Cotr.dr, ATIC; D/I, .:?9 ADiv; Colr.dr, 4 602d AISS Mil!: -rlll!l r:rC'UMI!NT COIITJIINS INFOnMA TION A.FFECTitlG THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATE'S WITHIN THE MEANII'CG OF THE ESPIDI4AGIE ACT, !10 U.S. C.- J J .\ ,;n :.:. A:> AMr:NOF.O. rr.; TRAN::J:-.11SSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS HI AtiY MANNER TO AN UNAUTIIORIZEO PERSON IS PROHIBIT1) 9Y LAW. '!I' OF. UCI'IlOiliJC0 Jtl WIIOLE OR IN PART, SY OTHR THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT 8Y PERMISSIOI't OF THI!: DIR!CI'OR 0, uNCLASSIFIED . . . . AF FORM 1124ART il (CLASS I FICATIOH) ' MfRovm I JUN'1941 AIR INTELlfGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Af'<iRT MO 4602d AISS Rqs-U"FrB-1-55 I. SOURCE: Address: Cheyenne, \o.'yoming Age: 23 years Occupation: Insurance salesman Education: 12 years Qualifications: Commercial pilot, 450 hours; Reg AF, 4 years, AP n. RELIABILITY: SOURCE was ext cooperative, even profuse in answering the.questionsot the investigator. Mr. is a qualified commercia~ airlines pUot and 9laima thorough lmowledge of t conrigurations and fiight c~a~teristics ot .. moat aircraft. ..'~'he description of the sighting obtained telephonically 'prlo~ to the perscmal inte~ tift: waa highly exaggerated compared to the description obtained by the personal inte1 view. Upon questioning, the SOURC~ gave many conflicting statements or the events of' the sighting. The SOURCE tended to emphasize the more spectacular aspec-t.s or the sighting a nd has imagination. The SOURCE needs and weare .ver) thick e;yeglasses, which not worn at the time of the sighting. . SOURCE 1a considered to be of .. ni. -'SOURCE'S DESCRIPI'IOH OF. SirnTING: 16 Octob.!r 1955, at 2000 hours, Mountain Standard Time-, SOlffiCE Ill<:! companion, Mr ~ mounted on Mr. a deer. Both were poaching for deer by means. or . spotligb.fl SOURCE and compamoil spotted, shot, and killed pro~eeded up the back road for approx1mately one-halt' mile. 2. Returning by toot to the ravine in which the deer was shot ( OeoRet FJAM Ob07), SOURCE and companion searched for the deer. lo.'hile searehin, Mr. heard a noise similar to that ot four (4) turbine type engines, approaching flom the east. Mr. frightened by the intense noise rrom the object, jumped into the ravine. From ravine the SOURCE looked up and saw a large black objeot outlined sharply against the stars. Although the SCtJRCE could not ascertain the shape or the object, be stated it was approximately the size of an automobile and 50 to 60 feet o~er hie head. He described the. object as being a "dark glob of material with no lights or illumination". Mr. stated that he was of the opinion that the object must have come frc'm and wae heading west at a "tremendous" speed, faster than any jet aircraft he harl seen. a bi-motored SOURCE stated that the noise aircraft p assing overhead. of the j~ct dro~med out the sound of 4. Hr. h~ard th~ Hhining Jf the ob,j-~ct L'or an estimate d ten (10) seconds and saw the OOJ .::c"C f o r five ( 5) ~ _ccnds. 'TI:c 30t1P.CE estimated the time to be 2015 hours, 16 October 1955. 5. After the object had pas:.ed r:r ~ c.-; t-ched the area for the deer he had killed but could no t find it. SCURC'!!: H.-s - ,:1 ic i.n the b elief th~t t~1e disappearance o f the aniT:".n.l ,.:.!! dit~ctl:r .'1ttributr:.;'ll ' l.o the object he had observed r or he was certain he had killed the dee:. c::!rlier. HOT: Till'; CCCUMfNT COtiT.\IN'l1NrOrV-1ATION Al"' f.!.IINr; I HF. N,\ TIO'I.\!. ;\Eil:il'i! 1"\r Til~ l i'IITCD ::;T.-,Ti's \'IITIIIN f Hr '"' \'mlG OF TilL ESI"ION.\GE ACT. 50 U. S. C. - 3\ ANO 32, ,o\S AMCt:o0 I rr rtM N'lM I ,_'W)' I OH THE REV~LJ\ riO 'I OF I l:i CC' r, '! rc; IN ' 'f( 'I \Ntl Cl< I 0 Ml li N,\1 l I I \1! I !E:''1 PErt :iON IS Pl'lOHIBITEO i3Y LAW. IT MAY N')T Ot:: fi~PfiODl;C:i..!J 114 "lliOl 1"\rl Ill FART, GY QT,-!Cfl THAN Uti ti'D !>Ti\1 C:i -\ ll'l I Oll(l c'.vl M'!~"": . F.X("f:f'l 11Y rc,MI$':310N OF THE OIHECTOR OF Hll' ELLir.l IIC::::, J)M-' AF' FO!':i,i 111--:r,;ur il APPROVED I JUNE lll~J I. SOUH.CE: lJ::Cl! ~ ~IFIED. (CLASSIFICIITIOtl) i'\~r~ INTELLiGENCE INFORMATION . REPORT REPORT NO Hqs-UFOD-1-$5 Acldre:;3: , Ch~ycnne., ' lyord r.g OcaQPationt Heavy equipment operator Education: 12 ;rears Qot'l.ificationss II. RELIABDITYs SOURCE may be considered d:ue to many contradictory etatementa,_co~tinual reference to theobjeet as a saucer" .~nd self-admit- tance to being a asaucer enthusiast". SOURCE stated he knew the charactoristic:~ ot "saucers" from ::rcience literature and comic books. SOURCE continually an.."Werea question, _ all said ................ " i;ndioat~ the ~t of he-ld b7'tfle SOURCI ill ONE and the influencina. fac~ of talking ovc-..- th iehti betw11m:a themselve.-SOURCE originally reported that he had seen .the object v.n~'heard tbe .sound ot ~ objecT. but upon queat10Ding stated that h~ had beard the otiject onl7.: SOURC.B hacJ noted caey contrails over the Che)'!m!lf! area oh the da,.a ilacHatel.T foUatdng hi a ait)ltiltg UK! vas certain that .this waa Air Force . . l. SOtJBCBtS delcript1on ot the object paralleled that ot with the emeptiOD of the .tollovin1 1 t : .. '1 a. . SOORCI heard the vtwd.n1 eoand ot the object. tor a perfod of forty- . tin (45) eeeow, 'but did not the object. b. SOURCE glanced at hia. watch 1Jmaediatel7 atter the object passed over- head and noted that the lum1mue dil of the watch vas glowing brighter than he had ever anD betore. SOURCE attribated th!a phem.IDCD to raC!ioactiT1t7 tiom the object. SOTJRCB QDted that the time was exaot17 201S hour8 but eta ted that hia watch might have been tin minutes taat or slow. c. SOURCE etated tht the. acund or the object, in intensity, was that or tour to six. B-:-47 type aircratt on take-ott (CUSSIFICATION) ;,pp.,oVEO 1 JUNt:: 19-!!l A. iNTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPOr{T FROM (.'tlf<IICV) REPORT NO. ' PART THREE Hqs-UFOB--1-55 SUP?~-~4RY INVESTI TIVE EFFORTS 1 . Nr. a ranche r located t ely 300 yard::;. nc:rth-;~st of th~ area of 'th~ !'Jiehtina, ua:1 interview,ed. tated that he van horn~ rcndin:J c:J.t the ti:r.o. of the .sighting. Mr.. stated thathe he.:~.rd the so~d of a.hi~l-pow~red rifle at ~pproxima houra on 16 rctober 1955 but had at no tb:~ during the ev~ning of 16 o~tober 1955 noticed any' unusual f;I.ying object:3 Ol' hearGl a.-..y UllUSU~l or: loud .SQund!t . . .. .. lccation, h~ard. ister~in-law of the above rancher, residing at the same or eaw no unusual objects during .the evening or tho . ,. ~ 3. . A.-rilnoher .(;nam.s withheld), leeated approximately 200 yards east of the ~rt:a or -the si{;hting was inte.xvifJli~. -The rancher ~tated :tha~ he had heard. notJ:p.ng umi;;ua . during the ~ef4n: ot th.c3.sig.hting, but-.did .etat.e tha't -heheard an aircraft, pass over- hJad bet~;e~n 1930 and 2030 poura Qn 16 Octover 1955.: !rhe investigator -;.ras ,inforr.:~d . . that Un~on Pp.cific ~ocomotivea passing one. ~nd on-hal r mUes so~th of the lccation . b. : Scene of th~ sighting was visitf"~. by ~he inve-stigator and Al~ thout;h the d~er shot. by Mr purportedly ro++ed dotm a sandy bank of. the r~vil,la, no traQk~, . 'blood, or. mar be. tound. to. aub~tantiate the claim ot the SOURCE . . . -~. Lt. _Cpl i E.L~ Rcgers, Deputy Commander. Or Civil Defense, State. of Wyoming, we ~gera atatedthat the Cheyenne ooc Post vas inoperative at : ~. ti of the 1rbt1nl,. . .-ll4 alao stated ~at hi~:_orgatlization .had rec1!i'Ved no re- .. ports. of" ~-.S013Me .or-eide1.t1.ed !lying. objects for 16 Octoqer 19SS. Colonel Rogers suggested that Mr . ....... an actift ob~ver and raneher located two miJ s s . ~ . north-west ot Che,eane,. , be' c~tacted . Mia. cont.-c;ted and stated ~at~ .be. had be~ no nmi~aJ. .so-.c#a ~r b.-~ -ec., no: objeeta during tb.e nen1ng ot. ~ . 6. t~ liHller.,_ .Cbe~me POlice Devartaent,:-.; inteztiewed.-Lt.-Miller' .e~teci . . tha:t n~ r a o~ ~l-t111ng. ~bjecta or acnndS: had been received by his-organi-, zation.. Be further ~atect that~ hia 1lliD .O:D dut;r outsid~t the time of the,., sighting .: had not reported aeeiDg or hearing. an)'t~ng .unU8Ual during the nening ot 16 October . 7. A/JC Josoph M. Schro~er, Air Force. Police, on guard duty at the &lest G3te, Warren AFB, Cheyenaa, Wyoming, vas inteztieved . A/3C Schroeder stated that he tad neither seen nor heard an~hing unusual during the evening ot .16 October 1955 8. Mr. reporter tor the CHEYENNE EAGLE TRIBUNE, was intervic11cd. Nr. recipient original