PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD L OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Willisto~ Florida 0 Wa:s Balloon 0 P robably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon l. OA';t: ... IME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Z Ground-Vi sua I 0 G round-Radar II Wo:s A ircraft 0 Probably Aircraft GMT Ol LOll2Z Nov 55 0 Ai~Visuol 0 A i r-lnterceot Radar 0 Po ssi bl y Aircraft Wo s A stronom1 col DYes 0 Probably Astronomical (pollcesa) 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS tbizir a1nutea Alt cbangea 0 In sufficient Dote for E val uoti on 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Three round obja, 30 to 6o teet 1D. diaaeter, Refueling operation. glowing W1 te, looae :tonraticm, DO :aoiae, a.od emittiDs a light ao great +ba"t it burt the obaervera eyea. ObJa changed alt ;.: high to low, at apeeda vbich were described .. very :taat,.. '!he obja vere turning in a circular motion. ATIC F OR\4 3l9 (REV 26 SP 52) AF fORM 112-PART II APPROvU I Jt:!'.r 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~-GD typ~ u.ircr!lft ci.e_9art .. ::. J 1x. a t Ci/010.":'.... ~;'J,I )5 :for GUD.nt~r.'lm ~y, Cuba.. J , COO ft. , Ov .:-c3.st; Vh:i0ilit~ ~ :t.il~s. li;f:t r~in :;ho.,:.ar s : S~!"."tc ..;int_ 1iW ::.t I)K. J . A chec k wita Dr , AstroLoc~r. L~i7~r~iy o~ Flo.:-ic3., 1ILLE, F:.ORll!A (G~o3~f G2:HQ Lrl}'}) ::-~; .. ald t:tct no oo r' .':ioas h1C. ben JW=..le ~t ti~es of the sig~tinss. ~c n o additional information. 5 A request fo.:-flight . pl.9.!1s of militory air.:r:.ft '"1-s !":U~o:itt"!d to Flight Service Cent~t". Mant~ll Air Force ::dase, A_;.A3r.M&. Fligh t S~rvice c~nt~r was nn3.bl~ to f tJ..lfill thi s req_u'lo-t du.~ tet work load a t t!:1 s tilt:e, ho"W~vr, \~'!r~tioos Officer stated t t SAC was erperi~enting ~ith fla r e e and nq 2 air ?orce (Sd~) 3ar~dale, Air Yorce Baee, LOUI Sl4nA ~aulQ probabl7 rel~as~ that i~for~tion. 6. ~ check ~ito Hq 2nd Air Fore~ rev'}al~d that MacDill Air Fore~ Base, RI~ bad 14 B-47 type acft ~nd 14 AC-97 type acft refueling in centra l FLOhiDA a t 01/0115 Z to Ol/ul45Z NoT 55. Luring r~tc~ling op~r~tions, lights rei, amb~r, gr~en, and whit~ m~ be seen 1t night ~nd nori!'.all7 r~f11eliD 11as a.ccomplished a t 15 ,COO ft ROHI9JTEO 8'( L" W. IT~ \ IH! ,,; Ol!:.!'h.)t.u<.EO ,..., WHOLE. Oh 'i t'ART. IH C "1!:R 'HAN 'i iLl' 'iTAIL" Alt< rl.itl<..~ N ..t:.'Kl5 L<CEFT (1 !''"' MJSStON :>FTroE 01REC10ROF -X--IV~;:~5SII/ect AF FORM 112-PART II .&PPROVI::O ; Ju<C 198 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT i.ndic. t -:rl on ic _l)ro.gr~ss. d t o tb~ ~st. eight1ngs and i n the sa""~ vici.l:.ity, it too ;;:.; .. :.f h;.1..;e iP~n o. l"'!- 1e2..in._: c~eration .... cm-mElfTS of ApproTing Officer& xE..U1D~L1S .. Of!ic~r i n ?reoaring crr1e~r tha~ t~e sir.htins at 1. r.oncur vi th operation. s ca~sed by the SAC ~ir-to-air refual1nr 2 . Due to the similarity of the a bove ~ightinp and the ~1/0:oo~ ret 55 sighting, the possibility exists that it too may have be~n ~ refcelin ooeration li 'Mt NC! th t~F'1 .<.CLt II\ V.m.;i. ;:~ I' r.lrl-. Bf U";"hER iHI, U!-<,:to 1 ld. \,,.> ~CE A.,E'<Ch.S t.np; B~ ''''I SSIONO~ m: DIHEl.rOPIJF tiC ,.A3E (I:fJ;i'ORr!ATIO;l Oi~LY) 31 Octo!Jer 1955 Florid~tGainsvil:e) 30t.r:~c:::;: :Jru.: r:orld of Fl;;ring S2-uc c!~s 11 A Bight of bombers refueling in mid-air at night can be a startlmg and more th an once has b een reported as a gathering of flying saucers. Such an incident occurred in Florida on October 31, 1955, when a disk jockey at Gainesville broke into his radio program about ten o'clock in the evening to announce that flying saucers were over the station. ~fany of his Hsterners hurried out of their houses to at the H alloween visitors, clearly visible in the night st.y. One reporter stated that be had seen four to six objects, oblong in shape, brilliantly glowing. red and orange, traveling sooncllessly in a straight-line formation that later changed to a V [8]. Both the radio station and the police station were swamped with telephone caUs from frightened citizens, most of whom calmed down when they learned the-explanation: a ffight of bcanbers bad lleen refuefing NOVEMBER 1955 WILL:..tSTONt FLORtOA ! f ( O<EVHOE-1960 P . 146) 1 WITNESS 00 EARLY IN N.O~I;1.16_ER t A UFO HOVREO. JUSt ABOYE A . F'OL ICE CAR ONE OFF t CER FEL TO 1 AS IF HIS ARMS AND LEGS HAD GONE TO SLEE P -A OUEERt TINGLING SENSATION. 02 II': CI:--.c:.:LAh liOTic;; ;;T !;IG . RATE OF~. SPEJ:'l.. ~HLL~STON,. .FLA. POLICE. D. .3,UK GI PN?P? ~OOTmG -JOINT MESSAGEF ORM COMMUIIICATI9h S CEHTEH NO. 1--... -----SPAC8 ABOVB FOR COMMUiVlCA TlONS CENTER OiVL 'Y :----------""'!11----------1 FROiit: <Orilittator) "U'i Tl! ~ouO I : ~ 4 .1. o N o v 195s SEu}icrlssi!Fi'F;, CG1ADIV 6 MACDILL .AFB FIA COM AIR DEFENSE OOMMAND ENT AFB COIOB.AOO SP1UNGS COlO "CE E E I ACTION I INFORMATION PR"' FgR~c AIR MAIL 0 BOOK MESCAGE ~ OiiiGIHAI. MESSAGE COM 3STB AIR DI ...... V,..ISIOI ( OOBBIIS AD El Ul. TIPlE ADDRESS CRYPTOPRECAUTION 0 Y ES EJ NO COM AIR .... nx:~a Ili"l'EL CEIT!3 REFERS TO MESSAGE: IDENTIFICATION ClASSIFICATION DIR 01 Im'l'.!!L ~ tJSU WASH DC /lJHCUSSD1BD/ B)Jl) ;;....._!~---liy. ..:.Y~L-.) PD Rut<X!tiCK MSG FllJM PU 2-c b6o2D AIS 2-C 12S PD Ol/01J51 to OJ/ol.JDIJJa. ~7 f1P.I .ACf! iiD 1h IC-97 'tiP! ACif RDOgLDIG D . CE:mW. :rJDBIDA PD ~ k B-h7 fiP& ACI! Dl : JUCHIJ& An JV :PIDRIDl tOT IUUJT.IIQ PD .T liB S!E'D ,nt;;'f PD IW"UUJDG ll>iMAYT l$000 I'V PJJ I SECURITY Cl.ASSIFICA TION m iCirASSIFl &II PAGE ~ OF 1 PAGD 3'll~i rEI !DCICB, I.:r COL R<:?t.ACE.S llo\!E FOR:4 113, I MAY ~ WHICH MAY BE USE:>. RdS\SING OFFICER' S SIGN,!. maE',.,:~ OFFICL'L TITlE 3. DATETIME GROUP Thfi''J (JO) mmta 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A I SOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) UFOB IHOEX CARD 2. LOCATION Ground-Vi $UcU Tllree . (l) . 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 GroundRodor 11. COMMENTS Dll8 ,. tt. cfmoa'\.icn at eigbt1ngand lao' tbat. . .ertteria. ,_ ~> , "'* llii'Jl Beeul ta td iJmea\j pticn . t ..._ b1r oud.. 'QpoD recei1 lt;'l --.: Af FOR.\'1112-Pi\RT I t;V~S ~r:v AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT HLLIS".:'u:'l, FI..ORIDA, 'US.!. Fli t 2-.,, .c'rillT v.:E: :U~:Jcri:-tion or' dghtit!~ b~ Wl.u_.IS1'0.:.i , F.:..'-i:t..t..l.JA (GeoR~f G&i-t JJ~J) a.t J1Jv)OO .... P.urr ~iiJ: Desc:-i ption o: :.-!ighting b;r of sig~ting by OCA ..... A , F1l1HIDA. Su~;_Jle ~! n t :.::-y lnv i,5.!.tive Cojments of s;.n.U.!ARY: Re p or-t of U?O.O s i ghting Wl~IS B. MlbOR AF 69J7CC8 :.n..:. o thers ~/ 1':-!ADDEUS 'if . AA~lSI . ,:--t, Officer in vh:!..r~e 1ndiviC.~1 ~.rts) JOHN M HHITP.: JR Colonel, USAF Comma n d e r 16 FOA'M 112-PART II' Afl'ROVED 1 JUNE 1918 U#~(dFl{;f( /i_ed AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Ji'li~ht 2 -~. 4602d b.ISS I. SOURC'S: Occu_?~.tion: City Polic~mc..n "t.11s:tl if i c:::.t i on~: II. RELU'HL11'i' : SOURCE ge.ve fairly sur~ of hi~ answ~re. In t h e xuch thought to ~ach ~ue stion k!a o p i nion o! t iuves)i~tor, souacs III. ~uL D~CRIPTION OF SIG~1~U: S01JRCi:.'S Stat ~m~nt: "l firs t sighr.~J. th" obj~ct:: libil'! .:n..~king e. rot:.:l .... o f 9 0lice duti~s Sun y night, JO Oct 55, s t l C:OO ?M hST. r~J )~r!d to b~ br~ght rouu~d lights, ab t l 2 inches iA ~i~meter. 1 th drov~ ver<l ciles ou t o f 'Jilli ~ ~on, s t o:.Jped m;; ~n.r, " :Jd. got out t o scant~'! skies. At il'!J:;ro:ti::t::.t .. l y lC:l5 ?lol ZST, cne oi t;~e lights a;:>p~s:~C. to d~scend t o .tithin 150 f~'!t of my ~<.tr a nt.. s.t thi s t ime th~ l ight ~a.s so int!ns e t!>.at :.t IJ/a.s "0l i.::1C.ing. Th~n su.C..C!.enly it .:iisa_')p -r~d l eaving no trace of a.nythi.o.g in ~he bright n;oonlight. 11o:1.:..ay night, Jl Oct 55. I sight~C. tnrt:e ttore brigh t lights ill the sky a t a.ppro::dma.t.'!ly 9 : 00 P!-f EST. :rh~y 'a ea.:-ed. not tc be ::n ~r to,.;o ~'L:ldr ~d. feet a !love the ~art h anc! as e he7 c ame 0 ,1 ~! .'1" :J.:.: t >e a.r '!3. lit U";:~ s~tici~ntly e nough to find a needle on t he gr~v~l r oad.. rhe7 s~e~Q t o hov~r OT~r ~evy ~ounty ~til ~baut 9 :17 PM ZST. Th~n I ea~ nine bomb~r t a craft in vee for~tion at about 7,UCO fe~t with a passeng'!r t]pe airc~aft tra ling a~au~ 3 , 000 feet .1bove these aircraft .At no tim~ waa J.ny sound or V!l.fJOr tr:.ils observ~d. Additiona l Inforro:ation:. ~OURCS V P.s certain th.....t he v i 'lfed t3e obje