PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2-LOCo<\TtON Cha Ne!\ Mexico DATETIMI! GROUit .. TY~! 01' oaS!RVATION Loc:af 2 c-..._ Vt suel D GroundRodor GM~L2J30Z 0 AhVt.,of D Alrfntorcopt Rodor LENGTH 01' .OBSI!AVA'rfON HUMBER 0 .. OBJ!CTS to. BRIE .. SUMMARY 0, SICHTIHO 11. COMMENTS 1 obj, shaped like bod;r o:r panel truck blue Possible Helo. gray 1D color. Seemed to have blac k pipe p~ecting from aides, source bad never seen hel i copte r but tbougbtit mLW.t he one. ATIC PORW 3:19 (REV :16 SI!P 52) CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon Was Allcroft Helocopter 0 Probabl y Aircraft 2x Possibly Aircraft Was Astronoml c:ol Probably Astronomical 0 Ponlbly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evc,luatlon 23. \Vh~ro wor~ you loca tod when yoJ s 1..; 1 ''l ob ject? (Circle Onn): 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business ~ectlon of o city? o, l11sld~ a building b. In the residential section of a city? b. In a co r c:. In open countryside? . c. Outdoors d. Flying near on airfield? d, In an oirplune e. Flying over a city? ~At soo . _ f f, Flying over open country? fr:t . 27. What were you doing ot th., tlmtt you !\OW the object, and how did you happen to notice It? 'ificliAJ ilt ccv.Pa!'s P t:>f t-ra;n Wafc-kr";cf coul(,fr'.Y- ' Sid.'f '-)1ft, f-c.'(~ of (} 6i~c t ~t-t-/"Qc r!J OUSI!*rve,.J 28. IF you w~re MOVING IN A Atl I'CMnBllE or other vehicle at the time, then eompl.,te the following qu.-,stlons: 20.1 Whot cflretctlon were yr,11 ollng? (Circle One) a. H"rth t; , (l)st b. Northeast ( .,--S~::.:t:,....he_o_s_t_) f. Southwest miles per hour. 28.3 Did you stop at any tl"l" , ... hlle you were looking at the object? (Circla One) Y e s @ h. Northwest 29. What direction were you loolt 1 w .,. ' you first sow the object? (Circle One) b, Northeast J, Southeast f. Southwest 30. What direction were you loo~lng ,.l~n you last sow the object? (Circle One) b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest ~h. Nortbwe~ 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was from true North and also the number of degrees It was upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 When it first appeared: o. From true North Q degrees, b. From horizon 0 degrees. When it d i soppeored: a. F rom true North _ .1/-J" de gre.,s. b. From hClr i zon ----- 0 _. degrees. 1 32. In the following skotch, imogin e thot o1.. Jre a t tl1e point shown. Place an A" on the curved line to show h ow / high t he object wos obovo the horo:o :sl..yline) when you f irst saw it, Placo a "B~ o n the samo curved l inu to show how high th, obi,ct was obo"e ,~ .. " Oriton (s kyline) when you last saw it. 33. In the following larger sketct. p osition when you last saw I .,, ., .m "A" ot the posit ion the object was when you first sow It, and o "B" at It, ' " ' to smaller sketch as on example o f how to complete the larger sketch, 34.1 CLOJDS (Circle Ono) a. Clllor sl<y c , Scott urod clouds (pThick or noavy clouds e . Don't tQmornber 34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) '-"b. F0g, mist, or light raltt c, Modorute or h~avy r'l in '-' Don't remember (l) No w i.-.d b, Slight brtHno c:. Strong wind d, Don' l r-~rnomb&r :34A TEMPERATURE (Cirr:/., One) o. Don't rem,mb&r Doy M'1111h Year 36. Was anyo11~ o ls e with you ut II~ t lt' you sow theJ obj..,r.tr ( Cirr.lo Q,fl) @:> No 36.1 IF y o u a n swered YES, I f If, 'Y ~u th" objact ti:w? (Circle One) 6' No 36.2 Pleta list the , . j .'loJdrus~s: 37. Was thi the firs t tlrne th ot r 11 1ttn on objod or obj.,ct3 lik., this ? (C irde One} (Y".:l) No 37.1 IF you onsw~red NO, t h.,., .uh-.n, wh~re, and under what circumstances did you s && o ther one~? 38. In your opinion what do you think th~ obj~ct wo tJnd what might have cavs.,d it ? Poss;Oft fte/;co,fer 39. Do you think you can estimate t he spt!ed of the object? (Circlo Onft} @ No IF you answered YES, th~n what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the obJect was? (Circle One) (!!;,) No IF you answered YES, then how for away would you soy It waa? 41. Please give the foltowl Information about yourself: TELEPHONE N :fn/+t'R.Il!J Please indicate any special e<ltcotl1mol training that you have had, Grade school High school Post graduate Jf(J If "(_ d2. Date you completed this questionnaire: e. e. T ec:hnlcol school Jt_tnt e _ 1. Other special training Jt<J~;...: e~----- The pollowilff irtf onHrcfiou was. p.ive/4 b~ Soul('cc: tt. ;J A e "d u J e \' w If cJ ca 111 e to de/)~ f i " Cll ttJH '< vflt w iJI e ~ lc o, hal Ct r ~ e Nf-Iii( e " VIA. f vf. llftl~tt l' tt A,/ dro(lle C( WfiJ in Cltr1s let' car. '' D".le Ita.:/ !II 15 fer iuu s a it' ct 6pu. 'f nin. . 6. Tnoa.s a~!J of clo 1/ar.s S{Jell f o, lopfi"A J rtJtJ" in t-fti S ct re c.. V~f YOa.cf 11e fl~r U.Sedl.'' I c . ,, lfiv' Te t.:-llf s OtJ" p~t up !t:tJ in t-li /.s C[f"ec.. aJ cJose'J' /f fa ft'Sftt~'j: '/f)u fi~S/'l~Sl'!f e ~tfo l'c t' cJ : d . r see :s lralt.Je J,"?ft ts) h'l(e f kslt li s, C. Sou te-e. i tJtfl'ess ~cl u i 1-h fac-t rlt4/f ~ 1-o s a/qntor iS 6~&/: ?(}-7.J Miles ?CWI2J _'' Jsai U' tt /(lftt u" r "'ID,. {;w,t !~ fh1f&:tei1P #flf ft f J-1( I "ff I ru.-.J I Scut I fXJ) ;A (beS ; SOlllCE wa.s sure rite t;IHtlf ~ At~ I 1o etif-ftOIH rite {f e~tJl Of t-he o6i~c,f veUUt.Se he c.oul/ 11ot JicerN tl'!f Cf011i/e6/e f'ti t 011 tit~ eJ closesf To hih(. AIRBORNE AERODYNE SLOWLY CIRCLES ABOVE HANGAR FLOOR, GUIDED BY INVENTOR LJPPISCH AT CONTROl PANEL AIRCRAFT'S POWER PLANT i; IHl" hich d ra w air through top of model (left), ex~l .. .,, I Jttvers in its belly (right). When louvers tilt bnckwur~ "'~'"" '\Oes forward. When t hey tilt forward, pla ne goes backward; ,.u..-n open, plane hove rs. A cigar-shaped object without wings or tail droned thro ugh the nir last week inside a hangar in Cedar RapidR, I owa. It was the Ae rodyne, a r evolutionary model aircraft des igned by Alex- a nder Lippisch, German aeronautics expert who now works fo r the Collins Radio Compa ny. The Aerodyne i:i driven by fan:> whii'11 blasl air past louvers in the bl'lly with enough force to keep it By tilting the louYers the Aerodyne ca n be m oved forward, ba ckward o r made to ince the wings of conventio nal planes heat up ami cause clrag a t su person ic speeds, Lippisc h thinks the wingless Aeroc!yn e f oreshadows the design of future jet-age airc raft. Suspecting that he may be right, lhe Office of Nn val Research has given him a sizable sum lo further his r esearch. II r j cA-$~ _z/1/c.Lu-lJFI h cL:tffJAI'-Ff<O/J1 LLF~ /YiftG-A-2-I,Jb~ HEADQUARTERS 4602d A lR INTElliGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON (ADC) ENT AIR FORCE BASE C0LORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO SUEJECT: Unidentified :-lying Object (UF0:3) Report TO: Commander Air Technical Intelligence Center ATTN: AFOIN- 4E4 \tright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 1 . On 26 ~hnn.:Lry 19.56 this headquarters l>ias informed by the Office of Special Invr~"' t.; .a ! J v 1 (OSI) that a UF013 had been si0hted one mile east of Sublette Sta"ti.tm, LJ:M He.xico, by Nr . railroad conductor for the Denver a :t l 11 i..J ..irande Railroad. Al thou;: ' ~n Jrganization felt that the sighting tfas in the realm of th~ ne t J n 11 did not warrant a follow-up investigation, it was decided to t. - . "mically complete an ATIC F'orm 164 lTi th the SOURCE to prevent the 1 JJ' '" from filtering into governmental agencies other than USAF and to avoi~ ~ossible unfavorable publicity. At the same time Hr. Hinton waH L 1fl)rJaed of the responsiOilities oi' t his squadron and of AT~C with respee t , ., analysis, investigation, ani release of evaluations to the public. 3. Forvrar I 1 ~ e.dth are two letters from Nr . concerning the sighting an 1 . ' :pleted A'fiC Form 164 for your information and action deemed necessary, - uther investi~ation of this sighting is not deemed necessary because of its.failure to meet investigative criteria, the lack of a 'preliminar:: :-, ')rt, the elapsed time, and the llefini te overactive imagination of thF-.~;~URGE 3. ATIC Form 164 JOH:H N ~iHITE JR Colonel, USAF Com. Til a nder CHAM!. NEW MEXICO. .MR. VERN HALLENBECK ~-COLO SPGS COLO DEAR VERN:- SURE EN J 0 V E 0 HEAR I N G; F R 0 M Y 0 U XMAS AN 0 GLAD T 0 GE T THAT RED FLASHING LANTERN AND ALSO VERY GLAD TO GET THE JUMPE AGAIN AND HAVE WONDERED A MILLION TIMES WHAT EVER BECOME OF- I I ALMOST TOOK THE CABOOSE APART LOOKING FOR IT AND YOUR XlMMX PACKAGE WAS ~COMPLETE SUPRISE TO ME. THANKS AGAIN! .. AN:o HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE I wANT YOU TO KNOW AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT CONCERNS COL. HEITMAN OR SOME OTH-ER MILITARY MANr. PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED CLIPPINGS THAT .1 CL FRO~A A LOCAL PAPER SEVERAL DAYS AGO THEY TELL ABOUT Dl FFERE. PEOPLE SEEING A "THING" IN Dl FFERENt PARTS OF COLORADO AND I WANT C 0 L HE I T ~.~A N T 0 K N 0 W THAT MY REAR 8 RAKE MAN AND ~1 Y S E L F SAW T H I S l :,r H I G tt THE AFTER N 0 0 N 0 F DECEM BE R 8TH AN 0 I T W.A S STATION AND IT SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO GET I NTO THE AIR AND JUST BARELY. CLREO A ROW OF 30 FOOT HIGH ASPEN TREES AND THE WENT RIGHT DOWN ~ UT OF SIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL--- y 0 U K N 0 W " . OV E P.. T E H I L Ln T H I S I S N 0 T A P I P E D R E AM V E R N LEROY SHELL ~NO 1 VIATCHED IT SEVERAL SECONDS FROM THf CUPA(O. OF OUR CABOOSE AND WONDERED IF IT COULD' BE A HELICOPTER IN TROUBLE, NEITHER OF US EVER SAW A HELICOPTER IN THE AIR AND WE WONDERED I F T~E ROTOR BLADE! TURNED SO FAST THEY COULD NOT IT LOOKED LIKE tT~XH~N HAD ONE OR TWO BLACK PIPES STICKING OU EACH S I DE JUST ABOUT A FOOT OR SO. THE uTHING" SEEUED ABOU THE SIZE 6F A S~ALL PANEL TRUCK BODY AND WAS A BLUE-GRAY COLC AND HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT INTEREST ABOUT b OR 8 WEEKS AGO A BLOND BAREHEADED YOUNG .. ~AAN CAME DOwN TO THE DEPOT HERE I N CHAMA AND WANTEO TO SEE SOME- ONE WHO WAS FAMILAR WITH THE TERRITORY WHERE THE RR TRACK RU~ BETWEEN ANTONITO ANO.CHAMA I TOLD THIS FELLOW THAT I KNEW EVERY FOOT OF IT LIKE. I K~EW MY BACK YARD AND THEN HE PULLEr OUT SEVERAL A~ t R PHOTOGRAPHS OF TH J S p,~RT OF Tr'E COUNTRY AND WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS VERY PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THI~ ''THING'' WAS A FEW WEEKS LATER. HE TOLD ME HE WAS WORKING FC SOME MAP MAKERS. AND THIS FACT MI GHT MEAN SOMETHING----THE "THING'' AT THIS TIME WAS ABOUT 75 AIR MILES FROM LOS ALAMOS HAPPY ~lEW YEAR--VER~J--TO YOU AND All THE OTHE , WERE HAVING A P!PE OREA~ LAST DECEMBER 8TH. REGARDS TO AL~ Col. a. L. Heitman Chief of St&ff Fort Carson, Colorado. Dea.r Colonel:..- Al&nosa. Colorado Youra of 13 January 1956 regarding the flying maohine my rear brakeman a.nd myself aa.w one mile ea.st of lublette on da.te of 12-8-55 Was in barber shoP th1 a afternoon getting m1 fringe of hair trimmed up (one buok and a quarter for five minutes work} and I found this pioture of anew type of plane in Life magazine. Here is the exsot type of plane or thing that LeRoy lhell and I wa.;ohed for several seoonds and. Wha.t I described to you &IXX~XIM~XI~I an& as looking KIX~: like small panel truo k body. . He.rtt la ~n exao t Picture of the outfit we sa1r getting over those quaken sap trd esst of Sublette but I do beleive the "thing" we saw wa aOJDewhat l.t..tg u~ that this appeara in the attached Picture. Th&; outfit we ea.w had b lao k PiP&I stio-king out eaoh side and we were olose enough to see that thl pipea. were square ~. instea.d of round. i Ll~ble description below the big Piotura saya t~t thia out fit ia very n tru t I tbink ii)).t'} some one ha.s it in actual lilll~l servioe in thiaoouotry. I sur8: ~ur Air Foroe intelligenoe $~ Ent Air Foroe bas& in C;)lor&do Springs gJ\s on the job and fin<Uou t l)ust what kind. of stunt this cruttt. t ia mixed uP in 70 Or 75:. air miles from Los Alamos. I t ~ you all the luok in the world. a.t your new station and will l oQ toward to the day when I oan see all you folks Tell Vern A~llo and witha tha very beat of regarda, A.lamosa-, Colorado. Co 11ft' le fe cR U. S. A I ~ F 0 R C E T E C H H I CAL I H F 0 R M A T I 0 H S H E E T This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much lnfot~natlon aa possible c:oncernlng the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hove oburv_,d, Please try to answer at mony questions as you posalbly con. The Information that you give will be u .. d fot research purposes, and will be regarded os confidential material. Your nome will not be used In connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We reqv .. t this p.raonol information so that, If It Is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did you the object? lJ<~y M .. nth 2. Time of day: (Circle One): 3, Tim tone: (Cird Ort -,) t u. Eastern h 1 Central (( ti"ountgl;> d 1 Pacific (Circle One}: a. O~t Sa ving Standa'!l> 4. Whore were you wh' f ,,. ow the object? Neor,at p ,.,.,,l ArlJr-r_ City or Town ilote or Country S. Estimate how long Y'"' ; .. t iHt abject. Seconda ,;. Hour~ Minute a 5.1 Circle one of thtt following to Indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5. 6. What woa the condition of the sky? (Circle One]: c, Not very sure d. Juat a guess d. Just a trace of day I ight e. No trace of daylight f. D"n't rernember 7. IF you saw the object durirtg DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was t he SUN located as you looked at the object? (Circle One): d. To your left f. Don't rornembtH 8. IF you sow the ouject, ot NIGHT, IW:U:}H, or DAWiJ, what did -you no! lee concerning thti STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (C irefe One}: d. Don't r~momber 9.2 MOON (Citch: One): a. Brloht rnoonllght b. Dull moonlight c, No moonlight -pitch dork d. Don't rem~mber 9. Was the abject brlghtsr than the lwckground of tne :sky'l (Circle One): 10. IF It was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, wal th11 boightness like that of an automobll., hOJ . ..,JII:~ht?; (Circle One)