3. DATETIM! GROUf' 7. LENGTH OIII.OBS!RVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ 2. LOCATION Lyons, Nebraska L TYPE OJI OISERVATION n"""-VIsual 0 AI,.VIsuaf civilian 1. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 30 secongs varie~ one contused 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 1 l. COMMENTS 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Boli-n Possibly Balloon 0 Wos Ahcroh Probably Aircraft Po ul bl y AI rcroft Was Astronoml col Proilobly AstrDnomlcol Poulbly Astronomical lX Insufficient Ocrto for Evqluation 0 UnknoWI'I Letter containing multiple reports of object assumed to be same object. Characteristics of star on occasion and on others that of h elo. Possible Astro (Star/Planet) or A/ C. Insuffi!ient Data torEvaluation. See Letter: ATIC PORW 3 2 9 (REV 26 SI!P 52) COVER SHEET L ~ ORIGIN-OF BASIC SUBJEc:T"' (U) Request for Information on UFO Sie;htin~s from General Public Initial u, column t o denote revirw prior to action. Initial "OUT" column to denote review of completed action. (X for action:.,..,..... for cool'dination,) IN OFFICE OUT IN OFFICE OUT IN OUT IN OFFICE OUT IN OFFICE OUT OIN2 OIN3 01 N 4 AFOIN OIN IX OIN2lC AF'OINlC1 S.\FI S - 3 Attn: I'!aj . Tacker 26 Au~ust 1958 FROM: ~... ~ ~ COM'o!ENT NO. AFCIN-~.E4 f\ ~ COMMENTS ( L'-'" r~>vers~>. 1 f nece.saary) U. I .A.FCIH-4E4/'r . S t;t7 ~ ieu/ a c . 1. T'nis o ffl.ce has r e ceived ~-in~ t ies from indi vidua.ls a:-1d L'FO clubs req,uestinb the Air Force evaluatj on' f 1JF 'rcp~rts some of \-lhich the Air Force never received. T'.ae time req:.dred tc hoy'or such requests \vould prevent the of fice staff from perform,ing their primar~ :: .. J of analysis. 2 . The Air Force viev1poin~ cone erning so-called " flyins. saucers" is well knm-m. No evidence has been fotUld to !-\lve heir exi~tence . 3 . 'rhe follO\ling sichtings ~eferenced by !:Z.. Kaiser ':rere not received by this office~ ~ . I b . 3 Jan. 195~-, Pasade:1a ilany Stlch sightings are reported to nev!SpaJ:Je :cs , liFO clubs., or to i nr.li viduals nnd n ever reach the Air Fo;;:-e . 1 . Ltr dtd 14 Auc j u l fr David R . K3.i ser PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM MAY BE USED. U!3..s:b...in gton Go., Pennsylvania Aucust 14,1958 Office Of The Secr e tary or Defence tTa[jhington 25 Please send :me ai'firmation thaot the follmr:tng reports of Un identified F lying Objects aro, or arc not Fly iP..g Saucers and if PQpQ~er. J5, 1SS . -Ganfuridge At 5 p.m~ a girl of 12 huge round object, spinning e...rotmd, and hu.mr;rl_ng. n The obj ... ect seemed to be ~iving off a vlhite light. At the same t:i.me the ~ir:ts 25 yorv: o l d brother some ndl- os away reported seeing a " brilliant object in the skyo NO CASE (INFOfu~TION ONLY) yakobu, vat ulele, Fij i Islands CRIFO Newsletter, 3 Feb 56 \I.U:C FRAGrtiENTS S~IIAY C:: 1 2 7, Y a kobu, Vatulele, Fiji Illt J9odl4 J es1i ted . December 2 7, 195 5--Whet&Yet" ~ ori8in i10 purpc: e of .th~ fhebua BDd 'its (nexpJiab&e he~vior. {A;, mU<:Ir lib. a r8tJ3ins miil~ ..,_...look --~ te> uta . c 'Venta lor ,. poebl clua . SUch~ a. du. may ba .b_, ia _the t!!pnrt re.acllin! U8 Jr~. ~uva in_.~ ~ji !ala* .:t'be Auckland Str, D~=tbel' l7, '55 t'6J)CI(ted,-~ a li@rt"inf-.ll"*m, the vine ol Ya~-ln,..VtvJs! ... wn sbO'W'end with metallic fraamna cf &ll wee. Nobody wru~ hurt. A possible explnatioc, laid the Sbw, "'."fU tlutr a cett!JOCite, ~ode<~ at a low l~J, cau1iq a flab thoucht by the' islanders to ~ ligbt:DiJJt. Saxh u u p}oeico cou1d bne-caund thocwet of, meteowia(fnc .. weoh. Semples of.tbe-metallic 3bowetl ate .to~t.. at .fD :H'IIrotd F>.Jatl:lft# of c.s.~ Nocw Zeah , w uat CR.Ilf'O t."- .oe..-, .1tem, DOted, ~1 am ~ to V~ autboritres fur enr'nptee ~ tbe metellie sboawt"' P.-M~ remote, in the: Fl.ii m(:idcut,.. ~ _. ~:res note by nautical '1niM it th.: 'bUa..,. affair., ol, ~ ]oyita. Tbis 7(} ta~t Cf'liMr._wbidt, w.amd out of Api ,.oduv~Oetir the vend diet r.o. ncb'the-TDkJatta U ,.,.. tound...~ pal'Ud I.A. ..W. llO oaewJJI bard. Uno=-: t'O&II't..,., waa. tile brcJttd-auf u 11 dra.tl-. n dcft.,oq wt: . We baa.s .a .. we~ of but U. Jo,tta t!t~ ~ .. -ipl itt IC ., eicrir .._- 1\IETALLit FRAGME;:'I;'l.'S Sl'H:\ Y OVR FI-ll Case 127, Yakobu, Vatu!elet-f.hiJ. . r~orted pe<;~I'!).!;?..~Z . 19ss;n:;Wfiatevcr the origin and purpose of tlie -I1rcball and its inexplicable behavior, i.e., much like a ranging missile, we look searchingly to other relative events for a possible clue. Such a clue may be found in the report reaching us from Suva in the Fiji Islands. The Auckland Star, December 27, '55 reported, ''During a lightning storm, the village of Yakobu, in Vatulele, was showered with metallic fragments of all sizes. Nobody was hurt. A possible explanation, said the Star, "was that a meteorite exploded at a low level, causing a Bash thought by the islanders to be lightning. Such an ex- plosion could have caused a shower of meteorite frag- ments. Samples of the metallic shower are to be sent to the Fiji Mines Department." Harold Fulton, of C.S.l., New Zealand, who sent CRIFO the news item, noted, "I am writing to Vatulele authorities for samples of the metallic shower."' Perhaps remote, in connection with the Fiji incident, but not so remote by nautical miles is the bizarre affair of the }oyit."J. This 70 ton cruiser, which steamed out of Apia in Western Samoa for the Tokelau Islands, Oct. 3, 1955, had 25 people aboard, but for some mysterious reason the vessel did not reach the Tokelaus. It was found on November 10 "wallowing lifelessly in a light sea" re- ported Life magazine, but no one was aboard. Unac- countable WCJS the burned-out semi-circular section on topside. We have no way of knowing, but the ]oyita may have experienced a similar "lightning storm" like that over Yakobu. . .. JANUARY 1956 SIGHTINGS Scott AFB, Illinois 1Indianapolis, Indiana Zionsville, Indiana ~rulock, California Bedford, Indiana Roseburg, Oregon U3attlecreek, Nichigan 'Honshu, Japan '~>f.Iiami, Florida ~hanute AFB, Illinois \Portland, Oregon ~Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan ,wurtsmith AFB, Michigan Mal.kill, New York .- 'Itazuke, Japan . . Long :Beach, Long Is:j..~d, ,North ~latte, Nebraska Elmendorf AF3, Alas~: : . 'Stroud, Oklahoma ,r.!aui , Ha"tJaii ~ Bermuda (A-tlantic) 'May-,.,rood, Ne~.-Je-rsey '.r.liami, St Petersburg,. ry.orida ,l<tcChord AFB, washingto~ ).."nee lus AE'B, t--!orocco 'Beltsville, Maryland ~seattle, Wash~gton ~dison, Washington 'New Bedford, ~ssachusetts Pittsfield, Maine .Albany, Georgi~ ~remerton, ~.;ashington 'Lake Andes, South 6ta '-Seattle, 'Washi::1gton Area Boonton, New Jersey Seattle, Washington Feo '}.!arrison,Tille, Missouri ul . .fghenistan Teen-Age Students Military (VIS & RADAR) tld.li tary Military Air t<ii itary Military (RADAR) r.li l i tary ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGh'TINGS (NOT CAS"i:.!S) ' Sen uiego, California -Cabat., Fe!Ulsylvania Cul~:r City, California Sa:: .J:.:e.n, Puerto Rico ,e-re.::-_;tlmtic Ocean PP-S3 a, Ca:ifor~ia :;;:..; )rleans, ~ouisiana ~al;in, Okle~o~a (Greerr 164 ) News Article i'ie'..JS f..r~i:; le EVALUATION Insufficient Data Astro (NETZOR) Astro (CANOPUS) Insufficient Data Astro ( STARS/PLAN=.t::omTs) Insufficient Data Astro (NETEOR) Insufficient Data Other (WEATHER CONDITIO:!: Astro (Hl!."l'EOR) Insufficient Data Other (REFLECTION) Insufficient Data Astro (VEGA) As tro (VENUS) Astro (r.L".."T.SOR) Astro (METEOR) Astro (METEOR) As tro ( !-E'l'EOR) Astro (METl!!OR) Astro (ME'l'SOR) Moon ( Tll-!E EXPOSURE) Insufficient Data Astro (VENUS) Astro (ME'tEOR) Astro (SIRIUS) Astro (VENUS) Airc!'"aft Insufficient Data EVALUATION AFOIN-X/Sgt EvaDJJ/pse/71092/1.2 Mar 56 ~ orna OP 11D5 sLOOMtARY c:t1 J.T'l5';dfiC8: Assiaumt tor C1 vU S11BJBC1'1 (U) 1. Reference is to :f'Oirr letter, $lbJect: "UDuaul to 1'he secretary c4 1!le Air Force vhich vaa referred to this of'f'ice tor act1011. We, in-tuna, asa16'+ed acticn to tbe Air Tec:lmic:nl Intell1 gace Ce11ter. 2. TDCloaecl ia a cow ot the reply-to the con espcmdenc:e, as reqUested fox-your fSlea. Ltr to Mr. TD .-mx-IV R. JOlfliiSOJf Lt. CoUzel. Directorate of Intelliseace ~-. labrulca YMr lett raport and 1Uatnt1ona baa ataadled w1t:b 1ntereatJ bowaftll addS Uonal 1nta~Wat1oo u naeda&l 1n oz-d tba\ a anal,ala ot tbe eaae ~be lt 1a, tberetON, reqUate4 tala' J<* t1U oa\ and reb.,A the lnoloaed 1ntON&,10ft abeet for Ulat n. be unnd. tbat 1" 1nt' 1n tb1a ~ar 1a geaU7 &PJ*'Ielat W/\LLACE 'vV. ELWOOD 1st Lt., USAF Assi~tant Adjutant .2J Ferbru.al7 19$6 SUBJECT~ Unueual Phenoaena Attach.O correspondence reporting Qbaerrane ot unusual pheoo~n.a :in the torwa.rdltd information and preparation of .repl7 : direct to the a !U's'..aest thi.! your reply-!or our f1.les.