3. OATETIMt CROUP 7, ;LEHOTH Ott OUIItYATIOM ATIC FOJIItM 329 (RitV 26 S&P 52) PROJECT 10073 RECO~o CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Boli-n 0 Possibly Balloon . at sea 215 i .SE o Burmud 4. TYPE.OF OBSERV~TIOH Was Aircraft 0 Probably AIrcraft 0 Possibly Ai rcrah ~Ground-V.lsuol 0 Ground-Rcidpr District Int~lligence Officer, SIXTH Naval District Director of Naval Intell-igence hbJ: Unidentified ll,.-ing Object; Report of sighting of (a) -01! Instruction 03820.19B (NmM 2) (b1 ON! Instruction 03820.17C (NIRM 18) 1. .PersC?Dnl of this office determined, on boarding the Danish vessel DKNPJ~D on.2~.Jenuar,y 19~6,.to effect coverag~ in accordance ~ith ref- nee fl.and (b.), ~t the ship's Second Mate apparently reliable ~ eighted an unidentified fiying ob ject on af'1~1956 at p80U~ !he ship vas at pcaition, la'titude 29-40f1f, longi- \iir ~..... tely 210 mil southeast of Bermuda., on -u-u. ooursa ~bata. at. tbe o~ tlJe eighting. !he moon had just gOne d~ the vaa elear with a:r a tan visible, and visi- bUit}' '!!!~ at 15:~.0.. . !he vim var off the pa!'t bov at 6 knots. there~vere mt pl.&DN.,.;.~JIII', ar otller objeeta. in the area. . 2. 11l-at. righted; the objec~- at a 2600 asi11111th at a poeitian: encle. ~ 61:1' and .tal]{. am vas thought to be a .talling star. When i\ l-eached a pa1itiml .,.1e or 200, atUl at u az11!ft1th ot 2600, the ob- Ject ered tor one ar two seeond and vas aeen to be not a star err tor conrca hiC to tn al flight. !b4t objed thea mde an abrupt right .,.a ehanp ot direatioa to the north, paralleling the horizou at pcsi tion an1l 200, ancl duappered about 4 aeeonda ls.ter at asimuth 3UO (ship's atvboard beaa). While falling, the object appeared to be round and a llcht color l!lai a star. lo tan was aHn. Ita ap98arance did not ehange vh8ll the objecrt hOTerttd or stopped, ar headed directly toward or a.vay ~a +Jle obetYer with no eh&DI'a iD aabftttb. When the object changed f"ligbt to a lr direction, ho .. .,er, a long tail was clearly seen. This tail _. traU!q seetion, r1d like a n.anw, and ite length vas about .tift U.. the db=tter of' tba ~ of the object, which still appeared to be and a light eolor lib a star 3. the observer hesitated to estimate the distance to the object at aD7 tJw, but eaid that i.f be had to guess he would say that it ~.Jas 20 miles SubJ:. Unidentified Flying Object; Report of sighting of away at ~e tiree it hovered. .When the object qeparted in a northerly di- rection, ~ere vas no visible acceleration. That is to say, i t bad a very high rate of speed at the start and continued at t.his speed untU it vent out of sight or disappeared. ~ !he Second M!l.te is a Danish citizen, about 35 years old, and bas 15 JWrs experience at sea. lD describing the object, he likened ita north.rn. ftight ~o a rocket, such as a V.-2 type, vhich he said he had seen during Vorld War ll. He stated,. however, that he had never seen a celestial or . obJ~ct which could be compared to this object i n perfor-mance or the a bility to change its appearance from that of a f alling star to that et a .r.oc.bt . J~ !be fore~o data, including figures, was take n f'rom the l og of the MIP'JUID ( . J am is submitted to the Offic. of Naval. Intelligence for in- foaa:ticm. . . ND'ER 4/SE FOR: APPIUS/ ALS. DtSAPPMY ALS. ROUTING SLIP "CONCURRENCES. OR. S/M/LA/f. ACT/tiNS t MIMI Oft TrTLI IHITW.S CIRCUUn .IANIZA"hoM AIIO J OCA'I'ION OA'n COOIIDIMTIOM U(_ .t A .uw . I I IIUII'I Ql I "'IUA1'1Ca ._ LOCATIC* POF9 Re ~ DA .AOO Form l.A a.od Ai'B. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON 2!5, D. C. Director of I-:aval Intelligence Director of Intelligence, u. S . Air Force IN Rll"-T IUrl'lllt TO OP-922fi2D3C/ rl j 1 por -t of sighting uniaentif:Led. flying c)o j act; for\'iardir:g of Encl: (1) 'z:)IO 6 .. .D itr sar l78 of 1 ~'eb 56 ; c opy of 1.1 .nclosure (1) is forwarded .for inf.oril'lB.tion . 2. 'fhe DI0 SmH Haval District -has bean a civisad that .L'U't.u.re r~ports of this nature s h0uld be forwarded directly t o t.ne nearest appr opriate U. s. ~ir Force a c tivity. E . B. BOWER By direction