PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably B.olloon Possibly Boll~n 4. TYPE OF.685ERVATION OATETIME OROIJP Was Aircraft 0 Ground-Visual ~Ground Radar 0 Probably AIrcraft ~Air-V.i su ol . . 0 AirlnterC:e p t Radar . ~XWas Astronomical Venus 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Pos,ibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH Ofl OMERVATION truMB"E.R OP OBJECTS . . u.~\2 ~ C!XInsufficient Dcrta fo r Evaluation mins-visual ~-IRIEfl SUMMARY Of' stGHTINCI star) size '"350~ azimuth disappeared at changed fro white .to elevation 270 Color changed green and bac k to 22'56 or about required 30 seconds for each. Defini- Witness probab coQfused with a/c navigation takeoff and lights. At first sighting, for duration of thought object setting at end o f Disappeared by moving away and burn in unofficial(newspape All other stations article) pick up target indicati~l tha~ ta t du~ Air radar rna unctlon . 3 R t o ATIC FORM 329 (REV 211 SU 52) France p1lot 1n DC 3 prob \Venus) . ' ($~(1..,,., lltTO.R.MA'TION whe11 11/}e<J"fn) SUPPlEMENT lO AF FORM 112 IIU'Ofll HO. 465tb ~oop Carrier Group, Y.od 1 . Descri?tion of.the object: a o A r ound dot (like a star i n the sk;y) b. Size of an ordinarr sta.r. i n the skj . c. The color changed from white to r ed to . ere e n and back to white. Observ- ers could not reQall the exact sequ ence of these col or change~, ~ut stated that the lig~t changes slowly merged frqm one to a nother, .t a k i ng about 30 seconds for each chanBe The observers furth~r stated tn~t it. definatsly could not be con- fused ~ith aircraft naviga t i ona l lights. 2~ .Deeeript.ion of couree of object: ..... ~ ~t wu sigh~ b7 .t~ p_ilet at 2000 ft MSL as he climbe'd out of r.IarseilL , ~r:ance OD a 3 S.SO Mal')-, tie Bead' ng. . b~ ~!be objJt.ct. was 10 a bOTe the horizon at .3500. The o'bject hom the aireratt wu e.s timated at 10 to 50 miles . distance of the c. The obiec~ waa mentioned abaft . .. 10 above the horizon at 270. The distance ~ as d When t'irst sighted, on t he climb out, the object was as described in b a~ and the pilot thought it was a.'"lot her aircraft , however, when i t was sighted again at SSOO tt YSL, it wa s a s described in c above. e. The object started to move away frcm tl1e observ~rs ~s i f slo~ly burning out. The moving any and burning out proce s s took about th=ee seconds. At this time the observers were just north of Monte limar, France , a t S 500 ft t~L f. 30 minutes. 3. Uar.ner of obeerva ti on: a . !jr -Visual . b . None Evreux-Fauville Air Ba.::e, France 4. Time and date of sighting1 WA? VlNG: T'u1 ,:1,-.rumont con:.tHn3 tnlormtJtiOn aHt>c r i n A ths n H:on.rl u,,,., etl rho Unltt>rl St.tr,., WJ:h:n r~. mt:.lntr~ olttr Ep n.:J..fto L.:~w~. r,.J,~ 18, U S ( Stcrion~ 7'13 1-trtJ 194. lt.J tr(Jntrni,J.ion u r ~ne r~>vroi.J t 111 o f JC, cun t - n"' , n dny m lnnttr :o 111 u:-: lllthOtt4,.d pfArton i s prt"l'thr'tlfrl bv law / m1Y nor b o rt!praduct!d i n whoJ,. o r, ., fldrr. b .v och~r t h en Unic-.Jd S:.ltt"'l 1\ir Fu~c..t! A.: nGu ta . cuc:ep: by p erm,., .. ,~,n J the Ditt>ctor o f lntel!,gen~.:e. ~SAF NHICr l V.A" Bt U'>l0 AIR INTELLiGENCE 1NFORMATION REPORT IJA Tl 01' 1\LI'ORT 465th' Troop Carrier Group, Uedium Oi<~E OF INFORMATION . See _ _par~.m::apb-6jbJ J .. n report. rRPARIHQ OrfiCI:R EVAL UATIOIC IICFERCNCtS , C olllltol '"'no/ .. t, ll"rt'" ptl'rio ... t t p,, tic .. cu opplkAillt ) 12 Aug. 54 USAF ( IC I) June 54 Tbe attached rep6rt eavere 'the eigh_ting or an unidentified object cy three .a1rerew melaben. ~ The'obeervers did. not oonsider this. incident ~orth7 of e report until they .. read about an 1m1 dentified blip appearing on the Orly Air Traffic Control !"adar s~pe; This article appeared in the New York Hearld Tribune ( opean Edi~ian) Oil 20 Februar;r ;1.956. J,pproveda .tLVIJI R HgBZOO eaptaiD USAF Inte llt gwee ott1cer sr ~ r10" , y 1GoiiAT'ln Heo.dqtl3.:'tere, 1":relft.'1 Air Force Headqtl:'.r ";,e~, U~ .;FE p r trt (S~CURITY INFORMATION wllen fille d 1n' SUPPLEMENT ro AF. FORM 112 OIUGI!tATIIIG AG(HCY IIEI'ORT 110 . 4 5th Tr oop a rr1.er roup , 1..e . b . Ni ght 5 . All observers ln t he .same. aircraft, enroute f.rom Mars ei lle, France t o Mont el imor;.Franoe. Identifyinti information ~f a l l ob s e rVe rr.: Troop Carrier. Squadron, Ued l - }Soi s e , Robeson s., 1/Lt; AO .3014450, 780th Troop Carri e r ~quadran, ~.ledi um, APO 253, N. Y., N.Y., co-pilotj reliaoility, A- l . StarkeY.', Uedium, A..~ 253, Weather and 780th -Troop Ca.rri.er Squadron, engineer ; ~eliabili ty., A-1. 11inds a l of t at of.~i3hting: knots at 8500 rt USL. d . . t!nlini ted Scatter ed 10. Unknown 11. Intelligence Off i cer, 465th Troop Carrier Group , Medium, APO 253 , ;i . Y., N. Y. Bo ~na1~is wae fea s ible in e instance. - Pre::->ared by: ALVlli R ~:~nzoo Ca.ota.in USAF In~lligence Of~icer t\l ARNIVG 1"1t11 ~ 'Jm~rH <"On:.:Jittt z n ./ orn,.,tzon nff~ct: .,~ th "'rlt)l1.1 1 deton~IJ of til., ~ntterl .St_Jlf-1 wtrhln th_. n:1~ar'! ..,.( ~Jf :h,. ln.l/tf1 L .1ws, T 1tl o 13. U . S C Ser:tion.J 7;J .1ncJ 79.1 I t t t~:-tt1,m11~10n o r rh.-r.,"'l.uion uf 1tt c-onr,.ntttn 1ny m;~rn,.r ;nnn un._tuti10rll,.tf ~t'lffltt i !l prolubite I f'>y 14 w l t m11y n o t b " rrttrtldJc~,.J '"whole or,, (J..trt. b y tlther ti1 n l..lnttt"cl S r 1tcu .-\: F,., .- ~':PWIC'F'i Ar F .. ~\1 JI!PART II, I J' II 11!, I ',..,AriON ;t,,ao_. JID ~I The Pelt'. 2Dtht 'Pu!a; F-elt~l9- Aviation circler were pemJl&~J2&, tocl7 on the identit.y ot a at.range object., alternately hoven m t171nc at-.. .. , c~. in xo ot 1,500 mile per hour, picked up Prid.AT. pt.-optR .. ;. at.. Orl~ InterD&t.ioul Airport.. The obje~.'liaaa 1Jn ou. ..-oreiao;;:&pproit..l;y-,..;t.wi.a., &a-lara u of tli~ ~ !'t:ap:ptrecl to-be aio;:-an al t- in tor f4' Jtuoi.a., Oll Februllt,-1.8, the Sovie-ts P-rnect ~---~.s. that thq DO 4~l4~r boliba. all ~r the worldl b7 eitbeio-p On this aa.a datC}'aris re~rted a -~ste'17 Q.bject in the akies. O~scr.ibed "-s tlfiCr'e AS large as an ordinary dommercial' A.ir liner, ~ ;A'. was taae1ced on rAdar scre.ons by .Orly' Airport off"iciAls. I 1ranlina at ~ esti..,.,,tecl 1.600 miles nn hour, the obj~ct npne-"'r~d o.r the Paris ~pon f.(l/11/;11/1 late last ~ven1ng and seo.-,d to hover tor a rew mimtes bef'on/dislll~e .. ring at. high spe,.d." r~porter ~iting from P.uoia. .,., em febru'lry 20 said that some radars had caught the blip,. othM"s -h~dllt Be also wrote t hat an incoming pilot, P l~rted to t'be. Qfn.,. ODll' a winlcinf red fire. The pilot s aid that D -Tm:- AR!'.A IN VHI CH TIIE TIE REPORT3 HAVE SPURRED AN OFFICIAL INVSTIGAT!otl TA1<l~IG orr a; Frank Kelley. i':'to m ~mn. th.Htl'atd Tribune Bure4aloiUI expertll are at work 'trliflr out what was golii; cJdil;. near or at Orly out.sktrts of Parts night when radar tecliH : said they h !: th .f four hours rtiltl!rlntHt object twt.lll! lilile Of B four-engine alrlllDe!f said the obJect hovered it feet and nt times p\lt on ke J>ursts of speed up to ~'loiOO mlles an hour. SOme say it may hPe beet11bllli'l'4ld anotl1er ODe, or several, ot meteoroloatcal' UIESD . y' '