PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 29 Februar y 1966 Buf f alo, D Probably Balloon DATETIME GROUP <4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Ba lloon Xle"Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar Was Aircraft D Prob a bl y Aircraft :m:JCAi~Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rada r ossi bly Ai rcraft ~XWas As tronomical Venus D Probably Astro-icol 0 Pouibly Aat.-oi clll Civilian & Military 7. LENGTH 0, OBSERVATION .. NUMBER 0, OBJECTS COURSE D , Other 0 In sufficient Doto for Evoluotion four hours o ne 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGH11Ne No ticed due to brilliance of object . Astro evas1.ve action against fighter Color r e d and times, v ery bright then dim, different altitude, different contact. Onl y visual sightings. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SKP 52) Af FORM 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT J'light J-D, 4602D AISS lncl . 'ifl, Ste.teme-ct S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T On Feb 29, 1956 at 6:50 P.M. I had spotted a bright light in the sky, which I watched for about 5 mins before drawing it to anyone elses attention of which when I did this person also s a w the bright-lighted object. After I left this person I continued to walk ~ the street, and when I reached the t op of our street and the object was still t here I then went into a gas statior. and brought it to the attention of the attendant when I was sure he bad &lao seen the object I then ~lled it into the Filter Center. After I left the gaa station I continued to ob1erve this strange light when I noticed that wa. also another one of the same description except for one detail which was t hat it had. a green -haze around the outside also in the sky about 25-40 miles away f rom the first one, when I ~ sure that it w&a not the same object I made a second call into t he Filter Center and reported the s econd one. I had observed the ligbta tor about 4 bra. before going into a building. At about that time I vent into the boule for about 15 min. I returned out1ide t o find b oth objects still in the ~ one o~erhead, and one &bout 4 o~ 5 miles to t he S.E. The second light disappeared about 15 -20 mins after I came ou t t he second last time, e.l.th~ 1 did not aee it go, it vas gone. .But t he first one vaa still at about the saae distance aa it vas. all night. It vas quite lowwhen I last saw the !ir.t ane. I then went 1~to the house and went to bed; ao aa I did not see i~ a"fter that. Eotb 'a7 Bother and s everal vitnesaea aav t he object. TRUE COPT: JACK rtso let Lt., USD ~01 -~ ., :-_.)l;liMf''<l 0" '1~15 l'lri1i'M<HII)N \F CTING rf'E ., ~TI~'"-'L DEFENSE OF 'rlE IJ'liT0 <;r.'l FS ,\llHIN fnt. MEAI'ti'H:> (I~ Tnt. ESPI'1..,AGE .. (.T. 50 U 5 C :' 'M'r NOT 91: ~?" ltCEn IN WhOLE 0~ IN PART, l:l 'l' OTr-'EP. THAN Ullli'ED STATE3 AIR ~OP.t:E AGENCIES, EXC"[PT BY PER\11SSIO'I OF T.,E OIRECTOROF 41#Ci.45f!FI~P Af FORM 112--PART 11 (C\A9SIF'IC.ATIOH) AIR INTELLIGENCE ' INFORMATION REPORT JD-UFOB-1-.56 REPORT ItO Incl. y2, PART TWO, Report # JD-~OB-1-.56 SOURCE'S Memor~ sketch of ObJecta GREEN /-IAZ 4 Mo MENT .A RAT I C MDV~ MENT t1Afe!Lit2.51/le;J (ClASSin C TIOH) l.f FORM 112-PART II APPRO VED !JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 711ght J-D 46o2D AISS 1. SOURCE: , Captain, USAF Duties: Fighter Pilot, 47th FIS, A/C El~ctronics Officer Education: 12 Years Military Tech Schools: Officer's Communications School Air Electronics School X:eealer .A!'B F-86D Advanced Interceptor School Qualifications: Pilot -Electronoca Officer Station: 47th FIS, Niagara Falla AF.B, B. Y. II. SOURCE vas relaxed, self-confidAnt, and very precise in his manner aa vell as in hie answers. SOURCE stated that this vaa his first azperience with anything of this nature and expressed a desire to do anything poaaible to hel~ in identification of the object. Other personnel in both the 76Jrd AC & V atation and tbe 47th FIS stated that Ca~t Solon vas aD ucell.ant officer. a capable pilot and a man of high integrity. SOURCE appeared to be the type o! person who would employ the good reasoning powers be poaa .. ed a evaluating thia situation. Tharefore, in the innatJ.catora opb.1o~ in:torld&tioa givea by SOURCE ia considered to be reliable. 1. SOUB~ v 011 atn4-J" 4ut7 at 47th J'IS, Blagara YaJla .AJ'B (GEOBEI' GJLP S8o6) vbeJr. be wa aera.Ole4 b7 the 76Jr4 Ac & V atatioa to interc~t an Utrldeutifie4 fi7iD obJec\ ill t~e Haaburc, I. Y. (caoa:zr GJJOl 1042) area. !he ?6)rd. .AC & V bad. been noti:tied o:t thle object b7 the B~!ale GOO '1'1lter Center. SOURCE acrublecl in All 1'-8~ type alrcraf't at apprai ateq Ol/021~ r S6 a.!l4 new to the Hrburc area. . 2. SOWiClt thea 11111de Tiaual contact vitb. the object and retained b.ia contact ~or tb.e next 40-50 ainu tee. During the time of obeervatlon there were v atan. o -.oon.llght, no clouda fro 4,000 feet up, ancl no trace ot daJli&bt. souacx eati .. ted actual aise of the object te be larger than an aircraft, but at no t!Jae did it appear larger than a half dollar held at ar. J. sou.acx Bee .. d to be greatl,-i.preeaed with the brightneae of the object. It alvaya appeared to him to be of a white lUilinoua color except for the red light seen 1n the object when be was at an altitude of ) 2,000 feet. The actual brightness of the object was never constant and it contin- uall7. changed in intensity. SOURCE described the object as being simila r to roving type searchlight without a beaa reflector. Af FORM 112-PART II i/AlCL~.5LfflF?! CCV . I~'ICA f!Oio AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT p .ART 'IHlU3 P.li;E 9 OF III. DESCRIPTI ON or OBJZCT BY SOURCE: (Continued) 4. SOURCE had no definite opinion aa to identity of the object, bowever, he was absolutely sure that it ~as not a contemporary aircraf t SOV4CE did state that object could possibly be a refraction of light, but the processes causing such a phe nomenon vera unknown to him. 5. Object seemed to have the ability to maneuver with the aircraft and still maintain ita distance. SOURCE tried to close on object several times with no apparent results. 1. Description o! sighting 2. Memory Sketch .,tHE " .orv.,E,..r o~H.\I~'.itN-::.H'lAT'O'< ~cEcTr'lG rHE'IA:-toNLoEfE'<::.E or-TrtE ... '<t-EO<;To\ r.J .,.,.,,,..-HE ~o~r~"~ tG " r'EESr>to o~liE~CT.sou s c- ' '' ' .. ~s o\\ll " Ot.O ITS TilA"' "'IS'IOI'f OR THE R E\ELArt:;t l)f IT"' O~ITE;,s 1't "<NY MA-.~-ot.q TO A'+l>~A' T'-'.4 :::" "I:.RSON IS i'~OHIBirEO BY LAW. 1.1~ i ;' !if' <p;u,' ([)IN W"iOl' <JR 11>. ('ART. BY Orr~ Tt"N tiiTE:> ,;iT,HES AIR FO ., '-o\GC~CIES, :::.~C" .H ;--l Y PER~IISSION CF Tt-l; OIRCTOtiOF AF FORM 1 12---PART II APPROVED 1 J UNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATI'ON REPORT FR0'-4 . lv~nrrl Fl ight 3-D, 4602d AISS st,.at@Il~nt 1. De pa r t w 1Uagara l"alls :-'i.JFOB-1 A:Pf., USAF 5-T-A-T-E-t'i- .crii- T . .nctifieJ by GCI t ha t G. u . c . haci AF3 at approximat~ly_2ll0- Feb reported some unidentifiaJ li~es 56 aft~r being in t h a nd1i.bur 6 Area of 'Buffalo I N. Y . 2. .After level:i:r~ out a t 4000 I indicated and co'n"tacting ~:rci,-I ~vas :v-ee t.ored int.o the Haniliuri Area .of Buffalo, r;. 7 3. \lihep I a rrived over -.;,ne Hamburg Area I did !lot notice an:y l i :.es, but I did notice a larg e bright li be t ha t. appeared to be directly ov~r t.ha d o rri town port i on of Buffalo, N.Y. ~t .this time .I st.arted t o inve s t.:.ga.+ .. e . I::y he ading ~as 300 degree s . magnetic -at f i r s t I t houe;ht it. \i a.5 a t ra.<spor t O!' a bomber-but 1 could not.decrease ~ r~ge from this object . At ~his time I tho ught ~his mus t be a s tar so 1 reported back to t he Hamburg Araa - .. .;ith the intentions that this star would s tay in the s ame rel ative pos i tion 4. . tihe:h arriving over Ifamburg I look outside and t here c..his n:?.s again - ott rq left wi.Jl&. At this t,ime I was a little confused. I t hen took up a. beading or-north and ~ching_ the s o ut h s hore o f Lake Ontari o I di d a 180 cfegree .tum and ne-w 'about 1 5-2(} soui.h of Buf!al.o --stiJ J this b r ight objec t .. . )rl&S ot_r Dl7 ~l\ight' )riD& -never ~ .az.hlin.b separation. Afte r passing Buffalo I . ~ided I would det.etJne-i.t thia was rq usagination, a star or an object. I co~cluded that i! this was a . star bT pointing "11fT aircraft direct.ly a t this object .a,ad el fM~.-~9 tfte ma.XimnM ~Wille-o.f the F-86!} I. ~u'ld staJ J . out with the objeet .m tbs sa=e t1~:-I -staJ"teid climbing and it was alwa;ys up aDd -ahead of me. Bat whi1e' I was eUatriug it. appeared t ha't. I was _getting. closer in rmge. Tbe obj.eet. defi~ite.lT got. brighter and finally-.at 32,000t 1 was level with t:he obj~ct-because.at this point.insteador looking up at it, I was looking CRlt and level vith it at. rq. p.ight altitude-. This was the f ir5t tjme I seemed to be getting c1.oaer, then I notice a rl.asbing red lit e -intermi t t ently flash- ing trom this object. At this I was 91 R-miles W-l.'W of home plate -a] 1 ot a sudden it t o increase the gap b e tween me and t he object, a t this time I was running low on fuel -and called i t quits -after turning bac k for bene ~-kept this object in sight witb the rear rlew lll:irror in t he A/ C -I decided t. o take one .last look, -1 banked the A/C aro und and :~here was behind me -then, a~l of a sudden it disappeared -I banked t h e A/C around and returned to "' Base, landing at 2230 est. At no time did I even g e t a rada r cont act wit h rq radar equip. - that wa s operating Ye'r7 satis f Rc t orily 5-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T .TR~E ~OPY: l s t Lt. , USAF AF FORM l12-PART II AIR fNTELUGENCE tNFORMA TION REPORT !'light J-D. ~.-502D AISS JD-U?OB-1-.56 . PART T'rlR~B ..~ncL i2. ?ART THREE, Report I JD-U?-OB-i-.56 OURCE'S Memocy Sketch of Movement of Object tltA FA~L 5 (I) SlcflrEP OeJEcr 6AV C:I-III5E- o~t: 011/sE Ar X J.JAs 017 LEfT WuJ6-Jh ... wA'Is /N 5AME Pt:J51 /;Of/ 6) OP: !1Y ;JosE-6fivt:.- VP Cf/.ASE /lNO I?EruRNt-- D 1o Af ~1)1-M 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION f<EPORT Flight 3-u, 4602d AISS SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATIVE EFFORT~: . 1. A check with the 47th FIS Intelligence Se-c~ion, N AFB, Niagara Fal.ls; N.Y. (GEOREF GJLP 5806) , r evealed that Capt had been scrambled i n his F-860 to inter~ept or obser ve -uFoB. . o r ther information could be immediately gained, as Capt. off duty ~nd ~ould not be reached by the Intelligence Section He was ful:y intervi ewed on the following day at 02/1~30Z Mar 56 for two (2) hour s . 2. A trip was made to the Buffalo Filter Center, Buf~alo, N. Y. (GZOREF GJMN 1055) , where a check revealed that they had relayed information ~o the 763rd AC & W Squadron on the uFOB the previous ~ght. Lt. Charles Stout, Adjutant, and pt~Charles Turner, Commander, were inteviewed. Neither had seen the object, and had no opinion on what it was, but vouched for Mr. White and Mr. Smith as to their reliability . 3. Lt. Rouce from the 763rd AC & W Squadron was contacted. He had scrambled the F-S6D on the basis of the report received from the Buffalo Filter Center. He had also sent out t he initial report. It was learne d trw him ~hat. similar t~ .repQrts had been called in intermittentl;r during the week c~eerning unidentified 1.ights over Ea stern LAKE ERIE (GEOREF . 4. Ca..i' 'Earle Fl.agg., .Buffalo Filter Center, explained that t he Buffalo llew& ~ l!Als caezJ Lns ~teN &J"t,i'Clee ~n the strange lights" over Lake Erie The concluaiona ot' the news en to lean towards the idea that t he objec~ ~ a aircraft. iD the area 5. -~ ~ wttb local weather staticm substantiated the winds aloft o report giYfiD 1a the initial report. The tollowing additional information was also tins~!! . " .~ 1900-2100 Hours EST -Scattered clouds to 3500 feet 2100 -Remainder ot Night -Clear lo smog or smoke in area where data was obtained (Niagara Falls) . No Moon -Set at 1300 EST, 29 Feb 56. Rose 0318 EST, 1 Mar 56. 6. A check was made with Division Operations, whi ch revealed locations ot lights and beacons shown in Incl. #1 7. A check was made with Division AAA representative, Lto Col James N. Lewis, and Fort Niagara Operations Officer, Maj. John Scotto It wa3 learned that two (2) radar sets were on surveillance on the r~ght of the 29th, and a third was put i n operation when the calls f rom Capt. Solon ~n his f-o6~ were heard. Th~se people from Fort Niagara at NIAG,tRA F~LLS (GE01EF GJLF 58C6) did not actually observe the obj~ct. Attempts at radar pick-up proved n~gative NOT THb -~ oJ'\11\jf COt, Yl 1 ght 3-J) ~ 4602Jj\AJSS