PROJEC'r 10073' RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Graham, North Carolina D Wa s 13alloo n Bu~ington, Nort h D P robably 13oll oon -D P ossl bly Balloon 3. OATE TIME GROUP lYPE OF OBSERVATION ;<O<:Ground Visual D Ground-Radar D Was Aircra ft Probably Aircraft D Ai r Vi suo I D Air-Intercept Radar Pos:~ibly Aircraft ~X Was Astronomi col Probably A:;tronomicol 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECT S D , Othetr D Insufficient Ooto for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHT ING 11. COMMENTS Round object size of bas~etball, colo1 Object Flying SSE 4 , 5 , positio l.D s ame About time with s ame characteristic s . Astro irius (see case file). ATlC FO 329 (REV 2~ SEP 52) AF FORM-1 12-PMH II .>Pt'ROV.O I JUNF J?-18 AtR 1NTELLIGENCE INFORM A TJON REPORT l Flight 2-B, 4602D AISS The other four SOURCES tiitnessed one sighting at the same location on 5 March 56. Inform.'lticn contained in this report 't-Tas obtained .from the persons observing the object and from an investigation conducted to determine the possible cau~e or Ghe sight";ings. Il'IVESTIGATOR: T/Sgt JACK B TUCKER AF 209.57239 /fAJ:{F}3 H KULPAN I.....J.st Lt., USAF Asst OIC, Flt 2 - B A'PPROITED: ,RALPH P. SLATER Lt. Col., USAF. ~puty Commands~ r CON r M-,:, t ,, lR 'I~ TJON M''"'C TING , YO: NA.TIO '<~l ')EiE.N'-iE Jf' THF Ut. I r=o '>To\ rES .VITHIN "'I H' Mr.~" SG Jr Tf-1-ESPIO' \(,E " CT. o i;. 'lolel'lOfO II' TfiMI!>"'IS:O.ION 01{ rHE aE'If..lATI')N .)r lr'i LONTF :'lT'i I N A'<Y :.t ~t.NEH TO AN UN>.uT"f'?'/F(\ P "$ON 1'3 '-'RO~IHt 'E? BY ''\ ( H ilf. ~FPHOOLrED IN NtKlLE <JR 1'1 PART. UY OfHc.R Th~'4 ' l:iiTEO !>TAiES \tR FORCE A<..ENC:t:.S, f.A<.tPT i)y PER"'ISSION v F T!-oE Oll"CT() R O F I:._ fELL Jt :..l. r U5Ar I O .o.H'IQ-t ,\ f FORM 112-P.\lH 1l AlR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ll"'lRT " 2B-UFOB-l-56 Flight 2- D, I1602D AIBS Addre::;s: Occupation: Electro~necnanical designer> Western 3lactr~c Co.J Graham, t;orth Crtrolina Educ3.tion: High School Gr aduate I I . RELL\.BILITY: sit;ht.i.ngs. ~<.;URCE vTas SL.lfitC.Z vTA.S compl~i:.ely thorough in his descr iption of the extremely coope r ative and Has of s uper ior intelli5ence .. III. SOlJRCE 5 DZSCRIPTION OF S I GHTil:G: S~URCE and his 1.;ife i;ere on duty a t the GOC post, Fairchild Fi(!ld, Graham, ~lorth Carolina (GJT.G 3505), >lhen the objact 1:1.:-ts first sip.:r.ted a t 050ll5Z :!arch 1956. It "'as .:1t an a?.ilauth of 175 dnd a-:1 elevation of f r om 3-5. S(J!JRCE Has certain he observed t.ile object for a total of ton 11linutes. It Has polnted o ut to hits' by {lnother observer . He observed lt Hith tha na!<ed aye, with eyeglasses, Hi thout eyegl.:lss-:Js thro11gh 7x50 binocular3 ar.d Hi th eyeglasses through ?:x50 binoculars. ft .. fter uatching it for .:l._?p:-oxi."lta t t1ly fiv e minutas S0tffiCE a..'1d his ~.,-ue drove to anotht:r GOG post a::-r;roxirnatt:l.y ten milc3 sot!th. re tl:&'J again observed it, but. on this occasion no binoculars m~re available . SOURCZ stat~d ther e was neither daylight nor moonligtt. :F:Yen though there Here !'r.<ll\Y stars v i.s.i.ble, the object pl:ai.nJ..;j stood out from the S ..lrt'Our.di."'!g ast ronomical bodies. It appeared to stand still, i t c~anged L"'l brightr.ess and it .f:_!.c~<m-ed, throbbed a."'ld pulsated . It did r.ot suddenly accelerate, br ea'< up, gi 're off smo:<e or char.ge sr.ape. I t moYe d neither in front of nor behind anothe::-object cloud . I t appeared t o b e solid i n form, \.fa.s brighter t han an auto headlit;~t mor e tr.an a mile a way, end changed f r om red to ~reen to yell ow a t rezular interval::>. 1"nere Has no s ound. The s ize of i t 1-1as <:::st ima t e d with' certainty to be tha1:. of a qua.rte:-held a t a..-:n t s length a s seen through binoculas. It s e dges ,1ere fuzzy, and SCURCE indicated that he felt it was constructed of a he a t rasistant alloy, ;vas a min umun o~ t wo feet in diametar J and i-ia.3 app!oxi:nately t wo hundred m:i 1 es hign and t..ro t:1ouaa.nd r.riles a~f::I'J. Hhen he l3St obs9rved the object i t im.s at an azimut h of lil5 and .:m e::..ev~tion of 3-5 ; it graduall y faded a way during the l ast five .minutes. ::ok'; "t.fas clear, there was n o wind , and the vreather vT;tS cold :md dry. s l.iP.CE s tated .that he felt, the object tro.s a man made ;jatellite. At the same tm.~ on the next evening (o60ll:Z Nar 56) SOU?.CE observed the :.>a.Me object .:1t the s e locationo Its ch cteristics wer e eenerally t~e s e as the ;ht ~e.fore, but it 'if'l.S observed for thirty 1ninutes. On tnnt occa.:3.ion it ;.ras yello4 ~rith red l'l.:1shes a t regular intec-vals. I f ~' I I " I~P/>001 rro l'i ,'IHIJLc O R I N PAIH. U f OfH~R '! H.\N L.'<IIEO :;T\rr::; AIH FO"CE ,lt,C:i'oCIF.S l.<CC:PT t:'V '"'"''~';ii"N lhf [JoOJ<('. f .-'' P. AF FORM 112-PART It A?PRI')Vi::D I J J'll:. I'll& A1R INTELLIGENCE INfORMATION REPORT <'E-oHr o 2B.JJFOB-l-56 Occupation& Hous~df~ ~nd C{)C Chi~f Observ~r &3uo.atio-..: High Schoitl Graduat. s Rr-:LIABTI..ITY: SOURCE ...r.as OC9mpl~tel,y thor'>ugh l n h~r iescriatior.~ ,r th9 ."3ightL&g_.. SOURC.::; "Na3 QXtr~r.vtly co.,p~ra tiv~ and of av'!lrag'!' i.:ltE1llig~-:-tC~a IIIo f>O~Czts DSCRIPTilN OF SIOhTINGS: SOURCE .:.lnd h9r husb-=1-:1d w:.ra on duty at the COC p o:tt at Fairabild Fiffld ~t Gr.:tham, N?rth C oli:1a ( GJLG 3.505) t ">rh~!l th~ ">0- je~t w~s sight~d a t 3 170 azimuth and at an elevation of 10ao SOURC3 obs~rv~ th~ obj ~t a t 050115Z Har 56, and w.a:s o~rtain nh9 ob3~rv6d it ft>r ten rn.i m1tc:n o S~1~ r .,_ port!Xl th~ obs~rv'\tion t1) th9 Dur ham, North Car~?li!!il, Filte-r C11nt"'r (GJHF 0.559) :1".ld W~3 instruct~ to c tiau~ wat~hing th~ Qbj~eto Tha Filt~r Cqnt~r inform~d sou~C8 th~t no airer~ft w~r~ i~ th9 vicinit7o 'l'h~ ~ky w.qrJ cl .. ar ~Ad many stars wsr~ visibl~to Tbe mo~n C:>nditio:"l wa:J not r"- calL)d,. 'I'h<~ "~''"ath<?rwts cool ~nd rlry; a slight bre;JtZ.~t 'HZls bl;,~i;,~. Th~ objEtot app~73rr)d to stand ~till at ti';'Tl"J)9 and t'"> ape~d upo It did m~t bre;tk up~ iY~ oft srnokr+, change i n brightn Js.s or sh;roe, fliok~r or throb. I t moved nei th~:tr in .fr:mt ef nor b~hind anything <Yise. It app~ren t~ be sslid and r~p~te-dlJ chang~d .fr::>m ber to r~d ::n~d w~s 'bright~r than :m auto h<J:ldlig!"lt ~t 11 distanc~ er~,~l?r th::\~1 :t mil3. Frol'\ r~ it turn!td gr.,~J:l, anrl th~n b~c!< to amb~r; this oceurred '3t r::J5Ul:1r interT::tla., Th~ obj~t lll.!ld~ no sound SOURCE 'ri~Neod obj')ct thr :m g h CJ'P.elas..su, 7x50 bin llAr3. 3nrl w~dow glass. Th~ edg ~r th ob j3et l k~d lik~ a bri&~t st~ro SOURCE ~as fair~V c~rtain th.qt th~ objet c~mp~r~d in siz~ to ~ ~art~r b~ld I "l t arms longth, am 3h vra:a lo,king south-sou th~3 t whlln the 'Jbjct tfa3 first '>i~:tttd ~ ~ zo4t~ wh&A it dis~pp~.qr$dQ Obj~st did n~t dis~pp~r du9 t~ distaRc~ but ~a~k b~lG~ th9 horizon. S OURCE stated th;t th ~bj~at APP r~ to b~ ap~>xi t~lJ 6)1 l"'.iltJ!! a .. u.y. Hh~n th~ obj.~ct disapp~ ~roo i t ua3 o n a:"' azimuth ~ ~ 18o and aJ\ ~1~- v~t.iol'\ of 01) This w-ts th first sighting of this type SOtJRC~ had evtor obs~r7<!!'0 At th 3.:1.1\8 tim~ on tht! neorl e,r~r-ting ( 060ll5Z ~b.r 56) SOlRCE eb,~rved thot 3~mw. ?bj t th 3~m lQcati . It3 oharactristia~ w~r the sam9 as tha night bfJr~, b-1t it 'l'f.a3 obur-r~d for thirty mim.ttes on that occasi;,no IT w 'l)f m . fir?POOUCED IN WHOLE OR 1.'1 Pt\RT.ll'l' OTHER THA'I UNrrED STME..l AI-{ FOPC.E AGE~CI:.<; C:Xcr.r OY PEQ"~ ..,SIO'IOFTHt J lt't. n)~ AF FORM 112-PAIH II A\R JNTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT K: ~qr N0.2D- TJFOB-l-56 ?:1.rt Three '::ducati0n: :OVRCE w~s extremely I:r:aftsman 'l~. HC!ster-:~ r~lectri.c Co. , irElhcim, riorht, C:trolina ~:gh JChool anJ Tcc~nical ~c~ool r~adu~t~ was corr.pletely .thorou~h ln ~is d-:!icrt;>!:ion cooparat he and o~ :Juped.or in :ellig~nce . III. :i0URCS '3 DE3CRIPT'ION o-:;-HG:-i:'TNG: SOlJ1CE H!:i3 0:1 dut y at the Ch.."C .?,s-:, F1i.rchLlJ '::").eld, Gr'1ha::1, No::-th C-'irolina (GJL~ 3.305), w~en he sl.:;~ced tha obj"!CI:: at C5C110Z ::.lr 56, 'It a n "!ZLrnut.h 0!' 175 1n.~ un el~va.;r_m of 6. It. ;lO-:>ee1red to b.--:: c:lrcttlar Ln shape and brilliant ~o;hi.7.e in color t.Hh .:r bli.nktng r~d li.ght :;u?- rrlmposed on it. Tha eige of the object waJ fuzly. It W?J brighter than the b.c kJround of the aky, and. its '">rightness cornp~.ced to tha .. of an auto headli~;ht !l T1Lle or more uw=1.y. The object ~ppeared to flick.~r anJ t11rob, to st.::t!'lri n~.ill a t +i:t"'S :t'ld slso to su1denly s9eed up ::tnd ru;$:1 .llWJy. It Jtd not .~..,re behind or in f!'o !'lt o~ :1r1y othe~ ohject. !he sky ~Js very dark but ny st3r3 were 7is~bla. Ct"~:::p:n'ed i'1 si::e "".o a 1-!:llf-dollar held qt ar-;ro.s 1..=-ng":.h .tiJan vi.,.ol'?d throu~h bin- l OCt\llrs. It ;.;as vi ~wed t''1-:-ough ey.-3~13 sses anJ 7x50 bi:-toculars. ') "inC!!: P3':i."'la terl it to b e round, to be 12 feat in dia~e~er, to be mad~ of p1aatic o r bri~ht matal n.; comp:1red it in size to :'3 1-:lr gs ~Tea:h~r:-b:!lloon. O~ject disappe.1rcd 3t 1350 ~n. ,uth and ;:;eerred to i-:-oo bel--Ji.nd t'le horizon. SOIJ?.CE 3rat.:!rl t:Ht he t'el~ i" . might hava been a ~an rr.3.:!e ,sa-l:cllite rotating 'lrnund the ea:rth. Tne 3 U:1'S rP.flac- t ion could h.:ne accounted for tne 1 i.~h t observ-ed. I' ~.1 .\( ou f UE. II~PHOOIJCED IN \'11-'0LE OR l!'l PA'H. OY OTHE.R fH~N llllllEO !>fATI::S AI,. r nHU:.: t\Gt.NIIE$. I.XCEi-'T AY "R'II~.:.Imi llr f,.; oJII<H.ro~c,F AF FORM 112-PART II Af""'<OV~O I JUNE '1J3 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~>l"''RT r.o. 2B-UFOB-l-56 Flight 2-B, 4602D AISS PAGE .' OF I . t,OURCE: ~.r Address: ~lorth Carol ina Occup-3. tion: 3{;t, North C3.rolina Hlgh"ay P'!t::-ol Educqtion: ~gh Jchool Crrtduate II. R~L'WILITY: Cannot be judged. SCURCE ;,;.1s 1ntervier.ed b:~ t.P.lephon~. III. 50\.JRC~'S D'.:.>CqiPI'IO~; OF SIGl!l'I::G: Persor.nsl "lt the GCC }Jo::;t F'-..:.rcltild Field, Gr~ ham Nort~ C ~rolina (G .. !LG )50.5), c3llee the Hi~hway P.; trol Office :mJ rcpo:-t.cd :3ee\.ng t'12 object. S0H:tC~ proceed~ to the p o 3t Av~r~ he also o'bservea it. He sat-l t:e object in t:te south, and ;.;as fairlJ ccrtJ~.n th.:1 .. ::e ')OserJt:-d it ~or on3 rr.inute. T':e sk~ ,.;:-1s d~1rk but s t ar:-s Her e vi~:;f.,le. 'I'he \Jc;-tther :.as cle3r, cco1 and dry; s slig:1t. b!"ee'?.~ .ras bloHing. The object :!;>per.tred to s:. in,i st.ill and change i n bright;ness. It did not. suddenly speed up, oreal< 'lP, ~ive o'"f ~r.10k~ or c!vmge shape. Nei.ther did it 1nove in front o~ or behind :1ny o~her o~.j~ct:J.It wJs v i ewed through '7x50 bi.nocul'3rs. The object vrRs bri_ghtdr th1.r: t.l:e background of the sky and compared favorably ~:i:th a n auto headli.ght nore t'1an :1 wilP ~-..:~t) .. The o":lject Appeared to b~ solid, and ~..-as green,. a~ber ~nd J19llow in color. It.; edf~S 't>et'e sharply .outlined and it made no sound. ~0U'C8: tv:ts fqirly ce!'taL11 th~t it com?ar e d in size to a b~seball h2ld lt g~s length. It dis~9peared over t'-le horizon. 30~.RC estL;'lated the object to be t :;o or .. hre:! r::i2_z.s ~-.~&y, :;.nd r~ t':"ought it ::3s cau::;ed bJ~ so:-ne t.r?e of we-3-ther 9henorn~na. Thi'J Has ~he first si.g'ntihg SOU'lCE had ~o~itnessed. T ~ r;-c u., r Ct:I'<TMN; t'r'or-~ , roN """CTINl. rH rAi101';AL oEt-~'<'>E OF T"iF u-.trfo TIAns WIT"< I 'I TJ-IE MF:AN'"c; Ot-TH': rS?I'"'.:.GE CT. ~1 u " <. : ' A:lf'lr.O ll'i Tfl\~L, "'I'iSION 0'-' TYE. 9~VE.LArl0N Of-lfS CI1NTF.NT'> IN AN( MANNeR fO 1\N IJNAUTYORZEv ?f.">~N I, PROH ;li Tf'O 8' l All If (., If lk I'F?POOt..CC:O IN WHOLL 0~ 1:-l PART. Bf OfHi::R THA'\ U!'tii(O S1AiES AIH ~OKI;( A\:.<.NC.lES. t:XCCPr o'f r'E:R'II!>~I . , r'!r 't AF FORM t 12-PA~T II \ 'r'"JV<.O I Jlll>ot. 'Jll AIR 1NTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT , North Caro lina Occuo ati.on : 'lf:duca tion : LI. R;-L: liLITY: ;oqcE ~.;as cooc~r3ti~ra Sot:~C:::: ~:as V3~U3 in his descri~tion and of ave~3ge intelligenc~. IIt. :;oUP.CT!: S D-::JCP.IPl'IC.N 0"' '3I~;..,ING: fiOU~CE ~ma certain that ha o:,5erve d tn" c'"~ject : o r t.an "1i.:tut~3 ~ t Cj0ll2Z :.~r 56, at GCC p oa::., Fairchild Field, 1m, North C:l::;olt~.l (GJ':.D 3.505). ' ie ht:drd the GOC C3ll -'-.he !ighway P.?.~.rol. ('f::_c-? on f.h3 C .r rl.Jio , and Hent t o the airfield to Ob 5e!""Te the P:1S~O.r:tenon. 'T'~e o:.,,; ,ct \''lS first si.g~ted .at 180 azirnut.h :tnd at. An elev:1tion o~ 4 0 to. 4 5 . The n-e1 th~r ...,~ n cleJr, dry a nd '\.J=\rtr; t~ere was a slight !Jr~eze blo~Hin~. ?hd ohj~ct wu; b.:-i:;~-,ter-tl-)nn the b=tckground of t h e s'<y ( lescr'Lbed a a l)rL~ht t"t-Tilig .) 't!1d Ci" t;Jred f:!vorably to an auto heqdl ie~t. a milA or more a:1ay. It did not ~ O're i..n front o f or be~-,ind a-:-~y other object.. Neither d!.d it appeAr to s t~Jnd still, SP"'"O up, l.Jre!lk tlp , f~ivA off smoke, change sh-9pe o r flicker. It rlid not ci.,?ng~ in lwi;;;,tn~ss. It appeared to be solid, and Wa!J "ltnbe:-, r e d anJ P;reen in color., Se~n by fl.ft.J' ':J':.noculns ... ,ere ut.tli.z.ed . '!'he ohjcc~ appeared to be rotnd ~r.J .. ,.,.~ tnvP1.-:.np; from :Jout;, to :;out;,.-Jest at 4 or 5 ~:PH. SOURC:;: ~Ia;:; [;1l.rly c ert<l'i.n )j~ct. coT:'p'lre d :.n <;iZP. to a b=tseb3.ll ''1eld at arms le:1gth. Object dl.:>app~a!"'P.d a ..... 1S5 ~z tcr.uth and 22 elen.tion. ':'ni3 :.-1::ts t"le fir3t. sightin~ o f such an objecT. b j ' ::iOURC g . I' Jl Tf,-; .<X: J'I~NT orHAI'<S l'li'Oil~.\T!Oi'o \t<'cCTI"'G THE I'U,rfON~L ,t'fC:'I~E OF TH UNIHO tTf\TES ,VITI"I'i rH" , !:A'<I" G l")i' ~-l S PIO'<-\!:F. \ . '1 11 A'-~tJ '2 A<; ,\'I~'II')EO tr, l~A'I'>'~I$!)1()'t Qq THE f{EVC:LArtO'f OF t r'i ~O'ITE'H'i I'~,\~( '1\N'iF~ r::> AN l;N~IJiHr>'!llED PI:~SO~ lS r"~O..,I'il <" t v Lilo'l 1\F FOR.'tl 112-PART II INTELLIGENCE JNFORMA TfO N REPO RT '3nrl. i.:wton Cl~ .. rJa 1l:e bri;v!1tt?r ti'311 the :--:~:v lv1c:<cround cr:J C:1:i>'r~d ln 1w'it .... ~nP>S t.o 1P au-::o hw:L; hr. of lJ0. Objt;C t appeClrE:d +.n c~:1nge in bri.r,'.1tr.t" ~s .1r,d ';f'"!med t;n s ... ;mri stUL It did not speed UD, ex;)lode, g:i.v~ off ~r.oke, c'nn:;t~ :.>lt::;p~ .or "li~ker .. x~)t.t:1e.:r .::ILl it. r:ove i n front. of or behi..nd .~n) ott1er ot-jccts. I t ~113 d';c.rLbe>.:! J.::; r:tovi,...._ . ..:r-y s1ot1ly ~r11 W1~ cstirn1ted to b9 t~o or t~rtie ml.l~; a~ay. 1~vcn by f1fty bin?r~l s ~-;.~een ,,r,d Y:!llo:T. Its ~dees !era s~vlr_;"'l.J Otl"'.lincd. I:1 size :.t ~O!':!)J~ec r--.,or '-"' ~. t o .:1 b~sch.Jll held J t srras lenteth .. ;o;P.C! l::>ft. bel.'or.J oljccr. di.:;'l;;.;eirerJ. T:1i . .;;