PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 \'los Balloon 3. OATETIME GllOUP 4. TYPr.: OF OBSERVATION Probably Balloon 0 Possi bly Balloon ~round-Vi 1ual 0 Air Vi suol C Alr-l nter~ept Radar C CroundRodar Was Aircraft 0 Probabl)' Aircraft 0 Po ul bl y AIrcraft Wo Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical Possibly A1tro"omlcol 7. LENGTH Of OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 1~ Insufficient Dato for Evoluotion -five minutes 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One circular flame col ored object, size unknown, hovering overhead. ATIC FORM 329 (REV :!6 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS Observers unknown & insufficient information t o evaluate . c L:~rt"'\l) i\:Nv-lSrt-\f-4N, A c e AF FORM 112-PART II .. "'Pih(U 1 JuNE I")J8 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Pf"URI hi) Incl #2, 'PART ONE, Report #JD-UFOB-4-56 s Memory Sketch of Object VAPoR TRAIL ,1! "CI At.L:t':IL>.f ,.tl'fll'r I.I''J, JllN0 l![f'lf!II..IO:ot- U t{CLASS!fll;D UNCLASSJfff./) (CLASSifiCATION ) i Ar fORM 112' PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ' Prfl(ottr t~<> "lD UF""D ! Flight J-D. 4602d AISS , :Salt imore, 1iaryland Occupation: Sales nan Educaticn: 12 years Qualifications: Former u.s. Havy Aerial Photographer II. R..a.~I.ABILITY: SOURC!: ~s contacted by phone as be \Jas not at home during investigators stay in the Baltimore area. An appointment with SOulRCE was set up for 7:00p.m. Z.S.T. on 18 June 56 at SOURC~ S residence. However, investigators vaited at SO~lC~ S residence over two hours, but SOURCE did not arriva. During ph~ne conversation, SOURCE gave the investigntor the impression that SOURCE was I over confident in his ability to identify aerial phenomen~. In vie-of the a~ve, , i t is the investig3tor s opinion that the SOL~CE b R considered only fairly reliable. l evgn thoU6h he ~as definitely sincere in his ~tatements. j III. SO'GRC3 S DZSCRI?TION OF SIGH~InG: SOURCE was just b~gin.."ling to close the ~indov i~ hia ho~e when object appeared in the southeast a t apnroximately 15/02~0Z f J~ne 56. SO~CE observed object for a pe~icd o! five(5) to ten(lO) seconds before ; it disa:r.mea.r~d in the north..,eat. SOlJRG~ s t-.~ed that th~Lobject lias ap-proximately 45 :rc~ t he ~orizon and this angle re;.3ined constant during sighting. I sou:~c~ described the object as oei~s c1 g~r sr~ped with ths 1ront nalr of ~ e object definitely outlined by a ~c~ o: distinct in1ividual li5hts. SOUHCE l enad this porti on of object to a rc~ of c~bin lights. The rea r half was reddish blue ss if i t was exhaust trails and no~ a re~l part of the object. sou;~CE stated th~t the apparen: 3ize of the object could be compared to t oe palm of oners hand at a~s length. SOURCE stated that, although speed and I a:tit~de woul~ hard to esti~te, he believed objectto be traveling at 2000 m.p.ij. I .,.,hen first a igh ted and then o"t> joct e.~ce :!.erE. ted to an unbelievable speed and thus disa~peared. SOu~CE considered the altitude of object to be between 1000 and 2000 SOtiHCE ~eseribed object as bein5 solid ~ith an appearance si~ilar to that of a model airplane fuselage. SOU:~CE further st~ted that unless this country or othe_r c ountrie s en ea:-th.,.has such a. de:;ice. unknown to the public. ~ believed it tobe a s h i p from aDother ulanet SOU:~CE described the sky as being dark with a few scattered stars and the moon uhining brir,htl7. SOLnCE stRted that the object a path at no time vent in front. of or behind any other object in the sey. According to SOuRCE, the-re were s ttared clQuds a~d the ~eather vas hot and dry with no ~ind. UNCLASSIFIEJJ Af FQ .. qM 1 12 PART U \( lASSifiCAT IOH) ' "'f"HOVHI I IUNC. l<l48 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT PART THREE Flight J-D ~02d AI $5 SUPPL]}~TARY INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS: 1. A c heck wit h the Baltimore Filter Center revealed that a multitude of re- port9 on the mentioned object w~re reported from 150235Z Jun 56 to 1503532 Jun 56 . According to GOC personnel, Civil Defense officials i n the Baltimore area were also receiving continual reports on the objecto 2. The CAA office in Washington D.C. ( GJPJ 005.3) indicated that t he only un- usual phenomenon in the vicinity of Baltimore, l1aryland was an a?vertisj.ng aircraft. 3. The control tower at Friendship International Airport in Baltimore, Md. stated that the only unusual phenomenon in the ~ea was an agvGrtising aircra!t .with various lighting schemes. This aircraft was f lying low over the Baltimore area at approxjmate1y 150200Z Jun 56 for an unknown period or time. 1 4. The u.s. Weather Bureau at Friendship Airport in Baltimore indicated the 1 following data at l50200Z Jun 56: Surface Winds: Visibility: Cloud Coverage: WS~, Seven (? ) knot s Te n (10) miles Four-tenths (4/: 0 ) at 30,000 feet 5o Mr. Schoeneach , Air Vertisin g Co. of 17 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Mary- lar.d stat ed that his company ha d no ai~c~aft in the are a t the time object was sighted . However, information rec ei ved f r om ~r. Schoeneach reve aled that another ai: advert i s i ng company from Hagersto~, ~a7Jland (CJJ~ 1739) w~s o perating in the vi: i ::ity a t th:s tiine. 6 " The information received frc= :.h~ U.SAF W~ath~r Office at Ma~land (GJPJ 184.3) indi ca t ed the n: dir ection and velocit y in a s f ol lows: Sur f ace - (The above constitu tes the wind s Ceiling was 30,000 feet, clouds, light s cattered; visibility, t en (10) miles. 7e A check with J ohn Hopkins University in Baltimore i ndicted that no unusual phenomenon had been sighted by university personnel on the evening of 14 June 56. B. A check with the 647th AC&W Squadron at Manassas, Virginia (GJHJ 3145) re- vealed negative radar con tact of the object. However, due to t he number of report~ at the B~ltL~ore Filter Center, the 647th scrambled an F-86D at 150J46Z Jun 56 from the 95th FIS. Negative intercept i on was -~oomplished by F-860. Pil ot sighted ai~ line r s and !our ( 4 ) different search lights , but nothing that resembled reported obj e c t . Pilot stated that it was hazy at 5,000 feet and above i n the Balttmore I vicinity, 9o T/Sgto Musselman and S/Sgt. Kilroy, both assigne d t o Baltimore GOC Fi lter r, stated that they observed an object between 1501302 J un 56 and 1502J OZ Jun j 56 , but thJ.t ~-was de.finite_l~ a~ advertisiz::g ~j._r~r~t flying l ow o ver the city. UNCLASS!FIE.D M FOR"M 112-=--PART II UNC l.ASSJEI D (C~:;SIFICA110N) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT RE?ORT NO. JD-UF..eB-4-..5 6 P.ART THREE ?light J-D, 4602d AISS S1.l:P?L&\i:zr1 T.\RY INVES TI GA 'ri VF EF!'ORTS : ( ContI d) 10 . Rev. Francis ~. Heyden, Director of Georgetown University Observatory, stated tha t no~meteo~itea vere seen in t he area at the time of reported sighting. :re further stated that no other unusual phenomena we-re observed by the uliverslty 11. Mr. Edward Henderson, Associate Curator of the Smithsonian Institute, 1ia s hington, D. C. in charge of meteorites a ta ted no' unusual phenomena were observed ~uring the period of the reported sighting. 12. A check with Mr. Dean Cas tang, 1.01 Devon~hire Rd., Hageratovn, J~d. revealed that he was operating an a~vertising aircraft in the Baltimore area on the evening of 14 June 56. Mr. Gaatang waa flying a BT-lJ aircraft with a lighting scheme on ~he bottom of its wings similar to the type utilized on exterior o f the New York Ticea Building, H.Y.C., N.Y. (HJBL 0246). The lighting ar~ngement spelled out ', the company in :Sal timore that bad hired Mr. Cas tang. According to , M~. Castang , he approacned t he city at 1501 0JZ Jun 56 from the southwest at a t~e altitude of 1500 feet indicating an airspeed of 90 MPH and fle~ two ~ounter clockv13e orbits around t he city. Mr. Castang stated that he climbed and descended a a he circ led the city to uaintain his altitudeo At tbe end of each orbit on the s outhwe3t sid e of the city, Mr. Cast~ng ~le~ directly to tbe c~nt~ r of the city, executed a 45 degree turn to the east, !lew a~prozire~tely 7 miles and then continued :; i s counter-clockwise o.rb it of the city. O.Ccordi-:1g t o J.1r. Cas tang, he landed his ~ircra:t. a t Hsrbor Airport, Balti~ore, ~d. a t 15022 0Z Jun 56 . Mr. Paul S i l ver, of A.a ~ Sales Co Baltimore, l-id. stated th ~ h!.s compan7 ned hired 1-ir. Cas t a ng for-t he :.0.-;ercising stunto Mr. S ilver further stc..t-3d. ~h3.t in the future Civil Defense tJ~ities would oe notified prev1oU3 ~c en 5ement of adverti s i ng aircraf t >l'o riV ."""ll..~:tutoO~ it.!:. i:lltl-. 't U JY CLASS I fl t f) l' fORM 112-PART II APPRO\II:.D I JUNE 1941 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FRON (. tl/~tCJ) IUI'ORT ~. COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: 1. Prepanng Otficer concludes that this sighting was definitely c au sed by advertising aircraft mentioned in par 12 of Part .3 this report, for the following a. Sigbting time or object and flying time of advertising aircraft. were approximately the same. Neither SOURCE could give exact time of sighting b. T.he course of the advertising aircra.!t coincides with the approximate course of object. described by SOURCE in Part I and II. Co Lighti.Dg as. described by SOURCE in Part II would be the same as that on the advertising aircraft. SaJBCE in Part II estimated a tremendous speed of object which coul.d have been due to the short time of sighting and the low altitude or a ire raft. d~ Due to negatiVe radar c ontact accanplished by the 647th AC&.W Squadron. e. Due to haze that was reported by Lt. Albright pilot or the F-86D scrambled from 9Stb FIS~ Andrews AFB, Mdo Poor visibility could give varied impress- ions as to t.he speed and appearance of a low !lying aircraft. t. Short time of sighting by SOURCES in Part I a.nd II would not enable them to prope~ly identify any object. g. Contacts with all well known aoservatories and government agencies in t he area indicated that no unusual. phenomena were evident in t he area at the tim~ of sighting. h. All agencies that were cognizant of the advertising a i r craft and were able to identify it as such. JAMES F. BARTON 2nd Lt. USAF Asa't Officer in COMME.NrS OF APPRDVnlG OFE*!CElh Coneur with the opin1 on ot the Preparing Officer that this by' the ~ deeeribed in th:i.e report. : sighting waa caused 'lTl ,,., 'IC' ... .r Lf'>l.atl',oCJR'AATI'IIt :... l'liNr; 'H[NATIO'oALIJl~Ut,l or: ltl[llNtlfO ST4Tt'".:J'IHII',Ttr .. ,. II I H 1'5"!0'o~c; 4,'-ull. I .lh'f '<C; !ti Ill, {J[I JC'fl) I N WHO LL OR 11i PART. BY UlrH:.f< fdti.N UN Il l D ,Tt\H..S AlP f ORCI Ar;tr,t ti:~. I. 1..;: ' t l Pf 'I ;c-,10:1 0~ 1" ~JIP Cl I ~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION' 0 Was BollOOft ..... . 6 Mar land O Probably Bofloon XlD Grotmcf. Vl auol 0 GrounciRador Was Aircraft Probably Alrcroft 0 Was Aatronomical 0 Probably AatronoMical 0 Pouibly Astronomlcel 1. UNOTH 0111' OIS!RVATION I. NUMI!R 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 , Othor--~- --- 10. BAIEP SUMMAAV OP SIGHTING One cigar-shaped object, the size was width of ~and at arms length, color was white with red tail, travelin6 11. COMMENTS Advertising i n u large orbit in 4 5 dgrs elevation and l 5 d g r azimuth at a very high spe d and then faded in ha~e. This object was sighted by approximately 200 peo- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 215 S&P 52) 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 0 Untrno_, aircraft. See AF WPB119 YDD074 TYB089 TDA018 TMA~76JMA~08JMB 001 PP RJEDEN RJIDWP RJEPBL RJEPNB RJEPJR DE RJEPJM 1B ~ FM COMDR 647TH AOIRON MANASSAS VA TO RJEDENICOMRE AIRDEFENSE COMMAND NT AIR FORCE BASE COLO SPRINGS COLO RJIPJM/COMDR 85TH AIR DIVISION ANDREWS AFB MARYLAND RJitwP AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO v- RJEPBLICOMDR DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON DC INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NEW YORK RJ!PNB/COMDR DETACHMENr .3 4602ND AISS STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NEW YORK RJEPJR/FLIGHT 3H 4602ND AISS MCGU RE AFB T~NTON NEW JERSEY U N C L A S S 1 F E D ACCMO 6-420 PD UFOB 1. A CIGAR B WIDTH OF HAND AT ARMS LENG!H C WHITE WITH RED AND BLUE TAIL NOT APPLICABLE G EXHAUST WITH SPARKS FROM STERN SIZE OF OBJECT I TOO FAST TO SE AIECRAFT TO SLOW FOR COMET PAGE TWO RJEPJM 1B ~. A NOTICED BECAUSE OF HIGH SPEED B le5 DEGREES ELEVATION 45 DEGREES AZI MUTH .3 A GROUND VISUAL B NEGATIVE C NOT APPl.l CABLE ~. A 15/e2e3Z FIRST REPORT 5 39 DEGFl:ES 20 MINUTES NORTH 76 DEGREES 4~ MINUITES WEST GEOREF BALTIMORE MARULAND EX-PXRIAL PHO!OGRAP~ZR B. NUMEROUS UNIDENTIFIEn 7 A CLEAR SKY NO WIND NEGATIVE PRECIPIT ATICt~ B 1 SURFACE PAGE THREE RJEPJM 1B 7IM C 30,000 FT LIGHT SCATTERED D 10 MILES E POI~! 5 OR LESS F YES WEST AND NORTH WEST OF BALTIMORE 8 THUNDERSTORMS MOVIf\G FROr1 WEST TO EAST PRIO~ AND AFTER SIGHTit--!G 90 SCRAMBLED ONE F-86D ANDRE~IS AFB ~.346 AIR BORNE ~349Z PILOT SIGHTED DIFFERENT AIRLINERS AND FLASHING SEARCH LIGHTS C GROUND SEARCH LlG- Kllf~l XYDII9 XDEI11JBAI5~JBGII2 PP RJEDEN RJtDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWPJB 2G ta;:, J. A'!.btl" xE Pti~1E; lt tilt: Al tu:~v.~y" flA'i't AT 5