3. OATETIME GROUP 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 :1 inu tes PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Arkansas City , Kansas 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION l9:'tround Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 An Vi su ol 0 Airlntercept Radar Ci v i lJ.an 8. NUMBeR OF OS JECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation s t i 1 ~ in sigh t or: e d r l f t i n .; ~E 10. B~IEF SUMM-'RY OF SIGHTING Ill. COMMENTS 0 ~-oint:;, J.:>ti mated tc be> ;~r .c ,_tltud~ ~i..rhting co~- ~--J-; Jonded a xactly or' 5 ll f~()QO feet~ First S-2 -?r.. '1 t a n to thu COLlrS~ or ihe o b ject., "lzi:-l'lr > o f 8 0 d~rs. Si;;hti1!;_; W:l~ ~-~ob:tb.ly ...;enern.t v d ATIC FORM J19 (REV 26 SEP 52) by a b:tllon n : rom Dodf{e City,' Kans.J::; or !)o.;;; Lld y <1 balloon fro ;u \r i r: hi. t a NEYER USE FO~ APPIWVAI..S, DISAPPROVALS, CONCURRE.NCES. OR SIMILAR ACTIONS MEMO. ROUTING SLIP f 1 NAN I OR TITLI FROM NAMI OR TTTU ORG~NIZATI~ AMO Loc.\TIOH COOROINAnON SlliHATUitl Rep\a(lal DA ~00 Porm 8~, l A pr 48. twd AFBQ l"orm n, 10 Ne'f <&7, wb.icb may be used. . ARXANSAS CITY xAs. JULY 19-CINS>-srvt~AL UNIDENTIFIED rrAR SJIAPtD OlSJECTS'TliAT ~AST VEIR~ LI~TS IN THE SKY. CAU~ED A .. Ni:V rfi'STERY liEN ltiEY WERE REPORTED SE!N noATINC' OVER SEVERAL KANSAS COMMUNITI LS EARLY :"ODAT 1110 o ; THE STRANG!: OBJI:CTS WITH LI,HTEJ)l DA~INC; TENTACLES WERE r()l FIYE HOURS THIS M ARK NSAS CITY B HIS WirE MR. AND BIIN FISJIINC: N}) THREE ~LICEM N. . J THE MYSTERIOUS auLas CAST A METALIC BLUE OR BLUISH nr i I t:JIT l~D MOVED SLOWLY FREQUENTLY CHANG'!NG POSITIONS. . IIT $SES IN iiCHITA.! HUTCAINSCN~ D..DORADO AND liD..LINGTCN, KAS .. l ALSO' P. --:J SEIIN' WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HU<a: LICHT BULB DANCING IN THE SU. \ Tt PAnOLHAN FIRST REPORTtD SEEINC THE OBJECTS MOVI NG EAST AT A IICH ~ l~E or $PEED NEAR HUTCHINSON. L.A -:-:-, MCCNNFJ.L AIR fO~CE BASI AT WICHITA SENT OUT A B-29 BOM'BER A~tD SMOI! ., ~Ll. AI! fORCE EASE DISPATCHED TVO J ET PLANtS TO I NVESTIGATE. A , .. 1 t EIIOUS OBJECT ALSO iAS PIC~ED UP ON. TH.E RADAlt SCREEN AT llJTC:.: ~ . ~SOH l e-~1 PILOT TROM FORBiS AIR FORCE FLIC~ER!~ ~JASTt GAS TORCHES IN AN RI"Hr _,~VE eA:JSED l!ETLECTl~NS. BUT MC~ .J7~CD BASE I N TOPEXA SA!~ HE SAW L IEI..D YHICH SOMt n 10UG'HT SAID_ THAT .. WHAT I SAW WAS NO UFOB IMDEX CARD e 2. LOC:A TION 4. TYP! 0, OISERVATIOt...N -----I ISGround-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ai.-VIIUal 0 Ai,.lntorcept Radar 7. LENGTH OP OIS!RVATION 0, OBJECTS 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon Poui bly Balloon 0 Was Air4:raft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Ai rcroft 0 Was Aatronomicol 0 Probobl y Astronomi col Pouibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Oota for Evaluation I 10. BAI!, SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ODe (1) object, liD a .tar, ljJra a ligbt lw!lb. w1 t.h point., ~ted to be at a altitude ~ S to 6 P1rst at. -~ eo ill tbe area ot tbe tille 0~ the to Object. AlSO' florM 5 (15 Oct 5 .. ) 'G Balls of lire' Stir Saucer. Rumors ARKANSAS C tTY, Ark.- Flying sauc:en made a brief bid spot in the news this week. Officials here got word from the Hutchinson, Kans. Naval Air St~tion thft they were using , r-adar to track an artiAcial light traveling at a high rate of speed. The Air Force tot into the picture, aent a B-47 from Forbes AFB to investigate. They at- tributed the lights to waste gas torches "in a nearby oilfield. Apparently the ease is closed, but some area residents are still mystified by the strange balls of fire that came out of nowhere i!HU were seen by many. c CO"t!.'l'lel !.il" 7 orce 3 a::;e a t : 1:.. tchi ta sent n. 3-2', h or-:bcr, :~ -u7 0 1-1a3 c.lso :Picked up on rad R_ ... n.t =:utcrdnson a,.. niOMAS M. COMEJ1 /-, . "SAUCERS" SHA1 ll:Rm LULL AS MARS RACED TOWARD EARTH: UFO iDY ..... tor eTeJ) whe~ have pTedktecl that 19S6 woald be the binat )'ear Jet. S.eeu...-1 Until the eDd vf july all wa quiet an tbe UFO.. front. It looked like I 9 S 6 DU8ht ptt n .a mudl u 01\e aartliuc aptil ...... Letua b.cJw.. that ""Fl1iD1 Su-=eta." aa 11a:h. ]a.t don .. t aet a nod hom th. publicity boy &.aJ'"iOIL U they are reported, they ue called .. ,noY me -.nta-metlora&&e. .,,owuas .. ere. meDtioD o '"!aucee" uci UFO. il earafuU:,-anooided. Pteaeatly the 'iateaplaaet.aJ7 dia:a are dartin to aad fto iD the tiD. of othc:r coaatriu. and to tome extent in Amnica. The dehacrof ~port. that ,ar!ed in late Auaut thte y~at prov-ed !he validity of the old theory that UFO. arc: wid~ty eeen wbeD Man ap- pro.ehn the Earth. Since thi. a. our last i~. it i~ qllite appropri- ue tha[ we ennounee that oon . . very to<:m . . there-wi[i. be .a UFO di~lay over the ~reat c:itiu of Earth t.~at will or.ce ~nd fu !' an prove th~ exi.tence of space risrtor.l Tht-.refote, \.he o ffic ntl' ~t.nncMancement will not eome f1ou E.uth ntJthoTities. i:>ut -....riU he ST.,ucht aboJt by defmit.e acrioo ou the part nf the S,:,.c.e Conied~ rahon 1t.self! 195b ia not ovtr yetf Remember the otheY q~eaf s.aucr.t" Year .. 19Sl ... ae~rly all lAe e.iahtmga and conracw. ~1"1! maal'! ;n the lur half of tbat mf'monlble year. .~c:lamski. 3 r.thut"J.m . . .\ngd'XCi, Vu T&ne!_ WHHam1110a, ete., all had th-eir AJR FORCE HVI.i S MY3TI:RY ''SAUCERS": T opeb. !Gmn Jniv 9th. Reports. ol a laJge flaming UFO nv~ fliOittf\ t:~nii&f !'<.tn -today aeot reconnaissatac~ pbnea from Forbes .-\ir .,tce Ba~e '"'Cutt:J~inc mto ~ tky oa ordera f10m the Au f1.it<7M ~;riee at !...ow~ry .~ Fore~ a. .. at Denv~r. C o lo. Two p;l".ltQ :-tOm the ; ; t~ --.ltd 90th rec:onnaiuance wiup reported aiihting ... "l~ ~ject. One ot tbelll id it wa in th~ air nd tbe ott,er said it -...on the 11ound. The Naval Air Station at Hutd:ainW~a r~orrod to For~ that 1t1 ratJr had picked up -a movinc anidentified. ob. iec.t.. Th. object. teport.ed1y h'aped like a tear drop and lile " be liaht. wu fim offidaUy n!ported hy t.be StateHighway Pattnl on dat)' at A~an1aa C ity. Atr FoTC.e plana took cff to tearch or he m,...tetT ob;ect. O..heT eih-ery diec. "nd bluish peO!i-ohj~tl vere 1CrJl matw:uverinc cner the uea. ;\!othmw . . . lh.oluteb- "tudtinc is l'op Secret" to the UF034 1\ey c An mnnitor any con- .-.:ruuon an .... where at any time. ~y t>ften ~end down remnte ~ontToi!ed dt"""Vicea to malt.e 1JUJVCJI over 8ecret governl"')rl1t instal- 1.-,tional