PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wa 1 Balloon 3 J. July 1956 T emple T exas O Probably Balloon Pos ai bl y Balloon Locat8; 1 0 AM a:Crouncf.VIsual 0 GraundRodar Wos Aircraft XIX Probably Aircraft GMT 3 1 /1420Z . o Air-Visual a Airlntorcept Radar a Poaalbl, Alrcrah 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Civi l i a n 0 Probably Astronomical a Petaibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH Ofl OISERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSI! l } -co 2 minute s 0 lnaufflclnt Ooto for Eoluotlon a Unlcnown 10. &RIIII SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One ohject round, size o n e fifth iize In :1.n additioo:1l lett'3J.' by obser- o f full moon or 3 o r ~ times lar~er ver, he states he ltas seen thd tha11 Venus. Colo1 brl lli3nt, mi:k UFO film a n d he states t h e objacL ~h1t0. Similar to ~ flt1oresc~nt lamp . h e saw was e x actl y like one o f S?>:::ad equa l t o or ~rc.;ate r cban ,jet the o~jects in t h .: "Marianna a.~. Obj .::.:>ct lo~vly d Jmmed nd :::.J.a<.J Case,. wh.1~h wa.:; l.' .JSolved a s a n ATlC FORM llll (RitV 25 S&P 52) HEADQUARTERS 4602D AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON lADCJ UNITED STATES AIR FORC ENT AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO AISOC 11 Oet.ober 1956 SUBJECT: UFOB Correspondence TO: Commander Air Technical Intelligence Center AT'l'N: AFUIN hE4 Wr:igbt-Patterson Air Foree Base 1. Attached is the correspondence concerning AISS..UFCB-241-56 forwarded for your information and necessary action. 2. Subject correspondence could not be attached to AISOP Fbnn 5, i n accordance with the provisions of paragraph 30 c (1), AFR 205-1, dated 3 Jan,1ar.v 1956. FOR TrtE COMMANDER: CHARLES ~,.;. GODSEr ~ Captain, l:SAF Assistant Adjutant HEADQUARTERS JANIS CONNAL.L. Y AI~ ,O,_C. a45C WACO, T!XAS SUBJECT: (UFOB) Report of Unide-nti!1ed Flying Object neceaar:r. \ir Defense Command Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado oeed l~!!tter froa Mr. T-.ple, Tua:s, is !orwaro 2. Thia bMdqQ&rters ia unable to 311lait 1n fonaa raqniae<l' by paragraph 7 UR 200-2, 12 i.ugnat 1952, aa neither U Fona 112 or ..lF Font 112a ie pnsent~ .:a.Tailable. }i'C.:l TH.E CCMMAlllJE.R: Temp ~, Texas AU3UBt l, 1956 Jiadquartera, J9.mea Co~lly 41r .? o re Baae \Jaoo, To~a.s. RKPOR~ 0 2 u giD&JTIFIED FLYIBG OBJECT Date o~ observation: TU$&day, July 31, 19~6. Ti..tte: around tl: 20 A .. .w.. Loc~tion o f object: #estsouthwest of Te~pla, T~xae. ~levation o r ob ject acoT horizon: Approxi tely SO degrees. Direction of flight: Wt-south-west; flight level and otraight, ap&d uniform, during 3nt1re obs9rvst1on. Spaed: 5qualAor gre~ter tha~ Jat. (positivel y not the spee~ or a meteor, o r slow spa~d or a drifti n g balloon--w\nd wae 1--~ MPB Cola~: b r i l l iant, soft milky-h i t e , v e r y a1~11ar t o glo~ing fluoraacen t l amp. i~ps: :..--a:-f ectly round , o r 6 l 0 buJ.::..::--; v ery arerp, 1latir.ct out.- llne--~o fusela ga, ~ings o ~ ~thar ~ppe~dagaa. Lang~h o~ tl~e obj9C ~ w~a in ai t: ~hila o~s erva~ drov o 3 o':je:~ !'.1.:l.ed ou: ln :r:.i J r' l:::-3: =~::.IC--~u2!srve~ go l r. 3 l ose thAn n:'t a r ~i .. 3.Yi~g th~ ot j e c t f c-: ~.::p!'cxi::stely t h!"ee :.'ourthe o r t irr.e f~Je~ c vzpletely o~t, bu~ no: dl= i r. i ahing in a ize or ~p6ed; ~hera ~ ~ n o bra i ~p, ~ ~ a t o Te r of ~parks, o r exp l oR1on, j~at ~1o~ly f~ded lo~r. : o ~t:l.::; t1on. ObJdCt mo~ed ~ntiraly t o o alo.r for .:\ r:eteo r a.Jii unly .W t p ~0 degraea of' a.z itt:u t h ,,HL8 covered duric g th1a one a.r. :i or.e-ha.lf . o t wo mi nu t e s o f obearva t i on .. appa rent Dl~a: Cne-flfth t h 9 size of ~ full mo on , or 3 o r ~ tim'~ l :uger-... han '.J<9nua O:t' tiE~ PO,j..:) i.E~-~ .::iOURCES OF P l:.Rr l liENT INFOP..!AA l'ION: r\ ft cl r d : l. vin g abou~ 6 city b l ocks further tow~rd my p lace of e~plom~nt ~fter t. h d o..:: ject ~1sappe..:~.red, Or' rou~hly 2 r'!1nutas later,; thl-} t'{;jgula r i l i~r..;. cf a. p a saangat' plan a O:\llie f!"O~ :.h~ d i rectiol" '1t :;ou~ton,. :i.D..l r.,..., l.!eJ .io~n,.ard. r o r a. land.in~ at :ramp..:. a J, ~C'por~.. ri c h ~H u.t::>ut S r:llea a ... ay. Thia p lane cross~cl th.i ~?;:;,J.:aD~ .. )t.~.t1on x harB UFO wa s a~en in flight . li::.t. ~.h1a rough timizl$, t.bitJ fJ.!...:one a 1ouJ.d. ta Ld ~n onl J o. very :~' ~tl~g outh-east, w1~h the tiFO de&d ehead, in L13r blu8 ~:c; :n..i. could ha'le ba-en s9en ani poBsibly reportod b y this crHwu .rt:l::~ obJact positively in no ~aj, in appearance o r rforrr.anc.,,. ra3 bled a balloon, plane, mdtaor, b1rd,amoke, feathara, p~per, cobw~b~, or a fla~ or reflection in my ~1ndsh1eld. Two separate reports of Unidentified Plying Objects aighted ove:--Durango, .1.e:x~a, were .-ent to Jamea Connally Air Poro8 B&se, at Jaoo, in July ~nd ~oYembar, 19~2, and eaoh waa aeparately ~nd praonally invll~&ted by Air Force Of~1cers. Th!a lat$at a1ghting waa telephoned promptlJ to Lhe n dep&rt- ~::e:r~t or th loow.l Tample Telegram, 1 t.h an of~er to f1ll in an] neded details tor a newa item of the odd eventi the n~M~ report baa bean igr.ored. I s ll be glad to otfar a~f additional olu~iflcation tr~t r can giTe ~sgarding information or this latest sighting~ Tamp l e, r axatl. H0adquar t e r a ".HJO~d Air lntellige n o a S e rvice ~quadron Znt .~lr F'orcs Base Color~do 3prings, Colorado. Gentle!t!en: Temple, T e ::ta.a Septe e r s , 10 ! Nish to ~dd -..h1a bit of information to rr.y report o f an unijent1r1ei t'lying object obaerv8d by ~e on July 31, 1~56 at Te~pl9, Texas, which was ~orwa~ded f rom Jazr:e~ Goru:ally -~ir For~ e B~ae at Waco, Te xa s .1..n a.dditior.. -:o rc.y in1ti9.l 1eport, I haye alae corepl eted ~r.u returned your ATIC Fo~ 18, toth given in the ~learest 1eac~1ption poa3~:1e ir. ~r1 :1r.gf but today -\Ta& t'o.rtur.4te to vie,. a: .:. loc a l t h e &ter t..ha film, '~r.ider.tifidd Plying Otj~c~s." 7he sir.Ele objec t whic h l ocs erve1 and repo~tad look e d :x.1~tlr like e 1 the!'" one ~t' !.h9 pa i r aho\'fn i n that p!i.rt of' ~-~a film -nhic h \oflj,a _photo6~;h9d i r. 1960 by 1t1cho1as : . ::-i~nt~., o.t l1r eat Fa lls, :.!~-:tans, exc ep~ 1,.he ocj9 Ct I G c o;ad relati: e l y ~-0~9~, j ~aa i n vl coralder~bly 1 n eva lua~ ir:P.: truly yo urs