-PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 3. OAHTIMf f flOlJP ~ TYPC CJF CB~ERVATivk I 6. SOL. RC E , 8. r.uu.sE R o~ os.JECTS . ~ c:- s= 7. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATIOH 10. BI::!E,. SlJ,_A.IAfl'r' Or SIGn !I t-IC 1 P robob , 1\' ?le t nf positions, d:r~c:5 .. r:~ c;u;erve d bric;ht tru._:e;ct ory LC !Ciles s::.. ::>f Anc.rillo, followcJ l y an~ther appear: ng a s c. liuht in r... cloud for1:-.aticn eotir:u:n.ed t o be )~ mile:: in leneth. Sctn":e :;ta tt!~ l:;~t eprea.re- size o grapefruit, having a fai~t trac~ of red and vary ing itc posi~i0n. Picture ta~n cf the pat terr. lci't b y ob~iect. . p oi.n t c f'lmc.ct directl :l a".. ; 1. _.:_l. odd illwr.ination and r.i.te:-!JS s.gai:.~ ~ the nir:;}; t sr:y. LATE UFO REPORT: Submi tt~d to ATIC Jll:l 57 ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 S E P 52) AIR F ORCE P L :\.\"E DO\\' XED BY U)\ I DE~TIFl.E.D Case 170, In air o"~'r Pi~lcy, Cal., July 22, 1956-The abMc l~t:.dline qt~otcd from 1ht! RuL~y Jfou11taiH I\'L"H'S, D e m l!r, Coin., 1\ pifies others appearing in the nation's press. Ho wcYcr, fo r t: t s tory we q ttulc fr om the San Francisco C lto11iclt! ns ; !lows: " A Hamilton \ FB transport pl a ne suni ved a 9000 f t. nical di\e ancl landed ~ofelv w ith three-fourths o f its tail c c-.ator n:i~sirg. The pilnt , co-pilot and crew of two all l'.1cke d o u t following a myst erious mid -air iucid~nt that no 'Jo.: was able to explain. :\Iaj or Merwin Stenvers, the pilot. id the C-tJ I D. was cruising at 16,ooo ft. O\'er Pixley. ~ucl . :1ly, thtre was a tc.uJ bang, a severe 'ibration and we w~nt i .... a diw,' h~ c;aid :\fajM Stemers h~1 the p!an e t.nder , ~,t:al co:m:rol ot rhe time. \\'hile he and hi s co-pilo t b:ttt'.:ti to :;s it out oi the c;pin. the two crewmen were sc:-am hling t'i ;:in tl~c;r i.:i:t in the .:a!1in. F inally, S temers sn.w the n o::.: t-till : o come u p. a;...:r,irg-certain death. But then all i0ur c:-o.."; nernbc.:rs blackc:l.! mtt. \\'hl!n he and hi.s en-pilot, C::tpt. f~::>h~:'t h rble . cam~: w. th~: p!nne was going a lmost s trnight ~i,!. 1-~ f! ~ut; ,'ri till! c:-air had d:opped to 7000 it. tin-; c Etl: Critics will say that this incident is "dnwn the CRTFO :tlley"- '1 rue ! While it ranks h igh on the St lSptct list, the case i:. l>y uo means closed. \Ve will a wa it f urthcr c-vid c ncl.', and ::.uggest t ha t 1 C\'cryone rea d between the lines if mnrc is said o n the case. ADDE?XDU~f-As o ne reader p u t it , 'Xow com es the h:wk track - g-." l n the ] u ly 24 e d it ion of the S a n F ra nci~ro C /woui.-1. it is said th::tt Air F orce. invcsti~ators discY<.'nrl t lt;1t a jnmmccl C'tl!rol I device t h rew th~: ill-fa t ed plane.: into a :.ht:p di\'c cat:c;ing t he dan1 I ag~. ~aid the Chrnniclr, " E arlier thcori(<; h :td the plane 11111.lcr nt- t:1ck fro m nbov e by en!ry: hing fro111 a lllt'ICCir to a flying snu- cer .... Capt. J. R. S ru ih o f Erlwarcls .\ F n i:1f"rma'io n nllkt~ said a series uf rivets pc>pperl ;uvl j ammed a nul which ,rm r r lied lle p!aue~ C'k\'a'or sernH:tiJ. The !"cno-tah i:. a !irnall control ~urhce "hich :.ern!s a l:~rger m o,ahlc ccntrol. lt is :t !\)r: o f , ), (''>'Cr \ :h=rh m:k ~ lhc:: l:r!-!cr cnwrl l:t-ilr tn mrr:e. ' \ \'l:t:u th e I r d jamm. cl th c;nn-t-ah lii ppccl 11!).' SHirl Sanitlt. 'The e le,;or \\:tS I r ":-c.-r! d ::n :'n' : ,l'ck. \\'hen til"t t:fp,:unr !'':clclcnly flippc-1 down :. ju;; pic!:ed h:m (th't: pilct) n\~r.' ~mith '-:tiel. 'Gth~,.. it wn11lu ftci 'l'ibur.-n 'Accor d ing 10 nth l. p , ::c:thing had -.trul'l: it !t.:r t:f' report c::;:i<.l: T:c .\1r F orce cr~ e ;-(~t t; ~h t s~cu ri t r t ~at<-d a t!1~' pl:tll( lll':tro\ r'cl The plane r~covcrecl so sharply f rom the lackcd out. Dunng the nco \'e ry 1 r o m t 11.: ut\~, .. ,ke a nt::~ c r pu -up 1 wn I' rma . t tc 1 tr 1 1~ o n th~: :urcra t. 1c s t r ess vi ne pe'!kd , . i ,, ~ect:o: v i the .... d'C'lll1r o ne uot Wluc :utu II\'\! OF /\rJ Er.tEf1GEr;:: - , OLLIDI~JG \'liTH At! .Uf!l\fJO'S:l cr'.l:r:i C'"::'~ , 1XLEY, CALif .. U F0 .::nc REPOrtT ED i\T THE Tl~iL lli T l; l " .\:-~.~ AilD ,\ il r\t~ FCr E ST/\TED Tllf\T TlH r'Lt i ' ~o C~R~ ( Informat1on Only) San J o a q u j n V. L~e Los .\..7-.gwl Bv arirt4 Bacalcl 11JII'I a: Auth0i itk i~.d ~ ;1y;ns s x1r .,..., .. rapotta ol to myateno~ flymg ohjtt e-rn &m J ...... Vihy. 1AvutiptoS {;;!il~ !'0 find any ba:s ol * enft a cwuan near ~r~o d eKriblli u a ovai obj1ct greenish Eght from its taiL A Tulare onunt)' ruidtnt nid be talw iJ si-nilar jet-lib craft c:riJb and uploda Pixl~y. ' Both inddeota toaiJ pine about 5 :30 un., tittle more th.m fi v~ houn beforw tlle "eolliJioa 0r1twe.., a C ! J: D S iP,rra, neot it aDO(btr repeAt wajtt in. to CR1I"' bJ Wt. Jane ?~.ucell c.H J':eosna. She wntee, io pert, '-... A friend. :\uss I:n O kes. and I campwc out at Lake aLt . . ,_ .1 '":x>t c i SCOO feet altitude ia the Umqaoia lk R~on m t11.e Hi(bet-Sira \.wmuy. At ly 5 :43 th~ nex! rncrnir- (July 22) Mi Olue. unable to aleep, w::;s !c<.;lcl.-C3 ~t L~ illy In the northwut sky she :Ml\ J :J ..>1 1i~ht ,:,Uowed by s ~t panted !ail. The .:olon. .. h, 5Bld. :v~re aimilar to t.'lcu of a O..ao .. n burner :m d w~e ,rran~ed m t.M foUow-,111 mamwr: fint the biu~ ~a:1 which !ac:kd into greea. then j'e ilow ~:ee~ -:hen yerow, th~:l ~rur.ge and 1 stly ~u::umwn1 mto 1 tr~ul ,,f :~d sp~tl"lc.s--tre w hole t.JiCnc t:"le :ihRpe of a cone w:!'l .. ..._to S.Xl l n ; oe!:Cnl y bvr-~onu.J ;>t.'tOltion. . ... c ':'l<l'i q. .!W for a oout J ::;r ~ tnav~l i~ ftollt ewt tD ~ ~ . . : formation Only) Case Cuyahog a F;. l l s , 1956-Sichter - Plltri Hanoon ...-!teo: "'bioct .lint ap. peared about 20 degrees up in NW sky. It moved di- rectly overhead then directly into the moon from which it did not appear again. Speed was constant. To naked eye the object was bluish-white. Through 7 power glasses it had a definite orange color. Brightn ... comparable to first maflllitude star. Minute later, a iet plane traversed the sky on the same course as the unknown. It was also lost in the full moon but it emerged below the moon and disappeared on the horizon. To the naked eye the jet was blue-white, the same as the unknown but in contrast to the unknown it was also blue-white through the No Cas e (Informati o n Only ) Provo, Uta h Case 191, Ptoto; Utah, July 25, 1956 We quote frotn the Deaeret Neue and Tele;ph: "Reporta of a 'atrange ltreak of Iigllt and a flare-up' at the crest of Mt. Tim- panogos touched off aerial and ground searches. CAP searchers could find no trace of any crashed plane. No aircraft were reported missin&. It was presumed the noc- turnal fireworks were caused by a meteorite. Search craft returned with reports of a fresh rockslide near the north end of the mountain. The CAP sents its plane into the air in an eJfort.ta.tramtiepotb &om-three_residents of American Fork who saw a streak of light followed by a 'flare-up'. The flare appeared to be over the crest of the mountain on the east side away from American Fork. They said the fire lit the sky at the top of the moun- tain. One said it appeared to be a meteor which struck and then bounced. ... Capt. Verg Collins of the CAP aaid the search found no traces of the flaming object."3 No ~..:.,se (Information Only) Ply mouth, Massachusetts \..ase .11:12,. Plyn!outh, Mass., July 26, 195b Acco1'dlng to a bnef ttem tn the Concord Monitor, two Ground Observers Corps spotters re p orted seeing an unidentified flying object which was bright yellow and left a trail similar to a jet. One observer said the object appeared to be moving slowly and made no sound. ;,> Ca:.::;e (Information Only) Dr e n tw:">od, Ca 1 ifo r !lt<: Case 179, Brentwood, Cal., July 2 8, 1956 The O ak- land Tribune reported that a three hour search fai!ed t o solve t h e mystery of a "sp a rkling green ligh~" which ap- pe3red to land in an orchard. Six residents an<.! an Oak- land visitor reported t o the sheriffs deputy that at 9:55 p.m. Satu:-c!ay they saw a "green flash going throu gh th~ . sky and then fall or bnd in the orchard. Television r e- ception was reported te=nporarily interrupted a t that 3!=?roxirr.ate time. Fo'.lr sheriff's dep~ties end severa l re- serve oflice:rs searched a sq'.13re rnile are ... at the 'land-1 i:l g spot " but found not h!ng. Officinl~ 3~ Oak!anJ Airport , and Hamilton and Travis AFB's said they knew of no planes in the Brentwood sky at the tirne.G No C c (Information Or1ly) botw~un ~ort P.Js t J n ~:. B~d :\.'(c Case 178, between Port Austin and Bad Axe, Mi~'l., July 30, 1956 We quote from The Saginaw New11, in part: Huron County D eputy Sheriff Fred Cubernuss and William Gravlin, announcer fo r station WLEW, Bad Axe, ported seeing a luminous object a bout 50.0 { t ia the :1i:-, traveling very fast. B oth rr:en, tra veling togeth er. said the object was visible for abou! 10 t o 15 seconds. Cubernuss ater that the Sheriff's o:Zice had rece ive d t wo repor ts of other strenge lights a t 9:05 nnd 9:35 p.m., mo\ ing in a southerly direction. Earli~r r eports were recei\'ed of a large rapidly moving colored light spotted in Saginaw, Gratiot, Midland and Cl:JrP. Ccunties. T h e [i;.!rt GOC re- ported th e light shor tly ~;t~:-:r. id n ight. Tl:c obj.=ct w.:;s described as red, white n::'i .J!u~. m0\in6 r:pi .. ..:Jy. A Sta t e Police trooper soid t h e hgh;: was too lar ge and rr.ot.ed too fast t o be a n eirpiane .. .:3.1:-Fo:re F -89's F.ew to the area to search a t 1:53 a .m .. ~'..!: ~id not rep:.~t f1:1::!.ing a:1y FILE CLASS: f OFFICIAL FILE COPY t _OFFICE OF R ECORO 434/Capt G.T. P.equeat ~ review aDd anal:ra1a ar att.aehecJ photograph And co~ ot A !llicro8copic e~iMtiOD diaclo1ea tbat tbe Photo ia :U)t adoctored,., JU"'..d not aD ennllSiOD n.&v. Tbe ablellee ~ en-y barison obJecta a:r perspective rar contraa~ r:~r can- -.kea anal;ya1a scaevbat ditt1cul t. In opinion or tbil CXU1ce, upwa ~oua still S'"id lDOtioa picture ~ guiaea m1aaile launchings, --1-...J L ber11t to be s, ,11ar to t.hoee left in -'-he 'llllce of mise ilea ~e zig , overlappiJ18 l - :::r-~lii""-ri-... ..,.. by trlsailea in -r..,.~ir tr~ectcrj a t various :Utit.udea. Tile of theH lines i3 not eharact.erUtic of l.1gb1rling :flaabeR ~.ll.ing out ~r:tormat1on :l"nlilable t o thi3 oi"f"1ee -~d1cates t-"Jat ~le ~:J.oaest miaaile r;,ite to obser"Je%' 8 location !!l mute 'A"'lda, iJ~v 1-.ieJdc o , a Jistance y 300 milas f:"CIJl .Ame.r111 ~. :?ner:412'e _, ~u -~ Oa.si:~ ~:f '.:be ':lbO"'e, t.."'le i':.11l::Ning . .re 1ubmi tted lor . ~ethel' t.'-:e ad sail., assumption :ta Y,'"9.liJ. i'lletbu there are ( l)l' were) Wl,Y I .d 311ilet S i tea 01" opa-a.t1ona 1:.1 -cile genersl direction or vicinity reportA!d. \n.."! koovl.edge ar maaUa firinp I vllic"h ~ miaalle tiring i3 : ~ . S1own t o ~ve deput""~ from its designated courae, tlitbin I ~he ~ic!t1 ar time peri~ g1 ven -which <U(3.&"lt ~ the Phenanenon 8r:eeif1c c=nm:enta as to ~e cause ar ;:J,en-;:!.:f"y of obJ~t !n !)botogr.s:;lll. r-:..::til"ll'ted distance o-f -;:,.e trtdl {n.s"~ -:tiaaila t~?,rt;;.,t.}l usl.ng c~l"scteri.atica of c.a....~ ~1u:!.~rent ~Jsed). p ERM ROUTTNO A?o.O COORDINATION S HEE'r