2. LOCATION RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSION$ 0 Was Balloon 18 Au~u ~ t 1956 Tacoma. Wash in~; ton o ProboWr Balloon 0 Wos Aircroft Locol -----------.O:Gtoun4-VIsuol D GroundRodor Probo~lr Aircraft Possiblr Ahcroft r"ftUIU~ .. ~n::Was Astronomical sta r 7. LENGTH DP OISI!IYAnON Ci viJ ian I. NUMI!R OP OBJECTS 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possiblr Astronomlcol Insufficient Data for Evafu.,tion ~till in sight one westerly 1 10. IRIIP OP II..,... 11. COMMENTS L i 10 i t c <.J j u v c !-; t i f.{ a t ion On o round o bj ec t , s i :l e of d 1m c a t arm ~ ass} ij n ~ d to ~ F 1 ~-~--A , 4 ~ 0 2 d ~i ISS 1 c n g t h 1\ l tern a t i n g IJ l u e a n d w h i t. c co or w / lll tens 1 ty 1nc roa sing and did not d isaflP~'i.J d~crt~at;jn~-' ~lbject forrnod n triaaq~lc s~O!JPOd watt:l~ng ) Ob.j initi ll with two other stars moving southwoat. Slt{ht,.HJ 90 cJg.t clev; 1odt~r a~unu OhJ'ect came from en~t, 8topp~d in 4) Oh.1 la~t cter: n {lt ~0 d'"l o l cv; middlo of ~ky, and went west. Object hig h rate o[ was v iewed visually and wa:-t still in origiually rrtd. 6) Obj ohs<Jrvcd ~lght nt time o .f initial raport. at 30,000 to 40,000fr. alt. '1.) ATIC FOR~A 329 (REV 21 IKP 12) t c 111 P. i u v or s i o n <n~ l. s t e d I 1t1 s 'll" f a t: ~ as as tro pro I,> a b 1 y Ocn~' 1J thrc.n!. h to111pcraturo .1uvcr'-=i1on. ~ 15 August 1956 Cincinnati, Ohio In Bl Alia ..... of TIIMWM ..... t'pa.,_ limlhd. Seid tlwe IUddlal1 oae cliltiDd object CHIM brisht. Uke polllbld m.a.J and .. wiiiiRI ....., 1ille blob. As It .,...W7 tblouP the lk,, ... tOld\ almOit At no time could J-- -mp aay ....._ ... nor dW tbe object nau ....._ While the object Jane~ tlMa ... ~ ..... objet tft view ia the--U.t 30 d.-~ It al.o looUcl &me .a ac _. uo aD\IBCL BotJa object~ i rrto ~ and ]oaea WM Nre t~ not .;.. CRIPO law IMrMd that the object ( one ) No Case (Information Only) 15 August 1956 Willsboro, Now York Caae 194, Wilt.boro, N.Y., Aug. 15 and earlier) 1956 At least a ICOr'e of Court contend they have aeen a UFO hovering over Lake Champlain. one of the witnesses, describes what he aaw: It was a round, basketb.<tll-Jike object that glowffl with an oranp color. It appeared to bob around in the lky with a weavin1 motion." He said he had sighted the object three time at about 10 p.m., the most recent ob- aeavation on Auguat 15. Other summertime residents said they had seen the "round glow" four times earlier in the month, three of thean on consecutive nights. One witne11 uld the li1ht calt frona the object waa bright enough to foam a 10lden-hued path on the aurface of the lake. No Cnse (Information Only) Santa Monica, California Ca1e 195, Santa Monica, Cal., Aug. 16, 1956 At 1:42 a.m. two police officer aaw a ball of white light, with aoane oran1e in it, floating overhead. It looked as if it were bein1 turned on and off, they said. Said the Los An1ele1 , fifteen minute~ later, the police re- another call, reportin1 a aimUar liaht." No case (Information Only) 17 August 1956 Middlebury, Connecticut e ... Eoston, r;e-:.o~ Ea:::pshire H ilton, California Fc~tana, Calitor~ia Fou:-:tain, Colora=o (CA33 !liSSirrG) Atl3nta, Georgia :ie'..-ourgh Eor:lholJD, Denmark Dayton,. Ohio E'ontana & La Jolla, California Canton, Ohio 'tiesterville New Britton, Connec~icat South Salem, new ~ork ?armington, ~rew H,apahire :Bloom, Kansas ~est FAven, Connecticut ::e lsin!ti rse ws ?HClOii::l) ~'!AWATIO~r In~ufficient Data Astro (r!A35) A a tro ( !!ARS) (RADAR)Ballooa As tro ( lrus) sightings) (PHOTO/NR) Aircraft ( PHorO As tro ( M,.._Sl,_'~OR) Astro (VENUS) Colorado S~rings, Colo~co r.:;attsville, :!arJlanc !'~nt., Ohio (CASE MISSniG) Civilian GOC As tro ( :wtS) Insutticient Data Insufticient Data Insutf'ieient Data Insutfici~nt ~ata A$tro (CApgiJ.~) Astro (M!'!'!.'OR) Astro (NE'lJOR) ~.:Jtro (YA-~) 1-IJ.chi.;~.:l .;~"liata, Pennsyl,tania ~ayton, Ohio Adona, Arkansas Colorado (2 Sightings) l!ontgomery ~eyt.on, Ohio (2 Si~ticgs) :~rshalltown, Iowa ?r~sno, Califomia Ohio ( 3 ::a.1es) :ieorss:.ts ~o~hi~gtoa, Ohio ADDITIO:UL P.EPOit'.!.SD SIG!l'!'ING3 (NOT CASES) Ci:J.cinnat1 ::elcastro (Ltr) i7~.-sclip:ping : :e..13c tippin6 ;i~W'SC lipping :: sc lipping rre..;sc lipying lievscli-ooin~ ::ewsc lippi:l~ ~ie;sc li~pin~ I:e~.~sc lipping .~.ircn.rt Astro (Mars) Astro (MARS) Astra (MARS) Aatro (MARS) Astro (~.ARS) . Other ( IMAGL'IATION) ' .l.s tro (MARS) Insufficient Data Other (Spotl1 t) E'/ AIIJATION T ~uh Dl ~TRACT A 3U3J' i:Ta (U) Repf.:ll'tM J.i.&At .Ph- The toll:.-via*' article ap 4 i.a the ftUteaa wspaper HIJYIUL&T Kueple, SL4ada.f. l.e te oa liiia turd.ay ai&b t a atraage ~beD waa aiaht .. 1a the akiea oYer plo. Tbe lilbt waa Yiaible tor re tua " heuna ~-till7 disappear ia a cl . Tbe ball of li.bt wbich approacb .. ~pie at 2100 leeke4 exact17 like tbe pbeDcmeaea aeea ia~epie 4~ill8 Midau.ner. ~1 repart 1 be1aa tt~ ia crder te keep yeur otf1ce'into ':)!" all rep .. t.e lipt paea... ia et.Ar ar... b ao etner aYailb t1ea at thi tt.. ~ tbia PLticular 11&bt ph ... tJ&CtASSIFIED PAC:I lo, l 0 WPDS27 YDDI14 XYCS2S XDBS24DMA023 00 RJEDEN P.J1~ut!P.. RJEP!fQ . DE RJWPDI1 llA - - 0 19rlJ71a2Z FM COHDR 25TH AIR DIV f-1CCHORD AFB WASH TO RJEDt:N/COl1DR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRII~GS COLO ' RJEDHP/COMDR ATIC \1RIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHI.9-------------- j RJEPHQiDIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENC HEADQUARTERS WASH 25 D C ZEN/CO~TDR 25TH AIR DIV MCCHORD AFB WASH /UNCL/~FOB/25TH TAC H227 1. A ROUND C ALTCRNATINC BLUE AND WHITE F LIGHTS INCREASED AND DECREASED I fORt'S TRIANGLE OF TOW OTHER STARS HOVING SW 2. A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN SKY E ~S0 DEGrtEES PAGE TWO RJWPDM 11A C STILL OBSERVING D CAME FROM EAST WENT WEST STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF SKY E STILL OBSERVING A GROUND TO AIR A 1.SUPERVISOR G ACOHA ~lASH D UNLIMITED PAGE THREE RJWPDM 11A PAGE THREE RJWPDM llA 19/~Sa7z AUG RJWPDM Case (lnformat~on Onl~) \Lb, DAYTON, OHIO, 1956 Minneapnli~ to ,2 Ncr~y Men Ride "Sky Hook" i Balloon To 8-Mile Altitude feet with 400 pounci~ of instru ments but no p:ts~en~t'rs. On h"<lay'" flir;:ht, the ' 's k y - ' hook" bHll>on rC'a c i " d '10,000 I fc t't in a lJight fn w1tich no rPC PIIM't'll tn Th J~:!":l .... w Th h . (lrrl wa 5 1t t tempted. TI1c world's .. r D Ro r i R u e rt'cor o r u oons was Anct The N "' ; ~ e alloonasts Wf're Lt. Cmdr. Jtit d d f h """ " . ss project o f cer for Na\'y balloonists today f1oat@d the strato-lab program, a~d L~. Army Air Corpt\ flyers who nearly 200 miles from Cmdr. M. L Lewis, Navy aU" ltat-reached 72,3!):1 feet. t~ at an al-Ison officer, who fot-merly ser\'ed The Nav~ rt'~eurch office said titude of nearly el1ht miles ln th~. In the Chicago. Naval Resemch today, flight will open a series fh"St test of a man-eanytng "sky ' office. They n1ade the unprece-of research e~Jor"tor~ uscensions ., tl , dented ride in an open air gondola aimed at reaching up to 100,000 hook plas e balloon. operating cameras and oth~r ln feet with ht1man operators to The ~noon was launched by stnunent. u part of an upper air conduct studtes in a stronomy, the Naval Research office and; researeh program. a c m-medlcint", nerol'iY.~. cosmic GPnft'al Mills, Inc., from Intema-'Ibe Na\y sai.d the two balloon-ray~ . atmosphcrl~ phys ics, a~tro tlonal ah'IJOtt, Mlnneapolia at lJts wtore the fU"St to take to t~e p~y~!cs, geophytucs, :md miiJtary ' Rlr In one of the huge plastic sctence. Ttw huMan obseor\-ers -~.m. Chicago -~f!!l.e, balloons, proba bly the largest in w iU be able t o o(lE'rate precis ion. Jan.~d at 1,:!10 -I!:."! eight miles the world, some of which ha\'e c:1meras nnd other inst rumenhj south ~f the Wisconsin city. reached an nlti~u~e of 11 0 ~o: sr?veral hour~ a t a t ime._ 1 No Case (Information Only) 11 August 1956 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Case 186, Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 11, 1956 Said the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph: 'Mrs. Florence Stauffer re- ported watching a 'bright steelgray ship' for more than two hours on SatJrday :norninr,. She said, 'I don't imagine things. I really saw this thing.' Said Mrs. Stauffer, 'it apparently came from the direction of East Liberty, hovered about for two houas and then disnppcared in a westerly direction. The object was circular and real brilht.' "11 No Case (Information Only) 12 August 1956 Parkersburg, West Virginia Ca 187, Parkeraburg, W.Va., Aug. 12, 1956 Accord- ina to the Parkersbur1 Sentinel the UFO was at 9:30 p.m. by reliable observers. h Sentinel reporter and his family had a 15-second \rif.w before the mystery ob- ject The object looked round with an ver" color considerably bri&hter than the atarL and altitude could not be detennined. It aJlpeared to be travelin1 at a high rnte of speed and made weird, un-aircraft-like movenaentl. There was no 80UIId. The ob~erver said it came from the north and looked like a lhooting star at first. Then it darted to one side ~tnd went east at a hi1h rate of speed. A request by the Sentinel askina for verification or the aigbting brought rcsulb. Said the newspl!lper, "At least three residents reported 1ee iq the mysterious aerial object." All three ~aid the object looked round and appeared to be "orange- silver'' in color. One observer said at first abe thoupt it was the moon, but saw it movi111 very fast. Still later reportl confirmin1 the object came from Vienna. Belpre, Williamstown and HarriiVille.la No Case (Information Only) 14 August 1956 Cortland & Ithaca, N.Y Case 188, Cortlnnd and Ithaca, N.Y., August 14, 1956~ In a letter to CRIFO, Lynn Strauff writes in part, "Around 2 a.m. a very clear night my brot.,er, age 11 and myself, age 27 were on a hill overlookin!J Cortlanrl and at a point which should put C~rtland in the southwe~t. \Ve snw two faint reddish objects move slowly from the south, ahout a half hour apart. There was no sound or blinking lights from the unknowns except one flicked off its lights for a metW ol ..... ~ tta.. came oe ~ bllor .. t~ it aaov..a out "oC ViluaJ !iw!tt. 11'.e dbna ewDC lit 3:30 a.m. ., my blott.r and I ~attl!d t-.on2e. At! r;f a I su<k!en we ru liabta in a 1' n1lin sprad a;~rt. ~ve aa.-them move into t.hit f';rml'tion nnd ~hen atrt ro mov elowly toward lth.tc, The 'ix l!~t. "'' much hriur.t.r thu our Hrlier ob1envations. They lX>kt:d like ~1.3n_ t;t ev~ .., often f)ft8 wnuld move dC41,. to the n.e.d r;ne to it. Unlete anyon ewer wat('binc the '~Y ~ ~ ""''19 thee liabta eould euilJ be m!t.tktn i~X a ronn Uon <tf bt .~i.aly putt a d~..-ent J!&tJt nn ~uc-ert t~ n' " Ed: ,\ i"')u cb1e tstin to Ca.~ 1!44 i~ .a 1~rt frn'Tl \'.i:-t\ H . r'!f mi. S;4 ..an tt~ !n tlt itartfcwtt Ttt~t.:l. ~-' i;i"nunc1 c ,, ... ,.,~ a.tu f.J,,, rcaid.:ms ) pit:-:d white " hftlit.s wes& .; trt~y r: r . ,._,._u !11 a !ater '~t~r :O:traul .. id t',.t the li:a~ o f l;&:,b J<t!I'>Cl w .,~ AiiC:e ill a while. Ht a ,,. t!'I<F be N-il 11 'De ...._ No Case (Information ONly) 14 August 1956 North Windham, Maine 193, North Windham, Maine, A\11. 14, 195& A brief itean appearin1 on the front pa1e of the Hartford . uid, Attorney Hyman J and Dr. William Mac Vane of Poatland reported seeifta a "shinin1 silver" object whip throu1h the sky in the afternoon over little SebaiO ' lVOIU&]&Ll&tJ.e :Mba~ .t..aJCB-~ ~ aunr ~uor aeen b7 a Dr. lc Attome7. It 'nn1ed 1n a NE cUrection over i!a1ne.ttu"A- e4 on 1ta a14e diaappeared. (Recentl7,P a 1D s. JialDe~ Ho weather oorxl1t1ona reported. (UP)