PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOC~TION 3. DATETIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~Ground Visual 0 Air-Visual 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objs round, sze of pea. Color white, one bright obj, one dark obj in upper right. Obj was thought to be an a/c. 'Photos were taken. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2& SRP 52) CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Poui bly Balloon 0 Ground Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably AI r craft 0 A ir-Intercept Radar 0 Po ssl bl y AIrcraft 0 Was Attronoml cal 0 Probabl v Astranoml col 0 Possibly Astronomical 9. COURSE 0 , Other In suffl ci ent Data for Evaluation Photos not received. Sighting probably astro. However, case listed as insufficient data me LO lack of_photos. N~ case (Information Only) 31 December 1956 Washington Heights, December 31, ll~6.= ~ , who lives in \V'ashinrton'Heights; N.Y.C., noticed an exception 1 bright !rom his 8th floor window at ll:JS p.m. Busy at the moment, he paid little attention until the intense brightness made him look out the Yrindow, vlbich faces north and: comm~ds an unobstructed view or the Hudson River. The object vras spherical, white l'r.ith a faint tinge Of green; its edge was sharply defined. At the rear was a tail-like projection, inclining slightly upward. This "handle" Tras as long as the diameter or the main object, and about half as thick. The entire object, including "handle, was as large as the full moon, and far more brilliant; its brightness lit up the river beneath it. It left no trail. The "handle" definitely seemed to be part of the object. There no wings, "windows," or other structural features visible. \'lhen first seen, the object appeared to be directly over the river, north of the George Washington Bridge, traveling westward at about twice the speed o! an airliner as it passas over the area at a normal altitude. Its elevation was estimated at 300 to 40, and Ur had ths impression that its altitude 1 above the river was onl.y about 1000 feet. ' 'lhen the object reached a point about I 20 above the J Palisades, it petered ~ut, "like the closing down of a camera I diaphragm." Hr. i~ sure it did not disappear at high speed into the dis-l tance, but simply shrank and "went out. fl About 10 seeonds elapsed from the moment 1 the light was noticed through the window until the objeet finallY disappsared; I the object itself was under good observation for about four seconds. No other ' aircraft in the area; no noise heard; as yet, no confirmatory reports. . The resemblance to will be noced. WPHZ18WPA125 YMCI15ENBmo4 RR RJED~JP RJEPHQ-RJWFKD 3 j 17 0 9 l \ DE RJEDEN 7 5 ~ COMDR 45~2D AISS ENT AFB COL O J Lf-;<vg t o o t ~ I TO RJWFKD/COMDR 34TH AIR DIV DEF KIRTLAND AFB NMEX ..... . J:"ld RJEDWP/CO~lDR ATIC tvPAFB OHI O RJEP~Q/DlR I NTEL HEADQUARTERS USAF WASH DC UNCf.AS/ . ." AISOC "QJ1 PD THIS IA A UFOB MESSAGE PD A; ROUND PD B. PEA PD c. WHITE PD D. ONE BRIGKT OBJECTJ ONE unRK OBJECT IN UPPER RIGHT PD E. NONE PD F. NONE PD G. NONE PD NONE PD I. NONE PD 2. A. THOUGHT OBJECT WAS AIRCRAFT PD B. 45 DEGREES ELEVATION CMM EAST PD C. VERY HIGH IN EASH NORTH EAST PD D. STRIAGHT LINE UP PD FADED OUT PD F. TWO HOURS TWENTY FIVE MINUTES PD 3. A. GROUND VISAL PD B. BINOCULAR AND TELESCOPE PD 4. A ~1/a641Z JAN 57 PD B. NIGHT 5. DENVER COLO GOC POST PD PAGE TWO RJEDEN 75 REED CMM 18 CMM !. COMM 3421ST STUDENT SQ CMM LOWERY AFB COLO CMM AF 165J530 PF 7. A. CLEAR DUSH NO WIND PD B. 1~ c. UNLIMITED PD D. FIFTEEN PLUS PD E. NOE F. NONE S. NONE PD 9. NONE PD 10. NONE PD 11. OPERATIONS CONTROL OFFICER BODIES PD 12. YES PD SOURCE HAS SENT NEGATIVES TO BE DEVELOPED AND PICTURES WILL BE READY3 OR 4 JANUARY 57 PD END 02/17472 JAN RJEDEN UFOB IHDEX CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon Dfmtlll". Colorado 0 Probably Balloon 0L'"""Z Jan ~ -Ground-Visual 0 GrounciRoclor 0 Was Aircraft ~I UIIV ;II ., a Probably Alrc:rolt 0 Alr-VI.ual a Alrlnterc:ept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 1-sS..Pi~rru:-----------tr.Scm 0 Was Astronomi col Ly (""C) 0 Probobl y Astronomi col l'f.f8 "- \AI 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other::-----:--------- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation BAI!fl SUMMARY OP SIGHTING a.. l:lright roum object, and one dark round bject "1D uppw rigbt, both the 111 ze o~ a ana length. Objects f1Mt seen at U.on 1D the --' aDd disappeared. very !D the Eut Eaar after ha'ri.Dg bee "flsual~ through blDOCulan and tela- for 2 hours 2S minutes AlSOP fl'or"' 5 (15 Oct 54) 11. COMMENTS Although this aightiDg indicates a Astronomical h)'potbesia, .l!IC Fora 164 vaa sent to Source on 9 Jan S7 to obtain exact course of object. Results ot analya1s of zretumecJ forna will be indicated in the Monthly UFOB 2 December 1956 No Case (Information Only) San Luis Obispo, California C 27&. 1Gt O'bilpa. Cal, Dtc. 2. Jg$6-Re-t portsd tbe Sua Di110 V~ .. Pin lll~eric-uz Uahta : oeen~tn-th1 lky. One cb1erver 11id they w.re too bri&ht \ to be ttan. Three policemen and a M'lln watelnd ta.lilllb;t. bamaa red &Jo, thea c:: n aa to blue .,., ,I finally to wbite.f l! d . ~an l.uia Obi1p0 madt news in ~,vembet when it wu selectfll I ;u the! ~ate fur Mnon-IU the ~brtian to Ct)ntad earthlin11 from hit nuct'r. Sauccri~ claim that ~lk:cu d iJ appear \lV~ Sail tuat (ihisl)() o n the dnit'aated datr. but autboritiu enunterdai:11td tht~ ch~ ohjt"Cta aten were b.Uooau. Howuu, the pr rdicted radiQ ~o toa~t ncv~ took pl&4:e .ad the ~o&tl.lir wu taiCI(cd Ol hualf. by civilian rcsarchtrt. With J much emphoui put on San Lui Obi,;>o, it 5temt h1 line that othn til{btint~ 1\tch as the one of Oec. 2, should tab place ud ~ publW:ized. Case 2 78, San Luis Obispo, Cal., Dec. 2, 1956-Re- ported the San Diego Union, "Five mysterious lights were seen in the sky. One observer said they were too bright to be stars. Three policemen and a newspaper reporter watched the lights for 45 minutes and described them as havin1 a pulsatin& red &low, then changinz to blue and finally to white."" 1956;De''31-Prine"Tille,Oregon 7 : 04ar:1-A green J.:t'ir e ba.Ll seen near nere!. 1956.JDec.26-Hintington DeachJCal-4:49pm...Several" silver,oblong UFOs ree- . ported crossing eachothers paths I 1956;Dec.26-Ada,Oklahoma-5pm-A round UFO! It disappeared ~ reappeared! 1956,Dec.20-Luverne,I~4:45~trange LIGHT hovering at treetop level! Changed from red to green as it moved a'trmy! Observed for ~ about an hour;It made no sormd was about a half-mile a'ray! 1956;Dec.l8-Hollidaysbarg,Pa-7pm-~ fiery U~O reported over here! 1956;Dec.l8-Near Nyack NY-7pm-A blue-green BLOB of light seen! 1956;Dec.l8-Clevel.and,~hio-7:20pm..Strange LIGHT seen by Airline PUotsl l956;Dec.18-Brookville,Pa-7 :20pm ... Blue-green LIGHT seen in this area!! 1956;Dec.l8-Bartlow,Fla-lO:JOpm-UFO sto,ped climbed vertically fast!! 1956;Dec.lC-Uear \'linter Haven Bla4.{l0:30pm? }-strange LIGHT reported t l956;Decl4-Bristol SD-5pm-Br1ght red,rectangular UFO hovering law! 1956,Dec.l3-Miami,Fia-ll:l5pmwHourglass-shaped liblip observed on Radar :for aoout 2Qnin.! It was about 65 miles StT of I1iami,at 75 .feet Altitude;Hit 4,000mph! Disappeared r~ reappeared several . timestehanged speed l~ hovered travel.ed SH! Cruised at 600mph! l956;Dee.ll-ceylon minD-4:45pm-A round,reA UFO stopped for 4 minutes! 1956;Dec~ll-Anoka,~..Strong Sky...Quake baffles Ofic:lals! No solution! Dec.ll-England-8:15pm-Rotmd,green UFO over lroors! Intense light! It ' hovered with yellow .O.ames shooting f'1 .. 0m"'it,then descended! 1956;Dec.lO-HawjJhorne;Ca1-Zeppelin UFO hovers 1 min., then shot al'layt 1956jDec.lO- cJ\.lester,Oldahoma-Early-I:ysteriotts colored LIGHT in area! 1956;Dece9-$mUes NU of Gary,I.linn-Night-.""!ound,red UFO rnoves up e:. dol'm! 1956;Dec.d-Storden ~iinn-Hight-'l\vo UFOs ~rere seen here tmnight! 1956;Dec.S-Buford~tTD-IlightFour bri~ht LIGHTS seen here! I 1956;Dec~7-Trenton rTD-Four,brig~t UFOs observed over Trenton! ! Dec.6-Forest 4kell d.nn about 9:45pm-UFO hovered a few blocks a'vay at : .. treetop..level,moving back~f'orth l:: up-&,-down! Object '~s ob- long,had 2 windo\ts: 1 green r~ l red! IIade no sound! ~iitnesses - followed it alr11ost an hr. in car, east\'rard! Unable to gain-up! I 1956,Dec.5-Five miles S of Edessa,Einn-4:30am-Brilliant,eeg-shaped UFO! : Dogs in area barked loudly durine the si~hting!!(FamUiar?) ' 1956;Dec~5-U of l!ora_,r:ann?am-A red LIGHT that disappeared suddenly! / 1956;Dec;5-Harral<:)OkJ.ahoma-Uight-Brilliant Fireball passed over here! 1956;Dec.5-I1jl]er,SO.lddnightErilliant,red DISC seen :for 10 minutes! 1956;Dec.:.4-Patterscn~IfJ ... 5:45am-A UFO reported over here this morning! l956;Dec~4-~eno,.rrev-4:30pm-Silver Object reported over here! l956iDec.4~li'aJJon Nev4:35pm..Sev eral UFOs seen over the Naval Basel 1956;DecL;.-Bel'million~SD-.6 :45pm-24, \rhite, cigar-shaped UFOs seen!! (24!!) 1956,Dec.J-Boston,I.fass-l~fternoon-Bright oval UFO seen speeding away from an Airliner! Airliner gave chase,but had to give-up!! 1956;Dec~3-Bristol S0-6:15pm-A U~ seen ov~r this city!! , 1956;Dee SD-9pm-A redJ ball-lil\:e UFO O'!'er h9re! 19 ;Dec.3 iance :.45pmaZig-zagging LIGHT se~n over here! ~ 956;.Dec. Cal-5 :45am.:..Five-UEOs.....ljoV"erecr(We~an hr.! t :L356;Dec.2-rTlJ , :inn en LIGFITappearil1g._rG ... o1sappearfirg! 1956iDec.2-Bruce,SD-6pm-A'UF0 seen over here about 6pm!! 1956;Dec:2- U of Frankfcrt,SD-6:15pm-An elongated UFO r eported!! 19.56;Dec.2-i~ear Greenvillc J .,SD- 6 :15pm-La rge,red iBall' seen, for 15minut-es! 1956;Dec~2-trear Ortley SD-t> !25p~A cup-shaped UFOJwi.th rcn1s of \Tindows! 1956,Dec.2-Five miles f1 of Salem,SD-6:45pm-Bright orange UF0 hovered at :first,then'moved on! (Dec 2 , .. msbusy,too!) 1956, Dec. 2-l~'orest Lake ,. Hirm-9 :45pm-Ltmd.nous, oblong UFO with points o:f light :flasning in all directions! It moved up-L'~do'm and ba ck-CJ-oforth! All \'rhile hovering! (See Dec.6 report) 1956;Dac.2-6 nil\3s S of' Pierpont,SD-".Svening-Pi~J<: Uii'O moving u'O-&-d.O\'m! Panl. .. L:i..n..11-A illO 1'/aS seen ov e r ti2s City today I! 1956,Dec~l~PollocktSb-l2 : J,..5am-Bright,glowir.g UFOt bi~ as a house! It h overe:t abcut 200ft. above the grouna WJ.th a yellow glou! Dogs in the area "trent crazy' during its' visit!! 1956,Dec.l-Ttro m!les E o:f Uebste:,SD-5am-A UFO l"Tith a nbump on topH and f r:L""l o" nashing li~rrcs encircling it, repcrt3d! .. ,....,.~ n- -, '''h"~oc-n ~r:'-~ .,m~ '\Ih .:.te UFO over here was inspected by an Air No Case (Information Only) 3 December 1956 Baltimore, Maryland S.ltimore s...-"'l'wo DieD. repcAtacl tbeJ ~ fiY*!'C objltt strull, aWQ' ltcwn a J,trp tranapc'* t ptane while tht!y were aundinc at Charlet and Centre Streett. Curvia Bush and Robart Bryant, IUilJ'dl at the Wal~ Art Gal- lery, said. 'We thouaht at tint the tail or a ctioa of. a win1 had broken too But tb.ft the plane reverted m: direction from northent to aouthw to follow the thinao They said the object wat 'flat. oval-ebapecl and Yflf'J b n ght.' It appeared to b. spinnin& COUDtercloc~wiM. 1hey uMI ~ watchMt it \IDtil it behi.ad a J Case 277, Baltimore; Md., Dec. 3, 1956--Quoting the Baltimore Sun, "Two men r eported they saw a flying object streak away from a la rge transport plane while they were standing at Cha rles and Centre Streets. Curvin Bush and Robert Bryant, guards at the Walters Art Gal- lery, snid, 'We thought at first the tail or a section of a wing had Lroken loose. But then the plane reversed its direction from northeast to southwest to follow the thing.' They said the object was 'flat, oval-shaped and very bright.' It appeared to be spinning counterclockwise. They said. they watched it until it disappeared behind a ua ang. No case (Information only) 4 December 1956 Stow, Ohio Herbut Clark. DOW rllidifta m AlaOft ptoCGfld the fol. lowiD& npott for CRlfO. but did DOt tbe ol --- tD UIUSilte -cbtter'l ~-'~ritel Clark: --l''re, 11.!55 p.m . .,..~ OIDI-,... .. _ llfllfDt. Sookld OINI'o . :ead, .. .., rodclloh _object, 11Jlal much tbM Jel'- yicl NS. V9f'Y hiP, eound. Object appened II of a atar. Two obje;ta at appro:z. one to two rctmd iat~W v~ cam:-out at 90 froan 6nt ob~ Tbil ~'d make ':":' IIY'DI. tD the NNW. Dilo.ppcoro4 quiddy. Mala OuJ~ reaauuned oo coune until lt diaappMted fraa& vb~ Entire tncldoat;.~ aceordial to tighter, occurred lD ~ 6 to a .. ..,.,.s .. Comllllfttl Clark, "l'rOiii what t":.l.i Co!e 279, StoW, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1956 Investigator, Herbert Clark, now residing in Akron procured the fol lowing report for CRIFO, but did not get permission to use the sighter's name. Writes Clark: -Time, 11 : S S p.m. . former Marine sergeant. Sighter looked over head, saw reddish object, 'Hying much faster than a jet'- fiying NE, very high, no sound. Object appeared sire of I a c;tar. 'f.'";O objects at appro:<., one to two secontl inter vals, cam out at 90 from first object. Thi would make them Hying to the NNW. Disappered quickly. Main: object remained on course until it disappeared from view. , Entire incident, according to sighter, occurred in apProx., 1 6 to 8 seconds." Comments Clark, From what I could' gather in the conver<ation, the witness seemed reliable. However, 1 have to wonder about the time sequence." No Case (Information Only) 11 December 1956 Patrick AFB, Florida wlwl 1 name we. will DOt 1111 .-d aod it pbotoe, and out Iron behind the rear bounced two ucer ! type abJpe at 25,000 feet. ThrOuah 7 x 50 &IMIII they I were bri&bt and tJearainl tbe a oa a britbt day. One waa 400 ft to the rear and tbe other fartber bcch \ and both U'aveUDa at 4500 or falter tpeedl. . CRIIO't 1101apoildt &atl an to ten of the obj1cta mama a 90 tu ,., aad the jet tryiaa ~ tum with them, I but without tuck He commenta. ~ machin left hhn Case 280, Patrick AFB, Florida, Dec. 11, 1956 I Writes a correspondent whose name we will not use, ''Today . a rocket was fired and it went quite away upstairs. On the return ftight a jet was covering the I photos, and out from behind the rear bounced two saucer type ships at 25,000 feet. Through 7 x 50 glasses they I were bright and gleaming-as the sun on a bright day. One was 400 feet to the rear and the other farther back and both traveling at 4500 or faster speeds. . ." CRIFO's correspondent goPs o n to tell of the obJects making a 90:) turn-and the j e t trying to turn with tht!m, but without luc k . H e comments, "Th~ machines left him (the jet) holding his hand."