PROJECT 10073 ~ECORD CARD 2. LOCATION So DATI-TIN 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon ~Ground-Vl sual ~,c;ro"ndRodar VI .S NJC Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft C Wos Astronomical OP.SIGHTI ... control tower t. NUM8!R OP OBJECTS multiple flas in red l:iglts litiltiple flashing red lights observed 11. COMM!NT5 C Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astf'Onomical 0 Insufficient Data for Eval"ation 0 UrUcnoWft y. t<G>wer personnel! w/nake.d -binocula an'd . f r a c'ked on radar. Altitude. est at Investig a tion r e v ealed. prob- ability of 2 s i ghtings. L A/ C a nd 2nd balloonobservation See case f i le. . l.ow 6000 ft. speed stationary to ....-~TIOH (S~CURITY INI'ORNATION ltn tfl/ed /n) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 Part Th:-ee OIIIIGINATING AGENCY REPORT NO. 4602d AISS D2-UFOB-l-57 'AISS-UFOB-31-57 SOOHCE: S/Sgt Jay 13. Gore AddreSS I Det, Lincoln AFB, lfebr. Occupationz USAJ' Air trarfio Control Specialist ]llueationa High Sebcol cra4uate Qualiticationaa Air Traffic Control Special 1at IL RSI.I&BILrl'Ia Source waa & mature, oonacictiou 1rd1vidna1 who had an opeD m~m OODOrn'ng this subject. He waa reoeptift to all auggeeucm. u to the poaaible tion of objects but vu t.hzl.7 CODf 1 need ha b<Jul d not make po-.i tift idantit'ica tion. I . - -x.. SOURCit s DICS:RIHIO or SIGBti!Ot Source Vall on dut,. iD OODta ol tover at J.;in.ooln UB, Nel::r. as vatoh ,W.n bia attentioD vu called to a %ed light north or the .tower ey oJ14 of tbtt aont.rollen. ObJe4R vaa vith binoonlare and it va8 aacerta1n.t~4 that it waa all . aiza ~JJ.DR, vh'iob _. o~ bT Kansaa Cit7 Ur !rat~ Ocntzool Center. ;smrae aotieecl another object 1n the D q~ and. in. the t~ .. 'tD t,' seeoro&t f'cur mora objec:ta vere eighted-. . . at hi &b-:. OOoaa V/ .VO T h s$ documen t rantntru ::.f ormAtio n ni'ctin~ the nJtt 10 n l d e /en .. o / th<J United Stet w 1thin rite mttilll o1 tiN t: lB. U S C., Section 79J and 794. Its rrnm, .. ion or th ,.,,.ltion o/ Ita conunre i n an, man"-to n urhut~d ~Hon ,., ,?ruh.l'lrt ,. .J hv I a . It ma y not b e reprodur"rl , , wttol o r r' n p art. bJ' o t l1t than U n ,ted St,. Air I'O*oe l~nt'll'l e r c p t hy p<tltniOirt>rl " ' rntt Dtrctor o f lnreltilence. USA!' SZCURITY IN1'01fMAnOII IM,. l~i,.) o.o.aar~e.uiOH CS~CURITY INI'OR ... A ION when IUI.d Jn) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 REPORT HO. D2-UFOB-l-57 PAGES OfliG rNATIHG AGENCY Det; 2, 4 602d AISS AI~;j-UFOB-31-57 I. SOO'RCE: A/JC Calvin L. Oium Address: t, I~1 ncol:n AFB, Nebr . Occupation~ Control To~er Operator E'ducation: High School Graduate Qualiricationa: Attended A:!r Tl'a.f'tic ~hool and works as tower opera tor II. RELIABILITYs Source \iaS a. quiet, reserved sort of individ11al and s~ somewb;;', confused vhen questions were e.~. Before answeriog questiona he bad a tendebiJ to wnt to discuaa his 8l13Wr8 vith the otbe peraons that bad made the sightins. m. SOUBCE' S DESCRIPI'ION OF SIOHTTifOt Source wa loold.ng north whlla on dut,-. in control towar vben objects appeared. ile waa looking north eaat vhen objeata disappeared. fhey were obsetved for a pericd o:f" thirty .. m:inutea Objecta were reddish-white, seem:fngly transparent~ flaahing or rotating. vas 1:.1ke that or an automob~.Je headlight a"'t. a mtle or more a~ and about the si:ae of a pea held at. arm a langth. .;.,AR."''IN,;: l'h~ do.>.ument C'Of!taina inlorm tttlon alfecunA tha ""trona/ dttlenH o f t h,. U':'itarl St.tteJO ..,,rltrn tne zn-nin' ol the . . I. T T /"' U s (' "' - c r ona 9; and 794 fts tr.tn:omi.sMo n o r the "'"" '"''on o f t t a content t n an7 manner to an . d 1'1 b 't e d "y 1-It - .,. not ba reprodJc e d " ' w.'lola <.~r rn ;Mr:. by other than Uruted tatea Au ore A.tt!lnco , ;u:e p t by purnatron o l rh., Dtrector o f lntIIA n-~ USA.F llt'!'\.ACES A.F roR" 1~ 1'4RT II, I JU,. oil. C1.-'' '" 'CA"!Ofol ,S~CURITY U'l'fi'OR,VATION llert It/led in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 REPORT HO. PAG[ (. ~ OF SUP!>W~fl'ARY IN1!ESTIGA'l'I vE EFFORTSt 1. A check -was made 'With the veather station at and the 'Wind readings at 2100 csr, 12 Feb 57 '1ere' I J ncoln AFB, Nebr. Surface -cal.m 6,ooo -290 degrees a.t 30 knota 000' -320 degreoa at 45 knots 000' -320 degrees at. 60 knota 20,000 -310 degrees at 80 knots )OJlooo -310 degxeee at 80 knots at 70 nota 'l'hia ataticm onl7 releases ce:Jl~nabs1Joaa and the sitllatiODdd.ctatea the need. The weatbe:r waa clear ~ora, JlO be-11 ooJSs vere reJ asaed. then onl.7 WileD on the dq ot . It vsa alse learned , 'tha-e lBlloo%3a are at - . am Nc=th Pla~;t_ &w-. ,.: ~elT aix' hcura_. cia1 J;y bepnni ng at 0.300. csr . Oil tbi b11D releae1d-at. a1..0CJ. Cllf'a 12. h~ 57i..< Deperlaent also ~. CAa radio at o..ha, va oolltaotad and the:r rep6rted no t1 af't'io ill tbe I., neal n area at the t:f-e ot aighting. ThT did "~!I haweYer, tha\ ~ ooaditicma at. t.bat wre VIA aDd only l'mi oozrtact a . . . \11th ~ under tho 88 coDri:l tioes. and aiatecl tbat ~en could baft aircnft, in the ana. .. w" 4 . Through Flight Senioe at I.avrJ 11'8, Colo., it VU l~ baa trnitad Air t.1= a~ staplton Field, Deavw, Colo.~ ~,at ther hd tbree tllghta that. oduJ d haft been in the at the t ~ s1ght1... !bq alao ata W ~t under VP1t condi tiona, olll7 lind t1d contact ia ifaintaaecl vith aircraft. , W.tRNf.'IO, Th' documrlftt co~tittll inform~tion IJ!fttctin;l r.'>e n<Atron..J de/en-o l the Unite d Sta t N w rtl'lin tile '"-nirt4 ol tlte E.tp rontJ4 w. r.:te 16, u.s. c. ; Sfl:tiona 793 :.nd 794 . /ta .tran tfY .. UJOn o r the rttvellltion o f it oontentJ i n""' '"tuwr ,. - n auth'lrlled peno n prol'ti b rred b y r.... 11 my nor be reprod'Cced itt whole o r i n Prt. b' oilier ,,.,., Uflitad Still,.. Air 1'01ce ,:~ .. ,,..; ., orp b " permon o# the D.rector ol lntellr~ence, USA!' S &CURI'TY lltf'OW/tiA'nO!t''- MJa.l ht) 'flloiN .. \ SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 Oltl~IHA TllltQ A~HC'Y Rf.PORT HO, "0--t co_ Comments or the Preparing Officer: 1. T'ne opinion or the Pre!'ering Officer is that these objeota were proba.bJ.7 CODll:DeX"CiaJ airoratt for the follo\dng reasons: a. All Sourcea vho visulljr observed objecta stated that there _vas a resemblance to .tlashing beaoons u sed on commercial a..lreraft b. The etateme:at made b;y Unitec:l Air I.1nea that it was posible that tbree ot tlleil:-tl.ighta could have been in the area at the tlme ~ . . The.,fa that object were obeerted 'ey' radar indic!ttea tMt ~vue being e-arried by a vehicle capable or giving .. stated \ha\."= I 4,. The~fo", t.hia aiabt.ing is gi"Yen a IIP1~b&b~ U:rc-ratt lV1Rfi/T:VG T htt <irxwtnent eont.ein. ittlor .. atiott If-tin~ the ruat ion.tl deln-ul the UnirfNi SrJtt wrrhi n rhflll'l-utilt~ -H:~<l tt.tJe L .,...,, Tr l 18 . U S C. Seotiotta l'JJ ~tnfl 79~. Ja ltllrumz .. ion or theleutlaron o f it~ onrt ntt i n #nHJtl'tvrut tJ ,.,.o n z.o ptoht~ted bJf l11w. / r may nor be tPiprodt~eHI ztt wlto / e o t 1n o'"'' b T .uher th.on l.ln , IJtAII" .. tO- lllenczu. < rcepr :,y J)41Uruuioo of the Ofr.ciAt o l ftHIItfenc.. USAP No Case (Information Only ) 12 February 195 7 J..aGuard ia A/ P ,. New York At. 7:18 p.a. a New York Airwqa helicopter, approaching LaGuardia tba towel!; tl:aat they had an objeet "shaped like a bell" with a red ll&ht in sight over the Aquacade or the old Y!orld' s Fair site. The tower re- plied that about 1S minutes before they "had one out t here .. with an expansive, wide l11ht. It we~ up and down ;.or a vJ'tile. Some pilqts saw it, o hers didn't." .. (Creditl !Aon DttJLldson.l(." , '"'.~A L.;~ j) JIOLICB OFFICER Alm OTH!RS WATCH lW ro :amr.r LIOHTS :f"o1''1ft. tion in this case was obtained directly !rom the ob- ~ of Reseda, California, who reported the details to She in tum !Ol'\TUCd the information to US Otticer o the Burbank, California Police Force, was dispatched at 6t30 p.m. to investigate a report of an object seen over Lockheed property ill the San F V aJ J ~. Arri v1ng at 6: hS he was told to look up toward Jlcos (then 6o to 70 de above the horizon) where he Sa\r a white star-like lipt. As he watched, the moved slightly; a !'fn7 seconds later, it moved ~.~..,.,, at a high rate of speec:l toward his right. In motion, the light blink- ed. aM .~ternately, a red and green light which appeared to be superim- poMCSon the wltite light.. It reversed its course, sweeping back toward the area ~ wb:l.ch !i b&cl Aa it was turning, another and larger bright white light to the left o the first one, and seemed to be on a collision course th it. Then the second Ught made a sudden right-angle turn. Following this , bottw..e.b objects turned . so that, ~hey were heading away !rom each other. Fi- . fie could lrn~h only one at a time; turn::in~ frOJ!l the first, :then . northeast over the city, he fowxl the second liGht had looldn~ bacl' toward the first, he found it had also vanished ~. . . been too far &boYe the mrizon -6o to 70 deerees -to have NMJiei it at the o~served speeds. The display lasted about -Be- aiclaatbe 'intormation contained in llr. letters other tlef,i1la were ~ed rroaa the L .-\. 'TimesJ and the L. A. Min-or-Hews, No Case (Information Only) 16 February 1957 Maine, Massachusetts,New Hamps White Plains, New Mexico Febru~ .16, 1957. A spectacularly brilliant blue-green fireball exploded over the vicinity of Brunswick, l.Iajne at a time variously given as betvreen h :3S a.."1d 4:42 a.m. The light was sc:-en over sections of three states, i.Inine, ::assachusetts, and !Jew Hampshire, a..:'ld was described by most observers as lighting up C.he s!cy "as . bright as day." (Certainly-this was_ not identtliable nith the non-exploding f ire- . ball-like obj.~ .descnbecf.elsewhere in tha issue. ) Best oR-Glebe, 2/17, etc . February i6i 1951.-~.bother firebU-tipe UFO (or actual tireb'al~) was seen by a \'ihi te P ains pol j ceman and his Yrife. They l'Jere driving. east of llhi te Plains at .ft about 7 p.m. uhen they s~ a brilliantobject to th~ east of them~ bluish-g~en~ YTi th a whitish cast, in size considerabl;r smaller than a full moon. It was .firsif)' seen on a compass bearing of about 45 ( N .E.) and moved rapid]y in a precise . ~ ho r:5.zontal trajectory to the south, at a constant elevation of about 150. In turning aYray to concentrate on the road, the driver of the car reported he last ... ~ savr it on a compt-!.ss bearing of 110 ('S.S.E.); his 1rife watched it disappear be- hind buildings fa-rther to their right. There was an impression of a tail, but I the speed vras so gre?-t that the :-ritnesses felt the tail might be illusory. It was vimted for three seconds by one witness and slightly longer by the other. Again vte request arr;r addi tiona.l !~ormation that might be supplied by readers No Case .(Information Only) 20 February 1957 Westchester County, Pa. (/February 20, 195]. Two F-86 s l'tere sent aloft to investigate a translucent, oddly shaped o_Ej.erl hovering :motionless over 1Testchester County Airport around noon. - ----'The =jJ'ii'onation co::1es from a CSI menber ('\'tho asks that his lk'1.i-:1e be withheld), -vrho \ras at the airport ~rhen the alert was sounded. I:1 the office, he heard the n squawk-box" saying, hold your positions hold your positions." A DC- 6 just completing a landing, and at the far end of the field two F- 86's were readying for ta.l<c-off. The observer went out to YTatch them and saYr their objec- tive floating in the sky south of the field , at about 60 elevation. It :ras a lop-sided square object, trans:!.uc~nt white, and the observer report- ed a point-like ~rejection o n the left side of the obj9ct (aee diagram) . The bject Yras sir.'-.ilar to a square-based pyramid on its side; the size was that o f a full moon. It d i d r:ot nove. As the t~"To jots headed toward t he object, the ~-.witness uent to his car, hoping t o get home i n time to get his camera and take photo- graphs. Driving a'\'tay, he sa~r the jets mak- ing a 36oO turn around the object. 'fhis . . : : had aad&ibed whaJi be heme 20 Jl:t!Dlf.a: laterJ .Jte did see~-je-t getting ready~;~ land at the airport. -possibly one ot the tcftt tllat bad been scrambled earlier. f_ j The observer felt. that the object might posaib .have been a p~iall,. deflated neather balloon, although e ..,ras ae J.ru. e that e J. not see e o ec ri! -\ -ing '\7i. th the m.na, or float:ing to tl:e earth. The cicly r.as very clear and quite cold; the observer himself' cid not notice a.rry "Rind. . No Case (Information Only) 21 February 1957 White Plains, New Mexico February 21, 1957. On this occasion it was seen from 9:35 to 10:15 p.m. This time it was hovering motionless at first; a fev