.ll. Apr;il l t?57 3. DATETIME GROUP 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION to. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Oakton,_ V ir i n J. a .C. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a: .Ground Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ai,..Viauol 0 Air-Intercept Rodar Civili a n 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE t hen one :. oG b olov( 11. COMMENTS 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wa-s Bo lloon 0 Probably Bulloon 0 Possibly Balloon Was Airc;raft P robobl y Ai rc:raft Po sst bl y AI rc;raft Was Astronoml col Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown Two white o b jects, later merging into one, seen mnkin~ a lmost a co1nplete U.rcle around Washington D~C Ohject was seGn visuall y . A limited investigation conducted by flight 3 - D revealed that a Ge n eral Mills owne d aircraft (DC-- 3) was i n the air t~s ti u r.; two now high i n tensity collisio n lights- an ~xpel'iment. This sighting was caused by thi s a/c. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) RR RJEDt N RJEDWP RJEPHQ D RJEPJM lH1A R 122ta5GJZ fM COMDR 85TH ADIV ANDREWS AFB WASHDC TO RJEDENICOMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQICONDR DIR OF INTELL HQ USAF tvASHDC UNCLASSIFIED 85ADOIN 2558~ UFOB. (i) (A) SUACEH-SHAP"!:. ( B ) t~tGA'1:.VE. (C) INTENSE WHITE. (D) T\vO. (E) NEGATI VE. F ) NEGATIVE. (G) NEGATIVE. (H) VERY LITTLE. (!) APPEARED TO LAND. (2) (A) PROCEEDED TOWARD FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. (B) CLOSE TO GROUND. (C) NEGATIVE. (D) NEGATIVE. (E) NEGATIVE. (F) SEVERAL MINUTES. (~) (A) VISUAL WHILE IN HOME. (B) NEGATIVE (C) N/A (l!) (A) 12103032. (B) NIGHT. (5> OAKTON, VIRGINIA, SOUTH OF WAS HI NG TON ( $) (A ) OAKTON, VIRGINIA AND , ROUTE 1, OAKTON, VIRGINIA. (IS) NIA. (7) (A) BROKEN ~@0. (D) UNLIMITED. ( E ) 7-811~ C 'S (F) NEGATIVE ( 3 ) NEGATIVE ( 9) NEGATIVE. "'0 ) NEGATIVE. (11) NEGATIVE. (!2) NEGATIVE. II END II i 2J2fJ54 Z APR RJEP Jt1 SECURITY CLASSI F' ICAiiON JOINT MESSAGEF OR M U~JCLA.SSIFI SD 1---------P- R-e:;:;-D-E_N_C._E ..,.. - T-YPe: MSG (Ohtc k J -J.AC"couN TING OiHG . OR REF_E _Rc;;-. -To--.-c-CA.sstFicArroN ?RIQBI'I!Y COMAL~COM EN.r AFB COLO COML.tt ATIC liRIGRT-PATTERSOll .t\FB OHIO COMl'AC ~;am AFB VA I!IFO: AFOOP, AFOOP-CP U~iC~\SSlFJED FROM AFOIN ffil'~B. ATTN: ATIAA-2C. THE FOLDO'.IDTG TIIFO SUBMIT'rED ACCO:RD.A1lCE P.AR SEVEN DOO T\10 HUNDRED DASH Tt-10. ITID4f ONE, AFLA.: J.ICT DISC:E!BNIBU:; BRAVO: l1CJr DISCERNABLE; COCA: BlliLLAr~ \fdiTE'; DEI.:.I\s AT FIRS.r APPEARED AS T\lO Btrl' UERGED TO Ol'lE; ECHO: UrlKNOWN; FCIXTRCYl: NOE NctriCED; GOLF: l!O~m OBSERVED; HCJrELs NONE; INDIA: 110NE. ITEM 'r.tlO, ,\IFA: BRIIJ.,UW LIGLi'l F.IRST OBSERVED FROM I1:4'TERIOR DF~ IO;SU>ENCE; BRAVO: UNABLE TO OBSERVE DUE TO BRII.I.IANCI OF LIGHT; CCCA: \-IH&l'f DIS ~r. ~.ht t FROM SIGH!" ESTD1ATED TO BE AX APPROXIMmiJ: EIGHT'EEN THOUSAND F'E!Sr; DELTA: 1tiHEN Fmsr OBSERVED APPEAl1liD TO BE CO!illrG FROM Tl-IE W.ASHIOOTON DC A.t''lEA., Tl UU H011EREB AS THOUGH A'l'TEMP'!ING WIDD1G IL'l OPEN li'IELD ViCINITY OF OBSERVERS AT 0~\KTON, VLttG:mL~ HID-WAY BE'\o/EEN TCY..f.NS MONTH 'I #Js, SY l'l SOL W TYP<:".O NAME AND T ITLE (~'iurwt"rt, if T<"'(llirrt() E T Y PEO (or ''""'l'"rl) NAME AND TITI..E S!::CURITY r:L"'A IF"ICATION ..4-R JOHN H. REMICK lYf..AJOR, USAF Directorate of Intelligence F OR M 1 -J? REPL ACES 00 FORM 173. 1 OCT 49, WHICH WILL B E U::>EO UNTIL CX~AUSTEO SCCURITY CLASSIFICATION I I:Q USAF i'rEM SIX: NR SON OF } lR , OJ.:.crCN, VA. , UJOB E'IRSI' 02S'.tSRV:?.D ITI ELEVEN YE..\R OLD tn?OB P.:ZPORTJID BY COLO~"EL N. L. ST.AXlrON, E!ECtr.rivE OFFICD UA1'!0ll.AL CA.Prr.U. TI'IG, CIVIL AIR PA'l~OL. ITEM SEVD, ALFA: CmAR, E.=\Z'! DRIGm-UOON. rrEM EIC.ET: AT .\?PROIDfATELI 120300 ZULU 'HA1' SHB 1UD JUS'l OBSBBVED AN AIRPT,AB ~ IN V!CI~ ITI OF 11A5'1IImTOlf, tC WIT:! ~TR101:! DRIGF.r LIGHTS ON BACH UIE OR ~ii::zo TI?S AID> TWO eTHER A !RCR.c\t-r' HERE FLYnn IN F ORMATION A!U TR..\F1IC USU.~TJ:Y IIEAV! 0 VICI~Jrr! OF S! GBTED Ui"OB. ~ ~. \ . J. PAGE I'H Cr o;E<l,j~ITY O...'::SIFIC\TION -h~lif'\lS