3. DATETIME GROUP lf)/l:::co~ 1. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATIOH fifteen seconds PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Eglin AFD, J!'lorjda 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;,JkGround VIsual C Air-Visual C Ground-Radar a Air-Intercept Radar Civilinn (T~cl1 RiJts) B. HUMBER OF OBJE CTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIONS 0 Was 6 olloon a Probably B alloon Possibly Balloon 0 Was Ai rcraft 0 Probably Ai rerah 0 Po ssi bl y AIrcraft 0 Was A~tronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomlcot rY-XOther l\ll r :1 .,. e 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMAA'I' OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS On~ dull d1.'ab aluminum colore d ubj w i t h 1 i t t l e r e f 1 o c t i v i t y 0 b j r:1 o v c d ra thor err:1 t ic.:a lly, r110V ing ot one t.itno , ' ' a t least Mach 2 o r 3~' Obj was seen vis u a lly for fi.Ete~n seconds . ATIC JI'ORM 3l~ (REV 26 SEP 52) Cause of 'tbis r".:port attributed to optic :tl phenomc'na as :.;oc ia t o d with the tul'bu Lanue l'ollcnci.ng 13-47. Si.ght lng n. t noon. Obj de f: iui tel.y f ollowing OI' OS3 0C.: iat:::~l with the a/c. (SECURITY INFORMAT I O N wh .. n /ill .. d i n ) (Le.~""Lvlk) J.\IR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT M1\ HF.f'OH r t:ONCE(\!IS lin Air b'orcA B~se, r.q~I(;~'!J?H~ov.ing Ground c Ol11:nand ..,,~lin Air Force :Balll~t, )l'lo:rlda lli\ TE o;: REI'ORT 01\'1 F. 01-' IIIFOHMATION Pl;EP.\HIN{jO Cl'i"J(;!:J~ h rd (l' L !:VALUATION 1 :J~ ' t Chief, IntalligancA Divi'Jion R~!'I::.HEIIC3 (Cc.ulrol tUllllhrr, lfir~c!/re, ]>Ttr/0113 To:[JCIT/, tlr., 0 1 IIJIJIicuiJie) Gnidentified Flying Cbject su.!MIIRY (F.uur rouriJe :JtmrTnlfV of r 7>ort. Glte .Tiv 11ljlcuur~ ltr fi rrfll OII'UIIIfllct Jmrooruph. Lir.l iucloJIT<Y ull ower l/t. JlfrJIII /er/ of" purl 011 A It l 'or111 J Ita.) In coJqpliance with AFR 200- 2 , the follo,o~i.ng UJ!,(ffi rPp ort i s suomi ttP.d. This renot"t -pertains t o a n Unlde.ntliied l''lyin~ O'bjeet s i,sht ed near !''glin Air Forc e ~asa, Florida, 'HLLIA ?-1. LYO:rs c p";ain, USAF Chief, Intel l igence DAVID 1~. J0'8'ES Colon"l, USAF 1X'S/Operation3 Tll;;'(lti11U1 JUN DY ORIGINA fOR WARNING: Thi~ rlocumf'onf oontno'n:~ inlornon/icut :JflcctinA t1o'J nHtion'tl d"lton'f!t o f th Unirro<l Stllt >.i within th'1 nu,.-.nin~ u l ti111 E .,pin- ,. o..!L L .twtt, Tit/11 JR, U.S. C ., Section 793t d 79.:. ft:z rr.n;rni:tio:a o r thu ru>'.-l .. riun co! it:J conte~>r. in :any 111 onn .. r tu :uo un:tutluri.:,.l p .u.an is prohihiteol by hw . l! rnn y nt In roruotluoed i n wltt'lld o r in p.rt, by ott ... r tl::tn Un.Jr;,/ :>r t f t".< Ai: /-'cor-e A~ttttri.,;, tnc ... ot by (.ii-'C U U/ TY J -1 Ff) '?.~f.\ TION whew t.r:~d iu) FOR O:i!'?IC IAL USE O~Y AF FORM 112-PART II IJ>f>ROVED I JUNE 1941 (CLA5SIF1CATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT F q <1'rif> Proving Ground Coma~Gnd F.t~lill A 1r Force 'Baa~, 1!'\lorida REPORT NO. (1) Description of the object: (a) Au elliptical e~g s~a~e (b) Object a t first alJpPe:tre d ~ize of e dTA.e ?arachut-3 fro;n a JJ-47 "'Ji3A vie'"l~d ali n di~tance of one half a. nile. vlhen the B-47 ond objt~ct r-e~)lirate-d, its siza was unabla to b e estimate(] ~sit ~as t!"".e n rMJ.J.izeu t':l?.t thfl ob,jccfi ,.,a s a.t a great di~tanc~ f ro.n the B-4'7. (c) Dull cir a b alumiiiWJ color \rith little r eflectivity. (f) ne~lit,ive. (h) :None. (1) The-rf' were not a n.r ,,R iu or c:trai.~ht pl~t!e rurf.~ces. '.r.he oo:tervere would hava thought '!iha object to be a ~ .. ,eather ball oon 1 t it had not sub- ac<n.lPntly tr.O"/IJU . (2) (a) 'l'hH obnPt""TflrA Ner~ Tf~i;prn:hl?, t o ,~.f;lin /'.ir T'orc"} :'t, ~e th1rir1~ thn l tc'n hour and notice-d a l~-47 comill?. in for a l <:'nding ou thA down . .,ind leg. l'hay th:m noticAd Rn objt.H~t At the t:l.:l.lla nzit.:ru.t~ n.ad fllev.:1.t.:.oa r:lf\ thA 73-47 :l:.:-.d their :fl rst r~action wq s that 1 t \>!8 s a dra.; -parachute. 'i:h.an tl'la a.irc-rt'.:f't con- timtttd 1t9 a;Y;'Jro~ch nrd the ob~e!"Vtlr~ r1:1lli::Hd L!Hlt. tltP. obj~ct ~v~s nt n much greatAr distance than the :B-47 (llhich '.las nbout one half a mile fro t.h'!! vbse-TVP.l"s) . Tbu:r sto,Jped t!::wir Cclr ouc of r.~..>.riosity ~nd ~h'!n b<?liaTed the object to be a weather balloon as i t lf8S stationary. The object naxt bf>~an to e.cc~lera: . t\.t first ra ~he!" slo'Wly, and ti1Em ~.1 t h a !~r.~atly increased xate. When the object woved ont of the viEP<~ars nL;ht, i t .~p.psar~d to b e goin~ :.1~ le:it t!c::.=h 2 or '3 (b) 45 de~ree elevation, 120 degre~ azimuth. (c) eo d~grAe eleYatio~, ~bout ~0 a~gre! ~zi th (d) vrhan the object acceler~ted, it resemblad a pull u-, o:f a sup!!rsonic air- c:rf.tft. fro:u l~:vel fli~ht. 'fb~ t"'~S!'.f"."!.V~r ".-T!l~ :-ic:il~r tc a c <-.rc c .f ::1 circle and the object ao'Oearad to reach a speed ot' over ::-facn 2 or .3. An a.nalo~ou3 D t~.,crl'ption c.f lhe flight !.'!aneuve!' '\\'0".1ld be tt.e r,r.:tl~ c.f "t. aTe of a o-weepi~ searchlight. (e) Th~ object movP.d out of :1ight of lhfl ob~,.,rvert'. (f ) 1.) second<~ of which the object's :aaneuvar l:=t3ted about thr"!!e aaco.nda. Ground-visual Eglin A :lr Ji'C're~ Ci't"ilisn - c:cupr. t1 O!l Occu-p~tion Fort Walton Ee~ch, Flori da -'P!':ilco Tecrnical reprE>r,or.tr:t1-vc, :~cnt CCi!'I:J:tJni=:3tlon9 in .Air Foree J3f\CJe, lnorid~ elt~n :BeP~b, Florida -7hileo Technical Renreq~ntatiTe, 320l a t Co~municat.ion~ S quadroal, r.glin Alr 'Force .:lase, :?lorida NOr! : ill!~ l'OCU~ENf CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TilE NATIONAL OEFENSC: OF THE UNITED STATE'S WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT,~ U. S. C.- 31 MID?.<:. AS AMENO~D. ITS TflANSr.tiSSION OH TilE rtEVEL.ATION OF ITS CONTt.NTS IN ,\NY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBIT CO B'f U.W. 1 r MAY NO'f BE REPRODUCED IN WliOLE OR ltf PART. BY OTIIER THAN UNITED STATES AIR fORCE AGENCI:3, EXCEf>T OY PERMISSION QF THE DI?ECTOR OF INTLLLIGENCf~ USAF. (CLA:;SIFICA TIONJ lG-~71)-1 'ft 11. a, IIOYIUIICIIf -flle OO?ICI FOR v~riCIAL US"E! ONLY Af FORM 112-PART II (CLASSIFICATION) PPROVED I JUNE 193 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Fll:?ORT NO. (A) ~rona. There wer a nume-rous airc rt"ft i n t h A air a t thE t i me cf the si~htlng. Ho\lev~?r, i n the line of sight f r o'R t h e ob3e rvers to the obje c t , tha B-47 vaa tb.~ onl y aircraf t ~resent and i t subsaQuently landed . (11) 'l'ha t~o obseners a-ppeared t o b a matur e . s ince r e a ncJ reliable i n d ividuals . They hav~ ap ent; many y earr:. i n the vicinity o f Air F orce base s o.nu a r A acC1~sto7Jled to the va.riou9 act1Yi tie s of the Air ?roving Ground Co.l~Ulland. 'i'he prt:r;:>aring officer, howev e r , can not off'ar a ny e:cplanation for the :aightin~ and , s ine~ the time inYolved {1.5 seconds ) 11a~ qui bri~f, it i s oeli~ved t h a t t h1A uniden t ified f l y ing objac~ i s not o f an:r partic u l a r 9 i [{nificanc 9 . HOTE: T HIS llOCU MENr CONTAI NS INFORMATION AFFECTING 'f HF. N;\TIONo\L OEFENSE O F THE UNITED STAr~ WITHIN THE MEAN I NCo OF THE SPIONAGE ACT , !iO U 5. C.- 31 AliO 32, AS AMENDED. H S TRANSMISSION OR TIIF. REVEJ..AT ION OF ITS CONTF.NTS IN ANY MANNER 1"0 AN UNAUTIIORIZFD PI:.RSON I S PROHifll rr:u BY LAW. IT MAY t l OT BF. REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR I N PART. BY OTHER THAN U NITED STATES AIR FORCE \ GENCIFS. I:.XCCPT flY PER'ti!SS!Oii OF TH E l>IRECTOP. OF I tnEL LiuENCE. USAF. ~SIFIC" TIO" )