PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 3. DAT ETIME C ROUP 2. LOCATION 4, TYPe OF OBSERVA.(ION 0 Ground-Vi suol 0 G1ound-Rodur lr-lntcrcopf Roc:iar s. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE - QNo Civil l a n 1. LE~OTH 0? OBSERVA TlON 8, NUM~ER 0~ OUJ:CTS 9. COlJ~SE 23 minute~ \0. B~leF SUMMARY OF SICHTINO l l. COMMEN7S 0 Was Bulloon 0 P robably Bolloc.n Paul bly Balloon 0 Wo; Aircraft 0 P robably A i rcroh 0 PoHibly Aircr aft Was Astronomi c ol 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Oato for Evaluation tJ '~Unknown as a four or f.i.v~ room ho11s c , brl~ht 1eJ o r sc~rlctG ID~I\ rr IF --~ -u o\TlC: FORM 3'19 (REV 26 SE? Sl) 6 . On 3 11ay 1957, Fe B. HILDZR, Deputy Sheriff ln chare;e of cr:i.minal rccortls: Lincoln Parish Courthouse, informed the lrri ter tha.t be had no informa.tlon conr;ern- ing ROBERTSON. 1ay 1957, records made a..railable by BE,_L"l"'l B. I<EI.JD.!i.LL, Clcr~( of Gity Court, cont.at ned no information e;once:rning A~r ~HiGC..QT2J, LOUISI.f\1\I'A 8 . llrs. , Route 1 , '"as intervie,.;ed ny the 'rriter o n 3 Ha y 1957. t~cCOY stated that a man had aT,,e.kened her husb:~ .. nd anr1 he:c i n the early morning hot!rs of 25 April 1957 and asked her husband to acconwany him to the area behiHd t h e t r hott:, e -vrhere he stated he had seen a large red object setcle in the trees :rrom the sl<;r; that her husband refused becaus& it 'vas raining very hard a-L the time. in:fonned the writer that her h usband, who 'YTas not at home at time of rv~.ew, had looked for the object from the house, but did not see anything. said her husband had expressed curiosity about this matter and was going out in the are a and look arotmd at the first opportunity b u t had not yet attempted a se3.rch as recent rains had flooded the ground upon which the object was reported to have landed. took the writer's name and phone m mtber s.nd e.greed to c ell :tf any - thing -was f o1md in that locale. T'ne writer observad t he t.P,r rain f xom o. rioe on the ground adjacent to the , but could detect no m1u su.a.l :feature in t.le are a upon which the object was reported to have le;,.'lded. A detaileu sea:,. ... ch on foot 1-ras not considere d pra.ctical because o~ the f looded cond t tion in that area. 9. On 3 Nay 1957, , Night City 1-1arsha.l, stated in interviei.r t h e .. t o. man had reported seeing an unusual object out on l!igh,..ra.y 154 early in the morn- ing of 2 5 April , but he had not recorded this person s name and be.d not investigated. related that be heard a jet aircraft fly over the to' m about Ol30 hours the same night end associated the sighting vri th the exhaust f l are of the aircraft. inf'onn.ed the writer tha.t his office had receiYed no ot.her reports of anything unusual being observed in that vicinity. \lork Unit Con.c;;erva.tion:ist, Soil Conservation S~rvice, was interviewed by the '1rlter on 3 Nay 1957. displayed a large aerial :photographic G;rj_d ma:? of the section in which the object -was reportadly sighted and pin-!JOi :::lted the location as described by ste~ted that he mmed some land near th?.t location he.d been out there since 25 April 1957, but had not observed any- thing unu3t.:al. took the writer's neme and phone number and stated that he i rm:ud ins"':.l.ilct personnel in his department to be on the lookout for al1y-tbing unusual i i1 a and would call t h e writer if e.nything ITas .'found. According to t .he map in ffice t .he grove of trees in llbich the ol1ject '~as reporte1 to h:"~.Ye landed was four and one-half ( l~) miles \lest o f Ringgold> Louisinna,. one-half mile south of Louisic>na. State JJlglnray 154. <i):.tiyll_5'7:;ut~I~or IAJh'ELL. D. PTLE, Daee Operations 01':rlcer, wB..s furni~hed i:clorma:tio:J to be reported by his'office in accordance ~ .. lith ldr Force Rcsulatio:n 200-2 P.nd cont.a:ined in paragraphs 3 rom 5, su:-9ra. P'fL:S stated that he h e..d c:1eckcd ".:'l-1 fl.scertn.:lne ii that the ::d e b ting cr)nlcl. not b e at trihuted to nir op~rations .. UrJCL.\SSJFJED 12. On 1 0 tley 1 957, Lt. Col. t.T.IUIES T. BROl'HER8 1 0045A, Jtaf.f Operati)nc Ct'fice:, i nforn,.ed tbe 'ni ter that ~ ai.r ncarch conducted o n 9 f!Dy 195 ( :tr, t1'-e ' ' Lci nity of the reporte d sighting did not reveal cvic.e!'lce of en)rth ir..g on the f';~ounrl "Hhich could b e connected with the inc ident reported by TIO! f~'RT~O:T. 13 o Thl o report i s classified CO!lFIDE!lTII\.L purs,.wnt t o "th e o.u.tho;r i t y con-Laint=:l :tn paragraph 30c(2)(a), JU?R 205-1 . n w:p.ss1 Ft. ED 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Ri ~d La 0 Was Balloon nggo.. ~ 0 Prohably Balloon 2~/07.30Z A.pr '57 ~Ground-VIsual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircrofr C Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Air Vi suol 0 Air Intercept Radar 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Yes C:t;...t]:l.~"' 0 Probably Asrronamical oQ No .\f..L_..Lo;.au 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient D at a for Evaluation :Wenty-five r.rl.nutes One Descending o Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One ezeecent crhaped bright r..,~ or scarl.et Contact tdth tluJ Cl1m."ltology oection object~ at large as a four or f'ive room house. of the 3:rd Ueather Group in:lica.tes that Objec-t -:1ru. oeen in a "t.orrC!ntial rai.n des-thi3 sighting :ms possibly caused by cending flua app](7XL'nately 4SO elevation to th~ tornado, illmdnated .from 't-Jitbi.n'W earth. Obj eet 't1ClS seen a11_y for 25 minu_, li3htning and su~pended fr011 a slowly' d{)Seending cumulonL"Dbls cloud. However, ~ttEmnta to obtain t~ther infor:aat:ion AlSOP Form 5 (iS Oct 54) 't:hicb uoul.d su91)0rt this hypothesis Here trl.thout l~t. since the ae~ther statio :~t r.~t AFB do not retain records pasi; AIR SCI.El:f(;."3 f[ VSl''~: ,_/ Gi1EGC'RY ii0BINS('N Gr1 IFF I.L-..: G f.J:I( YER CJ ... r .LA.HAN :i:ni' o rc:oa t 1. on C"~ \II''liil~t :!.u!L I l.!~W\tur~ Dt::U t,I')Y 0u tg11lr.c.: DA!i', 14th Dist OSI, 13 Jun 57, Subj: (CONFIDZHTIAL) U:!ID~!TIF'I.ID !G OEJECT Sighted ApproxJ.ma t.ely F'i ve ( 5) Hiles ~Jest of 1-tinzgold, Louisiana, on 25 April 1957, SP.J.:CIAL INQUIRY l s t Ind Hq .Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado TO: Corrmander, 4602d Air Intelli3ence Servlce ~quadron, Ent .Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado Forwarded as a matter pertaining to your organization BY Oi:illER OF TdE COlll~LI\.NDEH.: Hq h60'Yt Ai't'" Intc]li--:cncP. Srr.ric~e S'1_uariro~ (1\.nC) , f'.nt A;'t" FnrcA Ba.~e, :!r.Lr~ht-Patterson Ai r ?orct; P...:.s e , Ohio JjNCLASSlFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VVASHINGTON T H E INSPECTO R GENERAL USAF 14TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF S PECIAL INVESTICATIONS OWRY A I A FORCE B A SE, DENVER, COLORADO SUB JF.CT: ( CONFID1!N'riAL) UNIDEHriFIED FLYING OBJFC'r Si ght e d Approximately Five ( 5) Mil~s l1Jest of Rir:ggold, Louisia1~, on 25 Atr il 1957 SPECIAL IN1 UmY CoCillTlalldar Air Defense Command Ent AFB, Colorado 1. Transmitted berewi th for your inf'ormatiou. and any action deemed necessary are two (2) copi es of r eport by S/A DONALD E. RIELLY, 2. Attention is invited to t he provisions of AFR 12L~l 'Whieb prohibit t he release of investigative information to unauthorized 3. This letter is classifie d CONF'IDENI'IAL pursuant co11taired in paraeraph 30e(2 )(a), AFR 205-1~ to authority 1 Incl (dup) P.t!SSBL A. WICKMAN District C~nd~r DECLi.".~, ~JN e tJ\SSJ FfED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAl. OFFICS: OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS R~PORT OF INVESTIGA riON REPORT MADE B'f REPOitl' MADE AT (Confidential.) Ur,JIDENTIF D-:D FLYING OBJEGT Sighted Ap::;>rox:L'"oa:t;el.y Five ( 5) l'.iiles 1~est; of Ringgold, Louisiana, on OFFICE OF ORIGIN CHAU.\CTER Unauthori::ed di 3c1o:RJr-e of information c:on. t o io e d in this report Is p rohlo ited and will be con:sid~red a violation o f AFR 205-1 ond .... [",.,.tion requested by Comm8.1\der, Bal"'ksdale AFB, La. t~..r. civilian, reported in letter to Commander, Barksdale AFB Lo.,., that at 0230 hours, 25 A:pril 1957, he saw a. large, reel, crezcent-shaped object descend from the sky into a. grove of trees near Ringgold, La. Resu1 ts of interview with set forth. Local. Agency Check negD:Gi ve concerning Ba.rksdal.e officials report no ""'we3.ther phenomena or~.ircraft activity '\IThich could be attributed to sighting. No ad.di tional. wit- nesses located. ..,Air see.l'"Ch conducted in vicinity of sighting '-ri th negative res ul. ts. ACTIO~ COl''f FORWARDSO TO FILE STA:~P DISTR!DUTIOrt ( Comdr ADC, Ent AFB CoJ_o -Action 2 ) Cor:-.dr, BAFB La. (Info) 1 Colonel, USAF lJbfrlrt Commandrr. D:C:'i'AIJ .. S : 1. This i "1Ve..; t i eation \TU.S VE:j,'bally req~:! .:;ted b y t .he Cc:n!la.1dc:c, T:ar1. ::;d.D.c Air Fore.:~ B..:Jc..:, Louisia.na on 2 llli.y 1957; o.nd c:on.firmed in l e tter si~nerl b:\r L't~ Col. 11. C. S'.PECH!!Atl, D~:puty Commander, 13a.'l:ksdo.le Air Force Dase, <lc.t~ct 6 i .y l Sl)(; Dnd is b&.s~::d n inforoation received c. J.e t; tcr elated 27 Apr i l 19){, G:i.g l"ed b y Civil:L:m, ., Huston , Lou:i.G:f.:..ms., in 11h.i.ch / re:port~d t.ha.t he o11oerw.!d a l:..r~e, red, crc~ce:1t-she.yed c:>bjcec c1cnccnc.1 f'rom the s:.t:y a G he 'Ht-'.3 drivincs uee.r Ri nggold) Louisiana, at 0230 hours, 2 5 A:p:ttl AT n.~;:--:..~BDAI.}~ AFB. LOUISIAITA 2 . On 1 tL.'ly 1957 , tlajor 10.-l?.!IJ~ D. PY'I, 156191\, Base Opera;t:lons Officer) fu.rni!;bed :ile:J.d.qu.:l.rters , 9th District O.f'f:tce of Specie~ Il"lmsti3atlon3, o. let tcr ~dressed to "The Comr:..."Uldin~ Off.Lcer ) Ba.r~:cdale l<'ield, A .. F . D .. , 3hrever>o:ct La," pos tr.1arlccd R'..1stou, Louisiana, on 27 April 1957, '-r.t:ch ret'l.tr n address 810 Ch ... '"l.utauqua st., Ruzton, La." Tha conte:1ts of this letter are set, :fort h E'.G " Ru:>ton, La. April 27t h "Dear Sir: "I 1muld l ilce to tell you about something I snw a t. 2 : 30 o ~{eclnE:sday rr.orning ... April 25th. I ho.d ~one fishing t o the du:n at Lake Bls'teneau. A otorm cGne up ,-71th terr:t.fic l i ghtning ~.nd I decided to go to Rinago~d, La. until lJorning. Six 1.:1.llcs from Rir_ggold I "as driving slowly because of the torrent:f.al rain end as I ate.rted up a h :l.ll I noticed a huge thing in the sky just ahead. It vas shaped l:!.ke a. hnl.f ll!Oon -like thls"(drawing). "It was red like blood Md I otor>ped the car and rolled the , !indow dmm anil could see it more clearly. It slm-rly drifted dow-n end. settled in a grove of treea appro:droately a ha.lf mile av~. I could n ' t estL'"late t!le size untU I saw -'che trees and it covered severo.l of them. It continut!cl to glow ao i ii rested on them. I rushed to the top of' the hi.J 1 and aroused a. fP.mily. I asked the man in the bouse to go over to it vri'th me but he refused because of the down pour "lty ,.;if~;.: said I should report. i t to the proper author i ti~s so if "ou nre int~rested contact rne. I b elieve :t: cru1 tal-::e:: you to it as I i:;r:tecl to mark 'the spot. RespectfuJly yours Ruston, La "P.. s . I don't drin:<. ar..d th.i.r. ' -Tr\S . definitely ' aoU!ethi r.g ' 'J l~''" ' SSlF 'l:'lll!'l ~JNCLASSIFIED Major DOH H. L .A!IDERSOH, AO 42173!~, Cor.u.~.c-=t:lder, Det ach:nent-, 1 9 , 26th vleather Squadron, u as intervi eired c.nd f rom reeordG available in his 0f.fic~ fu1nished the follmrlng infonnation co ncerning \Fe ather condi tio::1s ::l.t ti:i1e of the r0r~rted oight.ing: Moon at. one-quarter, rising at 0100 hours Overcast at 9,500 feet Scattered clouds a t 8000 feet Vj.sibili ty ten (lO) m:r J cs Temperature 65 degrees D~wpoint 62 degrees numerous thunderstorms in axe a P~essure unsteady t~inus at surface, South 2 -1 6 Knots, variabl e ; 6,000 feet, 21~ clesrees, 20 }:nots; 10,000 teet, 50 degrees, 1+() knots; 1 6 ,000 f eet, 2&J degr ees, 000 feet., 28o degrees, 35 }::not.s; 30,000 feet, 210 degrees, 25 knot,sj 50, 000 feet, 250 degrees, 30 knots. related tha.t ebove dato. perta1 ned to conditions at Barksdale Air Fore~ Base, which is t\renty-flve ( 25) miles ' JllW of Rinsgold Louisiana; that he had received no information concerning unusual activitie s or condition G, t'..eteoroloGical, e.stronomicaJ., or otheru:ise, which might account for the sighting. tioned the :pos3lbili ty of a hydrogenfil 1 ed Heather balloon being struck by ~ight~ing and 1gnit1Al,3, but he did not know whether or not the U. s . Heather Durce..u ' res u sing hydrogen in their b~ loo::1s. 4 . 1\r~.,J. E . LUm,TEY, Neteorologist at Shreve-port, Louisiana., of:fic~, u. s . '\-leather Bttreau "\vas inte:r:vie1red telephonicel 1 y on 2 rlay 1957. LU1'1!'1EY advised tho.t .,-helium, oo:t hydrogen, is currently being used in their ,.,~at.her bE.'-Uoons e nd there- fore it is imoossib~e for them to ignite. LUHilEY informed tee \/Tite r that a rarliso~e.rQl~ase was I!'.ade from bls station c.t 0234 hours, 25 April 1957; that the run ~as normal m:th descent at approxima:te1y.o lieo h ours. ~AT RUSTONI LOUISIAl-IA 5'. previously identified "\Tas intervie"ed on 3 May 1957 and i'ur- nist.-.a info!":nation "\oThich vras ::>ubstantiaJ 1 y the sa&~:e aa stated in his letter c f 27 Apri~ 1957 o related that this 1-tas the first time he bad e"'ler wit- nessed a:1y"t.hing of this nature and h~ vres positive that ,,hat 11e sa.w wa.s ~al.; he ,.,as certa:!.:l he could find the S:Pot \There he saTJ the ob~)ect ~ettle on the ground; that h e h~ reported the incident to the r~io operator in the lIa.rshaJ.' s office at Ringg::>ld , louisi~a. "W1en asked l)y the vrri ter to accorr.pany hi.1!l to the loca. tion o :r the sigh ... -:.ing, e:~le.ined thati he could not leave bis duties as mP.net3:ar of the s tore (T'Urner' s 5 E.: Doll a r Store) P..S the ownet' ~.;a!J out of tm.m Plld .2. s:llc '.ras in :pro[~ressj that he he.d intended to r eturn t o the location of thi s o~)~ect ,rl th :out his vife h arl n~c plans i'or a dinner enga.ge- DO'~Rl)) J> ~f ~h~. h~ .had gol:"..e back to the de,in e.t L~c Dicter:et>.u to go f .!Mt~k. bb\'5~.~;9~1.!~ the ::>ighting but di d not. recurn to the l o catio::l. ROFE!fi'SO:'l ~ave the vri to::r a. d