PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION 3. OATETIME G~OUP 4. TYPE OF OBSE1VATlOH 7. L E NGTH 011 OBSERVATION )(CroundRodar cr AH v. suol 0 Alrlnterc e p t ~oaor 8. NUMaER OF OBJECT S 9. COURSE CONCLUSION S 'rlos botloon Probably Bdtoon Po:::oobly Balloon f Wes Arcrulr .+! \t ? ro::,ool y Aircraft , _ Po :t Jo bJ y Ai rcro h - Wat Astro,omlcol P robaol y Astronomical Ponibly Astronomical 0 lnsulf1cl~tnt DOTa lor Evaluation ~Unltnown n~oro~ o~e hour Lwo p~1~llcl 11. COMMENIS 10. BRIEII SUMMARY 0" SICHTIHO 0'1 O..lc.:h ;;.) i<.i.)) to ~.;ource ror approx .!. I ~r. Objects wer e also obscrr")d on rad:.tJ J jti o ~-ved by t~v~ r _J.sonnel ~t :~k~ ol: throu;h BX. Fro , oo,j~ .lp.Jc!'l.:'~J b'tt..e ~reen w1.:ho~t ,:;na:~ "!...: l1."'ht only. Altitude 9 ,c.oc !'t "'Pt?Jd 1!0 !:t::5. Obj~c.:ts lost J.'1 v te.v ~s ns nlc dd~Cdod~J. ~ CUI~ '' '-"t'O"o 1SI!CURITY INI'OR!riATION h" 111/..d t n ) SUPPlEMENT TO AF FORM 112 PU'O'I T '00 De~ 2, 4602d AISS 1 . T::a o pL'"lion o f :ce ? .:-epar!.:1g O.:':!c..or is that tl-.e s e ou.;ect3 .,o;re p.:-otabl:r udli'tal-7 aircraft for t;~s .f'ollowi::g rsason.i; The:-e wer e numerous airc:-s...~ t he t~e o f the sightL,g. tr.a t could probabl7 i::.ave teen in b . Flight Se:-vice i:!i'OT!!led investigator t hat aircraft ~j"ing lcrcals or round robins are not reported to t eem, therafore, all of the aircrai't tr~t could have be.tn in the area at t he time of tee aighti:lg ..rere not known t o them, thereby, 3Ubstanti~ting their 3tatemer.t. (Para 3, Part Three, ~his c . It ~as possible t hat Sources relative position to objec~a ~ight have urevented tr.em f rom observi~g any additional lights on them or possibly they could have been :nooerative ;"'or one reason or arot'ler d . Soureea stated one o f the objee t s gaineo altitude at a hi gh rate o f s peed. B-47' s 3re capabl~ ot flying at a high rste of 9peed. e . The :nomentacy hrig!lt light observ~ could very ...,ell eave be en an ildi3 light, opers ted by a orev member of a 0-47, acknowledging the s ignal giv~n ~Y Source ~hen he turned his ding lighta on and oft . f . After object had cli:nbed to an altitude of 9,700 fee~, Soureea 3:a. ted objeets alowed d o...n to about the 3a:r.e speed of t heir al:-c:-a.ft . A.ssum- ing thot the object was probably a ~47, the slowing dovn could t e at~ributed to t.~3 tact that h e was s l.:;,dcg d ovn to n:.ake contact vi th a t..:ln.<er on a =-~ ~ling ~ssion. I~vest!gato~ learned trAt t h i s o~er9t!on is r~o~ed at ap :d T a tely 120 to 2)0 miles per hour. Second object t.Jas probably ~he same thing on the ~ame type of :rlssion Co~anta of tee Appr or.tng O~icer: 1 . Cocc1.1r .ri t h t~e con.cl ;. tns Prep~ri:t~ Officer that '7-c:.:s !li.:I!ltL"l.g ; . It r:rus t l;Je not.ad t:u:t a cU scr~--o.;mcy in +.iJ!e exists in t."le :":)por t .: - T:1e 3,.:.':1tna.r7 o ~ th!! re;ort li:sts t:'ie time of sightL"l~ as 213 5 CST. .:':'li3 t:i."ll.e ;as ob-':.aj :"led !~om the original r~port o: the ~i~hti~ (See Referencas) . r:ili ti.~e, i:'!..:l.S71lUch :3.3 it Has reponed T.i1e duy of the sighting , i.3 p~SUJled t o be the r'orroe t one. T:1e t i:ne-9 o.: sightir.~ ~inm b"J th~ Sources tr~at.?d in ?a.rUt Cne \"":C .!. .ro cumo t b~ reconcilad by t-:'1:!...3 or gwzation. JOHN 'li. ~<S..U::OR Colonel, USAD' ~v il."'' . I C Thn dorum.nt t'Ont .,n. ,n/o rtTt .. tiOit .aiT-.cttnA , , . n ttot"WWI/ d~tln .. ol tl"t u,,,.d s,. , .. ,,,.n tit m ... run,4 ol tit ,t,,.,..,,. 1-wa. T1tle II. U S C. S.cr,on ]')J _.,.d 1 9.4 It tr411ntm&~on o r tl1 re.,luon ol it cont,. ntt ' " " mnne r ro~n unuthOrllttCI ,_, ton , . p rolub,t-4 bv lw I t m .. y no r be r prorl,Jc4J 1 n w 11ol or 1n p art. b y or" ' t/'t n Unlt..d St t .A4t' Pore. IUI'VCL~ ., ftJAV llZ,._IIT II. ! JlSJ'I ._ !SECURITY JNFOR.'WAT/01'1 htt tU/..1 rtt) ~AG TWO RJWFQB 1F T.\RGETS IN HIS APPRCXIMATE AREA AT 9,7Z0 FEET. AIRCRAFT FIRST APPROACHED C~?T KERN AT A TREMENDOUS SPED FROr 2 O'CLCCC HIGH AND 10 O'CLCCK HIGH 1HZN SETTLED DOWN AND PARALLEDED HIS COURSE TO LAKE CHARLES. :4/~Z~4Z JUN RJWFCB I ' t '' yy RJZD=:N RJZDWP RJEPHO RJ '.t1FH'J 1: COMDR 2~48 AACSRON CARSWELL AFB TEX T~ ~JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO ~..;.:y HW/COMDR 33RD AIR DIV TINKER AFB OKLA - DWP/COMD AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WxiGHT PATTERSON AFB ~J~PHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC /l.,iiCLAS/ 2248 FS UFOS REPORT. CAPTAIN, TRA -TEXAS FLIGHT ~ ?.Z?ORTZD SIGHTING T~O UNID~NTIFID OBJECTS, ONE ON ~ITHER SIDE ? HIS AIRCrtAFT WHICH FL~M PARALLEL WITH HIS FLIGHT FRCM SHREVEPORT TO --~KZ CHARLES APPROXIMATELY 2135C HOURS ON 3 JUNE 1957. OBJECTS WERE OF -~ UNIDENTIFIED SHAPE ESTIMATED ALTITUDE 9,~00 FEET SHGWING ONE LIGHT CH, COLOR BLUE-GREEN, AIR SPEED WHILE PARALLEL FLIGHT P.?PROXIMATELY ~,: ~ILES PER HOUR. CAPT ELI~IKED HIS LIGHTS AT THE 09JECTS, OBJECTS .I . i S YL. RED EXTREMELY BRIGHT THEN WENT BACK TO NORMAL. CAPT THEN . ::: RADIO CCNTACT ~ITH RADAR SITE ~EE, REQUESTING CURRENT WEATHER .. : ASKED IF HE HAD COMPANY IN HIS AREA. GOATEE REPLIED THAT H HAD TWO 7:1 COM DR 4 ~ 2D AISS ENT AF3"'" COl.O ~ TO COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO /UNCLAS/AISOC '33 PD ATTN AFOIN 4E4 PD THIS MESSAG~ IN ~PARTS PD PART ONE Cw~ REfERENCE SHREVEPORT LA SIGHTING PD MSGT NO CMM DET T.QO C THIS ORGANIZATION CMM CONTACTED SOURCE AND RADAR STATION GOA!E_-/ PD SOURCES DESCRIPTION INplCATES ~CRAIV PD RADAR STATION rt'ZPORTED THEY SAW NOTHEING UNUSUAL ABOUT SIGHTii'IG ?D BAR~<SDAL!: AF'9 OF SIGHTING PD AF FORM 1 12 WILL FOLLOW PD PART T~O CLN A1C BARTH C~M\ THIS ORGANIZATION CMM Will BE ON LEUVE UNTIL 1 JULY 57 PD MSGT LINANE CNM t:NT Aii3 EXTENSION 4498 CMM SHOULD BE CONTACTED FOR UFOS INfOR- clATION AND OR INVESTIGATIONS PD END 13/1o32Z JUN RJEDEN :\ f FORM 112-P,\RT I AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ITr:ido=: t=.:-~ 103 , ~r s-Texas Airlir.es, ~t!.r.t~in lJ3, Tre~s-7exas Airl~nes, ve , Dallas , Supple=.er..~xy Invert:-a~ive Effor t s PART FCG?.: Sffi''J-t~R1: (. 'oj ec~s we:-e ~ st:al l ,; sic-~ ted l. 'T t. ~ 103, Tr~s-Texas A:~!i~es ~t a~pro~- Gl ~35 ~:let a~d co-ryi l ot C. e""-~ .,.,~g al- e o~servec, tc -;,' : ~;ell .Jr.i te r"lsa:.i. with Ca .. t FollO'.J- '!t-i n1e t_ a :.:en cor :>L :. .1\V ,, """~o.Cl.ct:O IN .-.,.cLE Oi'l IN PART, SY ~Ei'l HIA'4 U'41TC::> !)";'ATES AIR FOi\Cl: ....... :.c.U t..<CI:?r 9f PR\tt:::ICH OF T1 E Oli'I:CTCR OF U Jl}C k !+_SSJ FiE n a_,.~,.-_.,-t!fECUR/TY SUPPlEMENT TO AF FORM 112 Ptro<IT toO Colonel, U~l.? w I R V/ V (j r~r docu m. n t f' Ontn tn/ormiiiiO n ff~llnif th " ""on / d . ,.,_ ol th U no t e d Stt~ ..,,,,, the m ,,.,. ol ,,. UrtiiU,f'Or,,. ,j ,_,, on,. r rnhtblterl b.,,.., It m" nor b ,.pto..luc-cl , , _,ole Ot' '" P '' ,, o t h el' th n u,,,.o s,.,~. Air Force .AInct ~-ot by P.''"''~'nn o l tl"t Orrector o/ l"tll4nc . USA F I .lUll... G.A""'"c.t.,._. (SilCURITY J I'II'ORMATION hn lfll<lln) ;.\f FOR~ 112--?ART II ) PROVED I JUI'lc. 13.:.8 f U'l l.l,in<~ A..)J\JI .:..A <S tF I&D 't"t.AiSIFlC~ TIC H) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT raptCl.in Dnllo.a 5' r C;{.l:.l .ir lL"lSJ Zduc~tio~s 2~ yc~r3 ~! r.ollage, ci7ili~ pilot ~ahA~lJ Air . ,ree !'ilot t.r~ng Force ?ilo't, II. !".:OZ.L'\3ILITYs Source ~ .. a.s r"!ll:.ct.:.::t to t:tlx about objcct:J as h e was sawe- ~r~t u:;>set bec~use h e "tras beL"'l.g L'1t~::-v:.e-,;ed 0:1 the si ti.:tg. :::e f~l ~ th.:!.t h e ~ad not:u. '""{; t o co :o~i t:-1 ori:;'!.:u Ung t.he "1rel L"1i!'..a.r; ~port o t.he r an - sld... .,e the AC:.=.:l :ii ta i' h e ha.:i can~.r on hl.3 ni~:tt. I n a roundabout ~ra.Y h e '.fflS CO!'l~cted b7J Cli? ... '"tt Ser-lice at Carswell .L7'3, 'l'e::t:l..3 ;roo _e;-:t in the p:::-sli:UI"..3I'"'J re?or;. .\.tte r ~ sX?I,nation by e inve3tig3tor he became c ooperative c 3hould be ~or~idered I.L!. SOtJ':?CZ S J:SC:<I~IOV 0? SI'i:ffr::G: C'ns obj~ct ;:as si.;htec! n., t:!.k~o:i" :':ro1;1 La. AL-cort ~t a?!Jrorl"'1a.Uil7 20)0' r.sT, J Juna 1-957. Al t ituc!e of o~j~et 'tr'l9 a??=-~:d..~tel7 hOO feet. .,:le!\ fi:-:>t 3iJ .::. Sour c?. statod t~t tl-:'3 co~-:.rol ~o..:e: ~o.11ecl h i : attention tt> t~e obje~t .;'hich a;r;:JP.:ll"t-: ~:> a s:~l li t. La..'lCin~ ll~hts J ilicr3f t -:;ere :1.ash ec 0:1 a.'1d o:r rod -~ object r~s;Jo:"'.rlcc r:1cmentaril y rj '-.h ) ..... ~-brillio,nt 11 ;ht d!.!'OCtt!d at 'hi 3 .llr cr.:1ft. Q;j~ct then c,; .. -i':"led alti-..uc!a, _'rom 'l 'J-'~ly hOYe:-in3 positior., at. a hJ.-;n rat.e of spe~d. At thi~ ti:':io a.,ot:u'!:- .4'!.:-3t ob~ ct. Source stated !'le t.hen contac~;d the tower to a3c erta:...'1 ''!let"er t.~ay ;ad bot.'i obj ~et.s in si;!lt. Tower had both o''Jj ects in si~ht, u~:.,g b.;.:vr:-'Jl 3.1"3. O"oj ~t.:s s oi ~n.ft ~Oitir.g at. a bout t.he :Jc."'!la speed, ;.rl\ich ~ i??~X:'Dat.~l.y 110 knots, only "\T. o. h !.::-,her :lltituda t han t."'lat oi hi " o"lm :ai:-cr.u"t. La., objects -..,ere ~till rlth t hen t!O Soure~ r:eeided t4 ~.-t::Ll GOA1'..!:3 I, (6;J.rd AC:l:i Sft) to see if t hey ~d o'oje ot.3 on their ,.re~roon. .\1\ a.!fi1"rUtiv c a.z:~:- , u raoai-r:xi. Source CO."''lpared t":P. s~ze a..'\d appearanc e of obj-::c-;s to t.:-.. :n of .:t :1t.u-J I -.CNr-:-1c ":lent.ioned tlla.t at. or.e :.i.'::e he tilouuht. he could ~re thl! :::il::ouot~ o.l ):>j.!!et..:J, :rot .: oul:l :10t :\a.ke a c"'fi:liu, :1tat. e:'lt to t ::at ~fl'..!ct. 3o'::-ee = .rlre::ro.f': los-r., ~?_:->aJ"e:'ltl:, behind .. c loud c e e k , -,o-lin:; i."l a ~out~e:l.JtP.'!"ly ai~c~i~rt. ~j~c:+_, !H. rt rH IS COCUI.Il ' H CONTAINS I N FOP MA TION AFFECTING T~E 'IATIONAL OEFE~SE: OF THf UNITED STAT5 WITHIN THE /olEAN I NG OF T~E E.'S?IONAGE ~. ~ U S. C - ll AND ::2. AS )~ENOEO. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTt.'lTS IN ANY MANNER TO~ UN.\l/Tl"ORIZED PRSON IS PROHIBIT!) BY LAW IT "'AV 10T 11 REPRODUCED IN WHOLE.' OR IN P.'RT. BY OTHER THAN UN ITED STATES AIR FORC AGENCIES. EXCf.PT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRCTOR OF I r'IT""c.lll C E rte, USAF. AF FORM 112-PART II M'F'ROVEO I JUNE 1?!.3 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Firat O.ffi r Occu,atiom Co-?ilot., ~r~.t:~-'i.'ex.:J.S 1\i:;:-lines II. o;:;; .. LQ I:..I7'.!: Source ~:as ::n intelli -:er.ce i:"'dir ..... u:U -::ho ;as Gi:1c ere !lt!d coone-rn.t i v e . So~e was sur';)ri3ed hen 'u Has C?;>:-oac.ad 'iy t!'le inv~sti U,r con- ce:-r..Lib thP si3hti:;:, for the 51.1:::: ~ac:., as he st.:rted, ha: b~en d i3!ili:JseJ from r.i~ houg.">lt.3. It. 1:::; the o cinion of t~e i!:7~!:iti:.:li:.or thst So\U"c e r.o'..lld b o C'-':t:liC.erad rel!.abl~. :II. S0U~CS S Jf...SGP.IPTIO?! C? $ I;j::7I::G: S oJ.Tce sl:;hted an ob~<'let. a.t about the clo c\t; po:!ition :lltar hi~ aireraf t h;1d t4!"m o;r fro~ t:1e Shreooro?ort, 4. Hnort :1t 2115 r,sr, 3 June 57. He ve.3 l ooting oouth when object va..s !i?'CJt l".otte~d ~ ... , d 'Has a t :m i~uda ot 500 fest. Obj~et 11:13 e'i. o:.:o:;:'"lr~rl.":''.at~ly l~ f 2et ena half ~le d i:Jtan-:. i!"len fir't obss:"'leci. At. i'i.Mt, ol'll;r s .:~t~ li -h t :r~se::tbli~1 ~ star :.1:.1.3 ~P.en. Source r-t~t~d t '1e lanci.:g 1 1 ..... !\ts on :,i.J ~!..Jr-::-a.:t ~rtr~ -b1r.1~1 O!'\ .:md t~;1.t tha object res3)0ndsd i)y b:r1-ht2r.ing its li,; ht. O'u. ~ct t:H~h ~ov.:d on a. courGa of 170 degr~es to a n alti"tcce of ll?::>roxL.""tatel:, 10 ,O:x) ! Jet ~'t ~ consia~rflbl.? 9)e~, ~.r r trl-..1ch i t ~.-.m,;u3cl ~o :nc.int3.1n t~1e Sdr.\e rel.::.tiv~ 'P'J.!'it.=.on to Sou!"ec'n aircr:J.f"'; .!'o r t.he :1 hou:r. .H. t hla ti.":l~ c1 Jl"J!COnd o ..... j~ aj)pe.3.r~d '..:.o t..~a ri~;,t ;me oli:;:"ltly a'.:-o~n~ t:'c .tiM":. o~i-:ct.. Source sai d t.:"l.at :l[t.!:r scc.,~d obj~ct x:1s :::i;~tac:., ~...~ ::..: d the .Urera.f't r.a pt..'1in (See P::trt 0-;.e ) decided to call S~:rev~porl ~o-..ra:-to saa i!' t>1ay h::!.d ob j e ct.:J in siGht. '.:'he towe r .::!-"'l.S-..:er~d af.fir:::t~t!J~ly, st.atir.g C.he;r had sptJtc..~d -~":sn -;Tit h bir.ocul:~.r.J. '3oth obj=cts a;,.pea:ec Cl.9 ~r!'li tP. li.:;ht.S .:md at ti:nes ;ero '--:.:;rl to cis- tinguish t'ro:-t sta.ro. ~ource st.=.~aC: that the:r !'le"W a. tTack o f 170 d'3t,-rees a.!te :- object.-3 -:1ere siahted, ~or a dista.."'\C~ o f 62 n:.ut.:ical t:'lilcs, and t~en t n o. !!C o f 150 -..sg~e~. vu ec oee:1eo. t!rn wJ.. 1 :lc!'r.t AAu at. .~o