PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon '\ ll rrus t 1 fl!">7 Niagrn F~lls AFB, ~0\V York 0 Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Cf Ground Vi suo I 0 GroundRodor 0 Wa s Aircroft 0 P rob obi y Ai rcroft GMT 22L0053Z XCf AIr-Vi su ol 0 Alrlntorcopt Radar 0 Possibly AircroftV Was AstronomlcoiJuJj>i t c l' 0 P rob obi y A stronoml c 0 Possibly Astronomical LENGTH OP OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 In suffl ci ent Doto for Evaluoti on tn i. n u t.. o s two BRIEF SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING II. COMMENTS twice as lnrr,-e a s star. Late r rpt iden t i l'ie<:> One o h j e c t.. thrAe t imes a s large as to h e Venus l3right w h.itc, or an er e m omen t:-~t i l y . s li h t ly hi (r h c r d i sappca t'0d ATJC I'ORM 3:29 (REV :Z6 SEP S:Z) to ! h e South PAGE TWO RJEDBW 1E 2. A PSITION CLOW) AND INTENSITY Be 290 DEGREES AT 10DEGREES TO 2~ DEGREES ELEVATION c. f'!OVED NORTHt~EST AND CLOSED TOGETHER THEN MOVED AWAY FROM OBSERVERS E. DRP OPPED BELOW HORIZON A. GROUND Vj]YAL AND AIR VISUAL ~'BINOCULARS 7~'~ c. F86L, BUC~ET 29. CLIMBED TO 38 0 FEET 3~0 4~0K NIAGARA FALLS ~8 t 43 08 toJIZ NORTH 78 ROJ RWZ WEST ACWRON SR. DIRECTOR VERY DUTY DIRECTOR CREW CHElF GT I" WIRE MAINT NCOIC CONTROL TECH RADAR MAINT RADAR MAINT RI\ DA'R MAI NT PAGE THREE RJEDBW 1E 7. A CLEAR D. 1~MILES A. COMET ALSO SIGHTED AT SAME TIME 1FS6L, COULD NOT CLOSE ON OBJECT St. SR. DIRECTOR, PRELIMIMARY ANALYSIS OF GOC REPORT, WX BALOON, AFTER_SlGHTING MYSELf, ANALYSIS AS UROB 23/"'!W0Z AUG RJEDFW PAGE TWO RJEDBW 5M CONTACTED AND THEY REPORTED A VISUAL SIGHTING. OTHER GCI SITES CONTACTED REPORTED NEGATIVE CONTACT VISUALLY OR BY RADAR. THE GOC CENTER IN BUFFALO, NY., REPORTED THE SAME OBJECTS AND THEIR REPORT INDICATED THAT THE OBJECTS WERE BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHTS ON THE WESTERN HORIZON WHICH GRADUALLY DISAPPEARED BELOW THE HORIZON. THE MILITARY WEATHER DETACHMENT AT NIAGARA FALLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NY., REPORTED OR PRESENT. ONE I NTERESTING FACT FROM THE WEATHER REPORT WAS THE PRESENCE OF A CONTINENTAL POLAR AIR l"lASS THAT WAS COMPLETELY FREE OF ATMOSPHERIC HAZE, DUST, AND SMOKE. THIS UNUSUALLY CLEAR ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION MADE THE INTENSITY OF ODJECTS ON THE WESTERN HORIZON APPEAR EXTRD1ELY BRILLIANT. CLEAR DAYS IN THIS AREA ARE RARE DUE TO THE EVER PRESENT INDUSTHIAL SMOKE AND HAZE PREVALENT IN THIS AREA. CONSEQUENTLY THERE WERE A GREAT NUMBER OF SIGHTING$ OF STARS NOT NORMALLY SEEN. J'llE PRESENCE OF VENUS AND JU~UJ;B_ IN THE SAME AREA OF THE SKY WAS DEFINITELY VERIFIED BY DR. JOYCE NILLS, ASTRONOMER, BUFFALO MUSEUM. THEODOLITE MEASUREMENTS OF THE POITN IN SPACE OF THE HORIZON WHERE THE OBJECTS DISAPPEARED CORRESPOND ACCURATELY WITH THE PIONT IN OCCUPIED BY VENUS AND JUPITER AT THE TIME THE PBJECTS WERE SIGHTED. PAGE THREE RJEDBW 5M I NTERVIEWS WITH THE TOWER OPERATORS MENTIONED I N THE PREVIOUS WPH123 WPB 11QJ YMB"82BWAQJ75 . MM RJEDEN RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJEPNB DE RJEDBW 5M FM COMDR 47TH FTR INTCP SQ INA FLS MUNI APRT NY TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC RJEDBW/COMDR 30TH AD D WILLOW RUN AFS BELLEVILLE f1ICH INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NY /UNCLASSIFIED/ FIS 189 . liFOD. REFERENCE OUR MSG FIS 188. REFERENCED REPORT HAS FOLG EXPLANATION: THE OBJECTS HAVE BEEN ID~NTIFIED AS THE PLANETS VENUS AND JUPITER. THEODOLITE MEASUREMENTS OF THE POSITION OF THE TWO OBJECTS INDICATED THAT ~ THEIR POSITIONS OF THE TWO OBJECTS CORRESPONDED WITH THAT OF THE TWO PLANETS tJENTIONED ABOVE. INTERCEPT ACTION WAS TAKEN AND THE INTERCEPTOR PILOTS REPORT INDICATED THAT THE OBJECTS WERE STARS, DUE TO THE FACT THAT, AFTER 2 MILES OF PURS~IT AND 300;~ FEET OF ALTITUDE CHANGE THE OBJECTS WERE STILL LOCATED AT . THE SAME AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION POSITION. THE LOCAL GCI SITE WAS ABOVE MENTIONED CELESTIAL BODIES. THEY REPORTED THAT THE OBJECTS LIIKED LIKE STARS TO THEM. SUMMARY: IT IS THE OPINION OF 1ST LT HERBERT D. DOKEY, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 47TH FTR INTCP SQ NIAGARA FALLS MUNI APRT NY,. THAT THE OBJECTS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT WERE THE PLANETS VENUS AND JUPITER. ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED POSITIVELY INDICATES THAT THE PLANETS WERE SEEN AND EXPLANATION IS THE MOST LIKELY OF ALL OTHERS CONSIDERED. UFOB C LINE FOUR OF PAGE THREE LOOKED RPT LOOKED 23/1~152 AUG RJEDBW r1 CO'-!DR 47T:I FT: Iff~P 'J) t!l/\G/\?.4 F.~Ll.S '-liJI'I APfH' Y ,J:::V~P"COt!DP. f.TIC IJ!Ir,dl P/\Tf;~!SO:~ .l\?3 OHIO <A> SP iii'ICAL (J) S I '!: or. A 'IATCH .. :AD :1:LD AT AF!lS LZrxGT:{ CC) 311I!.LI~iJf tJHIT!: LIGHT C~lAf:GIUC TO A:!Ji.P. T O HHIT:: TO P.'I3::P <A > P.DVIS.:~D OF UFOB BY 4 7Ti! FIS , Al.:.:f,T CZt<TSR OP.!:P.ATOR ( 3 ) '180 D.\';JU.:~:s AZH1UT H AND 5 TO lJ L:r.r.,:E:s ?.L\VP.TIOrJ (C) DISAPPE ARED OVt:R HOP.I7.0N AT 2E:F.O e.:: GH.!:SS 2l.~VATIO!l <D ) fl. 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OFFIC:: t~COIC 4 7T:~ F I S I!!T .::r.c::PfOP PILOT CA ) C!i:/\R 111:n roon VIS I 3ILIIY , CC) CL:: AF PA G.:.: FOUR RJr: D31J 22H r:or~: RZLIA1ILIT Y OF !JITI~':-:S')t:S LISfiD Ai30Vi I S UtnUEST IONABLE WPC053YDA050BWAf.21 PP RJEDEN RJEDBW RJEDW RJEPHQ DE RJEDBW 1E----- FM COMDR LOCJ<PORT AFSTA LOCKPORT NY ------ TO RJEDEN COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO RJEDBW/ COMDR JC'JTH ADIV DEF WRAFS BELLEVILLE MICH RJEDWP/ COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WP AFB RJEDPHQ/ DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC RJEPNB/ COMDR EADF STF.l~A RT AFB NEWBURG NY .LI AI C. I (,l.f - AFROT-OT 08"065 ATTN EADF-C/C UFOB 1. A. ROUND B. ONE-TWICE AS BIG AS STAR, ONE-THREE TIMES AS BIG E. ONE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND TO SOUTH OF OTHER I. VERY BRIGHT