PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon tG Octob~r 19!) 7 3. o.~TeTIM! CROUP L TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground-Radar rJ Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft ::"-0.: Ground-Visual 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Air-Vi suel 0 Air-Intercept Radar ' &; SOURCE 0 Was A~tronomicol 0 Prohobl y Astronomical C Po ssi bl y Astronomi col 7. LENGTH OF.OEUciiVATION a. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE . 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation <lne stationar} 10. BRIEP SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING }Jbo to allegedly t ake11 by gov0rnm'3n t c..tploy8e ~t AJmogordo on 16 Oetob)r 10~7 released to news rn0dia l1y APRO ir1 ~\ttgust 1958 as a supposed f lying ATIC FORM 329 (RZV .26 SEP 52) I l. COMMENTS Phot o ana lys .1s n. t Ho .lloza~n o. ! ' e i v c d a t con c l us i on L h :: t o h j c c t was a lenticula~ clo ud. A~RO would no t a c c o p t i.: h .L :; <.:on c 1 us i on u phot o a11alysi!:) 2.t AT I C shov;o d object to lJ0 lenticular cloud. Vi~ual o!Js e rvation o f phot~ without 4l.l!n.ly siti :;bows photo to be o f lentictll3r c loud. Evn.lua t lon: clo u d . FILE HO. SECURITY CUSSIFICATION (IJ anr) DISPOSITION FORM SUBJECT' (U) Request for Examination, .Analysis . :/ ::md Co:mn .. 3nt on Lorenz on t3FO T~ .. AFCIN-4A2f DATE 14 .AU 195 8 COMMENT NO. 1 '> .!ttn :,.. I~J. Buckmaster AFpiN-4E4/Capt Gre(:.ory/ac .:: ... .... I.:.:.'::.sul:)ject photograph-and orie,inal 35?~1 negative is submit -te d : to yo1xr of'fice :for subject action. Because of tile nation-1.vide publicity e:iven this photoe;ra p!l, : and. to ~obtain a composite of opinions fro!!l pertin~nt Ai' u..l1i ts ..cl brief backt;r~und should', be.~ of assistance.. , ,.. 2 . :'.The photographS; and/or articles r ega!.'diP:b 'the incidc!lt have been publi- cized .iri most of the nationally kno~vn masazi!les such as TI!~. 'l"S'ilS":fE2...T{ and others, ,. ani., as we. understand, soma cov e r a e 6i Yt~n it by :radio and TV. Tile Air J1'orce wi 1 1 undoubtedl~beasked tocomment officially. . 3 ... .This office's original conclusion, \vhen a large number of ner11spaper . cli~ping photogra~hs -(one attache d as I!lcl 2 ) Here br :)ught. to its attentton, that tais .object \vas a rare for~ of cloud formation knot~n as the "lenticular cuoulustt type. .A number of such photosra;JhS of ~his type hav e been .receive d two examples, Incl. 2) ~ 0 :: lf . t.' In r e:ply to previous qu3r i"?s by t!:.e Office cf Infornation Servic~s !-ieed- .. quarters,. USAE . this penter stated that ~1i thou t the ori g inal n~ga-ci ve or. photo ttte "1tad no comrent other than our belief that it "lla.9 a type o f cloud as stated in .. previous .C?~rrespondence IP A requ.9st f or ori,sins.ls resll.lted i n receipt of the .f ~ :: ... : : 5 ~.,'',:It: should be note d t hat t he conclusions of ~esear.ch a:1d Dev e lopment, ,tino . reviewed-the. material, narallels those of this office. . . . ~.: .. ~: ... 6.: ~J.~t~:.:.~s requested: that. your comrreu ts be ,in aome de~ail meraly for future .. J~ecor<i~:_'dr.::sU.bsequent\reviet.i of the case. our : .. f~ndings \'rill be .mo.de. knov.n to the Office --o~ :~he ~Secretary of the Air Force. SJ..:E'IS-3, per their req_uest. . . 2. 2 news clippings 3 l~t . Ind ti9 A .. t={DC Ltr COORDINATION: 9 6 rwuas HM FORM i6. 1 ocr Y.HICH WAY u USED. oF A u/J/()-J/S14A/ rG.:\Yti cED lT' S :\lJ'l'Hl~NTlC, SA UCERSHAPED FI .. YING OBJECT PICTURED Re:.~arclu~rs Rele?asa Photo Taked At Altmogordo Alamagordo, N .M . (UPI)- A photograph of an .. uncOl ventional aerial object" - saucer shaped and an esti- 4;ooo feet acn:..3~ - was rele~sed yesterday by a group of ,civilians at this missile test center: The A e r i a 1 Phenomena Research Or g a n i z a t i o n hr.s government em- ployes in its membership but has no offici..al status, said a government photog- rapher took the picture on huge object hovered for 15 minutes over Lhe north mis- sile test range near Hollo- man Air Force Base, lhe APRO claimed. L. G. Lorenzen of Alamo- gordo, spokesman tor the APRO, said the name 'of the }Jhotographer could not be r \!vealed. He said the Hatch Act f o r b i d s government employes from becoming in valved in public conlrover- sies !uch as lhe decade-long debate aqout wheLh~r flying sa ucers exist. "Experls have examined the ne~ative and all prints and are convinced of its authenticity," Lorenzen said. He quoted the photog raphcr: ''l'v~ n e v e r seen anything liki! it before or SillL'C. ll O~finiteJy Was ll O[ M~rch of this year, Lorenzen sa1d. The APRO spokesman said the picture was released yesterday because the unof- fi~i,d organizaLion had made aJJ the use of it from ao in-... formatioQ standpoint which could be n1ade. Dr. Carl Jung, among the wortds le ading psychiatrists, this week accus~d the Air withholding i, - formation about unid~.Hified l Hying objects. The Swis.i psychologist said lhere was more than a possibility that ''ltuasi-human beings" are at the controls of fanrastically swift UFOs which a re ob- serving the earth, at the d i r e c t i o n of "sup~ior" \VASHI.:'-IGTON (UP()-A ~oup which includes a former Central Intelligence chief rep01ted Satur- day that con2ressional committees have conducted super-secret hear- ings on '.'flyin~ saucers" but have never made their findings public . The claim was m3de by the 2'ia 1 tionaJ Investigations CommitteP. on Aerial Phenomena ()jiCAP) which ' insists the Air Force is w ithhold-! ing evidence wh ich would prove that flying saucers actually exist. Retired VIce Admiral R. H. Hil le nkoetter, who once headed t he Central Intelligence Agency, is a committee member; . NICAP quoted a letter from Rep . . wuuam H. Ayres (R-Ohio) as proof that hu~h:-hush congres- sional bearings had been held. An confirmed that Ayres wrote the letter la:-~t January to ~lelvin V. Knopp of We~t Richfield, Ohio. The congressman said: "Con- gressional investigations h a v e 1 FLYING SAUCER-An unidentified flying object, or flying saucer, c an he s"" in thit ~hoto made Oct. 16, 1957, at Hoitoman Air Force Btts., Alamogordo, N. M. Th photo has iust ben r!tleased, under by Aerh1l Phenomn-1 Rt!tsearch Organi:zation, ~iter careful been held and are still being held 'Y on the problem of unidentified fly. Je jng objects ( UFO's). Since most of (I the npterial prPsented to the com- m ittees is cla~slfied, the bearings _:are never printed. When conclu-".o, ; sinns are reached, they w ill be re- f'lc.ed if rJOHiblt!. cal, ~ . . ::he , ); l C.\P . said tllls refutert fo,.. g , .\11 ~ ()rce cla1m3 that nu con l!!n"\;Jional hearings had been held . Th~ Air Force says that thor ou~h investigation bas shown there , i-: nothing to hear out claims that I t~ported flying saucers are man- 1 ~1ade or-p~oted. ~cials contend. t nnt mystertous obJects in the sky are natural phenomena such as <;trange ctoud formations northern h ~hts Of" opheal illusions. The NICA P differs. Hillenkoetter ~nnd other board members issued }a statement which said:. . "'Fro~ c~ide~ce i n .:'llCAP'sjm po3sesson, tt 1s clear the Air' the 1'orc. is ~till withholding informa.: ar I tion on unidentiiied flying objects ti 1~-ioclucting' sighting reports. We ft~r:l: -.!Vt-th i i policy to be dang. Pr''tl~. It makes it possible for t he S.,' 1~t governm~nt to claim own- f'::-,hi p of UFOs or flying saucers. S1 h a claim, especially at tttisr titntl, nlight creJte a serious situ- atil\n in 'thL; countrv.' j 'llle ~r~u~. which. includes Don- ali E. Kehoe who bas written ex t.tns ively on flying saucers, quotert R 1.p. i talph H. Scott ( DN. C.) in s,:p~1nrt of the dem:1nd for more~n Scott sa1d: "The general public [nql ~!~tntld be allowed information thus 't~r ~nown ahout tlyin!( objects ex-und ~''P~. of ~ourse, in the c3se where line~ :lt~V lnt~ht hecome unduly rP.tlSt :~!,r.,., .. ~ or panickeri hy ;>ucn a ! T h ..,,. t!l" tnfurmat!on C'Otlld bt ' ;;, i.JI p te.)t'fl tt'd tl thl! Amf1'ic:an people nnnd 1n -,tll:h a w :t v n ; to app~ll :n ~pnl r 1 l)n ,\nd tot :o motwn. 1. think .r. () i-. ,, ou hi llu a C:OC.'d Lhln g.,. ; no tit i Nladal Of Honor AL.\MOGORDQ. :'i. M., July I :!:l <UP()-Dr. Carl Jung, the, rather of analytical psychol said today that so-called, unidentified flying ob.iectJ "are, not mere rumor" and the U. s.: A ir Force wa$ "creating panic" by withholding information' about them. I ~ .Tung's statements were pt"inted in the monthly bulle .. ti n of the Aerial Phenomena ncsearch Organization. UF0 filter center. Jung serves as c hief psy~hologist for the cen "In the course of years, t gathered a considerable mass e or observations," Jung wrote. ' I rowever. I can only say for ~t (ertain these things are notj Assoclat.ed Preas Pl\ot.o hi merP. rumor. Something hast th been seen. DR. CARL JU~G cl .. A purely sychological ex- some thin: has been seen" se planation is ruled out by the,----~. f~ct that a large number of I o~.Hervatlons ave proven un-. 1 explainable as natural phe-! ., nomen a. The United States C\nd Canada consider the Ob , scrvation:; to be real and have set up bureaus to compile re i f' ''-The discs, reports. indicate. I' < . do 'not behave in accordance : with physical laws but as though without weight and they show signs of intelligent! guidance by C!Uasi-humanl \ ,< pilots for their accelerationst are such that no normal hu-1 man could survive. I 'Construction of. the ma- chines proves a scientific. tech- nique and one immensely su- f'erior to ours and admits no two opinions.'' .Tung's report .. :1e ~ Wiss sc en 1st con-. sented to work with the re search ;rroup when the or~an ization wrote him it felt there was a ''psycholo~ical factor" involved in UFO sightin~s. and that because of his interest, it would l ike to make him an h onorary member. "What astoni:ihes me most.'' .Tung~ rcpc1t continued, 'is that the American Air Force. de!'pite all the information in it~ po, ession, and its so- eallect fear of creating panic. !'Pem~ tt1 work s~stematically to do that very thin~. "Tt (the Air Force) has never Y<'t pualished an authentic and ('ertain account of the situa- tion and onty occasionally al lowin~ information to he ctr:13::ed out of it by journal .., .t:C:?D!S ;{,\V~ t.U~il~!D !HI N:tGArri1t .\ND ~1.1. ?R!NTS flND ARE C!:\'f'JI\~C!m OF :;,rs AUi!-f!NTICITY;" LCR.~S!N S~I.O. 0 t:;:)>i'llNCtD Oi !1'S ~\Ul:~TlClTY,~ l.OR!NZEN SAID~ G :~ ; .\fl lNCtD 01 i!S :\U!:i~T!CliY," liQRi.~2ZN SJ\ U>. Ht QUOTtD a ~{:i ~>.'a!:GRAP~iilJ !'.J:t ~l'rl!l S!!.'j Ai'IY!~lNG i.!~{i: I! B!70R:t CR SINC. t T \) ~; 'lTtLY '.1AS . NOT A CLOUD. . ! .:Jtl:Nl!N S.\lD A?!O MIMBL~S C,\LCU1.ATtD !HAT THE "UNCCNVL~TlOHAL AIRIAJ. t1J~T" .;JAS 4 COO i!IT i\CJCSS ITS ~ONGtsT .. ~liS 3Y ~CCMPtJTl~IG ~\NGL~ : A~N 3lTj~ l.T .. A~'JD Fl;:ED OaJtt!S--J!LD'HONt ?OLS, HCUN!A INS :\~ID ~UCii--~H!CH APPtAR 7~0: ?HOTCGaAPHe }4! ADMITTZD IT t~AS ONLY ,\N ZDUCATri:D GUESS, ~ t~lC! 'T!ti ,\l.TITUD.t Oi TM! SA OCDt UAS NOT KNOWN. r \f! ?HOTOGRAPHD DID NOT DISCLOSI THAT H! HAD T.\KEN THI PICTURI UNTIL ~L~.=tc:,. 01 TtilS YIAR, LORL~ZIN S-\ID. THE APRO SPOK!SMAN SAID THt ?ICTUR 'J"~ ~'ELUSID TODAY iiCAUSt THE UNOiiiCIAL OR~ANlZATlON HAD MADDE i\l.!. !HI USt Oi IT nlOM AN INfORMATION STANDPOINT WHICH COUlJ) iE MADt. ; .-::~Jr. (,3~:ters . !'H! 5WISS ?S1CMOt.OG1ST SA!D T~!Rt ~lAS t10R Ti~AN A r~:)3:"l1t.I-;-! T:tA! nQlJASl- ...\~ :,Z!~lGS . . ~!i:t AT . !i.t r:cNTIOLS OF FANTAS!l- to [>rot8<~t t~l.V ~JC(~re:t~rd"'.,'fl mt~nts ;., t v~,n public.i ty co s .t cl(H'~ a tl ~)n he b l v~.1n y tJ. c p.c~3J, t ll.i o Cc:..1t : r