PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a Woa BoiiOOft a essee a Proltoltly Belloon :l:bGfaun4-Vi auol D GreundRMMor Woa Aircraft a Proltoltly Aircraft a Po ttl W 1 Aircraft a Woa Atttonoml col a Yea 0 ProltoWy Attronomlcol 7. LINOTH 011 OISIRVATION I. NUMI!It 011 OIJ!CTS 9. COURSI a Othor:---~---------- 0 Insufficient Ooto for Eyoluotion not re orted 8RIIII SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING Object viewed by hundrE:tds of people some with BX. Bel:i.ovJd by competent observers to be ~l/c. C rlll to filter center revealed that 110 a / c were supposedly in area. lnfo rxolll l ette suggesting that a/t:. lllHY h a v e bea n ATIC FORM .129 (REV 2e a&P 52) not reported a Unknown ' I 1 1. COMMINTS Obvious a/c. RMA. t'PA, AJIC W. D. IIAITDIGa, P .... ldea' nd G1nenl ManIV Headquarters 58th Ait-Divieion (Defense) Wright-Patt1rson Air Force Base, Ohio w. 'l'nuurw ... AllottMe ....... Hovellbel:' 11, 1957 On t,hr~ sft9rnoon ot Fridq, Nov. 8, souae 100 persona reported seeing an tmidanti.fil3d flying object in the sk.r over Columbia e.nd Mauey County. Other:~, llha have had experience in sp6ttin3 aircraft and some who looked at it throu.;h l>lnoculars, stc.tgd defiuitt:tly that the object was a high flying j t3t p l Hne. But~ hdftH'~ we ware sur~ what it was, we checlted with tha 0. S. Air Force f'ilt~c c~ut.er nearest here and were told that no jet planes or other objects ho.d bto:ten raported to it as operating in this area at that !h:Ls la::.ves only one possibility --that the jet wa s operating without its flight h~ving been reported to or checked by the U. S. ldr Force through its fLlter cent9~ tor this area .P.nd this might indica" that, perhaps, some oth9r nation was . fiying Jets over the United Statgs with.Jut th9 knowl'3dge of th'3 0. s. Air Although this is an unpleasant conclusion, it is the only one ~e can logicallJ dra~ in view or the Air Force r3port th~t the object waa not reported and nas th9r9fore not identified. What would your co ent be on this hlPothasis, th~t is, that so~e other nation is fiying jet planes or .adssil9a over th9 Unitad ~tatas Without your knowledge? c yoa offer any evidence that this is not so, i n vi~w of tha circ,unste.nces I ~v'3 outlin~d? I f s v , it. viould cert .. :' i i.l.ly hel.? to quall th~ fears and apr:rehensions of many :;;ersons in this e.r::;a who b.ave read in our n'3wspaper about the incident last Saturdc~y and s.bJut the many oth~i." unexplain.~d incidents t~t h.::~ve be-.:.d occurring throll6hout the Uni tgd St.~.tez tor the pest several ye .. ~ s. Many ::-'eroons her~ a ... 9 anxio,~sly waiting fo~ your explanation, . .: Very sine-~ rely yours, 58th Alit DIVISION (DIPINSI) UNifiD STATII All PORCI WIUONt.,AniiiON AUt POICI IAII, OHIO 58IS l8 November 1957 SUBJECTa Unidentified Flying Objects TO & Ccc"nander Eastern Air Defense Force Stewart Air Force Base Newburgh, New York 1. Enclosed herewith is a letter recently received by this Headquarters which I recommend be brought to the att~ntion of the Headquarters USAF Office of Inforr:1ation Services. 2. In com;1lit.1nc~ with AOO Regulation 190-4, datod 14 J anuary 1955, Subject Guida For Release of Information on Unidentified Flying Objects, nu r~vly has been made from this level Ltr from the ~ily Herald, Columbia, Tenn. lltd 11 Nov. Captain, USAF - r. - j utant SIS, Hqa 58th ADiY(Det), 18 Nov 57 SUbjt Unidentified Flying Objects Hq Eastern Air Detenae Force, Stewart Air Force Baae,.New York Commander, Air Detenae Command, int, Air Force Base, Colorado Colorado . tor 70ur intor. and aJ1T action appropriate. POR THB CCHIANDBR: J. W. FOUNrAIH, JR. Major, tTSA:b, Asst Adjutant Headquarters, AJ.r DAfense Com:rnand, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado TO: Couunander, Alr 'rechnical Intelligence Center, ATI'N: AFCIN 4E4, \/right-Pat t. r:>on Air Force Base, Ohio YCNI' lette:r ol 11 l957 cc obJect, a44Jtea..t to t.be c4 \M ,Sth Atr Mv1s101l oft1ce tor obJect never Center at Wr18ht-Patteraoo. , !Ju bee to tbia tbia siahtin& of an unidentit1e4 repor-Ud to Air Technical .ID.te~ reae1ft4 th11 repon identity tlla Air Force filter center vhich Daa. ot the v14\&L ott1c:er r8 puwaa noel .... t1.:w. ve will check turther on to1a the tiOD tbe ish ray have been a or rdaaU. ~ uotber cosmtr.r 1a entinq uafonDiecl. There 11 no to aupporl a couoluaion. I iacloaiD& the lateet Air !Plltee ~obJec-ts, 4ate4 5 BOTem~r 1957 J,AliJU:S: 3. TACKlm MaJw, USAr Executi'Ye Otrtcer ?ubl1o Inf:or-.t1oD Dirlsion Ott1ce o~ Intonation Serv'icea RBADBR-SAI'I8-l STAYBACIC-SAPIS-3