PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOC4TION 2. 8~1aco.~a, Naw York CONCLUSIONS Woa Bollooft Prollobly Boll" 3. DATITIMI GROU, 4. TV PI Ofl OISI! RVA TION 0 PouiWy Balloon ;< .R '*-""do VlaY.a 0 GtoundRo4or 022Qlc caib AI~Viauel 0 Alrlntercept Ro'dar Qx Woa Aatronolftlccal Met. eor D Yee a Prot,oWy Aatroncu .. lcol Woi Aircraft Probolll, Alrcroft Po111W, Aircraft R l!le . . Civilian & military O PoealltlyAttronoMic.t 7. LIMOTH Ofl OIII .. VATION I. NUMBI!ft OP OIJICTS t. COURSI 0 Othor:---~-------- 1. not c ivan 1. Down D lntufflolnt Doto t.r Eoluotlen ~ 0 Unknown 2. 1-2 seconds o!le 2 . NW 10. 111, IUMMAIY 0, IIOHTIHO 11. COMMINTS 1. Round object, size of ditale , reddis h ~reen, fiery, fallir1g strai~ht dow11. 2. A large brill ion t h Ltd r:1h gtoen oi)ject '.vith au or~tn~r.= l.all, .L'allinr; l u a t-'r'l direction. All charac t eristics of a fireball, SQE112 YDCI14 TYB353 TMB219K TTIQ81NYAI~9 DE RJEPNY 98 FM 26TH ADIV TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC RJEDiPICOMDR ATic~------ RJEPHQIAC OF S INTEL HQ USAF INFO RJEPNBICOMDR EADF /UNCLASIFROM OIN 12785. SUBJI UFOB I. DESCRIPTIONS Wt-~t;..w:.,_,.lrFB AGE TWO RJEPNY 98 DESCBIPTION Oi COURSE I ~I Ae COLOR AND Sl2E . 1 D STRAl GHT DOWN., 5 M! U:S IN FRONT OF . DISSAPPEARED INTO OVERCAST F. UNK~f-RtY'fT/ t'-r 7//>-!c~ 1"v 5tt4T? 3. MANNER OF OBSERVATIONI C B52 WCDDI 4. TIM & DATE OF SIGHTINGa I DENTIFYING INFO OF ALL OBSERVERS: Be NO NAME OR GRADE GIVEN OBSERVER REPORTING PAGE THREE RJEPNY 98 THIS Sl GHTING WAS A SAC PILOT ... VEATHERI Ae CLEAR AT ~1,111 LYING.OVER AN OVERCAS Be SURFACE NW DEG 'QJ KT 21 fafaQJ 310 DEG 5QJ KT 31 Ill 290 DEG 140 KT T/SG CONTROL TECH. 04/21182 DEC RJEPNY 22D 24.0 ftla US&r~ IO, OSI, Ur Det ec...4, ti Air roroe HEADQUARTERS UHITEO STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL orrJCI or IPICIAL lNVESTI~ATJONS IIOMI, NIW 'IOitll 11 Deoaxer 195'7 SUBJECT a Ollldent.l1'1cl fl.T1aa ObJeota Ds\ Ail' J'oroe aa .. Colortldo Sprinp 1. RetereDOe 1 d to parap-apb 7a(2)(a), APlt 2~, da 12 Augu\ 19~, ooac~ni.Dt abo~ aubjeot.. 2. A a inloar are copiea of tvo letters froa the Nev York, Off1o ot the Federal Bureau of Iu~enigstion date4 2 and 4 D1oeaber 1 ?,., , The l.tter datacl 2 Deoeabr 19S7 deaoribee tbe aightiac of UD14ent1tl.t fl7ln1 objeot..... loftaber 19S7 Oneida and ltt, Nv Iork, "b7 a Mrs. Nev Yon. The le\t.-JI allt.S 4 Deoeaber 19 , or1bee the a an uo1clent1t1ecl 1'17lng ~>bjeot. on 3 Deoeabelt 19S'7 mtl aortrb of Saratoga, New York, bT t.tr. Lake tiilw York. 4. Thie t.ter is ~ina . to 70U'I' Heclqrten 1a aooo!'dallO vitb tbe refueocl replatioD. lfo 1nYeaticat1oD of this tter 1e IV tecl b7 th1a D1atr1ot Ott1oe 5. B7 oarboa oop7 of thl letter the D!.reotorate o~ Special IJrna\1- ptiou, Waald.D&'\OD 2S, D.c., aDd tbe , Gl"lrtisa Air Force Baae, New York, beea f'urni~ed erl.tax oopiea ot the attaebecl lettert LEml F. BOOB Lt. Coloael, USAF D1str1ot C~r 1. Ltr, Alb1Jl1 H!,FBI, dtd 2 Deo 57 (dup)(l ..-erlfax ~ !~: 1 carbon ey) 2. Ltr, Albus7 JI,FBI, dtd 4 0$0 57 (dup)(l verihx ey & 1 c~rbon ey) Co'Wir, G.\B (v/2 I:lols-1 07) (veritax) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In R.rp9', Pt.se ReJ to File No. 502 Federal Building AlbanJ, ltew York December 4, 1957 Lieutenant Colonel Leon F. Bugh District Commander United States Air Force Grit.t1ss Air Force Base Rome, flew York De~ Colonel Bugha advise t on December 3, George, _llew "i otk, te advised this oi'rice that wb1le returning from work :20 a.m. on December 3. 1957. he obse~ved a large brilliant bluish green object with. an orange tail in the sk-y ap tely eight miles north ot Saratoga, Uew Y rk. Mr. aid that this object was falling in a north \'lesterlJ direction from Route 9. Ho said that this object was in his vision for a second or two only. Hr. said that he is a stei-eotype operator f'or the "T mes Union," an Albany l~ew York, dal apaper, and is employed on the late shift;. Hr. volunteered the inrormation that he was not going to advise his paper as he fe1t that they might laugh at this observation. Thia 1ntormat1onwas furnished telephon1ca1l~ by this of.flce to Mr. Raymond A. Marin, Specia~ Agent Of.f1ce of Special Investigations, Naval Depot, Scotia, lJew York.. This is being ful-nished ~or any further action you deem necessary. I Very truly yours, h. COR~TELIUS, JR. SIJecial Agent in Cha.rge Cl3:ll ill.-d: lnllalli.l