PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. lOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Bolloort 8 Deceaber 1957 t&aa -Canadian Border o Probably Balloon "~-------1 0 Paul bly Balloon . 3. DTITIMI O .. OU' ft 0 Woi Aircraft C GroundRodor 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Air-Intercept Ro4or 0 Po .. lbly Aircraft 0 Waa Aatrono111l col D Yoa 0 ProboWy Aatronolftlcol 7. LINOTH Ofl 0111-YATION I. NUMII .. Ofl OIJICTI 9. COURSI Other 10 minutes one allfl IUMMA .. Y 0' IIOHTINO Pilot at 40.000 feet going into a tu fro West to South, leaving heavy contrails notice a ball of light wit& black streak oa the iDside of bis turn and about 1/2 o 3/4 ai away. Obj appeared to stay with pilot after he returned to another heading. He then lost it. A'riC JORM Ut (RaY 21 ... 12) D In auffl clont Doto for W to South 0 Unkrtawn I 1. COMMINTI Plots on UFO report show follow- ing: a) sun was to his front,& rigbt at alaost saae level when he went into turn. b) heavy horse shoe shaped (thick) contrail was to his left. Conclusion: Probable ~ reflection of sunlight oft his a/ intersecting with a shadow (black dark) thrown on the contrail sl~ behind hia & to the left as he moved, which would app moving with him. (See Classi at1o1'1 C-Fc;.;l!ed Aui.h: M -1 UNCLASSIFIED AC PRI ORITX:..,_ F11 COMDR 29 FIS MALSTROM AFB MONT TO COMDR ADC ENT AFB COMDR AIRTECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHD CO~DR 29 AIR DIV DEF MACB /CITE UFOB SECRET/INT 0137-s. REPORT IS MADE I .,.~t:. H PROVISIONS OF PARAG.RA PH 7 D, FR 20-~-2: ITEM 1 .... DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT: (A) SPHERI APPROXH1ATELY 52 FEET IN DIAMETER (C) BRIGHT LIGHT-GOLD D) 1 (E) 1 (F) NO DISCERNIBLE FEATURES (G) TAIL E ~ 5 ES, SIMILAR TO CONSISTENCY OF F-gs EXHAUST CH> NEGATIVE C I> NE:GATIVE. IT u f 2 CA) OBSERVERS COMPLETED PORT TURN .. fR 1 .. ,27~ ... ~G!t-r. .. ;s."'"JC . ~ ~ a LACK STREAK HITH A BALL OF LIGHT AT .... 'I1:rf'"'tcm~Mt- !rqf1; cAINING ON THSM f. .._ fl ON INSIDE OF TURN AND FINALLY STEADYING TO THEIR SPEED C.75 MACH>. t'o~ ( 8 ) OBJECT AND BLACK TAIL t~lER.E APPROXIMATELY 1 At-10 1/2 MILES LEFT ~ OF AIRCRA -EAST. OBJECT WAS LOW, PILOT ESTI~IATES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 23 TO 0~2 FEET. (Cl UPON LAST SIGHTING, OBJEC r AT SAt,lE REJ,.ATIVE ALTITUDE BUT WAS tTITHIN 1/2 TO 3/4.J>: A MILE , ~ECAUSE ~ PILOT HAD MADE TURNS INTO IT. (D) TRAIL BEHIND OBJECT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE TURNED ~ITH THE F-39. IT HAD BEEN ON A CONTINUOUS NORTH TO \ SOUTH COURSE. TRA.tL, EXIFNDE:D .... 2. . ~2 .. J;1l~ES. PILOT MADE A 2~ TO 3:J D2GREE PORT TURN I NTO OBJECT, BUT IT DID NOT APPEAR TO TURN WITH .. / ~ HI~ AS A SHADOtv WOULD HAVE TO DO. ONLY CHANGE TJJHEN PILOT MADE . } ,. , 1URNS WAS IN THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT ~THICH DIMMED OR BECAME "'1\r{t)\..Y,f / MORE OPALESCENT. (PILOTS O!vN tJORDS) (E) OBJECT STAYED ~TITH PILOT J lvN V AFTER HE RETURNED TO 18~ DEGREES HEADING TO COMPLETE TAB:GET MISSIO , ~ OCCASIONALLY DIMMING. PILOT TURNED TO HEADING OF 242 DEGREES FOR RECOVERY AT HOr,IE BASE AND LOST SIGHT OF OBJECT (F) A PP~OX IMATELY MINUTES. ITSM 3 MANNER OF OBSERVATIO~: CA) AIR--VISlJAL CB> GATIVS CC) ~-39H, 54356, 40,a~3 F E~T, 13~ D~GRZES ~1AGNETIC, .75 fv1 MALl'IST AFB , MONTANA. ITEM 4 TH1E AND DATE OF SIGHTING: ( A) r. 2250 (B) ITEr1 5 LOCATIO~JS CF OBSERVERs: GEOFEF RPT GSOFEF K ME303Z ITEt-1 6 IDENTIFYING INFOR~1ATION OF ALL OBSZRVERS: ( A) N/A CB) PAUL, CHARLIE A CAPTAIN, AO 2222155, PILOT. BAKER, EDDIE R, 1ST LT AO 3Z4ZS21, RADAR OBS ERVER. BOTH 29 FIS RSLIABILITY OF BOTH: A-2. ITEMS 7 WEATHER CONDITIONS~ (A) VISIBILITY 30 MILES :u::: TO ~ICE .~.LTITUDE H:\ZE: PANCCLOUD LA'fER BZLO~j PILOTl PILOT S T A TZS AGE THREE - ~ - ZE LAYER BE 14-~n-In NO SHOW SHADOW OF HIS CONTRAILS WHERE HE _ ... t LOFTS SUIF t 28~/11. 6 2/15. 80, . I BLE. (C) CLEAR (D) UNLIMITED ) CLEAR CF) NEGATIVZ. ITEM 8 ILOT STATES OBJECT WAS FIRST OUGHT TO BE "PILOTS HAL "! D NOT HAVE RINGS OR RAINBOW FFECT. APPEARED TO BE A L b B G ~ POSSIBLE OINC ~ CE: AT ABOUT TIME OF SIG , F-89 ~ PHAs; INVSRTSR T AND PILOT SWIT Q SP~FJ: .. lWl.~R..UB. ITEM 9 NEGATIVE ITEM 1 . l ~--1 AC~RON AND 773 ACWRON WERE BOTH ASKED AT THE TIMS IF THEY HAD ANY OTH~R CONTACT IN VICINITY. 2D LT wRNARD J KONYN AND SSGT J~RROLD A HUGHES, 778 ACWRON ~ISUALLY tGHTED THE F-89 AND ITS CO~tTFB ILS. AI ,JHE IJ:1l=' .OF. S I.GHI ING, BUT SAW i~O'Mf!NG ELSE:." !TtM 11 AS AsSISTANT INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 29 FIS. LTHOUGH I NITIAL REPORT INDICATEE SHADO~ OF CONTRAIL AND/OR F-8S AIRCRAFT, W~ATHER INFORMATIO~J, DOW uBSERVERS, AND REPORTED Tl1ACI~ OF ITEM 12 NEGATIVE. POSS IB TY REFERENCE li' 'Ill l>.cH~ -u .~v-~