PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOC:A TION 12. CONCL\JSIOK~ Continental Divide 11 Decellber 1957 AFS New Mexico o Pro.,obly Balloon Poaal bly Balloon Locl-----------JCXXGroYftd-Vhual D GroundRodor 0 Probably Aircraft S. PHOTOI U 8X Was Astronomical Meteor D Yea D ProbaWy Astronondcal ~Ne Mili tar 0 Paull:tly Astronomical 0 In auffl clent Date for Evoluatl on 0 Unlcnown 3-5 seconds u to 2 doa southerl 10, 8RII, IUMMAAY 0' liGHTING Objects oblong, size of pencil eraser, color of cigarette ash, up to 2 dozen, no formation. ply defined leading edge. Tail approx the leagtb of obj. Obj first appeared as falliag star then reversed itself to straight and level ATIC JI'ORM 329 (RIIV 2611aP ~2) 11. COMMINTS Geminid meteor shower very promi- nent this year. Probably this sighting was meteors~from this SQG2119YDC16' WYA191 VDB1 PP RJEDSQ RJEDDN RJEPKQ D RJVJDN 2l&D FM COMDR 769TH ACVRON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AFS NHEX TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC RJVFDN/COMDR 34TH ADD RJDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER' RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELL USAF HQ . -UNCLAS-759TH COMDifi$-;2-'pn SUBJECTI UFOB. -(i> -DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS.- (A) OBLONG. (B) PENCfi. ERASER HELD AT ARMSi.ENGTH. (C) CIGARETTE ASH. CD) UP TO TWO DOZEN. (E) NO'JORMATION. <F> SHARPLY DEFINED LEADING EDGE. NO RADIATING LIGHT FROM EDGES. CG) TAIL APPROXIMATELY TWICE . THE LENGTH OJ OBJECT. CH> ONE OBSERVER.REPORTS SOUND LINE RUSHING WING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TWO SlGHTINGS. NO SOUND WHEN OBJECT VISIBLE. (1) NONE. C2l DESCiiPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS. (A) SENTRY DOG HANDLER REPORTS FIRST OBJECT APPEARED TO BE FALLING STAR BUT THEN IT REVERSED COURSE AND PROCDED IN LEVEL FLIGHT. (E) ~5 DEGREE ANGLE OF ELEVATION, 121 DEGREE AZIMUTH (C) 11 DEGREE AGE TWO RJWFDN 24D NGLE Of ELEVATION, 271 DEGREE AZIMUTH. NOTE. <B> & CC> ABOVE REFER FIRST SIGHTING. LATER REPORTS INDICATE LARGE NUMBERsor OBJECTS IGINATING IN NORTH AND NORTH WEST OF AGENERALLY SOUTHERLY COURSE. EY APPEARED APPROXIMATELY 38 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AND DISAPPEARED HEN OVERHEAD OF SLIGHTLY B0FRE. CD) STRAI;HT LEVEL FLIGHT WITH ONE CEPTION.AS IN (A) ABOVE. CE) WITNESS STATE OBJECTS DISAPPEARED UDDENLY LIKE A LIGHT BEING SWITCHED orr. (f) TROM 3 TO 5 SECONDS ESiltiATED) (3) MANNER or OBSERVATION. CAl.-GROUND VISUAL~ <B> NONE (C) NA/A. (~) TIME AND DATE or SIGNTINC. CA> 12/0213Z TO 12/0625Z. ( NIGHT. (5) 35 DECREES 22 MINUTES NORTH 1es DEGREES 21 MINUTES (~) OBSERVERS ALL MILITARY ASSIGNED TO 769TH AClW SQUADRON, ONTINENTAL DIVIDE.AFS, N MEX. CAp~AIM A DON, JO w. DIRECTOR, EXC. ND LT B_U_RJ~l~a_JOirnJl DIRECTOR, EXC. ~/SGT BRYANT, WS).,EI W. OPERATOR, EXC. A/1C RINGNELh,_iiNC~NTL, RADAR OPERATOR, EXC. ~/2C JAMEa E_$, HEN N '!f. GOOD. ~ADAR OPR Ai2c .. H~xwELt-; Jl!!i<2I..ltz. ~fiAifAR .,f~o:c:--w2c Ati~RtAij, cALY1.~.J~;; RADAR OPR IXC. !J2C VEYLUPEK G_EQRGJ:. Ke SENTRY DOG HANDLER L, .S/SGT RADAR OPERATOR, EXC. (7) WEA~HER AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME OF SlGHTINGs. (A) CLEAR VISIBILITY.UNLIMITED CB) SURFACE- 111 FEET N/A. 11,811 FEET 338 DEGREES 15 KNOTS PAGE THREE RJWFDN 24D 16,111 FEET 341 DEGREES 2 KNOTS. 21 888 FEET 321 DEGREES 25 K~OTS iti FEET 33i DEGREES 3j KNOTS sj~jej FEET 31j DEGREES 41 KNOTS Sii~iii FEET tVA. (C) NONE-(CLEAR) CD)"tiNRESTRICTtD.E) NONE-(F> ~ _,.. ~ CONDITIONs WHICH MIGHt ACCOUNT fOR SIGHTING C9) NO INTERCEfT ACTION ( TAKEN C1~) TRAFFIC LIGHT AND LOCATED ON Al~WAY.GREEN FOUR. TWO T86LS AND. ON T-33 MAKING PRACTICE INTERCEPTS IN IMMEDIATE AREA. <11) THIS REPORT PREPARED BY COMMANDER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. THERE IS NO POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAUSE OF THESE SIGHTINGS. OBSERVERS WILL NOT DEFINITELY IDENTIFY OBJECTS AS METEORS AND WILL NOT POSITIVELY DISCOUNT SUCH AN EXPLANATION. IT IS OBVIOUS HOWEVER, THAt THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS EXPLANATION. STATEMENTS ARE ALL CONSISTA~T WITH EXCEPTION OF THAT OF AMN VEYLUPEK. HIS STORY IS AT VARIAN~ ON SEVERAL POINTS, ALL ACREE, HOWEVER THAT THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF OBJECTS, AND THAT THEY DEFINITELY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING TO COMPARE WITH THEH. THE FACT THAT EACH OBJECT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT AND VAS VISIBLE roR THREE TO TIV SECONDS IS A MATTER or CONSISTANT TESTIMONY. THE COMPLETELY RErUTE THE POSSIBILITY OF MIS-IDENTIFYING AIRCRAFT AS UFOB'S <12) NEGATIVE. 12/2121Z DEC RJWFDN SE~LASSIFICATION \ ~-UNCLASSIFIED .JOINT MESSAGEFORM BP.t.OB BBLOW' li.&SBRVBD FOB OOJLJIUNIOA.TION OENTBB CCMDR Al'IC Ate, .ua. COLCJUDO SPRINGS, COLOlU.DO DIRECTOR CF L'ltEI t.:umtC.E em mro ~ l~O. 652. orn 12 DECl'J4:BEN 57. nits INCIDEN'l' W~m'S A FOLI,ClW-tlP, nf VIE_, Ol' LA.l".GE riUMBZll OF WITNESSES. re"U~ L~I\MAL mELIMI~hT ISV!Sl'IGATIOS. PIS.HE0Ai1D D' CCOHDI;~TIOS SECURITY CL.\SSII'ICATION UNCLASSIFIED CLA881P'ICATION OP' RIP'IRINCK SPECIAL IN8TRUCT'I01 .. 81 MONTM V Mt SQB047DNB0~4 DE RJEDDN 254 ; :1 COMDR ADC TO COi'1DR ATIC /UNCLAS/FROM ADODI-8 140. RSFERENCE YOUR rlESSAGE-CITE AFCIN 4E4 12-1957-E, DATED 13/ 143~2 - FOLLOWING I NFORMATIONGATHERED FROM TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH OPERATIONS OFFICER 7G9TH AC ON. ONLY ONE OBJECT WAS SEEN AT ANY ONE TIME. OBJECTS MOVED GE;~iiALLY NORTH TO SOUTH. OBJECTS APPEARED TO BE STREAKS OF LIGHT AND FLEW ON A SEEMINGLY LEVEL FLIGHT PATH HOWER NOTED. OPERATIONS OFFICER TH0UGHT THEY WERE METEORS BUT REPORTED THE SIGHTINGS BECAUSE OF THE- "LEVEL"FLIGHT PATH, END 17/23212 DZC RJEDDN