OATETlMe GR0 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION BRIEr SUMMARY OF SIGHTING PROJECT 1C073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 0 Wos Balloon Tulsa, OklJhoma Probably Balloon 0 Possi ~ly Sol loon rfPE OF OSSERVATION 0 Wos Ai rcroft r;t.Ground-Vi sual 0 G round-Radar Probably Aircraft 0 A ir-Vi suo I 0 Air-Intercept Radar Po s si bl y Ai r:::raft Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical Po s ,., bl y Astronomi col 8. .,UMBER OF OBJECTS 0 lnsufficient Data fer Evaluation 11. COMMENTS to be m.tssile Physi .~::t1 analys1~ ..:onfir11~d :ror analvsis. p 1 pc-(~lt7an i ng ..:.sed to 1revent r;alv.J.nic ATlC FORW 329 ('RlV 2S SZP $2) ~llliW~ msa-1 This 1 to aclrnavledge your letter of 15 FebrtlArY concerning object you found which resembles a missile nose cone The Co!iender of the 2854th Air Ease Villg at Tinker Air Foree Be.se Qk]aho.a , vill coote.ct you concerning this obJect end vill, 1.t poaaible, determine ita origin. U I can be ot i"'urtb!r help in t.hi s matter, please let ma kl:ov. T MiB!&CS J. TAcrXR NaJar, tBAP Executive Office:- Pu.bllc I:nfol"lJBtion D1 vision O:ff'1ce 0~ Infon:etion services ' /COMEMCK-SAFIS-3 V REA.DER-SA7I5-1 STAYBACK-SAFIS-3 t o 6~Pf/-.S oF LAN t})6?J 1 t F! oB::re-c.t FoUtJ.J:> E Tti t-5A e/ jC. LA HtJ M ,q Ctl./1 l-1 ,q ;V' .. ~Jiit:1': ~ U) '!hi,d.enti~ ~.')ec't. 3eu.Olin~ L'nl sa, Olrlab: D\ SECURin JCINT MESSAGEFORM !iPJOi:J HELOW JO.'.U;H.VEU f'flk. (1r,j(Jf ri."'IO.!rtfi.V nJo;.vo:tt "! ii.\R J u TYP!: M S G (011.-ek} ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR REFERS TO oC'iiOrl 3()1JTL'($ BOO!t lo4ULTI eoNCLE C~o4SSIPIC..>.TION O F rtEFEREI'<CE COMDR ATIC -o: COMDR, 'l'ln:J!:R .AF:B, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA /mtCLASS !ftP:B/ FBOM: AFCili-4E4 Til ACCORIWICX WITH PARAGRAPH 4b, AFR 200-2, DATED 5 ~ARY 58 REQUES'! COitTAC"l' BE MAlE WITH A PL, Otcr..A1.1)MA CI'l'Y, 'rO ~ NATURE OF OBJEC'l' Df HIS POSS!SSIO!I', 'WHICll HE CL\llC3 RESEMBLES JUPri'BR MISS I I.E NOSE CONE, AND RBPOftl'I<Il D!REC'fLY TO 'tHIS CD1'EB. CABNOT IDRltl'IFY ON BASIS OF LIM11'i:D IXFORMATIOX. REQUEST TELE'fiPE REPLY ~ YOUR INI'l'IAL D'niSSTIGAnOll AND :FlXDiliGS ro .A?CIN-4E4, RKtER TO UFO CASE, E. srrn, lt:>CD'r li'OSB coo. ncnt-4E~ A~ iZt~ Dr. X. A. JtUe,- Col B. K. Gilbert SIG"'f,.TUR I SP!!:CI.AL I NSTRUCTIONS REP1..ACES 00 FOR M 173, I CCT 4g, WHICH WI 6 USED UNTIL. EXH..>.USTEC SP~OE BSLI)IV RJ::SERVJ.;O f'Oit COJOIU.\"10 .11"/0.\' CJ::.\ ff:R PRECEDENCE TYP!!: MSG ( 011n.lc) .>.CCOUNTING OR I G . oq REFERS TO 8001( MULTI SII'IGLI: CCWlR 2854TS .UR BASE WING TDJKER .AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA CGW.lANDER 'h'RIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE (.AMC) UNCL .fran OCBB 3-10-M. REFERENCE YOUR UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE NUMBER AFCIN-4E4 3- 406-E. OSI DISTRICT THIS STATION HAS E!i'i'ECTED RECOvERY OF OBJECT INDICATED REFERENCE YESSAGE. PRES&V! CUSTODY THIS BASE. TECHNICAL ADVISE NOT AVAILABLE THIS STATION. REQUEST mSPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS IWEDIAT&:I:Y. Cl...>.SSIFICATIO N REFRt::VC SPECIAl.. INSTRUCTIONS REPL.ACES 00 F ORM 173. t OCT 4'il. WHICH Wll..L. BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED ; SECURITY CLASrJI ... ~CtrT l JOINT MEssAGe:FoRM L ~ .ul.../-\.)0~r c. s,,.-I.C!J. .JEL O W RBSZ.'{VED FOR COMMUNTCATION Ci!NT!ll( , ?RE C:!DEN C TYPE' MSC (Cbtt~) ACCOUNTING O~IG. OR REFERS TO C L A,.gIFICATIO N OF ~ EFERENCC: COMDR ATIC COMMk''UlER ", 2854TH A13 WL1G, Tnn<E.R AF!\, OXLABOMA jucLASSIFIED/J'BJM: AFCDI-4E4 Rl!!t!!R!!liCE.YOUR.MESSAGE 03 BB.3-4-E, RE IlfVESTIGA'fiON OF XISSU:ii: NOSE COKE BEFORT BY A MR INDITIWAL RESIDRS AT ~ '.rULSA 15, .OKI.AiiOMA. COOBDI!IAfiON: i SIGNATUR ~, J14mtud) NAME ANO TIT\. S~CURITY CLASSIFICATION _,-. Acj uteiz:t.. SP5:CIAL INSTRUCTIONS REPt..AC:!S 00 FOI{M 173, I OCT 49, W~ICH WIU.. BE USEO UNIIL EXHAUSIEO .JOINT ,\-IESSAGE!="O.RM ~EC:O:L11!'NC:S: II TYP'lt '049(1 rc~-.. _J_-1 .a.c~:.nUNTINC .).!1 0 . o q REFER S T O Cl..A:OSI .. C A T I ON OF R EI'E RE:-<C!: I \CTION ?.R!ORlT! aoOI( 'I "xxUt.TI II :li .. OL& I --- =:.._ _ OCBB-3-10-lif S ? !!:Cl-"1.. I NSTRUCTIONS COMDR; ATIC . ...., .L COMDR; 2854'm AIR BASE 'WING~ TINI<'ER AIR FORCE :BASE; OI<!..ABOMA. 6u ? /f./~ !l'Ui'O: CY: COMDR, 1~ AISS; COLORAOO SPRINCS; COLO~ (AIB MAIL) UNCI.ASSIF I KD/ AFCIX-4E4 3 ..-:-S ~s,-- Be:fe:rence your Tl' Msg OCBB-3-lO-X, regarding recovery of object, nov in your custody. AJSS representatives v1ll contact your baae for purposes of :tollov-up investigation and identification of object. Prq>t action taken in re to tllis matter is appreciated by thi s Center. COORDINAnOM: Dr. M:1.lJ!y /1 I DATil ITINI: W TYPED NAME AND TIT\.E (Sic:~Mrt, if """r~ /(;., f , ::J~.-~ GEORGE '!. GREGORY, CAPT'" , US.AF / -~ MOKTlf YEAR ' TYPED (tl' Jlt~trtp,/) NAME AND TIT\. flaro!d /. . H ;ic?, ATlt:: O..~ty C r'-//c.e.r REPl.AC!::S OD F ORM 173, I OCT .oU, WHICH WII..L Bit US~ UN.TII.. EXHAUSTED A HORIZATION fuVD RELJASE Tulsa, Oklahoma, hereby authorize the United States Air Foree t o conduet any test. deemed necessa17. on an item resembling a missj le nose cone 'Which was found near 'rul3a, Oklahma by MC MAH~'l on or about 1 7 January 1'5a and. given . to me .oi;l or abo1lt lS January 1 '5!. . . : Farther ,in consideration or r:Jf7 interest in the seeuri ty of the United S~tes, I hereby ~oraver release the United States Air Force i'raaa &r1:7 clai11 for damages ldlich I may have or lihich m:::r he:3 rs, exec- utors,. administrators, or assigns, may have !or any d8:;%ages or destrue- tion that may result to said item. f'rcm such testing . 8 April 1958 1.. T!le mxi.er51gned, izl coord1nation with Mr. Foli:J.o, Agen~., Ctii 5-t.!l District, 'JIPA?B, contacted the Chiet', CSI lith District, Oklaaoma Ci~J, Lt Col Albert c. lfa.um, and requested contact b e ,ade 'With Source s"taitting tbe Jupiter missile nose cone near 'l'u.l.3a for the following purposes: a. Statetoent or pel:':aission to slice the objeet. Examination cannot be :aade :flua external study al oue. to a:AY u.s. Reason tbis is required, cannot identifY as obJect beLonging goTex:moent agency, .Wicl1 in such ease, no penrl.ssion eou1d be c. Further, vbere and 'U'lder what circumstances vas this objeet 2. Col. llat ass~ this office, a.etion -would be taken i:mediately to o"ot&in tbe requested 1 nformation. 3. ~1.s ~et contact With OOI vas talten in accordance with ::-e~ntl:T relea.s~ AI~ 200-2 pa..."""&. 4e ( ttexceptions GEORGX T. G"ifSG0~7.-~{---= CAPT. , USAF ":JX TO PIDJZCT t-lHl'l'E STORX ~ ~= HOWd.l1D cacss Rafarence our conversation of l ast, veek l"$garding what is thought 't-o b9 a nose cone frot11. the Jupiter MissUe. We wish to send this object to .PJS via atafi" ear on a ;:pr1l 1958. Request that ~au acc omplish the . 1. X Rq to d~term1t>e i:lte:rnaJ. contont. If thought f'easible ~ ~ ot'f'iae a speotrogra.pldc ~!a q., rr .rutf!. r1 ~ the vi.....,, to ascertain \lbe-tber it mat.c:hea u. S. speo"lf ications. It !s r*fODst.ed t~"lt these axntdnntians be a~di.ted; tr..o.t the ~the emm1nat.iona b7 X-Ray 2J)d \l1re a:aal78iS be forwarded to tba ectc. by 10 APril 1958. Please adviso by Ttf.X this data it this can be dOJW .. C. A. N..\OOIE Branch Ch~ef AFCIN-4E2o 1 SECURJTY CUSSifiCAT!Oti Wanr) VNCLA.SSIFI..... DJeP05)1DON ~OR -A ~il NO. I SUBJECT J:nes-tiga.tion Re AJ lege.l ()'Jpitc.!r "C" AFCIN-4E2c (AT:rll: AFCIN-4E2a. (ATTN: Mr lfose Cone -E . G. Staib 1\~c-nr_t.T."'I. DATE COM~EHT HO. 1 AFCTIJ-4E4s/capt cireg /lro 1. Attached ire off'icia.l resuJ.ts of an investigation requested by t~s office rega.rding the circumstances surrounding the finding of sub,iect item reported and suhmi tted as a. UFO 2. This shottld be of some a..ssiste.nce in your evaluations and study towards determining the actual identity of the object l. OOI Rpt, 28 Mar 58 2. Cys, ~ Msgs dtd tJNCL~SSIFIED Page 1 ot 1 page Copy L of 2 copies [")"P:\~"IENT Or TJiC: 1-\IR FQ,d[ HEJ\DQJA~ ... C:R:S U''. T~8 STATES r-1 FORC:=: SUBJECT: Unidentif ied Object Cone, Jupiter ~o Resembling Nose Tulsa, Oklahona Conunander Air Technical Intelligence Center ATT~: AFCI~4X2a6 Wright - Patter3on Air Force Base 2.'3 .larch lJ 5 I 1 . Transmicted herewith for your i~fornation and retention is one (1) copy of Re;:>ort of Investigation of S pecial ~\gent ROBERT E . Cfu\S'~LL, District Office Nr. 11, file 24- 258, dated 24 Marc~ 1958, concerning subject matter. 2. It will be noted that this investigation is continuiug your Co~nd will be furnished a copy of subsequent reports . 3 . Your attention is invited to the provisions of .\.Fa 1.24-1, ~hi.ch prohibit the release o f investigative infomation to U'1aut~1or ized oersons PAUL M. 1-iOLJ Lt Colonel, US.'-F Dist-::ict :onr:lander JNCU\SS\f \ED Oli,,..,qr l ~iH Ol l't>IO ?"\l't Ul'\a 11 thor I z a ta ined i11 i nformation c on- be c on.\ I Tinker A:~'B,