PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCAT ION 1:2. CONCLUSIOHS 0 'llos Balloon J. l:lA1' E'ii'AE r::ROt.;P 4. TYPE Of 06SERVATION .EJ Ground Vi :~vel 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-V; suol 0 Airlnrerc.,pt Radar I s. P:; oros crNo Civi:i o 10. BRIEr SUMMARY OF SIC~TINC Ve-~ bzigh~ r-like o 'Jj, ~nv1 in Wos Aircraft P ro bob I y Ai rcroft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomi col P robobl y Astronomi col P<Jss i bl y Astronomical ln su ffi ci ent Data for Evaluation Unlc.no""" j SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERV.-. TORY Cant., G~orge 'r . Gregory A~r Tec tcal Intelligence Center Dayton, Ohio :Jear Ca~tain: Lela has kindly t7ned out ~Y :11e l~ 0:~ Ca s e 2-! am s till workin~ ~ne T~ls ~ the case I called you up about on S'lLl~& feelirus i s that it wa~ .t1 J,.lar:eo letter askirus Gvldberg -I f or a ruller havd q'J3 e ernlan"it-io!1. t Case 4 -Runtsvilleg Alabama - This was c~early a meteor but I know H .... ~:; r e-- p~rted this, and I w111 be in !1unt3't'i.l e ""l-ysel! next m~nth and will make tu.rthdr ~nqt:i r7 ~.he:1,.. P.owever, 1t is quite ssfe t o elas~t~J th A! a I hope thia has been some h e:. p t': T'~! and : hoDe to aee you i n the n ot too dista~t r .re. I ~ltMO .ROUTJillG S~lP I M:VF.R us FOR Af'I'Ro v ttS.JJ~APPitJVALS, il ._ CO.VCCRR.VCS. OR S/.\1/l.AR A(. f/ONS (.,.. I \ . 1 I INIT!ALS I c ICllATE OPC.ANI!ATIO'I qD LCCHio;--~: ICAT 1 COORO'""TION I'IFOR'4ATION vere a number of obaez-vation3 m!:ide that 0l b y ou~ ~oo~ o.f thcl:-:1 saN a~ .b ,Ject taa~, fro:.1 diffe~enc pointa~ the oo~osite direction . . ~.,.w...;.~i < Staad ~ airplar!e ll 3t, Cmt :rl, citd 7 ... .!.ar 58, Subj: L?O _:uport f..:-om Attcrney, .1r..--.. .;:. Dir~ct.or of ;:.na u.s .. r ea:n3 ...as com:.ac-.ed f or 3. C:l.ack of hi3 uni~s. A copy of hi3 report is attachen. Si ficant to note t.hat al~houg~ a nu:no~r of ~!oonwatch units >-13rs ma!C..r;g ob3erv3.t.ion.s on ,:)putc.ik at that. ti.:ne, obser red anJ object:. h-aading in the diract.ion given bJ ........ f . No rs!.Jorts from any U. s . astronomical obaer-n.tocy of any unusual occurance or object in tpe area in qu~stion 3 . A'Il.B Conclusions: Probably a jat aircraft of the F-100 serie s at high altitude . Jet aircraft suddenly cutting their afterburners in (or out) do give t he a ppearance described in the report. A member of the Sroithsoni..a.n Astrophysical ObservatorJ concurs in that the object 'lias robably an a ircraft. i1oonwatch" and Comment. NICHOI..AS POOT Phon e Nemo t.'o: UFO Case F i l e - Long Distance telephone call to DaJlas, Texas, ADC -Air Fi lter C~nter made on afternoon, 10 March 1958 if anything unusual observed on screens on GOC posts in that area., bet>o~een 1900 -1930 Into: given by NCOIC on basis of careful check of GOC, airborne a./c and radar in ar'!a: NroATIVE. Nothing seen or reported. G. T. GREGoRY Capt, USAF 10 MarcO. 58 ~<19dieal Arts Euil(l~og Fort Worth~ +exas .. Dsar ~. &!nested: EDWIN T . PHILLIPS, J R. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR ~nor:J3 I'J 6, l95d I reali:e thatyou a~j the~() llctad oo1or.t' rCh'!eive t:l~H'ly ~ports or \JllUOOal tl"~r..gs in the akiea. ~.tc're~ o~aervot~o~'l f9hicb l .hsve ~escribed 1n my nttachGd rn.em~r~:n:.1iza cf J::J.r~utir'9 ~!;. :and supplamsntal. ~rsn.dum of Feb-.t'ua!YJ 4 tfas o:r auft1eie:::~ intcroat to r.e to p.~pare these statemect:s and it is possible ~hat tho;, mcj ~ of' 1nterest ~ ~ome ~ you. . Lll~ all other 1.3-';m~n-not oquip~ed ZOlt:"' tr~s~ ~nocan2,. I aa eon.vi.ncnd that I sau tho ob ct zcrix~. I .... 01~ courea -:n~ eonjeoc-ture ae to 1 ts trtW n.!';ttu~ a~ '['':)~" P'3 ! '-'_::,,o ::wde the rilistal(e oi" unde:rtald.11g to inc1cate c:-~Jonclu!}.~.Otts, -~'3 'lell a3 etating t~ .1"2cts. . I am uti.l1z1ng eopie3 or this le'; ter to Dr,. ._.or...ested t.:ot" 1~. 1nrorcat1on or those :let out belou ond 1.f an~ o!~ ;r~u h-.sv~ ar:.y :movle(!g$ or an;r j,.--set.e:-as to what I :3:3~. ~: vill eor;D1.~er it o pe1~onal ~ce~t1cn 1Z' you will be kirw enOUf;h to !c'; m l:no~ With beet reger&s, I am; ~inity ur~v~r3ity san .t~ntonio I Zexas .:n1tlant1!'1ed PJ.inc CbJ~ts nu. tC!~ .Stztes ~r 'i/t ce This is to aeknov:ledge your letter ot 6 Februa.ry 1958 CODCerning an 1m1 dentified f'lyiJ:lg object you sav em 23 JazmarJ 1958 i n t.he Port Worth, Texas area. The Dtrector ar the u. s. Moomratch Teruns checked all. 1m1ts !'eterenee your repoJ:st. None observed eey object heed1.ng in the direction noted 1n your report. 'l'le objC!et you descnbed could DOt be one ~ tbe satelli tea 1n orb1 t at presen-t. (See copy of :ouJwat-cb Be;port attached). No reports were re-ceived hun ercy u. s. Astrona"lcal Observatory ngard1ns an tmnsual occ:w:1ence or object in the area in questicm. The Dalle, Tema AOO li'U.ter Center reported notMng tmusnaJ. observed 1n the sq at 1;.hst time by rods-=-, airborne e.1rcratt or g:t\')md ob&e:l'wer c:orpa 1m1ta 1n the Fo:rt llorth-Wlas-Ab:ilene area. The AU' Technical Dltell1gence Center concludes tba.t the obJect was probably a Jet aircraft of the F-100 series at high altitmes. Jet ail"cra:tt Slzidenly cutting their afterburners 1n (or out) uotlcS give tbe appevence described in tbe repcrt. Fort Worth 2, '!e:Pa Sinceftly, LAWRJSNCII5 J. TACKER B:xecut1 ve 0.-.tt~i~r l'ublic Intonation Division ot'rice o~ Intoruation Services CQ![gAf.C-SAFIS-:: READ::!:R- SAFS- 1 S~.Y?ACK-S.A..F:lS-3 C. C.. Dr. l~ynek p I s c h I I I 1111 neportcd fightings nt or noar Jan. 24, 1950, COORD I N 1\1 r-5 iii"IE cr- D\RCT\ ON LVllt . OF T r A \ ton, Okla.homn Uqu.et.,quo hit.a, KPnso..s .b r idge, J:n~o. h.ln~ton$ D.C ~ s&, Okl.ahoml\ . O lt 1 C'fl +16 26' ---point or dianppGilt'o.ncg e.fter 'trRvcllln~ about 10 A.rc o to mor.ge w1 th;{ stnP Grunma G ominornm. ten observations) three obsorvation3) Nf.TW .. SSE (last or five obsorvatlona) three obAervati ons) to-i6 fll. e -\l~o (only observRtion) tl .,e obso.rvnti ono) NNw ... s~F. vlhl t~"ir ; ~ two ob~arvat~ons) flve obnarvRtion~} Oth~r observnt:ton f1Jtra near Gamma Geminorum. no.6 GnTill'ln plus 0.4 Mu Gemini" i actual point 06 32 2~ r1g9t or ~aroma Geminorum, North C~nton,Ohio Cl,volond,_ Ohio ObsrrYations b:7 other toonwntch Stat!ons,~t -~hiprl tll".-9-Rll Eastern Do a., bet~reen 5 and 7 Honr.s a.n<.l bett.Je"n +53 and 19. obscrv~tion i n the fitth in a ao~iea or eight. :o .. 75/no+l to+O Orsnso Fort \oJo:-th, : aa Jl4 ~tlrs ot .G~c~ an atto1$n01J ot l..l~ ~nd a l27 student ot ~a:-tb Sll~ollltea.,. Cn Tln."l"s.<l~;; O'IO!U'Cg approx1~te~ 7:05 p~oaaso ot S~nilt II lrhioh accor~1ng to :te>et:il dcte w:se to pa&G ~:;vor Fort ~/.:):"til 1n D aortln~eGt to a~lathcaat utroeticn, e~ae1~g atprGC1Scl1 1:11 ~.~. tive ~G<iu. old e bter :Bath . \ nn went ~ith it bO.ir:s oul' cttfJ_:r;~u ~o _:nt:l!~. tl! ~h.'lj :rvot1cn~ to- ~ ... cth0r Nhen tbO"'.f. oecUl-in u~e oven1ng. ~hila I G'1d not r~c a b:Jci observed tbst ~loetric el.Ockll ln too houoa ~&rt.: eorre:lt1U1C1 J1 t!'a .; Arter ~ve11 aa:r~a or se in.::; ~.:! e ldGO :tn.tet-~lJ ~;f"f G 1: ware wabl4' to locate Sputnik U ~na attc-l' h~v1ng Gfmt Bst!l -Mlln to ~t-o balek <.ioQr cf :il:,-4ons, to ve~17 that th"~ t be t:~a t~n a~ pl"b - :md protl:a).1;{ h11Gd. .iu'"..other Cl!nutc ':>t two ot !nt-~nao 0~6:reh ~f tile llld.ea c~nvi~etl :.te that ne r~ m1ssoo the ~etae(::e,. ev~n th~t.tgb tl~a~rn :on .. :z:1,;er our 7!3ual horizon and obout r~cent va.:1at.lona 1:1 t~ ~-'a c i: _,unaage tJhich I diG not !'u.lly undcro~nnd. .:":Jet. that she USU3ll; has been tm f!.:rat to makG tJ:e evening .;~i~ht1ncs. of Sputl'11k. I ho~ard Ecth Ann cry nThero 1~ 1St n and e41tt t!vlt' _=he was a1nt1ns ur:~ar4 1n th$ O<l!:!a goccra~ d!r t1on or r:r.r . obsorvot:ian~.= I ~w <;:it~ at' onee r;.nrJ t~it!?.Out t..~nk:ing~ I la~d. .r1 u her l!;a.in a~ ' ili ta 1lcJte to ~wi the rust sight i..'l'lg. At thi o ~ . spl1t second, there was no doubt in tJr:1 r:dnd but thst I iiO.& ~d.tnooatl'..g 1 :. Sputnik. A very hJ'ipt star-l1!.ce 'obJeot o~O"ared in. thG rrtdas ~t ' about a ,45 de~e ~ngl.Et .from. the h0r1::on. being closer to u1Dn than . : icnus 1n ~snitudQ but ebsolutel7 die tinct .:::vi ob'servable .-In t he exc1 tenent o:f th~ nezt few o~cond~ 1 d1a not raaaon t!-.at th-3 objaot tine .o; ~:~'J: ~ve-, :~csc~v.;:d Spu.tnii::~ I snd n o n .~Q\ta:-:-:1 occ~c.:.. 1ona., both in the ear~. :,orn1np a~ early c~.e:~in33 and t.h.15 ooj.'!et aPl)earec5 to 1:lct ~o be t.'nt aar.o os those l I1a4 !)bSeMed ~ P!"'e\rious Sputnik s1ght1np. .It tJas round, bright ao no1r:,h'borine atc:1:-s, or tho1~ saae eo lor-and intena1 t7 and d1~ not ~!~ the ce3e~1pti.on or a~ other object, ~111& obv1o1J.3l~ (or so lt o~c~() to rJ~) at a great d1D~!lee in the hoavena.. lt d1cl net csi.t ln;,' other color tl.Un tr..e pelct wh:ita. ~ blu~-white ot m:o3t. Gtl:H:-a nor did 1 t havG l.lr:t"i strange ~low, unusual charaeter1St.1ca 'or other v1:11bla f"eatures Certainl.,-there WGre \"'.0 blinking li.g!lts or ar.yi:hing to indi.eate othor t~n a ftmov1ng atar~.