PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CVNCLiJSIONS a Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon PouiOiy Balloon DA11ETIM! GROUP Woodrid!~e, Engl3.nd 4 TYPI! Ofl OBSERVATION tl Ground-Vlauol 0 GroundRodar 0 Air lnteJcept RadCit' Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Poaslbly Aircraft U"< Was Astronomical Venus 0 Probably Aat10no"'ical 1. LINOTH Ofl OBSERVATION Mi l itar y I. HUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE C Pouibly Aat10no"'lcal 0 . Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 10. IRIIP SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 1 t. COMMENTS size 0f ,..';rapcf~Ji:.. T reme n d o u s s i :ze f o r a s t 3 r S t a r t ~ d m o v i '1 g , t u r ned up p n end w. wha t lookt:?a like J t a i l-lik e pro tru~ions. At that point it seemed a bo.Jt 3 t imes l '!'"g-er . Oh.i mov 9 d slowl~ llp ~nd d own , ~her1 to ri~ht & hack to left, thar1 d0wn to orig po siti<>n . All t h e ti~e the o ilj g r e w d immer, Lin- til it t t1rned t o an orar1ge glow & 8isappea r ed. A'I'IC JPOU l2t (a&V 2 IU 52) I t wa s th~ opinion of t h e AACS T o wer o p e rators &. w~athar perst>n nel o n duty at tha time o f the si~hting, tha t the obj c o uld have been the planet Ve nus . ATIC c oncuts. CLASS" I CAT I 0.. lt"atT NO, AIR INTELUGNCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTIIY at AIIU lt"atT CONCIIUd ACTIVITY IU8NITTINO Rt:,CitT SRI STATUS (II pplicable 79th Fighter Bomber Squadron Sll I MO. William F. Manning, Captain, USAF CANCILIOIINCOM'Lt:TI NA .. Cit DUCIII"ION 01 IOUitet: IVAI..UATION SUhNAAY (Oba I"PF1t'' wlllclt IIJIItlilllt tlta adient lactora o/ narrative report, Jt narratJve taat on unJaaa ,,_.,,can be lullp atatad on A1 rora ll2 LJat lncJouree, JncJydJnl nuber of co~JJ On the evening of 2 January 1958 a large, dull reddish orange objeot about the size of a grapefruit vas observed at a 20 to .30 degree elevation. It moved Southwest growing larger and brighter, then disappeared. HARLAN B. FERRILt Colonel USAF DCS/Intelligencs B(l Third Air Force APO 125, New York, New York WARIIIICG: Tit;. docu-nt contaJne jn/ttr~Mfion allctJnl tl. ntic"' df.,tu of tile U"IUd !tat wHitln tlto "'"1"1 of tlta Eepio~ L Tltl 11, u . .t .C. , Soctlon 79J end 7f4. 11 tr~n~IJon ot tht tveletJon o/ Jte content I" on~ ftennar to an unutltorJed paron Ia proltj~ifed b, I 112 al'LAUS U fORM ttl. I OCT U. 'tiiHIC., ,.,.v 8 [ USlD 1\ir Fora-U!!AI-E. 'l'.bn, C.- AF FORM 112-PART II (Q ASSIF1CATIOH) APPROVED JUNE 1M AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT MO. 79th Fighter Bomber Squadron The following information is submitted 12 August 1954, Subject: UFOB. (1)(a) Oval shaped. (b) Grapefruit. (c) Dull reddish orange.r (d) One of three overlapping. (e) Refer to (d) above. (f) Refer to 2(d). (g) Negative. in oomplio.nce "'ith AFR 200-2, (h) Negative. (i) Refer to 2(d). Started moving at 18102, turned up on end with what looked like three ' tail-like protrusi~ns. At that point it seemed about three times lar- ger than original observation. The object did not speed up but moved slowly-up and down, then to the ~igh:~-~l)jl_'Q~cU.Q the ~eft, then down- wards to the original position. All 'the time the object grew dimmer, until it turned to an orange glow, then disappeared. Refer ~o 2(d). ( iiegativg. liegati7e. (S)~ Station ~oodbridge. USAF, Det. 5, 60Jrd Communications Squadron A/2C USAF, Det 5, 60)rd Communications Squadron. , A/1C USAF, Det 5, 603rd Co~cations Squadron. (7) (a) No low clo,lds. Ver-r few middle clouds. High thin Cirus at 25,000 rt (b) East/tiorth-eaat vinds, 15 to 20 knots from surface to 15 West/North-vest winds, 50 to 60 knots at 15,000 to 40 (c) Unlimited except for a few clouds at 24,001 fe9t. d) Unmown. e) Unknown. f) Negative. (8) Negative. (9) aegative. The following type aircraft were in the area after 021700it Five F-86, One F -84-F and one L-20 aircraft. There definitely was an unusually bright object sighted at the time indi- ~:~3g!n t}ta~8lh;htiggigtobgrsi~t tR~!ri~P~bUiargn g~t%~ Planet 1f us IOTL TH1.1 XO:UMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECIING THE tiATIONAL. DEFEHSEOFn4E UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE tsf'IONAGE N:r. SOU. S.C.- ll ~o: j "2, AS A\4F.N:JED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR TltE REVWT10H OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO API UNAUTHORIZED PERSON lS PROHIBITED BY LAYI. IT Ml' r fiOT !1 AL:~ROr:UCD IN WHOl OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNIT0 ST~TES AIR FORC AGENCIES, EXCEI'T BY PERMis..c;ION OF THE DIRECTOR OF I HTtlli..CP'":L USAF. , (CU.S!.l f iCATICM) AF FORM 112-PART II (CLASSifiCATION) APPROVED I JUNE 1141 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ,ROM (Afflict) REPORT NO. 79t.h F!ght~r f;~:nbor Squo.dron Captain, USAF Intelligence Oftiaer NOTE: THIS DOCUMENrCONTAINS INFORMATION AfFEX:TINGTHE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGEACT,sO U. S. C.- 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. 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