PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCA'ftON 112. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon r: o f "'T~--" - 1 -n-T -0 Prol:,obly Balloon -----f 0 Po ui Ql y Balloon 3. !lATETIME OROI.JP <1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was Aircraft Local 1to..a.:9~5"-r..o:.<------~Ground Visual C Ground Radar Prol:,abl y Aircraft GMT 03/ 015l';:: C Ai,.Visual C Alrlntercept Rodor Possibly Aircraft 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10. 8RIEP SUMMARY OJr SIG..,TING LlVl.rllan I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 11. COMMENTS C Prol:,ably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Oota for EYaluotion clf'..'!'~ ..;h1~1 -. ;l~y.; e: th~ c i r c1c-Uoon iov.:ast L~rJt.ion s n u rc.:e n d.judg< ci i.t-.:.1-= ;~s .. ~i~-:~ ~".t lli:\g ~t.r3it;:,t unreliPhl~: ~: iJtconsi:..;tent. Howe vf!.. down. isrl i J,.;._. ,-. -:-' '3pli:;J:.k I. H; tt the obsurva Liur~ possvs:::>G~ th~ i.I~sti;.!:1tcd rhr .:o:l:..'T-":.'~::sl.>:la1 inrluir~,chara<:te rist ir:s nf a mete.Dr si.(rhting . the c a s e i s evalu-ate? ... 1 as <1 1110 ten r S p u t n i k I did not be i n dec a ~' u n t i 1 3 J a n I ATJC POD 329 (JI&V 21 IEP 52) .... ~MO ROUnNG SUP 11.0 USI' 101 AHIIIWN I .uM'IIWA' \ Cltc7Jtfnl''M'D M ~llli.AI M ,,..,. OAIAIIJATIOII MO UM'AliOII so ba replJ I?IC'IINtY .f.t;~Dn' 1 Ml' cla1 a tc, .baY~ a t;.,D .:~outnik l t~..- +.Jt .w Crl.ana la C"'YeTDa'D ae&sl'cAin, f'-ir lt? ::::er. 1olD8UA on retu.rD Received following message from Capt. Gregory by phone. UUrgent Matter -Regarding Senator Lydon Johnson. Washington querying us regarding a letter from this ce11ter, we o{ course had no knowledge of such. Letter retards a case which the sourc e repeated to the OSI, FBI, and to senator. Major Connair states we must get it out by this afternoon in accordance with DOD directives. Urgent analte r and I have just finis h e d the computation, however. I do not feel we have time to put it in final form in probabilities that it may not be approved by your office. I have it in draft form and I should like to see you as soon as possible regarding it's review and your approval.'' .. '-'EMO . ROUTING SLIP I Mllll Oil FROM NAMI Of' 11TU OfiGANIZATIOfl AltO LOCATION NG'U. US. 'fM M'lttWAU. DIUWtOVAU. C'ONCUA.ENCU oa 3/lti/LAJt ACTION& CIRCU&.ATI COOfUMMATIOft lfWOIIMA110ft fOIII 9 5 Replaon DA AOO Form aes, I Apr nd AFBQ 1 FEI SO Ponn 12. 10 No 47, which may be 111td. ~"': Depart ot Soviet Earth Satellite Sighting ot Special lDveatigatiooa l.t Col Jloore 1. Aa nnlt ol a ot tbe atate4 1D Cc:.DeDt llr 1 eftl oa ot tbe data s1 YP b)' aource tba toUaw tns are aubmi Upcll vbich to a repl7: a. !be Soviet aate1J1te 11 a pol.Ubecl apbere appr01:1matel7 23 izw:ba 1D Aa auch 1 t 1a opinioo ot tb1a Center t 1 t probUl-7 bul-n up 30 -eo mtlel altitllde upon re-entry due to b. I.t 1a that 1 t von14 be eeen u a perfect epbete U 1 t \ tbe Ml'tb iDUct and vi tbout tins. c. tbat tbe eateWte UJ41 re-ent17 it would teDII to elll'th at a '!'be .a ... rce nata 1 t ~ atraipt d. Jnfel'at101l available to ua indicates that the apbere en a anc1 diain a tn daY8 atteJt the illcident re- portecl by source. e. sozrce states that be observed tile object tor 10 to 1; secoll4a and able to deecribe 1 ta shape and colar 1D The a1pt1 11g cbatation appears to be ul14ul y long eveD if tbe aatelli te arr1 ve4 at !! 2. On tbe ouia ot tbe above it appec-a improbable ,.. t.be Soviet tet]i te. tbe obJect 3. Arne hila no Ul'O report vbataoevu f'rom tbat ar tt: viaual, 01t troaa a1J"cZ'att. '!tate howwr, requ1 rea a uro npart. 4. ot aionaJ # 1 t 1a requeatecl tbat action be to contact the eonr~ to probeble area ~ fall; ana ccaduc't an 1meatipt10D of --1D an atteaapt to l)eaecJ 1n accc."dance with paragrapb 4b Oul' 011 tbis tter were vi tb tbe AatztopbJaical ,tozoy. ~ CODC\it'l'ed. 5. !'urtb8l-to above a q.ry baa de l'ecently to tbia Center clata am tireballa aDd metear1 tea obllen'ed in tht area from Dr. nationlly kllava tOI' teOI'ic am fireball vork. A ot tbeM bod1ea have bee 1D that Sl'ea. FOR OFF~C~.~ L ~.!~E 0NtY COOJU)IlfATIOW aubJ: Bpt Dr SOviet Barth vll1 be hel4 en pea4iDa reau.lta of 1Dveat1pt1on ..... Air ~one Bue Jbi"tllo.nb,._. t--+------11. lB .ccordce vltll AFCIN-~XS 1nt;e:z,1ew a llr. tor 1:be JNI'JlOM ~ C7 AICD Rpt 4t4 28 reb 58 c, OBI-6D Ltr dtcl 1~ reb 58 C, Ltr Sea f'IL.E Q.ASS: _ OFFICIAl FILE COPY ve Data for ac\1oD be to A~. Dal.laa, tbe c ana 1D retlectiDS &C'tlcm ue 1D this tter. v:.tl/\:"E W. E~WOOD f.:.;.:$tan ~ ~::;;,inislr:ilva Officer : OTHC:-~s Cy LV to CO AFI, Ill ROUT1NO Al'fD COORDINATION IHIIBT PIL.! CLASSa--- OFFICIAL FILE COPY -OPIIICE Oil RECORD a..u-at llaM4CD ~ Clll uro Jncide' .. hlla Sn-f4 or a 19,SJ ID4 att.pt be ..-to tJ:e t7 of ita or t!le .,..._ ta l.ooa'te4 Ia lall.u 'lexaa, tllia C.tar tbG the of the DHNSt Air CODtact aa4 ft:JJ-tbe of tbe ~. It. vu 1UrtMr J"e9Ste4 to 7fNZ attatioo, 1D order 'tba lie InS U.ate4. ( CopJ of l.nte to .-de b7 Wa c.ter. ~ownr, 1zrteNat, tbla be C7 C81-6D Ltr 4i4 lit reb 58 C7 liD ,. 95 lid. t C7 LV a. 6 reb 58 actiODI AN C, JAr to co, XII, ROU fiNO AHD COORDINA'nO" IH&&T HEAP.QJA P.lERS United State Air Force ca,..swell Air Porce '9a98 'l'exae Report ot Interview TO: C0111mc1 nuer Keesler Air Force Baae, Mississippi 1. Thia is in reported by Hr. On ~hat date, th was District OSI at Carswell AFB, to a si~ ting ot an midentified obj ec~ ot Dallas, Texas, on 6 Janu-!lry 1958. de to a spe cin.l. a ?;ent of the 23 rd 2. As !orwarded by the OSI, this report stated that Mr and two nephews were enrout.e New Orleans, Louisiana, to e~ burg, t~:iasissi~'?i, on u.s. Highway 11, about 1950 hours, 2 J&nualT 1958, th~ SJ:Otted a ~lowing object falling t.<:wards the earth at aPl'roxi matel7 lOCO feet, one to one and one-halt m les ahead of them. The port went !:n to describe the location of the ~.t~hti~ and other j:)ertinent ciata, and ...a a fol"'IIQrded oy the ~rd District OSI to the Director ot Speci:1l Imes+ui~ations, ~aLshington, D.c. ) M!-hen wrote to 3ena. tor L:Jl'Xion B. Johnson st.atinl that ~>~hat he .:.s ''definltel;r Sputidk"I"; oti\;\t-he."wks "posltive the obj eet was t he satellite, and nsking ~-ienator Johnson s .'li.d in 3"I!hing a.n inve:sti~ation. Due to ngressl.o~l inter est, thi!t haee waa re- qu-:~etcd t~ .:aH: tact 1!r t ho purpose ot det.ernrining t.he ob- ject~ eA.-ac t :,~int of l.r.tp;-iet \tfith the e;uthts sUI.!'aee. Tm:losur~ :ro. 1 ie :~ r t~ requt!dtad i,ltervie: Y<'ith ~ n d his one~hew, ?.'1i~ r~;::ort i s .,, n3idared necessary bv t fli 3 intervi ew with in ,,;.r-w or the facts UD- 5. Upon .rlthctrAwal ot Inclosura, t..his eot"r~spond3nf)e MJ' "" dOWJL grad.t to t:n::las.:rl. fled in acuord<?.ncl!! with .?3r-~;raph 3 7-h, ArR 205-1. C1asslfi ~atlon C::u~celled ., P.epol"t of J nter'Vi "'Copy furnish~d: .\ 'f IC, 'PI- P A~, Ohio The purpose of this report is to describe the re~1lt3 lind impressions obtained by the unclersip,ned during an interview on 26 March 195A with Mr. of' Dallas, 1'uas, 111Xl his neP,ew, Mr a.lso ot ..... a. The interview vae cond\lcted to determine the of' an unident.ifted ~ing object reported by these t_, g n on 6 Januaz7 1958. Much dif.ficult7 vaa encountered in making init.ial contact with the two source aa nether of the waa listed in Dallas directories. It should also be stated at the outaet that, Mr. recent~ suffered a nervou break- dawn and nay not haTe been at me ef'tic1ency during th ervlew. ~ %-b-appeared perfectly sound in eTery respect. The ~erwsral impression obtained !lvm the interview ~>Vls that the re liability of the initial sighting mould bt .1\econsidered in the light ot the facts that will be stated in this report. { U J At the time o! the initial report, hoth men stated that they had naeeD Sputnik I faJ1. They Tery sure ol this. Ha.tever~ when asked at this intcrl what they ha d seen thq replied that they could not be sure, nit may ha been an drplane ll~ht a !&lli.ni star or a re.tlection ot oome kind." Though they reported initia~ the the object had fallen "straight down" 1uring iihia ir.terview they seemed to agt'ee that it fell acro~s their line of vision at an ancle 11f aiJ;"!f'.J.x:i.matel7 6o to 75 degrees with t h e earth' a surtace. J\ s to the s.ize of ~:,e object~ ~llhich waa initiall:r repen-ted a s being "24 inches in 1iame!~,er , the:-; stated that 1 t was impossible to "!ti~1te t .he size ~.rith any ace11.ra~y, s.lyi:-~ t:-:.:.tt it could h.,_ve been "a.s big a 3 1\ television set, "r as hig ~s a hou91t.:. ~-'ir. iesc:ribed the object as beil".g perfectly round ~nd :Slo,.dn~ ~!! :ll: .:i es, Mr. stated that it cl.ppef\red to be mre irreg'.1lar in 3hape and that it was only on the underside. Both ag:t'eed that the ob ject W!ls 30undl.ess and that the glow appeared to ha"nt sto!Jped when the object pa3sed !rom their line of vision behind. some t~eea, and apparentq struck the ea..~h. ( U) It. seemed t: .... .l.t the reason both men were initiall.7 so sure that what th.,- had seen was SputnL'c I was the tact thBt they had been hearing on the radio news all day that the Soviet satellite was expected to fall a t any time. It was aleo noted th=~t they had ~one through a great change in attitude on this matter . Originally they had delEl;!ed reporting the ob.1ect for four days and then had waited 31X more 1ays to request Congressional assistance. But in this interview the:.r repeated 'Jever~l times that a s ar as they were concerned the matter Wls .a thing or the p~st, that they were not ~icularly concerned about j_t, either way, and that t hey were not partic:ul:lrly-irrt.erested in the dispodtion of their report. (U) in a private 1Dterview with Mr -tt \-tas learned that MI-. been unemplored tor quite t ~u lJuri~ this period he had been doing a .1ood deal of readi~ about the earth satellites and apparent~ bscll.me quite obse:3aed with the idea in r~1. Arter r&- porting thltt he had seen Sputnik I .tall, Mr. came convinced that his telephone was belns tapped and did for several wek:a tor fear ot releasing ao important intormation. With the above intexview in mind, snd ,rlth the impression I r$- ceived o! the tvo !'n!f!r.., it ie m:r opinion that thie UFOB report should be viewed with :DOre ske-;ticl:sm. (U) T~:s report is clas~if!.ed Confidential bocnuse it indicates ilaprsssiona obtained 'br the inte:iewing officer. (tJ) GmRY F OOS. rl:J 1/Lt, USAJ' SQH029 SQG034 VYB040KSA036 DE RJESKS 12 FM COMDR KEISLER AFB TO C011DR WRIGHT PATTERSOf~ UNCLASSIFIED FROM REFERENCE CLASSIFIED LETTER 7DOI, HEADQUARTERS, NINETEENTH AIR DIVISION, CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS, 2 APRIL 1958, SUBJECT& REPORT OF INTERVIEW. IN VIEW OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REFERENCED LETTER, REQUEST THIS BASE BE ADVISED IF FURTHER INVERSTIGATION IS DESIRED 07/1918Z APR RJESKS SQHI18M SQB134 VYDI69KSAI38 f'P RJEDSQ DE RJESKS 33 FM COM DR KEESLER ArB TO COMDR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB UNCLASSIFIED FROM OB '3SD. REFERENCE YOUR RJEDSQ 56$ P I81535Z. 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