PROJECT 1C073 RECORD C.ARD , 2. LOCATION j12. CONCLUSIONS J o .. HETIM: GROUP ~ TYPE OF OBSERY~TION Has Balloon ;P.ro.bobly Balloon Pb s"si :,1 y Balloon D Goound V i suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wo~ Ao rcrafr 0 Probably Ai rcrcrlt GMT-" 0 2:.3 ~ -'22 'l)2li)Z 0 Ait-Visuol 0 Air-lnterceot Radar Possibly Aircraft S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomi col P robobl y A stronomt .:ol Possobly Astronomical 7. LENCTH OF CBSI:~VATION 10. BRIE? SU.o.IARY OF SIGHTING 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 In suffic i .->f Oato for Ev.,luotton 11. COMMENTS untll o'1s rv >rc; ._., v a i'lv--lJ:r. . SECURITY CLASSIFICATION Unclassified S?.-lC Bl!.!O:r ,<ESE.~l'IJD F!).'{ CO \f,\IU.'IICAT/0'< CENTER .. """\ ..LJ.. BOOK MUl.TI SINGL..E COMDR, ATIC ' . ORIG, OR REFERS T O CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE Tl' Msg OIN- 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS :-o :. COMDR, Jl:tt Air Division, Snelling AFS, Hinn. If JE .0 /VG # C~:, 1006t l{ AISS, Ent AFB; Colo. 1Re ,para .II your UFO report Tl' N:Sg O.IN- 6 , 28 Feb 58, ~ incideat ~ of'Iake Pepin, night . of 2 3 Feb 58, stating your Hqshas requested AISS,. :>et #7.~ .l006th AISS Sq.to investigate incident. N.sg just received from: Hqs lcObth .Arss, in response to AFCIN query as to status o;; dispositnn"'.of .. detai~ed report and drawings, indicates .31st. AD ma~e no request to AISs. In order .t o cooply wi.th para 1 , .AFR 200-2, ~teJ.Jigenc~ Dir_ective to -USAF Co~ers re liFO' s , . re~est your.organization obtain detailed report and data and rorwaro to ATIC in complianee _with p~a 4a & 4b, AFR 200- 2 "---~- that 31st AD request' assistance of local AISS in accorda,ce with provisions of para 6c of this. Beg~ AlsoJ what attempts made to revover alleged~object f rom lake. Page 1 of '2 pages REPLACES DO FORM 173. I OCT 49. WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED ---j 1 .. -SECURITY CLASSIFICATION Unc ~sr- ~ L ]~I NT tV\ESSAGcFORM-coNTINUATlON SHEET i c. 0 l .-\TIC cannot peri'onn anaJyses a.ad identification of sighti:Jg on basis of ljmited info given in origina) liFO report. T-wo :nonths elapse of this case apparently without a fUrther investigation or action would violate UF.AF policy rega...'"'ding "rapid identification of al 1 ti"FO' s reported. COORDINATION: ---D.ATE k ?Uy AFCIN-4E H./('-hi DATE SEQ.;RJTY CUSSIFICATICN u nc:aS-): \ I C' I N ITIALS . i.:CDI- a Jlst ADi-r ~Jei), 25 .. a.y ;)d, Suoj: Com:Jl~ted. i!~ AI?.. JZZ:.dS3 CO>i}L!..l'ffi, mt .dj-r Force 3ase, Colcrado Sp gs, Colo:-s.do TC': Cor.rmander, Air Tac!mical I:1telligence Center> :irif;ht- ?at terson ... \ir Force Base, Ohio Ccmple-ced Action o n TJ:;'() ~c::>ort Conrme.nder C~ntral Ai= Defenoe Force Richards- Gebaur .Air Bc.s e randvie..;, ~-lissouri Air Te nical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson ~ Force Base Dayton, Ohio l . ~eference cess.:!g e this cee.dquartcrs or:r 6, 28 7 e b r.Ja_ry i:1 reeard to com_:.;lzted action 0::1 D?O sighti :l;.:; of '23 Feb ::-a :-y 7 a e _epl D ; . CODSlD. ':'he um re~ort :.::1 a-.;estio:l .. -as s u'bmi ~.o:ed :mde r ".):"0- vi::>ions of A.t"'"'R 200-?, 1 2 August 1954: and D -:,ac.>unent 7, ::. CC6tn AISS Sg_u.ad-:--on ioiaS con"tacted ~ed:.a";ely. Af t =r nessP.ge 0:r:r 6 r,.;as submitted, howe.,.-er ; this heo.dq_ ;arters :.;ps ii'.::aT.lecl. by ~he AISS that any physiceJ. i:lresti~ation .rould 'hav~ .o:o be d~ected b y headq.te.rters, 1006th P..ISS. 3eadg_;e.rte r:.; C.D? .-as i:ll':>r::1ed of' this, ,.(hiJ.e this organization at its own eXI'e:c.s e e.n:l -... -::-c'h its ovn tr~c.soorte.tion went to La:o{e Penin and. i.:!vestigated. P..~ 1 leads on the S"Oot. .4.lso all ot~er collater-...1 c:;,1n.rces .;e:-e checked. Det.e.ils ere contained :!...::1 t i!e Iov:estigetion of' i.J"F03 Re?ort", 3 . After we had e.,e] yzed al 1 :-c:ports o,t:-c::>"lcll s i o"'!::; -;-:c:re: J'lly i n d:.:ridnal -.. ~c :::: )eject O!l !..e....:e Peyi "l. :J. ~'!e -;a~e ~c.rden ~""ci. cc;:nn~rcial f'is h e.r=:.ie!l 3.:~ -..a..<e .?'3"0ic. c oni i ::ot ::'i::~ 2.::x:J ob~ec~ C'l :.::e le..l(e ice J r a hcl e ..,e.:le JY aa oo ec~. .;cos co: "'!'eO :-o bP."ol:,r t T.'QR TF3 COl''fiv!A i\fD ~R : l . Rep. of Invest. (3 originals) 2 . Dranng (3 originals ) ( 3 Original s) .aq:}1:1 Orf1ce: lbO~fg-Q.O H-aadqnartars, Cantral !ir Defense Force, Richards-Gebaur A.ir Force Ba:se, 'Mi.3souri 'ro: Commander, Air Defense Comma.."ld, A.'ITN: Intelligence, Ent Air Foree Base, Colorado SprL~s, Colorado 1. The 31st .iir Division comolied rith the provisions of Pa..~ph h.a. and 4b, .l,.VR 200-2 by ;ubmitting a cornpleta initial report a..f'ter ma!dng ever<J effort, within their ca~bilities, to I'9solve t.'le sighting. No additional effort "Was di~cted in compli- ance 'rl th Paragra}Jh 6a, li'R 200-2. 2. The responsibility for contacting the l006th AISS is specifically delegated to J.TIC by paragraph 6c, ~7ft 200-2 ?OR 'l'SE COM?-C..A:I!JER: RE.?O~T OF P?..EL:Cii:.'IARY l)IVSTIGA.TION OF UFOB R.EPOiG.' :rhis i nv e s tiga t i on ',.;as conJuc ted ln accordance with .\F~ 200- 2 and The follCI'*'ing pt!rson..."lel pa rticipated a s investi g ators: Lt. Col. R. Schumacher Capt. ~valter c . Neumann T/Sg t Jack Manley On the.27th of Feoraary~ OIN, 31s t Air Division (Defense), r.e c eived a report from tbe Division Controller turne d i n f rom a ~linneapolis, Minnesota. This report T.Jas 5 days o l d . Nev er-the-less, after obtaining information contained in atta chmen t 1il (UFOB Report), a call was placed to CADF. Lt. Col. Kelly, CADF Int elligence t called back and requested a followup investig a tion. T~e f ollowing names reporte d a s having information bearjng on t hi s report r.Jer e checked o ut : Telepi!Qltle_. , Minn. (Ey e witness to impa c t ) Age -65 Salesman Student U oi ~nn. Bear, Minn. Housewife M:inn. aous e,.Aife Furthe r c~ecking and i:westigation c a lled f o r a c heck ot t:::te poin t o pact at Lake Pe pin, Wisconsin, and any possibl~ Ni t ne sses liv i ng i n that area. Report of t~i.3 trip , a i.ong ..ri t h furt!ler i:::tv es::I.gation of t h e .;1buv e -named ?cople follows: ~e?arced St ?aul a c 0730~ l ~arch 58. A=riveci a c ~ed Ti~J Mi esot~ J~u :al~ed t o t~e De s~ Sgt . He staced t~ac ~o reporcs ~i ~oj~cts had o..C !':-clim I:we.s::i g a t i o n of UFO'S Rept b~en :nade i n L"ag.a.:-d to a n .Jbject b~i::1g seen o n 2: Fe~ruacy at ~JOO hour3. t'1e nexc :>cop was ::'.F()n~-:pac, ' 'ipn e$pt 1. Ther e .Ja~ only .;o.e ca.:e l oc.:lt:=u in that to-..m. The o~.roer s t a ted t~"lat to :1is ~<no-wl.~dg~ no cue baJ meo.tion~d se~ing ~n o j bect duri ng t he evening of 22 February 1958 . I~e next stop was made at the Police Station ac Lake 'ci~Ya ~innes Iime was 0 945. The Police Chief stated that he had heard nothing un~il.the morning of 1 March 1958 when a called him from long distance and informed him to collect any iafo~t!on available <7s there t<7oulg be people from the Air F orce checki.ng on the r .epor t. He chen (che Police Chief), kalled the sheriff of Wabasha, Mjnnesota, and ~ade i aquiries_as to any reports being received there. Answer was n egativ e .. The e_Cit police Chief then calle~ the Game Warden for Lake Peoin and made the same inquiries. Game Warden' s answer was negative~ Lt:. Col. Schumacher and myself then proceeded to ~...aiden Rock , ~-lis cousin.~,. wh2r e we made inquiries of the cafe owner Io ~oth ad callg~ and made the incident kaown to these individual s . is was the only re?ort they had of the incident. Our next stop was S~ockholm, Wisconsin where we made inquiries at She stated in there had o br s and afte r aooroxi~a~aly n e hoQI had departed for home. She f~rther state d that Mr tianeQ that he was f~eli~g ill_and would not be abl e to stop and see ..,..::r husoand a t Maide:1 ~ock, Ai scon s Ln. tha:: she hac. aoor o xtimat e l v 20 ears. r :.:ne ,.ra.S new 1300. ~{~r L<l3t St.:tt:zmeo C R~?t of P:'el.!.m Investi;;a.::ion of llFOB r:.ept (Ccnt'd) tal_<!. me h~ h~d seen an oi:>ject fall i:l.::o the JakeJ " 'le b e lit:!v eo cbac s~10uld know i n order t o wara people ~o~ho might be dirvi.:1g on th~ l.:~.ke It "'7as botheri:.1g him and h e ,.ias '2D01ble to get to sl2t:!p_, Outside o i this scate~emt she kn ew o f :.10 other information and had heard nothing further of any eye wi ess accounts. She made a trip along tne highway the nex t day, but saw nothing. We next proceeded back to Maiden Rock and bad lunch. Upon questioning several of the local residents at this point, we ag~an received ~gative answers. After l unch, at 1430 we oroceeded to Red 'd ini and s ..top$)ed_at tne cion we questioned the ue~s broacicascer. He had heard nothing and had made no releases on this subject. Departure was made from this area. Upon arri val back at S t Paul~ Capt Neumann bad a ~all frcm che 31s t ADiv Concroller~ who state d that a patroman~ Harry C. Roberts, telephone 2341~ F~ontenac~ Minnesota aad a lise of ~itnesses who had seen this object. A call was placed to Mr. Roberts. His report " I checked all oersons L"l this area and found no one who had actual :clew eage. I Jas in touch with the ~me ~.;arden at Minnesota , a:1d he stated that he had been aver the lake in the :1a~den ,{oc..:~ and Scock~olm~ Wisconsin, area the 25th or F~oruary and bad found 40 holes of u:1ex::>lained or igin. " call c ame c:hrough on l 'iarcb 19 58 1:: 17 55 bour s . or-_s fall~--T,m~ 1' of P lim I~v~s~i~ation of u70B Repc (Cont.:'d) . e 23, student ac th~ .1ive: s i.t:./ of U"lne::;o .... a,. :.elep'none Jt Paul> :-1innes0t a : "I was standing on tne corner of 15th Av e .:iE and 4th St. .;.hen I falli~ straight down on 15 d~o peared t o b e wha t looked like pieces fallj;Jg Q~ bra..l<ing o f. It ~eemed t o fall in the opposi t e d irection from Lake P<>i pin. ~-t;o t he of Mols. (Last senten c e answer to question about direction). The t jme was a pproximate l y lOCO hgnrs -not knOYU for sure. housewofe,. Fhite Bear Lake~ ~linnesota, telephone ~hen her at~ention was attracted by a yide path of 9olden c olor i n the NW sky. It a ppec.-e d l i k e a big ball exploding witb. a l ong ride s t reak, It a?peared to g:-ow larger and looised lE<e it mi~ht: s t-;-; <f' <;lose b y . She c alle d he r hu sband and children. Objecc was i n sigh~ abou t I co 9 seconds and appeared t o be f~lling stra ight dgwn. eoorted it to KSTP radio Mrs . housewii e , telephone She was traveli~g west on Broa~Jay. a cross st et from {~ssel, ~d looking up a t a stor e s i gn. At that t ime s~e sa~ a round f~rn shooc uver and dawn& leaving a strea~. Color of objecc was or3nge . SLze was 90 deg es for about 3 to 4 sec~u3. Object disappear~d )~hind houses. CCMDR ~1ST ADIV DEF .C RJ~DDN/COMDR ADC SQ/COMDR ATECHI NTELLCEN - PHQ/DIR INTELL HQUSAF :.F O RJEDKF/COMDR CADF " UFOB" :<J