11. OAT 2 '2. LCCJ, rfON ',,1,2. CO~lCLUSlCNS w Wo.J-. Bnlloon Lor:r.l _ C c~ourod Vi :;uol C CroundR~dor I g Ct.\ i n; 1 ;. D llir-Vi:~rJol o Airlr:terc:ept R"dor 6.~SOU~CE 1 7 L~'lCTH C F 09SERV...I.TION 9. NU\13ER OF 06JECTS 9. COURSE 5. r>Hv TCS Wo,. Aircrcfr ? ro oobl y Atrc:rof I ? o s :;i bl 'I Aorcrof r Wcs Astronomr ~ol Probably Ast ronomrc:.,l Po ssi bl y Astronomlc:ol 1;; .. !l~IEF SUMMARY OF SIG;iTING 0 lnsuifrc:renl Octo for Evolunron CO.WI EN T S CLASS If' ICA T I CN /~IR INTELUG.ENCE INFQR,'v\AT10N REPORT I C': ..... tl.. fl i>f'A ~EPOIT CCI<E>hS CANC~l.EDII~OMPLET! EVA L\JA r I ON <sen 1 r 1 ON or sot..RCE SU8.ECT -'w:oerr:>t"" ti tle . U~e 1 ,., r-?0 (Jnidentified Flying Cbj~cts) SU,.....a.R"' (Otve ~ u-ry /tiel! lti.ltlllltts the ,.lant letor, of n10rrt lve report. Be.tn n.rr~tttve tex t on unl r r>Ort en ~ fuJJy .. t.tl!d on AF For"ff 11:2. List inel011ure, includani nu.,b<tr of eopie_.) rlt auproxima tel7 2015 ~S'!' (Oll5Z) o n 27 Marc!l a ~1:: ~ee:~;-a very bris:'-:t , fairl7 la!'ge object at a l ov altitude 2CCO ) and in a s~eeo cescent. (estimated 1000- ~i3 observation took nlace lt miles north of the dovnto'J!l area of Route 8:-. H . .J. iQlOT.L Lt Col, USA? Chie~, Int.elligenca Di~ision -n t a on" I d fenJie of th" Un,:e d St .c"'" .rhrn r.'r., -.. nan of th# ;'h" aocu-nt cont<!rn .. tnfor,..t ron " f eet n -~ '" '.lno<u: hor :Jed .:>"' r eon i .,roh tb i t "d bT I II PLACES "F FORW 112. I .::CT 52 WH ICH IMY 8 USED CLASS IF IC"T ICfl r FORM 112-PART II (ct.ASSIFICA"n0'-11;:;-)--- AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~celJ:?~rce Division : REPORT ~0. PAG<: PAGe> No definitP. ~escrintion ~s to Gh3~e. (2) Size of a nickel held in hand at arms 1en7th. (3) Object .1a s very brifht , but o't-serve r co111d not recal) any scecii'ic color . ~ cJ..-..c.. Easj caJly there was only on~ object, no .. ever, seemed to l::e a object trailinr: or trail . (1 ) The observe r was of its cl u3e rraxLmity a passeng~r 1 ca r ana a nd bri?htness~ noted t he object (2) The object was in a steeD d cent~d .,rocaeding in a .resterly direction at an altitude esti.":lated at 1000- 2000 ft. --.c_ ..... -a (J) The o~ject disa~neared below the hc rizon wi~hout any noticeak1e chan~e in di~ection o r descent -observer maintains anp~e of cescent was such that objec t would ~ave had to have lar.ded or crashed . (4) Obj e c t ' s fli ght uath was a s indicated abo-e , #2 and #J, and no unusual maneuvers we!"e noted. (5) Object oisapueared belo .. r the o~er-vers horizon. ( t ) A f ew sec onds.<= ~ Gr ound v i sual . No optical ~ 'TES "1111111'< Tt E. MEANI~G OF THE ES?IOXAG::: A;;i. SJ U S.C.- ... ~I"">':> r ""', r c::.NT.-INS INFQqMATION AFFtC71N<. Ti-'E 'I..ITION..IL DE';NSE Or Til; UNITED ~:ltiEF TO A. ,JNAUTHO?.IZED P"l~ON 13 ?nCHIS!7:00 !'>Y L!;_Y. "-"'~ :::" ""UOE::> ITS TRANSM ISSICN OR ThE 1\S\/EUTION OF IT;, CONTENT" I N !'NY 'FO' RCE AGEI'IC 'ES EXCE?T BY PER~.iJSSION OF ThE DI RECTO" ..,r O:.AY "' t .. i:i'PODUaD Ill o'/HOL.E: OR IN PAP.T, SY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR ' (CI.JI S$1 FIC.\TION) 1F FORM 112-PART II .-pqovm I JUNE I!Ma r\J>I (.o4mc7) ccussmc.mo,l) AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~telli_ence Division f ., . .:Oth Eo:n~ ~ling (v)(SAC) j Rf.I'OR T 1\0. e . Observer's e~3ct loc~tion is not a vailsbln, t ')Ok -.:ace about 1+ miles t'o::-t :, of ~he d o\./ntown a::-e!.l :;9~ Y~rk o n Route 8f. Saranac lake, X. ! . Occ pation -r.01 J ection a:!ac- ~r ot''Saranac !.a State Bank of Ubany (Pl-.tts b,Jrgb Eranc:,). 'Was good. rve r reoorted tPat i t ~as a very clear nignt vis:hbilit:r Weathe r and ~inds At 2000 F.ST (01002) on 27 ~1arc~ >,~assena, N. Y. reoorted clear skies, visibility 15 miles; s urface winds tiort:n at 9 rnoh. Plattsbur2h AFB reoortad hi~h thi n scatered, visitility 15 miles ~ind from the North at 11 rnuh. cei lL"'lg. (4.) No thunderston1s o r U!''.lSual weat~er phenome:1a reported. A c heck r..ras made with Ethan AlJen AFP, ~linooslri, Vt and 1-"' ft~cans, Vt-neit h e r repor t ed any record of t~o Jbjcct n si ~a a-: St i . location of air~raft i11 t~e a~ea -obtain~'>d ~ ...... , ... 'll,,~t.- (1) Draoer 22 -YC-C7 E s t j l:la ted ';'),IS CIX:U\!~r CCNTAitiS lt1FOR\1ATION AFFi:.CTING TH NATIONAL CEFr.NSE ~I HE UNITED~ NNEI'l TO AN IJN.\UTHOR ;:,=') PU \SON IS P~OHISIT!':_?~:: l .V.: : .\:~o :2 AS.! \IE'< CD ITS TRANS !.I ISS.ON OR THE n::\ ELATION OF ITS CON WT"S_ IN ANY ' ~ACE AGENCI::S EXCEPT aY P!:.R\liSSION Or ThE Dl"t.'- OR Cr - '.U" ''' ' E ~->E=ROOUCED IN IIHOL.E OR IN PART. ?.Y OTHER THAN UNITED ST"TES AIR F ----:(-:;Cl.A-:SSI FICATION) \ F FORM 112-PART II AH'ROV0 I J UNE 1944 (CI...-SSIFlC~TlOH) AIR JNTELLlGENCE INFORMATION REPO RT l~ntelli~ence Divis i on i 1th Po~b Winv (~)(SAC) : !IEPORT 1<0. , (3) Trans Canada To r :mto to Mo!:t.reel -o,cr }1assena, ~. Y. at 2J 0~ ("::::sT) ~3dius ex~luding Canada. On top I-3le'..Tild to "font real over :?J attsbt1r;-h at ?QJ5 (E-3':') at 1~,000 feet, descending to ? ,000 ~eet. (~) Ti p Of~ 37 -F-52 over S orinPfield, ss at 2n28 estimatin? Plattsburgh 2050 (:SST), next check ooi?1t, ;1ontreal. ( ~ST) and (7) Ajax 50 -E- 47 o v e r Utica at 1950 and 20 miles nort h of Burlington, Vt at 2041 ( EST) and ove r '~essena a t 2154 (EST). 0,.., too. (8) Namesake 26 - Plattsburgh at 2019 (EST). over Syracuse 1957 , estL~ating to 2130 {ES~). On ton. 150 mile rani,ls of Al banv fr:Jm 7 re~orted or~r Plattsbu!"::h at 2000 (FST) . On VFR Albany ?t EOOO ft. 513- 1 -Eravo G-4f ~enarted ?Jqtts 2~ 2031 (SS~) Additinna1 Factors -:-gsidents o f In a-ld ition to '-..tr sig~t~ne-s, the Sta-:e ?o!:ce from re~orted that be~Jeen 1930 an~ 1045 hrs (FST) s0~e o~ the Halone heard an explosion which r a t tled -.. nr3mls <>+,c. in the Reneral area a lso mentioned when j nterviewed the.t r)1.hr!r between Saran a c lake and ?-ialon e , ~1. Y . b.:ld s~-.'1 (3) In ar.~ition accordinv to ~ ~ IITEO STATES WITHIN THE MEANUIG OF THE ESPIOtt.:.GE n:r.:_SJ U S.C.- ,. "'l:o: CCCI '\lf''l r COHT A INS l'lFORMATION AFFECTING HIE NATIONAL OEfENSo:. o~ THE U~ MANNER Tv At UNAUTtlORilED PRSON IS FROHI"I' ED f!Y ";!''.:. "'~0 '2 \ A'llt.m~EC ITS TRANSMISSION OR rrlE R~EL"2'.u::N OF ITS CONTENTS 1~1 ANY FORCE \GE~lC!ES, EXCEPT BY PE:1'-'iSSION OF i'nE OI~ECO" C'o "~Y ,r, ~r ~".P<!OOUC~ IN WHOLE OR IN PART. Sf 01Ht.R THAN UNITED STATES AIR (CUSS I FIC.\TION) .\r FORM 112-?ART II ."?ROVUl I JUNE 1943 (CL\SSIFlC\ T1011) AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT 110. !n~e~li2Qnce Div ision j 380th Eo~b t,Jin g (M)(SAC) PAGE 5 c F 5 PAGES S~t Handy of the Stata ?alice, Kecsvil]e Barradrs, and a )~ana~er of t'le F.arrist3to;m, N. Y . Ai:-por t talked with nume!"::>ll S peool.::l in the a!'ea o f the sighti.ncr and in i l;~ir ~stime t i::>l"3,. ( 5) On Harch 23 a CAP oilot A.1 bert Fe.::-ris flew over the s :p-s:ested the object. and re:Jorted no indic;Jti.ons of ~ny eircra~t crash o r Visibility was slightly hazy, b1Jt ~::>1md '"as clearl y visi l:Je . (E:) Mr ~has had some e:cperience ar-:mnd aircraft and. i n add~tion h e bas done some civilia n flying . In this Officer s ocirri~n Mr -..may be considered as a fairly reliable obse:- b . Comments as to cause or ident-ity of object. (1 ) A list of Ynovn :lights in the general a~Pa of ~be sighting is incl"Jded. Two o f t~ose 1 i s tad, the Tr a r:s Canad a f1 Lzht s f rom '-'ontrea l to ~oronto, and Toro!'lto to Nontreal, might have been ~istaken for said object but this i s l.l."l1ikely unless they vere oolmJ their relatively high ltitudes of lf,OOO and ? ,000 f t respectively. Also, 'll!assena is q'.Ji t e a way s :~orth of the area of the sig"'!ting . c . State ment sup-.orting analysis and commentary. (1) In the opinion of this Officer the object sighted by Mr . could ha v e bee n a meteor or meteorite. Hr claims tha obiect ~e observe:"! vas oui t e T-'. P.e has obse:-ved l"iet:ors o r so c alled "sho,..t '"'c star s ,er-, r.en"<rthe- :n my ooinion, it is conceival:::le eve!1 ... h 0 11E!h ,;~at!-!~r, vis :l::ility, and s~g-.ting concH tions we~e ver; good that ':r c ould taye :nis- juc~e~ thq altitude ~ t~ opject esp ecially since it was at ni~tt. Since this sig3ting, no addition a l evidence of any kind has been uncovered . iii!liA:.f ~. c~A.TNSEY } 1/Jt TISAF InteJli ~ence O~fi:er 380th Eomb Win~ (~)(SAC) P1attsbur~b Ai r Force F~se :-liNG OF TH ESP!CNjl,GE ,c-.~ 1.. S C':- EFENSE OF TfF UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEA . _,_,1 I'" PROt' Btr:..., :;\' ' \W, . , 'IS ccc:~f.'l ~ ,..nrn A INS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL~ ITS CONTENT; IN ANY MANNER TO AN U!'<AUTHORIZED ~t';"~to~ OF niE oiRECTt'll CF A~lO ~ \ "; ~\(t..,00. ITS TRANSM ISSION OR THE REVELATION , UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY p \ A'!' ,t;,T ?.! "O'ROOUCEO IN WHOLE OR I N ?ART. BY OTHER THAll ).i :oRM 112-?.lRT II (ClASSIFICATION) AlR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT RCPORT ~. I vl>4 . 1,/cD<Yl I PAGE OF PAGtS r. THIS CCC.:"'!''tT C::'~TAINS l~rOR\IAT:ON AFFECTING inC: NATIONAL OEFEN5E OF THE UNITE STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGCAC'T ~ ~,.:.. , A.'IO~ . .1 H~E.'IOEO ITS T ? A.'ISM IS:ION OR TnE RE'tEUTiON OF ITS CONTEI'<TS IN ANY ~IANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PPOIUalotr , J. ~ 17 IA~'f .'lOT ':F .:IE?ROOUCEO IN WHOLE OP. IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNIT ED STAlES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY FE.'~MJSSIONOFThE r~ l~TEl.LIGc.~C.;.. l!SAF.