3. DATE TIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2 . LOCATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G .'Cround Vi aual 0 GroundRodor 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 110. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING NUMBER OP OBJECTS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably AI rcroft Po sal bl y Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical lnsufflcient Data for Evaluation (I J. Tll ll - ATIC FORK .129 (REV 26 SEP 52) . A Matlonal Guard jet pilot, nrlnc a~ye 81nlnJha Uaba, ha4 to awerYe hie plane laat Sept.. 25th to &Yol4 a co111e1on with a bluieh-whlte object. that had a 1teady flame ahootin~ out trom ita back. the pilot., Capt. w. B. George, wae flyinz.at 2,~ f~t st tlw time. A mber of other report.a, troa t.he crouncl, were recctiYe4 by the looal CAA &bollt tb otjeot. oa the .... even1na., VCZCSQ C2 5 ~ZCVYC15~ PP RJ2IlJ P ~ .,. E ROEMBJ 109C FM COMDE 2047TH AACS SQ MAXWELL AFB TO RJEDENICOMDE: ADC ENT AFB COLO s Pl1INGS, COLO I RJESDB/C0:'1DE: 3~TH AD CDET> DOBBINS AF9 RJED~ P/COMD AIR TECH INTELI. CENTER wniGHT-Pr~rrzRSON AF~ DAYTON oHIT , ---I RJEZHQ/ ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTF.Ll. HQ USAF (~ ASHI~GTO~: ~ 5 GC RJEZJ1Q/OFFIC~ OF INFO SVC HQ USAF WASHINGTON ~5 tC T!-IE: FOLLOLeJ ING REPORT IS SUBt1ITTED IN ACCORDANC~ i'IITH AFR ~(~''J-~ PAR 15 DATED 5 F::a 1958 (2) ,DIM2 OR ABOUl' ONE: FOUHTH THC: SIZE OF (; FULL MOON C3> .BRlGH:r .[CH AS A BRIGHT MOONE: LVJ/i/ Ct kr? Wtf1T:e ? lTt!J / Cr .l(? C7> BRIGnT IRREGULAR TAIL OF FIR ESTMATED TO BE FOUR OR FIVE. TIM.!:S IN l.ENGIH AS COt1PABD TO THE Siz~: OF A FULL "100N PAGE TtJO ROEM9J 1Z9C 9 C1) WAS STANDING IN THE YAF.D LOOI<ING IN THE CI~ZCTION T HAT OEJ~:cr FIRST APPEARED HORIZON .~I !D r{l~. C2) APPROXIt1ATUY~DZGR2F.S UP FROM THE S~UT!iS RN D~GR~S UP FROM THE WST~RN HORIZON (3) APPROXIt1ATLEY mn~GRSES UP FROM THE NORTHERN f.!).DEGRE:S UP FROM THE EASTERN HORIZON HORIZON AND C4) STRAIGHT COURSE C /IV ~/~AT' d,,~c.. I I~' I'( ? C5) GRADUAL DIMINISHING IN INTINSITY THE LAST ONE FOURT~ OF OBSERVE:D FLIGHT AS IT DISAPPEARED TO Co> APPnOXIMATU:Y(iS SECOND$) C <1> GROUND VISUAL <2) M73D EYE E. SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE CITH OF MONTGOMERY, Al.A~AMA DR MONTGOMERY, Al.ABAMA CIV F.MP- LOYEE MAXWELL AF3 CAPT 2047TH SQ MAXt.JELL AFB FLIGHT SERVICE G Cl) CLZAR 15 AXt E l.I. NNNN2CZCSQPIS7MCZCSQF947ZCVYC161 00 RJEDSQ - DE RJESKB 65 FM 35TH CADD TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC RJEDSQ/COMDR AIRTECH INT CEN RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INT HQ USAF RJEZHQ/OFF IN INFO SEV HQ USAF RJEDDN/CINCNOARD RJEDNB/COMDR ENR UNCLAS COC MSG 4315. NOTAM. SUBJECT& UFO REPORT. IN COMPLIANCE WITH VERBAL REQUEST FROM MAJ. MANLEY, NFENR THE FOLLOWING I NTELLIGENCE 4t ' OFFICER ON DUTY INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED~ FORMAT AS REQUIRED I N AFR 211-2 IS NAT USED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT AND SECOND HAND INFO RE- CEIVED FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES. 35TH NADD REC 'D. THE FOLL0~1ING RPT 'S FROM JACKSONVILLE ARTC. FROM DOTHAN RADIO 26/Z457Z TO~TNSPEOPLE OF ,,N!:;~!_9N A. . REPORTED SEEING A POSSIBLE AIRPLANE CR~SH BU.WEEN NEWTON, ALL AND CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AT 1358~ ALABAMA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL NOT- IFlED 2. FROM TYNDALL AFB. FLA. SOUTHERN AIRLINES OPERATIONS PAGE TWO RJESKB 65 ADVISED ONE OF THEIR PILOTS REPORTED SEEING A FALLING STAR AT Cii:Siz/IN THE VICINITY or NETOW, ALA. VISBLE FOR AN UNUSUALLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 3 FROM JACKSONVILLE ARTC AT ,,' A STATE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER IN A PATROL CAR SAW ESSENTIALLY THE SAMT AS MENTIONED IN NO. 1. ABOVE, HOWEVER HE SAW OBJECT SEPARATE INTO TWO PIECES AS IT FELL TO EARTH. 15 PEOPLE MADE THE SAME OB RVATION IN TKE NEWTON, ALA. AREA. THE FOLLOWING RPTS. WERE REC'D BY THE OFFICER OF THE, DOBBINS AFB, GEORGIA. 1. T.USCALOOSA, ALA. AT 11372 , TWO RPTS. F A LOW JET (APPROX. 111 FT. ABO GROUND) HEADING NORTH TOWARDS BIRMI~GHAM. 2. ~ELTA AIR LINES PILOT FLIGHT 131 REPORTED OBSERVATION OF A LIGHT WEST OF HIS POSITION MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH HIGH AND EAST. LIGHT LATER SEEMED TO BLOW UP IN A BRIGHT LIGHT. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A SHOOTING STAR. AIR CRAFT POSITION WAS 15 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA, GA. 3 . DELTA .. AIR LINES PILOT FLIGHT 26-x , RPTD. AN UNSUAL OBJECT AT 29l' AIR CRAFT WAS NOTH EAST OF ATLANTA, G-. - NISTON ALA. ARTC HERE ADVISED THAT AN orr DUTY CAP PILOT lN HIS AUTOMOBILE ON HIGHWAY 78 (ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF OXFORD, PAGE THREE RJESKB 65 ALA.) SAW UFO HEADING NORTH. HE STOPPED HIS CAR GOT OUT, HEARD . . : ROARtNr. ~nuNn HF. ~AW l='TRF. l='l.VTNr; J:"RnM nR.rli'r.T. Nn N6utr.ATTnM 'Tf!u,.~ WERE REPORTED. ESTIMATED ALT. 411Z TO 6,.11FT. 5.".~ATELINE BIRMINGHAM (33i;p. CANGPILOT) IN I-33 ALTITUDE 2, sgi~FT, WAS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AND HE SAW UFO PASS DIRECTLY OVER HIM AT 3IIIFT. DIRECTION OF OBJECT WAS FROM WEST TO EAST. WAS OBSERVED TO BE A FIRE BALL WITH9Q FOOT TAIL. TO CONFIRM THIS OBSEVATION, A TOWER WATCH SUPERVISOR AT CENTER POINT, ALA. ALSO HEARD NOISE AND CONFIRMED REPORT OF FIRE BALL AND LONG TAIL. NO TIMES AVAILABLE. 6. ~EMPKIS ARTC ADVISED OBJECT SIGHTED qy;~QLUMBUS :, 2?~ LO~ FAST WITH 2~1 YARD TAIL. 7. PERSONNEL AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT, ATLANTA, GA. REPORTED SEEING AN UNUSUAL OBJECT. B. EAST~R aiR LINtS, F~T 389. AIRCRAFT ON RAMP AT ATLANTA. PILOT REPORTED SEEING AN OBJECT. NO TIMES OR INFORMATION WAS REPORTS ARE ALSO BEING SUBMITTED BY THE MASWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER. 26/13272 SEP RJESKB PAGE TI~O ROEMBJ 1Z9C (4) UNLIMITED C5 > Cl.f.AR K TH~ PREPARING OFFICER MAD~ THE SIGHTING. THE OBJECT FIRST APP::~AESD AS A BRIGHT SPOT. THE BURING TAIL FOLLOWE D ALMOST INSTATLY. WHEN. THf. OBJECl.WAS ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD, THE TAIL . AND' BRIGHTNESS DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY FOR JUST A MOMENT THEN RESU~t:D ITS FORMER CONDITION OF BRIGHTNESS l~ITH THE l.ONG TAIL. OF FIR~. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE OBJECT CHANGING ATTILUDE IN FLIGHT SUCH. AS TUMBLING ETC. THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING SLOWER THAT SHOOTING STARS OR ~1F.TARS, THERk-:FORE IT IS THE VIZ\~ERS OPINION THAT IT t~ AS A LARGE VEHICULAR OBJECT OR t1ISSLi!: PAGE THREE ROEMBJ 1~8 RE-ENTERING THZ ATMOSPHERE, JJtte POLLC:-!:;~;--~!:-'ORTS -~ERE-tAtt.E:b !N"'lf MAlt.fE:LL. FL:rCHT SERVICE: AS UFOS MOVING SW TO NE VE~Y FAST. WAS NOT A FALLING STAR AS IN LEVEL FLIGHT INT~RMITT~NT FLAME 20~ YARDS LONG COMING FROM THE REAR MAN CLAIMS HE WAS SOBER IN HIS OWN FRONT YARD SIGHTED THIS UFOB HSY) AND~"RADIOS BOTH RECV CAI.l.S FROM TOWN UFOB SEEN TRAILING ~H()t~ T>' vtllc FLAf1E Al.I.. ~!OV ING FROH St.v TO NE OE W TO E EASTERN 366 I N ROUT FROM 1r-tEt1 TO t1SLjREPORIE:D 5.lGHIING A METEOR AT THE SAME TIME DELTA 171 _OVER ~ ~NTX 26/~329Z ADVISE SPJ~l LIGHT \vEST OF HIM MIVING FROM S TO N HIGH AND FAST THE: I:IGHT SEEMED TO BLOlJ UP INTO A BRIGHT LIGHT, DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A SHOOTING STAR THIS SIGHTING WAS ~LSO OBSERVED BY DELTA ~6X FULTON TOWER AND EASTERN 3g9 ~N THE RAMP OF ATL APT {j>SLTA 2~X WAS NE BOUND) AND ATCS ADVISES THAT AN OFF DUTY CAP PLT IN HIS AUTMOBILE ON HGWY 78 :SAW A UFOB HEADED NORTH. HJ STOPPED HIS CAR AND GOT OUT PAGE FOUR ROEMBJ 1~9C HE ACTUALLY HEARD ARORING SOUND AND FIRE FLYING FR0~1 THE OBJECT BUT DID NOT OBSERVE ANY NAV LIGHTS. HE JUDGED IT TO BE FROM ~(lJ TO 60 FT BHM. TOWR ADVISE THAT @JUtl:v/11'/{'4,-1/1.-( ANG, IN THE TRAFFIC PATT.ERN AT BHM AT 25~0 FT IN A T33 SAt~ A UFOB PASS DIRECTLY OVER HIM AT 300aFT THE SIGHTING WAS AT TIME: 26/033VJZ THE OBJECT WAS TRAVILING FROM(W TO "E) AT 300'~ IF WAS OBSERVED TO BE A FIRE: aALL W IiH. A 9W FT TAIL. A CCC EMPLOYEE: CTOWER WATCHER SUPERVISORY> AT CENTER POINT ALA. CHIS HOME) ALSO HEARD THE NOISE AND CONFIRMED THE REPORT OF A .FIRE WITH A LONG TAIL. THE FOLLOWING INFO RECIEVED BY ATL CENTER BEFORE THE ABOVE REPORT CL ADVISE AIC AT. 100 FT N TIME ABOUT 26/0330Z MRS. LSO ADVISE AIC TOWARDS BHM DIRECTIONS OF RAILROAD TRACKS JUST ABOVE TELEPHONE LINES, ABOUT 26/~330 OBSERVED OBJECT 5 MI NE NORTHPORT tv AS NOT A JET 200 TO 300FT WITHOUT LIGHTS BHM TOWER ADVISE NO BHM ANGJ IN TCL INFO AS OTHERS OCCURANCE AT 2 6/0330Z MM ARTC CENTER ADVISED WAS NOT ACFT FROM CBr.Y. ALMAND ATL ARTC 26/a93"Z SEP ROEMBJ L E G E N D .... llftr UUOII + WlArl MIT IMIH:.;: -IMIII AFB -IIIII ... urr ,,., lfliHI _ +arr, <>ft1PPCNI''UV11 tCJDIIIPII\ HEADQUARTERS AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COl.LEGE AIR UNIYKRIITT, USAF lie aeU All Jlbi'Ce SUBJECT a uro Ai~ !echDioal Intelligence Center Wrisht-Patteraon Air Force Base J)qton, Ohio 1. Reference telephone conversation 1 October 1958 betv.en Colonel Lealie M. Borton, Chief, Intelligence Division, this headquarter Major Robert J. Friend, ArciJ-4B4, 70ur headquartere. 2. The report traneaitted b7 directl7 to 70ur headquarter has been investigated and le evaluated ae coapletel7 reliable. Suppleaentar,y reports attached to that ot Captain vera received through the facilities ot Maxwell reliabilit7 ot these report muat be the baeia of the conaistenc7 in certain details the proteaeional competence of those vho reported. !he aaaeaement here is that these reports tend to contira one another, partioularl7 regards the time ot observa- tion and the deecription ot the objeot observed. 4. !he Unidentified ll71Dg Object Report, transmitted b7 2047 AACS Squadron, ia therefore resubmitted, with the overall evaluation of reliable and credible. lOll TBI COMMODAII'l' a UJO report (w/2 attachments) UHIDEMTIPIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT 1. Deac~iption of Object a. Shapea Round b. Sisea Equal to a diae or about one-fourth the size ot a tu.ll aoon. c. Colora Bright, auch as a bright moon. 4. lnmbe~a One e. Pormationa lot applicable t. Tail, trail or exhausta Bright, irregular tail of tire eat ted to be four or tive times in length aa compared to the aise of a tull aoon. B Discernible featureaa lone h. Sounda None i. Other features& Bot applicable 2. Dee9ription ot Course of Ob~eota a. What firat called the attention of observers to the objeots? --Standing in yard looking in direction from which object firat appeared. b. Angle or elevation and asiauth of the object when first observed. --Approximatel7 60 degrees up from the southern horizon and 60 degrees up froa the western horizon. o. Angle or elevation and azimuth of object upon disappear- ance. --Approxiaately 15 degrees up from the northern horizon and 80 degrees up froa the eastern horizon. d. Description of flight path and maneuvers of object. -- Straisht course. e. How did the object disappear? --Gradual deminishing in intensity during the last one-fourth ot observed flight as it disappeared to the north (north-north-east). t. Bow long vaa the object viaible? --Approxiatel7 15 b. lake4 e7e o. Bot applicable 4. !ime end Date of Sightinga a. 26/0323Z September 1958 b. Light conditione Hight 5 Location ot Obaervera Southern section of the city ot Montsoaer7., Alabama. 6. Identitzing Information on Obaerveraa a. Civilians Mr (civilian emplo7ee, Maxwell b. Militar7 operations ot~icer, (Senior pilot). Montgomery, Alabama 2047 AACS Squadron, coapletely reliable a. Observers account ot veather Yilibility 15 miles plus. conditione. --Skf clear, b. Report from nearest AWS Ceiling -- d. Vi1ibilit7 --Vnliaited e. Amount ot cloud cover --Clear t. Thunderstorms --lone Not applicable ~;r;; [; -.~-. --~-- the or na report, t e preparing o oar aade the sighting. Hie ooent tollovsa The object tiret appeared ae a bright epot. The burning tail followed alaoat immedia- tel7 When the object vas almost directl7 overhead, the tail and brisbtn.diainilhed 1lightl7 tor just a aoaent, then reauaed ita foraer condition ot brisbtn vith the lons tail ot tire. It i1 eat te4 that thia vas caused b7 a change in attitude in tligbt, e.r. tuabling, eto. The object appeared to ~e traveli~g at about oae fourth the speed of "shooting st&l"a" or meters. It is the Yievera opinion that lt vas a large Tehloular object or missile re-enterinr the atmosphere. 13. A collection ot reports made to Maxwell Plight Ser~ice and to Headquarters Air UniTeraity aubmitted aa attachments to this 1. Report i radio (CAA) received 26/0424Za Mr ., Columbus, Mississippi, (telephone reported UFO moving southwest to north- east in leve 1 intermittent flame 200 yards long coming from the rear at 26/0325Z. Observer reported that object was not a falling atar and turther atated that he was sober at time of obaervatioa. 2. Report from Memphis Center (ATC) received 26/0440ZI Hunte- Tille and Muscle Shoals radios (CAA) both received calls reporting UPO seen trailing flame all moTing from southwest to northeast or veat to east. Eastern airline flight 366 en route from Memphis to Muscle Shoala reported sighting a meteor at the same tiae. 3 Report from Atlanta Center (ATC) received 26/0450Zs a. Delta airline flight 171 over Chattanooga at 26/0329Z reported a ligbt to the vest moving from south to north, high and taat. ~he light seemed to blow up into a brigbter lighta did not appear to be a shooting star. This sighting was also observed by Delta airline flight 26X, Fulton tover {Atlanta) and Eastern air- line's flight 389 on the ramp of Atlanta airport. (Delta 26X was northeast bound but exact location unknown). b. An ott-duty CAP pilot in his automobile on Highva7 78 about five miles east of Oxford (Mississippi.(?), at 26/0330z saw UPO beaded north, stopped his car1 heard roaring sound and ob- served tire tlying trom object, but did not observe any navigation c. Birmingham tower advised that Bill George, Alabama Air National Guard, in the traffic pattern at Birmingham in a T-33 at 2500 teet, saw a UFO pass directly over his aircraft at 3000 teet. ~he lighting was at 26/0330Z. The object was traveling from weat to east at 3000 teet. It vas observed to be a fireball with a 90 toot tail. A watch tower aupervisor at