PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Possibly Bolloon 0 ( Was Aircraft , . 0 Probably Aircraft ...! t : , 1~; D Possibly Aircraft D "Ground Visual 0 GroundRodar S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronolllical Yes D Probably Aatronoicol D Pouilaly Astronoical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other------------- 0 Insufficient Data fer Evoluotion 10. BRIEF 5UMMARY OF SIGHTING Cl~ar-shn~bJ otj ,y/fall shn~ed t~tl & tou.t I ... l.ll-I-Oints of lights on tl-:.e sid~ 1 1 :.-:.J }.ort.holus. ATIC FORM 329 \REV 26 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS &ource was questioned & stated that he was in error & what was sig~ted was an F -106 a/c. further investi gation proved this to be cor .&.ect '000 -If it dO('!;. Jl COlli' or'>it 3r:-u:-l'l th<: moon a" MISSILE ENGINEEil ".J/~ . ALAMOGORDO, N. M. <UPJ) -A cigar-shnpod unidcntifilid flying object wns r eported seen Friday n ight ncar th e place where the "Man Hi~h" Air Force spncc balloon Wcdne!;dCJ). The object was r cpol'lcd h:t John Romero. ideutific d HS a m issile engineer. on White Sands Pto,ing Ground. He S'-lid il had a f nn-shapfd I ai l a nd four pin-poiul ~pols or lights on the side like pot'tllOies. Romero said he sClw the oh ject through binocukm; for about six minute~. Jl hovered about 10 degr ees "bove the h01izon and then \'anishcd orer the San Anctrcs Mountains near Alamogordo . OCJiciaJs of both \\1lile S~nds and Holloman Ait Development Center said they knew nothing the reported !lying ob aECUitiTY CLA8811"'lCATIO JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED SI'ACI llll.OF lf.ISMf.,/JO 101t COMMUNICATION C/JNTBlf. PRECEDENCE TYPl!: MeQ (Citttl.) ACCOUNTIN~ OltiQ, Oft ltEFEft8 TO CLAS-IFICATION OF ftEFE RF-N C E ,.. J ".f\ CNC JoCULTI 81NL COMDR, ATIC COMDR, HOLLOMA.N AFB, ALAMOGORDO, N. !Ill. /UNCLASSD' IED/FROM: Ali'CJ:N-4E4 10-2466-E IT HA.$ COME TO THE ATTENTION OF TdiS CENTER ri'HAT A MR. EMPLOYED AT YOUR INSTAllATION AJ3 A MISSILE ENGINEER, SIGHTED AN UFO THE NIGHT o~ 10 OCT 1958. RE~lUES'l' A COMPI..FrE INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENI' IN ACCORDANCE \'liTH AFR 2002, 5 FEB 1958. EXPERI!iliJCE . HAS SHOv/N THAT SIGHTINGS Ol!"' THIS NATURE GEl'JERATE ADVERSE RJBLICITY l!"'OR THE AIR E'ORCE. 'rHE CASE OF LAST NOVErviBER , S.AivlE LOCATION, IS A GOOD EXA.IviPLE OF THIS. THE INFO REQ.UESTED WILL ENABLE THE AIR J.i'ORCE TO ANSW~ ANY Q,UillTIONS, ~GFB1 E'fEh T.dAT MIGHT BE PUT TO IT CONCEJU~ING THIS INCIDENT. W T\'P0 NAME~ if7'ell!" (~lp't.t(MPrl,irftl)~ 7 T/Sgt J'emes o. Bolieu ~ fiHONE 921 toAO 1 SECURITY CLA&&IP"ICATION UNCLASSil''Il!:D Nit, Of' 1 (" Jfll,,tJ) NAME Iolu1 B. Iv rs 2nd L t , lliAF ATIC Duty Officer .,.EOIAL INSTRUCTIONe DATE 'TIME AEfiLACEe DO FORM 173, 1 OCT 48, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHA.UaTED 6ECURITY CLASSIFICATION JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED GPA.C lJELQW kES~:llVI:D J.'OR COJliiUNIC~1'WN OR!tTHU BOCK MULTI SINGLE PRECEOENCE TYPE MSG (Cht(:]t, ACCOUNTING ACTIO N AIRMAIL ORIG. OR REFERS T O CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE FROM: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS COMDR AFMDC HAFB N :MEX COMDR ATIC WADC UNCLASSIFIED FROM MD00-1 0-32 -M. REFERENCE MESSAGE LOCAL DIST- AFCIN-4E4-l 0-2466E. MR. TELECOMPUTING CORP., AFMDC, WAS CONTACTED AND INTERROGATED ON 17 OCT 58 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2 DATED 5 FEB 58. HE AGREED TO DICTATE A STATEMENT CONCERNING WHAT HE SAW ON THE NIGHT OF 10 OCTOBER. AGAIN ON 20 OCT 58 AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN ERROR AND WHAT HE SAW WAS AN F-106 AIRCRAFT FLYING OUT OF HOLLOMAN AFB. A FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THIS OFFICE PROVED THIS TO BE CORRECT. THE 4I,LEGED OBJECT SEEN W S THE SUN'S REFLECTION ON THE CONTRAILS OF THE F-1 06. THIS WAS FURTHER CONFIRMED BY MR. THE AIR PHENOMENON RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 1712 VAN COURT STREET, ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO. AFMDC SECURITY CL.A661FICATION UNCLASSIFIED ~TcHA RD C. GIBSON COLONEL, USAF DCS/OPERA TIONS FORM 173 REPLACES OD ,.ORM t73, t OCT CSJ, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL. EXHAUSTED I MAYIIII ~ECUI~ITY CLASSIFIC ATIO N JOUf~ fll~SSAGEFORM-CONTINUATION -sHEET UNCLASSIFIED COMDR AFMDC HAFB N MEX UNCLASSIFIED FROM MD00-1 0-32-M. CONSIDERS THIS ITEM CLOSED. ANY FUTURE INQUIRIES ON UFO'S SHOULD BE SENT TO CAPTAIN J. A. WOODS, MDOOT. P~GE NR OF SECURITY CLA SSIFICATIO N UNCLASSIFIED I N ITIA LS