DATE TIME CROUP 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION L TYPE Of OBSERVATION Q . Ground Vi suol C Air-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 A ir-Intercept Radar 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Airaaft Po ssi bl y Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical 1--Q{ Insufficient Oato for Evoluction 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .._ i o~ J. .-:;' !10 rizo n t~ 1 crossp iece j~s~ ~l~arin~ t raetop s . making a lotl~ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) I nfo v ery limite d in nautnre , & this Cent e r has been unable t o obta i n furt he r info. HEADQUARTERS 2500TH AIR BASE GROUP . UNITED STATES AIR F O RCE Ml1'CHE L AlN FORCE B ASE, NEW Y~RK SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted on 27 October 1958 Air Teclmical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson .Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio The following quoted infor1nation was received from the De - tachment Commander of the Mitche l Detachment OSI on 20 November 1958 and is forwarded in accordance with paragraph 14b(1), Air Force Regulation "At 1530 hours on 18 November 1958, Lt Conlon, United States Naval Liaison Officer, Marine Division, Sperry Gyroscope advised as follows: Mr engineer, Marine Division, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Roosevelt Field, New York advised that he had received information from Mr. and Mr niondale, Pennsylvania, that on 27 October - they had witnessed an unidentified flying object over their farm near Union Dale. They stated that the object was flying at a very high rate of speed, just clearing the treetops, and making a loud noise. The obje~t had the appearance of a large, grey cig.ar with a horizontal cross ce resembling an aircraft elevator on its tail. Mr. and M advised the object looked like a large jet aircraft without wings. Lt Conlon advised that was unable to furnish any information as to the time of day of the sighting, or weather conditions at the time of the sighting. stated that Mr. and . advised they would be w to furnish .any other information, if called upon. " FOR THE COMMANDER: Jl\Mi::S 1.. O'CONNOR M ajor, USAF Ac!rninistrative Officer JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSII:' I ED SPACB BBLOifl" RDSIIRVBV FOR COMltWNlCATION CBNTIII~ ECI!OENCil TYPI MGG (Cbtd) ACCOUNTIN G ORI G . OR REFERS T O CLASSIFICATION F' nEFERENCil SPECtA L INSTRUCTIO N S COMDR, ATIO . /UNCIASSIFIED/FROMI AFCIN4E4 REF L'l'R, DTD 20 NOV 58; Smt' TO THIS CENTER BY 2500 AB GP, MITCHEl AFB, N. Y , RE AN UFO SIGHTING NEAR UNIONDAlE. REQUEST AN INVESTI~ GATION IN ACCORDANCE tiiTH PARS 5, l5, 16 AND 17, AFR 2002, IYrD 5 FEB 58. T'rlE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED ABE MR AND lYIRS UNIONDAJ.E, PA. COORDINATION' DAT E TIME SC:CURIT Y CLA G S I F I CATION UNCLASSIFIF.D WALLACE ~ v r Captain USAF a: L h ~ ,, . t ''<;~istant Ad . . R EPLACED 00 F OR M 173, I O C T .9, WHIC H WILL Sir USS:O UNTIL. EXH A U S TED ZCZC~QF393ZCNBA171 DE RJEDNB 162 FM COMDR ENR TO COMDR ATIC 'UNCLAS// FR NEINT 109. ATTN: AFCIN-4E4. REFERENCE TELEPHONE CALL FR SGT BOINE ON 17 MAR 59. INVESTIGATION INDICATES MSG YOUR HQS, CITE AFCIN-4 12 DATED 3 DEC 58, REGARDING INVESTIGATION OF UFO SIGHTING WA~ NOT RECD AT THI~ HQ. REQUEST RETRANSMISSION OR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS 17/21562 MAR RJEDNB SECURITY Cl.ASSIFIC A " JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNClASS Il.i'JED . SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER f PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Chacl) ORIG. OR REFERS TO BOOK MULTI SINCIL! AF IIJEINT 109 \vP-J...FB, OHIO ST:DlA.RT AFB, /UNCIASSIFIED/FIDM: AFCIN-4E4 REF NEINT 109, DTD 17 l-IAR 59, REQU]STING FURT'"rlER IN]'O ON OUR MSG AFCIN-4E4-12-2888 .. E, DTD 3 DEJ 58. 'lliE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF T'rlE UFO SIGHTING WHICH TOOK PlACE 27 OCT 58. MR & I~IRS .a.v~.ura~, PA, OBSERVED AN UFO OVER THEm FARM. OBJ WAS FLYING AT HIGH RATE OF' SPEED, J1ST CLEARING TREE TOFS MAKING LOUD SWISHING NOISE. OBJ SHAPED UKE A lARGE GRAY CIGAR \~ITH HORIZONTAL CROSSPIECE RESEvlBLING AN ACFr EI.EVATOR ON ITS TAIL. LOOKED LIKE LARGE JEr ACFT WI'IHOUT WINGS. IT IS REA.UZED T"rliS CASE IS OLDJ HOWEVm, REQUEST YOU FWNI$ '!HIS CENTER WI'm AS MUCH INFO AS POSSIBLE~ AS TO T"rlE POSSIBLE NA.TURE OF THE SIGHTING. COORDINATION;. Col Glaser 6ECURITlf CLASSIFICATION UNC LASS Ill' I ED REPLACES DO P'ORM 173. t OCT 49, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED Cl.A S S I ON OF R EFERENCE SPECIAL. INSTRUCTIONS EJMCZCSQD713ZCNBA012 DE RJEDNB 1:17 TO COMDR AT IC /UNCLASSIFR NEINT 117. ATTN: AFCIN-4E4e REF YOUR MSG CITE 3-525-E, 2~ MAR 59. THIS HQ_ HAS NO RECORD OF UFO SIGHTING ON 27 OCT 58 AT UNIONDALE, ~A. THEREFORE NOT POssIBLE FOR US TO DETERMINE ORIGINATOR. SUGGEST YOU CONTACT ORIGINATOR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 23/19022 MAR RJEDNB