3. OATETIM! CROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . 0 : Ground-Radar 0 Ground Vi 5Ual 0 Air-Intercept Radar s. PHotos 6. souRC:! CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon a Probably Balloon 0 Po.ssiOly Bolloon 0 Was Aircraft a Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Yes C ProboWy Astronomical -a .... -'. -11.; ~-.. 0 Possibly Asttonomical I. NUMB! It 011 OBJECTS 9. COURSE f-0 : Other:- --i. 1 ~. I..C'" l 7. LEHOTH Ofl OBS!RVATION 0 Insufficient DCito for Evaluation 11. COMMEMTS DSPAATW&MT OF TWE AlP. FO~CE HEADQUART~RS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE W~SMINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENE'RAL USA" OI$TRICT OFFICE 0~ SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS 111 EAST 16rH STREEf : Commander McGuire Air Force Bc..3e Trenton, u~v J ersey NEW YORK 3 . NEW YORK ~t 0030 Houro by ilndel~hia, Penn3ylvania 1. Reference in mac1e to pal"cl.g r aph L~b of AF:R ~00-2, d.a\,ed 5 F~bruary 1958 . 2. On 2 Ho.rch 195::), thi3 Dlctrict Office was tclcr h o'lica.ll:r arlvised by Special Agent HICHARD SHA~81ffi~G of De tach!nent JOl~, OSI, C11c:;-:o:n Houoe, Fhile.C.el:p.'lia, Penn~ylvanio. fo in.folT.la- tio~, w.hich vas furn~Ghed to him by Fhila.d.el:phia, Pennoylvania, '\.fno in employed by the Phi:co Corporation, Abbot3ford and Wi~5ahikon S treets, Philudelphi~. s:IA.:3:0URG stn.ted tha.-26 yeo.rs of age, hns aa H.E. de3r~e fro~ Rut,~ers Uni vc1si ty, and e.pr-eara to be a rcspon5lble r:---rcon. 3 t he haJ ~ighted a r>rherical object, \lhich o.ppea.red to be about the size of n nickel or a qaartcr 'tt.1e!l held in the ho.od at arm'~ length. A sli'jlt vapor trail, wich in l~:1gth was ubout t,rlce the dlcs:neter of the object, tr.'lil~d beh tui it. 'ille vapo-r trail .-ras about the G3.'1le width or 3lightly narro'Wer tha:t the object. The center o:' the object was o=~ge lf.lile the cute~ portio n ond its vapor trnll were yellov. T!1e object hod no discern- :!. blc C.etails, nnd no sound vas noted. T'ne dio to.nce to the object could :lO~ be es ; ho,..;e~rer, it \18.3 believed to be at l e 3.St one m.i~e atf-uy. a. rst noted the ob.1ect throll[Sh tlla vi.ndGhleld of hi~ ~1:. vas a.t an elevation of o.pproxil:lately 25 on o. do~n.rs.rd pc.t~. ~i:. disappeared behinJ. trees on the eli stunt horizon. During the :_::..: -;.-~=-prJrtion of its fiight, before d.isup_pearinz the object o.?pe..;.:-?! to wP...Ier t. 'rhe objct.!t w"'as in view for three t o f our .JeconJ.s. -r.ra.velinz nl.o:1e in his car, al'ld obc th~ object. \li visual aid.s. At t1~'=! t trsJe of the sit;.~ t t was on the Franklin Park cutoff 1oad abou t 200 yards frorl U.s. R.:>utc 1 , approxirn:.ltely 4 miles SOllth of rew Bntnslofick, nc't J:::!rr;"!:J. jud3e~l that he l..ro,n heu.dlng in a direction s outh, scuthe~::;t) o_.,d not c .. r1 2D 2h-O. Ltr. to Cmdr. lticGuire AFD. SUBJ: UFO Sighting on 2 l![l.rch 1959 at 0 030 Hours by th~ ob,1ect a 11 ttle to hi c ri rht. He therefore believed the object was ap_proxlmstely south when observed. stated that. the s!~y was clear at the time he observed the objec and that thiz o1n;erva- tion took place nt ap:proximately 0030 hours on 2 March 1959 y Colonel, Force RasE', r:ev J e rsay 1.'0: CoJ::Jnl'lder, New ~ork Air Defense Sector, Attn: Int nll:i cor.ce, J.~cGuire Air Foree Base, riF.'w Jersey ( Cont ' rl) D2.:'.Ject, i . i!vnc Iionc~ det~ r~:Lnctl TI...trn...:'Ct, l/L 'c, UJ!u~, 'lT~, r Vo 1' II "r Dn rc l<"'C /"~;3is t.:lnt Int;cD :1.:;-~nc~ ~-!cadqu:..:.rter.;.,. CO .l.l'CC -.;rho reec..iv.~tl AFCIN-4X2b FILECLA3$: OFF:CIAL FILEC0PY I _OFFICE OF RE..:CJ~D AFCIN A} l t.\lwry .\ir .;. )rQ :.A.M. ~oloredo ~ ~ 1 n!l 'loa dl_,lla\\tl 1~ ver.r lieD i ted in na\ur8. tb.vrt)i.'or, ',\ r~A"'i:F:rc=itNM"_:t4vx~s] .'1'3li sMAYe tJae o rvers 1"111 in t~ a itaon._t da &a :tll~ c.\n~ Colonel. J.3A/ WOUTT:Ir. i\NO CI)O~OI~ATlON SliEET ~Q UAY ~ i ~.t::CUC<ITY' CLJ=. "i:l "It, Cui"OR, ATIC IJJ .fRY At'B u~ 0 RE.PUHT COOHDI.&1\.TIO:~ :~., ~ UNCLc\SSIFIED C~ot},n IJ ~:'r CZCSQF303ZCUYC496 DE RJEFP.~! 11 Fi! HQ LOt! RY TO RJWFAL/COMDR ADC RJEDSQ/Alk TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTE[ RJEZHQ/ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJEZHQ/OFFICE OF INFOHNATION SERVICES HQ USAF UNCLAS FROM l<A02670C FOR COMDR 1wi6TH AISS ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO UFO ~1Y KAO 2492 UFO OBSERVED ON ~JEATHER RADAR SCOPE PROVED TO Bt.: llALFUNCTION OF EQUIP!1ENT WHICH CAUSED ECHO TO APPEAR AS Rl1DAH i(TUiH-4 REQUEST ALL Rt:PORTS REFLECT THIS INFORMATION Al~D At\Y FUrt1h~R lt\VESTIGA1 ION BE TERtliNATED ~6/~2272 MAR ~JWFAM