PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10. BRI!II SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING C ,Ground Vi suol D Air-Vi sued I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS C GroJnd-Radar D Air-lntrcept Radar 11. COMMENTS Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po s si bl y Ai rcroft Was Astronomi col Probably Astronomical f'~$~bly,A~tro~micol , lnsufficient O~a far Evaluation lit - lll) ATIO PORIII 321 (aSY 21 ... Sl) AF FORM 112 PAIT II AJIJIRCJtD 1 JUNI IM AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~'Hf: THIS OOCU~EN T CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NA fiOHAl DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPION4GE ACT. 50 U S C .- J I ANI> JZ. A<; AMNOF.O. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY M-'NNER TO AN UNAUTHORILEI> PERSON IS PROHiatTEO OY LAW. IT M~V HOT m Ht:.PROOUCEO IN WHOLE OR IN PART, SY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR fORe AGENCIES. EXCEPT OY PERMISSION OF T!iE DIRECTOR OF J,\ TEllh . l:.HCE. USAF. ( CLASSifiCATION) AF FORM 11%-PART I ,\P~ROVED 1 JUNi:: 1'141 ( CLASSiffl:A TfON) REPORT NO. (LE .1 Jlfo; llLANK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT DATE OF fUIIOJtT DATE OF INfOJt~ATION LI/AI.UATION r.EfMNCIS ((.'tilttrol ,. .. ,.,. dartdirt, prmota r~rt. c4e a, npplit nlllt) Dln'RIIUTIOie IY ORIGIMATOit " ')1 1: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL OEFNSE OF THe;: UNITED STATES WITHIN fHE MFANING OF THe f3PIONAGE ACT. W ll. S C.- 31 ANO Jl. A~ M4ENOt:O. ITS TRANS~ISSION OR THE REVELATION Or IT5 CONTEN rs IN ANY MANNER TO /\~ IJNAU'l'~OHI/Efl I, ER';QN I'} PROHt~l rEn lW LA'N. IT MAY fiOT iJ~ HE.PROOUCEO IN WHOLE OR IN PART. DV OTHER THAN UN I rrO STATu AIR FORCE AGENCIES. rXC.EPT OY PFRMI'>510N OF THE DIREC'l"OR OF INTEl LIGI::HCE. USAF. (CUSSIFIC~ TlOMJ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ASTilOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY SECTION OF UPPErl ATMOSPHERE STUD IES IGY OPTICAL SATELLITE TRACKING PROGRAM GO ~ARDEN STREET CAMf.IRIDGE ~8. MAS5ACHUSETTS Najor Ro":Jert J. Friend ~.Jri~ht-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio Dear r1ajor Friend: I think that you and your associates 11111 be a mused at this Flyin g Saucer story and of its explanation. I VlOUld sug3est that fairly \~ide coverage be given this incide n t since it is a beauc. I like the idea about its "zo o ming of.~ into tha s~ty." L wish, ho~1ever, that all of our cases could be so neatly solvedt I will shortly submit my expenses incurred on the past trip and, as per your instrucclons, I will have the cost of the plane and my incidental expenses ab3orbed within the ref::>rula.r consultin3 fee. I'll have to remember this for my income tax record3; other\'Tise I' 11 be paying tax on travel. Hovrever, I think I can l~eep my records straight, if thin is more helpful to you t~at way. You will hear from me in about a week 011 this I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity of giving the talk the other day and I am particularly zlad \te had a t:io-sta r Ge neral , present. My only hope in that my rather definite in31stence on '/J "ta.lcing things more scriousl;>"," especially as to the f11che l c book, etc., \Ja3 not taken in thP, 1r0ng sp1ri t. I be lleve \~e must talte l thin.;s seriously beco.use the public just does look totrard th~ Air ; Force as the source of real authority and kno\vled:_se on these matters and if ~1a a1~ not aw-1are of \'That s going on and of a proper scientlfic treatment of these things, we lay ourselves open to a great deal of crlticis":l and., unfortunately, even ridicule. It is this that I had in Mind ) .:l I a tressed these points so strongly. You trlll be Sincerely, J. Allen Hynek Assoctate Dlrector Deor J\lle n: THE OBSERVATORY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN Her~ is the flying saucer story I referred to in my lnst letter. Since you h ave been on a n eveluation board, you may be wnused. It is an interesting example of pretty object~ve obs~rvation b y th~ peo;;le , .. .-ho thought they SD.\'t' the saucer. ThtJy lC.Jter even descri'o~d the ringlike structure of telescope dish, \Thich is cove r erl only 1t1ith a \irl mesh, of course. 111 they d~scribed \THS nccU:rc.~e, except they r.1i stook the turnine;,6 off' of th~ lights a<ciciY..nil:ur and c!~.:! small change i n relative bearing (due to distumce of the teJcscop~ from the road) for motion!! Sincerely, the Ann Arb.lr The U of M 85' radio tc lc~co1~ c lc~:-ly v L::; io 1~ fro~ NorLh T ritarial Rd o b ~ ~ :-vn t io.l loo!;in~ i..t the S\.J h~:-izon 3-nd th.z 1 i.gh t full ( .:lloo~ t ) r.OO:l and :l f l vod l i.zh t. rh~ tr .. o~ ri!d i.o t c-J a.1~crat:: uarninz li lt:; i:; dir~ct ly i:1 Te-:;-itori.:ll r.-... dio t~lcncop~ a::; TCY..m ~.1ll ~nd L)extcr horizo:1 to interJection the ::<.:nith :;o chat an .:1nd r.~ore bird-c.:loc-lL~C und~r nt:-ucture di~h reached tnc f lo~d liz~ t:: \1~rc turned off, FJNAL GALLEY PROOF Gallt~Y ~o-THE \VORLD OF FLYING SAUCERS hovering in the sky south of tll<.' roml. Ac:C'ording to tl1cir report t o tlw Air Force, tht UFO wn~ an elon~atcd o\~1 with a dome. on top, somcthing like a bircl c~gt', and brilliantly illuminat<'c.l hy two shi.1ft of intcns(> pak'-)'C'llow light that sprang from the h(Jltom and con\'er~ed ovt'r the top. Frighlt'&wcl at this apparition, th e witnC'C..St's t:ould provide on1y 1mccrtnin estimate~ of dista11cc and size. Tl1e ohjec:t seeml'd to he t\H'nty to thirty fed in diamct<"'r, was at an altitudt! of about zoo fcf't whr n first scPn, and was ho,c ring ahoul two miles away. As thC'y dron on, the ohjcc:t stcme'l to move and travel parallel with the car for alJottt a tni]e. The the yellow dimmed and a cin.le of cig1al or len red lighb ~uddcnly ap- p eared on the under~idc, the UFO ro!'e Ycrtically, , cry rapidly, and vanished in n fP\V S<'concls. It had h e( n in ,icw for a period of five to ten minutcs. Checking the mo;o,l probable c>.planntions first, ATIC officials found that the nearhy \Villow nun Airport had lmd 110 aircrafL in the vicinity at the ti