PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon Possi ;,t y Balloon 3. 04TETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION ; 0; Ground-Vi suo I a Ground-Rodor Was Aircraft ~e!'ue2.::r.6 Probably Ai rcraft a Ai r-Vi suol 0 Ai r l ntarcept Rod or 0 Po s s i bl y Ai rcroh Wos Astronoml col a Probably Astronomical "'ivi l in 0 Possibly Astronomical LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION HUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation .0 ~:t::n: ; n~crvo.ls BRIEF SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING refn,.,line tl1t!l yello; ATJC PORW 329 (JUlY :16 S&P Sl) czcs~n921ZCV1Bo34 PP RJEnsQ - DE RJESTJD T E l E P H 0 N c "'l FM COMnR 837TH AIR DIV TO RJEZHQ/COFS HQ USAF RJEZHQ/ACOFSI HQ USAF RJET'S'l/ATIC WPAF!3 ~- INFO RJESNK/COMDR 354TAC FTR WG UNCLAS FROM ABIS O 7-4a SECTION I OF II ACTION FOR SAFI S : INFO FOR ACOFSI HQUSAF WASH PC; ATIC WPAFB OHIO; EAnF STEWART AFB NY; 354 TAC FTR WG MBAiB SC: UFO: A. n.ESCRI PTION OF OBJECTS & (1) SHAPE -A nRAW!NG ANn TWO l10ME-MATJE STi nEs OF THE TWO OBJECTS SIGHTED ARE BEING FORWARl)Ef'l TO Af'IC ENT AFB. THEY WERE MAnE BY THE MAN WHO REPORTEn SIGHTING THEM. HE nESCFIBES EACH OBJECT AS A CIPCLE OF SIX LIGHTS wiTH A SEVENTH tiGHT TRAINING BEHINn THE CIRCLE. (2) SIZE-IT WAS AS BIG AS A HULA HOOP, IF THE HULA HOOP WAS HELP AT ARMS LEN~TH. HIS WIFE, ALSO A WITNESS, WHEN INTERVIEWEn SEPARATElY AN~ WITHOUT KNOtil..EnGE OF HIS J)ESCRIPTION, nEsCRIBEn IT AS BEING AS LAJ?t";E AS A PAGE TWO RJEsnn 83 GRAPEFRUIT. SHE PROTEsTEn, HOWEVEF, THAT SHE HAS I.ITTLE CONCEPT OF RELATIVE SIZES. (3) COLOR -THE SIX l.IGHTS ON THE PERIMETER OF THE CIRCULAR PHENOMENON WERE PESCRIBEn AS BEING A nuttiSH YEl.LOW ANn STAR-COLOREn. WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE MOVING CIRCLE WAS A BRlt.LlANT, BLUISH-GREEN tiGHT ANf'l ST..It.HTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THAT LIGHT, sTILL WITHIN THE CIRCLE, WAS A SECONn REnnisH LIGHT. THE LIGHT WHICH-TRAILED THE OBJECT WAS A DULL ORANGE. HE ALSO nESCRIBED IT AS LOOKING LIKE A FLYING CHRISTMAS TREE AS IT APPPOACHEn. <WHEN OVERHEAT), ITS CIPCUl.AR SHAPE WAS APPARENT.) (4) NUMBER--TWO OBJECTS. (5) FORMATION--BOTH TRAVEt.LEn VERY CLOSE TOGETHER AND REMAINED IN A CONSTANT POSITION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER nupiNG THE SI~HTIN~S. THE SECONG OBJECT WAS BEsinE ANn SLIGHTLY TO THE REAR OF THE OF THE t EADINr, ONE. (6) OBSERVER SAYS HE COULD Dl S.TINGUlSH NOTHI~IG BUT THE LIGHTS. HE AVERREr THAT HE nin NOT SEE ANYTHING RESEMBLING AN EXHAUST FLAME. HE EXPLAINEn THAT .FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, HE CALLEn THE LAST TRAINING LI r,HT A TAil . (7) SOUNn-NO SOUNn WHATSOEVER. OBSERVER WAS POSITIVE ABOUT THis. B <1> DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS. HE WAS STANniNG ON BEACH WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENns WHEN SOMEONE POINTEn OUT t i GHTS ANn ATTPIBUTEn THEM TO A HE!.ICOPTEF. (2) fiRST SlGHTEn AT AN ANr.t.E OF BETWEEN 40 AN~ 50 DEGREES RElATIVE TO THE OBSERVER AS IT CAOME UP THE REACH FROM THE SOUTH. A. OBJECTS MAnE FOUR PASSES OVER THE OBSERVERS, All ON APPROXIMATELY THE SAME COURSE. FIRST PASS MAnE AT ESTIMATE HEI~HT FOUR'ffi PASS MAT'E AT ALTITUDE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO ANn FOUR MILES < (J) DISAPPEAREn OUT OF SIGHT EACH TIME TRAVELLING TOWAR~ THE NORTH ~EST. ALTITUDE SAME AS NOTEn IN A. ABOVE. (4) OBJECTS APPROACHEn FROM SOUTH CAME UP BEACH ANn PASSEn OVER ANn IN FRONT OF OBSERVERS. NO CHANGE IN LIGHT CONFIGURATION UURINr. THE FIRST THREE PASSES. ON FOURTH PASS, HOWEVER, THE OBSERVER STATES HE SAW AN EXPLOSION-LIKE FLASH ANn THE CONFIGURATION HANGEn TO FOUR SMAttER, SOLID CIRCLES OF LIGHT. IMMEJJIATELY AFTER THE EXPLOSION CNO SOUNn) THE ORIGINAl. CONFIGURATION WAS NOT VIsimE --INSTEAn, ONLY THE FOUR CIRCLES. THE CIRCLES SEEMEn TO HOVER MOTIONLESSLY IN A SQUARE PATTERN. THEN ( ; SUDnENLY TWO ACCELEPATEn ALMOST INSTATANEOULY ANn ZOOMEry OVER THEIR HEADS INLANTJ AT AN ENORMOUS RATE OF SPEEn. THE TWO REMAINING CIRCLES RETURNEn TO THE CONFIGURATION WHICH BY NOW WAS AGAIN VIS!Bt.E. THAT ALL HAPPENEO SO RAPILY THAT THE OBSERVER CANNOT BE SURE WHETHER THIS OCCURANCE TOOK PLACE. IN TOTO ANn SEPARATELY WITH THE SECONn OBJECT --OR WHETHER THE OCCURENCE WAS A COMPOSITE ACTION OF THE GROUND-VISUAL (2) HE ANn OTHEP WITNESSES VIEWEn OBJECTS THROU~H A PAIR OF 8X25 POWER BINOCULARS. D. TIME ANn DATE Of SIGHTING. (1) FIRST SIGHTING 2515 SULU 7 JULY 1959. FINAL DISAPPEARANCE APPROXIMATELY 2&20 ZUl.U 7 JUlY 1959. (2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS --THE OBSERVERS WERE STANniNG ON THE BEACH APPROXIMATU.Y ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE SURFsinE PIER ANf. TWO Mi lES NOFTHEAST OF THE GARDEN CITY PIER. WITH THEIR BINOCULARS THEY COULP SEE THE LIGHTS OF THE OCEAN FOREST HOTEL IN THE MYRTlE BEACH AREA 10 MILES AWAY TO THE NORTH. THEY WERE STANniNC IN FRONT OF A COTTAGE CALLEn THE wso-FINE AT TIME OF SIGHTING. THIS COTTAGE I S OWNE~ BY THE PACE FIVE RJEsnn 83 r ON OBSERVERS --(1) DR~ F. I DENTIFYING INFORMATION BATESBURG, S.C. OCCUPATION ~EOICAL nocTOR. A. ESTIMATEn RELIABILITY --DR. AS THE OBSERVER WHO NOTIFIEn SHAW AFB Oi THE SIGHTINr. ON 13 JULY, 1955 . HE WAS INTERVIEWEn BY INVESTIGATINr. OFFICER ON 14 JUt.Y, 1959 AT HIS IN BATESBURG, SeC: THE !NVESTlCATINr. OFFICER E.El IEVS THAT HONESTLY SAW SOMETHING WHICH HE COUtn NOT l~ENTIFY. HE IS A SUCCESSFUl. DOCTOR I N HI S COMMUNITY AND Din NOT IMPRESS T~E I~IVESTI~AT!NG OFYICtR AS TEE TYPE WHO CPAVES SENSATIONAl IS M A~l" !!:GO-INFLATL'Jt; ATTENTION. HE !S J'\ i'1ATURE, S08.ER ~JAN OF HIGH INT.EttiGENC WITH A QUICK, ACCURATE MINn. HE SHOWEn THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER A CAPILLARY PI PETTE FOR SEPARATING HEMOGLOBIN FROM WHOlE Btoon WHICH PAGE FOUR RJESDn 83 TWO. (5) THE TWO SOLI" LI GHT CIRCLES WHICH tEFT THE CONFlCURATION DISAPPEARET1 OVER ROOfTOPS ANn TREES ON THE HORIZON, INlANP. THEY Dll1 NOT EXTINGUSH, HE SAYS, LIKE A FALLING sTAR. TP.EY PROCEEnEn OUT OF VIEW AT AN ENORMOUS FATE OF SPEEn. THE TWO OBJECTS ORIGINALLY SEEN MADE ThElP FOURTH PASS OVER THE OBSEPVERS, PEPFORMEn t MANEUVER DESCRIBET1 IN 4 ANn HEAnEn TOWARn THE NORTHWEST ANn OUT ON SIGHT EVENTUALLY. <6> EACH siGHTlNi, LASTEn FROM 3-4 MINUTES ANn OCCURREn AT APPROXIMATUY 20-MINUTE INTERVALS ALL FOUR PASSES TOOK PLACE IN A LITTLE OVER ONE HOUR. c. MANNER OF OBSERVATIQN (1) CZCSQA595ZCVYC651 PP RJET)SQ ~ nE RJESUD 83~ FM COMDR 837TH AIR DI V TO RJEZHQ/COFS HQ USAF RJEZHQ/ACOFSI HQ USAF RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB RJE1)NB/EAnF INFO RJESNK/COMDR 354 TAC FTR WG UNCLAS FROM ABISO 7-408. FINAL SECTION OF II SAME AS THAT OF OR. K, AGE.17, nou~HTER OF ' MAID, A STUDENT, An~RESS AME AS THAT OF DERLY MC>THER-IN-LAW OJ DR. SMAE ADY)RESS AS TJR. MRS. AGE 43, WIFE OF G. WEATHER ANO WINDS-ALOFT CONl)lTIONS AT OF SIGHTNINGS -- OBSERVER'S ACCOUNT--HE SAl" IT WAS CLEAR BUT A t iTTLE GUSTY. WEATHER REPORT FOR PERIOD OF SI~TING. nATA TAKEN FROM U.S. WEATHER BUREAU OFFICE FORCAST AS IT WAS r,IVEN TO THE MYRTLE BEACH AFB AI R EATHER SEPVICE. A. SURFACE ( ' WINP.S FROM NORTHEAST AT 4 KNOTs ; 6000 FEET AT 0 40 T)Er.REES, 15 KNOTS; STAT~n THAT HE DI~ NOT MENTION SIGHTING TO THE PRESS BECAUSE OF ITS ( SENSATIONAL NATURE, AND HE HESITATED ALMOST A WEEK BEFORE REPORTING IT TO SHAW BECAUSE HE ninN'T WANT TO RISK BEING CONs lr.EREn A CRANK. (2) OTHER WITNESSESI A. MR. TE.Fcfll ~ (~ J../J.S WI rcc LEXINGTON, s. c., B. MRS ADDRESs- ( 15/2135Z JUL RJEsn~ 40 NOTS; 20,000 FEET AT 0 4 0 DEGREES, 40 KNOTS; 30,000 FEET AT 360 DEGREES, 20 KNOTS; 60,000 FEET AT 050 DEGREES, 15 KNOTS. (3) CEILING--150~FEET, SCATTERED, GIGH SCATTEREO. <4> VISIBiliTY 15 MILES. C5) CLOUT) COVER --TWO TNTHS. C6) THUNT)ERSTORMS IN AREA--UURING THIS PERIOO THERE WAS NO THUNnERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE AREA.HURRICANE CINnY WAS 150-170 NAUTICAL Mil~ES EAST SOUTH EAST OF < T ZULU. H. NO INTERCEPTION ACTIVITY UN~ERTAKEN BY ADC. I. AIRCRAFT IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING --THE 354TH TACTICAL FIGHTER WING INTDJLIGENCE SECTION AT MYRTLE BEACH AFB REPORTS THAT AT 2500 ZULU, EIGHT F-100 AIRCRAFT BEGAN PERFORMING REFUELING , MISSIONS WITH TWO KB-50 TANKERS AT 28 000 FEET IN AREA W-177. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT ONE HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING STANnBY SEARCHANO RESCUE FOR THE REFUELING MISSION AT THE TIME. THE OBSERVERS REPORTED SEEING A HELICOPTER FLYING ALONG THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. THE 727TH AC&W SQ AT MYRTLE BEACH AFB SAY THAT THEY HAVE NO RECORD ON UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ON THAT T)ATE. J. COMMENTS OF PREPARIN~ OFFICER --THE PREPARIN~ OFFICER IS OF THE OPINION THAT TI-tE OBJECTS SIGHTEn. WERE THE TWO KB-53 TANKERS REFUELING THE F-1Z0 < AIRCRAFT. THE OBSERVER WHO REPORTEO THE SIGHTING, WHEN QUERIEn, PAGE THREE RJEsnn 83 REPLIEn rrtAT HE HAry NEVER SEEN AN AERIAL REFUEtiN~. 15/21352 JUL RJEsnn