PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Qx Probably Balloon Possioly Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION .) D.: G10und Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Ai rcral t Probably Aircraft 0 Al~Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Rod or Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi col Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION e. NUMBER OF OBJECT S 9. COURSE 0 Other 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING II. COMMENTS u~rc:l ::.on, ..:vtt i oP r.; ATJC I'O'IlW 329 ( RICV 21 SaP 52) Names of People who were with me on August 19, 1959 ~hen we spoo tGd t~e object. 1 . ilhat was degrees \vhen tho appr ox:iroate elevation of the obJect :lbove the horizon in firs t s ighted? 'l'his...: object was approxlCJ::!.tely. the sa.me elev&tion as the moo11 on that night . Hbat vas the approximate elevation of the object above the horizon in degr ees when last sighted? 1 t ~eemed to go up higher than it was, tll it faded f rom sight. 3 . What was the approximate compass direction of the object froc you when first sighted? South East 4 . Uhat was the approximate c ompass d irection of the object from you when l.o.st sighted? .North F'r-t::>t . . ~ What wa s the fiight path of the object? The obj est tr2.vel on a a.~ag.L~al pat h from south east to north ea5t. It seemed to :dar t across tne S4y . ~hen last sighted it trdvel up to a higher altitude. .i~re there an7 other :.~i tnesses':' If so, ple.C\sa li:;t -4-.hai~ -.aml3s, ~darcsses, ar4 telephone number s if :lvail~bla. ; Please see atta ched. list. _ l ;>fcue") DE RJEDJR 17 FM COMDR IE'd YORK ADS ~CGUIRE AFB N J TO RJWFAL/COMDR ADC RJEZSN/COMDR 26ADIV PJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH I~TEL CNTR RJEZHQ/ ASST COFS I NT ELL HQ USAF RJEZHQ/OIS HQ USAF INFO RUEPBL/1006 AISS /UFO/U~CLAS/OIN 08537o SUBJ: "UFO". ATTN: OIN ADC. ATTN: OI N 26ADIV. IN ACCORDANCE WITK PARA 15, AFR 200- 2 . THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF A~ UN- IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IS SUBMITTED: (1) ROU.lD (2) ABOIJT S IZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR WHEN HELD AT ARM' S LENGTH (3) YELLOW ~HITE WITH A R0 RIM AND W4S A BRIGHT LIGHT (5) NOT APPLICABLE RERUNNING FROM PAGE THREE PAGE T HREE RJEDJR 17 MAILBOY I N OFFICE. ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY -UNKNOWN. G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING: < 1) OBSERVER'S ACCOUNT OF WEATHER -VERY CLEAR AND BRIGHT < 2 ) WI NDS C 3) CEIL I N G -CLEAR (4 ) VISIBILITY-10-15 MILES < 5 ) AM OUtJT OF CLOUD COVER -NONE C 6) THUNDERSTORMS HI AREA -NONE J. UNKNOWN K . WILLIA~1 S. BARNETT, 1ST L IEUTENANT, USAF, o~SS'T INTELLIGENCE PAGE TWO RJEDJR 17 DESCRIPTION OF' COURSE OF' 0 BJ ECT: JUST NOTICED LIGHT IN THE VERY HIGH IN THE SKY. IN THE SKY. APPEARED F'ROM BEHIID THE MOON AND HEADED STRAIGHT OUT ACROSS THE SKY. (5) JUST F'ADED OU1' (6) F'IVE MINUTES C. MANNER OF' OBSERVAT I OtJ: (1) GROUND VISUAL (2) NAKED EYE (3) NOT APPLICABLE Do TIME AND DATE OF' SIGHTING: E. LOCATIO'! OF' OBSERVER: UPPER GREHI'.vOOD LAKE, NEll) MILFORD, NE'.v JERSEY SCCURITY CLAIJ81~1CA " JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCUSSIF I EU SPACB BBLOiT IU?SBRVBD POR COMMUNICATION CI!NTI!R fiT I.' t' P~ECEOENCS TYPE MSG (Ciuc 6) ACCOUNTING ORIO. OR REFERS TO ,kLAS!JI ~I CATIO N OF REI"aRCNCE U.,&. .,L..&.~ DOOK fo4ULTI GIHGLa OIN 08537 tN;LAS ATIC, W -P .AFB UN:; I AS/FROM: .AFCIN-lfElts YOUR ~lSG OIN 08537, Dl'D 19 AUG 59 REPORTING Al'l tm'O SIGfriNG. WHAT WAS 'ffiE EUV.A.TION ~"'D AZIMUTH OF 'lHE OBJECT WHEN FIRST AND lAST SPECIAL. INIITRUCTION. WH..\T WAS mE EUGHT Bl'lli OF THE O~T? REQ.UEST A CHBJK ~ OBStVED? MADE TO DEJ.'ERMINE IF THERE wmE ANY MORE WITNESSES WERE, '.IHEIR OBSERVA'liO.NS OF THE OBJECT IS REQ.UESTIID. MONTH YEAR SIGNkt.!RE _ _/ UNClASSIFIED 'Jt MAY !SIS REPLACES DO PORN 173. t OCT 4., WHIC H WIL L. BE US0 UNTIL t::.XHAUSI!:D PAGE FOUR RJEDJR 17 OFFICER, HQ, NEW YORK ADS, MCGUIRE AFB, NJ. A CHECK OF AIR FORCE BASES IN THE AREA OF THE SIGHTING INDICATED T HAT NO WEATHER SALOONS HAD BEEN RELEASED IN THE AREA AND TIME UNDER QUESTION. HOWEVER, THE WINDS WERE FROO 290 TO 310 DEGREES, IT I S POSSIBLE THAT A SALOON FR(l1! SCME OTHER BASE TO THE WEST OF THE SITELOCAT ION MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. 1 9/ 2024Z AUG R JEDJR HEADQUARTERS Ir1:1 YORK AIR Dl!:}'IDlSE SECTOR TED STATES Am FORCE McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, NEW JERSEY \i:r Technical .Iutelligence Center ~U"l'll : A.i'CDl~E4g .::.~ight-Pwlttenon Air Farce :Baae, Ghlo 1 . ~cf'arence i&J made t o llle&sagas .t'::-001 this helliiq~rs, OL i - C-3537 und Oni -093~, and ~asa.e;e t:rom your headquarters, AYCIN ~. A reply to our letters has finall y bt!en received from the i:.ldi v idual vbo r.ll'\de "~;he 1:11 tial l'e'?Ort o f the s igbti:lg of: an l'.:'li<.ld.!ltif'~ed fiy1.nB ub,Je~, and c. t-cach~d ht:reto .J.re hiQ r-.:!plles l,o our tluest.ions \"lit h cover 1-ltte:-and J.rawing. 1 ; 5..3 i'e l t that you \.rtll gain more .from ~se than :f'rcra any att,empt on our :part lN t r y t o interpNt t hem for you. 3 . L'his headq_ua:rters h a :l r.o t t'lSde :my c f'f c r t to t.~ indi~ri.iuaJ a l!oted b y thd l~litial obadrrer. you des ire. Ci ::JtL)n :;.:ny o f :e ~ri 1 .l do so ir , ioforeoce ~lera?h three. beaio oorrsopondcoo~t, Nquea~ contaot be Ja:'\ue \J1 tO. <h S r:ll!ly 0 1' o ;fi t.neD::14lS lla jX.)c:Mi bla, a :.xi a detailc!)d s ta ter~"t o f t;l'\air 1mr.reaaiuna ot tAo sic.btl.ng be i~rdCIU to this Center. A 11-l' o 1' tho witDA~J:uMa ia a~tltohad ,,o one v-n.Jt !XlpUt tor ~1vt.W6_. nnd J<xnpononta .\.tded 1 Atol:u ...! J.J. o ~ vl ' r!:SZOO a !lJld o.dcl reaae1 Please excuse t~e delay in answering your first letter of August 26, 1959. In answer to your r e<tues t for additional infor- mation concerning our sighting of a n unide~tifled f lying object on the night of August 19th, past. l am sorry to say that I can not answer t!lese questions in as technical a manner as you wis h . I sincerely hope thRt the answer s 1 ha ve given will b e of s ome assist - ance i n t...hls matte r . closed you will r i nd a drawing which i made of the area in which we were when t~1is object was siehted. it outlines the a r e;l of t he beach, Lake, a n d major butJ.dings. The flight path of this object is also outllned on this paper. Ma y l also men t.ii..on i..~la t we have heard reports of two additional sighting s of the same object? One sighting was reporte d to us by a n elderly woman. She described it as the same which we had seen, clai ming that this happened about two weeks prior to our sl~hting. I am sorry tha t I do not have t h i s persons name at this time but Wl!ll endeavor t o f lnd this informa L i on . Thi s object was also sighted again on Labor IJay of this year by some of the person s wlilo Vlitnes5ed the first sighting. t;oth sighting~ were reported to be at the same time of night; around 11:15 P.rn.. Please feel free to call on me at any time for any as5i s t ance that 1 may be able t o give you . If you w:>uld like to discuss thts matter with me in person , or f o r that matter nith any- one of the others who were present, 1 am sure Lha t arrangements can be made. 1 can be reached at the following phone number during the day; between 9 :00 A. M. and please uccept my apologies t'o r not an s.<e ring your letter sooner.