PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCA.TION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 3. ~ATETIM CROUP J~-ro oo y oon 0 Wos Aircraft a P rob obi y Ai rcroft o Ground Vi suet 0 GroundRodor C Ai,.. Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft C Was Astronomical 7. LENGTH 011 OBSERVAT!ON 8. NUMBER orr OBJECTS 0 -.Probably Astronomical! .=nu: 0 Possibly Astronomical Other .. Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BR1Efl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING .ATtC POJUI 32t (ltSV 26 S'&P 52) 11. COMMENTS ~-.: _-~ ~ r Your oie~r ot 29 March 1960 a~ssed to Pre~ident . B1aenhaver COZlCtU'niDg the 24 .Beptcmbe:zr; 1959 Redmond, "Oregon :unidantitiedofiying objeet af&hti.Dg bas been re:ferxed 't!h tacta ~ f1nd1naa- copy ot. thia_ .letter BICAP laC: s ilieerel.y ~ .. UlWRDCB J. 'lACK&R' MaJar :o USAF PubliC. Information D1via1~ ouice o~ Ixrro:rmation .lOO Baet 21st St -Apt 221 B~oklyn -26, lfe1( York.~ Reader 0 1-1 SAFLL-!>1r. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY .ME~IORANDUl\1 HENORA!'IDUM FOR SAFOI SUBJECT: UFO 1 . The attached is fonmrded to you for ..........._direct reply . Please furnish SAFLL ,.fi th e copy or .J ot..t re9ly. 2 . .\ction Officer: ~<:tension: 57394 I:1clos1.1re NEVI YORK CITY AFFILIATE NATIONAL IN VESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA President-Correspondent Admin . Vico Pnnid" r I 00 Eost 21st St. -Apt. 221 Brooklyn 2o, New York WHite Plains 8-477: Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower \vhi te House 1600Pennsylvania Avenue Washington~ D.C. Dear Mr. President: fiJarch 29, 196 0 Please permit me a little of your busy time to ask on behalf of my organization several questions on matters of concern to us all. on the brink of bursting the erstwhile limite of our spatial horizons, we seek simply the truth about these matters. 1. The official publication of NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, of Which Donald E. Keyhoe, l1a.jor ~ usr~ I Ret ... is Director) refers to an Air Force statement which is contrary to .F'ederal Aviation Agency report3. - - The AF-F confliction concerns the alleged sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) on September 24, 1959 near Redmond, Oregon. NICAP states that FAA proof of the facts of the sighting , proof which is officially logged FAA evidence includes: details of a chase by four AF F-102 jets, a description of the UFO and an AF report of trackine the object by radar for over one hour. Tbese FAA reports were signed by L. E. Davis, Chief Redmond Air Traffic Communication Station, and William F. Zauche, Jr., Chief, Air Route Traffic Control Center, Seattle. The reports, sent to NICAP, were accompanied by a confirming letter from Eugene s. Kropf, Assistant to the Regional Manager, FAA Region 4, Los Angeles. NICAP states that the FAA reports are at NICAP headquarters in Washington , D.C NICAP states that on January 19 , 1960, it recei~1ed the folloflling statement, which was signed by Ma jor Lawrence J . Tacker~ Pentagon Public Information Officer handling UFO information: The ATIC account of the sighting fails to reveal any evidence of radar t racking or any success of the attempted intercept. It is the ATIC opinion that this object was probably a balloon " Mr. President, d o you think that the Air Force should be requested to make, immediately, a c omplete and public explanation of this case? 2. NICAP has ref erred to l;he publishe d st3.t a me n t oi' Rear .-1.dmlra l s . Fah:'ney, USdJ Re t., famed a s the "f a t her of t;nided mi3sile s , which reveals his r ealization of the necessi t y to k now the facto a bout objects which reportedly enter ou~ atmospher e at h igh speeds. Do you respect this man's opinion on this subject? 3. I our Air Force found that there are some objects --now referr e d to as UFOS --l'lhich originate from planets othe r than earth, the n do you think the American public, if given such information~ would take that news sensibly and in stride? 4. Do you think the American public should be told all f acts relating to all unidentified flying objects? I wish to take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your courtesy and attention on this. We are deeply a ppreciative. Your reply will aid us in our fair evaluation of the subjects in question esident, New York City Affiliate of N: A Ini ti;t J Report. B E::dract Fran 827TH AO.T SQ Log s (Radar Returns) C Gap Filler Antenna Data FAA Correspondence Investigative and Anaylsis Data Corresoondence Extract Fron UFO Publications ACTION: CIN INFO : OOP ~ SAFS StJD C 166 ; CZCHQC272ZCQJA093 . FM 1902 AACSRON HAMILTON AFB CALIFORNIA TO RJWFAL/AOC ENT AFB RJWZSB/2SADIV HAMILTON AFB RJEOSQ/ ATI'C WR IGH PATTERSON AFB RJEZHQ/ OFS USAF . RJWZDM/25TH DIV MCCORD AFB UNCLAS FROM FLT SVC SIE NUMBER ONE ACION ADC 28 ACIV ATIC AFCIN AFOI S ~ Cl) BRIGHT LIGHT SUCH AS LANDING LIGHS C2> AT ARMS LENGTH SIZE OF CIGARETE C3> WHITE LIGHT-CHANGING TO ORANGISH C6> SEE M 6 C9> FOUR PROTRUDING LIGHTS RED GREEN YELLOW AND WHITE B. FALLING WHITE LIGHT THEN HOVERED AT 800FT THEN RISING .TO 3000F'T ,..':PJ\ R 'Mfl'lT OF THE A '': FCIRC': PAGE. TWO R 0\tiZBG 154 A (3) 24/1319Z APPOX 50 MI SOUTH TRAVELING SOUTH : (5) IN FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH (6) STARTED AT 24/1200Z SEPT TILL PRESENT TIME C. C 1) . GROUND VISUAL BY NAKED EYE ~ C2) BINOCULARS BU NOT NEEDED E. REDMOND~ FAA STATION OPERATOR, REDMOND OREGON CALL LETTERS RDM REDMOND:~CITY . POLiCEMAN OREGON F. C l) .:LAVERNE WE:RTZ 304 S i H ST REDMOND OREGON FAA FL SVC SPECIALIST ~ROBERT DICKERSON 534 s 11TH ST REDMOND ORE:G POLIO LINCOLN 82945 <1> HAMILTON FLIGHT SERVICE FOCST ~) HIGH THIN Page 2 of 3 ROWZBG 154A !iT I FF ,~,. ES!" AG::-DIY'~ JO 'i . I. 28TH AND. 2'TH AOIV NOTIFIED AT 24/1232Z AND 24/1244Z SCRAMBLE LATER OUT OF PORTLAND AFB ORG J. JI~GO 36 S47 MOUNTAIN HOME: AFB IDAHO ROUND ROBIN IN AREA AT 36'000FT ~ HAMILTON FLT SVC'CLNC OFFICER WAS REC!IVlNG CONINUOUS REPORTS FROM SEATTLE ARTC C!NTER RELAYING 'OR ROM RADIO FOUR PROTRUDING LIGHTS WOULD GO OU AND THEN COME BACK ON AND FAN TAILED ON THE END~ AT APPROXIMATELY 24/1259Z SEPT DISAPPEARED INTO CLOUDS AT 14000"FT ACCENDING APPROXIMATELY 4000FT PER MINUTE PROT.RUD!'~G COLORED LIGHTS WHERE OUT BUT ORANGt LIGHT SIMILAR TO JET BLAST CA~E FROM BOTTOM. SIGHED AGAIN AT APPROX 2~/1325Z BY REDMOND CMR. WERTZ) F'AA STATION ESTIMATING 35000F SOUTH EAS RAVELING SOUTH AT GOOD SPEED 25 TH. ADIV CAPT HESS USAF NOTIFIED ~R WERTZ HOME PHONE NUMBER l.I BE ~IS I NFO RELAYED BY MR :ENTER ~ASHINGTON HOME ADORE~ SUPERVISOR SEATLE ARC UTH FEDERAL WAY WASH DISA?PERED 24/1319Z ?age 3 of 3 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE OIVISION CZCQEEAAWWWWWWWWWWWWZCQJB791 PP RJEDSQ RJEZHQ DE. RJWZDMG 4 UNClASSIFIED MfSSAGf r~ CO~DR 827 ACWRON SQ KENO ORE TO RJ:ZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FOPCE 1~FO RJWZSB/COMDR 1902 AACS RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC RJWZBH/COMDR 25TH AIRDIV UNCLASS/827TH OPS Blo ATTN~ SAS 01-3Do SUBJECT: REFERENCE TELEPHONE r?OM MAJOR TACKER, THIS DATEo ~o THE CLASSIFIED LOGS FOP THIS STATION FOR 24 SEPTEMBER ~959 ~.\VE BEEN THROUGHLY FESEAPCHED AND THE FOLLOlJ.liNG INFORMATION ~XTRACTED AND PARAPHRASEDo t 300Z-ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE SCRAMBLE OF TWOF-102 S FROM ~CRTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN FLYING 03JECTo CNOTE: THIS UFOB WAS GIVEN THE TRACK NUMBER OF J B129o E RECORDER S LOGS FOR THAT DATEi WHICH ~OULD SHOW SPEED AND . T !TUDE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRACK HAVE BEEN DESTROYED o REFERENCE: UFO SIGHTI~IG !?2D~:CND , JFGGON SIGHTIJ iG 24 ueptcmber 1959 On 24 Sept ember 1959, a t 12002 (0400 local), Nr Robert Dickerson, a polic.e:nan of , ReQ r.d, Oregon, sighted a n unidentified flying object. Unable to identify the ~ ~ object, Hr. Dickerson d r ove to the Redr.lond F.\A f ncilit.y and c:>ntactod Mr I..avern'3 V !ertz, operator on duty. Hr Dickerson e.nd l"Ir. ~Iertz described the object a s &"1 ex- tremely bright light very l ow on the horizon in the northeastern sky. Both ' d tnesses stated that thG object appeared to move erratical~ around a principal point and to JT.ove rapidly toward and away from them. TotaJ. observati~r... time was approrlma.tely ona hour a t uhich tj me l 1r Hertz stated that the object appea red to zoom straight up at great speed. A.fter observing the object for sev eralminutes with Mr. \'iertz, Officer Dick er son attempted to get clo~er to the object by dri7ing in an eastward direction. After rive miles and no apparent change in the appearance of the object the office r gave up the attempt and Mr \Tertz reported the presence of t he object t o the FAA a t Sl3attle by"Hot- ?none". The Seattle FAA facility contacted the 827th A(;l<'iRON (Aircraft Control and ~laming Squadron) located at Keno, Oregon, and asked if they had a ta r get in the Richmond .:1rea and the senior controller answered in the affirmative. Six F-102' s, cne F-89, one H-29(Helicopter), and one civili~n Tri-Pacer equipped with a geige~ counter were vectored to the target area with negative results. The interceptors did not make visual or radar contact and the Tri-Pacer