PROJECT i 0073 ReCORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Wa s Balloo n Pe~il' u, .... , 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possioly Balloon 0 Ground Visual 0 Ground-Radar O X Probably Aircraft :~o A;,. Vi :wal 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Was Ash onomi col 0 Probabl y Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP' OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Ot her 0 Insuff icient Data for Evaluation BRIE F SU~ARY OP' SIGHT ING 11. COMMENTS (Jl .. ~:t:a t i.cn n ... .,rour"'e r ATIC J'Ollt.M 329 (JUtV 26 SIU' 52) AF FORM 112--PART II (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED I JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (~asq) REPORT HO. At appr oximately 2015 PDT , 1Sept.'59 (03152, 2 Sept. 59 ) Lt. Roy c. Gill, Hq Sq Sacnamento Air n.1ater ial Area (rWARS) and I 1t1ere approx- imately over the Monterey Peninsula a t 30,000 feet. The Peninsul a was obscured by a low grou nd fog, but Salinas and the Coast n orth of the Peninsula waae(visible. We \'lara on a north heading when we spotted a light to the east during normal scanning for othe r aircraft. At first it was difficult to ascertain whather or not t h e light was moving and I believed it ~ initially to b e a bright star that had just appeared over the hoDrizon as I hav e seen on clear nights out over the Pacific In about 30 seconds it was clearly evident that the light was mov- ing directly toward us. We then watched it constantly for running lights and in the event evasive action were necessary. Nothing but the one white ligh t could be observed as it approached and it was about the in- tens! ty of a landing light. It is my estimate that \'lhen we saw the light initially, it was e ither east of the Sierras or over t hose moun- tains, but no ground r eference was available to pinpoint it. As the light dre w closer it becme evident that it would p Rss di- rectly behind us and above. We then started a t urn to the east to keep the ligh t under surveillance and, consequenLly, to our right. As we pas~through an easterly heading the lig h t was due south of us and above a t an estimsted altitude or 40-50,000 f eet. It was evident that it was moving at a high rate of speed. At t h e point where it wa s due south of our position I was aware of very faint, bluish-green squares directly behind the white llght. These were very, very faint and visible for only a n instant and were three o r more in number. I asked Lt. Gill if he s a w them but he did not, however, he was flying the plane whereas I w~s de- voting my full attention to the llght. I'm sure of what I saw t h ough 1 t was faint, because up to this point I t housht 1 t wa.s another air- craft and wa s not expec~lng anything unusual. My observations to this point were purely objective. As the light passed we continued our turn to the rlght l n e n ef- fort to obtain a stern position and thus silhouette the object against the western sky which still had a faint glow from the setting sun. As we completed the turn 1 t wa s apparent tha t the object ha.d a much high- er rate of speed than we did and was pulling away from us rapidly. It was still south of our position and moving in a westerly direction out over the ocean. Aa it got out over the Pacific the light disappeared and we could see nothing. I n about 10 seconds the light reappeared just as brightly as before and was visible for a few seconds then went out and we did not see it again. We remained in the area for about 5 min- utes in hopes we w~uld see it again, but it was in vain. It 13 estimated tha t we had the objact u~d9~ obs vst~on f~o~ 3 to 5 minutes f rom tha time we first saw lt. in t:1e e a stern aky until it disappeared over the Pacific. It appeared to fly a l e vel e ast t o west course a nd if it ware c l imbing it wa s do!ng so very g radually. It made no turns or other maneuvers as far as we c ot1l d tell. We remained et 30,000 feet t hroughout the observalion and \>~h1le estern of the object our true air speed was approximatel y 340 knots. A"t no tlme were we a - ware of RnJ disturbance to our radio'~r ~0r~al ~un~t~on!ng 0f au !~-j '!raft. ~.~ ...:ot h immed:!.a tel y s.~reed tl:"la t. ..r~ l-:a.d .:1::.ye r 3 n J slmt"l.ar a.ppearing presentation ln our respective fly i ng careers, t hus t he de- ision to reoort it. At no time were we able to see a n object outline not even for the instant when the bluish -green squares trailing the white light were vis ible. The difference i n epeed made a tall chase completely futile. Jret9111-Stt,c..tc:s v,s/ ble as +~e cf,de~ t- j=>t.t.~scJ duC:! ~c:Ju-t/, of t-ke T-3l Is rc~/f/o~. Nof vt's:b{e a.bo~L+ /a.i-td/";7 (}Jltf CZC HQ FJJ .55 ZCQJ A039 DE HOWZBG I l OA DEPAR"' i EI ' -IF . -ic A f >RO" F'M HAt1ILTON FLIGHT SfRUICE HAt1ILTON AIR FORCE BASE CALIF TO RJEDWP/COMMA~DER AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER ATTN AT!AA-~C R.H~f' AL/ COMM AN OER AIR DEFENSE C 0\'ll~ AND RJWPSS/28 TH AIR DIVIS 1 ON RJEZHQ/DIRECT OR OF INTELLIGENCE H~S IJSAF RJf::l!JQ/OFFICE Of I NF'Ofm SF.R\fiCES HQ::> USAF ~lASH 25 0 C ~) ROUND WHITE POirJT CF LIGHT <2) 5 i Z OF' DIME ARM LENGTH $) ~/HIT LIGHT GLO'J FOfit~ I i'l G f AINT ABLE TO IDENTTFY PAGE TWO ROWZBG llOA 3.. EAST TO WEST Cl>NORMAL SCANNING OBSERVED BRIGli T L IGHT ~) APPOX 30 M FEET IN EAST OVER SEIRRA MTS (3) APPOX 40M TO 50M IN WEST 0'/EH PACIFIC (4) FROM E TO WE$T LEVEL (5 ) GOING WEST LIGHT WENT OUT F'On 3 T O 5 SEC ~t;'::K n,, ::-OR 10 t10RE ---- <1) AIR VISUAL (2) NIGHT FAINT GLOW FROM SUN TO WESTERN HORZ ~ lONM SOUTH OF MONTEREY PENNISULA CALIF ~) MAJ J~W~ SHERWOOD USAFIT STANF0i1D tJ~ STUOEtlT CALIF liLT ROY C GILL HQ SQ SACRAi}Er~l'O MAt ERi t"'L AHEA (NOAQ:S) 771 A C.cu"lBRIDGE AVE MENLO PARK CALI? r"LY OUT OF t-H':C DEPARTu\ H OF T.-IE A':: F::>RO' JNC~AS:. ,:JED .AESSAG~ PAGE THREE (1) CLEAR AND 50 PLUS 3 Mr'LES FOG TURNED EAST THEN WEST AS OBJECT PASSED OVER A/C 02/0714Z SEP.ROWZBG Page 3 of 3 SECURITY CLASSIFII 0N JOINT MESSAGt::FORM tJNCLAS3IFIED SPACE BELC>W RESERVED FOR C OMMUNICATION CENTER PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Check) ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR REFERS TO ( ACTION ROUTINE DOOK MUt..TI SINGL.& CLASSIFICATION 0F REFERENCE ~-AF 020639Z SEP 59 UNCIJ\S SPECIAL IN6TRUCTIONS ATIC H-P AFB 28th AIR DIV., HANILTON AFB, CAL. TTA?.,:fiiTmr FLIGii!:C S~VIG~, HA:HIL'f'Olo 1\PB, C!t:b SIGHTING 0:.' AN UFO. REQUES'r YOUR ORG COfTTACT THE UITi'IESSES :em 'rFfSffi SIGimrTG AND SUBNIT. 'l'HE IIIFO ON Al\f m 112. ll'J ADDITION TO MY OTHER PZRTINENT INFO, T".rl.E FOLLO~tliNG IS ROO..UES'r~D: ELABORATE ON ITEt'S A1 JIJ.fD A7 OF REPORT, INCLUDUTG A DRI\.HING. 1./JIEN FIRST O:i3S:sRVED, ~/AS THE OBJECT EXAC:TLY TO Tlill EAST 0.:!' THE \liTITESSES? ELABOR.\TE ON THIS POINT. DID '.I.! IE HIT1TESSES REllAIN AT THEIR REPORTED ALTITUD:!: OF 30,000 FEET? DID THE OBJECT PASS DIRECTLY OVER ACFT? DID THE OBJECT APPEAR TO CL.U1B AT JINf TI!'IIE? HOH 11UCH TH18 ELAPS!ID BETH.E~'N FffiST OBSERVATION AND \~THEN OBJ PASSED OVER ACFT? HF.AT HAS HIT.NESSES EXACT LOCATION? COORDINATION: ljYMBOL SIGNATURE TYPED (or &tllmp~d) NAME AND TITLE LOtt~ J. lL\ltnELL GFCU"'ITY Cl.AnSI~tC,.TI:!lN REPLACES OD FORM 173, 1 OCT 49, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED nF.AOQU:\RTERS ~Q~ijW 78TH FJGII'TER WINO 11\Ut DEFENSF.) and IIAMJI.1'0~ ,\trl f'ORCE RASE I Unltecl StAtes Air f'orce Uam1lto n i\lt Force l\"1'1~, Cl\llrc:wnla Investigation of UFO 1. This headquarters received 28th Air Division message 280ID 5065 dated 9 September 1959 requesting additional investigation of the UFO sighting reported by Hamil ton Flight Serv:ic e message dated ? September 1959. :?. The attached "t-!:!morandwn for t he Commander" and his indorsement, previously fonr-=lrded t o your head:1uartcr s , indicated that Base Op~r~tions has the r~sponsibility of invcGtigdtD1~ UFO si6htings . Therefore, this correspondence is fo~Narded for your L1iormation .:md .:tnpropriate action. FOil THE COMHANDZR: V J D. 'FUHRMANN ~"''1Titr'lln, USAF ?.. Hamilton Flt ~erv Hsg 3 . Nemo fur the Conrlr Hq 78 Ftr Wg (WGODO), ll Sep 59, Investigation of UFO lst Ind (ABOOO) Hq 78 ABGp TO: Base Operations Forwarded for your immediate action. FOR THE COMMANDER: lDON 0 SORENSEN 1st Lt. , USAF Administrative Officer 2nd Ind ( ABOBO) Base Operations Office TO: ABGp ABODO 14 September 1959 Attached herewith .is AF Form 112 "Air I ntelligence Information Report" has been complet.ed by the witnesses of the UFO. This r eport along with the original correspbndence fs forwarded as directed. Hq 78 Ftr Wg (WGODO), ll Sep 59, Investigation of UFO 3rd Ind (ABOOO) 29 Sept ember 1959 Hq 78 ABGp TO: Hq 78 Ftr Wg (WGODO) Basic letter complied with. Investigation completed as per attached FOR THE COMMANDER: SHELDON D. SO~SEN" 1st Lt., USAF Administrative Officer 4th Ind (\<TGODO) Added 1 atch 4. AF Form 112 w/drawing ltQ 7 8TH FTR WG Wright-Patterso n ln. COl':lpliance llith your messag e APCIN-'+E4G 9-1,U3E, the subject U}'O ha:J been lnvesti2a .. c rl and the AF Form 112 is a ttached. i"U.l TilE CO~!}l!~WE;t: JACK A. McMILLI N Captain, USAF Aast Admi-!l Office!' AF FORM 112 APPROVED I JUNE 1948 (0 ...SSIFICAT10H) REPORT 110, (LEAVE BLANk) AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentiried Flping Object AREA R~Tm C* FROM ( Aflf"MJ) t!on terey Peninsula, California Oo\TI! ~ RP0RT DATE OF IHFOIIMATION EVALUATIOIC 22 Sept.!59 l Sept.'59 l -f'=IUPAAD==-=BY"'"'' (r-::~) SOURCE Ma.j or J . W. Sherwood SUMMARY: (l._,. cooadN ,..._,., 0/ rrporl. G'" .rl{mijlcanu I'll final 071Nmlenu porovrop~. LIAI 111cJMJrtl at lower lt/1. Btgftatm of rqxwt on A F ~m 111-P/Jtl 1/.) On l September 1959 at approximately 2015 hours (0315Z 2 Sept.'59) Naj. John W. Sherwood, Jr., USAFITAStanford and 1st Lt. Roy C. Gill, Hq Sq, Sacramento Air Materiel Area ( I40ARS) were over the Ivionterey Peninsula at 30,000 feet in T-33 #53-4973 out of McClellan AFB where both pilots are attached for flying. A light was observed in the eastern horrizon which they believed to be another aircraft a~ter it was ascer- tained that it \'las moving. They were on a northerly heading and as the light approached it was observed t o be above and slightly to t h e south of the T-33. The pilots turned to the east to keep the light under ob- servation as;passed to t he south of their position. The light was about the intensity of an aircraft landing light and as the object passed it was observed to be trailing 3 or more very faint bluish-green squares. The ~-33 continued its turn to get behind the object but was unable to due to its high rate of speed and e stimated altitude of 40- 50,000 feet. The object went out over the Pacific where the light extinguished for about 10 seconds, came ba.ck on for a few seconds, then disappeared and was not seen agaln. The object was unce~ surveillance for 3 to 5 min- utes as it passed from east to west. On 1 September 1959 at 2015 PDT two pilots in a T-33 over the Mon- terey Peninsula, California a t 30,000feet observed a single source of white light about t he intensity of a landing light fly a course from east to west at a very high rate of speed and at an altitude of 40- 50, 000 feet and disappear just off the coast over the Pacifi c Ocean. 04STRIIIUT10tl BY OIIIGHIATOR