PROJECT 1007:1 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon .lalJ j.nrf0:::-i , K.v 0 Probably Balloon Possi;,ly Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4-TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local ,.~() Lr:Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wos Aircraft 0 Probabl y Aircraft CMT C)? =q Z3~ :a 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Ai r-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Airc.roft Wos Astrono mi c:al 0 Probobl y Astronomical Civ i 2.ion 0 Possl bl y Astronomi col 7. L ENGTH OP' OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OP OBJECTS ~x Other ~!G'J..' 0 Insufficient bota for Evaluation :;tr:l.ight1thc n not ~iven 1 BRIEP' SUMMARY OF SICHTINO : G:l t i o :J.ry ohj u:-ti :: h :cc.Jidue of k:=roscne J the l:ls:;?ror~.;c :mt lig'lt) 3')-40' diar.1~t.er) the 01 \rll~d. ou-':; ::.n depth. b:l1 fir-~ b,Jt~IJr.;. ATIC P'ORM 329 (1t&V 21 SU' S2) DEPARTMEN T OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. USAF 5TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION S WRIGHT-PATTERSON AI R f"ORCE OASE, OHIO 18 September 1959 sueJrcT: (U) Unidentified Flying Object, 7 September 1959 tlal1insford, Kentucky -Sighted TO: /\TIC (Ar-'CIN4E4) 1. Attached is copy of summary of information concerning subject 2. This swmnary of information is forwarded on a loan basi s and should be returned to this District Office after serving its purpose. foot DOYLE REES Cl1l0r.el, USAF District C orranand"r Sur:nnary of I n fo, 15 Sep 59 AIR T ECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNIT ED STAT ES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE tr:.i'O ll;}port ;1s Received f rom Capt .. Parker,. 1-'il .. Fli~ht s~rvic~,-Ext. 59225 C~ot. Parker received rooQrt f r om In~ianapolisAir R~ute Traffic Control P..co~rt o r i:'7inatcci from H'l;>rhea1, . S t a to Police :vho ren )rt~d. it to rcport~d it In:iianao~lis orh'!al State Polict~ rec~iv!!d a call f r om a Hr . . > v.jalling- ., on 3~pt . 7 , . 1959.. He s aH tho object at 6230 EST on that date. ! 'r sta tee:l ob.i ~ct lo')ked lik .. a olastic baloon abvut t!'le size of a ptrr.okin alonp, lwut~ SS9 at ~Tallin~ford,. Ky.~ The object :T~s about 50 fet in th~ air !'tnJ climb"'l str:J.i ... ht l.IO to a bnut 500 feet and. r.:ov'.!d -;t ot a hi~h r aL J ) f '10ee::l. . ~Jo s pun:! b tt it l~ft a blue ring of smoke H}}ich re:r.aln~d for 15 rni.mltes . ~Io spoed estima t e .. \-Then object r:;oved E::tst a bluish flia mt'! ohserv'!d .. Hot>rhoad State Police investi::::at~d and re.:nrt:)u a burn::ct cj r,~ul::.r ar'!:l. about 40 foe t in diameter remaine:l on the r:r nund Hith an 8 inch rin~ o f g rass a round the edge of the circle .. This io :top;trentlv st.i 11 visible and Sta tc Poli c e o.r c :a:!Jpare:ttly still o:~.t t~l! sc~n~. Th."'!se ~tre-Noorhcad, K,y .. ,. St~te Police who are still 01.t the seen~ . lfCJ.j . Friend rr:J. .. contuct~d a nd. he s aid he would C;tll to et this report ; .on.:t:..y :--:o r:1ing and then tak~ the necc:;sary action . Dutv Officer ' P~EPAPIMG OFFICt Region V , l Ooth C IC Group , Lu\Lisville, Kent~.;c!cy' W!IJHT COD fOR eSE IH IHDIVIOUAL PARACP<\P)1 EVALUATIOH t.:ni<'l.entified F lyi.ng Cb.j act ~allingford, Kent11cky SUWWAIIY OF IHFOR>.tATIOH OF' SOiiRCE: C014?LOLT PELIIdH{ , . .4 U~UALLT llHI.lll L B FAIRLY RHIA!!LE C lWT USUALLY Rf:LIAOL[ . 0 RLIA~IliT-:' UHKHOWII F OF' !IIFOR!-1.lTIOll: COMFIRHEO 6 T OT~ER ~OU~C(S.l PROBAIIL Y TRLI 2 OOU8TfULLY ~RU! ..... ~ T'lllTII C"tii<OT !I( Jlln<;(O ~ 1 . On U Septemoor 1059, the Le~ington P'ield CJffice; L$x ington, Kentucky, R::lgion V 109th C IC Group, Wti5 infor!Jidd by tt-.e !"edor~"<l Bureau of Inv~gtigation, Cynthiana, 1\.entueky, that an u."1idlilntLfied flyir.g object had bee~ sighted ir. th8 ~alltngford, Kantuc~/ araa. The Lexingto~ field Offi ce i n turn cc~tacted H~adquarter~, .109t h C I C r4oup~ Louisville, Kentuc~/, and relayed tr~ foilo~ing information: 7 s~pte~r 1959, at approximately 0230 houre, an unidentifiod f1rlng object was sighted by , R~ l :1ai1 Carr ier, Route-\-IR1l1n.gfo:rd, K.9n- tucky. The o b ject was np?ToXiiiWl tely J O t o 1.0 feet in d:l am.eter, l? t0 20 feet in depth, <ind gav<l c.f f a g1ol.l lng iJh"ll'ltJhorescen t liaht. Tht:! object. e.~pea.re-1 t o oo ap~o:ximately L,C:') yards r o rth ~r ._;tat~ !!tf;h.J'.lY 559 , anci so~olf.!d to he resting s'Wt i:>nar y iii t he air, !; ) t o 50 r~et :lbove th-a f{I'nt..:.nd. Tree to~e cc~d bd seen 150 feet A'l.iay by the light etven Cl!f by t~e object. Th~ light W~9 Sl~h tt~t it did not bathe~ Ogde s eyes. it was de:'lcri~d a s bel:1.g li.!ce 11 llght gi.v~n off by a r nd!U!ll di.e.l on s. w-s.ic..h or clockA C.ciden watched the v bjec1. ['r~>uJ Jr) 13econds t o or.e r.tlnute , r~htm :;uddenl y a blaze cf deep blua flr~ re8>!<nbling n gn~ C IIH'~>' \JA.J exp:~lled out o f the bottom of the cb ct. The object res~ ~rpend ~ cular !, .. thr: r~ro~;n.d "'t a t:-emendous R peed to a height of MY) to 500 f eet.. The f J.ame \.IE1nt out md t.h~ objs~t tnweled her bon tall;; t.o the ground in an easterly d i.rect lon and Ol t . .,f s lght~ (F-6) 2 . On 14 Sa ptemt}"jr Fl5C), ~m lnvnstiga tion \Jas conducted by Regio n V r 109th CIC r..rou~i per"",onndl e t the q :p-o:dtiJ.atc scene o f t.he reported i n c i.dent . A ring \./FiG bu::-nP.d in t hA eround a ppr.td nv\ te l y ;:.~ i ncht-Hl wide around $>, c t rcumf-9renc~Ct o f a. ppro.xi- D'..9.taly 1'2 feet J inches~ i)lJilcPnior.r. stlrrated oy the i(cntuclq :>t.ut e Pol:ce 1n t\.'0 d~.rections acrna t he clre l 3 :,;are 12 t'Ete t J J nches, G.nd 12 feet 4 inches. Th:a clrcle "es b~ned on !l! l a pproxi'!7..iUt J tu 2 def'!'ea nlope, f ormint: &.n almost J=.erfect c ircllil,. The g:rou.nd '-las a hard, vhltn soll.. No f oreign 0bjects w~re foun:i in the arna \lh~ch vas estilil'\tad to haY's baen tra.versad try llpFfrcX.ii!lR.tel y 150 peoi)Le en lJ a nn 1..4 S~pta111ber. 'The g:!'nund in the burnad-out tl.J'e'l. s~aall.ed of A fua1 product s im"..lar to kerosene. f .ince j the o o.Ject \ol!!.~ 3Asn, ther~ hnd been a ra t.nfall l.n tC..e area on 9 September 1959 1 e~'ti.tn;1l'tQd ~t fro m appt"oxl..mJ\~ly . 3 t o .; inc:he s . . SEPT 6 , 1959 WALLINGFORD KENTUCKY <KEYHOE-1960 P 255> 1 WITNESS A LARGE FLY 1 NG D 1 SCj/AS R_E..E_ORil;D .. TQ HA~f;_J:H:?.YERgD NEAR THE GROUND AS 1 T SWIFT CLlMBt THE WITNESS SAID, A BURST OF FLAME SHOT DOWNWARD, LEAVING A BROWN RING ON THE GRO~NDe A OF T~E FBI AND THE AIR FORCE QUICKLY INVESTIGATED, TAKING SOIL SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS .