PROJ ECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon V:Lcinit:y of I slc..nd. 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possioly Balloo n 3. OATET IME CROUP TYP E OF OBSERVATION :'CY-Ground Vi suol 0 Wa s Ai rcroh 0 GroundRodor 0 P ro bobl y Ai rc roft 0 Ai ,..Visuol 0 Airlntercep t Rodor Poss ibly Airc raft Was Astronomi col 0 P robobl y Astronomical Mi1 i t.n r v ssibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH Oil OBSERVATION a. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 In suffi ci ;nt Oat a fOr 'Evol uoti o n BRIEfl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 1. COMMENTS nong'tcd r.t:J.r-:.h:.tpo::d obj \I/ ;;urroun I ine .li tne:; .; p rcJbably t ;; iJe: _t 'l J Yi-::>lct. OuJ lpe:-... rJ.ng l 'lrGC in a:;~en.linc;. I:o A'I'JC FORM 329 (R&V 2 6 SltP S2) RJZ.CSQIATIC HEADQUARTERS MILITARY A I R TRANSPORT SERVICE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS Rt:l'LY 'I'll _\TT~ OF: MA..AIN suan:cT: Transmittal of UFO Report TO: ATIC ( AFCIN-4E4G) -P AFB, Ohio Attached is copy of report concerni ng UFO sighting by 1st Lt r.~illiam F . Schroeder, Travis AFB, California, together with photographs and photographic data, as requested in your message AFCIN-4 &.G-9-189 5- E, copy attached. 1. Cy AIIR w/lAtch 2 . Cy Hsg AFCIN-4E-4G-9-1895-E COUNTn Y OF ACTIVITY REPORTING REP~T NO. (L"""" blenlc) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT p:lCifiC -ticl<e Island 9 Sep 59 ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT DATE OF COLLECTION SRI STATUS (If applic 3ble) Int.elliger.ce Dranch, Har Pl:ma Divisicll 14 Sep SJ sR :CCS/!?lrms & Uonpower, l:Q \~EST.AF (HATS) 18 iJov 59 {I?hotot:) CANCE LEO ICO!o!PLETE PREPARING IHOIVIOUAL DATE OF REPORT H/ A CANCELED/INCOMPLETE 1/I.t Uilliam F, Schrcd<a(W 3064789) ADDITIONAL INFORMo\TIOH ON (Dele) REFERENCES ( BAI R Subject, previou report, etc. , e epp/icable) Uuclassified/~saage, A?CIN--4Z4G-9-1895~:, 17 Sap 59 SUMMARY (Give u-ry ltich hJAhl iAht the salient /acton o f narret ive report. &lin n~orretlve text on AF Form 112 a unlee report can be fully tted o n AJI Port11 112. Lit incloaure, includinl nuotber o f copi.ea) The obsea:ver of this oighting, 1/Lt t1.i.lliam J!. Sebrodar (USA') wa3 enrout.2 from Hake Is. to :1areua Io. on 9 Sep 59, oerving a..:J navisator on a USA17 C-97 aircr . .\t 1815Z, .::1 passenger noted an unusual coi'ltr:ul a t 5 o'clcck. Th~ trail ~p?.aarad to be vertical, e:.tt.endiug ~=om about 1.) t o s~ a';.)oore tile ilori.z;on, and a !: .:111 ludetermin.ata d19ta.n.ee frc:m the aire'Z'sft. It m13 f:ully f~x...aed "t-Jhen firot t"..oted, and the oourett or cause of t~s tr3il could not be seen. 'rhe !leading of the aircraft ~as nl t<n:ed from 2?0 {T) C:o 3300 (T) to cnabla Lt JchrO<ler to photO?_;apb tlle. trai 1 and he took oi"' ?hotos ber.reeu 181JZ and 13 24-Z. The tr.ail uas ~a!'idly dissipated hy uinda, ond had di3Cl!'?ear~d cn~ircly uithin 1518 min- utes. '!l1a airerait'o position, at tile time the photographs ~1er11 tak2u, ~ias Biven as 1934iJ 16336~, on a t:ue heading of 3JCO, .:1ltituda of ~COO .ft a t a T.\S of 20:> ~u~tJequeut investigation revealed that the noat cone o. a."l l\Clas ZC~l fired f~Ol4 Vandenburg AY3 at 17 ;oz on 9 Sep 5 1 ~.~entered the a.J.rth' s Dba:>s-pher'l !n thia vicini~y at 3!>!'roximately this sane time. There q,pear3 to be a possibility that thi3 reentry vas responsible for the si3nting. Pho~o~ap1la (~ DISiRI9UT1UN IIY UfiiGIHArOR (E.Jtcepl USAf' .. rt<J file . JndiCHie f:Np/ M/0~ 1111d o:opie:s ..,lo i:~cloaurtu, if dpp/;cab/e) WARICI)IG: Thi!ll docu-nt cont1tin inlorrtetion ,.(/ectin6 t h e netionl defense o f the United Statu wi thin t h e me .. n in,4 o f the pion~'" tftw. T itle 18, U.S.C., Sect on 7 93 and 704 . Jt tren~iion o r th~ reve!fttion o f it content in any ~nner t o CI..AG~IPICATION (SE:CURITY INFORM.I\TION wh"n /il/.,d i n ) su?hEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY REPORT NO. .1. Deserlption oi" Object.t d. One object indioat.ed by single trail.. g. Sighting appeared aa a single long, slsnder vertical white trail, r.aenabllng an ail"'Cratt contrail. Trail 'if&S ~ i'ol"DJd when first obsened. The obj.ct cauaing the traU could not be Nen, and no pbenoMna, other than that de~e<i, could be uaoo1ated vitb t.he object or the trail. The attached pbotofP"apba ahov this t.raU when. partially' clisaipated b.T wind, and nt.b:i:l 12-1.5 ;dnllt.4ta it had disppeared entinq. h. ~tCI'le not.ed before, during ot" after the sighting. 2. D!scription of 6oux se o! Objectt a. Trall or object. b. Trail exteda vertically !rom a> degrees abow horizon to 5 degrees abon horlsm (15 degree arc). Azimuth .. 0'70 degrea. d. Flight pat.h am JMneunn lftl'%"8 not obaervedJ trail n:raained stat.iQilery except or diatortiOD due to wind. 15 -lS minutes. a. Air -viiN&l. b. No optical aid ua..t. c Airc.ra.tt -c-t17. Altitude -6,000 rt. Bead1na -290 deg:& (7) wen sighting wa ~J :3.30 degrees (T) in order to Photograph trail. Speed -~ kta (rAS). He aa atatiOD Trarla A...1?8 Cali rornia. 4 T1TI and Date of Sig}Itincr a. 09/l.Sm Sep. 5. Location ot ObMrverJ 6 . IdentifYing lni"Ol'!.!iiit.ion on OhserYar: Gradet l.3t L"t- alte~d course to Ol'ganisatiooJ ?'J !TS 1501 ..\'l'G UfA'!S), l'nrta Ar.;1, Calii'o~:l:a. Dutys Tran.sjiQi"t narlgator Bsti=t. of Rel1abil!ty: Tentati7e enJ.uation o s ou..-ce ~ LJ..lo is a-2. JJ;Jc/1) ss_&EJ) CLAS,.II'ICATIDN (SECURITY INFORMATION when filled in) SUPfllEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY USA MATS a . Scattftl"'!d at.rato cumulu.s at. 4,000 :rt; at. night alU~ude ceilin~ and 'risibility tml1aited. b r. rn:tornaat.ion not available at this station. a. ~Tone knoc to obaernrJ further data not availabla a~ this station. 9. .A.ircralt waa on a true heading or 290 degrees when trail. waa .firs-t; aighted at. about 5 o'cloekJ a1rerart heading was thsn altered to 330 degrees to ena.bla Lt Schroder to photograph the traU. which was now a1 a true bearing ot 100 degxees .fro the ai:reratt. Photographs were taken and sighting vaa obael"?Sd until dissipated b,-winds, and airerai't :returned to its original heading. 10. ~lona know in area. 11. Name -SallhJl. H. Clarke, Jr {553891\) Cra.de -2nd Lt {USAF ) Posit.ioo title -Chi~, Intellig~nce Branch \;ar PJ:lns Diviai~, Hq WESTAF 3' Tra'rla AFB, CaJifaznia. Prellatinary anal311ia ot poesib1e eause o.r 3iW1tillg Th.erl! :13 a poasi~ilit7 that. t~ trail. aighted eau.ud by the r.s-e."lt.J'7 or a ball13tic miaaila noee cone. Support.illg e'Yide~ wonld include t.he tollowing Z.l.Ctor~u a. The obeeJnd trail could han been cal.lMd by the passage or such an obj ec~ through t.he sarth' s atmoaphen under -tha proper eondi tiona. b. In pho-tograph /il, t:o. trail appears eoM~t largsr with inoN~ed altitude, poaaibl7 due to lcnger e:cpoaun t o -c:d."i~, ~Jeh would indicate the object wu nacrrl.Dg downrard. c, The st.eep andle or descent. d. The operatian.al. tiring or an Atlu ICBM i":roM Va."\denO.rg A.t--s, Cali torn1a, took plce earlier on the salle day. e. 'l'hfJ nlaand inf'armat.ion on this .tirL'lg pl~a warhead re-entry 1n tbe area of sigbt1n8 at approx1matel3' the sa time aa t.he 3igbting. The poe1bU1t7 "that the sighting could b&Ye been an air1:rai't. contrail appears doubt.rul. in thata a. The obMiter saw no aircraft and knew of none 1:l the area at. the b. Photographs have not. revealsd another aircral't or arq 81JSilar 12. Photographs are at.tached. Supplemental p.."lo inlar~ation is ruJ .:tollo"n: a . Type and make of camera: Retina IIIC. b . L-ans: Type -~tandard; foca.l langth -7:2; make -3e.Oneid~. c.. B~d 3Dd t .vpe fil:a1 ~l.odachrnM "1ayllght." ... :.L. ::; ~ ta. J6 at. t.ac.hed phttto.~-3:pruu SUP.PLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY REPORT NO. FP.At\JE # E.XPCB tJRE T n-m Individual. !rams s are numbersd in tha order ta!can. e. Filt.er~u Standard haze filter. f. Neither tripod nor at.and. uaedJ camera wu hand held and braead against C-'17 window rack. g . "~lanning" vaa not uaed. Fra:ae /Jl waa slightly blurred, poasibl.y' due to forward 110tiOD of aircrart. h . Camera waa pointing 011 an azimuth ot 070 roa true north, and at an angl4~f 0 degrees ( apro:x parallel) to the gx ound. COMM]M'l' a Although sigb~ing vas made at l.Sl5Z., the :tirst picture was not taken tmtil about lBlSZ, and aJ.l the attached frames vtere ta.lten ba.iors 18242. During the delay between the time of the sighting a.nd ths first picture tha t.raU was partially diaaipated by winds. All photograph3 we ta:tan when the aircraft was on a heading of 330 degrees. 7-t.l~ H. CIARlG, J:tt V' 2.d Lt USA? . Chief lntelli~nee Branch !lCS/Phns and Manpower Hq WEST..\1, Trarla AFB, CUit~ia tu 'PVINn. TJ.:. ,.,,..,...,_ .,.,., ,.,.,.,., ..... ;,. tnlnrm11t1ttn -"Hectintl the nation11l clelantJ" o f the United S:ate:i ' "ithin rh m"aninA of the DE RJEDSO 123 1..5 TQ COFS L' Sf~': :U\S:!DC AGC ENT A;B COLO I:< EO ? 1\C A F HI Cl' A:i AFB TH 5 A7 FUCHU AS JAPA.i 1;:6 AISS FT BELVOIR VA ; ..;::CLAS J:fT 0 / 3 13 OC- IU- 9-115 . UFO . ?'JR A;:'CI. M:D SAFIS USAF ALL OTHZ:1 AD DZ:::S r OR H !TELLI C Zl\C. REFERE:: C PARA 15 , AFR 2 -2, DATED 5 ?}B 5 2 . r:t,TA IS sus;:ITTE:D AS F OLLOt!S: IT:!:~; A : DESCRIPTI On C? .)~JZCT: < 1 ) S:LA.PZ: ELO~:GP.TEC STA~ :n1;-: SURROU::crrc CLOU~. ( 2 ) S iz=::: PAGE TWO RJEDSQ 12316 O!;J ECT: < 1) SUDCE~; .~FPEARM!CE 0? ERlt;HT H!1ITE LISHT A30VE THE VISIBLE HO~IZON. < 2) At'GLE OF ELEVATIOf\! ~.PPROXI:lATELY 1~ DEGREES OVE T HS VISIBLE :10RIZCl'' .~ZHJUTH TO OBJ~CT FRO~: P.IR C~AFT l ':Z DZGREES TRUE. (3) OBJECT DISAPPEARED BELOW THE VISILB HORIZON. <4) FLIGHT PATH: OBJ ECT APPEARED TO RISE ST RAIGHT AT A~l ACUTE A~GLE FROM HORIZON Ai~D DISAPPEAR. OBJZCT REAPPEAR~D FALLif~G AT A ~'EAR VZHTICAL A;:GLS, APPEAREC TO ~.TAIVER ~JHILE FP1LLII<G Ai"D CHAr:CH~G COLOP.S. <:5 ) OBJECT DISArPl~/\RED ELO~; THE VISII3LE H CRIZO!~ OF ODSZRVERS , 1\:0 T A SUDDZ~. DISAP?EAf:,\1 c:.::. ( 6 ) Dl!2ATIOi' or SIGHTH.G OF OBJ ECT A?F'ROXIi:t1TEL'! 5 TO 6 ;n[ll.!TZS . DURATIOt: OF Sl10K LH~t: TRP.IL CZSCE:<DP 'G APPROXIi":ATELY 3 ': rlit,:UTES. IT;~ C: t-:l\~TER OF OBSERVATION: < 1) AERIAL- ~JISUAL SI~:!Tu.r,. < 2 ) r:OT APf'LlCA~ Lt:. (3) CBJ ECT '.JAS OBSERVED FR0~1 C97 AI RCRAFT. AIRCRAfT S.Z~I 1\L r.UI~i3R 4 S 4 1SA, ALTITUDE s,;:s~ FEET, ii~.o.DI\G 223 DGRES, SPSED 2 ;';5 PH, HC:~Z STATio ;.: TRAVIS AFB <2) LIGHT C:Ji!DITIOI!S: DA\oJ: . IT:::::-1 E : LOCATIO! OF 03SERV:7::RS : CJC~DI~:ATZS OF AIRCRAFT AT l~9Z, 1934 ~'ORTH/16336 EAST DZAD RZCKOrlr ~G FIX, VICI!'' ITY OF .'1/\KE ISLf\~:D. ITZ!I ! : IDEi'"TIFYit:G H :r:OP.~lATIOf" o;-; 03SE:RVERS: ( 1 ) t:OT APPLICABLE. < 2) CAPT TH0;1AS J PA TT:::R SO,J. USAF . lW:--r:: ST ATIC!. T~A'JIS A7B , C:\LIFO:~i:IA, E:STI/ATE OF REL- ''0'r,.. PI LO~ t[AD AD'::IPQXI'lAT':'LV 7 "t'"' I.IQU"S -r;-JVI\'r: TI,Ir_:-A'''i SZLIZV HlFC:1~JATIO'~ TO BE: Sll'.CE:R:. CAPT ALLE;~ C JOH~:SO!!, USf..F SERVICE: i :O 27142A, PASSENr.En, ORGM:IZATim: Ul'l o w. CAPTAH: JOH:.SO IS A RATED PILOT HITJl APFROXI:~ATELY 45:;: HOURS FLYII!~ Trrv;;: , BELIEVED t TO D!:: SnCERZ C:O~!CER~' IFG If'FORi"iATIO!: RZFORTED. 1ST LT ~.riLLIA>i F SCHROD:::n, l!SAF, SZRVICE ~!U~'lEE:R AO 3::647S9, r.A.VIGATCi1, CRGA:rzATio~: 75 ATS <HSAVY) HO.:Z STATIO!., TRAVI S A:B, CALIFC:l,:IA. LT S CHROI:ER AS APPROXIMATELY 3~00 liOURS FLYI TIME, CONSIDERED TO BE SINCERE I N CONNECTIOI: toJIT H REPORTED I NFO. ITEl~ G : vJ!:ATHER COt'DITIOdS AT TI~iE OF SIGHTI~!G: C 1) OBSERVERS REPORTED VISIBILITY UNLHH TC:D l.H TH SCATTEP.C:D CL! 0 LU S CLOUDS E S~QjJ AIR CR .C\FT . TC? S OF CLOL!D S APPROXI MA TE:L Y 5':13(& FT . ( 2 ) U!:l:r~o~n..;. (3) t .O CEILit!G REPORTED BY 03SE:P.V/.RS ABOVE LOU CLOUD DEC}~. (4) REPORT 0? VISIBIJJITY SYC~LLENT A~C U~'LI~IT~9 ( 5 ) u~:Ki!O\oJN. < 6 ) C2S RVERS RE:POHTED 1:0 THU1.-DER STOR:iS H] THE ARZA OF oBSEHVATIOl'~. I TEi1 H TH;:U J : t:OT APPLICAI2L . I TE:>1 }~: OFF ICZR P!1ZPARI~lG RC:?ORT : CAPT CH2ST~ A EARCHIES::, 249 37A; POS I T IO:!: CHIEF , ( O?RAT I 0! 1S HaZLLIGENCE 3.1At'CH, 3 13 AIRDIV , A?O 23 9 . FOSST3 L SXPLA~:ATIOt': S IGHTED OBJECT POS S I BLY A! .. ; OBSERVATI~i\ OF USAF r.I SSILZ FIRI NG FRO~i US tJEST COAS T t'\S REVEALED BY t:CJS iII:DI A 0~: E . SZP 59 3I:1CE TH:::: TI:~: OF O~SERV ATIOr: :!AS APPP.O I:.AT:LY 7H.::: Sf\::~ AS TI::-:: ?.::::LZASZ~ TE~CUt;E PRESS. ~r: ADDI TIOi-. 03S::P.VATIOt: OC'CU~R2:' I;; VICH~ITY Gr TP.Z RE:POP.'i'E:D H:ST COAS T ~iiSSIL:: T::ST RAi:~;::. ~ T:i: L : CCL02.'::D PHOTOG2APifY :lAS TA;::i, 3Y LT SCi-li:ODF.R TH~ ~.AVI::;AT:::R. L! SCHRO!JZP. STATED THAT HE TOOl\ 5 OR 6 SHOTS. :12SULTS ARZ C~i\I:C~Hl AT THIS TH~E. LT SC HR OD.ER llAS I f\!STRUCTED TO TURi': HIS FI Lf'l I I: TO USAF Ii\TELLI G :::;\CE PI:RSOf EL Hl:lDIATELY UPOt..J A~RIVAL AT HIC!<Ar1 AFB or': THE RETURI-1 FLIGii T OF HIS AIRCRAFT TO TRAVIS AFB CALIF. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KADEt.A AB AT .J519I, 11 SEP 5 9 . A~: U~:IDENTIFIED PASSt,:GER ALSO TOOK BLACK AND WHIT PHOTOGRAPHY OF OBJECT . INDIVIDUAL PRESENTLY ON OKI NAWA UNLOCATED. PHOTOGRAPHIC RESULTS TO BE FORWARDED SEPARATELY IF AVAILABLE. !3/04152 SEP RJZCSO COV~RY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING CLASSIFICATION AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS Unkno ... n ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT P1CAF Air Technical Liaison Office PREPARING INDIVIDUAL DATE OF INFORMAT ION DATE OF COLLECTION DATE OF REPORT (Le.ve blank ) SRI STATUS (If a pplicable) Capt J. A. Calhoon CANCELED/INCOMPLETE SP5 Hughie P. Chavis ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON (XWte) REFERENCES (BAIR Subject, previoue reports, etc., ae applicable) SUBJECT (Deacriptive title. Ua individual reports for seoerete subJect) (U) UFOB Photography SUMMARY (Oivtt u-ry which hillhli/lht the :oelient fee t ore of narrative report. Belin narrtive unless report can be fully 11leted on AF Form 112. Li."t inclo:oure, includlnA