PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon north Cr>..rolina , 0 Probabl y Balloon 0 Possioly Balloon OATETIME GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION c.tGround Vi sua I 0 GroundRodor Wos Aircraft 0 P robobl y Aircraft 0 Possibly Ai rc.raft O.VAi,.. Vi su a l 0 Air-Intercept Radar a x Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical Civilian & i1ili t ary 0 Possibly Astronomical LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Dato for Evoluation 0 Unknov.n BRIEJI SUt.AMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS S i x :rpts ,.,;generally the ::;ame info of obj describing the burning v/tail. Predor.tina nt color green or indicated tho.t it slmr r.1oving blue-e;reen. 1:1cteor e: v e r y bright ATJC POR.M 329 (Jll&V 26 SltP 52) DF.PARTi,..ENT OF THE AIR FORCE . STA-r MESSAG~ DIVISIO'f' JNCLASSI:IEO '<\ES5AGC \ I i': C 0 ivl I ~I G J. NOT KNOWN K. T O BE DETERMINED L. ~lONE. LTCOL COLLINS 'HFE ALSO SAl~ THE OBJECT. 25/21452 SEP RJEZBL Advance copy delivered to CIN 'b.rPt-:R-,4XENT oF r :-iE An=: FORCt ST 1\FF .1..\ES~ AG'. CIV ION C . UNCLASSifiED 1\ESSAGl PAGE T~O RJEDAML 2 8 . NO SOU~D 1. DRIVING IN .CAR AND HAPPENED ' TO LOOK UP AND SEE IT 2t APPEARED NO~ TOO HIGH: AZMUT H UNCERTAIN 3 .. ' SAME AS 2 . ABOVE"'. 4. EAST TO WEST -SPEED SLOW-STRAIGHT LINE Or FLIGHT 5 . DISAPPEARED BEMIND MOU~TAIN 6 . VISIBILE F OR ABOtrr T HIRTY SECONDS ! . GROUND-VISUAL 2 . NO OPT ! CAL A IDS~ 1. 37 DEGREES 25 MINUTES NORTH; 79 DEGREES 10 MINUTES WEST 2 .:5 MILES NORTHWEST OF' LYNCHBURG VA Page 2 of 4 .:-r.~Air:-Mf:NT OF THE Alf FO)fCt ACTION: CIN DE RJEDAML 2_. : . P 252 oooz FM 649TH RADARON BEDFORD VA T 0 RJWFAL/ADC R JEZ Si'l/2 6 AD IV ST r .FF \ESSAG: CIY!:ION UNCLAS!ji;!EO ,1\ES)AG' RJEZHYASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF R JEZ HQ/ OIS HQ USAF I NFO RJWFAL/1006 AISS U NCLA S UN I DENT IF IED. FL Yl NG OBJECT REPORT M SG FORMAT REFERENCES AFR 200-2 PAR 15 . 1 .. C I GAR -S HA PE D. 2. APPROX. SIZE OF NI.E ROCKET 3. GREEN'BOD~Y, RED NOSE, AND WHITE TRAIL L IKE FIRE OR EXHAUST 6~ NO VISIBLE WINGS OR COCKPIT iJHlT!!: TRAIL'. <SEE 3 . ABOV:::) SIZE OF TRAIL U~II<NOW~I ":;ptARTM"ENT OF Tli'E Ali\ FORCt S i AFF MESSAG'; DIVI~ION UNCLASSIFieD .1\ESSAGi PAGE FOUR RJEDAML 2 . 2 . -AT THE SAr1E TIME AS THIS SIGHTING MANY OTHER REPORT S OF A S !MILAR OBJ ECT WERE RECEIVED BY OTHER AGENCIES. ONE OF THESE' REPORTS CAME FROM THE BASE vJEATHER STATION A.r,sEYMOUR-JOHNSON.~AFB NC. THIS REPOF{T \IJA S TO THE WEATHER SECTION JASHINGTON NORAD SECTOR F ORT LEE VA. IT STATED THAT AT 24/23422 A LARGEMETEOR WAS SIGHTED. THE WEATHER STATIO~S AT LANffi.EY AFB VA AND AT DOVER AFB DEL ALSO REPORTED A METEOR AT 24/23422. IF THESE REPORTS ARE CORRECT THEN THE IDENTICAL T IMES BETINEEN THESE REPJRTS AND THE SIGHTING I N THIS REPORT W OLLD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT MR METEOR OR SHOOTING STAR. 1 . ~fO PHYSICAL :EVIDENCE AVAILABLE PROSABL Y SAW A LARGE Page 4 of 4 Hilliamsburg National Aeronautics and Space Administr ation vlashington, D. C. Subject: Unidentified aerial object (meteor ?) Not knmring "~:rhat Government agency i s interested in reports and description of u nusua l aeri a l .ob'jects, I decided to \vri te t o you, t hinking you \rould have some inter e 3t in such reports , or could advise me \There to send them. Last September (1959) I sighted b y chance a n ohject moving through the sky in t h e manner of a meteor. It \:e.s large r than most meteors, hmre ver, a n d iTas bright green. The l ocal nevTspa.pers had reported a day or two be:fore that several green objects had been sighted in the early evening and lvere thought to be meteo r s . Th e object that I s ighted iras seen in t h e middle of the night, and I read n n reports o:f it. I ivrote down a s detailed data as I could, al! angles, etc. being estimated since I had no instruments. If you should be interested in the dat a that : put d mm, I Hill be glo.d to ser:d it tc ~'CU.. It '.rill f'!c.r~r ~.b01.1.t one page, type,Tri tten. It vra.s onl y recer:tly that I decided it rright be of some interest or vo..lue. I f t his subj ect i s not o:;: direct i\ill send t h i s letter to the p roper agency. NAT I 0 N A L AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION NASA HEADQUARTERS 1 !520 H STREET NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 25, D. C. IN R EPLY Rl:l"''!'ft TO TIIL.ID'HOHC EXIIO/TtVc s-32.60 TWX: WA 751 Williamsburg, Virginia 'lltis is 1n further response to your l.etter of ~960, in "Which you report the sighting of an tmidenti:tied fl.ying object. We wish to thank you for your interest in submitting the inf'onaation contained 1n your letter. As you may know,. a number of s1m1lar observations have been reported :f'or Wich there is no pe.rticularly satisfactory explanation. This agency has neither the assignment nor the :facil i ties to investigate such occurrences. We have, therefore., :forwarded your letter to the Department of the Air Force "Which has ths primary responsibill t;y for investigating this type of fllbnaznenon. Very tru.l..y yours, and Contributions Board cc: Ca!unender Ai: Tact:teall Intel J i gence Center l-iright-Pa.ttersoxt Air Force Bose Enclosure: Lette r :from Ur AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE nTM of: AFCIN-4E2x suBJECT: UFO Sightings To: SAFOI-3d (L/Col ::: dzm) 1. Attached are copies of letters which were forwarded to r~.TIC by the CAA and the SA reporting the sighting of unidentiried flying objects. information contained in these l~tters is not sufficient for a con- clusion to be reached by ATI C; therefore, request ATI C Forms #164 be sent to the witnesses for their compl etion and foJ.varding directly to this Center, Attn: AFCli~-4E2x. Addresses of the witnesses are as follows: 3 . If the above witnesses know or any other witnesses request this information be included in their reports. to the sightings, ILIP G. EVANS Colonel, USAF Deputy for Science an~ Components 1.-Fax cy ltr 5 Nar 61 fr ltr 8 Aug 61 fr Your letter of August 8, 1960, addressed to the National AeroneuUc:s and Spaee Administration waa referred to tbia oU1ce 'lbe Air Fore 1a assigned t.be responsi.bi11 ty tor investigating all rftlX)rta of unuaul. aerial obJects over the U.S., 1.nc:llUng those tba' : labeled vnidentit'1ed flying objects. To :Iasure adequate evaluation or tbese sightjngs it is necessacy that. cases be reported as soou as possible af"ter sighting and that caapl.ete 1nfomaticm be included. Since the sighting made by )'OU oec:urred in 1959 1t would be DI06t difficult., if" not illlpossible., to reader 8D eval.uation that 'WOUld l.ead to a eODclusion. Howe-rer, I am enclosing NfiC :t'ona :/flfA. f"or you to c.ompl.ete if )IOU so desire. The ccmp1eted fona should be M.iled to: Aerospace Technical Intelli- gence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ob1o, A!r'l!f: AFCIN-4Ii2x. Far ~tr inf'tn:maticm, I am aJ so enclosing a corn ot the latest of l)efense tact. sheet, Air Force UFO Bepo.rt .. Your-interest in t.h1s matter ia appreciat.!d A'riC Fo:aa #1.64 001) Pact Sheet Wil Hamsburg, Virginia wn..t.IAM T. COLEMAN I JR MaJor, USAF Public: In:fo1mati011 D1 'YisiOD Cft1ce o~ Inroxmation D:::'ART.MENT Or Ti<U: AI~ fORCE( ; r sr A'FF ),\ESS.AG:E DlVI51CN UNC!.AS.'~II')i:D Mc~GE ~ 1 NC OMING UNCLASSIFIED ACTION: CIN TAG FTR WG SEYMOu~-JOID~SON AFB NC . : .. ADC ENT ... A.FB COLO : 32D .mrv DOBBINS AFB GA . WP AFB OHIO .. ,. t , EQCOMDUSAF~ BOLLING.,.AFB WASH :C, Subject : tJFO. A.. Description of object: l: Rou..'fld 2 q . Size. of an orange 3. ~.Bluish-Green co2.o::> 7.:. . . Tail-very long streak-100 ti~es diaw.ete:!:' Des,cription o f .. c.ours.<=: 1.:~-,.Sitting in~ Tcwer and facing South East 2 a \:30 degrees angle of elevation-5000 to 7000 3 .:.../3.0 degrees angl.e of' e'l~vation-5000 to 7000 4.~"~ '!-ravelled. at .conBtant altit~.:.de 5.~)~Evap qra~ed i n west 6.;~.- \[i s ible f -or about 5 seconds Manne r of obaeFvation: Groutni -vi "Bua:t:~ ... No optical id~:use~ . Ground s.ig."ltin_.g s:lgn ted Jat; .. z;f '34lZ' Sep 5'9 . Night -{/ OEPARTtAENT OF THE AIR FORCE , ST A,=F MES::AGc OIVISIO.'( I rrcAsO,ef~fN G OOP , S.AFS ZCZC HQC692ZCJJC507 } .. FM BASE OPS BOLLING AF B DC: : ~' TO RJWFALB/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEZSN/26AIR DIV SYRACUSE AF STN NY RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AfB OHIO RJEZHQ/ ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTEL! GENCE HQ USAF 'lASH DC . RJEZHQ/OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES HQ USAF \~ASH DC L~FO RUEPBL/1006 AISS FORT BELVOIR VA .. ~LJ.tJCLASS/ OG/0020J/UFCJ REFERENCE AFR 200- 2 PAR 15: (2) APPROX .. 1/2 S I ZE OF NOON DAY SUN (3) BRIGHT GREEN t.HTH t.~HITE TAIL AND ENCIRCLED vl!TH t.aJHYTE AURORA. (6) HAD BRIGHTNESS OF A HALF-FULL MOO~ AND l/2 SPEED OF A SHOOTING STAR. . I CJN E' DEPARTMENT Of THi: Al~ FORq UNC!.ASSil'icO MESS..XGc 'l'i'O- I 09-0704 fm 4th TACFl'RWG, Sey!!lolll' Johnson AJf3:J NC (Cont ' :.i) Seymour Johnson, A;E-'B 24 ye8.3:."5 of age, weathe r obse:rv.e::' f'o~ 3 y e:a:s Q . 1 ~.,. .. Weather was c l ear.1-visibility u :JJJ .mi te-d 2 .; Seymo-u:? .Johnson fui'-:B weather :repo~t.s-d o W:i..n d.s .. 2000 feet 130 deg:r'ees 5 kts o 50 00 feet 07 0 degrees . 5 kt~o 10000 f~i?t 140 .degrees 5 kts 15000 fe~t li t anrl. variable o 20000 feet 260 degrees 25 ktzo Ceiling, none Good v i aibility No ~loud c o--ve!' H.,. N~ known met.orolqgi al a~tiYity No intercBptic n a~tio~ taken J.. <-B"766 serial nwn:ber 5304 31 J) 2333Z .. No. si~hting .r.ep ortede> Pilots name: . Ko . Th~ preparing .offic-e!" ie Captain G!"~en!:l-e:!"g~ Ma:.t W o Intelligenc.e.Jiq. 4th .Tac Ft r Wg . 'I'.!"L~s cbject wa3 also s een f::--cm the g round. l;lYJ~he :following Ss~ou~ Joh:1san pe!"scn:Je:!.: Maj.::r Lun1y :1 Glenn E.? . Pilot:3' OPS Off 4T;AC~Tl\WQ, Lt. Gaffney~ John t ~ Pilot _ 4 TE TACFTR.w.G;':.s(Sgt Smith.1. I.a~.? Cvntrcl Tows :-~ech.<> 7 yea-r's experience~l0~3~1.AACS~.Seymour J~hnBcn AF3~.NoC .. Tney all agreed that the object w-as roumi Kith a l cng tail bl~e green :tn cole~ and.no sbund~.They also agreed t hat the object was traveling paral lel t.o: the- ground a t . apprc-...<imately 30 degrees elevation.? and then sudde-;1ly disappear.oed .. r.rn.e d.es~r-ipticn of the slze of' the cb.jec t . varie.d f:::oo.:n the s ize of a c!"ang.e to t ::.e s.:z~ of a lm'i altitu-de. 'lhe direction cf t.:?ar~l is c-;cnt::-ar-y tJ k::l-:w.-: i:..an -:!.a2.e satelliteso Msg received f~c~ 3oll~ng AF3 by ccu~ie PAGE T'JJO RJEZBL 27 DEP.d.RTri\ENT O F THE AIR F-JRCE ST A,F MESSAGe DIVISIO'I( JNCLASS, :rED 1\ESSAG~ (9) NON,E REPORTED i .. . B. < 1) BRIGHT REF'LECTI'ON IN SKY (2) 45 DEGREE ARC APPROX. 25 DEGREE TO 30 DEGREE ABOVE THE HORIZON COVERING AN ARC Or 15 DEGREES B ETl~EEN 2 AND 3 SECS. IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND TREE TOPS. (4 ) STEADY PATH ARC <6> VISIBLE FOR 8 TO 10 SECONDS BEFORE OBLITERATED BY TREES C. <1> GROUND VISUAL -IN AUTOM09ILE. (1) OBSERVER WAS DRIVING AUTOMOBILE AT FORT BELVOIR VA <2> MILITARY T/COL, DCS/ 0, AF'OOP-RC., AMATEUR ASTRO~OM ER TEL: 76827 Gn <!~ CLEAR 7 MI LES '~ITH HAZE. Page 2 of 3 Pages