PROJECT 10073 RECORD C,4.qD CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATIO N Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon DAiETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon O:%round Visual 0 Ai,.. Vi lWol 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJ ECTS to. BRIEF SUMMA~Y Of SIGHTING ATlC JPOR)f 329 (JUn' ::1 SJtP 52) 0 GroundRod a r Air- Intercep t Rad a r 11. COMMENTS Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Wo'!t Astronomical '-~ Proba bly Astronomical P o 'Ssibly Astronomical Insufficient Oato for Evaluation UvL (J cu~S'< u'\-uV UV1-CL tf2, U t,D{ !.LYS/tJ/, UNCk.SSlfi:t:D CI.ASSifiCATI~ I COUNTttY ~ ACTIVITY REI'C.TIHG AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT OAT[ 01' INF<llt~TIOH USA-Upper Midwest 5 October 59 'CTIVITY SUBMITTING REI'Cf!T OATE or COLLECTION SRI STATUS (If Jpplicabl) ?e:lt:n AC&W Sq, Chanciler A.FS, Minn 12 October 59 CANCELEOIC~PLETE PQE~ARING INOIVIOUAL 0 4TE OF REPORT c,;o George G. w1li ting Jr 21 Octobe r 59 . CANCELEOIINCO~LETL 'lAW <lit DESCRIP'Tia.l or SOURCE V4l.UAT I ON (Civilian) AODITI01'14L INFORMATIO~ ON (D-te) SUBJECT (DeecriptiYz titl. U individual report oreeoera e Unidentified Flying Object Report SUt.to4ARY (Olva eur ... r7 hich ltilhlilhta the liant /acton of narrative report. S.lln 1111rrativa text on AF Fortlt JJ2 un.laez report can be fully atatad on U For 1J:l. Liat .incloaurea, includlnl nu.etber of copi) The attached UF<? report wes given to this unit. by Mr or Minnesota. The sighting being r~ported took place on 5 October 1 9 59 and his family ..rere returning from s. trip to Nebraska. Also included in the information given us by Mr is e. report or' o. sighting he made in &y 1959 in the state of Nebraska.. ~ The .information was reported to u s on 12 October 1959, one week after-the sighting. For this reason ~d for reasons stated in item F of the report, no detailed investigation was made The narrative attached as inclosure t\iO was prepared by Mr to a newspaper. . EDVARD A SANDEHS Lt Col, USAF . 1 AF Form ll2.A 2 . ~arrative report 3. darrative report I.. Narrative report OISTAi aUTION BY ORIGINATOR (~cept USAF end file. lndict DupJ M!o and copi / o inclour if pplicabla) Air Tecr~ical Intalligence Center \~4RIXG: Tit/ a docv-nt contzinz Jn/on .. tion lfctinl the national dln of the United Stat it'tin the -ninl o/ tit ~o1on4~ La ... Title Jl, U .S.C . SedtJon 793 and 794. rt traniion or the rvltion of .ita cont8nt in an1 .. "".'to UNCLASSIFIED CL.A5511JCA T I Ol'f Location -4R,.e~ r.TtJ,J Date . .:s-O c r ...s;z w:x t2w.ecA.t .,- UF O ANALYSIS SHEET Natural Fllemomena (Ball Lightning, etc) Aircraft, Balloons, Airships, etc. t24,6;J;,C, .....,.....""~ Analysis and Conclusions: pt,~..vr tl'c,v~J "'J UNC~SSIFIED (SECURITY INFORMATION when lilld i n ) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 OR IGINATING AGENCY REPORT HO. 787th AC&W Sq, Chandler .~S, Minn UF0-01-59 Ref: AFR 200-~, Paragraph 15 a . Description of the Object Ball of light caan5ed t o ci&ar Observer could no~ est jm&te Yellowish \Jhite A tube li~e structure around e~ch end None Observed b. Description of course of object Bright Light 1000 feet above the grouna to the north-east 2000 feet above the ground to the east Traveled in an easterly direction for seven miles, parallel to obser- er's route, at an estimated s peed of forty-five miles an hour When the observer stopped his car he watched the object for two addi- tional minutes and then the object angled upward at the same time it changed to a cigar shape, and dissappeared at approximately t.dceits original altitude. Twelve Minutes c. Manner of Observat~on: ( 1) Ground Visual (2) No optical Aids d. Time and Da.te of sighting: e. Location of Observer: One and One-half miles east of 6arretson, S.D. f . Identifying Information on Observer: l1inne so ta. Musician, Music-rnstruct.or, Musi-:: Store Opera tor Es te of Reliablli ty: OJu.~.g able -Police Chief in town of publicity see~er. Obs-:r- for p~ssing checks in counties surrounding for.ner Nebraska. Police reoo rt in addition that he is ~ilty of victimizing music students by tGking down-payments for music lessons <..:.Ild then f ailing to give t he instruction~. Individual bas just. recen~ly opened a small music store in Minnesota and conver- sa ti 0:1 vi th re;;l!table citizens of th~t community lend ~redence to the fact th .. t he i3 believed to have fabricated t hi3 entire ma "t ter to bri:15 attantion on hi:nself Wld his l atest venture in dealin5 with the public . g . ~eather and Winds Aloft Conditions ~t time and place of sighting : r~Htv/,VG: T h i11 documnt c-ont~in11 inlormetion el!ectin~ the nat1onl dt!Jfen of the United Stt within th z:neen,n; o f the E~p1ond~e uw11, Tit I 18, U . S . C . , Sec t ion 193 and 794. Iu tranJmiuion o r tJ1 , .,letion of it content !I in eny mnner to a n unaut . .,orized fHriOfl i prol11bired by law. It may not b reproduced i n whole or in prt, bJ' othr than United Stet Air F o r e A<C<tnC:Ie. 'ltcpt by perrniUIOfl of rhe D irector of ltttlli4ence, us .. F RUUCES AF FOI!\4 IIZ-?ART II. I J UH .._ WHICH ~AY BE USED. Q...ASSII'ICA TION (SECURITY INFORMATION when filld i n ) U. S. ~VUI .. CIT I'Ril'mHG OFTICE. 1~M