PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 1. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE a Was Astronomical a P rob obi y Astronomi col a Possi bl y Astronomical a Insufficient Ocno for Evaluati o n a:~ Unlcnown 2 miJ.s on.:: ,-'J.ried 10. BAIEfl SUliiUMRY Of SIGHTING l 1. COMMENTS Jn tile ~usence c.::.' po.;itiv-: eVi'.1en2e .d!l:i 6oj, ;:;.7.~ cf clime, b::!tv~en white ::1nd :r~.:.lO\v, 1:L"::l."ling ::.n :i brig!lt.aning _n:. novin:; i n ::1n err~tic y~ttern. s ed s v~ry hir1 .. 2:!: ::;eenea to con::rtnnt n.n u r..ig."l i:'l uni..:.ent::_' l.c...t UFO ANALYSIS SHEET Satellite& (AFCIN-4F3, Phone 69219) Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet etc )1_2j~Q2...: Analysis and Conclug i on s : STAFF MESS . .\Gc DIY!SlON CZC HQA 138 ZC RR .RJEZHQ DE RJEBGD 25 FM 818 AIRDIV LINCOLN NEBR TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWFKF/20AIRDIV RICHARDS GEBAUR RllEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON JEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASH DC .... /UNCLAS/98DCOI 10-959 FOR: AFCIN COFS USAF, SAFIS OSAF SUBJECT: uro REPORT''. PO DESCRIPTION Of OBJECT: C 1) ROUND <3> BETWEEN WHITE AND YELLO CS) NO SPIKES OR PEAKS OfPARTMi:NT OF 7HF. AIR FORCE SiAFF h\ESSAGE DIVISION a. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: <1) THEY THOUGHT IT ~AS A SHOOTING STAR (2) 70 DEGREES AT 150 DEGREES (3) 70 DEGREES AI 150 DEGREES ( 4) TRAVELED 330 DEGREES THEN MADE A QUICK TURN TO 360 DEGREES PROCEEDED TO VICINITY OF LINCOLN AFB THEN MADE ABRUPT TURN TO 090 DEGREES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER IT MADE ANOTHER ABRUPT TURN TO 180 DEGREES AND AFTER A SHORT T~E ON THIS COURSE IT FOLLOWED A GRADUAL CURVED PATH SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. IT APPEARED TO STOP AT BOTH 90 DEGREE TURNING POINTS. IT DIMMED OUT AND REURNED TO BRIGHT SEVERAL TIMES ON THE 330DEGREE AND 360 DEGREE LEGS. ALTITUDE SEEMED CONSTANT AND HIGH. SPEED WAS VERY HIGH. (5) FADED OUT TO THE NAKED EYE IN THE SOUTHEAST.- OBSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL AND DATE OF Page 2 of 4Pages DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FO~CE Sl.t.Fr t.' =ssAGE DIVISION UN:LA.!~'i=lEO A~cSSAGE LOCATION OF OBSERVER: LINCOLN, NEBRASKA F. !DENT IF YIN G INFORM AT ION ON OBSERVERS: WEATHER AND WINDS: (~) HIGH SCATTERED <4> 25 MILES <S> SCATTERED USA, SELECTIVE SERVICE, 40 DEGREES-C MINUS 65 DEGREES C CS) NONE REPORTED. WITHIN 200 MILZ RADIUS ~. JPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THE OBSERVIERS SEEMED SINCERE Pa~e 3 of 4 Pages O~ARTMENT OF THE AlR FO~CE ST hFF t.\ESS>.G;: DI'IISlON I N C 0 il I N G IN THEIR STATEMENTS AND GAVE A THOROUGH ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENTS AND ACTIONS OF THE OBJECT. THE SON IS STUDYING ASTRONOMY AND HAD BEEN POINTING OUT THE STA~S TO THE PARENTS. WHILE RETURNING TO THE HOUSE MRS OBSERVED THE OBJECT AND PIINTED IT OUT TO THE OTHERS. IT WAS NOT UNTILL THE OBJECT HAD DISAPPEARED THAT THEY . THOUGHT TO REPORT IT TO THE LINCOLN AFB CONTROL TOWER. NO OTHER REPORTS OF SIGHTING WERE RECEIVED ON THE OBJECT. NO CONTROLLED TRAFFIC WAS SCHEDULED IN THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD.EXCEPT THOSE SHOOTING LANDINGS. THE OBSERVERS HAVE WATCHED JET AIRCRAFT AT HIGH ALTITUDES IN THIS AREA AND STATE THAT THIS OBJECT WAS TRAVELING MUCH FASTER THAN THE JETS. THE DESCRIPTION INDICATED A HIGH FLYING AI~CRAFT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ABRUPT, SHARP TURNS. THE PRE:PARING .OFFICE~ CAN GIVE NO EXPLAI~ATION OF THE SIGHTING. 17/0720Z OCT RJEBGD Page 4 of 4 Pages JOINT MESSAGEFORM 1iCUI'tlTY CLAiiSI,FI UNCLASSIFIED SPACE BE:LOW RESERVED FOR C0MMUNlCA. TlOIV CENTER F tOM: ~ :. . ~ . SPECIAL INSTRUCTION& .A TIC W -P AFB LINCOlN AFB, !'l /UNcLAS/FRoM: uciN-J,EJ .A; ..... 'l'I'N 818 ADIV. YOUR MSG 98 DOI 10-959, DTD 16 OCT 59. REPORTING AN UFO S IGBTING. REQ, T'.ciE fOilOWL"iG INFO CO!.'iCERNil"~lG SUBJ SIGiiTING, PLUS .ANY OTHER _PERTL~lr DIFO, BE F~tlD TO 'IHIS CENTER ON AN IR 112: A DRAWING BY THE. OBSERVERS S"rlOW!.NG THE POSITION OF '.IHE OB.J \Yrl.EN ~J..h..3' OBSERVED, THE APPRO X I.ENGTH Ili ~!STANCE Al'ID TIME OF TRAVEL OF EACH LEG OF THE OBJECT'S FLIGHT PA'D:l. DID THE OBJ A?.PEA.R. TO CoAJ'lGE IN SIZE .AS IT ~CACHED OR ro:nEDED? OBSERVER ST}..TE3 THE OBJ' APPEARED TO STOP AT BOO'H 90 DEGREE '!URNS. HOW LONG DID IT S'IDP EACH Tn~IE? WERE THESE 90 DEGREE TURNS ABRUPr OR GEI~LE? ~ SYMBOl. SIGNATURE _ SEClJIIUTY CLAtSSIJrfCATION R :JNCL\SSIFIED R,.LACE8 CD FORM 773, I OCT ASl, WHICH WILt. BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED 'COUIHRY bf" ACTIVITY IUI"OIHII'IG . UNCLASSJF'IEO CL.AS$1f"ICAT IOH REI"C.T HO. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY OR ,tlt[A REI"Cf!T CONCEIUCS ~CTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT OATE Of COLLECTION 111ppl j c a b le) CANCELEOIC~PL~T~ PREPA~I~G INDIVIDUAL OA TE OF REPCIIT C A...CELEOI I ..COMPLETE NAil OR OESCR IPTIOH ~ SOUitCE EVALUAT I ON T!l:-e e Observers ADDITIONAL INFOR~T I ()lill OH (Dare) :2..;.:!3. 46ar. Supplemen tal Inf~r:na.tion to Nest=ag e , 93JCOI lC- 959, Sucj: UFO Report S UI'oto4ARY ( OJ.,.,. all ,.,y lticlt ltl~ltll~ltta tile l ient fctor of nrrt lve report. &lin tu~rrat jye teat on 'ora 112111 unl report can be luJly tted on AI' 'or 112. Llat Jncloaurea, includin~ nuaber of copiea) This.report concerns the i n vestigatiJn of UFO sighted 7 Oct 59. SUp? lemental informati on t~ UFO 3-eport 93!)C01 10-959 and is submitted the request of ATIC Hessage A..7CI?l- 4 't'4G lJ-2169- E, dated 24 Oct 59. to comolete ::n answer to questions contained in the message: (1) Observers feel it i s difficult t o estimute the dist8.:1ce tra v eled d~. to height and speed of the object but gave the appro:ci.llat e figu:-es as shmm on the d:e.gram (ps.z e 2). Observers could not e~im.ate ti.:ne on each leg, howev er the ~verall ti~e was ap9roximately two {2) mi~utes. Object recainerl a constant size throughout viewing. Object appeared to stop only a split second at the 90 The 9 0 tu=-ns were very abrupt. VL'TCENT A. COLLDIS, Lt Col, US~ Chief, Intelli;;ence DiYisi:>n 9oth Bombard.::ent Wing (!-{) O IST~19UTION SY ORIGIHATOA ( Ezcept USAF nd IJJe. lndlcat DuPl Mlo and copiea / o incJ_.u, if ap~/Jc.h/e) 112 ti,LAC! AF FORM IUo I CXT SZo WHICH *y 8[ USED UNCI ASSIEJ0 CLASSIFICATIOH APPROVED 1 JUNE 1M ""* '(Q AS~f1C4Tl0t4) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT .u~ DIVI~ION TURNS AND TRACK Of .OBJECT REUATIVE .. r.o:L A FB.'ONt.;y : AF?.P.ROXIMATE /1 I tilo ,} :HE: THIS COCUMENT COfCTAJNS INFORMATlOH AFFECliNG THE HATlOIW.. CEF'OtSOF THE UNifEDSTATtSWJTliiH TMEO.'UJIIG 0~ TH CSP10HACE.ACT, S) U. S. C..- 31 AND 3Z. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR niE R\IEl.ATlON Of ITS COHTEVTS IN ~y MAHHER TO AJt UHAUTHORIZED PERSON IS P'ROMl!lftD BY UW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODIXED JH WHOL OR IH PART, SY OTHER 1lWC UNITT' 'TATES AIR fORe AGEHClES. <CPJ' SY PER.'-IISSlOH OF THE DIR.ECTOR ~ INTEU.JGENCE. USAF. . '/ '~ .