PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA~D 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS :ae ... "L~cr hill .F:9, TnC.i:ln...:. Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possi :,1y Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3. ~AreTIME GROUP .5. PHOTOS 7. LENGTH opr OBSERVATION E.,Ground-Vi suet a Ground-Radar .a; -Ai,.. Vi su ol 0 Air-Intercept Radar CiyilL.:J. & : Tili-:an 8. NUMBER OP' OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft 0 Wos Astrono'mrcal 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Oato for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING :iJ:.~ight llg.b.t ~ oblong ::;~.. .:-.lso reported. o.s ::! brigj1t f l o.sl'lif'...g l it?lt tn~t loo~ea :ike a s Dt ellite. ATtC FORM 329 (ltS'V 21 JU .S2) ctil2. ~.,~11 ~bcve -v~-1..1. nilot rpt st_t~s -:.n.::-~t ooj loo~:ejlD::~ . b a l loon. PAGE THREE RJEDNJ 76 (2) NIGHT HHROUGH DAt.~No Eo LOCATION OF OBSERVER( S) DEP.-\~-AB~i CF T:-iF. AIR FORCE C 0 f~ I N G (I) BUNKER HILL AFB CONTROL TOWER, GCA, CONTROL ROOM AND COMMUNI- CAT IONS BUILDINGo Fo IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER< S): <1) MAJOR FRANK S KERCHNER, 31TH FIS, BUNKER HILL AFB, SQDN EXEC, <2) CAPTAIN JOHN D SHOFSTALL, 305TH BW HQ SQ BHAFB, CONTROLLER, (3) T/SGT 'LEE E COLLINS 1915TH AACS SQDN, BHAFB, CONTRGL TO\~ER (FERATORj GOODo (4) SSGT DONALD P SCHULTZ, 1915TH AACS SQDN, GCA OPERATOR, GOODo <5) AllC HAROLD COATES; 305TH CSG, BHAFB, CHIEF TELEPHONE MPERATOR, C6) A/lC LAWRENCE J HERBST, 305TH HQ SQ, BHAFB DUTY CONTROLLER, (7 ) AllC ROLAND L SMITH DET 26 WEATHER SQDN BHAFX, DUTY OBSERVER, (8 ) A/2C RICHARD J CAPONE 1915! AACS, BHAF'B, CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR, G OODo Page 3 of 5 I I'~ C 0 iv\ I N G P.oGE FOUR RJEDNJ 7 6 (9) A/2C-RALPH K PEDEN DET 26 \vEATHER SQDN, BHAFB, DUTY OBSERVER, VERY GOODo Page 4 o f 5 PAGE FIVE RJEDNJ 76 (1) lOOOv BASED WITH TOP AT 2500 (2) 1400 BASED WITH TOP AT 8000 o Io TWO F- 102 AIRCRAFT FROM.-LOCKBOURNE AFB, OHIO AND ONE F-89 FROM BHAFB WERE LAUNCHEDo ONE F~l02 AND ONE F~89 OBSERVED THE OBJECT FEET AND REPORTED T}IAT THEY BELIEVED IT TO BE A STAR. INVESTIGATING OFFICER: OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 305TH BO~BAR_DMENT WING.(M) (SAC), LT HARRY A KERSEY JRo BASED ON AN ANALYSIS .OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED I T IS BELIEVED THAT THE UFO WAS PROBABLY A STAR OR THE PLANET VENUSn THE OBSERVERS WHO SIGHTED :THE LIGHT: SOURCE ARE ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A STARo EXPI ERENCED WEATHER MEN WHO WERE OBSERVERS ARE SURE THAT . IT WAS A STAR WHICH THEY SIGHTED BEFORE ONLY MAGNIFIED BY AN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONe THE PILOTS WHO OBSERVED THE OBJECT FROM , -J 000 FEET CONCURRED THAT THEY BEL! EVED IT TO BE A STARo COMPUTATIONS SHOW THAT VENUS WAS ON A BEARING OF 102 DEGREES AT AN ANGLE OF 23 DEGREES AND 20 MINUTES AT 08/1040Z '. 1HICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME. LOCATION AS THAT FOUND IN PARAGRAPH 82 ON \vHICH THE OBSERVERS AGREEo THE BASE ISO DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CALLS ON THIS SIGHTINGo 00/2229 Z OCT RJEDNJ N~TE : Sec II is AF IN 10851 (10 Oct 59) Page 5 of 5 C~CH~E3~3ZCYJC739 DE RJEDNJ 77 DEPA~TMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNClASSIFIED .'-'ESSJo GE 59j N C~NVhJYN G F~ 305 BW BUNKER HILL.AFB INDIANA TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT. AFB RJEDB~A/DETRJIT AIR DEFENSE SECTOR CUSTE~ AFS ~JEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL I NTELLIGENCE CENTER WRI GHT UNCLAS FROM: 305DCOI 10-249. FUNAL SECTION OF TWO. WHILE ALL OBSERVERS WERE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT ON THIS SIGHTING, ONE OF THEM ALSO SIGHTED AN IRREGULAR FOOMATION OF 9 PIN POINTS OF ' LIGHT TRAVERSING NORTH WEST TO SOUTH EAST ON APPROXIMATE HEAOlNG OF 135 DEGREES. THESE LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY; M'NUTES AS THEY TRAVELED AT HIGH SPEED ACCROSS THE HORIZON AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. THE~E WERE NO KNOWN AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINTY OP T~ aAS~ AT THIS TIME. NO OTHER OBSERVER MADE A SIGHTING OF THIS TYPE, THE 8BSE~VER WHO GAVE THIS ACCOUNT IS VERY RELIABLE ONE BUT DU~ TQ THE LACK ON COR~OBORATING EVIDENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS SlGHTlN~ W~ ARt D I S C 0 UN T IN G I T S V AL I G IT Y. 09/2229Z OCT ~JEDNJ NOTE : Sec I is AF IN 10889 (10 Oct 59) PEI'I Y r O A IR TECHNICAL INT ELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED ST Ai'fS AIR i=ORCE WRICHrPATTE RSON AlR FORCE o A Si: SUSJECT: r~Q ? t The follo~1ing inforn4l.ti o n ~.;as rec~ived Er on ~!ajor : :es.;en3cr, fJ? Cor:nn.and ?ost referencing u::o Report: rec~i-,ed by Ca p t ain :!. H. :Franz<..!n , .['.T I C Duty Officer, 7 October. Fl02's from Lockbourne and one F89 froo Bu~<er riill wer e scranbleci. All three reported a t a llyho at 40,0 0 0 fee t . 'i' c oojec t : ;a s :-1~11 above them. One of t h e :?102's repor t e d to NORAD t :"tat he cl:in;.,~ to 45,000 feet and object -:vas still well above h i e . ac r eported t:1.at it looked like a balloon r-ucaAE J. Z.!aj or, US&' AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CE~TcR UNITED STATES AIR FORC!: V.RICHi'PATTERSON AIR F ORCE 3 ASt ~u?-Hcr :!.:~tract :.-on ATIC Duty O.:fi=ers . cpor t OctoJ~r 1.959 :'ollo'trlng i.:J an extract fro::t TIC Duty Officers ::.~port dtd 7 October 33 for your information: 0600 -Received a call frOD . at Patterson Ops conc~rning a r eported U70. It "'as 3 ted just east of Red K~y, 1ndiana -~and reported to t~e Indiana State Police 1ho repo~t2d i t to .,...-Sgt. Reiny, ~AFB Air ?olice, e;<t 2nsion 55232. UFO report from Coo~and Post in ?~nta3on. Object ooserved at Bunker Hill, JL73, Inciana. Visually observed 6 to 15 n i . from base at 11J4Z and appeared to be a bright light o: ob l ong s hape oov ing s . to S~J. Interceptor Coonander observed a group o i t~es e bri~ht liJhts and apparentl y a 1J2 fron Lockbourne ivas s~nt U? to interce?t. The r~port ':vas in3 relayed by Duty Officer at SAC Headquart:rs to Duty of:icer a t Pentag on Conu,1and :?ost. aptain, USAF PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana a Was Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Passioly Balloon ~!'Ouncl-Vi suol 0 Gro\.lndRodor 0 Was Aircrart 0 Probably Airc:rcnt 6. SOU~CE ~ Was Astronomic:ol Venus 0 Probably Astro'nomic:ol 0 Possibly Astronomical Ciy111an & M11ita&J 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEflr SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING Drigbt ~bite light of circular shape obser ~ed by military end civilian personnel in the same area over a period of three hrs. Obj moved t'm East to West & was rising. ATIC FOR)I 329 (JtKV 26 3U 52) 0 Insufficient Oc:rto for Evol\.lotion 0 U:"'known - East to l..lest 111. COMMENTS Venus was in t he posit ion rptd by the witnesses & i s considered as the obj sighted. . RJEDBWA/DETROIT AIR DEFENSE SECTOR CUSTER AFS RJEDSQ/ AIR TECHNICAL RJEZHQ/ HQ USAF AFCIN INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON RJEZHQ/HQ USAF SAFIS '.vASH /' INFO RJEBKF/2AF BARKSLFLE AFB UNCLAS FROM: 305DCOI 1 0 -249o SECT I ON ONE OF TWOo REFERENCE AFR 200-2, DATED 5 FEB 58o SUBJ: <U> UF'Oo A:. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT< S) ~ Cl) CIRCULAR SHAPEo (2) ESTIMATED TO 'BE BET\~EEN THE SIZE OF A PEA AND A DIME HELD AT ARMS LENGTH KEL BRIGHT LIGHT OF' .&1HITE COLORo (4) THRU (9) NOT APPLICABLEo Eo DESCRITPI ON OF COURSE OF OBJECTC 5): <1) PHONE CALL FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN OBSERVER IN KOKOMO, PAGE TlJIQ RJEDNJ 76 ~EP,'.i?TM-::"n OF THE ft.IR ~G!tCE {2) THE OBJECT '4AS SIGHTED FROM VARIOUS POINTS ON BHAFB AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE OBSERVERS IS THAT IT 11/AS ON A BEARING OF 110 DE- ffiEES FROM THE BASE AT AN ANGLE f1F 30 TO 45 DEGREESo (3) HHE ANGLE WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT SUNRISE AND OBJECT AS SLIGHTLY EST OF ITS ORIGINAL POSITIONo {4) GENERAL OPINION OF OBSERVERS \vAS THAT THE OBJEDT MOVED SLIGHTLY FROM EAST TO '.~EST RI SI NGo {5) OBJECT WAS SEEN UNTIL SUNRISE AT WHICH TIME IT DISAPPEARED FROM VIE\~o .. {6) THE OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1043Z AND OBSERVED BY BASE PERSONNEL UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISEo Co MANNER OF OBSERVATION: <1) GROUND' VISUAL AND AIR VISUAL C2) BINOCULARS WERE USED BY SOME PERSONNEL IN OBSERVING THE OBJECT, ~) F-89 OF THE 319TH FIS <ADC) SERIAL NO 528417, ALTITUDE 40,000 :~ADING~ ORBITEDo SPEED: o75 MACHo HOME STATION~ BUNKER HILL Do TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING~ Page 2 of 5