P?.OJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION iJ.J..)l..j CONCLU~ION~ a Vlo s B alloon P ro bob I y !3oll c-on 3. OAic'rJM! G~Ol:lt A. TYPE OF 095E:lVA'fiON PoBiLiy Oolloo" 0 Wets Ail craft Pro!Jobly Aircraft . 0 GroUftd Vi suol 0 Gr';)vndRodor D AIr-Vi .wol 0 Pos!liMy Aircraft Wca As~ronomlc:o1 0 P to'hohly A"tr~n()mlcol Po . 3 i bly / ,:;trot'omicul (1, NUMBE~ OF OBJECTS CJ. cou.~sE 0 ln !luffici"nt Datil !o r Evqluoti on .d Urt~nown L.,J.) . i:'!ll'l.J ATIC FO~M 3 lt) (RY.V H 3r.:? S:Z} ll. CO~M~NTS il.Jt[l : 'cr iitLJ'~!"ic R r.:~L. Y TO llEADQUAf~TERS STR.\ T EGIC AIR cor.t:.IAND U~ITf:D STATES AIR F ORCE CWFUT'f AIR F ORCl; BASE, NEB~.\~KA suaJ E CT: FliG s 5-'1 the Dubuqua, Im-1a. Ar~" TO: .Air 'l,ec~'"'lic:ll Int eLligence c~n ( . .\i'CIN...J!E2:<:) H:.:-ight-P:1.~ verson AFB, Ohio 1. Roferencs yotrr lett.er, Subj ect: P .... ~quc:at ibr In.f'onna-'iJir.,n, d:lc~d 2 S~pr.anba:r l960; th9 fo'Llo~-ling :Lnforrg,tion i s s ubmittac.l: a., Number o.nd type aircraft: ro1.1.'te cell t':lcti cs. Threa (3) B~52 ~ircraft, c. Rout~ and ... , imes: Fro:n a poin~ l45NM s outh -sou't.hea~.r~ of Du'J'.~ue to ll poinii 60~iN north .. nor:.heas-t of Dtibuqua ( 4008N 9015H 2 o :T-> other all-craft o.f th19 c on-..znand ~1el'e flying LYl the Dt1buqu(), Iowa ar 2a on 4 Harch 196o .3. H~ilication of approp::-iate Air Def-3nse Sect.or3 is a rout in~ func-:.ioz: of Air Route 'fraf.f5.c Control ior fiights involving pene- ~!l 1 rarch l. at Dubucue- Ioor.o1n thrt:~a silver, neucer-sh~ped objcctc vera c apt.urc-d r:n J'lO'Tie fiL-ns by Pilot t.~;,Jth-~m~-G;~t, Ph~ws; 1 'opi Urgs. Vig Hance .... ~ .. ,o in.ataDUS in wbiclJ private iodi . , duaJa ::tu~ceeded in Obtaining phcto I :.:-aphs o( UAOs wi\P~ the .la3l iew wctein J : t'~" come to. the-atumt.ion oi th.;, APRO ; n :he. !Ot.tith .. u' 11:trch. Ch~rles lior . _ 'i, Jl.,. aupu~ lnruvctor. obbi.oetl l '.J !eet ol mov\n1f pieiul'e iilm of ~ fo r -i . tt!oft of.'thne-di!e-&haped obltc:t:s over l d'l~u~ . rotra. M.-ris estimated thee , titude .. 20.000 ieetl 0 !ii li!,ked Jl I , mrt * miles ~: hour. ~ cb;~cts . t savccr-lhaped, silvery in color. .. OrTlS g:.ve Ule rulii 10-the Ftd(lr!1J gCV ;runect .. tar pa-~ssj':lg awi .stl;dy.~ til~ ~IJ~FACE v,E;\TnEI-i OBSCRVATIOilS lRev.l-1-55) Vt~la '-lAHI[R su Sr.\ enol CE:oliNG II..ITY .Jr.d TYr E Tl J E {Ht;Odr~o' o f Fpp:) , ... iltsl ( mbL) t fl T ION I { kts I TE.~ At.:> TO VIS ION 1 I SHIFTS Cosr.rnen t ... .:; on ! . an i:'"ev -t e-wec.l anU. ro:hn"t:. .fro '' h [~ i~ u~liJJ3U l U..:1acq1:srld!"S, it ~-3~ not. con.:Ji:l~red necd<;Sar :r t~ ;:-,.:::. A'l'[C i.:.d contact. S~o"!Veral racla:" ::;C..lti.ona ln the .;lJo~ttst, f..;..::J .J;}U ~3 ~hl Chicago r\ b ... Ddfan s a Sec tor Hea.Uqual't-=trs, .... :td .ra.l i.lU'on;;&d tu..tt. t.twy h::1tl r.o r.~cord of B-52 J .:'lyin?. in the D'.tbaq'.ld., ro.-1a a::-:~a on h or 10 ~a~h J. ~f ilr rsc~\.Vl'~U in:for:-ratl'Jn to trt~ efl cct. (,iL:l~ t here 1'~n~ ::'C d .. rcr n t~1a Dubuq11a 1rea, th13SM alrcro.ft tt0re tnerF-J 'Tlt,~lout. t.lw J.1u.;L3u;r=, of n.roa radar stat.lons un<l th~ C.hi.cd.?;o A.Lt D?i'ans'.l S., cto.r .~eacl.ci:la...."r,~rs. It ls not, understood by XJ.'Iv how .:;:1ch .:.1 i;;hta could be :;-.:.Lela rLt.hout t.he C.hico:1go Alr D3f~nsa D:lc~cH" s i~no;~lu<.ige. COOHDUlA 'l'T or.;: AFC.EN-LJ-;2 ;r.. H.J date, fr JJ\V3 ClVl!,Il~H U .. Li'.O. RESEARGH * .;; COii..l-'l ETION OF STUDY -H Date of s1g ht i"ng : r ... ac e. t ion:: Study Co~manced: Study Term1nated: Conclusion subject t o furthe r co n Gict.e r o.t ion? Report edited by: Dubuquo, Iowa Approximately 1750 hourc 7 August 1 960 . .1 . .oppor U!l._tJy o inventtsntfl f'or quit9 a v;htle. Ju:n, nbo t, t:1~ -tl!l.e 1t i s dec1d-9d r1hat tho objocts \?Gra -~"'oJ;:-rto0.~ a letter a.rriv".l o thnt -thron:J evarythl.rg up for (;r.bs L!t~-~"i-~ ... I.~T n.,no t; you d.l.rector in not. COl't3.tn what the y ue.ra .. Soma of tho 1n~U-!'.Y, _cttors have not. yt:J t been e.nsw9r$d. If <.J.nowera a:r~ .I.'Cc: lvecl lat .. er r.~v-~ change the p:tctLH'e as~ln, a supplewent.a:.:y :cupnrt d.ll ld C'l"l July 9, l960, CUFOR' s c11rector ,.J:Pot(} to .Lt. .. Col. (.(':.nrr9:cly H:.1jo:c) L.J. Tacker, Al:c F'ort;S Pent.:lg8n spoke:: oan .~.o:r:' U.:--Os, LH1d tolri ,11Ll th:::.t. ws had definitely concluded t.h::tt tba obj8cts \'/era U.t!'Oa" Thsnl on t,he 29th, -.:.'9 !'3cei,ed N.r. detailed report that tl'n:av1 t.:l-9 whole thing opan ett5ain .. The let.tsr fro:n SAC on ~U[!Ust L;.th seernad to b e the clinchar. I I~ t o t.a 11o of SiKht it"'-~: [,..t approxlm~cely 5:55 poW y !~arch l~, 1960, ChnrJ_c a J.:or.!'1a aP..d hitl \~ l.fe \"/ere a.t the tr homa ln Dubuque, Io:1o., rto.t.cbir.c; ':l '-6 o.i !- planz (a s ingl e -e:n0in3 USAAF trainer of rr~7 11 vini.oge) porfo.cc~ e.t ~n altituds o f roughly 2,000 feet ghen their attention was caught by t:1;:-~e J.uru1nous objects, ell:tptlcol in shapa, trnvsllrtg lJ~iE at about 200 mph .. The object::;, wh'lch h e furthar dascr:tbec1 o.~ h::.tlPg about t.he s i ze of a qu.qrtel' at, o.rm' s lengt.h ~nu about 25 uuc~xe:tes e.bovG the eastern horizon, were 1n rlew f'or about four ml.:1L".ted. hu v1ent on to oay, l n his report to CUJTOR,. that. ttth-:1 ooj<Jccs d~.d not glva off smokd or 2.ny vapor tr<lll, drop anyt.hln~, chr\n br~!.glT~c:.~ o~, sl1apa or color, d i d not. o;:plode, speed up or stand 3tlll nt }.ny t 1rce ..... the obja ct. s were sharply o u tllnsd {~nd \/Src l:tka o. br1ght, ... st:1r-a--between t he bright.ne es of the moon e1-n:i of Vonuo." II::! r:.lJCl estlmatad the size o f the objects to b e 200 fset long and 60 feet t hick.; ho:1ever, s 1nc9 tha c11stance to th9 ob~ects coulcl onl y be g ue s sad , 1 t 1 s the s:;. :ce \'71th the o i ze of t hs o b j o c t s t. \'-am sa l ve o o l.'r. Korris ex~osarJ some footage o f 8 mm color filo, bt-'t it fallC3d ~o sho'.7 a!1ytb.!.r.g and th'3 fllm has bean returned t.o hl.m by tr::J .:-.~ .. >ti1ar v1itness -;?as lurs .. H.V .. L~dov1oBy, \1ho R:J.Vl then .'Jit.h h'3~ son a. . ..:.. hu.sband. Hsr report., a lso o n f':tle ~1ith CUE'OR.) i s sim:tl Rr to J.r. L~c:.-:-~s', with some e:>tceptions (minor or major, de~<:Jnrl'Lrc., on you:- point c: view): llooit;;Jd, and going tov1ard the r.r.7 in the sky, \7e:ce three t_"'isht mstall:tc obJocta; t.h'3Y weJ..,e t.l'avell:l:tgV"t!:.ny :1lowly, nl . moot floattn rr-L~Y ''JE~ NOT PLAi'I.Zs .... l)ne vw.tched fo:c ~luJo .. l't. ton wi..nuto 3 , and, o.s we Vla:tctled, one of them, the one ln the roJ.ddle, c~\ve a flash, o r wh'ltJ glon, and at t he sQ.roe t iwa a p Jff of rRhlte i.iF.loka cr:~.rr.a from the baclr of it .. Tha sun wos satti .. ij ~-n tlta \'7eot c..t. th~ timo, and 1 figuree.. 1f :tt was tha JUn tr~o:c ma.:le thG fl:u=J~i.-al1 th"Cee would have i t. ; becau8-r.:. they ,.,t.JX'e so close togcth>1l'; b u t or!l:." t h9 ro idd le on3 ha.d tha ~ lo.i. '' oth~r stuo of t.hr1 fenca" o.ra ti.12 obs'='t'VGl':~ ,.tlo b 1JlievB t b~ objects w~ ra a "..rcrn ft. oi-.hd:~ n'r, l''"a:~ ~hsn UOL\Sl j.9t nltltude ::~nd e.t j1.1~t r~[;~'.\..iw C""~9d, J,):t"d .r.Lt t'Jl: oJ~inC.1.rg." Ha ;'$-JJH-f..s.;'}t~cl, J~.-:1 dU:l r.nl tham. x!o p~lnt,i,!;3 \JSJ "V'1\J:l'o1s, l::U.G the h 8~' tr~ tlo n :ct 3(J .-d:J, of D!lbt~qua, ~1ho c1r\tS.3-Ed .. ), e.r..d tl':.ay \'laxra"t folloYI~.ng :J.OOJ.lt tt.a c~'\\!6 l '!> l~irJJ-.n F J ~l.J'l 3c.w contr;;~11;J end a tail n11tta B-52". !.tr. ,Jonas dil'fors wlt,h. ~\.C." !.~o<'t'19 ~\{3 to alt~tud.:t ur~d a:.';~J.f-\tto , li~ g VdJ t. h '3!ll n.a l~O,COO fa3;; r\nd. 75 ~.,il~:J,o9ot.)~ .. JSlJ con7ar.t.lonal a! :~cre.f't (propa!.1G:ro-typa ) oostl:.; l:ac3uoe o ~\"."J ~ha C?ncl~;:,lon of Clvllian u t?Q Re~eH:rCh 1' o"'>j\j-c'J 3 ~a~n over D'...Lbuqua , lows. fh.srch l ; ~ 1960, &. ' apol ... o:~ "::nl:.i}j~ ly '.C~3 -;:.--sai:.er ,;.rJou:'l.t of d~ta t.3nds to Jhow t'.rl< .. th9 .:>b.Ja l~t ~ 'il ~:.."'~ t.b:."'S~ ~'i..-r.~.:\tt~ po:~31b1y of tna U3A,;,' atra.tag:tc .:\ir Cot(jmana. ~;a. c.o N- :av~:r (:? not l"ul13 out bh:i possi"bl'llt.,y t~13v ti!.l obJ3ct~ :.:3~.:\ );f ''\\':~ N:o~rl .t :-,:ld iiira~ .Luuo\fi Y w~:..,.a un1d:n.'ltlf1ubla ob.11ct.3 o~ \.l <.oov:l Clv111'J.r! UFO R~cas;!~oh :1p3nt. o T-3'!' tour l10nth:.J :n- The very nature o:t' tho observations :t:uit-1, out objects of astronomical orlg1n (stars, oc3teoru, The nature of the sighting also rules out "lle-ht phen orr.9na , "birds", and clouds, c1uat, etc. 'rhe direction of the objects' flight compa'-='ec1 v1lt h ~ind dlractiona at the ti~e exclude b alloons from ba1:ng conslderen as th.a correct 1c1ant.1.f1cat.1on .. The r-a.thsr V71dely separated points of obse~.,va.tion poycholog.tea.l man1festa.tionEJ (F) The character of the ~1ltnassas diocoun~ tha pos- o1b1lity of e. hoax. I'! .t:_rgun:enta fo.i:' Uni!!ant.1fiable Ob.,ects (UFOa) : Che~lea Morris 1s a commercial pilot and has log5ed 5,000 h~urs in 14 years of commerclal fly111g; ha ls familiar with air- craft of mont types. He apparently saw the obje eta at rather clo s::t range Rnd is carta1n of wha t hs saw. Ha told Ralph I~ga.rson, staff writer for the Dubuque Tol e - graph Hsrald "They ,~,ere thin on th>:J lead ing edge, "thick in tha ml.ddle , e.nd thin in back-juec, 11ke you' d oy..pact thoro to bo, I we.s see 1ng thBm from ths s ,.d.e and they lool{sd exactly lih:e yout d taken tno pl~tte:rs and put t.hem f'DcEI to faea -v ary large ellip - t . . l.ce.l objects. " Just to g iva you an idsc:1 of their slze, they searr:9d to be about one- e 1ghth tht3 s1ze of the moon. The y had a br~ght.ne se llke I' Vd never seen before -no 'fuz z around them, but bl."'ight aad sh~rply daf1ned. They were lil~e nilent ghosts moving throL'3h tha nThay couldn't hD..ve been jeto; they waren't fast enoul3h, for one thing -a jet \'7~uld have been gona be fora I could get, ths cnm- are.1 at that altitude -t,he y v1e.r-e only 20 to 25 above t he hor1- 7.on ( t :-t...e, a jet. prooably would d i sappa ar that rap 1dly -E d . ) 1f' 1 t ha.d been the sun shining