I. LOCATION 12. 1-;,_--;;D-;.AT;;I;:;TIU:MI~OuiOW=:;--------T. ;:v.~OP;;-"Aoaia:lliUUii~Vi&A;TIU:ON=:---------t a Poaal w, Boll q[GiuUR4-VIMI.a a Ai~YI.a a Greur W Aircraft a Alr-lnterc.,t R_. a PoaaiWy Al1creft a Yee a P , eel CINe C1Y111u a Poaa&W, Aatlc.a 7. LI .. TM OP OUIIVATION L I OP HJICTI t. COUIII D 01nttMse'!r~ -- - a lnauffldMt D for lveluetlon a11111 IUMMAIY OP IIOHTINO ...,"""ee rOUD4 ob.1eets, size ot pea in "V'' forma- ion. AlllMr color. Traveliq OD a st se aDd disa~;eared over the horizon I I. COMMINTI tbeae objects were by 1Dvest1pt1DS ~ ... --4aii:sAiMiii-11';1CAWTniOji;nl--(a.CUIIII'F IIII'Oiti'IAf'IOII .,,_,. IIIW Ia) IIPPLEMINT TO AF FOIM 112 ~il~&r lest un, 'II. V~a. {.Abe U"kl10Wil) 'Jeat Vir vinia lAc.e -A ru~1r:w tely 10 yeors) uccu1-cation --tuue1,t g. e&t~"r aud ~.inda --A1o.tt \.londi t -;:1s c-.t :fllue eand I lwce 0f Sig.ltin ll) Cloudy l2) i'Jot bVui.1ab1e l5) Sea tered (6) Had rained ap~roxunt1tely 2 hours }Jrior to si~ting. (7) moderate j. unknown k. Foaition ritle: Senior ~irector, O~er~tio~s ction -Due to descri~tion ot flie;nt path, fcrr.ld.tion and ovar~ll a.~pec;;.rance of objects, it is det~r:Ur .. ed to be a fli~t oi three (j) airc~aft ~t ~i6h ultitude. WAitNINO: Thi docuent C'Onteln lnloretion tin' the netloMI delenN ol the VII/ted Stet within th mninl ol the .. ,;o,..,. ww, Til,. II, U. C . , of/on 7JJ nd 714. II trnml-'on or the ,..,ltion olll cont11tln 111 mnnr to en UMUthorled ,.,.on I IHOhiiJitd "' lew. II ,.., 1101 h reprodund in whol or in pert, ., other thn Unit-" tt Air 'orce Anol opt IJy ,., .. ; .. loll ol th Director ol lntllinoe, USA,. lt['LACU A, rnRM Ill-PART II. I JUN 41. WHICH MAY II UIIO. O.Aiai .. ICATION (S8CURITY 1/ti,ORMATION when ltlled in) agtttt Gtrtlnmt, OAK HILL. WK8T YIIIGINIA IE.TABLISH&D . CbmUnued from pa .. ll ... I looked a ... 1 LeJ movln1 prettr fast. ,., all m~ed at th~ sa~e apeed and atayed In tbe aame formation theyw.re out of llpt. We watched them UDW ~, ibGved BID Nap~er of Whipple, who was at the Ellison home, alao saw llusband George 1ot cubtde In time to wttneu the ob- jects before they faded away. George Ellison called the Trt~ buM, lfttl IIYftal employeea went outakle to look for .. aatelllte1." Howeer; our attention was at- to something dlfferent- probabl7 a star. We thou1bt, bOw e~er, at first that the object waa movlq and bad a tillce to After c:becktni with Ellison IIIIa OYer the telephone . learned that It toOk approxtmately ftve m lot the three ''ob- to pau ~croas the horizon. Ellison aaid they were briahter than stan. About 7:04 p.m. a 72-foot Scout had veered off ita path high abov~ the Atlentlc Coast Frid:~y night, two minutes after launc:hJDJ and was destroyed . The Scoqt rocket attained an altitude of 880 miles and landed the ~tlantic 1,500 miles off the Virainla coast Earlier Friday at Cape .cana- veral, Fla., the fir~ operational phototype of the intercoiiUnental ranee Titan :missile veered sharply ~t ot control and had .to be de- abwt 300 feet abcfve Its pad. It ts not bown wblt time ~ occurred. '!be Blllsons act~ dla- covered the obJectl abOut. a: 55 1 J'.m. We lia~nd to 'lend this ar- to tbe Air Force for their r ecords. ' . ODI7 a f., weeks aao Ivan Wll aDd 1lU brother at Mullens an extremely itran1e ob- Ject In tlie lkJ. It wa purple in appearance and was only aeea for few Hconda. The same descrip. : Uon waa reported to proper . authorltle. by a man a number of mlln away in West Vlflfilla. The Air Force laveat11atecl the- labtinaa. aU eyea were harned toward the aldea Friday evenln1. Earlier the city of Oak Hill wa shaken by a low-ftylna Jet which zoomed overhead a1 Oak . HJU rea identa were eat1n1 dinner. The 1ky truly 11 a myatery I Those fnlka from Mara are Joini tr, comt' flown here onp of theae you Jut wait and see. l U'-Y " ,r:; &~ frl o41r Htl 1 What tbe' myaterloul EW1oa, saw Ulllutlfted I jecta which paaled over Oak Hill objecta aerou the lkJ. 'Friday nlpt? lin. 11! tbe bap. I Shortly after 1:30 p.m. excite-rentn11 like tbla: . . J meat waa lD the air at the Geoqe .. The eblldno aaw them aDd EWIOD residence on Suaoyliclo callecl me, "" I weDt to Drive, Oak HW. It waa 'there that about tbe altuaUon. I tboulbt at Mn. EWaon, belt children, Tim first they ttara and tbe and Roae, and ber nephew, Jimmy (Continued oa paae 7) DIPARTMENT tW THI AIR FORCE Deer :.:r. Holliday: This is to &\.:k.uuwl.eU.ge and thank you for your l.etter ot 5 Jul.y together with clippings from the Fayette Tribune concerrri ng un1deut1fled fly lug objects sceu near Qa.k Hi 11, West v g1nia on 1 J~y l o f.!r. Robert K. Holliday T:"\C Fayette Tr!bun~., I:.c. Qak H:!.ll, West Virginia. LA ~'REr;cE J. TACIQm Public I!l.f.)::t:atio:: Di -:iaion O:r"flce .y: I . ..fvlu:u.ti_:::: agritt Otrtbunt. 3Jnr . TH COUNTY'8 OLD.8T N.W8PAP.It OAK HILL, Wn YlltGINIA Mr. Lawrence J. Tacker Lt. Colonel, USAP PIO Division Department of Air Force Waah1n1ton, .D. C. Dear Mr. Tacker: This is to acknowledge and thank you for your letter or July 12 concerning unidentified flying objects seen in this area on July 1. You stated in your letter the information sent to you, along with the clippings, were forwarded to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center for their possible use. . Several individuals in the Oak Hill vicinity have inquired about the objects. The reply you gave us is of no help in answering their inquiries we would like any information concerning what we saw if it is possible for you to release such Some questions we are being asked are: What were they? t!ill there be any more? If so when? Any news you might provide for us would greatly be appreciated. Sincerely yours, THE FAYETTE TRIBUllE ESTABLISHED 1897 UNCLASSIFIED I'ACI III.OF IIUIVID POl COMMUNICATION CIHTII TYN Me (CIH~t) ACCOUNTIN ATIC, W-P AFB GUTHRIE AF STN, W. VA /UNCLASSIFIED/FROM: AFCIN-4E2 -------- ottl. Olt ATIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT SEVERAL UFO's ~'/ERE SIGHtED O'IER OAK HILL, W. VA. ON 1 JULY 60. REQ AN INVESTIGATION BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, DTD 14 SEPI' 59. THE PRINCIPAL WITNESSES fiER.E THE AMILY WHC RESIDE 0~ TO CI.A881P'ICAT10N 8NCIAI.. IN8TIIUCTION8 8KCURITV CLA8811'1CATIOH UNCLASSIFIED IIDLAC-DD 1'01111 t78. t OCT 4e. WHICH WILL U8KD "NTIL UM4U8TaD ZCZCSQPI45CZCSQG~41ZCVYB259 DE RJESKBP ' FM 783 ACWRON GUTHRIE AFS CHARLESTON WVA TO ATIC WPAFB OHIO UNCLAS FROM 783 CIS Z7-830. ATTN: AFCIN. SUBJECT: uro REPORT F ILY, W.VA.). INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED 21 JUL 50 lAW PARA 4B, AFR 2ZZ-2, DTD 1~ SEP 59, AS AMENDED. RECOMi1END NO FURTH~R ACTION BE TAKEN. A WRITTEN REPORT WILL FOLLOW. 22/18472 JUL RJ~SKBP NNNN2CZCSQPIISC2CSQEI99ZCVYA889 DE RJESKBP 3 A IJ; WJ. SE R '/ICES iM 783 ACWRON GUTHRIE AFS WVA TO ATIC WPAFB OHIO UNCLAS FROM 783 CIC 17-836. ATTN& AFCIN. SUBJECT& uro REPORT FAMILY, OAK HILL, W.VA.> INVESTIGATION COMPLETED. OBJECTS SIGHTED HAV BEEN DETERMINED TO FALL WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 2BC2>, AFR 211-2, DATED 14 SEP 59. RECOMMEND NO FURTHER ACTION BE TAKEN 2~/14122 JUL RJESKBP COUNT~Y OF ACTIVITY ~I,ORTING liuited -.t~tea CLAIS" ICAT I ON AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNT~Y OR AltiA lti,CitT COIICIIt.. DATI CW IN,CitMU ION ACTIVITY IUIMITTING RE,CitT DATE ~COLLECTION { ejd JJ,i ::ti.uo.:.drou, \.iutarie ~"';;a ~. rleaton, ,Je..,t Vir 6iiLia Plti,Ait IM8 INDIVIDUAL Jonnson, John f., -.,e; . tain, tJ...,".F ~l July l'j6v DATI OF RtPCitT !YALUAT ION SRI STATUS oppl i(;oble) LED ICO .. PLUE CANCLlDIINCOILITI IN,ORIIMTIOH ON (Dete) dated 1.5 .aut!> 60 SUBJECT (~eerlpti~ titlo. Uae J uFo, ~ic:.htlr1ci OI~ a UFO over Oak Hill, .-ie;,t Vire5inia SU~RY (OJ~ ~ .. r1 hich hi.hli,hta the aolient lector ol norrotive report. s.,;n norretlve tet on~ For~ 112 u"l re~rt eo" bo fully atoted o" AP 'or 112. Liat lncloaur ineludi"' nuber ol copi) 'l'he followin re~ort is aubr.1itted in accordance -.. ith .nl'H 2 C0-2, dtd 14 ~e~ 51 Fonoat is in accordance hi th JR 200-2, pc...raorui:h 15 Descri1-tic n {l) Rcu.nd or Objc:ct& ~escr:; ti.:J:. oi \.1-.>urse oi \1; J~$t lookin~ bround Obj .... cts . .Cvlnr.J fro ... :;:,bst t; ttt:_ t o ~tra::..c;~1t .Jis -Pe~red ove r t ::..e .:.lorizcn. l.c:lner o t Ob:iervci tion: ( l) Y.rowld-vi~usl \. 2) ... o opti..:al aids Ti1.1e and lJ&te oi' Signtin~: \2) bigtlt e. Location of observer: At HOl&.e \Jak Aill, 'J . Va. f. Identil~Jine in:l'orwation on observ~rs: .rs. (A6e unk.'lovn) ( Occupatiun -rl.;u .Jife) Oak Hill, ;~. Va WARMING: Tltl docu ... nt contain lttlortion 11ffectin the ""' ionol defenee of t111 UnHed Stt within the N~ann of the -~oni L T1tle 11, U.S.C. , Seetio" 79J 11nd 794. Jt trAnieion or th. reveltion o f I content in 11ny ~nner to ,. , Uf14rtho r ''"d pereott ia prrtlt 1b1 trl br I U ~ l..lVfA~illlf Nf Pltl .. fllf(j Off'IC:F 1 .... 0 -)1 S.. 7 5