PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 19 J\U.y l;:ruv Tacoa, Wasbinrton 0 Wee Ahreft Prett.W, Alrcr.rt ' Alrcreft 7. LINOTM O,.OIIIIYATION fraction ot a second 0' liGHTING I. NUMIIII 0' OIJICTI ? ound circular ball . brig.ltt yellov then turued gree n , disappeared behind trees desceDd.iDs 11. COMMINTI ~ PrelteW' Aetrener~tlcel 0 Insufficient Dete f.r Ew-.luetlen Description is typical ot a meteor. l.1 nc.las s i!ied CLASSIF ICAT IO N (whe n fi/l,.cl i n ) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY REPORT NO. 1405th ABW (MATS) h. Other Unusual Activity -None. i. hlterception Action -None. j. Air Traffic Surface: ISO Thermal -6, 000 Aloft: 6, 000 Normal to Tropopause Normal commerical air traffic in and out of Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri. Considerable military air traffic at high altitude on strategic exerc1ses. k. Position Title and Comments of Preparing Offict,~r The manner in which the object hovered and moved slowly, combined \vith the instantaneous disappearance, would indica,.~e that it might be a balloon which eventually burst at high altitude. Ho\vever, the Weather Buruau reported no balloons in the area, and stated that their balloons carry a white light, which burns only 15 minutes. Refractions from the atmosphere might make a white light appear red to a ground observer. 1. Physical Evidence -None WILLL;\~t Y fMCPHERSON Plans &t Programs Officer V/,".'C I Jo,. ,,,, .,n, ,.n t c , n t , i n-. rnlnrnwtltott ,, q,.,.,,,tl tlr nott'Jri 1 cle(,.nfllt: of t lu U n r t iJt f Stflft''-w tthi n th~ n t-Jtnrn.: " ' til~ I lfj~ MAY flf I ol II Unclas si!ied CLA5SIFICATION (SECURITY INFORMATION when frllcd inl SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY 1405th ABW (MATS) REPORT NO. ~cott AFB, THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, 22 JULY 1960, PAGE 3A. " 2 COUNTY GROUPS SEE STRANGE RED LIGHTS IN SKY Two separate groups of St. Louis County residents, about three-quarters of a mile from each other, said they saw bright red lights in a circular formation in the sky about 10 p.m. Wednesday. City, observed telescope. . mysterious lights her niece, and ~er two young sons watched the o powerful Navy bin~culars. University her nephe\11, ect through Dozens ~f persons rep~rted seeing a mysterious red lign~ or lights in tne sky above St. Louis County about 9:30 or 10 p.m. Wednesday. Many others reported flickering, erra~ically-moving red lights in the sky about the same time Tuesday night. Mrs said she and her companions watched ~he obiect for 15 or 30 min~tes cefore the lights seemed to rise ana then disappeare~ ade~ly. "It loo\.ed li]<e a \-!heel," s~1e said. "T'nere was a d:>l.ilile row of lig:1ts ir. a circle, and it had spokes, also ligi1ted. We sighted it w:~c-..:i we were in a car near our home. Wnen we pulled u:_:> it seemed to be right overhead, and I heard a muffled hum.-ning, ich later faded out." Mrs. said she ran ~in and got her husband's binoculars. T'nen the group watched the lights as they moved steadily west, zig-zagging slightly, and later started to rise. "What seemed to be a flickering of the lights to the naked eye was really a movement of the lights, we found when we looked through the binoculars," she said. "It must have been terribly high when it disappeared, be- cause it looked like a star just before it vanished." 14, whose hobby is astronomy, described the object as very bright red objects, in a circle around a central point at about 20 revolutions per minute." The lights appeared to be one light to the naked eye, he said. They moved from east-northeast to \'lest-south\-Test "at about the speed of a slow airplane," he said. He said he could not tell how high or how far away the lights were. They disappeared "one by one, seeming to marge int each other" he said. , his brothe O,.)served the object throt.:.gh west generally straisht up, 1e rep~r ted. 2, tr1eir parGnts telesco?es, until taking a slighll y and two neighbors the last light erratic course, ~V \NV/tv(; Til ""' 111111'111 runt.l/tt; 1 n l nrtn 11iun nflt>t.t inl!l th flllttunrtl rlt>/~use of tit,. U nitf'cl St<~ttu witl1i n tlttt n1e.1nin~ of thtt L ,. ,, A [,IJIV'I , 'I'll It Ill, u s r . ::;,., ,,.,,., 79) llfld 791 Its ftolllotll/,,t(J/1 Or tit" n llltiun o f If~ (Utllnt~ in ""Y m~tnnt'r t o .. tl l fCJR~ 112 P I Pl \r, I , AF f fHI',1 1\1 PAr~ r II. I llJN 4Jl, lSECUNITY INFOHMA TION wlaeu liflttd in) U ~ foOVIH'I-..[hf I'RIIlll' ll UHICl l<l'it. 0 l87!ia.' 18 ~7U J CZCSCA2S5ZCQYAS45 PP RJ!::DSQ l'AG: TWO RJ~ZE}[ 37A ?!tF!T I I 1. 9RIGHT A?~EARANCE 2. 3CDECREZS ABOVE HORIZOr: -4. STRAIGHT LI::E AT SLIGHT DO;..J;.: AtiGEL 5. CBSCUR:D 1. L.!\:~::.'OC:l :cunTRY CLUE GOLF couns: fiJHZBH 37/\ LA!'I:~JOOD COU::TRYCLUS COLF COURSE TACO~:S, ASEirCTOn 1. ~!!:GATIVE 4. GOOD OVI:P. 1 ~ :i I L!:S s~; :r cr. co;rr~oLLER- OSS:::RVATIQt; OF -~ FI;\;: 2.;LL; .!. VERY Lt.nGE i:::r::c~ :~:!ICH OCCl\SIO:.ALLY ARE ~:~:our: TC i'LAS:! CREEl'! U?o;. CCi':Tl\C! ~JIT:l THE ATr:OSF!iEnE. Tar DRI::F SP/\H OF THF. OE!S?.nVATIO!! HitiCl! TO THIS ASSUB?T!C:1. ?ART XII-liONE rnclassif ieet CLASS IF' !CATION C OUNTI'Y OF ACTIVITY REPORT lNG REPORT NO. nited States of Americ IR 21 60 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY OR AREA R( POIH CONCERNS DATE OF INF I St. Louis, Missouri 19 July 1960 ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT DATE OF' COLLECTION 1405th ABW (MATS) SRI STATUS (II applicable) Scott AFB, Ill DATE OF IU T CANCELED/ INCOMPLETE NAME OR DESCRIPTION or sou-CE EVALUATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON (O.te) REFERENCES (~IR Subject, previoue reporte, etc., app (U) Unide~tified Flying Object Report SU~ARY (Give ufttMry lliclt ltithlifhle th. lient factor. of nerretive nport. #>'in nerrative t~11t on orm 112 unle report cen be fully etated on~ 'orm 112. Lit inclosure, inc Jn~ nu-ber of copies) A telephone call was received from Mr. by the Base Clearance Officer the night of 19 July 1960, reporting an unidentified flying object. A number of his neighbors were also reported as having seen the object. This info1:m immediately followed by a tele- phone call from Mrs. , University City, St. Louis, Missouri, providing the same type of information. This headquarters contacted Det 6, lOth Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron and the 798th AC&W Squadron the ~orning of 20 July to evaluate the report. Dat 6, lOth RBS did not become active until 2200, 19 July, one half hour after the time of the reported sighting. The log of the 798th AC&WSq showed no activitv a : that time. Another report was receive~ from Mrs. the night of 20 July, reporting a similar sighting ai: approximately the same time, 2130 local. Da: 6, lO~h RBS was contacted at 0830 local, 21 July and re- p~rted one aircraft at 39,000 ft tracking East to West over North St. Louis at 2150 local, 2 0 July. The 798th AC&W Sq log was negativ . Toe U.S. Weather Bureau, St. Louis, Missouri stated no balloons were in the vicinity at the time of the reported sighting. Many other persons have been quoted by the press and radio in the St. Louis area as having seen the object b~th nights. Tnis headquarters is unable to deter1nine the nature of the object, and is forwarding this infor.Ltatio:-1 IAli paragraph 13b, AFR 200-2. Also inclosed is an extract from a local newspaper which gives an account of the inci- dent and names and addresses of add1t1onal observers. 1 incl. Newspaper Extract JOfu~ E. RHODE, Lt. Col. USAF Intelligence Division, DCS/Plans OISTRIBUTIQI'f IJY Jf>IGIN.ArOR (Ecept USAF end Iii~. lndicete f)uol l,fl o r and topu!.<e l o int/osur~s. if npp icable) ;IARfiiNG: Tht:. 1,. ''~nt contntH 1ttfortMt1or .. 'l~c'nA th~ nnttO.'Illl t/~lensc nf t i Jt-Unitt' rl St~.~ces itl11n the l"'*"ctninl o f the ,..,:m~" lllw,. !11/~ 18, U.S C . S~tction 79) 'lilt! i94 . It'" tr.1n!irut~nn t1r th,. r<"Vl"/ltttof' of itt tontents i n nny f<>ittlllt!r to IA!I 1 A1 fOR M II? . ..,.1 ASSiprtCATI0' 4 (wheon filled in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 C RIGINATING AGENCY 1405th ABW (MATS) OF 5 PAGES a. Description of the Object: (1) Shape. Round (Z) Size. Approximately size of a quarter. (3) Color. Bright red, varying in intensity. (4) Number. Formation. Any discernible features or details. (7) Tail, trail or exhaust. (9) Other pertinent or unusual features. b. Description of Course of Objects: ( 1) What first called the attention of observer( s) to the object( s) ? Neighbors called it to his attention. (Z) Angle or elevation and azimuth of the object(s) when first observed Straigl)t overhead. (3) Angle or elevation and azimuth of object(s) upon disappearance To the East at high altitude. (4) Description of .flight path and maneuvers of object(s). Stopped and hovered. Went back\vards once or t\viceo , \ A R' . VC Till .. /.1 llfllf'nt cun r , n lfll,rtll.lftnt1 ,1flti11/J t h t tt.Hror,.tl d,.ff'n'Cf" ul thf' lln1tr.J St.tlt'-4 w11l1in tle nJe, F ~ I. "' 7 u/u flJ. U S C. s,., riotJ\ 70J ' ' " ' 7UJ It~ t r tfl111ti"'''' ' " u r tit .-rtvl'l .triu n nf rt:J ~trtrrnr'l in """ rnt11r1~ ~u an I, .,, .. J ,,. t ,,. fJttJIIIhitt>./ IH I IW I t tiltH' "''' J,. t'llr"''" ,.()ttl'" hnlf' ' " on p.ltt, h; u tllt' tlt,on U nltorl St. Jf~ ..t U n c las s i f i c.; d V#C~SS/P/id Unclassified LLASSIFIC"ATIO N (wllt'n fiiJ.-d i n ) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY REI'IORT NO 1405~h ABW (MATS) Scott A FB, Ill. {5) How did the object(s) disappear? Instantaneously to the East first night. Instantaneously to the West aecond night. (6) How long was the object(s) visible. (Be specific, 5 minutes, 1 hour, Approximately twenty (20) minutes first night; thirty (30) minutes second night. c. Manner of Observation: ( 1) Use one or any combination of the following items: Ground-visual, ground-electronic, air electronic. (U eleqronic, apecify type of radar). Ground-visual. Statement as to optical aids (telescopes, binoculars, and so forth) used and description thereof No aids first night. Mrs. utilized a telescope second night, after locating object with naked eye. (3) If the sighting ia made wgile airborne, give type of aircraft, identifi- cation number, altitude, heading, speed and home station. d. Time and Date of Sighting: (1) Zulu time .. date group of sighting ZOOZ30Z and ZlOZJOZ {2) Light conditions -(Night day, dawn. dusk.) e. Loc~tion of Observer(s). Exact latitude and longitude of each observer, and/or geographical position. A position with reference to a known landmark also should be given, such as Z miN of Deeville, "3 mi SW of Blue Lake" Typographical errors or "garbling often result in electrically transmitted messages, making location plots difficult or impossible. University City, West St. Louis. St. Louis, Missouri. Observed from front of homes in WAHVI.V G Tl11"i t lllrumf'nt con t .,in!ll inlurnt.tflttn ,,f{,.rtinjJ thi!' n,,i>fl,, / rJtf,.n-c; ,,, IH' Urttrrl St,ofc"l w111tin th~ rll .. : llll rttlo '' n /1 r '"" t'l (lt"htiHt I '"' f t w It rn . tlt.t h .-''"fl' . .Ju r I tn "ltul.-n r 111 !'"' ,.,. uthcr th11n flllltd 'it.tt,.. Att f~rtr l'ftf , IIJ , I Iiiii N, or fill, Unc l a s s iii e d V#C.~tl/s6"/r/FP 'Unclassified CLASSI~ICATION (whe n tilled in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY REPORT NO l-405th ABW {MATS) IR 21 60 PAGE f. Identifying Information on Observer{s): Civilian -Name, age, mailing address, occupation. University ity, Missouri (Z) Military -Name, grade, organization, duty, and estimate of reliability g. Weather and Winds -Aloft Conditions at Time & Place of Sightings: (1) Observer(s) account of \veather conditions Clear a n d calm both nights (2) Report from A WS, Scott AFB ZOOZ30 Z Zl0230Z Light & variable Light & variable Light & variable (3) Ceiling ZlOOC STL 5, 000 Sctd I o tt .~,.I,-. 1otl 1'1. li S C .. \,o tttlt h l?J 1ntl iiJ lt. tt,lfll!ll~,,.," ur t