PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD MILITARY Am 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS S of Midway I slands 0 Probably Bolloon DATETIM! GROU~ TYP! OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloo11 0 GteUO'Id-Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Was Alo croft Probobly Aircroh XI AI,. Vltuol 0 Alrlntercept Rodor Possibly AI rcroft s. PHOTOS 6. Astrc.nomlcol Probobly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical LENGTH Ofl OBSUYATION NUMBER 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSE Refra ct ian Insufficient Ooto for Evolvot ion BRIEfl SUMMARY 0,. SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round or oval object, sL~ inches in diameter, Object was probably atmospheric continually changing red, green and vhite. The refraction of the s tar Arcturus. light from the object vas very bright. Object cl~bed from water level, sped past the tail . Object passed from view behind a cloud bank. ATIC PORM 319 (REV 16 II'!P 51) ATIC, W-P AFB -C1 ;uHUAnON SHt1 SEOJRITY 0 Ma!FICATI<JIII ~ UNC:r.JvJ.F!ED f APPROX DURATION OF EACH SEPARATE SIGHTmG OF THE OBJ? HOW DID THE l WITNESSES DETERMINE THAT EACH SUBSEQ~T S!Gh'TING WAS THE SAME tJNCUSS !FP-D OBJ--:cr GID STf.TI: J OINT MESSAGEFOR ORIG, OR REFERS TO CL.A !iS I f'l C A T I ON f' REFERENCE ATIC, W-P AFB COFS USAF WASH DC AFCIN-88302 S PECIAL. INSTRUCTION S AFCIN -LE2x I' C. -'-/J 7 S 3 YOUR NSG AFCIN-88302 AND ATIC MSG AFCIN-L~2x IC- 4168L. tHE ATIC CONCLUSION THAT THE OBJ WITNESSED BY THE CRElll OF A NILITARY AIRCRAFT AT 0700Z ON 26 SEP 60, WAS PROBABLY A'fHOSPHERIC REFRACTION OF THE STAR ARCTURUS. THE AIRCRAF'r ~vAS AT POSITION 21-52N, 178-25' ... REFRACTION I S THE BENDING OF LIGHT AS IT ENTERS OR LEAVZS A DENSER OR LESS DENSE MEDIUM. IMAGES (LIGHT) SEEN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS WILL SE.ZM TO TlNINKLE, CHANGE BarH COLOR AND I./TENSITY, CHANGE SHAPE AND SIZE, AS WELL AS TO DANCE AROUND AND APPEAR TO RUSH TOWARD AND A'!IAY FROM THE OBSERVER. A SECONDARY EFFECT I S THAT OF DISPERSION, LIGHT OF DITFERENT WAVE LENGTriS (COLOR) BENDS AT DIFFl!.RENT ANGI.FS, THEREFORE THE ffi.J&;TS ALL APPEAR MULTI-COLORED. W'rlEN THE SUN, Moetl OR STARS ARE LOW ON THE HORIZON THE LIGfiT RAYS ARE Bc:NT BY THE ATMOSPHERE INTO A CURI/ED PATH WHICH RENDERS THESE OBJECTS VISIBLE A...li'CIN- 4E2x PH 1:? G. EV~\IS Colonelt "~AE' '\C10 _;vmOOOdllt$ REPL ACES 00 FORM 173, f OCT 4!1, WHICH WILL. BE UliEO UNTIL. EXHAUSTED JOINT MESSAGEfORM - ( ( ATIC ~p AFB lNUATJON SHEET SECURITY ClASSIFICATIQtoO t-JHEN THEY ARE IN REALITY ABOOT ONE- HALF DEGREE BELOW THE HORIZON. THE INCRASING DENSITY OF THE LONER AIR CAUSES THE RAYS TO BEND THE STAR ARCTURUS WAS AT AN AZIMUTH WHICH CORBESPONDS TO THAT REPORTED BY THE WITNESSES AND WOULD AP?EAR ON OR JUST B.El.OW THE HORIZON AT THEIR LATITUDE AT THE HOUR OF THE SIGHTING. THE MAGNITUDE OF ARCTURUS IS 0 .2, ONLY FIVE STARS; BETELGEUX, CA.NOPUS, SIIWJS, RIGEL KENTAURUS AND VEGA ARE BRIGHTER. THE HOTIONS ATTRIBUTED TO THE OBJ ARE PROBABLY DUE TO APPARENT MOTIONS RBSULT- ING FROM INCONSISTENCIES I N THE A'fl10SPHERE AND RELATIVE MOTION R.&SULTING FROM AIRCRAFT HOVEr-lENT. IT HOULD NOT BE UNUSUAL FOR EXPERIENCED OBSERVERS TO BE FOOI.r:D BY THIS PHENOMENA. SUIILAR EXPERIENCES HAVE EVEN FOOLED QUALITIED PROFESSION.U. ASTRONO~RS FOR A LIMITED TIME. tr.c---. J J J .J ZCSQ8802ZCQYA043 COMDR PACAFBASECOM HICKAM AFB HAWAII RJWFAL/Ct-IDR AIR DEFEI'IS E COMNAND E~IT AFB COLORADO RJHPKA/CNDR HAWAIIAN AIR DEFENSE DIVISION WHEELER AFB HAWAII RJEDSQ/CNDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGEtiCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO ~ RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AIR FORCE WASH DC U r1 C L A S E F T 0 FROM BDI 212. HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. SEC OF AF FOR SAFIS. REFERENCE: AFR 200-2, PARA 15 . SUBJECT: UFOS REPORT. UFOS liTAS SPOTTED 26/07002. REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: Al. OBJECT WAS ROUND OR OVAL -I~l SHAPE; 2 SIX !NCHES IN DIAMETER IF HELD I N HAND AT ARMS LENGTH; 3 CONTINUALLY CHANGING RED, GREEN AND WHITE. ONE COLOR WOULD LAST t"ROM THREE TO FOUR SECONDS BEFORE MIXI.IG INTO ~I:!:XT COLOR. T~S LIGHT FROM THE OBJECT WAS VERY BRIGHT. 4 . O~ILY Otl OBJECT SIGHTED SEV2RAL TH1ES. 5 . ~1/A 6 . NONE 7. riO TAIL DESCERNI BLE 8 . NO SOU~JD HEARD BY THE CREW. 9 . tlONE. 81. OBJ ECT WAS VERY BRIGiiT. FIRST PAGE TWO RJHPKM 167F PILOT AND AIRCRAFT COMMANDER, I N THAT ORDER. 2 . OBJECT CLIMBED FROM , WATER LEVEL AT EIGHT O'CLOCK POSITION. SPED PAST THE TAIL TO THE FIVE O'CLOCK POSITION. MISSION AIRCRAFT I N A TURN TO THE _:EFT~ OBJECT LOST FROM VIEW. NEXT SIGHTING, MIS S ION ACFT OUT OF TURN LEVEL AT FIFTEEN THOUSAND FEET CSE TWO ONE ZERO DEGREES, OBJ ECT SIGHTED AT SIXTWDEGREES REL BEARING FORTY DEGREES HIGH ~lOVING ACROSS MISS ION ACFT ~lOSE TO A REL BEARING OF THREE THRE ZERO DEGREES LO~. OBJECT PASSED FROM VIEW BEHI~lD A CLOUD BA~lK, TOPS, TEN THOUSAND. D. 26/0711Z-2152~1/17325W. OBSERVED FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR MI~IUTES (2) 27/0241Z SEP RJHPKM -lH~tli II A T I C II DE RJE2HQ 3 52 FM HQ USAF TO RJEDSQ/ATIC INFO RJKPKM/PACAF 1:EO SEP 26 FROM AFCIN 88302 REQUEST AN ANALYSIS BE ACCOMPLISHED AS TO ANY ASSOCIATION OR CORRELATION WHICH CAN BE DEDUCED FROM ALL UFOS REPORTS WHICH HAVE BEEN SIGHTD NEAR THE SIBIR CLASS VESSELS OR NORTH~ARD FROM HAWAII OVER THE PAST 1a DAYs. IT IS REQUESTED A REPLY BE ACCOMPLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH PACAF ALSO ADDED AS ADDIESSEE. 25/2.3l64 2 S EP RJEZHQ :;CriTTER::~ C!.::~ULUS, TCPS 2~.,-,2> FC:~T. !-"'12ST :;r:::::Tr::G DUrtATim:, 0:\E .:I UTE; szcc::D SIGTI~G DURATI01l T H?.Z: ~;I;IUTZS BY COLOR, SIZ~ CLOS::: ?~OXII~ITY C!-"' T:!E TtiC sr:;i:Tr.:;s. SECURITY Cl.A&!OIFIC ) N JOII'IT MESSAGEFORM SPACE BE.C.OW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICA T I O N CENTER IGo 4DR EI"ERS TCl AFCDl-88302 CLA6SII"ICATION OF I'EI"ERENCE SI"ECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ATIC I W..P AFB COFS USAF WASH OC ,e-:; E -z... H f INFO: PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII ~Jtt fJ~f-1 /SECRET/FROM: AFCIN-4E2x FOR AFCDI. REF YOUR MSG AFCIN 88302, ONLY TWO SIGHTDlGS OF UNID&'-f'TI FIED FLYING OBJECTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO ATIC FRQ\f THE HAWAIIAON AREA IN THE PAST 10 DAYS. ON 18 SEP 60, AT 1015Z AND POSITION 35- 20N, 176- 18W, A.'l ELI.IPTICAL SHAPED OBJ THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL '..US SIGHTED. THE OBJ LEFT A TRAIL AND WAS BRIGHT ORANGE IN COLOR. WHEN FIRST SEEN THE OBJ WAS FIVE DEGREF.S ABOVE THE HORIZON AND FOLLOWED A HORIZOOTAL TRAJECTORY ON A COURSE OF APPROX 100 DEGREES. THE OOJ WAS .APPROX FIVE DEGRRFS ABOVE THE HORIZON WHEN IT DISAP- PEARED. THE OBJ WAS IN SIGHT FR 20 TO 30 SECONDS. WIT .---~- REPORTED THAT THE SPEE:t> OF THE CBJ APPEARED SLOWER T:i.AN THE AVERAGE c::;c!ied By "r::::J .... METEOR. THIS SIGHTING WAS REPORI'EJ> BY THE CRE'..I OF A NA'r! AIRCRAFT. ATIC ANALYZED THIS STGHI' DIG AS P~OBASLY DtE TO THS C'.OS.:;RVATI .:N OF A i1Z'!'EOR OF THE "FIREBALL" CLASS. THE D:!:SCRIP'riON BY THE WITNESSSS Sc:P D FORM 173, 1 OCT 49, WHICH WILL DE UIIEO UNTI L EXHAUSTED SEOJIUrY OASl;IFICATIC JmNT MESS~GEFORM-Ct. .. INUATION SHEET ATIC, W-P A.FB FITS THAT OF THE CHARACTERISIIC FIREBALI,, EVE.'i TO THE RE.LAT!Vl='....LY SLOW VELOCITY. FIREBAIJS ARE ClU..RACTERISTICAI,LY SLOWER THAN THE ORDINARY METEOR AND THIS IS PARTICOLARLY TRUE OF THOSE SEEN IN THE EARLY EVENING, THE TIME THIS SIGtn'ING OCCURRED. ON 26 SEP 60, AT 07002 AND POSITION 21-52N, 178-25""w, AN UFO ~vAS OBSERVED BY THE CREW OF A MILI'fARY AIRCRAFT. THE OBJ ..JAS RPTD AS ROUND OR OVAL IN SHAPE, SIX I NCHES IN DIAMETE.-l AT AR.\1 S LENGTH A.'ID CONTINUALLY CHANG~H RED TO GREZN '0 .iHITE Alm RE.PEA'fTI!G THE CYCLE. EACH COLOR...:tiOULD PERSI ST FOR THREE TO FOlB SECONDS BEFORE CHANGING TO THE NEXT. THE LIGHT FROM THE OOJ WAS RP'l'D 'fO BE VERY BRIGHT. OOLY ON"E OBJ WAS RPrD, B lJl' IT \o/AS OdS~RVED SEVERAL TD-k.S THE \EJ LEFT NO TAIL OR TRAIL AND i1ADE NO SOUl D \o/ri!Ca COULD oS DETECTED BY THE WITNESSES. WHEN l'P..E OBJ WAS FIRST SIGHTED THE MISSION AIRCRAFT WAS IN A LEFT TURN, THE OBJ APPEARED '0 CLIHB \-lATER LZllEL AT THE EIGHT O' CLOCK POSITION, SPliD PAST THE ..,..._.. TAIL OF THE RPTO AIRCRAFT TO THE FIVE O' CLOCK POSITION ~/HERE _:rr .,r~AS~.---- FROM VIEW. WHEN NEXT THE OBJ ' .JAS SEEN THE MISSION AIRCRAFT WAS LEVEL AT 15,000' ON A COURSE OF 210 DEGREES. TME OBJ WAS SIGHTED AT SIXTY DEGREES RELATIVE BEARING AT uO DEGREES ELEVATION A.'ID :!OVT~fG ACROSS THE NOSE TO A RS.LAT!'!S B&A.. LOW. THE UBJ DISAPPEARED BEHDID A CLOUD BANK 1J1Til TvPS AT 10, 000 THE OBJ ~VAS OBSER'IED FOR A TOTAL OF FuU1t .1IN'rES. THIS HP'I' AR.?.fl.GD AT ATIC uN 27 S~ 60, ~m nAS ~lOr AS YtiT 8-..EN A~JALY'lED DUE '! 0 TrfE VIEl.tl OF THE INFO WHICH IS AVAILABLE, THIS OdJ COULD POSSibLY HA"IE SEQJRJTY OASSIFICATI<f -U .. .tNUA110N SHEEr ATIC, W-P AFB BEEN A USSR MISSILE OR A S'fAR NEAR THE HORIZON WirH MO'fiON OF THE MISSION AIRCRAFT GIVING IT AN APPAHENT MariON. IF THIS OBJ WAS A HISSILE, AND THE RPTD INFO OF' ITS FLIGHI' PATH TRUE, I1' WAS PROBABLY FIRED FROM SO.'!E SURFACE VESSEL. A LONG .EWIGE MISSTI.E OULD HAVE HA.IYA PATH WHICH APPEARED MUCH STRAIGHTER AJ'ID IT WOULD WIU. BE PROVIDED WITH THE COMPLETE ATIC ANALYSIS TI.fMEDIATELY UPON ITS COMPL.!."""l'ION. JOINT MESSAGEFORM UN CLASS D'IED SPACC BEC.OW RESERVED F O R COMMUNIC ATIO N CENTE R PREC1JENC ffi -tn TY"f!:t'SGlC h eck) ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR REFER S TO CLAS S II'"IC A TION OF RltF~RCNC AF BOI 212 ATIC, W...P AFB HICKAM AFB, ~ H AwA-I:: /UNCLAS/FROM: AFCIN-4E2x 9 - 2 r Ls - c PACAFBASECOM, REF YOUR !1SG BOI 212, DTD 27 SEP 60, ~ TH3 FOLI..G/ING INFO CONC!::RNING THE SIGHTING OF A.~ UNIDENTll"IiiD OBJ ON 25 SEP 60. DID THE OOJ APPEAR THE SArofZ SIZE AT AJ.I. 'riMES? IF NOT, EXPLAIN THS CHANGE. DID THE OBJ START AS A PODn SuURCE? J,lc:R.E fHE IU:.PORTED COLORS A CONTINUOUS ASSOCIATION OR JNLY MOMENTARY? DID TriE CRE'II ir&'iBERS VIE'il THE OOJ OUT OF NIND~ AT THEIR S'l'ATTONS, OR FROM Ol'HSR POOITTONS? REQ A TRACE, WITH INDICATED HEADINGS, OF THE AIRCRAFT TRACK DURING THE SIGHTING. WHAT WAS THE BEARING OF THE OaJECT W'rEN FIRST SEEN? HOW FAR A'llAY DID THE OBJ APPEAR TO BE FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHEN FIRST SEEN, AT tm>-FLIGHT, AND WHEN LAST SEEN? RE-CHECK THE APPARSNT SIZE OF THE OBJ; SIX INCHES AT ARM' S LENGTH REPRESENTS OBJ AT APPROX ONE STATUT MII.E DISTANCE. HER ANY PICTURES HADE OF THE OBJ? IF PICTURES WERE NADE, ~ COPI:::!.S BE F'AD TO ATIC. .. ~CUP ITV l A.,._ll'"lf:"TION SPECIAL INSTRUCTION!> i.J I MAY 85 R E,.LACCS DC I"ORM 173, I OCT 4~, WHICH WILL 011: U5D UNTI L EXHAUS TI0