SIGHTllfG ~ IFL I 100!3 RECORD CARD l11LTIPLE 1. DATE 2. l OCATION CONCLUSIONS 28 Sep 6o Grand Junction, Wos Balloon Probably Ball oon OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon J Ground-Vhuol 0 GroundRodoY Wos Ahcroft li At!~;,~ope 0 Air Intercept Rod or Po ssl bl y AI rcroft s. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Wos Astronoml col Probobly Astronomical 0 Possi bly Astronomical Ot herTemp Invers io~ 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS In suffi cl ent Dcrto for Evoluoti on BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTINO A square light i n a r ound circle, moving '2M in a straight line, fla shing red, green and white light. The altitude of the objec t was estimated to be 37 1/2 miles u sing an inclinometer. Re- ported 5tationary f o r 20 Din, then moved SW for ATtC PORW 319 (Rr.V 2 6 liMP 51) The sighting gives all indication of being due to atmospheric refrac tion. I~ V,M)Ir- 6 . The aigklting vhih OCC11I"re<l 1n Colorado on 29 Septe!Wer 1960 giYee all indication o being due to a.t.wapheric re!ract.ion. ATIC baa taken action to obtain the weather data f or the area on tha date ot the a4;ntlng A car:plete anal.7sio '-iill be accou.pl l sne<l when Ar:rc receives ':.hi. 8 adui t1 c:nal. lata I . !lONE PART 2 : D I.::> CR I PTI ON 0 F COU R3E 0 F OBJECT. MOV HJG SOUTH ''JEST It A STRAGHT LINE. NO OTHER Ii'IFORMATIOtl GI\JSN. ?ART 3 : iIA'l>JER OF 08SERVATIO~J/ P... GRAOUND II I S UAL. B. 8POWER TELESCOPE. A'IAUTO LIGHT UTILIZED TO DETERMINE HEIG.IT OF OBJECT. REPORTED TO BE AT 37 AND O~E SLANT TWO MI L E 3 . PART 4 : TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: PART 5 : LOCATION OF 083E:RVERS: GRA'~D JUNCTION, COLO. PAR'F-6 , I DEt:TIFYING ! !\ FORMATION OF 08SC:QV!=:RS: CIVILIA~S. FIRST OBSERVED BY 1 I NDIVIDUAL A~D TH A GROUP. TOTAL UNKOWN. NAt1ES AND OTHER PERTINC:~T DATA 0~1 OBSERVERS I S NOT KNOW~!. PART u. FOLLOUING I NFORMATIC. I RC::CEIV FR0:-1 NORAD/COC lEATHER FCR CASTER: WEATER AND '.tJI i~DS -ALOFT COND I TI OtJS AT TIME At; o PLACE OF SI GHING. 8 . SURFACE: SEAT 7 KNOTS 6,:~2 3 DSGRZES g K JOTS; , NOT A ~AILA8LE. 3 . 1/4 CLOUD COVER. F . ~0 J., OCCA33INAL LIGHT: .. IG I N DI3TA.I T Noo:H'JEST CZ C E7Z4ZCWYAJ58 DE RJI,]F'AL 328 3023J9Z ZE:X F'N COt'!DR ADC ENT AFB COL ---- TO RJED~Q/COMDR ATIC WPAF5 OHI O - RJEZH~/OSAF WASHD C RJEZH~/COFS USAF WASH D C UNCLASSIFIED ADOitl 041033. FCR SAFIS OSAF, AFCI N COFS USAF, NI OI Cii'C~IORAD. SUBJECT: U~l!DE~ITIFIED FLY!fl~ OBJECT REPORT. FOLLO'.H :c ll''IDE"JTIFID FLYI~G OBJECT REPORT RECEIVC:D 29 SSPT~Mac-q 1 9S:J a y ADC STAFF DUTY OFFICER VI A FLIGHT '3ERVI D2, DC:~IV SR, TO ARRC, TO BAS~ OPERATIONS PETFRSON FI ELD AND ULTIMATELY ATO ADC STAFF DUTY OFFICER WHICH ACCOUNT.i FOR THE LOAQGE AMOU~IT OF REnUIRED I dFORMATIO:-J lOTBEI!~G FURNI SHED RZFERENCE AFR 2a.J- 2 14 SEPTEMB2R 196~. Tli i 3 MESSA~E IN 12 PARTS : PART: A. A ~"UARE LIGHT I~ A ROUND CIRCLE. ?~GE TWO RJ~FAL 328 l"..t..-!OftANDJt1 t'Oft k.E.CORD: At approximately 1040,10 Lctober 1960 , a te.L.ephone call was made to tr.e nome of Nr f Grand Junction, Colorado re~arding tne si~htin~ made by nim, and otners, on 28 Sep .1.960, ana t1~ fol.L.owin~ additional infor~ation wa s a4.uired. Tne object wa s first seen and reported from Farmington, Nelli Mexico on a bearing of 35 degrees. I t was a.L.so reported to be seen from Ea~.L.e, Colorado on a bearing of approximate.L.y 225 degrees. Mr saw tl.e object on a bearing of 100 de~rees. tnen made a trianaulation a~d said tne ooject ~as estimated to be over Gunnison, Colorado . He also stated tnat a B-52 was r efueling i n the Deadwood refueling area, and when Ute ac ft was contacted regarding tr.e object r eply was made to tne effect tnat t ne object could be see. ftfte r tne refueling operation was completed tne acft cnanged course and flew in the direction of the tated that the pilot ~ater reported to the Denve r control tnat wnen they we r e i n the area of t(Je aleged ob,it!ct, n >thlnP, could be sean . 'lhe obJect was descr ibe:! as r ound, flasning l'ed , green waite .li~nt witn a sma.L.1 s4uare in the midd.L.e. 1he nltitude of tt1e o~ject w~s esti~ated to be 31~ miles usin~ an inclinometer . 1ne object was reportert UJ be stationary for 20 minutRs, tr.en it moved Sou tnwest for 15 aegrees. 'lr.e object was visib.le for LO minutes. OB3ER'.'D. PAPT 9 : .:OO~IS PAGE FOUR RJ'~FAL 323 PART 1!: FIR3 T LT 3IZ O~E, ADC 3TAFF DUTY OFFICER, THI S REPORT t.JAS ULTii'!ATSLY R!:CE:Iv:-o AT AOC. PART 12: NO~JE L0/2345Z SEP RJl~FAL DATA PROCESSING O!v'ISIOt'l CLIN~.; T IC CfNT::-;. JSAF A.:.h~:vt lie , N.Jrth C::r., ,.,<J AT'I'H OF: CCJPD/HCKH SUBJECT: Transmittal of ~feather Records TO: ATICf,VPAFB \le are inclosing with this letter photographic copies of the t'IBAN Form 31 (Adiabatic Chart) to include the period 26 September through 30 September from Albuquerque, trew ?!exico, and Gra.'1d Jtmction, Colo- rado. This transmittal is L'1 response to your telephone request of 20 October 1960. FOa THE Dm:i;CTOR Captain, U3AF Administrative Officer Cys ':IBA!J Frn 31 f/2 stns :70 Sight.ing, Grand Junct.ioc, Colora.Uo (29 Sep 1?6o) !;A..liOI-3<1 (L/Col 1acke.r) 1. On 29 Septev.ber 1960 at. 0521Z (2221 hours on 28 September 1 160) unidentified tl.:rin& objecta were sighted troll Fll Btat.ions at. Grand JuncUan and .&agla, Colorado and also !rom the station at Famingt.:m, New Mex:iao. In addition, meey people in the general area nport.ed souing unident.ilied flying objects. 2 . Ihe object viewed rasa Grand Junction vaa described as a round, flashing red., I;l'een an! vhlta light and reported as generally st.a- t.ionary. The ci:>ject wu ln sight for 40 m.1nut.ea. 3 . Tha ilit.neaae a at. Grand Junction end Farmingtm used a t."'Leooollte to mDa.ure t.ne angle o! alevat.l-m o.r the object :lnu then b y triangu- lat.ion arrived at. an alt.it\Xle ot )7~ mUas !or the object. 4. AI'IC obtained wat.he..r clau for the date of the sight~ froa& ~1r .\eat.her SeJYice, .\::.heville, llorth Carolina. 'l'he adiabatic charts for the ana show an inversion nt. 04C5 on the date of the sightlng. 1hs A'l'[C ooncluaion ia that o.f!ect.s ;lrcx.luced by thia invension were respcnaible ~or the Ui'O stgbt.ings i n this area. 5. 'l'be atationa iihicb :wuusured the angle or elavat.i.on of the object u~re oona15tent with 15; however, trianguls.tion revealod tl'l.at the object., U 1 t want the ~u. one, would haw be8n further !rca one st.at:.ioo t.Mn t.ha other, thua a gec.aatria tnconalster.cy. U t.'le cb~ect. Y1eua atl waro due to the iaver&iCI'l, tb~ the apparent Sllglea WOuld haft been &p,9nxximt.el,y the 8AJI18 rrc:a a:n::/ location. 6 . rn t:W 1nat&ncu cJ lnvers ton a (temperature lew rwar tre groom 3nd incr.aain rat.her rapidly a:~ al t.ittlde increases) light rays uhich paaa through thls layer are bent toward the earth anl e.rrec:- t ivel:r t.be distance to the hoz-Ucn ia l.ncrea:sed .rrca any given point . tiragea which reaul.t f rum theae conditions are ::JOa;at1.r:uJa rei'erred t.:> l ::lirages be(Uluse unsteadj ccndi t.ions -::.ay c:.u:!Je a tli:rl.ant )ojec't. ~o :Jt.lC1den.l.7 u looN' above i:.be :10rt~on. ? 7 r oll\ t he lb~ted i.nfonnat.1.on ~va.1.lablo, it is l~possibl13 f or :., r:: ::.o dater:d."le -what speci.flc object was v:!.a.-e<l t:r e a c h ,o~it.ness; however, tt ia concluded that the L'lVeroton was nsponstble for cor=a1 objoots being misiuenti!ied and mistakes rr.Alue as to the i r ac tul. locatlcn. PIULIP 0. EV AUS Colonel. USAF Deputy ror Science and C~onenta