PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2 . LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Was Balloon D Pro babl 1 Boll oon 3. DATETIM! GROUP TYPE 0, OBSERVATION 0 Possilly Bolloon Local. 1355 . D Graund-Vi suol 0 GrounciRoclor Wos Aircraft D Proboltly Aircraft GMT 301555Z ~ Aa ... va.,ot D Air-Intercept Roclar Possibly Aircroft D Wa Astronofftl col D ProboWy Astrono tlcol 0 Poslbly Atf'Ono tlcol 7. LENGTH OP.OISIRYATION I. NUMBER OP .. O..,IJ-J-E_C_T_S~,-.-CO_U_R_S_E , B Other Be fra ct ~ on 0 Insufficient Doto fer Evaluation 0 Unlcnowtt IRIIP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING Round, bright silver 11. COMMENTS evera object, size of zoatch head. Appeared 45 ab~-did not see object. Personnel on ground ing level of a/c at 20,000 ft, 90 port atten~ted to view object with negative lre!iative angle of a/c. Heading 290 magnetic results. Sun's position relative to wit (a/c heading). Appeared moving slightly to w. nesses was fairly low and to SSE. Proba"'t.r /c changed heading and object ~as lost. a layer of ice cryctals above witnesses from which sun was reflecting. Witnesse probably in right position at time refiac-1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 !II!P 52) tion could be observed. When they cnal:lg~l<l position, it disappeared. . ' NO CASE (INFORlL\TIOU CNIX) Ft \ialton, Florida Source: Fawcett 1961 has BtA.rted off tc ue (',.~: er = .. - -"!' :~-:.!' for UFO P.hotogrc-.phic evidence A.s two such e \ .. e,.. c a ~. E:.. p1 Cltt d up by the eyes of cruneras. On Jp.nur' .. ry 22 Rt Ft. \/altc d, lt,loride. c-. rJotc-.. llic-looking, revolving cignr-shnpod object was photogrephed over the-Gulf of I Mexico by atore ::ansgar Hl\rry Oaslez . I No Case (Information Only) 30 January 1961 Greenfield, Massachusetts On Japuary 30, 1961 near Greenfield, Uassaohusetta a r~ort ~as relayed to n~ by the Rev. Robbins uemorial Congregational Ohuroh in Greenfield.A was returning home from nork on orth of Greenfield) at 5:30 P.U. Her oar naa passed by a lou flying object of huge size, \~rhioh shorted la.rge, very bright. rrhite lights a.t the front and back and a flashing red light in ita canter. Uias Kangas stopped her oar ~otor and uatohed the aerial object then turn off, pass directly overhead and r-1 iVS 'J.rray a.t 1nc r~s:).sed speed and vanish in the distance. It made ~ slight sound, like ~ho hum o-! ~. child's spinning top, abe said~ 1 -15 l''E:BRUARY 1961 SIGHTL'tGS >-.....1 Cambridae, Massacausetts !"-3 Spanidalalea .AB ; -3 Vaa ~uys, Calitoraia ~-5 Maine/Ver'IOat Area ~ '5 Cape Wales, Alaska . 1' 6 ~ Brooklya, lev York !Poraytlae j L.G. ac~ Pield, Nassacauaetts : ' 8 SpriR~ield, Massaclausetts " 8 Parkersburg, West Vir&inia -.. 9 Bitbur~ AB, Germany "" 12 F 1 nlaJSd ~12 Sterllni City-Garden City, Texas . : ...J.2 Guadalupe Islaad .; -....127eb/3Jun/21Jua. Ft Wortlt.; Texas Daytoa, Olllio Daytoa, Olaie MiJ.,i tary, A:: :lf~ REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) Carbindale, Illino~ ~ Andrews ArB, Was:!.:.-toa Uaiverse . MR S&t Moea) Science News Ltr EVALUATION Astro ('!.!IUS) Astro (MiTIOR) Iasutficieat Data Astro ( Mi'!'SOR) Astro (METIOR) Astro (METEOR) Insutticieat Data . Astre~ (v-u-{ltl) Astro (VDUS) Aatro (WIUS) Astro (METEOR) Satellite (ECHO 1) Astro (~T!OR) Astro ( AI.m:BARAJ ) Insuf!icieat Data Astre (VEJUS) Insufficient Data Other ( VEXUS PROBE) Astro (VENUS) Astro (STARS/P~) Astro (VENUS) Satellite (ECHO I) EVALUATION ~:tARTh't:NT OF THE ArR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DiVISIO~ UNCLA~Ifi!D MESSAGl ACTION: CIN-14 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1 RERUN OF SMD C 085 CZCHQD706ZCCJB027 DE RJDIKF 1 FM.AF ICELAND KEFLAVIK ICELAN TORJWFAL/ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/WPAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS RJEDAA/SCOTT AFB ILL MAXIN UNCLAS KDOI 30-A-44. ATTN MAXIN, SAFIS THIS MESSAGE IN ONE PART. PART ONE RE PAR 15, AFR 200-2 UFO REPORT. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT . C 1) ROUND (2) MATCH HEAD (3) BRIGHT SILVER (6) INDISTINGUISHABLE DE:'A.RT~:;NT OF TH! AfR FORCE STArF MESSAGE D1VISJON UNCLA~Iti~D MESSAG~ PAGE TWO RJDIKF 1 Page 2 of 5 (8) SAME RADlANCE DURING OBSERVATION B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT <1> BRIGHT SHINY SPOT IN SKY (2) 45 DEGREAS ABOVE WING LEVEL OF AIRCRAFT AT 20,000 FEET, 90 DEGREES PORT RELATIVE ANGLE OF AIRCRAFT. HEADING .. 290 DEGREES MAGNETIC C AI C HEADING> <4> APPEARED MOVING SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST <5> AIRCRAFT CHANGED HEADING AND OBJECT WAS LOST. < 6> 5 M INUIES C. MANNER OF OBSERVATIONo < 1 > AIR VISUAL KEFLAVIK AIR PORT TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING C2> DAYLIGHT FEET,290 DEGREES MAGNETIC E. 63 DEGREES 57 MINUTES NORTH; 22 DEGREES 35 MINUTES WEST DEPAR"''M::NT OF TH! AJR FORCE STAF!= MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSifiED MESSAGt Page 3 of 5 PAGE THREE RJDIKF 1 HELAN T. JOHNSON, 1ST LT, 57TH F IS PILOT 86 KEITH M. BRATTON, CAPT. 57TH FIS RADAR OPERATOR 86 WEATHER AND WINDS--ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS. ( 1) CLEAR TEMPERATURE GRAD. C2> ALTITUDE ~60 DEGREES T 090 DEGREES T 080 DEGREES T K. COMMENTS OF THE PREPARING OFF!CERt 10 KNOTS 2 DEGREES CNTo 15 KNOTS 6 DEGRREES CENT. 15 KNOLS -15 DEGREES CENT. INTELLIGENCE TECHNICIAN, M/SGT ROBERT F. PLYMPTON. BASE CONTROL TOWER, 932ND AC&W SQUADRON AND DET 13, 9TH . DEPARtM!NT OF M AIR FORCE \ STAFF MESSAGe OlVISIOi'S UN~IPIED M!SSAGl Page 4 of 5 PAGE FOUR RJDIKF 1 WEATHER GROUP WERE CONTRACTED FOR POSSIBLE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SIGHTING. THE BASE CONTROL TOWER REPORTED SEVERAL AIRCRAFT OF VARIOUS TYPES IN THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST BEING AT 30,000 FEET. NO UNIDENTIFIED OR STRANGE OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED BY ANY OF THE CONTROL TOWER OPERATORS AT THE TIME X THE SIGHTINGQ THE 932ND AC&W SQUADRON WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE TWO OBSERVERS AT THE TIME FOR THE SIGHTING BUT COULD NOT "PAINT" . OR VISUALLY SEE THE OB.JECT SERGEANT KESSLER OF BASE WEATHER STATED THAT BALLOONS ARE RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME BY WEATHER UNITS IN GREENLAND, WEATHER SHIP ABLE 350 MILES WEST OF KEFLAVIK AND THE BASE WEATHER STATION. HE STATED IN HIS OPINION WITH THE WINDS, TIME AND DISTANCE FACTORS CONSIDERED THAT THIS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A BALLOON RELEASED BY EITHER WEATHER OFFICIALS IN GREENLAND OR WEATHER SHIP ABLEo HE STATED THAT THE BALLOON RELEASED AT THIS BASE AT 301!00Z, ACCORDING TO INSTRUMENTS TRACKING THE BALLOON, RFP BURST AT 30l209Z. HE FURTHER STATED THAT EVEN IF THE BALLOON DID NOT BURST, THAT ACCORDING TO' WINDS ALOFT AT THAT TIME, THE BALLOON WOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED FAR TO THE EAST~ tHE OBSERVERS WERE .. ~PARrM~ OF THE ATR FORCE ( STAFF Mi:SSA GE DIVISION llNCtASSJFJ:O t.\eSSAG! I N C 0 rv1 I i~ G Page 5 of 5 PAGE FIVE RJDIKF . lMPRESSED AT THE OBJECTS BRIGHTNESS AND VERY HIGH ALTITUDE. THEY STATED TO THE .BESt OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE THE OBJECT MOVED VERY SLIGHTLY DURING THE 5 MIN UTES THEY SAW IT. OBSERVERS DID NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE OB.1ECT COULD HAVE BEEN A BALLOON.BUT ITS VERY HIGH ALTITUDE, IT BRIGHTNESS, AND THEIR NOT HAVING SEEN A BALLOON QUITE LIKE IT, ASfOUNDED THEM THE OB.IECT WAS NOT PURSUED BY THEM, DUE TO THEIR AIRCRAFT BEING .LOW ON FUEL. BOTH OBSERVERS WERE VERY SINCERE AND COOPERATIVE IN RELATING ALL INFORMATION . THEY HAD ON THE SIGHTING. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS SUPPLIED BY THE BASE WEATHER DETACHMENT. NO FURTHER FACTS ARE KNOWN AT THIS TIM CONCERNING THIS~SIGHTING OR WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN. 3 .Ita aJ Z JAN RJDIKF CALIFOR~IA FIRE3Ai..i. OF 1961 JANUARY 16 C. P. OLIVIER, N. D. PETER5i::.'i and J. P. BAGBY A v ery spcctacu!ar ii:cbull op~ .r .... d over southern Californi:l, roughly iror:1 E::l~t to west. Our re~ional director, N . D. Petersen, at once beg.:1n to coli~.:: obstJrvations with the aid of lo.:-~! ;>a;>~rs. Later, ] . P. Ba~by made iur,hl.!r e !iorts covcrin~ the territory to the nort~. Meantime, tot:11ly un!cnown to u s, D:-. John A . Russell, Dept of Astrono::1y, Ur:iv. o! South.!rn Cali!ornia, L o s An- get ... , Cali!"' had started a campai1n to collect reports on this object. His papr t: sa facts, it was obvious that Russell's s~.~!~.;::ion sho:ld b!! c()nsider..ably l.:ctt~r t :l:tn any Wt' :-tcn.~n a nJ lilUC h trOilb!o l:wiJ m..alv. b~.;t :.:. ilo: h ,. , filled (lllt ;lu:.:>i ulc with th.: . 1 hu fotl.w.:in~ olu - 1.1.:!; of m -..:. 'lur 1 from n orth o! the :ah nnd iroru the: J,,, . ~ c~1~tcrn p ort:on rr..l~.cs the solutio n of lower wci~ht lh .. n one: ~ou!d wi~h. ,,. pr\)xim.Jt~ly oS .:of w:-ti.:h ~, ,:ive :.omu J n_;ul.::r c:.tirl...lte->. . v., who.::-.: rncnult.liru unfo:-a,n .. i:LIy :-.::ari~tcJ :lc "ural..: :tltln: ... c:., .1r.d on~ ::om the Am.~.S. !\l.ll .. cu.o whi.:h w.:s at seu ~md w~:.l of Lh.: tallrc p th. This bit is o f he)' importa nce. Twil.o:n 1!! l..'l~,;<.!r... . for mo'>t oi.>~ervurs, so we: & ..:n..:rnl Icc! nny compuri .. o n wilh s~.1 :s. !y by 1 ~. and upproxim.n~ b y 17 o:.h~.r ::.,rv .. rs , so it i~ ccr:ainly known t o ._;lu minute. That it l nc! n J i:.k i s d eiin- co!\)r , gi V.:l~ -vary ~rca:ly. Iv1a:-:~ 0 ~:y p:trt I S is 5.75 scco:-:c~. Tbc :.7= 9.9 km; 12 observe rs. h li~s ov.:r h.lt..:!y i~p..:>~ .. ib lo f o r u s t o d~tur~1i:1&.: thu i...cc~nnin3 po!n: . Eow~vvr, by l:tylr:.; o:! on tha c h:1rt a ;>roject.ad path w~ich h:ts b~en p . ::1tcd in Griffath Observer, S ... .) i <?:nber 1961. It is also design~ ted as Con~r~ but ions of the Metcori tit.:~l Society, Vol. VI, No. 10. It su~:1.~ that he was unaware that th~ A. M.S. \\o':lS olso coli~ctin" reports. Havin~ read his inter- es:in~ paper i: hi clear that he had th\! rea t odv3ntage of !l3ving people north o i the path who collected reports in numbers, some by trainee! ob:.dvc:rs. Nearly all of our rc,>orts ca:ne from the Los Anittlca area, hence south of t ilt: path and very nar its end. In view of seemed re:lSon.t ble. points on th" p.lth, t h e lh.i,.:hts of 12 fur whic!l ~ltitudc!s \\'hil~ t::~ ~1..:\llur is i.Jr.c:, the llllc turn- cd uul !.lNl: r th:m cxpcct.d , Gi ving Ru:o: .... :lt':. projcct~d p.cth w:.h th~n en~ , , lints c:tlcul.ncJ fo r it. Tt.~ .. ,._ .. . l li n e , t l.<:n dr..1w11, :.h~w!> f.Jr l'.!"l'.lt<:r cic:li,tti(J:ls mu:h s ore ~:lw .. vs counte d from tho ~outh point, i:1 i. 1. ~:rti..:l~ fro: n the no. i.~ rt:~ult of 0ur ~olution, Ru~:.cU'~ !.houic.l l.l.: t h.: t. ~tter or,.;, as h e l.~d r.13ny o!J,<rvcrs ia L v~..r 1 biv p l.tc ... , J.Crt h of r.:oht rqjpro:-..im.ltc one , but we e:i.ht:r . ~1 t o us~ it N give u:> ony ntt cmpt at :l ~olution. A s it i::, w~ Get :d.nost tho s ame end hcit:ht, but O\.ir .. t.u ..... d point is di~a:~t 30 km in :1zimuth 311 from his. Ti:ou~h the t ruu l c ngt h of th.:! ;>nth co~,; !J not bu d..:tcrmin.;d by u s i t \\:1s c.:rrn inly ~uch ovc.-:" 1 iO !-::m. If a:~.! o; the L.:1s V:1~as observers w .1:. corr.Jct, t h"' p.:lth was m o r e than twk ... th;.~t s.!en ;,y 8 obscr\'~rs who ~ .1 :;.1ve du:"a- tiv:~s the vdoc~ty in l a:.t p~rt of p:nh w~s 19.2 kr.1/s~.:c, but th~ av~.:r.l e d~via- h:.:'s fot.:-un:t:> followin:; or.\! .:,other, :r o~ : . !lowed J'l u 'iiumc" four ti:r:~s tho lc:; ..;th of i.nc r:lai:t body. No ton.; enc!ur:1~g tr~in w:1s l d t nor any ~ut!:cmic !>our.ds hc~rd. The u:.ual :lbu !.lr c:t:..l iollow: Parabolic orbit: i= 11, D 117 , For comparison's sake Russell's two their differ~nccs due t o wh.lt v~!odty elliptical orbits are copied from his paper, It is ruth~.:-surp: i-;in :: t 1: 1t o u:-p.J:-.t - b o l ic o rbit a~rr'!> f.ti1ly wdl i n in<.:o~: .. t- tio!'l, lun:~ilt;J,. uf fH: r i !h. liv:l .ln;1 p..:. :- tudc o f Sl. n t-1 .o, h .ad t v nr~rr~ wh~n our r :H!i.lnl, 1!1ifl'rcd con::.id<.!ra!Jly , n n mely 4 in .l!t itnd c nn I 14 i a :1zimut:1. :t '' .h iatljiJ. o~h!..: for U!.. t o c o m pute :1n ~.llil'ti\'.11 orbi t 1::. our '"' .. t .l did not give the be tinnin~t point. H .1d either Dr. Run"ll or we had all th~ Co.ll<l ot>tain ... ; p:trntcly a fnr bette r v:-h!t w o u ld have iJI.!~n obt.1i ned. B.>:h Pct<!rso.:n a n d B or,t>y c olll!ctcd t .. ,: 1 t ... :1d p u t th~m in form for u se. Vit!.Jut t his n o -;elution w ou:,1 have .... t n p v:>:.iblc. Olivit.!r ma<lo th.: fin<ll c .. kula~:on!i. Our ~inc~r~ t hnnk$ [!O h> the numerou s obscrvo:''-' who !>Jnl in r eports :a!'ld to the n uw,papers which kindly publi~h4td the requttstl !or t.hm. No Case (Information O