3. OATETIME GROUP LENGTH Of .OBSERVATION BRIEII SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING ATJC FORM 329 (RIEV 26 SEP 52) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon D Ground Visual C Ground-Radar 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Airlntercept Radar 0 Wos Ai rcroft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical 0 Probobl y A stronomi col Possibly Astronomical NUMBER OPI OBJECTS 9. COURSE H Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 11. coMMENTs s o vas obviously an ornament, but as yet it has not been definitely identified with any partie~. vehicle. It was definitely deter. that this objt in no way consittuted a threat to the security of United Saates Ltr. Hq, 01de11 Ai.r Materiel Area (001). 11 May 61. Unidentified Object Found ln Field. lat Ind. (AFCIN-4E/ Friend, ATIC, WPAFB 0) T~: Hq. Osclen Ail' Mate:riel A1'ea Hill AFB. Utah 1. ATIC DOt aa yet beeD able to defiDitely identify the object foaad iu Mr~ field; however, it cloes not lD y way coa.atitute a thJ-eat to the Mc:ul'ity of the Ullitecl States. : Z. Our effona to lclea&lfy object will continue and your Headq will be aclviH4 of fut\lre develo uta ill thla caae. ?HILIP G. EVANS Coloael. USAF Dep\lty fo ScieDce ancl Co nta 11 :~y lJSl Unidentified Object Ft ~asha;ue. ~yomins Dear !-k 'rlilson 1. .Jhen Sgt UcClos ,ey vi:ait~d you on 29 ~urch he r ro.'1Z1sed that he -:~ould advise you if we were able to d~termi.ne th~ n.sture o.E t:u~ object thst you found. \t thiz time we have been un3ble to positively identify the object ;.rhicb yo\l found o to det~rmina tha 1::.anner in e~hlcb it J~s deposited in your field. It is out' o:,inion that the ohject 13 .-1n orna- o~nt either from ~n aut0100hile or from a light atrcr~fr:. It is (!n~irel/ possible t~at it may ~ve become dat~ch~d and fallen froQ ~u airplane during flir;h1:. It h:~s been positivel:f dct~rmin\!d that it is not nor ~1ou it d esigned to h~ Clil explosivB itCJil and therefore not h::J.rtaful in this 2. r:ta.nk you very much for attention of the Air Foree. holds an iaportant pl~cc in your court~sy in dr~:1~ing the tJo.~tt~r to the Certainly in these times of trouble patriotism msint3in1n3 our security and deQOcr~ey. Fn.\!rKLill A. JCS&PU Lt Colonel~ US~\P Inspeetor General P\a.e,e, . F~. Wo.'M.kie. This ~o..se, a-n~llA-dts o~e ~t-tiftt~t: OOAMA (IO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUAftl EftS UNit ED 51 A I ES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25. D.C. Regarding a Strange Object Found 1n His 1. ..n. trca Jlr. etnnp obj 18 tor act.iOD 11b1ch you c to be appropriate. Requed a cow ol ywr npq to Mr. be tllia headqu.art.n. 2. A CopJ ot letter of u attached. .3. A cow ot thill letter, vlth attacm.nta, ia being FOR iBE CHIEP OP STAPr l1. Lt.r l~. 28 'fttb 61 atcb Cy ltr Hq USAP DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D.C. REPLy TO AFIIS-C4 1. Your letter ot 28 !Pebrua!':f 196!, a r.l to ~ ... ~. Hoover, FBI, con- ceinlns a object you have found, has been foru~Med to tile Ogden Air i-!aterial Area, Hill ,~\ir Force Base, utah, as a r.4tter 'Yiitllin the juriJidictiCAl Dr his COt!#JADd. 2. In order that :;r.m may rec91 ve a pror.!pt reply J the Co~:llllr"U"..dar has been reque.ted to 3ke direct respon8v to you 1~ t.hc ~onelusian of hia inqu117 into tbe xoatter. Ltr, Rq CSAr (A7II5-C4), 16 Mar 61, Lettr ~r Mr. ardinJ a Strange O~jee: r nd in H!s Jild Hq OCAXA, Bill Al!, titah !0: A7LC' (MCI), Vriaht-Pattareon A71, Ohio l. contacted per1onally by Major Butcbiaon, 270Stb Airwunittona~Vlca, on 29 1961. The object v exained and dter~ined not to be an t; .. of ~nitiona. It contained no explosive Mr rela&aed the Object tO Major Butchiaon &Dd it V&l returned to OOlMl for further ree .. reh in identifying it. At tbia time pcti- tive identification haa not been ~de, but it. 1a the connu of &ll woo have.axmioed it that it 11 a dcor&tive orn~n: fr~ either an automobile or a light aircraft. . 2. Mr waa intereated io knowing exactly what the object was and after c din~ hi~ for reporting tbe aat:ar, we promiaed ve vould VT1te hia &a ~on ve h&d de:r~ined jult what toe object vaJ. Wbn ve hAve poa1t1vely 1danti!ied it, ve vill &dviae you &5 to it oriain &ndvtll aand you a copy of the lettar v VTit to Hr Wtlon. nA!OO.IS A. JOIU!I L t ColO'ftal, Inspctcr General \ Aaroepaee Technical .I~telli ~ aaca Ctar (UC )