3. DATITIMI PROJICT 10073 Kansas Ci IQ::a.~n~s=a~s -1 4. TYPI OP OIIIIVATION XXGaeun .. Yl wei D OraunRetler 12. CONCLUSIONI W 8ellea11 W Alrcr .. t P rattW r AI rcreft a Poa1IWy Alrcrft D W Aatronantlcal a Yee a PrettoWr AatfOMMicel . }tJNe Civilian D Poaaittlr Aataanlel I-,-.-L-I_MO_TH_.;O.:P:..:.:::._I_Y_A-TI-OM-----4-L-MU-MI--I-1-0 ... P~O~I-JI ... CT~I-r-t~.-C~O~U~R~SI=-------I a Other II/JIJ2C IJfi f:t1) lnaufflclent Data fer Evaluotien 10. IIIIP IUMMAIY OP bootball field. Lishted around edge. Lights whitish yellow. Too nervous to notice color objt. Looked like sled with rtuini~JS boards. Substance and body depth but unable to say what type of material. High tail. Size not known but vertical running fm center to end. No sound. In car stopped beneath obJt. Could not see thru but could see around. 1st sight~" fm 3 blocks away. Estimated 50' off groung. . Stationary 3-5 min then moved straight up and to E rising and disappearing in 5 sec. No weather inversions. No wind. No clouds. Weather clear and dry. AftC roM JB (liP 2t ... Jl) 11. COMMIMTI Classed Unknown. Deecriptioil of objt would indicate possible balloon ex- cept tor altitude of 50' ott ground and sudden rising. Completeness of desc tion and details given by 2 observers gives little info upon which to w class ify objt into kn~ categories and ex- plain sighting. . CZCSQ C.37~ ZCWYA~B.3 PP RJ::DSQ DE R J'.-' F KF 91.t A FM 328FTP.WG RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO TO RJWFALIADC ENT AFB COl.O ZENI2~AIRDIV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO RJEDSQ/ AIR IECHNICAl. INTELLIGENCE CENTEF 1~ PAFB OHIO ~ RJZHQ/HQ USAF WASHINTONG DC - RJEZHQ/SECf.E:T ARY OF THE AIR FOFCE t~ ASH DC /UNCLAS/3~ 8ft~ CVC-0 PDC 712 3. C AFCIN) CS AFIS) FOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS. UFO REPOF:T UFO REPORT SU8~1ITTE IP.~ AFR ~ 0Z-2, PARAGRAPH 15A: C1) Cl~CULAR IN SHAPE \~ITH LIGHTING AROUND OUTER EDGE. C2) SEEM TO BE A BIT SMALLER THAN HALF THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. (3) SAID HE WAS TO NERVOUS TO NOTICE COLOR OF OBJECT, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE l~HIT ISH YELLOW. C4) ONE OBJECT ONLY. IN STRUCTURE, iJ AS N'T ABLE TO C5 ) N A < 6 ) HIGH T A I L, C I R CU L AR TELL IF CONSTRUCTED OF METAL OR NOT, BUT HAD DEFINITE BODY AND DEPTH TO IT. LOOVED LIKE BIG OVEAL SHAPED SL~D l.J ITH FUNNif\~G BOARDS <AUT0'10BILE TYPE) AND LIGHTS I N RUNNING BOARD ARF.PS. (7 .. ) SPtCIFIC SIZE OF TAIL NOT rCNO'aJN. IT WAS HIGH AND VEFTICAl. AT. ON EDGE AND SEEMED TO RUN FROM EDGE TO CENTER OF OBJECT. (8) NO SOUr\D WHATSOEVER. (~) WHEN W Ef(E STOPPED BENEATH UFO, IT SEEMED SOLID AND METALLIC. THEY COULD NOT SEE TH~OUGH IT BUT THE CLEAR NIGHT SKY AND STARS COULD BE SEEN AHOUND IT PAl< A 15B. C1 ) . OBSERVERS SAW OBJECT AND THOUGHT IT WAS LOW Fl.YING AI~CI<AFT . OSSIBLE IN DAGER OF CRASHING. OBJECT WAS ABOUT THRRE CITY BLOCKS AWAY FROM OBSERVERS WHEN FIRST SEEN. OBSERVERS t~ERE IN CONVERTIBLE ' AUTOMOMBil.E, DROVE DIRECTLY BENEATH OBJECT AND LOCVED UP AT IT. PHIPPS ESTIMATED UFO TO BE APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF THE GROU~!D. UFO WAS STATIONARY FOR \vHAI SEE~1 3 TO 5 MINUTES. THE AUT0~10BII.E WAS STOPPED DIRECTLY BENEATH THE UFO, OBSERVERS BECAME FRIGHTE~ED AND STARTED AWAY FROM THE AREA. UFO THEN WENT STF.AIGHT UP AND ~10VED AWAY SHARPLY TO THE EAST, ON THE RISE. THE UFO DIS APPEARED \-I !THIN AN EST I t1 ATED FIVE SECONDS; <2) Fl.AT (3) STFAIGHT UP, COULD NOT ESTIXATE HOW HIGH, THEN DIS APPEARED TO THE EAST. <4) STRAIGHT UP, COULD NOT ESTIMATE HOW HIGH, THEN DISAPPEARED TO THE EAST. C5) WITHIN 5 SECONDS OBJECT DISAPPEARED. (6) STATIONARY APPROXIrTEl.Y THREE Mit-lUTES. AFR 2 0~'-2, PAF.AGli APH 15 C. C1 > GROUND VISUAL OOSERV AT ION. AFR 20~-2, PARAGRAPH 15D~ ct > 04022, 13 AUGUST 1961. <2 > NIGHT PAGE THF<EE RJ:~FKF 94A PARAGRAPH 15E. LATITUDE& 39 ~1 NORTH. LONGITUDE: 9~ 37 WEST. FARWAY DISTRICT, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 5ZTH STPEET, MNEAR THE OLD MISSION SCHOOL. AFR ~00-2 PARAGRAPH 15F. MR. COLLEGE STUDEN CSENIOR YEAR). MR. AGE:: 21, COLLEGE STUD~ NT CSENIO~ YEA~). AFP. 2 00~, PARAGRAPH 15G Cl) NO t~ IND, NO CLOUDS, Cl.EAR AND DRY, STARS COULD (4) 15 MILES (5 > FOUF. TENTHS HIGH CIRRCUS. (6) NO THUNDERSTORMS. (7) TEMERATURE GRADIENT FOI.LO ED STANDARD ATMOSPHERIC CURVE. THERE ~JERE .NO INVERSIONS. AF 200-2, PARAGRAPH 15H. NONE KNOWN. PARAGRAPH 151. NONE. PARAGRAPH 13J. NONE Vi'JO\.JN. PARAGRAPH 15J<. OFFICER IS THE INTELl.IGZNCE OFFICE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. BOTH MEN RZPORTING UFO ARE SENIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY. THEY APPARENTLY GAVE TRUE ACCOU~ITS OF EVENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. ~EIHHER MAN IS A TECHNICAL OBSERVER. THE SIGHTING CANNOT B RELATED TO ANY KNOW AIRBORNE ACTIVITY OR t1ETEOROl.OGICA1.. PHENA~ENA \~!THIN THE IMt1EDIATE VICINITY OF THE OBSERVERS. PARAGRAPH 15L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 15/23032 AUG EJWFKF