HKADQUA.-T&fltl FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR fro.-c IYITtMS COMMAND UNITD 8TAT.8 AIR ~ORC. WfUeMT~ATT.R80N AIR ~ORC& aA8., OHIO 'l'D-~{ 15 August .cteport or UFO Sigklting TOt 'l'li-E (I!aj Friend) 1. ~lr Writer of the Cleveland Plain Dealer called me at l7JO on lf August 1961. Mr. stated that th.e people of Cleveland were jamming the telep lines to report tl1e sigb. tings or UFO' s. r iost or these reports occured between 1600 to 1640 and several liFO's were involved. of the Sa1IO Research Laboratory Tracking Station. most logical answer to these sightings. It was seems to have the requested by . sightings. Dr. satellites, therefore , the Clevelanders. that we contact hjm for details of t hese t he responsibility for tracking the v;rious he is the most qualified person to speak for J . The altitude of the OFO' not been det ermined a t he tel ephone call, but Lr. was setting up a trian the time of l a ti::>n system consisting of three scopes to compute t he altitude. Mr. t~esp scopes are sllnil ar to theodolites. 4. ~t 1645 two B-l~7 or B-52 aircraft \lent through the a rea of sightings and they were estimated to bG flying at approximately 25,000 feet, a nd they left a very tlefini te contrail. These aircraft vrere north of Cleveland flying from East to \'Jest. One of the aircraft ma de a left banl< heading South and he passed b et\-Jeen the sun and Cleveland. PerhS:}ps these pilots c~uld assist i n the investi~ation. 5 . SUimrlary of facts s t a ted by I'!r. a r e as foll ovrs: a . The UFO' s traveled t\-JO to three tunes the velocity ( T~is is relati "re speed \li thout altitude computation.) b . Tn.ey \vere visible .Ji t:1 in 5 of the sun. (Ilr. the roof of the Plain Dealer Building and saw thG UFO' s out t~L9 .sun by the corner of the buil ding.) of Ec~o I. he blockeC. c . TlJ.e WO' s tro.ve leC. frot1 1::)rt~n1est to Southeast and in a straig~1.t line t~1r:>ugh the c :)rona :>f t he SU1'1 d . Ti.~e u'FO ' s 11ere 1/C. to 1/3 t he bri2:htne3s of Echo I and they vJcr e l:!ucb. brighter t.1:1n t:;.e bri~hte3t star (r.~agnitudc 1). e. 'l'he UFO' s were observeu on t wo differ~nt occassions by 1-~r o.nd he verified t he r\3ports that . all UFO' s disnppear od ab ;,ut t he same distunce from the sun. n1e size of the objecto, the shape or rough could not be dt:!termined. and if tile StU'faces vsere 6. Ii.r. tated that his paper had t:> say s::>mething t:> t he people s Dr. made a preliminary analysis that the objects observed wer~ possibly seed pods, and were possibly flying in the jet stream. Tha irregualr and rough skin of.seed p;,ds are conducive t~ reflect the lignt or tne sun. (Evidently Dr. was evasive until he made further investigati~ns or tmtil he talked to an Air Force representative.) 7. . asked if we w~uld investigate this matter so he may clea r _1 t up with his paper. He strongly suggested tha t \-le contact ur. \Jb.o \'las gathering the data to make the formal r~port, (.tlhen he knO\-J.::i where t:> make it.) Ivlr. a ls::> requ ested t :a t .. he be inf or me cl if ., .. 1e had received any pre vi :>us re.vorts of these sight ings. Hi s office hours are from 1 A.H . to 8 P.l-1. and his telep~iqne number is Cl exhange extension 518. :>ffice nllmber i d his home ph;,ne number is