PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Wot Balloon Osan 1\FB, Prol.ol.lr Balloon a . PottiWr Balloon 3. DAT!TIMI GROUP 4. TYP! OP OISIRVATIOH RkQr.un .. Yluel D GrounR~ot D Wat Aircroft Prol.oWr Aircraft D AI,.Vhuel D Alrlntercept Reder PoaaiWy Aircraft D Woa Aatronol eel D ProltoWy Aatrono tlcel D PoaaiWy Attror.ornlcel 7. LEMOTM 0' OlllltVATtON NUMBER OP OaJICTI COURS! 0 Other lnaufflcient Dote t.r Eveluetion o. BRIIII OP IIOMTIMO Objt of sighting was 11. COMM!MTS probably 1 of a/ c operating in local area. Changes in color of light could be ue to witnesses observing different light sources on a/c as its position changed. Witness ~ probably observed a/c anti-collision lights and afterburnelit on alternate occasions, peci.f'fically afterburner, after a/c was t the SE. Hind direction, altitude of a/c, other noises, and presence of other a/c could_ account for absence of nois e in associati with objt. A/c could appear to be stati ary if its flight path was along a radial which originated at location of observers. Ab s of unid~ntified objts on rad3rs in area tend to s ubstantiate fact thah no unknown objts were in area. Fading of bright light fm afte r as it was turned off and/or as a/c changed position could be reason why witnes es felt objt vas moving at a speed greatP~ than an a/c. There is no info in rep9rt whic~ w indicate that objt was not a/c. No evidence-available indicating that oojt was at eat to national security. UFO ~NALYSIS SHEET ....Ji,tizz&.- .. ~ Astronomteal. Hour Local ; -~ a (MeteoJJ, Aircrart, Balloons, Analysis and Conclusions: S~&NI'?,J ~ Cc.lrf .I O,J'il/1~ IJ~r~ S Ull"l Zl .rfJ,.;, ,. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ( STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH uNcLAssrf!eo MESsAc;E HQD67SZCQJB334 RJEDSQ RJEZHQ DE RJAPABP 73A FM 314 AIR DIV OSAN AB KOREA TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/SAFS WASH DC U N C L A S E F T 0 314 DCCI 0040. UFO. HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. 1. THE FOLLOWING REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 21110-GPKDGHIMADE TO THE INTELLI GENe S HAYES AND HY Y WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATE L Y -AND WERE IN CLO --MENT ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMETION A. I C 1 >.ROUND. C2) DIME . (3>. WHitE, TURNING TO RED. (4) 1. (5) N/A ( 6 ) NO C7) NONE CS> NONE (9) NON~AB~ <1> LOOKING AT MOON 1ST THOUGHT AIRPLANE. (2) ELEVATION 3fi"DEGREE s, 27~ DEGREE AZ IMLTrH. C3) ELEVATION 70 DEGREES: 150 DEGREES AZIMUTHo < 4) THE LIGHT MOVED VERY FAST AND BECAM BRIGHTER AS IT NEARED POINT OF DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIID MISSAQI RERUN PAGE THREE SMB C 150 PAGE THREE RJAPABP 73A Page 3 of 5 HEAD. SKY BROKEN CLOUDY IN AREA OF MOON 270 DEGREES. NO CLOUDS 260/60. LCEVLBWW ~ .:?493KEN HIGH OVERCAST CABOVE 20,r1J00 FT> .. C4> 5 HAZE AND SMOKE. C5) OVERCAST 10?0. (6) NONE. (7) 1.4 DEGREE C PER 1,000 FT NO INVERSIONS H NONE I NONE J. WEATHER SALOON RELEA SED AT 1103Z BALLOON CONTAINED WHITE LIGHT WITH INTENSITY OF FLASH LIGHT AT 1053Z ONE T33 WAS IN THE AREA. AT 1055 TWO F-102'S WERE IN THE AREA. NO UNKNOWS CARRIED ON GCI RADAR IN LOCAL AREA AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO HELICOPTERS IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. K. PRE PARING OFFICER lLT BRUCE E. SMITH CHIEF OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE . 314TH AIR DIVISION BOTH OBSERVERS SSATED THY HAD NOT BEEN DRINE- AING PRIOR TO THE SIGHTING AND SEEMED TO BE LOGICAL AND RELIABLE IN DIVIDUALS. THEIR OSI INVESTIGATIVE DUTIES AND TRAINING SHOULD QUALI FY'THEM AS COMPETENT OBSERVERS. THERE IS NO OTHER VISUAIDVY ELECT RONIC CORROBRATING EVIDENCE OF THIS OBJECTo AIR FORCE WEATHER FORECASTERS INDICATED THAT NO METEROLOGICAL ACTIVITY DURING THE PERIOD WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE SIGHTING, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGING FROM WHITE TO EDDISH COLOR KUULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SMOKE AND HAZE IN THE AREA. 5HE CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR ON DUTY DID NOT SEE THE OB PAGE TWO RJAPABP 73A DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH ( UNCl.ASSIFIID MlSSACl Page 2 of 5 OBSERVATION. POSSIBILITY OF OBJECT BEING A JET AIRCRAFT OR HELI COPTER WAS DISCOUNTED DUE TO SPEED AND ALTITUDE. AS THE OBJECT CAM ACROSS THE SKY ITS FLIGHT PATH WAS NOT CONSTANTLY STRAIGHT FOR WARD BUT APPEARED :IRREGULAR IN BOTH SPEED AND DIRESTION. THE COLOR SBJECT STOPBJ WAS VERY BRILIANT IN COLOR AND AT GREAT ALTITUDE. AFTER STAYING BASICALLY STATIONARY AND CONSTANT INCOLOR CWHITE> FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 MINUTES, THE OBJECT BEGAN TO RAISE IN 90 DEGREE VERTICAL FLIGHT NOW CHANGING COLOR. AS THE OBJECT WAS RISING A JET FIGHTER CAME OVER THE AREA APPROACHING THE BASE AT APPROXIMATELY 5000 FEET OR LESS. THE OBJECT THEN BEGAN FORWARD MOVEMENT AND THEN CHANGED DIRECTION 90 DEGREES, THEN CONTINUED ITS ORIGINAL DIRECTION TO THE EAST SOUTH EAST. IT'S LIGHT AT THIS PO NT WAS BRILLIANT BUT HAD BECOME SMALL AS THE STARS. THE SPEED AT THIS POINT WAS DEFINITE LY GREATER THAN ANY KNOWN AIRCRAFT. (5) OBJECT DISAPPEARED WITH GREAT BURST OF SPEED, APPEARED TO BE CLIMBING AND FADED FROM SIGHT <6> 12 MINUTES. C. C1> GROUND-VISUAL. C2> NONEo C3) N/A D. <1> 1048Z 14 SEP 61. C2> NIGHT E. CS 272050, CHICO~-~ILL~GE OUTSIDE MAIN GATE OSAN AB F. OS.I SPECIAL AGE ..,;:;S-J~OHN Q HYDE AN BILL H HAY~S, DISTRICT OJJWTCE 45. HIGH RELIABILI"rt"G":"'( -1 > SKY CLEAR OVER DEPA'tTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLA$5JFIID MESSAGI PAGE FOUR RJAPABP 73A Page 4 of 5 JECT BUT CONSIDERED .IT QUITE LIKELYTHAT THE SIGHTING COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ANF-102 DOING EXTENSIVE FLYING AND MANEUVERS IN THE. LOCAL AREA WITH AFTER-BURNER. THERE WERE NO MISSILE FIRINGS OR AERIAL TESTS IN THE AREA. A STRONG POSSIBLITY EXIST THAT A DIS CREPANCY BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING OR THE RELEASE TIME OF THE WEATHER BALLON COULD HAVE OCCURRED, AND THIS WAS THE OBJECT BEING OBSERVED. NO EXPLANATION EXISTS FOR THE REPORTED HIGH SPEED OF THE OBJECT, EXCEPT ERROR ON THE PART OF THE OBSERVERSo 2. ON 18 SE P ANOTHER SIGHTING' ,./11Jf/4JA NJOWFID OBJECT WAS REPORTED. THIS REPORT WAS MADE TO /A BILL H HAYES ABOVE. AND FORWARDED TO THIS OFNICER. INFORMATI AS FOLLOws: A. (1) ROUND C2> PEA. C3) WHITE/ CREAM. (4) 1. (5) N/A. (6) NOo (7) NONE. (8)8 NONE C9> NONE B. Cl> MOVING LIGHT IN SKY.?C2> 45 DEGREE ELEVATION 160 DEGREE AZIMUTH. (3) 75 DEGREE ELEATION 2~0 DEGREE AZIMUTH (4) BOTH OBSERVERS SAW AN OBJECT LARGER THAN THE STARS, MOVINGTOWARD THEM FROM EAST TO WEST FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTEo THE OBJECT THEN BEGAN TO MAKE SHARP FAST MOVEMENTS SIDE TO SIDE AND VERTICALLY CONTINU ING IN GENERALLY THE SAME DIRECTIONe THE OBJECT THEN STOPPED, HOVERED FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN BEGAN TO MOVE IN A WIDE GRADUAL TURN AND PROCEED SOUTHe AT THIS .POINT THE OBJECT WAS LARGER THAN THE ACTION: OIN-17 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP- ZCZCHQ8546ZCQJB908 RR. RJEZHQ DE RJAPABP 74A FM 314AIR DIV OSAN AB KOREA TO ~JWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RJEZ HQ/ SAF S WASH DC UN C LAS E ' F TO 314 DCCI 004 FINAL SECTION OF TWO. K. PREPARING OFFICER: lLT BRUCE E. SMITH, CHIEF, OPERATIONAL : INTELLIGENCE, 314 TH AIR DIVISION. BOTH OBERSVERS STAtED THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING PRIOR 0 SIGHTINGe OBJECT WAS NOT SIGHTED BY ANY OTHER KNOWN PERSONS. THERE WERE NO UNKNOWN TRACKS ON LOCAL GCI RADARo CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR DID NOT S GHT OBJECT. NO MISSILE FIR INGS OR AERIAL TESTS WERE MADE IN THE AREA DUE TO LOW SPEEDUJ ES TIMATED BY OBSERVERS AS ABOUT THE SAME AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFTX AND LOW ALTITUDE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT OBJECTCOULD HAVE BEEN A HELl COPTER, PERHAPS AN UNSCHEDULED RMY FLIGHT ~IN-~THt.,~REA, 09SERVERS HOWEVER DISCOUNTED THIS, AS THERE WERE. ~0 RED LIGHTS VISIBLE AND THERE WAS NO AUDIBLE SOUND, ALTHOUGH OBJECT WAS VERYr .. CLOSE. !DENT IFICATION OF1 OBJEct!'uNK~ow -L. NON-to ~- 19/0800Z SEP RJAPABP ACTION: CIN-17 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, sAFS-3 (24) ZCZCHQB546ZCQJ8908 TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFS COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/SAFS WASH DC U N C L A S E F TO 314 DOC! 0~40. FINAL SECTION OF TWO. K. PREPARING OFFICER: lLT BRUCE E. SMITH, CHIEF, OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, 314 TH AIR DIVISION. BOTH OBERSVERS STATED THAT THEY - -HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING PRIOR 0 SIGHTING. OBJECT WAS NOT SIGHTED BY ANY OTHER KNOWN PERSONS. THERE WERE NO UNKNOWN TRACKS ON LOCAL GCI RADAR. CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR DID NOT S GHT OBJECT. NO MISSILE FIR INGS OR AERIAL TESTS WERE MADE IN THE AREA DUE TO LOW SPEEDUJ ES TIMATED BY OBSERVERS AS ABOUT THE SAME AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFTX iND LOW ALTITUDE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT OBJECTCOULD HAVE BEEN A HELI COPTER, PERHAPS AN UNSCHEDUL~D RMY FLIGHT IN THE AREA. OBSERVERS HO~EVER DISCOUNTED THIS, AS THERE WERE NO RED LIGHTS VISIBLE AND IF ICAT I ON NO AUDIBLE SOUND,. ALTHOUGH OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE. OF! OBJE cT:.!'UNKNOWtl~ . ;L. NONt o ; 19/0800Z SEP RJAPABP DWAWINT OF THE NA FeME (19 Sep 61 F/jhs ACTION: CIN-17 INFO : .OOP-2, ooP-CP-1, SAFS-3 (24} ZCZCHQB546ZCQJ8908 DE RJAPABP 74A FM 314AIR DIV OSAN AB KOREA TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/SAFS WASH DC U N C L A S E F TO 314 DOCI 0040. FINAL SECTION OF TWO. K. PREPARING OFFICER: lLT BRUCE E. SMITH, CHIEF, OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, 314 TH AIR DIVISION. BOTH OBERSVERS STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING PRIOR 0 SIGHTING. OBJECT WAS NOT SIGHTED BY ANY OTHER KNOWN PERSONS. THERE WERE NO UNKNOWN TRACKS ON LOCAL GCI RADAR a CHIEF TOWER OPERATOR DID NOT S GHT OBJECT. NO MISSILE FIR . INGS OR AERIAL TESTS WERE MADE IN THE AREA DUE TO LOW SPEEDUJ ES TIMATED BY OBSERVERS AS ABOUT THE SAME AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFTX AND LOW ALTITUDE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT OBJECTCOULD HAVE BEEN A HELl COPTER, PERHAPS AN UNSCHEDULED RMY FLIGHT IN THE AREA. OBSERVERS HOWEVER DISCOUNTED THIS, AS THERE WERE NO RED LIGHTS VISIBLE AND THERE WAS NO AUDIBLE SOUND, ALTHOUGH OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE. !DENT IFICATION OF: OBJECT:'UNK~Ot;~--~-Lo NONtC) ~- 19/0800Z SEP RJAPABP.