DATETIME G~ 7. LENOTM Of 08SUVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Salt La:::e TYPE Of 08SERVATIOH X1 Gteun.,_ VI wol 0 <HoUftdRodor xtJ Ai,. Vi wol 0 Alrlntorcopt Rodor HUaA8Eit OP OBJECTS COHCLUStOta Woa Bolloon P ro ba bly Balloon ossibly Bolloon Woe Aircraft Probobly Aircraft Possi bl y Airu a h as Aatronomlcol P robobly A stronomlcol ssibly Aatronomicol Other P!-':~ :'t.l:l 0 Insufficient Delta for Evaluation one Varied m~n BRIEF SUMMARY Of SIGHTING COMMENTS 0~' re-:-.u!'t cd r~:..ortc1 to be at elevation of L:lk was 46 .3:)rl s on tmt weather ~onditions e.-:. of s~g:1ting inriicate a..;;ocio.tcd a::sc~i;.t lCC ..1. orrn thi s <lirected 0:1. grouna to be s tr~t i onnry ...,hi1e ,.;i t nessec no av~ili.:J.blc ~---sigh':i:lg ~Pc:c1.M~f\..l ATIC POJtM U9 (JtP H aaP U) INTBLLIG"t'NCF' R :PORT l'~LLIGV.'TC~ RF.POR.T DF?L9.TXF.NT OF THE AIR FORCE 'rJA..TPT:"G: This rna tP.rial contains Title 12, :.sc , Sees 793 and 794, i>'1fo:-:-.<; tio~ affecti ne: the Nf3. tio::.al UNCLASS IFI~D t~1e tr?. nc:..ssion or rew.l"ltion of Jefe~s~ of the United States vit~in which i~ ~;.y ~nner to an unauthor- United States of P erica Utah Central Airnort Salt Lake Cit;;, Utah RE:-'ORT NO: IR-l-01 DATE OF REPORT: 9 October 1961 REFt.RENCES: AFR 200-2/Complete ~!0 OF PAGFS: 12 FP.OX: S e c & l.s\.; -=-nforce Di v, Hill At 101 tz hours on 2 Octob~r 1961 a report of a UFO sj phti~=-w?~ r~ceivro from civil::!., sourcE's at the Utah Valle:: Airport, S~lt Lqke Cit~i, U:::-., vie Flight Oper-:-::.o::s Division, Hill AFB, t':3~, ~nd the S~lt Lake Citj Uts:: Air ~'-:-:itional Guard '>:n:tr(;': T:::r.:e r . Six of the eif"' t - .,:-sons vho rp;--ortP.d seej nr-..... !? ob~ ~ct were ::v~i:-::::1::-a:"d l.!ere intervie'I-Ieri g:, t::<> Contrel 'hllev Airnort ::-::: ta~P r~corded sta te::e~ts obt3ined. All six of t' e ~crso"ls a crrf'cd thq t t.he cc: <>ct 1<!~ no similiarH.r to fi!P.:':":~ sircraft , either in co-fJ~rHtion, s:-c:-::d, '>r r.umPl.lV"-':"=-::::ility. The sixth :--~ ..... sc-. ~-':te:npted to make an ir.t<>:-c<>:--:ion of ti:e objoct ani! s-:-~F.::-1 ... e flp..t "'i thi:1 three ~o f ive: :::tilos of the object befo:-o 5t rose r!!Didly, started -:fr in a-:: upwr:.rd s::mtt-.erly direc::.'J!1, r.aused apd tl;en d j sst:~"''H~ to tr.e '.-.'Pst a t a snPe1 ': lievcd i"1 excess of ? s :--er hour. F ederal Asro::at1tics and Utah Air Nation<. ~US'!rd n ersonnel 3t the Salt ~h~ !'liciral Airrort wPre contacted and r prv1rtFd thnt :!'"' r=rl:!r c ontacts h<id b een 2d"' .:. :.1 t!:e object. \-lind veloc:. ties 'lt Vl'lrious '3lti tud"s in -:.::e "rca 1iscounted the possic::!.:..t;v tha t the ob,ject coul1 ve been a ..:Patl-;er balloo"! ;-_')ved !"apidly a t tiroPs by t~e ....,.,::-:!, a:-1d no oolloons releas~ durin~ that ""'P:-iod locall:: -...,d =;ssnn~"d such a ~irec~:on or ~ath. No unusua l m~t~orological or astronomic~l c-~diti0~s were present ..::--ich =::.-;.t ~ccount for the si?"h:-inf"'. Vis1bilitv \.:as 40 miles .:ith ceiling unlimited at t~? ~:;e the civilian pilot of t~e intercept pla~e repJrt~d ~e a~rroached within three :~ :ive miles of tre object w~ s vithin 1 , 000 f 0et of :~s ~ltitude. A tcJ.e ::-;ic ~"'""'O:rt of thj s siP'hti;;:-'..!?.S made to t!'_e Conunand Post !k"':.v Officer, Air Force !.c s:--is -::.cs Co:rrea nd, Wrirht-Pette!"scn A.FB, O~io, at 2134 h ours ZS:' ( 0431. Zu), wh o 3dvised t':1at t'-:o t:m"":i st3tements of cbse:"V"!!"S and a t.'"l r.o1 reort of i~;'?st iP"~tion b<? fon.r"{rde d O:tiGI!".A.TOR: FTD-~ Ta ne record i-"" (;: st.a tem~nts U ~!CLASS IF IF.D D ISTRIBUT :;:r . =~ :i':'!'r Ll-IG"t"NCE RF'PORT Thi:-:"o-:-::at is used in lieu of .0' ?or.m 112 '"'~icr is not av~U ~= Ut\CU..SS !!" IZ!J OF 12 PAGli'S Sec & Law Enf0-cement Div, Hill AFB, Utah ~o FTD-E via Air Mail. As of the date o~ re-ort it is bPlieved that all lo::csl leads -~ve bPP""l exhausteti in an effort to ident:r:.-t1~ object, 1 . At 1916Z hours on 2 October 1961 the Fli~h:. Operations Division, Hill .. '?3, rel~ved a re~ort f rom t he Salt Iake City U"W.h Natio-:~1 Gutrd CoJ"'trol 'l'rn.,rer t hat a!)r:--::xi!ll.t:ItPly eight civilians at the Utah Central Airport (40 38N, 111 58W), 3200 \olest 21st South, SalT. L?kB City, Utah, had observed an uni d e'!"ltifi<>d object in the sky which r"!:'-Ort~ly v.,:-<=>d qbov e the Provo, Utah, OMNI (40 15~, 111 55'.ol), located tw"!nty-thre e ::!i lf's sonth of t hB Ut~h Central Airport, and that onP. of the observers had attempted a~ ~ir intercept o~ t"""= object and had a p!Jroached wi thi.n t'1ree to five milP.s of the object b e ::'ore it r~vod off a'!"ld 1is~ooea:-ed, 2 . l.t a .... oroximate1v 1910Z the Salt Lake Cit. A'ir Tr::~ffic Co!'ltrol Center rE":-outed a t si.,nt F-100 ai.rcrsft to the area of t~e :-ec0rted siahtina to m3ke a so c~. At l?L')Z t~e aircr~ft landed at Hill AFB and re-'J:-tc:d no contqct wi.th thP it~:n. 3 . .it 2/)!)Z on 2 Cctober :e~:lnt a t thP :- :-~in? being ~Q e of Uta~, Aircr.11ft s i .... orviewed 9 t th~t loca t on, wit~ a t?,e "".,.. ... ,.;E'\.J, T"''o :.,~1"'\Jln!T informqtion and ans1...rors rPceiv ed by t"le par3graph ~u-.bcr of itel""s of infor::u3tion ro~:ost~d in dated 14 Sent~mb ~q59, Share -At distance he observ:od 'Jb"i,.ct he could not deto.rmin~ '!.5:1(?) Size -Couldn't comp.:tre sizP. t o a--:~r k'iown object, but stated 5T. :-.:Jst ~;:ve O"'P.n 1<~-p:e ll!'"r1 c ouldn' t have be:-en an airc:-.q!'t because y0u c ouldn't se~ ~., ::::.:.:-cr~ft 3t approxiTL~tely P.i.!?ht milPs, ann :.~j s ~bjPct was at least tl:irty !".:.les ;..-~:, a;-:-roxi:nately ovor the Provo OHNI. 15a(3) Color - A distl'!"lct silver color . l5q ( ' ) Uumb~r -One l5a(5) Formation -None 153(6) Disc"'rnible featur e s -None It ...sas sus.,.,en-ied t~-e::re '1"1d rot :-~."!s I0'"T\'Jt is usnr1 in 11e11 of AF Form 112a ..,..._ich is not :woilsble T]';CLASSIFI"E'D Fl~PORT NO: IR-l-61 PAGE 3 OF 12 PAGES FROM: Sec & Law EnforcE-ment Div, ~ill AFB, Utah l5b(l) 'Aha t cgllP.d att~ntion t:> ooj ~ct -~oport on object over UNTC0~1 from pilot ''"lo .;as attor.:pti ng to intercept ob~ "'Ct. 2) Angle , elevation, azi~th -~sti~tPd 2, 500 a t Utah Central Air~ort is 4240 fee~;, ~t a~ gzimuth of feet above the 180 ne:-rrePS e-round (Altitude 1 5b(3) AnEle, elevation a nd az th at ti~e of disappe~rance -Slightly higher than 2,~;0 feet above the ground at ~,e saMe gzimuth. :)lace then Flight path and maneuve::-s -Did not see it move, but it 'tolould disappe-ar a nd rea~oear i n a '1.other place a1-:ay 'tolould see i t in one from where it h.ad f irst o~en soen. 15b(5) Ho\1 did object disap!)::--Ob5~ct f:viod out in t'"'P s'lr.:~ loc~;tion. 15b(6) !-io\1 lonE object visib:.e -!"?r a:'rroxi11ot~ly fift,.,~n minut~s. of observation -~:akcd P.Vf'. Ovtic~l ~ids -None !l.irbo .. ne sig-hting -N/A Zulu ti~t:?, date g-roup -l~'1'JZ, 2 October 1961. Li~ht con~itions -Da~t~=e Location 0f observer -?:-o-:t ...,:-o:'fi co of Ut9h Cent,ral Air port (L~O 38N, ;200 W"'st 21st S outh, Sql7. !..ake Cit:., Utah . 15f Infor::~at"!.o"l on observ:.:--?room obsorv"'tion a nd inter-vi~w "100DS appF>JJrs 't? b<> a ::!-;ture and st9ble person, a-.i t~is O!':n~'Jn is shar~d b:' his employer s . H~ODS -:?lris 9 --iv JJte !Jilot license ""it~ ::fty-fi.ve 1-iollrs flyine ti:nf'. He h:=~s worked qround sirc~f~ for ep~roxj~tely eight 15tr(l) We:JthPr a:Y.l winds steteri t~e ~P.ather was cle~r \li t h no cloud covor, t~e=-~ was ver; little surface Jas interviewed =: t~e Utq~ Centr~l The followin~ i- :-~atic""l and ans\lers r por", Wl 'l to ou es ti::)ns nterv iP.\1 obt~i.ned: l5a(l) S'1:!::e-:-!ad 'i n oval s::e;:c: .:!1en sU!'l w'JS shintnP" on obj~ct. When it -::.s~;n::-c~-~rl t.o ~hose w"ltching \lit.hc-;: binocul'irR, it lookP.d to him like jt_ ws ri3 r k and ::-:-::re o:-l"'Gf cip"1:" s:1aped . Tha t t-:-: oval s113.pe .,_ .. ,s l i.ka 'J football. i:':CU.SSIFT:D u~CI..\SSIFIED REPORT NO: IR-1-61 PAGE 4 OF 12 PAG~ FROM: Sec & La,.., Er.forcement Div, Hill PJ3, Utah 15a(2) Size -At the distance he c~pa 1 the object with the size of a base- ball (hardball). 5a(3) Color -It was dark, and silv or qluntinum. It did not h3v e t he ed~Ps w~re cle~r. was shinin!Y on it' v ref1 oc t od effect lik0 Number -One Features or details-No :)T'C:0:-t:"ii'1a wi"lps or ts.1il sectio""l t-.a t "le could Tail , trail, or exhaus t - c t hP could seP. Sound -None Pertinent features -None. ~at c~1led attenti?n to c ct -T ~ilnt of t~e intercP;~ s r o,...ti fro:n t~e air . Antde, elevation , azimut~ -C"';l1 not estimate f\n~r of those. J) Annle, elevation , and azi'"ll'":' bject at t time it disappeared. ~i~A nf disannPlrAnc e - Was not watc~inP 15b(4) Fli~ht pat~ and maneuv ers -Did ~?t observe ~e w~1s w-~tc~i'1!! wit.h binocul ars. Object ... .-:-.s-s~.tionnry all th~ t ime. fliaht nntn at t~e tin~ ap~eqred t o :-ta nf S'JS'Jend~ 15b(5) ~ow di d object disapp r -~as r. w~tchtng at t~e tim~ object disa:)~eqred. 15b(6) ~OY lonr. object Visible -S~-o~e~e between t e n and fift~er. ~nutes. 3!lner of observation - aksd Ontic3l nids - Binoculars ~ -0 binoculars. 15d(l) Zult: time , date group-Tic"' u:"<<n0'-''1, 2 October 1961. 15d(2) Lip~t conditions -D3ytim~. 'I'"'lir; format is us<=-d in lieu of AF For:::1 ll/~ .:'lich is not av::1ilable UNCLASSIFIED RSPO~T NO: IR-1-61 PAGE 5 OF 12 PAGT:'S FRm.f: Sec & La"' EnfoTcement Div~ Hill A?B, Utah Location of observer -Front of officP. of Ut~h Central Airport (40 38N, 3200 West 21st South, Salt Lake City, Utah. 15f -41111Pappeared to be a mature person in his early fifties ~r.d "Was consist~nt :., -:is 'lnswers 'Wi t h r ega::-d to th~ above questions. A.ltholl-h h" has no pilots licPI"'S"' or ccr.n<:!ction -with aviation, C:I3D hss considerable flying time as a pass~nger in private snd commercial aircraft. 15~(1) stated the weather -was bright and c1e~r "With no clouds, and t hat there ~3s v ery little -wind. , . At approxi~ately 2245Z on 2 October 1961 , Aircraft salesman, \rlS int ,.,..,lT1 ewed at the Uta~ entral rosultin~ i ormation recorded on taoe. stqted substantia1lv Airport, with I)S fo11ows: 153(1) Shape-Couldn' t determine any definit~ s1ape when observ"~n:r the objP.ct with ngked eye. 15a(2) Size -Could not estimate size. 153(3) Color - With the s un shining on it, it look~ silver. It looked 11 ~ ~-:;:i-:1 color, -with no shimrncrinf! like it was vib-ati.ng. 15a(4) Number -One 15 5) Formation-N/A FeRtures or dP.tails -None from hi~ observation. Tail, t!'ail, or e~haust -None th~t he observed. Sound -None Perti nent features -None observed What called att~ntion to object -The radio renort from t1e civili~n oi.lot first sifhted the object 15b(2) Angle, elevatio~, azimuth -A?~eAr t o be betwe~n t~ree a~ f:.v~ t housand :o~t ~levation wh~n first sig~ted, and about trirty milP~ out. Due sout~ of the UtP~ ':c:!:lt-~1 Airno"!"t . '..Jest of ??.CWO C'M:H ~levation, ~nd azimut~ a t tim~ of disqp~e~rance-Wqs talkin~ o~ the watch t~7 object disappear U'ICL\SS TFTt<']) fo:-:n3t is used in lieu of AF Fo!'m 112A 'Whi.c1 is not ovailP.ble. UNCLASSIFIFD REPORT ~;o: IR-1-61 PAGE 6 0? 12 PAGl!.S FROM: S~c & L3w Enforcement Div, Hill AFB, Utah l5b(4) Fli~ht ~ath and maneuvors -I saw it in one ~s:tion low on the horizon, and the second tim~ it s to the ri~ht and higher, mayte eight to ten thous3nd feet variation . It W9S Ant'roximatelv five minutes between tl-te t..ro siczhtinqs l5b(5) Ho.o~ did object disappear-Was not \.Tlltchi'1P' 3.t tiwe tt,e object disaope::trAd as ~e was talkinq on UNICOM. 15b(6) How long object visible -About five t o seven minutes. 15c (1) Naked eye. l 5c(2 ) Optical aids -None. J5c(3) Airborr.e sighting-N/A 15d(l) Zulu time, date group -Did not note time on 2 Oct0~er 1961. 151(2) Lirht conjitions -Daytime. City, Utqh, of Utah Cent~al Ai rport (40 38~, 111 58W), 3200 West 21st South, 15~ Info Etion on observer - is "'arl~ fo"'!"ti~s, ~nd wa s very consistent in l icP.nse, \Jith approxi:nstely six !'lundred hours he sa..: was a Vim1ible obj ect. ~p~arPd to :e ~ ro~ture individual i n his ztatemP.nts. ~e holds a private pilot' s flyi.n1 time , :-Ie firmly believed t'l?.t \orrtat. 1 5?(1) Weather a:rl winds-Clear with very little surface . .find "'!"oximatelv 23252 hours on 2 October 1961 Salt Lake City, Ut~h, the location, with the interviow recorded . infor:::3tion: Sr.aoe -Could not determine a definite shane wa s interviewed at ollmlin? answers and Size -Co~pared size of object with a basketball at that d istance. 15~(~) Col or-Without th~ li~ht s~l~ing on it, )t 1opear ed to be gray , and the shin1 ~rt would be 3 bright brilliant f lame color , l5s(4) ~umbor -One Ut!CIJ\SSIFIFD This :o~w3t is used i n lieu of A? Form ll2a which is not RVailable. tJ:ICLASS IF I!' D 15a (6) Features or details -No.:-te observed, 15a(7) Tail, trail, or ex.'1:n:st -~lone observed 15a(S) Sound -~one heard. 15a(9) Pertinent features-~lo!'le REPORT NO: IR-1-61 PAGE 7 OF 12 PAGES FROM: Sec & I8w Enforce:ne!'lt Div, Hill AFB, Utah 15b(l) What called attentio~ to object -Radio re~ort from the civilian pilot first oboerving object. l5b(2) Anql~, c ev &tion, azi=uth -Altitude a t low~r int s Pbout 15, 0 fPe t and iT, r:xtended on "Ur about 2o,or'"' feet, at d::fferent tines aftPr it ~'1r'i moved 'U:' The dista::ce awSly was about fifteen to tl.lenty mil~s. amde frol!l Anele, elevation, azi=uth P-t time approxim~tely 20,000 fee t qltitu~e of disar~earance - snd disaDnP.ared to Climbed a t an Ut:\.la!"d 15b(L,) Fli ~ht .... ::t~ and manct:v~rs-It w~s c limbir.l7 'rd cr-~n~inC? 13ltiturle. It S"'PMed tc ao to thP "'9St for s o::e t i:ae and hover in one .., .... sition, thPn the last ~e re::r-mc(>,.~d i.t -w~s =ni::e \..'est, cl:.==>ina ~nd ard. n a west . So:r '1f 1be m:':tneuv Pr s \.:er e s t re.~id sre~d, and so::Je vere slm.", .l.t nne time it cljmb~rl mJi.tc f~st., \.:ith abru>:t c:..1..,aP~ o f d i - .-ct.inn. How lnn~ ob~ect vis:. e -Close to fift~en mint>tes. Ootica1 ~ids -Binocul;~s Zulu t~e s!'ld date Ere -Ri~ht close to 19~0Z hours on 2 October 1961. l;e Front o:' office of r Centra 1 Ai r!"'Ort (40 ;8:1, 111 58W), 3200 ~:ost. n s t So , S2lt Lqke City, C~ah, '!"1:, fiftios, a::d ap~rox ,tely 2,000 ~"1:rs ;,gs bce~ q ppeors to be P. Jo~ical, mature ~P.!"son pjlnt for 3DproY:matel~ twenty Y"'Rrs , with rt of tt..P sj r;l,t.inf" -wn v ery cohPrer.t . U :~LASS IFTI='D not ~ vatlable. U:!C r.;...ss I FIFO RE?OR"' NO: Ia-1-61 PAGE 8 OF 12 PAGES FRON: Sec & La\1 Enforcement Div, P.ill AFE, Utah 15e(l) Woatr.~r and ~inds -Cle~r in ev y ouadrant , with little surface wind. At 2.355Z on 2 October 1961 !:r was intervi~wed at t're l.;tah Central A , .... ~s reco~ed on t3.pA: Salt Lake City, Utah, and f~VP tr.e foll0winp