Johnsonisland — October 1961

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATI 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Is:!..a..nd 0 Was Balloon 0 Probobly Balloon DATITU'I OttoUit .._, TYPI or OISIRVATtoH PouiWy Boli-n Loco I 0 Gr.un4-VI auol 0 GrovnciRodor Woa Aircraft 0 Probobly Alrcroft 0 Alrlntercopt Rode" 0 Pouibly Alraoft tronoicol :OCYoo 0 ProboWy Awronot lcol l!i 1.! ~ , 0 Pouibly Aatronomicol LENGTH 0' oaiiRVATtOM .. HUMIIIR 0, OIUECTS 9. Re:':!..ectionz 0 Insufficient Date for Evoluotlon 10. BRIE' SUitfMARY 0, stGHTIHO On e oval obJt 11. COMMENTS P.hO'tO analys~ s o1 ~r -cs ~nal.ca visually. lioticed on photographs of -:hn.t objts i n prints r,;er e refle~tions ~ounO. ,,;indow or F0Rfl61 TfCHIQlOiT DIYISIOI,AfSC FORfl&l lfCHNOLOGY DIVIJION,AfSC IIIICWSIIIft UIICWSifllt UIIICWSIFIIt f0Rfl61 HCHIOlO&Y DIYISIOI,AfSC FORU61 lCHIOL06l DIYISIOI,AFSC UIICWSifltt UICCWSint~ f0ill61 lECHIOlO&Y DIYISIOI.AUC UIICUSSifllP FOR161 lECHIOl06Y DIVISIOI.AfSC FORU&I lECHIOLO&Y DIYISIO lfSC UIICU.SSifllt IJ~r, '.C:D- 3 , 25 Oct 61, Request f'o::-.~alysis o:t' Filmstrlp 1st In<l ( 'i'".C-D4a) ~.): TD-...: (r-ajor Friend) J.. The examination of the fiJJn has :produced these findings a . In addition to the briGht ellipse, a similar separate faint image also appe ars in mos t f~es. ~his i s the only feature that is duplicated in the fornat. hes e i nages oanner wh ile othe r . , chang e position within maintaini n g their same the frame in a position relative c The background als o ch~ss position within the f r ame oat at a differen t rate. ~. Analysis of the r eport reveals t!t:: follm.ring : was very high anC. sli~htly a:ft of' the dire c - he canera was ainect to t:ae :'..<3::'t and in a do\mwar u 3 . l'he o::1.Ly explanation we can offer is that the inat;es were caused by the refloc on of a :ro:illu ,.,indow or light withi n the aircratt . S c ret"l ctions on a ctoub.Le pane uindow \10U.id ~roduco blc / P2ICE, Jlt. / Photo ~xploitatio t 'o r ._:ngr. Suppor t '!t tnrl(I!IUre') _ I (Is) (a~) wltndl"'l,.,. fir not n~lnth~!l the cl:ullla~lon or t':!s o:.orrer<>nden~ (.!....-umenl) w ill le ch~>":l:ed to_U~or canceUiod lo .. rcor..!.aoCAI witb p&r. 3;11. Al-.R 20i>-l." RI!:Pt.. Y TO I lEADQU ARTr: RS 1ST STRATEGIC AEROSPAC E OIVf stOH (S AC) UNlTED STATES AlR F ORCE VANDENBERG AlR P O R C E B A S I!:, CAUFOR!'ffA 17 October 1961 Report of UFO 1. In compliance with AFR 200-2, 1.4 Se?t 1959, the following UFO report is submitted~ The usual format and reporting procedure is not followed in this rer)ort due t o the ~..rcmnstances of the event and the lateness of the report. an Instructor Tech:d cal Representative of on an official USAF trip to Eniwetok Atoll, took some motion pictures of the night. .1:-ri.le nying abeam J ohnson Island, the original of t he attached rn ., ':ias taken. He did not visuall y sight anything other than t he isl a:td but when he developed the film upon his return to the ZI, he :1oticed the peculiar object that is apparent in this film. The ori~ :1al complete film roll is presentl7 in the possession of OOOPI, t:-..is Headquarters. 3 . The following data is subm t ted i.."'l accordance with paragraph 1 5 of AFR 200-2, subparagraphs follrr~ ~o~t of subject regulation: (1) see paragraph 2 above (2) omitted (see film) (J) omitted (see film) (4) appears straight (5) omitted ( 6) not seen visually (1) not seen visua)ly, .first observed when film was (2) o:nitted (3) KC-97, 10395, 10,000 feet, true heading 243 degrees, true air speed 210 knots, gro d speed 235 knots, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. 15e Abeam Johnson Island 15f omitted fro~ navigator log -wind 070/20 knots o.::ri. t ted 2~ degrees centigrade at lO,OJO feet. 15h orni t ted 15j omitted 1 see paragraph 6 below see attached fil.tn 4. The following data is submitted in accordance with paragraph film appears in excellent co~dition (a) 1611M Bell and Howell (b) type unknO\m, 1 inch, r:a..ke unknown (c) Kadachrome type A ( i) out of left windov; 5. Other personnel aboard the aircraft at t he time say t hey did not visually see any strange object during the flight. 6. This report is suboitted by Hajor \'layne R. Davis, Chief, Operational Intelligence Division, Directorate of Intelljgence, 1st Strategic Aerospace Division, Vandenberg AFB, Caljfornia. He offers no explanation of the strange object. 7. This correspondence is classified possible UFO information. FOR THE COHMANDER: onel, USAF Director of Intelligence film strip (C) HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STATI!S AlA ,..ORCE WI'I:IGHTPATTEASO N AIR I'ORC liAS, OHIO nn. o F: TD-E/M&jor Friend/vv/6921.6 susHcr: Requet tor Photo Reproduction r~: TD-D4c Request three (3) black and white prints be lMde of frames #1, #10, #21, #30, and #39 ot the attached filmstrip. ...! EINARD H. WIMf Colonel, USAP Deputy tor Technologies and BubsysteDLB HEAOQUA.RTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UHITitD STATIE' AI" ,.O,.CIE W .. leHTPATTIE,.SOH AI .... O .. Cil eAS&, OHIO ATTII or : TD-E/Major Friend/vw/69216 s uHcr: Request for Analysis of Filmstrip TOI TD-D4a 1. It is requested that an analysis be made of the a ttached filmstrip to determine the nature of the :images. 2. It is further requested the filmstrip be forwarded to TD-E upon completion of the analysis in order that it rray b e returned to the ,-.-EDWARD B. WYNN Colonel, USAF Deputy for Science and Components 1 Filmstrip (c) 2 Ltr fm DI dtd 17 Oct 61, (C) . a. CJc7T 61 f01ll61 lECHIOlOGY DI1SIO lfSC UIC(llSSIIIB