PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. OAT! 2. LOCATtoH 12. COHCLUSIOW' Woa Balloon Vega5, r:ew Jtexico 0 Proito .. ly Balloon DATETIME GltOU~ 4. TYPE Of OISERVATIOH 0 Pouibly Balloon Locol ;.: 0 Gro""' II-VI svol 0 GrovndRodor 0 W r-1 Ai rcroft 0 Pro b ob! y AI rc:roft rlnt- c opt Rodor bl )' Ai rc:roft 0 Was Astronomico\::h..f r f!f:[.<:J Q.X Pro boWy Aat ronomic:o 0 PouiWy Astronomical 7. LENGTH 0, MllltVATIOH HUM8EIIt Ofl OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other 0 Insufficient Oato for Evoluotion BRIEP SUMM~RV Of' liGHTING 11. COMMENTS responsible for ::;ighting r-::r~ba.bl:; Jupitc::-. ..eGcrL.t ::.on by >litnc~c t 1at Hh:Lch c:harac t cri.::;t i ':! of ~ plan~t :>tar di..;tort~l atno'>phcric refraction . r;tate that an exi ~.1-nd ~nvers:;..on s ig..lJ.t:. ing ',fitness t'C-;JO!'t cd lateral veloci t y . Due fact '...h::l t ~i<ing took nlacc nountainous ~n a ar a. thi5 fact pDObably o.t an e:..ev 0~ a n error !'lllde by typist, cvid~nce indico.teu that objt re:1:onsible " sighting probab:!.:, pl3.net Jupiter. T-'C LLC'- .JOINT M ESSAGEFORM SECURITY CLA881PICATI ON BPA.OB BB'0W RBSBRVBD P OR COJillUNIOJ.:rro.v OB.V'I'BR PRIECIEDilNCif TYP'E M80 ( OIW>cltJ A-CCOUNTING ORIG. O R REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION Or" REFER ENC!r OOK MULTI atNQLI[ SPECIAL. INSTRUCTI ON. D lWB AREA, Sl'EX:ll'ItAXJ.Y Ycut STAl'lCJI. ~CH!RE WAS VER! Ll'JW:CLB IIPO PASSED TO TBIS CEO, ~ ~&T M IltV'SSTlGA'riCB B3 MA.O.& D ACC<JIDAICE Wl't11 .APR 200-2 DTD 14 S.EP 59 TF.J.:MI(Kg 110 S I GNATURIE W TYP'EO NAMIE A ( 84/rwUuN, if rfc,uW~ctl ~ TYPED (or IWMPfdl NAME AND TITLE I"ICATIO N Dey 'far Scieuce & WCJ..ASSD' n<O REPLACIE8 DD P'ORM 173, 1 OCT 4a, WHICH WILL BIE USED UNTIL EXHAU8ill0 U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET (SUMMARY DJ. T A) In order that your information may be fil~d and c oded as accurately as possible, pleon .. use the following space to write out o .short description o f the event that you observed. You ma y re- peat information that you hove already given in the questionnaire, ood odd any further comments statements, ot sketches that you believe ore importa nt. Try t o present the details of the observo- tion In the order In which they occurred. Additional poges of t he somo siu paper moy be attached If they are n"ded. (Do Not Write In This Space) .,fPAitTMfNT O F THf AIR FORC[ , INCOMi N G ACTION: CIN-17 ZCHQD845ZCAMA853 DE RJEZAMR 1 FM 7920 ACW SQ NORTH CHARLESTON AFS SC TO RJWFAV ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEZSN/26TH ARIDIV HANCOCK FIELD NY RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/ HQ USAF \!lASH 25 DC RJEZHQ/SECRE!ARY OF !HE AIR FORCE WASH 25 DC I NFO R JEZAMI WAADS FORT LEE AFS VA UNCLAS 79200C 0225. UFO A. DESCRIPTION Of OBJECTS: 1. DISHPAN 2. D ISHP 3. BRIGHT ORANGE 5. TWO CLOSE -ONE A BIT TO THE EAST PAGE TWO RJEZAMR 1 "fPAitTM!NT 0, THf JI.IF' ' O itCE INCOMrNG . THE OBJECT TO THE EAST MOVING FASTER THAN B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECts: 1. 8R IGHT COLOR 2. ABOVE A POINT BETWEEN GRANG NC AND GOLDSBORO NC 3. DUE NORTH OF GOLDSBORO 40 -50,000 FT 4. NORTHERLY 6. 5 MIN UTES C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: 1. 3520N 7758W GOLDSBORO, N.C. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERs: BASE ENGINEERS, SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AFB,NC PAGE THREE RJEZAMR 1 ")EPARTMENT OF THE AIR f'O RC STAFF MESSAGE ~RAN~H G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTI NG~ 2. AT 30,000 -DIR 250 DEGREES 40 KTS 50,000 -DIR 250 DEGREES 4. 10 MILES J. ONE A/C TRACKING NORTH IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, WAS GOING NORTH OF GOLDSBORO <ID NOT KNOWN) K. SENIOR DIRECTOR -ALPHA CREW 701ST ACW SQ., FORT FISHER AFS, NC 701ST HRI -ROCP. 614 ACW SQ CHERRY POINT, NC MEASURED SAME A/C AT 20,000 FT. COULD HAVE BEEN ABOVE A/C ALTHOUGH LIGHTS SHOULD NOT HAVE APPEARED THE SIZE OF DISHPANS WHEN SEEN AT 20,000 FT FROM THE GROUND PAGE FOUR RJEZAMR 1 REMARKSS NONE 06/14 z OCT RJEZAMR .,EPAUMENT O F THf AIR f~O STAFF MESSAGE BRAN~H UI"ClM!>IfltO M e>>-:.!. ( No Case (Information Only) 6 October 1961 Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela , tJ(){ I. I~ On October 6 l9b 1 a tragedy occurad when an e normous UF'O ~A~ 1 -?'appeared ov e r La k e t-!a.rac aibo , Venezuela., castin g its glar e o n many ~ f~ fishing boats. Do zens of terr i f i e d fishermen l eaped ovorho~rd. Ono man, B9.rtolme Rome r o , went down in t he frantic swi m for safety. The othe r made shore, unnerved by tho encounter. _ ---- HIADQUAITIIS 4900TH AIR BASE GROUP All FOICI SPECIAL WIAPONS CfNTEI UNITED STATES All FOICE ICirtlond Air fCH"aJ 8oM, ,....., M .. lco Unidentified Flying Object Report 16 NOV J9S1 TO: AT I c Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohi o I. Forwarded herewith, in accordar1ce with paragr~p1s 13b a nd 14b(l), AFR 200-2, is a n Unidenti f ied Flying Object 2 . l~te receipt of information conta ined in s ub.iect report i s the cause of the d e lay in submitting this communication. FOR THE COMMANDER ~ .J:l~RT e. RIVERS UF0 Rpt 61-2 (Dup) :ro C.::.s e (L"1forn.ation Only) L1djanapolis CZCSQM529ZCJYE5~1 DZ RJEZFF 78 L. l. ,;UG u I FM HQ AFSC ANDREWS AFB MD LNCLAS SCEP 21-8-47. A LA f S C 511 I 6 1 ACTION FOR IO. THE FOLLOWING t1EfSAGE FROM SAFOI-2 I f QUOTED FOR YOUR I NFORMATION AND GUIDANCE. CUOTE. CANAIRHED FOR DPR SUBJECT I S GUIDANCE FOR PROCESSIGN OF FLIGHT DI STURBANCE COMPLAINTS DURING EXERCI SE SKY ~HIELD. THIS MSG I N rvun 1"'\rt -=> PART I. DURING THE PERIOD 170 0Z 14 OCT TO 05002 15 OCT 6 1 i:ORTH AMERICAL AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE SKY SHIELD tHLL Br CONDUCTED OVER THE NORTH AMERICAL CONTINENT NORTH OF THE i1EXICAN BORDER. APPROVED BY THE GOVERNi1ENTS OF CANADA AND US THIS LARGE ~JCALE EXERCISE tHLL PROVIDE THE NECES~ARY FRAME'.~ORK TO EXERCISE THE NORTH AMERICM~ AIR DEFENSE ?AGE THO RJEZFF 78 sYSTEM AS A HHOLE AND I S THUS AN H1PORTANT TRAINING OPERATION ESSENTI/\L TO AEDQUATE DEFENSE READI~JESS. INT HE I NTERST o r fAFETY AND TO PER- :: I T FULL UTILIZATION or THE 'ta.THOLE RADAR ELECTRONICS SYSTEM U~ED IN !\IR DZFZNSE, CIVIL AVIATION !\UTHORITIE~ HAVE DECIDED TO RESTRICT ':IVIL FLIGHTS IN THE EXERCISE AREA DURING SKY SHIELD. ARRANGEMENTS TO .00 SO HAIJE BEEN MADE IN COOPERATION WITH THE AGENCIES CO~JC~RNED ?ART II. SINCE CONS IDERABLE NUMBERS OF SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT WILL BE :sNGAGED IT I S REASONABLE TO ASSUMt: THAT SONIC BOOM DISTURBANCES tviLL CCUR. THE INVOLVEMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS NOT NORMALLY FREQUENTED 5Y SONIC BOOMS , THE VOLUME OF S UPERSONIC OPERATIONS AND THE LATE NIGHT HOURS ARE FACTORS THAT WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE NUMBEROUS COMPLAINTS c AND/OR INQUIRIES. IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT MANY OF THE QUt:RIES \HLL BE viRECTED BY TELEPHONE TO THE NEAREST AIR FORCE INS TALLATION. PART III. A. COMMANDERS, !OS AND OTHER AIR FORCE PERSONNEL RECEIVING SUCH CUERIES WILL NOT TAKE NEGATIVE APPROACH OR QUOTE PAS ~ TH~ BUCK UNQUOTE. IMMEDIATE, COURTEOUS , POSITIVE ACTION TO IDENTFY THE ~OU?.CE AND ~\PLAIN TH.E CAUSE \HTHIN THE PARAMETERS OF PART I ABOVE: 1\:.:<E ESSENTIAL ' TO MINIMIZE ADVERSE PUBLIC REACTION. B. IF A pOSSIBLE tCU3T EXI ST S THAT THE DISTURBANCE IN CUESTION vJAS ACTUALLY A SONIC BOOM AN IMMEDIATE CHECK TJ!ILL BE tiADE HITH THE ~;::~RE::T AIR I PAG~ T HRt:E RJEZFF 78 D:::FENSE SECTIOR DIRECTION CENT?. TO DETERi-liNE IF SUPER:o~;IC FLIGHT \t(A S I N FACT CONDUCTED AT THE TH1!: AND PLACE IN QUEST!O~. ADC HILL AUGMB~T DIRECTION CENTERS AS NEC~SSARY WITH 0.UALIFIED I O ?OR THIS B/ENTUALITY. C. IN THE EVENT OF DMiAGE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY THE N~REST AF CLAit1S OFFICER T.IJILL BE NOTIFIED AND IMMEDIATE ASS I STANCE .:ILL EE OFFERED IN FILING A CLA IX. D. THE AF COMMAND PO~T THLL BE :~OTIF!ED BY MOST E XPEDIOUS MEI\N: IN CAS~ OF UNUS UAL A~i~/0R lJIDE- ~READ D:LSTRUBANCE. PAR( ~V. ALL PER~ONNL PERFORMH' TH ? UNCTION OF EXERCISE SKY SHIELD t1ILL BE BRI EFED ON THE CO~TENT~ OF THIS MES~AGE. DIRECT COMMUNICATION BrCc~L~ ALL AGENCI ES CONCERNEb~fO~ ABOVE . PURPOSES I S AUTHORIZED. UNQUOTE. 211 2015Z UAG RJEZFF 16 -Jl CCT03ER 1961 SI0Hrll:GS LOCATICJ.'l Dayton, Ohio Gettysburg, South Dakota J eos~m, Utah Canton, Ohio 3JN 177:1 ( Eae ific) ',:est Florence, Chio Fhiladelp~ia, Pennsylvania Grand Cajman, West Indiea Dayton, Ohio Patrick ~-a. Florida Succasllrula, !~ew Jersey Gra~awieh, Connecticut Ba 1 t imore. r.:a~land Sheboygan, ~\iscor..sio Akron, Ohio :-!cAllen, ':i:'eA.as GranJ Rapids At~, Dgyton. Ohio Kadena AB t;a!la ~ C?: i:::.a.oa Canton, Ohio Jv!ili tary 1'-lil i tary r.:n i tary r-tili tary fo.!ili tary Nil i tary J.lilit9ry EVALUATION Astro (SIRIUS) AIRC:cti...li'T 0 t her (ltl&GE ) UlSUFFICIEHT DATA As tro (IIETEO?.) Astro (A.RCTOlUS) Astro (I-:ETEOR) INSUE".E'ICIE..'\"T DATA Astro (r1$TECR) As tro (i~TEOR) INSUE'FtCIENT DATA Astro (f-1ETECR) Astro (i:ETEOP.) AIRCP.A.ry n JSUFFICIEt:T D.~TA. IJ-!SU~'l<'ICIE.:-;T DJ.TA A IRCR.\r"'T Astro ( ME'l'EC:t) Astro ( !,.:ETEOR) Other. (iJl~Fii"'c.LIJ.Bl.E .;..:::.::ICL!.l. RE?OR'I'ED SIGHT:G-IGS (t:OT C.4SFS) J lCCATIC~ California Oct Curocao, Sri tis.::. To:1awanda, R:l:!ford. EVALU;\TICN News Clipping DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WAJUWIJ: Tbia uterial COD.taiu 1ntorwat1oo at!eot1Dc the National Defeaae of the United States wlthia the au1DI ot the Eaplou.ce Laws, UNCLASS IF I EO Title 18, lEe, Sees. '/93 find 794, the tranabl'lion or revelatlnn c! wbJcb ir. any Ci$\hJIOT t.o ail uneuthor- lzed persoo 1a prob1b1 ted by 1 ... fl L'-P O R T' llO. suaJICT UFO Report ... I AW A FR 200 ... 2 DATC or RtPORT Ill. November" I 961 '"'~o I 5 October 1961 DATKACQ. Kirtland AFB,NMex-25 Oct 6 1 EVALUATION Flying Safety Division,KAFB,NMex N Las Vegas , New Mexico ,.,U: .. AIUO BY Ma ioc v. i r:g i I e. HaIL ~. Description of the Object I. Round in shape and at one point appeared to be top shaped. 2. Size compared to star Venus . 3. Amber in color. 7. None visible . 8 . No sound heard. 9. Object appeared to revolve . Description of course of Objec t I. Private citizen called via telephone. 2. About 240 or 235 degrees azimuth e levation about 40 degrees above the borizon. 3. About 240 or 235 degrees and disappeared behind the h orizon. 4. Path flight of object WSW " no ma neuvers apparent. 5. Object disappeared behind the horizo n as in comparison to the 6. Approximately 8 minutes. Manner of Observation I. Ground visual. 2. Binoculars. Naked eye. D. Time and Date of Sighting UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION BY HQ UIA,. P.EP'OAT N() 6 I PAGE 2 ~>F' PAOO 2 UNCLASSIFIED P'AOM K i rt I and A FB, N ' E. At t h e Las Vegas Airport 6 mi I es NF-of-the to\H"' o f Las Vcna ~r NMcx F. Identifying Information on Obs<"rver I a Civilian las Vegas, NMex Home Address: 0 upation: G. Weather and Winds w Aloft Conditions~at time and place of s i ghtinns I . Wx c lear visibility more than 15.