PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSION.) Was Balloon ;.;nityville . 0 P robably Balloon O.t.TETIM! GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon :0 Ground-Vi sua I D Ground-Radar D Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Air-Visuol D A i r-Intercept Roder 0 Possibly Ai rcrah Wos Astronomical D Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. CO URSE -B Insufficient Data for Evaluation 1 Ge n erally 10. B~IEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING of :.mityville, lf .Y. observed ~litnesse3 did :lOt n r ovide suffici ent t. .. hi~h <lppeared to hover, move -to ne,.r j nfo to allow a conclusion for a: great speed, h ov e r again be~ore dicappearin ~ Pos~ible tha~ thi s was a n intercepto~ Coje:~ was described as a light bright enough a/c wJth the a:terburner operating but Ito .ig.~t up clouds in area. \lhining noise vas length of t:U.1e ,;hich was indicated i n :l';trib'.lted to obj~ct as it d:.s:l.f.ipeared. Hi tn- ~ r~port woul~ have been too long nesses did not give time f or duration of a/c to have T0:7.9.i ned visible . ~ve::l but did indicate changir~ their position con s idera. ble distance .;hile 0 c c i.U'l' ing. Duration waG too loP..g for meteor . ATtC PO!'W 329 (REV 26 SBP 52) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFI C E OF THE S ECRETARY Mf.MORA!\:DLM Can you provide some information mn which to base a reply to this? Missile schedule revealed no shots on this night (Dec 14th). You might take a look at the interceptor (F-106) path out of Dover ,AFB (Del). They move in the pirection of Long Island ar:rl then proceed out to sea on an intercept US\8lly with AB on all the way. Sometimes there a boom folGoved b,y engine racket etc. H E AOQUART!':RS 2500TH AIR BASE WIMG UNITED STATitS ALR I'O R Cit MITCHEL 1\JR l'OR C E B ASE, N EW Y ORK Base Commander s uaJIECTl Report o.f Unknown Objec t Over Amityville, New York To Department of the Air Force Office of Informatio n Washington 25, D. C. The attached dated 19 December 1 961, from~ Amityville, New York, is forwarded for in_vestigation and direct r eply. WILLIAM I. Major, USAF WlLLIA~ J. KAY ' 1 elephonc ,<\Mityvlllt-SOIhll L'ecember 19 t h , 1')61 Report o f Unkn~;;n Obj~ct ov~r Amit.7.'Villc L I H."ljor Har.::mond, USAF 1. About 9 :30 PM F::i.day, Uecarober 15th, 1961, the three following ~p9e~red 8t my Hq., reporting sighting of unkno tm object over ft~ityville, rsp~red the enclosed map:- (~) , /Jr.it.yville, n amed boys 2 . T"ney reported ':.~::-t at tJb..,ut 10 : 1.5 p;1 t:,o nlcht of Thursday , Vecembar 14th , 1961, the three boys were ricir.g ln a c11r a t the Arni"(,yville !-bnicip~l :0Rthin BePch ~::- , j u s t h aving co~e fro::~ a te~!olhy ~-t-aetln.; in P_"i'\ityv_lle, \..hen noticed r. l :H'Je light in the s5.:y, ju:;t be,;on.:l n lC"'rJe b u i ldine , fornlt:rly t':'le Her3.ld Tribune ?r es:1 /lir FUnd C8mp, just to the wast of th~ nathin.; Beach on the wBterfr..-.nt 3 . I'oll01..-lng here-w-1:::1 finC. r':3pt1!'t r-ub;nltt~d b y I couldn't exp lPin i t eit~1er, so '.Je turned rlroun4 ttnd went t;~ Point observe it bette r . The just hov"irad in the nir O\' e r t~e :aay . At point C, it tr?.velled :'It =-~-c~ed Point 0 -it tr~velled fr0m X t o r a n from S to E. Here, ~ sound t :. ~ould cend R.n en~:rrill)US r~t,':: of speed . Y in n mbtter of only e few By the tim~ ve stO??ed c ~ov~red a t Y. Up AnJ COWO your bPC~. '~e we r e a t 0oject turned now end we s a w a perfectly sh~ped object {str~nge sound, ~i~il~r t 'J a b..igh whina P~'lC. a low whine, mounting in crescendo, in u:lison ) wi.a:.'h bright ~Y3 ~pJe2r~d ~t it'~ sides. ft~ it ente red t~e clouds, it turned ~<tremely bright, e~-:-t:;{h to litpt up t"le entire clo'.l~ P.re9. a r-.>und it. Wi t'-:!n a s~li '7. second, the t"1in.5 .:: 2 ;J;>es:.red he~ding south. Strange sounds continued :...ft.~r object ciisap9ear e d . S-:ln; stopped a short time 2..=-ter . " 4 . !::J.vestigat ion of these b.)y::; by my office , r-=;a~led t~ey a r e all highl7 ir:talli!l.ent y'J . .mg men , attsnd!.!'lg PJ:lityville High School. They !'I.Jve n~v~r ')efore been i;.::)1,ed i:1 tt=.y pr:mk in the Jillge. They ::Jro::~ .:J.ll of ~igh clA.sB CAliber , of cood c::<-.r::\c ter, co!!ling f r om fine ?-"rents . They firs t renort3d t:ti.s incident t o thi3i r :.;:_ <'1 Sc!'>.ool Te~cher, Hr . aen Kurlrm d , $J.nd he rJferro::~d th-:m to t.1Y offic~. I hav~ ll-::> r-:;~;:;:-n to d lsbel.Eve t !"\eir sto:::-y, flS t hey n r e n t the type t ) make things up. 5 . vih-::n t!le;.' r:=port-:d to Hq on ~c~.n1)1:}r 15th, 19&1 , t:tey 'here e nui9?arl wit:, ~ C"":.;;ra end a pai r of binocula!"s , s.nd wera dre~:3eu l n wr-r . 1 clothing . 'her stH.t~d t"uy x:;x 1:-.tc::n=ed to :,take oJt t:-:e "'.rea t'lgaio, t:. ht::"'tj fr-J.n