PR~ .. ECT 10073 R!'::CORD C~PO 12. COII~LUSJON~ k:. C fh)LJP 2. LOCArJON 4 . TYPl: OF 03St.RVATION 0 Grovn d Vi :;u a l u Crovnd R":Jdor C Air-Y 'val 0 Airl nt,.rco p t Radar Wos Ball,on Pro ho'>lt I) oiiJo n 0 Was Aro:ral t 0 Pro!:tahly Airo:r aft 0 P o s "' bl y Atrcroft O< Wos A::otronoml C':JI ' ..! l c () r 0 Probohl y Astror.omio:ol 1 t 0 Possthly A,tronomical OthiJr ----7. LElii~-H OF 0 3SERVATION a. NUMBER OF OSJc CTS 9. COURSe 0 lnsufftctont Octo for (volvotion U nl<nowro tc. SR I ; s SUMMARY OF SIGHTI NG 11. COI~MENTS 0'J..J :::\!Hv i n ov~r C..!'/""l ~t UP!>ar0ntly l ' t1Cl 0 d 'll t i[ll0 rpts. )l0tt6h to tr;p ol Ellr.JI:a Ttah. l'Ccov-::.q .. by Col FL c ity !-;l.cl~t Thuru ;tl.E only th.1 o.w o'Jj~,;< t. '! One obJoct Nas all I s-w. W,;r J th.Jro a:1y discy~:nibl.) foatq.~,es ::.uch \~; J'l)U i.nd 01 tl~Hl!lC.i aitcra:t--win.; Sdctiou , tail~ . '? NJtiativ_. I saw o nly a sl,..:tld~r oojvct. I do1't l:now Hhat. tho shnpo ,tts. I t was only a slender object. Did t~t.3ce appear to be auy t.ai 1, trai 1 Neri.:'..~ivo. The!'c was t'O v:<haH.;;t, no tr .... il foll,).vin~ aft.eJ' it.. I t ~&lS clearly defined. I saw .it fc1r a ll"riod of l!taylJ~ on~ to two s~conds. ~h~rd any sound1 ~2rv was no sound to the b~ >t of o u .. ~nu:llodf{c. Tile a t 'ctaft o.f ~ou s~, i s noisy. We all had h~aJ ;...: ... , o.1., But :;a heard no dCl tnd ~ccoMpanyin~ the glow. 1Vas there any shock wave? \fe fe 1 t no shoe:-"lave o Th~ n.ir ,,.,.as ~mooth attd calM and the alrcr~!t rP in9d sue~. W~ro the1e nuy other pertittent or ltnusual icatttres? No~ that I recall. At!..:. th~ thing that first callvd you attentio n to the objec-t it solf s the intensa l i ght almost directly ovcrh0ad? Th1t i s affirmative. Nc, , when you observed the oojcct it~Jlf, ~ould you give aoy l~ln; o~ the angle or elevatio11? t can only give ~h~ o levatior1 ir1 t e1rns of the aircraft attitude :.'.nd t~1t which I snw .:..t .. Th~ obj.)ct, ,;hen I first spoi:tt-d it., w .1s l o,ver :~nn tho aircraft and it looke d like it was at an O.ntile npprox1~ately 1 0 to 20 dagrees ftnm the vo1tical o1 7 0 to 80 dc~roes rrotrl c~a horizontal~ And 1ha t was the azimuth tho hoar i ng, from the aircraft'/ Th3 bearing from the aiecraft would be appt'oximatt)ly 65 to 75 d0gtoe~ from tho nose of the aircraft. I b e llove the nose of t h e aircraft was then about 130 t o 1;0 magnetic heading, somewhere in A~d i t \lOS approxi~ately the sa~e an~le elevation, azlmutil at t~e ti:.le it dlsappe~red? l'lt~ c L:. corrvc t . ..1. t the tim~ that it !J3ssed 1 ro:n my sight, ... d.ghct 1.: .J1.sappeared or the aircra.ft got in tmway of it. I don' t :-: :;v ;ha t happened t o it. lio.::d y~: describe the flight pnth~ 1'h"' :~-?.lt path of the object w:'l.s approxi .. ~tdl,, fro .. , thd ,.;tay our '1irc:-aft wns t urning--the l.!.ght ~ourc.:-,:1s ori;~i.nlly hi.dde' tro.n u~ :tnd thJn whvn I saw it, it was off to tho lt:ft of us .. I \'lo 1ld sny th11 fli~;ht path oJ th~ object 'V<)tlld b.J f...oa the: ,.;oqth;;..,J.;I" to o. nort~nast di.r<:ction4 '.fh obj')ct, then, dlstp') tred on tho ~amr::-sL1.nt (?)? Tn t :. l ; corru~ t . 'ncl in w:ttt mannor r!id 11. diS..J.l)f!0Ur :-;uciJ>Hly, iadlr, out:, oc ... . ? r lon' t !<:tow. To me it . .:ns ,ju:;t 'lll ,)f .1 ~.;Ltd(}Jn not U.1e.n'. Sn .:. I turt ... d io c!wck rh: ain; aft a . .; w~ll ns to watt:h. it l d I cJ., 1' t kno.l/ vh'lt !t'tppeneJ to l t. f 'rh'lt-'~ th, :r:d.0 o.f turn ol:' t:hc 'lt:raft IJ.H.l.J it d ls'lpp . .:.\r [ro.n .->i..,ht., 1 dr>tt't knn .. Were you i n a posl tion "there you could watch the ground? I could not w~ tch the ground im.ned ia toly under me bec4l.use th~ aircraft was still in about a 23 deg1e~ ban~. I could see tl1J zround to the loft of me. Howev e r , cve~.y thing was black by thon auu I couldn't dh;tin guis h unloss there wer e lights on the gt'ound (?) by this tlme. Then, th0re was oo indication of an explosion or any more li~ht when the obJ~ct hit the g r ound? No, I look d d be h ind me and t o the bost of my knowledge, there was no such explosion or any indication that lt did hit the g-round, discern~ble to me. You ~entioned that a t the ti1ne you saw this object that it mutit have bee~ l owar than the surrounding mountains. Aud tnat the o b j ect was between you and t he mountains? The1e w~s a moon and we could see the black sh~pe of the moun- cains arou~d us and the object was lower than t h e mountains to the E of our posi tion. Ft'om =he time the illumination began until the ~1me the obj~ct disappea~ed, could you estimate the time. Wo es:imated the tine to be a rninimum of 10 beco nds. We did this bec~use ~e had be::er than DO degrees to turn and we had st~rted :o tut"n. We had turned approximately 30 degrees when it started co get light a~d during this time we turned a minimum of nnot r 30 degre~s. Th e aircraft was making close t o a standard ratP of turn, perhaps a :ittle bit less or a little bit more, I don' c k~ov; but anyway, 11e turned about ,l minimum of 30 degrth:)S dur:.:1g t:tis time and at 3 degrees p e r second we estimate that it lasted abou t 1 0 seconds or longer. With regard to the object itself, how long would that have been I saw the object for not more than two seconds, I think. This i s v ery diffi cult to estimate the time, but I don' t think that i t was more than two seconds. It was moving rapidly, comparable to a shooting star. Would you give the type and number of your air craft? We were flying a C-119 aircraft. Our tail numbers 538093 and our call sign for the night was ' 'drunl< 33. There .;ere five p ersons aboat"d i~c:~d1ng myself . Ar1d the al:it ude was 8500 feet? That ~s a~firmativ~ .-\nd th: :.:;\ding prio.: co t he turn ~nd huad ing of the n~w course? z! pp r o ;<l1ately 06J degrees loa h eading o f 165 deg reeso And the speed was 170. And hotne ~tatlon is Hill AFB? That is nfiitmative. I n r o~al'J to lhe date of 18 1\pril, tho Zulu tim.= wo11ld have be~n ? Loc :t l L lllld '? ;~o 19 hour" I u .1e ~an!tl:o light condition..;), i t woulu havJ l>e-;:n .u~.!ht ~lt.w? tt . ,,1_.; nir~ht timeo 'I'ncrc i!. practically 1. full moon out to, . . q;hl.. Th.::-\~ w~r.3 no clouds <.I ilec t l y a hove us. r~ it :Jn3;;J.blo to estimale {;Oiling vlslb.:.lit.y at. ntght'? 'fll0l'a ~ns no ceilin~ above us. Visibility was very good. {;O'tld se~ 30 o r 4 0 t:ti les without any tt'ouble. There w~re no o crLlC~-~ns to visibility at OLtr flight lovdl. "011, ;.;: the time of the sighting , \/ould you, agcia, descrLbe your location WJ.th regard to g1ound objocts. ,va ;-9ce npproxi:nately two :niles Wo~t of Lo.t Van, Utah. There i.: n road r~nning from L~ Vnn, wast. It mak~3 u 90 dn~ree left tutn to a soJ.harly l1eading. W9 wer8 just short of that bend when we 11nJd o turn. g !e r olled out, probably, right over the hi~hway Nhen ga finally establish~d on n l1eadlng of 165 degrees. Wh~: i s your age, S1r? Yotl ~:_ a regular in the )ir Fore~? J~1.t!v~, I arn a re3ervist. Iiow .:tuch regular :tnd reservist t..Lmt) do you llava? 1 was cotnmissioned in August 1954. l served three yeat's on active uuty and I have been flying witl1 the reservists since 1958. I !1ava ~bout 2300 hours flying tin1e. ,\nd :our ci v .i 1 ian o.:~ t!p:l. t ion? I ~n ar. attorney ac :aw. /ou ~entioned other crewmen. :\:11 also dttty station. me th9ir rank, nJ.tn\:1 Lt L 30n was the navigator i11 the navigator' s seat. Sgt Stonquist w.t.5 th-a ,..rew chief io t:1e j ump sent. Airman Jat,;obs was the studan t crew chl~t in the crew chief position . All ata members of tl1e 733 T~oop Ca-rier Squadron stationed at Hill. Did thay all witness tha objoct? I was the only individual who s1w the objoct i tsel.fo ov~rybody in the aircraft saw the intensity ol the light. I thi that will b~ all for the purpose of the recording. Thnn~ you vory mucho nash, Boom Over Utah Fireball Lights Skies In Te n States Th<' hu,.:~> "b.1ll ot" f1rc" '' hich fl:lshrd nero~,. t hr W '!olt'n F S bet ween n: 15 anrl 8.19 p.m on lfl April 1!)62 was s o hr illi<.nt that 1t tri~t:crrd the pholo- rlcctric s~n~d l ighting ~yslrrn in Eureka, flt:~ll. Tlw ohjt>ct was tr:~vt>ling from ''asl to Wt''i~. J\ I I :.LrN~ I igh ts turn eel off , n i':urrlw ns I h!' rhJrc: J>a!o~Cd ove r. 1\Uiho rilit>s Lhou:.:ht 'hl' firch:~ll cno;hcrl about l(i tnJl\!:. :.''"'1' of lh~.: :.mnll town. He:;idenls !inw n " bl ue flash'' and henrd a "rumbling" o ff in the clis lnnce immed- i:~te!y ;,Cter the sighlin~. Salt Lake , lty ohMrvers s:~id the light of I he ''melc:or " \\:1.-,,s "bright as day." It W<h see n in ld ahr l\luntana, Orr~on, New ;\lexkll. Wyom;n. , Arizon .... Nevada, K ansc.s .nd Ut:~h Ar. FAA o,pokesrnan at Salt Laki! City ~:11d tht> object van- hh<>d f"<'' ::;outhwt>st>rn lll:~h aht>ut 35 nt i les nr-r t hcast o f Della. fc nlso saicl :drcraf~ Jnd ground ob'"' \'t'rs in the . \,;n.v~h not df'finite'y ro;tablis hetl, mar. J: Pctcr~;on F ield (Colorado Sp:m " Coio. j we~: of P1kr''\ i'(.':tk, may have bNn rnnnt-c 1ed \\ilh the sighlin~. Th!>. l i;;ht was Olhtructcd hv t he moun ,.-.rcc officr rs from Hill AF~ at ()~;den. I :,h, <tll(.'\liun(.'tJ !>hN:J')h t!rcJer s ,,, the htli" "ltlh of Eureka. Utah, who o r f:t:l ~'ka ... aiel 1t 1r:.L lt>kt'd hkc :t ''pulll.nr:; with it:. 1:111 on f1re-, ~01ns; c<~st to \H~t in "l>nrl of JCrks " He ~:till it ~uddcnly C''<plnded into a "o;odium bluewh1te light brighter t hnn day" and the n Cllnlln ul'cl o n , lookinr, l1ke a va;>or traii f rom a j et. lit <'~tmntcd i t WJS 8 t n 10 ~er'>ndo; bdn r c the !olltmd bcc:tme and ihlc, suunrl ins; 11 ke c:~ nnons finns: ltl the diSI:IIICt' l\Jn,.,t Oh~f'TV('o ' object wnc; tr:~v " ,. " est to f':l'l. The thous,!ht !oC'Curs th:~t tlli::; ohj<'c t \\'a~ a pcrfrct highallllucle flare-illum- i nal ing most or :t two!ol.l c ::m::t to a p oint t1C daylight brighiJtC'-S l L 1.0 hap p r ns that the two ~l:1tPs rrcri\Jn~ moo;t l)f th ~ light were Utnh anrl 1\:rv trl:t, both loc:~tions o f U. S. i\llc;sile :tnt! nuclr:~r test sites. ' " "~t:-ea.etdoue tla!!U:lli::: IJli'(,Tf! " 'fl\Joh f-led tcro"Se ~ov:tCJ& ~ld.o. ..be "Ut'> l'l:.f.i C C 'C"59J 'liaS U~O ac~:t i11 81lY0:"1ll , !! .Ur ?.,re tt.&t.ett t~ ~ tr_. ob 1ot. 1 ~Ned :naa.r !}11"ek:tl, UtAh. A s,okuaJl tor ul"'~.ca ...,.~ knoc:jcafl out ~y ulll:J nt-ptCft. -4:-lls:- .,o~ .!'i!,.~T.or' I'll. ~liia ."l.il" ..,Tee oaJe r..ad been seruab l ed ~ a r l t. o f tr~ ?''ti.t.r l! ~'t!:l;;s. Cn April la, l 962 ~he Air Force Defense Oowr~and ues puzz led by ~n ~3ri~l objec~ t e xploded d seened t o be ~ meteor, but h o.d the U.."'lique distir..~"';ion of b e ing tro.ckcd by rad?.r 70 mile s nort'h:-rsst of Lt'.S 'Vcge.s, Ne vn.d?., ns nel l ?.s chf'.Bed b y jets, b e f or e it expioded in lJeve.::le. i n e blind i n g f lash. ! n Air Force Defenoe .. 1o..r..~ r..l ert reported the obj e c t t7r .. s tracked a.nd tr[l.c0d over Uen York, KanS['..S' Ute..h, Idaho' I.Lontp...ne., HCTI ucxico' -.fyOl:lillg' Arizon a ~nj O~lifor~i~, so t h a t i t t s l i ght covered el~ost as nuch e ree es that crented b y the big hydrogen space bomb test held l a t e r in the P?.cific hundreC.S o f oile s hi~h .. ~d .::-ea~'!,IJ :u:plos~ve 1Cl.ll'lt.l9, ';rt\S vOSte::"'red .!.::1 v~ ':~er:l ::ar'~ OJ: ~!le , '11.denti.. ~ed. t"l;r.n~ cb.Jee-&.s ~'"'"Ogram o.d e j s;ns ~he :-eS"pons J.b 11 i ty ror "... tillg a1.gnt1ngs ~o ~!le ~at air f'=rce c tl.3c. ::>. :ouplanc e ~t...ed. J:;:~ l } :~prti l?t)2 l:laident. (,\ttac.:It:1!l1~ .tl) . . _,.:-::.a 1 -~eno:ena :?r"'....g::"SSIIn t o ':Jeftiber:J of ~i:.e Sousa '\:':ned J.:!rr:!.~s ..'"'tcm~-:-:ee, .=ou..se 3c:.c!lce 'nd \.:r.;rcw~ics ~cmni-:tee .l::.d c.:.\., 'ir . {oc~IJ - ..:Jl:l.rC .z .:;~ ::Icu.se .,~d Je.rrices CQ:lm:ittee ::rt~"'ted !:;.=:at .:. lle t o ';be .::lO\lld conduct the ' !::'ffl2ltiga-cian or ~!los'! ~a.s~ rhic.h 61V9 l:J..-lication ot' ... 'l'V'ing ilig%1 :lntell.4;ence 'llld/or .Jcienti!'ic Jtr.;cm~al, .J.nd .:ll:Jo ~!lose 'i!l!CA .:av e .lll um1sua l .amoum; of ;.-ublic .!...n'ce:res-c. :~. ~ bas .Jade ~veral .tollOV-'lJ?S on !rl.3 =ec~ceo:cicn . .Uld ~"l':!J ~:u .!.:1 =!V'er'f instance '~1icated ccmolisnce. !.. ~ :1ote contained .ln :;Sr !I.e of -'R ~-~, :!J. ~ember !959, ... ?el1.s C\.."'1'; a ~3i~n& for .?.!.'D r.o c:onduc"C additiotS.l. i:lveatig3.tion t1en ~t :.S det:e:Erl'Oed t .:ld.d.1-:1onsJ '!m"or::Btion !s ~ ~o ) .:-,;:).~ ::nmoer or :"e'SlOr~a -:;;enersted "Jy .l3 \:?ril .l~ .Ji;;hting, P..:td ;+.:;utoc=aots DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FvRCE Pl.. liCe II REPORT UO . OAT: OF Rf"rO:-l r NO. OF PACF.S RCFI"iRFIICIC .. -r.JlW f ~ld-n:: illu1in~t:~n pga:c=d oter C'~tr1l C'1lifo.rni'l,