a. DATITIMI OltOU' PROJICT 1GG73 RICORD CARD I. LOCATION 12. CONCLUIIONI D Wea lelleen D Pre~e~lr l.aln a -Alrereft mx Aa.,.nenlel Meteor a Ye a Pro~W, At .. nenllcal l.aMGTH 0 I'll ,. vn D lneufflcient Date lor Evaluation D UnlutoWft 0' SIGHTING Hi. bee~ Belic~erl to b e a s h ooti 11g star h .. m i l it.nrv ~: (;ivil f\ir P'ltrol Ltr, Hq 325 Ftr Wg (FWCIO), 14 Nov 1962, Release of Info on UFOs lat Ind (2SCIO-C/5237) Hq 25 Air Div (SAGE), McChord AFB, Wash TO: ADC (ADCIO-C) Forwarded for your inforn1ation and appropriate action. FOR THE COMMANDER CHARLES E. K,~I\J E 2 Atch n/c 325 Ftr Wg (FWCIO) 2d Ind (ADCI0-3) Hq ADC Ent AFB Colo TO: Secretary of the Air Force (SAFOI-3~ Wash 25 DC In accordance with paragraph 8~ AFR 200-2, Subject: Unidentified Flying Objects, the attached correspondence is forwarded for your action. FOR THE COMMANDER KATHLEEN M. BERRY .~ Lt. Colonel, USAF Executive Officer Directorate of Information 2 Atch n/c MIAOIUAITIRI D API _. 325TH PIGMTIR WIMG CAll DIP) UMtTIO ITATII A\1 POICI MCCMCMD AU' ~o .. ca 8AI WAIMtNe ~OM nclcase of InformE~.tion on UFOs 25 Ai r Div (25CIO) 1. In accordance vi th pa.r 7, fu.~ 200-2, 2 0 Jul 62, the atte.ched correspondence is fo~;arded for info1~ntion and action. 2. On the night of 23 July 1962 a numbe r o f calls vrcre rccei ved from civilian sources reporting o. "light e d objectt: in the vicinity of Bremerton, llash. Soon after these calls "trere received from these civilian sources, a :pilot of a NcChord aircraft uho had just landed at IIcChord e.lso reported o.n object in the vicinity o:~ Br~erton. This pilot, considered an experienced obDcrver, reported that the o~ject unquestionably in his nd nd vus a shooting star. Additionally, a Civil Air Patrol pilot wus reported to h ave contacted civil flight officials about an object sighted in the same vicinity at the same time and h e also thot\1ht tho.t it "t-Tns a shooting star. 3. In view of the above no :further investigation 1ras made, nor ,.,as report subni tted in accor d.a.nce vi th AFR 200- 2 . !~. As for reference to the article in the Seattle Times our records do not reveal any such story and a check 'vi th the Seattle Times information desk P~"'ld mor.gue CO:nf'ims that no specific reference to UFOs and 11cChord jets has been published in that paper during the past year. FOR THE COHlviAiiiJ~ ROGER L. CAPPEL 2dlt, USAF ,..s,t Ac 11in Off1ctr DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE O F THE SECRETARY ~1E~10RANDlJM Dear Cathy: A check with the Seattle T~es infox1nation desk and morgue confir:ns that no specific reference to UFOs and Air Force jets had been published in that paper during the past year. The latest Department of Defense Fact Sheet concern1n UFOs is for~arded for your information. Sincerely, ~-/II,I.IAJII J. LOOKADOB Lt. Colonei, USAF Public Info~tion Div Office of Information In .r.~:~ha t rri -:h .3crnol no~anding Offic~r !.lcChord Air Pored ~ase 1VlcChord, \'las hington I am a soohomore at In~rah~m High School, and I extremely inter . .,stod tn unld~ntif1ed flyin~ ob}~cts ( rJFo). I h~tv~ talked with a fr!~nd on the subj-::ct whose oplnlon I baliev' and resp3ct. I have investigatad th~ subject through books and m~tgazina articles such ~s Flyi~5 Sauc 3 an1 the U. S . Ai~ Forca by Lawr~nce J. Tacker wr!tt3n In 1960, and The on Unid~ntlfied Flytn~ Ob ects by ~dw~rd J. Rupp~lt written in 1 So:ne or th~ s ~ n.r" written by persons in t,he a ""~1d set"Vices who persona lly have v1i tnessed these phenoAnenon. I recall readinB in t'lte Seattlo Times recently that jets from your bas . .; m:-:.dc these s ighti..nbs. I will ap,'Jrecia t~ your views or oninions a s to whether these lWO's could be inter- planetary vehicles trul y yours,