PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS ~ TYPE OP OISIRYATION Ocean Springs, Mississippi D Was Balloon Probably Balloon D Po sal bly Balloon Loco1 i Ground-VItuol C GrounciRoclar ~-'~ "' ~-D Air-Intercept Raclar .. rnuv 1. 0 Was Attronomlcal Wos Aircraft a Proltoltly Ahcroft D Possilly Aircraft D Yea D Probably Astronomical :a No civilian C Possibly Astronomical 7. LI!NOTH OP OII!RVATION lO minutes 1. NUMBIR Ofl OBJeCTS 9. COURSE o Other UNIDENTIFIED 0 Insufficient Data fof' Evoluotion one errat ~ u~ 10. IRIIP SUMMARY OP IIOHTINO D.tn~"!')nd shaped, somet"L"nes triangular in shape. Oo." 'lbSe'!"'ved perfor:ning L"ltricate m::ineuvers. ::~ =;Jund. I n i t i a l obs vatt.on at est.tmated ATIC PORM .129 (R&V 26 IKP 52) 11. COMMIHTS UNIDENTIFIED fiUATtVI HU1GNTY .J - .... Jllllll ATT!I OF: CCDPD DATA PROCESSING LJ, 'viS tuN CLIMATIC CENTER, u~'"'r Air Wtather Service ( t'v\ATS) Asheville, North Carol ina SUDJ:.OOT: Copies ~JBAN 31 - Keesler Vicinity TO; Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center Attn: Sgt. Hood7 tiright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. Reference: Your telephone call 0930 EST 2S Aug 1962. 2. \'le are sending photocopies or Adiabatic Charts ( 1BAN 31) tor soundings taken at Burn'IOod, Louisiana on 29 through 31 Jul.y' 1962. Burrwood is the closest station to Keesler AFB taking radiosonde observations. FOR THZ D~TO:t Captain, USAF Administrative Cfficer Photocopies ~ l 'llli:' e<Wiall"' 1\A S.(.A. INf 1UI tfUU MtAOQUA .. T"!1 ~EESLER TF.f.HNif.AL TRAINING f.ENTER rATf.) UNITED aTATia AI" ro .. CE KtBL.E" AU' ,.D .. CE 8A!IE. Mt!I!IISSIPFII ATTN 0,.: OP-S Report of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) TO: AFSC ( FTD) Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. The following information concerni rt of an unidentified c/o Ocean Springs flying object was reported by Mr. Seafood Co., Ocean Springs, ussissippi, paragraph 14, AFR 200-2, 20 July'I~62. telephone Reference a. Description of the object: (1) Shape -Diamond, mostly round, sometimes rectangular. (2) Size -Half dollar at arms length, the red painted nos~ of a T-29 (at approximately 1500 ft HSL, my estimate of the height of a T-29 flying over as I questioned . (3) Color -bright cherry red varying in intensity as it maneuvered. (~) Number -one. (5 ) Fo r nation -N/ A (6) Discernible Fe~tures - none. Tail, trail or exhaust - none ( 8) Sound - none. (9) Performed intricate maneuvers. b. Description of course of object: (1) While in bed the observer was called by his daughte age 9), and neice, (age 15) from their adjoining bedroom. while lying on her bed looking through a window observed a large red diamond-shaped object (estimated distance 2,000 ft) mavin~ slowly above the top of a tree measured 300 ft east of the house. first observed tree is 300 ft 10 above the horizon just above the house and 115 azimuth. (3) Object disappeared about s above the horizon at 65 very close by nnother tree. This tree was 600 ft from the house (4) Object '~as moving very slowly from right to left at tree top level and sometimes appeared to be stationary. It appeared to be quite large and cast a red glow. As it continued to move from right eft, starting and stopping, increasing and decreasin~ in intensity, bserved that it \~as now round and as there \-.ras no sound she became a atmed and called to her cousin to look at the stran~e helicopter. She thought it must be a helicopt it would stop perfectly still every little bit. saw a large round red object when she looked thru the open bedroom w Seeing the strange object and hearing no sound she also became alarmed and called to her uncle, , in the adjoining bedroom to look at the strange object. At this time the object began to make half loops very fast as it continued to move from right to left. It would go straight up move over a degree or so and come straight down to the same level that it had started, then repeat this many times. Then it began make square movements, moving from right to left. It would go straight up, stop for an instant, move left level, then stop for an instant, then go straight down to the same level that it began, stop just for a split second and then ~o left level and pause, then straight up again. It was moving in a ~quare wave pattern. After moving 20 to 25 in azimuth it reversed and made the same square movement back to the starting point. It would go up, across, and down, in less than a second. As it accelerated ~nd decelerated it ,..,ou ld increase and de- crease in brightness and change direction 90. After returning to approxi- mately the starting point it paused, then moved very fast level fro~ 100 azimuth to 95 azimuth then back to 100 azimuth then back to 95 azimuth, th~n pauseJ, all within one second. After this flash hack and forth it continued to ~ove to the left making square wave movements then reversing and repeating stayin~ between ~o and 15 above the horizon. At this titne it passed behind a pine tree, measured 600' from the house, and the red object could be seen thru the top of the tree. Since beginning the fast naneuvering, nd his '"ife, had also watched the object. tl1at the object rectangular to him but tilted away His wife said it \ias a big round red light to her. (5) When the object, moving to the left, came out from behind the tree it was lower on the horizon and suddenly just went out or dis- appeared as they became aware of the sound of engines of an airliner approaching from the west, which then passed overhead and droned on to the east. Before the sound of the engines faded a jet passed overhead from east to west. The object did not reappear. (6) The object was visible for about ten minutes. c. ~lanner of observation: {1) Ground -visual, thru open \"indo\-1 windo\'1 t;lass, and thru screen w1re. {2) Binoculars were used by almost on end) object just became tile (rcctan~ular 1stinct anJ briul1tcr. (3) Observation was made from the ground. d. Time and date of sighting: (2) Light condition -night, some stars visible. e. Location of observers: 3027' N 88 Sl'W or four NM northeast of Keesler AFB, ft from abandoned private sod airstrip. f. Identifying information on observers: (1) Civilia age 35; daugh e age 9; Neice age Mailing address -Springs Seafood ean Springs, Miss. Occupation - Salesman and truck driver. Reliability -All members of the family are very sincere, anxious for an explanat1on, and reliable in the .eyes of neighbors as far as 1 can determine. They Nere a\.,rake at this hour because they had just returned from local church activities. g. Weather and winds-aloft condition at time and place of sightings: (1) Observers account -stars shining, very light t-.rind. (2) Report of winds from St:1 ~.:eather Detachment, }(eesler AFB, (a) Surface wind calm. (b) Winds aloft light and variable, calm. (3) Ceiling - none. (4) Visibility -12 miles. (5) Amount of cloud cover -8,000 scattered, high thin overcast. (6) ~o thunderstorms. (7) Temperature gradiant -2 c per 1,000 ft, 28 c at the surface to o c at 14,000 ft. i., None No air traffic at Keesler AFB or Gulfport ~unicipal hours before sighting until the next morning. airport from k. Prepared by Capt Charles o. \~illiams 47026A, instructor in the SAGE, Weapons Controller Course, OBR1741B. I measured the distance to the trees mentioned and measured the angle of elevation to the top of the trees and the degrees in azimuth to the trees by compass. I asked Mr. he had seen anything like this before. He said: "Approxi- mately years ago my wife, 'nd I saw an orange object pass at a tremendous speed moving from to south; and about February 1962 I saw two objects that looked like two moons side by side. I stopped the truck I was driving and observed them for approximltely 30 seconds until they disappeared. This happened about 130 miles north of Biloxi, ~fiss." I have not been able to determine any possible cause for this sighting. The moon had not yet risen. There were no baloons, search lights, or fireworks. There '~ere no aircraft. There were no temperature inversions. FOR TilE CO~f-!A.~DER LESTER BRIDGES I LtCol, USAF Chief, Operations Services Div