PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon October 1962 Farmington a Utah 0 Probably Balloon OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon ~Ground Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wa s Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ai,.Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircr aft PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Wos Astronami c ol 0 Probobl y Astrc.nomi col XX No Civilian Possibly Astronomical LENGT H OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Other IJN1DENTIEIED 0 lnsufficier'll Doto for Evoluotion 20 seconds !IX Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Duck h unter heard sound lik e UNIDENTIFIED duck s and observed a in diameter approach- the West at speed of jet What appeared grey or silver cobwebbing with two knots b ehind object. After object swerved accelerated to a tremendous disappeared in 1 - 2 seconds. \TtC PORM 329 (fUW 7 6 SP.P 52) I.NTSLf.TGSJCE REPORT UNClASSIFIED lieu of AF Form ll2A, INTELLIGENCE REPJRT not available OEP:A.RT.MENT Of. THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGe BRANCI-' p v c_C-r~;,-I N C 0 M I N G JNClA\StnEO Mf~\A(";o ACTION: CIN-17 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, DIA-10, DIA-CIIC-3 DE R UW H}{. 73E FM HD.L AFB ur A H TO RI.J.NGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUW HSB/ ~ F HAM n.. TON AFB CAL IF R UCDSQIAFSC W PAFB OHIO R LIE A HQI HQS USAF Page 1 of' 3 :~ RUEA HQI SEC AIR F~ CE UNQ.AS 0088-70030. F~ FTD, AFCIN, SAFOI. <U> UFO. REFERENCE 200-2/ COMR..ETE. INFOOMATION ACQUIRED 0336Z 25 DET 1404 OSI FROM SALT LAKE OFF ICE FBI. BEL OM NAME~,...:. ocr 62 BY HAFB UTAH, VIA EVALUATION B-2. SOURCES SLAT LAKE CITY lffAH. AT 2300Z 23 Ocr 62 OBSERVrR WAS DUCK HUm'ING FARMINGTON BAY RErUGE ( 112 DEG 0 MIN WEST, 40 DEG 59 MIN NORTH) W } HE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A FLOCK OF DUCKS COMING OVER HIS POST ION. NOT ICED A GR.~YAND S..IVER ROUND BALL 3 FEET INDIAMETER APffiOACHING FROM THE WE Sf AT A PFR OX !MATE SPEED OF JET AIR ffiAFT. OBJECT WAS TAILING WHAT .~?FEARED T 0 8 GRAY OR S ll. VER T JI INE OR COBWEBS !NG WITH TWO DEPARTMENT Gf-THE AIR FORCC '\TAFF MESSAGE Bi<ANCI-' Page 3 o f 3 PAGE THREE R UW Hli... 73 E S..AT LAKE CITY UTAH. DRIVER 'rELLa.J CAB CO SALT LAKE TRANSPORTATION LA KE C IT Y, UTA H. A G 52 M MATURE, STAaE FRSON. 14G (1) -n ... E PAR S T 0 BE WEATHER VfAS CLEAR WITH NO a. OUD S VIS !ABLE IN AREA, VERY LITTLE SURFACE WIND. 14G (2) WEATHER DET HAFB UTAH REPORTED CONDITONS AT 23002 AS -1 KNOfS SURFACE WIID NCRTH, 6 KNOTS WIND AT 350 DEG AT 6000 FT, 7 KNOTS WIND FRCl1 030DEG AT 10,000 FT, 25 KNOTS WIND FROM 320 DEG AT 16,000 FT, 25 KNOfS WIND FROr1 340 DEG AT 20,000 FT. 20 KKNOTS WIND FROM 320 DEG AT 30,000 FT, 30 KNOTS WIN:> FROM 300 DEGAT 50,000 FT, NO INFORf1ATION AVAll.ABLE ABOVE 50,000 FT. 14 G (3) Ur-LIMITED. 14G (4) 30 MILES. 14G (5) NONE .. 14G (6)NOt. 14G<7> 63 DEG, DEWPOINT 36. 14H NONE. 14I NONE ATTEMPfED. 14 J NO AIR TRAFFIC I N AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR SIGHr ING. US WEATHER BUREAU RELEASED BALLOONS AT 17 002 AND 23 00Z, 23 OCT 62 ca BALL CONS WERE TRACKED SOUTH AND WEST OVER BINGHAM, UTAH SO WOULD NT ACCOUNT FOR SIGHriNG. 14K Tl PREPARING OFFICER IS A SECLDi ITY SPECIALIST GS7 SEC & LAW ENFORCEMENT DIV, HILL AFB liT. ffiEL IM IN AR Y ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT OVERVER INTERVIEWED WAS AL OG !CAL MT URE PER SON AND WAS CONVINCED HE OBSERVED SOME TANGIBLE OBJECT, Nor IDENTIFIABLE AS CONVENTIONAL TYPE AIRCRAFT. NO UNUSUAL METEORQOGICAL CH A5rRONOMICAL CONDTION WERE PRESENT WHICH WOULD FURNISH EXPLANATION FOR SIGHI'ING. NO MISSILE TST FIRINGS ARE CO~UCTED IN IMMEDIATE AREA. WITH COMPLETION OF INITIAL RE PffiT NO EXPl..A NAT ION DE VEL OPED FOR T J OBJECT. NO FURT lR ACT ION CONI'EMA..ATED THIS SfAT ION UNLESS FOLL0\1/ UP REPORT REQUESTED BT NOTE: AJJV CY TO DIA. DEPARTMENT OF fHE AIR FORCE 52 }sTAFF MESSAGE BRAN( I-' lJNCIA~SIJifD " ""' Pa g e 2 o.f 3 INCOMI N G PAGE TW 0 R U11 HHI.. 73E KNOTS TRAILING BE Hit'D T } OBJECT. AFTER PASSING OVER OBJECT SWERVED TO SOUTHEAST At'D ACCELERATED TO A TREMENDOUS SPEED..,AND DISAPPEARED IN ONE-TWO SECONDS. OBJECT VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATE 20 SECONDS. 14ACD ROUr.D BALL. 14A (2) 3 FT DIAMETER. liJ AC3) GRAY & SILVER. 14A (4) ONE. 14A (5) NONE. 14A(6) NONE. lLJA (7) TRAILING SILVER WIRE CR COBWEBBING NO EXHAUST OR HEAT WAVES. 14A C8) RUSHINGO AIR PASI' OBJECT SIMIL AR TO SOUND OF D UCKS WINGS. 14A C9) NO~ OBSERVED; 148 <D SOUND OF RUSHING AIR AS IT APPROACJD OBSERVERS POSITON. 148(2) WHEN OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED IT WAS APFROACHING AT ALTITUDE OF BETWEEN 2000 IT AND 3 0 0 0FT FROM 270 DEG. AFTER PASING OVER OBSERVERS POSITON SWERVED TO 110 DEG CLIMBED our AT 45 DEG ANGLE At-D DISAPPEARED. 148(3) SAt1E AS 148(2). 148 (4) TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELy 2000 ITO TO 3000 FT ABOVE I GROUND IN LEVEL FL IGHr T JN SNERVED 2 0 DEG TO RIGHT THEN CLIMBED AT 45 DEG ANGLE AND DIASAPPARED. FLIGHT PATH FROM WEST TO SOUTH EAST. 148 (5) OBJECT a.. IMBED !NT 0 SKY AID D ISASSEPARED IN T } D !STANCE. 148 (6) APffiOXIMATEL Y 20 SEONCDS. 14C (1) NAKED EYE. 14C (2) NONE. MILE WEsr OF US HIGH\tiA Y 91 FARMINGTON, UTAH 112 DEG 0 MINS WEST 40 DEG 59 MINS NORTH. 14F MR DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WARNING: Tbis material contains information affecting the National Defense o! the United States within the 11eanina o! the Espionage Laws, couNTRY United States of America (Cl~Usi/it:ation) I UNCLASSll'IED REPORT NO, Title 18, tl5C, See& 193 and 794, the transmission or revelation o! which in any manner to an unauthor !zed person i s probibi ted by law. oAT o" RI!PORT 30 October 1962' SUBJECT (U) OFO NO, OF PAGES REFERENcEs AFR 200-2/ Co 1et.e ;v / -r Salt lake City, Utah 25 OctObel--'1962 EVAL.UATION :a-2 FROM Sec & Law Enforcement souRcE Source belowiiaraed PREPAAED ev Geor~e Takos u ....... ., .\t 2300Z hours on 23 October 1962 observer was duck hunting in Farmington Bay Ref'uge.Area (1120~ 0 minutes~ west, 40 59 minutes north) when he heard what sounded like a flock of ducks coming over his position. Noticed a gray and silver round ball 3 feet in diameter app~ach~g f'romithe west at approximate speed of jet aircraft. Object was trailing what appeared to be gray or silver twine or cobwebbing with two knots trailing behind "ob~ect~ Attir passing over, objeot swerved to.:. southeast and acce1era ted to a tremandous;speed and~disappeared ilione ~:~tWo seconds -'Object was visible tor;~ .. 2 . . ~t 14002 hours,-.25-.0ctober 1962~ a sehurity special j s t Security and Law Enforc Division Hill .. -Utab, corv'~cted at his residence. reported that at .?JOOZ hours,. 23 October 1962, pe -was -duck hunting in the Fannington Bay Refuge when he heard what sounded like a flock of ducks coming over his posi tior1. Hhen .1:: lOoked wes~ fro~ his b~ he )z:oticed -~ gray and .silva~ round ball 3 feet in diameter approaching him from the west at approximately t."le speed. o.f a jet air-_ craft. The object was trailing what appeared to be a gray o r silver t-;-1ine or cob"llabbing with two knots trailing behind the object. The object after passing ove r the blind swerved to the south east and accelerated to a tremendous speed and disappeared within 1 c:>r 2 seconds. Object was visible for approx:ima tely 20 seconds. The following infOrmation and answeri :'tc)-~estions fs prefaced by paragrapli Jnumber of i terns of iii:fbrmatiortre~eS.tea ill"' paragraph '14; AFR too-2;'- dated.:2o J~ 1962;:;~.orow ;AS.:f _--o ~. -.;: 14a(J)"-COlor'::' Gray-and silver. Number -One. lormation -None. Discernible Features -None. Tail -Trailing silver wire or cob-webbing Sound -Rushing of air past object similar No exhaust or heat waves. to sound of duck' s wings. 14a(9)-Pertinent Features--None-observed~"#1o"" 0 DIST"JU8UTIO,._BY O .. lefNA-TO" ~IICYIOUS I:OITIONll 0,. TMIS ,.OliN Alii: OaaOLI:TI:, OISTRIBUT 10 N BY HQ US A,- ARMY NAVY -tfu, s , OOVCIINNI:IIT IOIIINTINe O,.,.ltl: JUNI: 1e1 J, 51 ... 87 .r?i'Zf.TriGENCE R~RT UNCLAss FTED RSJ'ORT NO: IR- 4-62 ?AGE 2 OF 3 PAGES FRO,f: Sec & Law En.force Div, Hill AFB, Ut 14b(l) What called attention to object: Sound of rushing air as it approached observer's position. 14b(2) Angle elevation and azimuth -TN.hen object was first sighted it was approaching at an altitude of between 2000 from 270. .tfter passing over observer' s position swerved to 110 climbed out at 4-5' angled and disappeared. 14b(J) Angle, elevation and azimuth at time of disappearance -Same as 14b(2) above. 14b(4-) Flight path and nanuevers -Traveling aoproxirnately 2000 Frou,d in level flight then Sl<erved 20 to ri~ht then clirned at 4-5 angle and disappear ed. Flight path from uest to south east. 14b(5) How did object disappear - Object climbed into sky and disappeared in the 14b(6) How long was object visible - Approximately 20 seconds. 14c(l) Manner of observation -Naked eye. 14c(2) Optical aids -None. 14c(3) Airborne sighting -None. 14d(l) Zulu time date g!~up -OJJ6Z, 25 Oct 1962. 14d(2) Light condition -Day. Iooation of observer - 1/2 mile trest of U. S. Hig!r..tay 91, Farmington, 14f Information on observer - City, Utah. Driver Ci ~J , U t:.ah. Age .52. Hr visible in Heather and winds - area, with ve~ little Salt Lake Transportation Company, to be a mature, stable person. stated that l<~eather was Nith no clouds surface winds 14g ( 2) We a t.her and Hinds -\'leather Detach.111en t Hill AFB, Utah, reported conditions at 23002 as 4 knots surface wind north, 6 knots wind at 3.50 at 6000 feet, 7 knots 1-Ti."'ld from 030 at lO,OOO.feet, 2.5 knots wind trom 320 a t l6,ooo feet, 2.5 knots wind from )40 at 20,000 feet . 20 knots wind from 3200 at 30~000, 30 knot wind from 300 at .50, 000 feet. Nq information avai~ble above .50, 000 feet. : ' Ceiling -Uhl1mited . ,Tisibili ty -30 miles. Cloud Cover -None. Thunderstorms -None. Temperature Gradient -63 degrees, dEnfPQint 36. Unusual activit,, or condition -tlone 141 Interception or identification -None attempted. 14j Air traffic and balloon releases: No air tra..ffic in area to account for sighting . U. S~ Weather Bureau released balloons at l?OOZ and 23002, 23 October 1962. Balloons were tracked south and west over Bingham, Uta.~, so ~.zould not account for sightin~. ~- I NTET.T J:GE~ICE REPORT UNCLASS1FIED INTET.T.IGENCE REPORT This .format is used iJl lieu of AF Form 112a, which is not available. ... . . :: :. TIITZL1tolti\ics Jl-:::PGRT PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES FROH: Sec & Law Enforce Div., fljlJ. AFB, Ut 14k The preparing officer is a Security Specialist, GS- 7 , Securi~ and Law Enforcement Division, Hjll AFB, Utah. Preliminary analysis indicates that the observer interviewed was a logical, mature person, and was convinced that he observed some tangible object, not identifiable as conventional typo aircraft No unusual meteorological or astronomical conditions were present which would furnish an explanation for the sighting . No missile test firings are conducted in the im:nediate area. \vith the coMpletion of this initial report, no e:q>lanation has b9en developed for the object. No further action contenrola. ted t."lis station, unless follow-up report requested. GEORGS' W. T~\.t<OS Internal Security Branch Sec & Law Enforcement D'v ~ta.jor, USAF Chief, Sec & Law Enforcement