17 November 3. OATE.TIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION 12 CONCL USIONS 0 Wos Balloon TnmQa, Florida Probabl y Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Po ssi bl y Balloon m.&round--Vi suo l 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wos Aircraft P rob obi y Ai rcr oft 0 AI ... Visual 0 Ai r- Int e rcept Rodor 0 Possibly Ai rcroft Wa s Astronomica l 0 P robabl y Astronomical Possibly Astronomical LENGTW Ofi.OBSERVATION 8. HUMBE R OF OBJECTS UNIDENTIFIEQ 0 In sufficient Ooto for Evaluation 0 U n k n own three m1.ns 10. BRIEF SUMMARY O F SIGHTING second mag UNIDENTIFIED this time. No horizontal indication that the objs Approached Disappeared sen ted a threat to the security background. s haoe. Approached of the u. s . fm 20 d g r ?,hovered 3-5 consumed Iill.DS while departure lasted for m1.ns, additional 3-Ei Impression that objs were under inte)..lJ control at fm NE .aliter hover made90 dgr ATIC F ORM 329 (REV 26 SEP !52) tiEAOGUA~T'ERS r31tiT~ Alii Dlvl~iCM i -1'1C: path toWtt:~ o:.!ni.,c-~lP"a.-ian to !lbor.. c5" abc-we ~:.~:-izon ~.,re (3) F hcvr p :ri~r arpa t 90 !eft fr~ ~t disJoce~:an:e .qs WfJTe vi~idl) visibil! !v .. C:l .ear ni~ht. ~ ciot.Jda, 3 oo ~a ck ).round , so-.mo J 'Jdgecu~n-t; a~:l!''~o~nary nsul: lO~ ~th oJ-.i:):Jal y ':.:lfC'tr..;:-:~'1 ccptes of. this ~::-rrpl $ co:rra~pc"<'.~r..:: .. ; -a,~ c;~ f c t-waraad a! i~:i:ated ~: LOWEll t. SAh::E?S Lt COlonel, l5AP BaM Director of ~arat!.~n.a Goote -r AFB, Fl_OQR ~OVERiNGS . -,i"ta 1n Ra71Don~ 2~nrf . e In!ormat1on ;c~r ,:) _!::1) 1 Air For-c-s SQSEI Ithi'2:1 tr:s Uf? 0 &~nr l~cre!v thr t~ up 4nti tt ~ome t 7h-ey w~r~ . ,.1 t cf .s Lgb t "PPA-"f-C.i~ te .sear~ .f rcw y ?U. Captain Raymond Henry Base Information Officer MacDill Air Force Base Tampa, Florida Dear Captain Henry: This will confirm my telephone conversation with you a few moments a g o with relation to the unsual sight that my wife and I witnessed this past Saturday evening at approximately 9:00 P . M. This sight was of such unsual proportions that it i s my opinion t h a t it does d en1and some explanation and some thought and some investigation on the pa~t of the proper agency within our government. While sitting on an open front porch facing the East, my wife and I wit- nessed several shooting stars. We suddenly observed what appeared to , be an airplane flying at an extremely hig h altitude approaching our house out of the Northeast. This object appeare d to have two extreme wing- lights and on e light i n tl1e center. We continued to assume the object to be an airrlane unti l we suddenly realized that it was no longer mov- ing. The three lights came to a complete stop i n the middle of the sky. I know that they were n t a complete stop a s I r elate d the m i n the sky to a post on my front porch and observed in this manner for approximately five minutes. After that length of time, the three lights started mov- ing at an extremely high speed in the direction of the Southeast. The lights no longer were fixed in position in rela tion to the other two lights , but varied slightly in the distance between each other as they flew in that direction. They were obviously three differen~ objects, but they were maintaining an approximate formation as they f l e w. They did not fly in a completely straight line as an airplane would fly, but they seemed to bounce u p and down some what as they varied the distance betwe~n aach other. They were out of si3ht i~ ary~r0~irnately t~r to five n1lnutes . Tie were positively a mazed. Our farm is situated on Brooksville and Dade Cit y . in Pasco County mi dway b etwee n I f it should be within your p~wer to offer some explanation, we c e rtainly '.vould '"'.::.'lr0ci:J t e hea~i.~g :fro111 you. WE SELL DEALERS ONLY HEADQUARTERS 836TH AIR DIVISION (TAC) UNITED aTATF.S AI,. ~O,.Cit MACOIL.L. AlP ..-o .. CI": I'IAII!t, ~L.oUDA SUfi.IF.:C ' Unidentified Flving Objects (UFO) Sighting ,., AFSC ( FTD) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. In accordance with AFR 200-2 dated 20 July 1962 the ensuing report is submitted. Preliminary analysis confirms that the observer -a mature, stable college graduate of sound judgement, sighted some unusual phenomenon which is beyond the scope of this headquarters to satisfactorily explain. 2 . Basis data in accordance with paragraph 14, AFR 200-2 followst a . Description of the Object(s)a A cluster of three " second magnitude", star-like lights which, on approach and during ''hovering" maintained a stable relative horizontal formation. Upon departure after hovering, relative positions changed in a ''bouncing'' manner, as phenomenon increased in distance with decreased intensity from the observer, to ultimately merge into the starry environment of the sky (1) Although an unusually clear night, no specific shape configuration could be established. (2) UFO(s) graduated in subtended size from approximately that of a pin head to the head of a match {at arms length) from initial sighting 200 abov8 horizon, through approach and hovering (about 450 above horizon). Departure variation was substantially similar; all ref~rences were corroborated by observer's wife. ( 3) Star-like light, of second magnitude order. (4) Three distinct lights, to form a cluster (formation). ( 5 ) Stab!~ relative positions along horizontal plane at initial si~hting, during appro3ch -with an apparent inc~ease i n size, and during :'ix~d" 9~r:od. L:Jon c apa::-tu:::e, r elative positions ch3nge d i n i:::::-eguLirly- controlled manner. ( 6) No other distinguishi.ng fe atures vis i bl e .