PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. lOCATION Fairfield, Ill 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~ Ground-Visual CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon Poui bl y Balloon o GroundRador ll Wa.s Alrcraf'Refule operati bn 0 Pro bobl, Ai rc:roft I Meteor G:M~T ;O~A~i~;V~i oi O~A~I I~nt~e~re~.~p~t!R~o~d~ar~IO Possibly Alreraft2 . r4oon 5. ~HOTOS o. SOU~CE . . o Wos Astronomicot3. Jupl ter C Y 0 ProboDiy A~tronomlc:ol civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENO'TH o-, CIS!ItYATION 8. HUMBER OJI OBJECTS 9. COURS! 0 Other~-----~-- 1. 2-3 seconds .._.one 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation Vnrie d 2 . ai night ~.one 3. two varied 10. BRI!II SUMMAAl' o-, SIGHTING 11. COMMeNTS See case file of multiple sigh~ing~ in Southerp The Ronnie Austine c ase is attributed to Illinois a!"'e a for this :period . Three sight.lngs the ~foon initially vi t h tran3ference t o investigated. 1. Ronnie Aust L'le sighting. 2. the Planet Jupiter. The Dep,~ty Sheriff Report of ceteor by Deputy Sheriff and town and to-wn Harshall observed a meteor. Marshall. 3 Chauncey Uphof.f sighting. Chauncey Uphoff observed a refueling operation by elements of the 55 Bomb A'rJC FORM U9 (REV H S&P 52) . Wing. Other sightings in the area were not r eported until s u bsequent t o the investigation and are known only unofi'icially. ""U~ \'r:YF OF I.i~-:r'i'."''T'TG''i'TQ"T 1\m FATUf,'T':'LD ere drivi r!3 cast on Illinoi3 hlg\w:1y 15 nt ::lppr o :<imate l y 05002 hours on 5 Au;snsL 1D63. At this notic9 d a bri3ht o b ject at nppro;\:imat::.ty 40 <1e ro0s ele vation t~ The riGht o f his automohile .. Ob~ervers we~G travolJ.n g in a V:lll9;-,-o f the road nnd :lpproxitnatcly 30 yards from t!H3 Hl 11 f'ord Tr~n:~for~er Su~-St3tion. Ohject 'vas next ohse1v e d al. an elevatir~ o f 1 5 cT~ .:;rees .~hi le observers were n e :l r a !lic~o-W"l ve transmitting s tation., O~lject now appaared to change course from the riJht t o the loft of thG car., While observe r s wer e still t raveling east o n highwa y 1 5 , o h ject appear~d i n the e ast at a n elevation o f npproxi- ma~s y ~ ~egreas. Observers chan~ed direction and w0r e traveling 11orth, th~ object appearinJ in tl1e east at a n elevntion o f 30 dogreeso ,, len a.t arr.iv-?d a t Mi.ss stayarl for about 15 minuteso F .rom ~.-lis home h e went iuside and house , the object appeared in the east at a n elovRtion of 15 degrcss. On his wa y h ome, t..!r "floor- bo:1rded" the accelerat:or and drove ns f:-tst u s his car would g o . During thi s tin1e, the car sputtered and the radio sartad to crackle and stop playing Al most i mmediately after it hn.d b e gu:1 to sputter-, the car ran normally a gain and t h e radio TllA car was Dt this time bein~ driven at its m:\:::iJ~llll:1 sp-e:;d on a grave l road. ~pon rot1ching-l'IOHte, ~!r., :i.n od.iatol:-/ informed his :fath3l' ot tho pher,onen~ h .:: lt0cl ::;oen . Tho fro m t hv ho.tsd .. A t thi~ t imG 11 -31 Atmt.i'ST 1963 SIGHTINGS Valparaiso, Chile Warreavill~, Illinois Cleraland, Ohio Warndr, Nav Hampshire ~a:n~r, New Hampshire Warn~r, New Hampshire s ttle, Washington Bo-:-g~r, Texas Srnithland, Iowa s~ G&len, Svitzer.J.apd !lil~s, Illinois : Mi!..'rli, .Florida . ~ 31.45N 175.19fol (Pacific) Aiiourn, . t-!aizie ~Jrndr & Ord River, Australia Elko, Nevada R~:te, Italy Dsyton, Oh:l:o S~ngley Po~nt, Ph!lip?ines Cnicago, Il~inois V:ndalia, Ohio Dayton, Ohio FN ALUATIO~l tmiDErrriFIED Other (SALT CRYSTAlS) Astro (ARCTURUS) I~JSUF'FICI.ENT DATA Other (GRASS FLY ECiGS) Astro (JUPITER) UNIDElri'IFIED . AIRCRAFI' li ta.ry INSUFFICIZ~rr DATA (PHYSICAL SPECI~EN) Othar(CHAFF) l4ultiule Other(SATELL'rf'!IT~E DECAY) SATELLIT INSU~'i"ICIE~rr DATA As t ro ( l'-!ETEOR) INSUFFICIENT DATA As tro ( CAPEI.I.A) - SAl'ELLITE ADDl-~0:&\L REPOBTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) EVALUATION 8c Aug United States News Clipping Bourbonnais, Illi:::ois Ra.ckdnsac!t, Gloucester, & Mt: Vernon, Ill. Balt!=o~e, Calitornia Sheriff ~larry t; o w l t n a~.; s 'f l:.1w enfo'!'cenen": officers observed Sr~x ton conclud~d tlta t the \'/lS ohs~rvcd th~ n'}jc:ct ::\ half a:1 h ou1 and then le1t. and t.1o of hl~; T h e object c .:.sappen:red '."Ji th tb') comi 11 ; ofl dayli":'~ll: o at ~n elJvati.on .Returning to th.<?i_r ho:u'? station , ~In r..,llall Sexton anJ 'StP.i0 c::- h11JSt f1a:n9~ and/or firey str~::tl<s .. The object o bse:) t ' vr~d be mo": lrrr T~,,~ object then d i say.>poart?d . Conclusi ons I t i s t h e Ai r Foree ' s opinior. that Ml' .. first s :' v tile moon t.hrou a slight h aze while drlvin .. .; i n tlle vall(?~' o r t~J) :to a d b y the Bluford Txan s.former Sub-St::!'tion. ueri t o se9 the moon at the top of the va llP.y ne~u the tT i.c r 0 -i'/~. v e a... r:l s tlme his attention was diverted to t h e left of his c a r and he locus~d his attention on .Jupit~r. He contin ued to sa9 J~pit er for the 1est of the evening. ~In1shall Se xton ' s con- elusion that what Mr. S'lw was th'3 "eve n i n g star " wa s in fac t rrh<~ s ight:ing r 2ported by Marshal l S exton and StatG T r noyer Gi.dc1tmb .v~s a m'3teor of the f i r eball c l ass T h e s i g h t ing reported by ~!r. nd Mr was an air-to-air r efuel i n g operation whic h took pla c e in the inttnedia t e vicinity of fairfield, Illinois. '1r.ie;C.t -Patterson Air Force Ba~':l U F 0 Laborrrtories Da:r-:on, Ohio Gentle::1en: :r a."ll Hriting this letter :for ti--ro reasons, to give and to r~ceive "' to re~ort on an event of a vJeel\: o r so c.~o, an..i. also to inquire about tHo investiga '!7.ions tha t ycu are :-nak ing or ha..~c made i n t,iayne County Illinois. l wa s drivin g south on Route 185, 2 niles North~re3t of s t . peter, Tl2..inois. At app!'c::;~imutely 1 :20 PJ:, Saturde.y ~Tove:nber 2 , 1963 A. D., t::::ough my Hindshield, T observe d an object fall from the sky . J ~oted that it d~d t;oT h a v e a tail, so T di3~issed n atura l :falling o":)jects. I t had a yello~tish-orange dul l n on-glittering glo\1 c~t pro;ressively got ::;::-ight e r as it approach0 d the tr~. eline and a~ this n1oment it a.lr.1os t be carne a gli t; t e r of' y cllo<rs i sh-'.Jh:!. t e and \ie:.-:: out. This -,,It:ol e seauenc0 las ted a.bo;J.t 3 sec on.ds or so. rt fi:->st ap;-eared in a horizontal plane, s lightly incline d , ar1d t:- n assumed the c~-:aracteristic curve cf a projectile f alling frcm e. :'c.:'ced directio::-1 t o a frc:c-fall. Since the road is qui t0 c urve d :tt th&~t point, and the c ompass in my ca.r is unreliable T c an~t se.) exactly Hhat Ciircction it ca:ne from, except tha t it Hould be frcm 45 i\1,1 to 45 Sl..:.i. Going furt~v and inject ::.ng a b i t moro of o-oinG 6n> r .-:ould say the ob js c t obtained its chara c -:cris tic glml fron c srar.:.ic an:.1 other organic ccrapuund~\, iJ.lustrating tha t it Ha s o.f enrth orgin because o:f our presB!1t limited kno..;ledge of' organic c cr.tpou.!1c::; a nd. t:-.eir t rmal central c~aractcristics. So much :for r::.y cbservation. 'NoH I 'tiould like to kno\1 scrr.e thing s about the .Augus t 4, 1963, sightings in the ? airfiF.:lci a.re a . I 1-1ill di.3:niss mos t points of' tne investigation ~scause of its cha.ract'.~ristic nat-tern 8.-Yld b ecause I h a v e most of th:> ot~(.;!' infcr:r..atio:t I n ed fer 1.:!-:a t J &'11 doing. ( :ro~lever, you s ~em to :ha~re done such a g ood job of ~cnvincing }ir at he possesse s an ovs r -active i magination t:-:9. ~ T find it usel even to at temc t tc talk or obtain inf'orma tion frc=-: ni.":'l.) Therefore, T run turning to you. ?.e stated., T had my radio tune d o41 i,/J:.:S T::nen tha t thin g croc sad o.~c::-::y car the r adio ~1ent crazy .... it made a l l ki n d s of scll.l"!C Sto n T \Ja.."'lt to knml v;h~t the s e sou n d::. "l.iere cr a:~.ucared t o bv. ?or cx.ar.:.Dl-:J did these sounds a unca r t o b 8 sc:r.eHh~.!t lil: o cric1 .t::.; t:;c hi.:;t &.nd an e l ectric drill to his girl~ or ~:ere tbe y late r d efine d ~s rcGe~:pliDg slo.-rly pul~utinc burs~s of s e h .. rc intt::r!'lcd.ulG.tio .. ilit~ o or r adio ste. tions ~ Did c i t !1er h l" h::s g i r l h::.v c a:1:; aftor effect~ s uch a s guidi.n s instiz1c day t r so aft~r~:a~ds~ Finally, :r iioulo. lil:e;: to ask about the object tmnc;d over t o Pl 'lnning Of':fi c e r Hillic..rn It.c?nerson my a ~.:r. on or a.bo1;.t a) \ilia t does the ob j c c t a:?pea r to be of no~:? b) \'.\~1a t cioes the object appear tc he.ve beE:n rna.do of b e f or e r a -e:1tr:r.2 C) Ha v e you bisected the objc c t 4 d) l>;hc. t ~vas the i.::1 t ori or made of7 e) Ha@ a.ny gold pros-ent2 f ) vierc t here any rcmair.s of r esinous compounds in~ide~ e;) ~-;ere any calc i\.un and/ or silicon compounds present~ h) l,.j;,-'l.a t is its specific gravity~ i ) Docs it have any c he.ractsriotic symmetrica l markings and/or i s th0re any form of p:.?.ttcrns or.. the exterior or in the interior l s.y ers1 ~nd if so j) vrha.t is t h i s pattern ( gr:;.phiclly illustrated) ?? k) You found r.1or e re.dioacti v e count e n the exterior than the Tilis paragraph is my stanciard "form" p a ragraph I a l Hays insert \!l':S::1 ,::-i ting the govcrn:.~ents cf the Earth: Ycu:--help is app r eciated . Since I d.o pay my "fair share" and s:.r:~e I see noth~r.s in any of my question~ that Houlci s eriously e:!C.a:1gcr the s a fety e.Ild security of the United Sta tes:." I Hill e:::::>ect an ans-:.-1er i:! full Hith a s fevr as uos s ible of 1) uncorrcittal s ::.. temc:1ts 2) mil i t:;.ris tic conclusions 3) press release f orm letters o! a) politically Syonsore d guiding ccrr~ittees b) s ecurity clea,ance p..::licit~t direct:..re s c) form letters from othe r nonsena e grou,s, and h.) excusive propag~r3..ao :r.r ho,.;e v er, you feel that thiz mo..terio.l s houl d not be s p read aro\.:..111, mainly I suppose to protect from civil d.5.sorci.C::r of t;ypically psyco tic ci tizcnrJ', I' 11 be happy to guo.ra.ntoe your c o=:fider.ce. !1y since r e ths.n!<s f or being of assistanc<~ to me. ( I-H o p E ) cc ~c::: u?O .file Illinois 6 25 23 HEADQUARTERS FORZIGN TC:CHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FO~CE SYSTEMS CC ... ~AND UN I T E O STA TE:i Jo.I R I"'OHCE WniGH-:"PATTERSON AIR F'ORC E llA!:E, OHIO Rec:uest for UFO Information "'0: Eo USAF SAF- OIPB. \>iesh 25 D C Reference the attached letter fro Nov 63, requesting ini'orrnation on unidentified flying 2 . ighting ,.,as undoubteJly a meteor. T'ne meteors ~i thou e:e quite cor.1.:non. Also, the colors are consiGtent ~ith a neteor si~ting as is the duration of t~ree seconds. Satel- lite decaj~ are r~lcd out for the follo~nng obvious reasons: a . All satellite deccys have an Easterly co~ponent, i . e . , I~ortheas"t or Sou t~'least. b . Decay is c~aracteristic by a breaking up of the object and colors tend to be red or orange. c . The duration is much greater than a meteor sighting, for exaTJ!];lle Sputnik I7 lasted in excess of t .. .vo minutes. The Tiros decay o:f 1960 ,..-as observed from Florida to !:aine and l asted in excess of' :four O:.nutes. 3 A ~ase sum~ary of the 4 Aug 1963 si ting in Fairfield, Illinois is attached. It should answer most of the questions raised by l!r a . At no tice did the Air Force attert~t to convince that he had an overactive imagination, in fact, he ~as n~t inforn~d o'f our eva n of the sighting. Ho1.;ever, it is difficult to ex- plain a le to observe certain events and/or objects i<:O.ile his passenger, did not see them. Taere ~e m~y reasons for static on a car r~dio, for exemple, a~=c~aft flyingaerhead or driving under or parallel to e lectric power ~:.:!=s. No association vras established betvreen the UFO :and static in ~::e radio. c . The Air Force h a s no info~-:1o.tion r cgardin.:; a ''euiding instinct" in relation to this c~se 4. The object, found to t he offici~ls from vas not radioactive in the creek bed by t'ir vas turned over Scott AFB. At this time it 'Was determined th~t it is aware of this fact. Specific ans,.,ers to questions in letter are as follow3: a. The object is a rock. b. It has never been in outer space. "'"e have bisected the object. d. The interior is made of silicon compounds. e. No gold 'Was present. f. There were no remains of resinous co~ounds inside. g. Yes, t~ere were calcium and silicon compounds present. h. No test Nas reade to deteroine it5 speci~ic gra~rity i. 'I'ne exterior layer is iron pyrite, the interior or center is cor:oosed of c.r .. co., + 2% FE. j. No ans,.rer k. The object 'Was not radioactive. 5 Nothing in this letter is considered classified. FOR 'r.r!E COMMANlJ.::R ~Colonel, US~ (Deputy for Technology e.:1d Subsyste:l.S 2 . Sun~tary ?airfield, Illinois case,