DATE-TIME GROUP Yes Returned LENGTH OF OBSERVATION BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Grants, New r.texico TYPE OF OBSERVATION JD Ground-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ai,.. Vi suol 0 Air-lnterceot Radar c i v l l l a n HUMBER OF OBJECTS COHCLUStOHS Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Was AircratNightPhoto Hiss 0 Probably Airc.roft Po ui bl y Ai rcroft Was Astronomical P robobl y A stronomi col Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Data for EYaluation Pb,j observe d three times. Mnnuevc' t'G c.r"' n/ c 111 J dentll'lNl :u; nlp,ht photo mission from ~light. Strong pulanting light. ckr.crihed ns r r O.JlCCt c l ond ga p . r l 3n e had strobe ~lectronic flash unit pulsnt.lng once p e r r h r-t ... ) n clid not hnvf> image . conrl. Red light with dor k obj helC"--' T' scr.ilwi l ;.y additiona l observe r with f lashe s tilref' t i mn:; I pe r second. Cigar shaped or elliptic a l . ~I![SI[RW~ . Ill Mlll/11 tNif'f'l,-l rl cttruv lfAI I MOll IMPO IIIANI NOriCf lop Ofld r~rf lor wd""'' .cfion ""' ""''II ,... Unofed Slala. f'Mr it o 1 to< '"'""-lo roporl. II it cd>i...W. .. rift evtfom o"iciolt ~oJmv --''1 I t.ft I fl'l' I '!II 'OJ C.-.ttJvo4,. H ~ f h 1ttfl At/ f ltNJfl ''"' k"'Cf "" Am t sC:.rtl"""'\ N llltt bt Vff. t\ ,'I :.tt l'" AhlftM ~ It, WHiff SANOS ,~SAN .-~oru r~i'! WtlOtffl ., Ml ~CAUl!() INDIAN Rl~ ' ' rr';r(VATter 1 riii..,OI'Al IIAOIO ~IAJIONS Ill I ( A CliJ\....,. ft It ~Ill Au1 r. tl'i! I f f' Iff I ";o'.t (.tt N lil1t llto'lh,., CfWJV''1"f~ MtJ4 SIAI"r\ N litf't f wnltf'l Am hCA "f t f't, t.fll " lfYJ KR I ll '1'1 IISII & ll"' '('lttt .. tJ"'tt .," lilt V4 en r f"'OD\ ' -l~Fr.H~IAI_ A1:'lfi OF: 'l1J"W/Capt H Q.tintanilla/69216 SUBJECT: GrantsJ Nev Mexico S1gbt1ng m: MaJ W1111"'1 c Barl e leon 4510tb Ccmbat Crew '.rla1n1q W1n8 (Tac Ftr) Iaake Air J'orce Bawe Retere:ace ;r.:tr letter Infox'Hat.ion on UIO Report Ln1ce AJ'B, Arizo:aa. 'Ihe film waa developed Dd printed b7 the Kodak in Chicaao, Ill1no1e. Please return theae elides to M:r Phoenix, owner, bj m em behal1' ot the Air Force ~ar there use. We did not f1Dd any pic'turea 'Which 'WOUld be useful 1n 1dent1f'y1na the reported UFO 1n t'act the alldea are blank. However the sighting and the obJect reported by an aircraft on a lov level night pboto reconna1saance ect Cloud Gap. '!be umsual tb1 ng . about the aircraft vu ita uae of a ~strobe 1natelld of tbe coll'V'entioDal. ll&hta artd/or t'luea. lie are tbe which were proceaaed and returned to us by tbe Iredsk Company. FOR 'l'HE COMl.WtDER ERIC T de JCNCKHEERE Colonel, USAF' Deputy tor Technology and Subsyste. SU 8J ltC: Ta H L A U QU .),R I t:qs COMBAT CR E W TRAJ-.., f\.G \ \- 11\.G UNtTEO STAT! 5 Ad:o~ F;JR CE !....UKI:. A I R ~ O R CI:. b~SL A Q .'O 'ol Supp1 ::r.>ent:ll I!l~orm:ltion on UFO :~Jpor';, ~r'.!X DC-15I-2~ Proj !Ct Cffic or "::31 ue 3ook Contrj,ctad :.rizon.o. :~.t 1300 ~!ou.rs, FrirJ.u.y, 1 2 . Eis ca.cero. pho to.:;ru?~ iurin..; -:: :.o s~co.1d 3i[Shti!1b. in of t:1c pictures . 1 ") (including 0:1~ of the picture has in~.rol V3S li";i~:Ltio::. in.'fl: i t . on r.1on1~ s H~ but, ~hJn --it 1~finitel~ ti.:J.9 not--": 1.:.t i"; \l culd L!Ot o~ f1yin~ L1.t :1c n:.ri..._ati~:-1 liLhts . D~fini tc1~r tr: .... o not Cl-'1 :::.ircr::~.ft'' .J..t ti:t:l:1 o~ secon-:l s i gt:tL"'lf!, \-lh'.'tt :a.r;r~:.U>3d to ~! o. s:.1t9lli-t~ could ;;,.1so ba o'.:>s.~rved t~uoue,.~ brol<e::1. cloud co,,e::: on :m i;:ls t -Jouth ~::..st :t "l.din, :l.t t:,'"!':>a t :U. ti tu.d~, int~llit-.mt, :e:.:. ~:::-uthful i:l h i s r~po::ti!'lG ACTION: NIN-7 DEPARTMCNT OF THE AIK FORC. STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH G/ab Page 1of 5 SAF-OS-3, XOP-1 XOPX-4, DIA-15 HQA729ZC~JA374 PP RU!:AHQ rM LUKE AF'B A~!Z TO RU\"GALE/ AlJC ~U'.JH~B/IJJADr ~At1ILTON AF9 CALIF qlJCDSQ/AFSC 'l~IfJ~T-PATTE~SON ArB O~IO RIJE AHQ/ CS AF' RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC UNCLA9 D0-1~I-2D. FOR AF'SC CF'!~>; tJqAF FOR CAFCI~>.; qEcqET y ~ THE AF' FOR CSAFO!). THE FOLLOWING REPO~T OF 'J~IDENTIFIED FLYI~G OBJECT CUFO) SUBMITTED IAW AF'R 2 -2. Cl) CIGAR SHAPE OR ELLIPTICAL C2) SIZE OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, 27 TO 3~ FEET IN LENGTH AT ONE QUART (3) EXTRE~E RED LIGHT TOP OF OBJECT. LI~HT P'~S~TIN~ THREE TIMES PER SECOND. OBJECT DARKER BELOW RED LIG~T. V y ST~ON~ ,~WIT! LIG~T SUINING DO\ ~ND ILLUMINATING TER~AIN SF.LO'' rJBJlE:CT. rJ~SEqv~q .PAGE 2 RU~T~SH 43 UNCLAS DEPARTM~NT O F TH!: AIR FO:~C STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH Page 2 of 5 DESCRIBED THE WHITE LIGHT AS PULSATING O~C~ PER S~COND A~'D RE~I~tEry HIM OF AN ELECT~ONIC FLASH UNIT. (4) ONE (5) N/A (5) ~0 FEATURES DI- SCERNABLE OTHE~ THAN SYMMETRICAL SHAPE. C7> NON~ C~> NON~. YO''EVEq, GARAGE MECHANIC WHO OBSERVED OBJECT WITH T~IS OBSERVER 0~ T~E T~I~D OBSERVATION STATED THAT WHEN IT CAME OVER HI~ !AqLIE~ IN T~E EVE IT WAS MAKING A "TERqiFIC NOISE". C9> NONE Cl> THE UNUSUAL B~ILLIANT RED LIGHT AND TH! WHITE LIGHT S~I~I DOW~ ON THE TERRAIN. C2> 5r!'C'J FEET, 17~ DEGREES AZ!MIJT~ AT A l"J TO 1~ DtG~EE ANGLE FR 0'1 OBSERVERS POSITION. C3 > OBJE~T EXEC'JT~D A 9~ DEG~EE TrJqM JUST SOUT~ OF HI 4Y ~5, P~OCEEDED WE~T ALO~G THE HI~HW~Y FOR O~E A~'D HALF MILES, EXECUTED ANOTHER 9~ D!GREE TURN TO RIGHT CMORT~) TOWARD . ~OUNT TAYLOR. (4) SEE TWO AND THREE ABOVE. C5) LIK~ A ~oq~AL ~rqcqAFT, AS INDICAT!D ABOVE. C6> 09JECT SIGHT~D THRE~ TI g; FIRST T!~E 'IISIBLE FOR 45 S~CONDS, SECOND AND Tl.(!~D TItt4Ec; VISI13LF.: FO~ 3~ SECO'-l!JS Cl) GROUND-\JI<:;U4L. C2> NO OPTICAL AIDS. 09<:;E~VER TOOK PICT~RE WITH HAND HELD 35MM JAPANESE CAMERA. RUWHSH 43 UNCLAS DEPARTMENT O F THE AIR FOlK~ STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLAS51Fif0 MfSSAGE Page 3 of 5 <1> FIRST SIGHTING ~34A! 26 APR; SECOND SIGHTING ~415! 26 ~PR; THI~n SIGHTING ~510Z 26 APR. (2) NIGHT, FULL ~OON, CLE4q VI5I3ILITY 5 'ItS . TYZIN PLAINLY VISIBLE Cl> FIRST SIGHTING: 107DEGREE 23'00" W -35 DtGREE AS ''N; 45 ~ILES WEST OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW ~EXICO AND 5 MILES EA~T OF LA J~A, ~E'f MEXICO. (2) SECOND SIGHTING: 137 DEGqEE 29'30"W -35 DEGREE ~5 J 45" N; ON HIGHWAY 55 N!A~ SAN FIDEL, ~tE ~EXICO. (3) THI~D 5!'3HTI~''3: .ITEt-1 F: SCIENCE TEACHER AND AUDIO-VISUAL COO~DINATOR AT , PHOENIX, ~RI!. SCHOOL. OBSERVERS FATHER OWNED A FLYING SCHOOL Foq MANY YE4RS A~D . 09SERVE~ HAS MANY HOURS I N THE AIR I N LIGHT AIRCRAFT. ONE OF 4!5 HOBBIES RLAAUIKUY AJ7 HE HAD BEEN VISITING. A FRIEND ON A~l !~ ~ESE~V.ATION I N THE VICINITY ACCOMPANil!:D BY HIS 11 YEAR OLTJ SON, SAME ADDqESS, WHO ALSO ~ADE THt SA O~SERVATIO~ 4S . HIS FATHER. OBSE~VEq ,~AS HAVING CAq yqouBLE AND WAS STOPPED AT TI~E OF ALL THREE SIGHTINGS. ON THE THIRD SIGHTING A GRA~1T5, NE1.~ MEXICO GARAGE MECHANIC STOPPED TO HELP HIM WITH HIS CAR A~D 4LSO OBSERVED PAGE 4 RU'.tlHSH DEPARTMENT oF THE AIR FORC\ STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNClAS!F':~ ~!:;!iAC:E 43 UNCLAS I N c 0 M 'I N G Page 4 of 5 THE OBJECT WITH THEM. THE MECHANIC WAS DRIVING A RED INTER~ATIO~AL PICK-UP T~UCK; NAME UNKNOWN. HAS A GARAGE ON NORTH SIDE OF HVU~#:q RZXTY IN GRANTS, NEt~ MEXICO. OB<;ERVER, 'J100DRUFF, APPE. ED TO BE A vrqy RELIABLE AND COMPETENT OBSERVER, WITH AVIATION EXPERIENCE AND TRAINI~'G HE CO~MENTED THAT HIS FIRST THO~GHT ON T~E REO LIG~T ~7AS THAT IT MIGHT BE A NAVIGATION LIGHT, BUT THAT IT DEFI~ITELY WAS MOT. FRO~ HIS FIRST POSITION HE WAS LOKING DOWN FROM AN ELEVATED TERqAIN POSITION TOWARD HIGHWAY 66 WHEN HE SIGHTED THE OBJECT AT AN ESTIMATED 5~0 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE THOUGHT IT tdAS VERY STRAN~E THAT AN AIRCRAFT WOULD BE FLYING AT ~UCH LOW ALTITUDE I~ SUC~ ~OUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN A VALLEY. HE COM~ENTED T~AT ON[ RADAR ~AS! WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR AT LAGUNA, AND ANOT~ER AT T~E CONTIN~NTAL DIVIDE, BUT " DOUBTED THEY COULD PAINT THE OBJECT BECA J5E OF GiO 'O CLUTTER AND PERMANENT ECHOS ON T~E SCOPE AT ALTUTUD! OF T~E OBJECT". HE WAS VEqy HESITANT ABOUT MAKING A REPORT AND DID ~OT DO SO UNTIL THE MORNI~lG OF APR 29 AT THE URGING OF, ~ND AFTER DISCU<;SIO~ WITH'ANOTHER TEACHE~ AT THE SCHOOL, WITH RE RD TO ~EtJS PAPEq ITE~g ON SIX OTHER REPOqTs IN THE SOCORRO, N~tJ1 ft1EXICO !\REA. BELIVE t.r!Tt-n::g~ TO BE COMPETENT, CREDIBLE, AND TRUTHFUL. REPORTED TO LUKE 4F9, A~I!. DEPAR-TMENT OF THE AIR FOR.C STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH v.CtASSIFl0 /.\fS~AC~ !iUt1JHSH 43 (1) CLEAR; VISIBILITY 5 MILES; WIDNS 25 MILES PE~ HOU~. BITTER COLD; HAD BEEN SNOWING TO THE EAST TOWARD ALBUQUERQUE, SNOW ON THE GRO'JND. THINLY SCATTERED CLOUD COVER. (2) NOT AVAILABLE. (3) UNKNOWN (4) UNKNOWN (5) UNKNOW~ (6) U~KNO~rN (7) UNKNOWN (8) NONE ITEM I: NONE ITEM J: NONE REPO~TED. ITEM K: STAFF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, MAJOR WILLIA~ C. HARRELSON, . 4515 CCR TNG SQ, LUKE AFB, ARIZ. UNABLE TO MAKE PRELI~INARY ANALYSIS OF THIS SIGHTING OTHER THAN THE CO~MENTS OF WIT~ESS RELIABILITY CONTAINED IN BODY OF REPORT. OSSE~VER APPEA~ED TO BE MATURE, HESITANT, BUT OBVIOUSLY SINCERE I~ THE REPO~TING OF THE IT1'1 L: OBSERVE~ TOOK PHOTOGRAPH \~HICH I<; MOT DEVELOPED TO DATE. ~ILL BE FORWA~DED IF DESIRED. Message received garbled and may be in error. Service will be 1ntt1ated upon request