Hebercity Utah — May 1964

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 16 May 64 Heber City 3. OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not reported j[) Ground-Vi suol 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Ai r- lntt-rcpt RCJdor 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE one circled CONCLUSIONS Was Bcdlocn Probably Balloon Po ssi !JI y Boll aan 0 Was 1\i rc.rc.f t P robobl y Ai rcroft Po ui ~ y Ai rcroft 0 Was Astronc.mic:ol Probably Astronomical Pouihl~ Astronomi~ol ~ lnsuHicint Data for Evaluation 0 Unknovtn 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENH Navy grey obj circling mountain at about 1,000 f t . Round somewhat flat shaped like box-car vt 1h glowing edges as though ~overed with p phorus ~:Paint. Obj circle d moutMf.t rose to 1,500 :ft ~ent over mountain and away from observer. S~t ~ similar to jet starting, accompanied obj. Sound decreased with distance. ATIC FORM 3l9 (REV 26 SEP 52) Additional information requested. Witness could not be located~ Case regarded as insufficient data. ttolrt ..J HEADQUARTERS 2849TH AIR BASE WING UNITED STATES AlP." FORCE HILL AIR FORCE.BASE UTAH 84401 ATTN OF: OOBB su&JfCT: Intelligence Information, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) BBP 64-333-354 Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 1. A report of a UFO sighting was received by the Security & Law Enforce- ment Division, Hill AFB, Utah at 0200Z hours, 17 May 1964. 2. age: 19 years Suffner., Florida, telephonical John R. McNeill, stigator, Operations Branch, Security & Law Enforcement Division, Hill AFB, Utah, that he observed an unidentified object about 30 miles east, southeast of Heber City, Utah, at about 0030Z hours, 17 May 1964. 3. vised that he is self employed as a truck driver and at the ab time was proceeding along US Highway 40 for Heber City. He further advised that he has been so employed for about two weeks and prior to this employment worked as a cook for Morrison Catering Service, Tampa, Florida. He said that he had been separated from the US Coast Guard on 9 May 1963. 4. At a location approximately 30 miles east, southeast of Heber City, Utah, Mitchel related that he observed an object, navy gray in color, circling a mountain at about 1,000 feet elevation. The object appeared round and flat, the approximate size of a railroad box car. The edges of the object glowed as if covered with a phosphorous coating. Heobserved only one object and after it had circled the mountain, rose to an elevation of about 1,500 feet, went over a mountain away from his point of observation, and disappeared. It emitted a sound similar to that of a jet engine in the process of starting and as the object disappeared, the sound decreased. 5. Mr Linsey Crook, 518 South 1st West, Heber City, Utah, who is employed as a Weather Observer, advised telephonically that during the period of OlOOZ through 0300Z hours, 17 May 1964, the temperature was 34 degrees, visibility was clear with high scattered clouds. There was a southwest wind at. 20 mph and no precipitation. 6. The preparing officer is a General Investigator, GS-9, in the Security and Law Enforcement Division, Hill AFB, Utah. There is no preliminary analysis of the reporting individual. Mitchel is convinced that he observed an illuminated object. There were no known experimental aircraft or missiles firing in the area at the time of this sighting. There were no other reports of a similar sighting in the area during this reporting period. FOR THE COMMANDER . OERRIN Major, USAF Chief, Security & Law Fnf;,...nl!l' HEADQUARTERS o::l~s::J:x::> FOREIGN TECHNOL!OGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND ,1 UNIT&D aTAT& AtA "OAC& :-WAtCIHT-II'ATTIEA8DN AtA FOAC& DA8E, OHIO UFO Sighting (16 May 64, Heber City, Utah} Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser) 1. We have received a report of an unidentified flying object 2. . Mr observed this object southeast of Heber City, Utah. He is ,p.resently self employed as a truck driver. Prior to this his employment vas vith the Morrison Catering Service, Tampa, Fla. The information contained in this report is insufficient for evaluation. Therefore, it is requested that an FrD Form ' 164 be mailed to his last know address Suffner, Florida. FOR 1'BE COMMANDER . Deputy for Technology and Subsystems YOU THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITYI