1. OA TE . :rIME GROU' 2. LOCATION 16-24 NoveL1be r 64 .20/C Lll2Z l. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION AffiCRAFI' 4. HUMBER OF OBJECTS Ponfi. rued A/C. Reported hi gh-spee d not confirmed f ro:n scope photos. ppeeds indicated in intit ial repcrt wer e in error. s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEfl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS .21 l!inutes (Radar Con"'act} Se e Case File. Air visual si~ti.ng and Radar r eturns wit h 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar-Air-Visual 1a!luvered XCI Y (RADAR SCOPE) 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE scope photos. Scope photos from USS Gyatt. Object observed visually from air. UNCLASS\F1ED .... .. J I.:C ID::::iT? TIJI:'L\L P3PC?7S PrC!.. TI 'D!ARY A~IA LYSIS ( 2:1 Nov) R::::u"SST 201 SCC'PE PHOT03 RE? T FJCM USS GYAT7 J:il. F'Rc; c~.\F and ~EFLY FRC~; ADC SCOPJ: PHOTOS AND A~lALYSIS SECURITY CLASSIFICATION JOINT MESSAGEFORM SPA.CE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMtJNICA.TlON CENTE R aeel( MULTI aiHGI.& 01" REFERENCE SPE;CIAl. IN8TRUCTI 0Nti CINCOtW>, EBI' AFB, DENVER -1?uw4 ~L /3 -~ -Rvc~uJ -3 CINCLANTFLT COMLANTPLTWPNRAN, Vll(}INIA -KuCkHC---'J USS -Gl'ATT, NORF0LlC ,..JfiRGINIA -RJeke_f?-1() 823 AD IDO!!STEAD AFB, J'LA 836 AD MACDILL AFB, 1'LA 8AF ld!IS1'0VER AFB -Ruti lf])rl-~ OPPUi'T AFB, NP.Ptlb\50 ~ ~ c..JC..S e_ CQI.C ft, GO.ArfrAlW) BAY.iNJ..~ I COMEASTSEAFRON, REW YORJC, NEW YORI: -RuE~ u.. fl-1 32 NORAD RID ION, GUNTER AFB, ALABAMA -1(UC!_ Q (; fV7 -Lj DIA, WASH, DC 'Ku /T ~ 0 I tuttt, r e q UNCLASSIFJED~ RIE .. LACES DO P"C>RM t7 NAME AND TITLE ERIC T d e JONCi<BE:ERE COLONEL, USAF Deputy for Te chnology and Subsyste~ ICH WILL DE UfiEO UNTIL EXHAUSTED D\ ~TMENT Or THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH _ UNCLASSIFIED /Page lof 2 ACTION: NIN-7 HQB110ZCLJA800 INFO :XOP-l,XOPX-7, SAF-OS-3, DIA-15 (33) FMROMRARIBSEAFRON TO RUCKHC/CINCLANTFLT RUWGALB/ CI NCONAD RUCQGM/32 ND NOR AD REGION RUEAHQ/ HQ USAF RUEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON INFO RULGF/ USS GYATT RULGBG/COMLANTFLTWPNRAN RULGB/UTRON EIGHT UNCLAS E F' T 0 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT <U> A. CINCLANTFLTINST 03360.2C 1 1. LOCATING OONE. SIN,G,LE.qf;Q LAT 18-10N LONG 66-12W. 200112Z. COURSE NORTHEAST INITIALLY. SPEED PILOT REPORT IN EXCESS MACH 3 . GYATT RADAR TRACKED IN EXCESS 3800 KTS. THE INITIAL CONTACT MADEE BY USS GYATT RRADAR. PILOT IN F8 FROMVU- 8 WORKING \~ITH GYATTT 'lAS AT 35 ,0000 OBSERVED AT HIGH ALT A VERY HIGH SPEED OBJECT.AFTER NUMERROUS CHANGES CF C OU~S~, OBJECT STEADIED DOWN ~B.EAM AT 9 O'CLOCK POSIT 9 ~IL25 AND P.l\RALLELED P LOT'S COURSE. PILOT SELECTED AFTERBURNER AND ATTEMPTED TO UNCLASSIFIED . . -. D( 'TMENT OF. THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED Page 2of 2 PAGE 2 RULGN 170 UNCLAS E F T 0 CLOSE ON UFO. AT ABOUT 5MILES, OBJECT ACCELERATED AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED IN 20 DEGREE CLIMB AND PULLED AWAY RAPIDLY. OBJECT ON GYATT RADAR INTERMITTENTLY FOR 21 MINUTES. ON RETURNING ROOS RDS, OBJECT AGAIN CLOSED ON F8, ASTERN AT 4 MILES. ATLANTIC FLT WPN RANGE HAD UNIDENTIFIED TARGETS ON 16, 17 AND 18 NOV AT HIGH ALT. AGAIN TODAY AT 2i 400Z AI'WR TARGET WHICH PULLED AWAY RAPIDLYFROM F8 AT MACH .99 AMPLIFYING REPORTS !."ILL FOLLOW NOTE : ADVANCE COPIES DELIVERED TO DIA AND NIN . UNCLASSIFIED HAD HI SPD HI ALT AND 45THOUSAND. I II\ "CGtY\:No ( ".A~TMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UI~CLASSIFIED ZCHQB183ZCLJA833 DE RULGN 016 25/~158Z ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-7~ S FM COMCARIBSEAFRON TO RUECIN/ CNO RUINGALB/CINCONAD RUEGUH/ COMEA$jSEAFRON RUEAHQ/HQUSAF RUCKHC/ CI NCLANT FLT RUCQGM/32 NO NOR AD REGION INFO RULGBG/COMLANTFLTINPNRAN RULGF/USS GYATT RULGB/UTRON EIGHT UNCLAS E F T 0 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OOJECT REPORT 1. AMPLIFYING LOCATING ONE REF A. CHECK tviTH RAMEY AFB OPS AND INTEL. REVEALS NO OPS THAT CORRELATE \viTH UFO. NO KNO\vN OPS THIS AREA THAT CORRELATE WITH REPORTED PERFORMANCE. 2 . VU- 8 FURTHER REPORTS PILOT COULD DISTINGUISH DELTA SHAPE ABOUT SIZE OF' JET F'ISHT~R. ON PURSUIT ZOOM CLIMB TO 52, 000 ON NIGHT OF' 19TH HE WAS HOPELESSLY OUTCLASSED. WEATHER COND. GOOD, VIS. GOOD WITH FULL MOON. PILOT IS XO OF' Vu-8 EXPERIENCED .UNCLASSIFIED !" CGiv\:Nu . { \ARTMENT' OF THE AIR FORCE Ml~SSAGE C} STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH PAGE: 2 RULGN 016 UNCLAS E F T 0 IN JET OPS. THIS IS ONLY CASE WHERE RADAR CONTACT WAS VERIFIED BY 3. USS GYATT CONFIRMED RADAR TRACKS WITH MOTION PICTURES OF SCOPE PRESENTATION. 4. COMLANTFLTWPNRANGE REPORT_iON UNIDENTIFIED RADAR CONTACT 21t355Z AS FOLLOWS: INITIAL CONTACT MADE AT 19-07N 65-05W TRACKED ON CUS 030 TO POSIT 19-52N 64-45W \~HERE TARGET FADED. TARGET APPEARED TO BE SHOWING IFF CODE ONE. DF-8 ACFT VECTORED FOR INTERCEPT AT MACH . 99. SPEED OF BOGEY IN EXCESS MACH ONE. PRANG NOTIFIED AND TRACKED GADGET FOR TWO SWEEPS. NO HEIGHT FINDER INFO AVAILABLE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING PRACTICE BQM-34A AIR-TO-SURFACE PROFILE. ON 181500Z UNIDENTIFIED RADAR CONTACT TRACKED FROM POSIT 19-17N 65-33W ON CUS 170 FOR APPROX 8 MILES. TARGET PASSED DIRECTLY OVER USS BAINBRIDGE SHOWING IFF CODE ONE AND APPEERED TO BE LOW FLYING TARGET. SPD OF TARGET APPROX 180 KTS. INTERCEPT ATTEMPTED BUT TARGET FADED. 5. AFWR ALERT TO ATTEMPT INTERCEPT AND INDENTIFY IN ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS. ADDITIONAL A/C FLOWN HEN FEASIBLE IN THIS REGARD. l.l/ ILL KEEP ADVISED. . UNCLASSIFIED [r' RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH ACTION: NIN- 7 S.\iB C034 CHQD571ZCJJG568 F\1 72BOMMB'NG RAMEY AFB PR TO RUWGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCQGM/32DNORAD G !JNTER AFB ALA RUCDSQ/AF SYSTEMS COMMAND FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WPAFB OHIO EAHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RUEAHQ/SAFOI WASH DC INFO RUCQAK/823~D HOMESTEAD AFB FLA RUCQHH/836AD ~ACDILL AFB FLA RU::ADH/8AF WESTOVER AFB MASS S!JBJ: U.~; FOLLOWING_u.s,o. MSG IN ACCORDACNCE WITH AFR 200-2. ~. U. F. O. (1) DELTA SHAPED OBJECT, PROBABLE AIRCRAFT. (2) AIR- CRAFT SIZE. (3) BLACK OR DARK GRAY. (4) ONE (5) N/ A (6) DELTA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED age 1 of 4 !f\ <;Giv\'Nc, ( .RTMENT OF THE AIR FO~CE UNCLASSIFIED STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH Page 2 of 4 SHAPE <7> FIRE IN CONE SHAPE FROM TAIL. <8> NOT HEARD. (9) EXTREME HIGH SPEED AND ATITUDE CAPABILITY. B. (1) ATTENTION OF PILOT CALLED TO OBJECT BY U. S.S. GYATT <DD> USN. <2> ABOVE AND BEHIND NAVY F8F FIGHHTER. <J> AHEAD AND ABOVE SAME FIGHTER IN 20DEG CLIMB. F8F LEVELED OFF AT 50000 FEET BECAUSE NO PRESSURE SUIT. OBJECT CONTINUED TO CLIMB AND U. S.S. GYATT ESTIMATED SPEED AT 3800 PAGE 2 RULGA 132 UNCLAS KNOTS. (4) CHANGED HEADING SEVERAL TIMES AFTER INITIAL RADAR CON- TACT THEN STATIONED ITSELF AT 9 ocLOCK POTITION, 9NM FROM F8F. PARRELLED COURSE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE F8F PILOT WENT INTO A/8 TO CLOSE WITH OBJECT. OBJECT ACCELLERATED, WENT INTO 20DEG CLIMB, AND COMPLETELY OUT-CLASSED F8F. LOST ABOVE 50000 FEET. (5) ABOVE 5~000 FEET IN A CLIMB. C6) OBJECT TRACKED BY RADAR FROM USS GYATT FOR 21 MINUTES. VISUAL CONTACT BY PILOT FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES. C~ (1) GROUND-ELECTRONIC, AIR-VISUAL. TYPE RADAR UNKNOWN. <NAVY S~ IPBOARD> <2> NO OPTICAL AIDS <J> F8F <NAVY>, FIGHTER, 35000 FEET, UNK, .84 MACH, ROOSEVELT ROADS NAS, P.R. D. (1) 20/0112Z <2> NIGHT, VIS GOOD, GULL MOON E . LAT 18-10N LONG 66-12W-APPROX 60NM NE SAN JJ~I ,\ P.R. F. LT.. COMM. K.H. WOODBURY, USN, VU- 8, ROOSEVELT ROADS NAS, P.R. RELIABLE. EXTENSIVE FLYING AND JET EXPERIENCE. G. (1) UNCLASSJFIED RT MENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH PILOT SAYS WEATIR CLEAR, VISIBILITY GOOD, WITH FULL MOON. (2) 2580 SCATTERED UNIFORM BROKEN. (4) 12 MILES (5) .8 (6) CB WEST OF SAN JUAN (7) SURFACE TO 9000, 2 DEGREES CENTIGRADE PER 1000 FT 10000 TO 45009 2. 3 DEGREES CENTIGRADE PER 1009 FEET WITH A TRADE INVERSION AT 9000 FEET. H. NONE I. NONE, EXCEPT BY PILOT INVOLVED. J . NONE K. CAPT PAUL Y. POWELL, COMBAT INTELLIGENCE PAGE 3 RULGA 132 UNCLAS OFFICER, 72D BW, RAMEY AFB, P.R. "THIS IS NOT THE ONLY UNIDENTIFIED CONTACT BY THESE PEOPLE. THERE HAS BEEN RADAR CONTACT ON 16, 17 AND 18 NOV AND THE LATEST ON 24 NOV. I HAVE TALKED TO THREE NAVY OFFICERS, CAPT SICILY, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, COMMANDER BERTER, OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR ANT FL WPN RGN, AND LT. COMDR WOODBURY, T~E PILOT. THERE HAVE BEEN SERVEL IFF PAINTS OF CODE ONE BUT S~EARED. TH OBJECT ON THE 18TH WAS LcrN SPEED AND LOW ALTITUDE, TRACKED ON RADAR FOR 8NM. INTERCEPT ATTEMPTED BUT OBJECT FADED. TYOROUGH INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED. L. THE U. S. S. GYATT TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR RADAR SCOPE DURING THEIR 21 MINUTES OF CONTACT. IS WAS VERIFIED BY NAVY INTELLIGENCE. U~FORTUNATELY, U. S. S. lJNCLASSIFJED RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH GYATT IS ENTOUTE TO NORfOLK, VA. AND SHOULD ARRIVE THERE THE 27TH OR 28TH. THE SCOPE PICTURES WILL BE AVAILABLE THEN. SUGGEST fTD fROM WRIGHT PATTERSON CONTACT THEM fOR THE fiLM. UNCLASSIFIED , UNCLASSIFIED Page 4 of 4 JOINT MESSAGL .ORM UNCLASSIFl e:n SPACZ :!.!LOW Rl:SERVI:O POR COMN_uNICATIOH~C~;_NT:..:I!;.:.:It;.,.._ _ I"RI:CIEDI:NCS TYI"C MaQ (CJiec.k) ACCOUNTINQ ORIQ. OR Rlt,..&Ra TO ACTION PRIORITr INI"O PRIORITY CLAaSJ FICA TION O F REFKRENC& FROM: SI"&CIAL INaTRUC"'I'IONS Fl'D, W P AFB, OHIO CNO, WASH D C CINCLANTYLT ., . 'VllGIBIA RJC../\1!@. f USS GYATT, BORFOIJC, VA-?uC-/( (_ - 5 --~vL (7/9 RAMEY Al'B, PB E1tl' AFB, COID;RIJX> , -r;? uw6 If,. -!..r 836 .AD JIACI!ILL AJ'B, J'LA -f< c.l (... q 11 r; -~ -~vci}-D fr-2 SAC, ono'rt' AFB, MASS APNIB, 1'T BELVOIR, VA, 1127~ FLDACTYS GP-1? J G /9-/'"1'-9 - 1 I GUABTAliAMA BAY--1( u L (q N -6/ ~TSEAII'RONT, MEV YORJC, NEW YORE -'J? V /E. ~'{I-I -@ 32. NORAD RIDlON ~mftz-V AFB I S I ONATU ;;::' ~ TYI"ED (o r :rtaaped) NAI'o4 & AN~'f'ITLE E ERIC T de JONCKHE:E!RE -~ 1 Colon el, USAF ~I Deputy for Technology and Subsystems 5 ECU It lTV CLAaal FICATION lt&I"LAC:U DO ...a .. N 175. I OCT, WHIC H WILL U8&D UNTI L &XHAUST&D ~ J!'J!N1' r~PJA -CONl1ft~110rt .xta;t UNCLASSIFih_ F'rD W PAFB OHIO UNCLASSIF e:IJ/TDEw(uro) ( ) ' (,., 1 7 17 _INF'q[CINCONAD FOR COL SMITH, AFNIN-C FOR MAJ SMITH. REFERENCE UNCLAS MSG, DCOI 34799, RAMEY AFB, PR. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF Ul''O RER>RT INDICATES THAT OBJ TRACKED BY RADAR AND ~ SIDHTED VISUAI.I:Y BY COMMANDER ~DBURY IS NC1r A UFO BUT AN . OJIDENTIFIED A/C. . '!'DEW( UFO) Nil Of ' SCOJfiiTV ClASSIFICATION 2 tmCLASSIF t !'!0 JOINT MFSSAGEfORM-CONTINUATION SHEET UNCLASSIFJ- F'l'D, W P AFB INFO FOR SAFOI, AFNIN FOR L/COL O'HARA, AFNINC FOR MAJ e:MITB, CINCONAD FOR L/COL SMITH, DIAST FOR COL WYNN. COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF SCOFE PHO'roS INDICATES THAT BOOEY TRACKED BY USS GYATT ON NIGHT OF 19 NOV 64 WAS CRUIBINJ AT SUB-80NIC SH!P!DS BE'l1olfi:P!N 20 BR 46 MIN 56 SEC AND 21 BR 07 MIN 32 SEC. BETWF!P!N 21 HR 01 Mill 32 SEC AND 21 HR 10 MIN 57 SEC BOGEY ACCELERA'l:ED SPEED SCOPE PHO'roS INDICATE THAT BE DID NOT EXCii.aiD 1515 KNOTS. 'rHE AVERAGE SPE:ED 1lJ'Ril'} PERIOD OF ACCELERATION IS 1200 KNOTS. uu..~ SCALE AND CRITICAL INTERFRETATION OF '111E SECOND HAND ON CLOCK:. UNABLE 'ro EXPLAIN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 3800 KNOTS REroRTED IN Ul<O MESSAGE DCOI 34799 D'IG 25/2204Z NOV F'Ra.t THE 72 BOMB W!m. COORDINATION: DOWNGRAOBD AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: DECL.-\SSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. TDEW (oro) ~Rit:CCOENC& IN ,..0 -'ROUTINE PTD, W P AFB, OHIO SltCVRIT Y Ct..A9911"1( :>N UNCLASSIFIED a BaLOW RESERVED f'O R CONNV HICATIO H CHTI!R TY~C M~G (Cb..:ic} ACCOUNTIN G ORIO. OR Rf!,.ER8 TO aoo MULT1 8 1NGL. Cl.. A !J1 I I"ICA T I O N OF Rlt:I"ER E NC PECIAL. INBT RVCTION!I USS GYAT'r', NORFOIJC, VIRGil