1. 04 TE TIME GROUP Baker. Oregon CONCLUSION Civilian & Hi l i tary Visual (Astronomical ~ Stars/Planets) Radar (False Targets) 4. NUMBER OF OIJI!CTS LENGTH OF OIS!JtYATION 11. IJtiE, SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Ob ject moving with morning star. Travelling ?ast or SE. TYPE OF o~yATION Observed through BX and surveyors Observer on mountai looking down. Object disappeared by fading. Also radar retu Ground-Visual Gnd - Rada1 at tirre of sighting. At time of initial report Astro bodies aze in following position Stationary Jupiter setting in Hest, .not visible during observations of star P.J,..anets. Venus rising a t 110 deg azimuth. 11ars high in SE at 35 deg elevation. Spica 15 deg above Venus. Deneb at 5 deg 0 Yu elevation 005 deg azinntth . Vega at 5 deg elevation 030 deg azim 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE cmrrrE:'lTS : Radar Evaluation as target anooal i es since returns .re !Weak and targets nat clearly discemable on each scan. Report;" !official indicated that the returns were possible due to false FORM and Radar report not es~blished. Page 4 of 6 <THROUGHOUT REPORT, KNOWN AS OBSERVER 2) MILITARY CCONT'T) J. DONALD H. STINETT 821ST RADAR SQUADRON BAKER, OREGON 97814 RELIABILITY -GOOD <THROUGHOUT REPORT, KNOWN AS OBSERVER J) PAGE ~ R~NHBSQ 5 UNCLAS ~. VERNON W. MEADOR 821ST RADAR SQUADRON BAKER, OREGON 97814 AC&W OPERATOR RELIABILITY-GOOD <THROUGHOUT REPORT,. KNOWN AS OBSERVER 4) lEATHER & WINO AlOFT CONDITION AT TIME OF SIGHTING: 1. IX CONDITION . CLEAR FROM MIDNIGHT TILL 7 AM 2 . REPORT FROM IX BUREAU OF 'NINO DIRECTION AND VELOCITY IN DEGREES AND KNOTS: SURF ACE -CALM 6,908-UNKNOWN 18,009 -381 DEGREES 9 KNOTS 15,088 -311 DEGREES 14 KNOTS -310 DEGREES 29 KNOTS -300 DEGREES 25 KNOTS PAGE 5 RUWHBSQ 5 UNCLAS 53,998 FT -A/C REPORTED 319 DEGREES 25 KNOTS aa,998 FT. UNKNOWN 3. CEILING: 4. VI SIBIL ITY 5. OUNT OF CLOUD COVERAGE 6 . THUNDERSTORMS 7. VERTICAL TEMPERATURE 6 , 000 FT -UNKNOWN Page 5 -of 6 - u,rue FT - -1 DEGREES CENTIGRADE N 15,SU FT- -17 DEGREES CENTIGRADE -28 DEGREES CENTIGRADE 14 IJ DEGREES CENT I GRADE 59,088 FT-UNKNOWN H. OBJECTS WERE ELECTRONICALLY OBSERVED AS RADAR RE- TURNS ON AN/FPS-35 SEARCH RADAR BETWEEN 1315Z AND 133iZ. RANGE APPROXIMATELY 18-2i MILES, AZIMUTH 348-342 _.~ DEGREES. NO SCOPE PHOTOS. RETURNS WERE WEAK AND FUZZY AND NOT LIKE AIRCRAFT TARGET. RETURNS WERE VISIBLE APPROXIMATELY U NCLASSiFI EO AF IN:l0985 (5 Dec 64) E/rff ACTION: SAF-OS-3 (4) CZCHQC167ZCQJB794 FM CO~MANDER 821 RADARSQ BAKER AFS OREGO~ TO RUCDSQ/WRIGHT PATTERSO~ AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/SAFOI WASHINGTON D C RIJ'JG ALE/ ADC ENT AFB COLORADO RUWHS3/28ADIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF RUWH9S/READS STEAD AFB NEV Pagel of 2 UNCLAS 821/12-009 PO FINAL SECTION OF THREE FOR TOE\~ AT FOREIGN TECHNOLGGY DIVISION. t~RIGHT ?ATTERSON AND IO AT ALL OTHERS. H ~G REPORT SUBM ITT EO I AW AFR 200-2: O~E OF EVERY 3 OR 4 SCANS. CUMPUTOR PRINTOUTS ON AN/FST- 2 DIGITAL DATA TRANSMITTER OBTAINED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSESo ?RINTOIJTS '.HLL BE FOR'~AROED TO rTO UNDER SSPERATE: C'JVC:R~ I . INTERCEPTION ACTION: J. LOCATION OF APPROXI~ATE FLIGHTS IN AREA I~HICH MIGHT ~CCOU~T FOR SIGHTING: UNCLASSiFIED MESSAGE STAFr= ,\\!S~)G: ANCH AE IN:10985-r5 Dec64) --Page 2of2 I PAGE 2 R!.P.vHBSQ 6 UNCLAS K. REPORTIN~ OFFICER IS LT. COL. FRANX L. HARDCASTLE, CO A~D~R, 821ST RADAR SQUADRON. OBSERVERS ARE RELIABLE AND UNDOUBTLY REPORTED ACCURATELY THEIR VISUAL IMPRESSIONS. RADAR CORRELATIONS CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY VIRIFIED SINCE RETURNS WERE WEAK AND TARGET<S) NOT CLEARLY DISCERNABLA EACH SCAN. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FALSE TARGETS'OR SPORADIC NOISE. TARGET<S> NOT CORRELLATEJ 1.4ITH Kr.JOWN AIR- CRAFT IN IM~EDIATE VICINITY OF BAKER. NO HEIGHT CHECK MADE ON SEARCH RADAR RETURNS. HEIGHT RADARS C~N~OT DE-ELEVATE TO NEGATIVE HORIZON ATTITUDES. L. EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDE~CE NOTE: Sec I 1a AF IN: 10973 ( 5 Dec 64) II is AP IN:l0978 (5 Dec64) 821ST RADAR SQUADRON (SAGE) (ADC) United States Air Forc e Baker Air Force Station, O regon ATTN O F : 821CCR suaJECT: U:1ident i fied Flying Object To: Foriegn Technology Division \vright -P~tterson AFB, Ohio A'.I*ll\f : TDEW 7 Decembember 1964 1. Reference our message, 821/12-009 of 5 Dec 64, re UFO os.t Baker, is a"print-out" from KN/Fsr-2 digital data transmitter. 1 . Ail/FST- 2 Print-out o21S'D R..'\DRO.i(3AGE) (ADC) &!c~r Air Force Station UNIT30 ST.ll33 AIR FOP.CE ATTN OF : 3210AC S:Ja.TSCT: Uniddntified Obj~ct Report TO: 821CCR "Print Out" taken on 4 December 1964, PULSE!_ DIDREES COO NT Dec~mber 1964 2 . AlC Ibrk:Jtt on duty during the "~lid SHift" stated that the pri:rli-outs w~re interm.ittant and blurted and not like a good search return. Azimuth Pulses .I . 088 equals d~grees. [ LLOYD D. 4-ATLOR MAJOR, USAF CJB OFFIC!::jt 82tST RADAR SQDN. (SAGE) BAKER AFS. OREGON (97 814) OFFICIAL BUSINESS Foriegn Tee oloey Division Wright-on AFB, Ohio NITN: TDE\.f /I ---..:P:,_:OSTAGC A~Q..U:H PAID L~or.nation Cn~y Sourse: Stt,\cer ilevrs, Vol 12, Ill, l!arch 1965 Ba...'ker , Ore JOn 5 Decer.:b~r 1964 _ During the early morning hours of Oecombe~ 5th, a uro wa5 spotted by a t le~st five residents o f Baker, Oregon, including three policemen. Stato Policeman William Howe said he 5aw tho object ~t ~bout Sa30 a.~., and watched it through binocular~ for half an hour. Tho uro was cylindrical in shape, and had a steady reddish light at it9 front, 3nd a flickering yellowish liqht on the rear. The o~ject was moving ~lowly fro~ northeast to southeast durin1 the period of obs~rvation 1. f.' ATE TIME CROUP 2. LOCATION l. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 4. HUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENCiTH OF OISIRVATION 3 -4 Seconds TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gr ound-Visual ot Reported 9, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Astroncmd cal (HZTIDR) Description indicates meteor sighting. 11. IRIE, SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Round object, flourescent blue, surface had crater like shadows. Tail or trail following. Object seemed to explode with tail forming behind . Disappear ed behind hill after explosion. FTD SEP 6l 0-329 (TOE} P-oe~ Mla& ... of dala ,_ -~ ~ ~aiH, DEPARTME!'If oc if-!: A:~ FO~C: 51 ArF "\t SS '\ Gc ll~.AN CH UNCLASSIFiED . 1 ACTION: SAF-OS-3 (g) ZCZCHQC160ZCQJS792 DE RUWHBSQ 4 05/0815Z Page 1 of 5 s /I tv tri. ~r; F~ CO~MANDER 821 RADARS~ BAKER AFS ORE TO RUCDSQ/'~RIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/SAFOI WASHINGTON D C RUWGALE/AOC ENT AFB COLORADO RU~HSB/28AIR DIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF RUWHSS/R~ADS STEAD AFB NEV UNCLAS 821/12-0~9 PD. FOR TDEW AT F'OREIG~ TECHNOLOG'r DIVISION. WRIGHT PATTERSON AND IO AT ALL OTHERS. F'OLLO'Y!NG REPORT IN THREE ap/ cos-o ttc- Sec.-nu,J T SUBMITTED I All AFR 200-2: A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: OBSERVER 1; SHAPE OF CHRISTMAS TREE OBS~RVER 2; ROUND 03S VER 3; ROUND RVER 4; ROUND DEP>.Rr-Mt'Nf O F THE A'~ FORC: ST Ar F i\\I'SS.~ GE BRANCH ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-7 CZCHQC739ZCQJB623 DE RUWHBSQ 5 08/1755Z FM CMDR 821 RADAR SQ BAKER AFS ORE TO RUCDSQ/WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/SAF OI WASH D C RUWGA~E/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUWHSB/28 AIR DIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF RUWHBS/READS STEAD AFB NEV UNCLAS 821-12-010PD FOR TOEW AT FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, WRIGHT PATTERSON AND IO AT ALL'UTHERS. SUBMITTEDIAW AFR 200-2: A DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: 2 . BASKET SA LL 3 . FLOURESCENT, BLUE 5 . NO FORMATION SURFACE HAD CRATER LIKE SHADO\JS DEPARTMNT OF THE AIR FORG STAFF 1\\l~S.l GE SRAN(H UNCLAS AF IN: 13984 (8 Dec 64) 7 . HAD TAIL AFTER IT. OBJECT SEEM TO EXPLODE 9. OBJECT WAS ROUND WHEN FIRST OBSERVED. IT EXPLODED AND A TAIL OF FLOURESCENT BLUE LIGHT FORMED BEHIND IT. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: 1. BRIGHT FLASH 2. 070 DEGREES 3. SAME AS ITEM NUMBER 2 . 4. OBJECT WENT BEHIND NEARBY HILL AFTER FIRST EXPLOSION AND THEN THE WHOLE SKY SEEMED TO LIGHT UP. TO FOUR SECONDS C . MANNER OF OBSERVATION: 1. GROUND VISUAL D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: E . LOCATION OF OBSERVATION: 1 LATITUDE 44: 53N LONGTI TUDE 117: 47W 2. EAST SIDE OF BAKER, OREGON IDENTIFICATION OF OBSERVER: 1N~')tAI G DEPARTMB'IT O F THE AIR FORCE STAFF 1\ \l'SS. 'l Gc BRANCH UNCt.AS!Fl0 PAGE '3 RU\~HBSQ 1 CIVILIAN RONNIE R. BAIRD AGE 23 2495 BAKER ST., BAKER OREOON CITY POLICE RELIABILITY G . WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME OF SIGHTING: t. VALLEY FOG AND COLD, NO WINDS /JI NDS ALOFT: 3. CEILING; NONE -5 CENTIGRADE -11 CENTIGRADE -20 CENTIGRADE 4. VISIBILITY; 1 MILE, FOG I I,Ny:)MING Ds>AATMt!NT 01= T!-!: AI!: fORC: ST A?:: /1. I!SS ~ GE SRANCI-' Ui1CLA~IED PAGE -4 RUWHBSQ 5 UNCLAS 7 . UNKNOWN H. ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITIONS: ~lONE I. INTERCEPT ACTION: NONE J . LOCATION OF APPROXIMATE FLIGHTS IN AREA WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING: NONE K. REPORTING OFFICER, LT. COL. FRANK L. HARDCASTLE, 82 1ST RADAR SQUADRON,. GROUND AREA ON ALLEDGED SIGHTING SEARCHED FOR PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. OFFICER BAIRD QUITE DEFINITE ABOUT SIGHTING WHEN QUESTIONED L. EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: NONE UNCLASSIFiED PAGE 2 RUWH3SQ 4 UNCLAS OBSERVER 1; GIANT FIR TREE AT ARMS LENGTH OBSERVER 2; BASKETBALL AT ARMS LENGTH 09SERVER 3; FIST AT ARMS LENGTH OBSERVER 4; BASEBALL AT ARMS LENGTH t:.. OBSERVER 1; NONE OBSERVER 2; OVERALL REDDISH TINT -AT FIRST SIGHT GOLD BOTTOM AND BLUE TOP. OBSERVER 3; VERY BRIGHT -LIGHT WHITE OBSERVER 4; GOLD LOOKING LIGHT 4. NUMBER: OBSERVER 1; ONE OSSERVER 2; ONE < 1) LARGE ~1/ITH TWO {2) SMALL ONES EITHER ENTERING OR DEPARTING VERY FAST. OSSERVER 3; ONE OBSERVER 4; ONE <1> TO FOUR (4) FORMATION: ALL 03SERVERS; NONE 6. DESCRIBABLE FEATURES: OBSERVER 1; BASE OF CIRCLED WHITE LIGHTS WITH RED LIGHTS LEAVING THE BASE AND GOING UP TO A POINT. RED LIGHTS tNCOM:NG DEPARTMENT o c Tr~ AIR FO~CE I UNCLASSIFIED . MESSt\GE STAFr: ''liSS.lG: ev,Ncrl ------------ PAGE 3 R'J'oJHBSQ 4 UNCLAS KEPT BLINKING ON AND OFF WHILE WHITE LIGHTS STAYED ON. 09SERVER 2 ; ROUND LIKE A BALL WITH HEAT RAYS BURST- ING OUT <LIKE ON FIRE) 09SERVER 3; ROUND LIKE A BALL WITH CRATERS ON IT, <LIKE A PHOTO OF MOON) LARGEST CRATER ABOUT 1/50 THE SIZE OF OBJECT. SEEM TO BE FORMING <LIKE TUMBLING OR ROLLING OBSERVER 4; GLOWING BALL/LIGHT 7. TAIL OR TRAIL EXHAUST OBSERVER 1; NONE OBSERVER 2; LEFT A GOLDEN TRAIL WHICH FADED FAST OBSERVER 3; NONE H OB YERVER 4; NONE 8 . SOUND: ALL OBSERVERS: NONE 9 . OTHER PERTINENT DATA: ALL OBSERVERS; NONE 8. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: 1. WHAT FIRST CALL ATTENTION OF OBSERVER TO OBJECT: OBSERVER 1; A CALL FROM THE AIR POLICEMAN ON DUTY DE? A~TN\~N r 0 F THE AIR !=O?.C: UNCLASSIFIED P4Gt 4 RUWHBSQ 4 UNCLAS IN THE BAKER CANTONEMENT AREA. OBSERVER 2; A F'L ASH OBSERVER 3; BRIGHTNESS AND SIZE OBSERVER 4; SAME AS OBSERVER 1 2. HAT ANGLE, AZIMUTH WHEN FIRST OBSERVED: OBSERVER 1; VERTICLE ANGLE OF NEGATIVE 20 DEGREES DIRECTLY NORTH (360 DEGREES> AND DOt~N FROM BEAVER MOUNTAIN. BEAVER MOUNTAIN IS 14 AIR MILES SOUTH OF BAKER AT 6200 FT ELEVATION. OBSERVER 2; VERTICLE ANGLE OF 070 DEGREES EAST <090 DEGREES> MOVING UPWARD. OBSERVER 3; VERTICLE ANGLE OF 045 DEGREES SOUTH <175 DEGREES> APPROXIMATELY 6 -10,000 FT MOVING BACK A~D FORTH <SWAYING> OBSERVER 4; SAME AS OBSERVER 1 3. ANGLE AND AZIMUTH WHEN OBJECT DISSAPPEARED: OBSERVER 1; SAME LOCATION AS FIRST OBSERVED OBSERVER 2; NOT OBSERVED OBSERVER 3; SOUTHEAST APPROXIMATELY 54 MILES OSSERV~R 4; SAME AS FIRST OBSERVED 4. DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHT PATH AND MANUVERS: OBSERVER 1; OBJECT STEADY AND FIXED OBSERVER 2; MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST STAYING WITH :10R~!NG STAR. DE?ARTMENi 0~ THE AIR FORC~ UNCLASSifiED MtSS.l\GE SIAF~ 1\ PAGt 5 RUWHBSQ 4 UNCLAS OBSERVER 3; TRAVELING SOUTH OVER BAKER TO SOUTHEAST OBSERVER 4; OBJECT STEADY AND FIXED 5. HO~ DID THEY DISAPPEAR: OBSERVER 1; FADED OBSERVER 2; NOT OBSERVED OBSERVER 3 ; ASCENDED UPWARD OBSERVER 4; FADED OUT Or SIGHT ~ 6 . HOii LONG WERE OBJECTS VISABLE: HOURS AND 30 OBSERVER 2; HOUR AND 32 MINUTES