5. LENGTH OJII OIS!RVATION 2 Hinute s 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gruund- Vi3u:J.l ( BX) 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. IRIE, SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Cigar shaped object of a l ll.'Ilinuo 2- 3 f t long and 12-15 inct:es in diamete r . r:o rouni. l!o unusual features noted. Observa r previous report3 ani ~ras out l ooki.."'lg for objects. round vis~.C.luith BX. L11itia l observ.tio:1 ::lt :;5 deg elevatic n in :rest. ? ht in ::;tr'\ijlt line di3:!:;=.paari.ng a t 35 deg ele v < ... :..o in South. Durotion ? mi."'lut e s . Object disapp~ared by f.3.ding . I r?~. RUEAGL FM 649 RA!)AqON BEDFORD AFS VA . ~i:~: ~. -S"C, ,_-_- TO J:?U\~GALE/ ADC I / I . RIJEAKN/26ADIV STE RUEAHQ/HQ USAF RUEAHQ/OSAF WASHDC INFO RUEAAM/WAADS FT LEE AF'S VA ONE OF' T'!IO SECTIONS. UNCLAS 64900?-00019, EB 65. SECTION FOR: AOC CADOIN>; 26AIRDIV C260IN>; OSAF'(SAFIO>~ WAADS (~OADC-I). SUBJ: AFSC ( SCF>; HQ USAF CAF~IN>; AFq 20~-2 T~E FOLLOWING INF'O~MATION UFO SIGHTING. IN ACCORDAi'JCE QITH IS SIJ9'11ITTED: A. DFSC~IPTION OF OBJECT: - (1) CIGAR SHAPED. (~) TWO THREE FEET LANG, 12 T O 15 I~C~ES I N DIA~ETER. (3) ALU~INU~. PAGE 2 t?UEAAML 3 UNCLAS NONE OBSERVED. (7) NONE OBSERVED. (8) NONE HEARD. 9) NONE OBSERVED. B. DESCRIPTION OF C~IJ~SE OF OBJ ECT: VER WAS LOOKING ~ 0~ T~E'1 DUE TO THE SIGHTINGS HE MADE ON PREVIOUS OCCAS[CNS. <2> A'lGLE OF' ELEVATION AP?ROXI'1.~TELY 35 DrGq~ES, AZIMUTH APPROXIMATELY ~90 DEGREES. (3) A~SELE OF ELEVATICN APPRO"<I:1ATELY 35 DEG EES, AZIMUT'-f APPROXIMATELY 130 DEGREES. (~) STPA!GHT LINE. (5) FADED FRa-t SIGHT. (6) APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. C. '1A~;\JEP. OF OBSERVATION: 0UND-VISUAL. <?) "nl OCULARS. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: PAGE 3 UEAA~L 3 UNCLAS E. LOCATION OF OBSE~NER: NORTH, LONGITUDE 70 DEG~EES SOUTH- WEST OF BEDFORD, VA., !DEN FYING !~FOP I CRANE nPER LATITUDE 37 DEGREES 11 ~INUTES 37 MI~UTES WEST. MON~TA, VA. 10 OP-1 03SER\TF AND WESTE~N HOUSEWIFE, RAIL~OAD, ~ATURE A~D T ~ONETA, VA., G. WEATHER: < 1) CLEAR WITH LIGHT SCATTERED CLOIJOS, NO HAZE. <2> WINDS ALOFT AND GRADIENT OBTAINED FROM THE DUTY ~oqECASTEQ, DET. ~1, 12TH WEATHER SQUADRON AT THE WASHINGTON AIR DEFENSE SECTOR. RE~AINDE~ OF THE WEATHER REP ORT OBTAI NED FRO~ THE WEATHER BU~EAU AT LYNCHBURG AIRPOqT VA.C SUqFACE 200 DEGREES 10 K PAGE 4 RUEAAML 3 UNCLAS 8~,000 NOT AVAILABLE <3> HIGHT THI N SCATTERED. C5) ONE- TENTH C7) SU~FACE PLUS 25 DEGREES 6 . 000 PLUS 14 DEGqEES 1J,~00 PLUS 5 JEGqEES 16,~0~ MINUS 7 DEGREES ?0,00~ ~!NUS 15 DEGqEES 30,00~ MI~US 22 DEGREES 50,00~ MINUS 49 DEGREES 8~,000 NOT AVAILABLE H. A~Y OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OP. CMNDITION: NONE ACC'11JNTED I .. i":::::!'S?TION Ot? IDENTI~TC.~TIQd Ar;-IO~i T~;n:: 'l /A J. THE DUTY FORECASTER, DET. 41, l?T~ WEATHEq SQUADRON AT THE P4GE s ou::AAML 3 u~cLAs WASHI)IGTON AI~ DEF'E(';SE SECT09 STATED T11AT "!EATHE:o B~LLOO~JS WE:iE RELEASE!) AT 1 120 Z FROM CHARLOTTE NC, G~E:E~.;SBO~O, i~C, CH ATT AN 00G4, TENN. AND ~ASHVILLE, TENN. ON, TITL:: AND C0'11't1SNTS OF' TliE PPEPAC?I~G OFFICE~: F!iANCIS X. KELLY, 1ST LT., ASSISTA!'JT CEI'1 SIJPE"">\flSOC?. Cl) A CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON AIR DEFENSE SECTOR I NDICATED NO A!RCRAFH UNDER THEIR OPERATIONAL CONTROL I N THE A~EA OF THE SIGHTINGS. ( 2 ) FAA TOWER AT LYNCHBURG COULD ACCOUNT F'O'i NO AIRCRAFT IN THE MONETA AREA. C3) F AA FLIGHT SE~VICE, ~00DRU, AIRPORT, ~OANOKE, VA., COULD OF'FE~ NO INFORMATION Al~CRA~T I N THE: ~O~ETA A~EA. (~) THE ARTCC WATCH SUPEPVISO~ AT LEES9U'i3, VA. ST4TE:D THAT TPAFFI: I N THE ROA~O~E-LYNCH3 G, 'lA. A~EA AT LOW ALTITUDES 'PAS '-10DE ATE TO HEAVY HJ BOTH Dl'iSCTIONS ALON3 A NORTH-EAST A~ID SOUTH-WEST FLIGHT PATH: AT HIGH ALTI!UDSS, "!O~E~AT TO HEAVY IN BOTH DIPECTION ALONG A NORTH-EAST AND SOUTH-WFST FLIGHT PATH. ( 5 ) .~ EHCK t4ITH T"tE FT. FISHER NCC, NC E'T2ALED F-1 AIRCqAFT ~?c~ SEY~OUR-JOHNSON AFB WEqE PEqFQ n qAOA~ EVALUATION J;"LIGHTS OF TPF 6~9TH RADA'i S9UA!JRON. FLIGHT ZCZCGLt3697ZSA~il~I 50 Of P.UEAAML ~ 08/17412 F~ 649 ~A9A~ON BEDFO~D AFS VA TO ~U GALE/ ~DC OLJEAK~/?~AryiV STE~A~T AF3 NY RUSAt:LI AF'SC L - O'JE'Ali'~/P9 iJSAF RllEAH0/ OSAF' vi AS~ DC TNFORU~AAM/WAADS F'T LEE AFS VA UNCLAS 64900?- 00019, FEB 65. FINAL SECTION OF TWO SECTIO~S. C!-tARLOOTE, NC, ROANOKE, VA., GOLDSBORO, C. F'-101 AI?AFT rROt1 MCENTIRE ANGB, SC WERE ALSO PERiOR~lNG T ~LIGMTS. FLIGHT PATH, CQLUMBIA, SC, ROAl'IOKE, VA., CnA~Ul~ ... ~, l.,c, COLUMBIA SC. BUlM SQUAD~Ot'fS BEGAN FLIGHTS AT 1400Z At'~U CUt'l!lt'41JED THSN TH~OUGH 1900Z. (6) SEA~CH AND HIEIGRT F'I.WE~ D4'=?S AT THIS U)!IT \IJP?E CHECKED F'O~ A PERIUU Uf 35 ~INUTES SUT ~0 A9N0 4L 03JECTS WE~E 09JECT HAD fADE STATED T~AT A FE~ ~IN~TFS AFTE~ THE FROM VI~W HE OBSERVED T~O JET 4Ioc~A~T TO T~E PAGF 2 ~UEAA~L ~ UNCLAS NORTH OF' HI~!. ONE AIRC~AFT WAS T~ACKING EAST AND THE OTHE~ WEST. BOTH A!CPAFT LEFT CONTRAILS D THEIR FEATURES ~IERE EASILY DISTINGUISHABLE. ~URTHER STATED THAT THE OBJECT HF SIGHTED APPEARED TO BE ~ORE OF A WHITE COLOR WYEN VIE~ED TH~OUGH THE BONOCULARS, HOWE"E~, NOT TRAIL Ot? P:::?OJECTIONS COULD BE 08SERVED. THE F~O Of THE OBJECT SEEMED BLUNTER rMAT WHEN OBSERVEU WITH THE on MR. AND MRS. HAVE 09SFt?VED UNUSUAL LIGHTS T0P TO EACH SIG~TI~ G. HE FEELS THE?E MAY BE IN SO~E 'iAY A CO~INFCTICN EETWE~N THE LISHTS AND TH~ SI~HTINGS THE NEXT DAY. THE LIGHTS AQ~ SEEN ONLY ON T~F NIGHTS P~Ioq T0 A S IGHTING. HE HAS ~ODE NO AT!E~PTO ~EP0T THE LIGHTS OR DESCRI3S THE.1 OTHER T~AN TH~Iq POSSIBLE RELATIONS~I? TO THE O~JECTS SIGHTED OU~ING THE < 9) AS V 1 PREVIOUS SIGHTINGS BY '1R. I WILL t1AKE "lO EF1:'Q~T TO APq!'/E AT A FINAL COt\JCLUSION AS TO THE IDENTITY OF' T~E OBJFCTS. I STRON L ~ECCO~MEND THAT AN I NVESTIGATING TEAM 9E SENT TO CONTACT t1?. FOR FURTP.o EVALUATION OF HIS REPORTS. NEL AT THIS UNIT ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO IJNDERTAKE A ~O~E CO't?LETE ~NAL~SIS THAN HAS AL EADv l3EE~ P 0\ITOF1J =-co poc-ncus srs~TI~JGS. P4 3 otiEAAML ~ U~CLAS L. ~XTISTE!JCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDE~CE: ~(Wk'.