1. DATE TIME GIOU' Ci.vili:tn & ~;i litazy 4. NUMIE R OF OIJECTS S. LENGTH OF OIS!IYATIOM 10. CONCLUSION 11. IIIIP su-.ay AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ' r stcrly 9. PHYSICAL EYIDENC! t l ,; bbj ~t lij1 tin--: up cockpit. 021.., z DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSiFIFD ACTION: NIN-7 (7 Apr 65) G/gem Page 1 of 2 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-7, SAFOS-3, DIA-l (20) CZCHQD447ZCWJX667 DE RUWGJG 62 06/2258Z FM 96STRATAEROSPWG DYESS AFB RUCDSQ/AFSC FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFT R UEAHQ/H Q USAF' '!I AHS DC P UEAHQ/ S~CRETARY Or THE AIR FORCE ~1 ASH DC 7.EN/819STRATAEROSPDIV DYES AF'B D, TIME AND DATE: ~240Z, 29 MARCH 1965. TIME VERY ACCURATE, L IGHT CONDITIONS -NIGHT. J E. CITY OF A3ILENE: OR 3226N 9945',&/. F. WILLIAM E CLOVER, MAJOR USAF, 96SAW INTELLIGENCE TGT PREDICTIONS, RELIABILITY VERY GOOD. K . HIS EVALUATION AS A CONET IS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF THE OBJECT. HE SAID THAT HE COULDN'T GIVE ANY ALTITUDE, DISTANCE OR SPEED . SINCE HE SA~I IT FOR SUCH A SHORT TINE. THE CCltlET rs QUEST ION.~SL E PL~S THE HIGH OVERCAST '.1 OULD BLOCK VISIBILITY. PAGE 2 RUt.4 GJ G 62 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FOIQ STAFF MESSAGE BR.+..NCH UNCLAS AF IN : 28007{7 Apr 65) UNCLASSiFIFD Page 2 of 2 14. A. ~ESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: SHORT STUBBY CIGAR SHAPED, ABOUT ONE EIGHTH OF A FULL NOON. THE OBJECT 1.tl AS A GREEN ISH LIGHT \~I TH A TRAIL ABCUT ONE HALF' THEX SIZE OF THE OBJECT ON SOUND B. OBSERVER WENT T 0 OPEN WI NO 0'.-! 1.~HEN HE SA\~ A GREEN LIGHT AND THOUGHT IT AN AIRPLANE WING LIGHT 3UT IT GREW LARGER THAN ANY AIRPLArJE LIGHT. OBJECT WAS FIRST NOTICED ON AN AZIMUTH OF 15rlJ0 DE- GREES AT AN ELEVATI O~J OF 30 DEGREES MOVING LEVEL HEADING \~EST CURTAIN BLOCKED OBSERVATION AT 260 DEGREES AND APPRCXIMATE 25 DEGP.EE ELEVATION. OBJECT WAS OBSERVED FOR WP TO 30 SECClJDS. NO ttlANEUVERS. MANNER OF' OBSERVATION WAS GROUND VISUAL. D. TINE t.!ND DATE: ZI230Z TO ~250Z ON THE 29TH OF' MARCH 55. NiGHT i...IGHT CONDITIONS E L OC AT I O~J : D YES A F B T EX AS. ? ~NTHONY A CR!:SPI, A2C, 96SA'.~ HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON C J~HlU NICATI ONS. VSRY GOQ:J RELIABILITY c\ J 03SSRVED DID lOT REPORT BUT TOLD AN AIRNAN \~HO '1/0RXS IN :; ~ OFF' ICE AND I c:.l"~ACTED HIM ON THE 3~TH OF fIARCH 1965. SECTICN I IS AF IN 26036 (7 Apr 65). JOINT MESSAGIEFORM UNCLASSIFIE!U SPACE BEL8W RESERVED 'OR COMMUNICATION CENTER FTD, W P ATB, OBIO Are I ENT An, cow Hq USAF, WASH 'D C USAl' POR SAFOI. fll2J}:t'r Uro. REP'El!fSl'ICE YOOH 96n:OI ~335 MAR 65. CLASSIP"ICATION OfP RIIP"ERIINCII S,.ECIAL. INSTRUCTIONS ~ Z'-TAWATE UF'C FROM IN!f"JR.\!AION SUPPIJRD IN YQJR Rt.PORT. REPOR'I'llC UST FOR 'l'Hl'! SUBMISSION OF ET.F.CTRICAL RER>IttS IS CONTALNED IN PARACaAPB 13. RFg]EST YOO COMPLY /!SAP W II ANO TITLE &IGNATURIE T de JOJEK RP!ERE Coloce 1, USAP MeNTH YIEAR R ~&'='IEc~u=R-:-:1 T~Y CLA Deput7 ror TecbnolOQ and SUba~tema UI1CLASSI?IF.l' REPLACES DC FORM 17~. I OCT 4~. WHICH WILL 1!!11: USEC UNTIL EXHAUSTED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORa STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH U~CL ASSiFIF 0 Page 1 of 5 ZCZCHQE058ZCWJX668 ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOPl, XOPX-7, SAFOS-3, DIA-l DE RUWGJG 61 06/2258Z F~ 96STRATAEROSPWG DYESS UFB TO ~UWGALE/ADC ENT AFB RUCDSQ/AFSC FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB RUEAHQ/HQ USAF WASH 0 C RUEAHQ/SF.CRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE ~ASH D C ZEN/819STRATAEROSPDIV DYESS AFB .:N~LAS 96DCOI 08571. APR 65. SUBJECT UFO. SECTION I OF II SECTIO~S TH.IS IS A COMPLETE REPORT ON THREE C3> SIGHTINGS OF AN UFO 0240Z, 2 9 MARCH 1965, AND A PARTIAL REPO~T ON FOU~ C4> SIGHTINGS RECEIVED - M SWEET~ATEn AC&~ SIGHT. EACH SIGHTING INFORMATION IS LISTED S RATELY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS OUTLINED IN AFR 200- 2~ REPORT 1 . ~. A. DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECT ~AS CinCULAR, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS THE SIZE OF A FULL ~OON. IT GAVE OFF A BRIGHT GREENISH WHITE LIGHT T~AT LIT UP THE CLOUDS THAT IT PASSED OVER. NO SOUND WAS HEARD. 8, THE LARGE SIZE AS IT CAME OUT FnOM BEHIND THE CLOUDS CALLED DEPARTMENT OF THE All FOICE STAFF MES&t.GE UIYCL ASSiFIFD PAGE 2 RUWGJG 61 UNCLA~ AF IN : 26036 (7 Apr 65) Page 2 of 5 THE OBJECT TO THE OBSERVER~ ATTENTION. THE OBJECT FIRST CAME INTO VIF.W ON A .165 DEGREE AZIMUTH AT AN ELEVATION OF APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES. IT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 260 DEGREES AZIMUTH AT AN ELEVATION OF 35 DEGREES BEHIND SOME LOW CLOUDS. THE OBJECT ~OVED IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION WITH NO MANEUVERS. IT WAS VISIBLE FOR 50 . TO 60 SECO~DS. C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL; NO AIDS USED. D. TIME AND DATE: INDIVIDUAL ESTIMATES 0300Z TO 0315 ON 29 MARCH 65. LIGHT CONDITIONS WERE NIGHT. E. LOCATION 32-50N 099-52W OR TEN MILES NORTH OF ANSON, TEXAS. :. TRUCK DELIVERY FOR A DEPARTMENT STORE, AND HIS WIFE WERE QUITE EXCITED WHEN I INTERVIEWED THEM. THFIR TIME IS VF.RY QUESTIONABLE, AS NO WATCH WAS AVAILABLE AT TI~E OF OBSERVATION. THE AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION AnE MY ESTIMATES AS TO WHEnE THEY SAID THAT THE OBJECT APPEARED AND DISAPPEAriED. G. WEATHER AND WINDS TAKEN AT 0155Z AND 0255Z ARF THE SA~E UNO ~!~L BE LISTED ONLY ONCE. 1. LOW BROKEN CLOUDS ABOUT 3,000 FEET. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORQ STNF MESSAGE BRANOf U~CLASSiFifD PAGE 3 RUWGJG 61 UNCLAS AF .IN : 26036 (7 Apr 65) Pag-e. 3-of 5 3. CEILING UNKNOWN. HIGH CIR~US OVERCAST WIPH BkEAKS IN OVERCAST NORTHWEST OF DYESS AIR FORCE BASE. 4. VISIBILITYI 15NM. 5. OVERCAST CIRRUSt BROKEN LOW TO SCATTERED LOW. 6. THUNDERSHOWERSI NONE. 7. TE~PERATUnE GRADIENT: 6,000 TO 35,000 MINUS 2.36: I. NONE ATTEMPTED J. NO BALLONS OR AIRCRAFT CIVILIAN OR MILITARY GOING THAT FAST. K. 96SAW CHIEF OF CO AT INTELLIGENCE: I AM UNABLE TO COME TO ANY CONCLUSION FROM THIS OR ANY OTHER REPORTS THAT I RECEIVED. THE OSJECT AS VISUALIZED BY THIS COUPLE WAS LARGER THAN AS VISUALIZED 3Y OTHERS WHO WERE THIRTY C30> MILES CLOSER TO THE OBJECT. IF HIS ESTI~ATE OF THE TI~E ~300Z TO 0315Z IS CORRECT THERE WOULD HAVE TO 6E T~O OBJECTS. I DOUBT THAT HIS TI~E IS ACCURATE, AND THAT THE OoJEECT STARTLED HIM AND COULD ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGE SIZE. l' NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE lHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PASSED ON TO ME WHILE I WAS RESEAR- . CrliNG THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE OBJECT. THIS INFORMATION COMES PAGE 3 RUWGJG 61 UNCL DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORQ STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH FRO~ FOUR OBSERVATIONS OF WHICH TWO WERE PILOTS. I REQUESTED THE LOCAL AIR BASE TO GET FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE OBSERVEnS IN THEIR AREA. NEGATIVE INFORMATION RECEIVED SO FAR. 14. A. A LARGE GREENWHITE LIGHT HEADING EASTERLY TO WESTERLY AND LIT UP CLOUDS IN AREA. VIEWED SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER. a. LARGE OBJECT TRAVELING FAST FIRST BROUGHT THE ATTENTION OF OBSERVER. C. GROUND VISUAL. D. TIME AND DATE: 0240Z 29 MARCH 1965, NIGHT. E. SWEETWATER, TEXAS ON WEST ARKANSAS STREET. GE UNKNOWN, WEST ARKANSAS STREET, OBSTE- 1~lC1AN, ESTit1ATE OF RELIABILITY UNKNOWN. G. U~KNOWN. h. wNJ<NOWN. 18 ~ONE ATTE~PTED. K~ GiD NOT INTERVIEW. L o ~NKNOWN : A. A LIGHT WHITE GREENISH OBJECT WHICH LOOKED AS IF IT EXPLODED o ThEN KEPT ON GOING WEST. OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND AT WEBB AFB DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR f.ORCE . STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH i.JNCL ASSiFir D PAGE 5 RUWGJG 61 UNCLAS F. AIRMAN STRONG OF THE 331 FIGHTER SQUADRON, ~BB AFB, TEXAS. THIS IS ALL OF THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM AIRMAN STRONG: 14. A. A BRIGHT GREENISH OBJECT WHICH LIT UP THE COCKPIT FOR TEN SECONDS MOVING WEST AT 0245Z 29 MAR 65. THIS IS ALL THE INFORVATION THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM TWO PILOTS, ONE FLYING IN THE SWEETWATER AREA CNAVY 56542> AND THE OTHER PILOT FLYING IN AN AREA NORTH EAST OF LUBBOCK<AERO-COMMANDER 68815>. THE PILOT INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED TO SWEETWATER FROM FAA. OBSERVATION NUMBER TWO: 14. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: CICULAR ABOUT ONE SIXTH THE SIZE Or A FULL MOON WHlCH GAVE OFF A BRIGHT GREENISH WHITE LIGHT. THE OBJECT HAD A TRAIL OF 3 TO 4 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE OBJECT. NO SOUND WAS HEARD. 9 . ~BSERVER EVALUATED IT AS A COMET. ITS MOVEMENT AND SIZE 3R!J~JGHT HIS ATTENTION TO IT. THE AZIMUTH FIRST NOTICED WAS 176 DEGREES AT ~N ~LEVATION OF WP DEGREES AND FADED TO NOTHING AT AN AZI~UTH OF ~c~ QEGREES AND 18 DEGREE ELEVATION. OBJECT WAS VISIBLE FOR 2 TO s~:0 NDS NO MANEUVERS. G. ~lANNER OF OBSEj1VAT ION WAS GROUND VISUAL .b: NurE: SECTION2 IS AF IN 28007 (7 Apr 65)