--IME GROUP CONCLUSION U'Jllr T;-'r PT 'TI NUMIER OF OIJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVATION IRIIP IUIMIARY AND ANALYSIS TYPE OF OISERVATION PHYSICAL VIDENCE SLER AFB MISSISSIPPI 4 APRIL 1965 The time of the sighting was approximately 0405 CST. The observer si~hted a black oval object estimated to be 40 f~. long and appeared to be the shape of a footoall vith four lights evenly spaced from one end to the other on the l .. nderaide. The lights were all white and of high intenai ty and looked the same when they disappeared as when they appeared. At first the vitness only noticed four lights, but when the object got closer it looked like a dark oval, darker the cloud background. There was a cloud layer at 1200 ft, and the object was below t.hese clouds. The lights were first seen at approximately 45 eleva- tion and 200 -230 az~uth, in the southwest. The object passed overhead and headed northeast prior to ita disappearance. It faded into the clouds 15 -20 seconds later at tely 300 -45 elevation and 050 azimuth. The ob- server did not venture a guess on speed but stated that it was fast. Witness stated that there wasn't any sound, trail or exhaust observed . C<HtfENI'S The observer at first thought ~he object was an aircraft and he called FAA; they reported no aircraft in the area a t the time of the sighting. A oon has ~o be discarded as a possible explanation since Lhe wind was from 180 and t he object was ninly moving cross-wise t.o the wind. A possibili~.Y exist s for a reflection off the cloads, out ~he observe r s~a~ed that the ob- .je c t was qu.i te different. There ~s a searchligh t .!.n use f our miles awa.1 from the area; however. it was not very bright and had never cefore been t he cause or bright refl ections (stated by the observer) . Anucna~ possible al~ernacive i s a satellite signti ng . intensi t y as sa ~elli tes, b'.l t. observer states that the and. had fo1r ligh~s ra "ler than one . lights were ~ne ob ject was too l ow, Wi~h sue~ availabl e informa~ion the case is carried as unidentif ied. All al:er~tives are no~ sabstani a tea wit h conclusive dat a ~o warra nt a defini~e explanation . If. I alt V.,., i"f' 1/f COittf/ltn JfV1 CA. .,.f()N r ~IV T 'f . A. C T ION \J P A:fi'B, OHIO SPtC I 4 L I' ~TPUC~IO'-'S 'MB'li'GCEN KEPSTJI!R AFB U~tas/TDIW(UIU) / a::P'ER!!NCB YaJR MESSMJB, CIH cAS f6166 ~ 5 APR 65. OBi'FX:'l'S RE'S?.MBLE POSSil3LE A/C OBSERVATIONS. REQUFSI' COMPLIANCE WITH AND PARA 16 : TYJIII!O NAME ANi) T ITI..! 692i P.EC'roR QUINTAlfii.I.A ' Major, USAF e r--- :: V!:;P'J'l'I' FOR ..~.'ECHNO!DGY A:'ID f Chief', Aerial Pbenetaena Branch . s J.!J~\; '!' 'de-::tJu11fe !m',.-'"{!()U)JJEL, Conversation ot Dr J Allen aynek and A2C Corum (A.N.), Weather Observer, Keesler AFB, Detachment #22, '1'\..enty-Fourtb tleatber Squadron (MATS) regarding his observa- tion on 4 Apr 65/1005Z. Corum waa not aware of the tact that two naval air station personnel reported ao observation 1 hour earlier; they saw a ball of flame. Corum saw tour white lights, they came in overhead, from Wouthwest and went Northeast. Cloud layer was 1200 feet and objects were below these. Scattered condi tiona, 5/10 thick to broke, varied. Object passed undenteath the clouds, at the northeast it faded into the clouds, went almost straight north, faded into cloud and then came back. Obj seemed to stay at same level, speed did not vary, Corum did not attempt to estimate speed, it was going fast. At besinoing it was approxi- mately 45 degrees altitude, azimuth 200-220, passed just to the North cf zenith, and disappeared at 30-45 altitude 050 az. 'fb1s gave object a total run of about 90 degrees. Estimated time ot observation as five to ten seconds. When he first saw object he called another observer, it was no lonser visible wen he came. ltlhen Dr B)'nek asked Corum to re-enact the sighting tor time, the time elapsed was seventeen seconds, coming t o the conclusion that actually the observation was 15-2-seconds. When object got closer it looked like a dark oval, darker than the ~loud background. Corum was asked if this might have been searChlights on the clouds. Rep~ ''Never saw four searchlights like that . , He didn't hear any sound, doesn't know where there would be searchlights like this. Light off water tower often reflects off the c louds, but this was quite different, he said. Still didn't think they w~re searchlights, the~e was no reflection. Lfghts were of high intesnity, looked t he same when they disa~peared as when they appeared. ~lmost the same intensity as a s t he satellites, ki~d of bright but not very bright at a ll, saw four lights. Was not a sate 1.11 te, too lot.r, and four lights rath! r than one . ~.aked Corum if he bad a::y idea as to what he saw. Replied that he was worried cause he could 't figure out W"hat it was. Aksed if he could comp1re it to any- thi~g and p l ace it u; i~ the air: ' A large football with lights, this might ~ook l i ke what I saw. The cu t line was darker than the c., ouds and the object was dark except the lights, which were on the bottom, and were probabl y pr otruduing ~r the object. Al l riere white lights, no difference in intensity of lights, and lights did not t~nkle. Compared to a street light that was on . Same intensity of street light w.hich was approximatel y 120 yards away from weather t ower. Corum never saw anything that resembled it, was shaken up, first thought it was an aircraft and called F.~ and they had no a/c in the vicinity at the time. Keesler bas no flying at night, unless it would be Coast Guard a/c, everything on flight !.ine is quite between lOpm and 6pm. And there vas no sound. Asked him if he knew of any searchlights in area, one report had mentioned search- lights in shopping center. Told us that it wasn't a shopping center but at the Broadwater Hotel tour milesaway, they are not very bright and have never given br ight reflections, not even as bright as the water tower which is k mile away. ~egarding angular separation: Thumb at arms' lenath did not cover the front and ights. Lights were arranged one on each end, evenl y spaced with two in the middle. Wind from 180 deg. Obj moving largly crossway to vind. t4oonlight at only one layer of clouds he thought, for he could see stars s ometimes sig!1ted ~ 'ulack ovPl o"Jj'~ct estimated t o the s hape of a foo~.:.~all with fonr light s evenly spPcen from one end t o -c'-1~ other o~ ~he unders~de. The lights were all white a nd of high i ::1tens.i. ty and looked t s e w~er. they disappeared as when they appeared. \The in~ensity was co red ~o t~at of a satellit e ~ut the obje~t w~s not a sgt~llit~ :~ec~use low 1nd i'o:.1r lights rather t~-.an one. J't first the o'-1serverl\o:1ly :)'.l t Y1her po t closer the l i.gh t.s esle~ has ~o !lytng at :-: _gh t . ~:'less it .Jo-t ~d c e a Co~ s~ 'Juard 1. i!.':'!:"af~ . er~ryt h ing on t~e :'lig!:t. line is 'T.tlet oetwee:: 10 pm a:1c 6 a m . Therefore, t he cese is ~arrjeci as UNIDENTIF'Ir:D.