1. DAJE _TIME GROUP DR 25 lvfay 1965 2. LOCATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD .i. NUMBER OF OBJECTS s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION t TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~-PHYSICAL EVID!MCE Iii Y Returned to No ~.a.nufacture 10. CONCLUSION Other (Scout Rocket) Object was dete:nrd ned to be a Scout \-lallops Island on 16 Dec 64. 11. BRI!F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS . SEE CASE FILE launched from cu.belald . ~!!Ia~ obJecru. we-e tarDea~Oftr JSt1ACTHA I TO C8 A L~ F0:1CE SYSTEC-15 COf1D WRIGHT P.~TTERSON AF 3 OHIU :JNCLAS ~ F T 0 F O'JO JT J2 Jt~!JENTIFI0 FLYI~G 03J ECT 3. LTR, JTJ2 J~S~IAG THAI, 2 5 :l~Y 65, SAME SU3J S~ T ~:2U~ST STATUS OF I DSNTIFICAION OF OBJECT FO~}A~D~J 3 Y .=(J:FZRZ~C~ 9 . ~OYAL TH.~ I GOV~::1N~15:NT .~NXI~UX F01 FO~:'tJATION ,)OINT MISSAGIPORM t t If I W ~If BOOte MULTI 81NOL.It R8JaltV0 I'Oit t:JOMMUNtCA 710N CNTU SPECIAL INST .. UCTIONI SECURITY CLA$SIFICATION ERIC 'f de REPLACES EDITION Of' I M4Y 5 5 WHICH M4Y BE USEO l z StP55 20 f~ RUC DS'l Fr1 COXUS~CTHAI TO CO FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO U~CLAS JTJ2 SUEJ:. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING 0 R::F: A. .LTR, JTJ2 JUSMAGTHAI DTD 2.5MAY65 B. COMUS,~CTHAI MSG, DTG 23tr7.52Z JUL 65 ' \ -. &FERENCE C ADVISED THAT FINAL VERIFICATION OF UFO IDENTITY PZKDING CHECK WITH 'PRODUCER. REQUEST INFOR~ATION AS TO ~JHE N INFOR- r~TION MAY E EXPECTED. WITHHOLDING OUR REPLY TO RTG PENDING RECEIPT OF VERIFICATION MEMO FOR THE RECORD: Phone Conversation of 5 Aug 65 Jim Schrout, area code 304 phone 738-9QOO, e ns.;on 8~;3. Allegheny Ballistics,. In placing phone call in:f'oz,n operator not to change the area code to 301 as listed in her book but to use area code 304. Reference the rocket parts that were found in Thailand, would like to know where it was found and when it came down. Object supposedly fell sometime 1n May. This part is all that we know that fell. Object was launched from Wallops Island, 16 Dec 64, Scout Mission, San Marco Vehicle, and was a joint effort with the Italians on an air density program. Payload was expected to orbit for six months. Rocket would have had to complete at least six orbits before it could have fallen in Thailand. Now they are vondering if the Payload was near this object when it came down, as it was supposed to come down seperately (the rocket body that is) at an earlier date and had been expected to burn up. They are photographing the object, will probably turn the object over to NASA. He will send us a complete report on the object. NAVY DEPARTMENT OACofS, INfELLlGENCB 11ft lJN1'I!D STATES \\lUtAlY Al>VISOUY G"&OlW 10 APu S;ln f r~cisco ,. 96346 OFFlC\AL BUS\NESS ALLE6ANY BALLISTICS LABORATORY OPERATED BY HERCULES POWDER COMPANY INCOit,.OitATitD P . 0. BOX 210 CUMBERLAND. MARYLAND 21!501 TELEPHONE: September 29, 1965 ROCKET CENTER RIDGELEY, WEST VIRGINIA Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Air Force Systems Cououand United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Attention: TDEW --Colonel Eric T de Jonckheere Components from 4th Stage Scout Recovered in Thailand Reference your letter of 28 July 1965, Hercules Powder Company is pleased to advise that the components returned to us therewith were part of a rocket motor manufactured at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, on Contract NAS 1-3698. Pertinent data on this rocket motor are as follows: Motor Description --Jato 24DS-5850 X258 Motor Manufacturer --Hercules Powder C--ompany, Allegany Ballistics . Laboratory Date of Manufacture --13 November 1964 Motor S/N --RH-75 Mission --4th stage propulsion on Scout Vehicle S-137, San Marco Payload --Air density Orbit --Perigee 115 miles; Apogee 350 miles Payload Life --Expected six months Date --16 December 1964 Station --Wallops Island, Virginia Date of Re-entry of 4th Stage Parts --Approximately May 1964 Place of Re-entry of Motor Parts --Sisakit Province, Thailand The subject components are presently being retained at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory Colonel Eric T de Jonckheere - 2 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Components from 4th Stage Scout Recovered in Thailand If additional information on these components becomes available from the Joint Military Advisory Group in Thailand, we would appreciate receiv- ing same . If we can be of further assistance, feel free to call upon us. Very truly yours, J. SHROUT, MANAGER S E MOTORS PROGRAM OFFICE Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Wright-Patterson AFB Mr. D. D. Welder, HPC/Wilmington Mr. D. E. Guthrie, NASA/LRC Mr. L. B. Johnston ALLEGANY BALL18TIC8 LABORATORY ... 0. BOX 110 CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND 11101 Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Air Force Systems Con&nand United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Attention: Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr PJIINT&D IN u . . A. ~' ALLEGANY BALLISTICS LABORATORY OPERATED BY HERCULES POWDER COMPANY INCO"~"AT&O P. 0. BOX 210 CUMBERLAND. MARYLAND 21!501 TELEPHONE: ROCKET CENTER October 27, 1965 RIDGELEY, WEST VIRGINIA Headquarters Foreign Technology Division Air Porce Systems Cou1uand United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Attention: TDEW --Colonel Eric T de Jonckheere Reference: HPC/ABL ltr 3698-340, dtd 29 September 1965 -Erratum - .-..-.-... -.-.-.---.-.rr\m 4th Scout Recovered in Thaila Please make the following correction to the referenced letter: Item (11) of the pertinent data reads, "Date of Re-entry of 4th Stage Parts --Approximately May 1964': Change to read, "Date of Re-entry of 4th Stage Parts --Approximately May 1965." Very truly yours, J. L. SHROUT, MANAGER SPACE MOTORS PROGRAM OFFICE cc: Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Wright-Patterson Mr. D. D. Welder, HPC/Wilmington Mr. D . E. Guthrie, NASA/LRC Mr. L. B. Johnston H.ADQUAATEAS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AlA ~OACE SYSTEMS COMMANO UNITaD TATaS AI" ~O .. Cit W"leHT~ATTa ... ON AI" ~ONCE AlE, OHIO Unidentified Flying Object TOl BSD (DFT) Attn: Colonel John w Hiney AFB, California 924o9 1. ~e Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson AFB has received a report, ot an alleged unidentified flying object, from the US Advisory Group in Thailand. The object vhich "fell from the sky" and was recovered by the Royal Thai Air Force to be part ot the igniting mechanism of a US Rocket. 2. We would appreciate your assistance in identifying the object in order that an adequate reply may be made to the US Advisory FOR THE COMMANDER ERIC T de JONCKHE!E:RE Colonel, USAF Deputy tor Technology and Subsystems 1. Ltr :f'm US Advisory Group, Thailand, subj UFO, 25 ~ 65 2. Unidentified Object YOIJ. THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITY-'-.-1-----~------- c-~- -- Ltr, Hq Fro (TDEw), 9 Jul 65, Uhiaentified Flying Object 1st Ind (BSF!'/Maj Danhauer) Hq BSD, Norton AFB, California 92409 TO: Hq F'lD (l'DE'w/MaJ Quintanilla) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 The referenced object bas been critically examined by personnel within BSD and cannot be positivelY identified. From Ioarkings observed on the indi- vidual parts, it is suspected that they are a product of the Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory. It is probabl7 one of their X-254, 258, or 259 series solid motors utilized as the third stage on a Scout Rocket. FO.d 'l'HI COMMAliDER ~OW. HINEY Colonel, USAF Deputy for FoM~ Technology 1.~ Ltr fm US Advisory Gp, Thailand, subj UFO, 25 May 65 2. Unidentified Object