Tuscon Arizona — May 1965

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1. DAJE TIMI GIOU' 4. NUMIII 0' OIJICTI 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Tusoo n, Arl zona Investigators of incident r 3ge.rd the object as a probable a/c. Specif1ca11 y tl> (2) F4C a/c. 5. LENGTH 0' OIIIIYATION 11. 1111' IUMMAIY AND ANALYSIS 15 Seoorxls 6. TYPE OF OISIRYATIOM Grourri-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EYIDIMCI Flashing l'lhi te li.91t travelling very fast to ~'le SE. Round lh ite . F1a shes at irre5~lar interval's. leal e411111Re el IIIII filS ~l R UC:JSU F'M 12 ST~ATASROSPDIV DAVIS ~10NTHA~ AF3 ARIZ TO oU\.JIJ.~L:!:/AIR DEFENSE C0:'1D ENT AF3 COLO ( R'JCDG U/A 50 :!PAr3 OHIO / U~CL.~S BDOB 5101. JUNE 65. DELIV~R DUTY HOURS. SU3JECT: UrO- 9t F9 30 MAY 65/0305Z. REF BDOD 10352 MAYY 65 SU3JECT AS ASOVE. ri~J!\L t?EP<hT. AFR 200-2 ?A~A 14K CO:-JTINU~!). CONTACT ~.ITH KITT PEAK 03SS:~'IATORY !NJ!CAT2:0 NO ACTIVITY 03SE:~VED 30/03J5Z. r.;~ P03TT1VE l\ ALYSIS POSSI9LE BYT THZR2 IS A STrtONG POSSI3ILITY 03J~CT ~lAS FAST HIGH LFYIN3 AIRC~AFT OR A M:::TORIT2:. tl1AJOR G2QqGz C. GR!"SL::::Y, ~ S '3 U SZ A rlT a A SE 0 ?2~ AT I 0 S 0 FF I CZrt, D ~1A F3, ARIZ 0 ~JA. OEPA.cTMENT OF THE AIR F01C1 STAFF MESSAGE BRANOf ACTION: Nm-7 INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-8, S.APOS-3, SMB Cl11 ECHQC743ZCQJB419 . RR RUEAHQ DE R lJWHBD 11 31/1233Z FM 12SAD DAY IS MONT HAN AFB ARIZ TO RUWGALE/AEC ENT AIR fORCE BASE COLO ~ RUCOSQ/AFSC FOREIGH TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/HQ USAF AFNIN WASHINGTON 25~ DC-'' UNCLAS BD~ 11352 MAY 65. THE FOLLOW IN; BASIC DATA IS SUBM ITTEO 'lAW AFR 211-2 PARA 14 . AS A PRELIM I NARY REPORT UFO: A. DESCIPTION < 1> SHAPE-ROUND LIGHT (2) SIZE-FARMERS STRIKE ANYWHERE MATCH-HEAD . (J) COLOR-WHITE (4) NUMBER-ONE <5> FORMATION-N/A <6> FEAT~ES OR DETAILS-WHITE LIGHT, FLASHING AT IRREGULAR .. INCOMING OEPA.cTMENT OF THE AIR FOICI STAff MESSAGE BRANOf PAGE TWO RUIHBD 11 UNCLAS C7> TAIL, TRAIL OR EXAUSTNONE C8> SOUND-NONE HEARD C9> 'TRAVEL I Ni VERV FAST 7.< -~-. B. DESCRIPTION AND COlRSE .. OF OBJECT: -~ (-1) SUBJECT WAS WATCH lNG. A GROUP OF T~EE STARS AND ONE BEGAN C2> ALMOST OIRECTL Y OVERHEAD. ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK IF TWELVE .. .. O'CLOCK IS VERT I CAL <3> ABOUT SIXTY DEGREES FROM THE VERTICAL (4) STRAIGHT. FliGHT PATH FR<N NW TO SE. <5> D I SSAPPEARED BEH INO SL8JECTS HOUSE <6> SUBJECT. ESTIMATES 15 SECONDS C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:# (1) GROUND VISUAL <2> NO OPTICAL AIDS USED D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHT lNG:. UNCLASSIRED DEPAt<TMENT OF lHE AUt FOia STAFF MESSAGI llA UNCLASSIFIED C2> DUSK TO NIGHT-THREE OR FOUR STARS BEGINNING TO SHOW PAGE 3 RUWHBD 11 UNCWS E. LOCATION Of OBSRVER: IN BACK YARD OFHOUSE LOCATED AT 6,.11 E/ltTH ST !-' ... !UC~.9~., .. ARQ, ABOUT ONE AND ONE-QLF MILE NORTH DMAFB CONTGL TOWER F. C IV I L I A~R. ~ TUCSON, ARIZ. GEOLOGIST, VERY RELIABLE OBSERVER. . G. WEATHER AND WINOS: C1) HIGH THIN SCATTERED CLOUDS. VERY GOOD VISIB'ILITY C2>W I NO AND TEMP: 6M 15PTPLUS2,.C, 1iM 161/1frJPLUS11C CJ> 15M SCATTERED (4) 4 frJ M fLES (5) 3 TENTHS (6) NEGATIVE <7> SEE C2>, ABOVE H. NONE REPORTED I. NONE TAKEN J. TWO <2> F4cs TYPE A/C INBOUND FROM EAST 18M LANDED OMAFB 30/1324Z. Ko SUBJECT AND WIFE OBSERVED FLASHING WHITE LIGHT TRAVELI G VERY FAST ~ . 'MESSAGE OEPA.cTMENT OF THE AIR FORa STAFF MESSAGE BRANOf UNCLASSIFIED PASS FROM NW TO SE SIGHTING WENT BEHIND THIN CLOUDS. AT APPROXIMATELY THIS SAME PME A TSGT DAN D HARSHMAN 5719E. 36TH STREET TOCSON, PAGE 'JCUWHBO 11 UNCLAS ARIZMA, BASE CCMMUNICATIONSMFFICE, DMAFB OBSERVED A WHITE LIVT WITH SMALL RED FLASHING LIGHT PASS OVER HIS HOUSE FROM NW TO SE. OBJECT VISIBLE FOR 5:.oR 6 SECONDS. HE CONSIDERED IT TO BE AN AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED IT GO BEHIND .HIGH.THIN CLOUDS. PRELIMMARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES NO KNOWN AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY OR IN THIS FLIGHT PATH AT TIME OF SIGHTING. UNABLE TO CONTACT PITT PEQK OBSERVATORY AT THIS TIME FOR OBSERVATORY SIGHTINGS DURING THIS PERIOD. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS CF POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTINGS INDICATES-HIGH FAST FLYING AIRCRAFT 00 A METQRITE:.. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. GEORGE C. GRIMSLEY, MAJOR, USAF, ASSISTANT BASE OPERATIONS OFFICER, OMAFB . L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AVAILABLE.