1 ... P,ATE '.TIME GROU' 2. LOCATION ' : J. SOURCE . liili ta.ry NUMI!A OP OIJICTS 5. L~NGTH Of OISI.YATION 2 -3 E:inut e s 6. TYPE 0, OISIIYATION Air-Visu::t 1 10. CONCLUSION l?.EFT~.!:CTI C~l Fratkfu rt Ge.rt'lc:ny 11. 1111, SUMMAY AND ANALYSIS Rotu1d ~Jhite object obs~rved in clouds a.."'ld hc.ze l ayer on course intercepting observers a/c a.nd then turnint; in front c.t distcu!Ce or about 5 r.tile s ct!1d disapr:e2.ring by .fc:-,di:i'!G Speed of o1? servers a/c 190 knots. 3iz e of obj cct 't;as r.n.:tch grec;.ter than tronsport, al.so observed. Object apr:eared onl~ in clouds and no features ;rere noted. Observer o./c descend:pg for finc::l approach to land. Haze and cloud layer at 5,000 j t. COrllS}lrS: Object observed on~7' during descent. Duro.tion and. ~pee ~= in accord.Nith jet a/c. Size rJtHil greater thc.n 4 en~ne trall.srort 1-.....;;;;;;;;;;.;.~---------t Sighting evaluated a s the reflection of en a/c on the haze layt r. PHYSICAL. IVIDINCI If obs~:::rvers a/c lras tllrni.ng f! S it startoo to C.escend it is pof si: t h a t the reflection 'T,.1~1.s fror. ... tl:e observers o-.'11 u/c. I.f the observers a/c ,.ra.s :L'1 strc.iP"ht i1_i, 1t +1'1en i.?..!'lot!&e r a. c is t he lj !~el '--------------so\.1r~e or wll.s re.r tP.Ctl.0~1. ':JA. concut1.ons c:.n:l T)OSl.tao n o.f sun UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DctQd:~m0nt 3, FTD (FE-1) Aec lT~J' YO.dK 09633 OFFICIAL BUSINESS ,;rri~ht-Pa tterson A.FB, Ohio P08TA .. AND PIEI8 PAID DKPAin'II&NT OP A. PORCIE OI!TACHM.NT I (I!U .. O .. KAN Of'fi'ICK) FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION :lE:rL:!' TO SUJJZ'.;~: UFO Revort TO: FTD (TD3 ) AI" fi'O .. CK IYITI!:MI COMMAND UNIT.D 8TATa AUtf'Oitc A~O 111, NW YOitK, N.W YOitK ~right-Putterso~ AJB, Ohio 1. The o.ttached UFO ro;_Jort uas aivcn to Operations Officer o:1 1 9 July 1965. The A vie tion Agency Fli~i~t Inspection Pilot. tice ~as not availcble the Rhein-I~in Bnse 30trrcc is a Federal His tot2 l fli~ht 2. . lla.j or of t?1i.s Detachne11 t talked to him_. by telap~one at his houe. There was ve~y little t l1at could. ".Je aaded to the uri te-up. The aircraft rrc.s under ~o.do.::.: con- trol but radar did not see the object. T~c other pilot ~as not notified in time to see it and the en~ineer uan not in the cockpit at the tiue 3. Since so much tine had lafsed since tha si~1tins it uas dacided not to transwi t the report b y elcc~r~.cal means. 4. Further infortlat i on ce.n be collected fro:1 the source of this i nfox:wa tio.n s:1oul d FT:!J des ire fw:t:lGr cover~.;e. Atch: u~O Re~ort, 2~3s, ley (U) r.:aj or, USAF Adoinistrative Offio2r At the time the UFO disappeared, I noted the time to be 1345 Local (1245z). The total time of the UFO sighting was no more than two to three minutes. It is' ;1Dteresting to note: a. During the sighting, all the clouds in the general area maintained their relative positions and as the UFO maneuvered as described above, it was easy to observe its relative position in reference to these clouds and K-250. -. tendency to presence of these clouds and the haze camouflage the visual sightingof the layer had a c. The UFO maintained its altitude within the top of the haze . layer. Because of this I was not able to discern its exact shape or substance. d . It left no trail and flew through the atmosphere blending well with the existing weather phenomena that prevailed at t t ~oil t"" J At the time the UFO disappeared, I noted the time to be 1345 Local (124Sz). The total time of the U~ sighting was no more than two to th minutes It ia interesting to note: .. a' . During the sighting, all the clouds in the general area maintained their relative positions and as the UFO aaneuvered as deacribed above, it waa easy to obaerve its relative position in reference to these clouds and N-250. . b. The presence of these clouds and the haze layer had a tendency to camouflage the visual sighting of the UFO. c. The UPO maintained its altitude within the top of the haze layer. Because of this I was not able to discern its exact shape or substance. d. It left no trail and flew through the well with the existing weather phenomena that atmosphere blending prevailed at t