1. DATE TIME G~OUP .4. NU ER OF OSJ!CTS s. LE>-tGTH OF 03S!RV..\TIOM 6. TYPE OF ~BS!RVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIO!NCE 2. LOCATIOH 10. CO)IICLU10N ,,olo \I I AOriON: NIN-7 XOP-1. XOPX-8, SAF-OS-3,DIA-1 (21) SMB C040 PTTU JAW RUWTPRA1915 21a2319-UUUU F~ 314CMBTSPTGP SEWART Af8 TENN TO RL'IWFVA/ ADC RUES SAW AF SC RUE8 HQA/ CSAF R~E8HQA/OSAf WASH OC UNctAS 00-8 00070 Jll.. 65. AF SC fOR SCfO, CSAf fOR AfN JN, OSAf fOR SAFOt. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200.2 FOLLO._.I~ RPT SLBMHTEO IN T'NO PARTS. PART I. PARA 14, A<1> ROUND, SIMILAR TO A WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL WITH A DOME SHAPED TOP. A <2> APPROXIMATELY FORTY fEET IN OtAMETER. A<3> SILVER. A (4) ONE. A (5) NOT APPLICABLE. A(6) THE DOMED TOP WAS LOW IN COMPARISON TO OVERALL WIDTH Of OBJECT. OBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE A BLUE HALO WITH WHITE STRIPES WITHIN THE HALO. HALO II.~S fLASHt~ AND APPEARED TO SPIN. THE Fot..L0'.1NG COLORS WERE NOTED ON THE OBJECT LISTED 1N ORDER Of INTENSITY: ORANGE, REO, AND YELLOW. A <7> NONE. A (8) NONEo A C9) NONE. B (1) PAGE 2 RUWPTRA1915 UNCLAS SAW L IGHiS 'HHILE DRIVING AND LIGHT APPEARED TO TRAVEL WITH AUTO- MOBILE. B <2> APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AT 5a FET ELEVATICN. 8 (3) DISAPPEARED AT S~ME ALT!TUOE BEHIND TREES. 8 (4) OS ... ECT FLY lNG LEVEL IN A SLIGHT LEfT T~N TRAVELING SOUTH. 8 (5) BEHIND THREES INSTANTLY. B (6) ONE TO ONE AND ONE HAlf MINUTES. C <1> GROUND VISUAL. C (2) NONE. C (J) NOT APPLICASLE. 0 (1} 270230. 0 (2) NIGHT. E (1) AT ASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. F <1> MRS NASHVILLE, HOUSEWIFE/ SECRETARY, ~IOOERATEL Y RELIABLE. G ( 1) CL~AR~ G (2) 500-350Jg5 MINED HIGH SIX TENTHS SKY COVERAGE. G (4) 5. GC5) SIX TENTHS. G C6) ~lONE~ G (7) NOT AVAILABLE. H. NONE. 1. NONE. J. AIRCRAFT FLYING AT 1000 FEET ATLTITUOE WAS VERIFIED IN AREA BY NASHV.LLE TOWER AT TIME OF SIGHTING. PART I 1. K. CH IC:F MANAGEMENT ANAL VS IS BRANCH/SR P JLOT COOE TWO, CAPT GERALD N. MARR. I NTE R'J t::'.~EO BERRY F 1 ELO CONTROL TO':tER OPERATOR ON DUTY AT T I~E Of SIG!iTINGo HE WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH CESSNA 1J YANKEE CTO~iNG AN ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING BANNER IN THE ARE~ AT THE TIME Of SIGHTING~ Afi1- CRAfT'S POSITION WAS DETERM,N0 TO BE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AS THE TNCQf,\lf'\:G PAGE 3 RU'MTPRA 1915 ~CLAS LOC.~T I ON OF CBERVERS. A tRCRAFT WAS fURTHER POSIT lVELY IN THE AREA OF THE Ot:SCR !BED OBSER'IAT ION AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. THE CESSNA 172 TOWED OBJECT WAS MOUNTED BENEATH THE AIRCRAFT AND CAN BE EXTENDED TO J0 FEET IN LENGTH, EIGHT fEET IN WIDTH ANO CONSISTS OF MANY SMALL LIGHT Bll.BS. THE ACTION OF THESE. Bl!LBS IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE NEWS FLASHER ON THE TIME SQUARE NEWS BUILDING IN THAT WORDS ARE SPELLED OUT IN A CONTINUOUS MOVING MOTION, T_HEREBY GIVING THE ILLUSION TO A DISTANT . GP.OU~m OBSERVER OF AN OBJECi SPINNING. THE LIGHTS ARE CLEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT lS CREAM AND BURNT ORAtiGE IN COLOR WITH A ROTATING REO BEACON ON T~ VERTtCAL STABILIZERo THESE PHYStCAL FACTS ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENT COLORS SIGHTED BY THE OBSERVER. THE LOCATION OF THIS AIRCRAFT ~AS VERIFIED ay CORSS CHECK WITH POSITION Of OBSERVERS E!CH TIME OBJECT WAS SIGHTED 8Y SEVERAL C8SERVERS, BY BERRY TOWER AS THE OBSERVERS CALLED IN. TD~ER HAD CONTtNUOUS RADtO CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT. VISIBILITY 0~ THE NiGHT OF OB- SERVATION WAS FIVE MILES AND HAZE AND CAUSED LIGHTS OF CITY TO REFLECT ON TO'.VED OBJECT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO PRESENT AN OBSERVATION SUCH .~S SIGHTED BY 0'/ER'lERS '~AS THE OBJECT UNDER TOW BV THIS CESSNA "lRCRAFT AND THAT NO FURTHER I NVESTIGATION IS REQUIRED~ A LtST OF OTHER OBSERVERS NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOLLOWS. THEIR SfGHTINGS WERE QUITE SIMILAR IN NATURE BUT NOT AS C ?L~TE IN DETAIL AS THAT OF THE ABOVE NAMED OBSERVER'S OESCRtPTION. PAGE 4 RLWTPRA1915 UNCLAS SC ).lA HONEY SIX OTH::~S) YRS OLO>o ALL ABOVE ADDRESSES ARE IN ~IASHVtLLE, NJrE: ADV CY TO DI.J\