... HU~ae~ OF OIJICTS 5. LENGTH OF OISIRVATION . N~ Repa ted Eaat Toward A/C 9. PHYSICAL. EVIDINCI 10. CONCI..USION GFO UM> TABOErS Radar ana~:d.ata evaluate as probable g101.1nd target a. 11. IJUifl SUW..ARY ANO ANALYSIS A/C (70'1) in f1igbt from Kansas City to \'fest. ~2-15 ooje.ct pickad. up on 50 mil-l acoP' in !ormat:.ien at h~h opef.!d. F to~rd the .. vc. Changed to 20 mj le scope and obje eta ware still a.pproachi.Dg in ih nnat.ion. Pa.s eed ob~cts but did net cb3~.t"1"S viaually. Strong in"tersi.on in .:u ... ~. FTO sep u 0-329 ,,, r:SSrJ~F IHE P I LOT, CO-PILOT AND i:..i'~Glf\EER ALL WITlISSED ThiS CLEARLY ON ThE SCOPE. T~EY PASSED THE OBJECl'S AT A REASONA~LE ~EARNESS BUT COULD NDT OBSERVE :r12Jri VISUALLY. ALL PARTIES CONCERNEIJ ARE VERY REPUTA- SLE . CAPTAiii OF AIRCRAFT: CITY.. riO. C A? rAI N AY BE CONTACTED FOR t .. ORE PRECISE INFOH- r~iATION. fHEY ASi<ED THAT tJO i~At~:ES 8E USED AND THAT NO .PUBLICITY oE: GIVE~I THIS SiGHTING. v h s ~ba fl ~ c:y:_ f . A0rinl Ph~no~J>7.r.o. B.ra.'lch TDEED'~r.' B~yant/clh/74201 From t h e information supplie d in che mes~age f r om 328 F G ~lchards Gebaur AFB, it is probable th~t the t ur gets observed by the aircraft \Jere false targets, possibl y ground target s frot;t some distance away, t~hich can be seen on the screen because of anomalous propagation - bending or reflecting of the radar HRves due to "bubbles" o r a bnormal variations in the atmosphere. JOl-L.'i r,-1. 'VEGA 1) v Lto Colortel, USAF Acte Director Electroni~s Directorate Deputy for Technology and Subsystems c f :;u-or:aa-tion Wlich :,-cu ~i.-tt i., o .c"der ->;o .~'1-:!.llua'te -t.M !)."ttac.aed 1\.d ESSAGE ZV ZCHQ8429ZV W .JX 4 71 ZNR UU!JUU ACTION: NIN-7 : SAFOS-3, XOP-1, XOPX-8~ ' FK 328FTRWG 2ICHARDS GEBAUR AFB ~0 TO RUI;JGALE/ ADC RUVDSQ/FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY Dlv WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB GHIO RUEAHQ/ CSA~ , ~U EAHQ/ OS AF \;i ASH DC INFO RU1.~GNP/SCADS SIOUX CITY l".UNI APRT !(JI.VA ZEN129A1RDIC RICHARDS GEBAUK AFB 0 UNCLAS 328X~ODC 00093 JUL 65. FOR ADOIN, FID WRIGHT-PATTER- SON, AFNIN, SAFOI, INFO: SCODC-I, 2~0IN. UFO REPORT. T!1E FOLLO',JLjG INFORMATION RECEIVED FR0i'1 ~.R. FUEiiRBAVH, T'.A SECURITY SECTION, GR l - 4400, EXT 6268 OR 626 9, KANSAS CITY, MO. A TWO FLI#~ DURING THE NIGHT OF # AUG c 5 TRAVELING F'RON KA~ISAS CITY TG THE \~E:ST COAST CFERRYING ~07) HAD ON BOARD A PILOT, CO-PILOT AND ENGINEER. WEST Or TOPEKA AND EAST OF-GARDEN VITY, BUT IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY, THEY PICKED UP ON THE 50-!iJILE SCOPE 12 -15 OBJECTS, FLY!(lu AT HIGH SPEED, AND IN FORMATION, TOWARUS ThEIR AIRCRAFT. T~EY ChANGED 1' 0 THS 20-t1ILE SCOPE AND THE OBJECTS WEHE APP;<OriCH rNG Hl FOR~1ATI O~J.