Macon Georgia — August 1965

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DA 1'E T IME GROUP 2. LOCATION 1. NUMBER CF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION TYPE or: C3SERVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIE~ SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Prelooe editiOfte of thJ foaa _, be uacl. D~F, ,rp v\~NT OF THE AtR FOReE ST /,Ff M.ESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED ACTION: NIN-7 PAaE" 1 OF 4 INFO _: XOP-1 XOPX-8, SAF-os~3, DIA..;l (21) F"M VIRAMA P: a INS AFB GA TO RLWGAL/ ACC RUC~SL/822AIRDIV TURNER AF9 GA RUCDSQf:"iJ ''iPAFB OHIO RL'EA~1/0S.4F WASH DC INFO RU~OSQ/ AFLC FOR AFNIN, SAFOI, MCIS. IA\Y APAR 14, AFR 200-2, THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED 0~ J ALLEGED SI3HTlNG Of AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WEST OF MA::~ :~::OR~IA, AT AP?~OXIMATELY 0610Z,. 6 At.JG 65. A. OESCRI~-~c; 0?' THE OBJCT: (1) BELL SHAPE; C2> APPROXIMATELY 20- ~0 FEET OIA~!TER IN SIZE AT 1000 FEET DISTAN~E; C') REPORTED AS A~I8C:R; (4) O~Jl Y ON: OSJ::CT S l,:;r:TC:O; (5) N/A; (6) NO lNt..OtAING fvrESSPtGE D:r \R., .\.:NT OF THE t\iR FORCE ST I .rf M~S.)AGE !3~ANCH UNCLASSIFIED OISCZR~I!9L f~ATIJRES OR DETAILS OBSERVED; (7) NO TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXIIA'l:" : ~::R.'E:; (8) NO SJUNO HEARD; (9) NO OTHER LJNI.JSUAL F"EATUR::S ~'35ERV~D. B. DESCRiPTION OF COU:-1SE OF OBJECT: (1) SOURCE F I~ST ATTETN ION OF THE OBJ::CT WAS THEAMBER LIGHT; <2> OBJECT i.'iAS ,\PPROX IMATE!... Y 45-5~ DEGREES AROV Tt-l HGP.IZOrl (': A Sl! 0 IRECT ;: :; (~) UPON 0 tSAPPC:.-\R/1NCE, THE OB.JECT WAS I~! S.t\ME POSITION t.S ABOVE. NO MOVE~IE~J CBSER.Vt:~; (4) NO FLIGHT PATH en MA~IEUVERS CF OBJECT. NO MOVME~T OBSERVED; (5) OBJECT VAtJISH0 SA\1:: ~O:AT IJN OF SIGHT H!G. M.:?Eq L ;:;HT 0 ISAPPEARED; (6) OBJECT (1) G~OIJND VfSUAL; (2) NO~IE. D. TH~E AND DATE OF SIGHTING: <1) OSJ:CT FIRST OBSERVED AT ~545Z E.LOCAT I ON Of OBSERVERS: 56~ HEARD AVENUE, MCON GEORG 11\, SW PART OF 8188 COUNTY GA. F. IDENTIFYING INFOn~1ATION ON 08SERVERS: (1) MR AND MRS COUNTRY M09 ; !_;: ~CME PAR!< HOUSTON ROAO, MACON GA; (2) MR AMO MrtS - FLA (') MR AND MRS GA; <') AT T~E TI~IE OFE TilE StGHTING TYE TORRES AND ~A.EACHAM' WERE VISITNG THE CRAWLEY'S YO' ,\T 6' HEARD AV::NUE MACONGA. UPON B lr.IG PAGE 2 OF 4 , IN(:OMIJ'JG DcF. , rl , v\EN r OF THE AtR FORCE ST I ,FF ,\\ESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED PAGE-3 OF 4 I NTERV I E:.Eu OBSERVERS APPEARED TO BE SO UNO OF M HID. NO INO I CAT fGN Or INTOXICATION. G. WEATHER AND \YINOS ALOfT CONDIT INS AT T !ME AND PLCE OF SIGHT lr-tGS: < 1) CLOUDY; <2> u.s. PAGE ' RUC~9N 421 UNCLAS WEATHER B ~R~AU ADVISED THE FOLLOWING WEATHER CONOIT!GNS: CA) ttAVY CL0~-0 FORMAT IONS INAREA; <B) WIND D tRECT IN AND VELOC liY IN DEGREES AND KNOTS AT SURFACE WERE: SURFACE 90 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS 608J ~EET LIGHT AND VARIBLE, 10000 FEET 2;0 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS 152 FEET 24~ DEGREES /-\ 8 KNOTS 2"~00 FEET 240 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS, 25C20 FE~T 25~' JE;~EES AT 14 KNOTS. (5) CEfLING ESTI~1 ,\TEO 1m FEET WITH .9 CLOUD COVERAGE; (4) 8 MILES<---- CLOUD COV~R; ) NO THUNDER STORM IN AREA AND QUADRANT OF SIGHTIG; (7) NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. H. ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR DONCITtON FEDERAL AVIALTIN AGENCY <RAPCON) THIS BASE, AOiJ f SED T ~AT A cr 0110 CE1.1.. ~.ePEARf;O ON Itf RADAR .SCREE~l.AI 'FHE TIME "NJ IN THE GEtlERAL ARt.~ OF THE SIGHTtG. t. N/A. J. LOCATION .1.\P:::J.;~ ,tTEL ALTITUDE, AND GENERAL 0 IRECT ION: TWO .tdRCRAF'T A KG-1'5 AND B-52 WERE . TH~ EA. ftT ~ 1,!1E .l9fH . _ ~ A I RCRArT FLY: ~G LOCAL FROM TH: S BASE. NO WEATHER BALLOONS RELEASED I~J Aq~A BY LOCAL WEATHER STATION. K. PREPARING it 'l:D.\\ING DlF I \R I v\CN r OF THE AIR FORCE ST /\FF ~.\~SSAGE LRANCH UNCLt~SSJFJED OFFICER: MR HOWARD 0 BO'NEN CHIEF OPRATfON S BRANCH SECOR~TY AND LAW :: ~lrORCE:.1ENT DIVIS I ON. THE PREL IM I N~RY ANAL 'ISIS Ot TH t S ALLEGED t;FO IS THAT OBSERVERS SAVI LANDING LIGHTS FROM ONE OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA OR LIGHTS REFLECTIG OFF CLOUD SULK FRCt.1 ON~ GF THE A I RCRAFT FLYING IN THE AREA. ALSO THE F' ft.A PAGE 4 R ;..:C~B~J 421 UNCLAS 1 AOV jSEO i.1A'f A CLOUD CELLL APPEARED ON RADAR IN TH GENERAL AREA OF iHE S1SHTING L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AVAILABLE. PAGE 4 OF 4