PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION lf Aui'J8\ 6; 08/0Sl.OZ 10. CONCLUSIOIIf v Astro (STAP/PLAlGl') -- li an _,.Posltional dsta nat available. Object has characteristics of i. NUMBER OF OSJcCTS Astro Bod7. SATtmN at JS deg elsvation, 13) deg azl.r:u ... t.b with m 0.9. ALTAIR at &:J deg e:U.vation, 215 deg azimu'Ul. VillA at (;{) !i. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. S?.I:F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ~ }fi.Q still there { . T't'PE OF 03SERVATION 7. COUR3E . (S'l'A'liONARr) ~. ?r-! OTCS ? . PHYSJCAL EVIDENCE B:-il}lt blinking object v ery higb in fiq. looked l1.kg a star only bigger than a. star. B.ti{jlt; red colar. Descr.i.bed o~ a. bl:..-ud.ng st.ationaxy light. \iitn~sses could not give azimuth, object reported as "higil" ove ad.... VIDA most. lika ly of the three major Astro Eodie a~7e 36 deg elavati.on . r=ro sE? 63 0-329 (TOE) Prvtoua edltloru of tl\h rosa may 1M ud. lN<...OMING DEF ,,R, 't\cNT OF rHE AIR FORCE STJ,FF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED P~"tGF: .3 RUCDDU 16 UNCLAS AF IN : 58327 ( 1 1 A1.tg 55) 6 , lf.!DF)lT IF' ICATION INFOP.MATION OF oesrr~F:?: CALUMET AV~. CALUMF7, ~ICH CcCUPAT!ON-UNKNOWN, RELIA8It'ITY,. UNKN t!N . B. AI3C JfJ~N SABO, CALUMET RADAR STAT!C~', .. i<ICH:. ;?>'LI.~3I!...I7'/ A. 0BS~RVER.S ACCOUNT: CLEAR, AND VISIBitiY UNLI~ITFn 3. AWS A~COUNT OF WI N9 DIRFCTION ArJD VELOCITY AT K~I~ SAWYFR C. CEILI~JG: UNLIMITED D. VISIBILITY: 15 PLUS MILES F . CLOUD COV~R_; .~LEAR DEF, ,R, v\ENT OF THE AIR FORCE ST I \FF 1\\ESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED PAG~ 4 RUCD~U 16 UNCLAS AFIN : 583~7 (11 Aui 6~) 5, UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN AR~A: NON~ 9. TNTFRC~?TION OR IDENTIFICATION: NONE LOCA r:CN OF KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC IN AP.~A AT TI E PREPA?ING OFFICERS COMMENT POSITION TITLE & PPEPARI~G OfFICE~S COMMENTS: SECONJ R ORT FROM THE SAME AREA AND THE TIME OF SIGHTING A OCCURS CORRELATES WITH THAT Mf~JTIONFD IN OUR r~SSAG~ rt-~ s-t-65 St~'t!F. SUBJECT. THE COLORS Or T~F 09J~RT ARE THF ~:At~r::. T}iE CO~JC~USION THAT THE YOUNG AIRMN AND CIVILIANS REPORTf~IG !~F SIGHT[N3 ~RE SEEING THFIR FIRST OBSERVATIO~S OF AIRCPAFT AT HiGH CALUM~T AND APE ORIENTED ~P?ROXIMATfLY ON A 300 UNCLASSIFIED DEJIAIITMIHT OF THE AIR FORCl STI\FF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING. MESSAGE . RTTU JAW RUWT?TA3233 2221501 uuuu I NFO: -XOP-l, XOPX-B , SAFR&EiKQK!A-l < JiM DUADS DULUTH INTL APR! t'l INN TO RU'~F'J AI ADC RUWTPUA/30TH AIR DIV TRUAX FLO WIS RUCIFGAIFOREIGN TECH DIV WPAFB OHIO RU EBHQ tV HQ USAF UNCLAS DUOI~ UFO 8 1, THIS SSAGE IS FOR . 30 TH OIN, FOREIGN TECHNOLOGICAL DIVISION. :. WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, HQ USAF AFNIN AND SAFOI 1. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT SHAPE LIKE A STAR Fo DISCERNABL FEATURES: BLINKING STATIONARY LIGHT UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTIMNT O)I ;ME.1fil.ft;j:l 1 OA ug6": ) STAff MESSAGI' BRAM<:H Go Tt~IL, TRAIL OF EXHAUST: N/ A INCOMING MISSAGI Ho SOUND NONE I. UNUSUAL FEATURES BRIGHT LIGHT. 2o DESCRIPTION OF COURSE , A. WHY NOT IC E:D IT WAS A BRIGHT BLINKING OBJECT Bo INITIAL ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH VERY HIGH. Co ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH AS OBJECT DISAPPEARED NO INFO AT10N Do FLIGHT PATH . N/ A Eo MANNER CF DISAPPEARENCE OBJECT HAD NOT DISAPPEARED WHEN THE CAI.L WAS MADE TO CALUMET AFS, MICH. Fo LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGHT: THE OBJECT WAS FIRST OBSERVED 08/0510Z TO 08/e540Z AUG 65, A PERIOD OF 3~ MINUTES 3. MANNER CF OSSERVATI ON: Ao r1 ETHOD: VISUAL OBSERVATION Bo OPTICAL AIDS: NONE C. AIRBORNE SITING: N/ A 4o TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: Ao DATE TIME GROUP: 080510.Z Allp 65rnw sa z Bo LIGHT CONDITIONS: NIGHT 5o LOCATION OF OBSERVER: THE OBSERVER WAS NORTHWEST or DEP..\RUUNT OF TH AIR fORCE STAFF MUSAGE BRAHCH INCOMING MUSAGI PAGE 3 RUWTPTA3233 UNCLAS CALU~ET RADAa STATION, MICH. EXACT POSITION UNKNOWN. 6. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER:. CIV'ILI AN: AGE 1 9; ADDRESS; LAURIUM, M ICH; OCCUPATION GAS STATION ATTENTENT; EST 1M ATE RELIABiLiTY, AND WINDS: AWS ACCOUNT WINDS DIRECTION AND SURF ACE 030/7 Ce CEILING 080500Z OVERCAST, CEILING AI-5,.500 FEET WITH ON.TEMPORARY 3REAK AT 080600ZN 4000 SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH A CEILING AT ~,200~ Do VISIBILITY: ! 2 MILES AT 080500Z DECREASING TO 10 MILES DEPART~ENT OF THE AIR rOR< STAFF MISS-\GI BRAHCH INCOMING MESSAGI PAGE 4 RUWT?TA3233 UNCLAS P6 LJ of 5 E. CLOUD CCV ER: 10/10 ~ F. THUNDERSTORMS: NONE So UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA: NONE REPORTED . 9o INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION OF ACTION TAK : NONE t0o LOCATICN OF KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC IN AREA OF SIGHTING. FAA CENTERS AT MINNESOTA, STATED THAT THIS IS A WELL TRAVELED AIRWAYS THOUGH IT WAS NOT HEAVY AT THE TIME. THEY FEEL THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TP.AT AIRCRAFT WE~E IN THE AREA AT THAT TIME INTERVAL, . llo ?OSITIGN TITLE AND CCMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: CHIEF OF INTELLIG~CE; .IN V lEW 01 THE CHANGING ~EATHER PICTURE DURING 0805l~Z AND 08~540Z, IT BECOMES POSSIBLE THAT THE OBSERVER AND HIS MALE AND FEMALE COMPANION DID ACTUALLY SEE THE OBJECT THROUGH THE TE!'!PORARY BREAK IN CLOUD COVERAGE AS. ALLEDGED. AN AIRCRAFT WERE GOING NORTHW!:S!' AT A HIGH .4LT.JTUDE THE FLASHING RED LIGHT WOULD BE OBSERVED~ AND NOTHING ELSE~ THE. ~ OBSERVER FURTHrR REPORTED ON A SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE INTERVIEW . THAT LATER HE SAW A SINGLE RED LIGHT WHICH WOULD BE OBSERVABLE HEN THE AlRC~AFT TURNED AND FLEW TOWARD HIM, IN THIS CASE THE PAO~ ) RUWTPTA3233 UNCLAS DEP\Rf~ENf OF THf AIR fORCE Sl'AfF MEHAGI BRANCH INCOMJNG i.USSAGI GREEN NAVIGAtiON LIGHT WOULD NOT BE OBSERVED s HE LATER R.EPORTED A GREEN LIGHT WAS SEEN. IN THIS POSITION THE OBJECT WOULD TEND TO BE ~OTIONLESS, UNTIL IT TOOK U? A N HEADING. THE OBSERVER IN THE LAST CONVERSATION STATED HE DID SEE A GREEN LIGHT AND T~EN SOME TIME LATER THE BLINKING RED LIGHT AGAIN. THIS POSSISLY COULD BE A HIGH ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT WHO WAS TAKING A DOG LEG CN A BOX TO MAKE A CONTROL TIME OR ETA GOOD TO A GIVEN POINT. PROJECT 10073 RECORD. 2. LOCATION 1. OA lE TIME G~OUP 10 Aug,_. t 6; 10/05.35Z Calnnet, Michigan Civilian & litar.y 1. NUMBER OF OoJECTS Asoociated :.dth :traviou3 3ightinga of s:mt.:J pha1omena at sama h:~'u:t ol the nig..l-tt. Observation characteristic of an Astro (Sta.r/PJ..a.n~ s. LENGTH OF 09SERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Not Re'OOrt ed f,. TYPE OF OBSeRVATION R{.1lCttted '3. P~OTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE large ooject shaped like a tadpole size or a larg9. A/C with r~ d green a.nd white color. Green. on top. Red a.nd l:hit~ on bottor;~. No trail or noise. L.1it.ial observationat 320 deg a~; rnuth ani his.~ elsvation. Object movi~ 1:.1. l!otion incl.uied stoppir~ arrl 1 ~-;o 1 ving IJ1.tra~on not L"lcluded. Direction of .t'llght, motion net indicated. EYaluated as A'Jt:ro on asaod.at.i on td t.."l referenced F TO S E P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) PNY1oua dit.lOft of thle foas ma~ IN u .. d. lNl.O,\\ING I\ EN f OF THE AIR FORCE ST h FF fAESSAGE S~ANCH ACTION: NIN-7 : XOP-1, XOPX-8, DIA-l., \$.AF-OS-3 ::uA DS DULUTH IAP r1 INN TFCH Di' . .: 1.;,'?AF~ :JHIO OF AIR FQRC~ WASH DC 18 DESCR:?T!CN OF 09JECT: NUr~BErt: D I ON F. f ll POR~' l\T I ON: NO~JE GR F. F N ON T 0 ? ANn ? r. D t ' r r. c.J H f T F. 0 I~ ICO,\t\ING fv1ESS.~GE DEP,\R' v\ENT OF fH~ A.IR FORC~ ST /,FF lv\ESSAGE BRANCH H, SOU~1D: ~JONF. t (. iJNCS UAL FF.A 7URES: NONE NOTED 2~ D~SCRI?TIO~l OF COURSE OF OBJECT: t:1~ t;;;1y ~iO:"!CE!J: REPORT t1JAS RFCF.IVF.i) FAG~ A CIVI:..Lr\H TH;:- STOPPF.D AND TH:;'N RFVOLVED E, r .~NNF.~ lF' D I SA??E ARF:r;cE: NOT NOTED UNCLASSIFIED F"' LF.t,JGT.~ OF Tir~F. IN SIG~T: SF.E PRFPA~ING OFF'!CfRS COtli\if !TS 3. "'~ HJ~ R QF OBSF:RVAT I ON: ~AKED EYE 8 ... C?-:":CA:.. AIDS: SEE ?RF?~RI~G OFFICF.RS COr1MF'~lTS SIGHTING !~lFOP.:-1ATION: NONE : 4, -~IME A~D DATE OF SIGHTING: B .. NIGHT 5~ LOC~TrON OF OBSERVER: A~ LAT/L0~3: N/A