1. DATE TIME GROUII -4. NUMBER 011 OIJICn s. LENGTH 011 J> -1/J S.aonu 6. TYPE Of OBS!RVAnON Groum-Viaual South (HOYer.:!) e. PtfOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Portsmouth V:lr 10. CONCLUSION otbe r (tJHRBLI.ABIE RER!lT) 11. IRIIII SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Dull aUTer cr object shaped 1 jke a digar about SO to 80 ft lozw ard eifltt tt thick. Firat obaerYecl at 45 deg in the North dl.s.appa at 45 deg elevation in the Sout.h. Flight waa taet dotel tD a TV Tower where the object nade a \A .. stop at 15-3) aecorxl a. The ob j!t ct th m ZOilllllt d &WQ' to the Total e:lftlting 30-11) seoorxla. . Witness regarded as "<bubttul" by investigating official a. Made ettarta to exploit the si[jltiJw. cel lldat1sa -~a. U{Jkl'...-( uNtl.t~r../:tf/L~ {uAil."f HEADQthC"TERS 4500TH AIR BASE WING UNITED STATES AIR FORCE LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, VIRGINIA 23315 Initial Report of Investi1ation of UFO AFSC (FTD) Wrilht-PatteNOD AFB, Ohio 1+51+33 iDfOI'Mtico is preaented u directed by p~raph 1 .. , of the object: (1) ShApe: ci1ar. (2) Size & Compared to a grapefi'Ui t held in the hancl at about azm' s length, 50 to 80 feet long and 8 feet hi&h. (3) Color: Dull silver or gray. (~) Humber: One. ( 5) Discernible features: Hone. (6) Tail, trail, or exhaust: Hone. (7) Souncl: None. b. Deacription of Course of Object: The ob r's attention was first called to the object wheD it app in the DOlr:'th sky while the oba r was s un-bathiDg (2) The ~gle of the object's elevation. when first observed was 1+5 de OD u approximate uilluth of .360 de (3) Tbe of the object's elevation upoa dis 1+5 depe.. ca a appl'OxiMte aaiauth of 180 ( .. ) The flight path of the object was stated to be fast and dow -Mfz-aoa the sky to a dead stop near the WY AH T. V. ( 3~0 feet above MSL) tower, aacl then the object " d away" after the 15 to 20 second (5) The object appeared and disappeared with "great speed," so that the entire ti of observation was estimated to be 30 to ~0 of Obaer.ation: (1) Gzonncl-v aida weN uaeci. d. Tiae and Date of Sighting: (2) Light ConditiODa: Day. e. Locatioo of Obaer9er: The observer was on the r:10of a Virginia which is three blocks east , northeast T. v. IOWeF f. Identifying Infor ion on Observer: (2) Grade: Journalist Third Class '(J03) United States Coast Organization: (~) Dutya Jourualist. ion Office, Fifth Coast ~&, Virginia. (5) Eat!Mte of Reliability: Doubtful. Joumalis apparently ude every effort to exploit his obsenation for t of ita :Althoup, perhepa not intentionallY:, his reporting of the aipt!Dp to his friencla iD the news business . bu added to the areatly publicized UFO aiptings in the area. Shortly after the siptili1, J d it to WAVY and WNOR radio ancl tele.Yisica a ad of the Virginian Pilot Newspaper (AP). The next day J accompan.ied of the Ledger Start Newspaper to the tower where the object TAas s d to have stopped. J tated that he works with these people every day because of the nature of his job in the Coast Guard. In my interview with Joumalist , he later stated: "I'm a believe%', there is something out theN we don't know about, I don' t cal'e if somebody writes it off Ol' not." Journalist was extremely unmilitary in his interview, frequently calling me "man." He stated that he bad beem contacted by two private UFO inveatisating organizations. One of these rs said he wu fro11 Langley AF Base. J t .6.\1 he told them he would look at their questionnaires they asked to aend to him. He could not r these people's nams or the na.a of their organizations, but said that they ntioned Air F suppreaa~a UFO iDformation and aaked if the Air Force bad contacted him. I Joumaliat on the nipt of 16 Auguat 19&5. I luther a4 111Dd8t Aloft '-" SishtiD11 : tiona at TJ.. a4 Place of rqr's Accoamt of Weather Conditions: Clear. (2) Reported WindS (Base Operations Weather Facility, Langley (3) Ceiling: Clear. o..ao/20 knots o~oo/30 knots (4) Visibility: Seven ailes in haze. (5) Cloud Cover: None. (6) Tbnnderetoz-.: Ncoe CODcli Relative to tbe Sighting: The stm was stated to be jut to the left of the object and with -tbe abMI'ftr's view of the object was ~tly impaired. i. Air ic in this area is extremely dense. There aN seven milita~ ins tiona in the immediate flying area which have helicopters up at all hours on random flight plans. These installations are also frequently used by transient helicopters nor;mally travelling north and j. Tbia report was pz-epueci by First Lieutenant Rober R. Dockn USAF, .. 500 Air Bue Wing (DOO-H) Air Bue, V V8f!J poihle C&UH of the z-eporteci object was a helicopter flying over PortaiiOUth VirsiDia, anci hoverin& near the T. V. r to view the cit,y. evicice wu reported to exist. Lt Col, USAF for Operations