PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. OAlE TIME GROUP 19 August 65 aJ/OO'dJ2 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION UNIDEN'IT FHD Cherr;v Creek, i'lew York 1. NllMBE R OF OBJECTS Pbject descr.i p tJ nn :1ml tl~tn i ls 0f' the si.r ht,iw. not consist.ant t.d.t 1 ~sual phm omen a . ~-LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 4 -5 Minutes (?) f 1YPE OF OBSERVATION Gronnd-Vis l.al 7. C OURSE Up an:l Down & Stational:;,r SJ. Pt"!OTOS ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Si lver object fift.v ft lo~ ::::0 ft thick. Saucer maped U .ke ;.:> pll:ttes h.1.ck Ln bnrk. !1ovcd in am out of clouds. Sirl1titT' Sev E-ral J 5- V' y r old youths made si$ti~. S~quen co of r-vcn tr. dnhlous. S~E CASE Filli. UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTME'HT OF TH AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE 'NHO TOOK REPORT ANJ I NTERVIEWD WITNESSES SAID HE DOU81S SIGHI - o\IG WAS A HOAX OR SlORY. HE SAID FUR.IHER Wlli~ESSES ARE RURAL PAGE 4 RUCIEKA7169 UNQAS FOLK OF GOOD RC:PUTE. G. WEATHER At'll 1.'/INDS. ALOFT COt\0 IT IONS AI l iME Mil OF SIGHr I~S: ( 1) CLOLDY (3) BUF 24ilJZ ~.131 OVERCASf 7 FUt~t'lEL CLO SW ~iOVE. 3UF 0100Z E 30 OVERCASI 7 FUNi'lEL QO Et~iOED 1~ MOVE. (6) CB I OPS 1? TO 18,300' REPORTED 2300Z N A1~D S OF BUF < 7) ~E I oa I A I 'lEO K. OPERATIONS OFFICER, NIAGARA FALLS MAP NY. PRELIMINARY A~!ALYSIS REVEALS OBJECT NEI EXPL AINABLE I N CONVENtiONAL IERM, UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE OBJECt CAUSED REDUCT ION IN FARM CONS MIL FROM 2 1/2 CARNS tO 1 CA~. D ISIURBED Bll.L IN F IELD. CAUSED DOG 10 BARK. FOLLOW UP REPOR I ASAP PAGE' RUCIEKA716~ UNCLAS L UNOET ERM I NED. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH AF IN: 16105 ( 23 Aug 65) J'J I~G MESSAG( ACTION: NIN- 7 INFO : SAF-OS-3, XOP-1, XOPX- 8, DIA- l (21) SMB C089 QA375ZCTJA133 DE RUCIEKA7233 2351824N FM 4621AEGP NIAGARA FALLS MUNI APRT NY TO RUWMFVA/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCIFHA/26ADIV STEWART AFB NY RUCIFDA/AFSC FOREIGHN TECH DIV W PATT AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/USAF AFCIN WASH 25 DC RUEAHQ/SEC AF SAFOI WASH 25 DC UNCLAS/CIO 03013 AUGUST 65 UFO FOLLOW-UP REPORT, REFERENCE MESSAGE NUMBER CIO 03012 1. THE OBSERVERS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE QUESTIONED AND REQUESTIONED REGARDING THE SIGHTING BY THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER PLUS FOUR A AND E TECHNICIANS. NEIGHBORS Of THE YOUTHS WERE QUESTIONED REGARDING THEIR CHARACTER AND RELIABILITY. 2. THE INVESTIGATIN OFFICER AND THREE TECHNICIANS WERE JAI< IS 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED P age lof 2 UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE Page 2of 2 CONVINCED THAT THE SIGHTING WAS NOT A HOAX OR FABRICATION. ONE TECHNICIAN REMAINED UNCONVICNCEO. PAGE 2 RUCIEKA7233 UNCLAS 3. THE OBSERVERS MAINTAINED THEIR STORY EXACTLY AS REPORTED IN THE INITIAL REPORT UNDER POLITE BUT VIGOROUS CROSSQUESTIONINGo AOE A ROUGH DRAWING OF THE UFO WHICH IS ON FILE AT NIAGARA AIR BASE. HE INDICATED A DISK 50' DIAMETER, 20' THICK WITH REO GLOWING STREAMERS PROJECTING DOWNWARD FROM THE ENTIRE PERIMETER PLUS A TRAIL OF RED TO YELLOW COLOR. 4. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF A VEHICLE OR LANDING WAS FOUND EXCEPT AN 0 IL Y PURPLE SUBSTANCE VJH I CH APPEARS TO BE A COMB I NAT I ON OF VIO STRIGENT OR GENTIAN VIOLET PLUS 3-IN-ONE OIL, WHICH IS NOT BELIEVED CONNECTED WITH THE SIGHTING. NOTE: Reference not identified i n SMB. JAN ol S 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED \& o o I ol o o o oo I o o I o too ... I o o o o o I o lro. o oo' IJ I I I ' I I o llll'' \oo o l o o t tt ' o I o ~ o hI\ I o o o o o I o lt' I tO'J: olo\ll ci,>ud;;. lrl lc.v s. r.l n::c ..l'rtllld:i. t l.1~:1 li:~ rf'ld looolo\., landing Probed by A cunous landing report, in ~.e~ York st~te. on_Aug. 19, has ~-. been thoroughly checked by NICAP, state policearnta five-man AF- team. This sighting, which occurred on the William Butcher dairy farm near Cherry Creek, N.Y., involved three members of the Butcher family and a fourth witness. Here is their report: 8:20 p.m., Harold Butcher, 16, was operating a milking machine in a dairy barn housing 17 cows. A portable radio on the wall was turned to a newscast, when a sudden static-like interference drowned It out. Then the tractor which ran the millong machine abruptly stopped. A moment later, a Holstein bull secured outside began to bellow and pull at a steel bar to which it was chained. Young Butcher ran to a window and saw a large elliptical object nearing the ground, a fourth of a mile away. A reddish vapor could be seen underneath, and he heard a steady beep-beep sound. The UFO was on the g r ound only a few seconds, then it shot straieht up, disappearing in low clouds. When the -other witnesses came out, after Harold Butcher phoned the house, they noted a strange odor, also a greenish glow the rio uds where the UFO had vanished. Meantime, it was found that the bull had bent the steel bar in his efforts to get Half an huur later, when the stra!U!e craft reappeared, circling the area. :\Irs. Butcher called State police. Two troopers mvesti- g atl>d , notified the AF. N .. xt day,Capt.James Dorsey, Operations Offirer, 4 62lst AF Group, arrived w1th four AF technicians. \\ 'h.:n the; PX:tmine d the f!r Ound, a n odd purplish liquid substance '.11:15 ch~c:wPred at s e veral plac es. Small unexplaine d marks , two cht>.s .qdr. a nd two irwhes :1part, :1lso were found, a lone: with patcha::-.,f Sltl!!:ed a:r::u;s :tnd folia!!~. Aiter th" AF team le ft, t'HCAP m"mh"r .Jeffrey Gow obtained samples l)f th~ purplis h substance .l:l<J Sm!:!r:>d foli:~::re. and sam- p les .vt>r-:> s tudied by the K;\weckl Cht"rmc:tl Co .. whose p resident is a :"'!CAP adviser. Spectrograph!c a nal::sis s howed the m a m elements o f the liquid to be a lum1num, iron and silicon. Some phosphorous was found in the .veed s amples, which the analyst sad might cause a Jlhosphine smell. <:xplarning the odd odor. On the n u!ilt Collowin!! the Cherrj Creek 1ncident, Statc T r oope r R1chard Ward, a few miles from thi s a r ea, atched an object with e1ght c 1rrular H~rhts in line flying tw1ce a s Cast a a jet. It e m1tted famt, unbmiliar purrln!! snund. Dr. Fred C . Fair and . John Maxwell, of NlCAP New York Sub- committee No. 2, carefully checked the Cherry Creek site and questioned the witnesses. On the basis of present evidence, they belie ve the report is genuine. Dr. Fair has confirmed that two state trtJopers who investigated also see m to be convinced. nhone &11t0van 231.-?360; comme r-::: i.<l i :.! r~ceived IJr"'O repo:::-t from St nte Police, Ch autAuqua C';on~ty ::>oli: .. }=larracl:is, O"r:ject s ight~d near Cherry Creek, -!e-.: Yorl-:. I l),]"C v l.!ll - :t:l se:::n 2020 ..!:DT., ( fei-T minute s afte r sunset). Sauce r s haped object, looked like tro dinner plates held face to fac~ silver, v e-:::y shiny, 50 ft long, 20 ~t thick. Landed in farm fiel d about 4oo feet f rom barn. ( At least it &.p~ ared to land). F irst observer 5 years o l d , Aldrich Hill ~oad, Cherry Creelc, r!evr Yor~. Had a redio on l n th~ barn and had unsual i :lt erfere!lce; .vent outside, beep-bee p on radio . Vhen h:. 'trent 0utside t~e object rapidly :lS~..=.!~ded i.nto the clou ds, clouds turned 3-::::en ( cclcr o f tz-e-:; leaves) e 1.1i tt<::d red strea!<, had ,mu'3ual oder , l ike object d.:sceneded -:o ... m , slo:!..y :J.scer...d=C. irto 'Ta\l York, 3cuth-s c u :.h~:es-:. d; :ec t i or!; emi tti!lg a s 1.n e v!le o serva ~,~on r _ r years years old {br oth2rs) no aClu_ ... s . Pare::.1ts ,;ere in house. Parents confirme d that the dog '79. 3 barking, the ~attle g~v8 2:} ca."13 of milk ordinar/ily and last night the y only gave l can, they had a 'ou : l int h e field and h~ Has uuse t . The st~t~ ?olires impre s s ion . .-':!.s that i t .:ou l d b e a h oax but !:'le did !lOt feel t