PROJECT 10073 RECORD 11 OA 1 E TIME GROUP . 2. LOCATION l.Jmcnster , C'-<!lifo mia 10. CONC LUSION 1 . NUMBER O F OBJECTS Evaluation n s a/c and chase or e!'loor t pl<me most likely cause. ~ Data present od consistant "ri. t h t.h is anal 2.J .. . --1 ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMM.\RY AND ANALYSIS 3 l-finut es, 1 1-finut e f .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual $3. P~OTOS ? . PHYSIC AL EVIDEHCE '1'\o.t) oh ,ie cts. I .a.rge dJ j ect r Olmd, snall like a fly wing. Lar e object was l<lh'\.1.e chantd~ to Ft flashing -..mite, ~naJl wn.s brown i.rh grey i 11 color. Small o l?,j e c t, fly:i.ne alongside larger obj cct. vlh m fl rst nbocrvcd. 11ade crossover from lef t to right s:i de. Vel'y r f:udd crnssnver . N0 details or features noted on either ob ,1cct.. C.ro ssnv er rtas ;,> seconds. Doth moving at sa~ speed. Swall nbje ct dt SA!' l eared rapidly and larger ob ,je ct continued fJashil\g. Kl.evaticm 1,5 degrPes azimutJ1 175 de~;rees Fli~ht to di.sap~nrance a t 90 deg azinruth for tl1e small objeci ani 45 deg a7imuth f o r the larRer objec t was a t 45 deg clevatj on. fljpJlt was strnit;ht. aoo ~ven 'l'ri th the except.i on of the manuvCI Lar e e ,.,biPct. visihlP. r r r 3 rrdnntes, small for one. Objec-ts d isaprcarcd j n t he d rner t ha z.c . Flieht l'ras to the NE. HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE EOWAROS A I R FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA 03:!23 .:.TIN OF FTF sJ&J~<.T UFO 15 Sep 65 TO FTD ( TDFC) \'!righ t -Patterson AFB Ohio 1. The following rep or t of an UFO is submitted per para. 14, AFR 200- 2 a . DESCRIPriO'N OF THE OB.JECTS: (1) The larger of the tHo objects appeared round. The smaller object -:1as shaped approximately like a fly \ring. no empennage could be distinguished on the smaller object. (2) :1:e larger object compared in size vrith a pinhead .Then 1:eld at a!'llls length. 7he smal 1 e.:-object .:as about half the size of the larger. (3) The larger obje~t \las ;:hi te -:rhen first sighted but changed to ::~lashing -:1!1i ~e ( l FLASE/3!:C) a.s it passed by the observer. It continued flashing until i ~ "Oassed fron vieH. :'he smaller object Jas brmmiGh grey (h) :!:ere -,ere b:o objectz. (5) :'~e iing-sha:ped, snaller object >Tas flying on the left side of the larger :)ejec t vrhen first sigh' ... ed. It then made a n extremely rapid crosso.rer to the ::-ight side of the larger object, as vievred by the ob- (6) ::eit~er object had any disc ernable features or details . (7) 7here "as no taill trail, or exhaust f rom either object. (8) ':'here uas no sound associated ,.,it h the sighting. ( 9) There vrere tHo unusual features: (a) The very rapid crossover (estimated to be about t1o sec.) from the left to the right side of the larger object by the smaller object. Both appeared to be traveling at the sa.me speed and there Has no apparent lag by the smaller object due to the crossover. (b) The smaller object disappeared rapidly hlle the larger object remained the same size flashing or blinking at the rate of about 1 FLASH/SEC. \:hen first :;ighted the larger object ~-:as ,,,hi te, but a s it passed from vie~T it gave off a flash at regular intervals. b . DESCRIP!'IOr! OF COURSE OF OBJECTS: (1) The observer heard a light plane in the area and ':Then he glanced up to locate it the t.-m objects caught his eye. (2) The elavation and azimuth of both objects ~-1ere 45 and 175 degrees respectively. (3) The elevation remained at above 45 throughout the sighting. smaller object disappeared from vievr at an azimuth of approximately 090 degrees. The azimuth of the larger object Hhen it disappeared ras approximately 45 degrees. ( 4) The flight -path .-ras straight vTi th the exception of the maneuver of the smaJler object described in a(9)(a). desert haze. for. a longer ':'he objects 1'he larger uisauneared to the northeast due t o time and object because of its fla:>hing remained visible ( 6) The larger object \;as visible for three minutes. The smaller object .-:as visible for about one minute. (1) C.::ound-visual. OF SIG!IT!!TG: e . LOCA!IOii OF 03SERVZR: (1) Lancaster, Calif. f . IDE?iTIFYiiiG I!lFOR:-lATION ON OBSERVER: er, Calif. Service engineer ~ith General Electric The ob::;erver has combined milita.ry and private flying time of over 3 , 0 00 hours. I vtould 1ate him as very reliable. g . HEATHER AND HINDS--J..LOFT CONDITIONS AT Til-lE AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS: 1 5 :niles. Hind Direction in Degrees Degrees Centigrade h . A!Y 0':':!:::: ~:;-JSUAL ACTIVITY OP. cmTDITION: i . INTERCEPI'IO:T OR IDEt:TIFICATION ACTION TAi<ZrT: j . Unable to determine any k . COt~lTS: Hind ife1oci ty tated that, if it had not been for the extremely rapid crossover by the smaller object and the flashing appearance of the larger object, he \-Tould not have reported the sighting. His final decision to make the report came only after he heard on an evening telecast that UFOs had recently been sighted in the Los Angeles area. (SSD in Los Angeles had no reports under investigation that could possibly be related to this sighting). He said that the objects could 1Tell have been an escort or chase air- craft in company r,rith a larger aircraft, but that the two unusual factors mentioned above left him with some doubt. As far as I can determine, no one in the area had a flight of this nature, although the possibility tha t it ,.,as two aircraft cannot be ruled out. Detachment #5, 2d Surveillance Sq (ADC), was queried on the possibility that the sighting may have been a spacecraft, satellite, or some sort of space debris. Their computer check produced negative results, although they cautioned that this didn't automatically rule out the space theory. input data may ~rell have been outside the tolerance limits of the I feel that the t~o above explanations are the most plausible. The observer agrees that either of these may .;ell explain t he sa.>i if there uere an aberration of some sort involved. ;.:z.. did not feel so strongly about the unusual features o~ the sighting out the above exul ations. 1 . EXIST:SliCE 0? PHYSICAL ~.fiDE:iCE: FOR THE C~t !PJiDER JOr.:T D . B.I\LE~IT, Capt, USAF Techpical Evaluation Officer Deputy for Foreign Technolo~ff t he .rould rule