I. [)A 1 E TIME GROUP 26 August 65 26/lOOOZ 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION SSW of Houston. Texas 10. CONCLUSION Ast ro ( JUPIT.ffi) Ore J UPITER in position of r e ported object. !J. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 3 Hours, Still in sigh'~ t .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Groi.url-Visual 7 . COURSE Stationar.y, Erratic SJ. P~OTOS 9 . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE J1ul tiple reports. Inversion in aren . \DC clear. Red-Green- lue object SEE CASE FILE f-1 D S [ P 6 3 0-329 (TO E) Prevloue edlllona of l"le f orm ma, ~ u .. d . UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE UNITS COLlO SEE IT. THE TOWNS MEt-IT IOt0 ABCNE ALL REPORTED Tl- ~ME OBJECT IN T 1- SAME GErRAL AREA. THE REPORT WAS CALLED IN PAGE 2 RtJNGJU 11 UNQAS TO THIS BASE BY OFFICER JOHN W. WERCHAN OF THE TEXAS HIGHIYAY PATROL <HOUSTON OX4-1351). Tt-REE OTt-ER REPORTS OF SIMILAR SIT INGS WERE RECEIVED BY SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOUSTON METROPQITAN AREA WITHIN A PER 100 OF TrREE HOURS PRIOR TO THE SIT INGS BY Tl- LAW ENFORECEMENT OFFICERS. 3. OBJECT APPEARED TO BE ROUND AND ABOUT H SIZE OF A 0 IME. IT ALTERNATELY HAD A BRILL I ANT A~ Olll GLOW WITH CQORS OF RED, GREEN, WHIT E. 0~ Y ONE OBJECT WAS SEEN; T 1- BOTTG\1 OF WHICH SEEMED TO BE ROT AT lNG GIV lf'6 OFF PREDCM INANTL Y A REO GlOt AND ALTERNATING TO GREEN A~ WHITE. NO 0Tf-R UNUSAUAL FEATURES WERE NOTED. TitRE WAS NO.SOUNO, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST. Slf:R IFF Bftt IS' ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED TO HE OBJECT BY ITS tR IGHTNESS. IT WAS AT A FOOTY DEGREE ANQ..E OF ELEVATION SOur I-AST OF HIS POSITION. IT APPEARED TO BE QUITE HIGH, ABOVE TEN THOUSAM:l FEET. Tl- OBJECT 010 OOT MOVE EXCEPT UPAt-ll OGYN. IT REMAINED VISifl.E FOR ABOUT AN HO~ At() THEN TI-E OFFICERs our IES REQUIRED HIM TO 0 ISCONT INUE WATCHING IT. THE OFFI CfR WATCI-0 IT WITH BOTH NAKED EYE Af'll BINOCULARS. OBJECT WAS SITED INIT lft.LY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DtPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE MAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE AT HHH 26 AUG ([> Ut{)ER CLEAR NIGHT TIME COt{) IT IONS. THE FOLLON lNG iEAHER CONDITIONS WERE NOTED DURING THE TIME OF SIGHT lNG: Wft{)S- suqFACE, CALM; 6990 FT IVAR tABLE; 10,000 FT, VAA IAfl..E; 16,000 FT, PAGE 3 R LIMGJU 11 UNO.. AS 60.0EGREES AT FIVE KNOTS; 20,000 FT, VARIABLE AT 5 KNOTS; 30,000 . fT, VARIABLE AT FIVE KNOTS; ABOVE 30, 000 fT, NOT AVAILABLE. TEM- PERATURES: SURFACE, 72 DEGREES; 6000 FT, 15 DEGREES; 10,0.30 FT, 9 DEGREES; 16,390 FT, 2 DEGREES; 20, 000 FT, MINUS 9 DEGREES; 30,000 FT, MINUS 34 DEGREES; 5~,000 FT, MINUS 69 DEGREES. SKY CONDIT IONS: HIGH SCATTERED CLOLDS, ELEVEN MILES VISIBILITY. OT.-ER WEATrR fMARKS: INVERSION AT APffiOX 1500 TO 1600 FT; HAZE A~ S\40KE IN ~L QUADRANTS; NORTH-SOUTH SHEAR Ll~ WEST OF BASE 6, 000 TO 40, 000 FEET; NO WEATttR BALLOONS WERE RELEASED FROM LOCAL AREA. INVESTIGATION: HJUSTON MUSEllA OF NATURAL SCIENCE CANNOT OFFER ANY CELEST l.bl EX- R.ANAT ION FOR OBSRVAT ION. LOCAL AON RADAR ANJ HOUSTON INTERNAl IONAL TOWER RADAR RE~TED NO UNUSUAL SIT INGS. HOUSTON TOWER RADAR RE- ~TED MIN~ ANONYMOUS PROPAGATION Ji()ICATING H FRESENC OF AN INVERSION. REMARKS: THIS SITING CAUSED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST BY LOCPL NEWS MEDIA. CONQUSION: PRELIMINARY lf'-NESTIGATION FAILED TO 114COVER ANY FACTS SUBSTANTIATING Tt PRESENCE OF AN UNKNONN OB..CT UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE Tt-RE IS NO QUEST ION IN MY MHO TH4T SQ'.1ETHING WAS SEEN; HOWEVER, TI-E FRESENCE OF INVERSION COt-niT IONS, THE FACT TH4T OBJECT REMAI~O IN ONE LOCATIC> F~ OVER AN HOLR, A~ T~T SIMILAR SIT I~S WERE OO~RVEO IN OT 1-ER SECT IONS Of THE AREA CAUSES ME TO SUSPECT T t PAGE 4 R UWGJU 11 UNQAS SIT INGS WERE CAUSED BY SI.HfACE LIGHTS BE lNG REFLECTED OFF Tt I.NV ER S I ON L A YER UNCLASSIFIED Pg lt of 4 UNCLASSI FIED 2578 tU3 SQ, EIJ.INGTON AFB, TEX ADC, Ent AFB, Colorado SC (FTD) , :>/right -Pat terson AFB, Ohio ':lashi..'l'lgton , a.snl..Ilg .. on, R.ichards-Gebaur 1. UFO Tte::('l'rt. s-u::Jlr.i -:.-,ed IA\J para~ra9h 14, AFR 200- 2 . 2 . rhe following objec t -r;.s o oserved by members of t he p olice/ s h e r iff deoartmen -.s of t.ha _>llo-.,;-:.!'1~ .I'r::xas t owns : Ros enberg , Fr e eport, t~eadville, and .-L'1gl-at.on . Tmms are l ocat ed s outa and s outhwest o f nousto~. The = st person t o obsa~re ~he ob ject as Sheriff Balis of the 1or-:. Eend Sheriff ' s Office (Richmond M02-J7J4) . ae b r oadcasted t.he siting over t h e radio and asked if any other units could see it. The t owns mentioned abov e all reoorted the same object in the same general area. The repor t wa s called in to thi s base by Officer J ohn 1,>/. \{erchan of t h e Texas Highway atrol (Houston OX4 -1J5l) . Three other reports of similar siting s ~.aj L R l '3-'lch, Jr, .\sst Dir of On s T.EI~JU'ID A. H.\LE, JR. , :-:a j or, USA? Ad nistrative Se rvices Officer 2578 AB 3~, ELLINGTC:f AFB, TEXAS were received by separate indi v:i.duals in the [!ouston metroooli t.an 1 area withi n a period of three hours prior to the sitings by the law enforcement officers . 3. Object appeared to be round and about the size of a dime. I t alternately had a brilliant and dull glow wit h col ors of red, green, white. Only one object was seen ; the bottom of which seemed to b e rotat i ng giving of f predominantl y red glow and alternating t o gree n and white. No other unusual features lo~ere noted. There was no s ound, trail, or exhaust. Sheriff Salis' attention ~as directed to the object by its bri~htness. It was at a forty degree gle of elevation souU1east o f his nosit.i on . I t apoeared to be quite hi~h, above tan th 1usand feet. rhe .:>o ject did not move except. up and .io-... '71. It remained visible f or ~bout an hour and then the officer's duties re~uired him tc discon~i~ue wa~ching it. rhe officer watched i t ~th both nak3d eye d binoculars. Object was sited initially at 1000~ 26 AOG 65 under clea.r night time conditions. :'he folla-.Qng weather c0ndit i ons ~ere noted during the t ime of sighting: ds - surface, calm: 6000 f t / variabls; 10, 000 ft, variable; 16, 000 ft, 60 degrees at five knots; 20, 000 ft, vari able at 5 knots; 30, 000 ft, variable at five knots; above 30, 000 ft, not available. Tem- oeratures: surface, 72 ; 000 f t , 15 ; lO,COO ft, 9 ; 1 , 000 ft, 69. Sky conditions: high scattered clouds, eleven miles 'nsibility. Other weather remarks: Inv e rsion at approx 1500 to lSOO ft~ ~aze a~d smoke n all quadrants~ north-sout~ shear line U'iC Lr.SS L-;;-I::W 2578 AB S~, E.'LLINGTON Al'l3, TEXAS wast of base 6 ,000 to 40,000 feet; no weather ba]loons t.rere released from local area. Investigation: Houston ~.use\lr.l of Natural Science cannot offer any celestial explanation for observation. Local AC\-1 radar and Houston International Tower radar reported no unusual sitings. Houston Tower radar reported minor anonymous propagation indjcating the presence of an inversion. emarks: This siting caused considerable interest by local news media. Conclusion: ?reliminary investigation failed to uncover any facts substantia ting the presence of an unknown object . There is no question i.n my mind r..hat something was seen; however, the 'Ore-sence of 1:-version condi:.ions, the fact tha t object remained in ~ne l ocat i on for ov9r an hour, and thaT.. siralar sitin~s were <Jbsar7ed in .,)t~ler sec~io."ls uf t!:e area causes .ne to suspt:ct toe .s1. .i_n~s -... ere eaused 'oy .;u.rf:1ce lights b eing :eflectea r:>ff the inversion l ayer. (J}ICLASS.I?Eu DEPA RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 257UH ~IR BAS! SQU~DROH (COH~C) ELLINGTON ~IR PORCE BAS!, T!XAS 77030 ATTN O F : 27 August 1965 SUBJECT: Transmittal of UFO Reports To: Foreign Technology Division V.Tright - Patterson AFB, Ohio ATTN: t1ajor Hector Quintanilla 1 . Copies of additional UFO Reports received from personnel in the area of Houston, Texas, are forwarded as request ed. for:o~arded is copy of Priority IJ!essage regarding these report s . FOR THE CONX~JDER Assistant D~rector of Cpera:ions Directora~e o: Coera~ior.s 5. UFO Info H Q 2 5 7 8TH AIR BASE SQ (BDO-A) :.::L LINGTON AFB, TEX 77030, UNITED STATE S AIR FORCE: O F FICIAL. B U SINE S S UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) INFORMATION SHEET i , Answers to the foll owing questions will be obtained from per3ons c~ll1r.g 1r : egard to the observance of an uniden~ified flying object (UFO). If pe~s .i~ae~ ~J give answers to Ja, do not complet e report. 2 . Complete Information Sheet in duplicat e and forward t o BDO. d . Size (compa~e to dime, quarter, baseball, basketball, or larger i tem) I e. Number of Objects f. Formation , if more t han one , _ f'. Was there a tail, vapor trail , or exhaust? i. Any Sound ., ~ What angle ar.d ele'lation was the objec~ on first observance .l,, i,.fhat angle ar.d e:..ev ation vras t he oojer~t T..Jhen disappear ed Eo~ did the o~je~: disappear (instantly, t.o the north, no direction, etco) Ho1.r long was t.he cojecT. visible (5 min, 1 hour, etc. ) Hm..; r..Jas the object. observed (naked eye, radar, telescope, binocula!'s~ e-c:::: .. ) Light conditions (night, Geographical position of objec~ (No~th of Houston, South of Pasadena, ;,feather (clear day , hazy, empera ures o ay T, . OTHER INFORMATION not answered abore: -::-:. ~k ~al.ler for in:o~mation, but de -:::: t p~omise -:,at a a ~o!'._ .... ~m nor deny :.!:e obse~var.ce oi t.l-:a obj ec-:. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) INFORMATION S:BET _, Answers to the following questions will be obtained from persons call~r.g lC ~9gard to the observance of an uniden~ified fi ng object (UFO). If pe:s =P:~se~ :~ g~ve &nswers to )a, do not complete report. Complete Information Sheet in duplicate and forward to BDO Phone : r IV C Age ..,.1 .: d, Size (compare to dime , quarter, baseball, basketball, or larger item) e . Number of Objects ---~--- Was there a tail, vapor trail, or exhaust? , , . ~That angle a~d elevation was the object on first observance ~,-- t/hat angle ar.d elera~ion was the objec~ ~..;hen disappeared _ _ : _ path of objecL (Lo ~cr~h or so~th, -o eas~ or wes~J an~ ~a~e~vers o_ ~ne O- Je 'J.lsappear - ~ _._- ~o the north, no direction, e:.c.) visible (5 m1n, 1 hour, etc t~e ob~ac: obse~ved (naked eye, radar, telesc~pe, binocuiars, Geog~aphical ?OSi~ion of object (North of Houston, South of Pasadena, directly overb.ead, etc. ) " OH:ER INFORMATION not answered abo1e: ,, k ca:ler for in!ormation, but do not pr~mise a~ ~0~:~rm nor deny e observQnce o: the ~bj ec~. UNIDENTIFIED FLYitlG OBJECTS (UFO) INFORMATION SHEET i, Answers~o the following questions ~rill be obtained from persoP.s rd to the observance of an unidentified flying obJect (uFO). If )give a~swers to )a, do no~ complete raport. 2 . Complete Information Sheet in duplicate and forward to BDO. Occupation;- ... baseball, basketball, or larger i~em) d., Size (compa~e to dime, quarter, e . Number of Objects ,; _ '( r--'t (V' .. I'If'7liill~ ilt.AL., ~..Jas t here a :.a:.l, vapor 'trail, or exhaust?", '"' itfna~ ::::alled a-.-:er:.:.ion to -:~e observer ,. .. .., ., _,. ~ha~ angle ar.d e:eva~ion was ~he object on first observance , i:fha t. angle ar-C. e:era~ion was t.he object. '\.;hen disappeared _ ob~ect l~J ~orth or south, -co ~.,rare t::ere an:. :->.a.:r.et:.-rers of c.ne o'cje::: /I : .. How d:d the cb~e~:. disappear (ins:.an-:ly, ~o the north, no direct-ion, e-.c. ) _ How .~as the ob~-3~:. u'cserved (naked eye, radar, t.elescope, bi~OC'lla.rs Geograpr.ical position of object (North of Houston, South o: ?asadena, deather (clear day, hazy, cloudy, broken 1empera ures o ay oromis e -::~a:. UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BUNCH INCOMING MESSAGE ACTION: NIN-7 INFO: XOP-1 XOPX-8, SAFOS-3, JCS/DIA-1 (21 ) s.4B H115NHQB2 95Z CWJX 535 FM 2578 ABSQ ELLINGTON AfB TEXAS TO R U.VGALE /AOC RUCOSQ/fTO WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEA HQ/HQ USAF A FN IN RUEAHQ/HQ USAf SAFOI RU'NGKG/2 9 AD AOC R ICHAROS GEBAUR AFB MO UNCLAS BOO 01031 AUG s;. 1o UFO REPORT SUBMITTED JAW PARAGRAPH 14, AFR 200-2. 2. Tr fOLL~ING OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY MEMBERS OF THE PQICE/SrRIFF DE PART ME NT S OF T 1- FQLOW I~ TEXAS TOWNS: ROSENBERG, FREEPffiT, r-EOV ILLE,