6 December 65 Civi:!.ian Possible .9ALLOON .-. NU)68EA OF OIJECTS S. LENGTH OP: OSUAVATION Cutoff, Louiaiarvs 6. TVPE OF esse RVATION to shor bright 5pots of one si.d~ of obj e'~t, vr refl.::~t <3d off Grour1d..?.t Air--fis,lal of it. Observ,:!r ~-iaS st.:t.1Jin~ -:Jn p.ldtform, lih~n buddy s~id 1--------------~ look u~. Cbj~ct di!" tly over~?.C\d, fo~ t-....o inutas, :1ot ~oving. Elev of objec:., ,erticA.l straigh~ up (20 d~g :3r~ir:el; Cbserver got into t::lan~, ~has-3cl o~j~ct .ror fifty ::.i:_es, ~ave t-------------~ up , then l e..ndad, still yisibla. 9. PHYSICAL EVIO!NC! FTD SE;t h l 0-329 l TDi!!\ (lllO AN, 6 Dec, noon at 2 h 51.~5. not th-3 moon) U~CtASSifJED OE?.\a ft .. t:NT OF THE AIR FORCE ST A'ir :,ES~lGE BUNCH 1'-~CO~IMG PHSS~Ge S~n..FOS -3} S~!2 Cr45?T7U JAW RU~TEIA1574 34~2320-UUUU-- Z!i;{ UUUUU F~ KZESLER AFE COMMAND POST aiLOXI MISS RUC8A~I73RJ AIRDIV TY DALL AFB FLA RUCDSQ/~FSC FORIEGN T~CHNOLOGY DIV W-PATAF9 RU H /HQ USAFCAFNIN> \~ASH DC RU!:B HJ.~/ S2CRETARY OF AF SA~O I 1JJASH DC UNCL~S CAS 20 134. UFO REPORT A. C 1) C IRCL!LAR DISC C2) QUART?. HELD AT AP. S LE!JGHT c3> SILV~R ~liTH 3LUISH TI~T :Jf.3CtASS~f!~O ! D~f-.~IHME:iT Of THE AIR FORCE ST~ff ~.USSA~f 2~ANC:i INCOMING MfSSAGE OoJZCT OK REFLECTED OFF OF OBJ~CT a . Cl ) S1ANDit1G ON PLATFOK~1, BUDDY SAID LOOK UP, . OBJECT \JAS DIRE.CTLY CVERH5:AD, FOR T :.'0 :~IilUTES,. ~.JOT ~10VING C2) AS~UITH NIA, EL~V~TION, VERTICAL STRZIGHT UP (3) ~Z! DEGREES VERTICAL ( 4) 0 ~ANEUV~RABILITY, DUE EAST, NO EVASIVE ~CTION ( 5 ) D I D ~J 0 T D I S SAP E A R , G 0 T l NT 0 PL.~ N E , C H A S C: D F' 0 R F I FT Y tH L E S UP, LANDED AT OIL PLATFORM, STILL VISIBLE. (6) FI?TEEN ~INUTES I~iCLUDING CHASE C. ( 1) GROUND, OIL PLATFORM, AIRBORN VISIBLE. JE: ~HLES DUE EAST CUTOFF L.~., LA~lE PILOT, RELIABILITY , V~RY GOOD, PILOT IS 2~ PILOT DI5C~{~2GE~ 1959 UNClASSIFIED PE?A~T "'~NT OF THt Alll FOR( STMr ME.iSAGE :!RANCH l~lCOt"'l~fl M~S Gt C~ILING CLEAR, 12 ILES VISIBILITY,. TENP N/A ;! 0 BALLOON ~LEASES KNO iN, ~{OUSTON CENTC::R HAS 3 Flt2 APP 80 TO 90 '1ILES NORTH t:AST OF HOUt~A LA FLYING EAST '..r::.ST PATTL:R~ AT ~( .. CP.PTAI 5.~1~UEL t,_TnC:AT, OPERATIONS SE.RVIC~S DIVISION, !<AFc. ZA lORA 657 RADAR SQDN HOUfYlA FS, LA RECE:IVEiJ !HE ABOVE: INFO 170~E: .'\DVn,lC E CO FY DELiv~RED TO DIA. UN(lA:)5lF1ED i