PROJECT )0073 R.ECORD t. 0.4 TE T.IME GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION less than 1 minute 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 1. COURSE 9. PHYSICAL EVIDEt~CE 2. LOCATION Between Salem and Ash Flat, Arkansas (1 witness) 10. CONCLUSION Insufficient Data Form 164 requested over 30 days and not returned as of this date. If form is returned sighting will be reevaluated. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Shape of object was roughly elliptical. About 20' long, 15' wide. Dark gray or black. Object had 25-30 small lights at approx one foot intervals along bottom circumference. Observer was driving along road and almost collided with object which was hovering about 3 or 4 ft above road. Upon disappearance object was directly overhead. Object was visible for less thBll one minute. He stated that as he slowed to avoi d striking the object, he could easily see the sights of the object illimin- ate the highway. As he approached the spot where the object was hovering, his automobile lights went out, his engine died and the lights frau the object also died. .As the result of this near miss, his high beam lights and tail lights were canpletely inoperative. He alighted. fran his stalled car (cont'd on back) FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Pre1ou ediUOfte of thlefona mey be u!M4, and could see nothing. After a period of 10 to 20 minutes he was able to restart his car, after replacing a fuse. He discovered his low beam lights working. He proceeded to a service station and had new head and tail J.ights instal 1 ed. He then proceeded to his destination without further trouble. DISAPPEARANCE OBJ:C:CT WAS DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. FLIGHT PATH viAS UNKNOWN C'ttNEUVER OF STRAIGHT ASCENT WAS LAST OBSERVED. OBJECT WAS VISIBLE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. PART III. tt~ANNER OF oBSER'JATION. : ROUND- VISUAL. PART IV. TIME AND lf.RCH 1965. NIGHT. PART V. DATE OF SIGHTING. G13 ~-~2~ 3 ZULU 2 8 LOCATION OF OBSERVER. CRIVING ALONG U.S HI G H\~ A Y 62 BETWEEN SA LEM, A R KANSAS AN D ASH FLAT , ARKANSAS OZARK MOUNT A IN EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. OBSERVER NOT FAMILIAR WITH IDAD. PART VI. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER. .ENGINEER. RELIABILITY UNKNOWN. SPEAKS INTELLIGENTLY. PART VII. ;. <~ \lEATHER AND WIND. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. WIND NEARLY CALM. 1 BLYTHEVILLE AFB WEATHER REPORTS SURFACE WING 31 0 DEGREES AT FOUR KNOWTS. CEILING 8,0~0 EROKEN, 1 2 ,r0J BROKEN, BECOI1ING OVERCAST. <, ~ZN ~ILES VISIBILITY. NO THUND2RST0Rt1S. VERTICAL TEMPERATURE .. GRADIE~T I SOTHERrAL TO 6 Z0~ FEET. TEMPERATURE 4;3 DEGREES TO 5,0 FEET. PART VIII. LT COLOt\EL ROEERT F. CLARK, USAF, RESIDES APPROX- Jr:ATELY Till lHLES NORTH OF AREA OF ALLEGED OVSERVATION REPORTS NUllr EROUS FIE~D AND WOOD FIRES DURING PERIOD. OBSERVER DEFINITELY STATES THZR.t: WEI\.t: ~G St;CH FIRES OR SMOKE IN AREA OF OBSERVATION. PART IX. A TELEPHOl\Z CALL T O HORSESHOE BEND ESTATES LOCATED IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THAT PORTION OF u.s. HIGH\~AY 62 REVEALS THAT THERE WERE NJ FLIGHTS IN PROGR!:SS DEPARTING ?R011 OR LANDING AT THEI R 5 ,:,1:J0 FEET l.ANDI~G STRIP DURING THE EVENING oF 27 MARCH 1966. PART X CHIEF It\Tf.LLIGE~C 97TH BO~B "JJING <SAC). FIRE, SMOKE, OR THE S EMERAL LlGTfS OF A{~ AIRCRA.:T l)NJING 0?. D~P..JRTING A Sl<l:.l~LL STRIP ABOUT T\~0 t-ILES SOUTH OF THE HIGHwAY APPZ:ARC:D TO B THE OBJECT OF TliiS 0.3SERVA- UON. THE OESERVZR DENIES THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY OF THESE POSSIBILI- TIES. HE Av.HTS TliAT HE WAS DRIVING ALONE AND HAD J UST COt-1 FROM 1 WPB~53CZCSQE227ZCWYA128 DE RUWGHU 2 0~3 C89J~16 (' ZNY CCCCC FM 97B011i1G BLYT HEVILLE AFB ARK ( ' I_CLRUWMFVA/ADC RUWG KG/29 A I RDIV RICHARDS G EPA UR AFB MO RUC DSQ/ FT D W PA F B OH I 0 c' RUEAHQ/A FNIN WASH DC RUZAHQ/SA FOI WASH DC INFO RUWGAA/2 AF ~RKSDALE AFB LA 97 BOt1ilG DCOI/ b4Z2 4 MAR 66. T O A DC ENT AFB COLO, 29 AIRDIV RICHARDS-GEEAUR AFB MO, FTD WPAFB OHIO, AFNI N WASH DC, SAFOI ' '1\SH DC. INFO: 2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA, 42AD. SUBJECT : UFO REPORT. PART I 07 XI PARTS . DESCRIPTION OF OBJCT. SHAPE WAS ROUGHLY ~Lj.J..fr- ICAL. SIZE JAS TW~TY <2J~>_f.EE'[ 1:-0!'JG, _ . f.IFTE.EN (15) FEET WIDE, HEIGHT ' I.NKNOWN. COLOR DARK G AA Y OR BLACK. NUMBER SIGHTED ONE. TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY (25-30 ) SMALL LIGHTS AT APPROXIMATE ONE FOOT INTERVALS ALONG EOTTot1 CIRCU~FSR!:NCZ. NO EXHAUST OR SOUND DlsC:::RND. PART II. D:::s- \ ffii?TION OF COURSE WITH OBJECT. Oa<;ERVER WAS DRIVING ALONG ROAD AND AL- !"DST COLLIDED WITH OBJ2CT, WHICH \vAS HOVERING ABOUT THREE OR FOUR FEET PAGE 2 RUWGHU 2~JJ3 roR OFFtCtAL u:r: O~t -~ A...f.QVE ROAL. ANGLE OF ELEVATION WAS BETt~EEN ZERO AND FIFTEEN DZGREES . RFTU JAv1 RUEDWXA~939 24922 05-UUUU--RUEDF IF. FM 9 7B\J BLYTHEVILLE AFB ARK 10 RUW.MFVAJADC ENT AFB COLO RUWG KG 129ADIV RICHARDS GEBA UR AFB NO RUEDF IF /FTD WPAFB OHI 0 RUEDHQA 1'-FNIN WASH DC RUEDHQA / SAFOI WASH DC INFO RUWGA A /2AF BAR KSDALE AFB LA ZEN/42ADIV BL YrHEVILLE AFB ARK UNCLAS DCCI ~4ti66 SEP 66. TO ADC ENT AFB COLO, 29 AIR DIVISION RICPAP.DS-GEBAUR AFB MO. FTD t.VPAFS OHIO FOR TDETR, AFNIN ~ASH DC, ~FOI wASH DC. INFO 2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA AND 42AD SUBJECT: UFO P.EPORT. PART ONE OF TWO. R~QUEST ALL ADEES DOWNGRADE Th"E S!:CUP.~!"{ CLASSIFICATION OF DCO I t1ESSAGES ~402 4 f'lARCH 6 6 AND 24062 AUG S6, SUBJECT: (U) UFO REPORT, FROM CONFIDENTIAL GROUP 3 TO OFFICIAL USE ONLY. PART T\J!O. FOR TDETR. THIS CONFIRMS OUR TELECO N OF 02 1750Z SEP 66 gATES THAT AS HE SLOWED TO AVOID STRIKING THE OBJECT, HE COULD . ~SILY SEE THE SIGHTS OF THE OBJECT ILLIMINATE THE HIGHv1AY. AS HE P.PPROACH:!:D THE SPOT WHERE THE OBJECT WAS HOVERING, HIS AUTOMOBILE llGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED, HIS O!GINE DIED, AND THE LIGHTS FROM THE CBJECT WERE AlSO EXTINGUISHED. AS THE RESULT OF THIS NEAR MISS HIS HIGH BEAt1 LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS 1:RE COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. HE ~ ( egut.JJ ~ A LIGHTED FROM HIS STALLED CAR AND N U LD SEE NOTHING. AFTER A PERIOD CF TEN TO TWENTY MINUTES HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART HIS CAR, AFTER RE- LACING A FUSE. HE DISCOVERED HIS LOl,J BEAM LIGHTS WORKING. HE PRO- mGE 4 RUWGHU 2003 CEEDED TO A SERVICE STATION AND HAD NEW HEAD AND TAIL LIGHTS INSTALL- ED, HE THEf\! PROCEEDED TO MEMPHIS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PART XI 11? BROOK POSSESSES FIFTEEN REElS OF TAPE WHICH WERE WITH HIM ON THE NIGHT OF THE ALLEGED OESERVATION. HE STATES THAT THESE TAPES ARE RJINED AS TH APPARENT RESULT OF A MAGNETIC ERASURE, THIS VOID AREA lEG INS ON THE OUTS 1 DE DIAMETER OF EACH REEL AND PROCEEDS INWARD TO- W\RD THE CENTER OF THE REEL. AS THE TAPE IS Pl.J\YED IT IS EVIDENT ]-iAT THE vo:u I N THt: RECORDIL\G OCCURS AT T HE SAME RElATIVE SPOT AS M-. TAPE I S c:J\.VOUND. THESE TAPES ARE AVAilABLE FOR FURTHER IN- SPEC T I ON. G p-3. L.;r s'Mi FID (1'DEW) Wri.gbt-Patterson A..VB, Reference your recent unidentified obaexwation of ~ )larch 1966. The information vbich we have received ia not suff'i- c:ient forevaluation. Request yo\.1 complete the attached :t'ID Po~ 1.64 and return it in the e nvelope provided WI viah to thank you for reporting your the Air Force. S1neerely, observation