PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME CROUP 2. LOCATION , 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OaSERVATION Circl e d , 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Barre, Vennont 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS (2 Witnesses) Object was pie shaP'd, flAt on top, about t}le size of a dime heJ.d at anns length, white in oolor ard ap~ared to have something dangling from too bottom. Object appeared to rotatle I white in fii[#lt. 1-Ioved from the SE to S'fl to E. ~fade a circ1b 1 and went up and down with vibrating motion. 1-Ioving fast at t irr.es. Disappeared over tree. fTD SE P 6 3 0329' (TOE) PNYloue ec!ltion of thl fona .. , a.. uaad UNCLASSIFIED. :"t DIPAITMINY OF THI All FOICI nAFF MESSAGI IIANCH INCOMING MESSAGE ACTIONt NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2 ADV CY DIA SMB C92 0CZ CB VC368 PTTU JAW RUEOHMA1433 1112320-UUUU--RUEOHQA fM 388 SA'N PLATTSBURGH AFB NY TO RUWMFVA/ ADC ENT AFB COLO RUEDDBA/SAF' WESTOVER AFB MASS RUCDSQ/AF'SC FTO WRIGHT PATTERSJN AFB OHIO RUEOHQA/HQ USAF WASH OC RUEOHQA/SE:ffiET ARYYOF THE Ar WASH DC UNCLAS 380DCOI 1B456 APR 66. F"OR AfNI N AT HQ USAF AM:l SAF'O I AT SECRETARY OF THE Af. S \J3 J E CT : UN I 0 E NT I F I EO F'L Y I NG OBJECT A DES~IPTION OF THE OBJECT. <1> SHAPE-PIE-SHAPED, A..AT ON iC? ,MRESEMBLED SAUCER; (2) SIZE-APPROCIMATEL Y THE SIZE OF A DIME HELD AT ARMS LENiTH, Tt-DUGH BOTH CBSERVERS TH0LCHT OBJECT WAS 2 TO 3 FT lN 0 IAMETER; (3) COLOR-PURE <EXTREMELY> WHITE : (4) NUMBER -ONE (1) (5) FORMATION-N/A (6) OTHER OETAILS-HA~INi AFHO JAN IS 0309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSI FlED DIPAITMINT OF THE All FOIQ STAFF MESSAGE IRAfKH INCOMING MISSAGI OO'NN FROM U~ERSIDE VIAS SOMETHI Ni RESEtJBL I r.t; SIZE OF PAGE 2MR UEOHMA 1433 UNCLAS ONE HALF' ORANGE THOUGH WHITE IN COLOR <7> TAIL OR TRAIL OR EXHAUST -MONE (8) SOUNJ-NONE HEARD; (9) OTHER PERTINENT FEATURES-OBJECT WAS SEEN AS ROTATI K; WHILE IN FLIGHT .B. DESCRIPTION OF COlRSE OF OBJECT: (1) WHAi FIRST CALLED THE ATTENTION OF OBSERVERS- WHILE TALKit(; ON PHONE <NEIGHBORS> BOTH LOOKED OUT :VIi{ lONS; SAW WHITE OBJECT WA3 IN CONSIDERABLE CONTRAST TO BROWN TREES A~ HILLS (2) ELEVATION At{) AZIMUTH OF OOJECT WHN FIRST OBSERVED-ONE OBSERVER THOlliHT CBJECT WAS AT 300 FT All ITLJJE, THE OTHER AT 20FT, JUST ABOVE TREES FROM THE EAST TO SOUTH EAST: <3> aEVAT ION AND AZIMUTH OF OBJECT UPON 0 I SAPPEARANCE- GOI~ EAST, UP At{) OVER TREES Atll HILL (4)0ESCRIPTION OF FL lG!iT ?AiH A~ MANEUV S OF OBJECT-OBJECT MOVED FROMM SOUTH::ASi TO SOUTH 'NEST TO EAST, MADE CIRCLE WENT UP AND DONN NliH VIBRATI ~li MJTION HAD NERVOUS JITTERS, ANl WAS MOVING FAST AT TIMES(5) HOW DID OBJECT OISAPPERAR-OVER THE TREES AND HILL TO EAST; (6) HO~ UNCLASSIFIED AFHQ JAN" 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMINT OF THE All FOICI STAFF MESSAGE I RANCH IN(OMING MISSAGI LO~ WAS OBJECT VI SIBLE-TWO TO THREE Ml NUTES. C. MANNER OF' OBSERVATION: C1> GROUNJ-VISUAL; PAGE 3 R UEOHMA 1433 UNCLAS (2) OPT I CAL A 10 S -ttl NE VIEWED T HROOOH HOUSE Yll t{)OW ON..Y CJ) NIA.VO. TIME ANJ DATE OF SIGHTING: (1) TIME-1656Z 20 APR 66; <2) LIGHT CONJITIONS-OAY. E. LOCAT !ON OF OBSERVERS: 2 MILES EAST OF BARRE, VT, 4412N/07226W. F. IDENTIFICATION OF OBSERVOOS: (1) AGE 50 AST HILL BARRE: VT, OCCUPAT ION-HOUSEWI FF <2> CIVIL IAN AGE 27, RFO 1 EAST HILL BARRE VT, OCCUPATION -HOUSEWIFE. BOTH HOUSEWIVES SEEMED Sl NCERE 6 UT WERE POORLY ORIENTATED AS TO THEIR GEOGRAPHI C.~.L LOCATION. BOTH EXPRESSED THEMSELVES IN A POSITIVE ANNER BUT SEEMED TO LACK TECHNICAL K~DWLEOGE TO SU??ORT OE:SCRIPTION OF STATEMENTS. G. WEATHER AID WlrllS -ALO;:-r :o~ITINS AT TIME Arll PLACE OF SIGHTINi: <1> OBSERVERS ACCOUNT Of WEATHER-VERY WINDY, FOGGINESS, Q.OlllY WITH SOME RAINISPRINKLit-li: (2) REPORT OF AWS, OET 7, 8TH WEA SQ, PLATTSB\.RGH AF"B NY, FOR VICINITY OF UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE All FORCE STAFF MESSAGE II A HOI INCOMING MESSAGE SIGHT I~ AT 1700Z 2 I APR 66: WI NJS S\.R FACE 170/14 KTS W/GUSTS TO 25 KTS PLUS 43 F; 6,081 FT 2~5/18KTS PLUS 43 F: PAGE 4 R t!EOHMA 1433 UNCI.. AS PLUS 12F 2000, F'T 300/26KTS PLUS OR -IF 3B,000f"T CEIL lr\G. -4,000FT <4> VISIB IL ITY-25 MILES (5) AV.O UNT 0 ~ Q.OUO COVER OVER CAST: C6) Nl A <7> VERT I CAL TE\~? GRAw I ENT-SEE ABOVE TEM?~r\ATLRES.MH. ANY OTHER UI~USUAL ~:ilVITY OF C0t{}ITION: CUSTY WINDS!' I. INTE~CE?TION: NXA J. LOCATION ALTITUDE ANJ FLOGHT AIR TR,6.F'FI C AS CAUSE FOR SlGHTI ~: ti>NE. K. POSITION TITLE A~D Ctl.1MENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: ALLEN H. DOYLE MAJOR USAF' 380TH STATEGIC AEROSPACE Wlt-li <SAC>. PLATTS8\.RGH AFB NEW YORK, OIC COMBAT INTELLIGENCE BRANCH. CC~iM::NTS: THE OBSERVERS DESCRIPTION AS TO <BJECT' S S! Z ~ C2TO 3FT I N 0 l A METER> , ITS SHAPE (SAUCER, PIE:-S~A?EO>, WITH HALF AN ORA~E-L IKE PROlUSION VIEWED ON ITS U~ERSIOE PLUS OOLOR CP\RE WHITE> APPEARS TO THIS COMMENT I t-li OFFICER THAT OBJECT RESEMMBLES A AFHQ JANIS 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMINT OF THE All FOICI STAFF MESSAGE IIANCH INCOMING MUSAGI LIGHT WEIGHT, SAUCER SHAPED LID COVER OFF OF A STORAGE/ REFUSE CONTAINER. POSSIBLE OBJECT COULD BE A 3 fOOT LID COVER MADEOF VERY LIGHT-WEI FHT MATERIAl I.E: STYREFOAM 1 N P~E WHITE COLOR PLAST ICE OR OTHER LIGHT PAGE 5 R UEDHMA 1433 UNCLAS WEIGHT PLASTIC. THERFORE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUCH A LIGHT WEIGHT L 10 COVER VIEWED IN UPS IDE-DOWN POSIT ION PICKEO-U? At{) OUFFETTED BY GUSTY-HIGH WINOS <PRESENT Ai THAT TIME>. INTO/OUT OF OSS~RVERS VIEW COULD WELL PRESENT MANUEVERS RESEMBLING NERVOUS JITTERS UP A~ DOWN -VIBRATED AS WELL AS ROT ATI K; MOT IONS. THUS A HOUSEWIFE OBSERVER, STARTLED fOR 2 TO 3 MINUTES BY SUCH A FLYING OOJECT WHICH DISAPPEARED , COULD WELL MISINTERPRETED OBJECT AS TO ITS TRUE IDENTITY. L. EXISTENCE OF PHYS l C,AL EVIDENCE-NONE. AFHQ JAN .. 0-309C U NCLASSI FlED