Houston, Texas (5. \'litness~s) ffikFlliC1'ION OF GROUND LIGHTS) Ci vili.:;:. Conclusions b'J investigating o fficer was in all probabili y, e..n -.-N-U_M_a_E_R_O_F_O_B_JE_C_T_S----4optical illusion created by reflections of lieh ts from the i..,'DOun off the inversion. The object appeared to rise a s the inversion One layer rose when it was effected by the rising sun. The object 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION A ALY IS sion layer due to t he reaction of the Hour rising sun or the movement of the l ay r TYPE OF cssERVATION over the body of water (Galveston B~r east of Houston. Ground-::imtal Obje ct v;as estimated to be 30-50' long, oval l>!ith points at top E d I s-------------ibotto:n, and each end \tlere lights were located. Object lofas a COURSE bri11iant white (difficult to look at). Change to orange o c casic n- ally . Lights on ends. were blue and occasionally change t o bluisl - 1-------------fgree."'l. Li~ts on top and bottan were r ed and occasiona:!ly chang d PHOT~S to g r f-sn . ~ \'lhen first noti ced \ras estimat e d to be /l~ mile a~.;ay. Object appeared to be to l eft and rleht, forHa r d and ~-o.;;;A,.-:-;..~o.;..._ ----lbac}~, aJ..lrays r eturning to approx the same location. Afte r nbout 1 hrur ... 'ha t s eerred to be a combination of a f or-v.ard and climbinG .C i c L path ...-hich .res~ t ed in an n~le of a pp:rox 45 deg. Object t ravel d 9. PHYSICAL : YIOEHCE a\-:C1y from the viewer. \1hile performing this maneuver, the objec ~ (TO_gl_:..: \'te r e described by the vie\te r as "drippin~ liehts". ., .:.7' 'Pre'lloua cUUOfta of thla form may be uecl. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODJECTS INli'QHHATION SHEE1' 1. Answers to the following questions w1.ll be obtained from persons calling in regard to the observance of an unidentified flying object ( UF'O). If person refuses to give answers to )a, gg not complete report. 2. Complete Information Sheet in duplicate and forward to BDO. ).a.Name._ Size (compare to dime, quarter, bas~ball, basketball, or larger. item) Unusual features of object ;~.,C'q i'f/L t-eC'/f ~ cGLP~trr=-..:L h. Was there a tail, vapor trail.-or exhaust? I..J C) 1. Any Sound 6/0 j. What ~alled attention to the observer Lo_tJK'eJ? } -'"0'(' I rae:, .. t<c 'tf;FV.P ld I-/ Cl'h. k. What angle and elevation was tho object on first observance, -6/l;rvc.E,;k-, 1. What angle and elevation was the object when disappeared. --. . ..,...~-- m. ~hat was the flight path of object (to north or south. to east or west) and wsre there any maneuvers of the object. V /IJ{'/.1' !1:,._/R CV./.11' L = LF-/I.~c I How did the object disappear (instantly, to the north, no direction, etc.) , How long was the object visible (5 min, 1 hour, etc,), I ;$/C..:./.:' If! How was the object observed (rl(aked e radar, telescope,~!nocui;r.;', etc.) _ Time and date of sighting CJ9'5-/!i(:s; ;,2 ~ r&je' 4 (; Geographical position of object (North of Houston, South of Pasadena, directly overhead, etc.) J.[/1.:57 4fC .P .,..tCJ@/c/,&/ tf.cq..:$t:J?,U _ Weather ( cl~a.r day, hazy, cloudy, broke n clouds, etc.) C. L . / d 5. Thank calle r for information, but do not promise that n return call will be mad& to confirm nor dony the observance of tho object. INVESTIGATION: 1. Corrections/Additions to Original Report: a. Size was estimated to be 30-50 feet long Shape was oval with w~re located. points at top and bottom, and each end where c. Color of main object was a brilliant white (difficult to look at). Change t o orange occasionally. Lights on ends were blue and occasionally chang~ci to "bluish-green". Lights on top and bottom were red and occasion- ally changed to green. d. Distance from vie~rer when first noticed was estimated to be 3/4 e. Movement of obje appeared to be to left and right, forward and back, ~lways returning to approximately the same location. f. Object disappeared after.about one hour by what seemed to be a combir. ion of a forward a~d climbing flight path which resulted in an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Object traveled away from the viewer. W~ils J:~rforming this maTla.nr~r, the object appeared to break up into 2 or 3 part~ which were bright lights and were described by the viewer as "dripp:.:1g lights". The o~ject then disappeared from sight traveling in en east :rly direction to . .rard the rising sun. g. Object viewed th~ough binoculars (7 x 50 power) and was seen by four ot~er persons. No pictures were taken. 2. We~t~er Conditions: Elli~gton weather re~ords revealed that there was an extremely strong substan~e inversion fron 3000 to 5000 feet which was caused by an abnormal increase in temperature a~d a rapid decrease in moisture. This inversion /~ was so s~rong it caused extensive false echoes on the weather radar. f/IJ CONCLUS : :::s : The C?J ~as, in all probability, an optical illusion created by re- flectior.s c: lights from the ground off the inversion. The object appeared to rise as the inversion layer rose when it was effected by the rising sun. object appeared to "break up" either due to the dissipation of the inversion layer due to the reaction of the rising sun or the movement of the layer over the body of water (Galveston Bay) east of Houston.