P ROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Civilia11. NUMBER OF OBJ ECTS There ..,.Tas a 58 A/C in the area at the time of the sighting. Often these'aircraft use their afterburner for fuel weight reduct nrior to landing. S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 10 .-15 N.inutes Observer noted object at about 225 deg 60 deg.elevat:i 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION which appeared to float and bob on a relatively small area. Object had a climbing fiight path towards the SE, with a very Ground-Visual high rate of speed. The object had a reddish orange color. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCe Prevlou edlllon of thl form mey be ued. UNCLASSIFIED DfPARTMrHT OF THE All FOR<! STAFF MESSAGI BUH<H INCOMING MESSAGE ACTION: RDC -4 XOP-1, XOPX-2, Sv1B C204ECZCBVC629 . ADV CY DIA PFTU JAW RUEOYXC0219 1602105-UUUU--RUEOHQA. FM 3 05BOMBWG BUNKER HILL AFB I NO TO RUWONLB/ ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCDAH/30 AIRDIV TRUAX FLO WISC RUEDFIA/AFSC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEB9JA/ HQ USAF WASH DC RUEDHQA/ OSAF WASH DC UNQ.AS QCOI ~16~5 J UN 66. AOC FOR AOOIN. 39 AIROIV FOR OJ. AFSC FOR FTO HQ USAF FOR AFNtN. OSAF FOR SAFOI. SUBJECT: UFO REPORT. SUBMITTED lAW AND KEYED TO AFR 200- 2. A. (1)P.QUNO (2)BASKETBALL AT ARMS LEf\bTH (3) REDO ISH ORAr.JGE (4) ONE (5)N/A (6) NONE (7)H~NE (8) NONE B. (1) BRIGHTNESS AND MOVEMENT ( 2) THREE MILES EAST OF UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMlHT OF llfE All FOI<E STAFF MISSAGI II.UKH INCOMING MESSAGE GILEAS, INDIANA NEAR COUNTY ROAD SIX HUNDRED EAST.: TRUE BEARING NINE ZERO DEGREES. ELEVATION.F IVE DEGREES. PAGE 2 RUCONJ 50 UNCLAS (3) TWO HUt{)RED TWENTY FIVE DEGREES TRUE. SIXTY DEGREES ELEVATION. (4) APPEARED TO FLOAT AND BOB OVER RELATIVELY SMALL AREA. (5) CLIMBING FLIGHT PATH TOWARDS SOUTH EAST. VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND APPEARED TO ACCELERATE. OBSERVER DECLINED EST I MATE OF SPEED AND RATE OF ACCELERATION. (6) TEN TO FIFTEEN C. (1) GROUND-VISUAL <2> NONE <3> N/A D. (1) ZERO TWO THIRTY TULU EIGHT JUNE SIXTY SIX (2) NIGHT. E. THREE MILES EAST OF GILEAD, I NO I ANA ON COUNTY ROAD SIX HUNDRED EAST. TWENTY EIGHT; HOUSEWIFE <FARM; UNRELIAaLE. (1) NIGHT, GOOD VISIBILITY, STARS VISIBLE. (2) UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEP.ARTME'NT OF THE AI. FOKI STAFf MESS.AGf IUH<H INCOMING MESS.AGI (3) HIGH THIN OVERCAST. (4) FIFTEEN.PLUS. (5) TEN TENTHS (6) NONE. (7) TWO POINT ONE DEGREES CENTIGRADE PAGE 3 RUCDNJ 50 UNCLAS I. AN HH43B, TAIL NUMBER 591576, CALL SIGN PEDRO 21, PILOTED BY CAPT R. L. MERNA, WAS LAUNCHED AT 0258Z. AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN VICINITY OF SIGHTit-li LOCATION FOR THIELTHIRTY MINUTES. PILOT REPORTED UFO NOT OBSERVED. K. STAFF INTELLIGENCE OFFfCER; CHIEF, COMBAT I NfELL I GENCE BRANCH. WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE PREPARING OFFicrR, SHE 'HAS SINGER AND FIRM IN HER DESCRIPTION OF THE SIGHTI~ HOWEVER, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT A STATE OF FEAR EXISTED. ALSO, DURING THE I NTERV I EYI STATED THAT SINCE EARLY LAST FALL AT LEAST SIX SIGHTINGS HAVE OCCUREO WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE CURRENT SIGHTING AND THE OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED BY NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. THE SIGHTINGS WERE NOT REPORTED BECAUSE OF FEAR OF .ADVERSE PUBLIC lTV. REPORTED THE CURRENT UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEfiARTMfNT OF THI AIR FORCE STAFF MlSSAG( BRANCH INCOMING MISSAGl SIGHTING TO THE INDIANA STATE POLICE AND LATER WAS ADVISED BY THE POLICE THE OBJECT WAS A B-58 TYPE AIRrnAFT. B- 58 AIRCRAFT \f/ERE AIRBORNE M.O I N THE BUNKER HILL AFB TRAFFI C PATTERN AT THE TIME OF THE PAGE 4 RUCDNJ 5 ~ UNQAS SIGHTING, HOWEVER, THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WAS SOUTH OF THE BASE USING RUf'.MIAY TWO TWO ZERO WITH A LEFT TURN AFTER TAKE OFF. CONVERSELY, ENROUTE PENETRATIONS ARE OOT UNCCJ,IMON Mll COULD HAVE PLACED ONE OF THE A I RCRAFT "l THE SIGHTING AREA. ALSO, THE USE OF AFTERBURNERS OVER ISOLATED ARE.~S I S PRESCR IBEO FOR FUEL WEIGHT REDUCTION PRIOR TO LANOJr.x;. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING WAS A B-58 AIRCRAFT USING THE AFTER9URNER JUST PRIOR TO LANOI~-AT BUNKER UNCLASSIFIED