PROJECT 10073 RECCf.D ::1. SOURCE 4. ~U:.10t:R OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION North Hudson, X. Y. 10. CO~CLUSION 5. LENGTH OF OOSERVATION 20 lIinutes 6. TYPE OF 03SERVATION Ground Visual ~ 9. PHYSICh.L EVIDeNCE 11. BRIEF Su,t.J.'I.ARY .:.t-:0 A~ALYSIS like object ':>~:. obsar ve:-i:e.:::.::-d. no s o1.u:d. Objec:. ,.ra...> ~ravel ing toward t:~e s outh at :. slo~r rate of speed. The lights ,..-ere vrhite and blue in c ol or a:1d circ:ula-..i ng . At the time of t.">le SiGht.i:lg o KC -135 Has refuelin~ a B 52 bomber in the a l ti tt~de a:::>C. r:e~e:-.~1 dJ r e c tton of siahci n s . The aircraf:.s l ie;l1ts \\~n . J (! e;'plc.. i.n 4-l ~::rv~n:s description of circulation .;hi ".,c ana. 'ol\.lE liG:'ll.:i. ACTION: RDC- 4 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGI INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, --'J, DIA- l , NIN- 7 (19) AJJV CY DIA PTTU .A'H RLEDI-MA2040 2021949-U FM 380STRATAEROSPFWG R..AATT BlRGH AFB NY TO RLJ\\MFVA/AOC RUEDOPA/8AF WESTOIER AFB MASS RUEDFIF/ASC FTO YIR IGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEDHQAIHQ USAF RUEOHQA/SECRETARY OF THE AF WASH DC FCR AFN IN AT HQ USAF ANJ4J ~.-AF_O_I ....._A') SEffiET AA Y OFT HE AF. SU8Cf: UNIOENT !FlED A. YING OJC:Cf. A. OESffi IPT ION OF THE OB.CT: < 1) SHAPE -CIJO SHAP0, AIR ffiAFT LIKE, 'r'ET OISSI~I(AR: <2> SIZE.-COoiPAREO TO AIRffiAFT AT 0 ISTNCE; (3) CQCR -WHIT A~ a.LE l IGHr S -CIRCLLAT lNG; (4) NU\4EER -ONE; (5) FeRMAT ION-NOT SEEN ; (6) ANY OESeR 1- BAB..E FEATLRES CR DETAILS-AT TIME LIKE C~CKERBOARO PATTERN; (7) TAll, TRAIL, ffi EX~ UST -NOt\; < 8) NOISE - UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMEHT OF THE All FOICE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGI CNE HEARD; C9) OTHER DETAILS-SAW WHITE STREAKS IN SKY PAGE 2 R LEO tit1A2 04 0 UNQA S SAW L IGiTON INSIDE OF OBJECT, AT CENTER. B. Cf:SCR IPT ION OF COlR SE OF OBJECT: C 1> 'N HAT FIRST CALLED AT TENT I ON OF OOSERV ER S T 0 THE OBJECT-OBSERVER WAS SITTING ON PeRCH LOOKING OUT At-.0 UP AT SKY-SAW OBJECT LIKE AIRCRAFTBLJT NO NOISE; C2) ANGLE CR ELEVATION A~ AZIMUTH OF OCTSWHEN FIRST OBSERVED-ELEVATION, FT. IN NCJHH; (3) ANQ.E CR ELEVATION MD AZIMUTH OF OBCT P{}l DISAPPEARANCE-OJER MOUNTAIN HCRIZON GOING SUJTH; C4) DESCR I?T ION OF FLIGHT PATHA~ MAt-ElNER OF 08 CT-(J T 00 FAST , A PATH FH CM NCRT H T 0 SOUT H; <5) ~0 DID OBCT DISAPPEAR-0/ER MOUNTAINS TO Tl SOUTH; (6) HON LOOG WAS OBJ.:CT VISIBLE -OBSEHVEO AffiOX 20 MINUTES. C. \4A R OF OBSRVAT ION: ( 1) CROUN:l-VISUAL; <2> CPT ICAL A IDS -NO~; <3> N/A 0. T 1\4 MD DATE FO SIGiTNG; (1) 032gz. 15 JtL 66; C2) LIGHT COr-D IT IONS- N'GiT. E. L OCATION OF OBSERVER -V2 M ILE NCRT 'VESf 0 RQ\0 JUNCTICN AT NCRTH HLDSON, N. Y. C440EGREES 0[)ECREES NCRTH-~73 OC CREES 4:ilE CREES E> UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMEHT OF THE All FOKI STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGI F. I DENT IFY I NG I NFffiMAT ION ON OBSERVER ; C IV IL IAN -MR. , AG: 52, RFD NORTH, N.Y. ; U~MFtOYED EX- PAGE 3 R IDt-MA2 04 9 UNO.. AS CCNSERVATCJJ WCRKER; A MAN OF LITTLE EDUCATION AND LACKING IN TECHNICAL KNONLEDG: (2) N/A G. '.VEATHER A~ WINDS CCNDITIONS AT TIME MD FtACE OF SIGHfiNE CAPFRX . CNL Y) (1) OBSERVERS ACCOUNT' OF 'NEAT HER COtil IT IONS - DARK, O..EAR WITH GOCD V IS I B IL IT Y; (2) REP CRT OF AW S, DET 1, 8TH WEA SQ. Ft ATT SBlR GH AFB NY FCR VII NITY OF Sl GHT lNG AT 02 00-030~, 15C JlL 66. (1) QEAR- N I GH V IS I B IL IT Y 15 ~M ; (2) W I t-0 S -W I til S, SI)RFACE 'NWI AT 5 TO 8 KTS; (3) CEIL lNG: NO('[; (4) VISIBILITY -CLEAR, UN. IM ITO; (5) AMOUNT OF QOlD COVER- GH THIN, 1/1aTHC (6) THU~ERSTCRMS-N/A; (7) N/A. H. ANY OT !-ER U NUSAL CONJ IT ION -NOt- I I t\f ER CE PT I ON N/A <NOr->. J. LOCATION, APFROX AWTTlDE ANl <I:NERAL 0 IRECT ION OF A.. IGHT AIR TRAFFIC-MD USAF AIR REFUEL lNG PROJECTC ~ATER QOCK," <KC-135 TANKER AIRCRAFT REFUEL lNG A B-52 BOABER> '.'lAS REPCJHEO AS 'YEST BOJND AT 27,00\f'T. -ALT ITLDE OJER <CENTRAL> EASTERN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSlGl EW YCRK STATE AT APFRX g800Z TO 0345Z HOLRS ON 15 JLL Y. K. POSIT ION, TITLE ANJ C~MENT S FREPAR lNG OFFICER - ALLEN H. DOYLE, MAJeR, USAF,380STH STRATEGIC AEROSPACE PA~ l!RI.0t-MA2040 UNQAS WING <SAC), P!...ATTSBLRGH FB, t.W YffiK, OIC, CCJ.1BAT INTELL I r.ENCE ffiANCH. COAMENT S: ~ OBJECT, REPffiTED AS A IRCRAFTQ IKE, BUT YET NOT LIKE ONE, DESCRIBES PROBA a Y TW 0 AIRCRAFT, Q OSE T OGETER , IN A REFIL I NG OPERATION. AS VISIBILITY OF THAT NIGHT WAS UNLIMITED, AIRCRAFI' WITH LIGHTS OR ILLUMINATION COULD BE WELL VIEWED AT Ccr.JSIDERAaE 0 !STANCES, THUS A No NOISE .. REPCJH. SINCE TWO A IR':RAFT, IN A REFUEL lNG OPERATON, WERE REPCRTED IN/OIER OB5RVERSAREA AT SA\1E TME/DATE PERIOO, HESE REFUEL lNG AIRCRAFT WOlLD FON'NO SET COLR5, AT REDUCED SPEEDS ALL C. lNG 'J 1(1 OF APAHJ< 20M INVTES. THE A I RCRAFi S t I GiT S A NJ L I GHT lNG USED 0 tR I NG REFUEL I NG WQJLD EXPLAIN OBSERVERS DESCRLWZ ON OF CIRClLAT ION WHITE A NO a. UE L I GHT S, L I GHT S INS 10 E OF BJE CT J S CENTER , CHECKERBOARD PATTERN, ANJ WHITE STRKS IN SKY AS BE lNG ~CTUALL Y TI-E ILL~ I NAT ION LIGHTS OF BOQ.4 AREA A~D POSSI a.E ILLtJ.A INAT ION OF B-52 WINGS DtR lNG REFUEL lNG. UNCLASSifiED I li f t f I UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BIWKH INCOMING MESSAGI THIS REP CRT lNG Cf"F ICER ASSESSES THIS S I GHr I NG AS TWO AIRCRAFT EEEN IN NIGfT AS 0~ OB...ECT IN A REFLEL lNG <PERAT ION' BYTE OBSERVER WHO APPARENTLY WAS UNKNONLEDGE- PA GE 5 R l0 ff-4A2~4 0 NQA S Afl.E OF SUCH AN EVENT TAK lNG A.. ACE IN THE AIR SPACE ABOIE HIV. L. EXISTENCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE-NO~. UNCLASSIFIED