PRQJECT ICC73 RECORD 3. St1lH?CE 10. CONCLUSION Civilians -Kilitary INSUFFICIIDJT DArfh. r'OR EVALUATI ON RADAR: (ANO!L\LCUS :'fuJl'AGA'riON) 4. NUMBER OF O&JECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBS~RVATION Ground-PAda~ & Visual t---=.A_JX No 9. PHYSICAL EVl~ENCE Observers noted spal'klinP, Jig.'-lt changing from red to grE;cn ~ to red for about J hours. Object settled beneath the horizon! a."'rl vanished. Object \-ras b-:1sically stationacy in the '\-rest. ' Ob~ect wus allc~ly pick0 d up on radar; however, a radar 1 a.""lalysis 9Jflgcst.,cd that ano:nalous propagation was ap;:arently r the cause of th~ radar ~"lint. . i FTD SEP 63 0-329 {TOE) Prelou edlUona of U.le fora .. , a.. ueed. 7 WEAl HER A. "ll WI NJ S ALOFT : B. AV! S .t. CCOUff OF W I~ S- PA CI: 3 RU:Ji PT BO 035 U NQA S 0. 15 f'.M V I S I B IL IT Y E. SCATTERED UNCLASSIFIED . DEPAIJMEJir OP lHI All FOICI SIAfll MISSAGI lUNCH IHCOMINI MBSAGE B. U tJUSUAL ACi IV IT Y I N T ft t..~EA: . A. SLI Gi:T I 'w'ERSION, 650(r8000 FEET; POSSIBLE ltWERSION, 9. I NT E R CE PT I 0 t J CR 10 E N f I CAT I 0 N 0 f A CT I 0 N T A KE N : UNCWSIFIED UNC.I.ASSiFIED DIPAIIMIJif OF ltiE All FOIG SYAif MDSAGI IWICII INCOMINI MESSAGI REPffiT CALLED IN, ffi IE F RADAR RET lR N, SIG..rED ANJ PHOT OGRAP~O BY PERSON\EL OF FIK.EY AFS <RADAR SITE>. TWO F-89 AIRCRAFT SffiAMfl.ED, MERGED WITH BLIP, APPARENrL Y WRO~ ALl ITlDE, NOT A I R B rn ti: S I G hT I NG 10. POSITION/TITLE Ar.D Ca,~ME~iT S OF ffiEP~.R lNG OFFIOCR: IM'ELL IGENCI PAGE 4 R IJ T PT BO 005 U NQ AS OFFICER. WILL SE~ FQLO.V-LJP WITH PHOTOS, IF ANY, Afil ALL OTJ-f:R PERTiiE~,rr TA ONCE Fll.L ltW::SflGATION IS C~A..ETED. FRELIMINARY ANAL YS I S: ~ OSS I fl. E I N1 E R S I 0 N. 1 1. PH YS 1 c,!L EV IDE NCE: MR AOE NO PHOTOS. POSS I fl. Y SAME OBJECT PHOfOCRAPftD BY AF PERSONf\EL AFHO IAN.. 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 29TH AIR DIVISION (ADC) DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DULUTH, MINNESOTA 55814 AlTN OF: 290IN suBJECT: UFO Follow-Up Report To: AFSC (FTD) lOAF ( NINT) 1. Reference our message 290IN 09010, dated 6 September 1966, on the UFO al gedly sighted by a civilian and by personnel of Finland AFS. a. The initial nel o: finley AFS. report stated that the objec-t was seen by person- This should have read Finland AFS. b . The follow-up report submitted to this office by Lt Sumner, Intelligence Officer at Finland AFS, is forwarded as an attachment. 2. Ii"l the follow-up repor--c, Lt Sumner mentions seein r object the fcllowing evening (0300Z, 7 September 1966). Mr who s ent in the initial report, also reported seeing a blue, green, and ra.:l 1::;~t flying about southwest of Grand Marais, Minnesota at 02152, 7 Sep-:~::lber 1966. She watc!ied the object for two hours and reported a-: :~-:~ 1 ight had a vap~= trail. Further, l\irman Second Glass Tarple of Finland AFS saw a "round light" southwest of Finland AFS at 0252Z., 7 September 195S. He watched it for less than two minutes b~fore it "vanished". I~ is possible the three new sightings are 3. Th~ vague, contradictory, and confused nature of the reports makes :-:. difficult to de rmine exactly what these people r eally saw. S~ars or temperature inversions may have caused the sightings, and a~;~alous propagatic~ or ground clutter may have caused the radar F01 Tr2 CC'.i.'.:ANDER UFO Report, FRCY.\ ~6 R :1a;-:q (DAGE)(ADC)(MSS-F) Finland . Mtnn. 603 SUS .. /~ t UFO' s T Ct 29 OIN 1. On th~ ~v~ning of ~ S~pt~mb~r 1966, this otation b~c3me iovolvPd 1~ UFO acttvttyo It is und~rstood that your offtc~ has subm~tt~ r!p..,rts Cor"\c~trnin9 thP tncidP.nt. Statem@lnts have be~n proeurt)d frorn airm~n of th~ ~quad:rort who claim to havP observed th~ o~cJrr8'l c~. ~!Ch of thr airmen (who namPs ar@ included in th attach~d report) id th~ s th,n~s about the "UFO". The a ttached r~port 1! bas~d c~on their s t~meJlt~ 2. A8 it occu~rod, t h i s s ~Ion was unawar~ of any ~xtraordinary ~-:t1v1ty until Mrs. r~siding n~ar tvtz~n, r.r ) c~llPd e nd r~port h v ng o S!rV~ a w1Prd "flying obj~ct". H~r c~ll was :-!lay~ to Duluth ( 29AD SAGE). Sgt Sm5tth C4ll Pd and, shortly after 2200 hxs , l ocal tim~, atr"~n b~g~n to look for po~slbl~ "UF~. As r ort~, th~ ohjPct was gr n, hov~rlng at 500 feet, n~ar h~r (Mrs ) 3.. At first, th~rt! '!r~ no return::J ir. the area M:-!1 cl a 1m ,:lid t:-. ! obj~ct to b~ i n . "Tht-99 tow~r '"~ -:he 27 towP: got nothing", ~al1 t:;.e a1rm~n htalght 't~:--.ntcians. ft.2C l s :rri@ D~di~, a.1"th~r of tht! t echnicians, ~.,~n d out th,.r~ "~" "too much clutter to s~e anything in ti.at a:-Pa on racar L8t~r, 23~0 hhrs, local, th~ technlclann d~t~c d a ;Pturn on th~ FP5 90 seop~. Varying tn ra from 13 to~ ~iles, 1t "flitt~d 2round . but always 5~ty&d on th~ 270 dt!gr s' azimJ~h." A rair of F89s had b n scr bl~d f rom Duluth AB and arched th~ ~r wh~r~ th~ radar r!~U:P wa~, but "th~ r!turn moved away from th~m " Both aircraft m~n rerl around th location, 8@arching at altitv, o f e t o lOoo~ fpet. Ask about th~ clutt~r, the a1rm~n elairn~d that th~ r a'l.ar e.how~d th~ 7~! urn of th~ ~UFo remained on the scope for pPr1ods c . ~wo to four mi o~ and thn vani!h~d, rPapp~aring at a diff~r~nt range, bJt rPmalning 4. 2i ~f t h o v~rs, PFC Tutty, ctalm~d to hav~ ~1tch~n th! "U?O" fr';"';!. : h e hill top and took photographs. Asked abou ... ~ti-. ; .\.Ct ... r e s , h~ ac~i ttd that h~ hari u i"r.prop~r s~ttings with on ~.'~ .. r. -~ ~r.) h~d a col~r fil~. with lo~ ASA rating, in th~ s~cond. h~ ?n )S .~re produc~d. ~. Tt1~ n~xt PV~ning, at 2200 hours, the "white-r" -,.JT P~n ..,c-_.j~e-; r~ar~ar~d in th~a sky at ~xactly thta sam~ position it had a;:l"#" p \i o .-, ~-~pt~rnbPr. ,Thl! offic.ar o~sPrVPd it and d,.t~rmined it to be 11 ' whic.~ wa~ n~ar th~ horizon and would s~ttle bPneath th@ horizon ai' r midillqnt. It did lpP-ar to "sparkl ~.. in r~d-grPen-wh1 te colors, but ~ .j ,, otht~-r !tart~ which c~n b! poi i":. -d out fron. this mountain top. Ttf J. ~UMNl=k' 2d Lt, USif w~aponR DlrPt~or TO WHOM IT MAY C0~C~RN: ON OR ABOUT 22J~ Hr<S. THE ~Tr1 OF St:PT. 19;,.'~, I ~',AS ASt<C:; TO TAKE A LOOK OUTS IJt TO THt: 'JORTH WEST FOR A PLAt\!:: BY THE CGM-CE\TEH. I W~TOn0 THL ~ JECT FOR ABOUT 2 M,NUTES AND SAW THAT 11 ~AS ~(JVI~G b vT ~ C: L E A V I N G 1 T S G E N ERA l L 0 CAT I 0 N o IT W '" S 1~10 S T L Y W H I T E W IT H A d . rAeNGE AT ONE END AND OVAL SHAPED SITTING AT ABOUT A .',5 !JECiREE A 1\J u ~ ~ T 0 T ~ C: H 0 R I Z A N o I T H E N RET U R N E D T 0 T H E SA G E B J I L I) I ~ u A N D I{ E- r'OT:, \: Y r I ~Di ~G TC THE COM-CENTEH AND THEN W[NT T O THE C(, ,\APUTEh RJ(...;. ~;,~ CYCLC:JJ uP THE ACT IV A IH DEFENCE PROCJRAM ON THE blJ IC SAGE C c;~tP J T c ,; o f T HE N v: E NT T 0 THE C 0 I~ S 0 L E ROOM T 0 S E t: I F I T C 0 U L D BE ~oJE:T . c-; MOVING FRQ,/1 ITS LOCAliCJN. 4T THIS Tl~viE I rl[CLIVEu'"' C~LL S . .:; t v r v ~ r< ti v I C SYSTEM. I T C L U H I M WE C 0 L.J L D A -. G 1 H r, T J. L A L S G H r, D v5JAL Cl.r,Tt.\.T. I THE.N HELP~D Hl;\1 BY ~EEPlf\G Hl1v1 I'~FGt<,\~E, .. (;F THE. lni ObJt:CT. AS ThE FIGhTC:IS FRuM DdLUTH GOT CLOSE 1: .. T C THE CcJLCT "2.: TC.:FU~ ~IRECT ll)N. I Clr\JF 1~:;'/iED THIS uN THE SCOPE A1'H"; ?ASSED THE l. J ~ l D N t T :V1 Q V E f R U i\11 T rl I S S P Q T LJ N lULl C 0 NT A C T W A S L 0 S T S U 1Vr [ T J ~' C C T~ T~Y AND HELP THE SD BY GIVI~G HI~! HELP WITH ThE LOCAliGN :,,: rt iS A I:=. CRAFT TO THE 02J::CT. CONTACT WITH THE ObJECT ~;A.S LGST ~ ... . P L E T E L Y I. I T H I ""V T H E N ~ X T F E W ill I N U T E S 2 : n~:.-Tipt-..on of Gour&~ of Obj~c:t(a), rr.IDJ.Jraf'd, at. czl:nutb of 210 Qe~re_l.a b~t Wht\t F .rst Calied vb~;erver.~ tf'ntion to Ohject?_ .. ..At. .ng~. 'l;!ry1ng .(LQ:n l3-~m11 . 'l(flP. cf ~l!vation cH~ ~. :~-=~I .. .. ~eJ.9w .. horj;on/~Q_Q~rH'-. -~--(DiSdpp{tclrir~) f>Jlt.:~h ----------------Aircraft were scrambled, but ob3erv~d,,what wa3 1nterpret~d to b@ a .beacon reflectio,, . ~. oa a r;.j lime of Sighttr:g~ 2230.0130 hrs local(~ and 6 Sept ~6) 1..c .. d-.. 1 0:"': o t t)t, . (' f e~cr t !., on Rangoon Mountain, elev~ttona 1927 fe~t '4ct\' . l.C:atl~urlr dlF'1 l.OO'Jif\,dt .... q t)t.>~.(!tV~ au. o NaJtlr.at Mile POtqtlo; , i n AWS Ot' us \o\'f:latt; Btrrf (lll ~rpoct or. !\lrt.t r ..... Wlr'(f'", In tJjr c):~ .,.OCllY a n Knot 5 . . t~moera.tU:rL1UYeu.ions wer ~aleot aod- .!..i.cle..-. ~---- . _ DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTEftS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FOftCE BASE. OHIO 4!54&33 ftlfiLY TO ATTN o,: TDEER/Hr. Bryant/pkj/70401 uaJECT: UFO Evaluation To: TDETR (Maj Quintanilla) 1. The comment of the 29 NORAD Div Intelligence Officer, paragraph 3, 29th Air Division letter of 27 Sep 66, regarding the vague, contra- dictory and confused nature of the reports, is concurred in by this 2. The UFO Report, 19 Sep 66, attached to the above referenced letter, statc!s that the "return moved away" from the two F-89 interceptors wher: they approached; tne teletype report says they"merged" with the blip. With 15-mile visi~ility and scattered clouds, it would appear almost impossible for th~ pilots to have not observed the target visually at close range at the time of "merging," yet there is no indi~ation that this ~as the case. 3. ~e slight tempe ra:~re inversions mentioned may have caused erratic and u~predictable radar returns. The fact that clutter on the height fince~ extended to 3 000 feet altitude at ranges from 13 to 54 miles sug ~ests such a conditiv~. (Figure 7-19, page 220, Volume 2, MIT Rad iation Laboratory Series, "Radar Aids to Navigation" shows the photo~raph of a height finder scope with clutter caused by anomalous pro?~gation. It appear s to depict graphically the conditions des- crib2d in this report.) 4. The movement, or ''flitting around" of the target, always on the 270 azimuth, suggests a reflection of a fixed ground target, due,of course, to anomalous propagation. 5. L~cking more complete details, it is not possible to give a more defin~:e evaluation c~ the radar portion of the sighting. The merging of i~t2=~e?tors and ch~ target at the altitude the height finder desig~2:e~ for the target appears to rule out the target as a material object that location. JERO}m J4 JONES, Colonel, Electro~ics Directorate Deputy for Technology and Subsystems 1. Ltr fm 29th AD, dtd 27 Sep Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 8 Septe1nber 1966 UNCLASSIFIED DIPAIIMINf OF THI All FOIG STAFF MISSAGI IIANOI IMCOMJNI MISSAGI INFO ~ XOP-1 XOPX-2 /SAFOS- ACTIOn : ~!>C-4 SMB B067CZ C3J B3 81 PTTU JAW R'~!tTPTB0035 2491654-UUUu--RlfOHQA. Zt'-R UUUUU T 0 R UtM FV ~I AD C RlRTA...~/iG ~IR FffiCE RIC~RDS GEBAlR AFB MO Ri..:~Dr\ 'f/;..? FCRE IGN TECH 0 \V \'.'R lGHr PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEDH~/h': USAF R UEO HQA /SE vET AR Y OF T 1-E AIR rOR CE VI ASH t NGT 0 N 0 C ADV CY DIA AFSC CFTD>; HQ USAF CAFRDC>; SEC OF' Tf AF CSAFOI>. SUBJECT: UFO. RE FERt NC~ .~ 8 2 oo-2. 1. OE S CR I ?1 t C'\ OF T ~ OB cr : B. A sou-; i :.:: ~J Y FEET L 0 NG AFHO JAJUI 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED F. fL;,SHI NG LIGHTS H. S \L ~ Nf UNCLASSIFIED DEPAIIMENf OF THE All FOICI . STAff MESSAGE IMIKH INCOMING MESSAGE I D OU tl E 0 IS C A.. A S HI NG YELL ON A Nl REO , AL T ER NAT I NG 2. DES CR I PT I ON OF COLR ~ OF OBJECT : A. VIAS LOOKING AT STARS 9. 5:.'-C/1 NCRT ~R N L I GHT S-ABOUT 5 00 FEET UP 3. M~. ER OF OBSERV AT I ON: A. V IS :JAL B. S!~CCLLARS