." OA 1 F. TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION .i. Nli E\E R OF OBJECTS 10. CONCLUSION Unidentifi ed 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 5 :.i.nutes 6. TYPE OF ORSERVATION Ground ViGual 1), F'HYSICAL EVIDENCE fTD sr.p 6l 0-329 (TOE) Cbserv~r \Jas Jriv ._: c:tl.)::-lg a roacl \1i1~n she noticed a group of lights th; .. t .. ~:~ :l1itr, ?~llo\1, orange, and blu~ in color. The li ~ :e fl~shing and chan n1 colors . The li~hts ar l '!~r .. :l ~o b~ :l.L11of"t touch~ ng t.. e round. The li6hts ..rould a0rupt ly v anish when the ob~erv~r would g~t closer. The description c.: t:v" oLJ~ct could fall in th,., c~ta3ory of unusual a "t.i:lO~I h -:ric ph~nomena ~uch a:s ball 1 ighting. The object could ,;~11 h :.Ye bl'len attribut~d to a. quito similar phenu:~en.-, ~.c r~ver there is a lack of d:\ta to substaniate ~ uch ;.:. ~V'4lluat ton. . Preloua edlUOfta of thla fona ..,., be uud. DePARTMENT OF THE AIR FORC~ DULUTH INTERNATIONAl AIR?ORT DULUTH, MIN~'IE!)OTA 55814 SUSJECT. rollO~I-Up i\.eport on u~o Sighting (29ADiv :,;sg, 290IN 11007, 10 i:ov 66) To. L:rn (IDE Ti~) 1. The observer, was driving ho: e near day, 8 Novcr.tlJ~?r 1966. His parents , !'.u:. and ,.:rs . boarding house off a count~y road, abo~ a b.?ut twe:nty r:1iles \/est of Duluth, :.iinnesota. midnight, Tues- orJn a snall of High,.va y 33, 2 . Ch the morning of 9 :'~ovember, :.irs . c alled the Air Base, and the call Vlu5 rout~d to the 29th Air Divis ion ( !!ffiAD) In te 11 ig~nc e Office. !.irs. gave the names and telephone nu:1bcrs of several people in the area v~o had sighted the light on previous occasions. The Intelligence Office r telephoned l.irs. , v1ho said she and her husband h a d 5een it a t the same place (see drawing) that saw it. She c ould not rememb~r the time of the sighting, only that it was "a fev1 ~10eks ago". The h ad been dri vi west at the time, a ppr oacl1i th home. A !~rs. \1ho lives north of the on Highway 33, said she sa~,r it from her house, in the distance , coking south\Jest tm1ard the home. She had seen it "a feH nights ago". These \'/ere the only people the Intel- ligence Office r actually spoke to, but they all sai d that many other people in the area h ad seen it or1 numerous occas ions, al,~ays late at 3. en the af.ternoon of ~iednesday, 9 Noverrber, p ersonnel from the Intelli ence Office visit ed the area and intervie~;ed ;,lr. and J'. l:rs. was not present, and has not been questio~ed by Intelligence' personnel. Tne area ;Jas forest of birch and fir, 1,ii th low ridge s r oughly at right angles to the unpaved road. There v1ere a few inches of snow on the ground and the road, anctthere had been snow the night of the sighting. Prior to that t ime, the only snm,- fall in the Duluth area th~t didn't melt before covering th2 ground .,a s an eight inch snowf a!l of 15 CX;tobc=r, and this \'las all gone in l ess than one week. Hills and trees co~pletely block the h ouse fro~ th~ UFO sighting point. !!or Vlos the house visible f rora tbe hill tl~e c a r v;as on ;::h e n the UFO wa~: seen. r:o other c~rs ~1ere in the 2.:::-ea a t the time of the sighting, and the only po er line ~vas the one ~est o f the house (see d!'awing ). tlo other houses are on the road eas t of th houe, and no li9ht sources of uny kind . Highway 33 i s not v i sible r rOi:l the house, t~e UFO s i ghti:1g point, o r thr: low hill where tne observe:r' s c a:r ~J.JS. The trees avera.:;e 25 -35 feet in h eight and ore f airly dense. lass .::tnd bot fifti.e s o r e arly s i xties. The y are but Geem to be o f ave r HJe intelli~ence. 1ey <1re in tb2i r UNCLAS51riD Dt1WMINI Cf nil AI. FOICI ACTION: RDC-4 INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SMB A207CZCBVC884 STAn BUNCH ltKOMJNG MESSAGI NI N-7, DIA-l {19). ADV CY DIA PTTU JAW RUCI HMA0019 31417 1~-UUUU-RUEOHQA. . ZNR uuu~u FM HQ 29 AIR OIV DULUTH INTL APRT ~IN~ T 0 R UWMFV AI AOC RUWTFLA/10 AIR F~CE R ICHARDS-GEBAUR AFB MO RUEOF IF/FTO WRIGHT-PATTERSON AF& OHI 0 RU~DHQW CSAF. RUEOHQW OSAF UNCLASSIFIED FROM 2901N 11007. ~GV 66.. FOR.: AOOIN, NINT, TOETR, AFRDC, SAF-01. SUBJECT: U~tOEN.TIF..IED. F~YIN~ OBJECT REFERENCE AFR 80-17. 1. DESCRIPTION Of THE OBJECT: A. GROUP OF LIGHTS, VERY BRIGHT. B. AB CUT TEN C~ fIFTEEN FEET ACROSS C. WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE, ELUE-Y.HI TE. UNCLASSIFIED Page 1 of 5 UN CLASS~ flED CIPAITMDIY Of THI AJI FOIO STAll MISSAGI INCOMINt MUSAGI f. LIGHTS FLAStiiNG AND CHANG li~G COLOR. PAGE 2 RUCIHMA0019 UNCLAS 2. DESCRIPTION Of COURSE OF GBJECT: A. SEEN FROM CAR ON R OAO A11EAD B. ALMOST TOUCHING THE ROAD; C. SAME AS ABOVE. D. STATIONARY. ONE WITNESS SAID. IT SEEMED TO RECEDE AT TIMES E. ABRUPTLY VAN I SHED. F. LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. ) 3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: A. GR OUNO VISUAL. 4 T I ME AN 0 0 ATE Of S I G H T I NG : A. ZERO NINE SLASH ZERO SIX ZERO ZERO ~JOVEMBER. (09/0600NOV> 5 * LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: A&OJT TWENTY MILES WEST OF DULUTH MINN AFHQ JAlUI 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED Page 2 of 5 UNCLASS3FIED DfPA11MIHJ OF 1H1 Ala FOICJ SJAn SUNOl INCOMING MESSAGI 6. IDENTIFYING INFOR~ATIGN G1~ 06SERVERS: CIVILIAN, SAGINAW, MINNESOTA, TELEPHON A RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE. ADDRESS IS THAT OF HIS PARE~TS,LAST NAME I T I S A R UR AL ARE A .A.N 0 PAGE 3 RUCIHMA0019 UNCLAS MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAVE SEEN IT I N RECENT WEEKS, INCLUDING TELEPHONE NUMBERS 7. WEATHER AND SINOS-ALOFT CONDITI~NS AT TI~E AND PL ACE OF SIGHTING: CClO, DARK, SN OWl NG. OF WI NO OIRECTJN AND VELOCITY: UNCLASSIFIED Page 3 of 5 ( 8) UNKI~ OWN U~CLASSI~IED DIPAITMINY M THI AJI fOICI STAFF MWAGI IWiat IMCOMJNG MBSAGI C. TWO HUNDRED FEET, SCATTER ED . 0.: TWO M.ILES. E. COMPLETE. PAGE 4 RUCIHMA0019 UNCLAS G. SURFACE TWENTY-ONE DEGREES FAHRENhEIT. THREE THOUSAND FEET, FOJR OE~EES. FIVE THOUSAND FEET, TWENTY-TWO DEGREES. 8. ANY OTHER USUAL ACTIVITY OF CONDITICN: THE !~VERSION ~AS Y ABGVE THE CLOUDS AND COULD NOL . .ACC.QUNJ f_QR THE SIGHTING. 9. INTERCEPTION 10. A I R TR AF F I C IOE~TIFICATI~ ACTION TAKEN: NONE. BALLGON RELEASES. ) N .THE AREA: UNKNO~'N. 11. POSITION TITLE AND COMIVt:NT OF THE. PREPARING.,QFFICER: INTELLIGNCE OfFICER. LIVE ON COUNTRY ROAD WEST OF HIGHWAY. POWER LINE RUNS ACROSS ROAD JUST WEST OF HOUSE. BRIGHT LIGHT ON POST IN FRONT YARD AUTOMATICALLY GOES OFF AT SUNRISE. THIS LIGHT ALSO WENT OFF WHEN UFO WAS SIGHTED. SEEN FROM CAR HEADING YIEST COMI NG OVER HILL 0~ ROAD, LOOKI NG DOWN AT OBJECT IN SHALLOW GULLEY, ABOJT ONE HUNDRED FEET AWAY. POSITION OF GBJECT ABOUT ONE THOU- FEET EAST Of HOME. REF~ACTtON OF PORCH LIGHT OR DISCHARGE UNCLASSIFIED Page 4 of 5 UN CLASS I Fl D DlPAITMINT 0' TMI All FORa STAIF :~ESSAGI BWKM UKOMING MUs.\GI FROM POWER LINE POSSIBLE, BUT IMPROBABLE DUE TO DISTANCE, LOW HILLS BETWEEN, AND HEAVY SNOW FALLI~G. REFLECTION OR HEADLIGHTS POSSIBLE, sur UNLIKELY. T9 HAVE DECEIVED SO MANY PEOPLE. ALSO, HEADLIGHT OR PffiCH LIGHT REFRACTION WOJLD t-.JOT EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT NO SIGHTINGS OCCURRED UNTIL RECENTLY. AL~AYS S~EN LATE AT NIGHT, NEVER LEAVES TRACE ON ROAD CR SNOW, AND VA~ISHES AS OBSERVER'S AUT0~ PAGE 5 RUCIHMA0019 UNCLAS APPROACHES. POSSIBLY SOME AS YC.T UNK QIJIN ATMOSP~ERIC PHENOMENA, SIMILAR TO BALL LIGHTNING. WILL SEND FOLLO/.'-UP REPORT AND MAPS. 12. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: NONE. UNCLASSIFIED Page 5 of 5 ::one of the people intervi ewed had a ny explanution of the l i:J!!t. They ~ere obviously not sauc0r Cllltists. 5. t.J:s. said h e r son heard nothing .vhen he S\lW th~ object, but l ater that night he was kept awake by a ,vhirrinCJ s ound which n0 one else heard. 6. The light has only been seen in recent sightings occurred when there was no sno:1. behind. It did not melt the snow weeY.s, and some of the leaves no trace ~IILLI.AJ.i B STOeCKER, 2nd Lt, USAF Intelligence Officer Area Drav1ing of UFO Sighting ( l t l fJ=