1. OA 1 F. TIME GROUP l J. :;otmc~; 10. CONCLUSION I Civilia n & 1--:ilitary Other(Artificial Cloud Release) 1. NUt.~ BE R OF OBJECTS ,. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION fl. T'I'P[: OF OBSERVATION . Ground Visual 17. CO~RSE L ~.sl.cally stationary I <J. PtiOTOS I?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Various observers reported watching a large cloud like object in the sky. All witnesses reported that the object was green to blue in color and looked like a cone before spliting up into an elongated tail with a slight hook on the tip. One observer said that the object looked like two big oblong platters. Sketches by two of the witnesses looked quite similar. Contact with the AEC at the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada revealed that there \'Jas a missile launch at o546L which produced a green-blue colored cloud. The descrip- tion from the witnesses is very consistent ~dth that of a artificial cloud release. fTD Sf.P 63 0329. (TOE) Prevloua editions of thh form .UJ' be u .. d. , .(1) oe~ECT It~ITIALLY APPEARED TO 6E CONE SHAPEO FO~ ~PP~O~Ir1ATELY ;~IGHT HOCK, RESE~BLED A SP~IT TU,~N~P WIT~! A SLIGHTLY HOOKEJ T\IL. r3) LIGHT GR~EN :+> SI~GLE CB~ECT ' 7) SPLIT SLOWLY APPEARED TO ~EV~LOPE FRor; ORIG~AL CO E SHAP E EXTREMELY RELIAeL~ 6BTF~1 ORGE AFE CALIF RATE~ PILOT .~) CAPT~IN FRASIER ROBERT J. 479.TH TFW GECRGE AFBr CALIF RATED PILOT .(l) CLEbR PLUS6CEG C PLUS20EG C r.1INUS160EG C MINl.JS7liJEG C i._.,INUS67CEG C U C L A S S I F I E U (b) I~Lf'JE 6 (1) ~RIGHTr~E.SS OF OSJECT uUf~II'JG HO~RS OF u/-\HKN~SSe {2) 40 TC 60 QEGREES ABOVE HORlZO!.: 0r.1 3600EG MANNETIC HEAOlf\'G (L.J.) STATIONARY (5) GRAuUALLY GIS~.?PEt.REjj l\ITH THE SU!' ISE ( c l 30 j., I i~UTES Cell > GRCUND VISUAL (2) NIGt-iT E. (1) VICTORVILLE CALIFOf~i~IA (CAPTAIN FPkSIER)O < 2:.) 12 f. I SOUTH VICTORVILLE' C ALI.FORN l A <CAPT A I~! HA~SE) (~) HELEN~ALE CALIFORNIA (~, C6SEr\'~TIO~i RELIA~LE H~LE;-JuALE' CALIFOi1NIA ,x E 4 RU.\J JFA1097 ~NCLAS GROU2 T~AI~iiNG OFFICER 23lST Cr-l3T SPT GP GEORGE AFB CALIFORNIA ~.r, L I~n: 1\lf\RY ANAL '1'5 IS VERIFIED THAT NO f~r1ISSLES OR R'JCi\ETS WERE -! TO Th~ CO~PLE"rE DISAPPEARA~ICE AS DAYLIGHT APPROACHED THE _; l G ~ l T I i' l G l5 8 ELI EVE C T 0 a E CAUSED BY A N 0 C T ! LUCENT TYPE C L 0 U iJ -_ _;,:ARuS AF3 REPORTS SIGHTINGS I N FOUR STATES VERIFYING ABOVE P R I 0 R I T Y l;EHG for the Record: Contact was mnde ;rith the Tonopah Test !Lange, .:~vada in regards to missile activity durin~ the first week of Dec~mb~r 1S66. Con- versation with Hr. Allen Corqy revealed that there was a launch at approximately 0546 PST on 9 Dec 66. At altitude th~r~ was a cloud r~lease which produced a blue-green colored cloud which could have been visible for many miles. The cloud should hav~ been visible for about 15-20 minut~s. There were several sim- ilar launched during December 1966, one particularly on 15 Dec 66 which was the nost obvious of all. The launch on 9 Dec was not as obvious as the 15 Dec launch but it still pro- duced a bright bluish gre~n cloud. NV-66-139 UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Nevada Ope r ations Office Decembe r 2 Las Vegas, Nevada Office of Infonuation 2753 South Highland Drive NOTE TO EDITORS AND CORRESPONDENTS: The attached announcement is being sent to you on behalf o~ the Sandia Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico and t he Tonopah {Nevada) Test Range. Confirmation of the firings and post-shot information may be obtained by telephoning Tonopah Test Range Manager Ray Brin or Mr. Rush Robinette at 1-986-0390 Attachment: Sandia anno,mcement Sandia Corporation is planning another series of high altitude rocket firings beginning at sunset, Monday, December 5 at the Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada. The series of meteorological sounding rockets will carry payloads of trimethylaluminnm ('IMA) which will produce bright blue-green clouds that should be visible as far as 200-300 miles away, and should linger as bright streaks through the sky for at least an hour. It is possible that the luminous streaks will be visible as far away as San Francisco and Albuquerque. A similar test conducted in the Hawaiian Islands vas seen by a commercial airlines pilot shortly after he left San Francisco, same 4,000 miles away. During a similar test in April of this year at the Tonopah Test Range, the visible cloud ~o~ed to the San Francisco Bay area and caus~d some concern among residents in that area The purpose of the tests is to measure wind velocity and directions at altitudes from 50-100 miles high. The TMA trajls will be photographed by stations located at China Lake, California, Hawthorne, Nevada, and Cedar City, Utah. Nike-Cajun rocket systems will be used to carry the 'lMA payloads. The present schedule calls for shots at 5:10p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesd~, December 5-7 All schedules are dependent on weather and cloud conditions and shots may go at any time during the week. U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAl. INFORMATIO'" Thia questionnaire hat been prepared 10 that you can yiva the U.S. Air Force as much information aa possible concerning the unidentified oenol phenomenon that you hnvo oLfte~ti. Please try to answer as many queatlons as you posaibly can. The information that y(Ju &ive wiH be used for retearch purposes. Your noma will not be used in connec.tion with any stllternen1a~, conclusions, or publications without your permistior.. We request this personal Information 1e that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you fur further details. 1. When did you the obiect? 3. Time Zone: (C lrcle One): a. Eastern b. Central ......, Mountain i C ,rc/e One): 4. Where were yO\J when you sow the obiect? Neoreat Poatol Acldt 1 City or T o S. How long was obiect in alght? (Total Ourotton) Houn Minute a c. Not very sure d. Just a guess . How Mi nvtu J o. Certain (b,-;~ airly certain 5.1 How was time In sight determined? l.{i 1~\C"'"oe.L~--.lo~--------- 5.2 Was obiect in sight continuously? 6. What was the condition of the slcy? Yes V No _ a . Bright 7. IF you saw the obiect during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN locoted as yo" loc. d at the obi:t? (Circle One): a, In front of you b. In bock of you c. To your ri~t d. To your left e. Overhead f. Don't remember FTO OCT 62 16~ Th .. for"' eupereedu PTD 164, Jul 61, which 11 obenlete. v.dl ... :1 rul h i::h ;dunr. the ~r\ada c;r-..cn nr~t \H'r~ rlur-I in;: :11111i lwr ~l'riC~ or tCSlS to nH' a'-llrt winti velu"ity etn<l fli r n :lion ill ttltilurl<'~ r( 50 to 1 fll) m i lr'\. ' S:11ali" Corp . Alllllf111Crr(l'<', I:'\ . ~L. "ill cunriu<'l thr tt~l~, Jlll\\' ~duclult'cl (ur a: 111 p.m. nf'>.l :'\Tonclay, Tnrscl:-~y nnd ! \\'rdn<'~clay . ;\lr H:urnlo~ical rodi ('iS lolled r l'()lll thr. Tono- I pah Tc"t Ran;;c nortlw:r.o;l of . itcrc will cnrry p.1yloaus of I trimct!tyl.dumi:wm (1':\lA) j \ \ !1it::l will pro>ducc r 1 o u d ~ 1 "hit: II :-!10utct he vis ible for a-. much as an br)\lr as r~ r ;tW::lY :'1~ S:1n Fran1i~co '"'HI Alhu- 'illCrqur I :J-.3 ... (o" TEST ROCI\.ETS PAINT CLOUDS . I v JTI T 11 . coLOR . ! TONOPAH (AP)'l-Sclen tists fired meteorological sounding rockets into the s.kY: ' o.cr Nevada Thursday to pr()o: dncc bright blu~grcen clouds: vi!'iulc as far away Lake City and Southern Cali-. , . fornia. I . ' Tho rockets and their clouds of a series of tests to rr.r asure wind velocity and direction from 50 to 100 miles above the earth. . Cloud trails, created by a . payload called tri methyl al urninum (TMA), were to be photographed by scientists at China Lake, Calif., H a w- tborne, Nev., 'and Cedar City, The firings, conducted by SJ ndia Corp were scheduled , earlier this week at the Ton()o pah test range. They were postponed because of stormy Ray Brin, manager of the : said the .. tests are ex~ ncctcd to be completed this DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR fi"ORCE HEAOQUA~rf:q!l F O REIGN T!:CHNOLOGY DIVISION f AF!IC) W .. IGHT-PATT&RSON AI .. ,OitC& BASK. OHIO A3A33 ~EI'L y TO TD&r/UFO 30 J anuary 1967 UFO ObservatioD 9 Dec 66 Captain Robert J. Frasier 479th TF'W George AFB, California 92393 Reference your unidentified observation. The information vhich ve have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation. Request you complete the attached FTD Form 164 and return 1 t in the envelope provided. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. t ' re~tor of Technology and Subsystems FTD Form 164 w/envelope DEPARTMENT OF THE AtR FORCE M~AOQUA~T FO~ZIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV1310N I Af-.9C) W .. IGHT-PATTEASON AI,. P'O,.CE .AS&. OHIO 4f5433 ftt,l.Y TO TDET/UFO UFO Observation' 9 ~c 66 ale, Call 'tornia 92342 Reference your unidentified observation. The information vhich we have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation. Request you complete the attached FTD Form 164 and return it in the envelope provided. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. ~/JfMES C. MANATr, Colonel, USAF ;'Director of Technology and SUbsystems FTD Form 164 w/enve1ope DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEAOQUAATER5 F OJit!tCiN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFS C l W,.IGHT PAn'ER.SON Alit FORCE BAS&. OHIO 4~433 .. IPI.V TO TDET/UFO 30 J anuary 2.967 UFO Observatioru 9 l)!c 66 Captain Robert J. Frasier 479th Ti'W Ceorge AF.B, California 92393 Reference y.:>ur unidentified observation. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation. Request you complete