PROJECT 10073 RECORD 'darn er l~obins, Gcoreia one vritnu:;s 3. SOU~C!: 10. CONCLUSION Civi1.:.~:n 4 . 1-lU~::::~ OF Of\JECTS Oth er(Art.ii'i cinl Cloud Re lease) 5. L E N:i- ri OF Ol.lSERVATIOH 11. Sxll:F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS !,. TYP:: CF OBSERVATION Grc\.~-..:i \'isual '1. ?H'l'~.;: ~L EVIDENCE Coscrve r \latched a n object that was eh~ped like a h orse- s~oe and a lso describQd a s a vapor trail i n the shape of a q uestion mar k . Th e object had R reddish tc>i.l approx- imat ely t e n feet i n leneth . Object appeared t o remain s~ationary, but gradual l y fuded mray 'diLh the co:nine of d.?.vliS<ht. ,\ :!ike-trogquoi~ rocl-ccL vms lau:\chcd fro:n Er,lin AYB .:1!:. 05110 C~,'i', 16 Janu0ry 1967 . At clltitude ther e i:as a ba riurr. cloud r elcn~e vrhi.ch \.ras se~n u p to about JCO ::::iles. 'fh e c.lcscript.i.on is comd.e tent i-dLh that of Lh is c loud l'f!l can-J. inclosed FTD Form 164 on your successive night ob8ervations, an evaluation wi l l be at tempted. Two FTD .Form!3 164 J<'o.C'~i. r1 -~-:l1~1ulnz.Y Division Vf-lyt.J::.t Jbio 45433 F'rtmkfo:rt, Or~ C : [JJ of :ra!l'..Wry 13, L967 , I t~lepllon1?.d yot.tr of'i'ice r,);;ardi.t.-:; .~H;V,':!"~: ljT."O Slt_rltlnc-"~ by ::Jy husb.s~lld, n f':rJdr!d, :wu meo In th\:! Vel'b:-Jl r~:qJO!'t.:: nnnt.i..uned t~E~t I w~d uu~)c.ev~cJ S l ... l tJncL!-looldr.:_. uhjecLs on Lla..:!t- su~c~s. :-,'3 ni,:.nt~.; (JaL .. Bry lo- lFj) an(l tr:.1t Vt~'-' rJne J CP.u!e clo~JI:!::Jt t;'J .:.J~ nc~rr c :.. i\~ncuc.x.y 'J-::..!..~5..-....ie;;; .Pu:,ur Plor~c, locB~Jt!c.: bl't~;eelJ Lawr~r.c~bu.:- _rJi ... .i.rtr; nnd oi~covered tnr:;t 1.-:.~ v~ .<~t r.e n.~d se.:-~! .lO'll"rillg :.as l oCJ.l'te(; ~x.3ctlJ on<"-t~nt:t of fJ milo;;! fru .. t. -~ po:.;er llr1~!:> :!:lc:l cross uver tw.! t1i=-:-lw:"lY ~t thPt pui.nt. ?r-t" :. :"..:::; Sta-c~ Jourr:::.:) Giu:1t: r1.ll v;ltrH')S::."!~ eYclqd'Lnf_" tw) rep01t of U!i obi.?ct n"l'o.t thl.! S:,~.lb'nlll~ su'o-::.t!l~.-lon ~ri:.n to ti1e po:.rdl' foilme ttlH'e, ~'r-1porte-the objt-:c:ts ~1~j-saw <:1."3 nJovin,r:; i n the ai.rectior: of LtHVIt~nc.~b . .tr You \v.:.t.:~ notlct~, Goo, t:nnt ont.! .:ltnr,ss clescribed th0 object s h e snw as lookln,_--.;o b e rra bol..(r; 1:: ':' size of u rJe o f t:rt~Jsc bi;: v:nter towersn . In ~.,y PpO!'t,. ::: ~sed t:w s-;..:: ... anrtlog,r to acscrib:~ tne obj~ct I VHttch3(1. nea1 S.:!V~Z'al ,):,}:er r ep<Jr'C . .,;;: sl:?!llar to th'J on~s I aJl enclo!3ing , h a'l".! cow(~ t o my ai:":';-.:.;.:)!1 d:.trin; -= ;ast ::c:ck, and o.ue of tnose reports i s s imilqr to bot:: v:":'! .. ewspap~r .s vunts and my urm raport. Tne person descri1J~d the o -; ::v sa:1 t o ... '! as ::;l.11il a r t:o '~a bluish-Fr'el!n cloud with t~nt~c .....:.>:>:1~8. t~ ~.:;c .:. ;: .Look~)d Kind of like e v1a ter tol:>'er .tt I'nis v:ns :.-:;y Cot.".n:;;: o:; Janu:.trJ 15 at 7 u . m., and i t was in ttL ::;k y in The si:::.:._.:..:' : . .ty of' all o chese ~ccouut::; i s strikin,s, hat yo::.. ~ .. .J...tld re:ceive t~1is aaditlo na.l lnfvr m.9tl o.no of som~ ;*~--ln the ::;cuci.y being m~d concc:=rn.tng Ufi'Os. nnd I felt it; \'/L.il b e Hadian t. 1\I O \ fh .\l.Br:Rr K Ill:\ .\1or.day, .J:.muar) Hi, be:g,,:l about like any other told. cri:-p id-winter dc.y. On a farm abou 1:! milc5 c:hl o: Frankforl, ;. m,w ro:-.c from a warm bed, dressed. and !>lep- pe<.l outsidt> his home to get a breath of clear. mo:ning a ir and do a few household jcbs befo:e he started to wo:k in the Capi- tc.tl City. Al 6. 30 a .m. it was still dark. The stars Lwinklcd in a nec~r cir,udle:-s ~ky Suddenly. there ir. ,,.,!--, sorr.e- thir.~ m the sky wh:ch. he said, rr; . .;c-mnl~d a gre{;l) ,;a,.;ca;~ ('iOIHf :\ lcli!ll\l 0. lOt; mJ.l '"'\ :he-:-aml' phlnoml!r... "I dtdn'l give il much lhoughl a: rhl' Ltmc. th ink:ng p,r I!Jps rt ''as a <'lot:d bL'ing ntlt!l'll'd h) the sun.'' 1 '!'he icicnlitv of tiw n .. m is ht:r~g wirhbel(l ol his request. But Lhe Stale Journal kno\\'!-' him to he a trainnd ob:-.crvcr, a nd a pcr-.on wilo!'C' rl'liahi!it, Ohjects Sighted dii,r-n:~:~ thoughts cro.-::.:r:g ais Til~ ~ightmg of 5ome:h:n!! uniqur :n the ~;ky w:i' or.e of threP :neicems wl.ich. !a:.t \\'I!Ck. s t i r r e d in1aginario!l.S and broughL squarely imo focus again the highly cor.rro\'ersial debate on ur.identiited flying ob- jecL<;. liFO's. In ShclbydUe the night of Sunday. J anuary 15. a high school you:h called his school prir::.:ipal to report ~ghting a i>r:ght !ighi mo\'i:~g erratically southeast of the Shelby County rci;JLcd. <;>,ere up ,. o1 !~ .. hnmc from 1\0r!-.. ~hu ~lcpp<'cl ir.~o ht'r car. drove down an ac- C'!.''>.-. road :;nd lum:::d OJilO lh~ L:1wrcn.:eb.:rg Rood at a spot ilbout two miles fr om r"rar.kfort. There il was, something in Lhe !-ky. J t was shaped at the top llkc a S:Jtlt'f!'. round. fiat. and lights com:nb irnm it cast a g,,}ll' lUI\ :,"d the ground:' i\'hdel ~ it wa.:;, th<' object ,,a:-out' ;;,ed against a dark. e<~rlv mornir.g 5ky . <:loudles-~. cold .. 1 ,,as mo\'iog in a sLr<llgnt hne coming out of the northtast <~od mo,ing r.oward Alton ar.d Lawrenceburg. The whole thir.g had a radiant. blu- ish cast. a sort of soft r adiance " The woman's description fil- t.cd. almo:.l exacUy. the picture of an alleged Wlidentified fly- ing object taken by an amateur photog:apher in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1966. r know I saw rt. I'm oot cra1v, .. ~he ~aid. Th\' r o;1 oi : 1-:e ohjed \\a" . :ll' tr h .. ptd ;.nd l'nndng from Jl rr. J fut.11 1-: 11; pc-d p.fll'rn if>- W.lfli r lw onnd 11 .~ t h r.ili- ant bhw lhl ''ltdJ!In'r mak1 :Ill)' uo~:-c-t!l . .t T could c!Ncrm:nc. hut I had all che \\~ ndows of I he car shui tight . It mO\'cd ~lon~ stc:~(.h!y. with no vibration, no rotation. r had it de;.rly in vcw all lhe way home. ai.-.J!Il a 10 minute id<'. When l go! l.O my h~JII$C T - ''!iiX'<l out OL to ta hack uu:-ci1 c.r,d '' atd.E:<. t JH' a few TtH're S\."COnds. I car:: '('!! you h ,. ~igh 1 t\~ off tho.: :::onnd bu: it loo~:ed to be a;>r,,:r the In the top of the radiant ob- jec; she saw t:o o~her :!gm,:;. "i dro,e out to the La\\Tellteburg Road aP..d. there it was, right in front oi me. I \\'<hn't fri gh:c.'ncd. just fa~cins;.:d. I iei~ surt-Ule Lop of it : as a so!:d fo:-m of so:nelhing .. time she had ir in 51ght a:ld iht:O ci!::tar.<:e iro~ 1h~ point a! ll') i:!g i<' fo!'cl\1' :-o()ltld lw ~ lik" an~1 hing Ji~<? it lx'fon 11 rno\ ed a!or.g. g~mly. 111 .:1 ~;rr,;~gfrt line :\h :::istt'r-in-law s:w. tt ju-2! bE>furc 7 a.m Wedr'1.:'$0:!y .\L the ~ante time her :'is:to:-:<G : la w walked our.sioe hff home not loo far from <;>,here the o!>-; ect wa,; seen. ! ~on of do.Jd\' belo;.\ the top n: the thing. It resembled a wh:te- b!uish cloud. saucer-sh"p...~ a!. the top. It didn't look as ii i< were mo\ing too much to m<' .. more like it wa~ w ,aing t.iv.-::1 By the cloc-k in he:-home. it was 6: :l5 a.m. thE' s::tme morr.- ng a:1d a~orhE>r woma~. fn~1d and C<>-\\or:.e:-of the :.l5tcrs-:::- law. wa lked ou' of he:-home to ,;, for abo:;: 2C minD!~. To me: t was sh2jX.ri ~O:tlt'ihm;; ~:\o..e :1 !tur:.cs!'lc.:. svml:':.l~! ! t;~,ntiP.O ;H the to~ 7.-:tb this: bi11i.~h co:or : ft~ht corr.,ue -:own from il.'' ! "It wa~ ::o c!oud I l had st.h-: .~tancc." .-h<' !'tatcd. "and i{ : CContlnuetJ From Front P age-) illere i v>as again. ju.~t south A hig; sehoo! youtb, describ- ! wasn't too far off the ground,. of the four-lane highway be-ed as a 'straight-A" student bow far I can't .say." tween Vers.1illes and Fracl.fort. had c~ed the school pcillcipal The early-morning sk')' was r stopped the car, walked to r~port a . bright light movwg clear. Nothing marred it except. ~cro~ t~e road. and ~tared at cratica~y JU;St southeast of f the obiect steadily moving in lt. ThJS time I v1ewed It as one Shelbyville. ! a southw~ direction m;,gt~ ;.j trying to identify, or Tile your.g man said the mov- The three ladies told verv few dc~ibc an unidcnt~fied . flying ing light was elongated in peop!e about their expe;-i.ence obJect. There. was hUJ~ jJ ar.y shape, aimost cylindrical in . . mo\cm:z:: to It It had tne shape form. Ltke many o~er.:. who sec of a bal.oon. the type used many . . . _ phenomena, w the ~-y, ob-years aJO the ho!-air filled ba!-A ~e 1-. ~ ~moots _after. s_pol? )ects they can L explatn nr loon and gondola attached It the. flrs. light, ano.her JOlDOO K. identify, they t-<md to remain had a li.5ht grce~ color and i es-Bot.h ve-.l"ed over _one spot .of 1 quiet for fear of ridicule. tim.ate was somewhere between the roth.ng countrySide t dis-' Two days ear lie-, the man i50 and 1.000 feet in altitude." appeared, ~OSl . a.s qwck:ly as, whC"..,e reliability as a witLess For 20 m inutes be stared .iLLo they came IDto vtew. I to most .any event can scarcely the sk')'. "T~ _object defini~ly Th~> y outh's can w~ made be qnesttoned, and who had seen had no cabm-like top to t ~bout 9 p.m. Just ~ver an ~, a puzzling object in the s!cy, there WP.re other lights srn: later a po~er fculure lastmg ll climbed into his car to drive the r ounding it. Ag,ain, it was sbap-about 5~ zr:mutes plac.:d mostfr !ow miles to Frankfort, and his ed m~cb ttc same as a balloon of (he CJty Ill darkne.s&. Ju.<t be- snft, o-eenish glow." fore t ~c po'l\e:r went out, ~ soft, 1'he sl..')' was s!.ill d~k. At State Policemen in Elizabeth-b~u~ . . tgb~ was re.port;ed ~ tbe 6!30 ~ had seen something rc--rown reported sighting a similar ~lcuuty o. Shelbyville s su!J..ff.a- scmblmg a g:ee~. gaseous o!>ject. at ttle same time of the ttOn. cloud. But he dismJsscd it nl-mn!'mr.g, on ~he same d:ty. For l!.re:c <iavs resickms of j most en I irely as a 'r<'flcction Tiw ni1!hl bofurc, Suuday, Sheli>,vvJil<' rcporlC\1 to the~\'.~>-j fr~m the sun, !lmokc. lrom A .T:ultl .. r_v l!i !lac fi1.,1 iu til' st-Jl:lf>('r :1r,d rntliQ .),.l:)fflm Uw <'I chmmcy or ? o~c e<>nnng from rir_.s <'f :.igllllfl/~ oi 1111rd, ,,,r,, . ., tho.: :-1H1IIrr11: nt lltl,lrdllljt ., a tobacco sutppmr, rom. obJects m llK: sky <'<IJtlc film th< :-kr flhuv wo <' rk.,.-rilX;tl As he drove aloug U.S. 60, Sh<llb} /'1e. a.:. i~<~rr.c~.l.u.; ;i1.1p .. -J 1 !1'.\ll.W.MT Qf nil All FOia ST;\ff '~SAG ~ C:l(~., tm.SAGI AF IN: 2~70S ( 17 Jan &.) M/fcib lNR UlJIJUU D~Jv Wl N-7 (1S) ADV CY DIA (VIA JCS) ?.U O.I CS ~ 'a ASH ot ZEW t;N IV~IiY r1 C~C}l.~uO lJ~HDt\fld;;:'j ~'..' ~ OE: PTI~ u ':;if 03Jil:!a '11 W~l 'IT Dl Olli! SH~[ 'M QUE5lH1~ AFHO Ju .. 0-309C i>iP.UTMINT Gf nlt Ala fOI<I fMf WS.t.Gl CWKH OOKOJllt' WSSAGi SOOTH) -;-~JREtTI~ C2l S~i f: [lf.YAYiew AS Afl(WE$ (t}) O~JCi UNClASSlflED W:\ltTWMT Cf TH All f<)lt(t STAff t.1iSSAGl flU)K}t mCOMIHG MESSAGE S I ~TI:-'IG IN L !:tAL AREA ARE AS F QLOWS: SURF ACT 320/06; 6, 000 fEET (3) CEILING-N~f; ( 4 ) V l SIBILITV-UNRESTRICTE~ (5) Ai\1CUNT PAGE-3 Rt:C : uNCLAS.~'" ~F cLOJO C:iER" -N(}If;:.. (6) 'THUNCE~S~TCRMS I N AREA AND QUADRANT I N ;~HC!t Ll:C ;-.bf~S-.<7-> VCRlt~ TE~PERATuRE C.RAOIENT-1 4 OEG'Et rl ~ ~} f EE.t;. l-\ 1 ANY O.T.E~ .mmSUAIJ...ACTLVI'1'Y ... OR~ CONDI:l'I6N: ! F'-~AltC.>t :TB1.1ttNECJ'~CM Ptq EQ..IN AF~ FLCRIDA, REVEALED THAT . ~ T'!.'J STs.G~ )f!Kt-~ROGQUOIS R(X:~::T CONTAI NING VAPCRIZED BARRIUM PAYLOAD W>.S r\ELE'},Ot Ai ALTITUDE FRGA THE AERa>PACE FACILITY AT SANTA RCSO !SLlv\10, EG..IN Af8, rU~IOA, AT 0640 H()JRS EST, 16 JANUA~Y 17:i7, 'hHICH WOULD PR:PUCE VAPffiiZEO CLClJD, LIGHT GREEN. IN CQC~ .. w!T:i TINGES Cf F1EO t;'O DARK BLUE. THE VAPCN CL<lJO r~ED f..\ E.!..Jo.G~i::D PATT.ERN AL~G THE LINE Cf THE EARTHS MA~ETIC F !::::..: ;:. 0 SHOULD HW~ 3EEN VISI El.E FCR 330 MILES 00 ~OR& 1 .. NCN::: ..:.. NO KNO'~ C~HiT IN GENERAL AREA AT TIME Cf SI GHIMG. ~ ?CSITICN TITLE AND COM4ENTS OF THE PREPARING CFFicER: MR. HCW,\RD Cl ~C'NENy .INVESTIGATOR, SECURITY PCl..ICE DIV I SI GJ, ROBI~S Af~ GECRGIA. DURING THE COURSE Cf THIS UN!LASSRFI0 DEI'UT.Mlln Of THE AJ. FOita SJAH :\EWGI BIAHOf li<KOiWlHG 1Ul5AGE INVESTJ GA":'I ~ IT WAS LEARNED THAT THIS UNUSUAL CLQJD, LIGHT ~EEN IN CQ~ WITH TINGES CF REO AND BLU~ WAS OBSERVD BY M MIY P ECPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA AS WELL AS I MAC GJ, GECRGI A, 18 MILES N CiHI-1 Cf ROZ INS Af a ~l.l DESCRIBED THE Cl QJO TO BE A VN>CR TRAI L SHAPED IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND CCl.OOS DESCRIBED JCLMM~2S9 UNCLAS AS LI(}IT au~ liGHT GREEN, WITH REO AND DARK BLUE. ALL PEP.SO!S ~.~0 OBSERVED THE V>?rR CLOUD DESCRIBED IT TO BE SOUTH AN.o SCUTHWST CF ROBINS AFB AND REMAINED VISIQE FTR ABOJT 20 MI'IUTE~ I T IS THE PIN I CN Cf THE PREP~RING OSFICER THAT THE OBJECT OCSC:;(VED WAS THE VAPffi CLruD FROH THE. N.lt<E-IR.CXiQOOIS ROC;< ~T WHICH WAS RELEASED r RCM SANTA ROS 0 ISLAND, EG_ IN ArB, FLORIDA ~T ~54a CST,1 16 J:.NUARY 1967. ;.ras made with in regnrds to firings on o r Public Affairs Office , t~A::>,\, aL Cape Kennedy, any rocket launches. NASA did not h:wc nny e.bout tl-Jc time of Lhc sit~hting. C::~:.act ,.IRS made >'l'ith tho PIO at Cape Kennedy, Florida in rceards to any .'. i.:: Force missile firin~s on 16 ~Tan 67 on or about 0600 EST. 'There \vere n:: .:.j _r Force mi ...:,sile firinr;s to account for the sightj_ng. C0:-.:.act \-las made Hith ~IO at F;sl i.n AFD, Florida in resn.rdsto the o:-::e:::-vance of U!"Os in :.h0 r:mssouri, area. Egli.n AFB has beon la..:!1ching missiles up i:1to the upp!'!r atmosphere. At o!)prox:i.mately J.C_; i.n altitude there .-:ould be a cloud r elease. This cloud ~10uld ~[!ve :~:.~ted tm-:ards the no:-th. The colors were a li<~ht t~reen tinged ..:ith r :: and blue. Sgl ;n :-.=..: recei.ved ceoorte from Tenne<see and ~!orth ..!~:-olin:-: in regards t-o the obseL'YaLion. They(~g1in AFB) said that the c:: ..:ds should have be visibl e up to about a 300 mile radius. The r.:is3ile was laur.ched :-.':. 054~ CST 16 Jan 67. AIR i"O~C::: SYSTE!A S COMMAND EGLI N AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA EGLIN AFB, flc.., ar.. ]'(---/\ chcrically produced vapor cloud ~If:::. v isible vlitltin a 31JC r:lih: ru,Jj us of' I:;gl i.n AFH Monday evening :o the sec:ond hieh nlti Lude rc.;eareh p rohe tests 1&.:.. . -:ncd from the .Ac::-.:...=p:.ce T~aumh I'ncility on S