PROJECT 10073 RECORD ~Dt.1 f. TIME G~OUP 2. LOCATION Call fo:-in.~, .titn':sses CONCLUSION Ciri 1 i<m Aircraft(possible) CR OF OBJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS .,.,atched a pea shap:::d object that blue ,red, TfPE OF OASERVATION color. The y Hitnesse s Ground Visual Has of t object rol" .... ar d The object c i saurea r ed tm-tard the ::o:th,;~rd An airccaft ''litnesses. There \ter~ records t.o indicat~ th<>.t. an the dc:;cript.i.on of the object and co:1sideration conrlitions it lL!hts the plan'! f;i ~heed 500n after PHYSICAL EVIDENCE f l D S C? 6 3 0-329 (TO E) Provlous ed!ti<>M o l thlo form may b s uood, Giv~ all ci~t&ils) S .:.z~ (Con~pared Nu::1bcr : jt/j Jl For:r.z.::io n (if rr.ore thai: one) :1~/r So-...1d e::ti::tec: Othe r features or co::~e:1ts: Fro:-:1 air, visual . Fro:-:1 grounc, eleccro~ic S?ecify t y pe of racar. conditions Cv :\"JITIO:<iS : (QJ c::tey-; Ra i:r ... i-ng, Ho t , Cold, et:c): litou~h thl' It ,h,s r:h.tol_, !d :11 :neml r<; l'(ll!"nds tnu .1 L':'O tttude up :1nd d 'II at \':lrkrl rnay lla\e cau "!U rhe ''r, t.:hi'le r.tes, they moi<>cl tn<J s lo\' ly hut that r r,.fiL .. tJ in ; .'J.I'er Io r a jN and too fa :. t for a r'J.IIu rc ., uu the bhl'kout In l!etil'opter. T!t l ". u \\t!rP un-nur'h~a .. t UnltPLI Stn.tc:os in Xov- ,()I'd o t' !ltr,~nl::tt'opnrl '<I iol un : 1.\t'. l lt';''lh :>uour . :tt of Call: r-tl.. Thtf Ob- :tblc to cstir .. .!t" lht! st?P or cr h .. r, l!IG::i. The Air ForcE>, shape o C the v~hil!l~ involed. su h r : 1 .; I S 1-."novn, takr!s t ho A spokesrn:m at \Vftttcman Air vil!'JI th J t runst if not a ll LTO Force Base at hnollXostcrsaid rcrort.-; ar('therc)ultofho3:<es. tha t while all t'lar.~>; :ll't' equip-h:lliJcln~tlons or mlslnlerprc- pE:tl \\lth whte, ~rN>n ancl r e d llt!on uf :.Onuwn n..~.tural o r m::tn- navigatlon ll~;ht...;, more r!'-tll'le phPomena . "h!t~, : (.\t!'l, rcr! :uri tl't-Jn I' :'rP:Ill: brl : hlt1c, tr" .t rr;our! I, ar. 1 d ..;cnbe I ' Cllr:,, ,J, tr:'t? C:OWC!;.t centty .c;omo h:l\..! h~d st l'O~>t" Wh I In t ~lc rr htVL' bo n rn :t!l~ l lgh[!:; adclet.!. !-Ufdl()SPl!i :lllllt-nt!t; Pi!Ol't S Oi These li;rhts g i:e ou :.t br!l-ha, tr:,: s't'n UFns or ha:in~ :ell liar:t bluish wht.e !Jzhc thJt hsts l.1r c!r".cts c.r thrlr l re::.o?OI't!, only a few thousa.'ltn, o f :1 sec-thE;re i.s with one exc<>:ltlon nt. ond anti t s so i:Jrenc.p It could mJ.tP:-tal e t!denceo o f hei h"\v- cre:tte the e.':'> t or the othe:-lnf:> ::vo:c.~r,!<l oter the el:'th. The...-,,.., hghts going out o r blink in g. excnrt:o n t s :1 pi"~'~ o: pure !1;nt; r, ,u " I r'Jurse, TJ;e strobe llbht canr.ot OP-m:t"'lb!um rcportt!d found or. erate continuonslr but must thr> c.3 of Br1.1.11 In !957 a:- b link at a rapic! ra;<>, tP r a UFO \\as sa ir! to ha e ~"<- :.bout Gno reports o r un-plu!<>d, explained or une:<i>l.llnabl!! un-~-l.:ny scientl~ts, P.P:tn Thog- identiiled flying objects have rnnrt'ln satd, ar, gr:t::>!~l t!'nt been reported <.!urin~ t'le l.tsl :1 S300, 00IJ t;r'lllt lt:ts t 11"n :n:~.Je 20 year s , Ce1...1 Jame~ P. Thog-direct!:; to the Ur.!ve:-suy o morton sattl on Thurscl.ly. A Cc>! r.,uo fp a ~tUc!j' oi all th.: professor at Central ~.lethocltst UFO evidE-ncl' to dlte, unc!er-.. ollege in Favette, Jn S;>Oke ell~ 't:t.IJn of Dr. Jo:d .~ ~trc! Conc!or at a meeting o: the HtltndTabte lor i.1 t l'.e li'w o r on-> sct"''l- lub in Fayette. tl.st , ... hilt! there i.:> ''no :n- Reported s!ghnn.;s (Jt lh~ conl r"l"it?rtlbl-" rvidence" .... : "X- U F'Os number more to 1!'1 10,-tr:1 torrescrl:ll Vl<;ttors to ?cr 000 du:-ing the two dt!l"ade.s, planPt, tr would b" ''foJli.>h'' Dean Thogmoro n .-;aid. \\'h!lo nm to c:onsir~er the pos.i!bl!!ty , la rge numb~r o f them havo..,;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii been accounted for, obout 600 rem"\in unexpl:llned, h!! said.: Even as Ion~ ago as 18!>7, ther-.. .vas a report of a 'ci;ar-. shaped" flyl.n:; obJ"'Cc over ri::l.ll- sa:; by a form<>r cr-.n~ressman, on, .\le:~ander Ha:r.trton, vho.-~, c laimad that h<> h:td ol helf~r lassoPd anu carr!.:rl :1 v:1:;, .1 !:h t!:e carca.,s b~"r iou1d on l~ J.ner rar:n. most C07lmoncr.e re;:. rtpdn"r- H~r. rec"nt <!esc;-tr~ion-; r>f r~ ;lllrrel L'F'Os r.a,,. be.:n o f ~au c<> r-s:~aped v<>.ic!es. Some o: :he v ttnesses ha:e c!:l!rr.ed to se~ htt!e cr2:ttu:-es; some h:r 12 l.ltmeJ to r:;.v2 ;;on., 'lUoarc " ""U'> o1er SC.lrHI!na:i.t :tr ' I ",of o tl \.lo VI lo lJFO Reported Over California Fl:in~ s:~urcrs /Wrh:lps! \\ell, { On lw .. nn,; I hi~ rC'rc.rt n n~p011er: rle.-tr .bt-n phentlm~!non tht'y wi~ nt!;,;;ed at ahout 1 a.m. Mont!'.>,\' a:; sumetnln~ they had 111!\'cr <:t>Ctl Hnymf'r.d Barbour :111d Rubert c:Jikrl 'f'uw r !' oJ lhc Highway Pa. Cr:1wforrl ar~ r.nt sure, but. they trol to 1t-.1rn there J:.ad been no cLit~r l'<'i>r>rts uf the incident. \\.' h 1t rn:!r. :lir Force Ba:,e at. Kn)!J .:\os- tl.!r then wu:; c<Jlled. A rtqutst was made lo the Sl\ itchb" a rd openttor to S/)l .. k to ,.,,meoi:e in regard to sighting a uFO . . \f:er a ::;li:tht de Th(' t110 men \,ere w(,ff hunting nn t!tro Earl :\!orris tann :!Jcl't 12 nule:; SC'Uh of Californi.t ''hen thc.1 obst>ncd li~h:so a ppro1rllin:! from :.'lC C:lSt. Ti:.'.) lights f t>llo.VLd a se- 'll!l'llc:C of white, grct'n, J1.!r hilps lay an <tir force colonel aoswercd Look clown 1.!1,.. details. The fact thrt t a eOIIJnC'! answered indi- c:Jtcct tlu.: :1ir force lws :.l rong in. tt'Jt'st in ~uch sighting's. red "lnd tl1t.:n a n extr eme!; hri:.rht blue. T he Jig!Hs were desl'riued :1s bcinq s:milar to those on a Christ- n'ns tree except that tlwy 11ere blinking at a r apid rate. <relights rene-heel tlc Cl~de .\led!in pLce they chan:{t>d t'Our.:;e !o the northwest an(~ appart>ntly clirec-~1.1 over Caliior-nia. The men said ' haL althou~h tht: lights changed altitude up and down at ::Jried rates antll moved at a rate too slow for a j et but too f.'l:;t for a helicop1er . The ligr.ts wen~ in. ten~M.in.;: to watch, they SJid, but t."t!Y were unable to estimate the ,.,,ze o r shape of the vehicle jnmh. (\\ l:i!c lite <lir fnrce did not. ::;p~:-. culate-llw mo..'t like~y explanation 1 is that the cb 11'ct was a jf'r pl:lne hi.;:h al~l!ttrff'. Till' Pilrtlcu!a r air/ lay(rs Qll t.hc 1 l'r.r clear ni~ht 1 cau:;tcf the lllus ion that the object was at low ,J!lifucle. ,\ir pl::mes are ('quipped \lith \~hite, grceo and red na \'ig;rtion lights. :\l ore recPnt- ly sorn nrc being equipped with strobe light-s. Tht>sc li!:;hts ghe off a oriUiant bluish white light that IJ sts onl,v n lew thousands of a sec- ond and is S() intense it could create t.he effeC't o t!le other lizhis gQin~ out or biln!dog, The strobe li.dlt cannot ( ppcrate continuo11Siy but must hlink nt a rapid rate) ln recent WNxs thE>re ha \'l' hen n. nerou.... rc:orts of unidlntriiPd r l."ng oh;t:c .;; h.v nrtmcrou:; nhttblc .. r: r.csses m the ;\fic!wc:.t .. This "'PI:>, ,liiiJn does not. cover, the entm 1ncidrnt. Could it have 'FlYing saucers' Visit Central Missouri Area Flying sau cers occu pied the attention or two Boons llc k area g r oups last week, when r eports unidentltied flying objects were made by observe r s n ear California, and a d iscussio n in ayette t old o f reports ofthe m. R a y mond Barbour and Robert Crawford of California reported seeing unexpla ined Ughts about 1 a.m. on Jan. 30, a s they were wolf hunting about 12 m lies squth of California. They ob- served lights approaching from The lights fo llowed a sequenc e of white, gr een, red and then an extremely bright blue, the men repotted, and described them as being simllar to thos e hristmas tree except that they were blinking at a rapid rate. The lights changed course, and appeared to go directly north. The men said that al- though the lights changed al- titude up and down at varied rates, they moved too s lowly tor a jet and too fast for a hellcopter. The t wo wer e un- able to e stimate the s i z e or shape of the vehicle involved. A spokesman at Whiteman Air Forc e Bas e at Knob Noster said that while all planes are equip- ped wlth white, green and red navigation lights, more re- cently some have had strobe lights added. These lights give off a bril- liant bluish white light tha t lasts only a few thousanths of a sec- ond a nd Is so Intense it could c reate the effect of the other lights going out or bUnking. The strobe light cannot op- erate continuously but must blink at a rapid rate. About 600 reports or un- explained or unexplainable un- dentified flying objects have been reported during the last 20 years, Dean James P. Thog- orton said on Thursday. A professor at Central Methodist College In Fayette, he spoke at a meeting of the Round Table C lub In Fayette. Reported s ightings of the U FOs number more than 10, - 000 during the two decades, Dean Thogmorton said. While a large number o f them have been accounted for, about 600 remain unexplained, he said. Even as long ago as 1897, there was a report of a shaped" flying object ove r Kan- work In the Cleld. One of lts members contends that a UFO may have caused the "massive short" that resulted In power !allure and the blackout In northeast United States In Nov- ember, 1965. The Alr Force, so far as Is lmown, takes the view that mos t Lf not all UFO reports are the result or hoaxes, hallucinations or mi s interpre- tation of known natur a l o r man- made phenomena. While there have been many supposedly authentic reports of having seen U F'O' s or having felt the effect s of their presence, there Is with one exception no material evidence of their hav- ing hovered ovet the earth. The exception Is a piece or pure magnesium reported found on the coast of Brazil In 1957 af- ter a U F'O was said to have ex- Many scientists, Dean Thog- morton said, are grateful that a $300, 000 grant has been made directly to the University of Colorado for a study of all the UFO evidence to date, under direction of Dr. Edward Condon or In the view of o ne scien- tist, while there is no in- controvertib le evidence" of ex- tra terrestrial visitors to ou r anet, It would be ''foolish" not to consider the possibility. . sas by a former congressman, one Alexander Hamilton, who claimed that he had a heife r lassoed and carried away, wlth the carcass later found o n another !arm. UFO Reported Over Califorr1ia While the cigar shape was the most common one reported ear- lier, recent descriptions of re- ported U FOs have been of sau- cer-shaped vehicles . Some of the witnesses have c laimed to see little c reatures; some have claimed t o have gone aboard their vehicles. An "aerial display" of many disc-shaped U FO's manueve rlng at high speeds over Scandinavia and Russia was reported In 1946. Other reports have come from various places In the world . Dean Thogmorton told of the Investigations by the Air Force in Its "Project Bluebook" be- gun in 194 7 of ail UFO reports , and of a civlllan group called APRO (Aero Phenomena Re- search Organization) which was dissatisfied with the Air Force FlymJ:: s~lltctrs JWrh;tps; \\'tll. Ha)' mo nd B:rrbour and Rober t ('rawforrl at , 1~01 surc, b ut. l ht') dc:-tnhc a ph t nometHin thr' w1~ ncs:-.ccl at abo ut l a. m . ::'\lonr.,,, :l' sonwthin~ : lw y h a d nt\L'r "l'l'll Tht two nwn \\ tn we, If hu:1t1ng un the E;;rl Morris tarm :tlJc;l't 12 1 nule.:. sm,t h o f C'ahfornJ<t when thc,.- nbsencd light<; npproHhin g f rotn :.'It! ras t 'I i:" lig h ts followed a s<' q ucnte of while, gnrn, p.r hap., red and then an cxtreuw l\ b ri;.:hl blue. The li~hts " t're c!r~crihrd ;1s hcin~ similar to those on a Chris t tree except th:lt they \\ e r e f( 111 a rapid rate. When lht' lighl<; reached the Clyclc pl;r~c they chan~cd course lo the northwes t and apparc nlly went directly over California. The men said t.hat although thr lights cd altitude up and down a t 1 varied rates and moved at a ra te too s low for a je t bul to o fa s t fo r a helicopter. The lig l\ts were in l<.'rcst.in~ to watc h. the) said, b ut they were unable t o estimate the Sil e o r shape o r llw 'chic le imoh- In ree<.'nt wctks th<r c han been IH.m<.'rou-. r<.'P<lrls of unidcnlificcl fl~ In~! ohjt>ds hy Olllllt' rOU:. rt'liablc wilnc!-se~> in the ~liciwcst. n n lll'ann..: tim. npurt :1 r Pporttr t'<Jiltd J nnp L ol llll' lltdl\\,1~ l';r trot to Jl';trn llwrc: J:.ad lt~:tn no ot.lt'r rt'JWI'Is vi the. IIH'Idcnl \\ hll mill ,\Jr Foret BaM' a t !\nub :\u:-. tcr then ''us wiled. \ rcqu.;sl \HIS :na.lt' to I!H' S \ \ lc.hhcnrcl op 'l'iltor to ~ pc.<.k to nmc.ott in regard to s1ghUn~ a l ' J 0. Mltr a sh~ht de Ia) ;m atr i<H c c.ul.mcl ;111~\\ ert'<l an.! took clcmn t.!J!' clt>tails. Th<.' fact that a colnn<l all~\\t'rttl ind i 'd tlrc 111r forte. has sll'o ng tn l<.'n:;t lll 'lll'h :o:tghtings (\\ ltlt I Ill' ;nr fort< dicl not. ~pc I culat(' tlr<' mos t llkt-v txplnnation is thnt tlw <:IJc'd \\ils u jtt plane a t high a lt1tndt. Tlw IHI rt it'ular air Ia) tr s on t.hc \'<.'1') dtar nisthl c a u:-.<'d I he illusion I h a t the obj ect wa::; n l lcl\\ a lllluclr. i\ir pl anes arc cquipptcl with \\hilt' . f(rccn n ne! n'<l nanga t 1011 listhl s. l\Io r e rctent I) some. arc hr111~ tquippccl with :-troh<.' lights. Thc!>e lights g ive off a orillwnt hluish wh1te ligh t that la"ts onl) n few tho u!.ands o r a sec ond and 1s so intcn~t tl could creal( lht cl fel'l or tht ot.!Jtr liS:hl:. goin A ' out or hhnJ..inl!. T ht s lroh l' light tannot OPi ll'rall' conllnuousl\ bt1l mu~t bhnl. a t a r aptcl rall'l T his txpl:llalion (!nt~ not. t'O\l'r I the. tnliH incicltnt. Co uld tt have UFO Sightings FTD (TDETR) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEAO()UART ERS 351H STRA l ECIC IISSILE WING (SAC) "IIITE.'' AN AIR FORCt: BASE "' ISSOIJill t.53:ll The following inform:.ttion is submitte d in accordance t-lith paragr.:tph 11, Description of the object: (1) Shape -N/A (2) Size -Pea (3) Color -blue , r e d , green, and white (lights only) (4) Number -N/A (5) Formation -N/A (6) Discernibl e features -N/A (7) Trails or exhausts -N/A (8) Sound -N/A (9) Other pertinent or unusual features: Rough motion, fon.;ard and backtvard. b. Description of course of object: (1) What first called the attention of observer to object? Light o object. (2) Angle of elevation and azimuth of object t-Then f irst observed. 25 -30 above horizon -200 north of east. Angl e of elevation of object upon disappearance: 25 above l1orizon due north. (4) Description of flight path and nmneuvers of obj~ct: From east to northwest, very erratic. (5) How did the object disappear? Gradually t o north. (6) How long lverc the objects visible? 4 -8 minutes. l'~acl! ... :s otr Prcjf!ss:u n