1. D4TF. T~ME GROUP 2. LOCATION 10 ::ar 67 11/0lOOZ Osceola, Arkansas 3. 50UnCE 10. CONCLUSION Aircrart(possible) ~ . . KC-135 was in the area at the time or the sighting Above aircraft is equlpted with two powerful]. flood .t. NUH~f:R OF OBJ!CTS lights for illuminating the winds S. LENGTH OF OBS!RVATION 10 minutes 6. TYPE OF ORS!RYATION Ground Visual 'J. PttOTOS ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRI!II SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer ~tched a bright white light that at first appeared to be stationar,y buttthen moved off toward the southern sky. ~ The light was canpared to a white light on a pole about one mile away. It was also brighter than the bright star in the western sky in the early evenings (Venus). In vi or the fact that a KC-135 aircraft departed Blytheville AFB andCwal in the area, that the KC-135 air- craft has a record of causing this type ot UFO report, and that the aircraft departed to the south would indicate thnt the witness could have seen this aircr.n.ft and reported I it to be a UFO. fTD S f P ~ 3 0-329 (TOE) Prevtoue edttluna of thla fona may be uaed, UNCWSIFIED lHE STAR WHICH APPEARS IN THE WEST DtlttNG EARLY EVENING. C2) FIF- TEEN DEatEES. Cl) SIXTY DE~EES. (') (! BT APPEARED TO BE STATION- PAGE 2 RUITBP~t7 UNClAS MY AS OISERVER tOOCED TOWARD 1HE WEST; THEN TlRNED AND STARTED SOJTH. C5) AS THOJGH LIGHT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. C~) TEN MINUTES PARA 1ttCCCHARLIE)t (1) GROUND VISUAL. C2> NCJ4E. CJ> N1 A. PARA 140 ~ <DEL YA>t ( 1) 110100Z MAR 67. ( 2> DUSK. EARLY EVENING. PARA 14 E CECHQ): (N MILE NORTH ~ OSCEO.A, ARKANSAS ~ US HIGHWAY 61. PARA TWENTY-EIGHT, OSCEQ..A, ARKANSAS, TELETYPE' AND SWITCHBOARD lt'ERAT~, RELIAfl.E. OBSf.:RVER SClJNOEO SINCERE BUT. AWED BY THE SIGHTING. (BSERVER HAD OIF'F ICUL TY OESeR f 91 NG THE OBJECT, ITS PeE I Tl ()f CR MAN- BNERS. OBSERVER APPEARED CCJICERNEO BY OTHER SIGHTINGS REPCRTEO TO HAVE tCURRED IN THE OSCEOLA AREA. THESE AlLE~D SIGHTINGS HAVE NOT BEEN RECtRDEO f N THE REPortTI NG FF IC. ANY FUTURE CONTACT WITH :!SERVER SHruLD BE OafE VERY Of SCRETEl Y AS SHE IS ,,F"RA I 0 OF BEl NG BIBARRASSEO. PARA 1' (I GQ..f)l C1> CLEAR. C2) 200/13 AT. SURfACE; (J) N~E'. C4) 7 MILES. C5) THREE TENTHS SCATTERED HIGH CIRRUS. AFHO Mot 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED C6) NCJtE. (7) STRafG INVERSION 3,500 TO JJ,OOO FEET. OTHERWISE NORMAL LAPSE RATE. TEMPERATURE DEY I ATI ON PLUS SEVEN DEGREES. PARA ..-tHOTn.>: NO.. PARA 1'1CINDIA)I NOEN KNOWN. PARA 1-JCJULIEnt PAGE l RUWYBP A2597 UNCLAS lWO AIRCRAFT FROM THE 97TH 8 a.1BAROMENT WING BLYTHEVILLE AFB, ARKANSAS, YRE IN THE VICINITY AT ntE APPROXIMATE TIME Oi THE SIGHTING. A 8-52G, CALL Sl~ VALID 28 PILOTED BY LT CQ. WILLIAM F" .LANE, TOOK CFF FR(N ElYTHEV llLE 4FB TO THE SOUTH AT 1100't5l MARCH 1967 ON A \'ALNUT R I Q(E DEPARTURE OOT ~ nfE BlYTHEVILLE AREA. A KC-135 Cit.L S I (Jl KELLY lf5, P ILOTEO BV MAJCR 0. A. B CRNKESSEL, TOOK OFF" mCM ll.YTHEVILLE AFB TO THE SOUTH AT 11012.2Z MARCH 1967 (JI A BARLOW ocPARTURE QJT (f' THE BlYTHEVILLE AREA. THE" AIRCRAFT wru..o HAVE MADE A RIGfT. AND LEFT nJRN, RESPECTIVElY, WITHIN 12 NM AND BOTH WOULD ~V E BEE~ IN THE ~CEQ. A AREA AT THE. APPROX I'\1ATE Tl t rF THE SIGHT-- lNG. OSCE(l.A IS APPROXIM~JElY 1! STATUTE MILES SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE If&. PARA 11tKCKILCDI CHIEf, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 97TH aCMBAROMENT . liN~ BLYTHEVILLEAf'~ ARKANSAS, 72315. CCNMENTS: THE MOST LOGICAL ScPLANATI<W r:E THIS SIGHTING IS THAT THZ cmSERVER SAW THE KC-135 ~ICH OEPAR!EO BLYTHEVILLE AFBAT APPROXIMATELY 110122Z. THE KC-135 IS EQUIPPED WITfi TWO POWERFUL FLOOD .LIGHTS WHICH ILLUMIN.~TE. THE WINGS UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED . AF INa 71730 \ffEN nJRNED a. ~NO APPEAR TO BE A ROOND BRILLIANT IHI TE ll GHT WHEN CBSERYEO. REPCRTING CFFICIAL HAS a!SERfm" nus PHENOMENCW FR(N A 01 STANCE rF APPft(IIMATEl Y ON-HALF MILE AT Bl VniEVILLE AFB OUR I NG 1HE EVENING HaJRL THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME THAT THE FLOCD LIGHT PAGE ' RUITBP A2'J'17 UNCLAS IS TURNED m BUT RATHER AS THE CREW DES f RES, EVEN OLR I NG T AKE OFF. lHIS IS TH THIRD TIME THAT A KC-1J5 HAS BEEN SUSPECTED Or BEING lHE cMJ-s' tE' A UFO SIGHTINl-THE B-52G IS NOT SO EQUIPPED AND HAS NOT BEEN SUSPECTED rF CAUSINGA REPCRTOF THIS TYPE. IN VIEW OF liE f'~T THAT A KC-1J5 WAS IN THE OSCEOLA AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 1fE Tt ME fF S t GHTI NG, THAT THE KC-135 HAS A RECmD ~ CAUSING THIS lYPE REPCRT, THAT THE t NSTRUMENT DEPARnJRES TO THE SOUTH AlWAYS PLACES JET AIRCR4FT IN TKE VtCI~ITY ~ OSCEQ..A WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 1HREE MINUTES, THE M(ET LOGrCAL CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF" THIS Sl ~TING IS THAJ THE OBSERVER SAl THE KC-135 DURING DEPARTURE FRCM ll.YTHEVILLE AF& PARA 1JJL(LIMA>: NCWE. A TAPTE RECmDING rF lfE ~I GINAL REP(RT TO 97TH BCNB II NG IS AVAILABLE. UNCLASSIFIED