1. DA1i. i'IME GROUP 2. LOCATION : 6 r:.:--~7 7/00502 1\irksville, l~iasouri mult:l}JlC:! : Civ- :._n &. ~:ilitary ! ~. NUH? ;:p OF OBJECTS l'i. LENG'":':-1 OF OBSERVATION l !- T':'Pt.: Y~ OBSERVATION ~rm.:n:i Visual ! i:ea~:.:.-:;t~tionary ,I t 'J. PHY s, :;. :_ cV!DENCE 10. CONCLUSION .t.sLro(Venus) ./ Venus w?.s a.t l dcg El on an Az of 265 dee 11. B~IEF SUMMA~Y AND ANALYSIS C::;servers watched a bright. star like object in the western s~:y for over an hour. The object \las like three or four ~tcrs together. The object appeared to be about 45 deg ele-:;ation on an azimuth of 270 degrees. The object \-;as r:~arly stationary but it diu appea r to move very slowly :,.~ .. ;r.rd the N1d. 'I'he object disappeared slm,rly-just faded out. : itary personnel observed a similar light in the sky :,:,at vras on an azimuth of 270 deg at an elevation of 20 deg. ~1e lights tnoved at 270 deg for ap~roxinately 10 minutes ~hen moved tmrard the south for 3 minut.es then back to the ~.-;-,.; direction. This light disappeared in about .30 minutes. ~.r e!'lus \'las definitely in the \'/estern sky and should have been ::~ted in addition to the UFO but it w:asN~t. abe apparent l::rge scale movement by the military personnel could have beer ....... ~r e~f.imntcd UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMINT OP THI All FOICI ST AlP MISSAGI IIANOI INCOMING MESSAGI AF IN:612l7 (J) FIRST 03SERVED 0~ ~. OSTEOP~THY ST KIRKSVILLE, YISSOURI, ffiSERVEO PURSUEJ PHENOMENA 9Y TUR ~tNG INTO ~IG AY 6 PROCEEDING PAGE 2 RUC I FV ~.J 14 U~CL AS ~ST ~T SPEEDS ~ETWEE~ 40 ~.\JD 60 'JILES PER ~OUR, ~OTE: Sl ZE ~E I T~ER Oi I~ISHEO OR I~CRE.~SEO INDICAT!~G THAT POSSIBLY ITS SPEED WAS ROUGYL Y T~E S~'AE. '.HEN IT TUR~EO S0tJTJ..! OBSERVER TURNED SOUTH OFF OF HIG1i'.VAY 6 I~J ?tJ~SUIT, TOW.A~DS FCREST LAKE, THEN IT CO~TINUEO WEST, OOSERVERS TURNED WEST 0~ FA.R~J. RO~O IN PUqSUIT, U~Til IT TURNED N~TH-~ORTH"!EST ~t..JD NO RO~QS ~Eq~ a.VAILABLE TO FQLOW. OBSERVERS LOCATEO A?PROX!\"ATELY 12 YILES ~sT OF KIRKSVILLE WHEN 09JECT 01 SAPPE~RED. F. IDENT!FYI~G I'IFCRV.~.TIO~ C'~ 'JBSERVERS: E, V.JSSOURI, SOCIOLOGY TEAC ~T CENTER'II!..LE CO~MUNITY CQLEGE, CENTERVILLE, IONA, BA SCCI0_:SY. r:..~a.DUAT E\C OUND IN HISTORY, ~.~A TO BE 08TAI~ED JJNE 67. ESTI\~4:: ?.ELIA91Ll T'f G oo. ( 2) WILL l A \I ~ .\LT. 1ST L T, 790TH RADAR SQ, CCY.\1U~ ICATI O~S ELEC- -rn:':'HCS/INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, ESTI~ATE ~ELIABILITY GOOD. G. WEI\THER .t\1'-tO 'ViNDS-ALOFT CO~DITIONS "T TP~E A~D PL~CE OF UNCLASSIFIED Sl GHT PiG: UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMIMJ OF THI All FOIO STAIF MISSAGI IIAHOI INCOMING MUSAGI C 1) CLEA~ ~'ID CQ.O, ~0 G~OU~iD '~I ~0 NOTICED. (3) FA~ !( ,?:{SVILLE REPCRi:O CEILI~G U~LIMITEO. PAGE 3 RUC I r 'f d>O 14 UNCL AS (7) GR.~OtENT FR~1 T~E OR\AAL ~,S INUS 12 DEGREES. 1. '~0 ~CTI '::~ T . .\~E~J, OTP.ER "'! T T M.Et.JTI O~IED lt..J PARE E(3) PA~T 2 THIS MSG. J. f.~A R~PC~T~Q NO AIRCR~FT ~-:.~0 CHECKED I~ WITH THEIR VOR DURING TYI S PEP. I 00. CFF'ICER, 1ST _7. :':;_Ll . E. !.L7. Sl'JCE T~IS SIGHTI~G WAS ~\1AOE BY T~E INVEST I GAT 02, :_ :: . . -; T~:: ?E~ ~ :J SF 00 SERV AT I Q\J, THE OFF' I CER 'AAOE Bl ERY A TT E'.~P i . ~ 0l SC CN P~ S 0 l E W ~ Y T 0 ~ TTq I BUTE Tf-IE OBSE~V EO PHEN o- lENA TO KNO.V~l ~ ~ATURAL C~USES. POWEVER, DUE TO T~E SLOW SPEED AND ERRATIC ~ 081 L I TY Cr T4E PHE~! 0\~E~A PLUS Tt-tE Ut\!USU AL PALE l I GYT- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMINf OF THE All FORCE STAFF MUSAGI BlANCH INCOMING MESSAGE I~G IT IS eEYQ\l:J HIS KN0~. /LEDGE TO a.TTRI BUTE T~l S TO A~Y OF ~IS PAST EXPERIENCES. C'.:E TO THE FREQUENCY OF THIS PHENOMENA THIS I"JVESTI- ~TOR REQUESTS DIRECTJO~ FROM FTD AT WPAFB AS TO !HAT FURTHER INVES- Tl GATING E~S~-~cS SHOULD BE T~XE'l. CtNTACT 1ST LT. ~ILL I AM E. AL T, KIRKSVILLE AF3, '"I SSO!JR I S:\GE !!UT 0/0~! 451-4000. NOTE: Section 1 is AFIN: 61201 (9 Mar 67) UNCLASSI FlED UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMINY OF THE All FOKI STAn MISSAGI lUNCH INCOMING MUSAGI ACTION: RDC-4 INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SJ\PPS-3, NIN-7, JCS/DIA-1 (19) ADV CY JCS/DIA . PTTU JAW R!j C IFVG2313 0680315-UUUU--RUEOHQA. FM 7 9 0 T H R t. J AR S Q K I R K S V 1 L L E ~ FS MO TO Rtl\VMFVA/ADC RUC I FVA/2 0T H AD IV TRUAX FLO W 1 SC R U'NT ~'!.AI 1 Zl \.1 AF R I CHARDS G E3 A ~JR AFB 0 RUEDF!F/FTO WPAFB OHIO RUEGH~A/C3~:: RUED HQA/ 0 S.~ r INFO ZEN/U\!V::RSITY OF COLO?.\JQ BOULDER COLO UNCLAS 795-0i~.i-01405 'AAR 67. SECTION I Of II.UFO fTO FOR TOETR, CSAF FO~ .AF?:;s, OSAF FOR S.;F-01. THE FOLLOWiti; REPORT IN 2 PARTS. THIS REPSR7 IS SJBMITTED IA'N AFR 80-17 PARA 11A THROUGH 11K. A. OESCR I PT I ON OF THE OBJECT: <1> DESCR !BED AS UNUSUALLY LARGE.STAR, LIE THREE OR FOUR STARS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMIMr Of THI All FORa STAFF MESSAGE BIAHOI IHCOMING MHSAGI TOGETHER. (T-,13 OBSERVATION MADE WITHOUT VISUAL AIDS). LATER OBSER- VATION ~AA8~ :: ;TH BINOCULARS WAS DESCRIBED AS A FUZZY GOLF BALL SHAPE PAGE 2 RU:IF/Sa013 UNCLAS (2) OBS~?.'':R UNABLE TO GIVE I~DICATION AS TO THE SIZE BUT WOULD O~L Y REPEAT ThAT IT LOOKED LIKE A LARGE STAR WITH THE NAKED EYE AND L I t<E A GOLF SALL WITH THE BINOCULARS. C3) 'NHIT~ OR LIGHT YELLOW WITH NAKED EYE AND AS PINKISH BLUE ~t--.0 B 'J~ :,:r 0~!. \G E USING THE B I 0 CUL ARS. (6) GOLF :.:._L SHAPED A~D t-3 THE OBJECT r~10VED IT APPEARED AS A BU T ORA~:G: -!4''S:~RGER SHAPe. I \ THIS CONFIGU.~ATION IT APPEARED TO (1) OBSERV ~RS AiTENTION WAS DRAWN TO OBJECT BECAUSE OF THE OB- J E CT S B R I G HT ~.E S S AFHO .IAIUI 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMIIIT OF THI All FOICE SIAH MUSAGI IIAHOI INCOMING MESSAGI (2) APP:AR:D TO BE ABOUT A 45 DEGREE. A~LE FROM OBSERVER Atil AT 270 DEGR::ES IN AZ HAUTH DUE WEST FROM OBSERVER (3) OEJ::: T D ISAPPEAREO APPROXIMATELY ON A 25 DEGREE A~LE A~D AT 320 DEGREES I N AZIMUTH. PAGE 3 RUCIFVG0013 UNQAS (4) NE,~:il Y STATIONARY BUT VISUAL OBSERVATION I NO I CATED THAT IT MOVED VERY SLOWLY IN A NORTH-WESTERLY 0 IRECT I ON. WHEN OBSERVED WITH BI~OCULARS THE GOLF BALL SHA=>EO APPEARANCE DIE APPEAR TO CHAN;E AL- VERY SLOWLY, ALSO ITS ALiiTUDE WAS APPEARING TO CHAf\GE AT 0 tFFERENT T i \t ES. (5) 09~ST DISAPPEARED S~C~LY IN A NORTH-WESTERLY DIRECTION (6) ON:: ~0UR AND TWENTY \11 NUTES .1 NTERMI TTENTLV. C. AN~ER OF 03SERVATIOtJ: D. Tl!.,E .!J..: J.~.TE OF SIGHii~G: E. 215 NORiH LEWIS ST. KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI. UNCLASSIFIED AFHO Ja.. 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMINJ Of THE All FOKI STAif MISSAGI BIAJKH INCOMING MUSAGE . F. IDENT!'"Y! ' t; I NFORMATION CN OBSERVER: IRKSVILLE, MISSOURI , 8 q[CORD SHOP <SELLS AND ORDERS RECOROI~S>, HIGH SCHOOL GRADU.i"""E, RELIABILITY GOOD~ PAGE 4 RUCIF':-~ 2013 UNCLAS G. WEATHER At\0 WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTI~: <1) CLEhR ~.i\0 COLD ~IELD WEATHER CE~T~R REPORTED 6,0a0 020/20; 10,000 80,000 372/05 CS,J , ea0 FEET FISC=<:: I S QIMATOLOGICAL>. (3) FAA l(i={~SVIL.LE REPORT:::; CEILING U~IMITED . J. FAA REPOPTEO 0 A I R CRAFT HAD CHECKED IN WITH THEIR VOR OUR I t\G T H I S PER I 00 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSI FlED DIPAITMIIIT OF THI All FOICI STAFF MISSAGI IWKH INCOMING MUSAGI K. REPOR: i~G OFFICER: COM UNICATIONS ELECTRONICS/ INTELLIGENCE OfFICER FCR THE 790TH RADAR SQUADRON LOCATED AT KIRKSVILLE, AFS, MO SAGE AUiOV:N 451-4000. co~AMENTS: THIS REPORT IS ONE OF SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN s:: ERATED IN THIS LOCAL AREA AND ALL RESPONDENTS SEEM TO BE RESPONSIBL:: INDIVIDUALS. THI S RE:PORT PLUS THE PREVIOUS Of\ES HAVE SEEMED TO DEVELO? A PATTERN WHICH .,A!SHl BE OF INTEREST TO THE READER. ALL PAGE 5 R UC I FVG 0013 UNQ AS SIGHTIN3S ARE ROUGHLY THE SA\1E TIME Of THE EVENIN; WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRST WHICH WAS SEE~ IN THE PRE-DAWN. THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE CBJECTS S~::\A TO BE OF THE SA~.::: GENERAL PATTERN, IN THAT, WITH THE EXCEPT I 0 N ~ r T H:: F I R S T S I G h I I 'G B Y ALL S I G H T I t\t S AR E QOS~ PROX!\11TY TO FOREST LA:<::, LOCATED WEST OF KIRKSVILLE. I HAVE f\0 WAY OF K~,~OWU\G WHETHER T:-::s IS SIGNIFICANT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN. TtilS P~Ri ICULAR RC:?JRT IS THE FIRST IN WHICH ANY OBJECT WAS EVER REPORTED, iN ALL OTHER ;::{::?ORTS FROM THIS STATION OBSERVERS ON...Y SAW LIGHTS. i~'S REPORT IS Or SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THIS I NVESTI- GATOR SI ~C~ : ; SONALLY OBS~RV~D THIS LIGHT PHENO~ENA ON THE SAME EVENI Mi A ~D ~rlE SAME T I"AE. I CAN ADD LITTLE TO WHAT ~S. BROW~ ffiSERVED, BUT i ~VILL REPORT MY SIGHTit-bS IN PART 2 OF THIS MESSAGE. AFR 80-17 WAS C~t.Y RECENTLY RECEIVED BY THIS STATION AND THIS IS THE UNCLASSI FlED UNCLASSIFIED DIPAilMIMf OF THI All FOICI SlAFP MESSAGE IRAHOf INCOMING MESSAGE . F'IRST RE?OR' :.'~I CH WE HAVE HAD THE PRESCRIBED FORMAT TO FOLLOW. DUE TO THE FREQ'..::\CY OF THESE SIGHiif'.GS, I FEEL, THAT VIITH PROPER EQUIP- MENT A VE:RY C::TAILED PICTURE OF THIS PHENOMENA COULD BE OBTAINED. A. DESCR 1?"7 ION OF THE OBJECT: (1) PHENC:~!~NA WAS NOT 0 ISCERNABLE BUT LIGHT FORMATION WAS CIRCULAR. PAGE 6 RUCIFV30013 UNCLAS C2) PH .~::NA APPEARED TO 3:: A~rJUT THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL. <3) APPEr:=::J LIGHT-RED, G~::::N AND WHITE. ALL COLORS WER~ OF A VERY LIGhT ?!:ST::L ALMOST t\0T ... ~ sc::RNABLE. (6) NONE AP?f OTHER THA~ TH:: LIGHT I N3 EFFECT. B. DESCRI?-10 \ : ; COURSE 0~ 05JECT: (1) SIZE A D BRIGHTNESS OF PHENOMENA. (2) APPROXI' .~TELY 20 DEGREES AT 270 DEGREES IN AZIMUTH AFHQ .IANII 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMINJ Of THI All FOIQ STAFP MISSAGI IIAHCH INCOMING MESSAGE AFIN: 612Cl C5) APPR: XIMATEL Y 15 DEGREES, AZIMUTH 350 DEGREES. SEE PARA 11K C4) P H~l~',1E:NA MOVED AT 270 DEGREES OR DUE WEST OF OBSERVERS F'OR APPROXIMAi y 10 MINUTES, MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN TO THE SOUTH PROCEEDED SOUTH FOR 3 'AINUTES AND MADE A 45 DEGREE TURN TO THE NORTH AMJ DIS- APPEARED I NTO THE NORTH-NORiH'NEST. C5) I T D I S APPEAR ED B Y F' AD I t\G 0 UT 0 F S I G H T UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSI flED DEPAITMINJ Of THE All FOICI STAFF MESSAGE BlANCH IHCOMINI MESSAGE INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS-3, NIN-7, PTTU JA'.~ Rt;C !FVG0014 0680315-UU!JU--RUEOHOA FM 790TH P.A: SQ I(IRKSVILLE ~.FS MO RtJC I FV W 20 Ti-l AD IV TRUAX FLO WI SC Rl':\'T E'v~ .a/1 0 i:..; AF R I CHAR OS GE B~ U~ aF B ~0 1"1FO ZE~'U.j!'/ SITY OF COLCR.~.GJ 60ULOEq CCLO C2) NO c~:-::~L ~!OS USED. UNCLASSI FlED JCS/DIA-1 (19) ADV CY DIA