P~OJ::c,-1C073 ~ECORD Oo:>E RVA 'i i0:-1 Ooj.;;c-. ~:e..;; rotu"ld \:ith grae:t ur::l red f:i.ashing ligi1ts. or:~.~.: :. sce.-;-.ad to be rotat:in::; a::-cw1d ~ the o'.Jjc ct. The obj cc~ ::.~.~ r.ot o'.Js-3:::-vccl, just cho tHo liGht::;. Object \r.:ts f i rst ~:i.chccC: '. ~ 'fr:. Or-CoSi:~VATION d0g ~:;::_::~tn, S~: from. the Ob3crvcr s <lt about 5-6 lr.ilc s f ro::t the:::. Objec t di::;app::arod in a \reoterly direction. UNClASSifiED DEPAiHMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF t,JESSAGE BRAHCH IHCOMING MESSAGE (6) SPI<ES OR SPEARS ON TOl~ AND THE INDENT ON THE RIGHT SlOE P A GE 3 R U C l r V G 0 0 0 1 UN CL A S 113 OESCRI?i fON OF COURSE OF OBJECT: ( 1) TH:: BRIGHT RED LOOKED LIKE A HOUSE \'lAS ON FIRE (2) ABOUr 15 DEGREES FROM THE SECO~.O FLOOR OF THE BUILDING AT ~BOUT 120 DEGREES SOUTHEAST OF THE ORSERVER CD ABOUT 15 DEGREES <5> WAS COVERED OY A BLACK SMOl<EY CL DUO AND D I SAPPf;iRf:D C o MANNER OF OBSERVATIO"': 0 o T I M E A 1-t C C I. ! E OF S I G HT I G : AFH O JAN G:S 0-309 C UNClASSifiED E o K I R K S ',' 1 L L E , M I S S 0 UR I UNClASSiflfD DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF r,,ESSAGE BRANCH IHCOMIHG MESSAGE IJ. SSOURI, HIGH SCHOQ GRADUATE, GOOO RELIABILITY ? A GE 4 R UC I FV G 00 0 1 UN Cl A S G .. WEATPt:~ AND WINOS-ALOrT AT T IM[ AND PLACE OF S IGHTI NG: < 1) CL :JUO Y AND ST ffiM 1'. G ( 3) OV~?.CAS T 10 L R, LIGHTING SOUf H At\'!1 W!:ST WERE TH U Ct:KSTORMS I N THE ARE A OR I C:: "T I F l EO J o FAA RE:; :;-=::o NO AIRCR:JT HAD CHECKED 1, \'liTH THEIR v m OW l NG T H I S PER I CC Ko REPCRT i\JG OFFICER: NCOI C cm .IIJN I CAT IO~S ELCC1'RONJCS/I;,TC:LL I GENCE SECTION, MSGT DARRELL. WAKEFlfLD F On THE 790THRAOAR SQ!IADHON LOCATED AFHQ JMI G3 0 -309C UNC1AS51~1tD UNC!ASSJfiED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRA~CH UiCOMIHG MESSAGE AT K IRKSVILLE , AFS, MISSOURi o SAGE AUTOVON 451-4011o CQ'AMENT S : ALL AREAS WERE CHECI(~O FOR POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE OBJECT, BUM NONE WERE F OUND. TWO ') T HER PEOPLE, A 0 OCT OR AND NURSE SfiW THE LAST PART OF THE OBJECT, U:OH 3LE T 0 GET A RE PffiT FROM tHtM AT THI S T IMEo THE VERY S INCERE IN WHAT SHE SAW, AtJO WENT INTO MANY OEt.i ONSTRfi- T HE OBJECT L 0 OK EO .. AFHQ .JMI G'J 0-309C UN(lASSl/l~D AND KIRKSVILLE DAILY NEvVS KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI 6350 l, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967. i\Jumerous Reports of fFiasl1ing Obiect' In Sl<y West of Kirksville The unidentiliad fly:n!S objt::ct controversy _i:"'\rnt:red into Kirksville tor.!av ~ n ~.: heel s of numa r ous ::m:vr:s o: a "i1ash- ing object" '.'.:;,l ... ! <own Wed- nesday night. At lca:.t d3ht a:-:..t resi dents rc.ported seein6 .!..1 ~.dd-:.haped Objt'Cl With 3a.:,:ting . ~!ltSu in the \\ ?St pJ.rt Of tcr 1 and over ThotJ.;;...uu Hllls State ?Jrk. Howev~r, those ;. '10 reported the incident w~r2 ::--.:::uctant to b~ ctuoted. ~v:-1~ :..::-.uly refused to comm: .. t, say-1g "They'll cl.J.:-j, a:ter ~imila: reluctance, c. i.ceJall sh:: was one vho saw thtl rr:t..l:i- coloreJ c:-aft now west- ;:~r i.:Js!>.:u-:J, an ~ mploye of v; v:"~ : from t~eir yard, tJ.w i 1UtCk!y :,u;r.mon ... c ::-esidents ot .1!1 :l.PM::nem l:l t:::eir home, :: r . ar1d :.t:s. Kt:i'.lleth Mann, T!>:tcher s CoU ~tuc!eots, who :!bo s aw il .\ly husband saw 1t ~st," said ~.!-. \~"'ll. "Ee c~an C'al.led me. It J:;.:it looked tL<e :u oCd-shaped ll~h d ob;Pc t :;oing j ver." t' had :1 br :;:'!t :-ec light and gr e ... n light ,vould come en," she ":: tr'lvell-=d .slcwl7. !t ~i.rst ?.':lS five or .sL'C i.>lor:!ts ; s: :i Cillr s orued/' she S;lld. :: ...r::po::ar- ed to be over F'o: :.st :.._,=.'' s~:Hnell to t.e turnm!7, : _.;.ng 1 '1 :lnd down." It '~ cclc .:;cr c f ''Then the -y.hite li;hts "ould show. We <>ro.n' t cl ose er.ough IO t~U L'1e l,'::ll.!~ Sh:J.p1:, b:t it lo~kcd !L~e it 'n':ts bull: !:2.;e a pj-rarnid with a .o;hite-liJ~ted;:ex< w~ dtdn' t tell anybody t-:!- cau ... e \\e didn' t want people to ti in:< W'! \ere crazy," said '.Irs. ',"!f. 'T;7~n ve t.!eciJeu to c :tl l 'TI:t>y wat chtHI it, too. Then it ;t'L.ttect moving in a cir cular and i~z:.~g path towa.rd the northwest J disappeared," she said. Th:.~t was Warlne:.llay night Th~y t:Ule!l thl' ?OOth R:ula.r Scp1aU.ron to !'<'port the incident. At l hl! air base, Comrnanc!er t.furrlll'~h, tied I.Jy the ~vernm~nt's w il or secr ecy ::~r UfO'.s, coulrl not comment "I simply cannot say anything officially about such reports or unidentilled flying objects," ~.Iurtaugh said. However, :1 sourc e clo::.e to the base who refused to b~ identilied said the bas.: did rece ive a num- ber of cills Wednesday night ut an unusull object i n the "At l east \\0: feel like we' r e not having l.:illuc inations," said ~Irs. Wolf, ' because a number of other peoph we have t alked to r epor ted seeing tha thing." The r eports Wednesday night ,came about a month :liter the firs t known r epor t of a UFO in the Kirksville ar ea was made. Howe1er, the woman making the earlier r eport r efused to quoted or i centifted, and the publlc was r.ever :tware of the 20 si~htbg here. Still r efcsl'!g t o be named, she id today ~e cbject she saVJ seemed t o oo J. 'lv' upside-down which she tfe;v:d early that Jan- uary mor ning. She had ta.<an her husband to work and w~.. returning home when the multicolor ed object with r ed, gold, and blue lights came "lt all happened within 15 min- utes . I got out ofthe car to watch. It hover ed ar ound 150 or 200 feet ol'r the ground." '' l got back into the car went ' srretlt a block, and the thing continued hove ring 150 feet or so oU the ground. Thc:n it turned and went nor th into tt1e ~. IF y ou ~ow t1e obj .. c t o t NIGHT, what d tcl you 11otic<! concco~ting tl ~TAi<5 urd t.,,()CN? ) o. !3r i gh t rn ~nn I i gl t b. Dull n.oonl iyltt c. No moonlight pitch dark c~-t ;em.,mbcr d. Don't rcr11-,mbor 9. 'ffhot V.P.f"' t!- weather condit i,"'nS at lht: lirne you SCJW the object ? Cl OUDS (:-.de One): o. C lear Sr.y c . Scatte r"':. douds d . Tl-ti.:~ cr '-.eov y c lotJds Thick .'/[A f HCR (Cm:l c Onr): 1 1(', T ht o ec a::>peored: (Circle One): firy color or d. As ., e. Don ' r . em.:!rnber 11. li i -:?::~e;~= o s o light, was it bri~.;,.,:~r rhon the brig h test st.1rs? (Cird ... ~)nr~,l c. About the Mu.,n except color d. Do11' t know b:-i. :::. t sunset :.. F'uz:ty or bl,: rto.: . ~ike o brti ;;r=:r rays shoot in~ upward,. more or les s like , sparlder s cropp_ing_ from '"_tli.ch appearca o. Appear : ! '.;rd still at any time? b. Sud:!~"', s:e-d up and rush owoy o t ony t ime? Yes c . Bmok u:> i.,~ p.lrt s or ..:xp lode? Yes d. Give off snoke? o . Chango bris/1tness? Yes f. Chong~ shooe? Yt' ~ g. Flash or flickor? Y~::. h. D i !>opreor ond reopp~:or? ''J.;,n' f<no,, Not sure (13 it Uo11' r know \ -lC\S 0 loudy I Don' t knov Don't kno.-Unly frorn t h shootJ.ng ray~ Don' t l<n-"W 14. Did the obit-ct dt30po~or whi lu you were wotch1119 i t ? If !-O, how? 15. D:d !h,. ;:I. '"Ct MC'IV ~hind SC\1"\t!thinp a t nny tim-,, r>()rticlll!"rlv 0 Cl("'ud? Don't Know. IF you answered YES, thun tt: ll whot Don' t Know, IF you ~nswer~d YES, lhen tell wt-..1: I 17. T .. ( ir o , .. ..., WN~c; th<' fo: lnwina h inas ob!"ut th~ c.bicc: c.olot:.. & .f.aded ..i.n to. wbite...,.a_!ld then _ be_ WQ!: ~g' g _ _g ~ _?o;ne th1.n_g_1.n the r ecut!- la . flo: wis'-1 ' .. now t h"' ol'!nlllnr !>i7.,.-,, Hold n match s tick a t orn'~ J..,nQth in line> with o kno.,n obi .. ct o"lrl nolc how muc-'-1 of rl,~ obi'!lct is covered bv tne hAnn f>f tht~ rnntc h . If you hod o,..rformt'd this P.Xtl~rim1"11t o t the tir"1:' of the sight"lq. t..-,,.. much of tho obir~ct 'r("'IIH l,av~ bePn cnvt!md by t~e match head? ! ' m not sur e . D c,., .~;. :w '"':!I will show t ~ s:...-:e o f th e object or obtect s . Lobel ond include in your sk~tch any details of 1!->c := ~::: -:you sow such cs .,.,; ... ss, protrusions, etc., and esp~ciolly exhaust trails or vapor !roils Place =-: -....... d~ the drawj,? !:> sl,ow the direction the object was moving. J .. l 1 * fire y sparkles droppin g f rom the so called 3 I candles \ Object wasn't moving . 20. Do you think you con estimate tho spe.,d of tho obj,ct? (Circlo One) I F yoo onsw~rod YES, t hen wha t speed wo u ld you eJtimote? _ ------ 21. Do yoo . ~v c>Jn t11timote how for away fr om you the obj.,ct was? ( Yos ?) No IF yov : :: ..,ered YES, then h o w fo r oway would you :so y it was? _May.be.-a-r.nilee,...._- i F you ..; ,..MOVING IN AN AUTOI-IC3lLE or other vehicle at the t ime, then comp lete tha following q uestions: ?4.1 What : =roctio n wore you movin1? ( C ircle Ono) o. N orl, a. !.l'neost f. Southwest h. Northwest 24.2 How i -:~ w~re you moving? -J 1i le s per hour. 24.3 Oid you st:>p a t any tim~ whil~ y ov w.,ro loo!<ing ot the object? (C'c ~ One) Did y~ .. :>S~ ... --~ tL..: object t h rou;--:.- y ~f the f o ll o w in g? Binoculars Yes No Tole sco p e Yes -Yes No g. Theodoli t e Yes No h. Oth-.:r 26. In ord~r t n:lr , :. J : ?n give as clear o picture as possible of what yo u sow, descri~ in your own words a common object or ob ,c$ *hicn, wh~n placed u;:> in the sky, would give the some ap~orance os the object which you s o w I crtn ' t t h i n k of anything to compar e with it other tha n a kidney sh<lpe \vith pinli:ish-firey color-with sparklers coming out of the top o f the object. 27. In the follo...,:ng sketch, imagine tha t ycu 01, at the point shown. Place or " A" on tln Cl.,..,ed lin~ t? !>h ow how high the ob1oct v1as above th e horizon (skyline) when y ou fi rs t sow i t . P lace a "B'' on th~ ~ame curvod l tne to show how hi9h th~ object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last r.ow i t. Ploc~ on "A" on the comp o.;s when you f t s l ~ow it. Place o " B " on the compos~ where you lo s t sow t ltc object. 3ame location 2S. P row a pic . e that wi II show the mot ion that the object or object s mode. Place on "A" at the beginning of the pcth, o " !:;' :t the end of th~ path, and show ony changes in direct ion dur ing tht. course. 1be obj~c: d i dn't cha nge which i s ~bout 2 stories. location-seemed about 1000 ft. above t allest building 29. IF ri:'!e --::: .JC?-E THAN ONE cb;e-::t, !--en how many were there? _On~y_One _ Dr::'-r c ::=~. ::"::::"they wer~ -;r::--,;ed, cn.:l put on arrow to show the di rection thot they were traveling . V f -Uv ~ ' lo o [ o o 31.2 PI~=,.~ it:;t tlt.,it' nome.> o.1J oddrJ-s~..,;: l a t er-fe\.J minutes) 1: - Nr.s, .. 1\irksvillc, t'lo . Als~ a n Intern from Kirksville O:;teopa t hic llospital-Kirksville ,No., No~ >Ut'e of his name . kirksville hissouri 74 Femal e I a'il -..~:- ob3erving and a:t:e= seeing the object c alled the nurse on duty \.Jith me I t frct:l a:1ot~e:-;>art of the b-~:cir.g and nlso the Intern came a t sa:ne time-as I knew they -..:c:::c:-:. believe this i.: ~hey h a dn't sean it themse lves. At this tine it w~s ba~i::::i::: :. = :.::ce-but the n-.::-:3~ was the r e in time to see '~hich s eemed to b e a slici..1; -:c-c:--c::-ossin g the ccr:t.a:-of the object & the r e seemed to b e a s mall y ellow strip.:;. :.:-~ :<.g:~t hailc l owe:-c~rner(of t h'2 strip)\/hic h closed and then it iw.medinte y " ;I,_, ol j let':! Aircraft C.:ontrol & \krning Sq\1a d2on UMCLASS1~UD . DEP~NTMHH OF THE Al3 FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BHANCH INCtlMING MESS.\GE ~CTIOH: R.DG . ' ZNR UUIJIJ!J p,f 79JTH PAO\:l Sf'}UADRON Kl"lKSV iLLE AFS MO THIS -...::,-.:.:--T I S SU&A ITfEO 1\:Y Air. S~l-17 -~U:' 1~1 St7~ .\S !I GOT Q0~R. H OB.t:CT E~OtO Tr S IZE Of P.J)V CY DIA 34. Dote you compl.!tod this questionnaire: Doy Mot'llh Yeor 35. Informat ion wh .: h you foeti pertinent and which is not adequately covero d i n the specif ic points of the quostiOf'noi~ :x o narrative explonati-:>n of your sighting. For adQec information-the northern lights were seen in this area a t this t ime-- 'l'he pic t~e seen in this obj ec t appear e d to be a room wi. th a man in \o~hite \-l.:llking back and Eorth passing the window who see~ed v ery bus y . Later another man or the s.:1me one appeared in white tight3 or union suit,had l on g sleeves. l~ ~ ~i floa~:~g t hrough the air toward the corner wher e there seemed to be a bed. As he se ed to b e turning down sheet s , I c alled other wi~nesses-by the t ima they appaarcd the picture ...1as a lmost faded out i n the windo~1-then a bla c k strip ca~across , or t he door c lose