t\ASS\f\EU .:&.MIIIICATIOII CJ/ nit ret~ (iA4aP.) lq USAF -AIOD .:-. Colonel, US,\P TopioaJ Division ~ ~7 Dlnotor tor ..U..te Dlnctorate ot IJltellt..-e Jben uwlCs) Ho . UNCLASSifiED. IICH .. I. OCIIIIII It Ill I&G4WI&a1 ... 0 Ullll 18 as wite ot naW tbat aitt.!zw hlrr :lD bar back JV4 OD tba prel'iOJ8 that,....... t.be of 2200 mel 2300 sbl obawtecl wbat to be a ,.now 1111& 117 bre ._ no sbp to tbe 1111& am she stated tbat abe aD lika it before. TbaN wn no :1deatiticat10D lici!Y or -n. object cae 0\lt ot th8 aortb 8Wir1ecl to tM eut quite rap5dl7 Jsass. eniliate tbat abe ob8ezn4 tbl objle\ tar a of om (1) 81111\irtbR nat.e4 that till object appearld to be than a plalw ~ at tbe t tbl obee%'9'aticm - ade tbe ~ were c~ar. 1\tzs't#har wiRe tbatb object vas neitbw a or a jet &ircra!te .-A-7. b 08I l)etacblent at H:oaire A1 r Force Baae ... ~equ-~ advised b:1 tlw BMr Jersf17 State Police that u ackU:tianal witnese at MoUnt . .. Boll1' bd a1eo i&ht!Jic a unidfttitied ~ object Oil tha - a. CD 2 Ja].y 1952, at 2l5S hours, lk".. I PbJ'sic1an, ottke to lldY~ that he, to with his mother ad tat her, , ba4 iabtd what tbQ beli..,ed to be six (6) n71n1 s-- tra~ the terrace ot tbair paDthaue at 27 West 86th Street Hew York C1t7 At 212S aia'*d, d:1rectJ.7 ewer the terrace an object J.oo1cb11 11 ke a etar, but DOrtbfard. Tba object wu vitb a redd1sb white light. At 2128 hours . , uotbar object, redder ill color, ant lonr CD tba borisoo, wu s1gbtd on tbB _, 1... at.edU7 nt at approx1ate}7 ,thl n spMd u tba tint. At app~ boar11 DOtber object, wu aiahted ,t ;-OD the euten. borisoa, also .wm, atedU7 reddish color, s- ."'-relatiYe speed nd blight. Between 2lh5 and 2200 hours, aDOtbar object wu \.,"' sighted OD tM wsta.m baris011 ain8 aoo.tbnrd arer the Palisades. Thia ~ object the -colorizll "" balrwer th1a oM woul.d. appear am .' disappear n~ -d to ba {2) to (J) m1nate iDte"'aJ . : \ Another o si3bted ca tM atem ootbrud 2200 , SJB.mC! s tathut eD!l Mth.r ichtd object ott~ -nd .w'l.DI oatlBiud. oa the weterD hor1on. fbi object wu -' b.r tile tela~ to thi8 otn.oe, at tlllt U. lt-- llr palWita. "hat '' ._.. b7 tblir -rela\ift ...-, -zsacM11l, wit.h the =lea f!l till ~ d 2128 wh1ob wu wbiter "hu '\lilt othln~ tba ~-~ tbat ,._ lichta. wue om\ ..--tld lat.ter poi.Dt -vbat. attracted tM1r attction to tbe objacta, u n tiNt thq tbla to be airpl.aDI8. Be wu -.pbatio that "tM objeeU c011lcl DO\ b11a slloot1zlc stan, nati.Da tbat med 1uc!l llower :mci ::10 t<~il.s., 2s ~bootimJ stus -a.su..al.l7 ~.. 1110ther :i.J a P~:rchologist, and bjs father 1.s a la11}'V. The7 reside a West 86th U U I OiJlr IF 1 G I FUDil OBJECTS UNCLA~S~flU daacribd tt. tbR .. aliaht~ bu7, 1ll tbat t stan wn Tiaibl.e, 1:Mt. DO cload ton.atlODe, a1; t ot a1ghtq. b wit.ee DO otbar me teal' ol~al p~, aDd ao a1roratt at the ti.-ot iabtizll. He saw no objects fall traa t~ object. S. Ol 20 JUDe 19S2 age 17, Bt*ookl)D, tel.epbaM reported tat tbe object M ,.. tint s1abted at 2l4S boars, tar approx!ate~ the (S) or 8is (6) , em wu apiD at, 2220 hom'S tar approclte~ (3) m' tate Th8 object appeared to be a .,., larp star, cwal bape, blu~h white 1D color, t~ color was stead7 no trail ar exhenat eDt DO apparent propulsion Qatea, no souzd, aDI ext1mta of altitw'e or speed The object appearecl 1D the Dort~rn sq, made a sweep iD atead7 circular tlight to tbl western slq am taded tl'Oti sf6ht. It reappeared 1D the westerD sq briefl7 nd again tadad traa sight. The object wu sighted troa th8 root ot 441 Avenue, Bloo~, aai DO optical equipment wu' used. The vi described the atblr aa clar with no clouds or other metorological di.sturbeuc b vita saw various a1rcrai~ throughout tba aJJd stara WeN Visible. Tbl witDtS8 ~lared tbat be heard trQ& rn.m tbat t.he two (2) 6. Ol 1.9 .nme l9S2, at 2315 , the OSI n.tacblent at ~ A'r ~, nce1Ye4 a telephGDe call Hr. vbG stated ttat ba be4 j1Jat obaerYecl h be~ed to a saucer. Ql 20 JUne l9S2 ... :l.Dter.iwsd at hi ~ am stated that Oil the previwa ' at appzo~te~ 22SO houra, he h1d cited whiJ aittinl iA bia bllck J'Vd. at th8 ator.eatio.d adch ... a steed;r lJcht which waa brighter tbiD a at are Tbere vu a. (1) 1111* Ill it. vu Dcrt orerJ.7 larp. It b.t a swirJ.iDI aotioa m vu -' t~ a ate.q tnck. Be did DOt DOtioe DJ ~ trail bec&118e it tt.n wu DO DDiMe T~ 11p1; catered tbe IDris Sa a ot ta.a ( 20) co"" -rre wu DO :l.deJ!t.ilicatioD l.ic!S .---:.--TM objeot --.w trta ta. DOrtb tbea huded east tc.ard Jt'(Jn'" A1r tat M a tom.r _.. ~ 1D tbl A'r Force II. Dl alditiaa, he a ...._. ot b Balbq Di.Y1.s1ca tz'ueW tbra-1h atter the of Ba tated tbat ba -ataticawd at tbe baM vt.re ta jeta wua te.W. Dl ti.oa, jet. airc:ratt frca lt:QUn A1r ..... an f'l71DI onr tM area ot M?tlllt Boll7, 1IIW .....,. :r. olU. ':.:.t ob j-=t '"fhich ! ~l-)e""'~ n.s def1ni tel:T neitmr a j ::tt or a .!'111 tng star. .According f.,o Mr. ~ at the t:iae ol oba~ati\)n, the skies .. .,..1"!1) claar ~nd it was not tdrvl:;to !ormer . UNIDEI~Tlt I Et 1 FLYING uBJiC'l'S o.t Beacoa, 1D part u follows I wu eeeUg 3011le tr1"' olt at 'the Bltr York CentraJ. HR station at abo11t Ut30 AM. jJj t1w 'train c-in boa tba north I bappeMCl to notA .m ,hject O'fe tM traclal I votald P about a mUe or so distant;. At first I thought it vu a abaped , It ho-trJrsd aotionJ at aroGDd SOO to 1 . a1tit.te. It tb bepn to mCNe a little and t~D weat direct:q ){}. , ' uy1ard 111ce u a~ator at a veJ:7 rapid rate ol speed, I lcD8tr \J '; \ )' at ome that I was l.oold.lll at a aol14 object tbat it mewed . !; ' \ ~, like I had ever bator.. I bl.inkecl rq tq.. aDII \J' loobcl ap1D. The object, wh1oh appeared. abcut tbe aise of a '- tighter p~, vaa at111 riaq. It; gradnl~ lted into 'the 41'.,"floep~re bec<Dinc a 1181'8 blllr than finall7 disappeared al.toget.~r. It eo'll.d have been disc chaped it I was looldns at its tdde view, or it lftight haY beiJD aausag shaped. u f'ar as I coul.d see ntt no t1ame or si'IOke of ~ ld 11." telephoned th1 ottic to report tbat she smr a .toreign flying object in the slq' at appr~te:q 2}JOO hours, 18 Jul.7 19.52. Tbe object ~as described as appearisag to be a st.ar in space-, but different sonebaw. Alter \ a short pttriod ol ~ it d1sappeu.d It vas auo sean b7 l'h"s. \)' mother aad n ltJbbtlrs. Mt-s. that civUian l. --V aathoritiaa be ad'riaild to vbaa peopl.e could contact in case ot seeing aQJ - .roreigD objecta 1D tbt .t lq s1 nee she had ditficult7 in tim .1.ng tbt appropriata agena.r to notif7 . . . 12. CD 19 Jtil7 1.?52, the "NeW York World 1-lllegr and Slln thatvo 1ta ()!' staten Island, Mrs. 40, a botJSevits, Ws~ ':?1-i.ghtoo, and her neighbor, 29, a toJJkar, ol , vl"9 tittq iD their rupectiva Jard8 around 2230 ~ on 18 ~ , wban .~ obeexv ad a "'1 ticm fii8bt ot tive 111j1Stel7 speed:l.q tra. the \iiraction at. Perth ~ ttt.Dbatta. l3. CD I'ld Telesr-aDd SuD rsport.d 'Ne11 York, I sported ~ sbl a a OftDKe object circlilll ov.r ahort17 after 11idDight. /' ~, ~ It wu tn&Yelilll at a hip altit-lde and tuter tben the ail'pl~, ~-abl tater, two (2) jet~ wu. a ill the -area. . . 14. Ql 2l .,.,,. 19S2, ~ .... York Jonmal .-rican quoted a Major POlio IntomatioJl Kitcbll j1r Farce , to the ettect more tbaa tld.rt7 (30) had cal J ad to repmt ~iniJ atranp objacta L, the eq ~.,. Jlaaaau Cotmty since 13 . .J'Uly 1952. ~.e '!'ll3r "'.L.to 3 t.:tt4d ~hat -., .1 .:;~nl<93'1ftan at ~o.u.r. .\ir Foree 3ast!t advi.sed that a nunib.!r o:r: ~aoorta had be81'l V recat d, an~ that since 19 Ju17 1952, a considsr3bUJ numbflt-o! Staten Isl2lld r9Si.dents hc\d reportd seeing una=cplai~ble obj3cts O'Terhead, inclu di.."'l6 one r-aport"Jd "hanging and d!)inning" on the nlght or 22 July 1952. Ths pa~er 3tatad UlfiD!Ni'ltDD FLIDG OBJECTS U f~CLJ.\~Si f 1 tL' attloe recaued a ~tt.er dated 7 3al:#l9S2, tz'OII ... 'fh1 letttr ot a Biahtizll rhie~ OCC111'ZI4 Oil S JUly 19S2t ,~, bacl atart.ed to aa11 <loa tz-. Westport, to St.tord, m 23-too\ aaJ.lboat.. Abocat 6tl0 tbl vUd died '""' - foal drinizll alod7 With the tid dCMD tba c a, 9 oclooJr lan of tbe na jut q am a fu.U --bad the 01'8r Lime IaJ.ande b Jdcla wu Z7 oala e1;111J DOt a breath ot tdr ripplecl tba aurtaca of tbe water. p tar u ,. could tbare WUBt aot_. on tbe So11rv1 tor wa could s tor ftl"'" datance 1D tbe 1100Dl~ht. .lt approxiate:Q' 9tl0 P.M., ve dritted to a point about. two m1I.aa ort the Cormecticut shore batveen Bornlk a.ul ~rien. D.irect}7 acroaa the at a point w thought to be LloJda Beck, we cotid a .. a white light on shore. This light, prea.ab:q trCII a l.JbtbGaae, vaa direct}7 UDdar tbs tbll. JIIOOD~ at that ~ aborlt o,._thir4 ot tbe 11a7 up to ita senith. W WN both :lD tbia direction, whe swldenl.7 aboat 1a bet.wa tba licht Oil bore .am tba 1IOOil there a~aared , atronrt l.lc!S 1D tbe aJr;r. It vu a bril.l.iant white iD color, am ...... to pRJr1e ad glalr. .U we watcbecl it appeared to oc.a olor ... a11gbt~ larpr iD eue. .lltbOQ8h it wu Ter'T hard tct j ,Jda, ve est1ma tbat tbe object vas about 1.0 to lS,ooo tt higb and perha~ tittHD miles awq. . u ~e watf!in(, tt. 1Jr1111nt. vbite light wnt out md in ita plaoe waa lett " -u poiDU ot white light. .lJl at once t two poiDte ot licA narted towud the eDl ot tm a~ a faatant. nta ot 8pM4 olillbizll rapidlT all t~ tma. Dl a tter ot lO or lao coDd8 it t.d diaappeared sigbt at beicbt aboG\ ~7-fiY:....U. a.q. A.tter obHr9ill 1;)11 pbe ot ua qreed that ita n lib aotldJ:Ii w 11M r ... or bKrcl &bod lU initial aDI pat spaed b WN a~ at pnl11dad 'tm ibUit,' tbat it a JaiGial \7pe of aircraft, tbere WU DO or-n.- u ~ trca a rooat. !.0,. ~ ot.rice r.ceiv1d a la-:ter daiAd 1 7 My 1 .}52 . "~'llll , Yonlcars ~Jew Ior!c, adc:tr-,ssed co Foree, on statione17 ot tha ma.ga~ins :t !!:ast 42nd Street, ~a;r York, raporti ng tt-.a sil.I_hti ng ~f a s tr3og3 u:~GLi\ lfiED , said ba am hi vite both \ brlabt JUl.7 l9S2. :Sdn1 ~ht aoo OlQO boar8' 23 -+-i.e .1uthorit7 oparatioaa : specil1wt, . VtOVA, I.I. two (2) objecta about the same time tl'lsr 'W'at'Ar-- Street, ... ton, calDd ttd ottice to tbat ~ saw a object in the 1lq at about 2150 19 ~ 19S2. Th1 object vu tloatillg in 'lbJ object bad DO blJnld"' like an airplne, and ditfared from a star. It vu vbite anct p around tl edges, and ita altitude seemed eon:~ tan t. 16 A.t OOJO hours, 20 JQl:r l9S2, Mr. Jerse:f, reported to this of'tica b7 tel3pbone that ba aav a strnp objeot in tbl alq at 2JSS hours, 19 Jlll.y 1952. The object appeare-1 to cc.a trr.:a north DOrthweat at a coll3tant spad and wu much . brighter tban a'\J star ..,sr a .. a. It waa about fOGr (4) times tbl dialletar ot arq star, was ot a n or-. color, no sowxl waa haard. Tbis object took abou.t ~ (2) mimte to cross the alq, and disappeared th:Lrt~ degr aCNth "U\ The objtJOt wu lao obaerred. by ~ s. 17. At lOCO henaN, 21 Jul7 1952, Mr. R:' daood, lew Ycrk, Nav York ot.tice telepboM a saJ.ean of 87iat1GB paoline to ~ irllnaa tel.aphon8d this o..t.tice to report that at 2115 boars, 20 .Jaq l9S2. viti] :lD h1 ,artl with naiabbora, ba obaeL"Y-M to tbl south aoatDred a rapidl~ light. HI stated that tba object'" .... of wu n~ conaUtut with that ot aza aircraft, but vas clartinl, ~' erratic, 11h aa 1J\en, awt 8p1nl. Tba light was f'l71.ns atraigbt wbell , . ... tiNt , bat ' atraicht up and disappeared. The licht was obaa"ec:l .. . ._ tar l tJia a aimlte. 1o object of t~ bo<:IT' other tbao tb8 llgllt, vu t ~""VIii !Ill objaot. wu t~ ( ) 1111 .. q. No sound wu " : ~ !laude !M -&r'llmd 20 t .. t, brok!an and stars cm]d be !M objeo"\ wu for lea than a 111mlte. 18. 01 20 ~ 19S2, a vu raceiYed f'raa Ha) soa:rcea' that a ~., ot at ~ Blltate, Loal Islam, had reported . tJ, ,'f that at tbl7 a object at approx1mateq 10,000 feet traYellng v ~ ,v~ iD an terl.J' ct.f.ftct.ioa. !be objct aps;eared to be ron..--xl 'UXl 3h-4 ny ,. and 3e9r:&ed to be wobbling 3aaevbat. the "Ne'll York '1'1roal5n, in a story ci.l\;al-ined Boston 2) u.,ll,. 1952, statad that a number ot .r9ports of "sil~r-!r -~1.3ks ~.i1d oth~r unt.U,lil o~acta" had baen r eportad i.."l li4!?., EnglJ..nd a~d a s fJ.r 30'1:.11 a3 rr3:1~o1, C~l?~l! G,.SAF / j ::-,~.L/CG wADF Z~rr AFB C OLC : i AlU L TON A F f: r \ L ~ F -FLYOBRPT - J. ~!NC:U: CiaCULAR.. WHitt TVL ON TRU STATED SPEED EEYCtlD CAP:..EILITY 0( At;y