Dr HnfEA ' S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUD(;: REPO!tT 1. A~tron~ioal l:.ir,h proh:t.bilitys ro.ir or low probnbilityl t~. fJ uloon~ t:H ordlr.a..ry e.iror ft% I<ook"t~,. flartH\ or f~ll1ng bodit!B; (r3fl.Jotio:lS liuroral 1St.l~t\J10ra .::1~ :Ion-Jt<rc,nowioo.l~ ~ri~h no OX?lanation evid~nt Lao~ of ~vidanoe preoludea explanation~ Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED ~ROM PRC\JECT G:"lUDGE REPO~!T 1. J. tronot1io 1 ~ip:;h pr~)babi 1 i ty a talr or l ow probab~lity' .o ..lo\ln~ or rdl nn.r:i o troru.ft' It~ k I' f o :-f ll ng bod1ea: l} l\ll~(H tJon-~ troc-..cu1o Of1 th no 3Xp l 'Ur. CM IiiS,\C St.-4tion B~ttrsf't.eld. 13. The moll &et at ~)0?. not; tM noon. ' . : A:l unlalcMI obj owr Eaat r.bittier Caljlfo:~ .: t!l thh b) to o1-t; .raet. O.,joot wu MUnCl in s'1 ti:~ and theft DDY ,id]~ It r.laed db~ p~ :' extr.,..lT br1~t. "'-, fa?J'Oal'ad ne-=ui'lft'lJly. ~act nDM troil. Ti..,. ot tb1l;t.n P~rlod or oiflb~J :b\ Sarvtce Can on altitude desorib4 t.a~iona17 part ot t.'le the time and OD ~ bo loril\1 :1 v~por TO -CGA~ie ltiPAFB-O:iiO "CI;-~VIS PA!lT 1. TH 0BJCT t~AS ~POTTED BY ~EVERAL PEOPLE AND UAS DSCP.I 3ED AS B~ING LARGE Cil A ROUND fd;D OF A DF.P onAHGE COLO~ A!~D /.BOUT J~ DEGREES ELEVl\TIOi' 01\ THE !iORI ZON Ci! A 27 2 DEGR~E BSARL\~ }XOi~ 9f,l<::RFIELD CALIF. IT ~1AS VIS IOLE STARTING AT 2125 P:.>T 1\i\D ;.Tf.\RTED FADING OUT AT 213.5 PST AND AT 2137 PST IT t!AS COMPLE:TELY GONE. ri~rtT 2. THE OBSERVATION ~!A~ VISIBLE. PART 3. IT \vAS SEE~ F;lO~ J THE CITY CF BA:<ERFIELD CALIF fROl1 SEVERAL POINTS. MR Cva ;u:~Ic,:.TOR OF BAKERfJ~\L!) f~ /\D!O tl\~ 'f.[L ~?OTTt:~ PLUS THO OTHE.H~ lil f-t,n1y THE CAA HEATHER STATION ALSO HAD THHt:E OTHER CALL~ RZPORTli'JG .;J\ii~ OB,H.CT. PART 4. t1EAT:tER AT 2130 P ST CLEAR 25 >:ILE!--\II~.lBILITY. 2 . Tirno N/S nTn-.:~T':."rr.J FL rl "' 01JECTS OCOlllOn Fcirfield.-Suisun .Air Base, Calif. h. l!amo of obr:;e r vor C&-pt JaJl'es H. :Burniston 5. Occupation o f ob9orvor Copt, USAF Addrc3s of observe r 3/S In~id ):'.t fr 7 . Pl'1CO of obr:;or- .t;ion Fairfield Suisun AF Base 122 03 t N 38 19' ,r 8 . rrumbor of objects 1 9 . Distunco of object f r om observe r N/S Time in s ir:ht Co seconds 12 . 8pcod in exces s of any known aircraft .;... ./ . Direction o f fliGht Southeasterly. 'i'netics ~ol!ed :ro:n siJ.e to side three times -one side reflected s1m strong:!.y fr0m :. ts surfc:.ce -oilier 5x1e no refl ection C Cl. l or ~ \J e"'ernnneu..-~1-e ~.~o ro~crc..l l.n Vl.Cinity A:out that indefir..ite indefinite 20. 1 ppnront construction Exhaust t r ails N/S 22 . \ifc~ t her conditions Effect on clo ud!j .., r:.tnnnor of dis'1ppuernnco Remar k s : SnnJ. igbt Pr~RT S. THE NOON SET 2145 PST C~jA HO~JZVER Cl1A TaE OBSERVER \e1 AS ~ATHER OBVIOUS T:iAT THIS OBJECT WAS NOT THE MOON. PART 6. NO i<tlOt'N J\lR TRAFFIC AT BAKF.RFIELD AT THIS TIME JEDt-JP Z4 OPOP JEDWP DE JEDWP. 32 F~1 MARCH FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER MA!lCH AFB CALir TO ZN/H~DRS USAF WASHDC wll IGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ZEN/CG E~T AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO ZEN/CO llATS INTELLIGENCE DIVISON WASHDC 2EN/CMDR FLIGHT SERVICE WASHDC ZEN/CG 15TH AF MARCH AFB CALIF 1. THE OBJECT WAS SPOTTED EY SEVERAL PEOPLE AND WAS DESCRIBED AS B-:ING LARGE ROUND AND OF A DEEP ORANGE COLOR AHD ABOUT 30 D~GREES ELEVATION ON THE: HORIZON ON A 273 DEGRE~ BEARING FROM BAKERSFIELD. CALIF. IT WAS VISIBAL STARTING AT 2125PST AND STARTED FADING OUG AT 2135PST AND BY 2137P IT WAS ENTIRELY GONE. 2. THE OBSERVATION WAS VISUAL. 3. IT WAS SEEN FROM THE CITY OF BAKERSFI!LD CALIF FROM SEVERAL POINTS A CAA COl1MUNICATOR OF BAKERSFIELD RADIO WAS THE SUBJECT PLUS TWO OTHERS WITH HIM. THE CAA \~ATHER STATION AT B:\KERSFIELD ALSO HAD THREE CALLS REPORTING THE SANZ OBJECT. 4. WEATHER AT BAKERSFIELD AT 2130P CLEAR 25 MILES 5. THE MOON SET 2145PST HOWEVER TH OBSERVERS \~ERE RATHER POSITIVE irr THIS OBJECT WAS NOT T HE MOON. 6. THERE WAS NO KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA WEST or BAKERSFIELD AT THAT TIME. 28/17312 JUL JEDWP ill I. t I I I ExtracJt from ',1eekly Int.~lligenca FLITNG OBJEC'r RSPORTS t Two more flying object incidents have been reported, coming from opposite sides of the Unjted States -one f rom Greenfield, ~asaa- c hu8etts and ono from. Fai.rfi.eld-.Suisun Army Air Base, C.:a.li.f T!lt J\-2 of the Atlantic. D1.vi~ion~ ATC, rela:r.ad t!'la report of concerning his obser'tation of an unident.:ifisd iJ.y:i.ng ob j ect while W\lr outdoors at 11:30 A.M._ 22 June 1947, in Greenfield, Va.ssachuse"tts. said there . appeared ~cross his line of vision a "brilliant,. small, round-shaped, silver y ,/ lj r white object" moving in a northwes.terly: direction as fast or possib]y faster 1 l~" than a .!!lpeed1ng plane a~ an estimatad.aJ.titude of l,ooor:r~et or mora. The J -, .' object stayed in view for eight or ten seconds unt..U obscured by a cloud bank. It r eflscted ths sunJ.:i.gbt very strongly a.~ though :\ t :rt.~le of pnJi.shed aJ..u-ul.num or sil-ver. other than co say that i t ap!Jeared to b e round and irre~'.llC'.r de Rose .va.s unabl3 t o determine i :.~ ~h.?"'>+-~.. H.::1 ~.d-is that i t did not ressmb] ~ any weather . "\ Calii"orni.a r9port was made b;1 ; .... tJ. ~or .. ,s La~} \i .'J. J a:ne:; J.J ~ .du.rni.tn,ufJ: .1( :1.> s a;; s they ., on 6 July 1947 whi.la at .Fai.rfiald..Suisun Army Air Base he ob8ervad ~l object. ~ travelling in a sout.haasterl;r direction ail an estimated hei6ht of. 10,000 feet or mors and at a spee d in axcesa o! that or-a.ny a ircraft he had ever seen. The object was in hi3 TI.aw for approximately sixty seconds du.ring whlch time it tra.vellad o11ar three-quarters of tha "7isibl.s ~1{y.. Burniston r.o\.Jlci d.( ~ttnguisb ~ no defini.te col.or or shape~ It appeared to roll. from side to si.cle three times ~\ q 1 d uring his observation and one sid e re.flactad, tha sun strongly from its surface : , iln~le the other gave-no reflection. He estimatas. the size to be about that of l;r.)., , . a c-54 and states that bet~een the tL1.:e th.a top o the ob j ect was visible and ...:5 the tt:ne it I'olled. over so that the bottom became very difficult tc> sea and al-. ;;,est disappeared. Because. of the noise of an aircraft engine in the vicinity he .vas unable to a ttribute ;1ny sound to the object. Both of tr~se reports ap- p ear to be. made by competen:t obser,7ers having no motive other than tv give a.ccurat information requesting no puolicity result. It is noted 't!-la-t whiJ e-the obj e rved is deacri~ed as s mall. and fJ ylng at an a1.t.itude o! a.ppro.."Cmataly' l,_COO:.taet, whil e Bl.l:r'...l..i..stonts obj~ct was larger and seen at s.ome ~0 t ~"-0 fget, t.b~:e 3...~ 3~'1..g s-l ... ,O.larl tios in both descriptions .. Guts tan~ o the points -wh:i.~h ten d to cor:respoud are the fac-te t hat both objects ~are. reported as moving somew'hat. !aster than a. fast aircraft and both objec:ts retJ.eotad the sun strongly., ~ . . " (Sources A'l'J.,D & ?.A CD) \Ia r or:na ce r oa..:lly e~-lair~'ld