At 20'45 hours, 6 Jul~1 47, Staff Ser c=:n.t Livingston' s at ntio..l ':ia s c:llle d by a neighbor (a 1 t o .vitr.,ess c;ome fly~ng ct.i scs Tne obj~cts appee.r the \-.est of Birndn_5'hcun cmd . ..,ere trc.7el in.g southeast. They a ppeared to u e 2000 above the horizon ~t a 45 at!.51a at on une stiir..a.teri :Jt ancs a".tiey'. They 'vere approrima.tel ;r 2 ft in diameter, a.nC. round. They pro<.lucdd a dim glo\~ of li::;ht. ond. were travelir..g at an ~:3ti lt. l Jo~ed of 500 to 6oo ~f?H.. The object (or obj cts) gppe;.Jred t o be traveling. i:J. a definite arc rather than .Jtraight, and as soon 2..s on~ w<1s ou.t of s ight, another would ap:9ear behlnd it but not al .vays in the s.:..me path. One seemed to come straight up. The viet.>~ of its source was obstructed b y a nearby house but upon reech in,g the al ti tutle of approximately 2000 ft it started ofi in the sa~e direction a s the others. Serge2nt Livingston ~s that he did not at :my time see more than one object a t a time, end tho it could bave bee n one object it was h i s personal opinion that there 'T.vere seV"en to ten objects . The discs wer e silent .:md 3ppeared C01:1posed. of n sin~le light. Dr HYNEK' S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROH PROJECT GRUDGE REPOftT. 1. A tron().tliO 1 Eir,h prob&billt;rs b. rnir or low probnb:litya 2. .tl")u-aetrononioal l:ut sugf;esti:;e of oth~r oxpltUtJlt'.lons B'lloon8 or ordi~ary sirorntta ItoQ{3t..s, flare!! or f lljng bodies: o. 1-.!l.scall s.neou ~ ( Nl1"l~o t ions, auroral o t.r"SaJ'l J:-, 'hlrd~ eta ) : .3. lion-"-'atron.o~loal~ wit h no ex,t>lana.tion a7idant a. L~o~ of evidaaoe praoludes explanatlon1 Bv:\.donc" offe~d :!lllG&s3t3 no e xpl.l.I1atlona Dr HYNEK' S EVALUATION .. EXTRACTED FR0~1 PHOJECT Gr!UDGE REPOftT. 1. t\.;atronor:do 1 lii~ probAbilitJ"l b . }air or low prob~bilit)' a. D lloon~ o r ordl ry alrornit: or full ing bcdlcs~ ~t-\.tSoall arAeou:1 ( refl~ct 3 ons I} uror!ll 1t1em~J:r.~. btrd ~h 1 ok o~ dvlcenoa pr8oludoe expl~tlonl In~ident v4 --ftor;ers Dry Lako. Ca.lliorr.ia --0 July 1 7 l 'htJro i a no as t rononi\::o..l e.xplo . .nat ion ror t;1 is ir-e ldent Is there any dofjr.ite reason wh:,' tho o:J.joct obs~rvod pres sior ~f tbikt e prer$ture ejflCt~oo o~ t he, etL ana auum~ .. hli(.. c.-ccu::re:.. .. ~LJ . bo~ -~ e,1ecteC: att. 1 oet.L~ci heS g o::. lower t,n&t: 2 Cr000 t ee1..: anc. & n.~- . &"'L. thre (;) ti.nsr the rct,f" oosfl.M'"ec fo:r t~E. pe.ra.cw;u. b. e:= t.:--: r-t rdnuve~ 1 -r,er. J..c i"'" fE.l::.. i 1.. c:ir!..n.etl J l go.t:Ly nort.t.. of au.e west, aga.nl ct t n L pre'\c.: J-! ng T.llld.! tawarcl liount W' leon. The peed, ho:!ifontal motion c~ul d no\. be aeter1dn.ed, but ~ppeared ~Jm;er than the velocity F ~ E.:Xezsaf~c Ae thie object deacenciea .-.tu-ough li lon-enough leT:1 to perwit obaervatiot: ot its laveral ailbouet-te, it anted a distinct oTU.lar outl'irw, lti.tt: two (C.. projections on the uppe~ aurfooe which rcicht have been thich fins cr noba. files(. crossed each other at inte~vnls, &uggest1 ~ ei tber J'Otation or osc1 llation c f EJ.'" "rT-ke na ~oJ Smo RAS FOJ)6lJer arks, ellf;in noia: or other claauable o~ Tiai.'t:c men o! propuliaaion fabric, and did not noted. The color E allvecy,. reaambling Q]uminnn:. pc~r:\#i:'~ appee.r a & dense as & pexachutL canopy. "'he n the ob;iect d.roppeC: t o a l evel such that, oom~c i .ntu li.Il of v_f::..cr of the mun~l..n tops it was lost to the tition o i t!J.c ooserver. I t is er;timr.ted that tlle otject WMG ;n 1-:ne cf :i..sion about 90 secona!;.. Ot the five (5) people sitting i n ~:-,e observ&tior: t.rucl~, four (4 ) observe d thie= objeci. anC. mdo renErks &oout it. fileeE ple 1ncludt -CiV.:]J~n, lfri&ht ~d, r.l, Orrlc .. (other nantes not D.ve ::) The follOY:ir.r, i s ~ ovm personal opicicns e oout. ti"_:!.f. object: 1. ! th~nlt it 'KG m&n~c:ie objec~ .. z.s evidenced di EtE:in"Ll'--1:y t!.:.c out}:i.ne &no functioool &P?ear.ncG. ~ roc path f clloweC. by tl:is object &ppeared 8 trwu.gh i z:: gt'i llC'""e been dropped from a ~t height . See:L!lf t-:rl.s waG no~ a h&llucinetion or other fancies of e eeno<.. 3 . Locution Are:J # ;, Rog~ra Dry Ieko, Cnlii'or nja. 5 . Occupu tiun of ob?orvo r FJ.igh.t Test f\rJdrcss of obso tv o r Muroc n:tv Ajr Field, Jluroc:, Californ1a. 7 . Plu c o of obst)rv[.ti o:::l Obeervation Truck, Area #3~ .io~ Dry ~ke, C~J:if Distunco of ob~\ c-frc~ obser ve r 20~000 feet Tir-10 i n sit;ht ~ower then 20, 000 12. speed .II lower then the llflx:i roMjl v eloei 'bJ 5Q .CO &ircra:ft 13. Dircction of flit;ht Slightly north o due west aga:i.~r.t prvdl~ "'-ind Tu .tics rotation or oscUlation o f slow type no~s en t{1f> u ; :cr ~:vee \:-icb cros~Ed eo.ch not ctated l'/. Color tsllvery not stated co~d i ti 01 ; not st&ted Effc ct on c louds SY-ctchcs or photobruphs 1 .. anne r o a i sa ppcc ranee ~'Gpyod i~c n level Sl:;lCh t.he t VJ..J..o n o f tne .noun i:.a:in-top:z. Remn rlr3: co~ t::..3 into line of E3AtQUAR'rBRS .. .UR ?fEATHER SERVICE A.ndr~lf Air Foro Bas.,, liah- TO~ Co:ll"08.nd1ng Goneral .Air riel Colltnflr~d, l'l:r1~ht-?att<treon Alr Force UaQ~) Dayton, Ohio AIr~ a trc I.A.~o In7astic;otlons by this }aeadt.ius.rters re l -tr.nt a synoptic no ather ba.lloon could have be6r. at tM loco.tion .'fh r a i~htini;.S 'JTl) r por-t/ld in'the foll();(lnr; ir-oldenta. In compllin~ this 11 oonaid rat:on ~a~ glven to the wind diroctlon and 1p~ed at . th~ ~ttrfaoe and loft at th., scheduled tlme ot' b1.lloon r3l azse., and t.h~ location o~ th~ near t ~eather ntation n~ktng balloon obv~r- fQ!{ THE CHIEF A1R WEA.TEER S SRVICE AF FOIM 11!-PAIT . ( AIR INTELLIGENCE nON REPORT lat Lt. \'IIJlA~ A. r'RICKS 1. The following report. concem!Dg an unidenWied fi;rina object ia subnd..tted a3. Z1 result of interrogatign of lat Lt;. '.:ILllAU A. FniCKS, SlOth Operat1ona Squadron, Sl~t Air Division, Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, at approximately 1230 2. The intomation is present-ed in conf'orndty with lGtter, Headquarters, United St.a_(,ea Air I'o~, :tile 1\FOnJ-C/CC-2, Subjects 11eport1ng of Information on Unidentifiad Flyina Objeo\a_, dated 19 December 1951, paragraph 4(d). a. Lt. FRICJCS reported obaerving an unident.i:tied f~g object in the im- C"..ediata vic1nit;r of Bigs Air Force Dase. Texas. The obJect seen appeared to be met- all tc., but source stated that he was unable to determine t he size, shape or contigu- I'a:-.l:.>n pt the object signted. Source vma of the opinion t.hd.t the object# had at la~t. on flat ourface, due to the fact that in the course o! the manee1vars of the object., lt .rrequantl7 reflected sunlight. 'l'he oouroe stated that he observed no vapor trails, oxhau.t., meane of propulsion or other suc;t ident.i.fJing features. Source waa unable to nake nn esl;imate ot tha object s speed or altitude, although he was of the opinion that t :,e obJect wa. at a "conaiclerable" altitude, and several tiCttas traveled at a high rate or a peed. The coat stp1fioant aspect ot th8 object a behavior >taa a frequent., but not continual osc511atiOD around. its longiturUnal axis. The manner or disappearance was not unw.ual, but according to source, the object mere} moved out of range of vision. So1U"ce stated eJllpbatical q that the object waa n~t a conventional aircrart of known t,ype, nor waa it a weather balloon b. Ob~ct ,.,... first ob38rved at apJJroxi mate] 1230 lfST, Md was Wlder obser- vation conU.nuoual-7 until appro.ximatel7 1230/40 MS! ~ a total 'Of a.pprox1 mateq ten (10 ) m.Lnut,ea. c. Object waa obse"ecl with t.he unaided eye, from the g~ound. The soQI'Ca stat.ed t.hat aoa. thirt7 (30) porsona in his inur"diat.e vicinity al3o observed the ob but to his knowledge, no binoculars or other aucb instrument. re uae4 b7 81'\1 ot the .. . \ obMr~8re. No elect.ronic eqld.poant in the a.rea reported det,ection or any unident.11'1ed d. Source was on the flight 11 ne opposite Dase Operations at Bigga Air Force ,.~ The object 'Ras first observed to the East ----INCLS. D1rectaaa of Intelligence, Hqe. USft.l' AT'l'N 1 AFOil'J-c/CC Ac.:t,ioo -CoaaancHna General, Air l!atariel Coawand AT'nh l.~IS CC81undift& Oetlllral, Strnt:Agic Air eo.nancl Into -( . O.a.ral, Eighth Air Foroe, A'l'T:r~ D/I IDTit THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFF.CTING THf: NA'riONAL OEFENSI CW THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE N:.T,IO U. S. c.- 3t AND JZ. AS AMENDID. ns TRANSIIISIION OR THE REYD.ATION OF ITS OONTNT3 IN AN\' MANNR TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHII:JITED 8\' LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WIIO' E OR IN PART, IY OTHE" STATES AIR FORCE AGEHCIIS, EXaPT IV PERMISSION OF THE DIRICTOR OF INTELLIGENCE. USAP. This inc:!.uent hs.s r.o o:Jviouz ast;ro:lo:.~ioo.l ':JX. J a.r.uti or1 :on 'l') rt o f co0w .o:&t o d . t a o .... j oets do.scri Lr;<.i. t..lon a lo:w, ;1!--.ich is it-3 lLdtu d . titc o:...i l..;ts ~ould l;o c.1.~ialr.ed " v ertical uSCC:\t. "trhV'f) tled in area t o o r7:ou._::nr f or u dofi~Lltc co.t1.c lusion. ho;;u~oor. vulua.~lo Lo 1.now the sl~ut.ter s:Jot~d at vrj~ici1 \.1. "Jl\~ t o.k:en , sine~ fror: AF FORM 112-IAIT II APPROVi.D I JUNE 1,_ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA nON REPORT