PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP L TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was Aircraft 0 -Graund-Visual o Probably Aircraft GMT ::u: ..:..:~: o :..Vi~'cialdr OAirlnterceptRaclar PossiblyAircraft 0 Ground-Radar D ProboWy AstronoMical 0 Po .. ildy Aatror .. lcal 1. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE ~XOther f 0{~ t i.n ~ Buoy 0 lnsufficieftt Data r.r Evaluotieft 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Obj ~l; 1.ro.x fL J.<, JJ.<:::!dt.er ' V/ approx l:l f' t sJ :...t~l: r: d &. f t of cone sha~ad nose abov . w~ter tp~ped by silv~.t eolo1~d !"t d ar .rox f!. f't long. Kose cor,tairtvd trc.1nsparcnt window thru whic:h <.out.l be seen .virin~ & elect1ical co:It.lin~s. Obj ! JUinted rec ATJC PORII 329 (Jt&V 26 SEP 52) Believed to be new type weather rpting buoy which had broken fm its moorings. DEPAJintE:U Of T!E AlR FORCE STAFF "'E:ss.\li R<U)ICI 114toMINI !inUiif INFO: ?.!JC-4, SAFOS-3 (8) SI~B E182?iTEZYtJN RUCL8'.1A4248 29318 11-EEEE--Rl.EFHQA. FM APOC EGLIN AFB FLA TO RUEDF :; /FTO WR IGHT -PATTERSCJ-.1 AF B OH I 0 !~!FO RlJ, .M::-V/ADC CQORADO SPR lNG CQO RVEFHQA/C SAF Rt:::FHQA/ JSAF WASH DC RUClc OA/32 A I R 0 IV GLNTER AF B ALA ZE:N/~IN IVERSITY CF CQffiAOO BOULDER CClO 80302 U.'JCLAS E. r:-T 0 PGFS 14748 CX:T 67. FTO FOR TOETR. ADC FOR AOI(}J CSAF F 0:~ : F ROC OSAF F OR SAF-0 I 32 A I RO IV FOR 0 0 I UN IV C Q 0 FOR DR C CD~ SUBH lf 0 REP ffiT MSG IN TWO PARTS. A. Ar?. ~.:-17: RESEARCH ~J;C DEVELOPMENT: UNIDENT IF lEO B. ArR :t- 1A: RW lfO 8 NOV 66. 2o REP OiH It\ G J..\ T A OBCT CESCRIPTI<N .JAN OD 0-309G U~CLAS~IFJED D8'ART1\4EHT OF T:IE AIR FOaCf STAfF HESS.ISf BWC ltlCD!fHI t2ElSAa (2) SIZE CCMPARISCN T O KNONN OBLCT NEGATIVE GE 2 RL'C'_EM/\4248 UNCLAS E F T 0 (3) C l.OR; NEGATIVE: "LIGHTED". C4) l,'.)vHR: CNE (5) f~RMATIQ\1: N/A (6) DISCERN IZLE FEATURES / Oc.TA ILS: NEGATIVE (7) TAIL, ETC: NEGATIVE (8) S~UND: NOI LELESS (9) P~KT INENT OR UNUSUAL FEATU!l:S NEGATIVE B. CESC~IPT I(}.J (f OBCT COURSE C1) C3SERVERS REPffiT SOUTH TO NORTH C2) 03..CT WHEN FIRST !BSERVED: IN SOUTH PPRT 1<1-J CF N I GI-fT SKY, E L~VA'i IOJ AND AZIMUTH L7-;:;EPOOTED: "LOW" (3) C~..:.:T IN DISAPPC:.!.~;NCE: "LON; DISAPPEARED INTO CL OLJ S .. '' (4) ;:-~ -~AT H MW t.!;.\~IJ\C:RS: "SOUTH TO NORTH; VERY FAST; (5) C3....:::T V.t.N ISI-D INTO CLOUDS IN NORTH C 6) 0 "'~ ~ i I CN (f V I S I B I L IT Y: NOT REPORTED DEPART;.JfNT OF 1':1! 1\JJ FOitCE SUFf rA~SAiE Bl!~'IC. l :lctiJ!lflfl J:fEJlUE c . M~.~NER CF OVSERVAT I CN C 1) GROLNO VISUAL C2 ) OPTICAL A IDS. UNKNC\VN PAll: 3 RLCLBMA4248 U\!CLAS E F T 0 <3) A IR80RN: N/A TIME/DATE Cf SIGHTING$: C2);-j IGHT E . LO:AT I CN Cf OBSERVER: NGT REPORTED. PRESUMABLY AT OR NEAR RESICE:NCE, GULF BREEZE ESCAMBIA COUNTY flORIDA; 3022N. 871aYI; A?P.i'JX 33NM WSV/ Cf BASE OPERATIONS EGLIN AFB FLORIDA 32542 ICEN71F"YING INFORMAT IC~ CN OBSERVER: G. WX Mr~ ;.; , J S- ALCfT CCNOIT I~S AT TIME/PLACE SIGHT INGS (1) 03 V::RS ACCOUNT Cf WX C(}JD IT IO'JS; NEGATIVE EXCEPT FOR "C G.. OGOS !~ N ffiTH" DE?AllniEHT OF TME Al1 FORCE STAFF NESSAaE BA.t,.CI 1:4COMIH8 UESSUl C2) R:.PORT FRCM DET 10, 6TH WX WING <MAC) FOO EGLIN AFB AREA CNL Y: (A) WINDS All ITUDE DIRECT ICN AND VELOCITY: 1. 80 AN<l:LS, 205 DEGREES, 12 KNOTS. 2 . 50 AN<l:LS, 240 DEGREES, 35 KNOTS :--t\GE 4 RUCL Bl-AA42 48 ~CLAS E F T 0 30 AN <l:LS, 212 DEGREES, 20 ANli:LS, 217 DEGREES, 16 AN eELS, 207 DEGREES, 3 1 KNOTS 6 AN(LLS, 185 DEGREES, 20 KNOTS SURFACE 160 DEGREE, 14 KNOTS <EGLIN AFB CC) VIS I 8 IL IT Y: 12 NM. C:)) C L OUO C OVER : 1. SCATTERED ca~::-iENTH TO FIVE-TENTH): 2 ANGELS 2 . aRQ(EN <SIX- ENTHS TO NINE -TENTHS) ; 7 ANG:L S 3. OVERCAST <TEN TENTHS): 16 ANGELS. ..NOERSTORMS IN AREA: NEGATIVE UHClASS~JlED DEPA~TMatT OF niE AJJI FDaCE IT.\FF rAESSA'i iJIDCI ~ESlatl (f) VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT: HIGH ALTITUDE TEMPERAiU2~ INVERSICNS: <CENT I GRADE): 1. FRCM MINUS 71.3, 47 ANG:L S, TO MINUS 69. 7, 2. FRQA MINUS 70.8, 50 ANGELS, TO MINUS 69.4, PAGE 5 RLCL BMA4248 ~CLAS E F T 0 52 AN tiL S 3 . FRCM MINUS 72. 9, 55 ANGELS, TO MINUS 62. 9, FRCM MINUS 64.1, 69 ANGELS TO MU'JUS 58.8, 5 . FRGA MINUS 60.175 ANti:LSTOMINUS 49.5, 99 h:'Hfl S H. OirlE~ UNUSUAL ACTI VITU CP. CCNOITICN: METEOOQOGICAL ASTRO'~C.'iCA L CP. OTHER: < O::C:;R?-~NCES WERE NCN-COINCIOENT WITH AND NG\1- PERTI~INT T~ SIGHTING): 1. cc:.;_1!~1~ CF P LA~E:T SATURN BY MOCN, MCNDAY EVENING, 16 rT 67~ r.=::::: 1947 <COT) TO 2053CC0T), VISIIl.E CNLY THROUGH a>TtCAL INS RiME:NiS <BINOCLLARS OR TELESCOPES) C2) Pt.R'i IAL ECL IP~ CF THE FULL 0~ WED 18 CCT 67, C IRCA U>ICLASS~RED DEPARTMEitT OF THE J\IR FORCE STJiff UESSAS B:U)i~ INCOMIHI UESs.\8E pTPP KCJi ) TO 0700(CDT) VISIBLE IN NORTH-WESTERN FLOO IDA I. INTERCEPT I~/ I DENT IF ICAT I Q\1 ACT ION ACCCJ;1PLI SHED: NOT APPLI- CAeLE AND NEGATIVE J . Ll:ATICN APPROX ALTITUDE AND DIRECTION Cf' FLIGHT <F ANY AIR TRA~r ...C OR BALLOCN RELEASE IN AREA: UNKNO,VN K . POSITICN TITLE AND CCMMENTS Cf Tit PREPARING CFFICER PA!l: 6 RUCLB'AA4248 UNCLAS E F T 0 (1) ZEN Z.M. tl:RSHATER, INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST <GS-12); AFSC 8016 <RET USAF MAJOR); EGLIN AFB FLA 32542 <2) PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS/POSSIBLE EXPLANATIO'JS <CCN..CTURE) <A>SINCE PRECA IL lNG WINDS LOW ALTITUDES WERE FR~ SAND SW POSSIBLE WX BALLO(JII ILLUMINATED BY FULL MO~ <8) POSSIB...E ISQATEO METEOR UNCCNNECTEO WITH ANNUAL M::TEOR s:.,CWERS PER~ IDS AUGUST OR LE<l'41DS NOVEMEER <C) POSSIBLE U/1 T-PROPELLED ACFT WHOSE SOUND WAS LOST IN :- ~:::z NOISE <3~ ::.:::=:\~R REPORTED SICrlT lNG TO Cf'F ICE CF NAVAL INTELL I(!:NCE ({llll), N!.S, :::~c::NSACQA FLA <SPECIAL AGENT B C KELLEY) ; REPCRE FOR- WARDED T 0 CS I <SPEC I AL A CENT M A REISER); OS I 0-1-C TRAN ~ITT EO RPQH TO APG: <PIF/UFO CFFICER) Cla ifkatron Carr.elled All:::: .06e gpg-ID By "'"WI!tlll~ VNCLASSjFJED COUHTII'I' 01 ACTIY IT\' IIE.'OIITIHG ACTIVIT\' SUBMITTING IIF~OAT 1008th AISS ILU nAZID IIE'OIU NO. .;"A'IC:rltnlr~to o r! report lor unerete tubj.octe)''' ----.. --- SU~ARY. (Give u-ry ehieh hitlllilhh t he ulienl led.,,. of ,.,,.uv, repor. kfin """"''' ''"' reJiorl ea11 be fully telerl o" U 'o'"' 111. Liat lrtc/oeurea. ineluclinl ,,.,.,~;e, o f coplu) IIYSBTIGATITS &riORTS ~ &B~LTS. CODIITS OF 'tU PIXPA.JUJfG OJ"PICltR. DISTIIBUTIOX: 08AJ' ODlJ. III. SCfltJUIT: Tb1a report eontaiu the reaulta ot t.n iavetltcP.tioll of am unidentified floating object ighted iD tbe GULF OP CAXPXCR~, MDICO. Th object ia be11eyed to ~ 1. weather reporting buo7 wh:tcb baa drifted fro ita .ooriaaa IMYZSTIQATOR8: Capta1D Patrick o. Sbere, A0-1639638 lat Lt 3oepb A. acbyowaky, A0-3051~29 Clas.sification Cancnl1ed VARIIING: Tl:l i deou"' eentaj"' ittlt-tiOft aflect"l tha ltaUottaf de/a11aa ol tlta U"ltd Statea itlllll t11e "'"' of Hoe lfplonafa La Tltlt 11. v.s.c . , Sactjon 79J "d1fl. It tranaaitaio" or tAo raelatjon of Itt to11tentt In an~ .. ""' ' " '" uneut#lor lrad ,., .. " I roll lb.lted ., I lJrJC'L} ...,. .;_; j F j 0 U \ (.()VfiiNOO(Iff "l'fflltt; on'lt! I~ 0 -)J 54 75 S l!CUR TTY TNFO RI'riA. TION w h e n 111/ed in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 nt A1'B, Colo oIDDTIFIBD OBJECT 8IGBTID IJ( GULF 07 CAKPZCBE I. IKVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS AXD RESULTS: OD 23 October 19~8, thia orgLDization w .. directed to l&te the aishtiDg of &Jl UDidttlttified object WhiCh WIUI the GULF OF CAMPBCBI oa 9 Oct 68 by Coaaander of the refrigerator ah1p, Two SB iaveatisatin& ofticera, Capt. Patrick o. and lt Lt. Joaepb A. Machyowak were diapatcbed to BROYXSVILLI, Texa., t interview Capt wbo, accord1ni to A7Ct-1Al, 50013, dti 231945Z aeaaaae, waa expected to be in the BROWXSTILLE area betvee 23-2:S Oct M. U$ reachin" BROOSYIILI! Oct 58, the. invetigatins officora contacted Capt. ..ployer, tho BRODSVILLI BIIRiktP UCLUrGI, BROOSVIJ.I,I, 1) . Shrimp lxchance indicated that Capt. , .. at ea, lailing tor eithor CIUDAD del CARHXI or MEXICO, Mexico, LDd ould not be available for interview until am eatiaated 27 Oct 68 hen be wu expected back in BROWlfSYIJJ,I An etfort waa aade to procure air trLDpor to CIODAD del CARMEX, the ultimate deatinatioa of Capt by obtaininK the flyiag aervicea of tbo v.a. Border Patrol aircraft, which oeea.ionally fliea into the Mexican interior. Tbia effort , .. un- aucceaful aince the Border Patrol aircraft waa under repair. Th invetigating officera &lao c onsidered the feaa1b1lity of chart~r iDI an aircraf.t froa tbe local chartering aervice, but nlled the poaaibility out due to tbe coaparatively hich cot involved. After exhauatiDg the poaaibilitiea of air traa.portation to CIUDAD del CARMEl tbe inveatigating officera contacted peraonally &Ad interviewed the United Statea eo .. t Guard repreaentative iD the area, Lt. J. D. PORD, the Coaaadiaa Officer of the USOG Cutte "BOUTWELL". Lt. PORD waa bora in ~8, Mew Mexico aad ia in hia aiddle or lat forti Be ia arried &Dd baa one aoa. Lt. FORD h .. aeryed iD the OSCG for 28i yeara and expecta to retire after thirty yeara aervice. Durina World War II, he w .. a.siiDed to a deatroyer eacort on n aati-aubariae duty between BOSTOK and the KEDITERRAIEAJf. After Y-E DaJ, be wu uaiaaed briefly to the Pacific. He hu beeD atatioaed in BROQSTII.I for approxia&tely one rear, w1 th hia previoua duty uaignaeat ia Plorida.. Be wu xtreaely .cooperative and appeared to be thoroushly competent pro- tetoD&lly. Siace hia dutiea eDt&il aailinc iD the area in quea- tion, he wu more thaD eager to aaaiat the iDYeatisating officer iD deter.ining the ideDtitr of tbe aubject object. beiDI queationed oa hia kDowledgeability ot Capt. aightiD& o1 the uDideDtitied floating object, Lt. r ed that he had beard aothin~whataoeYer of the iDcideDt. Atter beiDI given a deacriptioD of CapT. aightin1, be atated that he bad never aeeD a weather 1 coapara le to the decription given. , be did know that there were we&ther buoya a.nchored iD the ault of Kex1co. Al tboup be bad no inforaa- tion concerniD tbe.ai tiD be belieYed that tbe co .. ender of WARNING: Title d .,cu tttent ronta/ne lttl.,rmetiun alferlinl the nationel dala n H of the Uttltad Stat .. tlli11 the m1111itt o / the flp l0111fl1 L Tit II II, U. S . C .. Sectlotu 19J a ncJ 791, Ill t,.n.,n / uiol1 or the ,.~aletiolt o f it cont1nt1 In en,. manner to 111 rmeutltntl~ed p~ttton 11 pro h ib ited b y I. It may 11o t bl rep rod ura d In whole o r in pert , loy other tlten Uni ted ~latu Ai r 'orca Atrtclee, c e p l b,. permiealo n of lite Dirctor of lntellll~nce, USAF fOUC 112a llf~LAC[S Af rniiM 112- I'A,.T 11. 1 r ocT u wHICH MAY I( USED. !SCUIUT Y IN,OitMA. TION hn 111/ed i n ) U S 60vt:IIN" [IIT ,.INTIIIG Orrlct lf!l-0.31>~1 lft-11&410 1 s<tr o lo '! t; tCURIT'I INFORMATION wht n filled /nl SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 O~IOIIIUING AGENCY lnt AJ'B , Colo lJNCLAS ii-fi:~a-9 5-68 ll F PAr.r.s tbe li&htb Coaatal Dttrict, Kew OrleaD, La., would probablJ baY~ o .. pertinent intoraatioD. The inYeatiJatiDJ officer telephoned the Chief of O~ra.tiona of the li&bth aval Ditrict, Jew Orleans, La., Capt. a. T. ALIXAKDZR, who reyealed the following inforaation: 1. After having been notified of Capt. ai,hti tbe lipth Raval Diatrict hAd diapatcbed the SCG cutter "JtiJmALL" blaed at VEIICI, La., to the area of the iJhtinc (Lonaitu4e 9381, Latitude 1941) for the purpose of conducting a thorou~h aearch of the area. The "EIDAI.L" which i radar-equipped, patrolled the area tor &7 bour, between lS LDd 19 Oct 58, with negative reeulta. 2. The lighth Coutal Ditrict had inveatigated the incide'nt further LDd had learned that a USCG buoJ-layin, Yeaael bad &Dchorod three DeY-type Yeatber buoy. alone the 2~th parallel of latitude, and at'90, 92 and 94 decree Longitude, reapectively. It waa the opinion of the Captain ot the buoy-laying yeel that, due to the unusually ere tora activity &Dd re~ltina tron~ current in the area, one of the new-type buoya probably had broke~ looe fro ita aoorins, and bad drifted into the area of Capt. IIRXCOXI&L'a aicbting, At the tiae of the telephone conYeraation between the inveticatina officer aad Capt. ALIXAIDXI, the USCG waa ia the proce of determiDinc whether one of the buo,-h~d actually broken looe, aa wu belieyed. According to the buoy-laying Yeaael'a Captain, the appear&Ace of each of the new-type buoya correl~ted yery eloaely with the deacription JiYeR by Capt. KIRIOOWN!L of hi alcbting. The Coat Guard did not poa any photographs or dia- ara of the Dew-type buOJS State Kavr, sufficiently 1aht1DI had been reported to the United and the Jayy did not conaider the 1abt1ng to be of high priority to aerit further iDYoatiaation. 4. ID accordance with ex18t1 Diatrict had reported Capt. ArB, Colorado 8prina, Colo. eaent, the ligbth Coastal 8isht1DI to Bqa, ADC, &at After conferrins with Capt. tigatina oftc icera contacted, via telephone, Capt 8hriap Boat " ", the father of Capt The aoni tfered additional 1D1oraat1on concerniDI tbe 8l&h cb had beea related to hia by hi on Walter: Aecordinc to the Ben , bia aon bad observed the object in an e8tiated 90 latho .. of water. The object had appeared to have &A uchor but the on ,.. aot aure. The oJject had been 2j to 3 teet 1D dieter, with G or 7 teet protrudiDJ above water, and approxiaatelJ 2 feet ubaersed beaeath tbe aur- face. The object had appeared to be rue of aluainua and had been browniab iD color. The enior tated that it waa difficult to accurately deteraine the color ot aD object iD tbe water troa the di8t&Dce his on bad oblerved it. The enior KIRK- OOXJBL alao indicated tbat his on bad aeen what appeared to haye been object shaped like an autoaobile tire or an inner tube affixed ~o the top of the o~ject. Tbe aenior urther reported WARNINO: Tltir doeumenr ron111/tt11 ittfomtlon lfecrinl rite nerr'onl defenre of tlte Unltd St11te11 ltltrn tlte m .. ttlttl of the ~rp/onl t...... Ti t le II. U. S . c .. !111ot ione 79J 1tttd 194. Ita trnmiu /on or t hll rltro n of Ira conllntl in IIttY men n to en llttiiUtho t lrlld pllrfOtt /r prohrb lred by l1111t. It m11y not b11 reprodu<'ad in whole ot in Plitt . by other lhlltt Unitfd .StlltU Ait 'otce Alettclu . Uctpt by p.,mltflott o f the Dltc tor of lntllilnce, USAF CURITY INfiORMATION when ftlld i n l SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 OIII~INA TIN CO AGENCY 1008tb AISI Ent AFI Colo tbat h18.aoa had tated that the object had not looked like &DJ buoJ be had ever a aDd th&t be (tbe aoa) had been frigbteDod bJ the object aad it into port for foar it aigbt explode. Tbe aeD alao .. atioDed that his aon had at~eapted to CODtact while obdervlDI tbe object but had tailed. Be further atated that bia aoa had 'the 1~re1on the object "bad ao .. thillC to do with weather." PollowlD; the coaTerwatioa with Cap~ the V800 CUtter "B001'11f.J," at to aake radio contact at 2&/ 2230Z Yitb tbe refrigerator ship t tbe requeat of the invea- tiK&tiDI officera. The " . radioD utilized trequoaciea 2750 and 2838 and ende&Yored to ost~bliBh coatact for over half &n hour, at which tiae effort were diacoDtiaued. It waa tbe.opi~ion ot tbe "BOU1'fJD.t. a" radloM&Il that further coatact a tteapta weTe tutlle due to tbe liaited the "BOb'tWEIJ.'" rJ.dio t and the eattated diataace of CONIICI't8 OP 'tal PJJ:PA&IMO OJ7ICU: 1. The iDforaatioa contained 1D thia report ia considered to be ~tbly true. souacBa Y&ry troa "A" to "I"' in Evaluation. 2. IDloraatioD rece1Yed su~equent to the date ot iaveatiga-