RR JEPHQ JEDVP JEDEM JWPML 444 R 2c1csz FM~cf: 2ft'H All DIY Dfr HAFB CALIF _.-_., ... ~ .. 'D JEPHQ/CG HQS USAF WASHINGTON 2' D C EDW/CG WRIGHT-PATTERSON ArB DAYTON OHIO ; ........ EDEN7~G ENt Ar.l COLO ~lPMLlCG vADF HAFB CALIF H OlD 21'1 J'LYOBRPTIATTNI DIRECTOR or INTELLIGENCE (1) OVAL SILVER WHITE IN COLORe FIRE WAKE.BEHIND IGe MOViNG EXTREMELY (3) VISUAL' FROM GROUND AT RADAR SIT (16) POINT JAKE GEO REF PJ "'36. OBSERVED FOR 3/16 MI OBJECT TRAVELING FROM EAST TO VEST (') AllC VAN DRAN GUARD AT THE RADAR SITE C 6) WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH l' MILES VISIBILITY :--. AJNC\..ASSlFlED .. PAGE TWO JVPHL sr 01 TRAVEL OF JWPML Ill ... . RR JEPa JEDIP JEDEI JVPIIL '" FM''ci' 2irJi AIR DIY Dfr HAh CALIF ':: ... ,_ ..... 'D JEPHQ/CG KQS USAF' WASHINGTON 2' D C ED~IcG iRIGHT-PATTERSON Ars DAYTON OHIO~/~ EDENi~Q ENT Ar.A COLO JWPMI/CG VADJ HArB CALIF H OID 21'1 J'LYOBRPTIATTNI DIRECTOR or INTELLIGENCE (1) OVAL SILVER WHITE IN COLOR. FIRE WAKE BEHIND IG. MOVING EXTREMELY (3) VISUAL' FROM GROUND AT RADAR SI (4) POINT JAKE GEO REF PJ ''36. OBSERVED FOR 3/-MI OBJECT. TRAVELING FROM EAST TO WEST C5> AIJC VAN DRAN GUARD AT THE RADAR SITE C6 > WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH J' MILES VISIBILITY PAGE TWO JWPML sr CJI) MONE KNOVM ; -lJNCU\55\FlED .. OF TRAVEL OF UNCLASSlflEO Cerald ~. Tyler, u..ior, tSAr Civilian Observers T3la~.YI, FLIOIBP! INblaittad by liareb night Serice Cemer 26o2S5, 2()()320, & 26o400R>~,lr' Sljversl u;ni(Wnttfted r:cying object.e consisting, c:ccording to t.~a t!UU1Y llitn ees, ot a mite to or.,ge rod l:l.;;ht, tted. frg:l! a ed or dlnmnd aheped ob,ject 3:1ghtecl Ol~PS'l' Md 0)42PS'l' .26 -!.~.1922 The object in al='oet a111f1.tnase reporte .,,. sktionai'T .fir8t !Ji?)lted t....,en ue~an a :nr1nging "30t1on, t:wn b8~J81l mvin~ north om !Iouth ~ Pal :a Sprin~, Cali!()rnia. GERWl E. f!IER, l~or, USA1 Acttrw Intell !.gence Otticer Chiat, A:lJt 'loohld.aal 1 Canter, AT'rH1 A'l'IA1-2o JJNCL.AsSIFIED FlJ.aht Sen:lo lU.TS WMhinltoD 2,S, D. 1. An unidentitied diaJnOnd shaped fl:11ng object waa sighted at Ol$4PS'l' 26 J~T 195'2. 'It was tl.aahing bl.ue and yellow and was silhted veey hi3h ove:-BtJBJJmoni# Pnas, C3Jiforn1a, heading Eaat. n. At Ol$8PSt a i'ounded or diamond shaped object waa si~ted over Polm Springs, California, appearing to t10"18 very fast altoou~ stopping at; tin-es. be .At 0225PS! an objaet Yfas sighted mving North trom PaiD\ Springs putting out quite a lot ot light. c. At 0233PS'r the object '\'laa moving North and South around Polm Sprl11gs . 4. At o)06PS! the object nas observed standing still and had nnintainad a . etationar.r position tor a tull ~ mtmtee. At 0)20PS! the object seemed to be awinging back and tortb between Pal 1'1 Springs a.od SaD Jacinto lbunta1na. f. At 0330?8'1' as the object c cloaer it sounded like a jat engine. g. At OllsPS'l another object waa si~ted DDving eastward over Palm Springs wrr rut tl.ashing a reddish orange color. 2. The abow objects Canvon Dri~, Palm Springs, Palm Springs, California, and Cali rorn' ). At 02S0PS'l to be moving. 4. A )Jr. pilot o a ~7, reported to L>s Angeles Control that ~i as he p 2S ml South or , Cali tornia, at 0.3laPS'l' he eaw a li~t Tlhich ~ appeered to be a light but lit up the gxound approximate~ .30 and S mll3e to the right ot his couree. 'r"ne aircraft \188 watbou.od into los .An.~eles. S. Therr..l, California, ather at O]JOPS! was clear, visibility 20 miles, temp erature as, de paint 67, winds calm, altimeter 29.89 . 'lba weather rema1 ned clear Td t.b a visib1l1. ty of 20 mll es throughout the sighting period. Winds aloft at lO ,000 . to~t# "Pfere fro 1~ at 10 knota, 19i~ reet .trom 1300 at 20 knots, 32.,00Q f'ctet .tro ]JOO at 2S knots, hl.,OOO teet fros O at 20 knots, 46,000 teet from ~" at 20 knots 6. air trattic in the area through the sightiDg period wu A-rican ?00, a Do-6, at 1.5,000 ton, eutbounci over Palm Sprizwa at O]J2PSZ, and 'l\YA. Fl1ght S, A DC-4, tbonnd at 10 000 teet owr Palm Springe at Ol41PS'r. . ot Pteparinl ott1oera 1. Ho observations concerrd.n& the aerial. obeerver qualifications ot the 1d.tnessea can b\1 Wi tnesan were not interxogatecl. -..n..;JSlF,EO DE JWPML 13CA., 26al3~z zNJ i~CT/(J. J FM cc.; 27TH AIR DIV DEF NOnTON AFB CALIF ;cr~. TO JEPHQ/DIR INTF.LL HQ USAF t.JAS HDC \JNClJ\SS\F\ED.. . . JEDWP/AIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO ZENJWPML/CG WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF DOIG45Q3 ATTN ATIAA-2C AND DIR OF INTELLIGENCE REPORT OF FLYING OBJECT FROM HQ 4771ST GRD OBSR SQ PD REERENCE IS t1ADE TO PARAGRAPH 5C AFL 28!a-5 CI1A 29 APR 52 THE FOLLO\~ING INFO IS SUBMITTED < IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7C PD 1 OBJ WAS REOUND AND FLAT PD IT EMMITED BLUE AND YELLOW FLASHES AND SPARKLED LIKE A DIAMOND PD IT HAD NO TAIL AND ITS SPEED WAS VERY FAST AT FIRST THEN SLOWER PD THE \O R OCASSIONALLY HEARD THE SOUND OF A JET PD 2 THE TIME OF SIGHTING eAS FROM 1251 PDST UNTIL 0541 PDST CMA 2~ JUL 52 CMA FOR A TOTAL PERIOD OF TWO HOURS AND FIFTY ONE MIN PD 3 THE OBJ WAS OBSRVD FROf1 THE SURFACE WITH NAKD EYE AND LATER WITH FIELD GLASSES PD 4 THE OBSR WAS LOCATED PAGE TWO JWPML 136A AT PALM SPRINGS CMA CALIF PD ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN DEGREES THIRTY THREE MIN W LONE CMA THIRTY THREE DEGREES FORTY NINE MIN N LATPD OBJ WAS FIRST OBSRVD TEN MILES NE OF PALM SPRINGS CMA CALIF PD 5 OBSR OR MEMBER OF GRND OBSR SQ IS CONSIDERED TO BE QUITE RELIABLE PD 6 OBSR REPTD THE f I f 0 .. o I flo SKY VERY CLEAR AND VIS GOOD PD 6 CMA 8 CMA AND 9 NO COMMENT PD 10 NO AIR TRAFFIC WAS SIGHTED IN AREA UNTIL INTCP A/C WAS OBSRVD AT 051~ PDST PD WOI1PL RPT WILL FOL IF REQUESTED pf,INCLASSIFlED 21/2J35Z JUL JWPML Jt:Pr6Q E 191 DE JEPHQ 27A r:1 HQ USAF WASHDC TO JEDrN/CG ADC ENT AFB COLO JEDWP/CG ATIC WPAFB OHib FR011 CLN AFOIN 54551 ATIC ATT CLN ATIAA-2C THE FOLLOWING MSG FR FLT SVC CENTER CMA OL~1STED AFB CI~A PA IS ClUOTED FOR YOUR IIJFO CLN FIRST REPOnT POSITION BEAUr10UNT PASS AT 260S5l!Z DIA~iOND SHAPE FLASHING YELLOW AND BLUE SEEU BY tlAKED EYE VERY HIGH H~Dii\G EAST SECO~D REPO=tT ~5ZS5t::Z PSP APPEARS ROUNDED OR DIANOND SHAPE APPEARED TO :r,OVE VZ!1Y FAST AT II1ES AHD STOP AT Tlt1ES 3RD REPORT AT 261Z25Z MOVING t~ORTH FR0;-1 PSP PUTTING OUT QUITE A LPT OF LIGHT 4TH REPO~T AT 251Z3.3Z i'10VIl'iG ~iORTH At!D SOUTH AROUrm PSP t~ITt:~SS SAl': ANTONIO PSP' !:ECILLIA PSP. 26/175SZ JUL JEPHQ UNCLASSlF\EO. ~NCLASS(-'EO OPOP JEPHQ JEDWP 222 DE J~7 PHL 13 6A Fl1 CG 27TH AIR DI V NORTON AFB CALIF TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELL HQ USAF t~ASHDC JEDAt4P/Al R TECH. lUI ELL CEHTER ~1Rl GHT PATTERSON AF B OHIO ZEN/CG ENT AF B COLO L03/CG WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF ATTN ~Tl.,~-2C AtlD DIR OF IrtrELLIGNC P.EPORT OF FLYING OEJECT FRON HQ ~771ST GllD OBSR SQ PD REFERENCE IS r1ADE TO PARAGRAPH 5C AFL 2 -5 CMA 29 APR 52 THE FOLLOt.o7ING INFO IS SUBt~ITTED i\ IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7C PD. 1 OBJ \~AS REOUND AND FLAT PD IT / B-HTTED BLUE AUD YELLOW FLASHES AND SPARKLED LIKE A DIAt10ND PD IT HAD NO TAIL AND ITS SPEED \~AS VERY FAST AT FIRST THEN SL0~1ER PD TH OBSR OCASSIONALLY ~-lEARD THE SOUl~D OF A JET PD 2 THE TlilE OF SIGHTING HAS FROM ~25 0 PDST UN'f.IL ~541 POST CMA 26 JUL 52 CIlA FOR A TO"f AL PERIOD OF TlIO HOURS AND FIFTY 01J!!: raN PD 3 THE OBJ WAS OBSRVD FROt1 THE SURFACE WITH NAKED EYE A~D LATER WITH FIELD GLASSES PD 4 THE OBSR WAS PAGE TWO JWP~L 136A :\'f Pt"tlt1 SPRINGS CMA CALIF PD ONE HUNDRED SIXTEF.tJ DEGREES T~II RTY T!H1Ei~ opOp .JPKQ JEDWP 2 l)Z JW PHL 13 6A 1:"11 CCI. 27TH AIR DIV NORTON ArB CALIF TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELL HQ USAF WASHDC JEDAWP/AIR TECH IfJTELL .CENTE~ WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ! EN/CG ENT AFB COLO L03/CG WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF 7DOI G45Z3 1\TTN ~TI.'\A-2C A!:D Din OF INTELLIGNC F:r1-()RT OF FLYING OBJECT FRON HO 16771ST GRD OESR SQ PO REFEP.EUCE IS MADE TO PARAGRAPH 5C AFL 2 :; ';j-5 CMA 29 APR 52 THE FOLLO~JING I NF 0 I S S U 81 ITT ED 1'\\ I ACCORDAl~CE WITH PARAGRAPH 7C PD 1 OBJ \~AS REOUt.JD AHD FLAT PD IT I ;1ITTED BLUE AND YELLOW FLASHES AND SPARl(LED LIKE A DIAt10ND PD IT tf,\J NO TAIL AND ITS SPEED tv AS VERY FAST AT FIRST THEN SLOUER PD T H JDSR OCASSIONALLY HE.t\RD T!1E SOUlm OF A JET PD 2 THE TlfolE OF SIGHTING :!AS FROH ~25k.; PDST UI.;z:,IL a5La1 PDST CMA 26 JUL 52 CNA FOR A TOTAL PERIOD OF TWO P.OURS AND FIFTY ONE I;IN PD 3 THE OBJ W.t\S OBSRVD FROM THE SURFACE :JITH NAKED EYE AND LATER WITH FIELD GLASSES PD 4 THE OBSR WAS LOCATD .':T PALN SPRINGS CMA CALIF PD ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN DEG~EES THIRTY THREE ON~UM!1MA THIRTY THREE DEGREES FORTYNINE MIN N LATPD OoJ ~lAS FIRST . .!3SRVD TEN NULES l~E OF PALt1 SPRINGS CMA CALIF PD 5 OBSR OR HEt1BER OF GRLJD OBSR SQ IS CONSIDE:RED TO BE QUITE RELIABLE PD 6 OBSR REPTD THE ( S~{Y VERY CLEAR AND VIS GOOD PD 7 CMA 8 CMA AND 9 NO COMMF.NT PD 1 ~ NO . ;IR TRAFFIC WAS SIGHTED IN AREA UNTIL INTCP A/C WAS OBSRVD AT '-51G PDST .-J co;;PL RPT WILL FOL IF RCUESTED PD JEPHQ BlS4 DE JEPHQ 23A F!l HQ USAF \vASHDC TO CG ATIC wPAFB OHIO F:10i"l AFOIN 11267 ATTN CLN ATIAA2C THE FOLLOUit~G L1SG FR FLT SVC C~NTZR OLHSTED AFB C:1A PA CHA IS QUOTED FOil YOUR I!'!FO C CHIEF OVS VEP. A PSP RECEIVED AT 261~5Z PST OBJSCT SESN TilROUGH 9l~OCULARS APPEARED TO BE ROUND LIKE !100N IT S~E~1S t:OT TO DE :-~OVlliG AT 261106Z OBJECT !!EPORTED STI\NDIUG STILL FOR PAST FIVE Hlt~UTES ~;::panTED BY T~iRE~ P VIOUS tr10:1EN. 2G/17~5Z JUL JEPHQ