, v. C0NCLtJ S iO;.; ;, :-i._;!lt-P'a.t terson-i-J!a.j HaJe!l'.a~her/ ~A .. :'O!CC/lJ:;/ { )U()/ U .July 6 ( lit!!'~rence your recc:?n t cnu Jua..l obsc:!"'F'ltioa ":>' ~Y JUt 3 l i~S7 c oc-resoonJ.eoce Inv~:;ti ,;ation in:.O you:: ::;l"'!lt::!.:J.; l i d ~Yeal J. rot.u.>~y ~xol.ana.- city oi' J,tc~son. AL crg._..' t en.;.a -4ed !.o .meal .Lcti~rity ~O!"'J~lly .~.1:r at .. eeo..J l n t:~t: .:ei ~oor~ood o: ~1:.."';-f .tll~a ~ er "Our ~ ti:13 ..;en sa t.ion. ',.! c.:flllOOt. ,ositil~lJ il:wtl.1.'J t:le a."wore . 1ent!.onc:d :l;. rs.ft ..J.;3 Ct'ill,5 the object you ooser1eJ.; llowev~-r, JOur ru_:;on i.;; c:oosist~l:t .ltb. :-.ast clesc~iptiocs or .J.i-rcra.rt t.m>;;3.geu in ed...1.l cJ:recti si::Je;. rl'~Mk you f o::-repo:tin~ your o'osec-vatloo t o ~i.le J'-ir :'orce r \RMBTr 3. 'lom~ ;:.t Colo"Cel, ;JSAF Clue!", C!. ril. )..."":lncil Cot!J.lt.O L ty J e l:l.tions DEPARTMENT O F TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTHOL Tm.n.;;R Jackson) tf.iF>sis:::;ippi :oloncl J ames C. .Hanatt D-:.:-ector of Tech..t1oloey ancl Cubsysterns E_Jdquarters Foreign Technology Division (AFSC) l.-Patterson Air Force Bnse) Ohio l1)l133 ATTN: 'fDET/UFO D:n r Colonel I':anatt: C.is has reference to your letter of 31 llay 1967 reearding the r~yOl~ of' an Q~identified flying object sight~d in th-Jackson) l :.:. szissippi area or. 17 l!ay 196'"( at approxiT'lately 2030 hour::;. ing the period 15 I:a.y through 2l liay 196~( a CP::;sna 1~(2) i, ,-.~15A) tmTing an electric cign ,.,ac operated ov~l' the Cit.y o:f ;;_ '=kson. The mmer of the aircraft is nr. H. J . Br~n!1u.n) Radio S-: tion v!BAIi) Nontgo::n~ry) Alabama.. Sincr.rcly yourr.) R/I.LPJ B Airport Traffic Control ToHe r ~e~es~ ~or Info~ation -.-U . Control Tower t~: W~tch Su:pervisor .e. 'olKins F ield J~ckson, ~li3sissippi 63755 1 . Our office is 1~ receip t of an unidentified flying object ;!. ~"lting '-'hich tOOA place i:l t:1e Jack::>On ~IiSBiSSip:?i a::-ea On :-;-.!a;; 1967 o.t ::r-opro;cba.rel:r 2030 hou::-s . Thia particubr si_;!lting occ:.t:re<l appro.:c' xai:.ely 10 miles vest or' J 1ck:30n oa route 2 0 . Request :i :--.:'o:-:n.etion o n any tne of al::-craft that c onld he:re been operating i-1 "'::hat 1::-ea 'vi th .:>ooe typ~ of rulverti s i.n ~ ..;i.J.nlc!c. If such cL''l nl~crart bas been o-pcre.tL;.g out OI' the J a c !<so'1, =iis;:;iasi::;>pi are.a, ny l.!'llOr118...,_on "WCll-\.J. oe . .-porec a e ? . If records ~e av=>.i ~- .e, . ::::quest positive o r ::1egattre rad..:tr -~r..!'irmation ot' <'-"lY tL"l..C'!o..m oh,}ec t . Any assi!;tance you ca.."'l provide ;cul=. b e n.op reciated. FOR TRZ CO IANDER ~11A1iA'IT, Colonel , USAF o f Technology and 3 lbsystems Chi:~. ~ivil Branch C:>:-._-_.::.~ 1-y Relations Di visio!'l C _:::. c-:-of Information :Cet.::.:":.:-ient of Air Force -_':-;. ~nc OSlng W0 cor1cs 0 a S a .cm(>n prtpnrec le.ti .. _ to an unidenti:':."'d flying object. I trt;::;t you state:-:.:.nt. adequate for "':.he immediate pur-. ose. Sincerely, 1 r l (in dupe) S!.: ~-:ement dated 19 t<:a:; 67 Arlington, Vi q~inia 22?0'( :ill find vlll..Ghington, D. C. : : _s ,.;.;.11 serve to ::eport the si6hting of o.n unuswu flying object - n- . le:_:::. J..."lusual t o me -which I obse-rved at about 8 :30 p . n . on the evening :.r :.~= 1967 near Jackson, f'.tississippi. The deto.j]s of my observations I ~"::1 a professional hydraulic engj ncer Grade GS-16, employed by the . , .N. w. , Washing ton, D. Mv title is Tec}tnical Director . My telephone )s I ,.-a~ " -:1t to the a.t Vicl':sburg, 1:issi'":-.ppi, for three ~:;; tempora.:cy On returninc;, J left VicksburB fr.r Jc.. son (where I ,.;as ~:o spend the night) at 7~115 on the evenine of (1_:.,., :.....:y 17 May 1967, b:: government automobile; the automobile was driven c;\ ~:-. a dri vcr at the Ylaterways Experiment Station at Vicksburg. !!::. was to drive me to downt.o;..n Jt..ckson to the Iieidelburg Hotel where I "'as ~o spend the night. ~:r. was then to pick up passengers at th(' J a .: s ~-Airport t o carr:.,; bac~ to Vicks burp,. As stated above, ;..e le:': Vicksburg about 7:45 p .1n. and arrived in the .. -~c~s,..:1 a rea about 8 :30 o!' 5:'35 p . m. Our approach to Jackson was from the \."C:s-':. :-.':1.-i ng east a.lont; ;;:..;.,..-~: 80. 1'his highway is very congested as it =-~ --;es -::.rough t ht.' Jaeksc:: ci t.y limj ts, thus we moved at a very moderate ;:.-=~ '"' : .... some utop-a!"lc-:-~ driving along this otretch of Hiahwa.y 80. He fina:!.l: -:urned due nort!"l (left, off Highway 80) and arrived in downtmrn J~ci-.3.:-; e.t the locatio:1 :"" the rai hoad station. I do not recnll the nwre :: ... :.!t a mile or t;. :-::fore making the left turn off Highway 80 and '-'::1!.2 s-:.i : l on High'..ra.: ~:) t.he driver of the car, t1r . , said to me, -:.o ~::.e :.~:~-: .::.r.d about C.'J~ ~=-30 above the 1-.orizon. I sa.t then a very :L-~:-s-:::.~ z.:.ght. :-:a:-:.:: :red to be not over a mile away-possibly not; vt :-y .. :. ~-:j !'or a'1 a::-:::-:. :1:) , keepi. ng abo ct. t.he pace of our car .:hi ch ,;ns nc-cv: .... . 2': or s: :::::!1 :n the h~li.vy traffic. I will describe the 1::; : . - - t thout;ht was that the ernft ..ta::> a blimp \tith an adverti:.ina arran:-.:: . . ::-: st;.spended t;.nder j ts 1>c) Jy. Hhat. I saw ..-as a series of liehts thC;.":. :. ~:-;:. :.round in a horizontal bo.ntl much like the news-strip liehts on tr.:.. o ... :.. :'ir.-c::; Newspa._!)er Building in Times Squnre, new Yorl: City. In fact, I spe~t ?~3ibly 30 seconds or more trying to read the ndvertisement. (Tt wac co:Ip:.c-.cly do.rk by this time, 8:30p. m. or rnnybe 8 :.110, and the yellowish lights were very cJ early seen). I found, ho11evcr, thn.t I could not "read" the mo;i:-,s lir,nts as they did not seem to actually form letters. 'I'he movce1c:rr: o!' the lighted band \ota::; clock-wi::;c looking upward from the ground. To h~ .::: ':~en 211 advt!rUsement, it probably would have rotated in the other dire ... - :..:- . The bghted band did noL sc.em Lome to be circular but, rather, fc-.~-.:: _ _ , as the lights seemed Lo turn a corner much n.s the lights on T es : : ~re referred to above turned the corner of the building. The lighted b:t .... i c.;-..:..::-;d to move, or circulate, at about the same speed as the Times Sq_t: .... r~ :.:..,s sign, and I would huve hn.d 110 di fficulLy reading it had the lights act, a::: formed letters of the.: Romo.n o.lphubPt. If I were forced to estim"te, I woul: probably give the vertical heicht of the band at 5 to 8 feet and the len.:;tr. :.f one side of the band a::; about I10 or 50 feet. The object moved close::-~o u s , of course, as it approached lli gh,.;ey 80. I I .eel sure that the ire object was not rotating as a cl;;...:.~ .-green light (unbl:.r:.~ing) several feet out in front bs:d. :'.,is lighL did not rotate \lith the band but held its ::~c.t:..r"" .:-nly as the entire craft u'lovcd forward. of the rotating position and moved I stated earlier that ~Y immcdlate impression on seeing the lights "as t the object was a blimp with an advertising display. Actually, I 51~ c-:y the rotating ba:;d of lights and the blue-green "fixed" light. ~ ~t :; time saw the bocy of the craft; so I could not state anything about ""-s:._.t'~ or color of the l.cc.y of the craft, whether it was a blimp, or heli- CO:tJto::r, o r oLher form of cre.~t. ...;; observed the era:'-: very plainly for tHo or three minutes. It appeared to c:.~. -:: its course to ~---= east before actual1y crossing Hich'Hay 80 and t:r.(.:: r._:-;~:::..r-:d to greatl:, :.:1creuse its speed, but not, its altitude. vie lost s~ .:!"~ : : ~he object '~ile ,;e were Haiting in traffic to make a left turn off liie;;;..; -:" :,) to downto .. :n ::.: son. At this po~j tion the craft had moved eastward ~l.:. o:-: to..,.ard the hor: ::-:: but wan still visi.ble until our vie,., was blocked b -::--: .::::1 the northeas: c~rner of the intersection. This eastward course ,,c .. lC. ;-, e 'tar:en the cr;.:'~ n.c::ar the new Jack~on airport, so:ne ten miles east :-= ::-:::::; e of the ::e;: :: -::raffic prevented the detection of any noise ,:-.: :::. - ;: ~ . ~.:1e ez:a::~:t~c ::-.::.-:1 the craft. I did not see that anyone else in the -: =:~c ; ~tern or a:0 \.he side of the road was payinG any attention the h o-:e:... ~'"'..!ed in'to dc ... ~tO\.n Jackscm :-ne driver, ~:r. Jones, went or contacted him since. where I left the car and signed into on his other missions. I have not He does not know that I have written I a-: sub:;~i t tj nt~ this statement as I read l:iOine InonLhz O{;o Lha\. the Air 1 o-:-'"'::: v:us desirous of having report.c of uncxpl.ni.ned craft. sighted by our ci~--~:.. I recognize thaL thPre is in all probability n ve1J simple expl:.: .. : on for the incidl":nt I have described, l>ut J am wr:i ting l.his as I ~ . .,::~ r. e)(j)lanatlon. I left Jackson by plane at 7:00 a . m. the next me:--.::-.; ':'hursdey, 18 Ma.{ 19G7) und I do not kno, whether there "'ere other pi.l"--:'= !""?Orts of this incident. I: this stat.ement is deemed worthy of inver.ttr,ntlon, I would apprecial.e rc:cei r: .; information on a11y finding resulting from such o.n investigation. Arlington,