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- DATE ( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Q Was Balloon
__22 Jan 5. = | __ 50 mi SE of Holloman AFB NM, |9 Brobobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION wage ad _
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Local __ ee 0 Ground-Vi suo! D Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircreft
GMT 22) 1800Z a CO%Air- Vi suai C) Air-Intercept Racer | Possibly Aircraft
5. *HOTOS ' <— 6. SOURCE QO Wes Astronomical
0 Yes O) Prabgbly Astronomical
tM No = Project Gopher Observers 0 Possibly Astronomical
7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE & Other___Gas from balloon.
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
3 min one 0D Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING. . oe Ti. COMMENTS

oject observed from C+,7 that was tracking a White object observed in conjunction wit
opher Pelloon, First appeared to be star-like, | balloon, Balloon scheduled for 4 hr flight.
he object held a const:nt position next to the BDescended shortly after observation of
inon where it seemed to take shape and increase object. Most probable cause was gas
n size uhtil it was /, tol/ 2 the size of the leaking from balloon, Flash attribute
alloon, Then it detached and traveled in level to disappearance and/or explosion of
ight at high speed, emitting orange sparks. leaking gas. Color attributed to

he C#4'7 was at 11,000! and the balloon at 70- altitude and temperature of escaping
00,000', Shape was circular, Color. Milky white, gas.
Speed. Hover to high.

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INCIU 2ST 22 JANUARY pl,
HOLLOMAN ATA FORCE BASE

Oa Ze Janus ry L?51 while partic cipatiag in ject
man ATB, New Mexico, we took off ut a tout 5909 E and proceeded to the
balloon launching site at 10,000 ft MSL where we start i

balloon,

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The billoon was set to maintuin a 100,000 ft altitude for a period

of about four hours. After tracking the balloon for atout one hoar on «2
So outheast cvliss and at a point about 50 miles southeast of Holloman AY,
2. tiny etarelLike obj 2c% apoesred next to tha balloon. At this tire

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Pal yb: ty ‘ aradlay or Phots Lab on? rx ee by’ cAlvess of syonerel ha is Cornorn--

tion were notified.

Ths objact hald a constant position naxt to the balloon and ap» eared
to be inereastng in sizo. At this time its round? shape and clear ontlins
Yecawe more visible. After leaving the cockpit and observing the object
from the astratome, the object started separating from the balloon in a
westward direction. At this tiie the object was atout one-fourth to ons
half the size of the balloon. The ob; jet now apnesred to te traveling in
level flight at a very high speed. A’ “tor about ona mirute it. enitted a
series of trillient flashes of light at one-sesond intervals and disavseared
from sight.

Hollonran Tower wes ctlled to verify if any other afrere?t were in the
area and when informed of tne object, there was no reply.

The incident was reported to the project chic? at Holloman AF an

on his sugsestion, Wajor Kodis of Electronics Sub-Division was also
contacted.

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27 November 1951

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susect Sighting of an Unknown Object

DATE COMMENT NO. 1
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l. The following information is submitted per request from Lt Ruppert,

On 22 January 1951 the undersigned , <—_——iipanmasts, « and Mr <@gg@eeee.
project engineer for General Mills Corp. were tracking a balloon on Project Gopher

We had taken off from Holloman A,F,B,, New Mexico in a C-47 type aircraft at

0900 EST. We pick up our balloon shortly thereafter and were tracking it in an
easterly direction. About half way between Holloman and Salt Flat Texas, we noticed
an object near our balloon, The balloon was at 70 thousand plus feet and we were
flying at approximately ll thousand feet.

The object was above and to the side of our balloon, How far above ang $2
the side cannot be said because there was no reference, The object was avolit of ‘the’
size of the balloon, It was flat and round. The balloon was pear shased, ‘The object
was a milky color.

As long as I saw the object, which was approximately 3 minutes, it main-
tained its position in relation to the balloon. We flew under the balloon and lost
sicht of it. QB ana Mr. MRMMMeeye nt back to the astro-dome position
and watched it from there. They said that the object descended to the balloon and
then after several bright flashes disappeared to the west,

A short time thereafter our balloon started to descead and landed near Salt
Flat Texas.

After landing at Holloman, we made a verbal report to the officials there,

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2 Field Pilots Not Sure

Airmen Sight Object While On Mission
In New Mexico; AMC Officials Silent

Two Wright Field officers added another chapter to the
“lying Sancer story” Jast night,

Capt. J. FE. Cocker, of the All-Weather Flying Division, and
Capt. E. W. Spradley, of the Aerial Photographie Inboratory,
clined they “saw a strange object” in the aky while on a test

Inivsion recently,

They eaid they were flying in a C-47 at about 12,000 feet
near Alamogordo, N. M. Their Plane had taken off from Hollo-
man Air Forre base to track a large balloon Rent up to take

in “Project Skyhook" disclosed

Coptain Spradiey described it:

“vie were following the balloon
When [ noticed a strange object in
the sky. It was flot and looked
bse adime. It was a milky color,
Tt wasn't doing anything, just hov-
ering there rear the baticon.”
Ill See Altitude

‘the object and the balloon were
a° 2 much higher altitude then

Ne C47, they said. It was esti-
hated “somewhere around 50,000
or O00) feet.”

Cootain Cocker nlso saw the
Object. He got up from his seat
a1 looked at it from the plane's
éstrodome,

this week by the Navy.

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twinkle, although it appeared a

Perfectly clear silver color.”
Captain Cocker seported that he:

watched the object about five min-

ures.

Hovered Near Balloon

“Tt appeared to hover next to
the balloon for a while, and then
it separated. As it (lid, the thing
accelerated in speed. Just before
it disappeared I saw three bril-
liant flashes, like photo flashes,
then it was gone.”

An airman and a civilian alsa
were in the plane and saw the

“I sow something I never saw Object, it was cepocted.

before,” he «aid.

Wright Field officials said they

“it was perfectly round. But I) had no official comment to make,
don't know what it was. Ina way! The flyers, however, reported their

it lonked like « star without any Observations to field authorities. }

Dayton Daily News

15 Feb $1

A. FB. Officers |

Report Seeing
Flying Saucer

TWO Wright-Patterson Air
Force base officers Wednesday
reported they recently “saw a
strange object” in the sky over
Alamagordo, N. MM.

Capt. J, FE. Cocker of the Ail. |

Weather Flying division and
Capt. E. W. Spradiev of the
Acrial Photegrapinie laboratory
said they spotted the obieet
while tracking a large weather
balloon.”

The balloon was similar to the
type used in “Project Skyhook,’
which the Navy disclosed thie
werk.

Capt. Spradley deserib=j she
eAperience;:

“We were following the balloon
when I noticed a strange ob lect
in the sky. It was flat and
looked like a dime. it was a
milky color, It wasn't doing any-
thing, just hovering near the
balloon in January.

Capt. Cocker said: “LT saw
something I never saw hefore.
It was perfectly round. But I
don't know what it was. In a
way it Inoked like a star without
any twinkle, aithouvh it appeared
a perfectly clear siiver eoior,”’

The flyers estimated the oh
ject and balloon were “some

Where around 3.000 or 50.000
feet.”

“|? appeared *o hover next to
the hailoon amd then it Sep

| areted,” Capt. Cocker said.
“Just before it disappeared, [

| saw three brilliant flashes, Like

| photo flashes."

| Ale ‘fateriel Command offi-

| clais said Thursday they had re

_ foleet oo official reports from
i* (wo officers and “do not take
if 90 serwusly."”

“4 Om ost such cases, the
observers ‘vere too for away to
idennify what they «aw, How
ranen ean the av rin sce
at «a distance of more than 10
miles” « enoekeaman «arid,

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DTG: Ra; a JAN 51

Possible origin of flares your 271937Z unkn,. There
sre no surface vessels knowm to be in Norton Sound at present,
Aircraft from this Comd have not been in that area recently.

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LFVWOP?-06730, attn Dir of Intel,

Refurmsg AAOID 0540, info as desired fola:

Observations were made by 5 people, 1 white and
4 natives between hrs of 1700 AST on dates as fole

ahaggiimaengem, 'icsicnary Swedish Covenant Church
approx 1740, 23 Jan. Seats A, Ee

aa » 26 Jan between hrs 1700 and_1900, Jack
tive), 22 Jan and 25 Jan between sen 1700 ) and 1800,

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nitive), 2b. Jan betyecn_ 1'700__ “and 1800, Ail
confirmed flare was 15 to 20 miles SS¥ approx 230 degrees fron

Unalakleet just above horizon, Orange in color and would
disappear after 10 minutes duration and would not reeappear,

Intel estimate: 2 OSI agents this hqs made interrogation of

above indivisnals, It is the opinion of both agents that info

not too reliable. Mr. Hamilton of Alaskan Native Service
instigated wire and rounded up individuals concerned yet, had at no
time made any observations, CAA fas could not confirm having

seen any such flares. lir, had more personal problems
(political) to discuss with some government agency, no concern
to military, which was his main concern in this incident. Agents
flew 30 miles SSW of Unalakleet, sighted nothing unusual. People
queriec were asked to rpt recccurence of sightings to this hqs.

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