PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS _
O Was Balloon
31 May 51 Niagara Falls, N.Y. 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|0 Possibly Belloon
O Was Aircraft
Local conn [XGround- Vi sual GO Ground-Rader ao Probobly Aircroft
cmt _____ 02404202 _ mS D Air Vi sual © Air-Intercept Radar OG Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 0U O Wes Astronomical
O Yes O Probsobly Astronomical
Hi Ne MSgt (Military) Multiple 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 8 Other_ UNIDENTIFIED
+ — Data for Evaluation
nown
30 = 40 sec 1 E *
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Shaped like saucer, Vertical flgght - counte UNIDENTIFIED,
clockwise gyro ~- like motion. Color was

Yellow-Orange. Visibility 4 mi with smoke.

Ceiling 10,000 ft, broken clends, No sound,

No trail. (ék#¢s Disappeared into overcast
30 = 40 seconds. Flight to east.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

2 ome a 2
Ci cura TES Conte idLivdiah

136th PISHTER INTERC2PTOR SQ.
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport

Niavara Falls, New York UNCLASSIFIED é ioe

4, June 1951 ees

SUBJSCT: Reporting of Information of Unconventional Aircraft Sighting

Tus Commanding General, Air WNaterisl Comrand
Wrisht-Patterson AFB Payton, Ohio
Attn: MCIS

1. The fo is a report of }/Set. SRS o: given to
this officer, /Se% aliens is assigned to the 34L station of the 12th
Weather Squadron located at the Niagara falis Airport. ‘the tine of the
sighting was 0420B 1 June 1951. Bearing of the object was 080° from this
base. Distance and altitude of the object could not be definitely ascertained
by the witnessing observers. i\ieather prevailing »t the time was 10,000 ft.
broken clouds, 4 miles visibility with smoke, winds were WSW at 3 knots.

2. M/Sc®@MBMMB olthouh not on duty et the tine was leaving the
bullding in which the weather st«tion is located, Upon leaving the door
out of the building, “/Sgt SE noted an object, and then by tapping
oa the window of the weather station, motioned for the two airmen on duty
to come outside also, The following is a description of the object as
~iven by M/Sgt. The object appeared to be of the saucer tyne.
The center appeared to larger and brighter than the arc shaped wings
>rotruding from the center, Uoth the center and the outer clreunference
wers 2 glowing yellow-orange color. lo sound waa heard nor was any
oropulsion or trail noted. ovement of the object was vertical and
eastward. Object first appeared about 20° above the horizon, A definite
oscilating motion was noted, Object disappeared into the overcast after
approximately 30 to 40 seconds,

3. The following is a resume of statements by Sct. QR

and Pfc. » the witnessing airmen referred to above, They
observed the object east of the base but were not able to estimate the altitude
nor the distance of the sizhting. Its flisht path anpeared to be easterly .
and wertically, elthough its vertical movement was not as creat procortional be
as its easterly movement. 'A definité counterclockwise gyro-like rotation }
was noted. It was observed by these two airmen for approximately 25 to 30 LN
seconds, No trail or exhaust was observed, AS
DECLASSiC IED APY ER fe I eee we /
DOD DIR 6200.19 7v
UNCTASSIEIED ; W

UNCLASSIFIED
Eq 136th Fte Intep Sq Subject: Reporting of Information of Unconven-
tlonal Aireraft Sighting

4. ATC reported the following traffic at the time of the sighting.
One DC-4 Cargo aircraft departed Buffalo Airport at O419B going to Chicago
via Clear Creek (North Shore of Lake Erie).

A Furdi
Fst Led XGAF
Inte rence Officer

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASS [i TED AF] } ‘ER 12 YE ARS,

YN vs SSIFIED, POD DIR 20.10

7 June 1951
( | Los Alamos, New Mexice
INSUFBICIENT DATA

7 June 1951 - Report from a Los Alamos employee. Pointed cylinder
in vertical position. Cloth-like construction.

Fell in canyon at 11:10 A.M. Search party was unable
to find the object or any remains,

fe +i

8 June 1951 - Report from a Los Alamos employee, Large

dull appearance which turned bright preen,

for three seconds,

8 June 1951
Los Alamos, New Mexice
INSUFFICIENT DATA

reddish dot,

Obecrved