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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR ForCcE’’ Oe kU
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL UNte
STH DISTHICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
WRIGHT-PATTC#SON 419 TORTE BASE. GHIa

1h PEPLY REFER vo 5D 24-21 2 November 1953

SUBJECT: RCA CRE
Rawinsonde Balloon Repor as

Unidentified Aerial Object
Lowry Air Force Base

1935 hours, 19 October 1953
SPECIAL INQUIRY (Aerial Object)

TO: Cownmander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
ATTN: ATIAA-20

1. Attached for your information is one (1) copy of report of
investigation by Special Agent CHESTM A, CUMMINS, 14th OSI District,
file 24-155, dated 31 October 1953, subject as above,

2. Investigation was initiated by the District Commander, 14th
CSI District, Lowry Air Force Base, predicated upon information re-
ceived from the Airdrome Officer on 19 October 1953 to the effect that
four (4) airmen had reported an unidentified aerial object over Lowry
AFB at approximately 1935 hours, 19 October 1953.

3. No further investigative action is contemplated, and the files
of the 14th OSI District are considered closed,

4. Attention is invited to the provisions of AMR 124-1 which pro-
hibit release of classified information to unauthor sons.

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Rawineonds Salleon Reported as — baa the Lowey ATA, Colo,

Unidentified Aerial Object

1938 hours, 19 October 1955

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SYNOPSIS

fied aerial object over Lowry 473 te the Airdrome Officer at approximiely 1935
hours, 19 Oetober 1955. Statements obtained from aimmen reflect they saw a
light moving erratically across the sky. Light was visible anproximately tea

to twelve minutes and turned alternately bright white and yellowish, and was
noviag from a southerly direction acrous Lowry AYR, Light circular in shape

nod omitted no seund. Radiosonde Section of the Li-4 ‘eather Detachment con~
firmed releasing a Rawinsonde Lallooa over lowry 473 at 1528 hours, 19 October
1933, te whieh was attached a light for tmeking purposes. Jladiosoade Jection
released another belloon at 0100 hours 20 October 1955, which was observed and
had characteristics of reported object. iting A-2 Officer, Lowry 473, rersonally

advised of inclesed information.

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a Sppetel Agent of the Office of Sowetal Investigation, “aited States alr
Forge, and tna [ do hereby voluntarily sad of wy own tree »!ll ~ake the follor
io otateseab without having “eon subjected to any Coercion, uArlawful influence
or unlewful inducement, and without any promise of yoward, veneftt or any Loe
munity having been made te me:

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*s% approximately 1940 hours 19 October 1953 alrmman [4K ¢. WUITRD came
inte the lewry 33 onfeteria and asxed me to come outside and ie hsd somthing
for 2 te see before it sot anaye ¢ wont outside ood .frmen Yan 2 'CLN wes
polatiag up iste the axy and i looked up uad Gav “hat acpeared to a lizht
below the cdeuds which were at about 15650,000 feet. he light looked at First
Aize a distant sharp, clear wtrest light, of a “hitisaA olor with a slight
yollewisa caste [t did uot flisxer or shlamer but recalined a steady ‘iznt.

1% laeked very tiny but very cluer ond yery Drignt out oppeared £ be ot 4 oe
rendeous distanese. [t appeared to be movirg very slowiat [2 an ac9maxisate wre
therply direction from a southerly-soutseaest direstioa. The light anreerad YS
vauish a& about 7%80 degrees slevation when figuring 00 deerses of belar dimect-
ly overhead. It appeared to be following a spiraling course, nob a herd plansed
spiral but one nore of a haphazard drifting spiral witbout direction. It o>
poared to somein ia a coall ceetion of the sky before it disappeared, eee

e lowly from views I observed to violent jerks oniy a 211d wbodlisa, heard
no sound whatecever ond did 1% cast aay light on the ground, I was sine Light
for avproxtaately fur wisutes myself. I did not see nay seablange oF shape

iis’ 1% appeased te be aa alraraft ligt in intensity and brilllasee but such
timallarve I saw nO otler stars ta the rertieulur area of sky in which the od
jot wea, there appeared to be depth to the Light losamuen as it aid not vary

ia brilliaage when passing olouds saudded over it. i dv sod think it wes a
otar or at uirplane. ihe sky rae breken with clouds drifting about; tre soon
pas brilliant and apye«red to be dus soutowest of the object at a 75-00 deqres

olavatiene
"!l om 13 years of age und heave been ia tae Usa7 siace Jarea 13955 studying

conera repair aad elect maics.

"I further state that I have read this eatire statemat, initialed all the
rages and gorrections and signed this statement, ond that it ts correct ond

true os written.

PAZ7tG +udent -JUR» ,

(..idresses }
Subeertded and sworn to before me, a rersoa cuthorized by law
to adwdalster cabha, thia l9ta day of Cotober 1955 ot “oury 4F3,
Colerada.

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Statement’ of YR ANTREAS
"Lowry i> cores ‘naa, “olerads
19 Satever 1755

Wi, Sided Ue AUTREM, A UC, AV 19459 598, T42B7RR Student ccuadma, lLoary
tS, Colerade, hereby state that JOHN . Caw? SQL hae identified himself to xe
og a Jpeeial .gemt of tae UTfice of Jweleal iavestizations, United tates Air
Yoree, aad toat i de hereby rolumterily aad of -y omn free will omxe the Solloe
‘oe atatenent without having ven subjected 40 any qwersion, ualawful | afluence
or Valawfisl iadusement, aad without any cremise of reward, Yenef{t, or aay te
munity beaving been made %o us:

“I waa leaving the service Club at lowry 2, Lolerado, with A W/o Yaw sich
at about 1990 hours 19 Coteber 1555 whea Vas SiCLi8 voninted 4 iignt tn the sy
out ta mee The lick was to the laft of the onea cod Solow te The "eaa was
alowady part way up ia tae oxy tub it wasa't Tully risen. - thought that ose
lickt looked Lice am alroleas light but thea 1% dammed cf ow inat alrviase liane
bling aa@ tals was 4 obeeay lizat, “ind of a yellowish-ehiteae. “he 11.45% acpeared
to trwvel ab 4 rapid opesed toward the sorth, i Con'’t have agy idea os te Lhe
actual belakt of tbe Liakt or tta speed. [oe Licht sinwed ‘town sad cave to 4
complete step ta the left aad above the mona, but dida’t srss the “00a where we
could get a glimpse of what it wase [t sade a sort of half oireles [ don't »eeail
shige dtreetias, but started nort>-enst oad thea galaed altitude {4 4 spirmiiag
nobiles and kent ta that mottoa vatll 16 faded out of Bialwe 16 stayed altocetner
fn car Sight abowk 10 or 13 =ismtes fro the time we first saw 1% until it dizas
soaged.e tbe conditios of the axy waa ilabs cloudy with many vilaar satalbes of
ckye If dida’t hear any sound at ail from the objest sud did oot send any light
to che ground. 41] 16 lonked lize to me wes Just a dled of Livht tut ° can’t
aaeount for what it was, [% pretty sure it snea’t an airplanes thouch “hile
we were watehing the light esotbar Aimean named J0Ns3 wilked Dy and asked us
vhat we were loekiag 15 and we told hia the light up tm tie skye “as said that
he saw the seme light come over tie boriazonm and had followed it with ‘is oyeos
te tte presest pesition. I reat and got Almmanm 04553 from the cufsteria dure
tag time we first saw tbe light aad be joined we tu matehing it und ceiled the
Airdpoeme Officer aad reperted it after it disappeared.

“Tt om 17 years of aze and have been in the I3Ay since Azril 1993 and dave

bees obudying vlectronies at Lowry 4/5 since august 1253.

“Tf Parther stete tint T have read this entire otatenuect, initialed all the
—[agee an@ corrections vad signed taia statezent, oad that 14 is correst acd Ure

no writtea.
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Statement of aA/5C Vail 5 (GLa TRes

* OMY AIR SONOS Badd, WT LORADO
13 Osteaer 12355

*l, AimRaw Le Vall STGlual, A SC, AY 28651265, ~8lst tudent iquadroa, ‘osry
Aty Yoree tase, Colorade, wrebdy state tha’ JOM Oe SAP DSLL hos identified him
pelf to me o# «4 jJpeelal .sent of the C?fise of Srecial ‘avestizabions, United
States ily ores, aad that [ do horeby roluctarily and of sy om frees will sake
tie foliewlog statement, without having been subjected to any coercion, unlawmhl
laflwaee or unlanfal indusenect, sad without ayy nreadisze of rowrd, beasfit or

aay icmunity caving been aude to os

*.% averoxioately 1955 hours 19 Oct 53 1 came cut ofjervice Claud 3 at
Lowry a/3B .23 out of the door fasing south. is | came out [ looked up toward
the aky and vaw a bright object whieh looked te Se a very dricht star sich was
mouatiag inte the sky. I *thoueht It was moving because * tas coving dust wher
I mentioned 1t te may buddy, 4 0 J.423 ANTRIU he sald to atop ond see if it
still meved. ii@ stopped and it keot soying. “@ watehed tlhe object and (%
pounted to a polat where [it appeared to be directly above us at which time the
obdjeet stepved and just stayed where it wase A323 we vatehed tne object for a
fow ~ioautes it becaa to ~ove azain slowly in 4 sertheasterly direatioa and then
it stermped ngeia and 4 30 ASTRO ras over te the cafsterta and got Airman [09 tR3
out te lnok ab ite ve all looked at the objedt for a few ainutes while the ob-
joee moved orratioally around ané then {t started to climb. At about this tize
osether ,.immma wham I delicye to be naged JON. eure up + us and asked we if
we were looking at the od ject at which he wes loviing and we reciied that ve
verge Se wutehed the object ustil tt finally disappeared from sight straiczct
up ia the aly. Safsre it dia disappear however, 1% did some trieky mansuvertag
tnthe saxye I blinked ay cyes as it started to disapowar and then Looked ot
the object sazeia at which time it arpenred to be tr objects but as my syee re-
Doeused oa tis object I could see toet it wag just one. The solor of the odjeat
appeared to be a white light. i did not hear any sound whatsoever and © hive 2
{dee ag to the heigzt of the cbject ta tae acy but {[t wean Nigh and 15 was fa tue
nicye (tb did nok appear to be leaving auy trellis and [ could cot. cee the ary us
tall of the odject ag to ita outline, abape or fora. .ltogetier the oh lect
otuyed in the vielaity eleven ainutes. he time i imow because i shecked vy
vatek when I first saw the object and when {t dizacpeared from zy view. The
ovjees did net appear te shed any light om the cround or biildingse ‘he sky

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was clear ab the time and the eon wasn {4 the process of rising aw T de cot
ruoeall that it wae high ia the sky at the Gime. After the object iisapnsared
+9 the nosta, apparently straight -o la the sky, simran 1 dtd called the Ul
coame Officer and teported whet + had seme

*Y oa i3 years of age aad bave Deen 1a the Use? cinee srek 1955 atulyiag
olvetrmaiese

“f furtner state that [ hare coed this antire staterent, initialed oll the
poses and corrections azd sizbed taia atutewect, und that if is oorrect and true

as vwrittea.
L, Yan -iolen <
( Jigmature) 23461265

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oubeorided gad sworn to before ma, 4 perees sutnarized by jaw to
odaiaister caths, this ivta day of (ctober 1753 at Lowry 73, orls

[xf Jos G {aay bell
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Jtutermeat of af JON:
“Lowy ./3, Colerade
1Y Detover 1953

*Y, GILLial Ge JOHAN, A BW, A? 15 455 787, SABOLA Student Jouadyoa, loury
a33, Celerudo herebty state that JON Ge CaePSslLi how identified Aimself to me as
& opecial agent of the Ofrice of ipeeteal iaveatizations, United “tates sir force,

om that [I de hereby roluatertly and of <7 ows Sve will cake the following
pga tinal witheus haviag seen subjected to any coercion, walaniil iaflueace oF
ujlawful iadueement and withouk any promise of reward, Senafit, or any immunity
hav tag been made te 28:

"»® abou’ 1935 hours 19 October 1955 I ome at Lowry 8 nenr the rarkioe
lot ceryees from the Jervice Club, only on the far ami of the ~arking Lot, tiv
voubherm end of ite [I rma walking ast and just above the horizon I saw a
waltisa-vellow ligkt whieh appeared to cet drighter ne lt <% closer and armeared
to comp toward me at a rather ravid apeede [ watoned {% aa [ valcod “ast and
ties timed worth by the “ase Theatre -2 and before | cot to the Theatre the
od Jeet anpeered to be very brizht oad appeared to stand stationary above =e, aad
then aa I started te walk of f the light suddenly took off from a standstill,
mowtag slowly, cained opeed and then utozped end. It appeared te make 4 slight
turn te the Joubhe hea the light ftrst atevnoed in tae say © cCommawa Aiman
Antrptia, VAd ol Cl amb [0454 also wataniag the object. * noticed that the lizht
appeared te cove ta a spiraling motion, « sigecacgiag -mneuver when 1% aoved
toward mp when I first sew ite I dida’t, hear auy noise whatsoever, "he sky
yam Cleudy with some broken pleces and the sooa while nob oright was " blurry”.

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the light did not cend any lig to tie ground und when it disapcmared (t spoear 34 }
to fade away as i te rise. fF don’t believe !t wee sa airplane or etar
now di@ i cee aay atare ia the sane place [ saw the light.

"I am 16 yeere of age and have buen {tn the Tiny since Jentember 1958 «24

aa vbudying yveavons-sochnaios.

“T Sarther state tant 5 bevs read this oct'!re statenent, initialed oll the
cagee and correct ions and gianed this atatement, and thet °t 13 correct ind true |

os pritten.

faf Af Stlliem S Jones
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Subseri bed and sworn to befere mm 4 ~wrven authertzed by law
admit atater cathe, this 19th fay of October 1935 at Lowry ..°3,

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jhe ortgtaal copies of the abore atstexenta are betac retained in the flee
of this Jiatrist Office aad will be made avalladle uposa satboritabive mo queste

Be. «% 0100 hears, 30 “etober 2953, -ipeelal AvesB C wP%siL telephonically
contacted the lindlesonde Jestion, 11-4 ‘eather Detechment, iowry ./ case, to
nseerteain wheather they released a weather balleea. 4/16 RONKAT UOGaAA, Av 15 364
471, om duty at the mdiesonie Jection, advised that at 1928 hours, 19 Cctober
1983, Rawingoade balloon with a yelloviah licht hansing fma it for treeking
pUurpoeés was sent up from the South part of Lowry (7 Vase. In addition, 'OGA¥
stated thet anucther belloor had Just been sant une Swelal Avent CAP 2ILL weet
oubeide tim bulldiag and sow a flicksrtag whitiah ligt higa in the sky in tie
sortiwest area. <t too aypenred ta chang coler sliahtly and to gyrate aboud
che sip tn a Qmell arene CAsPSSLL called the weather station for 4 bearing and
tiay confirmed his observation us to tie Light being that attached to the vLal-

loome

Ge On 20 October 1955, Special gent OTT GC. RaTES personally advised
Captaim Wallac’ Le CRILAWSLL, AD 728076, A-d’, S4l5ta Technical Traiaiaog ‘itra,
of tae Laforastian >casecsed by this of fice.

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