PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS

| : 0 Was Balloon |
Lanett, Alabama O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION re ee |
1221 EST O Was Aircraft
Pe eens 8 Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Redar O Probably Aircraft
GMT <> (y2lz O Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar C) Possibly Airereft
5. "PH $ . O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
tiNe Civilian 0D Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE __ & Orher_Echo To |
0D Insufficient Dete for Evaluation |
hk min 1 NE 0 Unknown !

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING OD jt like Echo I only 11. COMMENTST? first view of Echo by

4 times as fast viewed from 45-50° elev in witness was made when Satellite was

SW. No noise, on vapor trail. Orange with silver: toward horizon, appearance over- i

edges, round or disk shaped. Size of Venus. head would lead observer to believe that
speed was much greater. No evidence to iindi-i
cate that this was not Echo I, although
data not obtained from Space Track to
confirm this as a positive sighting of
Echo I.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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UFO Sightings

SAPOI~34 (1/Col Tacker)

1. Attached ere copies of letters which were forwarded to TIC by the
CAA and the MASA reporting the sighting of unidentified flying objects

sent to the vitnesses
this Center, Atta:

2. Addresses of the vitnesses are as follows:

‘Mr Cie

Neer
lavett, Alabama

de. Aang RES
7

Williemsburg, Virginia

3. If the above witnesses know of any other witnesses to the sightings,
request this information be included in their reports.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

FPHILI? G,. BVANS 2 Atch
Colonel, USAP 1. Fax ler 5 Mar 61 fr
Deputy for Science and Components pen a ar

2, Fax cy ltr 8 ang 61 fr
to HASA

4 April 1961

Dear kr. 4G

Your letter of March 5th addressed to the Civil Aeronautics
Administration has been referred to this office.

The Air Force is assigned the responsibility for the air
Gefense of the United States with the further responsibility of
investigating all reports of unusual serial objects over the U.S.,
including those may become labeled unidentified flying objects.
The study and analysis of reported sightings of Ulr0s is conducted
by @ selected scientific group under the supervision of the Air
Foree. The selected scientists involved in these analyses are
completely objective and open-minded om the subject of UFOs and
apply scientific methods of examination to all cases in reaching
their conclusions. |

ve The information supplied in your letter is not sufficient
for @ conclusion to be reached regarding this sighting. Enclosed
you will find ATIC form #164. We request that you complete this
form and forward it directly to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence
Center, Wright Pattersom Air Force Base, Ohio, marked for the
attention of: AFCIN-hE2x. If you mow of other witnesses to this
sighting, we request this information be incluied in your report.

Your interest in this matter is appreciated.

Very truly yours,
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- (Bteh WILLIAM T. COLEMAN, JR.
ATTc form #164 Major, USAF

Public Information Division
Office of Information

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Lanett, Alae,
Civil Aeronautics Administration, March 5, 1961
Departnent of 6,
Washington, D.t,

Sirs:

I was sitting in a swing in my backyerd in Lanett, Alaoama, on Sunday, March 5, 1961,
facing due north, At exactly 12:21 P.M., E.S.T., I looked up at an angle of about kh» or
5u degrees, in time to see a very trast moving “thing" traveling at high altitude on a
course of SW to NE, There was no noise and no vapor trail, The “thing” apppared to be
colored largely orange with some silver near the edges, and was round or disk shaped. i
called to my wife and my 8 year old son, The boy came in time to catch a glimpse of the
"thing." My wife was a little to late to have it pointed out to her before it went out
of sight in the north-eastern sky, It also appeared to be about the same size— to my
eye-—- as the planet Venus appears to be, As tor speed, it appeared to be traveling at
about times the speed of Echo I, I could not juage the altitude, but the lack of noise
and vapor trail indicated very high, Also the lack of any detail other than color and
shape, The speed, as indicatea, was terrific. Atlanta, the general direction in which
it traveled, is about 80 airline miles from Lanett, I estimate the thing could have
reached the Atlanta area in less than four minutes from the time I saw it, or at about
12:25 P.M., E.S.T., Sunday, March 5, 1961. My little boy said he had heard the thunder
sound of a jet a little before I called to him, but it seems unlikely the thing I saw
was a jet-plane, If it was a jet, it was absolutely the fastest moving I have seen, and

I have watched the fastest of them. |

I identify myself;as private pilot 400MM airman certificate SER, former
member of LaGrange, Georgia, Civil Air Patrol, residing av@uggiaswesgyeee, Lanctt,

Alabama.

Yours truly,