PROJECT BLUE BOOK

I. DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION
10 Mar 67 11/0100Z Osceola, Arkansas Two
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Aircraft(possible)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS KC-l35 was in the area at the time of the sighting.
Above aircraft is equipted with two powerfu. flood
One lights for illuminating the wings
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF AND ANALYSIS
10 minutes
Observer watched a bright white light that at first appeared
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION to be stationary buttthen moved off toward the southern sky.
Ground Visual The light was compared hite lig on a pole about
7. COURSE one mile away. It wa o brighter than the bright star
in the western sky in the early evenings (Venus).
southward In view of the fact that a KC-i35 aircraft departed
3. PHOTOS Blytheville AFB andCwas in the area, that the KC-l35 air-
craft has a record of causing this type of UFo report, and
Yes that the aircraft departed to the south would indicate
XX No that the witness could have seen this aircraft and reported
2. FHYSICAL EVIDENCE it to be a UFO.
17 Yes 17 Yes
XXNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
A3OOT
21 U31IZ2ADPU

ACTION: RDC-4, C
SMB AO69RTTU JAW RUWTBI JUUU--RUEDHQA
NR UUUUU
R.132210Z MAR 67
FM S7BW BLYTHEV ILLE AFB ARK
TO RUWMFVA ADC ENT AFB CQLO
RUWTEMA/29AIRDIV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO
RUEDF IF/F TD WPAFB OHIO
RUEDHOAC SAF WASH DC
RUEDHQA/ OSAF WASH DC
NF O RUCVAAN 2AF BARKSDALE AF B LA
+
(5) NOT IN FORMATION (6) OBECT APPEARED TO BE A WHITE LIGHT ON A .
POLE APPROXIMATELY A MILE AWAY. (7) NONE. (8) NONE. (9) 0B JECT
ST NEARLY RESEMBLED A LIGHT BULB. PARA 14B(BRAVO): (1) 0B ECT K
MS UNUSUAL ARED BRIGHTER THAN
AFHO 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED
.

.
1 UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 71730 Pg 2 of 4
THE STAR WHICH APPEARS IN THE WEST DURING EARLY EVENING. (2) FIF-
TEEN DEGREES. (3) SIXTY DEGREES. (4) B JECT
PAGE 2 RUWTBPA2597 UNCLAS
ARY AS OBSERVER LOOKED TOWARD THE WEST; THEN TURNED AND STARTED
SOUTH. (5) AS THOUGH LIGHT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. (5) TEN MINUTES.
I
(ECHO: ONE MILE NORTH OF OSCEQLA, ARKANSAS ON US HIGHWAY 61. PARA
14F (FOX 1FFOX S NEE NEE TWENTY-EIGHT,
OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, TELETYPE AND SWITCHBOARD OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, TELETYPE AND SWITCHBOARD -
PERATOR, RELIABLE. OBSERVER SOUNDED SINCERE BUT. AWED BY THE SIGHTING.
OERVER HAD DIFFICULY ERIBING HE C I IIO  AN- OBSERVER HAD DIFFICUL TY DESCRIBING .
EUVERS. OBSERVER APPEARED CONCERNED BY OTHER SIGHTINGS REPORTED TO
HAVE OCCURRED IN THE OSCEOLA AREA THESE ALLEGED SIGHTINGS HAVE
NOT BEEN RECCRDEO IN THE REPORTING OFFICE. ANY FUTURE CONTACT WITH
SERVER SHQULD BE DONE VERY DISCRETELY AS SHE IS AFRAID OF BEING
EMBARRASSED. PARA 14 CX GOLF): (1) CLEAR. (2) 200/13 AT SURFACE;
20/40 AT 6,000; 260/40 AT 10,000; 270/40 AT 16,000; 270/50 AT
(3)NONE THREE TENTHS SCATTERED HIGH CIRRUS.
AFHO 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED -
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INComing mEssage
AF IN: 71730 Pg 3of4
(6) NONE. (7) STRONG INVERSI ON 3,500 TO 4, 000 FEET. OTHERWISE
NORMAL LAPSE RATE. TEMPERATURE DEVIATION PLUS SEVEN DEGREES. PARA
4H HOTEL): NONE. PARA 14I(INDIA): NOEN KNOWN. PARA 14 J( JULIET):
PAGE 3 RUWYBP A2597 UNCLAS
TWO AIRCRAFT FROM THE 97 TH B OMBARDMENT WING BLYTHEV ILLE AFB, ARKANSAS,
OFF FROM BLYTHEVILLE AFB TO THE SOUTH AT 110045Z MARCH 1967 ON A OFF FROM BLYTHEVILLE AFB TO THE SOUTH AT 110045Z MARCH 1967 ON A
HALNUT RIDGE DEPARTURE OUT OF THE BLYTHEVILLE AREA. A KC-135
CAL SIGN KELLY 45, PILOTED BY MAJOR D. A. B ORNKESSEL, TOOK OFF S
FR ELYTHEVILLE AFB TO THE SOUTH AT 110122Z MARCH 1967 ON A BARLON FROM ELYTHEVILLE AFB TO THE SOUTH AT 110122Z MARCH 1967 ON A BARLOW m
DEPARTURE QUT OF THE BLYTHEVILLE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE MADE DEP ARTURE QUT OF THE BLYTHEVILLE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE MADE
ARIGHT AND LEFT TURN, RESPECTIVELY, WI THIN 12 NM AND BOTH WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE OSCEQLA AREA AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE SIGHT-
ING OSCEQLA IS APPROXIMATELY 18 STATUTE MILES SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE
FB PARA 19KCKILO: CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 97 TH BOMBARDMENT
MING BLYTHEVILLE AFB, ARKANSAS, 72315. COMMEN TS: THE MOST LOGICAL
EXPLANATION OF THIS SIGHTING IS THAT THZ OBSERVER SAW THE KC-135
IS EQUIPPED WITH TWO POWERFUL FLOOD LIGHTS WHICH ILLUMINATE THE WINGS
AFHOA FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 71730 Pg4 of 4
THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME THAT
PAGE 4 RUWTBP A2597 UNCLAS
IS TURNED ON BUT RATHER AS THE CREW DESIRES, EVEN DURING TAKE-OFF.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT A KC-135 HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF BEING THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT A KC-135 HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF BEING
THE CAUSE OF A UFO SIGHTING THE B-52G IS NOT SO EQUIPPED AND HAS
NOT BEEN SUSPECTED OF CAUSING A REPORT OF THIS TYPE. IN VIEW OF
." THE FACT THAT A KC-135 WAS IN THE OSCEOLA AREA AT APPROXIMATELY
THE TIME OF SIGHTING, THAT THE KC-135 HAS A RECORD OF CAUSING THIS THE TIME OF SI
1 TYPE REPORT, THAT THE INSTRUMENT DEPARTURES TO THE SOUTH ALWAYS TYPE REPORT, THAT THE INSTRUMENT DEPAR TURES TO THE SOUTH ALWAYS
PLACES JET AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF OSCEQLA WITHIN APPROXIMATELY
THREE MINUTES, THE MOST LOGICAL CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS
SI GHTING IS THAT THE OBSERVER SAW THE KC-135 DURING DEPARTURE
FROM BLYTHEVILLE AFB PARA 14LCLIMA): NONE. A TAPTE RECORDING GOF
THE ORI GINAL REPCRT TO 97TH BOMB WING IS AVAILABLE.
8T
ANNN
:
AFHO A O-309C FORM UNCLASSIFIED