Incin w201 Almuen Alnmen SAT EA 0230 0230 cotol Mhive to orane n ylcw coto1Mhise to otanrs y he (flat, round) (flat, round) Sin 160 mph c)wn 160 mph ALA1:0D4500 ALOPUD 1501 o 1m 03-03-5 1583 TYPE OF OnCFIVAITON GrouNd MAINIVERS Weaving UNCLASSIF
5. Name and 6. Occupation and/or Hobbies USAT 7. Attention Attracted to Object (s) By.. N/s 8.A Mumber of Objoct(s) Sighted . . . 9. Size of Object(s) . .of light bulb. . 10. nt. 11. S 12. 13.I 14. Speed of Object(s) . . 30,MPH . 15. Time in Sight . N/s... 19. Substance) .·. 20. Effect Ob jects oo ouds and/or Exhaust Trail lisapoea d. ". ,No vapor trails.noticaed. , . . 21. MP-: Temperature: 69; dwpoint: 63 22. Pecullarities Noted a 3 - 23. Summary of Incidont .(over) . (Attach a s Separate Sheet Additional Space is Needed)
in raferencei cossumication. in Paferencad comumication. of of an lnseatial lmmta of Infometion list are incloeed for an insential Blaomta of Infometion list are incioeed for " use in 239 in recording the desirnd dnta. Inforntion is p recording the desirnd data. Inforntion ia perticulerly perticulerly desired desired as to posaibility of wenther b as to posaibility of enther balloon relenses other then os otber then those previously raported. 4, It is further roquested that collected deta end sooon- thia COmAM, ATTS: NCIAXO-3. FO NR COWNWDINO GOERL 1 Inol L. B. RoGT oras in trip Colnel, tel2 Chiof, lntolligunce Depnrtmens DIDENTAINO 201 MRRNNE
IND CLOUES. BARNETT VIEWED OBJEDT FOR MINUTES. THERE WERE RATIS JECT NOTICES. ENTXO XCCX INTERVOE INTERV 406 NEW YORK, REVEALE FGMA TION AT APPRO AT APPROX O230 POINTED OUT THE OBJECT TO ANDERSON WHO POINTED OUT TNE OBJECT TO ANDERSON WHO DESCRIBED THE DESCRIBE LARGER HAN LARGER THAN A SEAR MOVING A SEAR MOVING II HOD A TITUDE AP TUDE AT 2000 to 3000 2000 to 300 TCT 0 MHEN BACKWARD BACKWARD IN TFEE SAME DIREC VEOCITY. ANDERSON VIEVED ORJECT FOR APPOE ANDERSON VIEVED PPEARED BEHIND A CLOUD. AGAIN ONLY ON A CLOUD. AGAIN ONLY ONE OBJECT WAS SIGH cOUD E HEARD, HEARD, - INTERVOEW SOD, APO 106 NEW MO FLAS DEERKRKEX DOSCRIEEH OBJECT AS BULB MOVING UPWARD AND FORMARD AT ESTIMATE 0300z 0330Z. OBJET WAS OBJECT WAS O IN A CLOUD YAPOR NOTICE IT IS HE CPENION OF THE A-2 OFFICE OF THIS HDQTRS THAT ONJEOT SIGFTED IN EACH CASE WAS WEATHER RALLOON NIIH A LIHT ' SVINOING FTOM Ir. ROCORDS OF THE Kth WEAETR SP. SHOW TIT A EGTR BULOON WA3 RILEASED AT AS JOLLOVS: CLOCESEIC CXCI .3 SIRATO -CUMULAS AT 25OO FEET, VIST3TLTTYT5MILES, XOOK TEMPERAIUPE 3 69 DEN POINT 63, WINDS FROV SOUTHNESP AT 7 AND 8 MPH 201
MQATSC Form No. 100-501C (26 55P 44) AIR TECHNICAL SERVICE COMMAND AND MESSAGE SECTION-ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE INCOMING MESSAGE 191991 WRIGAT-PATTERSO N INTLLL OSAE ATS WASH RE FLYING DISCS NTERVIEL TH STADF SGT ITERVIEN TH STADF UIS BAONETT CNA AF ONE THREE NG BAONETT CMA AF ONE THREE NO ON FOUR EIGHT REVEALED FOL INFO CLN ON THPRE ONE OCT EIGHT AP APPROX ZERO TWO THREE ZERO ZEERA PARNETT FLAT ROUND OBJECT L OVCRHEAD WEAVING BUT NOA-: 0! DE 9990 COPY No./ THE MAKING OF EXACT CC THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN Only such extracts as are absolutely necessary will be made and marked mas This copy will be safeguarded with the greatest care and will be returned to & MESSAGE SECTION without delay. 201 WF Area A 18 DEC 44 15M
HQATSC Form No. 100-501C J26 5E7 14) SaeRmt AIR TECHNICAL SERVICE COMMAND AND MESSAGE SECTION-ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE INCOMING MESSAGE COLOR OF STAR CVA SEENE RO MALIIAIY IRPEARED BEHIND CLOUDS PO SARNETT TO FIVE MINUTES PO THERE VERE NO VAPOR HSTN OBJECT VAS-NOTICED POIPA og OVA AP ONE ONE ZEMO SEVEN SIVE ONS THREE OF AATS APO FOUR ZERO SIX NEY YOS CLN AT APPROX ZERO TWO THREE ZERO ZERRA ON CLN AT, APPROX ZERO TWO THREE ZETO ZEBRA OCT SIGHT CUA BARNETT POINTED OUT THE ORJEOT SIGHT CNA BARNETT POINTED OUT THE OBJEOT DESCRIBED THE JOBJEOT AS BEING ROUND ONA ORA DESCRIBED THE LOBJEOT AS BEING ROUND GNA ORA APPTARED LARGER THAN ABLE APBEARED LARGER THAN ABLE STARD ESTARD JLRYHERNLY DIREOTION PD ESTIMATED SPEED DIREOTION PD ESTIMATED SPES IRTHERNLY ZENO M(LES PER AND ALTITUDE AT PVO ZERO. ZERO AND ALTITUDE AT PVO ZERO. ZERO ZERO TO THRES Z620 7570 7530 75R0 ABOVE CLOODS PD OSJEOT WOULD SWING FOHWARD THEN BACKUARD IN THE SAME DIRECTION IT WAS MOVING YET MAINTAINING TTS VELOCITY PD 965 if MO VAOOR TRAILS NOTICED AND NO SOUM APPO THEODORE COPY No. THE MAXING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDOEN Oniy such extracts as are absolutely necassary will be made and marked n. This copy will be safeguarded with the greatest care and will be returned to MESSAGE SECTION without delay. 201 WF Area A 18 DEC 44 1SM
HQATSC Form No. 10o-SO:C (265EP 44) SMTET ( AIR TECHNICAL SERVICE COMMAND AND MESSAGE SECTION-ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE INCOMING MESSAGE ONE ON1 ONE A SIR AMR O APO YORK OVA REVEALED FOL INFO OLN SLAS U ZERO SIX 060185001 FIVE TO THEE APP10X ZE70 1HR0S 2680 28N6 ZEORA TO ZERO THRSE THAEE ZEHO ZHAMA PD DOJRMN AS WHITE WITH YELLOMISE NINT AND STEMOILY GAINDO AUTITUDE PO DRJSOT WAS AGAIN - MOVING IN ARLE NDRTHERNLY DIRESTION AND'DISAPPEARED IN ABLE ABLE NORTHERNLY DIREOTION AND' DISAPPEMRED IN ABLE CLOUD AND COULD NOT BE LOCATED AGAIN PD ONLY ONE OBJEOT WAS CLOUD AND COULD NOT BE LOCATEN AGAIN PD ONLY ONE DBJEOT WAS SIGHTED CMA NO VAPOR TRAILS NOTICED AND NO SOUND HEARD PD PAR SIGHTED CMA NO VAPOR TRAILS NOTICED AND NO SOUND HEARO PD PAR IS THS OPINION OF THS ABLE DANN TWO ORRICA OF IS HS THAT SIGHTED IN EACH CASE WAS VEATHER BALLOON WITH ABLE LIGHT SWINGN SIGMTED IN EACH CASE WS VEATHER BALLOON VITH ABLE LIGHT SWING FROM IT PD RECORDS OF THE EIOHTH WGATHEA SO SHOT THAT ABLE FROM IT PD RECORDS OF THE EIOHTH WEATHEN SO SHOT THAT ABLE TEATHER BALLOON 2 VAS RELEASED AY ZERO TWO FOUR FIVE ZEBRA ON ONE OOT FOURE EIGRT PD WEATHER AT ZERO TWO TWO FIVE ZEBRA AND THREE TWO FIVE UKOWOMYDES AS FOLLOVS OLN CLOUDS POINT THREE ZERO STRATO DASH CUMULAS AT TWO FIVE ZERO FIVE MILES ZERO FEET CMA VISIBILITY . ONE CMA TEMP SIX NINE FROM SOUTH WEST WINDS. SEVEN ANDTEL ALEOPER THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN Oniy such extracts as are absolutely necessary will be made and marked 201 be returned to This copy will be safeguarded with the greatest care and will WF Area A 18 DEC 44 13M & MESSAGE SECTION WithOUt delGy.
Excerpt f/Intelligence Summary, Atlantie Div, M. A. f. S.. Rpt #66 Semi-Monthly Intel Summar 15 Nov 1948, NAD 32820 Class: SECRET Page 7 II NEW "FLYING DISC" RUMOR moving rapidly through At approximately O230 on 31 October 19hg, an unidentified object men the air was sighted and watched by three enlisted stationed at Lagens, Terceira. The object was variously reported as being round, yellow-orange in color, larger than a star and moving upward and forward in a northerly direction from an estimated altitude of between two and three thousand feet. There were no attendant vapor trails or sound effects, and the object was lost from view within five minutes. It is believed by an authoritative source that the object was a weather balloon with an attached light swinging from it. This opinion has since been at 0245 on 31 October 1948. substantiated by weather squadron records showing the release of such a balloon (SECRET A-2) T-80204 T-80204 Sent in by Truettner - 16 Feb 1949 Sent in by Truettner - 16 Feb 1949
95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136,140 147, 148, 158, 174, 35, 187, 197, 203, 204 216, 219, 238. b. Fair or low probabilitys #1, 20, 23, 24, 28, 35, 35, 46, 50, 63, 67, 80, 82, 93, 1C0, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240. 2. Non-astrononioal but Sul other explanations a. Balloons or ordinary alroraft: 126, 131,138, 141, 145,155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 198.. 200,(200, 209, 210, 217, 222, 235, 237, 239, Rookets, flares or falling bodies: 5,6, 7,8,9,12,13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 56, 65, 78, 106, 107, 108, 109, 133, O. Q. Misoellaneous (reflections, auroral streamers, birds, eto.): 39, 89, 123, 124, 128, 146, 164, 181, 189, 214, 221, 231, 234. 39, 89, 123 3. Son-astronomloal rident $S explanationi #33, 44, 45, 47, 55, 57, 72, 86, 87, 88, 90, 99, 110, 117, 118, 125, 127, 137, 139, 149, 150, 17 ,213, 229, 232, 233, b. Evidence offered sugggsts no exolanationi Hl, 2, 10, 17, 21, 29, 37, 40, 51, 62, 68, 61, 52, 64, 68, 71, 75, 76, 77, 79, 84, 105, 111, 122, 135, 151, 152, 154, 162. 158, 172, 176, 183, 186, 193, 207, 215, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 3 134.
CRCASSIFHT O Inoident #2ol, a, b -- Army air Baso, Azores -- 31 October l943 There appoars to bo no astrono:ical explanation for this incident. Tns obsorvers in the gonaral desoription, but not in the spaed of the objuot: spoeds are to 603 The most likely oxplanation on the basis of the mation offered is that the objoot was a talloon carrying a swingin; light. light. 3 3 UNCLASSIF 7-3112 0 -
310JNg No. 2ol, Pilot balloon sounding released from Azores station at 0300 3 about"·that time. Desoription sounds very muoh lik lighted pilot balloon sounding, Only disoropancy is spoed whioh is reported from 25 M.P.H. to Soo M.P.H. If tho lower speed is cor reot, objoot may be almost certainly assumed to be a weather balloon.
Air Lteriel Comnand Writht-fatterson Air Force Case Daytor, Chio ATTN: NCIAXO-3 1. Referarce is made to letter fron your hoadyuarters, IClars, dated 9 Karch 19L), subject inidantified Flying Objeato," ana first indorsenent ereto 2. The Incldont' sunraries l73 through 233 have boac chooked against routins woather-balloon asoants made by the Air and Neathar Bureau, and Neather Bureau, Cocments based on this roview are inclosed. Cocments based on this roview are inclosed. Invostigation Or Uni- dentirisd Aerial Cbjeots dentiried Aerial Cbjeots" chanred as follows: chanred as Pollows: Item 15, "Direotion of Flight of Cbject." should bo olarifiod so tbat vartioal and hori- vartioal and hori- zontal motions are distinguished if possiblo, and possiblo, und so that motion is apeelflsd as the dlroctlon towards whioh the objeet appears to move. apeelfisd as the dlroction towards which the objeet appears to move. *Rolativo to Radar Settings" should irolude a statonent of tho *Rolativo to Radar Settings" should irolude a statoment of tho type of type of radar set used. POR TIE FOR ThE IEF, ATT 131 W. a. West 2 Inols: W. A. WEST 1 - Inoident Summaries Lt. Col., USAP 2 - Conments 173 thru 233 Adjutant General 1717
Incident: 201 Steff Sgt AATS APO H06. N. Y. reported the following: round object weaving overhead but maintaining a northerly course at an approximate s speed of 160 MPH. Object was pale yellow or light orange color and not bluewhite. Seemed to maintain the same altitude and disappeared behind clouds. The object was viewed from 3 to 5 minutes. No vapor trails were seen nor was any sound heard. a
Incident: 201A At approximately O230z 31 Oct 48, Staff Sgt pointed out an object to PFC who described it as being round, orange in color and larger than a ster. Object was moving in Altitude was. estimated as 2oco-3o0o feet above the clouds which were reported to be at 2500 feet. This would give an approximate altitude of 4500 to 5500 feet. Object would swing forward and then backward but always maintained its forward velocity. Object was seen for approximately 2 minutes before it disappeared behind a cloud. No sound was heard. , C
mucident: 201 3 Vlas described object as a light bulb moving upward and forward at an estimated s speed of to 30 MPH. Object was white with a yellowish tint and was proceeding in a northerly direction and steedily gained altitude. Object disappeared behind a cloud and could not be loceted agein. No vapor trails noticed and no sound heard. It was the opinion of A-2, that object sighed in each instance was a weather balloon with a light swinging from it. 3
s. 9. Size of Object(s) . . .N/S. . . . 10. Color of Object(s) . H#R 11. 12, 1 13. MPH 14 15.1 Timo in Sight . 3.to 5m minutes 18. Substance) 19. ! Trail. clouds 21. Weather Conditions Eisting at tho Time . ..3 strato-cumulas.at .. visibility 15 miles, winds i from southwest at 7 & 8 MPH 22. Peculiarities Noted J , L . 23. Summary of Incidont . (over). . . (Attach a Separate Sheet if Additional Space is Needed)
6. Occupation and 7 8. Mumber of Object(s) Sighted . 1. . . . 9. Size of Object(s) . . . larger 10. Color of Object(s) . Qrange 11. Shape (Sketch if Possible 12. Estimated Distance of Object from Cbserver were 13. at 2500 feet, or approx 4500 ft 14.9 15. I Time in Sight .Approxi 20. Effact of Objects on Clouds and/or Exhaust Trail et 21 Weather,Conditions Existing at the towest at e: 69 mile winds Irom sc in,same . Dev nointeo3: 22v direction but still maintained forwar ity. a . 23. Summary of Incident (oyer). (Attach a Separate Sheet Additional Space is Needed)