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Wa :. ScHoon Probably SoHoon Po!.si i;J!y Balloon ~-~-~-).---. -E.-7-i-" -=- G- ?..:.o:.,-u:::p.:='-'2.-----+4:.: . ..:T:;';;(~P:OE-;:OF UI:,S2RV AT10N
o Wo:; Aircraft [1 Grou nd- Rode r o Probably Aircraft
o Po!;sibly Aircraft
[11 CQf ........ ENiS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF S!GHTING . . ,- - . ..... • ''''_'l~~ '~ "":,:r~ -..... i l_) ·v:-i()l1 ()f t.he obJ' clo::cly
l~ ir.c s ight:lng::~ of exce:pl::lOn8..~_ ..LY .~ :~ : Chl.J ! ..L - '-'-'-- -~ ~
~:"g~t cles cribed variou::3 _Y as .~ a::~L _,:.:. ... .:..l,<,:: ,,:.:> 1 1"1 ' '-:-" "' :::1 0 " " \ !1l8.,":.Ci.1CS tha-'.::, of l1:et (~ors of a~'lC:
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-.-::'1 i te calm ...... , bright staT) 8.uto :12r:.· i.::. 'L;~~;lt,}
!':.oving very fast .
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Radar Analysis (.A.FCIN-4El), __ _
- ------ - -----_._ .. _----_ ..... Natural Phemolnena (Ball Lightni:1G: e1oc). __ .
l1ircraft, Balloons. Airships, e'.;·~ ,_. ______ _
Tt{~ .1:.1 J.11;;- 1 )-/) }'zc1f~ , :.: ':,i:·~" .• ;t.;. :_j i'!- ~~!); _...ln;:.g !:'e '.n.llt~""·d. !"'i'",)~ eo l"-''''!t c-CY~ )11 e. ~, l'c!'nft. Sa'J t he q;,.t?te(;;" :~t Ul~ '$,1.c"? t,ini! ~:.nd tL~: rlir~c t i,, - n 'o':-:"s. z ul ::;c.) co!~ et ant .
-------------.. ---------- .. ------------Evaluation of Source Bel iabili ty._ ... __ . _______ .. ______ _
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Analysis and Conclusions: 'Even ~~:::cutJ h "tile aircraft involvt;d i n this sighting \·:ere spread out over an ax'ea of ::; r.rrc xin:.u.teJ.:;,·· Doo ;:lliles ~ all i D.c. icated "i;hat the object "las in the ' same geoe::-,:' ~ J.irec-;; io~!. froID their individu.al positions. T.:lis point substantiates the f " 8,( .". :,:1.st t:lO object "t:as at a very great distance :'ro the ~·li tnesses. The descr ir"l.<cn of tl: ~ .. s ob j ec t is -:hat: characteristic of ~teors of the fir eball class. '~ 't" .i;~e me1:e l.)!','3 r- sy have 6 magni tt.de of greater t:tan -4 (brighter than Venus). ~j"':: : .Le ;llE 1;eol' ~;; of t ilis type are Lot an every ':'ay occurence, the experience o:f £"!) ins one is not at all WlCOmrI .. on .. Rov/ever , .::.:::.es :'irst experience vlith meteor!:- :.-;f t h ?s tJr p~ is bound to be ~tartling a nd :~st:~. (over)
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Location North Pacific (Ea'". ~ . ,
Date 11 July 1959 1302Z ----':;{X Clear
Dc"cription A bright, "hite L
speed. Apr..eared to be a very () ... j ,J;!:. t c.;)!').:; ::1." : •• i ght 'ii th fouI' s:naller lic:hts 0
Observatio~ lasted app:t"oxirna.t(:~:,' ';'0 S(~1::0n.js. Object appea:~ed St·! and
disappeared south. --------------Direction of Motion __ s_O_u_t_h ___ . _____ _
Satellite; (AFCIN-4F3. Phone 6::, :,) __ ._
li.stronomical Phenqmena (Meteor, Com';;, Pla!!3t. etc ) _____________ _
'Redar Analysis (AFCIN-4El) ___ _
Natural Phemomena (Ball Lighttd·"_J. etct
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Aircraft 0 Balloons, Airships!) e':.;·~ 1I~.
Tte l.l .1...:1::....- 1 :(-..') fcc:1i".i,:; i.,·. :~· .• !';. ~; :~t!:r. ... :i!l~a !-es\.llt~:d !,t."~ a r.::~tcc r-~ ft11 0:'. ,.,,, nft sr.J ;;r.;.,. 'l;",te,,:' oct dl"' $.~n~ t :C~,' 1:.nu tb", dinecLi.m ";;is:S oic,c' (!O!JztC:lt .
..-.. ---.. -----Evaluation of Source Bel iabili ty_. __________ . _______ _
-----------_ .. _----_._---------Jl..nalysis and Conclusions: ·Even <~~Cl1Ch ,tile aircraft involvt.0. in this sighting \'lere spread ou.t over an area of ;; j. 1:'Cx':'rr.d:~eJ.y eoe !::liles~ all i:.1c icated 'chat tht:: object \'las in the . same £en·:=: :: iirec.i;io:.;. from their individual positions. This point substantiates the f'8.( . ·~ .. :'G.t t~lO o'i)jec'i; "daS at a vE;ry great distance from the l:litnesses. The dc;scril'~,.('D. of -:;t~.[; or ject is thaJ~ characteristic of meteors of the fire ball class. ·~t.;;.s0 ;;le1:e01:'5 rs.y have a. n:aer:ituie of ereate= than -4 (brighter tha!! Venus). ..:. :.'.e :lle teCl','; cf tilis type are Lot an every day occurence, the experience of , ''''i~ Dna is not at all uncorrn.on. BOHever, ones first experience vlith mett;c:~ ~:f ~(jh:s typ~ is bound to te ~tartling and lEsting. (over)
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To ind.icate that even e) . .-peri e::tc (-( .)~s·3rver~j Illi"y:. under the ~;tr~Lin of exci temen"t , make errors in r epc ... '. !of., CHp':;'c:';'n r"13th .... l i 3 icdic;;lte~. that it ,laS 'oright mooulight; hO:';ever, ; . n:oor. s" " at 01)30Z, more i·har. four hours prior to the sighting. CaptaiL l'.:y::'fe.".:;t inc.:"cL t es that therE! l;.J.:re traces of daylight, 'yet morning t\·ri lig!1.t ,5 :';~'. not bec~.n 3:''; his posi tic'n l.ntil 30 minutes after the sie;hting. Ce:::'7 -:.tn I~ So Za(~, \·rick in6.icate~, tbe object ,las probably a meteor.
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ElG~!r"~~I Four o t:-te r pilots of 8 \' i e '; tcn1 ~nterp:-j se:3 · .. :hich ope r a Ge )'.'er the
Pacific also inform t hat the)' h5 'IC ;~B(1n uni] ~:ct'Lfied ohjects .
A local spokesl1'l2.n of the Pan P .. mc~j.':! tl!: }.i::'· ·ra:rs s:!id that the firs: not ice
~.ve.s given by Captain George l;.T il s :·;n ~ p~ . 2.o-i~ of ;J. )assen3er a irc raf;; DC-7
\,'Ihen hp. 'I.'les flying bet'.;,een San F r!-'il.c i:,co i:!nd ~r.: .. ~:~ Honolulu at .=.bo.:.';; 6 : 20
in the ~orning local time.
1T'I'hey \1ere very bri lliant lie"; ~=-: 3urr nun.;;:i,i ";)y lesser li ,;h-:.s, I 'the
pilo"t said, and he added, li Th e D.:~;:::-·::2.C~. I,J:'" ~ ..... o ;)bjcct ook place 'J~cn :.-Ie
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lights ¢j ', _'11::ll disappeare c to t 1-:8 _.:.: ... ~~~ ~0:r:'J ton seconds all tt.e
lig~ts had disappeared. II He fi n'~ " ,.::d by 80~'-_i1~~ that the phe:lOne'10n had
occurred at about :Gmx 6:02 pacifi e ::.:nr, .. 1I J':., ~ t",at tir.le 'HC l:Je::'C if 1.350
kr:l from Honolulu. 11 he added .
The third pi lot of -the Pan Amori c;,,-: ,,':.7r:lci.!;:' ;~_o sa''''' t~c lie;1t:> Has Capt ain
.!!. . G. Kelley, \'l~O l e f t San Franc' "'~'.; (or TroEcluJu a h e. l f an hour before
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the pilct of a passe n ge r a ircraf , ,-, t he G2 :'H:+ i:'n Pacific Ajr~in(~s a nd
a pilot of the ~.sJ:ltl carg o tre
announce ha'!ing detected t he li s
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I~thank you very r:mch fo r yot. ... rtranscript of the ~V discus sion On
I lln va been in 1; ouch ','lith t h e nat1:f:rs and '(,f".!.e.y are i n cor::plete ,s. t. 't, t .l.8 problem ... -is t llere has bAen seve .' as I nave been look ir..[; into the r.l:..t ,
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I hes i -cat e to ~sk you t o illC~ J:)~~':': .. y ,.u:r ::inl.1 c c:u.!"'t:?sy and l'a.-tor by S f'r.d i r .. c; r:J.A t~le c OT!"JYJe TI"t s you :;.i [;,nt h .·l.'I'? Ol i t.h2 S ten':. i:1£: , r e}1 ort. c d on July 12til 1953 by P;Ll. Capta.in Geo !"g' e D. ';';i l soy_ :::'''Or.l his ':·ligJ·.t Frisco to rto!1o: Cu1u~----I . h~ve onl y t.he ne':lspaper rer' or-r:-Y·i. '" G",~J. d b~ v ,"ry r.ice indee d to h l)ar of "the outCOr.:l.A .
As I stated i n my previous req~.,i~· ... ~:. -::.y r ,:f'p: ~~·n.:~ P is '.:f'! o!!las E., E:l,ep~'l 8nS, thA Presidpnt s .s::-pointment secretar:' "i. t.{lP
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T:'l:LS oc~-:n(iHleo.:;es youl' ~.'~ ;,:~~,: ~ c.: ~ ~~ t: z:;~. tl;~.;·;Jc::::, 1959 reGarding Unidentified Flyir .,:;~ Cb~ec"~[;, >;:Jrticularly thG J~lJ Il sig~ti::138 in tIle P:: c: -':':.. .....
T:J.cse zightings were 8',::",::::.1:rl-t3G. to i:.n 3:;,c~:rt.ionclly bright and large rCJeteor calj c : D :;'~-'::.:: ~'I::'L II Oy' \;oo licle. II
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: .~,1L~d -1bout 1 :ior f lyi:1g." I American Airways p:i1ot re- object first I ported that a m~ste~lO~S ob- ],000 feet ab l I jeet approached hls alrhner at left.
.... ,nd t.e our! , !!!:"SON, VISIBLY shake n, ! :;ai ,~ he had nevel' See"l any- I i lnif g iike this in his H ye3 rs
I "inconceivable" speed early
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yesterday and the n dis- renzen oe . :.ltos f::a1.) appean:.:d. znd F1ight_::.,:l ~;)e~ ' Rc+e:::'t
Four other transpacific air· Scott stare.; Cj::'il :n.'Jt.:.;:i;.f:G. liner pilots reported sighting 3S the ligi1t C;;:i"te tc.w,Z.i":: U~ unidentified objects. at an extrer:ldy SI:g:l ~ • .:!\,:. G!
II :'1c""=-i" believed such fore:gn cb. ;iec":s existed.
r. 'believer noVl," :1i!:
, The pilot yrho made the fi rst sneed. For:;;: ! <!;;.st 1 {) ~ e.::.~ report was Capt. George ViiI· onds it maiI"t.:':.',lJ i:S(!CLrseson, 43 years old, of Seattle, which w~.s ,:;1 ';;:l c:::n:;!t~ Wash., a I9-year flying vet· heading to ::~ ::::1{ 1:'':::'':: i ~ eran. He was fly ing a DC-7C been anot" , i'· dr :r;::fi it from San Francisco to -Hono· would have ;::~r: we"; in
1 Four other Honolulu·bour.d i ,;:irl ner, pilots ma~e sir.dar ~e· ) or:s at approxl1r.ately tie
. :iar.:e time.
lulu when, at 3:02 a,m. Hawaii our jeft. time (8 a .m . CDT), " one in · "Suddenly i.i~,; ~)bject.11<td.;: i tensely bright white light fol · a sharp righ ~ w:·;:. ac 2. ~pced i lowed by ' four smaller lights inconceivablE. (r~ O.ny v::hicJ . .; j was seen abou t 1,000 miles ] f ']' h d' we \now a ",~'~l.. L)'.e 19 .... su . . east of Honolulu in clear ,.I 'T" '] I
denly disappru;:u. ~ ne sr"l':-u er" skies," he said. ~ lights were e':!?!l!:': spacec: an~ i
"ViE VJERE cruising at 20,- were either ~::!::. :If tt.e Ii.lYS~ 000 fe~t w i ~h low clouds terioU5 objec;: "C' in;:; ·N".!: an
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The pilot of a Pan American .\ irlincs Wght n: polted that i.l . myster
ious bright object accompankd at its left by fo ur srnaUer lights had
approached his plane at "inc-nl:cL'ivable speed." ] lade a sharp right turn , and then disappeared. The objects seeliled to be flying evenly spaced in formAtion, and the p ilot, wllo hnd n l:vcr seen anyth ing like it in all his years of flying, lold the ncwspaptrs, ''I'm a believer, no\v,"
The official investigation began immediately. Four other com
mercial flights had reported sC"ing the object at the same time. In
each case, the pilot stated that the ohjects secmed to head straight at Ilis plane at high speed nn a collision course, then made a 90-degree turn and disappeared. The' various reports, however, showed Significant disagreements. S Olll U witnesses gave the color as white, sorne as orange·yellow. Of the several piloh., each gave a different description of the «formation" : :l big light with foul' smaller lights flying at the left; a big light surrounded by a cluster of six or seven smaller lights; a big light fol ' owed by four smaller lights; a big light in the center of a rectangle formed by four smaller lights . Of the five pilots who made official reports, one said th::l phenomenon was definitely not a meteor, hovo said it could hJ.ve heen a meteor, and
two did not venture an opinion. The pilots of several other flights stated, on landing, that they too had seen the objects but had not
radioed a repor; because the~· a,')snmed it to O~ a meteor. After mapping and corre~nting all the obserntions, ATIC com
pleted the analysis and releas('cl the rC'snlt to tI~c press of July 14, only three day~ after the sighl-ing, ~1 r('m:J.rkably efficient piece of
work. Conclusion: the object ".s a lireb:dl [201 _ The literaturr of flyin g sal'l,',"" conlai :1S dm';cns ofsimiTnr incidents
that fit perfectly into the L)c' ,: 1' patl,'rn. Pointi ng to this list of "unidentified'> flying objects. ::,~II~:er (1clc":icts still ;:.ousc the Air Force fOf" concealing" ~he «fact'"' tlu t tbes~~ UFOs arc ; ~ctllal1y spaceships~
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NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE
ON AER IA L PH E NOMENA TEL.EPHONE , NORTH 7'9 434
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WAS HINGTON 5 , D. C. AOMINISTRATIVE OFFICES :
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MAJOR CONAL.O E. KEYHOE IJ OM C IIU:T,J glrtECTOR
Major Lawrence J. Tacker Department of the Air Force Office of Public Informatior Pentagon, Wash i ngton 25, D. C.
Dear Major Tacker:
On July 11, 1959 , the cre! mainland and Hawaii report ee ified flying object surrounc The crews have stated that ;. intelligence officers upon :.
f s ·:~vel · a l <lirliners bet'..;een the [ht~ns d Jrightly- l i ght r3d unidentby ~ i g:~~-, s 0: l esser rr.a g:1itude ..
wer2 : .~ t ,~rrogated by A:ir Force j 113 i~-. . :a "!aii .
It has now been over a mo. " i n .. e~. l i s sight ing, an :J. we assume that the Air Force invest i g .~ h_s~en completed. Since we have not heard any announc er.c ab =u~ ~Le result s of the official investigation, we would like,c' lmm v :; C1 € ATIC concl\ls i on on the case.
Thank you for your cooper,.-c::'on.
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Ri chard Hall Secretary. ofUCA?
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