Documents / FOIA release
This assortment of records released by the Office of the Secretary of Defense collects 1975 National Military Command Center memoranda and message traffic. They cover unidentified helicopters and low-flying aircraft seen over weapons storage areas at Loring AFB, Maine, and Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, along with radar and visual UFO contacts at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. The file also contains a 1976 defense attaché report on F-4 intercepts of a UFO over Tehran and Air Force UFO statistics for 1965.
“Sightings”26 pages
OTHER STOP OF THE PRIMARY OBJECT GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AT A GREAT RATE OF SPEED. THE F-4 CREW HAD REGAINED COMMUNICATIONS AND THE WEAPONS CONTROL PANEL AND WATCHED THE OBJECT APPROACH THE GROUND ANTICIPATING A LARGE EXPLOSION. THIS OBJECT APPEARED TO COME TO REST GENTLY ON THE EARTH AND CAST A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT OVER AN AREA OF AROUT 2-3 KILOMETERS. THE CREU DESCENDED FROM THEIR ALTITUDE OF 26M TO 15M AND CONTINUED TO OBSERVE AND MARK THE OBJECT'S POSITION. THEY HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN ADJUSTING THEIR NIGHT VISIBILITY FOR LANDING SO AFTER ORRITING MEHRABAD A FEW TIMES THEY VENT OUT FOR A STRAIGHT IN CANDING. THERE WAS A LOT OF INTERFERENCE ON THE UHF AND FACH TIME THEY PASSED THROUGH A MAG. REARING OF 150 DEGREE FROM MEHRABAD THEY LOST THEIR COMMUNICATIONS (UHF AND INTERPHONE) AND THE INS FLUCTUATED FROM 30 DEGREES - 50 DEGREES. THE ONE CIVIL AIRLINER THAT WAS APPROACHING MEHRABAD DURING THIS SAME TIME EXPERIENCED COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE IN THE SAME VICINITY (KILO 70LU) BUT DID NOT REPORT SEFING ANYTHING. WHILE THE F-4 VAS ON A LONG FINAL APPROACH THE CREU NOTICED ANOTHER CYLINDER SHAPED OBJECT (ABOUT THE SIZE OF A T-BIRD AT 10M) WITH BRIGHT STEADY LIGHTS ON EACH FND AND A FLASHER IN THE MIDDLE. WHEN OVERFIED THE TOUFR STATED THERE WAS NO OTHER KNOWN TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. DURING THE TIME THAT THE OBJECT PASSED OVER THE F-4 THE TOUFR DID NOT HAVE A VISUAL ON IT BUT PICKED IT UP AFTER THE PILOT TOLD THEM TO LOOK E. DIRTING DAYLIGHT THE F-8 CRFV WAS TAKEN OUT TO THE AREA IN A HFLICOPTER WHERE THE OBJECT APPARENTLY HAD LANDFD. NOTHING WAS NOTICED AT THE SPOT WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE OBJECT LANDFD (A DRY LAKE RED) BUT AS THEY CIRCLED OFF TO THE WEST OF THE AREA THEY PICKED UP A VFRY NOTICEABLE BEEPER SIGNAL. AT THE POINT WHERE THE RETURN WAS THE LOUDEST WAS A SHALL HOUSE WITH A GARDEN. THEY LANDFD AND ASKED THE PEOPLE WITHIN IF THEY HAD NOTICED ANYTHING STRANGE LAST NIGHT. THE PEOPLE TAKED ABOUT A LOUD NOISE AND A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT LIKE LIGHTNING. THE AIRCRAFT AND AREA WHERE THE OBJECT IS. BFLUFVFD VO HAVF LANDED ARF BEING CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE RADIATION. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED WHEN IT RECOMES AVAILABLE. 7YUU RUFK JCS9717 2670810:0130-CCCC PRIORITY UNCLASSIFIED
FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 40 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.