20Mi EOf Cochise radar-visual unidentified-object report — February 1955

Object hovered off left wing of observation a/c approx 5 min, then began steady climb parallel to course of a/c at extremely high speed. Disappeared in 3 minutes. COMMENTS [handwritten: UNIDENTIFIED] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) [illegible section - document image is too faint and degraded to read with confidence] [handwritten: Matth] in [illegible] 28 [illegible] 23 [illegible] 20 07 242 REPORT VIA ST USAF PHOENIX 47 OBJECT OBSERVED LOCI N DRAWN JUDCO [illegible] O DULL LIT [illegible] D PLUE D [illegible] CODER ROGER RDR TRM 10 JEPSEN/CODNR ADC SRT AFB COLO JNSL/CODNR 34 ADTM /OSAN MIRTLAND AFB NM JNERY/CODNR ATTIC WING T-PATTERSON AFB OHIO JEPI/[illegible] TO USAF MATS DC JEEST/CODNR ATC SCOTT AFB ILL JURGO/CODNR FTAF WACO TEX [handwritten in right margin: 2 Lts 2 Maj 2 4 1st Lt Cpt ] [handwritten: Multi] [handwritten: lll] [illegible] [handwritten: 28] [illegible] 25 [illegible] 27 07 [illegible] 27a WRIGHT VR 37 INSIDE ELEV A 47 AT UNCER DESRT LIGHT JITEO JUMP DC NULL IIA P ELE T IN COMB ROGER AFT ILY TO USERT/COMET AND ENT AFE BELO [illegible]/COMDR 24 ADIV /DSTI MINTLAND AFE USERT/COMNR AIIC RIGHT-BAFIANCC. Object hovered off left wing of observation a/c approx 3 min. then began steady climb parallel to course of a/c at extremely high speed. Disappeared in 3 minutes. Appeared off left wing for approx five minutes; then climbed on upward slant. Climbed and disappeared from sight at very high speed. 24W APR 2:--2 POLE INTO SUB CLY 1. /24 SPHERICAL CHM /24 BASEBALL OR GRAPEFRUIT CHM /24 RED AND RED /VERY BRIGHTLY FIREBALL CHM /24 ONE CHM /24 N/A CHM /FV NO CHM /24 NONE CHM /24 UNK CHM /24 NONE FD 2. /24 BRIGHTNESS AND SIZE 4MM /24 FIVE DEG ABOVE REPORTING ACFT ABOUT FIVE NM NORTH OF REPORTING ACFT CHM /24 CLIMBED OUT OF SIGHT AT-FIVE DEG ANGLE PARALLEL TO COURSE OF ACFT CHM /24 VEERED OFF LEFT WING APPROX FIVE NM THEN BEGAN STEADY CLIMB. PARALLEL TO COURSE OF ACFT AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED FD APPRAISED MOMENTARILY AS IT PULLED AWAY FD /24 PAR C AEOUL CHM /24 UNIDENTIFIED IN THREE NAME-BD A/C AIR/TO AIR VISUAL OHM /EZ HOME CHM/C T-2Z 44-[illegible] DAY [illegible] CHM 2S3 DEC CHM 2/6 APH GROUND SPEED OWA FENCE AFE CHM ITAL FR N 18532 CHM 2 VLE SS CHM 4/2 NIGHT FD 2, 22 MI DUE EAST COCHISE CHM FM CHM ON [handwritten: BRIGHT ORE + FR OBY] MOUNTAINS TO LEFT OF COURSE FD 3. CAPT [redacted] [redacted] [illegible] CHM NO COMMENT FD 12/15/52 FEB JUFFLE [handwritten: illegible] [handwritten: illegible] [handwritten: illegible signature/initials] [illegible section - majority of page text is too faint to read with certainty] The following text is partially legible: ...1330 HRS 2 -- OF OLD INFO SUB GL DISC'L OBJ /W/ BASEBALL OR GRAPEFRUIT ON /G/ RED AND ...W/ 'VERY BRIGHT' PARALLEL OBJ /W/ ONE OBJ /W/ ONE DARK /EY/ TO .../ HOME OBJ /W/ LIT SIM /E/ HOME PT .../ LUMINANCE AND SIZE OBJ /W/ FIVE RED AGIVE UPRIGHT /... ...OUT FIVE MI NORTH OF REPORTING ACFT OBJ /W/ CLIMBED OUT OF .../ AT TIME OBJ ANGLE PARALLEL TO SOURCE AT ACFT TIM /W/ .../ LEFT WING APPROX FIVE MIN THEN BEGAN STEADY CLIMB .../ TO OBJECT OF WEST AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED TO UPRIGED ...IGINALLY AT IRIGHT AWAY /E/ IRA C AGDN /ER/ /W/