UNCONFIRMED SOURCE INFORMATION, PERTINENT TO (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R000400150001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 25, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
25 July 1980
SUBJECT: Unconfirmed Source Information, Pertinent to an Unknown
SG1C
of Coordinates;
(s)
rely on his own initiative to locate and identify the U.S. target of
interest. The following information was provided:
SG1A
a. (S) The source provided the following physical description of
an unknown (at least unnamed) object which he stated was the target:
The object of interest has a horizontal aperture or opening, contains
black metal grating and is constructed of hardened steel or metal. There
are circular plates on the object, and parts are dark gray, like gun metal
(Note: Source may mean blackened or blued). Object looks very much like
a stovepipe but is very hard and smooth, approximately 6-7 feet tall on
its side, and 16-20 feet in length. There is a set of opposed, parallel
grooves running lengthwise through the object. Metal is used in constric-
tion and is very hard, tough, compressed alloy; but resiliant. Object has
two cables or cable like appendages attached; one at the front and one at
the rear. Ends of the object are covered with a soft material. The in-
terior is highly polished and contains a small metalic protrusion at the
top center. Object appears to be approximately one to one and a half inches
in thickness. Object is described as having a sort of nose cone and fin
design to it. Source stated the object as being brown and green in color
overall.
b. (S) The source provided the following information pertinent to general
appearance and his own deductions:
The object appears to be either covered or under a cover. A deliberate
attempt has been made to shield the object from the sun. While the ends are
covered, they are still open as well. The cover is to protect the tube por-
tion of the object. The object appears to be in a space orbit, and is not
propelled by anything (freefall orbit). It is traveling in an orbit, not
meant for either land mass nor ocean destination (splashdown), it just keeps
orbiting. The destination and orbit appear to be a specific planet (reported
as unknown, but for sake of reference by source it was called earth by source).
Characteristic of the planet is its color changes; orange, red and yellow on
one side of the orbit, white, blue, dark, mountainous, craggy and rocky on the
other side.
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c. (S) The source provided the following additional comments concerning
the object:
The object is shiny in part, cool but not cold, and there appears to be
an on-off, on-off, gleaming which may be caused by object rotation or a light
device. It is shaped somewhat like a submarine (in outline or form), but
looks very much like a gun barrel, or an oversized sewer pipe. There appears
to be a few panels on or connected to the object, but these are not easily
seen. The gun barrel portion of the object is used for its primary function,
which the source could not identify. He did state that it was apparently not
a destructive or damage causing purpose or intent. It is traveling through
space. The object will eventually or soon be filled with energy, but of what
form is unknown. The object is presently accomplishing (at time of photograph)
accomplishing the third portion of a three part mission; with apparently the
first orbit and first portion being completed, the second orbit and second
portion being seen and done, and at time of targeting (at time of photograph)
this is the third exploration.
2. (S) Caution should be utilized when evaluating the above data, as it
appears the source may have been reporting information on the photo producing
device, rather than the object reported at approximately 7000 feet altitude.
3. (S) Request the above information be evaluated and comments be provided to
the undersigned in writing no later than 25 August 1980, this will permit a
full evaluation of the source of information for both accuracy and intelligence
value.
APH W. MCMONEAGLF~
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CW21 USA Analyst
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