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Project 10073 Record Card: Gray AFB, Killeen, Texas, 30 August 1958

📅 30 August 1958 📍 Gray AFB, Killeen, Texas 🏛 AFCIN-4E4 📄 Disposition Form and Record Card
Gray AFBRadarIFFProject 100731958

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A radar target traveling at 3300 knots was tracked for two minutes at Gray AFB on August 30, 1958. Analysts suggested a potential equipment malfunction due to the target appearing only on IFF, but deemed the data insufficient for a definitive conclusion.

This document comprises a Project 10073 record card and a disposition form regarding an unidentified radar target observed on August 30, 1958, at Gray AFB, Killeen, Texas. The incident involved a single radar target tracked for two minutes by personnel of the 814th ACWron, including 1/LT Dennis L. Starling and S/SGT Honeycutt. The target was detected at 170 degrees and 30 miles distance, and it subsequently disappeared at 175 degrees and 140 miles distance. The calculated speed of the object was 3300 knots. The observers noted that the target appeared only on IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) and did not differ from other IFF targets in any respect except for its extreme speed. The radar analyst suggested that the equipment might have been malfunctioning, given the high speed and the fact that it only appeared on IFF, but concluded that there was insufficient information to properly evaluate the event. The report was forwarded by Colonel Leonard T. Glaser of AFCIN-4E4 to AFCIN-4E1 for further analysis.

TARGET WAS NOT LIKE ANY INTERFEREFCE EVER OBSERVED, DID NOT DIFFER FROM OTHER IFF TARGETS IN ANY RESPECT EXCEPT SPEED.

Official Assessment

Radar analyst says the possibility exists that the equipment was not working properly since the target appeared only on IFF and at an extremely high rate of speed. However, info insufficient to properly evaluate.

The target was observed on radar for two minutes, traveling 110 miles at 3300 knots. It was noted that the target did not differ from other IFF targets except for its speed.

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