PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 0 Wos Balloon 211 lk\y 1952 12.5 f.Ulea E ot Slnta RORa, N.M. o Probably Balloon -,.--DATE:-TiME.GROUP--------.:-TYPioi- oiii"tRYAl'ION---a Pouibly Balloon Lecal o_c}+O_O M31'. ~ Ground-Vi suet 0 GroundRoclor Was Aircraft , 0 Probably Aircraft GN.T.?,~ J.L_(:~O ~ D Ai .. Yiaual 0 Airlntercopt Rodor 0 Ponit,ly Aircraft , .u "" Was Astrono'"ical DYes 0 Probably Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION .1. NUMDH Ofl OBJECT$ 9. COURSE 0 Other--------- hovcrcd then let~ ~,:.:' '!!:"' Oato lor Evaluation 1o. IRifP SUMMARY Of liGHTING . 11. COMMENTS ATJC FORM J29 (JIKV H BEP 12) UNCLASSI lED RR JEPHQ JEDVP JEDEN JEPYB DE JWFKD 28 FM CO 4981HST SPT WG /ATOMIC/ KIRTLAND AFB NMEX . , IIIII ... TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHDC JEDVPI.AiR TECHINTELLIGENCE CNTR ATTN ATIAA-2C WPAFB~O-HI~O~- JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO JEPYB/CG ARDC BALTO MD JWPMLlCG VADJ HAMILTON AFB CALIF UNCLA5S\F\ED AQQVCK0&-2. FLYOBRPT ONE RND SHINY OBJECT SIGHTED VISUALLY FR GROUND AT APPROX 0900 MST 24 MAY ON US HWY 66 APPROI 25 MI E OF SANTA ROSA NMEX X OBJECT WAS OBSERVED AS STATIONARY FOR APPROX 2 MIN CMA THEN DISAPPEARED TO THE S AT HIGH RATE Oi SPPED X ALT OF OBJECT WAS HIGH X FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS ALL QUADRANTS X VISIBILITY 61 MI X WINDS W 14 MPH X OBSERVERS LT AND MRS CCC LN ' GP ' SHOULD READ VERY UNCLASSIFIEO. lfA'llKll.l On htul"dq, 24 Mq, 19S2, I waa driYinl east on U.s. 66 about, 2S miles 11est ot Santa noaa, New Mexico, with 117 wite a3 a pas:~enger, wh8n . we both obaered a round ailver, ah~ object 1n the e~. It se to be acae ten to fifteen r.d.lea awq, talrq hish, ancl to the northeaGt. or the highwa,. I u--. it was talrq lara in eU., tor I aJD eure that it was quite ~ dietanoe awq, 7et it waa clearly ri.sible at all tiaaea, and quite &87 to It to hans motionleae tor a period or ea. minut .. , then it otartecl to JIOYe rapidly, and disappeared 1n the aoutheaat, QOYiDg 811~ in that direction. J.(y llita l'lade these S::.'le observations. The time or this happenfna was about nl.ne A.ll. The ok,y tfll8 clear around the obJect though there ware cloud!~ hiehar up. I testit7 thnt the above atatemante ar~ true and correct 2Lt., USAP A CER'l'IfifD mU! EXTRACT OOPlt tt Col, USAP 1'lin& Operation & Tra1n1nc Ott1cer AF FORM 112-PAIT I APPIIOVIO I JU .. 1M , (&A YR BANK) , r:ew Hexioo IU.rt.la nd Air ~ore~ r-aae, lla\1 i ,xloe June 1C)S2 11. l!ol.eRor, FSAF SUIIIMit'la (JDsl a dill rtrvaL If' r? ,..,-. ohservera. -.,.,1"!' tra~ellnJJ ",a !Jt on U. 3. Hlghway No. ,.~r.d "'~:nt R Jrox!.:~ t 1'tly :! ) rJ:tle;t..ea~ .. ca: .Sa!l_ta P..osa,_. tlew. r~co--nt the tirl8 of Di3hti:1.:t ~ .... object, : rhlo:, \.i,u<-t,?und in 3h&_P.! . ."~nd i'.3.Uver in color., 11nS northt!!t:Jt .frOS'I the ;">ln~ of o'H.=,rvs t.ion r.:...~d ~ p~red-to cO !.":ot. ionlasarW'l} t, 2 ;.tlrnrt.-,ll t~3n l~Ved eft qul~.e 1 fl ;'.i..dJ.:r t D the ooutheat. The obj~t~ vb.tch cppelirad to h~ 1:-:r_::fJ l'n:i ~t n -.,~r.J h1;'1 ;:ltlt.1,.t.1i't 't./~3 observed f~r "ppro:-dJ.r\tely 2 l"'i.n'.lt ts. tio tr:"ll or fL.._, ll~.l ;.i~lbl.:. ~or Uti8 nn;r ~oioe e.m1bl.e. Th.!'r., were R f.)'-'1 C'lt"mlua otH"1a wlth vi:Ji'Jilit-1' u;. (.0 ; .. iloa fll~ \o/d:Jt.qrJ.;r WilYla oloft or 11,. !~?H. L i~J r.ttr-tchc-d t,) i.h~ 4?1Jt.:l :f~>c-d ~ervlce ~quadron on t.~lis bnee I'. '.Ric; n. ~:OCILiC~:CJ .- l11ncJ O!;e-rationa & 7r:-d.nin~ DOD .L>llt o~JO.lO Chief, Air Tt~tohnloal Intell1!1.9DC8 Centwr, r~1'':~J J(l'l.A.\-2o Url~bt-l~tteraoa AFB, Chi M IIIII I 0 ll I. 'CI INL.IIf .,...,.,,, Clf'IQI , 1110 0 tt8UI