t!,lt~C" I PHOTO SERV1CE REQUEST TO: TOOII'II' INITIATOit lift. DATI CGIIftLIT COWLITID DATI OltON COOl I ITa TOOPP WORK ORDER NO. QUALITY CONTitOL O!SCitlftTION Oft SIIYICII (IMI.-e ~16[1!111 el t, tl-.W tl.ce el , .,,,.,..,,, a:~ ether lllrfl~te"t llrl,.,l.,). P110TOGRAPHIC SPECIFICATIONS RECEIPT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK I certify thet I h.we l'ece#Yitl otltl"' l't~G'fives ottJ_....;. P''"' o il te 1M ~. .. ell",,_. H"'lce el tJ.e UNITEO STTfS GOV~RI>J~ENT ONLY . TOOP P ._ORK OROE~ NO. RequHt tor UIU Eta1uat1oa, gq USAP SA7tJI .CC ( !.fra Zt&Dt) Yeab DC 203)0 photo aaal7ale d1 Yialma at w~ig)rt-Pa A?B hae "! aad t.hq haft deter.ained t.Mt ~he ~ef':.~c~ llpt tnteu1t7 trca tM object :rusmeata -~ !.o-=s~1.JD o ligbt ~ in tz~ ot tbe 1 lDfl scurce. ~e.olat1on :.t:ad :!~gre ot 1 aeut ty ~ the object talu ~f!tJII!en the ~nt te le- gJ.!1ph ~o:e 'lll4 back te ~!.e. Eatt~e t.L~ ~e c.!:-oss lr.Da o~ "t.'la t:e :.e,p"apb polea to be :tift t'eet ln ... '1 tile -:>"bJe~t. cul d "!)e a~rrJJdtel-7 tJir in diaat.er. ?'tom the a~ve ~,~ "..u.tt!on :mel U3110c1at.ltd , t..he Jbject to be a spce~ Ju"!)lllnde4 in A!.r aucb a t' pa-rt. Llect oat.l.DoD. ' dee1rea to 3M a ~opy :>t 1\~ ~?CO-;., he ea.a ~ ' lD b7 dropp1:J4 tDto ~Al'OI..CC. 3. The 1Dfora~1oea uata usf!d b7 Pti.1ee't Bln 'lftOit 1a Pi'D l'onl 16lt ia the illto~tioa 1D entr-iDC IID4 f'!TS .uat1n4 li'1'Q "i.;:ltL"lg. tJ:I 1. r ree.1 tbouaDda ot tett-.rs !"tua '3tud8DU requ~t.ftR .l:l(o,...t1CIIl oa tJJOe t~ 'tar.a t.bellln '\nd t.ena proJ..U. B J - t 1 hGC'Ik haa a.t ot prt.Jst -tor ""'"1 ~an and 1a DO\ n.lll7 ... t.l.alale 1Jl paltUc l11wart :..;e Uat oal.7 a bootte Mlaiall aN ata1laltle <*l Aerial and r;~c \Ia do tllte to llel p pt sta:rt'ACI tn their 5 A~ 1a lila l.n~-._ Atr AF .FORM 112-PART I APPftOVEO I J UNE 1M eoutmrt l rt1'Citf ..0. (.4l-'F. B.-t.NK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unu8"tl llrbome Rader Ret.uma AltiA AOOitfiD ON m: 4l&~a~k~------Intelligence Directora-=-t..;;:... l'f'UAMO IY( U_,..,, I Soo..CE C&~t Timothy J. Flanagan Pllot and P.adar Observer ?.eoorts I .-. ; &ftOICU ( ' .,,.,, .. """""" tlori.Jert, p r t iii'U rport, -c: 1 .u lf1llweiUJ j SU~)ItAJtY: (EIIl" rm~r.-., _, , fJI( piWI . Gin ai~I.Y~n.:AIIll f*A* ... ....u.a perrJJPepl. La.tt l i c/lnrtt 'Jllroll'tt l ft. ll'f1" rn UJ rport "" , I F ~Ill ttl-Part 1 / .) Durin the mcnt.h or J,,_i y J~l three (3) ditterent occasions, oilota and ndar I ob"rs ot t.he 66th Flf'ht, Int.ereeptor S".!uadron, !lmendort 1\ir Foree Ba3e, Ala:ska, reported unusual radar return3 <.>bt.ained wit.h t.he ~.fti.-)3 airbome r~dars installed . in the F-94 type airontt. APPP.OVL' fG OP'FIC!Rr i R.A ~JCIS R. )JacOt: Col onel , t:.3 \1 Direetor of Intelligence 6 (Hq USAF onl.) ---uoa 3 pilot' atat-nt.a (6 eys ea) . 3 radar obeenen' atat.err.enta (6 c,ya ea) NOTI: THIS oocu-.ENT CONTAINS INFO'tMATION AfFEct INa TH NATIONAL DUENil OF THE UNITED STAT($ WITHIN TH MEANING OF THE ESPtO!'I.\G ICf. S1 U. S C.- ll AND 1 '5 AMENi)EO ITS rRAHJMISSIOH OR T' rEVELATION OF ITS CONTtNTS IN ANY r.aAHNE" TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PRS0!'4 IS ~fiiOHIIIT!D SY LA.V. IT M4Y NOT BE Rt.PROOJC0 N Y4110' f ~ IN f'lfT. BY OTHU THAN UIUT0 !iTATU AUt FOACl ~15. E.XCEn BY PER .. ISSION OF THf DIMCTO" OF INl WJGEliiC. U~. ~F FORM 1'12-iaAAT II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT i ~:~: igl!lnce DlreetoratG, Rq AAC "~;:-:.52 Durin; the s~ont.h ot J Jly on th~e (3) dif:f'ereat occasions, oilot3 a nd radar observer" of the 66t.h Fightsr-Intarcaptor Squadron, El."!lendorf AJ.r Forc.s Bas', A4s~, reportecl unusual rA.dar ret'Jrna obtained with the A~33 airborn r~dars i.Ntalled in the F-94 t J p ~ircrat~. . At tel.7 03:3.l~ n t:.he Rldoubt Bay areJ&, 6042 ~j 151 4J' ':1, while at S ,000 lee , i:dtial contaet. n4 it 20,0Cb yards. From 1n1ti3l contact into 6,000 yarda, the tar,et hat .10 4pp&Nnt to1ward Pd but, did appeu to shift trom side to side. At 6,000 y ~h tar~et 3ppe~red to clL~b with tre~endous speed and ~ lest. A search ~ ~nductec in the ~rea ~d contact re-e~t~olish!d about ~tx (6) minute later at , ~, :oo t "rLrda with the sa~ results. f.t " 0 t.ime "'ftl8 Yisnal si,ghtina made. 'nte weather with no preoipita\lon. ndar return on AP0-3,. 000 r~et; 'li.Jibillty good koi.lture content ot the clouds wa believ~ t oo low to give The radar t. in u ~ oot operating at ~cod ettiolenc7 witn t he short r~nge almoat 1noperat1 (Rad:,r Jba ' eoment) - COV\4S..WS OF !'R!PAP.I~G OP'f'!C~h ' 1: Since threJ , 1 ci!!'erent. radar aet.. were concem8d in th .. e m]tunetion could be the cauae. P.adar ObeerYer ari :ee (3) radar eontact8, it ia thought different AP0-33 unlikely that radar 2. Since the Yiaibillty ~t tl~ght altitude in e~ch incident was ~ood, it is telt that h~d the radar return been caused by a material object, visual si~ting would h~Ye been Accompliahed. ). In vin ot parag~a9hs one (l) and two (2) above, it 1~ belleYed that the radar returns were ca~ed by ~ume a~spherlc conditlon or. phsnomenon which ~ight be pe~uliar to o\laska onlJ or +.o ,\laska and the ~lcrtheut. Command. Tim"rR! .VlAG.~'I Captain, USAF Chiet, ectronics Intelllp,ence eranch 'In I'..Z-PAR r I :1.), " fRY I 'll~IH ItO. AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMA U::uaual .\ir::cm ?.adar P..etur.ta <li.!)t Tir.cth7 J. Plaa.agan Pilot &nd ?..adar Ob8erver P.aoorta 0 . , fitttufiONIY CMIGINATUit HOllt THIS DOCUNr~T UJ~TAI .. I"''itiiATIOIUI'I'ECTI:O.c; THI NATIONAL DlnNSI Of' THI UPUTED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING O'T~E ES .IG[ ACT. !0 IJ S c.- 31 AND a AS A._.ND0 In OR TIIF REVELATION Of ITS CONTE~TS IN A~Y "'A'tNER TO AN l:N4U~0~1ZE:O P""<:t')~ 1~ ~ '':ii1131T~:> RY LA .'I. IT !l,l,,y NOT 8 F~r"J vC0 IN Mt(M E OR ,,. PA:~r. iJY OTHER THAN UNITED STATU AIR FOHCE AGE:CIES. EXCE."T BY PER'o4aSSICN 0' ThE OIREC'rOR CF IPIT&UICH.~. U:i.';:, ~R~ 114'-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1 :atelli; c~ Dirctorate, Ri CJ.:-'!.!111 tr.e mco~h ct Jul7 on thz:"e (3) d!ft41!"1tn~ oc:cuiona ~ pil-~ts and radar o'l)erverJ or the 66t.tl P'ig~ter-Interc~r SquadroA, ~J wndor! Air Force Sue, Ala.l(.'l, M~rted t."O:l.J.:sl rllc!~r -=-~-:.~.rn obtai:ut-1 -:o;ith th!! .uw::-;; .:-.irbo~ :-"ldl.r!l in.stall!!d I in t.he ;"-91. t:r;.e "irora.t't. :_Jt, T4t .:f;nz: D. Kelle;l t :-? r~dar r~..rn C'n APG-3J. !ir~t. ~c!'lt.qet wu cr.ade t. l rj ,.JOO yards. Lock-en w&3 fl.:~C'::~li:J~., .. . 11:. , rljo .. ''1 ~. ~:-.d 'ln i>..erc!pt at.arted. r .... :-=et. was lttel "ith t~e ai~:-~!t': -:.: ed :""-.."\ter thP-n 1 100 k:lota -:.o ~,coo :rare! H. t.hi pci."lt the target d!~,p~a.:-~-: a:::t t"):1~'l~t eould I ~ot be re estatllahed. ?i ~ ':'~ ~id not QA~ vi,ual sL.~t :.~ .. -,.. th~ tar t otser7ed i .,.!.rc':'aft e_!:ee:i appea~d the ~. ::.e -JL'C i<'.:1~,J. ::t~e.ree::t ., c.:n t.i:1ted to ~CO y'ln~ i s~-:lchrcnized ~-.ith tte tar~st ;.!::'.'ing c!o;m. Pil:t nosed ~h~ :.ircr~.:\. -ic-:-r:'l "-"'ld as L .c lde:tt., ! rdnute c ~ ~:b. '!'h' taJ~!et ., q r .. ll.l pt.llli:t;; II Gil. nt DOCl!MlN r COI'Il A INS IMFOitMATION Arr~.Ari ... .... H& t1An0f4AI. QEFNSE CF' THE U,.ITEO !iTo\ n::; 'lfJTHI'i T'IE MF.ANH4G T~ ~ ?I~"A(,E ~CT. 5t1 U 5 . C .- I~TilJJiaEHC.:. u;;.;. . 2/l.t A. a. nuea raoa1ft4 a o' J f'roa ME- , Da7ten ( Dqtoariev) 2. Sovoa 1a a Teohn1oal. Drat~, ). Souroe vile o at 1030, -1130, 28 Juq 19S2 a bript object. It wu a olear Dicbt, remDaDta ot rain olouda, bllt. DO J moat tara vare viaibla. 4. Objeot eMd 6 inciwa 1D di-ter vben ..-1evcl through field There vu a pld bnd throup center. o bsex ta\loa tor ODe bour. 6. Alter 20 ll11111tea, aouroe o or ot 1 1A tAn.t brightDaaa. 7. All objeeta raoy8CJ. oa bead'"l ot 120 The b1i ODe ae-.d to