?~JJE':T 1C073 RECORD C.AR(n Lo)eoai ,3 J/~jljlJ~I--------- lS :,T vld b c 7 'Circular, hr1 nt;, Ntti::.'1 ot~i ~ L:"cl\; 31Gd fr-:>rn E \clcud~ aft~r jJ con oo'' , -,.LQn. 'lt~t 3utl~ o . ., ~Goly Sell u" lf1J1 ,.\1 r::r'lft rc 1 J. s~..,I'IC.Im ~al n balloon. INTEWGENCE INFORMAnON REPORT !J1Ye(Dete) nl RCF.AFl APPROVID I JUNII .. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ff!O. t-tllf) tJ/S ~eratiou. Faroe Bue. .Ala._ !he tolloalDI aooaunt or the aiptlDS ot an uni 4elltU1ecl fiyizzc o'bjeot ia aub- 1. !he objen. algb-.e4.1D the no12d:t7 ot 11 ''r Poroe e .Uabsm ap,_rM ra.n4 alMlld the alae ot a peDGll hea4. The 1DS1 objen cbancecl colora tl'~ .wid.'-'M _.. te ..... !here ,.. a'Hl M o-.IJII b-aa the o'bja' Wh an lD a at:ra1p1J 11J 1;o be auapeDd..S iD the air. ttae alP"bb 11M objen ll&4e --.wra. 11; cl1aappeve4 sra4ualq. z. Objen .. a1 approzlM'Mq 2110 houra (local time) 30 t1ul7 1952 an4 za..a!Decl ill "f'i-{10) or (20) 3. 'l'hree ot the tour obe uaecl t1e14 glu (pawerr 1 x 50) to ~coca- p11u tile aiptiJIIe !be taurtb OMerter necl the ODjaet wit& nked ey.e . 4.. The ->btl.rnra ware looated in the Maxwell C ol tower (32~3'1 S6~2'"W). taolq aa1;. lhe objot wu to be 20 to 25 I:lilea fr~ the obeel"'ftra. tr&Tel- inc Sl 1Jo at al tltlacle or ap,...a.ately 30.000 teet. 5. The grl~ ~baerwar. obiet ot the tower cr .. , ola' 13 moatbe ezper1ea oe M a taw ap_..-.r. 'l'wo otlft.r o. ....... "ftt"e .. ot the -ec or with two :oldaa u operator. The ta.1rtb obeerwr wu HCOIC ot AACS tao11it1 at ~. All ot 1:b prevlcaaa alpU ot un14t1t1ecl .tlylDc objeote. e. A\ tille o~ ai~ttac at 30000 tee' 700 at 12 lcDoU. olouct. were ........... d 11.000 Yiaiblll-WU 11 all plua. t.-perat:nre WU 810 aDd IUr !'~o wlnda wwre saw ., knot 7. l'h wu DO ~aniriV or oond1t1oa ill tbe area whlab migh~ 'be rpoaatble a. Jo pa,.t..,l ewl4 -oaid.oa u1doa - DOt taba be-...e ot the u= 10. -tiM ~. atpttc ttl -. a Ca67 ataraft .._. llanU AF FoiM 1111-..PPAIT I AIPROWlfl I JU .. , .. AIR INJEIIIGENCE INFORMAnON REPORT One (1) unideAtit1e4 n11Dc objeot WU 11gbte4 in rioizatty of :&axaell Air Force Be Alabea bJ operator ot YAWell Control Tower at 2310 hour on 30 July 1962. Thia il the first reported a1Jbtizac ot aD unideut1l1ed tly1 ~bj4Ct by Maxwell co~utr*ol tower peraonael Ut.i!TED STATES AIR FORCE H~ADQUAJITDa 3GCOth AIR UNIVERSI'I'Y' WING MAXWELL A1ll J'Ocz B.\SE AI..ABA.'\IA 1. Cbaenatiaa wu ade by ~. und ... i9-Je4 a~ approxi.ately 2310 riYe {75) teet abote _umand le'lel. . 2. tna ""en t ~r Ma::twttll ~elcl and ~i)pev'd ~o be al; a dis ot t h"-."l Jl~nty-t1~ {25) m:l.l ... a~ IUl alt1-=.a4e or ~or t.h.a~ twttflty (20) th.a.aaancl r -t 3. Cl~ oh.t.,t" watlOil ~:-ou~ the use ot Olnooal.ra rne.l..t tha-t thi!l pb .. .,.. a ~ sphericlal m s1wt l.r --;o. bolt lar~ rede !here wu nA aou ..US &ea tba mt DO traila ,... ....._ l'tle objen. CS.ftJd 1~ an a .....Ua.l type ot alr- onn. allp~ ..,till .ns.. d.llllar to tbe .. ot a ,~alua. ..... ltd.111a tba -loe"' D.a haun, the a\ wtliab I left U1VITED STATES AIR FORCE 3800th AIR UNIVERS-I'l'Y' WINO MAX\VELL Am J'Ocz liM 1. At about 2~10 nOUJ"S,. ~C .rul:~ ::.9:;2, '1: "'uowel! ..:ontrol 'l';)Wer l '.lbe-....t an objeat t-:reaty-t1.,. ( 2 5) to tht r ty ( 30) i.lil ' of Uacstll '!'b18 ob.1,... a::~ou~ thirty (~0) "to ~ir~t=.i'i'Y'! (ai} thouand f en iD alt11114e end traYwlecl rz.ca SJ to !lW. l"!le ob1eot ~ to ona.a..;e c olGI'8 ~ wbl'ie te a ~;1!1: reel. It wu 14 s1!;11' !'or ap,rGati.ate17 tea (~o) llli ma._. a. I ttill ~ elJ.ai.Jai;e the poaiDllity ot cilia ubJ O.iJJC a-. n alo.:O'" J ::pH Q/ D I.l .J;;:DiN/CG ENT Ai o COL04ADO ~FGS COLO IN ACC04DA~CZ ~I!h AiL --~-;, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HEADCIU.uri'D8 3800~h AIR UNIVERSY'PJII'Y WINO ~ hcaara 1 Jl122J~2 JUl.. JZS1Q SeOtU"!~'Y., tiQ.r:l AIR INTELLIGENCE iNFORMATION REPORT . .-...-J-a L 11.-nptecl aa V .. nl objee\ OD ol n AI/CPisS ftdu' .. , at A7!, M1a. :: . 2. a. 'aet, -eiola llppMZ'e<l OD tbe PPI aoope iD a tear41op s~pe, -. _. ftrft-at liD uia\b ot 3JSO toi'"J=three (U3) . .. : cHat'-Die a1 ot tbe tran eatt.matecl to be approX1aatel7 . ... ). lMiAI tbe ped.o4 ot tiM targn .. ll to "ra...J. '- 'ib1cla.1AW11184.t. (2) e1mn .... It reMi.DM in a ner ata\1QDU7 ~iU.a ~: :~ toJI t,_.. (4) fila MJ ~be.-a 'WIT alow ~ DOJI\Ia tor . .. . -'&D tFPfti111aate ,.W ot (J) .._.it 'a auuacl a eta~ . 1II1T *--3) later mel bela a aw rapicl mow.a~ la a n..tbarl7 diftctioD t~ appnxt=tel7 ti.n7 (SO) (rz.c. .. the all S .n) a\ wMGb it d1 boa tbe fPI aoope. The aer= . .. . en eniate u to rat. r4 .,..t .. to"Y a~ (~) to t.lft7 (SO) muea L. ,. Uia.-1 IDd U. ..._ .,..cl ol 16btM objeot, 1D actM ti.oa .... a pn.W.z:w t11e opi ni(Jil tha~ tM , ba lee! tbe o to target wu a g objen. 1ctJ~ upon iib1a : fORM 1 ~ART IJ \rf'I<OVID t JU,_. IMI Wilt& Iatelllgezao atn.. 1 Xler A.t-a. W...lalppl 1 m-a-aa ; PAGr c, "(Ia SO ~ 1911. l'e lqth et 1:SM ot Cbaer vaUoat obaer vatl oa a PPI oope ot aza U/CPS-1 radar an l~. ~catioa ot cbterYer aDd objeot, repectiTlY 1 ~ .. p.r?.xlaate~ torty-t.'u"" ( -*3) ::1il t'ro::a looatioa ot Al~11:Udet tiC)t proT111oaa tor hei&llt t iii'tlaNat c,. ... tS.oae lnaall. Jlennaloa laeeler ArB. lllaalaeiffi rS... _. hlq eeplaan ot I dti-ot hia at:at-ll'M. AIR INTEWGENCE iNFORMATION REPORt ... -. ' aMltt.w