lbdo.r Optjrators Ob.i~ctt sir,i1tod 100 miles E of Concnreo A7B S.C., trnv~ling at, an os~i~ted speed of 6000 I!lph. i:o infor::wtion available as t,o sizo, snape, color aerodynamics, c~c. 5 .17th 1'aet taJ\l C~">ntr:ll 1Milp 1:1d t.old hl:11 th.'\t I ~: 1tl nn rl, r.,!ts at 99 rn1l~s. ~ .. t'lr"'~"t !3top~ a t 112 d".~mts for a pprox- ths t'lrgJ~ t.h~n ~OYs \nc!( to 10.) :i~{r-Mtt ::~.t, liaich r 1 ~rln~ :lt 4 raYOlu~ion !)C!)r ni.nJt,e. Th~ t:\r3"'ti dLaJ?' d at. appr{U- L "".! t,_, ly 0.~7 hours. :'he spe.,d i.AS t.L'"'Jlt~d nt anproxt!Jta tAly 6,000 ~les 34o To Wirm;,g,ron ~ ICI .7 V ... _ IMN ,i:~ d at Wnhn&ton, 0 . C. br the U. s. Coast nd Geodetic Sunrey Dote ol magnetic information 1950 .. r.clela"tho roty of the Sec:rebtry oil Commerce Rtot.cl rJIUAIY ltS2 BAS NO 2 I 2 Legend and Index on reverse side IIOTt: It iiN Disted tnt of tllis cltart inf"at. .,.1111_. 1Uilla21 ..... QIIM to Uleit aa.tiotl .., ...... -ntE DMECIU.. U. S. COAST AND C00ETIC SUIYEY, 25, D. C." A L T' .JI"'L PRICE 25 CENTS TENTH EDITION FcbNCJry 2 9, 1952 Compiled nd printed at Wnhi"KIOI'i. D. C. ~ .... U under authority of the Secretary c FEBRUARY 1946 luiAd FtiiUAIY 1152 SIIO!tfPPe f ' V ASHINGTON TO CI-IARLES El VUi0'4S (UlfCIASSIFI!D) Aal,aia of no , A TIAB-5 DATI 3 Feb 53 COMMINT NO. 1 A't'mt Kr. J Lt Olaoa/joa b a renl\ ot ooDVeraa\ion w1 tb L\ R. 11. Ollaon, ATIAE-5, concerDinc an sleo tl"'Dlo sip of a U.A.P., th11 lect.ion requate that. )'ou rewin the inoloaed sip\tJII ot 4 D1o 52 fJIOII CcmprM A.FB, Dd submit a writ.t..n oplDioD ot i'Y . Jll 1atonaatlon available to ATIAB-5 ia included in the eub- jiO\ folder witb tbe exoept.loD ot charta tor t..peratve vs. altitude and. dewpoila\ rat,e not attached), the cJuslftc!lt\Oft Of th\1 ~!s rc!!-pondence will be do\Yl1gr~l~d to.UN~.L h\ E. mJPPILT, Capt;, USAF Chief, Aerial Section Electronics Branch Techn1 cal ~ Division Air Technical InteJ11 pnce Center \P. i~'fERVA~: DOWN~tlA~l~llW AVTF.\~ l~ .. vr. 'n.~ UNClASSIFiiQ 9 6 llOUCU P~CMM ocr wMIC" .. u uNo U. " 00!1liCliUIIT .. IIIIITIIIO ~PIC I : It\ I 't ... ,, UNCLASSIFIED Oonpree Alr rorce Bale, bt.h CaioUna One unlclen\Uiecl ob3ect. wa1 ataht.ecl b7 radar a\ Conaaree AFB at. 0~ ESt b7 ata 1Jt/J!ltfj,.5 aet.. the atcht.tng waa strlct.l.J electronic, not. visual. !be object. u alp\ecl 100 ailea Nl of the radar. atte, \raveltna at. a a ea\1- aat~ speed of 6,000 qh with contact. laattnc 5 atnut.ea. The weather at the \:lae coul1\ecl of lcnr a\rat.ua cloucta, no prectptt.at.lon, and w1nd.a l3 at. 5 mph All obeerven were atnaen sraclwates or radar operator's school with be- tween two to tlYe Jearl exporience and considered excellent and reliable II. Discussion ot Incidentt Several pas\ radar sightings or this type have been received b7 ATIC and waluat.ecl as probable interference from another radar station. This incident tall into \hia category eventuall7 in that the excessive speeda or 6,ooo mph plus t,he object's teng,encx.to the radar beam's sweep indicate that tnter- torencem~ha~e-been-present. However~ not enough into~ation has 7et been aaihered on local weather, tempera~ure and moisture Y.s. altitude, so this incident will be carried aa unknown until such 1nto:nD&t1on arrt ves. III. Concluaiont UNCLASSIFIED I Jt/TI J.l ~ SflAtT AFBSC \ co /\TIC ::p A'FD OHIO ATT:~ :;"IT'!? -2C c:.FC.I t't-v\.:rCI!OT J?t:u[ll~c.) CG T.'~C LA:!GLEY J\FJ VA "" S CflYPTO.CENTER Ii~10 C G ~T:I TAC fL"l ?O?: A?D SC CO 5)~' TAC C()i~ G P 1. O!E OJJECT iJO Df:SCRI;'TIOii f..Vt,ILA3L:, S~C-:D ESTI:i;.T~:D tSJ'JJ 33 :zG 55 ::Ii!UTES 2J::J SSCOl!~S t:O?.TH, OBJ[CT F! nsT S I GHT::D :"';:> ;i!LES AT :lj4 D:.:GIEES FR 035:2:-?Vf.:ll, OBS~i?Vi:D TO 99 iiiU::s AT 112 DEGR.ZES Fl1 OBSEnV~R ALTITUD: Ut.l}(. ' OPZllr\70:: STAFF SGT T HQliAS, ':ITl~I:SSES Ai1H FIRST CLASS IIO?~, A~1:~ F I RS7 CLASS PAT-:.: 7 I!~LD A;~D f.ij:J SZCO:'ID CLASS ~-J.;LIE~, ,-\LL ~P.T':r ?:Y.C":LLt::~iT (VJ R'~T !3ILITY lliJD LL GRAuS OF RADArt OP:l SCli ~JITI~ 2 TO ~ Y :>s !:X?:~2I'~ S. o: ST:1ATUS CLOUDS, no ?P.::CI!'ITATIOri, ".!PlDS iJOJ ~NCLAs~Elr / 't tfo :::.-I AIR INIEILIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT b t!Us oa1e a 8Ul311ar1' ot thlt f'ollovb& repert is i:lme5sibl~. 1:4 t~ ~-" aaci.. tona ie ~epred oa Part II or this re-port llatu-i::a Stat.-11~ b7 S/Sgt Donld R.. 1'hrnnaa . Uotar1za.t S:.4l~nt. b7 A/lC Cla:-ence I"Ms ~lo~ru.d l)' .. 4:.."ment. b.1 A/LC ~ialter H ,f :J..,d A/2C Ur>t..r~zed z-.-~at; 1TJ ,.j J.~ A:-d.,a Pateti~l~ Grid ~., f :lr 1st Lt. USAL' App~YiD~ Ot!1or .t!.!:!rl~fW.DifEHKOF TH UNITED STATES WITHIN THE lNG OF THE ESPIONAGF. ACT. !Jl U. S. C.- ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORilED PERSON IS PROHIHITEO BY LAW. UNITED SfATD AtR f9~E,A~ENCI~, EXa;r ~y PEANISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF It-FORMATION REPORT witb paragzssph 7d Air 1-~oree Lrttt.er 2C<>-5 th41 i'"'ll"wiaS au~tted. All iator.Na~ioa ls it~i~ed cerreapoad~& '~ 1. One object waa aigbt.ed :Lppr1wltel7 110 na1l~Ss :1rt.h .sa;Jt. oi c~a&are Air Force 3aae, South Carelina tra.-11ag at an aa~ spa ef ~,000 miles pe-r hour. The object otrcled the ba .. at. a r:.Ldlua or 3!"'P~ ba-.-eq 100 niles trca 034 dgreea te 112 degreu a. Ne intoxma~ioa is available as t shape, s1za, o~lor, ad~ ca, trail or exhaat, pro,alaioa 8,1S~eM an~ sound. 2. The object vas sigh~d at 0842 zone time~ contact ~a nAla~aL,ed tor coo' ndmate 3. Objct vaa obaerv~ b7 aa 1\:.1/i.!PS-S radar a~t. 4. The K..l/'Ds-5 raliar sat is locatd :at Co!l,.~:.u-e AF3, s.c;. ~. Cooriinatea are Lat 33 dogrees 56 minut.e 00 B'!eeada, wa 80 cielrees 47 r.Unutea 30 secenda wet. Th latitude r8&cling is north. Ths object ~taa f'irst. sicbtd s; mil fl~nl tll obae&ter at 034 J.egr3es and observ~d until it diaappared 99 miles f~ the ba3e at 105 dogre~s. (Sae ~p as ra!~re~c) S. 'l'he radar aet Qperator waa S/3gt 7:-toma aaJ V=l8 wi~:lsed b7 A/lo ~{3lter ilopt, A/lC Arlea P2tet1eld A/1~ Cl~-eDce Ivss, and A/2C Arthur ~al13r. ~hese Airmen ara ratod excelldftt 1u l~J~rd to rsl~jilit7 and ara graduates ot radar operators sohOGl vith t~o to l'in Y"ars experieace. 6. The ~ather condi~ions ~re as tollowsa Lo~ atr3tua clouda, n~ preei!litatioa, and winds norlh east :.at S miles psr hour. 7. Ne knoWil meteroroleslcel co'ftdit,ion existed. s. Ire phisical erl.dence extste suoll aa tr~tgzaent.s, ~r p!lotographa~ 9. Ne iDterceptioa or identitica~ien actio was t 1 o. He laao-Air Tr:l!I'ic was b thfl ana a~ the tL-.e o! eightilaJ Nl)fl: THI'i OOC:UMU CONTAIH51Nf'ORM-TK* Aff-ECTING TH NATIONAL 0E1"EHS Of THt; UNil0 STAI ES WI rHIN TH MC:AHING Of 1 Ht: ESPIO~ ACT. tO U. S. C.- JI AND 31. AS AM1tDD. ITS TRAHSMISSION OR THE REVElATION Of. ITS CONT1tTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHOftllEO PERSON 15 PROHIItiTEO IY LAW. IT MAY NOT 8 REPROOUCm IN \\HOU OR IN PART. 8V ona niM UNITF.D STArD AIR fONC AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION Of THE DIRECTOR Of INTCLLIGENCE. USAF. 5tJ7t.~ 'l''lctical CJnt.r.,l CrJn o .:i~:.t, A.tr ~ >rc' .. J: :.l' UNCLASSlFlEO ' h +.h~t mornL'1?J ot 4 D.~csmb.,r 1')52, L .'\fl,; Cla;o~o~ .~. Iv~s dld hl.;h S!)~1d. I ~:U.j g~en it ror on~ l~n~ oo~r, ;:'lsn it. st.opp~ for "liproxl-ut.el:r 0:1~ :Lt!l'.lte, th~n cx1 d.lr.,e~l7 bac'< in t.h~ pl.~.~l lt ;;a:J ;.:>vln~, anl f'ad.!d. T"nl!J t.rt.<:.< w~.l flr:Jt. pl.;!~!l uJ at. 'J~40 by ~/Jgt l'\dj .lt.M ~ DOWNGRADED AT . DECI.ASSlFIED A3F):T' JE~A H r :\TER V ALS . i\I;!CAAn C~>Nl'RO&. i\:fil . \a;rC!G ~t,iJ\~OOU 507th T~ctioal Control G~ou~ ~haw Air F<>rt:~ ~Je UN'.,.., f\SS' --n l.1n th m~mlng of 4 iJ;,c::tnb1r 1')52, I A/lC ~\rdsn D. ?at~filj o f th .t,..ja~ OP"ratora 3~cti . .,n h~J t-~1~ i'ir~t-hour ott and 1.;as :Ji~ting at. the soooe n~J' u d ror contL--ollin ( 'i'hi3 3CO!)e ns s .,t, i\":') for a ran~ of PO ndl~s. ~t anoroximat.l;r 0~ S/ Tha~M plc'~'l un the !~.Jt. movin.J tr'lc!< ar.d .,.i it.. I i:rnedia~l7 :~djtl3t-,d ~hs scoo-t t!l~ t.i.-:..Cl< at# 99 "lll-'S o1.lt tt''\-,.,lin~ a.t. !1. t.-1rrtii~ ta1~!!d L'1 a Sou~h~rn Ca~t.aLn~ u :.u7 Ai loJJ7.2oo lJO\J)YNEGC IFI"O EDA'f a lJ:,. d" t.\ T "t ' , T ,, UNCLASS'f~ fED. .DOll I>I& k'li\A 12 Y.EA..as. ~17th rr~c~lo~ Cnn~rol Grou? 3haw Air F~rce 3\ S'lnt,n _;aro lin a On ~'he t:tornlng 4 D~c~nb-tt" 1952, I .VlC r.u.t~r Hopf, d.l&1 I 1i/~G Art.~ur A. '-';alior of Ba'lr P.aint.MtiUlce 3..,ct,i>n 1a.t in th., CJn~r"'1 ;~., :1dja.J~i."lZ( a !:Co~ l-lhen we h~a~d ons ot th., o~'er~t-.or9 ~'l.ll i:.h :~, l~d