I. OAT!-T IME li~OU' " NUW8ER 0, OIJICTS 2. L.OCA rJON 10. CONCI.USIOH 5. L~NCTH OF O!U!I!:.lVATIOH TYP~ OF O iUlitV' TIOH a. P HO ros 9. PH1SICAL eVIDINCI ~F FORM 112--PART I c 01J.W1D n.G: OYF rem AJR JNTEWGENCE INFORMA TJON REPORT 1. 211 lolloviDs rJort. is aulni tt.ed em the obs ervance o r an un\W . ~& obJ.U by p~cl o! t..lte ?54th AC&1:T Squadron, Port. uat.i.Jl, Ktchigc.n. PVI!JDne~ cme1;mcd l~OllOrt baTin& obaenecl thi object hT vi. Wl.l me:ma ~.t 1St,. l.7 Februaq l9SJ, b7 electrmi o 2 ena .a~ 2.2()(: b'ST 11 F br !7 ,. -2e ,._ 1._tl't7 el W ob3ect n.aiDa Dlmew. !DTeat.ipt.ioa ot report.a 'tid.W to tart.Jt r clettl or intoraatiOD er rr.Y f alsified. or ia&inative 1 I -l'aport..l JPPlWVliDa eaptn.. au ot~r~1cer: Value o~ report questioned. Forwarded inteot ~on end disposition as deemed appropriate tor further eval~- cann.ATJS .. T!UCI AL! ES'f !JO r ~ \ aX3 c~INGornc:m or lUDAB !!UCI: part ol the *7 'Wher. no 1tu wer. Yiaible. The objeot 1eemed to glow brigb\ rell, obaae&l t.o pale white, ud tbc red ags1 ra, repeatin~ l'~rt nortb to aouth. Alter s lilUe the obj~t ~tarted gettln,; Jra~l Jar mtil I coald ae Joapr it. ~ '!'Hs C~.1lH~i()lJIC~ D A T3a LIV's,,_, an m~idmt1!1ed light wa si&ht*' t!le siprl:t& mel mecle aa o oaerYat.icm o f it. 'lbe obj eol. vaa seea or 100 teet. aba'le the borison. At the ~ ooeratioDa aaG at J~ .. lel:te vu th l -.17 poaition I wae ~ble t :) receiYe a r.dar retuna on thia ebjen. HAJOID 5 ~i\GI.X 2:-ld Lt, USU Cont.roller .\UTH: CC!<!M.\1\ffiL'lG OFFICER l!NCL~S51r1ED L.::-. \'I'IC Subject: ' jn.:.l.) Rada r 3ighting of Unknown Aerial Ob ject Ltr A!IC (10 Mar 53' H ?;Ldli AIBCIU.1T ;ON'rnOL A.l'lD 't/AR.'IUiG SQUADRON, Port ,\u~tin, Michigan 'IQ; c;.-,mmanding Gener,l, Air Tecnnical Intelli:zence Cen t.er, ~t:ri ,lht- r'ltterson A!.r Force Base, Chio A'rnl: A~'4'0D-ATIAE-5 1 . In accor~ance with parsgraph 3, ba~ic l'CJt.ter, :mbmittad are El.,ctron1ca Data ::5hMt and Air Forcs Form 1 2 . Distribut i on in accordAn.::e ;,ith AFL 200-5 . ..,.a3 11a.dt:t !)r~vi -:>us ls ~7 ~.:1i3 orgmi~tt .. m, and follow-up action diaclo:5~ t~ a t CO!>Y ':>! - : rce For. 1]2 (1S forwarded to yo ur headquart.ers by Headquart.er3 ) )" n Air DiTi.aion 1 .14ienae). FOR 'nUS t;GJIX \NDL'4G OFFICZR: 1 . Electroni:a o,ta Sheet 2 . AF Pona 112 (?vts I & II) ~ ".l:tU H wmu.NN 2nd Lt, USAF ._nen tbe i.Dcloaur ue withdrawn or not attached~ the ~laaaitication ot .-.r Oil this corr .. pondence will b e canceled in a ceo r<iance with paragrapb 25.A. !PI 205-1. COl RUI~ATJOH U~CLASSIFlED .. ", Col l.atJ.diJl~ O~ticer :.7,1.t.b. A!rarart and Warning SquadroD Port 1..:..r1, rachj g3Q 1. tour IIJ/tl Jlqtwbon u:3fle elect.ron:l ~ c:mtc.c ~ vi th '.l."l2cn ied i1r ~hn'!.:.al ~t.:\11 t ge:il \An tor ~.;,-wire ot tb& oirou::l:J t4Dc68 urro-nvdJng ~ f. ~in I:l aa atteutpt W ~ver A lot!oal ~r;>len tor ~b thia Cen_,.ver baa clevelope4 a 't'Uea tor ..U W' radar, oa ot vhic:ah 1a au iooloeUla to 2! A:r:O r.lllQ 'be aabJeot qu.eetio~ nla. tJ \itlllpt1 ng to am1. ;:ua tbeM 1mk:zvne radar trecka wba 1n alW b7 raia' peraorel 1zrrolyecJ. J; line tl:la. a.!aht' "I at 1our a1 te a?CN' oor~ aign.-:, t"~oao\ t bm dlaa 1e l~i:iDiltJOD gpd eleataonio OC:JOl"'la."Uon,, ATIO Uaat yo~ .., :<"'"'"-and forv~ an ~1')1it~ ~ir :rorco t"om na An. 20). ..It fJO'A u poaa:Jbla. Ill \ion, 1t ia alao l"equeW OGIIpla t1. :fGnlar4 tta W.t& bet, at J'CA,,. .\lfC Pona I (W. 11 lla~ ... A ir For~WPJJ'Il-1,-U JUL U liU'rf e LECTRONICS DATA SHEET (CROUNO RADAR) T'H! pucoQ.,~ o i t1! ttu~ 'HHmouire is co pcoviue tcchnlc:1l dattt for evttluctdog t h e report ol '-!O Jn usul r.JJ.&t ,,., .tel .. H .telL It is rc:4uc::ttrd th.u It b e cotJlplc:red :u u c c u nuely iU pos<Jt ble. When noc filled t o , the form i:s Unclu.:iified. The reporti.11g officer will u.se bh owa u l .. ~c:mt-nt as to m .. u. :ic:o~ccr or cla:uificadon is requiced. It I . oretc:rrc<.l lllr tnt' &u~c:cs to lh< quc:~uoo~ be cypcwu uc:n , buwev~r, lt h ,111. \ :s pt"tite rhc: c.otnpl c o ... .J' the form, t h e ..sn:Hvc:u m y be prin ted Ia lolc. 1f .lddhion.~l :;puce ~ lle~d~d, o:~c: rcv~rH !ltJ c o i Iotm. r 1. .ST ATIOH O I:UER'IINC T AHCt: T: 2. OAT E OF THIS REP ORT: ! .\ &II Squadron 16 ~1."lrcn vr JUfol.toll-on Uon1h Y .. or .\u~ntnl.. Hic~!_.~an O A reT ~Ct:T OBSERVEO: 4. NAMEi/~AJ-.41( ANO U RGAHIZATION OF I 1 :ol flt~e RI:P O l iNG O F F!CER: .~!Oru&l"Y ROY \.f A.\iOERSCN z Aus"t.in, !1.ichL n.n . c t ..:>oua r on, T imLcacol EXACT LOCATION Of ST " rooAOIHATES): 6. OBSERVER OATE (LIST 18\ERVER): "'o. ot Ys or N..1m Rank Ovty E llp. In ~odor EARL M OLSOi Lt COWrRCCI.ER H AROI.D S EAGlE CCNntOJ.IER JCHN T MANDINE:C A l C AC&:W OPERA TOR CCWSTANTID DANIUVICH S Sgt lC~ Operator JOS!PH E IJXIER AlC AC&w OPSRA TOR WAS A VISUAL SIGHTING MAOE BY ANY PERSONNEL OF THE STATIUN? I F '!0 viV ~ NAME ANO iUNK c;: ALL.. P:RSONNEL MAKING A VISl.J}.L SIGHTING ANO" 3 RIEF OESC~IPTIOM O f ~-HAVt YOU HC:ARO O F ANYON : rCT ~, 'HE RADAR STATION MAl<ING A VISU).L SICHTINC T AP?ROXIMATELY THE SA.\4E 'riME THE R.AOA ~ :_ur "'T ""S MADE? ~ YES 0 NO IF SO Cl 'IE N AME AND AODR E:JS. It. .1~3 r~por+.~ r:,,,r')l.l~!'l .. i-~ lir D~.r:"...:nse Con t rol c~:1i:.er that a 3imulta:'l~OU.f 1"fa;j mad~ b7 t:: A'.:-!'C.:ln at Osco d a Air :?ore~ Bas~, ?Hcni.A3.l1. 9. RAD A R SC OJJ E PHOTOS: 1 WERE rl.; 1'4TS .) ,: THI! seep..: rll'1t) 1 0 S rORWAROED TO THE 10. TRACK OAT . : .\S A PER.'-'A~EHT PLOT , .. ,it~ 'JP r H! T RACl< A T THE 1'1ME O F THE O~ScRVATIONI 131 Y::s 0 NO 11. WERE AI ~CRAFT SCRAMBL c:" I'P ERCEPT 'THE TARGET? IF SO, WERE THE AIRCRAP r a ..,,~ IJISERVfO 0~ THE SCOPE AT THE SA.I.iE TIME AS THE TARGET? 12. WERE ANY NEARBY RADAR 'N$1'-'LLATIONS QUf~lfD WHETHER THEY HAD O dSf RVED THE SAME TARGET OR lRAt;X" 13. WAS THE TARGET OBSERVr->~ ' it.ARCH RAOAR? ~ YES 0 N O IF so, WHAT 15TH! NOM!NCl.AlURE OF THE EQJIP~fNT? ~AN~/:...7P:,..;S~-=-1...L,_ 1 ... WAS THE TARGET OBSERVED 'lW ._.EIGHT FINOINC RADAR? 0 Y ~S :CJ NO Ill SO, WHAT IS THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE EQUIPMENT?------------------- 15. HAVE THERE BEEN ~y RECENT MAINTENANCE OIFFICUL TIES? 0 YES NO 16. ~AT TYP~ MQOUL~TOR (I.E., -~-Z. o "', ~n Modu.la tor SPARK GAP, HARD TUSE, ETC.) IS USED IN THE ~A04~ :OUIP~HH1 ATJC FORM JJl ltVlSED 2$ NOV 19Sl) 1?. AR~ PERSONNEL FAMILIA~ .VI ..,. ~.,. ;fFECT S CAUSED SY AN INTERFERING SIGNAL? ~ YES 0 N() COMMEI'tT S: .. 0 . ARE t>ERSONNEL FAMILIAR "IT M P1t--:FFECTS OF ;\NOMALOliS PROPAGATION (DUCTI N C EFFECTS) AS rti~Y P ::q i AIN TO THIS TYPE O F tHO A~ 21. HAS ANOMALOUS PROPAC~TICN CUCTINC EFFE'=T 1 EEN OBSERV ED TO EXT END THE RANGE OF THE CROUI'lO CLUTTf.~ O F THI:t -t.,..OA~ T TI11S SITE? l'f) ~NO CCMMtN TS: 22. ~AS ,\NOMALOUS PROP '\GA rtrJI'I (DUCTINC EF FEC r) EXTENDING THE RANCE OF rHE fiROUN O CLUTTE~ A i THE TIMe THE TARGE r W \S O!!~f:R'IED? 0 YES .:!:! r~O 23. HO. 010 H l F f,\J~GET A r,Pr \1~ I N SIZE AND )HA?t AS COMPARt:> TO CON'IENTi v N \L AIRCRAFf TA~CEi~? ~ o. Rt:MAINED CONSI ST ENI I.~,~ !CJ CHANCED SllE R PIOLY 0 I b. 5P E F O "AS CONST AN r ~ SP FED WAS VA~ I BL t: 0 c . fOt LO.~ED CONSISTEJI4 ~ ~11( ~ AP;>c:~,H:D, OJ~APPE~REO, THEN REAPP t=AR E D IN NE'N LOCATION 0 tl. FUZZY COMPARED T O SAME AS AIRCRAFT TARGFT SHA~P COMPARE D TO KNO'NN AIRCRAFT TARGET 25. WERE OTHER TARGeT~ (KNG Nl'll) )BSERVED IN ThE SAMe GENERAL .1REA, ~T APP?OXI '-'ATEL Y T HE S E TIME AND AT THE SAM..:"' "tTIIOJ! ~S THE lJNlJSUAL TARGET? 0 fF.S l{) NO I f SO, DESCRIBE. 26. WHAT TYPE INDICATORS ( " 1'" ~COPE, " 8 .. SCOPE, ETC.) WERE USED TO FOLLO W THE TARGET? DESCRIBETHESIGNAL: ~C~l~ta~r~ 21. WHAT 'NAS THE RADAR SCAN RATE? J .2_rwolutt_ons ce:-"ni:lUt"----------- :a. ,,HAT . .,.,=> THE F REOUENCY oF THE T;uNSMtTTc~1 :9. QIO A-1 ( 0~ -tiE OBSE?'I-U \1..\VE ANY 0l.'I!.J.'IS i J T:tE j \TU .~ 01"' T E TAR ~Ei? YES 17 Fecruary 1953 P /lt; 2;.04 EST a.."'l U."1identified aerial object was s:_g!lted visua_ly b y UJ.e:::l~cers .-i Squadron at p r)rt .\us"ti:l . The object ~..m.s eig.:'lt t:> ten :r.i .es no:-th- r.!':.'lls '1C.'.ct wts viewe,l ..ri~ually :"r-:>:n 2204 h.; P rver s t:-'!lt: '.<3 rl -l.lt~ ~n the radar set s ~"jort 0n ~ qp r~ 0 cour::>e at est.:n~t:ec .he L~ude at J )~G' :L"::..;ra t.r:e ':'::~ possibility ~ t' 1 ne reported Jbject being a b a 1_!.:Jon ~1'3.5 c;~ec!:ed oy -che repor~i:1g ~fficer. ~lw l"!~rest balloon l3unch s~:a~::.:m 1 3 a t .T3.u.<e gan, Nichi~:1, vhich i s 140 miles fr~m Pl~t Austin. A pib a : l type balloon was reLeased r r cm ~fau!<e~an at 0300Z. I t <l not likely that th:_s balloon ca:1sed t~e s: !lting ~oec~:.1se the object i n I'J'les :ion ~.,a.s sigh"ted at 0304Z. ~ ):.:1. -c!le visual. ~.: 1 ~lec-r.r.:mic sigh-cir.gs cor.sis"t~ng of two officers and three air5e:l . mere years experience in r3dar. A radar sc~pe not :~ c~ration at the ~tme of si~ting. were cede b y tr.e s~rne ~e::-3o e:. All :J!' :!".ese ~en nave t!-_ree or camera vas ~sta.:ed, bu"t vas ;IJ :en~ meteorolcgical d i s turbances or activity existed a"t e ti~ of sightin~, or at any t ime that da y. . A.fter checking vi th surrounding bases and flight p lan s ource s , it was f ound that there vere n o known aircraft in the general area. 7~e n lanet Venus is year and i s easily seen. Venus .rt : l not ahov on a very low on the narthvest bori~on at this ti~ of T.lis fact might expl ain the Yisual sighti::g, but r3.dar s c lYoe .. c_cl ion