1. DA Tl TIMI J. IOUitCI 4. NUMM It 0' 08JICTI $. LENGTH Ofl OISIItVATION 6. TYftl Oft OIIIRVATION I. ftHOTOS 9. ftHYSICAL IVIDIMCI 2. LOCATION 11. lltllfl SUMMARY AND ANALYIII e:u .. f!ISB'J,. lJNCLASSlFlED LIJT:n;G OF PL~ OF UNIG~O . .N Trt.K3 u -14 -G il~J 'l'iu:; n;?.:.RCL:;.~ PLOT3 OF P'rl.C:TO . HITZ ,J:D FRO!~TO BLUE . IT'd VIOLI~'l'Oa n.,CK G re! 9rJ.d 3. KE L,.sss FAD~ AT 0536i; Ceora! Grid T~e (front.o . hite} C r ont.n :..l ue) 14. FillED lJi'JCU\SStF!EQ . UNCLASSIFIED AF FOIM UI-PAIT I APPitCVID I JUflt. IM AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPO era, 2~ Air Division (Defense) l'ATI ~ IUFOHf EVAlliATION SUMMARY: (E:IIIfr Clltllt ,.,.....,,ttl rt,.,C. Gin ~ft f11 "''"""''"tt IM'flt'P Lilt l11d1111trtl til lelll'" lr{t. B r9i11 l ttf tJf rt1.etl 011 I,.. ,.,.,,.. I II -l'nrt II) A ...a17 of op.rat.lona and 1nYest.laat.iYe action with conclu1ona 1a .-lt.t.ed on UnkDcMn 'l'raoka B-11. 0 and B-97-G 13 Ua,y 1953 1. St.at-nt -Tate 2. Stat...nt. -Roqers 3. Oyer la7 of Trk B-97-G 4. Overlq ot Trk B-14 0 NriiL~-J;: VoSBUIGH Uajor USAF Director ot Int. ell.ig ence MOTI. TUI'i()I)CtJNENT CON TAINi INFORMAriON AFFECTING THF. ~ATI()NAL OfFfNr-E or fUE II~ITro >TArES WI T~IN nt 'etFAIIIING Of TUf CSPIONAGF. ACT 50 IJ c; C - JA AIID lZ. AS AMENDED IF. TRANSNISSION OH THk llEVELAliON (Jf ITS CON rl Pi i.) IN A~ t t.IANM.Il 1 J AN uN.\1, 1 HORILI::O PER'..O~ l'i PPC HI:JITEO UY LA'N . . :.:~NOT 8 Rf.PROOUC[D IN WHO' E OR IN PART. IY OTHt;H lHAN UNII0 ;.urts AIR roRCt AGChCICi. EXCEPT OY PERMISc;ION OF J'Hl OI~E~TOR O F GENC. USAP AF FOIM 111 PAIT n UNCLASSIFIED AIR INTEWGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FMO'II \~1 Iff 2s-N-2-S5 1. ~8P' B-97..0. or1g1nat.illc in Pacitio .ADIZ 1D !B $2SS at Obl.SZ hours, ,._ 3b0" with 6.000 feet al\1 and 90 knots gzoum speed. Alti and speed rua1Decl s-thnmbCNt course. 2. PlsoDto led ( 1 AI aircraft) v .. acnabled at OlaJJZ and was msucceaa- tul -be could not pt a vinal on tl un1molm. 3. S'xponc Wbite (2 IOD-.ll aircraft vectored in on target) were al ao tmucceaatul. 4. 11 is a atatemeat b7 Captain s. D. Tate and Inclosme ()2 is a statemelrt b.r 2nd Lt D. L. Rodgers. O!t1cers were Pronto Reel crev S. OCI D1nctor vas Captain D. V. Jensen, Station P-S7. 6. Inclosur #3 ia a chart cont1mng diagram ot the activity. Also ineludcl 1~ locatiOD ot balloon mentioned in Section III~ paragraph 4, this SECriOM II (B-11a-G) 13 MAY 19S3 1. !arset B-14-G. origlMtJng in Pacif'ic ADIZ in KB 48Ja8 at Oh$6z hours, head1DI 3~ vitb 6.ooo teet. alt.ittrla "" esti:l&ted 80 knots ground speed. Altitude and apead ~ ~ throughout course. 2. Pzcnto Bl (1 ~ ai1'aaft) 8cnllbled at OS28Z hours and Pronto White (1 AI aircraft) at OS08Z bours. Captain D. Ja~rstt (Pronto Blue) and 1st X. A. Yo.ma (P2M\o Wld.te) botb ot 317tb Fighter Intereaptar Squadron vere Pilote. Pronto Wblte bad to abort due to radar trouble. .. Pronto Bl area but could not t1Dd the Bogie. ). OCI Director vas Captin .D. V. Jeuen. Ia. Inclonn 14 1a a chart d'agru of the act1ri.'t7. SECfiOI III CJrRA Pi!8f!Hitft P 1. In aneuar to quei"J, Coast Guard veaaels sea swel13 as mating on a coune of OSOO with s.lla 9t teet high having sharp breald.n1 create modng in at 8 eecoDd iDtenala. Surface vinde tloa rtortb at 4 mota. No visuel on 'mlnwwn b.r three Coast Guard veeaela in area. Did s" and hear jets. 2. Coaat Guard, Haw,, RCAJP and AMIS were coordinated with. AJl reported no air aotirlty iD area. le! repm ted larp vessel in area which vas located 3. lfeah ~ could !t DD t pa1nt.t0..Jmkn9.i:i.Cl.!.~ vas painting Meadl;r AF FOIM 112~11T I NCLASSIFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Ill IIOIIf flO. Itt-allfO-~-S~v h. Hob;y Dlok ~ _1 A.M. It hcwerad ~ ballOOil hour a. Mal uSJ. s. Wlnd ... trc. n at 5 ,ooo 6. 1 Cout QQarcl radio tor at Weatport, Waah1ngton reported rece1Ting CW 1".~ CD 500 vere VWfl nak and nn1ntelligible. Trana- mtaaiOM wn 1Dteni l.uting traa 30 conds to minutes juat priara to QScxa hOW" I and shartl7 af'ter 06ooZ hours. T~.e7 wertt also haard b7 Dep.rtaeat of 'flaaaport, Port Hardy Radio Range station, Vancouver Isl3Dd. No bearinc could be due to weak sipal. The FCC monitoring station at wa quwiecl aa to receipt and reported negative; howev-er~ thq had turtna $00 kce. The Coast Guard radio operator reported that be thoqbt that thare vere three different trannd.tters involv~d in the eignala be vaa 8lld that it ooUHided like the.1 were using a technique that cn be tar to effect a rendes.voua 7. Majer , Operations Ott1cer ot )17th Fighter Interceptor SqUAdron vaa out 1D a B-2S aro"ad. 2300 hours PS!. He searched vith1n a 200 Jldle rad' tor vaa .. la capable ot lalmcb1ng or caTY'ng emall aircratt. jll shipe wn to be friendl~. Visual smsveil J .:a nee vaa Oil MYeral abipa after dqbreak. On beadings of 2100 ~tajor Deckert received wbat. 1a. cOJud.arad to be eea retUI"D on radar. On reciprocal (030) he reca1Yed no pickup. On 2J.OO be vaa ~ directq into (against) the 9! ft higb _,,.. 'rbe -ll ._.. created~ thua forJdng a cup sutt1cient enough to ntleCt the radar On reciPJ'oel cow ae the :dreratt wu ~g ld'th the , the create breaking a,wq txua h1w. 'l'h53 would appear to explJD that there would DOt be enough surface at proper angle to renect the radar ene1"17 8. '!'beN v-. DUPerou tiahiDg b .t in the area which were painted by the .AI illterceptora~ the B-2S anct b7 ~14 f~ ..,..~,....., SEC'riOlf 1T DlSCCSSIO!t 1. ' st., of the altpaeat, or plot provided by station P-S7 OD these tracks md the rapcx t fro. p81'sonnel at tbe station that the bllpa looked and did not resble wave bllpe, leads one to conclude that these were a1rborue objects. 'th1a concl\JIIiOil en be turtber substantiated when consideriq that tM s ewell vaa rmdng 1D a direction that wonJ d result in a vet)' shalla ccmtaet angle between the beamed eoergo and the tace o' t._ mrella in the rlc1n1t7 of the Therefore, llttla or no radar energ wonld be Nfiected baolc to the recairing of the pound S'btion. 'l'bia coucluaioa 1a subetatiated b7 the reaul ta obtained rroua AI radar vheD Oft oertaiD bead1np this period !110ft; THIS OOCUIIIIINf COhTAINIINICHtMATIO" Alf&:TING THl NATION~ ()f.ff.NSI:M THI tJIIITEOCiTAT5 WITHIN TH MANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. !10 U S C- llANO W. AS 4MUIOIO. IrS TltANSMI<iSION OATH RiYELATIOH OF ITS COlli fNTS IN AltY MAN~(R TO AN UNAUTHORILEO Pf.k'iON IS PROHiiiTEO BY LAW IT N.AY rfOT R1 RU"'OUCED IN WHOI i OR IN PART, ltY OTHER rHAH UNinO STATU AIR FORCE AGU.Cia. ~lC(;ti'T lJY PR-.ei:,S1Qh Of' ThE DIRECTOR Of INTlLLIGPCL USA,. .UNCLASSI FlED AF FOIM 111 PAIT n . UNCLASSIFIED AfPRUVID I JUitl ... AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMA'ITO~ REPORT 2. 'l'he tact that station P-~4 vas unable to pick up these traCI\~ whea they were within the SUl"Yelllaoce capabillt7 ot t.heir station retutea the conclusion, to SOllie exteDt, that these were airbone objects. P-44 had cona- plsted their veekl7 Jftaintenance that mornina .1J'i tbe set. was paiDting .frier..dl7 air traftio and n1JMroua fishiag boat and some ocean vessels. sL. ~ ~ fSP ;oo~a ror rece~ s~re~urn.s on ships well out to 'I V ii8 i resear ~.atiu:rattou tes tlJ ted !\~ P-57-by perscwmel rra. USAF~ Reaearcb-Dtrtelopmeut Coam aod University ot 'l' as, that unuaual p~na can and v1ll OCC'Jr during invarsiona vhicb can havtt varied results on radar energr. The 8lll!r87 r:.q be refiected ~ null areae r..,'lY deYelop and blips t!l83' appear on scopes when act,al~ no airborne objoot is pr~sent at that location. T'n9se spe a were unable to provide proven criteria, at that t1ne, for pr3ctical application by the AC&'W :JYStdJI. It is noted that site P-44 was below the level ot the exi:sting inversion and that 1 the ons altitude was lSCO to 1700 feet in the vicinity of P-57, that site equipment was above the inversion. Such a coaH tion '!01JY have developed a n\Jll area tar P-bk at the Bogeys al.titude ar P-S7 have been receiving _ onergy retlected from a localised unuanal at:oapb.eric condition. 'Note Captain Tate a!! (Inclo.'C.U'e #1) about target's actions at 2000 feet 4. !be ~,eatport Coast Guard station is located at LB S2SJ. The unknown tr~cks were within So to 100 :niles of tb:S a station during the time the r~di.o operator ~aa receiving transmissions on SOO kca. Coaat Guard Headquarters at Seattle prcwided the ADCC intorr.~aticm regardin& theae sign.al.a because of ADCC con~roller a previous request tor report3 ol visneJ sightinp by Coast Guard vessels mown to be 1n vicinity of Track B-97. Portlard FCC l~onitor Station's inability to read signals on SOO kcs could be attributed to weak signal strength. SteriOM V CONCLDSIOK 1. This Readquartera is unable to f'urtber evaluate these tracka. 2. tJo f1ra coacluions can be reached to t7 o! subject -tracka. IMOJI; THIS DOCUIIIINf CONTAtld IN,OftMATION AF'&IING TH NATIONAl Uf.fNSE OF TH[ UftiT!D STATES WITH lit THl NfANINr. C F Tt4 FSPION .. Gt:: AC:T, !50 U S C - 3l AND ll. AS AMt.NOID. Irs TAANN~SION 01t TH ltfV'lATION O'" ITS CONfENTS IN ANY MAfilhM ro ~ UfiiAtUltORilfO PFtSON l't PPOHitll rF.D OY I A'N, IT NAY NOT 1k HURODUC0 IN WMOU OR IM 'ART, BY OfHER -rttAH UNITtD STATES AIR fORCE A~lfS. EXCEPT B\' PERMI~SION OF rhl OIRECTO~ OF INTD.I.!GUCi. '*' UNCLASStFlED tJ .L I\ .L NCLASSIFIED CO ~lOl': i.'O ;,.y rt~.-:~.o "l_lor:'~llr saicl j~G ;:~s .. ~.ct~.n-HJ UJ.:~etld.u: that, :ool:ud l.Ll:c :.cn'L."ld on +,:-to ne:::t :mus de~n~c~ ult.ttudo, 1~sir.:-oH~:' lc.nCI~.a~ li,.~hts. ~'!c t.arEc ts sen:-~ ~-= h:-:... o !LO r.:ovo,le irt. 0 1' t :H".;ats o -:;')t,ld have se~n 0r c olltcled ~d.t.'1 so.ilc. ?-:o 1 oats :~.11 :,~w :re~ . C:-.p'C.~1in, GSA? oNCU\SSlFIED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED