1. DATI TIMI CHU' NUMIII OP OIJICTI 1. LINOTH OP OIIIIVATION 2. LOCATION t. PHYSICAL IVIDINCI ~aT::i:JS, J'.IU' :901GD OOlCalm PitOYISIONAL, APO 328 !Oz Co~r. ~let Jir Bef.\lelin& Sqe.&Q.rou, APQ 328 leterenoe blc .&.'nO correepon4enee. ltequeat at~"l.Cl,~d f :.>rt:e M COttpl.etecl ancl eu\ud.ttecl to WriBht-Pattoraon Ail' Force n~oe aoon ~s poaaible. . J'OR TB'E 00l&IA11Dl3: CWO l'S:\F U~ :CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Ltr, ATIC, ~p AFB, Ohio, file DI 4S2.26, Sugja (Uncl) aodar Sighting or Unidentitiod Aerial Object, dtd 25 Jun 53 ARSq (2S Jun 53) 421ST AIR REP'UELIN(i SQUJ.l.JROU 'l'Oa Comdr, FUF Bomber Command Provisional, APO )28 Subject officer's TDY termin~ted on 8 July 1953 at which time he vas returned to the 9th Air Refueling Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. CHARLES E HcCOY Ji'!. Lt Col, USAF lllW)QUARIBRS, FEU BOHBER COJ.tMAND PHOVISIONAL, APO 328 'lOa CoJar.tnc!er, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, lobuntain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. FOR TdB COMM.UID!Ra co; ATIO, V-P AFB UNCLASSI~ 1i.:D lJNCLASSlFlED of Un-: '-'antifi:H~ .~ Jl' ~ al (:h,j 1C t, Fore~ Ean~, C~.1o~ ns ~=-(:n ac; n0S!Jih1 ~. C.. J . .klUTfN<. Hajcn:, OtLU uNcv.ssiF\ED Ltr, ATIC, W-P AFB, Ohio, tile DI 4S2.26, Subjs (Unel) RadU' Sighting or Unidontitied Aerial Objoct, dtd 2S Jun 53 9WA/ARS 4S2.26 (2$ Jun 53) Sth IDd 9TH AIR RE1UELING SQUADRON, M, 9th Bcnbardlftent Wing, M, ~ountain Heme Air Force Base, Idsho, 2 September 1953 'lOa Con mder, Air Technical Intelligence C~tsr, Wright-Patters on Air Foree Base, Ohio 1. Returned tor necessary aeti on. 2. Subject officer was tul~ inten1ew8d by FW Intelllg9nce and b2lst Air Refueling Squadron Intelligmce otticer. Necessary toms, tru!t extracts ot flight log, diagrams, etc, were completed at that time. 'he bsais tor said aaterial remained in FEAF sUbsequent to officer's rotation to ZI and onl.7 such information as ie entered on ATIC Form 3.32 is accur~t-Jl.r available. Further quaries should be rererred to FF~ Intelltr,ence Hg~d FCR THE C O!.f.\IANDER 1 GEOR,GB A. PEtERS Capiatn, US.\F Asst Adjutant ELECTRONKS DATA SH!ET CGROUND RADAR) '1\e pwpo of lhl fiUdoealre I co prolcle techalcal data for aladna the report of It I reqetH that It be caplececl accuratelr Whn DOl flllecl Ia, che lona l Uacllfle4. n. repotdna officer will hi on ,..1~ to wlaac ar of cllflcalion I It Ia prelerN chat lhe aawer co the Cfld lae IJPewrlne.. ltoweyer, If It will ex pedhe tlae cOMpled .. of che fona, dae answer .., N prlntecl in lok. If adclidoaal pace Ia needecl, icle of fora. 1. tA'nON OBSERVING TAROI!Ta 2. DATI Of THII RIPORTa FW Bomber COtft!!llnd DATI! T ARGI!T OBSERVI!Da 4. HAMI! .. RANK AND ORGANIZATION OF REPO TINO OP fiCERa George A Peters, Captain, USAF 9th Air Refueling Sg Mt HoMo g'B, ldlho IXACT LOCATION OP STATION (COORDINATI!S)a 08SIIWIR DATE CLIIT I!ACH OBSERVI!R)I No. of Yeora Exp. In Radar Peters, George Radar Observer As by, Russell E 7. WAS A VISUAL SIGHTING MADE BY ANY PERSONNEL Of THE &TATICJN? 0 YE5 IF ~ GIVE NAME AND RANK OP ALL PERSONNEL MAKING A VISUAL tGHTlNG AND A. BRIEP DESCRIPTION OF WHA THEY SAWa ATIC I'ORIA Jn (H~VI!IKD 2S NOV IIU) It; ARI! PI!RSOHNIL fiAMILIAR WITH THI EPPI!CTS CAUSED 8Y AN INTERFERING SICNALt ARE PERSONNEL fAMILIAR WITH THE EFFECTS OF ANOMALOUS PHOPAGATION (DUCTIHG EFFECTS) AS l'HEY PERTAIN TO THIS TYPI Ofl RADAR? II YES 0 NO 21. HA' ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION (DUCTING EFFECT) B!EN OBSERVED TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF THE GROUND CLUTTER 01' THIS RADAR AT THIS stTEt 0 YES UNO COMMI!NTSt WAS ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION (OUCTIHO EFFECT) EXTEHOfHO THE RANGE 01' THE GROUND CLUTTER AT THE TIME THE TARGET WAS OIS&RVED? 0 YES Gil NO HOW DID THE TARGET APPIAR IN JIZE AND SHAPE AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT TARGETS? S9ma j~t tichters observed. on other occasions. PERFORMANCE OF TARGETa REMAINED CONSISTENT IN SIZE CHANGED SIZE RAPIOL Y SPEED WAS CONSTANT SPEED WAS VARIABLE FOLLOWED CONSISTENT TRACK APPEARED, DISAPPEAREDA THEN REAPPEARED IN NEW LOC TION FUZZY COMPARED TO AIRCRAFT SHARP COMPARED TO Kt-40WH AIRCRAFT TARGET SAM f. AS AIRCRAFT TARGET WERE OTHER TARGETS (KNOWN) OBSERVED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA, AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AND AT THI! SAME AL TITUDI! AS THE UNUSUAL TARGET? 0 YES II NO IP 50, DEKRIB!. 26. WHAT TYPE INDICATORS ( .. A" SCOPE, "8" SCOPE, ETC.) WERE USED TO FOLLOW THE TARGET? DESCRIBE THE SIGNALa Rectangylar reso.!ving to a round target as in decsl1erated. WHAT WAS THE RADAR 5CAN RATE? Se~Qr Sean wa_no~use~ WHAT \YAS THE FREQUENCY OF THE TRANSMITTER? DID ANY OF THE OBSERVERS HAVE ANY OPINIONS AS TO THE NATURE OF THE TARGET? IF YES, GIVE THEIR NAMES AND OPINIONS BELOW. Major Edward Mays -Fighter -like target A"l'IC PORN J32 (RKYISRD 25 )IOV &952) II. Ull Till 8tiiT POll MY Tl, OftiMIOMI o.-ADDITIOMA&. DATA MOT COVIRID IY THI QUESTIONS All queetions not ansver8d in tld.e queet.ionnaire were answered during in- at.ion bT two FlAP Intelligence Ofticere abort~ after sighting was aacte. Diagraa, ncb as eection thirt.T were completed at that time ELECTRONICS DATA SH!ET (GROUND RADARI The prpoae of thla queadoaaalre le 10 prolde technical data for luadaa che repon of an unuaual rad tara or u~ck. It I requeet.cl that h be cpleted accuratel1 Whn aot OIIH lll, the for. b Uaclaealflecl. The reponlDi offtcer wOI hla owa J.Saet 10 whM .tearee of claaalflcadoa l recaulre. It Ia prelerrH chat dae anawera to che cauetl be cypewrlaea, llownec, lf It wUI es- pedhe &he coMpledoa of lbe fonD, the answers 1 be prln In lak. U aclclldal apace Ia aeecle4, uae rev alcle of for.. ITATIOH 08S!RVING TARQ!Ta DATI! Oat THIS RI!PORTa Me nth v DATI! TARGET 08SEAVI!D1 ... NAMI!hRAHK AND ORGANIZATION OF REPO TINO Of FICER1 George 1 Tle-Locel Ttan .. z I!XACT LOCATION OP STATION (COOROINATES)c OISI!RVI!R DAT! (LIST EACH OBSERVER) No. of Yr ~' Ep. In Rader A. PJ .. ~rp R~1ar Ob::i'3;cr?r WAS A VISUAL SIGHTING MAO! BY ANY PERSONNEL OF THE STATitJN? 0 YES ~NO IF~ GIVE NAME AND RANK Of ALL PERSONNEL MAKING A VISUAL $IGHTING AND A BRIEf DES.CRIPTION OF . ATIC I'OAW Jn (AIVIS.Il 2S INOY l!IU) a HAVI YOU HIARD Oft ANYOMI MOT AT THI RADAR S~A OM 'tt_AICWO A VISUAL IIOHTINO AT APPROXIMATELY THI lAM I TIMI THI RADAR CONTACT WAI MADit I N 10, OIVI NAMI AND ADDWIIL RADAR ICOP I PHOTO Sa WI!RI PRINTS OP THIICOPI! PHOTOS PORWARDID TO THI! 10. TRACK DATA WHAT WAS THE NUMBIR OP THI! TRACK? L WAS A PERMANENT PLOT MADE Of THE TRACK AT THE TIME 01' THE OBSI!RVATION? u. WERI AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT THE TARGET? If 10, WERE THE AIRCRAFT BEING OBSERVED ON THE SCOPE AT THE SAMI! TIM! AS THI TARGET? 12. WERI ANY NEARBY RADAR IN,TALLATIONS QUERIED WHI!THI!R THEY HAD OBS!RVED THI SAME TARGET OR TRACK " SO, WHICH STATIOHSt WAS THE TARGET OBSERVED ON SEARot RADAR? 0 YES .. a[J NO Ill .,, WHAT IS THI NOMI!NCLATURI! OP THI! EQUIPMI!NTt 1.C. WAS THE TARGET OBSERVED ON HEIGHT FINDING RADAR? IPSO, WHAT IS THE NOMENCLATURE 0 .. THE EQUIPMENT? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY RECENT MAINTENANCE DlffiOJL TIES? 0 YES If SO, DESCRIBE. WHAT TYPE MODULATOR (I.E., SPARK GAP, HARD TUBE, ETC.) IS USED IN THE RADAR EQUIPMENT? WAS THE AFC (AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL) CIRCUIT OPERATING PROPERLY? BYES 0 NO COMUF.Nl$: HAS INTERFERENCE FROM ANOTHER RADAR SET BEEH OBSERVED RECENTL Ya 0 YES IX NO No other aircrai.'"~ il1 arua AT&C t'OIIW JU (REVISKD 2S NOV 1912) ARE IIIERSONNIL fiAMILIAR WITH THI! EFFECTS CAUSED 8Y AN INTERfERING SIONALt COMMI!NTSt ARE PERSONNEL FAMILIAR WITH THE EFFECTS OF ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION (DUCTINO EFFECTS) AS THEY PERTAIN TO THIS TYPE Ofl RADARf ([YES 0 NO HAS ANOMALOUS PROIIIAOATION (OUCTING EfFECT) BEEN O~ERVED TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF THE GROUND Cl.UTTIR OF THIS RADAR AT THIS SITE? 0 YES NO WAS ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION ~DUCTIHO EffECT). EXTENDING THE RANGE OF THE GROUND CLUTTER AT THE TIME THE TARGET WAS 08$ RVED? 0 YES Q NO HOW DID THE TARGET APPEAR IN .SIZE AND SHAPE AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT TARGETS? PERFORMANCE OF TARGET' REMAINt!D CONSISTENT IN SIZE CHANGED SIZE RAPIDLY SPEED WAS CONSTANT SPEED WAS'VARIABLE t:} FOLLOWED CONSISTENT TRACK APPEARED, DISAPPI!ARED, THEN REAPPEARED IN NEW LOCATION FUZZY COMPARED TO AIRCRAFT SHARP COMPARED TO Kto40WN AIRCRAFT TARGET SAME AS AIRCRAFT TARGET a: OTHER TARGETS (KN01'4) OBSERVED IN THE S~AE GENERAL AREA,~T APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AND AT THE SAMI! ALTITUDE AS THE UNUSUAL TARGET? 0 YES NO If SO, DEKRIBE. WHAT TYPE INDICATORS ("A" SCOPE, ue SCOPE, ETC.) WERE USED TO FOLLOW THE TARGET? DESCRIBE THE SIGNALs Rectnugn1 or, reso1vL1:r to a r_mmd tarnct as it doccl1.:-.x-:t::t~. WHAT WAS THE RADAR SCAN RATE? WHAT WAS THE FREQUENCY OF THE TRANSMITTER? DID ANY OF THE OBSERVERS HAVE ANY OPINIONS AS TO THE NATURE OF THE TARGET? If YES, GIVE THEIR NAMES AND OPINIONS BELOW ATIC I'ORW .132 (RilVIKD 21 NOV 19U) AF FOIM 1 11-PAIT I ~IJII:Nit .. , eoutlfltf M PO ItT ..0 \ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT \~ \ ~ ' lb.dflr Obeervat!.o:.l or Unidl.nt.itied Flying Objflct ~ I AitU II(I'QitfrO I* I FI'OM fA~IItfJ - -- Oo\ro. UP llt i'ORT I OAT oriNt'C'IIIMAliOM I tYALUATIOfl - 1. Iri Co:colicnc3 vlth di.~c~i."':t li1t~d 1..~ raferer.c~ 8dCtion of t hi=' rt~t:>Or~ i..h~ following in!'o.mtio~ !a 9 tl::.~tt,t.~d 1 the R!ld:UO O