IOP ... CTI I. LINOTM 011 OIIIIIVA T10II n. Mill' IIMIMY AMI Holl01:1&R AFB NewJ;ex. Jblloon J\!!OP. SG7 RR JEDEN JE DZ JWFOH Z7 _/- }-!1 COMDR HADC HAF'B N MEX TO COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIQC.tt1" DIR OF IN JiQ USAF WASH D C UNCLASS\FlED~ HDOI-10-1,-E SUBJ UFOB PD IN ACCORD W/AFR 2~3-2 Tm: FOL RPT IS SBND PD C 1) CA) JJND AND OR ELLIPTICAL PD ( B> DIME OR NICKEL CC> RED ORANGE W/SILVERY HUE CD> ONE () N/A (F) NON (C) NONE CH> NONE CI> NON PARA (2) (A) OBSRS WATCHING AF.ROBEE RKT FIRING CB) AND (C) AEROBE RKT FIRED AT AND ANGLE OF Th"RF.E DEGREES FR TliE VERTICAL IN A NORT~RLY DIR PD THE UFOB WAS FIRST AND LAST S~EN IN TH VICINITY OF THE RKT VAPOR TRAIL PD CD> SIGHTED SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT OF VAPOR TRAIL CMA MOVED SOUTHWARD CROSSING VAPOR TRAil. Ct1A v::ERED BACK TO RIGHT AND WENT UP VAPOR TRAIN () DISAPPEARED STRIGHT UP IN VAPOR TRAIL OF MSL (f) APRX THREE MIN PARA (3) CRD-VIS CB) PAGE TWO or JWFOH 017 T\~NTY P.OWER TELESCOPE CC> ~/A PARA (4) (A) APRX ~7173ZZ CB> DAY PAR (5) CAl WEST ARA Or HAFB CMA FOUR HILES TO SOUTJi SOUTH OF RKT LAUNCHING SITE PD PARA (6) CA> RONAUTICAL DESIGN ENGR SEMCLN CMA CLOUDCROFT NM Cf1A OOC ENGINEERING DRAf'TSt1.l\N CMA 29 Cl1A KEYSTONE CABINS CMA CLOUDCROFT Nt1 Ci1A OOC DRAFTSAMN ENG SEMCLN CNA 24 Cf~A ALANOGORDO NM CD> N/A PARA (7) CA) CJ\VU (B) SURFACE - CALM SEMCLN 6 0 FT IS~ DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS SEMCLN 10,f FT 13~ DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS SEMCLN 16, FT 340 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS S~Cf1CLN 2~,C~ rT 320 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS SEMCLN 30 0~0 FT 3ZC D!.GREES AT 18 KNOTS SEMCLN ,O,C~0 FT 290 DEGREES AT 39 KNOTS SEMCLN E0, 0 FT 3ZG DECREES AT 31 KNOTS PD CC> UNLiriiTED (D) UNLir1ITED CE> NO z CF) NONE PARA (8) NONE C9L NONE C11> NONE (12> IN CASES OF THIS NA1'URE IT IS EXTRE~1L"Y DifFICULT TO DE1'RMINE THF. ALT OF .'\NY U~!IDEN TIJ..IED OBJECTS PD PAR AND AEROBEE FIRING WAS MADF. AT 10 HOURS TP.:: HORNING PD AT tD930 THAT MOJUJING TP.E AWS AT HAFB LAUNCHED THREE t~EA BALLOONS PD STAS TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST OF HERE ARE AL~!AYS LAUNCHING BALLOONS PD SOME OF THESE BALLOONS HAVE DIA TERS UP TO FT AT ALTITUDE PD IT IS VERY PLAUSIBLE CMA IN MY OPINIOtl Ct1A TPAT PAG THRE OF JWFOH 17 THE RPTD SICHTit-~C WAS ONE OF THESE DP.Il="Tit~C BALLOONS