( PROJECT 10073 RECOF'D C.4RD 7 ,;'dJrU3t'Y 2. LOl.ATIO,~ 12. CONCLUSIONS 3 . DATE TIME G~OUP A. I YPE OF O!lSERYI,TJOr; \'los So II oon Probably nolloon Po s !:iLly Bol ioon 'i. PHOTO.:i D:Ground-Vi sutJI 0 Groun J. Hodur 0 Air-V i suol [J A ir-ln!.Hcnpt Rodur 0 \'/,.,~ Aircraft () ProLuuly Aircraf t '1' ..-f'o:.s1bl y Aircraft Wos A s tronomt;ol Prol>obl y A:;r,,on~icol Pos:;ibly Astro11omicol 7. LU~G-rH 0? 0"'\SERVA"'iiON 0. NUM:lER OF OUJ!:CT5 9. COURSE 0 , 1-o-;., ffici..,n t Dolo for Evaluation -i ,,r ~ nlnutcs tO. 1?~1~;: SU;.IMARY OF SIC~l"ING 11. COMMeNTS :~oTrc:;; W::lS wttC1lincr j~t o./c l n are:l i1o.Ju ;'1~ noticed U~'OB. At tr.1.cted by s .1lny ~tlun1inum ~oflocti(>n. Ob.jct r o ~mbl b nu~e WlTlf{ .. ~\' , q r c e s t 'l t d t h a are a a co u n d the t r .\ .i 1- l. l1 5: G d 4.<" e o 1' the w l n :~ s f-oe ned lt :t ,.~ y and CAh'rJ,e,v//1 ,f/v Ctt:>-HdyZ>Pihth/~-1//.suAL .bl'vlsl oM Si:<th Diatrlct, l(entuck:,r f.fE.~:ER OF cc~tte~ en k~iculture CONGR.ZSS OF UNI'BD STATES HOU3E OF i1EPRE~lT..U'IVES WASHINGTON, D. C .. I.bjor CDnc:r.ll Jo'bn A. Sam'ord Director o~ Intelllzence Department of the Air Force tlashington~ D.C. NY dear Cent!ral Samford: I enclose letter together trim perti:J.tmt clata ccmpil.ed by Hr. , k>:l :i.'Jicbolasvills , Kentudky', 'Which i.l I "th j a!<:., self-explanatory. .\s you vlll nota., Mr i a oupp~ v ery d~tailed i n .. f ormation concerning h13 observation on the ~1ird o~ Febru- nry, l.955, o f' a n uni dentified a.ircra.f't . I tbink tir. i a to b e ccwmended for the c aref'ul. manner in vhich b(~ r..aa e;iven hia int"or.:r:.ation t o us. I know t~..at you 'id l 1 Give it very ca.rex'uJ. evaluat i on. VerJ :>incerely y011.rS Sir;Aed/ John C. 1iatts .n1.CUO t.e'!il-'/ ct:: Cc ord Cy DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ( . STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION INCOMING UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE ?? R J.!DB ~ /t JEDCLJ R . 1EPH'J RJ~PNB Dt RJEDt,.J268 71'4 COMD!l ACC !?-l1 AF'B COLO !N?O RJZPHQ/COFS MQ USA! W~\SH DC RJJ..'0~8/COMDR EriD~' S1E\JtlRT l'~B N~iiSURG:I d1 FR DE1 8~ 4671ST GOS? V lS1T 0 R CALL JR') OF RESlr.NTiilE~JT TObJAHD THE A'l, EDGGURJtGZ H!r S~? R~JED!N o-r:~;; CO?, ODO . ,\FHQ FORM Q- 3 Q9d ~r'EVIOUS EOITIC>fiS OF THIS FORM MA Y BE USED 10~'\7.lJ-I U S. G-~'o-"Ollo"EXT ?RI 'fliiiC crnCE ?r f2harg ! C ity or I ,. .. rn otnn) Y U l t rd.a Y njurr 451 IMjUfrU 4 l !l Ye .. terd.oy f RJUritS l90 Twenty-Four Pages Today By Vtrn Haugland "The Russian nuclt>ar-rowert:d li.S. Air For('t> Dt:>puty ch1ef of ~ W. \.5HL'IG70.'1, )lov . 30 bomb~r is not a nyUl ~ te.,t bt'\l I o / ~taff ror nu !Par weap.1no; de-:1 Aviation Week maoazine said the scn::.e that erller U.S. Air \'t>lopm~nt, o nllncd tht! CamJI today Soviet Russta ~ompletcd a force and :'Javy programs had concept -nut'le'lr-pov.t:>rt:>u .:.ll:-1 Jtuclc:>(tr-powered b om be r s t.'< called for tn~lnlhn~ a nu~le:tr craft prOC:I'<Jrn ro dcvf'lop . c~n- munths a.;o and has been flyln P~H~cr plant , 111 a convent~onal tlnuou~ n1rbornc alt~rl. mrs.;1!~ n Lht! \Joscow al'e(j for at a1r1r<.~me sucn a'i. the B:Jtr or launchrn..{ ::tnd IO\\ 1'vel p~;:nc:rra leas t .two months. Saunders-Roe Pnnct',s f I Yin~ 11oo m1:,~ion-1u ,, talk here la.st The ma uazine said a nuru~r b()at solely for le:,t purpo,cs." week. nf fort"J_;n ~ obsen ers from Com-Avialinn Wee~ sa rd. Keirn sa HI the L'nire-1 Stales io; I rnunt.st and non-Communist coun-imilar To U. . Pr,jcct workmg to devt-lnp a nuclear tne have observed the te~t ''The Soviet aircrait is a proto-powered plane, po,sibly .similar 1 !h;nts. type of a design to perform a in weight and si .. c to the B.i:!.l . U.S. Air Force and Defense military m13sioo as a conttnuous capable oi Cll!T}'In~ a heavy load rtment orficials Withheld airborne alert warning SYStem on nomadic patrol for ion~ I ~:omment on the article. and m1ssile launching platfo1-m periods of time in vnrious part::; An artist's conception publi hed similar to the U.S. Air force of the world, and CdP..iblc of in-j by the magattoe deptcted the Carnal Project for which Convair slant re-action to ent>my atwck bombPr 1s e:<trernely long and and Loc!<h~t"d are now making by use 01 :.~it l;lllnch'<l missjJes., sl~nder, .vtt!l 1ts delta win~s sup-dest~n !)tu<.lies. When r:quir('d, such <1 plane : ;>octln <O<oc nCles supenUed "In its p"sent conil1u,atlon would b capbl. of Julioin< uo / in pods-two nducleadr-powert'd jet with borh nuclear an<.l convPn-it;; missllt! Ia rnvhm!t w1th a low. I PC ~n~lne!i inboar an two conven- tiona! turbojets. the Soviet air level, high-o;peecl J>('nerr:~tion of llo !JooaJ jet enJines outboard at the craft has a ~rformance capa-the enemy's heartland 1n order I' <'a ., .og ~nds. btllty in the h1gh subc;onie .1n<.l to c!.-stroy buried taqets or tar-arl! Dfmt>nsinns Ace Gig:wtic low .;upersonic sp~:ed ran~es ~ets not suiftcienrly well mapped Glr. Th~ dtmt>nsll'ru; Jiv~>n are g!-wrth ItS ran~e limited only by to Pi'rmit attack by lon~-range lla.,l gandc: \\eight. 300.001'1 pounds: cngin~o> component life and crew missiles. in lt!n~th, 1~ fet!t; win~ span, i8 endurance. U<;t-s Simple Atomic F.nglne feet; .11r tntakes }or the nucle_ar "The conventional, chemically Aviation W~k snid the Sovipt !)lants. s rx f~t in dta-fueled turbojers nre uc;ed pri-plane U->e~> lht> Simplest kind of I m~ler; ntLclear engrne thrust, marily for safety purpo,;(s durin~ an atomic en"ine a nirect .:lir the eJrly flight test program of ::tine thru"t tnr takeoff perfonn-the nuclear power plants. differs from the ordinary t urbo- an~ .. J5.0UO pounds each;. Jen.:(th "In later versions of the air-jet en~ine only in that the com- nuclear power-plants, _::6 feet. craft. lhey may be reta ined for a reactor. I h1gh-peed dash perfonnancc or y coo rast e es .:tn Th h t~-' d' 1 ~aviest u.s. jet bomber. the r eplaced by two more nuclear e arr ts. ea "'' rrecc y 1~ ei .. :tt_.ncrrne ,00-ton Boeinq a~, power plants after their rehabtl the reaccor Without an Jnterrned:- .:s "'15nt~"' fet' l~na. The 10-:n.,in~ lly bas be-en proved in flight." ate . he<!t tran~rer. a::rent, t hus Centc Convatr B36 n; lonaer in pro-Outlines Carnal Coneept elhmnatmg excessive heat Jo,,s. gram duct1on is 1S2 feet l;n;::. :\Taj. Gen. Donald J. Keiro, Hhowever_. the shaft connecttn;:t and 1 . , t e tu rbrne with t he com pressor soninj "' must pass I hrough t he reador, so that coolin~ of the shaft be-quar comes a diificult proolem-ac-pita!~ tu ally, the key problem. Th Aviation \\'el'k said thr-Air -c 1 craft Xuclear Prop :lsinn Dep