PROJECT 10073 RECORD CArW 2. LOCA r iON CONCLU:;IONS ' 0 Vic s Uolloon 3. C ' H>TIME OilOUP 4. TYPE OF O~SERVJ...TION P obabl y OollC>on Possi !>ly Dol l o o n Wo:; Aircr aft 0 Ground-Vi suol .~t:l.Grovnd-R odo r 0 Probobly A i r c r a f t :>. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Po:;:;ibly Aircr a f t Was A stro nornicol Prc.obo bl y A~tro,omicol Po s siLly A:otr~r.oml col 7. LENGTH OF 03:;ERVATION 10 . Of~I2F SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 'ro:~yv r:.t~;lr p .icked u p .. l 6 TJ:\)' s nu PPI '">COpE!., A/C scra,nhlGcl, lrtd 2 Lhol! l U7 0 on GCJ scopo . llow.::ver-, in t orcOilt ion r csul t ; w0r o nc:g:1 t i v c . 0 " lnsufliciorH Dolo fo r Evalua tion 1 I. COMMI:NTS \ Ar FO,.M 112--PAJl APPRO'I0 I JUNE 194 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION RE~ f Rli'OHT NO. :11~ ("IOcibiliti9!3 O f On a:i:rCT,!J.ft : Jh i.ch ~!1, r"l::1~9 a t V'l-3 a l titude o f this oncount.er iJ, :! cr.:J.f'", jnvqf'ltor y . o.:-ric"'r . A l ; '" .'~chni cal Li:li3cn 0 .f.:'i c a r llr!... on f>I'.~C.Hif'rJON Uh i G IN,\ I:! I<Gl'N C Y )/o1E-/JTIS])- ATr AG.-6-. CoPit:; IH c n PI:U\IN UNli L SGr. A Dt <:.E.ppE:q D DOCLJM..:NT DATJ\ !NFOIHHTION wh<"r fi JJ~ d in) AIR IHTELLIGEfiCE EVALUATION RECORD Oirt.-ctor of I n t elligcuce Headquarters USAF A rrN : Cn lJ (' (' t i o n 0pl' I" II t i (II I" D i v . Wa!!hington 25. D. C. AIR INTELLIGE~CE IHFORMAriO~ RtPORC NU ER IJ-~l-J5 (JAIR 4~2) SllUIIC( 0 f fH.POR 1 (A i r At t .~c , ColT ntlllrf, ,. t '-. ) lJt ~ T ::AJ.i", ATUl INTI:.Ll. I f<FN CE flfPORT P REPARED iiY (Nume o f o (fjr,.r) c;.., J tain D .J. Davis USAOILITY OF RfPORT VAl. I 0 I ry 0 F I N FORM ArION COIIFIINI:.D FULFILLMEI'U OF 1/fC.Uif~E''-HNT <.:Oio.i PL 1:. TE I:.XCt::LL U H PROtlAOL Y 1 i'Ue r ART I IlL IJ.:ii\BLE r ossr flL v THUE CANNOT J~OC"..( l.~f.NT,; ('X#!e,o the j ntefJjjffflC<> eoll~r.tor lnfor..,..d. Your OOIWI!t"f1t8, #Uichnr~ ,.,,d crlti.r.I ..... IJ(t" /lr, .. t l y 1tpprcrj,,t,.d. n~finirr: ,.nJ dr:ottJlled e..-.. Ju<ttion srlll J e , d to improv-""?i i n tht ClUli.t y o f intelli~"tce rt:'portinl) ~e t:rrgets -:1bich rJ.Oved and then b.acame otatio:na:ry o.re believed to 1"-. r esulted f!'Om 3. possible tempe....~ture inversion t:b.at uouJd jus ti.fy f:l.l.:3e ccboes tron [;:round tar ge t s .. llO"xev-er, thi3 repor t i s t:'1e first 'i:;.) d et.r;.il :;o lo!'..g a:a ~1:.:-"borne to.l-ge t of this type. 8 . 'Ihe i'a.ct that 16 targ~ts orl inal.ly a.J~a.:-ed on clle P..?I :;cope, but only 2 "':ere observed on the AI r.~d.a:r tends to cuo3ta::1.tiate t!1e G:purious :~'.!sponse theory. established that t11e 2 AI ~argets -;re r e pa:rt of the -~i~inal 16 ta.rgeta. It uoulu be z:ossible :for the radar co ::al.f'unction <luri!l3 t21.e ~ 3 . ~h ! ~ot_ ~uffic_i t- ta upon vhich to t'.ake '!-~:!.rm evaluatio~, _::n~ l!l Y v.ddi ~ional inf'onnation 1rould be welcome<i. Thls 13 ~,_ vel"Y in teres ti:1g 1eporl, i 7ell prepared, and the incident3 1-rhich happe!led cannot :,e ~atisfa.ctorily e xpl.?.i:J.ecl. Ar ., NtY A~ n OFFICE ANALYSr (~1Jn~1ure) I 3telligenc e Center I t'l r ;, I lor 'l~l)Vro I JtiNr. I Iolii ( AJ~ tNTELLIGENC~ I J~OR~tc\ T!ON REPC)RT rw r,\n~' 'uv tO 'freer ) rHu\1 (. L;tuql) ' " T OF HIFORMATIO il rV'\LliATIOr. A . 1 \~Y: ( 1.r.t. r Cl)ciM t "" nu 1 of u purt. (;;,., ;,JIIjkur:re fr1 j.nfll Cl'lll'tl'nlrtt< Jlllf'~taph. J,i:t furi"""'J 111 l'lur ftjt. J lr; .. l lr.rl 1j r fltrl "'' It' 1 ,, .1 1 It J 'Jrt J/.) U~ F O~lv) 3-3 t.h Air Dl v 3li.tl') ~. ,r; A kt'WEO IT:> TR \:Ob\.11::-SION cq ''HF: fltV"' AoY I r ~ W r. Yr r H i"I 'OUCCD ''I \Vh Ol.!: C1< 1'1 i ;,fH. BY OTilt ' fL.r FORM 112-PART II A. f'~OVED I JUNE 1~'-:8 AIR l1 TELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1"1 (.ljiiiCl/1 Hl:I'ORT t.O. 1 . To rJda'lelop che incident, a3 i t avnlv~d in c.;h.r0nolo~ic1l (_/f"'h-r, C ~ ;r.on~al i~terro~a d. o; t~e lJ.?h /\} CS Squadron . :11i:-J sit~ o:::>-:nat?-3 and 'Jositir cor.~rol iq "'1;-~-a::..lJ 'l~i-Li~ad only in thq n~c~or ~outh of t loc.1~ion. .~ ~ .'l:>'Jroxi:na t~ l y l.Sl3I (local t.L-na) tl1-1 To ro .... arlar Tr1;.'1'ic Co:1 t.rol C,n~::tr loca:~d rtt j'o'r.n.3on Air : .:ls-3, Ja;n!'l, i:n it.~ vn.tal c:~oacity 01:.' ~on trol l.:r..:!; air.va;:r traf ..:'ic i.!'l t.he 7o:<yo .tr~a, h ; d und~r co-,.:..r-::>1 four a '.i':ro dirc::-~.rt .19M ~n:Jo,md .:ro'll t.h~ ~onch .;md under corr~-oL o~. one o :.' ,.1 -'i r :td.:!r CC!'ltr o.i:'..ars. ..:.h-3 ot.:.hsr cr:>nt::-')llar had .:l c-h7 inbo,wd ..:.rom Di-t;,;o in~o 'f,c:"'ll~'.l.'N.:\ v:.a uma~ay~ homer .vi:h :Jn ~ ~i ... at.a of ov~r r,tJna~ay.;. at 1620I, a--:. 6 ,GOO i't . r-b al3o had a B- 50 ~;hi.ch h1d t1.kan o f f fro., I':l':<otc1 a'"~ 1 6l)I a , .. w~ic3l ro1.n d robin, 11hi .... h e:~timat?.d .:uma_say a nor7.h bound at 1620I. :i:-tce t h a c..:-:n':.rollJr 11ished t:> c:xpedit,e t.h~ clim::> of the !:- )0, \Thich .1a3 non on his ~"~?I cJ.nd '1'\0V~d hi::J off-c:?nt.~r ..... d -1 Dosi:.ion, ."hic..:h h.~d ~'~an a t t.'il-3 350 pJ.3i tion l.Jo~ins to t'1a Sout.!:l, t.o th~ 1 50 :JO;'fition . Ac ~hig Jetti!13 h3 '.v 'l3 ~u!""Tei. ..Llln ~ t.h:3 sec tor t.o t~:e nort:1-northwe '3t for a r.,n 6~ tJi' .J..":);:,roxi- Matdl;}r 32 -u las. A-v abou =. thi9 ti.r:l-3 th-3 C-47 ~1ad o~-30 clear~d t o con~act Tachi!<~rHa GCA havin~ arr'ved O'l3r ~('..mla69.Ya at. l6l~I. At 160 position t~e c a n tr-:>ll3r oo3~rred -;1"1Rti he took t.o l;e initi3lly four aL-rcr1.ft due ;:orth o f J ohn3on :tea r the o~ripher"J o~ the sco!Je. To g9t a b~ tt-3r look n t t..-.,ese t3.rcsts l~e mov~d the of.r"-centar e d position t o ch9 1 C0 :Josi tion s o t.h~t he 7139 l-::>o'<i n 5 :1t. the tarc;'3ta. F~ no~., ohs~.rv~d -.:1hat ho b3lieYed to te a to~al o f s~=t. n t.:.ir~'3C8 i n six for:nationa. Thsi r -po~ition ~-/3.3 tr:)pr oxi1natel7 due Uortn 0 f Johnson and at r:wges from 20 to 28 mil e s . Ti19 CJe t-:1r-;et3 a:r~9ar~d to hlm t o b e r!O'ring in .n oouth.sa3te rly di.r"3c 7-ion ~ J.\r; tha c ontroll3r ob<ier- v d ~h9 ~ar!Se t.s T'!o'~ring a~narently i.n a nouthf3 as terly dir'3cti:>n, he oft- cJntar~d to the 220 positi on. H<3 the n call3d 3utts9r1.y, t.he L~;r/GCI 0i:.e loc.::a. t a d on the Chi:::a Panb'l3ula, a~ shown on 'Lllclos rr~ l , to 3SC'3r:..:ain . thei:- k:loRl~d~ o t' the1B tar~'3ts ln t .1is nr'3.~. T'!e cont roller <:stiMat;!3d t hat the 1~31I on an ::~:>oroxi.mata h~qdin~ of 1 fl::r, 0hr ous;h AI;CC At John ~on, 13:1 ";'- ooD -:'I '=iS scr~m bL~d f r om roko ta Air Eas~ . H. :t 'J'Jrox:!mat~ly this '3.~.,~ ~i1'\e t~ Tokyo ~A 't'CC centro lle r o b rv.:.d t:, 3 tar19::-,3 "':lovin~ acros3 th9 scoog i n ?.n err"l~ic -notion l~qrin; .1 t r"lce J i:--ci.ll.::" to "L'l..lt hs had 00"1P,l'"V30 fr.~rn .i9t +_yp~ c'lircr~rt. 1),1Cterfly "J~lS J~ai:t no~i fiod of :.:t~s observ--1.-:.ion. ~J 1 635I t~.-3 :::otion o f vh:Jt th~ co"1trolldr ~li::!'I3CO to t:-:~t ,:o'rc>ment. could only b e d 3 ~'3ct~ri by cov~ri':1{ t:~ tctr:;::}t3 -..d. th ~-=-~A.s~ ?An-I c'1t7 o:':'.!..ce r ::>n duty n:. th~ 1i!:a, fra.., D"l ncl,jacJ3nt room> tl':-3"Wr .. '3:.3 baci cUS'L-n~d a s t.:lt.ic :JO<Ji-:.ion . .rr. .. ~ other controll'3r on duty did Lot. ha't 3 a ch"liCf contr::>llin~ ot:1er traffic to th3 South u:lin~ off-c~n:.~r9d :.'?I nt. t~3 360'~ po;.iti:m o.nd 1-:>ok-:n~ or.ly to U:.d ~outh. :!o on'=' -::lsd nt Ticy0 ;:;:_.~,:rcc. m~ds oos~-:"'~T1;:,ion of t~ese t.ar!~eta ;thila l:1 '"":otian . Coct"'''mic-::r~.iond rtith ~tt r:'l7 rn,..i'11 -!:111 3 nerlod o f t im'9 Jndic:~ted ~"/:~n. ""..'::ay had no tc.lr."';'3~s in thi3 u- . : t rO ~M 112-P.\RT II / IR INTELLrGE' ICE tFORMATION REPORT t:!l 1 tJ!";-it. ,nd ~ot