PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i. LOCAT ION 12. CONCLuSII)NS l 38.45Jl (Atlantic) 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon DATETIWE GROUP 4. n'P'f OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon <ii'Ound-VIsual D GrouncfRador . Was Alrc:raft Probably Alrc:raft xo Air-Vi suol 0 Alrlntorcopt Racfor Po asl bl y Alrc:roft Was Astrono~ractionMoc 0 Probably Astranomlc:ol militaJ..r 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH 0,. OBS!AV AT ION HUMBER 0' OIJ!CTS f , COURSI! 0 lnsuffic:lont Doto for Evaluation 10. BRIEl' SUMMARY Of' liGHTING II. COMMENTS Elliptical obj wit.h recidislJ gl.ov like top Retraction ot moon through third of an orange in inverted position. No sound, obj gr~dt1all.y f&.dftfi awy AC OPERATIONAL IMMEDIAT~ FM COMDR 1631 ABGRU PREST'JlCK AB SCOTLAN 10 COMDR ADC EN'f AFB COLO DIR INTEL HQ USAF WASH DC OOMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO COMDR 3 AF SO RUISLIP ENG INFO HQ MATS WASH DC ATTN DCS/PL/INTEL OOM ATLDIV MATS MCGUIRE AFB NJ.ATTN INTEL DIV CITE PIKBPL 77CL UFOB CIRVIS REPT i'OLL0~4S. LLT SC54 ACFT, USAF NBR 72~56, E/R HARMON TO PRESTW!Cit \flA GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE SIGHTED UFOB AT 02492 AT ACFT POSITION 52-5411, 3B-!45W. CREPT FOLLOWS REPT FOR MAT OUTLINED HELLIPTICAL (B) Sl2E ... JlL\E11l1LED SIZE OF TOP THIRD OF ORANGE (C) COLOR-REDDISH YELLOW ( 1J IIIH1UER-1 > (E > FOMMAVION-NOT APPLICABLE (F) DESCERNABLE FEATUH 'i Hr.SEMBLED .. TOP 1 THIRD OF AN ORANGE lN. INVERTED POSITION. ' t No r AILEVIDENT <H> NO SOUND DISCERNABLE <I> DEMINISHED SLOWLY t~ iiZE AND APPEARED FT FADEAWAY. lP (2) (A) NAVlGATOh ,l~lNG JELESTIAL POSITION NOTICED ABJECT AND UN CLASS IF l'OTIFIED Pf..T~ (B) ELEVATION 5 DEGREES ABOVE PLANE OF FLIGHT, 'A7lMUT.H DEGREES TO RIGHT OF ACFT NOSE. (C) SAME AS ABOVE CD> MOVED AWAY ALONG AZIMUTH REPT ABOVE UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED, CE SEE> CD>. CF> 7,D (3) CA> VISUAL OBSERVAr!~N~ CB) NO OPTICAL OR RADAR AIDS .EMPLQY~D~ (C) SC-54 AF 7Z!;~6, ~.00-- E HEADING 067 DEGREES, 155 KNOTS, .. 67 ARS PRESTWICK S rx, fLAND, 7.D {6) (A) NOT APPLICABLE. (B) LYLE G LAFON, CAPT 67 ARS RELIAB~E; ~UGENE W INGOLD fiRST LT, 67 ARS, NAV, RELIABLE: FREDERICK G SHAW, 67 ARS, FLIGHT ENGINEER, RELIABLE. 7.D <7.> (A) 5/8 STRATUS 4 TO 5000 FT VIS 50 MILES NO OVERHEAD CLOUDS FJ:.. H'{ l-EVEL, CB> DET 62, 18 WEA SQ PRESTWICK ADVISES FOLLOWING WEA FORECASTED FOR POSITION AT Tir1E OF SIGHTIN "SIGHTING OCCURED APPROX ~0 MILES WNW OF OCEAN VESSEL C, VESSEL C TOOK SURFACE OBSERVATION AND ALSQ RADIO SONDE OBSEHVAT ION BETWEEN 0200 AND 0300 HOURS" ZULA WHICH REVElLED FOLLOWING METRO DATA; 1/8 STRATO CUMULUS BASES 2000 FT VIS 7 MIJ.ES WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS SURFACE WIND 320 AT 17 KNOTS. RADAR 0 BSERVAT ION I NDIC THAT APPROX 4-5000 FT WITH A THIN ~OKEN LAYER OF CLOUDS A'f 11H"00 FT WITH TOPES OR LAYERS TO APPROX PAGE THREE 000 FT. PLT REPORTS f' ) .... OTHER ACFT DO NOT INDIC THIS UPPER DECK. WIND, 310 AT 35 KNOTS; 2~ 000 WIND 2?~ AT 30 KNOTS", (C) NONE ABOVE FLIGHT LEVEL PEREP CD> 50 MILES PIR:P t E> NONE PIREP. () NONE PIREP 7.D (8l MOON WAS SEEN 1 J RfSE APPROXIMATELY 1 AND 1 HALF HOURS AFTER SIGHTING AUIORAB AKSFDtl .,. :-PRIOR TO SIGHTING. (9) NONE TAKEN. (10) ~OT AVAL THIS HQ HOWEV:~ LlEVE DATA COULD BE.OBTAINED FROM OCEANIC AIRTFC CONTROL. C11> BA"" lNTEL OFFICER 1631 Alo~BRU ATLD MATS PRESTWICK PRELIMINAR~ ANALY~l~ REVELAS THAT PDG CHECKED WIND SHIELD FOR REFLECTIONS BUT COULD NOT ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING DUE THAT CASSE, FACT THAT MOON ROSE APPH11>-li1ATELY 1 HALF HRS LATER MIGHT EXPLAIN SIGHTING DUE TO AN UNDF'ffl?t~l tNED PARALLAX PHENOf1E NON REFLECTING OFF HIGH CLOUD LAYERS AT 20 00i.J FT (SEE METRO PORTION) HO~JEVER DUE TO -LACK OF PIREPS CONFIRMING HIGH LAYER AT 221,01210 FT UNABLE TO FURTHER EXPLAIN SIGHTING. REF IS MADE TO MSG THIS HQ "OPS 04-185, 18 APR 55 DTG 181218352 CUNCL> REL TING TO CIRVIS REPT_ 1 17 APR 55 AT 2335Z BELIEVE SUBJ REPT SHOULD BE COMPARED WITH THIS REPT FOR QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. SUGGEST ALSO THAT COORD OF ALL KNOWN UFOB SIGHTING SIERRA GREAT ClllCLE NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTE BE CHECKED TO SEE IF DEF !NOBLE PATTERN EXISTS, C12> NO PHYSICAL OR PHOTOGRAPHIC EVID.SNCE RELEASED SUBJ TO CORRECTION UPON REQ ONLY UNCLASSIFlE;D CONFl~SNTIAL FM COMDR 1631 AB GRU PRESTWICK SCOTLAND TO COt1DR ADC NT Ai='l=l COLO I NTELL HI~ u~;. CONDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO INFO HQ MATS WASH DC ATTN DCS/ PL/INTELL COM ATL DIV MA'fS MCGUIRE AFB NJ ATTN INTELL DIV DCS/ PL CITE PIKGPLN 80-CL REF f1SG TIII3 HO PIJ<l1P!. 7~CL. SUBJ UFOB DTG 091430. NAVIGATION SECT!OtJ TIIJ.S HQ STATES THAT MOON SHOULD HAVE ARISEN AT 02472 ON f10Rt1Ii\IG OF 8 NOV 5~.>. CHI T HU HEADING OF 077 DEGREES FROM POSITION OF SC 5472456. IN 1\; lJIJCII AS ACFT lvAS FLYING TRUE HEADING OF 067 DEGREES, STRONG POS:i l u r J. [ fY EXISTS THAT CREW OBSERVED PARALLAX PHENOi'IENON OR REFLEC r lPi'l Gf ft100N. BASE INT~LL OFF 1631 AB GRU PRESTWICK