PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION S., ,DAT.ETIME GROUP ~ LENGTH OP OISERVATION BRIEF SUMMARY Of SIGHT1NG _. , : . f;)jle. circular object, orange, noticed. by control tower operators because it was an unfamiliar object. Control tower called a* F-89D in area who ~ade a lockon by radar for approxi- mately two minutes with aircraft indicating an overtake speed of fifty knots. Target then began to climb, went off scope, and lockon was broken ATIC FOIUI 329 (Jl&V 211 S&P 12) 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Michi an Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon 11. COMMENTS Object characteristic of balloon sescription and motion as well as duration consistant with this analysis. A/6 radar lockon with climb of object also indicates balloon with rad reflector. Balloons frequently not sighted by ~ilots. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 16 January 1956 Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan Prabat.ly Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possl Wy Balloott 3. OATETIME GROUP XD1 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-RadOJ 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probat.ly Aircraft o Ai,.. Vi -of 0 Alrlntorcopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft s. PHOTOS OII2Z (N) Astronomical Probably Astrormical JaXNo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I. NUa.IBER OF OBJECTS lDX Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEf SUMMARY 0,. SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round oblong shape color milky-white Possible balloon t hen dull green then bright red. No Disappearance exhaust. Moved up refraction of setting then faded. Initial observa- astro body tion at 05 dgr elevation 250 dgr disappears sudden rising. Insufficient for evaluation. ATIC .P'ORW 329 (RI'!:V l6 SP.P Sl) ~ EDEN RJEPNa RJzDtiP RJEPHQ RJEDFJ f' N C0~1DR .53T H AD! V tvRAF ~ .... E LLEV I LLE t-1I C H . TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFd COLO rtJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC W.;.PATT AFB OHIO .. ~JEP~Q/DIRECTOR OF INTLLIGENCE HEDUSAF WASH DC RJEDFJ/C0~1DR FLT JC 45~2D AISS SELFRIDGE AF B MICH /UNCASSIFIED/DI 328 UFOa. 1. SHAPE-ROUND OR OBLONG. 2. SIZE-NEG .5 COLOR- r!ILKY WHITE THEN DULL GREEN THEN BRIGHT RED. 4. Nit1BER-QNE 5. FORMATION-NEG. s. DISCERNABLE FEATURES - NEG. 7. TAIL, TRAIL, EXHUAST- :~EG 8 . SOUND-NEG. 9 . UNUSUAL FEATURES-NEG 1 0 . WHY NOTCED-LOOKING FOR ANOT HER AIRCRAFT. 11. It\ITIAL ELEVATION AND A'Zlr-"JUTH-Z~5DEGREES TC 250 DEGREES. 12. SAME AS NO. 11. 13. TRACK AND MANEUVERAaiLITY-UP .'\ND TO THE RIGHT. 14. t'IANNER OF DISAPPERANCE-FADE. 1 5 . LIGHT AT TIXE .JF SI GHT-DARK, ~100N AT 1 / Z DEGREES AT .35 DEGREES ELEVATION. l.S. METHOD OF 7t OBSERVANCE-VISUAL. 17. OPTICAL ADSdlNOUCAULARS 18 . AIRBOURN SIGHTING- ::::G. 1 ; . DATC: Tll1t: GROL!P- Z l Z8Z T O Z112Z 17 JA~ l .i53 2 Z . Tl~E OF DAY- NIGHt 2 1. LOC/\TION OF OdSEVER-\vURTStIITH ALi:tT HANGER. 2 2 . Oa3RVER ~AV- C;\P T SZAdO, PI LOT. 23. ACTUAL WEAT HER- CLEAR AND TE~ MILSS VISABILITY. L LrtVLn t- u. 11. u~TlCAL AlDS-7X5~ FIELD GLASSES. 18. AIREOR~E SIGHTI~G-AIRBORNE RADAR ONLY. 1S. DATE TIME GROUP-11/23402. 1 2e. Tlt-:E OF DAY-NIGHT 21. LOCATION OF CBSERVER-WURTS~HTH AFE CONTROL TOWER AND OBSERVER IN F-8SD. 22. OESERVERS-S SGT CO PLAER 2030 AACS SQDN 4YRS SERVICE 3YR~ 6MOS CONTROL TOWER. S SGT PORTER l 2~3e AACS SODN 4YRS SERVICE 3YRS 6MON EXP GCA TEAM TOWER. A/3C SEGER 2030 AACS SODN 10MON 3MON EXP CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR. LT CULPEPPER 44,FIS PILOT 6YRS SERVICE 2YRS 2 MOS RATED. LT FREELAND 445FIS RADAR OSBSEVER 2YRS SERVICE 6MOS EXP AS RO. 23. ACCOUNT OF VEAHTER- t TWO THOUSAND BROKEN. TWENTY THOUSAND BROKEN VIS 15. 24. INTERCEPT OR ) ACTION iAKEN-TIPTOE EASY WAS COMING TO LAND AND HE CONTACTED CONTROL TOWER ASXED TOPTOE EASY TO INVESTIGATE OBJECT ON AN AZIMUTH I DEGREES TaOM VURTSMITH TOWER. CONTROL TOWER VAS. OBSERVIIC 'BOTH TIPToE .EASY AND OBJECT CONTROL. TOWER TOLD TIPTOE EASY TH~T :<:OBJECT V.AS ON EASTERN SIDE OF HIM. AND LOV. TIPTOE EASY DROPPED . ~ TO SEVDt !HOUSAND FEET AND ."'tHE RADAR. OBSERYh LOCKED ON TO )A !Ut;:tT AT "HIS. ALi'l11JDE AT "Al'PROnMTELY' TOI- INDI~ATING fiFTY KNOTS OVERTAKE sPEED THEN TARGEt BEGAN TO CLinB. TIPTOE EASY CLIMBED TO ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET AND TARGET VENT OFF SCOPE ~ND LOCKON WAS BROKEN NO VISUAL'OR RADAR CONTACT VAS MADE AFTER I AIRCRAFTS LANDING TIME WAS 2400 A/C NO. s5. 12/16052 JAN RJEDBV PP RJEDEN RJ~DWP RJEPNB RJEDF J . RJEPHQ DE RJEDBW 24 . ~IPNE/COMDR IADf STEWART ArB J/COMDR FLT 3C 4602 AISS SELfRIDGE AF.B MICH ~E.~HQ/DIRICTOR INTELLIGENCE HEDUSAF WASH DC /U ~ C LAs S IF I I D/Dr24~. UFOB 1.SHAPE-CIRCULAR. 2. SIZE-NOT kTERlUNABLE. 3. "'CtJLOR ORARCE;\ 11. Net ...... OF -oB.JEC,....,.l,...S~(II['. 5. FCRKATION ~. 6. Dl~iBlf:ruTUR~fjiEc:~. 7 ~ TAit; TRAIL OR hHAUST-NEc; .. ~. SOUND-HE' 9. DIUSUAL.JEATURIS-NES~ 11. WHY NOTICED UNFAMILIAR .QB~ICT TO CONTROL TOWER OPER~tOR. 11. INITIAL ELEV AND AZIMUTH-15 T~. DEGREES APPROXIMATELY 241 DEGREES. 12. SAME AS NO. 11. .tRACK AND MANEUVERABILITY UNDETERMINABLE SMA HEADING AWAY fROM CONTROL ' T<*ER OPEBATOll CLCMED AWAY FROM RADAR OBSERVER SCOPE. 14. MANNER O:f DISAPPEARANCE-FASH CLIMB. 1' LGT Of TIME IN SIGHT-APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. 16. METHOD OF OBSERVATION-VISUAL AND BY LOCKON BY RADAR PAr-l' TtaJ () J?.IF:nBtJ ? u AF FORM 112-PART n APf'MVED I JUN.E 1941 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 4602d ATSS I. SOURCEr :Panl D. Portar, S/Sgt, USA!' Occupationr Aircraft Landing Control Tecbnl c1an Organizations 2030th AACS Wurtami th AlB Oscoda, Mich~gan jpr 22 tear ldueat1mu Bfgh ScboOl Graduate Qualificaticma 1 Tech School -50 weelm (CODtrol Tower and GC.l) II. U!.IABILlfil SOtllCB ba VD'ktd ill tbe GC.l and Control-Tower field tar owr tdq; )"'U'I. Waa emphatic In sta.t1Dg that objeot could not have been a "" a...t paiti:w (4 all u-aa and deacriptions. SOORCE is due for b'c:a ~rw1 1n one JDODtb PI. a-, S~DKH I vu on steMbr duty in GC.l h ai-lll\ ~ U.Janna'7 195() wlua Sgt Ctrpaa11 called my attention to an ott tM ~ouh end or rmsw&7 06 at approxi mateq 1840 ES'l' ,.. a. ~ ,.0 Juapa .,. oa~it. he calld Paprdoll (754t.h . 1 pickri 1IP '\111 biDOOUlars end ccmtoinued to tba obJ-.ot. Ill &Pf.'7" 1~ va a reddish urangw hell aia1lar to a Jet a1rcraf\ flJ',1Dc ctiraatrl7J.-r ~ -. ~ !ba:objeeta ,-ca'to. perf~ roorPj-I ~al1MW .l~ tiG' ~-.iaaiai ;~ wa-vide. I"t vU . . the riu, o a Jdd81 ~ -~ atlaT tt.r "": iao PJ*nll' IIO'tiaD altboagh 1~ .ttA .. ~ 1r 1-~;IP~ D-~ atraigb\:_11=~ flsca Papc;uioll -, ftp If~ {Var\altJa lUec1 ,....,_ 1465) 4aza r~ a loot. T~p- o.. _. aa . tr~ aM told hiw t.be object vu belov b1a a te It ].aft. . Be t.bie a teFJ'it'illtl rdar lick .A tw lat= ba n}l'W'tsa ba bml 1on +.l'e tarpt and liiVlld 1D to 1"" Be touched clcNII d 1910 IS! (120:W.JI) V. lat. called tb pilo't in the alert hanger; be npalr"W ba ha4 a ~ radar lock a l2 o'clock trca bia poaitoion, U out.. ftla object anddnl7 el1=had 1a a 40 degee angle to his poaition "' tbs lnd--cn:..rnr l.oe\ itt. I vonl.d the object' altitude to be ........ ~ a1ll '7000 teet. .A-t 01111 t~ I hd both Tip-Taa s!iiaa7 and t.b objeat. eo tba7 aou]4 ~haw benD ~and the.... I ce pered. tbr obpct. with DMrbT nu at. ~ tire end it JIQoA dnl ler than the attr. n. obJo' u~. a dip f'1n and vbaJl 1t began climbing I lu)IN it vaa II OlE: THIS OOCUMEN r COtiTAINS INFORMATlON AFFECtiNG THE NATIONAL DUENS OF THE U~tTEO STArES .VITHIN THE M IING OF 7HE ES?IC'<AGc ALT. 50 U S C.- 31 AND l2. AS AMENOED. ITS TRA/'tSMISSION OR THE REVB..ATIOII OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANliER TO AN U.~Al.!Tr!OfliZ0 ?ERS0N IS PRC!ni31T:::u 9Y LA".; IT M~Y NOT BE Rfi'ROOUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OI'HER ~ UtotJTED STATES AlP FOi'!CE._AG~CIES. E.XCn BY PER\1tS51C~:OriY OIR.:T':'P( I NTEI..l.l GENe. USAF. fL)) C..Ltf6S / ~Le .o (CtASSl f1CA T!O!O) AF FORM 112 APPROVEO I JUNE 1948 . IJPC./..AfP.l.FUD (CLASSiriCAotOJi} . REP'JR1' r~o. 30-uFOB-l-5 c~E.11r AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION .REPORT All<:A REI'-JRT0 ON FRoi;i(.l:~tnc~J DATE OF REPORT 17 Jnn.aey.l9s6 PREPARED BY ( f)fJ'ictr} souacE P~ J. FDAZZQ 1/Lt., ~Jl S/SG_T_ PAUL D.~R~-a~m Oth~er~s _ REfERENCES ( CunJrnl 11 u 111 ~.,, dlttctirt, prnlotU report, de-.. """iu"'"a.:;:p==;pl,..lca"""b7'1t~} -----'----''----'~.=..:;: SUMMARY: (I::~itr Utttlu " " amiU'J of rtfKJ!ft. Gilt d~f./kllna In ji11al qfll-ftnlm~ paraqrapll. Ll<tt lnd01Ur t1 at /own left. B tgin lut of rtport on .A.F Farrn 11! - P ar l 11.) I. COJI'tEltts I PIRT OIEi Deaar~ption of Sighting by S/Sgt Paul D. Porter. PaT 'NOc DNariPtion ot Rnilll'-contact bf 2/Lt William H. Freeland 1 DGZ"ipt,ioa of Sighting b;r J/JC Kenneth J. seger. PM! JOtl\a FIDe. C~ta ot Preparing. Officer II. SUMMDia tJn-t.ipticll ocmcl11ded. lDnatigati.Dg Officer tmable to m. . Df!8l'm.A!CBa aanse ot a1:gbt1ng ~ !.J.AIIL J FII AZZO otnae 1n c~a- II WBIT'E JR Colonel, USAF Connoanc!er " CIST?JCUTIOf BY ORIGIHATCR -D/I, USAF; Comdr, ATICJ D/I, 30th ADiv; Comdr, 4602d AISS; OIC, Flt )-C, 4602d AISS /tOTE: TH ,3 (')0o ''"IE'lT C X' '\l'o<; I 'i~"'JRMA T!ON AFFC:CTIN;; THE <\ TlON \l DEFENSE C F f' IE UN liED STAT!:..> '.VITti I 'II 7 : IE \lEA 'll-.: "; OF 1 t'f' :Pt!' ';A :;E AC - . SO U. S C - 31 ~.;> l2 /li ,\~E'IOEO 11 TPA:-tSMISSION O::t THE ll'1/ELATION OF ITS CONTf..~'iS IN A~oY MANi!SR TO <\N lJNAL T'u.).'lll :: p;::, ~-'liS Pt~OHiJlTE\l B'f LAW. IT "'W NOf ,;~ P!:.?IO!:JIJC::ED IN WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THf.N UNI TED STM~ AI~ FORCE !IGENCIG. CXCt?r Y P<:~MtS:>iJ'l 0!" o,'E OtR:G"OR OF I C:...ISSIF'lC.I r!O!I I AF FORM 112-PART II vAJC,J.A S.S IF lP (CI ASSIFlCATIOH) APPROVED I JUNE 1941 AlR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Flt 3-C' 4602d ATSS PAGE OF L J;. SOURCE: William H. Freeland, '2/Lt., USAF Occupation: Radar Observer (F-89 Aircraft) Qrgani satlcma . 44Sth Fighter Interceptor SquNlrcm Wurtsali th .11 r Force Base Oscoda., Michigan Bducatioa1 .. 2 Year~ College QnalUicationa Radar~Obseryer' Training II. BIIIABII.IT!a SOtJRCB aeeillid q~te sure of .MJDs~lt 1n his :abDit7 u a B" O~eryer. Be stated that bef'ore this incident occurred he always beUenrl that. OJtiBa Wire onq called in b;y !)&'ankstera. SOURCE is married am plu to zske ths Air Faroe his career. . . SCJI'RCI'S DJSCBIPTIOB ~RADAR COlftJCra upon returning rroa a w .wre told bJ' that the Wurtnd-th tover had an UP$dentiried V:s coaWted the t.aw1r at tM7' told ua the object waa ~ 2./JP degreea. We rolled out. Qn a h4tadil'lg or 230 degrees 1l!tGI'Md u tba:~: ttT ua in sight .aw tb.e object wu to our .liaalr ... We lMialecl o~t. at 7000 test nit I obtained a cont.aat. . , l8fti "" 11 idles 1D rasp. A. lock-oD vas obtaSned am a .SO itm\. ow~tb apull t'me waa apf4'oXhMte~ ~ D! . V. n...-..r. .. abe a -two Jdnut tbea.. tb t.arget started \a pha al.U.filale M s-ttcah4 Jv' .ti'J eletaUa dot. 011-tbe.radar scopa. 1Di1eat.ar . Ve .tar1iel1 a l'ab a-t 4SD \now %1$ ba:&. "!'ble to kep t.b tar1et. vithia lSwita. of fts terp\ ;WU climbf:ns mtleh tuter than -vwe . !!Is ..mc.atie ooatrol. cu-t on at t.hie t1ze which lad -to believe ti'a't. I loD&V a~ 1 ~atsl7 to bitM ooa.~ol '-a". eonJd -" . ocat.aot.. 'V. 't"ba nta:n.d \o the tieU am landed at. MOTE: THIS COCUMENT COH TAINS I NFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED SfATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF T HE ESPIONAGE ACT. SOU S.C.- )1 AND l2. AS AMENDED. ITS TRAHSWISSION OR THE RE'JEl.ATION OF ITS CONTENTS I N ANY MANNE~ TO AN UNAUn,..J,,,z.ED PERSOtl IS PP:)HI BITEO 8'( LAW. IT MAY NOT B REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PAfrr, BY OTiiER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCEfGENCI{i . EXCIJ>T OY PERMISSION OF THE DIRiCTOR OF INTEll.IGE.NC<:E, USAF. (a.ASSiflCATlOH) AF FORM 112-PAln II APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 UJ/CJ.A$..SIP!D. (0 A$SIFlc:ATIOfl) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (.lt'cncJ j Part Three Fl t J...C 4602d AJSS I. SOURCE& lenneth James Seger, A/3C, USAV Occupations Control Tower Operator Organizations .2Q3()th A ACS Wurtam1 th Air Force Base Oscoda, Michigan . Age: .19 Years Educat10D& High SChool Gradnate Qoal1t1cat.1onsa Tech Scbool -l4 weeks (CODtrol Tower) . Ue !W.IABILIT!a SO\JBCE didn't ...._ tOo cctatn of himself'. Tried to hie ata~te coruc~de with tboae or ~gt. Port