PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Eab:cu.a.x:~ 0 Probabl y Boli-n 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYP E OF OBSERVATION Possi bl y Balloon 0 Ground-Vi suo I 0 GroundRada r 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft XIX Ai,... Vi su al XGI Airlntercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 6 . SOURC E 0 Was Astranomi cal 0 Probabl y Ast ronomical 0 P o uibl y As tronomical 1. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0, OtherUNI D ENIIfl:ED 0 In sufficient Data for Evalua tion IIX Unknown BRIEF SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS green with add itio n a l circ l e d a/ c radar contac1 up report. UNIDENTIElED. mi nutes later, movement a nd closed on objec miles distant, t!ded out. Foll up report t o come. ATIC FORI\4 329 (R&V :Z6 SKP !:Z) UNCLASSIFIED , .' PA;E THREE RJEODL IB 1. A. VISIBILITY 21 MILES, CLOUDS 161 DEGREES AT 31 KTS. BILOW AT 3 ~00 FT. SOMI HAZE., WIND B. Ill OBSCURRED l/8 MILE VISIABILITY, HEAVY BLOWING SNOW, TEMP PLUS 1 WIND NE AT 41 KTS GUSTS TO 67 KTS ALTIMETER 29.67 c. 21 MILES D. SOMI su;BT HAZE ---F. NONE - ~. NO ACTION TAII'M 11. BILLY B. 2/LT., INTELL OiflCIR. KNOWN CAUSI UNCLASSIFIED IU'I.XC/AlROFflCER LTMD t1ARITIME AIR COMMDNHALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA( RJFIC/COMMD WOEWND ACWRON KEFLAVIK APRT ICE RCEHC/FLAG FFICER At A/LANTIC COAST HALIFAX NOVIA SCOTIA RBEKZC/COMDR IN CHIEF ~ ~7.LANTIC CMD NORFOLK VA AZENCOMDR NEAC ATTN DIR OF INTEL PEPPERRELL AFB NF ADOAO 285 CIRVIS UFOB. AT. 8134E 1. FEB 1~56 SIDEBURN 11 KC-~7 ACFT ON MAG. EADING 1,1 EDEG it8 iT SAW W AT APPEARED TO BE AN ACFT 9et FT BELOW AT 21 098. OBJ CAN UP BEHIND IM, TURNED orr LIGHTS AND DISAPPEARED. WEATHER AT 11012 110 OBSCURED 1/8 BS WINDS NE 41 GUSTING 67. NO OTHER ACFT IN AREA AT7iMI. OF _SlJ..KTlNG _ANY....ADDI'[lQNAL lNrORMAtlOH --. - WILL BE FO~RDED . VPBI28 JYAIJ5JDDe25EXBfJ15TAfJ09 '''''YY RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RBEGK RFEMWC RFEXC RJFIC RCEHC RBEKZC FM COMDR 64TH AIR DIV DEF PEPPERRELL AFB NF TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGH PATTERSON ASB OHI 0 - _., RJEPHQ/DRI OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH D C RJEPHQ/CHIEF OF STAFF USAF WASH D C RBEGK/COMEASSEA FROM NEW YORK N Y i1DvA~.-2S7. UFOE. APPROX 13/~2552 TWO F -39' 5 t~ERE 4J :iiLES ~E OF~GOO~E BAY LABRADOR ON ROUTINE TRAINING WHEN ONE FIGHTER HAD VI~UAL Ai\jD RADAR CONTACT WITH AN OBJ2CT l.JniCH RAPIDLY ENCIRCLED F-SSL ~rUCH HASNINDICATING 26;i<NOT~ AT ZJ,JJ2l0 FEET. 1/L PILOT STATED THE LIGHTS WERE ABOUT 3/4 ~I LE AWAY. THE COLOR WAS PREDO~liNATLEY GREEN WITH RED AND SEEMED TO BE FLASHING. THE OBJ:!:CT viAS OBSERVED VISUALLY ABOUT ONE C 1 ) MINUTE. THE OTHSR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ALSO HAD RADAR CONTACT. ABOUT 15 MI~UTES LATER AN OBJECT WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR BY ACFT CONTROLLERS 38 MILES SW PAGE T~O RJEXFT 7A OF GOOSE BAY NO MOVEMENT. THE FIGHTERS t.JERE VECTORED UP ON THE OBJECT AND HAD RADAR CONTACT BUT FADED WHEN AIRCRAFT GOT WITHIN 8 :1EATHER AT TH TI ~E OF SI GHTING '.tlAS CLEAR VISIBILTY 22> 1l7H ICE CRYSTALS. A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUB~ITTED AS SOCrJ AS I~IFO IS AVAILABLE THIS HEADQUARTER~ 13/044jZ FEB RJ~XFT WPE0 11A~22 JYA~41 JDP-04 8EXB006FTA0 i0 yy RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ I. RJEXFT. 7A _,.- i t'l COMDR 64TH AJ.R DIV DEF PAFB NF Tv hJi:.DEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB . COLORADO SPRlNGS COL~ .:jjl<.'P/COMDR AIR .TE.CHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER {IJR!GHT PATTERSON i .. io OHlQ H~ci-HQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEAD.QUARTER USAF WASii )). C Z1..N/CCMDR NEAC PARI til'" _ TO ZLT 1-.F 0 CC LC ?.EF ~iSG FR0:1 54TH AD SIGHTING CAtmOT BE CORRELATED :ntH ANY KNotIN FRD ACTIVIT~- 15/2ll5'Z FEB HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY D IVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STAT1!:S AIR f'Q .. CE WRIQH T PATTitRSO N AIR I" ORCit BAS, OHIO susJEcT: Goose Bay, Labro.do~r l2 Feb 56 The information in this report is too incomplet e for an evaluation to be made. It is not logic a l for a g enuine target to ''fade'' and disappear when the fighter gets close to it -the normal situation is for t~e target to get stronger the closer the fighter gets t o it. ELECTRO~l:CS ENG ..LNEER YQtj THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITYI 1a too iDccllpl.ete a pafline tran to to 1 tlte IIIDm&l tile c:lG1tr PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA_RD 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS . . 0 Was Ballt)on 18. Februa 1956 Goose B . Labrador o Probably Balloon D G110und-Visual 0 GroundRadar 0 Was Aircraft IIXProbably Aircraft D Po u l bl y Ai rcroft 0 Was A's't;onomi.cal . O"'Y .. 0 ProbaWy Astronomical 0 Pouibly Aat-mical ti~LiEwHOaTH O~P~oa~aiaRWVVoA4-TnNQ .~ .. --.~.: .. JH nu~sli9. .~G09UURi:s5ce~-------~o. Other-~------------- 0 ~nalliflcieltt Data for Evaluation 3 to 5 minutes one ject appeared to be an a/c, lights A/C sighting, appeared to be f~ly close together d moving rather fast. A/C commander 97 called for identifieaaion of obj and obj ~ut lights and disappeared. ATIC ~oa Ia (RitV 26 lltP 52) tf:t .UNCLASSJFJED. PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJIPHQ IE RJEODL 1B JM COMDR ARIFS381 GOOSE AB LABR 10 RJIDIN/ COMDR ADC INT AFB COLO C RJEDWP/ COMDR AIR TECH INTILL CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO , RJEPHQ/ DIRECTOR OF INTILL HQS USAF WASHINGTON DC Fe LIGHTS o ACFT APPEARED TO BE FAIRLY ~ ltR. OBJECT APPEARED TO B NOVING RATHER FAST -t ,' D. FIRST. APnAIED ABOUT. 5 LOC~ ABOUT 2 Ill FT BILOW OBJECT MOVED : . i lJP II 0 IRTIICEPT. PAT OBJECT APPEARED TO BE !OVINC FAST. ~ E. ACJ'T' con CALLED CASTAIAT FOB lMDiftt!FlCATION OF OBJECT AND C. OBJECT CUT OFF ITS LIGHTS AND DISSAPPEAIED. r 3 TO 5 MIN 3. A. AIR VISUAL -. SIDEBURtiS. Si, 23,,11FT 211 DIGREIS, 215 KTS GROUND SPEED~ ~. SHEPP.ARD AFB, TEXAS. ~ B. NIQHT v B. (1) HANGIS GORDON w., S/LT 380 TH AREFS ACFT COMDR, RELIABLE (2) HILLER, GEORGE M., 1/LT, 380TH AREFS~ CO-PILOT, RELIABLE (3) FISH, RAY L., A/1C 381TH ARIFS BOOM OPERATOR, RELIABLE UNCLASSJFlED