3. DATETIME OROU' PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION A. TYPE OF OBSERYATION : o <Ground VIsual 0 Ground-Radar 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Passi bly Balloon Wos Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po si bl y AI rc:raft %/=?=ry::'::!::' ::' =====--+-0 Alfo Vltuol D Air Intercept Rodor S. PHOTOS t. lOURC:I ~---------- :. o 'l..Was Astronomical ~.1,.:t 8() 0 Yea 0 Proltobly Astronomical : o :Ne C i ,; i 1 i tn 2L r.: i.l it='-r ~r C Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation t vo t o thr~c S'J<..:OH~s on~ E~&s terly 0 Unlc,.w.. 30. IAII' SUMJU.ItY 011 SIGHTING 11. COMM!NTS c.;crv~trtGl' the si of a di.:l.J nt arrll'~> leu,~ ch. Ol...j cc t ' s t a i 1 wa:; ~5.1ill o b j ry c t proper ~;; w .. c~ t :\ p ~ r ~ d t o w 0 r d t ~ e :.-ear. Object .vas initially si~ht,)u a l 3 0 J .J r c lv 'J n t i o !1 i n t h o l l o r t h a n d L r a v c } - d r oppdd o u t of si~ht below t i1a h0rizon. J h jcct wa3 viowvd ~i.~...ta lly for 2 or th ... a scco n J s . ATIC PORM 329 (aav 26 !EP 52) D0!:;Cl'lpt; o n or this si.l~htir1g ~o.!on for ms to c: it.~ija for :1 metc:OL' h y potth JSi::.; ~ WPGI42YDCI13 TYB243 Tt-iB267SNAi168SNJ~.31 .-- PP RJEDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB ~ DE RJEPSN SJ FM COMDR 75TH FINCEPTRON PIAFB ME TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEPNE/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY RJEPSN/COHDR 32ND ADIV SYR AFS NY RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO. ~ RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELL HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC INFO ZEN/COMDR 23RD FTR GP PIAFB ME ZEN/FLT 3-G 45~2D AISS PIAFB ME /UNCLA,c;siFIED/751 214-1. ATTN CIC EADF UFOB THE FOLLOWING REPORT I~ SUBMITTD IN ACCORDANCE WJTH PARAGRAPH 7 AFR 2Q9-2: PART I (l><A> ROUND, l~ITH STREAMER BEHIND (B) Dit-1E (C) ORANGE-RED, FLAME-COlOR CD> ONE CE) N/A (F) NONE (G) TAIL, SANE SIZE, TAPERING TOWARD REAR CH) NON (1) APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING AT GREAT SPEED, ESTIMATED 1~90 KNOTS (2)(A) FLASH IN SKY CB) 30 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON TO THE NORTH (C) DROPPD BELOW HO~IZON CD) STRAIGHT FLIGHT PATH, EAST TO WEST (E) uROPPED BELOW HORIZON (f) APPROXIMATELY 2 OR 3 SECONDS (3)(A) GROUND PRESQU ISLE AFB ME (6)(B) R. TURPEN, 1ST LT., 75TK FTR INTCP PAGE TWO RJEPSN SJ ~ge 2S0 AT 5B CE> NO~E <F> NEGATIVE (8) B-47'S WERE DROPPING CHAFF IN THE AREA AT TI ME OF SIGHTING CAA WEATHER STATION, CARIBOU, ME RELEASED BALLOON AT ~13g! (9) NONE (1~) SIX AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE AREA AT TIME OF P~'\G E TI.JO RJEPSN 8J " SQDN, PILOT, A-2 C7>CA>CAVU CB) SURFACE 340 AT 17, 6000' Jsq AT 11~, CE> NONE (f) NEGATIVE (8) B-47'S WERE DROPPING CHAFF IN THE AREA AT TIM OF SIGHTING CAA WEATHER STATION, CARIBOU, ME RELEASED BALLOON AT ~13~2 (9) NONE C10) SIX AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. LANDING TIMES AT HOMEPLATE AS FOLLOWS: SUPERDUPER QUEBEC 1--22~6, SUPERDUPER QUEBEC 2--2213 DUPER ROMEO 1--2257 SUPERDUPER ROMEO 2--2300, BENEFICIAL HOTL BENEFICIAL 41--2214. LAST-NAMED AIRCRAFT WAS T-33 AiqCRAFT, ALL OTHERS WERE F-89D AIRCRAFT. UPKEEP 41 B-52 AlrtCRAFT, CANCELLED IFR CLEARANCE OVER HOULTON ME AT 2231, LANDED AT LORING AFB ME AT 2309 (11) INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 75TH FTR INTCP SQDN. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: NEGATIVE C12> NONE PART II (1)CA> ROUND <D> BASEBALL CC> ORANGE-RED CD) ONE (E) N/A (f) NONE CG) TAIL STRETCHED OUT BEHIND 03JECT CH) NONE (!) OBJECT TRAVELING QUIT FAST. DID NOT APPEAR T BS METEOR DUE TO ELEVATION AND FLIGHT PATl~ C2)CA> SAW OBJECT IN SKY CD) 30 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON TOWARD SOUTHEAST (C) 05 DEGREES ~BOVE HORIZON CD) STRAIGHT FLIGHT PATH FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST (E) FADED CF) 5 SECONDS (3)(A) GROUND-VISUAL CB) NONE CC) N/A C4)CA) P.,GE THREE RJEPSN SJ PRESQUE ISLE AFB ME (6)(B) ~11LSON H. MCMILLAN, T/SGT, DETACHMENT 17 12TH WEATHER SQDN :oRECAgTER B-2 (7)(A) CAVU. SECTIONS C7)CB) THRU (12>, SAME AS PART 25/13382 OCT RJEPSN