PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Castle AFBJ Ca)jfarnja 4 TYPE OF OBSERV~TION 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft c Possibly Aircraft 0 Groun cl-VI sual 24 seconds JCL BRIEf SUMMAttY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENT~ Concur with comments of Rpting ~r ine ,. S" shaped objects seen on ~round radar. Objects were seen traveling at approximately 6,000 Officer that sighting was prob-. ably caused by atmospheric condi- MPH for 2 4 seconds. ATJC P'ORW 329 (REV l6 SEP 52) . Be Nl.GHT i EUWPN/! 12~34W -BASE OPERATIONS, CASTLE AFB CALIFJM B. HINGER, ANDRE~, AI2C, 2035TH AACS, DUTY, APPROACH CONTROL,J PETERSON, DANIEL, A/1C, 2035TH AACS, DU1'Y, APPROACH CONTROL, BRACKEN, RUSSELL H., A/1C 2035TH AACS,F DUTY, GCA OPERATOR, ROBERT, A/2C DUTY, RADIO OPERATOR, B-2.! ( 7. WEATHER' j B.j SURFACE SOUTH/6K PAGE FOUR RJWPJM 80 D.; TEN MILES. . HIGH fHIN OVERCAST. I A TEChNICAL REPR~SENTATIVE OF GlLFILlP.~ AND BROTHERS I COR PORATED,; WHO SERVICE r~sE RADAR SETS, HAD EXP~RIENCED SUCH A1MOSVPHERIC P}-lNOttNON J ru.Ju .. Mnt.. ~t..\1/:.,1\nL. CAUS.E.S OF SUCH RADAR RETURNS, BUT ALL EVIDENTLY AHE Y'1 Ut~ PROVED. ONE OF THE RADAR OBSERVERS HAD EXP[RlENCED TEE SAl~ TYPE Rl:.Tl!RNS WtiiLE WORKING AT A FAR NORTHERN AF BASE. 9. fAMOUS 14/1361/KC-S7F WAS CONTACTED IMMEDIP.TELY IN THE LOCAL AREA. THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD OBSERV Il\G ANY THING OUT OF TEE ORDINARY WAS THE RADIO OPERATOR J A/2C MUCCILLO, WHO, FROM TEE RIGHT SCANNERS POSITION SAW WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE SHOOTING STARS. A/2C MUCCILLO REPORTED SEEING APPROXIMATELY S-10 0} THESE OBJECTS, BUT SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL THAT WOULD !DENT!} Y THEM FROM OTHER "SHOOTING STARS" HE HAD OBSERVED THAT NIGHT AND ON OTHER FLIGHTS. 11. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT BESIDES FAMOUS 1~. PAGE FIVE RJWPJM 80 11. CHIE~/EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION SECTION, INTELLIGEtJCE, 9.3FD BOM~G. THE OBSERVATIONS FROM FAMOUS 14 WHICH WAS IN THE PALMDALE AREA DOES GIVE EVIDENCE OF METEOR ACl' IV lTY COARSE OF THE SIGHTINGS ON THE SCOPE DOES NOT CORRESPOND SATISFACTORILY WITH l 'HE OBSERVATION FROM FAMOUS QRM GCI WAS NOTI}'lED, BUT COULD NOT PICK-UP THE "TARGET" ON ITS RADAR SET. ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON COULD POSSIBLY EXPLAIN TJ-:E RADAR RETUHNS SEEX AND l ' HE CONSIDERABLE SPEED WITH WHICH THEY \~ERE OBSERVED (APPROXIMATELY 6 ~2/2111Z MAR RJWPJM WPG0 YDC00~ XYCZ18 XMA 7JMA003 RR RJEDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJWPSB DE RJWPJM 89 FM COMBOMWG ~3 CASTLE AFB CALIF TO RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH D.C.J /COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWPSB/COMADIV 28 HAMILTON AFB CALIF RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CTR WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO INFO RJEDMH/CINCSAC OFFUTT A~B NE~R I<J\fiPRtt/COMAF 15 MARC'H AFB CALif /U~CLAS/DOI 7-7313/UfOB/IN COMPLI!NCE WITH PARAGRAPK 7 AFx 211-2, DATED 12 AUGUST 195J6 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SllBMITTEDI DiSCRIPTION OF OBJECT , A. HORIZONTkL S-SHAPED RE~RN ON RADAR SCOPE. B. SHARP RETURN. SIZE Of B-52 ON SCOPE. . CAf1E BY SINGLY, EXCEPT FOR TWO, ONE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE OTHER. : PAGE TWO RJWPJM B0 DESCRIPTION OF' COARSE OF OBJECTSI A.t SHARP RETURNS ON CPN 18 RADAR SET. B-e. ALL rARGlTs; WERE OBSERVED BET~EEN 285.DEGREES TO 2~0 DEGREES ON A HEADING OF 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE RADAR SCOPI TO THE CENTER,( OR STATION, WHERE THEY WERE LOST IN THE WIRE TRACED IN AN ALMOST STRAIGHT PATH TO THE CEN!R OE THE SCOPE FROM BETWEEN 285 DEGREES AND 29~ DEGREES. LOST IN GROUND "CLUTIER . . f..J WERE IN SIGHT 24 SECONDS, OR FOUR SWEEPS OF SIX SECONDS . EACH.J AREA 'TRAVELED BY THE TARGETs< ON THE SCOPE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4B MILES. 3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: A. 'ROUD ELECTRONIC CPN-18 A OBSERVED ON Th~EE SUCH SETS. FFKKFF. NIA. PAGE T HREE RJWPJI1 sg 4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTINGS SECURITY ClASSIFICATION (1/GAW) DISPOSITION FORM Fl E NO. SUBJECT Bequest forAnalysis UFO Electronics Bryant . ""'' REPLACES "ME FORM 96. l OCT'411. WHICH MAY !E US0 COMMENT NO. 1 G.T. Gregory/wm 1:r U. & COVERHliENT PR.DI1:1M(l..OPJ'JC&': llir d ~ IIIU'f~ 1 ~ fi::)