Amarillo Texas — July 1957

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Keywords: paren, knots, rjwfh, degrees, conad, rjwfhw, il11ri1, prabablybolloon, gmtlj, atrof, iuiiar, 1ght111, amarill, ops05sg, folloft, ccivilian, rjwphq, degrzs, proba3ly, comdr, tjhile, oisuvatiom, rcportin, groun, eveluetlen
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 'OX Was Balloon 9 JJl' U1'J7 .J.il11ri1!.o. i'~.:!5 a PrabablyBolloon st i bl Y Ball 00" 'Cu Groun-' v, suol a Groun-'R--'ar a Was Aircraft oce ------------a-.. OG a Probably Aircroh GMTlJ) '.! ~OOZ 0 Air-Visuol a Air-Intercept Raaar a Pouibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a Waa Aatrono"'lccN a Y.. a Probobly Astrono ... lcel 1 a Possibly Atrof'o"'lcef ; . LENGTH 0, OISUVATIOM I 8. HUMBE~ 0,. OBJ!CTS 9. COURS! 0 Oth':----~--:-~:--~-- 0 Insufficient Dete fer Eveluetlen 0 Unltno-..m 10. 8iU!, SU)IUIIAR't' 0, SIOHTIMO ~;ilver. 0"'J~cc s :nad i:o O-tollov 1n~ B-~d, stopp~d for a vh~l~ ~11en :.;.11: s ... ''li ~ht up. HX balloon .,as 1'0lca~dd near sam~ time as ~1ght111;. 11. COMMEMTS b:tl'oJn as dot!S rcportin~ RR RJEDEN R~EDWP RJWPHQ FM COMDR 8TH AC~RON AMARILL AFB TEX TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC EN! AFB COLO SPGS COLO RJWFHW/CO~DR 33D ADIV OKLA CITY AFS OKLA RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB 0 RJEPKQ/ DOI KQS USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC ffi~CLAS OPS05SG PD uroa PD IN ACCORDANCE WITK CONAD MANUAL 55-1 CMM SUBJ CONAD STANDARD AIR SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES CMM DATED SEPT 1955 .CliM THI: roLLOWING REPORT OF SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IS SUBMITTED PD A. DESCRIPTION OF TKE OBJECT PAREN S PAREN CLN C2> LITTLE SMALLER THAN A BASKETBALL ?AGE TWO RJWFH~I 12? 3 . DESCRIPTION Of COURSE OF OBJECT PAREN S PAREN CUI 1. T~10 MEN WERE WATCHING S-.36 FLY OVER AND OBSERVED A BRIGHT OBJi!:CT FOLLOft/ING A/C PD L~TR THE OBJECT STOPPED FOR A TJHILE TH~1 '1/ENT STRAIGHT UP PD 2. 1~>:0~ NORTH (CLOCK CODE) 3. STRAIGHT UP c. MANNER Of OBSERVATION CLN 1. GROUND VISUAL J . TIM AND DATE OF SIGHTING C PA~E THRZE RJWFH~ 12? E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER PARE~ S PAREN CL~ F. IDENTIFYING INFORM.~TION OF ALL OBSERVER PAREN S PAREN CLN SE~AGE PLANT OPERATO~ PD BOB B. TALLY RT 1 BOX 442 G. \lEATH-ER AND !MINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS 2. SURF.O.CE WYl DEGRZS -~ K~OTS 6,0~0 FE:ET -100 DEGREES -'-" KNOTS 1~ ,0~0 FEET -1cSa DEGREES -10 KNOTS 16,0~0 FEET -1~ DEGREES -15 KNOTS 20, 000 FEET -170 DEGREES -15 KNOTS 30, 00i TEET -1~ DEGREES -25 KNOTS 50 ,iii FEET -170 DEGREES -1a KNOTS Si,0ii FEET -NOT AVAILABLE ?AGE FOUR RJWFHW 12? ~. A BALLOON ~AS RELEASED APPROX T HE SAME TIME AS SIGHTING$ PD CCIVILIAN WX) MR THI~KS IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BALLOON PD . <. DIRECTOR 1/LT HENRY A. MILLER PROBA3LY A ~EATHER BALLON PD 1J/ZQ4 7Z J UL RJWi"WJ