PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Ball oon Tortur;-as. 0 Probably Balloon 0 PoSII bly Ba lloon 3. DAT!TIM! GROUP .. TYPE Of' OISERVATIOH 0 Ground-Visual 'Jl. Ground Roctor Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft XGI AI,. Vi ..,al 0 Airlntorcopt Rodor 0 Po u i bl y AI rc:roft .s. PHOTOS .Woa A1tronomlcol Venus 0 Probably A1tronomlcol 0 Poulbly A1tronomlcol Cbombination Astro LEHOTH Ofl OISIUVATION I . HUMBER 01' OBJECTS 0 In auffi c lont Dcrto for Yoluotion 0 Unk nown 2 minutos one not (r l. v a n 10, 8RIIfl SUMMARY Of' $10HTINO 11. COMMENTS with bright r e d reddis h Astro chart shows Venus, Arcturus yellow pulsnti.ng light, speed and lighthous all approx a ln approx imately 950 AJtitude estimate d flight path line of nbservin~1/c. Obsetvnrl vis u<'.lly was caused by Inte rcdl')t unsucr.~?c;<..;- co inc i rJ in~ combination of a stro .fu 1 due to speed or ob.i~c t. ohjs lo.,.ethe r random r<1dar at the moment. ATIC J'OIIIM U9 (R&Y 21 I&P S2) NNNNWPH"95V WPC10~ VYC107 VDD051PTA038 PP RJESGL RJEDWP DE RJESPT 9 yoMDR AFMTC PATRICK AFB FLA TO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO INFO RJESGL/COMDR EGLIN AFB FLA UNCLASSIFIED FROM MTOI- 9- 0293. YOUR AFCIN-4-E4 CITE 9-1292-E FOR AFCIN- Xl MAJ BYRNES. INFO COPY TO OPS 5~55J. NEGATIVE 1~/l51~Z SEP RJESPT UNITED STAT~S ATLANTIC FLEET FLEET ALL 'VEATHER TRAINING UNIT NAVAL Am STATION, KEY WEST, F1.0RIDA L"l REPLY Rl:.'FER TO: SPEEDLErT:Ell -URGEln' Fn2/FAWTULANT Code 10z wep Frana Commanding Officer, Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Atlantic Director of Inteliigence, Headquarters USAF, Washington 25, D. C. Air Teehnieal Intelligence Center, Wright Petterson AFB, Dajton, Ohio At~.-nl AT1AA-2C Commander, Air Defense Command, EHT AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado Commander Eastern Air Defense Foree, Stalolart t~e\ll~ghf N. Y. FLYOBRl' X RFZE:'B Ul-UJSRATCB .280545Z OF k UG 57 X SUBSEQUENT OBSERVATIONS ESTABLISH VISU.l.L OBJECT AS Pl.Ju~ VENUS X RADAR S IGUALS AJm_..U~EIPLAIND>, HO'w'iEVER T'JO SUBSEQUEN'l\ I USTANCES INDICATE POSSIBILn'! OF RatiD_OlVSIGNALS DEI NG RECEIVED DY APG-~U RADAR WHEN POitlTED Ta.IARD VEUUS X DIO, Navy Department, \.fasbington 25, COl.fEASTSEAFRON cm.mAVAIRLANT Cm.fii' ;\ IRJ AX CO}fNAVB.ASE, KWESr K. H. Sl':EFAN By direction VATIONS IN FEET WORLD AERON NICE STAT rnn11. Natoon~tl Detensf' Qpl'ratong oeratoons h4U rdous to the ltoght o f ~torcr UTICAL CHART Complied to ICAO Standards For ICAO number add 2000 10 the chart number, -141tt~IICH08(t~ OKEECHOBEE Lambert Conformal Conic Project ion Standard Parallels 33 and 4 5 Scale 1:1,000,000 nina. Natlonel Defense OoeratH'I ~10oeratJoriS hezerdous to the fllaht of a orchil conducted within this aru. Oorallons h ;uardous tn th!l 1111 of aorcrall p, ;,o.no Bjoacn lrh.-JFT l.IVDERO.IlE Ft Lauderd CRAIID BAHAMA BAHAMA ISLAND (GREAT BRITAIN) REFERENCE BY THE GEOREF (SHOWN IN BLUE) TO (Select neart>st tntersectton south and west o f potnt) Samrte Pont I I\.1"10KA LEE CH tdf'ntofu.s ba11c ts quedrengt.t 2 . JM ld4"nt oltes t quadr angle 3 l_fo ofl,.ntol oes G11_ornf m inute o f 1on_sotud11 if\ }1 _ (Joins 587) 85" F ol ?<1 o<ll'nltlll's o .. or"l m'"'"''" o f l<lltud.. 84oC t.=J ttr'O'"' r otfAreoc., HJ1\ItJS:!...L PRICE 25 CENTS FOURTEENTH EDITION July 31, 1951 Principal Source s: U.S Geolo~tocal SutVey, U . S A rmy Corps o f Engineers, U.S. Air Force, U . S. Dept. o f Al(roculture, Aeronautics Admlnlstr<ttlon, and t h e U. S. Coast and Ceodetlc: CONTROL AREA \ r'd r' trt r1 rrll'f r 1 f T h1fr'n 1 r' 1 ITt 1Lrrn: Complied and prtnted a t w~shlnston. 0 . C. by t h e U . S. Coast nnd Geodetic Survey under authority o l the Seeret~ry o l Commerce JULY 1945 Rtvtstd JANUARY 1951 BASE NO 2 R 8 CONTROl. AREA 1230 Ooerattons Mf\RATHOII r J j'r ~I 11~ f r1 r'r f rrllfr r~ It~ I 'l rrh'1-j'Tt'P f-rt+-r HOTE: Il ls requested t hel u of this chut lndlcte corrections tnd 1dd1tlons come to the ir attention end notify "THE DIRECTOR, U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. WASHINGTON 25, D. C." VERY H IGH FREQUENCIES (VHF) PRINTED I N BLUE LUE TINT INDICATES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLED AREAS Craie (7 R Sc:o~) GEOREF a,, WPH~89WPC087 YDA07J TYBI83 TMA;74BT241BEM 238EMA 04B RR RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJEDEN RJEPNB RBEPW RBEGK RBEKL RBEKAC RBEMD DE RBE:MAB 25 FM FAWTULANT TO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJEDWP/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER /AT ONE AA-TYO C RJEDEN/COMMANDER AIR DEFENSE COMD RJEPNB/COMMANDER EASTERN AIR DEFENSE FORCE INFO RBEPW/GNI RBEGK/COMEASTSEAFRON RBEKL/COMNAVAIRLANT RBEKAC/COMNAVBASE KWNHH RBEMD/COMFAIRJAX -FLYOBR X ONE BRIGHT LIGHT COTOR ~TI~S B~IGHT RED TO REDDISH YELLOW X ALSO PICKED UP ON ACFT AEG-J~ RADAR AS LARGE BLIP AT RANGE 22 MILES X RADAR RANGE INCREASED IN JUMPS TO 30 MILES IN APPROX ONE MIN X INTERCEPTOR TRUE ~f~ S TS X OBJECT ESTIMATED TRUE AIR SPEED~s-x CHASE DISCONTINUED AT 30 MILES RANGE X PILOT VISUALLY FOLLOWED OBJECT AS IT FADED FROM SIGHT X RA~AR DLIP ~RGER THAN B-~7 AT COMP~RABLE RANGS X !I~E 07 SIGHTI~G 272145~FOR PERIOD OF APPROX TWO MIN X SIGHTED VISUALLY BY TWO PLTS AND OBSERVED~: TWO PLTS ON~PG-519351 RAD~X OBSERVER INITIAL POSITION 24-32N 82-29W ALT 2409J0 FT X OBSERVER FJNAI. P._OITIOf:n -;_5~GiJLFSTRAM Dolp ?f mognttiiC inlormo11on 1950 Cwll C-ntJn~ Ct<ldt hc Su~r RJ dio F IClhly C~lr1, '"~ Cl Att ucs .\ dmnhluhon Aumn't CuldP for ch t nJU I~ Jtloniluliul lnlomlio~ on lh,, l, July 31 l ' North Rock , 'L ~ So<Jtl1 Bimini ELitYAoTIONS I ' ( lons LAKE OKEECHOBEE UNITED STATES U.S. AIR FORCE EDITION PAGE TWO RBEMAB 25 .Lf' J 24-34N 82-44W X OBJECT INITIALLY SIGHTED WEST OF OBSERVER X INITIAL RADAR POSITION OF OBJE~...- 34N_ .-1 '7!J X INTERCEPTOR POSITIONS VERIFIED BY GROUND RADAR SITE X OBJECT ALTITUDE ESTIMATED 2~S01 FT X OBSERVED BY PLT R B BROWN CMM RADAR OBSERVER PARRELLA AND PILOT T N FORTENBERRY X PILOTS EXPERIENCED IN INTERCEPT WORK X OBSERVATIONS CONSIDERED RELIABLE X SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO WEST X\WINDS SOUTH 14 KT~ AT 241B~ FT X POSSIBLE MISTAKEN IDENTITY AS TORTUGAS DISCOUNTED BY PLTS STATEMENTS AND LATER OBSERVATIONS OF LIGHTS ON DRY TORTUGAS X NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE X INTERCEPTION ATTEMPTED B~1UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO SPEED DI~fjRENTIAL X ALL KNOWN TRAFFIC IN WARNING AREA 174 UNDER POSITIVE CONTROL OF GROUND RADAR SITE AND NOT INVOLVED 28/08452 AUG RBEMAB SECURITY CL.ASSIFICATIO,.. l .. : UNCLASSIFTED JOINT MESSAGEFORM BPAOB BELOW RESERVED POR OOllltlONIOATION OE.VTER ORIG. OR REFERS TO CL.ASSII'"ICATION 01'" RI!I'"ERENCE Unc_ass.!.f:!. d SPECIAL. INSTRUCTIONS CO!U)R A_;;C CH~ rTAVAL OPERATIONS Hc~LLIG.EUCE AffiT: DIRECTOR, NAVAL WASHI:fGTON 25, D.C. I , H .S USAl. , A?r:~: ~7CTII-Xl ?-L.\J BY1t!ES . ; UJJCL;.??.Vl:: AFCIN-4E4 CITE L-I :b 10 -~ " L;' lGFEnE4iCE UFO RSPORT, !,U.lE-2_}, coPIZ~ rJ Oll!, co: J!;W.\I~LArJr ,,:;u G:UIC. r:1 Accc:mA:;cz II :;'II crnns ": " '))If I j- (CO. G1U7!ICA':'ION I1J3TRUC'r L: IJ L'O.~ HEPC .. 1':'I::c "/IT.\ L Ii r!'ELL ICE.:CZ SIGiir-(_, ~'"' !7 IaGS FROll ,;\IRQMFT) PROC.C::IJU~a::S RE UZST I:C:'OR:'1A'riJ)I :li:!vAHD!~:G ,\:ry NO~ -~'" NAVAL OP'.:;i~l'IOtJS, ACTIVITIZS C.~ 03JEC':'S Ul D.TI 'l'Cn'.!'UGJ~S :L'"t:.:A, AUG 51, .'\PPROXlllA'l'ELY 20:~ > !IJURS, ilHICJ .u\Y ZXPL.\IU CH i\SSIST IN ll SIGHTirlG. OBJECT l!.AD PULSAf!liG ER!G]''.i' .RED TO REDDISH YELL0~-1 I ,.. ,... . .J\ ~ COLOH. SP::ED APP30XI11A':SL'! 950 ."J'fC?.3. AL':i'I'IUDZ SST:C .A'i'ZD 20,000 FEET O.OSER'/30 VISUALLY BY EXP3RIE!:CED PILOTS; CO~rr-"I~-i:ED BY AIJCrtAFT / ~ \ ~t1,. \ nnt.1C:Pi' ATT'.:::.a>r mrSUQj::35FUL DUE TO O.a.r.:::fJE_ _SPEI i). HEPO!n' STATES ' j / \ ... \ -..... RI:I"LACE8 DO I'"ORM 173, I OCT 4e, WHICH WILL. Bl: USED UNTIL. EXHAUSTED ~J~tWP RJEPW RJ EPHQ ur.. n oEKZC 112 INFd" 'Rc EPt.i/CtJO RJEP HQ/C OFS USAF i .AVY GR0:,4 YCUR J4i$15'"~Z X HAVAL CPS DRY T Ort TUGAS AT TH: E CF SIGHTDJG X SilrtFAC OPS X 18 3 FT Cyk T GUARD V2SSL I~ ARZA X 2 NAVY ESC02T VZSSELS n .. C,CORZD 3EARI~G(3;_yDF:GfH.ES l8...1:J.E DIS 11PT~ ;iiLES FRO~l R!:~ZCCA Sl~OAL AHICH EXPLAII GR ASS I ST I N ?..V 2-"l~ FT TO .3 -1J FT X NO OPS UFO S I GHT!:'>lG 1/Sf KJif 11/IGIHT urrus O Hlf lKLASSIFIED Coander, ATIC wright-Patterson Air Foree Base Dayton, Ghio COCLANI'FLT ~ COW:ASI'SEAFRON DO HOT Ctt A/1 THIIOUGH CO-UHICATIOH 0'11Ct "-~ NAVAL SPEEDLETTER- Permits drspotch or informal lanouaqe . be sent (l) w1th enclosure. (2) m 0 WindOW envelope (Sile 8~ X J}' ), II coa tea b are a ot cla NUied aa coati -d entiol or hiober, (3) to both nava l and o;&; /nonnaval octlvllea . Is packaged 500 sheets of while or o f or:e color: yellow. p1nk. o r ..grei!n. Reference CNO 032110Z and your 040950Z X NOne. AODIIUS: r Cor!lnder u. s. Naval Base Key West, Florida o4 SENDER'S MAILING ADDRESS Ad:lress reply os shown ot left; or reply hereon and return m wt~dow envelope l11Z'3 ew X 3~" I! not cl o uUied Ql conhdeal!al or h1q!l.e~. l1lCLASSIF I ED JOINT MESSAGEFORM SECURITY CLASSIFICATION PRKCKDKNC8 TYPE M80 (01\:11) : OR I G . OR REFERS TO ACTION p .,""(!Qfl:.l'l'Y BOOK MULTI 81HGL& \.... .. INII"' ROlJ'lltii; ' CLAS81FICATI O N OF REI"'ltRENCE SPECIAL IN8TRUCTION81 c-COMDR IC TO: CIVIL Ac:RONAUTICS AUYdORI?.! i>iLU.fi AIRC!Wi'T TR.\..JryiC COliT~OL iHJ\:.(1 I:'lTZRUATIO:rAL 1\IRPO~ !lL\:ti, FLORIDA ~=-(nJFo) co:mR _oo6~Jt .. uss, s:ir A.?!l, cvL~R\X s~Ji:!iG...>, /UNCL.\SSIFIEDi Fnmt: .I\:?ClN-4t~'~ ciTE q-IZSL-E 2100 i-fOURS, ,miCH 1-!.1\Y C:.:L)Lt\Lf OR ASSIC'.L' E'/.l.I.UATI;:c UFO .{SPOr?I' Su13:.'I?I'BD 3Y rfAVY l.ilHT I!! T.t\7 LQC,\ L:!:. '.L'RIJ dE U:ST m:LIEV.i.W ~HTHI:l PUR'.'IE'.-1 OF CJRVIS ( CO>t;llfiTCA.2Iv!; HJ.JTdUC'l'I~i~S FOH .:t::PuH'f!lfG !ITA"i... IN'.L'EIJ.IGENCE SIGFiTDrGS) A.i rHO'/I!JS:::> FOro P.:.:iUII:.2il'f GV'fr ,IG.;:;!rC IBJ . B~ IE:? ~U: It-!ARY: 0 BJECT PULSA'l'Ii!G BfUG?IT t~D TO RBDDI~!I YELLOH; !.JPZ::ED AP?ROXI hATELY 950 lG!O"fS. AL'~ITUDZ 20,000 FEZT. OB.:lS~'/30 VIJU.U.l..Y nY EXPERIENCED PILOl'S. COtt?Il(i-i:!:D 3 Y ALBOlliiE RAD.'\R. Iiil'LRCZPI' 6YMBO L SIGNATU~E M ONTH YEAR