Tocumentower Panamac Z — October 1957

Category: 1957  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1957-10-6970864-TocumenTower-PanamaC-Z.pdf
Keywords: tocumen, rjlpc, cairc, albrook, rjlpnk, comdr, feetj, nonej, panama, operator, rjeden, venus, intense, alrcreft, azimuth, peasiw, greuntire4, lftfer, aatmnomicol, aataenemieol, lnavfflclent, evelvetio, al1ove, pb2j2g, tyb02
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Pre~o~l, Boll" p .... w, Belloon D Woa Ahcreft p,.~.w, Alrcreft D PeasiW, Alrcreft D GreuntiRe4 D Alr-lftfer Retler AatMnoMicol Vwnus. I-:"""':"' JUC~c:t~I ---- T~o~w~e~r~o;p~e~r~a~t~o~r~,~C~i~v~i~l~i~a:!n!._ l D PeaaiW, AataeneMieol 7. U .. 'nt OP.OIIIIVATION L NUMIIIt 0' OIJICTI t. COURII D Othor--------- 0 lnavfflclent o ... fer Evelvetio" 1 hour 17 minutes one A round, intensely white object approximately 20 inc h e s in diameter was sighted 23 d grs al1ove horizon and appeare d to b e f:,llint~ slowly. 255 dgr AZ I 1. COMMENTS Astro plot, using observers i 'nfor mation (azimuth, elevation, and time) indicates that the pla11et Venus was at almost the exact position given. Confirme d by TWX Canal Zone ns Venus. 0 l~ PB2J2g YDA ~12 TYB02 9 T nD0t 1 ZCATA21.?. ZCl.PA030 PP RJE DEN RJE I:W P RJE PHQ DE: RJLPC 1 A M C0~1tR ,.AIRC ALB~OO~ AFB C7 0 t\JEDEN/COt~DP. ADC ENT AFB COl.O JEI:WPIAIR TE CH INTELl.Er..:GE:NCE CSNTER t~ -P AFN OHIO JEPH~/DIP I~1ELLENGENCF. HQ USAF DC UNCLAS/FROM OIN K-1058 s. REPORTS RANGEFROM OFT BALL TO TWO FEET IN DIAMETER c. INTENSE BRIGHT YtLLOW LIGHT 1 I !~!TENSITY OF LIGHT 2A. CONTF.Ol. OPERATOR AT TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FEPUBLIC OF C!.IN0~1ETf.P l~EST SOUTH l~F.ST 2 B . Z01J5 2 MEASUP.E(!WENI DEGPE . 2 C. 012 t 2 t1ESURED 05 Dr:GP.~:ES WEST SOUTH l~FST. 21:. : rd.!.Ii!G SLOWLY TO HO~.l~ON 22. E ERED CLOUD NE HOUR SIXTEEN ,LaB. NIGHT 5 TOCUMEN TO\~ER AND ALBROOY AFB AGE 39 SAN FRANACISCO STREET R.J0 TOWER OPERATOR 68 . 1ST LT JOSEPH WOLF CAPT DALI.AS AMN 3/ C WILl. lAM E NIGHT P.O.GE THREE RJI.PC 1A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROl.lYP~ t978 AACS SQ REl.lABI.E 7 A. WIND CAI.r1 CUMULUS D!SSAPAT INS IBil.ITY UNLir1ITED PANAMA CITY 7B. SURFACE CALM 6~00 -17~1~ J t~ THIN BROKEN 7F. 100 MILES TO NORTHEAST JEDQP HSIU VP1!112YDAI!14 TY 4~iDBttUZCATAIIII9ZCLf~ilt PP RJEDEN .. RJEDvP. RJEf~ f:a . . .. . . DE RJLPC lA FM COMDR CAIRC ALBROOK AI'B CZ TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT ArB COLORADO SPRINGS COLOO RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECK INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHDC UNCLASSIFIED IN K-11,9. UfOBJ lA ROUNDJ lB APPROX 21 INCHES; lC INTENSE WHITEJ ID ONE; IE NIAJ 1F NONE; IG NONEJ 1H NONEJ II INTENSITY OF LIGHTJ 2A TOWER OPERATOR AT TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCANNING SKY. SIGHTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE SAME OBJECT REPORTED 5 OCTOBER 57 IN CAIRC TWX OIN Kli58J 2& 1623232 AT 23 DEGREES t EVATI~ ~215 DEGR S AZIMUTHJ 2C 17JiqeZ AT DEGREES ELEVATIQN 255 DEC EES AZIMUTH 2D 255 DEGREES AZIMUTH, APPEARED TO BE FALLING SLOWLYJ 2E ENTERED CLOUD; 2F ONE HOUR SEVENTEEN MINUT~SJ 3A GROUND VISUALJ 38 7X51 """"INOCULA ~ 3C N/A~ 4A 1172323ZJ DUSK~ 5 TOCUMEN TOWERJ 6A .:.::::. PAC:I TWO RJ I FRANCISCO , PANAMA CITY, 68 N/Aj 7A 161SIIR CEILING 15900 FEET, SCATTERED,.HIGH OVERCAST, VISIBILiTY l2 MILES~-WiNDS CALM. 7B AT SURFACE 32116 FEETJ 7D 12 MILESJ lE 7 TO 8 TENTHS, 7F SCATTERED CUMULUS EAST OF ALBROOK AFB AT FEETJ 8 NONE J 9 AD RADAR SITE CONTACTED AND ASKED TO SEARCH ARIA -RESULTS NEGATIVEJ J0 NO IFR IN AREA IN QUESTIONJ 11 DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, CAIRCJ NO EXPLAINATION, THIS IS SECOND NIGHT IN ROW SAME SIGHTING HAS BEEN REPORTED, REFERENCE CAIRC OIN if7/i338Z OCT RJLPC J.C:DWP H"29 WPD l 79 l'2K TYD S2 TD177CZCATA0 9iztt.JB.151 aa aJtEN aJ WP JJQ1 \~ . -L J r; s RR RJDN RJ DE RJLPNK 9 FM COMDR CAIR ALBROOK AFB CZ TO RJEDEN/COMDR ENT ArB COLO INFO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE HEDUSAF WASHDC . . 0~--MESSAGfS OIN KS058,0ND K1059,, OBJECT I NDNTIFID A%H~LANET VENUS~--- . - . ~-.. --"-. ~-~/21352 OCT RJLPNK