PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possl bl y Balloon 3. OATETIMe GROUP A. TVPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Vi s uol S. PHOTOS &. sdiiRCE '< 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Radar Was Air~roft P robobl y AIrcraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astrono"'i cal Probably Astronomical Pos~ibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OF OSSERVATIOH 0 Insufficient OatG for Evoluotio,;= 10. BRIEF SUMM.\RY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS \ '"i.suaJ. n ; t.c 1nch b l i p 01. HR l , cj.i!t).:d 1 .. i.s co:.c'ttd' d dwL wlh! n it: f ,i d Jd .fro m !I~I. ~1n ~tctunl i1~ltf't1~f..:l.t011 t'.lL.l')l' Lh rtn t.nl'f''t)t. c;:tu:;;qrJ tlV! l'p.td SQF 095 YDA ~9~ XYAl 73 XDD071,rGUA 03<5 PP RJEDDN RJEDHP RJE' DE ?.JHPGU 3H FN COtlDR 786TH AC\~RON TO RJ\1JPGU/ C0~1DR 29TH ADIV RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL I NTELL CENTER RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF I NTELL HDQ USAF RJEDDNXCOMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB UNCLASSIFIED/FROM 786TH OPERATIONS PRESENTATION ON HRI (F) ONE INCH BLIP ON. HRI . . . e . Inclosure //5: 'l'her e nre sevc:=-A.~ um.1.sual thi:tgs :tb out this r~-oort"ct ~: ... uFOB ::;ighti.ng. First, the equip~ent \/::tG cvid~ntly unde r contr ol of n:l.int. .... nan~'!~ { _per~on~1~l cx.t th~ time of sightinz . Thin could me en. tlY\.t "the !~c>d .... r cqui p !r.ent \Ia..-.; not i n perfect adjustment, or some sort of target s i'!!tt.lo.t or or oLher ::;pecial cquil.tlcnt vas being u r;cd i n co~n~ction with t.he malnt~no.n(!e oper ation. {'1 here i s no 11cnt:~on of this in the r epor t , hm.;cv~r.) Also, the report give!> n o inuicatlon of c .ry n.ttc.rrp,t to rotate the ~nten-'1.a. to a ne'.-1 b,Jaring to U.etcrrn.in<';: whethC.!r th~ ::.. i t91a.l ori~l!!:l1~'2d in!:ii<le the eq_uipnent. ('I' his quc..ition o.rises ::; i ncc the azimuth o .r th~ t a r.:.;ct \1:-t::; rcl>Or .. ced t o be exactl y the sa:ne throughou~ the time of interc~ption o.nd) t.hQr eiorc , appears to indicste that the a n t enna ,.,a~ not rotati n g . ) Further , rcaulur r;9ero:tin g pc't'sonncl a.:c generally more furnilio.r with the appcaranc~ of 8. llO.rtlcula:r ro.do.r cop e unrl c;.::,ul d possibly b e mor e r eliable ob~jervers than maintenance~ pcr oonnel. Hence, 1 t l s concluded t hat pos~iiuly a false t a rget due t o cquipmaut . lll:.1.lf\ulct ion rather t han an actual target caused the reported radar pa.:int . PAGE T T.oJ 0 R J w PG u ~ H - CI> CLH1BED FROM 5, 0 FEET TO 25, Z~2) FEET I N TT;JENTY (2/J) TRAVELED 100 MILES IN T\tJENTY HRI-FPS-6 . CB) 5, 000 FEET 2 07 DEGR!:ES CD> STRAIGHT LINE CE> FADE FROM HRI CF> THENTY SECONDS AT 30 MILES AT 1 g 0 i1 I LES ELECTRONIC CA > TI~IE AND ( B> NIGHT CA ) 17 MIL~S SOUTH OF MINOT N. D. 786TH ACW SQ. CB) A/2C CHARLES A, l'JAGNER . 7 Z6TH AC\v SO. RADAP. ilAINTENUNCE (5) l"lONT H EXPERI ENCE. 3 . NEGATIVE 3 CA ) GROUND ELECTRONIC HR I CFPS- 6 L1. CA) TIME AND DATE OF S IGHTINV CA> 102oZ 3iJ NOV 57 C B> NIGHT 5 . (A) 17 MILES SOUTH OF r1INOT N. D. 786T H AC\v SQ (8) A/2C CHARLES A, \.SAGNER. 786TH AC\v SQ. RADAR HAINTENUNCE FIVE (5) I"lONTH EXPERIENCE. 8 . NEGATIVE PAGE THREE RJvJPGU 3H 1 .U. NONE 11. SENIOR DIRECTOR , 786TH AC~1 SQ, POSSIBILITY OF I NTERFERENCE ON SCOPE WAS CHECKED WIT}! RADAR MAINTENANCE, NEGATIVE I NTERFERENCE . 3 0/1l5 l Z NOV RJHPGU