PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.. LOCATION -~ 12. CONCLUSIONS Approx 200 Mi s outh o f o Wos &ollocm 5 ~T_over.1bar 1957 New OrlGans. Louisian2.. o ProbobJy Belloott h 0 W AI f .locet-.J Q a .. J 0 ..L r S elJCro""cl-VI svel ;~CHoundRedor as rcra t D Prolably Aircraft GMl. tJ Al.-Vi auel 0 Air-lnterce,tt Radar PossiWy Alrcroft 5. P~ ..rrua 6. 1::JX Was Astronomical a'ieteor C Ye D Probably Astronomical ~=., Coast Guard Ship D Possilly Astntnomical ~pprox 11 rainutes separate ~t. 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluation 0 Unlcnown f o ur v ariable 10. BRU!P SUMMARY OP SIGHTING aeport fro m skipper of Sabego that :.. co:1 ta(~ ts made o n r:1d a :r o u11kno~.vn I):Jj ec t , o.la o o n a visual sight i i1~. ~rass & TV intnl ied t h a t i~ was one ~!~ple Jistinct mysterious objec~. Visual siJhting at 0521Z. Object ins ht for 3 seco nds in hDrizo~tal rligl1t f r o m 2 7 0 d~r t o 310 dgr azimutl1 Jt alti~ude of ~l dgz. . A'I1C POWM 329 (WEV 26 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS Visual sightbng : ~loteor. GUlF OF MEXICO, 5 NOVEltfBER 1957 COAST GUARD CU'I'TER SEBAGO Unidentified Flying Object was observed at 0510Z, positioa 25.47N 89.24W, Sebago course 023 degrees true. First contact by s radar bearing 290 degrees true a.t 14 miles. Target moving in north to south direction. No visual or audible contact. At 0513Z target closed to two miles returned up port side from south to north. Contact lost at 0514Z. Second contact at 0516Z bearing 188 degrees true, range 22 miles, faded at 0518Z, 1~ degrees true and 55 miles. Third contact at 0520Z bearing 350 degrees true,~ ro.u 7 miles. Target appeared stationary. At 0537Z target faded from scope at 015 degrees true, range 175 miles. Fourth contact (only visual contact) was at 0521Z bearing 270 degrees true target angle 31 degrees moving in horizontal direction from south to north. Visual contact held through 270 degrees to 310 degrees for approximately three seconds. Object resembled brilliant planet. High rate of speed. The impression that there waa only one object is erroneous. Each time succeeding target picked up. it vas in almost the direct opposite direction from preceding target and considerable distance away. Since 3 radar contacts were observed in a period of about 6 minutes, then disappeared, anomalous pzopagation (false targets) is the most likely' cause ot the radar sighting. The visual tar6et was deterndned to be HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FOIItCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STATES At,_ fi'O .. CK W .. IOHTPATTK .. SON AI .. fi'O .. CK BAS&, OHIO susJEc T: Evaluation of UFO Report, Gulf of Mexico TDEW/Capt Quintanilla Opinions regarding 5 ~ 1957 Gulf or Mexico reports: a. Speeds ot tvo of three radar sightings are compatible vi tb aircraft speeds. b. If planes were flying at very low altitudes (below 1000 ft), they would "drop out t at distances around 55NM. (Assuming ship's antenna beigbt ~ 100 tt) c. "Second and drop out at what around" signals might act looks like short ranges like this -be erratic, d. If 1:he target in the third sighting actually did ''hoveru - i.e., if the range remained constant, it would indicate either a balloon, or a false target -probably the latter, since the contact apparently lasted only about 1 minute. e. Since 3 radar contacta were obsexved in a period of about 6 minutes, then disappeared, it seems most likely that anomalous propagation (false targets) is the answr INITIAL TWX ADDITIONAL INFURMATION PWT OF SABmO 'S COURSE E MISC ~ ARTICI&FS .,PF~11 YDA0tl5 VYCi:Jo7 VDC0roKBA()~1 ~J~D0N RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB II tol ' J ' Ji RJi.SKE 9A C,.. ft! CONDR S57TH ACWRON 1o ~J~J /COl1DR ADC E~T AFB .~JiDJt/CO~DR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON ? /COiIDR ~IRSCTOR OF I~TELLIGENCE ~EADQUARTZRS USAf l:.FO RJ!:PNB/COM!lR EADF STZWART A/B lullt;LAS3IFIED/OPS 02!}E.ATT:'l:CIC UFOB PD FOLLOWii'-4G UFOB R2PORT IS S u oiil TIED IN ACCORDA~CS ~ITH PAR 7AFR 200-2 D~1~D 12 AUGJST 1~54 PD Cl) CA) GG SHAPSD C7) R2S2:~1aLED ortiLL!A~i! ?LA:~zr CI> T~AVSL2D AT HIGH RATS OF SPEED C2) (A) Ui~KNOWN C B) U~i\NOviN (C) UNKNQTJN CD> ~51J CST-RADAR 14 NM FROM COAST GUARD CUTTER. OBJECT-(;Olmi--NORTH. TO. -SOU.TH. 0513 CST TARGET 2 NM FROM CUTT~R .. .. - .. GOING SOUTH TO NORTH. ~514 CST LOST RADAR CONTACT. 251S CST PICKED UP T.~RGET 22 Nt1 FROM CUTTER FLYING CIRCULAR PATTERN. J52l CS! 1' 1 NM FROM CUTTSR STATIONARY AND HOV:C:R![~G. ;)521 CST ~:: rfisi"-vis.fsii-co~ TA-CT GOING sauTH To NORTE, vIS IBi..E roR 3 ~-\J i't ;:, 9537 CST LOST VISUAL AND RADAR CONTACT. CE) WENT OUT OF SIGHT CF> 3 SECONDS C3l CA) ELECTRONICS AND SIGHTING VISUALLY (B) UNK1~0WN CC) UNKNOwN CB) UNKNOWN (5) CA) COAST GUARD SEBAGO 220NLl SOUTH OF Tf-:Z ::OJTH OF :! ISS ISS IPP I STEAt1!)I G 1:zw ORL2:At;S LA) CTU CC) UNKNOWN CD) UNK O~JN CF) UNK~OWN CA) UNi\1\JOWN / (A) UNKNOWN Cl ~) (A) UNKNOWN Cll) (A) LAWRENCE STAGE JR. COMDR JACKSON FILTER CENTER JACKSON MISSISSIPPI UNKNOW PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS C 12l .. (Al 4 UN&'lOWN (1) FULL REPORT ON SIGHTI:>IG BEI:~G PASSZD FRON CUTTER . S~SAGO TO COAST GUARD n2ADQUARTERS. HAD ANOTHER REPORT ON UFOB 11 Z-1115Z AT EATON ROUGE NO DETAILS _5/2318Z ~OV RJESKB DWP HIJa WPD134 YDCJ91 TYC1'5 TMA132BT277BET157BETNI87BEETNFJ 825 ?P RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJEDEN RJEPNB RBEPV RBEGC DF.: RBETNFJ 25 ~0 RJEPHQ/DIRINT HQ USAF WASHDC 13/AIRTECHINT CENTER WRIGifi .TT AFB OHIO -ATTN AT1AA(. ':J.T~n~Nir.nM AT~nv~r.nMMANn ~NT AV~ r.nt nRAnn ~P~TNI:~ I NFO RBEPW/DIRNAVINT NAVY DEPT WASHDC ~GC/COMEASTSEAFRON .7LYOBRPT X CG AGO WPG 1&2 REPORTS FOLLOWING AT 0f1255Z X QUOTE X J:JIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OBSERVED AT(i,11SJX POSIT ~.47N 8~.24W X SE GO C~URSE 123 DEGREES TRUE X FIRST CONTACT BY SPS RADAR BEARING 290 TRUE 11& MILES X TAR~ET MOVING IN NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION X NO , :JISUAL OR AUDIBLE CONTACT X 1'13S TARGET CONTACT CLOSED TO 2 MILES ~, .. E"' U .PORT SIDE. FROM OUTH _ ~NORT X CONTACT LOST AT 15145 X J515S CONTACT REGAINED BEARING 188 TRUE RANGE 22 MILES 15185 FADE AT 19; TRUE_,, MIJ.ES ~1,,...-2:-:I~S~;C~ REC.AINED BEARIN REES TRUE _ VISUAL CONTACT . 3EARING TRUE TARGET Af;;A ,t9EGREtS MOVING IN HORRIZONT ~ROM SOUTH TO NORTH X VISUAL CONTACT HELD THROUGH 271 DEGREES s:.:GREES APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS X OBJECT RESEMBLED BRILLIANT PLANEt X HIGH RATE OF SPEED X LAST CONTACT BY RADAR BEARING fl1' TRUE RANGE .~75 MILES X 1'37S LOST CONTACT ;5/14812 NOV RBETNFJ