PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 5 Decer:tbor 1957 Occa'la NAS Virg i nia o Probably Balloon ui bly Ball oan Locel ;P.{Ground-Vleual 11~*l ulnrs 0 Ground Radar 0 Alrlntercept Radar [j Woe Aircraft 0 Probably Ahcroft 0 Possibly Ahcraft AO'{ Was Aetronomlcol ( S t ~ l' / p Ul! 0 Probably Astronomical r::. ) ~.Iilit~ry 0 Poulbly Astronomical - 7. LI!MOTH OP OIIIRVATION I. NUMIIR Oft OIJ!CTS 9. COURS! 8 hrs 20 minutes one stationary 0 Insufficient Data fer Evaluation 0 Unttnown 10. IRIIP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING Round, very Stnnll Oll~ect, sreen, with r e d flashing light. 'irs t appeared t o be statio!lary and turuln counter clockwise. Ln. ter up[F)~ to d to be s loNl; moving wway from ob::iCl'vrJa. OlJje:.!t disappeared from si:~lal wll.h l.he comin~ 11. COMM!NTS OlJservers probaLly snw a 3tar or planet. No positional data given. Exact o~ject not deter- ATIC POJtll ~29 (Jt8V 21 llaP 52) 5 rl}rJ C~ t1 SQD199 TYC3 o0JMA055 RR RJEDEN RJE:PJM RJEDSQ RJEPt{Q DE RJEPJM 2 (f LR a,vl c.-IY I FM COMDR 771ST ACARO CAPE CHARLES AF STA VA TO RJEDENICOMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO RJEPJt1/COMDR 85TH ADIV <Di f > ANDREWS AFB WASHINGTON DC RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON' v' AFB OHIO - RJEPHQ/COMDR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON DC /UNCLASSIFIED/ 1131 PD UFOB REPORT. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: 6 . NEG AT IV!!: 7, NEGATIVE B. NONE. OTHER THAN STATED ABOVE PAGE TW 0 RJE PJM 2E :' 3. @DEGREEA ABOVE HORIZON. DEGREES FROM OCEANA NAS VA. #cJV" e_ 4 FIRST APPEARED TO BE. STAT lONAR'l AND TURNING COUNTER CLOCKWISE FROM OBSERVER. 5. OBJECT DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT WITH THE COMING OF DAWN. OBJECT COULD NOT BE SEE~I IN LIGHT. 1. GROUND-VISUAL 2 FIELD GLASSES D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING I E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: PAG THREE RJEPJM 2E F. IDENTIFICATION 01 ALL OBSERVERS I - CUSN>AC3 CHESTER A. HUNTER RATC CONTROL TOWER <USN>AIY2 JAMES W ILLIA11 RATC CONTROL TO~ER <USN>AC2 RICHARD BOUNDV CUSN)CS3 ROBERT SCHNVRBIJSCII RATC CONTROL TOWER RATC CONTROL TOWER c. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME OF SIGHTING 1. CLEAR, VISIBILITY APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. 2. 6~00 -300 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 10~00 -310 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS 1620J -320 DEGREES AT 55 KNOTS 2 01tl0a -3.3 0 DEGREES AT 65 KNOTS 30030 -320 DEGREES AT 85 KNOTS 5000a -310 DEGREES AT 75 KNOTS 82>000 -NEGATIVZ ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY PAGE FOUR RJEPJM 2E .3 CLEAR 4 1 Z MILES PLUS 5 NEGATIVE 6e NEGATIVE H. UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA: 3. NEGATIVE I. A F102 A FROM LANGLEY AFB RETURNING AN INTERCEPTION WAS VECTORED INTO THIS AREA.~IFCRAFT REPORTD FLARES AND SHELL BURSTS' F..R.OM NAVAL 'lESSELS IN THIS AREA. A NAVAL AIRCRAFT <BEECHCRAFT) FRot1 OCEANA NAS WAS NEAR THIS AREA AND LAS VECTORED tO THE APPROXI~tATE POSITION. AIRCRAFT REPORTED NO SlGHTit,JGS. J. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WER~ IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME. '. BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVE:LY CLOSE PO ITlON OF THIS UNIT FROM THE POINT OF OBSERVATION, MEASUFES WERE TAKEN TO OBSERVE THIS OBJECT FROM THIS LOCATION. V_!?._UAL OBSERVATIONS, WITH THE AID OF FIELD GLASSES WERE MADE IT APPEARED IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER AS REPORTED BY THE NAVAL PERSONNEL. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTF.LLIGENCE SECTION ARE THAT THIS SIGHTI~JG tiAS ON A PLANET OR STAR. ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY BASED ON OBSERVATIONS BY THIS UNIT'S INTELLIGENCE ONFICER AND NCOICINTELLIGNCE CONFIRl'!ING REPORT' OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. 06/10302 DEC RJEPJM