3. DATI!TIMI! OIIOU' PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS x Was Balloon Tennessee o Probably Balloon D Ground-VIsual XXGroundRaclar [j Waa Aircraft 0 Probably Ahcraft D Po ul bl Y AI reraft D Was Astronomical D Yea D Probably Astrono,.lcol Na Mili t D Pouibly Astrono,.lcol 7. LIHOTH OP OllltiYATION I. NUMIItl Oil OIJICTS 9. COURSE D Other _ D luufflclent Oato for Evaluation D Unlcnown Btltl' SUMMARY 011 SIOHTtMO Object about the size of 3 B-47 a/c in close formation. Object descend- ing from an altitude of 13,000 ft to 11,000 ft at point of fade. Speed estimated 90 knots. Winds fro NW to NNW 30-50 knots. 11. COMMIMTS Inconsistant informat~on, radar range of rptd target is not given Object speed indic.ated at 90 kts yet object in sight for 41 min- utes. Object at this speed would move out of range. Winds at 30 kt likely balloon as target paint. Obj moving in direction of wind. SQH~l7 S QG1le YMBg94FL\~;S :1~1 RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJEDFL 2K FM COMDR 563RD ACWRON LAKE CITY AFS TENN IO RJEDDNtCOMDR_ADC_Erii AFB COLORADO_ RJEDFL!COi1DR 58TH ALR DIV tJPAFB OHIO ~JEDt-IP/COrJDR AIR TECH I :'lTELLIGENCE CENTER tIPAFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLtC;~lCE KQ USAF UNCLASSIFIED/OPERATIONS I NTELLIGENCE 1044. SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT -5-57. REFEI1E~lCE PAR/\GRAPH 7D AFR 200-2. ITD1 (l)(A) ITEM Cl>CF> PARINT~D ON RADAR SCOPE ABOUT THE SIZE OF 3 B-47 JYPE AIRCRAFT IN CLOSE FORMATION,,OBJECT WAS CARRIED ON SCOPE FOR ~1 ~1IfJUTES) DESCENDING FROi1 AN ALTITUDE OF ENPPP FEET AT I NITIAL . PICICUP TO 11,Q00 FEET AT POINT OF FADE. SPEED WAS ESTH1ATED T9 BE 9~ KNOTS, ITEr1 (1)(G) N!A, ITEI1 Cl>CH> NIA, ITD'I Cl>CI > NONE. ITEM C2>CA> RADAR SCOPE MO.JlTOR DETECTED OBJECT, IT~1 C2><B > 13,0'J0 FEET ITEM C2>CC> 11,00~ FEET 205 DEGREES, ITEM C2lCDl HEADING PAGE TWO RJEDFL 21< <iig DECREE$), ~====-_::O~R~M~A~N~E~UV~E::;R~ ITEM C2)(E) FADED FROM RADAR, ITD1 (3)(A) GROUND ELECTRONIC, AN/FPS-10, ITEM (3 CB) NO~JE, ITEM (~)(C) 12 DECEMBER of6 A r ZULU NIA, ITEM C4)(A) 2 7 ZULU 12 DECEMBER 1957 S/SGT, G63RD AC\JRON, S URVEILLANCE SUPERVISO~zA.i~LIABIJ..ITYT " j GOOD, ITEf1 C7>CA> ~JINp'( toJITH OCCASSIONAL Sl"JOH FLURRIES, IT:J1 C7>CB > l~j;_:. . NPtW WN w . . ( cS,00" FEET, 330 DEG I'1li1Us@ 1~, 0 FEET 31J0 DEG HINUS@ 1G,gtJ0 FEET FEET 28Cil DEG 50, FEET, 250 DEG MINUS S0, 80,00~ FEET, NOT AVAILABLE, :- IIEM Ql~ S ->-:55-.VJZ-EEE.T_SCii TIERED,_ ITEl'1 ( 7) (D) 75 i'II EK, ITEr1 C 7 > <E > '6/lC QR LESS, ITEL-1 C7)(FJ UA. ITEM (7) NONE, ITEivl (9) NONE, ITEr1 (10) NONE, ITEI1 (11) lSTLT., ~ltft+ ) NON E. HORTON BELIEVED TO BE SG1E TYPE OF j. Inclosure #lO: Radar range of the reported target is not given . ' Thus, a possible important clue is missing. The possibility of a balloon or a n unidentified aircraft cannot be ruled out co~letely.