PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS I. DATITIMI OltOUft a ProiHIWy Balloon .. nPI Of OISERVATION a Aircraft AO..unti-Vieu.a xtjt0raunti-Ra4ar ax, .. ~ ... , Alrcrflft a Po eeiW y Alrcreft 7. LINOTH O,.OISERVATION Flying wing or delta shaped obj, size of volleyball, bright silver color, soJid shape with no openings, provs or exhaust & no other aventional means of motivation visible. Had a varied pitch whistling sound fading & rising about 5 seconds in between ris & fall of the pitch. Had quieter sound than n jet. 11. COMMENTS D Was Atrano tlcol D Pro~aWy Atronomical D Pal~ly Atronomicaf a lnaufflcient Data far Evaluation a Unlc nown 'fhe description of the oi)j is typical of an F-100 s eries 111 COMDR H na INI' SQ II AI NS1ROM ArB I IJEDMICCII IINTB AlSS Elft' An --: 2EIIICOM lfi'H AllY IJIJ)SQ/COMDR All TECH li1TIL CS IRICHT PAtliiSON AFB IJEPJIQ/ASST CHIEf OF STAfF llft'EL JIQ USAf RJEPRQ/COMDR OFFICE OF liFO SEIVl(ZS HI USAr ltfr "1 ... -oro REF An IN-I .. pAR I' Ae Cl) rLfl llNG 01 DELIA IlliG SHAPE Cl> SI2E COMPARABLE TO A VO'?IEYB .._ IIILD AT ARMS I.E H C3) BRIGHT SIL!IR COLOR c) _ONE Cl) (5) lilA c) SOLID SHAPE 11TH 110 OPENltf'S' PROPS, OR EXHAUST AMJ) NO COMVENTlO IV (1) MO_tAJ._L S_E,..CIJON, NO SMOJCE 01 EXHAUST TRAILS Cl) IT HAD A VARJEJ) PITCH IHJSTI.lNCi SOUND . FAll AND THEN RlSIMC lM PITCH ABOUT FIVE C5) SECONDS IN BEIIEEH RISE AND F OF THE PlTCHe IT HAD A SUBDUED SOUND MUCH QUIETER THAN A JE1e C9> NONE Be Cl) THE VHlSTLlNCi SOUND (2 > \91 DEG, DIRECTLY OVERHEAP C3) 31 DEG ANC:LE UPON DlSAPPERANCE Cl&) A PAll TIO IJII ZCU .1? ITIAICHT LEVEL COURSE C5) ;aADUALLY TO THE NORTH cJ I SE"~ Ce Cl) CROUND.YlSU AL Cl) NONE C~) A De Cl) .,., I' Z (I) NIGHT le '' c 31 IIIN If Ill II:C: II MIN I AIRCRAFT PARKlNC: AREA f!ALMSTIOII An, NOtrr ANA r cl ) Ill A Cl ) . tJ JIS IOVINC AIRCRAFT CUARD RELIABLE C:e 81 ltiii'K I l'lfi'K laM 171111K I Cl) CLEAR EXCEL VIS Cl ). 17tlf31K 3 I'll'' K ' lallltc 17111' K EST C3) UNLTD c) 31 MILES C5) NONE c) NO Ke NON NO TEMPERATURE INVERSION I . Je 110 AIRCRAft tRArflC IN AREA X THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT SOME U AS Sl;HTEDe ADC RADAR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FLIGHT PATH OF tHE OBJECT Dll ~ .. Plcr UP tHE 08 . OACR COtrrROL oriAii -IID._PfCiC UP .. AN-IiNiiENririED TARGET toR APPROX .BY OBSERVJ&. THERE lS NO C:OOD EXPLAMATl~N OF WHAT THE OBJECT UNClASSIFIED OltiO. 011 1tatra11e TO MULTI 81Ne~ CC, . .l.)fi, 29'1H i'TR I l\TCPI'R :J.J)l~ IJ.!:' O a COllliR, l0061H AlS.:i, l'l-' ADO, 1!Nr At"B, COLOR!Ul) ~o~ '* IL'~o: A.CS/I, AJfCIN-Xl., HED US.;~, 'JA2H., .i~Tdu~G-I YOu OFFICIALLY RPl' THA'l' Ui~O OBS~VlD .i.'Y !1iliABI-E SC~11CE, :FICl\~D u1J BY Y JuR ;,: . :RC:.:'-:Jii TYPD NAil. AND TITLil (Sitlllrl, ~.Ar'l'J\.L-J C.iEOl\Gl!: rr. e.CURITY Cl A8811'1CATION WALLACE W. ~ .. Clpllin, U!AF Assistant Admililtrllivl MONtH vAR IICUIITY C&AIIIfi(AfiQN UICIASSIFll:J) COM>R ATIC B!ST PO...,_,IBLi POSI'l,ION TO CARHY OvT ID~.;'l'!:t J\JATTuN -Il'll'ERCBPI' l!Jl''O ~ CL\RilfiUATliJ l~ TO ~\SOU i'iO I!''l'ERC1:.:P1' A'l"'r .'EU, .in~, CYJ l006TH AISS, ADC, l::l~T ..UB. COOHDII'il .. 'riOH: .l~'CIN-4Xl UNCL\SSIJIED ttl'l~ uol~U?,~\i .tyatM ns ,u,~.rq *' .. ,n'J-tr'Tt'lA ~W't-.,.,._,, .lf'eu~ OM ~1 11l e.tttt:l'l'"" 8tl~ ~OJ.O.:O Jl\ trfi'':J'q 1C' t-f\11 "' ao ,.a.a'IJ1t1P ,ue-an.~'l .JOtpw eoaOJtdwoo-wtt .Jc at'-'~'- '\ ""'~ ftt'fttrtt t-':l~-, 1Ul .l'l9;11C ruu JJS-;e 6J UOJ'\U~t'4i ~111 Ot 1!',.f:"1 'lut1"t ll tJUn t~fJt ,W"\~Y i'.t t.l*ttl" TewttO~ IUa,t'_, 1'01 COMMUHICAI10N CIHTal Olltle. 011 lltl:fPI:IIte TO CLA881P'ICATION rJ.l.lAS'fif~tt Ai Ia, l-~lAtA ' TYPI:D NAM. AND TITLI: (SJ-- if rf.WNJ CPLACU DD I'CMtM t78. t OCI WHICH WILL ea ueD UNTIL I:XNAU8TIED Bf..;T IQ -.ilJW. f\)i.iJTJ."n ,..; CAJ\HT ~J1 liizJili)'J~'l'J .. .JI INlt:HCtJ'l' ~li<!G'ilfl~ A~ VU'.l'LUtl ... , ll~ AO..i/1 J _jtJ!J~Cl' J.tWIAl1 ll~J'..,~ lOC&IH Al.'l.i, Qol ~lber' Dr l~liley Col. Gilbert Col. Lont., 9JECT: } .. 1&-hter Intercept or 3 L ... U<:ldrons 1\on-Com~li~nce w1 th mv Directives (~R 200-2) 1. This reply to ~n U.tv report su brni t ted c.y a FiLhter-IntL rcer tor Unit is beill{. brout)lt to the attenti~n of st:.1ff and other !nt-:-r~st i ).'!'IC offices ns another of simila r insts.nctjs of n:>nC(."'~'l!plituce: . 'he unders it;. ned reconJ:lt;njs. that it :ll!io be broULh t to :-!r:: .J.J _u9.r t : :;, ..: _; J: 9.ttention a~ ~ ex:unplE-of non-compliance ::.1nd/c.'r ar- ,erent ~:'-'i.ntert:>..::t on the pilrt cf c~rtain Air jfot"ce units '.i'hi.ch 2. : 12; in tc<: bt;-.:;t pC~-:>sii:l( positio:1 to take inll1ediate e.ction to solv~ uf'O 3i~n.t1ILL1, r1ut for .:jCw.e reason refuse to do so. 2. Briet'ly, ~ere .,;~: !1;1ve a . fj~.)l.ter int~rcepter 1.4ui t }.J.t \i.u~::.e Jt :. o.ct.&li~sion sit.hted an w1conventional object in its ~rf. ; tZle unider: ~ifi-.d tar set w3s J: icked J.P by its own a 11,roac.l radar r(:;;Q.rted t h:l ~ tu~ vt- jeet was unc~nvent ional, and state~ that thez e were !lO kno :i!l or loc-:ill;' assi~ned aircraft in its area, yet took no intercept action. It is assu:ned that ATIC is no,.t e~pected to ~rovide a conclu~ion or ans\:er. J. This matter of non-compliance with cUITent U..i:'v direcii ves h -.1s been reported to and discu.3seed with pertinent He~d.""uarter.:;, vJA.c offices who concur th~t such violations be brout,ht to th~:"ir attention. Thi~ 3Ction \'.'~s discussed \-tith and approved by .uciN-Xl, ::3jvr Tacl:r, in telei-,hone conversation, 12 .\ut,ust 1~58 GEOF.GE C.E!::Cv:-.Y C'