Bigspring Texas — April 1959

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Keywords: rjwfds, spring, pertroleum, maint, service, evoltation, spfinc, cschool, vis13il, ieceth, zc2cso, p0540czcsqf, 198zc, 1ya54, plttdg, jufhw, illtsc, 1telligi, greznish, backh, drivwa1, avsled, rvrts, tjccupation, thiate
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIO:-tS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATe-TIM! G~OUP .C. T"/PE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possi ~ly Balloon 0 .Grouncl Visual 0 Air-Visual .J: SOURCE 7. LENGTH Of' OBSERVATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 10. IRIEII SU~ItY Ofl SIGHTING 0 Ground-Radar 0 Airlntercept Radar 11. COMMENTS 0 Was Aircraft a Probably Aircraft 0 Po s si bl y Ai rcroft 0.: Was Astronomi c:ol - r: ~! 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Oato for Evoltation 0 Unlcnown 'Jr: roo- CLI!:ar:.G OlS~:EVAT IOfl: J IS U ALLY SPfiNC,, TFX .. OCC:1JPA'IICJ! CSCHOOl. :H.n). ~c-rv:T S c:::I.l.li"G : ;-!I Gi{ THlt~ BLOv-::n .. VIS13Il.lTY: F IFTY ?iECEtH. FI.YI~iG Tf-/,SITIOi~ Ir'~ !.OCI-1. ll'lo'i.-. 1 ZC2CSO.P0540CZCSQF 198ZC\1YA54.S 35 oJTH PLTTdG~vG TO RJwF :\L/ ADC ~JUFHW/33 /\DV 1JEDSQ/,\IllTSC:i ll'1TELLIGi.JC~: CENTER RJEZHQ/ASST CHIZF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF ~JZZHO/OFFIC OF INFORMATtON SERVICES HQ USAF u~lCLAS FHO~l T.IJOP-1 124D FOLLO~ING REPORT IS SUBMITTED 15. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTs (3) GREZNISH PAG TWO RJWFDS 7 - J COURSE OF OB~ECT: c 1) r:.mm:o AROUND TO CLEAR SELF ~m:::N BACKH!G Cl\ ~ our or .!.lf!I J ~:',JA '! . I PAGE TUO RJWFDS 7 (S) tJONS B. COURSE OF OBJECT: <1> TURNED AROUND TO CLEAR SELF WHEN BACKING CAR OUT OF DRIVWA1. C2l 15DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, SOUTHEAST OF TOWN. (3) 15 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, NORT~ EAST OF TOW~. C4) T~AVSLED Il~ STaAIGHT LIN FROM SOUT~ TO NORTH C5) Itl.STl\NTA EOUSLY BEFORE GOII~G OUT OF SIGHT OVE~ H\1RI ZON. c. l1A~JNER OF OBSERVATION: (~) GROU~D VISUA( FROM CAR. C2) ~lONE-BOTH OBSERVERS WORE GLASSES. D. TII-IE AND DATE OF SIGHT: C?.) DARK E. LOCATION: EAST SIDE OF BIG SPRING, TX 32 DEGREES 14" N 101 DEGREES 3~" w. PAGE THRE RJWFDS 7 F. OBSF.RVrtS: C 1) CIVIL I AiJS: AGE THI~TY THREE (33) YRS BIG SPRII'lG tJCCUPATION PERTROLEUM MAINT TECH, AGE THiaTE:~N (13) YR3 , HEAT: !:~H A LID lriiNOS: AGE T:~I l~TY OCCUPATION PERTROLEUM MAINT AGE THI!~T\Ef.N C13) YRS, ADDRESS 3Atn~ AS PAR CA) ABOVE. NO OCCUPATION (SCHOOL :-;. Ur:ATl-n:R AND HI tJDS: (1) OBSERVERS ACCOU~IT: PARTIALLY CLEAR C2) AIR WEAT~ER SERVICE PREDICTED WINDS FOR BIG SPRING, r:.~t: Al~D l1IDLAiE) TEX AREA WERE: SURFACE 2:JiJ/1:01 (j) CEILING: HIGH SCATTnED LAYER. C~) VISIBILITY: GREATER THArJ FifTEEN (15) MILES. (5) APPX FORTY PERCNT. J. FAA A~JD FLIGHT SERVICE REPORT NO AIQCRAFT FLYING THROUGH PAGZ FOUR RJ~7~S 7 TaiS AREA DU2:l~G ~EPORTING PERIOD. NO LOCAL FLIGHTS ALOFT Fll0f1 THIS BASE. K. PRPARii~G OFFICER, 1LT ROGEf< N ANDERSON, ASST BASS OPS OF~ TX. PRELIMI~ARY ANALYSIS: rAA ADC, Ai~D FLIGHT SERVICE RPOnT NO UNUSUAL SICHTINGS OR ACFT FLYING I:'J THI:3 td~EA DURING APPLICABLE PERIOD. OBSERVf::Rs WERE QUt:STIO~lED I .'JDIVIDUALLV AND EACH GA\fE AN IDEtlTICt~L REPORT OF T: .. n: -=; I GHTiliGS. NO SUGt;ESTED CI\U3E FOR SIGHTINGS . 2o/l7'J5Z 1\PR :iJ~IFDS PROJECT 10073 RcCOfW CARD 2. L OCATION 1:2. CONCLUSIONS a Was Balloon . a Probably Balloon a Was Aircraft a : Probably Aircraft a Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Vi$Ual a Air-Intercept Radar Pa:;!libly Aircraft a Was Astronomi cui 10. BRIEF SUMMA~Y OF SIGHTING 8. NUMSER OF 03JECTS 9. COURSE 11. COMMENTS a P robably A::tronomicol 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 lnsuffi cient Data for Evaluation D!~ RJIH'DS 13 :;il COI'\lJ ~ 3560TH PLT TNG HG i:JEBB AFB ;{.,J;~OSIJ./C0.1'JH fdRTt:CH l'Ht:L CNTR :/RIGHT PATT~ESO, :{JiLI.Q/1\--iST C~It:F OF ST.'\Ff. l'lTEL H1 USt, r ':iASJ, DC UNCLAS }!~OM .:OP-1 120 D lAW AF'R 200- 2 , PAR 15, DTD 5 F8 58, THE fOLl.OWINC REPbRl IS S UEri ITl O: 15. A. DSCRIPTION OF OBJECT: (1) EGG SHAP.:::n WlTH OlE (1) TAIL. ( 2 ) HALF DOLLAR. (3) tJH1'1'1:: (GLOiliNG) HI TH BLUE EDGES . ~;. COUJ ;.~ OF Ol.3Ji!:CT~ ?AG~ r10 RJWFDS 13 B. COU!~SE OF OBJ ECT: (t) LOOKING AT SKY, N OT IC~D RAP IDLY [10VING UNLIGHT~D O~JE:C:'f l'!ITHOUT SOUND. ( 2 ) SA!d DIR[CTLY OVER HZAD. ( J ) OV~R ~:ORIZOf~ TO lJEST. (!.l) F l.-<ST OBSERVED OVERH~AD, TRAVELING SOU'f:! TO NORTH, ~ADS TJJ~tl TO WEST 1\~D WENT OUT OF SIGHT H[ADI~G ~lEST. Sii~[D TO B~ D~SCE~lDI~G THROUGHOUT SIGt!TI~lG. (6) APPX TA~EE (3) MINUTES. C. i~A~NiR OF OBSERVATION: (1) GROJ ND VISUAL. D. Tli-1 AND DATE OF S IGHT: <2) i:IGHT. . LOCr\1 ION: Ct:NT::tAL PART OF BIG SPRING, TE:X, 3 2 DEGR~E 14 " N, r I -c PFl i BIG ~PRl'IG, T.!:X .. W) OCCU!J{\! 101'1 (SCHOOL BOY) H:..:.THl:..l' AND INDS: ( t ) ORS~RVSR~ ACCOUNT: CLEA~. (2) 1\l:< I:JEA'fH.t::H SERVICE PR:~DICTZD \IJlNDS FOH lJlG SPRING, (3) C~ILI : H!G~, THIN, BROl<EN. (4) VJSI3ILITY: FIFTEZf~ C!?) ~llL2S. J . AI)PX TWENTY ( 20) T- 33 AIRCRAFT FLYING TRANSITION IN LOCAL PAG FOUR RJ FDS 13 AR~A AND LOCAL 1'RAFFIC PATTSRN, FLYING AT ALL A LTIT~DZS. K. PRPAR.LNG 0??ICER: 1/LT P.OGR N ANDHSOlJ_, ASST BASE OPS OF1;, Hi\.rB, T:.:~. ?i.!f1IN,(\RY ANALYSIS: THE H!DIVIOUAL t1AKJ.!v; l-< i!"J}~ T A P PJ:: t\RS TO DE J:Q;~ss T AND DlTl~ LL l Gi:1\l'f A:J D IS fAPIILlAl"< HITH THS APPARri:'lCE OF ACFT fLYriG AT 1'HGHT. ;,::OTdt:R Lt:O SIS.tTED OVER BIG SPR.L;G <1AS RZPORTt:D A?PX o [ ..::;<Z C ) .. TACTED, A:!D REPORTED NO u;-.;u.;UAL SIGi!TI::r:s. ;-:o '. llll.l J '15 . A. f'c.:scr IPTION OF 0 3 J ECT; (!) F.OUtJl) FLAT SLIGHTLY POH-:Tf:j~ .f.([ EACH END. "'Qjll"r. -r-r~- 0 PPCS IT F. :::: l~DS