PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon ~8 /:up,ust I~lr_!1dG .. C::m!a 0 P robably Bal loon Po ssi ~ly Balloon 3. DAT E- TIME GROUP -4. TYP E OF OBSERVAT ION 0 Ground-Visua l 0 Ground-Ra dar 0 Wo s Aircraft P ro b ably ~rlntercept R a dar Po ssi bl y Ai rcraft ct:A i ,.. Vi su ol 0 Was Astronomical robobl y A stronomi col i-Ii l i tary 0 Possibly Astronomica l L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. CoURSE 0 Ot her 0 In s uff icient Data for Eva l u a tion 0 Unk nown BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHT ING 11. COMMENT S Blip appeared o n raclar , & beacon light ATIC r:1.dar o.n .tly ::;t s observed \ti:m~lly. Obj st:1yed be hint; r\.l.d'tr return::. thos~ o.f onoth~r S -f-cq JJ.,oJ Ltr, 92 BW (DCOI), Subject: (U) Uhidentified Flying Ob ject 2. The aircraft on which the radar o pera t or \'laS Ca pts.in Wolter \'laS not in the same forn:ation as the other aircraft. Thi3 orew was b another three ship cell b ut their beacon s ighting was in approxima tely t he s ame area only about an h our lAter. Ca?tain Wolter was on a heading of 152o (Uagnetio Heading ) when be s potted the beaoon return on his radar scop e (see statemen,). He als o spotted returns a short time l ater on his scope, and his g1.mner saw what he believed were ordinary aircraft lights in the same location as the radar target. No ooordinatee are available for these latte r s i ghtings. Aopareatly the other ships in this formation did not observe any unidentified objects. The airora.ft in which Ca9tain Wolter was flying was the tail end ship in the formation. (U) 3 . The statements of the orew members, the radar film aad the photo log are inclosed as requested. (U) 4. When the attaohm.nts are withdrawn or not attached this correspon- dence will be downgraded to unolaasi f i e d . ( U) FOR THE COOA.ANDE Ra Chjcf, Admin Svs Div Dir o.f ACllnln Sva (MSGT DAVIS ) ( S ) Statement ( lLT YlALKER) (CAP! v\0 LT ER) ( S ) Statement (A/2C FLEWHNG) (U) Statement (CAPT J OHNSON) 6. Jet Radar Scop e Photo Log Radar Film (1 roll) (c) "At point "Seirra" I heard a report over UHF interplane of a sighting of aircraft at 0600 z. I then switched my set to 20.000 yard range and picked up an unidentified return at 12,300 yards. During that t:ime I also had very good returns of the aircraft in our formation. the farthest of vthioh was NO. -3 which was 4.000 yards range. This unldeotified target stayed with us a pproximately 30 minute:s and was 30 below our airorart. The coordinat~s or this s i ghting are 50:15 -130:39. Th6 unidentifind objeot finally broke r3ght and di$a9peared from my soope at la.ooo yards and 60 azimuth." P..ARWi DAVIS -S -50 GT -326 Bcmb Sq. r~ga _j_ o _J_ PJ:!P.~ Cy ' of Cys "At approx:Jmately 0545 Sulu and just prior t o PT :fF 14A of the Steeltrap route. I was station-keeping on the lead aircraft of the three ship cell. I noticed a mnall # 1 return to the rear at 4:00 az~uth rnage about 1 NM. I notified the pilot. who queried the gunner. The gunn~r stated that the objeot first ascended then descended finally disa?pearing to our right. For the next hour o r so. I had oontinu~d intennittent returns in the nlt itude h ole a~vays at a mile or two rang e , and a~imuths fran 3:00 to 9 :00. Later absek"Vati on of them l e d me t o believe th~ were som~ sort of ''mirrored" returns . a ref lection of the ot.'ler aircraft. I t o ok -15 film of this phencmena* starting at 0011 ~. Refe r to Line :/1: 6 of Camera Log for A/C 6-660 28 Aug 59 Mission # 431-2. No further visual s i ghting,s vrere made." 'JACK K WAlKER* 1/Lt, USAF Ratlar Nav. -Crew L-59 r1y _ L ot J_ ~'is. "On "Steel Trap" mission iJ: 435...ST-6 f lO'IIIXl on 28-29 August 1 9 59 I si~hted the f ollowing phen cmanao These observations were all witnessed by Lt H. L. Bockelman, Capt. C. Biosi capt. R. C. Davis, Capt. s . Phillips and SSgt. J. TEny. [:>proaohing the coast for the 1st AR I Captain .c. T. Wolte r radar operator on Cr~ R-92 piCked up a beacon 65 miles in f r ont of our airorart. The beacon appeared to approach us at a fast speed passing unuer us in abo~ 40 seconds. After completing AR and going North fr0111 the TP I pioked up nune:-ous objects on the radar scope i n the nltitude hol e . At times there were two tllld then a gain. three moving at a very fast rate of speed. Sever a l times thdy follm~ behind the f ormation and lights wore obse:tved. Also, at times a beacon type r eturn was observed. tt CILI\RI.FS T . VIOI!l'ER Captain, 38699A "At about 0545 Z the pilot called me to take a l ook out at 5 oolock to aee if I saw an aircraft. I did and 3aw it and it v~s not part of our formatioc. It had a ratating beacon but no Reo. lights nor NaT. lights. After I sighted it. it ascended and then descended to the r i ght of our formation out of sight. I also picked the return up on my radar at about 4 oclook in AZ. and at 3000 to 4000 yards. At 0600 Z Blue Lead tail gunner picked the target up at 12.000 yards in long range . then I switched to long range end piok it up a t a.ooo yards. at 6 ool ock AZ \VI LLL"li F . FLElt.TiiG l-c9 326 Banb Sq. .. '\t approximately 0540 Z I was n otified by my Radar Operato:. reported a return 2 miles behind us in the If 3 position of a 3 ship oell. My gunner sighted what a p peared to be a ratating beacon at 5 oclock low and after about 10 minutes it descended and was lost. A cheek with "Consort" control revealed no reported traffic in the area. After about 30 munutes we had another r eturn in tl:.e s ame postiell. and for a period of 30 minutes it was intermittant. No visual contaot was r.:ade but our tail radar ahd a return at 8,000 yards f or a f ew All ground statir.ns reported no traffic or siGhtings." . ~EOR;E H . J OHNSON Ca ptai~ylJSAF Airorart Commander Kellogg 19 - (For Column A below) A - Pre-StriltC' ,-' .. B -Strike (ZBDA) C -Post-Strllr.e (BDA ) F' -Surv Ulonc I -Statio n eep1nq NAVIGATOR($) GRADE INITIALS AND LAST NAME PHOTO AREA START (Or IP) AL CALL SIGN AIRCRAFT CO'-CMANOER I NITIALS AND LAST NAME 4. PROJEC T NO, 10. CREW NO. 5, TYPt:. A' ALTITUDE (Ft) STOP (Or Tar~et) T IME EXPOS HEAD- (GMT) RE NO. lNG TRUE D E L A Y P,-.GE N.::>. NO. OF P A G E S 13 . MAG AZIN E 1.&. TYPE SERIA L NO. 12. CA"'ERA F/ SETTI N G (Weather, Ma/functlona, Unu,u l R tum. ETA./ Frn Numbe r, etc.) '! RADAR OPFRATION (Ch., c k One ) OI"T,t.IL. cooo P OOR BOMBING DATA FOR IBDA BOMB RELEASE AIMIN~ POINT , ( C eos n.,.h IC Coo rtlin u) NO. TIME(CMT RAOA.R NO t o Socond) UR E NO. TARGET CHART BOMBING DATA FOR IBOA FROM RADAR (Continue~ (Chec k 1) INTERVALOMETER REMARKS (Woathor, ole:) FROM RADAR I ~ ACFT l'f OFFSET ~ALUE IBDA DATA FRO~ AERIAL CAME Ill, TYPE A.ERIA.L. 10. 1\E:RIA.L CA.MERA-117, RII\L NUMBER L! SER!A.L. NUMBER REMARKS CONCERNING OOMBING BY THIS AIRCRAFT OR OTHER AIRCqAFT (Include POt role~uo a/tl::.:de /on) TYPE FILTER 23. F/ SETTING !22. TILT ANGL 2A, SHUTTER 5 1 REMARKS CONCERNING CAMERA '~ALFUNCTIONS 01 CAMERA REQUIREMENT ORCER I NSTALLATION (L.Ino out camctolf not roqult'Dd lo t ml .. lof\) SERIA.L NO, SERIA.L NO. M4GAZINE F l TYPE SERIAL SPEEO OUIRED SPLIT LSV in TYPE PRESET DROGUE WIND WATCH BOMB (N..S and E W) (Second) CAPSULE. (Feet) CAMERA O A T A CARD MODIFIED TO INDICATE (Check .,No " or le eheek<td, lndleatfl "Light No.") INDICATION BOMB RELEASE MEMORY POINT Wind D.,t.,rm.) BOMB BURST I MOOIFICATIOHS SIGNATURE OF INDIVIDUAL WHO LOADED CAMERA HT~ Of: AFCIN- 4E4g AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHTP ATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE su~JEcr: (U) Unidentified Flying Object 29 September 1959 TO: AFCIN-4El Request analysis and/or i nterpretation of radarscope film attached. V\A..on'~e RICHARD R . SnOOP Colonel, USAF AFCIN- 4E4 2. Ltr 22 Sep 59, subj: (U) Unidentified Flying Object llU~C'hf"d. t!...-d &-ciiiJr..ttiuu ,,r will bt' canctlod loc.-."'"'"' f l~ ) in ntcur t!AI'to wilh l'" / > / t1emo, AFCIN-4E4g (U) Unidentified Flying Object l s t Ind (AFCIN-4Ela/1lr. Picklesimer/74201/ jc) TO: AFCIN-4E4g 1 . Analysis of attached radarscope film has b een accomplished with the following results: a. The blips on the film are not different f r om ordinary radar blips, hence no particular tYJ>e of "target" or flying object is indicated. b. A few still photographs of a radar incH cat or do not giv e the viev e r as good an insight as to what actual Jy occurre d as the live radar picture gives to the radar operator a t the time of the sighting of the 2 . This office agrees wit h the proposed explanation that some type of possibly caWted the / ,...GOR r C. HOFF ,~'{ Co onel, USAF radar returns. Page I of _ I Pegf:s I t0 s-e_sp 'ftRft I PtJLD~