PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD l. OATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS DX 'Hos Balloon 22- 2 3 Oct 59. Loring .AFB, Maine Area D Probably Bollcon i ol Y Balloon <D round-Viauol 0 Grnund-Rodor . Wos Aircroh 2 . 23/0530Z 6 .. 22;2231DZ a Probably Aircraft .si bl Y Ai raof~ 0 Was Astronomical Military & Civilian 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Pos:.ibly Astronomi e ol 7. LeNGTH 0,. OBSERVATION S. HUMBER 01' OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEJI SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING . . . . 11. COW ENTS 1) Civilian at. Fort Fairfaeld zptd low l.yi'l'\: obJ w/lights on. bottom~ No noi3e. 2) At .0530Z woman~ trailer court at Pre3gue Isle-& a/2c observed 2 .rnd objs w/blue rings omitting red light. rays shining towo~d the ground. Still. visible at 'f>-720Z. 3) At 23/08o5Z Air P~lice at Loring AFB obse . ed rnd,white lig~ appe to be .stationary. Obsergat ion was by g:-ound P.a,.,A.,... GPS-3 ty:9e also. Re.dar e stimated the -: height at 5,000 f't. Winds during the :perir-n of this & all sightings ..rere f'~ the ;e::rt 4) At 09990 Cars well r~I Site had objs mn ra~Rr at 26,000ft. At l OOOZ Burlington AFB 3crambled 2 F-102'.3 GCI vectored them i n a lt 40,00ot't. No Visible objs i n area. Ajc landdd at DOW A.FB. 5) :J!'"..ro obj s rptd ov e r Presque I sle Maine at ,;~20Z 6 ) At 22/'2230 Z Presque Isle Polic e rptd t!lat !flying saucer '.ra s flying low o?er tae to,[! A'MC 70aM S29 (lt:EV 2t S&P 52) lS l2Ti AAC:: : 912TH AAC; SQ ~C .~T IC ~R GHT PATTZR20 INFO R:~A TIC i'J ~J;l.S A!="!t 2.Z~-2 DATED ,.,/v ery brigkrt lights on the. b ottom. _ ~ - 7) 23/0424Z Low rlying obj sighted by civilian 11 miles S of Loring .~B. Jets s crambled b)tt only obJ observed was atar. 8 ) At 23/06ooZ Radar .3ight1ng of two obj s sighted by the ..roman & airnan at. Presque I sle (0530%) . Radar determined alt a s less tban 15,000fi. One sped Northat Su:mae.::-y:. Some of the sight in~s indicate that a . balloon 1o~-as the cause. The winds were r.m e West & SW. Location of the rpts at tha various times indicate. & ~light t o the ~ if' the s ame obj can be attributed a s caustilg tbe rpts . Radar rpts had a maxi~xm-beight of 26,000 rptd & the duraton in the a r e a r.m the lst .rpt to-tha' l a Gt i s excessive for a balloon, h~oever.if there was a leak in the balloon i~s speed & rate of : rising would be diminished; Balloons are difficul t to ~ot 1~ some clo~ conditions& at the speeds attained by F-102.' s & it is likely-that- the pilots would faiJ to find. 2KC 135 's & 2 B-52.'s were in the area at the time. No rpt on the dis a:pp eara.nc of the objs except tbat,the -radar was due to fading. No conclus i on is attempted; Case c on sidired a s insUfficient data. .AIR iECt-JNICAL ltiTE~LIGENCE .:::. ~ :J UNITED ST~TE~ \tq FORC: ""f..iiGHiPATTERSCr-4 ;~,It;~ FOKCE B A.)r AFCI~4X2/Captain McNeill/ 59117 Extract rom ATIC Duty Officers Report 23 October 1959 AFCIN .. 4E4g Following is an extract f rom ATIC Duty Officers Report for your information. 1. Two (2) abort reports to ATIC Duty Officer via SAC and BASE Hq Duty Officer were made early 23 Oct 59. 2. There contents were as follows lstlB.eport .. tow flying object ~ ted 23 0424z. 11 miles sl) of Loring AFB by a . Described as quiet and bright. Jets scrambled bat only bright star seen. 2nd r~port - 2 bluish objects with red ring~ aigbted 0600Z, 23 Oct 59, over Presque Isle, Maine. Witnes~es, a Mrs. and an airman, r~rted one hovered. Radar picked up objects and determined their altitude to be less than 15,000 feet. One sped north at 350 to 500 knot~ according to radar OHN C. Mc~.,.E:.n.r. aptain, USAF ~J~IFAL/C0i1DR ADC Zi~T AFd COLORADO ~J:!:ZHQ/ !)12 I~lT.ZL ttQ USAf' ";lASH DC AI;i DIV SYRAC ~SZ ~Jz.~ YORK ' 1 ) DZSC?.IPTIO~ OF OBJ~CT <A) Sn.L\?~ ROUND <~> SIZZ CO~PA~ED TO A KNO OdJSCT OR dASKETdALL c:>COLO~ dLUE ~ED rtiNGS .:;y DISCR :-.!ISL FE:.~TURZS Jrt DZ:TAILS.Or:11ITI~G ~!:D LIG;iTRAYS .:;:~I:' :~JI~G TOWAaD GOUND ~:) TAIL, ! ::tAIL 0?. ZXHZUST L'CLUDL G SIZZ OF SA>i Z C0'1PA.:tZD &ECUI'ITY CL.AeSIFICATitlN JOINT 'MESSAGEFORM ffi'fCLASSIFIED SPACE BELO W RESE:RVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER MSG (Checlc) 1>4UI.TI SINOI.& ACCOUNTING ORIG, OR R AT!C, . W -P .AFB /ONCIAS/FROM: AFCIN-lJEIJg /Q-~/(pi-~ ATTN FLICET SERVICE CENTER. YOUR MSG DI'D 23 1008Z OCT 59. REQ, AI.I. I :iFO BE REPORTED TO ~IS CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WI'lli .AFR 200-2, L-. :c LLSSIF IED Cl-A&SJFICATION OF REFERENCE MONTH YEAR REPLACES CO FORM 173, f OCT 4,, WHICH WILL BE U&E O UNTI L EXHAUSTC:O ( r\) :,JO RADAR OF OoS.!:RVATION oi~OCULArtS Co) ZY!. (~) TI:!::: AND DATE: OF SIGHTING C~l TIMZ A~D DAT~ OF SIGHTING Cisl NIGET ~J TIGN OF OdS V~ CS) 5) IJZ:~TIFYI~G I~FO OF 03S2~V2S AT ?QI LOOKI NG AT TrlM WITH 2C ~.~GLISii CSC Alrt F OLIC AT PQI AND .I L os .A. LJrT CO~!D IT ICNS T 'CTI O' TAx- (1::;) LOCATIO)J So; ANY AI~ TRAFFIC I TH ARE.~ AT TI:1E: Or SIG:{TnG Cl2) IXISTSNCE o; PHYSICAL EVIDZNCZ SUCH ~23JZ 0/PQI POTI~I o::PART~ENT ~E?O~TID FLYING SAUCZ~ CL?LYI1 G L01 CVZ?. TH~ TO .. VI-, HAD V?..Y isRIGHT L!GnTS 0~ THE 30TTO>l Or ITZ.~ AT ~2242 CIVILAI~ I:~ T~E TO~N OF FO~T SAI~FIELD ~EPO~T~D LO~ FLYING ~3JZCT ALSO HAD LIGHTS ON T~I dOTTO~ OF IT WAS :JAKI~G 0 NOISZ AT s::;r Cl23 TO C:-i::CK OUT TJ-::: REPOrtT F?.OM PQI AdD 1SULTS ~ZRZ GATIVE FO~T FAiaFIILD POLIC~ DZPA~T~E~T ~AS A NZGATIVZ RPORT Th::s: T~O TOJNS A~:: A~OUT FIFT N MILES 2APART C~CSQA40lZCKQA34~ CO RJE:DSQ TU aJ~JF~/COMDR ~ICGUIRZ AFE NJ . :JZJSQ/CC: R AIR TZCH H;TIL c=::~TZR ~R IGHT PATT:::RS ON ::J-:JF f..L/C0 :1DR ADC ~NT AFB COLORADO ~J:::zs:-:/CO DR 26TH AD DEF' SYRACUSE NV.~ YORK .~JEZHQ/DIR INTELHQ USAF ~vASH DC .. ..;::::s:!/26TH AIR DIV SYRACUS!: N:2iJ1 YORK ?CLLOWI~JG UFOB RPOT <l) D~SCRIPTION OF OBJECT 'C) COLOrt Cl> DESCRTIPTION C B) BA YEBALL (C) TJHITE LIGHT ii Ci'i E: K2) D~3CRIP7IC~l GF CO S~ C.; ) O'IH!:?. ~E?ORTS STATIONARY CL~) T!:!Z AND DATE OF SIGHTING OF OBKERV~2 <S) c~.S) I:iJZ1lTIFYING INFO OF OBSZRVE:i! ( :. ) f./ 3 C RONALD F BROtvN A IP. POLCCE < 7 ) ~r::AT~R AND WINDS ALOFT COtlDITIONS AT TIM2 At:D PALACE OF SIGHTir!G ( .. ) :-; IGH THIN SCATT~RED DEG 40 i<T (C) HIGH THIN SCATTERED GAVE ESTI~ATZ OF 50~0FL AS ALTITUDE OF OBJECT 23/ 52 OCT RJZDKQ SZCS~C43ZZCSU31?2 :~:.; OL~!STE.:D FLIGHT S~RV!Ci: T0 ~JZDF~/CO~DR MCGUIR~ AFE NJ ji:DS~/CO!!DR AIR T~C!i Ii~TIL C~i'~T ~RIGHT PATTZ1S01! L ,- .:Ji . .7? AL/Cet~DR ADC EN T AF'D COLORADO . ..:j::zsti/CONDR 26TH AD D!:F SYRACUSE: d Zi;J YO?.K ;: j~ZHQ./D IR IdT!:L HQ USAF \.:IAS!i DC .. :?:2:t:C~ UFOB RZ:PORTS :~7 : SZ2/23 CARSWELL GCI SITE HAD OBJ~CTS 0 N RADAR AT 2S,~2~ FT ::::: IJ:::G. FROrl LORING AFB. AT 12~22 BURLINGTOn AF3 SCRA:1BLZD -.::;o <2) F1~2 AI~CRAFT. GCI-VECTORED THE:1 IN AT 4~,1JPZ FT. TH;: A!itC1:\rT .: LD :~OT SIGHT ANY THI1lG I~l THE AREA. TH!: AIRCRAFT ARE LAiiDI:lG -J/l~l7Z OCT RJEDKQ SECURITY CLA&SIF 0 N JOINT ~ESSAG FORM Ui'ICL\SSIFTI!D SP..t.C::I B ELOW RESERVED F OR COMMUNICATION CENT e R PAECECENCE TYPE MSG (Citeek) ACCOUNTING OR I G. c:lR H::FERS TO-CL.A!iSIF'I CATION SYMBOL OF REFERENCE BOOK MULTI aiNGI..E ATIC, W- P A.FB LOBING AFB, MAINE YOUR RPl' TO THE 1912 AACS; 23 OCT 1959 CONCERNING AN UFO PICKED UP BY CARSWELL GCI SITE IS LL~rm I N NA'ruRE. .REQ. A cur,.PLETE D'JVESTIGA.TION OF THlS REPORT, Ai'.JD ALL OTHERS REPORTED ON THIS DATE, L'J ACCORDANCE viiTH AF.B 200-2, DTD J.4. SEP 1959 t.J1-1CL;.s SPECIA L. INSTRUCTIONS SIGNATL.J_R .. . .1) NAME ANC TITLE PHONE 69?1~ PAGE 1 SECURITY C1..A6SIFICATICDN UNCLAS3IFIED AEl'"L.ACES 00 F<DRM 173, I ElCT 4g, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUST0