PROJECT 10073 RECORD C.A.?.O 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 4 NoY _29 1700 Mi Eas t of Trinidad 0 Probably Ballootl 3. OA7ETIME~O-R_O_U_P - fY~P-E-O~F~0~B~SE~R~V-A-T~I-O~N Io Po ibly Bollcot~ ~ Ground Visual 0 Ground Radar D Was Ai rcroft 0 Probobl y Aircraft l,Qz oar lp 0 Pos sibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical OYos 0 ProbablyAstronomical 2 No Cmvilian 0 Pouibly Astronomical 10. BRIEJI SUMMARY OF SICHTING Bright obj appeared on horizon and a scende d t o a~ alt of 24 true . Obj disappeared b ehind ~loud formation. ATJC FO!UI 3:9 (RBV 25 SltP 52) 0 In sufficient Data for Evoluoti on 11. COM~ENTS A Jupiter missile was fired on the evening of 4 Nov 59. This missile was probabl y the obJ sighted. C2CSQD099ZCJYF2t 5 ' ' ' 'YY RJEDSQ DE RJEZ HQ 802 Frl HQUSAF U~lC L FO L FROI1 S S KIYQ QUOTE I1ERINT 3227N 5515 \v 42140 OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED BRIGHT FLYid G OBJECT STOP OBJECT APPEARE:D ON HORIZON BEARI~IG 245 DEGREES TRUE A~JD ASCENDED TO Atl ALTITUDE OF 24 DEGREES TURE OBJECT DISAPPEARED BEHIND CLOUD fORtvlATION BEARI NG 130 DEGREES TRUE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 5 DECREES TRUE AT 0421562 1-iASTER UNQUOTE 05/ 0225Z NOV RJEZHQ N ew.~:fype Snark. i;etsTestRun .. ~ :;'}V, 7-tUPD~An Air .Force 1 (1 ... r k ' ' iJJ~cof\dnP.ntal miss!l~ \\ ''" l.,unebed :r.esterday in a J t r rn prove . new equtpment c! "" Uterl to cut-. the,. mini! e. oom- 't r"~tcl ion time. 1 .T:~ winrced, ~;ray missile also I t'' r:t?rt a-dummy. nuclet~r w~r- l' ~ad i n lts"pro~rammPrt flilri\tl c"' !i.OOO .miles down the .\tlantic r"" .ssle rllmte to. the neighborhood ,.,f , \:.cension 'island. 1 (,)[f{cistls said 'the . new ef1Ui~ ; ,t hmlds. an electronic hustle hvn th~ sn~rk's a 1 re~Hiy fa :-t i':n11ntdown: It' will 0e inrluded . in op&rat\()nal.".Snarks p.i:oduced t:,r ttt~ egiC . Air command . ~:''. th~ Ncv:J\~sli~sion or ,Nort- JP.uneM..tiy;l'{6~afr test person~ . r~l tOto , tji~n_tesearch and r~velopment~--P.tJnand. Opera- UnnaJ modeV Soarks. ue in serV:. . 1<':. with the 702nd,strate.2io mis- ~.1 .. . win~ at ~ua Isle~ Air THURSDAY; NOVDIBER 5, 1959 DO-h ell In Tests Atlas, Thor, Jupiter Demonstrate U.S., Soviets Equal.In ICB~I Field CA~E CANAVERAL, Fla .. Nov. 5-UP)-The hig three of U.S. missilery-Atlas, Thor a nd Jupiter-effec- tively demonstrated this nation's rocket retaliatory p ower in the past two days. All . three. were launched . on long-range ttst flights durinsr a 20-hour period. Officials repoded all successfully dropped simu- Jated warheads on de::tisnlated . ocean targets. The intermediate range Thor blasted. ~ft Tuesday night on a 1.500-mile journey; the Atlas took off on aQ intercontinental rang e fli&ht ot ,4,800 miles yesterday, and the JUpiter IRB M s ped 1,500 miles down the A tlantic missile range l~:Jt night. . SUCCESSFt.iL fli~hts are noth- ing new to this fiery trio of mili- t ary bloc!<bustecs. They have coveted the course many times during lengthy resea r ch and de- velopment: programs here. The Uniteu Slates has dechtred operational, and their current test programs are de- signed toi improve their accuracy and reliability. Combat-ready A t 1 a s e s and Thors :ire poised . on launching pads abroad. Jupiters soon will join them to provide America with one of its greatest war de te.rrents . Ll'ri'LE JOE ROCKET With ECape. Capmle A FE\V. Atlases are stationed at Vandenburg .Air Force base, be-added to the-operational de-'j ,Calif. Several more Atlas bases tense arsenal ne:rt. year: . . . a re being, cons!ructed throug h the Testi1lg will begin in . 1960 on \':esrem United States . The mis-two solid-fuel ballistic rockets,' sile has a range of 6.300 m iles. the 700-mUe Pershing-and. the' F our squadrons of Thors are S,OQO-mile Minuteman. .,. ... . I a.;st~ed to NATO troops in E ng--- l.md. Three .\rmy Jupiter squad rons are scheduled fot ~arly cte- h' ery to N ATO forceH. Two will gu lo Italy. one to Turkey. h:ach squartron has 15 o f the dendJy \>eapons.' Alrhou.dl: man.Y. U .S. officials concede rht~ nation trails Russia in nevelopin~ powerful space t Jckels . . they believe the two countries are e ven in the ballis- t 1 : misslle field... T\t.'o othex: American ballistic Mi:;siles- the Titan ICBM and Polaris :. suboa.rine ~eapon-:are e -cperieondng' test ' difficulties. Bo~. boweV'erl':"are