PROJECT 10073 RECORD C Q 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. L OC.1HION Appro x 260 nri East o f o Was B n lloon lJ NcY 59 Resoluti0n l.:;la.nd a P robobly tialloon 0 Ground-Visual 7. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Ground -Radar 0 Air-lnh:rc ... pt Radar Wa s Ai rcraft Pro hob I y Ai rcro h Po:aibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Venu s Pru!Jobly A:::tmnomicol Po:::!.ibly A::tronomicol ln!:.ufficitmt Octo fo r Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Slll8.l l , s i l v er, rnd obj. Uav:J.r;ational turns .. .:au sed lo 1s of obj. Pi l et.::; identifie d i t a s the pla ne t Venu s . NriC POR.M 329 (REV 26 S.EP 52) 11. COMMENTS Astr a plots indic..1te the p_lanet Venus t o be in th-= position rptd. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE' < 6). . NEGATIVE C 7) N E GA T I V E : .. (9). MAINTAINED PARALLEL COURSE (2)~60 DEGREES ~20SDEGREES RIGHT OF NOSE C3) -50 DEGR~ES -5 DEGR~ES LEFT OF COURSE '(4). PARALLEL TO COURSE ( 2) -NEGATIVE 21 MIN UTES ' HEADING 26Z, 42e KTS, WESTOVER AFB K. -NO CO!'t:~1ENT ~-TAP OF RSPORT' A T 924TH AC&W SQ 3t/1~20Z NOV RJ~NFX ?:lge 2 or 2 CORRECTED COPY !-;~CURITY CLAS:;IFI ON JOINT MESSAGEFOR M Uiv'CL ' .. ;~li II'D f'RECEDI:.NCE TYPE MS G ( Cher:.k) ACCOUNTIN G ORIG. 01-t REFERS TO CLA S "'I F'l Cl\ Tl ON Of' REFE:R I:: 'ICE: -;:-,r r ll":'" "L COOK MULTI ~INCiLI: !':PECJ,-..1.. INSTRUCTI0,'\13 L'~'IC .~-P .AFB T'rlAT All A/ C CRE:'./ FRO!l YOUR ORG SIG~1TED AN UFO AT 12 0j Z , 1.3 i'iOV 59 REPOR,r BE z .. :.._DE I H ACGQ":{D.l!CE .IJ~'H 'f~lE l-HOVI!:)IC:JS C.l!' P.\.:<S l h :;.. 15 OF T!1I.S .:.AS REPOR'i'ED AS JU J ATI~BUffi,JE S I G::!'l'l.llG; 'f7IERl?;i'QR."S, I 'l' IS RE;~uESTEu 'l'~:L;.'l' A/C IIEADIIJC.:>, ALTr ruDES, POSI TI0l.3 1-.l.JD SPEED3 , AS REl..A'l'ED n, ~'ri J.S Il !CID.i!:ttr , BE 3FECI.l'"'IGJ~ ILY RE?OH'l'ED .. DATI: TIME P.EPL.f.CI!S D O FOR M t 7 3,, OC T .t::>, WHIC H WIL L rsl! US!!;:) UNTIL FXHAU:>TEO Ult'O from SAC Comm;md Po!lt to our Command Poot 'l'wo steel trap olrcra!t, 99th bomb wing, sighted e UFO 1205 zulu, object was silver -16 degrees - 18 minutes north 56 degrees, 14 minutes west. Aircraft were on a heading of' 260 d~grees at 34,000'. Object was sighted 20 degrees to the right and 60 degr~es above the aircraft. It was kept in sight for 1 hour, 20 minutes at which time the aircraft changed heading 330 degr~e3 and then changed back to 260 degrees. Last sighted at 58 degrees north, 61 degrees, 5 minutes wes t . 13 l~ov l9j:?. Orit_.i.l1dl locqti on of aircraft ,.;Fl.s l olB.: ~6'tO.-/. Airm:<.t.(t. on J.JJ.!~.:linQ of 2o0 de~r~cn a t 311,000 f'ee t . Object sii nt~,t ~0 deere.: s ;:o..:.3..?. t o 330 dee.cees, the n bnck to 260 dc1-~rees, 1t ~t'J.i.ch ti.lTc l O!';t si~. ht o:.: object . At thiz tir:1e :1ircroft locotion Has )8 d~e.rc.:cs l~ 61._5.1. Obj ect vieHed for one ho .. u 20 rtrinuteg. DEPART MENl OF THE AIR FORC~ . . ( STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE RJ!::ZHO/ASSIST!''\~11 c;s I NT=:LLIGENC::: HQ USAF lJAS~I:JGTO~I DC ~JCLAS FROM ALOP 1717o REFERENCE AFR 200- 2 , DATEJ 5 FE3 1958 , PA2AGRAPH 1~ A.JD 15. FOLL 0 ,.1I~JG I.iFORt~ATI'ON IS APPLICABLE TO ?AR~.GRAPH 15 . DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE "' STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSIFIED MESSAG: 3-IL. VE:R C IJL 'JR E.t~.DI~IG 5 . DEGREES LE:fT O I~J. EL~VATION .tV c HE:AJ I ~-1 G U~J DETER I ~!E~ NAVIGATIO~JAL T~R~lS CAUSED LOSS OF OFJECT 11 MI UTES fZ15Z TO 1326Z: 260 DEGREE3 SPEED ~20 Page 2 of 3 ALTITUDE 34, 000 ,DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR fORCE ( STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION .. UNCLASSIFIED 'rAESSAG! : ;\{~P~GE THR~E RJEOBP::> 3 I N C 0 M I N G 61 DEGREES 18 t1I~JUTES N. 5 6 DEGR:::ES 4 0 r1I!!UTES '1. Cl2 15Z> 58 DEGREES 20 t1INUTES iJ. GO DEGREES. 30 t1I iIUTES 1J. C 1326Z> 1. . tH tIT A R Y P I L OT S OF 8-52 ' Sa l~ UNLH1ITED VISIBILITY,. SKY CLSAR .. 3. 'HIGH SCATTERED : DUtY'CONTEOLLER; (924TH ACWRON> . PILOTS REPORTED POSSIBLE PLANET. EM'ARKSi(l RADAR UNIT DID' ~lOT OBSERVE A~JYTI~1G U~JUSU.\L ON SCOPES OUR IN G ABOVE PER I 00., 14/1533Z NOV RJE03PD DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNClASSifiED 'AESSAG i . OOP./. SA:E'S ~CZCHQ3297ZCZJB140 '='P RJEZHQ B~ C0~DR 64TH Airt DIV PEPPERRED .~FB tJF"LD TO itJ ' I F :\L/ A DC ~J~DSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTE~SON 'AFB RJ 2:Z HQ/ HQ USAF . ~JEZHQ/SAFIS WASH DC OL:!CLAS ~ROt1. 64. 0~:~ l 010~ UF'Oo Ao. < 1 > ROUNDo ( 2 ) ~lEGATIV E ~iEGATIVE<>-<8 > NETAT!VE~. ( 9) M AI NT A I NED PARALLEL: COURSEo 3o <1) VISUALe, (2) 60 DEGREES -20 DEGREES RIGHT OF NOSEo ~3) 50. DEGREES -5 D'EGREES .L~rT OF COU~SE:a < 4) PARALLEL TO C0URSE~ <5) U>J:L (6) 1 Ht;UR 21 r1INUTSo Co ( 1) AIR .JISUAL