PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. COI'lCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 4. TYPE OF OtlSERVATlOH ocoi --------------Q Ground- Vi s u o l 0 G round-Radar 3. OA1' ETIMe CROUP S. PHOT .JS -6. SOUI~CE 1. L ENG-rH OF OBSERVATION Civili a n 8. NUMBER OF OBJeCTS l---~u r~own one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENT S 0 VIas Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possi (Jiy Bal loon 0 Wa s Aircraft crx Pro bob I y Ai rcroh 0 Po!;:;ibl y Aircraft 0 Was Astronornicol 0 P rouc:bl y A~tronomicol 0 Possibly Astronomica l 0 insuHici.,n t D<rto fo r Evaluati o n 0 U n known Lon3, dark obJ vr/lihite l ight on app eared t o g o into the gr ound . Invest igator rpting zigbting attribute . refueling op e rati on ,.,/ hook- up in effect A'fiC F ORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 52) CZC HQC8.3 9ZC QJ A0 74 FM COMDR 2 9AD IV MAF'B MALSfROM AFB MONTANA TO RJINF' AL/C 010R ADC RJEDSQ/AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON JEZHQ/H Q USAF' RJEZHQ/SECRETARY USAF SAriS UNCLAS 290!N 12 708 SUBJECT: UFO. A-1 LONG OBJECT 2 UNKNOWN . wHITE L!3HT ON NOSE OF OBJECT OT N OT I C ED PA GE T '.tl 0 R J .tl Z G U 2 8-1 UNKNOWN 2 OBJECT APPEARED T O THE OBSERVER APffiOXI~lATEL Y 45 DEGRESS TO THE H CR IZON ABOUT 7 MILES EAST Of KAL ! SPELL, ~lONTANA ~ HEADING FROM SOUTH TO NCRTH 5 APPEARED T 0 GO INT 0 THE ffi OUND C-1 UNKNWON 2 NO OPTICAL AIDS WERE. RE?CRTED AS BEING USED 3 KC TY P REF UELER FR ON MOUNTAIN HOME AF 8 , IDAH 0 AND A 8 -52 FR 0~1 FAIRCHILD AFB, WASHINGTON 1JJERE ON A REFUELING MISSION IN THAT AREA QN. A NORT H NORTH EASTERLY HEADING OUR ING THE Tir1E OF SIGHTING D-1 AP?ROX IMATEL Y 2315Z KAL I SP.EL L , MONTANA F -1 MR. AGE, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND RELIABILITY ARE-UNKNOWN G-l NOf' GIVEN 2 SURF~CE l.tiiND FROM S.IJI. 4 KNOTS, 6000 AT 250 DEGREES 15K, 10 ,000 - PAG:!: THREE RJ .liZGU 2 4 25 MIL ES ALTO STRATUS NORTH EAST OVER NOUNTAINS 7 3.3 DEGREES DElAT POINT 22 DEGREES 1. T HE TANKER AND BONSER WERE CARRIED AS FIRENDL Y TRACKS ,J 1'HE REFULE!NG TOOK PLACE AT AN EST HlATED 20,00 0 FEET I{ DtRECTOR Of INTELLIGENCZ CCI'lf'IENTS~ THIS REPORT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED TO THE SHERIFF OF KAL !SPELL, WHO IN TURN PHONED THE REPORT TO MISSOULA RADIO. THIS IN TURN WAS PASSED TO GREAT F ALLS ARTC AND GIVEN TO THE 29TH AIR DIVISION S!:NIOR CONTROLLER ON DUTY. THE 52JlST AND 681ST ACi.4IRONS WITH FPS20, GROUND RADAR, WERE CHECKED TO 3E~ IF THIS SIGHTING WAS CONFIRL'IED ON THEIR SETS. THESE SQUAQRONS .vERE CARRYING THE TANKER AND NO~iBER PLUS F'R !ENOL Y FIGHTERS FROM GEIGER .1/ASHINGTON IN THAT AREA OUR ING THE PERIOD OF SIGHf ING. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS .NOTED TN THE RADAR SETS AT THIS TIME . THE LIGHT 1.1/HICH .APPEARED TO BE ON THE NOSE OF THE. 03JECT COt.n..O BE THE L IGHT 1,1/HUCH IS t OCATED ON THE ~NO OF THE DROGUE TO ASS IST THE RECEIVER PILOT IN rlAKING CONTACT. IT IS NOT KNO'.I/N IF THIS TYPE OF LIGHT '.IIOULD BE 'l iSIBLE FROM THE GROUND .. THE LONG OBJECT COULD BE EXPLAINED POSSIBLY JY THE FACT, r.vo AIRCRAFT 'HEN COUPLED TOGETHER IN AN AERIAL REFUEL- OjG PRESENT A L ONGER FROFILE WHEN VIE'uED FROM THE GROAND AT AN ANGLE FOUR. RJ'IZGU 2 THAN aROADSIDE TO THE AIR ffiAFT INVOLVED. THE AIRCRAFT AT. DUSK WOULD Nar NECESSARILY BE D I SCER NABL E R J'.IIZG U