Vicinitywaco Texas — May 1960

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Keywords: witness, ocads, rjwfgo, knots, degrees, undetermined, focus, widss, izhtlng, tlusk, po3sllly, v1itn, nnnntc, b252zcwyb34, avtngwg, rjezjil, cotlparison, tiivles, pelon, causid, skywartd, oeierver, installs, 0wjij, dtsapp
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .. 1. DATI 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Vicinity Waco, Texas g :~.!~ Local---+--------- Grountl-Vlauel D GroundRoclar g ~:: .. l;'t,',croft S. D Waa Aatronoml col D Yea D ProltaWr Aatronomlcol JD He CivU D Poasiblr Aatronomlcel 7. LENGTH 011 OIIIIVATIOM I. MUMIIR OP OIJI!CTI 9. COURSI! D Oth'---- -- CI lnaufflcient Date for Evoluatian 4 sec one E then B D Un"nawn 10. BRIIP OP liGHTING 11. COMMENTS Long, possibly pointed object, no wiDSs or t -.... Since there was but one witness this visible, appeare~ to be ~rox 20 times as lar report is classified as insufficient data as a B-47. ~izhtlng at tlusk. Color not determ-1he obj~ct wa~ po3slLly an qh, ~lthou~h i.ned due to sun r eflect Lng off oLjcct. Haz e none viere r eporte d in tm a r c ao layer. ~reser:t. Witness heard jet and looked up. claimed to hear sound of jet. Any object ATIC PORM 329 (ltKV 2 BKP 52) 20 tin:es th.t.; ::ize of a o-47 would have nc d oubt been v1itn~sses by uthers over a city the size of Naco . NNNNTC ZCSQ B252ZCWYB34 ~ DE RJWFGO 1 -' FM 3565~;AVTNGWG TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB RJWFHW/OCADS OKLA CITY AF STN RJEDSQ/AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WPAFB l... .,.,_.,.~ RJEZJil/COFS USAF RJE ZHQ/ OSA F JAS H .. DC. . .. UNCLAS 01r::4E. ACTION ADC, OCADS, AEROSPACE TECH I~TELLIGENCE CENTER, COFS FOR AFCIN, OSAF FOR SAFOI. UFO. REFERENCE PARAGRAPH 15, AFR 2~1';-2. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT. Ct) LONG, POSSIBLY LIKE BALL POINT PZN, NO WINGS OR TAIL VISIBLE. (2) USING SIZE OF B-47 AIRCRAFT AT ALTITUDE FOR COtlPARISON OBJECT APPEARED TO BE APPROXIMATELY Tl~ENTY TiivlES AS LARGE. (.3) UNDETERMINED DUE TO SUN FLECTION. <4> ONE. (5) NOT APPLICABLE. (6) UNDETERMINED. (7) NONE (~) NONE DESCR !PElON OF COURSE OF OEJECT. <1 > SOUND OF JET AIRCRAFT CAUSiD OES::RVER TO LOOK SKYWArtD A~'iD CE.SE:RVED OBJ.C:CTED. C2) TRUE EEARING 345 DEGREEES, ANGLE OF ELEVATION UNKNOt~N. (3) TRUE PAGE Tt\ 0 R JlA: FG 0 1 E:EP.RING ~25 DEGREES, ANGLE OF ELEVATIO:-.J Uf';KNOWN. C4 > FLIGHT PATH APPEARED TO EE WEST TO EAST, OBJECT :'ADE A Nlt\ETY DEGREE TURN TO THE NORTH WITH NO APPARENT CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. C5) OBJECT LOST AS RESULT OF POSSIBLE LOSS OF EYE FOCUS. C6) FOt.;R SECONDS. MANNER OF OBSERVATION. <1) GROUND-VISUAL. (2) NONE, (3) NOT APPLICABLE. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING (1) 0~2Z MAY 60 C2) DUSK. LOCATION OF OeiERVER. 31 35N 97 14W ONE MILE SOUTH WACO MUNICIPAL AIR PORT IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER. TEX. SELLS AND INSTALlS AUTOMATIC FARM EQUIPMENT. APPEARED RELIAELE It\ TELEPHONE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSED CHARACTERISTICS OF KNOWN AIRCRAFT I N AN INFOR;1ED MANNER. WEATHER AND \~IN DS (1 ) V ~R,Y LI,~ HT HAZE. <2) SUR FACE -33 0 DEGREES, 5 KNOTS; 00~ FT -36 0 DEGREES, 2 1 KNOTS; 1 , 0J0 FT 35 !!; DEGREES, 2 5 KNOTS 4~ KNOTS; 6~ 0WJiJ FT-320 DEGREES, 15 KNOTS. (3) NONE SKY CLEAR (4) 15 TO 2 0 MILES IN LIGHT HAZE. <5> NONE. (6) NONE. (7) APPROXIMATELY MINUS TWO DEGREES CENTIGRADE PER ONE THOUSAN D FEET SUR- FACE TO FORTY FIVE THOUSAND FEET MSL. PAGE T HREE R Jv1 FG 0 1 NO UNUSAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION. NO INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN. NO KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC OR BALLOONS IN ThE AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING. ASSISTANT Wl~G OPERATIONS OFFICER, NO ANALYSIS. NO PHYSICAL EV I DE~E ~AY RJWFGO Ub'O Al\ll YSI S SHti:r Location ~icinity Waco , Texas Date ,10 May 12~0 Description Lon~-possibly pointed like p~ll.pt pen, size 20 t ime as lrKe as a&B-h7 , heard jet acft and looked up, first see~ at. JuS deg ~l~v jnk. dtsapp 025 deg elev unk,.flt path to E., m:.de 20 deg t ur;n t o ~;. with ntn a narent ch~n~e i n di. rt-ction of seen fer seconds. due to loss of e e focus t Direotion.ot MO'ion .._.._a ~E~a~s~t~ Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Rule<l 2\l!c dye to Natural Phenonena (Ball Ughtning, eto). _ _.EwJJu).ce~d-"'e>'"H.wt i , ._, Aircraft, Balloons, Airships, etc., Pass fcft; bow~ver, the r:eparting officer stted th~t. there were no known .acft in the ~rea Evaluation ot Source Reliability .;. _ Analysis and Conclusions' The witness s~id t hat he he~rd ~ jet acft, yet t he reporting officer st~ted that t here were no known ~eft in the are~. Trte witness could not detennine t ne col~r due to t he s un ref l ectiong off of it. If t.h~ obj~r.t ~"~s .-s l1r~e :lS +h~ :.1i t:1~ss r~p.,rt~r!, it "'~s ~nourm:n:::>. /'.:-t:Jthin6 d.:> l J r ;;e 35 the w:i tr:~ss .:-eport erl , )~ld h~ve bee n s~en ~nd r~pert~d by m~ny peaple. Only one witness s~w it, so this report is evluated as insufficient data, 1 witness.