3. DA'rETIM! GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 8 mi E of Indian 31!Ei 4 TYPE Of OBSERVATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Was Bollaott , Nevada It Pro .. a .. ly Balloon D PossiWy Balloon . ------II Ground-VIual D GroundRoclar D Was Aircraft D Pro .. o .. ly Aircraft D PosslWy Aircraft GMT 062040Z D AI .. Vf.,al D Afrlntercept Radar 7. LENGTH Oil .OIS!ItYATION D Waa Astronofftlcel 0 Pro .. oW y AatroneMicol 0 Poaalblv Astronofftlcel I. NUMBER 011 OIJE~C;tTXS~9-.-C-O_U_R_S_E-----I D Other----- -- 0 lnuffi clent D ,., Ewoluotion 0 UnltnoMt 110. IAI!fl SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING Shi J hors -~-moon ~ .. d object aprox 5' in diameter. Appeared at 47.8 elevation, 144.70 aztmuth. Witness did not :"Qtch object disappear. Moved slowly. 11. COMMENTS At 20 winds were fm 34o at 30,000' they were fm 320. These wi-Is were moving in direction objt was re- ported to be moving. Objt sighted about 15 min after witness launched a balloon, and at this time balloon latmched wtluld have been in position reported for objt. Although witness is supposed to be fa.:uiJ iar with balloons, it i s very possible that ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SKP 52) he mistook this balloon for reported U!''~. There was a cloud cover of 6-8/10 which would have contributed to misidentifi- -c:ss~!kCJ'~ YA;:;os F>~ 4520TH ccr:TiHiGtIG NELLIS TO RJWFAL/~9 C Z~T AFS COLO RJWZ[~f/27T~l ADIV NORTON AFB CALIF RJEDSQ/ATIC tvRIGHT PATTERSO~l AFB OHIO ~JEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/USAF tJASH DC UilCL/~1-~2-~155ACTION ADC, 27ADIV, ATIC, COFS CAFCIN> AND USAF CSAFIS) UFO. ALFA Cl> HALF 1100tJ (2) SAHE: SIZZ AS INFLATZD 4J8 FOOT WX BALLON AT 2Z,00~ FT C3> REAL SHINY, SHADOWED Ci\ i:OTT011 (4) CNE (5) I~/A (6) i\OiJZ C7> NONZ <Z ) NO C:l) ~.~.h .. ~ o~AVO C 1) OSS~VOit ~/AS L U/il\CHit,:G PIBAL r~ rrc or1~f) or:J -cr ' hZI~iUTI-i 144. ?::; (3) DID i;OT .JfiTCH IT DISAPPZAP. C I;) 02JZCT .;AS PAGE: TUO RJtIZNJ 17 ~AST OF IilDIAN SPRINGS FOXTROT C 1 > P,/3C CURTIS D TLJCKirt, .0..::1 jl, 25 \~X SQ, L~ELLIS AFE, NEV. GOLF Cl> CLEAR (2) 62JIJ' 25~ DEGniZ/2K1S, l~, J' 2S~ DEGR2E/l9KTS, 16, ZlZDEGRS~ 32Z DEGRZE/25KTS (3) 1, 10 GRCKE:N C4) 35i11 C5) 6 TO S TEilTHS CS> NONZ (7) SFC T~P 5" DEGREEF. HOT2L C1> NO ID2NTIFICATION ACTION TA~\EtJ. JULI2TT2- t\r,:GLES PZAI\ COi\TROLLER DSNISD OESERVIt\G Ai:Y RADAR T~ACKS DU:tiNG T!i E PZRI CD OF ALLEDG ED S I G HTI dG. KILO ~:A JC R A~.:THO!<Y J P.USA LACCHI, 42289A, tII G It~TLLIGE:NCS OFFICR. i'IO Ut-iUSUAL ACTIVITY ~P01TZD Fl0:1 It:DIAil SPRINGS TOvJZR OTH:R THAll I!: AITIC~AFT I30q2It~G ON RArG:: [~3R 1, LOCATED SHI NE FRO[! POINT OF OBSt:RVATION EETt~ZEN THE HOURS OF 2015 TO 21 ZFEB. NO Ui~USUAL ACTIVITY RZPORTZD FR0:1 N::LLIS TO~lER. OBSERVSR IS A WX FORECASTER \vHO HORl{S tJITH I3ALLOr~s ZVC:RY DAY AND DUZ TO HIS USE Or A 2:J POtJZRED TH20DOL ITE THE POSSIBILITY OF A WX BALLOON IS RULED OUT. LIMA. r~O~lZ SECU.-ITY CLA881P'IC~ "'' JOINT M ESSAGI:.rORM UNCLASSIFIED SPACB BBI.OW RESI!RVI!D POR COMMUNICATION CENTBR TYPI! MSO (Chtcj) ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR RI!I"I!RS TO ACTION ROUT I BOOK MULTI BINGLir CLA8.U'fCATION OP' RIEP'KRaNCa SPECIAL INeTJtUCTIONe A'l'IC W-P AFB NEIJ.TS AFB, NBV ; 4520TH CCRTRNGWO, YOUR Io~ISG 01-02-015..5, DTD 7 FEB 61. :REQ VERIFI- CATION OF THE SIZI OF TH3 OBJ'. WHAT WAS THE OBJECT'S ORIENTATION? ~rlAT WAS 'IHE ELEVATION AND AZL"-liTH OF THE OBJ' WdEN IT ,:/AS LAST ' ORS.tmV'iD? WAS THE OBJ SIGHTED PRIOR TO LAUNCH OF PIBAL. OR Dl.JRING ~ THE ?IBAL S ASClr'l WERE THEHE Al'iY OTHER ~.IITNSSS~ TO THE SIGHTING? ; IF SO, REQ. THEm !Mf'RESIONS B.l FORW.AIUlED ALONG WITH THE ABOVE i ll."FORMATION W ~sr rATORE 1.-,-p_ ~T!.I)JJ.\ ll...L EV'Al'JS SZCURITY CLA.i!ilfO'ICATION ~ \olwft UNCLASSIFIED Deputy far Science and Components RIE,.LACU DD P'ORM I 73, I OCT 4e. WHICH WILL alE UWKD UNTIL I!:XHAU.-ri:D G476ZCQYB511 RR RJDSQ - - DE RJW2NJ 6 ... FM 4520TH CCRTRNGWG NELIS AFB NEV TO ATIC WPAFB OHIO UNCLAS 01-02 03fl1 AFCIN YOUR MSG AFCIN-4E2X 2-915.:---::. .. ITEM ONE: SIZE OF OBJECT WAS THE SAME SIZE AS A 40 GRAM W BAL~OON QT 2a,~00 FT IN CH~CKING WITH THE 25TH WEA ~Q HERE AT NELLIS, A 40 GRAM BALLOON IS APPROXIMATELY 4 FT IN DIAMETER AT SURFACE AND EXPANDS TO APPROXIMATELY 5FT IN DIAMETER AT 811 FT. ITEM TWO: AIRMAN WAS FACING TO THE NORTHWEST. ITEM THREE: AZIMUTH 47.6 DEGREE ELEVATION 143.3~ DEGREE. ITEM FOUR: OBJECT WAS SIGHTED 15 TO 15 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCHING OF PIBAL BALLOON. 853. 51 AIRMAN TUCKER CALLED A/2C STEPHAN R TANNER, AFSC 25251, DET .31, 25TH WEATHER SQ, NELLIS AFB ttJHO !TAS 0~1 ~IBAL RUN .WJTH HIM TO VERIFY HIS FIGURES AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. A I AN TANNER HAS NO AD DI TI ONAL C0:1M T.S (iN S I G ETI NG 14/2 5Z FEB RJWZNJ