PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Spri,.,,..pield, !vhssachusetts o Prabat.l, Bolloon 3. OATETIME GROUP ._ TYPE 0' OISERVATIDN 0 Wa1 Aircraft .local XXGreunci-VIsual 0 GrounciAoclar D Proltaltl1 Alrcroft 0 PassiWy Aircraft GMT 0 AI,.VI.,ol 0 Air-Intercept Rodar )I:: ProltoW, Astrenol'ftlcol 0 Yes 0 Po .. tbl, Astrenomlcol .-TH 0' OISEVATION I. NUMI!R Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE! D Othe'----- -- "v ft JJ Insufficient D.te t.r Evaluation 0 UnlcnoWft 10. IRII' SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTINGBluish-white, cylindri- COMMENTSObJt was moving E cal object with reddish, cone-like tail. ObJt \nts reptd to be landing at about this seemed high. No sound heard. Sighted directly time toward E. Objt was lst observed overhead at 090. Disappeared instantaneously. overhead ; no sound heard. Ii' obJt \.ra.s ~igh and E in a straight, non-arcing path. B-52, witness should have heard it. Fro ATIC PORM 329 (REV 21 BltP 52) of objt was rcptd to be bluish-white, wrtlch, could have been landing lights ( vrhich w" ~ e 1 turned on}shining on haze and smoke prc3~nt at time. Nevertheless, absence of sound and short duration tends to rule out pos - ibility of objt being B-52 as this a/c c~n be heard when landing, especially if it ~ss passes overhead. Ob; ~ was urv~blv v v lfteatf!LltKt ~xta. PP RJEZHQ RJE2SN RJEDSQ RJWFAL FM 57AIRDIV WESTOVER AFB MASS ! TO RJWFALIADC ENT AFB COLO RJEZSN/26AIRDIV HANCOCK FLD NY RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO _,,. RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASH DC UNCLAS 99DCOI 1651. USAFJ CFOR AFCIN>, OSAF CFOR SAFis> . REF~RENCE AFR.210-2, PARAGRAPH 15 A DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (1) CYLINDRICAL -CONE -LIKE TAIL C2) UNKNO (3) LEAD PART -BLUISH WHITE, WITH REDDISH TAIL PAGE TWO RJEXDH 367 CS> NO SOUND (9) SEEMED HIGH Cl> ATTRACTED BY LIGHT 191 DEGREE AZ DIRECTLY OVERHEAD HIGH AND EAST (4) STRAIGHT, NOT ARCING INSTANTLY TO EAST 23 SECOND APPROX KQL GROUND VISUAL Cl) APPROX 2331 Z S FEB 61 MACHINIST -SMITH AND WESUON PAGE THREE RJEXDH 36,7. ,_ (1) CLEAR AND DARK C2> SURFACE -CALM, 6-335 DEGREE I 15K 11-33~ DEGREE/25K 3~-070 DEGREE/ 1ZK 603g0 DEGREtS/31K C.3) UNLIMITED C4> 'HAZE AND SMOKE J. AIR TRAFFIC MODERATE, WITH SOME B-52S RETURNING TO HOME STATION FROM AN EXERCISE K LT J.N. BERINSTEIN INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 99 BOMB WING, WESTOVER AFB t W ArB RAPCON REVEALS THAT A a-52 STARTED PENETRATION FROM ~1i' AT 23192 AND MANEUVERED FOR LANDING, TOUCHING D9WN ALL OCCURRING AT AN EASTERLY BREARING CAPTAIN T SWEARINGIN, A/C OF SAID AIRCRAFT, TURNED ON HIS TERRAIN LIGHTS AT THIS TIME HE ALSO COMMENTED THAT IT WAS A VERY PAGE FOUR RJZXDH 367 CLEAR NIGHT BUT SAW NOTHING 1 "/2138Z FEB RJEXDH