PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a 3135N 12720W o Was Balloon W of Guadalupe Island o Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon . Local--2344 , D Ground-Vtsuol 0 Ground-Radar g ~:.'b!~a;rt.~croft GMT 1-:: U~=~:::::======---1-.--IJ. AI .. Vi.,al D Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft D Probably Astronomical 7. LINOTH OP.OIIIRYATION r~"--------LO Possibly Atronomlcal I. NUMIIR Of' OBJECTS 9. COURSE i:ti Other Prob Satel] :fte, Insufficient Dcrto for Evaluation D Unlcnawn 110. IRIIfl 011 SIGHTING.Bright white, round, si:A,~Il. COMMENTS Characteristics of satellite, shaped objt size of BB pellet at azs&as length whitish color, in sight 6 min. Constant appearing as satellite on 090 heading ob-speed and direction toNE aprox 04o served from 5 above horizon passing left tor a}t Request for satellite info not in front of a/c observed for 90 arc in 6 min, received; however in absence of con-' disappearing 35 above h orizon. Nor picked tradictory info, probably satellite. up on radar. ATIC PORM 329 (JIKV 2 SaP 52) DEPARTMENT OF rH! ArR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DMSION ( CJNCLA511Pl!D MESSAGl . INCOMING rNFe : , SAFS-3 oP-2 ooP-cP-1 ARMY-30 NAVY-50 JCS-35 OSD-15 NSA-7 CIA-11 CMC-6 ... CHQD606ZCQJA358 '''''YY RJEZHQ NR ZFD ROWZAW ''~'YY RFEMVB RCWNC RBWPPG RJWFALB RJWZSB RJEZHQ E ROWZAV 70 "M ETHAN 37/ AF 12 CO RFEMVB/ CANA IRDEF CWNC/CANFLAGPAC 9t.~PPG/ CoMWESTSEAFRON ~JWFALBICINCNORAD ~JWZSBI CbMDR 28TH ADIV JEZHQI COFS USAF 5IGHTED SINGLE OBJECT OF STARLIGHT BRILLIANCE AND SIZE POSSIBLE SATTI- lLITE FIRST SIGHTED AT 0744Z 5 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON LOST SIGHT 0751Z >5 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON RANGE AND ALT UNKNOWN POSITION OF ETHAN37 5135N 12720W HEADING 310 DEGREES ALT 90 DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF OBJECT j0 DEGREES SPEED UNKNOWN OBJECT IN SIGHT 6 MIN APPROX NEG RADAR ~rc~UP MDC ADZ ~JO TRFC I~J AREA AT THE TIME NOTE : Advance copies delivered t o CIN and OOP-CP at 131308Z 13 Feb 61 . 3/0834Z FEB ROWZAW TO RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFa COLO RBWPPG/COI-:WESTSEAFRON SAtJ FRANCISCO CALIF RJWZSBI28NORAD REGION HAMILTON AFB C~LIF RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC RFEMVB/CANAIRDEF ST HUBERT MONTREAL CANADA RCWNC/CONFLAGPAC EWAUIMATT BRITISH COLUMBIA :IRVIS REPORT SUBMITTED BY ETHAN 37 AT APPROXIMATElY 130800Z CANCELLED. UFO REPORT WILL EE SUBMITTED~ . 14/0050Z FEB RJWZSBA C!PARI'M!NT Qp. 1H1 All POICI STAPP DIVISION AC'l'ION ~ CIN-14 INFO : SAFS-3 564ZCQJC159 . PP RJEZHQ DE RJWZSBA 4 FM 552AEWCONWG MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWZSB/28AIRDIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS WASHINGTON DC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASHINTON DC /UNCLAS/520IN 0272. FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN, FOR OSAF PASS TO SAFIS. UFO REPORT. THE FOLLO'JIING UFO REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN PRESCRIBED BY AFR 200-2. A. (1) ROUNDISH -STAR SHAPED (2) 88 PELLET (3) BRIGHT WHITE (9) APPEARED TO BE A SATELLITE THE FORMAT D!PAWTM!NT OP. AIR STAPf MESSAGI DMSION Page 2 of 4 Pages PAGE T\~0 RJ\"ZSBA 4 B. Cl) OBJECT FIRST APPEARED TO BE AN AIRCRAFT BANKING-THEN REALIZED THAT THIS APPEARANCE t1AS CAUSED BY ITS RAPID MOVEMENT IN RELATION T~ THE STARS (2) 30 DEGREES LEFT OF NOSE OF OBSERVERS AIRCRAFT. 5 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON. TRACKING 090 DEGREES. (3) 15 DEGREES LEFT OF NOSE OF OBSERVERS AIRCRAFT. 35 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. C4> STRAIGHT TRACK OF APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES. (5) IT CEASED TO EMIT LIGHT. SKY ABOVE t~AS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR . (6) APPROXIMATELY 6 MIN UTES. C. (1) VISUAL ONLY. AEt~&C AIRCRAIT, US NAVY PICKET VESSEL, AND COASTAL AC&1~ SEARCH RADARS HAD NO RADAR CONTACT. (3) RC-121 CAE~&C CONSTELLATION) CALL SIGN ETHAN 37 -9~00 ALT !TUDE -HOME BASE f1CCLELLAN AFB CALIF. (2) NIGHT -CLEAR D!PMr'M!NT Qp. M AIR STAFJI MESSAGE DMSION Page 3 of 4 PAGE THREE RJ~4ZSBA 4 (2) DUPRIEST, JOHN F -CAPT -965 AE11&C SQDN -AIRCRAFT COMMANDER CMATURE CONSCIENTIOUS INDIVIDUAL> MARCHMAN, RONALD T -SSG -965 AEW&C SQDN -AIR SURVEILLANCE TECHNICIAN CYOUNG BUT CERTAIN OF HIS OBSERVATION> G. C1> BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUD DECK -TOPS ESTIMATED AT 4000 FEET CLEAR AND BRIGHT ABOVE -THE MOON DIDNT RISE UNTIL APPROX-- IMATELY 1300Z -TYPICAL PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA \a7EATHER- (3) BELOW OBSERVERS AIRCRAFT C 4 > UN L IM I TED (5) BROKEN TO OVERCAST I. CHECKED WITH ALL MILITARY SEARCH RADARS IN THE AREA -NEGATIVE RADAR CONTACT. J. DID NOT CORRESPOND l~ITH ANY KNOWN AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC. NO INFORMA-T QP M All P01C1 STAPP MESSAGE DMSION PAGE FOUR RJWZSBA 4 !ION ON BALLOON RELEASES. K. 552 AEW&C WING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. I BELIEVE THE OBSERVERS DID PER CHANCE SEE A SATELLITE IN ORBIT. HO\~EVER, THIS OFF ICE DOES NOT HOLD TRAJECTORY DATA.TO ALLOt~ TENTATIVE CONFIRMATION. BOTH OBSERVERS STATED THEY HAVE OBSERVED ECHO I ON FOUR OR FIVE, OCCASIONS AND THAT THIS OBJECT HAD EVERY APPEARANCE OF A SATELLITE IN ORBIT. 15/0 110Z FEB R J1JJ Z SB A JOINT MESSAGEFORM SECURITY CLAS.II"ICATION U~JCY.ASSIFIED SPACE! BELOII' RI!SBRYI!D POR COltfMUNICATION Cl!NTBR . PRECEDENCE TYPE M!IQ (Chul) ACCOUNTING ORIQ, OR Rl:fi'I!:R!I TO CLASSI ... ICATION 01" RI:,..IUti:NCI: BOOK MULTI SINOU ACTION f:rCU'Il.~B 9fti!CIAL INSTRUCTION ATIC YP AFB DlfC' s/AFClN-l;i2c 3 .... [/6 L ~\YCDl-l~E2x TYPED ( &r Jtt~mptti) NAME AND TITLE W TYPED NAME AND TITLE (Sil,rrt~IN'' i/ r~quindJ E . I PHONE " " I PAGE I NR. 0, 1 ~ I ~CU~,,.... c~ \Ssr ?"ICA noN R ;a} Ofial. uS~7 Dep.lty tor SoieDoe aad FORM 1 7 3 RIE,.LACD DD P'ORM 17S. I OCT WHICH WILL BK USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED zc GP2~sezcsQG762ZCQYC452 Rn F\JEIJOO D~JT.!ZsBA 10 Fl1 552 AEr,,J COJ.J '.JG r1CCLELLP,N AFE CALIF TO I'~TIC t~!HIGHT PI\TTERSON AFl~ OHIO , FOR AFCII,l-4. YOUR rtZS:)AGE AFCIN-4~2;~ 3-1 31, 1 HARCH 1961. HEADING OF t!ITNESS AIRCR.'\FT DURING TI;~Z OF :~IGHTI:,JG ~JA'."' 31~ DEGREES , THREE HUfJDRED ftND T E. l DEGREES iv;J\GI!ETIC. 02/12352 I1AR RJWZSBA