PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONClUSIONS .. 0 Was Balloon 16 Feb 61 W A7t.~T t C. 0 Proltaltly Balloo" Pasilal Y Ball eo" Local-2245 0 GroUft ... Vi ual 0 Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 0 P roltalal y AIrcraft 5:~GjitMff.TffiilF7::0:::::3:::4:::::5:Z========--hr.iRDWAI,. Visual 1 Air Intercept Raclar D Po I W Y AIrcraft I 5. D Was Astntnoml col 0 ProltoWy Astronomlcol D Poeeilaly Astronoftllcol L NUMBER 0, OBJECTS 9. COURSI! D Other--~---~-7. LENGTH O,.OISIRVATION 10. IRIIP SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING Unusual radar track. bnolitiBlly large blip as caapared to regular returns. Speed of objt estimated about knots, 3 paints of radar. Appeared 270 ic heading (azimuth). Disappeared 270 ic heading. Slight arc. Faded to w. ATIC PORM 329 (RIEY 21 I&P 52) .. lftsufficlettt D '-r Evaluation D Unlcnowwt n. coMMINTSQbjt was observed for 1- on radar, with no visual sighti.Dg usde. Speed of objt was reported to be 4500 knots. ObJt was apparently seen on a mag heading of 270 and it disappeared on this same heading. What elevation upon appearing and disappearing was not reported. In view of absence of pert. info, this report is evaluated as Insufficient Data of ftt.alat ,... ... of objeet te IMleatM u ,.,,.., nap .._1_ -..l,...c Ml'-ctt an etber blli or IMdtaa wen ia ... 3. halat. of n,at tn. tla IJ:tl It !Willa, Al-ia., cia 21 61, lDIIl ... eMff dn, u ... c 'laulble esplautl. Claeck of Al&- DEPARTMENT OF TH! AIR FORC! STAFf MESSAGE DIVISION Wfo.ASSIPl!O M!SSAGl .. INCOMING INFO : OOP-2~ OOPCP.l~ . . ~AFS-3 . . . FM J{g'' ~51AEWCONWG OTIS AFB MASS TO RJWFAUADC ENT AFB COLO , RJEZSN/26AIRDIVSAGE HANCOCK FLD NY RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH D C RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASH D C ACTION, ADC, 26 ADIV CSAGE>, ATIC, AFCIN, SAFIS. UFO REPORT PER PARAGRAPH 15, AFR 200-2, UFO SIGHTING IS REPORTED AS FOLLOWSI. A. OBJEcr DESCRIPTION C 1 > .UNUSUAL RADAR TRACK C2> /AB- NORMALLY LARGE BLIP AS COMPARED TO REGULAR SIGNAL RETURNS (3) NOT APPLICABLE (4) ONE Cl). <S) NONE (.S) ~ONE {7) NONE C8) NONE (9) SPEED OF OBJECT ::5TIMATED ABOUT 4,50~ KNOTS, 3 PAINT S ON RADAR. Be C 1) L ARl1E SI2.2 A.~jD ;_:!i:'311Al. SPEED <2) 270 DEGREES MAGNETIC HEADING <AZ n 1UTH) ( 3 ) 270 MAGNE:TIC HEADING ( 4 ) ~IGHT ARC (5) FADED TO r;~ DEPARTMENT OP: TH! AlR FORC! STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION ~C\ASS.fi!D M.ESSAO. I N .C 0 M I N G Page. 2 of 2 PAGE TWO RJEZDG 4~ . . C. C 1 > AIR/ ELECTRONIC A.PS-95-, C2) NO VISUAL SIGHTING MADE . DATE-TIME GROUP 170345Z C2> NIGHT . LOCATION: 36 DEGREES COMMANDER eAPT HENRY R. B ILZ. OBSERVERS: ROBERT J; SIMKO, SSGT, .. RADAR CREW CHIEF; JOHN C. BASARAB~ AlC, RADAR OPERATOR; ROBERT ~. FRAN~, A2C RADAR TECHNICIAN. ALL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO . 960 AEW&CON SQ . ALL OBSERVERS CONSIDERED HIGHLY QUALIFIED. _ \ G. WEATHER AND WINDS: Cl) CLOUD DECK UNDERNEATH, CLEAR ABOVE . (2) WIND DIRECTION; 310 DEGREES AT 50 KNOTS AT AIRCRAFT ALT- ITUDE, JET STREAM A LOn- IN AREA POSSIBLE 15 0-180 KNOTS AND . .. 399 DEGREES AT 30,000 FT. (3) ON TOP OF CLOt.mS, BASES 4,000 FT, . . .. TOPS 7090 FT . C4> UNLIMITED (5) BROKEN, SCATTERED, SIX-TENTHS . . .. COVER (.6) NEGATIVE. H. NEGATIVE KNOWN I. NO INTERCEPT ACTION -:.-; INVOLVED. _J. NONE K. MAJO~ KEITH H. MOREHOUSE, WING INTELLI:.: .,;.-.GENCE OF~I~R. REPORT SUBMITTED FOR POSSIBLE RELEVANCE TO ~NY -- KNOWN ATMOSPERIC REENTRY. 1. NONE. 17/1955Z FEB RJEZDG