PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 27 Feb 61 Yuma, Arizona 3. DATETIME GROUP ._ TYPE Of OBSERVATION 0 Was Aircraft Local 1041 D Ground-Visual ~ Ground-Radar Probalaly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft S. PHO'fOS -~ SOU 0 Was Astronomi col 7. LENGTH Ofi.OISERVATION I. NUMIEI OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Probably Astronomicol 0 Possibly Astronomical H Other Poss Cha,ff 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 1 hr 48 r.dn 1~ BRIEfiW~ARYOfiSICHTINGSimjl~ o cka~:J -u . l~.~C~O E~N~T~S~S~i~g t~iD~-~g~w~a~s d~e~o;n~ly o~n Gradually lost altitude, very slow moving. radar. FTD radar specialists indicate Gradually faded. Rate of descent--aprox 300' that most plausible explanation is that per minute. a chaff drop was being conducted. ATJC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Memo (ArCUI-41), 19 Apr 61, Requeat for lleview la/Mr. Bryant/jc/74201) T01 MCD4K (MaJ ftiend) 1. The repo~t datecl 14 Apr 61 Aaclel'aoa Ul baa inaufftcient ift formation wblch to baae AQ avaluattoa. l'or le, "Deacrip ....... of fliabt path Maauwra of objeet" ia inclicatad "If/A", ancl ra1lp of the taqet la llGt lift 2. bpol't 17 Web 61 baa evalaatecl evaluatioa 1Dcl te that ider1D1 apee4 of taraet, a reaotry llody (or .. taortte) ta about. the onl7 peaaibllit7 lf taraat a real. ib abllor.ally lara ai .. of blip la aot la 1 witb t of tarset, Alla.olOU8 propaaatlon or aqui,..nt lfunctioo are other poaaibillUea. Check abould ba .ada of t sDclea to deterine if reeatry body or metaol'ltea r iD area. ;).. EvaluatloD of report 864th ACW S'i ~ YWDA, Aria., dated 28 Jeb 61. ... -tndlcat cbaff drop ia -oat plauaible explaaati Check of Air Pore actlvltlea tor polble ff exerclae could be made. Acttn1 Chief ZCZC~Q? fi SQ CQYD524 ZNR ZOV RJtTZS U CZCSUB838ZCJBA5~2 CZCJBA50~BJA~25 RJEZHQ RJEDSQ RJWAFL DE RJtJZJBJ 5 F~l e64TH ACWSQ U~I1C AU:{ AIR STATIO[~ YUMA ARIZONA TO RJEZHQ/HO USAF HASHINGTON 25 DC RJZZHQ/~ECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE NA~HINGTON 25 DC RJWFAL/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/AIR TECH~1ICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTER~OfJ AFB OliiO RJWZJB/LOS A~JGELES AD: NORTON AFB CALIF UNCLAS FRON 86400? 28-D-01. FOR AFCIN, ~;AFI~, ADOitJ; ATIC, LAOIN. UFO REPORT. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: ~at ~IMILIAR TO CHAFF DROP ({ti~ NEGATIVE *E~ NEGATIVE 1R} NEGATIVE tT~ NEGATIVE {<Y).. NEGATIVE tu~ BENT AND HEAVIN ~I~ NEGATIVE to1 NEGATIVE B. DE.SCRIPTION OF COUR . OF OBJECT: to~ UNUSUAL DISPLAY, POSITIO:J, SPEED, A.JD HEIGHT 13,20~ FEET R~ GRADUALLY LO: T t\LTITUDZ, VERY ~LOU !10VJ G f<T} GRl\D UALLY FADED. ~y~ ONE HOUR AND FO~TY EIGHT t-iir~UTE:S C. i:A:\JnZR OF PAGE TWO RJ WZJBJ 5 tlCAAS, YU11A, ARIZONA F. IDENTIFYING I NFORMATION 0~ OBSERVERS : {Qp NEGATIVE tH~ .PAUL E. REUTER, AI2C 864TH ACT.J30 , VERY RELIABLE, ,ORRIS ROYSTER, CAPT., 8~4T~I ACWsc, VERY RELIABLE G. WEATHER AND tJINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT T~t:lE AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS: yO~ GOOD EPNPPPAE?T;:TP~ TPijPPPAWit;~RTV IPNPPAU.~GATIVE 'd CLEAR ~R9 CLEAR ~T_). NONE ~v,.. NONE fU TO DEGRES H. NONE g . ~lONE J. NONE K. COt1MENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: POSITION TITLE: SENIOR DIRECTOR. WHErl THE OBJECT HA: f-IRST PICKED UP ON THE t1P~;-14 THE PRE~:ENTATION APPEARED THE SAt1E AS TH/\T OF A S INGLE AIRCRAFT. DUE TO THE SLOtJ SPEZD, IT HAS. !lfOUGHT TO BE A BALLOON, !!O':JEVER, THE PRESENTI\TIOtJ BEGJ\N TO BREAK UP c ANI> BECA~1E DIFFUSED AT A?PRO:-: n lATELY. l 12,00 0 FEET. ALTHOUGH THE - OEJE9T WAS [lOVING AT ONLY 2~ KNOTS , IT LEFT J\ TRAIL OF DI FFUSE ECHOES ;~TENDING BEHIND ~ND SLf\NTING DO~JNUARD, SI~liLIAR TO A ST REAtl OF CHAFF. THE RATE OF DESCEND WAS APPRO~I~1ATELY 300 FEET PER ~liNUTE. THE ENTIRE ECHO BECAME DIFFUSE AND DESCENDED AT THE ABOVE RATE UNTIL CONTACT t~AS LOST. THIS OFFICER DURING EIGHT YEARS E::"PERIENCE IN AC&W DUTY HAS NOT ENCOUNTERED A SIMILIAR PRESENTATION T.JITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHAFF DROPPED FR01'1 BALLOONS IN A.LASKA. L. NEGATIVE