PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .. 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION$ 0 Was Balloon 3 ltb.r 61 Ephrata, Washington o Probably Balloon I-3.-DA_T_E_-TI_M_!_G_R_O_U -------+-L-T_Y_P_E-OII_O_I-SE_R_V_A_T-10-M--------I O Poui bly Balloon -l 2ll.J.8 0 Was Aircraft .... D Grounci-VIsual 0 Ground-Radar Probably Aircraft :;; u AI,. Vlel D Air Intercept Radar D Yo II Probably Astronomical l:) No ~1ilita.ry 0 Polbly A ronomlcal D Insufficient ate fer Ewo uation IRII, SUMMA.Y OP IIOHTINO S ze pea 11. COMMENTS 0 S changing white to red, continuous light unti azimuthfm the observer suggests tbat disappearance. Observed in level postion at it was probab~ planet Venus. o'clock. Disappeared on horizon at 2 o'c~oa tnesses' location and altitude planet Objt appeared stationary. Spokane center c have been just on horizon and a.nd confirmed a target was in contact moving atmospheric refract ion could have been r apidly to IDi, suggesting objt moving away responsible for illusion of motion and g iving no apparent az movement. No break up caused c olor change. It i s believed or diminishing in intensity was noted prior that objt reported by radar ,.,as not to, QSf l. ~! ittie d estiJn.ated a t not related to vi~ual sighting other 1050 knots by Spokane Cencer. than by possible cause of both being due to atmospheric refraction. The objt of this sighting wa s probably planet ATJC FORM 329 (Jt&Y 21 S&P 12) CZCSCC183ZC~YD663 FM SPOKANE AIR DEFENSE SECTOR LARSON AFB WASH TO RJWFAL/HQ ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWZBH/25 AIRDIV MCCHORD AFB WASH RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHC/H~ U ~AF AFCIN IBI WASH 25 DC RJElHQ/5EC OF. AIR FORCE SAFIS WASH 25 DC RJWFAL/CINCNORAD NINT FNT AFB COLO RJEDSO/COSMATIC AFCIN 4A WRIGHT PATTERSON AF~ OHIO RJEZBF/PROJECT ~PACW TRACK L G HANSCOM FIELD BEDFOP.D MASS UNCLAS FROM SPOIN 453. FOR INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT UFO POSSIBLE MO~JE DUST 1. A. ROUND C. CHANGING WHITE TO RED F. CONTINUANCE LIGHT UNTIL DISAPPEARA~JCE PAGE TWO RJWZGS 8A I. APPEARED STATIONARY RELATIVE INTESITY OF LIGHT REMAINED UNIFO~M UNTIL DISAPPEARANCE. 2. A. NORMAL LOOKOUT D. APPEARED STATIONARY E. INSTANTANEOUSLY Fe SEVEN MINUTE5 E. A. AIRBORN VISUAL AND RADAR B. NO AIDS c. T-33 AIRCRAFT NO. 2~549 MCCHORD 33,022-FT 260 DEGREES MC 210 K INDICATED MARCH 1961 5w 12NM NORTH OF EPHRATA VOR B. MILLAR GIC, RCAF CAPTAIN, USAF PAGE THREE RJWZG~ SA ~5TH AIR DIVI3ION, HQ RELIABILITY GOOD 7. -. CLEAR c. CEILING HIGH OCST D. VIS.50 MILES E. CLOUD COVER TOPS 27,000 CIRRUS G. GRADIENT I SOTHERMAL 8. MOON DU3T ALERT 11 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER APPARENT VALID SIGHTING PO IBLE SATELLITE VEHICLE REENTRY. 12 . SPOKA~lE CENTER CONFIRMED RADAR RETURN. RADAR SPEED ESTIMATZD AT 1 050 KNOTS. TARGET MOVING NORTHWEST VERY RAPIDLY. ~4/0807Z MAR RJWZGS eECUfUTY C1 Aeii'ICA" I .JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIRD Sl'.fCa B~LOr ll.MUJfaD I'Oa. COM.N.UHICifTIOH CDITU Plti:CIED.NC:. TYPIE NeG (Cllll) ACCOUNTING INPO JtOtr.Llii AF ORIG. OR RK .. KRe TO C' AeeiP'ICATION 01' RE ... IIatCII ePIECIAL INeTaUC IION8 ATIC W-P APB LARSON AFB WASH If J}f Z;/ ;j/ 25TB Alli)IV, McCHORD AFB WASH lf~W Z 8 f:l SPOKANE AIR DEh'NSE SEC'roR. YOUR MSG SPOIN 453, DID 4 MAR 61, REQ CLARIFICATION OF ITEMS 2A THROUGH 2F, AND ITEM E. REFERENCE PAR 15 w TYPE'sl~J!~-: ~iLr,:lif(~J) ~L T/~(o, Jl am Major :;:" lT!ent ~/" v " SCUIIUTY C L A3SIFICATION ~ Col onel, v'"SAF UNCLASSIFIED Deputy for Science a nd Cumponeats REJILACU DD ~ORM 17a. I OCT .... WHICH WILL a UeKD UNTIL EXHAUeTKD FO LLO t! I l'J G I1JFCRLlA TION lv \ .. vL'J C Lt'l R I F I CAT I 0 : J. l") TGP ..... T,f'TJT7 t . V\J l~IU r .. zir:urH