Pacificcoast — September 1961

Category: 1961  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1961-09-8680608-PacificCoast.pdf
Keywords: rjwzsba, ethan, rswppg, georef, clutter, calif, rowzaw, cirvis, rfemvb, canairdef, interference, measured, vairlntercopt, unclassiiuo, rjwzsxp, cincnoraj, comwestseaf, jncic, onflagpac, jliizbri, rjwza, sfads, alcop, suat1itted, ccacft
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSiONS Fa:::ifi.:; 0 Wos Balloon 0 Probably DATE T IME GROUP 4. TYPE Of OI SERVATION Ground-Vlsuol 0 GroundRodor 0 Woe Aircraft Probably Ai r craft C..VAirlntercopt 0 Pos s iWy Aircraft 0 Ai r- Vi euol 0 Wos Astrono ml c ol Yea 0 P robably A stronoml col Possi bl y Astronomlcol 1. L E NGTH Oft OISUVATION NUMBER Oft OBJECTS COURSE 0 0 In euffl c iont Dato for Evoluotion 0 Unlcnown BRIEl' SUMMARY Oft SIGHTING A'I'IC POJtM 329 (JtltV 26 lltP 52) -"DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCf STAFF MFSSAGc SRANCn UNCLASSIIUO MESS~ ACTION: CIN-17 INFO : ARMY-2, NAVY-2, CMC-8, JCS-35, OSD-15, OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 (104) ZE ZC :iQC 9iJ 5 ZC QJC2 56 DE RJWZSBA 3 KM 5 52ND AE~ C :4G MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF TO RJWZSXP/28NR ~AMILTON AF3 CALIF HJ'JfAL/CINCNORAJ :::NT ArB COLO RSWPPG/COMWESTSEAF~ON T~ASURE ISLAND CALif RJEZHL/COfS USAf WASH DC RfEMVB/CANAIRDEf ST HUBERT MO~TREAL CANADA RC'.JNCIC ONFLAGPAC :::S~i.. ~t,1AL T PC CANADA INF 0 ~JliiZBri/2 5NR r:c: I.{O~D AfB '..fASH RJWZA~/SfADS BEALE AF3 CALIF /UriCLAS/520IN 1668 . f OR 2 8NC PASS TO ALCOP AND COC. POST LANDING CIRVIS REPORT. CIRVIS REPORT SUat1ITTED BY ADv&CCACFT ETHAN 43, DTG 271650Z, IS AMPLIFIED AS fOLLOWS: AT APPROX 271557Z, RADAR OPERATOR SIGHTED FIVE OBJECTS ON HIS COPE. FOUR 03JECTS WERE HDG 090 DEG f1AG; OTHER OBJECT WAS dDG O:iO DEG t1AG. OBJECTS ~!ERE l10VING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DISAPPEARED INTO SEA CLUTTER.THREE MINUTES LATER, TWO OBJECTS HOG 070 DEG t1AG, MOVED ACROSS SCOPE, AND DISAPPEARED INTO SEA CLUTTER. SPEED Of ONE OBJECT \vAS MEASURED AT 1800 KTS OVER A .vHILE THESE TWO OBJECTS WERE ON THE SCOPE, A ";L GLE STATIONARY OBJECT APPEARED. AFTER RENAINING STATIONARY FOR OEPAinMENT OF THE AI~ FOACf STA" MfSSAG lflANOI U...C:lAISIMO ...._. ~ {27 sipN6f) q~J ARMY-2, NA MC-8 ZCHQA611ZCQJA866 ' ' ' '' YY RJEZHQ DE ROWZAW 85 FM ETHAN 43/AFI2 TO RFEMVB/CANAIRDEF RCWNC/CANFWAGPAC RSWPPG/COMWETSEAFRON RJWFALBICINCNORAD RJWZSBI COMDR 28 T H AD IV RJEZHQ/COFS USAF OSD .. l5, NSA-7, CIRVIS REPORT RADAR RETURN HEADING 265 DEGREES IN A DJKK 1059 SPEED 60 KNOTS DETECTING UNUSUAL RADAR RETURNS SURROUNDING AREA OBJECT BLIP RETURN I~DICATION VERY HIGH SPEED OBJECT POSSIBLE RADAR INTERFERENCE NOTE : Advance copy del to CIN and OOP-CP at 1243, 27 Sep 61. 27/1628Z SEP ROWZAW STAFF Mf.SSAGc BRANCH UNCLASSIIW> Ml$SAtl PAAGE TWO RJWZSBA 3 APPROX TWO MINUTES, IT MOVED ON A MAG HDG OF 265 DEG FROM GEOREF DJLL1010 TO DJKK1059 AT A MEASURED SPEED OF SIXTY KTS. THIS OBJECT WAS LOST IN THE SEA CLUTTER AT APPROX 1610Z. RADAR WAS APS-95 STABILIZED ON GEOREF DJHX3045. OBJECTS COULD ONLY BE PAINTED WITH IFF ON. WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH NO TEMPERATURE INVERSION. ACFT ALT WAS 16000 FT. CHECK OF IFF EQPT INDICATES THAT IF SIGHTING WAS CAUSED BY INTERFERENCE, IT MUST HAVE COME FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE. ONLY KNOWN TRAFFIC IN AREA WAS SEVEN UNITS OF USN PHIBRGN FIVE C2 LSD, 3 APA, 2 AKA) WHICH WERE VISUALLY SIGHTED BY ETHAN 43 AT 1824Z; SHIPS WERE AT GEOREF DJLK3000 EN ROUTE FROM FT LEWIS, WASH, TO SAN DIEGO CALIF, WHEN SIGHTED. 27/2257Z SEP RJWZSBA NOTE: ADV CYS DEL T O OOP-CP & CI N (28004 0R), REF NOT IDENTIFIED I N SMB