sr~ ~at MA)JCH fJ'*I'btJs 7 I t?Gt ... Al";TIJN : CIN-1 7 OOP- 2 , OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3, DIA- 2 ?.CHQC322ZCYJ:512 ?? RJEZ HQ n~ RJEDNU 12 ~ r~ CHANUTE T~CH TNG CEN ATC CHA~UTE AFB ILL TO RJUFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/A'fiC 'J?A~B OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ us;~ WASH 25 D C HQ/0SAF Jo~SH 2 5 D C U._lCt A S OSD 8 C 'Page l of 4 THE FOLLO~ING REPORT IS S~3~ITTD IN ACCO~DANC WITH AFR 200-2, ?ARAGRA?H 15: A. DISCR!PT I:~ C~ OBJECT Cl) CIGA~ !'J ROUND AT DIFFERENT TIMES (2) ONE r::r.~ -HE SIZE Or THE SUN <3> CHANGE ~TNf Hit'U81 lu.l'I04 . VI ld iB t MNI .. Page 2 of 11 PAGE T '.II 0 R JED N U 1 2 1 (7) LONGER DI NTI ON AT TIMES WHEN ELONGED <CIGAR) AND WAS APPROXIMATELY FO~R TIMES ROUND DIAMETER. B. DISCRIPTICN OF COURSE <1> CHANGE NOTICING ( 2) 15 DEG~EES ABOVE HOR I:ONa WNW <280DEGREES) OF CAFB>~ ILLo (3) 75 DEC?~ES ABOVES HOR:ZON; ~EST <270DREGEES) OF CAFB ILL (4) FIRS7 S~2N AS ROUND 03JECT GOING EITHER AWAY OR TO~ARD CH~N~7~ AFB; THEN ELC~1GATED GOING NORTH; SHORTENED AND DISAPPEARED L?'4ARD <EASTWARD ?ROBABLY): REAPPEARED TWO MINUTES LATER GOING SOUTHWARD IN ELONGATED FORM; SHORTENED AGAIN AND DISAPPEARED UPWARDo (5) u!SAPPEARED IN ABOU7 10 SECONDS C6) TOTAL Or MINUTES C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION (1) GROUND J:SUAL (3) AN OVERrZ~J B-47 WAS SIGHTED ABOUT 30,00 FT BY T-33 fYPE ACFT, AF JET 14337, CLIMBING NORTH WESTERLY TP 22,000 FT FROM HO.~::: e!~3 Cr CnANUTE. DEP AR f M~NT OF THE AIR FO~EE STAFF MESSAGE B~ANCH D. Tll~E At:D DATE OF SIGHTING E. !_OC;TIO'' CF OBSERVER (1) "LL G~JUND SIGHTI~l3S FROM CHANUTE AF3 AND AJACENT VILLAGE OF RANTOUL, ILL. AiRBO~NE OBSERVATION OF B- 47 ABOUT 15 MILES WZAT OF CAFB. F. luENTl? Y:'lG INfORMATION ON OBSERVATERS. AIR POL IC ALL CO. IS IDERE:D R EL IABL. G. JEHTHER AND WINDS (l) CLEArt A3C L. RINEHART, AIR POLICE SO. (5) SCA77: J CONITIONS <7) SURFACE TEMP Or PLUS l 0C. WITH GRADIANT Or - 2 DEGREES PER ?A~E FOUR RJEDNU 121 T:iCUSAND OF ~LTITUOE. 1-L 'lC'JE D~ARTMtNT OF THE AI~ FOitCC STAFF MESSAGE SR~(H UNClASS1HtD ~USAC:c J. SEE PARAGRAPH C <3) ABOVE K. PREPARING OFFICER BELIEVES GROUND SIGHTING WAS A B- 47 ABOVE RE~SRRED TO ~ITH THE SUN LIGHTING IT AND A SHORT CONTRAIL AS HE Pa~e 4 o f lJ. HAS EXPRIE~CED THIS PHENO~!NA WHILE A B- 47 PILOT FOR FOUR YEARS. PNE3ZNTLY ASSIGNED AS DESIGN ENGINEER, CHANUTE BASE CIVIL ENGINEERING. 22/ 2200Z MAR RJEDNU