Bermuda — August 1962

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOC.\TIOH 12. CONCLUSIONS Wos B o l l ocm Probably Balloon Po!ls l bly Balloon 3. DATi!TIM! G~OUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH Ot= O:l~! RV ATIO~ a. ~UMBER Of OBJECTS 10. BRIEF SUMMAR~ OF SIGHTING 0 Ground-Radar 0 Aarh,rc&pt Radar 11. COMMENTS 0 Wos Ai rcroft 0 Probably Aircraft D Po ssi hi 1 Ai rcrolt 0 Wos Atronomi e a l Prouobly A strono1nieol D Pos:si bl 1 A s t ro n omical 0 In !iuffi c i ent Dot a for Evalua ti o n {'):":-~Unknown Ob:~orvers loo k ing to NtJst '2'i0 clgro Oh..i hs i t was stn.t:!.onary bu t OLltJtnc!:> not Uni'i0n t i f iPd o 1i'ullow object.;) wPr c dize o f not football .. ~rott''tl rang-r~ o.f vision. No cloucis. .'/hite eery brigh~ glowing objects . Sl1~ped like eg~, siz~ of footh~l l. Ov e r top o f r qdio toJ~r I'e~1aina d statlo11~ry for 10-1 5 n1ins . Disapp9ar d in 15-20 seconds after i t >tartcd to move .. Whil e stationat~y p08itio n d i d 110t chan in rel n t ir>nto 1 Dl:PA~r~.\~7'li 01= r 1r AI~ FOi~Ct ~ f AFF /1.\.S~u\G~ UR1\i'IL H ACTION: CIN-17 Page 1 O.l' 3 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3, DIA-10, DIA-CIIC-3 ( 37) CZCHQW457ZCTJA915 DE RULV BU 35 FN 1604 AaJ G KINDLEY AF B BERtl UD A 0 RU~J GAU AJ~ ENT AFB COL 0 UCDS GY AFSC '.JR I GHT PATTER SOiJ AFB OHIO RUEA HQ/CS~.r R UEAHQI OS,\r ':~'ASH DC U~:CLAS 1604HOPS 20-H-36. FOR AFSC ( FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION>, CSAF CAFCIN>, OSAF CSAFOI). UFO. THE FOLLOVING INFOR- tl.'\TION IS SU3I ITTED IN ACCCRDANCE HITH AFR 200-2, PARAGRAPH DESCRIPTIC:N OF THE OBJECT(S). Cl) OUT OF ROUND, APPROACHED SH.~PE OF AND EGG. (2) FOOTBALL. C3) VERY VERY BRIGHT GLO\J, UHITE. (Ll) O.JE. (5) tV i-. (S) N~lE (7) tJONE (8) NONE (9) DESCRIBED AS vERY VERY 3RIGHT. PARAGRAPH 14B, DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. Cl) RADIO CHIEF ANNOUNCER AND RQDIO STATIO~J 0\'JNER \JERE OBSEnVING TOP Or 150 FOar TADIO TO':JER UNDER ca.JSTRUCT!ON. AT T!ll EO OF OBSERVATION rlC:N \'JER STZNDING APFROXIMATELY 80 FOOT FR0t1 BASE OF TO\'JER, OBJECT ' U.'~S SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF LINE OF SIGHT, VERY HUGH. (2} f\PPROXIt1ATELY 7 0 DEGREES 70 ~CRIZON. (3) SAt IE ELEVATION ON HORIZON~ (4) ~10 l:l~"~EUV ERS. ~5) t~l OJED DIRECTLY EAST, DISAPPEARED FROr.I HORIZOll, AFTER OJJE . .:: STt~RTED T 0 ll OVE IT D ISAPPEARED I~l t\PPORXIt~!ATELY 15 TO 2 3 SECO:.!DS , JC:SCRIBED AS t10VING AT TRENENDOUS SPEED. (6) OBJECT RIJIA!NED S7..:..':IONARY 10 TC 15 t1INUTES, POSITION DID OT CHArlGE R:CLATIVE T O TOP OF RADIO T~fJER. PAHAGRf\PH 14C, [1ANNER OF OBSERVP.- TIOll~ ( 1) S.lOUND-VISUAL. C2) NO OPTICAL AIDS. (3) N/f\. PARf\- GR/\PH li;D T IME AND DATE 0.:;-SIGHTING . (1) 2100Z, 18 AUGUST 1962 (2) I3RIGit':~' J AYLIGHT. PARAG1 . .\PH 14E. HEST END OF BERNUDA. PARA- DOCKHILL, DEVO~SHIRE, BR OAJC.~STING COHPANY, BERi''1UDA. (~) INF OR- f1ATION RELIA3L, HITNESSED BY t~10RE THAN ON I~lDIVIDUAL. PARAGRAPH !14G .. (1) CLEAR THROUGH-OUT OBSERVJ\TION. (2) 220 t'1AG AT 10 KtJOTSo, SCATTERED. (6) SCATTERED TO';/ERING cur~lULOUS ALL AREAS, TOPS APPrtOX- IN f~T El. Y 2tJ, 0 '. (7) TEtl P~RAT UR E 83, D Et'J POINT 7 1 o PAR A 14 H NONE., l~I NCfJE. 14~ ::aj. 14!(. :1AJ0R UILLARD E. KREIDLER, 1604TH AB tJJG PLAiJS ~ .. !., IdTELLIGEt,JCE OFFICER. I~lVESTIGATION INDICATES 1 HERE UERE tJ 0 2ALL OONS OR OTHER TRAJECTORIES I N THE t\REA TH.~T COULD Page 3of 3 ?t\GE THr~EE RU:...V 3U 35 l:..X PL AI:~ T HESZ SIGHT ItJ GS. lLl L N OrJE ADD ED : LIR DR OADC!\ST IN G C J~ PANY, BERN UDI\, STAT ION ALSO OBSERVED OBJECT F o;~ SEVERAL ~:It: UTES. HR ODSEHV ED THE OBtJECT FOR l'HE E.NT LRE LOOKED A\J!\Y, JUT L001\2D BACI< HHtl T OLD 03 JECT ~1 AS li OJ IN G. T HS11 SA\1 THREE OBJECTS, EGG SHAPED, NOT BRILLIANT, J 'JST UHITE J0R2 O?F IN A UESTERLY HEADII,JG, lJOT IN FOR[:lf\- TIO: .. L OBJECT3 :-\?PEARED TO 3~ COlJSIDERi\3LY LOHER, DISSAPPEAr!ED OVER t! 0/ I N G i:J EST .: OR DID t:1R. SEE THE S Il,J Gl~ E OBJECT OV IN G EAST AFTER IT ST 7ED TO NOVE. T:-i~EE OBJECTS REPORTED BY AP?t::~.:::!:J T O .:AI VER AS TH~Y ::JiJED. THE Y DID NOT HAVE THE l\PPEARA~!CE OF A 3JRD I4: FLIGHT, HO\JEV2:R THEIR [IOVEllEt!T THOUGH HOLDI~lG A ERL Y H~AD I N G UdT IL D I SA PPEA1 I N G '~1 AS NOT STABLE , 2G/2156Z AUG RULV3U NOTE: ADVANCE COPY TO DIA RULVSU 2S ~J FTD WPAFB 0~!0 UFO. REFERENCE YOUR Cll OB~ERVERS LOOKING WESTIRLY HEADING, I .:,p?R02:Il"1AT~LY 2S0 DGRSES. (2) OUTLINES \tJERE SHAR? DURING t10V~\1ENT TU SAST BECAU-=:2 IT APPEARED ~,t'iiT~, HO!tJEVER v1HILE STATIONARY IT I.,JA '/L.RY VERY BRI:;HT BUT OUTLif ~OT ~HARP. C3> OBJECT DISAPPREARED CUT OF VI~AB!~ITY RAI~GE, NOT BZHIND CLUDS OR OVER HORIZON. (4) 7ROr1 O~IZON V~RY VERY HIGH, AZII~UT~ 280 DEGREES. C7) NO COMP~RI:ON MUCH SMALLER, LOO D LIKE: ASPIRIN. PART II, CONCE!1NI~JG