PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon November 1962 Massachu~etts 0 Probably Boli-n 0 Possibly Balloon OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XX Ground-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar ~X Wos Airct'aft 0 P robobl y Aircraft 0 Air-VI suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft s .. PHOTOS Astrono"'i col 0 Probably Astrono"'icol 0 Possibly Astrono"'icol LENGTH OF.OBSERVATIOH II. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Insufficient Dote for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMA"Y OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Cigar shaped obj, dark orange, characteristics in center. Yellow with afterburner. on edges. Disappeared & description consistent observer at 10 dgr tion 170dg r ATIC PORN 32? (RV.Y 2fl SY.P S:l) CSQM21fiZCAYA 78 i PP RUCDSQ v FM 57 AIRDIV WESTOVER AFB MASS ~0 RUwGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCDSQ/ATIC WPAFB \./' RUEAHQICSAF RUEAHQ:IOSAF WASH DC UNCLAS 99DCqi 13554. CSAF; FOR CAFCIN>. OSAF; FOR CSAFIS> ~'REFERENCE AFR 200-2, UFO REPORT. THIS MESSAGE CONSISTS OF TWELVE (12) PARTS. PART ONE. A. (1) CIGAR-SHAPED C2> FOUR I~ H CIGAR. (3) DARK ORANGE ( 4) ONE (5) N/A CE>GCONTAINED VIBRATING DARK-ORANGE WITH DARKER ORA BAND IN MIDDL~. VIBRATING YELLOWISH- ORANGE ON L EFT AND RIGHT Cl) THOUGHT IT WAS MOON. (2) 1~EG EL.172IDEG AZ . ( 3 ) 10DEG EL/170 D.EG AZ (4) STARTIONARY BUT VIBRATING. C5 ) I NSTANTLY GOING STRAIGHT Ali/AY F ROM VIET.IIE R-LAST L OOKED LIKE PINPOINT. ( S) 1-\BOUT THREE PAGE TWO RUETDH 72 MINUTES. PART THREE c. C1> VISUAL THROUGH CAR WINDSHIELD. <2> NIGHT. PART FIVE. E. ON FULLER ROAD COMING TO WESTOVER AFB-ABOUT 1/4 MILE PAST SCHINE INN. PART SIX. F.(1) N/A (2) FRANCIS H. BENIOT, A/1C, 2 MS <PHONE 2464>, SQDN COMD STATES AMN IS VERY RELIABLE AND MATURE. PART SEVEN. c. (1) FEW CLOUDS -DARK. (2) SURFACE 360DEG/6, 6,00~T 300/25, l~,flfl FT 26fll2tl. 16 (4) 15. (5) 1~,9a1 OVERCAST. (6) NONE. PART EIGHT. H. NONE. PART NINE. I. NONE. PART TEN. J. NONE KNOWN. 99 BOMB WING CSACl. AT FIRST ANALYSIS, THE DESCRIPTION SEEMS TO FIT A JET USING AN AFTERBURNER. HOWEVER, A CHECK OF ALL LOCAL FIGHTER UNITS IN THE VICINITY INDICATES THAT NO SUCH AIRCRAFT WERE AIRBORNE AT THE TIME. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FIGHTER FROM AN AIRFIELD OUTSIDE THE LOCAL AREA WAS OPERATION HERE, HOWEVER, THE CLOUD COVER WOULD INDICATE THAT HE WAS VERY LOW AND THIS WOULD NOT BE A NORMAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS TIME OF NIGHT. PART TWELVE. L. NONE. 08/2131Z NOV RUETDH PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Bolloon 27 Jtovember 1962 Westover AFB, Massachusetts o Probab ly Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP ~. TYPE OF OBSE RVATION GMT 27/ll05Z 1. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION CX:Sround-V i IJ Ai,. V i suol 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 GrovndRodor 0 Airlntercept Radar 0 Wos Aircroh-, IJ Probobly Aircraft 0 Possibly AI rcroft QX Was Astronomicol tl Probably Astronomlcol 0 Possibly Astronomicol 0 Insufficient Oota for Evaluation IJ UnlcnaWt'l 10. BRIEf SUMMARY OF SICHTIHG 11. COMMENTS Round, white-blue-amber obj viewed fm dark to daylight observed at 30 dgr elevation muving to 90 dgr & becoming stationary. Rpt fm civilian caused witness to look out window & observe ATIC FORM 32? (RY.V 2ft S Y.P Sl) Initial sighting of star at 30 d g 1-. Star Betelgeux. Rigel is on hori- zon at this time. Pollux at 55 d g vation & all have az of about 26 0 d grs. At 20 d g r e l e . Regulus i s at 70 d g r ele but to the Sodh. I t i s the only lst mag obj at the oming of daylight that would app4 ar to be overhead. Case liste d as mi misinterpretation of astro-bodies Rising attributes to refraction o~ Rigel & traRnsf~rrenc~ <?~ ideJ?tifj- CatiOn tO 12'UiU~ nT nT"" Cf"!n 3 0 No~J Gl 1\F E COLO tt.,r)rl 'tj"'--, o.l\~olotl r :T : LLIG