PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION CONC L USIONS 0 Was Balloon 20 December 1962 Worcester, Massachusetts 0 Probabl y B a lloon P ossi bl y Balloon 3. DAT!TIM! GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~;Ground-VIual 0 Gro u n cl-Roclor Was Airc raft" 0 Probabl y Aircraft 0 Air-Vi auol 0 A i r l ntorcopt Raclor 0 Po ui bl y Ai rcroft i . SOURCE Was Aatronoml cal c Prababl y Astronomical x R No Civilian a P ossibl y Aatronomlcal 7. LENOTH OJ' OBSERVATION NUMBER Opt DIUECTS COURSI! 0 Other :OC Insuffi c ient Data for Evaluation minutes two NE BRIEl' SUMMARY 0, SICHTIHO 11. COMMENT$ Insufficient olJjs traveling s ide side rot at- a/c or balloon. Two objs side by ~ng ea orange indicates that thes e gossibly only) color observed at 15 d g r elev one obj. Sight at nig t , no mentior fading after 10-15 the NNE at m1ns ~0 speed or maneuvers, only that obj Time possibly garbled. o; obis a eared in thy N~ & moved f to he rr~ during a 0-5 min Sighting at night. Locat e d {t~ri~d. No ap~arent change in Worceste r airport. Airport rpts no ~ir a ~tu e other han the obJ was traffic at time of sight. No halos fm r~td at the same elev, & if aoing ~i'''afi f'Tto~server it would nave 1o Westover in area tt time. (Westover onl y a1 a , o ma1nta~n this an~le base in area equipped with halos. ) \Yin !s;/~f elev Possibly balloon relea m Buff 9 , Albany or Westover A base d on w1nds & rotating light. No ment:inn o-f t"l"\nc"t:-lnt- AT1C P OJtM 329 (REV 26 SliP 52) \ltll&. N 2 IS Al*tiWo ..st ACTION: CIN-.17 OOP-1, OOP-CP 2 ZCHQ391ZCYJD942 DE RUETDH 92 FM 57AI~DIV ~!ESTOV2 AF3 MASS TO RU'TGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUEASN/26AIRDIV HANCOCK FLJ ~!Y RUCDSQ/ATIC RUEAHQ/CSAF RUEAHQ/CSAF WASH DC DIA-10~ DIA- CIIC-3 Page 1 of 2 UNCLAS 99DCOT 14690 . CSAF, FOR CAFCIN). COSAF: LIN ( SAFIS) ~EFZR~:lCE ~f~ 200-2, C REPORT. THIS ~ESSAGE CONSISTS OF TWELVE Cl2) PA~TS. PART CNE. A~ Cl). ROUND. <2> ORAGNE. (3) YELLOWISH <4> T~O. C5) S!DE- BY-SIDE. (6) NONE. AVXLQ NONE. C8) NONE. PART TWO. B. AKQL OBSERVER STUDYING ASTRONOMY, SKY AND SA'~ OBJECTS. (2) 15 DEG EL/~J~7. (3) 15 DEG EL/NNE. (4) '?P.AVEL=:O SID!:: 3Y SID FOR LONG TIME, THEN APPEARED TO ROTATE A30rrT EACH OTHER IN CLOSS PROXIMITY. <5> FADED OUT TO NE. <6> 1~ 15 MINUTES. PART THREE. C~ <1> GROUND VISUAL. C2) NONE. (3) N/A ?ART FOUR. !). Cl) 22158 DE:C 2e 1962. (2) NIGHT. PA!iT fiiJ!!:. Z. OOit~T.Mrr ~ ~ i-it POitCE ST.~ MiSS,a.QE ~ "=c t au1saswt PAGE TWO RUETDH 92 Tl.r!O MILES SE OF' 'JORCESTER AIRPORT. PART SIX F'. F'. Cl) Page 2 of 2 AGE 19. ADDRESS - WORCESTER, MASS. STuDENT AT WH~ELOCK COLLEGE, OBOSTON ASS. (2) N/A. PART SEVEN.G. EIGHT. H. NONE~ PART NINE, I. NONE. PART TEN} J.~ONE PART ELEVEN. K. SSGT HAROLD SESSIONS, NCOIC, COMBAT INTELLIGENCE BRANCH, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION C99DC01) 99 BOMB ~ING, tifESTOVER AFB, MASS. WORCESTER AIRPORT REPORTS NO TRAFFIC IN VICINITY AT TIME. DESCRIPTION OF FLIGHT PATH AND MANEUVERS COULD EQUATE TO HELI- COPTER FLIGHT, ALLOWING F'OR OBSERVER' S POSSIBLE MISINTE~PRETATION OF APPARENT SIZE. HOWEVER. ONLY HELICOPTERS IN LOCAL AREA ARE STATIONED AT ''1ESTOVER AND NONE 'IERE IN t10RESTER AREA AT THE TIME. PART TWELVE L. NONE 26/2140Z DEC RUETDH NOTE: ADV CY nLIVERED TO DIA. NN N N N1N cca::. -cc UIW U U U U vlu U Ul IW W W W l.:.J U.: lw W V: i lor I c 'c:::occcc: o-ic-0 - h N """'1-NNINN u IW u u IU.J..J l..) IU IW w :.l.i IU. - z z z :z z ltn V"l Vi IV'l v o o IU.. U o UJ IL., L. o.J u u l. WW'WUJWU..: