PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS January 1963 College Wos Balloon Maryland 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon l;;tjlrounO. 0 Ai,.. Visual LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 3-5 minutes one to. BRIEfl SUMMARY Dill SIGHTING object red-orange passed overaead. Initial observation elevation in west. Disappeare over horizon Also observed wit ATIC FORloC 329 (R!!V :16 S&P 52) witnesses. 0 Ground-Roclar Wos Aircraft 0 Probably Ai rcroft 0 Airlnterc~t--R'ador ', Possibly Ai rtroft 0 Was Astronomi col . 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Dena for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS Inversion not contributing cause possi:>le distorting ~ /Duration excessive for meteor. too fast for balloon, in wrong direction for a satellite. information presented which conflicts of a/c. Probably jet with afterburner .. RI!PI..Y TO SUB.JC T I HEADQUARTERS 100ht AIR BASE WING, HqComd UHITED STATES AIR FORCE ANDREWS AFB, WASHINGTON 25, D. C . UFO Reports To, Air Force Systems Command For eign Technology Division Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Attached UFO sighting reports were sent to addresses required by APR 20(}-2 on-10 fan 63 and 17 Jan 63. AFSC (FTD) copies-were.- mis-sent to Bolling AFB, D. C. FOR THE COMMANDER JOHN L . BARBER Major, USAF Administrativ e Officer 1o Msg 10 Jan 63 2o Msg 17 Jan 63 JOJNT MESSAGEFOJitM 8KCU .. ITY CL.Aa8II'ICATIOH UNCLASSIFIED SI'A CJJ blJLOF ~JISUP'JID POR CONNUNICATlON CJJNT.l!R aooc MULTI auoteU lOOlST AB WG, ANDRE\A/8 AFBI WASH 25, D.C. ADC ENT AFB COLO 2 6 AIR DIV HANCOCK FLD NY AFSC (FrD) BOLLING AFB DC OSAF WASH DC EFTO UNCLAS lOOlST OPS GP (OGOT) /f) 11-J . CSAF FOR AFCIN. OSAF FOR SAPOI. UFO. REF PARA 14 , APR 200- 2 . g A. DESCRIPTION OF mE OBJECT: {1) SPHERICAL. (2) BETV/EEN SD.VER DOLLAR AND BASEBAI.L. (3) RED-ORANGE. CLAaJI'ICATIO N "lll"llUI'iCil S~llC:IAL )N.-rJIUc::T IOfola (5) NONE. THE UNDERSIGNED IS FAMII..L\R ,Nu:~ 8Y!'4.al.. aiGNATUfiU!: Major , USAJ' Administrat1~ Oft1o~ '"'"'0 I"CRM 1 73 JI~<:Ka DC JI'CRM 178, I OCT .-a, WHICH WIL.L UallD UNTI L IClMA\JtrTSD ~ I NAY a JOINT MESSAGEFuRM-CONTINUATION SHEET SECURITY ClASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED lOOlST AB \VG, ANDRE~ AFB, \VASH 25 I DC B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (U STUDYING A% DES~, BEARD SHOUTING OUTSIDE, WENT OUT, EVERYONE LOOX:ING AT X SXY. (3) PASSED OVERBEAD TO OPPOSrt HORIZON. (4) STRAIGHT COURSE. (5) FIRST SEEN IN DXIX WESTERN SKY; DISAPPEARED OVER (6) THREE TO Fin !tliNUTES. C. MANNER OP OBSERVAl'ION: (1) GROUND-VISUAl . (2) 7 X 50 POWER BlNOCUla.BS USED. NO FEATURES DJSCERNABI.E. D.. TIM AND DATE OF SIGHTING: (2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: CAMBRIDGE co~ ... IPU:X, UNIVERSITY OP MARYLAND CA~lPUS, COLLEGE PARX., MARY'I.fu"lD. SYMBOL f>AGE N q 0 " S.:CUIU TY, CLASSIFtCAnON 2 UNCLASSIFIED SEQJtUTY CLASSifiCATION JOINT -COtrnNUAnON U NCLASSIFIED lOOlST AB WG, ANDREWS AFB. WASH 25, D.C. IDENTIFYING INPORMAriON ON OBSERVER: NlVERSITY OP MARYLAND, COXJ.EGE PARK, MARYLAND, PREMEDICAL UDENT, GOOD. G. WEATBERAND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME ANDR LACE OF SIGHTING. (1) 09/0356Z OBSERVATION: HIGH SCATTERED, FIVE, HAZE, (5) HIGH SCArrERED. (7) 08/2400Z. SUBSmENCE INVERSION BASED 8000FEET, TOPE 10,000 FEEt. INCREASE OF 2C IN LAYER, INCREASING IN INTENSITY . AND LOWERING TO 5000 PEET -6500 FEET, INCREASE OF 4 C AT f'.4C:>E ~<;a -JF 1 :iEOJRITY a ~FtcATICN Nil PJIGSS UNCLASSIFIED I N ITIAI.S . sal'Ril'f ~nc:H JOINT MISWiEfORM-COtmNUAflON SI&J' UNCLASSIFIED lOOlST AB WG,. ANDRE'W-s AFB,. WASH 25, D.C. J. \VASHINGTON ARrC CENTER CONTACTED AT 05 09Z. HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF AIR TRAFFIC OR UNUSUAL RADAR RETURNS AT TThiE r AND VICINil'Y OF SIGHTING. L .ASSISTANT TO CHI&f' OF OPERATIONS AND TRAINING,. lOOlST OPERATIONS GROUP. WlTNESS STATES DOZENS OF STUDENTS OBSERVED OBJEGr. FORECASTER SKEPTICAL ABOUT INVERSION CAUSING PHENOMENON. NO CONCLUSION AS TO CAUSE OR ID~'fl'ITY OF OBJECT. NR c;: SUJ.JittTY 0..\SSif!C'fiCN IN I r:ALS D ':JIO 0 o ,o z z l z z z U U U '-' l'.J U U U U U I uuuuvuuuuu u.l~ u.u..l