PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS OCXWas Balloon 2 0 February 1963 Lajes , Azores o ~r Ballo.n PossiblY Balloon ..n.~ .1y I 0 Groun.JRa.Jar 0 Wos Alreraft oca ------------... r .hvroun.,.. ua " " 0 Probably Aireroft GMT 2 0 /0640Z 0 AlVl~al 0 A;Jnto<eopt RaJa, 0 Pau;>Jy A;,aft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wa, Att~nam;cal 0 Probably Astronomleal V.ilitary 0 PossiblyAstronomleol e. NUMBER OF OBJECTs / 9. COURSE 0 Othr.~--::---:---=~-- 7. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 5 tn.l.nut~:s 0 lnauffieint Data for Evaluation o ne Easr~rJy lO BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTINO 1~rt L.' "lll tJ objer t '.ltJ thnut t ! a i i o r fkr:-ir,,~1 o; duc.r .. ObJ-?c t a t -:'5 dg1 ATIC f'OIUC 3 29 Clt&V 25 IE.P 52) 11. COMMENTS De::;~ r i p t iou to. .-tot ion t:')a , J.l'J71 t o b allo o n S.l~;hting~ Wind:.; .co" we~r at S .. ~ .:ousist:n~ :Jitl launch f:--ow ; !orta N a va.L ,, .lt.l.on t i o n , Cas~ ~\aluatcd as a bal- loon si,;ht.tng .. DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCf 'iTAff MESSAGE 8RANCt4 ACTION: NIN-9 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3, DIA-25, DIA/CIIC-2 (45) . C HQD532 ZCCJB235 D.E RUFT QH 7 4 FM COMUSF ORAZ T.O RUWGAUAIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO RUCDSQ/AIR FORCE SYSTEMS CCl1MAND FOREIGN TECH DIVISION WRIGHT PATTERSON AFS OHIO R UEAHQ/ HQ USAF '.~ASHINGTON D C RUEAHQ/SECAF t.~ASHINGTION DC INFO RUCDAA/ MATS SCOTT AFB ILL FOR AFCIN, SAF OI, AND I NFO MX IN. UFO. ONE SPHERICAL OBJECT SIZE GRAPEFRUIT SIGHTED VISUALLY AT LAJES FIELD 38-46N, 27-06\~, BY GROUND OBSERVER A2C PAULK. WILKINSON, USAF, ATTACHED TO 1605 AIR POLICE SQD. SIUFOWNG REQURTED AT 200640Z AND VERIFIED BY EIGHT OTHER AIR POLICEMAN ON DUTY. OBJECT WAS PALE WHITE IN COLOR, LEFT ON TRAIL OR EXHAUST AND EMITTED NO SBUND~ OBSERVER FIRST VIEWED OBJECT NW OF AIRSTRIP AT 075 ANGLE OF ELEVATION. OBSERVER HELD OBJECT IN SIGHT FOR FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO ITS DI SAP?ERANCE BEHIND CLOUD COVER. DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT ~I AS EASTERLY, OEPARTMNT Of THE AIR FORCt STAFF MESSAGE 8RANC~ PAGE TWO RUF'TQH 74 IN A IJJAVY PATTERN, AND ANGLE OF ELEVATION AT DISAPPERANCE 075. OBSERVER INDICATED THERE WAS NO RAIN AT TH1E OF NIGHT SIGHTING AND THAT THE SKY WAS PARTLY CLOUDY. THE~E WAS NO UNUSUAL METEROROLOGICAL ACTIVITY. REPORT FROM LAJES AWS FOR 06~0Z INDICATED WIND DIRECTION 160 DEGREES MAGNETIC AND VELOCITY 3 KTS AT SURFACE, 2 3 0 T AND 9 KT SS T 6 ,000 FT AND 290T AND 30 KTS AT 10,000 FT. CEILING WAS 2700 FT SCTD WITH CLOUD COVER LESS THAN POINT 5. VISIBILITY WAS 12 f1I, TEMP 47F AND THERE \~ERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. LAJES TCC VERIFIED THAT NO KNOWN AIRCRAFT .JERE IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING, HO.YEVER, REPORTING OFFICER, LCDR D . T. LASO\ISKI, USFORAZ, BELIEVES UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT TRANSITING AREA OF SIGHTING IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY. NOTE: ADV CY DELIVERED TO NIN & DIA ..... rr I I lfil f!IJ rtrtfrrrr (") (l';f: SUJOr) SU3.L:.J WOI I >l Lambert Confor mal Conic Projection Standard Por-.llelc; ::lbviiJ' <Ill.! 3920' Sr;,lt I.: .C): J tJ()t; rJ(J :XXI 31~ s rAttttr. STATUTE 1\11 I LES I GL I ~ Jl ~0 J() (Joins 316-Wdter) 11'' u.iJOI_ifJI J.L. ....u.y l I Lt_j I J.U I u J I I I 'lll J I. (Joins 3lp-Water) .Qtll,tl1'i 1 J~ .... 'lt)lll' tllltttdltltllltt\tllll'l ~I I I t39o).ll I r-~--- tLI.UII~ItL!UII~ItiLIIUI~ItUll~l~ltU!I~I~!~IUI~I~Ifu jU~Ll..L+u~+u~+w - "\ f''I!JdJJlJfl1 t.i..l t l t.!.l on ou OCt 06[ S~3.J..3WOII>I rrrd r ,. . 00 osz O'oZ Oil