Crestview Florida — March 1963

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Keywords: eglin, birds, xxgra, astranornica, elev3tiot, necessaril, durationo, 73airdiv, as110saf, iliiouti, appzar, 3sarily, 9servzd, oticzc, ica3le, nancc, lnstf, mzcna, appzars, sliablz, sourc2, m2ntion, cicent, sta3ls, patur
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon March 1963 OATETIM! GROUP d 0 Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon ._ TYPE OF OBSERVATION XXGra~md Visual 0 Was Aircraft 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Ai,.. Visual 0 A i r Intercept Radar 6. SOUR E 1 0 Probably Astranornica 0 Possibly Astronomical LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1-a .... U"BER OF OBJECTS-9. COURSE CIX Other Bird& f E I . " ,.. 0 Insufficient Data or va uatton 0 Unltno.m 2-3 seconds ;,_ BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ll. COMMENTS Two objects delta wing shaped w/ s ize of pea at arm's l e n gth observed in straight !'light from East to West without maneu~ers. Objects at 30dgr elev3tiot' . S1milar to normal a / c format~oc. Appeared to be grey in t l1at they w&re lighta r in color th3n 1mal d~1k sky background. Similar in shape to F-102 but not necessaril~ size. Blended into darkness of skyo olal duration 2-3 seconds. Extremely short durationo Dark night and two grey objects flew by. Two birds at 35' altitude would travel about 100' i n 2-3 seconds, which is probably the limit of visibility for dark objects this size. Possible sight1ng of two birds. FM APGC EGLIN AFB TD' RUWGAL 'ADC C:NT AF8 COLO 73AIRDIV TYNDALL AFB FLA RUCDSQ'FTD l~PAFB OHIO_... RIJ2,0.H!)tHQ USAF WASH DC RU~AS110SAF WASH rc I:'F~ ~UC:AFT; AfSC At:cp,::u;s AFB ~D ( PGFE -J-lL,. FO?. AFCI~ ~T Hd USP~. FOR 3 AFOI AT OSAF. I~FO (5) .3I'1ILA~ TO t--!ORM.t\L ThiO AIP.CR.!\.!="T FOR'1ATION (!>) .:ILiiOUTI:': APPZAr..:":C SI~ILAR TO F - iP-I N SHAP=: 3UT t\01 ~EC::3SARILY I~ SIZE (7) ~0 TRAIL TAIL OF. ~XHAUST 0 9SERVZD (9) ;:ONZ XCE:PT APPAR::NT HIGH RAT~ OF S PESD '3f CA'3'JALLY LOOY.ING AT Sl'Y .'\t~J: t<OTICZC 3HAI:O'-'iS Ar,AINST C. 0) GF.QlJ!\f-VISUAL Ci ) NOf APPl.ICA3LE E. Cl) OVER TO~N OF CRESTVIEW FLA <NORTH OF EGLI N AFB> A'2 C S~4'2 A'. '1AINT;::NANCC: SO EGLIN AFB FLA; .4i'3C .)1352 . lNSTF.U'~Zi\TATIOt\ MZCnA:-JIC. ~G:: '1.5; A3S IGN:!:D APGC AUGUST 1 . SOURCE APPZARS ;SLIABLZ. SOURC2 HAD M2NTION~ ~ lt\CICENT TO UL' flL ~3 ~!A?C.~ AT ~:~rc-: T it'1::: :1::: CONT.!\CT::r PRf.PAFi t'G OFFICER. (7) STA3LS LAPS RAT::: JIT~i T PATUR~ tVI ATION OF PLUS t z I~ GR S Ci::I IGF.ABE. Ot,:LY Ii\v~RSIO~ I:.!CICAT~J: AT TRGPAPAUSE AT 37 :JZ FS~T Y. ACll~iG Crll~F ACfiVITI5 DIVISION OF D~PUTY FOR FOP~IGN TECH- ' i CL t C'f .,i ~;,ae}~AJ P.n..JL S '/H :G. CONS'JLTATlui~ 'lilT:~ TeST OPZR~TI.Jt-