PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLU~IOMS 10 A r 64 ~reed, California &"\ Was Balloon l.D;mt-T jp-------h ;;;::_ l o Proltoltly Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 PossiWy Balloon 0 Wos Aircraft 1 ' D Proltaltly Aircraft IS:~GMifoT~f==!-==V.=~'::::l:=-=====... ;; ---~D~A~ir-:!l~nt~e~rc~e!.pt~R~.M~or!_j 0 PouiWy Aircraft I 5. PHOTOS 0 Ground-VIsual 0 Grounci-Rodor 0 y 0 Was Astronomical 0 ProltaWy Astronomical I 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I NUMBER OF ~-12 r e I <rtet. 0 Insufficient Data for EYOiuation t~ot riepor d not r~ported o Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY'OF SIGHTING 1 - 1. COMMENTS 6-12 objects pdlcked up on rt&<it.r f ollo .. ing l ' i l ot.' !i o f i'-ll6'~ td, .JO,~vUJ fi C(Juld recft1tll&ck pattern e.t eltlt.uda o o f 60,0ll. nul. llllt1te v 5 1Un l <!ontntt. v t:! tJ./c nJbo.e 000 ft. and hi6her e l evutiona. Vi!Juul i d o nt.i f h ;u tion Of bt.1100n. F-l06's scrambled f or identificciion; aua locked on with radar but unable to keep lock-on. iwo additional a/c scrambled wit pilots ir. pressure suits. u-2 type a/c ATIC FORM 329 {REV 26 llltP 52) PUBLIC IrlFORMATION. DIVISION ME!MO ROlJI'ING SLIP :CIRCULATE : De; t. .n. y : : INFORr.-tA TION : Adr.li nist1t::. tion : : '1.. ; SAF-OJPE : :COORDINATE ~Sf.!'-OIPD : :PLS SEE lfE Chief) P\thlt ~: I n forma t j 0:- tbe :tdcr~titietltion. but '.loU :lOt :~bl4 U to hold. aeceiv~d from Colonel '.ielms, Coranand Post I 10 April 61!. I 114~ Unidentitied Flying Objects Q:_!:S.inal ! sase 1~C, Norad advised that there ~ere 6 to 12 wtident:!.tied flyL"lg objects at 30 miles East o' Merced, California. Radar picked u p 12 objects at altitudes 6o,ooo tt., 90,o00 fi., and higher elevations. F-lo6'a vere sc~ed at Castle Air Force Base. There were oo results 'beeaue ot bigb altitudes. They are checking the poaa1b111ty of' sending U-2's. later Sent to Air Staff' Objects were following a 60 mile race-track patter~. F-1)6' were Pilots loeked oo to some ot: the objects but could not kl!ep the loc:X. Norad said t~ey TJer~ ~end! r-g 2 more ~XXI ~ircraf~ with pilots in pressure suita.