Clearfield Utah — May 1964

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Waa Balloon 23 Ma7 64 Clearfield, Utah o Prot.ably Balloon -3-. _D_A_T_E-T_I_M_E_G_R_O_U_P--------+-4~.-T~Y~P""""E_O_F_O_B_S_E_R_V_AT_I_O_N---------I D Paui bly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft Local Jtl Grounci-Viaual 0 GrauncfRador Probably Aircraft GM~4/0515Z 0 Air-Vi IUal 0 Alrlntrcept Radar 0 Ponibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS ' SOURCE 0 Woa Astronomical 0 Probably AatronoMical civilian 0 PoniWy Astronpmical 7. LENGTH Oil OBSERVATION 1. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COUitS! XI Othr..J:EOJ..Cu.Hu.O.L....~I~.--- -- 0 lnsufficint Data for Evaluation nt reported 10. BRIEII SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING Object passing overhead to SE. Described as a moving star. Flight straight in arc. ATIC PORM 321 (lt&V 2 I&P 12) 11. COMMENTS At 1057 MST Echo I passed over Salt Lake City heading SE at an elevation of 70 degrees. Passed North of City HEADQUARTERS . 2a.49TH AIR BASE WING UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HILL AIR FORCE BASE UTAH 84401 A n N o F. OOBB suBJECT: Intelligence Information, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) BBP 64-333-370 Wright Patterson APB, Ohio 45433 1. A report of a UFO sighting was received by the Security and Law Enforce- ment Division, Hill AFB, Utah, at 0200Z hours, 17 May 1964. 2. On 23 May 1964 at 2215 hours, Circle, Clearfield, Utah, reported to TSgt Glen T. Riches, Investigator, Operations Branch, Security & Law Enforcement Division, Hill AFB, Utah, that her 12-year old son had observed an unidentified ct ass over the Clearfield area in a southeasterly direction. Her son, and a neighbor boy "sleeping out" in the back yard and prior to falling asleep werf'. studying star constellations. While they were watching the constellations, they observed a triangular shaped constellation towards the northwest and of the stars began moving and traveled southeast, disappearing over the Wasatch Mountains to the east. 12 years old (dependent son of , Clearfield, Utah) were interviewed and stated that at approx 2030 to 2100 hours, 23 May 1964, they had slept out and prior to falling asleep they were watching a triangular shaped constellation of stars when the lower right corner star dispatched itself and traveled across the sky. It was the color and size of an ordinary star and appeared to be as high in the sky as stars are. It passed over the Wasatch Mountains approx~ately where Weber Canyon ia and appeared to travel in a arc. 4. On 25 May 1964, personnel of Detachment 3, 24th Weather Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, advised that between 1900 and 2200 hours, 23 May 1964, the sky was clear, with a few high scattered clouds and visibility of fifty FOR THE COMMANDER WILLI' M H. DERRINGTI!""JN M.:~jor, USAF Chief, Sec;uritY, & Law. Enfor:cement Division HEADQUARTERS UFO Sighting Clearfield Hq USAF !SA.FOI PB (Mrs Gaiser) 1 . We have unidentified flying object Circle, Clearfield, Clearf1eld the sat!!llite ECHO I passed No~.of.Salt IAke~City Utah at 70 elevation and was moving southeaat. 'The description fUrnished in the report describes the passage of. :tJlis''s~tellite. 3 ~,It is reques~d~that Michael and Keith be informed. that their sighting has 'bee~evaluated as ECHO I. ty.for Technol9gy " and SUbsystems.j~ . , YOU THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITYt