J . sou~c.: 4~ NUMt!t~R c = .: 3 J ECTS 5. LENGTH Of= ':'3SERVATION T YPE Or c::i VATION 9. PHY S!CAL EV!OENCE FTO SEP 63 C-329 (TDE) PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 1\. SRI:F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ::--I~OMI~G D2PAR'TME~r OF THE A IR FORCE STAfr t'A:7$SA~c ORAt,ICH XOP-1, XOPX-5, DIA-15 P? tiU~ktiQ r~U i: A .-Ll/ U :5 A r . "AS H DC U\'.JCL~3 dD0.3 ll1513. SUdJECT: 1 UrO_y'THE FOLL01.4IL~G UflCL~SSifJED UFO ~E?O~T OF S SI3HTING JAJE AT 26/~315Z JUL 64 WAS RECEIVED AT f~IS STATI ON AT 27/1500Z JUL 64. Ao D~SCRIPTION OF OBJECTS. Cl> SH~?~: ~OUNJ. C2) SIZZ: UN~3LE TO ESTIMATE SIZE~ C3) C7) TAlL, TRAIL, E;\ l{AUST: ON;::. C3 ) StJUNi) : NONE. (9) CJT,1C:R: O,,Ji .. o .. D~SC.1IPTION Of COURSE OF OeJECTS : C 1) Ot3SERVER \/AS r..XP..:.Cli~JC:i t:CHC I '.H~ICH JJAS SUPPOSEJ TO BE VI3Ir3LC: 1 N T.1I S J..IE TI!1~ OF 0.::3.S.'=?VATION. Tr{:: FI2ST OJJECT 1:/AS S IGHTED A~li) 1\SSU~IED DtPA-RY.MENT OF T!-1E A!1< FORCE STAFF M~SSAif B~ANC.H UNCL/\SSIFlED .Jrtao 77A U1'~CLASZ AF IN: 31560 (29 Jul 64) Page 2 of 4 L.J o.::= C:C:{O I EXCEPT FOR THE PLOAR Oi13IT., Td: ObSEiiVER \1/AS .~;~TCHii'-lG T FI~ST OdJCI WHE~ THE SECOND 0JJECT APPEAREDo (2) 1-\;~GLf:: A1'JD A2:!11UTH Or OJECTS \1/HEN FirtST 08SEi1VEO: U DETC:i~.~iiNED. ( .3) Al'l GLE AZI~UTH AHEN OEJECTS DISAPPEAKED: U DETERMI~0. C4) DISC:~IPTrJ,-1 Or FLIGHT PATH~ 'fHr:: FLiST OBJSCT TJ~AVELlNG SOUTd ;:'J O~TH LO:::<:::J Lt:<~ ECHO I SHTELLITE, ,~OUNJ AND '/diT .. .\5 dS 1.1/AS L.JOKt;Ju AT t :c:: FIJST OdJ:::CT, Oa52.~Vt1 LJOTtC20 ANOTI1ER OBJ.::CT . l VELI~G 2:~ TJ SOUTH 0~ A COLLISION COU~SE. AS TH~Y APPEARED CO ~J::,.,i( EACrt : : :-i.::R, THr: c~JC:CT~AVELING SOUTH TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TJ Tt.{E 2AST. ~T C,1A GEu CJG.~S:: SEVcrtAL TI''1ES,. FINALLY ri2ADL~G tvEST . -=ti0JE: OF TdC: .~USTA~G l'IOUi'JT.~::: ... s . ( C0011uiNATES F'1~0l~ 31-27N TO .}l-.S4iJ ALL),'-JJ A LIT:: 11 ~ .. 2 3 '.J), (5) HO\~ JJ!D OJJECTS DISAPPZAR'? m.1=: OdJ.SCT f .. ~iJi!:D OUT TO TH1: .~JRTH. T:1E SECOND OBJECT APPC:AHC:D Tu l.A1'lu. SC:3(4) AdOVt:. (~) HO'.IJ LONG VISibLE? FROl~ 2()/~SlSZ JUL o4 TO 26/0355Z JUL 64. c. A~NSrl OF OdSE~VATION: (l) G~OU~U VI~UAL. (2) OPTICAL AIDS: liJX POI~C:R TELESCO?. (~) N/A J. Tt~IS AN~ ~ATE OF SIGHT!~G: Cl) FROM 26/~315Z TILL 26/~355Z JUL 64. C2) LI3HT CONDITIO~S: ~IGHT. E. LOCATION OF 'l:>:::iZrtVER: ON .l4:N PART OF P0.5T OF FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZON.~. h.J(:OJIli~G l\Jl ESSi~GE Dc?.-\-Rif,Vt~NT OF THE ,~>.t~ F01~CE ST A;:F M .. ..SSA ifF. SR . .\,'lCH I \J F 0rtt1 AT I U1\1 or Oc.1Stiv~R; L~ osiT j{ !i:rt ~ r, SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA ~:L.:..Cf20. ICS r.:::,L~ICIAN, GS- 12., ESTlt'lATED TO dE OF EXCLLL'lT :."HS l' , ...>It:t ,; JlSTA, AKIZONri, HOUSEI.'IIFE. <2) N/ A. G .. ~vEATHZR .~t'lD .;J!LoJiJ..i M:_..:?T. Cl ) AaSSRV~'s ACCOUif: APP~UXHY1ATLY J3PCT u / fH!l'i CLOU.; : . Vi.R. C2> AI~ Wt-1THt..~ SERVICt: JiPORT: l0i.J/lJ KT5 (J) C~ILI~G ~ST 5500 ~R0KS~, HIGH OVE~CAST, diNOVC NW~ C4) '/ ISitiiLITY: 15A'.YT i"liLES. (5) CLuUD COVER: 5/8 CU 5500 F'EZT, Gld sr TUS. C6) THUNDE~STOR~S I N AREA; T HUNDERSTORM T O THE ~ouiH 0~ A~EA ~ITHIN P~VIOUS ~OU~ o~ OBSERVATION~ LIGHTNING TO SOUTri ~r flL1E OF 03SZ~'I~TION, C7> V2RI!CAL TEMPERATURE GRADISNT: DtP.!\R'~M~NT OF THt A'R FORCE S r A~F M:;ssA ~E ~:~ANCH UNCL:~SSIFIED : PLUS 22 O!!:G C : PLUS 22 DEG C : PLUS 18 DEG C : ?LU S 13 uEG C : P LUS10 DEG C ; PLUS 9 JSG C ACTIVITY: :C.{O I A~D ECHO II SATELLITES EX~C:CTED J . LOCI'-\TIO QF AI({ Ti1AFFI C Orl BOLLOONS AT Tl i l2 OF SIGHTING: N01'1)E. ~{~. LT cOLu, L TH011AS D, ,{ridLEY, ASSISTANT BASE OPERATIO.J5 WI TH A H~LICO?TE~ OVZa LAU~D~Y RIDGE SEE PARAGRAP~ 8(5) ABOVE. ~ELICJPf~R R2PO~IED ~0 SIGHTING OF ANYTHING I~ THE TARGET ARiA. I~ IS i2LT T~A7 CHUSE J1 THE EXTRE1l ELY GOOD VISIBILITY IN TrlE HI~IZO.~A A;(~l"'., :-:,I THE o~ss~VEK P::<OdAdLY SAY/ SOlIE AIRCRAFT I N FLIGrtTo ,lc. IY tt!LES ~ ... ~: .;OULO SEEL'l L OSE BY AND TH2 L?HlDil'lG 2FFECT b/OULD OCCUrtRE0 14S TltE ?\IRC.iA?T DROPPED FRul'1 SIGHT BEHIND TH::: RIDGE 1\.cl"'! cy d e 1 to NIH & DIA