1. DATI TIMI GIIOU' Hl.lita zy NUMIIR 0' OIJICTS 2. LOCATION Phili ppi."le s 10. CONCLUSION (1: IlfSU FFI CI?l !T D .\T A FOE :::v .:.1~.' TI o:.r (3; S.~T'r,TJ.IT:S 1. Report sinrl.l~.r to a / c observation . The durE-.tion not incluci Dd. Also radar return l i k ely in case of a/c. Insufficient Dat a . 5. LENGTH Of OISIIIYATION 11. lltll, SUMMARY AND 4MALYSII 1. 05/ll45Z, 2 obj~cts East to ;~st, hi~ speed, 1st mag See Si~tin:;s ra:linta :LwJg close pl'u:x:imi.ty lri.th each ot!-1er lb) 35 minutes ' TYPE Of OISIIIYATION later sa..me or idEntical objects r eturned FSSsin.~ ~Jest to -~.s~. s t.ar>~t-;. Visuul o"oserva:.-ion Hithout nad:;.r r etum. }rlJtln~-v;~,l~l 2 . Thre e <;>bjects r 8ported a s a/c observed lYJ lookou t Hith 3({. 1. COURSE 1st object, 1st :':1?.g , other t ;ro r aported as 2d ::-E.g . ovi.~ I. PHOTOS to~rard ship a t hi(;h speed. Four uinut~s lli t e r Radar conto.ct e stablished . P:.adar ra.n.gc 22 r.d l e , held f or 6 r:d nut es. ':rz."" f"s confil."!:Ed visually ani corre sponded 'tv:l_th ~:dar t r a ck. Hov.~.:- . ove r hea d for 3 ninutes. Cours e chaz1geC. c.nl errc..tic r.:av.a!1a1 t \;'it speed reported a s 3 000 knot s . IFF chalen: e n ot ret~rn~d. Departed to 3E a t h i9'1 spee d . 9. PHYSICAL EYIDINCI 3. Duri!\; pericx:l 5-7 M:ly , bctHeen 1800 and 2000 se~teral ot~ f~r object3 ,,i.th cho.ra.cteristic s of 3atellite s o'tsc;rved. MEMO ROUTIII SliP \e l..ECo AJ N~VUI'OR APPieOVA8 DI81PPIIOVAC.S. CUU.NCB8, OR 8lll1 LAR ACTIONS ClltCULATI DATI COOitDINATIOfl SIGNATUitl Jl/ll ea 28 -Sst JfoOq Capt, Bebina:lb reque.t. tor opiDi et Informed A/C tbe ...t 11keq cauH. Data too .,..,_, and coDtl.iatiftl tor Qarati peed .. aDd cbaracsteristica Tiew tbraaalh BX al not iDIDcord with r~ Para 3 beleiftd to be Satellite (HOT ECHO I or n) and we de not han te torial. croaatnaa on tbe etherai Without FORM 95 Repla(a DO Form M, 1 Feb SO ud DO Fcww 96, I OCT 60 1 f'eb ~which will be uud watil ehlinetl GPO ltll : O -Sti7U ;~ USS HASSAYAMP~ TO COMSEVENTHF"Ll AF' CLARK AF"B PHIL; .. . SERVICE . INF'O CTF' 73 C 1 N CPA C r L T . ; . ARPA-1 DIA-15 F ILE-1 (37) YJS/SS DOD td D ALL RR t~Gc PE~SONNEL S I GHTE_D TWO F'L Y I NG OHJECiS PASS i N.G: rHpM EAST TO W~ST AT EXTHEMFLY HIGH SP6EOS, OBJECTS W~RF OF IHST H~GNl~UDE, lJ M A I N T A f e'l E C L. 0 S E R E L A T I V E P. US 1 T I 0 N S , A P P R 0 X I M A T E L Y T H I R T Y F J V E MINUiES LATE~, THE SAM~, OR IDENTICAL OHJECTS RETURNED, PASSING WEST TO EAST, AGAI AT EXTREMELY HlGH SPEED, O~JECTS W~RE ORSERVED VISUALLY fJY ALL 11R I DGE P~RSONNEL a BUT;;WF.RE NOT HELD ON RADAR ALTITUDE NOT . . . LeADING SIGNALMAN REPORTF.D WHAT Hi HELlEVED TO BF. AN AIRCRAFT. BEARING OUO POSITION ANGLE 21, WHEN VIEWEU THROUGH 8lNOClJLARS, THREE OAJECTS . ~ERE SIGHTED IN CLOSF PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, ONE OBJFCT WAS FIRST MAGNiTUDE, THE OTHEH TWO SECOND MAGNITUO~, ORJECTS WEH~ TRAVELLING AT. ~XiREMELY ~IGH SPEEDS, MOVING TOWARD THE SHIP AT AN U~OETERMINEU A~TITUDE, AT 0914Z FOU~ MOVING TARGETS WERE DETECTFD ON THE SPSv6C ~: -:?ADAR AT RANGES UP iO 22 MILES AND. HELD UP TO SIX M l NUTF.S, .. _ . WHEN OVER THE SHIP, THE O~JECTS SPHEAD TO CIRCULAR FORMATION UIREGTLY OVERHEAO, ANti R~MAINEU THERE FOR A~PROXIMAfELY THHEE MINUTES~ THIS MANUEVER WAS OBSEHV~D 80TH VISUALLY. AND BY RADAR, THE RRIGHTF.R OAJECT WrliCH HOVERED OFF= THE STARBOARD QUARTER MADE THE LARGER PR~SENTATION UN THE RADAR SCOPE, THE 08 JEC TS MADE SEVER-A'L COURSE CHANGES OUR I NG . THE ~IGHTJNG, CONFIRMEO VISUALLY AND BY RADAR, AND WERF TRACK~D AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF THREE THOUSAND KNOTS, CHALLENGES WERE MADE BY IFF, BUr NOT A~SWEHEb, ArTER THE THREE MINUTE HO~ERING MANElJVER, THE OBJECTS FLAGPLOT DF~ CSA CSAF CMC PAGE Of PAGE JN A SOUT~EASnERLY EVOLUTION ClMSEHVFU DIRECTION Ar HIGH RATE OF SPEc0 AN EXTREMeLY URIDGE PEHSUNNEL ANU NUMEHOUS THE HO(jRS"l.OQ TO 20 0 0_, SEVERAL ':)7 MAY, 't:IETWEEN J OTHER OlJJECTS WEH~ SJGHT~D. T H F. S E 0 H J E C T S H A.O ; ALL THE CHAR A C T E ~ I S T r C S A N n . PH E S E .N T A T J 0 N 4 T H, f? S E A H E R t: P 0 Jf T E U Uirrc~ENCE IN SPEED AND HANUVERABILLITY A SATELLITE:~ rNCLUUINA SPEED TO INDICATE. A MARKF.U t3tiWEEN THESE ASSUM~D SATELLITES AND'THE OBJECTS DESCHIYED lN.PARA 1 ANo 2, ee~z I I t o o o o o o -\