PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. Loc TION Eas tmont, Pa. , Oakdale, Fa. , l~/0506Z Bellefontaine, Findlay, and Stubenville, Ohio Military & Civilian 10. CONCLUSION ~. Nllr~E\ER OF OBJECTS radar returns. indicates tnat BALLOON was most likely cause of Ground and air visual confirmation of balloon 1 - 2 sighting. S. LENG1tt OF OBSERVATION RADAR -27 minutes 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object hovering over Findlay, Ohio reported to Radio station at t---------------1 Lima. Reported as hovering over area at high altitude. f, , TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pd radar, Gd & Air Vis hovering Described as balloon shaped. Picked up on RADAR for a period of 24 minutes, lost contact and another or same object picked up on RADAR at Oakdale, Fa., and observed visually near Eastmont, Pa. Held on this radar for about one hour. To the SW of RRdar site. Object over Stubenville, Ohio." A/c -----------------; vectorecl and observed balloon with gondola attached heading e. Pt-HlTOS 270 deg at speed of 7 Mach. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Prevloua edlUotta ot thla fora ma1 be uaed. OEPAI'(TMEN f 0,. THE AIR fO~Ct STAFF tAJ:SSAGt BRANCH UNCLASSIFI[D LOCATED ON SEARCH AND HIGHT SCOPES-(OBJECT ON RADAR NOT NECESSARLIY SAME AS OBJEOT SIGHTED VISUALLY (2) ASIMUTH 898 DEGREES Cl) AZIMUTH 173 DEGREES <4> SEE ATACHMENT O~E (5) GRADll.LY FADED fROM SCOPE IN AREA WHERE FIRST OBSERVED . PAGE FOUR U'~fl.AS MOF 236 E. (1) Z62 OOP OAKDALE A I PA C2> CORDIER, LANE F. SSGT. 662NO, RADAR OPERATOR AND KUNSMAN,WM E A/IC MCC COOROINAT.OR RELIABILITY OF BOTH EXCELLENT C U SEE PART -Ot\fE SECT I ON G (1) TWO F1e2s. fLIGHT NUMBER NOVEMBER PAPA 11, 12 fLIGHT LEVEL4509 PAt< f MEN f 01-THE AIR fORCe STAFF rAE5~AGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFifD TO 7111, VARYING HEADING, APPROX. 78 MACH (2)1NTERCEPTORS VECTORED OVER RADAR TARGET IN PART TWO,CLOSSEO WITHI ONE MILE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO Gef'ANY RADAR OR VISUAL CONTACT.OIO SEE A LIGHT PLANE IN THE AREA, LATER VECEO TO STEUBENVILLE,OHIO W~RE THEY CliMEO TO FLIGHT LEVEL -599 AND IDENTIFIED A BALLOON WITH GONDOLA AT APPROX. FLIGHT LEVEL 9930 WITH A ~EAOING OF TWO SEVEN ZERO DEGREES A~O SPEED OF 7 MACH J.. <1> UNDETERMINABLE-MANY .BALLOO'JS COULD BE LAUNCHED IN AREA PAGE FIVE UNCLAS MOF 236 K. (1) STEVEN R PAQUETTE, 1ST LT. USAF, OIC OPERATIONS KWL COMME~TS: VISUAL SIGHTING REPORTED IN PART ONE WAS PROBLABLY THESAlLOON SIGHTED VISUALLY BY INTERCEPTORS OVER OHIO.THE SIZE, OtSCRIPTIO~ AND FLIGHT PATH APPEAR TO CORRESPDrJO CJ> THE RADAR TARGER IN PART TWO COULD BE THE LIGHT PLANE SIGHTED BY THE INTERCEPTORS, ALTHOUGH TIS IS ONLU A POSSIBILITY,IT DOES LIKELY APPEAR TO HAVE SAME FLIGHT PATH AND OTt-ER FLIGHT CHAR ACTERISTICs .... (~) THE 08JECTS .. 1'1 PART 0'1E A'IO r~ WERE ~lOT THE SAME AND I BELIEIJ~ THE ABOVE CONCLUSIONS AS TO TYEIR IDE~TITY ARE V~LID ATTACii\iE~U ONE PART TWO OEPAI<TMEN'r 'Ot-fH~ AIR fORQ STAFF ."AE5SAGE 8RJ.\NCh UNCLASSIFIED ... B. (')FLIGHT OF OBJECT WAS A STARBOARD ORBIT BETWEEN 191 AND WPUT DEGS RANGE FROM TEN MILES TO TWENTY MILES. SPPED OF TRACK WAS APPROX.N 161 K~OTS. TRACK FLEW CO~TINUOUS ORBIT BETWEE~ ABOVE DEGREES ANO RANGE fOR APPROX. ONE HOUR. NOTE: ADV CY TO DIA UNCLASSl~lt.U HEAOQU RS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNIT&O aTATIES AI" JI'OAC ""IQHTPATTIE,.SON AI" FO,.CE aASIE, OHIO REP'l Y TO ATTN oF: TDEED/Mr. Bryant/pkj/74201 suaJecT: Radar UFO Sighting (U) TO: TDEW (TSgt Moody) The radar sightings of several UFO's near Bellefontaine, Ohio, on 14 July 65, have been evaluated, and it is the opinion of this office that the targets are real and in all probability are high- altitude balloons. This analysis is based on the following facts: a. The speeds of the targets (indicated only once) are too low for aircraft and are typical for balloons. The altitudes of the targets are too high for normal air- but are readily attainable by balloons. c. It is understood that at least two high-altitude balloons had been lost just previous to the radar sightings JOHN W. VEGA Lt Col, USAF Acting Di.rector Electronics Directorate Deputy for Technology and Subsystems YOU THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITYf Classification Cancelted UNCLASSiFiED U ~l C LA l t u:.u UiO 14 J\11 65, Belle1'onte1ne A:nJ (U) Co'loael, USAP Weapcm and arpport Directorate mas :tm 664tb Bellefontaine A79, Cite UNCLASSiFlED Sgt Gross from Be1lfountain AS called on 14 Jul 65. He may be reached on ext 121 or 214. He is confused on how the following should be handled: Bellfountain received a call last night from Radio Station at Lima, a man had observed an object o~er Findley, Ohio a few minutes later Bel]buntaine radar picked one object up on radar, then lost contact, regained contact for 18 minutes. He called Duty Officer, Maj Teagarden at Lockbourne. Onehour later they had a call from Lima radio who had an eyewitness account on tape. Bellfountaine arranged a conference call with Lockbourne and while Lima played tape lockbourne made a recording of it. .After t{i\hs Bellf'ountaine bad t"IIO objects on radar. Duty Officer will not be on duty until midnight tonight and be is confused as to what~ type of report should Wi be made. They had no scope photos as they had no scop,e camera. afternoon, 14 Jul 65, what action they should take. Please advise this Maj Quintanilla spoke with Sgt Gross and was satisfied that the object sighted over Findley, Ohio was no t the same as on radar. Radar objects would not be reported as a UFO. '!'old hi!ll he should forw-ard a report through To ADC. The object a~ Bellfountaine at 05052, l~.Jul for one minute, 62,200 ft, it traveled :f'our miles add at 0525Z made another contact, traveled 80 miles in 18 min ,in 73,000 ft went up off scope which was above 75,000 ft. At o64oz untii 0655Z had two objects at 84,500 till 95,800 ft. This information was also given SQAr:33 7ZCB'-JA926 DE RUCDBW 1 1980240 UNCLASSIFIED FM ~64TH RADAR SQ BELLEFONTAINE AFS OHIO ro RUWGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUEAKNI26TH ADIV STEWART AFB NY RUCDSQ/lvPAF 8 OHIO RUEAHQ/HQ USAF HASH 25 DC RUEAHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASH 25 DC 44-00P 6507 00029 . FOR: COMM AFNIN, SAFOI, HQ ADGt 26TH c ADIV. S UBJ: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ( UFO>. 1. THE FOLLOTJJI NG DATA IS SUBMI TTED FOR YOUR INFORMATIO~ AND NE;CESSARY ACTION, I N ACCORDAl~CE :J ITH AFR 2 Z2- 2 , PARA. 14 . A. DESCRIPTION OF CE.JECTS: (1) SHAPE: IDENTIC.a\L I N SHAPE TO OTHER AI RCRAFT AS SEEN ON HEIGHT FINDER RADARS <2> SIZE: NORMAL RADAR PRESENTATION. (3) COLOR: N/A (4) NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1 ON FIRST SIGHTING AND 2 ON SECOND. C5> FORt1ATION: STACKED L~ TRAIL. C6> DESCERNABLE DETAILS OR FEATURES: NONE (7) N/A C8> BRAVO. DESCRI ?TION 0~ COU2SS OF OBJE~ Ts; < l ) TELE ?HO~IZ CALL RECEIVED FROM MR. BOB CROFT OF RADIO STATION WCIT Classification Cancelled 2 RUCDB.~ UNCLASSIF\0 TAAT A UFO WAS S ITED OVER A ~liOPPING CENTER I~ FINDLAY, OH I O AT 0443z AND t.JAS STILL I N THE ARE A. ?.EPORTEDL Y HOVERING OVER TH I S ARE A AT A .. tU <, tt f\ L 1 11 UlJ r.. , '-'HAN li 1 N <.i EO l'H A L T 1 T tJlJL AND U HU .. t: i HJ N A f1 u A j-1 t-'t. .\1U:.1J L -J tH:. E.'\LLOON 'Lil<E IN SHAPE J\.T 05 2 ON 14 "'~ULY THIS RADAR SITE PICKED UP AN OBJECt ON OUR FPS-6 HEIGHT FINDER RADAR, AXU1UTH,358 DEGREES, Lt~ ~IILES .l\T AN ALTITUDE OF 62,2~0 FEET (2) LOST CONTACT WITH OBJECT AT 05~7Z .l\T 359 DEGREES 1 1241 .MILES FROM STATION AT AN ALTITUDE OF FT THE OBJECT THEN WENT OFF THE TOP OF THE RADAR SCOPE A 06342 2 OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED ON THE FPS-26A HEIGHT FINDER RADAR, AXIMUTH 276 AND 274 DEGREES AND A RANGE OF 146 t1ILES, ALTITUDE OF 88,40~ FT AND ~5,800 fT. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT 0655z. (3) OBJECTS WERE ON RADAR CONTACT FOR A TOTAL OF 27 NINU1"ES. C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: C1 > GROUND ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT, FPS-26A, FPS-6 COAG HEIGHT FINDER ' RADARS. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: (1) 14/05052 C2) NIGHT (3) 4122N, 8345W E. IDENTIFYING INfORMATION ON OBSERVERS: (1) MILIT.4RY-STRIZAK, JAt1ES J., AlC 664RADAR SQ (SAGE> RADAR OPERATOR, HIGHLY RELIABLE, (2) ~1ILITARYSCOTT, DUANE E A1C 564H RADAR SQ CSAGE>, RADAR MAINTENANCE T.ECHICAN, HlGHLY RELI~BLE._ (~) MILITA~Y DURAN, JO~'-SSGT, 6G~TH RADAR SQ <SAGE>, AIRCRAFT CONTROL A~!D WARNING SUPERVISORWN HILHLY RELIAZLE 74) MILITARY-IAHP2ELL, WILLifM G.,1 A1C664TH RADAR SQUADRON, SAGE, P:\GE 3 R UCD ET.-J 1 R.~DAR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, HIGHLY RELIABLE Fe WINDS ALOFT-60,000 FT-32~ DEGREES, 20 KNOTS G. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE :--~:;~THIS ORC.'\NtZATION. OEPAI(fMENl Ot-THE AIR FORCe ST ArF .~.\ESSAGE 8RAI\ICH ACTION: NIN-7 lNFO: XOF-! SUBJECT TO CORRECTION ZCHQ8988ZCEJC869 . PP RUEAHQ FM 662 RADAR SQ SAGE OAKDALE AI PA TO RUCMEN/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO Rli:AI<'J/26 AIR 0 tV STEWART AFB NEW YORK RUCOGU/ AfSC FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY OIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON ArB OHIO RUEAHQI~Q USAFCAFMIM) WASH 25 0 C RUEAHQ/ SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE CSAFOI) WAS~ 25 0 C UNCLASSIFifD THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SlBMtTTED IN ACORDANCE WITH AFR 209-2 DATED 13 JULY 65 PART ONE <UFO> A. (1) SHAPE: 0 I SC C2> I~DEFINITE, BUT VERY SMALL SEE.'AED QUJTE HIGY AND OEPAI(TMENT 0,. TH~ AIR FORC~ STAFF r;\cSSAG: BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED 0 I STANTN CJ> SILVERY (5 > NON-APPll CABLE C6) NONE OTHER THA~ SHAPE OR COLOR CSEE ~INE BELOW> PAGE TWO UNCLAS MOF 236 (7) ONE OBSERVER SAW Tl\ IL-'WT CO~F IRMED BY OTHERS (9) ONE PART VERY SHI~Y- 8. C1> W~ILE EATING OUTSIOEACCIOENTALLY SPOTTED OBJECT C2> SOUTH WEST ABOUT FORTY fiVE DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON (3) SOT HH TO NORHf IN WEST SKYO I SSA PEARANCE NOT OBSERVED, ACCURACY OF' HEA()I ~ QlEST IONABLE I ' <~> VERY' SLOW MOVEMENT IN STRA.tGHT L I ~E <5) NOT OB$ERVEO C6> TEN TO TWELVE MINUTES- (1) GROUND VISUAL SEVEN B~ FIFTY BINOCULAR SEE PART TWO SECTION K OEPAI(fMENl 0~ THE AIR FORO STAFF r.-\ES~AG~ BRA~JCH UN CLASS I Fl fD SJ KWL BEFORE DUSK (J) SEE PART TWO SECTION I E. C1> ONE UARTER MILE EAST Ot EASTMO~T, PA <LL18JS> GEOREf SdURGH THIRTY FIVE, PA OCCUPATIO~ HOUSEWifE, TWO CHILDREN BOY LEVEN YEARS AND GtRL NINE YEARS <ALSO OBSERVED> RELIABILITY, GOOD PAGE THREE MOF 236 . G. (1) COMPLETELY CELAR C2 > S2 I DEGREES, 7 KNOTS CJ> UNL tM I TEO C4> fIFTEEN PLUS C7> 1.8 UEGREES r. /1888 OR 9 OtGEEESf./5333 FT H. (1) NONE SEE PART no SECT 10~ I JHRO(x;H L PART TWO CUfO) .. B.-C1> CIVILIAN CA~L ALERTED MCC TECY. TO SEARCH FOR SIGHTED OBJECT