Kirtlandafb Newmexico — July 1966

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Keywords: 3lowly, inveatigattng, irerai, omply, conteuta, wbmitt1ng, 1nfoudation, idrumea, ccmiakiler, coordikatiolf, faktorovl, slo1vly, comming, dent11, aetiv, edltloru, qjintanilla, 11ated, coinciding, chlef, cajects, hissile, observert, 0435z, kirtl
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1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. L.OCA TION Kirtl:md AFD, i\~w H~xico 10, CONCLUSION 3. SOIJRCE 4. NUMBER OF CaJECTS Satellite(Echo II) Echo II was traveling toward the SSE over the area at a pproximately 0435Z S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Observert; \~atched a Gtal' like object travel toward t l'..! SSE. Ae the object. mo'led 3lowly it appeared to g;d_:, altitude. It mov"!d slo1vly at first th~n pick~d up s.pe:ed. Object veered to the left and to the right before comming back to its original position. Echo II wa:; orer t he point 112W JON at 04352 and traveling toward the SSE. r=TD SEP ~J 0-329 (TOE) Pre.,loua edltloru of thlo fonD may t.. uaod, QJintanilla/70916 . t1A1.dent11'Ud ~ ObJeet Reporta ( SliS Ltr, .Inveatigattng otn.eer-eould cheek the-local. aetiv"ity ror-a poaaible cause or the stimulus which triggered the observer to report his observation to t..he A1r Foree. This includes e.irerai't, balloon launches, etc:. Suggest that investigating o1'1'1cer c omply Vith the conteuta ot AJ'R 200-2 be1'ore wbmitt1ng hi 1nfouDation to the ' ac:idruMea 11ated in the regulation. : ,.,... .. POit !Ri CCMIAKilER 1.. l'tpt 12 Jun 66, A3C B'ami 1 ton ... Rpt 12 Jun 66, R. Toledo COORDIKATIOlf . ORIGINATOR: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS A I R FORCE SPECIAL WEAPONS CENTER (AFSC) KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO 87117 ATTN OF Slt,f8 suaJEcT: Unidentified Flying Object Reports TO: FTD ( TDEW) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio Atta ched are original copies received concerning the night of 13 June 1966. A check with the White Sands failed to disclose any firings coinciding with these unable to identify the sightings. FOR THE COMMANDER ACL~I~ t SAUL FAKTOROvl, ?.fajor, Chlef of Safety sightings on the Hissile Range