Pocahontas Arkansas — February 1967

Category: 1967  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1967-02-9666412-Pocahontas-Arkansas.pdf
Keywords: arkansas, walnut, chard, ville, missagi, satellite, unclassified, projtt, hontas, ponsiblc, aircrc1ft, descrtption, ruytbpa29, e5919, 9730ms, ruvmfva, 0ltbs9, ge3alr, r8ence, 14acalpha, dolble, telephl, focaklntas, kyesterl, aalmimj
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PROJtt: I IUU/J Ktl.UKU t'IME G?.OUP 2. LOCATION Foca.hontas, Ark~ns.:ls on~ witnes s 3. ~;ntmct: .t. NUt~E\ER Or Ga..:ECTS !i. LENGTH OF O~ScRVATION one r..i.nute t .. TYPE OF O?.S[RVATION Grou:-1d '/i::ua l 7. C\JURSE t--e~st..;al~d I~. PdOTOS 10. CONCLUSION s~te~litc(ponsiblc) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Cbserv~r w!1.7.ch~d a briGht 'tthite star like object travel slOh'ly to~:ard the east. Th~ object traveled in a stra i ght line path during the observa tion. 1he object faded from v i e,., <?.:'ter being vis iblc for about one minute. There \rer~ s ~'t~ral aircraft in the ar a; hoHever, it is not fel t that one of thes e aircrc1ft Here responsible for tho sir;hti ng . The descrtption i!'J cons i st ent \: ith th~.t of a satellite obs~rvation. f=TD S l. P ~ 3 0-3::7 (TDE) Provloue edltlo:-; :! t.~la f orm m lly b e u.od, UNCLASSIFIED ACTION: RDC-4 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS-3, NIN-7, DIA~l (19) ADV CY DIA SMB B922~TTU JAW RUYTBPA29~ e5919 7-UUUU--RlEOHQA. z toR uuuuu FM 9730MS'_.G BL YT ~VILLE AFB ARK TO RUVMFVA/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUNT EM.~/2 5' A IRO IV R I CHARD SGEB A lR A'FB MO RUEDF' H"lrTO WPAFB OHIO RUEOHQA/ ~SAF ~uED HQ~/COSAF WASHINGTON 0 C I NF'O R UCV AAA/2AF' BAR K&l ALE A F"B LA UNQAS F'0R OFFICIAL USE Ott. Y oro I 0ltBS9 FEB 67. TO ,.AOC ENT AFB COLO, 29 A lRD IV R I CHARD S-GE3AlR AF8 MO, FTO WPAFB OHIO fOR TOETR, CSA F' F'Oa Af N I N 0 SA F' WASH D yr0(;;;~"7:i NFO 2AF B M !<SO ALE Af'B LA SUB J : UFO REPC-R'f . R::r8ENCE PARA ~Aflr.:'2-0i-2. PARA 14ACALPHA>; C1> ER LOOKED 0Ji OF' A LARGE DOLBLE WI ~OW AS HE CROSSED Ttl ROOM TO: ANSWER Tt TELEPHl~ AT T~ POLICE STATION IN fOCAKlNTAS, ARKANSAS. (2) IN A sour KYESTERL Y 0 IRECT ION FROM OBSERVERS POSil ION AT AN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSI flED D!,AalMIMJ Of 1HI Ali FOia STAJF MISSAGI IHCOM1MO MBSAGI A~LE 0~ ~?FROX IMATELY &JI DEGREES ABOVE Tf-E t-DR IZON. (J) TOWARD THE EAST FR~ OB~Rv:RS POSIT ION AT AN A~LE OF APPROXIMATELY 49 DEGREES ABO'/E THE PAGE 2 R '...WT B PA2 864 UNQ.AS HORIZON. (4 ) STRAIGHT FtiGHT PATH fROM POINT OF SIGHTING UNTIL DIS- APPEARANCE. (5) FADED FROM VIEW. (6) ONE MINUTE. PARA 14CCCHARLIE>; (1 ) GRO VISUAL. <2> EYE GLASSES O~l Y. (3) NIA. PARA.14D ([)ELlA):- C 1> APffi OX IMATEL Y 250 600 FEB 67. <2> NIGHT PARA 14E <ECHO>: roL ICE STAT \ON; ?OCAt-DNrAS, ARKANSAS. PARA 14FCFOXTROT> (1) MR. POCAl-C~fiAS, ARKANSAS; POLICE OFFICER; COM- F\.ETEL Y n::.. I ABLE. <2> N/A, ?~;;,:.. 1~G <GOLF>; C 1> CLEAR A~ COLD AVAILASLE: A.T 80,000. (3) O.E:AR. (4) SEVEN PLUS. <5> f\O~'E. (6) NO~E. (7) TMPERATlRE DEVIATION OF MINUS FIVE DEGREES FROM NORMAL LAPSE RA7E; ~ !~VERSION. ?ARA 14H0bTEL>: NONE. PARA 141<HD lA> a_ YT tV ILL:: ;;~ , AR KA ~4SA S, t~ER E IN T t AREA AT THE APPRO X I MATE T IME Of" THE SIG}{T . B-52G ~ 57-6514, CALL SIGN GAUZY 13,,PILOTEO BY MAJm ROBERT 0. PRINCE, FR 47039, 34 0TH BOMB SQUADRON, WAS OVER THE WALNUT R lOGE VOR AT 2596a5Z FEB 67, ARR lVI~ FROM THE NORTH. B-52G UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED DIPAIJMOO OP IHI All FOIU SJAIP MISSAGI BlANCH INCOMING MUSAGI R 5 8-9168, CALL SIGN GAlflY 25, PILOTED BY CAPT DONALD K. NIMS, fR5813B, J4aTH BOMB SQUADRON, WAS OVER THE WALNllr R lOGE VOR AT 259552Z F~a 67, ARR IVIM; FROM THE &lUTtfHEST Tt WALNUT R lOGE PAGE 3 R l:l!T 9 PA2 B &4 UNCl. AS VOR IS APrROXIMATELY 15 NA SOUTH OF POCAtlNTAS, ARKANSAS. PARA 14K (KILO) CHi::F, INTELLIGENCE 0 !VISION, 97TH BOMBARDMENT WIM;, BLYTHE- VILLE AF'B ARKANSAS. ALTH)LGH A SATELLITE SCHEDll.E IS OOT AVAILABLE THE MOST L CG I CAL EX PL A NAT I 0 N FOR T HI S S IG HT I ~ I S T HAT THE OBSERVER SA,'I A SATt:LL ITE. OBSERVER IMFt.ICATEO A FAMILIARITY WITH JET AIRmAFT TRAFFIC r ~ T t- AREA ANJ GAV~ THE IMPRESS 10 N OF BE I~ ABLE TO DIS . . Tl~tUISH 3~T'NEEN AIRCRAn AliJ OTHER OBJECTS. OBSERVER ACK~WLEDGED I NA 8 IL I T Y i ' EST I MATE Al T IT LD E S 0 F. JET A I R CRAfT B UT 0 E sm I B EO THE OBJECT AS 3E: I~ "UP WHEN T H~ JETS FLY, PER HAPS 29, 93B FEET " THIS SIGHT I~ IS StM IL IAR TO QjrRS OCCtRR lNG IN THIS AREA ON "CLEAR ANl COLO" NfGHi WHERE IN THE OBJE:T WAS BELIEVED TO BE A SATELLITE. . THE FACT i:--:AT Tr OBJECT WAS IN VIE'N FOR Ott. Y ONE MINUTE TE~S TO PR E Q lD E A ~ K :::: ~ FT AS 8 E nl'G T h'E CAUSE 0 F T HE S 1 G HT I NG PAR A 14L UNCLASSIFIED