PROJECT 10073 RECORD l. DA IE T I . .A,~ GROUP Ai~craft(possiblc) , 1. NlJHBEi~ 'JF OBJECTS i S . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION two r..:.r!.utes : {.. T Y P E ;:: OBSERVATION i Ground Vi5ual I~. F d OTCS Ji J) Ye-s ~ ?. PHYSIC~L ~ VI:>ENCE 11. BR:EF SUMMARY ~.NO ANALYSIS Cbscrver watched a round shnp ed object move to\<:ard the north ;~other object was observed in the e astern sky. The object in the enst appeared to be getting lo~er before disappearing Th:-e~ diffeeent objects \'tere seen during n t\'ro minute per- iod. A red light \ias con.'1ected with the objects. .'..t 03/0200Z the 97th Bitl ex~cuted an excerise during which 26 C!ircraft departed the bas e in t\ro \';aves during a p eriod of four h ours. At 0215Z aircraft b~gan to t ake off follmred by the r i.~ining aircraft in the \'lav~ at approx imately one ~inute intervals. I t appears that the witness did obs~rve one or s~vcral of t.h:'! aircraft participatine in the exercise. Prevlou <!!tiona of thb fonB maJ be uaed, UNCLASSI FlED DIPAITMIMr OF THI All FOICI STAFF MISSAGI IWICII INCOMING MESSAGE ACTION: P..:~-1. INFO: XOP-1, IDPX-2,. SAPUS-3 J'CS/DIA-1, NIN-7 (19) ADV CY JCS/DIA SMB S106uTU JAW RL\YTBPA2303 0652200-UUUU--RUEOHQA R e622aii MAR 61 FM 97'gN 3&.. YT HEV ILLE AFB ARK TO R UNMr! ~I AD C E NT AFB COLO RLWTEMA/29AIRD IV RICHARDS GE9At.R AFB MO RUEDfJr/::-70 WPAFB OHIO RUED :~QA/CSAF WASH 0 C R uc:: nQA/JSAF WASH DC li';FO P.UCv' ;,\A/2AF BARKSJALE A::-8 LA UNQAS FOrt OF'FlCIAL USE O~l Y OOCI 04016 MAR 67. TO ADC ENT AFB COL 0 , 2 9 h lRO tV R I CHARD S-G~3 r\LR AFB MO, FTD W PAFB 0 HI 0 FOR TOETR, CSAF WASH SC ATTN AFN lN, OSAF WASH DC, ATTN: SAFO I. INFO 2AF' BARKSJAL~ AF3 :..A. SUBJ: 15,) REPORT. REFERENCE PARA 14, AFR 200-2 (5 > ~lJi i .; =:=~ .fi ~ G >.J. C 6) ~3 J:: CT S WERE 0 BSERVED I NTERM I TTE NTL Y, OISAPPE,;K t~ ~l.o ~t:A??EAR ~NG IN A 0 IFFERENT LOCATION. C7> NONE (8) NJ~. (31 r-.DNE. PARA 14BCBRAV0): (1) OBSERVER WALKED our OF HIS HOME TO l~NEST IGATE Tt REASON A DOG WAS BARKING Af'D OBSERVED AFHQ JANIS 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED . AFIN: 5 60il UNCLASSIFIED DIPAilMOO OF THI All FOIG SlAFP MUSAGI IWOI INCOMING MESSAGE : OBJECTS. ( 2) 45 DEGREES ABOVE HlR IZON TOWARD NORTH. C3> APPROXI- MAT ALLY 2 J DEGREES ABOVE 1-()R llON TOWARD EAST. OBJECT APPEARED TO PAGE 2 R~TBPA2303 UNCLAS BE GETi l ':G L.OWER BEFORE 0 I SA?PEARANCE. C4> STRAIGHT LINE. C5> DISAPPE.A.?.ffi FROM VIEW BECAUSE OF RAMiE. C6> TWO MINUTES. 14CCCHARLIE>: C1) GROG~D-VISUAL. C2> EYEGLASSES ON...Y. <3> NIA. 14D <DELTA>: <1> 03~2302 MARCH 1967. (2) NIGHT IN MOON..IGHT. 14ECECHO>: BACK YARD OF OBSERVERS HOME AT NIMMONS ARKANSAS, N) STREET ADDRESS. 14FCFOXTROT>: 1?., GENERAL DEL I VER Y; N I MMO NS, ARKANSAS HIGH SCl-CJL ST I.D ENT, COM~::i:L Y R:El1&LE. <2> N/A. PAR A 14G CGOL F>: 220/55 "T 5~,J0J; NJT AVAILABLE AT 80,000. (3) NONE. HIGH THIN SCATTERED Ai 23,000. (4) TEN. (5) 4/10. (6) NONE. (7) INVERSION AT 5 ,0!10; JT:-:~ TEMPERAilRE GRAD lENT OORMAL. NJRMAL LAPSE RATE A til PAR AL!.. ;::.., 7 ~ I CA 0 sr A r D -~ D PAR A 14 H <HOTEL > : NO NE PAR A 14 I Cl~ lA): .~ C- . PARA 14J(JlLIET>: AT 03/020BZ MARCH, Tl 97TH BOMBARDMENI .~ lNG, BL YTHEVILL~ AFB, ARKANSAS EXECUTED A BAR NONE EXERCISED lR l~G WHICH 26 AIRffiAFT, 13 B-52S Ar.D AN EQUAL NLMBER OF TANKERS, DEPARTED THE BASE IN TWO WAVES OLR IN:i A PER 100 OF APPROXI- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMIMY OF THI All FOICI ST AIF MISSAGI INCOMING MUSAGI MAiEL Y r~ .R HO tR S. THE FIRST WAVE OF 16 AIR CRAFT, 8 OF EACH TYPE, WAS J N!7 ::~TEO AT 033200Z Atil THE FIRST TAKE-OFF WAS APPROXIMATELY 0215Z F'CU .. O'NEO BY THE REMAIN!~ 15 AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PAGE 3 Rl.\VTBPA2303 UNQ.AS Ml NUTE ! '.7ERVALS. TJ SECO~D WAVE WAS I NIT IATEO AT 030400Z AN) THE FIRST TA~ OFF WAS AT APffiOXiMATELY 030415Z FOLLOWED BY THE REMAINit\G AIRffiAFT o\T APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTE INTERVALS. THE FLIGHT PATH Of ALL A I? a\ AFT 0 lR I Ni A BAR i'D NE EXERCISE IS SUCH AS TO PLACE THEM l !.. S I G ~ T ; '-b AA E A 0 lR I NG A ~ ;, FT ER T HE T I ME 0 f S I G HT I Ni PAR A 14 K (K !LO): S~iEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 97TH BOMBARDMENT WING, BLYTHE- VILLE Ar3 ~KANSAS. COMM::~ITS: THIS SIGHTING IS SIMILAR TO THAT REPORTED ;-~;:<M KENNETT, M IS~lR I ON APPROXIMATELY 24 AUGUST 1966 HE ?7TH SOMBARDMENT '.Vl'JG EXECUTED AN OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECT ICN T~Si <OR IT). U~CONFIRMEO INFORMATION lf'D ICATES SIMILAR OBCTS, AS 'vtl '.ff AS 7 AT Cr\E , HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SAME AREA FORTH:: ~,'!,S7 ~:::=:iAL NIG~S. FLIGHT RECORDS OFT~ 340TH BOMB WI~ Af'll TH~ :?IT;: ;. ,? ;:.::f!ELHlG 3QUADRON AT BLYTHEVILLE AFB, BOTH OF WHICH W~R~ d'/~LV::D IN Ti-E 8t..Rf'DNE EXERCISE, lr-DICATE THAT BOTH UNITS CO~CCTED EXTENSIVE NlGHT TRAINING ON WI FEBRUARY A~ 1 MARCH 1967. IT l S >DT UNUSUAL FOR ~OTH SOMBER S A~ TANKERS TO FLY IN THE AFHO JAIIIU 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED DEPAIJMINY OF JHE All FOICI STAIP MISSAGI lUNCH INCOMING MUSAGI LOCAL AAA F'OR AN HOlR OR MORE. THE SIGHT I M; AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES ~T H WEST OF BLYTHEVILLE AFB, ARKANSAS. THE MOST LOG I CAL CAUSE OF' THIS SIGHT IM; IS THAT Tt OBSERVER SA'N SlME OF THE AIRCRAFT FR ().1 THE 9i H BOMBARD ME NT W 1 NG 0 lR I M; THE E XEClfl' 10 N OF THE BAR NONE i PAGE 4 ~ U.~T BPA2303 UNCl_ AS EXERCISE. PARA 14LCLUNA): O~E. UNCLASSIFIED