Milbank Southdakota — August 1967

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Keywords: churchill, hussain, recherches, august, range, rockets, 1urchill, seencd, retracj, operstions, medraw, chejtical, abo1fe, viils, rudrr, ir3ility, scount, conjifij, a0iliui, ntjmfii, chemica, elpfu2, hesistate, releaaea, ngaged
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1. DATE T IME G~OUP ! s. Nllf~C\ER OF CoJECTS LENGiH Of J3SERVATION T l'?E OF Oa3::RVATION i 7. COURS~ i b. PrtO'iOS ~9. PrlYSICAL E'/I~E:NCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION O:..~er (MRIU!\l CLOUD) O~server probably savr a cloud which rcsul ted from <..:loud re- leG.S2 at Fort C:-1urchill . 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 0':-~e '\{a~ globular shope, and lie;ht pin:<, and hC~.zy color. Object traveled fron NE to S\1, dircc~ly toward the obscr- vai~n collision c sc, seencd to s~op and hover, then mov~d ev::?.:,, retracj ng approach path . Objec t faded buck to !'J'L, 6ai~ing upeed as it moved and vanished from sight. Prevloue e~1~ona ot thJe foraa ~ be ueed, TtET;UFO (Maj Quintanilla/70916/ mhs/12 Aug 67) Che~ical Cloud Releaaea C~ief Operstions (Mr. Hussain) Cbur=hill Research Range Fort Churchill ~JAni toba, Canada 'Ibe Aerial Phenomena Branch has recently received reports of un~dentified flying objects over the northern United States. ~tr. ~3rl Medraw of the Goddard Space Flight c~nter suggested t he.t 'o~e contact you in regards to infor:nation on cheJtical cloud t'e l~et~es from Fort Churchill during t:1e last f ew weel<a. Specifically, "He are interested in launches on 27 July 1967 on/ or about 2300 CDT and again on 3 August 1967 on/or ~bout 0 240 CDT. If Fort Churchill 3 e ngaged in any type of uppe r :.l t:nospheric experiments on the abo1fe t.,.-o days, the information ~.ould be helpful in e v aluating Ult'O case3 ~ES C. MANA 'IT, Colonel, USAF recto~ of Technology and Subsystems -::-~c,:.ct viilS :n:Jdc \:ilh i :r . l\q l i cdr0\1 of the odd,rct t: . ht~ Lhou?(h:. Church ill '.loul~1 b ' l:~unch ing rudrr~ '. !., -. ?t. r;l.tur~hj ll :'oi' :-1\ld 1.!. ior. l i.n ,orm: tion. 'l'h r<! AN GL .: Or VI.;Ir3ILITY: I I \ CuV 7. OS3 V'::,~ 1:\SCOuNT OF ~:::."'fH~.~ CONJifiJ.~.::i: o:..A0iliui.., CLc..n\ i4 l udj A. VISI 3 ILITY: I~II~il. TCL O' NtJMFII P 01nl'l ~4 CHURCHILl RESEARCH RANGE CHAMP DE TIR DES RECHERCHES A CHURCHILL NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CONSEIL NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES FORT CHURCHILL MAN!TOBA cc:..vnel J ames c . f. . ..l att, ~i~ector of Te chno:ogy and Subsystems, D~p~rtment of the ~ir Force, H dquarters Foreign Technology Division, \iy:.ght-Patterson h.ir Force Ba s e , Ohio. D r Col. Manatt : August, 1 967. I refer to your letter, TDET/UFO, of i.he 14 August, Two Black 3~ant VB rockets carried a barium payload fo~ release at a:~itudes of 150 and 250 miles. The times i dates a t wh~c~ ~hese rockets were released are given b e low: (:) 0236 hou Ol . 08 seconds CDT on 3 August, 1 967. ~e, howe~e~, did not lau~ch any chemica l r e lease y:: ~n the 27 :-~:..y, 1967. I t rust the above information "fN: : >.: ~elpfu2.. F:..ease do not hesistate i.o get in -Lauch with :::-= ---~.-~ ::.d you re:r.1:re further information. Yours truly, N. Hussain, Asst. Chief of Operations, IIQ Churchill Research Range.