USAF record 28992061
28992061
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 11 Apr 61
2. LOCATION Cape Canaveral, Florida
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 11/24572 Apr 61
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS Yes
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE varied.
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object picked up on radar, No visual contact. Estimated speed of from 50 to 600 knots. Object orbited in or planes along an azimuth of 120 degrees and between 10 and 55 miles from the base.
11. COMMENTS Subsequent tests by base in question revealed that the radar return signals were from the SIF equipment aboard a U-2 type aircraft.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 36 REP '53)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW:] Possibly Balloon [HW:] Was Aircraft [HW:] Possibly Aircraft [HW:] Was Astronomical [HW:] Possibly Astronomical [HW:] Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 11 Apr 61 2. LOCATION Cape Canaveral, Florida 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 11/24572 Apr 61 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual…
- Page 2 UFO was observed on radar, Cape Canaveral, 1457Z, 11 April 61. It was observed for at least 30 minutes. Object appeared to orbit in an orbit which extended from 10 miles from the Cape to a position…
- Page 3 FPS 2 track [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Target [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [HW: By 115° for 00 [HW: Flight path is [ILLEGIBLE] of compass and direction. [HW: Point that comes from compass 115°] [STAMP:]…
- Page 4 ALTITUDE BECAUSE OF SCOPE INDICATIONS SOME RADAR OBSERVERS BELIEVE UFO WAS VERY LOW NARROWLY 210 FT. ALTITUDE. OTHERS BELIEVE UFO WAS AT VERY HIGH ALTITUDE NARROWLY MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL JET…
- Page 5 EMPLOYER, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, FPS-3 RADAR OPERATOR. RELIABILITY SUPERIOR. E (ADULT) PAA, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA, ASSISTANT FPS-3 RADAR OPERATOR. RELIABILITY SUPERIOR. (2) A. FLIGHT LEUTENANT…
- Page 6 PAGE TWO RENFQT 55K B (1) UFO FIRST APPEARED AT 14:57Z, 11 APRIL 61, ON THE FPS-3 RADAR SCOPE DURING RANGE CLEARANCE PROCEDURES PRIOR TO THE LAUNCHING OF TEST NUMBER 1352, A POLARIS MISSILE,…
- Page 7 ATIC SDB027X ADA 627FQB774QT8445 PPAJEDSQ R DE RJENWOT B9C P 1123202 PH AFHTC PATRICK AFB FLA TO RJENWAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJESKBV32 AIRDIV DOBBINS AFB GA RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO RJETHN/HQ USAF WASH DC…
- Page 8 CONFIDENTIAL AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO REPLY TO: AFCIN-4E/Maj Friend/rw/69216 SUBJECT: Request for Analysis of UFO Report 13…
- Page 9 JOINT MESSAGEFORM SECURITY CLASSIFICATION SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER 14Apr51 20 36z Director TO 2412 PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Check) ACCOUNTING SYMBOL ORIG. OR REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION…
- Page 10 JOINT MESSAGEFORM - CONTINUATION SHEET SECURITY CLASSIFICATION [REDACTED] FROM ATIC WPAFB OHIO once each three sweeps over an interval of 36 seconds and received no target on the height finder. ATIC…