USAF record 28996644

USAF RADAR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 Apr 62 2. LOCATION: Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada 3. DATE-TIME GROUP: [REDACTED] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar 5. PHOTOS: ☐ Yes ☐ No 6. SOURCE: Military 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 hr 54 min 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one 9. COURSE: B

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: No visual sighting, picked up by ground radar, speed of about 72 kts to E, altitude of approx 97,000 ft, 2 F-102 n/c scrambled and picked up object on their radar and lock-on obtained for several passes, no visible contact. Observed by 10 military personnel on ground radar, picked up balloon and radar range was at 97,000 ft was from heading of 280° at 5 kts. No inversion in area. Tropopause at 35,000. All other weather normal at altitude.

11. COMMENTS: Definite object picked up on 3 separate radars. Only remote possibility of weather as the cause. Believed to be solid object by radar analyst. Wind would carry balloon released from Loring AFB, Maine at 0633 to the above location. Faulty ignition or low fuel could cause balloon to level off at 97,000 ft instead of usual maximum altitude. Speed of object together with the wind direction indicate a lighter-than-air object. Also no visible identification indicates that balloon was probable cause.

ATIC FORM JDB (REV D SEP D)