PROJECT BLUE BOOK

. PROJECT 10073
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
24 Jan 51 Westover AFB, Mass 0 Was Balloon
0 Prabobly Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircroft
GMT. 24/15457 Air-Vi suai Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes G0 Probably Astronomical
CI No App Cont. Radar Personnel Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_ See below
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
15-20 min 3 Varied Unknown
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
Size - Same or larger than B-36. Westover
Approach Control I picked up unidentified returns. beacon within A/c (B-l7)
No other radar in the area could d pick up the
return. Believed to B-17 carrying
a radar beacon.

ceiling with one mile visibility.
7. No known activity Or
otherwise, which account
ent.
30 mi
of much shorter aia not
regi any unusual S targets during the rations.
2
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 XEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10-

90°. O similar ein, cach
target, approx ximately appeared
to separate ery close
FOR T.
Assistant Adjutant
3
DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVAIS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
N DOD DIR 5200.10
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c. Flight path of the B-17
d. the airport control radar. If not
available, did the targots always approach from one direction
and depart in the opposite direction, or did they approach
and leave the station at the same azimuth. (This s will
help to determine if the ACR was interrogation the airborne
beacon, or
BRUNOW W. FEILING
Colonel, USAF "
Chief, Technical Analysis Division
Intelligence, Department
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DOD DIR 5200.10-
Novtit
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the unknown rader almost assuredly caused by the bescon in the
B-17 7aircraft.
"2. Additional info natid ove, aid materially n the
analysis of these radar targets:
a. Frequency of stover.
b. Frequency acon on
if it vere not pulse)."
Inel JOHN E. LIEBERT JAMES/ew
n/c Major, USAF 55170
Chief, Electronies Section B 263-A
Technical Analysis Division P A-17
Intell tment
DOWNGI YEAR
DOD DLR 5200.10 -
WF-L-31 OCT 49 4.652M (CONTINUE ON OTHER SIDE)
AMC Form No. 5 (Rov 29 Jul 47) be used This form roploces AMC untl stocks on hand Form ore exhausted.
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cbject did ing but just s
it was not a burning aircraft s fire or light fi the top
of the object wentt the object". was no
light di not flicker but maintained a steady glow In color
it was "betn een a blue-w had ever
saon befor
center. The thing which most imoressed Nr. weS hich the
light "pointed movement. e object. The point light would move,
then the object were attached the point
with strings. object would
move until it was directly th point and object
would rise. Mr. orpared This happened
epproximately four times. Attached is a drawing made by Mr. in an at-
tempt to present in pictorial fe movement of the cbject.
ducl 1' JUNCLASSIFIED

able.
FOR THE OFFICER:
.
P. KUBALA
Incls: Major, USAF
1. Spot Report - Farmer Intelligence cer
2. Drawing of Mr. Farmer
3. Spot Report hodes
4. Spot Earry
2
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l9sl, together with a drawing made b iden-.
tified the tim f sighting at l824
2. Check with Major Robert Higgins. Station weather Officer at
Robins Air Force Base, resulted in information that a weather balloon was
released from the Base Veather Station on 25 January 1951 at 1600 hours
EST. This balloon was not illuminated by candle other means. Major
Higgins expressed opinion that the balloon released at l600 hours
could not been aloft at l824 hours. No record of tine of breakage
such balloons are norn lly dow within an hour-and-a-half.
3. Check with Control indicated activ-
betwsen 1800 and 1900 hours:
.
Type Take-off Arrival
C-46 1822 hrs.
T-6 1823 hr3.
C-47 1828 hrs.
C-45 . 1829 hrs. 571.12
C-47 1850 hrs.
C-47 1857 hrs.
C-47 1858 hrs.
B-25 in flight from 1540 to 1907 hrs. 17-3712-34
C-47 in flight from 1545 to 1604 hrs.
WRAMA FORM 12 -REV. 22 APR 49
RAFD B MAR 50-25000 UNGLASSIFIED