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1. DATE 2. LOCATION a 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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25 Aug 55 Forland, Missouri D Prcbably Balteon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —— |G Possibly Balloon
ee | ea ee O Ground- Vi sual & Ground-Radar = Drobaae Rivard
GMT 26/01562Z 0 Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar | 7 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 0 Was Astronomical
|. 0D Yes O Probably Astronomical
x Ne military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other. D eran
O Insutticient Deta tor Evaluation
see rpt one See rpt Q Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING) —«*” . 11. COMMENTS ia

Classified sighting, see rpt.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Captain Hendin
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LC: W-YEY

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COC Weather at ADC was contacted wits
respect lo this yeport. The under s pned

We s jntormed that her € Was Q possibh :
Te mplefa ture inversion at fhe Time and
plac ¢ oF the sighting. This, jn connectloy

witA dato conte (n0d inthe reponl

leads ¥A’S headguarters 73 the OP (N1ON
that the Sigh tn could have beex
enevated b7 tho (NVETS/On, or Fossible.

jnuers1on. The UFOB Indey lard wll rot

he initiated gn his Yeport.Thrs seportss
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FROM NAME OR TITLE DATE
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ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION TELEPHONE }
02d ALSS NV 495°

FORM Replaces DA AGO Form 306, 1 Apr 48, and AFH en
DD 1 FEB 50 95 Form 12, 10 Nov 47, which may be used. a 16-—40487-4 GPO

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3}. USE THIS SHEET FOR A F QUESTIONS.

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BNS OR ADDITIONAL DATA NOT COVERED OM

AG approxbiately 91562, 26 Angsest 1955, A/26 cossom moviced a blip SR),
aG 575° ; 2324 nm. Because he waited to ses whetter the trac: vo | Pade, hs OS), fd
progressed to 075°, 220nn before an IP was established at 015 ~efore ensther “&

ove could be prt on the board, airman Bossom was relieved by “Ay20 Toung. rossom
told Young to wateh that particular track ns it Seemee to be coming ‘ay fast.
Airman Young cal. firs’ tb OF5 pic mm. All plots were

Initial Pick=tp 175° = 234nm
IP — 9 9 O75° = 220na
lst AH 5530 0202 075° = 140nm

2nd Ak 1020 02052 075° = 145nm
3rd Ss QE «4022 92082 075° =| 120nm
jth QH 1220 02102 075° = 103nz
5th  QH 9020 02122 980° = 86nm
6th PH 4018 02152 033° . 7inm

Airman Young stated that the track began to slow down perceptibly at about
100am. When it first faded at 90 nm he tried Upper beam tt withont success. The
track reappeared and finally faded at PH 418 (083° — Vom) « However, a target

would reappear and paint strongly at that point a would not move, and then
an

few sweeps wovld fade completely. Alter a's ote two reappearances, I called "Diploma’
sontrolier, Gapt Moore, and told him about it. He said i in fF
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f it reappeared agai
Dropkick” 17 was scrambled

would scramble "Dropkick", The target did reappear 8 and !

and was airborne at spond When he was about 5 miles from the spot the ta er vas
last seen, it popped 1p dead ahead about 20 miles away, painting strongly. As the
tighter approached the target it began to fade and the last paint was when DK 17
WAS about + mile away. DK 17 did not get a visual nor was he able to make any

on his weapon. From then on it was like a gams, the target would pop tp
a)

contact a
abont 20 miles away and as soon as I had the fishter headed beer it, it worl
os

We SU LAA
sade. This happened 19 or 15 times mtil DK 17 reported he was low on ®mel.
“nen ne was abond fifty niles from the area on tis” way back to base, the TS0B

or a

=52 out still was not moving.

There were several things quite odd about this ineczent:

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1. A check A tne Recorier's Logs snow a definite reduction in speed from
+ +4 AN a aia: a 2, erlavs ona s p ; ANVI37
Setter than 1000 miles per hour between 0205Z and 9205Z to 320 moh from 0212Z to
33.59 +? ~ yrrar- & mr!
O215Z. Cver tnis entire period he sveraged 575 mph.
* ~ — R&R , ; Po ce ¢ - > 4 & rar . fr 2 Ne = _ - — , ~ ~ Ss - 2 ~~
Ze A constant check of tne Height-finder never gave a neisht indicaticn.
ba 7 a ° 4 ? : - ™ ») ~~ % 4 - fe ‘ r 4 ~? - " ad -
7. A CONStant cheek oF wpper beam doth by 4/20 Young and by myself never
* ) o 2 2 ~ _ ! - ~~ _ q 2 + pe, P, | 4 4 % . 3 ~. *. te om “= *
revealed a track coing throwgh our area, yet when it faced, it had come almost
twat ant fa
5S ‘Cx 44.3500 i?
/ -_ : = 1m 2 pe, : 4 7 a ph cal ARS. ye ° m , - soe ~ ae —
bie nis track Iaagea abowt tne same vosace thas the trac wy nerr OdDSseCvVve
. “ 2 » PS 3 - 2 = ~- 4.
#23 picnhed Up Joins Ove
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nts anove or below him thoveh if

5e )6 Dropkick” 17 could observe no lig
occured in a relatively isolated area where there are only @ few very small town
Re was at 6.5, 10 and 15 thovsand feat and never once had a weapon contact or a

Ss
yisval observation. He reported that the weather was absolutely arith,
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30. IF SCOPE PHOTOS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, PLOT THE TARGET TRACK AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE, GIVE

THE TIME AND ALTITUDE (IF MEASURED) FOR EACH POINT PLOTTED, PUT THE NECESSARY RANGE SCALE
ON THE DIAGRAM.

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ATIC FORM 332 (REVISED 25 NOM
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19. ARE PERSONNEL FAMILIAR WITH THE EFFECTS CAUSED BY AN INTERFERING SIGNAL? :;(]XYES ( NO

COMMENTS: mf
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20. ARE PERSONNEL FAMILIAR WITH THE EFFECTS OF ANOMALOUS PROPAGA
PERTAIN TO THIS TYPE OF RADAR? CEKYES (1 NO TION (DUCTING EFFECTS) AS THis

21. HAS ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION (DUCTING EF FECT) BEEN OBSERVED TO EXTEND THE RANGE
GROUND CLUTTER OF THIS RADAR AT THIS SITE? oy Yes (NO a are
COMMENTS: AP und it's results is a daily ocorrence at this site.

22. WAS ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION (DUETING EF FECT) EXTENDING THE RANGE OF THE GROUND CLUTTER
THE TIME THE TARGET WAS OBSERVED? EKYES © NO ‘el
COMMENTS: _teS. However, it was extending the eround olutter to the west only.

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23. HOW DID THE TARGET APPEAR IN SIZE AND SHAPE AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT TARGETS?
| The size and shape were comparable to a large aircraft and printed strongly ever
ek a ae aaa
q at 236 nautical Miles wibhont : fading.

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24. PERFORMANCE OF TARGET:

a. REMAINED CONSISTENT IN SIZE 0 CHANGED SIZE RAPIDLY - 0
b. SPEED WAS CONSTANT 0 SPEED WAS VARIABLE x
c. FOLLOWED CONSISTENT TRACK 0 APPEARED, DISAPPEARED, THEN
REAPPEARED IN NEW LOCATION At
d. FUZZY COMPARED TO AIRCRAFT SHARP COMPARED TO KNOWN
TARGET AIRCRAFT TARGET AX
e. SAME AS AIRCRAFT TARGET Qx

25. WERE OTHER TARGETS (KNOWN) OBSERVED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA, AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
TIME AND AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AS THE UNUSUAL TARGET? QXYES ‘O NO

IF SO, DESCRIBE. Altitude of T7O3 was tmknown. Other targets nainted normally

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26. WHAT TYPE INDICATORS (‘‘A’’ SCOPE, ‘B’’ SCOPE, ETC.) WERE USED TO FOLLOW THE TARGET?
Plan Position Indicator (PPI)

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DESCRIBE THE SIGNAL: The return sisal was sharp, defined, and not unlixe an

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q actual aircraft target,

27. WHAT WAS THE RADAR. SCAN RATE?

& RPM An atenna Rotation
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28. WHAT WAS THE FREQUENCY OF THE TRANSMITTER?

ae Pane 9 7 ; Le Gee
| Lower feam 1302mg “pper Beam 1259m¢

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29. DID ANY OF THE OBSERVERS HAVE ANY Y OPINIONS AS TO THE NATURE OF THE TARGET? G YES “8 NO
iF YES, GIVE THEIR NAMES AND OPINIONS BELOW,

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THE SAME TIME THE RADAR CONTACT WAS MADE? ~
IF SO, GIVE NAME AND AODRESS,

NOY AC

ie MAK axxo A VISUAL SIGHTING AT APPROXIMATELY

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RADAR SCOPE PHOTOS: |
1S RADAR EQUIPPED WITH A SCOPE CAMERA? ~-------------0ncneenncncenenenneceneennnnnncnencenee (YES ONO
WAL CANGRA CPERATIONIAS occscctiesncccvnisecsvcccsesesesccsusaes susencnsewrsesnenewcspewseonsst] YRS 15 NO
WERE SCOPE PHOTOS TAK END -----000---20-0ce scene snnnnnncnesannnnscnwnesnnncnneconsasenrencecocne: D0 YES ONO
WERE PRINTS OF THE SCOPE PHOTOS FORWARDED TO THE !
AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER? --------cc----ce-ncnnccneccnccnccneccennncancaccnnncca ~-O YES NO
TRACK DATA: ys
WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF THE TRACK? __~@ 92  ——s—S—CsS<Ss(esess eeeeseseseSsSsSSSFSFsFEFEFeFeFeFeseF
WAS A PERMANENT PLOT MADE OF THE TRACK AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION? oYes ONO
WERE AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT THE TARGET? GYEs ONO
IF SO, WERE THE AIRCRAFT BEING OBSERVED ON THE SCOPE AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE TARGET? (YES ONO
WERE ANY NEARBY RADAR INSTALLATIONS QUERIED WHETHER THEY HAD OBSERVED
THE SAME TARGET OR TRACK? MQ Yes ONO
IF SO, WHICH STATIONS? a ee : is
WAS THE TARGET OBSERVED ON SEARCH RADAR? eek GYES ONO
IF SO, WHAT IS THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE EQUIPMENT?
WAS THE TARGET OBSERVED ON HEIGHT FINDING RADAR? OYES NO
IF $O, WHAT IS THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE EQUIPMENT? __
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY RECENT MAINTENANCE DIFFICULTIES? O YES ONO
Veh oe) ESS aS Se Sree ee a
WHAT TYPE MODULATOR (I.&., SPARK GAP, HARD TUBE, ETC.) 1S USED IN THE RADAR EQUIPMENT?
~ HYDROGEN THYRATON (SOFT Tt)  # ###- ant
WAS THE AFC(AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL) CIRCUIT OPERATING PROPERLY? ‘0 YES ONO
COMMENTS: h ee
HAS INTERFERENCE FROM ANOTHER RADAR SET BEEN OBSERVED RECENTLY: Cl YES -G-NO

COMMENTS: LE:

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, (ar . * Ee ae DATA SHEET
we” (GROUND RADAR) [| NI & [ A S S CIE,

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The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide technical data for evaluating the report of y
an unusual radar target or track, It is requested that it be completed as accurately as
possible.
When noc filled in, the form is Unclassified. The reporting officer will use hia own
judgement as co what degree of classification is required.
Ic is prefecced that the answers to the questions be typewritten, however, if it will ex-
pedite the completion of the form, the answers may be printed in ink. If additional space
is needed, use reverse side of form.
1]. STATION OBSERVING TARGET: 2. DATE OF THIS REPORT:
797th AGH SQTADRON 30 AUS 1955
Organization Day Month Yeor
FOROLAND APS SSUUA
Location»
3. DATE TARGET OBSERVED: 4. NAME, RANK AND ORGANIZATION OF
Locel Time O REPORTING OFFICER: ©
26 _ Avs 1955 Z Time H JOHN Ne CLIVER lst Lt
en Year 797th ACW SOVADBCN
habe i LTO ICTTST
TimeLocal Time Z iid _ FORD. LAND rhe MISSCUS 1 =
5. EXACT LOCATION OF STATION (COORDINATES):
FJ NH 0709
6. OBSERVER DATE (LIST EACH OBSERVER):
No. of Yeors
Name Rank Duty Exp. In Radar
rs OLTVER, JOHN N. ist Lt _DIREGTC 3
pg, BCSSCM, JL. A/2C RADAX CPRERATOR 1
c, YCINc, ISSAC N. A/2C DAR OPERATOR 1
D. — a en jessica
Bia oo i ee er a a ae, Cr ee

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7. WAS A VISUAL SIGHTING MADE BY ANY PERSONNEL OF THE STATION? YES ([{NO
iF SO, GIVE NAME ANDO RANK OF ALL ss EL MAKI AY L Si pATING AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF

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