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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ~
2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i? 0 Wos Bolloon
17 bes 55 Laguna, california O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION otis Hosst hy.Bareen
O Wos Aiicroft
OO Ss eee 0 Ground- Vi sual D Ground-Rodar OX Probobly Aircroft
omT_17/1745z ae 0 Air Viauol O Alr-intercep! Rader | 9 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
© Yes 0D Probobly Astronomical
RR No 1s; military - . 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other £
10 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
_13_min_ sme. i erratic ___
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Track of unusual high speed observed on Possible Test Vehicle
ground radar equip by 3 USAF operatoers.
Speed estimated at 1,415 knots.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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FROM AC AND W SQ AT MT LAGUNA CALIF “GRAY:
TO’ DIR OF INTEL HOS USAF WASH DC yi cm, ef E
COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO 38
COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO CO aa
COMDR 27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF | A US 2 OR
PART TWO MY 1720202. PARA 116 JAMES D BUNCH, 1/LTs, USAF, SENIOR” (fe
DIR (C CREW) REMARKS8 THIS OBSERVANCE OF ATRACK ON RADAR COULD BE”
CREDITED TO INTERNAL INTERFERENCE, HOWEVER, AT THE TIME OF THE
SIGHTING, THE RADAR MAINT PERS INFORMED US THERE WAS NO INTERNAL
INTERFERENCE ON OUR RADAR EQUIP. ALTHOUGH THE SPEED OF THE TRACK /
(KGS1KG) WAS ESTIMATED AT 308% KNOTS, THE CALCULATED SPEED TAKEN
FROM THE ENTIRE TRACK PATH INDICATED THE TRACK SPEED TO BE 1415
KNOTS. WE BELIEVE THIS TRACK COULD POSSIBLE HAVE BEEN A TEST ACFT
FROM MUROC OR EDWARDS AFBe EDWARDS AFB, HOWEVER, COULD NOT CONFIRM
THIS TRACK WITH ANY OF THEIR ACTF. OBJECT APPEARED TO BE USING RADIO
AIDSt BLYTHE, THERMAL, DAGGET, AND POSSIBLE INYOKERN RADIOS. CBJECT
DID NOT RESEMBLE ANY PREVIOUSLY KNOWN INTERFERANCE INCURRED
AT THIS WA wile NONE
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FROM AC AND W SQ AT MT LAGUNA CALIF INE} QAMATION
TO COMD® DIR OF INTEL HOS USAF WASH DC
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THIS MSG IN 3 PARTS PART 1 UFOB CITES SCD-OPS 5-2 18. a 4e UNK ~—7/
(A) UNK (B) UNK (C) UNK (CD) 1 ¢E) N/A CF) UNK (GC) UNK (H) NOT HEARD “
(1) EST SPEED 399% KNOTS, CALCULATED SPEED 1415 KNOTS. PARA 2.
INBOUND FROM PRESCOTT RADIO TOWARD THERMAL RADIO, SEEMED TO CHECK
23 NM NORTH OF THERMAL RADIO, THEN TURNED OUT BOUND TOWARD EELESCOPEPEAK
(A) UNUSUALLY HIGH SPEED ¢€B) RANGE AND AXIMUTH 245 DEGREES 290
NM (C) RANGE AND AXIMUTH 335 DEGREES 224 NM (D) INBOUND HEADING 24%
DEGREES FOR 16% NMs OUTBOUND HEADING 32% DEGREES FOR 159 NM (E)
TRACK PASSED. OUT OF RADAR LIMITS (F) 13 MINUTES PARA 36 CA) GROUND-
ELECTRONIC CAN/FPS-3) (B) NONE (C) N/A PARA 4e 8945 PST 17 DECEMBER
1955 (A) 17452 17 DECEMBER 1955.(B) DAY PARA 5. 32 DEGREFS 53
MIN 34 SEC NORTH, 116 DEGREES 24 MIN 51 SEC WEST PARA 66 (A)
N/A €B) ROBERT D RALPH, S/SGT, USAF, AGE 23, CREW CHIEF, RAVID R
WYCKOFF, A/1C, USAF, AGE 24, CONTROL TECHNICIAN; DOUGLAS E WITTHOEFT,
A/1C, USAF,.AGE 23, INTERCEPT CONTROL TECHNICIAN$ LAWRENCE J JORASKIE,
A/C, USAF, AGE 2iy INTERCEPT CONTROL TECHNICIAN, EUGENE FIFER,
A/2C, USAF, AGE 23, RADAR OPERATOR$ EDWARD BRADDOCK, A/2C, USAF,
AGE 20, RADAR OPERATOR, RONALD SUMOSKI, A/3C, USAF, AGE 19, RADAR
OPR, ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONNEL IS 751 AC AND W SQ, MT LAGUNA AFS,
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. RELIABILITY OF ALL PERSONNEL VERY GOOD.
PARA 76 GOOD, WINDS ALOFT AVERAGE (A) NO WEATHER ON RADAR SCOPE
(B) SURFACE WINDS NNW7 KNOTS, 6200 .FT 259 DEG 1@ KNOTS; 12920
RT, 27% DEG 2@ KNOTS; |.
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