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CASE REFERENCE6786756

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONTierra Amarilla AFS N Mex

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. OATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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O Yes OO Probobly Astronomical
| No A/C Controller 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF .OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0D Other
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. DO Unknown
2 hours two not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two objects size of pea, color red, | Final report not forwarded, Case -

yellow and green blinking lights. One | carried as insufficient data,
Object anchored and one object orbit- |
: ing. One object escorted intercept
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Eq 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (ADC), Ent AFB, Colorede,
15 Feuruary 1957, Subj: (Unclassified) UFOB Report

AISOP 3rd Ind |
Hq 46024 Air Intelligence Service Squadron (ADC), Ent Air Force Bese, :
Colorado Springs, Colorado 14 MAR 1957 |

TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATTN: AFOIN 4%, |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

1. Inclosed herewith are ATIC Form 332 and ATIC Form 164 for~
warded to your office for further analysis.

2. This organisation has assigned a "possible balloon” eval-
uation to this sighting although certain of the details of the sight-
ing do not conform to this hypothesis.

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3. This organisation feels that personal interview would only
duplicate the information contained in the forms; consequently no
field investigation was assigned.

he. Upon completion of your analysis, request the inclosures . |
be returned to this organization for file.

2 Incls - JOHN D TAYLOR, JR :
il of Mejor, USAF |
2. ATIC Porm 164 Adjutant

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iq 4602d Air Intelligence Servive Squadron (ADC), Ent AFB, Colorado,
15 February 1957, Subj: UFOB Report (Unclassified)

INTELL lst Ind

767th AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON, Tierra Amarilla Air Force
Station, New Mexico, 21 February 1957

TO: Commander, 34th Air Division (Defense), ATTN: D/I, Kirtland Air
Force Base, New Mexico

1. Basic correspondence complied with.

2. This letter will be downgraded to unclassified in accordance
with paragraph 39 of AFR 205-1 when the inclosure is withdrawn.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

n/c DERWIN L. BOHNE
lst Lt., USAF
Ad jutant
Inr 2nd Ind 8 March 1957

Headquarters, Shth A Air Divisien Mon coepede Be Metland Air Force Base,
TO: daca, boa Air Tuteidi genes Service Sauadron (ADC), Ent Air
Force Base, Colorado :

JAMES R. WORLINE
Captain, USAF
Asst Adjutant

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AISOC 15 Feb 1957
SUBJECT: UFOB Report

TO3 Commander
767th AC&W Squadron
Tierra Amarilla AFS
New Mexico

1. Reference your UFOB Report, cite 767-B-14-2.

2. Inclosed is ATIC Form 332 (Electronics Data Sheet). Re-
quest this form be filled out by the operator who witnessed the

UFOB on radar and returned to this organization as soon as possible.

3. ATIC Form Nr. 164,for ground observers has been sent to
lst Lt. Sidney Meyer. Both these completed forms will be used for
analysis of this sighting.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

1 Incl , | JOHN De 'PAYLOR, JR.
ATIC Form 332 Major, USAF
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