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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
_28 Feb 61 Waverly AFS, Iowa O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2 ae
oe is 2 Ground. Vi sual 8 Ground-Rodor “ ce -
ont. Cision O Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS . SOURCE oO Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
Gl Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~* L Other
Oo {Me ial Dete for Evaluction
0 nk nown tion
10 min ZL SW and NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGOb jt sighted on Mark X
Radar. Sighted - 245°, 40 miles, SW heading.
Disappeared 230°, 30 miles at 0326Z. No
unusual weather condition.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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11. COMMENTS Radar station had experienced

quite a bit trouble with miltiple
registration on their Mark X radar prio
to this particular sighting. Therefore
there is no reason to doubt that the
station was still having trouble at the

time of this sighting.

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PRESENTATION ON RADAR. Bp. Ke? ow panany Sf 245 DEG, 49 MILES, Sw
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RANGE 42 MILES ON SW HDGs PROCEEDED TO RANGE 125 MILES, 243 DEG THEN |
MADE A LEFT TURN TO 239 DEG RANGE 149 MILES TURNED INBOUND ON 949 |
DEG HDG AND DISAPPEARED AT RANGE 32 MILES. SAP LOST MARK X AT RANGE
33 MILES. KYL 19 MIN. Co Kol RADAR ~ MARK % (2) NONE. |
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WEATHER CONDITIONS. yWL Ae S AT 4 MILES$ Be 252 DEG AT 15 KTS;

Ce 253 DEG AT 22 KTS$ De 259 DEG AT 25 KTS$ Es 2528 DEG AT 35 KTS3 |

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EILLANCE OFFICER, CHADS, BYq@MMMMIN. (3) ASO COMMENT: 723 RADRON HAS
HAD VERY MUCH TROUBLE WITH MULTIPLE REGISTRATION ON MARK % AND

SCATTERED RETURNS OVER ITS ENTIRE AREA OF COVERAGE. IT IS FELT THAT -
THIS REPORT ORIGINATED FROM MARK X PROBLEMS PRESENTLY ENCOUNTERED BY. ;
7S2TH. CHADS INTEL COMMENT: 78TH DENIES THE ABOVE MENTIONED i
TROUBLES AND REPORTS ECM DURING THE EVENING. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS aoe
FAA REQUESTED ECM CEASE DUE TO INABILITY TO READ TRACKS. NO MIL

FLT PLANS ON FILE AT 7°STH FOR THE PERIOD IN QUESTION. L. NONE. |
REMAERS$ 788TH INDICATED THEY WOULD FORWARD A SCOPE TRACING ON (
THIS. IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO ATIC ASAP.

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REPLY TO
ATTW OF:

SUBJECT:

TO:

AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE

OHIO
AFCIN-4B2X/Sgt Bolieu/72111
Request for Analysis 14 March 1961
AFCIN-4E1
Request review and analysis of the attached UFO Report.
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Colonel, USAF 1. Meg dtd 1 Mar 61 RJEDAH 21
Deputy for Science 2. Memo & lst Ind (U) w/1 Atch
and Components U.F.O. Track

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788TH. RADAR SQUADRON. (SAGE) - (ADC)

United States Air Farce |

Waverly Air Force Station
Waverly, Iowa

REPLY TO
ATTN OFs 7880AC LT. WADDLE

SUBJECT: Report of U.F.O. 03162 = 0326Z 1 March 1961.

TO: CADS (CHOIN)

1. Reference telephone conversation between It. Waddle this squadron
and Sgt Packard, CADS Intellegence. Enclosed is a reproduction of
the track made by the U.F.0. reported by this squadron. This repro-
duction covers the period from 0316Z to 0326Z 1 March 1961.

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GORDON C WADDLE 1 Atch
lst Lt., USAF U.F.O. Track
Operations Officer

lst Ind (CHOIN) 9 March 1961
Hq Chicago ADS, Truax Field, Wisconsin
To: 30 ADiv (SAGE) (OIN) Truax Field, Wis

ADC (ADOIN) Ent AFB, Colo

_ATIC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

1. Reference our message CHOIN 3001, 1 March 1961, Remarks. The attached |

Scope Tracing is forwarded for your information,

FOR THE COMMANDER:

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BENJAMIN L BERKC' 1 atch
Captain, USAF a/s
Chief, Intelligence Division

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Memo, AFCIN-4E2X, 14 Mar 61, Request for Analysis
lst Ind (AFCIN-4Ela/Mr. Picklesimer/ jc/ 74201) 7 Apr 61

TO: AFCIN-4E2XK (Sgt. Bolieu)

1. Attached UFO report has been reviewed by this office and has been
evaluated. Two possibilities exist:

a. Equipment malfunction as suggested by the ASO is a good probability,
expecially since trouble had been encountered earlier.

b. Since the average speed of the UFO was apparently under Mach 3 it
could have been a supersonic aircraft, although no evidence of such is apparent.

ROY JAMES 2 Atchs
Acting Chief n/c
AFCIN-4E1

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