PROJECT BLUE BOOK

USAP RADAR
1. DATE L 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 Apr 62 Canada 0 Was Balloon
$x}$ Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
Local. Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Rodar Was Aircrait
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 02/05307 AirVisal Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE Was Astronomical
OY.s Probably Astronomical
No Military D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
00 Insulficient Data for
1 hr 54 min one E Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
No visual sighting. Picked up by ground radar. Definite object picked I up on 3 separate
Speed of about 72 kts to E. Altitude of aprox radars. Only remote possibility of weather
scrembled and picked up as the cause. Believed to be solid object
object on their rodar and lock-on obtained for by radar analyst. Wind would carry balloch
Several passes. No visible contact. Observed by released from Loring ArB, Maine at 0000
personnel on ground radar. Picked to the above location. Faulty inflation
up by both afrborne vorns redars. , Wind at 47,000 ft as41,o i0 or slight or siight leak would cause cause balloon to balloon to
was from heading of of 240° at 9o kts. No inver- at 90 kts. No inver- level off at 47,000 ft instead instead of usual usual
sicn in sion in 27 Tropopause at 33,000. All other 33,000. All other maximum altitude. Speed of object object together
weather normal weather I normal at altitude. with the wind direction indicate indicate a lighter- lighter-
than-air object. Also no visible Also no visible identiril identiril
cation indicates that that balloon was probable balloony was probable
cause.
ATIC FORM 329 26 3ZP 52)
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ACTION: CIN-17
INJO : 0OP-2, P-1, SAFS-3, DIA-2 25)
SMB A200
ZCZCHOE981ZCOJA765
PP RJEZHO
DE RJEOBP 15
ZNR
P R 022020Z
FM GOOSE NORAD SECTOR MELVILLE AS LABR
TO RJWFALB/HQ ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJZKN/64 AIRDIV STEWART AFB NY
RJEDJK/AIRTECHINTELL CTR WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHO/OSAF WASC DC
RJEzho/ho usaf wash Dc RJEZho/hO usaf Wash Dc
RFEMC/NNR ST HUBERT PO
INFO RJEODL/GADS GOOSE GOOSE AB LABR
AF GRNC
BT BT
UNCLAS GNOCC 0109. UNCLAS GNOCC 8109.
SUBJ: UFO, THIS MESSAGE IS IN 10 PARTS. PART I. DESCRIPTION OF
OBJECT: ONE OBJECT DETECTED BY AIR DEFENSE RADAR. NO VIS'VAL SIGUTING.
SIZE, SHPAE, COLOR UNKNOWN. PART II. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:
THE OBJECT WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED AS A RADAR RETURN WITH A MEAS'RED
HEIGHT OF 47 THOUSAND FEET. LOCATION WAS 110 NAUTICAL NILES SSE
OF MELVILLE AS, LABRADOR. (51 DEGREES, 40 MIN'ITES NORTH; 59 DEGRBES,
10 MINUTES WEST). RADAR CONTACT WAS MAINTAINED FOR I HOUR AND 54
M INUTES. THE OBJECT MOVED GENERALLY Y EASTERLY AT 72 KNOTS. IT FAD-
ED AT 52 DEGREES, 10 MINUTES NORTH; 56 DEGREES, 10 MINUTES WEST

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PAGE 1 TWO RJEOBP 15
(175 NAUTICAL MILES ESE OF MELVILLE). PART III. MANNER OF ORSERV-
6B) AND AIRBORNE FIRE CONTROL RADAR (MGI0). PART IV. DATE AND TIME:
INITIALLY DETECTED 02/0530Z APRIL. FADED AT 02/0724Z Z APRIL. PART V.
LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: MELVILLE AIR STATION. LABRADOR, PART VI.
OBJECT OBSERVED ON RADAR BY APPROXIMATELY TEN MILITARY PERSONNEL ON
DITY IN THE 64IST ACWRON OPERATIONS. THE SENIOR DIRECTOR WAS IST LT
GEORGE W MCKELLAR, AO3097163. ALL OBSERVERS CONSIDERED RElIable
BEYOND DOUBT. PART VII, WINDS AND WEATHER: ALL WEATHER VAL'VES
QUOTED ARE ESTIMATES, DUE TO THE LACK OF REPORTING STATION IN THE QUOTED ARE ESTIMATES, DUE TO THE LACK OF REPORTING STATION IN THE
AREA OF SIGHTING. SURFACE - 090/10 6000 FFET - 240/40 AREA OF SIGHTING. SURFACE - 090/10 6000 FFET - 240/40
10000 FEET - 240/60 16000 FEET - 240/70 20000 FEET - 240/70
30000 FEET - 230/120 40-47000 FEET - 240/90 50000 FEET - 250/60
80000 FEET - 280/20. CEILING: ONE THOUSAND FEET OVERCAST WIT4 LAY- 80000 FEET - 280/20. CEILING: ONE THOUSAND FEET OVERCAST WITH LAY-
ERED CLOUDS ABOVE. ESTIMATED TOPS 30000 FEET WITH HIGH THIN
SCATTERED ABOVE. VISIBILITY TWO TO THREE MILES IN SNOW, RAIN AND SCATTERED ABOVE. VISIBILITY TWO TO THREE MILES IN SNOW, RAIN AND
FOG. NO THINDERSTORMS IN AREA. NORMAL TEMPERAUTE LAPSE RATE VITH
NO SHARP INVERSIONS. TROPOPAUSE AT 38000 FEET. PART VIII. INTER-
CEPTION ATTEMPTED BY 2 F 102'S. PILOTS ESTABLISHED RADAR CONTACT
WITH THE OBJECT ON EACH OF THREE SEPERATE PASSES. THE RADAR RETURN

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STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLAISNIO MFSSAGE
INCO
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WAS SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE THE PILOTS TO "LOCK ON" EACH TIME. HOWEVER,
NO VISUAL CONTACT WAS MADE. THE PILOTS STATED THAT THEIR OVERTAKE
SPEED INDICATED A TARGET THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PART IV.
WEATHER BALLOONS RELEASED IN THE NEW ENGLAND STATES WOULD HAVE BEEN
BORNE BY THE WINDS ALOFT TO THE AREA O OF THE SIGHTING. THE WIND
VELOCITY WOULD HAVE PLACED THE 00Ø0Z RELEASE FROM LORING AFB, MAINE
IN THE VICINITY OF THE SIGHTING AT APPROXIMATELY Ø53OZ, ALTHOUGH
PROGRAMMED TO REACH GREATER ALTITUDES, FA'LTY INFLATION OR A SLIGHT
LEAK COULD RESULT IN A BALLOON LEVELING AT 47000 FEET. PART X.
THE PREPARING OFFICER IS CAPTAIN BILLY B FORSMAN, SENIOR CONTROLLER,
GOOSE NORAD SECTOR DIRECTION CENTER. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO POSITIVELY GOOSE NORAD SECTOR DIRECTION CENTER. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO POSIT IVELY
DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE OBJECT. COMPARING ITS DIRECTION AND DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE OBJECT. COMPARING ITS DIRECTION AND
VELOCITY WITH THE WINDS ALOFT, HOWEVER, WOULD CENTAINLY INDICATE IT
TO BE A WIND-BORNE, LIGHTER-THAN-AIR OBJECT, THE COUPLED WITH THE
TIMING LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE IT TO PROBABLY BE THE 0OG0Z WEATHER TIMING LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE IT TO PROBABLY Y BE THE 00DOZ WEATHER
BALLOON RELEASED FROM LORING AFB.
BT
02/2048Z APR RJEOBP