PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
DATE - TIME GROUP LOCATION
Oct 65 - 27 June 66 Andersen AFB, Guam
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 1. CONCLUSION
Military Other (FALSE TARGETS )
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Varied
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Varied Radar beacon retums with no known or identifiable source have Radar beacon retums with no kmown or identifiable source have
6. been noted since October 1965. been r 0er 1065
TYPE OF OBSERVATION
RADAR ANALYSIS: It is obvious that raterial (solid) targets
Ground-Radar are not involved.
7. COURSE
Varied
g. PHOTOS
Yes
AXNo
9. PHYSICAL IDENCE
Yes
XXNo
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FAA Radar Phanomenon (U) 10 Aug 66
TDETR (Maj Quintanilla)
1. (U) The inFormacion included in FAA MA3SAge CONF/NO FORN/DI
00827 Ju1 66 has been luarad. and 41n3
submitted:
a. (U) Tha data as submitted does not lend itself co analysts
of individual tracks as such. This is not ecessartly drawback,
since individual track data would probably iflcant help
in analyzing the situation.
b. (c) Considering the overall situation aa such, several facts
have flown over and/or through the targets without any visual sighting
kin painting of the
targat - an aireraft broadside could have a radar cross saction of
hundreds of square meters, which wouid be datectable for severak cimes or sqare meters, vhicn wouid De datectaole Ior severat cinas
the normal airborne radar renge. Flickering or diaaypearing skin paines the normal airborne radar renge. Flickering or diaavnearing skin paincs
would be caused by the aircraft changing aspeet and having an insuffi-
cient cross section area to provide a radar paint. The IFf would still cient cross section area to provide a radar paint. The Irf would still
be triggared, however, and the coded return would remain.
Classification Cancetled Classification Cancelled
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of the duct. Extraordinarily high or low speeds and hovering targets
con sometimes be attributed to the geometry of the reflacting or refracting
pattern. :
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a part in thia situation. If tha signals were originating in the trawler,
it would be easy to Df on tha souree, which would then make the snawes
obvious. Triggaring the airborns Ivp's from the trawler would aot pro-
vide returns that would synchronizs with other radars ooserving tha vide returns that would synchronizs with ocher radars ooserving tha
returns, and the patterns would not be logieal and probably not be returna, and the would not be logieal and probably not be
recegnizabie. recognizable.
2. (u) This evaluation does not attempe to answer, item for item, the 2. (U) This evaluation does not attempt to anawer, item for item, the
statoment of events in the incoming mesaage. Since it is obvious that statement of events in the incoming mesaage. Since it is obvtous that
matarial (solid) targats are not involved, we have trlad to reason ous matarial (solid) targats are not involved, we have trlad to reason out
how the conditlons could happen.
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JEROMS J. JONES, ColOneL, USAF
Electronics Directorata
Deputy for Technologies and Subsystems
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TDETR/Maj. H. Quintanilla, Jr./709l6 rihs
FAA Radar Phenomenon (UFO) JUL 2 7 1966
TDEER/Mr. Bryant
Reference the attached message, CONr/NoroRN/DI cCà27 Jul 66, I
from 3rd Air Division, Andersen AB, Guem, subject as above.
Request y omprehensive analysis as to the probable cause /
of the radar turns as seonas pcasidle.
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LOUIS DE GOES, COLOnel, USAF 1 Atch
Chier Aerospace Technologies Drectorate MSg, CONF/NOFORN/DI CC827
Deputy for Technolo nd Subaystems Jul 66, fm 3ADIV Andersen
AFB, Guam, 6 pgs, 1 cy
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