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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 17 Sep 60 | 2. LOCATION Kirksville AFS, Missouri | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 18/0413Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 27 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8-12 6-8 | 9. COURSE descending and ascendin…

RECEIVED
20 OCT 1975
ATI C
20 OCT 1975
ATIC

HQA062
PP RJEDSQ
DE RJEDAH 306
P 191535Z ZEK
FM COMDR 790 RADRON KIRKSVILLE AFS MO
TO RJWFAL/COMDR ADC ENT AFS COLO
RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHG/HG USAF AFCIN WASHDC
RJEZHG/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS WASHDC
BT
CITE 3-58.

UFO, IMMEDIATE ATTN REQUIRED UFO REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2.

A. 1. SHAPE, UNKNOWN.
2. PAINTED AS NORMAL AIRCRAFT RETURN.
3. COLOR UNKNOWN.
4. NUMBER, 3 TO 12.
5. FORMATION 6 TO 12 TRAILING AND THEN 6 TO 8.
6. NONE.
7. N/A.

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8. NOT HEARD.
9. 1ST APPEARED TO BE 8 TO 12 AIRCRAFT AT 95000 FEET …

THE 627 FORMATION STATED TO SEINS, SEPARATED THEM ON. IN
THEY DISAPPEARED OFF THE TOP OF THE SCOPE AT 100,000 FEET.
THE SECOND FORMATION APPEARED AT 0440Z AT 85,000 FEET.
B. 1. APPEARED ON HEIGHT FINDER DURING NORMAL HEIGHT REQUEST.
2. 175 DEGREES AT 53 MILES.

3. 10ST FORMATION DISAPPEARED AT 10 00000 FEET, 2ND FORMATION
DISAPPEARED AT 85,000 FEET.
4. SEE 9A ABOVE.
5. DISAPPEARED OFF TOP OF RADAR SCOPE. 627 MINUTES.
C. 1. GROUND ELECTRONIC, AN/FPS-6A, HEIGHT FINDER.
2. NONE.
3. N/A.
D. 1. 120413Z.
2. NIGHT.
E. 1. KIRKSVILLE AF STATION, KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, 7 AND 1/2 MILES
CC LINS 9 WA DURING…

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NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

F. 1; N/A.

2. CHARLES J HERRICK, A/1C, CHARLES F PATHNN, A/2C, DONALD L MITCHELL, A/2C. 790 RADAR SQUADRON (SAGE), KIRKSVILLE AFS, MISSOURI. ALL VERY RELIABLE.

G. 1. OVERCAST.

2. SURFACE NORTH EAST AT 9 KNOTS, 010 1-5, PEP AT 5, 350 AT 15,300 AT 15,300 AT 30,260 AT 50,260 AT 15.

3. 4500 FEET.

4. 8 MILES.

5. SCATTERED.

6. NONE REPORTED.

7. 67 DEGREES, DEWPOING 64.

H. A SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORY WAS OUT FOR THE NORTH WEST SECTION OF THE CHICAGO AIR DEFENSE SECTOR MOVING SOUTH EAST.

I. UNKNOWN.

J. UNKNOWN.

(1) JAMES H ESTEP, TSGT, U…

AFCEW-481a/Mr. Picklesier/38/7-201

Evaluation of UFO (5) 4 Oct 60

AFCEW-482x

1. Reference your memo dated 21 Sep 60 and 29 Sep 60.

2. All three radar sightings reported are from the same radar station and were noted on the same radar equipment. This equipment is quite powerful and occasionally picks up reflections from various weather situations such as is encountered when warm moist air is mixed with cold dry air. The appearance and disappearance of targets as reported, along with the extremely fast changes in altitude, looks arduous to the possibility that some form of weather conditions…