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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  DATE | 16 Sep 52 | 2. LOCATION | Chanute AFB, Illinois  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE/TIME GROUP | Local | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ General Visual ☐ Ground-Red ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Rader  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | 3 control tower operators  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 45 minutes. | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. SOURCE | ☐ | 10. OTHER | ☐ Unknown  |
|  11. COMMENTS | 2 Small satellites. Wind aloft chart shows object traveling with wind. Competent observers with flying experience. 20 minutes after balloon launch. |  |   |

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PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
I. GENERAL

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. TIME  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  16 Oct 45 | Chamette AFB, Ill. | Local: 2225 00 Zebra: 1325  |
|  4. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? | ☑ Yes ☐ Naked Eye ☑ Binoculars ☐ Telescope ☐ Theodolite | ☐ No  |
|  5. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? | ☐ Yes ☐ By One Set ☐ By Two Sets ☐ By Three Sets | ☐ No  |
|  6. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR? | ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Observed Object ☐ Interception Attempted ☐ No Intercept Attempted | ☐ No  |
|  7. WERE AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT? | ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Scrambled ☐ Visual Contact Made ☐ A/I…

IV. BALLOON DATA

21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? ☐ Yes ☐ No
22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: 28 Minutes
23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTING:

|  Location | Type | Launching Agency | Lighted? |   | Describe Lighting  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |  |  | Yes | No |   |
|  a. Plantand (Chamite) | raw-in | A W | ☑ |  | white  |
|  b. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  c. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  d. |  |  |  |  |   |

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V. EVALUATION

21. EVALUATION OF SOURCE:
☐ Excellent
☐ Good
☐ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Unreliable
☐ Extremely Doubtful
☐ Hoax

22. DETAILS OF REPO…

PROJECT 10073 WEATHER DATA SH/

1. DATE OF OBSERVATION | 2. TIME OF OBSERVATION | 3. STATION OBSERVING
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4. WINDS ALOFT:
ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees) | ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees)
0 |  |  | 25,000 |  |
1,000 |  |  | 30,000 |  |
2,000 |  |  | 35,000 |  |
3,000 |  |  | 40,000 |  |
4,000 |  |  | 45,000 |  |
5,000 |  |  | 50,000 |  |
6,000 |  |  | 55,000 |  |
7,000 |  |  | 60,000 |  |
8,000 |  |  | 65,000 |  |
9,000 |  |  | 70,000 |  |
10,000 |  |  | 75,000 |  |
12,000 |  |  | 80,000 |  |
14,000 |  |  | 85,000 |  |
16,000 |  |  | …

1. Atra
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3. C. files

RD151J ACTION
WPD178
YDS157

SEP 17 22 49 1952

CSC233

YMS138

JEDNU 133

PP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JEDST 444

DE JEDNU 73

P 1723332 ZNJ

FN CG CHANUTE AFB ILL

TO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQS USAF WASH DC

JEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB O

JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO

JEDST/CG ATRC SCOTT AFB ILL

3K/65/J FLYOGRPT SIGHTED 2223 CDT 13 SEPT 52

SINGLE OBJECT BLUISH WHITE COLOR IRREGULAR ROUND SHAPE WITH TWO SMALL
SATELLITES VISIBLE THROUGH BINOCULARS APPROXIMATELY 13 DIAMETERS LARGER
THAN STARS IN THE VICINITY FIRST NOTICED AT APPROXIMATELY 53 DEGREES
CO…

BEFORE DISAPPEARING NO SOUND OBSERVED 45 MINUTES BY 3 CONTROL TOWER OPERATORS CHANUTE AFB ONE OPERATOR FORMER PILOT WITH 852 HRS AND 65 COMBAT MISSIONS REQUESTED ATTEMPT AT INTERCEPTION BY LOCAL FLYING 3-25 UNSUCCESSFUL LIGHT LAYER OF STRATUS CLOUNDS PRESENT 17/2145Z SEP JEDNU

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AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Wing Intelligence Section Chanute AFB, Illinois |  |   |

On 17 September 1952, 1st Lt. Alan R. HOGAN, AO 245198, 1918-3 AACS, Chanute AFB, Illinois, aircraft controller, rated pilot not on flying status, with 850 flying hours and 65 combat missions in Martin 3-26s was interviewed in his office and stated in substance:

Lt. HOGAN along with two airmen was on duty in the CHANUTE AFB control tower on the evening of 16 September 1952. All three …

APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

|  COUNTRY | United States | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SUBJECT
FLYOBRPT

|  AREA REPORTED ON | Central Illinois | FROM (Agency) | Wing Intelligence Section, Chanute AFB, ILL.  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 19 September 1952 | DATE OF INFORMATION | 17 September 1952  |
|  EVALUATION | B-1 | PREPARED BY (Officer) | Lt John F. Albrecht, Wg Intel Officer  |
|  SOURCE | 1st Lt. [Redacted], Chanute AFB, ILL. | REPRESENTED (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable) |   …