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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 21 May 64 | 2. LOCATION | Altus, Okla  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 21/1030Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 12 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | NW | 10. OTHER LENGTH | 11. COMMENTS  |
|  12. CONCLUSIONS | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical | Unidentified. Motion agains…

MISSILE SITE 7, ALTUS AFB, OKLAHOMA

UFO Report from SAC. Received at 1135Z at SAC Command Post. At 1030Z Missile Site 6, Altus, Oklahoma reported a large bright light (size of a/c) overhead, below 10,000' directly over silo. Light was bright enough to light silo cap. Reported to people in silo, and crew silo commander sent a maintenance man up, who saw light and verified it being there. By the time he got there it had moved to an extremely high altitude. Moved vertically in NW direction. Weather high thin, scattered.

405 - HU28100 Priority 3 (Major Funk

Spoke with Lt/Col Hollis. Site has gu…

21 May
Altus, Oklahoma

Ltr, 577th SMS (1Lt Stanley D. Stephenson), 26 May 64, Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

1st Ind (BC)

Hq 11th Strat Aerospace Wg, Altus AFB, Okla

TO: AFSC (FTD), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433

Forwarded in accordance with paragraph 13b, AFR 200-2A.

Raymond J. Lacombe
Colonel, USAF
Base Commander

11 STRAT AEROSPACE WG
ALTUS AFB, OKLA (BC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

TDEW

AFSC (FTD)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OKLA
(540)

SAC FORM 369 PREVIOUS EDITION MAY BE USED 2AF-BAFB.LA.FEB 64

577th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Atlas)
11th Strategic Aerospace Wing (SAC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: 1Lt Stanley D. Stephenson 26 May 1964

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

TO: BC

1. This report, submitted in accordance with AFR 200-2, gives information on the object observed over Altus Auxiliary Site Number 7 on 21 May 64 at approximately 1030Z.

a. Description of object:

(1) Round.

(2) A basketball held at arms length.

(3) White.

(4) One.

(5) N/A.

(6) A3C Davis compared the object to a street lamp, six to eight inches in…

(4) A3C Davis, after first seeing the object, watched it hover over the south fence for 8-10 minutes, then the light drifted upward to where it appeared to be twice the size and intensity of the North Star. Airman Davis then went over to the LCC Entry and phoned the LCC. A1C Sumera was sent topside immediately and observed the object still hovering over the site. The light then wobbled slightly and started to move in a northwest direction very rapidly, finally disappearing.

(5) By fading from sight.

(6) Approximately 12 minutes.

c. Manner of observation:

(1) Ground - visual.
(2) No optical…

(3) No ceiling.

(4) 15 miles.

(5) High thin cloud cover - 9/10 sky cover.

(6) None.

(7) Surface +63 F
5,000 +13.5 C
10,000 + 4.5 C
15,000 -5.5 C
20,000 -14.5 C
24,000 -22.5 C

Recordings at 21/0955Z

h. None.

i. Wing Command Post contacted radar sites in the area and site 8 southwest of Altus, but no additional sightings were observed.

j. None.

k. Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander, Crew R-37, 577th SMS, Altus AFB, Oklahoma. I am only reporting the events that took place as described by the observers. At 1040Z, 21 May 64, A3C Davis called me in the Launch Control Center and reported s…

DEARBORN OBSERVATORY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201
18 November 1964

Major Hector Quintanilla
Foreign Technology Division
Box 9494
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Major:

I am enclosing the equatorial crossing sheet for Echo I and Echo II for the year 1964, to the present. I shall send you copies of the new sheets as they come along, as I have a good reason now to believe they will.

With reference to the Altus, Oklahoma sighting, 21 May 1964, that definitely has proved to be Echo II, as reference to the enclosed sheets will show. I believe the identificat…