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FILE 1963-08-8682023-MelvilleAS-Labrador.pdf
LOCATION Melville As, Labrador
DATE August 1963
EVALUATION Balloon
CASE NO 8682023
DECADE 1960s
TYPE Sighting
OBSERVER Military
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OCR recovered text quality varies — view PDF for accurate reading. l. DATE lat | LOCATION Melville AS, labrador TE conclusions | 0 Was Balloon { Probably Balloon 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 0 Ground-VYisuel BN EB YesRadar Scope DO ‘No | I 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | D hrs 53 mins WO | fio. BRIEF SUMMARY oF SIGHTING | Two objs with normal paint on height finder of size about 4 that of a/c observed {or almost{ 1¢ hrs. Objs were 2 miles apart. Intial pickup on | HRI at 80,000 ft 112 deg azimuth 63 miles rang¢ | disappearance at 106 deg azimuth Th miles rang | height fluctuated between 60,000 to 80,000 fi. | vertical movement. Normal AP. T- 33 airvorne cop’ | not get visual contact. 2 flights amb] ¢«d | for identification and could get Redmr ad but | no visual contact. Three flights nnd 6 nn we | scrambled in attempt Lo galn visual contnetd | without success. 0 LON Visvel 8 Air-Inter Fraeted Tn. co COMMENTS Possibly Balloon Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Airereft ago aoa 980 0 Was Astronomical Probably Astronomicol Possibly Astronomical COURSE Other | Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown | Negatives of scope forwarded. palysis submitted to Electronics | Reranch for evaluation. Balloon with | radar corner reflector considerd as | the most probable cause. Transparent | balloon would be difficult to see from a/c traveling at high speed, yel would be picked up on alr In tercepl Radar. (See analysis)