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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)