8Mi Eof Indian Springs radar-visual unidentified-object report — February 1961

Moved slowly. UNCL/21-22-2155ACTIDN ADC, 27ADIV, ATIC, CDFS (AFCIN) AND USAF (SAFE) UFO ALTA CO (1) HALF MILE AS INFLATED 840 FOOT WX BALLOON AT 26,632 FT (3) REAL SHINY, SHADOWED ON BOTTOM (4) ONE (3) N/A (3) NONE (7) NONE (2) NO (3) MORE BRAVO (1) OBSERVER WAS LAUNCHING PEAL BALLOON WHICH THIS OBJECT WAS OBSERVED (3) ELEVATION 47.8 AZIMUTH 144.7 (3) DID NOT WATCH IT DISAPPEAR (4) OBJECT WAS MOVING SLOWLY NNW-ESE (2) DID NOT TRACK IT OUT OF SIGHT AIRMAN WAS TAKING A PETAL BALL (3) 6 MILES, CHARLIE (4) GROUND VISUAL (2) THEODOLITE (2) POWER (3) N/A: DELTA (1) 232:2442 FEB PAGE TWO RWZRNJ 17 (22) DAY ECHO (1) 35 DEGREE 35"Nll5 DEGREE 41" (2) INDIAN SPRINGS NEVADA 1961 EAST OF INDIAN SPRINGS NOT (1) A/3C CURTIS D TUCKER, BET 1, 25 WX SQ, NELLIS AFB, NEV. KILO MAJOR ANTHONY J PUSALACKI, RADAR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY REPORTED FROM INDIAN SPRINGS TOWER OTHER THAN 4 AIRCRAFT BOMBING ON RANGE HER 1. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY REPORTED FROM NELLIS TOWER. WHAT WAS THE ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF THE OBJ WHEN IT WAS LAST OBSERVED? WAS THE OBJ SIGHTED PRIOR TO LAUNCH OF FINAL OR DURING THE FINALS ASCENT? ITEM FOUR: OBJECT WAS SIGHTED 12 TO 15 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCHING OF PIRAL BALLOON.