CIA-UAP-D023, Briefing Notes for Mr. Walter Elder
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CIA-UAP-D023 consists of briefing notes prepared for Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence, summarizing a series of UAP incidents occurring on November 16, 17, 18, 19, and 24, 1964, in the vicinity of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Sea. The core incident, on November 19, involved the USS Gyatt, a guided missile destroyer, tracking a radar contact exceeding 3,800 knots for 21 minutes. Simultaneously, an F-8 Crusader pilot at 35,000 feet observed and attempted to intercept the object, which held position at nine o'clock and nine miles before accelerating away in a 20-degree climb when the pilot engaged afterburner. A second incident on November 24 involved another Crusader flying at Mach 0.99 and 45,000 feet being outpaced by a similar target on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
The document is notable for the combination of corroborating data types: radar tracking by a modern surface-to-air missile destroyer, motion picture recordings of radar scope presentations, and a visual pilot observation in good moonlight conditions describing a delta-shaped object approximately the size of a jet fighter. The pilot estimated the object's speed at exceeding Mach 3. The Office of Naval Intelligence is noted as having no further information, with a request made for future incident reporting. The document is undated and carries redaction markings; it pairs with CIA-UAP-D022, which covers related memoranda on the same events.
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This document contains briefing material prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), regarding a November 19, 1964, incident allegedly involving unidentified aircraft in the vicinity of Puerto Rico. The previous entry in this collection, CIA-UAP-D022, contains CIA memoranda on the same subject matter. The briefing includes additional details regarding that incident, including a characterization of the meteorological conditions and sensing capabilities of nearby U.S. military collection systems.
The briefing states that a radar system aboard USS Gyatt, a guided missile destroyer operating in the vicinity, detected a contact tracking more than 3,800 knots (approximately 4,373 mph) over a period of 21 minutes. The briefing contains visual estimates regarding the phenomenon’s apparent capabilities from the pilot of an F-8 Crusader who was present during the incident.
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BRIEFING NOTES FOR MR. WALTER N. ELDER
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO
ON 16, 17, 18, 19, AND 24 NOVEMBER
1. On 19 November, the U, S. S. Gyatt picked up on its radar a
contact tracking in excese of 3, 800 knots. At thie time the Gyatt was
working an F-8 (Crusader) Fighter Aircraft at 35, 000 feet when a high-
altitude, high-speed object was detected. The object slowed and steadied
down, maintaining a position to the fighter at nine o'clock, about nine
miles from the Crusader. The Crusader pilot selected afterburner and
attempted to close on the UFO. At about five miles, the object acceler-
ated at extremely high speed in a 20° climb and pulled away from the
fighter rapidly. The object appeared on Gyatt's radar for twenty-one
minutes.
On returning to Roosevelt Road's Naval Air Station, object
again closed on the fighter from astern to four miles.
2. On 24 November, the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range again
held a high-speed, high-altitude target which simultaneously pulled
away rapidly from another Crusader aircraft which at that time was
flying at Mach. 99, 45, 000 feet.
3. The Crusader pilot on the night of the 19th observed the UFO
in full moonlight, weather was good and visibility was good. UFO was
identified as a Delta shaped object about the size of a jet fighter.
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4. The U.S. S. Gyatt confirmed radar tracke with motion
pictures of radar scope presentation.
The pilot entimated spead to
be in excess of Mach 3,
5. ONI has no further information on this subject and we
have requested that they notify us of similar incidents in the future.
6. For your information, the U.S. S. Gyatt is a Navy Surface-
to-Air Missile Destroyer equipped with the latest and most accurate
radars.
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