CIA-UAP-D023, דברי תדרוך עבור מר וולטר אלדר

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. 5,5. Gyatt picked up on its radar a
contact tracking in excess of 3,800 knots. At thia time the Gyatt was
working an F-§ (Crusader) Fighter Aircraft at 35,000 feet when a high-
altitude, high-speed object was detected. The object slowéd 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 209 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.

4, The U.S. 8, Gyatt confirraed radar tracks with motion

pictures of radar scope presentation,

be in excess of Mach 3.

The pilot estimated spead to

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, 5. Gyatt is a Navy Surface-

to-Air Missile Destroyer equipped with the latest and most accurate

radars.