1. DA TIE TIMI OAOUP NUMII!R Ofl OaJI!CTI PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LO ~ION Bemardo and Valpt. raiao INSUMCIIM' DATA FOR EVAI1JATI<Jf One Beport waa g1 v.1 to the Local Newpaper S. LENGTH Ofl OISI!RVATION 11. IRII!fl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Not Reported 6. TYPE Ofl 08SI!RVATION Ground-Visual 'Assunec ) The description waa g1 vc a a the usual b;y the public quoted 1D the locl preaa. Not RePOrted t. PHYSICAL I!VIDI!NCI Count.17a Chile Report No. IR-42-50 PlT!n& Diaca rrc.a Air At.t.ache, Chile Dat.e ot Report.a '0 Mar 50 Dat.e of inrormation a current. IYaluation I r-o Prepared b71 Harr.r L. Mitchell, Major, USAF Source a Neva paper report. a and peraonal observations or Air At. tache orrice 1. n.vinl diac3 are being " " in various parts or Chile. Firat ai~hting was at Punta Arenas, lat 53 06' s, long 70053 w on 11 Mar at noon. Many inhabitants or the cit7 witnessed this phenomena which appeared northeast or the city and traveled toward the southwest. Ueual description was given--extreme altitude, silver in color, shaped like a ping-pong ball. The Director or the Observatorio Astronomico or the University ot Chile, Prot. Frederico Rutland, a statement to the local press that what the people were seeing was the planet Venue Miich is clearly visible this time or year at t.hat latitude. 2. Second aight.ing or a disc took place in the Santiago area, San Bernardo and Valparaiso on the 24th and 25th or March with the usual description given by the populace being quoted in the local press. 3. Third sighting ot a disc occurred 28 March between 1330 and 1410 over Santiago, Chile. Downtown area was crowded with people looking j nto the sky observing t.hia phenomenon. M/Sgt. 'attereon, 6249735, assigned to this office as a 502, per- aonally observed an object travelling at an extreme rate or speed and altitude. (See attached statement and diagram.} COMMDna On 29 March this observer saw a silver colored, stationary object in the same relative position as was witnessed by the local populace the preceding day, and atter caretul observation concluded it to be the planet Venus and not a flying disc. Proteaaor Rutland (par 1) repeated his statement to the press today that the object. had to be Venue. Local press haa headlined "tlying disc" dispatches trom all countries reporting sighting a. JAY P. THOMAS, Lt <iol, USAF Air Attache Statement and diagraa ot ~Sgt. Patt.ereon HARRY L. MITCHELL Major, USAF Aaaiatant Air Attache