PROJECT 10073 RECORD April 19SO 18SSZ Will1ama AFB, Qlandler,. nzcna ~. tnJMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 Seconds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grour.d-Visual 10. CONCLUSION Aatro (ME'tmR) tncss saw a meteor, one ot the rare daylight sightings ot this 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Round similar to a balloon or ping pOng ball. Dull oft white Sharp outlines. AJmnst zenith to horizon at North. The object moved at an angular rate ot approximately 9 deg per second, mich at the ob"A.ous] great distance results in a velocity tar greater than the reported lax> mph. North ..,Ulti:ENTS: The tact that this was a daylight observation proba..,.. .. -.. -P-H_O_T_O_s --1 counts tor this \rl.tnc.;s r.ever considerinc; the possibility ot PHYSICAL EVIDENCE object bei.J13 a me teo._... Fireballs can be seen in the lli~t ;" st, as easi~ as the moen or vi sible planets. The magnitudes oD se meteors is as bright ard usunlly brighter than -3 magni""'"l'QI is pbservable in cic.ylight. Normally there is some color ssocia~ed with these Jro3toors, hatev(;r usually this is just an Po~f" white" or pa~e colo::-\'lhich could easily have been lost in t PreYI.-ae edltlOfte el U\ia tona .. F IN DNw ,IChn IMt wUI ahMr the tl thet the lee! ~ .. lect Piece A et the ef "-,.th, 1 et the ef the it-th, .... thew ch.nee In 41rectlen ...... the co" Clnak him nnd in a ruler etrn.irht 11nft to thft horl~n. no nutter or dtv1n.t1o IF POSSIBLE, try to gw11 or eatiNto what the rool alae of tho oltiect wat In lt1 lwwgeat ciiNntl~. ll.lw cllcl tho .a.toct ~ oltfecta (Circle Olz 'Half clollor of tho.followl .. oltfecJ. hl.t In tlto Sliver doll Boakotboll (Circle One of tho following to lncltcate how certain you ore of yow anawor to Quoatlon 22. Folrly certain c. Not very cl. Uncertain law cllcl tho ollect or oltlecta dlaopp Iron~ view? ver the horizon with roof ton Sn tt toreeroppd. c '" erw thet rev elve ee cleer picture ,.1'-le ef we. .. rev we wevl4 lll&e fer reu te 1lne th .. reu ceul4 trt the eiJiecf th yev Of whet t,.,e .... .,, .. wevl4 yew l&e Itt Hew leree wevl4 It .._, n4 wh.ct ahepe wevW It h..et Deacrl.._ lft reur ewft wer4e 1 ...... ,. clttect ., e~Jtecta whtch wheft plcce4 up 1ft the alar wevl4 11ve the ...... ,,..,.,. .. the teet which .... A balloon or 'TJi~ llOnP. bAll wnuld be simili~.r. Arter bri the wife s attention to th~t object .(she wns sewi~ with a machine on a t~ble in our baek yard) I. c~ led the weather nf':f'i.ee o.t Wms. A.~ nn~ tre:v d.id not release a bBlloon that dq. '1"1e:v ala" ~entured Rn nnininn tn-..t nav1R-?Aont!'-nn A'?! (to thft South R.bnut 80 J!Jilea) did not release one th~.t Sn.turd'W Where were ~u lucatecl when ~u lOW the obiect? (Circle One}: lnal a building In an airplane '26. W you (Circle One} In the bUIIneu etlan of a city? n the re1ldentlal 1ection of a city? In open country1icle? cl. Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? 27. What we you doing at the time you 1aw the object, and how did you happen to notice It? 28. IF you were MOVING 'IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following que1tlon1: 28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One} b. Northea1t d. Southealt f. h. Northwe1t How fa1t were you moving? miles per hour 28,3 Did you 1top at any time while you were looking at the object? (Circle One} Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you firat saw the object? (Circle One} Strn.~ ("ht U'D a North Co Ea1t e. South I West Northeast d. Southealt f. Southwest h. Northwest 30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the oblect? (Circle One} e. South I West d. Southea 1 t f. Southwest h. Northwest 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was from true North and also the number of degrees it was uf,ward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 When It first appeared: a. From true North ---~ ~-degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 31.2 When It disappeared: a. From true North-..:::::~:=-> =-- degrees. b. From horizon @? degrees 32~ .In the followl,. al&etch, lglne that rou are ot the point ahown. Place on A on the curved line to ahow how . hlth the oltfect waa oiMwe the horizon (al&yllne) when you first aow lt. Place o a on the soma curw.J line to thew how hlth the olafect waa the horizon (al&yllne) when you lost aow lt. In the following lorger a Ieetch place an A,. at the posit ion the obi act wa 1 when you lirsf 10~ It, ancl a a at Its when you /asf sow lt. Ref.r to smaller slcetch as an example of how to complete the lor .. r slcetch. conllltlo111 .t the tl rou the oltlect? c. Scot1ar1~ cloulla ~. Thick or heovy cloulla 34.3 WEATHER (Circle One} Fog, Mitt, or light rain c. or heavy rain . Don't roMt" 34.2 WIND (C ltcle O,..J Slitht ...... c. Str.,. wiM U TEMPERATURE (Circle One} . Don't rMitr 35. When ~lei you report to tolftlt oHiclal that you hacl '""the oliect? Dase Ol)erntions, WMs. .a.F"f3. (no written r rt) 36. Was anyon1 else with you at the tllftlt you taw the oliect? (Circle One} .f!:) No 36.1 IF you answered YES, did they the object too? (C lrcle One I ~ No 36.2 Please liat their namea and addreaaea: l'tife Alexandria. va. 37. Was thla the first tllftlt that you hacla .. n an object or objects lllce thla? !F.S, WITF this R'OOed (C ltcle One I @ No . 37.1 IF you anawared NO, then when, wharo, and under what clrcumatancea cUd you other onea? 38. In yow opinion what do you thlnlc the obfect was and what might have cauaed It? It could J,ave befl!n a btt..}.loon. ~U'l' it d1t1. mt Ei~z~ "'th wind currents Md ita sneed wae fNltaatic. Went t>;um 12 0 clock hif!l to the horizon in less tiJ'I8 ~haD it takep to rend thia. The 11'-80 nvi~ IU'O\lnd to tl'le &-tat r,a.ve This o eet waa o~iouaLv three times as fast be ,_ think you c (Circle 0..1 Ill you ...... , YES, Ilion whet apoM weu14 you eathMte? _.1.,.2.,.00~--M.p.h. 40. Do )'OU think you con eat._te how for ower fr0111 you the oltfect woa? Ill )'OU YES, then how for owey woulcl yeu soy It woe? 41. Plea .. elv tho followlne 1 tton ollout yourself: Whot Ia your present lol? USAF InformatiOJa Servi.aeo OtfleeP Pleoae Indicate any special educational training that you have hacl. cl. Post graduate --------- e. Technical school 1-,lyine school (Typo) Jets. and conv ... ntio"APl f. Other special training Ir-Pon,n,t1on Sei=vicep G. Date you completecl this questloMOire: Bbould add th& at the tine of the eir.l.,ti~ I had over 100 hours of ~-80 jet time ADd WAll current. J'irat started to tty .1eta in 1946 U. I. A I I P 0 I C I 1' I C H MICA L I M P 0 R MAT I 0 U S H I! E T In r that your Information ay be flied oncl coclecl os occumtoly os poulble, please us the following apace to write out o ahort deacrlptlon of th. event that you observed. ''f~u may r .. peat lnforinat lon that you hove alreocly given In the queatlonnolre, oncl oclcl "ny further c~mments, or alcetchea that you believe are Important. Try to flresert the cletolla of the observo In the orcler In which they occurred. Aclclitlonal pagea of the same size paper may be attached If they are n .. decl. I was 8\Ul bathinp.: and atretchftd out on an U<rttv eot looJdn~ atrl\iP'ht un .,,.) in brir,ht ~lir,ht, but with the aun well out of! I!I.V' vision to tl".e re r {South) 'J'hua, looi:11Y': down or to the horizon I WA.S loold.n~ direetl.v North. 'l'he ob.1eet wa.a tra.velinP: from South to lforth And on firnt entelib~ it in Tiev I 1mmediatel.v broWdlt it to the attention of' JtCr wife vl"o ~ooked U"P nnd we t 1en both ntehed it diaa:unear l'IO"t ra-nidl.v to the horizon But for ita f'antaatie sneAd the object could ver,r well been a ballnon. OIUGIN 0' BASIC ASSIGNED IY UFO Si.::;hting (Capt. Cruic!~shanks) ROUT I M G tnitiel r~ colu-to denete reYle ~rior to ection. lnitlel our colun to ectiofl, (Y. for ectlon: V" for coordinefion.) OFFICE OUT IN OFFICE OUT IN Of'F ICE OUT IN OIN2X OIN3JI OFFICE OU1 SAFIS-3 Attn: Naj. L. J. Tacker "!.FCI!T-4E neceeeery) 1. S~:trch of the _.;.1r Tec~:.nic:.:.l Intelli~ence Center' t t of Cautain Crui~k3 3. - .~tl~VJlS 0 11n e u.Orffi.J. O n SU IIU e -.; .,'l;va conclusion that the object of his siehting was a meteor (a !'ireo3.ll). Cruicksh\l.J.J.k3 lea . ,;) ,. ion:1l bri 3. D3;tli,zht sightin~s of met eo":' s are :t"elati vely rare; ho.1ever the !TI.agni tude of a fir~b~ll io -3 or briLhter, and they are ~s visible in daylicht os pl~nets. de,:~::e:> of :1rc in 10 secon::is, or a p_pro:d.mately 9 d ec:rees pe:-sec:md. Th.i s . e t ~h.e ':l') ;i.'):~-.1.r ::r-0ot distance fro:': t"le obs~rver, re3.tlts in a :w.:.~h hi'~Ar v e l oci7:.r th?.n 1...,(' .... -_::>. estim-=~te'l by t!'lc . .ritn~s.s. :Lnsul Pr velociti~s ?.':'~ fc.ir dir8Ct eoti- --,:~-: : l i,...r.tr Trelocitiea \Jhen tr~veli'1,. t~::. ent t0 the ::m::l e bis~ctor of ,e r r 3.r V-Jlo~i.t: ~.n"0 to 1o,ono knot3. A.:;q\.".":11n:; t~e oblerv.t!r's t i e eso;i ~-~ t 0 ~ ~ "\Ct:'.tr"tc, t h.l "::'J~t:'ct w1s ~:;,~1.ously movin.:; ov e1 f-lst~r. '....; tre olJ.:;~rv"L"' G J i'19 ("\t the f urthe r re:n07~d fr:J!'l 90 de.:rA: 3 t o t :t13 bi.~-=-ct-:>r b~cm::~.:; t :'le ob j-9ct' 3 H. K. GII.3HT Colonel , US.~ .A.FCIN-1 ~ Dlreotion ot MotioD Sa'ellltea (AI'CilfM'J) fhone a 69219 Aatro~cal Phenomena ~teor, Come,, Planet, etc. Natval Pbenona Alrorar , lalloou, Alrablpa, eto. _ Evaluation ot SQaroe Rellablllty ~ Analfala aDd Conolualonaa ,-,CCOeA#t/T'S U. L All POICI TICHMICAL IMPOIMATIOM IHIIT Thle .-etlon.wlro hat ltoon propare4 thet you con tlvo tho U. S. Air Force Much lftftlon poeelltlo concomlnt tho unlclentlfle4 aerial phenaiMnon that you havo olttorvo4. , ... ,. try to onawer Nny queetiOftt you poaalltly con. Tho inforNtiOft thot you elva will .. vao4 for rotMrch purposoa, anti will Ito ro .. rcletl confi<entlol Ntorlol. Your MIM will net .. vaa4 In COftMCtiOft with any ,,.toNnts, concl"'iOftl, pultllcationa without your porMIIIIon. We r041uo1t thlt poraonal lnformotion that, If It 11 tiMnwtl nocy, wo Ny contact you for 1, When 414 you tho oltioct? (Circle Onol: A.M. 3. Tl IIROI (Circle Ottol: Eaatom (Circle Onol: Daylltht Sovine It, Stantlartl UN I( ~". Pacific 4, Whtre woro you~.,. you aaw tho obioct? Chr..ndler NHrett Pettel A44ru Cltr er TewA Stete er Ceuntry A.trttonol rorka: 5. Eatlot how lone you aaw tho obioct. 5,1 Circle ono of tho following to lncllcato how certain you oro of your anawor to Question 5. 6. What wa1 tho concllticn of tho aky? (Circle Ottel: a Bright daylight Dull cloylight Co Bright twilight Not vary aura 4. Juat a guou 4. Just a traco of clay I ight e. No trace of cloylight f. Don't reMolftbor 7, If you aaw tho obiect cluring DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, 01 DAWN, where was tho SUN located at you looked ot the oltloct? In front of you In bock of you , To your right 4. To your left Ovorhoacl f. Don't ro e tbor ATIC POIUI NO. lM C U OCT M) I. IP,.. HW the HIM\ .. NIGHT, TWILIGHT, DAWN. whet 4hl rov notice concnlne the STARS eiMI MOON? L1 STARS (Circle Oneil 1.2 (Circle OneJ: ~. Dvll oonlltht c. Ne oonl .. ht-pitch cl .. 9. Wat the oliect lwlghtw tha.n the Mc:lcground of the ally? (Circle O eh 10, IP It w.a BRIGHTER THAN the elcr Mc:lcgrouncl, w.a thelwlghtnett lllce that of an automobile heaclllght?a No (Circle One} A fie or ore aw.r (a cllttant c)? ~. Sav~ralltloclca away? c. A ltloclc away? 4. Several r-ei aw.y? e. Other t>vJt..l- b,t= !G-LAJ Iff 7 6 11, Dlcl the obtect: (Circle One lor eoelt question) Appear to ttancl ttlll at any time? Suddenly tpood up ancl ruth away at any tl1110? c. Brook up Into porta or oxploclo? d. Olvo off amolco? e. Chango brlghtnoaa? 1: Chango ahapo? I Flicker, throb, or pulaato? Don't Know Don't :now Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know 12. Dlcl the obioct move behind aomothlng at anytiiM, particularly a cloud? (Circle OneJ: Yea ((;) Don't Know. IF rou anawerecl YES. then tell what 13. Dlcl the obfoct move In front of ao1110thlng at onytlmo, particularly a cloud? Don't Know. IF you anawecl YES. than tell what (CitcledOneJfr: of Yeo 8J 1._ Did the Hfoct appear: (Circle One): Did you Haorvo the obtect through ony of the Eyeglaaaea Sun glallel Wlndahlold ... Window gla11 b. Tranaparent? c. Don't Know. Binocular a Yet Toleacopo Yet I Theodolite '" Tell 1ft t.w wr4 the fellewlne .thln11 eMut the ~teet. 17. Drew plcturo that will ahow the ahope of the oltloct or olttecta. Lat.l end .lnclu4e In your alletch ony tletalla el tho eltfect thot you aaw auch wlnt protrvalona, etc., end eap1clelly ellhe