BiJll of Fire Seen In Southern Skiel O.jeel, J' lftble 500 ltfilet, I Quielcl7 Burna Old JtliW ORL&ANB, JuDe 21 (UP). --a& u of an Tlltble for au. burDid for 1 few ~ bllb ID Ule IOUtberD aQ WDilh' aDd 111DUDenel out. JeaYlDI aaniDI trail of l1owiDI par. . R. M. air Vdlo OGDtroner of &be ClYU Aerouuuca AdmlDIItratloD here, aid tbe 1111mtn1 obJect wu 1een tnbA TUicalOOII, Ala.: HOUlton. Tu .. aDd a plane. 2&0 mllea aouUlwarel onr the Gulf of Mezico. ID Jacluon, Mill., CltJ Ptreman K1ur Ialit: '"It looked JUre a arapefi1llt &Del WU apoutiDI ftn Uke a roman canelle anel wu fol Jowecl bJ a white vapor trail. n aatle a loop anel then a whltl llhtcameon." A. B. _AU, Unltecl lt&tll ' waaUler foreetlter here, 111d he .an obJect of tremeDCtoua briW&nce" In the weatem IQ at 7:t0 p. m. c. s. T. "It wu man brUllant Ulan anr meteor I have lftl' IUD," Mr. AiiDe llld. ..1\ burDecl out lD two or three CODdL n left a JODI, -tblte amOke or npor trall, which II eomethJDI I have never ~een a ... teor Cllt, IIDAIIIMA IUMGra late11t.paoe leport ~iDe ChDera1 Air Katerlel ~ Aftla IIOU pt-Patten Air roroe aa .. DiaJtoa, Ohio 1. !he attached llltelllc.ao report. t.a ot poaalble illteren. rca !dB COIIIAIDIHO OEIQAI., llltellt.c-o aeport, 308th !API, DO 'date Oblet, IDtelllgeDOe Seott.on PeraoDMl aDd Dlatntloa l>OWNGRADEI> AT 8 YI~:\U INTRRVALS DECLASSIFIED AF~'En 12 YEARS ' liNer aASSifJ0 ClASSIFIED ...,101 or til III!ILLIOINOI OPPIOD 11CI CJI\OU, (DAtBD) tlnnr Air ron laee, otlaboa auaact Iatelllpaoe liepon llllltarr Alr truaepon Iento All' Foro Ba W.ahlactoe 1& Aftlt Dlnotor ot Plaaa, Iatelllpue Dlneloa 1. a.teNaoe radlo tble Bdqrtere, 4ate4 1-11600 est, June 1960, (e'lalq nnated la parasnph below) a. At Qltto CST elJu l96Pitorew llbere f1Jinc a routine "Pe1loan" .. reoonnal11anoe mlaalon o.er the Oult of ~zloo noted what aopeard to be a huge ball of tlre talllns lD a eplral dlaoent from a heip;ht or at 1ea' &o,ooo ten. the aooo""'urtac brllllant ll&ht faded at 20,000 ted. A blulab oolored or oor trail followed the objeot and per- elated tor lliDu,ea the weather at the tl waa CA ,'U with a few eoatten4 tbuncleretor on the horlaon to the aouth and eaat. iatlted poel,loa of elghtlns zoo 41'1. 81 46'W Poaltlon of alroratt at tim. of lcbtlD& a.,o oo , ee 1. hnla-' euerpta fltoa orew MMer repone 1 looUd out aDd eaw a tlalllilc trall lathe aty whlob de- tt.DltelJ aM a tallbc etar. A1 lt tell lt de a blatlng trail ln more or lele the eha~e ot aJl a. It ataned at a bel~t or 60,000 teet or "'owr ud faded oa at arouD4 10,000 teet. !be tla, ftpor, light or whatenr lt ,nld rielble lathe lkJ tor arcnmd one halt an ho\11'" DOWNGRADED AT 3 YBAL~ l~TI:!-:'.'ALS DECLASSIFIED AFrER 12 YEARS. ' loan .. I aotloe4 a brlpt nnat la the ~ ott our left wlD!!; that appeared at tlret '0 be a talllDC tla... It grew sreatly lD brl~htneaa aDd elae ad appeared to be lD a aplrallnc deaoea~. I beluw lti at sr .. t bel&bt ud dla~aaoe. I obd ea .. tor tltteen iautee." UNCI ASSIFIED WJ7 wl&lat &l&&as ~tla of 1t~t*,..lob appeancl extend fltoa -. .. of 10 ldJ.e to a ,.l&b, ot 60.70 Ill lea. l' r.-lDecl nal ble ror approaiatelr 10 10 lll...-a, 111 to to l'aelt 1A an upwrd -loD, tbea lata alii& to diw ta.rcl ta. earth. At 1140 CS!, M JuDe 1960, tlJin& OD a routlae i'elloaD at 10 000 ten, oo about thlnr der;e .:round apeed 171 a.-a, poaltloa 26!'60' t1 a brilliant .ll.&ht - Oblerft4 hlp ill the lkJ, at what ll dinaaoe at a relatiw lDC ot about 80. The ll~ht prooeoded ... thward at what ae .... a alow rate aDd lD a ourYiog erratlo ~ath leavlD a oatrelr brlpt !lowin& trail. J,fter abo.at a ld.aae and a halt the lir,bt dieaao~d bd the '"ll oontlllued to ~1 bl-.-wht.te wlth und.llft- lDllbet ~ill tor aaotber tltteea ~nutee attr whloh lt faded 11~17 to a eott blur ud tlullr dlaalpated at about 1000 CST " laYi~atOI'' 1 wladcw At thll time the portloD ot the akr ln wh10h the ohenomenoa had turaed dark uoU&h for .on ot the etara to be vialble. Sklee lD the late nolnltJ wre ole.ar but a tn thunder atoru on the hor- iaOD, eeneolally to the ~outh aad lt.aet, caw ott lnter~ttent tlaelaea. (Th tlaehee were quite ,el 1D oontran to the bl lte r,low of the ob llcht .) AlNCLASSIFl~n . ' ., raul, ..... , .... lo fbel .... Obtained wbloh ehowecl t abtenft at the follad~ poeltlODit aooo cat -a-roao 11 A lee of nel llearlDCI OD the llpt trail durlD& thla period lhowed lt to be owr tbe nolDl'J of 28tl'l, aeotaw. let Lt., USAP lDtelllcenoe ottloer eo 0CA'4A !at DlftllOD OOWNGRADED AT S YEAn IN'I'gn~."Al~ J)CI.ASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEAW~. ' UNCLASSIFIED J'EAl'QtL\.1T:~W ~:Iao m Port UoPhoraon, OOor~ia. AJAC 18 S 00e3S StJaJJCT a Unoomentional Ob jo ot in Air CawmaDdinc Gonora.l A'r J.:ateriol CazUland Uricht-Patteraon Air Foroo Baae Dayton, Ohio Attentiona il:I (Control l!o. A-1917) Inoloaed herewith 11 1nromat1on ro i'lyinc objeots ni~hted 1n J.Iobile, Alabama. FOR rJm CC.:!WTDD7G G&UmU.a S/I dtd 26 Jun 50, w/zwwspaper olippin~, dtd 25 Jun 50 JOinl 1~\l)!:: Colonel, GS: AC ot s, G-2 c:<a P0R UR Ill INDIVIDUAL PMMilt.."H EVALUATION f1110UD: f11 1NroRIIAT10N: Fireball SeeD O..r ~obile . (l{obile Pr Rerr,iter) I&"June 1960 CIOMft.ITIL'f , , , A CUIW1RMID IY OTIG t .......,.., UIIDOMI , , P T1NTM WIGT K JUOCIID , I aJIIliAif fillS DMil,_ .Fireball In Sky Over City .. ... ,\ Apparently Was Meteorite estimate Ita altitude" Hanasn ''but it was hlah." who saw that 'Cball Qll were dlcelvlnl them n..S in the Western aida earl. not worr1 about their eyalaht- 'rldla'. nllht and tho\&lbt tbelr it nall1 happened. Wire .ervteea reported the phenomenon as beinl seen in Tulealoosl; Fort Smith, Ark.. and .rort Worth. Texas. The main toward the reality of the bll flash eame from a National Air Linea pilot who was approach lDI Mobile at about '1:40 p.m. DESCiliBEI FLAIR The pllot, Capt. James L. Han- liD. reported the brilliant flash and vapor trail to the Auoelated Pre and United Pr~ in Jackl 80ftvllle, Fla .. after he finished hls' HanMD described the aeene as a meteor-like objec:t in the sky over Mobile that left a vapor traU. He said it was travelinl "at a tre ... ndous speed." "I couldn't (Caatlaasll Pace I, CeL I) J. A. Ellia of Rosedale, near Tl!ICalooaa, Ala., reported to the Civil ~eronauUn Administration's ,eommunieatlon ataUon , he saw an objec:t Friday nllht that acemed to be an airc:raft with a ball of fire blllowinl from it. He reported he saw the fire "aP- . proximately 40 miles aouth of Tulealoosa." At Fort Smith, three fishermen the flub and vapor trail u they flabecl ln a lake there. They aid they witnftled the flash about 2 a.m. Saturday . It lasted several seconds and was followed by what sounded like an explosion. BELIEVED MEl'EO&u'E Meanwhile, the minds of Mo- Lillana were set at reat by Weatherman Bill Tilson who aid 1 the flash was evidently a b 'l meteorite aallinl off its reauhu route and probably landed ln the IWampa of Loulsiana. Some Mobilians reported an explosion in the sky. Others aiel it looked Uke a apeedint plane with the sun's fadlnt reel ancl 101c1 rays playinl trlekJ with Ita vapor trail. A few Moblllana thou1ht they w.re wltneuinl a flylnl saucer. It was described as any- thin~ from a fiery ball to a streak j lD the Eastern skies. The vapor traU wu vltlble ln the aky for I about a balf-hour after the flub UNCLASSIFif .. ~. e. e. paa1n Mlft ... --.. IIIII l ~Plane Paaenier f AP)-Uftl... AlrllMI today dit- ~1111. U. Jar.-t flrlna uucer J1rat offktr Davkl Bt.wart or lt.tdondo liNch. caur.. today told a MWI e.ftnnet that hla crew watdlll a llrtlllantly-alowifta . latwrdu aw.t. ,. ., T .,lfti'-J .,... elpr lha than tiM prtft. ' ... 1ald hll lhlp wu llytna at IUOO fttt ... P-Ilat the objfet flaw a paralltl C!M.JW fw 20 miJft ... estllnat .. ltaJ 8PPH aa fut.r Paper's Photos Show .,. 'fte toa ... dle Tnn priat.cl ple- today of a '"tlylnc aaue.r" smaller aDd tlnai1J nalahecl Into takea by one of Ita owa photoc the west. The .... ., appeared nJt:1 ,..tmta, aftea noon. Oft all the film he took, bat the plctareal taken Staff Pho-nearbr plane wa1 oat of the pleture field ,uieklr, appearlq oa only about 0 fNt. eciiO fNt of film In whleh a brlcht Air ftelda hen aald no planes had ~":ch:~led wed elearly reported 1eeln.r aueh a diakyeater- Jt Steed Still day and the Air Foree hal denied Hlxeabaup, on aulr.ment to repeatedly that ftylq aaueen" take other aho" for t e atatlon, ulat. auclcleal7 heard the roar of a plaae a-...e him, claneed up and aaw Nth the plaae and the .. fl)'lnc dllk" to Ita left. He uld It waa ~alp brlcht dlak with a lllcht ..-oaa around it. Be aalilllbered hla mme eamera ud ahot, with the objeet appearlnc motloaleu for about 10 aeeonda. Darlq that time," he aald, .. lt atood atlll like a balloon." Then the objeet becan to eel Cairo, nl., June a tu.PJ-Fle pereon1 In three Hetlon1 of the city reported today that they Mel a .. ftylq uueer" In the 1ky of here at approximately the ume time. All acreed that the ec-abaped objed wu at a hich altitude and had a ehrome ftniah. They said bore no reaemblanee to an airplane