PROJECT lC073 RECORD 1. 04 Tf TIMf: GROUP 2. LOCATION 21. December !l> 2l/1i IJ.oz Los Alamos, llew Mexico ~. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 Seccrxls 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Groum-Visual 65-70 deg angle 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION ASTRO (1-lETEOR) Evaluated as a meteor observation. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object was roum, brlJl'iant green. Ver.~ fast speed. 'nloue)lt at tirst it was a meteorite as it app!ared suddenly, light orange, yellow in color; mort tail of flame. It inmediatel.y began to flare up, grew br.l te green, larger ard brie}lter - to sputter or fade tw:> or times omitt~ short spurts or red flame aroun:i edges. 'IUrned a brilJi ant, flaring green, dled down slig~ly an:l then abruptly went out.. DEPAATME.NT OF" THE ~IR F"OPCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WA&HINDTON UNCLASSIFIED "fHC IN-~IC"fD CNI.AL uAr 1'7fM DI8TIUCT D,.II"I:C D,. 8~CCIAL INVC8TIOATIDNII lll."fLANO A I . rocc ...... HCW .. laoCO File llo. 24-0 12 January l :' v l Dircu tor or Spcoill l!lVflt.:tica~iono :It9ad(lunrtoro United ... tntos Air foroo 1. In accordance vritb Al'CSI L~r. l:o. 05, Hoadq\!llrtors. O~fico of' s1,ocinl Invoc t#i::ai;iOl::J, datod 23 Ootober l~!AJ, tllo heroinu.'tor do.ta. io delln.oa.ted 2. It 1B 8Ub:."l1 t"tod t o :,:,.t tho p!teno.-:-.onll =:lCldo a rnrt o~ tho data attaohod is not bellovod by t.wLis District to c!efi i tol;r tall within ParaL:rapb 3 or ahow cited lettor, howover, no thoro 1o a rcaeonablo qucotion or dou':.>t, a.ttac!,:,ont is Jei!l~ t'oM\1Lrded. ~T.rOF~:Ic; 1 oajoct spl1or lc~l silapo "\"rl t:, r;. to.il Y:a:J cited oy 2 0 Dooc.'l'->'l'r l S 50 in tho aroa of IDs AlllMoa, How liexioo, an Atonic .Cnercr loeo.tion. DR'l'AII.Sa A1.-t&Oh30rrli moro clearly dolL""loato:J all port- 1nent do tal !a Gon~ral, Air' o..nt or1'01 Co~.lo.ad. Ai'Tlh Office or ~1poc::nl I11vest1catio.1o J no 1. Hpt i'r U r~CLASSfF'fED d.a.ta fon."Brd .l to ~on .. an:1in,: I~ a nd :Joa.:!qunr<~cru, !\lrt~r c.otio~t. Di~trict Co: n.nco.- IJOI'OIICATIOR ORLY flying obJect over Iran There have been many sighting& reported or unknown obJects observed on the Soviet-Iranian border and the following represenwa cross-cut or the sight- Description: Green & black moving v1 th extraordinary speed from W to E exploded after a few minutes, leaving a great volume of smoke( evaluation: Probable METEOR) J.4t;UARY -FEBRUARY 1951 SICH'l'H:G3 1'9)1 Oberlin, Ohio 1 . s tockton , California 7 Honolulu, T. H. 8 -S o f Ft \?orth, Texas -12 Corbin, Kentucky 1.2 Elba, ]l;ew York 1 Ste\.lart AFB, t!e w York 12 Ft Benning , Georgia 1~ -Salines to King City, California l ]T Bi g Bear lake, Califor~i::i 1 6 -Artesia, Ne w fl.exico (CJ..S r.ussn.;a) 16 -Oak Ridge, Ten~essee 16 ~ \{est Texas l b 'Lihue, Kauai, T . H 1~ 20-Sioux City, Iowa 21 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 2 2 50 mi SE Holloman / \FB, New f!exico 2 3-26 -Unalakleet, Alaska 24 \Jestover AFB, !if::1ssachusetts -\-!arne r Robins AFi3, Geor~;ia Ry u Island s (Okinowa) Albany, rie..1 York F:;'l;)rua Conda~ine, hUstralia J ohnson AB, Jap~n EVALUATIO'i~ Other ( UNR2Lif\BLS fS.POR'I' Civilian(r.~ultiplc )(PHYSICAL S ) Ho t P.ir Balloon r~ili tar y ( Nllitary ( UNIDEI\'Til''r~D Astro ( r~S'TEOR) Ins u fficient Data Fr"I C lENT DATA l!ulti ) Insuffici e n t D:1ta l~ulti Civilian) Incufflcient Data r~ulti (llilitary& Civ) Balloon Unkno Insufficie nt Data ll.ul t i (Civilian) Insufficient Data llirlcontinental .l\i rlines A/C t-1ilitary (RADAR) Other (Groun d Tar get) Military Other (Gas fro~ Balloon) 14ulti (Civilia:l) Insufficient Data Croun~ R~dar Other (Electronic Effect fiili tary l1i1itary t-lili tary fro~ Beacon in A/C) .Othe r (WX) Other ( Contrails) Insuffic ient Data 1. mno:.:riTIFIED f1a.rietta, Georgi a ape \ lales, Alas!<.a l;ulti (Civ t: itil) J.!ult i ( Ci vilia:1) 2. Balloon P.stro (SIRIUS) ther (Light from Ship) A:;tro ( r.t;o:TI:oR) Ga lena, Illinois wcerne Valley, California Holloman AFB, New l!exi c o (CASE Tanganyika , E~st Africa Durb::m, South Africa _ Ladd AFB, Alaska Sakhalin, J apan Indianapolis ) Indiana Z..!ilitary tv1ISSii;G) N j li t ary Eant African Airlines lUlita r y Radar t-ii li ts r y Ro.du r Othe r ('.Pwo Ta rgetn) tro (A~ORA) Astro (STAR/PL~JB'!') Insufficient D3t a Insufficien t D~ta UNI DC:?:TIFIZD mnn::r.Tii" rEo ther ( ::a.r...x) Uef.e ATO.'I~ ~:~ 1GY 'H' T:crtv ... FCJ~F.! Houto Address tl:l.".es o t ' othor kno~m ooservora No:10 2. Timo nnd dato o.:' oichti!"'.C 0740 Day l.tODth 3. Point of o~serv3tion 12 ~t -Los Al amos -1~00 block 4. !Jirootion or ooject .1.'ror:1 oucorver 10 to 15 loft o :' straicht sout~u t.. Distance of object from ob~;orvor b.S ~ilea 6. /..nr,lo o':' olcvation fro:~ hori&on .!.'.irn~ n;>poaro_d nt nhout 3:-> ? Direction or ~icht or object to enrth n.t n"oou~ ': 5-70 nnrle. !>. ::ur.~ ,or o::' o':Jj~cta Cne 11. Projeotions and/or 1ndent~tiono 0 F F I C I A L U s i; 0 ri L Y 1~. Apparent ~oana o~ support an~or propulsion. , ? 14. Si~e of o~jeot Aprnrent r._i_r.o .oF ha:1oball lt>. Lu inoaity or o~joct :)rillinn t .Jr f cut", .>richt, clurin~ Color of o bjoot Grcon Sound None 18. Odor .None Evidence of trail or oxhttust iihort trnil o1' firo -~reen -r or\ ap".r l:s .or .fl!lmo oocnnionlllly . 21. ~rreot on c louda t:one 22. Tactics or rnaneuvera None 23. Uanner o~ disappoo.ranoe };':'finrorl t o ?urn nut jus t t>ofore hi ~ti;1c 24. \','hn t attracted a ttontion to objoct It_s_R_o .. p~e_nr_n_n_o ----------- 25. Aclditiono.l renarks of' oboorver T~aouci1t nt first 1 t ~raB 1.1 r o t o orito as. it nppenred ,;ud::!only, lit~l.t ~ro.nce yellO'.'' in oolcra short tail UNCLASSIFiED -h~rt l."lrt o~ re_ct i'lll;'=' o.ro~n~ e d ['81h Turned a !>rllllo.nt,. fln.rlnf) died do.om alichtly n.n:l thO~'l o.hru.r:ll wont out. Observer's airn~ture 20. AdJ1tional rem~rka ot inveati~tor Invoa tit;ator UNCLASSIFIED PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP I ... LOCATION 28 December 50 28/0SB6Z IDs Alamos . New Mexico Civilian 10, CONCLUSION ASTRO (METEOR) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One Evaluated as a meteor Observation. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. IRIIF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grouni -Visual Object was round, with taU and ver:i bri8Jlt. Bluish-green. Object was traveling above 1000 m}:il in. a straight flight, wi a gl~ng tail. . . \ Approx 160 deg 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENC! DEPAATMI.NT 0,. THE AlA ,.DACE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WA8HINOTDN ~GC/l~C:/pno I UNCLASSIFIE~ YL.AND aut ,.occ. eaar ..... c:w w&.Hco File llo. 24-0 SUBJECT a Aerial ~enomena TO& Commandins General Air I~o.teriel Com.~ ~riGht-Pattor:on Air Forco Bnse Dayton. Ohio .ATTU: i.:9iJ I* Inclosed are t~ro copies or a spot intellicencc r~port oovorinc the details of nn a.erial phon~onn observation in the los Al&Dos, lJew L:exico area. dtd 28 Dec 50 2. Cy Ltr Hq OSI, Subj: S&r.\e dtd 12 Jan 51 !UCfl:~H!) G. COX (! :.Ajor, USAF District Com~ander LOS A'iJd ,\K , ~i: r: . .ICO 2. '1'1M and date of e1r;ht1~ QlJS lJq J!onth 6. ~le of eleT&tlon from horlso..,., _ _.v.-m....,,.~.'b~l~g, ...,.dep;reee I 30 to 15 1. Dtrectloa of tlt~ht of ob.1ect JertiRI\llr or in d1recUsm. gf ~tn.,..rorlm~t \tlr 160 8. Tl ln oleht "?'"""~rolis:tatel:t J eQpdt 9. lfut!!ber of object ......, UNCLASSIFIED 12. Ap~BrOnt oonst~ctioll 13. A?~nt cot".nl o:." tcuppo1t Wl\1/or pro~lrion 14. [tise ot objoot Voey z 1cht 1G. ht"linoe1ty or objoot Very :ric;ht 10. Color or object 21. Ettoot on olCNda lJo olouda O~ooun ed by tree 24. rlhat attracted attention to objoot Irilliar.co. Because or speod and short tico fttllble (approx. s., .. oonda) 1t la not possible to anawor 11 t hru UNCLASSIFIED REroRr CP' UUIDr:leTl/IEil A,";RlAL O~.;C'l'S (Cont Obaervor ' eignature title Soourity lupootar 26. .Additional rennrka ot iDwatl~tor liNCLASSIFIED