PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Alexandria DATITIMI OltOUP .. TYPE 011 OISIIIVATIOM jl Gro"""-Vleuol l9/~?t1'iZ 0 AIP.VIauol LINOTH 011 OIII.VATIOM .. MUMIIIt 011 OIJICTI n6ll~lt~ 2 minutes 10. 11111 IUMMAY 011 IIOMTIMO Color. Frosty silver. Speed very high. Shape oval. 50' long. Altitude 2000-4000 rt. Shape did not change. Object appeared along a con- trolled fiight path at a constant altitude. not change its rencctions as it move through sunlight. No smoke or her sigh a or propU.ei ATIC I'ORM U9 (R&V 21 I&P 12) 0 GroundRodor 0 Alrlntorcept Roder 155 deg true 11. COMMIMTI Evaluated as a/c. CONCLUSIONS Woa Balloon Prohot.l, 8olloon PouiWJ 8ollooft Woa Aircraft Proitot.l, Aircraft Po ul bl' Aircraft Was Aetronomlcal P roboW' A etronoml cal PoniW, AetroneMicol lneufflclent Dote fer Evoluotloft n.1~xandria Jescription of Object Si3htr:::d: A "frosty" silvery footbal l-3hD.ped object with its longitudinal axis parallel to the 6~ound. Off-hand estL~te of size at ttrne of sighting 50 feet along longitudinal axis d 20 fee t vertical axis . Shape: Elliptical, or football, shaped. Sh e did not aha,ze. ?~siticn l en ?irst SiG~ted: ~i~c 18o;--a~peared to :-:asonic }:ClTI.,rial in Alexandria and about 3--4 ;nj J ~'3 be abont 2 niles southeast of from ob s erve r :>!Jarent .Altitude: 2000 to 4000 feet. Steady. 2levation:-5-7o decreasing sli~htly a s object a ppeared to mc7e :int.o dis-tance. C~urC3e: A-.~a:r from, and to the richt of ob:.;crvcr, e sti-nated 1 559 true. Position :Jben Last Si ghted: 'fjme 1 807--estinatc d 10 t o 12 ni.les furt~er ~.iTay l:)ascd on n~proximate visibility of 20 miles. Lost ~i.3ht of ob j ect uhen '\ie turned ofi of l:J.n;; Street to go up I3son~.c :!e:norial hill fo-:-a b e t t er loo~. Arrived in ~lear ar-aa on top of hi 1 J at 1 807:>lus h5 ~13con'1s, hut unabl e to sicht object a:_;ain. :!n~1sual Characterist,ics: l!nusual in that thP. object did not c'1ange its rafl3ct~.on as i t !iO'l~d through the sunli~ht. Ifo Hin~s, No tail S'.lrfaces or ot.'!ler pro~ub'erltlc~s. :b \~apor trail. No smoke or other sigg of pr o:Julsion. !Io a::>parent noise. s r.3r: This object a ?peared to be ,ro3ressi~3 alonG a controll~d fli~ht path at a ~onstant altitude. Its an~ar decrease in cl~vation is believed to be due to its' d5.sappaarin~ into the distancP. toward the horizon since its slze a~,eared to de~rease at the sa'T!e ti.'fle. It did n ot behave like a balloon. It. did not look like anj fo!'T.1 or ai:-craft knmm to the ohserver :>.19 Pen~avon JROII UOD.YITC: iOI YOD INFORMATIOII AND ACTION. DIDENTIJIE!i FLTINC: OBJECT WAS SICiHTED ~ AJ.IXAMDIJA VII,DilA, AT 180' EDT, 19 ~0111 SILVE11 oYALSHAPED <BJECT or APPIOIIMATELY '0 FEET IN LENCTH tiAVELIHC AT HIGH SPEED AT 2 0oo-,,ooo FEET. LT. THE SIGHTINC: TO THE COMMAND POSt AT THE PENTACON. It SEEMED LIKEJ.t THAT THE OBSERVATION WAS A ~:JtECTION OF THE SUB'S RAYS FROM AN AIRCRAFT FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE or ,,ooo rtT ro 15,ooo iEEI AMD A SPEED Of 150 MILES PER HOUR TO lQ' MILES PER HOUR, DPENDINf: UPON THE DISTAIICE THE OBJECT fROM THE OBSERVER IRE IEPOITED APPARENT ALTITUDE OJ 2,000 FD:T- 4,000 1EE1 IS JUICED TO BE INCORIECT COIISIDEIIttC: Ill OTBEI OBSERY AT IONS MADE BY LT THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY LT COL M.D. WILLIS. AFOIN-V/TC ilG CSAF ITEM 7 /RESTRICTED/ UNCLASSIFIED (J r;;E kVA T' J .J