PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD IJ. COt'CLU$1Q,..S 2. LOCATION ( ). DATITIME OIIOU' s. Fttofos 7. LINOnt OP OBIIItVATIOII 30 aecon4a 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon Pou laly ISolloon Rivbra Aroa Franco .. TY'E OP OIIEIVATION 0 Was Aircraft 0 f.' roba\tly Aircraft roulbly Aircraft D OroundRo4or D O..un4 V6 suol ~ .. VIsu.e ' D Airl"t.,copt Rodor Wos A1tronomlcal ProboWy Astronomlc:ol Ponibly Atronomlcal French cot:u:~rcial o.1rlinc 11ilot c I. NUMI[I 0' OIJICTI t. COUitSI! 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evoluotion 11. IIIIP _ .. OP IIOHTMIO U. COMMENTS \.zbito color. LiGht (etZ) ohaped. French pilotu h~vc not ouocrvl.!d Ul<.:oc A lu:a1nouo eU-ebnpe4 o'bJect travolina J thinca Uc1'ore. It 1ravclcd in c. tiNa the apeccl or a Jet vaa obaorved straiGht line, o.nd \1t1.8 vialul c for tor JO oecon4a. . 30 coconds. una n tail. ~Dr report -novapo.pcr nrticlc A'I'IC J'ORII a Cltlr II 18P II) tntoll1gonce Dlvlo1on, 1!..;, HXffi Jmrevs l\! E~!ttt, \{:t.ahi.ngton 2;, L'. c 7 Oetolm-l 9 52 Rt'port 001\t'ns in!'"OrJ:l!l+,lcm taktm troa t.ha <l Ootob!r 1''5~? C<\1 t\on 'Cal ''Fri!:~Cf) :\ \thl.ch ~-" the l.crr.oat ownin~ clrC'Jlat1on ltt :.:-rnn<::f' blt ,, h1ch 1!1 not. p.:.n-tte-~arl.7 noW .ror 1ts aocuraq. This in!'orr-At1on va.1 foz-1~ to t his Mad~n b7 the CaDr.YII1cl1nl orn.eer, 19')4t~h .A.:~ Sc:u:~ron, L:lCn l'-.": J I 1-'r .. mM, 1n his Semi-aonth~ Intel11pnoe R~rt dated 16 OctA)~ 1?5:?.. C~lonel, t :Ji? C~:tor, I:lt.olli:r.nee t1 Tt. :'.ion Intelllgonoe Di Ylsion Hq, MATS, Andrews J3 Ba98, V.ssh.lnat.on lS, D. c. 1, Stntor:ent by the pllot Francis CaYasne ree.dsa "At 1<)23 ho\lrs loe!U. ttti.e, \7 Oot 52) va noted (thrl tow of') Drnzuignan, rhon t~ co-pilot, b-ought to ttr attention the formation or a lU!llncus objant. or ft atra.'lge f'or;:l. U,:, in~ld1~1tel7 a!)JrOacbad the f~t or ~.n olon J.:i't'J:td C~J The course or the ob- ject ".las 'lbsol,ltel7 strs.tgbt snd laVftl. Its spead '-'&3 continuous m"..d r:l2\11Rl'. Th3 ogg vas cnt1ral7 ali&}lt, rut 1 t 1la3 n. \.thi te, r.ot blind il",.J light, lil:e n noon lieh t. Tl'r1s \."8 vere s.blo to toll0'-1 1 t9 eourM for 30 ::;acond s rt thou t taking an eya frOI!I 1 t. \/ben 1 t loi~t O'.Jr sight, it ...,a9 f'ollo~-dnz !.1. ,_, t:-at..::ht and lJval '-'e The obJ~et lett in its 'tm.k~, a trail np?)ar!nl t.o be ~0 to 25 t!Des 1ts len~h. T"ne 0 13U&t had f'or:164 a poin~d rom. It ".195 a blutnh 2e '.f9 have 3!1tiua'b.ld t~ 11:~htninft-llk~ O!At~ nf tho objoct at ~ 01' ) th:.ls t.hat o~ a jet aircraf't at full speed. Owr-deteroination "f th9.t viUue ts liot ths result or t1eebanlc!\l cslculations. It is nir.tpl.y a. 1ln:JM.n c~lcnla,.. tton. According to our lnp:t ss~ions, tha Fly!n!~ E~.1 ro:1chf)t! tNo or three thcu- s~r.d ldlo:~t.3rs J>')r hour. Fron \:'h.1t 'M a!l'' ;e lu.d the f'eelinr; t!ta~ lt vas in front nnd e.bout 3 kilo;..".tt~rs n\.Jova us. It E:ec:':eit to '-'~' l'lllch loreer than a nor transport alror t." 3. Joint Stater.nt by tha Pllotsa "Thera is nothin.::; in cor;'ron bot'.J:ten this an4 tho~e oddi tio:s ve lu\v~ ~sen in tba ccy. 'Jo blld, cl~:Jrl,-, the ir- r:-os:-non or b!l.nn~ run onto a tl.'\ch1n9 perfectly driv~n. Cccsta t d teor3 f'ollcnf, in 31'i'eot, curved find n~"'l-str'lit:ht cote-sea. Th9 int3n:.t1 ty or th~i~ lizht chaDg9 conatant17. To.tard9 tl'~ on.l or tbeir e:ru~se, th~y slow dt~.m pa~tlally stop,ing, ond uauall:r b..trn o-.tt. Thare 1a no resenbl:mce. In spi. to of' their peed, cot:Mtt and r.1otao:-s re~,in at 3\lCh a distance their speed s!laas to bt e10'11 vbila toD1zbt, va m)re in the presenoa of' an object f'lying not tar tro.ffl ue, nt a hieb rate ot speed. It vas fl1inl a course ot 2)0 dot,T098J t1lat tro~ Rortheast to South,.st, !!l~ina ta.1ard Toulon". 4. In the 9 Oetober ed1. tion, "Franc Soir tollo".ltld up by runnin3 onoth9r artiolea "The n)'ing E3~ seen in the s'k7 of' Provenee (Rivi'l!"a ore~) has r:d~d considerable e=tOtion alon~ tht! Cote d Arure, '..here dozens or vi tnssea are said to obse:aac! the p~enoana. under the aa."n8 condl tions as pilot und An American, vo.eationin~! at ( t.h\1 to.m or) Beauliau, l~s. vhose bo~ 1 in Connecticut, t-~ld your repor~rt I ;ns, day bttore yeaterd~, nt the Airport of li1c3 about 1930 hours. I EH\'.J a lu:41lnou3 objact. t describe it r:o:-e ox.:Lctly tha11 the Air Frnnce nviatot":l. I had oloarl7 the i!:tpres!!ion ot seeing a machina, driven o~ radio dlrected, by pclaons u:~ 5. T~..a article tben e~s on to at thRt, e.l thouzb tha observntvr:r :tt Uioe did not se tbe F]Jinci Er.tJ, tber'l unre tl3!11' vi tnes~e 'rho 3re sure that 1 t vaa not a calestlal be~ or L18teor. Cltt .LFS J. PO.ILEY