PR(I.iC:Cl lOOil Rf.COHD C:ARO !l.B!!ll'roN /J..A ), DATI!TIM! c;,:~m,;i t C. T't''F. CF Ct.\SE~VATION 2 AF Pilots Wle I SQI!"" " :J '"b\Jbly 6ctll '""'" I ~ourbly ij.:l;l:)')r, Wo' ,.\r rc:rch : 'r~boaly A.tt~f.Jtl .\ ttron o ntl c. .:~I i Brilliant orance and black object main-. I tained constant course and speed. Object lett; streak ot light after disappearance. .ICAL CHAf'f I l t IOU .~ I Complied t o ICAO lcand~erd , mber ~tdcJ 2000 t o the ctMrt number. Complied to ICAO lrndard~ . , umber dd 2000 to the r.hctrt nurnbr. 'fWB!I'IfY n bel"ton, OAiaWI.O.r DATI at INIO.~Anatl S~TH AIR DIVISION At. 2026-hours CS'r em 24' Octob-..r 19;2, sn unidentified fiyina object wa.s si~ted 'rrJ lat. Lt !dvvd J._ Ra\l, .-\.0-1912291, 52d Somb Squadron, 68th Bomb Wing (M), Lake . Charlea A1r Force Ba.se, Lake Charles, touisiL"l&. lat. Lt Rau was acting a.:tOMerv~r on a T-ll tJpa aircratt aying at, a speGd of 16' milea per hour at an:<ltude or 7500 . reet, and.a -trua heading ot 75 degrees. :. ObJect a9peared in. a p4.l'ai tion 10 t.o 15 degr above hor1:ont.t\l ?lsne ot the a11tcr.U't, moYing at. " tert"i!'ic s~ed "'':Ueh faster thL"\ that of' ~ ?'-OG, ill a dirc~ioo , ap;>'P i:::atel7 15 dctg::~es aw.sy !rom t ht! axl i perpendieul5r to t htt h'!~ding ':lt the d.rer'J.!t, Dd c!1S!:lJ&r14 at. sppr:lxima,tely 2.0 degrees above the hor l:ontal plaD!. or , tr.e ~:Jrat~. Object ~mbled a plat~ stacding on ebd, moving in t he.direction of the concan n.rtace or tbe object. (See Incl .!-l). The line or night vas Tery str~igilt v!tll s conwtaot.. state ot acceleration, i.e.' no "t'lo~t.ing .... in the-fligtt or . Jeon?~ntioae\ ~t-jr . TRDJDORE I: PASCOE i.t Col, USAF D~ector ot Iatell1seace FoRiarlo~ Brief deacriptl~ol the objeot1 (a) Sb tSac~ part. ov&.l.) appellred to be 3trtched out. Reaf!mbli!d plattt 3ta:-:.ci- i~l oD ~nd, ~ moving in direction ~r concave std. t hlch larg9r then tr vhen vieving s t~ !'rom ground, 'llld sm.U.ler t.nan ~eper ormgs than !"li"chut n .U"'t 'Jhen oberv.;d froJn 10 mil. v~ry :r1 !aD~ No repea\ not, like h&31 ball or lig~t such as is ssen ~b~n .:.t W1!1i tail ot &i:'Ooru..-jet aircl'"ait. t;;;w ).it);, it ?O thM ?pt 1 Not, applicable. .\trgd:m,;ic fet'iu;"}l_a i10 floaUng charsct.4ri.3ti~s. Cbject mAlntalnttd con:5- tant tete of." sccler~tion. tri or ~Mii.JJ~' 1ppeued to haw a tsil, such aa s comet. P;:opal s1on 'Z .!' tioo.e apparent. a-ODAble to det.-4rmiae because ot: ioabili ~,. to proptrlt aaaesa dl.a tance TrsYeled extremely ra~t, much ra~t~r than F-80 Whdn Yi~wed from z . M'GfUT2t1: None. t.Awntr Qf disAP.,.,V'It-~ .. : tissp~!Lr"d into dlst.anctt a-3 a 3tr., .. :t of" light. QtMC Stt1.tntnt ot '.llWI'l11 r,, url!'i a croj e t mai!ltaint!!d aosolutelJ stright line of flight., aDd a cor.lltan& ~limo o: aop-ro:tl~r.at~ly 5 d~1%"es~. T1.,., ~! 3ighti;,g in ?.!,-!Jgu: c'!.oq~ ~olla.} t~1 ~026 hours SST. :a) "l!sul 2I-gleett':)niqz Vi3\.!.U.. (b) ~x-oa ur i)r ,urr,~: Air. 1 : .QisWett Thought to . . be quite near because ot rapid transit through : ... cone or rlaiOCl. - (2) t A~?roximatel7 15 detgr11e11 av'tl from gxis perpendicu:i.s:-to htacJ.ng or aircra!''t. t ~0 to 15 d~gr sbov &orizor.t~l pl~e en obj~ct e~ anJ disappeared at spproximatel7 20 de es above h~ri:ontal i o t1on o se s ' \J :a~rtt;t lat Lt ~-..ard J. aa~, .\O-l9122ql, 52d so~b Sq, SSth Bomb '..lng (!-!) ~cej.ct o!!i~r holds .\i~C 1534 (Navi~sto~} and nss ~ld this AlSC ror 20 :;oe~:-. l!e ;!.S ap~r~x!Jr.&t-~17 700 hou.r~ flying tim., ovsr 50~ of -hl::n i.! :U,z!l :!=n. i-s comca~ e r!acee ov~: Kores totsls ~poroxi~a~ly 250 no~3, -~1 ot .. ~!:!1 ~ :-.ig!1t tize. !.s~ Lt ~u 3tatea h r.a.J nade trequ~mt IJ.lr-t.4)-al: =>b8~'!'- 7Sti:-.a of jet &irc-:osft, and !I.ISI\9rts he has nPI~T S~en M]thin~ resmbling tb.is ~b~ect. &Aport en.l:uted at B 2. (b) ~i!.rpNtH Cal)tain Sten A. ~.aroini<f) 16112.A, 8 C6t,h Operatio:1s Sq, ->Goth A.S.Z. CA."/TJ ' 75CO teet.; smoke baz up to 7000 ~e~t. '.i13'ibllit~r 1a haz~t 3 1111~!1. tnd AIR JN rEL~'IGENCE INFORMA noN REPORT !Ji\JCLASS!FIED