0 T~ TI>.OO: G~OUP 2. Lu i ' CI'II CONCLU$10H NU\.13ER OF OBJECT~ LZri~TH OF ()f\$e,H a RIEl" )U).U.4~RY ANO AN.AL Y .SIS !J JZPEt:l/DIRECTOR OF I N 1ZLLIGE.JCE USAF WAS;{ DC J::D!JP/CG .,DC AI~ TECH~JIC.\L I:JT::LLIGENCE cz:JTER jJRIGHTH?}QTTErtSO~l riF3 OHIO ../ ':ECCJC- ! J~9J05 FLYOBG?T U~HD~.JTit'IEJ AL~I.~L LIG:i- , J oS'ZR'jZJ:-:TORBAY AIRPORT ~4SI11Z APPEARED T O BE L.\=wi:JG LIG;1T OF AIRQ.,?T 3 Y A/ 3C ~-:ARLO!) R ICHARDSON A~ID A/1C LEO~lAR!J OBJECT S IG:-ITED FOR 23 ~:I~!UTES ?JSSZJ .:vZ?.. HORIZON JIRZCTOR OF IT:LLIGZ:lC:!: :!ZAC :::VALUATES C-3 ~!0 Papperr~U A.r.'B, Ne'-lfoundl..lnd Description of Incident 3 February 1953 From 2100 to 2125 local ti~e a low unidentifi e d object rescmblinb the lao.d- ing light. on a n aircraft. was o~served by two airmen of this ba=;o until the obJ~"ct d l!J:lppe.ared belOY t.he horizon. The observation vas strictly a v1sual one ;rlth no optical alds and no radar co~tact. II. Di:;':\:3sion of Inc ident '!'hL .. L,; a tery brt .,f rcpc~ vith no in!or.:-tation gl'/>)'1 on the J .. /:pnr i e:1ce .,t.."'7el of t.h ot._ .:-vcr3. Frnm p'l.::;t e:c::oricnce, ho.inVo;:rJ such Stt:ht.ln-:::; r-'\'IC bPPn -~ .. t:-i - but<:d r.,n ~rit~ht st.F''"..i Jl.n.:i:-:v :-:;:!.v.-1 t.hc lorJ::o:~. P~OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. 0.\ TE T I"E G~OUP 2. LOCATION 26 Feo 53 26/23l0Z Pep~rrll AF:a, Newfoundland J, SOURCE 10. CONCLUSif..)N O'I"d.ER : FT..ARE 4. NUMBER OF OBJ!CTS Comments: Grea.J obj movillg downward a t a high r~te of speed 1nd1catea ~eteor. Source baa probably overest~ated nize ( OMp' ~d one t o ~;,on) i n e :cci te.ment. U-oon completeioo. of inte-r .... o~at!on of not r~t>O rt~d 6. TY?E OF-OSSE~VATION g_-w :1d riDual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE of r:ml$ oos errerr, objec t e"'1'9.luatad a s i'\ flar~. art ~ r S'wmaa.ry : Gr- o )b.J sbcuT. the size of the .:noon e3lf t;"ted spar!ta s.s it t-;r:"'.v~le<l 10 d. downvard CO'.lrse a t ~ v~r1 'll,.t,.n ratl! or speed FTD S ~ P 6 3 Q.J29 (TOE) Prevtou e.alu~n~ ~ hh l~rrfl ma 1 be u .. d ;, alice'-' '-V r-. L L o.JM l Yi~ C:: 2/.C I EPr E.?R~LL 1\FB NF TC JEPHQ/HQ U~ AF 1.:1 AS HDC Jznr_.:~/CG ,ATIC ':1RI~HT FATTt R30N AFB DAYTON OHI O / JED2ll/CG ADC i~ECCC-1-031.04 ATTN DI:) CF InTELLIGt.:tlCE. FLYC3RPT . AT 231.~Z 26 F~BRUARY 1S53 AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJ ECT ABOUT THE S IZE OF THE !1001\JAS S IGHTED OVER TH P!:PPERRELL AFB -TORBAY AIRPORT AREA. OBJECT APPEARED GREEN IH COLOR, EMITTING SPARXS AND TRAVELLit~G DOWNWARD AT A VRY FAST RATE OF S?EED DISAPPiARING BEHIND THE WHITE HILLS AREA EAST OF ~EPPERRELL AFB. OBJECT ~1A3 Ci3SERVD BY i~AJ.OR rt E . FANCHER, C. o. 6622ND AIR TRANS?CRT 3 Q, AI2C SYL'.JESTER, G6iJZTH AIR POLICE SQDN AtlD A PICLOT OF AN. INCO:JINC AIRCRAFT TO TOR BAY AIRPORT CHECK WITH 647H AI R CLOUD c::J:~. ~100N AND ST AR~ WERZ VISABL AND no ~lEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST:D TC CASUE SUCH A~l IriCI D!:tJT, FURT n::=R ILi FOR:iATIOil '.:ILL o E SU311ITT2D UPON DETAILED INTERROGATIO~; OF Oo3::rtV~R3 27/~l~SZ F~o JEXC Popp.,rrell A1r 7orca i1.13e~ lirrr!oundland 26 february 1953 An Air Forco major and enlisted personnel from this base observod a gr~en object, rlth a trail of sparks traveling downward at a hig h rate of speed and di~llppea.ring behind u-.ountains t.o the east. Tha size o f the object lf'\S compared t o that of t.he moon. 'I'i:lA o f sighting was 1910 locaJ time and the cxi,Ul".g ~eather crJndi t.ion~ wgro g~nerally good. II. D1Jcuas1o n or t~ctdant PTojor;t '9lu'J Book'"' contr;tct astronomer is of th~J opinion tilat the object 5!!'m 'tf1 'J :m C JCCC.p t,l.,'lf"l..._"''ily bright J:teteor Thf) Di ze of thq onj "'Ct. has prob,q bly h".:an ov'Jr,.~t .. u-.. "\t.td.. f:TI1 fac~ors aubstantiat~ tne ;.-et.1..>r c~rclu!'J~on 1 n thi!l ~:l,:j0t 1) U'l f.Jct. hnt lt. follo.;,d a d o ... '1rri col.r..~1 :ttd ,..,) Lh"\t. it. c.;:tv., off t. 'J ~h li \t.:l. ll'tst.i,!!l o f a COCL-:.On ID 1teor.. tlo lJr\;t.il f)[ OO~ervnt.lon ,.,'J firJn but 1t. prlb:llll:r t:lJ a matter of ~JJconds. III. Conclus1on Probably a nt-1 .,., r. U: 1CL ' SSlFicJ