f I. O.l IE : TIME CROUP l '), SOURCe lttiLI!ARY 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENG rH OF OBSE~V~ TION 9, :~.,. f'iiC:A L EVIOEltCE PROJECT 101"~3 RECORD 2. L':JC~ T CN 10. CONCLUSION .ASTRO~MICAL: VENUS -V i5~.J ~ t... Co.111ments: ~a.s probably Yenus ..m1c~ at tbl3 t1!lle of :;ear at tlme of sighting 1a 10 d~g above e horizon on 3D az o'f s:tnnl"O:c 2 70 ~.o'l'.Mars iolitbin close "Pro;dmity vit~ le!lu3 elJo. 11. BRIEF ~UMM~R'f ANO A N ALYSIS 3ri~t orqn ecolord obj vh~ch Ja3 obs~rv~d fro~ ~-94 a/c at n l owe r u_t di~inioh~d in 3~:~ ~J o Lor l changed J r\PYC 15B S~C~ ? Z2T PD FROM FIGrtTER OBJECT APPArt~D TO 3Y A TY?L 0~ AIRCrtA:T ~ITd !1Z::!:l G!L!:EN OPJ\NGZ LIGHTS PD LIGHTS APPE.~RZD TO e=: o~IGHT A:" FIP.S7 3L~ DIMINISHED PD FIGHTER WAS NOT AS~ TO OV~?.TA X~ 03J~CT AT A S?Z~D OF 361 KNOTS PD FIGHTER CHASED OBJECT TO A P03!TION 145 ~I~Z~ ?~OM THE GCI S7ATION THEN BROK! OFF E:::CAUSZ OF SHO~TAG~ 0 7 FU:!:!.. p;:, .!~JQUOTE EN~ 0 7 MZ SSAGZ PJ DTLD ?.PT H .. ~D 9ES. I RD TO I~IC tS53 FEB 20' j ~-';wtL JJ t\ 1 Ill .;;iii- in .U J I !1\JCLASSJFJED UNCLASSlriED 7 Fabruary l95J pe3cr1ption of Incident A~ 2122 ]Qcal time radar track ed an unid~ntifi~d obj~ct f or lS n!,utos ar.d al~t~d a local interceptor squadron. An f-?4 scranbl~ a t 212) hours , climbed 000 ft. ., picked up nothing on airborne r a d:1r but !lt 2115 did rn..'l:-:~ vi:HJal cont.'l ct. with a b cight orang e colored object ;.;hich J..!~ned t o c n~e to red '1nd z:-a1n .. \t a speai~l int.;-val. Object t13o s~e:1 b y t.ha pllot. a nd the R. C. f o r ..1pp.: >'< t r\.1. l.C1 7 15 tn.il'\to3~ aftP..r whlch it dis 1ppe'U' o;d b .r J nd a cloud at an :t:.i:r...1l:.h o!' 2~?1, low en th.l hor i z on. Thd .J.lLh .... t c .... m 11Jt~d oC ::;c1.ttered sirat.Js clo\l'l~. ~ ;a inl'or"'.atl .... is a'.'J..il- on .\l...noJJ.t ... .!l.: '1-:nomana JlJCh a.; t,tnoera~.'..l:'o ir.''-' ;iJr.S o r .. ,oi->t,::-<J-.ld'!n c l ouds whi c h r tid h . HA r.t rP.n a B?urions r;,dar rP.turn. 't f, 'tlJ..:J detP.rr.in~d a t t h e b .\.39 making t.he r ":!('Or t t.ha t the F-94 hJ.d sig'1t.~d t h ~ f d "1:1ct. Venus which io e..~trcmely brl~ht at. t.hl!J l.lt!D o r y~a.C' and r~hich als o i:; loca .. ,~ri 1.t a 27'3- 10 a.bove the h J'l ~on. I';. is p r obablo that. merely by c1 .. mca g rour1d r~.lr receiv~d a spurious plot d'l l r :; 'i';ope and accordingly vec t ored tb-.~ ~-94 to a posit t o n ,.,-here Venus was veq \~ 1 .trmt.. No stri~t. c orrelation bett..;ePn 1e electronlcs :Jl!;hting and visual conta t. 1n htt lllade. l!I. Conclu.sion Probabl7 <:~n1s. UNCL~SSirt