-' NUWI!A 0' OIJI!CT$ oasev TIC... 9. PtotYSICAL !VIOINCI 2. LOC~TIO" 10. C:ONC~UIION .UNCLASSIFIED \. (\.. l' ~CTJQl\' Cl PRIORITY ~\l ~OM 16~ R!> ELUS FLD TRIPOLI LIBYA I - TO CS USA~ ~ASH DC TO D!R OF INTELLIGENCE TO A I R T:!: C H INTEL L I GE NC E CENTER r.o;:,~n~u~-...~T~:l~A~I .!..! A~A~-_;L;;.; TO~C~O~?.~A 'iFCLNI:J 2PT 'JFQLNIN ~o ~. ?LYOB R?1 ?T. UNIDENTIF l ED FLY OBJ SIG:-tT!:D AT 204, HRS, 11 EB :>.:l 3Y C-llj C::U:'Jl ENROUTE F R TUNIS T O TRIXPOLI, LIBYA. 09J DSSCRI3ZD 3Y 6 ?S2S A30ARD AS VER'! BRIGHT LIGHT :JITH HALO OF DI?::USZD LIGHT :::~lCI RCL::;..J OBJ. NO SHAPE OTHER T HAN THIS DESC::tiSED. d O At.:rtODY~'A~1:C Y:ATUft:S, : ~AIL OR EXHAUSf, PROPULSIO~J SYS a~ SOU~lD OBS2D. HEW PA::tA C-llj '.r/A3 ON HEADING OF 1..>14 DEGREES, ALT 7-:J.Q~ FT, INDICATING A TRUE ,.:;JR. SPZD OF 11" KNOTS. ?LANE .JAS PSND AT A??.X .:l~ DSG2ESS-42 ~1INUTES ' JORTH, 11 DEGRE:s WEST jlJ MI:~UTES ZAST ~1HE~I OBJ :J.O.S !='IRST OBSRD. oaJ APPEARED OF/ itiGHT WG AdD ~lAS VISUA!.L'! OSSRD TO ~!SZ AND DECE~ID, ADV SWSFWLJ.l(.<\CJ(, APPROACH AND RETnEAT, ay VARIOUS ;'1!:~1aE::tS OF CREW. OTHER MEl1BERS lGHTtD OBJ RE:MAINED STATIONARY. OBJ APPARENTLY TRAILED PLAI: fOR APRX :J:;, r1INUTES. LENG'rH 0~ OBSERVAT!O.J BY INDIV PERSONS VARIE== :R :J MINUTES TO ;,J r1INUTES. Nt:w PA~A. PLT AND CO-PLT HAVE 1) fl.ARS AND 1j YP.S FLY EX?!!:RIErJCE RESPECTIVELY OF CRE\~ r1Ei1BERS AND PSGRS FLY EXPERIZNCE VAR!ES FR 1 TO 6 YRS. 4 PERSONS ABOARD STATb Q~J !-lAS Dt:ElNI LV NOT .A. STAR oR ANY OTHER OBJ EVER ~---=-'J BY THEM JJH!tE"'rtv. OTH 2 PE:RSO stv!Lt NOT ;1AKE DEFINITE STA1. ~.lT, NEt.T PARA. WINDS ALOFT AT TI~E OF SIGHT!~JG -FR ~14 l)E;G~E$ .~T ~ ~1P.H VIS~BILITY 'AT TI:1b_ ~J~S GOO~ t1ITH tiGHT SCUD CLOUDS IN VICINITY. ,,lO PHY EVIDENCE AND NO INTCP OR IDENTIFYING ACTION TAKEN. NO TRAF l~J IMMED AP..EA AT TIME./)OF SIG:1TING. WRITTEN REPORT FOLS . 0~ RtLtASED SUBJ CORR UPON REQUEST -l>.ec2~1P~ JJ;Il l?'~i/~ .rv u<oo 4 .l< ell ,..ftyt .. v UNCLASSIFIED Tunis, Llb-;a ~scription ot Inci n~ An unident.1!ied ohj_,c t. wa.s ob.serv~d b;y the c rsw or a C-119 aircraft. whil8 enroute to Tripoli from Tun.l'. The object. appeared very bright 1rl th a hAlo of ditrused light surrounding it and wa.s observed oft the right wine of th8 air- craft 1ly1n~ at. 7,000' on a 170 heading making I.A.S. of 170 knot.3. Length ot observa~ion varied from 5 to 55 minut~s by a3sorted me~bcr3 of the crew some or whom s ted that it app9ared to ascend and then desc~nd sloly. II. D13CUss1on or Incident Four out. of six o f the c:-ew stated t hAt, 1 n their opinion, th_, obj!!~t "'~s not a star, whereas the r~"~rrtllnlng obserter3 wculd n o t c o;r:,it. t~91T'solves on a conclusion. Since the n J.,n t.ing s oerood to b43 as t.ronomical in na t.ure, Project Blue Book submitted i~ ~o lt~ contract astronomer, standard opgrating procedure in such C3Jes. It was fHt~rmlned that Venus was probably responsible for th~ observation in that 1 t. ~ppaars At. an approximate 200 azimuth ln Ub:ta on this date, and under !air Wtt'lt.h"r condi't.ioru would appear V'!rJ bright.. The fact. that it. remained al.Jiost, stationary snd was observed Cor a long pariod of t.ime ...-auld support t.his conclusion. DI. Conclusion P1obabl7 Venus .. UNCUSSiF\ED