"' NUa.&lfR OP' OIJICTS S. LENGTH Ofl OIUJtVA TIOH 2. ~OCATION 10. CQNCLUIION ~. TY ?f O F )IS!.~A TIOH 9. PHYSICAL !VIOIMCI mTCCASSIFIED INFO JE~ZK/CGADC E~r - : COLORALC S PRI NGS COL JED t'l H I C \l .:> .~ C 0 F F UT T A r b I . BH DNCI:ASSJFJED JSBA/CGAF2 BARKS~Al ~ A~B LA ~-~ AIR CR AND GRD FT li'f DIAM, BLUISH C!: > COLOR. TRAI L APPEP.RED I n PULSE-Jt:T FASHIOt. :,;/ Ci) ULSES ~UCH SMALLER T' !A:: OBJ. 03J RSEi1BLZD FLA.11~.:; .~A\l TH?.G'ni! It~TO THE ,.!. AiR. OBSRD VISLY AT Z6r,~ CST 12 FEB FR GRD FOR 12 SCS DU?.I~G ?F CF ACFT ABOUT 2ZC YDS FR HA~iG2R 3 AT LAKE CHA.~L5 P.FB , L~ . O~J A~PEARED TO 3E: !JNO:.L\SSlFlED ~ u- vtJ.lu UNCLASS\F\EO Lake Cnarlea, La. DOl 68th 3omo Wg, (M) LC~13 lJ J'ebruar7 1953 12 Februar7 1953 D''NALD R. CASE'l'T MAJOR USAJ' Crew Membera 52nd Bomb Sq, 68tn Bomb g. .\n u:tid~nt1!'1ed object was obser 'led by tee: (:n) c r e'lt 'Ue:Jot.:-3 -:>f ':::e 52:ld 3v1tJ~rd'tlent Sq .Jadr on. f..;_ t.h .aomoa: a.:.ent to~!lG. ua 12 ?!Jbruary 1::5). (1) ~en '10) crev 11emb~r oftne 52nd J oa oarQment Squadron. o r?ed a si.ru;1a un1dentifiad fl.'f n~ obJect., dP.lta sc.aoed, &.!ld ap~roximately fift~:en (15) fpe t Ul d iUie ter, blc.i a a If hi te color. Trail a-pt:~lll'ed in pulae-j e t. faa.ai on, ,.:.1 te !'ulaea bei~ much acallar than tee obj~ct. Th" ouject reaentill eo. a fla:uing-rae: t nrown into t t e air. TLG pulAea ~xt~nd~d t o tne rear four (~) timea tne l~ngtn of th8 object. The obJect a~d~nl7 diaaoceared a pproximately t~enty (20) milea from the obaePTera. Ita blig, . .n,ea wna e r ee.ter then tl:.e atar Siriua and had a steady bJ"illiance. There Wile 1\ et aaever or loa a of altitude in 1 ta 9 0 de~r~e azimuth. The object approacbAd fro. ljO deereea and proce6ded in a atrai~t a nd l eTel fli t. (2) The obsPrnt1on W!tl ID.8c\e vieuall:,r fr )D the ground at 0600 houra CentTal Standard Time and ~eralated !or twelYe (12 ) aeconda whbn it euduenly diaap red. <:> The obcerY&tion w~a '41~ during tn~ ~rcfligct or a B-;.5 aircraft aoout tYO hundred (200) yards DOtta-'>f }!an~er 3, Lake Charlee ArB La. {h.) rhe oojeet a~2red to be at an t~t~4 altitude of fiT~ tnouaa4d (S,OOO) feet and traTell- ing at fifteen hundred ( l ,,no) ~ilea per hour, (5) Tne obs erver are conaidered J"eliable. (6) Weather !~ ~rea CA~J, wind aloft ) 10 at 15 knota, 500~ feet. (7) ~l~re waa n~ meteorological activity. ( P) Io ph7aical eTidence or pnotoa were obtainable, (9) No intPr tion or id~ntification acti cn was feaaible. (10) There waa no tJ"&ffic in tne area at the time of obaerTatio~ DI"SdLD R. ---UNCLASSIFIED taka Charles !F9 l2 February l9S3 I. ~cription or Incide~t_ A bluish-white object vith a tail was observed by six Air Force personnel in a combined air-isual and ground-visual sighting. Time of sighting was for a Yel'f short. period, a rutter or second!. The air crev invol'led estimated that the struking object \la s on a level vit.h them and ~0 miles distant. The object vaa compared to"a tlardng rag thrown in the air". There vas no sound whatsoever. 11. Discussion ot Incident eat.her conditioru a.t the time or sighting (o6o0 CST) vere CAVU and taci- ll tat~ e:1sy spotting or meteors. This sighting was undoubtedly eaus ed by the p3S Sa g e of a met.eor or nfireball" through the earth's at~osphero which had unusual Conclu:sion Probably astrono~cal UNCLASS\F.lED