FRO.;Ec-10073 RECORD CARD A. TYP !: 0~' OBSERVATION DAT.:TIME GROUP 0 Graund-Rador 7. LENGTH Of' OlUERV~TION 9. COURSE' 11. CONCLUSIONS Wo, Balloon Proboillv Balloon P o Bi bl y Balloon 0 Wa s Aircraft P roba b l y Alrcrah 0 P ossibly Au c roft Wa s Astron o ml cal Probabl y Astrono mical 0 Po ssl b l y A'stronomicol ct Oth.,r Insufficient Data lor Evoluotion 0 Unk nown -~ {1. NUMBER 01' O BJECTS 10. BR IE ,C. SUMMA~'I' 01' ~IGHT.INO. ' l . COMMENTS . . ATtC FORM 3'29 (REV 2 8 SEP Sl) Vi HBt-'L'I' \UOkBNft ~OT ~ srn R o r nn:t t.aTTsH. bUT C0'-1->tA!lOA:ort'o S I XT U :.""4YA.L Dl:iTB1CT. U . !i. ~.\V \.L UAJW. BJD'1UI TO No. IIE.l..DH:;.:l_R'1'":RS SL"'{TH NAVAL DISTRICT i.U.RI.E::STO.N, S. C. 2 0 JUL \9SA ; n.1.l Dis t r l.c t for P!ACi m-o t".: les of DW- ,;.) contain no derogat or y data con cernin g :Sdrnu.."'ld BUOJSE?., Jr., 4 ; :"or'.Tarded i n ace'": ... l'I~P \o~ith reference (b). CinCL::tntTI t COT" Ea s tSe a.t'"'r on By di:-ection co.lled me rem ~lil:Jer J.;.1c.o or s l..Jcated. at ~y r83~de~ce, .cacn, FL.J.. At a::>pro:,at;ly 2100 hours, ~a . .r.:.~.s stan~g .Jn i:he :.n:.il it c::>ul. :1-:.nutes in,ol-;ac, :G-2 3D MAW Su.bj : Unidentified object, s1:.atement on 1 .l.t a pprroximately 2100 on t.ae evening I r.rn.s sitting on the f::'"Jnt porch o my ~siden~ a porch faces t he At- ] antic ocean. I obseved Mha~ appeared to be a falling staru on a tr~ bear- bg oi approximately 030 degrees. J;n a matter o.f two seconds,approx-lJJately, this light steapened in ang.le of descent and inteBsity of b~ brill j ance that I thought it was the 'turtle back" light on an aircraft in a steep dive 3.Ild apparently in the p r ocess of crashing. I ran .out U> t."l.e beacn(a:pprox::Lrnate- 17 100 feet) and observed this light to increase in briJliaoc, arigle of desc- c;m !:i, and apparent speed until at an angla of about 10 degrees above the hori- z om:.al, (just above the horizon) then slow down and h over with a bri ] 1 i ance far gJ;"eatar than any ~j rcraft light I have ever observed. 1 t this t'!me it was on 3 true bearing of approxi.matel;y 010 degr9t3S. I called for Major Jaites llil- .!dns to c ome and see i t . By the time he a.r:rived.( about one ;ninuta) the light had : '.aded in bri 11 i am:e t o about the .intensity oi -a :lor.:na.l .hi te light on an ai rc:raft. The light gra.duall,y faded in intensi t y and d.i3appea.rsd from rtew. 2 . The 11 ~t va.s visible !or at least seven (7) mi nutas. ) . E.sttmatee of speed and altitude are impossibla. 4. I have never seen ..... ..! thing before that could be compara.bla to this obser-