PROJECT, l0073 RECORD CARD 3. OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ltX Ground Vi suo I 0 Air-Vls.~al Civil ie.n 7. LENGTH 01' OBSeRVATION 8. NUMocR Opt OBJECTS 7 :-:inutes 1 BRII!I' SUWMAV Opt SIGHTING Rornd object g rapefruit. Yellow glow- object with 2 r eri dim li3hts Vertic:J.l and horizontal coveoent. p..1.tt ern, d ropped lJl el-evation fro17l moving t r n.in. ATl C l'OJtM 329 (REV 26 9JtP S2) 12. CONCL:.JSIONS 0 Wos Bolloon l:K P robably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 GroundRodor 0 Wa s Aircraft 0 P rob obi y AI rcroft 0 Alrlntercept Rodor 0 Po asi bl y Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Probobl y Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS Probable ballocn Cl PRIORITY ?ROM' .3904TH COMPOSITE WG STEAD AFB NEV 141645Z ro CHIEF .. OF STAFF USAF WASH DC S?EC SCTY OFFICER ATIC WPAFB OHIO ) 'JJT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO .c.! ";tTE WI 424 ~OB. TH~. fOLLOWING REPT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 2 -2 JTD 26 AUG 53 AND AfR 200-2A DTD 2 NOV 53: 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE ) 3JECT: A. ROUND IN SHAPE. B. ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GR~PEFRUIT. c. )3JECT WAS YELLOW WITH 2 REDDISH DIM LIGHTS ON RIGHT SIDE IN PARALLEL ~SITION. D. THERE WAS 1 OBJECT. I. NOT APPLICABLE. F. OEJECT WAS ":U lTE BRILLIANT UNTIL TIME OF DISAPPEARANCE THEN DIMMED OUT CONSIDERABLY ;~ NEGATIVE. H. NEGATIVE. I. NEGATIVE. 2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF ).3JEC!: A. QUITE DARK WITH ATTRACTION MADE BY BRILLIANT YELLOWISH ;Low. ~. NEGATIVE. c. NEGATIVE. D. OBJECT MOVED IN AN UNUSUAL, ;l.VY PATTERN TO THE WEST, REMAINED STILL FOR A FEW MINUTES, DROPPED 70R AN ESTIMATED SEVERAL HUNDRED FT TO THE SOUTH, THEN BOUNCED UP 'l~D DOWN SEVERAL TIMES AND RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL POSIT ION FADED SOMEWHAT AND DISAPPEARED OVER THE HORIZON AWAY FROM THE ) SSERVERS. F. OBJECT WAS IN SIGHT APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES .3. ~NNER OF OBSERVATION; A. GROUND-VISUAL, FROM CABOOSE OF TRAIN. 3., NEGATIVE. C. NOT APPLICABLE. 4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: A )452, 8 JULY 1954. B. NIGHT. 5. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: A 10 MILES 'ORTHEAST OF L LOCK, NEVADA C4fa DEGREES 11 t1INUTES N-118 DEGR'-~ ... 'Z38 t1INUTES vD. 6. IDENTIFYING OBSERVERS: A 1'! \G~ 38; MAILI~G ADDRES PARKS NEVADA; _;oR SOUTHERN PACIFIC RA GE 60 ~JDRESS , ; FOR-SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 7. WEATH . LOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING: CLEAR NIGHT, CALM, COOL. STARS WERE OUT. B. NORTH AT .3 MPH; 25p00 FT. C. UNLIMITED. D. 40 MILES. E. NEGATIVE. F. NEGATIVE. :, ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY, ETC: NEGATIVE. 9. EXISTENCE OF ANY ?HY3ICAL EVIDENCE, ETC: NONE. 10. INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION \CTION TAKEN, ETC: NEGATIVE. 11. LOCATION OF ANY AIR TRAFFIC I N THE ~EA AT TIME . . OF SIGHTING: NONE REPORTED BY CIVIC AERONAUTIC AGEr:cy 0 ] BY STEAD AFB. 12. POSITION TITLE AND COMMENTS OF THE PREPARING )~FICER, ETC: NEGATIVE