PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLU$10Hl 1. DATE 2. LOCATION \Iil i tary Wu Bolloon Pro b obl y Balleon Po a !:II bl y 1ctlloo" W1J Alrcroft r< bobl )' Air croft Po .. lbly Alrctoh 0 \'tea AsQln4 D ProbaWy Atrono~Wicl D Poulbty A1t ronomlcol 7. LENGTH Pll OIUitYATIOM a. NUMS!A 01' OBJ~CTS 0 lnAuHir;ht,t o~ta hr EY.,IYo)lon 0 Unlcnown 60 seconds east to west to. BRii!i' SUMMJ.Sft Ofl SIGHTING 1 l, COMMt=NYS 011e round object b l u e i n color, tr3il- ingoheavy yellow-orange. fire at1d sp:rk s Ove r all shape wa s a teardrop. A'nC li'O!tW S2t (RSY 25 laP 12) Objec t looked like tail fire of jet going alva~. Duration excessive for metcJo r . Case evaluated as jet a/c. UNCLf~SSlFll: w ltJk.JJMH RJEPEO RJEDEN RJEDt~P HJHPHQ RJvJFFB ~1 SAC CONTROL GOOSE AB LABR TO RJEDMH/ CINC SAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR RJEPEO/ COMAF 8 WESTIVER AFB MASS RJEDE'N/ COMADC ENT AFB COLO RJED\~P/ CO!'lDR AIR TECH INTELL ttJRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO P.JEPHQ/ DIR OF INTELL HQS USAF t~lASHINGTON D. C. INFO RJvTFFB/ COMSRW 55 FORBES AFB KAN /1 /ZIPPO ~-218/M-12 AMPLIFY/72-56/8AF/55SRv1/HOMERUN/ . 3 . UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 4. PIGTAIL 13 8o APPROX 4 MINUTES AFTER LEVERt OFF AT 30,500 FT ON A HEADING OF 070 DEGREES THE A/C ANNOUNCED OVER INTERPHONE AN ACFT HIGHT AT TEN O' CLOCK. ~ATCHED IT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AS IT WAS APPROACHING FRO~l THE EAST tvHEN ! REALIZED IT WAS NOT AN ORDINARZ ACFT. IT APPEARED TO BE 2-3 MILES ro HY LEFT AND 2 TO 5 000 KT ABOVZ. AT THIS TIME THE OBSERVER SAvT r PASS FROM HIN NINE O' CLOCK POSITION AND DISAPPEAR OUT OF HIS IS ION APPROX SEVEN 9' .CLOCK PILOT AND CO-PILOT BOTH OBSERVED IT FOR ?PROX SIXTY SECONDS UNTIL IT DISAPPERED BEHIND US. BOTH PILOTS >Tlt'1ATED IT TO BE TRAVELLING AT 500-600 KNOTS. IT WAS ROUND IN APE AND BRIGHT BLUE IN COLOR, IT WAS TRAILING HEAVY YELLOtv-ORANGE :nE AND SPARKS. THE OVERALL SHAPE OR SILOUETTE WAS TEARDROP AND IT S MOVING IN LEVEL FLIGHT THE OBSERVER BEST CONPARED IT TO V-2 ROC- ~s HE SAW DURING WW II THE CO-PILOT TURNED I N HIS SEAT AS FAR AS SIBLE AND SAID IT LOOKED ALMOST LIKE LOOKING IN THE END OF A TAIL PE AS IT PROGRESSED A~TAY FROivJ US.