3 December 3. OATETIME GROUP LENGTH OP OBSERVATION few seconds PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION NAS Key West, Florida ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~round Vi au ol 0 GroundRador 0 Air-Vi au al 0 Airlntercept Radar 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Pouibly Balloon Was AIrcraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi col Probably AJtronomlcol 0 Possibly Astronomical ~ lnsufflcl tnt Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Insufficient Data. One object bright flash of white light. Size and distance unknown, no sound, no trail. Object observed one dgr above horizon, azimuth 90 dgr from Key West NAS. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2& SEP 52) WRD036 YDD040 VYD049 Qrtj oc) \~-c RJED~TP RJEPHQ .,. 7296 AACS FLT SVC SQ MAX~7ELL AFB ALA TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE CO~fMAND ENT AFB COLORADO S'PGS COLO. RJESKB/COMDR 35TH AIR DIVI SION DEFENS E DOBBI NS AFB GA RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL I NTELLIGENCE CENTER HRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO .. "' RJEPHQ/D !RECTOR OF I NTELLIGENCE HEADQUATERS USAF lJASHINGTON 25 D C /UFOB/CPRIORITY> t. DISCRIPTION OF OBJECT A. BRIGHT FLASH OF t.JHIT LIGHT ~ B. OBSERBER NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE S I ZE OR DISTANCE C. BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT H. NONE HEARD 2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE A. ATTRACTED BY BRIGHT FLASH B. ANGLE OF ELEVATION 1 DEGREES ABOVE HORI7.0N AZIMUTH 090 DEG FROM KEY WEST NAS C. SAtr!E AS NO 2 D NO MOVEMENT ONLY A FLASH OF .LIGHT E. FLASH FADE OUT . F ONLY FE~1 SECONDS 3. MANNER OF OVERSERBATION A. GROUND VISUAL B. OPTICAL AIDS NONE C. SIGHTING FROM NAS KEY WEST CONTROL TOWER 4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING 5. LOCATION OF esERRER CONTROL TOv1ER KEY "1EST NAVAL~ ~D:WJL P--NHeN FLORIDA 2433N 8141W PAGE T}IREE RJESYQ 1B 6. IDENTIFYING INFOffi,1ATION OF OBSERVER A. CIVILIA N NONE ( OPERATION KEY WEST NAS FLORIDA 7 WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT A. CLEAR 15 MILES VIS SURFACE 050 DEGREES 10 KNOTS 60~ FT 2~0 DEGREES 10 KNOTS 10000 FT 220 DEGREES 25 KNOTS 15000 FT 220 DEGREES 30 KNOTS 20e00 FT 230 DEGREES 30 KNOTS 30000FT 260 DEGREES 65 KNOTS ~00 FT 250 DEGREES 85 KNOTS 80000 FT NOT AVAILABLE c. CEILING CLEAR D. VISIBILITY 15 MILES E. CLOUD COVER NONE F. THUNDERSTORMS NONE PAGE FOUR RJESTY 1B 9. NONE KNOWN 1~ NONE KNOWN 11. OPERATIONS OFFICER 1296TH AACS SQDN FLIGHT SERVICE MAXWELL AFS ALABAMA ALL MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHERN FLORI DA CHECJ<ED FOR POSSIBLE FLARE DROP OR OTHE MISSION IN THIS AREA ALL REPORT NEGATIVE COAST GUARD USAF AIR RESCUE AND 35TH AIR DIVISION 3Y FLT SVC I~!TERPHONE 12. NONE KNOHN GOLINSKY END