PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 4 December 1956 Wo~ Balloon Probably Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Po ssl bl y Balloon Local night 0 Ground Vlsuol X13 Air-Vi suol 0 Ground R odor 0 Alrlnterc:ept Roder 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po u l bl y AI rcroh 0 Was Astronomical Meteor 0 Probobl y Astronomical 10c. Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 3-5 seconds one 45 dgr arc 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS AF pilot flying T -33 at 38,000 ft observed dazzling white ball of fire with long white trail falling earthward. Defore disappearing appeared to burst or explode leav- ing red glowing objects or streamers~ ATIO FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Description and characteristics of object indicate that pilot apparently was in the very close vicinity of a Areball. Fireball shattered or lost fragments upon impact with the denser portion of the earth's atmosphere. Observing such a body at close range is generally considered a rarity. Opinion corroborated by ATIC astronomer PAGE TWO RJWFFB ~ 2.A. WAS FLYING AT 38 ON TOPE OF ALL CLOUDS, PRPP PACIFIC TlME. WAS ALERTED BY BRIGHT FLASH THAT LIT UP ENTIRE AREA -AT iiRST THOUGHT IT WAS LIGHTING FROM BELOW, BUT LOOKED UP AND SAW THIS BRIGHT, WHITE BALL, IMMEDIATELt:ro y THE TRAIL & FALLING SPARKS P~S GER OBSERVED THE SAME AND CONCURS IN Dts- CRIPTION. THE 'iNITAL FLASH WAS BRILLIANT WMB. WAS FLYING AT . 3SM FT I HEADING 171 DEG MAG. OB'} C~ A]'_ ~- 0 'CLOCK ~IGH~ 'v~ TRAIL WAS FROM THE POSITION TOWARD 8311 O'CLOCK POSITION, RT DEG DOWNWARD.2.C. AS ABOVE 2.D. AS ABOVE 2E Ik~UT~ AS A FALLING CELEST ( nL BODY, ONLY WITK THE BRIGHT OBJECT AT THE INITIAL PHASE, AS OPPOSD .. TO THE FALLING STAR WITH THE BODY AT THE FRONT OF .. THE PATH. ( NO COMPARISON IN INTENSITY OR SIZE WITH THE ANY STAR OR CELESTIAL -BODY I HAVE EVER HEARD or AT LEAST 28 AWT TIMES WIDER FLIGHT PATH. WMF. E A T SECONDS CFROM 1ST EXPLOSION) OR FLASH, THAT AL- ERTED ME, .. EMA. AIR VISUAL ... 3.B. NONE -CLEAR NIGHT EMC~ T-3 ~ ~:B~- ).A. EO DEG 3~11SDEG 41W 6.A. N/A 6~B. MAJOR 14364A CHIEF fLY NG SAFETY, HEADQUARTERS S AF PILOT 1~1 PERCENT. UMA. CLEAR ABOVE, ROKEN CLOUDS 11 111 BELOW, WINDS WOI/ 25K. UMB. NOT AVAILAirE. 7.C. ti ?.D. UNLIMITED 7.. TXQPTH UNDERCAST. NO VISIBLE CLOUDS IN ANY QUADRANT AT OR ABOVE FLIGHT ALTITUDE. UMF. NONE 8. NONE 9. N/A 11. NON~ 11 ~nl~t, INTtLLIGENCE DIVISION .. 9STH SRW. NOT PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS MADE. _/.r/ 16/ tii2JZ DEC WPHI49V WPCI32 YDBI32 WYDI14 WDBI14FBAIJ4 RR RJEDEN RjEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWFFB 4 FM COMDRADIV 21 FORBES AFB KANS TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPNGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO J" RJEPHQ/DI USAF WASHINGTON DC ZEN/COMDRADIV 21 GRANDVIEW AFB MO .. . .. zi:Nic~DRAF s WEsTOVER Arn MASS ZEN/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR /UNCLAS/9ID01 12 PWQYM SUBJECT UFOB REPORT: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FORWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PAR 7.D. AFR 211-a. QMA. ROUND BALL OF FIRE CWHITE)~ IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED ay MANY:-RED GLOW- ING (SMALL) OBJECTS FALLING EARTHWARD. QMB. APPEARED THE SIZE OF A SILVER QUARTER. LEFT A WHITE TRAIL RESEMBLING THE CONTRAIL OF A B-'2 ALLING AT A..J' ;D,EG~zE .!~L '!J,WAaD T~E ~RT.Ht DISAPPEARED PRIOR TO IIARH!NG HORI!ON .. QMC WHITE FLASH, REDDISH STRAMERS-, LIKE HOT .. FALLING STRAIGHT DOWN FROM OBJECT, AND WID~ t'IHITE PATH TO_. ~ ~ WARD EARTH. QMD. ONE, WITH PERHApS ; y RED TRAILING OBJEC'rr.:y. -:~ .. ~ ~- :~ l.E. N/A l.F. N/A l.G. SEE C ABOVE 1.H. NONE 1.J NONE , n OEc 5G o n .s 9 WHZ01WPD149 WYB155 WDD144FBA050 R RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWf.'FB 39 R ms2ra302 FM COMDRADIV 21 FORBES AFB KANS TO ZEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO ZEN/COMDRADIV 20 GRANDVIEW AFB MO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC, WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/Dl/USAF WASHINGTON DC ZEN/COMDR 8 WESTOVER AFB MASS ZEN/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFD NEBR UQ1UNCLAS/9~DOI 12 ~381. SUBJECT UFOB REPORT. REFERENCE OUR MESSAGE 9~ DOl 12 ~215 DATED 0522402 REPEATING GA fOXTRoTlQUOTE 3-5 SECONDS FROM 1ST EXPLOSION OF FLASH, .THAT ALERTED . EED PARGRAPH TWO ME. UNQUOTE ATTN: 45~2 AISS~THIS ANSWERS YOUR MESSAG AISEO 1~67 ~8/21182 DEC RJ~JFFB