3. OATETIM! GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION T a moa. Florida .&. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Xtl GroundVIsual C Ai,.. VIsual D GroundRador 0 Airlntercept Radar 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon D Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft P a ssi bl y AI rcroft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical c Possibly Astronomical 1. LEHOTH Oft.OISER'IATlON I. NUMBER Otr OBJECTS tlX Other Pro b Search 1 i~ tl t 0 Insufficient Ocrta for Ealuation 10. BRIEl' SUMMAY OP SIGHTING OuB lar g e ligh~ no solid part visible du~ ~o darkness. Object was ora11ge t o ~1rey glow. Object moved north, then stopped. turned 180 dgr & went South ~pidly. Dbject was seen visually 11. COMMENTS This sighting wa5 proba~ly by sear chlight activity in area reflecting off cloudsu .. tt.Ll through binoc~t}.ars fo.r n.pprox~mate'"y t . ree minutes . WPHZ25UJPD192 YDB168 VYB154 VDD108KBA038 PP RJEDEN ~p RJEPHQ DE RJESKB 2D / FM COMDR 66~TH A~RON MACDILL AFB FLA TO RJEDENICOMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO RJESXB/COMDR 35TH ADIV DOBBINS AFB GA RJEWPICOMDR AIR TECH INT CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB RJEP:fQ/DIRECTqR OF INT HQ USAF WASH 25, D. c. INFO RJEPNBICOMDR EADF STEW AJT AFB NY N~.SOLID 'ART~VISIBLE -DUE. TO DARKNESS PD (A:-N::>.OT-= D=--E...cti---. . OBSERVE-R .... uloiD rr WAS ~MORE ~OUND THAN ANYTHING. El.SE PD C LANDING LIGHTS - 2. ~!ORTH THEN STOPPED -!URNED 18~ AND WENT SOUTH RADI DLY -A WAS OUTSIDE \!JITH FRIEND AND IT CAUGHT HI S ATTENTION AS BEING A BRI GHf : B 10!5 DEGR..E.ES AND T O THE SOUTH PD C VERY HIGH AND TO THE SOUT H PD D STR[>l-GHT. S co g: FR~!1_!HE S~UTH HOV~RED G~-~N APPR~) TO THE NORTH VERY HIGH DARTED SOUTH OUT OF SIGHT E WE~lT OUT OF SIGHT PD r AQPROX 3 MIN PD 3 . GROUND VISUAL A .GROUND VISUAL MIUS, R w. M'ACDILL LAJ<E. ELLEN TAMPA,-r.flA 6 . M UN KNOW TAMPA FLA P . . THIS MAN SAYS HE WAS IN. THE NAVY AS AN AV'AITION MACHINIST FOR PAGE. TXREt RJES KB 2 D 6 YE t'\RS AND FLEW MOST OF THE TIME PD 1. 30,~00 FT 290 DEGREES 1!00 KNOT S HIGH BROJ<EN CI RUS A VERY CLEAR NO CLOUDS IN S IGHT c I 2 6 , 0 BROKEN s CATTEP.E D RZt 1AJK: WEATHER FORECASTER CN/SGT FPl:DERICK > AT t1ACDIL1. BASE OPS STATED THAT A \~X BALLOON \vAS REI.. ASED At T PJ1PA I NT AIRPORT AT 16~0 E AND THAT THE BALLOON WAS 12 TO 16 FEET I N DIAMETER AND THE SETTING SUN COULD POSSI BLY r1AKE IT APPEAR ORANGE AT T HE TI~1E OF THE S IGHTillG THE BALJ.._Q_QN H.8.P_ SUF TIME TO REACH THE JET STP.EAN THAT \~AS PRESENT OVER MCDILT ET 30 TO 4~ 280 DEGREES TO 100 DEGREES C THIS INFORMATION ~AS TOLD TO OBSERVER AND ! HE IS CERTAIN IT COUWD NOT POSSIBLEY BEEN A BAALLOON PD D 15 t1ILES E BROKEN CIRUS lAIC sr..or OBJECI" AND IT TURNEP TC14ARD IT PAGE FOUR RJES KB 2 D 11. LOG AIR 183.3 M A C -46 WliS AIR/BORNE OF RUNWAY 22 JUST PRIOR TO RE~ORT , AT TIME OF REPORT AIC WAS APPROXIMATELY SAME AJEA OF UFOB. THIS .INFO FROM BASE .OPS AIC DESTINATION WAS WARNER ROBBINS tJE CALW:D !iRB AND. J'ALKED TO PILOTS.(FOR RESUUS SEE 21/04152 E NTRY lN 'DIRECTORS LOG) SGT RUDY AT BASE CPS CALLED DIFFERENT TOWERS I N TP.~ AREA.~ ALI. MEN R~PORTED NEGATIVE SIGHTING P~OVI~G ADVERTISIN~ SEARCH LITES WE:R SEEN I NTERSECTING A THIN CLOUD LAYER AT THE SPuv!E TH1E AND PLACE PD T HE BEST CORREL ATION OF UFOB SIGHTING ~.P?EARS T O BZ OF THE SEAF. CHLI GHT PJ:FL CT ION' FROM THE CLOUDS PD