PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD '2. LOC.A TION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1as"!i.=-~'":)n, a lotto,Bolloon 0" Grovna v, sual 'J Cound-i( udor a AI,. Vo wol I . SOURCE 0. B~IEF SUAIAMA,_Y OF SIGHTING NUMBEq OF OBJECTS I 9 . COURSE CO,I,IM EHTS 0 'Hcs Aorcrofr 0 P robol.l y A,crcf t 0 Pos:sobly .Aorcroh 0: ''Was A:~.trono.,col 0 Probabl y A6tronotnlcal 0 Pou1bly Astronomical lnsuffocoenl Oato for Evoluotoon U nlc n o""" ::.:USUALLY L~::G A~!~ :RI!..LIA:JT DISPL:\'!. , SClENII.;IC SC:JRCSS S.AI: EE.ttVY :iETED ~ Sh0~-!25 i:AY BE :Y.PCTED Id ~ It' a mir.t.eresting coincidence tr..atj an eve n more spectacular f ireball ''m.S seen resti5ator haJ ,tl~ten :up ~-e ~t Coast firebaL. :: bona-{icie T?O r-... , e., d t:~ank Coral I.ort:nze:1 i'c~ g:ivih; : Jader.:. c ore c.r:. tic2l "-)Pr a.J.sal. (See the ~.?..; ;"" _llatinJ Sept?mber, 19 57. The .l.PRO account is well worth studying, a s a typical ..,:(3.-:t'..Jle of t he ~c.raordi..'"!.gry co'1tr~c!ictior ... 'll,ays founl in eyetitness da ... cril tions or a fireball. ) we e.rnestly wish that more UFO researchers would be less incau- ~ious i n their interpretation of f i re9a11 reports. Fireb alls and large meteors r.o:radays are verJ frequently reported as UFQs, and it's up t o us i nvestigators to catch s uch errors and keep them out of the authentic-sighting category. If we .:!01 t J "'fe ar~ naking a :Lis+ a.l<e -i n reverse--like that of t h e Air Force consultants .. ,~o e:q:>lain away !:;em1 ne ~?0 reporls as r:teteors. O BSERVED IN W t.)J luish-Green Ql) ...... j"~ecl.t Explodes a meteor . It was seen about !l :lOdro.~ t~ai"bt lo earth. :..er:-~ , o>r:~la o Por~land., ;>.m. , . . I 1 .. e;Lnne calls S\\aml)f'd neiVS S , , ,.. c .. ~ ne frweUn~ :-;onh PlP' rs and rJdlo ~htlnr~ from the 1 h 1 -'-CaJil 250 mtles 1..o:umot Rt. er to 3oucn o 1:1~ 11 ., :tort-1 "' e~. amateur a.suvD~ " . o~l.!-:::l. haJt b '''lre4m objee~ .wu trav 12- LANCASTER. PA .. NEW ERA- FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1957 't ~ l!l!n~ n-=rn wben lt. dismtegrated _ _ _ _ -( n :.1e ::or 1eas t secnotl oi the sky.P--- 1t \\) 1l place It near Yrtka, 50 :led )luff, '>tlifcrr:ia su~.J....cr: tiE\.i3 Go!".. ander Air )efense Co;n. .and Ent :\j r Fo:r~-3 Ba s e Colorado Spring s, ColoraJ o f ollo'<'Ting re-cort is for.V3 rded r.o-:toliar.c.::: a . Desr.'!'i::tio n : (1) sr.ape -Round (2) Si~e -Size of a bas~balL Color -~lhi t~ (5: ? or::ation - (6) Feat.u=es or cet.ai.ls -~1f.\ i."1 c""~.ati n to size cf about a 'IT:~ ::J~ . \?) Other ~?rtinent features -~t th~ 2 . 'e3cr1.ot.ion o: Ccur~e: a . ~:.t.e:ttion 'N3S r.3lled to object by tre br nt.ness ind 2otion o! :ne ob ject. q. :~ject went directl~ q vernead on a head~"16 of ap9r ox- c . It disi:t~e7r~ted at an azL~th rff J~ f~r,~ th~ cosit::n e . ~b;ect iis:n- t;d. ~. ;o ooti ':3-l aids 'f9r~ U3ed. Subj: t:?C ~ l s t l t., U3 \F, B59t.h AC.1R\.~, qed 'luff t::al..:.fn cnie., tu tr -Air~ raft .,l r ector, ~el iabill. tr - ? "Ieath ~r: a . ':alGl a nd ~l~r. b . Strface 360/?kts. ll. Ai:~r~ft DirJc~or-t~e ~os~iol~ ~a1s~ of ~he s:. ;u::. i;lg va s l:iPCJ91 YDBZ36 XYD~87 XDA051 D(-'IA249 00 RJEDZ;i RJEDtiP RJEPHQ --- F M 25TH CADD COC RJt::;?/CCM!-lANDZ~ AIR TE:CH~iiCAL LlTL L IGE :c CENTER ;/RIGHT-P.P.TTERSON ~ AI~ Y(P.C: 2ASE C~IJ ii JEPr.~/D IR ECTOR OF ! 72L L:GENC2 P~A DQ UAaTERS USAF '-'JAS i1IivGTC~I 25 D C ZE~./r ), '1JlNDER 25Th CAJD I /'JNCL t3/ / 25CADJTAC H- 3 5 PD FOR CCC F 0:..LC':l 1:.G UF OB IS FCR'oliARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2 1. A rtOLND ALA, WASH. AS FAR SOUTH AS LOS ANGELES. FAR EAST AS BOISE , I I Do ... ----- 7 . A. CLEAR D. UNLIMITED F . f\!Ot:E 477;;TH GCC SQ 8 . P.t:PORTf.D ITEOR E:XPLOS Iot:S NEAR EDfOP.r, OF. 12. \1'/,tF lDE!~TIF;:I THE~-: AS I~:::Tl:ORS I Z2/C71 7Z P.IJG RJ\.'PP!l \, (i \ HEA.DQTJART~P.S ..:~T H F:r.s. r .E H c; RO J P ~A:R DS F ENSZ~ SU3J.:c.r: U:tid~ntif.icd rlyi'!e, ubj :~t. TO: Co:n:nandec Air Defen3~ Command ATT~: Director of In~ellig~nc~ E~t Air F0rce Bas~ Colorado Springs, Col~rado 1 . Under the provisions of AFR 200-~, a n Unid~nt.i: u Flyin~ ';oj~ct R-2port i.s hereby submitted . ~. ~ae c~ t.na igan~e :~rn ion u.na-ra ilability of AF Form 112 , Ai::-I nt.ell- ~,:)p.nt, t"l3 r~-tui:ed in:o::-m::ttion is ")l.!~ in che ra~ul~ci~n ~it~d ab07e, ( l } Shape -O'lal. {2) Siz~ -I n appe~rance oojd c t resembled lang1n~ lisht used o n multi-engi n e aircraft . Color -When i~tially si hted j~ct clow~d a bril_ ianc 'rl.th yellow !'ring) a round it. As ~t proc~eded i n f light the nose o r :~orA~"!rd s~ctio~of the object glowed a b luisn ind tfi:e n a g r9"3ni3h color. - F..Jr=ta~ion - Ji3Cern1ble details-~OjeC~ ~0e1reds9 w~nJi ..J~t at ~r sh~lls simili~r ~o e 7 ary pistol (7) Exhaust tr~il -J~s~ pr~or ~o ~td lisappearanc e a _:-ed-!!.sh ex~a..1sc ..:_C?._n!_ t railel the object KDO, 401I'rl ?I';:-II'.ER G:lOUP (AIR D..;F.C:NSE), S'.tbj: UniuentifieJ F'lyl"\f: Obj~cc. {>'~)Sound-No so...tnd wt~ he~rrl nn"".il? tn S r1i"\1t::..; c0ulj not h;'l.Vt:! bt:!::!-'1 h.a.~rd in ,J spo~ ;hc.r-.:-tn~r.,. was mor~ ac~ivi:y 3Uch ~s he1vy tri!fic 0~ ~ hi.:;hwayo h . De~cription of course of object. The observ e r s ware initially attr~ct~d by the brillianc .-~hite li..;ht o.: tne obj.., ~t. An~le of elev ion -l30 1ding -320 degrees. 3a.:ne as b . :ib~re . . o ae1 a~ manauve!'s. aoove) apoeared appr6xately 6 3econds af~er i~ as sighted. of obs-ervation. {l) G~und visual. .4o optical a ids as :!d. aa:.e of si_:h~ing ~SJSZ 2 A~gust 1957o i<OO, L,.0$1'H FICHTER GROUP {;~..lP DEFENS.:), Subj: J e . Loc~t~on ot oba~Iv_rs. 120 de~re~s 1 0 ~inutes Westo f. Ident.ifJing infor tLon of all o v so Gr~envi ..... le, Califo~ni 1.. ')ir~ctoc-vf h . Conditio~ ~ay be meteerolo~ical. j . No ranor~ o r kno wl9dge of air craffi.c in the fir' :a a~ i;.:L.:na of sighting. ~. )oject oe~ieved co b e meteor ice by r~porting 1. l:> ?hysical e1fiO.ence su-::h as '113.t~rials and .:1)~ogr~o~s av~ilaola.