PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION$ At la11 ti; Occnn o Wos Balloon Probob~y Balloon Possibly Balloon 3. D4TETIM! GROU.. 4-TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH Ofi.OIS!RYATION 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0 Ground-Vi suol ~.'Ai,.. Visual 6. SOUR-cE 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS T1.1o round ol>j 3e ts, br i lllan t wh i tc, size of pea, resentbl.ed star, bt.tt c m i t t in g a smoke. v ~ po r t r :1 i 1 J\ p par cntJy exploded. When eac h o b.)ect oxplo< the cock~J.it of t h e a/c '.Vas brilliant1.:y illumiLlat~d. ATIC FORM 329 (~EV l6 SEP 52) D GroundRodor D Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft c .:'"). ~Wo"S Astronomical l.~,J eo i.~ !:> 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluatinn 11. COMMENTS astrono utnieal , r;Ietr::ors '~PA1?.6 YD90S'~ TYC075 TMB058HDGl\ 2tS9 RR RJEDDN RJED~v P RJEPHQ RJC:PNB F~1 HQ 551ST AEtJ&CON l~G- TO RJEDDNICOMDR ADC RJEPNBICOMDR EADF RJEJJ.;JP/COtviDR ATIC TIJEPHQ/DIR INTE LLIGENCE HQ USAF /UNCLASSIFROM lvOI~J 5536. UFOB. FOLI.OlJING REPORT SUBMITTED I N ACCORDANCE lv ITH lA. 9El.I~VED TJ 3 C. ;Hrr;-BRILLIANT> F P.ESJ;:~9LF.D ST P.R TRAVT~I.ING PAH ALI..EL TO EARTH B . BOI!1 OBJE:CTS TRAiJEI.ING ON HEADING OF APPROXI~t\TEI.Y(~-- ! D2GRE:ES TRU~ C. 0 3 JECTS T~AVELING PARAL.t.F.L COURSE TO ZARTH laJHEN EXPLOS ION f.!O DSIJIATIO~-~ FP.O~f FLIGH PATH NOTZD. E . APPARZNT LY EX Pl.ODE_D_ F . APPROK I~1ATZL YU~.f_C~-;~y 3P.. AIRBOB,~.1~ NO .54?. 3-ZS; ANGSLS p_i: l(EES TR.~; 2ll0 HIL:S T AS ; OTIS AFB, MASS L~A. F IRS/ SIGHTING-03~3!2; SECOND IGHTING- 03(i244Z 5A. FI~S S IGn: .:~\~-.HJ.J!1 18 36; SECOND SIGHTI NG-HJJN 4 rJ25 B . CA~J'A!._tl r; -Ai?.D PZRJER.SOd , 9 6 1ST A~:toi&CON SQ ( i. 3 Y2 ARS RAT~:D P ILOT ) AND l fLT GAYLON 0\l!:I-:TatJ,. 96fST AEt.J&CON sa , <2 YEARS RATED PAGE THRZ~ RJa~PDG 50 PILOT>. ES'"fl~1AT~ OF RELIABILITY-B~. 7A. TJND2RCAST BEL ; CLEAR AT ANGLS 5 AND ABOVE B SUHF ACE:-:2~ 0 D~GRZS, 15 KNTS 6 J FT -303 DEGREES, 20 KNTS t 60~lo FT -2 90 DEGf!E:ES, 2 ~ lCNTS ~ JJ:J FT -2 90 DEGREES, ~5 KNTS C. 3 00' TO t Z~J0' 9ROJO<EN D. 3-S l1ILES E. OVERCAST .a.ue NONE 1t. l~ING INTELLIGENCZ OFFICER. THE TWO OFFICERS THAT OBSRVZD THE PHENO~tENON STATED THE SIGHTING I.~AS DIFFERENT FROH THAT OF AnY FALLI~G STAR OR COMET THAT THEY HAD SIGHTSD ON NitlEROUS OCCASIONS IN EACH CASE, \~HEN THE OBJECT EXPLODED THE COCKPIT OF THE AIRCRAFT t~E BRILL- IANTLY ILLUl1INATt:D. NO ANALYSIS! OF POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SIGHTING. 0~12t3~Z OCT FJ~PDG