PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Chi n~nn:-tl, 0 Pro!>obly Balloon 0 Possi::,ty Balloon OATE TiME GRO~P TYPE OF OBSERV..l.TION :~ Groun d-Vi suol 0 GroundRodor Probably Air c raft 0 Air-Inte rcept Roder Po ssi bl y Ai rcroft 5. P HOTOS I 6. Was Astronomocol :,[e t~o .. : robcbl y A s tronomi col Q No C i ., i lian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH O F OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Oth~r Insufficient Dcrto for Evaluation 0 Unlc no....n v.lriJcJ- BRIEF SUMMA~Y OF SIGHT ING 1 I. COMMENTS 3? V2rO l 0l:J5erve r s g::t :e var"ln T colo:s- ;.,thi te body, bl:1c: tail-white inter-:1it.tent pufs claimed to h:1 te h-:ar d a rushing or 3'VOD.3h.in from .c-nt i Dab to t.he lat.ene:ss in the &:r-a!ld laek at eam~ng equi~ut to ~ :.r:. U>.c :OUJrt.a:i.n ~ the party the-n :returnf:>:d to Sanb.'t:ip&ex:g md Cbiengn::;i.. Yiec Co~"t2. ga~ the ll'OOcismem L $Wt1 of J\Y.lO~."' to huDt far the obj~t .. On. the fo11oiti.ng ~tur~, Fll~-y l5t 19>e, Foliti~l Aru1yst led a. group of reporters and. Sanb*'?&-e:lC o:tfidAJ s bact to the ~a:me area.. "fb.t:;r- w1 bd and camped in the u e.a nnt.U l'iond.a;:r m ght, Febrc:zzry 11, 1 958 . !"be-~:t.C. o! tbei:r seaeh wer e neg&ti..-e, clt.bo'agh thtJ' djd meet other peop1e il1 the ore 1lho ga..e ~ari.tnese accounts eeose:xtial Yy-the sSZZJe a.s t.h& woe>d!Snen~ Scene it:.l.:, tr.1 "lNSJ other~ did not.. A.JJ sa::i.dj) holeve:", the C>Oj~t as vex.'' 1:olr arvi &~ ert-,J,y ~:tng, and t.hu.s Jl!ltSt hue ~-.&~< !ram the aneraJ. reUable eyeait.nea&M~ intettieOJed, ~pparen~ aaoe. ohjee-t~< 'PS sighted in t.he 6ky.. .Uti.tooes gi~ by bo--.b. the Freoch priest and the lue:ri.earu> in Chiecgmei u-e qu.estionabla, since the object to hrfre :reaehrci CCJ.enc- Mi. b'or& the 'WeSt would hue required a llrinhrmn ut:i.tt:We QZ 4.1>000 !' .. t, and ~ b&ft h:i.t ~ear t.he ~wm.it" ar ju.st over" t.he mountains east o.f SanicJI4't'Dg wonid itQe to be modng at a ri..D:ill!um altitude a 3s850 .feet. .AJJ qerit.aesees &t.atfd the .night W1ls harisontal. rather tban tert:tc-1 or a.t an ngle.i sucl1 u the. p&th of a. met.eOl'ite might be~lltbough some ground search lPS ~s it was DOter.- ten~ive aDd the i"orast mie)lt well conc:e.=:J a.n object uo.tU :tonrv':. ~ ba.ppe:urt.an,e;.c. A. limited seuch of the area .. -.as JCRde b,y 'fbci paliee helicopter u imEmba scy ~ Bangknl: ~ .A.tta.che, &cgkok (S~u~rity SERVICE DESPATCH C2l!Sf~A!Q I SU OJ C::CT: Unidl'nti.f1~ ~ Object Sighted Over Cb~ ... ~-On Snm8;7', F-ebruary 9, l9S8, :1-t approximately 6:10 p.:m .. , variou.s people in~ Cb.:ieng! ei sigh-ted a law !!;ring object movlng at high speed. Eyaitneas~, inelu- di r ~lfera1 ~ican:,, were of the general op; man the object was moving fi'cm -w-es-t to east at an a.l.t:i.tuee TarioutJq reported a:s tram 6oO to 800 feet. .An aa"t.i- !natfl of the objeet' s :!pe~d w.s not -ventured except by such stat.ame.nt.a: "as i'a.3t a..5 you could turn yorxr head,~JrJi'!m the ru.:sh o! a jet pl.ane," "as ta.st as a shoot,ing s~ .. " Descriptions ot the object "Were in general agreement: fll.i3o!l ~ ba.J l o:r .:f:L.~ with white -vapor or smoke t:rajling behind-n Some few claimed to haTe seen a l'oc::.ket-shaped obj ec-t and de~eribed the variou:J colors of the ro<:ket ('VU., white r...ose piece, orsng~ body, b1 ack t.ai 1). Some c J a !led to ha-re heard. a. ...,,shing or a~ noise as the object passed, but :most said they heard nothing- A :single report waa :PrOriaed the Coneulat.e by a F:rench. Catholic priest who Dtat.ad that at 6~05 p.m. em February 9, 1958, he ..ra.s on foot awro~m.ateJy ai.::iy :::t-1./ a. a1 YeSt of C'.aiengmai -when he ei.ghted an object in the sq at an al titudO& ox appro:ximatel;r 2_,000 feet. He :said the object DS moving nt.~ tre:nendo\13 llJ:o, west to and _appeared to hi 'II Ol'!J;r as whi ta np::lr f'ollo;.;ed by i.nter- irl:tt.nt pufi"!s o~J#:en yafiiir cr. &Jt!Qka. Bis impxession of a shape ':ia.s th.at it .Aboat nrld-tna:>rnjng or the next day (~nda;i,',.ebi'uarY' 10, i9S8) reports ;.:ere z:ee1:"Jed :trom the tcMn oi' Sanlcaznpaeng~ 14 kilC~J~Stex'" west o ChiengJnai, tbt ~'-le object bad. J anded in the mountains earl or the town az::d that tr ae frcm an r>xploaion bad been felt. Cne repor~ stated an object u long ~ a big tree" ~:.lad. ~eo a-ight.ed in the !O%'etrt. 7iee Cocsul w.i:th Pclltieal. ~ and o.,ers.l Chi.engmai newspaper rBpol'te:rS szooeeedecl to &nlta:wpaeJ'Jg iA'IIIJedia~. Re:re ~ i.i:rtZ"rleuad various o!:tic1a1 s and t<JwltJSpeople :.tho gate si:.at..ementa easenti- .'l. "'.::}' a.a abo;e. The group, aug;:en~ b.'r a poJ 1ee gt:.ard :lnd l!!e-v:e:ral c:ftichls, _ ;.x:tltded }Jy T.and Rovtn" in+...o the uocnt.aini!S ~nd on foot ~en the o::cart. tl"'3Ck ::\llC.~. r.-tar, in .conve:r~tion with sQDe :te'C>ds:uen -..ho cl.ai':ned to ~ ayerltnesses, - tlaid the oojeer. sped by a t a lew heigil\ ~er the t..~es and cr~W:~ .either .~ -t.M :scmait a:r jW:~t Of'M" the other :siea. T"~ :said they felt earth tr~ors .. t:~ ~}:)~ nan a..a ~:rpl o.sion or h~ speed i:Dpact- l OR~JATION COPY Retain in dJvlqfona' >r destrnv "acr"rrl ..,nr.e with .. ,~r!ty "A<T!II.:>rlon:<.