PROJECT 10173 RECORD CARD L DATITIMI OROUP Vtel D Ora""~R .. D ,,.~.~lr Alrcr .. t a AI~Vhual a Alr-lntarc.,t Re4ar a ftaaallllr Aircraft a lnaufflclertt Data far Evaluatlan OP SIGHTING Rod, light orange obj, size of grape- fruit. diftused light in area where nu lights of any type have been seen before. Light moved down to left to tree top level, then went back to ori positbn. Obj moved second time in ame aanner, slowly descending until disappeared. AftC ro11 J2t (R&Y 2t lltP 12) I 1. COMMINTS Probably conventional light of some sort. . Z: KJWZJB FI1 COMDR S65TH ACWRON LA~ VEGAS AFSTA :~EVADA 7C ~JEH~/ASSISTANT CHIEF OF fTAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ U~AF WA~H D C ~.~:. z;! .. /CFFICE OF INFOR~1ATION [EV ICES H" U~AF ~!A~H D C i .. JC.DDi~/COMDF< ADC NT AFE COLCP.ADA NTELLIGNCE NTrR ~r~T~UT DtT ~urn P. JH2J iCCt--;Df\ . ~7TH AIR DIV DEF NORTOi~ AFB CALIF THE FOLLOWING Uf~IDE"NTI!='I!~f. FLYI :G C::'J~CT: C'JF<.;) I.: ~ JP~:ITT:i:':, A DE~CRIPTION cr TH~ CeJiCT& (. (.,l CTHZR PERTINENT OI\ UNU~UAL Ft::~.'!'J :~-, :r.:.:~:-:~-- : .. r . A.~Gr: LIGHT IN AREA PHi:~ C LIG:-IT :::1CULf :r: T r: PAGE TWO OF RJWZJE ~V :_j~L (~) L\EGATIV~ OPTICAL AID: (3) A/A D, TI E AND DAT:: CC ~ IGHTir,;G: (,.) ~73~Z/!li AUGU~-r :ss~ . (2) LIGnT COi.DIT!ON~& NIG!iT, :::. LOCP.TIC~1 ~i vo~ ~E\'EJt: AT T~L rtAi'~GH :2 !~ILE :~CRTH HE!:T OF LA~ VEGA~ , :~I:\A~A Cli.~ ILl AGE ~4 ~tiLI~G ADDR::~: KI~ WIFE C:E 33 OCCUPATION& ?A\'F.uLt t. t , ; . LA~. VEC:AS N"F:VAD.~. Ge ta!EATHF~ A~D WI~DS ALOFT& C i) oe~ERVFJ~ /E, H. ANY OTHER U U:.uAL ACTI\' ITY C~ CC>TITIC:\ ' CCC~< I\~.'!.L K, PO~ ITIC~.J \,Z.GA~ I i~E\'ADA. DE RJWZNJ 7' FM.COMDR -'21TH CCRTRAWG TAC FTR TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB RJW2JB/C0~2DR 27TH AD RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENT RJEZHQ/ASST COFS INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJZHQ/OlS HQ USAF l~FO RJEDDN/COMDR J0~6TH A/SS UNCLAS FROM 0118 SUBJECTI UNIDENTIFID FLYING OBJECT, UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT IN AC.CORDANCE WITH AFR 211-2, PARAGRAPH 15 MILES_.AW_AY, ~OUNT~INS .A -I! IMATELY 7 - 8 MILES AWAY, T~IJEES ll Ill FEr_IN HEIGHT. B, DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT (S), (J) ! DIFFUSED LIGHT IN AREA WHERE NO LIGHTS OF ANY TYPE HAVE BEEN SEEN BEFORE PAGE TWO RJVZNJ 7' THIS IS AN ARID AREA, WIT UT ROA A2IMUTH 3' DEGREES. (3) V.~} .~-~ DECi ;~. AZIMUTH 3' DJ;_GREES... (") AFTER~ ONE AND Q_NE HAbf. MINUtE OBSERVATION OF OBJECT, IT MOVED DOWN AND TO LEFT FOR SHORT DISTANCE TO TREE TOP LEVEL or REFERENCE POINT, A. (9) AND REMAINED FOR A SHORT TIME THEN WENT BACK TO LEFT or ORIGINAL SIGHTING POSITION OBJECT MOVED SECOND TIME IN SAME MANNER AND STOPPED JUST TO LEFT OF HLFERENCE POINT AND REMAINED IN THIS POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE THEN SLOWLY DESCENDED TO LEFT AND DISAPPEARED. (~) OBJECT VlSIBL\FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES) c. MANNER or OBSERVATION& Cl> GROUND- VISUAL (2) N/A (3) N/A D. TIME AND DATE or SIGHTI (1) 13073ZZ AUG 58 LOCAL 1038 (2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER CS)I SAHARA GUN CLUB, THULE SQRINGS RANCH CTONAPAH HIGHWAY> QNE ANQ-~ONE HALF MILE NE OF GEOGRAPHIC POSITION 115 DE GREE 15' W 36 DE GREE 18' N. r. INDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS& Cl) MR. MAILING ADDRESS 33 SAME ADDRESS, OCCUPATION& PAYROLL CLERK LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. NEVADA. G. WEATHER AND WINDS -ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING& (1) THUNDERSTOR PAGE THREE.RJWZNJ 75 ALITUDE DIRECTION SPEED I e);; ' KTS (3) ESTIMATD B~R~O~K~EN-~IGH OVERCASE. (4) VISIBI~ITY IS MILS. ...,. N TNTH AT (') THUNDERSTOM NORTH-WEST ~UADRANT i TO SOUTH MOVEMENT UNKNOWN ocq s IONAL LIGHTNING ~NTEI{-~l..OIJ_Q, Cl.OUO 'fO _ ~LOUD TO GROUND. H. NONE. I. NONE. J. INBOUND T-33 DlRLCTION .131 DEGREES, 15;0 ALTITUOg . N .. ~2 MILts .. OF . .SlG.HT.lJlG_ L INCIDENTS CAA GAVE NEGATIVE REPORT. K. NCOIC WING INT~LLIGENC~, NO PRELI('JlNARY ANALYSIS MADE. L. NONt;. l'/211JZ AUG RJWZNJ