3. OATETIME GROUP S. "PHOTOS 1. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATIOH PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION L TYPE OF OBSERVATION ' .D. 'Ground-Visual 0 Air-Vi suol 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Radar CONCLUSIONS . 0 Wa s Balloon D Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft Probably J.jrcraft D Possibly Alruaft Was Astronomicol SJ-turn Probably Astronomic 0 Possi bly Astronomical D Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENT$ Yellow-ora nge, half moon shape d obj, size o f basketball. Obj see me d to be ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Th i s ob j was the plane t Saturn The fac t that the witness indi- cate s t~ere ~as evidence of phases lends we i ght to this concluoon . 920TH AIRC!t~\:;'T COY'lROL AlrD '"ARNH~t; S-.c,UAD.ac:~ United St a t e s Ah~ Farce ArO 863, Nmr York, Nmr York 23 Oct ober 1950 SUUJECT: Unidentified Flyine Object Assistant Chi a f of ~taff, !!ead.que.rter:J USAF Washi n cton 25, D.c Int~:1llicence 1. In. a.cc orcla~co with pa ra. ;r~:qJh 15, AFrl 200 - 2 cla te<l 5 F8 brul:t.r;y 1958, t h e follovd ng report i s sub1ni ttedo a. nescription of Object b. Description of course of object (1) Drieht li~ht during hours of darkness (2) Ob j ectJ?SH of station~ approxime.t~ly 5000 i'eet hi~ (3) Object@or station, ~-is.~;pJ?~.t:E.~ng below horizon. Direct line Below tl1e horizon c. Hnnner of observation. (1) Ground visual UNCLASSIFIED d. Tioe and date of siehting e . Location of observer f. identi~ying information on observer UNCLI\SSIFJED Average airman b. Kane, R R, A/2C Averaee Airt.tan g . \~eather and winds e.loft c ondition at ti:ne and p lace of r-:i~!;l'.t:'.nr; ~ 1) clear a.nd calm a. Not available b surf.ace N' .f 8 knots 4000 feet broken _6jlQ sky coverttge l!_NCLASSIFrED 1. Statement (Amn Kane) 2. Stat~ment (Amn Messick) HIL1Ihi4 D WHZrl CAPT, USAr, Oper ati.oi13 Cf~j cer h.pprox ima. t e ly nc,tic~..,d S-S'.v from Vnu l t I . a y cllovr 5000 f~et high. Observec1 object from role Yaul t 1 , bac'<: rlNn~ fo1"' n.hon~ 1 minuto and then went over t c Pole Vault I I back d.oor an<l th8 ohj'!Ct was partially obscured f:rom vie~-1 by antenn9:. Obj<:lct uos vi~nvcd for about another minute & ~han ol>ject disn.Il:!'Aarc d . Object set-H~1Ad. t o b.~ :noving in a veTtica l path (do,m). The n:i.eht was cl(la r , no stars i.n hat section of the sky. Uoon .and s tara were in S . S . :~ vicinity A/2C U3t~F Repor ~ing: light ob8orvPd from P o l A VaJl t Date: 17 Opt 58 E s t:i.mn. terl dJ.s tance : 50 m:i.J E' a {v ' ~, b 1 h Tj Post tiona S-S\v from b ad<: of Pol e Vault Shape a Oblong Color: Ycllm; ora.nee Renarks a After ligh "t \Jas observacl from Pol e Vaul t ;~l by A/2C 1:c:ne, be and I went t o Polcvault #2. From thar e vre noted t he 1 i.ght tely 1 mjn~te and then it des~p?ear~d. J F J.~SSICK UJ/0 Analysis Sheet _ Loca.tion rs e '5 c;b l,( '' o,v Direction of Motion Satellite' ! Alt'C IN-L!J.J ) Radar Analysis (AFCIN-4El) Natural Phe nomena Ball Li~htning, etc. Aircraft, Balloons, Airships, etc. Evaluation of Source Reliability UI\JI'f!'lt/C t r/ oV .. Analysis and Conclusions&