PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0 Ground Vi suaJ 0 GroundRadar a Air-Visual 0 Airlntercept Radar 8. NUMBER oF oiUECTS 11. COMMENTS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po ssi bl y Ai rCI'aft :OX Was Astronomical A~eteor 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ;Lo~!!:l, l i;_;l1t yellowish-~reeri obj. ,e~rsd as a b ull of fire w/tail o i f ..ll"2 ~ to 5 tim.es d im."le t er. The obj sighted was a fireball. t;!. j W:lS f allint;; str a ight down AnC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) OEPART/ \Et tT nr A ! FORCE CZCHQB640ZCNJC041 DE RJFPHJ 105 , ur-n .~5 IEC I\S'5A < Fr1 CONDR 461ST TACFITHON HAHN AB GER TO RJEDDN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER RJEZHQ/ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF' RJEZHQ/OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICE HQ USAF RJFPLD/DEPUTY COf1DR USAFE ADVON UNCLASSIFIED/461 INT 020. UFO. ATTN: 1006TH AISS, ATTN: DIREC70R OF AXR INTELLIGENCE FOLLOWING REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCGRDANCE \tJITH PARA l5g .AFR 200n2: ITEr1 A: <1) ROUND IN SHAPE~ <2) PEAo (3) LIGHT YELLO\~ISH GREENo (4) ONEo (5) N/A. (6) APPEARED AS A BALL OF FIREo Cl) TAIL OF liJRE WAS FOUR TO FIVE TIMES. THE DIAMETERo (8) N/Ao (9) NONEo ITEM B~ (1) BRIGHTNESS OF OBJECT. <2> TEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, 27~; DEGREES MAGNETIC HEADI!~G. (3) FIVE DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, 275 DEGREES [1AGNETIC HEADINGo (4) STRIGHT DO\~No C5) INSTANTANEOUSLY GOING DOlJN\~.4f<Do C6) ONE TO TWO SECONDSo ITEM C: < 1> AIR VISUALo (2) NONEo fc.!QOCg 541867, 33000 FT, 265 DEGREES~ POINT 82 MACH, HAHN AB~ GERo ITEM D~ Page 1 of 2 Pag~o DEPI\RH~EI .rr n r HE A ! FORCE 'PAGE T\YO RJFPHJ 105 (1~ 21 OCT 58, 1755Z. (2) POSITIONOF OBS~VER WAS NIGHTo LOCATION OF OBJECT \~AS IN DUSK AREA, !TEN E: KARLSRUHE, GERMANYo 49 OON 08 25Eo ITEM F: CAPT WILLIAM Lo MATHEWS, 461ST TACFITRON, FLIGHT COMMANDERp RELIABLE. ITEN G: C 1> VERY GOOD~ CLEARo BROKEN LAYER AT 8000 FTo C2> SURFACE: 350 DEGREES 6 KTS, 6000 FT: 310 DEGREES 20 KTS~ 360 DEGREES 45 !<TS, 30000 FT: 001 DEGREES 80 KTS, 50000 FT: 360 DEt~REF.S 65 KTS, 80000 FT: NOT AVAILABLEa <3) 1200 SCATTERED~ 2800 ?CA!TEREOp ~IGH BROKEN. <4) "SIX t1ILES AN.D HAZEo (5) FIRST DECK ONE TENTH OF SC~ 2ND DECK THREE TENTHS OF "'SC, ~RD DECK FOUR TENTHS. OF Clo TOTAL OF SIX TENTHS OF SKY COVERAGE. (6) NONE REPORTED. ITEM H~ NONEo ITEM I~ CHECKED WITH FLIGHT SERVICE. RESULTS NEGATIVEo ITEM J: NONEo I TEM Kg 1STLT JAMES Ro NUSS, INTELLIGENCE OFFICERo COMMENTS ON REPORT~ !HE SIGHTING lS BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE BY THE UNDERSIGNED AS THE PHENCME~ NON WAS ALSO OBSERVED BY ANOTHER PILOT FROM THIS ORGANIZATtON GLENN fl. JOHNSON, OPERATIONS OFFICER. CAPT JOHNSON STATED THAT THE OBJECT FIRST APPEARED AS A SMALL LIGHT WHICH SUDDENLY GREW LARGER AND THEN DROPPED BELOW THE HORIZONo THE LENGTH OF OBSERVATION WAS !WO TO THREE SECONDS. NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS CAN BE MA-DE BY THE PREPARj'NG OF'F ... ICER IN REGARD TO THE CAUSE OR IDENTITY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF A NIGHT PHOTO RECCE FLARE. 23/1455Z OCT RJFPHJ ACTION: CIN SA'P-IS ~ 00P Page 2 of 2 Pagen