PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Ca!m on : .FB-Clovi~ -5 r:ti E of 12. CONCLUSIONS C Woa Balloon o r:; C Probably Ball .. n D Woa Aircraft Loco1------------:O :Gaoun.Yiauel D Grouttd-Rotlw a p,.~tow, AlrCf_,t OX Woe Aettonoical l1~t~or D Pro ... Wy AataofttMicel D PaaeiWy AetaefteMic.e 7. LINOTM OP GaiiiYA II OP 08JICTI t. COURII 0 IRwfffct011t o ... for !woluotiOft EJ.ong~t~d, cylinclrir:J.l obJ 'nth vhat a~pci..LI'~d. to ll.:1 u r;h urp nose. Ob j appc'lrcd :Jliuhtly l<:'.rg~r tlu.n th.~ ~n.~c-l:..it;.') of a B-52 a;.~. Cclor wa::> cl ~'lr1 :: \,h t t_;,' a:; if p:l inted. tir.t~s ~ength of olJj ,:111 11 'lJ p ':~ru . LiGht in cc:!.or. 11. CO-IMTI ObJ has all c~r~cteristics or a larg~ meteor 1ST LT., 28 TF SQDN., PILOT, ASSUMEJ) GOODe G Cl > VlSlBlLlTY GOOD CONSIDERING LIGHT CONDITIONS GIVEN C2) 271 DEGIEtS I TO I KNOTS, 11 (3) UNLIMITED (' > HIGH SCATTERED l/11 PAGE JOUR RJVFBH 33 J ONLY KNOWN AIR tRArflC IS AS INDICATED IN C (3> K 8l2ND AIR DIVISION INTELLIGENCE OFF. INTERVIEW WITH OBSERVERS LISTED IN F (1 > <2 > RtSULTED IN ESSENTIALLY THE SAME INFO FROM ALL. POSSIBILITY THAT SIGHTING WAS METEOR BUT ALL EXCEPT ONE OBSERVER RULE THIS OUT. EFFORTS TO LEARN IF OBJECT COULD BE TEST VEHICLE FROM HOLLOMAN ArB WERE tN- CONCLUSIVE AS CAPT. COULD NITHER CONFIRM OR DENY THIS POSSIBILITY IT IS NOT BELIEVED THE OBJECT 11 AS AN ORBITING SATEJ.LlJE AS THE LI~HT OR FLAME APPEARED TO BE FROM A PROPELI.AIU'e~- --~-~- -~- Classfflcatfon Cancelled ?P nJtaKF.BJE~KLCR_RJEDDN RJEDSQ DE RJE3FU 1 RJE:SKLCR T .. ZJP RJEZHQ RJtJFHto! P liS. REDD Frt"' COMBQNtvG 11 TO RJEDDN/COUADC RJt.JFHW/CQr1ADIV ~ P.JEDSQ/COHATIC UNCLASSIFIED RJE2HQ/.ASST CHitF STAFF INTEL HQ USAF RJ!ZHQ/.OFFICE OF INFO SVS HQ USAF INFO RJ!DDN/C0t1DR lOO$TH AISS ENT RJEaKi /COtlAi. 2 /FRCX1 llDOI 9-200S. SECTION ONE OF TWO. FLYINf: oaJ!:CT REPORT. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ~.FR 200-2 AND AFR 200-2A, DATED 3 JULY 19,8 THE FOLLOWING UFO REPORI IS SUaMlTTED. FORMAT OF REPOaT FOLLOWS OUTLI~E UNDER PARAGRAPH AFR 200 ' FE:BRUAR A. <~l-D YLIND IC A ~-AT THE SAi'iF DISTANCE. C v.., . lll.-!l!~..uir..: ~COLOR t:lAS CI.ARL'( WHITE AS IF ?AGE IHRE! RJ~3FU 1 --.u-SKY T~t. THE NOR.Ili to/EST. O~JECT tIAS VIEWrD UNTl T. THF. AGE FOUR RJE~FU 1 ADING 2'0 DEGREES SPEED 440 J<NOTS TAS, AS!l OKLAHONA HOi!E STATIOtl ALTUS AIR FORCE JJ2 1.30N S7Li1oot1. ~CA?TAIN USAi \l'..LlADLE. OESERVER IS A B-52 AIRCRAFT CON!1ANDER WITH ~500 HOURS FLYING Tlt1E. HE HAS SERV:.:D WITH THE ROYAL NADIAN AIR FORCE AS WELL AS THE USAF. APPR OX I t1 A TEL Y C1> WEATHERI OilSRVEn ~STit1ATED CEILINGI CLEAR; VISASILITY 100 .. t:iiLES i TJINDS GREES AT 40 K lOTS NO CLOUDS aJOVF.. OR a.E R AL l'ITUDE t-IE E C2) ~I~DSI SU~FACR 340 DEGREES 4K; 6 000 FEET, 3&0 DEGREES 10KJ 10 T 350 DZGREESJ 16 000 FEET 020 DEGREZS 25KJ 20 000 FEET 355 DEGRE~S 000 FEET. 3~0 DEGREES 25KJ 50 000 FEET. 2SO DEGREES !50KJ 80 (4) SURFACE VISABILilY 6 t1ILES IN HAZE. PAGE TWO RJEoFU 1 Co) NON REPO!tTEDa ;{G~I oaSERVER STATED THAT HE VELEIVED THE UFO t1AY HAVE BEEN A HISSELE. FZE:T ALTI !"JDt:; NOVING TOvJARD SOUTH. O.OSERVZR IDENTIF !ED AIRCRAFT ;\. CHIEF OF OPERATIONA INTELLIGENCE: BRANDH, 11TH BONB ~1It\G I NTELLIGENCE DIVISION. PREPARING OFFICERS CO~I:1ENTSI THE OoSERVER SJ'AT:C:D HE FEL! SOME RELUCTANCE BEFORE REPORTING THIS SIGHT!NG IN VIEW OF THE FACX THAi HE HAD NO OPORTUNITY TO NOTIFY OTHER lilA~ KAIJ.LU.U'IIa A t'U;).LUUN X.t.POKl Al 1111:. l.LM.t. Ut nu:. ;)J.Iat!'l.LNI.a 1\NlJ DID'NT SEE THE. OBJECT. DUE TO THE. DiRECTION OF t-IOVEi1ENI OF THE UFO .IT IS BELEI.Vi:D .. UNLIKELY THAT A !USSILE LAUNCHED FRot1 KNOWN IIIERICAN LAUNCH Sil'ES COULD BE OBSERVED u: THE AREA OF THE CBSERVATION. THE LACK OF RELIMLE U.'FORMATION AT THIS LEVEL PERTAINING TO KNOWN OP~ITING EARTH-SATELITES PROHIBITS EXPLOIT- ATION OF THIS HYPOTHESIS. THE UFO'S REPORTED SPEED OF MOVEMENT GENERALLY RULES OUT THE P.ROBABILiiY OF OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT. REDUCES FURTHER THE PROBABILITY OF THE SIGHTING BEING A HIGH 1011 . . . JAN RJEBiU UNCLJ\55\f\ED PROBLEMS. DUE TO THE LACK OF FURTHER INFORMATION AS STATED POSITIVE IDENTITY OF THE UFO CANNOT BE MADE. THEREFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE UFO BEING A MISS.ILE-TYPE SATELITE EXISTS. L. NEGATIVE. I lA . _ JAN RJEBFU BDB 118FUB00S PP RJEBKF RJEBKLCR RJEDDN RJEDSQ DE RJEBFU 2 RJEBKLCR T ZJP RJEZKQ RJWFHW FM COMBOMWG ll TO RJEDDN/COMADC RJ1FHW/COMADIV 33 RJEDSQ/COMATIC RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF STAFF INTEL HQ USAF RJEZKQ/OFFICE OF INFO SVS Ha USAF INFO RJEDDN/COMDR 1015T1i AlS5 ENT RJt_BKFLCOMAF 2 IC 0 N F I ~ E N T I A L/FROM 11DOI S-2035. FINAL SECTION OF TWO. ALTITUDE JET. A CHECK WITH THF: FORT WORTH CONTROL CENTER REVEALED NO KNOWN FLIGHTS IN THE AREA OTHER THA~TKE TWO B-52'S MENTIONED I~ THIS REPORT. ASSUMING THAT A B-53 COULD FIT THE GENERAL DES- CRIPTION OF THE UFO A CHECK WAS MADE WITH CONVAIR AIRCRAFT AND CARSWELL AFB LOCATED AT FORTH WORTH, TEXAS. RECORDS REVEALED THAv NO B-585 OR CHASE CF-112 AND F111) AIRCRAFT WERE AIRBORNE AT THE Tt'1E OF TH?. SIGHTING. RADAR SITES IN TH!: GENF.RAL AREA OF TH~ SITING HAVE NOT BEEN CHECKED DUE TO THE TI~E ELEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS B Cl) OBSERVERS IN ACFT ATTRECTED BY CROSSING FLIGHT OF OBJECT. GROUND OBSERVERS ATTENTION NOT ATTRACTED BY ANY PARTICULAR REASON. ~) ll DECREES ABOVE HOR120N 111 FEET, 821 DEGREES C3) 31 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, ESTIMATE 8 C4) STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT! <') lNST ANT ANEOUSLY TO THE SOUTHWEST <'> APPIOIIMATELY FIVE SECONDS. C Cl) GIOUND-YISUAL AND AIR-VISUAL. J<2) NONE. ,, .. FT, Ill DEGREES, 91 KNOTS, CANNON AFB, C123 '-'11 ,18 FT, 2J' DECREES, 1'1 KNOTS, CANNON AJ'B D Cl) -llfiiJJZ l~J NORTH, 1131* VEST CCANNON AfB>, l'll NORTH, IIIII VEST <APPROXIMATELY IH MILES EASf AMARILLO, TEXAS, 3"15 NORTH, PAGE THREE RJWFBH Jl 1031' VEST C5 MILES EAST PORTALES, N. MEX.> 3423 NORTH, 13315 WEST (CLOVIS, N. Hill. r Cl) AC:E UNKNOWN, CLOVIS . M1. -ASS'T COUNTY