PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 2. L OCATION 0 Wos Balloon 3. DATE-TIME G~OUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Probably Bolloon Pos!;i~ly Bolloon Locol ;l, ~aou.C. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ;o~Ground-Vi s uol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wo-s Aircraft 0 P rob obi y Ai rcroft Possibly / ,ircroFt 0 . Wos A-;tronomi col 0 Air-Intercept Roder 0 P robably Astronomical Pos!;i!lly Astronomical D. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 7. LE~IGTH OF OBSERVAT ION 0 lnsuffici .. nt Dato f o r Evaluation 0 Un!.nown lO. BRIEF Su-"'MA~Y OF SIGHTING 11. COMM !:NTS I ~Jl159 J J tiCC::URITY CLAS-IFICATION JOINT i'.~ESSAGEFORM F?O:VI: ~'''ECI.\L INS rl'tUC"11c:>NS BOU.I~G AFB, WA.S'HDTGTON, D . C . Ii1TELLIOEii:CS OF.F'ICFR /Ul'iCU . .:3/ .r'RQM: .A..E'CI N-l.;.El:.g RD' r-'SG 0G OOOU', DTD 4 JU~11"E 1959, ~-ROl\1 B.ASE 0.!-'ERATION, YOUR S'I'Af i vil. :_;:;.,i'O CONfAINED n. SLTBJ HE?Oi-1T I S LTI 1I'l'ZU I N NATURE, MONTH , r:Af' UdCIJ...S.SI:;'IED tlECURITY CLA9SI,..IC JOINT MESSAGEFORM SI'Ar.J! fJF.LO,P Hl!.Sl!RVPD POR CO,\f '.f(INICr!TION Cl!"' f/ CLA.J,..IPIC,,T!OM OF ltE,..l!:rU:MC!l coc.:-m DiATIO ;. SPF.C1AL I N'3TAUCTIOI'J!t, I HAY 5J I / R~.Pt.ACf:S DD FORM 17:1, l OCT A''l, WI-II C H WILL H'!:: USEO U :--tTIL c 'XHAUST:::O H~Mquartcrs,. U. S . Air Forca Po1tagon> \7ashington DCt~ /ttention~ Unidentified Flying Oh;jects ( m 'O) Divi~ion Daar Si.rs: :Z.I uish to repo r t , ?.n my '-d.fe ~nd J .from the top of the ia n~ich we liveo made 1 evening Ue had. gone up on ths roof about ll pon:o C?.:td uere about to 'fne object descend -:1hen 't-~B both sa-~, altnost from the lnstant of its first appcar~mce, "rose" in e:.n o':>ject \ihich see;ned like a v er>J distant ball a11d which n:.ov ed at a very the west f:1::;t rate of speed f r o m hori~on to horizono It r.oved from ,.,,est to east,- ~ t. a~prox-disappearing over the eastern h orizon , a::1d no noise of any kind acco.npanie d .. _;n'\te Ly i t o It. ns or:mge in color and its t.l_BPFfmt size saemed a~out that of th~ sa.'lle Jupiter/ fdlllitJiiiOJ( 'Hhich , at the time, ' :as visible to the south of ~olnt t.Jhere us and well up i n tne sky; Venus was clearl.y v isible, and very -white, a ~?e ... sun , li t,tle no~h of west of where we stood o I thought the obj e ct wa3 orange L.-:a ... C\fter-i n the direction of 1 ellou on the spectrum, my 1dfe thought it 'tT reddish noon, h.::>.d ora.:;;e (we ~;ere a li":.":.le excited at the amazing sight, I gue33, \.f."l..i.ch caught seto us completely unp repared for det~ed and objec~ive obse r ving)" He ~stimat.ed t .ha": the object requi:-ed from ~ 20 to 30 seconds t o pass acro3s the sky. Cou."l ting back the minutes after i t disappeared (a.."ld after we recovered our compo sure ) we estimat e t h at it -vras visibl e to us during part of the minute from 2302 and 2303 EDT. I :.lm a ret.ired Air Force officer, follo.J"i .. ng 14 years of serfice 1->hich e~ded i n Oct.o ber 1955, and I lc1ow 1) that this 1-ras no :;::i r.xt air c:-aft. It ha.J. no p'.!l.sating ligh t , as aircr:llt al;-ays shm1 over inhabited Ol'ea3 and near airpo::-tso There i.ras no green light. a s it came to.-o~ard us and no red l i.=;ht as it moYed away. It was a steaWJ , u>"lchangi.;g or:J.n?s li~ht. tnat n~,er r 3..:'i q d throughout i.-Cis entir~ t raj ectorJo He d ebated whether i t could h e ~oen a light o n the belly of a fast-moving jet , b ut it seems L~possible tha-. :;'..!en a l i g ht ".."'IJuld h av e been visibl e '";olhen the object -.:-ias l ow o-:1 t.ha h or:!.:::.o!l :.;hen it rose, and again vihen it was l eN on t h e hori~o:1 Hh~n it set.o I f~:::. aq_1ally sure it '!Ta 3 2) no n et oor, f or it uas visible tr~ for n early h aE :. i:i:mte, l e f t no t.rail , and had a t rajectory so na t as to hav~ rule d it. od, ~:; a r.1~teor as f at as auyt:1:L'1g I have c .,c r seen or read about :::l:3teor3 t p";tth3 (1 have mad e a h obby of a ..;tronomy for years ~ud a11 a past member o f t:1~ .~lal:.c'lr Astronomers Assoclnt.ion of tlc..r Yor k ) o 11e also know 3) that i t ri3.3 n e ir\-!n Vc.nus not' :t:fx;;::n:x;c::us Jupiter for we both noted its position relati.re to the3e t ,.;o pl:mets d1.tring the per:i od of its tr~n.:iito \?e are deeply intcr'3sted in thi:.; matt e r and Hould appreciate o.'lring anything you could infornt u s )ut it, nlso v:hetr1er you h a7c had any o t::P.r rep0rt~ about i t o t ieither on~ o.1 us i'l llksly t o feel swapt off our feet " by-a. s.1:o:hi-,j h! likc.;;..1r:~s,. tid~ t-~e:-U~.H:- fr3el Yn .fl) s~E:fi-Oe!I'ICtRinE; "JU:~'Y ffiid-<-.l*o- h:r a ::;ighting llke thls, but. 1;e defj nit ely fc~l i t:J h<:1ve ::;een so!n~ .... hl~1g 1Tery re3l and v ery unusual. nshington 8, n.c~ Copies: Uright-Pat'l:.erson A...Tt'B Va.'1denberg AFB NaYal Observatory> Hashington 00 Sincerely yo~s, lo (H.eto) u. S . Air Force P .s . I a'Tl for r ter the Hq UShl" periodical Ai.r Int13lligence "FEAF Intellig-,.m~ Roundup" (l 952- 5.5)o UFO Al'I.I\LYSI!J .3Hio:l~l' Location \;vAs 1411\JG -ro rJ Des.cription D1r-eotion of Motion A!Jtronomical Phenomens (1-'teteor, Comet, Planet etc) c/,.~,n ~d'- Na~u:-al Fhemomena ( Ba.ll Lightning , etc)_...:-::::===------------ Ano.ly:sto nnd Concluoions: .r<!,'rJ,.Jv.J