PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS ~aroli!'ln. Was Balloon ..... ~ .. 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possi ~ly Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground-Vi suol 0 GroundRodor Was Aircraft 0 P robobl y Ai rcroft l'IL0221Zz tlAAi,... Vi su ol 0 Airlntercept Radar 0 Possibly Ai rcraft Was Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical Ar.v~r i. ".! n Pi l ot 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION e. HUMBER OF OBJECTS :a;< Other 0 In sufficient Data for Evoluotl on BRIEfl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Obj ~;llauc of ro:::k~ t, of pen~il, uhitt Possibility e x i;:;t s right cc.l :ccr.;c.uc h :coc:<12t l:1unch~u 1n iofU..3 t he n t;:::-ccn, th.:n 0:C:.lll6C This roc:.ct ATIC PORW 329 (Jt&V 2 t SILP U) ZCSQA.S 2 5ZC :.'YAo6 e ,, I DE R JtvF AL 166 H1 C INC 0:1 AD TO CO~lDR AI R TECHNICALI~T~LLIGENCE CEN Tli IS I S PAS SED TO YOUR ~OR YOUR If:FOR AT I or: A: D r:CESSA:?'f ACT I Oi'! BRIGHT GLO:J CDrliCAL I t: S! IAPS SIGHTZC I N s:-:y CA~n-:~ 25 7 THRU ELEVATIO!.' 31 DEGREES AT ~729172 X RG1AN2D APP:?OX 2 J ~liN X :; y POSIT 3752;: 7':5~:.r X BM?O>i TER 3ZZ4 X 24/233~2 AUG RJWFAL Rocl\et Fired, \~ASt!DiGTON, Aug. 17-IJPt- The United Sta tes launched the Ctrst in a series or new Nike research rockets today. It le ft a yl'llow~range cloud that was vbtnle over:-much of the easter n The rocket was fi red from the ~nuonal Aeronautics and Space Adm inistration s t a t ion at \ \'aUops island on Vir gin ia ' s r t:.re.rn shore and emitted a 100. m ile sodium 'vapor tratl bcgtn nin~ at an a lti tude of about 50 miles. It was topped by the l:trgl! cloud that was yellow~range in P urpose o f the test w as: O~E-To determine wind dl- rectton and ve locity over UHI wide range covered by the l rnil and c loud. l'WO-To measure diffusion or . th P rate at which matter sprends 1 out in the upper atmosphere. ' The yellow color of the ginnt flare Is characteristic or butn- in~ s odium. It was set otf by a thermite device when the r ocket I reached an altitude of about 50 The g lowing color w a s main- ' ta.ined...i.n...Part_ by light from the ri!smg sun. strikint the vapor :JO RJEZ HQ D.S RJEDSJ 13 T 0 RJI.aiFAL/ADC RJEZSd/26 AIR DIV otPARTMENT OF :q A l:i. r .)RCE STAFF MES~AGE DIVISIO '-1 ( UNCLASSIFIED V.ESSAG: I N C 0 r1l I N G NITC.HEL AFB 1--l"'Y RJEDSQ/AIR TECH I NTEL CTR RJEZ H9/ AC S I NT ELL IGENCE HQ USAF ~FO W;CLASSIFIED FROM BASE OPS SS-0 148-08 PO FOLLOWI.'JG HlFOF;iiATIO:i rURNISHED IN ACCORDA~ICE \YITH AFR 200- 2 5 rEB 5 8 ON UFOB RECEIVED tL ( 1) ROCKET < 2) PE~lC IL '7) PI IJi< CL OUD OPARTMEt~T OF ~HE AI~ f-.)RCE MESSAGE DIVISIC . .J ( UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE s~ T~O RJZDSJ 13 ... :. (l ) PILOTS REPORT (3) DISAPEARED I N THE NE < 4) S\~ TO NE 28 PE R CENT 40" N 69 PERCENT W C 5) D I SA PPEA RED T 0 THE NORTH (6) J0 SECONDS Co < D AIR T 0 AI R ( 3 > PMl AilE R !CAN fLIGHT 302 PANA~.A T 0 IDELW IL D 28 PERCENT 4 0N 69 PERCENT W i: u < 1 ) PAN AMERICAN PILOT IDELWILD G.) (1) PARTL Y CLOUDY SCATTERED CLOUDS 2500TOPS 8000 VISIBILITY GOOD C2) \!INDS LIGHT VARIABLE AT ALL ELEVATIONS < 4) TEN PLUS r A r-~,r.c-E RJ-DSI '3 J ABOVE FLIGHT l< ., N ONv/ 1., t'll ONE 17/1503Z AUG RJEDSJ CrtPARTMENT Of 'liE A'IR f JRO STAFF MESSAGE DIVISIC 'I ( UNCLAS~ =1ED iiESSA.::i: !': /7E : Advance copy delivered to CIN Page 3 of 3 pages