PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon G~\Ji.D Pendleton. Calif. O Probably Balloon o-'6.G JVI I 0 Ground-R-Jar 0 Was AircraFt rounv-suo aa 0 Probably Aircroft 0 Ai.-Vhual C Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 6. SOURCE []:X Was Astronomical ;.~eteo:c C Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. NUMBER OfJ OBJECTS 9. COURSE C Other:---~- --:---- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEII SUMMARY OfJ SIGHTING ~ilverish-blue d:> j H/t uice ::;peed of jet F1ight struight & level for 2 - 3 sees at u~ich time the obj dis~ppearcd into a C!lou d . J~lt c:;;t:i.m;.ltion at 70 r; oblj ::lOVell thru a bout 25 nrc in o.zim:uth. ATIC POD l2t (R&Y 21 SaP 52) 11. COMMENTS Description observ:1tion. C Unlcnown & data indicate meteor UNCLASSifiED MESSAGE 751 ST" ACWRON LAGUNA AS CALIF . . RJEDSQ/COMDR : RJEZHQ/ HQ :< RJEZHQ/ SECTY ATTN AFCIN 6 TWICE THE <UFO REPORT> OEPnTMENr o:: li'if AiR FORCEc f STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION PAGE THREE RJWZJBF 1 UNCLASSIFlED MESSAGE I .. COMMUNICATI OM DIVIS! ON,. FLEET MARINE FORCE", CAMP .PENDLETON., _ CALIFORNIA, or RELIABILITY Go WEATHER ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME 1 /SCATTERED .CLOUDS. OTHER BETWEEN-315 360 DEGREES AS REPORTED BY APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CALIFORNIA DIRECTION FROM.-THE OBJECT JUST PRIOR'TO SIGHTING OF OBJECT. Ko ASST OPERATIONS OFFICER, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS NO POSSIBLE CAUSE Page 3 or 4 PAGE FOUR RJWZJBF ACCOUNT FOR OCT RJWZJBF CE:':MiMENT~ OF rr,;c J\1~ fQ .. ..._J:7 ST Afr MESSAGE DI VISION UNCUSSIFIEC MESSAGE ASTRONOMr Amateur Discovers Two New Comets See Front Cove r A IIRITISH SCI IUOI. te:dtcr and .tn1:11eur :t~t rullfltlll'f Ita~ n:po1rtcJ 'ightiug rwu ne w COillC:t'l. Cwtwt Alct"k 1')'5'Jf, ~" Pile i~ c.dkd (n:uue d after its dl\l.O\'C:rcr, Cturgc Al- ;;.-<~:~J~\4 co.:k). i' rite: hr ightc't CCII net ~ecn in ~C'\ c:r:tl The phutogr.tplt un the cu\ cr of thi::. ll11111ttc.: c:'<PII'llrc ,..,f the: ~..ornc:t, t.1ken a t the: '.tv.d 011\cf\',ttory, Ff.lg, t.tfT, :\ri7.., tJil Tuc:,d.t)' mor11ing, Sc:pt I. The: ~hfJrt lines going nero's the: picwrc: .1rc: i>t:-tr\. T hey :lre "._q:...ltr.tilcd hcc<tu'c: the plate was m o' nl during CXflCt,llrc: to tollm' the comer's 0111tiun . Cnmc:t 19'i e, rl'w uthcr comt't di~Cr)\'t'rcd hy Mr. Alcock. i, re p o rter! t o he: not :h ~;~f~.: bright .1~ C:o1nct l~)CJf. It :-tl~o l,1ck, rhc: t:til Sciun(e Ne"'s. Lette r, Spternb..r \ 9,, 19.S9- No Case (Information Only) TRANGE ASPECTS OF TEXAS BRANIFF CRASH Ora tbe front page of tiM November 195.t1 is~ue of the Bulletin, comment ~t; ,' to the rra11b or a Braniff Airways turbo.J (\~\.; , Q prop airliner elicited further ln!nrmatlon '.1\ '9 from David Wuliaer;-APBO member iD f'\ Houtoa. Clipping eont.alninl prt-sa atate- 1\ r> V meatl made by R. B. C.trleloa, Yiee '( \ J-.PI'ftideat lD cbarge of opentlcm1 for , \~)\ BraDilf. included tbe followi.og inforzo \ >-tioo: Carleton, wbo had been leadinl a .'\ \~. crew of airline teehnidaa lnvestica~aa ...A tbe crash Jceae. a:aid an en,U. expJOM'oa mq baYe eau .. d -lbe uas.b. H4t aJao said that rta:~a wliO>w ports tn a reeo9 TH. AI. lt .... 0. aut.LniM J er~ portioD ol tile 113.000 pound ab'plaae snowed si&DI of tremeadotu uterior beat, but that tbe blast whicb duintell'ated the big sblp did not eome from wit.IW2 the plnne. A veteran Air Force pilot te.stified ~[Qre a three-man ctvU Aeron3~tics Board that he had ~o a maMive, mush roomthaped red .tatioaar7 &luw iD tbe area oo the ni&ht of the cnah. The officer, Maj. R. 0. Bnawell ol Ellington Al'' B, Houlton, was on h11 WaJ from Snrevepua t, La., to LuBin ill a C-c? wben be spotted the atomle-cloud.Qaped burn ing MUI, three to fin dtCJIII above hun-n eoormoua thiaJ, he uid. The HoulltOG P1 e11 reported on Deeem- ber 10 that 210 Fort Hood solttlera faiUMd I out tbrou&b tbe woocJa aDd f!elctt Deer '!Ju!talo oe Dteember 1 ID furthao erru t1 to twn up adctitiODal pieces of the &Jr. liner, which cruhed Oft 2t September 1959. CAB lnTeatiaator Job.D C)roeki de-j nied reportl that a deadly air-t.air Side- w inder missile bad .someho1r broken tree anct homed iD on the airliner, cau'nl the 1 On Oetober Zl.tt, tbe Houston .Press purted details of the bearblg which 1 to~lc ol~e l.n thfl! 3uffalo, Texu gym. I nas1u~. ~veral of the 5Utemenh by w1taeues ue most important. CAB lD v~U,~J~tor Joseph Zamuda said that at 11 p. rn., jwt :J minu~ before the crub, 1 ':.. ~bt ~ncine.!r had !oUed tbe bet ... ~t t.ftey Wlf .. Ci IDPD& at l5.UIJO feet, ! ~t.f apeed m tDota. all attn ~ : 29 September 1959 Buffalo, Texas Eye-wit11111 W. S. Webb te1tified Lllat- he had j~t goue to bed oo the n1 gttt ol ~ptem~r 29 wbea, wbfJe gazin& out \ Uie Window, lie .... ., a light in- the a.Q. 1 thoucht it w lf&htning at D.nt. bat lt didn't diaappear. A few seconds J~ter 1 ball of ftre tbat looted lik! a sur 1bot throulh the aky. Then 1 heard a uoiM Jlke 10metbin1 waa fJilliaf throallt the Jky. n WU a wboo$bing, shrill IOu.nd. I 8UH1 the Cre ball was tw~thirdl of the way from tbe pound when it U A 39-yoar-old retired engifteel', Jackie J. Cox. Wtil!ed: 1 wu going home to BuffaJo wh~D I tJOtieed a lmt lying cloud In the sky and beard the oois.e of a plane wbleta IOUnded log,.jer than normal. You could feel the Tibradooa on the lfQund. r beard the plADe lor about 10 aecaoda / and tlten saw a bright orao3e ligbt ill the sky. lt sp,..,ad to cover the entire sky, as lf pbo.!phoroua or ma~pt~sium were bura.ins." Mr. Cox said after le had driven about a hal! a mile be noticed anolherfluh, which appeued twice. Al ter the second :flaslk there wu a noite- like thunder. Gu)'toa of Ceatei'Ville test1fted that be noticed a small 8law spread to cover the sky. that h saw a faDiag object eome floai tbe P,., fb It IO'DI forward aDd 1NQ l&n1Pt. dowD. Afta the objeet feD. be laetld a tJuu.,S fte ' Jarwary, 1 It appean that e&it-W.. Ia the UJ tbat nipt aear Buffalo tome tbiDg in a cloud. At lh ume tlme, ID the same location~ aD airliner carn.cl 3t ~ole to their dPW. . Pcrbape this is ....tty 280 miRtry ~ sonnet ~earebed the ~J'U lor the MCODd time weeks after lhe initial inYatiaaticG :md HUdl lft!f'e completed.