PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possioly Balloon Q:Ground Visual 0 GroundRador Was Aircraft GMT 21Ll.Ol~5Z Probably Ai rcroft O:i\ir-Vi s..~ol 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 0.X Was Astronomi col Probabl y Astronomical Possibly Astronomical r.ti l i T .,r~' LENGTH 0, OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Dato for Evoluotion BRIEF SUMMARY 0, SIGHTING bt' .. rri n rr -::hanging ~1uur:t0ri ~ ti,~ ob <j ~1-v:J.tion. c),"'J ~crvo.t ion s i@l t il"'..G. ATIC FORM 329 (R&V 26 S&P 52) DEPARTMENT OF THE AI~ FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIYIStc( , t JNCLASSI'IfO MES~AGE DE R.JAOKH 40 .~ F'M F'IW ~1 NAHA KI RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAF'B OHIO RJEZHQ/ACS I' HQUSAF' WASH DC RJEZHQ/OIS HQUSAF' WASH DC RJHPKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB TH INFO RJAOKC/ADIV OEQE KADENA AB OKI JAPAA/AF 5 F'UCHU AS JAP U~CLAS/l t T 0/51WIC 51-9-5lo SUBJ IS UFO REPORT. DATA REQO BY AFR 200- 2 rOLL~WS: ITEM ALPHA: DESCRIPTIO~:,Ct~ ROUND ( 2 ) PEA SIZE-AT AR~'S LENGTHC3) WHITE TO BURNING RED C4) QHf (5) NONE (6) BRIGHT FLASH W!TH.FLAM!NG TAIL; (7) TRAIL SIMILAR TO ONE FOLLOI)}!NG A r1ET0 Hl. ~81. NON!t (9) BALL OF FIR; THER~"WAS LIGHTNING IN AREA PRIOR T~Ann FOllOWING THE INITIAL SIG~TING~ ITEM BRAVO: DESCRIPTION OF" COURSE OF OBJECT: (_l)FLASH OF LIGHT SEE~ BY OBSERVERS. (2) 070 DGREES AZI'Mt:t't H;ABOVE 40M FEET ALT . (3) AZIMUTH T'HE SAME AS ITE:M 8RAVOC2), OBJE'CT SEEM, TO BURST APART AND THE~ DISAPPEARED FROM . SIGHT AS A METEOR '1IOULD AFTER HITTING THE EARTHs ATMOSPHERE-;<4) DEPARTMENT OF THE AI~ FORCE j T Ar F MESSAGE DIVISic( .o-JCLASSiriEO McS.iAG~ CAME DOWN AT APPROX GPUP DEGREE ANGLE TO EARTH'S SURFACE;C5) TRAIL DIs~ P PEAR ED GRADUt\_l.:t. Y~.J?-. .'JH:r;; .sour~?~'::~ ITEM CHARLIE: MANNER OF OBSERVATION: (1) GROUND-VISUAL AND IAS- 275 KNOTS; HOME STATION: NAHA AB OK!. ITEM DELTA: TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTINGS: < 1) 21/1045Z SEPT 59; (2) NIGHT. ITEM ECHO: LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: AIRBORNE OBSERVERS WERE 35NM SW OF NAHA AB OKI. GRGU~D OBSERVERS APPROX; 261150N-1273830 E IN CONTROL TOWER AT NAHA AB OKl o ITEM FOXTROT: IDENTIFYING INFO ON OBSERVERS: Cl ) NONE (2) STIMATED GOOD; MARTIN, HUBERT, CAPT., 16FI S, NAHA AS OKI.,PILOT, ~Ll~BILITY ESTIMATED GOOD; SMITH, JAMES,l/LT, 16 FIS~ NAH AB OKI., DT) RELIABILITY ESTIMATED GOOD; NIXON, JAMES Wo TSGT,1252D AACS, t~ AH4 AB OKI., CONTROL TO~ER OPERATOR, RELIABILITY ESTIMATED GOOD; DA~ ~O N, BOBBY G, TSGT.,l252D AACS, NAHA AB OKif ~ CONTROL TOIJJER OPE?~TnR, RELI~BILITY ESTIMATED GOOD. ITEM GOLF: WEATHER AND WINDS AT TIME""~n:. t>LACE OF SIGHTING: ( 1) SCATTERED CLOUDS, VISIBILITY. 7 MILES; THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST WITH LIGHTNING IN EASTH THRU SJUTHo (2) 15AWS, NAHA AB OK! WX RPT AS FOLLOWS: SURFACE;-030 16,000 FT: 350 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS; DEGREES AT.' 10 . NOTS.'<3) i 5 , 000 SCATTERED,'3000 CATTERED, AND 30,000 SCATTERED<4) 7-10 MILES (5) 1 ;59 4/8 (6) NONE, BUT TOWERING CUMULUS EAST THRU S OUTK ICH PROBABLY ACCOUNJED.FOR.OBSRVERS REPORTS OF LIGHTNING IN EAST THRU, THE SOUTH. ITEM HOTEL: ~0 UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OF-ANY TYPE. ITEM INDIA: NO INTERCEPTION ATTEMPED. ITEM JULIET: SEE ITEM CHARLIE<3). NO OTHER ACFT IN AREA. T.TEM KILO INTELL OFFICER, 51 FIW, THIS STAo BASED UPON REPORTS OF CB ERVERS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH OBJECT WAS OBSERVED-AS INDICATED ABOVE, THIS OFFICE IS CONVINCED THI\.J O&JECT OBSERVED WAS A tt!ETEOR .. ITEM LIMA: NO .PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AVA!l.$B(E THIS STATION.