PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possii>ly Balloon 0 Ground VI suo I GroundRodor 0 Was Aircraft Probably Ai r croft :~Air-Visual 0 Alrlntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Civili a n Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OX Insufficient Dcrto for Evaluation r;n r G on e BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING glOi-r v/vc r t icul dis::tppeu t o l ir.ri. t '~cl info rpt<l, l~h~ /3b.eb. ~onr.lu::;i0n _en. "lot be rcacheci. ATIC PORW S2t (JtEV 21 SaP 52) ':'':PAR-MENT THE AIR FOi(J~ . J',l ~SAG~ DIVl~!O:'-l UNCLAS.i!tiED AESS:AGE ZCZCHQ8669ZCBJA104 USCG' GRNC QUOTE FROM 0230Z .. OBSERVED FROM SOUTH delivere d t o ,,r}A fROM NEW YORK TO PA~lS SAID TODAY THEY SIGHTED LAST NIGHT A~MYSTERIOUS ~ LUMINOUS OBJECT THAT APPEARED TO BE A "HIGH ALTITUDE ROCKET BURNING k r I TSEU-OUT ABOVE. THE ATMOSPHERE." . . .. . THE CREW MEMBERS TOLD UNl TED PRESS INTERNATIONAL THEY SAt AN OBJECT AT EXTREMELY HIGH ALTITUDE TRAVELING "fROM SOUTH TO NORTH AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A VERTICAL SHAFT OF LIGHT TRAVERSING IT." THEY SAID THE SIGHTING TOOK PLACE AT 11 P.M. OVER THE EAST COAST_OF LABROADOR. THE CREW-MEMBERS SAID THEY DID NOT WANT TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES FOR fEAR THEY MIGHT BE MISTAKEN FOR "PUBLICITY SEEKERS" BUT A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE PAN AMERICAN OFFICES IN PARIS SAID THEY WERE ABOARD FLIGHT 114 FROM NEW YORK UNDER COMMAND OF CAPT. HOWARD CONE. THE CREW SAin THEIR IMPRESSION WAS THAT THE OBJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LAST STAGE OF A ROCKET THAT HAD LEFT THE ATMOSPHERE AND THAT ITS MOVEMENT MIGHT BE DUE TO THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH THEY SAl D IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A COMET, SINCE IT WOULD HAVE HAD A TAIL OF LIGHT STRETCHING BEHIND IT INSTEAD OF PERPENDICULAR TO ITS FLIGHT PATH QCS! 6 ZCZJ A939 CO RJEZHQ DE RJENF'X 2 A , OEPART.MNT OF THE AIR F:)RCE ST A r '1\ES.)AG:: DIVISIO( ' ,NCLA!>!' 'ItO -\cS5AGc \,_ ~ .'~ FM 64TH NDccPE?PERELL AFB NFLD vFAL/COMDR ADC RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC RJ EZHQ/ ASST CHIEF Or STAFF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF RjEZHQ/OFF'ICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES HEADQUARTERS USAF RFEMVB/AIR OFFICER COMMANDING ADC HQ /UNCLASSIFIED/64TH NDCC 0 0130 ATTN: DEFCOPCINT. NEGAT-I\l Eo REDISH GL0111o JKNOWN ... / ~J.:: GAT IV E DEPART. ,\ENT O F. THE AI~ F JRCE Nl~AS)=tw ~fS5Au( PAGE T'.Y 0 RJENFX 2 A B, <DPNORMAL OBSERVATION < 3 ) UNKNOWN. ~ NORTH TO SOUTH INSTANT ANI OUSL Y, TO SOUTH 30 SECONDS <1) AIR, VISUAL (3) AI RBORNE,PAN AMERICAN CL IPPER 114, ALTITUDE 000 FEET, HEADING, EAST, GOOSE BAY TO LONDON~ NORTH, 5800 CD UNKNOWN <D 5il000 BROKEN, .VIS 20 MitESo (2) 340 AT 9 SURFACE DEPART \cr-IT OF-THE A!~ FJRCE ST A ;: .'-IES:)AG.": DIViSIO( . ' JNCAS.!.. FitD y\cSSAG; PAGE THREE RJENF'X 2 A ~.CAPTo Co BASON SENIOR CONTROLLER 64TH NDCC, NO COMMENTo L,. NONE 2~l061 OZ SE? RjENFX ~ ; ~!')~ : A.dvsr.oe ... copy P::tge ::) o.e 3 Pages . T delivered. to CIN.