PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Ylos Balloon Probably Balloon of St Uto.h Po ssi ol y Boll oon OATETIME GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION C.: Ground Vi suol D Ground-R odor D Wos Aircraft IIX F' 1obobl y Ai rc roft GMT 02'12Z to 0 Ai ... Visuol 0 Airl11tercept Radar 0 Possibl y Aircraft Was Astro nomical 0 P robably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical f";jy i l io::n 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENT$ Const a.nt bright vrhite F-.cobably an o./c anti- colli s i on light large a.-j.c . Estw.ated about 60 to 8o th01.l3~1nd alt traveling v ery f u:;t. ATIC PORM 329 (RIIV 21 S&P 52) OEPARTIAENT OF T~E AIR F::{ -E ST A rF MESSAGE OIVISIO~ Sf; & CZC HQD 177ZCQJA 721 A F' 8 CAL IF' WRIGhT .. PATTERSON AF'B OHIO OBJECT I ( S) ( 1) SHAPE EXHAUST, . CR OSSEO OVER T\~ 0 f-1 UL I TIME or:sfGHTING JET AIRCRAFT ZCZCSQP~3ZVCZCSQF927ZCBAW744 ZOV ROEDBA ZCBAW575ZCWYX080 FO/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO UNCALS FR FLT SVC 29 Jal ACTION ATIC UR MSG AFCIN 4E4G DTG 24144-Z THE SIZE OF OBJECT WAS 'ESTIMATED TO BE THE SIZE OF A LAGRE ACFT. IN PAR l SJ THE WORK SHOULD READ APPEARED PRT APPEARED. FLT SVC WAS UNALBE TO ~DENTIFY THE 2 JETS IN FLT AND NO UNUSUAL SIGHTING$ WERE REPORTED BY ANY ACFT IN THIS AREA. DR THAT THE SECOND JET WAS FIVE TO TEN MILES IN TRAIL OF FIRST JET AND THE OBJECT C~ISSED OVER AND ABOVE THE SECOND JET. THERFORE IS IS UNLIKELY THAT THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVUt BY PERSONNEL ABORv THE JEfT SRFFSC 29/17352 SEP ROEDBA OEPARTMEl-H OF THE AIR Fr "':E l ' STAFF MESSAGE OIVISIO~ UNCLASSIFI }.'IE&;AG: I .N.C a 'MI N G PAGE T\1! 0 R 0\vZ BG 12 OA B oEscRIPTION oF~couR.sE or osJECT<S): .~.:,'Ql)J,~ .. w HAT FORST , C~LLED \;THE~ 1\ TENT I ON OF OBSERVER< S), T 0 J HE OBJECT ( S) ? :~. 'INTENSE \~HtTE.LIGHT c2) A~lGLE .. ORELEVATION AND ,AZHWTH Or OBJE.CT(S) .. ; .. \V HEN F'I R ST OBSERVED o . A BOLJf 'C3)''.ANGLE OR ELEVATION AND AZ.HllJTH OF OBJEDT<S) UPON DI SAPPEARANCEo 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZONo , .. A-BOUT' 30 DEGREES ,'ON HORIZON (4) DESCRIPf ION OF FLIGHT PATH AND MArJEUVERS f.;!:: .. OF. OBJECT< S) .~)~CROSSED EAST T 0 WEST VERY HIGH AND FAS., <5) HOt4 DID Tr~fiE.:f'oBJECT('s> .,DISAPPEAR? < INSTANTANEOUSlY T O THE NORTH ETC) j:.osr SIGHT .. OF: L,lGHr TO THE WES'fo (6) HOW LONG y/AS THE OBJECTCS) .. - VISI.BLE?, 'CBE~7.SPEGIFIC, 5 .. MINVIES, 1 HOUR, :ETC. ) F Offi TO FIVE t'llf1UTESo <: t> USE ONE OR A NY .,.COM 81 NAJ" I 0:-1 OF HE r OLL OWING IT EMS: GROUND-VISUAL, :')',;~"GROUND. ELECTRONIC, AIR 'ELECTRO~ICo (If ELECTRONI C, SPECifY. TYPE: .. -.> f0 Rt(DAR{}~';; GR"61JND ,VISUAL .. BY '1 0 AD lL T So. <2) STATEMENT AS T 0 0 Pf I CAL . :~ins:~,<TELESCO'P.fs~ BINOCULARS, AND SO 'F'ORTH)'USED AND DESCRIPTION THEREOF :; &'ONE < 3) IF'. THE~ SIGHTING IS MADE' WHILE AIR BORNE, . GIVE TYPE Or AIR CRAFT tc:D . ..,Z L1. U. T.IME'.:DATE GROUP Or SIGiff Ii~Go 0230 TO 0300Z 23 SEPr 1 '(2} LIGHT CONDIT .. ~o.~s; <.USE ONE Of THE fOLLOWING TERMS: NIGHT, DAY, DEPART!I\ENT OF -:HE A IR F:(>--E 1\ESSAG: DIVISIO-\.. J N CLASSirltD .... ~SSA<..: PAGE T h'i~ R OWZ BG 12 OA JA'iJ~, DUSK) o AFTER DUSK APPROACHH~G !HG}{f Eo L OCAT IOI'J OF OBSERVER< S) : ~ EIGHT rt.ILES EAS OF ST, GEORGE UTA H ON RIO VIRGI N R IVER F o LIDE?JT IFYING INFOR~lAT I ON. ON OBSERVER< S): < u CIVILIAN-NAME, AGE, NAILING ADDRESS, OCCUPATI001, A.lD ESTIMATE OF RELIABII ITYo ORo 28) ST o GEORGE, CTOR AND ALSO P ILOTo RELIABLE A>JD 10 OTHERS~ (2) ti:ILITARY-- ~At1E. GRADE, ORGANIZ ATION, DUTY, Arm ESTI~ATE OF RELIABILITYo :-.J/A G., WEATrER A~JD t;Jl~DS-ALO FT CONDITim lS AT TitlE MlD PLACE OF SIGHTINGS : ( 1) 08SERVERCS) ACCOU~lT OF WEATHER COND I T ICtiSu EXCELLE:JT \~ATHER t.2) P.EPCHT FROt'l NEAREST A'.4S OR U.>S., '1/EATJ-iER BURZAU OFFICE Of t4.IND D IRECT I mJ AND VEL OCITY IN DEGREES AiiD K.lOTS AT SUR FACE, 6 , 000, V IST BILITYoN 15 PLUS <CEDAR CI T '() (5) AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER, NONE (6) THU~l!:>ERSTORMS I~ AREA A.JD ';JUADRANT I N t~HICH LOCATEDo NO~E A ST;:{ ON 0~ I CAL, OR OHER'.JISE, \~HICH r1IGHT ACCOU~JT FJR T hl: SIGHTHJG, NONE DEPARTuiENT OF .THE A!R '7"'"CE ST A .:r: MESSAGe DIVISICA_ JNCLASSJFIEO McS.lAG! I ~ l C G .. fYI I i' I G R QI..JZ BG 12 OA I., INTERCEPTION OR IDENTICATION ACTION ATAKE:.lCSUCH ACiml ~lP1Y BE TAlC~ri '.HIE~JE:VER FEASIBLE', COl~PLYHJG IiliTH EXISTING AIR DEFENSE DIRECTIVES ) o Jo LOCATION, APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE, AND GENERAL DIRECTION OF FLIGH1 OF ANY AIR TRAFFIC IN Tr:E AREA AT TH1E FOR SIGHTINGo Tv.'O MUL o ' ENGINE JEf AIRCRAFT o OBJECT APPROVED TO CROSS DIRECTLY OVE:R SECOND JET I N K., POSITIO~J TITLE A~lD COt~;t:J~JTS OG THE PREPARING OFFICER7 INCLUDI~JG PRf:i...I:'li:MRY AtMLYSIS OF THE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTINGCS)o OPE:RATIOtJS OFF ICER HA~1ILlmJ FLIGifr SERVICEv REP:JRT SEEMS RELIABLE CAUSE u;mET~Ri~L'JEi.J L. EY.ISENCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDLlCE, SUCH AS MATERIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 23/0B 13Z SEP RG z EG SECURITY CL.ASSIFI~ J OINT MESSAGEFORM UNai .ASSIFI ED SPACE BELOW RESE:<VED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER J:~;v,qc/0 G<tL PRECE DENCE TYPE MSG (Cheek) ACC<!lUN T I NG ORIG. OR REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION R EFERENCE ACTION ROlll'INE B<DOK MUL.TI S INOL.E AF FLT SVC 06 UNCLAS SPECIAL. INSTRUCTIONS ATI C W-P AFB HAMILTON AFB , CALIF /UNCIAS/FROM: AT'IN 19 0 2D AACS, YOOR :r<JSG b' LT SVC THE FOU..O'.viNG IS REQUIRED TO FOR-I A. VALID COl'-CLUSION CONCERNING THE REPORTED INCIDENr. WAS THE SIZE OF OBJ/HEFORTED AN EST.Ii.VIATE OF '!HE ACTUAL S I Z.E, OR APPARENT SI ZE? IN PAR 15 j OF .tv5G, THE STA.T1F..Nl' IS MADE 0BJ APPROVED TO CROSS DIRECTLY OVER s:mm.iD JEr IN TRAIL OF FIRST -PLEASE EXPlAIN. IF 'lliE LIGHT WAS AS L'll'ENSE AS REPORTED, 'lliE TWO ACFT SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT. REQ. THIS BE CHFI;KED OUT. COORDINATIO~ : ~ f!!.bf,UJfr~ - .AFCIN-4E ~ I DATE T I ME MONT H YEA R S I G N ATURE _/ AFCL~-4E4g TYPED (6F stnmped) NAME AND TITLE , -~ J or Rober t J. -li'riend SECURITY CLASSIFICATION UNO I.A.SSI:E'IID REPLACES DO FORM 173, 1 OCT AS, WHICH WIL.L B E USED U NTIL. EXHAUSTED