OATEil GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Castorville, Texas 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XI ~T~'bdc !ls 0 GroundRodor 12. CONCLUSIONS Wos Bolloon Probably BaJioon Possi Dly Balloon 'Nos Aircraft Pro bob I y Aircraft 0 AI~ Vi suol 0 Airlntercept Rador Po ssi bl y Ai reroft s. PHOT'OS Milita~ & Civilian 7. LENGTH 0,. OBSI!RVATIOH a. NUMBER Ofl OI!SJECTS 10. BRI!II SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Orange fire colored, cigar shaped obj, size of grapefruit w/feathe~ edges . Cbj was orientated ~ertically & moved vert slowlyl t oward horizon. vertically / ATtC POJUI 329 (R.CV :26 SaP 52) 11. COMMENTS Probably an the rays of Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Prob C 1 oud Insufficient Oato for Evaluation isolated cloud g lowing the setting sUD. :ISAPPC:A~ED SLO'.aJLY I~JTO HORIZON; (6) 20 ff,!NUTES. PARA C, C l) GROUND 'i I~LTAL; (2) 7 X 35 3USHNELL CENTER FOCUS BINOCULARS: C3) N/ A. ~8 55 W, 4 MILES WSW OF CASTROVILLE, TEX. PARA F, C 1) RANDOLPH VILLAGE, RANDOLPH AFa, TEX. ~AINTENANCE CHIEF, RANDOLPH ArB, TEX. OBSERVEHS CO_NSIDERED RELIABLE; (2) N/A. PARA G, C 1) OBSERVeRS STATE THAT' WEATHER WAS CLEAR; C2) KELLY AFB A!JJS REPORTING SUHFACE 000 FT ~EGATIVE; C3) NEGATIVE CEI LING; C4) KELLY AFB AWS REPORTING 15 ~ILES VISIBILITY AND (5) 3500 FT SCAT1ERED; <6) NEGATIVE THUNDERSTORMS; C7) TEMP GRADIENT, ONE DEGREE/1000 FT TO 1000 FT, DEG~E;ES/100il ~T ABOVE 1000 FT. PARA H, NEGATIVE. PARA I,,. NEGAT!'/E. PARA J, NEGATIVE. PARA K, STAFF OFFICER IN WING OPS S~CTION, 3510 FLYT::<Ati}G, RANDOLPH AFB IS PREPARING OFFICER. CJ ENTS. OBSERVERS ARE SINCERE, I NTELLIGENT AND STABLE. LACAL ArB TO'.vERS, AC&'v GCI AT LACXLAND AFB, AND SAN ANTONI O CENTER RADAR .4ITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. PRELH'!INARY ANALYSIS iiEVEALS NO P~J3ABLE CAUSE OF SIGHTING. PARA L, NEGATIVE. 15/2~38Z OCT RJ WFDL Page 2 of 2 Pages UFO ANALYSI S SHEET Location C A "S t 'fl.o u a L...c... Astronomical Pb.enomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Natural Fb.emomena (Ball Lightning, etc) Aireratt, Balloons, Airships, etc fd,,._,~.s.s L.