PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA~D 12. CONCL USIONS 0 Wos Balloon 1. OATE ~ L OCATION OATETIME r;qOUP 0 Was Aircraft i 18 m1 NNE Terre Haute, Indiana o P robably Balloon Po s s i ~I y Boll oon 0 Ground Vi :;uol a p rob obi y Ai raah s s i bl Y Ai rc:roft 0 Gro-.~ndRodar 6. SOURCE l:l< Wos Astronomical ~teor 0 P robably Ast.....,cm-tomicol 1. LENGTH 01' OIUERVATIOH 8. HUMBER OJI OSJECTS 10. BAll!!' SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Rnd green light descending rapidly. In sight l~ss than one sec. ObJ hazy around the edges . Like a flashlight shiniD8 th-'r"\.1 a green f og, or a grgen flare thru overca 3t. ATIC: JPOUI 329 (liP 26 SU S2) descending 11. COMMENTS 0 P ossibly Astroftomicol 0 Insufficient 0Gto for Evaluation 0 Unknown Characte: i st i c s of met~or sighting present and ca s e i s ~valuated a s '.CTI O:r : CIN ZCZCHQD378 ZCY JD769 DE RJED~JU 1 09 FM CHANUTE TECH TNG CEN ATC ILL . ' TO RJ\~F AL/ ADC ?.JEDAH/37TH ADIV DEF ~JEDSQ/HQ USAF AFCIN . ~JEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS UNCLASSIFIED FROM 6-K~K OD 1 REPORT OF UFO IN ACCORDANCE A (1) ROU~D C3) GREEN LIG~T C 8 ) NONE MENT OF THE AlR F.Q:tCE AFF MESSAGE DIVISiON C9) DISTINCTLY ROUNDo HAZY AROUND THE EDGES. ~IKE A FLASHLIGHT THROUGH :FOG OR A GREEN FLARE THROUGH AN OVERCAST 2< 1) LIGHT AND THE MOTION (2) 20 DEGREES ABOVE DEAD AHEAD (3) LEVEL-FIVE DEGREES LEFT (4) ALMOst. VERTICAL 001 <5> DISAPPEARED INSTANTANEOUSLY (6) ONE SE~OND ~ 18 MILES NNE OF TERRA HAUTE, INDIANA C2) CAPT BROOKS, KENNETH D. A0-2080094, FLYING I N THE FRONT COCKPIT. STUDENT I N AIRCRAFT MAINT~NANCE OFFICERS COURSEo RELIABILITY VERY GOOD. l..,T KlMr1ERLY, JOHN 111. A0- 3058.374, fLYING . I\J THE REAR COCKPIT.' STUDENT I N AIRCRAFT . Page 2 of 3 MAINTENANCE OFFICERS MENT Of THE AIR FORCE AFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCl.ASSIFIEO MESSAGe COURSE. RELIABILITY VERY GOOD. C-<1> 10,000 FEET, THIN BROKEN, 8 MILES, I.JIND NORTH 4, 0200Z OBSERVATI ON FROM TERRE HAUTE. . . fORECASTERS ESTIMATE AT 80,000 FT 2 60/35 (3) lO,OOOFEET THIN BROKEN C 5) 6 TNETHS T 0 8 TENTHS <7) PEORIA, ILLINOIS SOUNDING-TEMPERATURE GRADIENT NORMAL, SUBSIDENCE INVERSION 6500FT TO 8 , 000 FT, TEMPERATURE AT 6 ,.000 FT', MINUS ONE. DEGREE CENTIGRADE. K CAPTo ROBERT C. WILLIAMS, 44841A, T-33 STANDARDIZATION OFFICER, 3345TH AIR BASE GROUP, CHANUTE AFB. NO COMMENTS 14/22462 OCT RJEDNU : Pa g e 3 of 3 Jerr1al Do ~7885 Place ~ 1.~ Idles north o~ BUr ~--t . ---:. ,. . lSOkt Weather condit1ona ... actt vaa 1D a clear alq vitJl haZe a boTe-them 1D ehape haz;y looking proably due to -:" ...- the h.aae aboYe them.. Waa seeD claoeDdins dee4 ahead OD B .heading fi loo-about .30 deBiees a~ down horz. The object deceDded quite \: raptd17. comins down ~ .,_. right to ltt. '1'he tow time or sigh tiDg laatecl lesa thaD ou (1) con5. It also could haft lookad llka a co-.z-lcal searcla 11pt 1 t vae broad aDd hZJ aromcr ~he e4se but 110 cloud deck . CAFT. KI(NNJfl'B D. BRRO!S J.ft ~ CSOOSl 3.345 teoh achool Chanute A.7 B. , IlliDoi there wae a oo-pUot lld he ~lao aigh~4 the object but vaa meble he ha4 alreeclt l:eft 4ue 'to " teat he had to tala ~arl:f iD the :noming Capt. K. B. Brooa stated he W'Oul.d contact hi 3+. .1ome and haTe him lee~ h1a l=Uot 1nt'oz'lD8tioD et the dispatcher deat:'