PROJECT 1C073 RECORD C.A.RD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 0 Wos Balloon 15 Oct 59 Dover AF3 Dela'..rare o ? robobly Balloon Local-----------~"<Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 P robobl y Aircraft 5. PHOTOS iS. SOURCE OX Wos Astronomical Veteor OYes 0 ProboblyAatronomicol 1. LENGTH Ofl OBSE~VATIOH 8. NUMBER Oil OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other:-------:------ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluatio n 14 sees one 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Of SIGHTING White fireball w/tail changing white to blue to blue-green. Tail a one to one and one-~ourth inches long as measured by holdiru a pea at ar.n's length. AT!C FOaM 329 (ltKV 21 SJU' 52) 11. COMMENTS Prcbably a meteor. CZCHQD798ZCYJES58 DE RJEDSB 51 FM COMDR 16~7 AIRTRANSWG DOVER AFB DEL TO RJ'IJF'AL/COMDR ADC. RJEZSN/CO~DR DET 3 26 AI~DIV RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC 2JEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF I~TL HQ USAF RJEZHQ/OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICE HW USAF l:{J~DAA/ COMDR MATS DCS PL I NTL DIV I NFO RUEPBL/ 1006 AISS FO!tT BELVOIR VA UNCLAS PLN 16-K-11 .~ UFO. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT: vHITE FIREaALL WITH TAIL CHANGING: JIHITE TO 7)73 50 ? )?3 GREEN <2) THE SIZE OF THE BALL WAS THAT COVERED BY ~ ?EA HELD BETWEEN THE FINGERS AT A~M'S LENGTH. TH~ SIZE Or THE TAIL WAS ONE TO ONE AND JNE-FOURTH INCHES LONG MEASUR~D J Y THE SAME M::THOD. 3) AS I~J SUBPARAGRAPH Cl) C7) AS IN PARAGRAPH <1) 8. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: ( 1) THE APPEARANCE OF A BRIGHT LIGHT I N THE SKY. (2) OBSE~VED ON A BEARING OF APPROXIMATELY 190 DSGR~ES, TRAVRSED AN ARC OF 45 DEG~EES TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AND DISAPPEARED ON A BEARING OF 145 DEGREES. APP~OXIMATE couqz QtiiP DEGREES. ALL BEAq IN GS AND HEAD! NGS MAGNET ! C. THE ELEVATION 4 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON OR JUTST ABOV2 SAME AS C2) ABOVE. FLIGHT PATH HORIZAONTAL WITH THE HbRIZON F~OM SITING TO DISAPPEARANCE. BEHIND THE E~ACTLY 14 FR Jtti 2301Z AND : :iJ 1 Z AND 59 SECONDS. : . MANNER OF OBSERVATION: C 1) 'l iSUAL. SITED FROM THE CONTROL TO~ER BY THE TO~ER C'1IEF' AND ANOTHER CONTROLLE:R. Page 2 of: 4 ) . T I~ C: AND DATE OF. SITING: < l) 15 OCT 59, .2301Z AND 45 SECONDS T O 59 SECONDS . <2 ) DUSK, CLEAR, GOOD VISIBILITY, F'Ui...L M00N RISING. :::. L JCAT ION OF OBSERVER< S): < 1) CONTROL TO~ER, ELEVATIOK APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET, . J J VER AF a, DEL. ? . ID:::NTIFY!NG .!~FORMAT ION ON OBSERVE::i< S): :1) T/SGT WILLIAM c. CARN, JR., AF'l4432231, 2016TH CS S~, DOVER AFS, DEL., TOWER CHIEF, 8 YEARSo EXPERIENCE, r.:O.JSIDE?i:ED EXTREMELY RELIABLE. P./2C JOHN D. OLIVE, SAME ORGANIZ.ATION, LOCAL/ SONT~OLLER, EXPERIENCE 3 MONTHS. SERVES ONLY AS SUBSTANTIATING 5GT CA s STATEMENT. ~. EATH~R AND WINDS ALOFT-CONDITIONS AT TIME AND.PLACE OF SITING: r 1) TJ'-1:::~ OBSERVER'S WEATHER-CLEAR, VISIBILITY C2 ) J~?ICIAL WEATHER REPORT: SURFACE WINDS CALM (5) 12, 0i'~ SCATTERED C7) IdVE~SifJN .4T 700 FT -1, 000 FT Or 4 DEGREES C TIGRADE AND SECOND INVERSION AT 5,000 FT 3 DEGREES C2~TIGRADE. SURFACE TEMPERATUriE 50 DEGREES FAHR2NHEIT~ ~. ~!NG PLANS AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, STANLEY J~ ASH, MAJO~, USAF. BECAUSE OF THE EXACT BEARINGS AVAILASLE FROM THE TO AND THE EXACT TirE AND FURATION OF THE SITING, AND 2SC SE OF THE LEVEL TRAJECTORY AT CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE, IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE SITING COULD aE POSSIBLY A MISSILE Or SJM E NATURE. ~I~IL 03JECT R~ HE SAME TI~E BY RADA~ STATION AT ?AUTE\~NT. ~6/2232Z OCT RJEDSB . lnformation Only) Maysville, Kentucky c .i)J ;:cT F:-s:1klia, Obio N or L~:agley A.VD, V1rgij1irJ. Republic ot KOrea Gr~a. t Hills, ~.aryl:ud Near Cart~gesa, Col~bi~ Plaiaville, Y.aas D.t.yte:a, Ohio At1~t1c Oceaa E ot Virgiai~ Warsav, Nev York Olcott, N~ York Presc~tt, Ari~aaa l.ori!ig AF3, Ft Fairfield, ~!a:!.!le . M111 tary (PHoro/Nlt) N~ti~Ial AirliD~ Easter1 Airli~es Columbia:. Navy Carsvell GCI Site, tA.ai2~ ~J:E ~tlt6 Military (RADAR) sti~ld, Pe&2sylr.Laia M5bi1e, .Uab'" Ta.cca, G!!-rsia P1citic (Wake -Hswaii) Oz:aaa, T~n tr~'-' Z~gla.ad State & Atl2.:a-;.ic Vc~.:1dalia,. Obio rr K,2ml.t.P1 British -:Glui:ia, Dayte., Ohie Ca2ada M111t&rJ EV.\Ltl-'.TIC:Y A3 tro ( STA:~S/P!.A!f;JW3) Oth~r (HO ) I Astro (~) I I2au!ticiest Data !naufticie~t Data UNIDiM'l7IS:h Astra MftmR) Other INVlRSIO~ ~L Aatr VDUS) I :Usutficiest Da.ta 1 Iniufficie~t DATA , Aatro (~R) Attro (~S1'10R) Ot~er (I~ F.\IJ.) A$tro {MS"!':X)R) Astr~ {VE?rus.). Other (:aALLOO~f 1\CC~: Astro (M::rEOR) I~3uff1c1 t D6ta }.a tr& ( M:.TEcm) -~J ::i...L.L ::\r-{)RT!ID SIGRTINGS (NOT CASES) - U:21vers'! Mt Gvai~a Ra.age, r!~.r ?;i2ea !Jla ;Ugeles, Calit.,z-:e.a H3~g xa , Chi Scie2ce N~s Ltr Nevscl1ppi2g Ne.i'scl ippillg SVALUAT!ON