PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION~ a Wos Balloon 28 Oct 59 Ozona, Te~.as a P robably Balloon ssi;,! Y Boll aon -----------~G ..Jv 1 a G d R d a Was Aircraft ~ rouna-tsua roun a or 0 Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ~ Was AstYOnomicol Venus C Yes 0 Prabobty Aatronomical =t2'No Civilian & fllilitary 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. LeNGTH 0' OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER 0' OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_---~- :----- 10. BAIIJI SUMMARY OJI SIGHTING Silver & red obJ w/t~o red proJections erved for 7 hr3. Azimuth & elevs thru surveryors transit. Visual sighting w/ binoculars. T-33 vectored to area without identi!'ication. 0 Insufficient Data lor Evoluotio 0 Unlcnown J 1. COMMENTS Positions correspond to location of Venus during the sightiog. ~ O!PAUMINT 0,. nt! AJI FOitC! . STAI'r MISSAGE CIVJSlOtf .. -- ACTION: em (29 oct 59) R/N/wgs F N 7320 ACWR ON OZONA AF S TEX TO RJEDSbYWRIGHr PATTERSON AfB OHIO R JEZ HQI H t;) USAF R JEZ H~ SECRETARY ~JWFAL/ H~ ADC ?. JWF HW/ 330 A IRD IV OPS 271. ATTN: ~OR NECESSARY ~.CT ION. SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED Fl. YING OBJECT. M. 1. SPHERE OR OVOID 2. ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PINHEAD AT ARMS LENGTH. MEASURED S I ZE S HO',VED IT SUBTENDED ONE MIN lifE OF ARC. 3. SILVER AND RED 6. OBJECT APPEARED TO ~AVE TWO (2) RED PROJECTIONS. C.Mf.M!Nf 0' TH! All fORC! PAGE TWO RJWF' HW H 10 3 . 1. A PHONE CALL fRCltl IN MZ uNA TEXAS WHO STATED ~ SAW THE OBJECT AT A PPROX IMATEL Y FIFTEEN HU;-.JDRED < 15 OOZ) Z lL U T 0 THE R 1 G HT OF THE MOON. WM AT 1700Z AZIMUTH APPROXIMATELY 210 DEGREES MAGNETIC, ~LEVATIO~ APPROXIMATELY.~BO DEGREES FROM HOROZONTAL. AT i 915Z, ELEVATION 31,7 DEGREEES VERTICAL, AZIMUTH AT THIS TIME 2 55,10 DEGREES. 3. AT 19302 AZIMUTH WAS 257.15 DEGREES ELEVATION 29.10 DEGREES VERT !CAL. 4. MOVING APPROXIMATELX WITH T} MOON AND GOING SLIGHTLY ASTER T J-ltlN IT. 5. At 2000Z OBJECT WAS STILL VI SIBLE. 6, OBKECT WAS VISIBLE FROM APPROXIMATELY 1300Z AND WAS LAST : I G liTE D AT 2 0 0 OZ ~" 1. GROUND VISUAL AND AIR VISUAL WM BINOCULARS AND A KEUF'FEL AND ESSER SURVEYOR'S TRANSIT, ? JTH OF SEVEN (7) POWER. 3 . TAEE AF' 14424 30,000 FEET, 15 0 DEGREEE, 300 KNOTS, WEBB 3 g e 2 of 4 pages ~ A GE T HREE R JW F HW H 1 0 A I R FORCE BASE TEXAS. . E. 1. SIX ( 6) MILES EAST OZONA TEXAS 100.50 DEGREES WEST DEGREES .N ORT H. . :J .. AGE 64, az ONA TEXAS, . RELA I BIL IT Y: FAIR. OZONA, TEXAS. , TEXAS VEOR1YSICAL SERVICE; RELIABILITY: EXCELLE~J! I~ SURVEY MEASUREMENTS; OTHERWISE: GOOD. ILOT TRAINING GROUP, WEBB AIR F ORCE 2 ASE, TEXAS, PILOT, T-:3 RELIABILITY: EXCELLENT. JZ uNA AFS, TEXAS, ERAT I ON 5 OFFICER. REL lAB IL IT Y: EXCELLENT. SUPA.. Y OrFICER, ~:::L IA B IL IT Y: . EXCELLENT. ASSISTANT -NCOIC OPERATIONS, :; C:LA I BIL IT Y: EXCELLENT. REL IABIL IT Y: EXCELLENT ~'3. g e 3 of 4 pages , SQUADRON TRAINING A CP 11tlo#A-f010 ;-;:t MfSS,\GI OMSQN 0 Mo J N. G ..:3 JECT SHOWS MANY CHARACTERISTICS RESEMBLING THAT OF A BALLOON. JRE DETAILED ANALYSIS AND OBSERVERS REPJRTS WILL BE F~RWARDED .. P QN RE QUE ST. . j J 23 15 Z CCT RJWF h'W H J3e 4 of 4 pages