P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 3. DATE i iME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERYATION Probably Balloon 0 Possi\>ly Balloon ~ Ground Vi suol C Air-Vi $Ual Gro und-Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 Pro bob I y Ai rcra h Air-Intercept Radar 0 Po ssi bl y Ai rcroft !ilx Was A stronomi col 0 Yos 0 Probably Astronomical 7. LENGiH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other ---:-- - 0 In suffi cl ent D<tto for Evalvoti on 10. BRIE!' SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. Rnd o"oj, several time s larger than the No.n 1:1 ,rta.r, bright white, approa ched v ery rapidly l c fl above h orizon, disintegrated just prior to reaching ov erhead. White obj d i sappeared aftei ;burs t of red fragments similar t o r oirAn candle . CO.'AMENTS a meteor . r . DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE S i AFr MESSAGE DIV ISION ., UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE I N C 0 w1 I N G ARC NOR DID LIGHT FROM BURSTING FRAGMENTS PERSIST PRN X FOXTROT FEW SECONDS X PARA. THREE MANNER OF OBSERVATION ALFA GROUND VISUAL X 8RAV0 JIEGATIV X CHARLIE NA PARA FOUR TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING ALFA ZZRO FOUl ONE SIX ZERO ZERO ZULU NOV FIVE NINE X BRAVO NIGHT X PARA OBSERVED OVER BAGHDAD PRN THREE THREE O~IE EIGHT N FOUR FOUR TWO SIX E PRN PARA SIX OBSERVER ATTACHE IRAQ PRN PILOT PRN PARA SEVEN WEATHER ALFA CLEAR NIGHT l~ IT H N 0 HAZE. BRA V 0 AVA I L ABLE WINDS ALOFT C L N 5 I X M ONE S I X Z ER 0 SLANT CNE fiVE CMM ONE ZERO M TWO FOUR ZERO SLANT ONE FIVE CMM ONE SIX :1 T'l/0 FOUR ZERO SLANT TWO ZERO C:1M TWO ZERO M TWO FOUR ZERO SLANTTHREr ZERO CMM THREE ZERO M TWO SIX ZERO SLANT FIVE FIVE X CHARLIE CLEAR DELTA TEN MILES X ECHO CLEAR X FOXTROT NEGATIVE X PARA EIGHT-UNKNOWN X PARA NINE NEGATIVE X PARA TEN UNKNOI,I}N X PARA ONE ONE COMMENTS OF REPORTING OFFICER CLN OBSERVER HAS SEEN r1ANY SHOOTING STARS DURING ONE FIVE YEARS OF FLYING SEt1ICLN MOST WERE ARCING FALLING OBJECTS WITH TERMINAL FRAGMENTING PREVIOUSLY UNOaSERVED X ENTIRELY POSSIBLE rHIS WAS SAME TYPE PHENOMENA ALTHO CLOSER AND WITH ARCING NOT-APPARENT DUE TO HEAD ON PATH X PARA ONE T'tJO N~GATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE c STAFf MESSAGE. DIVISIO N ' UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGe ACTION: CIN . RR RJEZHQ. DE .. RUQVUF 16 FM USAlRA IRAQ . TO CSAF / /COURTESY COPY--NOT INCLUDED AS ADDEE// COMDR-1127 FAG FT BELVOIR //PROTECTED// COMDR. ADC ENT AFB COLO //PROTECTED// COMDR ATIC WPAFB //PROTECTED// I IU N C L A S E F T 0/ /UNIFORM. THREE FIVE ZERO X UFOB PRN REF AFR TWO ZERO ZERO DASH TWO or ONE TWO AUG FIVE FOUR PRN PARA ONE DESCRIPTION OF. sUBJECT X ~LFA ROUND X BRAVO SEVERAL TIMES LARGER THAN tHE NORTH STAR X CHARLIE BRIGHT WHITE X DELTA ONE X ECHO NA X FOXTROT NEGATIV X GOLF NO TAIL OBSERVED SEt1ICLN OBJECT DISINTEGRATED ALMOST 6IRECTLY OVERHEAD x HOTEL. NEGATIVt X INDIA RELAT~VELY LOW CMM FAST MOVING CMM APPARENTLY PARALLEL TO EARTH AND . DIRECTLY TOWARD. OBSERVER x 'P'ARA TWO DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT . X ALFA WHILE SITTING ON FRONT PORCH FAST MOVING OBJECT' APPEARED APPROACHING ~EAD ON AB~E HOUSE ACROSS S!REET X BRAVO ELEVATION COULD NO.! BE: ESTr'MATED ALTHO IT APPROACHED RELATIVELY LOW ABOVE HO~IZON FROM AP~ROX ZERO SEVEN THRE.E DEGREES X CHARLIE OB,JECT DigZNTEGRATED JfJST PRIOR TO REACHING OVERHEAD POS:..trroo: X DELTA FLI~HT PATWSEEMED STR~IGHT AND PARALLEL TO. EARTH X ECHO WHITE JSC,Y DISAPJX"....ARED QU.{CKL:Y 'AFTER FAST DISAPPEARING BURST OF RED fRAGM.~NTS PR~ ~AS Sil'r.!LAR TO ROMAN CANDLE ALTHO THERE WAS NO VILIBLE