Pf~OJECT 10073 RECORD C.ARD 12. CONCLUSIONS '1. LOCATION 3. DAT~TIMc CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Balloon PrCJbably Balloon Pot:sioly Oolle>on Local ---------------0 Ground-Vi suul - 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Rodo r 0 Wa3 Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po ~siuly Aircraft ~ Was A~tronomicol Me~eor 0 Yos 0 Probably A stronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OF 09SERVATION 8. NUMBE?. OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other------------ 0 l n-;uffi cient Doto fo r Evaluation 10. BrtiE, SUM'-lARY OF SIGHTING Brilliant flas h at 5-6 tho u sand f eet. One observe r believed cnused by meteor. -ATIC F ORM Jl9 (RBV 26 SEP 52) The :flash, uas p r ub9.bl y the entry of a. meteor into the earth' G atmosphere where it broke up. TO !\TIC ~JPA;;: OHIO FOR ACTIO:; ;c OUOT.E F tl ;~;'\HAII.4;! AIHDFD!V T O CI!JCPAC!\7 1: ~.;c.~USTDC X CI CPI\C X CL~CPAC~LT TC::XT CI! VI S 1\EPO}~T X I-l-l~.OZ9 SIGHT.~D UtiiDZl~T!FIE:D OJJECT X X BHO!'E ATi!OSPHIR r1 I N BLINDI:lG FLt\SJ[ AT 2730N l.L!355:/ AT 11/1.3032: X l1- L;40::S COIJFIEf-15 SIGETING ALSO u~:O.uOTE '-1 I 1529 2 DEC P.J EZliQ I; fl l .l. O~PAkTMENl OF THE AIR FORCI ' ;;r AFF MESSAGE DIVISIO~ UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONAL D~llilliDIATE I NCL..A5SIFIED MESSAGI . :- INFO : . AR..l't1Y, .NAVY, JCS, OSD, NS.A, CIA_, CMC, OOP, . HAWAIIAN AIRDEFDIV COMUSJAEAN COFS USAF WASH DC CINCUSARP.AC COMUSKOHEA CINCPACFLT HAWSEAFRON .. . CIRVIS Evaluation for sightings by MATS T-10180 and MATS . T-44062. Both crews observed same falling object 15 seconds in clea r ~eather. T-180 saw blue object break into 3 pieces, no tail. T- 062 observed l o n g blue tail behind very bright object. Evalua ted as meteor J OTE .: Advance copy delivered OOP-CP and CIN. tJ'"NCLASSli' r a:n OPERATIONAL lltiMEDIATE OEPA~TMEN1 OF THE AIR FORCf ;r AH MESSAGE DfVISIO~'- J NCLA)SIFIED MESSAGt ( I NCOI~liNG OOP, OOP-CP,.ARMY, NAVYJ JCS, OSD, NSA_, CIA, CMC, ?RO~ : .HAWAIIAN AIRDEFDIV COMUSJAPAN C I)JCUSARPAC COMUSKOREA COtJfuSTDC CINCPACFLT HAWSEAFRQN CIRVIS Evaluation -CI~TIS Rept. Co-Pilot observed b righ t white ellumination beh ind clouds belo,., 8,000 ft.. Lasted 1 to 2 seconds no object vfs.ible -Ob~erver believes caused by Meteor. Evaluati o n - ~eter ent~f. Maj Paul Roberts D.I. Advance copy d elivered to OOP-CP