PROJECT 10073 RECOP';) CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wa1 Balloon 0 Pralaolaly Balloon 4. TYP! Ofl OIIIRVAT ~--------10 Po11llaly Balloon 3. DAT!TIMI OIIOUP fXO,.unti-YIIuel 0 GrountiAo4or 0 Wo1 Aircraft D Pro .. o .. ly Aircraft D Po 111 W y Aircraft 0 Wo1 Astronomical D I:X Pro .. olaly Astrono ... lcol Mateolt No 0 Po1slWy Astronolcol 7. LIMOTH Ofl OIIIIVATIOM I. MUM81R OP OBJICTI t. COURSI 0 Othor--------- 0 lnaufflcient Doto fer Evolvotlon Ofl IIOMTIMO 11. COMMENTS Probabl.7 a tire o Unlcnown DIPAITMINT 0' ITATI WAIHIN.TON IITERDEPARTNEITAL REFERENCE Major ll'iend Wriabt-Patteraoa Air Force June 7, 196o WRITER CJ HAS CJ HAS NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THIS REFERENCE The Pentagon referred me to you tor possible intormation with regard to telegram No. 33S troa the American Consulate General at Salisbury, which is attached. It wuld be appreciated i.t :you could advise me what q to make to the Consul James ck Green Pol1t1.cc tary Adviser Bureau or African Altai ra UNCLASSIFIED lleNATUitE O~'ICI Olt DIVISION Department o UNCLASSIFIED Clal/lcallon Control: 15747 FROM: Salisbury TO: Secretary ot State Headquarter RRAF in CONGEN unidentified flying object (UFO) aeen over Northern Rhodesia today May 20 by several observer including Civil. Aviation Department personnel. RRAF would appreciate any information available re identity. UFO described as follows: greenish colored, tennis-ball sized sphere travelling approximately 3,000 MPH from.SW toNE. Observed at 0355Z over Lusaka; 0358Z over Ndola, distance of 150 miles. UNCI.ASSIFIED Classification REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS PROHIBITED. U~LESS "UNCLASSIFIED" ''.r:FiCtAL FlLE COPY ~FCIN-482/Maj Friend/ar.c/69216/typed 16 J une 60 Hn1dent1t1ed Fl.71DI ObJect ( Rhodeaia) Department ot St-ate Polit.loo -Millta17 A-"lr Burea11 ot Uric& Waabln&tOD 2S. De C. te1e1raa IllS, traa the A&eriaan CcnsulatA , 8out.bem Rhodeaia. 2. The tion 1 17 11m1 J t-hentore, no poaltln conclusion can be reached. HoveYer, 1 t, ia the opinion ot the Aero apace Technical Center that the object nspcmaible tor this sighting waa a vary bright. meteor called a t1re 3. A fireball 1 defined aa a meteor as bright or brighter than -) rr.agnitude, bright. enough to cast, a. These meteors rr.ay appear white, blu., orange, pink or purple. Often a trail is left which alao be varicolored, or change color attar being le.ft. '.1'ra1la, when ueen in the clayt,ille, appear aa soke. Theee rrateore may ~ve cuned or irregular paths due to irregular ahapea, and a fluttering or whirrlnl noise naay be aa1ocia with them. A good per- centage ot t.heae burst at the end ot their path and r:Ja7 leave a cloud or aaoke which ~ a uni.fona17 or in a speciltc tion. \ en theae naeteora are heard or ae.n to explode thq are then 1cisntitled 4. The speed reported in the referenced message is far below that ot a thia rrJJ11 be due to errors 1n the t lmepiece c4 one or all ol the vlt.neaaea. 5. It a more c rebenaiva stud;( or thia caae is desirable, or required, t.t ia auggeeted that the tolloving 1nt t1on be forwarded to ATICt a. }laMa arwl/or position or all vitnesaes. b. Duration of sight t.ng. c. P ailing weather at time o! sight~. brightness or Object. e. Hov object disappeared. f. Ditl object l3avs a trail o~ ha,rs a tall? 6. For 70U1' t.tan, paragraph #15 ot AFB 2oo-2, dated 14 Septellber 1959, pella out tt. mtniauna 1ntona t,i on required b7 AT IC to insure an adequate ~al. len ot a report, ot an titled n71ng object,. JfiCHOI,AS PCIJt A'l~inl Deplt.7 Sclenoe and Coapont