US BAVAL ATTACBB PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS D Waa Balloon South Atrica a Proltoltl, Balloon ~3.-DA-T~I-~TI_M_,I...,.G~I~OU~,-------t- T~Y~, Ofi OI~S~I~It-.V~A~TI~O-.N---------1 a Poaal w, Bolloon roun.-au rounv .... , 0 P roltoltl' AI rcroft G~M~T D = AI~V~Iw_ol o_A_Ir_l_n_t_rc pt_A_o_d_o_r~O PaaaiWJ Alrcroft S. PHOTOS IX Woe Aatranoml col Meteor D Y M1t 0 ProltoWJ Aatronomlc..-- Ne """&1'7 . D PoaaiWJ Aatronomlcol 7. LINOTH OP OlllltVATION I. NUMIIIt OP OIJICTI t. COURSI D Othor , , - D Insufficient D fer Evoluetion ODe Dot SiTeD D Unlcnown 10. IRIIP OP IIGHTIMO ObJect iDS shootiDS star except 10-15 t wider, with trail obsexYed about noon at 8ooo :rt. Color ot obJect brill white as thoup ot burntns sium. Appeared to move slower shootiDg star. Appeared 30 above horizon anA disappeared 15 No direction ot obJect given althoush traveling toward Ocean. 1 1. COMMENTS Dlqt Color appears white and tail as saoke. DC fOR UCXHBl SPACE TRACK Lei HNBCOM FLD m:DFORD MASS CITE C128 QUOTEREfERNCE ,..,.A DASH T'JO FIVE ONE ONE X UNTIED SfATS ASST NAVAL ATTACHE . REI() THIS DATE !HE FOLLQWINC: SIGHTING WHICK OCCURJU:1) AT 0 0 TVO . ThlO LOCAL ~0 FIVE JUNE SIX 2F=RO OER 110F10Wti CMM IJNION OF SOUTH MRlCA crm N NE THREE S N SOtrm T'lO FO ll:RO S EAST CLN SIGittiNG "K~wjJ SHOOTING STAR ECEPr BAND iilllnl OF LIGHT WAS ok TO oit FIV:t-nME AS WIDE CMM COLOR WAS BRIIJ,IANT IDiltE RESEMBLING BURNINC --. PAGE TWO RJE2HQ 366 : IUM Cr1M APPEARED TO MOVE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SLO\IIR THAT A SHOOTING stAR CMM OBJECT APFARt:D APPROXIMATELY T~ z&o DEGREES AOOVE HORIZON CM11 DISAP1MED APJ:ROXlMATELY ONE FIVE DECREES ABOVE HORI CMM SMOKE TRAIL FOLLOWED OBJECT X SOURCE VAS J1.YIN; AT EIGHT 2E=RO ZERO 2RQ !I ON. A HEADINC: OF SIX 2ERO DEGREES X SOURCE VAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IMPACT AREA ~'HETHF.R ON LAND OR IN THE OCEAN CMM TRAJECTORY OF OBJECT OR DISTA~E FROM SOURCE X UN!ON DE)'ENC FORCE ADVISES THEY :HAVE' NO KNOTa1LEDCJ: OF OBJECT I~SPACTING IN SOUTH AFRICA X NO FURniEB INFOR:1AT10N AVZILABLE ntiS OFFlCl: C7/11t,72 JUL RJE2HQ Classification CanceUed (or c ed to