Vicinitybiggsafb Texas — July 1960

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Keywords: biggs, cited, regulation, trail, iicordcard, datitiiiioicmit, lojely, reseablidi, glowius, report1di, durtda, s18ht1jiis, d1s1dte, uehzd, visony, zfei1et, zuglatiot, dzsvcided, ieatherd, cellei, 1oooo, 1so1os, ilingi, nility, eichty
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IICORDCARD I. DATITIIIIOICMit a AI.-YI ... 11. CONCLUIIONI 7. LIMOTH OP OIIIIVATION L NUMIIR OP OIJICTI t. COURII a 10. IRIIP OP IIOMTINO ob3ects size ot a baseball 1D t ion loJely reseabliDI a diamond 1D ir~ trail about tvice as lons as UFO. Color ot rail w's k red e~oz~ to the object a ite glowius neon a~ea:a.oae as trail extended. ~3t prior to instao~aneous disappearance obJe eared t .o separate. I I. COMMINTI a lnaufflclent o ... ,., lvlu.tlon Tbe report1DI ott1cer stated tbat he ... several meteor trails durtDa his invest pt1on sbortl.y atter the s18ht1JIIs. ~ witnesses probably sav a Mteor ill its first stages of d1s1Dte~at1on. CO::!;I UEHZD H~LIA~LE ~y ~UPZl-~VISOnY PZI!SCtH~EL. ~ZFEI1Et\CE P,'\!./. 15G OF CIT~iJ ~.ZUGLATIOt;a (1) l\LL OBSEf~VERS DZSVCIDED ~iEATHERD AS CLEf\~: v1ITH z:;~cELLEI!T VISI~ILITY. C ~> SUHFACE Wir;us 140/05. ~ooo-140/os. 1oooo-1so1os. 1~ooo-1~o11s. ~oooo-3~otos. soooo- lS0/05. (3) c::ILINGI 8000 FF.ET HIGH SCATTERED . (4) TWENTY HILES VIS!niLITY. (5) NOT APPLICABLE. (~) NOT APPLICABLE. C7) TE~1PEI~l\TUl~E EICHTY SEVEN DEGREES FAHR!(JHEIT. REFERENCE PARA 15H 151, 1.5J: NONE. E:2FEHEt~CZ PARA 151\ OF CITED REGULATION. HAJOR JAI1ES . AMIS, SSTH DCOIO, BIGGS AFB TEXAS. THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM OBSERVERS APPEARS TO BE REASONABLY RELIABLE AND TH~ . It\Cl~2NTS APPARENnY OCCURRED AS REPORTED. POSITIVE EVIDE~CE IS LACK I ::G TO COrlF I F:t~1 TH~ REPOHT THE I NVESTI GAT! NG OFFICER viAS PHESE: T SHOHTLY AiT:::h T!iE OESERVATICtlS ~iERE NADE. NON~ OF THE UFO'S HEl:E ca~El~VED BY ..... I~: VEST I GAT I~ G SEVE HAL t1ETEOi: TRAILY I:.: v:::s TI GA TI :\G cour.sE OF THE PAG FOUi: RJ:BBG 50C Ii\V:::STI C:P~TIOr:. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SI GHTI NGS AS REPOHTED HAY H.~VE cccu:~EE~ AS A PECULIAR HETEOHITE DISir:TEGHATIO~I. I'O SUBSTA~;T IATIO:: o::: CO !~NATION Of THIS SIGHTING AVAILABLZ .!="ROt1 OTHEr\ 05/~314Z JUL I~J~DBG l\LL I TH:: VICl(\lTY OF THE ACTIVE i~U[JwAY or; HHICH A T-33 tU\S I~.".l\1::,; ITS Tt\K~o;; IiOLL. SOUt~DS OF UFO COULD .HAVE 13E ! NAS!~::D BY .~ll.C:.t.FT ::OISE. UFO FOnt:ATICt: APPEAH!D TC S!:PATihTE A::D DISAPPEAF. .'\~ THE T-33 CCNPLETED ITY TAKEOFF 1\IlD B~CAt1E AIRBOi~NE. B~FF.RZNCS PAf~A 15il OF CITED REGULATION: ( 1> TWO OBSERV!ES t~OT:!:D UFO DUE TO Tl~AIL LZFT BY THE OBJECTS. ONE 013SERVEH HAD HIS ATTENTION DIRECTED TO TH:: AREA BY THE I~U1EDIATE P.ADIO CALL ~lADE BY THE FIRST THO OBSEHVEHS. C ~) ELEVATION WHEt: FIRST OBSERVED \1AS AP?ROXINATELY SEVE~:TY DEGREES BY ALL OBSERVERS. (J) ELEVATION HENAINED AT APPROVIt1ATELY SEVEI':TY DEGREES DURir~G THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF ODS~R- VATIC:;. (4) UFO OBJECTS APPEARED TO MOVE IN NOHTH~JEST!!:RLY TO SOUTH:ASTEl!LY FLIGHT PATH. JUST PRIOR TC THE UFO DISAPPEARAt!CE TEE CE>JECTS ftPPE/\!~ZD TO SEPARAT. ( 5) UFO OBJECTS APPEAHED TO DISA?PZAH Ir~STA::TAi~ZOUSLY TOWAHDS THE SvUTHEAST. Co) EST1!1ATED 15C c~-C!TED EEGULATIC~;: C 1> Gr.cu:;~ VISUAL. C2> i:O OPTICAL AIDS PAGE THEEE r\JHBBG SOC >~EF2l:E:::c:: PA!~A 1~'F OF C!TSD REGULATIOi\: ( 1) ~JOT AP?LICI\ELZ ( 2> PP kJ~:;SQ i-l1 9 5B ~v BIGGS AFD TEX TO HJ~JF AL/ ADC ENT AF.B COLO RJWFHw/J3HD ADIV OKLA AF STA RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO l'JEZHQ/HQ USAF CAFCIN) WASH DC RJEZHQ/SAFIS WASH DC ~J~JXDL./CirJCSAC CFFUTT .PJ.E t!ZBH FHON DCOI 2S7. EXPE:DIT::: 3AS::~:1LL. ( 3) r:-: :: CDSZEVZRS STAT~D UFG HAD :;o DISTI GUIS:Il,SL2 COLC:~. C L:) FOUR t;F 0 (5) C~J~CTS AP?~hZD TO BS ::o DI~::::;.::t~LE FZATURZS. ( 7 > FITIE TRAIL AS OBSEHVE:D APPEA:::~D TO 3 E APPl'~o;:rt1n T~L Y TWI CZ AS LO:!G AS THE UF o. COLOE OF TRAIL ~AS DAi:K H:::L> CLOS;: TC THE UFO AND A ~lHITE GLOtii NG NEO:: Ir-1 A?PEA~A~ICE AS T;:;;!L EXT :J~ BEHI~:D THE UFO. C S > ~:or OBSERVE D. ( 9) OoYERVETIS Ult'O ANALY~I [.; Jill~l:.T Doscr1pt1on w 'H?.n f1 r~t s~en Direction or ~lotion s~,;th~9St So.tell1 te: (AFCIN4F3 Phone 69219) p,1led ou~ Astronomical Phenomena (~ieteor, Comet, Planet, etc) --~" -ro. , .... ( f'irc. ... .l) Natural Pne~omen9. (Ball Lithtning, etc) Analynia And Conclu31ons: