MII.rrA..~ AIR PROJECT 10073 I. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Jul. 6o -Lo\lia a Pro~oltlr a .. a .. n I-3.~D-A-T~I-T~I~M...,I~O~I...,O-U~,--------ii-. T~Y~P~I~OP~OI~II~I~V~AT~I~O~M---------tD PoaaiWr Boll"" Loc.a 2116 D O..un .. Vlavol D Greu~ttiR a Woa Aircroft D Prolt.Wr A&rcroft '1:'-Ji~ ;;:;::=::::::16=z======--+-.~XI Aa.-va.,.. a Alr-lntorc.,t Rotl a PoaaiWr Alrcroft : II We a AatronoMI col Meteor a Pr~Wr Atronolcol a Poaa&W, Aatronomlcol 7. LINOTH OP OUIIVATION I. NUMIIR OP OIJICTS t. COURSI a In auffl ci ent Doto for Eveluetl ... 10. BRIIP SUMMARY OP IIOHTIMO 11. COMMENTS ject observed :trom a/ c at 9000 ft. Lime green Sight iDS bad all olor vith tail of flame or sparks. Exploded on a. .. ezeout. Constant slow speed. Sisbting ()64 lf'rcm a/c. Appeared at 15-20 elev descend!Ds . ..... arc . Covered 25 azimuth. characteristics or 1M HARLINCEN AFB TEXAS 1621212 TO ATIC WPAFB OHIO L C HANsCOM FitLt BtDFORD MASS INFC ATC RANDOLPH AFB TEXAS FROM OY.05G. ACTION ATIC FOR AFCIN4A AND L G HANSCOM FIELD FO~ PROJECT SPACt.TRACK INFO ATC FOR AFCINIB. POSSIBLE MOCN DUST CB~SRVATIONS. PILOTS OF 7 AIRCRAFT FROM THIS sTATION OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING PKENOMNONI (A) TIME-21l6 CST (B) DURATICN6 SECOND~ CC) ALTITUDE AND LOCATION OF AIRCRAFT . 9500 FEt; 1 AIRCRAFT OVER GALVfSTON TEXAS, 5 AIRCRAFT WITHIN 5 ~ILES" OF t[Q U INCY LA, I AIRCRAFT 7 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CKARL!S, LA. Ct) TRUE BARINC OF PHENOMENON FROM AIRCRAFT-APPROXIMATELY DC~EIS C.E) ELEVATION, APPARENT DIAECTION AND LENGTH OF ARC APPROXIMATELY J5 TO 20 DtGR[ES ELVATION MOVING IN A SLIGHTLY ~ESCENDINC ARC FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST, THE ARC or VISIBILITY VAS APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES OF A2IMUTK. (G) CHARACTERISTICS AND BEMAVIORI THE PHENOMNON WAS MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE AVERAGE STAR .OR COMET. IT VA! LIME GREEN IN COLOR WITH A WHITISH CLOV TO ITS . TAlL THAT SEJ1EJ)~ TO .FLA . O.R SPAPK.. .. JT APPEARED TO E1.PLODE .AT -. fLAMEOUT. ITS MOVEMENT WAS CONSTANT AND RELATIVELY SLOW. VISIBILITY WAS UNLIMITED IN BRIGHT MOONLIGHT CONDITIONS THIS M~SAG IS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL TO CONFORM WITH CLASSIFICATION OF HQ USAF MESSAGE AFCINIBI 6092a. DATE OF DOWNGRADING CANNOT BE DETERMINED.