PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION ll. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Bolloon mfN of Lebre,lille, A1'r1ca 22 Aug 6o 0 Probobly Bolloo" 0 Was Ahcroft 0 Gf.Uft4-Vhuel C G,.uftdRoder a Probobly Aircraft M At ... Vhu.t 0 A1rl"tereept RIMier Possibly Aircraft 0 Probably Ast,.ttOmicol MilitarY 0 Possibly AstrertOm;eel I. NUMIIR 0, OIJICTS 10. BRf!fl SUMMAitY OP SIGHTING P.o,md, orange obJect, size of volley ball. l:b.ject ~xploded in a brilliant :flash at an .:sti:nated 20-30,000 ft <itude. After explo- :ion a bluish green ~rail was ooserted which lasted about 2 sec, then ~ ~to a whitish J gray could which lasted for 9 min. .ATtC PORM J29 (RP.V 21 SP 51) 0 lnsuffici"t Ocrte for Ev~luotio" 11. COMMENTS Witnesses probably called a "oolide. '' sa~ a type of meteor .-:: 3905CSG SIDI SLIMANE AB MOR o RJ~iF AL/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO . .;:DSQ/Al~; TECHNICAL INTELLIGErlCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO V..,-- ~..J~ZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN WASHINGTON 25 DC .. _;zzHQ/S~CRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS WASHINGTON 25 DC ~ :?o RJWXBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB NEBRASKA ... ?X3N/1SAF TORREJON SPAIN ~XN0/4310ADIV NOUASSEUR AFB MOR J ? ?BAP/4TH MATS T~ANSPORT PROVISIONAL SQUADRON CHATTERAUX AS F RA1JC2 j , . A. DESCRIPTION . ) ROUND BALL ; VOLLYBALL SIZE AT ARMS LENGTH i :~0 7~riiL, TAIL OR EXHAUST FRON BDCOI 23-n-37. SUBJECT: UFO .!.O KNOTS. AIRCRAFT'S HONE STATION, DDONALDSON AFB SOUTH ~AP.OLINA, CREW'S H011E STATION, 85TH ATS, TRAVIS A.l~B CALIF ,!J) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING :: ) LOCATION OF OBSERVER . )~'52' NORTH, 08 DEG44' EAST) 85 NM EAST SOUTHEAST OF PRINCIPE: _3LANDS, NORTH NORTHWEST OF LEBREVILLE, WEST AFRICA COAST ~-) IDE~!TIFING I NFORMATION Ot{ oaSERVERS , _) MAJ tJAR!~EN L. CARRUTHERS, 15J48A, 1/LT JA11ES J. iJOOD EAD ': ) wEATHER AND WINDS, ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TI~lE AND PLACE OF - _ GHTI~JGS .) ZXCELLEtJT FOR OBSERVATION ~. 5 ) SOL I D UnDERCAST TOPS ESTir1ATZD AT 9, 000 FEET 7 ) PLUS 13 DEGREES c ,~) CBJ~CT EXPLODED IN A BRILLIANT FLASH AT ESTIMATED ALTITUDE ~J,OOO TO .30,000 FET AFTER FOUR SECONDS OBSERVATION ON ITS COURSE:. 3iZE OF FLASH WAS AT LEAST TWO FEET IN DIAMETER AT ARMS LEdGHT. :\.~TER E:\?LOSION A BLUISH GREEN TRAIL WAS OBSERVED I N AN ARC CF ~??ORXI:1ATELY TWENTY DEGREES WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATELY TWO ....;~cONDS AdD CHANGED INTO A WHITISH GREY TnLXZR ICPXATED CLOUD ::STIMAT:::D FIVE FEET LONG AND ONE FOOT HIGH WHEN HELD AT ARMS .~ ~lGTH. 03St:RVATION OF THIS CLOUD WAS OBSt:RVED BEI~\G DISAPATED THIS CLOUD LASTED FOR A PERIOD OF NINE :~UTES. POSITION OF THE FLASH AND CLOUD FORMATIO~! WAS ESTI~1ATD .-: 50i'lH F RCtrl OBSERVERS POSITION. ::.. ) DESC~IPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT -) AIRCR?.FT COr1t1ANDER FIRST OBSEi<VED OBJECT I N Sl\Y DU:: TO .<::.ITIO~:, COLOR AND SIZE AND SpD OF OBJ~CT FROt-1 DIRZCTLY Ii\ .. Ct;T TO A?PROZIHATELY A TEN O'CLOCK POSITION IN A DO~N'.tlARD ~2) TWELVE O'OCLOC~< POSITION WITH 80 DEGREES ELEVATION AT :I:tST SIGHTING ( 3 ) TEN O'CLOCK POSITION WITH 45DEGaEES ELEVATION END ? SIGHTING "-!) OBJECT'S .FLIGHT PATH WAS IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION 5)~BY EXPLOSION AND CLOUD FADEOHT- : s> 083:5, FOUR SECONDS, CLOUD RESULT, ~liNE MINUTES ~-:) PREPARING OFFICER: JAMES F, WOOD, CAPT, USA~, 3ASE _ .. TELLIGENCE OFFICER, HQ 3906TH COt1BAT SUPPORT GROUP APO 117, -~;; YORK, NEW YORK. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL I NFOI\llATION WAS ~cZIVED F ROt1 THE CREW MEMBERS: ( 1) CREi.J AF.RIVED AT /LASH --cS I TI ON OF 50N11 F ROi1 AIRCI\AFT BY Tlt1ING RELATIV:!: i10TIOt~ OF . -~ U D AS IT M 0 VE D FROM TEN 0 ' CLOCK T 0 NINE 0 ' CL 0 C K P 0 SIT I 0 N j?.I,lG NINE rliNUTE OBSERVATION. C2) CR~:J ~ZPORT~D S IG1-1TING ~C) L..CdGO AIR'.tlAYS AT 22/17 51tZ AdD RECZIPT WAS ACKtlO'~L~DGED. AT /l3JOZ, CONGO AI AYS AGAIN CO~lTACTED Ar:D ADVIS~D CL OUD HAD ui~n :;r.:.!e~ trail was obse..:"'!fed in an arc of a hout 20 d~g \lni~h l 3-.5ted :l:JO:..lt ? s -:cor.ds :tn' i c n 'l!1gad into a wnitish gr~y clout estimated 5 feet lon.:; and 1 .:oot t!ig n wn~:n r1cld at anrs length. Tne clout was observed bein g disipated b y the wjnd. Tr&e cloud .l3.st,ed for 9 minutes, the ftaza object h seconds. The flash a nct cloud was estimated to oe abo1lt 50 NM from obs~rvers position. UFO Ai'IALYSIS .::HET:I' Locnti on ~i'I~"' o f Ltb~C::villf!., 'lest. ftfric=~ (nii~bor:l) \IX Uis unl, solid J.nd~rcast, scattered clouds m a ''1ove Description Round. size of volly ball at arms l en gth, oran~8, first se~n de1.d ahead (299 deg) 80 deg elev, last seen at 2h0 deg h5 d e g elev, object ~oved south in a down'ard a r c , it exploded in a brilliant flash at an esti:nated 20, 000 t o 30,000 ft altitude afte r about 4 seconds o f obs on %X its course (eve~ Direction of Motion Satellite: (AFCIN-4FJ, Phone 69219) A:Jtronomical Phenomena (Iv!eteor, Comet, Planet, etc) P!'"ob m~teor (bolide)