PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Vicinity Jean, Nevada 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Wos Ailcroft q(Ground-Visual 0 Probobly Aircroft 6/1015Z 0 AI,.VIsuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 0 Ground-Rodor Q Was Astronomical u .... t !g Probably Astronomical!'~ eor 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH o.r OBSERVATION I. HUMBER OJII OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 lnsurliclenl Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Not able to determine shape until object ex- loded, then it was cigar shaped, about the size of a grapefruit; brilliant white until after explosion, then very vivid green ;1hich pers isted f o r about 15 sec, then faded to a ,.,hite light. Object seemed to burn up aprox 10 above horizon. AnC PORN 329 (RI':V 26 SftP 52) 11. COMMENTS Probably a type of meteor called a olide; one which was apparently very large and persi sted longer than u sual CZCSQA517ZCQY~6 C s \ ? P RJEDSQ DE RJTJZNJ 41 A 1\ c FN 4520 CCRTRNWG NELLIS AFB ~lEV TO RJ~FAL/ADC E~IT AFB COLORADO RJWZNF/27 ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF .RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASH DC rELEPliiJNEO UNCL/OI 0681 ACTION ADC 27 AIR DIV, ATIC, COFS CAFCI~J) AND USAF CSAFIS) UFO PD ALFA C1) NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE SHAPE UNTIL OBJECT SEEMED TO EXPLODE, THEN IT WAS CIGAR SHAPED. C2> ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT AT ARMS LENGTH. C3) BRILLIANT WHITE U~ITIL OBJECT SEEMED TO LODE AND THEN VERY VIVED GREEN l~HICH FADED TO A WHITE LIGHT. GREEN PERSISTED FOR ABOUT 15 SEC. (4) ONE. C5 > BLANK. C6) DETAILS NOT RECOGNIZABLE. C7> BLANK. (8) WINDOWS OF AUTO WERE CLOSED: NOT ABLE TO DETERMI~IE IF THERE WAS ANY SOUND ASSOCIATED WITH OBJZCT. BLANK. BRAVO C1) M WAS AWAKENED BY HIS WIFE WHO FIRST dO";ICED BRIGHT LIGHT. C2> OBJECT ABOUT 30 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON PAGE TTJO RJYZ~IJ 41 ~iOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION. C3 ) OBJECT SEEMED TO BUR~! UP Al-'1-'HOX!MAI.I::LY 1 0 D.E:t;HJ:.:J:.:S A!;UV.t:. ~UKHH .. .t. . J l'lUVll'lu J.l'J M ~ittM.J.utu LINE, DECLI~IING IN ELEVATION SLIGHTLY. C5l SEEMED TO BURN OUT. C6l 25 TO 30 SECONDS. CHARLI E C1l VISUAL C2) NONE (3) BLANK. DELTA Cll 10 15Z 26 OCT 60. C2l ttiGHT. ECHO Cll 35 DEGREES 40' N 115 DEGREES 22' W. 2l 10 MILES EAST OF TH~ CALIFOR~IIA BOUNRDER ON HIGHWAY 91. FOXTROT C1> CIVILIA~t, VEGAS NEVADA, CARD DEALER, UNK:JO'.J~. <2> BLA:JK. GOLF <1> CL.::AR HiVERSIOti ,1\T SUP.FACE TO 2500' NORt4AL FROl1 THEN ON. HOTEL Cl> tlO. ITEM C1l COMPLIANCE WITH ADC DIRECTIVES -~10 l~lTERCEPTION AND IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN SINCE REPORT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 HRS LATE. A~IGLES PEAK CONTROLLER DENIED OBSERVI~IG ANY RADAR TRACKS DURHIG THE PERIOD OF ALLEDGED SIGHTING. JULIETTE C1> BLAt!K. Y.ILO C1l CAPT. E. B. BENIGNO 24780A WING INTELLIGENCE. NO PRELHlHIARY Af'lALYSIS OR COl1MENT CAN BE MADE IN VIEtv OF THE NATURE OF THE S IGHTHlG. MRS LAIMS TO HAVE l1ADE THE SAME SIGHTI~lG. BOTH SZEM TO BE f1ATU INDIVIDUALS. LI~1A C1l NONE AVAILABLE. /23252 SEP RJWZNJ