PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . \oiEA~ OBSERVER 1. LOCATION 11. CONCLUSIONS 26 Se'O 6o Dbahran AFld, Saudi Wo s Boll oon Probably Balloon .... TYP! OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon OATETIME CROUP lO Ground-Vi suol 0 GroundRadar Pro bably Aircraft 0 AI,. VIJUal torcept Rodor P o ssl bl y AIrcraft Was Astronoml cal Weather Observer Probably Astronomical Meteor Possibly Astronomical 7. LEHOTH 0111 O!SUYATIOH HUMBER Of' OBJECTS lnsufficlonl Oaio for Evoluotion U nlc no """' 10. BRIEf' SUMMARY Of' SICHTIHO 11. COMMENTS Very bright light followed by orange streak Duration too short for reentry, and none flame a Jmost directly overhead. Object dis-reported for this date. Although direc- tinctly different from any meteor ever seen tion and color indicate possibility of by hlln. reentry, thi s ca s e is listed a s a meteor observation due to duration of sighting ATlC PORM ll9 (R~Y 18 !U!P 52) NNNNCZCSQB764ZCJYC~63 T E l E r n 0 ~t E D FM DET 1221 WEA SQ DHAHRAN AFLD SAUDI ARABIA------ TO RJEZHQ/USAF WASHDC RJEDSQ/ATI C WPAF B _, JEZDK/ SPACE TRACK HANSCOM FLO MASS INFO RJEDHF /AWS SCOTT AF B I LL RJFPBWI2D WEA WG LINDSEY AIR STN GER UNCLAS 12 - 2 1wD. 26-J- 3 . FOR AFCIN-IBI, AFCIN-4A, AWSSS, AND OP. REFERENCE 2W~ 2~/FO 16-J-9. MOON DUST MESSAGE. AT APPROXIMATELY 26/193~ GMT C233~LST> WEA OBSVR THIS DET SIGHTED FOLLOWING OBJECT AT VERY HIGH ELEVATION ANGLE. 70 TO 80 DEGREES, ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. VERY BRIGHT LIGHT FOLLOWED BY ORANGE STREAK OF FLAME ESTIMATED TO UWBTEND ANGLE DISTANCE OF 10 DEGREES. DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT INDICATED BY STREAK OF FLAME SOUTHEAST TC NORTHWEST. VERY BRIGHT LIGHT APPEARED FIRST FOLLOWED BY STREAK OF FLAME. LIFE OF C0t1PLETE SIG:iTING ESTIMATED AT FIVE SECONDS OBSVR STATES OBJECT DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT FROM ANY SHOOTING STAR EVER SEEN BY HIM. 26/21!3Z SEP RJUAC