HtJLTIPLE SIGm'ING , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. lOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Almog o rdo, Las Cruces, White Sands Was Balloon and Holloman Ne" Mexico 0 P robably Boli-n 3. OATETIME CiROU, TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Boll oon ~ Ground-VIsual 0 GroundR 0 Wos All croft P ro bob I y AI r c r oft o AI~Vhuol 0 Alrlntorcopt Radar P ossibly Aircraft .s. PHOTOS Astrono mical Probably Astronomlcoll-ieteor Military and Civilian P ossibly Astronomical LEHCTH 0, OBSERVATION HUMBER 0, OBJECTS Insufficient Data h.r Evalu Unlcno,.,.. BRIE' SUM,.ARY 0, SIGHTINO 11. COMMENTS Bright green object, 1/2 diameter of d ice at Another object of the same description arm' s length. InitiallY no tail -tail dev elope seen at almos t the aame time o n the to 3-4 times diameter of object. ffad straight folloving day from Las Cruc e s . Descrip- and level flight, fading out to disappearance tion i s sicilar to a meteo r . ATlC P'ORW 329 (RIW 26 8P'P 51) .CZCSQF45!2'ZCWYB7.3.3~ 2 9 SreU--n AFMSLDEVCEN HOLLOMAN AFB RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB RJWFHW/33 AIRDIV OKLA RJEDSQ/ATIC ~PAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASHDC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASHDC~ UNCLAS ~DOOA 28-9-774- E. UFO HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. OSAF FOP SAFIS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SU ITTED IN ACCOPnANCE WITH AFR -2. REFERENCE PARAGRAPH t 5, SUBPARAGRAPH A< t >: 011NO tviTH BLUNT TAIL DEVELOPING. C2>: AVERAGE 1/2 DIAMETER OF DIME HELD AT AP~S LENGTH. C3>: BRIGHT GREEN. <4>: ONE <5>: NOT APPLICABLE. <6>: NO.lE. <7>: INITIALLY NO TAIL -TAIL DEVELOPED TO 3 TO 4 DIA FTEPS OF O~JECT. (8): NONE. (9): SOME OBSERVERS REPOPTED ORANGE TINGE TO OUTER EDGE OF TAIL. SUBPARAGRAPH ? Ct >: BRIGHT LIGHT OF 08JECT. <2>: INITIALLY OBSERVED ON A TRUE EARING BETTJJEEN .345 AND 35~ DEGREES BETivEEN 15 TO ~3 DECREES A~OV THE HORI70N. <3>: 3~ DEGREES TRUE NO~TH APPROXI- ~lATELY 15 DEGREES A30VE THE HOqi70N. STRAIGHT AND LEVEL. <5 >: FADED OUT C6>: FIVE TO 1 5 SECO~JDS DEPENDING ON THE 013SERVEP.. SU9PA~AGPA H C<1 >: GP.OUND V!SI'AL <2>: ~lESS SIJPPARAGRAPH E<t>: CENTE~ OF ALA~OGORDO. C2>: ~AIN ~ASE AREA OF HOLLO~AN AF9. C3>: CANTONMENT AREA OF WHITE SANDS ~ISSILE RANGE C4 >: CENTRAL PORTION OF LAS CRUCES NEW ~EXICO. SlJqPAPAGRAPH F CIVILIAN CITY POLICE I N ALAMOGORDO AND LAS CRUCES, NEW ~EXICO AND MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CECURITY GUARDS AT HOLLO~-'AN AFB AND miTE SANDS ( MISSILE RANGE, CANTONMENT AREA. SUPPARAGRAPH G<1 > CEILING AND VISIBILITY UNLIMITED AT ALL LOCATIONS AND FOR A RADIUS OF 25~ ~ILES ED 4. UNLIMITED. 5. NONE 6 . NONE 7 . SURFACE 25 . 9 C DEGqEES J : NONE PARAGRAPH K: CAPTAIN JACl( H. ATTERSON, AP~Dc, IINIDENTI- FIED FLYING OBJECTS INVESTIGATION OFFICEq. NO CO~lCLUSIO~S ARE DRAWN BY THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER AS TO THE NATUPE OF THE UFO. FOU~ RELIABLE WITNESSES, ONE FROM EACH OF THE LOCATIONS rENTIONED PAGE THREE RJ'TFBA 31 LY PY THE I~IVESTIGATION OFFICER OJ THE EXACT SPOT THE OVSE~VEP WA STANDING AND AT A ROXII"lATELY THE SA E TI 'E OF nAY TH/IT THE SIGHTING OCCU~ RED, 24 HOU"iS FO LLOT.JI dG THE DAY OF THF S I TI"!G. THl=" onsEPVEq STOOD STILL OR HOVERED. IN THE OP HIION OF THE IllVESTI G~ TIOI\J OFFICE~, THIS CAN BE LOGICALLY XPLAI~ED BY THE OPTICAL ILLUSION CREAT~D EY TH~ RLAri~ ~OTION OF THE UFO A~D STATIO~ERY O?JECTS l W l H.t. l'UI<.t.G~<UUNt; lJUl:. lU 1Hl:. l-AG1 TliAl THt Ut3Sl:.f"I!A"llUN yJAS r' A DE FROM A MANEUVERING VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH IN ~OST CASES THE OBSEPVERS WERE CONVINCED THAT THE OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE, IT I S THE OPINION OF r THE INVESTIGATION OFFICER THAT THE OBJECT HAS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER DISTANCE FROM THE ORSERVERS THAN THEY SUSPECTED AND THEREFORE AT A GREATER ALTITUDE AND TRAVELING AT A GPEATER SPEED. HIS IS INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING FACT: WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THOSE OBSERVERS PERSONNALLY INTERVIEWED ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THEIR OBSERVATIONS, POINTED IN THE DIRECTION AT WHICH THEY FIRST OP.SERVED THE OBJECT AND IT WAS 10 TO 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE NORTH STAR THE O~SERVERS INTERVIEWED WERE AT LOCATION OVER A SPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 55 NAUTICAL MILES BET~EEN ALAMOGORDO AND LAS CRUCES PAGE FOUR RJWFBA 31 NEW MEXICO. PARAGRAPH L -NONE. 28/22427 SEP RJtYFBA