PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was BoUOOft 0 Prohahl, Balloon l. DATETIM! G~ft TYPE Ofl OISfRVATION C Ground-Visuol ct Air-Vi wal Civil Airljnea 0 GroundRodar Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft P robobl' Aircraft 0 Possibl)' Aircraft C Was Astrano~nicol 0 Prohobly Astrono"'ical 0 Possibly AtnN~omicol 7. LENGTH Ofl OlllltVATION 1. HUMB!It Of' OBJECTS 9. COURS! a Insufficient Dato far Evaluation 0 Unlcnown one s..:.a: 10. 8RIIfl SUMMAIY o,a SIGHTING Oae obj~ct at 35 altitude novi~ from the IJfr,l to ssz with :,:-ightness of v~nU3. Di.ri not VJ. .::y in inten3ity. Di sappeared pehind cloud deck at 15 altitude. Believed at ti~ of sl~hting to be sat~llite. Duration of sighting not stat~d. Ooserva1 fro~ air~ 11. COMMENTS Report evaluated i!l Dec 61. !Jo check r .ade to ~o3sibility of s atellite in or at ~pecified t1me, however object was re- ported B3 Ga tellite. ant~ of Discover rr this date. Al so pos.,ibl e metecr. H!~hcut the dur3tion and additional info~tiun, at1on nossible. Ca s e list ed a.s insuf'f"icient dataf'or this reason DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Si AFF MES$AGE DIVISION , UNCLASSifiED MESSAGE 31092 ( 29 DEC 69~ N C Q f'J1 H(lt G Page 1 of 2 Pages PK A036KAA011 RR RJWFALB RJEZHQ DE RJHPKA 4 FM HAW AIR DEF DIV WHEELER AFB OAHU HAWAII TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO RBH?A/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HAWAII RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII RBHP8/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RJAPAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEBUL KOREA DEPARTMENT OF iH! AlR FORCE STAFF MESS,\GE DIVISION UNCLASSifiED MESSACE UNCLAS/CIRVIS EVALUAZION/ PAN ~MERICA 704, BOEING 707 ENROUTE SYDNEY TO NANDI . AT 29/1000Z AT 23 DEGREES SOUTH, 173 DEGREES EADT. OBJECT WAS OBSERVED AT APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES ALTITUDE TRAVELING NNE TO WSW, SPEED UNDETERMINED, OF MAGNITUDE COMPARABLE TO VENUS. OBJECT DISAPPEARED AT APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES ALTITUDE. INTENSITY DID NOT APPEAR TO VARY AS WOULD A METEORITE BURNING UP AS IT TR~ERSED EARTH ATMOSPHERE. IT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW AS BEYOND A CLOUD DECK. REQUEST DISTRIBUTE TO INTERSTED AUTHORITIES. 29/1142Z EVALUAZION BELIEVED TO BE US SATALITE~ 29/l258Z DEC RJHPKA