PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2 . LOCATIOI-4 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 15 Jan 61 SE of Paine Field, Washington o Probably Balloon -,-.-D-AT_E T_IM...:E;_G_R_O_U_P -+._--TY_P_E_O_fi_O_I_S_!_RV_A_T_I_O_N IO Possibly Balloon 2227 0 Ground-Vi ual C Graund-Raclar Was Aircraft --------0 Probalaly Aircraft -=-~G~M~T:=;~J~6o~6~2~7!::!Z~======-....1-t~l!l Alr-VI.,ol D Alrlntercept Radar Possibly AlrDaft 5. . PHOTOS . a. RCi! D Was Astrona tlcol kertc fl.. DYes ~ ProlaoWy Astrona,..icol No Military u Pouibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH Ofi.OISERVATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Dote f.r Ewoluation 0 Unlcnawn 10. BAII!fl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTINoBrilliant vhite Object II. COMMENTsrfo satellites reentering at size of' basketball. Resembled a strong spot-this tine. Description and duration are light. Then it exploded and a large part of characteristic of a meteor. Brightness rthe sky w.s lit up. There was considerable orange and explosion suggest that object .:1nd some blue coloring in explosion. No sound was a fireball which exploded before it heard. Object appeared level with pilot flying reached the earth's surface. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) REPORT NO. I (LBA 'VE JJLANK) :. , - . ~A~R .. 1N1ILLIGENCE INFORM.ATION RE~ORT.-:-J ~ .. :t. ARIA REPOHTD Oft FROM (Af'Mf) Paine Field, 'o'ash DATI 011 RIJIOAT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION PRIPMIO-BY (0/llefr) SOUitct 1st Lt 'i/ B z.tcDonald Capt R E Dawson . j.:-f t :) SUMMARY OIIIINUr tfNJfil. GIN ...... ~ ....... /lftfiiiU """ ...,.,.. Ltrl .. ...,u. ,_, 1#/1. a .... ,., olrf1JISI Ofl A, IWMIII-Prlft II.) ...Jexplosiori; lfowever, -r wiil assume the 3:.ghting was on obj :~e;or !t-= p~ded. . a. Discription: (1) Fireball first, and explosion had occurred. in exulosion then a larg e porti k~Lw l!~tc a f an '.Vhere \Ja s c onsiderabl e orange .and some blue coloring Fireb.::.ll was bri-lli.:.m \-;hi t e . It resembled a stzong. spot.lisht. Only .. one., r ( 6 ) J.Jy first in m~r face. i:;iptH.Jviu n w-=iS t h;.l t o larg a lan~ing light h a d b t:en turned on ( 7) tlo tail visible to ne. ( S) iTo sound, J '"''s f lying in a T-33 aircroft. b. Dic cription o f object: (1) rhe intense light vlhich ap::~ared to be ap noa.ching ropi d1y. Ny first th~)l.:~ht \v. s that I was about to collide with s o mething and I initiated evasive maneuvers. (2) Object appeare d level with me. (3) Object \oJas in my nine o'clock, and my mag n etic heading \'o'as 2'$0. Ny altitud e , .. a s 35,000 ft~et, my g round speed 330. ------~5) 'I he sequenca wa s this: bri:lian t \:hi te, fire ball; then a brilliant ~orful. e xplosion (w~ich silhouetteJ the c lcJud tops), and r eturn e d to darkness A~ .roxim~telv f ive s econds. -;;O.;;;I;;;IR;;;I;;;;;IUT;;ION a'/ ORIGINATOit NOTirTHIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFE.\:IIHG THE NATIONA OEnME nE UNITED STAlES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, SOU. S.C.- .. .,n.,., A<: u.uamt:n TAANC\MI~InN nR THE REVElATION OF ITS CONTE,..TS IN ANY MANNER TO .\N UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY U.W t1011AUJAV] I ~ CITAM/10~HJ'-IO 3TA\l MO QJTA013R A3~A ( 1) Tir.1e vas !<.!en tifying inf urm;.,t ion on ol:i3ervc r s . :...; :f1 ~s '!H/o jrH1~eory~ ~Bt~P.ij'lo:r And this wna only a beginn:!.ng~-ror on a so called I and northern Cnli1"ornin meteor flaahad across tho sky in southern Orogon ing up Eurolc:l Cl!llfornia almost lika dnylight.