PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ~ ltOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS llJ Forbes AFB Kansas, (2) McCont ll l:J ,01 Balloon 30 Jan 1 AFB, Kansas,& 3 Kirksville, lto. o Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP ._ TYPE 011 OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon Local 0100 lDCGreund-Visuol D GrounciRaclor g ~:lto~a;rt.~croft GMT 300700Z D Ai,..VI..,af D Air-Intercept Radar PoasiWy Aircraft a Yes S Probably Aatrenomlcol 7. LENGTH OII.OIS!RVATION I. NUMBER Oil OBJECTS 9. COURSE a Other _ 0 Insufficient Date hw Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. IRIEII SUMMARY OJI SIGHTING 3 rpts rcvd. Rpt Nr 1: 11. COMMENTSAlth 11~ dura.t .. on ~c. we-d b.Y Round, size of quazter, white or blue-green changing to red Just prior to burn out. Re- large flare. Appeared 90 above horizon, 250 Az. Disappeared 10 above horizon, 70 Az. Flared out. Rpt Nr 2: Shape- less, size of dime, green then brilliant white faint short tail. hppeared 040 bearing, 45 elevation. Faded out 045 bearing, 10 eleva- tion. R~t Nr 3: Round, t'\-10 ft in diameter, right white. Appeared 15 fm T ground hori- zon. Disappeared 45 angle fm horizon. ATIC I'ORII 329 (RKV 26 SltP 52) one witness is excessive, description }3 characteristic of a meteor. Meteor showers are apparently still active, as th~y have beenfor 50me time. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE ~J CAB DRIVER WAS LOOKING OUT OF t~INDOt~ WHEN BRIGHT BALL APPEARED VER TOP OF BUILDING. ~ ON HORIZON OVER TOP OF BUILDING IN TOWN, APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREE FROM TRUE GROUND HORIZON OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. j LIGHT DISSAPATED FROM ORIGINAL SIZE TO SIZE OF SOFTBALL AND FINALLY DISAPPEARED AT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE ANGLE FROM HORIZON OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. ~-GAVE IMPRESSION TO EYEWITNESS OF GLIDING ARC AT MODERATE SPEED. ~ DISAPPEARED AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE FGOM TRUE GROUND HORI~ON HEADING SOUTHWEST-NORTHWEST BY LOSING BRILLANCE AND THEN COMPLETELY DISAPPEARING. ~) TOTAL ELASPED TIME APPROXIMATELY 3~ SECONDS TO ONE MINUTE. c. MANNER OF OBSERVATION. } GROUND VISUAL ~ NO O~ICAL AID~ ~} GROUND SIGHTING PAGE THREE DE RJEDAHL 1 D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING ~Pi APPROXIMATELY 301~7~02 JAN 61 E. LOCJ.,TION OF OB3ERVER. 4~ DEGREES 1 J tvli tJUTES ~JORTn 92 DZt;RE'E~ 34 MINUTES WEST. CENTER OF KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI F.: IDEN-TIFYING INFORMATION. ~t,l CIVILIAN KIRKSVI~L~, NI?SOURI ZCZCSQF011CZCSQB203ZCWYD693 DE RJFBFB 18 FM 21 AIRDIV FORBES AFB KANS TO RJWFALB/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWFKF/33AIRDIV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RJEXHQ/OSAF WASH DC-. .~ .... UNCLAS FROM 4~DCOI 1484. SUBJECT. UFO REPORT. ACTION ADC, 33AIRDIV, ATIC ~1RIGHT-PATTERSON, COFS {AFCIN>, OSAF t sAF IS). A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT ~1~ ROUND SHAPE ~ SIZE OF QUARTER HELD AT ARMS LENGTH. (3> WHITE OR BLUE-GREEN, CHANGING TO RED JUST PRIOR TO BURN ~ NO FORMATION . PAGE rJO RJEDFD 18 t~t RESEMBLED A LARGE FLARE. k~f NO TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST COMPLETELY RELIABLE. G. WEAtHER AND WINDS ( CLEAR, CALM, FULL MOON. tap WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY: TEN KNOTS FROM 16~ AT 2200 FT. FIFTEEN KNOTS FROM 290 AT 6000 FT. THIRTY FIVE KNOTS FROM 300 AT 10000 FT. FORTY FIVE KNOTS FROM 300 AT 16~00 FT. FIFTY KNOTS FROM 320 AT 20000 FT. SEVENTY FIVE KNOTS FROM 3 AT 30,0~1 FT. SEVENTY FIVE KNOTS FROM 290 AT 5~,~0~ FT. til CEILING UNLIMITED .til VISIBILITY FIFTEEN MILES . ~ ZERO CLOUD-COVER t~ ZERO THUNDERSTORMS PAGE FOUR RJEBFB 18 ~j TE~lPERATURE GRADIENT -SIXTEEN AND NINA H. TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT 8~00 FT. TROPOPAUSE AT 38,00~ FT. I. NO INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION J. NO AIR TRAFFIC OR BALLOON RELEASES K. CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 40TH BOMB WING. AN UNIDENTIFIED rLYING OBJECT WAS :~EN BY OB:ERVER~. TH2 OBJ~CT WAS PROBABLY A L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 31/17222 JA~ RJEBFB ~ SAr1E BRILLIANCE AS LIGHTNING B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. t OBSERVER ATTENTION ATTRACTED BY BRIGHT LIGHT. ~ FIRST OBSERVED AT NINETY DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AND AZIMUTH TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DEGREES. ~ LAST OBSERVED AT TEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AND AZIMUTH I SEVENTY DEGREES. ~1 MOVING TOWARD EAST. r. (~ FLARED OUT AND DISINTEGRATED AT THIRTY FIVE DEGREES 1 ABOVE HORIZON AND DISAPPEARED AT TEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON IN NORTH EAST. L OBSERVED FOR TEN OR TWELVE SECONDS C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION. t~A GROUNJ VISUAL i~ NO OPTICAL AID. t NEGATIVE D. DATE AND TIME OF SIGHTING PAGE TWO RJEBFB 18 ~z z 2 0 JANUARY l\T TIME OF ~ IGHTING tar) NIGHT E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS. K EI DEG 55 MIN NORTH - F. IDENTIFYI ~JG INFORMATION 0 B:-) ERV~R MILITYAR: J.D. BOURGEOIS, SSGT, 2~27 AACS SQDN, TOWER OPERATOR, COMPLETELY RELIABLE. LEO HACKWORTH JUNIOR, A/2C DETACHMENT SIX, OF r~ENTY SIX WEATHER SQDN, WEATHER. OBSERVER, PAGE TWO RJWFKG 2 Ce Cl) GROUND VISUAL C2) NONE CJ) Nl A De Cl) 31 JAN 1659131 ZULU CCORRECT TalER TIME) C2) NIGHT E <I) MCCONNELL AFB CONTROL TOWER F Cl) M/ A C2) CA) TALLEY HAROLD D. TSGT 18199815 2817TH AACS SQUADRON, CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR CB) BARONE, DONALD, 12C, AFI6538897 2117TH AACS SQUADRON, CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR Cl) RELIABILITY FOR BOTH AtRMEN IS A-Q .G. Cl) HIC:H SCATTERED, VISIBILITY GOOD C2) SURFACE 181 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTSN 'Ill FEET 221 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS, IIIII FEET 311 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS, 16111 FEET 311 DEGREES AT J' KNOTS, 21111 fEET .3111 J)EGREES AT 35 KNOTS, .31188 FEET 311 DEGREES AT 7' KNOTS, 58111 fEET 281 DEGREES AT 65 KNOTS, 61881 FEET 271 DEGREES AT CJ) NONE CIA) 15 MILES C5) ONE -TENTH C6) NONE C7) INVERSION TEMPERATURE AT Jill MSL MINUS ~ DEGREES CENTIGRADE, 511 MSL ZERO DECREES CENTIGRADE. H. Cl) AURORA BOREALIS VISIBLE <2) ASTRONlMICAL -NO UNUSUAL METOR SHOWERS WERE PREDICTED FOR THIS TIM. I. NONE J. NONE K COMMENTSI Cl) NUMEROUS REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY SURROUNDING AGENCIES ON SIMILAR SIGHTING$ ALL THROUCH THE NIGHT IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTH EAST KANSAS. INFORMATION VAS OF UNkNOWN RELAIBlLITY AND DID NOT FORM A PATTERN TO RELATE THESE INCIDENTS TO THE ABOVE SIGHTINC, PAGE THREE RJWFKC 2 WITH~THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONI 31 JAN 17011715Ze FOOTPAD RADAR REPORTED A RETURN AT 3.51 DEGREES AT 15 NAUTICAL MILES . NNNNCZCSQEEI23ZCWYB715 PP RJEDSQ e : DE RJWFKG 2 FM HQ 43-7 CCRTNCWG MCCONNELL AFB kANS ( . TO RJEDSQ/AIRTECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB HIO ./ INFO RJWFKF/VADF RICHARD GEBAUR AFB MO RJW FALl ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEZHQ/OSAF 111 ASH D C RJEZHQ/CSUSAJ WASH D C . UNCLAS FROM DCOI 113. SUBJECTs UFO. OSAF FOR SAFIS. CSUSAF FOR AFCIN. FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 15 AFR 211-G. A. Cl> SHAPLESS CLIKE A METOR) <2) DlME CJ) GREEN THEN BRILLIANT WHITE Cl&) ONE C5) ONE C6) NONE C7) VERY FAINt SHORT TAlL C8) NONE C9) LOOKED LIKE A FLARE, BUT FELL TOO SWIFTLY. B. Cl) TOWER OPERATORS JUST LOOKING THAT WAY <2> I'll BBEARING, "'DEGREES ELEVATION CCAME FROM TOP I OF TOWER GI.ASS) <3) FADED OUT ON 05 DEGREE BEAaiNC, 10 DGRE ELEVATION, OR NEAR HORIZON Cia) SLIGHT ARC NORTHWARD AND EARTH- WARD. C5> FADED OUT AFTER THRE SECONDS C6) THREE SECONDS. .. ZCZCSQ? 52CSQD239ZCAHA370 RR RJE~SQ R E c E I v E 0 DE RJEDAHL 1 FM 790TH RADAR SQUADRON KIRKSVILLE AFS MO TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO . . RJEDAH/3ZTH AIR DIV SAGE TRUAX FLD WIS RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN WASH 25 DC RJEZHQ/SECAF SAFIS WASH 25 DC UNCLAS FROM 793-0AC ~1-51 UFO: FOLLOWING SUBMITTED IAW A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT. ~ TWO FEET IN DIAMETER ~ B~IGHT WHITE "1 LOST GLO\J AND REDUCED IN APPARENT SIZE FROM TWO FEET TO SIZE OF SOFTBALL IN APPROXIMATELY 3~ SECONDS. PAGE TWO DE RJEDAHL .. t ~A NO TRAIL OR EXHAUST fij NO SOUND DIFFERENt POSITION. NOTEI SEE WEATHER SECTION CONCERNING TEMPER~TURE INVERSION. C2) PREPARING orriCER IS or t 'HE OPINION G. WEATHER CONDITIONS. f1~ OSS~RVER CLAIMED CLEAR SKIES , '~ REPORT FROM FAA FLT SERVICE KIRKSVILLE. WIND OUT OF SOUTH SOUTH EAST AT TEN KNOTS. WINDS ALOFT NOT AVAILABLE. ti) CEILING UNLIMITED ~ VISIBILITY TWELVE MILES . NONE INDICATED 30/06302 TO ~J_ UNKNOWN H. NONE KNOWN. I. NONE KNOWN. WAS NOT MONITORED BY RADAR OPERATIORS AT THIS SITE. ( J. NO RECORD TRAFFIC AT KIRKSVILLE FAA VOR DURING PERIOD 1 HOUR BEFORE AND AFTER REPORTED SIGHTING. NO FURTHER INFO AVAILABLE HERE. K. LT. EDWARD K. FUGE, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM OTHER PARTS OF MISSOURI, KANSAS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DURING THE SAME NIGHT THE REPORTING OFFICER TENDS TO AGREE WITH PAGE FOUR DE RJEDAHL 1 A KANSAS CITY ASTRONOMER WHO REGARDS THES~ SIGHTINGS AS METEOR SHOWERS. THE FADING GLOW AND DISAPPEARUNCE LEND SUPPORT TO THIS EVALUATION. L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 31/23J0Z JAN RJEDAHL