PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2 . LOCATION Was Balloott 0 Prol:tal:tly Balloon Possl bly Bolloon L.G. Ha.nscomb Field, Mlss. ~ TYPE Ot= OBSERVATION 3. DATETIME GROUP Wos Aircraft Local-1730 m Gro'"'cl-Visual 0 GroundRodor Prolaalaly Aircroft D Possl W 1 Alrcroft I 5. P~ -"OS 6. . D Was Astronomical V-t:/Jll S 7. LENGTH Ofi.OISERVATION tJ Prol:tably Astronomicol Mi 1 1~:..111!1. -~--------l D Posailtly Astronomical I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other--~---- -- 0 Insufficient D fer EYoluation D Unlcnowtt 110. IRII!fl SUMMARY Orr SIGHTING\ofhite obJt size of half 11. COMMENTSLong duration of~sighting dollar observed. first at aprox 8o angle. Dis-suggests witness was wa.tcaing an astra- appeared at 0 4 hours later. Appeared to t .,J namical body. P~anet Venus was in W reddish-orange as it began to disappear into moving Nw, path noted by witness. r.o Ln= the western horizon. Intensity of its flas hinD of color of objt a s it began to disappe~:~ !accelerat e d also as it (lrew neare r horizon. behind horizon was due to light passing ATIC FORM 329 (RBV 26 SltP 52) through more atmosphere than it was "'hen it ,.,a s higher above horizon. ftltPLY TO HEADQUARTERS 324STH OPERATIONS GROUP 324STH AIR BASE WING UNITED STATES AIR FORCE LAURENCE G. HANSCOM FIELD, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 9 February 1961 Report of Unidentified Flying Objects Air Technical Intelligence Center \"!right-Patterson AFB, Ohio Forwarded for ~ infor.mation d necessar.y action in accordance with orts of Unidentified Flying Objects RIC N. ,,TODA, Capt, USAF Asst Base Operations Officer REPORT OF UN.DEHTIFIED FL YIHG OBJECTS negative" in reply to any numbered item of the following report format will indicate that all logical leads were developed without success. The phrase not applicable" (N/A) will indicate that the question does not apply to the sighting being investigated. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF OBSERVER(S) (.;ivilian (Nom~, OB*' mailira& address, oeeupatiota) Military (Nome. fi'Gd~, orpttizo&iora, du&y, orad estimate of reliability) RUDOLPH A. L. S1-1ITH, 4th ~veater Group LOCATION OF OBSERVER(S) Exact latitude and longitude of each obeerver, or Ceoref position, or position with reference to a known landmark Rep. obs site (on top of DC Hangar) LG Hanscom Fld. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING Zulu time dale group of sightif18 Light conditions (use orae of the following terms: NiBiat, day, tlawra, dusk) 17JOL-21JOL Dusk -dark DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT(S Size compared to a known object (use one of the following terms: Head of a pin, pea, diTM, nickel, quarter, half dollar, silver dolw, baseball, grapefruit. or basketball) held in the band at about arms length l<~ormation, if more than one Size-Half Dollar Any discemible features or details The object appeared to turn a reddish-orange as it began to disappear into the western horizon. The intensity of its flashing accelerated also as it drew nearer the horizon. Tail, trail, or exhaust, including size of ttAme compared to size of object{s) Sound, if heard, describe sound Other pertineat or unusual features DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTjS) What fil'st called the auention of observer{s) to the object{s)? Noticed the object first on o6 Feb 61 same time (22002) and it follo't-led tha 3~-ne "Jtth Angle of elevation and azimuth of the object{s) when first observed 80 (Approximately) Angle of elevation and azimuth of the object(s) upon disappearance Uesr,ription o f flight p&tb a nd maneuv~rs nf Clbj"!ct(3) sloiTly n~ovad nort!n.;eJtward A.p~rorimataly) before "it disappeared. AFCRC CAMBRIDGE MASS. Manner of disappearance of o ject(s) \ (dol-m belo"tv the Lenstb of tune 1n saght Approximately four MA-NNER OF OBSERVATION Use oae or any combination of the followins items: Grouad-visual, grouad-electronic, air-electronic. '(I/ electronic, specifr type Ground -visual. StateiDitDt u to optical aida (telecope, binoculars, and so fortla) used and description thereof If the aightiag is made while airborne, give type aircraft, identification number, altitude, headins, speed, and home station. WEATHER AND WINDS.ALOFT. CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS Observer(s) account of weather conditions Clear with a Report from nearest AWS or U. S. Weath~r Bureau Office of Visibility wind direction and velocity in degrees and knots at surface Amount of cloud cover Thunderstorms in area and quadrant in which located Any otlaer unusual activity or condition, meteorological, a~tronomical, or otherwise, which might account for the sigbtill8 Interception or identification action taken (sucla actio11 may be take11 wlaenever fetJ&ible, complyi111 with e~is&ing air defense directive) Object had disappeared when report was filed. Location of any air traffic in the area at time of sighting fl oqition title -tnd comment~ of the prepdrtn~ officer, inclurling h 1s prelimin~ry :tnalysi;l n the po: ihle c~use of the sighting(s) Richard N. Uoda, Capt, Base Operations ~pace Track at LG no information. F.xi~u'"ce c.1f physic<tl o~vid,.nce, sua:h a...; materials and photo~raph~