PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD o6334BE (\e.nln..Jy; .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon . LOCATION 3. DATETIME CROUP Ground-Radar 0 Woe Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft D Was Astronolftlcol \[ EJJl/5 D Air-Intercept Radar Local-21QO . CJ Ground-Visual ~-PHOTOS 'SOU E D Yea la Probably Astronontical 7. LENGTH Ofi.OISERYATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other--------- 0 Insufficient Dt~te t.r Evaluat;on n. coMMENTSnuration and apparent short distance traveled by objt is suggestive of an astronomical body. Planet Venus 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Yellow circular objt size of half dollar at arms length. Observed 20 angle to horizon, 225 az. Disappeared 7 angel to horizon, 270 as. Appeared to rotate. Faded to w. was found to have been in position repoJ ;,- ed. Strange appeara nce was probably due ATIC FORM 329 (RV 26 SEP 52) to it b eing close to horizon where tness was l ooking through much more of earth's atmosphere when observing it. DE RJFPFO 14B FM COMDR .36 TFW BITBURG AB GER TO RJFPSD/HQ 17AF RAMSTEIN AB GER RJFPBW/HQ USAFE LINDSEY AS WIESBADEN GER RJWFALB/HQ NORAD ENT AFB COL RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CENTER WPAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAFE WASH 25 DC RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AF A. f~l CIRCLE T 0 UFO FM OPI 019-B X klL HALF DOLLAR AT ARMS LENGTH KEL YELLOWISH KYL LAUGE SC'UARE IN CENTER, WIDE BACK LINE STRETCJjiNG FROM CENTER TO FOUR OCLOCK, LATER TO EIGHT OCLOCK. FIVE ANTENNAE WITHING ' iZOL NONE B. ROL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION ~JL EP DEGREES ~NGLE TO HORIZqN, 225 DEGREES AZIMUTH 3) 7 DEGREES ANGLE TO HORIZON, 270 DEGREES AZir1UTH L APPEARED TO ROTATE XTL FADED TO WEST kvL 30 MINUTES C. ~QL GROUND-VISUAL KWL 1 POWER TELESCOPE FROM AMATEUR ASTRONOMY KIT KQL WPPPZ TO 203~Z 9 FEB ~GL DUSK TO NI DEPENDENTS, 36 TACT FTR WG, -APO 1.32, N.Y., UNK RELIABILITY. ESTIMATED RELIABLE. G. KQL GOOD VISIBLITY, SOME CLOUDS WL SURFACE 310DDGREES, 2~ KNOTS AT E 6, 0~ .32~DEGREES, 30 l{NOTS 16,00~: 342DEGRtEs ; 6~ KNOTS DOCK CHIEF, 53J 0: 340DEGREES, 40 KNOTS k'WL 10 r1 I LES TL SCATTERED ~L DEGREES H. NONE KNOWN K. MAJOR WALTER D. BROWN, JR., 36TFW INTEL OFF. COMMENT: INTERROGATION OF NUMBER OF BASE MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO EYEBALLED SUBJ UFO PRODUCED GENERAL AGREEMENT AS TO TIME, ANGLE AND AZIMUTH OF SIGHTING BUT TEND TO SUPPORT BELIEF THAT SUBJ UFO WAS CELESTIAL 10/1715Z FEB RJFPFO