PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. lOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 3 Mlr 61 Aviano :\.B, Italy o Probably Balloon Po s si bl y Boll oon n38 0 Was Alrcrah Local-17 . .EI Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Probably Aircraft GMT 031838Z D AI,..VIsual D Alrlntercept Rodar Possibly Aircraft 7. lENGTH OII.OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE one which broke lQ-15 sec ~nto 5 or 6 part~ .Q Probably Astronomical D Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data fer Evaluat;on 0 Unlcnown BRII!P SUMMARY 011 SICHTIN~onnd white objt aprox 11. COMMENTS Description is characteristic the size of a silver dollar at arm's length. of a type of meteor called a bolide, whi' h . When UFO b egan to break up, individual pieces !broke up prior to burning up in earth's were aprox djme size. Trail of objt was about ~tmosphere. width of nickel at arms length. Trail was ve~ faint and disappeared at times . Appeared 45, bearing. Disappeared 300 250 bearing. Piece s se emed to burn up tmmediately. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) FM DET 19 3i WEASQ AVIANO AB ITALY 0321302 TO KQ USAi ATIC VPAFB AJtCJD KANSCO" AFB MASS IN10 AVs sCOTT I 2 W&AVG LINDSEY AS 31 WEASQ RAMSTEIN AB FROM 19WD~allC. MOON DUST WEATHER OBSERVATION AT 03183,Z . APPARENT FALLING STAR SPLIT INTO APPRIXIMATELY ~ TO ' PARTS, EACH THE APPROXIMATE Sl2E OF SLIVER DOLLAR tACH PART WITH SLIGHT WHIT~ TRAIL. VISIBLE LENGTH OF TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 5 TO Jl SECONDS FIRST VISIBLE AT 280 DEG AT 4S DEG ELEVATION, LAST VISIBLE AT 2'1 DEG AT 3 DEG ELEVATION. CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION ASSI,NED BY AWS MSG CITE AWSSSI~lB. Clas'5Hication C.!ncclled DE RJFPSH 75C FM 7227 SUPPGRU AVIANO AB ITALY TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO INFO RJEDSQ/AIR TECH INTEELL CENTER WPAFS OHIO D0-43114C. THIS REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCORD i WITH PAR 15 A. G l AT FIRST SIGHTING THE UFO WAS CIRCULAR IN SHAP AND THEN BEGAN TO BREAK UP AND BURN . (2) APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR HELD AT ARMS LENGHT. WHEN THE UFO BEGAN TO BREAK UP THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES WERE APPROXIMATELY DIME SIZE. (4) ON LARGER UFO WHICH BROKE INTO 56 PARTs. I PAGE TWO RJFPSH 75C (7) TRAIL OF THE OBJECT WAS ABOUT THE WIDTH OF A FIVE CENT PitCE HELD AT'ARMS LENGTH. THE TRAIL VAS VERY FAINT AND DISAPPERAED AT -w V <a> NONE 9) NONE. a. (I) FIRST SEEN BY LEATHER OBSERVER IN THE TOWER AND POINTED OUT TO TOWER OPERATORS (2) ~5 DEGREES/ 28a DEGREES BEARING. (J) 311DEGRESI 251 DEGRREES BEARING. (q) THE OBJECT FOLLOWED AN ARC -S DEG li DEG ANGLE FROM 281 DEG 250 DEG. <S> BROKE UP IN S6 SMALL PARTS WHICH SMED TO BURN UP IMMEDIATELY CS> 1115 SECONDS I c. (J) GROUND VISUAL . (2) NON[ (3) N/A Ee AVIANO AB ITLAY .556N 1226 F. (1) TSG BROWN, WILLIAM 1287 AACS TOWER OP AlC SWANGER, HOWARD.L. 31 ST VEARON DET 19 . G. <I> CLEAR, 7/11 ~ILES VISIBILITY. (2) 3111 METERS DALM, 70~1 METERS CALM, 18ia0 METERS 341/~a, (3) CLEAR (-) 7NM (5) NONE H. NONE I. NONE J NONE K. BASE OPERATIONS OFFICER, NO COMMENTS L. NONE. 04/13312 MAR RJFPSH