3. DAT!TIM! GROU~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. .LOCATION PA<.tt-I<- ~ TYPE OF OBSERVATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ' Was Balloon Probably Balloon Poui bly Balloon .Local-0352 & 0354 0 GrouncJ.Vhual 0 CrounciRador Wa Aircraft C Probably Aircraft GMT 081252Z & 081254Z ~AI,. Vf .,af 0 Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft D Yea A Probobl y Astronomical CJ No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LI!NOTH OJI.OII!ItYATION L NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other _ 1 which broke int l 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. IJIII, I::U . .uRY OJI SIGHTINGThin, pencil-ljke objt, red and white, with red tail. Observed for 5 sec, then broke into 4 pieces and disinter- gared. Appeared to be in level flight. ATIC POitM 329 (RBY 21 IBP 52) 11. coMMEMTsCrews of 2 a/ c separated by about 100 mi apparently witnessed same objt. Description and duration are char- a cteristic of a bolide, which is seen to explode. UNCLASSIFIED RELEASED BY . AF DIST: NAVY DEPARTME T DRAFTED BY 1. AM PLIF IC AT ION :AND CORRELATION OF REF A RECEIVED FRCI'1 AIR FORCE A~D AEW ACFT. .tHIN 'PENCiL. LIKE OBJCT" SIGHTED VISUALLY .F.OR 'FIVE OBJECT BROKE t~TO FOUR PIECES AND DISAP AK~D 281252Z. ENTIRE.SURFAC APPEARED BURNING. 3. ~-CCMM ENT. OBJECT: APPARENTLY PASSED BETWEEN POSITS OF ETAN 134-03 w. DISTANCE ~'NO ANGLE OF FOR COURSE DISCREPANCY. 33/92/ SECNAV COG CIA MRCC COGARD DIRNSA BFR JCSC J2) NIC CONTROL NO. CIRCUIT NO. TIME OF RECEIPT DATE TIME GROUP NAVAL MESSAGE Ut~CLASSIFIED . 1NFO CNO Ca-lF IRSTFLT C(ltl PACM ISRAN . OOP-CP-1 lNCLAS . CIRV IS REPORT . lo, FROM AIR FORCE E25 AT B8125~Z E25 VISUALLY OBSEqVED A BRIGHT RED AND WHITE OBJECT WITH RED TAIL PARTS FALLING AWAY. FRo~ TAILo OBJECT APPEARED FoR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS r ALL lNG 30 DEGREE ANGLE HEAD lNG 100 . DEGREES AT A POSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 13540W 43-30N. SPEED tNDETERM INEDo ALTIT-UDE 2a ,00Z FEE: To :: . . MRCC 90GARD DIRNSA N~VAIDE FLAGPLOT BFR OSD J~SCJ2l.NIC Af CONTROL NO. 228/ll'l/VN/ CIRCUIT NO. OF . PAGES TINE OF RECEIPT 1602ZI~8 MAR DATE TIME GROUP I INCOtl: NG ACTION: CIN-14 SAFS-3, OOP-2, OOP-CP-1 AFB CALIF . , TO RJWFAL/A.IR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFO COLO RJWZSB/28 AIR DIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF . RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS WASHINGTON D C RJEZHQ/OSAF WASHINGTON D C RJEDSQ/COSMATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZBH/PROJECT SPACE TRACK L G HANSCOM FLO BEDFORD MASS INFO RJWZBH/25AIR DIV MCCHORD AFB WASH RJ\"ZKP/ PORTLAND AIR DEFENSE SECTOR ADAIR AFS ORE UNCLASSIFIED/520IN 0445. FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN AND AFCIN-181 FOR OSAF PASS TO SAFIS FOR COSMATIC PASS TO AFCIN-4A. MOON DUST IS SUBMITTED IN AFR 200-2 FORMAT. ACl> ROUND C2> MARBLE (3 > WHITE AND RED (6) APPEARANCE OF FIREBALL t.~ITH A TAIL PAGE TWO RJWZSBA 1 Page 2 of 3 C7) TAIL APPEARED TO BE 5~ TIMES LONGER THAN DIAMETER OF OBJECT BC 1) LOOKED 'BACK TO OBSERVE ROUGH ENGINE -SIGHTED OBJECT (2) INNITIALLY SIGHTED JUST ABOVE ACFT \~ING AT 255 DEGREES FROM NOSE OF ACFT. INCREASED IN AZIMUTH AND CROSSED TO 21~ DEGREES. (3) 25 DEGREES ABOVE THAT OF ORIGIONAL SIGHTING -AZIMUTH, 210 DEGREES (4) SLIGHT ARC-FAIRLY CURVED TRATECTORY C5) OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (6) 5 SECONDS CC 1) VISUAL E 43 DEGREE 11 N X 134 DEGREE 04 W F JOHN D. THOMPSON, CAPT 965TH AEW/C SQ, ACFT COMDRo PAGE THREE RJWZSBA 1 MATURE INDIVIDUAL WITH 5 -6000 PILOT HOURS Page 3 or 3 GCI> CUMULOUS AND STRATUS BROKEN DECK BASE 12000' TOPS 18000' C2> SURFACE 300 DEGREE 15K TEMP. 1 EST 50,000 250 DEGREE 95K TEMP. UNK (3) BROKEN BASE THIN SCATTERED 30,000 C4> 0 -UNLIMITED C5> 8/10 BELOW 5/10 ABOVE (7) SEE GC2> I. REPORTED TO MCCHORD AFB RADIO SHORE STATION AND THEN TO PORTLAND AIR DEFENSE SECTOR K. CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION COMMENTS: APPEARS TO BE T~E . . REENTREE OF A SPACE VEHICLE. THIS REPORT IS COMPLIMENTED BY A REPORT FROM ETHAN 42Q REPORT FROM ETHAN 42 FOLLOtaTS. . , STAFF ~.-\ESSAGE DlVlS;ON ACTIOiq: NNNNSMD A 063 ZCHQA905ZCQJA510 ZNR ZOV ZFH 1 ZCSUB842ZCSBA 152 , PP RJWZBK RJWFAL RJEDSQ RJEMVB RJEZBH RJEZHQ RBWPPG DE RJWZSBA 5 FM 552 AEW C WING MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF TO RJWFAL/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO RJWZSB/28 AIR.DIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS WASHINGTON DC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASHINGTON DC RJEDSQ/COSMATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZBHIPROJECT SPACE TRACK L G HANSCOM FLO BEDFORD MASS RJWFAL/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO RBWPPG/COMWESTSEAFRON SAN FRANCISCO CALIF RJEMVB/CANAIRDEF ST HUBERT MONTREAL CAN INFO RJ\~ZBH/SAN FRANCISCO AIR DEFENSE SECTOR BEALE AFB CALIF UNCL ASS IF IED/5 20 IN 044 Bo FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN AND AFCIN-181, FOR OSAF PASS TO SAFIS FOR COSMATIC PASS TO AFCIN-4Ao THE FOLLOT~ING MOON DUST REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN AFR 200-2 FORMATo DE'P ARTM!NT' 01 n,"! Ail STAFF MESSAGE DIVlS!ON I~Jcor~1NG hll93 (9 Mar 61) Page 2 or 3 AC 1) PENCIL (2) THAT OF STANDARD SIZE ClGARETTE CPOSSIBLY SMALLER) (7) kRAILING DEBRES -4 TO 5 SMALL PIECES -THEN OBJECT SEPERATED INTO 4 PIECES THEN COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED 8(1) IF LOOKING OUT OF COCKPIT IT COULDNT BE MISSED (2) APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN OUR ACFT C8,000 FT> DEAD AHEAD C3) ANGLE OR ELEVATION APPEARED TO BE SAME AS AT TIME OF SIGHTING -TRAVELED 15 DEGREES IN AZIMUTH WHEN BURN OUT (4) OBJECT APPEARED TO BE IN LEVEL FLIGHT C5) APPEARED TO DISINTERGRATE (6) 5 -8 SECONFS CC 1) VISUAL (3) ETHAN 42; 8,000; 310 DEGREE MAG; 170 KIND; MCCLELLAN FC 1) PUREZO, JACK Sea 1/LT 963RD AEt.~/C SQ PILOT MATURE 1500 HRS DEPARTM!NT 01 TH! Am F'OIC! STAFF MESSAGE DIVlS;ON Page 3 of 3 PAGE THREE RJWZSBA 5 PA'.-ETTE, DONALD R. TSGT 963RD AEW/C SQ ENGINEER MATURE GC l) CUMULUS 4/10 TOPS 12, CZIQ.Ha (4) ZERO TO UNLTD (7) -1 DEGREE C TRUE K CHIEF INTELLIGENCE DIVISION COMMENTS: THI~ REPORT TENDS TO CONFIRM EARLIER REPORT BY ETHAN 25. IT APPSARS THAT I A SPACE VEHICLE DID BURN OUT WITHIN THE AREA BETWEEN ETHAN 25 AND ETHAN 42a