PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS rV...co, Sc-~>r) 0 Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF 08SERVATION Possobly Balloon 0 Ground-Vo suol 0 Ground-Rodor Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 Ai,.VIsual 0 A i r-lntercepl Radar Po ssi bl y Ai rcroft 0 Was Astronoml col M -Tf:ct<- Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS lnsuflicent Ooto for E .. aluotoon 10. BRIE!l SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTIHGJ.arger meteor-type objt. 11. COMMENTs Although duration ..ras no"; Left s coke t rail for aprox 3 min. Higher part reported for main objt, characteri:rtics of s coke trail, dar k d.tifted rapidl: those of a meteor . Objt 'JaS Lo-Jer part of trail, light grey in color, in S..l ..rhi c h \oi'Ould account for trail bei~ lirftcd :;lo,.,l y . bjt burned b rightly upon in color, as ~!:ut part entering at~osphere. sl: tly light at thi3 time. AT1C PORW 319 (IUt V l& S11P Sl) ACTION: c:l'l-14 . DIPAR'tM!NT OP M A1R 101K! STAff MESSAGE OMSlO~ Sl) !1/cTdN~cO'r..IN G INFO : Aru~-30, NAVY-90, CMC-8, JCS-35, OSD-15, CZCHQA408ZCPJA670 ZNR ZO'J RJFKSU UB599ZCA\IIX773 ' . RJFPBW RJDLUA RJFXBN RJFPSD RJDXG\11 RJWFAL RJEZHQ RBDLL RUFPAE DE RJFKA'-' 82 FM A24304/AWYS TORREJON AB SP TO RJFPBW/HQ USAFE LINDSEY AIR STN GERMANY RJDLUS/RD AF SO RUISLIP NG RJFXBN/16AF TORREJON AB SP RJFPSD/17AF RAMSTEIN AIR BASE GERMANY RJDXGW/7AD HI GH WYCOMBE AIR STN ENG RJWFAL/COMMANDER ADC ENT AFB USA ~JEZHQ/CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES AF WASHINGTON RBDLLICINCUSNAVEUR LONDON ENG RUFPAE/CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBRG GER r :RVIS ~?-'2l324 SIGHTED LARGE METEOR-TYPE OBJECT. DESCENDING 03JECT ~EFT S~OKE TRAIL FOR APPROX 3 MINS.HIGHER PART OF SMOKE TRAIS DARK I N :"LO~ DRIFTED RAPIDL~ LOWER PART OF TRAIL LIGHT GREY IN COLO~ DRIFTED SLO'ILY, OBJECT BURNED BRIGHTLY UPON ENTERING ATMOSPHERE. OBJECT J~S HI3H \~tO SOUTH ~EST JF OUR AC. OUR POSITION 4l27N 0522~ ~T 1337!. TYPE AC C-47 BT NOTE! Advance copy del to OOP-CP (162143Z Mar 61) .