PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 1:2. CONCLUSIONS t.' 1 ( fit (. FJ. /Tf Y ~) 0 Waa Balloon )./ 0 ProbablyOollaon _.VI I 0 Ground-Radar Waa Aircraft roun-sua 0 Probably Aircraft GMT 270J.COZ D'Ai,..Viaual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION I. HUMBER 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSE Q:( Probably Astronomical 0 Panibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluoti on 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING O'Jjt brillio..nt ''ni.t11 \dt' 11. COMMENTS Probable ob-:; "TVJ.tion or f ir~ual red Glmdng r;oJ.or c.u to rear trail 10 "';im~; J~nt~' h of lone:; dnrution. TJir~ction of 't!?EI r .tl<!: FJat trajc~to:r.f :J.nd straight rc.th frn ~s to',!!..! out u tclLite reentry. 'l'uil or-:r-e:uccl to be cau::.:cd by fra&n~ntat:Loa oi' <FLYING SUPPORT>, MISSION PILOT. ESHIMATED TO BE RELIABLE. G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT: ( 1) IN CLEAR ABOVE RAGGED TOPPED CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED CIRUS ABOVE. OBJECT WHEN FIRST OBSERVED WAS PARTLY OBSCURED BY CLOUDS BUT EMERGED IN CLEAR. (2) AWS, HARLINGEN: ITH TIPS AT 1- 000. ( 4) 15 MILES PLUS (5) 10/10 UNDERCAST, 4/10 CIRCUS ABOVE. C6 ) NONE (7) SFC/23 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, THOUSAND NOT AVAILABLE. H. NONE. I . NONE. J. NONE. K. WING PAGE THREE RJWFHG 4 ATMOSPHERE. L. NONE. 30/1830Z OCT RJWFHG ~PA026CZC~OM802ZCWYB857 DE RJ{~FHG 4 FM 3610 NAVTNGWG HARLINGEN AFB TEX TO RJHFAL/1\DC ENT AFB COLO RJWFHW/33/\IRDIV OKLA CITY AF STN OKLA RJEDSQ/1\TIC v1RIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH 25 DC UNCLASSIFIED FROM 0 267 FOR AFCIN AND SAFIS AT HC USAF. UFO REPORT. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT. (1) OBLONG. (2) HALF DOLLAR. (3) FRONT 1/4 OF OBJECT WAS A BRILLIAN T WHITE WITH AN AUREOLE ON THE LEADING EDGE. T.IE AFT 3/4 OF THE OBJECT WAS A GOLOWING RED COLOR. C4) ONE ( 5 ) NOT APPLICABLE. (6) NONE. C7l TRAIL EXTEND BEHIND OBJECT APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES THE LENGTH OF OBJECT AND APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY FRAGMENTATION OF OBJECT. ( 8 ) NONE (9) NON B. DESSRIPTION OF Cl) OBSERVING AREA AROUND AIRCRAFT. (2) 60 COURSE OF OBJECT; DEGREES TO RIGHT~D 10 rEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. (3) 10 DEGREES TO LEFT AND 10 DEGREES Pl\GE TWO RJv1FHG 4 1\BOVE HORIZON. (4) FLAT TRAJECTORY AND STRAIGHT PATH APPRO;~!- rJAI~LY 1U WNW. (~) HAPlULY TO WNW. C6) 20 SECONDS. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: (1) AIRBORNE-VSUAL. (2) NONE () T-29C, AF 33463, ALT-13000FT, HEADING-310 EGREEs, SPED-140K INDICATED. BASE-HARLINGEN AF BASE, TEXAS. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: <1> 01002, 27 OCT 6 1 (2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: 26 45N, 98 15 W. 35 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF MCALLEN, ' TEXAS. F. IDENTIFYING INFO ON OBSERVERS C1) !ESTIMATED TO BE RELIABLE. C2) PAGE THREE RJWFHG 4 INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. POSSIBLE METEOR OR ROCKET BODY ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE. L. NONE. 30/18302 OCT RJWFHG SECURITY CLASS! \TION .JOINT MESSAGL:.r-'ORM UNCLASSl:FIED 8PA.OE DELOW RE!:IBH.VED FOR OOMMUNIOA.TI O.V OENTEH. . lt!Bt&l ;I PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Oh1d} ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR REFERS TO CLASSI F I CATIO N OF REFERE NCE ACTION ROUTINE BOOK MULTI S INGLE FROM: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FrD WPAFB 0 T'HAAtmaEN AFB, TEXAs .~ J uJ 1~ Jf G UNCLASSIFIED TD-E 7 -I(-!~J 'I 3610TH NAVTNGWG/YOUR UNCL MSG 0267 DTD 30 OCT 61 REPORTlllG A UFO SIGHTlllG. THE AZit-lUTHS REPORTED FOR THE OBJECT DO NCY!' CORRESPOND t WITH TBE REPORTED FLIGHT PATH. REQUEST CLABIFICATION. DD I M!SIS 173 UNCLASSIFIED SIGNAT-\)RE TYPED (11r ~tnmwtl1 NAME 1\1'10 T ITL.E MONTH YEAR/ Colonel, USA} ... Dep/ Sci e nce & Components REPLACES DD FORM 173, I OCT 49, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED ::m RJED _7(ol_361Z NfWTNGtJG HARLINGEN AFB IE~, TO ATIC HF!IGHT-P/\TTERSON AFE OHIO U CLAS FROM 0 61L YOUR UNCLASSIFIED ;::::~SAGE D-E: 7-~1-137, 7 ;~Oi! 61. CU\RIFICf\TJON OF UFO REPORT. '::nN FIR:T :1IGHTf.D OBJECT HA~ 60 DEGREE: TO CD~;ERVER: RIGHT D DISAPPEARED TO O[SERVERS LEFT l Z DE:GREE~. ODZRVER~ WERE PIL OT AND CO-PILOT O~J T-29 AIRCRAFT HEAD[D l~ORTHWE~T. OBJECT :Jf\ S MUCH NEARER OBSERVERS HHEN FIRST ;~I GHTED THAN tJHEN IT DI ~;APPEARED. ~ S/20292 NOV RJWFHG