PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ 1. DATI 2. LOCATtoN 12.. CONCLUSION$ 0 Was Boll.-.. 12 Dec 1961 20 liM W of Junction, Tex.cts o p,..., ... ,, Ball-" 0 We .Ahcoft Grov.\ciR~af 0 Prol,obly Aircroft I rF =======--h~(j AI,.VIsual 0 Al,..lntocottt R041w 0 Poni Wy Alruoh I" 0 Wn Ash'onomlcol Ast,.nomlcal xa ~ llili a ~ Po:;;Ck~"'Gc/~4 tf'S/ o. IAII!' SUMMAH OP stGHnMO Meteor like object white, yello~ =ed. Fl=s t glowed a G sphere. Exploded into seg.1ents. 1l. COMMENTS 0 lftsufflclettt o ... ,., e.ctluotl eft Observation of decay of 1961A 1~siGi i s possible. Revolution on decay report. All characteristics of reentry are present. ACTION: CIN-17 UNCI.A~ itJ NS..At ,: I~WO : OOP-CP-1, OOP-2, DIA-2, KKKKKKHQC036ZCWJA355 DE RJ\vFHG 23 3619 NAVTNGW HARLINGEN AFB RJ'.IFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWFHW/33AIRDIV OKLA CITY AF RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH D C UNCLAS FROM 0-129-M FOR AFCIN AND SAFIS AT HQ USAF. UFO REPORT. A. D~SCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT. Cl> METEOR-LIKE. (2) OBSERVED TO BE PEA SIZE. C3) FIRST WHITE THEN YELLOW TO YELLOWISH RED. C4> ONE. C52 NOT APPLICABLE. C6> NONE. C7> ~lETEOR-LIKE ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY PROLOtJED IN COMPARISON AND 9RIGHTER BY FAR THAN OTHER OBSERVATIO~lS MADE WITHIN MINUTES OF SUBJ!CT SIGHTING. (8) NEGATIVE. (9) 09JECT FIRST GLOWED AS A SPHERE THEN SEEMINGLY EXPLODED INTO A DOUBLE EFFECT CHANGING FPO~ H'f-liTE TO YELLOW THTN AGAIN SEEMED TO !JISENTERGRATE ItJTO FOUR OR YO::~:: SEGMENTS WITH A REDISH YELLOW GLOW 9!FORE DISAPPEARitJG. B. (1) PAGE TWO RJWF.IG 23 STAFF MfS~ ~ ..... .; SRANCri Page 2of' 2 Pag,e f: BOTH PILOTS ~IRE OBSERVHlG THE AREA \miLE RETURllH'G FR0~ NAVIGATION TRAINING MISSION. SEVERAL METEOR SIGHTHlGS HAD BED1 MADE AND BOTH HAD COMMENTED ON THE FREQUENCY OF SIGHTINGS. THIS WAS NORMAL FOR SUCH A MISSION DURING THIS PER IOD~ WHEN SIGHTED AS A GLOW BOTH PILOTS WITNESSED ITS PROGRESS. ( 2 ) SLEVATION WHEN FIRST SIGHTED 45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON VERTICALLY DESCENDING APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES RIGHT FROM AIRCRAFT MAGM~TIC ~EADI~lG. (3) APPROXIMATELY 10 D~GREES 1\BOV~ HORI ZON. (4) VERTICALLY DESCENDING TO DISENTERGRATION. (5) TWO EXPLOSIVE DISENTER- GRATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. (6) 25-30 SECONDS. C. Cl) AIR- BORNE-VISUAL. (2) NOE. (3) T-29, AGNES 36,7500, 155 DEGREES MAG. 190 KTS TRUE, HARLI~JGEN AFB. D. (1) 13/0409Z DECE~BER F . < 1) NOT APPLICABLE. (2) * MAJOR, 3610TH NTW APTAIN, SAME CP. G. Cl) CLEAR ABOVE. 2700 FT OVERCAST. (4) VISIBILITY 15 STATUTE MILE. (5) 10/10 . (7) TEMP 40 DEW PT 16. H. NONE. I. NONE J. NON. K. WING INTELLEGENCE OFFICER. PROBABLY METEOR. POSSIBLY ROCKT BODY. L. NONE.