PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARO l-. DATE 2. L OCATIOH 12. CONCLUSIO)IIS 0 Was Balloon Probabl y Balloon Po s si bl 'I Boll oo" 3. OATETIME C ROUP 4. TYP E OF 08SERVATIO)ool 0 Ground-Vi auol 0 Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 0 P robobl y Ai rcroft Poasibly Aircraft 7. LENGTH Ofl O!ScllVATIOH 10. SRIEP SUJ.UMRV 01' SIGHTIHO ~ .J.;- 8. NUMBER 0? OBJECTS l 1. COMMENTS eon.:'o;~ to 0 P robobl y A sltonomi cal 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 lnsuflrcint Dolo for Evaluation 0 Unl<nown Ji:PA~T.'MNI o~: H ~ Air{ fOr<CE S r A ,,: M~SSAGE B'{ANCH AUTION': Cifi-17_, SAFS-3 FM 1S7?ATAEROSPAC2 J:~ VANDEN82RG AFB CALIF TO ::<._.')FAL/ADC DIT Ai3 COLO ?JEDS~/ATIC WPAFB Oii: J P ... .:::Z~'Q/S';) USAF IJASH :;c ?..;.:.z;,~, SECR2TARY Or :-:;E AIR FORCE WASH DC UNCLAS DI 10713 . UFJ-REFERENCE AFR 200- 2 , DATED 14 SEPT 59 <UFO>. A. DC:SCRIPTION OF OBJECT ( 1 ) NO DETAILS <2> SL:GHTLY LARG.:::R THAN A PEA 03JC:CT C3SE:RVED (6) NO DETAILS (7) RED-ORANGE FLAt1ING TAIL APPROX OdE TO ONE .~NO A HALF DEPA~ '\HH O F ThE AIR FORCE S L"'t F MESSAGE !3AANCH J fl C 0 M I N G PL\GE 2 OF 4 PAGE T~o RJWZFK 32 n~CHES LO~G <? > ~.0 AUDIBLE SOUND B. D:::SC~IPTION OF COURSE Of OiJJECT: < 1) NO m: USUAL REASON FOR OBSERVATION OTHER THAN BRILLifiNC Y,. (2) ::LE:VATiml UNY.~0 ~N -215 DEGREES T FRO." VAFB CmlTROL <3 SUR?ACE, 225 JE:GREES T FRCA"'l VP.FB CONTROL TOt.IC:R (~) U~KNOWN ALTIT~DE: DESCENDING TO SUPFPCE RAPIDLY. SPEED ( 5 , VAFB CONTROL TO~ER REPORTED LIGHT OR FLAME DISAPPEARED PRIOR TO SURFACE C TACT. CIVILIAN I N SANTA BARBARo REPORTED OBJECT STRUCK WATER NEAR GOLETA POINT. <6> OBJECT OBSERV2D FOR LESS THAN 30 SECONDSo C. MA~NR OF OBSERVATIO~ Cl) C?OUND-VISUAL D~ TH:::: ,:'\D DATE OF SIGHTING D~fiA 'H'\~N 1 Of TW AI;{ FO~Cc ~fM:: MeSSAGE B~ANCH I N C 0 lv1 I N G PAGE 3 OF 1~ P!\GE THREE: RJ\.:ZFK 32 E. LOC ~ 7 I 0~: OF" OBSERV ERY CONTROL TOWER - -3444N- 12034W 87H l NEW MEXICO STS, VAFB --344330N-12032W 5 r.::..c:s EAST OF SA~JTA BAR9ARA AIRPORT F . I::: .. T IF Y I ~G n!? 0 C~! OBSERVERS < 1 ; THREE UNIDE~:T~r !ED CIVILIA:IS C:' <A> HODGE, F~C:J, F . A2C, CG;o1BAT DEFE.:SE SQW\DRON, VAFB --A:2~AN P ERFORMING GUARD DUTYa CHARACTER ESTH!ATE:J :7:::~IABLE. f3) dOLES, fR;.,{LIN, A1C , 2035- 1 CC:tlM. DETACHMENT, VAF'8- DL1TY I N CC~lTROL T0 JJER VIIF3. CHARACTER ESTIMAT E RELIABL E . C. WEATHER AND (1) CLEAR, NO CL OUJS <2> S VAF9 WEATH~R REPORT ~ ~) SURFACE .J:~ JDS 10 K T S AT 3 10 DEGREC:S T '3) 6222 FE~T WINDS 10 K T S AT 3 10 DEGREES T <:' 1~,020 FEET WINDS 1 5 KTS AT 290 DEGREES T CD) 16 ,000 FEET WINDS 25 KTS AT ?70 D~GREES T DEPA~I.'AENf OF lHE Ali< FO~CE S r AF t \ESSAGE S~ANCH U :L n ITED (4) 10 ~ILE VISAB!LITY, HAZE I~l ALL QUADRANTS ( 5) ~0 CLOUD COVEP.AGE <7~ 7EXPERATURE 52 DZGREES, DEW POINT ~0 PAGE 4 OF J~ J. ERYniN 5, REPORTED NO AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY IN THE AREA; NO SCHE:iJUL0 LAUNCHES OR FLARE SHOTS. WEATHER STATION HlDICATED NO X~OWLEJCZ OF BALLOONS OR WEATHER EXPERIMENTS IN AREA. K. CONTROL TOWEP O?E?ATOR BELIEVED IT TO BE A SHOOTING STAR~ HAZ~ ~.1 ALL ~UADRANTS, POSITION OF THE SETTING SUN AT TIME OF SIGu:-:~.s '!:AY HAVE CAUSED A PHENOMENA l~HICH COULD APPEAR LIKE D~sc~:~zJ OBJECT. INVESTIGATOR UNABLE TO DETEPMINE POSITIVE I 0 F.N T I? I CAT I ON 2'U?058Z ~lAY RJ\JZFK