PF!OJECT 100/3 RECoqo CA!W 2. LOC..\ T ION 12. CONCL USIC,.;:; 0 Wa. Bollo~>n 0 Prob,.,bly llolleon 4. TYP;; Or OJ:icRV..\TION n c,., un 1-Vi o>U ol 0 GrounJRod::rr 0 Air-lnr.,rc:opt RuJar 0 Wns A~tcraft lJ Pro bob I y AI rcror t n p.,,:;i!Jiy Aircraft 11 Wus A:;tronomi ::ol LE~IC. -"1 OF 0.:\SERVATION 0. 1'-IUI.\BER OF OOJECTS ATlC PO'l.W ll9 (REV 26 SEP 52) D P rob obi y A .tr:~nomr col D Pouibly A~tmnomc:.l ln:;ulf ci ""' Oat a f:~r Calunh'" D'?AR7MEN1 OF TH~ AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH ACTION: CIN-17 l O : OOP- 2J OOP- CP-1, SAFS- 3 , DIA- 7 (3l) CHQC12)6ZCYJ059 f~! 57PiRDIV WESTOVER AFB MASS TO RJ.;~-:AL/.~DC ENT AF3 COLO RJEZSN/26 A IRDIV HANC CC:< FLO NY RJZDS~/ATIC WPAF'B R,ZZr':/ c;SAF' INFO ZS~/8AF WESTOVER AFB t1ASS W~CLA3 990COI OD 25-2 . CSAF'; FOR CAF'CIN>. OSAF; FOR CSAFO!). RE~ERENCE AF'R 202)- 2 , PARA 15. THIS MESSAGE CO~lSIST OF TWELVE Cl2) PARTS. PART ONE. A. Cl) VARIOUSLY DESCR:3~J AS ROUND ~GG SHAPED, NO SPECIFIC SHPAE OF SIMPLY A STRAK Sr ~IGHT. (2) ROUND DESCRIPTION: QUArtTER: EGG SHAPEJ; ~- DOLLAR, NO SHAPE: PEn. C3) ROUND: ORAJGE, EGG: WHIT TO ORA!GE TO GREE, NO SHAPE: TOURQUOISE, STEAX: C7) ROUND; dONE, EGG: 3X OBJECT SUZE, NO SHAQE: SHORT Tl\IL LIKZ FLARE, STREAK: TRAIL L tKE ~ETEOR. C8) NONE Dl:r.~I\T.'.\:;:-.It 0. n~E AIR FORCE S r ,.\FF .'.\cS.;"'GE !!RANCH L ALL ~G2ZS OBJECT WAS EXTREMELY BRILLIANT. PART TWO. ;JERE ATTR.!\CHED BY BRIGHf LIGHT .. <2) ROUND: 10 Df.C: ZLEV 340 DEG AZ., EGG SHAPED 20 DEG ELEVE 320 DEG AZ ~10 SH.4PE 2 0 D~C -3~ DEG ELEV 30 DEG AZ., STRE1\K 20 DEG ELEV -542 DEG -33/J D~J (3) P.G"'D 7 - BDEG ELEIJ/!00EGAZ, STREAK 5-10 DEG ELEV 0 DEG AZ NO SH4P::: 0~::: E:LEV 20 DEG flZ, STREAK 1 5DEG ELEV 0-12D2C AZ. (4) ROUND M''T) roc s: E: ALMOST Ho~:zo~TAL, SLIGHT DESCENT. NO SHAPE tf.OVC:D :t~ ARC, STREA': :JESCENDING PATH OF 30DEG < 5) ROUdD: SLit\.\ZJ OUT , EOG: BL;.~--:~D OUT, NO SHAPE, SEE~IED TO BURN OUT, s:?.E. : SEE~!ED TO BU?~l OUT CS) ROUND: 1 0 SEC, EG: 15- 3~ SEC, ~JO SHAPE : 2 -.3 s::c, S TREAK: 1/2 SEC. PA::?T T.!RE. C. 1 ALL GROUND VISUAL EXCEPT STREAK DESCRIPTION. THIS r\S IIAD::: SY PILOT Or i<C-135. (2) NO,l (3) STREAK DZS- CRIPTION: ''C-135, NR 533, ALT 2000 FT, HE~DING 075DEG, SPEED 15~1(, PCit:s STATION 'JESTOVER AFS, NriSt"' PART FOUR. D. (J) 0732! ::XNEPT AIR30RNE SIGHTING WHICH PILOT ST AT:::s -:-:7252 <2) NIGHT PART FIVE E . ROUND A~ID EGG: IN~RCNT Cf BLDG :--5..:~, WESTOVER AF'B NASS; NO SHAPE, CONTPOL ZS70VER AF BM STREA'{, 3 tII L ES SOUTH EAST OF N O?TH END cr RQNWAY.HPART SIX. F . ( J ) N/A C2) ROUND; AlC RI ... HARD ' D~?AR'tM~N f OF TH.: AI;{ FORC $TI\FF MESSAGE BRANCH J N C 0 r,l I N G RERUN :; ?\3E THREE PAGE TH'REE RJEXDH 305 11!-il _, 8!4TH COMBAT DEFENSE SQON, ZESTOV.ER AFB MASS EGG; A!: FRAi-JK JACKSO:--l JR, 8 14TH CO~IBAT DEFENSE SQDN, ~ i::STOV ::? AF" 8 ~1ASS. OI C STATES BOTH N DJ RELEA9LE BUT ~SRVOLS TYPES AND MIGH7 aE PRONE TO EXAGGERATIO.I DUE TOEX- CITEM~\7. NO SHAPE, TSST EDWAFD E ~ICCEE J~, 1917COMM So!)N, 'N:::STOVER AFB ASS. Al C HQtoJARD C PC:AVEY JR, 1917TH TSGT t1C GEE I S DESCR I 8EO BY 0 C f\ ':. S::ST GUAL IF I ED c; ON TROL TO'.~ ER OPERATOR ON BASE. EXCELL:~:T OSSER\fEP. AI C PEAVEY HAS 1 7 YRY OF SERVICE AND IS DESCRIBED AS COOT AdD RELIABLE. STREAK: CAPT JOH~' ING~ERYZN, 99ARY, 4Z5 RW, WESTOV2R AF9 MASS. CAPT INGWERSEN t~S A TOT~L OF 24 YEA~S OF CIVILIAN AND ~ILITARY FLYING EXPERI::~.CS ;,NO IS CC~'?:::TENT OBSERVER. PART SEVE:--l. G. (4) 10 ~;I HAXE ALOFT <5 > NINE (6) NO'lE. PART EIGHT. JJC PART NI"lE. I. NONE PART TEN. J,. KC-135 rA:tT LE\JEN. K.ITSGT ~lELVIN LIEBER~1AN, NCOIC CmlBAT WTLL1Gt!:NCE BRA lCH, 99DCOI, ~9TH Bm B WING, WAFB. ALTHOUGH l)~fJ.;I{ o Nor.3U OF THe AI{ FC.KE S'"MF 1\\i!;)SAG.: lqANCH t N c 0 I!} i N G ?f\rS FOl? ~JEXDJ-1 305 DESCPI:-::: ;s DIFfER AND A SLIGHT T HlE DESCREPt'\lCY EXISTS, PLL R~P :PTS ARE BELIEVED TO DE 07 SAr E PH EN 0~ FN ON. A TELEPUC~ E CHECK ~ITK S PTHSC~I.~N 03SERVATOPYt CA~:BPIOGE, ('1\SS r JICATES NO (JET~OR St~ARM P.OSSAGE; HO'.siEVER, SICHTING IS 3~L:~VED TO BE C? A LARGE AND BRILLIANT ~IETEOR. IT I., FELT T!1~f P~PORT o;: A~:N A~ID ~/ARE IS EXAGGERATED AS TJ SI~::: lidO DURATH:N. ?ART SIX. L. ~ONE