P~OJECT 10073 RCCO!<D CA:W l I. OA7E 2. LOCATIO'! 11. CvtiCLV~IOI';~ 0 \Vo-; !loll oon tl ProbuLiy G::llo:.n 0 ::'c ; Lly f\n!Joun 7. LcNCTh ;;:: :l3Se ~ VATION <1. T'ff>t: OF oaSERV \ riO:-! C1 Ai,.. '/i su nl 1.!. NUMBEP. OF OOJECT S D Crovndf~od.Jr CJ AlrlniNC.:>'t ?.odor H o:. Atrcr Jit obabl y A.rcroft Po:.sibly Airncl: IVns J\~lro,.,umi cal Prnbobl y A .lr'>nom .:II ibly A!oltonomlc~l ln:wrli-.:i e n t Dot e ru r cvo!Jvlrun 10. B'!IEF SU'--I.l.RY OF SIGHTING 11. COI..ME NH S i A~F f.IES'J/,GE 3 Iay 62) C/au S'lB C ~ ll 5 P? RJ::::Z:HQ CE RJ'/F'KD 60A F~: 45?3 A3GP KIRTLAND AFB N~EX TO PJ'.? t,L/ADC ENT AF'!3 COLO PJJ:::;-2u /832~D AIR DIV JE:f CANNON AFB NMEX PJ.::uS~/ rOREIGN TECH~OLOGY DIV HPAFB OHIO RJEZH9/USAF WASH RJEZHQ/SECRET.'\RY OF AIR FORCE WASH DC SBf 25- 5 - 10 FOR TD- 3 , AFCIN, SAFIS, PREL!~INARY UFO RE?ORT DATED 25 MAY REF'ERENC 62. DISfEGARD THIS P.Z~c~7. RELEAS~ Or BALLON FROM HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE :!S~ ON 23 ~AY IN MID AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CONF'IR~:!:D. :..T/\rt: t'N ::ACE NAHCH CI~T-ll~J OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, 2.'\FS-3, DIA- 7 ZC HC 353 S ZCQ JC-307 PP R ~ZHQ FM H~ 92SAW FAIRCHILD ~?B WASH TO ?.JC:JSQ/ATIC ~1/PAF"B CHI O F"O ~..;. F'AL/ADC ENT ;. 3 COLO RJ :ZBL/HQ COMO US Ar BOLLING ArB WAS H DC P.j~ZHQ/OSAF" WASH DC Pa:;e 1 of 2 ~ICLAS DCOIC 10 , 2 10 . f OR ArCtN BOLLING AND S AriS OSAF. THE FOLLO'.JING IN F OifM.~TION PERTAINS T O AN UNtDZNTIFIED FLYING OBJZCT POPTE D IN NORTHWESTE~N UNITED STATES AND SOUTH~!STERN C~NADA: 11;1l EXT:).::.,.;::_y LARGE SRIGHT, GR'::EN, ORANGE AND 'IIHiTC: OSJECT STifEAi<ED :-:-:.:: SKY FRO~ A NORTHERLY TO SOUTHERLY DIRECTION .. IT VPS SIGHTED:~ LARGE NUMBERS Or PZOPLZ ON 28 MAY IS62, AT APPRCXI~ATELY ?2~;3 kOURS, PACIFI C STANDARD TIM~. THE OBJECT A??EAR!D TO 3 0MZ V IZWERS TO BE 200 fEET LONG. A BALL Cr B;1!GHT LIGHT, 'J TH A L";\JG TAIL BEHIND. THE TAIL APPEARC:D AS BURN!~IG AND PIECES LLI~G FROM fHE OBJECT. INVESTIGAfiONS BEI~IG MAD~ THE INTELLIGZ~IJE mP,\~IMENT o; THt AIR FOiKc STA!'f :W:S~AGE BRANCH P~GE TWO RJWZGP 11 ~riCER PT FAIRCHILD AVB, WASH CEASED WHEN Page 2 o f 2 IT WtS LSARNED THAT THE HEAD OF THE DOMINION ASTR-PHYSICAL CBSERV.~TORY, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLU~BIA, DR. R.t1. TEPETTRE RPORTSD THE OBJECT TO BE AN EXTREMELY LARGE METEORITE. 30/0253Z NAY RJWZGP r E l E P H 0 r1 E D ?OUst :-:I t t I o I ' J/\LLoo:: , liJITif~LLY T::J iJlLLY ~OY.