PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA:1D 2. LOCATiON 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probubly Salluon Possi ~>I y Balloon 3. DATE-TIM=: CROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSEtlVA.TION 0 Ground Visual -=s-. ~P.HOTOS ! 6. SOURCE ':F OBSERVATION 10. SR!E? S~:..UURY OF SIGHTING S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ATtC FORM 329 (R3.V 2 6 SE.P S:Z) Wo'\ Ai rcroft 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Radar P robo bl y Aircraft Possibly Aircraft 11. COMMENTS Was Astronomica l Probabl y A~tronomical Possibly A~tronomical In sufficient Data for Evaluation Unkno'WT'l DEPAHTavlt::NT OF THE AIR' FORCE CFFIClAL USE ONLY ~A l~G: 1hl~ material contains in!or naUrm 3!f('cttng thi.! Nn.tionlll e!fcnse nC the Unltcd States within thH mt!ani.n, or the Espionage Laws, ,_i::PO~T HO. the trnns'Dis~lon or r~v~lntion or wh 1cb. 1n {lll.Y r~anner to nn U:1'\uthor 1 d pcr!lon io prob1bi t ed lly l a" SU:.lJl!Ci (U) Reported SightLng of F~allinr, Object DATE OF R CPOHT lR lt52l,OJ9 REFC:REtiCECi La Pa~. Bolivia, 28 Aug 62 evALUATioN B-J FRo~ .Air ..'\tt~ch~, Eoliv1a !BCE cs CJvtli~n Qjl c~ Ol9JL~----------------~P~R~E~P~A~R~E~D~8~Y -=L~t~Co~l~E~d~ard J. Fox :-.t~;.rded is a duplicated copy of a of an uni~sncified falling, fier,y object due ing ~a.3 repor':.ed to have taken plc.1ca at 2025 lBtt~r report con~:mlng the t-1est of Santa Cr-uz Bolivia. hour:> (local) 6 A\lg 1962~ Th a 3igh 'i- The le~ter report ~as written (or dated on 2 Aug 62) by , a C~lf Oil loyee in Bolivis, and was addressed to h in La Paz. A c.bte sta;np of 2) Aug 62 L""lficates that ths lattar -wa.3 rece v e d by the Bolivian Oulf Oil Co on t~t date. Copie3 of tha letter wsre io:n-Jard9Cl. to th3 Service AttaohJ officss 0::1 27 Aug 62. Altholl~'\ I do not personall.7 kno .. ,. ths reportJng individual he is 1.1sll lc:o~.-wn by th~ USAffi"J\ nnd is report~ to be a sharp, reliable persotl. Al9o the US .. \.P~L\ st:.a.tes that this sama individual. has previously :reported similar sighting3 in th~ sn;na li!"eaa Copy of sub ~a ot let tar ...report follow3: Bolivian Oul? Oil Company La Paz, Eolirla P.ZTROU.UM HEI.ICC.'DTERS rn BOLIVIA C.\SILLA ?lo 678 SA.fiTA CRUZ BOLIVIA Sllbject' Unicer:~if'ied Flying ObjA3ct Sigh\ed Dear Sirsl In answer to your request for written information the sighting of an unidentlfitd n:rin~ obj~ct, I subndt the follo~ing information: ~ the night of Augu3t 6, 1962 at hours 2025 in Santa Crt\Z Bolivie, ~j ~ttontion ~'ls dir~cted to n b:-111 L~nt object f:J.lling or flying through the s!\'f. lt fi!s t ap- pe~rc:.d to rr./ lL"llb::str'J.ct.~d vie'W at appro.xi~t~ly a 45 de~rte angle .from t~3 horizon du:l .33t of Santa Cruz. It3 b ... llliance \1'1\3 slir:::'ltly ls.Js .tha:1 the intsn.s1. ty or the sun at r.\.i.dd.~y, but th~ object ua~ rr.uch 3mallttr-. A5 f~r as I coul d d~te~n. there uas no i fD r~o~ Air ' .\t tach~, Eoli via 11 lumi nation ot tl\1 irnmediate surrwndings resulting from the obj aet. J..J I did n o t sae the object at the beginning of 1 t s appearance (its presence being indlca ted to ma. b1 another per~on) I cannot da3cr1be its or1g1r.~1 appearance. A3 I first naw it the obJect was appart:mtly descending in a nearly vertical p.3.th to,.ard the "Westor;:, hor~.w!l. Small partlc.le3 or 1 ts substances were trailing 1 t at reg\llar interval:J each extinguishing itaelf as a new one separated from the original body. My be~t . e~tin~te of the number or glowing particles or illumination8 in trail or the orieinal ~ is s~ven or elght, each spaced at intervals approximately two to three time3 thC) di.l- tnet.er or t.he original objact forming a straight line behind ths original. Th~ object lolas in my view for abou~ three seex>nds and in vie w of rrr;r companion about two :!econaa before that. Its disappear3nce' occurred in an almost instantaneoua increastt in brilliance and sudden extinction of the original cbject. The trailing illuminations extinguished the111selves in turn. The ~eather at time or occurrence W:\!J a clear sky ~ith 3 srnall amount. of smoke and haze. Wind ~a:l frotn tha northliest at .. abou~ f\.v<l to ten knotso . E.C'.MAHD J, FOX L!-Co=~:le:.-t,. USAF