PKOJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CO~CLUSIONS ~. LOCATION Was Balloon Probably Balloon Po s si bl y Boll oon Was Ai rcroh Probably Aircraft 3. OATE- TI'AE CR~..!P J. TV?E OF OBSERVATION ;:;t Ground Vt sval 0 Ground-Radar 5~-:pHOTOS e:-'IOURCE;-' _ Po ssi bl y Ai rcroh IJ Wo, Astronomi col 0 Probably Astrono"'icrJl 0 Possibly Ast,nomicol a. NUMBER OF OSJECTS 9. COU~SE 0 Oth!!H - ll/1330Z '$4'astCD< lnsvHiciunt Data for Evaluation 7. LENGTH OF o~.;ERVATION !liJt rTJ:; j 000 12/l540Z -~ sE u Unkn- 10. B~lcF SUMMA~'t OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11/lJ30Z: Newspaper rpt3 f~ Bluefield~, ~[ana~H:l, & Leon of obj f '3.11 ing in to a~ Ole rpt included lo~d oxplosionv 12/154 ol: Obj too low t0 be s pat..:e v0h1cla.rotd to local ne~snaoers. Luminous. Appeared tn di3tance to ba f~lling star. Rapid, horizontal flight. Gave appear~nce of chemical propellant. Duration not rptd. Po.ssib-~.i t y of incteor sighting:::>. r~lso so~a con1lict in rpt Ins~ffici~nt d~ta lor analysi~. Departr/!,e Ss~retary of State . DE?AR~!E0."T 'PASS DA FJ~ ACSI; . INFOR.}vfATION J-2 C):NC.ARIB, G-2, USARC-~RIB . CITE CX-18 At l3l540Z August an un~dentif~ed flying object was observed ever ~anagua by A \. P~33ing fro~ northwest to southeast, objec-c first appeared in distance as a falling star. l1ov::.ng . rapidly at undete1:rai:1ed speed, w~tho~t noise:; at lo'r-Y but unc~te~mined altituda, object appeared to fQllow horizontal ccurse. ~rnen overhe.:td, body uni<ientifia~ le but app~sred as glow with luninous trail which ap?eared to be chereical pro- pellant. Object no~ identified by local qualified source3 Seen by other unqualified observers result~ loca l rullior that object was Soviet astronautn and probably was reported as such to international pre3s. SCP-3. Sigr .. ec 1!org.an. t!ESSAGE UNSIGNED RE?ROOUCTlON FRO~t1 THIS COPY IS ----PROHI31TED UNLESS ~u CL,;5SIFIEQ'' SJaratary of State DEP)..:.r:~S.N1 PASS DA :3'0R ACSI YNIQR.V~\'i'ION GTtlO CIN~\RIB ~ G:1.JJ Cite C..X-19 P3F -:-:.y CX-18 c.orrec:: ti:::2 objact 3ighted TV read 121.5402 Aug1:.3C. Lee..::.. nc\vspapers PIJ'~ (repeaccd RPI') =.any persona in \.Je s tern K:f.c.l::-a.~ .. Ll. observed ....:.:::!.dsntified fly~ng object. Consens-us o observ~r:s agree t:h:~:: a:tit~de of object t:oo low t:o b e spa~e ven1.c.:..e. SGD )~ORGAJ.~. CINCARlB~ .USARdL~:B S.AFS-3.1 XPD-3, ~EP2 jf)'JCTtON FRC 1 TEIS CO.j't 1S - DEPART',12NT Or TH~ Ar<MY . CO.'.t;'.\UNICArl0,\45 .Oi=FICO:: ... Fl1 A~!SL-19~\SSY NAN:\GUA I I N1~0 P..UL?C;c Ii-JCARIB. :. . . AF DIS:r: CIN-9, OOP-~, OOP-CP-1 I I I o I I CINC~\RI3 .J-2 LOCAL~EWS?A?ERS 14133~2 AUGUST PASSI~IG OVER TO : tiEST .-. :-E:s R~PORT BLUt:FIELDS, SA~E A?PEARANCZ AS FLYING U!JCONFI RMED ANOTH:::rl. NEHS S'JNDAY NIGHT i::XPL OSIO~-J S .. .!..Jvvol,l4U._. R:::P.~ODUCTlON D~i'AR1'~.iENT OF TH~ AH~W STAfr COMMUNICATIO~S o:=;:1c: ADVANCE CY TO DIA . : :._ _ I DE NT IF I ED