PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Prol:tobly Bollal'ft 0 PosaiWy BoU .. n 3. DATETIMI GROU' ..a VI 1 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Woa Aircraft X roun.. auo Probably Aircraft PaaaiWy~r~oft 0 Waa Astronomical 0 Probably Aatro,."'icel 0 PouiWy Aat;ene"'lc.a 7. LENGTH Of' .OISIRVATIOH I. HUMBER Of' OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Othor--------- 5 minutes one 8RIIfl SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING Obj like a bright aeteor only orange to yellow in color leaving trail. No sound. Bescribed as about brightness of a/c at 30,000ft. Flight path fol~ curve. Speed varie~. Faded at 20 dgr elevation after 5 minute obsvation. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SltP 52) 11. COMMENTS 0 lnsufffcfOftt Dote t.r Evaluation D UnltMWft Description conforms to a/c sighting. Duration, speed and appearance are consistent with this evaluation. zcs~kQllZC~JYAob:J / PP RUCDS~ / DE RUWGFE l~ / FM 21SAD FORBES AFB KANS TO RUWGALIADC ENT AFB COLO RUWGKF/33AD RICHARD GEEAUR RUCDSQ/AFSC FTD WRIGHT I7 TEilSOtJ AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/CSAF RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC UNCLAS/40DCOI 13-~01. FOR SAFOI &AFCIN. SUBJECT UFO A. DESCRIPTION OF OB~ECT: LIKE A VERY BRIGHT MET20ROID, BUT WAS ORAtJGE TO YELLOW IN COLOR. ONLY ONE OF T~lE OBJECTS WAS t~OTED, BUT lvJO OR THJEE ~lZTZROROI DS HAS Tl~AI L BUT rvt p D - u\ .t. NO SOUND. OBSERVER DESCRIBED THE BRIGHTNESS AS OF Al-. AI.iiPLAKZ Di: SCj1 I PT I O~l OF COURSE: BEHIND A N::A:!BY ZZi~ITH. IT FOLLOT.JED A CU!1Vi::D PATH, FAiJii~G OUT AT ABOUT 20 PAGE TUO RUWGFB 19 ABOV: THZ HOni ZON AFTER 5 t1INUTES FLIGHT TINE, JERl<ING SLIGHTLY IN Tl:E FLIGHT PATH OCCASIONALLY. c. :~!AN1~ER OF OBSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL BY AIRl1ANe D. Tll1Z OF SIGHTING: 12/11 z DAWN. C~S~rtVEi~ ijADE OIJS~RVEf{ MAYNARD,Af1J665319, ADDRESS FORBES. G. WEATHER AT TINE: OF lo~ DEGR~t:S, 5 WIND CONFIGURATION WAS AS FOLLOWS: 150 DEGREES 280 DEGREES NOT AVAILABLE -NOT AVAILABLE THERE \vERE NO THUNDERSTOill-lS IN THE AREA. VERTICAL TEHPERATURE GRADIENT: 71 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT 16 DEGREES CENTIGRADE 7 DEGREES CENTIGRADE -7 DEGREES CENTIGRADE -16 DEGREES CENTIGRADZ -37 DEGREES CENTIGRADE f < -5S DEGREES CENTIGRADE NOT AVAILABLE CLOUD COVER WAS SCATTERED-AT 10000 FEET, VISIBILITY 9 MILE. H. POSSIBLE EXPLANATION: CONSIDERING THAT METEOROIDS HAD ALREADY BEEN SIGHTED, T~IS WAS PROBABLY.JUST AN UNUSUALLY BRIGHT ONE. TIL'1E It~ FLIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED IN THE AIRMAN'S MEHORY. THE FACT OF THE YELLO~-ORANGE COLOR MIGHT HAVE BEEN OtlLY CHEMICALS I N REPOTIT pr,zPAHED B Y 2/LT JOHN K. HOHD, 4~TH I3W DCOIE. 13/11302 OCT RUWGFB