3. DATI!TIMI GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Wat Ballaen ldsville iana c Prottattty Botleon .. TYPI! 0 .. OISIRVATIO_N-=::--=.:..=~=-==---I D PaaaiWy Balloon Waa Alretoh~ ;,,.,"'cl-Vtaual D GrounciRotlar a Pro~o~ly Alrcr.tt GMT 17/1119Z a AI.-Vi8Ual D Alrlntoreopt Radar D PaaaiWy Aircraft D Yoa D PraioWy Aatrono"'lcol x No Coast Guard D Paaall,ly AatronoMic.t 7. LIMOTH OII.OBIIRYATION I. NUMIER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSI Othor~ O. BRIEII SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Merint rpt of celestial phenomena app ing in the East coaing up from the bo zon. Brilliant white glow, circular i shape. Obj then descended to 30 dgr elevation & appeared to make a ragged circular course leaving huge white vapor trails. Disappeared to the South on incline of 50 dgr at great ATIC PORM 329 (RKV 26 SltP U) C lnaufflclent Data fer D Unknowtt 11. COMMENTS Missile launch schedule did not have launcb at this ti ; however, this rpt does not contain all launches. Sight ing made fm Louisiana in direction of Eglin, Patrick , I and Cape Canaveral. Since obj sighted was characteras tic of a missile launch obs yat.ion, ,!!Le .case is eyalua ~ea as p.Ooao~e m~ss1~e. OEPARTM'!Nl OF TH~ AIR i-ORC~ ACTION: CIN-.17 INFO: ARMY-2, NAVY-2, CMc~e, OOP-2, DIA-10, ZCZCHQA864ZCBJA288 FM CCGDEIGHT TO RUWGHW/THIRTRSECOND ADDIV SAGE OKLAHOMA CITY AFSTA RUWGALB/CINCNORAD RUEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON RUEAHQ/COFS USAF INFO RUECW/SECNAV RUECWE/CNO RUECJD/COMDT COGARD RUEGUF/COMEASTAREA RUCKKCrCOMSIX RUCKYC/COMEIGHT RUCKSH/COMFAIRWING ELEV~N RUCKHC/CINCLANTFLT . MERINT. FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM COAST GUARD CUTTER WHITE ALDER O~P:~H/I.~NJ C~ TH~ AIR FORC~ 'i 1 AFF MESSAGE 8;{ANCH QUOTE 171119Z SIGHTED WHILE AT ANCHOR IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER ONE QUARTER MILE BELOW DONALDSONVILLE, LA FERRY ON RIGHT DESCENDING . BANK. A CELESTIAL PHENOMENA APPEARING OVER EASTERN HORIZON BEARING 191 DEGS FROM ANCHORED POSIT, APPEARED IN BRILLIANT 'WHITE GLOW OF CIRCULAR SHAPE AT 090 DEGS, DESCENDED TO APPROX 30 DEGS, AND APPEARED TO MAKE RAGGED CIRCULAR COURSE LEAVING HUGE WHITE VAPOR TRAILS AND DISAPPEARED ON INCLINE COURSE OF APPROX 50 DEGS, TRAVELING SOUTH AT PHENOMENA SPEED. VISIBILITY 8 MI WITH BROKEN CLOUD BANKS. UNQUOTE. NOTE: ADVANCE COPY TO CIN, DIA AND OOP-CP'.