AmhA'r 1 qf}2 3. DATETIME CROUP LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION BRII!I' SUMMARY OP SIGHTING bright object Initial flash ATIC P'ORM 3l9 (RitV 26 SltP 52) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probabl y Balloon 4. T YPE OF OBSERVATION Posaibly Balloon ~Ground Vi s u ol GrounciRodor 0 Wos Aircraft 0 P ro"abl y A i r craft 0 AI,. Vi suol 0 A i rlntorcopt R o d or Po asi bl y AI r c r aft as Astronomical c Probobl y Astronomical P ossibly Astronomical 8 . NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSe c Other GS:XInsufflclont Dota for Evaluation breaking u 11. C OMMENTS Duration not reportedo Sighting could possibly be dgr elevation. satellite, however, data shows no decay for this dateo Also possible bolide s ighting . Information too limited e valuation. DE?ARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE c; T AFF MESSAGE BRANCI-' Ul'IClASSIFI!D MlSSACt INFO : CIN-17, OOP-2, OOP-CP- 2 , SAFS-3, ARMY-2, JCS-35, DIA-10, OSD-15, NSA-7, CIA-11 ZCHQC85 9ZCQJC501 DE RUHLKH 6 FM 326 AI R DIV KUNIA FACILITY. HAWAII T O RUHLl<M/ PACAF HICKAf1 AFB HA\~AI I RUKAC/C0t1ALSEAFRON KODIAK ALASKA RUWSPG/CCl1'.4ESTSEAFRON SAN FRANCISCO CALIF RUHPQ/C0~1HAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HA\~AII INFO RUEAHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC RUWGALBICINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO RUHPAICINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HA\~WBF RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII RUHPBICINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RUAUAVCCX1USJAPAF FUCHU AS JAPAN RU AM C R/ C CM USK OREA SEOUL KOREA RUAGFL/CCMUSTDC TAIPEI TAit~AF RUHPD/CCl1AS~/FORPAC FORD ISLAFD HA\~AII NAVY-2, CMC-8, OEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCe STAFF MESSAGE BRANC,_. RUCSBR/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NESR RUECW/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUECW/SECNAV .. WASHINGTON DC : ... :. . . :: ~ RUHLKSAI.COM D POST PAC.AFBASEC.Q1 ::\ .. 'UNCLAS/HADOC-D 813 MERINT/FOLLOWING RECEIVED FRClt VESSEL M/V ACONIS AT 170920Z. "SIGHTED BRIGHT FLASH DEAD AHEAD OF US. IT WAS RED IN COLOR AND ~:. WAS NOT A STAR BECAUSE THERE APPEARED TO BE OBJECTS FALLING DO'.ffl 'MY POSITION ACCORDING TO MY LORAN 11 DEG 59 N. 160 DEG 49.5 W. THIS ~-:--FLASH WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON ABOUT 20. 0EGREES, WE ARE STEAMING TO INVESTIGATE." NO EVALUATION. . 17/2123Z NOV RUHLKH ADV CY TO OOP-CP., . CIN .AND DIA. ,-, ~ ,