PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 3. OATETIME CROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft X1X Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Roclar MX Was Astronomical Meteor a Probably Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE a Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for EYaluation 10. BRIE,. SUMMARY 0,. SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Bright light changing color from orange Description of burning object to red ~ growing more brilliant. Obser-moving through sky indicates ved at 20 dgr elevation in southwest obvious meteor sighting. Since moving over the horizon in the east in object disappeared over the hori- 2-3 seconds. No trail or sound. Esti-zon the estimate of distance is mated distance from observer 2 miles. inconsistent. One witness described as burning air- pl:hne. Sighting on clear motnil'!&' aee&t eaw'" wx t~=o() .rh,..)u 1.../ T .D erzz LC ATlC FORM 329 (RII:V 2t III:P 52) OFflCtAL FILE COPY .Aiz uwD Ruaaell R Newman, Air 23897097 815th Caabat. De:tenae Squ""rOD Forbea AYB, IOmaq 1. We are leYieviq icht~np ot unidentified f'ly1ng objecta for 1963 an4 baTe arrlftd at. 1.10 d~1n1te-COI&clnion for )our aipting 2. \1cGl.4 OfOU J)leUe ec:aplete the at-taehed fora and return 1-t 1n the eDYelope provided. Particular attent1 on should be p.yen to :DOven't fd the obJect. '.Ble main diaerepaney 1n the retx>rt ecm- cerna t.be mowement of the object oyer the hor1 zen. '!be veather report. indicated a ceiUn& fd zero, Tia1b1llt7 5/ 8 of a ml.8, Yitb toe em a l11ht drizzle. 'Dle t12e of tbe weather repol"t vaa l200Z and )'OI!Jr 1&htill8 about one hour later. Your ea!N-ente aa to Tia1b1ltt;r at the t1 o:t the 1&ht1nc "ttOUld be '"" 'lh---------- FOR 'llll CtMWmER ERIC 'r 4e c ~ COlonel, U8AP Dli*t7 ~ TwcbnoloS)' ACTION: CIN-17 VNCLA SSIAID MfS INFO : OOP-1, OOP-CP-2, AFS-3, DIA-10, DIA/CIIC-3 (37) ~lSTRATAEROSPACEDIV FORBES AFB KANS TO RU'IIGAL1ADC ENT AFB COLO RUWGKF33AD RICHARD GESAUR AFB MO R~CDSQ/AFSC FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB RUEAH~/CSAF RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC V~lCLAS/4~DCOI eH -02 . FOR SAFOI & AFCIN. SUBJECT UFO A. D.ESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: A BRIGHT LIGHT ~INCREASING IN SttXE FROM TPAT OF A LA~]DJNG LIGHT TO THAT OF AN AUTOMOBILE HEADLAMP HELD AT ARM$ LE~JGT~. CH~NGED COLOR FRCXf. ORANGE TO RED AS IT GRE\~ MORE BRILLIANT. O~LY ON OF OBJECT NOTED. THERE WERE NO TRAIL AND SOUND. ESTIM~TEO DISTANCE FR~ OBSERVER: ABOUT TWO MILES. 3 . DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: APPEARED IN THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT TWENTY ~ DEGREES ALTITUDE GRE'I ~ORE BRILLIANT AND DISAPPEARED TO THE EAST OVER THE HORIZON. TIME ~OTED: A90UT TWO TO THREE SECONDS. ';Tt-FF MEf15AGE SAAPJCI- v N CLASSiflfD M!SS.AC t PAGE T~O RUWGFS 68 c . MANNER Or OSSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL BY ARMAN. D. TIME OF SIGHTING: 2 JANUARY, 1257Z. E. OBSERVER MADE SIGHTING AT MISSILE SITE NUMBER Tl.l/0, FORBES AIR FORCE BASE. F'. 09SERVER WAS AIRMAN RUSSELL R. NEWMAN, AF' 23897097, ADDRESS 8 15TH COMBAT DEF'E~SE SQUADRON, fORBES AIR FORCE BASE. G. '.I!EATHER AT TIME OF SIGHTING: SURFACE WINDS, CALM. WIND CONFIGURATION AT 1200Z: NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE CEILING WAS ZERO, VfSIBILITY 5/8 MILE. ~EATHER WAS FOG AND A LIGHT DRIZZLE. VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT: 29 DEGREES fAHRENHEIT 1 DEGREES CENTIGRADE - 4 DEGREES PAGE TPREE ~U ClEPAR1.'J'IEfYI" ~r t':1E A 'F~E ~ T AFF M&96AGE MA~CI- J NClA!".SIAfd MU5-AO -15 DEGREES " NOT AVAILABLE H. REMARKS: LIEUTENANT LAMBERT,~ATE THE SITE, RECALLED SEEING A SI~ILAR PHEJO~EMOM A90UT ONE YEAR AGO, BUT DID NOT REPORT IT AT THE TI~. AIRr.AN NE'JI~AN SAI D HE THOUGHT ITSMIGHT BE A BURNING AIRPLANE, 'J~IC~ 'lAS t.I/HY HE HAD REPORTED IT, BUT NONE SUCH HAS BEEN REPORTED. T~E ONLY POSSI9LE EXPLANATION THAT THE UNDERSIGNED CAN THINK OF IS THAT IT '1/AS THE REFLECTION OF A COLORED SEARCHLIGHT OFF THE FOG. LIEUTENANT LA~gERTs SIGHTING WAS MADE IN NOVEMBER 1961 ON A CLEAR 2/L T. JOKN K 11, DCOIE. REPORT PREPARED 0?/2257Z JAN RU'~GFB NOTE: ADV CY DEL TO SAFS, CIN AND DIA.