PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Boll~ Atlantic OS ECHO o Probably Bolloon ssi bl Y Boll oon 31 January 1963 OATETIME GROUP 0 Wos Aircroft C Probably Aircraft 0 Ai,...Visuol 0 Air-lntet'cept Radar Possibly Aircraft 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical Meteor MJtrounO. Visual C GroundRodar 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical JDX>Io Military & Civilian LENGTH OP' OBSERVATION 5-10 seconds a. HUMBER oF OBJECTs 1 9. couRse 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Four air sightings of bright flash or Object viewed tiy several sources explosion. Report of white light mov-ove r wide area. Description ing in southern sky toward horizon characteristic of bolide type at rate of shooting star. Short t ail meteor. of sparks or debris & obj exploded witl sufficient brilliance to light up sea for 5-10 seconds. Explosion described ay some witness as like showEr I of sparks from sky rocket. MERINT rpt from USS DunMirk. ATIC FORM 329 ('R&V ld SU S2) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 63) STAlf'i&sSAGE GRANCH UNC SSifi!O MfSSAGC CMC-8~ JCS-35~ DIA-15 zczcH:;lA7 9-SZC28317o I Ft1 COM EAST AaZA TO RUCXHC/CI~CLA~TFbT ~JWGAL3/CI~C~0riAJ E~T AF3 COLO aUEAH~/COFS USAF ~AS1DC ~UCXDT/CO~AS~FOaLANT RUEGUH/CJ~IEASTSEAF~O~ auEASN/LoJO SIX ;..J0J1AD OIV SYf<ACUSC: .~ Y f<U'JJG-t:.V/T:-1?. T'JJ :JORAD VIS O;<LA CITY J:-<LA I~!FO rlUECJJ/CO~JT C03ARD 3RIGHT FLA Oa EXPLOSIO.~ aEPAY 4~, 31~5a~z, 33-3 .55-5.5~ -Slo602lZ. Pf<JCC:EDI~G D01J.'J THIS 3C:AnDlJ U.UL.!Of.!:. 3T NOTE: ADVANCE COPY DELIVERED TO CIN~ OOP-CP~ DIA d.nJ,1R& E1AtR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE.{~ANCH U:~ClASSifUO M'\1, GE ACTION: CIN-17 Page 1 of 2 INFO : OOP-1, DOP-CP-2, S~FS-3\ DIA-15, DIA CIIC- 2 (41) CZCHQA811ZCECA211 DE .RUEGUF 055 FM C Cl1EASTAREA TO RUCKHC/CINCLANTFL T RUITGALB/CINCNORAD ENT AF'8 COLO RUEAHQ/COF'S USAF' \1TASHOC RUCKDT/ COM AS~IFORLANT RUEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON RCEOM/CANCOM ARLANT RSSC S/ CAN A I RDEF RUEASN/T~O SIX NORAD OIV SYRACUSE NYK RUT~GHS/THREE TWO NORAD DIV OKLA CITY OK[A INFO RUECJD/COMDT COGARD RUCKOTI/CCGD FIVE RUCKtTC/CGAD 9DA Fr1 OS ECHO TO C cr1 EASTARSA DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH U~ClASSIR!O MWAC P age 2oi' 2 USCG GR116 1. AT 310600Z WATCH PERS OBSERVED JHITE LIGHT MOVING IN SOUTHERN SKY FRCM RIGHT TO LEFT AND FRCM 30-40 DEG ELEVATION Tm~ARD HORIZON AT RATE Ca1PARABLE TO SHOOTING STAR. SHORT TRAIL OF SPARKS OR DEBRIS FOLLO~ING 09JECT WAS BRIGHTER THAN OBJECT 2 . OBJECT BECAt1E BRIGHTER APPEARING ALMOST TO GRO\~ THEN SEEt1ED TO EXPLODE TO ILLill1INATE THE SEA FOR ABOUT 5-10 SEC. THIS EXPLOSION DESCRIBED BY SOME TO HAVE SHO~JER OF SPARKS LIKE SKY SUT THIS NOT CONFIRMED BY ALL. ALTERNATE RELIABLE DESCRIPTIO~! SAYS LIGHT WAS BRILLIANT FLASH WITHOUT SPARKS 3. MERCHANT VESSEL IN SIGHT AT TH1E GAVE NA!1E DUNKIRK BY FLASHING LIGHT. PLOTTED CSE 056 SPEED 11. MOTE : ADV CY DEL TO DIA REFS NOT IDENTIFI E:D IN SMB