PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION C ONCLUSIONS 0 Wa s Balloon 14 February 1963 Wilmington North Carolina 0 P robably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OB SERVATION Possibly Balloon Loca l XMGraund-VIsual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ai!~sual 0 A i rlnterc:ept Rada r Possibly Aircraft OCxWas Astronomical Venus Probably Astronomical 0 P ossi bly Astronomica l COURSE O t h e r 7. LENGTH OF OBSE RVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECT S 0 suffi c:i ent Data fo r Evolua t i o n reporte cP BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING P' COMMENTS W!~ 1 t..: shiny object br1ghter than moon blue t:int observed .something on bac k that at about 30 d g r like 0. parachuteo Object elevationo has aspects a p pelred to be bouoc.i.n~., com.tn~ af astronomical observation vork a t lOOOZ s~ ill l n and Venus would disappear l'l-::)lQg o f the sun. SE o.t 30 dgr Disappeared tlOnu bv fading . apr.e ared t o b e ye llo. ~lovemen t & ~n straight ATIC FO'RM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR fORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCU.SWllO MUSAGI (14 Feb 16tl C.U I N G INFO : XOP-1, ZCHQB584ZCAM A445 DE RUEAAt1Q 6 FM 701 RADAR SQDN FT FISHER AFS NC TO RUl1GAL/HQ ADC ENT AFB COLO 1ASN/26 ADIV HA~!COCK FLO NY RUCDSQ/ATIC 'JRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO quEPIA/AFCIN HQ USAF 11ASH DC t RUEAHQ/SECRETARY OF A'F UNCLAS 7010DC47-3/63/. SUBJECT: UFO REPORT. A < 1) ROUND <2> SIZE OF 9ASEBALL < 3) ~1HITE AND SHINEY TO NAKED EYE. (SRI GHTER THAN H OON> SLUE TI~lT OBSERVED WITH TELESCOPE. (6) BRIGHTER THAN STAR < 7) SOMETHING TRAILING ON BACK. lHITE. BOY SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PULLING A PARACHUTE OEPARTMNT OF THE AIR FORCf STAff MESSAGE BRANCH PAGE TWO RUEAAMQ 6 (9) APPEARED TO BE BOUNCING TO NAKED EYE B <1> SIGHTED Cot1ING FRCl1 ''JORK AT 1000Z ON 14 FEB 63. <2> 30 DEGREES ANGLE SE. (3) STILL IN SIGHT AT 1330Z. [10VING VERY SLOI;J. (4) SLO~ STRAIGHT LINE. 5) DISSAPPEARED J1ITH THE COt-1ING OF DAY, AND HWREASED IN (6) 3 HRS. <APPEARED YELLOW AT SUNRISE). C2) TELESCO?S <CHILD TYPE USED TO STUDY STARS AND MOON) <2> DARJ{ T O SUN RISE. E ( 1) 2 MILES EAST OF -44 TRUCK DRIVE~ RELIABILITY: VERY GOOD -13 STUDEN T DUS TO EXTENT OF REPORT. '''I U1 I N GT ON, N. C. DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE STAff MESSAGE BRANCH I N co M I N G PAGE THREE RUEAAMQ 6 G (1) CLEAR SURFACE WINDS: 5 TO 10 KNOTS (7) 38 DEGREES H < 1) NONE I < 1) NONE J < 1 > NONE -29 DEGREES -39 DEGREES K < 1) r1 R. IS MOST FAt1ILIAR '.oJ!TH THE APPEARANCE OF JET TRAFFIC AND CONTRAILS. THE SKIES OF THIS AREA ARE FREQUENTLY MARKED .HTH CONTRAILS FRCl1 CCX1MERCIAL AIRLINES AND HIGH FLYING MILITARY AIRCRAFT. HE CLAIMED THIS OBJECT EXTREMELY HIGHER. THE REPORTED BRIGHTNESS <BRIGHTER THAN THE FULL r1 OON>, THE SIZE, MOTION AND DIRECT! ON OF TRAVEL INDICATE POLAR ORBITAL SATELITE, PROBABLY ONE OF NOTE. T~tv~M8i ~a~b~t Bnt~7 BALLOONS