PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloan 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP ._ TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was AircYaft XXGrouncf. Visual 0 Ground-Radar [J Probably Aircraft Local 0 Possibly Aircraft L'IX Was Astronoml col meteor 5. PHOTOS ' . SOURCE 0 Probably Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Possibly Astronomical generally o Unlcnown -! sacoud s, maximum _ one J.N~o~ratllhL ! _ -11. COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING . t d t 5 0 Cylindrical o b j e c t d Stlma e up o ft lon g observed in flight to N for 4 s~c~nd per iod. Light blue with oran~e r.o . Splinters or saall piec e s falli~g . frnm sides. Initial observation at 40 dgrs~.elevat ion with burnout ~t 2 U dJr above horizon. Also two p1lots t axiing a / c observed similar object though t object to be meteor. Extrac t 06/16372 in Arkansas, Louisiana Meteor s i ghting . No decay at this time a ccording to SPADATS, and duratio n consistent w ith an analy sis as meteor and Texas included sighting at 06/l65p f1n c i vi 1 ian at Chennau 1 t AFB of obj d s~c~r.:.i~b~e:d a~s~b~r:..:i::Jg~h t_!f~a~l~l ::::. n!!Ll:L-g.!!m~e~t::..:a~l~l-11 iL~c w .1. 1 n t H'I x vr 1 n.c. .ttt t'.KVurtRt'l.:> 06t 2 1 47Z MAR RUWGJU C2> WIND VELOCITY AT SURFACE: 2 1el4, 6, e00'-350/30; 10,0i2 '-~ ~ Z DEGREES C 3> UNLIMITED C4 > UNRESTRICTED (7) UNKNOWN K. CAPTAI~ EARL W. HANDI NG, INFORMATION OFF! ER, ELLI~GTON AFB~ A CHECK OF THE HOUSTON ARE REVEALED THAT TWO PILOTS OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TAXII\G AT HOUSTON I NTERNATION AIRPORT HAD SIGHTED A Sit<ILAR O.i3JEC'T OF THE SAME GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND AT THE SAME Tlr.E. THE PILOT OF TH~ l ONE AIRCRAFT SIGHTING THE OBJECT THOUGHT IT WAS A METEOR. Tn NAMES AND AIRCRAFT NUMBERS WERE NOT RECORDED BY THE TOWER OPERATOR AND ARE THEREFOR NOT AVAILUBLE FOR THIS REPORT. PAGE FOUR RUWGJU 18 ADDITIONAL CHECKS OF THE LOCAL AC&W SQUADRON AND SEVERAL PILOTS WHO HAD BEEN FLYING IN THE LOCAL AREA DURINGHTHIS TIME AND THE WEATHER STATION WERE NEGATIVE. IN ADDITION A CHECK WITH NASA OFFICIALS REVEALED NO KNOW SATELLITE PASSOVERS OR MISSIPE FIRING IN CONJUNCTION PAGE TWO RUWGJU 1 8 8. <1> MOVEMENT ACP.OSS SKY C2> 30 DEGREES -40 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON C3> 20 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON (4 > OBJECT PROCEEDED FROt1 SOUTH TO NORTH IN ARC FLIGHT PATH ACCORDING TO OBSERVER <5> DISAPPEARED INSTANTANEOUSLY TO THE NORTH. C6) OBJECT VISIBLE APPROXIMATELY 4 SECONDS C. C 1) GROUND-VISUAL E. EIGHTEEN C1o) E, NE OF CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, IN HIGHLANDS, TEXAS , 60 YEARS OLD, HIGHLANDS, TEXAS. IN PHONE COVERSATION MR. SOUNDED CALM AND ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONG IN AN I~TELLIGENT MANNER. HE INDICATED THAT HIS CM WAS PROMPTED aY THE FACT THAT THE OdJECT ~AS SO UNUSUAL PARTICULARLY PAGE THREE RUWGJU 1 8 IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. ESTIMATE HIS RELIABILITY AS E~CLLENT. CZCSQN481ZCWYA758 PP RUCDSQ-- FM 2578 ABSQ ELINGTON AF~ TEX TO RUWGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO R.UWGHW/HQ .32ND AIR DIV ADC OKLA CITY AFS OKLA RUCSQ/ AFF C. FORE I GHN TECHNOLOGY Dl V ~oiPAF a OHIO , RUEAnQ/HQ USAF AFCIN wASH DC RUAHQISECRETARY OF THE AF SAFOI WASH DC UN CLAS ,' 0009C. UFO REPORT. REFERENCE PAR 14, AFR FOLOWING UFO REPORT SUBMITTED AS FOLl.0 A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT C1> CYLINDRICAL <2> ESTIMATED 50 FEET LONG BY oasERVER (.3) LIGHT BLUE WITH ORANGE NOSE (6) SPLINTERS OR SMALL PIECES COMING FROM SIDES