PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 10. .., ... SUNMAitY 0, liGHTING . I Large fireball vith long firey tail. Yello~ tint. Much larger than star. Initial obser- vation at 6o deg elevation burning out at 15 elevation. Heading 051 deg~ Speed very fast. total observation 2-3 seconds. ATIC POJtM 32t (Jt&V 2f II&P 52) 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 lnufflclet't Date for Evoluotlon 0 Unlcno"" 11. COMM!NTS Duration and description conform with that expected of a fireball d~g sighting. case evaluated as a meteor observation. DEPARTMENi Of THE AIR FORCf STAFF MESSAGe SRANCH UNCLASSIIIIO "''!SSAGf 1 N C O M I N G 'J M/ptl Pgl of 2 NIN-9, XOPX-4~XOP-l, SAF-OS-3~ ARMY-2, NAVY-2, CMQ-8~ JCS-35 DIA/CIIC-2, SMB-l (12o) DE RUHLKH 61 S UNCLAS ZUI RUEAHQ 59S ZII2 181347Z CITING MY RUHLKH 5 0 18075BZ ZII2 180806Z SUBJ MSG BEARS NO CITE N8R CORRECTED COPY IS AS FOLLO'.~S: 00 RUHLKM RUEAHQ RUECW RUHPHH RUHPB RUHPA RUAUAZ RUWGALB RUHAFS DE: RUHLKH 5 FM 326 AIR DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII T 0 RUHLKM/ PACAF HICKAM AFB HA'.~AI I RUHPHKICOMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR INFO RUEAHQ/CSAF USAF WASH DC RUECT.ti/CNO \~ASH DC RfJECt,f/SECNAV tt/ASH DC RUt,TGALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO OfPARTMENl OF TH! AIR FORCf STAfF MfSSACE BRANCH ONCI.A$.$1~ ~SSACt INCON11 NG RUHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HAt~AII RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAI1/AII RUHPEVCINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RUAUAZ/Cct1USJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN RUAMC/CIMUSKOREA SEOUL R UAGFU C 0'1 USTDC TAIPEI TAI\1/AN RUCS9RB/CINCSAC OFFUTT UNCLAS I C IRV IS 1. C IRV IS REPORT 2. MAJOR ARMAND PARKER 41416A WAS PRIMARY OBSERVER. OBJECT WAS ALSO SEEN BY HIS WirE AND ANOTHER MILITARY OFFICER 3. ON! LARGE FIR!BALL WITH LONG FIREY TAIL. FIREBALL HAD A YELLOt.r/ TINT. WAS MUCH LARGER THAN STAR 4. CD> OAHU HAWAII 6. FROM 60 DEGREES ABOVE THE OBSERVER'S HORIZON DOWN TO 15 DEGREES AT WHICH TIME THE'OBJECT SEEMED TO BURM OUT 7. 051 DEGREES TRUE 8. VERY FAST -TOTAL TIME Or OBSERVATION IJIAS ABOUT 2 1/2 TO 3 9. N 0 ZV ALUATI ON NOTE: Advance copy delivered to XOPX, DIA, NIN. BT AFIN 3626 {18 Jun 63). Underlined portion Correction of is correction