PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 18 July 1963 4o Mi NE of Las Vegas, Nevada o Probol,ly Balloon Poui W Y Bol ~. JVI 1 0 Groun ... R-... or C Was Aircraft oc ----------rouna-su a -0 Probably Aircraft GMT 19/0357Z If AI.-Vieuol D Airlntercept Radar PouiWy Alrcroh -,.nun1a 6. D Wos Astronomical 0 Yoe 0 ProbaWy AatronoMiul No tilit - 0 Possibly AstronoMical I-7.-L-I_NO_TH _ _.O,'-O;.;.I;;.S_I_RV_A_T_I_ON .,_I._NUMIII O,J:O:l!I:...J_I~CT~I-:-t=-.-c~O,_.U~IIt~S~I-----lpa Other Mi sgile D Insufficient Ooto for Evaluation one (Garbled) c Unlcnown 110. 811tll, SUMMARY Oft SIGHTING 11. COMMINTS Tear drop shaped object, bluish white in color Missile launch from Point Arguello vith a contrail about 5 miles in length. Fv~zid coincides with appearance of object. portion of obj increased in size as object Object characteristic of missile in continued :in flight on a downward slope. Cont dll initial stage of flight. Observation 50-100 times size of obj. No sound. Object in from KC135 at 29,000 ft. Directional sight for 4 minu~es with contrail persisting data garbled. case evaluated as a for additional ten minutes. Object burned out missile observation. after four minutes. ATJC POM 329 (Jt&V 21 laP .12) DEPARTMENT O F THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIAEO MeSSAGE ACTION: NIN-9 C ZCHQB577ZCQJC790 456STRATAEROSPACEWG BEALE AFB TO RUWGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO ZEN/14STRATAEROSPACEDIV BEALE AFB CALIF RUCDSQ/AFSC WPAFB OHIO RUEAHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC R UEAHQ/ SCAF ~!ASH DC UNCLAS DCCI 13482 FOR FORE I GH TECHNOLOGY DIVIS ION, ~JRIGHT-PAT!ERSON AFB OHI O. FOR AFCIN~ WASH 25, D c. FOR SAFOI, <SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE>, WASH 25, D C. TH-E FOLLO~ING REPORT CONCERNI NG UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS I S IN FORMAT AS OUTLINED REPORT IN PARAGRAPH 14, AFR .. 200-2. A . DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT. 1. TEAR DROP SHPAE. 2 . PEA SIZ E. AT FIRST SIGHTING UNTILL DISINTEGRATION. 3 . BLUISH- WHITE COLOR PAGE TWO RUWHAS 27 DEPARTMeNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNClASSIFifO MESSAGE 7. CONTRAIL APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES IN LENGTH. FORWARD PORTION BECAME LARGER AS OBJECT CONTINUED ON PATH IN A DOWNWARD SLOPE TRAJECTORY CONTRAIL SIZE 50-100 TIMES THAT OF OBJECT. B. NO SOUND. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. 1. CONTRAIL. 2. SIXTY DEGREES RIGHT AND 30 DRGEES ABOVE AIRCRAFT. 3. TEN DEGREES AND THREE DEGREES ABOVE AIRCRAFT. 4. DES~NDING STRAIGHT LINE WITH AN INCREASING ANGLE OF DE- CLINATION TO THE HORIZON OF TEN DEGREE-TWENTY DEGREE-TWENTY-FIVE DEGREE FROM SIGHTING TO BURNOUT 5. OBJECT DISINTEGRATED RAPIDLY WITH CONTRAIL SLO'.~L Y. DISSPATING 6. OBJECT SIGHTED FOR FOUR MINUTES WITH CONTRAIL LASTING FOR TEN ~1 IN UTES .. C. MA~JNER OF OBSERVATION. 1. AIR VISUAL. DEPARTM!:NT OF THE AI~ FORCE ST AFr ,'AESSAGE BRANCH UNCL.\SSimO 11\i:SS..\G I N C 0 ~Jl I N G PAGE THREE RUEHAS 27 D. T H1E AND DATE _OF SIGHTING. E. 3656rJ 11436W 1ST SIGHTING. 3 6.34N 11428W LAST OBSERVED. 40 r1ILES NE.OF LAS VAGAS NEVADA. F. IDENTIFYING INFOMRATION ON OBSEVERS. 2. NILITARY. WARREN H. WILLIAMS, MAJOR, USAF 903ARS, AIC. MANUEL T. BLANK, CAPT, USAF 903ARS, CP. WALTER D. CO~, CAPT, USAF 903ARS, CP. JACK tJJ. PErERS, CAPT, USAF 903 ARS, NAV. FRANCIS K. ?JANNEY, MSGT, USAF 903 ARS, BO. 456 KTS BEALE AFB EACH OBSERVER IS CONSIDERED THOROUGHLY COMPETENT AND RELIABLE. G. WEATHER AND WI NDS. 1. CAVU WEATHER CONITIONS. PAGE FOUR RUWHAS 27 80 NONE AVAILABLE 3. NO CEILING. 4. VISABILITY UNLIMITED. 5. NO CLOUD COVER. 6. NO THUNDERSTROM ACTIVITY. 7. l<ONE> DEGREE PER THOUSAND. H. ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY-NONE. I. INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION. NONE. K. COMBAT INTELLIGENCE OFFICER POSSIBILITY EXIST OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS SIGHTING AND MISSILE LAUCHING FROM POINT ARGUELLO, CALIG !NEARLY EVENING OF 16 JULY 1963. L. NO EXISTING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. Nar:E: Advance copies del to DIA AND NIN. 20/0023Z JUL RUWHAS