PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSfOJo.tS G i vili.:1:1 o 7. L ENC iH Ot= 0 E ~VA TION l 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE El ~:Croun..J-Vi suol 0 GroulldRodor 0 Air-lnterc8pt Radar 'lias Bol l oon Pro~ably Balloon Pos.sioly Balloon Wo" Ai rcroft P robobl y Aircraft Pos:sibly Aircraft Was Astronomi col Probably Astronomical Po.u4bly A~tronomical In :Juffi ci ent Data for E valuation 11. COM.~ EN TS ACTION: NIN- 9 INFO: S,\ F -OS-j,'w'XOP-1, XOPX-4, DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2, ( 45 ) ZCZCHQ3,213t5ZCVJ 3648 R.K RUEAHQ DE RUCQAQ 9 23/0353Z F\'l 305 aa~3 W G NCCOY AF 8 F'LA TO RUtJJGALEIADC RUEAKN/ AI?tDIVPROV 26 STEWART AFB NY R UCDAQ/ AFSC RU~AH~/OSAF WASH DC P UCS Brt/ SAC HUEADH/8AF WESTOVER AFB ~lASS U~CLAS DCOI 63-ll84. UFO. <AFCIN <SAFOI> CDIC> A. DSCRIPTIJN OF THE OaJECT<S>. < S ) 1 9 / ?J720 Z B~IGHT WHITE IJJ ITH YELLO:.:J REDDISH T INGE. 19/ 2 100Z SAME AS EARLIER ONLY DIM. ( 5 ) 1 9/0720 Z PAIRS IN ECHELON. 19/2 1iJ0l 4 I N TRAIL. C ()) HIGH SPEEDS ti.ND !dSTA~!TANEOUS TURN. CONVINCED Pagel of '5 Oc;>t.RTM~NT Or f Hf. AIR ;:"QRCf .r."-Fi= ME5$~Gc F, NCH RUCQAQ 9 UNCLAS B. QZSCRI?TION OF COURSE OF OBJECT <S>: (~) 45 :~GR~ES FROM HORIZONTAL. C 3 ) OV :.."rt HEAD. C4) CA RAPIDLY OUT OF SOUTH [1ADE ONE INSTANTANEOUS 45 DEGREE TURN AND CLl[lBED STRAIGHT UP. (5) DI ~I~ISHED IN SIZE AND DISAPPEARED. < 1 ) GK CC~D VISUAL D, TI~lE AND DATE OF SIGHTING: < 2) DARi< NIGHT AND DAY E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERCS): ON R J L'T:: 4412 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF MT DORA, FLORIDA. r h G 3 n u c Q A q u~f>l, ~I M~'ll OF r~: AI~ tOI<""E i t l C 0 ~ il l ft G :. IDENTIFYI~iG I~FORNATI:Jl\l ON 03 SERVER C 5): R, AGE 20 ~1AILING ADDRESS - ORLANDO, FLA. UNEMPLOYED -JUST OUT : ;RINES. WAS ONCE CAP GROUND OBSERVER. G. \vEATHi:.R c;:.~v \~INDS, ALOFT CO OITIONS AT TifiiE AND PLACE <4> 10 NAUTICAL NILES Page 3 :Jf 5 0 -12'~0 SURFACE I NVERSION - 2 DEGREES C FRON NOrH~AL 100~-90~ - 5 DEGREESFROM NORMAL 920-38~ SUBSIDENCE INVERSION -7 DEGREES 65J-62~ I NVERSION -12.5 DEGREES 1 9/ 212l~ -SArfJE. AS 'J 720 t:.XCEPT NO SURFACE !~VERSION .Page !t of' 5 K . CtiiEF, :o;:3AT INTELLIG::~CE DIVISION. t.~EATHER Of'FIC!!: t'iCCOY ~?5 STATED THAT WITH THE DOUBLE I NVERSION BALLOONS RELEASED Ff\ ::11 lJEri~ BY STATIOdS COULD POSSIBLY HAVE PRODUCL::D 11ULTIPLE ILLUSIO~JS 3UT THAT CONSIDERING WINDS AND THE FACT OF T~o~ ~ D I F r E it EN T S I G HT IN G S , T H IS '~ OU L 0 N OT 8 C: L IKE L Y T HER E \11 ERE NO AIRCR.~FT FRCXfJ NCCOY OR .SANFORD NAVAL AIR ST ATION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. NOTHING U USUAL \&lAS DETECTED BY .C\C&W OR APP~OACH CONTROLS AT THE TI~1l OF SIGHTINGS. 03SE~\lER I N QUE TIONING SEENED RELIABLE OEfJARTMENl Cr TH~ A.l~ fQ "f A~F Mt55ASE f RANCH H 01.~ EV E R 0 ~ EARL IE R CALL T 0 HI S FAN I L Y H 0 1 E E L I C IT E 0 T HE 1LiNT THAT "HE IS SEEING THINGS AGAIN.'' NO LOGICAL EXPLANATION OF ACTUAL OBJECTS IN THE AREA CAN BE MADE BY f-i<~PAC<ING O?FICER. NOTE: ADVANCE COPIES TO DIA AND NIN.