PROJeCT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUStONS 0 Was Boll oon 3. OATETIM: G.:;oou? -i. TYPE OF OaSERVATfOI'f :(k Ground-V; 1uol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ai~Visual D Air-IMercpt RodQr ! J. NUMaEil OF 03JECTS 1. LENGTH 0? :os:RVATION Wat Aircraft P rabobl y Aircraft Pos!Sibly Aircraft Was A stronomical ~1...,tt::0i~ Probabl)' Astronomical Po ssi bl y Astronomica l Insufficient Dot:~ for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SU'-'4M y OF SIGHTING Sf Aff H(:>S,\G~ 'iRANC:; Page 3 of' 5 PAGE 3 RUT:. ? 3 i1 7 OA UNCLA s (1) \1/H.~-:-?IRSf CALLED ThE ATTENTION OF OBSERVER TO THE OBJECT? CO~I~;G OUT OF A FRIEND'S H:JUSE AND SA'~.f S0~1E CHILDREN LOOKING UP.D (?) ANG_E:: 45 DEGREE:S (3) AN : 45 SDEGREE S (4) D::s:~IPriO~t OF FL IS~T P/\TH: GOING IN AN.~. DIRECTION I N A STPl\~3HT LINE. APPEAF<::C T O 3 E LESS THE 1 r,I f\\.JAT AT !\BOUT 500' (5) HO'J T HE: OBJECT DISAPPEARED: GOT SM.~LLER At\0 SN.4L < 6) T Ir::: THE OBJECT t./ AS VIS ISLE: ABBUT 3 ~1 IN. HAD T I E TO TAKE 2 PICTU~:: OF THE OBJDCT \JHICH DID NOT CO ~E OUT. THEY WERE U ~:DE R -E X PO SE D D . TiC: A\' 0 DATE OF SIGHTING: (.?) L IGt.{T CONDITIO~l: DARKJSCL:7.:AR NIGHT ~. LJ CAT I Or! OF 08 SERVER: F. IDZN T I~Y~NG INFORMA T !Of\~ ON 0!3 SER V.C:R: VIS, N ~:Ex. INSUR~N~ ADJUSTER, EST !~lATE 0 f.' R EL I A 2 ! L IT':' -FA IRL Y F.E L I~ BL E G. tvt:ATHSR D .l!NDS: CL2 N IGHT. A . DESC~ I?: iON OF THE 080?.: CT: <~) FOR TION: NONE ( 6 ) A"tY DISCE:RNIBLE FEATURES OR DETAILS: RESEhBLED LOtJJ FLy:-: PLAN:: ON f IRE. C 7) JUST FIRE. (1) \JHAT riRSf CALLED THS ATTENTION OF OBSZ[I'JE:h TO TdE 09u ' :. -Lll G UT Or rR IC:t\D 'S OUSE AND A JJ SO.~ C ILDREN LO'JKI\'JG UP . ) .~NCI~E OR F.L EV .. ~T tON AND AZI UTH Or THE OBJECT '.nn~ J FIH::>T C B c; h: n VE D 7 4 5 DE GR E E S HE A D IN G IN A N ~ 0 IRE CT I 0 ~ r Pf\ GE 5 fiL!\' S S H 7 OA l'N CL AS C3 ) A'iGLS OR ELE V.I\T 10~1 AND AZ U IUT H OF OBJ ECT UPO~i D [.'51\ Y:--:-; r > : -: 45DSGRE:~S 0 !'"' FL I S HT PATH /IN D i''!~ NEUER S 0 F OP. .J;. LT : I N 1~ N E J : RECTIO,\', AND FADED OUT, ( 5 > liO' ! D lD t liE 03 JE C..J D I SA PPEA R'( GOT SflA LL E l\ A NO . ;~:.UL.::;:. (6) Ho LONG ~/AS THE 02J EGT VISI BLE, ABOUT 3 tHNU"J ;-:s . D. TIME A.JD DATE Or S I GHT I~!G: (!) ZlN USTIM';:-DATE GRClUP OF SIGHTING : 0335 2 22 DE C ( ?) LIGHT CONDITIONS : DAR K, CLEAR NIGHT . LOCATION Of OBSERVER: 3 4DEGREES 1 0 ' 50" N 1 03DEGRE :; ! " l/r:AT HER t) SCRIPT IO~J COB SERVER f\D?f1t!CE INFO: SAF-OS-3, XOP-1, XOPX-4, DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2, (45) ZCHQB324 z::tJ JX346 TO RUWGAL~/ENT AFB COLO RU~Gi{F/R::~ARDS-GEBAUR A?3 MO RUKDSQ/'JR!GHT-PATTERSO~ ~FB O~IO RUSAHQ/H~ USAF WASH DC RIJEA,tQ/Sr":CRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE ~JASH DC UUCLAS DI 12-875. FINAL SECTION OF TriREE ( 2 ) SIZE: 8 INCH SPHERE AT ARMS LE~GTrl (3) COLOR: ORANGE HUE, NO GLOW, NO FLAMES. ( 4) NU:18ER: ONE (7) NOi~E NOTICED B DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: Page 1 of :; PAGE 2 R G3H 71A UNCLAS Pag e 2 of 5 ( 1) t::1AT FIRST CALLED THE ATTENTION OF OBSERVER TO THE OBJECT: SO~ WAS ~ATCHING IT. (2) .~.~JLE OR ELEVATION AND AZI~lUTd OF THE ''JBJECT WHEN F IRST 08SERV2:; 4 5DEGREES (3) .:::>:.:~E OR ELEVATIC:: J AND AZir1UTH OF OBJECT UPON DISAPPEARANCE : C4) u:::.scRIPTioN or FLIG~{T PATH AND t1ANEUVERs oF OBJECT: DIDN'T ri DID THE OBJ~:: DISAPPEAR? DINr WATCH. HC'.v LONG \1JAS T.-: OBJECT VISIBLE? DIDN'T '.r.rATCd. C. [I;;NN~ R OF OBSERVATIG~i:D {1) GROUND-VISUAL D. TIME ~ND DATE OF SIGHTING: (1) ZUL~ TIME-DATE GROUP SIGrlTING: 0335Z 22 DEC 63. E. L OCATI 0~ OF OBSERVER: 3 4DEGREES 1~' 5 0 " N 10 3 DEGREES 12' \4 AT 621 , CLOVIS, Nl'IEX. f o I DEUT IF Y I NG I NF OR NAT I ON ON OOSERV iR: t1R. PAGE 3 ~';~ SBH 71A U~CL~S Page 3 of 5 , HA~;N~[~, IfJDIANA, CARPENTER. ESTIHt~TE OF' RELIA5ILITY: G. WEAT AND SINDS: C_ZAR. E!: 35ZDEGREES 360:J~G~EES 34f?DEGRC:ES 020DEGREES 3eeo=:GREES 205Z SIGHTING DIFFERENT ALTITUDE .:3URF ACE WIND DI?.ECfiCN J20D~GREES 330DEGREES 350DEGREES 0335Z SIGHT I i\G DIFF~RNT ALTITUD~ PAGE 4 RU':GBH 71 A UNCLAS Page 4 of 5 30eSZGREES 30:EGREES THE RELiAI~liNG ARE FOR 3 JTd SIGHTINGS.D (3) C~ILIKG -UNLI~I:~D (4) V:SIBILITY -15 ~:LES C5) c:...OUD COVER -~\Ot~E (6) r:..:u~:DERSTORL1S I;\ AREA: NONE (72 t::~!PERATUJE GRADIENT -!8e 0 -24DEGREES, 2~00 -l8DEGREES, 2209 -17DEGREES H~ NO OT~ER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION, METEOROLOGICAL, ASTnONOL1ICAL, OR OTHER\viSE, EXISTED. T IF I C AT I 0 N ACT I ON \t/ AS T A KEN J. THE F;A I~ ALBUQUERQUE WAS CONTACTED, AND SAIDSTHAT NO FLIGHT DET 4 , 728 AC&W SQUADROi~ ~AID NOT~ING WAS DETECTED AT THE 2040TH CO~HiUNICt:\TIO!JS SQ~ <RAPCON) St~ID t 0 FLIGHT i\CTIVITY I N T~ IS r\REA~ Page 5 o f 5 PAGE 5 RU~GBH 71A UNCLAS RASE CJNTROL TOWER SAW NOTHING AT THIS Tir~E. TH:!. ?C:.!CE, STATE POLICE, AND SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN CLOVIS A[D SlJ,~R OUI:::;: ': G AREAS .~ ERS CONTACTED h s T 0 ANY REPORT IN GS I N THE! R K. P OS IT ~ 0 0J , T I T L E At~ D C 0r1 t1 EilTS OF PREP A HI t~ G 0 F F I C E R : ALL E ': :<. C 0 L L I N S , 2 ~: J L T , ASS I S T ANT \v I N G I NT ELL I G EN C E OFF I C E R , ALL T :-i ~ S I G H T I N G S I J I CAT ED THAT T HE 0 a J E C T ~: AS T R AV ELI N G ItJ A POL. ORBIT. THE ~ SEP ER ATE SIGHT I NGS OCCUR ED AT APPR OX I tJ ATE:L Y S0 f1I dUTES APART NAKI [:G i'! O SOUND POSSIBLY IND:iCATI~JG T HAT T HE OBJECT UAS AT A GREAT DISTANCE FROt'l THE OBSERVERS. IT AS ASSU~1ED BY SOt1E TO BE A30UT 1 MILE AWAY, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED FR0~1 THE FACT IT OCCURED AT NIGHT WITrl NO VISIBLE REFERENCES TO GUAGE THE DISTANCE THIS C3.:~CT COULD ?OSSI BL Y HAVE BEEN A SATELLITE RE-ENTERING T i { ;:: AT f.1 OS? ri Z. ~ E F R ON A P OL A R 0 R B I T ; 0 R .Cl. 11 E T E R v R I T E ~ ~ E I T HER C AN E ? i1 0'/E!! B~CAUSE NO P HY S.( CAL SV ID Et\:CE HA3 BEEN F OUND!I AtJD H~S REPORTED ANYTHING FALLING~ ADVAHCE COPY TO DIA, TOTE: SEC ( J.) I S APIN :L~7ll (28 Dec 63) C us toms Int "TVCntor Ir~nJ~io no~ \'l:l~ cdl~J CIU th~ t,10:1~ by t i ::! custoi'ns t>f co. Bcc:luse he w busy sup~rvising the cht'ck-thron~h of cattle he could not re- spond, but 10 minutes later, upon re- ceiving :1 !;econd call i rom the ~;!ale and au urgent me~sage to come as soon as possible, he got into his cnr .:md, stop- ping by hom~. picked ttp his camera :mn proccedod to Gat.:! Two . 'Vhen Baz reached Gate Two he wa; grectct by Inspector Amber Gordillo, who filled in the details about his call.">. At 10, he said, a huge, white ballshapcd object had come in from tree top lev~l and hmded about a hunrtred yards south- west of the gate. Ten minutes later whe n Gordillo called B a z ~he second time, he r eported that two more of the strange thin~s wc>re aproaching. \Vhen he f in31ly reached G:~te Two. the h ;o oojects . about G feet in di~mete:-, and not pre c!sly ~::>herical in shJpe . were literally "bouncing JL'ross the soft ground of a freshly plowed field about 100 yards from the gate. Their bounces took them betweP.n 3 3nd fj feet off the ground. The field bordered on the AguJ Priet4J (dirty water) river :1nd a range of stubby mesquite growth. lgn::tcio Baz stoshf!fi throueh the mud of the field in pursuit of the strange ball". A strong north wind was blowing ancl th~ objects were being driven further southwest 3long the ground. When thej reached the mesquitt! growth they began to t ear apart on the growth. Althou~h their rcpe~ted bounces :along the ground apparently had no effect on th~m. their contact w ith the sharp, spiny mesquite bushes cause the m to literally t..-ar ap.Jrt. At this point, U~z took pictures of the two !;uge portion,, e~ch <.'f which me3s- ured approx&matety two feet at the 1ar~ '->t di mensjon. On a lande d in w1 ter. the other at t!Je ba'ie of mesquite bus h. The one in t he v. Jt(lr ~ho\" ed no vi.:iiblc signs of deterioration in the short JJt?rintl that it was ohserv~>d After t3k:n~ the pictures Daz madl! inquiri<C?s, fomd th.1t the first one h.ad ( S~e Foam-P.Jt)e 2) (Continued from Paoe J) b~en de:o1royN by !ri~iltened chf1dren li"tl : dnHs '.\'!10 beat it with :.Uc!3 nnd . a!r)llt ;~d <ln it wHh t:::~rr f:~t. .. .fi:cn he ~9,,t : ~::c tf') l-is slltiou a t the ?L1in C.j~ J t tilt! customs r;tation. At ;,oon a h-,r:J, drivin~ r.:~in h Jn. Several hou~ b!~t wh~n li1e l~c'ltion of t~H~ b;~th "' '.., .ex~mined a~ain t:u~re w-ctJ no cvi- c!~r.ce -:f~nf5oever of Hwir exbttltC'.!. J:1.~sti~:~tion b:t tbis ofiioe sl;o.ved E;; to b\? n ser1Nr..:;, in:elli~ent family r:-.;,.:; m2n in A guJ Prlet:1 :mtl is co.uider- c j l~ be 'ion~sl and reli3ble. B .u and Gordillo's description of the st: ,w~e su,~t:mce w~s the following: It ct ~ly r~sembled tin y interlocking bub- b~<:s o[ $Ome sort which were interwoven "'::n a Ci~rous stu!!. Baz a t first thou~ht \s .a. :.1s a r oncentratlon <'i soap or d eter- ;ent su~.i which had blo""'Tl in from some laundry !n the :are3. How~.,er, til e balls. remtined intact in the hard ~riving wind and only broke up w!':en t~ey came in eonl3d with the brus h b lhe area. It a!.3o had ~trange clinging Qltality as was f ,. idenc~d by the way is ~ettled ~round Lie m~..1quite b ush . Ai!:-:ough it tore in C'V'\l3ct with the mesqui~e. it dtd not dis- integ:-3te further despite tne heavy wincts whir.h L>re at it. Had ~ t ~t'en any kinrl or ..;01p or deter~ent f Hm it should hate broken up :and dispersed even w~ile in the air above t:1e trees. B.u took two pictures with his L ord 5-D camera, using an F/ 15 aperture, ASA 125, 35 millimeter film and 1/100 se~:und exposure. He hesitated to touch it, but d id take a stick :md pushed it into a portion of the substance and noted that it auhered to t he s t ick like .. c otton Cl:-tdy ." \Vhen the stick WJS thrust 1nto it, ; ~ did not ~ling 35 suds would do, but it clung to the stick. !:1 :~n attempt to und~rstJnd wh) othPr rc;;{lrt., w~re n ot forthcoming a study ' ... \ mJde , f the surrounding arPa. A~u01 P-.-:a i5 locateil sligthl~ southwe!lit of Dt1L:~ .lS, . Arizona .. To the we:;t or the h . o towns is open range with nothing between them :mrl the PheJps-Dodg~ s .n ?t r St!ver011 m iles away. \'lith the strong. coM north wind blowing few peo- pte v-ere outdoors. and those who were wP.re r.ot la!< Y to be lookin.~ up. Being a:.:ove rooftop lev el wh~n they came in, th~ ba1ts of f oam Wf:'uld not have been 5''1!1 t-y p~nple inside of bua!d\ ng'J. 'fc}i,; s ighting Wls broJgh t to our at-. 1 .n:ttun by the editor oC rAT maP,.l- ltn~ whll ;.<;:<t!d the Loren1.c:n.; t o in'I'S ti~.1le ;1nd submit a n :articl e if it rnentt'd ~1me. As :a result, in an effort to r.~!t in- (ormatin n to F' ATE m;"t!;!:'llinc al the f!.1rJiest possible tlJlc. there w:.s no time lor 3 s earch or the fjle, to determine whether or tt ot there w;.~s a precedent. However. since then a loc:aJ member T~ c~lls having r:td ooout <t simif~r incident in Illinois in l!';.J7 durin~ lhJt f a ll f!.lp shortly after th-e launching o f R\lssia'!; first ~lte11ites. The dipping !; believed to be n p!cture \'lith c.1plion :md shnws a policeman standing beside a t ree m which sor.1e of the f oam was locat e d alter it fell to ec1rth. To conclude, t~i~ :;ubst:mce seems to LJe s n:1L?.r o n;1:;~ s 11r u l !i even Of i~ purpo:~ 04 Qri:;in. t1ftc r t il;:' r.:ti ll I~( the afternoon or 1:! Dcc~mt>t!r, thc.!t C wn5 no trace or th~ stuff and it is presumed that the pelting of the rain broke it up into fine particles and that it was ab- into the ground. Ii any member has any further inrorm::ation concerninc this general type of a erial phenomena we would appre.:bte it for our files. 1\C'riON: J~F-OS-3 CHQZ osoz~ J3978 RR RlJEAH~ RLMGALB 3D 10/002\Z R c~GKF /CO~DR R !CHARD S G~3AUR' A FB ~!O RL;:";i)~'1U/CO~DR WRIGHT PAtTERSON AFs OHIO R U:!:A HQ/HQ USAF 'lASH DC Rl.J"ZAHQ/SEC OF THE A I'R FORCE W.~SH DC UNCLAS F'RC~ N!TA-S 002 R : .~R=:NCE _.I !2-875 FROM 8J2 ADIV. NO SATELLITES IN 7112 dO:lMD S?AD.-\ 7 5 IN \I'ENTORY DECAYED OR 'IT ERE IN A ST ~ TE Of.' tJ~S .~T ~AXIMUM ACT1:VITY ON 22 DCE l3R, A D IT I S POSSIBL2 TH.t\T THESE SIGHT I~JG \~EHE ~TZORIT3 ;-\SSuCi i\TSD) -. Air F orce.; lnt~lligt..!n~l!Ottkl;!rs w-=!re checkinr, rc~ns ut Llni dt:nti - fi cJ Flying OhJ~cts ovt.:r l'onh~rn C .. ttifurnia, unablt:! t0 cxpl.tin '' hy hundrc.;ds o