PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION t 2. CONCLUSiuNS 0 Was Balloon :.!ontg':l~ry, Al abaroa o Probably Datloon 3. OATETIME GRO~P .c G d Vi I 0 GrounciRodor 0 Was Aircraft X raun su 0 P robubl y Aircraft a Air-Vi.ucal o Ai,lntereept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Venu~ Ju o -._,... Wen Astronomical .w w' .P D Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly ~stronomicol ~ivtlio.n 1. LENGIH OP 03~:FtVATtOH t S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Data f':r Evaluation 0 Unl<nown ~0. n tes, stll+ 1na1g1t 1~. SRIEP sUMMA~'( OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 'i ... ..IO obj~!t'i tjat,aining same relative poai tion ,j').l -r'ed at 4; d elevatio:l 26o d 3 azimuth. :~iti3.l sig.. i~ :;1t tius1:. Jtar shap~ sm;lller objec~ 2/3 31.ze of larger. Objccta haJ. in~::.ensit:r ~.r:d color and brilliance of stars. Larg~r obje~ .. .;~'-~ .. r,~d to be :poin-ted on top and :f'la t on bot tor ATit: FO~!tt J29 (REV :.s JEP 52) V~lU3 a-t 225 d 2g a.z 25 rJ.eg levation. Objects in 3eaeral positio:l :~s r .:.>ort~ a.'ld !l t ~h~ d!ac~i:ptton of th~ t'"''J ubj=cts report~ .'AP-f t'Mi IT Sil3 Dllt6 DE RUCQSW 153A 07/1950Z DIA/CIIC-2, 8tLB-n~o UNCL~S ~ ? T 0 ZUI RUEAHQ 1545 07/1830Z X ZDK RUCQSW 5 8 07/1530Z PP RU'.vG.~Z RUCQG~1 RUE.4GL RUEAHQ T 0 RU ':J GAL:::; AD C RUCQGM/~!JADS GUNTER AFB ALA U CL;.S E F T 0 FR0i1 CCG-I 02-Z03o AFSC FOR rTD. CSAF SAF FOR S.~FOio SUBJECT: UFO REF PAR 14, AFR 200-2 A~ < 1 ) S T A R S H AP ED (2) LARGE:R ONE-BASEBALL, OTHER 2/3 THAT SIZE (0) I~!T::~JSITY AND COLOR OF BRILLIANT STAR ( 5 ) BOTH SAME ELEVATION AND SMALL D!STA~ICE APART (6) LARG~R ONE APPEARED POINTED ON TOP !\~JD FLAT Od BOTT'J~1f i3.iiLLI ANT iiFE CALLED IT TO HIS ATTEnTION (2) EL:.:-'ATION-45 TO 5 C DEGREES) AZirlUTH-2~0 DEG ~!RS A~D 'J~5 THEN IN SAM~ LATIVE POSITION (5) NOT OBSERVED 40 rliNUTcS Co (1) GRG~.'~D VISUAL ( 2 ) NO~JC.: USED (3) NO AIRBORNE SIGHTI~1G D... >!~lf'0 S/ 0010 Z FEBRUARY C2) DUSK TO NIGHT E~ SOUTH EAST ~ONTGOMERY (~JORMANDAL2 AREAl ALA ALA St~LESM.;~1~:=:::1 TV Si-fOP, RELIABILITY UrJKNOVN ( 2 ) ~JOT A??LICABLE S., < 1 ) HI Gn SCATTERED R 0 AD tJ O~lT GOM ERY PAGE 3 R~C~S'J 58 UNCLAS E F T 0 Fage 3 of 4 CC) 210 DEG AT 45 KNOTS SCATTERED, C 6) T 0'1/E:.'n NG CUMULUS \JEST AtlD NOiHH, COLD FROm H.4D PASS.:D T~ROUeH APPROX 1 HOUR PRIOR TO OBSERVATiON ( 7) NE GL I G l BL E JELL AF13 t1ETEOROLOGI ST <lM-1 HOWARD> STATED T 0 INVEST H3AT I NG tl/F!CER THAT 30TH SATURN AND VENUS AR~ NO\~ VISIBLE DURING THE E:lf:!:NING IN 7 :E G:::NERAL AR:!:A I~ WHICH OBJECTS WERE SIGHTED AND r-IJRTH ER THAT 7:--=: Cl. EAR AT :J03?HER!:: f OLLO I;J BIG THE PASSING tJF r HE ' :OlD FRONT WDULO ENHANCE THE SRI LIANCE OF THESE PLA lETS. PAnE 4 RUC~Sl,J 5 8 UNCL AS E F I 0 i<., LT C01.. J R., S~1ITH, DIRECTOR OF I NTEL, 3826 CO~lD CON GP (AU) CO~l~IENTS: JURING THE PERIOD Of OBSERVATIO~f THE SIGHTING WAS RE- P1J,~T ~D BY 7 HE OBSERVER T Q A LT COL f lZDIATZL Y {. 184 0 HRS) ST~PP ED OUTSIDE FOR OBS~RVATI0:-1 AND t1ADE THRE E 0852: /f\T::~;s DURI NG THE ?ER1.0D OF 1840 TO 1935 HOURS \viTH NO NOTICE- WHO WAS A COMMAND PI LOT WIT~ 7,000 FLYI G HOU~S, STATED TO THE I NVESTIGATING OFFICER TH:\! HS .1:~:~EDIATELY IDE~;-~FIED THE OBJECTS AS CELESTil\ L BODIES. HE ST~T::J r u .:r:Ht:R THAT TH~'!' v~RE UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, BUT THAT HE AT- TR~BLTSS 7XIS TO TH~ CL ATMOSPHERE WHICH F OLLOWED THE P ASSING OF A COLD ?20~JTo CO IS PERSONALLY ~NO\/N T 0 THE INV~ST IG.4T ING O?F''tCE~ ~.~ID IS CONSIDER ~D VERY KNO\vLEDGEABLE AND COMPLETELY REL IA- BL E _, T H I S I N F' 0 R\1 AT I 0 N AND T HE 0 P I ~ 1 I 0 N 0 F THE BASE HE T E 0 R 0 L 0 G I C .4L ;.'F I CER I tJDICATES THAT THE OBJECTS \vERE DEFINITELY PLANETS .. Iro~'E: C:."ig i nal tra:1s:nission not received ln S~IB. A~...-ance copy t o DIA & NI N