PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS U=:P-------+--._-:"TY~P-E~OF-OI~S-E-R-VA-T"'"'t-O-N---------I 0 Paui bl Y Balloon 0 Groun.t-VIsuol 0 GntundRodar D Was Afcrcrft D Probably Aircraft I&~GM~T~l;=J~f~l=6~4~0:Z:::======--+, ::I;;A~I: VI~.,~af~---~D~A~Ir:_!l~nt~er~c~ep!t~R~od~or~l D PassiW' Aircraft PHOTOS 6. SOURCE D Was Astronomical D Y 0 Probobl y Astronomlcol SNo Milit.ery C1Tilian Aircraft D Ponlbly Astronomical D Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unltnown 15 Minutes 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Peculiar flaablug tumbling object in archill8 fligbt from NNE to SSt~. Appeared out of a a sbaped cloud trailing a rainbo~ shared cloud of smoke. Observed from two a/c in flight over the Pacific. Highest arc 5 0 deg r.aeaile Launcbed from V~;;.a.tenberg at 16Cl6. Confirmed with Col Fredricks, Base opcrotione officer at Vandenberg by telecon with t-ajor DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR f(!)RCf SlAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UHAAUIND MHSAGI ZCHQD512ZCEC8429 0 0 RUEAHQ FM COMBARFORPAC TO RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON RUHLKM/C INCPACAF RUAUAAH/HADD KUNIA ZEN/CINCNORAD I NF 0 RUECW/ CN 0 RUEAHQ/COFS USAF DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE SlAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UN(i\ASSIIIIO MISSACI R UHLHQ/ C I NCP AC RUHLHL/CINCPACFLT RUHLHS/CINCUSARPAC RUHLKSA/PACAFBASECOM COMMAND CENTER HICKAM AFB RUECW/ SECNAV A. JANAP 1460 1. CIRVIS REPORT 3. 1 PECULIAR FLASHING, TUMBLING OBJECT 6. UNKNOWN 7. ARCING NNE TO SSW 8. UNKNOWN 9 o APPEARED OUT OF ~1USHROOM SHAPED CLOUD, TRAILING RAINBOW SHAPED SMOKE OR CLOUD NOTE: Advance copies delivered to XOPX, NIN & DIA Retransmitted to CIA Form # 311 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNC~ASliJilD MtSSAOI INFO : NIN-7~XOP-1 XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3~ DIA-25, J CS-35, ARMY- 2 , DE RUHLKSA 2 14/0345Z FM PACAFBASECO~ COMMAND CENTER HICKAM AFB HAWAII TO RUHPF/COMBARFORPAC RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON RUHLKM/C I NCPACAF RUHLKH/HADD KUNIA R U\tiGALB/C I NCNORAD I NFO RUEAHQ/CSAF USAF' R UHLH Q/C I NC PAC R'UHLHL/C I NCPACFL T LHS/CINCUSARPAC R UEAHQ/SECNAV UNCLAS BCC 8.3 A. JANAP 1460 1. POST LANDI NG REPORT CCIRVIS) uN COliBARi~R~Jri~IS 2 e PAA CLIPPER 2 FROM TOKYO TO HONOLULU. 3. ONE PECULIAR FLASHING TUMBLING OBJECT 6o OBJECT CLIMBED T O APPROXIMATEL Y 5 0 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AT ITS HIGHEST POI NT. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFr MESSAGE DRANCH AF IN : 2036 ( 14 Mar 64) UNCLAS~IFIIO MESSAGi Page 2 of 2 RUHLKSA 1 UNCLASI N c 0 lVi l N G 7. ARCING NNE TO SSW~ 8. SPEED WAS COMPARABLE TO AN EXHO SATELLITE. 9 PILOT REQUESTED DEBRIEFING UPON LANDING. REt1ARKS: PILOT REPORTED SEEING A WHITE DOMED SHAPED CLOUD APPEAR ON THE HORIZON AHEAD OF HIM AND TO HIS LEFT <TO THE NORTHEAST). THE CLOUD APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 15 DEGREES WIDE AND ROSE TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. THE CLOUD WAS WHITE AND APPEARED TO BE GLOWING. IT ROSE RAPIDLY IN THE AIR. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 ~1 IN UTES THE TOP ARC OF THE CLO l.[) BROKE FREE OF THE HORIZON AND. BECAME A WHITE ARC LIKE A RAINBOW RISING IN THE SKY FOLLOWED BY A THIN TAIL. BELOW THE TAIL WAS A WHITE GLOWING BALL WITH A FLASHING LIGHT IN THE CENTER. THE ARC, TAIL AND LIGHT ROSE TO ABOUT 50 DEGREES A30VE THE HORIZON AND ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK FROM THE PILOTS POSITION. AT THIS TIME THE ARC AND TAIL DISAPPEARED BUT THE FLASHING LIGHT CONTINUED TO THE SOurWEST UNTIL IT PASSED BELOW THE hORIZON. PILOT STATED THAT DURATION OF SIGHTING WAS 15 MI NUTES. PILOT STATED HE HAS SEEN THREE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND. THE DOMES' FIRST APPEARANCE GREATLY RESEt~BLED THE FIRST MUSHR001 CLOL[) OF SUCH EXPLOSIONS. OBJECT COULD NOT BE EVALUATED LOCALLY. OBJECT DID NOT CORRELATE WITH KNOWN ~ISSILE TESTING BEING CONDUCTED IN THE Adv cy del to XOPX, NIN & DIA Readdressed to CIA