PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Ti~ ~gerUibll, .r.atJSriint CONCLUSIONS Cbame, Clovis, .New t-Jea.; :.Jeminole , "~w ~.... c1m l . 'jtl as Balloon ~n ~ on, ~.l-1.; Prescott, AriBObl! 0 Prolally 8allaon 4. TYPE Of OISERVATION 0 Pouibly Balloon 3. DATETlME GROUP XIGroun ... Vluol 0 GroundRoclar 0 Was Aircraft 0 Prohally Aircraft 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft I~ rHO'ru~ ~ 0 y Was Astronomical t<lE'U..OR VN" 0 ProbaWy Aatronomfcol 7. LENGTH Of OBSERVATION I. NUMBER Of OBJECTS 9. COURSE o Other:----=--~---- 0 Insufficient O~a for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ball of fire, cone shaped with the ball of the cone traTelling fiast.. Length 6x s.ize ball. Flwnes made up remainder of cone. Pas s e s throug~ more then 150 deg of arc in 4-5 seconds. ATIC FORM 329 (RttV l& 8!tP 52) 0 Unllnown 1 I. COMMENTS Observ tion ftom 'l'exus , New ~jexico bnd Arizonu of obj e ct. witu Neteor cua1actor~ is tics . ~one Cliscrv rancy in time be twe ~n r~portea sightings. Likely two meteors observe~ (see report UlG 09/042GZ) r~ .~ a djucent t~rias DEPARTMtNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNClASSIFifO MESSAGE INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3, DIA-15 (31) Cri~A722Z.CWJX562 PP RUEAriQ DE RUWGBH SlA 10/22G9Z Fr1 6320 AIR DIV CAN ON AFB N::.EX TO R W.v 3ALE/ :::NT A? E COL 0 F.UCD5Q/ WR I 3:-iT-rAT T~rt5 ON AF 3 0.-1I 0 F.U2ArtQ/SL.CRET:-.?\Y C"i T.-!E AIR FOF<CE ~.,nSr: JC UNCLAS DI -375 UrC R~PCRT FOf\ .)32:J ADI V CAN:~Oi~ AFb, N!1EX A. DESCRI?TIO~ 0? OouECT: < 1) SHAPE: "BALL OF FIRE" A3 SASE. OF A CONE, TRAVELLING B.~LL C2) SIZE: BALL AT LEAST SIZE OF B~SKETBALL HELD ~T AR~l'S LEN~TH. LENGT~ OF CONE WAS SIX TIMES DIAMETER OF bALL. (3) COLOR: 3ALL WAS WHITE, CONE LOOKED SILVER C5> FORL~!iTIOi~: N/;, PA8E 2 RUWJBH 61~ Uf~CL~S D~PARTMtNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFf MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLAUIPIID MISSAQI PAGE 2 of 5 (6) DISCERNIELE FEATURES: WHEN OBJECT WAS ~10VI~3 AWAY FROM OBSERVER, IT LOOI~ED LIKE FLAMES ~ERE INSIDE CONE. C72 TAIL OR TRAIL: EXCEPT FOR CONE WrliCH SEEMED TO EXTEND FR 0r1 BALL, NONE. Ct3) SOUND: SNONE (9) OTliER FEATURES: NONE 8. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:D Cl) WrlAT CALLED ATTENTION OF OBSERVER TO.OBJECT? OBSERVER SAW LIGliT IN PERIPriERAL VISION. (2) AN~LE OR ELEVATION AND AZIMUTrl Or OoJECT WHEN FIRST OBSERVED? 25 DE3REES ELEVATION, 105 DEGREES AZIMUTH. C3) AN3LE OR ELEVATION AND AZI~iUTri OF OBJECT UPON DIS~FPEARANCE. ~5 DEdREE3 ELEVATION, 268 DE3REES AZiiiUTH. (4) DISCRI?TIO~ 0? ?LIG~T ~AT~ AND ~ANEUVERS Or OBJECTS? STRA!3.iT, LEV~L FLIGriT. C5> ~0~ DID 03JECT DISAPPEAR? WENT OUT OF SIGHT TO THE ~EST. (6) hOW LONG W~3 03JECT VltiiBLE? 4 TO 5 SECONDS. C. MANNER OF OSSERVATION: (1) GROUND-VISUAL C2) NO OPTICAL AIDS WERE USED D&PARTMtNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH PAGE 3 of 5 UUCLASSIRIO MfSSAGI PAJE ~ ~UWJSH 61A UNCLAS D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGriTING: (1) ZULU TI~iE DATE GROUP OF SI8HTINJ: ~340Z ~ 9 APR 54 C2) LIGHT CONDITIONS: NI3riT-DARK E, LOCATIO~ OF OBSERVER: 34 DE3REES 25 MINUTES NORTH 1~3 DE3REES 13 MINUTES WEST,SAT 1533 WESTCHESTER, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER: (1) CIVILIAN. NAME: MR (2) MAILINJ ADDRESS: CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO (3) OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE (4) AGE: NOT 3IVEN. ESTIMATED AT 45 . (5) ESTI~IATE OF RELIABILITY: F-3 G, WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME OF SIGHTIN3, (1) OB~ERVER'S ACCOUNT 01 WEATriER: CLEAR, STAR-LIGHT NI~HT. <2> REPORT Or IJJE:AT:-,ER FRQlo'! CANNON nFB, Nt1EX.D WIND DIRECT I 0~\ VELOCITY INDICATED ALT. DE..JRE..::S DEPARl'MtNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UHClASSifiiD MISSAGI PAGE 4 of 5 23S DE3REE.3 271!: DE:::iREES 30 KTS 27-.; DEGR~ES 270 DEGREES C3> CLILIN3: CLEAR C 4 > V IS I B I LIT Y: 15 ~1 I L ES ( 5 > CLOUD COVER: N ONE C5) THUNDERSTORMS: NONE (7) TEMPERATURE 3RADIENT: 3 DEGREES PER H. OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITIONS WHICrl MI3HT ACCOUNT FOR SIGrlTINJ: FAA CONTROL, ALBUQUERi JE, WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THIS' UNIT OF FOLLO~ING SIGriTINGS AT APPROX 0417Z: AT HOLLOMAN 3Y TOWER AND TRAFFIC: BY CONTINENTAL AIRWAYS NR AT 5 0 fj ILES WEST OF SAN SI~ON, N~EX. TWO Nfi 5i MILES EAST OF PRESCOTT, AND TOt.~l~S OF: TINi Y, i-iASERllA~;, ESPANIOLA, AND CHALlA, NE\~ ?'iEXICO, .~NO SEillNOLE, TE:i\AS. INFORClATION HAD BEEN FOR\vARDED TO SENIOR CO~TROLLER, OKLA CITY AIR DEFENSE SECTOR I. INTERCEPTION 0~ IDENTIFICATIO~ ACTION TAKEN: NONE. J. LOCAL AIR TRAFFIC: NONE 1<. ?OSITION, TITLE,SAND COtH,1ENTS OF PnEPARING OFFICER: IST LT. DIPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH PAGE 5 of 5 ?A~E 5 RU~3~H 51A UNCLAS NINDAU3AS V. t1II\OLAINIS, TACTICAL FIJHTER WINd. UHCLASSIJttO MWAGI ACTING WING INTELLI~ENCE OFFICER, 474T:1 Ca1ME~TS: OBSERVER INSIST SHE SAW OSJECT AT :34JZ AND CALLED CANNON C~H1AND POST TEN r1INUTES LATER. CANNON C. P. HAS HER CALL LO~GED AT e 430Z. IF CALL WAS PROPERLY LOSGED, AS THE OFFICER BELIEVES, rlER OBSERVATION WOULD HAVE COINCIDED WITH THOSE MENTIONED I N PARA H THIS ~SG. FAA CONTROL, ALBUQUERQUE DID NOT 3IVE SIZE Or SI3HTINGS REPORTED, SO THERE IS NO WAY TO CORREL~TE THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, SINCE CONTINENTAL NR 58 ESTIMATED OBJECT TO BE AT FLT LEVEL 290 , OBJECT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO OBSERVER AS SSE CLAIMED. ONLY fOSSIBLE CAUSE Or OBJECT IS C:STINATED TO . .:.A:Jr. oEEN A I'iET~OfiOL03ICAL OR .4STRONO~:IICAL PHENOr1I- NON SUCH AS A ~lETEOR.