3. DATETIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Newman a Texas,; Carlsbad, N M.~xic ~g TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Balloon Probably Balloon Po a.sl bl y Balloon Local Immed after dusk %J GroundVIaual o GroundRador g ~::b ;'~ GMT 14/0210Z at Air-VIsual 0 Alrlntrcept Radar Paul bl Y Aircraft ~5~.~P~H~O~T~O~S 6r.~SO~U~R~C~E 1m Was Astronomical Betelgeux 0 Ys 0 Probably Atronomlcal 0 Po ssi bl y Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE g :ff::-1 c:-,-.-nt-0::::-a-t-o~fo-,-E=-..,-a-:-1-uo-t-:-lo-n 2 hrs 50 mins one - - -o Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One red green and yellow light like airport beacon. Alternate cyclic pattern. Yellow fixed mid color. After sunset red became domiaant c olor. Shaped like star, comparable Betelgeux below and to Setting coincides with of object. left of Venus. disappearance to planet Venus. Flickering more pronounced thal that associated vith usual star observa- tion. Location of obJ 4o deg eleevation to left and below Venus. Last observed just above horizon below and to left of big dipper. Flight path indicated a celestial body. ATJC PORM Ui (R&V 2t B&P 52) .. ,. INCbMING ' .. DEPA~T.ME~T OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSI-FIED . . ACTION :. NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3 ZCHQB333ZCJJR3 97 PP RUEAHQ FM 6SAW WALKER AFB NMEX T 0 RUWGALE/ ADC ENT AFB COLO RUWGHW/29IH NORAD REGION OKLA CITY OKLA RUCDSQ/AFSC FOrtEIGN HECHNOLOGY DIVISION WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEAHQ/HEADQUARTERS USAF AFNIN WASH DC INFO RUCSBR/SAC R UWBKN/ 15AF MARCH AFB CALIF ZEN/22SAD WALKER AFB NMX UNCLAS DCCI 12132. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. UFO. A. Cl) SHAPE OF OBJECT: LIIKE A BRIGHT STAR. C2> COMPARED IN SIZE TO THE PLANET VENUS. C3> COLOR: GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW. (4) NUMBER: ONE Cl>.IC5> N/A. (5) ALTERNATION OR CYCLIC PATTERN OF RED PULS GREEN COLOR~, " LIKE AN AIRPORT BECON" WITH YELLOW REMAINING FIXED AS A MID-COLOR. (7) OBJECT LEFT NO TRAIL, EXHAUST Ort TAIL. (8) NO REPORTED ASSOCIATED SOUND. (9) IMMEDIATELY AFTER SUNSET, APPROX- Ir1ATELY 021 ~ 14 MAY/ 1964, RED WAS DOMINANT COLOR AND COULD BE SEEN WITH NAKED EYE. LATER COLORS CREU AND GREEN) STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIE'D . . PAGE 2 RUWHJP 71 UNCLAS BECAME MORE EVENLY BALANCED; BINOCULARS THEN HAD TO BE USED TO DISTINGUISH COLORATION. FLICKERING WAS MORE PRONOUNCED THAN THAT OF A "NORMAL'' STAR. C THIS' IS A COMPOSITE APPRAISAL BY OBSERVERS ON THE SPOT.> B. (1) A CIVILIAN YOUNGSTER (15 YEARS OLD) SCANNING SKIES WITH 5-POWER BINOCULARS FIRST CAME UPON THIS TRI-COLORED CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. C2) OBJECT INITIALLY OBSERVED DUE WEST OF CARLSBAD, NEW.MEXICO; ELEVATION: 40 CDEGREES> ABOVE HORIZON, LEFT AND BELO THE PL~NET VENUS. (3) LAST SEEN BELOW AND TO LEFT OF BIG DIPPER JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON. (4) PATH COMPARED TO.REGULAR, EVEN CELESTIAL PATTERN. C5) OBJECT SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR JUST PRIOR TO REACHING HORIZON TO THE NORTH, NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO. (6) OBJECT VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS 50 MINUTES WITH A REPORTED 30 MINUTE DISAPPEARANCE 50 MINUTES AFTER INITIAL OBSERVATION. C. C1> OBSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL.IC2> OPTICAL AIDS: 5 POWER BIN-OCULARS. {(J). NO AIRBORNE SIGHTINGS REPORTED. Do C 1 > INin~L SIGHTIN~: DUSK. . LOCATI9~ OF OBSERVERS:.-:W~ST EDGE'.OF CARLSBAD, NEW ME~ICO T~EN 1 MILE INCOMING . . " DEPART.MENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASS~FIED . PAGA' 3 RUWHJP 71'UNCLAS AFIN : 41464 (16 May 64) ~E-WEST OF CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO; F. OBSRM CIVILIANS: C A) APPROXCMUHELY 48; , CARLSBAD,.NMEX, TECHNICALLY COMPETENT .TO RELAY RELIABLE INFORMATION. CB) SON OF <l><A> ABOVA, 15 YRS OLD. RENDERED OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT OF OBSERVATIONS. (C) ABOVUT 25 YEARS OLD, , KAVE, CARLSBAD. ECHOED INFORMATION OF C1>CA> ABOVE WITHOUT AS MUCH TECHNICAL COMPETENCE. <D> M AGE UNKNOWN, TEL: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALS! ON DUTY AT CARLSBD AIRPORT DURING PERIOD OF REPORTED SIGHTINGS. HE SAYS HE SCANNED SKIES DURING TIME OF REPORTED SIGHTING BUT DID NOT NOTE ANY UNUSUAL PHENOMENA (E) AGE UNKNOWN. THIS MAN 'WAU NOT INTERVIEWED. HIS WIFE. STATED HE CONSIDERED THIS SIGHTING UNUSUAL BECAUSE OF OBJECT'S r1ULTI-C'OLORATIN. G. C 1) OBSERVERS AGREED ON CALMNESS OF AIR AND "BLACKNESS" OF NIGHT . C2) WEATHER REPORT: 0100Z TO 0400Z 14 MAY 1964 WALKER AFB: NEW MEXICO. SURFACE WINDS: DEPART~ENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASS~FitD PAGE 4 RUWHJP 71 UNCLAS 50M: 2850. (3) CEILING: HEIGHT UNKNOWN. (4) VI SIBILITY: 15 NAUTICAL MILES. (~) CLOUD COVER: THIN PARTIAL, SCAT- TERED TO BROKEN. <6> PIREP FROM CANNON AFB REPORTED A TSTM 20 MILES SW EALKER AFB AT 2300Z. NONE OBSERVED AT WALKER H. NO UNUSUAL METEROLOGICAL PHENDOMENA IN AREA OF SIGHTING WAS REPORTED. LAUNCHING OF APPOLLO SPACEC,~AFT FROM WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE EARLIER THAT DAY Cl300Z 13 MAY 1964) DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE. ANY CORRELATIVE SIGNIFICANCE; ') I. NO INTERCEPT ACTION TAKEN; 'ORIGINAL OBSEJVERS REQUESTED IDENTIFICATION ASSISTANCE FROM CARLSBAD AIRPORT AIR TRAKFIC SPECIALIST.WHO IN TURN . QUERIED THE PILOT OF .A LOCKHEED LODESTAR, INBOUND TO CARLSBAD FROM TUCSON, ARIZ. NEITHER FURNISHED INFORMATIO~THAT CORRELATED WITH PERTINENT SIGHTINGSNS,: PILOT OF THE LOCKHEED LODESTAR REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: ."OBSERVED A PALE BLUE PH.OTG STROBE-LIKE LIGHT N, NE OF NEWMAN, TEXAS V OR. AT 0255Z, 14 MA.Y i 964. HEIGHT AND"DISTANC FROM ~IRCRAFT UNKNOWN; : LIGHT DID NOT PERSIST, No: SHAPE~:~PATTERN, COURSE oR DIRECTION. VERY BRIGHT,. B~'J;.'-~OT A LIGHTNING FLASH. DOUBt coRRELATION BETWEEN IT: AND OBSERVATION." J. NO KCOWN AIR DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASS~FIED' PAGE '5 RUWHJP 7 1 UNCLAS AFIN . . : 41464 ( 16 May 64 ) TRAFFIC OR BALLON RELEASES IN AREA THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THIS SIGHTING. K. REPORTING OFFICER: ASST. OIC, C011BAT INTELLIGEFCE BRANCH, WALKER AFB, NEW MEXICO. COf1MENTS: COMf1ENTS OF OBSERVERS INTERVIEWED INDICATES CONSISTEFCY OF REPORTING THIS ISOLATED SIGHTING. WEATHER PHENOMENA CANNOT BE FULLY DISCOUNTED, HOWEVER, THE RELATIVE LONG DURATION AND EVEN PATTERN OF THE DESCENT OF THIS OBJECT DOWN TO THE HORIZON RELATES IT MORE CLOSELY TO IT BEING ANOTHER CELESTIAL BODY. LASTLY, THE IDEA OF IT BEING A CELESTIAL BODY IS LARGELY DISCOUNTED BY THE REPORTE PERSISTENT RED~GREEN YELLOW COLORATION. FUTHER'OBSERVATION IS RECOMMENDED. L. NO PHOTOGRAPHS OR ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CC AVAILABLE IN CONNEKTION WITH THIS SIGHTING.