PROJECT 10073 RECORD l. DATE TIMe C~: J P 2. LOCATIOI'I 5 . L ENGTH C? 03.>=~VATION TYPE OF Oa~:=n."TION 9. PHY :>!CAL EVIDENCE 10. CCNCL:.JSION 11. BRI!:F SUMMARY AND ANALYSI S Prtovlous cdltl;,n )f thh Corm may btt us~d. 3!i. !.,ior rr.rion wh1r:h you iee:l p .: rtin.:nl ond \'lhich i~ not aJ~quotttly :::~vtJreJ i11 Th<' ;p-.o:iiic poinh o f :n<) q..~! .,.;n~o .,. ..>r rJ norrativ~ ;:.<?lonot;on o f your , ightin9. I .lt'tJ.L(: c; c count. j n our area stoqed the otb li~htso stati on!3ry. :L t Cctfle rer 1ained c.irpl'hlC' . ' \... s :I tj_celv di'fr~r3nt from Lho:: Lo f'lickc.c i.lJt.sic-n t Dill ~ir For c e Base c/o Capt . E . Inf~rmat,lo:-1 Of.fic~ SIO:t H H .. LARGO S.ENIOR Have jus t read in the Clearwater pap~r that you may be int.e r uste d in onr v8:cs1on of the mysterious red light~ oti' Clearwater Jh~ach o tl July 4-:h. Fi v~ of us9all adults) while viewing the :t ireworl<a a t approxi- m:.;ttely .:3;30 t o 9;45,~aw 5 lnrge red ballo:t like o bject!3, v1nch l:u. ;ar than stars, ln a str3ight line north to S:>uth to 'tne j'/est ot' the Causet't:iJ'. Hhen we f i::!:"st noticed they appaared to be 0n a str-3-ight line -Stl-~h a s a banner being pu~l~d by a t:lane. At the same -r.i~e we ~;,N thr.:>'~oh binoculars a plana 0irclin~ more east an1 wast like it w~::..:; criss-0rottsing these objects. The pland appearaEi. to be very hi6h v~i.th fl~s!":.in& red and green lights. One could ma~:e Jut the plane wi -ch<Ju.t --I!'le tHl),fl object move1 to the no#2 and they both l ost -cneir c -Jlo:c. No-:r3 d~-opyea slowry towai'o"s-the earth on the-guif' side wltil it w3.s l ost b~!".:'-.,a. t:.h3 tr3-e.s--:.J.ll thi=:s ti;:"te the plane was g.:ling back a.'ld t':)r t h a!ld ~ ~ ;.p:pearea the f .)r!lla "or!i)ke loose'' after each pass of' the ~)l::1!1.a. It see'lls most .strange that no one knows of a plane oaing ia this naa, ;:>ecause ~e~ardless of what the red lights were tner r:! ll'f::lti a plan~ a~d it ~ave one a v ery eerie feelin 1'hese ~bj ect" were in the sky. for ab'lut ) to 1 0 :ninutes and afaer all h a d disappeared the plane h~3ded towarns the east. C t. R.H. Henry Pu~llc Information Office M3cD1ll Air Force Base ~'?..!ll;?a., Flo:ida Ih response to your request 1n today's Clear,tater .:_:l., here is a description of the red lights which were o.:.a9rved over Clear1va ter H.a.rbor during the fireworks d isplay on J uly ~. The news story referred to six lights, but I s ::n1 only .tty;e. rhay appea red to be on the same altitude , ~: s ~:-ai6:a::hor1zo~t.a.L Ttn~-running from the approximate cation of the e~ploding fireworks 1n a northerly ct ~:i.-act iot~. . Th a lights uare tbarg vrhen I arr i veg_, .!l:~L xe t~ara when~ laf~ at t he conclusion of the displa7. I aisuiid a t flrst ~hat they were part of an earlier rocket, sicccl I arri.,red late, but they did not drift s.flay a s they would 1f they had been susp~nded from parachutes. They ap,eared to be aircraft lights or ~ransm1ss1on to~er warning lights. They neither flickered nor moved, althoug h tha drifting smoke so~et1~es ~bscured them I was standing at the to~ of the bluff facing west at the time, in the vacant site of the new city hall, directly aa3t o~ the potnt of land where the fireworks were launched. T e Nere several hundred people there who could have seen t~ ~ l ats alao. Incidentally, the paper reports similar l~; 3 a t the Dunad1n fireworks display a l so. I hope t his might add something new to your 1nvestlgat1ona. Sincerely, ((J fr1 cJ.a 1 U :::17. In rh t fo!lo>win q ,!., t ch, in1oginP. that you ortt "'' th.: point ~!.own. Plocu CJII A' on :h~t c:utvt'd line :o \ho.,o !ow hi']h In<' bjdcl w,,; -.:bovi! the ll-:lr'~on \S~yline) wlnn y t:HJ fr;l sow it. Plot.t o ''B" on tn 10111<' ~.uv~d lin<> to ~how how :\Jh tho\ v'ljld wCis chlwe th .. hofl=:n :~:,:,.,tt) when you fast s-.~w it . Pl~c: em "A" on tl--~ ""''PO>> wh~n you fir;t ~o.,.. it. Plac<J o (}''on tho: com- rwu when 'fO U !c , I ,n" lit: ob!act. 2:3. Or""' o pic"J'" '"Ot ..,ill show the morion rhcr -" obr;,ct or oblt'C'' nwd.:. Ploc.: c1n 'A' o t th"' b~ginn.nu olth._, porh, o rht' rd .::t rl,tt ~ern, end show nny chon;;"'s , _ r"'ci :;,n durinJ ,;,. coune. l' .1. 2?. :F the" .... OS ,v.o~F. THAN ONE object, th"n ho w mo ny Waf'! rntre?-.. I----- Dr., .., o pic:tur~ o f ho.., tl,ey wera orral"ged. end pvt o n ::uro w to \ho w lht: du'jcrion t!--ottney were cro '' !lorg. ln.-llc-:Jte onv oddon-:ll .r ' ( Wh.n and to whom ... ~id 'f':J , Florida 33515 Captain R. H. Henry Public Information Office MacD111 Air Force Base " BANK & TRUST COMPANY LARGO, FLORIDA Aft~r r g your request Jt.:=.:: fcurth, 2: .ris::: to st.:.l.te thdt I 'NE:A='l ANO NEI<>HHOI"'LY for info ~"':=a. t i o '1 on the e vening o f w~tcted t0 e~e ll ts I was si ing o n my f~ontla~m at Belleair geach t c '~'~ :c~. t-he [:.r-:3,.~:;:--~s d.Ls play at Clea r \;a ter, cl_l1~t after t.,;-.2 :"'5.~0',;or~<s ~:e.::-= v\er I continued t o sit t h ert:: t.:.nd noted 'tF~':.. ~'~.-:(7) lq.._g~ _re_.9-_liglJt.~ and one small e r one a t the sjd~, O'.'~ ... t:-.3 Gulf. ~t~y l oo!<:ed like l.:1r~e r e d bulloo~s cind ':Jere ev:;_-s o much largar t ha n the customar y p o r t li~hts on an They ~ove~ed in one spot, maybe fi~teen ~i~utes after I firs t noticed t~em. The time must ~ave been bet~ee~ r1i~e and nine- t hirty TPe for~a~ion was as dr awn: Ttg sec on d and fot1rth but rc~ur~i~g. It sae~ad aa if t h e