4. NUMBER c-: J8JcCTS 5. LENG fH o.:: OoSEKVA TION T 'f :):; OF C3~ERVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDeNCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION CJNCLUSION ll. 3~iEf SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Pl't'vlou edlt~ona o f thb f orm cay bs used. 825 AERO SPACE DIV LITTLE ROCK A FS JACI'SONVILLE ARK Utl!n:o ST\;"ES Alit fOiCf Off1CIAL r.usa..::ss POSTAGE AND FE:ES PAr::> DcPA~<f.M,ft~T OF TI-'E AI'< FORC~ 1\CTION: NIN- 7 XOPX-5,(S~F=OS-3;'DIA-15 Z CZCJ!Q3 166ZC',il JX555 DE HLJIVGD,< 52 27/2240Z F~l 825 :;Ai:J LRJCK AFB ARi\ JGALJ/.t~IF DEFE~IS'.:: C0'.:1:-\NO C:NT AFJ COLO R UCOSQ/.~?3C FOREIGN TCt;~i:LOGY DIV tJP!'\f-"3 OHIO U~lCLAS 384DCOI 7-4867 o UF O o THIS t1ESSAGE IN I PART: PA2T I.-SUBJECT: INITIAL UFO REPORT .. A,. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT ( 1) ROUGHLy EGG SHAPE (2) ABOUT 1/4 AS LONG AS H~RCULES TRANSPORT ? USELAGE AND ~JOT QUITE AS BIG. C-130 ESTI~'lATEO FLYidG AT 20,~0g ?T AT SIGHTI~G WITH UFO ABOVE AIRCRAFT. (3) COLOR: LUMINOUS. ~:..!) :iU~lBER: o~;:::-HHICH SU3SEQUENTLY APPEARED TO BRAK IN"O Tt/0 .:;)~=::::::5 AND T H~ ONE PIECE 03SERVED SEEi1INGLY BREAK IN T t/0 AGAIN. (5) s:;:;:: ABOVE. (6) THR U (9) ;,JEGATIVE .. 8 * DESCRIPTI01l OF COURSE 0 ? OBJECT .. < 1) v/HILE \lATCHING A C-130 HERCULES T HRU li[S F'lLEO GL~SSES OBSERVER NOTICED 03J~CT ABOVE AIRCRAFT !: ;c,~aniaiG (;)ePARof.~T OF 'fHE AI~ FORCE ~d ESsAGE ST.>-\tF ME-5~ -"E 3~. NCH U J~ CL~\SSI FlED PAGE 2 RUWGDX 52 UNCLAS LE:TING SUNLIGHT . (2) ANGLE, ELEVATION OR AZI~lUTH U~lX~IO~/N AT THIS TIME. (3) ANGLE, ELEVATION OR AZINlffH UPON DIS.~PPEARANCE KNOt.~N. C4> iJ!HEN FIRST NOTED OBJECT APPEARED STATIONARY. THEN IT l. i..J ?ISCES WITH ONE MOVING I N SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, LOST S IGHT OF OT;i~R PIECE. C5) DISAPPEARED MOVING SOUTHEASTERLY- RATE U~J:<NO~vN AT TH!S R::?ORT .. (6) LENGTH OF TH1E OBJECTS VISIBLE; 5 t1 (tllf!'Z S . C . i'IAN~IER OF 03S2RVATION: < 1) N2GATIV, (2) TH -1UGH FIELD GL~53~S ATTACHED TJ A STAND~ (3) ~IEGATIVE. Do TI~:E/OATE OF SI\.JHTidG: ( l) 3330 TO 0LJ35Z, 25 JIJL 19 SL; o (2) LIGHTING CO IDITIO'IS: DAY. 3o L8:~TION OF 03SER~:R: APPROXIMATELY 5 r1ILES SW OF LRAFB I N T H CO!~.'l'JN IT Y Of LAKE'.;OOD o F o !DENT IFYING r :,JFORCVlAT IOd ON OBSC:.i'! : ( t ) NR:. ~9DITIONAL I~JFO TO FOLLOW~ G. WEATHER A t-1 D ~v IND .3, ( ! ) UNKN 0 l.vN AT THIS REPORT o <2) A ~v S R PT: SURF ACE : CEILING.NONS. C4 Y VISI3ILITY; 15 1I LES, (5) A~lOUNT CLOUD COVER: 12,000 FEET SCATTERED. ( 6) THUNDERSTORYS IN AREA AND QUADRANT LOCATED: Ct800 LT TOWERI~G CU NE.l. (7) VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT: 83 DEGREES. H. AT 0000Z, 25 JULY TOWERING CUMULUS TO N~ f\T 0 100-Z , 25 JULY CB ENS DISSIPATINGo (!)NONE. (J). UNKNO\t/N AT A.=i.J:~sJt12 NT IS THAT THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTING OFF THE AIRCRAFT Cf'\US2 D A P~E~lOM ANA 7 hAT APPEARED TO THE OBESERVER A SOLID 03JECT A"f FIRST, AND THE 03JS:: .. ~? P RING TO BREAK-UP vJ.~S CAUS:D B Y SUN STR I K ING AIRCRAFT AT DIFf~:::~iT .!\NGLES THUS CAUS!'lG T\,JO HEF'LECT IONS RATHER T HAT THE 011 .. OBSEf~Vt:~ SAYS HE LOST ON PART BUT F'OLLOIJJED THE GTHE;1 UNTIL IT DISAPPSA J~ THIS, I S IS 3ELIEV~ D WAS THE REFLECTION FOLLOWI~IG AIRCRAFT. T H~ ONE THAT DISAPPEARED WAS DUE TO LOSS OF LIGHT R LECT- I ON AS :!\.::::~AFT t10V~u o L .. i1EGAT IVE o