1. OA TE T IME GROUP 2. LOCATION South Da..l<:ota l . SOURCi: 10. CONCLUSION Civil Air line s 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OISI!RVATION 4 -5 Seconds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air-Visual Descendinz 9. PHYSICAl. EYIDENC! Astronomical Description of object confer :~s decay for thi s data . 11. BRI!fl SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS .r.i t h Fireball observ.:.tion. Drilli:!nt blue vrhite lijt, Hith ti;o pu.ralcll t r a i l:>. Li.s:. t of suffi&ie:'lt strength t o light up cockpi;:, ':ith bluish colo r . Observ,1.tion of object desccndin..;. T\10 civil air- line s , United u .. d American reported obj~Jct, Hith both uver South Dakota at th~ tL~ of the report. DEPAt<fME:'IT OF THE AIR FORet STAFF MESSAGE BRAI'-ICH ~\~ UNCLASSlFIED ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP- 1, XOPX-7, S\18 C083 ZCHQB827ZCYJX647 DE RUCOAH 11 17/0525Z FM CMOR 3 0AO I V TRUAX FLO VI I S WG ALE/ AOC RUEAHQ/HQS USAF RUCO SQ/ AFLC RUEAHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 0 C UNCLAS 3001N 11528 FEB 65. AuC FOR AOOIN, USAF FOR AFNI N, AFSC FOR FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE FO SAFOI UFO REPORT AS FOLLOWS: A. DESCRIPTI ON OF OBJECT: (3) BRILLIANT BLUE WHITE L IGHT C2) TWO OCLOCK F IFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON CJ) ONE OCLOCK FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON (4) DESCEND lNG TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY DEGREESo (6) FOUR TO F IVE SECONDS Co MANNER OF OBSERVATION: CD DC-8 UN I TEO ON JET HEADING 270 DEGRfES MAGNETIC 485 K TAS 405 K GS HC1'AE STATION NEVI YORK BOEING 72 0 AMERICAN FLIGHT JET 34 HEAD lNG 270 DEGRE~S MAGNETIC 490 K TAS 440 K GS HOME STATION NEW YORK .\~11) C.HE GF ~IGrlf!NG~ OEPA.<TMEI'>lT OF TH' AlP. FORG STAFF MESSAGE BRAI~CH UNCLASSIFIED E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: UNITED , 157 NM EAST OF RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA, AMERICAN PAGE 3 RUCDAH 11 NM EAST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS: (1) UNITED HOME STATION NEW YORK , HOME STATION NEW YORK Go WFATHER AND WINOS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTit\GS: CEILING AND VISIBILITY UNLIMITED NOTE: ADV CY TO NIN AND DIA