J. SOU .. CE llilita.I7 NUMIIR 011 OIJICTI 5. LINGTH 011 OISiaVATION 6 - 7 Hinutes 6. TYPE OfiJ OBSIRVATION . 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION SATETJ.ITE 11. 1111' IUfuWARY AND ANALYitl Lil t that looked exactly liY.e a bright s t a r in flight to T from position overhead. Disappeared a.t a rout 'JJ deg eleva arte r straig1lt flight. No deviation 'in .fli~t. Uit.ness t houf:tl t ob j e.ct 1ra.s Satellite. Obje ct r.a ssed a star ani ra s sare r..-agni~ude. This uas t he b r.i ghtest sta.r in t he sky. COi'lli:ri'S: Altair is tl-e bright sta r almost overh~ad f n.)m the t----....,... lttl-----~ ob sarver a t the reported ti. r:e af ob servcJ.tion. This star is sl i.g!lt 1y to the East of South a.rd the poss:L ~m -- the fii~t of the ob e ct vtas SSE r at her tha VB}A i s a.L~ ovarhe ad but sli! tly to t he North BCHO ove r Ten esse " ----------tat the r ep orted titll3 of observation, h arev ar i t "TE.s 10\t nea r 9. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI h or.i. zon and rtOVing to the UE. Ea-to I \ras ov er Tennesse e at ~) one hour b efor the repcrted tine Obj ect is regarde d as a s sib:h3 Sa t ellite. DEPAr<TI'-AENT Ot-TH~ AIR FORC~ STAFF 1\~ESSAGE S~ANCH ACTION: Jp-os J . NIN-7, XOP-1, XOPX-8, DIA-l (21) PTTU JAW RUWTPRA1111 197~045-UUUu-- FM 314TH CMBTSPT GP SEWART AFB TENN TO RUWMFVA/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCOSQ/AFSC FOREIGN TECH OIV WRAFB OHIO RUEBHQA/HQ AFN IN WASH 25 DC RUEBHQA/SEC OF AF<_ CSAFOI_VWASH 25 DC lAW AFR 200-0 FOLLOWING RPT SUBMITTED IN TWO PARTS PART I. PARA 14, AC1) NONE, A LIGHT, A(2) LOOKED UNCLASSIFIED EXACTLY LiKE A VERY BRIGHT STAR IN INTENSITY AND SIZEf::t::-....~::1 A (') A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT, AC4) ONE, AC5> NOT APPLICABLE, A C6) NONE, AC7) NONE, AC8) NONE, AC9) NONE, BC1) BY CHANCE, WIFE SAl IT AND CALLED ATTENTION TO SIGHTING, B (2) DIRECTLY OVERHEAD, STRAIGHT UP, 90 DEGREES, B<'> '5 TO '0 DEGREES B (4) FLIGHT PATH TRACK STRAIGHT TO -./ SSW, NO OEV IAT ION IN \:OURSE, NO MANEUVERS, 8(5) OBJECT PAGE 2 RLN/TPRA 1111 UNCLA S rN<..O M IN G DEPAr<lMENi 0'-Cr ' E AI~ r:JRCi: ST AFr: r'"c s~,Gc !S~ANC~ UNCLASSiFIED INSTANTLY DISAPPEARED FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND, REAPPEARED FOR A fRACTION Of A SECOND, AND DISAPPEARED AGAIN INSTANTLY, B (6) 6 M~/7MIN, C <1> GROUND-VISUAL, C<2> NONE, C (') NOT APPLICABLE, D C1) 140540, D (2) NIGHT, E SMYRNA, umYRNA, TENN; USAF <RETIRED> CAPTAIN, RATED USAF PILOT FOR 16 YEARS, AIRLINES PILOT FOR 5 YEARS, 5 YEARS PRIVATE PILOT. INTERVIEWED PRIVATELY. OBSERVER WAS CONSISTENT IN ANSWERING QUIESTIONS. APPEARED MATURE, SINCERE, AND RELIABLE. OBSERVER STATED THAT HE WAS CURIOUS AND FLET IT HIS DUTY TO REPORT THE SIGHTING. G <1> OBSERVER STATED THAT IT WAS A BRIGHT CLEAR NIGHT WITH MOONLIGHT AND SCATTERED HIGH CLOUD COVER EARLIER IN THE EVENINGo G (2) 80000-NOT AVAILABLE, G C'> 12000 TWO TENTHS SKY COVERAGE ALTO C~1ULUS, G (4) 12, G (5) TWO TENTHS, G (6) NO TSTMS, G <7> SFC -2000FT DUE TO COOL lNG !~l LOWER ATMOSPHERE. H .. NONE, I., ~lONE, J o NONE KNOWN, Ko BASE LFUGHT OPS OFF/ASST BASE OPS OFF/SR PILOT CAPT WILLIAM M. MC GRAIL, . 'N(_UMING STAfF ti\E5~;\G':. JR,.o.N.:i-f UNCLASSIFIED PAGE ' RUWTPRA1111 UNCLAS OBSERVER WAS LYING IN HAMMOCK AND OBSERVED THE OBJECT PASS BY A VERY BRIGHT STAR THAT WAS LOCATED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. THE OBJECT TRAVELED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON A STRAIGHT SSW COURSE FOR 6 TO 7 MINUTES. WAS LNABLE TO ESTIMATE ALTITUDE. OBSERVER STATED THAT HE FELT THAT IT WAS A STAELLITE BUT LATER DECIDED TO REPORT IT DUE TO THE EXTREME BRIGHTNESS AND SPEED Of' THE OBJECT. THE STAR IT PASSED WAS IN HIS OPINION THE BRIGHTEST IN THE SKY AND THE OBJECT WAS JUST AS BRIGHT BUT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF CONTRAILS OR STREAM AS SEEN WITH SHOOTING STARS. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS WILL FOLLOW BY LTR AS INfO COLLECTED. NOTE~ ADV CY TO DIA