1. 0.\TE T l.lo\E C~OUP t . NU~QER 0~ C&Ji CTS .5. LE~CTH 0, O!S!RVATIOM 6. TYPE OF oes:RVATIO)If 9. PHYSICAL E YtO!NCE 2. LOC.\ TION ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1 XOPX-8~ SAF-OS-3~ DIA-l (21) 9.!8 C005 CHQBJ00ZCJjH6 . FM LAREDO AFB TEX TO RUEAHC/OSAF WASH DC RtAHQ/CS~F RU::AGL/AF.:G Ru\','Gl(G/29 AIRDIV RICHARDS G::3AUR AFB MO RUWGALE/ ADC UNCLAS OCO-OP-CP 00024 I FOR AFSC <FOREIGN TEC OIVl/ CSAF CAFFIN)/ OSAF CSAFOI>. SUBJECT: WO IAWSAFR 200-2, PARA 14. A,. OESCR I PT I ON Or THE 03 JEi<T <S>: (1) SHAPE-LIKE ASSZAR srzE- LIKE A STAR COLOR -SILVER NUMBER -ONE S. DESC?:PTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT (S): <1> ~TTE TIOtJ TO THE OBJECT WAS CALLED WHEN THE OBERSVER AND HIS SIFE NOTICED A LIGHT ABOVE A~lO SLIGHTLY BEHIND TWO AIRCRAFT WHICH WERE ON ~ WNW TO ESESCOURSE. THE OBJECT LOOKED LIKE A STAR MOVING CN THE S.l.ME COURSE AS THE AIRCRAFT BUZ MUCH SLOWER. THE AIRCRAFT SOON DISAPPEARED OVER THE HORIZON. THE OBJECT CONTINUED IN THE SAME 0 I RECTI mt AND EVENTUALLY FADE 0 FROM SIGHT. (2) OBJECT FIRST NOTICED OIREKTLY OVERHEAD. CJ) OBJECT FADED TO ESE ABOVE THE HORIZON (4) SiRA IGHT LINE COURSE. (5) FADED TO ESE (6) "AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR OR MORE" C. MANNER 0~ OBSERVATION: (1) GROUND -SVISUAL <2> BPTICAL AIDS-NONE 0. S T I ME/0 ATE OF S IG HT I NG : C1) ON/ABOUT 0230Z 26 JULY 65 E. l.OC~TIO~I OF OBSERVER CS): FHGN1730 12 MILE NE OF BRUFl, TEXAS: PUP OEG ES FROM LRO. f, IOC::~ti IFY lNG INFORMATION ON OBSERVER CS): (1) CIVILIAN- FATHER' 5 RANCH; CONSIOERt:O UFRELIABLE SOURCE BY PREPARING OFFICER. G. WEATHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHT- < 1) 08 SERVER REPORTED SA CLEAR N IG HT, NO CLOUDS. (2) AWS RECORD OF WI~ID DIRECTION, VELOCITYISANO VERTICAL TEMPERATUREN GRADIENT: SURFACE -S 140 OEGREES/17 KNOTS -88 DEGREES FO -150 OEGREES/20 -17~SOEGREES/10 -VARIABLE/ 1~ -120 OEGREES/10 -090 OEGREES/35 -080 OEGREES/45 - 19 DEGREES C -8 DEGREES C --2 DEGREES C --12 DEGREES C _.. 33 DEGREES C --67 DEGREES C (3) CEILING-U~ILIMITED VISIBILITY-1" <5) HIGH THIN BROKEN H. AI~ HAS REWATIVELY DRY ALOFT; SLtGHT POSSIBILITY OF l~VERSlONS MID A. P.; NO WX BALLONS LA J~lCHEO THIS STATION J. NO dALLOON RELEASES THI S AJEA; NO AIR TRAFFIC ORIGINATING FROM LRO AT THAT HOUR.SOTHER AIR TRAFFIC POSSIBLE, BUZ ACCOUNTING NOT POSSIBLE THIS STATION. KJ REPORT PREPARED BY 1ST LT DAVID A.SELLIS, 74568AI CPOO. CCMMENTS; OISZANCE CONCERNING HIS SIGHTING, THE INFORMATION HE COULD PROVIDE HASSQUITE SKETCHY AND VAGUE. IT IS BELIEVED BVSTHE PREPARI~iG OFFICER TO HAVE SEEN AN OBSEJVATION OFSA POSSIBLE CROSS-COUNTRYSFltGHT AT HIGH ~LTITUOE, OR ECHO 3.