PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1~ O~lF Tl~.! ~RCUP 2. LOCATION 7 AugJS t 6 5 07/llCOZ Andrews,{ Texas 10. CONCLUSION . I Astro O:ETEOP.) t/ Ci vilia.."'l i. NliMSt: R CF OSJECTS One Sne,}d a..l'):) dur-1tion ccn3ist.ant -:-ri l:h meteor fli.1ilt. !J, LENGTH .JF OaSERVATION 11. BRiaF SUMM~RY AND ANALYSIS 10 -15 Seeoms t .. 1 Y?~ Oi= 0 3SERVATION G:ro uni-Visual ?. PHYSICAL ::VIDENCE Object L'"l .flight from 1W to SE. Descrlbed as a :ihita bli..'"lkL~ lig,!lt, travellir.g <rver mnst of the ~<Y in J..0-15 secor~3. T~..a l'li tr..e ss indicated that the blinking might hav-e been caused qy the h~a vy cl. ou:l oo 7er. Final disappeannce \'faa to S:S in a clom bank. FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Prevloua dlt!ona of thia fol"ftl .:a.ay be ueed. k. Com~enta of preparing officer: The f:1..-nily appeared hospitable and cooperative, an3-..,ering all questions asked \'f'ithout dra'.-rine any conclusions. The children 'rere '1Tc3ll info11~1ed on UFO si3htings in ~'1d around thio area and had read numerou3 boJ!-\:s (lnd newspaper articles on the subject. The parents stated that the o~jec~ did not appear to be a meteorite or an airplane since in their opinion i 't .-:as slo~rer than the former and fas t.er than the lattcr. Amarillo Approach Co:1t:-ol radar and the 688th AC&:l Squadron had no contact, 'tTith the object . Si..~ce there are no ainrays in the vicinity, the probability of the object beL an aircraft is slight. In the opinion of the investigating officer, t:-.~ object \ms either a large meteorite or a sate)] i te. 3. 7he information on the sighting llt Andre\o~s, lis~ed ~bove \'lith the following exceptions: About 20 above horizon A strai.~ht line from north~rest to southeast. Disan red into a cloud bank. ~ugust 1965 Shari Sta1lin~s Heather report fron Hebb hFB, ( 5) Less than l~/8 ( 6) TR:T to the south (?) Less than standard lapse rate up to 19500. Radiation inv~r:>.Lon from 3000 to 6000, upper air inversion from 1?500 to 21500. Greater than standard lap3e rate above 21500. L:.:..ss A. HAHN C .:..~taL"'l, USAF :~g Safety Officer U?O Report HEAOQUARTERS AMARillO TECHNICAl TRAINING CENfER (ATC) AIA~ItlllO Alii F'O~C! 8~SE, TEXAS 79 I I I TO: A? 3C ( FTD) ~lr:!..;r.t Patterson AFB, ~. An investigation of the reported u70 sightings on 7 August,l965 a~ Andre~ .. rs Te ~ . Md on 12 August 1965 at Happy, Texas (reference attach- :7.en"' has bee!'l accomplished. 2., The follo.dng infonnation is subilli.tted on the sighting at Happy, a. Descriptio:!. oJ: object: (2) About the size of a nickle held at arms length Rese~led a white light. b. Description of course o object: (1) Just. happened to look up East at about a 30 angle of elevation. \~Test south"rest at horizon. ~ ; A straight line course from eac>L. to\-lard ....-aat. 8~45L.iest=: Beyopd tho horizon to the \vest soub}~He!5at. Abou~ 2 to J nanutes. c. !~al"'..ner of observJ.tion: ( 1) Ground -visual (2) No optical aids used d. TL~e and date of sighting: e. Location of observers: A farm 15 niles ~;-s of Happy, Texas. f. Identifying info:rr:~tion oa obser-ve.cs: about 55, Happy, 'I'e:x:as, .farmer, very relio. '.Jle. Hrs. v~-:-J .:-eliable. unlmol,..,n, Happy, Texas, housetdfe, about 13, same address, impress- io~a~le but general~ ~v2~t in abo~:. 10, san1e address, :onfirmed details but otherwise ~,cor.wun cative. s. 'Heathf3r and . .r.:.:.s: (1) Obser:ers ~c~ount: Clear, visibility good. ( 2) Report from AIP.arillo AFB :ieather Office: (a) vlinds: Vcrt.ica: te;nperature gradient: Surface inversion to 5100 HSL, ~tandard l;j,pGe r-?.t e to 11,800 NSL, in".tersion aloft to 13,100 trSL, slir:;hting less titan stanC.ard lap~e rate hiciher than lJ JlOO NSL h. throu~h j. None