l. OAlE TIME G;t'JUP Civilian & !41 1 i ta17 PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION _. . Pho~i~ Arizona -Inke AFB, Ari "'.J 1ga - -Ari. ,n3 ,,reai 10. CONCLUSION . : Astra (l!ETEoa) IJ. . ~- ---- ------------1 Obaervat.ion by ground cbservers ani airlines crews or ' airlino 1. NU~4BER OF OBJECTS flightd o:er area. Duration arxi description of object ~tir.h tr9.i~ era of starks leads 't? }!eteor. ~-'LENGTH. OF OaSERVATION Av9rags 10 Seoorxis t TfPE OF OBSERVATION Grour.d-& .\i~Vis"tal Va.ri~d v....th Reports ~. PrlOTOS 9. PHYSICAL ~VIDENCE 11. BRieF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS . La~e nud>er ot calls from civil-Jan ani military observ~s 1iht> re,POrt~d an object "<r.ith trail of -rhite sparks. Average durat ,un reported as 10 seoords. Grol.U'd obsex~ers m~tly reported f1 i -:, to East from Nest. 4 Airlines crews reported tile flight as S t.o !111. Grouni observers in the Luke A.. VB, Phoenix area .1\i rl j n s . West of Phoenix. All, reports were single object. Total of 1 ~ reports. 2 of report indicated fireball sighti...'1g s otr~r repo ~ed t:."la t the object was like a IDI:lteor. FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Prevloua edltlona of thh form may be uaed. INCO,'fHNG o~,:, ,R7 "'ENT oF if-~E AIR FoRa Sr.~,FF lv\ESSAGc i ANCH ZHR uuuuu FM lUKE AFB ARIZ TO Rl!f~VA/AOC ENT AFB COLO RUWJEWA/2 a At R o.rv HAM 1 L ToN AFB CAL 1 f ... ~ . RUCOSO/AFSC FORElGN TECHNOlOGY DIY WPAFB.OHIO RUEBHOAIHQ USAF WASH DC RUEBHQA/OSAr WASH DC FOR AOC, 28 AIR DIV, SCF, AFCIN, SAfOI. SUBJECT~ UfO REPOR~. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED ON-REPORTEOUfO SIGHTINGS CVER ARtZONA OURtNG THE PERIO~ 0a.J~.Tog~ta.9Z,5~1~HT), J' .~l!" 196aa.~ THE LARGE NUMBER OF TELEPHONES CAll fROM BOTH AREA CIVILIANS AND MtliTARY PE~SONNEL, COUPlED WITHTHE.VERY liTTlE POSITIVE AND OETAilE:O. INFORMATION REPORTED~ PRECLUDESA SETAttEO REPORT~IN ACCORDANCE WJTH PARAGRAPH 1 .. , AFR 20A-2 . 1. MOST REPORTS AGREE THE OBJECT SIGHTED WAS WHITISH-YELLOW IN COLOR, VERY BRIGHT StNGLE OBJECT. lf'ICU.\\ft~ PAGE 2 ~L.JBJA889-UNeLAS 2. ~t!~ ANO SHAPE WAS NOT REPO~TtO. 3. A FEW REPORTS INDICATED A TRAtl OF' WHAl APPEAREo-ro I A WHIT~ FLAME WITH SPARKS. 4. NO SOUND WAS REPORTED ON ANY OF THE SlGHTfNGS. ;. THE COURSE OF THE OBJECT WAS RPORTE6 AS WESTTO.EAST BY MOST :;ROUND OBSERVERS, BUT TWA, BONANZA, DELTA ANO CONTf~lENT tt. FLIGHT C~!WS tlYING IN AREA WST OF PHOENIX RPORTE~ OBJECT MOVING SOUTHWEST Te NORTYWE~. 6. ESTIMAT~D TIME OBJEeT ~AS VISfBLE AVERAGES ABOUT 11 SECONDS. 1. GROUND OBSERVERS WER All IN Tif: LUKE-PHOE:N!X ARrA. 8. AIRBeRHE OBSERVERS ACTUAL LOCATION CANNOT'E DETERMINEO AT TWIS TIYE, ALTHOUGH THEY W~RE ~ll WEST ANn WEST ~ORTHIEST or 9. I!: ATHER AT T IWE eeYERED BY TMI S REPORT WAS AS FOllOWS: WI ~BS SUI' .le!: 291 rJE~JtEE AT 11r . . 60CKJF'T 1AI DGftEE-S AT 61C . -1 FT 11a OE~REES AT 7~ FT 14~ OEGREES AT 11K. . wlESSJl.GE D~F t ,R-,\t:NT O F THE AI:< FQ!{CE ,~ESSAGE BRANCH PAGE 2 RL'WJBJA889' UNO.AS 30,091 FT -A80 DEGREES AT 7K 9tlt FT -1-.9 DEGREES AT 13K. CLOUD CGVER: 12,000 FT SCATTERED WITH HIGHER SCATTERED C1RRUS. .VISIBILITY: 15 REMARKS: CUMULO-NtMBUS TO NORTIAST OCCASIONAL l IGHTENtNG ct. OUO TO GROUND TO NORTHEAST AND EAST. . .... TEMPERATURE: SURFACE 32 DEGREES c. UP TO 41,09 FEET TEMPERATURE WAS 1~ OEGR~::s WARMER THAN STA~mARO. AT 41,009 F.i TEMPERATURE AT STANDARD. F'ROM 41 ,aM F'T TO 48,00~ FT TEHPERATURE WAS 5 DEGREES ca..OER THAN STANOARO ... WEATHER FORECASTER AT LUKE REPORTED A SUBSIDENCE fNVERSJON AT 10. THERE WERE NO WEATHER BALLOONS RELEASED BY LUXR AT THIS TIME. WfNSLOW WEATHER OJO RELEASE LARGE BAlLOON AT 2~01l~ 19 AUG 11 . LUKE AF'B REPORTS NO FlYING ACTIYtTY~Ar THIS TIME. 12 .. A T~T-~t OF' SIXTEEN REPORTS WERE CAllED -t N TO Tf-. COMMAND POST AT LUKE AFB DURING THE Tf~E COVERED BY TH1S REPORT. 13. HJTELL fGENCE OF"FICER SUBMITTING THIS REPORT. THE LACK OF POS1TIVE, DETAtLEO INFORMATION PRECLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEP,~f\ 't~tGI\If Of 'iHE ArR FORCE SI 1\FF MES~AGE JI(ANCH SIGHTJNSS. THE WEATHER AT THE T JM~ UAY ACCOUNT FOR MOST Of" THE PAGE 4 ~UWJBJA889-UNCLAS SIGHTI .. SS. TWO OF THE REPORTS I NOtCATED FIRBALL A~ll TAIL ARED LIKE A ROCKET RE-ENTRY. OTHRS REPORTED APPEARANCE Or LI KE METEOR. CY DELIVERED