1. O..t.lE TIME GROUP .t. NUMBER OF 09JECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Astro O!ETE(ft) ~. LENGTK OF CBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSrS t TYPE OF OSSERVATION Gl'Ound-Vi3Ual Facing East looldng up ani object moved througll sky ali fast s Cbserved for 1 s eoond. Glow was llks li{jlt fro:a elactric bul Appe~red much larger arxl closer than a shooting star. Di3-:,a..,c e ,ras about a yard in length. 9. PrlOTOS 9. PHYSICAL e VIDENCE FTD S E P 63 0329 (TOE) PNvloua edltlona of thla fonama1 be , ... d. HEAOQUARTE:Rc; FOREIGN rECH.~O!....OGY D IVlSlON AIR FORCt SY.;T;:: OCOi'o"'-"A:O~'J UNlTEn 'ITAr:zs A!~ Fot~rf! WRtGHTPATTF:RSO N 41~ FO~CC:: 9.l:>F~. 01111':1 UF~ 3.1;lltin8, 11 Aua 65, Rocka1fay, New York H i : H:'! TJS;UP SAFOICC (Mrs Runt) Re~e!ence the attached letter from iiJ..!).aation on his observation of ll Aug sugiested reply: . . requ~sting 65. The folloving is a The general de:3cription ot the object observed by yo .. ~ on ~e night of 11 Aug-..l.3t 1965 resembl~s th3.t of other reported l!leteors of the fireball clasa. These meteors appear at a low . altitude and are eX:re!ne ly bright, having a msgni tude greater We are f'o.rva.:-ding your letter to Dr J All~n Hynek, Di:-ector of Dearborn o;servatory, North~stexon University, ~ston, Illinois fo~ his professional opinion on this obser- V3. ::.:.~!1. S:'.'lould h~ feel that tha objec't 1;-a3 not a ::tet.eor. he will no doubt contact you for additional ion. Colonel, USAF Deputy for Technology and Subsystems i:~o.. 1ouartet'S 03A.F 7":1e Pen t2.gon I ~;ish to t t o yo.1 that 011 t~e ~venin~ o~ NeJnenday~ appeared to D3 00 be an unidantified flyin3 cbject. lly point of obsel."'Vation 11as ln the CDrr.munlty of: li'ar Roc~.:.:;JJay, Naw York. I as facing in an Easter!~ direction 3azl~g upv;a-rd. I sc;.11 2.11 obj8Ct of b:~ight intensity move through the s~cy at an ~xtrcme1y fast rate of speed i'or about one (.i.) second and d::.s J9ear. 'The ;:slov1 fr-ot;I th~ aoject: 2.[Y(:e::.r9-l ;~o be like a 2 .:2.:.:.1., bright, intensa electric bulb hu.;eYer ~he shape af s;.~h OOject \'iD.S impossible JCO d~t'S!::"il 03- CG:USe of the f2.st rate of speed at t.~i1ici1 it mc/v~i. I have seen rr shootJ.r<; c taL',S that I live at the ~each a~.1 board\zalk and have occaGion ~o Ho-:,Jever, th~ object tha.t I sa:: aooeared to b9 much c:loaer i~ the could possibly be. he a venc t:1ar. 8.0~"" T object d~sappeared as quickl y as it ~ppaar~d and see~9d t~ co1e~ a distanc e o~ what I can only esti~ate to ~ ~ c.. ~rard :!.n length a 3 ccmpc.red \Ii th tha course 3. t l'!n:.~h .:.~ .:as traveli:-13 in the Sl(y t~.nd its dista.nc3 f.:.":J~n the e<::.rth info 3t~on should 0A:'- OIIC Headcn..1a1~ tc: rz T118 Pent:-.::;on DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WA!SHINGTON l"t.:.ac!1~i i~ F?D FC"r."l lot ,.;rich is ~1 1 for rerorti~g observations of \lnidentifiec'!-flyin3 ob.jects to e Ai.r i'c~:e. In o::-der for t::1e Air ?cr to :~eli:> f'or;:~ shoulr; he (!Oa,plet~u as fully as p.:l.33i b.l.~ and returned to this ofN ~"'i"' ~ SA.."R.P. HUHT Cor~n:mni ty Relations Division Offic~ of Information l''l'D Fo::TJ 16~ lfa1 t ~ 1tiiny ooscr::. on