1. DATE TIM! GROUP NUMI!It Oft OBJIC'n 5. LINGTH OP 0 IIYA 15 Seconda 6. TYPE Oft OBSERYA nON Grounl-Visual 8. PttOTOS 9. PHYSICAL IYIDINCa PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 11. 81t11P IUMMAIIY AND ANALYIII A ltlite light traveled over the fk7 in 1Q-l5 observed by' fan1 ly of 4. Observer looked away UFO Report. HEADQUARTERS AMARillO TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (ATC) UNIJlO STAlES AIR fORCE AMAI'I&O .. 1101a lA II. naas n1 t' TECH TNG CEN . . .C\MARrltO AF_3,_T_E~-DS-F .. (lfJIC~AL l''J~ TO: AFSC ( F'tD) Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 1. An tion of the reported UFO aightinga on 7 August 1965 at Anclrawat Texas on 12 August 1965 at Happy, Texas (reference attach- ment lllJ has been a 2. The tolloWiDg --lon submitted on the sighting at Happ,y, a. Description ot obje: (2) About the size of a nickle held at arms length (3) White light ( 6) Resembled a white light. b. Description of c~urse of obj~c~; ... Just happened to look up. I)!UCTI .-tJS East at about a 30 angle of elevation. 1~1est south~est at horizon. ,~ A straight ljne course from east toward wast. ee1!4!ihwost-: ~ the horizon to the west south,erst. > C" About 2 to 3 minutes. k. ConD&Ients or preparing of'ficer: tmil7 appeared hospitable and cooperative, an8Wering all quest a asked without drawing any conclusions. The children were well on. UFO sighting a in and aro\Uld this area and had read numerous books and articles on the subject. The parents stated that the object did not appear to be a meteorite or an airplane since in their opinion it waa than the former and taster than the latter. Amarillo Approach Control radar and the 688th AC&W Squadron had no contact with the object. Since there no in the vicin'Jty, the probability of the object being an ie alight. In the opinion or the investigating officer, the object was either a large meteorite or a eatell'Jte. 3. The information on the sightin& at Andz ews, Texas, is "'' listed &boVJt With the following exceptions : About 20 above horizon straight l i ne from northwest to southeast. {5) into a cloud bank. 5 August 1965 t. Sharian Stall j ngs g. ( 1) Broken inte ~ te clouds, thunderstorms to the SW. ( 2) Weather report from Webb AFB, Texa~: Manner of ObSeX'Y&tion: Ground -visual No optical aida used d. and date or sighting: e. Location of o A faxm 15 miles NE of Happy, Texas. t. Identifying intox1raation on observers: ( 1) Mr. about 5 Happy reliable. Mrs. Happy Texas, housewife, verr reliable. s 13, same ionable but gene~ exact in detail. A son of Mr. Be !-Irs. about 10, address, confirmed details but otherwise unc:oJ g. \t/ ea ther and winds : (1) Obsexsvers account: Clear, visibility good. ( 2) Report from Amarillo AFB Weather Office: (a) Winds: / Vertical temperature gradient: Surface inversion to 5100 1-fSL, standard lapse rate to 11,00 NSL, inversion aloft to 13,100 NSL, slighting less than standard lapse rate higher than 13,100 NSL. h. through j . }rone (5) Less than 4/8 (6) TRW to the south ( 7) U.aa than standard lapse rate. up to 19500,. .. Radiation inversion. from 3000 to 6000, upper air inversion from 19500 to 21500. Greater than standard lapse rate above 21500.