PROJECT 10073 RECORD fi":" OA ~- TIME .GROUP 2. LOCATION 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS !J, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 Seconds f,. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual ? . f'HYSICAL EVIDENCE Ottm'ia, Illinois 10, CONCLUSION Astro (lF.TIDR) V Horizontal fii~ht dof's not rule out meteor ob scrvation. Object ha s all characteristics of a meteor sighting. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object at 10 .. 15 deg elevation in horizontal flight }'nralell 1 c the F.arth. Flir,ht from EiJE to iIS\'f. Disap~ared beyond tree~. Brl r)JtBr tha n t.h:> No1~h Star. Tot:Jl duration 15 seconds. Cwcrnd the w-.rid U1 nf o. thumb n t anus lengtll ln l seccnd. Locked lilm n hie uutrnr &xct) Jt thAt it hnd horizontal flight ins tee: d scendl. 1 r:. rlD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Pnvlou a edition o r lhl ro ..... m .. ,. b u .. d. 24 Xovemher 1965 SAFOICC/72842/24 Nov 65 '!hla 1 1D rep~ to 10Ur report o~ au aerial obJect wbicll JW obMZYed and were tmable to 1dentif7 Oil 17 Auguat 1965. 'b 1 obJect *i ch you obaerve4 baa been evaluated u a e"teor, DOt a tel Ute u you augse..ted. Satel litee bave :!1 alowe:r apee48 than tbe object 'Wh1 eh 70'1 observed. All mown tell1 tu baTe an eaaterly etJIIIl)Oilent 1D their direction ~ tl Sgl:xt; .. 'fl'*llk you for zeporttna your ObHl vaUOD to tbe Air Foree. Sincerely, Jom P . S PAULDING Lt Colonel, USAF ~hief, Civil Branch ~cmmuni ty Relations Division ):"!'ice of Information COORDINATED B;r (O:N'ics S]"!!lbol, SA.F- OI U .Coe!'d c y -S.A.FOI-2 Comebk cy -SAFOI-2 Reader cy -SAFOI- 1 Ac vity cy -S I-2 HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COM~ANO UNI T EO S T 4 T ES AI"' "'0"'C E WAIC.,.TPATTit"'SOH 4 1"' "'O"'C It BA.s&. OHIO UFO Sighting, 17 Aug 65, Ottawa, Illinoi s TO: Hq USAF SAFOICC ( Wash D C 20330 Reference the attached letter sting information on his unidentified observation 17 Aug 65. His observation is characteristic of a meteor. Duration of 15 seconds is rather long, however, the object did traverse more than 90 degrees of arc . Satellite observations have rent speeds much slower than that of the object which served . Also, all known satellites have orbital te:-istics of an Easterly component and none present a flight to the ~est of the North-South axis. FOR THE COMZ-A..A!IDER vc:J T<;c NUC ,_ EUS "")F SEC URI TY