PROJECT 10073 RECORD (:~ - L7~ -T IME GROUP.. l. tOCATION I ...;, , tJIC E 10. CONCLUSIOH / As tro ( CAFEI.I.A) t. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSE~VATION Not. re ort-,d 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ill Y~ Movies-in tile./ '1. PHYSICAL EVIOl:NCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object was eighted in th~ Northeast section of the sky and waa located at a 1~5 deg angle between land and directly O'/erhead. The object was illuminated in red, yello~, and blue to blue- greeneach color increasing and decreasing in intensity from time tot givL~g th~ objct an appearanc~ o! different co:!.or3 at. different t:i.rnes. It appeared to more to the right o left or move closer. or pull away. Qpserver w3.s able to drive mile~ to a television station, set up a crunara on a tripod, adjust a telephoto lena and s hoot the film whilo che obj~ct r~ined in th~ gener~l lo ion. Sever~l other peopla in tha area had also observed the object. Ubject appaared as th~ ona sighted by man:r peoplo throughout the Southwest last month. ""-''3ir: description matched the ds3cription ot th object ha saw also. FTD SEP 63 0329 (TOE) PNY!oua adlUotte ol W ,.,. -~'be "' (Itt a. Haizrt) re'Qtrning 'the :picture .t1lm taken by~ .._., 'ltie i"11a,.. vie-.ed 0,. a:2a1;ys1s perso.:mel. and the 1 tatl-t a~icted is CODsi.stent -wit h J)Dotog..-apba 0f ~ briglrt. 3tar a tar ~-a ~. -tbe "pcai~ .aes<!rlbed in. la~.. A-t 8130 P.. M-. 'tbs-atar CAP$t.r.A. waa: 3) elevatiOil and 1a8 d.egreea az::h=ui".ll-in the approi!.t:ate don wicll he de JClitK .... AA-~""',...RB""" , . ColJmel,. OY7. ~or ~htlology and l.. I I.tr Pentagon Room 4A120 Washington, D. C~ 20330 I si~hted the obj act on the fill'!l. last Sunday ni~ht. (.Qg_t_ol~?.; 3_1 ) at approximately 8 :00 p .m_!. .. out3ide my home i n Efland, North Carolina. It was in the nor~sectlon of the sky and was located at a forty-- five degree angle between land a11d directly overhead. ~he object wa! . illuminated in reqJyellow, and blue to blue-green colors aach color increasing and decreasing in intensit y from time to time giving the object a n appea r ance of different colors a t different times~ There were no sets of color change the object chan~ed c olor8 randoTly. The object would move to the left o~ rig~t:.move closer or pull aw ~hese mo vements were ~lso at random. I was able to drive 1 7 mlles t~ the television station set u p a cemera on a bripod.~adjust a tolophoto :.!i:~a lens (a si::s:-inch lens) and shoot the film whllP-the ob.1ect remai .neci 1n a gener a l location.; I used Eastman tri- x 1 6nnn. film shot at l~8 -fremasper second and forced the film in the proc8sso~ as much as possible. We checked with the Mq~ehead ~lanet ariurn at UNO and found that several other people in t his area had also seen the obJe_9 .A Firing Tram the high altitude .. re3efarch cer.ter i:it Walloo' s Island, Virginia was :J :: ruled out because a check wit h NASA revealed that no such firings have been made. Last :t1o-:1th a photograph at: an unidentl qhflr.~}pg oQJ. gt appeare in the Oklaho!Tle. J ournal. 'fhe object had oeen S"lghted by many peoole throughout the southwest; .: ' ~ " .-: and their descripfic)ris -hi~i'tched the desc-ription of tha objsct I snw, . -~- A 'fT'I Oi": DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOR EIGN TECHNOLOG Y DIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHT-PATTERSO N .t\1~ F ORCE B ASE, OHIO 4 !3 4 3 3 The film V9S vi.-=:t,,.2i by 3LO.l~f.5 is p el."sOm'le L U"1d !~he! li~:1t depicted is cons.:.aten t \'lith 11:1.otcJr ap:1s of a brig:1t s t a .. ~ or :;_Jlanet. The star CAPELT..~ i s tn i:.h-:! position describ~d in. H.r . l e tter. .h.t 8 :30 P. :1. the star CA.93LLA \on=-.~ at d) dagreeS e levation P.nfl tk3 negre~S a?J.ruuth .i.n the :J:ppl'O:':in.-..te uosl~lon which he h a 3 indicateu. FOg T:rE: COr ~WIDER ERIC T . de J9.! (J{EERE, Colonel , USA Deput y f or T chnology and 3ubsyst(o)ms 2 . rrro Fi 1n Hunt/sh/EAFOICC/728k2/13 tbe 1'11 ~cb 30u.: took oa'the nigh-t o~ . October 31. 196;, ill JJ!lsccl,. a .. "'ib. carolina . 'l' t'ibr-wae n..w.1,. ~ ~l'rame.le.'-!be.lfgb'b depiC'tei u . eoaetatct nth t>a f:da bri.g~ atar or. plM.et.. 'l!he ca;.lla ..,._in the poa&UcJiJ-"UFjou-pl.e-\~A~ 20 ~ elevet1on aDd 48 aa:J.mutaa:t;ttte the I sl,..~nt,ed th~ obj';ct on t:'1e fil":1 last ~1.E1day !1i..--:1c (Oc~6oeY' 3ls~) h t opp!''O'(.:.m:?.tely 3 :00 ?r;t~ outsiue ,ny hom0 ln Eflf=l~d, Norr.h Cn:rolinJ.. I 1; v. 3 s in t h e north e a s::; s e c t i on o f Lh e sky and w a s 1 o c <:n~ ~ r 1 8 -v R for r. y - five de_s!"'ee angle bet.,een land And (li.rec"Gly o-:Je,....!'u~s:-~d. ~he ohject as ir1creesi~g and decreas~ng in intensity from ti~e t o "Gi~e rivln~ the o b j 8ct a:'l appe8r~;nce o:' difr"'erent colors at diff'e:>ont ti:te~. ri'her'e 'N6C8. n.) sets o f color c:1ange ~he object changed c'll01"S r8no)alJ~ '.rho or>5e(;t would mov e to the left'. or riSht rr.ovs '::l1-;P.r-or l"''.lll p.1y. fhese rn-:;ve-rtents we,....e also at randomo I r;:::;s ebl=~ -so r,...iVt3 17 :til.'=15 to t!'le te1~vlsion s~;.ltlono oS9t u o a camera on a tJ.,...ipod . !ld iu3b 9 t~lJQ.!oc;. ~ 1 e!'ls ( H s 1~-i nch lens ) 'HlO 3:1oo t the fi.ln wh!.le the ob .i ~ c t shot st L~3 fr<:)mas per secnnd and fr>rced the fil.n 1'1 the o:r>oce:ssor D3 !!'l.Uch ao possibleo V. e chccl<Ad with -c~e ~JToreh6ad pl!3!1~tartu::l e.t UHC and founJ ~1et seve-el otber people in 1;his aren had also seen the hjActoA Firing from the ~1igh ultlt:;.de rese8:-'ch ~e:;te"" at '.Val~no' 3 Islan d , V.!.r~Lnia was ~ 'rUled out beca~se 9 c;,ock :. ttl-} lift _;A ravePled that no such firin hav~ bsen ~n~e. Las~ ~ontl1 a p~nto~ran~ _ of an u a~tified flyi obj3ct ap?eAre~ in ~he Oklaho~n Jour~nl~ 'fhe o:.-,jacr, had been sighted by many p0ople throu;;.:!lOlll; the out'1:.:'es t r:tnd their c:Bscrlpti ons m3.tched the descriot i:J:l of the object 1 fPlW p~rfectly.