PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DA ~E TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Northtr:t Hfti3 t. NUtJ.BER OF OBJ ECTS 10. CONCLUSION Cozet ( IKEYA-5EKI) See c.a s tile 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AHD ANALYSIS t.. l'I'?E OF OSSE~'IATION GrO\l.nd-Visuu 8. ? d OTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIOENC: FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Preloua d.LUon of thb foaa IUJ be uwd. fll:n(l,,,r.;jlll.s , : ?1,! ,:, t hllliC,ill!; cf)/'Cfl r- ur/y n ,,:-;: .) . ',d(' n1 tire fJirtHr~s t!t zt CtlH It 111, fudrJ! !c:rc. :\ hoYc: 0Jt O t w hcr ~ti1h. nul} fiH: d.l~-; ;drl'r pcriltdio.a vo;sa_;t!, Cumt.!t l!JGjf ' \a.; oh. .,,cl to ktvc a 17dc;.;H'l: t.dl, fJ,Jlll .J . .tbh! _.\fount.a~n OIJ c r v.ttOlj' ia C diforni.t. opt.'l':J[CL l y lh~ JC'' l ' rop11: .. inn l:tiJnr ll()i)'. J. Ymm ;; a,l.l C. C:.lpt.n ,:;tar lt' ti llii, I('JrHit llttC c~po'>lllc.! al t.=.H t.. r. Hidt ol 1:>~1110\. tC'lrpllJtu k ns. 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I li!-;111 ILo., u o. 71!c Hln;int C'"jiO\lll<' on O t rolwr 31\t \\:tS ~rath~l ill ll:jl l T. -;itl' 'HI ~(H\IIH l'inu'i, he U\l'd a n 1/ tS Zri ...... it'll' o l 10 i: : c ;a fo. d Htltm: O<!crhrr :H-.c l:11gr ~11d ,m.dl-s,,lc ,jew; !1~ i >c'!\.'l k1im.:r, .'-iron,d:dF. \ri!HJ.t . .\t left, wi1h a U ."J1111n. f j I Jcn,, rhc iwr mi.111t~ , .. ,pq(illrt' heg.trt .\1 l~: :J:'I VT; :lt 1ight. .J5rnrn. Cj:;.(), !>i. n tiiiiiH ' 'i t'SJW,ll!t' :tt l~:~O OT. .\bo\c: Pho~ographs on the HIIJr ning ' of Oltnh;-r : 1 .. , <.ft[r ), b~ J:r:H!foHl . \ . . \ !lli!Jl, . t.ul SHmiJe .. lc.r {,.i:;ilt) h v T. lt-.-: :\.Smith. Tht!y both 'Wt)l'k a r X{w .\I e:iro :"'lt'lf~ Ulliv.!r;ir" ()J;~r I! n;. Tht! lll'i~ht , . t r "-' " ,; L.nJ ~ l.,ut.tl l thi'l c;,l1H<' 'Pot in in~ ' kY in nwl-.\u~ust, i!)ht c;i,dt UiJ,,r ul .til lj'.tIIH'"' ltt~il ltn.,: . , , ~ ol ')Li'IJil'l' PROJECT 10073 RECORD DATE T IME GROUP OCATION Northera ~aphi.O:"~ 10. CONCLUSION Comet ( IKEYA-sEKI) NliME\ER OF OBJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL Y51S 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grou.nd-Vi.u&l. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 63 0329 {TOE) Prnloue ed.lUone o f lhle , ,.be u .. d . UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE INFO : NIN- 7, XOP-1, XOPX- 8, SAFOS-3, JCS/OSD/biA-1, NSA-7, SMB-1 (29) FM 326AIR DIV KUNIA FAC HA TO RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HA RUHKH/COMHAWSEAFRON INFO RUEAHQ/CSAf RUECW/SE CNAV RUWGALB/CINCNORADD RU~HQ/CINCPAC RUii.HS/CI RUHI.. Hl /C I NCPACFL T RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPAN RUAMC/COMUSKOREA RUAGFL/COMUSTOC RUCSC/C I NSAC RUCOSQTDEW WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE UNQAS 326AD-CO 01164 1o C IRV IS REPORT 2o MATS 9 1'28 AND MATS 19092 . Bo MATS 90528 REPORTS HE SAW WHAT APPEARED TO HIM A LARGE SEARCH Ll GHT PO INTI N:i SKYWARD. MATS 10092 REPORTED SAME BUT ADVISED OBJECT WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON AND TAIL IS OUT OF SIGHT BELOW THE HORIZON. 4. Ao POSIT ION WAS 110 DEGREES FROM 2512 f'llRTH 15508 EAST AT PAGE 2 R UHL KH 7 UNCLAS 6o UNKNOWN 7$ UNKNOWN 8o UNKNOWN 9o ~ o BRONSON OF BISHOP MUSEAUM, HONOLULU, HAWA I I TE NTA Tt VEL Y INDENTJFJEO OBJECT AS IKEYA SEKI COMET. NOTE: ADVANCE COPY DELIVERED TO JCS/DIA, NIN & XOPX. ORRECTED COPY OF AF I N 55726 (26 Oct 65). RETRANSMITTED TO CIA PER AFHQ FORM 1392#453 UNCLASSIFIED L trh .)(arnin~ . 'p-t;l.-s,. .:J-snoo001e-rs w i1 o n .q ~n ~ed ~nd piluro~Latmt"d " '.Vrt~nt-Patterson .\tt l .:n lll't. X~nla, phOtO'il'apherl .: ,) ,, e r wttn a Polariod , ... r, nnnnred on a rrt~d nq d h~ "':swl~ lil~ou;a 1~ ..:.m1~r7. sl!~esrcd drn.e 1x 1 t cmnet, but ne ,,dclefi h~t l"C"I rlents or Davton area suburb~ f:orn tn~n nom-,. T he Jn:;t c1m1et visih iP to thP. naked eye "as "i~htctl i n ln.i4, he said. :tncl " T he \\') r id AI anac' ' says tha t b::ttTin~ a n y o ther unexi)t!cled e \ent. ,uch as the a ppearanct- of the Ikeya-.:5eki com~t. the n :-.t \:i...;:ble comer wJ: t>~ Hcli ~v:; \\:hicl" .. '.nil ~e 3c~n in 19Sti. .:Schuetz. :m am .. Hem~ a~tr~r nom er . :icu J :10 t)n~ kD'<>\\'S now when lhe t!<~l.st.~f'~i ec)fTlet: \t!l~ dictin~ it won t reapP:ear ill hi3 lifetime . _ Harvlfl Sdlllt'l7. l .t)Jllet At Xeni::t .... hu\~ n h{Ar_. a!4 flhnto!!raphed hy Harnld ~rhu,.tz frnrn thP r oHf of hi5 h um_. sh 1 f)t);; Ho ... rnn Court. XeniA. 'fh~ flMkA to 38e 1ithout binoculars. ~.ioody c 1 id rl,,,, ir co11ld IH 'i(l'll widt till' ,,,,~,,1 d~t '''hit d Lilt' ,jd, t'f .t hnht' o r l!"' " an Olll\fl't'IC ltld h tml l hr-. ,,, .. 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