2.". LOCA TIOII4 1. D A TE TIM! G~OUP enzu~ a .... 10. CONCLUliOM I.NSUF?ICIE?IT DATA FO:-'. :!:'lALUA'l'IC~f s. NUMBER 0, OIJ!CTS .S. LENGTH OF O&l!AVATION 40 sacond s Observs:-sighted an oi"a.nge-rad spherical object. It. appeared -.-T-Y_P_E_O_r_O_S_S_!_R_V_A_T_I_O_N -t as a fle:.:P.ing sph-~re Nit.h a. slight tail ap{:rox one-~.hL1 t.hs d "tar.eter-of the obj\!ct;. 'fher~ ',.;as :10 s oi.lnd and it Ground-T!.sual . tr!tY~lled a steady ~curs~ t o the W'!.Jt t.urni ng north. 'iie..r seen .a::.~r\lards. Th9r e war.'} n o a/c in the ~.raJ!!\ .. 8 . PHOTOS turn c ourse (if corract). Rules out d~ca:r. Gould 'ce .J~t. with after burn~r 3Xcept no J&ts in ar ea . 9. PHYSICAL EVIOI~CI! UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT CF THE AIR FORCE ST MF MESSAGE 3RANC:-. INCOMING MeSSAGE ACTION~ NIN-7 INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2'_, SAFOS-3, DIP.-1 &~a 0002ZCZCnQA799ZCEJA21~ PP RUEAiiQ DE RULPVE 01C 3461910 f M USOAO CARACAS VENEZUELA TO RUWGALE/ADC ENT AfB COLO RUCOSQ/AFSC FTD WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHlO RUEAQH/CSAF AFNIN WASHOC RUEAHQ/SEC AF <SAFPO> WASH DC UNCLAS EFT 0 UFO REPORTo PARAGRAPHS CORRESPOND WITHTHOSE Of PAR DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT C 1). SPHERICAL C2 ) BASEBALL CD. ORANGE-REO UNCtASSJffED A P?E J AS fLAMING UNClASSI flED DEPARU,.ENf OF THE AIR fORCE STAff MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE TAIL APPROX ONE THIRD DIAMETER OF 08J l N LENGi H NO SO'.J~-JO C9). NO UN~SUAL FEATURES PAGE TWO RULPVE 01C UNCLAS E F T 0 B. DESCR!PTIJN OF COURSE OF OBJECT (1)~ CIVILiANS POINTING TO O&JECT (2). SfEADY COURSE 33-DEGREES ELEVATION AZIMUTH 345 DEGREES (3). ELEVATION 20-DEGREES, AZ!\1UTH 315 DEGPEES (4). FLIGHT PATH EAST TO WEST TO AZIMUfH 320 DEGREES~ THEN TURN TO (5). LOST SIGHT OF OBJtCT-VIEW OBSTRUCT0 BY BUlLOINGS <5>. VISIBLE APPrtOX FOURTY SECO~DS C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION C1) 03JECT GROUND VISI6LE ON VERY CLEAR NIGHT (2). NO OPTIC~L AIDS USED 1130 HORS ZuLU 11 DEC 65 UNCLASSIFIED C.. LOCA I I 0.'1 OF OaSEHVE.i: UN CLASS I FlED DE?AiHMcNT OF THE AIR FORCe STAFf MESSAGE BUNCH INCOMING ~AESSAGE CARACAS,rlVE~EZUELA, SECTIO~ CHUAO, ag0 YAROS SSW LA CARLOTTA F. OBSERVER ROBERT D. VINSON 2/LT US ARiAY, lAGS VEN PkOJo, ADMIN OFFIER AGE 27 PASE THREE ~ULPVE ~1C uNCLAS E F T 0 G. WEATJ-l.ER AND WINDS-ALOrT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHT I NG: Cno CLEAR. TEMP 76 DEGREES F., SURFACE WINO FROM WEST NORTHWEST 4 MPH. ~EATHER ALOFT CLEAR, WINOS UNKNOWNo <2>. NONE AVAILABLE C3). CLEAR NO CEILING rl . NOI'JE TRArFIC IN AREA K .. EVALUATIO~: TOO LOARGE TO BE AIRCRAFT W l THOUT SOU NO J:;s/DIA .. DELIVErtED AFHQ 0-309C UNCtASSiflED