PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION New Mexico l. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION .t. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual. Steady rise 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Aetro(VENUS) VENUS P..A 21.08 St,Mag. -$4.2 At 1200Z on the horizon at 90 degrees Az. and rising. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Q>j ect 'lot-as circular in shape, Orange in color to blue whit and .,_-as very bright. Object appeared to move toward the observe~ during the two hour period ot obaervence. At sunrise the obje:t alowl1 d1minished. FTD SEP 63 ().:32'9 {iDE) Pr..,.lcl'n edJUotu ol thle fcm. .. , be aee4. UNCLASSI FlED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP -1 XOPX-2, \.SAFOS -3 IA -1 (15) ADV CY DIA FM 832 AIR DIV CANOON AFB N'iEX TO R I..J\s.tl1 FV AI AD C RUJ/GKG/29 AIR DIV RICHARDS GEBAUER AFB trD RUCDSQ/:!D WP AFB OHIO RUEBHQAICSAF RUEAHQ/0 SAF INFO RUS63RAITAC RUWTUAA/12PY WACO TEX ll'JCl.AS DOI -27 03489 MAR 65. FOR !NfEl., AFNIN, SAFOI, DI. SLEJECT: UFO. REF AFR 200-2. FORl~AT IS PAR 14. ALPHA. Cl> CIRCULAR <2> ORANGE (3) BLUE-WHITE (4) ONE (5) N/A C6) OBJECT WAS VERY BRIGHT, MUCH LIKE FLASH LIGHT SHINING. AFHO J4HI5 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE BRAVE USAF WEATHER OBSERVER IN TmJER CAlLED SUBJECI'' S ATTENTION OB.ECT. (2) OBJECT' WAS FIRST NOTED ABOUT ONE INCH ABOVE HORIZON FROO POINT OF VIEW OF OBSERVER AT 0500 MST AT AP- P?.OXIMATEl.. Y 90 DEGREES AX!f'1UTH. THE OBJECT MOVED HIGHER ProE 2 RU\JJDAA3877 UNO..AS IN El.EVATION AND APPE.ARED TO NOVE TOWARD OBSERVER DlJUf\XJ A TWO HOUR PERIOD FOLLO~ING INITIAL OBSERVANCE. ALSO DLRIOO THIS PERIOD OBJECT' fvlOVED TO A FUSITION EIGHT TO TEN !~CHES ABOVE HORIZON AT SUNRISE <0555 MST). (3) AT SL:'~ISE OBJECT' BEGIN !0 DIMINISH IN INTENSITY WHILE CO:--ITINUIN3 TO RISE. <4> STEADY RISE FRCX'l HORIZON WITH SEENil\'G MOVEMENT TOWARD OBSERVER. <5> GRADUALLY FADED FROM VIDI. C6) TWO HOI...RS 01ARLES. < 1) GROUND-VISUAL. <2> B IN:>Ct.n..ARS. (3) N/A DELTA C 1) 221200-221400Z. <2> BEEAN U~ER NIGHT CONDITIONS, .VN TO DAY ECHO CO~BOL TOWER, CA~N AFB NEW MEXICO FOXTROT <D /A (2) STAt-LEY J . LUPINSKE, III, AlC, 2040 cot1~1 SQ., AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, CANf\ON AFB, CONSIDERED CD~l PLETELY RELIABLE BY SUPERVISOR, HAS THREE YEARS EXPER- UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSI FlED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MEiSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE GOLF' (1) CLEAR, 15 MILES VIS. (2) 0500 MSf 05'0 04 KTS SURF'D PAGE .3 RLTWJDAA.3877 UNCLAS 0500 MSf SURFACE 340 DEE 02 KTS 0700 Msr Sl.RF'ACE CALM (3) UNLIMITED (4) 15 MILES (5) NOt~ (6) t\UNE (7) INVERSION LAYER AT 4 , 000 FEET. }{)TEl., I~IA, Jl.D...IET, NOtE 2LT. JOHN N MCKELHAN, JR, INTFJ I. OFFICER, 27 TF'W CAN~N AFB. DISCUSSION WITH WEATHER OFFICER Al'D AIR AI.MANAC SLX3GESf OBJECT WAS PLANET VENUS WHICH SHOL.n D HAVE BEEN IN POSITION OF REPORTED OBJECf. AFHO JAN., 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED