.. PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Militar;~r .C. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 46.10N 155.13E (Pacific) (6 Witnesses' 10. CONCLUSION Astro (METFXJR) 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Approx 10 Seconds Object was initially a ball, then broke up into 2 pieces :a. . the size of a pea. Brilli.rmt white center with red and-blue ! 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDE-NCE fringing at the trailinr, odgc or flare. 'nle trail was P I drop shaped. Dall o r firo began to fall at once. Four 'lcorli~ later it broke in f,o two pieces thm cotJtinuod to tall tor a .tt. five seconds more. No satellite decays reported on that date. Probable neteor. F TO S E P .6 :l 0-329 (TOE) Prnlou ttc11tlon c f thh fo"" m,. bP turt UNCLASSI FlED DIIIARTMENT OF THE AIR FOlta nm MESSAGE IRANOt INCOMING MESSAGE INFO : XOPX-2 DIA-1~ SAFOS-3\(15) ADVCYDIA F"M CTU ~J INE T~EE PT 0~ PT ONE TO RU!(()AG/CQA~A~C I 'JF'O RU!(A(R /CTF ~JINE T~EE JE C.V IC 'JO R!J~ Yt:J/C J \JCPAC R ULt !.ft.. IC 1.\JCP~ CF'l T R ~NIG ALB /C I NCNOR AD R V~D A F /CO\HJAVA lR P~ C RU~.AG/ALASKAN ~JORAD REG ION RUEQHQ/CSAF R UCSBB/C I NCS~C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE All POKE STAFF MESSAGE IIANOt INCOMING MESSAGE SUBJECT : UN IDE~ IF' lED Fl Yl N; OBJECT REPORT TRACK Fl a.N: A IRWA YS NAHA TO ADAK A. DES~ IPT ION OF' OBJECT. 1. IN IT I ALLY A BALL , BROKE INTO TWO JAGGED PIECES OF' EQULl SIZE. 2. BALL 'NAS D I~E SIZE; T'NO PIECES WERE SIZE OF' PEAS. 3. BRILL IAr.JT 'HITE CENTER 'NfTH RED AND BLUE F'R tNG'ING AT TRAIL I~G EDGE OF' Fl. M.tE Q !(K'<!(COL OR S SAME FOR PIECES. 4. 0~ B~LL, THE~ T'YO PiECES AS BALL BROKE UP. 6~ TRAIL TEA.R-aR0 SnAIE FOR BALL AND THEN FTR PIEIES.# 8o PILOT ~ I\4~RY OBSERVER'NM APlEARED TO PILOT AS POSSIBLEHXPLODING AIRtRAFT ~ U DESTRUCTED MtSSLEct SEQUENCE OF SHAPES: BALL OF' FIRE BEG A N T 0 FALl . AL \i 0 Sf AT A 0 N CE ; A PPR 0 X I \1 AT EL Y F' 0 UR SE CO NJ SUT ER , THE OBJECT SROi<E HITO TWO PIECESa THE TWO PIECES THEN CONTINUED TO FALL BlR~t~G FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SEOJ~S LO~ER. B. DESffi IPT ION OF' COLRSE OF OBJECT. 1. '.YH IT E BALL OF FIRE AFHQ JANU 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSI FlED DEPARTMENT OF THE All FOICI STAfF MISSAGI lit A NOt INCOMING MESSAGE r. IOENT IF'YING INFORMATION OF ALL OBSERVERS 2. M l.RR A Y , R L LTJG 0 ALMAN , R C. LTJG VP-49 OBSERVER MONTG0\4ER Y, R AMH1 VP-49 FLT. EM;R. Ot\EIL, R ~B. ~MCS VP-49 OBSERVER G ,; 'VE ~ T YER ~ T T l VE 0 ~ SIGHT I~ l v CLEAR ~T AL.TITLJDE; VISIBILlTY Urt.I\41TED. YAZE LAYER FROM 12,000 TO .\GE T ~EE R IJ!(A !( 2 ~4 UNQ AS 4Q UN.. !M IT ED ~T .AlTI TUDE H., UNUSUAL ACTI~KTZCNHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR SIGHTING 1Q \IQ U~USUAL ACTIVITY t()TED. METEORITE ACTIVITY EVALUATED LIGHT AND TYOSE OBSERVED HAD MJ RESEMBLANCE TO OBJECT SIGHTED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DIPARTMINT OF TMI AIR FORCE STAFF MISSAGI IRANCH INCOMING MESSAGI 1. INTERCEPTION OR IEENTIF'ICATION ACTION TAKEN. 1. F'UCHU AIR.'~YS CALLED ltt.1EOUTELY UPON SIGHTIMl AND ASKED IF' ANY TRAF'F' IC '<NOWN TO BE WITHIN AREA OF' OBJECTS SIGHTED. NEGATIVE REPLY J. NO AlA TR AF'F' I C GOWN TOT HT J IN VICINITY OF' SIGHT I~ 2. 3 DEGREES ~GAT IVE ELEVATION/ AZIMUTH 355 DEGREES TRUE BR NG. 3. S DEGREES 'JEGATIVE ELEVATION/ AZIMUTH 353 DEGREES TRUE BR~ 4. BALL APPEARED MOT tO~ESS AT F IRST OBSERVATION; ALMOST IMMEO lATE DESCEt\ff '.~ ITY TE.ARDROP SHAPE FLAME PILOT OBSERVED VERE SLIGHT WESTERLY DR !FT AS OBJECT BRO'<E INTO TWO PIECES~ 5~ !M POSSIBLE T ~ DETER\1 i NE 'NHET HER FIRE EXT l NGU I SHED OR OBJECTS =-AOED FR{1A SIG1T ::JE TO ENTRY INTO HAZE LAYER BELOW AIRCRAFT. L ,G HT D , S~P?E AR ED GRADUALLY. PAGE FOL.R qUKAi( 3a4 IJ~Q AS 6o APPROX I\1ATEL Y 13 SEtllNJSo C. ''tANNER OF OBSERVATiON 1o VI SIJAL DETECT lQN 8~ Yo RADAR WAS OPERAT I~ AMJ WAS USED TO ATTEMPT TRACK I~ WITH NEG AT IVE R E SU. T S ~ 3A I 2151355 I 27,000 1!5 I 050 DEGREES TRUE I 350 KTS GROU~SPEEO I AFHO JAN 65 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED 0. T IME AMl DATEMF' SIGHT I NG E. LOCATION OF' OBSERVERS AFHQ JAN., 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED II'AITMINT OF THI All fORCE IYAPf MESSAGE IIANCH IICOMING MUSAGI UNCLASSIFIED