PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1 DATE . TIME uROUP 2. LOCATION Hiddlebury Vermont (2 Witnesses) 3. SOURCE 10. CO.NCLUSION Civilian 1~ Astro (STA~PlJ T) 4. NUMBER OF OoJECTS S. LENGTH OF 03SERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF oaz:~'IATION Obje ct s l'te re star like light s., yello\1 to white, red, green at different times. A~ared 2J-30 <;iegrt}es offf horizon in the \ east. Disappeared in the NE. Object hovered for 15 minutes in I 7. COURSE 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE L"'litia.ly the sighting was of an aircraft. A D-52 bomber on cP-1 burr.er project at 7,000 ft heading ~rest then ~SO-degree turn to ee..s~ \"la s in the area at the t:ime of the sighting. s~condly \thEn the aircraft lights disappeared the observers picked up :1. bri~t star. ~bably JUPITj;:R. This would account for the <)'le light disappear " an the other then seeming to hovdr rox-1! _ 7 WI-. PreYioua edltiona of thla form may be uaed UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE All FOIKE STAFF MESSAGE IRA~H~ INCOMING MESSAG "- ACTION: NIN -7 INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SMB A185ZC~';C872 PTlU JA'I~ R G ~uht .. A1632 115211~-UUUU--RUELHQ A zr'ii\ uuu uu TG f~UW~.F V AI ADC t.NT AFB C Ct C. RU~(;rl~AIS~CRETAR~ Of 11-:t. AF :.ASH DC Fffi AFi:l;~ Ai r;Q USAF A~:iJ SA~CI Al SE.CRETAKY (.;f THE AF. (3) CU.CK -? . .:Lt. Yt..LLC\: TO ~.~ITE-REO-GREEr~.:, AT ulfft.RE~T (5) FCR\~AT I o,. -T~.G L I GHlS 1 CGE1Hr..R, BUT C!.t. L15APPEAREL ft\Q;:: VIE. ~:hti~ I N NE SI<Y; (6) AN~ DL.SCf~IBABLE Ft.AlUHES UNCLASSIFIED Page 1 of 6 UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMINT OF THE All FOICE stAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE ffi OETAiLA -~ONE; (7) TAIL, lRAIL LR E.n-;AUST-NONt; PAGE 2 R UEDh~A1632 U~CLAS <8> NOISE-NONE HEAf\0; <9> OTHt:R DETAILS-AT Lt~t. PCSITIO:~, RED LIGHT /.-AS :\Olt:L C~dTH RIFLE 8X SCCPl:.) AS a i!'lK l~ .. c . E. DE.SCR IPTI Cf'. CF CuURSl:. 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CSSc.hVERS: CIVILIAi'\- ~,tLl.JL.EBJ~Y, VT, COLLEGE STIJOc:r'-~ T, A, SINCERE Ai"t[, C C!'.f I :., T I N OM\ &E.L I EFS, cUT SEC.EO S!\ CERE A~!L LESS ~'i.t..Y~G BY GROJP t.XPRESSIOf,, RUb\ol'l. C~ E RE.LIA6LE Ci : .. C. <2) 1'.:/A. G. \~EATHEH ANu :;.: I NOS -AL Or T C c:.:u IT I C .. S J..l T IkE AN[J PLACE. OF SfGHTII~G .. (1) OB5ERVt:hS tCCCiJ~JT Lf WEAll-lt.R COf\lJlTIO s- DARK, 0 CLCUOS, AND VE.r:<~ SCC[J VISIBILITY; (2) REPCRT OF AWS, GET 7, 8TH WEA SQ, PL;..TTSE,URGH AFB ~.) FCR VICII~ITY SURfACE 11C :,~s~EES/4 KTS PLUS 350LGRESS f; 6,000 t-T /25 KTS PLUS 25 DEGREES f; 16,000 FT 27~DEGREf_S/45 1\TS PLUS 1~ DEGREES F; 20,020 F'T 270DLGRE~S/45 KlS-06DlGREES UNCLASSIFIED Page 3 of 6 UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMINT OF THE AIR FORCI STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE 2800EGREES/3;KTS -67 utGRE.ES F; <3> CEIL lf~G - UNL t i t TEO, CLEAR; (4) VIS I bll I TY -CLEAR, 25 i . ILES: PAGE 4 RU~Or!. A1632 ur~eCLAS (5) AV cur~T C.r CLOUD C CVER -td~ CL OU 0; C 6) 1 hU~dJER S 1 OR~.iS- ~;O:.E; <7) VERTICAL TEr.PE.RAUf\E5 GRAOIU"T-SE.E ABOVE. 1E.~.Pt.RATU?.E6. H. ANYOlt-:t.R u:,u~tL CO~;ulllu -i\ONt.. I. I i'-lTE.~C i I c;,. A.CT I Or\ -VA < \L f,l). J. L(JCA 1 I ON, .a.P~ 0X Al T t 1 UUt: AND GEl~tR AL L! R [C T I CA'i (f FLIGHT - AIR TP.AFFis -B-58 60~8t.t\ C,:.: GIL biJRNt.k PROJECT AT 7,0Z~ FT ALTITUDE hEALI~G ~EST 1H~! 180 GlGRElS lUR~ lG lAST '!;AS IN .A.REh AT GE;~ERAL Tli'.E OF SIGHltt~G. K. POSITIGfJ, OOYLE, ~.:AJCR, USAF, 380Th ~TRATEGIC AERCSPACE V:ll'~G <SAC>, PLATiSBURGh !\:-6, i'!E\'i YCRK, CIC, CUi\~BAT INlELLIGEt-,CE. lR A NC H. C C \ ~. ~:~ iS : THE 0 oJ E C T L I G H T S VIER E f I R S T R E P CR TED AS T~O BRIG~T LiS~TS, T~!E~ AS REG AND GRRE~, WITH f\EO LIGHT Bt..I\KI:'~G AT Tli .. ES U~IC11 ARE li~GICAliVt OF AND AIRCRAFT'S ',\HI TE, RE.O AND GREE~ NAV I GAT I Ct. L IG~TS. THE. LIGhTS WERE VIEV~ED APPARE.i\TLY FRCtv. A CC,.;SIOERAElE JAN II 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED DIPAIITMINT OF THE All FOICI STAFP MESSAGE IIAtKII INCOMING MISSAGI 0 I S T AN C ~ AS \\ E ATHER A F f ~. 0 t. C t XC E. L L E. NT V I 5 I B ll I T Y AN 0 f\JO NCISE ~AS HEARD. THC. kEPuRTEu lURNS ANL ClkCLES Y\Hli. i:AOE 6" A ;.: Ai'.EUVER I NG A I RCR AFT CUL D G I 'IE ubS ERVEF\S A VEIW Of OlrFEF<ENT NAVIGATIGi, LIGHTS CFkO~, \~hllE 10 REO PAGE 5 RU~GH~.A1632 UNCLAS T 0 G R E E N) Q U E T 0 A C HAt\ G E It\ F L Y I t\. G A L Til U G t. Of A 1 R C R A F T LIGhTS '/,'OULD APPREAR/ ul SAPP:~ i,H~N t UStLAGE, V. lr'4GS, CR TAIL E~CiT OUT V lEV; fRC:. C~S[.~'JhS. ltit. SlATEr\.E.NT lv.A[JE 6Y 0:::: CES~R'/ER THAT Gi.t. L1Gr1 VAt~ISHlD, ANL TliAT THt OThE" L IG;.:i SEEN AS hO\'tR I~,S,. 5~ lHt. GTHE.R u&SE.RVER, WAS ACTUALLY C L~ A STAR, LE\LS CREO~NCE lHAl THE. AIRCRAFT'S ~AVIGATIG~ LIGHlS hAD FAOED uUT A~O THE ON OBSERVER HAD VISUALLY TRA:'JSF::RkEO hiS AlTE~TIGN FRC~, AIRCRAFT LIGhTS 10 A STAR. AT THE. ll;~o.E Of SIGHTING, IT WAS REPCRi~Q Tr.A i A 6-58 SC:. 2t..R 01~ E/lf., TUI I'. CVER PCi<T HERi~R~ F.eS STOCK FAR' .. -OIL &URNE.R 5GRllt. V.-AS 1~. THE AREA. ALi~SJGH AT AN AlliTUut Gf 7,000 FT, lHIS AIRCf{AfT ~A~EUVERS COULD hAVE blt~ tBJECT/ LIGHl~ SIGHTEf.J, HO:IrEVErt, THIS REPCRli~.G Ltf ICtk AS~t.SStS SIGHTING AS SQ!,.E VvELL LIGt-!TE(J AIRCRAFT 1:) THt. AREA, UNCLASSIFIED n - IUIICII BUT V IE~,0 ~1 CONS llilRAbLE ill STANCE liTh ;.C,ISt.S lllhli'4 Tt-i. :5SERVER'S I..'E.LIAlE AREA, ULANKI~G {AJT AIRCRAfT ~. G i SE. L. EJU S TlNt E Cf PHYSICAl EY I U t.:.:cE - Page 6 of 6