PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP 4. NUMBER o;: OBJECTS 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Astro (HE'rroa) v ' '7fl S. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air-Visual 9. PHYSICAL c t:>ENCE O":>server noted bright light (multi-oolorcd) travel jng to1-1ard the SE in a strai@'lt line. Object exploded with a brilliant white flash. . . Contact l'ras rro.de vr.i.th SPADATS and Vandenburg AFB. Tnere werE no satell5.te decays a on about the time or sighting. There were no missile activity that could ha. ve bee~ responsible. FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Prnloua edltlona or thl form m1 f?e ued. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 6486th AIR BASE WING (PACAF BASE COMMAND) APO SAN FRANCISCO 96553 suBJECT: UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) 8 August 1966 To:Air ~orce Systems Command (FTD) Wrig~t Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. Following is a UFO report which was forwarded to us too iate to investigate farther. The information, though ad~ittedly sketchy may be of some value to the space trac:!.ers. 2. ?ar 14, AFR 200-2 format follo~-1s: a . Description {1) Shape -Bright light (2) Size -Not reported {3) Color -Multi colored (4) Number -one (5) Formation -N/A (6) Detail s -None reported (7) Tail e=c. -Not reported (8) Sound - none (9) Light f orm object was brighter than a full moon u~cil it exploded with a brilliant white b. Description of course of object. Bright~ess of light 20 ab~ve harizon Not re~orted Flight path of object NW ~o SE in straight line Instantaneously in an explosion Unknown -Probably a few seconds c. Manner of Observation. (1) Air Visual Optical aids -none Pan American Jet Clipper 204, heading 097, speed unknown. and Date of Sighting 8 August 1966 Location of Observers -3115N 17020E f-j. Not available ~. Director of Intelligence -326 ADD, APO 96515. This sounds like another reentry of a satellite or orbital debris. If so, it is the second incident in the same general area in the last six weeks. It was reported by only one aircraft. In addition an informal conversation with a pilot who was hitch hiking on a MAC C-124, Wake to Hickam, on the mo.:r~i.ng of 7 August revealed he saw an object appear on the aircrafts radar. Object appeared ahead of t h e aircraft at 15 miles and continued for- ward off the scope at a speed later computed to be approximately 3,600 N.M. There was no visual sighting. Crew was not unduly concerned and made no record or report of the incident. It is interesting to note that this i~cident happened in the same general area as the UFO reported above JER~Y ~ . . MILLS, Cc?t, USAF \Qlr: c= of Intelligence