40 30n13 10e — August 1966

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Keywords: pilot, tucic, clncl, antrt, unidentifjeo, 4030n7, 1310e5, 07i037zb, lt1iude, calvano, tacane, virst, fhpacteo, dcscr, objett, saratoga, courst, rlying, radial, avation, green, initially, receipt, naval, single
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1. OA Tf TIM! GROUP 2. LOCATION ,_ - 4. NUMBER OF 03J!CTS 10. CONCLUSION Astro (meteor) ./ ~ 5. LENGTH OF O!S!RVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE Ofl OBS!AVATION Aerial Via,:.al 9, PHYSiCAl !V,:!NC! Pilot was flying at 20,000', when an objec~ came into view. The object ,.ms dcscr ib~d by t.he pilot as a red fire ball with a blue -green tail. At first appeared to be the size of a pin point ancl erew to be about half the size of the moon. Pilot stated object wnu in view for 2 -3 seconds and appeared to burn out at an olt i tucic of 10 NAVAL MESSAGE . .. r. AVY DEPARTMENT 1 ClNCL.ANTrt.T ~OCAT[:~G C~ E X.SINGLE U~O (UNIDENTIFJEO rLYING OBJEtT) X LAT 4030N7 LONG 1310E5 X 07i037ZB X COURSt ZZT 090 X SPEED EST 5,000 MPH X VISUAL X .\LT1iUDE . . ~ST i OO,QQj fEET X PILOT Or SARATOGA F4HA/C WAS AT 20~000 PT, ON THE 245 DEGREE RADIAL 61 MIL~S ~ROM CAlVANO TACANe THE U~O WAS INITIALLY S I G H T E D w E 3 T 0 r C A I VA N 0 4 i AN EST I H.A T E D A l T I TUDE 0 r 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 r E E T I N A 45 D~GRcE JiVE ANGLE, TH= U~O WAS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT AND RIO AS A ~ED rtRE 9 ALL WITH A 8LUE~GREEN TAIL~ IT VIRST APPEAR~D ra BE THE SIZE or A Pl'4 POINT AND 1REW TO RE ABOUT HALr THE SIZE or-THE MOON f A S I T W 0 U L 0 A P P E A R I. N T H E-S K V A T r tJ L l t1 d 0 N ) : I T A P P E A R E I r I R )~ n 3 SECO.'JDS ANO fHPACTEO! IN WATER, TO THE WEST Or THE LAND MASS OUTSIDE ROM~ F P. E ~.HI c o G A R n t'H c c 1. A CONTROL NO. TIME OF ReCEIPT DATE TIME GROUP