PROJECT 10073 ~=CJ~O 24 October 66 2 5/0020 aly-vnaville, A.~kansas ' 3. SOIJRCE 10. CONCLUSION Civilian Satellite (C:OiO I I ) !/ /~ ;)- 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One CHO II was ove r 102:! 3m: at, 0222 nnd heading North"1ard. S. LENGTH OF OBSE RVATION 11. B RIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL YSIS ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~1Gsii Ground-Visua Observer not.l3d star lik~ object , bright like t h e morning star~ Speed was estir.l:l ted at r:ore t~""lan lOCO H/H. The o "oj cct appear{d to b e cii viC:.ed i..'1 th J ce:-.ter but rern.:..ined intact. Object was i traveling to\.,ard the ncrth and \-tas seen to the west. I 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Description is consistent Ki. th t:.a t of a satellite. FTD Sf p 6 3 0-329 (T OE) ,,. ... lou ediUon o r thte tol"'lll ma, be u .. d UNCLASSIFIED Of 1'MI AI. FOICI STAff MFSSAGI IWIOI . IJICOMIMI MESSAGE RDC 4, INFO: XOPX 2, SAFOS-3, NIN-7, DIA- 1 (19) ADV CY DIA SiB 0 ~73CZ CBV C02 7 RFT U J AW R UEOWXA0628 3000352-UUUU--RUED HQA. FM 97BYI BL YT~EV ILLE AFB ARK T 0 R Ut''\4 FV A/ AD C E ~ A FB COL 0 RU'JGKG/29A IRO IV R I CHAROS GEBALR Rl0 F IF /FTO ':Y PAFB OH I 0 RL(OHQVAFN IN WASH 0 C R'~OH~SAFO I WA~C INFO RUCVAAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA ZEN/42AO IV BLYTHEVILLE AFB ARK li~QAS FOR OFFICIAL USE 0 .tY OCOI C4~83 OCT 66. TO AOC E"ff ~Fa C<l.O, 29 AIROIV qiCHAROS GEBAUR AFB 1-'0 , F'TO '!:PAFB 0~10 FOR TOETR, AFNIN \'lAS~ DC, SAF'OI '"ASH DC. INFO 2AF BAR'<SOALE AFB LA A~ 42AD Et YT HEV ILLE ~FB AR 1(. SUBJECT: UFO REPORT. REFERENCE PAR A 14 , AFR 290- 2. PARA 14A: (1) STAR. <2> SIMILAR TO ANY STAR EXCEPT VERY ER IGHT. {3) 9K IS4T l I '<E THE MOR I 't STAR. (4 ) O~.'E. (5) N/A. (6) RATE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DIPAITMM Of THE All fOICI STAFf MESUGI IWIOI (J' SPEED \ /AS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 1 ,0~0 MILES PER HOUR. THE ALTI- TlXlE WAS OESeR I BED AS "VERY HIGH." (7) NONE. (8) NONE. (9) THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE 0 I V IDEO It-: THE CENTER BUT REMAINED I NT ACT. PM A 1~B: (1) ROBERT MCCARN, OBSERVERS SON, FIRST SAW THE OBJECT At'D CALEO PAGE 2 R U.'/GHU 2138 UNQAS AT TENT I ON TO IT. (2 > APPROXIMATELY ~5 DEGREES ABOVE THE SOUTHWESTERN HORIZON At\0 ON AN AZIMUTH OF APPROX I~AATEL Y 225 DEGREES FROM OBSERVERS POSIT ION. <3> APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES ABOVE THE lORTH'!.'ESTERN HORIZON ON AN AZIMUTH OF APPROXIMATELY 315 DEGREES FR0\1 THE OBSERVERS POSIT 10~. <4> OBJECT APPEftREO TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE OBSERVERS' S POSI TION, APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING AT AN A~GLE OF ELEVATION OF APPROX I A ATEL Y 45 DEGREES, MOVED ESSE~- IALL Y OVERHEAD FRClA SOUTH TO !\~RT H M..U 0 I SAPPEAREO I N THE QOlD S TO HE NORT~.'/EST. (5) INTO THE QOlJJS TO THE ~RTH'I:EST OF H OBSERVER' S POSITION. <6> APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. PARA 14C: (1) GROU~O VISUAL . 14E: F'R ONT YARD or:-YO\lE AT , BL YTHEV ILL E , AR I(ANSAS 72315. PARA 14F: (1) CIVILIAN, MRS. , BLYTHEVILLE ARI(ANSAS 72315, HOUSEWIFE, COMPLETELY RELIABLE. (2) N/A. PARA 14G: (1) QEAR AT POINT OF OBSERVATION BUT Q OlD S TO AFHO Jn 0-309C UNCLASSI FlED UNCWSIFIED DII.AITMEN1' Of THl All FORa STAIF MESSAGE BIWKH IHCOMIHG MESSAGE 50,000'; A~ NOT AVAIL ABLE AT 80,000'. (3) HIGI-i BROKEN. Cln SEVEN MILES. (5) EIGHT-TENTHS. (6) NOt-. (7) WEATHER CQI\OITIONALLY UNSTABLE ROPOPAUSE AT 30,000 FEET. STAI\OARD LAPSE RATE ABOVE 30,000 FEET. TEM- ff:RATLRE DEVIATION TO 30,000 FEET \"AS PLUS FIVE DEGREES. PARA 14 H: PAGE 3 RlJ.VGHU 2138 UNQAS NONE. PARA 141: UNKNOWN. BASED ON OBSERVERS ESTIMATE OF SPEED Af'D THE TIME Tt OBJECT VIAS I N SIGHT, INTERCEPTS U~OUBTEDL Y WOULD HAVE BEEN FUTILE. PARA 14J: TWO B- 52 AIRCRAFT FROM THE 97TH BOMBARDMENT WING, flYTHEVILLE AFB, ARKANSAS, WERE AIRBORNE IN THE LOCAL AREA APPROXI- MATELY AT THE TIME OF SIGHTI'JG. P iES AIRCRAFT '.'!ERE SCHEDULED TO LA'il 25ae45Z At-.D 250056Z OCT 1966, RESPECTIVELY. OBSERVER AOA\IANT IN STAT lNG THAT THE OBJECT SIGHTED ''lAS t\OT REPEAT NOT AN AIR- CRAFT. PARA 14'<: CHIEF, INTELLIGE~JCE DIVISION, 97TH BO\\BARDMENT WING, BLYTHEVILLE AFB, ARK~NSAS 72315. OBSERVER' S DESCRIPTION OF T~ FLIG4T PATH, S EED, Ar.O ALTITUJE OF THE OBJ:CT ltiOICATES THAT IT PASSED T~OUG4 AN ARC OF APPROXIMATELY H0 DEGREES IN APPROX 1- MATELY 0~ '/.INUTE AT AN ALTITUDE THAT WAS "VERY HIGH." THESE CON- ONS S~GGEST THAT THE SPEED OF THE OBJECT l!IAS CONSIDERABLY I N XCESS OF 'I-~ OBSERV~P. ' S EST 1~1ATE OF 1, ~0e MILES PER ~lR, MD ! ~ AFHO JA .. I 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMEHT Of lHE All FOICI STAFf MESSAGI IUMCH INCOMJNG MESSAGE VIEW OF THE STAR LIKE APPERARANCE, At{) THE LACK OF ANY INFORMATION 00 THER PHENCJAENA WHICH MIGHT ACaJUt\IT FOR THE SIGHTit-.G, IT IS BEL IEVEO THAT THE OBSERVER SIGHTED A SATELLITE. SCHEDL.lES OF SATELLIT~S LIKELY TO BE BISIBLE IN THE BLYTHEVILLE AREA WERE ~T AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. PARA 14 L: ~NE. NOTE: ORIGINAL TRANS NOT IDENTIFIED AFHQ IAIO .. 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED