i 1. ?ATE ~ :rtME GROUP I 2. LOCATION I i4 November 66 jh.j~2;5z :;. ~;i)-;;RCE l10. CONCLUSION ~ Civilian : " NUMBER OF OBJECTS I 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS i ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION L 5 Ni.nutes Observei~ reported p:tle yello"r'l' light in the ~3 \-Jhich drifted ' slow-ly tmrard the S\'1. Children said it looke! d like shooting ! I(,. TYPE OF OBSERVATION , sra~:::crCCf.U::SR Ground-Visual star that did not go out. f Sightin.J is very consistent with that of a flare. ::--.vest.igu.t:..-; official believes that a hi~ intensity parachute flare is a J l Slowly to the S'wl Ia. PrlOTOs 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE probable explanation. The winds \'lere to the sd and \'lou)d l ~1ave accounted for the slow S\l drift. } FTD SfP 63 Q .. J29 (TOE) p,.vloue edlUon of thh form mF ~ u .. d. ACTION: RDC-4 l I I O: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SJ, ~ -7, DIA-l (19) ADV CY DIA PTTU JAW RUEORBA 1838 3192281UUUU-RUEOHQA. . FM 464 T CW POPE AF'B NC TO R L'I.MFV A/ AOC RUEPBU/33 AIR DEF' D IV FORT LEE VA RUEDrtr/rTO WPAFB RUED HQAI CSAF' . RUEDHQ.-IOSAF' lA"4Q.ES F'CA OF.f'L USE ON..Y DOIN 07889 OOV 66. FOR: TOE:TR; AFRDCJ SAf-01. SUBJ~CT: UNIQENTifiEO FLYI~ OBJECTS <UFO>,. SlGHT HG. JN CXNPLIANC!: IITH.~FR _81.~17 PAR 11 Tt ~OLLOWING INFORM AT 10~ IS SUPPL_IEO CA) D l~CR IPT _,ON OF" OBJECT: (1) BRIGHT LIGHT (2) QUARTER CJ) PALE YELLOW (\) 0~ C5) N/A (6) t-Ctl: (7) r.tJNE (8) ~JONE (9) MJ~. <8> DIS~ I PT tON OF COLR SE OF OBJECT: C1) CHILDREN INrORMED MOTHER THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTI~ STAR IN T~ SKY THAT 0 10 NOT GO OUT C2) 31 DEGREES CJ) 25 DEGREES (4) N)RT J.E:AST TO SJUTH.VEST DRIFT WITH SLIGHT ROTATIMi OR OSCILLATION MOTION (5) l-JUU 0-309C U>KWSIFJED UMOASSIFIED INSTANTA~OUSLY TO Tl S.W. C6> 5 MIN. CC> MAN~R OF OBSERVATION: C1) GROUMlVISUAL (2) ~NE (3) NIA. CD> TIME ANl DATE OF SIGHTIN;s C 1> 14/2255Z (2> DUSK. CE> LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: 35 DEGREES 98 MINUTES NOOTH 78 DEGREES 56 MINUTES EAST (3 NAUTICAL MILES S. E. OF PAGE 2 R lORBA 1938 UNO. AS FORT BRAGG ARMY RESERVATION). CF> IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER: CIVILIAN-M...._..: FA YET- TEVILLE, N.C. COPYWRITER FOR RADIO STATIONWFAI, RELIABILITY-FAIR CG) WEATER ANl WI~S ALO": C1> CLEAR NO Q.Ol()S VISIBLE 500 FEET. a: tL I NG -NO~ (4) 7 MILES G) ~ll~ C6> NJNE <7> VERT I CAL TEMPERATLRE ffiAD lENT -OEV IAT ION FRCN ST ANJARD. 6,909 PLUS <3) T~EE CENT~GRADE, 1e,eaa PLUS T~EE 16,191 PLUS TWO, 20,188 ~I NUS ONEHALF t 38,111 MINUS THREE. CH) OBSERVER ST ATEO S~ SA'N A &.tALL LIGHT AIRCRAFT WHICH SHE DEBEL IV EO TO BE AN L -19 OR L 28 FlY 0 IRECTL Y UN:JER THE LIGHT T rE N BANI< SHA~Pl Y ANl FlY OFF. (1) NONE OLE TO OISAPPEARAN~ OF OBJECT. CJ) S l~MONS AAF ANl POPE AFB WEATHER STAT IONS REPORT ~ RELEASES OF BALLOONS DURING THtS TIME PERIOO. AIRmA" TRAFFIC IS HEAVY DUE TO UNClASSifiED UHa.ASSIFIED ANl AIR FORCE, AN ARMY AN) A CIVILIAN AIRPORT IN Ttl: AREA. (J() INVESTIGATING OFFia:R CAPTAIN ROBERT C. FIN..EV, CHIEF, INTELLI- GENCE 'J64 TRP CARR WG, ENTS BY HNEST I GATING OFFICER I CBSERVERS DIS~ IPT ION OF OBJ~CT, OBJECTS MOVEMENTS ANl ASSOCIATED LIGHT AIRCRAFT STROM;LY SUGGEST A SPECIAL FORCES SEARCH EXERCISE PAGE 3 RUEORBA 1838 UNQ.AS ur IL IZ lNG HIGH INTENSITY PARACHUTE FLARES. THIS WOll.D ALSO EXPLAIN THE OSC,LLATtNG MOVEMEN'f THE ORin MOVEMENT. AVERAGE WI~S AT THAT TI~E FRCN Tf -SURFACE T0~7,111 FEET WERE 131/12. THIS I~ESTIGATM 8EL IEVES THIS co.tMO~ LOCAL PRACTICE FITS PERfECTLY I M'O OBSERVERS 0 I SCR I PT I ON OF" THE OBJECT.