PROJECt 10073 RECORD -r;ME GROUP . 2. LOCATION --= 17 /1800Z Phan Rang,. Hepubllc Viet Nam 3. ~iOtmCt 10 CONCLUSION Astro ( HfiTEORr)( FIREBALL) 4. NUHBER OF OBJECTS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS !i. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 seconds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Initai.ll;r object was similar in size and shape to a foot l ball, as it cnme nearer, it grew slightly smaller after ~ t pass~d, it became rapidlysmaller to a golf ball size then faded. Yellow Fireball. Appeared to fly straight Ground-Visual 7 . COURSE . South-West ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE and level until just before disappearence when it Jerked upward then returned to origianl level. f TO Sf P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) Preloua adltJon of thJe foe may be ueed ACTION: RDC-4 . INFO : XOP-1 XOPX-2 AF-OS-.3 NIN~7 DIA-l (lQ) MPC 96JfV APA2j( ,: ADV CY DIA & RDC . 00 R UH. ~ R LEO HQA . Z NY EEEEE FM 35T ACFTRWG PHA RAM; AB RVN 0 I ~EGARD HHQ2 B8 T HA ne'._MPC 863YV 00 RlElHQA DE R l.ttlS.AP 66 J~69929 Z NY EEEEE FM J5T ACFT RWG PHAN RANi 'AB RVN TO R UNMFV A/AD C RUEOT AA/AFSC RUED HQA/USAF 'NFO R UH. KM/PACAF R lJ.4 SB J/ 7A F T SN AB RV N UNClAS EFT 0 DCCI 058~8DEC 66. ADC FOR I-NTEL; AfSC fOR FTO; HQ USAF FOR AFN IN, SAFO I; HQ PACAF fOR INTEL; 7AF fOR INTEL SUBJECT: UFO S IG tf I NG A. C 1>&<2>. UFO. INIT lALLY IT WAS SIMILAR tN SIZE ANl SHAPE TO A fOOT BALL, AS IT CAME tARER IT GREW SLIGHTLY SMALLER. AFTER IT PASSED, IT BECAME RAPIDLY SMALLER TO GOLf BALL SIZE THEN fADED. ( 3 > YELL OW F IR EB ALL ( 8> t\0 SO UNl HEARD PAGE 2 RLMSAP 66 UNC.AS E F T 0 B. ( 1>. LOOKING IN GENERAL 0 IRECT ION WtN MOVING LIGHT APPEARED <2>. AP~ OX 22 DEGREES ELEVATION. APPROX. 106 DEGREES AZIMUTH. (3). APFROX 22 DEGREES ELEVAT 10~ AP~OX 024 DEGREES AZIMUTH. C4>. APPEARED TO FlY STRA IGHr ANl LEVEL UNTIL JUST BEFORE D I S.~PPEAR ANCE WHEN IT JERKED UPNARO T tN RET lR NED TO ORIGINAL LEVEL. HEAD lNG 04" DE~EES CUP ANl OVER RUNNAY>. All EST BETWEEN AFHQ JAII 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED (5 >. RAP IOL Y GREW ~ALLER ANl fADED . C. C 1>. GR OU~ VISUAL. C2>. 00 OPT I CAL A 10 S USED. (2). NIGHT, NO Q.OlD S A~ 00 HAZE. E. SN CORNER, 35TFW COMMANl POST PHAN RAN; AB, RVN. <2>. DENNIS R. Bll~EY, A 1C, AF 167~401, 35 AIR POL ICE EQ9 . COMMANJ POST SEClR IT Y GUARD THE AIRMAN APPEARED QUITr:: SINCERE, SA 10 THAT HE 0 10 BEL I EVE T tRE WAS SOMET HI N; TO UFOS. HE If() I CA- PAGE 3 R LNSAP 66 UNO.. AS E F T 0 TEO HE FIR sr TKlLGHT THIS WAS A COMET OR METEORITE. ~ IS AWME OF 0 IRECT IONS ANl WtN TESTED WAS FAIRLY ACCLRATE AT EST IMATIMi ELAPSED T IME G. < 1>. a.. EAR WEAl HER WITH GOOO VIS IB IL IT Y. UNCWSIFIED UHQASSJFIID FT. -951/JSK C 3>. 12,009 FT SCATTERED, HIGH THIN BROKEN C 7>. UNKNOWN. J. UNKNOWN. K. AIRMAN Blllt.EY WAS T HlROUiH. Y DEBR IEFEO 8 Y LT MATHEW 8 IRD, AN I NfELL IGENCE OfFICER OF THE 35TFW. LT BIRO STATES THAT THE PAGE 4 R lit' SAP 66 UNQ.AS E F T 0 AIRMAN APPEARED QUITE Sl NCERE ANl WAS Fll.l Y AWARE OF T t IMPORTA~E OF ACCLRATE REPORT IN; OF THE INCIDENT. UPON REPEATED QUESTIONI~, AIRMAN BlLfctEY SEEMED QUITE SLRE OF ALL DETAILS RELATIM; TO Tt SIGHT' lNG. THIS SIGHT I~ WAS CONFIRMED BY fOtR OTHER AIR POLICEMEN, ST AT I 0 ~0 AT 0 If FER E NT L 0 CAT I 0 N S AT P HAN R A N:i 0 B SER VAT I 0 NS WERE UNCLASSIFIED ALSO REPORTED AT CAM RANH BAY AT APPROX Tl SAME TIME, BUT TKJSE REPORTS STATE T ~ T ~ OBJECT SIGHI'ED THERE WAS S..OW MOVING Atll APPEARED TO BE A WEATHER BALLOON ~ITH A L IGHI' ATTACHED. T~ PHAN RANG CONrRQ.. TOWER AN> THE GCA FACILITY HAD-~ REPORTEO TRAfFIC IN THE ARE A, A Nl NE IT HER V I S U,\L ~ R AD AR CONTACT AT T t I NC I 0 E NT T I ME IN ADD IT ION, T t BASE WEATHER STAT ION 0 10 ~T HAVE A WEATHER OBSERVATION BALLOON AIRBORt OlR INi THIS T lME PER 100. BECAUSE OF THE APPARENr 0 ISmEPANCIES BETWEEN THE PHAN RAN; ANl CAM RANH BAY SIGHT INGS A CONQ.USIVE EVALUATION CAN~T BE MADE AT THIS TIME. . UNCWSIFIED