PROJECT 10073 RECOHD 1. I Dl ' .F: TIME GRCU ? 2. LOCATION . . opeka , Kansas 3. :;OtJr.C E l:ilitary -i. NllH~ER OF OBJ~CTS !i. L EN.GTH OF OBS:~vATION four rninute: Ground V ist:a!. 7 . COU R SE I~-r iOIOS 10. CONCLUSION Aircr~ft(possible) 11. BRIEF SU.V.MARY A ND ANALYSIS Observe r ,.:2.s driving in his c a r \ih e n h e noticed a n ovel shaped obj 0ct on an 330 rlegree azimuth. The obj ect looked a s i f a flare at. one time diring the sightin~. No sound wa s note d 'cecause the car vri ndo...rs vTCre up. Th e object j us t fad ed f r o:n view. C- 130 --1er2:-t.ed Forbes AFI3, K2.nsas a t Oh36Z 17 Feb 6? . The aircrC'.f:_ ~i.:::.~e a right turn to inte rcerJt n.n a i r \:ay . The a i r crC'.f': s::::>uld ha v e passed aprrox:iJna t c l y tHo Jrtiler; v1e s t of t he s i_,)!-.. :.:-.. ; l ocation a t a n altitude of 20CO on a h c(:.dine of a p:;!'c:::::.t.t ely 310 degrees. It npp cars that t he '::itness viei:ed t , ;; 1i.:~hts o f th i.s departing air e r a ft, r TD SCP 63 0329 ~IDE) Ptovloua edltl>M o! th. e torm ml'j' bo uaed, UNCWSIFIED DIPAilMIIf Of nl All FOIU SIUf MISSAII INCOMUII MISSAGI XOPX~2j ~AFOS~3~ SMB a1 save 6 .. l PTiU JAW RL.iJC:LA5734 048232~..._.1JUUU-~UC:OHQA6o s:~:f !? . .3 8 Ol8T St'l G P lAC fOR S E S A~B KANSAS . R lJ'iil EMA/3 jT H AD R I CHARD S GEB AL.~ AFB M I SSO lR I S U8 .J:: CT ~ U N i J ~ i t F I EO Fl. Y l i :G 0 3 .JE CT S (UFO> g (.S) ER U?T ' G ':S .o S FROM A t.'! H \ T t. PHOSPHOR US FLARE, ( 7> NONE~ ( 8) UN .... .C:':i S UP, CA.~ RADtO ON, ( 9) NONE. BRAVOg C1) SELF' SIGN'fED AS l \GI-IT I N SKY, (2) 50 OEG ELEVATION 330 DEG ASIMUTH, (3) SAME AS <2), (4) STAT tO NARY, (5) FADED FROM SIGHT, <6> FOlR (4) M l t!UTES., CHt\RL IE: ( 1) GROUf\D -VISUAL, (2) ~,0 NEg (3) N/A., WJNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED Of nt1 All F01C1 SIAJf IIJJIOI INCOMill MUSAGI SOtJ(;-Wt.Si' C~RNER OF C!iY Of iOPC:KAj) KANSAS$ FOXTROT& t1> N/A <2> WAL"iER C. PITTMAN, COL0~4~L~ 51H U.S. ARMY ADVISOHV GROtR, PAGE 2 R L .. ::_A5 734 UNCLAS ScNICr! ~Q.MY a!JV I SOR~ VERY REL; t,BLEu GLtFg ( 1) LIGHT StKJ~'i v LOC~T ION AT AN ALT tTlDE Of 2,~33'AGL ON A HEAD lNG Or APPROXIMAIELY C~ 13:\. ER \.!PT 10 NS DESffi fBED IN ALPHA (6) WERE PROBABLY R::F_:.c7 ;ONS OfF OF' L !GHT FALLING SNOW IN AREAo IN MY O?it~ION f. U{t u;o OBSERVERS HAVE THE MjSTAKEtJ BELIEF THAT BECAUSE "N OBJECT APPEARS TO BE STATIONARY IT CANNOT POSStBLY BE AN AIR- tHAf1. THIS OBSERVER WAS IN A MOV lNG VEHICLE Af'.SJ IT IS MY BELIEF MNClASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED DIPAIYMIJif Of M All STAff IIMOI ltKOMIII AUSSAGI 1 HJ\"f TH REL. :VE POSIT IONS Of" CAR Atll AIRCHAFT EACH COULD ~! 'JS~ THE OBSERVED OBJECT TO BE STAT! ON~R Yo WJ~CLASSIFIED