PHOJECT 10073 RECORD . . 1. OA 1 E TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION J . souncE i 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ~ S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATIO~ ~! .) minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ! Ground Visual 1 to the ground { ~. PtiOTOS J ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Other(Flare) 11.. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observe~ watched a round shaped orange color~d object fall to the ground. The object looked like a orange ball of flame with black smoke coming from it. The ball of flame tell to the ground as an aircraft circled overhead. The description is consistent with that of a flare sight.ill..!: The aircraft ci r cl i ng overhead must have dropped some type of fla rl!;. fTD S E P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) Prnlou edltJOfta of Ul foe a a.y be ued. THUN)ERSTORMS ~ NONE VERT I CAL TEMPERATlltE GRAD lENT -3 DEG 1111 F'T SUNSET -1225Z. PA~t H. t) hE PART I. NO~ PAGE 4 RtltNBDAIJ9J UNCLAS PART J. NIA PART K. HQ 26NO/AD STAFF INTELL. OFFICER. APPROX IMATEl. Y TWELVE PERSONS SAW THIS OBJECT ANl PASSED Tt IR COMMENTS ON TO THE TWO CONTROL TOlER OPER.;. ALL WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH Tt DESCRIPTIONS FURNISHED BY THE TOWER OPERATORS AS SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF-HE THOUGHT THE CBJECT COlLD HAVE BEEN A PlASTICCAMlLE TYPE UFO ANl HIS REPLY WAS NEGATIVE.. INASMUCH AS THE OBJECT DRIFTED TOWARDS THE WESTI WHEREAS. THE WIND WAS FROM Tt WEST ;.WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE SAME mJECT WAS AGAIN SPOTTED AT 36JJZ TO 0637Z. AT THIS TI~E IT WAS 2'1 DEGREES .FROM THE TpWER AT EUGENE, ffiEGON. SEVERAL TELEPKlNE CALLS wERE RECEIVED . UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED A.T THIS TIME fR(Jit PERSONS WHO ~OTTED THE OBJECT. . WITHOUT THE USE Of VISUAL AIOS HQIEVER NO NAMES IERE OBTAI ~D. THIS OFFICE OFFERS NO ANALYSIS AS TO Tt CAUSE Of SIGHT I Ni. PART L. NO~ AFHO JM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED AC'l'IONs RDC-4 INFO: XOP-1 SAFOS~3, NIN-7 I AO 30RQ . . A'D'I CY DIA PTN J\1 RU 80A005t 07l22~UUUlJ--RUEDHQA. FM N AIR DIY AOAtl AFS .. DRG TO AU II AOC ENT .AFB CCI.O IUEIF IF/FORE I CM TECHNQ. OOY 0 IV ~I GHTPATTERSON AFB OHI 0 AJEIPY ~HQ USAF WASH o C . RJE[JtQA'SECRETAAY rl THE .~IR f(RCE WASH 0 C RII-&Wll" 0 UN IV rl CCLO BOOLDER CQ.O tieL AS 26 OI.N 1 J 132 MAR 67. F'OI AFR~HQ US~FI SAf' 01. -SECRETARY tF THE A JR FORCE f'OI 808 LOI AT U'Ot UFC! REP~T. THE FCLLOWI NG lF08 REPOtT IS SUBMITTEO.: PART I. 1. RQJND BAll & SIX[ rl AN (RAN~ 3. 8.0 SMOC E AND (RANGE C Q. ~EO FLAME UNClASSIFIED 6. RE:SEMII.ED A P\FF rl BLACK SMOCE WITH CltANGE BALL f1 FLAME EIUTTIN& FR<t AIR PLANE AND FM.LING TO I 7. NCJfE. 9. APPEARED TO BE A l I GfTED PARACHUTE EX I Tl NG FR<N IN AIRPLANE WITH AIRCRAFT MAKING A SMALL CIRCLE. 1. BALL CF FLAME F' ELL TD EARTH AS A I RCR AF' T C I RCLE 0. 2. FLEI BELOI. HOt IZ(W l.. l MINUTES UNCLASSIFIED PAC.3 RU .. SWJM9 UNCLAS 1 RT1 LEWI SBJRG, OREG. (5 Ml NORTH~ COtYM..~IS) OCCUPATICJ4 NURSE, ALSO t.!MBER Cl C (RV H..L IS CIVIL DEFENSE. 1 . lEATHER WAS Cl CJJOY AND VERY ll Gi T RAIN. ~ II NOS SURF ACE 210 AT J KTS. . cEILING 1700 SCAT, 10M BROCEN, 25M .. OVERCAST APMO IM. 0-301C VISIIIL.ITY 20 Ml 1HUNOERS TGIMS - N C.E VStTICAL TEMPERA lURE faADI ENT -NCRMAL SJNSET -~815 lEM. PAGE ' RUIMBOAOm9 UNCLAS PART H. N~E PART I. NO.E PART J tVA PART K. Al THOJGH. THIS SIGHTING APPEARS TO BE THAT (f AN AIRCRAFT IN DISTRESS, THERE WERENO ACTUit. REPCJtTS Cf .ANY StH IFCIDENT. THE MOST LOGICAL EXPLANATION ..-EARS TO BE THAT FLARES WERE BEING DISCHARGED BY A CIVIL IAN AIRCRA,T. NO OTHER ANM.. YSI S IS ~FERED AS TO C MJSR tF S i QfTI NG S TAF'F I NTELLI GEHCE CFF I CER, JQ 2' A IPINCRAD OIV I Sl lit. PART L. Naf APIIO ... O.IHC . PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2l/0530Z Eugene, Oregon (2 wi~neoses) 3. ~;,")a Jr.C t: 10. CONCLUSION .... NliHE\C: R OF OBJECTS BALIOON (Hot Air) ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 minutes 11. BRIEl' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. T\'PE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual (BX) e. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE The color of object was orange. Object was obser ved i'ro:n Control Tower just above horizon. Gradually fades, but was seen again a~ o633Z . r:ro st-. P "3 0-329 (TOE) u Prewloue edlUone of thh foea .. , be ueecl. ACTION: RDC-4 INF'O: ".XOP-1 XOPX-2. SAroS-3 NIN-7 DIA/JCS-1 (19) ADV CY DIA PTTU JAW RUIMB0'4t315 '11123,7-UUUY..-RUEDHQA. FM 2' AIR 0 IV Ill AIR AFS ORB; TO RUWMFVA/ADC ENT AFB C'l.O . RUEDFIF/FOREIGN TECHNOl()(;,!.:.O.I.V WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RlEitPYA/HQ USAf WASH DC . .. , RUEOtqA/SEatET ARY OF Tt AIR FORCE WASH 0 C RUIJSOA/UFO UNIV Of CCl.O BOll.DER COLO FOR ~e-~-USAF~. SAfOI SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE FOR B(!! LOW AT UFO. UFOB REPORT. THE FOLLOW I tG . lfOB REPORT IS SIBMI TTED . PART f 1. NO 0 I SCER NIBLE SHAPE . 2. SMALLER THAN A PEA UNCLASSIFIED UNQASSIFIED 6. BRIGHT ANl Ptl.SATitG 1. PHOt CALL CONCERNI N; OBJECT 2. WITHIN 18 DEGREE OF HORIZON AND DIRECTLY SOUTH C181) DEG> OF EtJ;Et, OREGON CONTROL TOWER. 3. JUST ABOVE t>RIZON AMl ABOUT 178 DEGREE FROM EtJ; E P TOWER. ll. NO MA ti:UVER S 5. GRADUALLY FADED, BUT WAS SEEN AGAIN AT 86JJZ 1. VISUAL GROUNl CFR<N CONTRa.. TOWER> 2. BOTH MEN WEAR GlASSES -BOTH OBSERVED OBJECT Tf-ROtJ;H FIELD GLASSES. UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED PAGE 3 RlltMBDAIJ93 UNa. AS PART F. MR E . BOTH MEN ARE CONTROL rowER (PERATORS AT MAtl.ON SWEET AIRPOitT, E\J;ENE, .pREG. 2. WI NlS -SURf' ACE ,_, AT 8 KTS. CI1LIN; 5919 VIS 18 ILITY-18M Q.Olll COVER -11/11 UNCLASSIFIED