PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was 8o!loon t"?l:' s . l>:t lo '; 0 Probably Balloon Local , X O Ground-Visual o G .. oundRodor 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft GMT )J /OG~ SZ 0 Air-VIsual 0 A ir-Intercept Rodor Possibly Aircraft ' PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 7. LENGTH OF OBSE ~VIt.TIOH 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 10. BRIEF SUMt44A'f OF SIGHTING ~ireball wlth trail of ~parks, to undu 3iz:: of b~s8ball was co;:lu~rod to 11toon L G.t.:~Jnish whit8 . '1'~1il, ~plH'0Xim:1~Jly or:e hundruJ tim s dia:t!::?'ter o.f ::':i.rehallc 9 . COURSE 11. COMMENTS Dvsc t i r. t 1..o '1 m. .Wos Astronomical ~.:e tOO!.' 0 Probably Astronomi:.a l 0 Possibly A1Jtronornicol 0 lnsuffl cient Dotct for Evaluatio n 0 Unlcnown c hnr 0 c t r-n i ~ t. i c. ATJC FOR._. ll? (R~V lf s r-;P 52) SQC~41 YDD023 WYD033 WMB024APA030 r! RJ\.JPGU RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ _;./ DE RJ\JFAP 36 Fl"'l CO~IBOtll.VG 28 TO RJEDDN/COMDRADC ENT RJWPGU/CCMDRD 29 RJEDJP/COMDRAfi C RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTF.LLIGNECE HQ USAF /UNCLAS/DOI 7-20376 SUBJECT: UFOB. IN COMPLIANCE WITH USAF REGULATION ~00-2, DATED 12 AUGUST 15>54, THE fOLLOTJJ!NG REPORT IS SUBMITTED: DESCRIPTIONS 1. FIREBALL WITH TRAIL OF SPARKS. <B) SIZE OF BASEBALL AS COMPARED TO MOON. (G) TAlL, APPRCCIMATELY ONE HUNDRED TIMES DIAMETER OF FIREBALL. P~GZ TWO RJWFAP 36 2. DZSCRIPTION OF COURsE: PAGE T~O RJWFAP 36 2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: (.~) WATCHING G LOt;J IN NORTH AND OBJECT ENTE:RED FIELD OF VISION. (B) APPROXI~!ATELY THIRTY DEGREES AND APPROXI~lATELY ZERO DEGREES. (C) ZERO DEGREES AND APPROXIMATLY 2ERO DEGREES. CD) STRAIGHT LINE, NO MANEUVERS. CE) WENT BELOW HORIZONS, NO CHANGE IN PATTERN OF TAIL AS IT PASSED BELO\oJ HORIZON (f) APPROIMATELY THR[E SECONDS 3. MA~NER OF OBSERVATION: (A) GROUND VISION (C) NOT APPLICABLE ~. TIME AND DATE: (A) ~10045Z DECEMBER 5~) FORTY 1HREE DEGREES FORTY THREE MINUTES NORTH AND .. ONE HUNDRED THREE.r,-c DEGREES FIFTY EIGHT MINUTES WES .. ON HIGH~JAY US 16. . . ..1 j ( ~: :~,, . )-~-: j1t !r..._, 6, IDENTIFING I!1FORNATION OF OBSERVERS: PF.GJ:: 'HlO RJWFAP 36 (~) ~01 APPLICADLE CB AIRMAN SECOND CLASS, 2~29TH AIRWARSYS AND AIR COl'iMUNICATIOtJS SERVICE SQUADRO~, GROUND CONTROLLED APPROACH OPERATOH RELIAELE. DONALD A. NELSON, AIRMAN SECOND CLASS, 2 0 29TH AIRt~AYS AND AIR COMMUNCICATIONS SERVlE SQUADRON, GROUND CONTROLLED APPROACH OPERATOR, NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW. 1. WEATHER AND W!tiDS ALOFT: (A) CLEAR, GOOD VISIBILITY >289/8~; NO OTHER AVAILABLE. (C) UNLIMITED s. OBSERVIERS REPORT BRIGHT NORTHERN LIGHTS DISPLAY. 11. CHIEF, OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BRANCH, BELIEVE OBSERVERS SAW ~JETEOR. BOTH INTERVIEWEES VlERE CONCIENTIOUS AND DESIROUS OF BEING HELPFUL. BELIEVE BOTH WERE UNCONCIOUSLY INFLUENCED BY PUBLISHED REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON SIGHTINGS OF POSSIBLE MISSILE FRAGMENTS. rJ5/0~26Z DEC RJi.aiFAP