PROJECT ~:ii73 rtECC~\J ,o. CONCLUSION Other (BIRDS) .. . .JcCTS . c.,,~, 'lt . o.= .:,c,:;~RVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND AI'IALYSIS uF CnS.::rtVA TION Object appeared 7,o be kidney sha.~d and in a for; . .5.tion o_ ~-f The object/ had a steady flUO'C9.3Cent glO\-t. r.'ht't:{ ... ; v. ... straight c ourse . Objects disapp~:.."'ed 'oeh.iP.d r e o _ '..ine .:-f . ooservers house. Observer had just laid down out~ e w-:.. ci-1 ~ his head to the N. His house i s to the ~i . Objec:-.:; . .::rc:: u! . ': visible momentarily. Observer star-ed ii:cis his :J.~t -_ i .... _ .... :. ion was that the objects \fere a i.i..:..gjlt of gees e anu . .~ .:.:, of C.ttcks at shot gun range. He s :,.:1ted that h e v.c.s ;-.c..... _ .. ;:.. ! of the individu:.ll. ob~ccl-s as he ,.~.s the foru1at:.~.'1 --~ .... l. ho.-~ever, on reflection he said, thE: objects '/,v.~._ ACTION: .F.DC- 4 DPnniMT OF nf ~R FORCE STm' tADSAIIl DllMCH 1:4CDMIMI MESSAII : XDP- 1, XOPX-2, SAFOS- 3, DIA- l (12) A 16CRTTU ZZG RUWJEAA0433 15 816 15 RUED -UUU U--R UED HQA. RTTU JAW RUWJEA/\0433 1581 6 15 -UUUU--RUEOFI A RUEDHQ,\4 f"t,1 3 5 ?:; T H Pl Til G\'i G W Ill I AM S A F 8 AR I Z T 0 R U , M F V A I EN T A F B C OL 0 RUEOFIA/ FTO WRI GHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEOHQA/CSAF R UEO HQA I OSAF ZEN/UNI VERSITY OF CQORAOO BOULDER CQO FPR SAF-01 FOR ORo CONOO~J. SUS.JECT 0 E SCR I PT l O:'J OF 0 B JE C T : SHAPE I CAR 0 I 0 l D T 0 K I 0 NE Yo S!ZE; QU.;;Hf.H fiELD AT ARMS LENGHT. CQOil: WHITE. NIJ~,iBER: FIFTEEN i"O T\'IE:~;: '/, Fur<MAT ION: ROUGHLY A "YI". FEATURES: STE AD Y FLUORESCE NT G'l EXHAUST: NONE. SOUND: NONE. DECRIPTION OF "'~ .:i .lTRr\ 1~Hi L lilE iR u:: COuRSE OF M'~ O.<M I Tc 'i.~ \JC: ' Ql;i~S-o ?.:iO OEGREESo ANGLE OF ELEVATION: APPR OX IMATEL Y 85 0f1 f f.TS O I S:\PPEAREO BEHIND ROOF DEPAIJltOO DF THE AJR FORCE STF BRANCH WERE V IEWEO BY NAKED EYE. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION : TWO TO TffiEE SECONDS. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: 446 EAST MAIN, MESA, ttR IZONA; 3 3 DE GR E S 2 5f'.f l AT o 111 DE GR E E S 53\~/ l 0~ G. , I 0 E NT I F I CAT I ON Of 0 B SER V ER J SA? ARlZONAo OC C !J P fl. T I ON H 0 P ED lJ CAT I 0 N : H I G H S C H 0 Ol G< AD U AT t RELIABILITY: GOOD. OBSERVERS ACCOUNT OF WEATHER: CLEAR OVER HEAD, CLOl!OS AROUND HORIZON. WEATHER BUREAU~ REPORT~ WINO DIRECTION AND VELOCITY: SURFACE 060 DEGREES AT 4 KT; 6000'19CDEGREES AT 1!J KT; 10,000 AT 41 KT 9 30?000'230 DEGREES AT 73 KT. CEI L INC: 7,00QSCATTERED i2:~ 'lOG"HROKt:L 'IISI9 1!.. !"'Y; PNM. AMOU~lf OF CLOLO COVR: 6/10o THUNDER NtJ2T!ltASt TI-Rr::lJCi-1 SOUTHEAST QUADRATS. VERTICAL TEMPERATURE ffi.\ 0 lf.9 P!.. ll S 12 T 0 3 0 , 0 0 .. ' UN U S U A L WE AT HER C 0 NO IT I 0 N S : N 0 NE .. lf.JV E S T I GAT I N G OFF i C t:R g C 0n1 Dl T S : MR o STATED THAT HE YIAS HAVI NG T~OtJBLE ~:..E.C:FlNG I~IOOCRS. A LIGIIT SHOWER HAD JUST FALLEN, AND HE HAD TAKEN ' r rrr ('lltT)iOE. W HAO PLACED THE COT BET\'/EEN HIS CAR A~O T I-l[ HOI.JSF. ;'!f. T~ .. : 1-lO!JS~ TO THE WEST . ff:: HAD JUST LAID DOWN ,,~ITH HIS HEAD TO "Ji';;HH "/!"!EN Ht NOTIC~D THE OBJECTS APPEAR ABOVE THE HOOD LINE Of r'i<.i 1;.:~. THE OaJECTS WERE ONLY VISIBLE MOMENTARILY AS THE Y D ISAPP- DEPUIMOO' OF THE AJI FOJICE ST.vf MfSSAIE BRAHCM I,.COMIMI MESS.\8 Page 3 of 3 EARED BEHIND THE ROOF LINE OF MR. BIRDS HOUSE. THE OBSERVER STATED T HAT HI S IN IT A l l H.1 PRESS I ON WAS T HAT THE 0 B JE CT S WERE A FL I G HT 0 f' GEESE., HE STATED THAT T HEY APPEARED T O BE "ABOUT THE SIZE OF DUCKS AT SHOTGuN RANGE"., HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SO A\'JAR.E OF' TH !NO!>' I OlJAl OBJECT S ASH WAS OF T HE FORMAT ION ,\SA WHOLE~ HO\~EVER c,'IJ r~EFLECT ION HE SAID THAT THE OBJECT S WERE "'V 0 I SK SHA?0'" HE PAGE 3 RUWJEAA0433 UCLAS M;\OE A SKETCH OF AN INDIVIDUAL OBJECT THAT COULD BE OESCR fBEO AS KlONEY SHPAEO. FRCM TP OBSERVERS ACCOUNT AND THE SUBSEQENT INVESr I CAT ION, THERE IS NO APPARENT, FIRM EXPLANATION. fOUR (4) P OSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS ;:m THE S IGHTING ARE (1) LIGHT REFLECTI NG FRC:'rl .t. f L I CHf Of diROS OR BATS, (2) A METEOR SHOWRil (3) A TAI\I:<f.R WITH iTS RFI~ELUlG LIGHT:) o~J AND (4) A LARGE AIRCRAFT WITH I TS LA~JOING t.IGHf C.v., o.:-iHESE T HE FOURTH SEEMS TO BE THE MOST PLAUSIBLE C ON C l U ~ i ON o U~QASSUtED