PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Woes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probobly Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomicel Mere ok.

Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

____15 Jan 61 SE of Paine Field, Washington
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Local 2227 0 Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Roder

eo 8 Air Vi suol O Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS

O Yes
2 No Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

Other.
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

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5 sec
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTSNO satellites reentering at

Size of basketball. Resembled a strong spot- ;|this time. Description and duration are
light. Then it exploded and a large part of characteristic of a meteor. Brightness
she sky was lit up. There was considerable orange and explosion suggest that object
and some blue coloring in explosion. No sound | was a fireball which exploded before it
heard. Object appeared level with pilot flying] reached the earth's surface.

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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DATEOF REPORT  — aan 5 DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION
16 Jan 61 16 Jan 61 sf wat of ,aSs00 saw ouktT (1)
PREPAREO-BY (Officer) 7 SOURCE 7 Ghee
lst Lt W B McDonald Capt Kk 2 Dawson attisth (SS)
SEFGRERGES (Control wu mbar, dicing, proves Teper AE~ av Splice’ ——— ———
Fat srt 200 LO MOolLs- DO 39

SUMMARY >, (Autor coneios summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclomures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 119—Part I1.)
Wee I Am. in ,daubt whether to.call my sighting an object er an airborne

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“expl oSionj however, I will assume the sighting was on object: -before rit ,exploded.

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(1) Fireball first, and then a large portion jf -sky.wag lit .up as $f an |
explosion had occurred. ‘There was considerable orange and some blue coloring
in explosion. (oli) ,moawsC & dredged t4s0
(2) Fireball was basketball sizes, - -) |; it + pamet $7 ;

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(4) . Fireball was brilliant white. It-resembled a strong spotlight.

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(4) Only One@e ote. Bos’ -rss ‘3

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(6) My first impression was that a large lanaing light had been turned. on
in my face.
(7) No tail visible to me.
(S) No sound, I was flying in a T-33 aircraft.
b. Discription of object:

(1) ‘The intense light which apveared to be approaching rapidly. My first '
thougnt was that I was about to collide with somethinzg and I initiated evasive
maneuverse

(2) Object appeared level with me.

(3) Object was in my nine o'clock, and my magnetic heading was 2¢0°, My
altitude was 355,000 feet, my ground speed 530.

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(4) Anceared to be caining altitude.

| ined The sequence was this: brilliant white, fireball; then a brilliant
colorful explosion (which silhouetted the cloud tops), and returned to darkness!

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(6) Approximately five seconds.

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