PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3 October l962 Tyndall AFB, Florida 0 Probably Bolloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 03/2357Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Aox Was Astronomical Meteor
Ys 00 Probably Astronomical
Xex No Military Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
5 seconds one descending.
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obsvation green obj Probable meteor sighting based
Circular shap Circular Shape exhaust. on description and duration. description and duration.
Glowed. Disappeared Glowed. Disappeare appeared Disappearance attributed to Disappearance attributed to
throughout ob throughout ob itial sight- tial sight- cloud voverage.
ing at 20 dgr elevat Apparent Apparent
descent in curve of creasing steept
ness. Wx conditions defined as low ness. WX conditions defined as low
scattered, Some high CIRRUS and
cumulus in background.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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2357=/003 C
WPA039 CE0B791Z0JY8301
PP RUCDIO 5 0cr 62 13 082
ZNR ZFD RULAD U
DXD99EZCVJA287 PRIORITY
PP RUEADX C
ZNR ZFD RUCQSU
ZCVJA268ZCAHA413
-E2)
PP RUEAHQ SUSPECTED DUPLICATE OF MESSAGH
PREVIOUSLY RELEASRD. CHECK PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. CHECK BEFCRE TAKING ACTION, ACTION, ACTION /
ZNR ZDK ZNR ZDK BEFORE TAKING ACTION, C
AHA372 $\frac 2}$ $\rac2}$
PP RUWGAL RUCDSC RUEAHQ RUCDSO RUEAHQ 4-x2~ 14-X2 C C
PP RUWGAL
DE RUCQAH 42 42.
ZNR 1
042012Z
FM 4756IRDEFWG TYNDALL AFB FLA
TO RUWGAL/ADC ENT AFB CCLO
ZEN/73AIRDIV TYNDALL L AFB FLA U
RUCDGQ/FOREIGN TECH DIV OF AFSC WPAFB OHIO C
RUEAHGYCSAF
RUEAHQAOSAF WASH DC C
BT C
UNCLAS ABDO_1 K_ UNCLAS ABDO 1 K
UFO. FOR AFCIN C
UFO. FOR AFCIN AT CSAF, SAFOI AT OSAF. REPORT OF CSAF, SAFOI AT OSAF. REPORT OF
UNIDENTIFIED U U
PARA 14, AFR 233-2. A. (1) CIRCULAR, (2) DIME, (3) LIGHT PARA 14, AFR 233-2. )DIME, (3) LIGHT
GRIEN, (4) ONE, (5) N/A, (6) NONE, (7) NONE, (8) NONE, (9) (
GRIEN, (4) ONE, (5) N/A, (0) NONE, (7) NONE, (8) NONE, (9)
GLOWED, DISAPPEARED, REAPPEARED, DIIAPPLARID. B(1)
ARPEARED IN LINE OF VISION (2) 23 DEG ABOVE HORIZON (3)
HORIZON (4)
STEEPNESS; FIRST APPEARED IN APPROX 12-DEG DESCENT,

THEN C3-DLG, 6D-DEC, FINALLY ED DEGREES DE CENT (5)
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INSTANTANEOUSLY (6) APPROX FIVE SECONDS. C(1) GROUND,
VISUAL (2) NONE (3) N/A. D(1) 23/2357Z (2) DUSK. 3(1) 358 C
DEGREES, 6.5 NM FROM TYNDALL AFB BASE OPERATIONS (2) C
352 DEG, 18
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LER I INCTRUCTOR, PILOT, 25EO HRE, VERY RELIABLE. JAMES /
A. STLELE, A1C, 4755 SQ, SPECIALIST, FORMER C
VAIRCREW MEMBER, VERY RELIAELE. G(1D LOW SCATTERED
CLOUDS, SOME CUMULUS IN EACKGROUND C
(2)270/2; 210. (3)21,330
BROKEN (4) TEN NILES (5) 1230 SCATTERED, 12,330 CATTERED U
21,000 BROKEN (6) THUNDERSTORMS NE AND W WITH OCCA- C
SIONAL LIGHTNING COULD TO GROUND. (7) FOUR DEGREES
C
FARENHEIT/1,33B FEET, UP TO 7,233 FEET. H. NONE. I. NONE
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BECAUSE COLOR O BECAUSE COLOR THE OBJECT WAS LIGHT GREEN. MAN- IE OBJECT WAS LIGHT GREEN. MAN- UU
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MADI CBJECTS-UOULD CBJEC GLOW THIS COLOR
WHEN OVERHLATING. DISSAPPEARANCEE C OVERHLATING. DISSAP RANCEC CAUSED BY PARSAGLS CAUSED BY PASSAGLS C U
BEHIND PATCHES OF COULD. PIRSONAL BEHIND PATCHES COULD. PERSONAL OBETRVATION OF A
7O C
METIOR BURING UP WAS GREEN. ROUGH TRIANGULATION
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ESTABLISHES HE OBJECT,S TRACK TO BE ABOUT DUE NORTH
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WAS AT QUITE A DISTANCE, HENCE PROBABLY A METEOR. U
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