PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8726220

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONForbes AFB Kansas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolloon
12 October 1962 Forbes AFB Kansas 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
CX Probably Aireraft
GMT 12/1100Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes DOO Probably Astronomical
xNo Military Possibly Astronamical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
5 minutes Unknowm
one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj like a bright meteor only orange Description conforms to a/c
to yellow in color leaving trail. No to yellow colo leaving trail No sighting. Duration, sighting. Duration, speed and speed and
sound. Bescribed as sound. Bescribed about brightness about brightness appearance appearance are consistent with
of a/c at 30,000f Flight path followed this evaluation.
curve. Speed varied. Faded at 20 dgr curve
elevation after 5 minute obsvation. elevation after 5 minute obsvation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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PP RUCDSQ
E(UFO) C
DE RUWGFE 19 ACTION
ZNRR C
P 1221032
FM 21SAD FORBES AFB KANS 00
TO RUWGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO TO RUWGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO C
RUWGKF/33AD RICHARD GEEAUR RUWGKF/33AD RICHARD GEEAUR AFB MO AFB MO C C
RUCDSQ/AFSC FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON PAITERSC AFB OHIO
RUEAHQ/CSAF (
RUEAHQ/OSAF DIIF WASH DC TY Dc 1.
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UNCLAS/40DCOI 13-001. FOR SAFOI &AFCIN. SUBJECT UFO
REPORT. C
A DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: LIKE A VERY BRIGHT METEOROID, BUT WAS
ORANGE TO YELLOW IN COLOR. ONLY ONE OF THE OBJECTS WAS NOTED, BUT C
TWO OR THREE METEROROIDS HAS ALREADY BEEN SEEN. THE OBJECT LEFT A C
TRAIL BUT MADE NO SOUND. THE OBSERVER DESCRIBED THE BRIGHTNESS AS
ABOUT THAT OF AN AIRPLANE AT 3DOOS FEET. !
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BUILKING, MOVING QUICKLY AT FIRST BUT SLOWING DOWN AS IT REACHED THE
ZENITH. IT FOLLOWED A C ZENITH. IT FOLLOWED A CURVED PATH, FADING OUT CURVED PATH, FADING OUT AT AT ABOUT 20 T ABOUT 20 DEGREES DEGREES C C
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PAGE TWO RUWGFB 19
ABOVE THE HORIZON AFTER 5 MINUTES FLIGHT TIME, JERKING SLIGHTLY IN
THE FLIGHT PATH OCCASIONALLY.
C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL BY AIRMAN.
D. TIME OF SIGHTING: 12/11E0Z DAWN. C
FORBES.
G. WEATHER AT TIME OF SIGHTING: SURFACE WINDS, 18E DEGREES, 5 KNOTS
FROM 1100 TO 130Z, WIND CONFIGURATION WAS AS FOLLOWS: C
6000 200 DEGREES 10 KNOTS 1
10200 190 DEGREES 20 KNOTS 20 KNOTS C C
16000 200 DEGREES 15 15 KNOTS C
20000 150 DEGREES 150 DEGREES 7 KNOTS 7 KNOTS
30000 30000 290 DEGREES 10 KNOTS 10 KNOTS
50000 280 DEGREES 280 DEGREES 50 KNOTS 1
80000 NOT AVAILABLE
THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.
VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT:
SURFACE 71 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
6000 16 DEGREES CENTIGRADE (
10000 7 7 DEGREES CENTIGRADE (
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116000 -7 DEGREES CENTIGRADE
22200 -16 DEGREES CENTIGRADE 1
130000 -37 DEGREES CENTIGRADE

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50000 -68 DEGREES CENTIGRADE C
80200 NOT AVAILABLE
CLOUD COVER WAS SCATTERED AT 1OD0O FEET, VISIBILITY 9 MILE. C
H. POSSIBLE EXPLANATION: CONSIDERING THAT METEOROIDS HAD ALREADY
BEEN SIGHTED, THIS WAS PROBABLY JUST AN UNUSUALLY BRIGHT ONE.
TIME IN FLIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED IN THE AIRMAN'S MEMORY. TIME IN FLIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN MAGNIF. E AIRMAN'S MEMORY. C
THE FACT OF THE YELLOW- THE FACT OF THE YELLO NGE COLOR MIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONLY BEEN ONLY CHEMICALS IN CALS IN C. C
THE METEOR. b
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REPORT PREPARED BY 2/LT JOHN K. HORD, 4ZTH BW DCOIE. REPORT PREPARED BY 2/LT T JOHN K. HORD, 4ETH BW DCOIE. C C
BT C C
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