PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

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| falion Nevada O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ‘ig 2 Possimy Sateen
L774, 521.505 L O Was Aivcroft
Local ———— -- ~—----- CXGround- Vi sual © Ground-Roder GQ Probably Aireroft
__GM Ff00 2001957 CXAire Vi eual O Air-Intercept Rodor QO Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS $. SOURCE XQ Was Astronomical JU PITH?
O Yes |0 Probobly Astronomical
Ne as CIVIIIAN ? DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE D Other —
|} o Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
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VU i®nutes 1 3 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING rs 1. COMMENTS —
Round bright silver obj JUPITER

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dusk, Object at 10=20 deg e
not rerorted, r
Thin ov3ccast, Object risinz
to be Jupiter or Venus by a/c
Area,

Believed

CoSseTvers in

ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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(7) FAINTLY OBSERVED TAIL, POSSIBLY WITH TWO LIGHTS AT END OF a

TAIL,

(8) NONE ‘
(S) REPORTING PERSON DESCRIBED IT AS A FREE FLOATING BALLOON, ie:
Be. (1) REPORTING PERSON IS A CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR. HE *,-
WAS SCANNING THE HORIZON FOR AN INBOUND AIRCPAFT WHEN HE Mid

PICKED UP THE BRIGHT OBJiCT. HE AT FIRST BELIEVED IT WAS THE
AIRCRAFT, BUT WAS LATER PROVED TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.

(2) TEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON RISING TO TWENTY DEGREES

ASOQVE HORIZON, REPORTED AS SEING VERY LOW OVER HORIZON.

(5S) TWENTY DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, ;

(4) RISING FAST (TEN DEGPEES IN TWENTY MINUTES) WITH

GOW MOVEMENT TO SOUTH,

(5) INTO THIN OwERCAST.

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C( FROM APPROAIMATELY 1745-1805 L PDT, TWEN

MINUTES. A LIGHT REAPPEARED IN THE SAFE GENEFAL LOCATION
THRITY MINUTES LATER AND AS A STAR.

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2) BINOCULARS cASSISTED IN SEEING TAIL)

(3) N/A

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De (1) M0452 - B195Z; 9 OCTOBER 19665

(2) DUSK, SUN AB OV E HORIZON TO FIFTY PER CeNT ABOVE

HORIZON DURING SIGHTING. SUNSET O15072. BSERVER WAS A LITTLE

HAZY ON EXACT TIMES.
Le eal CONTROL TOWER, FALLON NAS, EIGHT MILES SOUT HEAST

er. (2) CAMEPON, JOSEPH E, £4, 4687417, CONTROL TOWEP
OPERATOR, FALLON mas, EXCELLENT. SPARKS, Le He, ACI,
4769661, CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR, FALLON NAAS, EXCELLENT
6 aee THIN LAYER OF CLOUDS, BEHIND WHICH THE OBJECT

(5) VAIR
HTGH BPO
Cd NONE

a5 6302 FEET, 910 DEGREES, 5 KNOTS; ic02¢@ FEET, ZAC
DEGREES, 32 KNOTS; 16909 FEET, 250 DEGREES, 35 KNOTS; 2000
FFET, 072 DEGREES, 49 KNOTS; 3902@ FEET, 249 DEGREES, 58 YNOTS;
S5a90% FEET, 24@ DEGREES, S35 KNOTS
(3) HIGH UNKNOWN OVERCAST
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(7) NEAREST GRADIENT AVAILABLE, VINNEMUCCA EVADA.

“te 45@0 FEET) = 11200 FEEL bus 95 DEGR I rES i FOUP DEGREES
MINUS 21 DEGREES/65@0 FEET OR 35.28 del PELL S§ 1 nee - 29708 FEE}
AUS FOUR DEGREES TO MINUS 39 DEGREES OR MINUS 43 DEGRLES/1 &ee0
FEET OF 2 .S9/1LEZO FEET S$ 299AGG -~ AIZBE FEET MINUS $S DEGREES C
TO pepe 62 DEGREES C OR MI WS 24 DEGRE ES/1Z260@ FLeT OF
1.75/12 FLET3 41000 - 55009 EET MINUS a0 DEGREES C TO MINUS
62 DEGREES C OR MINUS TwO DEGPEES/14 O20 FEET OR MINUS ONE/7CO2
He. JUPITER - THIS PLANET CURRENILY RISES ON THE LASTERN

HORIZON AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OBSERVERS PEPORT SERING T HE
UFO, HAS A YAGNITUDE OF MINUS 2.5 AND IS VISIBLE DUPING DAYLIGHT.
SATELITE = A SATELITE WAS OBSERVED PASSING OVER THIS AREA AT AN
EAPLIER DATE, 1 OCTOBER 15635 BY THE INVESTIGATING OFFICEP AND A
LT COLONEL Cr THIS BASE.

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FURT YER, WHEN THE REMAINING AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD,
THE LEAD AIRCRAFT DID PURSUE THE LIGHT FOR A SHORT TIME AND THE

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T COMMANDER CHARLES G. HARNDEN, 599862, THEN
D THAT THE LIGHT WAS A PLANET, VENUS, AND ALSO RETURNED
ASE ‘

TO THE BASE. BOTH AIRCRAFT AND CREWS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE V.A.
52 ATTACK SQUADRON, FLEET P.O., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
AND APE TDY TO FALLON NAS, FALLON, NEVADA.

J. NO KNOWN WEATHER OR RESEARCH RALLONS WERE IN THE

AREA AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. INFORMATION OBTAINED FRO?

THE AEROSPACE RESEARCH OFFICE, CHICO, CALIFORNIA

Ke MAJOR DONALD E POST, DIRECTOR OF SAFETY, STEAD AFB,

NEVADA. NO OTHER REPORTS OF THIS OBJECT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

AT THE ao’ THE ORIGINAL WITNESS DID ALERT THE RADAR SITES AT
TONOPAH, FALLON AND WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA. OBSERVERS AT THESE

SITES CONF RMED THE EXISTENCE OF A LIGH INT SKY ON THE EASTEPN
HORIZON, THIS SAME LIGHT WAS REPORTED ON THE FOLLOW ING TYO

NIeHTS AND VW OBSERVED TO RISE INTO THE NIGHT AS A STAR. IT IS
THE OPINION | INVESTIGATING OFFICER THAT THE OBJECT OBSERVED
WAS THE PLAN ITER, THAT THE PRESENCE OF AN CLOUD LAYER

AT ALTITUDE ED THE ILLUSION OF APPAREN MOTION AND CONFUSED

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