PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
13 May 64 Newman, Texas,; Carlsbad, N Mexic Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Immed after dusk Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probobly Aircraft
GMT14/0210Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE R Was Astronomical Betelgeux
Ys 0 Probably Astronomical
xNo 0 Possibly Astronomical
military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 0 Other_
2 hrs 0 Insufficient Data uation
50 mins one - -- 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One red green and yellow One red green and yellow light like light like airport Betelgeux Betelgeux belc below andto and to left of Venus. us.
Ibeacon. Alternate beacon. Alternate cyclic pattern. Yellow Setting coinc: with disappearance disappea ance
as fixed as fixed mid mid color. After . After sunset red became sunset red became of object.
domiaant color Shaped Shaped like like star, comparable
to planet us uls . Flickering Flickering more pronounced pronounced than that associated with than that associated with usual star observa-
tion. Locatio obj 40 deg eleevation to left and below Venus. Last observed just above
horizon belo horizon bel and to left of path indicated a celestial body.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED
AFIN 41464 (16 May 64)G/pq Pg 1 of 5
ACTION : NIN-7 INFO :
SMB B098 14May64
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TO RUWGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO ILT
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RUWGHW/2QTH NORAD REGION OKLA CITY OKLA RD
NP NP
RUCDSQ/AFSC FOREIGN RECHNOLOGY DIVISION RUCDSQ/AFSC FOREIGN RECHNOLOGY ION HPP MPP
HPR MPR
WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO AA
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RUEAHQ/HEADQUARTERS RUEAHQ/HEADQUARTERS S USAF S USAF AFNIN WASH DC AAR
CC CC
INFO RUCSBR/SAC OI
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RUWBKN/15AF MARCH AFB CALIF RUWBKN/15AF MARCH AFB CALIF SS
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ZEN/22SAD WALKER AFB NMX
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UNCLAS DC0I 12132. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. UFO.
A. (1) SHAPE OF OBJECT: LIIKE A BRIGHT I STAR. (2) COMPARED
IN SIZE TO THE PLANET VENUS. (3) COLOR: GREEN, RED, AND
YELLOW. (4) NUMBER: ONE (1).I(5) N/A. (6) ALTERNATION
OR CYCLIC PATTERN OF RED PULS GREEN COLORS, " LIKE AN AIRPORT
BECON" WITH YELLOW REMAINING FIXED AS A MID-COLOR. (7)
OBJECT LEFT NO TRAIL, EXHAUST OR TAIL. (8) NO REPORTED
ASSOCIATED SOUND. (9) IMMEDIATELY AFTER SUNSET, APPROX-
BE SEEN WI AKED EYE. LATER COLORS (RED AND GREEN)

DEPAKIMEINI Or IhE AIK TURCE
MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED
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BECAME MORE EVENLY BALANCED; BINOCULARS THEN HAD TO BE E USED TO
DISTINGUISH COLORATION. FLICKERING WAS MORE PRONOUNCED
THAN THAT OF A "NORMAL" STAR. (THIS IS A COMPOSITE
APPRAISAL BY OBSERVERS ON THE SPOT.) B. (1) A CIVILIAN
YOUNGSTER (15 YEARS OLD) SCANNING SKIES WITH 5- POWER
BINOCULARS FIRST CAME UPON THIS TRI-COLORED CELESTIAL
PHENOMENA. (2) OBJECT INITIALLY OBSERVED DUE WEST OF
CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO; ELEVATION: 40 (DEGREES) ABOVE
HORIZON, LEFT AND BELO THE PLANET VENUS. (3) LAST SEEN
BELOW AND TO LEFT OF BIG DIPPER JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON.
(4) PATH COMPARED TO REGULAR, EVEN CELESTIAL PATTERN. (5)
OBJECT
TO THE NORTH, NORTHEAST OF CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO. (6) OBJECT
VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS 50 MINUTES WITH A REPORTED HOURS 50 MINUTES WITH A REPORTED
30 MINUTE E DISAPPEARANCE 50 MINUTES AFTER INITIAL OBSERVATION.
C. (1 OBSERVATION: GROUND VISUAL.I(2) OPTICAL AIDS: SUAL TTOA
5 POWER BINOCULARS.I(3) NO AIRBORNE SIGHTINGS REPORTED.
D. (1) I INITIAL SIGHTING: DUSK. E. LOCATION OF
OBSERVERS: WEST EDGE OF CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO THEN I MILE

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MESSAGE STAFF F MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED
PAGA'3 RUWHJP 71 UNCLAS AFIN 41464 (16 May 64) Pg 3 of 5
DSJE-WEST OF CARLSBAD, NI ICO; F. OBSRM
CIVILIANS: APPROXCMUHELY 48;
ARLSBAD, NMEX, T
TECHNICALLY COMPETENT TO RELAY RELIABLE INFORMATION. (B)
OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT OF OBSERV
ABOVUT 25 YEARS OLD, KAVE, CARLSBAD.
ECHOED INFORMATION OF (1)(A) ABOVE W HOUT AS MUCH TECHNICAL
COMPETENCE. (D) MR., AGE UNKNOWN, TEL:
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALST ON DUTY AT CARLSBD AIRPORT
DURING PERIOD OF REPORTED SIGHTINGS. HE SAYS HE SCANNED
SKIES DURING TIME OF REPORTED SIGHTING I BUT DID NOT NOTE ANY
UNUSUAL PHENOMENA. (E) CARLSBAD.
AGE UNKNOWN. THIS MAN WAU NOT INTERVIEWED. HIS WIFE STATED AGE UNKNOWN. THIS MAN WAU NOT INTERVIEWED. HIS WIFE STATED
AIR AND "BLACKNESS" OF NIGHT. (2) WEATHER REPORT: 0100Z
WINDS:
- -

DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY
I. NO INTERCEPT ACTION TAKEN; ORIGINAL OBSEJVERS REQUESTED
IDENTIFICATION N ASSISTANCE FROM CARLSBAD AIRPORT AIR TRAKFIC
SPECIALIST WHO IN SPECIALIST WHO IN TURN  QUERIED TURN QUERIED THE PILOT OF A LOCKHEED THE PILOT OF A LOCKHEED
LODESTAR, INBOUND 1 LODESTAR, INBOUND T CARLSBAD FROM TUCSON, ARIZ. NEITHER CARLSBAD FROM TUCSON, ARIZ. NEITHER
FURNISHED INFORMATION THAT CORRELATED WITH FURNISHED INFORMATION THAT CORRELATED WITH PERTINENT PERTINENT
SIGHTINGSNS, PILOT OF THE LOCKHEED LODESTAR
REPORTED AS FOLLOWS BSERVED A PALE BSERVED A PALE BLUE PHOTG STROBE-LIKE BLUE PHOTG STROBE-LIKE
LIGHT N, NE OF NEWMAN, TEXAS VOR AT 0255Z, 14 MAY I IGHT AD TEXAS UOD 1964.
HEIGHT AND DISTANCE FROM M AIRCRAFT UNKNOWN. LIGHT DID NOT
PERSIST, NO SHAPE, PATTERN, COURSE OR DIRECTION. VERY
BRIGHT, BUT NOT A LIGHTNING FLASH. DOUBT CORRELATION
BETWEEN IT AND OBSERVATION. " J. NO KCOWN AIR

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MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED j  :
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TRAFFIC OR BALLON RELEASES IN AREA THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR
THIS SIGHTING. K. REPORTING OFFICER: ASST. OIC, COMBAT
INTELLIGEFCE BRANCH, WALKER AFB, NEW MEXICO. COMMENTS:
COMMENTS OF OBSERVERS INTERVIEWED INDICATES CONSISTEFCY OF
REPORTING THIS ISOLATED SIGHTING. WEATHER PHENOMENA CANNOT
BE FULLY DISCOUNTED, HOWEVER, THE RELATIVE LONG DURATION
AND EVEN PATTERN OF THE DESCENT OF THIS OBJECT DOWN TO THE
HORIZON RELATES IT MORE CLOSELY TO IT BEING ANOTHER CELESTIAL
BODY. LASTLY, THE IDEA OF IT BEING A CELESTIAL BODY IS
LARGELY DISCOUNTED BY THE REPORTE PERSISTENT RED-GREEN-
YELLOW COLORATION. FUTHER OBSERVATION IS RECOMMENDED. YELLOW COLORATION. FUTHER OBSERVATION IS RECOMMENDED.
L. NO PHOTOGRAPHS OR ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CC AVAILABLE IN
CONNEKTION N WITH T WITH T THIS SIGHTING. THIS SIGHTING.
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