PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
Btn BB SO
3. SOURCE | 10, CONCLUSION
| Civilian & Military Astro (1ETZOR) V :
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Observation by ground observers ard airlines crews of 4 airline

flights over area. Duration and description of object with trai}
Ore of starks leads to meteor.
5. (LENGTH. OF OBSERVATION

11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Average 10 Seconis 7

ane Aer of calls from civilian am military observers whet

; reno an object with trail of white sparks. Average duration

ye TO ate a at reported as 10 seconds. Ground observers mostly reported Zlib
Ground<& AimVisual to Hast from West. 4 Airlines crews reported the flicht as S$

a Ceunee iW, Ground observers in the Luke AFB, Phoenix area. Airline
Varied with Reports

a. PHOTOS

West of Phoenix, All reports were single object. Total of 1

reports. 2 of report indicated fireball sightings other repottsd’
that the object was like a mteor,

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ak No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

m Yes
XX Ne

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MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE S8RANCH

AF IN 2 01239 (13 Aug 65) S/ay

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UNCLAS D0=161 82025 12 AUG 1965,

FOR ADC, 28 AIR DIV, SCF, AFCIN, SAFOI. SUBJECT? UFO REPORT,

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION 1S SUBMITTED ON REPORTED UFO SIGHTINGS
OVER ARIZONA DURING THE PERIOD 943972 TO 94497 (NIGHT), 11 AUG 1965,
THE LARGE NUMBER OF TELEPHONES CALL FROM BOTH AREA CIVILIANS AND
MILITARY PERSONNEL, COUPLED WITH THE VERY LITTLE POSITIVE AND
DETAILED. INFORMATION REPORTED, PRECLUDES-A DETAILED REPORT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 14, AFR 2002,

4. MOST REPORTS AGREE THE OBJECT SIGHTED WAS WHIT! SH=YELLOW
IN COLOR, VERY BRIGHT SINGLE OBJECT.

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2. S!ZE ANO SHAPE WAS NOT REPORTED,
3, A FEW REPORTS INDICATED A TRAIL OF WHAT APPEARED TO =F
#2 A WHITE FLAME WITH SPARKS,
h, NQ@ SOUND WAS REPORTED ON ANY OF THE SIGHTINGS.
5, THE COURSE OF THE OBJECT WAS REPORTED AS WEST TO EAST
i) BY MOST GROUND OBSERVERS, BUT TWA, BONANZA, DELTA AND CONTINENT A.
FLIGHT CREWS FLYING IN AREA WEST OF PHOENIX REPORTED OBJECT MOVING

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SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST,
6, ESTIMATED TIME OBJECT WAS VISIBLE AVERAGES ABOUT 19 SECONDS,
7. GROUND Q@BSERVERS WER ALL IN THE LUKE=PHOENIX AREA,
8. AIRBORNE OBSERVERS ACTUAL LOCATION CANNOT BE DETERMINED
os AT THIS TIME, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ALL WEST ANO WEST NORTHWEST OF
PHOENIX.
9, WEATHER AT TIME COVERED BY THIS REPORT WAS AS FOLLOWS:
ey WINDS SURFACE: 204 DEGREE AT 10K
6GOGFT ~ 100 DEGREES AT 6K,
19,900 FT = 110 DEGREES AT 7x.
16,008 FT ~ 149 DEGREES AT 14K,

24,008 FT = 118 DEGREES AT 13K,

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30,000 FT - 880 DEGREES AT 7K.
59,000 FT = 14@ DEGREES AT 13K.
CLOUD COVER: 12,000 FT SCATTERED WITH HIGHER SCATTERED CIRRUS.
VISIBILITY: 15 NM
REMARKS: CUMULONIMBUS TO NORTHEAST. OCCASIONAL LIGHTENING
CLOUD TO GROUND TO NORTHEAST AND EAST.
TEMPERATURE: SURFACE 32 DESREES C. UP TO 41,0 FEET TEMPERATURE WAS
19 DEGREES WARMER THAN STANDARD. AT 41,000 FT TEMPERATURE AT STANDARD.
FROM 41,200 FT TO 48,0 FT TEMPERATURE WAS.5 DEGREES COLDER THAN STANDARD.
WEATHER FORECASTER AT LUKE REPORTED A SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AT
24,59 FT.
10, THERE WERE NO WEATHER BALLOONS RELEASED BY LUKR AT THIS
TIME, WINSLOW WEATHER DID RELEASE LARGE BALLOON AT 24097, 10 AUG
1965.
44. LUKE AFB REPORTS NO FLYING ACTIVITY: AT THIS TIME.
42, A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN REPORTS WERE CALLED 4N TO THE
COMMAND POST AT LUKE AFB DURING THE TIME COVERED BY THIS REPORT.
43. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SUBMITTING THIS REPORT. THE LACK

OF POSITIVE, DETAILED INFORMATION PRECLUDES AN ANALYSIS OCF THE
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AF IN : 01239 (13 Aug 65) pz 4 of 4
SIGHTINGS. tHe WEATHER AT THE TIME MAY ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF THE

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SIGHTINGS. TWO OF THE REPORTS INDICATED FIRBALL ANO TAIL
APPEARED LIKE A ROCKET RE-ENTRY. OTHERS REPORTED APPEARANCE OF

OBJECT LIKE METEOR.

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