PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8692399

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONSantiago Chile

FRAMES4

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1. DATE· TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
2 December 65 03/0040 Santiago, Chile
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 7
Civilian Astro (METEOR)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One Reported as meteor b  member of Chilean Rocket Society.
5. LENGTH OF TION 11. 11. BR ANALYSIS IALYSIS
Mot Rerorted. Mot Renorted. Observer was looking East and saw the object at an altitude
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION of 44 deg passing from approx 75 deg to 50 deg. Coject of 44 deg passing from approx 75 deg to 50 dag. Coject was wa3
Ground-Visual (BX) red colored at firwt and after a short distance red colored at firwt and after a short distance at high speed
seemed to light up to a whitish red and acquire seemed to light up to a whitish red and l acquire diameter
7. COURSE 7. COURSE three times that of Venus. Seemed to explode into fragments three times that of Venus. Seemed t
which likewise lit up and disappeared while a great portion
75-50 deg of the object continued to descend. After a short distance, of the object continued to descend. After a short distance, , Ljt up Ljt u
8. PHOTOS up as bright as the other and disappeared at altitude of 23
deg. Ubject was observed through (7X5o) binoculars. Duration Cbject was observed through (7x5o) binoculars. Duration
N 3 Y not given.t Two decays this date, but time not consistant.
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yas
No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 D-329 (TDE) Provlous sdiHoma ad thie foog maw he nmed.

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observed O04Z 3 December. Observers were the Chilean Rocket Society
and high school students. Object was a reddish white disk observed
413 between 75 to 50 degrees out of the Northeast. Observers stated
CT Venik III was to impact on this date (3 December). Major Gregory
stated the message was sent to us for whatever action is deemed
necessary.

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0/00 SANT
he
138eor5 22 21z
UPA843VV UPA843VV HQA 629 HQA 629 FAG91D FAG91D
RR RUCDSQ EW
DE RUEANQ 6006 3472138
| /
ZNR UUUUU
R 132129Z
FM A127 USAFFLDACTYGP FT BELVOIR VA
INFO FTD UPAFD ATTN TDEW MAJ QUENTENEL
R 0918002
FM USAIRA SANTIAGO CHILE
TO 1127 USAF FLDACTYOP FT BALVOIR VA CCN-67

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TIAGD. AT APPROX DO4OZ, 3 DEC HE WAS LOOKING EAST AND SAV THE OBJECT
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HORT DIS-
A DIAMETER THREE TIMES THAT OF VENUS. IT SEEMED O EXPLODE INTO
FRAGEMENTS WHICH LIKEVISE LITE UP AND DISAPPEARED WHILE A GREAT
RAGE 2 RUEANQ SOD6 UNCLAS
FORTION OF THE OBJECT-CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND AFTER A SHORT DISTANCE
LITE UP AS BRIGHT AS THE THERS AND DISAPPEARED AT ALTITUDE
BY THE
INDIVIDUAL WITH A 7 X 5S ZEIS GERIAN BINOCULAR BINO TYPE. THE
AND STUDENTS OBSERVED AN OBJECT IN THE SKY IN THE VI ITY OF SANTIA-
GO BETWEEN GDGIZ AND E
DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE FROM EAST TO WEST.
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