PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
3 Jan 67 f 4/05252 Arizona, Califorina multiple
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one
5. 1 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LEnGTH OF UBSErYATiON 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
2-20 seconds 2-20 seconds
Cbservers reported a greenish-white object which was
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ceming straight downward which was visible for several
Ground-Air Visual seconds. The pilot said that he first thought it was seconds. The pilot said that he first thought it was
7. COURSE a UFo but later thought it must have been a large, a Uro but later thought it must have been a large, bright bright
meteor. The pilot saw the object for about 20 seconds
NW before it apparently exploded into several pieces. Other
8. sightings reported quite similar descriptions of the reported quite similar descriptions of the
PHOTOS object. cbject.
Yes
No Y No Contact with various organizations have lead to the Contact with various organizations have lead to the
2. o PHYSICAL EVIDENCE conclusion that this object was a large conclusion that this obiect w large fireball. The fireball. The
description, colors, flight path, ect. lead to this
0 Yes conclusion. The descriptions are very consistent with
X No thotof_a.fircballobservation.
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Contact was made with SPADATS; however they had only a fragment
reenter the atmosohers. It is unlikely ragment d have
aocounted for th- observation.
Contact was made with Vandenburg AFB and Point Magu in regards to
any missile activity which could have accounted for the sighting.
In both cases there was no missile activity to account for the
sighting.
Contact v was made with the 27th Air Div, Luke AFB, Arizona. No in-
formation was available. Return call from Capt. Cross furnished
the following information: The first call to the 27th was at O525Z
from the Los Angeles watch superior reporting a sighting from Yuma,
Arizona. ? The Los Angeles center again called at O533Z 4 Jan 67
the sighting. The PIo actually saw the object that came over the
previous night. was at a drive in movie and saw what he thought
was a large bright meteor. He said that ths object was predominately
green in color withsome off white. It was seen for about seconds.
The
Contact was made with Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palm
Dels, O Calif, They had no information oni the sighting. The watch
superior Mr. Nacy said that he would contact the watch superior
who was on duty at the ime of the sighting. Mr. Macy called back
and said that he had contacted Mr. Frank Reed who was the watch
superior was
obs-rved for 2θ-30 seconds by the pilot s aircraft was over Mt.
Whitney at an altitude of about 32,O00 The pilot said that
he first thought that it was a UFo but later realized that if must
have been a bright moteor. It came straight dowm and broke up
into several pioces. reports were made on n the object; all
fitting the same description Sightings were made in Yuma, Arizona,

Momo for the Record:
Contact was made with the Smithsonian Astrophysical servat ory
in regards to sighting. Conversation with Mr.
revealed that there have been no reports to his observatory
on this particular sighting. He will contact some of the Moon-
watch team to determine if any of the mombers had heard or seen
anything.

Contact was made with the
Arizona (602-774-6623). Conversation with Dr. Kron, director
of the observatory, revealed that no reports had been forwarded
to his observatory regarding a bright meteor or fireball being
obsorved on the night of an. 6 . After tolling him the
description o was seen, he said that it wes
very much like that reported a large fireball. He said
that when a fireball enters the atmosphere it heats up a tubular
section of the atmosphere. Sometimes its trail is visible for Dr. Kron
a couple of minutes depending on several factors.
suggested ths contact be made with the Kitt-Peak National
Observatory since they are the clearing house for reported
neteor observations.
Contact was made with the Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson,
Arizonn (602-327-6655). There has been no reports mads to this Ariz0na(602-327-6655). There has been no reports made to this
observatory in r-gards to the sighting over wrstern Arizona. observatory in r-gards to sighting over wrstern Arizona.
They had no record of anyone seeing the alleged object. They had no record of anyone seeing the allaged object.