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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  18 Jun 64 | O'Neill, Nebraska | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 243 pm CST GMT 18/21/23? | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Moonwatch, United Airlines Pilot | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. CO…

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
60 GARDEN STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139

June 30, 1964

Director
AFCIN-424
ATR Technical Intelligence Center
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir:

Enclosed you will find a copy of UFO sighting reported to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory through one of our Moonwatch affiliates.

Captain Thompson made his original report to H.E. Roth of the Denver Moonwatch team, and the report was subsequently forwarded to this office. We have taken no action other than acknowledging the report, preferring to leave any invest…

Report of a BRIGHT METEOR or REENTERING SATELLITE
to: MOONWATCH DIVISION
Smithsonian Astrophysical Obs.
60 Garden Street
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

NUMBER 40
150 MILES EAST
OF
C'NEILL
City or Locality
HEERASKA
Leader or Observer
1500 WEST 18TH STREET
BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS
42°30'N
Latitude Long (EorW) Elevation
12°30'N
18°40'W

General Description
Year 1964 Month Jan 18th Day 2123 Z Time + U.T.
Time reference (UT, EST, POST, etc)

Direction of Travel: From (N, NW, W, SW, S, SE, E, NE)
Highest Altitude degrees
How measured ESTIMATE
(estimate, instrument, stars, etc)

Visual Characteristics (c…

30

South High St
Littleton Colorado

3.234 O.S.T.

June 13 '64 2123Z 15010 miles E CML 14.1 miles
Flite 129 Dept. ORD 2000Z 60° Marshal of ONL

Rocking South. Vertical descent about 150° long track.
Original sight about 30° above horizon
Last sight at top of hazel level
Visible air probably 3 seconds ±

Estimated size 1/2 length of 707 fuselage about same diameter at 3 to 5 miles

Definitely not a point of light. Large enough to determine rectangular shape. No visible evidence of fire or smoke detail trailing. No sight by inks. ATC radar.

What did I see. No other crew members saw it?

Captai…