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USAF record 28937750 (1950)

28937750

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP April 1950 18552

2. LOCATION Williams AFB, Chandler, Arizona

3. SOURCE Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 Seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

7. COURSE North

8. PHOTOS No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE No

10. CONCLUSION Astro (METEOR)

Witness saw a meteor, one of the rare daylight sightings of this phenomenon.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Round similar to a balloon or ping pong ball, dull off white. Sharp outlines. Almost zenith to horizon at North. The object moved at an angular rate of approximately 9 deg per second, which at the obviously great distance results in a velocity far greater than the reported 1200 mph.

CONSENS: The fact that this was a daylight observation probably accounts for this witness never considering the possibility of this object being a meteor. Fireballs can be seen in the daylight just as easily as the moon or visible planets. The magnitudes of these meteors is usually brighter than -3 magnitude which is observable in daylight. Normally there is some color associated with these meteors, however usually this is just an 'off white' or pale color which could easily have been lost in the lighting of the day sight.

FORM J SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used

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