• •DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
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- CR C TRAILS ~:>BSERVED.~ .:,:. no A CRAFT DIRDS BALLOONS 0~ OTHER
IDV.NTIFIABLE OBJECTS SEEN lN AIR U1r:1EDIA,E .Y BEFORE, DURING» Oft. , ,
. i•JHEDIATELY .AFTER 0$EP.VATION • 4 SINGLE OBJECT '0HICH DETACHEDI • ,
iTSELF FRO 1 GROUP DTD BEAD IN DIREC'fION OPPOSITE ORIGINAL~ ~ ... , ,
COURSE AND DISAPi.~EARED FROM VIEU UHILE S fILL 'ffil\VELING IN THIS,# • - • ,,
DIRECTIOl"'iJ 5e CAt1ERA POINTED AT ESTIHATE 70 DEGREES EIJl:VAT'.'"ON
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AND DEsClUBED AND ARC FROi1 f¼PPROX DUE EAST TO DUE trEST' , ,
TilEN FROM DUE WES"' TO APPROX 60 DEGI EES FRON NORTH.!.~ PllOTOGRAPHil G, , ,
DETACHED OBJ IIEADI£JG IN DIRECTION o0 POSITE ORIGINAL. .. . ~
counsE { i ti SUN tJAS APPROX OVJ1THIEAD OF OB.SERVER OBJECTS UEP.E. ; . , .,
AT AP! .::O'}r··1@ DEGREES .ABOV~ TRRliiN or1 A COURSE SEVERAL l1ILFS -•R_OM
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OOOERVER#j 7 HEATHER CONDITIONS BRIGHT SUNUGHT, CLEAR , APFROX 00.... .,.
DEGREES TEt1PE1:ATUP.E~ SLIGHT BFE~E ~R9M ~AST Oil'fH _EAST APPROX
TO 5 t·lP-L 5 NO METEOROLOG!CAL 1\CT!VITY rmTED DUR NG THAT DAY, , , , ..
9e OPINION REGARD ~1G FOLLOUING CLN A'J LIGHT J.i'Rot1 OBJECTS. ' ....
CAUSED BY REFl.ECTIONi D OBJECTS J'~PEARED PPROX AS LONG AS THEY, ., . ~
WERE HIDE AND TH N C,, P.PPEt\RED IDENT ~CAL .! SHAPE; D 2 TO '. ,
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OBtJECTS E ~.LL APPEA.llED LIGH'.f COLOPp F tlO OPIN. O!:J G APPE!h1E;), . ,~
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TO HAVE SM%" TYPE OF I·10T O~! EXCEPT FOR ONE OBJECT WHICH REVERSED ITS, ,
COURSE~ H D SAPPEARED FROrl VIEH BY HOVING OUT OF RANGE OF
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DOWNGRADED Arr .~ • •• .. . • -~
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UNCLASSIFIED ~ :; · DOD D.t!t 5200.10 .. ~
AFHQ FORM Q-3Q9g19 JAN ~1
PREVIOUS EDITION~ OF T Hl.~ FORM MA Y BE USED.
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