Untitled (with Memo Attached Dated 561210, Subject: Report of Unidentif Ied Fl

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: object: Report of Unidentified Flying Object ,

1. During the observation of test 3018 at 01047, 6 December 1956, a red flare was sighted high in the eastern sky. This flare was a spot of reddish light with short tail of the same color protruding from each side of the spot to the south.

2. The flare appeared to be at 35,000 to 30,000 feet. The track, at first sighting (Lunat, plus about one minute), was estimated to be some 10 - 12 miles out to one from the writer's position three miles north of 1017 Yain Cato, and its course was due north. Speed was estimated to be 750-1000 miles per hour.

3. The missile altitude at about T plus 95 seconds appeared to be the same as the altitude of the flare.

4. The flare made a wide turn to the east immediately after the missile "paused" is (missile track appeared to be gone 3 to 4 miles toward shore from the track of the flare), completing the turn about 8 to 10 seconds before turn-out of the missile.

5. Upon completion of the turn, the flare picked up a heading of 90 - 150 degrees and maintained this heading until out of light of the writer at 7 plus 300 seconds.

6. It far as could be determined, the flare truck did not vary in speed or altitude during the noisyighting.

7. On making the turn to the rest, the two talks disappeared. Whether this was due to confusion in attitude with relation to the observer, or due to increased distance from the observer, or due to a change in "power settings" (sic) is unselected.

8. Heather said that ceiling and visibility unlimited.

9. Attention is called to a similar sighting described to the writer by Mr. Agnes I rith, Mr. Alfrich row a flare with a similar flight path the night of the ill-fated Jupiter Launch.