PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE, RECORD CARD ONE. DATE FOUR FEBRUARY NINETEEN FIFTY‑NINE. DATE‑TIME GROUP TWO. LOCATION BALBOA BASIN, CANAL ZONE. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: GROUND‑VISUAL, AIR‑VISUAL, RADAR, CIVILIAN. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: TWELVE SECONDS. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE. COURSE: ONE.
SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Quite large, cone‑shaped object, brilliant with combination of three colors—white, yellow and blue—all well blended which gave it an iridescent and fluorescent appearance. The blue tail was similar to aircraft but more fan‑shaped than moving. The object appeared to be a net‑er‑type.
COMMENTS:
CONCLUSIONS: □ POSSIBLY BALLOON □ PROBABLY AIRCRAFT □ PROBABLY AEROSTATICAL.
OBSERVATION DETAILS:
FORWARD SECTION: WHITE. MIDDLE: YELLOW. TAIL: BLUE. ALL WELL BLENDED, CREATING AN IRIDESCENT AND FLORESCENT APPEARANCE.
SKY BACKGROUND: CLEAR.
ELEVATION APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FEET. AZIMUTH APPROXIMATELY ZERO DEGREES.
ELEVATION APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FEET. AZIMUTH APPROXIMATELY FOUR DEGREES.
APPROACHED FROM EAST AND TRAVELLED ALMOST UNLEVEL FLIGHT TO WEST. WHILE PASSING A DECLINE IN ALTITUDE WAS SLIGHTLY NOTICEABLE. AFTER CROSSING A POSITION ESTIMATED TO BE ZERO EIGHT ZERO POINT FOUR FIVE NORTH BY SEVENTY‑THREE POINT THREE FIVE WEST—HALFWAY DISTANCE BETWEEN DIABLO LOCK AND MIRAFLORES LOCK—LEVEL FLIGHT WAS RESUMED AND COURSE ALTERED SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT, INSTANTANEOUSLY TO WEST.
GROUND‑VISUAL: NONE.
TIME OF OBSERVATION: ZERO FOUR ONE ZERO ZULU, FEBRUARY FOUR.
WEATHER: NIGHT, CLEAR, WINDS NORTH‑NORTHEAST TWO KNOTS.
ALTITUDE DIRECTION DEGREES: NINETY SEVENTY‑FIVE DEGREES, SURFACE NINETY‑NINE, ONE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND SIX
