PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6387508

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1948

REPORTED LOCATIONAndrews AFB MD

FRAMES8

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Daytor, Chio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3
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- I. Reference is made to letter fron your hoadyuarters, fCIaks,
dated 9 Karoh lyl), subject "g identified Flying Objeote," ana first
indorsenent thareto by this headquarters, dated 3l Maroh ljl9.
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and leathur Bureau. Cocmonts based on this roview are inelosed.
3. It is reoomnended that the "Guide To Investigatlon Or Uni-
dentiried Aerial Objoots" bo changed as followss Itam l3, "Direotion
of Flight of Cbjoot," should be olarifiod so ttat gartleal and hori-
sontal motions are distinguished if possible, ard so that motion ia
spoctfied as the diroction towards which the object appears to movs.
"Rolative to Radar dettings" should irolude a statocent of tho type of
radar set used.

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the pilots upon reacoing 22,000 feet Sizhted the unLcentified object,
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vhe objact to be anothey five or six thowsend fer: NOW" em. At this
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Hirst revort by Strategic Air Command identified the object tentatively
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2tioned at Salem identified the craft as a cosmie ray eq“uinnent carrier
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8. N Number of Object(s) Sighted . .$.
9. Size of Object(s) .. N/S. . .
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12. N Nature of Luminosity . . N/
13.D Estimated Distance of Object
Mevation: 43,000 feet
14.3 Speed of Object(s) . . .
15. T Time in Sight . NGRADED, AT 3 YEAR INTERVAIS; ICLASSIFIED
Tactics . .N/S. IEARS.
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21. Weather
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23. Sunmary ncident.
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the oraft with it between them and the sun. The sreed of tie craft was
believed to be about 2 mph. The craft was proceeding on a heading of
approximately 45°.
The fighter oilots described the unidentified craft as resembling .
an intestine that had been inflated, ard was five or six times higher than
it was wide. Sketches were not available.
Subsequently, information was received from Lt. Roherkenper, Coast
Gunrd officer, staticned at Salem. He identified the craft as a cosmic
Massachusetts Institute of
The above information was received from Grenier Air Force Base taru
Strategio Air Command, Andrews field. The original alghting was made by
a Coast Guard pilot, Lt Com Pain, flying in Aircraft No. 378al at ll,500 it.
The waather was scattered to broken base of clouds aporoximately Sooo ft
vith good visibility. Strategic Air Command originally identified the
object tentatively as a heavenly body.
On 9 November ls this Division sent
Andrews Air Forcs Base, stating that the project set up by this Command
to investigate and study reports of such sightings bears a classification
of Confidentidl and that the Meteorological Research work.being done by
M.I.T. is unclassifled. In view of this information permission was
requewted to downgrade previous messages on this incident.  Since it has
been definitely established that the craft sichted was a oluster of
eight balloons used by the Massachusetts Inetituts of Technology for
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$A Balloons or ordinary airoraft:
43, 11, 22, 41 53, 54, 73, 81, 83, 91, 92, 113, 114, 115,
126, 131, 138, 141, 145, 155, 166, 157, 159, 161, 163,
169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188. 190, 194, 195, 193,.
200, 201, 209, 237, 239,
b Kookets, flares or falling bodies:
4, 5, 8,7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15-
108, 109, 13 ), 211, 218.
0 Mlsoallansous (reflections, auroral strsemors, birds, ato.):
ARO 193 146. 164.18 214 234