DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6309001
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1951
REPORTED LOCATIONKeck Kentucky
FRAMES24

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Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor
Probably Aircraft
GMT. 31/2400Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6 Was Astronomicol JUPITER
Yes Probably Astronomical
CENo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
1. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER ECTS COURSE Other
000 Insufficlent Data for Evaluation
Unknown
Oyer 3 hours one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
No sound. Size similar to. beacon light l mi. Jupiter was deg
o diminish in size. elevation and set western horizon, 4 hrs
Erratic movement. 5 aller objects seemed to later. Object charateristic of Astro
follow firs lear. Body.
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Sunnyside
addition that
they saw and disappear westward in
a flash of white light, apparent in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A
reporting of this sighting No evalu-
ation of this sighting has been received.
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nger stars se ned to be d h, we counted 5 shooting stars, these
same & were shooting in tA general location urbed by, the object (
aighter of it. The last star that fell was a very
reral large oneiBThe object was app. at X when
3, about, we Looked back to the northeast, there
n 8!!5 1 we saw 4 more objects fo ing
o of the first. These the path
closer together,
8'3 first. Neither did they move around as
much, but seemed to stay on a straighter
brilliance Cfseemed to travel at the course. These were of a blue-white
same rate of speed.
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FROM: (Originator) DATE-TIME GROUP SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
151945Z Z MAR 54 UNCLASS IFIED
21= PRECEDENCE ACTION INFORMATION
COMDR ATIC FOR: PRIORITY
TO: COMDR NORTHEAST AIR COMMAND ORIGINAL MESSAGE
PEPPERRELL AF I BASE □
ST JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND JEXC ADDRESS CRYPTOPRECAUTION
YES NO
REFERS TO MESSAGE:
IDENTIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
INFO: NEOIN 33,407 UNCLASSIFIED
occurred
Request recheck for this date and also same date 1950.
In reply cite Project Blue Book.
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ELECTRONICS BRANCH
Ofice of Record
DRAFTER'S sAME (and nigaturs, cben required) RELCASING OFAICER'S SIGNATURE
Capt t C. A. Hardin/jos
SYMB0L TELEPHONE 3147 OFFIQAL TOLE SCHUM
ATIAE-5 COOUISAS
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NEOIN 33,407ATTN PROJECT BLUE BOOK
REFERENCE YOUR AFOIN-ATIAE-3-4-E NO RECORD OF UFOB INCIDENT ON 19
DECEMBER 1951 COULD BE FOUND IN THOROUGH OF RECORDS THIS HEAD-
QUARTERS AND HARMON AIR FORCE BASE
. 10/2150Z MAR R JEXC
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REFERS TO N MESSAGE:
DONT IICATION CLASSIFICATION
INFO:
AFOIN-ATIAE-3-4-F
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result of telephone report n Ct Incident occurred 2210
hours 19 Dec 51, Harmon AFB.
In reply Book.
COCRD: ATHON:
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CAPT HARDIN
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COL OHERN
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 1 OF I PAGES
DRAFTER'S NAME (and tignaturs, when required) RELEASING OFFICER'S SIGNATURE
Capt C.A.Hardin/jos 11073
SYMAOL 73147 OrF RITGT SCHUM
ATTAB-5
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DD0CT 49 173 REPLACES NME FORM 1 173. 1 MAY 49, * U. S. GOVERNVINT PRINTING OFPICE
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DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
1 Korea CASE MISSING) Military INSUFFICIENT DATA
4 Watsonville, California Civilian Astro (METEOR)
(CASE MISSING)
4 Travis AFB, California Astro (I.ETEOR)
7 Palmer, Alaska Astro (s/p)
7 Other (CONTRAILS)
16 Artesia, New Mexico General Rach UNIDENTIFIED
(CARDS MISSING)
7 17 E. Long Island, New York Astro (IETEOR)
19 Cedar Keys, Florida Military Astro (METEOR)
20 Fairchild AFB, Washington Military Astro (ETEOR)
21 Mitchell AFB, New York Military BALLOON
22 Nenana, Alaska Military (RADAR) Other FETU
22 Norwalk, Connecticut Other (ESYCHOLOGICAL)
29 North Korea Military BALLCON
. 29 Fennsylvania, Multiple Astro (METEOR)
ADDITIONA CASES)
DATE LOCATICN SOURCE EVALUATION
Jan Maxico City. A Space Craft Digest
FILG Spring Issue, 1958
1952 Pacific . Dews Article
21 Iran
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would get bright
& dim, but not so
quickly.
MOUN
RIDGE
This was Central Standard Time.
The sky was da: & clear & all
the stars were visible. That is why
we could definately tell that the
objects were so much different.
There were 9 of us witnessing this RIDGE
spectacle until 9PM. My husband & I
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having the consistanc contrail started
the moon. As the contrail aporoached arth it point
in the contrail there was lateral disnlacment. ather
station indicated a wind shift at 18,c0o feet. The ontrail appeare have
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APPROXIMATELY SIX ZERO DEGREES PD AT TWO TWO
ZERO ZULU J IT WAS TOO DARK TO OBSERVE THE NARROW CMA VERTICAL CLOUDS CMA
HOWEVER CMA THE VAPOR TRAIL WAS STILL VISIBLE PD THE TRAIL HAD EXPANDED
AND HAD THE APPEARANCE CIRRUS TYPE CLOUD THREE ZERO
ZULU-THE TRAIL-HAD-DISSIPATE CAPTAIN SMITH THE WEATHER DETACHMENT
ALSO OBSERVED THE PHENOMENO HIS COINCIDES WITH CAPTAIN
KUEHNASTS PD HOWEVER CMA IN ADDITION STATED THAT THE LOWER CMA
VERTICAL CLOUD WAS ROUGHLY SHAPED C BOWL ING PIN CMA THE VAPOR
TRAIL APPEARED LUMINOUS CMA AND NOT BELIEVE THAT EITHER
WAS THE RESULT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICI
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T/NEOIN 3365. REFERENCE ALFA FOXTROT OSCAR INDIA NECTAR
DASH ALFA TANGO INDIA ALFA ECHO THREE FOUR DASH ECHO AND
3 ALFA FOXTROT OSCAR NECTAR DASH ALFA TANGO INDIA ECHO
THREE DASH FIVE ECHO PD PROJECT BLUE BLOOK PD SEARCH OF RECORDS
REVEALS TWO INCIDENTS OF UNION FOXTROT OSCAR BRAVO NATURE OCCURRED
3 HARMON AIR FORCE BASE ONE EIGHT DECEMBER NINE FIVE ZERO AND TWO FOUR
= DECEMBER ONE NINE FIVE ZERO CMA BOTH RESULTING IN TELEPHONE CON IVERSATIONS
BETWEEN GENERAL WHITTEN AND COLONEL HUGES PD OUR RECORDS DO NTT REVEAL
UNION FOXTROT OSCAR BRAVO INCIDENTS ON THESE DATES IN ONE NINE FIVE
PD NARRATION OF INCIDENTS FOLLOWS PD AT APPROXIMATELY TWO FIVE
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DECLASSIFIED AF AR INTERVALS:
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UNCLAS IFIED
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ZULU CMA ONE EIGHT ONE NINE FIVE ZERO CMA THE STORM
. DETECTION RADAR UNIT OF THE WEATHER SQUADRON DETACHMENT TAT ERNEST HARMON
AIR FORCE BASE PICKED UP AN OBJECT IN SAINT GEORGES BAY ABOUT TWO
TO FIVE HUNDRED YARDS HEAD POINT PARN FOUR EIGHT
BUT WAS UNABLE TKO DISCOVER ANY UNUSUAL
RETURNS FURTHER OUT WERE INVESTIGATED
BY THE PRESENTED AN EXCELLEN CTUCE
CN TH DURING THE INVESTIGATION GOLF COCA ALFA WAS UNABLE
TO PIC UNLDENT BJE ALERT WAS CANCELLED AT Z05
FOUR CMA BIT
CAUSED RELATi
ON THE IN PLACES WERE PERPENDICULAR REFLEC E PD
© BEGIN SECOND INCIDENT FOUR
AT APPROXIMATELY TWO ON
UNCI ASSIFIED