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Obycct was briiliant white, movin: at terrific Known a/e in tno ared, and it was
sicen, ane showed two red blinking lignts white idontified. Maneuvere eliinate
hovering. All oveutnts were verticle di varying possibility of Astro sieturbineeu.
angles. dee report of exp riment purfortd by
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our letter of lo February 1953, we advised you as to our laboratery's
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Supersedes AMC will bo ased Air Foree- JUL 52 36607

Comander Alvin Edward Moore, USMR E
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Reference is nade to your letter of 24 December 1952 to Capt
E J. Ruppelt. Uniortumately, this letter was misrcuted causing
Sdme delay. The piece of material you forwarded has been analyzed
and, quoting frem the laboratory ports "both textarally and minera-
logically the specimen beert regemblance to.very basic alag
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AMC Form Supersedes AMC Ferm 8. Rev 1 used. Air Foree-WPAFB-L-23 JUL-52 3600M

it was a synthetic material or whether it was of meteoric origin. Two
polished surfaces were examined in reflected polarized light and two thin
sections polarized light.
Neither texture nor the mineralogical the
specimen is comparable the texture and mineralogical composition
of known stony meteorites. On the other hand, this cursory examination
indicates that both texturally and mineralogically specimen bears a
strong resemblance to very basic slag from an open-hearth The
five principa ase
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Howard C. Cross
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Receipt of Classified Material
To (Assignee) From (Sender) Date Mailed
Mr. Miles E. Goll P. O. Box 216 *
Hand carried
P. 0. Box 9575 Station A by F. L.
Wright-Patters Columbus, Ohio Bagby
Attention A. B. Westerman
Duplicate to be retained by the recipient.
Triplicate retained by sender for suspense file.
In identifying material, avoid any reference which might cause the receipt to become classified.
Date of Doc. Reference or Copy No.
Description Ltr. of Trans. File No. and Series From Addressed to
Letter X 2/4/53 G-1579-4 Howard ross Miles E. Goll
Report Attn Capt. Ruppelt
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BASE. NCTICEABLE BECAUSE CF ITS GLOBULAR SHAPE AND INTENSE UKITE
INCANDESCENCE. OBJECT WAS IN VEW APRX 2 MIN 3S SECONDS, TRAVELED
WEST APRX 1 MIN CANE TO AN INNEDIATE STOP, VITNCUT DECELERATING BEGAN 6
TO GRON IN SEZE AND BRILLIANCE AS IT HOVERED FOR APRX 3S STCONDS, THF
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AT A GREATER SPEED, TRAVELING THE SAME PATH, AND COMPLETELY DININISHED (
IN 1 MIN. WEATHER CLEAR VIS 6D MILES SURFACE WIND EAST 1S MILES, SE
WIND 7000 FEET 120 DEGREES 9 KNOTS S0UTH 1000D FEET 163 DEGREES 7
KNOTS DUE WEST 16020 FEET 28D DEGREES 32 KNCTS. NO CTHER WITNESS OR C
REPORTS. OESERVERS APPEAR TO BE RELIABLE, AND STATE IT WAS NOT AN
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h. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED TRON GROUND? Yes No
ENakod Eye
1 Binoculars
Telescope
Tneodolito
5. WAS O Yes 9-15
By One Sot
By Two Sets
By Thrae Sets
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A/C Observed Object
)Interception Attempted
No Intercept Attempted
7. WERE EPT? D Yes 2No
A/C Scramblad
O Visual Contact Mada
CA/I Contact Made
CNo Contact Mado
S. DID O NY TIME? Yes No
C]Normal
IlViolent
9. IF OBJ UBlinking
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10. LENGTH C11-15 Seconds
1-5Minutes
17 Over 10 Mnutes
Mailing Address
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II. ASTRONOMICAL DATA
12- NOTED?
13. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO ARCH DOWNNARD? LIYes No
14. DID OBJECT HAVE A TAIL? !! Yes No
15. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO DISINTEGRATE? TiYes No
16. TIME OF SIGHTING RELATIVE TO SUNRISE SUNSET
CMight
Day
C Sunrise
I Sunset
III. AIRCRAFT I DATA unk.
17. WERE AIRCRAF NOTED IN AREA? Yes No
One Aircraft
Aord Than Ome Alrerafs
18. WAS ANY SOUND HEARDT !Ye3 CINo
19. WERE THERE INDICATICNS OF RIGH EACKGROUND NOISET Yes No
O. WAS THE OBJECT VIEMED ALOVE L5O ELEVATION? mYes No
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. gs:ou'ritted
vautcy, Fre occa, re.r sightings of
a brillient white sertal object eveninge O 7 Augist l?52-in the vicinity.
of Port Lyautey. The-cbservation of this briiliently alowing aerisl object was rade
by airborne pilots of Air Transport Squsdron Twenty F'ur (ve-24), besed at Port lyartey,
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NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IMFORMATIOM AFFECTINA TME MATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITEO STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPTONAIM LAWS._ TITLE IO. U.S... SECTVON
7.33 AND 794. THE TRANSMM SSIOW"OR THE REVELATIOM OF ITS COMTENTS IM ANY MAMNER TO AN UNAUTNURIZED PERSOM I3 PROHYBITEO BY LAW. REPNNDUCTIOM OF MATERIAL
IN-AAY SORM, SY OTHER THAN DEFEWSE ACTIVPTIES IS NOT AUTMORIPED EXCEPT:BY SPECIPIC APPROVAL OF THE SECHETARY OF THE NAVY.
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Location Type Launching Agency Yes No Lighting
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V. EVALUATION
21.E SOURCE: 22. DETAILS OF REPORT:
Excellent good
Good Fair
Fair Poor
Poor Inauf
Unreliable
Extremely Doubtful
Hoax
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O Was Balloon Was Astronomical
Probably Balloon Probably Asrnomical
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8,000 65,000
9,000 70,000
10,000 7 1601 75,000
12,000 12 80,000
14,000 207 85,000
18,000 95,000
20,000 100,000
5. WAS AN INVERSION LAYER NOTED? Yes CNo
(If yes, at what altitude? )
. WERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS S NOTED IN AREA? Yes No
(If yes, at what quadrant? )
7. CLOUD COVER: 8. VISIBILITY WAS
fest. tenths at feet. 22 MILES,
tenths at feet. tenths at
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generally termed rs". rta have been
noted in the recen est in lece) newspeoers.. While the poss-
: fbilities c ' ibilities of the obisct being ircraft or a "shooting ster". ircraft or a
havebeen have been .no conclusion has heen reeched conclusion has heen reeched as to the
identifice or sienift the object
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but when we said ree and ovr
position as slightly south Reld, he sighted nd kept
track of it stating size, peed
and altitude,
After the objeet had ading
turned sharply across our I egain tu ned toward toward tha object, con-
timuing my olimb toward it. At this time I noticed a very bright disc center--
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aireraft in ty: howe we located this other aircrert north of the
field, I definitel; ecognized green
lights, and v8low
We then contimued
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turn we were gircled by this ohject. At this tiee I roticel thet two red lights
were blinking very rapidly. The object then departed on a bearing of approxinately
230 degrees and went out of sight very rapidly.
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