PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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A faw mimutes later a smell airplane flew over The lighto in
relation te the . lowex. slower, and did not hear
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$2) which 09.00i direetion of rlight
inates
The ligated at longitude 88
The true altitude approxinately 2,COO feet. Ihe speed
could not be judged, but appeared C to be than a small airplane (75 aph).
Severnl other persons in were
reported.
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2290 miide iey, 72°
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BAY MINETTE A
Mauvilla OU BAE H
Wiimer TION
Semm 31
MOBILE MADIO
1123 MOB-0 50
ichan
Settiement
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MOBILE BSE
217 N St WALA
217 11 1183125.18 1410 (C-146)
MOBCE RADIC
248 MO9- ERO RLEY AFD
12M 88
GCA SYSTEM
211 156.18 238.5
CAUTION
SILVERINLL (NAVY
1 DAVIS 129 -H 30
180--23 Robertsdale
Semlement
WORH AREA
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Fairhoge N SUMWERDALE (NAVY
st 129 2723
ISummerdale
A 281 FAIRCLOTH DLAVY
Grin4 101° 70-
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Man Lauis MAGNOLIA(NAVY) WAISER (NAVY)
93-H29 90 20 O
Bayeu Faley Elberta
Batre Batre
BON SECUR BON UR SARIN
257 o
JAK DAK
3s 20
WOLF (NA
S S 54H 30 54H30
3 CANAL (NAVY)
BON SECOUR 16-336 16-136
SFT MORGAN FT MORGAN BAY
N r10 DANCERAREA ANOER AREA
0-180 0.18D
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DauohinI Fou 5ou
R8n Mobule Posgl Mobile Posgl
MOBILE POINT MOBILE POINT DANGER AREA 1380 138
300 (D-152)
10m-20m&40e-50m 10m-20m & (0e-50m
Airerart operating under instrument itight
G ULF rute weether conditions an an instrument
Might plan within or on top of an avercast
can proeeed through this dangee sree without
grior claarance from the using dgency. Naval
Air Canter Pensacola, Fla.
CA
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A
FCQ
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88°C 45' 30
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134 1407 1501 160 170 130 190] 200
10 001 50 700 770
F01 TonT 110 1.20
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MOBILE
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hours, atslpar Base Opera Air Provoet
arsral who in ir noti/ied 703rd
Air Transport
iranea A.
Lieutenant glliott and the
Grou?, condnct tion.
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actions may be transmitted. No supplementary
the "General Warning Signal" which
In Plight
Color and Type of Signal On the Cirumt d in lond
STEADY GREEN Cleared for take-off
siperts groon at prepor time)
FLASHING GREEN Cleared to taxi
dnv wav aircraft and con-
otmue sireding
STEADY RED Stop land
FLASHING RED Taxi ciear of landing nren
use 4
FLASHING WHITE Return to starting
ALTERNATING Grtern!
RED & GREEN
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TRAFFIC PATTERN
L
ND INDICATOR .
In semented
n i used
Safe flying requires thnt a pilot know the ae. If the
circle marker, illustrated above, fure Dei MUN a folowed.
with the circle marker, they tell the pi: A-258,
traffic pattern indicators are not
For additional information twhi :
C.A.A., I Department Comm m 6

matary traveling frm scutherly dire inately
450; ape
Objeet bluish-gray lights arrang ed unidentirisd
pattern arse vlightly larger than mall airplane. As objeet pa ssed
overhead, it dnsd tted a snft "yhcoah" so und unlike sound of jet ii Cbserver
had impression F 8 urrounding lights.
Airborn C-46 departed Breoklay AFB 2122 hours.
14 C-74 departed Brookley AP9 2203 hours.
. Unidentified small a/e passed over observer
a fow minutes after uos objeets
3 Chief In Mvision
41 Commenta of portior Unit
3. len
40 Sectional Aero
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. tatommnt Captain, DSa9
2. Yenter Ropore Ans't Adjutent
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PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
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I. GENERAL
DATE 2. LOCATION 3.1I10
Local:
12 Zebra:
4. WAS CBJE FROM THE GROUND? CYes I No
Haked Eye
Binoculars
Telescope
Theodolito
WAS OBJE OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? O Yes PNO
By One Set
By Two Sets
CBy Thrae Sets
WAS E AIR? O Yes 3N0
A/C Observad Object
()Interception Attenpted
No Intercept Attompted
PT ] Yes aMo
A/C Scrambled
Visual Contact Made
CA/I Contact Made
No Contact Mado
DID Y TIME? O Yes
CNormal ENO
]Violent
Blinking
Nlstoady
LO AT 1U1-15 Seconds
C11-5 Mimutes
1 Over 10 Mnutes
I1. Rb Address)
II. ASTRONOMICAL DATA
12. UTED?
2
13.DID OBJECT APPEAR TO ARCH DUWNNARD? . "LlYes ENo
14. DID OBJECT HAVE A TAIL? !! Yes ENO
15. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO DISINTEGRATE? TiYes LNO
16. TIME OF SIGHTING RELATIVE TO SUNRISE OR SUNSET (Data From Air Almanac)
DNight
Cl Day
C Sunrise .
['Sunset
III. AIRCRAFT f DATA
17.ME IN AREA? Yes No
ZOne Aireraft DeAle
INore Than One Airoraft
.WASZ GHEART Tes
OTERGTHENA C2H0
O. WAS THE OEJECT VIEWED A JATION? TYes 1INO
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OPOP JEDWP-JEDEN 222 48
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FH CG MOAMA DROOKLEY AFB ALA
TO JEDWP/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLONADO SPRINGS COLO (
FOR ATIAA-2C FOR INTEL.OFF JFOR ATIAA-2C FOR INTEL.OFF −
, FLYOBRPT AT APPROXIMATELY 220D CDT AN CESERVER LCCATED AT 68 . FLYOBRPT AT T 83
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DEGREE 03.5 5 MINS. WEST 30 DEGREE 45 MINS-NORTH VISUALLY CESERVED
FIVE STEADY BLUISH LIGNTS SHAPED LIKE FLATTENED ELLIPSES AND GROUPED
ROUGHLY ELLIPTICAL. THE OBJECTS WERE TRAVELING A STRAIGHT TRUE COURSE
OF 45 DEGREE AT A SLON SPEED. A SOFT WHOCSH SOUND WAS HEARD WHEN C
THE CEJECTS PASSED DIRECTLY OVER THE CESERVER. THE CEJECTS DISAPPEARED (
BEHIND A TREE AFTER BEING SEEN FOR APPROXINATELY 3 MINUTES APPRCXIMATELY
3 MINUTES-LATER A SMALL LIGHT AIRPLANE AT 23O9: FEET ALTITUDE PASSIS -
OVER THE CBSERVER. IN RELATION TO THE LIGHT ALRPLANE THE CBJECT .
NIOVED SLOVER AT A LOWER ALTITUDE AND BORE NC RESENELANCE TO THE E LICHTS 6
THE ORUECT APPEARED
155 TEA TE LIONT PLANE. DECENER 36H5 ELMELE AND A
HAS EnoUGH E FERENTIATE BETWEEN JET AIRCRAFT HEAVY
TRANS - YLERCRAFT.  WEATHER AT 2130
CLEAR 7 MILE VISIBILITY 74 DEGREE TEMP 55 DEC DINT SURFACE (

(Circle One): No
26.1 3.a nditions
did you ones?
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caused it?
What is yor b?
Age
I Sex
Last Schoc cended Egrmelnm
Il Year of last attendance at this school
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It is to be tt ed that the undersigned is acting as lieson between
the two indivt lusls wLo saw the objeet and your office. At the
not to
give their nanes. However, they have will do so
if you regort beek that it essential
this report.
I would like very
P.S. nasmucL
es one of the members of our Coming Astronomy Club can
object
3 seen in tnis area October E2nd.
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SECTION D
22. In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. Place an
"A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon
When you first saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you
last saw it.
everhead
Plitem -
A-B *
Horizon
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23. In the follcwing sketch place an "A" the position the object was
when you fir and a " its position when you last saw it.
Overhead
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18. Did the object at ary time:
18.1 Move behind samething? (Circle One) Yes (NO) Don't know
F you answered YES, then tell behind.
18.2 Move in front of something? (Circle Ore)Yes Don't kncw
IF you answered yed in :
13.3 Blend with the background? (Circle One) Yes Don't know
19. Which of the following objects is size as the
object you saw? (Circle One):
a. Pen f. Automobile
b. Baseball g. Small airplane
C. Beskatball h. Large airplane
d. Bicyele wheel i.Dirigible mell
8. Orfice desk j. Other
19.1 Circile one following to indi
Question 19.
a Gertain c. Not very sure
Feirly certain d. Uncertain
(Cirele On Suddenly c. Other
(b; Gradually d. Don't romember
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Hours Seconds
12.1 Gircle one of the following to
your ansver to Question 12:
a Certain C. Not very sure
b.F Fairly sure a. Just a guess
13. Did the object look: (Circle O) Solid or Transparent?
14.
(Circle One
14.1 Change direction? No Don't know
14.2 Chang speed? 331 Don't know
14.3 Change slae? Don't know
14.4 Change solor? Yes No Don't know
14.5 Break up into parts
explode? Yes Mo Don't kncw
14.6 Give off smoke? Yes Don't kncw
14.7 Chanee brightness? Yes Don't know
14.8 Flicker. throb, or
pulto Yes Don't know
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(Circle One): a. North . South
b. Northeast . Southwest
C. East B West
d. Southeast h.) Northwest
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3.2 Circle one of th ollowing to indicate how certain
your answer to v9 two questions. (8 and 8.1)
(a.) Certain c. Not very sure
. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
. Were you wearing object? rcle One):
Yes a or (12)
10.I How was the object seen?
(Circle One): a. window glass Through theodolite
b. Through windshield Through sun sun glasses
. . binoculars g Through Through open space
d. Through telescope Other
11. What do you rem about th s at the time you saw
the object?
11.1 CLOUDS 11.3 WEATHER (Cirele One)
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a Clear sky @ Dry
Hazy Fog, Mist, or light rain
C. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain F --
Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
. e. Don't remember
11.2 11.4 TEMPER
e No wind a. Gold
Slight braeze b. Cool
C. Strong wind Warm
a. Don't remember Hot
Don't remember
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5. When did you
Day Month Year
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SECTION B
6. What
gWork -fule leig knse
6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the
object? fry to list the activity or activities, and the
approximete emount of time spent on each.
- - S bject?
(Oircle One): Yes Or Mo
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8 Eastern d. Pacific
Cantral e. Other
o, Nountain
a. Daylight Saving
Standard
1.4 Circla one of following to indicate how certain you are -
of your answer to the above question 1.2:
Certain C. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Just a guess
3.1 Were you:
(Circle One): , a. In the business section of a city? V
b.  In the residential section of a city?
In open countryside?
Flying near an airfield? Le
9. Flying over a city?
2. Flying over untry?
: 6. Other
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V. EVALUATION
22. DETAILS OF REPORT:
Excellent C Good
Good Fair
Fair Poor
Poor - Insuffi
Unreliable
Extremely Doubtrul
Hoax
23.
Balloon Was Astronomical
Probably Ballcon 000 Astrenomical
Possibly Balloon Poasibly Astroncmical
Was Alroraft Others
Probably Alreraft
ArIO st For 334,(13 Aug 52)

the ligh ible on
was
ould b object
irport
were plainly be timately
500 fest directio total
FRED W. SIEBERT
3 Lt. Colonel, USAF
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Director of Intelligence
GISCTRIBUTION BY URIINATON

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FROM AFOIN 58331 FLYOBPT ATTN CLN ATIAA-2C UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ATTN
SIGHTED VISUALLY OVER POINT ONE MILE SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE CMA VA
AND OVER TOWN OF FAIRFAX CMA VA. CONTINUOUSLY FROM O115 HRS TO 0445
HRS 22 SEP 52. OBJECTS APPEARED IN GROUPS OF TW0 TO FOUR IN VARYING
SIZES FROM *TEN QUART BUCKET" TO *VERY LARGE". OBJECTS APPEAR WHITE
IN COLOR SIMILAR TO AUTO HEADLIGHT CMA SPINNING AND MOVING TOWARD
GROUND INCREASING IN BRIGHTNESS AND AWAY FROM GROUND DEMINISHING
IN BRIGHTNESS. OBJECTS SIGHTED CENTERVILLE MOVING SOUTH WHILE OBJECTS
SIGHTED FAIRFAX MOVE NORTHEAST. CBSERVERS REPORT WEATHER AND SKY
U CLEAR EXCEPT FOR IN IMMEDIATE AREA IN WHICH OBJECTS SIGHTED, ALL
ORJECTS APPEARED OVERHEAD TO OBSERVERS, - . - SOUND' INDENTIFIED VITH
OBJECTS, OBSERVERS WERE OFFICERS CMA FAIRFAX
COUNTY CMAV CMA POLICE /
20/44 SDUA

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Transmitted herawith Forn 112 (Part I
and II)of a report of unusual flying objects seen rear Brockley
23 September 1952.
FOR TEE ENERAL:
trank B. i
FRANK B. ELLICTT
1 Incls 2d Lt., USAF AUA
HOMOAMA FORM NO.3 6
REV. 27 DEC. 48

FRANK B. ELLIOTT
2d Lt., USAF
. Asst. Intelligence I
DISTRISUTM BY ORIGINATOA
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