PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. Project personnel (Lt Olsson and con-
11 people in Darlington and Monroe, Wisc.| tract astronomer) made a TDY trip to
| Object appeared low in the Eastern sky the sighting area on 17 Jun 53.
| and rose to approx 80° elevation before | 2- From interrogation it was discovered
disappearing. Reported by some to be object very closely paralleled course
Ssevebing extremely fast and lighted up | of Venus on 31 May 53.
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RECENT AUSTRALIAN SIGHTINGS
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a rth Queen may
. - ada Sm SL genes an Ma Weareiict, reported by radio that a
strange oesest, like a lighted glass’ dome"was manoeuring around his'
plane, just south of the city. At 6.08 p.m,he reported tu CIVIL
AVIATION Department Control Tower in Wackay,the, object manoeuvred a-
. round, his shane a DC3 airliner,then crosse@ his path and disappeared
vost, \ravellang feat. This happoned on hay 10.

A check with the control tower at the airport showed that there
were no other aircraft in the vicinity. Mr. W.. Overell,who was in
charge of the control: tower,said he saw the light a vparently climbing
from about 400 ‘or 5000ft. west at a terrific rate,untill it vanished,

_ and Captain Jones who:still had it under observation then,said it c
crossed his path again’ near Freshwater Point. ‘

_ Frank.. Hines a raaio operator, saw it again at 3 am.the follow-
ing morning‘at first as a light to soaward, There were no planes io
about he said,and puzzledé,he switched off: the lights im.the radio room
in order to see it better. The objeet then shot atraignht. upwerds at '
terrific speed,and vanished. | a ig”

_  »= Captain Jones said that he and his second pilot had.watched ‘the
ooject for about. five minutes. There was. no possibility, he added,
(dueing the course of a-radio broadcast) that it could have been a

rmeton Bing the object climbed and-dived “yet. not erraticallyvand it's
speed had * varied tetween 200 and 700 M.P.H.whilst being viewed.
Captain Jones .said the object did not emit. vapour or sparks,

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Cource: CSI ones 18 Hay 1953

Bri sbane, Australia

Rrisban

oes ewe t seton' s meteorological officer while plotting the course
of a btalioon with a theodolite,located a bright cresent shaped object
in the morning sky.It a ppeared. to be moving in a southerly direction.
An airline pilot, Capt.G. Hitchcock a@lso viewed it through the instr-
“ument and vith the naked

eye. It gave the observers the impression -

thet it was suspendeé in space;it was also glittering and ‘Feflocting - .
the early morning sunlight.

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Courees CST (11Z) 19 May 1953

Melbourne, Australia

Melb 1953 ‘ad
ee ee 43- moe le at surrey hills yesterday reported seeing a : *
four adnate "Bas play by a rockct~like ship high in the sky. It appeared °
to be 100 ft long;the sun shone brilliantly off it's sides. |

A Melbourne asitonomer said that the object could not of been a |
moteo:; it is impogsible to account for every phenomenon of the sky
or the objects that ay about it.

‘OBJECTS HAD BEEN SIGHTED IN THE CLOSE;I''MEZDIATE VICINITY OF |
THE FOLLOWING AUSTRALIAN sAERODROiES DUEING May 19535 “MACKEY, |
EGOENDON, CONDER. . PuRK, AND KINGAROY. .

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cones Officer E. Dangler of the American SS. Steel Advocate,
Capt. C. R. Fitzsimons, Master, reports the following phenoin-

enon:

While at anchor in Pussur River Entrance, E. Pakistan, in
lat. 21°30’ N., lon. 89°36’ E., at 2802 G. M. T. May 10, 1953, a
brilliant n flash was observed in the sky hearty 275° true,
at an altitude of 15° and moving in a neethwrenterty direction.
The meteor was visible for 2 po Bon then disappeared at an
altitude of 4° bearing 305° trie, leaving a green ‘en ] for an addi-
tional 1 second. Wind west-southwest force 3, slight sea, mod-
erate southwest swell. barometer 29.53 inches, tofhperature air
86° F., wet bulb 88° F., sea 87° F.

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altitude, or relation to fixed stars, or both. . |
Complete svete on long-enduring trains and their direction of drift

are of especial importance, as they determine wind direction in the upper
atmosphere. _

NORTH ATLANTIC

Mr. C. M. Torgersen aboard the American SS. Marion Lykes,
Capt. W. E. Alley, Master, reports that on May 24, 1953, at 0735
G. M. T., in lat. 27°27’ N., lon. 71°37’ W., a bright blue-green

meteor was observed near the star Dubhe. The meteor dropped
vertically leaving a blue-green to red colored trail which spread

out in fan shape, and disappeared in an intense flaring red flash
after. traversing 11° arc.

DATS

JUNE 1953 SIGHTINGS

LOCATION OBSERVER

EVALUATION

Susumer Mt. Vernon, New York Astro (SATURN)
Sunmer Cincinnati, Ohio (STRINGFIZLD)(INFO)4 Anonymous Photos (Unable to Locate)
Summer Muskogee, Oklahoma q@amme( PHC10) Other (HOAX)
2 _ Newton, Miss, Lake Charles, La. Milit Air Astro (METEOR)
2 San Antonio, Texas <<, Other (SEARCHLIGHT)
4 Muster, Texas ST. Afc
5 13.42N 137.118 (Guam) Milit Astro (Meteor) —
7 Norwood, Ohio ——_. —_— Balloon
8 Bethesda, Maryland Balloon
9 North Korea Military ‘Balloon
9 Tilamook, Oregon EARS OS Astro (VENUS)
10 Detroit, Michigan er] A/c
11 Goose AFB, Labrador Ground (RADAR) Other (BIRDS)
12 Covington, Georgia Numerous Residents Insufficient Data
13 44.30N 137.10E (Pacific) Military Air A/c
16 San Antonio, Texas Military Other (Reflection)
18 €@ Iow Jima (FOLDSR)(SCOPZ PHOTOS) Air Intercept RADAR Other (Anomalous Prop)
18 Key West, Florida ; alge § Other (Searchlight)
20 Shawnee, Kansas long Insufficient Data
21 Naha & Kadena, Okinawa Ground Visual 1. A/c
2. UNIDENTIFIED

21. Pepperell, Newfoundland Major 4 Balloon
22 Goose AFB, Labrador Pilot & Radar Observer UNIDENTIFIED
23 Bracketsville, Texas ee Astro (MeTZO0R)
2); Hampton Bays, L.I., New York = Other (Psychological)
ek, Annapolis, Md, Washington, D. C. Military &Civilian Balloon
2h Iwo Jima Air Visual Other (Ground Lights)

Air Intercept (RADAR) UNIDSNTIFIED
2h Simiutak, Greenland (Military)” | |_-: UNIDENTIFIED
el, Cincinnati, Ohio oie Astro (MsTEOR)
2h New London, Connecticut Civil Airlines A/C (CRASH IN ATR)
23 White Plains, liew York (AirVisual) Insufficient Data
30 Ramore, Ontario, Canada Military Astro (Moon)
30 Sacramento, California Military Astro (RZGULUS)

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