PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
2. LOCATION

™ stro: (SATURN)

Probably Saturn. In the approximte position since SATURN was
observed later in the evening further West and at a higher altitude.
No exact computation can be mee since the date is not available

1, DATE - TIME GROUP
1700

Mt Vernon, New York

3. SOURCE

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

One
5S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

3 Seconds
é. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Grourd=—Visual TX)
7. COURSE

Satati onan i
8. PHOTOS

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Object coserved in 1953 through Telescope reported in 1965, «
12 yrs after the sighing. Object was observed for 3 seconis
through the telescope and could not be relocated. Time was day
light about 5 PM. Satum like object with ring around it.

Witness tried to explain why object could NOI have been the
Planet SATURN and all four reasons he axe were Anes

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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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Dear Mr . iis

This is in reply to your report of an aerial object which
you observed in 1953. 7

Your report has been forwarded to Dr; J. Allen Hynek, the
civilian consultant to Project Blue Sook, for review.

Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force.
Sincerely,

JOEN Ps SPAULDING

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Chief, Civil
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WATCH eae lett MARS: By July,1954, Mars will swing to within 40
million miles of the Earth. The Air Force, not overlooking Mars as the pos-
sible source of "saucers" is getting geared for the event. Some authorities
believe that Mars' proximity will produce a new rash of sightings, perhaps
even surpassing the ''saucer" circus of July 1952, when, according to Don
Keyhoe, the Air Force was prepared for aninvasion. One indication of of-
ficial concern is in White Sands, New Mexico where teams of scientists are
presently being schooled on UFO identification, and the use of special instru-
mentation to track the objects. This project is headed by astronomer, Dr.
Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of the planet, Pluto, and Dr. Lincoln La
Paz, famous authority in the study of meteoritics.

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ASTRONOMERS ALERTED: Mars rather than cosmic expansion will con-
cern astronomers this summer. Already an American team has joinedothers
in Bloemfontein, South Africa where telescopic perception is better. Bloem-
fontein and other observatories in the southern hemisphere were chosen be-
cause Mars will pass almost directly overhead each night. Ostensibly inter-
ested in Martian canali, atmospheric conditions, etc., this world-wide pro-
ject will observe the red planet for more cogent reasons. One school of in-
formed opinion believes that Mars is used by some remote extra-stellar in-
telligence as a base of ''saucer operatioris"; others are convinced that Mars
on its own right is inhabited ... and is using "two unknown objects" as step-
ping stones to Earth.

THE ENIGMA OF "TWO UNKNOWN areacuen te What is the real signifi-
cance behind these two mysterious objects? Information to this date is frag-
mentary and confusing. Frank Edwards, radio commentator, first reported
Mr. Palomar's discovery of the objects over a year and a half ago, but this
was denied. Then on September 3, 1953, Sir Edward Appleton, famous British
radio-physicist, proclaimed in an address to the British Ass'n. of Advance-
ment of Science, that British and Australian astronomers had identified radio
noises in the constellation of Cygnus where earlier Mt. Palomar discovered
"two unknown objects of unique character" and described them as "discover-
ies of great astronomical interest."

On March 12, Frank Edwards again revealed official concern over the two
"objects" like moons which lie in the orbit between Earth and Mars. These
objects recently confirmed by radio-telescope, according to Edward's in-
formant, were not seen prior to 1877. Scientists in White Sands are exam-
ining the evidence. Information is sketchy, but CRIFO will pass along what-
ever it learns.

The following named men have accepted Associate Membership with CRIFO.

Thaddeus W.CulmerlII . . Robinson, Illinois
Dean A. Mitchell... . . Cincinnati, Ohio

James Moseley. .... . presently in Lima, Peru

NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY) «Ze 2953 |
( Hamilton County, Chie

The identification of aerial objects in photographs is sometimes difficult --

especially so when the photographer is unknown and cannot be contacted for am-
plification of certain undefinable details.

Such was the case recently. On Feb. 12,1954 this writer received in the mail

four photos which the anonymous sender claimed in his attached note, were taken
at dawn in the sumn@ of 1953 gBmewhere (near Cincinnati) in Hamilton County.
Each of the four photos show the object about 200 ft. above aridge of trees.

Picture #1 shows a blackish cloud of smoke encompassing an apparent metallic
object. The tapered basal portion of the object is illumined by a bright light
while at the opposite end facing skyward is another illumination. This seems
less intense and is probably the glare of sunlight. The smoke behaves anomal-
ously, which, according to the observer, ''seemed to be coming from the bottom
of the object and being suctioned in again at the top. The smoke drifted away,
but not as smoke usually does but towards the ground and hung together in sort
of an egg-shaped cloud."

Pictures #2, 3, and4 show the smoke having cleared. In view is a flat octa-
gon-shaped object about 40 feet in diameter. In the center of the octogan's un-
der surface is a bright light from which is suspended a small ovate device. The
octagon swung "like a pendulum" in its curved upward course. That the object
is propelled is indicated by the fact that it was moving (4 mph) against the wind
whose force was shown by the sway of the treetops. The observer adds, he
thought he heard a strange humming noise.

Many questions remain, but all attempts to contact the witness have failed. His
note specified that he wanted "no publicity or part of the controversy", but he
added, "if the photos proved of value'', he could be reached through the Per-
sonal Column of the Cincinnati Enquirer. My message, however, gotnoresults.

I next visited the Air Force Office of Special Investigations who promptly phoned
ATIC in Dayton for instructions. Our meeting was friendly and chatty, but I
could easily detect OSI's concern... concern in gaining possession of the photos,
and, being adequately evasive to my questions. They accomplished both!

Three weeks later the photos were returned without comment. On the surface
of one photo, Lab Technicians had applied a glossy colloidal substance ... the
evidence of extensive tests! Such leads one to believe that preliminary analyses
were unable to resolve the object.

Summarily, the object's identity remains UNKNOWN. At first glance, this writer
concluded that the octogan device constituted the framework panel of a self-dis-
integrating type of balloon, but a framework minus its balloon would not man-
euver as though propelled, as the photos show. For elaboration I checked with

a Colonel 'W'', Commander of ---Anti-aircraft Battalian. He averred that the
device could be the framework of a ''calibrating" balloon, used in conjunction
with a theodolite to check the efficiency of radar scopes. He explains the black
smoke in photo #1 as the burning of the balloon's fabric (neoprene rubber). But
once again, what of the object's curved upward course, and its flying against

the wind, minus the inflated balloon?