PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-296-55
1. DATE ... 2. LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
31 Gii4 55
1-S00-b5 0 Was Balloon
Trenton, New Jersoy Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local I Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 01/01202 Sop 55 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes Probably Astronomical
Civilian and Mil. (GOC) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS .COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Fifteen (15) Mimtes On (1) Straight line Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
One (1), round, amber, object, the of a Received by Af Form ll2. Possibly
baskotball hold at arms longth seen for a per- balloon. Duration of sighting, and the
iod of 15 mimutos. Faded out. 1 almost stationary course substantiate
the above theory.
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
31 Aug 55 Trenton, New Jersey 0 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION R Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aireraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT. 01/0120z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aireraft
3. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronamical
Yes 00 Probably Astronamical
No civilian and military (Goc) Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 0 Other.
fifteen mins one straight line 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round, amber,Hobj, size of basketball Possible Balloon. Duration of sighting
held at arms length seen for 15 mins. Faded held at arms length seen for l5 mins. Faded and almost stationary course substantiaie
out. out. above theory.
(NO CASE IN FILE)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

By THOMAS M. COMELLA
OF UFO:. TRC is now EXCLUSIVE-TRC STUDIES AMAZING COLOR PHOTO exami
it stand out from of photographs ever taken! It is not photographic detail which makes ining one of the most conclusive UFO
UFO involved is show authentic pictures. It is the fact that the
.8n The photographer on a color Kodachrome slide.
mately 9:30 p.m. in late talking with his s parents at approxi.
camera Model B. 35 h him. Suddenly, approaching from
the north and followed a horizontal trajectory. At its nearest point the south, they all saw a brilliant glowing object. It moved toward
to the observers, the photographer took the picture.
agreed that the film probably would show r Since the object was not too large in the sky, it was generally
when the slide was returned from the processing laboratory, a re- nothing. However,
markable reproduction of the object was present. The object was
just a blue-white dot when it was observed with the naked eye. The
trail behind it was a deep blue color. When observed with a mag- nifying glass the object takes on a definite disc-shape with a sur-
rounding blue glow!
The disc involved is certainly not a light from any airborne
light in the sky. After studying the photo for a period of time, it saw nothing except the brilliant
for such an image is a meteor. is realized that the only possible known object that could account
but this object didn't. However, meteors usually burn out in full view of the observer.
Also, meteors follow curved trajectories
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toward the ground, but this object followed a horizontal trajectory. Meteoric speeds are so fast that
their motion. Even astronomical cameras are not capable of this. ordinary cameras will not stop
Photographs of meteors merely show a straight line on the film. The object in vas
speeds because the sim Kodak camera stopped its motion! obviously not traveling at meteoric
for a long time in order to get a good look at it and photograph it. Also, the observer states that all witnesses watched the object
some fantastic chance the observer did get a photograph of it, the In such a length of time any meteor would be far gone and, if by
meteor would only appeear as a thin, white line and not a blue- white disc!
Study of this unusual photograph is still underway. A tele-
vision photo expert has informed TRC hat, in his opinion, the ob-
ject is an authentic photograph of some kind of space craft moving through the Earth's upper atmosphere at incredible speed.
icists have decided that the strange trail or tail could be due to . Phys-
ionization of the atmosphere.
At any rate, the photograph remains one of the most conclu- .
sive pieces of evidence of extra-terrestrial visitation!