PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7339688

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONEssex Junction Vt

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
19 Oct 55 Essex Junction, Vt 100 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground Visuel Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. 19/2338z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. 5. PHOTOS PHOTOS . . SOURCE SOURCE 0 0 Was Astronomical Was Astronomical
Y.s 0 Probably Astronomical
civilian civilian andmilitary andmilitary 0 Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronamical
DNo
7. LENGTH 7. LENGTH OF OF OBSERYATION 8. 8. NUMBER COURSE 0 0 Other
0 o Insufficient Data for insufficient Data Evaluation valuation
D Unknown
$3\f}mn$ $3\fin$ 1 Fading in south
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One obj shaped like a half moon and then a half moon and then Seen by member of Seen by member of 4602d AISS. From the
changing to to a disk shape. Size of a head of description of the obj and comments
a pea held at held at arms arms length. length. D orange at range at of 4602d AISS observer sighting vas vas
first then changing to blue-whit to blue-wh generated by a jet a/c.
ATIC FORM 32s 26 BXP 52)
.

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PD GCA REPORTED FIROT ACFT AT 1932 EDT IN CONTROL CMM OUT CO TROL AT
PAGE FOUR DE RJEPDH 10B
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1939 EDT PD SECOND ACFT 194S EDT IN CONTROL CMM OUT CONTROL AT 1S45
(
EDT PD ACFT MAKING FANTOM TOUCH DOWNS 20 FT T ABOVE RUNNING LEVEL CMM
APPROCHING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON NS RUNWAY (RUNWAY LENGTH 7922) PD (
11. OBJECT COULD POSSIBLY H 11. OBJECT COULD F POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN A JET TYPE ACFT F 86 CMM FLYING HAVE BEEN A JET TYPE ACFT F 86 CMM FLYING
AWAY FROM OBSK TO 10 MILES WITH THE AFTERBURNER
IN OPERATION CMM CAUSING THE ORANGE GLOW PD AC COULD HAVE FLOWN
ON COURSE SLIGHTLY TANGENT TO OBSERVERS VIEW CAUSING THE EXHAUST VIEW CAUSING THE EXHAUST
SECONDS OF THE SIGHTING AND IMMEDIATELY CHECKED WITH ALL CONTROL %
LING AGENCIES AT ETHAN ALLEN N AFB PD
12. NONE PD END
BT
221532Z OCT RJEPDH
COHLSNEAVd
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F. 3 3 MINUTES CMM 36 SECONDS PD
3. A. GROUND VISUAL
.. E. NONE
C. N/A
4. A 2338Z TO 2341302 1S OCT 55 PD
PAGE THREE DE RJEPDH 10B
)
B. NIGHT
5. 5. ESSEX JUNCTION CMM VT (HJBQ 5329) ESSEX JUNCTION CMM VT (HJBQ 5329)
6. CNM AGE 3E CMM OCCUPATION CLN ELECTRONICS TECH CMM AGE 3E CMM OCCUPATION CLN - ELECTRONICS TECH
VTCIV DEF DIS DIS
I H TRICT NO 2 PD 8 YEARS MIL SER WITH US NAVY PD TRICT NO 2 PD 8 ARS MIL SER WIT VY PD
B. B WALSTMM F CMM T SGT CMM 4602D AISS 4S02D ATSS CMM
FLT 3E PD DUTY CMM 20570 CMM NCOIC FLT 3E PD
7. A. T SGT SHITH IMMEDIATELY CALLED AIR WEATHER STATION AND BASE OPERA
TIONS AT ETHAN ALLEA AFB PD SEE REPORT OF FINDINGS BELOW PD
E. AIR WEATHER STATION REPORT CLN SURFACE WINDS TO 3802 AW 6 KNOTS
AT 2330Z PD
c. 3838 EASE (2330Z) PD
D. 1t MILES (2330Z) PD
?. E. 10/10 (23302) PD -
F. PILOT REPORT CLN HIGH LEVEL LIGHTNING DISPLAY 2DODS SW CF
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ETHAN ALLEN AFF (233AZ) CMI NO THUNDER PRESENT.PD
ε. IEG PD INFO
5. 1ONE
10. TWO JET ACFT IN AREA FLYING NITE TRANSITION UTILIZING GCA CCITROL

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.1.A.. SHAPED LIKE HALF MOOP
D. HEAD OF PEA
c. DULL ORANGE
E. ONE
E. /A
F. REF A. ABOVE
G. IEG
H. NEG
(
PAGE TWO TWO RJEPDH 13B 10B C
I. OBJECT APPEARED SUSPENDED FOR PERIOD OF 3 MINUTES CMM OBJECT
THEN APPEARED TO CHANGE TO DISC SHAPE AND DIMINISH IN
C
ORANGE TO BLUE WHITE CMM OBJECT CONTINU ALLY DIMINISHED TO PIN
POINT SIZE AND DISAPPEARED PD
2. A.
IN A SW DIRECTION PD OBJECT APPEARED TO BE OVER OR BEYOND
THE BURLINGTON AIRPORT CMM JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE CEILOMETER
BEAM PD FROM HIS POSITION IN ESSEX JUNCTION CMM VT (HJBQ 5329)
OBJECT ATTRACTEDHIS RNABLE MOTION
PD
B. ELEVATION APRX 10 DEGREES CMM AZIMUTH 223 DEGREES FROM
MAGNETIC NORTH PD
c. SANE AS B.
D. NEG
AnD

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YDC131 TYD115 TMB135 -
WPE162 WPE162 YDC131 TYD115 TMB135 TTB062 TTE062
MM RJEDEN RJEDWP MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPSN
DE RJEPDH 10B
M 2012302 M 201230Z 4x2a
FM COMDR FLT 3-E 46O2D AISS EAAFB WINOOSKI VT
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO
RJEPSN/COMDR 32D AIDV DEF HANCOCK FLD SYRACUSE NY
/
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH DC
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/AIS3E 127K PD UFOB PD THE FOLL - Ea B0 COMPL WITH
PARA 7 AFR 200-2 DTD 12 AUG 54 CLN
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