PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1. DATE 2.
Camden, Alabama C Was Bulloon 7
Panama City,_Florida(vicinit) 0 Probably Balloon
9 or 12 August 1956 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Wos Aircraft
Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar α Probably Aircraft
Local Possibly Aircroft
10/0012Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodar star
GMT CC. Was Astronomical
5. PHOTOS 0 Probably Astronomicol
Yes D Possibly Astronomical
No Ciivlian Other
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE D insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION D
D Unknown 70
30 - 40_minutes ons vertical
11. COMMENTS
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING that appeared to floht Local
One bright object not have been balloon. No
or hover overhend observed at approx significant astro body'overhend
55 dgrs elevation. Ohj appeared to 65 dgr elevation
glitter or throw sparks. Its sige & exceot Vega at
60 dpr azimuth and Arcturus at
shape-not given. Other measureheits 60 dgr eiovation and 270 dgr
info not given. azimnth-rising. Since objcct
Eaded with 'dawn, sighting evaluated
as astro (Vega).
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No Case (Information Gnly) 3 August 1956
Suva, Fiji Islands
1956,Aug. 3-Suva,Fiji Isiands-7pm-A luminous,spindle-shaped UFO,golden
in color,radiat in color,radiating 3 3 light rays by hundreds! Visi- Visi-
ble untill 3am, ble untili 3am, The Object Object traveled East-to-North!! travel East-to-North!!

OBJECT SEEMED TO HOVER OR FLOAT IN AIR. G SENT OFF SPARKS OR - 7
1
GLITTEREDBM H NEGATIVE 2A BRIGHTMESS OVERHEAD. B APPRON BTT
DEGREES C APPROX 55 DEGREES D OBJECT SEMED TO RISE CONTINUOUSLY
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6bs
5 30 DEGREES
11 MIN-N 85 DEGREES 48 MIN-W. 6A 11 MIN-N 85 DEGREES 48 MIN-W. 52 CAMDEN ALA 52 CAMDEN ALA
ENGINEER GOOD. 7A SCATTERED ENGINEER GOOI - KNOTS 6800FT 6500FT
2
30 N Ne
85.46 O cmms
cntp
Fd
PEGE TWO RJESAH 29
70 DEGREES 1 KNOTS 102DD FT 100 DEGREES 10 KNOTS 16SE0 FT 140 (
DEGREES 15 KNOTS 2AA0S FT 90 DEGREES 15 KNOT 300DD FT 118 D DEGREES
15 KNOTS 46B0D FT 20S DEG 18 KNOTS. C 3000D FT SCATTERED. D7
ULES E SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 6SB0O TO 2O0OD. F DISTANT LIGHTNING
OSTH EAST. 8 NEGATIVE 9 NO ACTION TAKEN. 10 NEGATIVE
WG INTEL OFFICER A EGLIN AFB LAUNCHED WEATHER BALLOON
APPROX TIME OF SIGHTING BUT ACCORDING TO WEATHER OFFICER
EGLIN AFB ULD NOT HAVE BEEN OVER SIGHTING AREA.
Y HEVE BEEN SPOTLIGHT LOCATED NEARBY REELECTING ON XCLOUDS

OBJECT SEEMED TO HOVER OR FLOAT IN AIR. G SENT OFF SPARKS OR 7
GLITTEREDBM H NEGATIVE 2A BRIGHTMESS OVERHEAD. B APPROX BTT
DEGREES C APPROX 55 DEGREES D OBJECT SEMED TO RISE CONTINUOUSLY
7
6bshaC
B N/A 4A (IEES12Z AUG 56. B_DAWN C NEGATIVE ⑤ 30 DEGREES
11 MIN-N 85 DEGREES 48 MIN-W. 6A - 5E CAMDEN ALA
ENGINEER GOOD. 7A SCATTERED ENGINEER GOOD. 7A SCATTERED CLOUDS. B CLOUDS. B SURFACE SE 5 KNOTS SURFACE SE 5 KNOTS 6500FT 6000FT
30 N Neew
85 85 48 48 arann
eily
PEGE TWO RJESAH 29
78 DEGREES 1 KNOTS 10DDO FT 10D DEGREES 10 KNOTS 16600 FT I 140 1
DEGREES 10 KNOTS 2A00D FT 92 DEGREES 15 KNOT 30000 FT 119 DEGREES
15 KNOTS 45SSD FT 209 DEG 19 KNOTS. C 300DD FT SCATTERED. D7
TILES E SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 68B0D TO 2000D. F DISTANT LIGHTNING
OSTH EAST. 8 NEGATIVE 9 NO ACTION TAKEN. 1S NEGATIVE
WG INTEL OFFICER A EGLIN AFB LAUNCHED WEATHER BALLOON
APPROX TIME OF SIGHTING BUT ACCORDING TO WEATHER OFFICER
EGLIN AFB BALLOON COULD NOT HAVE BEEN OVER SIGHTING AREA-
Y HEVE BEEN SPOTLIGHT LOCATED NEARBY REFLECTING ON XCLOUDS
50 1OKE/ 12 NEGATIVE

please send i in foree and wve will print le.
The first saucer I saw was in the ther's hired help. The third 2-
ter part of Angust, I95s. I was mained with me, srd aaw the seo-
vewing Mars (as it was close) when and snneer. We know that we were
friend whe was with me noticed not seeing things, decause we both
bright flashea in the sky., He call- told each otaer what we had 3867,
od my- attention to them, and I and our deseripticns falled.
twned away from my telescope. People alterward told ws we had
Voe the firah few mlnutea I aaw scen i searchlight beaun, a reitec-
cothing. Then I aaw the flashes. I don on the diouds, a low sirpiane,
ide't kow what to make of then, a dirigible, or a halloon. But it made
to I passad shem off as Mghtning. no sound as a plane or dirigible
totering over the factory was a One day as my zant was hanging
hure red disk, abouk three bundred clothes, she glarcrd op_and aar a
tout in diamater. is wes huge. Its shining diak buvering above herk
lght suve ererything the appear- She ran all the Dome
lnee bof glowing red After hovering screaming for souecme oo she cooid
for abous ten seconds it shot off to have'a witnesn, but at thas mootnent
Iis South snd disaupeared over the of panie the diak qulckdy shos eut of
botlson Cnly one oi ny friendd wae sighk She bellerey Siastk thla wax
with we at this tire. The other two remotely controlied dist, and prod-
had retired to the rocn where taay ably was retrleved i shen she whow-
whare staying, as they were my ia- ed Ngns at soks. the wat ack
cared, only wanted someone to
confirm ber sgoting.
Leonard Kaburukd
River HoM

Case 180, Greenfield, Mass, Aug. 1, 1956--The follow-
ing report is related by its investigator, Rev. Albert Baller: "Mr. George Kendrick awoke at about 2 a.m. From his
bed he could see through a window to the East. His at- tention was drawn to an extremely bright orange 'star' of
enormous size which hung about 10 degrees above the horizon. He awakened Mrs. Kendrick who went outdoors
to get an unobstructed view of it. She gives its apparent
'a deep orange.' Not noticed at first, but later in her two size as 'about half the size of the full moon' and its color
light which emerged from one side of the disc and ex- hours of observation, was a 'narrow, rope-like beam of
tended vertically for 'considerable distance'. Also, after watching this object for a short while she noted another tended vertically for 'cons lefaole distance. Aiso, ait
object (not clearly visible at first, because of the brilliance object (not clearly visible at first, because of the brilliance of object No. 1) which was a short distance in front of
ject, which looked like a large silver peanut standing on the dise and of a dull, silver color. Also, this second ob- ject, which looked 'like a large silver peanut standing on
end', showed a rather irregular contour and its edges end', showed a rather irregular contour and its edges
were not sharply defined as with the disc. After watching spectacle for a time, Mrs. Kendrick reports that a
new development took place. Suddenly the bright orange this development took place. Suddenly the bright orange
dise began to 'spit out tiny white stars' which began to dise began to 'spit out tiny white stars' which began to new
fly every which way over Greenfield. They flew with no obvious pattern, sometimes cne alone, sometimes two or
counted them as they appeared and found that there were three together in'a 'crary series of maneuvers'. She three together in'a 'crazy series of maneuvers'. She
eight. When Mrs. Kendrick looked again' at the dise at about 4 a.m. these smaller star-like objects were no
longer apparent."

neat took place. Suddenly the bright, "spis out tiny,
white stars" which began to fly every whi Grsenfiald and the ares
about Greenfield. They Ilew no scmetimes one alone,
Saturday or Sanday
and saw noth pattera of d
aN
Albert H. Paller,
Greenfield, Hans.
(Anguat 6, 1956.)
rOra; The illnatration above is a carbon copy at original by lrn. Lendrtck.
carly momina..,on ied sha
observed moox briha3.

8 August 1956 Pago 2
Plane Firm Tests
Flying Saucer
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE.
Calif., Aug. 8-(UP)-The United
States' first official "flying sau-
cer," a plane with a huge, discus-
shaped structure spreading over it
like a parasol, underwent its first
flight test today with "definite
success."
The plane, built by Lockheed built by Lockheed
Alrereft. was described as resem- Airereft. was described as resem-
bling a flying saucer that has cap-
tured an alrplane. It was built
for the Nary to test advanced
ideas in flying radar stations.
The new "flying flapjack" craft The new "flying flapjack" craft
isaNa is aNa vy. WV-2 Super Constella- 2 Super Constella-
tion. powered by four turbo-com-
pound piston engines. Its overhead pound piston engines. Its overhead
disc, measuting more than 30 feet disc, measuting more than 3o feet
across, actually is a radome that
houses distance-determining radar
antennae.
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No Case (Information Only) 8 August 1956
Durango, Colorado
Case 184, Durango, Colo., Aug. 8, 1956-A Durango
weatherman, Malcolm Dayton, who watched a 1 mysterious
object for nearly an hour through powerful 1 binoculars,
described it as a bluish-red, football-like craft which fin- described it football-like craft which fin-
ally left the scene at phenomenal speed. Whatever it ally left the scene phenomenal speed. "Whatever it
was", said Dayton to the Rocky Mountain News, "it
was nothing of any natural phenomenon." Dayton said was nothing of anv natural phenomenon." Dayton said
the object--shaped like a foctball with one side pushed the object-shaped like a foctball with one side pushed
in"-gave off a constant blue-red radiation and was occa-
sionally obscured by a steamlike haze. After changing sionally obscured by a steamlike haae. After changing
position several times the device moved away swiftly, position several times the device moved away swiftly,
"going completely out of range in four or five seconds." "going completely out of range in four or five seconds."
Said the weatherman, "frem its movements it seemed to
be controlled.":o be controlled."0

No Case (Information Only) 8 August 1956
East Hartford, Connecticut
Case 181, East Hartford, Conn., Aug. 8, 1956--Five
objects emanating a pinkish glow in the sky between
9:30 and 10:10 p.m. were reported by Mrs. Mary Calaci
to the local press. She said that she and three others
watched the unidentified objects from her lawn. One was
headed north, one northeast, one south and cne west.
Another object followed the one heading west with a
flashing white light. All objects flashing white light. All objects appeared round, she said. appeared round, she said.
Another object was seen by a reftred Another object was seen by a rettred fireman, who
said that he saw an "obleng aluminum-coiored" cbject said that he saw an "oblong aluminum-colored" cbject
about 8 p.m. He said that it appeared about 8 p.m. He said that it appeared going at
least four times as fast as any jet plane he had ever seen.
"It wasn't a plane, I'm sure of that" he said, "And yet it "It wasn't a plane, I'm sure of that"' he said, "And yet it
wasn't a reflection. It was a solid, with a sort of a smoky
crown around it."7