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| 1. DATE watt 2. LOCATION “TH CONCLUSIONS.” Stéi‘—s—SSS
| lL) Was Balloon
31 Mav 1957 Terre Haute, Indiana GO Probably Balioon |
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Bullaon |
0 O Wos Aircrafy
Local on : 8, Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
omT vt USCS 0 Air Vi sual D Air-intercept Radar |F Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Oc Was Astronomical 9.00!
OD Yes QO Probably Astronomical
| ©):No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other ;
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; . ; 0 Unknown
2 minutes one _| stationary
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
One bbject. Shape of quarter moon, sizq Moon in direction rptd and
of basketball, color light orange. setting coincident with
No movement, thunder storms in area, disappearance of object.

disappeared at onee.

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AIR FORCE ARMADA CHASES, MISSES, BOGIES OVER ATLANTIC

Several of our members who are with local GOC posts volunteered the

May 11, 1957:
following information, independently from both Brooklyn and Manhattan posts:

In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 11, a jet scramble involving
a large number of military planes took place. Our Manhatten informant first
reported that the planes were headed in the general direction of New England,
but he had no further information at that time. A few weeks later, however,
ha was advised by official personnel that two jet squadrons (about 16 planes |
to each squadron) had been dispatched - one from Stewart AFB in Newburgh, N.Y. |
and the other from a base on Cape Cod (presumably Otis AFB) - to investigate
radar observations, by coastal radar patrol planes and picket boats, of threes
bogies heading inland south of Cape Cod on a southwesterly course. No con-
tact with the unknowns was made by the jets, and radar lost track of the ob-

jects at about the sama time the jets arrived on the scene.

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along slowly, making this racket. It was metallic, like the metal of a silver
dollar, and she estimated it to be six or seven feet across. She assumed it
was flat, but wasn't actually sure whether it was flat or round. She said it
had a stem, or pipe, sticking out of the top of it about three feet high, which
seemed to have holes in it from the top to the bottom. ‘yhen it got some 20 feet
away from being directly above, it stopped motion and the noise ceased, After
a few moments, it proceeded in the same direction it had headed originally, but |
the noise did not resume - it was completely quiet.

"The woman's impression was that the object moved about 150 or 200 feet
away and f¢ll into some pine trees ona little rise. That night she and her
husband we::: up and looked in the wooded areu where she thought she saw the
object fall, but they found nothing. It doesn't seem to me that anything actu-
ally fell; whatever it was probably moved rapidly away at low altitude, and
she received an erroneous impression of the object's falling, According to the
neighbors, with whom I talked, the two of them continued their search the next |
day. It's a rural community. Finding nothing, and seeing nothing in the news- |
papers, the husband called one of the local newspapers Wednesday night. No
other reports had been received. He was most reluctant, according to the nevs-
paper, to sive cut information under those circumstances, but he and his wife
agreed to let the paper publish their story anonymously. Later, the reporter
called me (after he had investigated and determined for himself that they were
sincere), and I went down and talked to them. We found nothing and we found
no other people in the area who had seen or heard the device.

"I'm inclined to think the woman saw something quite unusual. She is about
35 years of age, and has had a high school education. Furthermore, she is fani-
liar with jet aircraft, since their landing pattern passes over the area,"

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Cources OSI Bulletin # 20, 25 Juiv 57

CLATTERING UFO MAKES REPAIRS

May 21, 1957: This report came in a letter from CSI member Jim IlcAshan, of Knoxville,
Tennessee,

"A Lady living some ten miles from Knoxville ran into something that shook
her up considerably, I talked to her several days after ths incident. It oc-
curred on Tuesday, May 21, and she didn't tell her husband about it until that
night, when he got home. The sighting was at h:0 pom. She reported seeing an
oval or round object coming from a southeasterly direction and going northrest,.
When first noticed, the object was making a noise like a runaway power mower.
She said it wasn't too high - just above tree-top level, and it seemed to bounces

A eee ee Pt) eee eee ea)

Ps On May 22 or 23, 1957, at 2315 4 1., Herbert Andrews, of
46 Grane otraet, valdwelly New vaTsey, was watohing a Late telovisioa
DrOTLAR, caving» rasurned to his rooas snortiy before, from a jad ag the
vaurtisse#richs otonellor plant in Caldwell, lr, Andrews wash a3 in a
second story front apartment. At 2:15 he heard a ranort, or exn Losion,
mud thinking 1% was a filrererackar, he looked out ine fronts wintoe, whic}
overlooks Crane Street and Hillside Avenue, which joins it direetly in
Psont or the house. Gn the rightenand ?ar corner of the intersestion
bateare Aim, ‘&, Andrews saw wi

ox

'& 9

at he Shoughnt sb Pitas was a rod flare, bural
mm % ground, making a spluttering noise, and chan;
Ze) yal LOW,

zing tn color ?rom red
he casarial burned violently and continued to g 4
couple of hours.” The next afternoon, at adout

to give off
area, and piciad uD places of the stillewarn

Th had fallen on and near a coneret

s$rea% from the etd eround .

fin oy

‘he eoneresea itsel’,
one ground, “nile the

colors “for a
3 Dede, 29 wWans ous Go Sha
atari ai.

ourdi nz, whieh divide

mie 23 the agonal
the unknown material bad tobe 2 hole in

nd become partially embedded jn the curb, partly in
rad jlaces Aad aputt ees about slisntly, none was widaly
scattered. A411 of

; rugs

221 of tha material was within a radius of lass Laan a Loot.
vo Crater was present. Apparently no one else had anticed the IA Gare
ial, or heard or saw its violent anpearance the night before, Mr. Andrews
dug up the material in hunks.

tRey Aagnear as tarry or slassy, pockemarke with ae ed holes, and in
vena place bearing an indentation as if the naterial | Yormed sartnund a
sno0eth pine or round dowel. Vany pieces cf what

sears to be copper, as
well as a granitical or "ar dLow i lice substance, ore ssattered threuzhout the
javier material, whieh is surprisingly light in weight. In
are also several small

Sddision, thera.
material, formed senaratel;
111 of the ohbiaet appears evidesce of intense peat,
and tre material appears ton

: have Saban and solidified, not all at onee, as
SOMe Psiliding” is in evidence, It hardened with a venarall y shiny and
sooth surface, gave for the

tiny air bubdies and nieces of the stone.
Sageral or tne ” nieces apogar to

naye broken off from cach other, Leaving a
jagged surface, ‘Tha material is quite hard.

i% was found about 35 feet from the corner. No ons was seen or heard
in the area by i. Andrews when or after the material appeared. Wo chil-
dren. No cne stroelli nearby. No cars or trucks or other vehicles wars
moving in the area, This is stristi
«no ey, 1” ‘

a residential zone, with no business

i dos of the coxnper=Like
irom tne ether stuff, All of %

e3tablishments nearby; certainly no “Aetivity at 2o ‘sleek in the ae
The st '

rees is not a through highways

ast

Shove, ther? are normal
ity or high yoltage wires.
28% 2way,. No

g merely a residential strees Hillsid
venue ends at Crane Street.

housa services elsactric

cables, bus no

heayy~
, pole is situated at the

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>, Andrews says

corner, roughly 39
3 No transformers are on this or nearoy poles.
na snows of

of no work baiting

ing done on the wires at tha time of the incident or
uned@iately before or after. There were no wires down, and there was no
indiesation whatever of work balns done,

To heavy trucking or construction was in process ia the neizhborhocd,
have Were no reports of lanes, unusual flying objects, or stranze nerial
ativity of any sor®t in the area at the tine or -lator.._jio reports were
siged in the CALOWSLL PAOGATSS, which covers this:aron,.

TMs PLVASER

43% SONSTOSR THIS INF oR: FAT ION AS CONPIDENTIAL.osAddress any
qrastions not to ir. Andrews, but tojbee ™ ° Nort varsey
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formation taken from ‘i. Andrews on 9 February 1955.

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Course’ CSI Bulletan #F . 0, ed. & o Al |

AERIAL BALLET OVER CINCINNATI

May 2h, 1957:3¢The following first-hand account is sent to us by our friend and col-.
~~ Teague Jen Sirinefield, of Cincinnati:

"I had-injured my finger earlier that day, so my wife, Dell, was driving
our car to the home of friends who live in Mariemont, in eastern Cincinnati .
at about 7:45 pem.3; the sun was low on the horizon. I spotted first, to the
northwest, numerous vapor trails; they were in no kind of parallel patterns
(as usually seen in conventional flight) but were crisscrossing, looping and
formirg S-curves. They were all in the same quadrant of the sky - apparently
in some kind of maneuver. Dell and I remarked to one another on how beautiful
the trails were with the setting sun reflecting crimson on them, Just as we
reached Settle Road, where our friends live, I saw clearly a silvery, spherical
object in the center of the trails, Although I was in a moving car, to me the
object apneared stationary, while at the same time I could also see the jets -
I counted four - which were moving. The jets left trails of vapor, while the
object left no visible exhaust. Two of the jets were heading toward the sil-
very object as though it were the target, but when they sot near, the object
shot away to the northvest. Its speed was almost double that of the jets, al-
though I cannot say if the latter were at full throttle. When we got to our
friends’ home, I could still see partial vapor trails in the sky, but nothing
else. The aerial ballet had centered mainly in the sky north of Qincinnati.

\ ae "Next morning at work I learned that others had seen the 'dogficht.' George
Wright, of our Sales Department, came down to my office voluntarily to describe
-what he had seen, He described the UFO as bigger than the jets, looking like
. ‘polished aluminum,' disc-shaped and trithout any protruding parts. He explain-
ed that he could distinguish the jets easily, and said he believed he counted
six. He added that most of the show was too confusing to relate, but he clearly

wemembered one occasion when the jets closed in and the UFO receded or maneuver~
ed in such a way that it eluded them easily. Wright also described another ma-
neuver: the UFO was stationary and when jets closed in in pairs, it shot away
to the west, leaving the jets far behind; when other jets approached to 'inter~
cept’ from the other end, the object reversed its course, Wright was certain

that it was a direct, horizontal reversal - no loop, or hairpin turn! The UFO
then disappeared.

"Poth Wright and I suessed that the performance took place at about 25,000 y,
feet. We agreed that the apparent size of the object was larger than the 7éto ©
perhaps twice as large. On the same morning that i got liright's report I phon-

ed the Air Filter Center in Columbus; they took my report, but denied any UFO

activity the evening before," i

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Conurces CSI Bulletin # 20, 25 July 1957

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GREEN FIREDALL OVER WESTERN JERSEY | 7 re

May 29, 1957: In Washington, New Jersey, CSI member Julia lieaker had taken her dog
out into the backyard of her home when she saw a brilliant green fireball pass ‘
overhead. The time, 21:10 p.m. Suddenly becoming aware of a bright light that
illuminated the landscape » Miss Meaker looked tovard the north nortiwest and |
Bair, about 65° above the northern horizon, an intensely brilliant green fire-
ball which moved rapidly south southeast in a smooth trajectory across the ze-
nith, The angular measurement of the fireball was slightly less than that of
the full moon, The brilliant green of the main body was surrounded with "spar~
kles" of white and green about the edges. It was entirely circular except for
a very slizht dragging protuberance at the rear. Trailing behind the fireball
were more of the green and white "sparkles." Miss Meaker writes: "After an
instant of viewing, a band about one half the width of the intensely bright
grean disk seemed to encircle the fireball, This band was a bright red-purple.
I believe that this red-purple ring was an illusion due to eye-fatigue. It was
clearly the complementary color to the burning-copper—salts green of the body
proper. The brilliance of the fireball's light would account for the ring's
appearing so quickly after I first saw the object." The fireball crossed the
zenith and was about 0 degrees from the southern horizon when it suddenly ex-
ploded, silently. “At the instant of explosion, it was in shape like a rain-
drop when it strikes the ground: a distinct center with very small fine par-
ticles surrounding it. For an instant (perhaps as long as a second) after this,

1 a shower of green and white sparkles hung in the air where the fireball had

1 been,” It had been in view for no more than six seconds, Miss Meaker's lucid

description of the phenomenon clearly points out the typical characteristics of

the green fireball type of UFO. We are indebted to her for an unusually care-
ful amd detailed report.

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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT Pb

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A, JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK UP
Be NORTH WEST VERY HIGH
C. NORTH WEST VERY HIGH
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May Ls 1957: In Greermich, Conneticut, the wife of a commercial artist went out~
oors to look for the comet. To the northwest she saw a streak of very bright

white light, straight "like a neon tube." She watched it for about 60 seconds,
then went indoors to look for her husband, telling hin "This is the brightest
comet you ever saw!" When they both went outdoors, no more than a mimute and a
half later, the white streak was gone;

shaped, movinz very fast from north to east, It left a streak of blue light,

which faded slowly; the observer is emphatic, however, that the fading streak
showed no diffusion as is the case with a jet trail. This case has not yet

been followed up completely, but CSI hopes to obtain more details. CSI member
Paul Morris brourht the case to the attention of the Research Section. "

nN = FY de SO) tia

but he saw a streak of blue light, arc-

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PIREBALIL GY 1957 NEAY 172
ANS. No, 2372
On this date a bright fireball was seen at 10:91 p.m., 22.8.2. and reported from 3), |
Wilitttinaten, Del., S2, Greenville, N.C., and S3, Yaitment, W. Va. Th happened that
1} three reports were quite complete, the Gbocrvers beings in order R. L. Tighe an
neer, T. 32. Eaton a professor ci East Carstinn Collece, and D. Moyisel as active
wanber of the A.Ni.S. Si reported it ay 13° in diameter, brillant b im color, with
a S&S” orange-yellow tail, duration of flight 2 seconds, Sl reported a turge fireball, .
calor bluish-whit? and hazy, duration & seconds. There were two soparate “swellings” i
int latter rse; Citimeter 15% 53 reported magnitude as --2.5, color pea-
ea Hed drawing of its path in Scorpio, The usual diagram was
: question, scale lo rm s 1° in latitude, and converpence of
w. ior. The sub-boexinsiag and sub-end points could be Gotermnined
aad hence the projected p: the &s to altitudes, §2 and $2 gave estimates as
» out he also plotted the path. There were three Ways of combining the observed
wighitss taking straight average, taking average giving S3 double weight, using only $3
as it Was cetermined from a aiak On a star chart. Cusiously gnough, while the three
Values differ considerably, when the values Hl—- P12 ure taken they ciffer Titue.
ii: kilometers they are 175-88 = $5; 162-81 == §1; and 130-60 <= 70, The resulting
angular altiiuaes, uncorr etd for curvature, are 25.77, 24.7° and 21.5°. I: is obvious
that the maximum difference bet ween these altitudes is well within the usual error of
such cbhservations, hence the second is chosen for our soluiten. When ibe curvature and
parabolic zenith corrections are added, we get h, the slope of the path, as 23°55’. The
usual tabular data foliow:
Date ...... eae Parenti tes sescetesetssdesadecsaisepecei caste eed: EVAR Oe
Sidereal time at a DOME eliacvoce vee setat Dee
BROBGN OVER i ss.ssccsececesdpscsoscecgenccasiovensevscntcconencse 2 TO ee ot ae 36°54’ ot 162 km
Snded OT aac scercd cass cabs uns cocsou spat snddapseesees wit t 77°06’, 6 = 37°46 at 81km
EME OL ZEEE scene secancsecsencbavaralvessousevstvvebessseve k RO: ARETE
Projected SONGCI OT AIRMEN: cc ci vecgeses her ecnsssdatenssence dk DFE
MAE ACIORD (as eee othe ovtesenknvaece rearecasnesveeveseceveceseuseri aie oe. Gee Corobably: low)
Observed velocity ................. sessssersesreteesesenree 40 km/sz0 (probably high)
Radiant corrected Say se POPS =F seve 2 302°. fh = 24° :
@ = 239°, 3 = —8§°*
\ e 230°. 8 = -+-22°
Parabolic orbit: i == 25°, = 41°, = = 344°. og = 0.23 AU,
The orbit is believed to be considerably better tian the heights as ic would be
litte akered were we to use only the altitudes ‘cbserved at SS which are refer.
red to stars. The values Til and H2, from $3 only, ace respectively 139 and G0 km,
We are under many obligations to the three cbhservers whose reports made the solution
possible, Fireball No, 151 in the Hoffmeister-von Niess] Catalogue, seen 1904 May 8,
hus &% radiant very near the one given above. {

May 1, 2, 1957: Hamilton, Ohio residents report nocturnal meandering lights on two
successive evenings. — Hamilton Journal, 5/3. |

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CIGAR OVER MOUNT VERNON

May 7, 1957: Arthur Quillen had just left his Elm Street home in Mount Vernon, New

York, on his way to work, The time was about 8:10 p.m, Glancing up he saw in
the southern sky, just below the full moon, an enormous "cigar wrapped in silver."
Horizontally inclined, its length was several times as larse as the diameter of
the moon. As he stood and watched, he saw the object make "funny motions:" it
moved baciward and forvard by about one-quarter its orm lenzth. He was quite
certain about this motion, since he had the moon above the object and the planet
Jupiter beneath it as reference points. He watched the object for about five
minutes before resuming his walk to work. He momentarily lost sight of the
object behind willow trees; when he had passed them, he found that the object
was no longer in view, Arriving at work, Mr. Quillen immediately told what he

had seen to CSI member Frank Bordes, who advised the Research Section of the
report.

It was on this night that the "mystery jet(s)" buzzed Manhatten. A care-
ful check of the GOC records sat the ilanhatten and’ Brooklyn posts failed to dis-
close any reports of "unknorms" over the city on that night. So far as we Imow
there is no connection between the two incidents,

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No Case (Information Only) 7 May 1957

Brooklyn, New York

AF. COULDN'T. FIND IT x Xing th ale |
Strange jet Over Gotham
Proves to Be Navy Plane

NEW YORK, May 8—'—The ports of jet flights kept pouring Manhattan.
inystery of unidentified jet air- in for the next two and a haif The McGuire plane returned to}

planes over Manhattan turned hours. Manhaitan, searched again over}
out today to be a case of inter-) The control center of the 26th a wide area, but again reported |
/Service contusion. Continental Air Defense division sighting no strange plane, The

_ A Navy piane from a Brooklyn sent out orders for a fighter- pilot got final orders at 12:45)
tield flew over the city on @ jnterceptor to leave McGuire Air’ 4. m. to head home.
nhotographic mission for an hour’ force base near Ft. Dix, N. J.. A spokesman at the Air De-
ist night, An Air Force fighter-\to seek out the unidentified fense Command at Roslyn ‘on}
intereeptoc searched for an hour'planes. A radar-equipped jet Long Island said today the come}
and a half, but couldn't find who took off from McGuire at 11:15 mand had sent up a radars
was making the noise. Scores ofp. m., tlew toward Manhattan equipped jet last night but it was
residents telephoned police foriand reported it sighted no air-' unable to find any plane in flight.
several hours that jets were craft. The  fighter-interceptor |The spokesman said the Air De-
screaming overhead. The Navy pilot was returning to McGuire fense Command had checked all
and Air Force niu were both ‘at 11:50 p. m. when the Air De- airports with jet craft within "a
jets: <* PERU eA |fense .Command sent~ oul ay;reasonable distance’ of New J
First reports of the mystery | ‘second flash that tystery jets’ York and found that none bad a

pignes, were at 10 p. m., and re-jhad. returned to the skies over (jet plane in the air,