PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6959071

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONBenton Pennsylvania

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bailoon
14 June 1957 Benton.Pennsylvania! 0 Probably Bailoon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon ,
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2250 X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 15/0350Z Air-Visuai Air-Intercept Radar 0 Passibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OY Was Astronomicol(MEr)
Ys Probably Astronamical
xNo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . COURSE Other
rapidly 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
descending Unknown
3 seconds one
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, round, size of small Meteor sighting.
truck, color truck, color greenish yellow and whitq, whitd,
sparkiing from rear, high speed. from rear, high speed.
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ATIC FORM 329 ATIC FORM 32
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(4) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
(A)150350Z C
(B) NIGHT C
(5) LOCATION OF OBSERVER
(A) PM 4220; 0
(6) IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ALL OESERVERS O
(B) DOBBIE THOMAS A A/2C 648TH AC&WRON AFSC 30352D RELIABLE
BARTHLOW BROOKS A/2C 648TH AC&WRON AFSC 3352D RELIABLE C
(7) WEATHER & WINDS- ALOFT CONDITION AT TIME & PLACE OF SIGHTING C
(A) THIN .
(B) SURFACE-CALM
6'000-240 DEG 2 e
10 '600-250 DEG 25 KT
16'000-250 DEG 25 KT
20 '000-250 DEG 25 KT
30 '000-250 DEG 30 KT
50 '000-260 DEG 38 KT 50 '000-260 DEG 33 KT
(C WILKES-BARRE
(C) CLEAR AT
(D)12
(E) CLEAR
(F) SCATTERED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA (F) SCATTERED D ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA
(8)R RESEMBLED METEORITE HOW EVER THIS IVELY ESTABLISHED o
(8) RESEMBLED METE
:9NONE
10NONE
(11) DUTY DIRECTOR 2/LT PAUL KRAMER THE PROBABLE CAUSE SIGHTING e
APPEARS TO BE A METEORITE C
(12L NONE
BT
15/0 630 Z JUN RJEPNB
C

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140657-02
Mtu
WPH085WPA0 91 YDB10 6 TYA106 TDED 96N 0 11 ..
RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJEPNB 2G 17 Ju457 10 33
R 150 00Z •
FM COMDR S48TH AC&W SQ BENTON AFS BENTON PA •
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB OHIO .
RJEPHQ/DIR INTEL HQ USAF WASH 25 DC •
ZEN/COMDR DET 3 4S02ND AISS STEWART AFB NY
ZEN/COMDR FLT 3 462ND AISS STEWART AFB NY •
STEWART ati
INFO ZEN/COMDR AFB NY
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/ ACDPER 52 4E4 •
-(1) DESCRIPTION .
(A) ROUND (A)ROUND
(B) AS LARGE AS A SMALL (B) AS LARGE AS A SMALL T . TRUCK TRUCK • .
(C) GREENICH AND WHITE . •
(D) ONE (D) ONE
(G) SPARKING FROM REAR .
(H) NONE a
(I)HIGH SPEED ()HIGH I SPEED
(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
(A) CROSSED LINE OF VISION •
(B) 45 DEGREES ZON AND ZENITH 500 FEET ALTITUDE WEST
OF BASE
(C) ZERO ALTITUDE WEST OF BASE
(D RAPIDLY DESCENDING
(E) BEHIND TREES •
(F) 3 SECONDS
(3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION