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PROJECT
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon 71
14 August 1957 Severna Park, Md 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local 1953 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. 15/0053Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astronomical
CNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data to aluation
E Unknown
few seconds two ENE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two maneuvering brilliant lights about Objects brilliant lights about Objects were seen seen near near an area
like the like the showers from a sky rocket if from a sky rocket if of known of known air activities, activities,
two were separated from the rest. The rom the rest. The which is which is scanned 24 hi scanned 24 sa day by day by
lights held steady insensity. radar. No ter report of report of anythiog
unusual. concluded concluded that obj that obj
was a/c reflecting sun's was a/c reflecting Sun's slant
rays.
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HEADQUARTERS
4E4 1OOIST AIR BASE WING, HEDCOM
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
AHOREWS WASHINGTON 2S, D. C.
BASE WIN
OCT 1 1957
WOP-1
' SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Objects
.
TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado
1. The inclosed statements, relative to a sighting of unidentified
flying objects, are ded in accorda ith rce Regulation
200-2.
- outlined in Air Force Regulation 200-2,
2. A detailed report, as
is not being submitted due to the time lapse between sighting, l4 August
1957 and receipt of these statements by this headquarters 26 September
1957.
FOR THE CC ANDER:
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3.Incls 3 Incls RICHARD M. WEST
1. Statement - Mrs Major, UEAF
2.. 2.. Statement - Mr Adjutant
3. Statement Reverend
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Headquarters, Air rce Base, Colorado Colorado
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was all c blue exo thin
cloud.
The lights had completely disappeared but
the sky for about a half minute. Sid said that he had now
developed many spots tha doubted 1 would be able
to find again. Befor canning. the ty, I had been look-
ing down baby which dark inside and KV
then when looking up into brizht noticed that I also
had little circles and dots vision. However, we
both suddenly saw alight appea Rain ricinity of
the cloud and then it was followed by a second one. There
was no_mistaking it for the usual spotty vision effect, it was
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information that 8.11
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report valuated.
registered nal engineer in the
I am 35 years old. a work as a private
at present doing cons
It. in the Ordnar partment during
practice. I was a ist neering,
Vorla War II. Graduate om Lehigh and
ornell lgideering
graduate study at Hopkins
taught and by the Cornell Aeronautical
Laboratory I was sent
and witnessed 30118 Bome
have watch energy,solid fuels burning ir flight.
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tensity pipe jet
brighter From memory I would estimate the
ram jet stion experinents.
temperatures to be about like'the solid fuels.-
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I have never before seen "flving saucers" but having read of so many sight-
ings of round objects. Ith brilliant lights which could not be identified with
Twobuht bonventional a number of people who need not be considered
incapable of they saw, I knew of no other conclusion to
come impulse or on deliberate consideration. My distence
mmediately, saying, "Where?"I I tried to point out to ab i lot
nim but by lke
L which had been flving smoothly in formation in a northerly direction, disap-
do net peared byhind a thin, high wispy cloud. My friend ran into the house to call
his wife, and we all three gazed up in the sky a little north of where I had Skinhlng
My friend in the accompanying statement gives the approximate reputtha
iree of us sighted the lights, the angle to the hori-
ne tails. would substantiate what he has recorded.
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For whatever interest it may be in checking mv reliabilitv as a witness, I
am a minister 38 years of age, and my sanity can be checked with
membersor TUN church and community and the members of Baltimore of Rayp
which I am a member! the
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