DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6969888
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957
REPORTED LOCATIONUnited States
FRAMES29
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft
XWas Astronomicol Comet
Probebly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | % COURSE a caesar ence
aonoee Date fer Evaluction
33 haurs longest | one sesterly
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Various reports of object white or Third comet of year visible to
amber larger than star, Very bright, | naked eye. Comet ENCKE,
some include tail or halo, usually |
reported as circular, motion station-
ary. Unwown date october
2#/2300Z Dayton, Ohio NW
10/0001Z New York W Lindhurst, L,I.
13/2315Z New York Hichsville
12/0104Z Charlotte, N.C.
BY Ney San Antonio Toxas
: myrna ear sis
20/2300Z New Paltz, Now York
20/0110Z Larson AFB, Wash 20/2325 Washington
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U. S$ AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much
Information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed,
Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly con. The information that you give will
be used for research purposes, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your name will nor
be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We request this personal information so that, If it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for
further details.
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: (Circle One): a Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central b. Standard
c, Mountain
d, Pacific
e, Other
4, Where were you when you saw the object?
S705 No // Aw Pay 70 =i = a
Neorest Postal Address City or Town Stote or Country
Additional remorks:
5, Estimate how long you saw the object — 43 — 3/u Ligasn
_Hours ’__ ---—~—Mifutes Seconds
5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5.
Certain c. Not very sure
» Fairly certain d. Justo guess
6. What was the condition of the sky?
(Circle One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
_b, Dull daylight — e. No trace of daylight
\_ sy Bright twilight > f. Don't remember
7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked ot -
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right i. Don’t remember
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AND TOOK HALF MOON SHAPFs THIS ACTION WAS REPEATED. SIGHTED
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NAME OR BESCARIPTION OF SouncE
LEO POLNASZEX Captain, USAP p-2 ADDITIONAL IMPORMATION On (Dete)
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SUMMARY (Glvé sumnary which highlights the salient factors of narrative report. Begin narrative text on orm Jie
unleee report can be fully etated on AP Form 112. List inclosures, including number of copies )
An Unidentified Flying Object was sighted SSW of Moses Lake, Washington.
It waa @ bright spot,. silvery, cireular in shape, like the sun. The odject
was moving im « vesterly direction,
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AF FORM 112—PART I! UNCLASSIFGR
APPROVED | JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FRO? |. lyemep) i
62d Troop Carrier Wing (R) IR-1~57
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6, Object distant, ball shaped, silvery, moving west.
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7, Weather and winds aloft at time and place of sighting:
a, Weather clear, visibility unlimited, 24002 20 Ost 57
b. Wind (from Larson Weather) 6,000'= 030/15
10,000'= 030/25
16, 000'-020/25
20,000'- 020/25 ‘ ete
30,000'= 010/30
50,000" 310/18
@. Ceiling, (None) clear,
a, Visibility: Unlimited, more than 200 miles. Mt. Rainier observed,
@, Clouds: None
f, Thunderstorms: Hone
8, Any other conditions: None
9. Interception or identification taken: Notified "Igloo Control" on hot line,
naked if they could pick up object on radar. They were unable to, but did sight
it with naked eye, Asked if they would try to intercept with jet or notify another
radar atation to pick up object, they said they believed object to no
interception deemed necessary.
10, Wo other known traffic in vicinity. 2
§ VENUS
11. Preparing Officer: Captain Leo Polnassek A0690976, Base Airdrome Officer,
C124 Aireraft Commander, At first I assumed object to be a large balloon with
the sun reflecting off it, but as soon as it grew dark I assumed it to be part of
the solar syatem, however, it appeared to move too fast for this. ,
12. No other evidence,
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APPROVED | JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
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1, Daseription:
@, Shape: Cireurss- Global
be Sises Very difficult to determine as distance was undetermines but it appea
larger r t balloon at 50 miles however, it appeared to
& mich greater distance away,
6, Colors to light blue, golden, pink, silver, pinkish red,
Gd. Numbers (One, with a smal] spos just to the west of the larger body for the
latter part of the Bighting. thi BY
@, Formation: Small object just to the west of larger,
f, Features: circular), global. Seemed to split and then reforn, however this
d6uld have been an illusion as the object's distance was hard to determine,
&. Tail or exhaust: None
h. Sound: None notioed,
1, Other features: Brighter at some times, very ruch brighter than any stare
or other objects in the aky,
above the hotison at 01102 to position(240© from Larson where it dropped below the |
2, Description of courses Moved fron poss ton(2090) tree Larecn APS at (90°) elevation
horizon at 02502. /42 yortiw ’ =o
3¢ Manner of Odservations
a. Object first called to my attention by Mr. of Sapien. .
Hoses Lake, Washington by telephone at 01102, 20 Oct 57 (Phone SMRBUMM). Re ctated,
"A bright spot, silvery, circular in shape, like the sun, SSW cof Moseg Lake moving is
westerly direation”.
ie stepped on the roof of Base Operations and could spot it very easily with
the naked eye, also studied the object with field glasses, I then went to the Centro
Tower for a better look. |
c, It appeared circular in shape 40 to_50 thousand feat up and seemed to change
shape slightly. It sort of split in half and then come together. I estimated it to
ba 150 to_200 miles from Larson, possible over Portland, Oregon, At this tine |
Gould clearly see Mt. nier, Mt. Hood, and other mountain ranges against the light
ay background, By 0145Z it was a bit lower on the horison, had become brighter,
6hanged color from silver to light blue, from golden to pink, from pinkish red to
Silver, A small object, just a speck, appeared just to the vest of the larger object
and atayed along that side until the larger object disappeared under the horison at
02502, Just prior to tts going below the horizon, it changed color from silver to
Olue, to pink, then a red.ish oranga, like the sin does prior to ita setting dDelow
the horison.
4e Time ard date of observation: 01102 to 02502. J0//0-¥=/7/0 Geel
5, location of observation: Larson AFB Operations and Control Tower, 47°12'N,
‘ | Lior.
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Comets Head and Tail
> A COMET confusing head and tail is
now roaming nearby skies.
Dr. Elizabeth Roemer, astronomer of the
U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz.,
reported that the coma (haze around the
comet’s center and part of its head), which
generally blends into the tail of a comet, is
almost on the opposite side of the tail in
Encke’s comet.
This comet, which reappears near the sun
every three and a third years, was observed
at Flagstaff until it went too low on the
horizon to study in the Northern Hemis-
phere.
Dr. Roemer said the displacement of the
coma in relation to the tail was “a very
interesting feature” seldom seen in comets,
She said it could possibly be that the coma
and tail merely appear to be opposite be-
cause of the angle from which the comet is
viewed from earth. é
The comet's tail continued to get brighter
and longer during the time it was observed.
When last photographed, the tail was more
than two degrees long.
Although the comet is now very close to
the sun, it will reappear in March for ob-
servation in the Northern Hemisphere.
A peculiarity of Encke’s comet is its “on
again-off again” acceleration. It has been
ed to speed
reason and no precise calculations of the
acceleration have been made so far, Dr.
Roemer said.
Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director of the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, Mass., has proposed that the
up for no accountable |
comet’s acceleration is due to a jet stream |
shooting out from its rotating center.
Dr. Roemer said she did not know
whether this jet is large enough to account
for the comet's acceleration, or if accelera-
tion exists at the present time. However,
she expects more knowledge of the acce!
eration may result from data gath~
May.
* Science News Letter, 7” ”
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8. IF you saw the ovject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8,2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None qo) Bright moonlight >
() A few b. Dull moonlight |
c. Many . c. No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don't remomber d. Don't remember
9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): a) Yes b. No c. Don’t remember
10, IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, wos the brightness like that of an automobile headlight?:
(Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Several blocks away?
& A block away?
d. Several yards away? a
en Te TS ee D..... e
11. Did the object: (Circle One for each question) |
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't Know .
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don’t Know
¢. Break up into ports or explode? Yes No Don’t Know |
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don’t Know
e. Change brightness? Yes No Don’t Know
f. Change shape? Yes Nom Don’t Know
‘g.) Flicker, throb, or pulsate? (ten) No Don’t Know
12. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes (N) Don’t Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind: SEES SE Ts EE a) ee ee ee
mmr ee ese c—s= aes ca sca ee aes es ee ee eee el ee eo ee es ee eee see ol; ees es ee ees ese ee
13. Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes (ss Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what
EEE SE, ARE eS , Se ee ee ee
14, Did the object appear: (Circle One): a, Solid? b. Transparent? io Don’t Know.
15. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes No e. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite Yes No
d, Window glass Yes No h. Other d Ree
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16, Tina !: the following things about the object.
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b, G!- Pens Ny = AA Swlutr
17, Dre tl show the shape of the object or objects. Lobel and include in your sketch ony details
of * «saw such as wings, protrusions, ete., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails, Pleee
one - tawing to show the direction the object was moving. ;
a, 4 ot
: BY ibject were: ‘
1s Fuzzy or blurred e. Other _
| ni, Like o bright star
‘¢. Sharply outlined
‘d. Don't remember
99, | °°. 2 THAN ONE object, then how many were there? i RMN lie get ae. tai al
ow they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction thot they were travel ing.
Mees. 8 re a ee ar
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20. Draw oa picture shot wil! show the motion that the object or objects made. Place on “A” ot the beginning
of the path, a "B” at the end of the path, and show any changes In direction during the course.
21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate whot the real size of the object was In its longest dimension.
me eels Mit hal |
22, How large did the object or objects appear as compered with one of ¢ y following ‘objects. held in he hand
) and at about arm’s length?
|
(Circle One): a. Head of a pin g- Silver dollar
b. Pea h. Baseball
c. Dime i. Grapefruit
d. Nickel j. Basketball
(el Quen ter k. Other
22.1 (Circle One of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 22.
6) Certain c. Not very sure
. Fairly certain d. Uncertain
23, How did the object or objects disoppear from view? Ls. av (A thi ac D/Det .
Une kecbase Aoet A2hae a Agut IF
24. In order that you con give as clear a picture os possible of what you sew, we would like for you to Imagine the? you could
construct the object thet you saw. Of whet type material would you make It? How large would it be, and whet shape
would it have? Describe in your own words a éommon object or objects which when pleced up in the sky would give the
same oppecrance as the object which you sow, BPs: pgp ble at “a
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25. Where were you lucated when you saw the object? 26. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. In the business section of a city?
a. Inside a building (bin the residential section of a city?
b, In a car c. In open countryside?
&) Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
d. In an airplane e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea | f. Flying over open country?
ere hee ea ee g- Other
27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
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28. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:
28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g- West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you inoving? miles per hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were leoking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes |
29. What direction were you looking when you first saw tha object? (Circle One)
e. South g.) West
f. Southwest ~ Northwest
a. North c.: East
b. Northeast d. Southeast
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e\ South GMess
b. Northeast d. Southeast f.\ Southwest . Northwest
31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try td estimate the number of degrees the object was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward ftom the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared: _ cod 75 VA V7
a. From true North AIS Cell! it’ Lh EO
b. From horizon ___- CU __ degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a. From true North . degrees.
b. From horizon ss degrees.
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34. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One)
aJ Clear sky a. No wind
. Hazy b. Slight breeze
c. Scattered clouds @. Strongwind /S4uH2h.
d. Thick or heavy clouds : d. Don’t remember
e. Don’t remember
34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
a Dry ae
b. Fog, mist, or light rain Cool
c. Moderate orheavy rain c. Warm
d. Snow d. Hot
e. Don’t remember e. Don't remember
nee.
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36. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the pare
(Circle One) Gey) No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) (Yes No
36.2 = list their names and addresses:
Nuiett
a a mn a a ee ee ———_—_— — —_—--—— — —_
37. Was this the first time ass you whe seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) ie (No)
37.1 IF you answered NO, then v ynan, where, and under what ci
stances did you see other ones?
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38. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
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(Circle One) No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? ae ei
39. Do you think you can ee speed of the object?
Y
40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes fd)
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? aT ave rer
41, Please give the following information about yourself:
ADDRESS —_— 4. —_ wy Hear _
Street ity Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER .
What is your present job? Bhalla a on
—
Age 2 —_ Sea ee, See
Please indicate any special educational training that you have had.
a. Grade school e. e. Technical school “ET Se
b. High school —- / “}42n_ (Type) —
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d. Post graduate _.. =
¢. College
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