PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloan
6 October l957 North Bend, Oregon 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Locel 1255 KGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aireraft
000 Probably Aireroft
GMT 06/2055Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aireraft
S. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol Meteor
Yes D Probably Astronomical
xNo Civilian CXPossibly Astronomieal
LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data fer Evaluation
Unknown
few seconds one unknown
10. BRIEF SUi OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A round, luminous ball shaped object, From the description the object A Toand,ruml nous baii snaped object,lf I cne descfiption tne objet
bright green in color with a tail was was possible a rate form of meteor, was possible a rate form of meteor,
sighted on angle to earth 30oo feet a fireball,
up. up.
430A0100
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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00 RJEDWP RJEPHQ
ZEL RJWPDM
DMA005 DMAOOS
00 RJEDWP RJEPHQ 00 RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWPDM 1A DE RJWPDM 1A
0 0623152 0 0623152
FM 25TH CADD COC MCCHORD AFB WASH FM 25TH CADD COC MCCHORD AFB WASH
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
WASHINGTON
ZEN/COMDR25TH WASH
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADCR - 200-7 U
I ROUND ILLUMINOUS BALL
2.UNK (
3 GREEN - 3. GREEN - VERY BRIGHT This This (
in gpees
4 ONE
5. SINGLE t he c Gpe l pe e (
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6 ROUND WITH TAIL
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7. TAIL
8.NO Nil
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9. NONE
II I. DRIVING CAR UP HILL WAS IN DIRECT LINE OF VISION (
2. ON ANGLE TO EARTH 3OOO FEET UP
3. MIGHT HAVE FALLEN IN WATER
4. SEEN ABOVE CLOUD AND BELOW 4SEEN ABOVE CLOUD AND BELOW CLOUD CLOUD <
5. FELL TO EARTH 5. FELL TQ EARTH
6FEW SECONES 6 FEW SECONES
III 1. VISUAL - GROUND III 1. VISUAL - GROUND
2.NONE NONE
3 NONE
IV 1. 06/20552 1957 1T
2. DAY
V. NORTH BEND OREGON
VI
NORTH BEND OREGON OFFICE MANAGER
NORTH BEND, REGON
2. N/A 2.N/A
VII 1. HAD BEEN RAINING IN AREA BUT HAD CLEARED - SMALL PATCHES OF FOG) CLEARED- SMALL PATCHES OF FOG)
2.6,000 210 DEGREES 10 KNOTS 11

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PAGE THREE RJWPDM 1A
10,000 210 DEGREES 10 KNOTS
16,000 220 DEGREES 15 KNOTS
20,000 220 DEGREES 20 KNOTS
30,000 240 DEGREES 40 KNOTS
40,000 40,000 260 260 DEGREES 35 KNOTS KNOTS i
50,0002 50,000 280 280 DEGREES 20 KNOTS
80,000 UNK DEGREES UNK KNOTS Incmaistat Incmaset
3. NONEHoW CAN This 3. NONE HoW CAN This be be info
4. GOOD
5. SCATTERED
VIII N/A
IX N/A AWAY
X AIRCRAFT WAS IN AREA TO NORTH EAST - BUT TOO FAR WAWY FOR AIRCRAFT
TO HAVE DROPPED OBJECT
XI A/2C ANA TAYLOR - SURVEILLANCE TECH. RELIABILITY OF PERSON
T FIRST THE UFOB WAS THOUGHT TO BE A FLARE
BUT SEEMED TO BE FALLING TO EAST AS IF BEING DRIVEN BY SOME FORCE
XII NONE
BT Poss. astr
06/2319Z 0CT RJWPDM Pos. astri
obzervin obzerven
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amlyais confirms your belief that it was
arr0, seldaa eea pb fimeball or "bolide" as they are
refarred to in sodautifie terninolosy. Your report of the objeat
Iusitu 1s s0 simdlar to a deeeripticn of theee belles diven-by a o1l.
portiem is dyee
such an ebjeet is an extremaly rare
Reeordy indieete Bnt the majority of
one in their lifetime. Bolided,
ordinary mot 2 in thet
ab ter (scmetines tranaforaing zight
Lote and appuar 1k 0 eiwon flare
burtling through the lonuer atmodphere, and in 1 that they
uradst to moeh lower Lovels in the atmospharee Pre
ndnankly wii teyellow celor, these afton bave ore
nge, yellow Aah tints internixed. A bolide 1s
meraily aterial that igndtos through
Lotion wth phere. It beoemes viaihle
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