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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
8 Noveber 1957 Alexandria, Louisiana 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION PossiblyBalloon
Locel_ Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 09/0316Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rador Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomicd Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
XNo Military 0 PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Dat aluation
5 seconds Unknown
one NNE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Brilliant bright pink, round object, The description, flight path &
size of a quarter. Bright wh hite short time duration is typical of a
narrow & uneven tail, smaller than meteor.
object. Remained same size throughout
observation. Size of object increased
as altitude decreased. Object fell as altitude decreased. Object fell
vertically. Sparks were prevalent when vertically. Sparks were prevalent when
disintegrating but were not glaring. disintegrating but were not glaring.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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9 - 10 NOVEMBER 1957 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Lake City, Missouri Insufficient Data
Sacramento, Californis Aircraft
Ft Bragg, North rolina Military Aircraft
Lafayette, Louisiana Balloon
Leominster, Massachusetts Insufficient Data
aoaaanoaaa Dayton, Chio Aircraft
Seneca, Missouri Aircraft
Tullahoma, Tennessee (CASE MISSING) Civilian Insufficient Dats
Dayton, Fairborn, Xenia, Ohio Multi (3 cases) Astro (VENUS)
Pitcairn, Pennsylvania 1. Insufficier: Dnte
2. Astro (VENUS)
Waverly, Illinois Insufficient Data
Waymesville, Ohio Insufficient Date
Belton, MisSouri (CASE MISSING) Civilian Insufficient Data
Arcadia, Missouri Astro (VENUS) it.d
San Antonio, Texas Other UNRELIABLE RPT)
Clinton, Pennsylvania ciincon,. Pensyivania Aircraft Alre.ait
Makanda, Illinois AstroVENUS Astro (VENUS)
Amarillo ArB, Texas Aircraft
aaaaaaaaaaannaaa Anderson, Indiana Astro METEOR) Astro (METEOR)
Afton, Oklahoma Insufficient Data
St Louis, Danby, Missouri Astro (METEOR)
aaaoaanoaa Kennesaw, Georgia Astro METEOR) AstroMETEOR)
Dayton, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Astro (METEOR) AstroMETEOR)
Lexington, Ky/Marietta, Georgia cases) Astro METEOR)
Lithonia, Georgia AstroVENUS) Astro(VENUS)
Lake City, Tennessee (CASE. MISSING) Multi Aircraft
9 Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiara West Aircraft Aircraft
10 Shiroi AB, Japan Military Insufficient Data
10 Atlanta, Georgia Aircraft
10 Tampa, Florida. Aircraft
10 SW of Tokyo, Japan Military Astro (METEOR)
10 Dayton, Chio Astro (VENUS)
10 Council Bluffs, Iowa Astro (VENUS)
10 Muncie, Indiana Astro (METEOR)
10 Bellefountaine AFB, Chio (CASE MISSING) Military Astro (VENUS)
10 Vellsville, Buffalo, New York Multi, Waike (2 cases) Astro (VENUS)
10 Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Military Astro (VENUS).
10 Hopains, St Paul, Minnesota Multi Astro (VENUS
10 Norwich, Connecticut Astro (METEOR)
10 Argentina Argentine Military Other (SATELLITE)
10 Lampasas, Texas Aircraft
1.0 Dayton, Ohio Civilian Insufficient Deta
ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION
Nov Universe Science News Ltr
9 Fargo, North Dakota Newselipping
9 California Area Newselippin
1957 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Newselipping
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J /uciturs 8 9/03162
ASTRO
Nov 9 23 11'57
RD117
0 WPF137 YDB112 VYC140 VMA160QRA165
PP RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJESQR 128A ff
P 0919412 C
FM COMDR 834TH ADIV
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
CENTER
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR NCE
BT
C
REFERENCE AFR 22-2. PAR 1A. BRILLIANT AND ROUND PAR 1B PEA
TO QUARTER. IC BRIGHT PINK PAR ID. ONE• PAR IE. N/A.
PAR IF• NONE. PAR IG• 2
SMALLER T THAN OBJECT. REMAINED SAME SIZE THROUGHOUT OBSERVATION.
PAR 1H. NONE. PAR 1I. SIZE OF THE OBJECT INCREASED AS ALTITUDE iNO WoUld NAFCAHY
DECREASED. MADE VERTICAL DECENT. OBSERVED FIVE C
- WAS GAZING AT MOON. PAR 2B. SIXTY OR SEVENTY DEGREE ELEV AT NOTE:
UNDETERMINED DISTANCE NORTH NORTHEAST FROM POINT OF OBSERVATION.
PAR 2C. FORTY OR FIFTY DEGREE ELEV AT
NOTE: arently
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ASTRONOMY
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Venus Most Prominent
Venus, the only planet now visible in the evening, is will in the coming months. Then you will
see them high in the south.
a brilliant object in the sky and will soon be joined by the Just above Orion is Taurus, the bull, with
Leonids, "shooting stars." brilliant Aldebaran, and to the left of this
higure stands Auriga, the charioteer, with
first magnitude Capella.
not in Pegasus at all, but in the neighboring Although only Venus is now visible in
By JAMES STOKLEY group of Andromeda. This constellation the evening, two other planets appear in the
represents the Ethiopian princess who, ac- southeast before sunrise. Brightest of these
THAT BRILLIANT objeCt you see in cording to mythology, was chained to a rock is Jupiter, in the constellation of Virgo, the
the southwestern sky these evenings as dark. to be devoured by a sca monster, represented virgin. It is close to the bright star Spica.
ness falls is not an airplane, a flying saucer, by the constellation of Cetus, the whale, in However, it exceeds the star in brilliance
or some bright light hung in the sky as part the south. Fortunately, she was rescued by about ten times.
of an experiment. the bero, Perseus, who is seen in the north- Farther east is Mars, rising about an hour
What you see is the planet Venus, now cast. ahead of the sun. Its brightness is about
reaching its greatest prominence, which Andromeda's mother, Castiopcia, is seen half that of Spica. Mercury and Saturn
comes just before its disappearance from in the north, a group forming the letter M, are both too near the sun to be casily visible
the evening sky early in 1958. above Polaris, the pole star. Alongside her in November.
Venus is far brighter than any other star is ber husband, the king, Cepbeus.
or planet seen in the night sky and there Turning now toward the cast, we can see Shower of "Stars" to Come
is no difficulty in identifying it Indeed, it what is generally coosidered to be the finest
can be observed long before the sky is dark. coastellation in the aky making its debut for November is the month bringing one of
In fact, if you know where to look, you can the season.~ 44 the year's famous showers of meteors, or
even see it in broad daylight! "shooting stars," which appear from about
After it passed behind the sun last April Oriom Season's Finest the 13th to the 16th.
14, Venus h.as gradually been drawing w They are most numerous after midnight,
the cast of that body. That meant that it This is Orion, the warrior, easily recog- because then we are on the forward side of
followed the sun in its daily motion across tollowed the sun in its daily motion across nimed because of the three stars in a row niaed because of the three stars in' a row the earth in its annual movement around the carth in its annual movement around
the sky, and so remained visible in the west the skv, and so remained visible in the west that form his belt. To the left is Betel- the sun. Thus, we meet them head-on. the sun. Thus, we meet them head-on.
after the sun had set. On Nov. 18 it will geuse, to the right is Rigel, both of the first This is different from the evening hours
be farther east of the sun, hence remaining be farther east of the sun, hence remaining magnitude, altbough being so low in the magnitude, although being so low in the when we are on the rearward part, and see when we are on the rearward part, and see
in the sky for the longest time after suneet, in the sky for the longest time after sunsnt, sky they do not appear as bright as they sky they do not appear as bright as they only those that catch up to us. only those that catch up to us.
nearly three hours. After that it will star. nearly three hours. After that it will star. HIr 2
moving toward the sun again.
Because of its early setting. Venus does Because of its early setting, Venus does
not appear on the accompanying maps of MOVEMsER MOVEMseR LACERTA AScheck
the November evening skies, which show 1997 1997.
their appearance about 10:00 p.m., your own K K
kind of standard time, at the first of Novern- kind of srandard time, at the first of Novetn- CSSIOPPIA CASSIOPEIA
ber, 9:00 p.m. on the 15th and 8:00 p.m. on geneb igteneb CERNEUS CEANEUS CAMECOPARDALIS CAMELOPARDALIS
the 30th. the 30th. YNUS YNUs AURIGA AURIGA
*Polaris
Bright Birds In the Sky URSA TAURUS
TA
These maps do, however, show the stars URSA
that are now visible. AQUnLA NERTULES HAJOR GE MINI
Toward the west is Deneh, at the top of
the "northern cross," which is really part 26 DIPPER
vi the consteliation oé Cygnus, the swan.
Deneb is in the bird's tail; in fact, the word AWEST aceNorth EAST
is Arabic and means "tail." The crosspicce
represents the wings, and the lower part of
the cross his long neck, stretched forward
in flight. At the head is Albireo, a star of wovender TRIAN ALUM
the second maguitude on the'astronomical 1957 AE E TREAT
brightness scale. Below Cygnus is another SQUARE Markab
first-magnitude star, Vega, in Lyra, the lyre. PISCES
To the left is another bird, Aquila, the PEGASUS
eagle, with the star Altair. AL
High in the souch you can see the four CETUS EQUILEUS
stars that form the "great square," part of ERIDAMUS AQUARIUS
the constellation of Pegasus, the winged
horse. Although these are not amoag the baut
brightest, their characteristic arrangement PISCIS
makes them a good starting place from AUSTRINUS UPICOR
which to find other groups. The hore, PHDENIX
octually, is upside down in the sky, as the
row of stars extending wentward from the EAST lace South WEST
ower right corner oi the square is his headl
The star ap the bt, Alpberatz, is SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER NESS
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INTEL SPEC. REPUTABLE AND RELIABLE. PAR 7A• CLEAR• PAR 7B. DET
25, 21ST WEATHER SQUADRON REPORTED WINDS 18 KNOTS 240 DEGREES AT WSw
76,000 FEET AT 090S00Z NOV 57. ADDITIONAL DATA UNAVAILABLE• PAR 7C.
CLEAR. PAR 7D. TWELVE MILES. PAR 7E. NO CLOUD COVERAGE. PAR 7F.
N/A. PAR 8. NONE REPORTED BY SOURCE OF PAR. 7B. ENGLAND AFB OPNS
REPORTS ONE C-131 ENROUTE FROM BROOKLEY AFB TO BARKSDALE REPORTS ONE C-I3I ENROUTE FROM BROOKLEY AFB TO BARKSDALE AFB MADE AN AFB MADE AN
EMERGENCY LANDING AT ENGLAND AFB AT 0335Z 9 NOV 57. ONE ENGINE WAS
INOPERATIVE. LANDING LIGHTS OF THIS AIRCRAFT WERE ON SEVERAL MIN INOPERATIVE. LANDING LIGHTS OF THIS AIRCRAFT T WERE ON SEVER MIN
RAPCON SQUADRON AT EAFB FOR ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE FACTS• PAR 9• NONE. RAPCON SQUADRON AT EAFB FOR ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE FACTS• PAR 9• NONE. C.
PAR 10. REFER TO PAR 8. NO OTHER PAR 10. REFER TO PAR 8. NO OTHER LOCAL AIR ACTIVITY AT TIME OF LOCAL AIR ACTIVITY AT TIME OF
OBSERVATION. PAR 11. MSGT , AF 4D1ST
he icoription, flight path and time
duration is typical of a metiosit.
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PAGE THREE RJESQR 108A
FBU INTEL SECTION. CAUSE COULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY DETERMINED.
SSGT VEZMAR WOULD HAVE IN THE OPINION OF THE PREPARING OFFICER,
IDENTIFIED THE AIRCRAFT LISTED IN PAR 8 HAD IT BEEN THE SAME OBJECT.
BT
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No Case (Information Only) 7 November 1957 V
Meridian, Mississippi
The following morning, November 7th, truck ('river Malvan Stevens said he en- the highway near eridian, Mississippi. From it
emerged three "queer-looking people" four-and-a-half feet lri.gh--tvo men and a wo- emerged three "queer-looking countered an egg-shaped objoct on people" four-and-a-half feet lrigh--tvo men and a vo-
man with "pasty-white faces and dark hair. man with "pasty-white faces" and dark hair. They "chattered" unintelligibly, and
"shook" Stevens' hand, A companion corroborated his story. "shook" Stevens' hand, A oompanion corroborated his story.
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V.
AFTER THE FALL WAS OVER
Cmdrs. Lewis (L) And Ross.--A.P. Wirephoto
RECORD ASCENT
Lovely Up There,
2 Balloonists Say
RAPID CITY, S. D., Nov. 9. - (P) - With a record
ascension of more than 14 miles to their credit, two Navy
balloonists rested here today after a descent to earth a lot
faster than they had anticipated.
Cmdrs. Malcolm D. Ross, 37, and
Morton L. Lewis, 43, both of Wash- We think we will stay with the bal-
ington, D. C., riding a gondola at- loon as long as we can," they
tached to a 128-foot helium balloon, radioed.
reached 76,000 feet yesterday over *
the broken land of South Dakota AT 70,000 FEET, the drop slack-
and Nebraska. ened and the men reported they
They reached that height two had started taking pictures."
hours and 50 minutes after they We didn't get any work done,"

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Lt Cmdr. Morton L. Lewis finds all the comforts Lt. Cmdr. Morton L. Lewis finds all the comforts
of home in the gondola, left, in which he and Lt.
Cmdr. Malcolm D. Ross, left, Washington, D. C., will
try a balloon flight. At right is Harold Froelich, Min-
neapolis, project director for General Mills, sponsor-
ing the flight with the-Office of Naval: Research.
Comdr. Ross, right, and Comdr. Lewis try out-the Comdr Rossriaht.endComdr Lewi
high altitude "man from Mars" pressure suits they
will wear.AP and-Special Photos.
Bad weather moving from reach 75,000 feet in a pressur-
the Texas panhandle today- re- ized, aluminum gondola carried
luced the chances the- Navy aloft by a 128-foot plastic "sky-
wilr launch an altitude record hook": balloon. Such an alt
manned balloon flight from tude would be nearly 3,000 feet
Rapid Chty. S. D., Saturday to highèr than the existing manined ,
one In ten," the United Press balloon record, set Nov. 11, 1935,
reported by two Army, men from the
Thursday night: there -was a same launching site.
50-50 chance the. flight would
leave as scheduled: The ascen-
sion has not been officially post-
poned, however, and spokesmen
tor General Mills, co-sponsor of
iherecord attempt, said the
flight will be made if there is
a change for the better in the
weather outlook.
The bad weather forecast in-
volves the area through which
the balloon would. drift,:rather
than the launching site in the
"stratobowl" near Rapid -City
La General Mills meteorologist
irs. Mortcn L. Lewis
im D. Ross expect to

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Navy Balloon Navy Balloon
Flight Delayed
RAPID CITY, S. D.-A Navy
balloon fight from Strato balloon flight from Strato Bowl
10 miles south of here, scheduled
for today, has been postponed at for today, has been postponed at
least one day, Capt. Norman Barr
said Friday.
The Navy medical officer said said
the flight was postponed when it
became obvious weather condi-
tions would worsen. T
Previously, General Mills and
the Navy, sponsors of the flight,
said torlay would be the tirst day
the balloon carrying Cmdr. M. L.
Lewis and Lt. Cmdr. M. D. Ross
could take off.
Winds up to 40 miles an hour 1
and blowing snow raged Friday in
the area where the balloon will
soar.
Launching of the plastic balloon
will be made on the first good
morning from standpoint of
weather conditions, Barr said.