PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7230745

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONAiken South Carolina

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 o Was Balloon Was Balloon
5 November 1957 Aiken, South Carolina 0 Probably Probably Bolloon Bolloan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Balloon Balloon
Locol 1830 EST Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Ground-Radar 0 0 Was Aireraft
0 Probably Aireraft Probably Aireroft
GMT_ 05/2330Z ARvnoqulars ARvhoqulars Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE DX OX Was Astronomical Venus
Ys Yes D Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomieal Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE 00 Other Other_.
000 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
30 min & 57 min Unknown
one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
Cigar pea at arm's Venus
length ight l light, 210 dgr azimuth 37 minutes
change red, then Bright white later. Observation through
spots tail with high Sirrus with BX.
to be blue flames, size same as
obj. No sound. Obj remai Ationary
ting movement$
however track. Iseemed
to move away from observer, when fad
ing changed color to red then amber.
obj at elev 210 azimuth at 23304 & had moved to 30 dgr elev.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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25 ACC DURING EIRST SIGHTINGE CLEAE. BURING SECOLD
SHTING: HIGH BROKEN CLOUDS. C
B. REPORT FROM AWS.
NNW C
5,00 333 DEG 17
290 DEF WMM 25
10,909
W
15,029 268 DEG 40
(
20,030 290 DEC 50
WNN
30,999 290 DEG 87
NND
50.000 290 DEG 53
(
C CAA
.
tmmits
89,900 MISG (
C. CEILINGSOET.
D. VISIBILITY IO MILES 10 MILES ②
D. VISIBILITY
E. ANT. OF CLOUD E ANT. OF CLOUD COVER COVE 5/12 5/10 .
CTE. HCTE. and He
F. NONE
NEGATIVE .
S.NONE
3 TWO A/C INVICINTTY, NO ELIGHT DIANS
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30MI
OBSERVATION WAS MADE WITH .
NAGED EYE, THE SECOED VITH DINOCULARS
OF 5 POWER STRENGHT. .
MANNER OF OBSERVATION
UP31.
L(SAUCETST GA .--SEVERAL PERSCNS REPORTED SEEING A *RED BALL HOVERING
VAUGUSTA
THEPE N UNCFEICIAL.REP PERSCNNEL AT NEARBY
AIKEN, S.C THE CEJECT ACAR AND ISSUEL LIGHT."-ACCORDING TO
AZUSTA CHRCNICLE EXECUTIVE EDITCR LC THE CEJECT ARRIS. WHC SAW THE OEJECT
FROM THE DOWNTCWN NEWSPAPER BUILDING. "IT CCULD HAVE SEEN A TINY-RED
HESALD.
AGE THREE OF RJESKB 1E
A GROUND VISUAL :
B. SINOCULARS 5 POWER)
B. NIGHT am Eghimeris
LOCATION OF OBSERVER (GT JD 2035)
NAME :E
A ADDRESS:
B. OCCUPATION: INCTRUMENT MECHAN AT SAVANNAH RIVER PRIJECT.
WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT
A. OBSERVERS ACCOUNT: DURING A. OBSERVERS IRING FIRST SIGHTING: CLEAR DURING SECOND FIRST SIGHTING: CLEAR. DURING SECOND
FCHTING: HIGH BROKEN_CLOUDS. FCNTING: HIGH BROKEN _CLOUDS. •.
B. REPORT FROM ANS. B. REPORT FROM ANS.
5,80 5,30 330 DEG 13 .
Whw Wite
10,009 290 DEF 25
24'
15,575 230 DEG 43
20,079 WNY
293 DEG 57

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AGE TWO OF RJESKE IE
G. TAIL LONG TAIL APPEARANCE_OE 3 BLUE_STREAKS, THOUGHT TO
BE 2 BLUE FLAMES. SIZE BLUE FLAMES. SIZE APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY SAME AS OBJECT OBJECT ITSELF. ITSELF.
H. SOUND H. SOUND NONE NONE
I. OTHER PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES. NONE
. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT.
A. ATTENTION OF OBSEAVER WAS CAUSED BY MERELY A. ATTENTION OF OBSEAVER WAS CAUSED BY MERELY LOOKING AT SKY. OKING AT SKY•
OBSERVED.
C. ANGLE OF ELEVATION 30 DEG A AND ZIMUTH (210 DE
ANCE OF OBJECT.
FOR THE MOST PART HEN MOVING MADE DARTING MOVEMENTS. HOW- -
EVER, OBJECT DID NOT TRACK.
E• OBJECT SEEMED TO MOVE AWAY FROM OBSERVER BEYOND THE HORIZON
WHEN DISAPPEARING. IT DIDNOT SEEM TO JHEN FADING THE −
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...05/23302 -
5.U57Refietion .
/ictur Ciken, S.C. AC 0
NoX 6 10 it
06 '57 .
79 .
UFDC99 YDCE62 VYA081 VDE057KBA327 OTher
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of O
RJESKB 1E
260520Z HE4
COMDR BGIST ACWRON COMDR 3EIST ACWRON
2 RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB
4-4x20
.
JEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF JARTERS USAF
JESKE/CONDR 35TH ADD AFB JESKB/COMDR 35TH ADD AFB ....
TO RJEPNB/COMDR EADE STAWART AFB
- Nov57
/UNCLASSIFIED // SM-159, UFOB ATTN: EADF CIC.
DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: ...
A. SHAPE CIGAR SHAPED. 081A
B. SIZE SIZE OF PEA AT ARMS LENGTH
C. COLON BRIGHT WHITE AS NEO T. CHANGED TO RED, TH
WHEN_ DISSARPEA MG.
D. NUMBER
E. FORMATION NONE
F. FEATURES 2 BRIGHT WHITE SPOTS 2 BRIGHT WHITE SPOTS SIDE OF_OBJECTCSECOND SIDE_OF_OBJECTCSECOND
OBSEPVATION BY_BINOG OBSEPVATION BY_BINOCULAFS-)- ULA=S)- .
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