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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

io ak 0 Was Bolloon
1 December 1957 Hamburg, Germany 0D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
at sce: GER Me a P, : O Was Aircraft
Locol 4 XIX Ground-Vi sual © Ground-Rador GQ Probably Aircroft
GMT 01/15302 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircraft
5. PH O Was Astronomical
O Yes Physical QO Probably Astronomical
Ci We Specimen Civilian oO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~ 16. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OXOther_Parachute lary
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 0 Unknown
unknown one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Ons brightly burning object fell in Analysis of residue revealed
vicinity, Hamburg, Germany. Object magnesium and aluminum oxides
struck the earth at an angle of 30 dgrsé with the former predominent in
above the horizon, Grass in vicinity quantity. ATIC concurs in con-
of impact was singed und wovered with clusion ohject was parachute
a white grey oxide residuc,. No metal tlare,
pieces recovered,

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CLASSIFICATION aS IN FORM A TIO N RE PO RT SERIAL NO.
: UNCLASSIFIED acai | ae OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE : 981-57
DATE OF INFORMATION. bina es " DATE OF REPORT
3 Decenber 1957 ta OPNAV FORM 3820-2 (REV. 6-57) _ 4 '
FROV Gor. NAVAL ATTACHE, HAMBURG fens. tional ) } g | yr ail REQUEST NO.
sun Ray FEDERAL REPUBLIC = Unknow shiaak falling in “vsintty of pales.

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BRIEF (FOR REPORYS 73 OF MORE THAN ‘ONE PAGE, ENTER CAREFUL SUMMARY)

Enel: (1) Translation of ltr from Professor Dr.

le Onl Decenber 1957 about 1630 (GCT) a burning sbieat was observed to fal in? % bee og
the vicinity of Hamburg. This objeet has been determined to be definitely nommeteorite.
Souree investigated the incident, The following information wis obtained 2a ree.

interview and through correspondence cerca (1)) with source,

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several persons observed this incident at least one of whom is know to bea responsible,

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has this: Leiden struck the earth at an angle of ¢ about 30° abory the boFisontal,,

” Bo ‘That the point of impast’ was 8* ~ 10" in ‘atamoter and about 7" deep, The
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« That analysis of residue (see enclosure x revealed magnesium and aluminum
oxides with the former predominent in quantity. ..

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981-57 18 December 1957 _

3. Source is Professor Doctor Quip Ey
» University of Hamburg. Source was very cooperative as well as objective

in respect to this incident,’ His final conclusions are limited to the opinion that

this object was not a meteor but was something constructed by man for some purpose
which is not known.

's © : Rather extensive digging operations were conducted at
site by German Army Engineers - a hole about ten feet deep with expanded radius was
dug, the earth sifted and no metal discovered. The theory that this object was a
ship's signal device has been suggested, however the nearest ship mud: could have
been no closer to point of impact than one and one half miles, which would seem to

negate the idea that a ship was the point of origin, The hole has been refilled and
the incident is considered closed by local authorities,

Forwarded

A. Pp . SCOTP
Captain, USN