PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6966971

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONGeorgetown South Carolina

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3 December 1957 Georgetown, South Carolina 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balleon
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Lecel Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aireraft
0 Probably Aireraft
GMT_03/1157Z AinVisual Air-Intoreept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Bx Was AstronomlealMeteor
Ys Probably Astronomical
QNo Civilian Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTN OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data fo ation
Unknown
8 seconds one ENE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bullet bject, approx diameter Duration too short for rocket
of pencil about 3/g inch long. fired during naval operations in
Fiery yell Slight break tmme behind
object object. Tai appeared ten to twelve appeared ten to twelve
times longer than object, Multi- than object. Multi-
colored orange, green, purple, reddish
pink. Faded out of sight.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 52)
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DIANETER OF PENCIL LEAD.A .
PAREN C PAREN FIERY YELLCW SENI CLN PAREN D PAREN ONE SEMI CLN PAREN
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PAGE TWO RJESU 12
PAREN A AREN OESERVER WATCHING HORIZON WHILE DUCK HUNTING SEMI CLN (
PAREN B PAREN B. PAREN ANGLE15-2.9 ANCIEY AEOVE HORIZON. CHM APPROXINATELY CHM APPROXT
SEVEN DEGREES TRUESEMI I CLN PAREN C PAREKUENT DEGREES MAXIMUM CMM
FOLLOW CURVATURE OF EARTH SEMI CLN PAREN E PAREN FADED OUT CF SIGHT
AS DUE TO DISTANCE SEMI CLN PAREN F PAREN AECUT EIGHT SECONDS PAREN
3 PAREN PAREN A PAREN GROUND - VISUAL SENI CLN PAREN B PAREN NONE U
SEMI CLN PAREN C PAREN N/A SENI CLN PAREN 4 PAREN PAREN A PAREN
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PAREN E PAREN NONE SEMI CLN PAREN F PAREN NC NE. PAREN 8 PAREN NONE.
PAREN CESERVER SAW TWO AIRCRAFT CONTRAILS (
PAREN S PAREN NONE. PAREN 1 PAREN CESERVER SAW TWO AIRCRAFT CONTRAILS PAREN S PAREN NONE. PAREN 10
CON APPRCXINATELY 145 CON APPROXIMATELY 145 DEGREES CMM HEADING SOUTH. AIRCRAFT TCO DISTANT DEGREES CMM HEADING SOUTH. AIRCRAFT TCO DISTANT ( C
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NAVY OPERATICN IN _PROGRESS NAVY OPERATION IN PROGRESS IN VICINITY OF WARNING AREA W-177 DOES NOT IN VICINITY OF WARNING AREA W-177 DOES NOT (
PRECLUDE POSSIEILITY OF ROCKET FIRING. THE CBSERVER IS APPARENTLY A
MATURE INDIVIDUAL CMM LEVEL HEADED CMM AND POSSESSING GOOD JUDGEMENT.
NO CONFIRMATION OBTAINED FROM ANY OTHER SOURCES. LOCAL AC AND W SITE — (
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PERTINENT INFO TELEPHONED TO OPERATION PIG IRON PROJECT OFFICER CMM
ATIC.CMM WRIGHT- AFF. THEY ADVISED FURTHER REPORT DESIRED. (
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