PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
4 December 1957 Over Cincinnati, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Locel1859 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 04/23597 0 Alr-Visual Alr-Intercept Radar D Possibly Alrcraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE V Was Astronomical Meteor
aY.s D00 Probably Astronomical
CkNo Civilian Possibly Astronomieal
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insuffieient Data for Evaluation
2-3 seconds East Unknown
one
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
White light, bright as the moon. No Probably a meteor -- Earth now
sound, descending toward horizon and entering Geminids meteor shower.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

until it follows the sun below the horizon, Canis Major stands Canis Minor, the lesser the earth, it presents to our view varying
more than three hours later. But even this dog, with Procyon as the brightest star. amounts of its illuminated hemisphere.
will not be the full extent of the display. Over toward the southwest are found At new, it is practically between the sun
On the 24th, the moon, in a crescent phase, the remnants of the constellations of the and us; the sunlit half is entirely turned
three days after the new moon, will pass autumn evenings. Near the horizon, as away and we see nothing. But a few days
just to the north of Venus. While the shown on the maps, or higher if it is earlier later, as the moon swings eastward froin
closest approach comes, for Americans, dur- in the evening, is Vega, about all that is the direction of the sun, it remains in the
ing daylight hours, they will still be close seen of Lyra, the lyre. Above and to the western sky for a while after the sun has
together that evening, Christmas eve, and left is Cygnus, the swan, with Deneb. set. A narrow sliver of the bright half then
will form a striking backdrop for the While Vega and Deneb both are first mag- appears to us, as a crescent. Then, as it
carolers singing their Yuletide greetings. nitude stars, their low altitude makes them swings still farther aivay from the sun,
Venus is the only planet that can be seen planet that can be seen look fainter. half, three-quarters, and finally all, of the
well on December evenings. On the seveuth, well on December evenings. On the seventh, About 3:30 a. m., at the beginning of About 3:30 a. m., at the beginning of sunlit side is presented to us, bringing the
Mercury is farthest east of the sun and Mercury is farthest east of the sun and December, and 1:30 a. m., at the end, December, and 1:30 a. m., at the end, full moon.
will remain briefly in the southwestern sky another planet, Jupiter, appears in the another planet, Jupiter, appears in the This takes about two weeks. During the
after the sun has set. Possibly, if you have southeast, in Virgo, the virgin. Its bright- next two weeks the changes occur in reverse
a very clear view in that direction, and ness now is just about the same as that order, and the moon is new once again.
look closely, you can get a glinpse of this of Sirius. Mars, of the second magnitude, Something s similar happens to Venus. similar happens to Venus.
innermost of all the planets, but this is not
really a favorable time to see Mercury. Algol
No planets appear on the accompanying PERSFUS PERSEUS
maps of the December evening skies, for DECEMBER ANDROMEDA Capelia-AURIGA
these show their appearance later in the these s show theira appearance later in the 1957 Schedir* Schedir
evening, after Venus has set. Thiev e evening, after Venus s has set. Thev e CAMELOPAROALIS
drawn for about 10:00 p.m., your own kind LACERTA CASSIOPEIA
kind of standard time, on Dec. I, and an PEGASUS GEMINI
hour earlier at the middle of the month. *Polaris Castor
In the southeast there is now visible the CEPHEUS Pollux
brilliant array of stars which make the skies CYGNUS Deneb URSA
of the winter evening so beautiful. MINOR
DR/ACO o URSA LYNX
Dog-Star Is Brightest PMAJOR
Brightest of these stars is Sirius, the dog- *Vega DIPPER
star, part of Canis Major, the great dog, Face Nortle
shown near the horizon. However, its low WEST EAST
altitude causes a partial diminution of its
light. Later in the night it climbs higher PERSEUS
in the southern sky and is then even more Pleiades ANDROMEDA
conspicuous. DECEMBER AURIGA TRIANGULUM
On the astronomer's scale of star bright- 1957 ARIES
nesses, Sirius is of magnitude minus 1.4, AIdebarifTAURUS "GREAT
which means that it exceeds any other star GEMINI SQUARE
that we can see in the nighttime sky. Com- ORION PISCES
Markab
pared to Venus, however, it is relatively Betelgeuse CETUS
faint, for the magnitude of that planet is CANIS PEGASUS
minus 4.4. Venus now is nearly 16 times MINOR MOMOLERO ERIDANUS
as bright as Sirius. LEPUS
Above Sirius, Orion, the warrior, may be Procyan AQUARIUS
scen. In this group are two bright stars of PCANIS FORNAX
the "first magnitude": Betelgeuse, to the Siriuse MAJOR
left, and Rigel, a little lower and to the
right. Between them is a row of three EAST Jace South WEST
fainter stars that form Orion's belt.
Directly above Orion is Taurus, the bull, * * SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER BRIGHTNESS

No Case (Information Only) December 1957
Pacific Ocean
Poge 10
1957
In December, radio
offlcer  of the British Ship s.s. kdmBey, off San Pedro,
Calirornia in the Paciric Ooean, photograpi ange flying
craft with dome, landing struts, antenna, and a retraotable
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through the middle, nd flashlight it possible to look into the in
terior. Therein is copper tubing about a quarter of an inch in di-
ameter coiled around Also inside is a powdery substance of
some kind. The objsct is strongly made, and if it is a mers hoax, it must have
cost the hoaxter a fairly large amount of money to construct it.
There are hioroglyphics on the outside of the saucer, and when the
object was taken apart, 17 thin copper sheets similar to tin foil in texturs
fond $no3dodatho oAoheoo . The she
prepare for space
as saying accopt this as don't accopt that it comes from
another planet. think it was de vised as a nethod d of presenting cortain ideas
to the publie - either by way ropaganda or advice. It may have come from a
body of scientists, who, if they tried to put over their message in a normal
way, might be guilty of a breach of trust." We of SAUcER News are inclined to
agree in general with this interprotation, assuming that the saucer is not an
outright hoax after all.
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VOLUVE 5, MUMBER 4 JUNE-JULY
(Wholo Mumber 31) 1958
SAUCER NEWS
OFHCIAL OF THE SAUCER AND UNEXPLAINED CELESTIAL SVENTS RESEARCH SOCIETY
MAILING ADDRESS: EDITOR:
P. O. BOX YO3, FORT N. J.
1
ryan Essenhigh.)
CONTENTS OF HIA IBSUE
Letters to the Ed Pago 2
Recont News Storie go 17
FEATURE ARTICLES:
4
Rationalism in Ufoleay - by Richard Hall. 7
Saucers and the International Geophyaical YaAC-
by John W
You Too Can Sae a Flying Saucerl - by Justin 12
Historical Doctrine (Part Two,
Section One - by ion on.....

2 December 1957 Poge 10
No Case (Information Only)
Regina, Saskatchewan
NX49 1457
(DU)
REGINA, SASK.ODEC. 2.--(UP)--THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS REPORTED_TODAY
THAT A FLEMING SASK. FARMER, IDENTIFIED AS FOUND A
CHARRED CHUNK OF METAL BEARING RUSSIAN LETTERING ON HI FARM TODAY
BUT POLICE, THE FLEMING POST ICIPAL OFFICIALS. SAID
THEY HAD NEVER THEY HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME.
THE FREE THE FREE PRESS STORY SAID THE FARMER SHIPPED HIS FIND TO THE REGINA PRESS STORY SAID THE FARMER SHIPPED HIS FIND TO THE REGINA
LEADER POST LEADER POST TO TO CLAIM CLAIM REWARD INDER
OF THE FIRST OF THE FIRST PIECE OF PIECI HE_BOCKET. HE ROCKET.
BERT MCKAY, EDITOR WORLD-SPECTATOR AT NEARBY MOOSON IN,
SAID HE CHECKED THE POST THE EXPRESS OFFICE AND THE BUS'LINES THE EXPRESS OFFICE AND THE BUS'LINES
AND FOUND THAT NOTH ING H AND FOUND THAT NOTH ING HA SHIPPED TO THE REGINA LEADER POST
FROM THE FLEMING AREA TODAY
HE SAID A BRANDON HE SAID A BRANDON, MAM.,. MAM.,..TELEV TELEV S ION STATION CARRIED A STORY THAT THE
ROCKET CARRIER CRASHED IN SASKATCHEWAN BUT THAT WHEN THE TELEVISION ROCKET CARRIER CRASHED IN SASKATCHEWAN BUT THAT WHEN THE TELEVISION
STATION SENT A STATION SENT CREW TO To THE SCENE THEY COULD FIND NO TRACE OF THE THE SCENE THEY COULD FIND NO TRACE OF THE
METAL OR OF THE METAI FARMER WHO REPORTED FINDING IT.
WW1058P

5-9 ITINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
O'Fallon, Illinois Astro (METEOR)
Porto Alegro, Brazil Brazilian Military Insufficient Data
Cedar Key, Florida Balloon
Lake City, Florida Insufficient Data
Lake City, Florida Balloon
New Orleans, Louisiana PHYSICAL S Other PARACHUTE FLARE)
S Weymouth, New Jersey Aircraft
Newburgh, New York (CASE MISSING) Civilian Balloon
unnnnnnnnnnnnuun Texarkana, Texas Civilian (Air Vis) Aircraft
Griffis AFB, New York Aircraft
Long Island, New York, Maryland Multi (6 reports) Astro (METEOR)
Torrington, Connecticut Civilian Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT)
Oceana NAS, Virginia Multi (Military) Astro (STAR/PLANET)
Northeastern U.. S.. Multi (9 reports) Astro METOR
Yonkers, New, York Astro METEOR
Mountain Lake, New Jersey Aircraft
5-10 Cincinnati, Ohio (PHOTO) Astro (MOON)
Ia Madera, New Mexico Insufficient Data
6066 Savannah/Albany,Georgia Military Astro (VENUS)
Nome, Alaska Multi Astro (METEOR)
7 Bowbells, North Dakota Astro METEOR) Astro (METEOR)
Shreveport, Loutaianna Shreveport, Loutaiana Aircraft
N-∞ Kildare,Linden,s/Ghreveport, La Balloon
Darrington, Washington Darrington, Washington CMrlian Cvrlian Astro (VENUS)
Tiflet-Monor, Morocce Tiflet-Monor, Morccco Military l. Aircraft Contrails
2. Astro (vENUs) 2. Astro (VENUs)
8 Comfort, Texas State Highway Patrol Other PARACHUTES)
Loving, Texas Insufficient Data Insufficient Data
∞∞∞∞∞∞ Montana, Canadian order Montana, Canadian Forder Military Other (REFIECTION) Other (REFLECTION)
∞∞∞∞ Laramie, Wyomin Astro (METEOR)
Bremerton, Washii_ten Bremerton, Washinten Astro (METEOR) Astro METEOR)
Belmont, California Aircraft
Uruguay Insufficient Data
Itazuke, Japan Astro(VENUS)
Argyle, Iowa Insufficient Data
Moriarty, New Mexico Astro (METEOR)
Redlands, California Astro (VENUS)
Dothan, Alabama Military Air Aircraft
,
ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION
Dee Universe Soience News Ltr
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This questionnaire has been propared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much
information as cerning the unidontified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to answ you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for res garded as confidential material. Your name will not
be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
Wo request this personal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, may contact you for
further dotails.
1. When did you see the object?
Minutes
Dec
\rac Month (Circle One): or P.M.
A.M
3. Time xone: 7 5
(Circle Ono)y a. Eastern (Circls One): Daylight Saving
b. Contral Contral b.Standard Standard
c. Mountaln
d. Paciflc
a, Oh
4.Whore were you when you sow the objoct? . Where were you when you sow object? Grer Guer Cin cinnuali 25;000 Cincisnuoli 25j000
Nearest Postal Address Addrees City or Town State or Country State or Country
Additional remarks:-
5. Estimate how long you saw the ob,oct. 20:3
Hours Minutes Seconds
5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5.
a. Certain Not very sure
Fairly certain d.Just a guess
What was the condition of the sky?
(Circle One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight e. No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight F. Don't remember
7.IF you saw the object during DA where was the SUN located as you looked at
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right 1. Don't remember
terai!j
22.

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8IF you saw the oulect at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Nona e Bright moonlight
b. A fow b.Dull moonlight
S. Many c.No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remomber . Don't remember
9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): Yos b. No c. Don'tromember
(Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
.Several blocks away?
c. A block oway?
d.Soveral yards away?
2Othor-2 Other
Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any tIme? a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes Yes Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes Yos Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yos 2 222 Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes Don't Know
. Change brightness? Yes Don't Know
f. Change shape? Change shape? Yes Yes Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes Yes Ng Don't Know
1. Did the object move behind something at anytimo, particularly a cloud? Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answored YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
(Circle One): Yes (No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what
it moved in front of: .
Did the object appear: (Circle One): aSolld? b. Transparent? Don't Know.
Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes No . Binoc ulars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes f. Telescope Yos No
c. Windshield Yes No 8. Theodolite Yos
Window glass Yes No h. Other

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16. Toll In a few words the following things about the oblect.
a. Sound _
of the ablect that you saw such as wings, protruslons, ete., and especlally exhaust tralls or vapor tralls. Place
an arrow besido the drawing to show the directlon the oblect was moving.
18. The edges of the object were:
(Cirela One): a. Fuzzy or blusred (Cirela One): a. Fuzzy or blusred . Other Other
b. Like a brighoe stor b. Liko a brighe tor
Sharply ouiimed Sharply ouilmed
d Don'tremember
1IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? e

W DE
foigonat 20angl
IF PossiBLE, try to guess or estimato what the real slze of the object was in its longest dimenslon.
..fet.
How large did the object or objects oppear as compared with one of the following objects held in the hand
and at about arin's length?
(Circle One): a. Houd of a pin g. Silver dollor
b. Pea h. h. Baseball
c. c. Dime 1. I. Grapefruit Grapefrult
d. Nickat i. Basketball
. 6. Qrrntor k. Other
f. Half dollor Half dollow
22.1 (Circle One of the following to Indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 22. 22.1 (Circle One of the following to Indicate how certaln you are of your answer to Question 22.
a. Cortain a. Cortain c. Not very sure
Falrly certain Falrly certain d. Uncertain
23. How did the oblect or objects disappear from viow? = 23. How did the oblect or objects disappear from vlow?
24. In order that you con give as clear a pisture as possiblo of what you saw, we would lke for you to imagine that you could
construct the object that you saw. Of what type materlal would you make It? How large would it be, and what shape
would It have? Describe in your own words a common oblect or objeets which whon placed up In the sky would give the
same appearance as the obleet which you saw.
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In a car c. In open countryside?
C.. Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
d. In an airplane Flying over a city?
o. At sea Flying over open country?
f. g. Other
27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
tnd
ty my right
IF you war MOVING IN AN UTOMOBlLE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:
28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. Eost . e. South South g. g. West
b. Northeast b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest Southwest h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? (Circle One) 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest Northwest
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
$a$ North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Noorthwest
If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
a.From true North_/0/s- degrees.
b. Fromhorizon_4s-0 degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a. From true North /5- LU degrees.
b. From horizon_5- degrees.

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. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circl One)
Clear sky a. No wind
b. Hazy .Slight breeze
c. Scattered clouds c. Strong wind
d. Thick or heavy clouds Don't remember
. Don't remember
34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
Dry Ca2Cold
b. Fog, mist, or light rain b. Cool
c. Moderate or heavy rain c. Warm
d. Snow d.Hot.
Don't remember Don't remember
When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
S Dec 5 7
Day Month Year
36. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? 36. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?
(Circle One) (Yes) (Circle One) (Yes No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did thay see the object too? 36.1 IF you answered YES, did thay see the object too?
(Circle One) (Yes (Circle One) (Yes No
36.2 Please list their names dresses:
iNSTiTITe oF Fech. insTTTe of Tech.
37. Was this the first time that you hod seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) Ys N
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances did you see other ones?
2een 722
=
38. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might havs caused it?
Coni

(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YEs, then how far away would you say it was?
Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME =
Middlo Nome
ADDRESS T of Tech WPAFB 010
Street City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBS TELEPHONE NUMBE
What is your present job? _ What is your present job? i7
Ago 36 Ago36 Sox M Sox M
Please indicate any special educational training that you have had.
a. Grade school L a. Grade school L . e. Technical school . . Technical school
b. High school (Typo) P1io7 TrAINg
c. College 3s .Other special training.
d. Post graduate D0d10 Nac
4.Date you completed this questionnaire: Day Month Yoar

Science News Letrer for November 23, 1957
Like the moon, it has no light of its own 27 11:00 p.m.1 Moon farthest, distance 251,300 =
but is illuminated by the sun, so that one miles.
half is bright and the opposite half dark. 28 _11:52 p.m. Moon in first quarter.
Last April 14 it was out beyond I the sun, Subtract one hour for CsT, two hours for
with the entire bright hemisphere turned MST, and three for PST.
earthwards. Since then it has been n moving Science News Letter, November 23, 1957
and is now coming between the earth and
sun. Thus, most of its sunlit hemisphere is ~
turned away, and we have a crescent phase.
On Jan. 28 it will be, nearly, directiy
between us and the sun, and this will
correspond to new moon. After that it will
become a crescent again, visible in the
morning sky before sunrise.
Unlike the r moon, Venus is always so
far away that only through a telescope are
its phases visible.
The phases of Venus differ from those of
the moon in another respect.
As the moon travels around the earth, its
distance does not change very greatly, only
from about 221,000 miles to 253,000 miles.
Thus there is no great change in its ap-
parent size, and the diameter of the full
moon is about the same as when it is in a i
narrow crescent phase. But when Venus is
full it is out fir beyond the sun, about
160,000,000 miles away. Just before Christ- 160,000,00o miles away. Just before Christ-
mas it will be less than 40,000,000 miles mas it will be less than 40,000,000 miles
away, and on Jan. 28 its distance will be away, and on Jan. 28 its distance will be
about 26,(h)€) miles. Thus, as about 26,(w)€o miles. Thus, as s it gets it gets
near the "new" phase, it is much larger,
seemingly,in the sky. seemingly, in the sky.
That is why it is brightest. when a cres- That is whv it is brightest. when a cres-
cent. Although less than half of the bright
side is visible to us, its proximity more
than makes up for this, and the part we .
can see tills the largest area of the sky.
Then it is at the greatest brilliance.
Winter Arrives
On Dec. ! he sum, which has apparently On Dee. ! he sum, which has apparently
been traveling southward in the sky since
last June, reaches its southernmost point.
This is the winter solstice-the beginning
of winter in the Northern Hemisphere-and
it occurs at 9:49 p. m., EST.
At that moment the sun will be directly
over a point near the eastern edge of the
Arunta Desert, which is in Australia, on
the border between Queensland and the
Northern Territory. In Australia, and other
southern countries, the sun will be high
in the sky, marking summer's beginning.
Celestial Time Table for December •
Dec. EST
3 6:10 p.m. Algol (variable star in Perseus)
at minimum brightness.
N8 1:16 a.m. Full moon.
10:00 p.m. Saturn on far side of sun, dis-
tance 1,030,000,000 miles,
13 early a.m. Geminid meteor shower, , me-
tcors apparently radiating from
constellation of Gemini.
midnight Moon nearest, distance 230,100
miles.
14 12:45 a.m. Moon in last quarter.
16 12:57 p.m. Moon passes Jupiter.
18 2:15A.M. Algol at minimum.
3:56 p.m. Moon passes Mars.
20 1t:04p.n. Algol at minimum.
21 1:12a.m. New Moon.
9:49 p.m. Winter commences in North-
ern Hemisphere.
23 7:53 p.m. Algol at minimum.
11:00 p.m. Venus at greatest brilliancy.
24 1:27 p.m. Moon passes Venus.