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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6968357

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONOceana NAS Virginia

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
5 December 1957 Oceana NAS, Virginia 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon -
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 06/0220Z Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE LCY Was Astronomical (star/plan
Y.s Probably Astronomical et)
ANo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
stationary Unknown
S hrs 20 minutes one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
small object, green, with Observers probably saw a star
red flashing light. irst appeared to or planet. No positional data
be stationary and turning counter given. Exact object not deter-
clockwise. Later appeared to be slowly mined.
moving wway from observer. Object
disappeared disappeared from from sight with the coming sight with the coming
of dawn of dawn
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ATIC forM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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AFB WASHINGTON DC
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/UNCLASSIFIED/ 1131 PD UFOB /UNCLASSIFIED/ 131 PD UFOB REPORT C
A. DESCRIPTION IOF OBJECT:
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ROUND
VERY SMALL
3.RZEN,WITH RED ASHING LIGHT ,
4ONE
5.N/A Note
6. NEGATIVE
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7 NEGATIVE
8 NONE. OTHER THAN STATED ABOVE C
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PAGE TWO RJEPJM 2E
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
2 didrl
Move
4FIRST APPEARED TO BE STATIONARY AND TURNING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.
AT LATER OBSERVATION OBJECT APPEARED BE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY
FROM OBSERVER
5. OBJECT DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT 5. OBJECT WITH THE COMING OF DAWN. OBJECT
COULD NOT BE SEEN IN LIGHT.
6. VISIBLE FOR EIGHT 6. VISIBLE FOR EIGHT HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES. TWENTY MINUTES.
c. C. MANNER OF OBSERVA- OBSERVA-
TION:
1. GROUND-VISUAL 1. GROUND-VISUAL
2 FIELD GLASSES
3.N/A
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: theobjet for 8hour
1. 06/0220Z and warnt
2 NIGHT
E. I LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: nat.
1. 3559N 7692W
2. GJPG 5955

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F. IDENTIFICATION OF ALL OBSERVERS:
GRADE NAME ORGN DUTY C
ESTIMATE OF
RELIABILITY
(USN)AC3 CHESTER A. HUNTER RATC CONTROL TOWER A-1
(
OPERATOR
(USN)AD2 JAMES WILLIAM RATC CONTROL TOWER A-1
OPERATOR
(USN)AC2 RICHARD BOUNDY (
RATC CONTROL TOWER CONTROL TOWER A-1 A-1
OPERATOR
(USN)CS3 (USN)CS3 ROBERT SCHNVRBUSCH ROBERT SCHNVRBUSCH RATC CONTROL TOWER A-1
. (
OPERATOR
C. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME OF SIGHTING ( (
1 CLEAR, VISIBILITY APPROXIMATELY Y 10 MILES. 10 MILES.
2. 6000 - 300 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS
10000 - 310 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS
16003 - 320 DEGREES AT 55 K KNOTS
20003 - 3 (
330 DEGREES AT 65 K KNOTS
30030 - 320 DEGREES AT 85 KNOTS
50000 - 310 DEGREES AT 751 KNOTS
83000 - NEGATIVE
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3. CLEAR
410 MILES PLUS 65
5NEGATIVE (
6NEGATIVE
H• UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA:
1 NEGATIVE
2NEGATIVE
3NEGATIVE
I. A F102A FROM LANGLEY AFB RETURNING FROM AN INTERCEPTION WAS
VECTORED INTO THIS AREA AIRCRAFT REPORTD FLARES AND SHELL BURSTS'
FROM NAVAL VESSELS IN THIS AREA. A NAVAL AIRCRAFT (BEECHCRAFT) FROM
OCEANA NAS WAS NEAR THIS AREA AND LAS VECTORED TO THE APPROXIMATE L
POSITION. AIRCRAFT REPORTED NO SIGHTINGS.
J. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME.
K. BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVELY CLOSE PO ITION OF THIS UNIT FROM THE
POINT OF OBSERVATION, MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO OBSERVE THIS OBJECT FROM
THIS LOCATION. VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, WITH THE AID OF FIELD GLASSES WERE THIS LOCATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS. WITH THE AID OF FIELD GLASSES WERE
MADE• IT APPEARED IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER AS REPORTED BY THE NAVAL.
PERSONNEL• THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION ARE THAT THIS
SIGHTING WAS ON A PLANET OR STAR. ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY BASED ON
OBSERVATIONS BY THIS UNIT'S INTELLIGENCE ONFICER AND NCOICINTELLIGNCE
CONFIRMING REPORT OF NAVAL PERSONNEL.
L.• NO PHYSICAL DENCE IS AVAILABLE.
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