PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6970128

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONEllsworth AFB South Dakota

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
12 December 1957 Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota a Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 12/1215Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
Ys 0 Probably Astronomical
XENo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
LENOTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data Evaluation
North Unknown
3 seconds one
10. BRIEF SUMMAR SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, object, size of bright The description, duration and
star, eling in a straight horizon flight path is of a meteorite.
tal suddenly disappeared. The earth is passing through the
peak of the meteoric shower,
Geminids.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 52)
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PAGE TWO RJWFAP 25
2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:
(A) WAS ON GUARD, LOOKED TOWARD BUILDINGS AND OBJECT ENTERED FIELD
OF VISION ABOVE BUILDINGS. NorTh
(C) APPROXIMATELY THIRTY, (30)DEGR AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) C
DEGREES.
(D) STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL COURSE.
E) SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED (
APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) SECONDS.
3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION8 (
(A) GROUND VISUAL (As GRUOND VISOAL
( NONE (B NONE
(C)NOT APPLICABLE (C NOT APPLICABLE
4. 4. TIME AND ATE: TIME AND ATE: C
(A) 1212152 DEC1215--7=05-15-l0cal =05-15-local
(B) NIGHT () NIGHT
FOUR Danor 9 HITEC DTV 3
5. FORTy C
N AND ONE ZERO
SECONDS NORTH ZERO ER FOUR
(54) SECONDS WEST.
6 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF OBSERVERS.
(A) NOT APPLICABLE
(B) AIRMAN SECOND CLASS, 28TH AIR POLICE SQUA-
DRON, AIR POLICEMAN, RELIABLE.
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(R) SIZE OF BRIGHT STAR KOR9SA-0WA BRAHDEY (
(WHITE
(D) ONE J
NOT APPLICABLE C
(F) NOE C
(G) NOE
(H NONE C
(I) (I) NONE NONE
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7. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT:
C
(A) CLEAR piw
N wNw
(B) 350/ : 300/25: 320/40: 290/50: 280/65: THIRTY, FI AND
EIGHTY THOUSAND NOT AVAILABLE. C
(C)12,000 SC (C)12,000 SC: HIGH THIN BROKEN. HIGH THIN BROKEN.
(D) GOOD (D GOOD
(E)NONE ( (
(F) NONE
8. NONE
9. NONE
1. NONERRPOTED
11. CHIEF OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. REPOTING AIRMAN CONCIENTIOUS
AND DESIRIOUS OF BEING HELPFUL. HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO
C
WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND COULD HAVE RENDERED
TRAIL OR SPARKD INCONSPIC OUS. BELIEVE OBSERVER SAW_METEOR.
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