PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
I. DATE ·TINE GROUP 2. LOCATION
31 December 57 01/O430z Dulut, Minnesota
3. SOURCE 0. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT D.TA. ..JAATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
3 - 5 Minutes The sighting rock:  in 1957 and has just been reported to
the Air Force. S.; t . is too old to investigate and the Air rorce. ,-s Old to Investigate and
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION information prt. is insufficient for evaluation. information pr.t is insufficient for evaluation.
Ground-Visual Ground-Visual
. COURSE 7. COURSE
N/A
8. PHOTOS 8. PHOTOS
'r r
0 Yes Yes
XXNo AXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE .
Yes
XXNo XXNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previoue editions of this form mev be uned.

30 December 1957
No Case (Information Only) Drakestown, New Jersey
Another New Jersey Little-man Case, Drakestown, December 30; Jules hopes to check up; Another New Jersey Little-man Case, Drakestown, December 30; Jules hopes to check up;
sounds promising; ttle men said to be Le men said to be luminous, and green! luminous, and green!

NO CASE JNFO: ONY
SCUIGE: SFACE CRAFT DIGEST - SPRING - 1956
31 00 1957
8TOCkHOiM, Sweden - 31 De-
cebar. a repurt by a
Swodiah officer of a shining
cbjeet trareling on a apiral
course toward the Hoon wes un-
der exanination at Sweden's
defnnse headquarters Nonday.
he beat guess so far 803.73
to be that it ri ht have
somethiug to do with ths
USSa satellite or middle ex-
periment, a starf officer
said.
wde know that it is no air-
piane, ner mny petarological
ballcen," he said. And the
Stockholn Obaarvatery has
told un rhat it is no mateor?
He said the ctaervation was Iion was
rale Sunday by a Swedi sh army rale Sunday by arny
capuain st Kortedala, naar capuain st Kot rtedala, Lear
Gotaborg, on the Swed:sh west Goteborg, on sh wes-
coast. coast.
"The captain roportsd he "The captain roported he
watched the objoct through
his fleld glaasee for 2o xin-
tes." tes."
"e are taxing tnis report taxing tnis repert
sericusit sinee it cate froe sinee it case froe
a conpstett cuserver. Ali
deta'ls are ceing forwarded detalls are ceing forwarded
to ere FCA (sciantifie ro-
search institute of Sweder's search insticute of Sweien's
arasd ferone). -
"The captain deveribed ths "The captain deveribed tho
OO.EOt as a FLA.TENE. CO/eCt as a FLA.TENE. SPHEPE kHeen
cireling nootwards.. cireling nootwards."
"its eides "its eides w 3cmewlat
longated an longated and there was a YAS A STOCKHoeM 2
flicxaring glo if from
turning sxnaust gases fren
one sica.. SCUCDEN
The Sweilan defense staff
spoke.ma captain
had not aimat
the aitiz reported
the "object one lagre.
a seconi on th : scile of his
field zlasses."
Frca his position at Kert-
dala the captain saw tne ob-
jeet in a S.S.d. direction.
The ebjeet was certainly not
possibly Sputnik, as it io
outside all schoduledy
the spokasman cludsd.
So ands th adish arny
report of wn moat. open-mind-
ed observere would s is an
amariog Uo report.

EIC ) TINGS
DAE LOCATION OSERVER EVALUATION
Jen Uruguny Insufficient Data
1-2 River Fores , Illinois (PHOTO) Aircraft
unisville, Alabama offer As ro (METEOR)
Scot: AfB, Centralia, Illinois Multi Astro (ME.EOR)
:illsboro, Illinois Other (Ground Ligt)
Techikawa, Yokota, Japan Military Astro (ME.EOR)
Woodridge, England Military Astro (VENUS)
Yosemite, Kentucky Astro (METEOR)
N of New Orleans, Louisiana Astro (METEOR)
Boise, Ida.o Civilian Insufficient Data
Houston, Texas Insufficient Data
W of Narietta, Georgia Military Aircraft
Old Westbury, Long Island, New Yor Ot er (MISINTERPRETATION)
Le Compte, Forest :ill, Louisiana Multi Astro(VENUS)
NNNNNNMMMOO Rushville, Illinois Insu ficient Data
Mankato, Kansas Aircrafi
Over SV' Libya Military (vis & RADAR) Astro (METEOR)
Tachikawa, Yokots, Japan Tachikawa, Yokots, Japan Military Military Astro (METEOR Astro (METEOR)
Chattanooga, Tennessee Insufficient Data
University City, Missouri Astro (METEOR)
Great Neck, New York Insufficient Data
Dayton, G io Dayton, C io Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT) Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT)
Los Angeles, California Falloon
Deland, Florida Insufficient Insufficient I Data Data
arhor Springs, Michigan arbor Springs, Michigan Aireraft Aircraft
. Itazuke All, Japan. : . Itazuke Al, Japan. : Military Astro (MTBOR) Astro (METEOR)
Eiggs Aft, B Paso, Texas Eiggu Aft, E Paso, TexRs Militar. Militar (RADAR) (RADAR) Other (RIRDE Other RIRDE)
9-12 9-12 Fabor dit, N. C./hyrtle Teas , S.t. rulti Fabor dit, M. C./h,rtle Teas , S.l. iulti Astro (EMS)
10 Green Castle, Iniiana Creen lastle, Iniiana Airera?t Airera?t
"a 'o, Oio Astro (NTGOR)
99993 Tampa, Ploriia Aircraft
O'Fallon, 'issouri Astro(rErUS)
La to., 0 to Astro (MTOR)
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that hs r soward the wouid west a fondiet At new, it is practially between the sa
14 ythe msiimoth und d. the suntt hait s entciv turne.
1 mg Ner he lut. wav aud we see nothing. Bat i tew day.
4 11 ae the tajs ve her if it e iher ater. s he moon swings castward tron
aty 1 111 eeoing Vrgi aat t the sur ction of the sun, it rematns in the
h the isuAr wevrn sh tor a while iter dhie sun bs
fow t ghus. te aa  watithsi wei A nwrrw tiver of the lighr hali thed
. 10 .e Vatneti appeas to 1, d a creant Then, as
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4 0 a thr vepa sunlnt shve is preseared to i, broging the
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sun. Thus, uorr of its sunlit hemuphere is
furned away, und we have a crexcent phase.
On Jan. 28 it will be, neacly. cirectiv
between us and che sun, aid this will.
correspond to new moon. After that it will
become a crescent again, visible in the
morning sky betore sunrise.
. Unlike be nnuon. Venus is aiways s
far away that only chrough a teleacope are
its phases visible.
The phases of Vemus dhfler from those of
the mcion in another respect.
As the moum travels around the carth, its
distance docs not change very greatly, only
from about 221,000 mniles to 253,000 miles.
Thue chere 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
narrow crescent phase. But when Vens is
full it is out far beyond the sun, about
160,000,0ou miles away. finst before Christ.
mas it will be less than 40,o0n neo miles
away, and on Jan. 28 its distance will be
abowt 20,000,00n mulex. Thus, as it gets
near the "new" phase, it is much larger,
seeringly, in the sky.
That is whv it is hrightst when a cres-
cent. Although tess chan halt ot the bright cent. Although less than hait ot the bright
side is viuble wo us, it proximiry more side is viuble wo us, it proximiry more
than makes up tor this, and the part than makes up foxr this, asd the part we
can see fills the largesr area of the sky. can see fills the larges area of the sky.
Then is is at the greatest brilbance Then is is  the greatest brilbance
Winter Arrives
On Dec. Di the sun, which has appartnsly
been traveling southward in the sky unce been traveling southward in the ky unce
au lune. reacnes its southernmost point. au lune. reaches it southeramose point.
This is the winaer sodstict-the beginning This is the winar seodstict-the beginning
of winter in the Northern Hemispnere-and of winter in the Northern Hemisphere-and
it occurs at 9:4 p. m., EST. it occurs at 9: p. m., EST.
At that moment the sua will be directly
over a pniat ncar the eastern edige ot the over a pniat ncar the eastern sdige of the
Ammar Denert, which is in Australia, on Amamar Denert, which is in Australia, on
the border between Qucenaland snd the the border between Qucenaland snd the
Northern Territory. Ia Australia, and other
soudern countries. the sun will be high
ins the sky, macking sumaer's beginning.
Celestial Yime Decomber
Dec. EST
3 0:10 p.m.
1:36a.m. Fuil m0n8
10200 p.im. Serurn om far side of sun, dia-
8asce 1,030,090,000 miles.
13 eerty a.m. Geminad maeteor shower, me
2 tears apparady ruliating from
concacilation cmini
madmight Mnoa seare BnT 230,100
mides.
14 13:49 2.8% Moon in
16 12:57 D.JM. con Pupiter.
1A 2:39 2.10. Algol a imum.
3:96 p.s. Mara.
2n 11:099.m. Aleol 88 dimsr.
21 1:13 8.81. New Moons
9:49Am. Winter covumeaices Nor
ern Hemampbere.
31 753 p.m. Alpl at nisimia
11:0up.m. Venus 21 gresse brllliwnev.
24 1:37 p.m. Woon pusars Vems.
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personsconcer-
simply:designa-
…ted as "ths scoutmaster" while Chrisman, Dahl and Arnold when mamsacred by Ruppelt
in the Madry Island affair had their names changed to Nackson, ,Richards and Simpson.
How wourd it be possible to an un-named scoutmaster or to non-existent Jacksons,
Richard and Simpsons to take legal action against Ruppelt? The ex-Chief of Project
Blyd Book got away unchallenged and this circumstance plus the officious oharacter
nradi
"E5 This, perhaps, important important, acoording to M. K. Jessup
. is to firid a common denominator for bortain phehomoha and this soems to have beon
found in Brazil vory recentlyi a sauoor apparently landod and left ashy roots to
perfoctly fresh vogetation. The story has been published by A Gazeta of Vitoria,
Brazil in January 12, 1958. Here's what happened: Moacyr Silva, reporter of A Gaze
ta heard that. a flying disc had landed in a farm, in the.villago of Sao Maroos, 24
Colatina in the state of Espirito Santo. :The thing had happened on
Docembor I6, 1957, but the news. only reachod the roportor at. the, beginning of Janu-
TT wass0 razing that Silva decided to go'to tho place and investigate. Now
:ado, but fór tho dark-green ring loft in thò grass whoro tho thing had hoverod or
. Autumn and Summor in this Iatitudo, vogotation gots tho samo purnt color of tho
Fall in northorn United Statos).
.: "At. the placo whore the disc had bcon wo vorifiod that the:ring was ciroular in
shapo.Its
(about l6o foet). The: width of tho strip. formingrthe ring was half a motor (about
20 inchos). On tho north sido of thq ring thoro was somo sort of .concavity distort-
ing the circular shapo. This concavity was çallod by tho local inhabitants "the
door". The thing had hovered in tho slope of the hill so that thore's a difforonce

.ontaingd no torics. Thene:are many.more details,that would take too long a time to
i.,w a..sil vi.: ."* 717iiiN::1
"Aftor getting around many dificultios, I succddoa in mdeting Mrs, Bonella This -
; lady was rather scarcd·of talking about what shd had soon becauso some unscrupulous
-: people had throatenod her With prison if she revdaled to anybody what she had seon.
Hero's what sho told mo::' iI was sitting by' tho table in tho living room about
'5Horio we hayd somothing
asa: requosting a ifow prints of tho photos takon and furthor dotaiis; but so far no
answor has comd, Funny about Mrs, Bonolla boing throatoncd, insn't? Don't you E
o think this ovont somowhat rosomblos tho Dovorgds caso? Espirito Santo is tho T
hottost radioactivo stato in Brazil.
3 i2i: ."

No Case (Information Only) 16 December 1957
Old Saybr ook, Connecticut
One of the most unusual sightings related to the Two-State UFO
Study Group for Adults was an encounter
December, 1957 by a
retired school teacher, Mrs. Mary Starr Saybrook, Conn.,
who reported a closeup sighting of a ci
lights, windows, and at least Four passengers, which hovered near
her home on this close encount Her story,
hough ntastic',
seens to ring of truth.
Little Men in Flying Cigar:
That's What Teacher Saw
By Ralph Chapman Phenomena in Washington; and
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn., Miss Isabel Davis, a member of
Apr. 26.-Mrs. Mary Starr is a Civilian Saucer Intelligence in
school teacher living here in New York.
semi-retirement. She has a NICAP, as it is known, is
bachelor's degree from Middle- dedicated to the idea that the
bury, a master's degree from Air Force is not giving the
Yale. She has taught in China public all the information it
raie.Snie nas.caugmt mn cmima should have on "flying saucers.". should have on "flying saucers.
and Japan as well as the United technically known as "unidenti-
States, has traveled widely and fled flying objects." flying objects." Civilian
speaks several languages. Saucer Intelligence operates
This is the story she told as lines but on a
we sat before a crackling flire in we sat before a crackling flre in along similar
the living room of her cottage the living room of her cottage maller smaller scale. Both organiza- scale. Both organiza-
on Long Island Sound: tions believe that many UFO tions believe that many UFO
I was alone that night (Dec. "sightings" are interplanetary
16. 1957) 50 I went to bed 16. 1957) 50 I went to bed vehicles which have approached
eariy. aoout 10 o'clock. Some- eariv. aoout 10 o'clock. Some- or landed on the earth or landed on the earth.
time between two and three in time between two and three in Officially, the Air Force has Officially, the Air Force has
the morning. I was awakened the morning. I was awakened never admitted such a pos-
by a bright light in my room. I by a bright light in my room. I sibility.
looked out the window and Mr. Hall puffed on a pipe.
there was what I first thought stretched his legs toward the
was a crippled airplane in my open fire and charged the Air
back garden. Force with: Force with:
What She Saw 1. Failing to investigate all
But when I got my eyes UFO reports.
really open, I saw that it was a 2. Being too superficial in
cigar-shaped object, brightly many cases many cases where where it does
lit and with square port holes. investigate.
hovering above my clothesline. 3. Refusing to make findings
I could see three men inside. in specific cases available to
An antenna poked up from what independent investigators, even
seemed to be the tail of this scientists.
object. There was no sound. 4. Publishing evaluations of
After about five minutes it "sightings" which do not jibe
turned at right angle and I with the available facts.
could set that it was so shallow Want Inquiry.by Congress
that the men could not have NICAP makes its own investi-
been more than three and a half gations wherever possible and
or four feet tall. It glided out of insists that the results are
my garden, rose almost ver- at wide variance from those
tically, and then disappeared." reported by the Air Force.
Agencies Given Report Immediate objective of the
Mrs. Starr described the in- organization is to get a full-
cident with no more emotion dress Congressional investi-
than if she had been telling gation of the whole subject.
about the visit of a friend. The Longer range objectives are
story was accepted in the same "public education" and a truly
manner by Richard Hall ana scientific study of UFOs, a
Donald Neill, members of the project for which NICAP does
staff of the National Investiga- not have the money at the
Itions Committee on Aerial present time.
8

THEY FOLLOWED HORIZONTAL COURSE BUT OSCILLATED FROM ONE SIDE THE OTHER IN14
A STRANGE WOBBLING MOTION AND APPEARED TO SPIN ON THEIR OWN AXES THEN ONE OF15
THEM STOPPED IN MIO-AIR AND DIVED TOWARD THE GROUND -- STOPP1 FEW FEET 16
ABOVE IT AND ABOUT SIXTY FEET THEIOTHER OBJECT KEPT 1.7
MANEUVERING IN CIRCLES ABOVE THE JEEP, OCCASIONALLY GETTING UNCOMFORTABLY 18
CLOSE. THE OUTLINES OF THE OBJECTS COULD NOT BE SEEN CLEARLY BECAUSE OF THE 19
INTENSE LIGHT THEY EMITTED. AL THOUGH IT APPEARED THAT THE OBJECTS WERE SHAPED 20
_IKE A SPHEROID ENCIRCLED BY A RING AT THE EQUATOR -- SIMILAR TO THE PLANET 21
SATURN. BOTH WERE THE SAME SIZE AND OF TWO COLORS -- THE UPPER HEMISPHERE 22
AND THE RING A FIERY SED. THE OWER HEMISPHERE SURROUNDED BY A BRIGHT SILVER- 23
WHITE GLOW THE OSJECTS EXTREMELY BRIGHT AND ERMITTENTLY SENT 24
25
ALL OF THE GROUP WERE THE ROAD WAS DESERTED AND THEY DID.NOT 26
KNOW WHAT TO_EXPECT NEXT. FERNANDO, WAS ALMOST PARALYZED WITH FEAR27
AND THE OTHERS HAD BEGU INSTRUCTED MARCIO NOT TO STOP 28
EASTER EERIE OBJECTS STAYED WITH 29
THEM SOMETIMES VERY METIMES INCREASING THEIR DISTANCE FROM THE JEEP.30
:EP AND SHINE A BRILLIANT LIGHT ON31
THE OCCUPANTS WHILE THE OTHER LOWED CLOSELY BEHIND APPARENTLY OBSERVING 32
THEM AT OTHER TIMES ONE OBJECT WOULD FLY ABOVE THEM AND DIRECT BEAMS OF 33
LIGHT THEM, WHILE THE OTHER DIVED TOWARD THE JEEP AT HIGH SPEED. MARCIO 34
HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE 35
THIS STRANGE CHASE LASTED FOR TWO HOURS UNTIL THE LITTLE REACHED 36
TO HOVER MOTIONLESS ABOVE THE GROUND AND ITS BRILLIANCY WOULD DECREASE THEN 43
REAL LOOK AT.THE OBJECT IT APPEARED TO 4:
BE A HUGE METALLIC SPHERE, ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET IN DIAMETER ENCIRCLED AT THE
CENTERBY_ALARGELAPPARENTLYROTATING METALLIC RING. THE OBSERVERS SAW NO 4
DOORS, WINDOWS OR PORTHOLES. THERE WAS SOUND, NO HEAT 47
WHEN THE _JEEP. BEGAN TO_MOVE.AGAIN, _THE.OBJECTS FOLLOWED ANC WHEN THE JEEP 48
APPROACHED THE TOWN THE OBJECTS MOVEr BUT WHEN TO REFILL49
THF CAS THE WEIRD GLORE MAD JOTUFR BUT
I01E ;
11A
PORAN. THENE MNS. ONC UJECTS, WERE LATER.:
.SHE AND SOME OF HER_GROUP RETURNED WHERE THE LAST LANDING HAD TAKEN PLACE S4
AND FOUND AN ODD LUMINOUS HAZE FLOATING IN THE AIR·ASOVE WHERE THE OBJECT HAD S5
HOVERED.. THEYWATCHEDIT.SLOWLY DISSOLVE IN WIND BLOWING FROM THE 561
NORTH, AND THEY SAW ONE OF THE 0BJECTS IN THE 57
DIRFCTION OF THE FRONTIFR. sa)
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