PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |

1. DATE \* LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possidly Balloon

Wes Aircraft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircroft

2 Jan 58 Huntsville

, Alabama

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
evening 8 Gro un d-Vi suc! O Ground-Radar
0 Air Vi wal 0 Air-Intercept Rader

LOL

Local

Was Astronomicol Me teor
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other

Insufficient Data for Evoluction
Unk no wn

O Yes as
% Ne Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION &. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

000 oo8 adnd0 anon

2 secs one NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 very bright, white ball, brdi:hter Confirmed as a meteor.
and larver than Venus. White at the

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beginnins and turning’ greenish toward
the end. No breakup observed,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Pa. CLASS IF ICAT! ON jaar Pees

COUNTRY A alla (Leave blank)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS DATE OF INFORMATION
Huntsville, Alabama Le | 2 Jan 58
ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT DATE OF COLLECTION SR| STATUS (1¢ applicable)
SR! NO.
Hq 35th Air Division (Def) 17 Jan 58 CANCELEO/COMPLETE
PREPARING INO IV IOUAL [DATE OF REPORT SRI NO.
Edward Wootten CANCELEO/ INCOMPLETE
Capt, USAF D/I 27 Jan 58 Jen NO.
NAME OR DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE TEVALUAT ION lid
Mr . ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON (Date)
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REFERENCES (BAIR Subject, previous reports, etc,, as applicable)

BAIR Subject 3A15

SUBJECT (Descriptive title. Use individual reports Tor seoarate subjects)

Report of UFOB =

SUMMARY (Give summery which highlights the salient factors of narrative report. Begin narrative text on AF Form 1122
unleas report can be fully stated on AF Form 112. List inclosures, including number of copies)

On 2 January 1958, MR. | and Va oot
residents of Huntsville, Alabama, observed and reported a UFOS over

Huntsville. The information pertaining to these sightings was
furnished oy the Rocket City Astronomical Associction, Huntsville,
Alabama, to Headquarters 3rd U. S. Army, Fort McPherson, Atlanta,
Georgia, which in turn furnished the inclosed copy of the original
resort to this headquarters. The original report was forwarded by

3rd Army to ACS/G-2, U. S. Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe,
Virginia.

COMMENTS OF PREPARING CFFICER:

No investigative action was taken by Headquarters 35th Air Division (Def).

Lud Notley —

EDVARD WOCTTEN
Capt, USAF
Director of Intelligence

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Ltr, Odservations of Unidentified Object

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APPROVED: J. Pe-BCEPANSKY/ ~ ye
Colonel, USAF’ /
~-Deputy for Operations '

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OISTRIBUTION BYERS Except USAF and Tile. Indicate Dupl M/osz and copies w/o inclosures, if applicable)

ADC: Original to ACS/I, HEDUSAF
~ Copy to Comdr, ATIC
Copy to Comdr, ADC

WARMIKG: This docuwent contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the

Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C., Seetion 793 and 794. [ts tranamission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to

an unauthorized pereon ie prohibited by law.

AF ORM. PAZ repiaces ar ror 112. 1 OCT 52. WHICH MAY BF USED

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CLASSIFICATION

WCE 18 = 315475

"Subjects OBSERVATIONS OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT.

| 1. Qm the evening of 2 January 1958 two individual « repor’ ed observing
an unusual bright object in the sky.

2, Mr AMMEN reported the object.as.a “very bright, white ball.
It was brighter-and- larger than Verns, a white sphere." Place of obser

: ation: Faredise Treller Fark, 13th Ave. SW. Aponte data ares

> ee tif ks" cer >
mS © ¥235°E dt = 2 sec duration ("slower than meteor")
= 0° ate = BO b2I5
a2 = 3270 : Longe = 86° 3631 W

elev. = 600 ft.

. 3. Me. reported that object was brighter than Venus and
*zhite be turning greenish toward the end." No breakup
observed by either observer,

. by = 5? t 219 s5™ cst
Ay = K200°R dt = duration not given
° ©
= 3 - late = 3, 338 W
A, = EOE "ik long. = 86° %t0 Ww
,~ oy - ‘elev. = 610 ft. '

kh. Geodetic coordinates were taken off of a USCS-TVA contour map of the
Rurtsville area. Subscripts "1" on celestial cooriinates indicate when
Yirst sighted, not necessarily when first appeared. Subscripts "2" were
for actual disappearence,

Recorded by:

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
- ASTROPHYSICAL COSERVATORY

SECTION OF UPPER ATMOSPHERE STUDIES
IGY OPTICAL SATELLITE TRACKING PROGRAM

6O GAROEN STREET

CAMBRIDGE 38 MASSACHUSETTS

March 5, 1958

Capt, George T. Oregory

Air Technical Inteliig ence Center
Pe O. Box 9703

wright=-Patterson AF Base c
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Captain:

Lois has kindly typed out my ille le scroll
and also the material carkea Say, at OP Zz velo

Case 2 - I am still working on. This is the
case I called you up about on Sunday. My own
feeling ia that {t was a plane,

Case 3 eer tienart I have queried him by
letter asking for a fuller exolanation,

LTase lh - Huntsville, Alabama - This was
clearly a neteor DUt T know Mr, Sa: who re-
ported this, and [I will be in Huntsville nyself
next month and will make further inquiry then,

However, it is quite safe to classify this as a
metecr,

I hope this has been some help te you and !
hope to see you in the not too distant future,

Cordially,

ee A re

Tt. Allen Hynek

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