PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2.LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
1. Myrtle Beach -FlorenceS.Ca Was Balloon
9 - 12 Jan 58 2. Tabor City, N.C. Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Locol__.. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Prabably Aircraft
GMT1.10/0120Z 2,1920 Air-Vi sual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Venus
Yes 600 Probably Astronomical
No No lcivilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBE 8. NUMBE BJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_ Other_
1.6-30 mins(varied)8 1.6-30 mins(varied)8 obs 000 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
2.15 mins 2.13 mins one one WSW Hovereng
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 3)7 persons persons sighted il. COMMENTS sighted n. COMMENTS
pbj half-moon bbj half-moon shape, to 20 nimds 20 nimds Astre computers & charss
arger than average sta than average st rnately hover- show Venus show Venus in almost exactly
ng over horizon horizon in no P & down P & down the elev & azimuth given by
nevement nevement & then Lendulai then Lendula otion at observers. Additional info observers. Additional info
ntervals. , Obj Flowed Obj glowed reddish-vellow & eddish-yellow & relates case relates case to myrtle beach myrtle
appeared bave brignt strenks shooting S.C. sighting of 9 Jan-12 Jhn Jhni
but as ut as a a tail tai escription of shape Identified as Venus.
mried aried amor among fm halt-moon to
nd to slightly,oblong to frame-like.
Rize varied fm dime to five f wide &
ft high. Fiery yellow bldndink
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SIUMARY roport. Begin narrative text on AF Form 1124
unlet report chn h fully orated nn  tor 112. List inc.seuree inc 'ding tumber of copies)
UFOB sighted by oight (8) eivilians in dab.r City,
N.C. ares at approxinately 1920 houre (EBT), 9 Jan
58 Unidontiried sourdes At Myrtle Besoh ArB and
Plorenoe.S.c. toported sigbtinge 18 those areas
at apore ordatel asooiated Pross report
in Charleston, S.C. VDDI indicates merous
UFOB sighting 12 Jan 58.
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7 Louation of. obeerrar Beuth aity lGit of MRop CITx, M.R.: Gooref BO7OR
D Identifieation df ecearvera civi
housevife, Box U30R n.C.
Ldoriaite, oMgntly lh
3. (1) Dsariotien al the obiec adlang. D.
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to bright aod reliw, ,m (is Wite airank exanating from
top of Abieot. N dafinita Scna Lc Fone. (a) Dasorlrtion
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TARORCITY
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3. 1. Plomting
mrly dowmard, a. Daopnon ed witbous fading or abrupt motion
"n M) ninutos aftor Deing aalled out or the nmise to obwarrn thm
Ei:4 9L pbaorTation. a. Ground-visual, b, No optical aidr.
C 2 a0d daie_of s18ht1ng a. 10012. o, Nighte (5) Lepatien
2 6.6 ameh oier limtts of tAsOR or, N.C. 17
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Angle ef lovatieaCbout 100 just over treetopag asimuth of TABOR CITY,E.C.
d Appreriaeting slock pedielias fading or abrupt
Motian, Birty (30) nimutes. 3) Manrax of erownd-
viraal. Be eptieal yS Bicbting
100120 b. Mght, (5) erset Boutd ally limits of TADOR
CIT, M.C.I Cog (6 Lratlrioation ef obara Mra
PLBCR CIYI, W.C,
the odint Mamiiyn b. Unknowea Boddish.
One Ra Xeae ebaermd. & Unknowa 1o Boma,
edzmefobieta &. Bouroe b, and e.
Alo of elovation about 10 juat gOr tratops) aaiuth HSW f TABOR CITT,
N.C. 4 Unlnowal, Dsappoared without rading or abrupt motion. . Unknoun
Gramd-rioual b. So optical aids, •, n/A.
1001202 d. Wighto (5) Loeation at ghearver!
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(10) Borral traffie reperted by 727 Baash AFB,
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9 On 13 Jan 58, the 354th FITTaYuG Intelliganca Seatica received a letter
frem MarilyaK D8O Jockoy, Radio Station WTaB, Tabor City Broadeating
Campany, , TABCa CITY, E.C., indicating that at approxiaataly 1933 boure , (m3r)
be bad noted  UrOB in the CHADBURs, North aroa. The following
information ia of bor letter: (Coatimued)
WARNING Thie document conteine n'urmation afe ting the national delense ol the United States within the meaning o! the
Eapionege
Asencies. eacepl by permission sl the Director of Inteiligence. USAf
AF  5Ct s2 1 112a P!PLAFSA EOPM 12-PART  1 JUN 0. WHICH MAY I SEO CLASSPICATON (SECURITY INFORMATION WhAN AliAd in)
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osgried an Assoelated Pvss relenss gertaiaing & Woa sighttags "early Sanday",
12 Jan 58 at variaw peints threugtout the state of South The fel-
lowing io the eamplete tart of te rlaase:
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Biahkings Carolim carly
Enaday 7?0 myperted fran widalv soparaiod points
What night buve boen a zetoer sataring tho carth's =taosphore and
ahattering to e heet raareted by friotion was aighted from the
SPARTANBURG GL, 3, and
AnGia
A aigiay
gin oit showers of eparks in tha sky.
Frea LB CITY to
people reported seeing the light.
A ch tovernan at SPARTANBURG VoicO
a meteorite.
Lieax
13. n information eontainod in this reporta as ballected by First
LiOuTOMANt JOSEPH E. CLARKSON (356t FITDAYRON) and HILIP E. GRIGGS (353ta
FITDAYAON, and th Offioer, all of Myrtle Beash AFB, S.C.
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ALLAX P. CHARAK
Captain USAF
Wing Intalligeace Ortiaas
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UNCLASSIFIED PRENINIGOHNICE 60-358 10 M701

enus--So Bright--Causing Quin A Stir
VENUS, THE ENING
Journal Heral telaphone call the sheriff: ojjice and The **rTi.T
compared minnts photegraph sposup
Venis will 7:30 p.m. last nighs (at righe)rove planet (lejt),
head, unell Dec. 23, mnd m sises of the lwo bodien.
(Sinjt phoipe by Goo amnoel slighily south of oter- ..
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Venus is far brighter than any other star is ber husband, the king, Cepbeus.
or planet seen in the night sky and there Turning now toward the east, we can see Shower of "Stars" to Come
is no difhculty in identifying it. Indeed, it what is generally considered to be the finest
can be observed long before the sky is dark. constellation in the aky making its debut for November is the month bringing one of
In f.ict, if you know where to look, you can the season. the year's fanous showers of meteors. or
even see it in broad daylight! shooting stars," which appear from about
After it passed behind the sun last April Orion: Seuson's Finest the 13th to the 16th.
14, Venus has gradually been drawing t They are most numerous after midnight,
the east of that body. . That meant that it This is Orion, the warrior, casily recog- because then we are on the forward side of
lollowed the sun in its datly motion acroms nized because of the three stars in a row the earth in its annual movement around
the sky, and so remained visible in the west that form his belt. To the left is Betel. the sun. Thus, we nieet them headon.
ifter the sun had set. On Nov. I8 it will geuse, to the right in Rigel, boch of the first This is different from the evening hour
te farther east of the sun, hence remaining magnitude, although being so low in the when we are on the rearward part, and see
in the sky tor the longest time after sunset, sky they do not appear as bright as they only those that catch up to us.
nearly three hours. After that it will start
moving toward the sun again.
Because of its carly setting, Venus does Because of its carly setting, Venus does ANDROMEDA
noxt appear on the actompanying maps of noxt appear on the actompanying maps MOYEMSER MOYEMSEA LACERTA LACERTA Alool Alool
the Noverber evening skies, which show the Novernber evening skies, which show 1997 Schear AScheair PEASEOS CASEUS
their appearance about 10:o0 pam., your own their appearance about 10:o0 pum., your own
kind of standard time, at the first of Noverm- CASSIOPEIA CASSIOPEIA
ber, 9:00 p.m on the 15th and 8:00 pan. on CERNEUS CERNEUS CAMECOPARDALIS CAMELOPARDALIS
the 30th. YOWUS GWUS ALRIGA
Aclaris Pelaris
Bright Birds in the Sky ITTA URSA TAURUS TAURUS
MINOR
These maps do, however, show the stars These maps do, however, show the stars URSA URS.
that are now visible. AQULA HERCULES MA (OI GE
Toward the west is Deneb, at the top of
the northern cross," which is really part BUG DICDER
of the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. NWEST
Dened is in the bird's tail; in fact, the word lace North EAST
is Arabic and means "tail." The crosspicce
represents the wings, and the lower part of
the cross his loog neck, stretched forward
in flight. At the head is Albiren, a star of igherutz
the secand magnitude on the astronomical NOVEMMR TRIANGULUM CREAT
brightness scale. Below Cygnus is another 1957 SUQUARE
firsr-magnitude star, Vega, in Lyra, the lyre. PISCES Markah
To the leit is another bird, Aquila, the PEGASUS
eagle, with the star Altair.
Fligh in the south you can see the four CETUS EQUULEUS
sturs that form the "great square," pare of ERIDANUS AQUARIUS OCUAMINE
the constellunon of Pegasus, the winged
horse. Although these are not among the Fernalhaul
brightest. their characteristic arrangement PISCIS AQUILA
inakes them a good starting place from aligel AUSTRINUS
which to find other groups. The hore, DRTON PHOENIX
actually, is upside down in the sky, as the
row of stars exrending westward from the EAST ace South WESTD
lower right corner of the square is his head!
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