PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

l. DATE ~~ 13, LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS
OM Was Balloon
21-22 Mar 58 Seaside Park, N,J. |Q Probably Balloon
3, DATE-TIME GROUP “g. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |B (Resately Borlcan
Loeel “EGround- Vi suel 0 Ground-Radar = Pesce aireeili
GMT_.2.1-.22/095Z O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rader |9 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE ty Wes) Asnenonieal
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
228 No divilian QO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OSJECTS | 9. COURSE SO Other
2 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
| fot mins one ENE
10. BRIS# SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| pevepeeee? obj, Size of large grape-| Astro plot & computer race oe
‘| f2xnit. Length approx 2 times as long] the star Vega was practical] n
White to Vv a1 low light reflected on position oly en by observers.
| water, Steady slow course fm over At point of eur tia3 observation,
water toward land, ee bees preor| Venus was sentionally bright,
| to arrival over land, Two rpts, sme however foration near 60 deg &
time succeeding days ifferent lower, Inve ators considered
| observers. possible a/c io ht ing, Insufficies
data . Terminal Sint of observ
tion not included. Duratian too
short for Astro sighting at this
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ASTROPHYSICAL ERVATOR
GECTION OF UPPER ATMOSPHERE STUDIES
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Captain George T. Gregory
Hqtrs, Air Mechnical Intelligence Center
Box 9307
Wright-Fatterson Air Force Base, Oto
Dear Captain:
now have hac 2 ¢ se to look througn all the reports ae’
sent, and the one eoncerning the "satellive-type sighting. [7m
Denver interests me very mucn are Iam ziving it the full-Areat
ment. It is clear that this wu-s not ve been any ofthe er-
ican sateliites, not only because sf the exsessive Srigntr but
because no American satellite at present could 5e ge appreacnir
from the northwest at the latituce of tO ep. OnAvril 30tnr trier
were no kmiown Russian Sputnik’ oe bu an had there deer i*
almost inconteivabie chat onjeste orat tent’ would e5¢
tion by our Moonwateg beams, Mis 18 a Corker; $0 mMucn 60, OMe
T wish I had the timesand the opvortursty ™ taik with’ these ty
officers. It could be Ghat in sagual anversation some clue "ognt
be obtained which is not ‘apparent in,the-:r report.
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T had an experience the “ther night wrth mAY bear on wnt
TY had been instructing my younmcaugnter in “igaring nidereal time
and we had gone out on the lawn Bo check our calculations er
there cam aiong 2 scuinik-like shojaete---correct origntness 8012
apeed, correct color, and J almost stood agrast. mere w no
sound. aA few mimites later anotnrer Su r onject came througn in
another direction, and-then 4 few minute still anctner, ™ 4
third one I was able to detect cver ambiert noises the souno of jet
motors. Lights were not blinking. If the Atker object had not
sone through I m ght honestly ce muzzled to this day as to wnetrer
T had seen an wnimowm satellite. I didn't know <ne' Jets ever
sarried such“lights. ~
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It is almost inconceivable tro such expertenced office’ culd
have made the mistake I had first made, out strange nings are
pen. In the meantizre, i am having tnis observation eckes azvainst
all other "unkmown sputnik's" that our teane from time to ¢t .
OO rted.
a to the other cases, whieh Tam returning (I Lili ret:
Senver case very soon), ¥e eertainly seem to nave ir ;
meteor observations--Tive of them. Tro others rems.t ) t
stject that was seen the game time on two nignts JM before suinrs

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southeastern sky, The Planet Verus was at its brightest in sha
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pre-Sunrise sky, and I know frem pest experience how easily it
can be mistaken for an unknown cbieat. My only reastion {is to

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question the stated nosition and to sonsider the possibiliity that

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The case of the "daylight meteor” 4s greatly ambiguous,
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ever, much hinges on the statement ‘orange flame", If 4¢ really
was flaming then it looks as though we nust accredit this te a aa:
light meteor. If the light was simply 4a bright reflestion of su:
light, then we have the other possibility. In either ease. tr.
is nothing hostile, and fr Say to this “insufficient informatio.
be able to Gistinguish between daylizht neteor or object falling
from airorart e i con't think it ia wortnwnile to pursue this s
aithouzh I think if I coulda talk to the chap a better analysis
might be made. [It Just occurs to me that pernaps the object mic
have been 2 burst weather or cosmic ray bailoon, with the refi:
tion from the trailing mater4al aocnur-it-2 for the "tail four s!
the diameter of objeot", In fact, I think this is a distinct
possibility since it oscurred in the hetencorhcod of the mints
airport from which, I Suppose, talicons are launched. The time
coservation was 4:00 p.m., their time which i beileve, is about
the time of such iaunochings., So, three Possibilities: davyliconkt
meteor---nart of aircrafte-~bursted balloon. Ail harmless wut,

now tend to prefer the latter,

I am looking forward to visiting you in your new quarters
_Z hope in early June.
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