PROJECT BLUE BOOK

2 ere,

} PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION a 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Probebly Bal
1} December 1958 Washington, DC 8) robably con
— TES = :
. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Feseny Felean
Local. Se ee 0 Ground-Vi sual © Ground-Rador a PLaele Alveiels
GMT NZA 0 Air Vi suol © Air-Intercept Rader | Possibly Aircraft
‘PHOTOS 6. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
DN es 0D Probobly Astronomical
0 Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~~_—'| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BX Oe HOo
0 Insufficient Deta for Evaluotion
D0 Unknown
Ne ae Pe NS a NA ‘eae
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Series of photographs allegedly Conciuded that source was per-
taken of "blast-offs"' fm the moon, petrating a hoax, either for

financial gain or some patholo-
gical reason, or possibly both.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, AFSC UNCLASSIFIED |

UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Xr. Gp

FING

16 December 1958

Major Robert J. Priend of the Air Technical Intelligence
Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OGhic, has asked me to
write and thank you for the photographs you so graciously
furnished him concerning unidentified flying cbjects. Major
Friend asked me to reiterate the fact that these photographs
would be viewed by Air Technical Intelligence Center personnel
only.

Upon completion of the Air Technical Intelligence Center

analysis
returned to you.

~~ —__ a

party Land. Wa Shim aton at, b.c.
ow

Waghin — 1 D.&,

CC: “Maj ‘Friend-AFCIi-424/art¢

and/or evaluation, the original photographs will be

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER

Vajor, USAF

Executive Officer

Publics Information Division
Office of Information Services

he
en ae

7

——_
ie; oe ; . “EVER USE FOR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS,
PATE ~ ROUTING SLIP | CONCUpE OR SIMIIAR ACTIONS
— , .

} MAME OR' TITLE :
Col. Glaser LN,
ani Yg

CIRCULATE

—— —

ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION COORDINATION
AFCIN-LL Eh a.
2 FiLe
Cal_cttvert 7 ya 2%, Ax

INFORMATION

NECESSARY

Maj. Tacker | ist

NOTE AND

SAFIS-3 es

REMARKS

. 1. Request you write a letter 10 ae
MMM thanking him for the photographs which he gave
to m. I promised him that these photographs would

not be turmed over to anyone in the industry and you
might reassure him of this.

2e The address is:

3- I am not sure, but I think he is located in
Anacostia. The general area is out South Capitol
Street just beyond the District line.

a

FROM NAME OR TITKE <a head ! 7, //

Major Robey e Frrenc 1
CAGANIZATION AND LOCATION °

AFCIN-)E4

FORM Replaces DA AGO Form 835, 1 Apr 48, and AFHQ vr Gro: 1%--O~40s6!
DD 1 FEB 50 95 Fortra 12, 10 Nov 47, which may be used.

> ee

AF¥CINehEX Weekly Activity Report

SUBJECT: UFO Program ll December 1958

1. Major Friend of the Aerial Phenomena Group, Aix Science
Division, visited dashington, D. C., 1 December 1958, to ocomemct Ge
eee - ee had made several calls to the office of |
M/Gen. Watson claiming possession of photographs of UFO's in the earth's
atmosphere and also being launched from the moon. liajor Friend secured
several of the photographs which are presently in 4D for interpretation.

A complete analysis of the findings will be prepared by 45) in the near

future.

ea

A’

Pe at See © Conversation with Mr. Gap
Ly ae ee Regarding Unidentified Objects
WO Ded EE A Le on the Moon
TO: AFCIN-4D FROM: AFCIN-4E4 8 Dece 195872: COMMENT NO. 3

hEh/Maj Friend/ac/69216/Blag 828

1. Major Friend of hE) visited 9mm during the period 1 Dec. 1958, to
 Dece 1958; interviewed the gentleman, and was given some of the more recent
photos referred to in Far. #3 of Comment #1.

2. SOBmerelated to Major Friend essentially the same information as that
contained in Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Comment #1le

3. The inclosed photographs are those released to Major Friend by SUMMiigpems

It is requested that an interpretation be run on these prints and Eh be forwarded
a copy of the reporte

4. The prints should be returned to }E\ to become a part of the file on Mr.

eo ee,

2 Incls: “LEONARD T. GLASER
1. n/c Colonel, USAF

Added 1 Incl AFCIN- EX
2e Prints of

11 Fhotos

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2. LOCATION 2 12. CONCLUSIONS
‘s o pon capese
1 December 1953 Washineto: robably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Local AS O Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor w Probably Alrerett
GMT N/A = 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |2 Possibly Aircrefs
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE . |o Was Astronomicel
Dyes O Probably Astronomical
0 No Civilian ODO Possibly Astronomical
«.
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HX Orher_ HOAX
OD Insufficient Data for Evalvction
| D Unknown
Me ee, ee __ N/A ait NA | =

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Series of photographs allededly
taken of "blast-offs" fm the moon,

ATIC FPORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

Meee a a aap ye RIE br ei

11). COMMENTS

Concluded that source was per-
petrating a hoax, either for

financial gain or some patholo-
gical reason, or possibly both,

EE EE ee

he

/_

Experts Await Details

~ Of Eruption on

~ By WILLIAM HINES ima m4 ees

Moon

pj et.) “ra

Star Stam Writer

rex Astronomers here adopted a “wait and ‘eee? attitude today
. On a@ report from Russia that a. volcano was observed in eruption

Moss ‘the moon a few days aga. .

J? ay

.0& An Associated Press dispatch quoted the official Soviet news
“agency, Tass, as having published the report. Tass said an as-
*tronomer at the Crimean: Astrophysics Ok Observatory, N. A. Kozy-

rev; had obseryed the apparent
volcanic eruption early on the
morning of November 3. It
took the form of a bright ye
that lasted 30 minutes.

“The head of the Soviet Acad:
emy of Sciences said the Kozy-
rev report will require science
to change its thinking about
the moon as:.a completely
“dead” celestial body.

Conceding the sctentific: in-!

port is phony just because we
didn't see the event,” Father
Heyden said. “That would be
unscientific.” .

_ However, he added, the re-
port does not jibe with all evi-
dence pointing to the moon as
a completely lifeless, cold rock
in the sky.

~ Dr. Nan¢ty Roman, astron-
omer at the Naval Research

tegrity and professiona). capa-|Laboratory, said reports such

bility of Mr. Kozyrev, Ameri-
can astronomers said his find-
ing is not necessarily conclusive.

Bright Fiashes Before
The Rev. Francis J. Heyden,

» astronomer at Georgetown Uni-

versity, said there: have been
reports of bright flashes on the
moon’s surface before.’ Ex-
plaining that he had. not. had
time this morning to consult
scientfic literature-on the sub-
ject, Pather Heyden~ said” he
. Bee to recall that such
brilliant flare-ups had been at-
tributed to meteor hits on the
moon’s surface.

“The Jesuit astronomer said

. 4 ane Si. eon

/ Mr... Kozyrev’s announcement

. wasiinteresting because it con-
tained references to “spectral
observations’’. of the flare-up.
Most observations of such .phe-
momena have ~ been visual
through a telescope—rather
than: with the more accurate,
and reliable machine known as
the-spectralscope. -

Makes No Sense

as Kozyrev's report have been
published in the past but have
not been substantiated by other
observation. -~

However,. she added, Mr,
Kozyrev is “a decent scientist,
though young,” and is con-
nected, with a “reputable ob-
servatory,”. while most earlier
reports of lunar flashes have
come from amateurs.

.Dr.. Roman said it was pos-|M

suggest—that the: prevailing
opinion ‘about the-~ “lifeless”
moon must be revised. But,
she emphasized, even if an
eruption had occurred ‘on the
moon’s surface, it might be one
of sub-surface molten rock or
lava rather than a surge of
liquid metal vise the center of
the satellite. .. ~H

Wait for Evidence
“It’s .also’ possible,”’. Dr. Ro-
man said, “that there is some-
thing on the lunar surface
there that reflects like a mirror
and can be seen only when the

“I don’t think it makes any
pon say Mr. Kozyrev’s re-
’

Sem |

sun, earth and moon are in

proper position relative to one

sible—as “the, Russians now)

lanother.” She indicated this
as a remote possibility.

For the present, the NRL as-
tronomer added, she would be|
content to wait for evidence:
that would bear out—or knock

' .|dawn—the Russian report.

C. B. Watts, astronomer at
the Naval Observatory, said he
was “rather astonished” at the
‘report, but added that it. is
“reasonable to suppose that
there was a volcanic eruption.”

‘However, Mr. Watts added,
the Russians undoubtedly are
wrong if they. think all the sur-
face features on the moon are
volcanic in origin... Many of
the moon's craters were caused

explained.

May Have Been Meteor

Mr. Watts did not rule out
the possibility that the flash
reported by Mr. Kozyrev. might
have been caused by a meteor.
The terrific energy contained
in a fair-sized meteor traveling

many miles a second would be
dissipated irr the form of heat
when the meteor struck the
moon's surface, .This could
cause a white-hot flash which
would last for some time until
the area of impact cooled off,
he said.
cone the other SaeGnamnare.
. Watts wanted to wait and
was;

“There are hundreds of ama-
teur astronomers looking at the}
moon all the time, all over the
world,” Mr. Watts: said. “They
look at it more than the pro-
fessionals.

“Maybe they will start Te-
porting the same incident;

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THE EVEN

-

by the impact of meteors, he}

:

maybe they won't. We'll just
.| have 0 Wales eee

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BEIRUT, Nov. 13 (AP). —
night granted Premier Rasnid

|Karami’s cabinet powers to
rule by decree for six months.

Lebanon’s Parliament? idl

The vote was 34-1.

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APCIN-LD dta 14 Nov 58, subj: LU sea itt ele. GREEN 2ecerding
Unidentified Objects on the Moon

TO APCIN-4=E4 FROM AFCIN-4E 17 November 1958 CMT NR,.2

Col Gilbert/js/Blag 823/511952

1, Attention is invited to Comment #1 from A... 226. newspaper
clipping inclosed.

2, With particular reference to paragraph 5, believe hh should initiate
some action to try and clean up the situation. Be sure to get all past history

fron (ae and of LA,

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AFCIN-4E

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AVCINehD 14 New 58, subj: Conversation with Mr. Regarding
Unidentified Objects on the Moon

original film. This would be plausible particularly if the "licht spray* was reflec-
tion on the surface of the film and the droplets vere situated in the area of reflec-
tion, This would also account for the fact that the area of the umbra, the surface of
the moon is rendered in more detail than in the area bathed in the "light spray*, since
the droplet's shadow would be interrupting the reflection and revealing the true den-

sity of the exposurs,

7. The photography in general is poor, It hows the result of improper care
in developing and printing, thereby introducing conditions{that are unnecessarily

2 Incls I. HERMAN

1. n/o , Deputy
2. Prints of 4D

11 Photos
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AFCINe4D dtd 14 Nov. 58, audj: Conversation with Mr. SMM Hogerding
Unidentified Objects on the Moon

TO AZCIN-4Eh FROM AFCD¥ehD 30 Jamary 1959 COMMENT NO. 4
| hDha/ar. Davis/fw
74295/Blag 828

1. This report is in compliance to a request by Col, Glaser of AFCINeljZ4 dated
8 December 19538,

2. The sudject photographs comprise three (3) groups pertaining to (1) an uni-
dentified flying object; (2) the moon with thin, straight streaks of light touching
its imoge; and (3) photographs (of 35 mm film) showing several exposures of the moon,

3e The entire lot of the photographs were extensively analyzed in order to
arrive at a realiatic interpretation. The analysis and interpretation phases were
severly hampered by the fact that the original film was not obtained; therefore,
considering the nature of the subject, background information relative to the acquie
sition of the photographs and from pas%$ oxperience with the donor’s photography, thers
is soow doubt aa to the suthenticity of the photographs in general, This is to say
that the photographs could have been reproduced in such a manner as to exhibit cone
ditions or objects that never actually existed, This is ontirely possible when
considering photographs of photographs as opposed to photozraphs of actual conditions
or objects, Only an examination of the original negatives would eliminate the atmos-
phere of doubt pertaining to the authenticity of the oxposures,

he In group (1) the unidentified flying object apyears to be a amall change

purse open and having a plastis body, This is evidenced by the transparency around
its edges, It also gives the impression of having contents inside, (2) ths streak
of light on photograph #8 would be 904 miles long and 12,5 miles wide when compared
with the image of the moon, assuming the streak is in the immediate arsa of the moon,
No angular aspects were caloulable, nor was any parallax correction attempted, This
line and the other smaller ones which are not straight sre actually doubdle lines and
are mich sharper in detail than the images of the moon. The lines could te (1) shal-
low scratches (2) lint or other debris or (3) a combination of both. The two rela-
tively smaller and scmewhat blurred marks (one just inside, the other just outside
the edges of the moon image) appear to be the beginnings of static electricity dis-

charges.

Se Fhotograph 79 of the same group has an image of the moon taken at a differe
ent date and apparently exhibits the same conditions as in photograph 78,

6 In group (3) the interest is centered around a copy photograph of 35 om
Pilm strip oresumabdly “‘sterso” type, in which one of ‘hs exposures of the moon has
a curious *spray® of diffused light on which are five cirsular objects apparently
casting an slongated oval shadow, The cause of tha "light syray® has not been
determined, although there ars several possibilities that could lend themselves to
that ond. The five objects in front of the moon appear to bse transparent snd hemie
spherical, They cast a shadow which exhibits an umbra and a penumbra thereby suze
gesting sn artificial light source, The hemispherss could be water droplets on the

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had greater significance due to Russian Astronome ciaim
that he had observed a volcanic eruption on the moon (Tab-B).

claim is that this was just a misinterpretation of one of his pictured
"blast~offs."

WM asked Major Friend his position and if he were free to make
a definite commitment concerning the Air Force's attitude toward his
developer and was informed by Major Friend that the Air Science Division's
interest in the matter was restricted to the images, if they were images,
on the film. Mim, however, was persistent in the connection of his
developer and the images, his belief is that present commercial developers
would not bring out these images. The attitude of QQ was that he
should be paid to cover the expense he had incurred in making these photo-
graphs, he estimates approximately $1000.00. He expressed anger and disgust
in that he had offered all of this material to the Air Force for free, alorm
with his labor and the technique for capturing this phenomena on film, and
had been rebuffed.

Major Friend requested prints of the film to bring back for analysis
and/or interpretation. Q@MBW posed another question to Major Friend as
to why he should turn the prints over to the Air Force when he had been
given such an obvious run around. SMM was informed that if he was a
loyal citizen andi felt, as he apparently did, that the images in the photo-
graphs constituted a threat to national security he was duty bound to release
the photographs to the Air Force. He was informed that he would be in
fact, bargaining with national security.

At this point OR esa informed Major Friend that the reasons the
pictures had not been released by him for publication numbered four.

1. He coulia't support his family on the $10.00 a day paid
to witnesses at Congressional hearings, and he was sure
a hearing would result.

2. The Russians had been first in so many things he couldn't
allow them to get a start here, using his pictures as a
springboard,

3- He was afraid someone like igi would take the infor-
metion and cause a panic. f

lh. He was afraid because of security reasons.

i then excused himself from the room for the purpose of calling
his attorney. Major Friend could not see QM or the tekphone, but
could hear the dialing and the Fine half of the conversation. The Officer
couldn't determine if the connection had not been made or possibly broken
immediately after dialing. The Fine half of the conversation was very much
in the same tone as QM ceneral attitude and previous exchange with
Major Friend. Supposedly submitting to his lawyer's advice on the "bar-
gaining with national security" point i al. asked that God heln nim
make the right decision. dis Pinal stas

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snSny £0 nhlLs ay vIOrnhev WAS boas AS

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AFCINekD 14 Nov 58, subj: Conversation with Regarding
Unidentified Objects. on the Moon
original film, This would be plausible particularly if the "light spray" was reflec-
tich on the surface of the film and the droplets were situated in the area of reflec~
tion, This would also account for the fact that the area of the umbra, the surface of
the moon is rendered in more detail than in the area bathed in the "light spray", since
the droplet's shadow would be interrupting the reflection and revealing the true den-=
sity of the exposure,

7. The photography in general is poore It shows the result of improper care
in developing and printing, thereby introducing conditions :that are unnecessarily
aifficult to explains

2 Incls
1. n/c
2. Prints of
11 Photos

Dr

27 March 1959

MEMO FOR RECORD

SUBJECT: UFO Pictures of (agai

q I. The Investigation.

Major Friend of the Aerial Phenomena Group, Air Sciences Division,
AFCIN-l\ Eig, visited Washington, D. C. 1 December 1958 through 4 December
1958, for the purpose of interviewing QM. This centleman,
| who has had some previous contact with JA and 4D of ATIC concerning some
q photographs and a developer he has supposedly perfected, has plagued M/Gen.
Watson's office with calls during the past few weeks.

«
a i Si

Prior to contacting Q@aaim , Major Friend cleared with both Maja@
Byrne of AFCIN-Xl and Major Tacker of SAFIS-3. Neither had heard of |!
Gi. but were glad of ATIC's interest.

Initial contact with CR was made by telephone on the morning of

3 December 1958. QQ informed Major Friend that it would be impossible
4 to grant an appointment before approximately 1900, due to a large number of
previous engagements with government people in high places and a pressing
’ contract. SSM would not divulge the identity of these people or the
{ agency with which they were associated, he later let drop broad hints like
"top missile man". A specific comment of SQQRRRMM during this initial
contact was that outside of government service, if you don't produce, you
don't eate This one comment serves to sum up the man's attitude toward the
government and more specifically the United States Air Force.

At approximately 1900 on 3 December 1958, Major Friend arrived at the

}-—..-. ahaa whose address is SR CONES Gag in which

place of business is located. MQ met Major Friend outside
of his office area and asked to see his credentials, commenting that he
didn't know the man, After inspecting the credentials, @@QM warned
that what was about to be seen was dynamite. Upon entering GQpeie

place of business, Major Friend observed that the walls of the front room

were littered with photographs.

Major Friend spent approximately three hours with (ii, during
which time the gentleman confessed his ill feeling toward the Air Force,

M/Gen. Watson, Gp - 1A and SE - LA. C@QQRMMMR feels that.

the Air Force and these gentlemen in particular are out to give one Gigi

fie ~ herd vay. QR, 2: ee visited ##® at an

aarlies date concerning the photo developer he had supposedly perfected.
It was determined by 4A that Mr. Fine'’s developer was not as good as the
present day commercial product (see Tab-A).

QR was very enthusiastic about his photographs and felt that
he had pictures of "blast-offs" from the moon with associated shock waves

and otf space shios in our own atmosphere with and without the moon as a
background (Sea nitbached photograpns). ese felt that Kis photogran hs
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MOSCOW, NOV. 13--(UPI)--SOVIET ASTRONOMER NIKOLAI KOZYREV RECENTLY
FHOTOGRAPHED A VOLCANO ERUPTING ON THE MOON, THE OFFICIAL SOVIET TASS
NEWS AGENCY SAID LAST NIGHT.

KOZYREV TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH AT ABOUT ) A.M. MOSCOW TIME NOV. 3
WITH THE 50-INCH REFLECTOR OF THE CRIMEA ASTROPHYSICAL LABORATORY,

TASS SAID.

KOZYREV DESCRIBED THE ERUOPTION AS A REDDISH GLOW THAT GREW IN
INTENSITY AFTER TWO HOURS.

"THERE WAS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A NORMAL
DEVELOPMENT OF A VOLCANIC PROCESS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON", HE SAID.

- aie CHAIRMAN OF THE ASTRONOMICAL COUNCIL
OF THE SOVIET ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SAID SPECTROGRAMS IEFT NO DOUBT
THAT KOZYREV HAD SEEN A VOLCANO.

"WE CAN NOW REGARD AS ENTIRELY WRONG THE VIEW ON THE ORIGIN OF THE
MAIN FEATURES OF i11£ LUNAR LANDSCAPE AS BEING DUE TO THE IMPACT oF
METEORITES," HE SAID,

"THIS VOICANIC ERUPTION SHOWS THAT THE PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE FORMATION OF THE SURFACE RELIEF APPLY BOTH TO THE EARTH AND THE
/

MOON."

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AFCIN=D dtd 1h Now 58, subj: odddesuiaisg
Unidentified Objects on the Moon
TO AFCIN-LEL FROM AFCIN@4D 30 January 1959 COMMENT NO.
7 4Dhe/Mr. Davis/fw
74295/Blag 828

1. This report is in compliance to ai request by Col, Glaser of AFCINeE) dated
8 December 1958,

2e The subject photographs comprise three (3) groups pertaining to (1) an uni-
dentified flying object; (2) the moon with thin, straight streaks of light touching
its image; and (3) photographs (of 35 mm film) showing several exposures of the moon,

3e The entire lot of the photographs were extensively analyzed in order to
arrive at a realistic interpretation. The analysis and interpretation phases were
severly hampered by the fact that the original film was not obtained; therefore,
considering the nature of the subject, background information relative to the acqui-e
sition of the photographs and from past experience with the donor's photography, there
is some doubt as to the authenticity of the photographs in general, This is to say
that the photographs could have been reproduced in such a manner as to exhibit cone
ditions or objects that never actually existed, This is entirely possible when
considering photographs of photographs as opposed to photographs of actual conditions
or objectse Only an examination of the original negatives would eliminate the atmose
phere of doubt pertaining to the authenticity of the exposures,

he In group (1) the unidentified flying object appears to be a small change
purse open and having a plastis body, This is evidenced by the transparency around
its edges, It also gives the impression of having contents inside, (2) the streak
of light on photograph 48 would be 904 miles long and 12,5 miles wide when compared
with the image of the moon, assuming the streak is in the immediate area of the moon,
No angular aspects were calsulable, nor was any parallax correction attempted, This
line and the other smaller onea which are not straight are actually double lines and
ere mich sharper in detail than the image of the moon, The lines: could be (1) shale
low scratches (2) lint or other debris or (3) a combination of both, The two relae
tively smaller and somewhat blurred marks (one just inside, the other just outside
the edges of the moon image) appear to be the beginnings of static electricity dise
charges.

5e Photograph #9 of the same group has an image of the moon taken at a differs
ent date and apparently exhibits the same conditions as in photograph #8,

6, In group (3) the interest is centered around a copy photograph of 35 m
film strip presumably "stereo" type, in which one of the exposurss of ths moon has
a curious *spray* of diffused light on which are five circular objacts apparently
casting an elongated oval shadow, The cause of the "light spray” has not been
determined, although there are several possibilities that could lend thsmselves to
that end. The five objects in front of the moon appear to be transparent and hemi-
spherical, They cast a shadow which exhibits an umbra and a penumbra thereby sug
gesting an artificial light source, The Bene erneres could be water droplets on the

e} eg Classification Canceltad

TAB=A

TAB~B

TAB-C

TAB-D

TAB-E

INDEX TO TABS
Disposition Form from Mr <a of AFCIN-)D. to
AFCIN-\E concerning his contact with .
Copy of news release with story of claims made by
Soviet Astronomer to have photographed a volcano
erupting on the moon.
Report of Analysis of the Photographs by AFCIN-/D.
The Photographs.

Misc. Information.

—

UNCLASSIFIED
graphs are Tab D and are numbered to correspond to the numbers, referenced
in the report from AFCL-i;D.

Ve. Conclusion.

It is the conclusion of the ATIC analyst that Miia was perpe-
trating a hoax, either for financial gain, for some pathological reason,

or possibly both. @@jj@i@mie insistance of connecting the so-called
unusual features of the pictures with his developer, and attempts to

get money for the pigtures dictates a lean toward the mercenary reason
aS aA CaUusee

VI. Tab-E - Miscellaneous information concerning this case.

Prepared by
ROBERT J / FRIEND

Major,

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was going to let Major Friend have the prints because he felt that someone
was out to get this Officer by giving him a job as hot as this one. Qi

‘ elie then made a call to his wife, more of the same simple banter.

Gee, on his return to the audience of Major Friend, related that
his phone and office were bugged and that he knew he was under investigation.
His sister worked at Arlington Halls and according to him had not spoken to
him for two weeks because she had been so instructed. He further wanted to
know if M/Gen. Watson had sent Major Fpiend on the mission. Denials by the
Officer were firmly swept aside as aie Slowly convinced himself that
M/Gen. Watson was very definitely behind the whole thing as a result of his
calls to the General's office.

Finally @@RMMMMe turned over a set of his prints to Major Friend and
informed him that he was doing this only in the interest of national security.

All during the interview MM let drop intimations that his eyes
were such that he could see things which other people could see only through
the medium of photography, and that he had a theory by which he knew the
speeds of these bodies, there was continuous mention of "a wheel within a
wheel" and "Mach 2 77 ."

On } December 1958, Major Friend briefed Major Byrne and Major Tacker
on the results of the meeting with f+ —ti‘<‘é sé¥

II. The Investigator's Impression of le...

WERE appears to be approximately 42 years old and a mn of more
: than average intelligence. This man knows photography and the photographic
| business, but tends to feel that everyone else connected with the industry
is less competent than he. While his physics and astronomy is limited, he
tends to make half statements using technical terms in an attempt to leave
one with the impression that he is competent in these areas. The following
is a layman's summation of the psychological attitude of Mm -

1. Suffers from @ persecution complex.

2. MM exhibits a superiority complex. It is hard
to tell if this is his real attitude or a defensive
mechanism for an inferiority complex.

The general appearance of the man was unkempt. He wore his clothes
in a sloppy manner and the same degree of untidiness was evident in his
business establishment. There was nothing connected with the man which
gave the impression of orderliness.

III. Actions.

On return to ATIC Major Friend turned the photographs over to AFCIN#))D
for analysis and/or interpretation.

Iv. Analysis.
The report from AFCIN-:D appears as Tab-C to this document. The photo-

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