PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9079031

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1959

REPORTED LOCATION5Mi Sof Rockingham N C

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
11 Feb 59 5 Mi S of Rockingham, N.C. 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rader Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT '1/ 1100z AirVisuel Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE OxxWes Astronemicel Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
.OKNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
10 sec one South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round obj, 2-3 hundred feet in diameter The obj has all the character-
with a 200 ft tail, color dark-green - tail istics of a large meteor.
of same color. of same color. isties of a Large meteor.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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SND A 250
CZCHQB379ZCVJB099 ROCKINGHAM, N.C.
PP RJEZHO ASTROMETEOR
DE RJESDF 15 3
P 121930Z
FM COMDR 464TH TCWGA POPE AFB N.C.
TO RJWFAL/C OMDR ADC
RJEZJM/C OMDR DET 3 26TH AIR DIV SAGE
RJEDSQ/C OMDR ATIC WPAFB
RJEZHQ/D/I HQ USAF WASH 25 DC
RJEZHQ/OFF INFO SVCS HQ USAF WASH 25
RJEDDX/C OMDR TAC
TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA (2) 090,360 (3) 000,180 (4)
NORTH TO SOUTH (5) DISAPPEARED BEL ON THE HORIZON (6)TEN SECONDS
C.(I) GROUNDVISUAL (2)NONE (3) N/A D. (I) 1000/Z 11 FEB 59
(2) DARK E. 34 55N/79
AGE NGHAM
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OEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
N
PAGE TWO RJESDF 15
EPUTY SHERIFF ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE DEPT OF ROCKINGHAM NC, F-6
250/60; 50,000: 260/50; 80,000 N/A (3) 10,000 FT SCATTERED (4)
SEVEN MILES (5) FOUR TENTHS (6) NONE H. NONE II. NONE J. NONE
K. RICHARD J. MC GLYNN, CAPT, WG INTELL OFFICER, IT APPEARS THAT AN
UNUAUAL PHENOMENON OCCURRED 1. NONE.
BT
12/19532 FEB RJESDF
ACTION: CIN
INFO : OCP, SAFIS
AF IN : 22648 (12 Feb 59) Page 2 of 2 Pages T/j1h