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[i. DATE ey eS 12. CONCLUSIONS
} O Was Balloon
7 Jul 59 Surfside Pier, £.C. e] Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Possibly Bellon
; Gk Was Aircroft Refueling
Local :&X Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodar O Probably Alserals 6S
GMT 08/ 01202 0 Air Vi suol OD Air-Intercept Radar © Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
O-No Atvt lian 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
ad . 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluction
3-4 mins - cs O Unknown
20 mins intervals 2 S to
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Circle of six lights w/a venth light There is no reason to doubt that the
breaidling behind the circ: big as a hula tnesses observed refueling operetions
hoop held at arm's length. eo six lights
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AN) TWO HOME-MADE SI! INES OF THE TWO OBJECTS SIGHTED ARE REING

FORWARDEN TO ANC ENT AFB. THEY WERE MANE BY THE MAN WHO REPORTED

SIGHTING THEM. HE PESCRIBES EACH OBJECT AS A CIRCLE OF SIX LIGHTS (

WITH A SEVENTH LIGHT TRAINING BEHIND THE CIRCLE,

(2) SIZE- IT WAS

AS BIG AS A HULA HOOP, IF THE HULA HOOP WAS HELP AT ARMS LENCTH.

HIS WIFE, ALSO A WITNESS, WHEN INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY AND WITHCUT —

KNOWLENCE OF HIS DESCRIPTION, NESCRIBEN IT AS BEING AS LARGE AS A

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GRAPEFRUIT. SHE PROTESTEN, HOWEVER, THAT SHE HAS LITTLE CONCEPT OF
RELATIVE SIZES. (3) COLOR - THE SIX LIGHTS ON THE PERIMETER OF THE
CIPCULAR PHENOMENON WERE RNESCRIBED AS BEING A DULLISH YEILOW AND
STAR-COLOREN, WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE

MOVING CIRCLE WAS A BRILLIANT, BLUISH-CREEN LIGHT AND SLIGHTLY TO
THE RIGHT OF THAT LIGHT, STILL WITHIN THE CIRCLE, WAS A SECOND
REDNISH LIGHT. THE LIGHT WHICH TRAILED THE OBJECT WAS A DULL
ORANGE, HE ALSO DESCRIBED IT AS LOOKING LIKE A FLYING CHRISTMAS
TREE AS IT APPROACHED, (WHEN OVERHEAD, ITS CIRCULAR SHAPE WAS
APPARENT.) (4) NUMBER-- TWO OBJECTS. (5) FORMATION-- BOTH TRAVELLED
VERY CLOSE TOGETHER AND REMAINED IN A CONSTANT POSITION RELATIVE TO
EACH OTHER NURING THE SIGHTINGS. THE SECONG OBJECT WAS BESIDE AND

SLIGHTLY TO THE REAR OF THE OF THE LEANING ONE, (6) OBSERVER SAYS HE

COULD PISTINGUISH NOTHING BUT THE LIGHTS. HE AVERRE? THAT HE PIN
NOT SEE ANYTHING RESEMBLING AN EXHAUST FLAME, HE EXPLAINED THAT FOR

LACK OF A BETTER TERM, HE CALLEN THE LAST TRAINING LIGHT A TAII.. (7)

SOUND-NO SOUND WHATSOEVER. OBSERVER WAS POSITIVE ABOUT THIS. Be
(Lh) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS. HE WAS STANDING ON BEACH WITH

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHEN SOMEONE POINTEN OUT LIGHTS AND ATTRIBUTED

THEM TO A HEYICOPTER. (2) FIRST SIGHTEN AT AN ANGLE OF BETWEEN 42

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ANT 5 DEGREES RE! ATIVE TO THE OBSERVER AS IT CAOME UP TKE BEACH FROM

THE SOUTH. A. OBJECTS MADE FOUR PASSES OVER THE ORSERVERS, A1l ON
APPROXIMATELY THE SAME COURSE, FIRST PASS MANE AT ESTIMATE HEIGHT

FOURTH PASS MATE AT ALTITUDE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO ANN FOUR MILES.
(3) DISAPPEAREN OUT OF SIGHT EACH TIME TRAVELLING TOWAR? THE NORTH
WEST» ALTITUDE SAME AS NOTED IN Aes ABOVE. (4) OBJECTS APPROACHEN
FROM SOUTH » CAME UP BEACH AND PASSEN OVER AND IN FRONT OF OBSERVERS,
NO CHANGE IN LIGHT CONFIGURATION DURING THE FIRST THREE PASSES.« ON
FOURTH PASS, HOWEVER, THE OBSERVER STATES HE SAW AN EXPLOSION-LIKE
FLASH AN) THE CONFIGURATION HANGEN TO FOUR SMALLER, SOLIN CIPCLES

OF LIGHT. IMMENIATELY AFTER THE EXPLOSION (NO SOUND) THE ORIGINA!
CONFIGURATION WAS NOT VISIBLE -- INSTEAN, ON! Y THE FOUR CIRCLES.

THE CIRCLES SEEMEN TO HOVER MOTIONLESSLY IN A SQUARE PATTERN. THEN
SUNNENLY TWO ACCELERATE ALMOST INSTATANEOULY AND ZOOMEN OVER

THEIR HEADS INLAND AT AN ENORMOUS RATE OF SPEEM, THE TWO REMAINING
CIRCLES RETURNED TO THE CONFIGURATION WHICH BY NOW WAS AGAIN VISIBLE.
THAT ALL HAPPENED SO RAPILY THAT THE OBSERVER CANNOT BE SURE WHETHER
THIS OCCURANCE TOOK PY.ACE IN TOTO AND SEPARATELY WITH THE SECOND
OBJECT -- OR WHETHER THE OCCURENCE WAS A COMPOSITE ACTION OF THE

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GROUND-VISUAL (2) HE AND OTHER WITNESSES VIEWED OBJECTS THROUGH A
PAIR OF 8X25 POWER BINOCULARSe De TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING. (1)
FIRST SIGHTING 2515 SULU 7 JULY 1955. FINAL NISAPPEARANCE
APPROXIMATELY 2622 ZULU 7 JULY 1959. (2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF
OBSERVERS -- THE OBSERVERS WERE STANDING ON THE BEACH APPROXIMATELY
ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF TKE SURFSIDE PIER AN? TWO MITES NORTHEAST OF
THE GARDEN CITY PIER. WITH THEIR BINOCULARS THEY COULT SEE THE

LIGHTS OF THE OCEAN FOREST HOTEL IN THE MYRTLE BEACH AREA 12 MILES
AWAY TO THE NORTH. THEY WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF A COTTAGE CALLED

THE *SO-FINE* AT TIME OF SIGHTING. THIS COTTAGE IS OWNED BY THE

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ON OBSERVERS -- (1) DR. <pQRMeermemm, acc 11, "ORs
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MENICAL DOCTOR. As ESTIMATED RELIABILITY -- DR. SMMMWAS THE
OBSERVER WHO NOTIFIEN SHAW AFB OF THE SIGHTING ON 13 JULY, 1955. HE

WAS INTERVIEWEN BY INVESTIGATING OFFICER ON 14 JULY, 1959 AT HIS
OFFICE IN BATESBURG, SoC. THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER BEL IEVes THAT

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INVESTIGATING OFFICER AS THE TYPE WHO CPAVES SENSATIONALISM AND
EGOWINFLATING ATTENTION. HE IS A MATURE, SOSER MAN OF HIGH INTELLIGENCE
WITH A QUICK, ACCURATE MIND, HE SHOWED THE INVESTICATING OFFICER A
CAPILLARY PIPETTE FOR SEPARATING HEMOGLOBIN FROM WHOLE BLOOM WHICH

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SAME AS HUSBAND, G, WEATHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME

AN) PLACE OF SIGHTNINGS -- (1) OBSERVER’S ACCOUNT--HE SAID IT WAS
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SIGHTING, DATA TAKEN FROM U.S. WEATHER BUREAU OFFICE FORCAST AS IT

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WINDS FROM NORTHEAST AT 4 KNOTS$ 6220 FEET AT @4@ DEGREES, 15 KNOTS;

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SENSATIONAL NATURE, AND HE HESITATED ALMOST A WEEK BEFORE REPORTING
IT TO SHAW BECAUSE HE DIDN*T WANT TO RISK BEING CONSIDERED A CRANK.

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42 NOTS$ 20,900 FEET AT 249 DEGREES, 42 KNOTS$ 3¢,22@ FEET AT

368 DEGREES, 20 KNOTS; 60,922 FEET AT 252 DEGREES, 15 KNOTS. (3)
CEILING-- 15@2FEET, SCATTERED, GIGH SCATTERED. (4) VISIBILITY

15 MILES. (5) CLOUD COVER -- TwO TNTHS. (6) THUNDERSTORMS IN

AREA-- DURING THIS PERIOD THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE
AREAsHURRICANE CINDY WAS 150-172 NAUTICAL MILES EAST SOUTH EAST OF
Seen 1 eee 2)... NO INTERCEPTION ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN
BY ADC. Ie AIRCRAFT IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING -- THE 354TH
TACTICAL FIGHTER WING INTELLIGENCE SECTION AT MYRTLE BEACH AFB REPORTS
THAT AT 2592 ZULU, EIGHT F-192 AIRCRAFT BEGAN PERFORMING REFUELING
MISSIONS WITH TWO KB-5@ TANKERS AT 28,929 FEET IN AREA W-177. THEY
ALSO REPORT THAT ONE HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING STANDBY SEARCHAND
RESCUE FOR THE REFUELING MISSION AT THE TIME. THE OBSERVERS
REPORTED SEEING A HELICOPTER FLYING ALONG THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
THE SIGHTING, THE 727TH AC&W SQ AT MYRTLE BEACH AFB SAY THAT THEY

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HAVE NO RECORD ON UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ON THAT DATE. Je COMMENTS OF
PREPARING OFFICER -- THE PREPARING OFFICER IS OF THE OPINION THAT

THE OBJECTS SIGHTED WERE THE TWO KB-523 TANKERS REFUELING THE F-12¢
ALRCRAFT. THE OBSERVER WHO REPORTED THE SIGHTING, WHEN QUERIED,

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