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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
i) Sen 59 Philagelthia, Pennsylvania QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION OD Possibly Balloon
; : P O Was Aircraft
Local : > LE. Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radaor o Probabl y Aever
GoM TL 5 /91062Z 0 Air Vi sual D Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircroft os
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical{ 74 T#tR
0 Yes 7 es. O Probably Astronomical
| fF Noe savVilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
| QO Insufficient Data for Evaluction
O Unknown
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
! Mirecular Obj obsrved {z a : 7 ltéair ( wnitude O, ) ,
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AF IN: 44624 (15 Sep 59)

/UNCLAS/ OIN 09338. SUBJ: UFO. FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN

ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2:

A, DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT.

Ci)
C2)

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CIRCULAR IN SHAPE
PEA AT ARMS LENGTH
GLOWING YELLOWING WHITE WHEN FIRST OBSERVED. ONE HOUR LATER

HAD CHANGED TO A BLUE GREEN,

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(7) NONE

(2) NONE

(9) NONE
B, DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
(1) YELLOWISH WHITE OBJECT FIRST THOUGHT TO BE A FALLING STAR.
AFTER BEING OBSERVED FOR 5 - 6MINUTES, OBSERVER REPORTED SIGHTING
10 OSI, MCGUIRE AFB. OBJECT WAS BROUGHT TO ATTENTION OF YIFE AT TIME
OF SECOND OBSERVATION ONE HOUR LATER. REPORTED SHE HAD DIFFICULTY
AT FIRST OBSERVING OBJECT.

(2) 80 TO 50 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON CLOSE TO OVERHEAD.
30 DEGREES DUE EAST GOING IN A SOUTHERN DIRECTION. SEEMED TO BE VERY
HIGH. |

(3) STILL VISIBLE WHEN OBSERVATION CEASED.

(4) OBJECT APPEARED TO BE IN ORBIT IN OR NEAR THE MOON AT
TIME OF FIRST OSSERVATION, ONE HOUR LATER, IT APPEARED TO BE FUTHER
SOUTH AND NOT NEAR THE MOON AT ALL, DURING THE FIRST 5 TO 6 MINUTE
OBSERVATION PERIOD, THE OBJECT MOVED SOUTH ABOUT 50 FEET IN A WAVERING
ELLIPTICAL PATTERN GOING AROUND AND AROUND.

(5) OBJECT STILL VISIBLE WHEN LAST OBSERVED.

(6) FIRST OBSERVATION FOR A PERIOD OF 5 TO 6 MINUTES. ONE HOUR

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LATER, OBJECT AGAIN OBSERVED FOR 5 TO 6 MINUTES.
C,; MANNER OF OBSERVATION:

€1) GROUND-VISUAL

2) NAKED EYE

C5) NOT APPLICABLE
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:

€1) 15/0106 $0 59

(7)

LOCATION OF OBSERVER(S):
NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIU, 2123 OAKMONT ST
F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERCS)

Ci) CIVILIAN, SARmMOlED CUNT) “ile, AGE 57, @mqlimliuert ST. ,
PHILADELPHIA, PA. HOME "PHONE: Ra<_ic—A-.nanany7

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BUSINESS °* PHONE:

meme. gemme@le. occuPpATION: ASST DIR OF A TECHNICAL DIVISION

WITH THE U.S.MARINE CORPS, PHILA.
ESTIMATE OF CELIABILITY: UNKNOWN

(2) CIVILIAN, Samim, VIE.

G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING:

Ci) NO WIND. MOON VERY BRIGHT. BEAUTIFUL FALL NIGHT WITH FALL
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(2) 12TH WEATHER SQUADRON, DET NR. 4, NEW YORK ADS, ALTITUDE/

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EGREES/ KNOTS:
SURFACE 200/03
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(3) 15/0100Z SCATTERED AT 7,000 FT.

C4) 15 MILES
(5) LESS THAN 3/10THS

€6) NONE

H, NO OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OF CONDITIONS,
i, NO INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN DUE TO DELAY IN

RECEIPT OF REPORT.

J. CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA AT ALL TIMES,
K, REPORT PREPARED BY MAJ WILLIAM H.
INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, HQ, NEW YORK AIR DEFENSE SECTOR, MCGUIRE AFB,
NJ. THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS SIGHTINGS AND ANY KNOWN OR

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YOUR MSG CIN 09338, DID 15 SEP 59. AT FIRST OBSERVATION THE OBJ

WAS REPORTED IN OR NEAR THE MOON ,/ CLOSE TO OVERHEAD. AN ASTRO
PLOT SHOWS THE MOON TO BE IN THE SE, APPROX 40 DEG ABOVE THE
HORIZON. REQ A CLARIFICATION OF THIS POINT. HOW DID SOURCE
DETERMINE THAT BOTH OBJECTS WERE ONE AND THE SAME WHEN THEY WERE
SIGHTED ONE HOUR APART? DID EITHER OBJECT DISAPPEAR? WHAT WAS
THE ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH WHEN THEY WERE OBSERVED? SOURCE STATES

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MESSAGE AFCIN 44G 9-192%E, 1718192 SEP 59. ITEM 1. CLARIFICATION

ON POSITION OF OBJECT WHEN INITALLY OBSERVED. ANSWER. FURTHER

S INTERROGATION OF OBSERVER REVEALS THAT OBJECT WAS SIGHTED APPROX 45

DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AND APPROX FIVE DEGREES ABOVE NOON, ITEM 2.

SOURCE COULD NOT DEFINITELY STATE THAT OBJECT OBSERVED AT 1522402

WAS THE SAME AS OBJECT OBSERVED AT 15%120Z. SOURCE INDICATED THAT HE

LOOKED IN SAME DIRECTION BOTH TIMES. HE INDICATED THAT THE MOON HAD
MOVED DURING THE ONE-HOUR TIME LAPSE IN OBSERVATION PERIODS. onsyect (A4@)

VIEWED AT 15@290Z APPEARED ABOUT 15-29 DEGREES NORTH OF THE MOON,

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3, OBJECTS DID NOT DISAPPEAR DURING OBSERVATION PERIODS, OBJECT

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STILL VISIBLE WHEN SOURCE CEASED OBSERVATION. ITEN 4. ELEVATION AND

<DIMUTHe AT FIRST SIGHTING: MOON_AZIMUTH 135. DEGREES FROM NORTH, ELEVAT-

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[ON 4g DEGREES, OBJECT AZIMUTH 165 DEGREES FROM NORTH, ELEVATION 49.

DEGREES. AT SECOND SIGHTING: MOON AZIMUTH 159 DEGREES FROM NORTH _
ELEVATION 49 DEGREES. OBJECT AZIMUTH 165 DEGREES FROM NORTH,

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