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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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26 Oct 59 Toccoa, Ga. 10 Possisly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local ve XZ) Ground- Vi sual | Ground-Radar s Probably Aiverah
GMT _26/23452,_ Uy ieee oe C Air Vi sual O Air-intercept Redar GO Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Wes Astronomical
0 Yes o Probably Astronomical
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7. LENGTM OF CBSERVATION & NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OS Orherice Fall
CQ Insufficienr Data for Evalustion
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M/A - one down Se

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Square, 40650 pound block of ice fell out The chunk of ice was analyzed and was
of a clear sky. Sound like the passing of a found to be artificial ice - ana exam)
jet overhead ~ a loud whisltly rustling of of which is that formed on an a/c.
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SUBJECT: "U.F.0.” A. DESCRIPTION. (1) SQUARE. (2) 40-50
POUND BLOCK OF ICE. (3) N/A. (4) ONE. (5) N/A (6) N/Aw

7) OBJECT FELL OUT OF A CLEAR SKY. (8) SOUNDED LIK THE PASSING
OF A JET WERHEAD. (9) NONE. B. (1) A LOUD WHISTLING RUSTLING
OF AIR. €2) NVA. €3) N/A. (4) N/A. (5). N/A. (6) N/A C.

C1) GROUND. (2) N/A. (3) NYA. D. (1) 2345Z/26 OCTOBER 1959.
C2) NIGHT, E, 8 MILES SOUTH OF TOCCOA GEORGIA <qqgREes

SMMMBMMgeser: D100 STATION WNEG, TOCCOA, GEORGIA. G. N/A.

He N/A. I, THE BLOCK OF ICE WAS TAKEN TO TWO HIGH SCHOOL LABS

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ANALIZED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ICE WAS HIGHLY

RADIOACTIVE. A GEIGER COUNTER WAS NOT USED, BUT EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC
FILM NEAR IT AND DETERMINED BY THE DEVELOFED FILM IT WAS RADIO-
ACTIVE. J. N/A. Ke THIS REPORT WAS CALLED INTO BASE OPERATIONS

27 OCTOBER 1959 BY MR. wi, ESTINATE JF RELIABILITY POSSIBLE,
NO ACTION TAKEN THIS OFFICE, NO PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS. JESSE T. _

JUMPER, MAJOR, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, DONALDSON AIR FORCE BASE, S. Ce-
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SUBJECT: Pieces of Ice Falling From Ovr of Sky

1. On 30 Decezber 1959, APCIN@-4F3¢ informed 473d that inforsation hac _neee
received tc the effect that Laxge pieces of ice of unexplained arieiie
fallen ta Barth in Georgia. Clippings from'a newspaper were subaitted in
“which mention was made of analysis work being performed on the ice by the Army Ice
Snow and Permafrost Research Laboratory in Wilmette, Illinofe. AFCIN-4Fid wa
Relvestes to obtai ) por enae information on the subject.

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it: ‘was estabiished that the errant Le fe of the ice was being performed nearty, at
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Be it vee soasible: to talk to- Dr. <ananaaY at the Evanston facility,

“telephone Gumber MaMOUL «2 2). 2 He «indicated chat they had only
received a smsll piece cf ice, measuring about 1 by 2”. The analysis ind teated

“thet {t'was artificiel ice rather dirty, in other words not of natural onigin.
The characteristic crystels of heil wes completely sbsent. Dr. SEP cave 2s

» an ‘example of origin es detatching itself from an airplane, He further BwEaxKuUN
— BUMARDR TE mentioned thet a similar eveat had teken place about two
berated ago<in New Jersey, in that’ at that time the Physice! Sciences Division o%*
the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pe. had performed the ice enalysis.
“Pasty: hes indicated that an analysis of the wacer resulting from the melting
got ree is ay chs perocmes by seme agency unknown to hin.
Sie brs —_ proutead’ to send “Lyte a copy of his report on the present incident
land will attach the neme of the organization performing the water analysig end
any further information available to him on the subject. He expected a delay of
about sve weeks before pecs able to send the report.

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Dr Sagem - Smithsonien Institute, Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian not conducting analysis - Analysis being conducted
by Bureau of Standards (Dr ——

University of Chicago - Army Engineers, Ft Belvior, Va.

Bureau of Standards official report due soon ~ Off the record
Dr. aid that sample appeared to be coastal water,
proba object fell from aircrart known to be in area at the

time.
The

See aaa: .. Reading, Fae,» have
analyzed six s lar cases and in each case determined the

ice to be from aircraft.

Ice ranged in weight from 25 to 100 lbs.

Dr QepEP reine: out that the press has hounded the
Smithsonian for information concerning the ice and indicated

that they felt something was being withheld.

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