PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT I0073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
23.Den52 lO_naukienl_miW_Albugy OX Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Locai Ground-Visual CGround-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT3 1950Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS b. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
D Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
ONo LMlitary Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 00 Other.
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1 hr 32 nins three Tast
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Three objs in trail painted on HRI like comdn An analysis of winds aloft, 'track
pin. Descended minute. direction, & distance ecvered indicates
that this sighting was probably a balloyn.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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cas.petted
hot upwards at a fanthstie epeed and oxploded inta a vhite, vaporeua dlend.
The DPC wad dlso sohn byktha vilotsef two doratrciel plarsn la. tho arnaaie. The DPCEw. byithe. Bilotgef tmr Cie4 plarsn lal. M
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NEURL-SLALED GON IAUELT LAIEL
LASTIGHT, EW HDD-AILEEAFLLRI AC
YHRD.AT HYDE PARK,
THETEALLOONIEAS
THE GOGLYEAR AIRCRAFT
CRPACE. IT AAS EIUIPPED VITH EXTERALLYINUNTER AEFIAL CANERA,
ALAADAR-INDICATCR CA AMSRA AL IOTHER INSTRCNEUTS.
THE LANDIN E GONECLA CAUSE A FLURAY CF EXCITEMEIT HERE
CHEN IT LANDED. LUCAL PULTAAPEFIS HI TO LISCLOSE THE NATURE OF
THE "OBJECT THO IND REFERREI ALL' INOVTAIES TO THE G.S. AIA FOPCE IN
WASHINGTON.
YETEKIOUS ORJECT.
THEN THE GOODYEAR PEOPLE ANNCUNCET THAT IT WAS LAHE OF THEIN
CALLCONS AND THE ATFTH SUCH FLIGRT IT HAS COMLUCTFD ODER AK IR FORCE CONTRACT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE FLICHTS IS TO CLTAIN AERLAL-AAIAR PHCTOSKAPH
OF TIE EARTH'S SURPACE FROM STAATOSPNGHIC ALTITUPE.
THECO.LOLA WAS RELFASEL.
1410A .
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UPI 119N MX
RAPID CITY, S.D., DEC. I4.--(UPI)--TNE WORLD'S LARGEST BALLCON WAS
LAUNCHED D FRON' THE STRATOBOUL NEAR RAPID CITY TODAY ON A COSMIC RAY
XPLORATI LIGHT.
THE U ANNED, 1O, OOO,OOO (ND) CUBIC FOOT BALLOON VAS SENT ALOFT WITH
A 1,3OO-POUND TEST LOAD IN_PREPARAYION FOR A SERIES OF COSMIC RAY
RES EARCH BALLOONS
IN THE CARIBBEAN.
LOUISIANA E AUTOMATIC CONTROLS VILL LAND IT DPROT.
THE BALLOON IS AT CEILING
ALTITUDE SEUT IT BILL. DISPLA AIR.
VBIC FEET.
THE BALLOON WAS LAUNCHID BY WINZEN RESEARCN OF MIMNEAPOLIS FOR THE
OFTICE OF NAVAL RESEARCK.
THA CD920P

No Case (Information Only) 10 December 1963
Willoughby, Ohio
WOMEN SEB MISSILE.
SHAPEO UFO SHAPED UFO
An cbject described An cbject described as resembiing a
silver pencil with fins' was ooserved
over Willoughby, Ohia over Willoughby, Ohio on Thursday, 10 Thursday. 10
December by Mrs. Ronald T. Eundy and
two otner housewives. Mrs. Bundy said
there was a loud souad like a clap of
thuoder, but nothing like the usual sonic
booms beard in the aren. The moon was. booms heard in the aren. The moon was.
cut and the time·was 5 p.m. Three jets
in the air appeared at about the same in the air appeared at about the same
tima that the ooject did, but they were time that the object did, but they were
- above it and northbound. The oaject,
headed east. shot straight up and cis-
appeared, leaving a trail of orange-like
flame.
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No Case (Information Only) 10 December 1963
Willoughby, Ohio
WOMEN SEE MISSILE.
SHAPSO UFO
An object described as resembing a resembiing a
silver silver pencii pencii with fins" with fins" was ooserved was ooserved
over Willoughby, Ohio over Willoughby, Ohio on Thursday, 10 Thursday, 10
December by Mrs. Ronald T. Eundy and
Ewo otner housewives. Mrs. Bundy said
there was a loud souad like a clap of
thuader, but nothing like the usual sonic
booms heard in the arem. The moon was
out and the time·was 3 p.m. Three jets
in the air appeared at about the same in the air appeared at about the same
time that the object did, but they were time that the ooject did, but they were
il above it and northbound. The object,
headed east, shot straight up and cis-
appeared, leaving a trail of orange-like
flame.
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SO DO BUREAU AS SOON AS HE GOT HOME.
JUNCTION, JUNCTION, WHERE HE SAW HE SHAPE IN THE SKY, I SHAEE HE SX XAS,
260 MILES FROM TH 260 MILE ICO BORDER. 15R
SAN-ANTONIO SAN-ANTONIC ROLOGISTS CHECKED WIND WIND DIRECTIONS AND SAID KE
COULD HAVE SEE COULD HAVE SE BALLCON OR PARACHUTE. HE WIND
INTO IEXICO. XICO.
(PICK UP (PICK U) GH. X DATE: HERE'S HOW, ETC.)
Is E1044A.. E1044A..
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YORK'S RXO BI NO LUCX.
RESULT: PLAN BALLOO AYLOAD
RADAR TECHN
THER
AT1P.M CEOUS PARACHUTE FLOATS EARTHWARD
SOMEWHERE I GULF STATES. RLD'S LARGEST BALLOON SILENTLY FOLDS
UP ITS OOnrt TT
LOADS IN TsI ARIBE I NEXT SUMMERA
THE NAVY ASIEILI? USING THAT
GET LOST.
THE NAVY SAID.
1L545A

THE BALLOON WAS ALOFT MOM TY , S.D. IT.LAS
TRACKED FOR PAR ITS FLIGHT, BUT
CLOSED TRACK WAS
LOST.
THE HUGE BALLOON. TALLER R THAN A:31-STORY BUILDING WHEN INFLATED,
WAS TO DESCENE SOM EDNESDAY. AIR
CURR
ADYAMS
THE BALLOON AS SENT U CF COSMIC RAY
RESEARCH TES MDUCE SURVEY AND WINZEN
RES EARCH CORP.
IRS. THORN ERRY'S 13.0 INVESTIGATED THE
PLASTI NOTIFYING
AUTHORITIE HERTEEIS DEPUTIES CARTED THE PAYLOAD TO THE NATIONAL
GUARD ARM AND SOUVENT R HUNTERS THE PLASTIC SHROUD
TO PIECES.
THE BALLGON WAS SUPPOSED TO REACH AN ALTITUDE OF 125 2350 FEET.
INFLATED IT MAS 411 LONG AND JOO FEET IN DIAMETER.
MS419P..

No Case (Information Only) 22 December 1959
Oakdale, California
BOWL-SHAPED CBJECT
IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
At il:50 p.m., 2 Dec. Kenneth Lindsiey
Jr. 3 of Daklale, Cal. was waiking in
the vicinity of Claribel Road and Me-
Henry Avenue wben he spotted a "bowl-
haped' cbject coming down out of the
clouds toward him. He estimated its
altirude as about 2,ooo foet when he
first saw it. its coior waa bright orange.
At first be thought it might have been
a reilection of the moon but remembered
later that the moen didn't rise unnt
about 1:30 a.m. Tbe object dropped to
about 20 feet above the road and was
throwing a reflection on the road so
bright that Lindshey could see both sides
of the road and the trees very clearly.
He said it stayed down near the road He said it stayed down near the road
for sbout twy minutes, then went back for sbout twy minutes, then went back
tho into the air. Lindsley, unnerved, head-
ed back to Modesto to stay with a ed back to Modesi stay with a
friend, instead of continuing to hitchhike friend, instead of continving to hitchhike
iome to Oxkdale as formeriy piamed. iome to Orkdale as formeriy piamed.
"I had waiked about 1 miles and "I had waiked about 1/ miles and Iwas was
t the location o the new 'Mcfienry t the location o the new 'Mcfienry
Bowl' when I spotted the object again.
This time it did not come down nearly
as close and did not stay so long. The
sncond appearance was at 12:45 a.m." sneond appearance was at 12:45 a.m."
He told of his experience to reporters, He told ot his experience to reporters,
A hooing that corroborating witnesses could
be located. His story. appeared in the
24 December Stockton, California Kac-
ord, and Mrs. Estelle Hendershott of
Waterford came forward to report that
she had seen the object while driving to
her home at about 12:15 a.m., after
getting oif worik at the John Inglis Frozen
P'ood piant in Modesto. Other women on
the night shit saw the object, also, and
Mr3. Charies Erickson. of Modesto re-
ported seeing the object from her bome.
The Modesto Bee earried the story,
which yieided this further informadion:
Lindsiey toid a Bee reporter that "It
exterded over the entire road and on it
I could see shadows which appeared to
be moving bot I couid not distinguisn
what they vere. It took about a minute
and a haif to get down, stopping just
abov the telepnone poies. It stayed there
two ninutes. then went back down the
road and up into the ait."
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No Case (Information Only) 29 December 1959
Boston, Massachusetts
On the eve of the beginning of 1960, over Boston on December29 a UFO with
blue and yellow lights was sighted by residents of several surburbs. The Boston
received many ca many alls, but was unable lls, but was unable E
explanaticn for the phenomena. explanaticn for the phenomena.
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JANUARY 1960 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
f'
Jan .. SE of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Insufficient Data
1 Tillamook, Oregon Iusufficieat Data
Mormon Mesa, Nevada Astro (METEOR)
Seattle, Washington Other (REFLECTION)
Kingmax, Arizoua/Lake Mead, Nevada AstroMETEOR
mmmtoo0o Bloonfield, Connecticut Aircraft
Winter Haven, Florida Other (MISSILE)
Loag Island, New York Other (HALLUCINAPION)
West Alexandria, Ohio Iuaufficient Data
2 Mi N of Scottsburg, Indiona Other (CLOUD)
10-11 30.30N 139.05W (Pacific) Astro (METEOR)
15 Baudstte, Minaesota Astro METEOR)
15 North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming Multi Astro METEOR
18 Gulr of Mexico RADAR Other ANOMALOUS PROP
18 Deaver, Colorado Astro METEDR
18 Lakota, North Dakota Astro METEOR
20 08.45N 168.25W (Pacific) CNO Other (FLARE)
21 22.06N 179.495 Pacific CNO (PHOTO) Other (MISSILE)
22 Sea of Japan CASE MISSING Military Balloon
24 Bryan, Ohio Astro METEOR)
24 NW Orient/UAL Astro (METEOR
27 Sylvania, Ohio Other (HAL CINATION)
28 28 Poiteres, France Poiteres, France MATS MATS Aircraft Aircraft
ADDITIONAL REPORTED ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) - SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) -
DATE LOGATION SOURCE SOURCE EVALUATION
Jaa Univerue Seience News Ltr Seience News Ltr
- - Onaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Newselipping
m66 mo6 Las Vegas, Nevada Newsclipping
Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Newsclipping
Applatoa, Wisconsin Applatoa, Wisconsia Summary - Fireball Reports
Mauonet, Mussachusetts Newselipping Newselipping
Lake Mille Locs, Minnesota Newoolipping
Indiamapolts, Indiann Indianapolts, Indiana Barger (Ler) Barger (Ltr)
Hudson River, New York Newsclipping
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UNCLAS / 637TH OPS 894 FOR: INT. SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECT REPORT (U.F.O.B.). IN COMPLIANCE WITH AIR AIR
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A.I. NEGATIVE A.2. OBJECT PAINTED LIKE A COMMON PIN ON HRI
A.3. NEGATIVE A.4. THREE (3) A.5. TRAIL A.6. NEGATIVE
A.7. NEGATI A.3. NEGATIVE A.9. INITIAL PICKUP
ON RADAR B.1. RADAR PICKUP OF HICH ALTITUDE TRACK
B.2. 208 DEOREES AT 72 MILES B.3. 120 DEGREES AT 65 VILES
B.4. OBJECT FLEW O9C DEGREES HEHEADING, DESCENDED AT 70G FEET
Grnd Speed = 40NM/h

AC&N .
ACSISTANCE CER. G.1. GO .2. 20, 000 FEET
150
LROKEN, HIGH OVER
K. ALL I INDICATIONS OF SIGHTING INDICATIONS OF SIGHTING POINT TO THE POSSISILITY OF POINT TO THE POSSISILITY OF
BALLONS OF SOME TYPE. L. NEGATIVE M. INTERCEPTS WERE S WERE
CONDUCTED AGAINST CONDUCTED AGAINST OBJECTS SIGHTED ECTS SIGHTED ON THE HICHT T FINDER FINDER RADAR, RADAR,
TO NO AVAIL
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AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO
REPLY TO
ATIN OF: ARCIN-4E4S
SUPJECT: uFO Sighting 29 December 1959
TO: AFCIN-4E1
The attached UFo report is forwarded to your office for your analysis
and commnents.
1 Atch:
Colonel, USAF Inc MSE CITE OPS 894,
AFCIN-4E atd 28 Dec 59

by track, indicate a target ground speed of approximately 40 knots/hr.
This order of ground speed is compatible with a balloon track. The area
balloons, in conjunction with various test programs.
3. To further substantiate this report, are results of a recent test
conducted by Rome Air Development Center, which definitely proved that
ground radar will detect balloons in flight, and the radar scope paint
is compar an aircraft return.
-GORDON C. HOFFMAN GORDON C. HOFFMAN 1 Atch
Colonel, USAF n/c n/c
AFCIN-4E1
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year is the distance light travels in a year,
that we can ever see. at a speed of 186,000 miles per second, or
The stars are shown on the accompany. about six trillion miles.
ing maps, which are drawn to depict the Above Orion stands Taurus, the bull. Its
skies as they look about ten pam. (your brightest star-distinctly red in color--is
own kind of standard timeat the first of called Aldebaran. To the left of Taurus,
December, an hour earlier at the middle in the northern half of the sky, you will see
and two hours earlier at the end. Auriga, the charioteer, with another first-
Orion, which stands in the southeast, is magnitude star, Capella. Below this group
the most conspicuous group and you can are Gemini, the twins, with Castor and
easily recognize it by the three stars in a Pollux. The latter is the brighter of these
row that form the belt of this warrior, as two stars. Still lower is the lesser dog,
the old star maps represented him. Modern Canis Minor, with Procyon. Canis Minor, with Procyon.
astronomers pay no attention to these an- Thus, around Thus, around Betelgeuse as a center, Betelgeuse as a center,
cient fancies. there are six bright stars: Sirius, Procyon,
Above and to the left of the belt you see Above and to the left of the belt you see Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel. These
the first-mnagnitude star Betelgeuse (in one are all of the first magnitude, or brighter.
of Orion's shoulders). Another, called Rigel, No other part of the sky contains as many
is below and to the right. This is in one in the same area.
of his legs. Rigel, incidentally, is an ex- Two others are visible toward the north-
tremely bright star, as measured by its west. Close to the horizon-and therefore
actual luminosity, for it is about 60,000 considerably dimmed-is Vega, of Lyra, the
times brighter than our sun. If the sun lyre. And a little higher is Cygnus, the
were at Rigel's distance (90o light years) were at Rigel's distance (9oo light years) swan, with Deneb, also fainter now than swan, with Deneb, also fainter now than
we would need a telescope to see it. when it is overhead.
Below Orion is Canis Major, the great
dog, with the star called Sirius. This ap- (Continued on p. 369)
PERSEUS
DECEMBER ANDROMEDA CapellAURIGA
1359
CASSIOPEIA CAMELO PAROALIS
PECASUS LACERTA GEMINI
Polaris Castor Pollux)
ICEPHEUS
CYCNUS Neneb URSA
MINOR LYNX
DRACO URSA
PMAJOR
*Vega CIPPER
WEST EAST
PERSEUS ANDROMEDA
DECEMBER AURIGA Pleindes TRIANGULUM
1959 ARIES Alp
AdeburaJAURUS GREAT SQUARE
GEMINI GRION PISCES Markab
Mird CETUS
Setelen PEGASUS
MINDR MONOCERO CANIS ERIDANUS
Procyon LEPUS AQUARIUS
Siriuse CANIS FORNAX
MAJOR
EAST Face South WEST
BRICHTNESS

Normally it is of the second magnitude,
visibie low in the southeast just before or about as bright as the pole star, but
sunrise. every two days and 21 hours it is about
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 9:35 a.m., E.S.T.. a third of that brightness. It takes five
winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere. hours to dim, and five more to return to
Then the sun is farthest south and direetly normal. In the Celestial Time Table at the
over a point on the Tropic of Capricorn. end of this article the times when Algol is
The sun will be at its highest for people in at minitum brightness during evening
southerly countries, so for them it is the hours are listed, so if you look at it on these
beginning of summer. occasions, you will find its light reduced.
For those of us who live in the north
temperate zone, Dec. 22 is the shortest day Two-Starred Algol
of the year--meaning by "day," of course,
the time from sunrise to sunset. But the Actually, Algol consists of two stars. One
word also refers to the period of time from is about 27 times as big as the sun and the
one noon to the next, and it is noon when the other is still larger, although it is about
the sun is on the meridian, or directly a fifteenth as bright. These two stars re-
south. volve around a point between them-the
But if, with an accurate stop-watch, you center of gravity-once in two days 20
were to time the sun from noon to noon, hours and 49 minutes.
you wold not find it to be exactly 24 hours On cach revolution, as seen from our
-unless you performed the experinent direction, the faint star passes in front of
about the middle of February or May, the the bright one and causes a partial eclipse.
end of August, or the beginning of No. Algol is the best-known example of a class
vember. At the end of March the day is of stars called "eclipsing variables." In ad.
about 17 seconds short of 24 hours. In dition there are many other stars that are
mid-June it is about 13 seconds longer. By truly variable. These are single orbs, in
early September it is about 22 seconds short; which some internal disturbance makes a
then it starts lengthening to its maximum variation in the output of light.
sun's apparent motion around the sky from 4 10:06 p.m. Algol at minimumn
west to east during the year is not uniform. 2:00 p.m. Jupiter behind sun
If you could see the stars behind the sun 5
on Dee. 22, you would find that the sun 7 6:55 p.m. Algol at minimum
was in the direction of Sagittarius, the 9:11 p.m. Moon at first quarter
archer, a group visible in the south on 12 2:00 a.m. Mercury farthest west of sun
sumuiner evenings. But the next day you 13 early a.m. Geminid meteors visible (seem
would find that it had moved to the east to radiate from constellation
about twice its own diameter as measured of Gemini)
from the starry background. The distance 14 2:00 a.m. Moon farthest, distance 252,
it moves is greater now than at any other 600 miles
time of year. 11:49 p.m. Full moon
This ineans that the sun is delayed in 22 Winter solstice--sun farthest
getting back to the meridian, because its 9:35 a.m.
casterly motion across the sky partly offsets south and winter begins in
the daily westward movement from sunrise Notthern Hemisphere
to sunset. The delay is greatest, now that 24 11:49 p.m. Algol at winimum
the castward movement is at a maximun. 26 2:00 p.m. Moon passes Venus
In March, when it is at a minimum, the 27 8:39 p.m. Algol at mininum
delay is least, and the length of day is 28 8:00 p.m. Moon nearest, distance 222,
about 45 seconds shorter than it is at 300 miles
Christmas time. 29 2:09 p.m. New moon
Because it would be inconvenient to have 30 5:28 p.m. Algo! at minimumn
clocks that had to rum fast at some times
(Continued on p. 374) Subtract one hour for CST, two hours for
MST, and three for PST.
Science News Letter, November 28, 1959

No Case (Information Only) December l959 (first week of)
Cheshire, Ohio
During the first week of December
(no exact date) 7 employees at the Kyger
Creek Power Plant at Cheshire, Chio,
reported' seeing an unidentified object in reported' seeing an unidentified dbject in
the area, We are attemouing. to ebtain the area. We are attemoting. to ebtain
more information, for this power plant
furnishes Cower for the Atomie Energy
Plant at Portsmouth, and this is at least
the second time a meneuvering or hover- ind UrO has been spotted in the vieinity
: ing UrO hai been spotted in the vicinity
-ihe first tima, November 1957.

No Case (Information Only) 1 December 1959
Fontana, California
POLICE SPOT SAUCER
IN CALIPORNIA 1959-.
Fontaua, Calif.. 1 December
Pollce Sah. Robert L. and se-
pa-
colling east Fontana o.an. when
they spnted a large, round ooject whica tbey soxted a in
glowed red and white. Spotted from the and Palmecto
intersection of Barbes intersection of Barbee and Palmecto
Averues, the object was at 7 o'elock on
the horizon, gave oif so much light that
it lit uo the area. The two men drew
a sketch which showed a lampshade-
shaped object projecting light downward.
A few mioutes after it was sighted by A few mnioutes after it was sighted by
the eifieers, the object took off at high the eifieers, the object took ouf at high
speed, leawins distinet vapor tralls from speed, leawns distinet vapor tralls from
a jet-like apparntus, and shortly disap- a jet-like apparatus, and shortly disap-
pesrel. Sun-Telegram (San Bernardino)
reporters received another simiar report reporters received another simiiar report
ruinutes before Cochran and Brandon
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dent or Dei Rosa. -