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1. DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Fete) ee te Ae * x O Was Balicon
2% Marcn - i yO eB ]. t, ONMy Mas Sac nics t, [ 5S Cj Probably Balloon
2. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Se ay een
1LC30 P.M, Ke Vi A O Wes Aircraft
Local 3 _ O Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Rador (2 Probably Aircraft
CMT 0 Air Visual D Air-Intercept Redor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS iced A i 6 SOURCE O Was Astronomical
CYes Physical Specimen ans O Probably Astronomical
oNs Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION” {8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE “KS Other__ico
0 Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
N/a | one down O Unknown

A 30 1b. chunk of ice fell in Dalton, Mass AVIC has arrived at no conciusion as

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ihe area wassurveyed by an AiIC investivato
di there was no overhead object from which

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to the origin of the ice. Future
cases may irdicate 2a ontiern which
: , ms x9 a rhe ri wo ri t.25 one lyst on
whe 1¢ce could nave fallen. The spatter will lead to a Conciusion.

oattern was a fairly even distribution over

an area 23' x 25'. The ice was analysed
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS a
and described as porus, or like rime ice,

ATIC FORM 329 (RZV 26 SEP 52) ,

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30-pound chunk of ice which

Vir, Roche peinis to

SKY Friday night came 4
Larry Roche of Dalton.

oF THE

sn the vara of Mr. and Mrs.
tered pieces he thinks fell from an airplane. Particles of sand were found in
pieces. \ Cambridge scientist has asked Roches to save melted residue so he ¢

Me dks

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Giendon
dug a deep hole.
some of the shat-

the broken

an analyze it.

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night came 4 30-poun
Roche of alton.

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as he thinks fell fram an
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MEMO LO: Major Friend

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SUBJECT: Report of Dalton, Nass. [ce Fall, 25 March 1960

de Ad Me, HOT, Friday, 25 March 1960, Mr and Mrs es ae

Dalton, Mass. reported the fall of many pounds of ice
rom the sky. This was reported on the radio, and I called 4g

and asked him to put a sanole of the ice in the freezer. Later
week NR, 2 friend of mine, volunteered to make the trio from
Bosten to Dalton, Mass. (300 miles) round trip, to pick up the i He
cut a chunk out of the center of the ice sample and the melted samples
is herewith submitted.

2. the circumstances of the fall were these: ohortly before 10:30 the
Roche's 15 year old son returned from an errand making copious tracks
in the snow; within a few minutes there was a very lond noise outside
that “shook the house", Zveryone dashed outside thinking that there
had been a bad automobile accident someplace. All that was found was
the fallen ice which landed very close to the tracks in the snow made
by th Sie boy just a few minutes earlier. This made a hole in the
ground about one inch deep, The landing spot of the ice is pictured

in inclosure, and also close-ups of the ice. It was determined tha
the ice could not have talien from the roof or the trees. The landin:
pattern of the ice is shown in inclosed diagran.

3. The ice itself resembled tapioca snow and was considerably less
dense than ordinary ice for it was quite coarse and a chim the size

of a man's head probably weighed not much more than a pound. By no
consideration could the frozen snow-ice be thourht the sane as the
Surrounding snow and ice,

i. Exact weather conditions have not yet been determined, but witnesse

stated th
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% they could see stars. They aiso stated that their house
does no ler

any scheduled airlines.

5. A sample of the wat

ct
ep

rel th: sont ar

we ; may ey pee .
5 been given to Dr Gis.

er ha av s
+. = e aye rae ui 4 © 5a r a. 3 . ~ o> e+
for tritium analysis. It is suggested the present sample # sub jected
~ an a a 7 ne a -

to anaivsis at Wright Field.
. * . Tn ’
Dr J. Allen Hynek
ag riey > e ~ sa S ar L-, ee 7. ot > a _** ; ° "DO ~~ oe a of
NWOitk: Water sz mpLe Sno: ld be analyzed for type of water (co istal,

i ain, etc), mineral suatenks. | ang organic content, and such

o Ly ¢ 2 re j -.Yy | ~ s - ~ le . cr our a“ »« + > .
other analysis as LS Geemecd apvropriate - also svectrorzranah i 6-

eo ~m Vs : ent rives ~ . t ‘
analysis of residue Ln WaACSY .

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PHZSICS LABORATORY

MATERTALS CENTRAL

EVALUATION REPORT
SNALSSIS OF JOB WATER

REPORT NR: WWHO P50=7 DATE: hh May 1960
Prosect nr: S77LOL TYPE EVALUATION:
MANUFACTURER: SPEC NR:

Ssuamitren ay: AYOINehj2 ITEM SERIAL NR:

Jamea 0, Solien

I. PURPOSE
To enalyze a semple of thawed ice water end determine its composition,

ii, FAC DX

le The sample was received end assigned Physics Laboratory Suborder No,
PO.

2. ‘the sample was enalyzed by emission spectroscopy and 2~ray diffrseticn
onalysige

3-  Unission spectrographis analysis indicated the water to have the
Sollowing composition:

Filtered thawed ice water ~
iinor - Magnesium

Traces =~ Silicon, manganess, 2luminum, iron, nickel,
copper, codium, zine, chromiuwa and calisium

Large and small particles (residue) -

Prinsival ~ Calcium

Majors - Silison, magaesium, alwninum snd iron

Minors - lengane3e, copper, scdium, zine, titaninm end
chromium

“aces ~ Tin, lead and nickel

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Af -WiP-O-25 MAR 38 5M

he Xray @iffraction anal sis indicated that the Large ond small particles

ave the same compound. The compound was jdeutified as silicen dioxide
(Si04), a natural mineral,

III, CONCIUSTONS

There waa not enough of the thawed ice water to conduct any other
onalysis.

None, data merely submitted,

PUBLICATION REVIEW

This report has been reviewed end is anproved,.

Sam A. Bicoh a hn ib dint

DISTRIBUTIGCN: SOLOMON F. BROKESHOULDER, Cant, USAF
Chief, Organic Analysis Seetion

WwECP (1 cy) Physics Laboratory

WWRCPA (3 cys) Materials Central

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