PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bailoon
9 Jun 61 Mount Zion, West Virginia 0 Probobly Bolloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME CROUP
Local Ground-Vi sual Cround-Rodor 0 Was Anscraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. Ai-Vi sual Air-Intercept Radar a Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS Physical 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 0 Probobly Astronomical
O No Specimen Civilian D Possibly Astronomieal
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATIOM 8. NUMBER OP CBJECTS 9. COURSE 8 Other Chaff
0 Insulficlent Data for Evgluation
multi D Unknown
TO. BRISF SUMWARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Objects recovered from wooded area i in West Samples of material definitely identi-
Virginia. Found on 9 Jun 6l. Objects along fied as chaff from U3AF source.
with similar pieces found in Nov 57 sent in
to ATlc for analysis. Silver colored slivers
of tinfoil type material. of tinfoil type material.
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ATIC FORM 329 (PRV 26 SRP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 5RP 52)

Intelligence Center requesting infornation about metallic slivers which
vere round bone r 1957 and June 196l.
The samoles or the material which you forwarded with your letter
have been derinitely identiried as charr made and utilized by the United
States. Charr is : material which is dropped by our aircraft for the pur-
pose or jamming radars by blotting out scope insignifi-
cant returns.
Chafr is Chafr is drooped drooped in the in the United United States States by for the
purposes purposes of of training training flight flight and and radar testing testing the effec-
tiveness of tiveness of the chatf the chaff itself.
Chaf: is Chaf: is designed designed to interfere with radars of different different operating
frequencies, and this this accounts for the differences accounts for the differences in length and and cross
- - section of the mate: tal which was found near your home.
Chaff Chafr is usually released released from a the aircraft the aireraft in bundles in bundles which then which then
ogen open allow the the material material to disperse. In an optimum cptimum operation each
individual piece of piece of chaff will fall alone. Cn fall alone. On c occasion, oceasion, however, the
material will fall in little will fall in little clwms clums such as you recovered.
The material ,is designed to fall extremely slow, and therefore may
have been dropped many miles from your home and drifted into your area
ately eight miles high.
Your interest in this matter Lated.
Sincerely
ut
PHILIP G. EVANS
Colonel, USAP
Deputy For Science
and Components
DATZ 22 ne'1
or Hooer PrIEN

Nov.- 1957
June 1961 —
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slivers, except
they where shorter, being about 24 inches long. Again they
were in a neat pile and in such a manner as described in
the other case. Enclosed you will find these slivers in
an envelop June, 1961.
I have hean unable to find any definative answer particularly
as to the usage of these slivers, and more particularly how
they became located they became located here in such a manns havs have read and
do have copies of an article describing the finding of the finding of these
type slivers elsewhere. elsewhere Griffis Air Force Base in Rome Force Base Rome received
some some in 1956. in 1956.
I would greatly aporeciate any information about these slivers
as to compositiol usage, and why they would be found in such
neat pile, afrequent times.
Again, a more authorative answer would be appreclat will
your reply. Thanking you, I remain
Mount Zion, West Virginia

U F O ANALYSIS SHEET
June, 1951 LOCATION Mount Zion, West Virginia
DAT@
DATE TIME GROUP LOCAL. GMY
PHOTO YESNO_ XX PHYSICAL SPECIMEN YES 10
SOURCE MILITARY CIVILIAN xXX TYPE OF OBSERVATION
NUMBER OF OBJECTS Milti COURSE
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
SATELLITE: IN ORBIT: VERIFY YES: NO: DECAY: N/A
ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA N/A
METEOR
STAR OR PLANET
OTHER
AIRCRAFT_/A
BALLOON_N/A
INSUFFICIENT DATA I1/A.
OTHER Chaff
REFLECTION INVERSION PRESENT INVERSION PRESENT PHOTO ANALYSIS PHOTO ANALYSIS
SUN DOG. SUN DOG.. LENTICULAR CLOUD PHYSICAI NALYSIS ALYSIS
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Objects recovered from wooded Objects recovered from wooded area in West Virginia, Found on 9 June, 196l. Objects in West Virginia, Found on 9 June, 196l. Objects
along with similar pieces found in A November 1957 sent in to ATIc for analysis. November 1957 sent in to ATIc for analysis.
Silver colored alivers of slivers of tinfoil type material.
CASE CATEGORY: . Other (Chaff)
EVALUATION:
CONCLUSION:
Samples of material definitely idontified as chaff from USAF source.
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