PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1.DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
30 Jul 61 52.2511 32.1OW (ATCANTIC) Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 30/0200Z AirVisual Air-Intorcopt Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE ¤ Was Astronomical Meteor
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
15 sec 1 GE Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGI rOUNd cbj, siZe of n. commenrs General description would
backetba. aopearing to be rocket cone or indicatee possible reentry, however no
missile e reentries were recorded this date. Objt
atmoaphere and has charicteristics of a meteor also and Iin
oh front lo sec.which time objt emitted a long view of lack of reentry date case is listed
tail of red and orange sparks and flemes for us a meteor.
2 sec and then exploded. No sound. Not like
any meteor observed by witnesses. Entry objt
heading llo° on 45 angle of descent. Total.
sighting about l5 sec.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 12399 (2 Aug 61) G/sc
ACTION: CIN-17SAFS-3
INFO COP-2, (24)
PRIORITY
021630Z
FM NY ADS MCGUIRE AFB NY
TO CSAF WASHDC
SAF WASHDC SAF WASHDC
ADC ENT AFB COLO Classification Cancelled Classification Cancelled
26 ADIV HANCOCK FLD NY (or changed tokcs) (or changed to/cas)
ATIC WPAFB OHIO Auy DiaIpytID Auy Dua ZptID
NORAD ENT AFB COLO MY-ON 3 BtoniSa BuntaiSa
BT BT Day
/NYOIN RPT NYOIN THREE /NYOIN RPT NYOIN THREE
3 Jar68
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS PD UFO RPT UFO PD AIRLINE PILOT FLIGHT
NR RPT NR BKA RPT BKA FIVE XERO SEABOARD AND WORLD AIRWAYS SHANNON
TO GANDER TO MCGUIRE PD ONE OBYECT THAT APPEARED TO BE A ROCKET
CONE REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE FROM A HIGH AXIMUTH ON A PARABOLIC
CURVE ENDING UP IN ALMOST VERTICAL DESCENT CMM HEADING ABOUT
ONE ONE XERO DEG CMM HIGH I TEMPERATURE BLUE DASH WHITE LIGHT CMM
10
EXTREMELY BRIGHT FOR ABOUT ONE XERO SECONDS PD OBYECT THEN EMITTED
A LONG TAIL OF BRIGHT RED AND ORANGE VISIBLE FLAMES FOR ABOUT A LoNG TAIL Or BRIGhT RED AND ORAnGE VTSibLE FLamES FOR ABOUT
TWO SECONDS BEFORE IT EXPLODED LIKE A SKYROCKET PD SOUND WAS SOUND WAS
HEARD PD VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE DURING NIGHTTIME
PD THE OBYECT WAS NOT LIKE A METORITE OF WHICH H THE CBSERVER HAS ITHE CBSERVER HAS
SEEN FREQUENTLY SEEN FREQUENTLY PD THE OBYECT APPEARED LARGER THAN A BASKETBALL PD THE OBYECT APPEARED LARGER THAN A BASKETBALL
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INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 12399 (2 Aug 61) page 2 of 3
TWO TWO FIVE NOVEMBER CMM THREE T TWO FOUR XERO O WHISKEY HEADING
TWO EIGHT FIVE DEGREES MAGNETIC CMM WHEN SIGHTING OBYECT AT THREE
XERO SLANT XERO TWO XERO XERO XULU PD THE ALFA SLANT CHARLIE XERO SLANT XERO TWO XERO XERO XULU PD THE ALFA SLANT CHARLIE
WAS AT ONE TWO XERO XERO XERO FEET WITH NO CLOUDS EITHER WAS AT ONE TWO XERO XERO XERO FEET WITH NO CLOUDS EITHER ABOVE
OR BELOW PD OBYECT APPEARED SOUTH OF THIS POSITION
AT AN UNKNOWN RANGE PD INFORMATION PASSED BY OBSERVER TQ OCEAN
OLO O70 $
STATION QUOTE STATION QUOTE CHARLIE UNQUOTE CHARLIE UNQUOTE BETWEEN XERO TWO XERO FIVE XULU BETWEEN XERO TWO XERO FIVE XULU
2
ADIV CMM NOTIFIED
5
COMPLIED WITH SINCE NO ALFA CHARLIE AND WHISKEY NEAR THAT AREA
PD CAPT BARNETT CMM TDY RPT TDY CMM ALFA ONE
NOTIFIED CMM CAPT GUILFOYLE PRN RESERVE INTELL OFFICER PRN COULD
NOT BE FOUND IN BOQ RPT BOQ PD MR RPT MF CHIEF
CONTROLLER DOT RPT DOT GANDER WOULD NOT ACCEPT CIRVIS F PILOT
C
UPON LANDING AT GANDER ZERO FIVE FOUR FIVE ZULU .
PD PRN SAID THIS IS A UNIT FUNCTION AND DOT IS NOT
REQUIRED TO PROCESS THEM PD PRN ALFA PD DESCRIPTION OF THE OBYECT REQUIRED TO PROCESS THEM PD PRN N ALFA PD DESCRIPTION OF THE OBYECT
CLN PRN ONE PRN ROUND PRN TWO PRN BASKETBALL PRN THREE PRN BLUE
WHITE LIGHT PRN FOUR PRN ONE PRN SIX PRN OBYECT EMITTED A LONG WHITE LIGHT PRN FOUR PRN ONE PRN SIX PRN OBYECT EMITTED A LONG
TRAIL OF BRIGHT RED AND ORANGE FLAMES FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS PD TRAIL OF BRIGHT RED AND ORANGE FLAMES FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS PD
PRN SEVEN PRN SAME AS PRN SIX PRN I PRN EIGHT PRN N NOT APPLICABLE
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INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN :12399 (2 Aug 61) page 3 of 3
CURVE ENDING UP IN ALMOST VERTICAL DESCENT HEADING ONE ONE ZERO
DEG PD PRN ONE PRN UNKNOWN PRN TWO PRN UNKNOWN PRN FOUR PRN UNKNOWN
PRN FIVE PRN TWO EIGHT FIVE DEG MAG RPT MAG PRN SIX PRN PARABOLIC TRN TIVE PRN TWO EIGHT FIVE DEG MAG RPT MAG PRN SIX PRN PARABOLIC
CURVE PRN SEVEN PRN NONE CURVE PRN SEVEN PRN NONE PRN EIGHT PRN EXPLODED PRN
iS. S SLenals SLenls
E SECONDS CHARLIE PD MANNER SECONDS CHARLIE PD MANNER
OF OBSERVATION CLN PRN ONE PRN NOT APPLICABLE PRN TWO PRN AIRCRAFT OF OBSERVATION CLN PRN ONE PRN NOT APPLICABLE PRN TWO PRN AIRCRAFT
BKA RPT BKA FIVE XERO SEABOARD AND WORLD BKA RPT BKA FIVE XERO SEABOARD AND WORLD AIRWAYS PRN THREE AIRWAYS PRN THREE PRN PRN
2 3 O JULS 02002 02002
NO PRN FOUR PRN NOT APPLICABLE DELTA PD THREE XERO YULY XERO
TWO XERO XERO XULU ECHO PD AIRBORNE FOXTROT PD IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
ON OBSERVER CLN PRN ONE PRN MR RPT E
CMM NEW JERSEY PRN
THREE PRN UNKNOWN PRN FOUR PRN UNKNOWN PRN FJ PRN THREE FIVE
GOLF PD CLEAR HOTEL PD NO PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OBJECT WERE TAKEN
PD SCP DASH FOUR
BT
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DONNGHADED AT 8 YEAR IFTERVALS: DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR IFTERVALS:
DECLASSTEIED APTER U2 YEAGS. DECLASSTFIED APTER 12 YEASS.
DOD DIR. 5200.10
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