PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2 LOCATION
{Pound Ridge, New York
14 December 1962 Wilton, Connecticut
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local 925PM 2 S30PM Cl Ground- Vi sual 0D Ground-Rodar
GMT - 14/22252 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a
O Yes
OD "Wo Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
not rptd . one SE

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- CONCLUSIONS

Wos Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probobly Aircroft
Possibly Aircroft

Was Astronomicol Ye teor
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomicol

Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluction
Unknown

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Comet-like object flashing across sky
to SE flaming tail, head brilliant
blue-white, sparks falling. Low

altitude. Believed by observer to
be meteor or decay,

11. COMMENTS

Observation confined to local
area & although duration not
rptdmost probable cause was a

meteor,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

Air Force Command Post
Pentagon Building
Washington, D.C.

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Pound Ridge, N.Y.
December 26, 1962

Duty Officer

Air Force Command Post
Pentagon

Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

On December 14th at approximately 5:30, I saw a brilliant
flash, flames, and sparks descending from a low altitude to the
ground.. At that time, I reported the incident to the New York

tate Police. However since that time I have been in contact with
Dr. RMB of Wilton, Connecticut, who witnessed the same incident
and reported it to the Air Force and advised we do the same.

If this information is at all helpful (direction, etc.) I
shall be most happy to cooperate.

Yours truly,

yi RETR i A TNT,

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Like a Com

Dr. “Heller - Sights Brilliant Object
_Near Ridgefield-Wilton Border Dec. 14

LN comet-like object,’, flashing’
‘across’ the sky near the Wilton-
* Ridgefield town line. was ob-

2 I i derved by Dr, John. H.., Heller

of Gler Hil Road,.Wilfon,> at

sparks falling”. It resérhbled a
roman candle’ bolt. toward earth
from a relatively high Boner
Dr. Heller reported. .

‘Because’ of = the visibility “ ‘ot

5:25 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, as|sparks falling; the obJect must.

he was travelling south on Route
33 toward Wilton from his work
as director of the New England
Institute for Medical Research
in Ridgefield.

Proceeding from west ‘to east

on a flat projectory of 45 de-}

grees, the object's head was a
brilliant blue-white. A cometary
tail followed

have’ been at a relatively low

altitude . when observed, al-

though the spectfic height can-

not be guessed at since the size
was unknown, he said.
Two Possibilities

Two possibilities are that (1)

rthis was a meteor of signifant

i Size or (2): that it was a piece

it with many Of disintegrating satellite which

iL a + “+ protracted . exposure

|} ing fed into computers in order

| the many orbiting satellites or

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had come out’ of orbit and was

effecting re-entry. In.any event; |
for’ the object to have success. |
fully. penetrated sufficiently far
down..in the atmosphere so that:
spars In its cometary tail were |
visible, it must have been rea-
sonably Jarge and probably
dense, which is to say, metallic.
Pieces of a Soviet satellite ef-
fected re-entry recentiy and one
piece was found embedded in
the main street of a Mid-West- |
ern community. Such pieces of
‘material are most important
scientifically. Because of their!
in outer
space they have been exposed
to @ large amount of interplan-
etary matter, ranging from mi-
crometeorites to © high-energy
cosmic rays and particles from
solar sources as well as electro-
magnetic radiation. /The recov-
ery of such material if it struck
and embedded in the earth. be-
fore being burned completely,
is quite important to scientists.

Dr. Heller guesses, in this case

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seen Was meteoric, its scientific

value wguid still be quite im-
portant, Dr. Heller said.

Dr. Heller is a member of the
Space ,Selence Board of the
National Academy of Sciences
—- National, Research Council
which serves as advisors to the
National Sy teint and Space
_ Agency.» ee Re

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events,

Dr. Heller guesses ,in this case
that because of the presumptive
altitude, this chunk of material
was not destroyed. completely.
If anyone sees an -unusual
streak, or hole, or .pieces of ma-
terial, it- would be most useful
to explore. these. to “a be
their nature...

This observation has aa re-
ported to the Pentagon Air
Force Command Post and is be-

to determine whether one of

boosters, whose trajectories are
constantly being tracked, may
be anticipated to have a tra-

jectory bringing it down in this'|

avea. If not, and if the object