PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE " 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Q Woes Balloon
Lorton, Virginia QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ete Beaiay eke
Local 1345-1530 & Bround- Vi sual O Ground-Radar ao Brcuabie Miveiul)
GMT 26/18452 D Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
SONo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SX Orher_SUD_
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Moonshaped obj about 10 ft in dia- Investigation by Dr. Hynek and
meter with green in clear light and | Major Coleman revealed that obj
blue through sunglasses turning was viewed for about 1 hr instead
to red as clouds passed. 9% 4j viewed of three as in initial rpt. And
on and off over one hour duration, that the movement wa= confined
; Observed in SE ascending and to an area about 20-30 dgr below
descending, the sun. Obj did not change its
Peyievee fan w/sun and sighting
elieved due to sun dog. i
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(7) NONE.

(3). NONE.

(9) DESCENDED AND THEN ASCENDED.

B. (3) SUNBATHING AND OBSERVING CLOUDS.

(2) SOO EBRMX YARDS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND ABOVE.
(3) DISAPPEARED UPWARDS, DISSOLVING IN RED.

(4) DESCENDED TOWARD THE GROUND AND ASCENDED, RE-

PEATING SEVERAL TIMES.
(5) DISAPPEARED AS RED GLARE DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

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16000 FEET - 330/46.
20000 FEET - 320/46.
30000 FEET - 300/60.
50000 FEET - 300/60.
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(4) VISIBILITY - 15 MILES,
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Major William Coleman and I visited Mrs, gga

en. Virginia on 13 June 1963 to interrogate her further
on the UFO sighting she reported to have occurred on
Both Major Coleman and I talked with her,

As a witness Mr@@a@ee did not impress me+z- Basically
unsure and unreliable not only as to details but as to major
facts. While in no sense a disturbed person; still she appeared
to me more emotional than intellectually critical or observant.

I asked her to go over her original observation. Perhaps
the most significant new item occurred when I asked her to
point simultaneously--one arm to the position of the object, the
other to the position of the sun at that time, The mean of
several repetitions indicated strongly that the angle was between
20 and 30 degrees and, hence, that the phenomenon she saw might

have been a sun dog. She stated that during the hour's observa-

tion, the object did not move relative to the sun which statement

was contrary to her original testimony. She also stated that
when a cloud passed over the object, the object turned reddish

at the edges.

In view of the above scanty and generally uncritical obser-
vations, it seems entirely possible that Mrs. AS hag

observed a typical sun dog.

EDWARD J. LINEHAN
Box 24-L, Route 2
LORTON, VIRGINIA

May 21, 1963

Dr. J. A. Hynek

Dearborn Observatory

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Dear Dr. Hynek:

The enclosed slides were taken on May llth between

2 and 2:30 PM, EDST, with a Leica M3, Summaron F 3.5 cm

wide angle lens, at f16 and f22 apertures.

You will notice that slides 3,4,5 and 7 show disc
shaped sun reflections. These appear only where the
sun was framed deliberately in the viewfinder. Possibly
the same effect was produced by my own lenses, which
are corrected fo: my extreme near-sightness. My sun
glasses are stronger thm the others. And, of course,
there may be no relationship.

Since we discussed sources of reflection, I do want to
remind you again that we have a small pond at the foot
of our property which was clear because of the dry
weather we were experiencing.

I hope the slides will be helpful to you.

Sincerely yours