PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
.DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION LOCATION
AUGUST 63 AUGUST 63 Mexico, New York
.SOURCE SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION CONCLUSION
INFORMATION ONLY
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OF OBJECTS
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Case was reported in l966 after a rash of sightings in the
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION area. A case of this type (reported 3 years later) is almost
impossible to check out and therefore is regarded as
INFORMATION ONLY
7. COURSE
. PHOTOS
Yes
No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of thls form mey be vend.

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Mysfery , Satellifes,
Strange Spaco Happenings
Several official press releases deal.
ing with strange goings - on between
Earth and the Moon in the past few
months, leads us to summarize and ad-
vance some theories on the possible
meaning of same.
In SCIENCE Magazine for 22 Novem-
ber 1963, Robert Werlwas of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburgh, Vir-
ginia, wrote about the odd behavior of
Satellite Anna: It seems the satellite
is equipped with five blinking lights
and according to Richard B. Kershner,
Applied Physics Lab, John Hopkins Uni-
versity, they worked fine for two
months, then they cut to four, then
three, and finally none. It appeared as
though the electrical system had short-
ed out and the lights could no longer
wink. Then, Kershner said, around the
first of August, 1963, the lights started
flashing again. Werlwas said the short
"must have burned itself out and this
sort of thing is hard to believe."
Kershner, speaking at a conference of to
artificial satellites at the Virginia Poly-
techic Institute, said Anna was another
example of a satellite which repaired it- example of a satellite which repaired it-
self while humans were helpless to do self while humans were helpless to do
anything. .
Kershner further Kershner further cited cited an occasion an occasion
when Mariner II, on on its way to the vi-
cinity of Venus, was "struck by a tiny cinity of Venus, was "struck by a tiny
meteorite," whie meteorite," whic apparently severed
some of the wires from the power sup-
ply. The records showed a jolt to the
satellite as if an object had struck it
and also showed a corresponding power
cut-off at the same time.
"Yet the power eventually returned,
indicating the wires must have soldered
themselves back to their proper con-
nections," Werlwas reported. nections," Werlwas reported.
Still in reference to the same article
In Science, it seems both Telstar r Com-
munications Satellites had mysterious
trouble-Telstar I refused to obey com-
mands from the ground on two oc-
(See Mystery-Page 3)

scientists fixed it by remote control, man said he watched what he thought
but the second time, in February of was Ranger 6, go behind the moon.
1963, after all attempts to fix it failed, Ranger 6 was the Lunar probe de-
the situation looked hopeless until the signed to photograph the moon and
Satellite began functioning again. Ker- transmit those photos to earth before
shner's comment: "Maybe it's Space impact. Unfortunately the Satellite did
Gremlins' again.". not function correctly in the last few
The Milwaukee Journal for January crucial minutes and no photos were
30, 1964-carried an article by Journal .transmitted. Furthermore, Ranger 6 is
Staff Writer Harry S. Pease which dealt the l4th Lunar Probe to fail in its mis-
with Echo's outer space problems. sion to photograph the moon. The only
Gale V..Highsmith Milwaukee Astro- successful one to date is the Russian
nomical Society Satellite Tracker, told Lunik of October 1959. According to
Pease on Thursday, January 30, that British spokesmen at Jodrell Bank, the
Echo 2 was not as bright as it was, Russians are having the same problem
and something appeared -not a single success since the 1959
around it- every five econds. High- shot.
smith said' the "whatever it is," seems And-on February 18, Space Scien-
to come into view beneath the satellite tists were at a loss to explain the dis-
and beaded toward the observer, then appearence of Syncom. It had been
crosses up and away. It it is in orbit, launched the preceding Thursday from
around the' satellite, its track would be Cape Kennedy. Its ultimate aim was to
a mile long and half a mile wide, go- have been to establish an orbit that
ing V mile per second and that seemed would make it appear to hover motion-
too fast, according to Highsmith. less over a spot in the South Atlantic.
Highsmith conjectured that perhaps The launch was routine and it achieved
the plastic and aluminum bag had orbit at 22,300 miles but then its radio
the transmitter transmitter came to an abrupt halt. came to an abrupt halt.
ruptured, spilling out the seven pounds ruptured, spilling out the seven pounds There was no recorded "jolt" as if a
of red-orange phosporescent dye which neteorite had struck it, in the case of meteorite had struck it, in the case of
was supposed to leave a visible streak was supposed to leave a visible streak Mariner II. After it's launch (and this
if a leak occurred. is not generally known), a Swedish is not generally known), a Swedish
Stating that it is only remotely pos- Stating that it is only remotely pos- tracking station tracked an object trail-
sible that the dye cloud is in orbit sible that the dye cloud is orbit ing Syncom, and two preceding. It is ing Syncom, and two preceding. It is
around the satellite, Highsmith thinks feasible that the trailing object was the
there is more likelihood that the dye satellite's last stage, but it is not logical
adhered to the balloon and the orbitting that the two objects that the two objects which which preceded
object is object is merely an optical illusion Syncom were any part of the launching
caused by an "irregular paint job." caused by an "irregular paint job." mechanism. Three weeks later, the satel-
The TheI balloon balloon would not collapse if lite, all alone now, but with its trans-
ruptured, due .ruptured, due to lack of atmospheric to lack of atmospheric mitters still out, was tracked and lo- mitters still out, was tracked and lo-
pressure, and the escaping gas pressure, and the escaping gas would would cated via a unique method: Computers cated via a unique method: Computers
force Echo Ⅱ into a fast spin. force Echo ⅡI nto a fast spin. aided by Doppler shift.
To date, 14 Rangers or Lunar probes And-in March, . ,six·mysterious "or-
have failed their mission, for various phan" satellites were discovered in
reasons. In the February 4, 1964 issue Space. The U.S. and Russia disclaim
of the Milwaukee Sentinel, Gale High- ownership. They may be telling the
smith again hits prints with his asser- truth. Something that we can't quite
tion that the he saw Ranger 6 crash. account for is meddling with our arti-
on the moon. Watching the moon. ficial satellites. What?
through his five inch refracting tele-
scope at his home, he saw an elongated
dark gray spot 2/2 miles wide·by 5
miles long. lasting about a minute, show
up 125 miles south of the Crater Plinius.
The spot faded out completely in less
than two minutes, indicating debris
was thrown several miles high.
It is quite obvious that Highsmith saw
the impact of the Ranger, and if so,
what did a Flagstaff astronomer and a
Florida astronomer see? The Flagstaff
man, Dr. Kal Rakas, said he saw a

No Case (Information Only) 1 August, 1963
Walsall, England
SuRce: FLyrng SAUCEn Ravew NOU-DEC63
Walsall saucer
The following account appeared
in the Walsall Observer on
August 2: A mysterious circu-
lar object projecting a beaming
light, seen over Walsall on
Thursday last (August 1), was
reported to the police for investi-
gation. The first reports were
received at Bloxwich police sta-
tion at 11.30 p.m. from Mr. E. E.
Dunn, of 129 Stephenson Avenue,
Bloxwich, and Mr. M. G. Cope,
of 29 Priestly Road, Bloxwich. A
policeman them in
Stephenson Square later, was told
that while they had been talking
they looked in the sky towards towancs
Willenhall, and saw a beaming
red light flashing on and off. Mr.
Dunn told the policeman that it Dunn told the policeman that it
had been about 6,000 ft. up in
the sky, and had circled Beech-
dale Estate Estate three three times. The times. The
object changed from red to blue-
white and and remained this colour
before reverting to a bright red. before reverting g to a bright red.
" It remained stationary two or "It remained I stationary two or
three times for periods of 20 to three times for periods of 20 to
30 seconds, before it vanished
noiselessly from view noiselessly from view behind
Bloxwich fire station, travelling Both
in the Walsall direction. Both in the Walsall direction. that the the
men men were convinced that
object object was not an was not an aircraft. At
11.40 p.m., another 11.40 p.m., another report was
received at Walsall police station
from Mr. R. Martin, Of 38 Rowan
Road, whose wife had drawn his
attention to an unidentified object
in the sky, circling over the
Bescot area. In l both cases noth-
ing was seen by police officers
who had been sent to investigate.
Apolice spokesman told the
Observer that Walsall was on a
main air traffic lane and the
beaming light could have been
shown by an aircraft."
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Enghnn ShciEe SEr
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NO GAM (INFO OMEY) London and Hore Counties . 1 Aug 63
The English "wave of sight- London England
ings. continues umabated. The
Daily Sketch on August 2 re-
ported:
For the second night in suc-
ceasmn sores people tele
phumed the Air Mmnistry and the
B B.C to report a mysterious
trangular-shaped object in the
sky ower London and the Home
Countres.
The B.B.C. had over 100 calls
aboart it, and the Air Ministry had
a crnsiderable number."
Callers to the Ministry were
mainly frorn Hertfordshire.
spokerman said they could give
no explanation.
One man described it as
to the: Nowth Star and 'brighter
than the brighatest planet.
On the same day The Tinee.
referring to similag.
which touk place on August
qurnted the Air Ministry as say
ing that weatber balloos released
an the Continent "might have
cauped the sightings. The Air
Ministry is beginning to realise
that it mest make its statoments
vaguer and vaguer in view of the
fact that investigatons are becoms
ing sharewder and more persistent.
'

No Cade (Information Only) 1 August, 1963
Oxhey, England
1
SOcCLE F1y1g SAVCER' EEVIEW- N.:-DECC3
Diamond shape
The West Herts and Watford
Observer on August 9 reported a
well-attested sighting over Oxhey
which occurred on August 1, the
same day that Mr. David Ogilvy
of the London Flying School saw
an object not far away at his
home at Garston, I Herts-an inci-
dent reported d elsewhere in this
issue. The Oxhey report runs as
follows: Fourteen - year - old
Hampden schoolboy y John Cas-
telete saw a flying g saucer in the
sky last Thursday through his
telescope, bought last October in
the Portobello Road. At least, it
might have been a flying saucer,
but it could have been anything.
John said it was not saucer .
shaped and all his friends from
around around his his home i nome in Oakdale in Oakdale
Road, South Oxhey, agreed that
it was 'very odd.' it was very odd.'
"For nearly two hours John "For nearly two hours John
watched it, as the crowd around watched it, as the crowd around
him became larger and larger. himl became larger and larger.
It appeared to be stationary, but
John, with the wisdom of several
months' plane spotting, remarked months' plane spotting, remarked
that it must be moving to keep up
with the turn of the earth. with the turn of the earth.
Dennis Haisman, 14, John's
next-door neighbour, was among
the observers. Very strange,' was
his comment. I have never seen his comment. 'I have never seen
anything like it before.
John dismissed the idea that
it was a balloon. He had watched it was a balloon. He had watched
balloons before, he said, and balloons before, he said, and
they ynever remained so long. nover
The object t he described was
H revolving, solid in the middle,
diamond-shaped and he said he
could see through it at the edges.
As it revolved, he said, it was at
first bright and then dull
alternately."

NO CASE (INFORMATICN (NLY) 2 August, 1963
East Rutherford, New Jersey
SOURcE: SET C3
case East Ruthorford, New Jersey, August 2. 1963. Doag Kouba Koith Jenkins
participating in a Bergen County, N.J., skywatch sponsore by saw a UF
Th iigot reportedly dinned and got brighter a
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withme.
W'e hod the mton df a plan and my W'e hod tie mton df a plan and my
sow gre re excited as he usualle die
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NO CASE E (INFOEMATIN ONLY) : cugust, 1233
SCUROE: APRO I SULIETIN JAN 64 Es2eo
Balls Of Fire Seen In Mexico
At 4:27 a. m. on the 5th of August,
1963, residents of Zitacuaro, Michoacan,
left their beds to watch the passage and
maneuvering of several "balls of fire"
over the town. The objects maneuvered
in the sky for some time before finally
leaving at high speed.

No Case (Information Only) 5 Aug 1963
Salem, Massachusetts
Source: Salem News (From Fowler)
Rowley Meteor
Of Georgetown
Pyrotechnics?
ROWLEY, AUg. 6 - A low
flying meteor about 1000
feet up was reported by
Orrin Bubier about 9:30 last
night. A man of knowledge
in many areas, Bubier said
that the light was about the
size on an automobile tire
and came froin the direction
of Georgetown out of the o a
northwest 30 degrees up, dis- northwest 30 degrees up, dis-
appearing into the southeast.
He estimated that when the
object. resembling object, resembling a roman a roman
candle, was about over Row-
ley depot, it emitted a burst
of light and then another,
before it blacked out.
One whose attention was
focused on the rising of the
gorgeous moon about 9 gorgeous moon about 9
o'clock, pondered the thought
that Bubier's meteor could
well be a tag end of George-
town's 125th anniversary
fireworks celebration.

To CAn IFS ytoN ONY 5 ang 63 /
Chicago, Illinois
63
Case 86, Chicago, I1linois, Augusti5, 1963:
orange light." about 4:30 a.m. sil special report ela
about, and had alnest forgottee
10 It when
ThE TRiBune this morning,
3 CHICAGOANS about those 30 8ey 1
light."
Yesterday's story lescribed
the experience
TELL OF SEEING county deputy sheriff who saw
a bright moving object in the
night sky after he had an
'LIGHT IN SKY swered a frantie call from a swee a rraae car nroin
ISKY farmer who said the light had
chased his sou for lo miles and chased his sou for l0 miles and
Three Chicago sisters report- was besieging his farna home. was besieging his farna horme.
ed yesterday they, too, saw the Spokesmnen for the weather Spokesmen for the weather
"funny ligtt in the siky" that "funny ligtt in the siry" that bureau and Adler planetariunm bureau and Adler planetarium
alarmed Wayoe comty reat- alarmed Wayne comnty reat- said they knew nothing about
dents before dawn Monday. dents befare dawn Monday. the light. the light.
Mrs. Constance Makoney, 28, Mrs. Constance Makoney, 26, Probe to Begin
of 3242 Oicott av., said ahe saw of 3242 Oicott av., said ahe saw But Dr. Allen Hynek, But Dr. Allen Hynek, , chair- chair-
a "long, narrow, orange light. 8 "Yoog, narrow, orangs light. man of astronomy at Nortb- man of astronomy at North-
moving west very iast," about western university and director
4:30 a. m. Mooday. of the university's Dearborn
She said she aod bar sisters, observatory, who also is the air
Miss Maraha Matthews, 22, of Miss Maraha Matthews, 22, of force's official consultant on
3141 N. Luna av., end Mrs. unidentified flying objects, said unicentified flying objects, said
Frances Mazzoni, M, of 3242 he will make an investigation.
Olcott av., saw the lght from Olcott av., saw the ight from Returning last night frorn a Returning last night frorn a
their car as they were criving their car as they were driving conference at Wright.Patterson conference at Wright-Patterson
west in the Indiana toilway. air force base, Dayton. O.,
east of Gary. where he had been discussing
Comiag trem Faeeral similar reports, Dr. Hynek said
"We were coming home from he had insufficieut data to corn-
hneral," Mrz. M mey e- ment on the Wayne county phe-
sed. We saw the light far nomenoa.
away im the sky, off to one side.
Firat it was long and narrow,
but sort of thick, and then it
looiked liice a fireball as it got
smaller and gomeller aad disap-

No Case (Information Only) 6 August, 1963
Edinburg, Scotland
REVIEN- No0-DEC 63
SoonCE Fhying SAUCEN
SCOTLAND
Edinburgh revisited
The Edinburgh Evening Dis- reported:
patch on August 6
"4 Another unidentified flying ob- in Edin-
ject has been sighted burgh. At 4 a.m. today 16-year-
old Robert Brown, 14 " $\fr
Loganlea Terrace, a vanboy with Smith's Bakeries at Hawkhill, saw Smith's Bakeries at Hawkhill, saw
top with a flat bottom' hovering an aircraft ' shaped like a spinning an aircraft ' shaped like a spinning
over the city. " I heard a " wheeing" noise
and it was in my vision for two or three minutes. It was twice the stwice the
three minutes. It was aeroplane, but aeroplane, but was
size of an very slowly, slowly,' said
travelling travelling Robert.
"He added: 'It was silver and quite low. It low. It
shiny and flying shiny and flying quite
of Arthur's Seat.

No Case (Information Only) 7 August, 1963 -
Bilston, England
SouncE fhying
Bilston boy sees saucer
On August 8, the Wolverhamp-
ton Express and Star told the
following story of a Bilston boy's
sighting: "A mysterious flying
object which passed over Bilston
late last night startled a 15-year-
old bov . . . and his father dial-
led 999 to tell the police.
The boy, Peter Jones, of 28
Hincks Street, a pupil at Bilston
Grammar School, was in Parkfield
Road, Ettingshall, at about 10.30 Road, Ettingshall, at about 10.30
p.m. when he spotted The Thing.
Three friends with him also saw
it as well. The object, he says,
was circular in shape, slightly was circular in shape, slightly
smaller than the moon, and was
travelling low in the sky from
Wolverhampton towards Bilston. Wolverhampton towards Bilston.
As it moved slowly along it
changed colour from red to pink
and then white. Now and then it
erupted a bright trail similar to a
rocket. "4
Today Peter was fishing at
Bridgnorth, but his father, Mr.
Leslie Jones, told the Express and
Star: At first I thought he was
pulling my leg, or that perhaps
he had seen the moon, balloons
from a show or perhaps the lights
of an aircraft. But he insisted that
it couldn't have been any of these
things. He wasn't satisfied until I
had told the police and tried to
find out if anyone else had seen
it.'
"Bilston police say they have
not received reports of any other
sightings and the object remains
unidentified."

Last night Wayne County resi- they saw a cross-shaped light
dents reported seeing strange lights with a comet-like tail speeding
for the third time this week. northwest early today. Rural res-
Mrs. Bryant said At first I idents over a wide area reported
thought it was an airplane flying two lights Wednesday night, one
too low but I didn't hear an engine kite-shaped.
roar. It sure gives you a funny The light sightings began Mon-
feeling not to know what it is." day when a Keenes family said
She told the Sentinel she was sit- they watched a crescent light. A
ting in her yard when she happen- teen-age motorist also said he saw
ed to notice the blinking, light. a crescent light which pursued
According to Mrs. Bryant, the light him at high speed.

fields have t ca.. persons reported seeing the lights. i "b, ht red, about the size of a
at Mount V. clain. Throughout the week residents i vasr.tub and 400 to 500 feet high."
Former M Mayor Fairfield, Ill., 32 miles east o
Harry Bishoj E=w one Mount Vernon, have reporte. R,dERT Trammel, a former Ar-
of the lights Ca. along mysterious ights in the sky. A my pilot who saw the light, said
the Centralia .... riday night team from Scott Air Force Base, it appeared about the same color
between 10 and 1 j.m. When the Belleville, Ill., plans to investi. and intensity as a radio tower
southbound car turned off and gate the incidents. 61
stopped, Bishop said, the light Bishop, who lives north of warning light and seemed to be
turned, bovered over the auto for Mount Vernon, said be called his about 1,500 feet high.
FSIC October 1963
IT. VECN, ILLI.OIS-newspaper...8/9/63 His first thought, he said, was that
he had better call some neighbors to watch
a fireball as big as a washtub hovered the fireball "or everyone would think I
over the home of a former lt Vernon may- was crazy." "I called neighbors and they
or last night. More flying saucer re- also watched the strange lighted object"
ports poured into both the police station he said. "I noticed a coming down
and sheriff's office during the night as the Centralia road. It stopped suddenly
numercus people reported "strange light- and the driver jumoed out and the driver jumped out and looked and looked up-
ed objects in the sky." wards. He saw the object, too, wards. He saw the object, too, and it
Harry L Bishop, former mayor Harry L Bishop, former mayor who startled him to a stop." Bishop estimated startled him to a stop." Bishcp estimated
lives at the lives at the north edge . north edge oi town on the that the fireball was in sight for from
Centralia Road, said the fireball he saw Centralia Road, said the fireball he saw ten to 15 minutes.
"coming right down the Centralia Road from
the north" was "the brightest red the north" was "the brightest light
I have ever seen. "It appeare be only
about 300 or 400 ft high, was oval shaped about 300 or 400 ft high, was o val shaped
and was about the size oi aub" aub! said
Bishop.
The ex-mayor said his wife saw the Bcston Advertiser Bcston Advertiser Aug 11, 1963
fireball first and called him aboutlO:l0
pm. "I could hardly believe ny pm. "I could hardly believe ry eyes' he eyes, he
said. "I first saw the lighted said. "I first saw the lighted i object object
following Mystery Lights
he said. "hen it got over house, it
stopped and Trailing Cars
Although it was oright red it did not MOUNT VERNON, III.
light up the neighborhood." (UPI)-Those mysterious lights
in the skies over southern Il-
Bishop said the fireball then moved linois coal fields have begun
westward, went ou sight for a moment chasing cars at Mount Vernon,
residents claim.
"like somebody had turned the light offy Former Mount Vernon Mayor
He said it then reappeared in the we st Harry Bishop said he saw one
of the lights follow a car along
and seemed to be traveling at ahigh rate the Centralia road between 10
of speed. "It seemed tobemaking a light and 11 l p. m. When the south-
bound car turned off and
whirring sound," he said. stopped, Bishop said, the light
turned, hovered over the auto
for some time, and then moved
off westward.

MT VERNON, ILLINOIS - AuguSt 9, 1963....1O:20-10:40 PM CDST
Observers: R J Trammell and daughter. ramuell, iiajor USAF Res, pilot, has 21 yrs
service and still active in AF Reserve presently as a whclesale sales
representative. Diagram follows:
The object moved Shape of object iColor-red, similar to Approached from
horizontally a- Approximato size 1 TV tower beacon. NIW at 35° elev.
cross the sky at 42" x 30" at
very slow speed, arm's length.
until descent be- N but got smal er in size.
low tree level. W.e E
Distance from - 2.(Stop) light flaredupagain as
object approx 1 cbject started to move
miles. No noise of any kind. Clear night, j light dims at each stop.
stars out, no moon, very quiet. Theobject
viewed through binoculars, no diffusion, 3.(Stop) longer than usual
could not see anything attached to or sus- light did not lose depth
pended from object. Size of light varied ! of color but - diminished
as if movement oject affected light to 1/8 size.
7 intensity. :
4.(Stop) Cbject stops....
1 Light gets smaller, then
brightens and goes swift-
ly straigit down below
tree level.
People Watch Sky People Watch Sky
For Curious Light
at the sky tonight as they have done at the sky tonight as they over a weeh over a week--looking ek--looking
for the "lights." The "light" in the sky doesn't do any damage-it just chases The "light" in the sky doesn't do any damage-it juit chases
car home. cars home. Former Mayor Harry Bishop said he saw one of the lights
follow a car along the Centralia rond last week between 10 and follow a car along the Centralia road last week between 10 and
I1 p.m. When the southbound car turned off and stopped, Bishop
said, the light turned, hovered over the car and then moved off
westward. Police say nine people have seen the light.
THIROUGHOUT THE week, residents of Fairfield, 3 miles
east of Mount Vernon, have reported mysterious lights in the
sky. The Air I Ferce Base at Belleville plans to investigate.
Bishop said the light" was "bright red, about the size of a
washtub and 4nd to 5on feet high. A tormer army paio:, Robert Trammel, who saw the light,
said it appeared about the same color and intensity as a radio
tower w arning light. He said it seemed to be l,soo feet high.
Soane said the light changed colors-from red to white to
silvee Oies sic the light looked "like a piece of paper with holes
inn. Sightings of the light have been reported near Flora, north of
ain icid. at Chicago. a flying service operator theorized the
light  an advertising sign carried by a plane.

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HEADQUARTERS CAE
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OMIO
AEPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDX
SUBJECT: 12 Aug 63
TO: TDE (Lt Col Friend)
The following, extracted from l/Lt Breen's OD Report dtd 10 Aug 63,
information and
Base Duty Officer called and said a Mr. Oliver Brown of the
Dayton Daily News called and wanted to know if. anyone at the Base
wanted information on an Illinois UFO. I called Mr. Brown. He
read the attached uPI report to me. I told him I had not heard
JOHN C. McNEILL 1 Atch
Major, USAF UFO Report
Administrative Officer

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pears in the southeast, in the constellation earth. For Saturn moves in an orbit that is These scientists studied about a thousand
of Capricornus, the sea-goat. It is consider. well outside our orbit. Its mean distance photographs of Saturn taken from South
ably brighter than any star in that part of from the sun is 887 million miles. This is Africa. By photoelectric means, they meas-
the sky, so you should find it easy to about 9.5 times the earth's mean distance ured the brightness of the planet and the
identify. It rises about sunset and sets about of 92.9 million miles from the sun. Thus, rings.
sunrise. when we are in the same direction from the When opposition occurs, as it does this
Jupiter Appears sun as Saturn-as we are this month-the August, the light from the sun that illumi-
two planets are closest. But even then it is nates the rings comes from over our shoul.
By about midnight, daylight time, at the a long distance away, about 823.6 million der. Suddenly, at such a time, they get
first of August, Jupiter will appear above miles on Aug. 13. brighter. At other times, we can see the
the castern horizon. It is about 13 times The unique feature of Saturn is its system shadows of the nearer particles falling on
as bright as Saturn, and in the constellation of rings, about 170,0o0 miles in diameter. of rings, about 170,000 miles in diameter. others more distant, and they look dimmer.
of Pisces, the fishes. One star in this group These are not solid, however, but consist From their measurements of such bright-
is shown on our map, but this is not the of a swarm of small particles, probably of of a swarm of small particles, probably of ening, Drs. Cook and Franklin concluded
part t the constellation in which Jupiter. part of the constellation in which Jupiter. ice. From our distance, even viewed through ice. From our distance, even viewed through that the ice particles are about a thousandth
stands. a big telescope, they merge into the con- of an inch in diameter and that they occupy
Mars, which is far away and dim-like tinuous rings. about five percent of the total volume of about five percent of the total volume of
a second magnitudle star-is now in Virgo, a second magnitude star-is now in Virgo, That the rings are distinct is shown by the ring system. And unless they are ar- the ring system. And unless they are ar.
the virgin Part of this group also is shown the spectroscope, which the spectroscope, which proves that the ranged in a sheet less than eight inches
on the map, but Mars is in the part below
the horizon. At the beginning of August the horizon. At the beginning of August LYRA
it sets a little more than two hours after it sets a little more than two hours aiter CYGNUS
the sun. so it is rather hard to locate. As DREALIS REALIS HERCULES
it draws nearer the sun in the following AUGUST Deneb
weeks. it will disappear from view com- 1963 DRACO LACERTA
pletely for a time. BOVES BOOVES
And on August 24 Mercury will be at LITTLE
greatest eastern elongation, which means greatest eastern elongation, which means Arcturus URSA DIPPER CEPHEUS PECASUS PEGASUS
that it remains above the western horizon o CANES BIG MINOR*Polaris 5chedir 'CREAT
for a little while after sunser. However, this for a little while after sunset. However, this VENATICI VENATICI DIPPER DIPO ANDROMEDA SQUARE
will not be a very favorable time to see it. CASSIOPEIA eratz
The brightest star visible on August eve- PERSEUS
nings is Vega, in Lyra, the lyre, directly MAJOR
overhead at the times for which the maps TRIANGULUM
are drawn. Directly east of Lyra is Cygnus WEST JuceNorth EAST
the swan, shown partly on the southern
sky map, partly on the northern. In it is LYR
the bright star called Deneb. COROMA
South of Cygnus is the interesting little AUGUST CYGNUS SALITTA HERCULES
constellation of Sagitta, the arrow, and then 1963 PEGASUS DELPHINUS
the large one of Aquila, the eagle. Altair is Altaira AQUILA
the bright star in this group. Together with SERRENS POPHIUCHUS SERPENS
Vega and Deneb, Altair makes a large PEGASUS EQUULEUS
triangle that is characteristic of the summer SCUTUM
evening skies.
Two other constellations that are typical PISCES Antares LIBRA VIRGO
of summer are visible low in the south— CAPRICORNUS
Sagittaris, the archer, and Scorpius, the SAGITTARIUS SCORPIUS
scorpion. In the latter you see the brilliant
red star Antares. EAST South
Toward the northwest is the familiar WEST
Great Dipper, which is actually part of SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS

accumulation of fluid. Both
therapeutic advance" in treating "overloads' ere unconscious and hospitalized after the
of iron in cases of severe anemia. thick, they could not cause the observed inting episodes involving breath-holding.
The Swiss research is reported in th brightening he young men recovered but said t they
New England Journal of Medicine, 269:57 g at opposition. ould never repeat t their prank.
1963, but the Ciba medical department i Celestial Time Table for August One of them described the "fainting lark"
Summit, N. J., said that Dr. Elmer Browi deal: He squatted on the floor and breathed
did preliminary clinical work at the Univer AUG. EDT and out moderately deeply every three or
sity of Southern n California in Los Angele: 5 5:31 a.m. Full moon ur seconds. Then he closed his mouth
When the drug will be licensed for prc 7:00 p.m. Moon passes south of d pinched his nose, all the time trying
duction is not known. Saturn breathe out. Both ears "plopped" and
Drs. Sven Moeschlin and Urs Schnider c 9 10:00 p.m. Moon passes south of felt as though he were drowning,
Solothurn, S Switzerland, reported work wit Jupiter acked out, became unconscious and was
eight humans suffering from iron intoxice 10 8:00 p.m. Moon nearest, distance ken to the hospital.
tion n after being treated for anemia, wh 229,500 miles Sir Aubrey concludes: "Neither the faint-
benefited from Desferal. 12 early a.m. Meteors visible apparently g lark nor the mess trick can be regarded
The Swiss doctors experimented first wit radiating from constellation 5 safe. They are potentially hazardous par-
guinea pigs that had acute ferrous sulfat Perseus or games. Risk of head injury from a sharp
poisoning, and found that if treatnent start 2:22 a.m. Moon in last quarter ill with sudden unconsciousness predomi-
after only six or 12 hours, 80% of the an. 13 2:00 a.m. Saturn in opposition with ates, especially when the lark is not con.
mals survive. sun and nearest earth, ucted on a soft or carpeted surface, well.
Desferal, called DFOM for its generi distance from earth way from walls and hard furniture.
name desferrioxamine-B, is today the treat 823.600,000 miles To my knowledge disregard of these
ment of choice in certain conditions of iron 19 3:35 a.m. New moon recautions has accounted for cerebral con-
poisoning. 21 5:00 a.m. Moon passes north of ussion by impact with parquet flooring in
Iron poisoning causes a brownish coloring Mercury wo instances, and with walls and hard
of the skin called hemochromatosis and, 23 1:00 a.m. Moon passes north of Mars rniture in four more.
to climinate more iron than any other treat- 24 6:00 a.m. Mercury farthest east of sun Two skulls were also cracked through
ment cases of primary disease, blood- 25 2:00 p.m. Moon farthest, distance ck of precautions. Now there is evidence
letting is practiced. 251,300 miles hat non-traumatic risks are present which,
But the investigators reported that sec- 27 2:54 a.m. Moon in first quarter numerically fewer, are no less unpleasant
ondary hemochromatosis in aplastic and 29 9:00 p.m. Venus behind sun hazardous."
sickle-cell anemia responded best to Des- Subtract one hour for CDT, two hours Science News Letter, 84:57 July 27, 1963
feral. Iron poisoning in a Mediterranean for MDT, and three hours for PDT. for MDT, and three hours for PDT.
type of anemia that is particularly severe i type of anemia that is particularly severe ir . Science News Letter, 84:58 July 27, 1963 PIDEMIOLOGY
children also responds to the new drug. Canine Rabies Decreases Canine Rabies Decreases
Science News Letter, B4:57 July 27, 1963 young people will bencht Ford Foun-
dation grants. As Wildlife Cases Rise
PUBLIC HEALTH The money, totaling nearly $2.5 million, ...
Free Emphysema Tests will be used to aid programs designed to RABIES among wild animals is rising,
give equal opportunities in education and in two veterinarians reported in the Journal
Given to ongressmen later life to those who start off with a handi- of the American Veterinary Medical Asso-
cap for economic, cultural or ethnic reasons. ciation, 143:52, 1963.
ALL MEMBERS of Congress were of- They will give aid to y youngsters in age While rabies s among wildlife increased
fered to have their lungs tested free for groups ranging from the preschool through from 1,479 in 1953 to 2,174 in 1961, rabies
emphysema, a serious disease that makes the university level. They will enable slum in dogs decreased 92% since 1946. Com-
breathing difficult and may damage the children to prepare for school, and will help pared to 8,000 canine rabies cases in 1946,
heart. high-school dropouts find jobs or return to less than 600 were reported din I 1961. The
The Alabama Emphysema Research Unit school at the college level. number of cases affecting man dropped
from Birmingham was opened to senators The Foundation is also supporting pro- from 22 to 3 during the time.
and representatives. At the invitation of grams in fields related to improving the Skunks, bats and foxes are the princi-
Rep. Kenneth Roberts (D-Ala.) and Sen. chances for underprivileged children. These pal carriers of infection. Geographically,
Lister Hill (D-Ala.) they may participate include e teacher-improvement programs, de. rabies has decreased in all areas of the
in a new mass screening technique to em- linquency prevention n efforts and a guidance country except the Pacific and West North
phasize the need for early detection and center to a aid young prisoners in Detroit. Central regions.
treatment of this lung disease. These programs will help combat the A fatal disease, rabies is characterized by
Emphysema comes from the Greek word increasing wastage of human resources due mental derangement, spasms, fever, vomit-
meaning "inflation" and not only makes to lack of education. ing and profuse secretion of saliva.
breathing difficult from the lung enlarge- Science News Letter, 84:57 July 27, 1963

We were gaily chatting when suddenly we a
petrified. I thought perhaps meteor The ob-
ject was very bright and had a wh: it. It kept coming closer till it
was only about 50 feet away My heart Dounding in iear when it finally
stopped. Then it simply hung suspended in the sky, and bagan to sway. We held
each other in fear, for this was totally beyond our knowledge of things. The
most terrifying thing of all was that it didn't make more than a slight hum.
Even the internittent sounds of the frogs were louder.
Back and forth ii swayed, undecided as to whether to go right or
left ort Then from its center there appeared a small orange e light
in an odd sort of
way. This continued for several minutes until we suddenly became aware of the
fact that it was apparently flickering in imitation of our candles! We immedi-
ately blew them out and scurried on our hands and knees into the low brush
nearby. The most amazing thing of all was that as soon as the candles were eXr
tinguished, tinzuished. the orange Iight on the saucer went out also! the orange light on the saucer went out also!
The object apparently could see us because of its owm radiance,
and it followed us for about 20 feet as we crawled desperately through the
bushes. It was at this point that we could no longer maintain our composure.
We fled in panic toward the main house, screaming to Marion's uncle for help.
As I ran I looked back for a moment and sa" that the saucer was
rising slowly, almost as as reluctant to leave. Taen the hunming sound
fram the object suddenly became almost like the noise of an electric
motor. The strange orange light again, and the craft sped off toward
the southwest, traveling faster than anything had ever seen before. Within a
couple of seconds it had disappeared completely from sight.
Marion and I lidn't spend the night under the stars after all. Our
terrifying experience the saucer made us decide that the safety of her
uncle's house was eferable to the uncertainties o the great outioors.
Even so, it was daybreak before we had calmed down enough to go to sloop. and
ever since, I have been having occasional nightmares about that strango craft.

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Winbledon, England
soskck. FLyInj SRUiCK Nor-DE63
Landing on
Wimbledon Common?
From the Wandsworth Borough
a 28-year-old artist, says a police Neus, August 16: "Mr. Briggs,
ago that a local woman claimed constable told him some weeks
to have seen the flying saucer would like the
land, and he woman to get in touch with him.
She reported it to the constable while he was patrolling the com-
mon with his dog-but, upon in- nothing. :
vestigation, The woman saw it at about 2 a.m. he found
and described it as being the size and \$
of a double decker bus of a double added that she had never seen added that she had 'never seen
anything like it before in her
life life. The constable asked her what
she was doing out at that time of and she and she r replied
that, not being able to sleep, she the that, not being morning morning able to sleep, she
had decided to take a short walk. After her experience he suggested
she should return home and go to bed. 'Unfortunately he did not 'Unfortunately he did not
take her name and address,' says take her name and address,' says bed.
Mr. Briggs, 'but had heard since Mr. Briggs, ,'but had heard since they had
that other people said t seen this object flying over the over the
common on the same morning.' common on the same morning.'

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ofaeckly Rantnarca 16 hH stJohn Valroy Tines,n published in Mada-.
rasha Mdine Tvo boys,l agod 8 and 9, uho Live with tneir parents in Fort
Ke:Ftiepre,rergrted seyrbyc low-Ilying ob.edt which hinfd iatermittontly
when it pasged I"something Ib a radio /which isn't working very well being
rned cn am oa ." gThe object was shaped like two dinnrr plates stacked fac-
that it
careIy cleared the trees when passing over a hill near their hone. The child-
rea also said the UrO did not have a tail like a holicopter or propellers
Like a plane, kwi that lt-was going too slowly to be a con'rentional airoraft.
Port Kond i on the border botween Maine and Canada: and the mystery araft was :
reel heading soross tan border, wnieh is not alleved. Another saucer sighting
a fex daye earlior,. but cee boysr conld not have
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