DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9734597
DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1963
REPORTED LOCATIONHerkimer New York
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1. DATE ) 2. LOCATION ; 12, CONCLUSIONS
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SOURCE: SKY and TELESCOPE, Nov 63 Auroras,
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corded hiv Robert \ Tu ; .¢ P hy Britian waves
Yaphu on Seqies patel mnt Mdivibities~. veVe'yai rund per!
Piet at 9:59 tom ' ae | ipwod from che north ime the knot: a
He twee 4 Prakiitler lew Ob the Waves COMME ever Partha
canons and Pius \ him sate
e\prosel (wo miniuces,
Conizasc tiese events with the pela
STEN as far soctch os Vireuniwe and as sate 2 deyrees abowe the southert ior avei¥ quiet worthern Hahis seem ai Fla |
. a) weetas Cactoraia. nomernius ob fom fts greenehewnite raves were brit um. Pacthe stamcdard time from che Une. |
eOOveTS repent ao cmeeetacular ouroral an) vaoereed all of the sky that was tree versay oof Califorwa’s radio astranomy |
} peed om the rahe of Seprember 22 23. of clouds, Seow dive gurora was Homing observatory a: Hat Creek mm the northern | |
wer autos were seetr bs several ama amd waves of liggtrt mnewved from hoerivon to part of the stats There. W Meheriach
wm oom. tbe wremeciog aml follows MOoMens Shorty theteatter veiray bevan reotetd that the veneral mioration was >
se 1909 the seosnle.” fetwate oivewhute. bute moines white pre |
NS er Ge WTEY passes Chieu cde \ sondern sequence ry desxerilet bw fuck winter! toward the northeast and o
pateeraastas adh Os cudvent «vale. ea jere Au | (crecen. who toured the crrrtace lations pettk patch was Sten forth of this areu |
rab oomtoures should te rare, During dhiiteratent during ube brightest sages. Dim outumes of aureeal draperies were
ne ptember bormwes tre aed oie bhis Waukesha, Wisconsin, amateur re vistiel:e. tout the display Appeared get
ON sss (he BRYCE, sheawad eet Chie Lore EM pescts Chet at about #45 pan. Central racks structurrviess, Two «holts of highs '
we, was vise. even te the wzanlest Manado tune che aurore reachert ccs cose irom the honmvonm somewhat west of
Serhan QelEwaty semester! oweahe othe mk rere. covermae the morthern sks reoethy
reokoge probabry Causerd the recene sae iwi extending past the zenith mnie Saja: Toravicd ED. Meuverd reports that che Sep | i
ow le, tus. Greenib-ewhece streaks arched td tenmer lll aurora hed a sdistinet!y |
pig the couse of their develope :
tt, ihe September oortherm irghes pre |
«ted a owele wanes of structural torms
mitwegenwous and raved arcs. draperies
r¥eied pate lies Bike, det rheeds WDA ED Portin , : “4 it : Oh iar, Bae: Fate
“the umenene vemth The pictures on ici SOPRA ett rigse x ei Ae SS
Nee pages represen several dates. Sep =) PRN AE os SASS fs oe Sieh 9 ag SOL ARS tal a ea etree
stine 2t. Sa, aed 24
(Jn the Grot evenim. Robert AV. Yajko
vocographed the dispiav trom his Lome
( Leeshoury, Pennevivanra The are pic
et above was predemmmaothy white in
tor aithough traces of green apurared
nemsanaily, Ve biol pau. Fastern stan :
2d ame, after abeat two hours of rela
te imuctivity, ravs beyun to stream from i |
uw! parts of Ure. arc, They were short,
owever, and mone reacned as high as
tarts. Ac 2 o'chock the next morning
4 i aispiay was wall impressave.
\ithough the sky was partially cloudy , |
ver New Bedford, Massachusetts. on San |
iy cyening, the Z2nd. Rev. Kenneth |
ao re ports: |
© aurora Was frw seeu at°S: 55 pin.
»l as 4 brwht raves giow on the cose. |
‘ete a heomowenemus ire which
co OPM east tO west atel attainet! a
oot oa) edewrees abeowe the marth ty arts Br Sse’ pe ; a ‘ = , a .
ae Bt Hie Ak TE is Gta ARM ee et Ve ARE 9 EAT “
‘ aed Sie dag EE Foes Seated : 4 ' oe ee . ;
>) ‘hee SUPOTs was 3f ots Drrwsirgems yy A , Sees: f eee Oe : . ‘er | ‘ 4 ,
nN ON IPO 2 OOK pavect are Ss hah Si eet. ih \ 3 1s Rit Noten 2 Et,
erm orden Bitatles of pase rose COMET eae eee RNa tot ca! oF" Ps EX lest tes Shr Oe a ey ;
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me amd exiended [0 veuroes ENGR PIL Ose ahe sagan 7 uy "ee
ee Mop ast ltae a fiuctet fone by Oa ol orate sae Pte aye oT Ph tape Pg aC Maat eek ea be ik
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i; ceainaiide motsaahea ns | tomas 4&4 Marnen of Lartheoom, Now Marmish @, “the baiehe coho
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dived @tcatee thisee tte arora sraclualls
pterecd weratel SUMP pone Lis tease wots
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thie erefergise’* clea Tttpecel with rtyt oil
of rycrthreme: [nefits seem ar out
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ieports of the anrora or the large
rt Tree tire bothowtme observers An Me
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ev owe Vi RO Dudley
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Thomas P, Pope of Milwaukee. Winx coosin
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camera at {/3.5 jor a 2Osceunonad capowure om Royal -X Pan Alm.
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W. GG. Juywrabann*® Lasituiown. Ps
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LaGrange Park, ibs Fo lousiy
‘md J. lipdsuem, Charletessiile, Va.
\. Nelson. Ohm: 1. R
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Uxtord,
At El Paws, Texas. R.
BR. Minton, fr., obtained
thes pature of a large
sunspot group. Te toxsk
the | MMhercond os pw
sure at [0 a.m. Mouag-
tain standard time.
September Jn, A. 4)-
mch retlector wae vised
with «2 neusrrulaiensaiy
filter, mransmituing oniy
rw oervent af the ach &
gta. The fiturwas Ku-
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\ controversy of gtvera! veers dura
lied concerming the Martian atnospher:
now appears to have been settled by Hy-
rome Spinrad an astTophysa itt om the
staif of jet Propuisian Laboraigoes 5
im (990, CAC | Kien and the cowerkers
at Cec ketown ollee= Obverve tory’ Lit.
poset ie Vi WAY Potnomenaet Varn such
a bwe. gobwed kiouds, aad pobac caps,
could hey tobe 41 im won ot oe
Wes of ab ude. B troyen canbhe: (NOL)
ts yt that af low temlperaewres is trams
a
4 Aotniet nim auroyen tesroxide (N,O,), a
white solul. Dro Kiess gToup presented
sper tiowaurd evidence for the occurrence
ol NO?) of Misr
Recerpis, in the
§stromomural
Pubicationa of (Re
“ctety of the Pact, Dr.
Sunred poidts our char the Coorretun n
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pec trowrinrs of \lare (vier wich sayye Larde’
Kopes at Dermmion Astoopaysical, Wuent
Wilt ant &ote Peak obsery store.
Whe th se spectra were cmppaced with
hire Rates Aighaesoiutoen jaberatoecy pA
meas, (fe) sowed na rvidence 0!
nitioet csonsce bands. De. Somtad com
butte, tha Martian Nf). .
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F. W. Seanion of Rochester, New York, photographed the brilliant auroral corona at the left. Deneb is the star 14 inches
from the lefe and 4 inch from the top. A compact grouping of stars near bottom center is the constellation Delphinus.
The second picture is irom an original color transparency by Ian C. McLennan, director of the Queen Elizabeth Pline-
tarium at Edmonton, Alberta.
September Aurora Sequel
CVPECTACULAR is the word for these
.) unusual photographs of the northern
liehts. Both were taken tn Canada
on September 22, 163,
near neximum
several-day
activity of the display cle-
scribed on page 250 in hist moneh’s issue,
,. May, lhorold, On-
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Scanlon was near
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tario, when he filmed the corena (shown
at deft) about 9:20 p.m, Eastern standard
time, He wrote:
“The sky was divided in two by the
dark area in the picture. Bands of whit
ish light moved trom horizon to corona
in about 1/25 second, When they met at
a a |
the zenith, an explosion of red. grcen,
and blue colers occurred. “The colors
were noticed for about two minutes. the
corona remained nearly the same shape,
but its brichtness pulsated and increase
with the passage of cach Tight: wave.”
fan CG. MeLennan was approaching
gina, Saskatchewan, from the vorth when
he noticed “a hazy cloucdlike form bh
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in the southeastern sky. Pleo sun h
just set, andl within moments the vollon
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wreen Cloud blossomed into ao shaft of
streamers which later formed into a wide:
arch. The spectacle reached its peak when
a pearly white ray moved toward the sun-
set glow, Tt fused with the twilight colors
— a remarkable indication of the intrin-
sic brilliance of the display.”
The vo maps on the facing page were
drawn by Garl W. Gardein of Cornell
University. Ithaca, New York, from visual
observations of the aurora catlected by
his IGY data center.
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Mit, wand for 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the other, The area spread westward as darkness came over the United States C; |
A. Gartlein comments that geomagnetic disturbances lessened during this six-hour interval. Parallel curves indicate via
expected auroral southern limit, as forecast by Dr. Gartlein from observations during past disturbances of similar int
sity. These maps are adapted from “Newsletter 74” of the IGY center for visual auroral data at Cornell nivenhy.
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