PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD PROJECT TOO73 RECO
12. CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
1. DATE 2. LOCATION LOCATION
0 Was Bolloon
00 0 Probably Balloon
1 November 1963 1 November 1963 LON (73W_(Pacific) D Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 0 Was Aicraft
3. Ground-Rodar Probably Aireraft
Locol Ground-Visual 00 a Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aireraft
Air-Intercept Rador D
GMT_ 12/05532 12/0553Z AinVisual Was Astronomical
5. PHOTOS o. SOURCE 000 Probably Astronomical
DYes Possibly Astronomicol Possibly Astronomical
USS FALCOUT (Civilian Ship)
Ne COURSE 0 Other .
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. Unknown
Seconds 1
11. COMMENTS
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Insufficient Data
Object appearing as planet or bright star.
Altitude unkmown. 25 deg elevation. Covered
45 deg are in 55 seconds. Initial bearing
garbled.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (RE 26 SEP 52)
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Centre Nurses Report
Strange Lights In Sky
Seven Se. Clair County Medi-to the scene, but by the time
cal Centre nurses reported see-they arrived, the lights were
ing strange flashing lights in gone.-
the sky early this morning, sim- Some believe that the objects
ilar to those reported by deputy sighted may be helicopters, but
sheriffs Nov. 12.. military instailations in the area
* * * repor guch flights last night.
THEY SAID thAt the at the time
also said
about. two miles west of 'the that none of their aoout. twd -dil helicopters
Centre in Goodeiis, and were was anywhere near Port Huron
the same as those reported The The non-commissioned officer
north ot Port Huron last month. north of Port Huron last month. in charge of base operations
The ooject was first sight- The object was first sight- during the night at Selfridge Air during the night at Selfridge Air
.ed by two of the nurses, .ed by two oi the nurses, Force Base said that there were
Miss Carol Koltz and Miss no helicopters from that base
a Judith Bailey, who saw the in the area last night.
lights as they drove on Spokesmen from Grosse Ile Spokesmen from Grosse Ile
M-21. Naval Air Station said there
L was no flying activity in the
They rerurned to the Centre Port Huron area last night from rerurned to the Centre Port Huron area last night from
and pointed out the lights tojtheir base. 1887
five other nurses. Miss Kath-l Mrs. James Harter,
erine Ballentine. Miss HelenGoodeils Road. reported this
Jewell. Mrs. Alice Himmell. morning to the Sheriff Depart-
Mrs. Rosemary Ruck and Mrs. ment that she saw a white,
Dorothy Hicks. All seven toid low-flying object with flashing
deputies they saw the object. white and red lights heading
Miss Jeweil and Mrs. Hicks east at about 7:30 p.m. Friday
joined Miss Bailey and Miss sight.
Koitz in the car and drove westi A Constance Andrei, address
on M-2l to see the objectunknown, called the Sheriff De-
would move. partment at about 12:50 a.m. to
After driving about two miles report seeing an object with
west of Goodeils they lights similar to that seen by the
stopped. turned off the motor,nurses.
and shined the car spotlight at
the object, which then zoomed Fisher Executive
off out of sight.
One of the girls said she Dies In Crash
thought she heard a humming DETROIT (UPI- Robert
noise like that oi a motor, Miss
Jeweil told The Times Herald C. Shields, Rochester, a Fisher
today. cuuMy. & Co. Executive, was killed late
Deputies Kenneth Koob and Friday in a three-vehicle colli- Deputies- Kenneth Koob and Friday in a three-vehicle colli-
Robert Parker were dispatched sion in Madison Heights.
detroit detroit Junior Junior Live

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Object
5 Sighted Sighted
In Sky
(Continued from Page One)
shoulder of the road and stared d
at what they said was "a flick- at what they said was "a flick-t 1
364
107 1073 ering light in the sky."
761 761. They said it seemed to be
11
1591 hovering over the apple orchard
54 2
47 near Keewahdin.
1025 Deputy Bakgs. nficer with
BU1L in him.
23' 13-years ervice behind
154,
343 said oject other
71: shape to the
or
391 than it was a flashing light that
433
3814 couid move in an direction.
20%,
103+, "'It seemed at times that there
138
6n- was a big divided window in the
3413 30 midst of the flashing light, but
41's couidn't be sure,'" Deputy
389 I
701. Baker said.
34
321/ He said the object came low.
43/2
721 about the height and distance .
192
185%, of a City block.
784,
41% "Then, as it came, the objec
s0.
42% seemed to move out toward the
399. north east and we attempted
971 north
44% 141,
17 to follow it." Baker said.
617 65%
I

32 * *
61 THE OFFICER said they
414 31 reached peeds up to 75 miles
bh az hour. but the object just
952, 2. "ran away from us."
114 They said they lost sight
211. 131 of the object on Lake Shore
341. 1714 Road because of Street
30 lights, but when they turned
333. down Metcalf Road and
367, were in the area of Vincent
78% Road they sighted the ob-
417, ject again.
This time, the officers turned
1.00 out the car lights and shined
.23 spotlights of the patrol car to-
.04 ward the object.
.31 .61 The biinking light in the sky
.10 seemed much closer to them. seemed much closer to them.
N The officers then turned on The officers then turned on
Ds Dits the flashing light on top of the
/- patroi car and in a few mo- patroi car and in a few mo-i
ments they said the object not
.ad .ad only had a flashing white light.
1: 1: but it seemed that it was flash-
ing a red light back.
6; Deputy Baker said the object
this time seemed to be standing
still in the sky and he could
:k hear the sound of motors.
The patrol car was stopped
and the ignition off when the of-
ficers s heard the sound of
motors.
"It seemed to idle and then
all of a sudden the noise be-
came louder and more power-
ful and began to move off into
the north west section of the
sky." he said.
+
THE' OFFICERS said they
watched the mysterious object
3 disappear into the heavens until
it was just a speck lost among
the stars.
The officers were not sure .
themselves that they had seen
and heard what they did.
At first they were not going
to say anything about what
had happened, but they decided
it would be best to let someone it would be best to let someone
know. know.
Maybe there was something Maybe there was something
and maybe there wasn't - a
trick of the imagination, or phe-
nomena, but never the less Of-
ficers Baker and Clark had
somerhing happen that they willl
not soon forget.
be

18 Nov 63
INFORMATION Port F pn, Michigan
SAUCER NEWS, VOL II, Mar 64
ron, Michigan, had an unusual encounter w CLOSE SAUCER SIGHTING IN MICHIGAN: TWo deputy sheriffs in POrt Hn-
ber 12th. They cbserve what was at first only h a UFo at about 5 a.m. last Novem-
in the sky. flickering light" hovering
window in the midst of th ne flashing light, but , it seemed at times that there was a big divided
The UFO eventually approached o a height of only cers could not be sure.
ground, a short distance from their patrol few hundred feet above the
low it, reaching speeds up to 75 miles per hour in the chase, but the object car. The deputies attempted to fol-
out-distanced them. They lost sight of cuem. iney lost sight of it completely for awhile. It then reap- it completely for awhile. It then reap-
peared, and the peared, fficers stopped the car, turned out their hesdlights, car. turned out their hes
and and
shined spotlights onto the object. shined spotlights onto the object. They then turned on the flashing They then turned on the flashing:
top of the patrol car, and in a few moments the UFo not only had a top of the patrol car, and in a few moments light on light on
white light but it also seemed to be flashing a red light back at them, as if white light but it also seemed to be flashing a : the UFO not only had a flashing
in an attempt at communication! The UFO appeared in an attempt at communication! The UFO appeared to red light back at them, as if
to again be standing still in
the sky at that time, and they could hear a low sound of motors. Suddenly the
motors grew louder, and the object disappeared rapidly out of sight.

1 - DEPX RTMENT OF ·THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE ERANCH
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INCOMI
LKA447KHA012 AF IN: 20123 (12 Nov63) L/lcb
00 RUEAHQ RUECW INFO: NIN-9, XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3,
ZEL RUHLKH ARMY-2, NAVY-2, CMC-8, JCS-35,'
OSD-15, DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2,
00 RUHLKM RUEAHQ RUECW RuHphh Ruhpb RUHPA RUAUAZ RUWGALB RUHAFS NSA-7 (C
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FM 326 AIR DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII
TO RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM HAWAII
RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
INFO RUEAHQ/CSAF USAF WASH DC
RUECW/CNO WASH DC RUECWZCNO WASH DC
RUECW/SECNAV WASH DC
RUWGALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLOR
RUHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HAWAII
RUHAFS/CINCUUARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
RUHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAMC/COMUUKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAFGL/COMUSTDC TAIPIE E TAIWAN
RUCSBRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR
AF GRNC
BT ET
UNCL/MERINT/POSSIBLE PLANET OR BIRGHT STAR/30 NORTH 173 WEST/TIME
TFA
HORIZON/BEARING 185 DEGREES/COVERED 45 DEGREES OF ARC IN HORIZON/BEARING 185 DEGREES/ COVERED 45 DEGREES OF ARC IN 55 SEC./ 55 SEC./
SEAS 3 FT/WEATHER R CAVU/ NOTE: TRANSMITTED TO CIA.
BT ADVANCE COPIES TO XOPX, NIN, AND DIA.

10 1/2032 C_ 6 OCFIER
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE ERANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGI
INC
SMB C018
CHQC084ZCECD052
00 RUEAHQ 20116(12 Nov 63) L/1cb Pg lof
AF IN:
DE RUHPF B019 72/0645Z NIN-9,XOP-1, XOPX-4. SAF-OS-3
INFO: CMC-8, JCS-35,
ZNR ARMY-2, NAVY-2,
OSD-15,DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2,
P 120645Z NSA-7,(108)
FM COMBARFORPAC
TO RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON
RU LKM/CINCPACAF
RUAUAAH/HADD KUNIA
ZEN/CINCNORAD
INFO RUECW/CNO INFO RUECW/CNO
RUEAHQ/COFS USAF
RUHPA/CINCPAC
RUHLHL/CINCPACFLT
RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC
RUHLKMP/KPACAFBASECOM HICKAM
RUECW/SECNAV
BT
UNCLAS
A.JANAP 146D
1. 1.M MERINT
2. 2. USS FALGOUT NTD W
3. OBJECT APPEARING AS PLANET OR BRIGHT STAR.; DEGRIEE 3.0 OBJECT APPEARING AS PLANET OR BRIGHT STAR. DEGREE
OF BRIGHTNESS VARYING.
4. 40N 773W 4s 40N 773W
5. 110533Z
6. ALTITUDE UNKNOWN. ANGLE 25 DEG. ABOVE HORIZON.
7SE

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STAFF MESSAGE ERANCH
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8 INITIAL BEARING 785., COVERED 45 DEG OF ARC IN 55
SECONDS
, NONE
10. SEAS 3 F FEET. WEATHER CAVU
11. EVALUAT IO
BT
NOTE: NOTE: ADVANCE COPIES TO XOPX, NIN, AND DIA.
TRANSMITTED TO TRANSMITTED TO CIA.

STRANGE LIGHT' OBSERVED NOV 1 & 1963
Deputies See Object In Sky
By IOHN F. BROWN Even this Times Herald re-to his companion, "There is
(Times Heraid Reporter). porter was a little skeptical something odd."
"People will "People will say we say we are before 8 a.m. a.m. The officers pulled over to the The officers pulled over to the
crazy," Deputy crazy,". Deputy Sheriffs Sheriffs Rob- when shortly Continued on Page Il, Col. 3
ert Baker and Merle Clark said today Deputy Sheriff Jack Fos- said today Deputy Sheriff Jack Fos- * * * ,
when they were asked to des- ter ter asked if he had heard about asked if he had heard about
cribe what they saw while on what Officers Baker and Clark what Officers Baker and Clark 3 3 Others Also Others Also
patrol eariy today. patrol eariy today. had "seen and heard." had "seen and heard."
* And when he returned to The See 'Object' See 'Object'
THEY DIDN'T say they saw say they saw Times Herald, he was not greet- Three other persons have col- Three other persons have col-
a flying saucer or any little flying saucer or any little ed with any bouquets from his laborated the story of the
green men, but they did say associates when he told them Deputies who observed a
they saw and heard somethingabout the officers' experience. they saw and heard something about the officers' experience. strange object in the sky early
strange. strange. It was about 5:15 a.m. and It was about 5:15 a.m. and today:
Deputies Baker and Clark were Daputies Baker and Clark were Robert J. Kemp, 3063 Sylvan
The officers were very on routine patrol driving north
besitank to talk about their on Twenty-fourth Avenue. Drive, Lakeport who was on
experience, for today a per- The sky was extremely dark his way to WO- at St. Clair
son who says he sees or Community Hos al, said that
hears something out of the but peppered with stars and a when he came out of his house
small white silver strip of the between 5:15 and 5:20 .a.m.
ordinary, especially from moon, which rose at 3:30 a.m., there was a whin sound that
a "nur"' by his fellow man. was above the officers. skyward.
00006800 Just south of Keewahdin drew his attent
But remember when they There was ashing white
thought the Worid was flat -Road, Officer Clark remarked light that mov din the direc-
tion of Lake Huron.
"I thought it was very
strange for the sound was very
high-pitched and one that I had
never heard before," Mr. Kempy
said.
Raiph E. Jordan. 15, of 4357
Keewahdin Road who was walk-
ing out of a barn with his
father after feeding some .
steers about 5:30 a.m., said hej
and his father also saw the
strange light.
We didn't hear anything, but didn't hear anytning, Duti
the light was flashing and it
moved to the north. It was very
high in the sky-and it surej high in the sky-and it surei
brought a scary feeling about brought a scary feeling about
you," young Rainh said. you," young Raiph said.

3
Strange Object In Sky
Remains A Mystery
. The unidentified flying object Deputy Baker said the object
observed by two St. Clair Coun-
ty Deputy Deputy Sheriffs and at least Sheriffs and at least the to stand still in stand stinl inj
W0 other persons about 5: 15 a.m. 10 other persons about 5: 15 a.m. air motor
Tuesday still Tuesday still remains a mys- a mys- sounded like it it
tery. then became more powerful and
It was theorized It was theorized Tuesday disappeared into the heavens.
afternoon that the object could Ten other persons in the area
have been a jet or turbine-pow- backed the report by deputies.
ered helicopter from Selfridge All agreed the object was a
Air Force Base, Mt. Clemens. flashing white light that couid, Air Force Base, Mt. Clemens. flashing white light that couid,
* * * and did, move in any direction.
COL. CALEB COL. CALEB P. Moberly, Moberly,if
commanding officer of Selfridge
ruled out this possibility today.
We have five helicopters,
two jet and three U.S. Army
regular helicopters, but at
the time in question Tues-
day they were all on the
ground at Selfridge," Col- :
onel Moberly said.
Lt. Jerome Lagemann, inlor-
mation oificer, said there was
a slight possibility that the ob-
ject could have been a craft
from another military installa-
tion, but it wasn't very likely.
Deputies Robert. Baker and
Merle Clark said the object ap-
peared to be a "flickering light
in the sky near Twenty-fourth
Avenue and Keewahdin Road." '
.

NDY18 NOV 18 1963
By The Staff staff
A column of features and opinions by members of
The Times Herald Staff The Times Herald Staff
resumed again this week in and around Port Huron! Rumors of flying objects and strange noises may be
Times Herald or neighbors, they are advised to blink However, before people start calling the police, The
ears are ciean. their eyes a few times, make sure their glasses and
Selfridge Air Force Base, will begin an The first Fighter Wing, Air Defense Command, from
long night flying program today. extensive week-
ing. Sonic booms will be heard during the period of train-
I to keep flying personnel current in all phases of air de- Night flying is one of the many means of training
fense," Col. Converse B. Kelly, Commander, First Fighter Wing, said.
air defense of the United States are devised to preclude Through the exercise, new and better ways to plan
any attack upon this country by a hostile air power.
= .

NOV171963
ALL IN A DAY
Nobody Believes In
Sky Objects, Do They?
jecs,
By LOUIS J. DUNN knocking knocking everybody down everybody down some . phenomena resuiting phenomena resuiting
(Times Heraid News Editor) trying to get a chance to from from the aurora borealis,
Not too many Not too many of us that that ghostly display of
"wise" mortals believe read proofs of the story.
Sure, nobody believes in northern lights s which has which has
these stories of flying sau- been visible of late. The
cers. sky objects and what such things ... but. aurora can take the form
have you, but did you ever have you, but did you ever Jerry grabbed Jerry grabbed a nice nice of streamers, rays, arcs,
notice how those are the needle from history to help needle from history to help bands, curtains, draperies,
very stories none of us stories none of us put the story across. "Re- put the story across. "Re- sheets sheets or patches that patches that
ever misses when reading member when they thought seem shimmer and flit
the paper. the world was flat?"... he across the sky, according
It was that way here in wrote. to William L. Donn in his
The Times Herald office Although not there at the book, "Meteorology."
even before reporter Jerry time, we do recall reading But neither of the depu-
Brown's story on the sky in the history books how ties talked about draperies.
lights observed by the two they all laughed at Chris-
deputies, Boo Baker and topher Coiumbus when he like that. What they saw.
Merte Clark. got into the set out to prove that the was a strange-acting light.
paper last Tuesday. earth was not flat, but Perhaps it was a reflection-
* x * round. from s some light on the
NONE OF US experts ground some distance
believed it, of course. After There was just one ma-
jor difference between away. Light reflections
all, flying objects with mo- Chris and this have been known to bounce.
tors and flashing lights! saucers- skyward with weird re-
Phooey. from-other-planets busi-
ness. sults. It could have been
But everybodyv was from something like that.
Chris could prove he
was right, whereas, for Nobody's arguing that it
now anyway, man is hav- couldn't have been. What
THE TEMES HERALD ing one tough time prov- is so frustrating is that no
ig one tougn tine prov one wants to get off the one wants to get off the
ing or disproving ing or disproving any-
thing ahout who's grow- thing about who's grow- negative, and become posi- negative, and become posi-
Magazine ing what vegetables on ing what vegetables on tive. What was it?
what planets, if any. what planets, if any. *
IF THOSE LIGHTS Were
Page Someday perhaps man Someday perhaps r man motor-driven motor-driven space vehi- space vehi-
will be able to soar out cles from Mars, we can't.
there and provide the an- think of a better place for.
PEATURES FEATURES swers, but right now we them to make their first
COLUMNS just have to sit here and touchdown in the U.S.A.
EDITORIALS wonder. wonder. than in beautiful St. Clair
* * County where sites are
THOSE DEPUTIES, and available for industrial ex-
the other persons who also pansion. all bridges are
A requiem to vic- said they saw the lights, now in good condition, the
tims of another "big are level-headed people. Flags are winning and I-34
blow" is retold by Certainiv they saw some- soon will be opened.
thing. We must remember The only suggestion we
Dorothy Mitts, be- too that would make is to choose a
low. would go beyond what they time other than 5:15 a.m.
actually saw i describing (when the deputies saw
the incident to the reporter the light) to make the land-
--they didn't speculate, or ing.
deal in guesswork. They Shades of the West In-
just told what they observ- dies, who wants to get up
ed. No more, no less. at that hour, aven to wel.
Maybe the lights were core Martians?
Io

FANTASTIC ENERGYDEC 16
Study Mystery
Space Object
DALLAS. Tex. (AP)-Did thenebulous mass with two sec-
coilapse of a super-star in far tions, whose fantastic energy in-
chitapse or dicates a source far more pow-
outer space create the mysteri- outer space create the mysteri- erful than nuclear reaction.
ous object 3C273 which by the ous obiect 3C273 which by the Despite its tremendous bright-
radio energy it emits is radio energy ·it emits is known known ness and energy. object 3C273 is ness and energy. object 3C273 is
to be at least a million million too distant to be seen from the
times brighter than the sun? earth. Scientists estimate that it
More than l00 of the world's More than l00 of the world's is about 1,500 million light years
away-and light travels at a
most distinguished scientists be- speed of 186,234 statute miles
gan pondering that question to- gan pondering that question to- per second. per second.
day in the opening sessions sof Theories based on the assump-
a three-day symposium three-day symposium on tions of a space explosion n or or
gravitationai collanse and oth- collision could not account for
ber relativistic topics." the tremendous radio energy
Radio astronomy developed which continues to pour forth
from the electronic advances of from outer space.
World War II made possible the Early this year Dr. Fred
discovery of object 3C273, a Hoyie of Cambridge University
and Prof. am A. Fowler of
the California Institute of Tech-
nology, put forth the theory that
the gigantic energy the ex.
aff tragalactic radio sources could
be caused by the shrinking, orr
ind gravitational collapse, of a su-t
of per-star.
Gravitation is capable of c
xii yieiding a hundred times s more tl
energy than the most powerful a
in between members of the nuclear reaction -hydrogen to
ie to how the Nation might helium," Dr. Hoyle says.
out the succession of chief The revolutionary theory.
which has attracted the interest
!12 years, asked the l0-year- of scientists over the world.
be president if Mr. Johnson prompted the Southwest Center
reason. for Advanced Studies to arrange
hat of course he knew. "It the three-day the three-day symposium. Co- symposium. Co-
souse." youse.' organizers are the University of organizers are the University of
well-oriented housekeeper in Texas and Yeshiva University Texas and Yeshiva University
expert in many fields. ixpert in many fields. of New York City.
els Of Christr Of Christr