PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION . 12. CONCLUSIONS
rn | 0D Was Balloon
23 Feb 64 50.40N 170W Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-Tikg GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION (2: Pasay Seer
O Was Aircraft
Local Sate D Ground- Vi suel 0 Greund-Reder lo Probebly Aircraft
GMT <9! CF Air Vi svol C1 Air-intercept Redar |9 Possibly Airerelt
5. PHOTOS QO Was Astronomical
O Prebodly Astronomical
military 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION %. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE ae ot ee ae
3 mimuites one North (= rene en Deta for Evaluation

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Object observed at 45 deg elevation. In flight
from South to North. Faded on horizon after 3
minute observation. Traveled through 30 deg
arc in 3 mimites. Brightness of 3rd mag star.

11, COMMENTS

ECHO data not available.
Possible satellite. Also some
characteristics of a/c, Insuff
Gata for evaluation.

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SOURCE: FLYING SAUCER REVIG betveen4Palmas end Zurich. |
Jul-Aug, Volume 10, No. 4 on South African Airways

SOUTH AFRICA
A pilot's sighting

This incident, briefly reported in
our previous issue, can now be more
filly documented. Captain R. B.
Truter, Senior Captain of South
Africa Airways, wrote to the South
African Journal of Science and his letter
appeared in its March, 1964, issue:
“Whilst flying a Boeing 707 from Las
Palmas to Zurich on the 15th Feb-
ruary, 1964, [ noticed a bright bluish-

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white glow in the Eastern sky at 06.11
GMT. When observed through the
right-hand panel of the aircraft win-
shield it appeared to be about jin. in
diameter and was perfectly circular.

“The aircraft was at 37,000 ft.
pressure altitude, position 32° 00'N |
11° LI’W, heading 033° T.

The co-pilot, navigator and mysclf |
watched the glow for about 10
minutes. During this time it did not
appear to change its position in
relation to stars which were visible in
it$ Vicinity, or in relation to the air-
craft. I requested the navigator to
determine the altitude and azimuth
of the glow by means of the periscopic
sextant. This was done at 06.25
GMT and found to be 09° 49’ and
697° T respectively.

“Prevailing meteorological condi-
tions were: a § layer of medium cloud
with tops at about 15,000 ft. immedi-
ately below the aircraft. This layer
became broken towards the African
coast and the NE, There was also
some cirrostratus and wisps of cirrus
to the NE. The aircraft itself was well
above all cloud. Ambient air tem-
perature —64° C.

“From the height at which we were
flying, the Eastern sky was becoming
lighter prior to sunrise, and the glow !
began to assume an elliptical shape
with the long axis horizontal. The
position of the glow was now altering i
in relation to stars and the aircraft,
and we appeared to be drawing
abeam of it, but its altitude appeared
to remain the same to the naked eye.

“Asthe Easternsky becamebrighte,,
the glow appeared to increase grad-
ually in size, the Southernmost end of
the now larger ellipse diffusing and
splaying out and finally disappearing
just before the sun appeared above
the horizon.

“From first observation the glow
appeared to be in space, but the later,
fairly rapid change in position in
relation to the aircraft indicated that
it was not.

“Along with the rest of my crew at
the time, I should be most interested
to hear an explanation of the
phenomenon.”

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Information Only Rabual, New Britain
Source: | 19 February 1954

Mysterious Light
Haunts Couple

There seems to be at least two kinds

of aerial maneuvering lights—one com-
pletely unexplainable from a: physical
point of view, and the small maneuver-
ing, possibly remote-controlled “obsery-

er” light. We deal with the former in_
this account:

John Hoban, 21, a headmaster and
his wife, Donna, 19, have reported their |
eerie experiences wth a glowing, “ghost-
ly” light which appeared mystcriously |
in the bedroom of their home in Rabual, |
New Britain. In an interview with a re-
porter [or the Evening Post of Aukland,
New Zealand, Mr. Hoban said that the
liouse was too far from the road for
car headlights to have shone through a
window. He checked and found no way.
the light could have entered.

Mrs. Hoban said that the light, “a
globe of light witout any center” shone
at intervals in their room between the
hours of 1 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. on Eebru-
ary 19, 1964. Mrs. Hoban said she felt
a “Strange presence” in the room, then
opened her eyes and there was the globe
of light hovering just above her face.
She looked around and instead of one
doorway from the room onto the veranda |
she saw what appeared to be three
doors. She screamed, jumped from the
bed and woke her husband who was
sleeping in another bed a few feet
away. Hoban said his scalp tingled and
his hair stood on end. “I was very fright-.
ened for a moment in the face of the}
thing,” he said.

No mention was made in this lone,

- article about how or when the object:
left the room or the premises. We:
would like to point out, however, that in
the 1920s a Doctor doing research on
what happens, physically, when a person
dies, found that at the instant of death
(utilizing extremely sensitive scales and
special camera equipment) the body of
the dying individual loses a _ certain
ainount of weight—less than an ounce—
and that a small, luminous globe-shaped
object emanates from the head, wafting
upward and “through” the ceiling.

We present the above mentioned ar-
ticle and latter comment, in answer to
repeated requests from various mem-:
bers to try to delineate between the
phychical and physical airborn light
phenomena.

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Kent Mystery

Strange animals continue to appear
in England. On February 20, the
London Daily Telegraph and many

other newspapers reported that a

tiger was believed to be at large in

Norfolk on. the previous evening.

Three people had informed the police

that they had seen the animal on a

railway embankment at East Runton i

in the Cromer area. Thirty police

dogs were employed in the search and

the police appealed on television for

further information. The witnesses

were all guaranteed to be sane and

rational. Later, the search was

called off and the usual attempt at a

rationalisation was offered. It rust

have been a fox, despite the original

descriptions which included a tiger, a

puma, a lion and a cheetah.

Readers who think it is possible that

these strange and evanescent animals

may have some connection with flying

saucers may like to refer to the South

African occurrence reported on page

27 of owe May-June issue. The

first indication the two motorists

received that something was

afoot was the appearance of a
large animal lying across the road.

This was soon followed by the appear-

ance of a saucer which made several '

dives at the car. Could it be that

these animals are released by UFOs

as a means of testing our atmosphere

and living conditions? If so, the

passes tnade at the car could be ex-

plained as a diversion intended to

protect the animal whose recovery

was important to the saucer pilots. It

must be remembered that our first

space travellers were dogs and

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1 - 29 MARCH 19654 SIGHTINGS

LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Middleboro. Massachusetts » a : Other (UNRELIABLE REPO
Marietta, Ohio. Astro (VENUS)
Beavercreek, Ohio Astro (VENUS)

35N 174W (Pacific) | s . Military © SATELLITE

Dayton, Ohio ae ‘or INSUFFICIENT DATA
29. 4ON 178.005 seentttc) " . Military - Civilian Other (MISSILE)
43.01N 171 40W (Pacific) Military INSUFFICIENT DATA
Silver Springs, Maryland . aa AIRCRAFT

Dallas, Texas -° SATELLITE

Kings Mountain, North Carolina AIRCRAFT

INSUFFICIENT DATA™
Astro (METEOR )
SATELLITE
INSUFFICIENT DATA
Other (PSYCHOLOGICAL)
1. Photo Analysis

( CHEMICAL DROP ON FILY
2. INSUFFICIENT DATA

Miami, Florida ‘/ji.. -».*)
Lakewood ,’ California * f
». 34.30N 176.30W (Padific)
Orange, Connecticut  < -
. Shelton, Connecticut
Roswell, New Mexico

Barbourville, Kentucky Astro (VENUS)

10.55N 75.04W (Atlantic) Other pie ig

Kansas City, Kansas- Astro (VENUS)
ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) -

LOCATION . OBSERVER EVALUATION

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London. Englana - New York News Clipping

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SSAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
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Cretan Sreacres INCOMING
AF IN : 40503 (29 Feb 64) G/ab

INFO : NIN-7, XOP-1, XOPX-6, DIA-27, SA

ARMY-2, CMC-8, OSD-15
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4. OBJECT SIGTED FROM POSITION 50-49N3 170-00 DISAPPREARED
OVER HORIZON DUE NORTH OF OBSERVER.
5. 29/2622 TO 29/9625
6. VERY HIGH
7. SOUTH NORTH
8. VERY FAST-TRAVERSED 3DEG. ARC IN THREE MIN
9. UNK |
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NOTE: ADVANCE COPY RECEIVED BY XOPX, NIN, & DIA.
RETRANSMITTED TO CIA, PER AFHQ FORM 1392, # 728.

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Information Only Cape Mendocino, California
Sourse: 5 February 1964

‘Object Sinks Yacht
The yacht, “Hattie D’—a converted
Navy search and rescue craft, was struck
and sunk on Wednesday, 5 February,
1964 by an unknown object about 25
‘ miles off the rugged coast of Cape Men-
docino, California. A Coast Guard hell-
- copter, dipping Between 30-foot-high
waves, pulled a German shepherd puppy,
nine crewmen, the Captain and his wife
from the ‘pitching deck of the yacht. -

The “Hattie D” set out from Seattle:
on January 24, then after various stops,
left Neah Bay, Washington on February.

2 for California. ~. ‘ SS

_ All eleven survivors insisted the yacht -
struck or was rammed by a “metal ob-
” «1 don’t care how deep it was,”
said crewman Cari Jensen, “what holed
us was steel and a long piece.. There was

no give to it all all.” Jensen was refer-
ring to the 7,800 foot.depth at the point
where the sinking occurred. _

‘ We include this incident because it,
currelates with official and unofficial et
sightings of UFO in the ocean in recent:

years.

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Information Only Albervrarl, North Carolina
Source: The UFO Reporter, Summer Issue 7 February, 1964
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SILVERY UFO INVAODES NORTH CAROLINA

Albermarl, North Carolina, February 7
- Joe L. Surris, Ted Sowers, and, Grover
end Richard Hinson, were reportedly wit-
ness to @ gigantic silvery object at 5:04
pem., which first eppeared in the north-
west.

The UFO was described as being approx-
imately twice the size of a 852. Its end
portions were a dull silver, and its mid-
section rsflected sunlight to the intensi-
ty of a mirror. A smaller object came into
view following the disappearance of the
larger craft. eof

No details have yet been secured con-
cerning the first UFO's smaller brethren.

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dul- Aus, Volume 10, No. 4

SCOTLAND
Dundee UFO

The following letters are taken from |
the Dundee Courier on February 10 and
13, vespectively. The first reads as
follows : “Dear Sir,—About two weeks
ago I observed what appeared to be a
reddish object in the sky over the
Sidlaws, moving slowly westwards
towards Perth. At first I thought little |
of it, but haye since made four
similar observations between January
26 and last night, February 6. On
this occasion I was accompanied by a
friends who was equaily puzzled by

this phenomenon.
“On cach occasion only one such
light was visible of a reddish nature.
They appear at about 8.30 p.m. and
stay visible for periods of between two
and ten minutes, then slowly fade.
The only possible explanation I can
think of is that they bear some con-
nection with the latest. American
satellite seen lately over Dundee. But
since I have found it impossible to
tell the height and speed of the object,
I cannot say whether this is correct
or not. |
“Can a more plausible explanation
be suggested ?—Yours faithfully,
Meigle. Puzzled.”
This letter brought the following reply:
“Dear Sir,—I read with interest
ee “Puzzled’s” letter in Monday’s
Courier. Last Thursday (February 6) |
night, while walking the dog, I saw a
Strange reddish object travelling very
fast towards the west.
“However, unlike ‘puzzled’ I do
not think this object was an American
satellite since, when the first Russian
Sputnik was launched, I could often
see its flight through the heavens and
this object was in no way similar. I
have therefore concluded that this
object must have been a falling staror °
some such other natural happening. —
Yours faithfully,
Blairgowrie. Stargazer.”
(Credit to Mr. John Ogilvy)

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Another mystery hole

The Southampton Southern Evening
Ecko on February / 12 add another to
the total of mystery holes: “Bomb
disposal experts are to be called to
cxamine a mysterious cavity which
has suddenly appeared in a newly-
ploughed field at Slackstead, near
Braishfield. ‘Two forestry workers,
taxing a short cut across the field from
the work last night, saw a depression
in the ground and they reported the
discovery to the Police,

‘Today, police officers from Amp-
field and Winchester, with Mr. David
Butler, farmer and broadcaster as
guide, searched two large newly-
Rioughed fields for an hour before
they came across the mystery hole.
The mouth of the depression measures
about three feet at its widest, there is a

neck of ten fect which, since last night,
has opened out into a large chalk
cavern,

“The police believe the cavity was
Caused by a wartime bomb—there
were many dropped in the vicinity—
which exploded deep down in the
ground.

“The site of the cavity ison Hursley
- estate adjoining Mr. Butler's farm.
Mr. Butler said that while the bomb
theory seemed to be the most likely
there was also the Possibility that the
cavern could be associated with the
Roman occupation of the area.”

(Credit to Miss V. H. West)

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