PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
I. DATE · TIME GROUP .LOCATION
16 Jan 67 1%11452 Warner Robins, Georgia one witness
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Other(Artificial Cloud Release) √got
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Ons
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
20 minutes watched an object that was shaped like a horse-
Cbserver
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION shoe and shoe and al d also described as a vapor trail in the shape of In che snape oi
Ground Ground Visual Visual a question mark. The object had a reddi The object had a red sh tail approx- tail approx-
imately ten feet in length. imatcly ten feet in length. Object appeared to remain Object appeared to remain
7. COURSE stationary, but gradually faded away with the coming of
Stationary daylight.
8. PHOTOS PHOTOS A Nike-Irogquois rocket A Nikc-Irogquois rocket was launched from Eglin AFB
Ye= at O540 CSf, 16 January 1967. At altitude there was a at 0540 CS7, 16 January 1967. At altitude there was a
No barium cloud release which was seen up to about 300
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE miles. The description is consistent with that of this The description is consistent with that of this
cloud release. cloud releass.
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the object we nad seen area of the sighting and discovered that
hovering was located exactly one-tenth of a mile
from the power lines wh cross over the nichway et
that point.
You will notice in the clippins I am enclosing
Frankfort State Journal) that (from the January 26, 1967,
object ne ar the all witnesses excluding the report of an
reported ne objects the power failure there,
or as b located sky toward Lawrenceburg.
You will notice, too, that one witness described the
looking to be izeof object she saw as
seen in it looked kind of like a water tower."
unty on January l5 at 7 a.m., and it was in t This was
the sky in
The similarity of all of these accounts
that you shouid receive this additional is striking, I think, and I felt
of some help in the study being made information. Perhaps it will be
concerning UF'Os.
Sincerel

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Radiant. Moving Objeets Sighted
I Know I Saw It-I'm Not Crazy
By ALBERT E. DIX fex minutes lafer. this tima with a glow toward the ground." I stepped out onto the back just before 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Monday, January 16, began diflerent thoughts crossing nis Whatever it was, the ohject porch and watched it lor a few At the sane time her sister-in-
about like any other cold. crisp mind. was outlined against a dark, more seconds. I can't tell you law walked outside her home
mid-winter day. This sighting of something earlv morning sky. cloudless, he r high it was off the ground not too far from where the ob-
On a farm about 12 miles east n GyVutT-mniCocuas unique in the sky was one of uymeonwnsoe0 UTLE cold. "I was moving in a as uiovhs ar d bue it loorcu to oe ainnur tie jeet was sccn but it looked to be about the ject was seen.
of Frankfort, a man rose from three incidents which. last week. straight line coming out of the three incidents which. last week. straight line coming out of the size of one of those big water "It was shaped like a "y".
a warm bed, dressed, and step- stirred imaginations and a warm bed, dressed, and step- stirred imaginations and northeast and moving toward tanks." sort of cloudy below the top of
ped outside his home to get a brought squarely into focus ped outside his home to get a brought squarely into focus Alton and Lawrenceburg. The Alton and Lawrenceburg. The In the top of the radiant ob- the thing. It resembled a white-
breath of clear, morning air and i again the highly controversial again the highly controversial whole thing had a radiant, blu- whole thing had a radiant, blu- ject she saw no other lights. "I ject she saw no other lights. "I bluish cloud. saucer-shaped at
i do a few household jobs before debate on unidentified flying ob- ish cast, a sort of soft radiance " ish cast, a sort of soft radiance" drove out to the Lawrenceburg the top. It didn't look as if it
K he started to work in the Capi- jects, UFO's. The woman's deseription fit- The woman's description fit- Road and there it was, right in were moving too much to me...
tal City. tal City. In Shelbyville the night of In Shelbyville the night of ted, almost exactly, the picture f ted, almost exactly, the picture front of me. I wasn't frightened. , more like it was coming down more like it was coming down
. At 6:30 a.m. it was still dark. At 6:30 a.m. it was still dark. Sunday. January 15, a high of an alleged unidentified fly- just fascinated. I feit sure tne out of the sày." of an alleged unidentified fly- just fascinated. I feit sure tne out of the shs."
The stars twinkled in a near- school youth called his school i ing object taken by an amateur top of it was a solid form of ing object taken by an amateur top of it was a solid form of By the clock in her home. it By the clock in her home. it
12,1 2,7 cloudless sky. principal to report sighting a photographer in Pennsylvania in photographer in Pennsylvania in something." something." was 6:35 a.m. the same morn-
Suddenly, there it was, some- bright light moving erratically bright light moving erratically the summer of 1966. the summer of 1966. Rough estimates based on the ing and another woman, friend Rough estimates based on the ing and another woman. friend
thing in the sky which. he said, southeast of the Shelby County "I know I saw it. I'm not time she had it in sight and and co-worker of the sisters-in-
resembled a greengascons resembled a drean UaSOOS seat. crazy " she said crazy," she said. the distance from the noint at law walked out of her home to the distance from the point at law. walked out of her home to
cloud A relative of the man Early Wednesday morning The top of the ohject was which she first saw it and lost start her car.
saw the same phenomena. three women. two of whom are saucer- haped and coming from it indicate the object was mov- "At first I tho-ight a nouse
"I didn't give it much thought related. were up carly. it in a fundel-ataped pattern to ing at something less than 100 was on fire when I saw this
at the time, thinking perhaps it One was actually on her way ward the ground was the radi- m p.h bight. Then I called my family
was a cloud being reflected by home from work. She stepped ant blue light. "My brother is a pilot and to come outside. All of us saw
the sun." into her car. drove down an ac- "It didn't make any noise that he has a friend who was killed it. for about 20 minutes. To me
(The identity of the nan is cess road and turned onto the I could determine but I had all trying to follow something like it was shaped something like a
being withheld at his request. Lawrenceburg Road at a spot the windows of the car shut this in a plane. I've never seen horseshoe. something rounded
But the State Journal knows about two miles from Frankfort. tight. It moved along steadily. anything like it before. It mow at the top with this bluish color
him to be a trained observer, There it was, something in with no vibration, no roiation. ed along. gently, in a straight light coming down from it."
and a person whose reliability the sky. "It was shaped at the I had it clearly in vew all the line. My sister-in-law saw it "'It was no cloud. It had sub-
is unquestioned.) top like a saucer. round. flat. way home, ahont a l0 minute too" stance." she stated. "and it
He was to see this object a and lights coming from it cast ride. When I got to my house The woman spotted the objcet (Turn To Page 16. (olumn 4)

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Know I'm Not Crazy, I Saw It
(Continued From Front Page) there i was again, just south
wasn't too far off the ground,. of the four-lane highway be- ed as a "straight-A" student A hig: sehool youth, describ-
how far I can't say." tween Versailles and Frankfort. had called the school principal
The early-morning sky was I stopped the car, walked to report a bright light moving
clear. Nothing marred it except across the road and stared at eratically just southeast of
the object, steadily moving in it. This time I viewed it as one Shelbyville.
a southwest direction. might in trying to identify, or The young man said the mov-
The three ladies told very few describe an unidentified flying ing light was elongated in
people about their experience. object. There was little if any shape, aimost cylindrical in
Like many others who see movement to it. It had the shape form.
such phenomena in the sky, ob- of a bal oon, the type used many A fex r oinents after spotting
jects they can't explain jects. they can't explain or or years ago the hot-air filled bal- the first light, another joined it. the first light, another joined it.
identify, they tend to remain loon and gondola attached. It Both hovered over one spot of
quiet for fear of ridicule. had a light green color and I es- the roiling countryside then dis- the rolling countryside then dis-
Two days earlier, the man timate was somewhere between
whose reliability as a witness 750 and 1,000 feet in altitude." appeared, almost as quickly as
to most any event can searcely to most any event can scarcely For 20 minutes be stared into they came into view.
be questioned, and who had seen the sky. "The object definitely the sky. "The object definitely The youth's call was made
a puzzling object in the sky, had no cabin-like top to it; about 9 p.m. Just over an hour about 9 p.m. Just over an bour
climbed into his car to drive the there were no other lights sur- later a power failure lasting
few miles to Frankfort, and his ed much the same as a balloon few miles to Frankfort, and his rounding it. Again, it was shap- about 50 minutes placed most
job. ed much the same as a balloon of the city in darkness. Just be-
The sky was still dark. At with a soft, greenish glow." fore the power went out, a soft,
6i30 he had seen somcthing re town revorted sighting a simila 6130 he had seen somcthing re- State Policemen in Elizabeth- blue light was reported in the
sembling a green, gaseous town reported sighting a similar tion. vicinity of Shelbyville's sub-cta-
cloud. But he dismissed it al- object, at the same time of the
most entirely as a reflection morning. on the same day. For three days residents of
from the sum, smoke from a The night before, Sunday, Shelbyville reported to the news-
chimney or smoke coming from ries of sightings of imidentified January 15, the first in the se- paper and radio station there
a tobacco stripping rom. objects in the sky came from the spotting of hghted objects in
As he drove along U.S. 60, Shelbyvi'le. the sky. Many wore described
as horseshoe shaped

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INF OMATION OSTAINED FROM PIG EQLIN AFB FLCRIDA, REVEALED THAT INF OMATION OSTAINED FROM PIG ELIN AFB FLRIDA, REVEALED THAT
A TWO STAGE NIKE-IROGQUOIS RCKET CONTAINING VAPCRIZED BARRIUM A TWO STAGE NIK KE-IRUGQUOIS ROCKET CONTAINING VAP CRIZED BARRIUM
PAYLOAD WAS RELEADE AT AlTITUDE FRoM THE AERCSpACE FACilITY AT PAYLOAD WAS RELEADE AT THE AER OSPACE FACILITY AT
SANTA ROSO ISLAND, EGLIN AFB FLCRIDA, AT 0640 HOURS EST, 16
JANUARY 1957, HICH WOULD PREOUCE VAPCRIZED CLOUD, LIGHT GREEN
IN CQL.CR, WITH TINGES GF RED ANO DARK BLUE THE VAPOR CLOUD
FORMED AN ELONGATED PATTERN ALONG THE LINE OF THE EARTHS
MAGNETIC FIELD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN VISIBLE FCR 30O MILES OR
MORE I NONE  NO KNOM AIRCRAFT IN GENERAL AREA AT TIME
OF SIGHTIMG K POSITION TITLE AND COAMENTS OF THE PREPARING
OFFICER: MR HOWARD Q BOWEN INVESTIGATOR SECURITY PQLICE
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GREEN IN CQLCR, WITH TINGES F RED AND BLUE, WAS OBSERVD BY
MANY PECPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA AS WELL AS I MACON, GECRGIA, 18
MILES NCRTH OF ROZINS AF& ALL DESCRIBED THE CLOUD TO BE A
VAPQR TRAIL SHAPED IN DIFFERENT AND COLORS DESCRIBED
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AS LIGHT BLUE, LIGHT GREEN, WITH RED AND DARK BLUE, ALL
PERSONS WHO OBSERVED THE VAP R CLOUD DESCRIBED IT TO BE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST OF ROBINS AFB AND REMAINED VISIELE FTR ABQUT 20 ANd SOuTHWEST OF ROBinS Af B AND RemAINEd viSieLE FtR ABQUT 20
MINUTES IT IS THE OPINICN OF THE PREPARING OSFICER THAT THE MINUTES IT IS THE OPINICN OF THE PREPARING OsFICER THAT THE
OBJECT OESERVED WAS THE VAPOR CLOUD FROH THE NIKE-IROGQUOIS OBJECT OBSERVED WAS THe VAP O L OUD FROH THE NIKE-IROGQUOIS
RoCkET WHICH WAS RELEASED FreM SANTA rOsO IslAND, EGin AFB,
FLORIDA AT 3540 CST,1 16 JAWUARY 1967.
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16 JAN 67
MEMO for the Record:
Contact was made with I Public Affairs Office, NASA, at Cape Kennedy,
Florida in regards to
missile firings on or about the time of the sighting.
Contact was made with the PIo at Cape Kennedy, Florida in regards to any
Air Force missile firings on 16 Jan 67 on or about O60o EST. There were
no Air Force missile firings to account for the sighting.
Contact was I made with PIO at Eglin AFB, Florida in regardsto the
observance of UFOs in the Nossouri, area. Eglin AFB has beon
launching missiles up into the upper atmosphere. At approximately
MILIS 100 in altitude there would be a cloud release. This cloud would have
drifted towards the north. The colors were a light green tinged with drifted towar osth. The colors wer .ight green tinged with
red and blue. Eglin had received reporte from Tennessee and North Eglin had received reporte from Tennessee and North
Carolina in regards to the observation. They(Eglin AFB) said that the Carolina in regards to the observation. They(Eglin AFB) said that the
clouds should have been visible up to about a 300 mile radius. The clouds should have been visible up to about a 3oo mile radius. The
missile was launched at O548 CST i6 Jan 67. missile was launched at O548 CST 16 Jan 67.

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CHEMICAL LAUNCHES CONTINUE
EGLIN AFB, Fla., Jan. 17--A chemically produced vapor cloud
due to the second and third
Launch Facility on Santa Rosa Island.
followed The final two launches are scheduled
Both launches Monday evening were very successful according to
Mr. Marshall C
an elongated pattern along
in a
northernly direction and was visible for 30 minutes.
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