PROJECT BLUE BOOK

CARD
2LOCATION CONCLUS.ONS
Was 5al a.
000 Probosly Balloon
cais OL: TYPE OF OBSERVATION PossiblyAelioun
2015 Ground-Visual C Groung-Radar Wos Actail
COG Probably Arcre::
ONT 0215. CArV.sual D Air-lntercep: Redar Poss.bvA reret
5. -ROTUL . SOURCE Wos Astronon.cal
Yes 000 Probebly Astronom.cal
XNo Possialy Astranemieal
7. LENGTN OF ODSERVATION 6. NUNSER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE n0 Other
insvificrent Data far
15 minutes 1 CacUnknown
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Green color Ellipticel light shape. Hsd tall, reen end orbited counter
Crbited, very fast, tail, hovered. clockvise - coc 15 ninutes.

1
39 5EP 52
Los Angles- BalboA
Hypno6n
Second Officer Ove B. Petersen of the American S. S. Union
Sulphur, Cr  Helge Westerling, Master, reports ' t at 1000
G. M. T.. S. mber 29, 1952, in lat. 1852' N., lon. W..
on a voyage from Los Angeles to Balboa he observed a meteor
of unusual brilfiance and color. It appeared at an n approximate
altitude of 4o° bearing 140 with a hard blue light which changed
to green, then exploded in a red burst at 5° altitude bearing 125°.
Its brilliance was sutficient to illuminate the area for 2 to 3
seconds.
Weather partly cloudy, wind calm, barometer 29.98 inches, air
temperature emperature 85 F.
.
. .
1
371919

1 - 15 OCTO HTINGS
DATE LOCATION CRSERVER EVALUATION
1 Shaw AB, S.C. UNINDENTIFIED
_Pascagdols, Mississiyni Multiple UNLNDENTIFIED
-Morgistown, Tenn. Multiple AIRCRAFT
-Albay, New York BALLOON
Kent, England INSUSFICIENT DATA
HMSONN Lake Charles AFB, La. BALLOON
-Andierson AFB, Guam Multiple BALLOON
-Riviera France Military AIRCRAFT
-Alomogorido, New Mexico UNINDENTIFIED
-Keflavik, Iceland Multiple BALLOON
9 Brooks AFB, Texas Multiple BALLOON
10 Manston England BALLOON
10 Presque Isle AFB, Maine Military ASTRONOMICAL
10 Otis AFB, Massachusetts Otis AFB, Massachusetis Multiple UNINDENTIFIED
11. 11. East Moline, Ill. Enst Moline, Ill. INSUFFICIENT DATA
12 -Atlantic City, New Jeyse. BALLOON BALLOON
12 -Hillcrest Heights, Md. -Hillcrest Heights, Md. Military BALLOON
12 12 Hungnaa, North Korea Hungnad, North Korea Military Other(GROUND LIGHTS)
13 Bladenburg, Md. Bladenburg, MA 1 2 AIRCRAFT
13 York Pennsyvnia York Pennsyvnia INSUFFICIENT INSUFFICIENT DATA ATA
11 14 Provincetown, Mass. ·Provincetown, Mass.
(CARD MISSING)
14 -Zani, New Mexico -Zani, Now Mexico 4 4
15 15 -Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York New York
(CARD MISSING) (CARD NTSSTNG)
15 Achiya A Japan RADAR) Other (ANOVALOUS PROP)
15 Mopenell, Virginia AIRCRAFT
ADDIT CAS3S)
DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION
Oct Central Ohio News Clipping
Paciric (ulest) News-Clipping
A-C Pasific Ocean Nevs Clipping
-West Pacifie News Clirping
Peciric Nevs Clippin.
9 Pacirie News Clilping
11. Pacifie Oeeen News Clipping
11 Paclrie News Clipping
11 Peaific News Clipoing
11 Atlanbic New Cliwping
15 Bay of Ben_al Maws Clippiny
"

PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
I. GENERAL
DATE LOCATION
Local:
Zebra:
WAS OSJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? CIes No
Nakod Eye
Binoculars
Telescope
Theodolite
5. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? O Y0s ENo
CBy One Sot
By Two Sets
By Three Sets
WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR? O Yos No
A/C Observed Object
(lInterception Attempted
ClNo Intercept Attempted
WORE AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT? Yes
A/C Scrambled
Visual Contact Made
A/I Contact Made
CiNo Contact Mado
S. DID OBJECT CHANGE DIRECTION AT ANY TIEE? G Yes No
CNormal GtNormal
ClViolent
WAS A IT", WAS IT: ( Blinking
Standy
10, 10, LEl HI LiI-S LI-S Seconde Seconde
1-5 Mimutes 01-5 Mimutes
Over 10 Mnutes 152in
li. RE JON it Number and Mailing Number and gAddress Address
II. ASTRONOMICAL DATA
12. WHA NUTED?
Uukmu
13. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO ARCH DCMNNARD? LI Yes No
1. DID OBJECT HAVE A TAIL? Wes No
15. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO DISINTEGRATE? L1 Yes ENo
16. TIM OF SIGHTING RELATIVE TO SUNRISE OR SUNSET
Night
Day
Suarise
Sunaet
III. AIRCRAFT DATA
T. VERE NOTED AREA? Yes
One Aireraft
3 More Than Ona Aireraft
WAS ANY Ye3
FA3 C.AS
AfI0 Test Form 334 (13 Aux 52)

30
IV. BALLOON DATA
21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? cres No
22. TIME SINCR SCHEDULED BANA SE: Shrs +15 Mnutes
23. IBLE SIGHTING:
Lizhted? Describe
Location Type Launching Agency Yes No Lighting
a. Pibuis Aws white
Dant Bung Pae BEB
b.
c.
d.
attach overlay
V. EVALUATION
EL. EVALUATION OF SOURCE: REPORT:
Excellent Cood
Good Fair
rFair Poor
Poor Insufricient to Evaluate Insufricient to Evaluate
Unreliable
Extremely Doubtrul Extremely Doubtful
Hoax Y
Was Balloon Was Astronorical
Balloon 00 Probably Ans Ans nomical nomical
Balloon D Possibly Att.nomical
Was Airoraft Was Airoraft Other Other
Probably Alreraft
Possibly Aircraft aluation
Unknown
24. COMENTST
AF Frm 112 fullaning
AriC Tast Fori334 (13 Aug 52)

9,000 70,000
10,000 75,000
12,000 80,000
14,000 85,000
16,000 90,000
18,000 95,000
20,000 100,000
5. WAS AN INVERSION LAYER NOTED? Yes No
(If yes, at what altitude? 1
6WERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS 3NOTED IN AREA? Yes No
(Is yes, at what quadrant?
7. CLOUD COVER: 8. VISIBILITY WAS
tenths at feet. MILES.
feet. tenths at feat.
APIC Test Form 333 (13 Aug 52)

MAKING OBSERU MAKING OBSER
CMA RESERVE FIRST LIEUTENANT CMA FIRST LIEUTENANT CMA
ORDNANCE CMA LIBRARIAN HO SMCLN MR SMCLN MR AND MRS TRAVIS
T c 5 5 - 203
ON TWO ZERO ONE FIVE TO TWO ZERO
248p
FARTIALLY Y CLOUDY CMA CLOUDS FORMED
3

20=721
RA220
WPB182LYDC147E ACTION
WE028
VDC1S6
JESDF 590
PP JEPLG JEDEN JEDWP JEPHQ 444
DE JESDF 52
P 011445Z ZNJ/
M-USAF AGOS IGHLAND PINES INN SOUTHERN PINES NC
TO JEPLG/CG T.
JEDEN/CG ADC ENT AFBCOLO 4
JEDWP/CHIEF AIR TECH OHIC
INFO JEPHO/DI INFOY JEPHC/D WASH DC
SAF AGOS 0476 REUR LTUSAF LTR AFOIN-C/CG-2 SAF AGOS 0476 REUR LTUSAF LTR AFOIN-C/CG-2
GREEN SWIFTLY MOVING LICHT ELIPTICAL WITH HA LONGISH TAIL PD
THIS OBJECT ORBITED COUNTER CLOCKWISE IN A CIRCULAR COURSE PD
SPEED VARIABLE BUT ALWAY VERY FAST PD OBJECT BEST CBSERVED IN THE
NEAR ARC PAREN LEFT TO RIGHT PAREN CMA AT THE FAR ARC IT WAS
LESS FREQUENTLY SEEN PD LIMITED VISIBILITY BY TREES PRECLUDED
OBS OF FULL CIRCLE PD CCULD NOT FOLLW WITH SEVEN EXTRA FIFTY
BINOCULARS PD BJIECT TOPPED APPEARED ELIFTICAL MINUS TAIL
CMA RESUMED NOTION WAS INSTANTANEOUS PD WHILE MOTIONLESS CMA

DEGREES PD FIRST APPEARANCE WAS SUDDEN LIKE METEORITE CMA 2
DISAPPEARANCE THE SAME PD INTEL COMMENT COLN OBSERVER RELIABLE
CMA HIS DISTANCE FROM OBJECT UNKNOWN PD THE EFFECT LEFT IMPRESSION
OF LIGHT RATHER THAN MASS CMA COLOR IS DESCRIBED AS SOFT GREEN
WHILE ON NEAR SIDE OF ITS ORBIT LEFT TO RIGHT WAS FREQUENT AS
THE TIME REQUIRED TO SAY ONE THOUSAND ONE PD SERVER
5515
1702
0115=
III
PAGE THREE ESDF 52 PAGE THREE :ESDF 52 1.
2 9 - -
U 9 C
FOXTROT ZERO NINET FOXTROT ZERO NINE T NINE CMA
-
FORM ONE ONE TWO FOLLOWS PD END
01/19162 JESDF
24-x
ACTION
al
of

4 Observer at home (had been asleep when neighbor's alarm
clock awakened him). Saw object from reclining position at 600
elevation. Object at 45 elevation when it disapceared behind
a building. Faced westward and observed object
Weather was threatening out no rain. Object darke low hanging
clouds.
professional, Consulting professional, Consulting Engineer, Engineer,
Crover Park, Grover Park, Washington, D. C., reliability Washington, reliability
unknown. Observer viatbly shaken shaken throughout throughout conversation. conversation. Formerly Fornerly
in Air Force in in Air Force in 4 lar ar Time may have bee Time may have be as had just had just
awakened.
a
General:
Impression of snape very vague. Impression of snape very vague. Viewed fron rear with no Viewed fron rear with no
definable definable shape but had inpression impression that that it may it may have had wings. have had wings. Cloud
base at 3,000 feet, ubject may have been higher. Observer kept
emphasising that objeet was very fast and dark making noise.
(5=z 17 J00y, 1952, SiLvER SpRN0s, Mo.)
7-3712-19

The objects ver color traveled
She
said she was witching them elosely, then suddenly they weren't
there. They mace noise, left trail and eered to
mueh lower altitu much lower alti tu the plane. the plar They did not appear have
any kind. The obiects The ourse was hbrizon- was horizon-
talix talix and they traveled southvest at a steady speed. and the veled southvest at a steady speed Elevation
70-75 degrees of sighting, and objects vere in sight
about 3 to Three of Miss student: the
was conducting also saw-the diect The
following is etch as miss drew it, showing : approxi-
mate shape an vel formation of wo objects She said
they definitely
o wis
EA4
7-37
9-