01 ~lotJrco :ort:1 of C~z..: .r~villB, \}a. Ct:r-tt'1r, Ihyto TJ.' o:-:i 0 . ~ eo ru.t'.r y 1 s t I nd to nre"'e!:Ce S EVALUA TIO ... S EXTRACTED FROM PR.OJECT GRUDc:E REPOHT liir,h p:robe.bll1tra l-air or low probc.bi 1 i t:,r a 8$l.].loon3 o r ord ir.~ry d lroru.rt: a o: r 1 ~!lg bcdies: t1 :so );til :~ou:J ( r fll~t\ons auro:rfll :str !5,. il.on-.st ron.oc...i.J&.i , -d.t~'\ :no a~;>la .. n.t~.tion o,.,-lc! t1t ~ c 't: of rtdeno~ p:r oludQe expl3...."1.8.tlo.a& red u-:ls"'.o . Incident if121 --Cartersville. Geor~ia. --9 January 1948 i'Jnilo the possibility of tr.is object' :1 being e. neteor i~ not rulod out. it so3ns ll!~lH:ely. }.(stoo~s nro not :.:no:rn to bo "li~.ht sky blue,, nor to t1avul so slo.-:ly as indlc~tod. Eo.:- ()Vor. report alGa statos tho.'t ~olor wo.-3 an "intense blue." e.nd .tr peed vmr"' undorasti.Ir.!lted ~or if obJect }-lo.d a. lu.rt;e r.:\dio.l v lnolty o 1aponont --co::dn~ larc;ely "hoad-on"), it mir.;ht po:;- oib J.y b~ l.utorprotod as a firebo..ll. .:.raili.n.~ ty-Je, ClrD J. .. 1~:l8r c o .. cen'7.r:l :Cd o~ 'Jl e !'la~e C , .. cup~ t i on o f r JC:t ics teo c:a.- t ~r t_r ~CLASSifP=o ~130 B8..V t!le obj9o"t f..1rth~r e ridttnue : rter::s, Tl"'.i rd A:rrn.y :10 r ''Ji~l.:i "t-J the F9I has had ur+.her or ora~'ai~l?, cu. that date . c! ob.:ect ~a :r ... t-or-r.~d a~d "':1' r.:usu~l "'atu !.~ c r S \"Jttit repc n '.cd oo n't.rr t:1e d i.H3e.a einR :~conplctoly Suroma.:ry-of Infor:aa +,1 on a A ~ellable g oYernment ag'ncy adviaed tha~ an 1dnt1!1ed burning o')J~c~ ~ sighted :Torth of Cart.,rsvills, G~(')rgia, t o1 inigh.t., Ja.n,;aary- q 13.1.8. ~ '!)llot, Za3tern i:rlines, ad7isd that :) n the ll- :!lt o f J 9, a~ mid;1i~hi, .. ha~ _e a.nd C()-'llol, !l.cd. ,ut-3el" on ~a3tsrn .\.!::-ll:u~a r.m o +;ween Ch&rlo~te, N ):"jh .;a.rQlina. a.nd \lanta. Georgia, oba.trv d, a~ th ti e nd d, .n ,~, ~ct ! :fing pa t 11 '..r pl r,~ g'lin.g a.p:pro~i:natal:,r ~ 0 m.p.b. n.~ ir:ci d nt occ ~r d :~o:-';h of CR.r-: ersvill.,, Georgia., n.t p"Oro:till&t4(1)17 :1,, ,() f,.. ribe objsct tnich. aa bri::;'h~l7 ligh~ed, -'lcl.n;ad O"f'n 3-'C ::l. t 11 a.-;ree angle. .lo ->ne hAd a go o d l~ok .a:\ the oojec~ ~u~ 'Dll.bot 'I-31~ i ~ .,a a r~eke\ of n me tn> inaJmuch a s 1 t ~a :!DQV 1 n-: p r ll l ~'i ~h the 'Pl ntt md had blu1 'lh flame coing O'l.~ of .t;he r"'ar.