Arkansas — November 1951

Category: 1951  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1951-11-7011907-Arkansas.pdf
Keywords: oosenvatioh, tlnlloon, h111ult, parfment, juarters, oigtr, jncjj, sslften, sciup, irjci, igutti, zirnutb, earln, lmrpl, dcfine, mlaty, lobulnr, lcvatora, funclae, vinen, istnnco, orticf, ttltcd, lligpy, tiltjng
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PI<OJcCT 10073 RECO~D CA~D 2. LOCI.'(IOH 12. CONCLU:iiONS 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ..t. TYPE OF OOSEnVATIOH . O ' Groun d- Vi suo! Cround-Rodur tlAir-Viauol 0 Air- l n b rcc.p t Rod tr 7. LENGTH OF OBSt:RVATION e. NUM3ER OF ODJ EC rs 9. COURSt: \Ins B alloon ProLobly U alloon o;:.iMy tlnlloon Wo, Airc raft Prob"~l y Aircra ft a ~i 1.1 y Ai rcr(Jh Prababl'l A:;trono mic:ol Possibly Astronomlcol lnsufficio"t Data for (valuation 10. BRIEF SUM~ARY Oi-SICHTIHO 11. COMJ.4F.NTS O~'j':Ct rc:f]Jct .. tJ ;. ll!;'rL.: :'.<;i f i t. Jit~hL lr.vc }/:~lL..,t;d Oh j '"!ct i..ravr.l i.n~ ~t. n. tr . Ltdo:; ~;p~dd ( ,;!" crl Dl:f',,H111UlT 01 Till 1\1!! f-OI:CE H Cl\11QU/\Hl Ub UNil fl> STATF S /\If? rORCr \'1 \'oiii:.C.TOto au tr,, l .trlt'&" r D E PARfMENT OF THC AIR FORCE HEAD(JUARTERS UNITFD S TATES Air~ WASHINGTON !JNCU\SSIFlED THI: I .. :JPII:CfO" DI:Ht."' L UIJA,. 10tH OIGTr~ICT Of''F"ICE OF' SPECIAL INV1:.!3TI::iATION"' i"l ,l' i. l I l.l.c~;ii: ~JNCJJ\SSlftEn TIFE ( Local): 0 /l) sou;~n: :!o.1c /.LTITUDZ : 'l.t;L~CGl V~ AC1l 0~ OR COl~ i!J!TS : "o J.'.ll"r.co' ' c DF.SCIUP'.:'I O:I OF IrJCI DE:~T: S IGUTTI;G IJJ\R-BSL!, SI!AI~ AT DURAr;co, ~c:XAs, lZ.OVJ:;HBER 11 ' ' I saw two obJc:cto at about 75 olav. and 20 o zirnutb, rnov.tng rapidly 1n an ESE direction, nt apparen tly nt a V\Jry r;roat h 3 i ght. Both verc tho nnne s!zo, n o t npr.earln g n llic, brl~ht, or e lmrpl y dcfinE'd, but of a fuzzy mlaty, r agged -ede-:!d cloud -likP. appca ranee, cloud-p,ray in color roue-,hly r;lobulnr, witr..out. ~lcvatora, funclae~, vinen, etc., or any char- acteristics of an inflated or deflated balloon or n ircrnft. T'ney tUti'\ble;d ove r each o thcr vertically cve1~ 3 or 4 aecondo, holdin g the o~me or~pa ond rng~ed outlines, alvaye otay- iog the oar.to d istnnco apart, held togeth e r 'trJ a taut, wi.opy e;rny band rar.1ed and i1- . rcgu"..Ar 1n width, of the oo.me cloud-like structure and color ao the two objects . After rot.D.tine v orticF\lly for about 40 sccondo, they ttltcd to th3 right untll th~y rotated horizontally; after 15 or 20 occ., t i lted up until vertical roto.tion 'WOO renw~erl . happen e d 3 or 4 tim~o vlth the lliGpy connecting band V\u~ a n-l vioible nt all an~lcn during tiltJng and rototion. 'Dle motlon3 dupl teat~ e::;:nctl.y a bsr-boll be1ng turne d ond-ovc r -end vcrtic~lly, ! then til te~l olo .. ll.y until rota tinp; horizon til lly action ontl rnovenent contint:ed toward ECr: to about 40 elev"\tion and at 95 azimuth when for-l \lard motion ol owed do\111 oo :e wha t , but with th. ; regularity of the ro'l\ tiona r em" inine; tho onno, when t h'.ly turned nh!lrply in n rr.at.ter of 2 or 3 sec. tmmrcl tho Will to about 75 nzlmuth, ap- parently still on a level cource ... tha objec t o dld not .cl iralniRh :In pcrBpecti v o or vis lbil t t y as is alway~ uo l in vio~Jng r cced:fng object~.