Casper Wyoming — March 1953

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Keywords: casper, jeplg, flyobrpt, falls, oartl, ovllle, ujicl, silili, rastin3, colllti, olcvatio, qucstion, headin0, wl9ss, cllsk, iinrch, ourtlands, rthwhilo, liewfounclland, iortp, ehile, 7arch, iocturnnl, lcnnd, pprojir
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1. DATE TIMI CROU' Ci v:~ l.t.::n NUMIIR 0' OIJICTI 6. TYPE Of OISIRVATIOM 9. PHYSICAl. EVIDIMCI 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION AND ANALYSIS tv A-T ~ o rv 1'1 c 0 u NIY ft'( f!.. ro~T And now to the 2nd h.Jtch; of 26 '.:arch !)J: In the 2l'd "uatch, only 2 are Venus: l.3{oartl~ovllle) uJICl l((capl) V1 ra~ent.) l',...ch. TheM ~-s a po~siLili ty tl,nt nlso th13 15 {;1rch C"'!r..1any, tmr; t.he1 ~l.i:r Sirius. !'ost. intt:rastin3 to me 1 s r:\r~h 18, r!llliar.iS A:;'j,. ~,hj s ono COlllti he a r('tzcl r.r\.l'a~e. ~:rould le ~.nt.P.r~stinr. to h-no;r olcvatio above hor1 zon. '.!o\ad he int.Pi .. c3 t inr t.o havo qucstion..,.ire filled out on t.h:i n onfl!. I f tho headin0 had he en 270 inst,rJbd or 90~, thea~ mifht. very l'lo!:!ll h.r~ve be~n Sun<loe~. t!y Wl9SS if',hO\'le,t:r, t hal, t.his \.af' so~ne sort. o.r tneteor~lo:.:ical phenomena. Nmt ;lS to thea remai.nit?r, the 2.3 ln rch Ca.CJper could have been a met~or if the ra~ort,ed 2 nrl nntes is in er~or. Fm.r lar;:P. 'iiSS the cllsk? Do~Js C".lti t,udc h c r u refor to elevation? ~!hat is :tour Oj.>inic.,1 of t.his one? The 15 iinrch r.ourtlands could hnve be\.!n a meteor. observation see:ns to make fo) lC':-un not '.';t"rthwhilo Thf" short t"i..r.1e of The l9'1!arch liewfounclland co~e iA very interestin~, hut only on~ obs~rv~r. The tar:t that the measured cetl~ ng was 2700 feet puts a li:.rt t Jl'nC to height. l;'ere there any \'li t.'les~cs? If so this r:ouJ.rl be '\iOrtP".'ehile followinc U!). The 18 ~.7arch Great F~.llo, !ont., ~.~ivcs us another ~iocturnnl Lcnnd~rin('; ?.,i!:llt Can 11 balloon be ruled out? I think a que~tiona5.re hP.r~ \'fould be A.pprojir~P.te. ~aybe you ought. to stc-tton a ~i1ecial otserver at Crept Falls! The 19 l.!arch Tana\randu has insuffleicnt d?..ta. The 21 l~:arr.h Elmira is quite interesting b,tt observed only .g, ~\r ~cconds. I dont see this o.ne. how I.len~el can explain the 13 !o!rch J!BwelJ. /.FR has in:ii.!fficj.cnt cvtceL.ce. the 14 !\~arch UreonviJJ e, could be a balloon. In both be.tches th~1e are 3 cas ! should personally like to follow up. Those are Shaw AFB, 5 Harch; Y!ms AFD 18 ! ~arch; and 18 )~arch Grea.t Falls. !Jy plan, Lieutenant, is to c-onc~P,t.rate on relativly fo-.: casP.~ that show promise o! affording sci~ntific dR. . I purposelyrt vrant to k~ep the nn-:1ber of casf~ d0\1n for ii=~ ob,~ous reason~ of tinte limitation. If it becoM~s possible to obtain the service~ of one fu1J. tirr1e as~istAnt, th2n I could A.~sign certain follo''' \lp job~ which v;ould facilitat'3 Matters a ~reat deal. I hope we can discuss thc~c Rnt:! other m:1.tter~ at your visit here 22 April. EeEtt '.'fishes, Sincerely. P.S. Any further -.mrd on tl!e ?ort l:.ustr~n Case of 17 b? I ~houlC. 2ppreci.r\t.~ t.<1l~.ine trl.th Dr. ::C\pl:t'l concerninL the l"en~el plan. JEPKQ 8081 PP JEDEN JEDWP JEPLG 333 DE JEPHQ GJ1A FM ::Q USAf WASHDC { . TO JEDN/CGAIRDEFCOM EN~FB COLO JEDWP/CHIfATIC WRIGHT P~RSON AFB OHIO JEPLG/CGTAC LANGLEY AFBVA FROM AFOIN 43347 THIS HQS IS IN RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING FLYOBRPT REPORT FROM CASPER CMA WYn~ING CMA WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY ADDRESSED CMA AND ISQUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND ACTION. "FLYOBRPT A LARGE SINGLE ORANGE DISK NO TRAIL NO SOUND MOVING VERY RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER NATRONA COUNTY AIRPORT CASPER WYOMING ~ND DISSAPPEARED BEHIND-CASPER MOUNTAIN PD TIME OF SIGHTING 2000 HOURS MST 23 ~MARCirTOR-APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES PD THE OBSERVATION WAS VISU~L~aY THREE PERSONS STANDING ON GROUND AT ADOVE AIRPORT PD 42 DEGREES 56 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE 106 DEGREES 27 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE PD. ALTITUDE OF OBJECT VERY LOW PD \~EATHER CLEAR TEMPERATURE 24 WIND SE 5 KNOTS AIR TRAFFIC IN AREA FRONTIER FLIVT SIX 1930 HOURS MATS 2'66 ~03 PD CO DETACHMENT FOUR FOURSEVESVENT REE GRDOBSRSQDN" t-dquta..-.Arl ::~\14 ~,.A4tsa t..lr :-era ins ~ .1D -the ~ looat.:Joe. tvi~t.i bd . a.t ~\ !:.r"tV"Jl Lfl 't11tl i~t\J?A .. } h rl'S ~tMr vi tnes :1 b"!'Ml ~id.t. ~h clJJ-' i:e=-.r ""' ~ortoa o'tv ~he au. 1144 a :~ ios. t,> tM :.~ aM ..:.Quth thM t'\U't-pr tarld u t:t tU .. ~m;,t ~illlfJ ~4'\. tn.l h-w ti oc.e ,-mj .. \ tba\ 1 o"t. ot t~'!l ordinat':7 1. DATI TIMI GROU' ) . SOURCI 4. NUMIIR OP OaJICTI 5. LENGTH OP OIIIRVATION 9. PHY$1CAL EVIDENCI 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION AND ANAL Ylll \l'"l'l ' Jtrr:c'ill\. couru ,, -lr' )on~1 G RDOBSiL)Q DN C. '"ri~, c;etd ~ r'Circct..i.oft ol t.~ objoot, ~nt c:m'Wll~ l a ~ nA...,.. !'\'- ~1 J:f tbtt !nell 1:::~1Y~-.i CtM 1a Q 1'TU.e.ri~ ot ~ QQitr!t!"ee- t.l~ tia ~ t..~ ~IS"sl!fliod Gt>yrl._ :'I! v ~Mt tt.- 1Z t.'l.. c.nt en t t\i ;;-) nt.r.hwa.-1:o r;.ot.st.r.-oa\ du--c~ion bl& r : 8~"!~ntl:T ~d~t-.,&1 !1~.e ;:iasr.:t e l,L~ ~aJd r.Jink elf ~ Cl ~1lll\ !.:.~G "ut. l:Jct~ a ~ Llll)WLf ba' ~ c...t. l1dtr\ f;.nd