Ground-Visual A brilliant vM te light aighted b7 n people in Darlington aDd I Wise. Object appeared lov in the Eastern sky and rose to approx eoo elevation be!ore disappearing. Reported by aoa e to be traveling enraael.7 tast and lighted up la~dscape. Was AaWuiiau1 cel-Vemaa 1. personnel (Lt am con- tract ) a 'l'DI trip to the sightjug area on 17 Jun SJ. 2. Fraa inter1oga tion it di accwered object very closel7 paralleled C0\4'Se ot V emus on ll Ma7 SJ. Info\ .. n t..i. on C:1l;.r (::n Case . Cnurca : OSI (!:i~) PLYING SAUOBRS . RlCCBN~ AUSTHI\:L.IAN SIGH'iil-lQS -aourtea7 ot }.ir.K.R~Jarrold Pres. ,A.F.S.B Austra lia Captain B.L",Jonea an A.!l.A.pilot,reported by radio that a a transe. ob~eo.t ,like a lignted .slaae dome"waa Jjlanoe~ring around. hie' plane, just aouth 9~. the oity. At 6.oa p. m, he. reported tc, ciVIL . AVIATION De 'artmant Oontl'ol TO\!er in J{aoktar, tho. ob~eot. manoeuvred a-, .. :round,hie ane a pc3 airliner, then aroeaect his p~tb _.~d .~1aappere4 ! ~ oheck tth t&o. control tower at thtt airport ahoWea that there were no other airoratt in the vicinity. Nr. w . overell,who.~aa in charge ot the control towcr,aaid ho saw tho light appa~ntly olimbing from about 4flOOor 5()00tt.weat at a terrif'io rata,untill it vanishad, 1 on~ Captain Jonea who::~till hacS. it uncSer. obaerv.ation then,eai,d. it n orosaed hie path again .. nea~ .Freshwater Point. , . . :,'rant .. Hines a radio operator,saw lt again at 3 am, the '.follow- ing morning 'at tii'~t aa a _light to iioawai-4, Thoro We're no pl.~nea ... nbout h.t anid,an~ ~uzzleC,he awitt:S~e~ O'f.t.i;he lighta in.the radi~ rcom 1n oNJer to aee it bette~ The ob~eet theft aho' ~tM18ht, upw'ellds at territio apeed,an~ vanished. : . . 1 . . . ... I Captain Jones aa14 that he ancS hie second pilot had. watched the object ~OF abo~t . .tlve minutes. There waa nopoaa1bili~7, ~e acSded, . (due ins tha oour.oe ot a .radio broadcast) t~t it could have. been a rneteorlte,the object climbed &ftddived "yet.not er~at1call.7Va~ it's I , speed had varied ~etween 200 and 700 W.P.H.whilat being viewed. Coptatn Jones .aa14 the object did not emit. vapour or Jparke, '' Intor.nn.ti.on Onl: (I~o Casa) Courco 1 CSI (NZ) lB Lay 195:3 Brl :1ha.ne .~u:Jtr:~l i.n B.riab.JD Her. 18, Roo!champton' e meteorological o~tioer whilo plotting the oourae of o calloo~ with a tbeo4ol1te,loonte4 a bright oroaent ahape4 object 1n thct morn ins eq. It appctare4 to bo moT1ng in a aoutherl. direction. ,r. airline pilot, Oapt.o. Hitohoook &lao viewe4 it through th~ 1natr- -unant an~ ,,. ith the nnked e7o. It gaTe the oba~rvera the. impression -.. that it was auapen4ee in apaoe;lt waa aleo glittering and~re~oottng the ear] morning sunlight. .. Ii\fort.a t! on On:cy ( :ro C:lo3) . Courco: CSI (:rz) . . . . A .group ot people at su.rrey hllla yeatord~ reported aee:ing a ~ '. :r~u.r. minu.ta tliepl& by a rookot-11ko ship high 1n the a\tT. It appeared to be 100 rt ~lonsJthe aun lhono br1111~tl7 c4t it's aides.-. A Melbourne r aa14 that thG ob~oatooal4 not ot been a ~eo~J it le 1mpoaa~bl.t ~o. a~oount oYo17 phenomenon o~ the aq or the ob~eota tbat t17 about it. . OBJB<7:8 HAD BIKN SIGHT.BD IN THB CLOS~ f I'~lt!liATB VICINHt Oi' '1'HB :rOLLO'IIIHO AUS'l'RALI1\N J\BRODROLlBS DUBING IL"Y i953 :-lU.aG."'Y, ~OOKNDON, OON'IIi. P .tRl< INDIAN OCL\N 8econd Oftlcer E. Danarler of the American SS. Steel Advocate, Capt. C. R. Fitulmona, Muter, report. the followlna phenolD at anchor in Puaaur River Entrance, E. Pakistan, In brilliant ~n ftuh wu observed in the aky beating 275 true, at an altatude of 16 and moving in a northwesterly direction. The meteor wu vTslble for 2 seconds, then disappeared at an altitude ot4~ bearing ~05 truif,.leavlng a green trail for an addi- 1 second. Wind wes~southwest force 8, alight sea, mod- erate southwest swell. barometer 29.58 inches, temperature air .. a. -nlltiUIT "'lfi NORTH ATLA X TIC Mr. C. M. Torgersen aboard the American SS. Mmio1t L'IJkes, Capt. W. E. AlleyJ.ltlaater, reports that on May 24, 1953, at 0785 G. M. T., in lat. z727' N., lon. 71 87' W., a bright blue-green waa observed near the atar Duble. The meteor dropped ''ertically leaving a blue-green to red colored trail which spread out in fan ahape, and disappeared in an intense ftal"ing red ftaah after. traveraiq 11 are. Surr .. T.r Jtml 1953 SIOtrrirlS OBJ!RVER EVAWATION t-It. V~rnon, N!tv York Cincinnati, Ohio (STRifiGFI!LD)(ItlFO) AnonyrnouB Photo3 llla~gee, Oklaboaaa PH0'0) Aatro (SATURN) (Unable to Locate) Oth~r (HO.!X) . r.evton, Mia~, Lake Char1ea, La. Air Aatro (r on) Other (SC:A~HLIGh'T) San Antonio, Texaa Norvood, Ohio !etbeada, J.Jaeyland North Korea Tl , Oregon Detroit, Michigan Ooo AP'B, Labrador San Antonio, Texas Iov Jima (FOLDSR)(SOOPZ PHOTOS) Key West, Florida Sbavnee, Kanaaa lfaha & Kaden&, Okinawa Pepperell, Bevfoundlan~ Goose AFB, labrador Bracketsville Ha~:~pton !aya, L. I., r.rew York Anna~lio, Y.d, Washingto:t, D. C. Slm!utak, Greenland Cincinnati, Ohio New IDndon, Connecticut \nli te Plain3 Ramore, Ontario, Canada Sscra~nto, California GrouDd (RADAR) Military Air Air Interc3pt RADAR Ground Visual Aatro (ll.eteor) Aatro ( V2NUS) Other (BIRDS) Inaufficient Data Other (Reflection) Other (Anooaloua Ptop) Other (Searchlight) Inaurticient Data 2. UNIDENTIFIED ~aJor Balloon Pilot & Radar Observer tnliDENTIFIED Astro (M~'T;;OR) Other (J3ycholog1cal) Military &Civilian Balloon Air Visual Other ( G~nd Light a) Intercept (RADAR) utTIDSrtr!FIED ( tU li tary) UNID:!:rll'IFIED Civil Airlines (AirVisual) Astro ( :-tETEOR) A/C (CRASH Ili AIR) . L~suff1cient tata Aatro (Moon) Astro (!U~ULUS)