I. DA Tl TIMI GIIOUP I. LOCATKJII S. LING'IM 011 II. alit I, SUMMARY AND ANAL Ylll !hi a oaM reported 1n March-April 1966. S1 nee the act.ul d&htins had. ocCurred 110M ti=e ap it ia almat impossible . to check it out.. Aleo clue to the U.. las the pertinent data probabl beOCII8 clistorted.. 'lberetore this ca .. ia DATI LOCATION SIOIITINCS FOO JULY 1953 31 Creola, Alabua 29 8prinlf1el4, Ohio 26 Darton, Ohio hllla AI' Bue 15 Vuhlnpon, D. C. 15 Da7t0ft, Obio 2' Perrin AP Ba3e, Texaa 2' Central Houae, Aluka 1Ce7 Weat, Plor14a Atlantic Clt7, lfev Jer'l Ottutt AF Baae, lfebruka La Cran4e, Oreson 1Ce7 Veat, Florida 8ber14u, V.,..S.q BrooklJD, llev York Opport\Ull t7 13 Shav AF Baae South Carolina 12 Adrian, Michipn 11 Oodun AI' Baae, Xentuclc7 10 Forreat Cit7 9 Ft. Worth 9 Shepprrcl AP Baae 8 Colville, Probabl7 Astronoaical Meteor ProbablJ Balloon Probabl.7 Balloon -UAR Weather Balloon Inautticient Data Poaaibl7 Balloon Other -Probabl7 aeerchl1sht on Ineuttlcient Data Balloon -UAR Inautticlent Data Probabl7 Aetronoadoal Probabl7 Aircratt Pro'babl7 B.U.lOOil Inauttlclent Data Poaeibl7 Ae Poaaibl7 Balloon Aatronoical Poaeibly Balloon Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircratt Probabl7 Aatronoalcal UNCLASSIFIED Slshtlnge tor the month or Jul7 1953 contlnue4 DA'l'B LOCATIOJ AF Base, Oklaha.a ProbRbl7 Balloon T Atlanta, Oeorsta Other -Hoex 6 Stllltr, Oklahoa 'l'lllker AP Baee Other -Sea~hll&b\ reflection 3 Miclclletown 'l'lpp Clt7, Oblo Reao, ReftMla 'llnar AF B, 2 Shaw AP Baae South Carolina 1 La Oran4e, Ore son 1 R.-re, Ontario, Canada Poaalbl7 Aircrat\ Aa tronom.cal -YerP PoaaiblJ Aircraft ProbablJ Aatrona.ical Poeeibl7 Balloon Probabl7 Aetrono.ical UNCLASSlF\ED 'l'Iat ONLY) '"Oia tbe ...una or 11117 J, Jtu. r~J~l'( the e!-arn~ or s f'IJU J-r :"0 t,a~e !U~ t~lfr.ope tftto rn" "Aekyana :.cd ~kinr ~ look. ~, w.u "'~r'f po-rtul. ~u .watehlnl sc!-t.- ct biaec ~LKJ tr:n.. ov_,r t.: r:toon 1 f:kt, f. :.~ddtt~J1eteckd t:w rtm or "' black .m;t~ b'"SiD to th-otz'ude :..~ t.;"\e 1-l.,., lett e<1p ot the IDWD'I rtJD. V~ .lloWIJ btn ll"ely s' tu erut ~rnr wuil t li'' hT 7 I' cUll WM oompleteJJ ~tilftecl D wu IP_.I Wl&b a of UOUDd Ule outer .s .. Jut a .._.. Jllb&er &be aaOOD'I colar. ... . left to rllb& of .... lftOOil I wu able to take CARD'UL DOtlce four ahauata In the of bumpa on Ita outer ld .. and ahauata wen moYlna 1 .. clock-wile" (II" to rlsht). AI Ule I upp_er exhauat mOYICl to abou' Ule 1 center of &be moon. I wu able to detect a &biD Yapor of da~ aoke &raUJaa UliD ponte Into notbla& Jut u tbe exhaua& nolle daea 01a1 or our enliDN whea The Bl(ayaaapltlt la eoopuatlnc with altronomera who are stuclTlDa "'"tenn. MaJtnen aepM'U thilr ohMrvatlona of theM bodl an a .. tlJ I ltin Ia tiU woak. It Ia ilealnd to haft the Greenwich time ~ poia' of &I':-... 4'zsrance u nacurate 1Y poaible, either by bearinc an4l altitude. or ':t.~--. to btd ~ or botL 1 Coll!fl rnU 011 lonar-endurlntr trllin and their direction of drllt I of ..,.aa1 lmporbl.-. u ta.., deteamlne wind dinctlon In the upper I atmoaplaeie. NORTH ATLANTIC , Fh-st Offtcer A. G. Scarpa of the Panamanian SS. Nastffl.tf, Capt. F. Petilli, Maater, report~ thut on .July 7, 1953, at 0300 G. M. T., in I 12' N., Jon. 741)00' \V., a bril1iant meteor was obser\'ed. 1 The!" teor appeared to !'fart f L-om the constellation of llrsa.llajor "' H!l 'l)Jpl'OXlm&te altitude or 10'J and tra\Pled hmizontally. The hmul of this metoor was yellow-white in color and was considered u bright m l'ctnt8. St-atks ttailed behind for a distance of ap- proximately 10 arc. The plumomenon cxisterl for about 8 sec- OlHls afh,r which it suddenly vanished in the vicinity of Vr.{ln. \\'cathi.:l" clea1, balvmwlbr 80.20 inches, temperature air 77 F., wind S. force 1. ABNORMAL REFRACTION NOJCTII A 1'L.\STIC Second Officer Piero Buatier of the Italian SS. Ewgeraio C, Capt. :f.,. Pieroni, Master, 1cpoats thAt on two occasions, while en route t'rom Genoa to Baltimore, sun ~ai~hts were affected by an abnor- mal horizon depression. On the 18th and 20th July 1953, the 1000 sun sipt, taken by three diJTcJ-cnt obser\'en, was appar- ently in error, and was caraicd over to the noon poaition a." the morning sun line was almost pcrpeonrlirular to the ship's courae. Mr. Buatier Btatcs thAt no other explanation can be made lor the areat difference between the nm from the morning-star poai- tion and noon and that from the noon position and e\eninl' stars. On both occasions the calculated speNl during the morning period wu 8 knots less than the ~peed duaing the cvenina peaiod. \Veathe1 fair, tempe1atu1-e ail 78 1',. dry, 74 1,. wet, sea 8., F ,V~Y EXPl~fN CIU.TER. ' -"-~- 'ShOoting S By Two Men At Dillon I D"JDN, I. c ... \ua. lilt-a .. ht ~ad aeea twe objeets faWaa porta bJ tN per10111 tbat tbeJIfrom tbe aldta about I p. m. Tbursl I uw llowtal objectl nMmblial claJ. Tbt nport wu made tJ Z. L., 1 stiM'IDI stan faU TlnandiJ n!Jbt Stoat who aaid hlJ atteatioll to tile pmvtded a lilnlJ uplaaatioD today objects waa caUtd b' Ilia Jraadj ffJr a INit erattr found 011 a DWoa aoa, LlfT1. They feU wltbla a lana. few millutu of tada atbtr, Jtou T1tt crater -more dlaa feet saif. aeroaa aad raIIDI from 7 to 11 Aaothtr crater, mucb smaller reet ill dept& -wu dilcovtrtd than dat fir1t, wu diaco,ered illl yetteftlaJ oa dat fal'lft of Mrs the area toflay. It was oaly about Joba C. All Mvtrll malts 10Uda ftet wide. The top of a near- ttl Lattl. Otl11rnn btllted tlut. by piae tree. bad bttD 11ared a1 it wu cauucl bJ a atttor but U.,Up struck bJ UJ)ltniAJ. tb11 ... lin atarby I lllertff Pete !lotus bu aent tflidlltl laid tlltJ ~ad J1ot Mlrd lptcimDI of I ,...ybb, pulverbed, uuwal IDiltl Ia tM ana fKtDtlJ. atou-Wce aubatuce fOWld 1a the TociiJ DIIJII Nadill lar.. ctattr tt CltiDIOB eou. IMtrl 4lf tM cratara. 111d tor aulJI&I. Dillon. North Carolina DOUelng the ei8J'nesa or a hiD moonlit IIEJ I wu ~!J mueb laa- prerstd to take my W>INCQPe Into my baekyanl and \akln1 a loolr. 11J teletcope opentd to abuu& I reet, ao wu "Yea J powerful. WhUe a 8l!'!1el of black d 1CI ftftl OYer U. moon face, I JUdde~ detee&ed U11 or a aurtaee bf'ltD to protrude a~ tbe lower left tdp ol GAaiVL--... .. ':''113 arti~al ry::tre.c:c l fro n 1Lu st 2d eclition of t:;a "Ch.:lrlott~ Obs erver" C!~a~lotte :o~th. Crtrolin<? . Maj~r H. Quia~aaalla Jr. Co~m~ndiag Ottioer P~ojeot Bluelook Wright-Patt 81"aon .Air Fore o Base Dsyton, Ohio I ~ forwarding copiP.a of oorre3poni""c e l initiated ao:as l' y Jars t.Lgu in the hope that I a:ight be of a:saists:~ce t.o your prugr&ll. I h~ve nsver bed t.he Bligb~eat oxpoct.~t.ion that th<t loc!ll a r\ty of:f'ic() wo~ld do any morct than file this ref\Jrcnao. At the ti11s, phot.ograpba . .,erl.l f'ov sn2 far between and I believod cy training aa a profe33ional ongineer and 1'~.\ marka:aaa.ship in 3tructor 11!.&}'lt be t al<. on serio~al]. I h avo n oY t~tr had the courteay of a reply for cy trouble. DAe to the pro3ent roawAkonlng of 1ntero3t, I tho'.A&}lt t.hA.t ths attach3Cl n~zht lend ac:Ja ad;litional data, or beCtdlatt of the tims intonal de3srYo a ort' un~laasi tiod explanation Fodl:.'nl tU:C31-A of Invootiz).t1on Luildin~ 762 Riohlo.nd, Uo.oh~t:)~\ On tbo ni'to1r.oon o::.' July 15t,h, 197) I l!!l.d t~:o11 o:':~ ~ho c_i\t,orr.::l,:l to E)ntotnin H::JrJt~ f'~:o:J l'~:.tl~:a nn:l ':a::J c~'-1,3-:Ja ~-1 o~:1ll t :tl!t ubc ~il~ \'U!01;o t~uot ollo_,C.il~ oquir::- 4 I luv., coc~t!l oJ. Ly tuoot. e.nd l Ol'ottod un ob;oct iu tl10 c:~y \ih1cll n!'iiJO;ll"ou t o l:..J o. l:.'.;:!~J ~':!tv. ~.o -;;.,_::.'nod tu1.uo:l ou(, to Lll u l:J.,::o c:4c;oi, CJi' b::o.;.J r-~lp~ .. u::, ntvt-;:" l.J~GuO i'"uo~ clove:: ~o1 ILl V~;l,l 'boo:1 i'!l~Jl'o::Jocd ui t .l -t:~o t:. o:lc...ldot.t3 ao~ol v1n~ po~Jv." of t.'lo i::.1:Jt:. u ... c~mt tro c;:J.."lll:Jd tho o!:!o:~ ,:J:i:,b otn n.U~od oyo l 'o:. c;-~l!vl' o&>j~c~::J c..uc:-. L.o 1'~-c!:> o.t hi~;h nlt!t.uc1o. GLtr 1 1:l.nl i'ol" thio ob~o .. vn~iou uo1o 1.0ot l' c:,;;.\rl:au!: nbout ll~:;;o l wuro \:o v:!.:;htcd n b~ijr~ ohlt~o:.!:.~ op..lc;.. c:~ v~ry nt. o. u~r tb rr.;-lnut,h to ~lich!t.:.1d CJf nbout-00 do;:Y~O:l. J: ''-~1ocl (,o p!c u,) ~h.> objo~t, ill t~1o tolo:loo a c,1!d uhi!o t:/in3 - lvco:::..) 1~ in tho vv-."Y c~.J.ll :fl.):l.tl_, o.b:>ut 1!) u1nutcJ unJlv, oy 1'1ioud loo::~.:to~ nno(h uLJi!..ll' VI"~Ok c. c!1o:.1', t:.!. :J!;:co o.t:o.y. At thio tin:: \:o \:oro co~vinoir.~o.l th:lt t~1:>y \;u:.\1 birJ.:J a1eh~od on~ iu t;,ho ~h.:Jo b::c"'~tuu or tho ~:all fio!ll. !:it:ddot:ly c:-:1 J ~1~ O!l.lO~u 0 :.')4 hov~rhu o.n~ d. rt,ocl f.Jff to th\l \103'~ Ul~d dio.lpp~;.:rcd. Dt.ill ll\l'~ cio~,l...,~ tb~o r.:ucll t.!1eu~t l oo:1tit'l'lCd. to ccarch 'or t:1o ul'1~iiul objc..v::,. J~to~ u.lit.l::, thu: rd.:mtoo oolUohL~:; I ua a nblo to bring i\i tw..!J.:: c1ho.:nvut1on rutd hu:!.d 1t oout.inunuoly tor o. po_icd o:r t\IO o1nutoo unt.il llu44 hol o. At !'!rot I tr.otlDl~ l h.nu i'ound a. lur~o bird., Lut c lo:::o4 o;mlinJ.t~o~ prove4 to ba nn u:ma1!3l oujoot. ~3 first glo:.coa ta v~ o.n L.~prosaion o'! a. 1!:.-" .!.~ooptor uith t:1~ 1o~c:-n ~!l.t1o~r:.-y, b.\t I \Ul.:J OGv:l ocnvh1eed ! h:1J n:l"/Q:- .. o.rod. u 1 " (.-..:'lined t;_o otdc.J~ C'.to ltJ r:;:;:o~:b. 'J.'lhl la\:,~;;r coatlca could only \w ob;JO'V;:;d uit.h tho r ''.:'l c :/~ ~'.:a to th~ tro..~:>n~ou.J opoo~. 00-ol~ O:tr.mt'l1UU pro~rnc, l:,, :.n~ dO:)i.~nJtl b. t!1o E.!t:;hl~u,i11:.; D.Jl~u. \.rtJ:di o ~ t~ .:1 eor.~n\l Cloot11o C~-1 ~:J.ny. l dc:1l o l1iotly 1!1 fuotrJ, C'.nJ hoi ..J ;,.o,t u ill J' .-.:. th1o report f'&lotu!ll!y. r LJ~'l u.tll~.l to o.1l~:.c J u <>i.l thl.J 1.1'l~t..lr 'd ' callo d ou to do Oo) no cbort, dio\lr!!Jt1o:t L!!.1.n!; nd~ua(.~. 3~nooro!y yot.tra llnUc&l Otut.ta iJcpnrtm~ut of iluntic.e .il&?il~rul i1J1treau of ~nu&?ucigution 1015 Sooond Avenue IN ftiPLY ........ l'tiii'IH1V Sea ttlo 4, Tlnohinc< ton August S, 195.3 Dlia \Jill aclcna.Tledgo your recont lottor conccrnin~ tho unum:al objoot eignted by yoo in tho vicinity of flichlaucJ, lia:.hington. Ou tho dn7 tho lotter uaa received tho D!3tter \:as !"o!orrod to the So:ur- 1t7 Division ot tho Atomlc Enorc;y Ccmm:l.s3ion oillco 1 t appo:u-od that aucb tion trould b3 ol primary interost to that orcnniz3ticn