PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Bt-;.tler , OATETIME GROUP TY?E OF OBSERVATION XX GFQund V i s u ol a Gro und Rodar a Air-Vi s u o l D Air- Intercept Rada r C Il!ILI.l.d 1. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION HUMBER OF 08JECTS 1# minutes BRIEf' SUMM.ARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ~,ogeth-,; r f o !"l'TUtion. ~Jo some.. Straight ::.r:a level flight t o SltT. Obsar:a-: o ve r h ea d estina.tzd 40-50 , 000 ft. Disappe~red ~ dist<?-'lce after 1~ ninutes . Sighted ; r e-r.:.cus civili.ms . Eada.:::- neg ative. checlr neg"!.t i v e ATlC JI'ORW 329 (REV 2 5 SltP 52) CONCLU SIONS Wo s Balloon a Probably Bolloon a Possibly Balloo n d Wo s Aircraft a Proboblt Aircraft 0 Possibly Ai rcroft Was Astro nomical 0 Probably Astronomical a Possi bly Astronomi cal tJii!IIr::'~TIFI E:D Insuffic ient Data fo r E volu o tio:'l TA l<-Ii~G OF EL~/A-ri-J~J NHJETY DEGRES'S AZ!1ITH T l!RIZ li!J.h.-DEGRE~S STRA I GHT HEADING SW T'.l 0 H UND:H:.::> T':F.NTY F I V C: T > LHRTY S :Cot:Ds SITZS PICNIC ::AST IFF T,!OJSAtiD -Jr UF J2 :i!::POP.T I N? O J~C~?/COMDR AI R T=CE~llCAL ~3 TO 33 LIGHTS TO TH ST~A I GJ-.T .A.?'.: D DI SPP?l:AR:E:D C-2l, Ro'-kfor~, Ill. . . 9/5/1)4) A s th-ey had done on many occasions, an:ateur astronomers , Pete r Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the moo, through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 1 1: 1 5 P.M., Bartkus write~: " I obce rved the mos t unusual phenomena I h:lvc ever had the experi- enc e o f witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through my 6" c assigranian r eflector t elescope u sing a secondary mirror. The total focal length for this setup i s over 100", and with the use of 150 and 200 power occu- , lars we got tremendous power with the least loss of light. The moon was in the first quarter and its diameter was 2 S feet, 30 inc hes. We saw a spherical objec t a scending from the n orthern section off Mare Humbold~ianum area. It was not g lowing o r brilliant, but seemed more like a dull r eflected light of a planet. Its size we estimated at about the diameter o f c rater s Pitiscus or Vlaco. At the time it disappeared at 11: 15, it had travelled more than the 29' 30" of arc in about 40 ~inutes. We checked out the possibility of atmospheric diffraction in the sky or the scope by travers ing the scope, and by changing the occulars. The object mus t have been a powered body because as the moon was descending at 1081 mph, the object was ascending and not following a true o rbit. It was definitely in space, and in the same field a s the moon. or near the moon." The drawings below are Theodore McColm's. They illustrate the object's size and movement at 4 minute mtervals in relation t o the moon . McColm, through calculus , estimated the object t o be 12,500 ft. in diameter. Editor's Note: This i ncident and Case 14 transcends any notion that "saucer " vehicles a r e confined to earth's atmospher e , therefo r e U.S. o r Rssian origin. Unless these governments a r e secretly conducting interplaneta : ~Lavel, Cases 14 and 22 and myriads of others , add anothe r p o sitive 1 ink to toe hypothesis that "saucers" a r e extra-terr estrial and are usin g the moon as a hopping-off No C: r.-e (Inform:-tion Only ) So"..l!"cn: CRIFO :i'!e~.,slet t e!' 1 C'ct 19 54 C{ockforC., Ill terW re<:eivM~ Siptia.,_, Ia ~ V~ f, \ EIJr~ Ul1l An~al~,~-$~th~pi:lg and will btt used in i or+..hcoaninl .is auf ~ the. New tlat!er: . C-ZZ,Roekford .. W .... 9/IJ~4} Ai~'bld dO'Ile oa many oeeaaicn&. amata"r astronomer's, Peter Bartka,a'!'cl1b~ore Mc.Colln. w&r tile JnOOD t hrou h a 'tel C&fallf ...... the occuJara.' ~ ....... waa dac .. orbi~: .. Jt ; ~ .r~ovement a i 4 bltervall: in r -I : d \l S , e S tim~ted th.~ ofij.-qt iG 11: t.Z~,5 ... r. d :. .: a. d m1r1arlb of othh3 , add ~nt'th1r positlve lt.nk t o t."le h.~thesi.a ' 1 '.:a.u.<..e:rs'' a r e ~xtra- ter f tnal and ,a.reus1ng the moon '!3 a h.oppin1o.U C-22, Rockford, Ill. .. 9/5/54) A s they had done on many occasions, amateur astronomers, Peter Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the muon through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 1 1 : 15 P.M., Bartkus writes: ''I observed the most unusual phenomena I have ever had the experi- ence of witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through my 6" cassigranian reflector telescope using a secondary mirro r . The total focal length for this setup i s over 1 00", and w ith the use of 15 0 and 2 00 power occu- lars we got tremendous power with the least loss of light. The moon was in the first quarter and its diameter was 2<; f eet, 30 inches. We saw a spherical object ascending from the nor::tern section off Mare Humboldt i anum area. It was not glowing or brilliant, but seemed more like a dull reflected light of a planet. Its size we e stimated at about the diameter of craters Pitiscus o r Vlaco .. At tht: tinH~ it di5appear c d at !1: 15, it !'-..ad travelled mort-t.han the zq' 30" of arc in about 4 0 minutes. We checked out the possibility o f atmospheric diffraction in the sky or the scope by traversing the 5 Cope, and by changing the occu1ars. The object must have been a powered body because as the moon was descending at 1081 mph, t h e object was ascending and not following a true orbit. It was definitely in space, and in the same !ield as the moon, or near the moon." PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Butler, Ho Probably Balloon OATETIME GROUP T ':'PE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon Local ~ Ground Vi suol 0 GroundRodor WtJs Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 Ai,.. Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Po s.si bl y Ai rcroft Was Astronomi col tobabl y Astronomi col Ci...-ilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION NUMBER OF O!IJECT S Other lj~!ID.ENTIFir:D Insufficient Data for Evaluation BRIEfl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING S:!.ight. 51-leep back follmring