PROJECT 1007J RCCOf~D CARD 3. OATETIMt: CIWUP '), LOCA fiON rt::Crovn d-Vi :.uol n GrounJ-Rod~Jr [J A~r-Vi :~vol 0 Air Inte rcep t Radar 5. ruo ros 6. souRce =cr~No Civil ian GOC OlJst:rV,)l' 7. L CNGTH OF 0!\SEI't'l AT ION 6. NUMiJEI~ OF O!lJ-CTS 9. COURSE COti CLUSIONS u Vlcn Uolloon u Prub 1bl y 13.JIIoon 0 Po~si bly Uulloon We:-. 1-trc:ro ft lJ P robuul y Ai rc roft u Possibly At rcroft a Wu:; Astronum col a Prouobly Astronnnicol 0 Pos:~ibly As.trr.norntcol a lnsuff,ciont Oot o for E,oluot i o n 10. DIUEF SUMMARY OF SI GHTING 11. COWAc NT S GOC ob~ervor reported m:1ny r e d objects .A. t e lephone c h Jck wlth Lh.) whlc h appc~Hod to expand to 6 to 8 feet, Aberde')ll Proving Ground pn.'i- :Cxplode and burn to a yollowi-->h grcon. tive l y idontlfiod this s i ght- ls sLgllting was rcpoated e v ory few ing as aerial bllrsts fro~ m.inutes ove r a period o i an hour. 7'b mm AA tGsts which wcto conduc l o d a t thJ tr)por tod of sightlng. b e inc.,. CLI\SSlFIED/ 26ADOIN 1'089~. SUBJ: U?OL l A J:E GAT IV~: L . EXPANIH.n 1'0 A vliD1H OF BE'lt~EE N 6 f\t:O 8FT. AT f\PPROili/\Tl:.L\' ':43~Z. C . P f D RURIh<D TO YiLLOH IS }I GREF.I~ UPOJ. CUPST . F . F LARES !'!EGAT J'J ~!EGP.TIVE PAGE 1 HO J EPIJY {1;2 I, IJEGATIVE: 2 . B . A. GOC OBSERVER WATCJiiNG AIRLI~ES. D . ELZVATION 2(~DEGREES, 25 NILES SOUTHUEST OF OBSERVff1. C . N.SGP.TIVE D . COtlTILuoUS F LASH2S EVERY F EL H!tJUTES 25 iiiLES SOUTHL [ ST OF GOC POS1 APPHOXI~lATt.LY OVER hLERDEEN PROV I!JG GROUilDS . E:. F 1\DED AFil.<R 10 SE:CONDS . F . ON EVERY tl HJ UTI FOR A BOUT Ot~E HOUR. 3 o }:; co G R 0 l o ~I D V IS U A L b N J~ GAT IV E C . I~EGAT lV[ B .. L IGJ:T / Ui.CLf1SST} lED/ 26ADOLJ ~C;89~. SUDJ: lliOD F:. ih~Gl\ T I VE PI\CE T':!O JEPrJY r::..2 I . r!ECATIVi: 2 . B . A. GOC ODSERVER ttJ/\TCHII,G f1I HL I!!S. B. EL EVATI01J 2''DEGREES, 2 5 i1ILES SOUTH~!I:ST OF OBS!::RVt:R. C. NE:GATIV D . CO~lTii'iUOUS FLASHES EVEl:Y FF.\-1 IHNUTES 25 iiiLZS SOUTJ!flZST OF GOC Poq /\PPROX I':ATELY OVEH f.,of.HDEEfJ PROV IilG GROU!JDS. [ .}AilED AFT~R ! D SECONDS. OllE EVIRY iJINUTE FOR ABOUT OPE !IOUH. 3 . E . GROUt iD VISUAL B . P~GATIVi: b . illGJ:T F ii CiJDR 26TH AIH DIV J EPi IY.~ 2 T O JE.D d/Ci1DR /\DC ENT AFD COLORADO JEDLP/CHDR P.RIC \~RIGHT PATTERS01~ f\FD OHIO JEP}~O/D IR OF I NTEL HQ l .F H/~S}l 25 DC J!:PI!E/ CilDR FLT 3 H 4GJ2D /\ISS l'iCCUIRE AFL i\J D . 1? iii LES 8 . NEGr\ 1' IVEOO 9 . UEGATIVE 1 0 . THREE CIVILIAN TYPE AIRCRAFT APPEARED IN ARE/\ BUT i\!OT HI I i11!ZJIATE: V 1CliiTY AT C;2~:9Z OBSERVER SJOTTl:J) Ad A IRCP.AF'J 5 [JILES SOUTH 0} J-:lS POST UITH Lf\NDHJG LIGHTS GOHJG ON /',t!D OF1~. AT A~OliT :.3/':.7352 Ot E: A / C \JAS _,'QI.,Pr1 Ill AREf, AT Tit: OF Ul~USUAL OCCURt:l'\CE . f1F-L.;S248 <C-1~4) REPORTl::D ITS POSITIOr' AS T:Jo AND ONf: HALF MILES SOUTE Qi;' FTIIZ!'JDS:!I? li\'12R! IA'I I O'f1L AIRPORT, PHILADELPHIA P.T 2 92. 1 1 . 2CD LT JOH~l F . CURRY, DUTY ll1TELLJGE~'CE OFFICER, H'l 2 6TH AI:? DTV. OSI AT l:ITCHC f1FB \o!I\S HOTIFIED AI,iD IS II,lVESl IGATING. 12 . N~:GATIVI C4/:~15:Z MAR JEPNY 3. OATE T IME GROUP U rCB IHDEX CARD 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLU:il vNS 0 Wo"' Balloon Fnr!carsbur~, P.:L. 0 ProbaLiy Balloon =-------------1 0 floo;stbly no!loon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~ Ground Vi :;uol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircr aft 0 A.r-Vi:;uol 0 /\irlnterccpt Radar 0 Probably Atrcro ft 0 Po:;~,,bly Aorcroft Was Astronomo col Probobl y Astronomical Poss bl y A'itronomocol ~ ~=s Ci Tlllan ( C{)C ObSP!'ve-r) 7. LE10 TH OF OBSERVATION 0 lnsufftci~tnt Ooro lor [voluoron n e ~ .. our /,:pprox. Si.:zty Jtj.\ 0 U nk no .m 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING C-nn-tha course of opprox. oaa (1) hour t;he ocaP-rver saw rsddish-:J9llOW flashes and bursta I'"Jver uhat he estimated a s Aberdeen !'rovin g s 1 Grounds. He saw these bursts approx. e-,aey one (1) mi nute. 1 11. COMMENTS A .li:'U tad .follmo~-uo investigation ey Fl_ignt .3-H veri.i'ied t."lat Aberdean ~-ras test f~-ing oYer the period the ~oas u~re seen by the o bserve3r~ 'Ihl.3 conpl.~ .. u:l. t h (,he fact that the observ-gr ot..'lte<l t11at. h e thought t he i 'l:l.Shes Md bursts utbrs appro~ over Aberdeen laads t o the .onclu.sion that ha did oe~ t.he above mentioned artillery te3t i'l.. -ings ov~r Aberdeen Provinf_t Grounds. AlSOP FormS (15 Oct 5 .. ) U FOB INDEX CARD ( 2. LOCATIO N ( CONCLUSION S P.:ua:k3 bar~, :Fqnn3,Yl "T.cnlia 0 Was Balloon 0 P robably Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3. DATETIME GROUP 0 Possobly Bulloon 0 Ground -Radar 0 A ir-lnterctopl Radar 0 Was Aircraft Probobly Atrcrnf t Po S<;t bl y l \ o rcrnft 0 W?r:. Astro nomt col 0 Yes 0 Probably AstronomtctJI 0 Possobly Astronomtcol ~No CJ:TilJ~ascc ob~Mr..Lr 1/ 10 . BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING CCC Obeel"'Y~r ~por~d '!:!ta'1f;f :red obj act.1 ".t1h.ich ll'P'Oe~ m expand t o 6 t:.o 8 ~3 , ex:plo~ ~:"ld bar:D U, a ysll~:.ih ~n. '11lia o:1~h tb~ ".J~t~ M~ bBd ~"ferJ :;'3w ::rinut,.,d tYrel"'a ~.rioo ot a~ hour. A ISO? F orm 5 (1 5 Oct 54) 0 lnsuffictenr Data fo r Evoluntoon A -~lapbontt c'h~":< ':ri th r,a,_, Xoorleti~ P.rovi!!tg :Jroand ?O~i ti7'~17 7.ddntiit~rl tbi~ 3igb ting ati a~rlal 'bn- r;:-..,!1 75 AA -c,~ts uhuoh w~ ~b~t ~on- duo-ted a .. c. t:1e ::-spo-rted t ime of ~iz!lT C lwptrr JY THE SP:\ "\CLEJJ lrE \ , . "\.S: STAHS i\;\D PL.\:\ETS Shortly lJeforc cb" 11 ot 1 ~I arch 3. 1955, a !-ope c tac-ulnr flyi n~ ~ .tuccr nppPan.:cl o\cr Ahu .. l,u. Tlw "itn(sc.:, n scicntist w hn It< ld the 1.111k of Commnmkr in tbc UuitNl StalC'i 1'\a' y, wns re turning fr0111 tlv North Pole on Llte claily Air Force rtarmiga11 "<'allwr flight; lti<> mission hnd been to study the l rrcct of tll c ntli'\Jr:l on radio prop- agation, for the D cp:ulnH'nl of Dden<><.:. Jlc dcscrilJecl !tis ex- p erie nce as follows: A M iragc of Sirius "\Vc were flying southwl'-l of Poiul B.mow, Ahtska, IIOl r.,r fr(ITII th e Beri11g StJait, cn J OIIlt to Eitl on :\ir r orcc Hast in Fairhankc.;, and our course "as JOII l1ly southr<Ht. Tl1c ui~ht was dC'.tr and the stnrs shone brilHat.tl)'. 1 was lool,in!4 011t of tlH western homh blistcr when sudden!)' I sa" a bright obj, c:l shoot in at trPtncndous speE-d f rom the horizon, clin:ctly toward the plane. At first I thou~ltl it was a meteor or a fireball awlJ imtin<:tivdy clnckccl, but the ohjC'ct canw to n sudden sl,ithling slop nh out 300 feet away, thNcafler ric.ling al ong with our plml<' and J,ccping pnc:c with om spc<"d. I couhl scarc::dy b elieve lll)' C')'C'S. Tht' thiug pos'ivsst:t1 grcerr anc1 reel si~nal Tight s that flashed had, ancl forth, anc.l wmetl1ing tl1nt lool, lcl like: a li g hted propeller on the top. Hl')'Oitd (jUl.!Slion, it \\'.lS a n) ill~ s:lliC'<~r. "I w ond<'rccl if tl1c th ing anight he a hallucination, hroughl on h ) fatigue. Afte r all, \\ c h ad l>('cn in the ai r almost scvcnlecal !toms. J cleaned 111)' SiWCt flcl<.''i ancl ruhut.:d my C)'('S, hut th e S:~IIC'"'f wa~ still there, p acing the plauc nnd hohh ing up and clown as the plane itself occasionally" O\'<:! or clipped. ~Jy next thought wns lo eliminate all possible cha nce tha t tlte thing was nn internal reflection. I pulled m)' fur pnrkn up ov .. r my head and pul my face smack a~ain~t tlw bulg ing surface of the bl h ter that formed the window. Thus shielclcd from al l inltnJal illumination, I could ~till sec the glowing ohjcc::t. I next drcw a p<'n<:il from rn)' pockct nncl held it out arm's length, and was surpris<~d to find that the blowing di sk wns some- what s annller tkm tl1c> eraser. J tnade a rnpicl calculation and c:on- cludc:d tltat if the srllC'r<' was nct11nlly 300 fe et awuy, as it Sl't.!mP<l , th e n H wns onl y n foot or two i11 diametcr, not much lnrg<r than a b asketball. :\ly n ext thought was "lwthcr 01~c of the radio p.u-.t- chutes hacl sonwho'v or other gol attached to the plane hy the slring. These obje cts, hrilliatttlr lit hy an electric light, cnn h e cp1itt> slat tl ing . But it h ,\d IJ<'<'n lll'.tt ly half au hour since the ln::,l para- chute rclen\c nml thf' md<ornlo!:!;istc; wl'rc ju st getting reacly to anothe r thro11gh the trap. I d<'cic1ed to call tlw nwtC'orolm~i5l to look at the thiug. Dut bdot c 1 could c.Lll oul, as if it had t cad llt}' mind, the ohject suddenly l ook off a t top spee d and disa p peared. l\t1W T ''as H'<~llv lUll< t~t ned. ln ll~'i th,\11 t " o sc.tmnl.; tlw llFO ha<l \anishccl mo thf' cn.t'-l uf Silwrit, !'o!'ltC 2011 tllilec; :1\\.t). fl mm.l h.nl !wen tt.l, clit ,.~ at tlw f:llltac;:ic: spl'cd of tllmt th m wo ntiks a s.co11d. 'J Itt Korl'.ut \Y.tr \\',1<; nnr lJttt out Hl.ttion~ "itlt the So\'iC'l l'nion \\lH' l>till kmc', and 1 \\'Oncknd if tllc: ohjt r l mi~ltt IJf' a scc:td Hu<>t.ian tlli,;;ile on rccmtnaic;s:nt<t. 1 1-q>l nty c~ c s g luccl to the> point "hcrc tltl' snuccr !tad dio,appe.tred aud c;~tdcknlr, a co11plr of nlinlllcs Jatvr. il o,ltot h.tck ten\ ard tltc pl.u<', lllOl'C' bril- l iant and spcl'tae~tb.r thnn t it< fir:-.l t ime. ''You l\111 JWrh.tps itn t~inc m~ rclicf ,-.Jwn 1 suddctdy rc:alit.( cl \\'h:lt tlte o l,jccl \\<Ito, nncl nl the sa111e li111c 1(,1li/ecl tint J ltad ltil on tlte nmwt>r lo n gn1 l ttt:lll) flying srtttC'L'I' rcpurl s of a si1t1ibr 11aturc. Only ~nt~wonc f.ttniliar \\'ilh l ite com'dlatioth C'OIIId ltt\ e identified tlw ohjl'Ct. H "as a mirage of Sirius, lite bri!rht<"-,t sl!u ill the hca,cus. Achtally Sit iu~ \\\1:. sli ~hll) bcln\\' lltc: I tot i/()n al this t ime, hut the b ~ndi11;~ of tb li..=ll !tad r.thl d tlt e in1a~1 abm c> tltt ltorizo11 and kHI di!lustd lhC' lwnm into the S<.tuc:cdil'< fnnn. 'J h e fla~hing nd a11d grc:en li~hts \ht L' cotllnH>n pl1cnonwna :t'<iu . :iat,cl witlt star l\dnl-.li11g, nnd the .1pp.1rc nl !-.truc:hltt', inclu<lin~ the whirlin~ p ropelle-r, re~ultccl fror.1 dJ-.lortion hy lite <arth\ atlllos- "l3u t why had lhc inta~c t.th('ll orr tl ll' w.ty it did, rtntl thl'll mshccl b nck? The moving pla11c nf c:our.,l' \\'nc; conlinu.tlly ch.u1~in~ poc,itio1 r elati\c to lite grottncl feature s. A mountait1 peak on tltC' dis l,1tlt hori:wn ktd hril'fiy cotnC' l>Pt" l'C'n lh<' plant: :tnd lhl star, ohscmitw t h e light. Til( light ".~., !lOt c11l ofF all nt oucC', hm' c:vcr. Tlnts as th e ima~C' dimnwcl it sr-cmcd to sltriuk, h<i l hough it \\'Crc r;tci11g away. Thi ~ lf'mponry harrier a lso C\plninf.'c] the sud~.len stc1ps a11d st.1rts and the lr<'l'lC'nc1ollc; in<,l,ltll,lltE'<Jllc; accclernlion th<' rJhjcc t seemed to mnkc at t he instnnt it appeared. 1 he hug~ attnnsph< ric: lens was simply foc.usiug t lw li~ht of the !'>tar in the gcnC'rnl din.'<:tion o f the plnne mvl thus il was Cf'lllPnd with my C) c. That is why tht object secrned to duplicac the. moti()n of the phne. "I wntch eu th e object fo r severa l m inute afttr its rdum. 1 wa<.;... nhJe to get fuJI con nrma ti on of this ide ntification whpn thP sta r TOS over tltc 'wstcrn lto ri/.on, i t ro~P in thC' \\'CSt hccausc the 5outhward motion of the plant' mote th a n C'Ompensatc.cl for tltc ,,e:,t\\ ttrcl ro- tation of ll lt' star . .And as Si1 ius came up from the horizmt, t he "flying sntt<:cr" sank h:tc:k into the brilliant lu.!Jnisph<'rc of ~tars, "ltc n. it hC'lo11gc>cl." (Titc wiltiC'!->S in this c:.LSC was the settior Duthor of thi