PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD J, DATE 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 3. DATITIMI! GROUP Marinette, -M-ieh-i:gan ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION C!:Cround Visual 0 Ai r-VIsual 0 Grc.~ndRodor 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon Po sal bly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably AI rctaft 0 Pe ui bl y AIrcraft 0 Waa Aatronomicol 0 Prababl y Astronomical 0 Po ui bl y Aatroffoml cal 7. LENOTH 01' OISI!RVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE ,m,t Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. IRIEII SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round objects size of baseball, color Insufficient dat~ for evalua- reddish orange-in U shaped formation.tion. No record o f r eply to 1 sighting 6 objects - 1 si ting 2 re~uest for additional infor- objects. One sighting 9 objects -mation. on a WNW heading straight line of flight, disappeared over horizon. ATlC POitM 329 (R&V 21 UP 52) . .' HEADQUARTERS 4602d AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON (ADC) ENT AIR FORCE BASE CO LORADO SPRINGS COLORADO -SUBJECT: .Marinette, t-Tisconsin, UFOB Sighting Cam11arder Air Technical Intelljgence Center ATTN: AFOIN-4E4 Wright-Patterson Air Force Ease Dayton, Ohio . 1. Reference Marinette Case" and telephone conversation of lS May 1956 between.Captain G.T. Gregory, ATIC, and S/Sgt De.ltudder this headquarters 2. Forwarded herewith for action deemed necessary is A'!IC Form 164. canpleted telephonically between u::roB observer, Revere and Flight 3-A, 4602d ouss. 3. Review of the attached t'orm indicates that this sighting was possibly astronomical in nature. The following items woUld substantiate a meteoric hypothesis: a. Unrestricted visibility or the heavens with 1h e exception of a ofev scattered clouds. b. One ol:Uect, although moving behind a cloud, was still visible with a change in color indicating this was not a refiection bJ.t a sell- illuminated body. c. The short duration or sighting or each object or group o coupled with the distance traveled again indicates meteors. d. The fact that the observer did not have suf"ricient time to see the object(s) through binoculars indicates the celerity o the objects e. The color o:f the object(s) is that of meteors FOR THE COJ.JMAJ.DER: ~jor, USAF AJR TEOiNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE SUBJ:ECT: Follow-up on Marinette Case Air Defense Command ATTN: 4602d AISS Colorado Springs, Colorado 2~,_ A review and analysis ot this sighting has been completed . . by a a3Ar consultant and scientist on astronom~cal IIBttera. In light ot present intoruation, it was disclosed that it is very doubtful(that reported objects were meteoric in nature. 3 The following are submitted in support of the above conten- Meteors do not travel in formation. ~ shaped formations, definitely not characteristic ~t. Observation of three separate groups, also not teristic of .... d. Observer, beiDB an amateur astronomer, would recognize or have general knowledge ot meteoric phenomena. 4 .Request that tne same basic questions submitted in teletype message, referenced in paragraph 2 above, be c onsidered as part ot your follow-up action towards properly resolving this case. F.J:::F'HQ RJEDEi:ICOHDR .~JEDAEICC.:~DR. 37TH~ AD IjP.DI~OiJ ~..;~DHQ/DI Of. ~'INTL Sl:: i ~I 7TZD .. I AU FCR~1ATION UASiiiNGTOI! or.J:::cr. FOLLO~JI1rG t"Cf'T ' D O:-JECT.). ~.I::: OF FLIGHT ~ o-oT"'oY II'1A GP.OUUD.. VI~ UA L <I:> E I NOCUL-ARS I'll CHI GAl 1:;c L::RC'.." FORTY THO, AVAILA'2L'E:. SCATTERED IJO: ItJTEEC!:PTION RE IAR::s: SICP.TI1:G JOINT MESSAGEFORM COMMUNICATIONS CENTER NO SPACE ABOVE POR CONMUNICATIONS CE.NTBR ONLY,_-----------..-----'-------1