PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. CONCLUSIONS 0 P robably Balloon OATETIM! CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION sibly B alloon d Vi suol 0 CroundRodor Was A i rc ra h Probably Ai rcra h Poss ibly Alrcroh 0 A i,. Vosua l nterc e p t Rad a r Was Astrono mi col Probably Astronomical C.:.vi.:.l:l!l 0 P o s s ibly Astronomical 7. L E NGTH OP' OBSERVATION HUMBER O F OBJECTS o<:Other Sto'"" .. M~t 0 lnsulfocient Data for Eva luaton BRIE, SUMMARY OF SIGHTING per:: .L.:ten ::;er~ t to i>;d~cat~.?d t h ~t 1. rwt '.:ori t e ATlC P'O"W l'l9 (REV 2 6 SV" 5 1 ) SJB.GCT : Sxam.inat.ion of "Stony Met.eorita (Continued) (c. 4. Naugle) Throught AFCil-UBJ (D. '1'. Will i ams) Attaohecl 1.s an informal rsport p r esenting the r esults of an er..amination o! a large stone. a.s requested in Comment Nr 1. The examination was conducted Drs. D. T. Williams and Charles B. Solar, a m1 neralogist on our sta~!. It u concluded that the stone in question is not a meteorlt~. '1'he att.aahecl rsport is considered to satisfy the requirement s of Comment 1. 1'he atone is being returned nnder separate cover Enclosure (4) Bovard c. Croaa .:.... '"10~ ~n.f:>r:n.ation '1ll .,.he cor.rposi tio n ? i ::.he stone -9 a esi::-ed, :1 , l:1eralo~ical 3tudy could o e .il.ade ba sed on a 3ll1al.l samnl a b roi<an l:--:>m a side ol However. it ls be~ved that no further invesdg~tioo 1 ., necessa17 t o conclude tbat the stone is not, a meteorite. ln'il;tntP 'itruliP:i Jleteorilts For lllis.'iilt> ))fiLa T1 ,. "m:u :t'l of uns.rwrl~rl mi\- :;jlp~ \\hll'h hU\P Ul'n bombarrl- in-;; r 111h from ourr sp:we In " l"e il'~!nmn:t of t1me ,up bP n~ ,;uo l"d hv thmclln!l devl.'lop- lr::: brtcr ::nur!Pd m1~s1i~ ... At lile Bnttt'lle lno;tnut In Co- ltunlui. wnrkm~ Cor thl' \Vn~hl ,\ r Devt'lopmt'nt Center. ttch- nicinr.l> are e~aminlnft met,.r.ntr~ to see how they SUI'Vived theu to t'IIMh. . Gu1ded m1sslle~. travelln~ al , h ::h :cpt>eds in the tncb.>n-pr~ o ta:m$: atmospht!l'e, are :.ui-tjPI't tn trt'mendous hear, and mct~.lic alloys to wtthstand these tem- peratures have to be devl' loped. By subJecung the n1ckel and Iron structures ot the meteorites to miscrosopic analysis, lhty hope to be able to lean h~v the ~eteontes hea ted. Battelle scientists are gl'ltin:: r meteora s !rom museums And prl\'ate C'OUecttons. )'..iJJGj tt:ac F"''Ll SECURITY ClASSIFICATION ()/ ,.,.,) DIS OSITIO AfTN: Capt . Gregory etion of M;teorite O~TE 15 J uly COMMUtl NO. 1 iU'~CllJ-4E1?/>tr.h~u~le/mj I 1 . Reference is made to discussions between Car~ain Gregory relative to t he 1 met eorite left in the Air Weapon Materials Br anch for examination I 2 . The sample i n our ~ossession is unquestionably a meteorite, but appear s to be at least 100 years ol d . An examination in this case \IOuld have no intelli- 6ence value f rom the standpoint of UFO. J . Although t her e has been quite a bit of st udy on meteorites in c onnection th heat-t ransfer as a pplied to guided missiles, these s~udies have been made on metal meteorites and not the stoey types such a s the one submitted. HO'f'lever , a er odynamic flo, patterns a r e being stuaied on all types of meteorites, a nd for ~his reason this sample will be sul::.citt ed t o i'lhite Stork. 4 . Composi t i on analysis does not appear warra nt ed , since all of the s t oey i.leteorites fall into the saue category. The Smithsonian Institution, washington, J . c.; can furnish the gener a l analysis of all stony ~ype meteorites. 5. ~hite Stor k will also be as~ed about ~r. H. H. Ninenger, American Met eorite Musem, t he monetar y value of this meteori~e . Sedonia, Arizona, coul d make f ull 3ssesament of the dolla r value. 6. A run r eport will be furnished your office on receipt f rom il":lite Stork. HCU::R E . ~-"RTIN Act1llg Chief Al-CIN-4E2 (rT-H-I~S-S-IO_C O C_A_n_O_I~-,-ro-~--A-0-D-n-ESS) F ILE CLASS:--~ OFFICIAl FILE COPY _OF FICE OF RE:CCRO -r-----et;ID:JliD.sio~rs' Office land Coumy 4Z~/Capt Grsgory/lte In ~sponse to your letter of 16 September regarding the ob j ect you o kindly ztad8 availeble to tbJ .Ur Foree, ploaae be ad- that our enmi n,!lt i ona ha w only recent! boon ca:tpleted . The obJect which, at tirat glance a ppeared to be a meteorite, aubmitted to an enalyai.a, the reaulta of llhicll conplatel7 dis _:~--- UII.t the :z::ateorite J;Osaibilit7. The tentative conolusioru:s are I t the atone is not a meteorite but most ,robably a YoleanJo bomb _! ~lln:>vn fli:m the throat or an act in TOles no sooovh ere to the north east of its t1~9l rostir.s place. It 1.a no~ improbable thet it -+----~La tran.aponed t.o tbe spot ot ,discove1"'7 by~ ot the eevor3l .&.alliilars vni.Jh peued owr the volcanic a~-ea of the Canadian Shield --~-----.--~ lachlan diastro~io resicn. . W. shall hold the atone pendi.Jlg instruct io!Ul trcm you r~garcUn,g The :,ir 7oroe wiahu to euend ita appreciation tor your as- ~ and cooperation in t hia mat-ter. s lllcerely ~;A~L CE W. ELWOOD C.:;>tcin, USAF ,:..:"tst.:rt t.1JUt~nt ROUT~G A.'ID COORDtNATIO N SHE.T Your l.etter of 23 Oc'tober 1957 bo been FILE CLASS: _ OFFICIAL FIL E COPY _OFFICE OF RECORD A FOIN.f.A '!be retmn ~ ~ow: lo=called meteorite" V1ll. be seh!dulccl before Contact wUl be -de v1 th 70\l pnor to tbe .date o:r deli very ROUTI:iG I'ND COORDt:NATlO N SHEET AFWP-o lO ~OV ~G 251.1 .l large, black stone, ::-sported to b e a sr-on,:r 11e teori ta, .ras recei vea .:'or 3#t3llination~ partioularl7 from the standpoint of aerodynamic 1-i nes o f flow. The stone shows no signs of air-flow lines such as are .fo1md on meteoritese T.le wailrlruss visible on the surface of the stone represent material i n the beddi;Jg _?lanu ot a sedimentary roclq tllis material has a hardness somewhat ~reaYn: than that. of the aa trix. Meteorite flov linea have an appearance a nd arrangement that are c0111plet.el.7 di.t!erent 1'roa the markings on the stone in qu.estion. On a meteorite, nov lines would not pwtrude so .tar troa t!le aurfaceJ they would be arranged to :-adiate rroa the .tlvnt and rear stagnation points. A skir t or crest 1'9gion would. b<.t recop.1sed. Tbe .tlvnt race 1r0~d be smooth, with protuberances either melted of! or with characteristic pita in front of them and behind them. The back face -..ould ahov a typical mottled appearance due to shall ow pitting. In none of these cilar~teri.atic:adoea the tone in question resemble a meteorite 'ftle atone is clearly o.t sedimentary origin. It shows bedriing planes wi tb pebblaaJ at laast one or the planes is cl.early granitic. It i s c oncluded that the stone i.s indurated duct to SOIIle inhomogeneity at the centar, possibly a ll, u is c(l!'laonl.y' obserred in the sandstones fotmd in the eastern part of Ghio. Weathering has removed the sorter !ormation around the stone, leaving pebbles and intruaioil8 betaeen layers of the indurated sandstone~ u bas reliaf. The nat.rix :.aterlal i s sur.aised to b e a fsls-oathic sandstone In composition, the rock doss not resemble a meteorite; thers is no , ra.'1i te i:l suoh bodies, but usuall,.-enstatite, olivine, forsteri te, etc., are ~ reeent. Meteorites do not contain pebbles.