PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos BoiiOOft 1957 Seve rna c Probobly Bolloon DATE-TIM! GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION PouiWy Bolloon :Q Ground-Vlsuof C Gro ... nciRodor 0 Wos Ai rcroft Probobly Aircraft 0 AI~ Vl.,ol 0 Air-lntotcopt Rodor Po s~ W y AJ rcroft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Wos As9Y'onom ProboWy Astronomical 0 Possi bl y Astronomicol LENGTH 0' OISUYATIOH L NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS COURSE c Other c lns..,ffi c ient Oato for EYol..,otoon seconds two 10. IRI!fl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTtHG maneuver~ng bril ... iaot lights about showere from a sky rocket of knowu air oper.-..tions activ it.1e::::, separated from the rest. The which lS sc:tnned in.tensity. ho other report of anything unusu::ll. reflecting sun's slant AT1C POJUf llt (R&V 26 UP J2) HEADQUARTERS lOOJST AIR BASE WIHC, HEOCOM UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ANO,.t! .. S A,B, WASHINGTON ZS, 0. C. S~J~CT: Repo:~ of Lnide~tiiiad llling Objects Com:nander Air Defens e Command Ent Air Force Base 1. The inclosed statements, relative to a sighting of unidentified flying objects, are forwarded in accordance with Air Force Regulation 2. A detailed report, as outlined L~ Air 7orce bulation 200- 2 , 1a riot bei.!lg s~:ritted dae to the ti.rae lapse .)etween sighting, 14 August 1957 and receipt of these stat~ents ~y this teadquarters 26 Sep~aiber PUR TS CC!R~IDER: S tcite.r.' .e nt -Mrs State"!ent Statemer:t Bea(:)qu.arters, Air De!ense Conanand, :Eht Aj r Force Base, Colorado '!0: Ca111umder, Air Technical Intelligence Cent~r, A'M'N: AFCIN 4E4, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio A e~s Ai~ ?orc e Base Ca!:lp 3prings, .Iar y land Su.;ject : in~ ov e r everna Park, ~1arvland.. ,a Y-'*"7 in the sky Mrs . nd myself were taking an eveni.:1~ s t r oll a round the block with the chil d ren and s toppec ~he new house o n P.atton Drive to talk f o r a fe" -:i.1utes. Dot, my wife , had gor.e around to the s ide of the ho s e r.o t~lk throu3h the vindo"N to ~rs. 'las not ~ 'elin~ t~e_l and -,.as i:-~ bed. (~ev ) and : 1ere ~tandi!'lg i n the doJ~-.... Y talkins a~out sooe of ~y wo r k when I no~iced tnat ne was look - in~ 1nte lv ov e r m~ shoulder int o t~e 1 istanc e . I turned around ~0 look b u t ~dn't see anything and ask w at it wa s tha t he sa.-,.,. Re said th.at he ~1as t~atching .w l i"h travelin~ across tte skr out tha t they had disap,eared behind a l isht thin cloud vir.ich was alono in the sky a.nc .,ae nearly over~ead. It t~as still .rerJ b risht, ~o a~ars 'l(ere vet :r:c .-1ing, tjle sky was all c1P.ar d~Xl1~ht blue_eAcept for one wiso o f a thin cloud.. . . The l ights had completely disappeared bu-:. .1~ k~pt o n s cannin~ the sky for 3.bout a half :ninute. S i d sald ':.'.1at he had O C'"I d e v eloped a~..~ ~any spots that he d oubte d if .e -1oul d b e able t o find tbeJ again. Befor P scannin~ tne aky, I had been look- i n;! do.m 1-:-Jto the baby carria~e wh i c h .,.,as darK i nside and then when lookin g up i nt o t~1e bri:zht skv notic~d that I also had little circles a ~ ts ~ovin-i n :J1 vision. However, we both sucdenly saw li p~ear a~a1n from tne v icinity o f t:1e ..:: loud and then i-t" s follo;-led by a secon1. one. ':'he-re as ., a\staKing i t for the USU'll epot .. Jr visiot1 effect, i t '-las ""~""' "r as a 1la~esi UJl flare .ve ca:led De t t o c Oile look and she picked t h em up im~e diatelv. fuils wa~chi~g one of us asKed i: ~he refl ection of sunli~ht f rom a ~la~e could possibly be th:it brisht and 11hile .,,atch1ng a n d judgein3 the l i ght all o f us asreed_. that it was ouc~ bri~hter ~ra!'l th;t. tr.There was :i~ eoun-=., n ot no trail, no S':'!Ck~, o;:r ~he 'ferv brill:i.nt bal:s o f li~ht :'he7 looked i':l!.t-ais,,, Th t~ere bet,o~een eas~ and nort .-~:.st iiroction ::t:1..; b out ~.0 7.~ 70 de- _ <7es .uo- ' fra:-:l the horizo n . 'out h~l:i s':.aad-; i':"l,enslt-,; I co~l-3 not ~ll .vi'1e':.her t';.er t~ere spherical .)'!" :'lat ; t ::3' loo1<et1 round, a~out l:..ke tr. e s .o,...t:rs fro~ a ?ourt~ o f ~ul'f s~r rocket i f one or o ~: t~e _ittle fir~ elem~nts could be eeps.r ed and ~aneuvered but ther t~ere ~ucb br17hter and were seen i n broa~ da rl1-~t. 'I' hey both came dot~n a~3.1 n , the second one i :1 jCS it i o n follot~ in~ ':.~e first ~ne a~d a~ain ~roceede~ i:1 t~9 nor~h directi~n up ~o 1isa-;:oea.!:' Jere :n 7ie~ tl~en: wen~ :..!1. Af':.er ~e':.~in~ ~.:e - tilO!e operator s~e suggeste1 ':.he Aq:C a!ld I rsporte~ ~ne incidant to the Dut or O.:'ficer there. Lt . a': Andre,rs rsauested tr~9.t tbls re:oort be ac.:o:nnan1 e6. by some p~rs~nal 1nfo~at1on ao that the au~henticitr of ~as ren~rt can ~e evaluated. I a~ 35 vears o l d , a resist 9 red profeP51on en~ineer 1':1 ~he St .. te of ::;r7land, 3.t p re3eL1t doi':"lc:r: cons'..ll ~ ~ns.; \-fOrk s.s a. pr1 vate pr tice. I tas a 1st ~t. 1~ the Cr~nance JP,part nt ~urirr~ /o rl1 ;::.r :I. '}radua~ etl ~ro., Leti::-L in 11ec : gnica.L en';4ioe .... r:.n~) .. :.J-:-o;t and :=id ttrec ears c~ advs.nced ~r-~-:t:.ate stu-:~ s+-, --.~i:l'- :nos':-1 r l.r. ::urc'iyna!:l1CS. r~i:.a 9::Jplo-e-:: CJ t~1.e Jor.1alJ. Aero~ .t.. 1~.!. ex:-r..r1:~r.t~ c:.-For~st 2-:':l"le Ste.~ion (AP .... ) ;l'uh Prou.Lc"'ld ::.<ide, bur':"ler tes':. tall ?ip~s. fui l o enployed by ~he Bal:'st~cs Pf9arch ccp,.~-~N CC...:t lhOl AIRBAS E .HNG At~entio~: AOf - 1 A~iOR.:..I.S Alit : CrtCE. SASE. CAMf Srnl~GS, MArtYLAND 20 s~oternber 1957 SUBJEcr: Si~hting of at 7:53 pm (Daylight t~o unidentified flyin~ obiect s in skv on lh August 1957 Saving ~e) f rom Severna ?ark, Ma~rlana. ~ As a minister I am accustomed to belie~ring on evidence I c onsider suffi- cient and I have t herefor e become u~ed to g etting along good naturedly wi~h those ~o have had more rigid scientific training and consider it their all decision till all the facts are in hand. rrhen my friend a keenlv i n t elligent enginee r and one of the most clear-~hinkin~ ru~wuers of mv congregation, ~as explaining to me a s ~ell as he could to ~ cl erical mind some of the difficulties involv ed in building the reactor~lfor t he n ew a c-oowered merchant shio , he was leanin~ a~ainst mv car, par!ed in our drive, and I was sit~ing on t he curb lookin~ u p ~t him inten~ o n ab- s orbing ~nis information outside my field. He was just ciscussin~ t~e oossi- bilities of some f the n~er metals, which can withstand up toL~O de~rees fahrenheit, ~en I saw in the sky j u s t pas t hi s bead, high and ~parently verv far away -no s our.d could b e heard-t!'o l a!ge. brilliant light s . Instinctive- l v I lc:le'tf no ai.rpl3!le could nave li';hts tfia.toriP;iit t11'at car-; in ~he e7cn1n~ when the sky was still oerf~ctly-li~h Half ;1oi<in.g bec ~u ~e of rrr full ex- pectation of sk.eoticism on th~ part of "'-v sci en-cist fri~nu, but instinctivel v feeli I ~as cor7e~c in ~a rg it, I ~laimed, ~P.ev, t~ere'je a co1ple of ~ ~ I have never before seen flYin~ saucPr~" but na-vina read of so ma"'7 si "'h-.. :1..-.-~ -~ . rft"'~ngs of r ouna ob~ec:.s with brilliant ligrt.s ~ch could not be i.dentlfi,.j n .. J .~- ::~ , {y.J1U' r:, nvent.ional aircra.ft , and by a nurnCJcr oi people who n~ed raot be c onsicered 1;; C J l ~ .,,..,.,- capabl e of knowing t hey sa~t what thev saw, I knew of no other conclusion to ~ ..:~- i-tn .... 6 . e to, ~rbether at the first impuls e or o n deliberate considera tion . My d;s- ngineer friend turned immediately , s aVing, ft'here?" I tried to point out to ~ t ~.-J ~ s~\ im but by the time h e had focused in the right di rect i on t he t~o l ights, c -- l ;Jx . hich ha d been n"Ting smoothly in f cnmation in a northerly direction, disap-'l~C..--'>"'" ?o -r~ eared byhind a thin, high wispy cloud. LW friend ran into the house to call t h is wife, az1d we all three ea7.ed uo in the sky a little north of wh ere I had ighted the liS~;hts. In a moment they reappeared, t his time one above the othe r I ather than in t he hori-zontal formation in which I had f irst SDotted them. J ....... "'~- )~ 'J oe dropped f aet as though loopin~ and then climbed fast. The other reoeated ' ' '(~{vf\tl J e same maneuver and then both climbed o t of sight behind the high, distant 1. -c.. ....... Jly f r i in the accomjnmYJ.n~ statement =-ve s the a proximate 1 .... 1 .:.-u... ..... "-,~.:-~ recti on i:1 e n e e of us s i gh ~Pd t.h e lights, t'1e a:1~le to the hori- J.. 4 .!. .. ~ n\ and other details. I woul c substantiate what he has recorded. f ~l\~ For wha interest it may b e in checking mv reliability as a witness, I :,. ) ~ am minister )8 y ears of age, and my sanitv can be eked with ~I/ membe church and c orrmunity and the members o f Baltimore l \ vi which I am a member! ~ ~ t~f Respectful r.hu rch /J;~ ~]