PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. l .OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon I 3. DATETIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION tt~mund Vi ~unl 0 Cround-Rador 0 Wos Aircraft D P rob obi y Ai rcroft si bl Y Ai rcroft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURc-e=------------------0 Wa'!C A stro n omical Venus 7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 10. BRIEF SUMM~R'f OF SIGHTING Object white -steel -gleaming. Could be observed easily without binoculars. Same objcct observed on three different days. AT!C FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 51) practically 11. COMMENTS IXXProbol.,l/ Astronomica l PoHi bly Astronorni col 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Plotted positions indicate obj almost exact positi011 of planet VetlUS at time s given. Altl1ough rare that this body could be seen in day time, instruments used could make this possible co :-.T~Y vr" I.MICIIN R,r Jtr 'II ) . ; .. , , , .. bl.onA) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA"fiON REPORT OAirA, Lima u.s. Naval Attache november 1957 1 Lt. Col. Vergil N. Nestor, AirA \l:7ntdentified Flying Ob,ject Report contains sightlnes of an unidentified flying object beine reported by a qna.lified weather observer who not~d tha tir.:a in GNT and r:tade his obs~rva.tio. using the automatic "Zeiss-Recording-Theodolite" and noted the Azimuth angle nnd Elevation angle as he followed the unidentified flying obj~ct. Observations tlere ~4de on 26 October, 28 October, 29 October and 8 NovP,Mbar 1957 li~fdlt.l. n.>tt 01 0:\ICIHAH.' R CAi.rC (dup }J/oz cy) , AmEr.tb, Lima lllll f. .I.II'J, 1'ztf, J~, U . S. C . , Ctiun /f}) .tflU j'04, /;1 !t.1rt':ltll .. 1 :rn tr til .. r tH /.t.iUII o.)( lt' llllllltlnt I in ,fil l r ollln~r 11 ; I tiii.UtiJnti ~.1 f'Jonl ,:J Jlt<.lllllut,..,f by/.;'+'. I t trl'Y ll.!l h .. r prnc! .JCHitn w l tulu nr i n {Wrt, by r U 1 r t ' JJ .,,, ; . i n n u/ t l1-, D,r,.ctnr to!' l~tftt/lz'Jtrn '' UJAf'. URITY INI'ORMATION when lf11eJ Itt) O~IGIHATIHG AQNCY..._. u;_,,V,J.0 REPORf NCJ. .( PAGt OF .. following is extracted from en official report itten by Mr. and contains observations of an unidentified flying object in the . . vicinity of Cajarraarea. The observations, were made by qu41.!1.Bd weather C]bserver in the Weather Observatory of the Compaftia Pe~A de Ser~ os Meteorologicos, S.A. on the continental divide about JS miles S or Caj .at an altitude or 37~0 meters and has the geographical coordinate8 or . o?.-25 vlo The report was dated 8 November 1957 and the follows: _...--" s~t I saw an object whl. eaming on October 26th, 57, at ;;!t;;i.Ir1e shown to me by Mr. Administrator of Hda. , together with Mrs. and Mr. and Nrs . 4.~ our stay on the Sunchuba.mba lake. It was visible for more than 11~ utes and could be observed easily without binoculars. On tretobex-28th, 51, I saw the same thing at 1239 Lima time, which means 1839 c..m, working on the Pilot-Balloon-Ob~erva.tion~tand at Kanzel- Obs~rvatory, and noted its po~ition measured by the automatic "Zeies- Reoording-Theodolite" as follows: Azimuth at".gle .# 116 . d Elevation angle: h4o; I could not ide the direction exactly. 1-:oon p osition :measured at the earr.e time: Azimuth ar~1e: 106,3 and Elevation angle: 30,2 On 29/l0/57 at 1251 L1J!ia time (lJ~l'~i,. I saw the same object at pos~tion 119 Azimuth anele n~65,6 Etevatton a le, direction not er.actly identifiable. On the sl.m!e'-d~:f'\,.t 1339 Lil~-en:w: (1839 GNT) I saw it ag at po~itio~ 118,5 Az~uth angle an~71 ~evation angle, moving slowly to approxir.tataly 300 -310 o On al m!se days the visibility ha3 been bad. Again I saw the same ob eet yesterday, 7/11/57, aft~r a t~lephone call from Hrs bout the ~ame gleaming object visible from Hda. and advising rnethe approx. position. After comparing the correct G minute I measured by our Zeiss-Theodolite the following positions: ~'levation ang1:e. .Vi~ibility -/8 -clouds l'AP'V/,VO : ihia document contin~ in/t"'rtn:etie~n ltftt"ctin,4 cl1,. tJ ,"'tion;t/ c1tt/rn1" of ch.-U .lll"d Star." "11111n th" m .. .r,.inA nt tlltJ F..,Jin1111A Lawt, Tit/" 18, U . S . C ., Sf!c t,'otu 793 ,,n<J 194. lu tran1mi!O tifln or t/1e tevflll.ltion of ir1 curHt"n" in any m:nnf"r tn ,.n u :alrltttorlze tl person i~ ptnhillftod hy ldV . It Ol.tJ' llOt b trp n.duced in w/lule or in , ,,,, by vtllc-r tlwn Unitcrl St.tti"IJ Ai, fo"o rr.c \ ~'"''~11'1, I'H'l' i>t loy pf'tllliui"n u l tJ,.,. Di re..;tor of lnttJ/h~f' F A,-FM'o4 112a f\ 1 "L.Arcc; Af r .J'H, l ' l PAR T II. I 1'\r I (J t ' ( ~? wHICH MAY tiC L ::ll1 URI TY I Nfo'OH M!. Tl O.V .. hetn .''tilt' J , n) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 OIUGII"'A .. l NG AGNCV REPORT ItO. OAirA, Lima ~1.eva tion- Vioibili tv -8 \ cloud3 ...J { . .~increasfrig fog, oser~ation finished.~ ~\. .;;,. ~. ~;.-,(.~. ,.. "' ( Calculatelr"M~eflJn ~about recorder-disk: from 152 to 332, cJ early - 0 ( ~Arked by the marking level operating ~Arking poi~t. The Theoiolite has not be~n moved from its b~se d r.as been lo~eled Pxact]y~ The ~ base is a concrete base with an iron-theodolite-stand c~m~nted in, ' I therefore not movable. The total movem.t!nt of the object has been within 12L minutes: 21,2 elev~tion and )),8 Azimuth angle. Some- times the obj9ct has b~en visible shi~ng through the elouds. Tod~, 8/11/57, I saw the same object again and measured as fo1loNs: E.1.~vation Visibility -/8 -cloud3 REI'L.-CfS AF roq.,. I~P,\IH II t'ili.C U PIT'I INFOt?.\f~ 1'10.'1 wll11 Mil'! 111) INl'OifTtiATION when 11114 /11) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGPCY RlPORT NO. OAirA, Lima f,VAH!'iiNO: Thit tlocumnt c-ont.ein i11/ormution """'c tinA thtt nution011 dnlente o/ th Unitt~cl St.-.t"' within tJttt ttt"'it"'"' vi th,. F.~p;.,,.,.~,. l.awo T1tle Ill, U.S. C., Sectione 193 nnd 794. lt'l tr~n~tmi .. inn or th10 re.,el.ttion o f 'ts t.nnt10nt. "' "".!' '"'"""' to 11n lltl.tlltiHui.,ecJ P"t)nn ;, prohibit,.tJ /Jy l tw. It 1n1ty not be rep r mlurll'd in whof,. or in il"'' hy 11tht t hMn Unitrl St.lltr A i r Fvrt' rt 1\ tt:"lctl, eoac to,;Jt by permiJ11ott of tlu Ditii'Cfot ol lntIJJnc,., USAF RPUCC:'i A ... rO~\ IIZ-P41tT II, I V.llot:.t M4Y DE U,.~EO, tSEC.:URITY INFOR\IATfO'V .. h~n frll,.d m) 4 Lvw s C",. Venus;' the only planet now visible in the evening, is brilliant obiect in the sky and. will soon be ioined by the L~onids, "shooting stars." By JAMES STOKLEY ,.. TB:\ T BRILl. lAST object yoa e ia n~ taUs net aA. .urplme. a S,U.1 "' ~,.,~ briJChf li_.ll hun1 ia che sky put . t .n ~'pcnmenc. Wtu r vou JCC t. !he plaMt Vmus. DOW rtxh~nc ia aratat protNDCDC'C, whicb ' (OUit'l JUiC befOfe irs disappeannc:e. .fa01n the evenm' sk, evtr in 1951.. \',.nu' it br briahrrr th.an aDJ' star r pi .. Mt . .cen in che na1hr sky aDd there "' , .. , dlticulf! in icknufyina iL lDdced. it (.tn tw .~rve.t Wnl ~fore the sin is dark. 111 : .h t. tt you know whrre to look, you an ~" ('n 'tff sr in bnW davhJ(hd \frer ir paunt btofund the s~n Jut April I ;, \,.nm h.u gndu~lly been duw1Ag ID !1.: c.~' uf that boci. That nt thac it. :t.lt .,wtd rhe-sun in irs dailv motion aa011 tht 'kv. :and tD remained visibl~ in the west .1Ht<r the sun' tud set. On Nov. 18 it wit: , .,. r:i r 1'\('r t""Jst ol rht-~n. hence rem:ainiaJ ' " ~"le kY trw the lon~nr time after suruet, I II'.Jrlv thr~ houn. Arter char ir will sc.n l .c;~ tu-.t" o~t i~ ~;ulv ~mnl{. Vmu$ does II f 'l~'p~.ar >R the ;l~COfJlp:lllylftl rn,.,. of .: (" ~ . .,,.mbf'r evl'mn~ \kK"'. which show .,,,.,,. P .!nnce a~mt lUfll).p.m .. your own , '"'l ut' ~f.lnti.lrd um~. ;H rh~ rtrst of ~ovan i~r. 'J:tJ p.n.. af! th~ 15h "'nd 8ffl p.m. on , ht" :or h. . aright Blrcls Ill the Sky . . . n'ot ia Pep-at all, but ia the neiJhborina poup of Andromed... Thil ~lbtion reprc.enta the Echiopiaa princeu. who, ac- cordinatD mytholaay. wa chained 10 mck eo be dCYourcd a .. DIUWUr, rcprncrued bJ th~ of Caul. the whale, iD dac lOUth. Por1uaaeely, the wu r.ecucd by the llc10, Pcrmat, wbo is Ken iA rbe. DCJrtb... Aadrcauc:d't routbcr, C.niopcia, ia ltCD ia dac DOl' dl, a poop the lena ~ aboe Pobris, dae pole-sa. Alonpide her is her hUthaocl, the kin~t Cepheus. TUI'Jilila now toWard tbeeasr. we an tee what is paually tD be me finat COftltdlacioa ia d)e sky mil kina its debur few the aca~ " l Season's f Thia it Orioa. rhe wamor. casU, rccoa- nizcd because of the three 1GB ill a fO'III chat ball hil belt. To lhc left il Jktd- JC'*, ID the riibt la Jjgd, bob cl. the nnt mapitude. aliiiOUp belna 10 low iD the MJ they do DCJt IPIJU at briaht U they will in the comin)t munrh,. 1 tee chmt high in th~ " ... tth. Just ~bovt Ort\lO ~ T~uru,. du. r..,n. """ bnlliant Aldebaran, :and tn rhc l,.ft of rht~ fipre tbnds AurigJ, lhe , h.uu,r~:cr. "tth fir1t matlnitucle C..pelJa . Ahhot1p only Venus as nnw vmblc in the nenin~, two other pl~ncts .tp~:r m th(' soumeast before sunrise. arightt'\f ut rhc~ virgiD. It is closc to the bright ,br Sps~ ... However, it excc:ed, the st:u an hnlh.m(C' about tn rimes. Farther ~st is M:ars, rising ~bout an huur abaci of the sun. Its brighlnnt is .1hout half of Spica. Mercury an! S..rurn are bach too nr:ar the sun to be ~.usly '\ s~ibtc in. NOYanbcr. of "Stan" to Come Novembet is thr month brins;ing nne uf me year's bmous sh ow ers of mct('nt ~. or '"sbooring su~, .. .,..Juch :1p~ar fr om ;0. ut the 13th to the 16m . They arc most numcrom afte-r miJm~hr, becaw,e then we arc on the forwarJ side or the eardl in its annual movement around rhe IUD. Thus, we mttt m~.m h~.,J..Qfl. This is djtfcrcnt from the cv('nin)( h>ur~ when we are on rhc r~rward p.lrt, and :.ec only thc1e thac atch up to us.