1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION$ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 0 Was Balloon SnJ 1 i :'l'lt c 1 I rnl"'\ i;l 0 Probably Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATiOH .:-::;..:.:..-------I 0 Poasll,l y Solloon 3. OA TE TlME GROUP :o~Ground-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Alrc:roh 0 Probably .6.ircr oft l'){) 1.0 ,; ) }~Air-Visual 0 Alrlnterc~pt Roclar 0 Possibly Alrc:roft local . ' , l DYes 0 Probably AJtr~nomlc:al 1. lEMG1'H OF OBSE~VATIOH 8. HUMBER OF O&JECTS 9. COUR~E 0 Other-----------0 fn:sufll ci ent D ata for Evoluoti .," 5 scco~ds one ~ffi 11. COMMENTS 10. BRIEf SUMMARY OF ~ICHTING San Cl G!'len te I s land 3 M i SE o "f Ber rc go S[Jri n b 30 Mi W o f Dlythe , C~lif . 5 Mi E of Q.xnartl, Cal.ii .. V~ntura, C~lif. San Derna.1.d ino, C a 11 f c AT1C FORM ll? (RY.V l' SP.r' Sl) SQH;Jli.30 SQGQG4 YDA026 XYA104 XDE013JBAC6S ::ii ~JEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ RJUP.JB 128 7i'1 COtlDR 27TH ,~r;-: DIV 10 RJEDDW/COMDR ADC : rr:-n~O/COi1nR ATTC .:.. A . ROU D. B . BASEBALL. C. BRIGHT BLUE AI\D ~ ... 'HIT . D . O!JE T~l\VF.LIIlG FRO~i CXt~ARD, CALIFORNlf\ l:JH;:~ . )S J ECT ~1 AS SIGHT D, B . U ~:r~I,!Ol;Ji 1 C Ul': K OUiJ. D . TP. A VEL ED E~ A ~C :T~Ct: SOUTH TO i!ORTH. E . FADED. F . F I Vi?.: sr:cm;ns. 5 . FlVl~ i1ILES EAST 5 . A. CIVILIJ\i' . ~lR. CF"O"fNARD, CALIFOfH,I A. - U. S ARt i Y RF:T 1 HED O Al1RAD AFB OFfiCER OF DAY. REPORTED TO A. CLEAR. B . UllKt<O\oJt! . C . Ul:LitliTD. D . 2~ l'iiLES . E . Ut~l 10U l 11. ADCC B J::Ll E'J : s OBJ ECT HAS ~1ETk.OR. ~, YDA073 XYA1241XDAJ43JBA08J Fr1 COiiDR 27Tl-i AI R DIV TO R J EDDt!/C0:19R ADC ~J[PEQ/DOI HQ USAF Ut:CLAS Fi~Ot'l 270 I TAC L0J 16 . C(jTHITE. I D. t,ot:z . F . QB'jEC'T GLOHED VERY B~IGH1'. G. U . . :-'::.0'.!.: OBJECT BURST I~.; F L A:1E NORTH OF SAi:TA PAULA:'l It~ VICi i.IT'f 2 . A . f.LASHEK. Ut~KNOT.jf\~. C Ut\l< r~0 :1l:. DA. ARC 3'f'0~1 SOUTH TO BUitST I i\ F LAJ1E. SECO!:D S . 3 . A. GROUiJD- VI3UAL. B. l!Ot:E. c. hOl\:!!:. , VENTU r?A Cf\L I FORNIA, rU L:-J... U~iLil'liTED. D. 2 ~IlLES. E . NONE . F NOi',~E. U~,!KNOHN 9. 2 7 ADCCS.\1r.RAliBLED FOUl~ Fir,HTERS, AREA. NEGATIVE RESULTS. 11. ADCC -!1T WILSON OBSE!~VATORY BELIZVES OBJECT T SQA072 YDA032 flD030 UN RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ XDC033JBA067 D:S RJHPJB 13B Fi'l C Or!DR 27TH AIR D IV TO RJEDDN/COMD2 ADC RJEDSQ/COl1DR A7!C HJEPI!Q/DOI HQ USAF Ui;CL AS FRON 270I TAC LOOll. CC() BLUISH UHITE.J' _....-" 2 . ( A) DRIGHT LIGHT. CB ) UIJKN0 1 . .Jll. ( C ) UNENO'Atl . ~D) THAVELF.D FP.ON SOUTH HEST TO NORTH NOP.TH EAST. [;:;...- 'E) DISAPPEARED JUST ABOVE MOUNTAI N HEADI~G TOWARD Lf\KE ARROHHEAD . CF) THREE SI~OND?./ ',. ) ('_ ... , GROUND VISUAL. ( B) NO~li~ .. CC) N/A. CB ) NIGHT. PAGE T\/0 R.J PJB 13B 5 SAN BERNARDI~JO, CALIFORNIA. SAN BERrJARDINQ,{ CAL ~j nil l' l!/10 THIN c :R?..US . l2. NOtlE. )2/20 2 42 DEC RJHPJB SCATTERED. Ut1LH1 ITED. POSS I BL LARGE ~1ETEOR. ~ AlTIOHOM'f S<:IIHCI Naw1 Luna J.,. Octtl~r 16, 1957 Venus, the only planet now visible a brilliant object in the sky and will soon shooting stars." in the evening, i$ be io ined by the By JAMES STOKLEY ~ THAT BRlWJuvt' object you. see in the 10UthwestaD sky the3C evcnintp as dark. P~ ails is DOl an ~tpl~nc, ~ liying saucer o r ~e bright liP~ bClng in the sky as part d ~ opcrimau. . What you see il the pl~nct Venus. now re?cbinl its *'~test prominenc~ which :ocncs jUst before its disappcar:ance from. the cYCDin! sky c:arly in 1951:1. Venus is fat briihter th:an any odlcr .star O(' pbnct JIOtft ill d\e night sky and there '-" no didiculry ill identifying ir. ladecd, ic u n be obt erved lcac bcfOC'e the sky is ~rlt. 1 n-i:ac:t. ii 1'0'& know where to look, y.PU an 1:'1 en JCe it iA bro.d cb y li~ t! Ai.a it pan~ behind the sun bst April !._., Venus bas snduaUy been drawing to r~e east of dut body. That meant t hac it followed the sun in itJ cbily morion across the >ky, lnd tO reruaincd visible in the wot l.Ctct the sun had set. On Nov. 18 it will be atthu e:ut oi the sun, hence remaining in the sky for the longc:st time after sunset, n e:uly three boun. After ch.1t it w;tl st"ut m.->fln~ towud the sun a~in. n~luse of its early setting, Venus does no~ :1ppc:3r oo the accompanying maP\ of the NO ember nciiiog skies, which show thett lP1)e:lt:IDCie about 10:00 P . .m.. your own kind of stand:ard ~. :ar the first of N ovcm- t~, 9:f~) p.m. on the lSth lnd 8:00p.m. on Thee maps do. however, show the stan tluc an: now Yisibie. . . Toward me wee ii Deneb, :at the top of the .. nonhcm awa,,. which it really part of the ~ns~btioin of Cygnus, the swan. Deneb is in the bini's tail; i.n bet, the word u .\nbic 1nd mans ""tail. .. The aOIUpicce r=?re5entJ tbe wings. ~nd r:bc Iowa part oi t ~e c:r<* his Ions nccl(. stt1:a:hcd forwud in :ti3ht. At t:hc ~d is Albtreo, a sur eX ' n e :ccood .IN~rude on the a.ttronomiC.Jl _ ... ,~bendS :ale. Bdow CyJtnuS iJ another :~:-1t-.'lU$tlirude sor, Ve63, in Lyr:a, the lyt'e. r ..> the lett is .1nochet bird, Aquila, th~ ::~de. with the stat Albir. H i'(h in the JOtllh you on 3oa: the four , ;.l.n rlut f< n the .. lsi eat <~q~re," part of tne consrellaaon of Pe'lf.LIUS. the winKed 1-lor.e.. .\lchoogh tbt::te .are not amoog the ~rigbcr:st. :heir chancteti.1tic arr:angemcnt 11 ... kc:s them a good jt:lrrin~ place from ,._ 'H~h to find odM:r ~ps. The: hone, '-:U:lll.,, iJ upside down in me sky, :u the not in Peg:~su) at all, but in the ntighh<>ring gmup of AnclromcJ:a. This constc:ll:lCion represcn t:s the Ethiopian princess who, :ac- corc.ling to mythology, w:u chained to a rock to be d evoured by :a sc-.1 monster, rc:pracnted by the c:onstclluic1n of Cetus, the whale, in south. Fortunately, she was r~ucd by the hero, Perseus, who is seen in the north- Andromeda's mother, ussiopcia. is seen in the n orth, a group forming. the lcttet' ~. above Pobris, the pole sar. Alongside her is her htuband, the Icing, CcphCUJ. Turning now toward the e1st, we c:an see what i~ generally considered ro be ~ nnc:st cocutdlarioo in the !ky n~king its debut for Orion~ S.a1ort's finest Th~ is Orion. the warrior , easily rec~ ni:zed becawc or the thr('e scars in a row that fonn his bdt. To me left is Betel- to the right is Rigel. both of the fint magni rude, although being so low in the rhc:y do noc appear as bright as they will in rhc coming months. T hen you wilt see them high in rhe lOUt.h . Just above O rion is TlllfU\, the b ull. wirh hnlliant Al debaran, lnd ro the kit l)f this sonds :\urig-.1, the chariotea-, with first magnitude Clpdl:a . Although only Venus is now visible in the evening. two other pbnets .Appc:ar in rhe southeast before sunrise. Brighcest o f these is Jupiter, in the coostdl:nion of Virgo, the It is clo:se t.o the br ight sbr Spica. it e.-ccec(ls the sur in brilli:an.:c about ten tim~. Farther e:a.st is M.Jrs. ri.sing about :an hoor of the sun. Itt brigbmcss is about h2H dut of Spica. Mercury and ~rurn are both too nc:ar the sun to be easily 'lisible in Novc:mbn'. Novc:mlxr is the mootb bringing one of the: year's f~mous showen of mctc:cxs, or "shooting st:ar.s; which appear from about 13th tn the: l 6rb. They ue most numerous aftrr midnight, bc:Ciuse then we are on the forward side of the e:~rth in its :annual movement :around rhe run. Thus, we meet them hod-on. This is different from the CYening hours when we are oo the rc:arward part, and sec only those that catch up to us. r~.w ot n .an ~ten<!in'( w~ud from ~ _. EAST ou 1;, lo w r ri<;tht cotnd' of the .qu~re is Ius h~.J! . T:,e r :~c chc upper ritt phcncz, iJ .o " SYM,SOlS FOR ST~RS ~ OR!JEA OF BRICHT~:st-'~ AF FORM 112-PJ\'RT II ; .;>f>RO'JEO I JWIE 1~18 AIR INTELLIGENCE JNFOR~AATJON REPORT Hti <.P r ;.o. Al-'. TI CI..E I II (Diario de rioticias, Porto /,le~ra., D-3c 5, 1957) aceio [JJecJ h. ( { ;!:':t:J:._i!.:..b .l.J.. .~ l e tter n:ceived _ rom the tov-rrl Q~ Ca!=.: la reports tha~ ..1. f' J.ying sauce \,a 3 :>ean :flying over the Tl'.i 11nfo T:, state (by J oao CabCt."'17J\1;3i1~x.;...;....,.L. t.~a Pedrinhas Ss Late (by ? h e rst n?p:.=arance of ~"le strang e object o'=.:curred .xt, 19 o 'clock 5 thJ the S3cond on~ a t 4 J\H on th.3 27fu .. Fla"rio .~r.Iori.m 3tates tll.Ut thc:l luminou s objec~ rcr.laJ. nnd l' n v C:'T ... r JO minutes a nd the-n disappea!'ed zloHly. _ Thr ~j~ seen a t a J.otT altituds, ifas describP,d as having the shape of a ball 3 being o1<2nga-color:..d and. the size o.f a t:racto.r---..1heel L~HIJ:-tetC?ro 11ma . roda de trator em Alagoas l MACEIO. 4 . (~!eridional) -CorresponC.:cncia cbegada do municipio . ~ de C:tpela. ioforma que foi vnto um di'!CO voador. sobrevoando a fazen ! rl> Triunio, por Joao Cabral Alm.:tda c fazent.la Peclri,,bu, pelo senhor F!ivio Amorim. ; A prime irn :tpari~ii do objeto esrronho ocorreu as ~etenove hor:u do . dta :5. a 'ie~unda iiJ quarro hor:ts da maC:ru~:utn do Jt3 27.-~ Afirma Fl;ivio .~morim que o engenho l umino:.o permaneceu trinta ~ ll'inUI~ em ;eu c3mpo visu:.l. des:~pttrec~ndo lentamente. ; 0 nacnbo .. vislo a.,bajxa altura, iua de54:rita.cumo tendo :1 formt1 de -~ \:ma bola d4J cor 3..1ar:so,ada e do tamanbo de uma rod:t de trotor com. ~ ' tro e meio de Q;lmetro .. ' - , \t'.f ~Oi rE RCOUCCJ Jtl \'ld?L.EO:~ l'l h\ili, :;( Cf l'dt: Llt-::E ,:t. l.J~AF About 8 p. m. t that the Cleveland tm plans. all: set to . make the . saw .Splitnik;~ Woman Says'. 1\'trs. Helen Murphy ot .118 Hickory st. . reported today \ that she saw what she thinks was~Sputnik I's rbcl<ef passing ; overhead last night: . , 1 "It was close to ten after~ sl:( . ~t was just like_ a~ ~rjght : star , . I knew' it wasn't an., ail'plane. It moved from. north i to south and finally faded. I saw it 'and. rih into .the hous'e to get my-husband. We saw : it lrom the front~ yard and ran around to the back yard to watch some more. 1 guess we could 'see it for:-a coople of rninutes, somethin'g like.that It _ looked ju~t: l.l.ls~ ~e 'ltars only it was JVClVfng, I thoueht it w~ld be movinr faster than it was. that it would whizz by and be gone." . . :\Ieanwhile. Kenneth E . Kls- sell or. Fairborn, chalnnan ot the Moonwatch team here, r~ portE'd that he receiveti 100 calls last n ight from. people who ;ht they s a1v the rocket. " We saw noU1ing that \ve could put any faith In," Kissell orted today. He said his !\Ioonwatch..team No Case (Inormation Only) 29 November-~= -t Sao Paulo, Brazil SINGU1',AR ill!"'.O" C_t\PTUREn BY: ..:f3R.A.ZILIAN AUTHORI TIES: Wall, \vhat do you: kn{)w?: .. some- thing va-;;y strange ~as happsn~d'in.Leme, St~te of sao Paulo, ~ri. Nov.embe"l: .. 29t];l.. and one is almost safe' to sa:y that a.nothe'r piece :of maceria.l eyidence ha.s bel3n s'e91J.red to provt3 that u..ltidenti'fied. flying objects do: exist anii tilkv they 'Eire 'solid 'objects. we.only..know a.bout.th~.s~ra.nge Leme .. ev .. ent from newspapel.'a, but CPDV haa. a~.~ea.c:ly. ,7~itJ. an to .. all. conce~ed., t~yi~. to get.! s om.emo:r:e:. details., ~.ro be exaot th~ . L~,n~. ob_j ;i?,.s.hquld . .-be:.te~ed ~s a.. ~0"~. meaning unid~ntif.ied fal.len. object, be-: c~usa it, wa.a. not really flying,. but _slowly f alling. :from tha ~ky when. it wa.a first_. o'pQttetd.: Let. us. quo.te frop1 " Folha .. da Ivianha! o:f. Saco Paulo,. toc;la.y' s issue -December "A. 'strange:: object ;30 centimeters in d~a.meter .(op.e :(oot) :te\1. from th.e sky. on ! ~ . Hovember 29 at 17:20 local time (20:20 G1vlT) on a":farm .. nea.rLame. It i's a ci.ark n1'a!f-Ber ~et'Iooks li~e very fin.e steel s .tra.w', b e.q.ring ~ign.s o+:h~ying been expo- sed to high combus.tiotl; :One of the '\vi tnasses ' Mr Sebastiao Ma.rti~ati saidi 'il!y. son J'os~ poil ed 0';1~. ~0' ~e;. very hig~ .. ~n .the sky; 'a .blac~. yrhe~l_ .. fJI'O'NlY fr4~ing an~.: ... I apparent~y:ro t .A~ th~:bE::&"inni~ it c~ul:d ~e ~a~d~.to .. 5>~ a ou ar~ ci~ctiri$. : 11 over~ea.dQ All o:r us (~hre.e. peopl~). w.a.tched eager~y a~.~ t struck.. ~he s ;rourtd ins~d~ . . . an 6rchard.. .. We were'ra.ther. scared e.nd I did not allow a.ny" o:f 'the: presents to I :touc~ the vr.ex:~ :c r~ption. Aft a~ .landir,i . a:. t}:d.:ng. e~ed t ? . s irll< ~ ii jtl e ~i -~. ~ A "Fo'lha da. .repp:rter want . to th.e scene and later stated that nobody was. able :to identify :t~e .stra:nge thing,. .. th