PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLU$10MS 0 Wos Bollooft 5 rovember lv57 Texas N cw :.lex ico Are:1 3. DATI-TIM GROUP Proltolt.y Ball" PossiWy Bollooft .Lonl-----------~. XIS G,.uttd-Yiauel 0 GrovrttiRa.ler D Wos Alrcroft 0 P roltoltl y Ai rcr .. t GM... 06/0300Z oElf.!W lars 0 Air-lnterc-..t Ro4or 1 ~ rnun... 0 Was Aatrotto,..icel Po si W y Ai rcroft 7. LENGTH 0 ... 08SIIYATION I. NUM8Eit 01' OIJICTS 20 nlnutes 10. BRIIP SUMMAY OP SICHTINO ObJect size of baskd~ball, silver chan~inrr ~o red ao~eared to be l"Otat- ir1g & descending on a S\f heading. Faded just above horizon. ATJC POWM 38 (JIKV 2 SEP 52) 11. COMMINTS ProltoWy Ast,.ftOMicel P.x Possiltly Ast"*'ical D Insufficient Deto fer Evaluation D Unlcnown Venus in the ss,v, ~ow so bright many newspapers acd ;~s~ro journa~s have pub 1 i c it y co i: l m .:} r. t i u g on i t: J~DWP HI11V WPC112 YDDI6~ VYAI82WMAQ66DNAI29DNFII1 ?P RJEDDN RJWFDN RJIDWP RJEPHQ -;,~ RJWFDN 1F . CRUCES AF STA N MEX ~0 RJEDDNiCOMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO ~J~FDN/COMDR 34TH ADD KIRTLAND ArB N MEX q,J~DWP/COHDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON OHIO R; EPHQ/DERECTOR OF INTELLEGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25 DC .;CLAS FROM OPS 795 ~?OB IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 211-2, 12 AUGUST 19,4 AND ADCR 211-7 :.9 JANUARY 1955, THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTEDI I ' ( <() 5 ILVER CHANGING CHANGING IN COLOR (B) ORTY-FIV~ 4:5 TO FIFTY' 'I) DEGREE ANGLE ABO~E HORI20N CC) TWO .<2> T~ FtVY C ) DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON CD) DECENDING ON A CE) FADED JUST ABOVE HORIZON CB) NIGHT TIME CAl LAS CRUCES AF STATION, NEW MIXICO PC {1218 f ~NSHINE, NEW MEX FOUR RJWFDN 1J BORDER PATROLMAN ~.r.R POLICEMAN l~ OF 6S'TH ACWRON CRUCES AF STATION L:\S CRUCES, N MEX ~ZL!BABILITY OF ALL MEN IS EXCELLENT PAGE FIVE RJWFDN 1F ..... (B) URI A V lllllrT-230 DEGREES AT. 2Q KNOTS, 16111FT-l~ DEGREES AT 38 KNOTS, 21880FT-~Ji AT 51 KNOTS 111 FT BROKEN. ( E r--~o " PERC EN .9 ) REQUESTED A/C MIDNIGHT 14 TO CHECK DEMING AND COLUMBUS. -~ ~$~ ~ :t.:W MEXICO AREA. A/C DID SO WITH NO RESULTS. 1 ( >SAME AS ITEM (9) ( 11) LT. ROBERT W. DEBOLT, AO 3149346, SENIOR DIRECTOR ON DUTY .35TH ACWRON, & NOV 19'7 AT 31'2 'GOC ELPASO CALLED STARTING ~HAT A MRS. PALUK AT GOC POST, SUNSHINE, N MEXICO HAD s:GaTID AND OBJECT FITTING DECRIPTION, POSITION, AND TIME , !~AT CORRESPONDED WITH THE OBJECT SIGHTED AT THIS STATION. J.-\GE sIX RJwrrwa- 1r , \T 941"'Z 6 NOV 1957 MEMB&If OF US BORDER PATROL REPORTED OBJECT CORRESPONDING WITH THE J;lo ABOVE MENTIONED...SlGHTINGS AS TO t7 ZEN OVER MIDLAND, TEXAS- MIDLAND GOC POST. ON BASSIS OF : oiNCIDING DICRIPTIONS, TIMES OF SIGHTINGS AND RELIABILITY OF STATED THAT HE HAD PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IN HIS POSSESSION BUT . ~.;{~!VtD AT PLACE OF SIGHTING TOO LATE TO USE CAMERA ;:~S DISAPPEARING. ~/08,JZ NOV Venus, the only planet now visible,.in the evening, is a brilliant obied in the sky and will soon be joined by the Leonids, "shooting stars." By JAMES STOKLEY not in ~psus ac all, but in the neighboring poop oi AndtOibt:Ja. This eo~ulrilatioo reprCKnts the Ethiopian who, ac.. TH., T BRJlll.<\NT object you.~ in cardin a to mytholoJy, was chained 10 a rock the these neninp as dark-to be devoured by a sea monster, n:pr~nted nc-s~ f.dls is not ;,an ~irplaoe, a ftyina uuar, by the constellation of Cetus, m~ whale, in ur ~orne briahr light huaa iA the sky as pan /'the toUch. Fortuoaedy, she wat rescued by of an e!tpCriaaenL . . ' ~ ~ bao, Pcnc1.11, who it Jt:cn in the north~ \\'hac you see the planet Venus, opw cast. r~,chin1 jp crqtat pW!nincncr, which . Andromaia't momcr, Cassiopeia, iJ sn tlJmcs iust bdore ;rs diappe.u2DCC &011J in tbe DOrch, a group formiDg the lcnr:r M, the cveninJ lky early in 1958. . . ., above Polaris, tbc pole scu. Alonpde her Vm.U is far brighter Nrt an other stM :. is her hmbud, cbe IUns, Cqbeus. nr .ulft ~n an r c na ere ' Turnina now co..ard ~ east, we C3f\ stt i~ nu I uJty '" i.tenrifyins it Indeed, it what is generally cauidercd'to be me ~Of c.an h( obsuveJ long ~fore the sky is dark. coDStdladoo in~ sky making its debut for rn f .. ct. if you knuw where to look, you an me JaiOft. . "'ill in the= crMlillJ.t mtHh' 1 Lt .i. ,e,e them h Jh in th~ ~o,,t!,. U.niii.uu Alt:.ri'l.Jr:Jn_ .Jll\1 r" me:-"'t figure stmd, t\ur1ga, ~ ch:.motc~r. HL finr magnitude updb. ll Although only Ymus n IIIJW \'hibk the cvcnin~, two ohrr piJnc:n ~ppt"ar in ~ . ~ southeast bdore sunriK. t<n g htC'U of r. is Jupiter, in the ron lb tm n of V trgtJ JJ 'r virJin. lr i~ close to th~ brigLt ,tat ~i .. ., However, at UaNJ th~ 'ur lO lmfli.l:.ct about ten timet. ~ Farther eut is Man,. rilu,g ~bour a u h.-J''\ ahead of tht sun. Its brighmn:\ i.s :..h: hall that of Spia.. Mer-cury a nti S.:,tt.."t. are bodl 100 nc'2r the sun to be a"lv vtsi~'tr in November .. Novnnba is the month hnnging ot.u- / ! the yc2rs famous showers of mete-or s, '"" "''tn Je it in. broa.J daylight! , ~ :\ftcr it paswd ~hind the sun bst .. April 14. \enu! h:as gradually been drawina to the rJ~r of that bod~. That meant that it . . .. shooting sun~"' which :ap~r fr o:n al.'W. the 13tl\ to the 16th. . They uc-m~t numttous ah~r midm~ .. ! fpJlowcrl the sun in iu daily motion aa011 the skv. and~ rm1aaned visible in the west Jfter the sun ~d set. On Nov. 18 ic wdl . he brrhnost of thr SWJ, hence remaining '" rhe sky for the longm time afrzt RDtet, ne-.ulv three houn. Afrrr dut it will st2tt Thil is Orion. the warrior~ easil1 recog-be~ usc then -.c-ar~ on the orw~rJ ~ide: . aiud bel::anse of the three stan in a row the earth in lts annual movoncnt ~rmm~ .. that form his bdt. To the Jdt is lk'td. the sun. Thus, we mctt them iu.-:td.v~ . acuse, 10 the riaht il JUgcl, bcKh oi the fint .. This is djfJCTcnt from tilt ~enin:r ho. }' maplitude, aht100gh bciiJI 10 low in the whca Yo'e 2fe OD. the rearward p.Ht. ;JOel r ' sky they do DOC appear as bnpt as they only thOIC' that catch up to us. m'-'\ mg toWard the 'un again. B<-causr of ib earl y ~tti:-.g, Venus don no c 2ppe:ar on the accompanying maps of ' the Novonbtr n ening skies, which show their .1ppearance about 10:00 p.m., your own kind of standard tlmc, at the fint of Novan- ' ' her, 9:00p.m. on the I 5rh and 8:00p.m. on 11~ maps do, hownocr, show the itali . "'' ~ . th.-r are now visible. " .. ~ T ow:ud the west is Deneb, ;r the top . ; ; th~ ''nordwan cross; which is rally part .~, .,( 1h~ consatll.arion of Cygnt1.1, ~ swao. ., Dcn<"b is iA me bird's ~al; in bet, the word ,. ~ <CWST is Arabic and means ''taiL.. The cre~spicce represents the wings, and 'the lowes put of ... the UOSI biJ IOOJ nea, SU'Cfdl~ fDrward , . in fiighL At the head is Albireo. a star ci the second maptttHJe on the aatronomic:al . l'nghtn~ iak. Below Cnnus is another . I lirst-m.1gnitudr sur, Vqp, iD Lyra, the lyre. . To the ldt is another bird. Aquila, me c-:ag!~, Ywith the aar Alwr. ~\ ... ~ Htg h in the touth you can tee the four :-.. . sur, th:u fcxm m~ .. great lqUfe, .. pan of l the cons~llatioa of PeaatU~, the winatd tt ~ hor~ 1\lthouah tbcc are' IIOl amen cbe ~ brightat, cbeir char:ac~ arnnpiCDt muo lhau a good sbrti.DI : fram W hKh to find other IJOUIJL bone, ,.. a~:~t!ally, is uptide down in the sky, u dill row of san exacnding westWard bam abe . !ow~:-right corner of the square is hil bad! ~ l. T h e 'tar a; the upPCf rig is -.:::_.\s~ i J)!r: C&.~ S7j PD I ACCO~DANCE l.JITH AFa 2~;::;-2 F.O LLO 'J I G U~USUAL SIG~TI~G. :JAS NOT~D O~GANIZATIO~ ?D LIGHT OVAL S~-1AP2 DO.; Lr :I A I:~ V2[{TICAL PLA~!Z ~JTTOM PD SIGHTI~G WAS FROi1 HIGH~AY &6 EAST OF THORZAU FI~ST CLASS AT A ZI UT:-1 j'Q-SIIIQhlf TO