PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Bolloon 1 ;)ec~ml>er 1957 Humburg, Germany 3. DATETIME CROUP ~ TVP! OF 08SERVATIOM 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Local 163 0 GCT xxa Ground-VIsual 0 GroundRoctor 5. PHOTOS 0 Was Astronoml col D Ya Physical 0 Probably AstronoMical Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 Po sal bl y Aircraft D.Jie Specitnen Civilian 0 Possibly AstronoMical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. lltiiP SUMMARY Oil SIOHTIMO 11. COMMENTS One brightly burning objec t f ell in vicinity, flatnburg , Germany . Object strucl< the earth at an ::tn g l e o f 30 d gr:; above the horizon. Grass i n v i cinity o f imp~ct w::ts s inged ~tnrJ (l Ovo:ced with a white Jl'Gy oxide res1.rl :.1 :;. :io met a l p ieces recove1ed. Analysis o f residue r e v ealed mag nesium a n d n l ,Jminum oxides with the former predominant i n q u antity. ATI C c oncur s in con- clusio::l ol)j cct was parachute ATIC POJtM S2t (R&V 21 B&P 12) DATE OF II'ORMATION . INFORMATION REPORT !. OFFICE. OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SERIAL. NO. D A T E OF R EI"ORT jn 'tile TidJd. 1v" of poin o~ lmpao\ aSngli l1 USIA fiC.Im ~ ComEastS '",.,,. 0?30 FlC !/ {rf3/ Jl2 tTOC c, -~vwS' .. OP31 FIE N3 r n-lSi.=h BuOoclu <JP41 0 Hl l ' J J lc, ' '-'>It BuPen OP60 Nl ComtJHFit N()L "' "AinPac NEL "' tMinl FORMATION REPORT P'ICA.TION P'RON RD'OitT NO. UNCLASSIFI e:o ASST. NAVAL ArrACBE, HAMBURG 98l57 18 Deoem'be:r Source ia Professor Ibctor 1Jn1vcaa:l.ty of Bamburg. Source vas ve17 cooperative as well as objective to tbia incident. fiml conclusions an limited to the opinion that this obJect. lAS no~ a but as constructed by man tor some purpose vbiQb 1a not kDotm. -a Rather exteuive digging operations we:re conducted a1; eite b.Y Guman A1'fV -a hole about ten teet deep with expandad radius w.s dllfh tbe earth aitted and no metal discovera~ The theor.r tha~ this object lAS a ahipts signal device has been suggested, however. the nearest Sldp dltl could h~e been 110 cloa* to po1n\ ot impact tban one and one half miles, which would seem to negate the idea tJm t a ,ship waa the point ot origin. The bole has been refilled and the iDoident 1a coDSidered b3' local authorities. A. P.. SCOft Captaia, UBI mflisASSIFI ED