PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon New York 0 Probably 6alloo" O paul bl Y Ball 00" Locol 1954 JIST ci-VIauol D GroundRodor Woa Aircraft D Prolaobly Alrcroft D Woa Aatronoml col 0 ProboWy Aatronotnlcal D Poulbly Astronomical 7. LINOTM 01' OISI,_VATIOM I. NUMIIR Ofl OBJICTS t. COURSI! 0 lnaufflclent Doto for Evaluation 10. IRIIP SUMMARY Ofl IIOHTINO 11. COMMENTS Object appeared to have length. Did not twinkle, but its brilliance flu- ctuated slightly. The color was off- white or yellowish, appeared to move very fast. No sound. The object appe ed to be very distant and did not com pare at all with a/c sightings in ~e area at tbe time. ATIC PORM 129 (ltaV 21 I&P 12) Sputnik ruled out. Although' observer indicatdd object did not resemble a/c the flight path. peed,duratioo of sighting aad -II description indicate this probability. HKADQUAitTIIta ROME AIR FORCE DEPOT UNITED STATES AIR FORCE GRIII'P'fSS AIR FORCE BASE, NEW YORK TO SPIID DILIVIIlY of p.ur repl,, ADDIISS COMMUHICAliON te SUBJECT& Uni denti!ied Flying Objects Air Detense Command Attn: Director ot Intelligence Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado Attached correspondence is forwarded to your office~ compliance with latest directives. No material was forwarded to FOR THE COMMANDERs ""'HN N. ROG~ .-:Major, USAF hie~, Security Division Inspector General Headquarters, Air Defense Cotmoand, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado TO: Couauander, Air Technical InteJJtgence Center, AT'IN: AFCm laE4 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio MRAJ"D P'OitM t MORE AIR FORCE PER DOLLAR! REPORT OF UNIDENTIFABLE FLYING OBJECT This report is submitted in the belief that I observed a satellite or sighting which was in an orbit contrary or opposite to the two "Sputniks" now circling the earth. On 5 December 1957 I was driving North on the New York Thruway and was one mile south or the Saugatauries exit. The object was observed to appear to the lef't or east, of the bottom star in the Big Dipper. That , the constellation was projected parallel to the horizon and the two stars on the right side of the dipper were pointing upward to the North Star . It was to the left of the bottom star in the dipper that the object appeared at 1954 EST. The object mover\ .t'.rom this position to rrr:r left (west thru the dipper) at a constant elevation of about 20 degrees. The object passed a rather bright star or planet l.n the west (not Venus, Venus was lower on the horizon) and continued movement ~out;h of west until 1 t disappeared in the dimmer of two bright stars south of we st. i / Ti111e o initial sighting was approximate! 1954 #"the object passed the bright westerly star or planet at .1956 EST (arr a~imuth arc of approximately 80 degrees) and disappeared at 1959 EST ~ter traveling another azimuth arc of approximately 15 degrees. The elevation arc was relatively constaAt at about 20 de~ees. My watch was "hacked'' 30 seconds fast. The object 'Has n~'t a point so'..tr.Ce of light but appeared to h.:tve langth. It did not twinkle but its brillanca nuctuated slightly. It was at its brightest in the center part of its travel. The color was off-white or yellowish. Page 1 of 2 Pages The object appeared to move very fast, and no sound (of jet exhaust) was heard. The speed of movement from north to west. was much faster than the speed of movement from a point uest to 10 degrees or 15 degrees south or west. This indicated direction trom NE to sw. The object appeared to be very distant and did not compare at all with other aircraft sightings in the area at the time. L . t.t4713th REVFI' Griffi ss Air Force Base, New York