I 2. LOCi\ riON 112. :i. DATE"ri Mc C~OL , 4. TYPE CF OBSERVATIO N O . D.:Cround-Vi !Ou a l 0 Cround-Rodor g GMT \.T~.\ _ 0 Air-'li ~uol 0 Air-lnt~rcopt RuJ o r CYos Phy .. ;ic.;:tl 1 -G'i-lo S!)C<.:irt~;! I ~ivjli:!n CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Pro b::bl y Boll ,on P ossi;,ly Bolloun 'do~ Aircraft P robol>f y A i rcrdt bl y Ao rc r oft Was A:.tronomi eel P robohl y A~tronomo~ol Possil.ly Astro nomical 8. NUMaER OF OBJ ECTS 9. COURSE D.( O t h.,, '!.." .1 7. LEt-!CT!i OF 0:!5ERVATION 0 ln~uf~ici-::nt D~to for alu a tion 10. BRIEF SUMMA RY OF SI GHTING 11. COo\1\IENTS P.::ttich of rock 3u'mitted belil]vc~l to b'} a ;.n r t 0 r a l"h . .' tcor. L l";~. l tic .nputy Chlcf Al r I nt elligcn0a Offic~ "'rlg!~t.:.Pntter::;on Ai r Forc1 Eo.3r-; DJ.yton , O~liOo Thls i s a s~all part t~3t I had forgo an about i~ r:JJ coll. !C"t ion. I m not sur:. th~.'; i t i s Str::hl I do the pccablc nbt o f g o l d . r-or: o f ~ coll~cto:cs I ~ould l i k e to tu~n it i n for money . Thi s n~W3p~p!r clip?ing expl ?.ins ho,.j the g o l d gpill . .; d out 'l.cl t h::l c ar:t.3 in ~o th It ,nay be a bit radlo-nctive ~s a lot of th~ ~i-here's Still Gold tJn Th.ose Hills By WENDELL TROGDON, St3ff Reporter 'JROOKLYN. Ind. -When Back m northern Mor:;an ~".ks 3.40und these parts need County, he us~d his leisure .:.;::J. money~ they can grab time to prowl streams, and . t;1~1r d ishpa n and head f or search sand bars and gravel Goln Creek. beds' . O!d:!:ners say there's gold a~::mg Gold Creek and SycJ. ~.ore :tnd Lamb Creeks, too. r: unonds, w~ighing as much ' ~ 3 .:nrats, :1\so have been ~ ' :-~a :n the screams and their ' t .btJnes. red Dovle, who lives in t .: i\hrgln County hills lr S'1tlt;ow~st of here. says he p 1 .:ned fo r :he v"lluable dust W p ar.; Jnd could alw1ys . '1::1 a raw dol!lrs worth each ;: ~ stu;t, ' h~ ,:ud. "I've found I .:--: ::.a"'!'lonc.; tn t.1e stream, t. .,.- { .:1roul!n 3ndiord Woods, 1 . , !1"'1 rJntV"r31lV outcoor One day, near home, . r.e . found a deposit of black I magnetic 3and. He panned and found glittering specks of, Another C alifornia returnee d iscov ered wh.lt J ohn was doir.~. \Vord spread and the 1 rusn wa.> on. Hundr~ds of gold-seekers 1 p011red into the ..rea. Sk!l!ed I lnners made $ 2 to S3 a dav- good money in those days. No one can recall the names. l')f the e acly pcll\ners, but :;or:lel r sicents recall t!1etr pa:ents t tl:<mtt about tl':e l"'1Sh. Geologists .;ay here's still ~oid 1n Moqan County :1:1d' ,ii!V'r'\1 c~r,er places in Ind1 an.t. But t~e s mall amou:tt m1 . .;es find:"!~ it worthwntle .~nly as '\ ~ooby. !Jr-ouc. r Noll. l'o i ;r~c.r ircin freec; flood~ \c fltf"~ ~ ~orne has been placed under t police guard . j Polle e expert DP-vid Purtell di!.covercd th~t & poiH-open eel typewriter Jo- ~ated or. t he second f loor o f he university wc.s used t o 1type the note. Authorities said the discov- ery indicated that the n ote \typed on o. concert. program, w a s the work of a student . The note warned that unless jUntermeyer paid SS.OOO his two aaugmers would he harmecl. The politicc.l science professor found the note in lh is faculty mail box. Untermeyer's father. ltwin 11s a ret1red New York Su- Jpreme Court justice and h is \grandfathe r, Samuel, was a wealthy 1'-ew York attorney. Police said they would <:heck ~ingerprints on the type- :writer with prints o f the stu-. ldenl body. However, aut h o ri-;' li ies s a id the prints would not \ .. t-oe conclusive since 1t. is a ll'" r"' pubiic typewriter wr.ic!l "a."'y \ c~:::.:... -:_:, s~', r~ ,ichigan Water ,_. 'l on a en an a Dry o~ fl!!UJOI!J'C:J UIO .. J ~ DETROIT (" P) M-h' ;wo4 awt::l J?ISOOH p~W'Ill,Pt:<> h: "waie:-w on derland.'' has SIP t: u;nv-.. 01 ! p.:.~<-- \ust weathered the ririest ~<Ut! ;4~ U! .. u.!mJ Plo .... , a4J t.1arch in y ears. Nl S JJiYJ.S a'lO!:> \ I Only f armP.rS arc h appy . fhey arc plC'win~ d..-v field~. ihat w ere mostly muc! in early ~ay la st ) e~r. I \\'hy the drou~ht '! \\ ". W. ak of the U .S. Weather Bu- au in Det roit says the usut.l orm centers h;n-e been by- a ssing M 1chis;an to the. ~out II i:o year. He doeH1t know "Al:nost everythm~ in Mlch- ;ans 1o:-est will burn :-is:ht ow." s~iC: E. E. Tucl.er. e!'~tc;\. pt. chief o! the Con~e~ntJOr. !epartme:-n~ fiE:Ic adminislr o di\i~ion. ThrouJ:hm:t MichtJ!al" tf: r.s had March the C"IC~l it ts been in yt-fl:-s. ln Detro'~. l'W ~\,P JO ~axoo a;:~!nls H!~ 4~noJ1.p pai.{S\.11\ u?aq pt:lJ. W4l 'tt~n0\.{1 sauo newc-aaJl!l put puoWP!P l'CJ~:>-z t! punoj 1 .. S"OI:'l:>nSutl eJCIII\ SQ6t at~ <:! I U1t:at: puP 0G1 U! pJO~. ~UJl' 01 SCIUIU:lt'U! ac:n 0~ qou;;:; .. pn~s UllU."C)!:ll ''-sJl'll. o ,,w:.: AU! 1c-np 4~nou01 1no pe>utt' f! II I I A'llP auo lf.JOM ~-s- , J ptof JO; p:>I!U' - -eJ 'SJ3UlOJ O 'PJOfl'\l:Jf! OIL: f "1 .' r . L~j Hi Strahl ::pu-r.;y Ch r~ f Ai r Intelligen~e Office Wrl~ht~Pattt~rson Air Forcp Base Dayton, Ohio conc~rnln6 thz pot of gold :profl t . Thurefo~e th~ pot o f gold :1111 hov~ ~o r~i:1:1.in in it3 hiding pl~ce so far as I ~m conccrn~do Stop in and s~B my loga l stone coll~ction if you ar~ ever over this way. ) aoMlog1 "J~ ~q~on, Ohii:J I noli:!)d your , oy p~o~J a 7~1r ag~ ~f \fr~. gh t-P1.tt rson l'dr-l 'oro~ Pose D~1.yton, Ohio. u~eJ fol' a variety of things. l a r g=st Dorticl, trnt "'r.str"ti' not "lt 20 ~tuff ia 13yl aro~nd or beittg t h ill a t SpicJland. I f~cl thi s 1a tlta 11nth of thi~ mein body. Our mail oan zecalls s ln~ somJttln~ o f tt~ cornst nqturJ, co=a from thi s aa~! t~n~rnl dir~ction, and th3 :'2ct t '-:at -;>3rticl~s f'o: .. u-:r1 t l.:!.lcgt"! c ;.J~kn.~s:; o f the mass~ caus~s m~ to thll~ t~nt ua~t of it is still ln so li1~d of an orbit. At firs~ I :~as only i~t~r~at~d in finding a ~ctJor illl, I sort of ~!t a b9ng out or lt. r r you ar~ inte~estea qt any ti~1, m~ for the pr:!vious lctti!r. Ind~Ut:!;l !~ ~t ~orolo6i st AJ.r- Fo!-c.! Bas~ Dayto:1., Ohio (J. ) It w~a a stony Conglomerate. ( 2 ) Soo~ o f these particle 3 arJ crumbly ( 3 ) By far t~.~ moat i mportant, i s the pock._ts of flint i n th~ con~lomcrato. As you w~ll kno~, n p~rticle o f flint th~ siz~ or a ma.rbl~, ~Jill .v~cn heated, b last many f.:;et, in evi:!ry dirr otion. Particlvs of flint found ar~ m~ny, ~any tl~as the siz~ of rn bleso They show the mark~ of heat anJ blast . Thi s i s xy c~usd fo~ t~in~ing the struck ~rea is mu~h broad~r th~n the mai n body of waterial. I hav,~ found no v aluable p i ecea, exc~pt as collectors iterna. MAny particles found , havd a tcnd!n~y to g o into tvhat 10o -ts like quart z and stan~ crystal3 T re ar~ a!gna o f Indians using some of this materia l , the~!~o~e the strik.J go2a o1~ay back. or course f rom the air oictur~ of t h e ~rher_ from th0s~ nlc~cJ ~lght be c ompar~d with plec~s of th-d p w Jt~rn strlk1. ~ot that it would urov o~ythin~. I would 1 J\FCIN-IX3 AFCl!'L4X5 t\.FClN-48 -f-FCIN-JC I;Jdia n.a FILE CLASS: _ OFFICIAL FIL:: COPY O~f!CE O f RECOtW 1 3 o;~r~ci~t~ your 1ntdr9~t ned i~ ~d ~d ~ ne~J f~r ~urth~r i..ltor.t\1\tion on tha na~;e-r .1~ \lill Ccm-!H.tnlc.-.l;., \d".;n :r:::>u . ~ir !nt~lliaence Of f ice POUTING MO COORni~ATIO!'ol !'Hr.~T D~uui:;y Chi d' :. 1 Ai~ Intellig 0~-~fiiCO yr.,-o:?.; letter o f Har . 2S, 5S. t~er~ isn't mo me~al in the t hi.:;:; I':>r you. Am ~rti.clo~ing the only chunk that tag ~- v:;:.ry hlgh,met'il c(f.J.ntent, t ha.t I hav, s o fa.r founc1. I do not hav~ any furth .. r n.~cd f:>r thf' chunk ~nd tr1~refortA do not think of r~turnln3 i t . Thanks aga!.n for the coJnmunlcotion .. AFCH!-!XS FILE CL A55: ' (OFFIJ.:IAL FILE Cl.. \ OFFJr.:: Or RECORD .o h.t7~ r ecei"Ted t!"ta ::J.?~Ci:n6o '.fh.lca -:J'?PJ. !idli~t3 ;;o b a u ~'hCll .Jp eci.;neo .-1ill b~ giT~n ~ c;.;r~ful ~-;tud;:r t"'nd 'ltl81;tsi3 ~o t.<ot~r:nia~ l.t' it is o t mdteori o origin. You .Jil.l. b u infor.r~d o f thd resu.lta uoon corttpltttio n of t!1.,., te:.s ts. .;,l:~cerely, l:epu !;y Chidf . i r I!ltelll..;l:lnce ')t'!'ice SECURITY Cl..ASSlFlc..\TlO:i (1J cmv> DISPOSITION FORM Request for Analysis Puroorted ~teori te and Identification - AFCIN-4E2e DATE t?' . ./~MtiNT MO. I 4E4/Capt G.T.Grego~J/wm 1. Request aubject specL~en be subjected to necess~J studies and t ests to .determine wbetl:ler it is of meteoric origin; and, if so, '.mether predominantly of the "stony" or "nickel-iron " tJ'!)e 2. '!'he Air Force intere3t in these bcdies is vell k:lo.rn, particularly ~ the latter . 3. Attached are certa1 n doctJ~nts sho-wing some background and previous action taken to possibly assist you in this matter. 1. Examination of subject specimen has r evealed that it is a gl acia l boQlder of typical basaltic material. These rocks are often f ound at ~Teat distances ~ron the locality of their natural occurrences or original outcroppL~g, having b~en tr~i~ port~d by the movement of the Ice Age glacier s . 2 . Specificslly, the S?ec~en is a nor~l bas~lt, compact in forrr~ti0n end i~eousinorigin, with inclusions of specular honatite (s,lendent nicaceou~ iron o :. magnetite (m:~gnetic iron ore), and olivine (a green n.agnesiun-iron silicate) or ' chlorite, possible traces of iL~enite (a titaniun-iron oxide), li~onite (br hjdrated iro~ or e ) a nd pyrite (iron sul:.'ide). I t he.s a density of ap?ro:d....":'!.ately L,. 5 to 5 . 0 and i s tu:doubtadly of pluto:U.c (subterranea..l'l) origin. .\-:r:ospheric o:d.dation a nd sulphurization hcwa c~us~d t~e creai:!on of ~ v:xrity of colors, w~ic~ is typical of i.teathering a.'1d e:-Qosur'3. ! t will be noticad that th~ su:::':'ace of the :.'!.'e3h fracture does not display these effectso 3 .. . .till true meteorites show the effects of aer od:rnarnic heating i n r2aching the earth' s surface to a mor e or less severe e~dent, resulti~ in pitting ana surfaco fusion. This specimen bears 129~ of these evidoncc3o On the c ontra..7, it do~::> be.:?: striatio n m.:u-ks and surf::tce smoot.hinr; due to \..'ator e.c ~ion i:!"~ic:;.tive of gl :;.ci.:ll FCll!ol 9 6 RI?t.AC:::S II "'E FORM :16. I IA.I .tl. WHICtl '4AY BE \ISU). t~qr~foro t'oJ t