PROJECT 1007:1 R::COR::> CARD 2. LOCATION 1 '2. CONCLU!>JOrl S Probo~ly l:iolloon Po Hi ;,ty Balloon 4. TYPE Of C.3SEP.V,\TIO?l 0 Was Ai rr:wf r P rc.b?bl y t.i .-crurt Po~5ib;y Ai rcrcf t lJ Ground-RHlor 5. PHOTOS -~6. SOURCE 0 Wo-; A.tronorni col 0 Y cs 0 P ro!>oh! y A !>I ronomt r:ol 7. LEN~TH 0 " OSSc~'IATI0:-1 8. NUM3ER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Otho;,~ ... -_ --_ 0 lnsuffici .. n t Dot e for Evalua ti o n 0 Air-Interce p t Rode Other Flamin!.!, UFOs Not all :.pcctwular t rr:o); art' nwteors. of cc,ur~t-, auy nron' than tlH'y <ll'l' ,til plarwts or b.tllcHHls 01 rod.tts. Snddeu hr ilk\llt illurnina- tions of tht night sky L"an han ~lilY on of a dozen or 111or, C\plan;t- ti ons. Tht atmo:.pht-'re is crowded with potential U11kr1n\\ ns , more tlr.m at anr tirne in man's hbtory. Tire air ~urTOUrHling or1r planet plays host not only l tl 111ctcor); and finlJalls, birds .11rcl ius('l'ts, hut o:~lso to milit:uy :1nd cotnrner<'ial planes, privat<: plarws. jC'ts, hC'li- copters, \\'tatlwr balloons. <'\pednwntal roc:l,ets, :urd an c,cr gro" in~ number of artific ial snttlbl('S. An cnr-sh:lltcriug dcton.ltion tlr.tt r.11tks a house or hrcaks :r window m a y conw fwrn an l'\))h1ding fircball or it mny come frorn n jC't i>''ndraling tlw sound b:~nitr. \\'itltout an t'.\:tC't kuowlcclge of all the c-ireurmtnrH:<.s, only Lht fool- ardy would alt<'mpt to say pnsiliqly what eaus<'d a11y g i\ err un- mllal ncrial phenome non . us C'Onsidcr a sighting that mi~ltl ha\'t' J'('<:l'in:d , nrinus " 1ong inlcrpnlations :t.11d would probal,ly ha,c h<'eomc mtc of tiH rllo~t famous uf tit<' UFOs cill'd b}' s:ltttcnlom, lrad in,c~tig~doro; Jacked 011c essential fact. Shortly nftcr midnight OJtt "tWing morning reli.tblc wilntSSC'S on the:-l.!:lSt coast, particular!) in Conntc.ticut and Long Island, rcport<.tl n hrilliant hluish-whilc ohjLct flying at high aiUt~tch. and iu<.ndible S!JC'! d. As it flashed on:rlwad, it changed color to h<'comc reddish, and SC'\ cr:d srnallcr objec ts at)pare~tlly detachC'd thtlnst.:lvvs from tl.t m:tin hod y and follo"'cd it in orderly Lt~!rion. A hou t fi \ 'C m i nu tcs l.Ltcr more than fiftten ships in lh CaribbL<Ht area obsctTtd sinri- lu objlct~ soaring o,erhcnd but th e nports ,aried in many d ctaib. S hip uumbcr l\\tJ saw htilliant short flame~ darting about hchincl th( m tin body, ''!rich had a long, tapcr<'d tail. Ship nutnhlr four saw a flaming "hitC' object murl' brilliant than the full moon. Ship mun- ber SL'\cn rt'portE-d a Aaming green hall folio" cd hr a group of S C\'l"rul 1.111all objects. Ship Jlllnrhcr nine ohst~ncd at l<'ast fifteen sm.tlkr object~ thal suddenly ~cparatcd from th e main body and ftl! iuto forntation bcltind it. Ship nunrbcr eleven saw an object with a trail SC\cral mile!) long. brilliant as a peacock's tail, so lumi- rat the d eck and sea around wC'rt' batlted in pale. ligltt as the 1\l'l'>S ero~'>cd o,erhe<!d. Ship numb('r tweke rPported , 'Thr main bo !) appeared to ha,e a blue-white hc.td, th en a short clark l>p:tce In >rc the glowii1g or:mge-ycllow tail. 1\vcnty-senm Sl'pilral<j parti- cles were a ctually counted :ls tht'r appc>ared in the main plume. Each followed th e main hod> and each den:loped its own g lowing i ai ! on l('.l\'il1g it.'' The nl<lln bo dy was se,eral times b1 ightcr lh.tl't \ 'cnu<;, \\'bile the of'ishoots were (ach twice the magnitude of Sirius. On~ obscr\'cr descr:bcd it as round on top and bright blue-wlrite, whib tltc lowl'r !J 1lf, which wa~ emitting ~parks, seemed to be flat- lc!1f ! utd rcddic;h :n color. Dt:dng this p eriod of less thau fi\ c min11tes, si milar ohjectc; were ob,..:.n l'd from the :;round br witn<.sses in the Virg in blamls. 011c r.-~.t:. in \ brtinique saw a luminous grltn globe, brighter lh.tn Ve nus, f, :hw. . .:d at a slit;ht clist.mcc b)' a flaming red, cnormou~l)' long, ,_: _, r-t;lenp~d ohjt'ct. Ohsc1 \'Crs in Barbados saw two hu~C' objec ts ! ' 1\\'Ccl b)' from twclvc to t'i gltt<Tn "offspring" o;Jrapcd likt tlw Pl '.Ill Lorly; sonH' of th e offspring su hcli\ iclt.:d to form l\\'o small coult'tlil..c objccb . The ohjtct drs,pptarul into a cloud bank aml ,;urislted. 1'-:o obo;cnaticms wnc n portcd from are~ts farthu south. \\'ha t was it:> Ju a single p et iod of about LC'n miurttt:.s spt:ctac.nbr hrminnr-. nicltntiOcd A~i11g objects wtn reported on.:r an arC<t strclclriu~ f rnn C crtH1<'1.:tic-u l to lhc co.t;;t ol Hrit ish C u i.um, a d isla llL't.: of sotn<.' :ljoo miJ, . ., Tlw~ fkw in ;1 ~traitdrt cotrtSL' All of tl w (Jhjcc.ts \\Cr<' rroiscll :. 'I hey werl' nmarl,ahl~ hrilli 11H. '1 b ,. St'l'llH d ttJ h 1,.,. OIIL' Cf llllli'C leadtt<;, to dio;dr.trgt ')lllitllt-r objttt5. anclto rJ~ in fclllll:llion 'I he:)' tnai:ltaitwd j suh.,tattl iall) ltnl iJ.olll.tl J'alh, .md on)~ t lw l.ts~ olhc'n'l'l.. "lin <;t\\ the thin~., dio,tppc 11 i11t,l lite tloucl h a11k, notccl lll}' l c nd"tl' ~ to tksc.nd ~(J r. 1 ~111 nts \\l'l'l' {'\lr fullllcl .lllrl all \\ i1t11 .,,ti. a,..:rn.'d tint th ohJI'c-(s "t'H' unt lrl c lilt lc ... , If .ell tltt i11~ at !Itt in< rl'dilJ!t-spvvd of II tOn' t h.tn lfi,uCJo 111ilc' a n lrcnrt'. \\'ith only the\<' f.,c.!~ lo build em."'' in,v-;ti.:;ator lllit~h! inttrpnt tl11 !>i~l1h11~: il(;t'C'I'rlin!_! to lti' Cl\.11 Jlfl'illrli to:;: .ell ill\ il\ilJII fltct lro111 :tlhllihr p l.1:u t lll,d,ill' .t nc llllll,t i:.,anc, ill fnr<.,:, tlt llhtl,cr :-.!tit ' clr,vJr.lr ur~ tl, :-:nrP r u til .11 it~:'l\"tf,, 1m , , I dlt:tit. t' ic11,: \ P l'lrli II I Ill , n: iC' di.;plt~; a >ill'~lc :.p.lcn:r.rft ltJ liw.; 0\':.r tht: while tiic lowe r halL which ''a!> cmitlin :-parks. scclmtl to \w ll:tl- ll'nt~d nntl rcdtlisl1 in color. During this p e riod of kss than fhr min\ltl's, s imil:\r o\,jeet-; w<rc obsen-ccl (ro m the ground h y w~Ln<'S$C) in the Vir:~in lsl.nltls. One man in ~larliniqu<' snw a l11rninou!' ~rt'en !!;lobe, hrighlN than VcliiiS, Iollowcd at n slight dbtnll<'C by a f\nming red , cnornt~llt"ly lo11g;, ti~ar shaped ohjtcl. Oh.;cn'-'rs ill lktrh:11.tOS saw two ltn t ohjl'ds followcel hy from twch c to C'igl,tcc:n "ofFsprin g'' shnpl'U 1ikc tlw main body: some of the oiTc;prillg snbdi\'itkd to form two sinn11 cnmctlikc objects. 'The ol1jcct diSt\PPcnrcd into n eloud hat'k a11d vanished. No ouscnalions wen.: reported fr01n arctls farther sOitlh. J n a l.inglc p e riod of about ll'n miuutcs spC'<:tacuhtr lllrnino\lc; uni,lentificc1 flyi11g objects wer<' rcportccl ove r nn nrra slretchin~ {rom Connecticut to the co.tst of British G11iana, a tlislancc of some 2700 miks. They fle w in a ~! raight cours e . All of Llw olljcc ts "l're noiseless. They w ere ren~arkably brilliant. They seemed to hnvt our or more leaders. to discharge smalkr o bjects, and to fly in fonl \t1lion. They mail~l,dncd t\ substantially \mri.to)\la\ path, ,,m1 only the lnst observers, who su\'i the thin~;~ d i5appear inlo tlw cloud bank, noted any tendency to clcsec>nc.l. i'\0 fragtncnts \\'NC C\'l'r found, and n\1 witnesses a~rccd that the object s were n o t like m e teors . 1f a ll the ohscrve rs w ere <.lcscribi11g the sunw single pl1cnonwnon, it was fly- ing at th e incredible spl'~>d of more than 16,ooo miles an hour. \:Vith only Lhcsc fue ls to b11i1<l on, a u itWfstigntor might interpret the si~htings r.c:cording to hi:> u,,n prcju"<1i('(;s: an itwasio n fleet from anothel" planet tn<1king a rcconnaissantc in force, the mother shhi~ disC'hnrging the sn1allcr craft al inte rvals; a nu1ss h nllucinatiou; :\ peeu\iar meteoric dispby; n single sp<\<.:cdaft cl:uli11g o\ct t11c earth with incrf'dibk speed. \Vilhout l-.now1cdgc of one cc;.:\l't'tial 'faet, some liundrcc\s o~ land.:;- men an<.l scmnen iu the Unite d St,ttcs, the Caribbean isla11ds, and the British \\"est Indies might now fcc\ Rn11ly c01wineccl th~l they had witne:,scd a gcnnfne "Unknown: The date was April 14, 1958. The privi\e6ed obsencrs had witncs:-cd tlte death of SputniK 11, the Russian s .ellitc lau11ched on :\cwe111he r 3, 1957 T he UFO reports in spired uy this event p rec;entcd no problem to the Ah FO:r('\!. :\\\ iuform:-ttion 011 the rt.-cntry of artifieial ... atcl- l it cs i'i imm~l\ialdy ncccssihk to :\TIC. Whcnrn:r a rcported UFO shows any poc;sibk n.!scn'lbhtnce tn a fullin~ satell ite , Air I'orec investi gators chcck a t one<' with Sp<lCl'lraek. As tro11omrrs whn h nd been traekh tg this satellite as it c;itckd the enrlh hn.d prcdict(d ort than a month ii'l-~thnnce th1l it would spiral toward tlt<' carlh nnc1 tall some l ime het\\ ('en :\pril u. anc1 .\pt i\ 15 .. \ how t1.tys lw fore the actual t:\'Cllt tl1ey had rcfititll thdr rstiu1.tll: and pnd,ctvd the