PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Woa Balloon 29 Sec tember 1SJ5B Andrews AFB. Wn.shin~;t.on l)C o Probably Balloon local-----------~ ~Ground-Visual C GroundRodar 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft C Yea 0 Probably Atronomlcal ~"lfo 11~ i 1 it: a r y 0 Pasal bly Astronomical rQ lnauffl cient Data for Evaluation over 1 ht :10. BRIEf' SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING See case file . ATJC PORM J29 (REV 26 SEP 52) \ D Unknown II. COMMENTS UFO landing. Found ornt,,.,v color- high t e n s1on \.Vir..:s . In1~.i.::J.. obsvation was o f the ::t.:t..:ot.. Followin;; obsvation rcJ', ::::c;_ans of the a1e welth.H'!:i li~h1 . ..;. \\'E:\T III-.k PJ.I ITT I~(; CHART 'f:CTJfl:-o;, THn. AT 1..\TITUOt; eo GF.OSTIWI'HIC. WINI> SCAU~ S t . A l.t; \ ' t .l. llt :N SITY Vttotol t ( ICI\Oil ) AWS-WPC 6-9 N~ .~CZ~SQPQ12CZRXEIQ&":'G$~41 DE RJEZFF 1 Ff1 CO~lDR ANDREWS Ala FORCE BASE TO. RJEDDN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE CO~l1AND RJEZJM/COMDR DET 3 2GTH AIR DIVIS ION DEF > RJDSQ/COi1DR AIR TECHNICAL INT~LLIGEl'JCE CNTERV RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF I NTZLLIGNCE HQ USAF RJEZHQ/OFFIC OF I NFORMATION SERVICES HQ USAF UNCLASSIFID OGBO 29-9-1 PD UFO SHAPE COLON ROUHD 'CO!ll'IA SIZE COLO~l ABOUT HALF AGAIN AS LARGE AS THE MOON COMMA COLOR COLTN GLOWI~G ORANGE COMl1A NUMBER COLO~ O~JE COM(1A TAil. COLON SPARKS SHOOTING TO REAR COMMA SOUND COLOtJ HUMMING SOUND AS IF WI ND RUSHING COMMA DSCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT COLON DESCNDING TOWARD THE NORTH WEST COf'JllA WHAT FIRST CALLED ATTEr:TIO~J TO OBJCC'f COLON GLOWING IN THE SKY COM~1A ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND AZII'lUTH OF OBJ ECT UPO.J DIS1\PPRAi~CE COLON 28iJ DEGREES FOUR >HLS Hi~ST OF' 111Kf: SITJ:: 5512 AAA CO!ll1Ai~FLIGHT PATH COLON ~525 DST OBJF.:C'C PAGE TWO RJZFF 1 FELL C0!1MA OPTICAL AIDS COMMA NAKED EYE COMMA TIME AlJD DATZ OF SIGHTING COLON 29 SEPT 0525 DST IDENTIFYING INFOR1'1ATION OF ALL OBSERVERS COLON -4TH -MlSSTL COMI1A 5TH ARTILLERT -DEER~700D MD COt>1MA A/2C ANDREWS TOWER OPERATOR, ADW AFB COMMA T/SGT ANDREWS TOWER OPZRATOR, ADW AFB PD ADW TOWER CEPl SIGHTED OBJECT AT 05251 DESCEFING IN WEST TO NORTHWEST PD GREEN AND RED LIGHT THAT APPEARED TO BE DISINTEGRATING AS IT DESCENDED PD RAPCON HAD GROU~D CLUTTER IN THE VICINITY PD PILOT REPORT TO BOLLING TWR VERIFYS PD LT CALLED BACK AT Q63~L OBJECT IS STILL GLOWING ON GROUND. PARTY HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO INVETIGAT~ PD CALLED AGAIN AT ;7g~L GLOW HAD GONE AS IT WAS LIGHT BY THEN PD a455DST WX ADW C0~1MA CLEAR 15 PLUS ZERO CLD COVER tJO T !t\'1 )t:~lFACZ wiNDS NNE 5 KTS PO 29/134~2 SEP RJEZFF t I I f I Ana~si and nclus1/ona& ~p6;t tdtne!l:: !nc m!)lete J.nfo!'!'J!atiCJn, of st;ll or . 1.net. { // clas j fied a s insuffj.ci ent howe~irer pcssibili t~,. eJd ~ts i.nformatinn 1 of observaticr. THE W ASBINCT.ON POST ttnd TDIE' UFO I o net From A.rc W elder Tbt "myaterloua leu objeet" whlcb Army m tulle men , !t landed and took off their Nlkt altt at y wood, Md., laat Wednes- f day hU been ld!ntifted bf l . the AJ[ Fore, It wasn't mysterious, and while lt waa wl it "ldn't land and take a aeokeaman for Andrews J Air Foree Base, whieliient a 'lit Kahter and a hell copter for an on-the-spot probe of the.a;eport, atated. It tUrned out to be a aroup ot orange-eolored Electric Power Co. trucks, eerily reftect lnl the unearthly glow of arc-welders workmen were usinl to build PEPCO'a steel hlth tension towers in the ~rea, the Air Force aaid lt had ascer tained. - tnd~trn~tlf .nnJ IIIIVftP VIUIP flf~fa '*' J ... .a - DATE: M I,USI QUERY FROM: _ QUERY_,.. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES NEWS DIVISION INFO~TION REPORT TIME: C.SD REPRES.Eyr~ ~ I~UIRER t>T IF IED: 1'1 I~! rtportl t.lo a ao~q le ted. ::;~ l'eq\1-.ta J1t..1 !aoJIIr, ~3 te pa-.e .till A-:;~ . THIS REPOR'l' IS 'l'O BE TURNED IN '10 CHIEF, NEWS J)lVISlON IMMEDIATEIY UPON COMPLE'IIOH ASfiQIIOMT ars raws ear The thrH planets, Man, Jupiter and Saturn, in addi- to many lint-magnitude atara, will be t~vident in the Sep- rnthes t.br halfway potnt. h will th~n he llbndinl du1"Cdy c111rr the ''f""ror, Above a pnint a thouund mil~ ~nurl\ .,( fhl...1r, tn frt-nch W~ Mrka. In the N.rt!Hrn lil"mi- sphtrC' this w11l ~ the o!!11':.JI l~.! nni"~ ot autumn, v.hiiC' spriiiJC ill tfaen C'flllll.:llcc in ,-uuntrid of th~ Southern H.:.n;, ,,hcrc . tber evening slcy. . JAMES STOKLEY EAIJII.l' I>R:\ WINCi dn~r "' the . the: rc:J planet MAn u lJtocl~naanJ ao- ntcfy cutUpicuous in the c\cuinJC M.,. t 69.7UO,!AXJ nulcs .aw.ay .t lttc: rir,t Cl mber, it will ancavc in w a disun~ C'J ),cnl miln hy the end oi the month. t same time it wUI '""ca~e in briahr .~n iS re-1'-hin 11\;ilfOirulk minus " tht asuonomical scale-b~ Sept. JO. c pnsation of Min.,. hich is in the Qlft. ic"' ol Tau""-lbe bull, ia ~huwn on Xt""fl'nJina mpa. Thtte '-'~'ic:t the 1 it .,,pears t~iAUt 10 pm., yt1Ur own Df sr.an,f.arcJ tnnt (add unc h~Nr fot bt uvina) on Sept. 1 i an huur tarhcr mMJJJe If th~ mon&h. aand twt) bou,. 1et the ~o.c. Tiat red wlor of M:arr.. ' "tC bet that it ia hriJ(htcr than . , plln" cw aD, star 'nihlC' at thr -lilA! make it nsv &o k.kmifv. in in the cvc'"" hm .. ~ct. Jupha lftn, and is f\ en htiJ;h&u. h 11 111 thf virJill, and ~u twfuft the timca aich our maps 1rc ~repar~: "' .. t-~uc -'dock *' rht-n~t of St.~Jrtmbrr. a, d of Lbc month it ,. ill dn.."L-nd hck,.., ri~on ~ k)IJn :lfter the wn th~c you c br abl~ to 1ce u :.t aU. -. it dl4'-'" in Opluu~hu,, the Jn11Cft&- 1ow in the a.1uth\lc:.\L Of ma~nifUJc is .,l."lt thiul ll~ hri~ht 11 M..u is. br~rinnin1 ot S..t'l~llha. ~n1 tn tht-st.111 th.ar arC' arcn dk'tC p, the hri~&htr~t i \cp~ ire L~. tk -" in th~ WC'l't. .\ link tu the c"'' lfO'IP you w ill ~ Cyacn~. the ~an, fl dae u.ar Dcnro ~hnC"t. T ow:trd the ' Al~it, in Aquil.a. the t~lfiC'. Thuc riaht sun, all of rhc: tiut rn"~"irudc:, hat it ICifllC'timn c.tUcd the IUntnlC'f br.:.aLI!te it it 10 cuasph uou& ~ tvmtna-. ! other hnr.malnitudc stars 1rc '" All nf tlaC'm ue now Cjl'itr '""' in the incrn~J all)411'ptlon ctl Jlat by the .1tmuspherc cat1sr thr.m ar rather faintc:r than rhey lluuld. 1ft the nl'lftht.uc. 10 the kh uf ~f"r" I find C.e~ll.a, in :\unp, the rhar- ln the nnrthwnt it Arctunn, in tbr t.-ar.tlriv~. And 1n the s.elttlt lkk Fonulh.tul, lJ' Yl.:U Aw.taanw, krn ti._h, earl, nu,minl the pl.net \ '"""' ia the t :.t 6t n't ' abAar .an b .-ur alf ,t,e:uf r.f rhr um rhr-t n ScrtrrnliC'r, .an hour o&t tin~ (',d, lr O llllfa \ 't"1U . \\til Oe IC>IIIr l ' y innc"'"'~' ,,f Jlith..! pl,llt<:.S, " w111 th(n t.-f:trrhat wftl ul the lUlL 8y chc timr it :&llpt' .. ,,., d~wn \\till l~<tve 11.1rtcd, ;and the: sit y will au lonacr he cuuplt~y On the t\'rnin 4>1 Stptetnber 4, whm neather will be v1sihlt" in thi1 pan of thtt wnrJd, Mncury 1ll plotst to the lOUth of Vmus; the follo\na nlltrnin lht'Y will still bfo dc.Jir kJifther. On tbe J 8th. :.t Mucury draWl lnck toard the IUD. tt will 11r2in paM \'mus. :about I :00 1.m., bur by dim Mer- cury will bfo harcl tiD aee. The moon, then a nnf\JW wanin craccnt. will pasa beach rl th~ plancb carl, in tbe morning ol Stpe. 12. And. M the moc11in of the t~=od\ Mtrcury can t'IC tttn p~uul vtry daM 1o th.: atar .Rt1rtJlua, hkh &a in Leo, the liuA. ;~nd ia of the rirst ma~nitudt. l 'hc a~roach will appear 10 cl<~c rhJt t~ pair w11l lt.\Oit like OM ttar tu tht> n~l.:t"d e~, but a p.,it ~ binoat.l.an will ~w them liD br tepahCir. AulwnM Arrtwee Another imporblnt na\t Oft tht ~ nonaical J'fORflm for 5tptmlbcr ell oc~ur .at 8:10 a.m .. F .. S.T., on the 2Jr~. This i1 the cquinoa. dw rilne whm d..: ~e~n, "tiich haJ been ftMJViDJ IOUrAWatd since l3$t jUftC, A few .Uys after this the Ul\'lllfl \\ill I.e full, on Sept. 27. Thit " 'in 1-e 1 ht' ' 'h .. r\'Ct mt10f1." Tht peculiarity of thi'l nu~111 i.'l th.at there is onl' a tnwll llifl'~renc<' en l lf\11' in rnonnri~ fc).. IC'''eral ni~hll in '\l~o.l' ...,,.m. In Scpcanbet', this reur~d rhinJt i:t unlv half an hour, compar...d to . huut an h1~1r and a quarta in March. Bri.<o(tt muw:li;-1\t for a nuu1~r of nighca in suc':~iun $1J,'- pc..t ro hap the tarmu to brina in hit LJf., luch shines hi~th U\ t'rlrr:"tc.J tll'l~ eveninflrl, h:as a numhet o~ tk)ifl: c.r in .r,t The en a~ .oj.n t \'Jtcm, H . II Oll'ill :. i : p1aMts, &a mew in~ thro:,~h r .H.:' ll'h':tr .t lyra at 1 sptttrl oi ;a.bout 1.2 rt: r, t ~ t 1. ' about 21 li~ht yean; dtat iA, . { t.,.,,., !i ' n trillion mila th:at 1 rtf .,1 I yar. Tbi' d istance it let.(enintT :. 1 .: of mo~ than ?0 mites FCf sc, . n.L , .'r ia the c:<arth app:-u.,ci tin_g Ly; .1, l 1 ~ ' , , ICif is enm ina towards our p:lrt , r L. : lot l~ II~ \, m:o~TROPHIC WISD SCALE COS STAST PRESSURE SURFACES \"oet~w lftlW'al 200 I Ph